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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1942

Qesoerafe Shipping Battle In Progress

Congress Party Rejects T00 few ships British Plan For India Big obstacle

llindu Bloc charges Cripps “Hamstrung” by London War Cabinet.

By l-l. R. Stimson _ (Associated Press Stuff Writer)

NLW 0111.111. INDIA, April 1o - (AP: —- l~inal rejection by the all- hldla, Qougress Party of me British b11111 for post-war Dominion statu: was reported lute tonight.

mkum-g News Agency indicated. that 1111.- l11111l differences had arisen 01-1-1 ,1 transluo11al aovernnrcm ,5 gum 1,1; b1: employed until after 11c war. 1111111 Britain has olieled full Uolnllllun status. _

(Remus sud 1he congress. in a

jgu-ggyyd 11.1111‘ to blr. mallard Crlplls. s111<l 11. \\'.1s prepared to nar- ticlpate 111111 111ke oulcc in a cent- 1-111 gowriullclit only ll It “W15 5 u-uly 111111011111 guvcr111111>nt with cab- h1g1, r1~s11o11s1b1111yy 111111 not merely 111,1 cxtcusluu o1 11w ooyernor ben- amrs Qllcffllllld t-uunvlt I

Qhurgf-s gripps "Hams trung"

Thus 111-uo1i11l1o11s ovcr the Indian

quggllr)“, 11111111 1 wstcrduy ap- p:.111~11 1o l1z1vc 11m vcd its unswli 1,, a “111-rut acrccnicut, appeared

o1111os1 ccr1.11111_v 1o hove broken do1v11 11111111 llimiu charfzes that Sir. s111;11>111 Clllrlln. the British Em- 1.111111113111111 1111.11 "hamstruug" by the 1011111111 111111- Cabinet, of which he is

g 1111111111111‘. 1111111.. Julm 1111, P1 intent Roose- velt's 111'1-.~111.11 to 11101111.

11.1.» 0111111111111 be rlvmg l-o ore- 1-11111 1-111111>1-~1r.~ collapse of the talks. 11111 1111111111 111v assent of the bit: 111111111 0111c 1111s appeared almost eer- lalnlv lmpclcss.

‘lhe 1511111111111 leader of the Hindus. hlflilllitlili K. 6111111111. who wcnt b.1111 10 Wnrdha and his silence inst “wk 111101- advising against 11c- 111 the Brltish offer 11c1:~1,.11~ 11111111111011 status. appeared 11- lclt the imprint of his coun}

(Conunucd on page 3, Col 2)

Tanker aground hear Toronto

TORONTO. April 10 - (GP) - M11111"' of the Toronto harbor crmml. en's llfrsavlng branch to- night ucre waiting for heavy s.11s to subside so 11 rescue boat co11ld be sent to the 3,000-ton tankei Ccdarlirn11cli aground off suburban 1.0111: BPdllUl since early today.

One of the lifesaver. said after a lrtle afternoon inspection t-rlp to the Lake Ontario shore 11cm‘ the 111-minded tankrr that she is “lying thcrc okay."

"There has been no sign of oil coming in, so she's still in good en- 01-‘311 shape," he said. "The seas are ten heavy to get a boat oul to hcr but as soon as they go down we'll take off the crew."

Coming Events

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Bale for Noun-e tn ml: rulumu

8 cent: per word

"Re ~ l ~ “a. seive May st TllDltY‘.;Gnl1-l1d:

"W111 be loading Hogs Tuesday. APnl 14th at Vernon. Leo P1'aught_

‘fScc Live Stock Marketing Board shllllhllk A1111. on Page 'I‘hree-

"Car of oats w arrive soon. 5°01‘- orders now. Bowman's store. 11-139-4-7-31.

“Pm nle at Batman's, sot- "Idvy. April 1e. by South ivmton Won1e11's Institute. 4-11-11.

"Reserve Wednesday. Julv 1st for 001111111011 Day Races at Alberton. 13 Classes.) 4-11-11.

"Livestock Marketing Board INC"!!! hogs, Mount Herbert

smlwh. Tuesday, April l4. B. W. RBYnor and son in charge. 4-10-21,

"Notice. Our stock c! wall PIP" has arrived, many nice pat- "Ylll- G- C. Green, Emerald.

L-167-4-8-8l.

otice - Mixed feed: of :ll Wide. feed wheat, buts, flour. bran. etc. 111 stock all 1.1111 time. 3°" Prices. Cl, C. Green, lhnerald. L-IBB-l-B-Gl.

“Buvln Piss n. 13101111111114. Tue:- 9 A. Charlottetown Market 1i A. M. 1Bedford 8 P. M. 1e 4 P. M. Hunter River Wed- “ssdey 10 A. M. New o1 ow 11 A. M. Wiltshir 2 P. M. ally‘! Kznelngton cattle pen

A M Payin s“ml'r‘°l3ld$1§

' - . B B

"WY 18 lbs- c: : Kngd .1111 enscn. "Wtll have several car load! oats and 1berlev arriving thll P1011111. distributing from Albany to Montague. first ear unloading at Milton. ond car Wlltehire. “(Rich t column for arriving ‘We at gtatlons. Farmers unite in

ll or ho P_ J. ter River? m L-Bil-f-d-St.

Says invasion. Threat should: Unite Country

OTTAWA. April 10 -(CP)_. Th9 dim!" of an enemy inve- slon of Canada should unite the Dominion and end suspicion that compulsory service would "My Promote the defence of vim-rs. Justice Minister st. Laurent said ln an address ln support of the manpower plcb- iscite over a French network of The Canadian B-oadcast‘ Corporation tonight.

The Justice liiinlster’; broad. 01st speech was one of a series by cabmet ministers and lead. era of opposition parties In P". ilament urging elector; of Con. ada to votc “ycs" in the pleblg. cite on April Z7.

The plebiscite question ls "are you in favor of releasing the Ioyernment from any obllgugfon 1111151111: out of any past oom- mvtmouts respecting thg gm-fh. nrls of raising men for military service?"

Mr. St. Laurent said: "Should f! ‘Ylalflflly of the electors vote "°' "'0 Eflvernment will of lnficfiiilly be bound to abide by t8 1110115“. and then if conscrip- tion ever llbffllillffl necessary a: lhc sole means of avoiding (lg- fcnt and ensuring our survival, does it not seem to you that a government which normally 0011111 not resort to it would be comnelied to resign and leave to others the care of Impogln‘ In!‘ admlfllterlny It?

“If. 0n the "or. hand. l ma. iorlly of the elccinrg ",1, -_v,s~ the government will I-nnFnue e4 In the mst to organize the (Ir.- fencc of tlu- cnuvvtv-v l" 1|". glrjj'"jf,,f_vgl_fph will honour 111 it

“lid 1W1 not mean nqnqg-rl“- (“'1' v‘"""l '~-\ “nmcdlatcly 1m- Doserl. hr added.

namdilil is Big hit with. Canadians:

l? Ros: Munro Canadian res: War Correspondent

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. A-prll l0-(CP1--Canada's new Ram tank Ls a five-star hit with the omadfan Armored Division here.

Tank crews now are training with the first cf these cruisers to arrive in England and the wood runs through the armorfd Wklmfllt that "it is the lwell-rst job we have ever seen."

I rrdc 1:1 one and my crew from the" 7-ll1h H11s=ars praied up

and down.

“It's away ahsad of anything I've driven," said 011i. Aubrey Sleeves of Mcnctcn and Saint Jclrn. N.B.. commwndtr of the crew which had only Had the tank 24 home but was sold on its per- formance already.

Hanson Urges “Yes” Vote Drive

FR-EDERICTON. April 10-(6?)

'- At a pub'ic meeting oalle-l by

Omservatlve House Leader Him- son. residents of Ycrk-Sunbufy constituency todav orgsnffled for o. “yes" vote campaign on the Dom- inion manpower plebiscite.

Mr. Henson pleaded for a de- termined crusade, "We mull: al rise above party politic: at this time." he declared. urging u hun- dred per cent turnout :1: the polls and on affirmative vote.

This was no time for complac- ency. It would be too late when the enemy we: at New ck‘: shores. All must arouse thcmselve: for : total war effort.

Ship Survivors - ,' Brought To Port

AN I OOABT C ADIAR PORT, $5 lO-(OPF- at thin eo survivors of an allied merchant

wrpodoed in the western At-

chip lactic have been brought to tbl: r

po .

All the rescued seamen were taken to hospital on arrival here, but inter ell except a few were re- leased. The condition of those r0- mainin for rcatment was not

own.

The first officer of the veleel. among those saved, slid he could not give details of the sinking. other members of the crow said that a; fer as the knew no could-v lan: were about jtbo D.

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To offensive

Shipping L o s s e s Heavy In Past Few Mo n t h s; H u g e Building Program Getting I n F u ll Swirl-g.

B? J. F. Sanderson Cunad an Press Staff Writer

WASHTNGION, April 10-(OP) —Thousand.s of riveters, welders and catpenters in Canadian, Un- ited Statcs and British shipyards are combining to remove the greatest. obstacle to large-scale of- fensive action by the United Na.- tlons—lack of shipping to trans-

port men and erulpment to the ’ ar-flung battlezones 01f this global war,

Military experts here frankly

concede the present phase of the war is a, race between shipbuild- ers, particularly ‘.11 the United States and Canada. and the Ger- man U-boat in the Atlantic and the Japanese navy in the Pacific. The Axis naval forces, an e-f- fort to win the war 111's year. are determined to cut» the shipping lanes between North America and the fighting fronts of Europe, the Middle East and I-‘ar East.

Sinkings Heavy

'I'he battle of the Allontlc, it 1s admitted here, is gdhg badly for the Allies despite the fact that slnklligs have dmpped off in the lasl week or 10 days. Since Ger- man submarines began to operate on this side of the Atlznl-ic i11 mid- January, at. least 116 slf-ps have been sent 1o the bottom. 28 off the Canadian coast. 1

Offical figures on Alllgzl ship losses have not born published for six or eight months but. there is no ottem- 1 to hide the‘ fact that recent snkings have risen to some of the hikhsst totals of the war.

It would not. surprise unofficial observers here 11 Allied ship losses have been averaging 600,000 tons a month 1n recon. mcnlhs. There is reason to believe, however, that the high-water mark of 880,000 tons, reached in Ajzrfl 1017, at the he‘g-.1; of theilnrestric ed 5111111111- lnc warfare cf the Frst Great War. has not been reached in l-hLs vra-r.

The result of this constant and costly drain on the ship- ping resourccs of th: United Nations is that their military operations have hccn canaliz- cd 11nd choked. They hrve the trained men and the military equipment but luck troop tron:- porte and cargo vessels.

Never 1n the l1isl0ry of warfare has shipping played such an 1m- porififlt part as todry. due to the g.obal dimensions of the conflict and the vweilrht and bulk of the

<o1>1IE1TX “$111K 1.1.137

Suppl; problem May force Rommefs hand

LONDON. April 10 — ( C P ) — British submarines were credited tonight with new inroads on one Axle supply line to North Africa, and reheble sources predicted these developments might impel Nell Marshal Erwin Rommel to strike in force with his available desert army, rather than v/alt for more help.

One British submarine under Lt.- Cmdr. P. S, Francis slipped through the destroyer screen of an enemy convoy and sonk one large and one medium-sized supply ship. 1n a. sep- arate attack, other submarines sank two schooners, one of them known to have been loaded with sun: and other store: for Tripoli. Only ‘yesterday the admiralty m- nounce the sinking of a heavy Italian cruiser by a. British marine.

, In the desert some 100 miles west of Tobruk. Rommel meanwhile we: ygrri in foroe but with caution.

o o hi: tanh. clashed

f tthth nearest point the ode ' ..111“...°11 mile: from the an cum. lino.

________._..__ TQDW “MONKEY WRENCH"

UITAWA, April 10-(6?) -- The wertinle {more and trade board said tonight he retailer who advises tamer: to stock up wit-h goods in which he predicts a pros- pective shortage “throwing a monkey-wrench" in the supply machinery.

These retailers, the board said.

acted "le selfiahly and ‘unpatriot-ic- th

ally a: those persons who nun to buy in execs of immediate require- ments the moment they hear 1um- or: of scarcity or restriction."

“b.1113

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) War developments in Russia fend to lift a little the gloom caused

by the fall of Bataan and Brltlsh although Vice Commissar L

.....y’s prediction that

naval losses ln the Indian Ocean the Nazi in-

vadcr: will he “liquidate? this year may be‘ wishful thinking.

l!» made that owmlw w l Dim conference at Kulbyshev 1111c backed it up with no official claims of Bed army advanqgg on 1h, thawing battle front. Unofficial reports from Russia, however, tell of 71°91" ‘levelfliilflfllfs in the Smolensk-Moscow area which could go ill’ W vflllh. the imllfllflllig German: offensive before 1t get; 111111“,

O

m‘! "WP! l" 951d in be clollug a vat trap on German advance

force: holding the RhJev-Vyazmo

sector nearest Moscow. A further

istusslian break-through on the Upper Dnieper only 50 mile; @151 0f m” m“ hf“ bflilllht the only westward escape route for those Nazi advance units under artillery fire from both north and south 60 miles

in their rear.

Even more dangerous to the Germans, Red imlts of unlndicatcd

"Yfllkth now are said by Scandinavian observers to have

crashed

westward across the Vltebsk-Vencl main north-south German cam- municatlon llne_ if that is true, a vital lift in the Nazi front has been broken. Smolensk itself, main [central German supply base and

key to Hitler's winter sides.

a n

Russian patrols were reported

front dispositions, is threatened from three

weeks ago to be west of the v11.

ebsk-Nevel railroad and in the vicinity of Polatsk junction. L“! of that Junction, morc than 10o miles northwest 11f Smolensk, would not only drive a. deep salient into the very heart of the Ger-

man front, but bring the Russians slan-Pollsh frontier. The Nazi command could not

to within 30 miles of the old Rus-

ignorc that threat. It would vir-

tually cut German armies in Russia In two, and vitally weaken the

Smolensk key to strategic and tactical troop dispositions.

ll. A. F. Fighter Planes in sweep

LONDON, April 10-(0?) -—R,oyel Air Force fighters squadrons shot down slx Axis fighting planes in a sweep over the Calais-Boulogale area. of France this evening, the air ministry announced.

Five of the British planes which went across in relays failed to get back.

German night raiders dropped bombs on a. south England coastal area but there were no casualties or damage reported.

ll. S. Marines Withdraw to Corregidor

WASHINGTON, April l0~(AP)-— Thc sailors and marines-origin- ally some 3,500 of them-who mau- ned the beaches of Bataan and fought off dozens of furious Jap- anese landing" attempts have been withdrawn to Corregidor, and the American flag still flies over that unyielding fortress.

This was the gist of announce- ments made today by the United States army and navy ln the aftermath of the smashing of Lt.- Gen. Jonathan Wainwright's ex- hausted last-stand army by more nu1nerous Japanese forces on B11- taan peninsula.

At the same timc, the army dis- closed that. the Japanese. pound-

ing Corregidor with explosives, were simultaneously extending their conquest to the island of

Cebu. 375 miles to the southward. The Cebu radio, which had been functioning throughout. the war, stopped responding to calls. I11 the invasion operation, American motor-torpedo boats sum; a. Jap- anese cruiser

Another large Japanese ship. described as either an "auxiliary cruiser or a large tender," a ves- lel “heavily armed," was officially reported to have been sunk ln the Celebes see by en American sub- marine.

Nazi Casualties Heavy In Russia

KJUIBYSI-IEV, Russia, April l0- (AP; — United states supplies wi help liquidate the German army year the official Soviet spokes- man confidently declared today as u Red army communi ue re rted the slaughter of 6,470 azis routing two ulvisl which attempted u

Kalinin

on: h heavy counter attack in the spoke e 1: I

amen. Solomon A. vsky. euid "all sorts of things

for war" we coming from the United

hlcr also States, "but precisely whet shot down bv the defenders. qulgltlitlflin a fir“: Hrobdvfcdrdr; -i—-——- " nu w p e on I those from tilt): outside are used to Tramp 50 wag g3; n?“ , t" To Appear In Court 5:111 the oermm: cieiaieo ‘ —--—

_ xrnrrvnm. 11.5.. April 1o -

&,,“”““_ b“, m” m1,“ 11mm tfi-‘LYQ. (or —-Blxl:y-year-old ward w111-

poeoeroue. He noted that the Cler- mlne d stopped reporting their own cuuolties.

"1 suggest." he sold, "that they

creations new category-the slightly

‘he Ruulon communique said 4.- 470 were filled in one email part of e Kolinin line and that the armored Nazi counter-attack soon was shifted back w e. defensive be- cause of "enormous looses in mm- power and equivalent."

News Briefs

OTTAWA, April 10 —((.‘l'l _ lt was learned in official quar- ters tonight that an order-in- council has been passed which will moan in effect, that u Weed limit of 40 miles an hour "l" fllwly throughout Canada from next lllay 1.

Local Salvage Problems aired At Meeting

A “we vaqecv of waste material including rubber cf all kinds. P8P"

of practicaly every cesciiptl-n. scrap metals, rags. non-famous metals, etc. was listed as 119ml!

needed i11 Canada's War effort by Mr. N.H.M. Stanbuxyv, salvage or-

anlzer for the Maritime Provinces, glalifex. in an address to a. repre- sentative roup of citizens in Cltv Hall last n ht. He gave a thorough outline of he various articles 1'8- qulred and explained htw these should be prepared as well as eX- p‘alning the methods of collection used i11 other provinces.

His Worship. Mayor B. R03‘ Holman. who presided at the meet- ing. annouilvcd that. Mr. Royal s» MacBcath, nuploycc with the Pro- vincial Depnrttnclit 1f Public Works_ had been named Provlncurll organizer for the salvage campaign, Mr. MacBeath was present and spoke brlellv near the close of the meeting. A Charlottetown War salvage Committee, with Mr. J.T Robinson as chairman, was ap- pointed.

Mr. Stanbury‘. in his opening rc- marks. said that the delay in send- ing a representative to this prov- luze fcr the purpose of organizing a salvage drive was due to the fail- ure of Ottawa Telllllillg that the Mazitlmeg was such a big territory. He had been appointed in Novem- ber but so far had covcrcd only part of Nova. Scotla and New Brunswick. However now that spring is here it was felt that a committee should be set up here without delay.

After a briefly referring to the events 111 history which load to war and a summary of the manner in which Hitler had overrun most. of Europe and the Japanese had per- pctmfed their atrocities in the Pacific area. he spoke of conditions lls they are in England at present Tho people of that coflntry a"e ac- rf a

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ceptlng rations present. About 611.000 people had been wiped out i11 the terrible bomb- ing of their homeland. mzmv more vv-re seriously inlurod. vet they are Willing to accept taxation, depriv-

VALETTA. April 10—(CP1 _C,o;-- mall dive-bombers again pounded this rock island's harbor 1111a 31,-. Port faciities twice today, lhe sec- fllfld attack continuing tonight wilt» tic defenders rolling up g1 50111-411“,

toll of at least 17 Axis airplanes.

DUNCAN, B.C., April l0 {Cpl-A PB"! of 1'1 boys 11nd heir assistant headmaster from Fmrbrlflkl firm school hcrc. missing since they left _vo5|;1,-. "W mvfllius on a IZ-mllc hike "If". nearby bush country, n». turned "sale and sound" 11;. night.

OTTAWA. A il 10~ ._ total value of cgrlitracts atejnlzded commitments made by the 111-i11- “m5 and SUDPIY debarlanent on C11- uadian. United Kimzdom. and 0111. er account now ls more than $3,. 400.000.0011. a departmental staie. merit issued tonight gold,

More planes Are needed in Australia

m: c. YATESHbIcLtANIEL

(Assoclatcd Press Staff Writer)

MELBOURNE. Australia. Avril l0 -—- (AP) —- Australian and United States airmen whose experience and equipment are increasing steadily have seized the offensive and intend to keep it. but a great deal more is required before the Japanese can be driven back by a full-scale sus- tained drive. the highest ChZEIS of the United Air Force declared today.

LL-Gen. George H. Brett. the American who commands the com- bined air corps in this theatre, de-

cred:-

"We've taken the offensive against the Japanese in the air and we'll continue to increase it. Our only limitation is equipment."

Australian Air Minister Arthur Drokeford. warned:-

t would be fatal to think that the Japanese have been brought to e. halt. although Australian and Al- lied air blows north of Australia in

u the posit month have been spect-

ocular.

As if to substantiate his words. seven Japanese bombers accom- panied by fighters Port Moresby. New nee. Little damage was reported and the raid- erss

down. One fig

ilmg and his son-in- aw. Corkum.

ens.

The through woods corner.

' eln raided

away when allied fighter: rose challenge them. At least one hostile bomber wee believed shot

was reported

Victor trumped 50 mile: over mountain mods to appear in court today and ask leniency for Williams‘ 17-year-old son. Aubrey, who plead- ed quilty to two charges of stealing