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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1943

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

wait“. Read by Everybody

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luonrfprien Delivered, 86.00 Ill], Id-Olb other Provinces I 11.14.11 $5.00.

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U. S. FORCES HAVE CAPTURED MATEUR

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Recall Capt. Wade's Trip To Greenland

‘bro occupants of a. Oenadisn plane attempting to rescue seven stashed airmen in Greenland last ainter spent five days tossing a- bout a rubber dinghy in l. North- n-n Fiord after their machine was forced down by shortage of fuel. Their experience was recalled to- light when the 0.5. war depart- ment at Washington told the full story of the rescue.

dept. Jimmy Wade of diarlotto-

veteran Maritime Central Airways pilot. and Capt. John G. lioe of the 1.1.5. Army were three months before they could get back to civiiiation.

liity llrivo Spcedin_g_ ilp

lth Victory Loan Em- ters Final Stage.

“Charlottetown never took a lick- lg in any war campaign and our nopls are not taking one 1n the,

urth Victory Loan campaign. uid Mr. E. M. Bagnall, Victory Loan lihzsnlzei for Queens County. when jlsltod how the returns were headinii

Iii.

"The city is just getting into its stride," continued Mr. Bagnail, “and vilh fifiy er oent of the objective shcady rea ized, all the workers ex- pect to complete the job in the extra lfiort which will be put forward ‘this week." The situation is clear‘. his need is known to everybody 811d lgrmt many oople of moderate inc‘. oven scant noome are showing Ind will continue to show that their heart is in this drive one hundred percent. Never before were we more tenacious of the need for backing

fighting men with bonds." ‘There is one point however," liloiinued Mr. Bag-nail, “which 1 liilnk would be helpful to have Iirossed‘. and that is the need of the tlosest cooperation between the islesmen and the purchasers. In the need for speed in bringing this drive lo s successful terminatiali this Week. the salesmen will have to make a great many calls. If the peo- glet Who are approached will please

ready to talk business, having iietennlned in their own minds just Iifhiit they can really do, the lob is finished. If a salesman, however, his to call again after more thought ii Ell/tn, it slows up the final hour M victory. Will you please be ready lhri waiting for his visit."

sPiliikihg about the larger pur- "lillers Mr. Bagnaii said "Any ex- Perienced buyer of bonds knows at a glance. ihe value and need of Can- fills fourth Victory loan flotation.

ty will be approached and en- couraged in every way by exoeri- Flltcd salesmen to reciouble their ef-

"lil to make Charlottetown stand ltiiii as keen ra- victorv and canny °Y l Rood investment."

“ifunitions of war cannot be charg- u 0h the cuff"-our leaders in bat-

e have asked our lenders on the ml“! front to supply rrrtain assen- lr Th0!’ in turn have asked YOU m; W" i0 provide tfhe necessary u‘ iffy. Our fighting force won't. let do "Yl- BM we cannot lat them m“. Buv bonds and more bonds,

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Rescue

WILLIAM I. FRY! (Assoc ted Press Staff Writer) WASHING May 3 — (AP) -'I‘l1¢ grim story of the rescue of seven airmen from the Greenland ice cap after five months of per- sistent attempts in which five men died was told tonight by the Unit- ed States War Department.

After the failure of various st- tem. ts to bring the men out, in- clu ing use of motor sleds, Col. Bernt- Balriien, noted flier and Arctic explorer and hero of two proviouswescues on the ice cap, succeeded in landing a navy fly- ing boat and taking off on three different occasions-not an water. but. on snow.

Three of the rescued airmen. ac- companied by Gen. H. H. Arnold. Air Forces Commander, President Roosevelt today- Capt.

Armand L. Monteverde. Anaheim, Calif, Lieut. Ha E. S ncer, Dallas. Tex.. and taff Sg. Don

T. Tetley. Fort Sam Houston, ‘Ibx.

Montevercie was pilot and Spen- cer co-pilot of a. heavy bomber which was being ferried to Great Britain but was diverted last. Nov, 9 to search for another piano that was reported overdue.

The other lane never was found and while av were engaged 1n the unsuccessful search, their own plane crashed near the west coast of Greenland.

The plane broke in two, and the radio was wrecked. . Peel J. Spina, Frankford. N.Y.. was the only one seriously injured. was thrown clear of the plane. broke one arm above the wrist and lost both gloves. so that his hands froze before he could be carried back into the Diane. Others 0:‘ the crew were shaken up.

LIMITED RATIONS. NO HEAT

The crew ri ged up quarters in the tail of tie broken fuselage but there were only limited ra- tions aboard and no heat ur lights. High winds and driving snow kept the men inside the crumpled bomber for l0 days.

Despite the intense cold, Cpl. Loren 1-1. l-lowart. Ln Crosse, Wis. got the radio repaired and the stranded men established com- munication with would-be rescu- ers. who now included the United States Army, the Navy and the Coast Guard.

On the 15th day. Bnlchen flew over and dropped supplies. At about the same time Tetley and (Continued on Page '1. Col i)

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Sweeps 0v

Meet Strong Forces 0f Enemy Fighters

Indications Seen That ' Nazis are Tighten- ing Air Defences.

LONDON. May 3 (APl-The RA. F. and R..C.A.1". mad; two extensive sweeps over Northern France snc." Holland today at a cost of ll horrib- ers and two fighters missing, the heaviest loss in recent daylight raids.

Among the targets attacked was the power station at Ijmulden, Hol- land, on which bombs were seen to burst, an Air Ministry communique sale‘: tonight.

The attack force encountered en- emy fighters in considerable num- hers. Five were shot down, two by Squadron Leader F. H. Boulton of Coleman, Alta., and Fit. Lt. R. A. Buckhnm of Vancouver, B. C., mem- bers of the R.C.A.F. "City of Osh- awa" Squadron.

It was the second raid‘ in two days on Ijmulden, a Netherlands coastal

city. -

Today's heavy loss of aircraft. coupler; with other recent announced losses, indicated s. tightening of Nazi defences against both night and day air raids.

lleserve Army lleatl ‘ Visiting’ Nova Scotia

HALIFAX, May 3»(CP) -—Ma].— Gen. B.W. Browne, director-gen- eral of the Reserve Army. arrived here today and will spend the re- mainder of the week inspecting Reserve Army Units in Nova Scotia.

Declaring the Reserve Army was "most important," he told new s- men this W115 especially true “in a district like this where it has a d6!- inite operation in the defence scheme." Units in this area should

WASHINGTON. May 3 renewed, large-Wale 119F151 against the Japanese air and marine base on Klska

Navy Department, which said Unit- ed States bombers struck at enemy installations 13 times on Saturday. Fires were started, holes were torn in the runway which the Javanese have laboriously carved mountainous i-iiiliid 80¢- wsa seen rising from bombed in- stallations on mini! Pl"! 05 3413*

By .1. F. SANDERSON Canadian Press Staff WIN"

WASHINGTON. May 1 i¢Pi— United States war industrieg set sev- oral" new production records in March but a further speed-up will be necessary to achieve the 8001-‘ set for 1M3 in accordance with mil- itary plans, Donald M. Nelson, chair- man of the War Production Board, announced today.

Home lloooni Hen are some of the production

reco s: Airplane out t reached a record high or e300 p ones for the month. Construction of both naval and merchant ships, measured b! i

value, was the greatest on l‘!

u and delivery of cargo carriers .0

reached five e dl-y.

Heavy bomber construction pl!!- sd the wow-month mark for the first time.

Almost 8.000 tlnh rolled off u- scmbLv lines, not counting a is!!! number of self-propelled llifll

1 3y mounted on tank

chassis. In the first three months of 1114!. the United States produced almost 18.000 artillery pieces. includina

i. more man 1.000 enu-

drive through the Loan Committee i-llb- ihe shipyard. She had saved for sev- Islanci in the ernl years in the hope surgeons Aleutians was reported todav by the j would be able to Nsiore V1610" in

th C di Naval n§§§y°§mcr§ aaggcorgrtion in this War, escorted

he celerating tho training o

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be up to full strength.

Gen. Browne said he thoiiilhi if» unlikely compulsorv service in the Reserve Army would be instuuted.

Escort Vessel ls Launched

PORT ARTHUR, May 340?)- A naval escort vessel was christen-

ed here today by Mrs. Pat Moinlsey. l

64. who bought Fourth Victory Loan builds with $900 she had saved for an operation to regain her sight, lost in an accident six years ago. Mrs. Morrisey, wife of a nippe-

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War Situation Last N

By Glenn Babb, Associated Press War Analyst

The United States Army has just won its greatest victory of this war over Hitler's forces. The capture of Mateur is one of the outstanding mhievomento of the Tunisian campaign.

In two weeks of battle over some of the worst terrain in Africa, she U. l. had Army Corps has ground down some of the enemy's best I-nltg, thrown him from hill after hill, halted 11h most violent counters. ‘ “ks and finally compelled him to abandon a, city that ranks only behind Tunis and Blzerte in military importance,

These American divisions, now skilled, veteran troops, have taken full revenge for their February defeats at Fold Pass and Sidl Bou Zld. Compelled to take s secondary role while British 8th Army was reducing the Mareth line and the 1st Army cracking the Axis west wall, they have now claimed the spotlight.

Msteur ls a position of such importance that It is inconceivable ‘that the enemy would have yielded it if he had had any choice. Its capture brings the Americans to the edge of the Tunis plain, with roads follow- ln! broad valleys leading 18 miles northeast to Blur-t: and 34 miles south. east to Tunis.

But the loss of Mateur places the whole Axis position in peril; a. fur- ther American advance like that Just accomplished would split Arnim‘: forces in two.

Moreover it is likely to have important repercussions on other sectors. It indicates that the Axis commander is near the end of his mobile re- serves, which may have been pretty well spent In the vicious counter-at- tacks of the last few days.

The plunge to Mateur, coupled with the French advance along the coast t“ l 9°17" 15 701105 "M" Bilflrle. raises the possibility that the final Avis stand may be made in the Tunis-Cape Bon region rather that at the great naval base on the north coast. Blzcrte may fall first. Undoubtedly i1 has formidable defences but ft ls possible that the strongest of these, like those of Singanore. look toward the sen and were not based against an enemy approaching by land,

1n any event the American break-through suggests that the Tunisian campaign is nearing the final phase. 1t would be unwise, however, to ex- pect any sudden collapse.

"Total? Reaches 351,309,150

Prince Edward Island passed ihe halfway mark yesterday in the fourth Victory loan drive, it was 1m- nounced late last night, by Provin- cial headquarters. Monday's sub- scriptions pushed the provincial total to $1.309.150.

By districts the totals at the close of businew yesterday were:

Charlottetown, $427,200; Queen's County outside Charlottetown $147.- ‘700; Summerside $487,250; Prince County outside Summerslde $148,950; King's County $118,050.

In Charlottetown a '\'Zve is in progress to nut this city nast its $850000 objective by the end of this week.

In Prince County a radio auction is planned for tonight and when its results are tabulated it may be that Prince County will be close to be- ing over the top. if the $900,000 ob- jective for the whole county, includ- ing Summerside, is not actually reached.

Nazis To Reverse Strategy ?

LONDON, May 4-(Tuesday— (CP CABLEW-Tho Dally Mall today published a. dispatch from its Madrid eorrespopdeni, Har- old Cardozo. saying that “Dip- lomatic and Military circles In Europe" are discussing s piss- sible reversal of Nazi strategy, calling for defensive warfare in Russia and an attempted in- vasion of Britain with hun- dreds cf divisions, three-quart- ers of the German Air Force and power gliders carrying tanks. Czsrdozo said these circles sul-

fitter in a Port. Arthur mipyard was the first to purchase bonfills

at least one eye. A month ago she learned the operation might not be successful and decided to use the money to buy war bonds instead. Lieut. J. Goldlby D. S. C., First Officer to recoil/t‘-

Mrs. Morriscy from her home to the scene of the launching.

U.S. War Industries Establish New Records

and more, than 8.000 anti-tank guns. In addition. 235.000 machine guns and more than 1,000,000 rifles and sub-machine guns were fabricated.

Boberfng Pacts

Nelson had- two sobering facts to report. First, the United States is nearing top capacity in steel pro- duction and it will be necessary to use other meta-ls, plastics and wood n; substitutes for stool ff produc ' goals are to be achieved. , shortages of manpower, particularly highly trained‘ key personnel, are re- tarding production, demanding "still greater imagination in adapting ms- chines to replace hands.

Amr- reporting the production ro- cords for the month. ""5" fusdo this warning ‘ ment:

"But ' ' l! production for ifse first quarter of 1043 was only ll per cent of output achedbled for he

r, indicating that average quar- my cutout for the succeeding quar- ter,‘ must average 11 per cent of program. or half again as large as in the first quarter, to meet sche- duies in accordance with military

Throughout the Province sales- men are busy from early morning until late at night, some working until 10 or 11 pm. in order to roll

gaslerl such an invasion attempt would be acrompaied by an air attack heavier than Britain's Blitz and the protection of freon carrying barges by sub- marine packs.

Th» plan, Cardozo added. would be a gambit-Pa lpst throw.

11.8, Goal Mines llesuming Production

OTTAWA. Mnv 3 — (CP)

Hope that today's subscriptions ti?

nre computed was (‘.\I[1l'l‘SSi‘(l to» night by Notional Wnr Finance‘ Committee headquarters.

The first week of the rliree-ivcek drive brought in $372,544,900 and subscriptions have averaged about $62,000,000 daily. If the 1l\"£‘f11§18 is maintained through today, the $430,300,000 mark should be snr-. passed. Minimum objective of the. can is 81.100.000.000. l

Loan Headtfiisizrters announced that 806.994 su ribers had bought

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OAKLAND. Ca1lf., May 3 -_rAP> —-Phillp Murra , President of the 0.1.0. has reierated his pledge that there will be no wartime work stoppages called by Con ress of Indus al Organisations Un ons. Addressing re resentatives of the ilnitcd Steel orkers (if America. from 11 western States yesterday. Murray said, "...1'm not break m no-sirike Presiden of the Un tod States of America. ."

WASHINGTON, May 3-40?)- whiie he United States‘ ccal mines begun slowly to resume pro- duction tonight under the 15-day truce. John L Lewis made it clear that the armistice means no retreat from the miners’ original demands and that the next stop is up to in- terior secretary Harold Ickes, boss (‘all lane government-controlled coal

e s.

POLISH ACE KILLED

LONDON-(OM-Last man leave free Warsaw, Mt. Lt. Stanis- laus Bless, 34-year-old Rllish fly- ing ace, has been killed in a flying; accident in England vmere he was a test pilot. He took medical sup- plies to Warsaw a few hours before the city aunendered to the Cler- mans.

on all the prospects they have listed. 9d ill-a 0115M "him

sub- Port bow

H.M.CS Port Arthur's

marine lcill unis off the of a convoy laden with _ war sup- plies for the North African cam- paign. The U-bout was in perfect position to launch torpedoes when the Royal Canadian Navy 00r- vette brought her to the surface. crippled. with a single perfect depth charge attack. Million-dollar i cargoes were saved by the action. iAble Seaman Thomas A. Brooks, ‘R C N.V R... of O'I_.czrr\'. P E.I., is one of the crew members of H. M.C.S. Port Arthur.

RCN Photo, Passed by naval censor.

Food’ Problem In France ls Worse

BERNE. Mnv 3 lAPl-The food. problem in France has become worse, causing the government to, tighten already meagre rations, and many Paris bakeries have beeni

[forced to close because of a lack of; .flour. dispatches reaching here said

today. l

A Paris dispatch to the Geneval Tribune said many bakeries there. already harl shut their doors andl that the people were greatly wor-, rlcrl over a report that at least 200. more would be closed in the Parlsl area.

11.0. Friel ls ii.N.li. Counsel

MONCTON, N. 8., May I (OP)- I-lcnry C. Friel, Moncton barrister,‘ has been appointed regional counsel of the Catrutlian National Railway/s, Atlantic Region, with headquarters in this city. it is nnnoimccd herefl fie succeeds Hon. Ivan C. Rand, K.= C., recently tippoiriieci t0 the 811-‘ promo Court of Cll-llildil.

The new regional coimsel receivq education in,

Moncion. St. Mitrys Cnlicue. Halifax,

'st. Francis Xavier University, Anti- KPPW" 110W mils-h ihev took nvoy or lgonisir. wile-re he received his Bitchy the Fourth Victory Loan irvculd elor of Arts degree in i022. Follow- boost i118 total up to more than ing this he took up tho study of law $43ll.°°0.ll?0 when overiiieiii wires ‘in Dalliousic University Law School

frmu winch he Efililtliiicd in i925. Since than he has been associated in legal business with his father,‘ James Friel. K.C., this city. l He is president. of the Monoton- Barrisiors Society and for several years has been a rucmber of the‘. council of ihc New Brunswick Bar-l ristcrs Snficiv while he is also the‘ New Brimsivirk rctircsctiinilvc on the council of the Canadian Bar As- so_c_i_ation. i

Completes 50 Flights Over

MONTREAL, May 3 — (CPl - Cnpt. L. V. (Buddy) Messenger. O.B.E., of the British Overseas Airways Corporation, has com- letcd 50 consecutive flights over he North Atlantic between Mon- treal and Britain-s distancerf 3,100 statute miles - the RAF. Transport Command announced

ight.

50 flights Capt. Mes- sen er has flown 165,000 miles, ii0, of them over the Atlantic. but, he says. he can only recall having seen the occnn about twice.

Since he started flying on the North Atlantic, Capt. Messcn Ea has transported rt-nt qunntitos of urgent war frc ght and nearly 1,000 passengers sponsored b the

plans.‘

United Nations govemmens - statcsmcn, diplomats, production anri sci-vict- cliicfs and the like.

Among il~rm have hccn the late

Dilkn of 15ml. Prime Minister Mnckeml» fling. Rt. lion. Malcolm MacDonald, Bulls-h High Com-

loner in anode, and the

., 1' -\ ~;. chiefs cfbatlitxe Britisrlidandmmiggcétgi _ Nava tary a A.r a s ’ 7w‘ ‘whenlthc were travelling secretly /,] i???‘ between

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Is Big Victory For U.§_._ Troops

Capture Of Supply Center Puts Americans On Edge Of Tunis Plain.

By EDWARD KENNEDY (Associated Press Staff Writer)

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA, May 3—(AP)-American soldiers smashing back fiercely-resisting crack German troops in a 14-fTliiB plunge, today occupied Mateur, one of the most ‘important Axis strongholds in Northern Tunisia. iarnd thus scored their greatest land victory in Af-

rica.

French troops and other American forces to the north meanwhile stabbed to within 15 miles of Bizerte-

The capture of the strategic enemy com- munications and supply centre, brought the U. S. troops to the edge of the fanlike Tunis plFtill with its slightly-rolling, flower-studded hills in which Allied armored formations can operate.

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At last reports, the bulk of enemy. forces in the north still were m- treating. but it was not known how far beyond Mateur they had gone, ' nor exactly where they might at- 1 tempt a new stand. Threatens Blzerte. Tunis Seizure of the town definitely VANCOUVER, May s |(‘l'|- threatens Bizerte an_d Tunis, In the The four Vancouver plants of the extreme north before ‘Bimrte the Boeing Aircraft (‘timpnny nf Axis still holcls hills for defence,| Canada Limited will T(‘\II.'IH* pr»- lJE-d the YliWfll bme 1s further pro- ductlon tomorrow c-iviiingiiu- ilis- pute over rest. periods u-hirh h is kept the plants idle sinu- 11.141- ntsday morning, 1t Wits snnnun. cedi here tonight by Don Tyr-r- man. Iluhlio relations officer for Boeing.