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liitler Seeking Immediate Aid From Japanese?

IDNDON. April 11 -- (AH- Adolf Hitler has summoned a conference of Ania powers at which Japan will be asked what “Immediate effective assistance she ia able to offer Germany," the Berue newspaper Der Bund said today in an article reported

to Rlltdfl.

other triples on tho agenda were listed as:

1 nizatlon of thetotal moblllaa on hf human and ma- terial reserves of all European aountrled.

D Examination whether the German Army can withdraw troops from France. Norway. lt- aly, Croatia, Holland and Den- mark for use on other fronts.

Those called to Berchtesgnden, ‘h; grtlela laid. Included Ben- Ito Mussolini, the Japanese am- bassador to Berlin. and several of Hitler's puppet premiers. In- eluding Antonescu of Romania: Laval of ‘France, Oulslinr of Norway, Pavellc of Krontla and llaolia of Bohemia and Moravia.

fiiltrilllfi EVENTS.

"Box Social aind Dance, Corran Dunn. Ride)’. A0111 14th. 0-11-21.

-- hand. oushuiy of Wheat. m "‘° “"1"” will be w r. Wlliflfl. 4-10-14. figigdoyvmglgia-flg-xly-ie- 11am. "Wood cutti for Wood Islands “mlffd by "W" °¢ the salary Presbyterian C urch at Manse. “"1 ties and the secretary tres- Iriday, April 14th. 4-12-11. ‘ulaixf- J P‘ u "Cake sine. aid of Blslllca WWII: is 13514661; 2131.2’ rgkdgliottigh‘ u _ ‘c? ‘mum Altar Society. Saturday afternoon. other oi ioersere Miss suture new.‘ April 16th at Holmans. 4-12-41. first, vice president, J, mun-m h, ‘he Emphe... "Bookinz orders for Clover M§§.1°5‘9'9¢ general secrfln“ W" u“ h°-'.'." leads dBabWir.W.l.Bo- . ‘ - .- uun. an r e 4-6-211- trgdasfi, mid“ crwbl’. secretary.

.."":.‘.°:°*"' ca" "o: red fill 1H‘ B1 V0.31.‘ Millard Prowsepflasclgley.

"Booking orders for bulk barley lowest prices. R. l... Dickieson. 4-12-13-15-81.

"Loading hogs at Fredericton until 11 a-m. and Colville until noon Friday, April 1'4. Leslie McDowell.

4-12-31.

Croswell unloading feed oats and barley at Hunter River these days, also pressefi 121115;.

"loading hogs for Davis do Fraser every Thursday afternoon at Albany and Emerald Every Fri- day forenoon until further notice C. C. Green. "Unloading car of Victory Banner Seed Oats Wednesday April 12th and Thursday, April 13th. Dillon and Spillett. 4 m m

"Livestock Marketing Board loading hogs at York station Thurs- day afternoon this week. J.S. Allan in charge. 4-12-11-

2--I

and

"To arrive May 1st carload as- phalt shingles, roofing, etc. good assortment colours and quality. R. L. Dickieson.

4-12-12- l5-l0—20—-B2 "Llvcstock diaries-ting Board

loading hogs at Wiltshirc Friday morning this week. E. N. Easter in charge. 4-12-11.

"Livestock Marketing Board loading hogs at Miliview, Thursday Biiernoon and Friday forcnoon this week. Ted Crane in chzrlgze.”

"Notice-Unloading car of Feed. Bran. Shorts. Barley

ts and Wheat ‘Chick Starter and Scratch. some Cil Cakes. G, I oli- M!“

"Loading hogs Thursday April l3, Moral: Cseeley Bumrnerside 10 a.

Dull’, Travel- lillk Woman

Rosamond Secretary of the ‘e

in Memorial Hall urscav. Asiril 18th at s P. M. all are welcome. 4- - . "luiveetock Marketing Board loadl hogs at Mount Herbert Thu y afternoon and Friday

folenoon until train time. Ralph Rlyner in charge. 4-18-21

"The ladies Auxiliary f Bali- i-ict Church will hold eel: Home I wi some Fancy Work. gctjurday. April hlsth. ibeallulinturi . , uppe o

Ch . t 4-13-1 -16. "Bpeclal- carload pure Quak-

One er Berle M al 01.80 be , 1 car wkfliZ-tdgit" “gaggle iereudlsl , r It 0th? ‘wsreahhyusz? Righter y River. "try Friday. n. I... Dickieuon. ‘ t-ffl-IO-H-

""J sph of Arirnathea" a re-

Meal. Feed of 31-1

C- means of st

Teachers Donvone In Dh’tovm Today

remri-l. In the evening a be given by pm}, A-giifn University. Thursda , r 11 ‘discussion on y o owing m

session will The Charlottetown.

°' head of the

Prwdflii-L: and scneral Feirgsliifi

and study group discussion. Public address will Gundy, of Mount

the salary brief "3';

Provincial Government. 1111c evening he a dinner function at

F.-0. L. S.P, Bing Gets D. F1 C. Ar C

eremony

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HALIFAX. spru i-i-tori-rhe 5ii"".'.‘§§ .?§'.....‘.‘i“u3.’°'l.“°§6‘ h9g- mfll Retina hi} Char- lottetown, who helped shoot down l1 enemy piano in the Mddlterdrl- an theatre before he became a

e. Air Vice-Marshall G. 0. Johnson lhstem Air command, mldc the presentation at the East- station.

em

Bing went overseas as an alr- gunner 1941. later became a navigator. He flew on night fight- er and intruder operations in Egypt and later went to Malta, where he flew as observer for Fit. Lt. Fum- erton, DEC. and par, of Port Co- lounge, Que. The pair downed ll enemy aircraft at night,

0n his return to Canada, Bing qualified as a pilot.

His nitrate‘ live at M Angus

n

Id Crescent. a a. "IR-loll o! resolutions, g, "we. - l-lis wife lives at m Euston 5t, sentative will wait on th Charlottetown.

WILLING, New Zealand. April

i — Patrick Lucas Hamilton, who claimed to be llt years old, “the ‘tllimQlb than

PonCsF-ETJAYT

2L At Record Peak

OTTAWA. A . - _.. Dominion Buregfllo}! ogfilnuqflf Wmiinwdsy that storage stocks of

PK Canada. most fit o - 2,1318%‘ 13:6 filflmfilt oversgas, muei.

Avril l. 1943. Frozen (Nah fish totalled 18,416,. 309 pounds compared with Dlflts 139% March 1 and 13.$.100 April 1, . Stocks of frozen smoked fish compared 0 W" a80- Tho 11.11.11‘? indiv- idual holdings of fish were sea her- wulgt 3.133.316] epounds. salmon 2.- . . co cod whole imosod‘. 2mm “d

Dlii Balance 0f Power Dangerous

$5 ID

ll-(OP) —

atlldOlNigrliEAL. Apri Unlmd K, MacDonald.

i Malcolm H‘ aids, i i prepared mr 1151-1211..“ l/gltllllgfiddflrfi: the old policy oi the balance of Dower as between the magm- mo. ions could mean the way to

revived '

sweeking before Le Cercle Univ

ersitaire De Mon cal, M I POM slid phrases hatfheeh 11:11:11 in lic speeches"

which seemed to envisage that the between the great pow. guapiiaht in some degree be one of

V -

"The speakers have sought to measure the respective strengths tain. America and Russia. a- izainst each other, and to tween them zlouthat p$'§’$$°uub§E maintained because no one ofthesn W88 Strong enough to force its will

contin ed

said know my fellow

llsioio or ill be remand on W adfmrdrn 12th ill the Rurtonrguemorin mu n. too p.

5900M , The Trinity Men's h1g1: uartettemand ale Mrs. m. I- . er w 5: iecileliged. A V” “iii-ll I

0T1‘ WA. Amil — (C? - John national leader of the vs Conservative plrty. at‘? to t that he f t. Ho

coins old. Ki

dun high commissioner for Can- ada. had rende a “ . service" in din attention to the dancers of the ce doctrine. 1

NEW YORK, April ll -- (AP) - Mrs. Dorothea Cornwell, 25. of liouisvile Ky" was announced today Ia-thellpner n! thq Dodd. Mead and company. red-book fiction prize of $10, for lier novel, "They Dare Not Go AT-luniing."

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Southwest Pacific, April l2 - (Wednesday) — (AP) - Gen Douglas MacArthur ar-unced today that American casualties in the campaign for New Britain Island totalled 1.514 as against previously estimated enemy kil- led and wounded of 10.000.

NAMPA. Idaho. April ll —(AP)~ Nurseryman R. E Blcdgett ann- ounces that after years of experi-

,. menting he has developed a peach

larger than present varieties with u pit no larger than that of a cherry.

NEW YORK. April ll-(AP) -The death toll of storms rose to 48 tonig u weather dis- turbances swept over wide areas of the south. central and rocky mountains a . More than 150 persons were injured. Arkansas was the hardest hit. counting 34 dead dlle to scat- tered tornadoes.

MONCTO N23 . April 1i- -(CP)——F‘rank W. Storey was re- elected Mayor of Moncton today. I-le received 1,267 votes. a maiority oi 14D over Jerome A. Morris. only other " ‘ for the office.

SAINT JOIIN N.B.. April 11 | —iCPl—A 20-minute, province- wlde blackout test was held in New Brunswick tonight. Ab- sence of the usual preliminary

warming s r fie. re- duoec the efficiency of the test here ut it was termed completely effective in Glou-

cester County.

BUFFALO. N,Y.. Anril ll-(ACP) —'lwo men were killed and six other; were overcome by cnnl gas fumes followi a fire which was gllckly ext bed at the Hotel t

ler. Fred Kick. 32, l xfli-datweuifhe hotel. and Edwin! m’ awks. Buffalo fireman.

u F

mmlatngbmgy rid ll “ofeh; ha: e o no cy - . once r. And that ll nrln e should not speakYwlet i: $3.'..'%‘.‘l‘...‘l‘°i‘.€t.f.'?“i.€.°&.:l°“ - - 8 gigging!" rivalry between the neat “who? their begun was un- . ll - (OP)- was u tand Purehaeeof 2. .000 bushels of snce mid to’ 3209b“- ounllimmwfix .‘Z”s<>=§3“°&u.3°°3f$ 1 er . . pelafce fiersaon the Winnipeg Grain mills? l‘: older ' in transactions includ- .:e ed the eae of 2.0117000 bushels of Ireat no - Nos. 2 and 3 northern wheat to eta-opera- the ltd t cormnodity cre- o dit corporation and 300 buehell each other's or No. 2 mrlihern in e United , 1d abon- Kingdom. Closi sh prices: i.i.““"i.‘i%"‘ i??? 12"" taitlzdiii‘ hi. e3‘ w er :0 ‘ I - leyiud teed 03%: other liriuies 04%-

Seize Carcasses

Z Of Salvaged Hogs

SAINT JOHN. NJ» Avril 1d— (on-aeiaurs of 1a half-carcasses of hogs salvaged from train wreck at Penniac was an- pounced today by the Saint John sub-district board of health. ‘ihe "damaged" meat, brought here for

' sale. was describedblrufimliroperly

l ht d and 3Q“'hs§§° were killed and others

i d i the derailment of eev- I a ply-thigh: cara carrying livestock .

"lb" bllct at nearby Eastern societies:

McGILL HEAD SAYS 50110411011 SYSTEM

ilames Three “'1 Goals To Be ‘i wér Aimed For

RONTO. Anril ll—(CP)-Dr. James. princi al and vice-

nu.-

dth Ukrainian army is swiftly closing

iituation Last Night

By Kirke 1.. Simpson, Alociated rm. w». arr-mt slashing through northern and eastern gate ways to the Crimea. the

once estimated at 100.000 men. It remains to be been, _howevcr. whether much of that force has not leaked away by air or sea since it was walled

in on a. long-trapped Nazi garrison

a for tnmogowflcannothge‘ theflgirlg a on w sa e us yesterday." In an address prepared for de- livery before the annual meeting of the association. Dr. James said .. terdays education must bear a large share of the PCSDOIISlDlIItY for failure to live up to the ideals that our leaders envisaged." "The business men, trade union leaders and ooliticans" respon- nsible for pro-war policies n educated in schools and col- lfifles. The “voters, shareholders and delegates who repeatedly en- dorsed those policies" had had a Isimilar education-"and 1 am for- iced to add that the educators ‘themselves. on many occasions.

Crimea. is being pulled back into the

F. Cyril

chancellor of McGil University, "fibril" 1W Amy-

fold t Qntario educational as- The speed with which a Russian column forced its way down the t "education Slmperpol “ to the F‘ L ' ' " " either a

German "evacuation" or that what ls left of‘ the Nazi garrison in the

sula for a last-ditch stand about Sevustohol.

The Crimea has been ripe for Russian mopping-up operations for weeks. Short oi’ a suicidal stand at Sevaetopol which could serve no im- purtant purpose except as evidence of Nazi determination to fight to the end, the Crimean campaign-like that In the Ukralno-ls over,

The Russian clean up in the Crimea, however, can have little effut upon the critical developing battle of the Balkans In southeastern Rom- ania, either tactically or in a strategic sense.

Far more deadly for the Nazis is the 3rd Ukrainian advance west o! the Slret River into the upper end of the great Romanian oll fields. A red army spearhead ls within 20 miles or less of Campulung on the eastern slop:- cf the Ciirflithlllis and another air-rest as close to Bocau farther smith. Both are Romanian oil well sites althuuzh 1h? "will "=14 lies on (he south flank of the Trzvnsylvanian Alps north of Ploesil and

southwestern corner of the penin-

h t t th D showed no greater widsom 1.112111 behléd...‘-fkq:iku_ga "my _e a their students."

Education Lagging

"The plain reason why tomor- row's education must be te than that of yesterday." “is to be found in the fact. that our educational system has not yet caught. up with the profound chan- ges in the environment of human‘- life which have occurred during the past two centuries."

“The education of tomorrow. in- deed the education of today. must help y-oum Canadians to find sol- utions to those llroblems of 12er- sonul, economic and political soc- urity. and if it is to sutxeed in that endeavor it will need more than large buildings ‘or better sal- aries for tcachers~unportano as t_es_c jilitteljsjlrc . . . eréucation -1-crorm‘cerinot-Be#*oomohe ‘nn " the war has been won, It too late i0 start then."

lie set three goals ol reform-

LONDON. ADl‘i1'1i—(AP--— ‘F110. red army dsscendcd with euectacul-i ar speed uuon 160,000 beleaguered; German and Romanian troops in= the Crimea today and in swift de- velopmcnt of its four-cioy-old 0f- iensive captured the struiezic rcil junction of Dzhankoi rind (he hea- vily-Iortified town of Kerch. two (f 1h emost important points on the entire peninsula, Premier Stalin announced tonight.

Kerch. at, the eastern tip of the Orlmeu'."ielP-~to'the~ Soviet indepen- , dent maritime army. which launch- ed a third attack against 1hr Axis troops of the blu xicninsuln. TllDS-i‘ troops rolled l9 miics west cf Krrch

ed education: after taldnn lhf! 1011-11155- , 1. The young Canadian must Gen. Feodor I Tolbukhins 4th become an effective worker. Ukrainian 21.1111)‘. roliink tank and infantry forces forward at a rate

2. lie must become a wise II

" bl cl ti - 'd ih peninsula DPODEI‘ illlii 0111i’ fonglies rm-rgzhmgidzir tliulrlicathbnpil-Ig- ab $11116: northeast of the bill flail/Bl blem of educational finance.” he base of Sevastouoi. _ said. "The treasury must help zen- While these forces were adian- erously, but we ‘who are teachers cing southward from the shore of and educational administrators the Sivash Sea other Tolbukhin have a responsibility that cannot troops were speeding into the 116B" be avoided. The curriculum is our, of the German Crimean defences responsibility. teaching methods from the Perekop Isthmus Bi» the are our responsib ty, extra-cur- giortuhwestern entrance to the ben- ricular activities are laiwciv in our 11%;}. Andre]. I‘ Yeremanko. who

development of westerir; signed‘ the final lultimatgm ‘lfiblimlllcit-

1 i i v ntuti suronocr o - siioxmtzl-iiaéioauvflmcltxiligiertiag ssfiguldl Mlgrshsfl eF-ie-icdrich Von Pauius’ 6th ever become our sioilfln. so we who» German army at Stalingrad. was

are planning education r to- disclosed as the commander of the morrow rnust reinforce precept by Mllrli-imc Brmi’. which seized 4

lfnemy Defences In Crimea Collcrpsing

oltm _ of 3'7 miles four days. captured ject of a long discussion at e 3. lle mist bc able to enjoy Dzharikoi. _:1t the heart of a bill monthly meeting of the City Council

his leisure. of l'€lil\V£l_\'S feeding n11 the 135g night,‘ Crimea, The town is i5 miles 1n- n; resulted 1n ghe wjmdmwg] q!

o, resolution by Coun _ Kinnon to the effect», "that notwith- standing previous infonnatlon that the Department of Transport

continued, this Council go on record as W

vided that proper maintenance and operation be assured Maritime Central Airways ownership 1d oi’ their hankar is place of this the City Clerk was in- structed to write the Board of Trade corrnnitiec. answering their questions 0 factually and inviting them to a

nuhe plains.

Long Session Last Night 0f City ilounoil

A series of questions fromthe air srrvicc committee of the Chariot-te- rown Board of Trade relating to the present oyvncrship of the Charlotte- town airport silo and the attitude of the City Council towards surren- dering such ownership to the minion authorities, formed the Jltllb-

1

A. T Mac-

will not take over the civic airport un- til the military use has been dis-

illing to transfer ownership to the Department at any time. pro- arid that

protected." In

villages in its advance from Kerch. joint, discussion with the Council on

l§2,ts70,000 Contract Let For New Railway

ll; 0. A. F. Promotions

i MONTREAL, QllEn Drll 10-—'l‘hc contracting firm of C. A. Pitts Ltd. general contractors which was re- sponsible for the buildinfl’ 9! ‘he Slhipshaw in therSiisbilxglafly 1!?" e -.:P""°.....§. i‘.’1§’.‘u‘.l‘“i.§°§i?“‘.i' i-iidiierliffiiiié ‘the i-- .';Nut'0 aw ne minl-eséry gr lgvuémiifllon; Rgiliergg; Rjiillrlilfiibllg. ldgfllllo to blister? Jct. PTOV '---- ti.fMt',t headquarters includw- ‘ggnJ-ifiiccsdartiodzy. on lgeliminzg N“! 59m“? J- E- Gvldsmiih, work is being started this week on Himax- and Q31 3°“!- Glace B“ the right of wav with local labor-

Quebec: J.L. Britt, Maniwaki: F.D.M. Neilan, Quebec, P.F_ Westmount; J.P_ Dibenza. .R._ belie, l... Thompson J D. Hayes, Montreal.

LIGHTEST METAL

Magnesium is the lightest structural metals, being "Q9"! m“."_.i"'.“l‘m"'

Montreal. the construction of this line at the earliest possible mom- ent became imperative" said tile railway presicnt, Mr. RC. Vaug- hen," and nutncrity was given un- der the War Measures Act to pro- ceed immediately with its con- ruction

0f "The cost of construction of this One-ihllrq new line. which is about 14 mile

in IEXIBQHAS§§QXTIHl§t1lt__$2,870,ml0'.'

Q o3 y?

and

the .

The meeting, which lasted three a and one half hours, was over by Deputy Mayor McKee in the absence of Mayor Blanchard.

length was a proposal

160 feet gpgw. on Qregn Street to the I_.

Butter Ration Cut May Not Be Needed

Dominion Bureau of Stilt-ENC! will today that creamery butter hold- ings on April l

on March l end 9.040013 pounds a

New Brunswick: P. B. Balenko. n, mg traffic having throw-n year ago. St. George; E.M_ Lunney, Saint an c“ pnomr hgavy burden upon Prices Board had no comment John. and A-l- Dyseri. Mvnvwn- the facilities on the island of on the situation. but ii w“ "mi"-

stood they wero giving continuous study to it.

serious , a reduction in the ration might be necessary, but there was

would be sufficient to carry Can-

gent new steps to the rest of the world as a potential peeking-post for Axis agents are expected in the light of Allied dc- termination to pursue a policy of safety first in dealing with the

tonig 1

silent on the next move, it is likely that tho present restrictions on travel and communications between Britain and Ireland will be made even tighter and perhaps even be accompanied by a virtual as invasion day approaches.

gravely to prevent bruising the feelings of neutral nations wher- lcver possible but the basic policy

i It“, desire to prevent a waste of] lives. -

presided

Another subject discussed

to

at grant

of parallel Perkin:

(Continued on page 6. Col. 4)

O'I'I‘AWA. Allfll 1l-— (Cm-The

and butter in transit totalled 11,380,817 pounds compared with 20,174,600 pounds

If the supply situation became the hope that quantities in store

ada through until enlarged summer production becomes available.

u... Blockade Eire Before Invasion Day

IDNDON, April 1I—-(AP)—-Strin- ieoiate Eire from

it lt. Although official quarters are

neutral nations, was learned

blockade

Each step being weighed

that field is to be dictated by

[erecting of slides and swings 1nd

OUTMODEDZYI1fB “ -=, - .1 anes Shot States Views iilut 0f Sky g

0n Supervised Playgrounds

A statement oi’ his iittltllde to- wards supervised playgrounds and Juvenile clelinquencv read by Coun. A. T; MacKinnon at last night's meeting of the City Council. prg- cipitated a lively discussion which leflfllllhtfid in the decision to posi-

Amcricau Losses Were 64 Bombers And 16 Fighters.

LONDON. APRIL ll - (AP) -- United Stairs fill‘ forces rimled an- uihrr ‘"2201 hole in Gennanyk, cir- craft llldllsLV and destroyed 126 Nu7i pianos in the air today at a cost cf G4 bombers and l6 escorting fighters in the most savage battle

pgng the subject n, m m _ American airmen have fought Iince

gldgfaflgy-L r r er c“ tirrilr blow o: Ellorillllthlllrfill 6k d) Ccuncillc M Kill ' 1'1 "PPM i" is’ 11 elm‘ r-