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Severe Earthquake Rocks Northern Chile

Butch Are Optimistic

LONDON, April d .-(CP)_. Dutch circles here declared to. day; that the people oi the Netherlands are becoming in- creasingly optimistic over the outoome of tho war and dis. closed that the country l, full of reports that "score; or pd. tlsh agents" have been landed and are making secret pre- lllratlolll for an Allied invasion.

These sources said the wave oi optimism sweeping the coun. try ll being demonstrated by outbreak; of sabotage and anti. Nazi attach.

Britain was said to have been llllllllll! llllrties oi two and- lhrse persons durlnl the last nlr weeks. in spite oi the heavy fortifications and vigilant pat- rols along most of the Nether- hnds coast; these per-gong mlkllll their we! to the interior. Only recently the German radio broadcast a report n: gimp" activities in Norway. "Sfigilfaltllropagalrtida ‘in the

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minimise the rol bei i, by American iliei-‘s. n! p "d iiolianders are told that all air raids have been made by the RAF. and that few American lllanes participated. Tbs N33] all"! is that the United stat" ‘as been unable to get enough tlrcrait to Britain to attack in orce because of the submgrlng warfare and that those which

did arrive proved inadequate,

Toronto Presbytery’ Refuses S’Side Call

TORONTO. April 6—(CP)-'I‘br. gum glvsbytery today refused a call Chalk mmeiside. P. E. f. to Rev.

=8 Canlesv or st. Andrew's Church Streetsvllle, Ont.

A call from Avenue Road Church to Rev. Donald McMillan oi Grand River. N 0.. was approved by Pm..- bYTBPY- The 6811. signed by nearly ‘fulfils i591‘ centd ojf tllzre con cation.

resen e , _ 1 Bills. interim mxllidefziltog. exande!

Shipyard Workers Threaten, Strike

QUEBEC, April 6 — (OP) — Romeo Chevalier, Quebec organ- lroi- oi the Canadian Congress oi Luocr, nounced late today that 1,003 employees oi a Quebec ship- iurd voted yesterday to strike if their employers refuse to appoint I-ll arbitration committee to dis- cuss union demands. Nine voted Bill-inst the strike.

The workers, members of the Canadian Union oi Cogpersmiths and Builders oi Iron hips, are asking ior a closed shop and wage rates equal to those paid in Mon- treal shipyards. They also seek reinstatement of two fellow em- ploytes. dismissed by the com- lllllly recently because oi what the workers said was union activities.

A similar vote was taken iii two other shipyards today. with the result expected to be an- nounced tomorrow.

Chevalier said yesterday when the vote was taken that 8.000 workers would be involved if al three plants voted in favor oi strike action.

“We are not voting to strike." he said. "but we are asking for an arbitration committee and it is Olll‘ rliht to have lt."

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Norwegian Government says a notorious Nazi in Arendal, Norwav, entered a shop and ased somo people why they‘ did not join the Nazi Party. A orweglan replied: “I've heard loll that once you join ii. it is ‘ lb to leave again." Nonsensel" sold the Nari; “People an resigning every day.”

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SANTIAGO, April 6 —(AP)— A severe. QO-sccond earthquake rocked the northern coast oi Chile today, tumbling down houses and buildings over a wide area Two reported klllec in Ova o north of Santiago.

It was the worst quake since the disastrous one at Chllian in i900 which killed some 30.000 persons.

Several towns were reported bad- ly hit, but hours later the only re- port oi casualties was from Ovalie where. besides the two persons re- ported dead. four were injured.

Big buildings in Santiago oresked l-lld swayed, and frightened aowds rushed into the streets. The bulld- lngs oi the ministries oi war and Agriculture both were left slightly askew. The quake was of grade eight degree here and in Valparaiso. and grade seven in northern Ohille Grade l0 ls the maximum. Th9 Milli-m’? 0f the Interior re- ported that the village oi Sala- manca north of Santiago was hard hit, with numerous buildings. in- cluding the hospital, destmyed. 'I‘he National Teegraph News Agency salt.‘ many houses were wrecked at Illspel, with perhaps hall’ oi’ them unlrihsbltable. Government officials flying in a relief plane to Serena, however. said they did riot notice any great dsmakc at either town. The National Telegraph said the epicentre oi the quake apparently was between Salamsrica and Vall- enar, north of Santiago.

Annual Meeting 0f Local C.W,L. Last Evening

Mrs. Stophem Trainor was 1e- elected gresident oi the Charlotte- town su -divislon Catholic Wom- ens League at the annual meeting which was held Tuesday evening, Allrll 6. in the C.W.L. Hall. Her election was by acclamation.

Other officers elected were Mrs. W.J.P. MscMilltm, first vice-pres- ident; Miss Evangeline Vessey, second vice-president: Mrs. J H. Blanchard, third vice-president: Mrs. Daniel Kelley ls recording secretary. Mrs. J. J. Tralnor is corresponding secretary. while Mrs. Ernest McTague was re-elect- ed Treasurer. Councillors are: Mrs. John Pollard. Mrs. Sara Ben- oit. Mrs. W. T. Condy. Miss Marv McDonnell. Mrs. S. G. Peppln, Mrs. C. L. McDonald. Mrs. James Brown, Mrs. Louis Condon.

Mrs. J. M. Doucette was conven- er of the nominating committee. and Mrs. Frank Walker was chslr-

mun of elections. The president addressed the

_(CEFrTt1n'1TEil—HTsEE' c. éol 3T Prices Board Salaries, Expenses

iamouritec. to 5.227.113. the Board Imported in a return tabled in the

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OTTAWA, April 6 -(CP)—Salsr- [es and living expenses paid to its emp oyees by the Prices Board “Om April 1. 1942. to Feb. 28, 1943.

House of Commons Willi’ bi’ Fm’ once Minister llsley.

Travelling expenses in the same period amounted in $510779.

The return said employees of the Board st. Feb. 2a numbered 6.004 of whom 241 were emolcveadbv ‘(£111

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ASHLN The Bankhead farm bill. vetoed by President Roosevelt on the ground it is inflationary, ed headed for an uneasy resting place with the Senate Agriculture committee. possibly to be brought

Senate debate, Senator John Bank- head

override lacking. l-le BSKEC that the bill be sent to the Agriculture Committee. th but a vote on his motion wss dc-

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1943

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Flanked Nazis

a . - . - cs2 ,5 British Gen. Bernard Frcybcrg, a New Zeslander WhOm Germans

reported killed in the 1941 battle of Crete. proved himself very much alive by leading the flanking at- tack on El Hamma, Tunisia, that was responsible ior rout oi Rommel at Gabes.

News Briefs

NEW YORK. April c-tAPl- The Berlin radio claimed to- night that more than 2.000 per- sons were killed in the Am- erican bombing of Antwerp Monday and that nearly that many more were injurcd or are still missing. >-

OHICOUTIMI, Que. April g_ (CH-Strikes involving approxim- ately S25 men broke out late tonight. in newsprint and paper mills oper- ated by Price Brothers and Com- pany Limited at the nearby mums of Jon uiere and River-bend, with indicat ons that the walkouts would spread within a few hours to Com- pany newsprint mills at Dolbeau and Kenogaml.

WASHINGTON, April 6- lAPl-Ma cr La Guardia oi New Yor may go into the United States army. but Pre- sident Roosevelt cost doubt to- do? on the possibility that he "ll Will’ the star oi a Bri- gadier General or even the eagle of a Colonel. The President told a press conference he has no plans to nominate La Guardia

or a commission.

lletocd ll.S. Farm Bill May Be Revived

W GTON, April 8 —(AP) -

tonlght appear-

up again at scme later date. At the end or‘ a cay of tense (Dem-Ala), author of the measure designed to raise some farm price ceilings, conceded that the two-thirds vote necessary to the President's veto is

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Zealand's Minister to the United

The danger ' " quently cited by its critics la the

jectlve oi whatever new American making would be disruption oi he consolidation.

able to strike at the main sealanes Indies.

DNIPQP"! sphere" is the submarin mlready is doing highly important aircraft on the outer ready to risk considerable amounts

nage at a rate already something

Allied Ship Losses Higher In March

WASHINGTON, April 8 —(AP) — Navy Secretary Frank Knox

Atlantic were considerably

to intensified operations of Ger- man submarines.

months of the war to date. and

as indicating s, new peak in sink- lngs had been reached. but simply that the battle of the Atlantic had taken a turn for the worse.

Knox gave no estimate oi the total number of U-boats the Nazis have thrown into their spring of- fensive, but he said that “just as we expected and as I said it would be, there are more German subs out. there.“

"They've changed their tactics more or less." he s ' . "Wll-hvllt disclosing what new tactics had been observed. "The situation 15 serious and s. tough one. Nobody is 5 bit complacent about it.

The U-boots are concentrating in the middle Atlantic. he said, a- long the shipping routes from the United States to England and w the Mediterranean.

To counter the U-boat offensive the United States is rushlill! @011’ structlon oi s fleet. of destroyer escort ships. he said.

(in Canada. new-type Shh“ cit"- ed pflqpms are being built and sent to sea for the Prime bllfllose of combsttlnz U-boats. The Pri- ggmg art- new-tyne eorvetics. inst- er and more powerful than the type Canada and Britain has user-l so successfully ln escort and antl- submnrlne work.)

the Board.

Nazis Sim

LONDON, Apru s -(CP)—Afler ‘l2 hours oi the most intensive aerial onslaught; of the war. the alll offensive against Nari-held mm simmered down iodlY l» dlvlll l- sweepa by R..A.l". ilghtors and fighter-bombers. which attacked railways, airdromes and power stations in France and Belgium. One swee was manic bi’ "l! Canadian n: ln the Dleppe area ln France and Air Ministry said the German destroy- edvwhat appeared to be one of their ammunition dumps with their own

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tl-alrcraft firs. f, Mm“- - Znlgtghtsr-btarinlar: ‘lfsooirld ‘P! {.1125 a enosifnufil (‘la/er the At- I 0-". l l ti. The 56- r lssary field at St. Omer in Rance and @131“ ‘mm y" '0 m Members oi -

be I ks d or nt at itloendmlrle. ‘Sear. “$1.... “Bomb bursts were seen in the target area.

At dusk. speedy mosquito bombers raided an engine shed and railway

e Air Ministry said only one fighter ls missing from the day's operations.

in attacks on enemy shipping nif the French coast last night R.A.il'. fighters and Royal Navy planes damaged three merchant vessels and two small escorting eraft. the

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Air Offensive Against

a Mai-lion. llanier

countries. arrived in London io- night sitar a railway

staff who pro coded him were on hand at black- ed-cut Psddtnlton Station where representative; of Canada House and some of which he ls aocredtod gards at Benet, near Nsniur, in h;

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don in i041 be here seal ward m w ments whose countries have been occ ed.

llilvll red mission," he said. these gyuntries are suffering so terribly

f erred until tomorrow.

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IDNDON, April C —(OP)—Maj.- . George P. Vanier. Canada's first Minister to the free govern- ments oi Nazi-oppressed European

journ from t at wiiylch ho

sruments to welcomed

m. The Minister. who visited lon- aald he was happy to n and was looking ior-

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Ships Leave Gibraltar

LONDON. April o -(OP)— De- parting from the usual practice of

screening the movements of Brit- ish warships. man listeners in a German-langu- age broadcast today that "M30111- ing to news reaching London the British battleships Nelson. Rodney

the BBC told G91‘-

and Mala a and the aircraft car-

rler ronn dsbls had left Gibraltar

for "an unknown destination." ‘rhe- BBC said the story was not

based on an official announcement.

m broadcast was interpret“! l‘

part of the war of nerves walnut

thQ AXIS. i

uation Last Night

By Glenn Babb, Associated Press War Analyst

vein that hugs the coast of Asia b Pacific mandated islands and Formosa, the Phflippingg and the Dutch

At this stage. therefore, th U ited N ti ‘ 7°!‘ ""3111! It that liieiine and, lntneriere :it?.":nr::i1‘<inet?:,f“.,vr'tn.

fringes where the Japanese

giving promise oi increasing this at an accelerating

said today Allied siilp losses in the WOTSB in March than in February. due February was one of the best

Knox‘s comment was not regarded

There is a growing and probably well-founded belief that the Unit- Ml Net-lam are preparing something highly unpleasant for the Japanese. The latest authority to lend weight to this view n Walter Nash, New

States. who has attended all recent

meetings of the Pacific war council in Washington. in the beat-iiitler-first statement most ire- possibility that Japan, given a year or two of comparative immunity from attack against the main body oi her "co-prosperity sphere," will become so strong she never can be beaten. It ls argued that a. mere continuation of attacks against the outer fringes of her conquests. even such defeats as Guadalcanal and Papua. will not be enough to interfere seriously with her program ior exploiting the riches she has grabbed and putting together s. mighty military machine. 5111""!!! there is lame doubt as to Japan's capacity to accomplish this. some experienced observers holding that she lacks the technicians, skilled labor and industr I equipment, there ls general agreement that the longer Japan is left ln enjoyment of her spoils the more difllcult, her defeat will be. Therefore lt would be lo

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The growing American and Allied air power in the orient still is un-

oi the Japanese sphere, the jugular ehlnd the double screen of the mid-

gical to expect that a primary oh- Allied strategy may b; lrr the Pllsram of economic and military

illrge Increased Accommodation llt Sanatorium

At a meeting culled by the Wo--

men's Institutes of the Province to conslner increased socomodation at the Provincial Sanitarium a com- mittee was named to formulate a plan and see it through to a. fin- sh.

Those named on the sommittee werez- Mr. D. J Boimell, Dr B. W l-Iowatt, Mrs. Wm Mutch, Mrs Dr J. A, MacMillan. Col. K. S. Rogers, Mr S T. Green, Mrs, Walter Ileard, Mr v. A. Alnsworth. Mr. J. E. Dalton, Mrs. George Martin, Mr, Allison Mac- Lean and a representative to be named from Parkdale and from East Royalty Institutes. This com- mittee has power to ac.d to its number representative names from other sections oi the Province

Dr W. Howntt. Dr. P A Creelman and Dr. B. C Keeping presented facts which showed 12ml:

Jam e. with which the United States navy work. This is supplemented by Allied still are surprisingly

oi their precious shipping on military

adventures. Submarines and planes are cutting down the enemy's ton.

like l0 per cent net a year and are

rate.

‘ 3O Berlin Factories Destroyed

‘In Raid

LONDON, April '1-— (Wednesday) ——(CP)—-Th1rty Berlin factories, “like blocks oi centrally-located busmes offices and railway re air slio in the Templehoi ire ght ya were destroyed or badly dam- aged in the i1 A.F. raid on the German Cllplifil March 1, the air ministry announced today.

Theyofflcinl statement said re- connaissance photographs showed vast destruction after the raid. re- garded as one of the "most success- ful" ever niudc on Berlin. The Cap- ital was twice pounded heavily later in the month-so heavily, iii fact, that German censorship stopped the soeyiiing of news to the outside wor

R..A.F. experts who analyzed the pictures said destruction was hea- viest in the districts west and southwest of the centre of Berlin.

Two big raids on factories pro- ducing roller bearings, telephone equipment. fire control apparatus and precision instruments caused heavy damage, the ministry said.

Relax Restrictions Re Reporting Men Missing ln Action

OTTAWA, April 6—(CP) — The censorship directive proliibltinfl publication oi news about members of the forces who are reported missing until five weeks has e HD5841 now has been relaxed. Q The press censors have informed; newspapers that "there will be n0 objection in future to publication of the bare fact that these men have been reported missing provided tho information has been received of- ficially by next-of-kin and provided no direct or indirect indication is given of the date of the casualty. the locality where it occurred 0r the unit to which the missing oi- iicer or man belonged."

soon as men are reported missing the next-oi-kln are notified- as is the case with men killed or wounded. Hitherto the names of men reported killed or wounded aD- peared ln official casualty lists as soon as the next-oi-kln received the notices.

Names of missing men. however. were kept out of casualty lists for a period oi five weeks and news- papers were not ermltted to Dub- lish them if obta ed from other sources.

ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY MONTREAL, April 84C?)- Joseph Murullo, so, escaped from the cells in the criminal court building today shortly after he had appeared for preliminary hearing on charges oi false pre- tences. receiving and five counts of burglary

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Lt,-Col. Paton Appointed Area Commandant

Word was received hers yesterday afternoon of the promotion of Major J R. Paton to the rank of Lieut- enant Colonel. aiid- at the some Lime the unnouncciilent was received of his appointment. in the position oi Area Commandant for Prince Ed- ward Island. Col. Paton will also carry on the duties of D.OC ‘s representative.

A veteran of the last war Col. Paton has a distinguished military career in his credit

War as a Lieutenant with the 105th Britta ion. He served in FY1111‘!!! with the 26th Battalion and was‘ wounccd at the Brittle oi Amlenst For meritorious gallantry fr! that] battle Col Paton ivas awarded thei Military Cross. ‘

On returning to Canada after

the war he was Captain and Ad- jutant oi the P.E I regiment, now the Prince Edward Island High- landers for several years. He was also active in the re- organization of the PE I Light Horse. serving as Quartermaster with that unit.

At the outbreak oi the present conflict he was appointee Recruit- ing Officer for this Province. He held that position until two years ago when he was named D.O Cfs representative for Prince Edward Island.

Italian Cruiser llas Brief Career

CAIRO, April 6 —(CP)- A new Italian cruiser which had been at sea less than eight hours had its bow blown off by an Allied sub- marine, it was disclosed today with the announcement of the award of a Distinguished Flying Cross to Pilot Officer L E Philpotts 0i Saint John. NB. Phllpotfis air reconnaissance led the Allied sub- marine to the nttmk. Middle East Headquarters announced.

Soviets Mak

LONDON, April 0 —(CP)— The Russians announced tonight that the have driven the Germans ba from one favorable position in a strong counter-attack south of Izyimi on the Donets front, and ialo broadcasts from Berlin so- knowledged that the Nazis are on the defensive at. one point in this sector.

‘Rio Rod Army counter-attack was launched after the Germans had frequentl attacked Russian positions, flnaly becoming exhaus- ted in stubborn fighting. said the Moscow midnight communique as recorded here by the Soviet Radio Monitor.