- uncut houses here

MAKING

a A MAXIMS one MAN °' ‘ M MERE MAN ,,,,,,., . >;;//./// l The People's Paper .‘.t"'i...ii2'.i‘li. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew 5iil3i-3-73"-l='-“~=l-"-l""""-"3** CHARIJOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1944 s PAGES .i:.°._":'.?.'.:'.'"..2:1";.':5i.!f.“. u.a.A. our

OFFENSIVE ROARS IN T0

CANADIAN WARSHIPS III PRE-INVASION BLOW

Japs Stage Suicide

bran Total In Province Now

ryloan

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m un disposed ha: Emu reported officially, h ‘ever.

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1.. Charlottetown sales re- rted totalled $92,400 of a 2315.000 obiectiva while Queen's County, oat-side the Citv had

Iellilfttd .900 or a $415,000 objective.

In King's County 816.500 had been reborted. The objective there is $400,000.

Loan official; said the ap- parenr. lag in sales in rural

areas was due in Dart to dil- ficult travelling conditions. Muddy roads are making it extremely difficult for- szliesmen to traveL in add! the condition of the roads Ia slowin down the receipt of re- turns y headquarters here,

15 Bead Are Identified In Montreal Crash

MONTREAL, April 2B —- (CP)~— A Coroner's inquest will he held tomorrow in connection with the crash of a four-en ned Libera- tor bomber into a. hock of ‘gene-

was

l announced tonight while salvage workers feared the death's toll might rise to i0.

Fifteen bodies were identified during the day and search con- tinued for at least four more vic- tims. The l5 identified bodies included the five bomber crew members whose names were being withheld pending notification cf

next-of-kin.

The list of identified civilian bodies follow:— ‘Ml-s. Victor Ceoifrien, B0, Mon- rea. ‘ Louis Philippe Lemieux, d8, Mon- rea.

Aurele Lsrochelle, 58, Farnham,

ue.

Joseph Hebert, 39, Montreal. "Mxrs. Joseph Bowling, so, Mon- a

I . Mrs. Joseph Wells, i9. Montreal. Mrs, Walter Wells, 2e. Montreal. victor Marchalld, 34, Famham,

ue. “Nilcole Herbert, l1 months, Mon-

fl . Although the airmen's names it was

his‘ tilat three were Pblish and the other two "English-speaking”.

lisk Independent Control Cf Radio

OTTAWA, April N -- (C P) — Cmada’; second radio network should be placed in the hands of private enterprise and a control OOUlmlsSIOn should be set up outside the Canadian Broadcasting Corpor- ation to regulate broadcasting, J0- Wbh Sedgwick, counsel for the Canadian Asociatlon of Broadcas- ters. said today at a meeting oi the commons radio committee.

In rm 80 page brief on behalf of ll"! 64 privately owned stations who Ire members of lilo C. A. B., Mr. Rdzwick said such a. setup would "Rail a. ‘ - change of Can- ldas radio pclloy,

i

CDMING EVENTS

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"Gland or t 9719\nd. weauhaay, ‘a?

‘SDCCIBI Meetin oi P. E. I. glslgnsgy Club. w be held in my 3rd. 8501mm? M. “N. Wednesday.

4-37-21. “See Marie Players in "Silas erhio from rural mo; " in Morefluflall May 3nd,pl.9o P. 321-8! 00w g .: tans: - Also unsexed Tuesdays "id "Hiya. Swift’ Ilatghgifi.

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' make

Assaults In

Opposes Suggested Plans For Financing llealth Insurance

__O'I'I‘AWA. April 3B — (GP) _ r financing of a National Health Insurance Plan as outlin- ed in a draft hill now being ex- Bmllleil l .- 1‘ "a flagrant violation” of the rinclple of the flblllly l0 Ply, B ci a Canadian Congress oi Labor brief today dis- tributed to membe oi the Com. mons Social Security Committee grief; has been examining the

l .

"The fiat rate contribution oi $12 per adult is simply a head t“. rhaPS l-he most objection- able ype of tax there is, and cer- tainly one that has no relation at all to the iiity to pay." said the

percentage income ‘Per cent for sin le Persons and ve per cent or married persons is almost equally objectionab . especially 1h view of the maximum limit of $30 for single persons and $50 for married persons.

"Both forms of contribution would bear very heavily on those in the low income groups and

"The flat tax of three

ued or_l_p_a__g_e_ 7, Col. B)

hbnd Girl Christens New Destroyer

HALIFAX. April 26 —(C. P.)- The slender grey hull oi HMCS- Nootka. second destroyer bruit in Canada, knifed its way into the wa- ter of Halifax Harbor today to mark another mile-stone in the Domin- ion's nuval construction history.

The ZCOC-ipn battle craft, named for a. once-warlike tribe of Pacific Coast Indians, slid smoothly from the sllpway of the Halifax Shllp- yards, Ltd, to join her older Sister. the woman. still undergoing flttins since her laundaing here last Sep- tun

be!‘ i8-

Pel-t Rita Gallant. a. slim brunette from Howlan, PEI, cracked a bottle of authentic champagne a-

cross the sharp bow of the Nootka to chrieten her and then severed a silken ribbon to send the venel on her way to the sea. whlls a crowd oi several hundred I'M-Nd Wm-

selves hoarse.

Miss Gallant, a worker in the ship- yard mould loft who was the first woman to work on dost-Nye!‘ C0"- structlon in Canada. needed W0 tries with the chamlrag-ne bottle. Q1 her first, the magnum bounced halrnlessly off the Nlestroyer’: plates- The second brought a satis-

fishnicsffi= Continues Clljection To Secret Probe

(YITAWA. Jame; Clark, ormer chief inspec- tor for the Canada-United Klnkflfim

int inspection board, today dec-

ined to be sworn as a wltnesihe-

Allied Troops Break Lull In Anzio Area

IN-(C H-Poet

Jungle

_ Perish In Droves In De 1 A“ T Break Clamp On Commuilllfillitlicfns Inexlxiltllltma?

KANDY, Ceylon, April 36 - (A 1

O

Pefately against Allied road blocks in Central Burma and are "per-

in droves" as they try to break the stranglehold ‘ ’ on their communion" by thJug. ands of airbom " hlndits" an All- lod spokesman anounced today. ed by heavy artillery and mortar fire and supported by light tanks, howling Japanese are char. Bin! into the Allied wire and through mine fields at. numerous points on a broken l0 mile front and are being mown down by Brit- ISQHARICIICBII and Indian troops, he s .

' ‘ n Commando air forces held control of the ail- over the scattered fighting areas and are Bl- Vlll! active SUPPOYC to the embattled Allied ground troops, whom they transported by gliders and planes to the original landing points be- hind the enemy lines, the spokes. man said.

While the "Chindits" fought in the jungles of Burma, British and Indian forces 150 miles to the west continued to tllrcw back Japanese invasion 7100p!» on the approaches 0f Imphal and Kcilima. Ad. miral Lord Louis Mountbattelvs main advance bases in east India.

As the enemy threat to Imphal and Kchima subsided, Admiral Mountbatten took occasion to deny that there ever had been any m5. agrement between him, as Supreme Commander in Sfllltheasg A515, and Gen. Claude Auchinleck, comma . der in chief iiLQQa.

NAPLES, April 2s (AP) Allied troops hav broken the lull on the Anzio bri gehead, improved their positions and have taken prisoners in several limited at- acks launched after a. combined artillery and propaganda barrage, glued headquarters announced to-

By.

‘lilo Allies lashed out to strengthen their lines as Ameri- can fliers reported heavy move- ments oi enemy motor transport on the highways near Rome and as official reports told of enemy replacements from t Russian front reached the beach ead front.

The Rains were scored in the last three days. headquarters an- nounced. l 1-2 miles northeast of carano, where the Germans launched their latest big offen- sive against the bridgehead forces. The Allies first directed a ro- paganda talk at the German Ines hrough amplifiers, and 50 prison- ers were taken.

Pilots of American light bomb- ers attacking roads in the Rome area reported the enemy troop concentrations around Rome, the second time in two weeks such enemy moves have been noted.

Nazi Destroyer Sunk In English Channel Battle

By SYDNEY GBUSON (Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON. April 26 -— (C? Cable) -Hard-hitting Canadian warships are sharing in the Royal Navy's pie-invasion efforts to lure Ger- man fleet units into battle, it was disclosed with an Admiralty an- nouncement of the sinking of a German destroyer in an engage- ment fought in darkness early today at the western end of the Enziish Channel.

Three of Canada's swift and powerful tribal class destroyers were mainly responsible for sink- ing of the enemy destroyer. They were the Athnbhska, which the Germans claimed to have sunk last August. the Huron and Haida

The trio formed part of a Royal Navy force led by the secret and romantically-named crusler Black Prince which en- countered three or four enemy destroyers off Isle de Bas, about l5 miles northwest of Morlaix in Brittany, where the English Chan- nel opens lnto the Atlantic.

The Nazi units tried to elude the British force, steaming off at high speed under a. smoke screen, said the Admiralty communique issu- ed late today.

One destroyer, believed to be of the Elbing class, s hit and damaged. Later it was sighted again by the Haida and the Atha- baskan which engaged the enemy “at short range.” The Huron and HMS. Ashanti, another destroy- er, jolned in the battle in which the Nazi warship "was hit re- peatedly and finally sunk.”

‘The communique said the Bri- tish and Canadian warships suf- fered‘ only minor casualties anif superficial damage.

The Athabaskall. which was hit by a 2.0iX)-pouncl German glider bomb in the Bay of Biscay last August

t the fight mzaln, was commanded by Lt-Crndr. John Hamilton Stubbs. D 8.0.. Vivi-Orifi- The Haida. and Huron, both be- lieved to be engaged in their first action, were skibberrrl respectively by Clnidr. H G. (ie Wolfe Halifax, and Lt. Cmdr. HS. Rayner. D.S.C.. Grimsby. Ont.

Torpecioes were fired at the cruiser Black Prince. one of Bri- tom's newest warships whose de- tails are no vet listed in naval re- ference books. but she lock “suc- cessful avoiding action," the Ad- miraltv report said.

Canada's tribal cias destroyers displace about 2.000 tons. Their firepower ls more than double that of the Canadian nav'y's river class destroyers.

Little Left Of — Crashed Bomber

MONTREAL. April 2S—(CP)

' Farmers Preparing

After working almost constantly

one truck with the wreckage of tho four-engined bomlber which grashed in a city block here yester-

a .

Illoyal Air Force transport com- mand officials said that it was a- mut all the wreckage they hope to ather from the debris of the gut- ed buildings.

The prospect of being able to supply by air, a-fter the war, such markets as Halifax, ‘Boston, Mont- real, Newfoundlo and even Bumps with Prince Edward Island falm and fishery products was pictured by Chief Justice ‘Thane A. Canlpbell in all address before the Rotary Club of Slxnmerside on Tuesday. The speaker's subject was ‘F blems o: -war traction" to which he added a strong appeal for loo pg,- cent support of the Sixth Victory

Loan being international in m...» me

[gm 5 m WI!‘ nub - committee after being sub- poenaed last nlaht to aPPQII‘. it “I! learned after the sub-committee rose for its noon adjournment

The meetln was in secret. but authorities sa d it was to be 855d- med the sub - committee would report to the main expendlmres committee

A decision then could be mflde l! towhether Mr. Clark would be re- pqrtgd co the House. If mu was done he might be brought before the bar of the house. on a vlllflie Ol contempt and, if thecomPlfllll-Wl! unstained, ‘committed to the iI-YW-

r. However, autboritie said they ma it "tlillik " such im- would he ins tuted 081ml- k and they noted the con ui

ch ad by Mr. 0N2 &l l. .mnelrr o! "m! boot; were made of inferior mat-

000d! Ml’.

lllstitutei Dale of cakes. wg-mite-"Qil.

I u:

said, “is especially adapted m a. study of the problems of recon. structlon, which must be largely international in their scope.

"The fimt Nquisi-ie, is hhe defeat oi the Bit-Meier notions, which must be so decisive as to br home to Germany and her satellit- es a terror of the consequences of would Then, although Germqhy slou

"Rotary, (lhicf Justice

econom and social recovery, aha should be prevented from reaming for new campaigns of aggression.

' prevention of future wars reign continual strength

fi

1 , United states uid (Irina. the said. “If we are to pines n

ti the lcliue cf Nations, it

crisis.

such as may in future "quire the surrender by the wfllbmerlt states of some

Problems Of Post- War Reconstruction Discussed

By Chief Justice Campbell

. For Spring Season

for the past 24 hours, salvage crews , today had only been able to fill‘

w... ‘Situation Last Night

“i7

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

Two aspects of the current war news from Europe stand out to in-

dieate that the synchronized victory

campaign planned at Teheran to

smash Germany now is in full swing. They heavily underscore the opinion

of Admiral Ernest J. King. United S

totes naval commander. that Ger-

many's defeat "can happen" in IBM-and release Anglo-American power

for a. total attack on Japan.

Admiral King's state-men , made to a, New York audience, is a notable contribution from Allied military spokesmen. The Amlericnn naval com- mander is not given to over optimistic utterances. .He has full knowledge

of the realities in all war theatres.

Against that background can be set official Axis reports that the short-lived lull on the Black Sea front has ended with resumption of the

Russian drive at the Galati gateway

to the Balkans.

It is obvious that the Allied air battering of the Bucharest, Pluesii, Budapest and other Balkan centres is a co-nrdinaied operation.

At best, a Russian smash through the Galaii gateway

coulrl knock

Romania. and Bulgaria. out of the war and perhaps ultimately jar loose the Nnzi hold on the whole Balkan Peninsula. It could drive the foe back into his inner citadel nnd intensify the economic strangulation to which he is being subjected. But neither the Balkans nor Italy offer prospects

for a uulck drive into Germany itself

The road to Berlin from the east lies north. not south, of the Car- pathian mountains, across the rolling plains of Poland. It is there that the culminating Russian attacks to break through into Germany will some to match the Anglo-American invasion from the west.

Services Out In Front

In Victory Loan Drive

Total For Dominion After Three Days Of

Campaign Given

British Planes ilaid Nazi Convoy

LONDON, April 2’! - (Thursday) - (OP) -- British carrier borne aircraft attacked a German con. voy Wednesday off Bodo, Northern Norway‘, and damaged four ships and an escort, vessel, the Admiralty, said today.

The text of tile communique‘-

"Naval carrier - borne aircraft carried out an attack Wednesday morning, April 26, on a German convoy off Bodo. North Norway.

“A preliminary report indicates four ships of the enemy convoy and an escort vessel were hit Fur- ther detalls are awaited."

The Berlin Radio said the attack Was made by from 25 to 30 plan- es. It claimed nine of them were destroyed.

In an interview yesterday Mr. W.I R. Shaw, Deputy Minister of Agri-t culture stated that some farmers: have already begun cultivation of» ‘he lflnd but that, generally speakirlgl the soil is yet tog cold. A few wan“! wlysldttfliiglnfid with a walrn min on c an con

fa¥%ulub1y_ 8o ditions very

9 "Filly of seed appears to be, adequate though there are s, few‘, scattered enquiries for seed oats, The; supply of small seed. such as clover‘ and tmcthy. is also satisfactory‘ The scarcity of hay 1n the wmmp, section of the Province has been] gleatly "mmllfil by imi-ortations from New Brunswick as well as byI ~°""= shaming from Points east in‘

fraction of their individual eiZflties.

WITHIN THE EMPIRE

"Within the British Conlmolllvealth some arrangement ulill probably have to be worked out whereby the Dominlons, either collectively or individually, will have an effective volce- - -and u corresponding responsibility - - -in the formation of Ernlpire foreign policy‘, ill peace- time as well as in war.

“Economic prosperity must also be established on an international basis before we can be asisluled of any permanent local or ilational economic stability. For a few years alter the war, our own retarded de- alend for consumer goods, and

Sover-

lrll” I llslllflk streams and

tlllii Provinces.

_ r. Shaw said ther w dWf-"Dpolnttrlent anlonge fglill€rfxlgeS o‘ “will °f the d")? in the turnip market but this was partially sqlvgdl ltly we famlers feeding more turnips‘ o

eir lock this a milk proltluctlon- Clfillelllngohn mail whole, wintcred well aitri if the

Past-lira‘ c is 800d. the flow of milk 9 WPll "l! i0 list year's hiflh l-llllfl Digs are arriving and me leases in litters appear to be anal]. el imam last year. Mr. Shaw does| illlnlli Dork production this your, ,1“ lslua that of last but me breed. its: assess: is‘ magsiofagg W hat. l ll and Game activities] show slated that plans m, "M" 1mm‘ f"? u" lmiirovelnent oil the piotectionl

I lcilfltllllltdJlrkggllgéjojliaL-t

As $131,276,000.

OTTAWA, April Canadian armv at home and abroad has subscribed $ll.Uo'1,lo0 o1‘ a quota of $13,750,000 ill Canada's Sixth victory Loan. the national war finance committee reporlea tonight, and now" l5 lining hi) its sights ior a possible new ObJLCIIVC.

Meanwhile, the cumulative nat- ional total for the first two clays of the three-week drive Ls $131.- 276,000 against an obiéctlve of S1,-

00,000.000. ‘Tuesday's collections totalled $56,999,850.

The R C.A.l*‘ aiuloullced a total of approximately $6,000,000 but no late totals have been re- ceived from overseas. .The quota is $10,500,000.

The navy which has difficulty in keeping its total up to date be- cause many ships are at sea, an- nounced an interim total of $1,- 531,250.

This gave the three armed ser- vices a. total at. the end of the 3r dav of selling of oflbroxinmtely S18- 500000. about 50 per cent of the a- mount they raised during JJle iuill three weeks of the last loan, .

First DOZTIIDIOII government board to announce a purchase was the

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Tea, Coffe , Ration To Be Boosted 40%

l ortraws, April 2o - (cry-t Tea and coffee rations will be. i increased approximately 40 pert

ccnt May 1, the Prices Board‘ announced tonight. ‘ > The announcement said ecu-z pon values will be raised too ounces for coffee, with four ounces for tea or Cilllllons valid cucll month -- oile every second and fourth Thursday. At present, cullporlg values are two ounces for tea‘ and eight ounces for coffee.‘ with two coupons valid every: 'three weeks. > Coupons due before May l: ohut not used will be accepted‘ 90h or after May 1 at the in-t Icreased values.

rvvoovo +<¢>+++o++eo+o+

one serving of tea will con- tinue in restaurants and other‘

Limit of one cup of coffee or; l . O o

eating places. . "The increase is in line witllo zthe Board policy of liberulizing rntinns n5 supply xjustify," said R. T. Mnhan, Tea. and Coffe; Administrator. "Theo thew ration basis should givevi bconsumers ample tea and coffee’ tin rel : quiremcnts. l a "Added to the increase last: September the new ration will‘ double the amount originally‘ allowed when tea. and coffee;

o on Aug. 3, 1942.” ‘

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News Briefs

LONDON, ONT" ADrIl 26- (CPl-Capt. Paul B. Cross. of- ficer in charge of the (Isn- ndian navy’; demobillaatinn and rehabilitation program, to- day forecsst a “much larger" pest-war navy, and said there would be amllle opportunities for qualified men to pursue a permanent naval career after the war.

SAINT JOHN. N B, April 26- Victory loan subscriptions in New Brunswick today amounted to $2,- 65500. rnlsinll the t s5,52i.5650. The objective is $24,- 500.000.

LONDON, April 26—(CI'i—

A British military mission has

arrived in Arlkal-a and resumed

conversations with representa- tives of the Turkish Govern- ment, it was learned today.

This was seen as resultink from

Turkey's ag-eement to halt

Chrome shipments to Ger-

many»

HALIFAX April 26—(CP)_-—-Nova Scotlas subscription total in the Sixth Victory Loan rose to $5.776.- 600. provincial headquarters all- ncunce%onlght. against at quota of

National Harbors Board which ln- $34 500

vested $1,000,000 Ill bonds. Imperial Life Insurance Co.. of Canada. with head office in Tor- onto. Diared a $6,000,000 order. om Quebec came announcement that Imperial Tobacco Co, of Can- ada, Ltd., had purchased $2.500,- 000 worth Total of large corporate publications announced at head- quarters tonight was $15,500,000. Other larlle purchases included the North Arilerlcarl Cyllnnmid. 007.31.. Niagara Falls. Ont. SL750.- Some $442,000 in bonds had been bought at the end of the second day by 4.326 employees throughout the eastern lines of the Canadian