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War Veterans Land Settlement Act Laid Before H o u s e 0f Commons.

UPTAWA. April 20—(CP) -— A war veterans’ land settlement act designed to settle 25,000 men on theozgnd at an ialstliénatgiei‘ cost "of . , 80. .000 was‘ a ore ie "A ‘lime Mmmlfe l. lull] Qnlffi‘ House of Commons tonight by Pen- re in olllicnl Wflrllfire!!!" mi)“ OTTAWA. April 30-(CP)- Jus- sions Minister Mackenzie. a1 war are is war flfets °113d W b tlce Minister 5t. Laurent tonight Of that amount. the Minister es- e urilllillls lqllnlahts a“ pg. ' told The Canadian Press his de- timated. about $34,000,000 would be isiiers are llilllled C? wllgfdsf,‘ “gig partment has appointed counsel to an outright grant to ensure each ‘enrolls vi ma“ f“ f d" 1' off confer with Labor Department bf- settler en equity in his holdlnz he dntewi "i W’ ° ii ‘i’ ficials at Midland and Kingston, without placing an unbearable bur- i liltil "d m e5‘ l 0nt., where shipyard workers are den upon him-

"li can be nix. mid turned 011?’ on strike. Mr. Mackenzie made it detailed || 0'0 ellllllollmlllyl-b" the Pm“ “Tllgso counsel have been m. statement of the plan when he - 2“ w“ iellfijg‘,fo,fs"l.pl§,rvrfi'ijlflfi slructcd to confer with labor de- mfivid l“ Tcslllilulgnblllm" which me l l “i” W“ . " ’ , purtniem. officials and to insti- ‘e815 at °n W 559d-

l-il “m?xmlqiioaglqggfliliilihQgg tute at the earliest possible mo-

illi°l§°. w‘; rm“ members mcnt such proceedings as may be Mn" Purim”! lumfiltll! m! ‘Dressy, he “den, required," Mr. St. Laurent said. ‘m r (ouniry irhich puts its re- ance oii l free and independent.

‘Warns Of Danger Offensive

1n Peace

U, S, Director of “facts and figures" says enemy propaganda did to

France what weapons could not do.

_ ‘ —(AP) .. To confer on.

I; power of the United States

Shipyard strike

unolml this summer.

He. described the main purposes 0f the bill as follows:- 1. To assist discharged members

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1942

’/// 01W" m‘, ;»----—"" "*---__..__-.

Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward ‘island Like the Dew .

s PAGES l

The freedom to obey conscience is our most sacred right.

1.500 NAZI PLANES ms

flan To Settle 25,000 War Veterans 0n Land One

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRK! L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) Coupled with tho mystery of the origin of the American nlr

Morale in war

___.__

bombers which Tokyo reported u having blasted ‘apanese cities ll the significant i‘",, action in b. " " ,, the ’ " ‘

Those Tokyo broadcasts oinclded with strong indications from Russia that Hitler had launched a widespread air offensive to soften up Red army resists to his coming grand attack. They came also just when some allied observers foresaw u Japanese thrust against Russia to match the German attack as the Axis strategic design.

l I O O

Total Effort Enough.

"To maintain morale in a war

If Japan itself is as open on all sides to air attack as Tokyo re- ports now say has been demonstrated, however, it is a reasonable de- duction that Japanese war lords have no present intention of break- ing the flimsy truce with Russia to help Hitler. Had they been so minded, the bombing raids over Tokyo and other Japanese oitleo who was recently would have been credited to Russia, not the United States. Sm“

Russian air bases in Siberia are less than half as far from Tokyo as are any known American outposts in the Pacific from which land- based bombers could have taken ofl. Even air fields in the Philippines still in American-Filipino control are more distant than Vladivostok.

n a I o

osted as Gener

serve Armoured Regiment. P. E.

oiiries. Col. Lo with the 1st. Tokyo, aside from setting up n creditable excuse for failing to go showy “he? the mllbmak 9f to Hitler's aid by attacking Russia, probably is fishing for information. ll. is highly essential that Japan learn without delay exactly how the blow was struck. ll. seems indisputable that Tokyo is anxious for some reason to demonstrate Japan's own Jeopardy from long-distance American air "" ,, despite many victories. Pending more trustworthy accounts of what happened. it seems quite llcely that it served to notify Berlin of Japanese determination to stay out of the Russo-Nazi conflict to avoid greatly increasing that peril.

serving for a year and

hand the battle of Brl sent back to Canada to take char

Military College in Kingston. completed this month and is

Lbs-Col. _L0WlJll31€!t' ays 0 mg u _ Good War explodes 1n F ar North.

this kind ls very difficult but ver important.” Lt.-Col. L.T. Lowthe

half in England and witnessing firs: °l‘“'°d dmlmid Wlnmut i‘ 5W1" tain, he was

Stirred to Applause

the liendlulu Star Bulletin. ln a message. l‘

Press Alloii said:- eil llroin we c. t to

ll Amer n ['1' ory ill spite

llno.

on

i‘-

(Coiillnued on page 3. Col

ritish Tanks eam up with liinese Troops

loiroou. Ailril 20—-(APi—-Chln- ‘ llliiiliiyry and British tanks med Ill) in a hold couuterattt-iik ‘wfleglhvir first iffcnsivc suc- fse“! l "lo by drlvlnr: tho JMJ- er tom Yenansiy-nung 1-. on v é of the ruined oil fields it ldllllllllllced follow his a headl

. l" scoured llic liar u?“ ‘l “i” Bulllio look- m i. lls that the Japanese u, “ifmbliliiz to eo-plov the c its or “Mhwiwoast-l infiltrat- hmlfrxfi Akynb. small but tnlv ma“ mil Port behind the Brit-

300 miler c.’ the coast. not ml" combed Bog- launivo on the it also smashed at Bassein . 5i‘ niilc: to the . d two scliooners

"es nlqilfillBflv nnd Snndoiny, 75

teer ~roup- F u ~

“h2g5 Th‘? ‘=' - E100 were in m; -bas$f$5iullv defendln-z their Bran“? ‘not’ ‘booting dcwn two

E

for Nnlli-n In ml. ' "L"! our word

vralkles-Souris Thursday. 4-31-31.

"TALkl°s“M°fltlsue Saturda . o-iyi-si.

"Play pr ____ “ idol’. Mt. Stewart. 4-21-31.

"RN Cross a m’ mm" Rivehnlxeprllil zgfawmc

4-21-21. on _—-——- lnlaotlee_car flour, oat; mo

1 I til-i unloading Tuegdg *1 G. C. Green, Emerald. y'

l-M-ii. "Tm": or

d

. era all this

"i2:.°o-~ =ewr “mi-tiff-

“n becial price list. Arthur L-lllo-l-‘l-li-il.

Y. York.

n ""—-—— milllyrzllltlg D188 Tuesday, 9 am. arm - 11 om. Charlottetown. on,’ Qilulre: 2 p.m. York sta- le; wom. Bedford; 4 p.m. Trac- - ; fidilfixillnyh l0 lélll. Hllnbt; _m_ - . ew ssuow; mnliiiéih Wlltshlre; 4 p.m. em!“ ‘BTW. ‘Thursday, 10 a.m., melmn Cattle Pen; ll uh. . m fir. Paying $9.00 per polr rm g‘ wellhlilg l8 lbs. each.

"from. c-zi-n.

iessiiiiich has the skill and can pluyll."

before MacLelsh lending jour- to applause by . ' Allen. editor of

d by Kent Coop- izdgencriil mriiinzci- of The Associ- ii?

"Our greeiiiigs to fellow members. v o continue ubluliillz an Aui icaii newspaper ‘ of nouncement today of measures alm- rrliiio and meanwhile

ill; the press to warn the

= Planes Destroyed

‘ Rabaul was reported W115i’ H! Gm-

of the armed forces

inc industry“

War investments nit$l°il§2i§ i2“§.*.“.: than; Jails Sllggiisl

habllltation problem. dustrlal life:

By Canadians

OTIIAWA. April The paycheck of the average Can- crcupaflons_ adian triage earnlcil‘ seems headed flrgr ‘till iiii" lei" ncsons — o a Se - t d r ll o;__ inflicted nature — following an- u should be no!" e o“ w’ ed at doubling. or more than doub- 5“"“bl" emlfltivmem" ling, investments by Canadians in victory bonds and war savings oer- tiflcates and stamps.

The statement making public the

new measures, made b the nation

war finance commit e which e o headed by G.W. Spinney. also said

final totals for the second victory

loan showed l.681,52g°n:ir;dii$g;l6i

subscribers bought $907,503,300

It as the biggest of all Canadian I war lloans. When the three-week

(Continued on page 3, col 6)

275.‘;

campaign opened last Feb. l6. the official objective was $600,000,000. o. figure subsequently increased to $000.000.0100_ The signal iiQUTGgISléZlQI- Dave Boremtei . crsons - ~

dgaqéniidpulditeilbsh subzcrlbed. a ainst Montreal Fur Sales. ConlDBIlyB Um- one in every 12.02 in the first vctory lted, was received last night Y Ml‘- lonn in June, 1941. W. Chester S. ltlcLure:

To increase war savings. the com- Good sale. Large attmldallofl. mitteesaid $50 and $100 bonds will white faced silvers off. Collection

55 per cent sold from $25 to $53- (Continued on page 7. C01 5) Exportable fulli; 75 per cent sold (i? lrcmt $25 t0 $*t15b] féfllvcls clelifllilggilig . or .or:i on lie‘ a 40 Grounded Ja-p 5549f‘: $31. Regular fulls 75 pzr cent sold $19 to $25. Regular ___ halves ltdo st-hreé gaiprtfrsf 150 f‘??? us. ARMY HEADQUARTERS. w“ 5° 1° ' “e523 Af Australia, Ap i1 2o—<APi- Des- 65 P" "m 5°ld ‘m l° s Wm‘ auction d 40 grcunder Japmese prices unchangtled compared t 1d ‘ " _ 1 .M k 35 r c s0 planes l“ m‘) week-end raids on cllgillcilla qlfiocsper cgnt pzilr)teicul$i}ly' for ~ better grades. Wild mink 30 pir Douglas MacArthur and Prime ,, _ vyh-tr. Minister lei-o Cum" "missed “:- ?§£‘§u“i-‘é’u.°°.?li§°u§. ‘f.’ W»... ‘r. "lmms do‘ the southwest PM!“ and 2's reds $15. White faced cros- Comman - _ The conference which other lilllgeg Zfiifflg ‘if,’ gassilillogllhgilrlliicrlstpfoeg rlrarieifiimlltflrimliterliielieiiiligdwdhes P" w“ 5°“- Demlmd "“'°"g- "highly confidential" subiect. The _ American geiieraYs new vomllllllld i ride lnstnuctlons to Prepare an L u t (fffgflsilg, and the lllcrelifilllll "if s a

attacks on the Japanese loothIld-t

§i’li."‘§.~.‘l‘i‘.$ "S? §§.i';‘“‘é?i‘.ni°i5 ngghfatifln of

grlve the invaders from those .

uses,

. ------ War was crime Find company

Associaltieyd Tlglyehsl: Wrllfl‘

, A -ll 20 -(AP) -Speak- lnglggight xiilmlclst new stirrlngo of

N ormandie fire unrest and Nazi orders for the ex-

WASHINGTON- APT“ “Tm-Pi of 30 more Frenchmen. -The United States Navy an- 3323;. Pierre Laval branded nounced today m" 9- mm‘ d m" France's 1939 declaration o! war quli-v had placed full iesponsibility a "crime" and told the Fir-error; poo. for the disastrous Normnndlo fire p], the 0011mm" l°r We in Eur. in New York Feb. o on employees ope m, lr, mange an German . of the Robins Drydock and Repair 1n his first broadcast as ch19 0f Ccmpany of Brooklyn. N.Y., which governmone Laval placed blame for was converting the former French flame-a Dredrcamonl upon the old liner into a troop trunilXr-‘t named Republloun regime. asserting‘ that the U.S.S. Lalmyetto. l he lilid "no responsibility w alever

An official summary of tho Naval m mo misfortune, which has be- Courtk report sold the "direct and rqllen us" sole" cause of the fire. which led ' go up sled to Frenchmen to indirectly to the caiirzing of the support is new government Wm! 83.423-ton ship, was “ cofo- mo wertlon that their choice now lessnaos and utter vole“ '\ of l“ bogwoon rapprochement with rules uncommon some." by tho Qfl-mgny or "room; our civilization componys workmen. (mop n)’

The court recormnendod that Rollin...- w the Anglo-Saxon proceedings be instituted against “or; ho 531d mat "in the past the Robin: Compan for damages 1 nqygf have accepted or submit- to the full extent o liability. m: to any foreign influence. and such is the explanation of the iin- looiliing of passions to which I am

iec

War—25 Your; taunts‘ :3...» - "’°" '“ "‘ "My thoughts go especially if

those among you who have BlliiEl-

A o ed tho attacks of our former uny-

oll the more fierce against our tel‘-

rlwries because she lncnvlblt’ "l

—-—— protecting her own." the bitterly

(by The Canadian fro») anti-British Laval continued. AP 2i IOU-British 00m‘ “After hav led us into will’. to the inter-allied war ‘(My hgving a doned us ln bat- oo . headed foreign oeote- glo um mod to destroy our fleet: tsry Arthur J. Balfour, arrived h she killed our sailors and starved iho United Siam. French report- our "ooh ~ ed couture oi 88.000 Germln orie- "roau her Anglo-fisher: troop; dia- ‘nwil 0-30.

mission

lanes no n dig (Continued on P080 ‘l. Ool 8i

to establish themselves successfully in the fann-

wlth other phases of (lldljilzlidaswlrtir-l 3. '1‘ give to ex-member of the I it???:’§.§é‘i’€i“’é.£?.t‘l§lltl§‘l‘t2“‘dill; From iillfrlflfs 21 -'" (C P) " available for men entering other In this last connection. he said.

l. Discharged men, entering in- are credit/ed

The following telegram from Ml‘- n, Manager of the

News Briefs

WASHINGTON, April 20- (APi—-Corregidor was hom- hnrded heavily today by Jap- d 0 ancise gong of $40 mllililmefre i calhre (a out nne Inc ). he “lay Have spe m United States War Depart-

ment said, reporting that "some

To Bases In China. i casualties and some damage

(Canadian Press) _ "Sm"

The Japanese. apparently SL111 trying to learn hcw Tokyo and three other of their greatest cities were bombed saturday. sussoswd Monday that planes came from three United States aircraft car-

front dispatches

the German 217th division. CHUNGKINNG, Chino. April

1n China. v In raising this possibility, how- ever, Japanese imperial headquar-

ters identified the planes as North 2km?’ '_ Chlnese quarts“ American 13-253, which are big :53” i‘? ilt‘;g"llgngl'tlmthatallllgfl{

two-motored army bombers never known to have been launched from the short flight decks oi carriers.

Tending nevertheless to support the Japanese conclusion, Reuters ncws agency in London guoten "well-informed q u a r t e rs’ in

Cliungking as saying United States w . u planes ivhich raided Japan had “m1” “r C°mm°ns monow w‘

where the planes which bomb- ed Tokyo and other Japanese cities Saturday had landed, and declared that no Chinese authorities had made any statements on the subject.

O'I'I‘A\IIVA_ April 20—(CP) —Tlie

. ‘ d‘ ' f th ar arrived safely at. their destination. sgiletllggg, lmlfguiilarllexgent a; gm Chungklng had said previously before the Ho“? tonight by Perk thhel raids were not launched from 5mm Minster Mackenzie’

C mi, __?________ Washington and other call-

llals of tlic United ‘Nations U Sub makes

were silent fillet-robot?" , , k

gccoun g cOII llllfi 0 00h Ill-

dlct lhemselvcsfand tialmflllly a’

lh Japanese “ ace" an _ p -

lice morale had suffered m ad-

dilllflil to FIIE rillorléoko ‘Mtge-com _i_.

Ah nipera ea quar er - TON, A u zo_rA_r,-n munlque Monday saidz- _Yh‘zs}ggg Depanmpernr reported

“A hostile navy unit centrlnz rod“ mar a Unmd stares Sub. around three aircraft carriers o9- marfne oporarlng m mo western peared April‘l8 at a. distant point Pacific had made a surprise ammo off the eastem coast of Japan on a Japanese submarine and had proper, but, fearing Japanese damaged 1r Wm. oorperlolflron counter-attack,Mfleduwithouthap; The éiré-grloaril pglbqélgrlirzlleto was "m" " ' ’ ccmtman by .- m f. ll i

(Continued on page a. Col Zl signs-u. aafzihgmwnaénggres fwaifil

—--—--—-———— un ersea cra c " ~ ' d N C' n- today. British Lose 2 Inches ° n.§"¥..,-§.°‘§§iu tlhui. ornueir. . . . . . FY01" Shirt-Tails i‘.2"i’é‘.1"3§..‘l“§ €i>ti£i§§2f.é‘..§i“.'.“.§ """'—_' t0 Joed

Apfllt zo_ggf;;genruirig gllbxlliklw and W05 1'90’ an“ menw'aveosr 1m we r-(lgmilqjg inches '9“ the" future shnbwls‘ bciggethle Jeoullneyrwafrom enemy and women the frills from their wawrs back to m5 base when h, undies "id "lgmllis "5 ‘l further received information that Japan- contributloii to the war effort we Submarines were nearby

While that might seem o. trifling "He ordered a change o; Cour-so anzount of saving. it W85 m’ 113m w intercept them and not tlgng ‘aisl- ¢ll - te this took hi boat 0P D9 '

The 06W 1109-"! 91 ‘PM’ "d" calpo depth." ghe navy related. to manufacturers of those garments uUnderway on me sorrow dead u. means 1.000.000 square vflljd! °l head was o, Japanese submarine, cloth Will be sflved- Th“! “l” its lookouls unaware of our sub- equal to the labor c! 1,000 working mar-prov, approach mm; to oes people for a. year on shirts alone. Wore fir-od and the enemy su ar- and will conserve additional inat- lne w“ damaged, gl-jgl and labor normally spent in iii fixing up decorations for tho fair HUME QUARDQ PUNISHED sex.

It also announced standard spool- MANCHESTER —iCPl— Two ficatlons for wfmerfs drases in members oi the Home Guard, 36 sizes, and banned fur and all found guilty of using lnsubordlnotc other trimmings on their outdoor language. were sentenced to 50 clothes days' detention, at a court mar_tla_l._

Qlualit! Counts Most

"SALADA"

TEA.

army units on the Leningrad front captured 17 strongholds in ad- ners and men sped on w havens ministering a shattering defeat to

6F Biggest Stresses need $39795 of War; For maintaining Reds Push

Annual Bnhoerlptlo Delivered. $6.00 B! Ill-Ill P. l’ l. H.100: to other Provinces and 0.8. $5.0!

ED

Ahead

Smolensk Within range of

Russian Artil

(By Noland Norganrd, A of

al ending April l4 to amass o

fill Lil C l - Military Headquarters oserseaiilslflddacex-l air war’ the Moscow rad")

clarcd in an address to the 17th. Re-

lery: Aerial

ssociaied Press Staff Writer)

y LQNDON. April lfii-(AIU-Soviet pilots and ground r batteries destroyed 1,a00 (rerman planes in the six weeks

ne_of the biggest scores of the said tonight.

I The reported bag was remarkable in itself but all the mam Home 1w night m the Mm; more so because 1,000 of the Nazi

wthor won; oversea, knocked out during March Canadian Division. the

craft were declared alone, when blizzards caused

some of the worst flying weather encountered by Red air- pijesent. conflict. and was associated m9"- with lit-Gen. A.G.L_ McNaughton,

Ac i l f h l commander-in-chief of the Canad- force srrriasllliirlilgalrigavyfalsgzll ‘litfiguin the f“ north Wm‘ the 50m‘ a"

is upon the Red northern fleet, the

Russians announced In one engagement 15 German ul-afl. y“; d.-

e range of Smolensk. centre of Ge

losl. The biggest news from the east- “- '-

of a Seniar Officer's School at Hie em front was the report’ that’ me

International

spending a short

leave at his former h me‘ this m?“ military Pmver» 3W1" 23° city o m miles west of Moscow. while north-

"iifhe

should be the prosecution of th war. Personal

ed. he declared.

affairs. business. family. etc. are all so far behind in importance they cannot be consider-

Pinnish lines about Leningrad. Dispatches from the

ma. referred to the “splendid re_ on the Karelian isthmus.

spouse" whenthe call to form this .

the mserve Army had gone advices received here are hurling our“ m; hoped that me 3pm; o; the every ounce of their strength lnto ml; pro. the struggle in an effort to hold

unit of

old Light Horse Unit in

The Germans,

said unofficial

prosecution o; m“ w“ u, ern Russian forces were violently the utmost effort is the one thin that counts,“ he told members o the Island unit, who came from various sections of the province to front said these attacks hear his talk. The only business north, apparently concerning Canadians at present

assaulting the main German and

Russian in the f b m n a supreme ef- or re m _ e the soviet a210,, fiefgggnrgmcggdg tlclpailon with Nllll, denounces

thaw become; general. were loos- Brim!“ ed along the Volkhov river south of Leningrad and against the Fin- In m5 opening remarks‘ COL m” nish lines on the Svir river and

By The Canadian from FRANCE-Laval offers loyal pilo-

BURMA-Alllu retake oll town previously captured by Japl.

RUSSIA-Ruskin guru outside Smolensk, 1'1 stronghold; retakcn on Leningrad iront- 1.500 Nazi planes shot flown in six week: ond-

vince, b: which he had been the Oi- on at any cost until the ice in the m’ Apr“ u‘

KUIBYSHEV, U. S. S. R. Tues— ficer Commanding. would still g day, April 21—(AP)—Russian war- “marching on". The unit members again a strong said today Red

had always striven