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y’. New" m“; Guardlll-

said tonlsht-

gmlv. Russia, April ll — .B}=}i!gl1tlng ln the slush of a l definite mass battle-line, the _ “m. “m5 rcportcd tonight to s achieved a breakthrough in the tllncs of the tlunortnnt Brynnsk w, of m, central front while pa“; lo.- the s 0c of the her- eg German sprint: offensive. iii-tough authorities made it clear at no decisive battles now were prcrlcss. front d tches said e Rod army force whlrh broke the st lleifnces of tile Biynnsk sal- Fmw replliéiliy under the com- m 0g the former Nazi command- . whirl. Field M shnl Walther n Brgurhllftil- approaching

g.

1 e Bryllllrl bulcc, .

tbwstallfuscoul, ls one of half ollell lllaior stroulzpoints which Gemiflfilfift‘ held all winter, 1' loin cost. with a view to us- l/mll for shrill? offensive bases. ellllr April, today's dispatches

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lfonigili’: midnight communi- IICIIIIIOIIIICNI the sinking of lro firrmnn transports, one of Wilton: and illc other of 0.000, ifllilf. Rarrnts Sea. "There were Irubsiantlnl rllnngcs at the i," the bulletin said. a

m. Red army units undber .1 Parlor killcd 3,000 Gennans in ‘ sector and found new rifles

zlllcnfi ' remier

25, 000 Ndzis g Fgur Towns Retaken Air plan may

Die,

i

Russian Forces break through first lines of important Bryansk Sector.

i low-om Apr" lb-(Arl-Moro than 25,000 German offisas-s and luvs been killed and more than 200 populated places, Including , was, have been recaptured fn s Russian drlvs on one section of h“, west of Moscow in the past four months, tho 1's; n";

Spectacular Aerial thrust At Philippines

ciiAkl-OTTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1o, 1942

TULIJTU QUIT FRANCE IMMEQIATEL‘!

King Attgnds Wat's Council Meeting Report Laval

Canada, ll. S.

.Bc considered

Canada’s Prime Min-

ister Is Guest Of Roosevelts Over- night.

(By C. B. Blackburn, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON, April l5—(CP)— With Prime Minister Macke ’ King attending as Canada's rcp- resentatlve, the Pacific war coun- cil at its third meeting today came to grips with the problems in the For East.

This was the report of one of the member delegates, Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister of Ex- ternal Affairs, as they left the White House cabinet room after a

13 U- S- B ° m b er s Sitii-“Figlil; iillohliiiiiea in was.- Heavily Assault Jap lngton in time to have lunch with

Bases.

BY C. YATES McDANIEL (Associated Press Staff Writer)

.. dinner and U s‘ ARMY h°“d“‘jf','f,"_i“1fi“s, evening he was closeted with the

tlalia, April 1s - i

President Roosevelt before attend- lng the three o'clock meeting. did not leave the council chamber with the other delegates.

He remained as guest of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt for overnight. and this

l ii th t. l3 U itcd President for a general discussion $331” uaaixmyeerbablnbexigs crossed‘ the of all problems common to the two

vast stretches from

heavily assaulted Japanese bases on "deem through a spokesman that he was ' greatly impressed with the

three Philippine Islands to

the first installment oi Gen. Dou glas MaoArthufs Eéedge that the in- gross made by the

vader would yet lodgments there.

Lost One Plane This small striking force.

which covered 4,000 miles in the round trip

Australia and countries.

But Mr. King let it be known

pro- council which

ca“ ‘mt’ M m‘ ulas organized less than three Weeks

EEO. iie id

(Continued on page '1, Col 2)

found himself among

to Manila antral. least 2.800 miles to

machine mm: ohviousl bro ht ioré ll"ii otion, y us

3l‘§...'%"...2£.‘ii‘§.§l.“.‘2if "d “h” . - - ~ V Dictatorship ls ll’il.‘ll‘.“‘...lllf‘“til‘;i‘l.lSi.‘ tltill‘. Eiéiiiliiii ‘imigibrifit Scheme flifllll trlzllvlatilltsltttsfi; it?slrllt...nzssvrn..vtz.zw"du w... AbTil-l-d-(CP) s... °st~..s:"':.::. ... .. bistrosdzlzsrtzlzmirmttf

:2: li‘é'é‘nl‘3i'ilf.‘éd‘li‘l.“‘.l.“lé’.ififi°.lflil Says financial

all." .::12*.%."“.:.::.t.; Bri§--“ii‘5n-“°R‘ii§i‘ii~i?3i"i='i5§"=lii

.1: :l..l1t".l..%'"“"‘" m’ "t u“ r.hi.°'nrs."allstl.razt

cillllnllrd ‘Ollm his? cola)" rl9'f:°.§'f“'§§u¥.""ilii1§il€'°i§$8.‘ti? igmlimfilna ‘blah. cirilpililgcr.‘ U? three B-l’! (flying fortress) bomb- dlence here tonight that “there i5

lrale at t“ ' ‘his damager‘ dictatorship “eaded 55' Dimllld 6°?‘

l >.. Caused Plenty Damage llOllvlxrhspgfitiplgtgrsald the people of

Al; Davao, on Mindanao Island — Canada should unite in dcnlllndllll! an enemy bomber destroyed and that General McNnullhlon lff-“illfiflhslel -——— several damaged: two enemy l-fflns- the Dominion to head a u n "i April 15—(CP)_ after ports hit, one probably sunk, one national government in w .c a 1hr 0t bombing, lately on a enemy seaplane shot down and two elements would serve — 105i iatirlg “an, we Medpe,,,,,,_ _______.__ -. a Churchill and Crlpps now Work W- khildmrlrvss of Malta and its (Continued on p080 ‘l. Col 5) gather in Britain.” _ “ 8nd civil p:pulstlon are —- “H"¢i‘h'38d'ed- hanmmued “an” “l AXls planes that come

m m

- - - [its '. rayel ." were are‘; stloltld-bclil! shot down, firliéwgalretso gfltlfid ‘a’; Dscheme or Waiter Monckigon, “my; Gordon-for-Plxsmier." Mr.

charged. "These schemersl" he con- tinued. "say they want leslme" “-

the bureaucrats for cost-Plus P1011” ecrs." Mr. Gordon is a

I force-s have their tails well . d Votlng to ay f Mallu civilians are hard B’ Jun“ Mam“ it'll‘. Philoott. said. explaining that Cllllfllln 7"" SE" Wm" self-sivled expert theorists around One lll\\'n_\'5 hem-d the Mum Canadian active service VOL"!- ‘n him" who. he claimed, have already‘

r‘ r 0.‘ State in the Middle I return d l My“ Voters hog"! Ind don't appgnr “mm d1 . ..< by the dive bombmgjTléy "W115 1‘ve seen in a lng _ .. 'Th9.\' “Fe 1111 cheerful. ii P001150. but ate starring u veil’ W911. They are zirsl: - ed - ' 1011f 000M149! "MIME b? mm" ‘tide-tucked Parliament and B?! can l.l.,,°§§“,,‘,‘,"i,~ellf“,f_s rands of miles of sea. boltin mflfk- 111w on? to tnkc over the govern

Illlgh pmls . _ plebiscite today (‘Ihursdfiy-l ~ n man," l ,. Force Hgagfffarl-ellwfmeai They are the first to vote "pg: l ed m,“ three Meseersckh or "no" f4) ‘r9 QUOSLIOII lilflflid .-

fore the Canadian people by the

Women T0 Aid

. from anylobligation arising out "f A‘ i, ,5_ (AP, Wsitq- any mitme ‘ restrictlns "l! WABHINGTON~ '9' m.

the qm-nffil,“ A°flr ‘F,,",?c‘i,“d‘,.f‘a'g IflOtflMifi or raising lnen m nlmarv 4m; ufisentgé agilsrfésdefllieflg-tflfi "mot damage in Malta. "but service?" 1h“ co “d. create a Women's live mfldc 1t difficult for the °“"““" "m" wmfl“ cum“ “on todayfleserve ln the United ‘ fr, my mark their ballots April 2'7. or. if Auxiliary to renew mm m.

av are engaged ln businesses States Nlvy‘

which require them to be away from seagolrw ll" Y-_ m be quntaw

home on voting day. at advance Enlistmentnlou Rindgyfi Jacob. polls April 38, M and 35. Rgsr-Adlniin .1 .

Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, U. S. to build

told the committee that tliailenfifd;

ming Events

d to 0- '"'°- ‘m “w”? i which for Nolli-es n. ggrrriisgestooibeacetaamseolialguttenenas the

I cents p"

_ """"" Many submarines

ekMvntalzue satu d . 1 i‘; __ (u) u —~— ‘f1’, a, —YC‘<A>E¥1EESH>ENBIQZZE6$%MOWMB;# Power boat owners .. rmmnent M’. slew“; r3“; su martnesl- a . h. I m __ z."~'s."l.*l.=..v,gsl'..:=lsf.é,,.t To declare gas - - i v l! —-——— ' I and white elephant sale Ygffinfifi, $33,?’ 5g: “his...” of

I liall. Tl m, admlsslglllifsggycalxixgcmoon. m rcsentatives naval committee.

ship expansion Woirflm devfimp“

an 11 1b—-(CPl—-'l'h! uunlucirYAmaAhilnul r-"wfliimem n came less than s til! announced tonight hat declara-

l Vlnsm “an forms for reporting unavmte

' "IR Hos: at Colvills until ciiwtgdinmailntg-todezdcttll; “W” till" iii ‘igilliiwniileligii-l u-"lday. April 17th mm mu bltnmn coma-locum of ‘m ti “drift/cu lnowsro ‘u- ' 4-10-21. m‘ of the dead undersea: craft ‘jnflfi’ “P ,,,§°,,,Y§,,,, offices rli ism-m '3" "' QM“ t ""7 dam (if the hi1. controller. _ m...‘ “M, y,“ Alltar Society. wyhinnlnso ho Allied“ These regional offices sra m ' “F” “I eff!" ~ fl m- Charlottetown, BainttJo M. ‘trial:

- - nlul x, y. m -

j~ 1,, “W? m“ Mom" m flo_.u<>__lg_.f_flfl== Ottawa. "ml-onto, Windsor, on‘. “Bouris o; < m ‘Fwy, _ Winnipeg, Hbginl. Edmonton. on

“M424 ol-soolnrwc _. uannoomwr. A vancouven . n ‘i: Th“ m u‘ ‘i? The dopartlnent announced ‘last bkgwsule Baum“, n Ho], om M, m t n n, mm Saturday um such stored ua-svim ,, v u. mum Woman's m- omfim, Muffffimuighmm must be returned immediately -_-_ w“ 5%“ "'3'" ti‘. ‘bloiukglivttegrléeptkotilliatwlliigltlflfi flhlmmmvlng u" h a forces. and other allied motficor}: m“ own."- wuld "m" "h. "m, Y ma?‘ Thurs“? A "*8 Ifiitsiiig n‘: thee ‘gonad that thug? ‘mountlof "sou", I: “xv “film ' ‘ » on .. A. C. audit-m; than". ‘m. “ma”. be ontit ed to buy un or o rs

planned across Burma.

tion of the neople by the people for were maintaining the people.‘ What they actually want pressure in the flat plain of paddy is reglmentation of the people by fields between three to five miles on both sides river in the Magwe area. less than "sincm? "H"; 30 miles south of the heart of the trying his best to do a tough Jvb on ifleflillzs, in“; they has Succeeded n ll nl ra ng to some extent in he oblected to the self-snnvluwd- Ell attempt to cut the British com- municatlon lines.

the defenders

, m i t ing their ballots in the mflniwwg’ ment itself, with Gordon as iron. one’; gvgxéegetxlfemhms from below MBKWQ 89ml! 40 miles eastward to Taungllwlngyl, in the foothills. But the

ggumh, Palestine, token by Brit»

l)

War Situation Last Night

(‘By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) Aerial attacks by United States forces on Japanese bases tn the Philippines are a cheering sign, even if a tendenc, to regard them u a curtain raiser for n general United Nation offensive in the Pacific

zone proves premature.

The day for that still ll dlltan when British or British-American forces can reasonably be

Read by Everybody Wren Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

t. as distant probably as the day ted

to Invade Europe. Nevertheless ,allied nlr power based on Britain and

Australia now is on the offensive. It ha

s definitely exchanged roles

with the Axis foes, due primarily to expand!!!‘ plug pmflqpflo h;

the United Stntu. s a

Word of the blows delivered against Ja-Dfllleaa nerve centres in

the Philippines by Australia-based American bombers

came just so

some confusion over the exact powers of Gen. Douglas MacArthur as United Nation commander in the southwestern Pacific was indicated. That the results must servo to dissipate doubt either as to his func- tions or how he intends to use his powers goes without saying.

O O I

His will to take the offensive, even in a defensive fight, was the

characteristic that singled MacArthur again sharply dcmonstra‘ ’ by the amazing

out for ‘his high post. It is exploit which brought

Japanese air fields, ships, and troops under bomb fire all the way from the Manila area in the north. 2,000 air miles from Australia, to

Davao

on southern Mindanao. Even Cebu, Japan's

strategic base in the central Philippines, was blasted,

Those raldsare a symbol of MnoArthuHs strategy to his country-

newly seized

mm M"! "It" “"195. they are sa welcome on that accflunt as for tho

actual damage they wrought.

Japs

Launch Major

Drive In East Burma

i Open new front to threaten entire Chinese supply line; Situation 1s critical. i (B? Il- R» Stimson. Associated Press Stuff Writer)

NEW DELHI, India, April l5—(AP)—-The Japanese

launched s

sudden, major offensive into the Shah States of eastern Burma today,

opening a full-fledged new front to isolate

China from

India at. I time when British and Chtneso forces alike are f‘ u‘ dBSIIBIRiB Icflrrsuard action to delay the conquest of central Burma's

oil wealth.

Burma. and

The offensive, launched in the Salwcen River region near the upper Thailand border where Japanese and Chinese troops have been sparring inconclusive]; for weeks, apparently was aimed at cutting the Mandalay-

Lashio railroad.

Its object also would be to separate the Chinese forces in the shan States from those in the slttang River valley to the southrwest.

The Mandalay-Lastlio railroad is the last feeder link to the old Burma road. and also would be used as part of the new routes from India to Chins.

Chungklng reports disclosed the

new offensive, nearly 200 miles northeast of Burma. battle zones, on a day in vlflich the Irrawaddy vnlley was throw- ing its fierce bat-tie the oil fields, Chinese troops treating up the eers who consider this W81‘ l" l" Mandfllfly-

the present active

the worn British army in

limited reserves into a on the threshold of and while other were slowly re-

Sittang, toward

Fresh reinforcements were being

thrown steadily into the new Sal- Phllpott ween offensive and Japanese alr- craft were active in force,

In central Burma the Japanese their heaviest

of the Irrawaddy

A British communique said that have not. enough this infiltration.

Pegu Yuma British reserves

109s were shot. down o e' were elwnglll! the infiltrating ar- yesisl-(mo 1h 1 . 1 Dominion Government: "A"! WW1" i v u _ ,1’, r . p ioexnctya tolluzflggtitsaazlqlil ‘not or "hum! m’ govermmm I“ U‘ S‘ N___al afsslxai]?! so M were described

War-ZS Years

Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press) APRIL 16. IOU-French offensive

on the Alsne started: 10,000 prison- era captured between Relms S0

and iaaons. British advanced b

Lens area and re ulsod German gunner-attacks.

is: advanc- positlons north of

Peace feelers Forerunner of Nazi drive?

LONDON. April l6 —i'l‘hurs- day) —tCI'i — Stockholm dis- patches in the London morning newspapers said that Hitler a- gain is sending nut peace feel- ers to Britain.

These feelers are biting re- buffed as thoroughlv as those made last spring before the German attack on Russia, the papers added.

The peace bid was prompted, the Daily Mail reported. by Ger- man fears of an Allied landing or‘ tho continent and hy misgiv- ingg fnr the success of the east- ern froni spring offensive un- less the German rear is pro- tectcd.

A Cologne banker who is a close friend of Franz Von Pap- cn, the Gcrman ambassador to Turkey, was sent to Stockholm to get in touch with British on- voys. the mail dispatch said. ad- dine that "he at last has given up the mission as useless.

“It appears ihnt Ills maln purpose was an old one-to por- suade Britain that a secretly- admlring llltler is only too anx- ious to make nrnco WW1 her so that he can deal with the ‘com- mon enemy-European Bolshe- vism.

"He also let it he known that the Germans were concerned at the scope of the Japanese suc- cesses and feared that If they were not checked world domina- tion might he wrested from

German hands by despised Asiatic people. “With these appeals W61‘!

coupled the usual hoasts-‘lf you don't accept thliu fut offer we shall wipe the British Empire off ths face of the earth when we have finished with Stalin!"

NEW ZEALANIYS EXPORTS

New Zealand is the world's larg- the Dadl est exporter of dairy products. froz-

en mutton and lamb: it is th fourth lamest w r.

For That Quick Pot of Tea

TEA BAGS -

, trin by highway.

to ward off chill ocean winds will have to purchase the new uniforms themselves. n perm styls uniforms.

MERCHANT NAVY CASUALTIBS

and Second Radio officer Emerson Clubs Davies of Scott, Soak.

‘prevented a. scheduled

"yes" vote in the manpower plebis- clic

early next week.

An army of 400.000 laborers is rush-

routs-s.

vince city which was on an impor- talll norlhcrn Chinese terminus for the 110w road as wrll. but the new road runs west- ward through southern Sikanc Pro- vince (Inner Tibet) for several him-

dred miles before turning south into chute “com and wmmen "mu. LADY‘

lmriher“ Illdia- maneouvres S\\'l.\< (LSDtIiCJICS llom

1 Theischinesg secuoryt mu“ Rome said. ‘He made a brief addrvt» NO

onlz. area y compe e . w me um,“ Jaw

———~—-—— . '_____ ‘ El. JUSf wasnmnros. April l5— Bgmyusg you-RE

Naval officers may Wear battle dress

val officers now may go to sea in battledress.

today battledreas, identical in de- e sign with that used by the army but dyed blue. may be worn by of- floers or the Royal Canadian Navy at sea. The order i.s effective only for the duration of the war.

i

(OP Cable) —-'f'le Minis ry of war transport today listed 189 men in the merchant navy and fishing fleets as casualties duo to enemy action on various dates. They Fireman Michael MscDougsll John Plercey. both of Mines. NS: Fireman Fraser Mac- mod

Praise ls a spur to virtue.

Annual dubserlption Daiivorso. 80-00 B! lnlil P. 7 l. H.001 to other Provinces and U.l. 3.0a

a PAGES

To Determine

French Policy

Indications L5H is charting a course of fuller collabor- ation with Germany; U. S. takes grave vicv_v of situation.

Fierce R.A.F. Raids continue 0n Continent

Pound Invasionl Coast; Nazis Strike At En- glish Coastal Town,

IAJNDON. April ll --(CP)--After 30 hours of non-sto , large-scale sa- sault by the Roy Air Force on

‘3:.,"":.*.‘.",t';::;“'lr,§.,ii;; Xoflil VICHY, France, April l5--(AP)-All United Slates the air ministry was rimlv silent residents of unoccupied France were asked tonight by U.

tonight on details of t e mass at- tack that has been gaining momen- tum for days.

The powerful aerial offensive has scarcely been interrupted for 90 hours. Great squadrons of bombers and fighters smashed during the daylight hours today at Nazi-occu- pied Prance, apparently concentrat-

S. consulates to leave for the United States at the earliest possible moment.

The consulates at Lyon and Marseille issued circular requests to all American citizens not having urgent busi- ness in France to leave immediately.

(There are a number of Americans 0n the Riviera and

lug on the channel coast, where elsewhere in southern France, who stayed there through- tllousailds of workers and their t u, Nazi soldier over-lords are minforc- o“ e war‘) gig lcroxagiaéndefences against s Brit- BERNEV Apr“ lkahursdly) _ éAlfi- Pierre vigorous pm; erman leader, w serve a "c v Fm’ Ruhr "u". aupervisgr of ‘glib France" a mm: 1 _ _ new ca lne e announced - fljggflieggfi 1%,“? Q5. flux} day in Vichy, reliable diplomatic the Ruhr. Tonight u» thunder o! W"! "ld- , heavy explosions rolled across the Amid “m”! mm! m“ 1mm“ channel from the area about Calais. u" regime would (‘Pemv d°°mr° The scope of the British offensive l" Mummy with 597mm)’- comd be gauged to some extent by Americans without urgent business the R.A.F‘.'s losses. Eleven planes in the "Ylmcllpifi w“ 1V9"! asked A failed to return from last night's b!’ Uni/ed Slat" cllmulai-e‘ Ill-Si

Reports Ford llas new tire

nnrnorr. April ls-(crl- ‘ Ford Motor Company spokesman said today that tho

operations. In the previous trnours night m 199"“ m‘ Wm“? immedl" 0011111311! has developed an the cost vras 2o planes. ‘three fight- “My sutomobllrtlra reizglrlng only ers were missing after today's day- one sixteenth of a amount

yllgnt raids indwlélch dtwo enemy 1-1"! T» Man e . .' r . a‘ ,§§,,“§J§,,,,f,§,,q‘{,"§ 351d a ghjrd Just what owers flavol will have N“, plane was downed during the in his new roe were not immediate- dam ly clarified. Fernand n;

Tonight the Germans “may gYiIllOll.‘ lgicgg representative in

_ y ar s. o rman newspalperma

hm‘ heavily “t “ “°""‘°“° Emflsl‘ that "Laval", not Petaln, will o: termine French pClicy in the fut- ure"

.l:'lsr..zsst.t.tz.lzsd.rezse Rural areas

tng to find scme means of avoid- ing _a doplomatlc break with the United States would become s mere o e

figurehead. Blacked out?

The possibility of rural areal I Prince Edward Island beyond the range of air raid sirens being 0r- dered on a total and etual blackout, was seen last nil i b? 1i H. Cox. chairman of the Civilian Defence Committee. AR?- He ‘m’ nouncedsthat the committee would hold a meeting in the near future at wléich this matter will be d18- cusse .