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Furious Storm Leaves Boom Town In

100 dead and 250 injured in ii. S. Town

Storm Hits P r y 0 r, Okla., And Is “Over In Matter Of Min- utes.”

PRYOB. Okla., April 2'l—(AP)— A brief, violent tornado was report- ed to have killed at least 100 per- sons and injured 250 late today in this war boom town, and left the main business district in ruins.

First reports from rescuers con- taining these figures were received by R. W. Stinson, Muskogee district manager for the Works Progress Administration, in a telephone call from his workers on the scene.

The storm struck at about 5.50 a; m., roaring down the main street.

arlng down buildings and leaving (tihedstreedt. (filled with debris and the

ea an ying.

Three persons were reported kill- ed and at least 15 injured near Talala. and another person was kill- ed at Tiawali, southeast of Clare- more. as the tornadlc wiiids fanned out over the northeastern Oklahoma area.

One eyewitness reported he saw 11 " dead and scores of injured after the brief, furious storm struck.

The town was in darkness and phone communications within the city were disrupted, hampering res- cue work.

F. C. (Dick) Dickinson. 0. Grand River dliifl worker at Lvangley, Okla., said lic had just driven into town when the tornadic storm struck-

"It was over in a matter of min- utes." he said. “My old car was bat- tcrcd and I crouched. down on the floor boards and emerged safe.

"I thin-k I'm safe lrr saying there isn't a two-swrey building 16ft along Main street."

The wind storm was accompanied _b_y_llail and rair_i_which witnesses

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Washington ls refieved And jubilant

E. I. Shouts “Yes”~ i To I

Details of voting yesterday's plebiscite; Still some polls unreported.

10,000 families Homeless in wake 0f iiostock raids-

STOCKl-IOLM, April 2“l—(AP) -Ten-tliou.und families in Rou- tock are homeless as a. result oi the four raids there by the R. A. F» the Berlin correspondent of thvbageus Nybeter in Bcr- lin assorted ton hi. Hc said the damage In Ros ock was worse than in Lucbcck. previously raided by the it. A. F.

The Berlin correspondent wrote that the R. A. F. had dropped leaflets over Stralsund, about 45 miles northeast of Ros- stock on the Baltic, warning that

ar raids would be made there. He told of planes flying low over Hostock, using mn- chine-guns and cannon.

Great emphasis was being ui on new rcprisal raids in Ber Zn, hc said. quoting one Berlin source as saying:-

"We know exactly where the Tudor Houses. cathedrals. Wind- sor Castles and other buildings three-starred in Baedekci-‘s (tourist guide) are situated."

Ed d Island, tiniegt of cfififii. prairie-es. mooted s loud- - " in yesterday's manpower mile than either of its Mari-

sisters. m u ratio oi’ better than five to m the Island province declared My in favor of lifting any gov- ernment commitments against con- m-i n for overseas service. vote. with approximately 18 [the province's 241 polls still in tehesrd from, was: yes, 21,777; no, i. munch of the plurality was piled [phi the double riding of Queens. rum constituency. represented ' ms House of Commons by De- Minister Ralston, gave a "yes" ‘ ‘a! more than three to one. rtotals by counties.

vvena: Queen's. Yes 10,033; 5. Prince. Yes 7.4.81. No 2,- Yes 4.130. No 8'73. ' ilere. its by polls follow ir- __

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Premier King Walks to vote

OTTAWA, April 2'l—(CP)—Prinie liiiswr Mackenzie King walked ; fine the half-mile fi'oni his liouc

1tars;zacitisi.vssi.."ala Plans i0 fight ‘tut ills picoiscitc vote at 5.20 .s ' . Conscription

Afternoon. rlfr. Klllg accompanied by mein- lers oi his secretarial staff, had ar- Vmrzt Lay cr lziouse byglar adfew I s car ier a ter a -en at Iork in his country howeme, Kings- MONPREAL- Apr“ M""QP)"' Jim, in Llic nearby Gatliieau Hills. L" L131"? P01" L‘ DQ161199 D" Canada (League for the Defence of Canada) snid in a statement issued today that it “will continue to fight any bill or vote on a bill introducing compulsory military

The Prime Minister was the 100m iovote ill inc particular polling sla- ilvn at which lie was listed. ‘Ihcrc w‘? 201 namcs on the list for that

"li- Kiilk wore l. grey suit in training in Canada for overseas -—-—— ifdora oi iliC same color; and car- sci-vice" whatever may be the WASHINGTON. April 27-(CP) mditwflliillll; 511d“ sun “d mw‘ outcome of voting in the man- --Official5 of the United states

Government declined comment to- The statement also said that nigtit on tlie result of the Cana- tiic league “will oppose likewise dlan manpower plebiscite but with all its might any order-in- Canadian residents of Wasliindinn council signed before consulting were less restrained-Niel’ W9" pamameng" openly relieved. even jubilant.

,5 mourn» were made us he cast lib voic and lie was surrounded b children demanding his autograph when he 12ft the poll.

W- Kin: asked those about the D011 how ilic vote was going and eioresseii satisfaction at reports a

power plebiscite.

_ . , - y - For du s it has been apparent to

"fly hc-uy mo: was being cast. adfigi, -i$f§§“§i}i.ft§fe'.ii§§iu ‘E33 Canadiaiib living in the United ~ argue we mgmm- h” been States tlic result of the plebiscite

brought about by the very fact Wuld have mid 5 decldflily lid‘

Plebiscite it a glance

(B? The Canadian Press)

“Herc arc the percentages of “ycs" tits inliic plebiscite according to l Crnizdiai Picss compilation at l2 midnight EDT; - E. I. .

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MIAMI. Fla, April 21__(,i_p)_ gieuDukc of Windsor, Govrenor “he 1c Bahamas. arrived in Miami

ximclflill’ today from Nassau.

zDuke went immediately to the h"? naval air station for con- "m ce with officials. The British t consul said the Duke would "In home tomorrow,

iloming Events

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People flee

. ti t counirie and‘that a pre- gliiieiig-‘dpzvgi mgiiclilfflt): anwbltllietif Dgfldevzgifiiy "n°"s ""9 Wmild have tho other provinces. Quebec voic- 15m Led

- , ... ' pai-tiupation in tlie war e5 an emphatic no! lifimtlie Cnnlidian people as a ried detailed accounts of the plebiscite campaign, lncludmg at- “ WASHING'I‘QN_ Apf“ g7 ._(Ap) Those accounts aroused consider- _Besi€g‘€d Cflrvegidor dealt the able public interest in the cam- Bataan. Canada was taking a vote Replying to a four-hour crossfire great importance. island fortress broke up a. hostile on the vote their interest iii it troop concentration in the nearby was apparent (rom the questions The war department reported de- allots vclopments in its first communique five days ago through Australian headquarters oi Gen. Douglas Mac- O Set Maximum Price ___ seidlitz Pgwderg muoou. April 27-(0? Cable)- dicalo the people are fleeing from maoeuticais and plvnrieta msdi- n “m m“ experts Bmdym p ‘o- he after f0!‘ 511g 0f 4| d" n, m‘ b ota flocking towar i106?! EU. W‘ in u th

wso affirmative vote throughout bee" interpreted l“ the United '1' . wliole. During the last few days, many tempts to explain the historical 1'76 Japanese sharp new blows today, paign and the American people pounding by enemy siegc guns, rhe While government officials to- penlnsuia and s?! aflre a group of they asked, particularly horw the on action in the Philippines since Arthur, the southwest Pacific com- Photografilhs of the damage done to . Rostoc f TORONTO, April Tl-(CP) -W. m” German Bum m" m, A“. d toda - clnes wartime prices an trade “ken “tun-my “m muff biddi ale ors, an or no s n o! pow u" by mm“: m wnecke main railway sta on. V01’ their sup lies 0f maul-Isis ilor pool:- uantit ey ‘than prior to April lb stated. '

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“m, a pleblsclw was ordemt _ _ vcrsc cffcct on relations between tcs as a reflection of a lialf- American newspapers have car- Back At J aps and political factors involved. nearly three weeks after the fall of were well aware of tlie fact that artillery batteries of the Philippine night declined public comment park-ed motor trucks. eople of Quebec marked their such ncements were diverted mander in chief. k our R. A. l". raids in- M. Grant, administrator of pliar- mum"), m“ service w board, today issued an order set- mgh“ mm Npomd n ‘Wu-m t maxim k aotuiers quantities louiior an one groan. Prod aglnr an finishing powders in guoli’ had cu lied

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Bishop Nelligan Arrives Overseas

the uoliygi Agni. $71435’ prin. a." elm Home: Catholic chi n. l! “Wmm m" arrived in Britain today nf a ne- w“! prov,“ m“ m p", Ion dealing in or having posses!- lm o; m“; 1y; may concentrate. further treat .or dispose of it ex- cept in accordance with instruc- uqm mug by the controller.

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visiting all Roman Catholic chap- nud all military units.

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War Situation Last Night

(BY KIBKE L SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Implicit in the rambling and disjointed address of Hitler to lib puppet parliament is n strong added argument for those allied consellors "h" {"9 "Fling a quick attack in the west to end the war this year.

1h" "m" illlikivirg makes two striking admissions: iii. tells the people of Germany that utter catastrophe was close at hand for their iii-alias. l: Russia during the whiter. lt also discloses some " [rec of gé-viéd l iizlgggflsfltlgmi: Sway-v To rouge with that be askedunrid re-

- own “casluer any 011e,... con- ulccr he has failed in his duty, rfganalcgg 2r who he may bu,"

What sort of purge that foreshadown i. is difficult to anticipate. Shilfiol Hitler had already taken over directuommand of his armies, it vvo not seem to be aimed at his generals. Yet it might well be p: 50mg of them are bulking at Hltlerian strategy. no That calls ‘fit all-out attack on Russia, although Hitler now ves

assurances victory can be achieved there bafore another w ntrr Hills his armies. There is every evidence, moreover, of intensifying Nag. apprehension lest Britain and the United States launch a major attack "mwhvre along the 5000 miles. of continental coast.

F” u" ""11"" "l9 Kfwtest Nazi concern seems to be over 1h Sfigiiilityatofkan alggd invasion of northern Norway. The blasting Brit? us; f. s... s.:..'".'i::::":.':.. "units ‘ ’ ' v ceutaels for the Nazi forces of occupation Norway‘! essential teed" ere are also reports of German defensive preparations along ii

mmgiflélarfégfliglll ha? from Trondheim north. With German heads a. n ose waters. it also is certain that British and

possibly American battleships are in the vicinity, although it begins now to look as though the Nazi naval concentration in Norwegian fiords was more a defensive move than to prey on Russia's Arctic suppl route whiiewr ‘he “"195 imflluflll! m!!!’ lie ii. seems clear that ailid 0880850111 of air and submarine operatin bases somewhere in northern |aaaflaizocfigznffigsfiggcmsfiaggl s"? i! 0f the route froni tlie At-

Heavy Russian Drive Is Underway In North A

Offensive might knock Finland out of war; Would be threat to flank of main Nazi Armies.

uounou, Apr-ii. 2'I—(A.Pi§-

Russia's immedfafe hope of kn -

""°"'"““ m“ Not operate- For pleasure

tonight on a. developing counter- offensive in the still frozen ter- rain of Lapland and Karelui in the eeixe light of an almost continuous OTTAWA, April 27—-(C1')—- Thc Munitions and Supply De- partmcnt in a statement issued tonight on behalf of oil con-

AicLc day. There where the thaw had not mtrollcr G. R. Cottrclle said that trucks used as passenger cars on

yet set, in, the Red Army strove

against Finnish troops and an in-

teimingling of Germans while tlie

main German armies still gener-

ally marked time in the slush and

mud from Leningrad southward. About 2.000 Finnish soldiers were

mpokried to have fallen in the 085$ Sundays and in evenings to

wee . carr icnic urtics or On this front, the lines of battle plnygrg to sgorts bvenligugiuori

W0"? WDCIWQ i0 be drawn well in- the risk oi losing their commer-

slde the i930 Finnish frontier, 0n cial gasoline ration licence."

territory ained by the Russians in The statement quoted Mr. their win er war with the Finns Cottrelle as saying "the only when Germany did not ticipate. reason for granting spcclul gas-

In Lapland. the Russaiis were reported to have launched an of- fensive as powerful as that which forced Finnish surrender two years ago. Thai. campaign settled Rus- _=\"'s demand for bases on Finnish soil to shield the sea and land ail- proaclies to Leningrad but when Germany attacked Russia last June Finland again went-to wor-

The Liaoland drive wou'd serve particularly to ease the threat to Russia's Arctic ports of Murmansk and Archangel, gets-ways for help from the United states and Britain.

oline privileges to truck owners is to permit the wheels " Unn- adian industry an} csw-wce to keep running. C o m m e r c l a I vehicles must not be used for pleasure driving.”

Luftwaffe Takes R. A. F. Challenge

LONDON. April 27 -(CP Cable) —'I‘lie Daily Mail's air correspon- dent wrote ioday that “Goerings Luftwaffe has accepted i-lie R. A. F.'s great challenge in western Eur- ope." commenting on the improve- ment of Nazi aerial defences during Britain's all-out attack against the German-held continent.

"A battle for air supremacy over the skies of‘ France and the Low Countries is to be fought out." tlie Mail's expert sold. adding: “This is something whiui emerges clearly from the great dawn to dusk op- ern-tlons."

Uncertain iflbfiodt

Canadian llir Heroes decorated

LONDON, April 27-(0? Cable) »-Two Canadian heroes of the daring daylight bombing of Augs- burg Aprii 17, Mien the Royal Air F‘orce flew more than 1,000 miles over enemy territory to blast air-

pliant: and Sllbmgéélld xenigige’ pan , were rewar ong - with decorations for their part CQffee Supplles

in the brilliant feat.

‘PO. Gilbert C. Hooey, 32-year- old native of ‘Trenton, Ont. whose mother lives at Oakville, Ont. was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Sgt. John Rat- cliffe, 25, of Welland. Ont. the Distinguished flying Medal.

The Canadians were named in a. list of so awards which includ- ed tho Victoria Cross to Sqdn. Ldr. John D. Nettleton, who led one of the two formations of six Lancaster heavy bombers on the raid, one Distinguished Service

WASHINGTON. April 2'1 —(April 2'l—(AP)—'I'he war pl ‘uction board today ordered a 25-per cent cut in the United States consum tion of coffee, because of "unoert nties a- bout futuie su plies."

The cut was rought about by an order reducing the amount of cof- fee which may be delivered by roast- ers and accepted by wholesalers in any month to 7n per cent ‘of de- liveries in the corresponding period of 1041

The government will not attempt ration coffee at tho consumer

val.

Outstandingly

Smash at Nazi Airdromes In big raids

(By Drew Middleton. Associated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, April 27 - (AP)- Heavy fomiations of British bomb- ers and fighter planes smashed violently at German airdromes across the channel today, cutting away at Hitler's, air strength and daring iiini to make good his threat of full-scale retaliation ag- ainst these islands.

The day's raids, centred on Mardyck and Le Touquet, follow- ed tlie fourth consecutive over- night attack on Rostock, German Baltic port from which German men and suppllies go to the Rus- sian front. Rostock now lies

LONDON, April 2'l—(CP)— The American Eagle squadron slioi. down fivc 0| the newest typo German fighters-Pocke- Wuif 190s—- over northern Franco today in what was prob- ably the sharpest engagement they have yet fought.

One American pilot said that ‘

for about 10 minutes the sky wa olutcly full of’ aircralft." _

blackened and seared by an as- gregate of 1,600,000 pounds of Bri- tish bombs.

Beside the destruction wrought 0n the ground, the R. A. F. de- stroyed 10 German fighters dur- illg» offensive patrols over France at a cost of two bombers and nine fighters. Targets were blasted at Lille and Ostend and airdromes were attacked in other areas.

Result of Raids

“Last night Rostock and the Heinkel aircraft works were at- tacked by a strong force of our bombers for the fourth night in succession. Firm started ‘in earlier. raids still were burning when the first aircraft arrived.

"Bombs were seen to burst in the aircraft worls where fresh fires were started."

Aside from the RKDStOCk attack. the Dunkerque docks were bomb- ed and mines weg_l_ni_d in enemy

(Continued on page 7, Col 5)

Blackout Lights Above 15th Floors

NEW YORK. April 2'i—(AP)-- Maj-Gen. Irving J. Pinllipsori. com- manding general of the second corps area, tonight ordered the blackout of all lights above the 15th floor in Manhattan's famous sky-line in a move to reduce sea.- shore glare and protect shipping.

The skyscraper regulations cov- er the coastline zones of New York, New Jersey and Delaware.

Declaring that the lighting situa- tion "is immediately vital to the

rotection of our shipping which has become an essential facility for the prosecution of the war." Geri. Phillipson issued a list of regula- tions covering an area approx- imately 15 miles back frcm the shoreline and cautioned that if in- structions were not followed com- plete blackouts would be ordered.

News Briefs

LONDON. April 28—(Tuesday)— (Cl-"l-Switchlng its attack to the east of England from the ivest. where Bath lind been raided two nights in n. row. the German air force smashed at a town in East Anglia-early today.

LONDON, A rii 28-(’l‘ues- dlyV-(CP Cab e)--Thc Daily Ix ress Coda quoted the Vichy

lo as say ng Prime Minis- iiiter Mackenzie King will an- nounce today (Tuesday) that

Canada has broken off di lo-

matic relations with \' rhy France. EDMONTON. April 2'l— (GP)-

It was learned from reliable sources tfldfly that work on extensions to Edmonton's airport facilities to cost more than $1,000,000 will start immediately.

WITH THE ALLIED FORCES SOUTH 0F MANDALAY. Burma, April 26—iDelayod)— (AH-Japanese troops wéro on- ly 100 air miles southwest of Mandalay indly after occupying the blasted oil refinery village of Chunk on the brood irra- wnddy River-and British of- flcen slid the bottle for the Mandalay plnim bud begun.

IEIIDIIRDUION, pril 77-0?)- Uonservaiive House lander Han- son loft for Ottawa late this after- noon and no statement regarding the plebiscite result was available

from him tonight

Ship Torpedoed

HAMILTON. Bermuda. April 2'1 .40? Cabin-Spotted by an air- craft and rescued by a ship, sur- vivors of an alleged allied mor- chant vessel to oed off ‘Ber- muda have been lndod at nearby 3t. George's.

Canadians Vote “Yes ” Yesterday

Incomplete Civilian returns in- dicate all Provinces except Que- bec vote resounding yes; West

follows example of Maritimes.

_ (By The Canadian Press)

tfzinzrdiun voters yesterday gave Prime Minister Mac- kenzie Kill? a go-ahead signal to make whatever use of the nations manpower, at home or overseas, will contri- bute most to victory.

B)’ a majority which grew as successive polls reported the)’ iinswercd yes on the national plebiscite, thereby asscnting to the release of the Government from pledges not to apply compulsion in the enlistment of men for ser- vice outside Canada.

The affirmative trend of the plebiscite started with the first returns from the Maritime Provinces’ but re- ceived a setback in Quebec where a heavy “No" was reg. isfei-ed. Ontario voters, however, tipped the scales heavily to the affirmative side.