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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1942

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64.00! to other Provinces and the. “.0!

QAP AIRCRAFT BARRIER STRADDLED BY BDMBS

May Tryjnvasion 0f India Soon

Enemy

Report Britain, Hindu Leaders Come To Terms

— Only formalities remain to give India a National Government.

i (Bv II. It. Stimson, Associated Press Staff writer) Np“- nlinlll. India. April 9--(AP)—Britain and tile Hindu leaders of India were generally reported tonight to have come to terms on the

dellfllt-r, iluellcc of llu‘ final barsuiuills-

tlallger-frallglit question of independence for Ulliicrl States appeared to have carried weight in the

India. The in-

Apart from the still open question of adherence to the compromise

plan by than thc

flit‘ hloslcln ixulgue, there appeared to be lacking little more formalities of signature and promulgation to give India a n1-

flmml gtll,'i‘l'lllllt‘lli. now. guarantee her Dominion status after the war, with a Donlillilnrs right of secession, and place her in the front all an

Asiatic b The cou~

British dill‘

effort. as

UlllLfl-lo“ of Indian and mo“ o; lndias war envlsutlfid. “'35 brfnevccl .- nnposcd the s 2111995 lllifgsdlfcelllbcuvccll thc C0n§m5§ Party and Britain. Tile 0118i“ plan Cflrllfll by C1‘1lli7$__l~° ti"; nwlllll plollded tla

giigllngll "l - for the Indian de- fence It ll lll British hands

. wit, amid signs Of

g Yuri" the British plan

and tile Congrtss pttrty's rejec-

tion, JOlIIISOII arrived at New

Delhi, Tonight Indian commenta- tors were calling him the hero oi the hour. Although the precise my; he play-rd in the negotia- tions was no’. known. a Nationalist newspaper. the Bflmblll’ Sfnllnel. dubbed llim a "super Crlcus"

The succt‘ ful folrnula com- pounded by Britain's negotiator-in- chief. sn- shntcm crllms. and lead- ers of the dominant All-India Coll- gyggg party was reported to pro- vide for a clear division of flinc- lions ull:Icl' the projected national goverulu-rllt for India. _

Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, Brit- isll commander for India. ft is said. would be supreme commander for conduct of the war under an Ill- diin war cabinet whose defence minister would be an Indian.

Both sir Stafford and Louis John- lon. President Roosevelt's personal rmisshrv lo India. were believed to beeaqel- that Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, past president of the Con- gross party and one of its ranking adders, lilk’) the defence portfolio.

In ternationall

At A Glance

I'llll.Ii'I'lNEs -Baluan defences fllll; Corrcgidor fights on.

(‘bYLUN-Allics bomb Jap air- rrlllt carrier, shoot down I0 Jap planes; too British cruisrrs lost.

lll*ll.\i.\ - British peril grows lull-til ol‘ Prome as Jap control oi air continues.

AffifllALlli-Allies bomb tncml’ shipping lit Ilubuul, New Britain.

.\ii£l)I'.i’i'lRlt1\NEAN— British sub- mll-inr sinks 10,000-ton Italian cruiser.

llFHSlA-Iled army breaks two

Grrlllall divisions on Kallnirl front.

Pl-eulirai-n-I-iiligiio Visit Washington

(rrlzlvvll, April ll__-(CP)—-Prlme llliillsl l h“ \v

. hlllgton next Wednesday nu: of the Pacific war u laugh there has been no allnouncclrlcnt.

l\lr. King's proposed attendance in \.V.l._~ll'll'.!lOll was revealed today

l" Ill‘ Herbert V. Evatt. Austral- "ll “‘."i'lllll affairs llllliisler. ill a l:|:; villi atltlless in the presence of 9 Plhlne Minister.

Fvonl Mr. King's office it was iejlzllrtl that Dr. Elliott's informa- "vll “us conect but that no decis- ion l=.l< been reached as to tlmc ‘of ilflllrlure.

Coming Events

_D— . lite for Nottuel in this column I cont: per word

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“Livestock M k ti Board '°'““"8 host. llloflrll‘ Herbert fallen. morally, April l4. a w. flynor and Son in charge. 4-10-31,

"Notioe-Recelvin llv hogs as gsual this week. gilurgday. Al- uflhy. Friday, Emerald. A. C. and - Green. L-IBG-t-B-Si. oagelgtallcc. Our stock of watll as arrived many nice p: -

“"14- G- C. Green Emerald. L-167-4-8-fll-

“Notice - Mixed feeds of sll gm“ lctd wheat. oats. "011?- Bifll- etc. in stock sil the time-

" Prices. G. O. Green. Emerald.

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Mackenzie Killg plans to w

nlnark of thc United Nations.

Cardin in Appeal to Quebec people

OTTAWA, April 9-40?)- An appeal to people of Quebec to be "the first to say ‘yes’ " to the conscription rlebiscite question was made tonight by Transport Minister Cardin in a broadcast address.

lie urged his compatriots of Quebec to give a. lead in ex- pressing confidence in the in- tegrity of the present lovem- nlent and in Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

But, he said. “it. will not be for Mr. King and his govern- mcnt that you will vote ‘yes'l It» will be for yolranrl yours." _ The speech was the second of a series being broadcast by cabinet ministers and leaders oi opposition parties in Par- liament, asking the people of Canada to give an affirmative vote in the plebiscite.

‘Pile first speech was deliv- ered by Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King on Tuesday night.

The plebiscite question is worded as follows: "Are you in favor of releasing the govern- ment irom any obligation aris- ing out of any past commit- ments restricting the methods of raising men for military service?"

Mr. Cardin spoke in French.

Germans rush New bombers To east front

LONDON. April 9 -rAP) —1Iun- kers bcttlbcrs frclr from the fac- tories of Germany are being rush- cd to the eastern front and put into immediate operation, it was disclos- ed today ill official Russian dis- patches which told of bitter fight- ing for every inch of the thawing Russian battleground.

A Tass news agency dispatch from Moscow said anti-aircraft gunners on the Kalinin front. in the reg- ion south of Lake Ilmen, shot down a Junkers-BB plane numbered 6.719 “rtileased from the factory Feb. 26.

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"A few days later" thc dispatch continued. "anti-a aft gunners of lhc same battalion _ .ot down three more planes released from the fac- wry in March. 1942."

The appearance of these new Nazi planes seemed to bc another indi-

cation that Hitler is concentrating ‘h

all the strength he can possibly spore on the eastern front in pre- paration for the spring offensive. Bits of information here and there in the Russian reports from ‘the front indicate that the Rus- sians are flglitllii! bitterly in every sector, either to keep the Gcnnans on the defensive or to prevent even file smallest Nazi offensive opera- on.

Prospectors Urg- ‘. To Hit The Trail

TORONIO.April9—(OP)- Prospector: were urged to hit the trail in an intensified search for war minerals by nuneralogtsts who today addressed classes sponsored by the Ontario prospectors and de- velopers association. The classes will continue through Ih-ldsv and 8st-

urclsy. Bo utiorl of the problem of finding

ts to eet the owfn llldrtogmf aoenllsl war mgarterla‘ lest; with p ctors. said Dr.

A. Do- partment of Mines. Dr. Joliffe said nnv useful mineral was s war mine- ral sud any mineral became a vital need when the supply felled to meet the demands.

JAPS DENIED VOTE

OTTAWIA. April ti - (OP) — Nat- uralized Japanese alone amen! the naturalised citilens of Canada on denied voting r hts from coast to coast under. iscite votln re- gulations. J es Osstonguay. chief plebiscite officer, said todoi.

Loss of two British ships Serious blow Help To ‘Olin Way T0

India; Many Crew Members Saved.

Bv Drew Middleton Associated Press Strff Writer

LONDON. April ll-mlfl-Jap- anese planes have sunk the British hclzlvy cruisers Dcrscteillre and Cornwall in the Indian Ocean mus helping to open the way for an ilrvosiczl of India.

The Ganges basin now is left un- defended at sea save for light forc- es, well-informed obervers cle- clarcd as the Admiralty announced tile loss of tile two heavier war- so

llps. _

On the other side of tile ledger but referring to a different theatre. tile Admiralty announced that a 10.000-t-cn Italian cruiser has beeln sunk by torpedces from a British submarine 1:1 the central Med- iterranean.

Other British communiques rc-

orled that the Japanese bcmbed he Ceylon naval base at Trin- comalee this morning and that several Allied merchant shim had been destroyed by combined naval and all" attacks in the Indian Ocean, thus making ominously ap- parent the scope and strength of the Japanese thrust across the Bay of Bengal.

Atie 9.975401’) Dorsetshire-— WhCse torrcdoes Fllll-pllfd the coup do grace lo l-ll€'(§€i'll'lt1ll battleship Bismarck in the‘ Atlantic last May -alld lhc 11000-1011 Cornwall ap- parentlv were seeking the Japan- ese naval squadron whose carriers launctlrd DlBIIGQ-Ifillililrr" Sunday.

“Aircraft from rlers frund lllem them before they were able in close to gunnery range." declared one Lon-tron source.

The date and place of the sink- inns _vv_ere_n9§ _gi_ven._ lvlore than

those vcrv car- and destroyed

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lllaritimc flay Shipped to tiucbec

AMHERST, N.S., April 9-(0?) --Revcrsing the normal procedure tinder which hay is usually im- ported into the Maritime Provinces from Quebec moe than 1.000 tons have been shipped to the st. Law- rence tilts year fr m the Maritimes bcctluae oi last year's drought in Quebec.

Char cs Logan said today he has shllsrjed mcre than 700, tons from this section of Nova scotia and added that an even gIEIllBl‘ tsrln. rlge has been sent to Quebec fr;m New Brunswlck's Westmorlarld County.

Prepared to Blow up oil Wells in Burma

LONDON, April 9 —- 1GP) -~With tllc Japanese only 30 miles from the Yenanla oil fields on the Burma front, the flora-pressed and out- numbered Brltish defenders of the Irrawaddy rtlvcr Valley were pre- pared tollight to burn and blow up

. e wells. _ Although bad atmospheric con- ditions interfered with radio com- munications. a well - informed source here said the British forces were ready lo "scorch" the oil o- rties if the Japanese and Re lllzus Burmese continued their flank-

progress.

in

e defenders were described as outnumbered three to one on the ground and i0 to one in the all‘.

Delayed despatches direct from the front referred to the complete sbsentée L?! allied air support for groun oops.

Imam the eastern end of the Burma lines. held by Chinese forces. the Chinese reported they were in contact with the Japanese but that there had been little activity 1n u" past. 24 hours.

The Chinese continued fighting on tlle east-west road between Tourlsoo and Mawclll and said there were other minor patrol e. gagement-s o- long the Siamese border.

l0 To 20 Jap Planes Destroyed Inl Battle

OHUNGHNG Chino. April lo - (FRIDAY) - oils American vol-

planes JIWIIIOOII over lciyun in southern Yunnan Pro- vince. ‘hie A.V.G. ruffered no losses. Two other J so severely d

expected. be

base. the -A.V.G. communique. issued llesd uerters "somewhere in Yunnan." Al the Japan-roe planer were of the Navy ‘aero ‘ type

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l’ War Situation Last Night

l5!’ KIRKE L- SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) The fall at long last of Bataan peninsula and ‘British naval losses

In the Bay of Bengal combine to darken the war

outlook for tbe

United Nations in the Pacific-Indian Oceans theatre.

Of the two blows, the sinking of two British heavy cruisers by JBIIBIIBW bPmhS may prove the most immediately serious unless pow- erful British fleet and air reinforcements have reached Indian waters. n "Tami"! "W" "H! "Kht for mastery of the Indian Ocean is going against the allies. And on control of the sea lanes in that ocean largely hinges the fate of Burma if not lndla—and of Chinese effec-

tiveness in the war. l I

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It was conceded from the first that the gallant but exhausted American-Filipino troops must ultimately succumb to the overwhelm. 111i! "dd! Hkaiilst them if Japan was prepared to pay the blood cost of

sustained frontal attack. At this writing there was no

word whether tile United States

lrnrrison still held (forrcgidor. But with Bataan lost there could be no hope that the Manila harbor forts could long hold out. Batman's fall meant that Corregidor fortress was brought under close range fire of

Japanese big guns on the peninsula. o o

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That was the grim fact confronting Gen. Wainwright one... the yap. anese broke his front on Bataan and his weary reserves were unable to close the break. It is the fact that President Roosevelt weighed in

granting Wainwright authority to hopeless.

That the disclosure of the size of the disaster

911d ""5 Sl-"Iflkle if he deemed it

will come as a

shock to the United States public goes without saying It is to be ex- pected that the President will take early occasion to renew his pleas for national unity and utter resolve to fight to the bitter end.

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The- loss to the United Nations cannot be counted

solely in the

numbers of those American-Filipino troops who achieved a miracle in deferring the tragic finale. The end of that struggle has ill poi-tents elsewhere. It must release Japanese heavy forces and battle equip- ment soon for use against Burma, India or Australia.

Heroic Defenders 0f

Bataan Are Overcome

‘ Overwhelming Jap superiority fill-ally forces

defeat 0n exhausted American-Filipino Troops.

By Richard L. Turner Awcclated Press Stall" Writer

WASHINGTON. April 9--<AP)—- The heroic epic of Bataan Penm- Sill-J. ended today. with the Jap- anese victorious through the over- ‘ ' of hordes of . lYOOINr-iiid with most of tile C6.853 American and FlllpiilO soldiers facing death ol- captivity.

Cut oli from reinforcement, out- numbered by six. seven or even eight to one. deficient in all" pow- er, and exhausted by short rations, disease and constant battle. the courageous force was forced lo a bitter but inevitabx: dcfcal.

For days. the Jups had been at- tacking in waves, sending fresh troops against sleepless and fatigue- ridden men.

Today. LL-Gen. Jonathan Wain- wright. who took command uhen Gen. Dcugfas Mas-Arthur was transferred lo Australia. repofied that the enemy had e-velcped his eastern flank manned by his sec- ond corps.

Counter-attack Failed

To relieve the situation he ord- ered lite first corps to counter at- tack. It did. but the “complete physical exhaustion" of the troops

mode it. unsuccessful. Ill view of thesis- deveic-pmerlts the War De-

partment concluded and announ- ced that "this situation indicates the probability that the defences of Bataan have been overcome" And lo this. War Secretary Hen- ry Stimsczl added at a press con-

(Confinue B)‘ Germans Talk Final Settlement

ISTANBUL. Turkey. April 9 - tAPP-Infornled German circles in Istanbul bocltlv acre talking about

l- “a final settlsment between Ger-

many an" France" which, they said. would invclve cession of the entire French Fleet to the Ger- man Navy.

This tail: began with the return to 'f‘urkey of Franz Von Papen. German Ambassador, from a brief "lip to Berlin.

n addition. according to this story,.the Germans want France to sign over both Casablanca in Mor- occo and Dakar in Senegal, cler- mony. in return for these major concemions. would release all French prisoners st war. allow Marshal Petaln’: Government to return to Paris and sign a Peace Treaty.

CANADA

Rolf Clubs are War casualties

WASHINGTON A 'i ~ (Am-orn- clubs’ becaprl-llc w”; casualties today undgr l; U“. lted States war production gourd order halting their pro. uction on May .51 and curtail. "I: output up to that date, _ The order forbids till- use o; Iron ‘and steel and all other critical metals, as “ll-ll as p135. tics and cork, in the manufac- ture of clubs after May Ill. BY all earlier decree golf hall PrffQPcllfln halted on April 1. “mfljkolf clubs cannot be made without metal, and golf bulls cannot be made without ""55". "I8 W.P.B. order means that the manufacturers of such equipment have been drafted for the duration," the wyy; succinctly told links enthusiasts; estimated at over 2,000,000,

Advertising of Rubber products ls forbidden

TORONTO. April 9 —lCP| -An order frcm the wzirtilllc prices and trade board to retailers today pro- hibited merchants from dLsplirvillg in their store windows or advertis- ing in any way any rubber product ordinarily used by civilians.

Groups of articles coming under the new filling include erasers. bath toys. rubber capes and bathing suits, rubber footwear. shoes with rubber soles, rubber gloves and hot water bottles, pump and garden hose. ba- bies‘ wear. balls of all kinds includ- ing bladders for footballs. basket- balls and punchballs and rubber stationery articles.

CZECIIOSLOVAKIAN WINS

TORONTO. April 9 —-(Cl>l -Ruth Herman. 12. n pupil of Mapltllurst school. Aidershot. in the Hamilton dist-riot and a native of Czechoslo- vakia froln where she fled to Ca- nada three years ago when the

Nazis invaded that country. today won the all-Ontario public Jpeakil? contest and the B. J. P311118!’ Bhlel .

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Seek to have Nfld. - bound. Planes call here

Steamship Ser\' 'I‘o Ancient Colony Dis- cussed.

The Charlottetown Board of ‘Trade W111 Dress to have fITans Canada Air lines make this elty it port, or Call 1n the (Proposed Moucton-Sydney Newfoun land air service. it vras de- cided at a Council meeting held last night ln The Charlottetown. Be- ilef that the proposed improvement-s to the Rzlliivlrv wharf would be car- rlcd tilrotleh. was expr - bv M11 S. A. Macbcod. and bility of lilc commencement of it steamship service between Cilarioltetowu and Newfoundland within the next two weeks, was voiced by Dr, J.A_ Clark,

In connection with the improve- ment _oi the Charlottetown dock facilities. a letter front Col. the Hon, J, L. Ralston informed the Board that the matter would be discussed

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lied Troops Break two Nazi divisions

LONDON, April ll — (CPl - Red nrllly troops were reported tonight lo have broken two Gcrumll divis- ions oll one sector of the llvcstern Kailnin front alter the Nltzls had attempted a surprise ccunter-attltck.

The Moscow radio said the Ger- mans suffered heavily. and then re- treated.

A _supplenlentary Russian colli- muulquc also said tllnl 900 Nazis were slain on this front. but it ivas not clear wilelher this referred to the sanlc engagement. Ill the west- crn sector toward Smolensk. the Russians said their troops had oc- cupied 40 more Nazi dugouts,

Tile regular midnight Soviet C0lll- munlque said no substantial cilanlzes occurred on the front today. buttllat. the Soviets scored ll 2540-6 aerial vlctorv Wednesday over the Ger- mans.

Teachers hold Final Session (if Convention

Hon. Mark R. Mc- Guigan Is Speaker; Mr. Pius Callaghan. Elected Preside- i.

At the closing session of P. E. I. T. I<‘. held in P.W.C. Auditorium yesterday morning, Hon. Mark R. Mt-Gtligan. K. C, Minister of Edu- cation addressed the teachers.

The Minister first thanked the teachers for their invitation to luncheon at the “Charlottctownfl on Wednesday afternoon. I-le then complimented and commended the Executive. particularly the President and General-Secretary for their splendid work and efforts in the in- terests of Education in this Pro- vince and asked for continu-iwi co- operation and assistance ill the future.

Three Important Events Mr. McGuigan thcll pointed out. the three most important achieve- ments in the educational field dur-

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10 E1155} Planes, Downed In Raids; Details Are Few

Aircraft Carrier believed Mother ship of planes

which raided '_I‘_1_'_i_nc0malee.

_C0l.Oi\Ili()_ (Teylon. April i0--(Friday)-—((‘l')—Allied Indian forces straddled a Japanese aircraft carrier with high explosives yesterday and shot down at least l0 Jap-

anese planes and perhaps 16,

Japanese bombers. apparently based

it was announced today. on the aircraft

calriel- sought out by the allied force. first attacked the British naval base at 'I‘rincom:llee on this island.

The IIIVIIdOFS damaged harbor and airdromc facilities at Trlncomzliee and “there were a few casualties amongst

the dockyzlrd civil and naval

said. Authorities said that "near misses" were scored in the attack

on the Japanese aircraft carrier WlllCll apparently was the mother ship fcr the planes attacking Trin- comaiee.

In the Japanese raid on Trin- colnalec six of the invading craft were destrqted definitely. six others probably destroyed, and two damaged.

The other four planes. fighters. were shot down in the ensuing

lack 0n the aircraft carrier.

"Some of our aircraft are miss-

ing." the announcement sllirl, but gave no further details of the action.

The town of Trincomalee itself was not damaged nor were there any civilian casualties there. the COlIliillllllqllC said.