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The People's Paper Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1942

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Annual Subscription Delivered, 85.00 l!) llalll P. P l. “.00; toolbar Provinces and 0.5. Q.“

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ll nus JAP INVASION FLEET SMAiSllEil

C?!’ Invasion 18 Enemy Slzips CHURCHILL T0 Reported Sunk Bamaged

It A. F. Offensive Is Forerunn

Luftwaffe Is Promised i-BWiS Woolner i “Terrible Summer”; Will wills M91131 ill Be Given No Rest iiaiilllll$ill

FWar Situation Last Nighigll f A

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

The true significance of the sea. battle that has raged since Monday fllffoaunsgallaetgttlraial-ot be cslculat ’ until the circumstances that brought

SPEAKAT4P.M. And 4

I-QNDON. Mav S-(CPJ-Prime Mlnlster Churchill will broadcast to the Empire and to the United Slates at 9 p, m, (4 p, m A 1) T)

represents the onset of the Sunday and he is expected dwell

N-Doy, May 8—(CP Cable)- ipg A. R's Canadian Demon pol-on" and Netherlands pilots dared bomb hits on eight 011l- n |hip5 in a heavily protected M off the Netherlands coast " an overnight continuation m, British air offensive which. l Minister sr Archibald Sinclair [mu today, Wlll lead directly . British invasion oi the contin-

‘ l-De one", who in seven mQhM-enilarnaged at least l0 gllpply ships iiild a d0- reported hitting seven the convoy. Royal Neth- service pilots

.. - yil‘; . in (fir, naval air ; the eight-ll. my the German air force d, a tic-second reprisal attack t soul. est coast town. nitii whoOl building with a bomb an

HNGIIAM England. gilnil-lrri ._' slr Archibald Sinclair. Air Socretafyr told so iluilrnre tonight that Britain rill invade the continent after up 1L A. F. has smashed the ' lr force. filirioiilising the LIINWBHQ I ‘krrlble summer." Ind "on- mllhg the It. A. R's position jtw with what it was (lurlnI lie 1910 battle oi’ Britain, Si!‘ Archibald declared:

‘The German air force knows flpower is waning. That is our qporiunily. We must give it no pit. we must hammer it out ‘I shape. When that will bc--

long it will take-l can-

ieli but then will 00ml: the

s number cf children_ were sprayed with cannon ~ machine-gun fire. w Commander A. C. Brown Winnipeg. the Demons‘ com-

Battle Sag re

(By the Canadian Press) _Here is the score up to Friday night in the five- day-old battle of the southwest Pacific:-

MONDAY SUNK BY ALLIES

1 Light cruiser. 2 Destroyers.

4 Gunboats.

1 Supply vessel. 6 Planes.

DAMAGED

1 Light cruiser.

1 Seaplane tender. 1 Cargo vessel.

1 Transport.

ANNOUNCED LOSS BY ALLIES

3 Planes-

HALIFAX, May ll-JOH-‘Lewis B. Wcolner of North Rustioo, P. EI. was announced today as winner of the Dahcllsie’ Univer- sity Medal in medicine, given for the highest standing on graduation.

Henrik 0. Tanning oi Black’ Harbor. N.B.. shared with another student the Hebrew Coln-munlt of Nova scotia prize in paths ogy. Anolllcl" New Brunswick student, R01’ Morrow of West Saint John, shared with a Nova section the Professor John Cameron prlae in anatomy.

students recommended for msd~ icsl dcgrces include:

William C. Anllear, Lower- Mont-- agile. PE-L: Donald Cameron. Red Point. PEI‘ Eli Davis, Saint Jchn. N.B.: S‘dney Hooper, Mcnc- ton. Robert Ideson, saint John, N. 3.: George Inman, summerude, P.E.I.; James Jamleson. Camnbe1l_ ion. N.B.: Reglntfld McK=rma, Oyster Bed Bridge, PE. ; Leigh Racnsay. Northam. PE. . Jchn Ritchie. Charlottetown.

students recommended for law degrees included:

wall" 9811611. Charlottetown.

Hanson llrges Action 0ver Plebiscite. Vote

(By Frank FIaherty) (Canadian Press Staff Writer)

AWA, May 0—(CP)—Prlrl-.e Minister Mackenzie King today made the first move towards am- ending the compulsory service law when he gave notice in the House of Commons of an an-lendmant the national resources mobilization

here is no queatlorzil however. that lt

battle oi Australia and ot Japan naval losses in its first phases. U U

Conflicting accounts make It

where th il ha; be “kl ‘folly; aiilllgnlt the ‘iiliilattlentwgi’

comes t

kyo claim that Bri

e only intimation that battleships have been taln‘s Wurspute had been destroyed was scotched ln London by an Admiralty

has suffered heavy, if not crippling,

a a a

the "one n, “In Mum‘ accurambllnrtlrpisesglsisat this writing to evaluate which side was the interceptor and which the intercepted or

the some conflict as to as to just

From Tokyo, also. engaged. The To- promptly announcement that nelihcr the

place. the Coral Sea."

Warspite nor any other British battleship was sunk or damaged. I i Q G l I

There is no doubt. however. that nearly a score of Japanese craft

engaged on some offensive mission, lesser war craft. transports and supply ships. have been

aged beyond early repair. That vir an Allied task force of relatively

Japanese invasion convoy near the

including light and heavy cruisers. sunk or dum- tually confirms the assnmpil that

lln-ht strength intercepted a well guarded

Solomons and‘ scored he-wlly in tire

first clash. The running fight followed, although there is still little to

suggest a major fleet action.

Ceylon Reinfocecl . As Japs Board Ships

(By DREW MIDDLETON) (Associated Press Stair Wrrter) LONDON. May b —- (AP) — ’1he

British government sent reinforce- ments to Ceylon and strove to clean up any remaining Vichy-Hench re- sistance on Madagascar today as the urgency oi controlling the 1n- dlan Ocean was stressed by reports that Japanese invasion forces al- ready were aboard ship in Rangoon. ready to attack India.

Burma, scene of one of the most-

stubborn delaylng actions of the war. was almost ompletely overrun by the Japanese for strategic con- slderations.

Military sources acknowledged that the Japanese probably had tak- en the west Burma port of Akyab,

l” 300 air miles from Calcutta, but

said they had no confirmation of a German broadcast assertion that the Japanese already bad crossed the border into India. It was con- ceded that Japanese patrols may have entered India "purely for pro- paganda purposes." but the inform- ants held to the belief that anv Japanese invasion oi the treasure- house of India would come from the sea, with Akynb and its airilelds as the base of heavv preparatory all’ attacks on the Ganges Basin.

-." n agascarwwhere a strong ‘British force took the naval base and port of Diego Suarez on ‘Thurs- day. there was no definite word on the extent of anv rcmaininli French resistance. Reports from Vichv said fighting still was in progress in the mourrxltains s. little distance to the sou .

particularly on Britain's with Vichy.

Infol-lncd sources were unusually reticent about discussing the scope

relations

in Australia

of the address. but it was consider-

6C1

mOllS SOOI].

Six Canadians

Rescued ilt Sea

HAMILTON, Bermuda. May 8- (CP Cublm-Worn from six day's eight West Indian sunk bv shellfire from an enemy sub- been brought here after being spotted at sea by an some oi the Canadians may hail from Luiltengurgia 5,8 _

Authorities perm e sc osur of the fact that most of the can- TRAL the Maritime _ Provinces. but their names were my and not made public. The 62-year-old skipper oi the merchant ship was

and nights in a lifeboat.

Canadians and one sailor from an allied ship

marine have

airplane. adians were from

among the group.

Chinese Claim Victory ' Over invading Japs

possible he might give a brief survey of the Madagascar campaign and the other war fronts since he is scheduled to make a comprehen- sive statement on the war to Com-

J ap losses.

United Nations headquarters

reports battle

ended after six days; Two Aircraft Carriers included in

has been smashed. The toll of Japanese

and other vessels.

UNITED NATION

ever engaged has icm sued by day. Cessation of the terrific after allied air threat to the

poraril

Australian mu

The headquarters communique said

resented a “continued effort

LONDON. May o_<.

qfllllfliihvi-(CP) ~ Reu-

ters i" a fiislllllfh from Sydney today said a vast Japanese IHVZISIOII fleet off northeastern Australia

sea losses. the Reuters

dispatch said. rose to 1R ships sunk and four dzlm- flllod- including the certain destruction 0f two air- (‘Yilil Carriers. one cruiser, six or sevcn destroyers

(BY C. Yates McDaniel. Associated Press Staff Writer) S HEADQUARTERS IN t» _. ‘ e Lola] Sea and the groaiogt sea battle ln WlHCIl the U

A US-

nited States fleet has l’ ended. a communique is-

Gcneral lllacArthufs headquarters announced t0-

baitle came on the sixth day

and naval forces had gone out, (0 meet (he

inland. the action rep- of the Japanese i0 cxiend

their aggressive Coniluests towards the south and south-

cast." It was pointed out that

for a co-ordinaied

. (he Jena h a b - . lng up their forces, with emphasis iliilse a Gen build

cutmexnvo, China; May of — elements, ill’?

naval transport attack of the combined for-

SINCE lVgONDAY SUNK BY ALLIES

1 (probably 2) Air. craft carriers.

1 Heavy cruiser.

1 Transport (sunk by Allied bombers in Louisiade Islands.)

DAMAGED 1 Heavy cruiser. JAPANESE CLAIMS

(AP) _ Falling with savage upon two Japanese columns thrust- ing into China alongthe Burma Rioatil. (‘tOllnMI-iflltdgltlngt Chlilés? Th i d wpe ou one nva mg 9r” 0 e commu“ ill-t- mn c no mention either of Japanese or allied 1.000 . killed 500 out of another . ‘ of eqiliziliinstrength and trapped llli‘ “m” '“ ‘he "“'“°' b“ “mi” cmmiifllavee and reports told of the carrier and one

1.€ma1nder_ (Rn Chung gait Sherri-g; inking of ll Japanese ships. including one aircraft

a

this triumph converted into dlsasfcr K " r Yer" lwmwfli! (""1 olhor vessels.

a Jataancse attempt lo flank Chln- The battle was fought in the shadow of Australia and involved the safety nf the continent and control of much of the gouthern "n;

ces‘ This aimcl“ the "Ommuliiillle Said. was “initialed sev-

er. told the story oi the coll- eral days ago,"

ttt-ack by the squadron oi ~‘~=» bombers. I-Ie said the l2 ‘I- heavily escorted by anti- -~_ ships and moving north in lstern formation, were spot- llear the eformer Dutch naval r oi Den l-felder. at the north- ill tip of Holland. ‘ii was just ggttlngiiark butt

(Continued on page 11. Col s)

lonling Events

, 101 . for Notll in thla cola-n

ac .

The amendment. ternls _oi which were not disclosed. ls believed to embody the policy decided upon by the government as a result of the majority vote in the recent plebis- cite to release lt from pledges against overseas conscription

At the same time came indica- tions of s. full-dress parliamentary debate on overseas conscription. Conservative House leader Hanson told Mr. King "something decidedly more" was wanted by the country than an amendment to the act.

Mr. King said Mr. Hanson was speaking without knowledge of the terms of the amendment and would have to wait tor ills information until the bill coma before the

House. u ‘lne general impression is that the

Delay of Jap Plans Was Vital to Allies

Except for that would probably have control of Madagascar before Britain.

P.E.I. Leads

esc troops of LL-Gen. JOSBIH Stil- well in the sector near Chefang, 25 mi'es inside the Yunnan province h Fl"! “Fwilllm-‘F flffilllnls reaching an advanced allied base snltl ,,, , ,,,,,,,,,,,, m. .. s. Amerl- "' "u"? a M in Bwrnle? 8:“ S“. charms Gwyn“ can volunteer group protected Chi- m” mm m" i‘ "m" "mfi-S 51ml‘ b! Refill llmnbs and torpedoes y u’ " ' nese latctnbers vvihltch fittercd Jap- in the first blow of the allied assault. anese 1'001)s an rue in wes ern Yunnan yesterday, an A.V.G. com-

LQNDON- M“ a _(CP Cabm- These reports said Japanese personnel losses may run into the

I cents oer word

"Red Cross Show. Yeo‘s ‘Iheatre "fir. Matinee 4 P. M. 5-7-31.

"l-oldlxllz l-logs every ‘Tuesday llllklnllsP. M. at l-‘lve Houses. Justin

"Rummslze Sale, Saturday Ma m? P. M. Saint Peters Cathedral 4-35-6-8-9.

i “Unti licking ' Dingwe 5-5-121.

‘Jélllultcr Rivcr Starch Factory is ymilblll for the spring season h E 11D to fiity cents per hundred

“l 5-8-61

"$300M ‘School-Convention for u R2‘ dlslllcl. Brackley, Mo] v. W. B. Godfrey, speasltenu‘

-"Dance Georgetown Hall, Wed-

wnil- May 13th. Webster's Orch- - a-o-11

"Rumllllueigille Trlnll. , i . y Hall, "willi- Muv olh. at six o'clock. ‘ 5-0-11 l i ‘Willi! lwss Tuesday till s daibane will call for

Ht in Bra ll notified. James T. Somers. 5-0-11.

orn calves daily.

“"0"- Oyster Bed Bridge.

_ s-o- s. . feed. and Regal err now unloadins. G. C. Green .“°- 5-0-11.

Bl‘; I H0516 0110 hummg-illlvlfrallaalnfli‘; Road Hall. ma“ Dlmey ‘mrli not: Bilge

Iiilimi Pill at Prederi ton g O ~ u, y" “glider o a.m. at arbor- m; larlotteiown “up”, m: 4am“ York station: I up,“ "Idle: s Mount ,_ Wm?” Riv": 8 Cherry . idly. l0 am. Hun. ‘l m" Glasgow: l2 gm. ‘North Wiltshlre; ross, i Kinkora;

‘$0M oi our; ll:

: "Pier "Bringing

"minions. s-i-u.

SUNK

1 U. S. battleship. 2 Aircraft carriers.

DAMAGED

1‘ British battleship. 1 Australian cruiser.

‘Iiliazi Drive

From Finland Stopped by Reds

MOSCOW, May 8—(AP)—The Red army and all‘ force were re- ported in official cluspawnes to- night to have wrecked a three-way German spring offensive aimed from Finland into Soviet Kareiia and to’ have driven large numbars

of Nazi bombing planes from for- 1

ward bases near Russia's vital wat-

' er and rail communications in the

Arctic. uerman troops encharged with stabbing across the Karehan fron- tier at tilvee points were driven from Russian soil with heavy loss- es, said. frontier dispatches o the Conununist newspaper Pravda. From the Arctic front, the army newspaper Red Star reported that German bombing fleets. after a lut- lle six weeks’ o fenslve against the northem sea lanes and Russian rail lines over which increasing Ameri- can and British supplies are mov- ing via Murmansk and. Arch , had been forced to withdraw to more remote stations in Norway and Flniagld. d“ who.’ d m" o er pa e with recent weeks of heavy iilhi» in; from Ienlnprad southwest to Btaraya Russo. estimated 30.000 had been lost in counter- atteoks which felled to take the - ltlatlve from the Bed army.

QUEEN RETURNS fill‘!

5318101., England - (0 P) - Quean M bought a present for Blrlf natal-led Orols sale here. had given an ancient painted Chinese urn which h

valued “only. She bought. it and banded back to mm.

amendment will remove clause 3 from the act which gives tne gov- ernment sweeping powers over the persons and properties of all Cana- lhans. Tnat clause KCStIlCtS the gen- eral powers by prohibiting compul- sion ln sending men overseas.

‘mere are. however. other possi- billtlcs, siwh as a. reuraltlng of the act to emoooy a spccnlc compulsory servlw plan or the addition ot n. section alvulg me golernment pow- er to lcueal section a by vruclanla- tl

Oil.

"lne vital sect-ions of the short act, passed in Junc, 1x440. as France was tottering to 1L5 lall ulluel" tni impact ol uernlan land and air thrusts. ole the accolul. l-Ild third sections wlllOh read;—-

"2. 511191461. to ulc provisions of section a llelcot‘. the governor-Lu- councll may no and authorize such aots and things, and nlake ircm time w Lillie such orders and regu- lations requiring persons to place themselves, their services and their property at the disposal oi His Ma- jesty in the right oi Canada, aa may be doomed nemssary or exped- ient. tor scouring the public safety, the defence of Canada. the main- tenance of public order or the ef- ficient prosecution of the war or for maintaining supplies or services essential to the life of the commun-

t .

x3. The powers conferred by the next preceding section (section 2) may not be exercised for the pur- ose of l‘ uiring persons to serve lit the miilary. naval or air forcea outside of Canadanarld the territor- ial waters thereof.

(Princess Mine Tied lip As 1,100 Strike

SYDNEY MINES. N. 8.. M's! 3- (OP) - A strike of the Lido-man working force tlcd up Nova Bcotil. steel and Ooal oomnlmys biif Prin-

oess Colliery here may as the com-

Danyb mine st nearbv Florence rt- w

msined idle for the 10th success!" dsy of another walkout.

The Princes; men wont on strike in sympathy with l3 shooters and loaders engaged in s pay dislnlié with the company. The 700 men at Florence have been idle in pro- prflmtifihg mspenslon of eight

u

test men ttlng work an hour a- head g time April is.

l-low far resistance offered in many Far East theatres of war has de- layed Japanese plans is difficult to estimate.

But. for that lesistance, however, and losses inflicted upon JRDBIWW shipping and other resources, the Japanese probably would have mov- ed to obtain control of Madagas- car before Britain could have tak- en the steps now made to forestall them. Tllat would have been a dis- aster of the first maflnliude. 1m- pel-luing India and the whole posi- tlon in the Middle East.

British control oi the island will close the gap between Durban, South Africa. and Ceylon. slim: the Allies both a defensive front and an offensive base ln the Indian Ocean.

It._Wlll be necessary to maintain strong iolces to exploit the ad- vantage Britain has gained. but the distance from Japanese- bases ore prohibitive for any major attempt bv Japan lo reverse the situation.

Oorregldor Fight Ended

The Japanese are evidently at- tempting to strengthen their - lion in New Guinea and develop a threat lo communications between Australia and America. But Allied counter attacks by air continue ef- fcctive.

Shor of sunnlies and ammuni- tion finely ended the sllsnt de- fence of Oorregldor t. else- where in the Ph lipplnes resistance may be maintained and in any event the Japanese must maintain s considerable ooculllilon 101'” f0!‘ hclenslle purposes.

Qlnele Gllerilla Taeflcl

In Burma the Japanese advance L

has been rapid. One enoournsl feature is the allies have effec

(Continued on page ll. Col l)

Block Attempt To Debate Conscription

UIBISO Ma E-(OM-Maurlee Duqlessis, leader? of the Opposition Un on Natlonale ty. tried today

tote a 1e on overseas conscrl on in the lAIl-Klltlvo M‘ sembly but was voted down by unrecorded party vote

Mr. Duglessis tried to set off the

debate wile the House was in committee of the whole on resolu- tions pertaining to a bill that would allow the governrrlentjzc par; chase a locale or the a formula-asking aebool.

ward Island

In Naval

Enlistments

OTTAWA, May 8-— Navy Minister Macdonald gave the following navy enlist- ment figures up to lliarch 31, 1942, by Provinces:

Prince Edward Island 841; Nova Scotia 3.897; New Brunswick 1,172. Quebec 4.- 862. Ontario 10,135, Mani- toba 2.241; Saskatchewan 1.890, Alberta 2.435 and Bri- tlsh Columbia 4,480.

He said that, according to population, Prince Ed- led all the others in naval enlistments.

Lewis May form third Labor group

WASHINOGON, May 8 -(CP)— Top-rank labor executives in the United States believe the time is rapidly approaching when Jdln L. ewla wil ll out o! the Congress f thirilll bogucoflgliessmuuom ‘ind orm a s. r . usng the United Mine Workers and other groups under his control as the

nucle lllstranged from his slates in the O. I. O. which. almost slngle-hsndedly, he formed in 1035. Lewis is bling his whole future on his s ility to convince the 8,- 000,000 dairy farmers of the Unite states that they should enrol un- der the banner of his mine work. exit “him-ll ed i many 0V n uartera the‘ ' ~v will breakaway fivom th c. I. 0.. his mine workers {dig him. when he believes the time s no. oflfl he a new organisation which will have bitk oppglitiun so President noemelt u one q n; chief reasons for being. ~

munlque said.

thousands.

The Japanese aerial offensive in

eastern China.

with lxmlbings in Kiangsl and

aimed at destroy- ing possible bases for bombing Ja- pan proper. was stepped up tcthy

e

Japanese destroyers tried despe riers. blasted into torn and blazing

east coast provinces of Chelsie-n; and challenging hordes cf Japanese