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MERE MAN

Let m not look over life to

who ye line not but what we hove.

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ills omvfuiv or SHAPING m LIBYAN

CHARLOTTIBMTOWN, CANADA, rHURsiJAYIAPIZILVYi, 1942

Everybody

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

s Paces

No good book or good thing c! anv sort shows it: best face at first.

MAXI M6

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MERE MAN

Annual l3! Moll: P. I’

Hubperlptlon Delivered, 86.06 I. “.00: to other rrnvlnren end 0.8. 35.0}

DESERT

lI-Year-Old Boyllescged From Ice Cake Possible“ Start

Report Russians Force R-c-M-PJMBIIIDBI‘

Upper

Dnieper

Line

_ News of crossing came via Stockholm; Action

would be major flanking movement. _

MOSCOW, Aprll il-Ulhursday)

- (AP)-A dispatch from the

‘ch-western front today to the army newspaper Red Star quoted I

gflptllflfl German llcutena

‘ as paying I39 German troop-carrying air-

craft were destroyed in the three-day period of April 3-5-123 of them

m, 1h; ground.

LONDON. _ Mlfll 8—(AP)-The Russia,“ grmies of the centre were reported tonight _to have forced the heavily fortified up r Dnlep- er Rive,- in g major flan ing move- mcnt designed to cut off and de- “m. gm German Rriiev-Gzliatsk- vyaimg salient, before Moscow. the his; enemy line of consequence ‘finding east of Smolensk.

The crossing, said Soviet ad- vices vie. Stockholm. was made be- tween the towns of Dorcgcbuzh and Dumvo about 50 mlles northeast of Slllillenéli and at about the P011"

where the Moscow-Smolensk rail-

way bridle-i We mien“-

The German-hcld corridor run- ning mm Smolensk to Vyaznia W35 said alrcady _t0 have been narrowed to 30 nnlcs and Soviet artillery was commanding the maul highway and rail rcutss. Durovo itself appnrvntly i-cmqncd in Nazi hands, although lmmliiently men-

“Tliis Rumlan thrust, which 1f ruccessful would envelop iargfl numbers of (Eerman troops and put the Soviet ‘armies in wrongly consolidated Position to breast the expected German s ring offensive mounted on smolcns . Was tlméd l0 coincide with the last period of solid fcctlng before the approach- l complete thaws.

“lo the fai- south, meanwhile, ac- tion was violent duizng the d y. ‘Ilie Moscow radio anncunced that. n Cermazaattaok on Soviet pcsl- 'tlo‘n.$‘in“thi!“ . . by 100 tanks had been broken and that the Nazis had reeled back with lcssc" of at least 32 tanks and hundreds o-f dead.

This indicated that iii the ‘for south the ground already was firm enough for large-scale mcvcmrrits and some observers saw signs that the (lemons had opemd a series ct attacks intended to crabltih the invaders control over the Kerch Pfilinsllln, scutticrn approach to the Caucasus.

Veteran Newsman Dies In Calif.

iIALl/IDALE. Calif. April 8- (aPw-Czu-llle Ellis. b3, veteran newspapcrmun, magazine writer. nclzelist and film producer, died at his hcmc here yesterday after

an illness of more than three years

A nativi- cf Toronto, Ellis was l tiowspuper rcporlci" in Brttsh

Columbln btforc Joining tho staff ol thc New Ycrk World in i901 Lutcr lic bccnirie the World's drama editor,

From 1910 to 1014 hr- licld cdi~ tonal posts with sev-crnl maga- ziucs. including the managing editorship 0f Dcliiicutor.

Boning Events

_ u.- hom»... m um I cem- our word

hi. m: i-ulumn

"lulliies-Sourls Tliuisduy- L-izi-a-‘I-ilt.

"Talkies-Montague Saturday.

L-l2l-4-7-ili. "a ' . Ste t hldéitertalnment Mhlzqqgfizirt

"Car of oats to arrive soon. Book orders now. Bowman's Store- L-13D-4-7-3i.

Hogs at. Colvtlle until

"Loading da , Aprtl 10th. “Lgslie

1 P. ,

Macblgwglit UQX

fill’) o H

og every Monday (all

"Mutt Hillabo Dairy Oom-

lnly at §ount I-lell-‘bert. April 9th.

oelock. J- R. Munn. President. L-lild-l-B-il.

"Notice-Receiving live hogs ll "lull this week. Thursday, Al- . Friday, Emerald. A. O.

G. O. Green. L-lfld-t-B-iii-

"Notice. our etook of wall who" hu mind, many nice im- "il- G. C. Omen, Emerald.

“Notice - mixed feed: of Ill gum. feed wheat, outs. flour. ""1- etc. in stock all the W119-

t l , , Em aid. D1‘ col Cl, O. Oreebn. 16842 m.

no n I _*"~' thghllofirlfelill? “WW. ADrll 10th

1a.

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with. Geo pi u. .. L SOI-IQ-dl-lfg-Thilll-gl-tf. WW

9 Nazi planes Shot down in llaletta raids

VALETTA. Aprll 8-—(CP)- Nine German planes were de- strayed during relatively heavy Axis assaults on Mdte today as the enemy continued a pro- longed intensified attack now several weeks old.

'l'onight‘s communique report- ed that anti-aircraft fire brought down seven planes, and the R.A.l~‘. shot down two Ill today's raids, which follow- ed an attack yesterday listed as the heaviest of lhe Y0"-

“Thc enemy continued hil policy of using mass forma- tions of bombers at Intervals 0f three hours for his attack

on Malta." the communique sold. "The main objectives were the harbor and alr-

clromes. Bombs and incendiar- les were dropped."

g .hrighter For solution to Indian problem

NEW DELHI. India. April 8 —(A-

Pt —Assuranct's that the United States endorses the British pledge for Indian self-government after the war and a declaration of Am- erican confidence of victory were reported in semi-official quarters today to hnve brightened the pros- pects for scttllllg the complex In- dian question. Louis Jwnson. special envoy from President Roosevelt, was reported to have stepped into a nearly-dead- locked situation with these asser- tions. and as a result the All-In- dia Congress Party-most potent single group in the maze of Indian politics-bras said to be working on a new formula for managing In- dials defence.

Thisqzroup has opposed the Brit- l$ll proposal to keep the defence of India in British hands. contending that tl-csviilc the imminent danger of Jar." J‘? invasion Britain should turn the defence over to Indians us an (‘Vl"(‘llf‘(‘ of good faith.

Today lIOWQV-Fl‘, Congress quart- (‘F5 intimated Wat. their committee rlRr-iwspns hull been helped not- nbiy l~_v lllli.l‘lllflllflli on the roles of tlio United States war secretary and nrmv command and that they now realized an army must bc under a commander in chief who has full l‘(‘"‘Z‘.llSlbllll.y for prosecuting the wnr.

ll. S. clamps Down on all Non-essentials

WASHING/ION, April l-(AP) — The United Mates war production board tonight prohibited new ocn- struetton of non-essential resid-

_n_ cnces, roads and commercial build-

lngs, and indicated that project; alreadah under way might be halt- ed if e materials goln into them

war progrnn.

The order ts effective tomorrow. Specifically it bans any residential construction other. than mainten- ance and repair work if the colt is I500 or more. llhlesu specific govern- ment petmt on is granted. Speclll permission must be obtained for

and new agricultural construction if the _

tlmated coet is $1.000 or more. No other types of construction,

commercial industrial, recreational, the

institutional highway, whether fin-

P9P‘

publicly or prlvatel

difiii“ “it'll.” ""€°“i"ll“°“ _ - . , tn e looner o L487 4 a a la more Chill. m! o e pro!” cuffe and

IXPICT Moll-E TOMATOES

UITAWA, Allfll l-(Clfi- m. creased tomato plentlnge In 1M2 were forecast b Agriculture Do- uortment offlclas today as 0on- ttnued tron; demand for this pro-

duct ‘v thin Canada wee observed.

Official; eeld there no no but: ofM-tome aoreace 1n the in

main produ rovlnoee-ontarto,

d ll"i§"§.'ip.'.“ua acreage at:

ed about 10 w oont your.

or utilitlegaetttng war-ti

And Fireman in Heroic action

_____.

Constable Lionel Strong And Harold Hennessey Swim In Icy Water To Save Arnold McCallum.

Arnold McCallum, 11-year-old son of Flying Officer J. W. F‘. McCall- um and Mrs. McCallum of Char- lottetown was a. patient in the Cit-y Hospital last night after being rescued from the icy waters of Charlottetown Harbor late yester- day afternoon. He was taken from an ice cake by Constable Lionel Strong of the R.C.M.P. Just as the last remnants of the ice crumbled beneath him under the action of haves and wind.

Mr. Harold Hennessey, a. member of the Fire Department. also play- ed an important part; in the res- cue. Constables M. A. MacLean and H. G. Spears of the R. C. M. P. and Stfifns Webster of We City Pol- ice also took an active part

Const. Strong. a swimmer of some repute. swam out l’ yards in the . to reach the b0". I-Ie arrived tlirre just as the ice cake dtsapmared from beneath

the young boy. The lad struggled

for part of the way to the shore and tlicii lost consciousness.

In the meantime Hennessey start- cd out to meet rescued and rescuer. About 40 yards off shore lie reliev- ed Strong. of his burden. A5 the men and boy HPDFOHUYPG shore other members of thc police force and firemen helped them in.

The b0" was taken to hospital where he revived quickly. Constable SHORE W115 also. taken..to~hoanlial but his condition was described as good although it was announced he would not be released last night.

The boy apparently went. adrift xvliile rflayiurz on the lcc alone I"e city approach to Hillsboro Btltlli‘. TWO Other bflys on the ice with him jumped off and the movement; started tho ice away. When the McCallum bov realized his predica- ment he was too far out to reach bottom with a rv-Ic ho carried and he was quickly curried out into "w river.

A companion, ninc-vear-olrl Done- lus Cameron. son of Imstcr (Tiling.

(Continued on page 3. Col 4)

News Briefs

Moscow. April 8—(AP) _ The Sovict command announced lute tonight that 51 additional planes had been shot down in lfiflffdfl)": operations and that the northern Red fleet had sunk two enemy transports in the Barents Sea.

LONDON. April s-toi» -Ath. entans showed the Axis that they remember April 6, the date the Germans attacked Greece a yzm- B. 5:0. with demonstrations in which a number of Italians were killed, ac- cording to reports reaching London tonight.

NORFOLK. Va., April c-(A. Pl-Enemy submarines shelled and torpedoed two additional American merchantmen off the count last week with the pro- bnb'e loss of 36 lives. the Unlt. ed States navy announced today.

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. Ab. ril a ~40? Cabin-In his first vigil; to troops in the field as Canadian Affny Commander Lt-Gen. A. q, 1, McNaughton today made a quick inspection of the Canadian u. mored division.

In atx hours he sew every i-qgi. ment at its Udlfllflg and lispected every type of vehicle from tgnkg to motorcycles and discussed tactic; and equipment: with the division's senior officers.

procedural-e effec vely lfflhTu:"s".'“ ar '

0n men's styles

WASI-IINGGDN. April 8 - (A P) All in all, it appeared today. the United States war production board Wu considerably harder on the men n 0n the women when it. came to me ltenderds for

clothes.

To the casual male. whose trousers later will be minus both pleats. the women will l uet about the same for the dun on of the war. He'll never mien her balloon sleeves or the ex- tn owleh in the train of her even- ing gown, but she'll certainly begin ommenting when he isn't able m

c turn out in e full dress coat or cut- ewfiv when the occasion demands.

restrictions on her

though the clothes will tend largely to prevent extravagance. and avoid extremes full skirt:

and sleeves. he

able to buy a two-pants

o ml; courage-but get a vest. with his dotible-

euit, or swank around with a belt on hi: overcoat.

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) The first phase of Hitler's promised great spring-summer offen- sive to wln the war this year is in progress in Libya. and the central and eastern Mediterranean although its exact pattern cannot yet be

d lscerncd.

The rising fury of Axis air attack against Malta and Alexandria, chlmeg In with London and Cairo Indications that Nazi-Fascist arm- les in Llbya B“! again on the march against Egypt. But it ls ln Rus- sla, not Egypt or the Mediterranean, that Hitler has pledged a knock-

out blow thls year_ O O

That raises a question as to the actual objective of the renewed Nazi drlve in Libya. British sources estimate the strength of the Axis "my l" Libya at around 125,000 men. That does not seem sufficient

to break through the forces guarding Egypt, even

ll‘ withdrawal of

Australian units for home defence has reduced British strength. Without the elimination of ltlalta as a sea and alr base from

which Britain can prey on communication lines of the

enemy to

Libya. there seems small chance of a new Axis eastward push attain-

ing great moment . Like every

previous Libyan drive, British or

Axis, it ls apt to wear ltsclf out short of decisive rsults unless more men, tanks, planes, fuel and supplies could be steadily poured across

the Mediterranean to support it. I I

o o

Th?" imlllles that the stepped-up Axis operation; in Libya are a

diversion or screening movement they may have been launched to front and British naval powcr to

for other impending thrusts. 0r pin British troops to the African the Mediterranean in oo-opcretlon

with the Japanese drive In Burma. and the Indian Ocean. There ls still evcry reason to expect that the main battle is to be

fought in Russia beginning late in May when the

and that the prime aim of allied

ground hardens, strategy is to bolster Russia at all

costs. The mission of Gen. Marshall, Americana Chlef-of-Staff. and Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's chief lend-lease aide. to Lon-

don probably concern; primarily helping Russia meet

crisis.

the coming

u. s. Officials i...

London 0n Surprise Visit

Trip might be of “Critical Importance"

Some believe; Invasion talk is rife.

By WILLIAM J. HUMPI-IREYS Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON. April 8—A(P)— Geri. George C. Marshall, United States Armv Chief of Staff, and flurry- Hopkins. chairman of Munitions Assig ments and close nide of _Presl'.‘eilt Rosevclt. arzived in London today on c silrprlsc mission by airplane and almost immediately conferred with Prime Minister Churchill.

Tonight Gen Marshall told news- papermcn that the purpose of the United states forces in Europe ivas to "expauch" Hopkins said that President Rozsevclt liad entrusted him with some confidential matters

on which to confer with Mr. Churchill. British sources assumed thcl"

conferences in thc main would deal with United Nations‘ Grand Stra- tcgy in the i942 cnmpnioils. and some persons thought the nip might be of "critical importance."

To Gen, Marshall's remark in an intervicyiv that American tnop; here are to expand, Hopkins nodded assent and added that production alone was not. going to will the war. but: that. "soldiers under General Marshall and sufors under Admiral King" would be the deciding fact-

or.

Gen. Marshall said hc came "to see the development (f the British forces here iii the British Isles and to talk things over ln general With the British Chief of Staff." He said he would visit American troops in Northern Ireland. A visit, tn Gnirv.

(Continued on page 3. Col-f)

Urges Blackout To Alleviate Power Shortage

TORONTO. April &—(CP) -~Lt.- Col. George A. Drew, speaking be- fore the orders of the day in the Ontario Legislature, today urged the Ontario Hydro Efectrlc Power Commission lip order a complete blackout every night if necessary to alleviate the Dower shorten situation.

The conservative leader quoted at len th from a Washington des- patch n which tt wee said Canada had advised the United States it had not enough power for the manufacture of aluminum, magnes- irm and newsprint needed by the latter country.

"This raises an issue which we must face in a way that we must prqmre to conquer," Col. Drew said. "If this report la correct, and no doubt it is, we are faced with an extremely critical situation in the production of such important war materials u nickel. aluminium mugeatun-i and also newsprint.

"It cannot be adequately met by urging’ users to replace their 00- watt ulbs by flfi-watt ones or by extlngulehlnyk electric signs.

"If e blac out la necessary to meet the situation we shculd have a blackout, for our very live; are at stoke."

__________ " oauanraus nun!

UPIIMWAADHI 8 - (C P‘ — Dr. T. B. ROllblGY of Toronto told de- legates to the National Medical Ae- soclatlon conference today that Canadians-in regard to health and morale-ole ready w meet any de- mand at present uid in the future.

Jap raiders Driven off

MELBOURNE. April 9- (Thursday) — (AAP)—Japancsc planes attempting to raid Port Moresby, in southern New Guinea. yesterday were driven off by Allied fighters and several invading craft were damaged, it was announ- ced today.

One Allied plane was shot down, another is missing but the pilot is safe

Bigdzhm battle Nlay he shaping

LONDON. April 9 —('I‘hursdayl-'- (CP>- Naval reporters hero today said that "the biggest naval battle ‘n nll Iiistory seems about to blaze up in the Bay of Bengal" between the Japanese and British fleets. “The battle may already have be- gun," the Dally Sketchks correspon- dent said. and recalled that: sir Andrew Caldecott. governor of stra- tegic Ceylon on the southern In- dian coast. had told the people there Wcdnesdav that "good news might be expected as on aftermath to the Easter Surgm raids" by the Japanese. Dlsnntrbes appearing here agreed that. powerful units of the Japanese fleet ars- operating in the area. and said that the British units are tracking them down.

9-Year-nld Boy Killed By Train

TRURD, NS, April 8—(OP)—- Callahan, nine-ycar-old 50h of Mr. and Mrs. George Calla- han of Halifax, was killed today when the Callahonb automobile was struck by the westbound Can- edlan National Railways’ Maritime Depress at Elmsdale. 80 mile; south of here. Mr. and- Mrs. Callahan were brought. to hospital here suf- fering from shook and undeterm- ined in urles.

The emily woe en route to vlaft Mrs. Callahan’; parents, Mr. and ltdlrl. m-neet Wardrope of Elmsdele. when the accident, occurred at n level crossing on a aide med Just. off the main Hallfax-Trilrc high-

War-ZS Years Agojoday

(B! The Canadian Preol) APRIL 9. luff-Canadian u-cope

oe- ured vi Ridge and 9.000 prlztcners umtzie bottle of Arms h.

started on the Western llkont- Brltiah attacked betwem Inna m 5t. Quentin. British hoacllel lhlp Belts mined in English Giannel. Bruit severed reletlone with Ger- IIMIY.

Georgetown Pupils hold Spotlight

Stage Fine Perfor- mance At Teachers Convention; Ses- sions (‘lose Today.

The mobs of oeorcetiwn 14,1811 School held the spotlight at Ht night's session of thB P-E-I. Tmch‘ er'§ Federation when they Slflged the Trial Scene from the Mefchfilit of Venice before cue of the largest audiences ever to attend an enter- tainment in the large Prince of Wales college Auditorium. The b? is and girl< f:om Gcorzetouin LUYIIGII in a brilliant performance as they ablv ncrtrnved the chow-film's l" this difficult drama. Addln‘! 10 their hurels. the hoys 0f the 1355b em King's School fcllowcd Wltli a fine demonstration of lfyfflmifl bufdlng and physical training.

A n-cvel feature of Yesterday afternoon's session was the "UPC??- ion of a social function into the program. This tOuk U18 form (‘l a luncheon which was held at The Charlottetown corrniencing at I p.m. The president If the Fedora- tlon. Mr. Edison MacDonald. Dre- sided over the luncheon.

'I‘lie morning session was devoted entirely to business. It Ollellfl! 89 9.30 with a demonstration of Prim- ary reading by the pupils of the Model School tinder the directlin of Miss Mary Donahue. She out- lined briefly at the beginning the aims and purposes of prlmari- read- ing. In the Model School there is used “the word and sentence method together with phonics." The vari- ous steps used in teaching bezlri-

. ners. were then outlined by Miss Dmahue. She claimed the Beacon books are preferred as thcv are so well composed and consequently xicri- convenient.

With her ciullils. monstrzitcd how a lesson lllfiv be tuurrhf, She instructed her eight mmik at first to obscrvc closelv the Tllf‘lll'(‘—]'l0llllll‘lZ out that g"orl illustratkns are essential. ‘The words 0f the lesson svere Printed on

the blackboard and the P1111118 With

their previous knowledge of phCIllCS were able to know and sound the

(Continued on page 7. Col l)

Defenders face Disaster on Bataan front

GTON. A in a —(APl-- Tllyefirflllbzllllllllflélll ‘disaster t0 the battered American-Filipino forcesiln Bataan ticvclflPtid ominously to? with a Ullll/Bfl States wai dcPfll" ment announcement that l‘ Jfllmn’ ese break-through had IOYCC-(l a general withdrawal 0f the dcfflilée line. _ _ subjected to increoslnflllf Savage attack by eticmy forces since Lt.- Geii. Jonathan M. Wainwright ig- noted a Japanese dflnflm w Sm"

render March 22, the outnumberrd defenders EB"! “fay helm“ ehgclfi