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British In Withdrawal North OfProme Red Eérillas

US. Announces

Loss

Of 3 Ships In ' Pacific

Aircraft Tender t? Fleet Tanker went down in 52- hour running battle with enemy bombing planes.

sallmudoll. Avril l-(Mtl- nivev aircraft tender Langley, de- m-oy“ Peary and naval tanker mo; have been bombed and sunk by m Japanese in the southwest pgmflp, me United States navy announced todlY- m" f” 115° w" estimated unoff clally at more than ‘100 officers and men-

ssw FRANCISCO. April l- (Am-The United States aircraft lends;- Langley and the fleet tank- “ Pecos went down while fighting s. 52-hour rumling bottle with mqmy bombing planes in the In- dia-n Ocean south of Java between Feb, 3'1 and March l. their com- manding officers said today.

lime Langley was literally smothered with bombs." said Cmdr.

p, P. McConnell. who told the ‘tbry upon his arrival in the Un- lted States.

Th, Pecos, gunk while carrying the survivors of the Langley to ggfcty, was attacked by three for- mations of dire-bombers, her ‘kjppgf, cmdr. E. P.~_ Abcrnetlly. reported. Abernathy arrived in San Francisco with McConnell.

"We were carrying supplies in the combat zone." said McConnell, "(when wc were sighted by a hostile olxcrrazion plnne on the morning of Fcb. 27.

“About noon a formation of hOTI/Xllllill bonlbcrs were reported and we prepared for battle. They made a scrics of approaches, drop- ping bombs twice from format-ions cl uinc pluncs cacti and from about 15.000 feet altitude.

"The second run of bombs was very effective. The Langley was practically smothered. We were in the nlldst. oi the salvo‘ and the damage forced us to leave the ship.

“Our escort. destroyers perform- ed very conlnlelldobly in the battle as troll as in rescuing the Lang- ley survivors. After the men had been picked up the destroyers has- tened the sinking of the tender so that lllnterinl would not. fall into 0fl(‘lil,\' hands.”

"We didn't got any of tilc en- emy pianos." McConnell said. Ho added that ho had no vircruft support during the encounter.

The batll-c lasted a Lttle more than two hours.

The next morning the destroy- ers attempted to transfer the Langley survivors to the GADO-ton Pecos, which was about 30 mile! distant at the beginning bf the lllllll.‘ But both ships still were subject to bombing attack and op- parcntiy were not far from an en- emv submarine. The transfer was not carried out.

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A BRITISH AIBDBOMI l0 IN THE DES- ERT, April 8 --lAP)-A squad of F. en who saw

British fighter planes and au- tl-aircraft battcrlts Else heaviest toll of the enem so far levied over Malta arrive today singing the praises of the bomb- battered island's defences.

The men agreed the German: must have been "definitely shaken" when 25 per cent of their bombers failed to return to their Sicilian bases from Wednesday's raids.

(In (‘ulro the R.A.F. sn- nounced Friday that l5 Axis raiders certainly were destroy-

. A dispatch from Malta Thursday said the defenders had to their credit l3 others probably destroyed ol‘ damaged heavily.)

An American with the ll. A. F. gave volcc to the general op- inion when he said he had "never seen anything like the nerve of those fighter pilots." They're so persistent, he added. that they “dlve right through their own defence barrage to lret at the axis raiders."

As for Malta's anti-aircraft Inns-those he simply celled "the world's best."

The bottle of Malta now is fiercer. in proportion, than the battle or Britain at Its peak, in the opinion 0f the American, who sow them both. Because of Malta's size-the island base covers only 12 square miles— It is a much more concentrated target.

But thc Maltese. like the Brit- ons, are taking the pounding wlitih unflinching morale. he so

Loss E Destroyer Heythrop Announced

IDNDON. April 3 —(CP) — 'I‘ admiralty announced today that til" destroyer licylhrol) had been sunk The nature or the locale of the ac- tion wae not announced.

The Heythrop was one or the “l-lunt" class. which were laid down in 1939 and completed In i940. ‘lilose ships displace D04 tons. and carry four four-inch anti-aircraft and eight smaller gulls.

Tells of fierce Sea battle in Pitoh darkness

WASHINGTON, April 8 —(CPi— Cmdr. Paul Talbot, who took part in the battle of Macassar Smut. told today how four Ufled States destroyers made three fo-mys in pitch darkness into the midst of a convo of nearly it) Japanese ships and ired torpedoei at 500 yards point-blank range.

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Prome Had Been Westerm S t r o n g

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to with- draw northward today from Prome, heretofore the western strong point of the Burma defence lines,

British headquarters said the Bri- tish "wt/Mini force in Prome" had pulled back northward to “the main defence" Thursday. This sug- gested that the rail and river city never had been counted upon as the place to make a. decisive stand for the defence of the oil fields. 40 to 80 miles to the north.

Prome at the moment apparently was unoccupied. a military spokes- man saying that the Japanese had advanced only to the outskirts. al- gough holding the heights south of

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The present British main line was not: identified, but probably was between Prome and the Melon River. 20 miles north.

A spokesman denied reports from Chungking that the Japanese had landed at Akyab, a west Burma port scarcely 100 miles from India.

"General headquarters have been in direct contact with Akyab this morning." he said. "We were in- formed by authorities at Akyab lhat there was no sign of Japanese any- where."

Blztish headquarters also an- nounced that on the Sittang front. on the east side of the Burma de- fences, Japanese vanguards at: Toungoo were advancing west of the railway and had reached a point. southwest of Yedashe. a town 15 miles north of Toungoo.

The Chinese hold that section of the line and were declared. to re- tain command of the railway from Yedashe to just north of Toungoo.

With the Chinese out of Toungoo and the British forces ilnving nb- andoned Prome, military quarters in I-ondon forecast the next Japanese steps in this fasllionh-

"The Japanese will continue to in- filtrate around our flanks and es- tablish rand blocks at. the rear. If‘ they succeed. our troops and the Chinese will have to fight back through the blocks. Each of these blocks forces a further withdrawal because of our numerical inferiority."

News Briefs

SANTA MONICA. CilliL. April 3 —(.\P1-D\cu3las ."-;¢.-raft today be- gan distribution of 1.500 bicycles lo its emcbyecs. The bikes. order- ed wrecks ago under priority rulings. ale being issued to selected eiplcy- ces who will buy them on a cost plus tax basis.

WASHINGTON, April 3 -(A- Pl-The defenders of the Phil- ippines‘ Bataan peninsula re- pulsed several light Japanese attacks last night, the war 1e- partment said in a communique today. and inflicted "consider- able enemy losses."

LONDON, A rll 3-(0?) —- Lt.- Gen. Sir Harod Alexander. com- mander of the British forces ill Burma. has been promoted to a full generalshiip, the official gazette announce tonight.

MELBOURNE. A rll 8 -—(AP) -An official repo b LL-Gen. Henry Gordon Benne t on She disastrous Malayan campaign, which is expected to provide valuable information for insp- plng Australia's defence, will be submitted to the cabinet and edgsory war council this wees- en

OTrAWA. April 3-(0?) - The householder who buys his fuel be- fore he needs it will be exempt from any uzar of hoarding, wartime prices an trade board said today.

Former President 0f Sun Llfe dies

MONTREAL, April l - (OP) - lbr many are s leading fi e in Oansdlm lnsnce, ‘rhomel "l9"- Macaulay dled st his near Hud-

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRK! L. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Analyst)

901110"! mall! of the Prome area in Burma indicate there are f" immg" ddenll" P05191911: available to the British forces north of the town than any the Japanese have yet encounte ed in their northward surge up the Irrawaddy River valley,

Just fow far British lines have been Withdrawn from Prom; h not indicated. However, there seems justification for the view that m; town itself was of small value lo the defence of the Irrawaddy oil field! more than 100 miles farther north.

Just southeast of Prome within less hill upthrust from the level valley floor. It lies east of m; r-iv" and west of the Prolne-Thurrawaddy railroad. New Delhi reports indicate It rm Javanese capture of this lieu-m which lllrced the British t» withdraw from Prome,

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Immediately northwest of the town, however, u. 90-foot jungle-clgd peak Jllls up. If that still is in British hands, Prome can be but a. no- mans land, untenable by either side. and with the advantage of higher ground with the British aide,

The narrowest point in the valley of the Irrawaddy lies Just north of Prome. A sharp buttress spur of the Arkan Youw mountains to the west comes down virtually to the bank of the Irrawaddy at that point. It rises to nearly 1,400 feet midway between the river and the main Aftlki"! "like which shows 5.000-fuot level passes in that sector but no roads.

That spur forms a powerful barrier to s. Japanese advance up the west side of the valley beyond Prome. It seems unquestionable that it figures importantly in British defence strategy. Heavy jungle growths cover it to offer effective shelter to troops from air attack.

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East of the Irrawaddy and north of Prome, there ls a SOD-foot peak dominating the road to Mandalay which swings eastward from the river. '

Between the Irrawaddy and Slttang rivers rises the Pegu Yoms range, far less rugged than the Arakan Yomas but still studded with sharp peaks that would afford the defenders successive gun positions ovcrlorkiug all app-caches from the south. A westward spur of the P83" Yum“, which marks the northern boundary of the Prome dis- trict. comes down toqvithin 10 miles or less of the Irrawaddy in form the Prome waistline north of the town.

On the map, that waistline l; strongly Indicated as the pre-de- termlned ground for a major British stand to hold the Irrawaddy

’ gateway. Events eastward beyond the Pegu Yomas on the Chinese- held left flank in the Sitatng valley, however, must be considered in weighing British chances of halting the Irrawaddy drive until the monsoon breaks late this month or in May.

Loss cl‘ ‘foungoo, the eastern anchor of the Anglo-Chinese defence front, and the evacuation of Prome appear to have ruptured road oontdct bctweerrthe two wings‘ offtholront. It may compel deeper Chinese withdrawals and expose the east flank of the British Prome waistline front, compelling a further retirement.

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As far as the present lines can be mapped froln the meagre Infor- mation avuilable. however, there seems good reason to aspect an in- creasingly stubborn nlllcd retreat step by stop, bolstered by strong natural defensive positions and calculated to slow the Japanese od- vance until the wet monsoon comes to halt major action.

‘Many Islanders Serve Big Anti-Aircraft Guns

Are prepared to deal flaming death to enemy raiders if they seek to attack London.

(Editor's note: In ‘ill-E lhi‘ 5115i of two stories on inc R4" i Can- adian Ariilieryls part ul (he de- fence of London. Ross Munro, Canadian Prcss War Correspondent, tolls of a - t0 a (WHVY Elli/l" aircraft unit.)

Some Norwegian Ships escape

By Ross Munro Canadian Press War Correspondent

LONDON, Arprii 2~(OP)—-Pr0- tectcd by massive st-ncl. Wick and concrete emplacemcnis, tremend- ous arltl-aircralt. guns mannfld by a. heavy anti-aircraft regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery are ready to deal flaming death to enemy raiders if they attack this city again l_n strenuth.

‘fir-sl- Canudians landed in Bri- tain last fall and airsady are on active operations on key gun sites at the rim of the network of de- fences whicn encircles ih‘s capital. Serving beside Britsll "ack ack" regiments, they have the best Canadian artilery assignment ov- erseas and are wcrklnz wild radio location, which lots aerial taraets for the guns win uncanny accur-

sc . ‘(men London's new anti-aircraft defences open u again, the bar- rage; will probably make the 0116! of a year a o look like a fifth-rate fireworks deploy. And these Can- ucks will be in there blastins I»- wlth salvoes that will break houses for miles l-

LONDON. April S -(CP) Some of tllc i1 Norwegian ships which made n break for free- dom from Swedish ports tlvo days ago may have cludcd the

German warship patrol, the dmlnlstry of information sald to-

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The ministry issued this state- mentz-

“Following ihc attempt of certain Norwegian ships which had been dciaincd In Swedish ports as the result of a leznl dispute n: to their ownership u, sall to this country, many conflicting repnrtl- have been received from foreign sources.

“It now hos been learned In London that these should he token with reserve. Details are not yet available, but it ls be- lieved the attempt had been partially successful."

C. C. F. In Ontaro Elect New Leader

RONTD. April ii -- (OP) -Ed- ward B. Joliffe, 33-year-old Toronto lawyer. today was elected leader of the Ontario section of the co-oper- ative Commonwealth Federation.

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Kai -Shek in Appeal to Indian Leaders

NEW DELHI, India. April 3- <AP)——Generalisalmo chums Kli- shek was understood today to have appealed to India's leaders to reconsider the formula bl’ which Britain seeks that sub-con- tinent's full co-operatiorl against the Axis in return for Indian in- dependence after the war.

The precise nature of the Gen- eralissilno’; intervention was not known; specifically it was not dis- closed whether he had urged In- dia's acceptance of the most con- troversial p0lnt—-Brita.ln's insis- tence that she retain control of Indian defence for the emergency period.

Lindbergh Goes to work

DETROIT. April s AMI-Wt“- ing on his 008.6 l8 l B. badllfi bear‘ mg his picture. ll e all other WM‘ plant workers in the Detroi. ares. Charles A. Lindbergh went to wflrk at the Ford motor plant at WIIOW R today.

"1'? want to contribute as effec; Lively as 1 can to tile war effort. he said. “Now that we are in the war it is evefYlmd-‘ikudlll-Y W d‘) ivhat he can to '19 l1

The flier will devote his time‘ at the bomber plant to aeronautical and engineering research.

Woman widowed In gun duel Dies of wounds

SANTA BARBARA. calm Avril 3—£AP)— Mrs. Evelyn Wellstrom. widowed n. s. blazing sun duel between two retired army Ina-W's- died today of a bullet wound suf- fered as an innocent bystander.

I-Ier husband. Maj. Wllllflm H- Wellstiom, 45, was killed 1a“ n18!“ in the pcint blank exchnnlle of shots with Maj. Bucll Hammett. 44- He was shot _six times ivlth 8- ~45- calibre automatic Dist-Ol-

The gunplay, Police chief Fred Hoelscher said. grew out of a fill-PJ'- rei over whether the Santa Bar- bara Home Guard Unit should be trained as a fzuerilla force or in- tegrated into the State Guard.

Mrs, Wenstrnnl, mother oi’ two children, suffered a head would froln which she failed to rcdflln consciousness. Chief Hoelschcr SD11! it had not been determined from which gun it came.

Hammett was shot in the hll). a Jill-calibre bullet frncturi his pelvic bone. Physicians sai he would recover.

Deputy District Attomey David Licker. questioning Hammett in hospital, said the survivor of the duel told him Wenstrom fired first, [IGCIIIIIZF-

"I d'n't, know how many times he fized. but the reason I was shot down low in the groin, I think, was bccnnse I Pushed his hand down. Then I started to shoot. .I don't. know how many times I fired. I tried to hit him in the shoulder so that he couldn't use his gun to shoit me any more. I can't under- stand how Mrs. Wenstrom was in. jured. I never saw her until it vras uli over and then I saw her lying on the floor."

War Risk Insurance Is Given Boost

IONDON. April S—(OP)—I.on- don underwriters announced today sharp increases in war risk insur- ance for shipping in line with the recent intensification ct the war

at sea. The following new rates were listed-

Ten per cent (former rate six per centt-to and from ports in North. Central and South America. Australia south of 25 degrees iat- itude and New Zoaland (excluding Pacific‘ ports via Pacific Ocean routes):

Seven per cent (formerly six per centt-Paeific ports vls the Pe-

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