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Which Was Have Five To One

m fgllowlm in the final meso- _ nwived by the New York of- mdAneta, Nelherlundl Indies 5w, ggency, from its Bandung ' ndent. A review of the u; or the campaign In "tern Java, Ariel; laid It ob- “, m written in anticipation g m. grove events which followed.

By J. B. louver Andi Staff Ccneepentlent

pmmmG, Jove, March ‘l. (I0 1m, Java Tlmel-(Aneta to OP)- 113g situation on Java, at. least. on u; west/cm part of the Island, ‘Willa! become critical, The Jap- mo-again attacking with great ‘Iilleilority-have broken through gore defences on the north aide of the Well-knmvn volcano of Tang- lliiban Piniice.

i This happened Friday, after iiesporate resistance from Nether- ‘"1155 Indies troops which were in... only niiiiierica-lly far inferior > m. wrrr moreover harassed by the ‘JIpJIIPSC air force doriliist which "Dutchmen can no longer put. up sufficient. rvsistance.

‘ The tragedy now belnl "I- _ "my In u“. pffiVllflllily peaceful vrllrys north of the famous ’ craier-n-cll-known to hund- :' red: alirimd for Its beauty—-be- . comes Iicurt-rendirg when one f malls that o great part of the V‘ Nrlhcriantlsviiir e was 10S! , iivihelfiiniivifflbtg Q Malnya. )

iltl the Nffillfiflfiildi Indies than ~ . been critiri m oi the Allies in tint: and Sinunpoie. Judgement fill < l"‘l' now that Dllifillmen Ire Ilglii g in iii-e saire circum- stances us d the Allies in Malaya. . Circiiniriniiccs Iicre, however, are ‘still more unfavorable,‘ as the Japanese superiority is probably not less than five to one—to any nothing about air supiriority, the nr ilzc Japanese hive absolute master)‘.

Wficii on Ike. 8—Ja\'a thine- grad \\',\l‘ on the United ii Great, Britain the iei ~-. Indies iinmradiatcly , ll’ iii it-s forces in the air and ton Fro in support of lne 1a rt-f its allies. and this iii the ' n. \v , which has been 2rd so much by the public op- n of all countries ‘fllliCh fillht- ‘Esirs: tyranny.

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‘I’. E. I. Tobacco lax Is Problem For Prices Board

Orr/two, March a -10?) - A Prcvnicliil tax in Prince Edward Is- "md irlili. nos the effect of rais- "iz the price of cigorota to n1. con- "lmcr has posed o. question for the ""1""? Drices and trade board.

It was expected tho question would rrccivc early consideration

* "Om the advisory committee of the "bacon industry named esterday . it work with he prices mi In k Iliwriim to brin about econom- .v l and simpliticai: on: in tobacco » Production and distribution. The Prince Edward Inland tax, ,, ‘Ylnsiinced recently, iuu the effect y “l "W"! the colt of BD-cent ciga- 35 Illckageg to fl “m; 5nd g5. .- "I mckoser tc so cents. and thus _ m M1600 price: higher thaw ‘ h“ "harmed during the lepton-g f-Octcber period rm which the

Fifi! ceiling i; 513d,

“a Wide to board decisions was netted in be o. ruling 0f James fwxllt. administrator of services w he board that municipal taxes

ha? $1.2m“ it‘): gukgwflw‘ th‘ i may I n on o _ Prince Edward Island decision.

. Coming Events

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Austr lg: Story From Java.

Tells Of Lack Of Men And Planes For Defence

I butch Writer Gives Review Of Situation Becoming Hopeless;

‘defence of- ~44

meat the

Japo On The Ground And

Complete Control Of The Air.

Less Gasoline For Motorists Seems Likely

OPITAWA, March l —(0I'|— Amount of gasoline to be allow- ed for eeeh coupon under tnc rationing oyutem which become; effective April 1 will be not qt a conference to be held pro- hably this week and lo expected to be Ieu then the five gallons originally announced. It was Ieiu-ned from offlclnl sources Saturday.

The definite decision on the amount to be allowed will not be known until the proposed conference In held but four (u. Ions for each coupon Ia con- sidered I. likely figure, ’.I’hls would allow drivers of pusenge our: not eligible for n. preferred rating 240 Io 300 gallon: in place of the 300 to 389 gallons unfl- ripated when detail; of the pill! u-ere announced.

Heavy Ion of Canadian and IlnIted States tankers has nec- essitated a reconsideration of the entire gasoline " " , one Ipolwsmun uidpwhlle the nine llnc from Portland. Mo. Io Montreal has helped combat the link? ohorgge it ll neces- lllfl/ ,9 I‘. - ll‘.

varaivF-oer - Inge’ onn he token of tllrpipe line, - Reduction In teilkbr fleet! will rclult In more extended use of tank curs, official: say, but

the number of tank curs ls lim-

ited and steel Is not available

for manufacture of new cars.

Holds Breath 20 Minutes, Says “It’s Terrible"

IIIIDDLEIDN, Conn, March 8- tAPl-A weslcymi University ath- lete held his breath for 20 min- utes, five scconds and lived to tell the world limb-it's "terrible."

Eugene .7. Frcchette of New Hyeu, who one days hoper, to be a physician. did it in the interest of science, but. the performance wcn lll'.'l'l—- Wcsloyan sdentlsw claimed today~the world‘s breath- holding championship and a steak dinner,

“You feel as if you‘re dying." said Ercchctte, a junior, after he hml beaten the previous moi-k of 1C minutes. 23 sccondd not a year ago by n follow student, J. Edward Bums of Wethcrsfcltl.

Among other sensations he ex- perienced. thr- new 20-year-old champion said. wr-rc "hard pound- ipqzs Inside my head.‘-

Free ‘French

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British curious Strike At Plant West 0f Paris

sight miles woos of afternoon when Parisian: presum- lbly were observing Bundc. or poa- sihly hecding the advice roudcast last. Friday to the occupied con- tinnnt by "Colonel Britten", lead- or of the “V for Victory Olmpeign" who laid:-

“Kee owe. from my work that l: he ping Germans. The -Rnya.l Air Fume ia ccmin again more

and more often."

The new attack, carried out by l mull fome of R. A. I‘. bombers, was concentrated on the Paris luhurb of POIBBY. bombing e plant devoted to manufacture for the enemy.

It was the second bombing of the Paris Industrial region within IIX dlyl. but Tuesday o heavy bombing wiped out the Renault, Bmmaon and FICIIIMI factories along the Seine.

_Other bombers strongly escorted by fighters attacked railway yards in northern France, the air mi... istry said.

Island Soldiers . Invalidod Ilome Roach Canada

(flanadian Prom)

Numbering in tfie hundreds, im- other varied group of wartime trav- ellers are In Canada after m, westward crossing from Britain. Practically oil connected with the

fighting services, they were mostly l

"' edrrdvrflonor*=~Pellri’ziiit.'

MW A" W. ...r.oo.:u.i@ take their- g ‘oiflh the Atlantic.

Also in the movement were a. number of army men, some return.- lng after training Iii England and a number of hospital (IIISIOS, a few nursing sisters and a smattering of civilians

Among Prince Edward Island soldiers lnvallded back home were Pte. A. J. Bernard, Sum- mcrlidc, overseas two yrars;

"Flulh" MacDonald, Charlotte-

town. well-known In Charlotte-

town boxing clrclcl. who receiv- ed a Ikull Injury overseas: Sgt.

H. B. George oi Georgetown,

a veteran of the Int war who

has also aecn two years‘ scrvlce

In this war, and Ronald Mac-

Donald. Bloomfield. Invuliied

home after eight months over-

seas.

N. B. T0 Limit Speed To 40 Miles Per Hour

FREDERICTON, March B-(CP) --I-lon. W. S. Anderson, Minister ol Public Works, said Saturday that during the present session of the New Brunswick Legislature he p111 lntrodur an amendment to tlie lvlotor vclrcle Act, setting a maximum speed limit. of i0 miles per hour for all motor vehicles operating within the province.

“This action is token," the Min- ister sold, "at. the request of Hon. C. D. Howe. Minister of Munltion! and supply. and is essentlollv u war measure."

Forces

Wreck Italian Positions

i . . Raiders (Iapture Three Fortified Desert Posts After 1,200-Mile Journey.

rl-rorwn force: wroulht “W” °"

mi mui colitis" ‘tliirflggit gum digort out: 8t urday utter a I 411119 from the Late C ed confirmed here W1 l’

a . d th Ital! n The raiders co. turaflm 65mm‘ ‘L:

mob. llll than e chief axis simply bw of ll, before turning beck prisoners end l. quantity ed weapons.

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wee do: putt» the sandy Ito-Man's- tlte Brltith you armies on

wh c aircraft. of

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ltiflfi columul.

communique acid.

momy clones wen more numer- government offlcilla I" obotnd uni "light workmen E1: tons of Io

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journey region, n. n:

W‘ with Italian of captur- Other supplies ‘m destroyed. The Hench were dive- bombed ncentedly on their return

trf . , f: the melt! blttlefmnt so nil-ea t of- ‘nobruk

picnic In rrpwe in m! um of UINBIICI. no No advance notice of

March I —(AP) - PM?“

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Ago Today

fly ‘hie Canadian hull mmu o, ion-armor trowl forced o. cums W" t" W“

River and ruched WWI W" Boghdod. Mesopotamia mod riot:

OOIVITTI LAUNUITID out, march B-(OP)

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War Situation Last Night

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANAILMQMONIJE. MARCH 9, 1942

alums-Mandated Island In

(By KIRK! L, SIMPSON, Associated Prue Wefmulyot) The fourth month of war In the Pacific opens with the United

Nntlono stIII In retreat, before the

ever-extending Jnpanese attack

everywhere except for the American-Filipino otnnd on Bctan Maln-

lllll. Jun. the lut button In tho

Netherlands Indian, leeul damned

to go the may of Bong Kong, of Mlntll, of Binge-pore, of hcpeloll! Imperillesl Rangoon. For four months the enemy hu Iulnngod to obtain ICI and air mastery In all the waters euential to hi: min-ch of conquest "Id "W" l! ""17 faint hope of an only turn In the war tide

In allied favor.

O O O

Within that period Japanese booed In pinned and chipping no well II men have undoubtedly been heavy but not sufficient to halt or

greatly slow the Japanese advance.

The btttcrest pill was the premature loss of Singapore. It Winston Churchill falls as Britain's war captain, It will he because of that.

Singapore Itself ceased to be of great potential value u an oper- ating base for allied sea fleets early In the campaign. with the [luk-

Ing by Japanese torpedo phngg of

the battleship Prince of Wales end

the bnttlecrulser Impulse, the greet British outpost In the China see. lost Its offensive value. It retained, however, tremendous defensive Importance to bolster the whole United Notion front from Australia

‘I! Bllllfla III) to tho hour the foe

before allied strategists had thought that grIm development .

possible. e a e

The collapse of the Singapore

crossed the Juhora Strait months nnably

I O I bastion had two Immediate effects

of prime consequence. It threw the burden of defence upon Java and

Burmn before either front could be fully manned

and equipped. It.

also brought about Immedlnte rupture of the Burma Road to supply China and deprived allied forced of an adequate oil supply In the

lfluthweotern Pacific.

The result seems still to be negative so far as easing Japan's own lick of olI for battle operations on the vast scale she ls waging war ls

concerned. Destruction by the Netherlanders of wells and

Installations has strictly limited J

refinery apan In that respect, probably for

"Wily monflll- Thllt she has attained some additional oil In certain,

however.

Island Sabsc

ribes

$1,815, I50 To Loan

Total May Be Increa Are

Advanced Training Center For N. B.

OTTAWA. March 8-—(CP)-De- fence Minister Ralston announced tonight that a new advanced in- fantry training centre has been authorized fcr miltary district no. ‘I (Saint John, N. B.) "in order to Illfiei/tllf.‘ expansion of the Cand- ciian army."

The camp will be located at New- castle. Ccl, Ralstonh statement for construc- tion and setting up of the centre will be proceeded with immediately.

When a recruit ‘enters the army --either as an active service vol- unteer or anion called up for compulsory training and subsequent. home defence duty-he spends two months at a basic training camp nnd then moves to an advanced trolling centre for another two months before being posted for rervice,

Threemltilled, Two Injured In Crash

WINNIPEG, March 8-—tCP)— Tlirce Royal Canndmn Air Force airmen were killed and two "dau- gcrously" Injured Saturday after- noon when thcir training plane crashed near Vanscoy. Soak. the no. 2 air command announced t0- night.

The airmen, attached ‘to the No. 4 Service Flying Trainmg 901N101 of the British commonwealth Air Training Plan It Saskatoon were:

Dead:

Mung mt, sgt. H. B. Campbell of Gait, Ont. the pilot: L511. B. D- Cook of Bradwell. soak. and hw- H V. Ford of Kinloch. Back. DB8- IGXIQBTB.

Dangerously injured:

Lac, E. P. Frheaen of Laird. Sadr" ond Lac. A. L. Reclaim of Pin- chor Creek. Alta.

The crash occurred while the airmen were 0n a. fsrfy 1118M 11'0"! the Vanscoy relief sirdrome of the No, 4 813138., 20 mileo louthweot of Saskatoon.

"While flying at a. fairly low height fobric peeled of! the right wing resulting in the crash of he Cessna-Creme twin-engined‘ train- er," said and R.O.A.'I'. officill.

A court of In uiry has been u- oembled so inveo Igoh the incident.

sed, As Final Returns Charlottetown

Prince Edward Islanders subscrib- ed 9- Brand total of $1,815,150 to Canada's second Victory 1mm w- cording to figures received at, Pro- vincial Hcndqtillrters up until 1pm Saturday night However although the campaign is officially ended there are stlllvsome returns yet to be received from outlying districts and the, present. total will be creased:

Charlottetown citizens put on an extra effort on the closing day, and suocccded in Wlhlllllg a second hon- or pennant by over-oubscrlbinq ilzc icon by 25 per cent/The final tc- ta! for the city showed that the ITIHEFIilICEIIt srci of $751.650 lmd b43071 lllvffilfltl "’ patriotic ritlzens. This is $251,650 more than the ob- jective set.

Summerside with $323,750 came close to wlnnlnz its secblld honor pennant also. The Western Capital over-subscribed its quota by $58,150.

Th? Qlleflfs County, outside Charlottetown, had a grand total of $287,050 subscrilqvd Saturday night. This amount was $27,050 over tlte objective.

Prince County, outside Summer- slde, made a particularly strong fllnsh by going. £38,400 beyond the quota. set. This may be added to when the final returns are made known. The nrtmd total for this sec- tion was $238,400.

King's County was the "dark horse" In the drive. After making only a fair start. the citizens of this county plied up a sin-prising total. during the last week and ‘or Sat- urday night had exrceclcd tlici" ob- jective by $39,300. The grand total subscribed by King's was $214300.

The province had a larger amount of cash subscriptions In this second campaign although the total was not no as hiirli as In tho first. lit

(continued on page ‘I, 0o! I

Concc-iitrate to Block Expected Nazi Dive

BEHNE, March 8 — (API-The Riusilns were reported tonight to be assembling many newly organ- Izod lfln¥ corps in o. strategic tri- angle be ween Roatov. Stalingrad mid Astrokhon in anticipation of the main German 89ft"! f!!!" ncoimt the Rostov oil fields and the vital Caucasus.

The Soviet reporta. printed In the frontier Swiss no o-per Dete- mont Democrote, and violent fighting now i: In progress in the tnewi southern actor of vut w tc wilds us of Russia. Astrokhan in w ' mouth of the Volga. river on the Oupinn Sen.

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With Java Cut

Dutch Leaders Deny Axis inspired Re- ports That Forces have surrendered.

LONDON, March 8 —ICP) Hard-pressed and beleaguered. the defender; of Java today were cut off from the world for the second dlV while axis agencies broadcast l bewildering assortment of elusive claims of surrender which the Noth- orlauds government, here emphatic- ally denied.

The statement of the Netlicriindr government suid, however. that it was without direct word from its forces in the Netherlmda East In- d

ea.

“The Royal Netherlands govern- ment emphatically denies stories emanating from enemy sources to the effect that Japan has been risk- ed for armistice terms," said the statement issued here through the Netlierlends government informa- tion bureau.

"As the Japanese have at prose-m full control of all channels of com- munication with the Netherlands East. Indies, it ls to be eicyyicted that similar stories will be put out by various enemy quarters for the purpose of creating confusion. No credence should bemttached to any of them."

The British war office, too, was without word from British zroops fighting in Java since 12:56 n. m. (8:55 a. m. A.D.T.i Saturday, when the radio at Bandung signed oft witli s farewell message: "Goodbye 'tlll better times. Long live the Queen."

Anxious Hollandcrs, however, re- lied upon some cf the hidden Iow- power radio stations long prepared in the mountain defences of the island for just. ouch u contigency as the present, eventually being heard in Australia.

..._..._.-YY.iT??‘...,J8|lS Astride ,

Burma Road

RANGOQN. Burma, March 8 (AP)— Reinforced Japanese final- ly have driven across the dry rice fields of Lower Burma and placed themselves astrlde the rail section of the Bumia Road, abandoned molly days aim as o supply line w Clilnu, British authorities said to-

In-dy

a .

Despite the activities of British tank units, which made their first. appearance in the Burma fighting a few days ago, the Japanese reach- ed PBYB-gli. l0 miles north of Pegu, and established a. road block at Pylnbon, 1B miles north oi Pegu, said a communique issued here.

Girl Parachutists Airl_So_v_i_cst Army

MOSCOW, March 8 -- (AP) _ GUYPWU"! Soviet girl parachiitista ore killing Germans far behind the lines with the some straight shoot- ing accuracy as iltcir meiifolk, if. was disclosed for the first time to-

day.

The heroic work of these woman soldiers and the war contribution of other wives. mothers. sisters and sweethearts were lauded during to- davhi 32nd international women's day celebration.

New Guinea Is In Full .S_'_z__ving

Island Is Only 400 Miles From Australian Mainland; Aussies

Work Under

Pressure To

Prepare For Full Scale In-

vasion.

(By Vernon A. Hauglzind, Associated Press Staff Writer)

MELBOURNE, March 8-(AI’)--Sevcn hours initial invasion

beginning their-

after of Australian-mandated

New Guinea today the Japanese started a 50mm] landing attempt on the same island, only 400 miles from the near- est point 0f the northern Australian coast.

The first invaders occupied the

amaua, off southeastern New

island city of Sal- Guinea, at 2 a.m. and at 9

o'clock the second invasion fleet appeal-d off Lae, some 35

miles up the coast, under the bombing planes. The bare announcement of the

out detail In dispatches from Port

protection of warships and

second operation was made with- Moreoby, 150 miles southwest 0C