MAKING‘ OIL ‘a MBRI MAN God’! it. :1 /4» - -:/ a The People's Pap liners Prhse Edward Island Lire the Dew CHARWPTEFOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, APRIL zo, 1944 ASION 0F REICH UNDERWAY bu: 8 PAGES clfiyguus.‘ from the spirit of ex MAXIMS OI A HIRE MAN ii-eihousle lionours Former 0h’town Man 5W1! lD-(OP — “Axbrnvi”. m“? e - ~ a’ i NDON. ll 19 -- (A P) - 1.0 APT w: NAZIS LA Finance llommittee Discusses Request 0f Glty Firemen At a meet last ht of tl-i Finance Comugitwe (rfhtha Cit; Council with the Fire De t cial Government to ask for a sub- stantial increase in its ant to the city. He considered t pros- pect of getti this grant very promls . Pa fence was all that waésoneemed, he sussestsd. une or lePage e. himself as dissatisied wilh the report made the firemen. “g1 n-epggmd; Paul As to a rumour that the fire- Jmeph Goebbels addressed an un- men would strike if they did not mus] appeal to the German pebble rBfllVe thte 825.000 asked for, Fire , sa n“ e that that there would never be a strike gnu-raw i them "even the greatseg cadets of his- wy will be faced with occasional no tbaoks and defeats." ‘In a similar but more restrained M" or m; my to the German on the occasion oi the Hit- lfimlairtnday, Marshal He n in“ “m: “""..’*:.'..=""i” e even o ‘ dangers may lie ahead.” The Goeb ruesswe flamed sis- uiiicant in- its implications. 0n the theme things es bad as th seem. Goebbels . -twiilnobe bleooform an accurate and ust idea. of the individual war events and fae rs which have been decisive in t e we: until the war is over." tins that many Germans my not approve of Hitler, Goebbels ntunraoral‘? 09906310"! to eriok the reat. Hitler himself was silent as he reached an age at which he once indicated he would rather not. be lighting. "r am now so veers old.’ Hitler rid in his heyday in April. i939. and I would rather wage war new than when I am es." Despite recurrent report! 0f "B; ped strength and of nervous d - orders, there in no re e do that Hitler is in anything but. nor- sral health. are no‘. t B it To Revise Political Time UITAWA April 18 — (GP) -— fhe Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration's policy on free political ime will be reviewed, it lib violin: varioual deserted was ls "undemocratic", "srblitrary" and ‘discriminatory!’ Dr. Augustin Frigcn, acting seneral manager of the CBC, as- Iilred the Committee he would see the mattor was placed before the loard of Governors for reconsid- eration. i liy in connection ti: exclusion of the Soc l t from free tims and the matter of the of t e free time period itself. “lb arri b lk ba l . Book n0 "efiuissu '3. Boyle,” i-ifl-lgi. "Bulk feed wheat in lock. Mc- luisau a Boyle. a-u-roi "To arrive May ist carload as- Pllllt shingles, roof , etc". good lllortment colours an quality. R. L. Dickisscn s-rz-rs-rs-re-so-n v. another oar Victory "Ito arri "sister-ea Seed Oats, book now. “Quinn and Boyle. 4-l7-l0i “T u r Davis a "i-‘Juggeryv. %y°'uu use. "this B-O-Tbu-Momtf. "Fees wh e Scott’ guru. filled and” ring u. 4-20-21 "A. R. P Danes in Morel! Hail me ' ' not? “fihdfiotifimk m y, Quinta. "Wily..." g . a M‘ wliv rom . “m! MacDoweli. m‘ ‘w. n“ e-ao-et. "Klnoi. note und {,1}! not b: loadingqhogs a mniilfiilv. April th. Keith Mac- Ou and Norman M s. e-re-so-za-ss-ei. '"°'"2"-..*::z':§.“.im= gilxsréim. Riv: £111. m ay, vnprgi in his department, or ‘ , so long as he was chief. Will Investigate Treatment Given Amputation Gases OITAWA. Avril l9 — (OP) -—- Defence Rslsto dered an investigation treatment given oversees amputa- tion cases from the Maritimes landed at Halifax, s spokesman fgrifltvhe Defence Department said The spokesman commenting on a news dispatch from Sydney, N5. said the investigation was order- ed after Col. Ralston received from the Canadian Leglonk Syd- ney Branch a protest against the treatment of the amputation cases. (The Sydney dispatch said that Legion last following the night it was announced the ques- tion of treatment was being taken" up wi C . Ralston and other authorities “with a view to pra- venting any further recurrence of such a stat‘ of affairs." (The dbpatch said it was learn- ed the Legi advised the two men had been taken from a hospital ship at Halifax to a military hospital there by truck been v and then had en trans- portation to Bydneya one of the wo was able to y himse a the other had to remain up for the overnight Journey.) Three iililed In Plane Brash rrsnrmx. Alla 1o - <02) - m Plane 08TH‘: drreewd 110.14%". err un e a n o Cow y, gust oulfilde theymouth of Halifax harbor, and all aboard killed in t were crash. The twin-engine aircraft was from the R.C.A.F. station at near- by m’ . Its (:3?! were repo e rn "Com- mand tonéht as “aliasing, believ- ed killed." No details ware announced. Next-of-kin of the airmen have been notified and their names will be leased shortly. A Laval Warns French liot To Aid Allies eo-oparetioa of Pa and civil war will break out in nos. Mr months H "sneaker. e-rvso-i u have worried about this Nlaibllll-Y a infirm." n has or- into "the if berth from Halifax to Sydney, but no u, Allied Budapest IN FERRY SHIP SERVICE RON. Photo by Petty Officer Kecgan, E.C.N.V.R., Ths two-way service between the British and Canadian navies is an Important man-power and money-saving scheme and has saved vital space in Atlantic troopships. Canadian crews rnan British built on this side, deliver them to Britain and return with Canadian ships constructed there. British crews man Canadian ships and return with British ships, It is typical of the co-o ' ralvies. Hers ls a group of Canadian naval ratings, part of a crew who re- cently took an ILN. destroyer escort overseas to join a Canadian ship in Britain. They are left to right. Front row: Oharlottetownpflrdlnary Seaman John MacDonald, Moncton and Ordin- ary Seaman Winston Judson, Charlottetown: Walsh, Vernon River; Ordinary Seaman Ilerb Tobin and Leading Stoker Don Robertson both of Saint John, N.B., and Stoker Keith Sehrneluer, Luneubur, Co, _l\_i. S. Mosquitoes With 4, GOO-Pound Bomb A...» .1)...” Fast, Wooden Planes Do Bid Job In Quick Raids On Enemy Targets. Lord Bennett lias Word 0f Warning LONDON, April i9 —(CP Cable) —Viscount Bennett today told mem- bcrs of the Primrose League “we must strive with all our power and might to see that the fate whichncamg to Rome doesn't come Spea at the annual confer- he League, founded in and named after Benjamin Disraeli‘: favorite flower, the for- mer Canadian Prime Minis warned that “disintezrgtion starts from ver small . Lord ennett said there was need for continuous consultation between Dominion Prime. Minis- ters on Foreign Policy. ' C. C. F. Convention To Open On July 31 OTTAWA, April i0 — (C?) — C.C.l='. National Headquarters here announced today that the annual convention of he y will be held at Montreal Juy 31, Aug. l and 2. The announcement was made by Frank Scott of Montreal. National Chairman, and David Lewis of Ottawa, National Secre- lilfy. ‘ 300 Miles Of Danube River Mined By Allies Will Dispute Enemy Supply Route To And From Balkans. NAPLN. April ll - (Al) — The strain on battered and over- loaded Neal communications sup- plying German forces on southern Russia front was dis- closed today to have been in- creased tremendously l3‘ the min- ingof S10 rnilesof eDanube River, historic and all-important commercial lifeline of southeastern 1". bombers spurt several nights pi mines along the river and s oot up vessels from Bu . The river has been tho prinoi channel along which oitaswellasgrainandothcrloot from me Ballasos, “glowed toward Germany. ace r- to Nasi war plans has more vital as the H. Army gushed into Romania and Allied mbers from I began methodical destruction of .,.°°""“..u‘,‘“i°..‘$‘i’ii‘. 3.3%.; ' t8!’ d 3n y manoeuvrabiiity and hssnt (acted the planes speed by more By ALAN RANDAL WITH THE R.A.F. WHIERE IN ENGLAND, April l9 _(QP) — At a. secret operational base in limgland the RAF. hi! established its men and machines who do the "tidying "P" many for the All es. men are crack, but small The machines famed Mosquito bomber the dimters they use for this tidy- ing up Job are dililll-Piilllld 119ml”- ' Mosquitoes have a slightly distendedlstomach. It's so they can "swallow’ a this size but this alternation in These particular differe than three knots. For a time the Mosqlliw be classed as “nuisance They went out with a bomb load and did it the kept Germany's sirens in op- eraglon like an alarm clock that Now, with refuses to be silenced. tire bomb load stepped up are a force to be reckons They operate fax bomber nrmadas. small factories vital to emyls war effort but not suffici- cntly large to warrant a full-dress attack by bomber common These planes fly so fa enemy fighters no longer them, to They fly so high only this‘ range guns are fired And they strike so hard .- en in the heart of a German fore the sirens have t sound. Losses so‘ fa.r have been than one per cent of the aircraft used and the force. its great speed, is often his h n bad lioldgnthxzlgheavy-blomber force on the und. " said one Mosquito 9110i II “n, the who helped in attacking 138 Ger- man tanlets in a single "we g0 so fast we Bet t0 t nd beck before the ‘° ' omit closes down for the shins newly between the tvvo Able Seaman James Duffy, Back row: Stoker L. P‘. so often Ind-ependentIyI from the main Lancaster shrlllmd Hali- i e fellows go out to their targets and the Mosquitoes go out to other places to "dust“ out of existence their crews 4,000-pou.nd block busters fall CH COUNTER-BREE V SOME- in Ger- are the s. And bomb in af- IICB es could raiders. smaller they d with. bi nu the en- d. st that attempt say. longest- them. that of- “'- lower night by able to weather month. the tar- weather CILI f to Chariot Iumerai Reds Report Enemy Thrust l Was llepulsed B! TOM YARBROUGH LONDON. April l9-(AP)—ln an all-out drive to save their vital,‘ use at LWOW. th awow in the corner of ore-war Poland but have» been repulsed. the Russians an-i nuanced tonight in n communique, that for the first time in weeks. Army advance. In the Crimea, the Russians: said. the enemv dislodged fr i several stlonziv-fortifled defence‘ centre; around Sevastopol. but the tile for that prize Black Sea on more and more the of a siege. and was dis- d with a sirule sentence in the communique. A news dispatch from Moscow said the Stanislarvorv offensive ap- peared to be a strong. well-organ- tion bv troops o ec . hal eon- K Zhukows lst Ukrainian arrny. ' A sec ndarv purpose would be to o trv to keep the Russians from dri- ving on through the Czecho-Slo- vak frontier passes that they reach- ed April 8. OTTAWA. April I9 - (C?) - warfare is still a “very definite menace" and t; likely to break out again Lleut Nor- Britain's e comm- an with renewed fury. rnan Jewell, one of outstanding su anders, said here today in interview. MONTREAL. April 20 -— (GP)- Delegates represdnting 88 mavy league Royal Canadian Sea Cadet corps in Canada arrived tonight to attend tomorrow's opening of the annual sea cadet conference. LONDON. Aprli 19 - (CF)- German planes stabbed at, Eng- land tonight for the second successive night but avoided London's bristling defences, which chimed l3 raiders In n pro-dawn attack earlier todsv Bombs fell in three districts In Southeast England Well Known Local Bondsman Dies In ilospitai Mr. William MacFnrlane_ a vet- eran of the rirst Great War" died at the Charlottetown Hospital ves- terday. Except for the time he spent overseas he resided in Char- lottetown most oi his life. He was from the three services. . the luncheon T0 SAVE LWOW v By Kirlre L. Simpson, Aaao Although the Japanese thrust in of the Chinese-American forces in north Burma has centred public at- , teniien in North America and Great. Britain on that sector. it is a fair ' guess that developments 1.000 miles to the south are gravely ‘ Toklo, off Burma, the Dlalav Peninsula and ‘fcusivs are nearly 800 miles long guarding Bay of Bengal approaches to failed to record some notable Red the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. There is no doubt that they fig- War ‘Situation Last Night‘ An American sir raid on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal l) hed l s Germans have has been reported from Admiral Lord Louis Mounbattenur new head- satllfisl a "Keiak gfiigk n"? quarters in Kandy, Ceylon. The planes blasted at Japanese shipping in 5 “sum Port Blair Harbor on the lower end of the south Andaman group. That is the best harbor in the Andaman and Nicobar groups that lie cisted Prose War Analyst India toward communication lines troubling Sumatra. Thev are a Japanese de- ured importantly in Allied high strategy concepts underlying the creation cf the Allied soul.‘ Mountbatten (o that post. The jurisdiction of this out-stand phibian commando _. India and northern Burma. His ass however. that the main Allied attack from the west on the Japanese-held Netherlands Indies and the Malay renlnsula will be an Amphibian thrust i “c promgcnuk of an. paw" from bases across the Bsy of Bengal Admiral Mountbatten certainly did not shift his headquarters from 1 sibility of breaking zhe back New Delhi in Ceylon for any reason ll Asia command and the assignment of Admiral lug British navy exponent of .\m~ ’ us extends also, apparentiv. to northeastern ignmcnt left no reasonable doubt, in southern India and Ceylon. , connected with the situation in 1 northern Burma and Assam. The change clearly meant that preparations i m for his own major offensive operations had been sufficiently advanced to l make desirable his presence and that of his staff closer to the scene of action. In effect, the bombing of Port Blair can be viewed as the opening skirmish of that attack distant as any actual Invasion thrust info the Andanmans or against southern Burma, the Malay rcnlnsula or Suma- tra silll may be, Make Plans For Opening Victory Loan Drive Here I The sixth victory Loan will officialy open in the prUiIlIICe with an intipressive ceremony Monday! afternoon in front of the Cenotaph . special speaker for the occasion will‘ be Birg. Milton F. Gregg, V-C., one of Canada's foremost heroes of the last war. Participating in the ceremony. will be detachment; from the Navy», Army and Air Force and their pre- sence will have particular signifi- cance in the lay of a plaque made from wood and metal of the. ruined Church of Ortona. It wii. be borne to the Cenotaph by a sergeant C. W. A. C. and a naval rating escorted by a guard of honor Brig. Gregg, who Ls expected to arrive Sunday. will also speak atj the service luncheon sponsored by‘, the Rotary Club prior to the open-‘ ing ceremonies. Expected to attend and the following display will be Lieutenant Governor B.W. IePnge. Premier Wai Jones. Dr. W.J.P. l» lsn, Ma JE. Blanchard and civic dignitar AS Rn officer Mai. . . be n, commanding No. 02 CA-(BYIEC, will be officer rIfIllIlA-Iltli the iparade. It will form at Rnchford Ellfil Kent streets and move off at 2.10 pm. with the famous C.W.A. F" i3. ,C. Lands i . Next will come a cctachment of naval ratings uri- c.r command oi Lt. A. B, Garrett followed by the Army under- Lt s. Gallan ._’I‘h¢ uiar Beach Grove band wi.1 trai the soldiers and the airmen frcm the local airport will‘ conclude the pro: essicn. Paris Ack-Ack Not 45. A native of Charlottetown he was, a son of Mr . Nicholas MacFar-i, lane and the late Mr. IvIucFarlane.‘ He was associated with a band. here prior to tho ureat war _ when he enlisted with the 100th! Battalion it was with ihe units band. Later he transferred _to the‘ 12m Railroad Battalion. Dilrlnil his} service in France he was gass and since his return from the war had not enioved good health l-Iis Last illness was not long. however. He was in hospital two weeks. Surviving in addition to his mother are his wife and two sons. Earle and William Jr.. and a daualer-H tar. Marguerite. all of Charlo - wn. Two sisters, Miss Rita bfacFiar- larre and Mrs. Parker Home. and a brother. John MacFariane. all of ‘IO OONTHVUE DAYLIGIIT TIMI wooperocx. N.B.. April 19- (CP)-I.n a plebiscite today. Wood- stoekra yersvoted cosmioo in favor of having the town con- tinue on daylight ssvig__t._isp_e.__l '7 and‘ c Equal To London's LONDON. April 19 — iCP Cable) - Canadian airmen. back from last night's 1,000 plane R A. F - R. . A F‘ raid on Paris area inr- gets, said anti-aircraft fire was heavy but could not compare with the barrage London threw up ag- ainst a German attack during the night Some of the Canadian pian- es had t0 side step the barrage on their return flight. Abaoa fibre is the most valuable oi all "hard" rope fibres for uterine‘. cordage because of it, resistance toi ‘saltwater. i OAIDITITA, April IO -— l0!"- Breaking through a scrim of ob- stacles, British troops advancing soutfreastwards were reported to- night te have made contact with British and Indian troops who had been surrounded by Japanese in- vaders in Kohima, as miles in- side India. from arm Dispatchm ere, one inside the Koh a "Box" and another with relieving said the Kohima garrison ainst a superior Japanese ch attacked night and day. Allied forces defending Im- phal and Kohims have a great su crlority over the invaders in a illery, tanks and air support and are inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. was announced that more than 4,000 Japanese had been killed on Indian soil in the past six weeks. Allied losses were described as comparatively light ar. CHEV- 46/111411 '46 / Bracken Purchases i Farm llear Ottawa UITAWA. April 19 - (GP) — John Bracken, national Progres- sive Conservative leader. said to-i night he has purchased a farm in Carleton County near here. “I have purchased only the one farm and I am not negotiating with anyone else for any more land." he said. ‘The purchase has no relation to mv political plans of the future" he added. I The farm fronts orn the Ridesu River some l5 miles from Ottawa. the same river that his father's fanm in Leeds County faced end when he spent his boyhood davs. Local Airman Married At Sydney, li. S. SYDNEY. N8" April l9—tCP)— Pilot officer William D. .Bud) MacEacher-n of Charlottetown for- mer well-lcnovm Charlottetown and Sydney Iiockev plaver. was mar- ried here today to Theresa Carlin R N . of Sydney PO. MacEachenr is a son of fire Chief Angus MacEachem and Mrs. MacEache-m of Charlottetown and his wife is a daughter of Mr. an Mrs Jack Carlin. The cercmonv was performed in the Sacred Heart. Giebe bv Rev. J B Neal'- lng. The attendants were Terrance Carlin and Eileen Carlin. bro?“- and sister of the bride PO lifacEachei-n plat-ed iruckevi with the Cilarlottdflwn Janice- ROY- als and later was a star with Syd- nev Millionaires. He served 22 months overseas with the Canadian army before be- in: transferred to the P..C A F‘. while in England where he re- oelved his preliminary training, l-Ie received _hls_wir_igs_in Carla-cl D. Japanese Siege Ring Around Kohima Broken last Sunday's Allied communique was in error in referring to Al- lied our-rd troops operating in the 5 webo and Ye-U areas. less than 60 miles from Mandalay. Airborne troops actually are op- erating in the Knoha region, some 160 miles north of Mandalay. Banana Prices OITAWA. April 19-(0?) -’Ihc prices board today announced an order. effective tomorrow setting a rot-ail price of rs cents per pound on bananas sold in the west. north- ern Ontario, northern Qu and the Maritime Provinces. In south- ern Ontario and southern Quebec the retail price will remain st 14 cents per pound Un e order. the dividing line in Ontario and Quebec is the 47th llel, which runs north of Sud- in all fighting so It was announced officially that . . Ont., and north oi the city of Quebec. lllsarlptlou hallowed. III sees; an: nevi-u; a n.a.a. ease Unprecedented Attacks By Allied Planes By W. W. l-Ierchu IJONDON. April l9 - (AP) — Allied aircraft today developed the greatest sustained aerial assault. of the war. rounding out a 30 hour offensive against Germany and Nazi occupied territories during which bombs were dropped almos; con- tinuously at the average rate of 30¢ tons an hour-five rolls a minute. The Allies in more than 6.000 sortim between noon Tuesday and 6 P. M icday poured 9,000 tors of bombs on selected German gets. the United States air fc winctng up the period with a by 2.000 heavy bombers and fighters ageing; plane factories and parking fields near Knssel and Harnm in Gcnnany and installations near Calais in Franco. The Unxcd S‘. comirrunzque ref _ ensive as "the air invasion Germany." Ilze more enthusias- in London began speaking of the pen-x O the German air force in two or three weelu ii the weather holds R A F andR C.A Y‘ W!!!‘ es for their part dropped a record one-night total of 4.480 jons of bombs last night on railroad 2n- stallations near Paris and elsewhere behind til’: Nazis‘ "Azlanzic Wall “ All Records Broken Aerial warfare never before ha, witnessed a bombardment of such sustained volume and violence and the end is nowhere in sight. The Allied 30 hour offensive erst le:\= than one per cent of the at!- acking force. All iodays operations wet s1! bombers and two fighters. the Am- ericsri communique said- The brought total American, n, A. F and R. C. A. F‘ losses for the entire around the clock onqlausifli l0 42 bornbrr-s and seven fighters. I » '~ (Continued on page 6. Col. 3) . _..___._-_____. p. Farm Labor Conference Held Yesterday Satisfaction with the result; of a conference held yesterday to consider plans for meeting farm labour requirements in Prince Ed- ward Island during the coming season was expressed to a Guar- dian representative by Mr. George V I-Iaythorne, sssociatc director of National Selective Service. Ottawa. following the meetings which were held privately in the Provincial Building The conference we; arranged b.\' the Dominion - Provincial Farm Labour Committee for the Province. of which Hon Horace Wright is chairman. nion end provincial policies for control of manpower for farm p s were frankly discussed, Mr. Haythorne stated He spoke appreciatively of the cooperation}!!! the Mobilization Board in granting postponernents to farm workers There are new no workers leaving agriculture when they are needed on the farms with the exception of the few who are still enlisting in the armed forces. he said Recog- Yrr-nli-gfioh cit/pace"? (‘rd i» ' PERSONAUTY is ltiiilif n Frttow iihs viiio Loses nu iiiS Monvr A but‘ liot’ ills Fmeaos! l-figh tide this morning a’. Si ~il and tonight at 0.50. Sim set; this evening at 7.51 and rises tcmorrow morning at. d 471 New moon April 22, 5 43 P M. Summerside tide i8 minutes lat- er than Charlottetown, DAILY All ISIIVICI Charlottetown - eminent‘ - Moncton Le Charlottetown 1.35 a. m It.” noon. L30 m. Arrive Chsrtetteawn l." l. as l.“ p, m. 1.08 p. m. SUNDAY IIIVICI Leave Charlottetown ll noel. i Arrive Charlottetown 5.45 a. I.‘