MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN ——n-1-— All u" [n51 IIRIIYI 0f IRS IN ‘and u, ‘one perlonli relationship. zt/‘w/ . .- The Peoples Paper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew The open mind need not be at war with the conserving spirit. Maxims“ OIL MERE MAN ‘ f’? . é’ .' mum'- °"“"“'" m1 "n"; Guriiinn. Founded ‘Ilro Canto, ‘CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 17. 1942 8 PAGES Annual Subscription lleilverud. l5.” B! llnili l‘. F l. H.001 to other Province: mil (1.8. 85M firs or rnnnnuors SPREAD nun I Qrdgf 100 Fedrzd Dead‘ etail Deliverig (Iurtailed By _.Civic Estimates. 1- ' reBroughtDown c Tax rate remains at 2.85 per cent; 1 Budget for surplus of $147.74. i. gild one half hours “F, 1313i}... last mom. the city brought down me estimates m‘ current Year buagemns ‘or u, 0i $147.74. The special .. called to ow the “"1" m ‘on underway at 10.30 pm. H5 minutes later they had been “,, 1, we Council estimated for M8,‘... of ssscscsss and ex- m" or $3.i6,7i5.84.,'1‘he role eiu on real estate and mm property was fixed at 2.85 4 My which l; iiie same as the 1}. i- “£63785 n0 discussion as Conn. l. ndier. chairman of 1110 Fiflflflfifi ,,,,,. presented his burgct to , council, It is understood that ., wail; had been settled at the ,. y caucus mcetingwhirh pre- ed the special . .1011 Donuts" yo, J, '1'. hivKec prcsi. ed at the m“ whip- Mziynr B. Dy Human ; in the diair for tiic mom ses- ,ch idler announced that Mmv MCHYGIU] consideration“ . 0511c icvcnuc and expenditure m1 as ihc rate of assessment H ‘modest surplus" of $147.'Hlliif| W. budacicd for. he added. _ M fim5e figures and lgct, the Council . by rolicics arc:- as laid down by "Canadian Fxiei“ on oi May and Municipali es, the chair- likntinued on page 3. C01 :11 piston Fishing iawlcr is lost l BOSTON. March i6 - (AP) — of the Boston fishing trawler l... L, Putnam in Nova Scotia ins and the rescue of 23 mem- 1 of her crew was reported to- when the survivors were land- it sandwich. on the Cape Cozi 1 , by another vessel. Whether the vessel as a. war-time ilty was not immediately learn- liut it was reported she was in two by a steamship. The triuvierflq owners, Gordon Pew pony, said it was understood trank in a collision with an oil er and that her entire crcw. ‘r Captain Robert Gryne, had =1 saved. its 95-foot schooner. used in “ 115111113. was built in Essex in ebiscite Plans Are Well Underway h 16—(CPi-Pre- for in! the manpow- iisbisciie April 2'2 are wsll im- Wfll’ 811d svpplirs now are be- forwardrd to returning offic- 1 Jules Caston ay, Chief Pinh- r Officer. soi tonight. liilinictions and supplies have - sent. to returnin officers in _‘ more distant const- iuencies and officers will be supplied by the flirt of next week, Mr. Oas- _‘ thwarted. 1W0 tment of cnumerstors will. mule shortly after instruct-ions Noelved, it is expected. and the will commence their 1‘ til-house canvass April i8 beumqulred to complete it bv toning -o _Events ‘ lII Notices in thil colulnl I l-‘llIl-I per word 1 . '11 0s Montague Ssturd 14-1013-3-11-31. __._, mi- Stewart Friday, entertain- ‘ Melon Hail. L-l0l3-8-i7-3i. 111B little pt s eve da It! W!’ D1111’. Bilbo. £500. C. L-BAB-i-ZO-Tiio-Frl-‘tf in the Stanie Bridle .. v - "Tuesday. March 17m. - 10482-34441. "m _..._._ ‘ ‘zerve March 17th for Concert o? social in Muavfleld Hail in 3M1 Cross. LKISB-S-G-Zl. "millilfl L.0.B.A concert and ‘l Thursday. March ma. It. It .-1. P L-Wl-3-16-18-2l. unload '**"<' 1,, “ti! 1108s at Montague , rw- March 19th. Murray 1, Mmldflv 23rd. Murray River M111 .1. Beck L-l017-3-l7-ll. h v afternoons. 01GB. until ii o'clock. ' ""1- Albuo. o. o. omn lcwi-‘i-m-is then t w t u: for winter Al any stetpiton Appeals for Revival of “(lid spirit” aunch drive To conserve ars, rubber New Regulation Goes Into Effect On March OTTAWA. March 16- (OP) curtailment of retail deliveries in Canada was ordered today by James Stewart of Toronto, admin- istrator of services for the wartime prices and trade board. The order was made public to- night in a board statement which sold the move signified the launch- ing of a. “campaign to conserve rubber and motorized equipment." "After March 18 no retailer may make or cause to be made on be- rslf of either himself or a, customer more than one regular delivery a day over any particular route or in any particular area except with special authorization of the admin- istrator," the board said. "Authority 1s also required for any tyne of special delivery, “Delivery of daily newspapers. fuel including coal, coke, oil and wood, 1s exempted. as one deliver- ies to hospitals, railways and steam- ships or to the departments of na- tional defence or munitions and supply. “Drugs or medicines prescribed by doctors or physicians may aio be delivered without special per- mission." Mr. Stewart was quoted in the staiement as saying:- ‘The order does not mean that if a retailer has only one vehicle it can go out but once a day. But it may not cover the some territory more than once a day. Nor may n vtsvinizsticn with o» number of . ' a _ ,. vfgcbmcifjjfiflqfilgfM‘ "Mi/elilclss have more than one in the SHEFFIELD. Enflland. March 16 .‘_<CiJ Schick-Viscount Bennett ap- piolrcl. today for the revival cf the "clcl spirit" of Britain in an address hicre the Sheffield Chamber oi Commerce. , The former Canadian prime min- istcr said “there is somethinil “"0118. with this country- I cannot 511v “glut it is. but Ilthave seen the c angc come over . \Vli:thei' it was that Britons hfl/d become _o rich people and bowel M"! matzixaiisni had changed their out- iock he could not say. buthLord nett (Vciarcdihat the old. still; hast not asscricd itself as 1n l 9 pa, _.. ‘itain is confronted with thfi oment in her history. he Said. And. it was the hardest thin: 1n the world to make En3115hmm_ N‘ alize that what happened w ca}: tries like the Netherlands. or m d ‘ight haDDEn in the U e grcazcst m ,dom: ngiisiimen _ win the last battle.‘ “Elm “ii. shiiikiugotdikvflci l r an » . gicriacc to evcryt-hlml we 11°14 11°"- “lf we seize the oppflmlmi-Yi ‘f! srhonld have no cause to comp a p t e resu . Lord Be nett advocated “an ED"; pire war cabinet and said i 9mm“ minions shouldvhave o part1!“ ing the Elmpires foreign D0 t%il;__,u_ “Do you think that with B! om sistancc of the great men r °_ ovrrscas we could be in a course pk flvlcn than we are today’! he as - d. e “The problem of all must 17° can“ To head group Hospitalization ANTIGONISH. 83-. M81111 1°- (OP)-A. R. Yeoman oi oinied organizer of BTWP glizution for Nova S0011! prince Edward island, it pounced todoy, by the ‘liimfiiitfi: on group hospmalizstéfglxilvgggg: 0f of NB. t the iavt annual Elle i-tospiiai Association and pm. Army Enlistments Show Decline Mos-m January, 8.159 “n00 ma 4,019 in Mamh w t-h ma? “dcrcncc Minister fi“‘...‘§‘€.3l.$"i gradation by Doriee w. Nielsen (Unity Bsttlefimi). Mrs. Nielsen hld todl campaign in W he anriaxipower said no special enlistment receding Col. Rn ton the pl A would continue $1.”. “dilation-wide campaign "day in and day out." ____.____........_. U. 8. FLIERS 0N HAND MANDALAY. Buiml, March the defence of Burma and are new pursuit pilnel- Halifax ' ., ben OD- Kcntviile, NS has ehosplh and iB-(OPF- Raiston Mrs. North 18k!!! U hi“ government planned I 115110114159 ebwcito ‘Q- mimi“ “wwi” m °‘°""°".".‘i§ slishtly lami- enlirrnent is .40?) —i"licr.s of the American a volunteer group are on hand Central end Upper being outfitted with for some territory oftener than once a day imlPs authorized. “People have been asking what they can do to help the war effort. By carrying small purchases instead of having them delivered. by order- ing, early and in quantities suffic- ient to avoid repeat orders. worpsn can assist retailers in meeting ‘Iris new condition. At the some time they will be rendering a, real ser- vice in the conservation oi vital materials. “Before ion" the carrying of par- cels may b2 looked upon as a. badge 1f patriotism." Mr. Sitwnrt swirl the rest-rwtinns imposed under the order "ars- but a preliminary step to further ac- (Continucd on page 3 Col 2) y TwoillcilT Five injured In explosion NIAGARA FALLS. Onth] March is-icki-lwoincn were k 42d 8111 five mini-co misty when an Eitplo-s- lon caused by a rupture in cooling coils rocked an isoioieo builoin! 01 the Welland Cuemzcai Comimnl’. sevzn miles southwest of here. Killed were 51"" Devi:- of Mer- i-it-on, Ont.. and Steve K915111511 Dienes of Port Colsorne, Ont. Injured were Donald‘ Brooks, Paul Campbai, Pauli Scot, Georiid Smith and Paul M. Reilly. Address- esteolf the Illn iliffd were not immed- ova a e. “fay statement issuid bv 31¢ 13¢‘ rtment of Munitions and SPPDW B}: Ottawa said: ‘A gas eXP1>51°n cecnrred today about 3 Pm- M» 9- ohemlool plant in the Nialiflffl P9"- imtus, n, was caused by the rup- toure 0f coolins coils. The curls-slop wok lac; lzn a small building" l- part rorn the main operations. ) Windows in horses for sevflpl miles around the plant were shat- tend. Urges emphasis on Training of women. OTTAWA. March l6 — (OP) - Greatei- emphasis must be pieced on the trainingr of women for in- dugtry. a. F. hompson, dominion supervisor of the wlr emeflflw! training program told the opopinl seasiim of s three-day omiforehw c: provincial representatives today. The 30 mining officers were welcomed by Dr. arm M- WWI"- deouty minister of 1flb°\'- h A report by Mr. TWWPW" 5M"; ed sous person-s 1W1 w" i’ “ in the industrial c‘&‘b§% (151113: £1.11: u “mm” endegmiii lnctotol Air Force. in the army and the were operstin! January. 106 schools requlrin 1'16 full-time ln-stféicllslili Q9 pa 41mg ‘instructors an other rsonne. mo}: “Landing the conferenlcle include: Nova Scotia. D1’. A c- sexwn‘ "mom" dirwwificer ‘New’ Cooke, chief placement f: reémn“ ni-umwicx-WK. "Fills" mum; J, W. McNutt. wilt-Wily”- 1: War Siiuati 0n Last Night (By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) On any other Nazi lips but Hitler's a. vow to defeat Russia during "the coming summer" would be but meaningless rhetoric. It. could do little to reveal actual Nazi plans. in Hitler's mouth, ‘ personal prestige, not only with . ., that has llil his suppressed people but with his snny, ls at stake. in Russia that army has tasted defeat for first time, and under his personal captaincy. 0111!’ complete and final victory in Russia could restore him to his pedestal in the eyes of his troops, and Hitler knows Ii. That was the price he paid for ousting his top "Napoleon's fate in 1812,” he now O Generals and risking the dangers of ndmiil. ~Whether that danger is yet passed, ls Hitler intimated. remains to be seen_ There is consider-fine winter and a long spring thaw yet to be reckoned with in Russia. Accept the viow that his promise of complete victory this summer is l. definite Hitler commitment to atone for terrible Ggfmgn 10;”, and it follows that every future German move, except against Russia.’ must he regarded as s diversion. only in Russia, not on any other front. U I O Just when and where the sum Russian armies can be annihilated O mer drive will come depends prob. ably on the weather, The unprecedented winter, the worst in l en. "IPY or so. must be followed by on unprecedented qpltlng u winch, “"9 ""9 Probably before the ground is hard enough in the contra] "ill flflrlhcrn Ukraine, and northward tn the mechanized warfare. The weather moderates earlier 511F111!’ the thaw season. that area western Russia south of the Voids] fling, of Azov receive those spring floods making every murshland a morass. It prtibilbly will b June before the Nazi “summer offensive" south, and that is the road to oil, the r359 soon must reach. O 0M1!’ "IWEh. J1me seems also the mo P°5§11J|9 Jflimncse ossnuit on Rugs inn armies. Ice conditions in the "Bud to forbid any earlier Russia from the west. Leningrad front, for in the southern Ukraine. However, receives the run-off drainage of all The Black Sea and the Sea W"! wfllerway s torrent, e late May or even mid- ca" I" Efllng even in the urces above all others Hitler e e e 51 probable month for e 111's Vladivostok fortress and Siber- northern end of the Sea of Japln JEPMWSB Ilwve to match s Hitler attack on FORAZAL s-OPENING“ OF LEGISLA TURE Third Session Of 4"h Province Opened B; Page. non. B. w. LEPAGE LIEUTENANT uovnmvon Londoners Have First Alarm In 9 Months LONDON. March 16—(CP)—Lon- doners heard their first da-ylizht B-ir raid alarm in nine months wduv on the second BILIIlVCTSB-YY of the bombardment of soaps . Flow whicgtcost Britain her first air raid cssu y. Diarists noted—-—and most Lon- doners remembeied-aiso that a year ago at this time the sirens had screamed 10 days in a row. But un- like those bomb-blostiniz days. the lone raider which set off today’! alarm dropped no explwlvfl- TWO U. S. BOMBERS CRASH PENDLIIION. Ore. March i6 - (AP) - Two United States army bombers crashed in Pacific north- west mountains today, killing 14 men. Ten died in one ship which shat- tered itself on a peak i!) _ mile; south of here. Four others r to death near Boise, Idaho. General Assembly c .' The Lieutenant Governor Le- Measures to provide increased salaries for teachers and to imple- ment new Dominion-Provincial fi- nancial arrangements were forecast in the Speech from the Throne de- iivered yesterday by His Honour Lieutenant Governor B. W. LePage at the opening of the 3rd. session of the 44th. General Assembly of the Province. In keeping will: wartime proced- ure in other provinces, the custom- ary military and ceremonial display was dispensed with yesterday. The members assembled at 2.50 p. m. with the Speaker, Hon. W. F. A. Stewart in the chair. The Clerk. Mr. C. St Clair ‘Brain- or, read a letter from the Lieuten- ant Governor's private hecretary, Mr. W. G. Spencer intimoting that His Honour v/oiiid arrive at 3 p.m. to cpen the session. '.f'he Speaker then left the chair and the Lieutenant Governor en- tered the chamber preceded by the usher of the Black Rod. &rgeant- at-Arms, Lt.-Col. Alan MocLcod. V. D. His Honour was 1100911191111196 by his aide-de-camp Lt. Col. F‘. I. An- drew, M. M. and his private secre- tary. also officers representing U19 various branches of His Majesty's (COHHHHGG on page ‘i. C01 5) Says Hitler knows Downfall is near WASHINGTON, March l6—(AP) -Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, said today that Hitler now knows that his downfall is near. Welles mode this statement in commenting on Hitler's mecch in Berlin yesterday. The signifi- ounce of Hitler's Sunday speech. he said. is to be found not in if-l boasts and promises but in the fact that “there is implicit in every word and every phrase Hitler's 0w" "cognition 0f his impending downfall and of the inevitable otmquest of the German armies." Outstandingly Qqggd "SALAIIA" ran lists. ‘it'll... 1.. 5 u. ALEXANDRIA, March 15-we- iayed)-—(A.PJ—British Lght naval fin-ca soiled up to the ituiian is- Jjglid of imodes in the eastern Mediterranean early today and poured slaeiis into harbor dock and manufacturing facilities. The rain of shells struck just as the R. A. F. closed in with a. co- ordinated bombing of airclromcs on tne large island of the Dodecanese 1A55°°1'“"“’d PW“) off the Turkish cons-t, At least 1E0 persons were rs- The operation apparently caught ported kilieu and more than 650 the Axis defenders by surprise be- mjured. by i‘ dbsastnms “n” "f cause shore batteries did not open ‘Wmadlc .5"°rm5 that’ ripped up until the furious lmmmme ‘Jirough fivesouthern andniidwest- British naval bombardment was H“ sigma ye§ierday destroying finished. Even they. the coastal dc. thousands of buildings. fence fire was described as weak. The Mme-st death m“ w“ u‘ British authorities said the full 11mm MlSSl-‘Slitpl Wile" 4° “m” toll in North darkness. but that the harbor PI-ports said the majority of cas- tiN. Da more lllffl 5500.000. crease “m5 0nd chill!“ °n 1m‘ lniurint: at least three persons. mops said today of the Wartime Prices and ‘Prado _ (Continued on page t, co] 1) for others. were From B. 0. Boast ans- exient of damage was not deter- We" 115151 “'5 dead and 400 mm mined immediately because of the ill *1 5H1“ °1 wrmidic 5mm‘ “f” front '. - » altic-s were ne 012s in the heav- “qs rakPd thomughly iiv populated attain-growing belt east of the delta plains. ~ ' In Illinois ct least l9 were kill- a| ed and 1'70 injured in two torna- noes that slashed across six coun- R t u mage was estimated at a e In Kentucky a tornado struck at Browdcr a coal mining com- munity, killing nine and injuring UPIAWA. March l8—(CP)— 11, Canadian railway companies have A violent windsfgfln 155g 1.13m made application to’ tine Board 01 added to the chaos. ripping through Transport for ptiifllisw“ w m‘ Shclbyville in central Indiana and port and export traffic between points in Canada and Canadian “Rgilzgillnwlitrigsifigzfi sfitegrggf ports destined to or from New- ‘Q1004 ‘m m,’ Gram} d 1 m t foundiand to the same extent as V. , i,’ H‘ ' a ‘m n H authorized in the United States by m“ y" ve km“ and “m” 3m n! 111mg»- can-ace “this; Son‘ B‘ mum “find n e mm City and five dead at Water Val- The appucauon wul be hand ley with more than 45 persons March 1o, the rcuim, tabled from 111111 Tom Rgidjliib. New Westminsterv All those towns and cities are in said. fmrlv close moximftv in north Any increase in rates, before be- certral Mississippi. Manv of the in: granted by the Transport rural houses are of light frame Board, must have the concurrence construction unable to stand a Bcord. the return added. (Several weeks ego the inter- state Commerce Commission grant- eid gins-next‘; in the glnjited tStattes the I rg to ncreose er toes y sx per cent for a wide range of com- modities and by smaller amounts (Canadian railways recently authorized by the Board of 'I‘r port Commissioners to increase their notes by similar amounts on shipments in either direction be- tween points in Caneda. and points in the United States.) VANCOUVER. March 15-401’) -'I‘he first of 2.500 Japanese men, women and children who are to be removed from coistai areas outside the immediate environs oi Van- couver examined temporary quar- ters in the exhibition buildings at Hastings Pork today resting on double deck com and straw-filled mattresses on which they will sleep until removed to destinations in the interior. Four hundred came hem 1mm upcoast points in the first phase of the evacuation or these 19s- vomprlslng 9s men, 4n women and 5 children under 16 veers of age_. W?" quartered at Hastings Park. The others found lodging with Heaviest fighting 0f year reported 0n Russian Front LONDON, March l6—iCP)—In the heaviest fighting oi the year on the Kbhsian front hie Red Army n”: ffiiieéinfi-ibii-‘Zi?iiéiliiii$ three of Hitler‘; encircled “spring were ' w°4h1rdfi 01 Whfim offensive" bases and SlIiVUlZ hard m vme" Bud boys, were brought to draw the string; on two others 1o satllcmllel‘ 111st night bv Un- caught in deep p.ck;t.s, Y1 Pfliiiships from the pulp and After two days without substan- P5179!‘ tOWn of Powell River and nai change in nic fighting lines, Other points on ircwc Sound, 1.15:. tonight's communique said the “mthwml °1' Vilnmiller- 111B!‘ are Red army offensive again was 1291M! Wmpved from vital coastal surging forward and that during “Men” ‘"905 b\_' federal order, tnc day several additional points Anonwr “mimqffli 01’ Japan- wt re liberated it reported three F” rm"'“'°rk"l‘f IPRVPS tonight for German planes downed near Mos- 30”“ Bif- billliYinrr the tot-nl so cow during the day and that be- ‘fm°‘""1 In recent Weeks to more tween Mai-ch a-n Nazi losses to— “a” 19°" Sold J- Mcvctv. reg- toileld 215 aircraft, against. 57 sov- iigbpivlsor for the, unemploy- let oases. . siironco comm sslon who The Germans themselves od- h“ hPPn iillcttin» Jacqui-o» road- mlttedho. breach in their lines “Tlilkfltfi t? f‘11f'f"‘f‘llfl“fi1<il‘1t‘i.§. somew ere in thecentre and stron ‘>5 ‘l ~°m ‘V1 l?" engaged soviet attacks in the Crimea, g in road-builrlinv between Jmsner, “we Russiélulrlv said German cas- ‘Ago. an)?’ pin» River. B. c. Those a es are n. u t r t n se n Hon" will com let . mmlsflllds A dill‘? p a a a6 o‘ Roof-Zn the Hone-Princeton acetic; The Germans, bewailing that of tho ‘Trans-Canada highway winter has set in again after an _____~*_ " early March thaw on some south- ern sectors, told of i3 below zero temperatures (fohreriheitl in the Crimea, 22 below in the central sector and 3i below in the north, with strong northeastern winds Piling up snow so deep that even slsdses were stopped in the centre and north. Most of the reports on 0f the Red Army cam-e in 1 hoim dispatches viirch mid Rus- slim naracfiutlsts had seized strong Big response to lied Gross appeal TORONTO. March l6—4CPl—- Dr. F. W_ Routicy. national com- inisisioncrlfor tho Ciliililstlfln Rod foamed m“ hem“ l GE Cross Soc efy. said lonrv the apn- ums m he can,“ fecal; m vfai to the peonic of Canada mi‘ Th]; unogglcga] mgonnauun w“ turmoil!) to provide medical aid for [ummgq] up thugg._ Russia reached si572nri nu liiarca l3 Funds are st‘ll coming in. he indicated. although the appeal in: iweh closed. ""ll"ril'\v\i by provinces: Priprr Tf>\1-fl v-hnd, scac- Nova Rcntla e-IIRT Now Rv-unvvlck l5 R592 Out-tw- $186 Mo" Ontario. $100.0 .: rfnsifnhg $500’? fdaknlchcuron. MONTREAL. March IB~——(CP)— "Z6000: Albert" $3“l'"ii W111“ The Dominion Government ice- Columbia, w M"- ond nflPopil breakers N. B, MacLcsn and iizrn- office, Toronto. $13494 est Lspolnte today reached a. wharf in Montreal East, ‘rhts easternmost point of land- ing on Montreal island was reach- IyQNDON-‘CPI - The Duchess ed “"86 11B?! 111W by t1"! 16¢" of Marlborough heads up an up- brelkers thln iasvt year. Difficult Deal gm- me Ivory Cross Fund "to ice conditions, particularly between provide treatment for dental troub- 50ml and Ila Si. rose, were lea of those unable to meet encountered this yesr slowing the can.» progress o1 the icebielkerl. s‘ ' Di-n gross , . (Continued on page 3, Col i; Vlcebreakers Are ' Behind Schr-iule IVORY (‘ROSS FUND the sourn And 6'50 Injured S. States '_,,,,_- < Thousands of buildings are destroyed: Largest death Mississippi. Burma Defenders Stab across Sittang River By Daniel DeLuce Associated Press Stuff Writer MANDALAY, Burma, March ll —(AP) —-British Indian and Bur- mese forces, stabbing across to the east bank of the sittang River, have killed more than 400 Japanese and traitorou; Burmese in three vii- loges which they recaptured then abandoned. The successes powerfully stirrin- lated British army morale despite their local nature. A communique said the British Empire forces now had withdrawn to their former positions according to plan after taking Shegyln, Mo.- douk and Pyuntazu. The town; had been held by tho Japanese for three weeks prior to the daring raids on March 11. Shegyin, the principal settle- ment is 80 miles northeast of Ran- goon. Apparently the British forces did not withdraw until yesterday. The drives were thrust home in hand-to-hand and house-to-houso fighting with bayonet: and native knives after perfectly-timed cross- ings of the river on bamboo rafts. Major credit for the success was given to an Indian havildar (ser- geant) who disguised himself u e cooiie and helped the Japanese dig trenches for two days while he ob- tained information of Japanese strength and a list of Burmese fifth columnists. When ln attempt lt failed, the native Karen tr-ibesmen in the British ranks proved of greet value, since they knew Lil the terrain by near-t and led the wsy for the charging Indians. (The Karena. composing about one sixth of Burma’! population, number among their tribal branches the brass-collared “giraffe-necked” women familiar to circus-goers. Two months of dry weather ro- main before the monsoon begins surprise (Continued on page 8, Col t) Jap Freighter And Tanker Sunif WASHINGTON. March 16 —(AP) -’I‘he navy announced today that l United States submarine had sunk an enemy freighter in Japan- ese waters and that a 3.000—ton cne- my gasoline tanker had been Sil‘ by undisclosed means in the P ippine area. The enemy losses reported today raised to more than 150 the total of Japanese shins sunk or damag- ed by United States forces since the war started, Report WesTCoast Of Turkey Bombed LONDON. March l6 -- Reuters said today it had heard the Vichy radio broadcasting a Vichy news agency dispalm from Ankara asserting that DillllPk of unknown nationality had bcmtr-d Milas on the west coast of Tur- key. Ton persons were said lo harp. been killed and 20 iiijurcd, (CPl nos - cars TORMIINTLNI so“ ssnvics iel Bo den OM AM. L00 PM. bee‘: Cline aorlnentine 11.00 All 3.20 PM. ,