Prince MAKING OIL ‘no nullity aeulltlllll“ on. MERE MAN of sail u! only be by the sovereignty as Qsriettstowa Guardian, Two Coats [grill] luarllaa, hauls! Ill’ cunaaorrarowu, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, MAY s, .945 1.0"" w" ,\________ Covers Priliccilidward Island Like the Dew Everybody Qounty Within Sight 0f Loan 0 jective - m; Not happiness should be onc's tir t desire hut to learn to live with |)(‘;:|'L' of mind as a mun and son of (ii-ii. MAXIMS or a MERE MAN 8 PAGES luolcrlption Delivered, $5.00 lloll. tum- other Provlnrea h U.S.-l. "$.00. iiiZEERTE WITHIN ARTILLERY RANGE 0F I ALLiES Q inure mnusri xgfléfféu“ ms MILO can The map above shows the sectors on which American, British and Ilench forces continued to press forward against Axig strongholds [carding the Tunls-Bizerte corner oi Tunisia, Pont du Falls, Tcbourba mi Mateur, all gateways to this "hot comer," were immediate goals as ulvsuoos were reported all along the line. Nazis Admit \ Grirri, I . Prospect Axis ApprehensiveiAllies May A Already Have Men And Boats Ready For Blow. i (By James M. Long. Associated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, May ~i—-tAPl--The Nazis acknowledged today that the nlln prospect of an Alllcd invasion of Europe is so imminent it might III-pass the Tunisian bridgehead and come in the form of an amphibious assault on the Sardinian and Sicilian steppin -etones, even before the Wilwse of Tunis and Bizerte. Broadcasts by the Vichy radio and the chief military commentator of the Berlin radio suggested hastily mounting Axis apprehension that the Allies already may have men and boats for the blow, against which Mussolini was reported renewing urgent appeals direct to llitler for llthting assistance. INTERNATIONAL AT A GLANCE TUNlSlA-Anlericans bring Bi- Icrle within heavy artillery range an they and French force take hall’ the shoreline of Lake Achkcl, RUSSIA-Reds report furious ""11"! in western Caucasus Which has cost Nazis "serious losses l‘? "llnilower and equipment." and bermans acknowledge withdrawal Mrih of Novorosslsk and loss oi the town of Kryrnskaya. WESTERN FRONT-American how bombers, 0312011941 by tear. ""1 R.C.A.F. fighters, blast indus- "lll plants It Antwerp. LL-Gen. Frank iii. Andrews, commando of all American forces in Eurorean "mi". killed in airplane ace dent ill lceland. QOUTIIWEQT PACIFIC-Allled r forces raid Babo ln Netherlands l! Guinea. WESTERN PACIFIC-Americans mlllgnltussol Islands without op- toming Events nun- I “kW-Murray River Frid°ay.m_ ""1310! —- Montague Saturday. 5-5-3L "ralkles — Bourie Monday. 0-6-8i. 29th, we 5-5-11. i0 arrive Hay. Oats. Bull: Ir McGulgan a il-C-iii. Mbmbh. Friday, May '1. three '0 “i blay Dlhce nhteynadbnod nllilsvicnl DIiYse-rii ‘Nrmberoneaslym 1S - Egg,“ "-75 ncr bias. iledaebu gen l“ e-s-ai. 0UP‘ K‘ M 1 "Kora Hall man my ‘Y garrlotlerewn talent. ylilanoe '- s-s-i-o-al. "c on Canada , Corp t- a, lwlrflwwn mu, ltsaonridiy gmcunmifglalrers from Dept. of "Reserve __"' Wu sot at ab“. Boo now. “Murnnmomdmiai-‘si-il. The Russian front was being watched closely by observers here for a ready clue to the actual weight oi Hitler's fears. The Rus- sian barometer was based on the belief that Hitler hardly would dare to attempt the usual full- scale spring onslaught on the eastern front if faced with the imminent menace of a British- Amcrlcan invasion. With the Vichy radio adding daily to its reports oi recent con- centrations of Allied invasion- t pe barge fleets at Gibraltar and tlle Algerian coast, the Berlin com- mentator, Capt. Ludwig Sertorltts. evidenced Nazi worry over the preparations being made by the U.S. 5th Army apart from the 'i‘unlsia.n action. REPORT HUGE ARMIES “Huge British and American armies are massed in Algeria and Morocco," he salzh-"euough to form not one but several armies . Jhereiure the question must be asked whether the Aillau High Command is keeping the bulk of its army reserves in isle. in the western region because it ts plmming a landing manoeuvre on s. largo scale." Srrtnritxs, like the German High Command radio commentator, LL.'GCI1. Kurt Dietmar. 51188985- ed that such a tum to the step- ptn stones of Biol and Sar- dinia might not awat the Blzerte cleanup. IAVORABLE CONDITIONS Dictmar also acknowledged that southern Europe affords "particul- sriy favorable conditions for land- ing," but he declared that such operations would be impeded by fortifications constructed by the Nazis on the invasion coasts ‘and by "the nature of the country. Bcrwrlus disclosed that Ger- man submarine packs in the Mod- lwrranean .had lost 50 r Ctnt of their effectiveness in prll be- cause of unfavorable weather. The U-boet problem, considered a seri- ous stumbling block to vasion. was given priority in the plans formulated at the Casablanca con- ference. Meanwhile. the Nazis were re- rtod continuing their prepara- ions w meet any invasion attempt an‘ the opposite side of the con- erisnds underground newspape which Ancta, the Netherlands News Agency, said was received here today. “Ffen In Non-Essential J Sweeping Order Io Made Public Makes Possible Trans- fer Of Men T0 Es- sential Industry, OTTAWA. May 4 (CP)—'I‘he Do- minion Government tonight order- ed single men between the ages of 19 and 40 and married men be- tween the ages of 19 and 25 in some 20 non-essential industries or oc- cupations to register by May 19 ‘for possible transfer to essential ndustry. The Sweeping order is expected make available for essential work thousands of men not already .inTthhee alarmed‘ forcéab b0 or er, ssu Lo My"- ister Mitchell. did nest s ecirfy es- sential industries other than agri- culture. but it was presumed that plants engaged on war-essential production would be chiefly con- CfliTled, similar orders will be issued mo; dealing with- other non-essential emlilflyments. said Mr. Mitchell in the departmental statement. The first order covers men em- bloycd in the following industries or establishments: til Taverns or liquor. wine and hcer stores: t2) Retail sale of candy, confec- tionery, tobacco. books. stationery, or news (magazines and news- DBDBPSAI (ti) Barber shops and beauty o - ' par rs, t4) Retail and wholesale florists: l5) Service stations (by which are rw-zmt gasoline-filling stations! 4G1 Retail sale of motor vehicles or fiff/JTSSOFIOS; (71 Retail sale of sporting goods or nutuical instruments. In addition, said the department- al statement. all men designated under mobilization regulations are covered by the ordcr if in any of the following occupations. regard- less of whether or not the occupa- tion is one in those industries list- ed as covered: (l) Waiter. taxi-driver. elevator operator, hotel beliboy or domestic servant; (21 Any occupation in or directly associated with entertainment. in- eluding but not restricted to ‘thea- tres. iilm agencies, motion picture companies, clubs, bowling alleys, or pool rooms: (3) Any occupation in or directly associated with dyeing and dry cleanln (but not including laun- dries); aths, guide service and shoe shining. It now becomes obligatory for every man in any age and martial class designated under mobiliza- tion regulations and engaged in one of the industries or occupa- tions specified in the minister's order to apply to his nearest em- ployment and selective service of- fice not later than May 10, the an- nouncement said. there is no higher priority work available for him. he will be given s. special permit entitling him to continue temporarily in his old employment. If it appears necessary in the interests of the war effort that he be moved to more essential employment, he will be given a direction to some such employment. Each man who can call personal- service office must do so. A man so far removed from an office that he cannot call will be required write to it and await further direction. Null Critical 0f Robert's Attitude WABHWGTON. May 4 — (AP)- Btate Secretary Cordell Hull con- demned today the attitude 0f Ad- mlral Georges R0 High Commissioner on Martinique, who Ls holding out against collabor- lncomprehensible in the light of O'K- istlng realities, The judgment of the United States Navy. he told his press con- ference will be the controlling factor in further ue opments. 10,000 Tons 0i Bombs In April IONDQN, Ma I — (Wednesday) sum 0000i 150 V-(TIEVO d0) of bombs were dropped on German industrial cities in 10 major night raids b_ the R..A.F. and R..C.A.F'. in Aprl . the sir ministry news ser- vice disclosed in a review of month's operations. In each of the three biggest raids more than 1.000 tons f bombs were o unloaded and in two raids on the naval base at spesla, Italy, about 500 tons fell each night. The brunt of the nigylelt offensive on Berlin, Duis fell T8. ma"! stettln. Roe Manhellll. Kiel an lmttl ly at an employment and selective _ bert. the French _ ation with the Allies. Hull called it < obs | l a? To Register‘ By Glenn Babb, Associated Press War Analyst There is welcome reassurance in the word from Gen. MaoArthufs headquarters that the heavy losses of the Allied fighter squadron, bag. Al"!!! ‘he shlllane Japanese raiding force over Darwin Sllndny were due to weather and not enemy action. lt was a one-day fluke and there has been no basic change in the entire relative merits of the ah- forces in the southwest Pacific. This is important because the qualitative superiority of the British, ‘Tl-meflcmr “"3 Quit-mill“ Squadrons has been the main reason for eon- fdence that the Japanese will not overrun Australia in the months o; years that remain before the Pacific war becomes the United Nations’ 718:: show. It justifies this confidence in spite of the enemy's canoe“- tgzfigd‘; oifltitilfl! 250.300 r1011, strong warship flotilias and hundreds e! I m l on! 0 s pp ng in his Island bases north of Australia. J n e’ "m! "I! o" 5M’. Milne Bay and Darwin last month the 511K119“. "Si"! a. total of about 200 planes, had just about 40 per cent “t ‘hue kmmked "l" 0f afiiillll. an almost prohibitive rate, especially since losses" fo th B ‘ ' announcgmem no "no r‘ ie drrtish and Australian Spitfire units over Darwin, giving mm“. a; T“ s“ n" m" u" 3311mm” might have evolved Mme new ‘i’ ""15 ""1180 the aspect of the war in that theatre-a new W!” 0i "Elli". new tactics or the return of wha the“ ““"""sm“5 ‘"11" 5'" it 01111981‘! now that the first team ' t back and there is no reason to believe that the Japanese will b id n: “Pm” it" "W thousand nicked. experienced and determined 10ml f..." 9"‘ “mm wmmalld 0! "w Plwific skies in the first few Inonllh s; m“ war land most of whom are now believed to be dead. s e he battle over Darwin is a reminder o against a tough and resourceful enemy who ‘willerllll’ beuldatttterttrfd Etch up "Y ‘"5"’ ""1" wminsosaln and again to attack Alth0il n his t’ in“ m" b“ ‘Wdfllrwnlflllv ddvflrive. in the sense that his from s m e" is fir‘ hold tho rich empire he already ha; gelzgd In)“: tharryaggrits; er .335; :::..:":.“.:.=*:"‘:" " "m "m- c» =- oc ou bases from which Allied offensiyee might Allied losses were light. The first come. slbfllties, I11] strongholds of like importance. b Strong Nazi Naval Forces At Narvilt? LONDON. May 4 — (C?) _ Unofficial naval observers ex- pressed the beilcf today that the German battleship Tirpits and other naval forces now are at Narvlk in Northern Norway and that their presence there has resulted in a temporary interruption to Allied convoys to Murmansk, Russia. Admiralty sources declined to discuss the whereabouts of Germany's small but dangerous surface fleet, but observers, g b u- ing on various signs, said t ey believed the Nazis‘ only lg modern battleship had slipped out of the southern Fjords to the northern base. it was possible. observers said, that the Tirplts was attended by one of the smaller battle- ships. Scharnhorst or Gnelse- nau. some of the flipper class eight inch gun cruisers and Nurenber , six-inch gun cruis- ers and estroyers. Since a task force of this sire might wipe out a convoy in short order, they said it was osslble Allied convoys would e suspended for the time be- lng.. The route to Murmansk is much more dangerous in sum- mer when iong northern days and tho drifting southward of the Arctic ice which narrows the northern passage to 50 miles or so. afford easy hunting for Axis reconnglssagge crgaft. of Sunday's He“? Jlnanese offensives in one or mo A ‘ u _ re of at least three theatreg_. i“ m ""“i‘2Zl“?r.Z.“§““° ""'“"""Wor themes-ros- m “he the “mauve such u: Lag)!’ 2T: laotiorliloi, this United Nations - r ac on a ua or other enemy Special Sale Is Blg _S_1_1ccess Much Interest Created; Airmen Win Special Trophy. A radio auction of “Attack “heavy t Gen. Kenney called .. _ Equip- ment in Prince comm. y“; mgm City Loai Objective p Day By ilay $427,000 472.400 MONDAY TUESDAY i ‘i $850,000 i i City Reaches $472,400 In Loan Campaign The constant and heavy downpour submitter; at headquarters hard won drive are out to get every in the city with the ultimate 001$ of securing for Charlottetown once again, the highest commendation of general headquarters on a. Job thor- Thc general chairman, E MacKlnnon, was enthusiastic night, and in reply to questioning said, “Yes, tell our fellow citizens we have close i0 the half million dollars accounted for and we are going right after our other three iumdrcd and sevcntyfive thousand with everything we have, This is not a skirmish but a real ticht against time and we intend to contact every body just as quicklv as possible, so that next Sunday ‘Tl be a day of suprcntciy happy in the reflection on :1 job wcli 4.0110. "Tell them further." he said "arty- nne holding back for a better in" vestment. is locking in good judg- ment. This loan is to be protected forces, land, son and air. Their suc- ccss in this war moans the repay- ment of every dollar Pa agreed by the governmeni of Canada. their homo front, spells disaster and‘ the triumph of forces which would en- slave us and leave our country yrenuilcns. “Today, now. is the time to buy l-cnds. Let it not be said of a single individual in this city ‘he let the fichtinrz forces down in the hour of their nccd'—_inck up on your inten- tions. do oven better than you planned. nncl vive yourself the su- preme satisfaction of knowing that you came through in a generous rvav when required by vour country of rain yesterday failed to dampen , the ardor of the fourth victory loan ,- bond salesmen, according to reports l last I night. These veterans oi many a; lost. well earned, with all concerned‘ hy the full strength of the Ailiedqued me rem-eating Nails failure. through lack of cooperation‘ e351», 1n a lg-mue advance which m;- by those of its who remain on the! brought the county within sigtt of 1,}? W904i“) Oblcctive m the rims-tn Wlctmy Loan drive. when figures ere totalled it was tound ma; W!“ "fluidly solo. weather with applications received as a result, or the sale, brought the wtai m $357 and its fighting forces." Flu Epidemic In Biiack the Attack w r1- v_'-'_e~__-v_1r-. as 950- 01‘ 95-2 Der cent of the County‘ objective. rlummerside‘ {f1 1 "l!!!" was $52§.el§§?orci'lvti>§arl of its objective. other minus With a large per L“ l6 m2 Objectives included: - Der cent; Fftletowrp 109; 103» Kenflflflwrl. 89: and cent of their Kirlkora, C8139 Traverse. 96, IOne of the subscriptions received last night was for 55,900 from De_ h represents this County in the Hzlvus: Darby. the County auction of. congratulations to ‘time Minister .11.. Rlllston of Commons. W.E. arms , f fered m.“ a m m” 17801110 of the County (m- the campaign the gaaglrxtiflcexit response. He. cxpigsig e 1109c thev would continue to ‘WWW the loan until the cnd of 5 Northern Labrador S1‘. JOHN'S Nild., Mal! t-(CP CABLE; — ‘twelve persons have died in an influenza epidemic on the remote Labrador Coast reports rule-hing hcre today said. Nine deaths were at Nain and tne others at Davis Inlet, both on the ice-bound coast oi latitude 55. Early in April reports 0f the epidemic were received from Hope- dale with a request for medicines and food supplies. Meat extracts, rice, dl'l0(l milk and medicines were flown int/o the areas on a ‘Trails-Canada Air Lines plane and on April 21a doctor and nurse wcrc tlown . Five days later an attempt was RICA, May 4-(AP)-Biz artillery range of Ameri U.S., French Column Pushes _ Towards Baa-z: Several Axis Airfields Reporxfc: Untenable By Shellfire. l By WILLIAM B. KING (Associated Press Staff Writer) ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, iN NORTH AF- erte now is within heavy can and French troops driving along the northern shores of Lake Achiaei toward the big naval base, front dispatches report- dollar and every dime on the 100.: ed tonight- This Allied column pushed forward two more fmiles overnight to occupy more than half the vllghlv 8"“ ¢°"1-“1°“">~' “°“""‘*"“f“°d{ northern shores of the Lake, and now has sxvung no‘ toward Bizerte, meeting “some resistance" in rough country, Associated Press Correspondent Harold V. Boyle reported from the front. Meanwhile. American troops fart- ning out from captured Mateur were striking toward Bizerte and south-i east toward Tunis. The Nazi retreat east of Mateur continues, Boyle said, and the Amer-l leans are mopping up Axis soldiers, apparently in large number. whoi we're by-passed and then pocketed‘: between the Jeina position and Mia-g teur when the American troousl plunged in a llirtnlng lit-mile ad" vance into the strategic rail centre. Advance On Ferryviile Part of the American forces pur- toward Ferryville, power centre of the Bl- zerte naval base, 10 miles northeast of Mateur. Others fanned out to the south- rled them within i0 miles of Tebopr- bu, the gateway to Tunis. They reached a point eight miles south of Mateur toward the line of the Tine river, which is only six miles northwest of Tebourba, Airfields Untenabio (A BBC broadcast. recorded h: New York by the CB5, said "long range Allied guns now have Ferry- ville under fire and several Axis air- fields in the area have now been made untenable by shelifire." This broadcast said Americans advancing on Ferryvilie had “come up against a new line of resistance") Along the remainder of the 126- mile Tunisian front the British 1st Army reported a. slight gain in the hills 10 miles north of Medjez~e1~ bab on the flank of the Medjerda Valley thrust. . Montague ls Member 0i Famous Crcav (Written For The Cllllllilldll Press ' '\i tflililitrovi ersley, 23, who irold ulshed Flying Cruse and 13 ormer High Scilool Powell River, B C , ' kl or. Donkersltxv, a member of [he it. C.A F. arriver here as a Dwt 07' ~ he piled up .hciur.s and risen rank besides earl ions. He and his c completed their tour of ()',)"i'€ii1!n1'* in Malta and are awaiting posilnu elsewhere. The wireless operators and air gunners arr- l'(). lrvjul! Cowan of lllontaittlr‘. Pill Sgt. Murrav Anthonv oi‘ All-i- ville, NS" and Sgt. Rom-o 1.4-- Ciero of Montreal, makinr the li.t"..\.l7. crew prepondcrnntly BULLET] LONDON, Ml! 5 (Wednesday) lCPl-RAF bombers uere over Germany last night in their first night raid on the Reich since last Friday, it was an- nounced today. TO EXTEND TOUR- OTTAWA, May 4 (CPI-John , Bracken, Progressive Conservative: Lcadcr, ulli not attempt to take; over leadership of his purl}: in the , House of Commons during the pre- y sent session, it was indicated today,- with announcement he will con- tinue his extended Canadian tour well into the summer. Mr- Darby Presented the cu 4 - D made t fly a doctor and rouse in- g-‘flmfl? §?,‘ém"',“°'1‘t1"° 9° to Nairi). The lane was unable to amecubm at- file lgrcnlarfgorsgtg! lflN.__but_sUPi7_8s_wOftLdr0PpSd. on. ‘ ' ‘ " MP- L- W. Hancock pilhiimv chairman and originator f itl' P E I l radio auction of attack equlipmcrlg o o o idea opened th - plnined the mecehdilflsdrirTtlielalihirig to his listeners. Each district lmd g (‘gnu-g u, subscribers phoned in their subscription and from which the subscriptions were in tum Dhoned to station cuss. telephones JflHflnW-i by members of the Sum- (Continued on Page invests);- which the individual At the studio four Prince Edward Island's total in the fourth victory loan last Light had rcuclled 1,409,850, it was an- nounced by rovlncial headquar- ters. The lslnirds objective is $2,- 500,000 and otflcials connected with the loan issued a pica for a greater response from everyone. They pointed out that for the province in reach its objective subscriptions totalling $100,000 per day would be necessary for the next ten days. Yesterday's subscriptions report- ed at Provincial Headquarters totalled $100,700 and there must he no falling off if the Island is to maintain its former record. Prince County is lending the pro- vince and lonn officials directed their loo principally to the people of Kim's and Queens counties. Thcy said they know the money was available and asked that every one thinking 0t‘ buying bonds do so immediately. By districts the totals last night W076i Chnriottetrnvn, $472,400. Queen's Cnuntv outside Char- lottetown. Slltfiflt) Sutulnor-izlv. 5174.000. Prince (fonnty outside Summer- sldl, $101,300. Reaches $1,409,850 Total King's County. $127,450. The Summerstdc and Prince , County figures do not include the , results of the radio sale last flight. ‘ Loan officials sold it might be sev- ,1 crai days before the iuli returns; from the sale were received by provincial headquarters, alter the actual sale of the bonds to bidders Last night had been completed. OTTAWA. May 4-(0?) — Up to close of business Monday 412.146. individual subscribers bought bonds tor a cumulative total of $430,345.- 250, the National War Finance Committee announced wnlgltt. For the corresponding period of the Third Victory Loan last autumn the fikures were 337,111 subscribers and $305,965,050, ‘ Mommy's subscriptions in the current drive amounted to $63,800.- Mlmmum objective oi tho three-week compel is al.1011000,- 000 agalnst $750, .000 in the pre- vious loan. The daily average of receipts now stands at $62,171,864 but National war Finance Committee head- quarters empilnslzed that the aver- age was strbjcct to Possible day-to- with the nnvv and . arm, the crcrv p11 ~11 role in n combi _ enabled them to “'10” o enemy convoy Vt "Jar ‘fir achievement tho‘ Doric z-"cv awarded a Bar to his D Y‘ C promotion in Flirrhv l.ir\'\‘r>l1u:‘.’ l4 41m came Jan. i. Month $150 l ‘coats o‘ fcotrfr. | To MAME A QOOD COW High 1.111‘ ill - .1. Lil \ :1" H“ and tonight m i. Sun acts this evcninv a 8 dim‘ rises tomorrow morning or 5 ii, First quarter moon Muv 1'1. 5.1.’! .m. Summorsirir- ‘idm 18 mlnrtivs l-li" than Ci\fl1‘lf\ii(‘iO\‘-'ll, CAR FERRY SERVICE DAILY EXCIIIW‘ SUNDAY From Borden - Mare 9175 -1- "l l p. m. and 4.55 p. m. _ In"; Cflpr Tnrmrntini---ll .|.n\. 3.05 p. m. and 6.30 p. m. mum‘ Alli sruvrvr (rxcarr SIINIHY) Charlottetown - Snmmcrsllo — Mimctovr Leave (‘llnrlrnlctnvun ll.".0 u. m. 12.110 p. In. 4.110 p. m, Arrive (‘lmrintirinull I p. m. day variations. 5.45 p. Ii‘, 1.05 p. l.