MAXIMC Ocmfib Imlnclation I; a up“, fIIII cl lloltlclan. amu- o n , mm“. ...¢.‘2'.¢»-‘L"v.‘;'...5"»€."" French Bail System ls llard liit BERNE. SWITZERLAND. r p-(Avi-Magauding Allied airmen. gweepin by daylight throughout prance blast freight and pess- enger thine with bombs and can- non fire. are slowly but steadily pgrplyjhlg that country's railway system. acoordln to reliable infor- matio received ere. A h h oflicial of the French rail- roads Iold a correspondent of the Gazette De Lausanne that at least "v or‘: li°°i"°‘il." cram" as e a v v e r an gnsdian trainbusters and by sab- ntglliririoughout France, the Gazette De Lausanne declared the con- dition was becoming so strained that an Allied invasion probably would touch of! a series of. such grave incidents as to cause ‘com- lete stoppage" of all communicat- ons. Survivors Bruce Stewart's To Handle Naval Graft Repairs ILQN. Photo. vivers from the corvette H.M.C.S. “Weyburn”, lost recently in the Mrd- lterranean, are shown. as they arrl oeedlng to their homes on leave. yézlllilfigllfi. Bathurst, N.B.; L. Smn. It. Coupe R.C.N.V.R., U.N.lt., Murray Illllbfil’, P.E .: (Another Islander, AB. Tom Clair Commander N. Bannatyne, 8.0. N., Montreal. is in the City and it is understood will be stationed here all summer to supervise ro- irs to naval vessels to be sent to fiaruce Stewart and Company, Ltd" Canada this week.) for that purpose. AB mn. W. Maskell, RON. Weyburn but he was not listed as ORTMAXIS 0f Weyburn Happy to be back in Canada, a group of R.C.N. sur- ved a FrrAm left to of Montague was a t an Eastern Canadian port pro- right Back rowzAB J- llarvey, R.C.N.V.R. born in St. West Jeddore. llfx. County, N.5-: Halifax, N.S. Front row: AB II. Beck, B. Str E. Martin, R.C.N.V.R., Halifax, N.S. survivor oi! the one of the group which arrived in Commander Bannatyne had no statement to make when inter- viewed yesterday. A native of Eng- land, he served his apprenticeship as a marine engineer at Birken- liead. l-le came to Canada in 1913 and joined the Canadian Navy in the followin year. He served verse“ t: "a “rain v"- e in .. e was rec e rum letiiomill¥m"l9li. i Unofficially, it was learned that plans have been underway for some time here for the repair of small naval craft and Darts of various kinds. The work will com- mence u soon as possible and is likely to be continuous for the du- ration of the war, insofar as this is feasible with the tieup of winter communication. It is understood that the work has no direct connection with the ro- ed establishment of dry ock acilities in Charlottetown. It will be of such kind as can be handled with existing facilities, and will mean, in certain seasons, the om- ployment of a considerable number of men. ' First Survivors Of Canad By SYD THOMAS Canadian Press staff writer HALIFAX, April 9_.cp;__ scrappy "We veteran of many hot engagements in the battle-torment- ed Mediterranean, the Canadian corvette Weyburn met her end gal- luntly in the blue waters off Gib- raltar, apparently stopping a tor- pfiiio meant for a nearby merchant s p. In her death agony, rent by a second shattering blast. she very nearly brought destruction to a British destroyer that was standing by to pick up her survivors. This torpedo, which touched of! her depth charges, might have sunk the destroyer had not the Wey- burns hull interposed. The British- er was so badly wracked she had to be towed into port, but not be- fore she finished her rescue work. Story Told Story oi the Weyburns end was told here by some 40-odd of (he crafts 71-inch crew who landed here They had first been picked up and taken to Gibraltar, and then to Britain on their way home. Seven d-ead shipniates were left behind at the scene of her death. u and la group of rlfllllllidetila sfaimen - ne n cs a r a n. Th‘ 13ml“ HQFMW" “i” tflglielr caiptarllnfLt-Criaidr. Thom~ laid down in ivae. to be bum -°' as w. Golby. noun, of Victoria. the Brazilian government. Whei: w“ one o, muse “m, went down W" W" dciliuild- h°W°V°II 5h‘ with the ship. Stunned in the first w" Pilrmis" b? i116 Billm‘ 1°‘ explosion. he was last seen on his service in the Royal Nevy- ___,__ __*_ __- etrsislll (Continued on a e l1. col 3T .l=’.=2__. i-_-¢- Famous British Destroyer Lost LONDON, April U-boats attacking an Atlantic cou- voy last month sank Britain's famous l-lero Class destroyer Hal- vestcr. the Admiralty disclose’ to- day, but the loss was avenged by the Pl hting French corvette Aco- fit ch sank two of the submar- Hsrvester went from commissioning to the evacu- ation of punlcerque, durinl Which she ode two or three till)! a day. bri ng back up to 1.100 men at u time. In four dogs she brought our. 13.000 men in a dition to destroy- in cocoa aircraft and an lit-boat. ter e Harvester went on Ai- lnntic convoy dut and during the first two years tIie longest break the had in port was seven days. 0n two occasions she escorted Prime Minister Glurchili across the Swift Mosqu Atlantic. Smash On Ruhr Valley. , ll 9-(AP)--Irld - fi|||||||| Eygmg ..l..‘.’2‘.§.’.‘3.'i..'iii... .. n. wit- tored Cologne area were pouhdfid a ain today in a dusk attack b)‘ svgrift M ulto bombers of the R. A.li‘.. wind ng up a daytime serial offensive in which Sliiliirel 31"‘ up Nu] supply trains in France and Typhoons and Spitfires down- ed four enemy fighters over the lane was lost in the sweeps, wli ch lasted 1mm mid-moming to dusk and ranfld from Lo Havro to the Rhine. The daylight operations follow- s t an a heavy raid b R. A. I‘. and R- M n, ‘m; o... o. A. I‘. bombers Inst night on the m" ‘mom a a Guam Ema}; tramp; which ended a ‘m’ km‘ ' the day aircraft or the “Durin grgimr ‘and army eo-o $21231 300i "Riunm cal are Great George ltrcet, lctiféay ‘April l0, at e AM 4-10-11 lilo De is 8t Fraser, urrflwfiargur Wvednes- dly. April 3th. Murray River Thursday, liith. John J. Iced i1 "Notlooregar and O O k . Oct 00mg. crrl urda! m Beck. 4-1 "Unloading toeay hick will’ chick grower, acratcho feed ' bran: gwrts. wheat, barley meal. flour. c have mrythlnc in feeds. Special l.".?.'t.“l€. "‘“$'.¥...‘.§‘..“.. “W? Dhklegm n’ ' g. o-Ii. VOI- Povn A. u 01-65. Wlihdir-isciida-vy liloA. M m‘ 13.3%’ “"132?” i "'1" n‘ buy %'lllcr once "llama. en- 5.00 a [eh in northern France." the air "iitiil atrol over enemy fighters. At dusk m‘ W “from thelc o 1.x I. and B. A F I00 m‘ _ m clouds w hlll-Ii‘. d gewvcwiiiicoiiigtim all‘; other tar- ld tnnight. l“ ‘cavern? “Typhoon: and 8 t re an o c rile strict of never emf" 18f: f til Dunbar Conan Quit-a iigldustrial ebmtim new u. Co ogncrfl u "1112?!" “m, o‘ o airc t m n . w flaw n1 lit-raiders all‘ 01:1 11gb 8A5 winds ' ‘i h reciilied a he grit SI more than 30.000 tact to unload ‘r Stage Attack At Dusk Raid On Cologne Area Follows Another Night big eirplocivel, , Weyburn Survivors Tell Of End Of Gallant Ship ian Ship Reacircanada.» Allied Leaders In Conference ? LONDON. April i) -—(C P\-- A report that high allied mili- tnry loaders were conferring at Gibraltar "in constant session" was broadcast by the German- oontrollcd Paris radio today. quoting a dispatch from La Lines in Spain. lt said informed sources ho- llcved the conference was bclns attended by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Henri Giraud. Field Marshal Viscount Lorri Gort and LL-Geu. Frank N. M. MncFarlane. Lord Gort and Mao- Farlanr are miFtary governors, respectively, of Malta and Gib- raltur. BABY ARRIVED AS DAD ALOFT LONDON April B-(CP) ._ sadn- Ldr. D.l!l. Kingaby, D.S.O., DIXM, ‘and two Bsirs. destroyer oi 22 Nazi planes. found his most hectic day of the war was not during i fighter combat. It was March l5, l9- i43 the day he became a father. He iwas on an operational Might when the news reached his‘ station. ito Bombers including two-ton bombs and in- cendlaries on the industrial Ruhr Valley targets. , The weather-some of the worst allied raiders have encountered in months-prevented observation of the full results of the attack, which the air ministry described as "heavy." Continues All Day The newly-reopened offensive wan picked up today by fighter sweeps over northern France eur- ing daylight today. Spitfires at- lacked communications from low levels, the air ministry news scr- vice announced. Twenty-one bombers. including four Canadian, fa to return . . bl naval base and ship bull of Kiel. Ileavy Anti-Aircraft lire Pilots of the bl; Lan . Btlrlings and Halifaxes in last night's attach said the anti-alr- craft gunfire over the tcrge wu intense. Ringeddbya ggfdlfhtdél 1.000 hes ns on once ihevbuh‘; is regarded as he most strongly defended section of Nail- hold Ituopl- _ g centre (lovers Prince Edward Island l. CHARLOTTETOWbL-CANADA, SATURDAAICAABRIL 10, Ike the Dew Read by Everybody o, A MAXIMS um: MAN °' A y MERE MAN The great use of a life ls to spent’. it for what outlasts It. 12 PAGES Ioblorfptlon Delivered, 85.00 Dlmll, 14.00; ntlic- Prnvlnrca A! U.S..\_ $5.00. Italian Gov't To Evacuate? dayl-(CP Cab ei-Reuters rc- mirtcd in a Zurich dispatch day that Mussolini was un- derstood to be preparing to evacuate his government from mo. The dispatch sald Mussolini was reported to have appointed secret commissions to make the nceessalay n: rangements. Florence an Bologna have been mentioned as likely places ‘for in; new seat of government l ll . Train Busters llave Field Bay Over France April 9 —(CP Cable) — Flying Officers D. M. Grant of Calgary and Watrous, Sasln. and J W. Pace of Lan- ark. 0nt.. pilots of an ft C A F. army eta-operation had what they called a "successful field day" ovcr northern Franc;- this morning. the Alr Ministry News Service announced today. In less than 40 minutes the two Canadians. flying Mustangs, attacked a dozen locomotives in a stretch of B0 miles. Three of the locomotives were running loose but the rest were pulling freicht trains. Tho pilots said the only place they encountered appeal!‘ from the ground was at Ser- ducux where they made two heavy attacks on a group of .three trains. “Our attack on the 12th engine which was hidden he- hlnd a fairly large, hlll was perhaps the most exciting of all.” one of them said. ‘fvijc get into position ‘and as soon" as tho guns were trained on the engine we opened fire, There was a. terriPc burst of steam. “Thfih I mmrht sight of a hlrh wooden flair fmvc-r ahnnt half a mile awav. It was fmt asking for trnubh, nlfllng flag-hf in our line of flight. xmrl we 81""- it on e-rfra strum! bunt. "We almost certainly lrir ew-rvihinir we fired at and of the 1'4 rv-"inon hit seven Ifllflrnfl LONDON. Queen To Broadcast LONDON. April 9-~(CP)—The ueen will broadcast a message to t e women oi the Empire at 9 p. m. Sunday (3 p.m. E.D.T.-—i p. m. A.D.T l it was announced tonight at Buckingham Palace It will be her ninth broadcast since she be- came Queen and her fifth duriliii the war. Losses In Latest Pacific Battle WASHINGTON, April B—(Al"i- The allies lost a destroyer. a cor- vetle and a tanker whilc wiping out 34 planes of the strong Japa- nese air force which gave he Guadalcanal area its heaviest bombardment in five months. the United States Navy department announced today. Ono small alied fuel boat was also sunk in Mic Solomo Islandl clash last Wednesday. The destroyer, dama d by bombs, sank later while be g tow- to rt. It rcrumabl, was an oAcincricm vessgl, IJCIIOII h the communique did not speci y. Th0 corvette, sunk as c. result of dem- agc" by bombs. presumably was Australian. There also was no des- ignation by nationalit of the bombed tanker and c sunken fuel oil boat. (rmperial ‘rokyo headquarters claimed the sinking of an Ameri- can cruiser, destroyer and 10 transports in the attack, and said Japanese losses were six planes LONDON, A rll Iii-isoton- New Guinea. the high command nn- Whllc the .world’| attention . rolling up over the Mediterranean lcr's Eurcpo another tempest whic his new dark continent, under the Nazi heel, the bursting point than ever. people last night his prayer and Certainly the hope of freedom is the fears of the conquerors. Elsewhere in the her luck that would permit her to oi Scandinavia, gives signs of incr in any consideration of ions are waging There are many Germans in Norway. Success there "Murmansk route of aid to Russia, before the final victory. for Admiral Doenitz’ U-boat There is the possibility that a. Tirpl tz. have been the Soviet union probably has at least one GEfilNG OUT 0F By Glenn Babb, Associated Press War Analyst is concentrated on the. storm that is against the southern bulwarks of His. h may prove equally destructive to the Nazi fortress is gathering in the north. Hitler must prepare for the defence of the northwestern shores nf .which have proved strategical plan, amid increasing turmoil and hostility. After three yours Norway's always seething spirit of revolt is nearer King Hsakon broadcast .to his captive hope that “the liberation be not far off." rising in Norwegian breasts and with it of Jmmense value iii .i1l5 north Finland watches anxiously for any break in abandon her alliance with Hitler and drop out of the war. Sweden, the sole remaining free and neutral nation easing anxiety that she be counted a- mong the freedom-loving nations when the final lines are drawn. possible avenues of invasion Norway comes among the first. .Whether a thrust there actually. is on the with increasing effectiveness. Hitler must assume that Norway will become one of the first continental battlefields and keep a large part of his resources locked up there. .. . reasons why the Allies would want to attack the would go far toward making safe [he never more important than now, since more terrible summer ordeal The Norwegian coast fufinisfies sonic of the most valuable havens O 85. contribution in the battle of the Atlantic. their destruction would be a mighty descent on the Norwegian coast would compel the Gsarman grand fleet, of which the best units, including the In Address. News Briefs OTTAWA. A ril 9—- (CP) - Thg l-lqusg u! ‘ommons today approved provisions of new wheat acreage reduction legis- lutlon for the crop year 1943- 44 which retains a ayment of $2 an acre for we: ern wheat land turned to other crops, but drops certain additional pay- ments for production of rye and grass. Members participated ln risk debate on resolutions cov- ering the program». FREDERICIDN, April 9-—(CP)- The New Brunswick Legislature to- day adopted a resolution express- ing opinion that the Domihifih should pay to producers of dairy butter a sulmidy comparable to that psld to the producers oi’ butterfat used in the manufacture of butter. OTTAWA.‘ April 9 - (CP)— Munitions Minister Howe told The Canadian Press tonl ht that until reports are avails le giving the extent of the out ei’ pulpwood in Canada during tho pas winter. It is lmlldflflibid i" say what tho newsprint situat- ion will . OTTAWA. April 9-10?) —A new temporary building bein erected in Ottawa for the Prices oard is es- timated to 60st $275,000, tho works assortment said in a return tabled in th l-l f C mmons for 1.0." Win33?’ ‘has? wmnoo NOPUI). LONDON, April I -(CI") —' Russian troops charging out of their defences near Balakleyl. 35 lnllcs southeast of Kharkov. killed 1.200 Germans yesterday in band-(o-hand fighting, Mos- cow announced tonight. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Aus- tralia, April 10 - (Saturday) - (C Pl- Six Japanese planes have been destroyed in a raid on Mscang, nounced today. Two bombers and four fighters were destroyed as the which "gypm-diyeq “m, engmy allied raiders fired 08.000 rounds of °b!”"m_--) cannon and machine-gun firs. Finest for Flavour "SALAI TEA 8: COFFEE Quality of flavour is ollipriso importance to-day I] . who! quan limited. Big Jump In Sea Power . Knox Gives Some Startling Figures INDIANAPOLIS, April 9—(AP> -'I‘he growing might of the Unit- ed States Niivy, with emphasis on air plane carriers and destroyer escorts, was translated into stir- ring facts and figures by Navy Secretary Frank Knox tonight at an Indianapolis rally opening the second war loan campaign. The navy in 1943 will complete more new lighting ships-exclus- ive of lion-combatant craft—thaii there were fighting ships in service -at the end of 1942, the naval chief disclosed in his prepaied address. Warning that ‘the worst of this war lies ahead of us. and German under-sea power is an ever-increas- illg peril," he added:— "We will make further BddItiOns in i944 to insure the obliteration o! Japanese sea power and to sweep the German and Italian Uboats and surface ships from the seas." “The growth in the fleetls strik- ing power is qualitative aswellas quantitative," he said, "The mod- ern battleship, for example, has u hundred times the anti-aircraft firepower of a pro-war battleship.’ Other facts about the i943 con- »struction program as detailed by the secretary- A 100 per cent increase in aux- iliary vessels. such as tenders, tug-S‘ and supply ships. in; craft, which he described as "another major achievement"; Treblins of the number of navy combat aircraft, with a "tremen- dous" increase in quality; "Naval fighter planes will mul- tiply by five. other combat types. principally observation planes. will decline in importance. But bomb- er production will be four times e mun in the navy C l! at the end of i942.” Canadian Firefighters In Action LONDON. April 9-(0? CABL-El —A cor s of Canadian vo1uliteci_ firefigh ers who came to Britain .0 I help combat German Blitz fitted!!! has been in action for the first til". it was revealed today in l “W” which praised the men for the men- ner in which they combattcd blazes side of Britain's national fire service workers. The commander of the outfit said the Canadians. molt 0i them members of Canadian fire de- artments before they came to Bri- in. took active parts in combatti g the fires. l-le declared that "the keenness and enthusiasm displayed and the efficient manner in which they carried out their varlo duties worthy of the nisheet P" - The Canadians began arriving in Britain last June. WORLD'S POI’. World population has from an estimated 1.000. increased great superiority of the enemy in men and material is snowing its ing movement toward the north. tinued." The broadcast was rewrd- Buildlng o, thousands o; ‘ma, ed by the Associated Press) moving supplies across the Sicilian straits in an errnrt to bolster its alvnies dilidh stand in the sector was seen in an announce- ment that craft had‘ sunk one pllpp _ scored torpedo hits on another in s night attack on n strongiv- es- corted enemy convoy near Blserte. NDO BBC broadens invasion instructions to the French communications which. the nouncer advised, "have no hidden meaning.‘ hich will be given to you later by the BBC or American radio. he b- forewarned." away from all bulldinrs. important Situation For Rommel Grows Worse Allies Take 12,000 Prisoners In Three Days. LONDON. April io-(Saturdayi-(cm-Marshal Rommel has started evacuating some of his key officers and IEUIIIIIPIAYIS from Tunisia to Mcsslna, Sicily, the Daily Express mid lmlsgq quoting London sources. The newspaper said that during the past few (lllya lei-r)‘ transport planes have been operating between lllessiuu and the Tunis-Bizerto defence ring on a non-stop shuttle schedule, in addition to Junkers 52's, the Germans were reported using obsolete junkers 90's and some of their new folir-rilgiiicli transports. By DANIEL DE LUCE (Associated Press Staff Writer) ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH. Ai-‘i. RICA, April 9—(AP)—Marshal Erwin Rommel} Axis forces hastened their retreat today, aban- doning Mahares, 5O miles north of Gabes, and lea.- ving nearly 12,000 troops as prisoners of the Bri- tish and American forces since the 8th Army} breakthrough at the Wadi El Akarit last Tuesday; Under the steady hammering of the Britislri fcrees at their rear, the American, French and British troops on their inland flank and the great; Allied aerial fleet overhead, RomrnePs beaten man‘ were fleeing toward the port of Sfax, 22 miles on‘ tovthe north, and were retreating northeastwavd from the inland rail point of Mezzouna, it we disclosed here. . United States troops continued to move east. ward andmwere reported to have captured the Djebel Nazaila, a height north of Maknassy. (American forces pushing along the road from Maknassy to the coast were said by the BBQ to be “little more than 20 miles from Gen. Sir Ber; nard Montgomery's spearhead," promising all imminent second junction between United Siding‘ troops and the British 8th Army.) The Allied communique revealed that the 8th Army alone had stri - ped 9,500 prisoners from Rommels forces in the last five clays and that the American 2nd Army (l-irps had taken 1,300 more iu mopping up the El Guetar sector. There was a strong possibility that the retreating Axis divisions were running short of motor transport under the destructive assaults of relays of allied bomb- ers. It was announced that 130 enemy vehicles had been de- stroyed and another 200 dam- ._.i. ._______r.: ; :._ .1 Taxi Becomes Emergency Viard HALIFAX. April B-(CP)--Ta.\l are very difficult w get ill llnln‘ . :, even for emergency cases. This ll. I Published ill the births hum-vs c aIed in tho use m. days. satoiiyiiluax newspimil" W“ (A Berlin radio broadcast of a “Burns-To Mr, and Ali's. Goium Tra ocean dispatch said the Burns (Helen West), on Bell laourl in taxi 82, 0n A ‘l 2, d "l ' Pounds l4 ouncepsfl u w” mm ' adding that “the éetach- , I I appearances is being con- Nofnmr. Core Slur. QUICKER 4min A MANls y Mme WHEN HE Is Stars usmc. Axis Moving supplies Indication that the Axis still was I ~1 ii for a forthcoming last- Tunls-Bizerte British naval IBOIDP IV shfputll :-— a-u-clhr. _, .,_., Pro-Invasion IIISIFIIGEIIIIIS LO NAilI-(CPM-Thc a new set of pre- eople tonight, warning against any ‘fanciful interpretation" of radio Hm, m‘. 11,15 gfigijnnnll m l and mmnrrow morning at 4.20. Sun sets this evening nt 7.1m And rises tomorrow morninc at G23. First quarter mmn April l2. U!" a.m. R11- "Do not anticipate instruction , 1B i i . 1.761 set by Nazi bombs in a south coll! said. "Keep Away from all pre- th§::mg}1°;:lgf,c',g§n_ m n“ N q municipality. limimiry operations when armies The Canadians 1008M "T95 11°53‘ of liberation: arc needed vou will CAI FERRY SERVICE DAILY EXCEPT SUNIIAY From Borden-Leave 9-05 l I110 mm. 2.00 (Lin- (.30 D-m- 7T7‘ °"“" ~ - 10"!) bu" Lope Iairmcnlinc —- ~- a.m. L15 p.m. 3.05 p.m.. 5.45 p.m. 5.15 p.m. DAILY AIR SERVICE (EXCEPT SIJNIM i’) Clllrlotlrlntvn SnmIm-rsltle- The French were advised to keen German-occupied railway cen- tres and factories. llivers Overflow WINNIPEG. April 9 -(CP)- A number of Manitoba families be- came manooned, thousands of bush- Moncfon 97-9 0i 3min We" mrmwned Wm‘ Lelvo Charlottetown 8.30 a mt destruction and livestock were driv- I230 . m.. 4.30 p. m. en to higher ground today as We?" Arr ve Charlottetown l 0- m- p3s p. 1a., 1.0! p. n. 1840 to about 1,900,000,000. i. 000,000 in in the Assinlboiue and Red Rive" overflowed. _ SAFARI CA .. L‘ __