MAXIMQ OIL MERE MAN nun-unsu- u . m; eel: keep the tenth eon- -»-~»--~..-=:.u:-=.:: ~:. “w” oil-in. “gunmen wfJ___________. \ qurlutfntow- Gurllu, ‘Iwwnte lei-slag Gunilla. healed‘ ‘iii-v 72/’ The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew ._. o -.----~ '// 7/» Q>>' “" ~-~--..- ‘ I FRIDAY. APRIL 30. 10213 Sll Ill "Faultlly MAXIMS OFA MERE MAN Better many blunrlrrs thiin tlit- preme mistake of ii lilo that i~. faultless, li-ily regular. lendidly null.” 8 PAGES Inf Iuberriptlon ltellvered. $3.00 l, IIJJII- nthe- Prnvlnrel B U.l.A, $5.00. iiiiifgiu MTAWA, A rll S9 (OP)- lieath ef flay.- en. l-l. L N. salmon of Toronto (9, mm- sianrler of a Canad an infuntrg division overseas, in an airplane emh in England today was afl- sounred by Defence Headquar- ters late tonight. Gen. llenry Leonard Nowell Salmon, M-C» Wu! a widely- experienced permanent force of- ficer. lle was promoted from the nnii of Brigadier and unpainted _to command an overseas division last August, lledal Awarded loConsLStrong The king’; Polioo and Fire Ber- yioes medal was awarded Const. Lionel Strong of the R. C. M. P. at | ceremony which wok place in the Confederation Chamber It 3.30 yesterday afternoon. This coveted decoration was Awarded Coitst. Strong in recogni- tion of gallantry and bravery lie displayed in the T853116 i!!!" drowning of Arnold MoCalluxiull- weir-old son of Flyin Officer and lilrs. J. W. F. M00 um, April 8. Piemlei- Thane A. Campbell made the presentation and the members of the government were in attendance. Also present were lira. Strong and their young son but. Piemier Campbell told of the but Coiist. Strong had taken in tile nucue oi the young boy who was playing on the ice alo the cilia approach to the Irlllsboro Br ge. The cake oi.’ ice on which he was playing drifted off and floated out into the river. Coiist. Strong. R. swinrmer of repute swam out 150 vards in the extremely cold water to i-escli the boy. He arrived there lust as the ice cake disap- ared from beneath the young ad. The boy struggled part of the Weir to the shore and then lost consciousness. About forty yards oil shore Cciist. Strong was rellev-' f“ 11f his burden by Harold Hen- "tisty Who swiim to meet tlicm. Both Const. Strong and the boy had to ho taken to hospital. M Srsterdays ceremony Prehi- ler Campbell took occasion to ex- press words of farewell and a pre- ciatlon to Inspector J. Al ight “QM-Po who is being transfer- red to Winnipeg. he also extend- fti a welcome to Inspec A. G. Malmm. who was present. The n" inspector was personal] in- troduced to the mcmbeis o the internment. Coming Events uno- "P1i1i'—Murray River FTldu . Q-Ka-Ill. “Talkies-Montague Saturday. ’ (-2 -3i "Talkies-South Monday. A-SB-Sl- mksgmllgan Women's Insti- u “ a on Beturdnyiagffi "Dance it aux-iii ll u H mvehpnd en e , ope clwvoeii 231a Amllfamlxgllgiydegsxme "F-"hmuu sue Christian fhyrui sclloollbom, Saturday, May > 11111- 4-ao-zi. "Medina Hog r m i, at at" LVl/ednesda‘, M? Stl-ivuntil "out Hellmt, °'“‘° "§I““.‘;i; "WWII! the , p,“ ‘ho u party from Humil- enclpiied plgatseafiigrrezlnewfiiiidcilih “m” Arthur veseey. vol-ii. 4-80-11 “Unlondin car of seed Banner m! ant 8o "vllftllv this week Booked 0rd ~ gkfintgfm take delivery. 4:22.31. "The smion Seasl of the w‘ an" Omnse a n. mo of t,‘ l- "Ivaiiy held in any.’ his um 11 cancelled 5 _ ti - ue to we co di 1%,}? "tier of the timid». “my. Grand m Thil is Gemany’; big six-engined Mersebui-g nm-szs troop-carrying glider that is making an excellent target for allied warplanes over the Mediterranean. Believed the largest plane in operation in this war, the ME-323Lg have a. wing-spread of 180 feet (77 feet longer than the Flying Fortress), carry 100 to 110 l “so. bases. trope, fly up to 130 miles per hour and can be open- ed at. the nose to take in tanks and trucks. Dozens of these Nazi power gliders have been shot down as they shuttle between Tunisia and axis European Nazis Report Reds Launch Offensitf Russian Airmen Shoot Down I16 German Planes In Two Days. ___,_ LONDON. April 29 (CP)-R.uss n. is airmen were reported tonight t0 have shot down 110 Gomian Plflms in two days t! fighting in the Cau- casus, where German dispatches said the Red Army had launched an "expected large-scale M41803" in an effort to throw the Nazis into the Black Sea. A Moscow broadcast recorded by the Soviet Moiiltir said the Russ- ian; lost; 45 aircraft durlnl 0P9"- tion; yesterday and today. but the Soviets remained silent about any land offensive in the Caucasus. The German military commenta- tor Capt. Ludwig Sertérius. in I broadcast recorded by the ASSN-m- ed Press. said the new Soviet push in the Ruben River Valley north of Novorosslsk, the last major German fothold in the Caucasus, had be- come p, full offensive involving Ln- fantry and tanks as well as air- planes. He added: "The enemy 5g for has failed to score any success. Turkey To Release belligerent Fliers ANKARA. April D iCPi-All belligerent fliers internec in ‘Pur- key will be freed within the next fcw days. according to official in- formation twisty. They consist of British, Russian, American and Italian and German air crews forced off course during operations in the Balkans and Near East. Daylight Sweeps LONDON. April N —(0P1- R. A.F. and United States fighters. made widespread sweeps over nor-j thei-n Fri-nice, Holland and Bel- gium today in heavy forays against the Axis transport systems. British cycle makers propose to build about 800,000 bicycles this I lI.S. Aviation leaders Study Canada's Policy By ELMER nuuusor: Canadian Press flail Writer NEW YORK April 29—-Uhlt€d Statcs civil aviation leaders. trill!!! to foresee the form oi the pfst-WBI air world, are giving critical study to the first national air policy to be announced-that of Canada. They Wfllllf. like a preview of the pat-war outlook for such things as lntemational landing fields and government controls. So far the Roosevelt administration has said nothing to IIIEXCMQ its plans. But Prime Minister Mackenzie King hag spoken for Canada, and the claim Canada intends to stake in the iwigiitn world is receivin close examination. The basic inc is plain-Canada intends to have l place in the international picture. Frtune Magazine, in an article its May issue titled "Canada's Post-war Air Policy" remarks on Canada's strategic‘ geographical p0- sltion anal the fact it has turned out thousands of "mined combat flier, and technicians in the last three years. ' Possible Effects The article comments briefly on the’ possible effects of the Canadian policy: "To satisfy Canada's aapiratlcns means admitting her airplanes into Alaska and Hawaii, which have al- sfflonti l°i CANADIANS TO LEAD coupon. April ISO-Wrldayl-i (CP CABL-Ei- London morning‘ newspapers. reporting a press con-j iercnce in which Malcolm Mac-i Donald. British High Commissioner‘ to Canada, described the Dom- inionk war effort, today carried stories with such lica lines as: "Canadians to lead assault" and YGM’. ‘ New Turn Seen In Pacific Strategy Advance J ap Base On Tarawa Island Is Bombed. B. C. And tintario Limit Liquor Sales TORONTO April 20—(CP)—'I‘lie liquor control board of Ontario tn- snnounoed that effective May 1 maximum quantity of spirits that may be by any person in Ontarz: will be l0 ounces a month. Present maximum is 1S0 a mon . Maximum quantity which may be purchased in one day is: one 40- ounoe bottle. or two bottles in the ZC-ounce elm ct four of the smell- bottl . vio-rbaui, April a - tori - Ll uor Commlselaier WJ". Ken- pure mon , consist of oi er no ounces of spirits. one dozen pints o! beer, or "Canadians for_ii_i_v_a.slon." By JOHN M. HIGIITOWEI Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINUIDN. Allfll 20—(APl -A significant new tum in Amer- ican stratetgey in the South Pacific was sugges d tonight s belated Navy announcement. at U. S. Army bombers had attacked and extensively damaged the advance Japanese air base on Tarawa Isl- and, on the southeast flank of the extremal main chain of island fort- i ns. “The communique also disclosed that an American navel for“ had bombarded Japanese positions at floltz Bay and chicagof harbor on Attu Island in the Aleutiaru. The bombardment we: carried out lest Saturday and rec in levml tires among enemy installation. Attu lies almost I00 niiiee west of Klska Island at the of the Aleutians chain and is t of enem efforts to establish a bomber base supplementing the base tinder construction on Kinks lf. . ltstelnlted states fighters carried _o_i_i_t_ , __B.. ____________, _,_ By Glenn Babb, Associated Press War Analyst The presence of Generals Stllwell and Chennault in Washington means nothing good for Japan. It. may mean the early implementation of rresident Boosevelts promise after his return from Casahlmwg that important actions will be taken ln the lilies over Chins-end over Japan itself." Whatever the specific reasons for this journey halfway around the globe of the American commanders at grips with the enemy in the theatre nearest his homeland, there fears of new blows against Tokyo is no doubt that it will intensify his and the rest of his home Islands. This Probably will mean feverish rtempts by the Japanese command to General Chiang Kai-Shelf’! Japanese hands. The purpose of that campaign time. and prevent e repetition. bably have not seen the last of this IJA WI!‘ ital. Gen. Chennault doubtless will Blllnst the formidable continental Litvinoff ls Called Home WASHINGTON, April 29 IA P)—Sovlet Ambassador Maxim Lltviiioff has been called to Mos- cow for consultation and “fill leave within the next few days, a. Soviet Embassy‘; spokesman said tonight. It was understood Litvinoffs instructions to return to the Soviet capital for conferences with Premier Joseph Stalin and other officials has no connection with the recent rupture of So- vict-Pollsh relations. Boeing Plant Remains Closed VANCOUVER, April 39 —(CP)— two quark of wine. (Continued en Pill l. 001 U, Plants of Boeing Aircraft of Canada Ltd. remained in darkness tonight for the second consecutive night since an unauthorized rest period taken by the workers was answer- ed with p, shut-down of power. Officials of the Aeronautical Me- chanics‘ Dodge No. 756 (A.F.L.) spent the morning iii conference but hi5) no new developments to announce about 3,000 workers who turned out for a noon meeting in Powell Street grounds. The meeting passed s. resolution for transmission to Prime Minister King calling for the resignation of Ralph P. Bell, Director of Aircraft Production on whose order the or- igli-ial application for vest periods was refused. IIIOWDOWN NEAR WASHINGTON. Ami-ii IQ-(AP) -An historic wartime showdown between President Roosevelt an John L. Lewis was at hand tonight. Determined to halt e. loft coal strike that threatens to cripple the entire industrial machine of the United States, the President today set 10 em. Saturday as the dead- line for some 77.000 striking coal miners to retum_to_w95k. .- r1, VI gszl/AI/ir/if/ lnticlpste or prevent such assaults. These may take the form of new of. fensives in cut-central Chins such as that of last summer. announcement that the Japanese "Qlulhlfled "t"? mill. woman and chlld” in areas In which some of the fliers who bombed- Tokyo in 1942 landed supplies the missing pieces lghzfiillfllifilwdllllzlllle of the l00-dsy campaign the Japanese waged in which lgd s‘n angel Provinces. This was pay-t 9f 1h. “page "ugh", e o the execution of some of the American flier-g who m; “m, was something of s mystery n the Subsequent events, however, have indicated t l th t i operation was motivated by l. desire to . "mg y a u“ em n let revenge for the Tokyo raid chlmlklll! dispatches report that the slaughter of the innocents was Efglllflgledifi]: lnlto ‘liilangsl Province, far from the districts in which the o‘ ‘he d" erguan ed. Such methods can be attributed to s cumhlngflgn p ' _ “n "l ‘n!’ m"! 5 Fulfill"! “W180 Japanese resentment against the aliens that had dared profane the "land of gods," We pro- reaction. w° "n "ll-Y 81168! It the mission of Generals Stllwell and Chennault 2:! ltlhglhlfflhfllflilblfl to assume that they are reporting to the Pfgglflen]: s’ command on the opportunities and perils of the CM,“ "with" l“ “W! see them. The opportunities, of course are those which mughllaaaogfillreesdoufitllzy concentration of enough American aircraft to clear . e ‘Mm!’ and relch 4"" likainst the concentrated and y areas of southwestern Japan, if not the Cap. make out a strong cage go,- m", . Chief of the dangers is that of leaving Chlna, 1w “m; h, sum] “one armies of Japan. Baltic Waters Mined By British, Canucks Wilhelmshaven Bombed As Part Of Night’; Activities; 23 Bombers Are Lost, LONDON. April 29—CP CABLE) ‘Lillie R-A F. and R..C.A F forces of bombers sowed a putter-ii of mines across Hitler's U-boot tiauiing waters in the Baltic and 1115 Bubbly routes to Russia last 111E011 T1"; biz-scale operation wns H-illlllfld with a diversionary bomb- 111‘ "W101i 0n the Wilhclmsliaven naval base. The inure-laying was carried out by liezivyweiglits-Halifaxes and We111118wns~on it large scale. phi‘- tiwlarly in tre Baltic Sen the hi. ministry announced. Almegt, R5 im aftermath it added: "Wilhelnis. haven was also bombed." Canadians in the R..A.F. were included in the force that attacked Wilhelmsliuveii and airmen of the R..C.A.F'. bomber group were en- Based in the mine laying operation; “Oh it very large scale." Th‘? all‘ 1111111803’ news service said that during the last, two n1 m5 the RHAJ". laid more mlneg t, 1m were normally sowed in any whole month and that in Wednesday nights operations some planes flew 1,500 miles to the Baltic and bnck through intermittent cloud and thunder storms. It was apparent tliiit the mining was the greatest such job the R..A, If. has done for the R0 a1 Navy since the war begun and t appear- ed also that the squndrous which laid incendlaries and high ex- plosives on Wlihelmsliavcn served mainly to confuse llie Germans in the task of dispatching miiie- sweepcrs to clear the Baltic sen-; lanes and U-boat trial grounds, 1 The air mlrilstrv was unusually KBPSB in diving details of the night's operations. but. this ls part of tlic istrategv of mine-laying. The loss cf 2B bombers indicated the force involved was comparable to thosc onldsome recent factory-wrecking ra s. Missing Airman Presumed Dead UITAWA. April N (UPl-Sgt. d Donald Charles MacDonald of wu- isted in an mot Valley, P. E. L, is l R.C.A.I". casualty list today n. "pre- viously reported missing on active service, now for official purposes presumed dead" Hig father is D. B. MacDonald of Wiimct Valley. [BUY Ill I / In" 1W Total In 4 Days Reaches $857,350 Summerside Stands High Iiii Dominion Race: Drive Makes Steady Progress. Prince Edward Islanders sub- scribed $166,100 to the fourth victory loan yesterday to boost the Island total in the first four days of the campaign to S857,- 35D. The Island now has more than 34 per cent of its $2,500,000 0b- Jeotive. Follotring are the totals by districts tn date, with the 0b- jective in brackets in each case: Charlottetown $270,900 18850,- 000): balance of Qultenfis (loun- ty $70,900 ($400,000); Summer- side $358,650 ($500,000); balance of Prince County $79,650 (S400,- 000): King’; county $77,250 ($350,000). UITAWA, April 29 (CP)—Tl.ie National War Finance Committee announced tonight that 127,712 Canadians subscribed a cumulative total cf $175,502,450 t0 Candida‘; 4th i Victory Loan in the first three days of the three weeks’ campaign. The ulve with a minimum objective of $l,l00,000,0_00 opened April 3.6. Coni- paratlve figures for the third vic- tory loan objective cf which was $750,000,000 were 106,465 subscribers and $139,004,250. The figures for Wednesday alone were 66,266 sub- scribers and $57.‘3i'i'.2(.\0. The cor- responding day's iigiircs in the third loan were 53,823 subscribers and‘ $46,449,950. I a‘;- Load: Rivalry i: still keen lmong lead- ing cities and towns striving w reach and pass the totals of their gross quota objectives. The leaders in this regard are Summerside, P. E. L, with 78 per_eent;_S_rtl_nt John. At Summerside the firm of ll. T. Holman Ltd. invested $50,- 000 in victory bonds. which it specified should be used toward» the pllfCllilsg of a. bomber. l-l. T. Holman, head of the firm, bought a rack of bombs to go with hi; firm‘: purchase, and the town itself followed with a similar order for a. hmnh ruck. When results were tabulat- ed, It. was fnuriil $332,000 of fighting air equipment had been bought. N. B, 39 per cent: Shel-brooks, Que. 36.6 per cent and Three Rivers. Que. 35.4 per cent. FTCCCTlCtGII. which‘ pnsscd its objective Tuesday report- ed 102 pm‘ cent. Other high standings in regard to total objectives are; Sydney. N. 8., 29.8; Hull, Que. 28.6; Red Deer, Alla. 26.0: Brantforci, Ont. 26.2; Charlottetown and Niagara Falls, Ont, 19 per cent. Canvass-Payroll The separate returns on combined general canvass and payroll savings percentages, coming in completely enough to shiw the standings of communities in tliLs sphere, put Fredericton in the loud with 60.8 per cciit. Others ranking liigli in percentages of general canvass-pay- roll quota achieved are. Summer- side 34 per cent; Briintfnrd 26.2 per ceni; Qiicbi-c City 18.2 per ccntp Saint John l7.i per cont; Monrimi. N. 3-. l6 l>cr cciit: Suskntrrn 15.0 per cont; St. Catlinrlnos. Ont. 15.3 oer ceiil: Hull, 14.5 per cent; Sher-l brooke. 14.2 per cent: Edmonton! 14.1 per cont; Victoria l3 per cenLi LABOR BOARD HEAD RESIGNS UITAWA, April 29 -— (CPl -- Lebor Minister Mitchell announced tonight that Senator J J. Bench, . K C., of St. Ciithnriiies, Oiit., has resigned from the National War Labor Board niid that Leon La-I Lande of Montreal hits bccn ap- p0lnted_to_succccd__hlm. SAINT JOHN. NB, April 29 — (CP)— "Freezing" of teachers in their present ixisltlons, except those who join the armed services or go into agricultural work, was anticipated today by Dr. A. S. Mc- Farlane, Chief Superintendent of' Education for New Brunswick, inl the New Brunswick Teachers’ As-i sociation. ‘i lkspiie the serious shortage nil ticactiers, i.lic_v sliiiuld not bc barr-= ed from enlistment. in the armed‘. acrvlces, snld Dr. hii-Pnilane. How- ever, under a rmiirmplntcd Domin- i are doing essential work will be en- ablocl to continue leaching on zip- plicatlons of school boards and trustees. He criticlu-d the "long arm of, v terrain, .Sidi NSlr-Mateur Road Tunis By EDWAR RICA, April 29 _ (AP) mountain defences in German counter-attacks ‘ance of the cornered Axi mile arc of ridges, while some important ground i Tunis plain. tanks. Tin Germans launched ewe heavy vy counter-attacks yesterday after the British force had. attained the summit of this key hill. The first was 1151-1111564. leaving many enemy dead and some wrecked German tanks. Then the Germans called up 500 mien and 30 of their precious re- serve tanks and succeeded in for- cing the lst Army "to make a slight withdrawal" in this battlefield l2 miles northeast of Medjez-El-Bab. First Phase Concluded A dispatch from Daniel De Luce Associated Press Corresponden with the British Army at the front, said it appeared that the first phase of Gen. Sir Harold Alex- ander's offensive had been def- initely concluded without the ex- pected climactic breakthrough. The American troops, fighting s- galnst bitter opposition and rough were reported to have gained in the hills bordering the south- west of Blzerte. Bald hill. the army name for the high barren peak of (Continued on page ‘i, Col. o» See Confederation Proposal Factor In Russian Art LONDON, April 29——iOP)-—A re- cent Polish proposal for s confed- eration of central European stairs was one of the concealed but major lllAIiOfS which _lcd to‘ Russia's severance of diplomatic relations with the exiled Govcrii- mciit here, diplomatic quarters said toni lit. Pr nie Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt were i-eponcd meanwhile in diplomatic circles i0 have reached an agreement on the course m be followed in trvliig to hen] the rupture between us- 51g and the Polish Government Some declared a personal appfll would be made to Premier Stalin to co-opcratc in the move. Dlnlomntlc (‘tint-tors said the Pol- ish confederat on proposals _w_ere (Continued or. Page 7, Col l) “Freezing” 0f School Teachers Anticipated _ cept other jobs. Regulations would prohibit. such transfers to other services except those of the anncd forces and agriculture. In gddltlorui ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Push Against Stopped By Germans . Enemy Makes Slight Cains In Fierce Counter-Attacks. i D KENNEDY (Associated Press Staff Writer) lN NORTH AF~ —-American and French troops have sliced deeper into the tough Axis Tunisia, but desperate 20 miles west of Tunis temporarily staved off a British 1st Army break- through into the plain leading to the Capital, zin Allied communique disclosed today. Dispatches emphasized the growing resist- s troops all along the 140- American troops gained n the north, and a French communique told of seizure of three more hills noth and south of the 1_st Army salient which had pushed up to the last hill barrier in the v/siy to the German resistance was particularly savage in the centre where the 1st Army had attained the crest of Djebei Bou Aoukaz, only to be pushed back slightly by German shock troops supported _by Roosevcli Ends Tour 0f 20 Slates Gives Impressions In Special Conference With N ewsmen. By DOUGLAS ll. CORNELL Associated Press ‘luff Writer WASHINGTON, mi ‘_'{)~»(ilP1 —~Prcs1dent Roosevt l turned to- day from a 76.52am e ., -state tour impressed with Auit-iirifs lllli"'ll'\' and industrial proiicioiu-y holding the idea, too, Lin. ifie . time establishments n 1i: to on used Mien jiciicc reiuri. vi‘ [Lilli- ing young people. The President held s special press conference two hoizrs after his foreiioon arrival bIlCk in Wasn- inglon which fie left April l3. i115 major impressions from his mp. as outlined brlcflv at’ the confir- enre and in more dvvnil ill almurti- train talks with ncivsiiicn ivlio a»:- eoinpzinied him. Worr- l. Th; United Slates now is over the grooving pains int-i *0 it: {vast expansion mid is u Yi-iiii- 2. He wns struck hi’ ‘"11’ f11‘l1'-i‘\"‘- moms of ivomcn ll\ iiiiiii>li"_\'. In aviation pilliiS, lac sued {rim-i fill t0 50 per cent of nil Plll‘,)i(i\‘(’4‘S n1- iwomen. Among new “'\'3i'i>C\"l'F 60 to ’ 65 per cent are women. (Conllniibd on Page (‘oi 4i ifs A MEAN DAD Wilo Wouto Poi‘ CASfOROiL on HlS time sows Loltr- POP \ k High tide this morning ,1: 3J5 and tonight ill 8.315. Sun sf-ls this l:\'<"ll!‘i2 .1‘ RIM attempts would be made to bring, and "as w,no,.,.o“. ‘nanny, A. 5d,‘ former teachers back from non- essential occupations. Dr. Mcl-‘arlane suggested the addressing the biriinial meeting oficompulsory school attendance act l might be waived to allow high school students tn assist the agri- cultural industry ln the fall. Tem- porary closing of schools might be permitted for this purpose. The Ciilof Superintendent and oificr spcakcrs deplored the low ion reg-ulnlimi, lllilFf‘ who fccl they lsalaries paid to teachers. “The av-, erage salary for warmers in New Brunswick is the lowest in Can- ada." stated W. Mcl. Barker, prin- cipal of the Moncton High School. Dr. {feral-lane announced that. the civil sen/ire" and itoacrllme in- matriculation examinations would dustriee in inducing ifllldlCfl to sc- remain unchanged this year. New moon Mai‘ -i, Summerside tide <- iiites inter than cu (‘AR FERRY DAILY EXCEPT SYNIIAY From Bordon — IAHHT‘ 0.05 fl. m. 1 1 . In. and 4.45 p, m. leave (‘ape Tin mr-nilno-ll s.m. .105 p. m. and 6.30 p. m. DAILY AIR ‘ SPZRVIIFE (EXCEPT stunt.“ Iv Charlottetown - Suuimi-isulc - Mont-inn heave Chlrlotictoivn 81:0 .1. m. 12.20 . m. 4.30 . m. Arr ve Charoift-inivn l n- in. i545 p. in‘. 7.06 li- I11- BRITISH 1ST ARMY HAS MET SLIGHT SETBAQII “A ilE. I. as or Than 3‘! Per Centflf Qbjcciive n‘