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ousands More Canadians Overseas Engagement

‘g, a I. Veteran Included in Army Men; Had

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1 PORT. Mo! 13- ‘ Cabin-Thousands of rein- cements for the Canadian land ‘V sir forces have arrived in . groin the Dominion to , ,, u” mighty allied military ,* . being lssembled for the " msive against the . m first representatives oi .-Gerr. I F. Worthlnlion‘: vision to come to Britain-Spec- detachments of officers and t of seven regiments and squad- (a: divisional and brigade .- srters~were included in an force which crossed the ‘u ntic in company with rein- ents for almost every Cana- army unit in Britain. 111s big grey troopships brought H canadlans into port after an ilurtlc crossing which veteran voy travellers called the best I the war. British and United tes ivarships provided an im- escort during an unevent-

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voyage. Soldiers and airmen had one rd for the crossing. "swell" and r only complaint was that the s other was cold. ‘There were no Qu ts of sea-sickness and the ... scare came near the end of ps voyage when light sleepers

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the boom depth charges ( pped by the escort ships,

*4 P. u. l. Veteran

Upholding the honor oi Prince nrd island was Signmn. A. K. . a sturdy veteran of the first _ s g the dons Btar |. string of service ribbons. He ~ served with the itiml Air the last time and s time

o ~- in the ranks.

Left East Coast Port

. EAST COAST GANADIAN Y‘ , Ma 13—iCP)—Eager to get Canadian

- dian reinforcement movements cross the Atlantic in this war. . safe arrival in Britain was ounced today. 4 Soldiers. tanned and hardened by booths of intensive training, form- Allll! larger cart of the movement

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MAY l4 ICU-Zeppelin L-CZ de- Kwyed by nsval gunfire in the North Sea. Italian offensive iureiud from Toiirnino u» the sea. mien military authcrtes esti- nried Germany had withdrawn h» men from the Eastern “mate oppose Anglo-French of-

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News Briefs

TORONTO M-ly 13 —-(CP) '- ubscriptlous totalling nearly 8.000.000 were reported tonight for the first two days of tho national Red Cross appeal for 80.000900 to finance the organi~ actions runny activities during the next flocll year.

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SAINT JOHN. N. 3., May 13- (CP) -Eaxlier reports of a serious gasoline shortage ‘in New Bruns- wick were partly discounted tonight when several dealers reported ' the sitération was not serious at pres- en .

VALETTA. May 13 ~40?) — Two more Axis planes were of- ficially reported destroyed and two were damaged today over

‘ this most bombed spot on earth, brlngln the toll of destroyed or cripple raiders to 128 since Saturday.

LONDON, May 13 -—(CP) ——R,e\1- ters reported totiay in u, dlsliatch daielined "On The German Fron- tier" that Gen. Henri Honors Gil‘- aud, French military leader who es- caped from the strong German Koenigstein fortrem, has offerc-i to return there in exchange for release of 500,000 French prisonors-ci-wor.

13 Nazi Troop p.

Planes Downed

In North Africa

CAIRO. Esypi. May 13-01?)- -'1‘he North African theatre sprang into brief prominence again today with an R. A. F. announcement that British lighters had shot down l0 German Junker planes oi the troop carrying type. along with two es- corting German Messerschmitt

. craft.

This was accomplished yesterday. at the loss or a single British plane, in the interception of an enemy lor- matlon of unstnted size. and it was added that as.dc from the l5 enemy planes known to have been destroy- ed others probably were knocked

t. ouIu which direction the Nazi for- rraation was flying was not mention- e .

Informed London quarters ex- pressed beliief thalt 1 ghfimedautrsrkczs - re n o c gee]: ormrgilgtgfial from Crete to the Axis‘ amines in“ Ifilbyaiqgr were re-

r a - ugltrgfig coglicsenciarations of German troops. and particularly airborne and glider s clalists. have 1on8 geenknlivted a ut the taxi? wéil-posted allied quarters a Nazi attack eastward from Crete on British-owned Cyprus-ms s means of getting at Syria-mas been ox-

ted. pegucn 5 plan is believed by these explain the persistent Axis air attacks. at the cost at plane casualties. on the Brit- sh fortified Mediterranean island of Malta

To Start Recruiting “Wrens" Soon

(By MAB-GARE’! ECKER) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) OTTAWA, May lS-(CPJ-Wom-

en's Royal Canadian Naval service

L will be recruited within a month. it

was announced at a press confer- ence here today- Buperlntendent Joan Carpenter oi the British Women's Royal Nova-l Service. who is in Canada to oi‘- aniu s sister group, told the con- erenoe she hadn't many fsc ut the new wornone b t she is conferring con- stantly w th Canadian naval auth- critics

should that at the moment thc WRENB. Canadian version. Brent ready to receive applications. There will be notices in the press as w when recruiting will begin. Problb a basic group of so women w the first applica- tions for outstanding oualliiel °( leadership and personality,

Superintendent Carpenter said they will become ratings and will b6 But through an initial training at s

encounters, probably in Ottawl. when several large nurses u der consideration as pmfilblo res. From these pioneer! W chosen the tafiicers, and even .

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Huge Naval A

ls Forseen

Battle For Northern Sup- ply Route To Russia Increases In intensity.

By Drew MTddlcton Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON, May 1S —<AP) —H.it- ler’: 85,000-ton battleship ‘rirpitn may lead the Gemoan battle squad- ron out of Trondheim at any time and the ensuing battle witn Brit- ish and Allied heavy warships will be the “largest naval engagement of the war in Europe." ur inform- ed quarter said today.

The almost continuous battle of the Arctic. where the Germans are trying to close the northern supply route to Russia, has been mtcnsi- fied lately as lengthening days give German aircraft mom time for reconnaissance. and the souohward drift of polar ice narows the pas- sage to the Soviet ports.

Tire Germans claimed today that bombers sank an 8,000-t0n freight- er and a small coaster and damaged four large transports in the latest engagement along Norway's Arctic coast and in the harbor at Mur- marrsk.

British authorities say Hitler is failing to destroy the British con- voys with his light forces, subma- rines and airplanes, lrovrever, that Admiral Erich Raocier will be forced to use his only battleship that is known to be whale, the Tirpitz, plus the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and the cruiser flipper. both also at Trondheim, against some fu- ture convoy.

“When he does the Allied squad- rons will be waiting. The Germans will be. extremely lucky if they get a single large ship back to port," an informed source declared.

May Reduce Basic Gasoline Ration

OTTAWA. May l3—(CP)-—Wltl1 "many thousand" preferred cate- gory gasoline ration licences already scaled down oil control authorities are making s renewed study of the basic ration of five gallons a cou unofficial sources indicated

to ght.

Wuue officials declined today to release details of the actual supply available in various parts of Can- ada it was known that an effort is being made to distribute the avail-

able supply throughout the country at

with regard for the needs. Short- ages are most acute l."l the Mari- times and on the west coast, it is understood.

Same Nations, Same Pay For ll. A. F. llere

OTTAWA. May l3 —iCPl — Al!‘ Mlnl.t.ei' Power told the House of Commons today that members of the Royal Air Force stationed m Canada receive exactly the same "lions and pay as members of the Royal Canadian Air Fbrce.

He was ansueriirg a question from

George 'I‘ustin tCon. Prince Ed- ward-Lennox). Mag. Power said he was glad the quest on vi-as asked because stories are going around that men at Royal Air Force schools in Canada get e lower scale of rations and pay than those at R. C. A. F‘. schools". Ac- tually they were treated the same. except. possibly. Qertain trades which might be graded higher in one force than in another.

"We have control both with res- pect to discipline and command over the RAF. schools," said Mai.

Power.

The control exercised by the n. C. A. 1",, however, was somewhat nebulous st the moment. He expect- ed it would be clarified st the 00m- lng air conference.

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Are Casualties

IONDON. May 13 —- ((7 g) - Throe canadiahs were inc udod m. m, 1n g cssirrilty list of 201 mom rs of the Merchant Navy ind “shim (lost; who lost their lives due to enemy ariion an vflloul dates. Tm list was issued by the Mfiflgkv of xvai- transport.

Th; Canadian; were third mate John Birnle Dough“. Cflfllwlll-

0n .. bell of Hamilton, out. 0nd flblfl iieaman Reginald urav of Victoria.

‘Afio included were two New- foundlanders, Charles Gcrse of st. John's and able seamen (leorlo “mm o; "sums when District.

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War Situation Last Night

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(By KIRK! L. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Analyst)

The nusslane‘

there is yet no ccnflrmatio that area. ‘

be l d d: tli lnfllfctfiggcifeaevy 105%."), u.“ Bed Thus. the real import of

announcement that they have retired to new positions on the Kerch Peninsula gives a sombre cast to the war news. although

n of Hitler's claims cf a. decisive victory m off, C?‘

ICBI’ In fact the Russians deny the Nazi leader's boast that the battle has Wes story troops ere retiring in good order and

the blow the Nazis have struck in this

vastly important sector remains for events to determine. I ,8 O U i I

The phrasing of the Nazi unuou as to wheth

move any lingering doubt

nccmcnt. however, goes far to rc- Mgvy l,-g_vqla,_p.,u,.vem,

14 Dead 0r Missing In Ship Sinkings

Torpedoing in St. Law- rence River.

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er the Kerch operations signal the m-c (193.1 m- ull-using and them are

096113"! "l "l9 loniiuhersldcd “nnn1hilutlon" offensive in the east. lt 74 survivors from the German tor-

nses that word to c ncterlze the 40.000 prisoners and pursuing the Reds neck of the isthmus toward Ketch That and word lndlcutc that a. mass cred in the Crimea. alon of observers at Berne that half powering air strength were t.hrow_n

If that ls true, as it seems to be. it eliminntcs_

the Kereh fight ls merely a sltlon on the south flank of

claimed results, includi capiure oi

vast war booty. It lays that the N 1 f L -- . - rom the broken IZ-milc defence line :1, vursveéilfr”. reasgixxglficeurlaxfr tggday “mm

itself,

lctures of the battle painted by Nazi press reports ve forcc of men. planes. tanks and guns was must- 0.... m for the Kerch drive. It tends to verify the com-lu-

a dozen German divisions and over- lnio the five-day struggle.

liedoing of tivc freighter-s in the St. a . a Canadian oirdent her-c tonight. 1 1S the officers story: ivns struck bv two i0 ‘flops irrzd rhc viliirc crew of 46 reached shore in boats. The second freighter ivasstruck about the same time by a single torpedo, and 29

Press v0 ‘ Herc, in

tactical operation to miivifovgéiffgllxgf}: Upwmen were nicked up by another the long battle line nr renrnve a (lzmgcrnus Fbvim [his ship l3 mm are nlissing‘

ship and taken to a nearbv port.

Russian threat. There are various reports nf synchronized Nazi attacks and (qnoflyry 45m ffcn] axpnguru “y-

all along the sector extending Basin to the German ‘island’

from the Kharkov region in the Donuts advance base at Taganrog on the shores 1h.» yescue 51ml

oi the Sea o! Azov, only SO-cdd miles from the all important Rostov

corner on the Don.

None u! these reports has been Russian official accounts. They u. vast Nazi turning movement, in calculated to sweep the Don River

the Volga, is brewing lf noi._alieg._qy_in_rrrgtion.

vet mentioned ln either German or

lend color to the belief, however, that effect hinged on Kerch Isthmus but

front door to the Caucasus clear to

$40,000 Mark Passe In Red Cross Drive

Charlottetown Contributed $30,550 To Date; Enthusiastic Meeting Last Night.

itsrand total of possesses - proximately 170 per cent of t e $18,000 objective-was chalked up to the credit- ol Charlottctowrrs army of Red Cross canvassers when the returns for the second day's work were tinned in at a largely attend- ed supper zrreetlng in the Holy Rie- deemer Hall last night. As each round of figures were placed on the score board, representing me to. tuls for the various individual cap- tains, a chorus c! cheers went up from the enthusiastic workers.

Such was the splendid response of the patriotic citizens of Charlotte- town that the mervs drive finLshed sCOflBf than is expected. However. there are still 1'15 cards out and the official campaign does not yer- rninate until May 28 when it is expected that the present figures for the city will be greatly increas- ed. Contributions can still be left Red Cross House or in the en- WlQDBs lb be ‘cit at the various homes bv the Women's Committee,

The inspiring news from Chan lottetown was indicative of the re- mainder of the province according to reports from Red Cross officials last. night. It ls tinder-stood that‘ Prince Edward Island has also ex- ceeded its quota of $40,000. Unof- flclnllv it was learned that Sum- mersidc had exceeded $10,000 in contributions.

The results of each divisional captain were scored by Mr. W. E. Srantlebirry and werg gregtgd by loud applause. ‘

When the final totals were add_ ed 1m it was revealed that s5,3r='i,4o lvrl been subscribed to the Red Cross cause yesterday. Tflg mag- niflcent total represented much hard work on the part of the can-

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Air Casualties

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OTTAWA. May l3— ( OP)- Twoni-y-oue members of the Royal canad nzr Air Force were reported missing u-fuer air operations m to- day's R.C.A.l“. casualty 11st, 26am of the war.

Two men previously reported missing overs-ices were listed as now for official purposes resumed dead and two others prev ously reported missing overseas were reported prisoners of War.

In addition, two men wen listed es killed on active service i:r Can- gda. one as dead frcm natural causes in Canada. one one previous- 1y reported dangerously ill in Can- Ida, as now reported dead from na- tural cairses.

‘mere were no P51. names in "Li!"

0.0.8. Montcalm Sent To Russia

OTTAWA, May 13 —(CP) -— The Canadian icebreuker Montcalm has arrived safely in Northern Russia and will remain at the service of the Soviet Government for the diur- ation of the War. it was announced today by the Department of Exter- nal Affairs.

The Montcalm is the second Ca- nadian icebreaker to serve in these water's under war conditiom. To- ward the end of the first. Great Wal‘ an icebreaker newly-built at Glas- gow for the Canadian government was loaned to Russia by the Brit- ish government, with the consent of Canada.

‘Ilhe Montcalm is n ship of 1.432 gross tons and has been in the Cn- nadlan s-“rvic-e for nrarry _vcr\r's on the St. Lawrence River and At- lantic coast.

‘The ship sailed from Canada un- der- the command of Capt. F‘. s. Slo- combe of Toronto. one of the ner- mnrrent- officials of the Dsimrtm-svrrt cf Transport, and with a crerv of 60 officers nud seamen all signed up in Canada.

The master and crew were to dc- liver the ship to the Russians vino will anemic it llreursclvrs. ‘The Cu- nadiuns. uve expected buck in Cu- nada shortly.

Final arrurrgeinenis regarding th-e financial aspect of the transfer have not been bottled and officials were unabicto say whet-her the ship is being sold or chartered to Russia.

’I‘l1e Canadian icebwakcr which went to the Wlzitc Sea during the last war was called “Kosmd lViinlir“ by the Emissions. She plied between Murmansk and Archangel, opening the way for convoys to reach the latter port. The Kosma Minirr pass- ed through many adventures of war and revolution and eventually reach- ed Canada rvlrcre she was culled the "Mikula" and assumed the more prosaic task of opening up the St. Lawrence River ship channels each spring.

Hundreds of Canadians who serv- ed in the north Russian campaign of 1M8 and i919 remember the o1 Icebreaker and tlrc vessel bore bul- let marks to the encl cf her service in the St. Inwrence River.

0H BQY! CORN 0N 00B

LONDON —- (C P) —- Canadian soldiers n Britain are to have more Elnglish-grcrvn corn ‘n the cob. A considerable amount of seed was saved from crops gTOWTI uv the Canadians last year and much more is be planted.

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Enough llubbe? For Military Use

OTTAWA. Mflv l3 - (c P) — Mnitroirs Minister‘ Howe said todrtv in the llousc of Crrmmuvs that iiroi-c is rrrr shortzuzc nf rubber in Cimirrln for militnrv pllrpffivs “nltlrourh nzu‘ sirpplies of course arr- limited."

He was, airswerinq a question by D12“. A. Bruce (Con. Toronto- Pnrkdnlel.

In rculv to another que-iion bv Dr. Biwrcc. Mr. Howe suirl that “there is a shortage of zawllne."

Outside ill" liruse Departmental Officials said the Minister a1)- Darerrtlv was speaking of the ech- eral gflsolinc sllpllll’ sltuatioir rather than siririlv rulbhrrr aus- nlirc sirnpho: Thom officials said the!“ lq uo shortage of gasoline for mllitni-v Ilse.

Japaneseln Immigration Building Riot

VANCOUVER, May l3—i_CPJ——An outbreak of rioting lll which win- dows were snrusirecl and u firciicse turned on persons in the street oc- curred today among the Japanese lacing lrelti at the immigration building here.

The Japanese began the demon- stration b5 smashing vvlndDWS on the upper floor olr which they arc held. An iron xvirrticw grating was pushed into the street and a fire- rosc turned ou. Chunks of plaster torn from tlrc ivnlls of the quarters were also tossed out.

Immigruiioir authorities would make no t-nururcni on the irprising bcfvonci the siatcirrcnr ilrtrt the. mut- tcr was in the hands 0i the lllill- tury authorities who also declined comrnerrt_

'I‘hc siioutlil: that accompanied the deuioirsirailon could be heard several hundred yards nvvny. Among the onlookers were a large number of Jilllllllfilxi‘ \\'Olllt‘ll who stood on n. nearby vurciuct and looked up at the windows where the men are hold. now and. their waving to

em. Earlv tonight all was quiet.

c. w. A. c. 115s 18-Year Rule

OTDA Canadian Women's Army Corps. which used to limit cnlistnrczit to women 2i years of age and up, now is ucccrtint: rccr-iriis over" , .W.A.C. officials said today. ‘Yhe 18-year rulv- has been in e - fect for some weeks. officials said today, although no official an- d the. change has been e.

Soldier lllember Appeals For End To Dissention

OTTAWA, May lil-(Cffi-Lt- Col. A. J. Brooks (Con, Royal) on leave from military duties in ew Brunswick, made an appeal in the House of Commons today for an end to dissension in Canada.