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Defenders OflBurma Forced To Abandon Heavy Equipment; Hardly More Than 5,000 Survivors Of Campaign.

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[M Japanese pushed westward be- lllnd them and pom-l deeper into Chins.

‘pl-lush force, now estimated to number hardly more than 5.000

ml ext-nested. themselves from I.

‘pmgerous salient, in the Chindwln nlley of northwest Burma, c5081)- h; a Japanese attempt to get be- lveen them and the Indian Iron-

her.

They had Yo destroy their heavy equipment, since they -could not move it through the readies; wild- srnesi where the streams are newly flooded by sudden ralnstomls.

No land fighttig has been re-

ported in that section of Burma~

flnoe Monday, and the spokesman ,ufd there had been no cont-act giih the Japanese for 24 hours. Another small British fcrce Roch had been left far behind in (he port town of Akyab to do dem- uiilcn wcrk has been evacuated to jodia by sec. , British bombers again attacked qtpanese barges on the Chindwin River, and United States army flier; ‘from Indie bombed the .My tkyino. ' lnlrome 1n north Burma yesterday or (he second day in a row. bu he Japanese were busily consol- l- -ting their hcld fn Burma. wlhere was scant indication, how- mr. that th crxd the five- ‘nonth battle cf Burma would mark the bvglnning of a long-expected lmult on India. Desnite roundabout Axis reports relayed by the Vichy radio that the Japanese are 6B miles inside iifda on (he way to Chittagong, tspatches from Ch’na and infor- mal‘ n here indicated the belief ‘i (he Japanese would concen- l o in an effort to scrlash the fli- Iqu" ed armies of China. I A: the Chinese announced loss .0fT6ll_£\'l1€'-I. important caravan town an wsslern Yunnan Pro- vnce. the threat. to China appeared ‘be m: erious in nearly five years Jil-aiubi; n warfare against Napane Lwuders.

§Five_Axis Planes Downed Over Malta

- VALETTA. Malta, May 15-(0?) -Flve_ Ax.s planes were shot down d SlX damaged over Malta today h-‘ncut the loss of a single R. . A revised official tabulation show- ed 21 C-erman planes destroyed or milked over Malta yesterday. of which 51X bombers and five fighters were destroyed, mflius in the first 15 days of May kcficnenty lost 74 planes definitely £131 to have been destroyed ovcr

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Sharp Gas Ration Cut in Maritimes

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OTTAWA Mly 1km?)- Gasoline rations for Ms-rltims

motorists were reduced today when the coupon unit al- lowance was cut from five gal- lons to two gallons In an ef- fort by oil control officials to counteract an acute shortage.

Announcement. of the out wul made by M. rticns ltL r Howe who said it was hoped the reduction, effective at. mid- night tonight, might be only temporary. No cbanle was made in the coupon uult for other parts ouf Canada.

Oil from Western Ontario and Montreal is ‘being sent to the Marillmes where crude oil de- mands sre heavy and er llnklngs have created an acuilc shortage, Mr. llowc said. The eastward movement of oil could not keep pace with consumption while Maritime motorists were nuowed five gallons for l. cou- Doll.

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Kidnap Case

LTON, Ont, M8! 15-(5?)

HALE DHamiltcn police searched lcs 0f e city and Wentworth until Children's Aid Societies today 1°1-

iowing a mysterious telephone call may might provide a clue to gm! kidnapping of Barbara Ann W 10mm“, Ont, who was taken from her ciérrlilgg; in downtown "°-*i°‘3§.‘a.'.”£‘°n talkubout the baby that was kidnapped at londgrli. said an unknown woman whoumfr- phoned the Hamilton 5W0 ‘ t- vlzvsss oiazrisl brmils to we ma‘ bwgmtgg London ch10" 9“ ° w broke the connection- Tltcldcalli t‘): he automatic syllfim- W" 5° raced.

Ship Tcrpedoed Near Mouth_Of Mississippi

ANS. May 15-451’) owlzoldest attacks‘! ode by Axis submarines e lilo United states and 0151! mgr-l:

‘the destruot-bn by WPIK 09,? Inge cargo vessel a short dslab-OE on the mzuth of the Mxssisslppl

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Riven-was announced today M’ W"! united Bates Navy-

Twenty-seven f the 41 019W members Were lined 13 me exp"? slon and fire in the attack. The remalnlng crew meznbersb M216 critically or dangerously “"1 -

l Lon. wi-l-lkeuaatltzigi: kilrwille German U- boat, which coherently WM lvlfli on the shallow bottom waitini Y“ the ship to enter the river, oc- lurmdugayivelrgi ma? M mm rem r -

While walti to enter flit FRI. the sup was h t by l-hm Wydtf: in rapid succession. Most crqw ngver reached flit WM?!- Survivors who 8°‘ 7° W? wmdw“ rail urn-pad and were poked up in abou half an hour. only seven bod HER

were recovered n 7 - were not immediately ldentlfsd. The sills: we; the fifth attacked in (he G of Mexico in isas than a week, and the fourth lost. 0M ship was towed into 90ft although badly damaged. ‘Ihreo lives we" lost, in the previous attacks.

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Cl-IARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, SATURDAY, MAY 1o, 1942

‘More Soldiers It Needed Reason For New Policy

Navy And Air Force Will Discontinue Recruiting At Army Centres; Rul-

l ing Effective May 20.

UITAWA. Ml)’ 15—(OP)—'I’h0 National Defence Department an- nounced tonight that after May 30 men called out for training under the provisions of the national re- sources mobilization act will not be permitted to transfer from the army to the navy or the air force after they have reported to an army training centre.

The announcement added that the navy and air force will dis- continue recruiting in army train- ing centres.

Reason for the ch e in proced- ure. the departments statement said. is the expansion of army ac- tlvlties

The statement continued: "The mobilization of the 7th visions. and of special units. calls for a large increase in the number of men suitable to train as trades- men. The arm has particular need of men of th type lust now m connection with mechanized and special army equipment."

News Briefs

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Msé ltb-(Sstur- lay) -( — crman troops occupied all save the harbor ares cf the city of Kerch at the eastern end of the Crimea. but l Russian counter - attack

romptly drove them out of the

wn, Reuters said today in a dispatch from "the German frontier."

CHUNGKING May 16-(Satur- dayb-(AH-Chlnese troops batt- ling the Japanese in the Tengyueh- Lun ling areas of Yunnan Province in t e past week have inflicted more than 4,000 casualties 0r. the invaders. the central new: agency reported today.

OTTAWA, May 15 — (GP) — Motoring tourists entering Can- ada wlll be given only four gas- oline coupons good for what- ever amount of gasoline the rs- tion unit culls for in that dis- trict, Munitions Minister Hows acid the House of Commons to-

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MOSCOW

ssible source o rictlon in the Far East was remov- cd today through ratification of an agreement by Manchukuo and Out- er Mongolia. to end their border dispute which erupted info open warfare fn the summer of 1939-

LONDON. May l5 — (C? Cable) — The Royal Air Force today attacked three German mlneswce ers off the French coast, bl them all, sank left another slnkln 1nd the third damaged whl c four Spit- fires, lnclu lng one piloted by u Canadian. knocked down a Dornler bomber off the cal coast of England. .

Entire Canuck Army Training As Commandos

By Wes Gallagher (Associated Press Staff Writer)

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eventual Allied attack.

“We are shifting from defensive to offensive and building an army that can establish a bridgehead and hold ll," m; 53-year-old conimsnd- er of a corps in the Canadian army

said in an interview in which he, c

revealed that. every pa um. cook. infsntfymnn and o ficsr is being given the some training ll Britain's famous raiding forces Kgv Canadian officers have been to commando training haul-quart- sr- for study and now have ce- tablishvd n school ivins the um type training wit a few more arduous North American embellish- ments. Trllhlng includes ons month land and one month sea operations.

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(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) The battles for Ksrcb and Kharkov in southwestern Russia. necess-

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distant American or enemy submarines.

file]. ‘is a scrlousmmattcr. ‘l; vastly Increases the fig e war mac ne on rlenlai front f in e munitions and su and lubricated. Planes. tanks and other war machines must be fsed ‘$5.1. ment and assisted by

Mexicans Angry Over

Tomedoing

Of Ship

Leaders Weigh Grave Issue; Demand Satisfaction From Axis Powers By

MEXICO OITY. my 1b—-(AP)- A deluge of demands that Mexico declare war on the Axis arose in political and labor quarters today as anger mounted over the first torpedoing of a Mexican ship in this war with the loss cf l4 lives.

Congressional leaders weighed the grave issue at an lnlormfll meeting but deferred actiorruer-d- lng a, reply from Rome. Berlin and Tokya to the government's demands for “complete sattsfaction." That demand set next ‘Ihursday as the deadline for a reply.

While (he le lslalors were meet- ing a. throng o National University students stoned (he German Club in the heart of Mexico City. Sev- eral windows were smashed before polim dispersed the demonstrators.

senate ader Icon Garcia. spckesman for President Manuel Avila, Camacho in the upper diam- ber. urged that an extraordinary session of Congress be called to declare war on the Axis

Deputy Aurelio Pamanes Exoc- bedo, President of the permanent Congressional commission, said. however. such a session would not be summoned uni/l the President and Foreign Minister Eoeuqiel Pa.-

"dllia have had time to analyze Ax- is reaction to the government's not . .

Tile &neral Canfederaticn of Labor. one of Mexicostbrec mcst powerful workers’ organizations, de- manded that. property of all Axis citizens in Mexico be confiscated as indemnification for the 105s 0f @110 vessel, the 7.5_il0-tcn tanker Potrefo Del Llano which was tomedced o" the United States east 006M»

The tanker, fcrmerry the Italian Lucifero which was taken over by Mexico last year. was attacked M» night while proceeding fully light- ed and with the Mexican flax ll- luminatcd.

Release Trainees From Quebec Jail

ASBESTOS, Que. May l5-—(CP) ._ Police Ccmmlssoner Alfred Le- Fiamme said todsy that two trainees who had oversteycd their leave were still at liberty. after s crowd of Asbestos residents re- them from the town Joli Wednesday night.

Commissioner Ialflammo said that a crowd of 700 or 800 released e men by lm the lock on the jail. and added that. the gather- ing was under the impression that the men been token into custody by military police for m"- ‘Hailey. 1i dispersed uletly up

v 960D q . ommluloner said after be and Mayor Joseph in e told them that the two men had not return- ed lo camp when their lelve ex- alted Jan. 10. Iaflamme spoke for

minutes and told the gathering that the men should luvs return- ed to when

camp lr leave ex- ired and that they were not being taken for oversees service.

Great Need For More Ships, Admiral Says

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-The Philippines and pore

fell to the enemy for the llck of

shl and "we may lose Australia, for the u

l)! Allin, - son" Roar Asirnlni J. VA“:- siado warned

today.

The Oman ndant f‘ the 12th naval dlotrlctappcclcfi directly to if?” “"0 i" m"... sun's-

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BULLETIN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, May Iii-Saturday) — (CP) — General MaaArthurs headquarters announced today that Allied planes bombed the air field runway and buildings at the Japanese base of Lac, New Guinea, yesterday in a sur- prise attack which left large

lres in its wake.

Fire Chiefs Chosen For A. R. P._G0urse

FREDER-ICTON, N. B-. May 15- (CH-Selected as one of New Brunswiclrs three representatives. Fire Chief Karl A. Walker left last night for Amherst. Mass, to attend an A. R. P, instructional school being conducted by the United States Office of Civilian Defence. Hrc Chief Walker was Joined by a second member of the ‘provincial delegation, Moncton Fire Chief Walter O'Blenes at Fredericton Junction. while the third member deputy fire chief Robert Carson of Ba nt John was scheduled to leave for Amherst this evening.

On their arrival at Amherst they will join a delegation of approxi- mately fifty Canadian firemen sel- ected frcm various "vulnerable ar- eas" throughout the Dominion to represent Canada at the school which opens May 17th.

Claim U. S. Cruiser Sunk

(From German Bread- May l5—(AP)—Gennan aimed today that the Nazi force had sunk a United States cruiser of the 9.100441: Pensacola class and an American destroyer in gttaoks on en American squad- ron betmee. the North Cape of

Norws and Spitsbergen. Furl er. the Germans ciamned their air force sank in the far

north a Spoil-ton ice-breaker and mu“ o! commons “may for John

a MOO-ton merchant ship, hitting and setting on fire s freighter of 10000 tons, and sinking four s .5210 tons lu a British s . There was no comment from wsmln ton or London on the claims. scene of the action as ma: in the German m was ‘uflfll. hint trig; Amercan fleet un m opera so n- song the allied supply line to Mur- mant and Archangel.)

Nazi Prisoners Are Recaptured

E, Ont”, MAY 1L (CID-Two Nazi lir force lieuten- snis who escaped frcm Bowman- vllis prisoner-of-wu: csmptiwodsys ago were but in cur here tonight hevinl been captured‘ at different nts today. One was captured roll in t7tsnadlhniugla&onalu Rcllwtygf ygrds a . m es eas ere. wing the other

was urea lice m Toronto Union Static? write is 4o miles east cf Bow-

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Davenport) had said reports indi-

catcd that at least 750,000,000 tons of bituminous sand could be mined Prolonged suspension cf by open-cut methods. the lndihn and Chinese borders of Burma. The blowing up from the Indian Ocean and the immeasurably to the difficulties of the final avert the clcsln of the Japanese film. (i! eve

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anizedtby troops beating a bloody path over the approaches to the

great Ukraine industrial city of Kharkov have destroyed

, d itself or damaged more than 400 Nazi tanks in three days and “l” pmblem n” still are advancing on that key city lo Germany's south-