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british Subs FMade Big "Haul Off Italy Heavy-fighting

F’ Japs GetgBlow For Blow In Air

The fighting in the Australian area Is concentrated now on that portion of the island continent and the sea and islands north of it shown on the above map. Yesterday Port Moresby on the southern shores of New Guinea was again a target of enemy bombers which also raided Australian centres. Powerful allied

counter-action was

credited with damaging

or destroying nearly 50 enemy bombers in four days.

'i‘here was speculation last night that the enemy was concentrating air power in New Guinea as a base for operations against Australia.

.N0 More Tires

Until

After War, Howe Says

Appeals to motorists to help out critical

situation by conserving all possible gasoline and rubber.

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OTTAWA, March 23—(CP)—Munitions Minister Howe, announcing e ttt-miics-an-hour speed limit would become general throughout (lan- sda to conserve gasoline and rubber, told Canadian motorists tonight that "rwhen the tires you have now are worn out. your motoring is over until some considerable time after the war cnds.”

Mr. Howe, who spoke over a national network of

the Canadian

Broadcasting Corporation, snid that while confiscation of tires on nun-

essential cars is not an immediate hesitate to oonsmnndcer tires

Appeals to Motorists

Mr. Howe appealed to Canadian

urotorsts to conserve fliltlilllllt‘ and rtrobcr as a patriotic dirty and to to-cpcrnte in the R-lSOllIIO ration- ing plan which comes into effect Ilurtl 1.

He announced rctrearlitrg of trtcs would be rcstuvted to colit- mt-rclttl vehicles and buses and for ira rtrttiotr of workers irr wur .. with no alternative moons of tl'ansp0rt;ati0tr_

Tho conservation oi rubber and

gasoline was a nuttter of vital con- t Mr. Howe sold. I tell you frankly that w» are ' to less the war lurlcss we t-ltt sci enough oil nrul enough Tlbulkd‘. you will ltrrdcrstnitti llON \':r serious our pczsltiotr is and vctrr tlte conservation of tho-e two essontiuls is cattsing us so much In. . he added.

Clllttl ril which Canada imports proruic~ not only gasoline for arlionrcbilcs but irigh grotto gaso- liiu- for aviation use anti lrjrht ntrd hPRYr fucl ols and lubricating oil es<ciuidl to tho army and navy.

“We are depending trpon the Ultitcd statics and a few other otttsirlo sources to supply us wlttt mcrc tltzm 80 per cent of our pct- rolctinr requirements," Mr. How-o said

Czuradrvs only major oil-produc- itlc field. Turner Valley in Alberto. could mcet only 1-l6ttt of the coun- t1.\"s trrcscnt, needs. The fln\v from Turner Valley wclls was a natural one. Mr. Howe said. and to in- muse it pumps would be required Wt l drop in the output. would soon result. Experts were generally ltreod that the present Turner

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Coming Events

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Air Training

O’l‘"l'AwA. March 23 -(CE4')- ‘ie the DOssibility of American us: receiving training for c2 with the United States fcrcrs in Canadian Air ‘Iu-nining schools l5 under consideration as yct. the entrance of the United Slates into the war has rcsuketi in no chance in the British Conr- monwculttr Air Training Plan or its operations.

Urfcr tho plan Canada operates a svstcnr of air training establish- ments stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific in which pilots. ob- servers and “tireless omerator-air gunner recruits from the United Kirtcrdcm. Australia and New Zen- lztrvi. as welt as this coiurtry re- ceive their‘ training. The schools (‘oiitprlslllz the plan number about 90

Mr. Power has snid that the air trtzininv: p‘an schools could handle flm-ericnn recntlts if the United States wished to send r._rv here for trninlrtz but he also 571d th-‘lt 11¢‘ undtrsiord the Unite-l Stafcs vwns exrzndhig its own traininz fact! tics and miaht not ‘be lntfirPsWd 15 t5 known some discussion or nerotlfl- lions ha vc. been carried on at. wash- inrton on this point.

The actual monthly intake of new trainees and output of train- ed aircrew of the Canadim schools f5 a closely guarded secret out it. L; kncwn to be so subsoantial as to he likely to make the problem of sccurinrr sufficient recruits a ser.- ous one in the not distant 111M150

Convert Eritrea Into Arsenal

ASMARA. Eritrea. March 28 - (API- I-iuirdrteds oi United States engineers and cratsmen and thous- ands of Italian and native lab- orers are budiy at work on the Job of making this conquered Italian 601011! into an arsenal to turn out. the tools of war in this part cf the world. _

Th0 Project still is in a preumtn- ll’! lime. No production has been started. but the program is of such an extent that the appearance and W111» 0! this barren lard already

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News Briefs

LOS ANGELEB, March 23—-(AP) —Evacuution of southern Cali- fornia's huge Japanese population began in earnest today as 1,000 were moved with military escort Lo a new home and a new life far from this vital zone.

OTTAWA. March 23—tCP) -Dispntclr of at least “s. tok- en force” of Canadians to aid in d"f'v:nee of Australia was urged itt the House of Com- mons tonight by lloward Green (Con, Vancouver South) speak- ing in debate on Finance Min- lster I|sley‘s 5135000000 sup- plementary war appropriation for the current fiscal year.

OTTAWA. March 23-tCP)—-Nc utage rate has been set. for wo- rncn farm workers and legislative authority in this respect rcsts with the provinccs. G. K. Fraser“ (Con. Peter-borough West) was informed in n return toblcd in the House of COll1IIl0I15 today. .

OTTAWA. March fill-WP)- Corvettcs are being built in 11 Canadian shipyards. said a re- turn tabled in the House of Commons today for Angus ltluclnnis (C. C. F. Vrncouveri East)_ The average cnst of a coi-geite is $600,000. the return so

LONDON, March 24—(Ttlesday) -tCPt_Tlre military manoeuvres in northern Sweden are a screen for complete mobilization of thc Swedish army in the face of lrcavy German concentrations along the

Baltic coast. the Dally Express‘ foreign editor, Charley Foley, wrote today.

CHUNGKING. China, March Zfi-MPI-Supplles of all kinds notw are moving over the tor- iuous overland route between Sikiang province and the Soviet Union which, for the time be- inz. is China's main road link with the outside world, It was disclosed today.

Botli sides Seek control 0i Burma skies

IONDON. March N - (OP)— Strong Japanese plane reinforce- ments were bet malted into Bur- ma. today as bow and counter- blow against airdromes st nified the vast importance attache by both sides to control of the skies.

The British command reported that for the second successive day heavy Japanese bomber formations dealt damage to a British flying field in Central Burma. while the Roval Air Ioorce pounced down on e. Japanese base on Mlnlfoladon.

Ten of l2 Japanese planes were destroyed over or on 10 miles north of Rankoon.

Informed sources in London said the Japanese were rpeedins more planes into Burma in a determined effort to wrest air superiority from the RAF. and the American Vol-

ee Grou .

unihege sources said. however. that it could be assumed the defenders also were dgetqp reinforcements and declare t. a the Japanese still were far from the m1 of nu- premacy.

BAN SPRING TRAVEL

‘BERLIN tirom German bread- csstsi. March 23 - (APt-‘ihe newspaper Ztkoelf ‘Uhr amt pub- lished today a proclamation of the

minister oi communications bsn- '

Mm! spring travel for pleasure by civilians.

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I FWar Situation Last Night ' i'

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Much as llltler might like to

match his ya mised summer “nnnihilation"

see Japan strike next at Russia in campaign, it seems a

remote possibility, at least until tire Japanese-United Nations battle of air attrition in the south is fought out.

Current war accounts from Burma and Australia disclose heavy inroads on Japanese air pcwer_ To replace lost craft on fronts so dis- tant from Japan lg a growing problem for the foe. And it would seem

almost a suicidal move for Tokyo to open

another major front-

against Russia-mules: her planes had secured domination of the skies definitely elsewhere, which clearly they have not. O O I O

ln reply to any Berlin pleas for joint action against. Russia. Tokyo could list very substantial aid already given the Germans indirectly.

Not least of these is the fact that Pacific

sea lanes for supplying

Russia with war gear were closed automatically with Japanese entry into the struggle. That, coupled with forced diversion 0f British war efforts to the Pacific. and the tremendously increased strain on ship-

lllllg‘ to keep United Nation supply lines

Pacific and the Atlantic, probably O I

functioning in both the is the role Tokyo agreed to play o e ‘

There are now intimatlons that Japan is suffrring from sea attri- tion herself. 1t. is increasingly difficult for her to find shipping to feed her southern fronts, which are nowhere nearer homo than 3,500 miles and separated hr the 4.000 miles span from Burma t» New Guinea,

A hint of that came in a German-inspired broadcast from 0e. cupted Oslo urging Norwegian vessels in the Pacific theatre to put into Japanese or Japanese-controlled ports with the lure oi triple

pay promises for crew.

Dominion Debt Is 353.648.691.418

OTTAWA. March 23_(CPt_-'N=:t debt’. of the Dominion of Cftmtda. at March 31, 1941. was $3,648,691.- 448. said a rel-um tabled in the House of Commons today at the request of Tom Reid (Lib. New Wrstminlsierl.

This compared with 513271.250.- 647 in 1940 and $152,559,314 in 19719.

Totnl new cash raised throuzh Dominion bonds. treasury bills. notes and non-interest. bearing certificates since sent. 1, 1939, was shown at’. 32.287504 328

Sales of war snvinfls certificates to last Fob. 28 totalled $l26.32ti.436 which. vuith refcnrptions of $3.820, 022. left $122,506,414 outstanding,

Cue-time head 0f Legion passes

OTTAWA, March 23- (GP)- Cupt. William Patrick Grant, one- time president of the Canadian Icgiotrs Ottawa branch died in hospital today after u three-week Jlness. He was 80.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Capo Grant. came to Canada 60 pears ago and for some ycars was manager of the National Cash Register C0. at. Saint: John. NB.

He Joined the 237th battalion in Halifax during the First Great Wor and went overseas with the Queen's University Highlanders. Alter the war he tcok a keen in- forest in the activities of veterans‘ nssociatiorts. particularly the Can- adian Legion. ' .

Norah and John Grant of Hall- fax are grand-children.

‘Statement on Manpower today

OTTAWA. March 23—fCP.1-— The office of Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King announccd late today the Prime Minister's statement cir manpotver will be made shortlv sfter the House of Commons meets tomorrow at 4 om. A.D.T.

At the week-end it was antici- pated Mr. King would speak in the House this afternoon but Just as the House adjourned at 6 pm. for the dinner recess it was an- s ounced the address would not. be made before tomorrow,

SUBSTITUTE STEEL ‘FOR ALUMINUM

DOS ANGELE, March ltd-Mt?) Auccesslul substitution of steel for aluminum in the prfuctton of airplanes, which may hep solve an aluminum shortage. was reported today by North American Aviation Company. Flor the present. substi- tution of steel will be confined to combat. trainer planes. The substi- tptltlm is a low carbon, low alloy s ee . ~

Ettemy hurls Bombers at Australia

By C. YATES ltlcDANlEL Associated Press Staff Writer

lvlEtrersOUrtlud, Australia, March 23~tAPl—ln the face oi heavy losses inflicted by powerful allied counter-action that had damaged or destroyed nearly 50 enemy planes lfl four days, the Japanese command lrrtrled its bonrbcr squadrons today at Lilc wrroic of the northern Austral- ltlll defence mripltery. Allied pilots replied with iar-rzuigrnt: attacks upon enemy bases north of the mainland.

Wyndham, orr the Western Aus- tralia mtllllililld, was under assault for l0 ntinutcs by a. medium force of enemy bombers and to the east. Port lvioresby on southern New Guinea, an advanced allied position tvhtch the Japanese for days had sought in vain to reduce, was at- tacked bv 10 heavy bombers which dropped 67 bombs.

Again. it apmarca, the Port Mor- esby zrirdrome was the target. of targets.

Four Japanese fighttcrs dipped t0 200 feet Witll their tnacirixrc-guns and cnntrcn blazing, and ran into a steel barrage. One plane swerved sharply. crashed into a hill and bounced 20 yards on its side. 'I‘l'ie pilot was hurled more than 4C0 feet. A second plane was believed destroyed»

Imtnccirzrtcly before. bombers had attacked their objectives in two waves of l0 and nine machines. Murry high explosives nnd scattered bombs were dropped but. the dam- age was believed slight.

The extent. of the raid . together with the known heavy losses the Japanese have suffered in recent weeks. indicated the enemy had placed extensive air power in New Guinea and might be expecting to use it for an nir base against the mainland.

Earlier, the rear gunner of an al- 'lll.*gl_rc_cot_rnalsance planepyertthe

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Lull returns to Philippine front

WASHINGTON. March 23—(AP) --An apparent lull returned to the Philippine fighting front today alter two days of intensive Japa- nese attacks which prompted the defenders to brace for a full-scale enemy offensive.

Prom fro-Gen. Jonathan Wain- wright came no further reports oi aggressive enemy patrol attacks or siege hammering of the Manila Bay forts following his disregard of a demand that the American-Fli- ipino defenders surrender "or sub‘ fer the consequences."

Official observers were without on explanation but noted that Gen. Wainwright had not. revised theweport he made Saturday that a renewed assault: ‘on the Baton trspinsula positions appeared prob- a .e.

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Two il-Boats &' Nine other ships Are destroyed:

Enemy Strikes With Indifferent Success At British Convoy Elsewhere.

LONDON. March 23—-(CP)-—Bri- tish submarines have destroyed two Italian submarines. one troopsliip and eight other transports within view of Fascists on tire shores of Italy and Albania, the Admiralty announced today even while Axis forces were striking with indiffer- ent success at; a British convoy elsewhere in the Mediterranean.

The largest individual haul for the four British submarines en- paged was credited to Cmdr J. W. Linton, who sank six large sc}roorrers--0ne of them flying the Nazi flag-and a motcrship jam- nred with troops. Conserving tor- pedoes. Linton surfaced his sub- marine and destroyed all seven vessels with gunfire.

He was cited last year for sink- ing two Italian supply ships with his submarine Pandora.

Another British submarine sank the new IAGI-ton Italian submar- ine Ammiraglio Millooif SaloPolnt, Calabrio, southern Italy. under the gaze 0t’ persons gathered on shore.

"While His Majesty's submarine was engaged in picking up sur- vivors she was subjected to in- effectual machlne-zun fire from land, the Admiralty reported.

The second Italian submarine. of 778-ton Argonauts class. was torpedoed and sunk in the south- ern approaches to the Straits of liiessina. which separate the lt-

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Cift to Britain Passes second Reading in House

Impressive Trib ute Given J. S. Woods- worth Leader Of C. C. F. Party.

OTTAWA. March 23-tCP\— Two of the government's rnaior financial measures advnnccd a stage itr the House ci Commons today when the $l.0tl0.000.000 gilt- to-Brttain bill received second reading and first. reading was given two bills arising from the trans- fer of inccme and corporation tax collection from the provinces t0 tire Dominion for the duration of the war.

The gift-to-Britain bill passed on second reading without oom- ment: or dlvlsigq since it. had been debated last- wcek. It went at once to the committee stage where dis- cussion is continuing.

Mr. Ilsley obtninoti cortsent of the House to dispense with the usual day's nottze fir mtrcducing ntonev bills to get the income tel: measures before the House. There was a brief debate on the distri- bution cf war industrics among tne provinces.

One of the most itnpre=stve tri- butes accorded a deceased member m recent your; was given .1. s, Woods/worth. lcadrr of the Co-op- erative Commonwealth Ilbdoration who died in Vancouver Satuniny. When the sittlnz opened Prime Minister Mnokenze K-itff! 1rd off in a series of speech": which testi- fied io the admiralicxr of members of all parties for the man who was once s storm-centre of many dc-

es.

Joining in the trlbutcs were Con- servative House Icadrr Hanson. New Democracy lerrdrr Bicclmrore, Mrs. Dorlse Nielsen (Unity North Battlefordt.

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Flare-up in air War over Channel

ON TIIE SOUTHEAST COAST 01-‘ ENGLAND. March Ztl-tflfi-The air war over the Channel flared up again tonight as German raiders stabbed at coastal areas in the south and southeast of Eng- land by moonlight.

A stick of bombs caused con- siderable damage and some easualtle; in one town en the southeast coast as one group of dive bombe a came in for a

swift altar-lg Many of the bombs landed on a business section.

There was a sharp, five-suin- Ilte attack on another area. The German raids followed

a foray b British fl hter; on mo’ I-‘renc coast ear er in the

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URMA BATTLE

Said Underway Since Friday Italian sourceieport . Japanese Fleet in Bay of

Bengal; Air success reported for United Nations in Burma.

LONDON, March 23—-(Cl’i—'l‘he Rome radio broadcast a Shanghai report tonight saying a strong Japanese fiect had been sighted in the Bay of Bengal.

The roundabout account said a landing in Bengal can be expected “at any moment."

NEW DELHI, India, March Z3-(AP)-Ten Japanese aircraft were destroyed in a raid Satur- day on the Mingaladon airdrome, a British com- munique on the Burma fighting said today.

CHUNGKING, China, March 23—(AP)—Heavy fight- ing has been raging in the Burma front along the Pyu river, 35 miles south of Toungoo, since last Friday when Chinese forces smashed a Japanese attack. Gen. Chiang Kai-Shows military headquarters announced today.

In this action, reportedabriefly in a New Delhi com- munique Saiurday, the Chinese said their forces counter- attacked along the Japanese flanks and inflicted 200 eas- ualties upon the invaders.

ti; Subs raid. Jap waters; Sink Bltlerchantships

The Chinese also reported the rapture of large quantities of eoulpment. from the Japanese who had moved tsp the railway from Pegu for the attack.

On the Kwangtung front h Bouth China, the official announ- cement said. heavy fighting was h progress near Chungshan, west of Hang Kong. following a new Jfl-P- sncse landing on the cosst_

Chinese forces taldng the offen- sive west of Canton, occupied cap- tt.r1 of Kwarrgtung, attacked Jap- Samshui, im-

WASHXIYGdTOXFt Marcia 231'.- ‘Qliiiintpiviiiinitttii port and in- . - __ - _~. ,. m _ . - .

lags nilciiiirrig J..ir.iric5¢s“,.u&r, flrcted 200 casualties upon the their hunting grounds, have (‘Demy-

sunk thri-e more of the en-

emy's merchant ships. attack-

ed and "lprobnbly Bunk" adrlzm- N

but-ant slip and rim-age wo

frcightcrs, the ncvy announced

tottight.

Tl e communique ran the ' ‘ ‘ score‘ of Japanese ships an-

uounccd officially as destroyed by American and Australian action since the start of the

war to ltiil. Surface strips, air- VICTORIA‘ March 23__(c1,)__

planes and submarines nc- i‘ _ .d.J I 9_ _ m cmmwd m" mm‘- A" ‘mm’ iii/id Rirliresrrnowiieryeoair are ‘ermimd "umb" “f "cswis m” Calgary Albertzrn and onetime

were sunk by Nothcrlnnders. Of the American-Australian total of 183. the United States New hrs sunk 0r damaged 118 ves- sels.