l OI‘ A

MERE MAN

viii

nanny II lav-am y." b!‘ will I

wa-‘i-"a ‘iinal: anaflty.

halal mmanu ‘Wiretap- halqeaita.

ll. BJLF. Station Leads In Drive

subscribes-scam Out Oi $100,000 Objective.

Despite adverse. conditions Prince Edward island s

r MID in the first week of the Si: vic- tory campaign. ‘Ibis repre- sentod a-u case o! over $40,000 more than btained -

was o in a slm

liar period durins the Fifth loan.

in tho battle for the county title Prince County, with a total of $186,. 060 subscribed out oi an objective oi 000 led

n. doubt with only one R..C.A.F. station report-ins up till last ‘light. No. l0 Bombing and Gunnery School. Prince County. gave other stations a real mark at vnltioh

shoot by r that of their $100000 objective ev had received 869.500 up to Sat

‘ tirday nlisglt. with their quota set so high t is n re- markable achievement for only six days oi canvass

Boy Falls Into Well, Is Dead When Located

cAinBmLmN. N.B.. April 30 -iCP) — Elght-year-old l Pitre was drowned Saturday when he fell into a. well while pla g in

a ac-

hls yard. No one wl cident. The body was oéuid at fig; well bottbtlifilndlr “feet " ‘ll 0X‘.

lull Continues Dn Russian Front

IDNDON. April 30 — (A P) -- Sovlet bombers attacking Idritsa roll Junction near the Latvian bcr- der and a nearby airdrome Eat- urday night touched off big fires and explosions, Moscow announced tonight in communique which Bold the lanb front lull had emer- ed its second week without any important changes.

Moscow newspaper Izvesiia "untested the lull. caused by wea- ther and Red Army rsgrouplngs, might end 500D

cantilever"...

"Danes Emerald Hall rrlday Ilzht. May s. s-l-s-ai

"Meeting oi the Conservative electors oi Milton Poll will be held gldnlilton Hall on Wednesdar. M

all’.

“lbnerald Dramatic Club will resent their play in New iondun all. May lat. 4-28-21.

"Unloa and Mon. car be: ea s at price taco. l“ 4-20-21 "Livestock Marketing Board lwdlns twirl. Mt. Herbert Tucadav lorenocal. May 2nd until train time. Ralph Raynor in charge. 5-1-11.

"Garden seeds. All the latest

‘-

Sat C. . fi Boyle.

and best varieties. Bend for free 19M Catalogue. ur vasev York. 1-l7-ti.

"Oliver Campbell loading h

at Remington d S ersi e Tuesday, ay i,“ as hi? and "Jill boars. 4-3-

Coma to the dance Tucsda . May I. at the Pownal Garage Hal ill aid oi the Mt. Albion Red Cross. 4 :9

“livestock Market Board foreseen,‘ yuglfliiiiglrtrlmgttrain us? F-llph Rayner in charge s-l-ll '

"Wilbhirs HI lihd Poultry O0- s.“ r W

on Monda s I-pd Pri

s impair? Msfi 1a -M- av l.

CO ~n..'.‘."‘i‘zi‘iéii‘ ssiWianlhii-l in Sea, View Hall, Tuesday‘, May 2. Iinotfin. first line nig t."

cow i‘

tlaaisml-"h"i*zi.°"ti.>*~.iz°iliii - “H” I I

and Fridays. ‘east-m? r-antigleg-

O to}... of hit§'dl.°%ll.ai-ii' June

l? n. o. r. atogik. “WW _ . rs.

-.".“"'.....il.= laetuvanv ‘ill! Bra. Arthur llI-lxlllll-

eggs at purch

DESTROYER

her year in service. Inst August in

part in the battle which cruiser Seharnhorst.

ulted in

Local Soldier iirrives Home From Overseas

Helping to dig out the victims of several bomb-shattered areas in London was one the mop)‘ thrilling experiences of Pte. E. C_ Burhoe, 206 Fitzroy Street, city. who has Just returned from over- seas. '

Mr. Burhoe enlisted in January. 1942, "went active" in November gf ti); game year. and arrived in England in April, i943. For the next few months he served with the Army Service Con)! "m" transferred in October to (LEM-Q. in London where he served With

partnient.

While overseas Pte_ Bllrhoe mel- Lieut-Colonel B. Conrad. Meier W. G. MacDonald. Corporal Arthur Dalziel. Pte. Harry Sentner. Pte. Alex Pineau and several others from Charlottetown. While in File- shire, Scotland. he visited Matthew Lawson, once a. member of the plpq band 0i the PEI. Hlkhlllld"

era

' as to the effect of ration- ing on the n. lish people. Pt=~ Burhoe stated t at while at times ths fare of both military and civil; lens was meagre. it had increas. in recent months and he

ls m i d and has two chgdlrreriicfe Rlatulbiltneg With him from overseas were L-Cpl- R- w- l-iudson. city; Corp- J. W~ LPVEFS» Georgetown; Gnr_ E. R. Llewellyn- Murray Hprbplll‘; TD!‘- A- 5' MN‘

Englan angulood shortage

g ; s . c. B. Rogers. Ififimgenfieqwrbbmnl n. stanley. my; and e. J, G. Stewar,

Brackley Ppllli.

Dominion Loan Total Passes Dne-Third Mark

OTTAWA. Avril 30—(OP)-The national war finance committee an; ht that Saturdays e 200.000.000 8'51‘.- brlnglng 9 first week oi the titres-week drive to alcoholic-slightly more than I third of the obioctive. The sixth days sales. however. compared to the

tlnoenzan t" .., s. lniilaplnl-il =33‘

(Continued on ma 1. 00l- l)

Pictured above is II.M.C.S. Athsbaaksn, sunk in a battle off the French coast Saturday. Sleek and trim and one of ihe fastest destroyers at sea. the 1.900401: Tribal Class Aihabalhan packed a lot oi action into I

the first German glider bomb used against n naval force. She also took

Pre-Invasion Naval Sweeps Seen Underway

" which saw the sinking of the Can-

the Printing and Stationery de‘:

sum United States and London is start-

W“! WW“ 55 ling. On the sidewalks of N all v1 igflghooglgolgillvemgfiefiohfa‘! York. Wash ton. m; Angela: .d°3°;'°"”,d.'v..' mm M6105” sanall towns. peoples laces have “in. ‘mm m“ comm” “my”. not become marked _by he long m m ‘an mqmd _ strain of the war. Even in their mqqog-mr-Monm “m d" o‘ urrv they seem relaxed. without the c . if» t-uasiuso: fiamlm“ ma‘ l" l lflfldlll‘! f0"! w" mgffii Londoner; know the pleasures ed law“. '3“ Q8400 QMjq-‘L the lam few months have put an a... m’. 11.01 ' m... oom- w, “do; mP,,-,;PM,,,,M d‘ ‘Vial: ‘gill-h 1% °" m‘ ‘m’ "It's {his wayydwmor‘ a eab ° ' * _ driver "rhlaia wait- mfi" "Iggglllalngfh u“ m‘. mic: your wife to have her first ‘mu Wm- omm n, . And than; nothing you can giofliaglaebtmzshaveaofar“ l - purchased NI-

5

The Ps Paper

the Bay of Blscay she got hit wlthi

the sinking of ihe German battle- b

OTTAWA. April 30 — (OP) - lntensificatlon c! e-lnvasion naval sweeps on the ench coast ls believed in naval circles. here to have led to Saturday momings engagement off Brest. France.

adisn destroyer Athabaskan and benching and firing of a German

shlrp.

avy Minister Macdonald the Athsbaskan. “fled Lt.-Cmdr. John Hamilton Stubbs of Victoria and Kaslo, BC, “has been sunk in an engagement with German destroyers off the-recast of France. An undetermined num- ber of survivors have been icksd up and German sources clam 85 prisoners have been taken. Next- of-kln will be advised as quickly as possible.

A Naval spokesman said that the list of casualties among the Athabaskans crew will not be made public for at least several days. Built in Britain. the Athabaskan ‘was one of the largest and most powerful destroyers afloat. Heir gunpower was more than double that of a destroyer of the class of H,M.C.S. Saguenay. She had four twin mountings compared with four single 4.7’: of the earlier types. She also had a galaxy oi anti- aircrait weapons. reinfiorclng her main armament. Torpedo tubes and depth charges were added to her fighting potential so that she could tackle anything on or under the sea and also anything in the a

sa id by

At the commissioning ceremony n year ago she took on an ulnvltcd crewman-n ginger cat that strol- led on board just as the white en-

rsise h

sign was rig d. T a cat was immediatea adopted and put on muster as “ inger."

London Iias Jitters Too

By DON WHITEHEAD

IDNDON. April 30—(AP)—Lon- don has a case o! nerves-dnvasion lltte calmed by the strain of waiting for the t Allied blow a- gainst i-liitler’: ortress.

London has waited almost four years for the day that is approach- ing when British. American and Canadian troops will swarm across the beaches to batter at German defences.

Tho newcomer to Iondon senses the strain of the invasion wait in watching the hurrying crowds on the streets. seeing iaoes in the sub- way with that little drawn icok about the eves and mouths. and hearing .. arguments which

eak out with the slightest pro-

b TNXJOEJOD contrast between

And the the faces of people on the streets in the

Jraawritte

(lovers Priase Edward Island lke the Dew CHARIDTTETOWN. CANADA, MONDAY, MAY 1,1944-

ACTION IN BRIEF CAREER

i

NEW YORK. April 30-451’)

Bil-sue United states

army's air transport

command dia- cts... today |.s operations have reached such scope that more ladsaai use bausts-aaa-lahd aiflhS- lugs were mam: in n recent month by cargo and passenger planes operands between new Xork and destinations in the United Kingdom and Africa.

MONCTON. NB , April ail-WP)! --Dr. lnlvjBcurque. as. Bel ed to be one oi‘ the OldESL ract ng physicians in Canaan at I~ e tune Ol his retirement several years ago; died at his home here Saturday evening.

CHUNGKING. April (AP) — Japanese troops have launched a new westward drive against the Pelpmg-liankow railway, the Chinese an- nounced tonight, and United States headquarters disclosed American clancs have been thrown nito support of Chinese troops battling the invaders’ offensive to the northwest in the Chenghsien area.

HALIFAX, April 30 —- (CF) -— Nova Scotis hit the 811400.000 mark in the Sixth Vltotory Loan cam- ‘cairn over the week-end- 38 per cent oi the province's $34,500,009 quota.

Five Members Df ilthahaskan Grew Receive Mention

OTTAWA. April 80-40?) — An ironic note was given news oi ma slnkula cl the Lunaolsn ucstroysr zilrlaCnJitllil wnh alnouucement by the Royal Canadian Navy ‘wnlcnt mat .i... members of A ans crew have been mentioned in ms- patclles for their services at the time the destroyer was BHMKCGI by enemy planes last fall.

in ma: filillkfitlltllt, Alliabaskanl was senior ship oi a group opexat-l lug n1 me 2:3,; of Blscav, and was damaged by Nazi glider bombs.

0r those named in torugnrs sn- nuuncement. all but one. chief cn- gineroom artiilcer E.G. Mills. of Saanicli, B.C.. are known lo have leit Athabaskan before the notion in which she was sunk.

Those motioned "for oourase and

searnnnshl-p in bringing their shin safely to port alter she was clem- aged" wer

“Cgldél ihbw Capt.) G R. Mills. nmmgfiyilléih. J n. Caldwell, of

(150 Church St.» Asnhcrst. N S.

Chief E RA. E G. Mills. Saanich. B C.

Acting Petty Officer FER. Har- boar. oi Montreal.

Surgeon Ueut. W3. Wallace, o!

nto.

Lieut. Wallace was mentioned "for service in caring for the wounded in H M.C.S. Athusbas- kan alter his

Jans Massing For Drive At lmphal

RANDY OEYIJQN_ April 30- (AP) — There is every indication 01 India are massing at last for the all-out attack on Imphal. main Allied base on the». plain oi Manipur. Allied headquarters an- nounced toss

t.

y.

ase manpower is being at y reduced.” said an Allied review 0i operations for the week ending 28 “His supply situation. as looted from neighboring villages are oonstuned. may be ex- pected to worsen steadily. Unless in the near future lie ls able to stase some fonn of operation which will improve the situation. he even- tually will be forced to make a dil- ierent position."

M. D. 7 Falls Down Dn Recruiting

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. April 30- (CPl — "On the eve of its great- est test. Canada's amiy needs men. and becsus, of the general com- placency only a fraction of this district's responsibility is volun-

ficer Commanding Military Dis- trict No. 7. said in a statement Saturday.

“On my recent visit to Britain I found that in every quarter full credit was being given Canada for its marvellous war effort. On mi‘ return to Canada, the most strik- ing impression was the feeling. noticeable everywhere, that the war was all over”

Canada's army overseas needed 60.000 men this year, apart from any a uliements resulting from major invasion battles, and “to forget our field army would be a disaster and shame of the great- est magnitude."

Big ‘Danol Dil Pipeline Completed

The Canol oil proiect. farthest north oilfield in the world and a venture ranking with the L523 mile Alaska Highway as one of the great en- gineering feats of Canada's war- ore a. gu ier ng rural?!“ distinguished tl i oi Canada and American olficisls in thc outskirts of this historic gold-rush town. the l-ciinerv link- ed by 595 miles cf four-inch a- bove-ground pipeline with

aoin-oe

officially opend in oaretno

erisan-ilnanced 080,000,000 connnandls construction

ol work bv thousands _ __s_r_.nd_ erioans

it}!!! Was attacked by

enemy_ aircrai

Claude W009i! R098“ Lille.

_._..__\

2.-

.4907’?- 71679372

avr/WF, .-"'"n-- . 4w”

,,-

tearing." Brig. G. G. Anglln, Of-t

opened northwest. today became a1

at Ilbrt Norman. N.\V.'l‘.. was n mid-alternon ny. Consolation oi the Am- project. final step oi the northwest service mission in the northwest. marked 22 months cf men-Can-

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New faith means we arb eaafld ent of what we hope for, convinced of what we la not aee.

MAXIMS or a

MERE MAN

War Situation Last Night‘

‘ -_-i___-

By Klrke L. Simpson, Associated Preaa Analyst

During this May day week-end in war-tortured Europe a crescendo oi Allied bombing over Hitler's roofless continental fortress la thunder- busly p. claiming to friend and foe aiike that the hour of Anglo-American‘.

invasion ls close at hand,

Day and night for two full weeks, big and medium bombers and their lighter escort umbrellas have roared out of scaled-oil‘ Britain to Illlmp destruction in l.000-ton iota on Nazi Atlantic wall fortifications along the coast and far behind it on critical war industry and communication cen- ‘

tres.

lubeavlyfioa Delloverd. ILI IIIL It“: Iibel Pnviaraa I U-l-A. I.U

llAN DESTROYER LOST lN BA

ELlNl) LOAN TOTAL BEACHES $965,800.

PACKED LOT

iAthabas—kan llioes Down Off French Boast

iSunk in Spirited Battle With Nazi Ships.

l

By Frank Lowe

The final softening-up air blasting to open the way ashore for Allied; LDNDOX Ann, 3o __,CP, _ H.

ground troops getting set In Britain for the epic amphibious assault op- i M C s Amabmkam a new povu

pears to be in full course. its cumulative effects are revealed in weaken- “my L950 m“ 5195

oycr oi the Tri-

lng Nazi resistance and the storm of conjecture in Germany as to where m; glass; was Spill in two by an and just when the first overseas invasion blows will fall.

speculation. as reported from Nazi-ringed neutral observation , urda. posts. deals mostly with the place the weather and the ocean tides and ‘ moon cycles must play in Allied strategic and tactical plans for the in- ,

vnsion.

The same factors appear io impress Russian commentators. From both sources, and well-backed by the almanac. comes the thought ihati

‘enemy torpedo and sank early Sat- sl-ili firing at two Gernaan destroyers that struck at her in the haze of a siarlll night, tile Ad- Olzc en- in

nliraliy announced today only vessel was driven ashore

flames One hundred and thlrly one men

physical conditions alonz the channel and north sea coasts of the . are beiifl-‘Bd to (save 5unq\-gd_ Fur. continent will be rirhi for action during “or. “av-lime conditions also should be suitable In Russia from the Bal- Haida. gstsl‘ ship of the Athihas-

tic to ihe Black Se: for n synchronized army attack. The lull after the | great Russian winter offensive crashed through to the Carpathians fol

split ihe German eastern army is in

One notable aspect of the mighty Allied air attack ns ii progresses day by day nnrl night by night is the greaior concentration against rall

itself significant,

hubs serving the Atlantic wall enemy defences.

It can he assumed that at some point there will be a sudden rom- plete shift in Allied tactics in mass the full weight nf combined Anglo- Amerit-an air power over and behind selected landing points. but there la

no indication Yet of that.

Aerial Offensive Roars

l

l

LONDON. A rll so - (A _. Pwbabll" 3000p Allied planeps), _z mvlpdlns three American task tor-l

crs ‘of upwardsof 1,000 hasty: bombers and fighters-poured cx-f D10Slves on German airdromes,» coastal defences and rallyards in- Frflnw today. and Europe's radios blared fort-h indications that the aerial offensive wa5 rolling inexor- ably on into the night. Today ivas; the 16th straight day of history's‘ greatest sustained all" assaults I

mlmalwni bvlleVid to include] heavy bomber were seen crossing ; the channel i k evenlns. ihdlCat-l lng anti-invasion targets in Francel stilluere being unded The Vichy; RDdlO said Alled fcrmaticns fiewl over the Alps and tile Danube late? today. suggesting that targets inl Austria might be under attack by. Italy based planes

The Budapesc Radio warned air

raiders were approaching the l Hungarian capital Three airiields in Northern;

France and Central France werel bombed and shct up by fighters in; a late afternoon attack that er... countered no opposition.

Income Tax ‘ I

l. Deadline Now

Monday Night

OTTAWA. April 80 — (C l _ | Income tax divLnon officials said; lsfltllrday an extension to Monday‘

"lldlllslll has teen granted for the‘: LONDON April 80-(0? Cablel. '

filing oi 1943 income tag forms‘ L willlse April 30. me deadline so» Clifdllli; to the fornls. falls on Sunday. y

lare flied, but income tax officials‘ iexprflsed W? hope today that ev-i

eryone who could possibly do my l would pay off immediately m, ha]. ' IMO they owe.

Hail Falls At Nassau; First In 15 Years NASSAU. Bahamas. April 30 —

(AP) —— The first hail in l5 years, and the heaviest in the memory

Mr. J W. Boulter who accom- panied Hon. G. H. Barbour to Ot-i

fiorteq that they reoe ved everv elp and consideration in present- ing their case.

The Island members and Sen- ators were present at the first meeting with the Minister of Agi- culture. Hon. Mr. Gardiner ol- R-Alsw g Prim Nil-list?!

n, actin e

of residents;fell_here_>_Baturday.

Past 16th Straight Day

Probably 3,000 Planes Take Part In Yesterday's Operations.

Invasion-Eve

Appeal To British Labor

BRISTOL. April Eli-ICIN- Ernest Bevin. Britain's Labor Minister, in nn invasion eve ap- peal for industrial unify, told a workers‘ meeting Saturday night "whatever your quarrels. remember that from now on the hour glass is runnin: out minute by minute."

"I dare not tell you the ex- act moment it will finish al- though l know it." he added.

"l ask you not to think of bosses but of the men scaiini the beaches on the oiner sine."

uevin said wnen criticism was voiced in tne House 0i Com- mons oi the government antl- strike incitement ban, it was "one oi the saddest moments in my life." and lashed at Aneur- in Bevan in denuunt-inz labor party members who "kick .1- way the ladder by which tneyve climbed to equality "

Empire Donferenee Begins Today

Conduct of the war. lllfialfllt‘ DOSI-Wll‘

a c long list or platters to be dlscusxsled ‘ _ ve No down payment has to be Yillido l British commonwealth countries in wurrnuoasn. NY . April ao- when income tux returns for ls-la‘ ‘he will" °l room at l0 Downing Street starting

bv the executive heads of the

KOIIIOHVW.

the week-end the visitors Dominions-

from the overseas Prime A ter Smuts

Canada. Prune south Africa, Prime

air journeys .

King kept his London hotel, n. Mr. military

suite nil day aitor receivi Fraser and an headsja turday.

Discussed Potato Problems At Ottawa

was most energetic and made possible th¢ various hearings be-

lflfil

ary, February and March. Tb

showed the iolloQg:

(Continued on page ‘l. Col, ‘D

war cabinet

Minister Cur-

tin of Australia and Prime Minister l Fraser of New Zealand-had an op- lportunitv to rest after their long

hi .

"in support of this claim a comparison was made cf the ship- ts in 1958 and 10M for Janu-

ity SlX were rescued by H. .\i. C. S

kalp which made a daring n - oeuvre to the spar where the n- ndian vessel sank. and the Germans claimed B5 were taken Dil-Sim" P5 |they drifted on life rafts. Normal complement oi a Tribal Clam des-