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_ QHARIUYTETOWN- CANADA. THURSDAY, MAY 11. 194s

End 0f Japanese War This Year?

Hopes For New, Better Naval Training Centre,

_ ' ' L‘ Commodore Brock And Other Officers Visit | City; Concerned Princinallv With Inter- I _SL""°° Cadet Pmblems- . WASHINGTON, May 1s - (AP) - A disclosure thati

-""—— "‘-'“"‘-—-— . , _ _ I _ swom m,” "tn-f, ,, mun b” gzrfianlese sutlleimglnes have been operatlng in the Atlantic. Local Stlliflel‘ l8 ' . . . e ' Nagoya Elven ‘s.’ 3.10:5.“ 8.‘.°.‘.°...‘.‘:§l°;‘..il it. A,,§,,",';‘,,, §,,,,;,",}°“,“,{-.,..,, ..- . o. u - l F d F ' ' erected in Charlottetown in the . . ' g ‘l ’ comma“ m5 ,9 m“? ,, . ma, gum" w,‘ expressed yes, States Atlantic Meet, told a news conference ln unfold- "flw F||’Q Rfld 35:: toca Gdifl-Irduldli rgpreganta- ingtporrlehof tie long-held secrets of the “Battle of the At-N 031;" conunnmmnmdm 0km’, N"°°*v,i an c t at merlcan craft had sunk one Japanese sub-l wAsHmGm-——N,mym_ m’) __ Divisions, Ottawa. a site. he said, marine late last sumrner just south of Iceland. l yore th,é,d5g95?,1gn,“§s w. He. sald lt was identified by flotsam which rose to‘ SSH csmltngeflnl: "us; aolglagoya the surface after its destruction. me C,,,_._d,a,, Ann, Urmously w tack last Sunday.

IDNDON. M8? 1U — (GP Cable) -' Britain has no intention of ab- mdmll"! tile Jllllanese-occupied ___ colonies of Singapore and Hong B Canadian Press Staff WritcrL Kong. it was learned most reliably

OSHAWA, Ont., May l6 - (GP). W533‘. along with the fact that the — The Federal Government's pol-I “Xpwtfltlon in Whitehall is that icy with respect to the Pacific war Johan probably will be beaten be- is but another step in "its disgrace- ‘We the end of this your. ful record of indirect conscription If» was learned also that it would throughout this conflict," John "B wll-‘ldered "Bmszlns" if one Bracken national moor of the Pwllr lighting is still continuing Prog e Conservative party, aid it W! WM in 1946.

uroe said that Singapore,

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" ts policy is subject to m; m. which fell to the Japanese Feb. iii, met censure in two respects- it ‘M1 wmud be reamed a‘ 5 mfiivl’ h“ drained many home, o; every naval and air base and would be son, and it he... left the people of ‘nrenfirly guarded" 1n future ~ a Quebec mlsuuderstqqd an‘; mg. move which had the support of Nllresentcd before the world," he LBREJILAILQ.E°YZZEEIELM-

said. Neither of these ill conse- _ 3”“ ' m‘ t Officers From Captured U-Boat Are Interviewed

was desirable, rle tiller of them

L; earcuseable, and both should have been corrected long ago." Mr. Bracken spoke at a political liany Attend I Meeting At 1 . Kelly s Gross

ral in support of Ma-j. James Mac- Bren. party candidate for the Federal constituency of Ontario. GP. McTague. national chairman of the party and candidate in On- tario's Wellington riding, outlined the labor platform of the Progressive The hall at Kelly's Cross was filled last night to hear the Pro- gressive Conservative candidates. Mr. W. Chester S. McLuro and Wing Cmdr. J. Angus MacLean discuss political questions. Mr. Mcbure was the first speak-

Corlservatives . er and‘ dealt principally with P.

The Government now has an-

nounced that it will expect the war E. I. transportation problems and ‘how the Progressive Conservative

in the Pacific to be fought by those who volunteer." said Mr. Bracken.- The Government's policy in this re- spect is but another bid for Que- bec support, and in that bid they are perpetuating the some two er- rors of the past. They are asking your sons to die in double the num- bers of others, and they are asking Quebec to continue to be misrepre- sented before the world , "They have drained your fireside; of your sons and tllley have deceived Quebec in this war and they Plllll in do the senile thing in their Jav- anese war po 0y." . The Canadian people had put up party stands pledged to provide with one Government's manpolwcl‘ gueqlunte tplnsnqdrtatlon afolrmrtfllil: ‘h a because te rov nce. n an on “my during t e w r y slip will be provided in Char- lottetown where local ships can be repaired. Freight rates on the ferry to and from the Island will also be reduced.

Wing Cmdl". MacLenn spoke on national issues and gave n resume of the Progressive Conservative party policy as announced by the national leader. Hon. John Brack- en at Ottawa Tuesday night.

Both speakers were given loud applause at the end of their talks as well as at several places else- where.

Other speakers included Mr. E.

had no other choice. "But they will remember the rein- C. l-Iolm of DsSable and Mr. Gor- don Newson of Kingston.

plebiscite. the shortage 0f fmggmentg; the dismissal Of Ral- Mr. F. J. Flood was the effici- ent chairman. the

gum (Col. J1. Ralston, former The meeting closed will

Calls It Another Step In Disgraceful Record Of " Indirect Conscription.

INTERNATIONAL AT A GLANCE

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IIIIAIN — Cllliunmlailléelb Par- bnlen Alike en panel Germans to admlniatq‘ country ‘in obedience to Allied directions‘; In- ternational war crimes conference in open in london lifly S1.

(ill-MANY — Robert Loy cap-

pod.

PACIFIC — Bitter fighting eon- Nnles on Okinawa: Dutch make pew invasion of hralran; ‘Super- ierte moire new smash at Nagoya

I!!! — De Valera lays Church- l “advanced the muse of inter- national morality" by resisting téynlptaiion to break Eire‘: neutral-

OTTAWA, May l6 — (GP) —1 Defence Headquarters tonight ls- sizcd a ISL containing the names o! one officer and 69 other ranks of

had been offered the naval auth- orities for the erection of such a training establishment by the Provfmlal mvemmfl" and h! Till! wias the first W011i llltil. Nlpponese undersea {aid-l l)tfifi‘l2dulirl5iil‘3lgs‘ed0l wfigeantgd now ' _. -~_ . _ -iciclayrepor as ra. its had_ J0 0i attempted to Join German U boats m; I, was m, second such 1m mm“, Hrrflsfllllk led shipping ln the Atlantic. ; a few hours and brought the total A giant 1,600-ton German submarine carrying threej

hoped the matter would be def- initely decided in favour oi such of officially announced Canadian German Luftwaffe officers and equipment headed for- troops liberated from enemy prison Japan surrendered Sunday in the Atlantic, about

a training centre. (This site near the North River Road was the mmps l0 3,690 A list earlier in the 500 day contained the names of '75 other miles east of Newfoundland, Admira He said that since the United Stat

obiect of much discussion some time ago). i k5 l Ingram Yewaled l fugue latest list included:- , ‘ _ 8S entered the wary; Cameron, Eldon ‘John, Pie“ Mrl. “we know definitely that we sank 126 U far from our shore."

Commodore Brock arrived in boats, most of them l Emma Cameron (mother) 35 Prince Including those by the Royal Navy, he said, the total

th Cit cries...’ iF.“°.§§Z’.ZZO..?.§Z'.‘.i.J‘°iTJ l Si. Charlottetown, PE I. - German U-boat losses exceeded 500. . Farmer "an Lab“- He said he was personally con-'

LL-Col. A. LeBianc, Assistant Dir- . fid t tl t en la United States Navy!

ectcr Army Cadets. Ottawa, Squad. [sinkingsv far exceeded the 126 with but lle for,

ron Leader W. J. Sergeant, R, c, 9 Col. '1) which lt was credited. no wrons. he made no mistakes but "5 ‘° 5°‘ "edit "Om these guys.

i- l _ i____ P l . a 0 o rzme Minister Kmg In . . added with a laugh, “in order 3,3,3, gg;g,,,,g<>r,1g, prgnrgggg, m Opening Campalgn Speed! l2 vlfikliiil “'Z..““.§..li..."”l§!

done was uite all right by them. I The youtthful officers ‘were eunllga —-'- I

sub-lieutenants from w the Asks For Return Of His Liberal Government]

hi h l b Thursda . gflllidlilllll/ZOIIIEEIJBI; Victoriavlllle and O11 Basis Qf Re¢0rd_ __-.

Thorlock, and was led into Bay

Bélrlelf‘, Nf1d., to be formally surren- lirges Review 0f Riot Sentences

BXXSYD THOMAS KAI-IF . May 10- (C?) _ Smiling and solf- , two youthful officers from a ’ ed German U-boat talked to inter- viewers through an interpreter here today. mouthlnc lessons well- learned from Herr Doktor Goebbels’ lpIrirrller for well-behaved young

nz s.

Their theme was: Hitler could do

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:01!!!“ - Japanese drive on Bhibk smaahed; skeet fight- hg continua in Fooehow.

BURMA - British troop; seek in tvflileclet, new link-up In Irrawaddy ____ ' wrm u s. savrzum ARM’! IN GERMANY. May l6 ——(Reutcrn , - Robert My. onwime German lLabor Minister and chief propon- ent of Hitler's "Strengtlh Through ho J Joy" movement, was capturcd today, down‘ m‘ akélailcaeéf. 45 nriles south oi Berchtesgaden.

boarded. and captured intact the] ‘._DAY_FLAG snowy-AGE

German submarine U-505, 150 miles west of the French West LONDON _ w?» _ Bgogug o] l flag shortage. Londoners were VANCOUVER, May 16 __ (cp) __

African coast. a to hang out on V-day only Prime Minister Mackenzie King to-l

able about one-rtenih as ggirany 1104i: =0 - l. ' ed th 1 corona on. o‘ ha. i... b. mo. o» m, bu]; o; its ,§.§§’,‘,3,,“,’,,°£§§§,o°,“ of cheer) cotton and Duper since TORONTO. May ls - (or) _l mance" and on the statement no 0- a“ Y"°°‘ “mm” i‘ “m?” i“ m‘ d°w“ and 18-95911 1m” dlgllmed" United Services branch of the Can-l m" Pa"? Cvllld win an over - all serlwes‘ blggldlngq silence. I m h , adieu Corps Association at a meem m ority in the coming federal elc- e 5 —man crew 0 6 su was, mg 15st night passed a resolution D11 1'10!‘ provide a government pg-

brought into Halifa from Bay Bulls t t1 aboard the Prestonlan. commanded! urging Justice Minis”: st‘ Lam lléilwe“ ve or every province of

by Ln-Cmdr. G.N. Downey of Kingston, Ont, and Halifax. They are being turned over to the Army, and will be taken to some inland prisoner of war camp.

The two junior officers picked out for the interviewing were Warner Mueller, 22, Leipzig. and Ernst Glellk, 21, of Frankfurt-on-Maln. Mueller, thin-l-ipped and Junker- looking, did most of the talking for the pair, while chubby, ddlsh- looking Glenk stood by and inter- jected a remark now and then.

U190 was heading back to Ger- many when the surrender order came. Her fuel was getting low and all her torpedoes were gone-al- though she ad only dubious succes against one merchantmsn, accord- ing to the young officers.

The were off the Newfoundland _ Gran Banks, about 100 miles from

Bevin Reveals British Plans For Manpower

By J OHN DAUPHINEE

LONDON. Ma 16 — (GP Cable) labor Minister grnest. Bevin re- rted to the House of Commons sy that it was hoped to release 100.000 men from the armed forces bythe end of the year-most of; them from the Army-and announ- ted that the call-u of women for the aléxiliary serv ces has been

e discharges will start June 18, the Minister said, and servicemen Ind service women in all war thea- wlll get an even break. The call-up age for men recently Its reduced to 30 and this limit , tained. These statements fill in the de- llll missing from the original plan for reallocating manpower between defeat of Germany and the downfall of Japan and the Govern. neat has no intention of departing fMn the scheme as first announ- W. Mr. Bevin said. While everything possible will be a to release excess personnel from the services, "we will do noth- llll to prevent our full weight being it h to bear on Japan and we iill ave to maintain our forces in lirope for some time," said Arvin seine House cheered. Britains commitments in the Pac.

manciing officer of t .lop Guadalcanal, w x 1944, hunted

he baby flat

la The commander oi’ the Ill-boat,’ Oberleutnant Hans Edwin Keith, was, sulking in his cabin aboard the fri- gate H.M.C.S. Prestonian while the interview was going on. Officers of Prestonian said Herr Reith had loosened up a bit tnisumomlng and talked freely, but then realized he might be letting his late Fuehrer

By The Canadian Press Staff Writer

Towed 2.500 Miles

The submarine w miles to the Berm sting base.

Admiral Ingram noted that onlv 24 hours before Germany sup-l rendered a U-boat wa Block Island. s sunk o"!

"We also got another sub soutllf of Nova Scotla in the middle of ADlii.“ he said. “And we had al probable kill off Cape Hatteras just. two weeks before the sur- render." .

Admiral Ingram recalled howl he "shot off his mouth" some months ago about the posibility of buzz bomb attacks on the Qast, coast and added vigorously "I don't take back a word I said."

The reasonnuch attacks did‘ not materialize from specially‘ equipped U-boats. he said, was bo- cause the Atlantic Fleet was pounding them down with four carriers aui 75 destroyers and none was able to get through.

as towed 2,500. uda naval oper-

they remember flhe deception that has characterized the call-up for we; and the unequal burden thus placed upon the different sections of the nation "

fl- A Political. PARTYS ‘fsouatrs ARE ALwAYs Miltfleuro e1

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ent to make a careful review of t'he sentences given to naval men for- aoaefpfén“ his mimvfllflll Wlih a their part in the Halifax riot f wgfih“ 3pm“ hem" a Crowd

The resolution contended the sev- vancouggef ‘iwed the baurmm °f filly of the sentences "creates the h,,,,,d¢,,f§,,,f’,§,” hlftel and N“ grave suspicion that these men o; the CBC e n“ ‘ma! nemm‘ were dealt with in a punitive spirit '

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0f N811 Germany and delivered at the point from which Canadian forces move out to fight the other enemy across thejacific. H From now on.’ said Mr. King, till mllitarlst Japan shares the fate of Nazi Germany, Canada's war effort will be dlrecied with urns-l mitting energy, across the ocean to, who]? theflfinal stage of the grcatl "l. elilulfiilllwlliibéttbfitflk.‘ fl» ‘our Gone- Fubmrrlr» pggfognlllalnceMiillitthe last (five years. at?“ calmligggc fhfvh|zodzlefipx:e,ias r e s , - ‘ * > . Prime Minister“ Cllbrchllls milltrlifé’ M“ lust mmmmed ha" m“ to hunseu on me occasion o‘ the before tile Navy capture crew "f. . 0 t! '. urc i ‘5 words , _ , speak for hemselves rather than at_ I degagvelg liggé,_tsu,r;lealzde"figd tfijeegf . . . i l ,

‘advised of its approximate lflCfl-i ‘tlon and had been sent out with‘ ‘orders to go aboard her at once.]M1n1m1_~,|n and maximum tempera. “be ruthless and see that nothing; tux-es; vanmuver 49, ; dmon. ‘aboard was scuttled or damaged." m“ 41, 5g; Raging, 32, m; wlnnl. ‘ Admiral Ingram said the lpeg 39, g1; Toronto 43, 49; 0mm; ;b at fleet was estimated to con-l 34_ 57; Mung-em 4g, (m; Qugbeg 35 I? f of 11B submarines ill 55; 531m John 4g; Moncwn 4.2 . 1941 illld b.l'_ Dficfillllml‘ 1941 58; Halifax 45. 55; Charlottetown all grey/n to hfi- By January 44, so; Yarmouth 46. 54; Sydney i943 the Germans were believed 4Q, 5g,

to have 400 U-boais and reached

Reveal lluge Grain Shipments In Lakes

MONTREAL, May l6 — (OP) 7-,! Almost 87,000,000 llushels of Elam. have moved from rort Arthur and» Fort William elevators since lll? opening pf Great Lakes navigation this season, Transport Controller Lockwood said today.

Mr. Lockwood said it was ex- pgcted th-Jt 21,009,000 bll5ll€ls 0f grain would be started on the way to Europe from St. Lawrence Dolls. from Halifax, Saint John. N-Bl Mr. and Portland, Me. I-Ie added that efforts were being made to boost the monthly ocean-going total to 30,000,000 bushels from June on-

ward. f "All grain berths in the 00ft ° Montreal are ln demand d-ry and “my; to reed the grain moving from, the head of the Lakes into 0081B?‘ steamers. This is a condition wh 0 l will continue until the end of Nov- gmbgr until the St. Llwrence

closes "

Defence Minister) and above all with Notional Anthem.

Germans Rule llnder Direction

Tonight the speak at Borlsllalv.

Famed Herd 0f Jerseys Depleted _

s12 HELLER, Jgfgy The sub had uite rough going Islands, lmy 1.,- __ wil Cacbrfilrfulf} during her wesl-(fvard trip. and hwd Although [Ale world-roman Jgl-sey been under attack every clay with herd ol cattle showed only all over-l depth Charges bursting “hem h"- uil decrease of s60 nnld during tn-- “m” l“ cmnmfl’ “t time“ five-year German o"cu iltlflll of’ she remained submerged the i . " p rwhole time, because it was a bit the mamm glands’ me Rwn‘ too unhealthy on the surface ffiliehunfiiliitlé. fiilfiycplitiil "YW “"1” "my ‘m: "5 when and n‘ w,“ mks a, mm two years] we come to the surface, Mueller before the lzerds return to their s peacetime standard. ‘inc cattle are ill good condition but many heifers and bull calves were slaughtered by the Germans

candidates

By ALEX SINGLETON

LONDON May l8 -— (AP) - Prime Minlster Churchill. after a conference with Gen. Eisenhower. told the House of Commons today that the Allies intended to pemlit the Germans to administer their own country "in obedien c to Allied dir- actions."

Mr. Churchill appeared in the House amid demands from many quarters for Allied disclosure of the, exact role being performed by Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz and his fol-

ma-

lowers. "I am not sure whether any chine of government, w ether or regional, can be said to and in

centre

exist at present in Gennany any case I should prefer in repl ing to this question to speak of a i-

METEDROIDGICAL OFTICI TORONTO. May l6 -- 1GP) —

the Navy and the R..A‘.F. have responsibilities assigned to

Less of “Skeena” Story Released

Forecasts Housing Riots In Vancouver

Coming Events

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flonferenee 0n War Grimes Opens May31

LONDON, my 16 - (<7?) -A“ international conference on Ger- man war crimes Wm 5W" 1" Um‘ my s1 it. W” lllllwlllm“ m‘ by the United Nations War

and by farmers for a two-fold pur- pose Killing ihem not only pro- vided nloit to supplement vhe Is-

landers’ scanty diet but prevented‘

the calves from drinking milk that might better be consumed by the Islanders. The Gennans took most of the milk and left only a scanty ration for the inhabitants.

There were 8,893 head of Jerseys on the island at the time of tlhe occupation in June, 1940. The last official count-on Mal-ch 31 showed

VANCOUVER, May 16 — (CP) —- Riots similar to those in Halifax V-E day will sweep Vancouver if the Government fails to do some- thing to alleviate the housinl shortage before dischar service- men return this w ter, Birt Showler, president o! Vlflwllvef- New Westminster and district Trades and Labor Council, w-arrled at a council meetinl 188i 1118m-

“The Government says all the

nistratlon rather than government." said the Prime Minister without mentioning Doenitz directly.

"In general, it is our aim that the Germans should administer their counbry in obedience to Allied dir- ections. We have no intention of un- dertaking the burden of adminis- tering Germany ourselves."

No official disclosure of the sub- ject of the Churchill-Eisenhower conference also attended by Field Marshal ontgomery and Gen.

By The Navy i

UITAWA. May l6 (CF) (Advance) - Fifteen ratings were lost lrl frigid Icelandic waters when a su en night gale with sleet in its t eth hurled the Cona- dian destroyer Skecnn ashore on a rocky island near Reykjavik Oct. 25 and pounded it to pieces.

Loss of the 13-year-old veteran of Canada's tiny peacetime navy

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Prisoners Tell 0f a Jap Mistreatment

Cable) — Seven Canadian airmen and a Canadian Army

peak of 450 on March 1. 1945.

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CALCUPTA, May l6 (C?

officer,

Lower St. Lawrence. Gulf. Bay Chaleur: Moderate winds, cloudy and cool.

Maritime west: Moderate varia- ble winds, mostly cloudy with some fog, followed by scattered showers.

Maritime East: itlodgrate varia- ble wlnds, partly cloudy and cool. Scattered fog patchel.