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Reaches

$1, 735,350 For Prov.

‘All Districts Eirceerl Nominal Objectives; Drive A Continues In Full Force Today.

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r nominal (mlwtlyl £:¢d,.:ietigem of Prince Edward m are out to see bow much wy can over-subscribe Canada-l Wm victory Loan which closes

Qucm’: County, outside ‘chuitttetovirn. Prince, outside pimmefsidfl, and King's all went bur the too" yesterday. Char-

mm 5nd summer-side used

1r quota last saturday a have

yinnreasing their total ever u“, n“; grand total for the ‘wcvince is now $1,735,850. .1=igures released from Provin- ujgsadquarters last night reveal m; Charlottetown and Summe hi, are going "all out" to swell heir totals in this second Victory sign. At the close of canvassng Charlotte- stood at $746,400 more than the

rleci. .. prihed a tutni of $312,150 t0 the loan which is $47,150 above the

quoa. = Determined to supply the money needed to buv planes. guns, tanks Arr-i other equipment for the arm. 1d forces. the people of Queen's, frinre and King's yesterday in- rested henrilv in Victory Bonds. ‘ha rcsuit the three objectives It were passed with case, Th9 fuiuai amount; subscribed in these , sections are: Que-en's, $375, Prince $205,400; King's $193,

(YlTJHi/A. Mar-vb 6—(CP)~To. lli subscriptions to Canada's Soc. It!!! Viflow Loan mounted to $790,.

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, (YFPENVA, lfarch 5 -ICP) -An htrraso ci 20 ci-nis a buclzel in the bitial 1111.0 for western wheat in 11912-43, brmgnigthe payment t0 iheiarnrer to 90 cents. basis; No, l lionlrern n‘. Fort William. was pro- " ‘ ..y in a government

_ ' trending in the House if Common. . Tlade Minister MacKinnon, whose hparimcnt contains the Canadian boat board, introduced the bill a- mending ti: wirnat board act and Plmiiting 1.2." bznst, in the pay- ifiiitliqabove the present ‘l0 cents a

- The bill did not specify liow burn wheat the board would ac- ”! ll. this price. FAT CATTLE SHOW MONCTON. N.‘B.. March O-ICP) '-'l'he first Maritime fat cattle show Jlid auction sale will be held here I!!! Wednesday under sponsorship lihe Maritime Livestock Breeders’ aticn for the purpose of stim- g production of well finished. , hrrnde steers in sections of the mriiimesadnutcti to beef raising. ile from the three ltfaritime Pro- wlll be shown.

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rig Events

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in this col uml

r- Rummage Sole Trinity Social

m-Baturuav. March ma. 6.30.

. L-BUO-Zi-l-ll.

"'5?- l- Ilesoital Cake sale. m“: Saturday. March 7th. V l ZlOll Clllllibh. 14-717-3-5-31.

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Wins hoss at u 1-1 » . Mo d UH“ H!‘ ' _ - ia¥d=tr¥f€§i‘.a°ii‘>aa.““i."l b-702-8-7-2l.

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i "K hon at Vernon, March menu Tuesday until

- tr aihiii, u‘, h. - a t 0h "m o-ia-rlfliv.

"firmer: Institute um in: Tu Egg, . wafer. 10m m xii M‘ 3°"!!! Myers. seer? i. . L-iac-a-v- i. l- "will yo was riiiiifiih as???‘ om. Knud Jot nun. w b-i n-e-tr.

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It Pfederi A. M. At Bream‘: Give us your hogs ciorv returns. Thre 14.50 per an. xnuu

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l; raid’ on‘-

llanccl liislt 0f ' Army Train llerc

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OTPAWA. lthrch 6-K?)- Defcncc Department offlclah wild fonllht that because only one cu ferry now is available for traffic to Prince Edward Island from the mainland, the Canadian Army Train, on tour tluoughont Consuls, has cau- ccllcd its vlslt to that ju-cvlnce.

Officials said plans were can celled at the request of provinc- ial and civic authorities. (Thur- lutictown and Summer-side Boards of Trade. and the Can- adian Legion provincial com- mend

Mystery Voice Warns French

LONDON, March 6-(OP)-'I'fre mysterious "Colonel Britten." Lon- dents radio voice to the Nazi-occu- pied continent, warned Frenchmen sharply tonight to get away from Nazi-controlled factories, for the Royal Air Fame is coming again- more and more often." , . He refenp¢j4i~the greet - , ay m; ‘Paris ,-in_ , fat area. , _ ,

"I warn you again now,"‘iig-..safd. "Keep away frrm the"e’ factories. K-sep sway frcm ary work which is helping Germany. get into the country."

If they are forced to work. he said, the French sh“uld d-zrnand better- air raid shelters.

n. 01A. r. Plane Missing In N. S.

STANLEY. N.S.. March 6~(CP)— Search was underway tonight fcr l. Royal Canadian Air l-‘orce plane missing on a flight ffrom the elem- entary flying training school here with an undisclosed number of men aboard.

A statement issued bv officials of the school said merely: "A plane from Stanley Airport is missing on an operational flight."

It was understood. however. that two men were aboard the machine and the-t it took off from the field this morning. The type of plane was not known.

The aircraft was reported last seen passing over Pembroke. NB. on the shore of Minna Basin.

AIR. CASUALTIIIB

OTTAWA. March 8—(CP)—'I‘he Royal Canadian Afr Force's 205th casualty list of the ws-r today con- tained names of two men killed overseas. one reported killed over- seas .one presumed dead overseas and one killed in Canada.

One man was reported seriously ‘injured in Canada.

CHARUYPTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1942

'0EFaNOERSPREPKRE Foniiisr STAhl

S.j,-Alaska Higllwaywllo Begin A

Uncle Sam to Foot Huge Bill for Road

Joint Defence Board

Recommended Pro- ._ yect.

I OTTAWA, March 6—(0P)—'Ib meet military needs, the long-pro- ectcd roe-d through Canada. link-

the United States with Alaska i8 to be started at once, Prime Min- ister King announced today.

The United states, he told the House of commons, will foot the construction bill and the cost of wartime maintenance.

Mr. King ‘announced the per- manent Joint defence board of Canada. and the United States had recommended the building of the road and the governments of the two countries had approved it.

"The road. as approved, will start at Fort 5t. John in northern British Columbia and follow the general line of the airports which Canada has constructed through Fort. Nelson. Watson Lake, White- horse, Boundary and Big Delta to Fairbanks Alaska." said Mr. King.

The large sume or money which Canada already has spent 0n the north/western chain of airbases-—so- called “northwest passage of the slim-figured in the United states decision to undertake cost or build- ing the new road.

Just _h0w great this construction cost will be could not be deter- mined here but estimates have been made that the cost of building a new section of highway to Alaska and improving existing links would abgubetween $25,000,000 and $30,-

.000.

Illlfitrnfi‘ h. A

‘Two Long Overdue

WASHINGTON. March 6-1CPl— The United States navy department announced tonight that the Nor- weglan freight SlEflm'|‘ip Lief had been sunk of! the Atlantic coast.

The Lief was a motorship con- trolled by the Norwegian shipping and trade ccmmission and operat- 113g under charter to the Bull Line Steamship Conrmmy of New York.

Enrlkr the navv reported that a Unit-d States fralghter and a rank- er nf Panamnnai registry were ov- erdue and prcsuxncd lost.

Regjard Plea As Warning

LONDON. March 6—(AP)-A plea from Pundit Jawaharlal Nchru. recognized leader of’ Indias Nation- ulists, fur immediate formation nf a provisional Indian government "re- Lponsibie to the Indian people and not to the Viceroy or the British Government" was regarded tonight by government critics as an urgent warning to Britain to grant India immediate dominion status.

These sources contended nothing short of this political concession can stand u chancepf winning the s mpalthies of Indlus,400.000.000 for

e allied war effort. No other ber- qain will be acceptable to leaders. it was stated. Faili they added. s. number of ' nxtive

xzs- sponsored Subhas a Bose, outlawed fromer Mayor of Calcutta, as thciriiglfverer.

Plan To Tarn India Into Major Allied Base

American Mission To Great Supply Depot

Eritrea.

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Sanderson Staff Writer

WA$INU1OM lllNh 0-4“) 4mm to turnInd-ls inrlo I mil“

By I. I'- Pull

pcaslbill ietio nib-continent. rich in N- aourcee and teeming with man-

QUICK‘.

Th; mum possibilities of m- dis, straddling two cf the M!!! wu- leuel. the h: mt and t-M lfldllclllhlllfilbpnlbbciilll-

to China with o lubsiftutc Bur- thet considerable

necessary to turn it

into c. mn-jcr amply one, WW"

armament. 880930.000 h cf lam.

Survey Possibilities; Being Created ln

y coal, bcuxffn. chrome, mcgneeitc, rim-menus, utica and low grade copper, in wider-developed u e mcnilfcmurlng country mud“ this b particularly no of heavy ‘llllflfll. 1t; steel pupducton is 1.600.000 will

m plain, word came from Lion- 4c; m» American ma: and Im- ierials are cumin: n amt "W1! bus in rarities. one which I 5"" w“ p gold W001i! be I Whsckcr." His statement served. m; cs confirmation of moor". N- pflwpy hard, that American mo“ m“ bun gent to North

ml“. m“; conference. President Roosevelt declined w M1091! 1w additional information on the Irifreap buss. ‘lb do so. he mid. would constitute an invitation i0

Axis bombing planes. Neither would d

be discus the Indian alw-

Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Enthusiasm requires purpose. and purpose thuslum.

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War Situation Last Night

1B! KIRK-I ll- Bllif-PBON. Associated Prue War Analyst) Although it ls disaster in the southern Plclflg gm, n“; h"

fanned the outcry In some quark" p;

lllllllt Prime Mfu-

fufcr Churchill's war leadership there I w Mu fundamental change in nlllcd llfllbifynslflllelrlwllzilllt l: éiltmTrii

The III who»! evolved by u» measure-alumna confer-emcee

in Washington bu never been in doubt. It m"! MM by ma men. um the Atlantic,

rests on the conclusion, not the Pacific, ls the

“um m“ "ml? m“ GWNIIIY. l"! JIPMI, is the enemy the anti.

Axis allies muf. conccutn O

‘against. U "wlhmifioliwllllobccome

I U O mum'- mm Mlnllter u

lame London d] when n; t mm] be no changes in that. ccncgt. ‘Sllr‘gtaffczfitghllllollzylegelflrrwmf frlng the allied attack in Europe and the Atlantic than so” chm-chm

He secs Hitler's eastern line, his flank.

“"51"! IP01". l! his vulnerable

l“ ls l” “hm” A“§.l°‘5m°l’l°flh Blll to Russia for that rcusou.

Nor is there doubt that‘ Roosevelt shares that view; which is im-

portant, whoever heads Britain's

war effort. The means of victory in

IND!» ill men. in hues and tanks and all the rest must come from

the United States. If. follows, therefore‘, writhing under the sting of repeated 3nd

that British {lflllllcpl “rd”, costly defeats in ins Pggiflc

ar”_lnd mo" M “u W" ‘he l5" 9' slnfiflllllro-must reckon with American reaction to proiwlials for n’ ‘ ‘ e in British leadership.

British war leadership h nu longer m exclusively 3mm; “m, i; '81:"? "biflwlfl 0H ‘his bide of the Atlantic the new hue and cry llrfihllll lcllp looks much like an effort to sound out American

public opinion.

l" "W" of’ In effort by Churchill's p mi 1 r capitalize on American public restlessness 3.1.1:: tleilewllldfisoltdglzl l:

u" Plwiflfli the nllllrll PODllllr urge for offensive

Japan. the United States. .

action lgulnst

Mild"! Wlmlilllls are fully aware of that undgr-gqncm 1n

There is nothing to indicate W shl t ffi ' talk of substliutin, Sir Stafford for ghurllgrllll all tlfrlaallrl-ililsilfvllartlzelrlxlie No direct disclosure ll to bc expected, whatever is going 0n behind.

the scenes. O O

a c

There is every cvldenciwhowever, that Washington is bent on

striking hardest at Hitler and not being

iii/filled from that purposc by

llllhllilly_developments in the Pacific. In proof of this can b9 crud

heavy of um -

Ireland. It wu curried out despite urged: need the Australhli

fence cflava and to stiffen Jena-p .6911; Muf-hquvwlfcb.

'y force in Northern _ to bolster Dutch de- iront. against s possible

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Precllicts Jap Attack On Australia Within Weeks

Maj. Gen. Bennett Calls For

Action"; Men Military Duty.

Up

MELBQURNE. March 6-(0?) -- Japan will attack Australia "in a matter of wceks, not months." Mn].- Gen. Henry Gordon Bennett de- clared today in calling for swift, positive action.

As if in reply, Prime Minister John Curtin submitted a proclama- tion maklng all men up to 60 liable for military service.

Gen. Bennett, who commanded the Australians in Malaya and es- caped, said he spoke "at the risk of being called a scarernnnger," and that he was convinced re Japan- ese would employ the same tactics used in Malaya. and Java.

“We must move swiftly," he said in arr interview. "We must smash into this menace. I have no doubt whatever that we will be able to destroy any Japanese force that

tempts to land here.

"It is positive action that will beat the Japanese. It is only by concentrating all our efforts on this pcsitive action and bv development of an offensive spirit that we can ensure victory."

Sydney had tn air raid alarm (Fist afternoon. based on a false rc- por .

The slr minister said Japanese planes had been reoonnoitring in the New Guinea area for M hours.

The government announced that n senior cabinet member probably would be sent to Washington soon for conferences.

Dr. H’. V. Evstt, attorney general and minister of external affairs, was mentioned 1n Cm ll the moot likely selection.

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(I: The Olnedhn hell)

MARIH ‘f, 1011-11411 Nlilonel- let members of the Britidi 11min cf Commons precentcd I N001"- tlcn calling for immediate ID111161- tion d the Home Rule Law. Rus- sians captured Buitun, Persia. ‘mtsl of 114.88 persona enrolled for national service in Britain.

pagan. Count. zcpplin, German dlflfile builder, died. min-inn 1'0- port cf ccuuuinion fnquirfnl into the Durdeccllee and»!!! II-Irliur

“Swift, Positive

To 60 Liable For

Shortages Are Threatening ll. S. Plans

WASHINGTON, March 8 .- (AP)— Shortages of materials are threatening the nation's chances cf achieving President Roosevelt's “blue print for vic- tory.” goals, W. ll. Harrison, production director of the Unit- ed State; war production board said y.

In planes and Ihlpbuildlng. major elements In the Presl- dcnt’; program. steel and alu- minum ehortagcs have cut cui- put below Harrison's hopes. he told l press conference, adding that some of the lag in ship building mlghf. never be caught

up.

The President has asked pro- duction of 80.000 war planes and 8.000.000 ions of ' ,' this ICU’. I

Saying that ", “ par- ticularly might full shirt of the goal, Harrison declared, how- Qvfl‘. that It was equally poe- ulblo that I production speed- up could our use it.

Harrison II d that while" ship- yl-Iéln 0:10;‘ out almost a chi a ay brim-y In tcnm of expectation; wal "somewhat disappointing."

"I lure it was not more than 10 pair behind In Febru- ary.” h: a dell. He. placed the

the ulvwneln of steel lfverlcl by the steel industry Int Gciober and umber.

Need Export Permits For Wax, Feathers

OTTAWA. March 6-—(OP)— IR- port permits for certain wax, can- dles and feathers will be requiml on and after March 9, 'l'rsde Min-

imi- Supplies of these commodities are 000ml!!! abort and export control is necessary to conserve them for fan requirements, Mr. Mac- Kinnon’: statement llld. bulimia ifl l iequ spec without include down in natural stoic end processed.

Kinnon announced today. md

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Annual Sllbucrlpllun Delivered, 86.00 B! Mull: P. I. L. 04.0% loothcr Provinces 1nd UJ. ‘JO

JAVA a

t Qngg Fall BcFk-‘Into

Strike Blow Interior After Qazttzng Capital

Dutch, British, American Soldiers Near Exhaustion After Days

' AtNazi Plans

for Offensive

£22,113 GILMORE

MOSCOW. March 6—(AP)—Thc Rd Army reported tonight it was pursuing two German divisions and the remnants of a. third from recap- tured Yukhnov in a major blow to Nazi designs for a spring offensive against Moscow.

Yukhziov, 120 miles southwest of the capital. in the Vyazma-smc- iensk-Brysank triangle. was s Ger- man base of great strategic import- enoc .

The German 13th and 26th army corps had been assigned to it. the Russians said. and in five months of occupation had built a large air field, a complicated double ring of underground and surface fortifica- tions and big gun emplacements. The whole. territory was strewn with land mines.

Russian artillery and ski troop: were credited largely in the recap- ture. advancing foot by foot in long and bitter fighting.

Finally the Germans left only three d.iv‘lsione—-tne 260th. 263rd and 13lst—m continue the defence. the dispatches said. Then came the Russian break-through. ‘The recap- tiue was announced last Illllht.

The German 131st division appar- mtlv suffered the brunt of the at- tack. since the Russians said its "remnants" were fleeing westward.

Farther north. the Stasaya Russo sector. the Russians said they were continuing extermination of the trapped parts of the German 16th army. having encircled another airdrome. shot down eight planes supporting s Nazi counter attack that failed, and frustrated continued German efforts to fly in supplies.

Debate 0n Post-War Rsilabiiililiivll.

In Commons

OTFAWA, March 5——(CP)—-Con- tml boards in every industry in Canada to start now "or in the very near future" to plan for the transition from war t0 peacetime economy were advocated in the House of Commons today by Pen- sions Minister Mackenzie.

He forecast that 40 per oent- oif thcsc now working in War indus- tries would be displaced when peace comes again.

Wherefore, in my judgment, it is the primary duty of any gov- ernment to lay plans to see that provision is made during that tran- sition period to care for these men." he said.

Mr. Mackenzie made this state- ment during an afternoon discus- sicn of Labor Minister Mitchell's bill providing for reinstatrmcnt 1n their former civilian employment of thcse discharged from the ami- ed forces.

Although this bill merely un- bodies in statute from provisions which have been in operation since last June under an ordcr-ln-coun- cll it has been mad: the subject of debate on the whole question 0f pest-war rehabilitation.

Noprcgrcss was made today and Mr. Mackenzie, who is carrying the mam burden of government argu- ment on this measure, was several times slum; to sharp IITiHVQTS and reproach at tie criticism of the governmrrz... attitude toward ell-servicemen

Alaska Highway Dione the Housc__r_vesrrmed~_ccn-

' woflflnusd .2!» usleiailal . 3)

Of Unending

BANDUNO, Jl-Va, March k-(AP) -'I'hc Allied forces, gpproaching e state of exhaustion under the cruel, UHQIICiIig pressure of the enemy‘; overwhelming force, fell back tonight into the rough inter- ior for a last stand, abandoning to the Jnpanme much of western Ja- va and Batavic ltscLf, the capital of all the Netherlands East Indies.

Disaster fcll as well UIDOIl the eastern island; thou- the invader had driven almost to the southern coast with the wpture of Jokya- karts less than i5 miles from the sea. and thus had completed the destruction of communications westward from the sirrahaya naval base and was cirtting Juva in two.

It appeared that the main de- fending forces were withdrawing to the plateau about this temporary capital and military headquarters, striking out doggedly with their last strength in wild rear guard act-ions as they a-pwr-oached the hills of decision for this island.

Bone-tired as they were, sleepleel for days under the unbroken thun- der of enemy bombing, the Net-li- erlands. Australians, Britons and Americans nevertheless desperately and momentarily snatched the in- itiative hecle and there.

At least one sector» previously over-run by invaders was deported

aincdjn Allied cormter attacks. ‘€%%s"5‘f1i5dl'§fi'fl§ in the rough arch being pressed down upon Bandung by the enemy from hi; earlier p0- sitions about 25 miles distant in three directions-fmnw Purrvaknrta to the northwest, Kslidynti to the north. Suimnv to the northeast.

‘ rit. h nouns nsvercv dispatches

(Continued on page 11, Col 1)

Slight Increase In Cost 0f Living Index Reported

OTTAWA, itfarzii 6-—iCP)—Cnn- side's official cos1-/...f-liv-iilg index increased from 115.4 Jnn. 2 to 116.8 Feb. 2. the first advance since price control r-cgriaiicns went in- to affect Dec. l. the Dtzrninion Bu- reau of Statistics imported l-cclriy.

The Burclirs increx is the basis for awarding ccao-of-living bonuses under the government's wartime wages program.

The index stood at 115.8 Doc. 1, at 115.3 Ncv. i aitd 115.5 O21. l.

Indiccs for fcocis nztri mi-rcllnn- eous items moved hialur bot-ween Jan. 2 and Fri). 2 wiric the cloth- ing index rcwrriod a fractional loss. ‘

‘Ilie fond group advanced from 122.3 to 123.1, as incrcnscs for po- tatoes, onions n:.<i Ln ouilueglicd declines for fruiis nird eggs. The miscciiunccus iiltia); l'llOlll1i€(i from 106.8 to 107.1 clin- to moderate in- creases in llmllrll cmzs and life insurance pzunirur ratcs. The clothing index fell fmciicnnliy from 119.9 to 119.8. Ohzcr groups were