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Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
Maximum
52
Minimum
42
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
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p.m.
to
4:47
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Of
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Campaign
CONFERENCE
CONCLUDED
IN
ACCORD
Important
Meetings
Between
Churchill
and
Roosevelt
Over
Terse
Statement
Issued
WASHINGTON,
May
28
The
conferences
between
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Oreat
Britain
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States
has
concluded.
President
Roosevelt
said
Thursday
that
military
planers
of
Oreat
Britain
and
the
United
States
have
reached
"complete
agreement
on
future
operations
in
all
theatres
of
war."
Thli
terse
statement
on
global
strategy
to
be
followed
in
the
future
came
Instead
of
an
anticipated
Joint
statement
by
the
two
United
Nation
leaders.
Where
the
next
Allied
blow"
against
the
Axis,
may
fall
is
still
a
well
kept
secret
although
It
has!
become
obvious
that
Increased
at-1
ttntlon
will
be
paid
to
the
war
with
Japan.
There
Is
no
reason
to
believe
that
the
idea
of
an
invasion
of
Europe
has
been
given
up.
TO
PRESS
ON
ITALY
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
Says
There
Will
be
no
Let-up
In
Attack
PORTSMOUTH,
England,
May
28
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden,
noting
that
Italy
"now
lies
wide
open
to
air
attack."
said
today
that
the
attack
"will
be
pressed
home
by
all
means
In
our
power
"
Ar
annmincemen
I
"'vn
Allied
headquarters
in
North
Africa
said
t
that
Allied
bombers
and
fighters
1'r.shed
again
yesterday
at
Vlllacl-1
dro
and
Decimomannu,
important
Axis
air
fields
In
Sardinia,
and
the
Lland
of
Pantellarla,
destroying
13
enemy
fighters
In
combat
and
many
!
aircraft
on
the
ground
There
are
reports
that
Premier
Berjto
Mussolini
Is
making
preparations
to
evacuate
both
Sicily
and
Sardinia.
A
large
dam
and
power
plant
on
Sardinia
waa
bombed
yesterday.
Valid
and
Expiry
Dates
For
Meat
Coupons
Are
Set
Valid
and
expiry
dates
for
the
first
14
meat
coupons
have
been
t
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
Drown
coupons.
Spare
A
m
the
No.
2
ration
book,
arc
to
j
be
used
for
meat.
They
are
in
I
pairs
and
a
pair
may
be
used
each
eek
1
Here
is
the
timetable:
Coupon
No.
1
Valid,
May
27
Expires
June
30.
No.
2-.-June
3..
.June
30.
No.
3
June
10
June
30.
No.
4-June
17
July
31.
No.
5
June
24
July
31.
No.
6-July
1
July
31.
No.
7
July
8-July
31.
No.
a-July
15
August
31.
No.
9July
22
August
31.
No.
10
July
29
August
31.
No.
11-Wugust
5
August
31.
No
12-
-August
12
August
31.
No-
13-
-August
19
September
30,
No.
14-
August
16
September
30.
LORD
WILLIAM
CECIL
DEAD
LONDON,
May
28
0
Lord
Wil-
lian
Cecil,
pvtra-ffpntlrman
usher
Silt
I
King
and
onetime
groom-In-
to
neen
Victoria,
died
at
'nK
to
Queen
Victoria,
died
at
01
89
years.
He
served
in
the
Sua
-
'n
expedition
of
1885.
Bulletin:
i.i
i.x
wmi
warn
us
mi
us
usum
FRISCO
TO
BE
BOMBED
SAN
FRANCISCO
J.
Stevens,
chief
of
the
fire
department
of
the
local
civilian
defence
organization,
predicts
that
San
Francisco
will
be
bombed
July
1.
MISSISSIPPI
HIGHER
ST.
LOUIA-Waters
of
the
Mississippi
River
have
reached
a
new
all
time
high
mark.
Hundreds
of
thousands
of
acres
of
fertile
land
are
under
water
and
widespread
damage
has
been
done.
THEATRE
HEAD
DIES
TORONTO
Nathan
L.
Na-thanson,
president
of
General
Theatres
Coiporatioh
and
former
president
of
Famous
Players-Canadian
Corporation;
died
yesterday
at
the
age
of
57.
He
was
born
in
Mlnncappolls
and
came
to
Canada
in
1907.
SOCIAL
CREDIT
CAUCUS
EDMONTON
Social
Credit
members
of
the
Legislature
will
be
called
into
caucus
next
Monday
to
choose
a
new
leader
in
succession
to
the
late
Premier
William
Abeihart.
AWARDED
VICTORIA
CROSS
LONDON
Wing
Commander
Guy
P.
Gibson
of
the
Royal
Air
Force,.
who
led
the
raid
on
German
dams
recently,
has
been
awarded
the
Victoria
Cross
and
33
others
who
participated
in
the
same
attack
are
also
to
be
decorated.
Among
them
are
seven
Canadians.
SUBMARINE
MENACE
DOWN
LONDON
The
submarine
menace
is
now
reaching
a
low
point
for
the
war
while
the
number
of
U-boats
destroyed
increases,
London
papers
say.
Allied
ships
can
now
move
from
Gibraltar
to
Suez
in
comparative
safety.
BURNED
TO
DEATH
VANCOUVER
Walter
Scott
Alien,
75,
was
burned
beyond
recognition
in
a
fiie
which
:wept
the
Stuart
Apartments
on
Chil
c
st-
last
niht-
Jack
Morrel
,
a
sauur,
wnu
Has
luuimut
v.
apartment,
sustained
serious
injuries
in
falling
from
a
window
ledge.
USE
WARTIME
HOUSING
OTTAWA
Accommodation
for
soldiers'
dependents
was
being
found
in
Waitime
Housing
facilities
In
some
congested
areas,
Minister
of
National
Defence
Ralston
said
yesterday.
HONORS
TO
CANADIANS
Some
Tour
Hundred
Mtmbers
of
Armed
Forres
to
Receive
King's
Awaids
OTTAWA.
May
28
Oi
It
was
learned
yesterday
that
awards
for
some
four
hundred
persons
in
the
rnnndlan
armed
forces
will
be
con
talned
In
the
Kings
Dirmaay
honors
list
pn
June
2.
Under
the.
government's
policy
none
oi
ine
awards
will
carry
titles.
CHEAPER
SURGICAL
CASTS
JOHANNESBURG,
May
28
4t
A
South
African
Army
doctor
discovered
an
"efficient,
cheap
and
simple"
method
of
making
plaster
of
patls
casts
for
any
type
of
surgical
work,
They
cost
one-flftecnth
the
price
of
the
old
type.
Iked
tape
fatal
NEWMARKET,
Eng.,
May
28
0
"Appalling
red
tape"
was
blamed
by
a
coroner
for
tne
aeam
ui
a.
,
"J
...
.
.
l
.1
I
year-old
boy
An
anny
w
up
a
hand
grenade
eant
had
ottered
to
.
d
rtre
iy
the
.
grenade,
but
police
Insisted
on
the
"s"al
channels.
BIG
RUSS
OFFENSIVE
Huge
Red
Aimy
Force
Thrown
Into
Battle
to
Drive
Nazi3
Out
of
Kuban
Area
LONDON,
May
28
The
Russians
have
thrown
some
ten
divisions
or
150,001
men
with
great
numbers
of
guns,
planes
and
tanks
Into
a
large
offensive
apparently
designed
to
drive
the
Nails
out
of
the
Kuban
area
in
the
Caucasus.
The
aim
would
appear
to
be
to
reach
Kersch
Stiatt
on
the
Black
Sea.
Already
a
fierce
battle
Is
reported
under
way
to
the
north
of
Novorossisk.
Elsewhere
along
the
Russo-German
front
there
are
artillery
duels
and
patrol
activity.
On
Karelian
Isthmus
there
has
been
a
sharp
clash
with
a
Finnish
force
which
is
said
to
have
been
wiped
out.
DAMAGE
IN
MILL
FIRE
Early
Statements
in
Regard
to
Loss
Were
Somewhat
on
Extravagant
Side
TERRACE,
May
28
During
the
excitement
which
attended
the
fire
which
last
week
destroyed
the
sawmill
of
Little,
Haugland
Si
Kerr
heie
there
were
extravagant
ru
mors
as
to
the
extend
of
'the
dam
age
AuthorHflf
stapedis
;no
reveal
that
the
low
Will
amount
to
between
$10,000
and
$15,000,
part
of
this
being
covered
by
in-
surance.
The
fire
occurred
last
Wednesday
afternoon
at
3
o'clock,
the
fire
alarm
sounding
as
volumes
of
smoke
started
to
rise
from
the
mill.
Not
many
minutes
afterwards
the
whole
structure
was
ablaze
lnjiore
Than
One
Thousand
Landed
the
most
spectacular
conflagration
and
before
the
hour
was
up
there
was
little
left
besides
heaps
of
blowing
ashes
from
which
clouds
jof
smoke
drifted
among
the
buiirt.
ings
of
the
village.
Valuable
hejp
was
rendered
by
soldiers
who
came
from
a
neigh-
boring
camp
and
with,
first,
a
line
jront
passed
through
here
recently
of
palls
and
then
by
using
a
firejon
their
way
to
Interment
camps.
hose,
prevented
the
destruction
oi
i
drying
sheds
and
valuable
piles
of
lumber.
HALIBUT
SALES
American'
Eclipse
48.000,
19.9
and
17,
Whiz.
(
Canadian
Oslo,
18,000,
19.2
and
17,
Atlln.
Toodie.
9,500,
19.4
and
17,
Stor
age.
Ankar
A.,
12,000,
19.4
ana
17,
Storage.
Annabelle,
5,000,
19.4
and
17,
Storage.
Relief,
23,000,
19.2
and
17,
Storage.
Hlo
Rita,
3,500,
19.1
and
17,
Atlln.
Bug,
2,500,
19.1
and
17,
Atlln.
AUSTRALIA
IS
SECURE
Chances
of
Large
Scale
Offensive
By
Japanese
in
That
Direction
Believed
Dwindling
MELBOURNE.
May
28
The
feel
lng
is
growing
that
the
chances
of
a
laree
scale
offensive
by
tne
Jap
anese
against
New
Guinea
and
Australia
this
year
are
dwindling.
ntUTISH
BIRTH
RATE
Lunuu,
r
"rr3!
J1
slight,
increase
,
u,
the
b
thrate
he
paf
i
year,
iu
sun
wj
m
w,v
opinion
of
sociologists,
who
say
there
Is
nothing
in
the
child
allowances
to
encourage
couples
to
have
babies
which
are
necessary
to
keep
up
the
population
level.
NEW'CZAR
IN
STATES
James
Byrnes
Named
Co-ordinator
Of
All
American
Victory
Efforts
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
28
(CP)
President
Franklin
D.
'
is
Roosevelt
today
named
James
F.
Byrnes
head
of
a
compact
war
mobilization
board
to
direct
all
United
Slates
victory
efforts
behind
the
battlefronts.
The
President
named
the
board's
duties
as
to
keep
"both
our
military
machine
and
our
essential
civilian
economy
running
in
team
and
at
high
speed."
Byrnes
thus
becomes
what
Washingtonians
quickly
labelled
as
the
czar
of
czars
in
the
United
States
war.
effoit.
Baseball
Scores
International
League
Jersey
City
6,
Baltimore
3.
Syracuse
2,
Newark
1.
Rochester
4,
Toronto
3.
Montreal-Buffalo
postponed.
I
American
Association
Toledo
9-6,
Milwaukee
2-4.
Columbus
4,
Kansas
City
3.
muianapoils
4,
Minneapolis
0.
St.
Paul-Louisville
postponed.
Pacific
Coast
Los
Angeles
4,
Portland
3.
(12
Innings').
Seattle
7,
San
Francisco
4.
Sacramento
2,
Oakland
4.
San
Diego
5,
Hollywood
2.
LIMBS
FOR
INJURED
CHILDREN
LONDON,
May
'27
tfi
A
scheme
to
provide
-.attilfcial
i-robs
for
schoo,children
children
under
schoo,
lnjured
enemy
a,Uon
has
been
prepated
by
tne
Board
of
(
mvLcatiaa
and
Health
Ministry,
NAZI
WAR
PRISONERS
In
Canada
Yesteiday
From
North
Africa
AT
AN
EAST
COAST
CANADIAN
PORT,
May
28
W
More
'than
one
thousand
German
and
Austrian
prisoners
of
war
from
re-
cent
battles
on
the
North
African
.
Special
Session
Of
Japanese
Diet
Parliament
Has
Been
Called
for
Extraordinary
Sitting
June
15
TOKYO,
May
28
The
Japanese
Diet
has
been
called
into
extraordinary
session
on
June
15.
The
nature
of
the
business
to
be
taken
up
has
not
yet
been
defined.
WARM
WEATHER
L
LONDON
LONDON,
May
28
CT
April
was
mor?
mild-mannered
this
year
In
BrKaln,
the
wannest
April
In
years,
with
almost
cloudless
days,
mid-June
warmth
and
exceptional
dry-nes?.
But
early
In
the
month
a
75-mile-an-hour
gale
swept
the
country
doing
much
damage.
WOMAN'S
BUMrEft
CROP
LONDON.
May
28
0
Miss
Alison
Jeillcoe,
25-year-old
member
of
the
famous
British
naval
family,
has
by
sheer
hard
work
and
with
very
little
help
brought
120
acres
of
neglected
Buckinghamshire
farmland
under
the
plow.
Last
year
she
pro
duced
a
bumper
wheat
crop.
WOMEN
UNDERTAKERS
HUDDERSF1ELD.
May
28
O
1
Mrs.
N.
P.
Hoy.e
df
Llnthwalte.
here
one
of
BrUa,ns
rew
un
dettpkers
and
she
does
everything
but
make
coffins.
She
helps
with
the
embalming
and
admitted
she
dldnt
feel
nervous
because.
"It's
my
Job."
Paid
for
Nothing
As
Courts
Decide
London
War
Worker
Takes
It
Easy
While
Officials
Dispute
About
Her
Case
LONDON.
May
28
.05
Mrs.
Dorothy
Birch,
a
London
war
worker,
paid
$13
a
week
for
doing
nothing.
A
National
Service
O.Vicer
ordered
her
employers
to
reinstate
her
after
she
had
been
discharged
aus
of
allwd
lack
of
work.
When
she
reported
back
to
work
'he
company
sent
her
home,
but
continued
to
pay
her
wages.
Now
the
courts
are
deciding
whether
an
-Tin)
i.j
reinstated,
it
Is
sufficient
merely
to
pay
wages,
or
If
work
a
t
also
b
provided."
New
Commander
For
Hawaii
Is
Appointed
Major
General
Robeit
Richardson
Succeeds
Admiral
Emmons
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
May
28
Major
General
nobert
Richardson
Jr
BPPrt
fin.
has
fipen
nnnnlntert
ti
'.
command
j
of
all
United
States
forces
in
the
Hawaiian
area.
He
took
over
the
difficult
task
there
following
the
attack
on
Pearl
Har-
bor
December
1941.
P
MINISTER
GNDIEPPE
Charpes
of
Canadian
Incompetency
Denied
by
Ralst9n
German
,
Prisoners
Taken
OTTAWA,
Ma7
28
CH
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
de-I
fence,
told
the
House
of
Commons
Thursday
night
that
statements
charging
Incompetency
In
the
Canadian
command
of
the
Dieppe
raid
were
"Irresponsible."
Col.
Ralston
revealed
that
37
Germans
had
been
taken
prisoner
In
the
Dieppe
raid.
They
were
members
of
the
three
services
navy,
army
and
air
force.
DEATH
CAME
TOO
SOON
LONDON,
May
28
OOCapt.
Ed-?ar
Lee
Gibbons,
who
a
few
months
ago
was
offered
$45,000
to
be
paid
to
his
battalion
if
he
"captured
Rommel
either
dead
or
alive"
has
been
killed
In
North
Africa.
The
offer
was
made
by
his
grandfather.
CAMERA
CAUGHT
THEM
CAIRO,
May
28
tM
A
British
army
cameraman
captired
eight
r-mans
with
his
camera.
As
he
raised
the
instrument
w
his
eyes
ihe
Nazis
thought
he
nad
some
sort
of
new
weapon
am:
came
out
from
the
bush
with
their
hands
raised.
Destruction
of
Jap
Militarism
This
Done
New
Nation
Can
be
Built,
Former
Ambassador
Grew
Tells
Alma
Mater
CAMBRIDGE,
Mass!,
May
28
Degree
of
Doctor
of
Laws
was
con
-
ferred
by
Harvard
university
yes
-
terday
on
John
G.
Grew,
former
United
States
ambassador
to
Japan.
Mr.
Grew,
In
the
course
of
an
address,
said
that
Japanese
mill
tarlsm
must
be
destroyed
and
then
a
new
Japan
can
be
built.
TASTE
OWN
MEDICINE
STOCKHOLM,
May
28
ff
The
German
people
now
know
what
total
war
Is
like,
according
to
the
Strasbourg
"Neuesto
Nachrlchten."
Referring
to
R.A.F.
raids,
the
paper
said:
'The
war
turned
Into
something
terrible
which
we
did
not
expect."
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Fliers
Taking
Part
In
Kiska
Raids
Americans
Continue
to
Improve
Their
Positions
on
Attu;
Enemy
Resistance
Being
Broken
127
So
Far
Killed
in
Action
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
28
(CP)
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
pilots,
flying
United
States
War
Hawks,
bombed
the
main
camp
on
Japanese-held
Kiska
Island
May
25,
the
Department
of
the
Navy
announced
today.
Hits
were
scored
near
enemy
gun
emplacements
and
other
areas.
The
Navy
also
announced
that
United
States
troops
nave
nuacuQ
me
uuru
mam
posi-
i
tlon
which
the
Japanese
held
on
Attu,
south
of
Lake
Corles,
and
Indications
were
that
the
entire
enemy
force
on
the
island
was
being
rapidly
broken
up
Into
very
small
points
of
resistance.
Last
night
it
was
stated
that
American
warships
had
bombarded
Japanese
installations
on
Attu,
levelling
main
camp
buildings.
At
the
same
time
It
was
said
that
American
land
forces
had
taken
a
nonr
rlrlna
nTiai1nnlrln
DUI.K..l
"uf-
"S
"6m
Harbor
whence
the
main
enemy
positions
could
be
readily
attacked
The
Americans
now
hold
both
sldes
D
Chicago!
Harbor
eweiary
war
"enry
.
,
yesieraay
announced
me
casualty
nst
in
me
Aleutian
island
campaign
so
far
as
consisting
of
127
killed,
399
wounded
and
118
missing.
The
Japanese
are
believed
to
have
suffered
much
heavier
Casualties.
American
planes
have
made
an
other
attack
on
Kiska
and
caused
iconsiderable
damage
to
lnstalla-
Uons
there.
ALLIES
IN
BIG
RAID
Lae
Heavily
Hit
by
Bombs
Tester
day
and
Much
Damage
Done
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
jjj
AUSTRALIA,
May
28
Allied
planes
made
their
heaviest
bombing
raid
on
a
Japanese
base
In
the
South
Pacific
yesterday
with
Lae
.on
New
Guinea
as
the
target.
Many
large
high
explosive
bombs
as
well
asi
Incendiaries'
"were'
dropped
and
large
fires
'
were
'
started
with
heavy
damage
being
done.
One
Allied
plane
was
lost
in
this
raid.
There
was
not
much
resistance
from
fighting
Japanese
aircraft
but
there
was
heavy
anti-aircraft
fire.
Rifle
Range
Danger
Area
People
Warned
Against
Wandering
About
In
Vicinity
of
Rear
of
Prince
Rupeit
Boulevard
Reference
was
made
at
area
.military
headquarters
this
morn-,ing
of
the
danger
of
people
wandering
in
the
bush
back
of
the
'city
In
the
vicinity
of
Montreal
Hill
(Prince
Rupert
Boulevard)
;
where
an
army
rifle
range
has
re
,cently
been
established.
Already
SOme
people
have
been
found
in
the
danger
area
behind
the
butts.
'
it
was
explained
that
the
ranges
are
jn
almost
constant
use
lnclud
lng
Sundays.
NEWS
IN
MIDDLE
EAST
LONDON,
May
28
War
demand
has
caused
a
boom
in
the
diamond
industry
and
boosted
profits
among
producing
compan
ies
With
an
enormous
demand
for
industrial
diamonds,
used
for
ma'
chine
tools
and
precision
lnstru
mentis,
with
sales
running
at
an
es
timated
$60,000,000
yearly.
JENA
IS
ATTACKED
Instrument
and
Glass
Works
Deep
In
Reich
Territory
Targets
of
Royal
Air
Force
ESSEN
ATTACKED
LONDON
May
28
(CP)
A
great
fleet
of
RJl.F.
bombers
attacked
Essen
and
other
targets
in
the
Ruhr
last
night
a
few
hours
after
speedy
Mosquito
bombers
had
made
a
daring
attack
at
dusk
on
important
German
war
industries
In
Jena,
it
was
announced
today.
The
Canadian
bomber
group
sent
a
good
quota
of
planes,
and
other
Canadians
flew
In
RAF.
formations.
Twenty-three
bombers
were
lost
in
the
Essen
attack,
and
of
these,
three
were
Canadian.
It
was
reliably
learned
that
the
number
of
planes
engaged
in
the
attack
was
only
slightly
fewer
than
in
the
terrific
bombings
of
Dortmund
and
Dusseldorf.
At
Jena,
Mosquito
bombers
struck
chiefly
at
the
Carl
Zeiss
factory,
and"
the
Schott
glass
works.
First
reports
'
said
both
were
sharply
damaged.
.
LONDON.
May
28
The
Royal-Air
Force
last
night
sent
mosquito
1
J
t
i
r,
m
uumutis
ucep
uiiu
uerinany
lor
an
auacK
on
Jena,
a
town
70
miles,
from
the
old
CzechoSlovaklan
frontier,
where
Important
instrument
and
glass
works
are
located.
Reports
are
that
the
targets
were
accurately
hit
and
much
damage
done.
It
was
a
low
level
attack.
BATTLE
OF
CHUNGKING
Japanese
Putting
Heavy
Forces
Into
Advance
on
Provisional'
Capital
of
China
CHUNGKING.
May
28
Some
of
the
fiercest
fighting
so
far
in
the
Sino-Japanese
war
is
now
raging
in
Hopel
Province
west
of
Ichang
as
the
Chinese
put
up
stiff
resistance
to
large
Japanese
forces
endeavouring
to
drive
up
the
Yangtse
River
towards
this
provisional
Chinese
capital.
The
Japanese
are
estimated
to
be
throwing
upwards
of
75,000
troops
and
some
two
hundred
planes
Into
the
campaign
and
a
huge
land
battle
is
believed
to
be
Impending:
Downed
Many
Nazi
Planes
Bag
y
Flying
Fortresses
Over
Wil-helmshafen
and
Emden
Placed
At
Seventy-four
LONDON,
Mav
28
United
States
flying
fortresses,
in
attacking
Wll-helmshafen
and
Emden
In
Germany
last
Friday,
are
estimated
to
have
brought
down
no
less
than
71
enemy
planes.