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‘THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Squad Stages Slot Machine Raid Vol. 86, No. 14 Seque! to a lightni â€"like raid by | Staff ?r‘;spefloi'ué '!“‘.‘i)oyle's antiâ€" umblir?osqusd of the Ontario Proâ€" vincial Police, seven Waterloo store proprietors have been charged with ; "keeping a common gaming house". The names of the merchants in | whose stores alleged gambling deâ€" vices were seized, have not been, released by police. The raid was! carried oul in utter secrecy. E\'efi{ Chief Constable Ernest Moreau, knew nothing of it beforehand. It is understood that while police know there are 12 stores in which slot machines are played, the reâ€" maining five were not seized. The seven machines seized were loaded on' ;“u.'.uâ€";‘k“;xâ€";d- taken to provincial police headquarters in Kitchener. The raid followed several weeks of controversy regarding slot maâ€" chines and pin games in town counâ€" cil and subs«.}uent return by the municipality of license fees paid by cperators. At the time the fees were refunded, all operators, according Eud 111 000 i ies 10000 t ols l t usA aica ioi to police, were warned the maâ€" chines in future would be conâ€" sidered illegal. Commenting on the raid, local officials said they knew the maâ€" chines were still being played, but indicated that after town council‘s action, they understood moneyâ€" paying attachments had been reâ€" moved and that the machines were being played only for amusement. PEUHT PRENmy ie e e ae, CC > tresses, ‘l:‘x‘beralors. Hudsons, and Catalinas of a Norâ€", Allied "um “ on o wegian Squadron of Coastal Command gave the Uâ€" ships of the e e Postâ€"War Problem Waterloo District Honoured Members of the Kitchener Board of Trade postâ€"war committee in initial session here recently urged construction of a new hospital, inâ€" cinerator, public auditorium, airâ€" port, gas plant and extension of the city‘s parks systesn,) 0 o C ic dhiP secbibhitie Aebai n Projects suggested by members of IMLUIuUUI _ VUVVIVZE the committee would cost several million dollars and would help to mrma es m "take up the slack" in unemployâ€". Marking the third time the anâ€" ment following the war. | nual conference has been held in Chairman Charles Jansen pointed| this district since 1939, the 79th out, however, no definite plans can | session of the Canada Conference be made until the federal governâ€"| of the Evangelical Church opens at ment outlines what contribution it! Emmanuel Church, Bridgeport, on will be willing to make to postâ€"war April 27th. projects. He urged, however, ‘E‘a“ As usual, Bishop George E. Epp, M n Cl oo o m n LEAAA LhA 1ha P UA h d i aliiin act itc on : udn i didans aot wel the city of Kitchener at least plan a postâ€"war program, asserting that unless such a plan is put into effect after the war, the city will be faced with the same relief problem as during the depression. _ _ George A. Sawin and Carl A.| Pollock, Kitchener industrialists, stressed the need of a postâ€"war program to provide at least temâ€". porary employment after the war.! Chairman Carl N. Weber of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Hospital Comâ€" mission estimated the cost of buildâ€" ing a new hospital at between £500,000 and $750,000. The committee was informed by Harvey Graber, chairman of the Kitchener Public Utilities Commisâ€" sion, that money is available for construction of a new municipal gas plant. He added that after the war the commission plans to remove the street car tracks from King St. and replace the system with busses. Exâ€"Police Sergeant :s Gets Chiet‘s Post At Wallaceburs A senior sergeant of the Kitchâ€" ener police department unt!l two years ago, Jesse Collins, Woodland Ave., Kitchener, has been appointed chief constable at Wallaceburg, Ontario. w _ The new chief constable is a veteran of the First Great War, having enlisted with the 20th Batâ€" talion almost at the outbreak of the war. He suffered a severe shrapnel wound in the shoulder. He recovered sufficiently, howâ€" ever, to join the Kitchener police department in 1920, with which he remained for 21 years. During the past two years, Collins has been employed at the Waterloo Manuâ€" facturing Company. Wah-rlnq. PEC oCEVEmont en e annn y Coms 4 oom oo mm e t ever, to join the Kitchener police'i ‘"The Discipline of the Kingdom®"| department in 1920, with which hejis the subject chosen by Dr. A. F. remained for 21 years. During LhE!WPavor, York, Pa., representing past two years, Collins has bf'(‘n“hv general administrative council employed at the Waterloo Manuâ€"| of the church, for the afternoon deâ€" facturing Company. Waterloo. votions Thursday. In the service, The new Wallaceburg chicf, who| Mrs. N. E. Dahms of Roseville will will have three constables under|represent the Conference Branch, his direction, was active in the work | W.M.S. At the evening session Dr. of the Loyal Order of Moose and, Weaver will s:;)eak on "Bedâ€"Rock the Canadian Legion here. Two nlll.iving". Rev. J. B. Dengis is to be his three children are serving in'chairman of this mecting and the the armed forces. The third is a ) Calvary Church Choir, Kitchener. daughter, Betty Jean. , will sing. ; Collins expects to leave for his â€" The Umbach Memorial Student rew post late this week. Aid Society meets at 11.30 a.m. Friâ€" Brought Highway Through City, George DeBus Passes; Was 80 Actively associated with early development of Kitchener, especialâ€" ly in his capacity as a former secreâ€" tar‘ of the board of trade, George DeBus was buried here Wednesday. Mr. DeBus died at his home, 133 Young St., Sunday, folowing an illâ€" ness of several years‘ duration He was in his 81st year. _ A barber by trade, his shop was' the recognized meeting place of prominent Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo resiâ€" \| dents fifty years ago. The shog‘ onened regularly at cight cac 1 morning, and often did not close until early the lnllnw‘mz mnmini‘ Mr. DeBus was credited wit brinfinl many _ industries _ into: Kitchener while he was a board of trade official and it was mainly throu“\ his untiring efforts that No. 7 Highway was routed through this city. In addition, deceased was mromlblc to some extent for forâ€" mation of a city planning commisâ€" sion in Kitchener. Largest Circulation of any Waterioo County W KAF. NAVY AND U.S. NAVY al |\ _ As usual, Bishop George E. Epp, \of Chicago, I11., will preside and the |conference will close on May 2nd, | following an impressive ordination service. Rev. J. B. Dengis, New Hamburg, ‘is secretary of the Confcrence and iRev. E. E. Pletch. Stratford, treaâ€" surer. The four district superinâ€" ‘wndenls are Rev. W. E. Beese, Hamiltonâ€"Oktawa district; Rev. A. !F. Pletch, Hanover district; Rev. F. ‘M. Faist, Stratford, and Rev. G. F. |Barthel, Waterloo. With Canada Conterence Annual Sessions | _ About 100 ministers and lay deleâ€" ‘gates are expected to attend and they will be billeted and entertainâ€" \ed in Bridgeport homes. Meals will | be served in the social room of the | church. S L a 4. RRRRMIOP M CEmIo C een d ols o‘clock, Rev. Afiben Clemens will be chairman. The address on "Moâ€" ‘tives Behind the Movements" will | be delivered by _B_ish(:P-_Epp.hLMusif On the opening day, April 27, committce meetings will be held from 9.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the evening meeting. whig_l! opens at_‘l! be delivered by Bish(g Epp. Musxcl is to be supplied by Olivet Church Choir, Kitchener. f Official Opening A missionary society conference opens the Wednesday program at 9 am. At 10.30 the administrative council meets, and at 2 p.m. coreâ€" monies connected with the official opening of the conference will take monies connected with the onu-mw X n{:eninn of the con(czn-nco will take! â€" KITCHENER. â€"Hundreds of dolâ€" place. Speakers for the supper hour lars could be saved the city if there at 5.30 include D. H. Boettger, reâ€" were any way in which heavy presonl'm‘g the Bnd((-gon mmgre-]truflic could be kept off secondary gation; Rev. G. A. hepherdson, , city streets during this season of president of the K.â€"W. Ministcrial; the year, according to City Enâ€" Association, and Bishop Epp. |gineer Stanley Shupe. Dr. H. _A. Kellerman, pastor Of| ‘The engineer pointed out that Calvary Church. Kitchener, will bekwhile frost is coming out of the chairman of the evening meeting. ground, the surface of such roads lD"' W. J. Gallagher, of Toronto.‘;; highly susceptible to motor trafâ€" representing the Social Service fic and expensive repairs become Council of Canada, will SpeAK. MU~ > ; appgsa P sic is to be fimvnd:-d by the choir of ~ "Um,iliy'th(‘ frost is all out," he Zion Church, Kitchener. _________ |said. "the moisture cannot get In addition to the trade board, Mr. DeBus served the city on the public school board and ‘mrk board. oo Sn oC C WsW t anurn in (shotoneie mc ie n td t Mr. DeBus became well known to thousands of Kitchener residents through his hobby of posting late rews bulletins in the window of his barher shop. He retired 30 years ago M â€" Deceased was a member of Grand River Lodge AF. and A.M. and holds a 50â€"year jewel. He was also associated â€" with the Independent Order of Foresters and the Woodâ€" men of the World. He was a memâ€" Church Mr. DeBus is survived by his widow, one son, Louis, of Kitchâ€" ener; two daughters, Mrs. Ora Walker and Mrs. 1. A. korr. both of Kitchener; one brother, Frank, of Chicago, and three sisters, Mrs. E. Dietz and Mrs. E. Kalbfeisch, of Los Angeles and Mrs. A. Pequegnat of Brantford. of St_ Andrew‘s, Presbyterian Wartercoo, OntARiO, PLANES COâ€"OPERATE TO BRING BIG NORTH ATLANTIC CONVOYS cay, while at the afternoon conferâ€" ence sessions, Rev. H. R. Heininger of Naperville, I!1., and Dr. Kellerâ€" man will be heard. _ __ _ _ _ ; A. L. Breithaupt is biled for the chairmanship of the evning meetâ€" ing with the address on "The Evangelistic Function of Christian Theology" by Dr. Heininger. Emâ€" manuel Church Choir, Waterloo, will provide music. _____ _ _ _ _ ; To A e e on ae ces Dr. Carl Heinmiller, Cleveland, representing the general missionary interests of the church, speaks Satâ€" urday aftornoon. Ordination Service The closing day, Sunday, May 2, Fas a full program. At the morning worship at 10.30, Rev. G. F. Barthel will be chairman and Bishop G. E. |Epp will give the ‘ordinati()n ‘sor- n Nesn og . k m is nb Eo U CBsunae ue L204 mon. The service of praise will be. led by the Bridgeport choir. Bishop Epp and the district superintendâ€" ents will have charge of the orâ€" dination service at 2.30 p.m. At 3.00 p m. a missionary rally is to be held with Rev. W. O. Hayne chairman. Dr. Carl Heinmiller_will give the address and the Orpheus Male \Chorus, Kitchener, will_ 'si{\g. i Remin on Eon ons dn is L Rev. A. E. Pletch will be chairâ€" man for the evening service and Bishop Epp will deliver the sermon. Bridgeport choir will sing. Could Save Money It Roads Not Used [ing. |\ _ "This is allâ€" wishful thinking, \however," the engineer admitted, ‘"as even cityâ€"owned busses have "to travel â€" on â€" these . secondary ‘roads." :11 Abc lssn dlibctiad veteivedihe ie is highly susceptible to motor trafâ€" fic and expensive repairs become recessary. "Until the frost is all out," he said, "the moisture cannot get away and this soggy condition unâ€" der the road causes a movement. of the pavement when heavy loads pass and it tends to crack and break the surface." f Mr. Shupe said the chance of first class roads being damaged is much less as the surface of such roads is usually strong enough to carry heavy loads without breakâ€" The engincer said that to preâ€" vent damage to roads, provincial highway regulations restrict trucks to half loads during the spring. Too Many False Alarms, Chief Says Great concern was expressed hyl Fire Chicf Harry Guerin today| over the number of false alarms turned in to his department during recent months. "There have been too many such alarms in Kitchener this year, and it has caused the fire department no end of difficulty," he stated. â€" Chief Guerin also criticized the"" _ _: action of representatives of an inâ€" ;‘:r ws surance underwriting firm for their |?CC". action in testing the sprinkler sysâ€" tower tem in a largo local department P°3t ° store. He said not previous netiâ€" | 1\ fication of their intention had been |SUPTC! given the fire department, and as |reply) a result fire fighting equipment was| Nazi . immediately rushed to IR«- store. _ [A :lll’ Chief Guerin said that in the case of most false alarms, neglect in maintaining fire :priniller systems at the proper pressure was reâ€" sponsible boats no rest and more than one tellâ€"tale patch of oil on the surface of the water resulted. A recent anâ€" nouncement by Mr. A. V. Alexander, British First Lord of the Admiralty, stated that bver 530 Axixs submarines had been destroyed or damaged since the war began. PICTURE SHOWS: An artist‘s impression of Allied "umbrella" planes attacking apUâ€"boat while‘ ships of the cpnvoy proceed in safcty. Zlnvalided Home, \Doctor Able To ‘Assist Clinic i Invalided home from overseas a |year ago, Dr. R. G. Ratz has reâ€" | covered sufficiently to assist at the Kitchener â€" Waterloo _ Red â€" Cross blood donor clinic. i Lieutâ€"Col. Ratz, who served in |the First Great War, went oversceas !in November, 1941, as officer comâ€" manding the 24th Ficld Ambulance. \He returned to Canada and Kitch~ ener late in March last year and I was â€" confined to bed until last | December. \ _ Dr. Ratz said today he hopés to ;osumu his regular priteticeâ€" next ‘fall. ° At the clinic, Dr. Ratz is taking the haemoglobin tests which blood donors are required to undergo after making four or more donaâ€" tions. The tests, just commenced, determine whether the individual donor‘s blood has been depleted by the donations. . Will Continue To Improve Park L_lglin]ng Bolt Smashes Dishes As Woman Sits at Breakfast Mayor Joseph Meinzinger revealâ€" ed today the Kitchener park board has indicated its intention to conâ€" tinue â€"development of Kaufman park this year without requesting city council for additional money. Pointing out the park board in proesenting its 1943 estimates, had audvised council it would ask for additional money in the event it decided to go ahead with the work, the mayor expressed appreciation ef the board‘s decision Mayor Mcinzinger said the $3.000 saving to city council was largely responsible for the oneâ€"quarter mill reduction in the 1943 tax rate. I The bolt entered through a *‘kil(‘hvn window, _ passed _ out through another and caused conâ€" ST. â€" CLEMENTS.â€"During â€" the clectrical storm on Tuesday motnâ€" ing the home of Mr and Mrs. Ben Beaupre was struck by lightning. Allies‘ Apples, Oranges Check Insolence of German Officer siderable damage Mrs. Beaupre was seated at the table at the time having breakfast and in an instant the dishes were broken to bits, the cupboards beâ€" | Ordinary Seaman Leigh Bellingâ€" ‘ei, 192 King St. S., Waterloo, has seen plenty of action during a year x.spvnt on a Canadian corvette on ‘convoy duty in the Mediterranean, \but his naval career was highlightâ€" |ed by one l‘anSUfll I?‘(;.Id(‘n} uL tower into the water when the Uâ€" boat was rammed |\â€" "I was not a little amused and isupremely happy when, by way of |replying to this insolence from the ‘Mazi officer, our crew handed him a substantial number of oranges ‘and apples," helated Bellinger 1 A S.00 °d Bemnger. __| ETT To Moiel, Lonsnel s The incidentâ€" "Why don‘t the Allies give up, because Germany with plenty of food reserves, pracâ€" tically has the war won now?" a Nazi naval officer asked in perfect English as he stepped on board the corvette which had just rammed and sunk his submarine. The offiâ€" ; cer was the sole survivor as he had | been â€" thrown â€" from â€" the cnnningi ilbinfiioe it d ie ies Suss 4 "Why, 1 haven‘t seen one of these fÂ¥)l‘ a long time," the amazed German officer is quoted as exâ€" claiming (By Chronicle Correspondent) tale patch of oil ‘Waterloo Over > Top in 1943 Charities Drive _ Waterloo has almd& surpassed its ob&ecfive in the Kâ€"W Federated Charities drive, Herbert Schaus, the Waterloo chairman, said Tues At noon Tuesday, the combined | total of the canvass stood at $139,â€"| 226, representing slightly morrl than 97 per cent of the objective of $160,000. This figure includes! $91,226 raised in Kitchener and ; $48.000 subscribed in Waterloo I "I‘m very pleased with the supâ€" port extended this year‘s camâ€" paign", stated the Waterloo chairâ€" man. "Our drive is just about cleaned up." The Kitchener campaign is proâ€" gressing "very favorably", an offiâ€" cial said. Take a Look, Then Jump, Says Paratrooper _ the way Pte. Hewitt J. Quick, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Quick, of Kitchener, describes the attitude of paratroopers just before they "step downstairs". Pte. Quick, who has been trainâ€" ing with the Ist Canadian Paraâ€" troop Battalion at Fort Benning, Ga., is somewhat of a veteran now, but admitted he stil gets a funny feeling every time he steps out into space. He is home on furlough after _ completing _ his _ course. There‘s a terrific thrill to this paraâ€" chute jumping," he laughed, as if enjoying even telling about his parachuting _ experiences. "It‘s something that a fellow wouldn‘t ordinarily get to do once in a lifeâ€" time. I can‘t explain it but it sure has a great fascination." The young paratrooper explained that there are four stages in trainâ€" ing and that it is only in the fourth that the recruit goes up in a plane. "Stiff" training is necessary to teach recruits how to avoid injuries in landing, he said. "The first stage in paralroop‘mflllfll‘s sank six Axis ships and training," he went on, “consists‘damagfd four others in the supply mostly of calisthenics, juâ€"jitsu, rope: route to Tunisia, the Admiralty anâ€" climbing and other toughening rounced today. exercises. From there, the boys are|â€" One of the craft was a mediumâ€" ready for the 36â€"foot tower. Here Sized vessel carrying petroleum, it they learn how to land in a pit by|said. Another was a large, fullyâ€" slidying down a 36â€"foot wire. l‘adcn ship \\'Ihll‘h wasapicked ni‘l" en ifi e ie e o "At this stage," continued Pte. Quick, "recruits are also taught to ‘pack the ‘chute and look after their equipment. In the third stage, reâ€" cruits are released from a 250â€"foot tower and get their first taste of parachute jumping, after which they are ready for their first test from an actual airplane." Pte. Quick said some fellows ["frvozo" at the door of the plane. Attempts to make jumpers out of soldiers who "freeze" has been disâ€" continued, he said. "It was decided such attempts would be useless after one big husky chap "froze" at the door of the plane before his first jump," the soldier related. "They shoved him out of the plane but he had taken a halfâ€"hitch on a rope near the door ard when he went out he was hanging by one hand. It took three men to haul him back in." .. ... hind her were reduced to kindling wood, the dining room door was torn from its hinges and the stove pipes torn from the stove and virâ€" \tually ripped to picces. As a result, extensive damage was caused by the dense smoke. Pte. Quick estimated about 600 Canadians are in training at the Fort Benning camp. He leaves for Camp Shilo, Man., for advanced training following his furlough. Take a lookâ€"then jump! That‘s The only articles that caught fire were the curtains on the winâ€" dows. Mrs. Beaupre miraculously escaped with a few scratches and a bruised shoulder caused by a flyâ€" ing piece from the smashed cupâ€", board Ordinary Seaman Bellinger was one of the original Twin City Sea Cadets and the first to ]cavq_lh@s unit to enter active service. He is home on a sixâ€"day furlough. He entered the service in March, 1942. The convoy to which Bellinger was attached also blasted a brand new and huge Italian submarine, just out from port a few days, out of the water. He believes this latâ€" ter action was the most exciting in his experiences so far ‘by clearing a wide section around ‘the fore and aft guns with maâ€" ‘chino gun fire. One of our destroyâ€" ‘Ss then finished the job," he statâ€" "Our instruments picked out the location of this subâ€"and it sure was a big one, and corvettes and other ships zigâ€"zagged at lo_rrifi_r speed across the spot until a depth charge finally threw it to the top," the young sailor related. "Mussic‘s boys managed to get on deck and to head for battle stations, but one of our ships soon took care of that $1.00 per year THURSDA Y Montgomery‘s Eighth Army and U.S. Forces Only 45 Miles Apart i _ EERNE. â€" Italy published today |lh(- text of a new law which would | place the entire country under miliâ€" ‘tary rule and send all men and |women of 17 years or older into military detachments in the event Yof invasion or threat of invasion. more than 12 miles above Gabes today in a steady pursuit of Marâ€" Italy Calls Up Boys â€" And Girls, 17, To Meet Allied Invasion Threat fanned out over the coastal An Allied communique also said that the American army of the centre had bored farther into the @ank of Romniel‘s coastal belt. The southern wing of the troops under Lt.â€"Gen. George S. Patton was believed to be only 4 miles from the coastal junction with the 8th Army. Romme!‘s main forces nfiurfll to be making a hurried ht in open country northward toward Sfax, 70 miles above the onâ€"rushâ€" ing British Vanguards, and the coastal road was reported strewn with many enemy bodies and wrocked machinesâ€"victims of a ceaseless shuttleâ€"bombing by Alâ€" lied airmen. The 8th Army captured Metouia and Oudref, the latter 12 miles north of Gabes, early yesterday morning, and advanced units swept on to contact "hastily preâ€" pared enemy defences," the comâ€" munique said. The Fascist press and officials stressed home defences, especially those on Sicily which extends from the Toc of the Italian Boot to withâ€"} in less than 90 miles of the Tunisian| coast. | Aldo Vidussoni, secretary of the Fascist party, completing a tour of Sicily, declared that every town and city is "a fort" and that the Sicilians would meet the trials and dangers of war with increased calmness and courage "the nearer the danger approached." Four British Submarines Sink, Damage Ten Axis Ships One of the craft was a mediumâ€" sized vessel carrying petroleum, it said. Another was a large, fullyâ€" laden ship which was picked off from a slrongly-oscnrtod convoy off Northern Sicily. Two others were of medium size ind two were small and in addition to these successes, the Admiralty said, "a number of smaller vessels were destroyed." Yankee Bombers Defeat Nazis at 20,000 Feet LONDON. â€" Heavy Amcrican‘ bombers, maintaining the Allied acrial assault by daylight after an overnight _ lull <caused _ by bad weather, fought a fierce sky battle 20,000 feet over the Channel today, and then the bombers streaked on through the clouds to attack the harbor â€" and Schidam suburb of Rotterdam. RCAF. squadrons of Spitfires carried out diversionary swoegs in connection with the raid on Schiâ€" dam and the Canadian fighters ‘came back without a loss. One One bomber was lost while spewing explosives and incendiaries on the ships and shipbuilding yards at the Rotterdam suburb. Montgomery. Patton New Nazi Thrust Is Soon To Link Forces Smashed by Russians As Foe Streaks North LONDON.â€"The Germans opened Allied Headquarters in North |¢ furious assault upon Soviet posiâ€" Africa.â€"British and U.S. armies | tions along the strategic Upper ligllleneaplhe trap on Rommel‘s Donets front today, hurling strong retreating and weakened forces | tink und artillery forces into stubâ€" in southâ€"central Tunisia Mav’. ‘hfllll attacks which finally were At the same time in the north blunted by répeated Red Army the British First Army recaptnreci |counterâ€"attacks. Moscow announced Sedjenane, 28 miles southeast of “""""h" Zizerte, after an 11â€"mile advance This resurgence of violent fightâ€" from Djebel Aboid. More prisonâ€" ing on this front after a comparaâ€" ers were taken. tive lull cost the Germans 500 ofâ€" Keeping up their relentless |ficers and mon killed, 22 tanks pursuit of Rommel, the British | burnt out or damaged and 10 selfâ€" Eighth Army captured Metoui | propelled guns destroyed, said the ; and Oudref, just north of Gabes, Soviet â€" midnight â€" communique | as and drove the Afrika Korps back | tC orded here by the Soviet Moniâ€" through the 12â€"mile wide bottleâ€" tor. The battle raged in equal fury neck between the Gulf of Gabes overhead, the Russians claiming 15 and the Chott El Fedjadj (salt |German planes brought down by lake). wir combat and by antiâ€"aircraft, Deliich warchine are shelling [frific and machineâ€"gun fire LONDON.â€"Four British subâ€" WORLD‘S WEEK LONDON _ The Rome radio anâ€" rounced today that an ammunition dump blew up Sunday at Naples killing 72 persons and wounding |1,179 civilians and soldiers Among the victims were seven |Germans killed and 31 injured, the broadcast said | A board of inquiry, headed by Allied Headquarters in North Alrira,â€"fritish and U.S. armies tightened the trap on Rommel‘s retreating and weakened forces in southâ€"central Tunisia today. At the same time in the north, the British First Army recaptured Sedjenane, 28 miles southeast of Zizerte, after an 11â€"mile advance from Djebel Aboid. More prisonâ€" ers were taken. _ Keeping up . their _ relentless pursuit of Rommel, the British Eighth Army captured Metoui and Oudref, just north of Gabes, and drove the Afrika Korps back through the 12â€"mile wide bottleâ€" neck between the Gulf of Gabes and the Chott El Fedjadj (salt lake). 38 German Victims In Mighty Explosion At Italian Arsenal British warships are shelling the coastal road seeking to wreck Rommel!‘s only firstâ€"class road of retreat. _ Allied â€" bombing â€" and fighting planes were concentratâ€" ing attacks on enemy troops and vehicles. The Axis forces in southern Tunisia appeared to be interested only in rearâ€"guard defence action in the region of Metouia, seven miles northwest of Gabes, and of Oudre{, nine miles northwest of Gabes. The United States column which had been smashing into bitter reâ€" sistanve on the road from El Guettar, advanced with infantry and tanks, reaching the Kebiliâ€" Gabes road junction, 450 miles from the coast. The enemy a:v peared to be retiring from the entire sector east of El Guettar. WEDNESDAY Its News at a T HE Admiral Domenico Cnv:nni, has been established to investigate the cause of the explosion. It was also annoqunted that U.S. planes dropped bombs on Crotone, on :;he sole of the Italian boot, last night. _ _0 0_ 000 l .l A Berlin broadcast said that a new Italian regulation, made effecâ€" tive yesterday, would place all Italian citizens under military law "in the event of complete or _qutul mobilization of the country. All Italians above 17, not now bearing arms, would be given miliâ€" tary status in military units, said the broadcast. The decree was inâ€" terpreted here as another indicaâ€" cation that Mussolini, fearing an invasion of Italy itself, is preparing for complete militarization. Whole Berlin Blocks Gone, Wooden Screens Hide Gaps London.â€"Reports from Berlin indicate that the R.C.A.F. and R.A.F. raid on the German e-{::l Monday night was by far the â€" gest of the war, Stockholim disâ€" patches said today. It exceeded that of Saturday nifln when from 900 to 1,000 tons of bombs shook the city as though it was gripped by the "worst earthquake," the dispatches said. . ze Union Recognized, So Strikers In Montreal Take To Beds \ MONTREAL. â€" Montreal‘s street ear strike is over, but thousands of Montrealers walker to work again today, for the third time. _ pllla in niul M hid ic sialit htfi ainatd The first cars were expected to take the rails at noon, but the maâ€" jority of motormen and conductors, after holding a "nonâ€"stop" meeting for the 60â€"hour duration of the strike, went home when final settleâ€" ment was announced at 7.45 a m. to "eatch up on their sleep in the inâ€" terests of public safety." The sysâ€" tem was expected to resume normal service by 4 p.m. _ l l Big fires broke out Monday night, especially in the suburbs where most of Berlin‘s factories are situated, dispatches said. |__ The agreemet, drawn up by H. Carl Goldenberg, federal conciliaâ€" tor, said the company agreed to wccept the strikers‘ union, the Canaâ€" dian Brotherhood of Railway emâ€" ployees, as the sole bargaining agency for the workers. Many Berlin streets were said to be closed entirely to traffic, some of theâ€"including the famâ€" ous Unter den Linden, the prinâ€" cipal shopping and commercial thoroughfareâ€"since the Saturday night raid. _ "High wooden screens were erected in many places to conceal places where entire blocks no longer exist," one dsipatch to Stockholm said. Rommel‘s Fleeing Legions Battered by Allied Air Force Algiers.â€"Whiped on land and heavily bombarded from the air, Marshal Erwin Rommel‘s weary Africa â€" Corps plunged toward Sfax tonight after being thrown out of Gabes and El Hamma, with the conquering British 8th Army in hot pursuit and with American forces threatening his left flank. The Axis forces were drawing back on the coastal highway runâ€" ning 90 miles around the Gulf of Gabes, to Sfax under relentless pressure. The Algiers radio said "the British navy has landed at Stax," but authoritative naval sources in London several hours later said they had no confirmation of the report. The German air force tried in vain to fend off the devastating Allied air attacks, but these were pressed home against the fleeing enemy transports, and 300 veâ€" hicles were either destroyed or damaged. Lighted by fires of his wrecked motor carriers, Româ€" mel‘s retreat highway last night was like a scene from Dante‘s inâ€" ferno. WASHINGTON _ The United Naâ€" tions are "about 95 per cent. toâ€" gether" on the broad principles to befollowed in current and postâ€" war planning. President Roosevelt declared today, and they will not be caught, as the Alhes were caught in 1918, unprepared for the end of hostilities * Allies Agree 95 Per On Post Mr. _ Roosevelt, commenting on the departure from Washington for Ofttawa of Anthony Eden, simd the British and Ameniean Govirnments avreâ€" in entire: agreemst nt on the wide range of subjects discussed here by the British Foreign Seereâ€" tary with himseclf, State Secretary Cordell Hull and other officials Permitting him elf to be quoted directly, the President said "If you want te be didactic and sut it in terms of figures. 1 would say that <o far. in all the conferâ€" nees â€" that have been held with other members of the United Na hons this is not just the British, but it applhes to them as well â€"we | ire about 95 per cent. together. "That." he added, is an amazing lfil:lll‘nh‘n' Well, it happens to be true." (Continued on Page 8) TUESDAY Cent. War Plans