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P. V. Wilson, general chairman of the Waterloo North campaign, said he is well satisfied with proâ€" gress to date and that preparations for the campaign "~augur well for the drive". T. W. Seagram, chairman of the "special names" committee said Institutions and large corporations on this list will be contacted within a few days. Reinhold Lang, head of the administration section, said work in this division will be heavier than in previous campaigns due to the necessity for more deâ€" tailed reports. THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Huge Military Parade Will Be Feature of Campaign All salesmen have been appointâ€" ed and districts allotted to each, together with the official report card for each adult in the division. the general sales committee reâ€" ports. The general salesmen have been allotted to teams with a capâ€" tain in charge of each, and compeâ€" titions are being drawn up for the various teams and salesmen. Employee Campaigns Internal committees in cach large plant and office are organizing their employee campaigns, Col. H. J. Heasley, chairman of the emâ€" ployees‘ committee, reported. Obâ€" jectives for cach company have been set, and mectings of emâ€" ployees began Thursday. Due to increased objectives, it is necessary that employees double or more than double, their purchase of Vicâ€" lo%’ Bonds in the last loan, it was said. Back the Attack by Buying Bonds,; Drive Opens Monday The chairmen of Elmira, New Hamburg, and chairmen of the townships in North Waterloo, also reported. _ They â€" are optimistic ubout exceeding their objective, but stressed coâ€"operation of every citizen was needed to put the loan "ove rthe top". Some township chairmen said farm income had inâ€" creased, and that farmers were in a better position to buy larger bond amounts than last fall. Scores of factory whistles in Kitchener and Waterloo will blow and church bells will ring as the Fourth Victory Loan campaign is officially inaugurated with the raising of the pledge flag on the city hall, Monday. Outlining the publicity program today, R. N. Kalbfieisch, assistant organizer of the drive in Waterloo North and superâ€" visor of the public relations division said probably the feature of the entire threeâ€"week drive will be "Victory Loan Sunday", May 2nd. On that day, he said, will be staged one of the largest military parades ever seen in the Twin City. Several outstandâ€" ing speakers have been secured who will be heard in Victoria The chairmen are: F. C. Forwell, Elmira; Rev. H. L. Merner, New Hamburg; A. J. Steiss, Woolwich; G. H. Dobrindt, Waterioo township; Earl Katzenmecicr, Wilmot; E. K. Reinor. Wellesley. Park. "H.M.S. Pinafore" To Be Presented Here April 28 "Although almost every ticket has been sold, a few may still be obtained at Paul Berg‘s music store in Kitchener and at Hachnel‘s Drug Store in Waterloo," be stated. Success of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterâ€" loo Junior Board of Trade‘s preâ€" sentation of the immortal Gilbert and Sullivan opera "H.M.S. Pinaâ€" fore", is assured, Walter H. Steâ€" vens, concert committee chairman, said today. Vol. 8§, No. 17 "HM.S." Pinafore" is being staged by the Eaton Operatic Soâ€" ciety, of Toronto, accompanied by an 18â€"piece symphonic orchestra. Scenery utilized throughout is said to be unusually beautiful. The opera if being presented in the auditorium of the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Collegiate, ‘Wednesday, April 28th. Twin City music lovers will have for the band which presently conâ€" an opportunity to hear the famed|si<ts of fortyâ€"two members who Royal Canadian Mounted Police were engaged from coast to coast band, ,R.N. Kalbfcisch, supervisor |They were assembled in Regina of the public relations section oflm d given the ordinary recruit the North Waterloo Fourth Victory training for the force as well as Loan campaign revealed today musical training, on the conclusion The band will arrive at the of which, the band was transferred C.N.R. depot here at 9.47 a.m. on |to Ottawa Eet Bosunascg Wiibaaihinbat Bs it lc c ic hi l hb hot d The band will arrive at the of which, the band was transferred C.N.R. depot here at 9.47 a m. on |to Ottawa Wednesday, April 28. and will) The first public appearance of march from there to the Walper :the band was on the occasion of House. From three pm. to four the visit of their Majesties, the pm. the same day, the band will\'ng and Queen to "Depot" Diviâ€" give a concert in Cliv Hall souare lsin Rnoina ‘Thov alen nrmnandad give a concert in City Hall square.|sion. Regina. They also proceeded The RCM. Police band will also|to New York and played during participate in a military parade in \the visit of Their Majesties to the the evening. It will commence at World‘s Fair The band has also 8 oclock. \played on several occasions for The RCM. Police band was nr-{rharny concerts in the Capitol ganized in 1938 under the direction |\Theatre in Ottawa and paraded in of exâ€"Captain Joseph Brown whojthe interests of Victory Loans in hid been director of music of the Ottawa â€" and Toronto. _ However, Governorâ€"Gencral‘s Foot (‘.uards‘[durmg war conditions, the band band, and who was engaged in the has not travelled further than To: Royal Canadian Mounted Police ronto or Montreal Famous R.C.M.P. Band To Play Here For Victory Loan The RC.M. Police band was orâ€"| ganized in 1938 under the direction f of exâ€"Captain Joseph Brown who | hid been director of music of the Governorâ€"Gencral‘s Foot (‘.uards‘x band, and who was engaged in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and subsequently appointed to the | ramk of inspector and director of music for the RCM.P. force. | Inspector Brown toured: ‘(‘Zyln-d- to obtain the best talent available Church Bells Will Ring, Factory Whistles Will Blow Throughout Twin City as Pledge Raised Over City Hall [ â€" o t Several other outstanding proâ€" mmz n_> ductions were also reported, all ; _ TORONTO.â€" While the Briush made on twiceâ€"aâ€"day milking. iCommnnwt-a(lith Air Truirning Plan Earsh fBE'tjhfl!\)‘qp%fih 'f(lfl‘)f?‘ the is recognized as one of the allâ€" herd o win 5. y, Ritcherner, jlmportunt factors in _the Allied ! stood second in a class of 101 twoâ€" gb!u(-prmts for viectory, it is already {year-nlds that completed yearly reâ€" ]mukmg a vital contribution to the|cords with her production of 584 unity, goodwill and understanding | Ibs. fat from 14.538 lbs. milk. June ’upmlw bv--ht':vhlt the postâ€"war world l.ffaz‘zd A&)phs- St;jmr- wt-' prlnprrty (f;f imust be bui te . Snyder. Waterloo, made This opinion was expressed in 533 Ibs. fat from 14,585 Tbs. milk in i‘\Tthl;“\I((‘“(‘ l'wro 'l)1y Frnogl Bate, ':25 days as ;;dlnur-ym(nir-o}l)d wxm' a MLC., CA L. thic engincer, threeâ€"yearâ€"o owne y aron | power production, State Electricity | Diefenbather, _ Wallenstein, _ was ;g‘lomglstbmn gf Victor ml. Australia. ;'losv ::z;-l';llr‘lld“l)wr wll}t(h ;':J‘lmlsh:i. fat r. Bate, who is on loan to the ‘TOm e s. mi in . ays |Commonwealth Government, visitâ€"‘ A 5""""‘.)""'“""‘ '“l‘m‘l’}‘r of the tt-d the head office of The .}{ydlâ€"(,_ihgrd of :m M. Good, B.lnr_ gave \Electric Power _Commission â€" of 907 lbs. fat from 16.070 h'.\ En.llk ‘Onlurm in Toron® where he con-“"l‘ a g‘car and 8 .:(:I'"fir l':('-)‘fdr' ‘fl‘I:lf('d with Dr. Thomas H. Hogg, '!!’d:“t “P"“!?l‘ll;:i) (‘{’ ; l;‘O? '“gaf;?y: {chairman and chief engineer, and ; ‘Yeston. qualiied in P 5x ay other Commission engincers before division with 456 lbs. fat from returning to Australia. 51“,’}3" Ibs. milk. _ 0) _ Since last September when he flew to Britain via the United States on a special wartime misâ€" sion, Mr. Bate has travelled apâ€" | proximately 25,000 miles. After i spending five months in Britain he flew back to the United States, his business there covering a period of ‘three weeks and tuking him to Washington, Buffalo and other key cities. Air Training Plan Extolled It was revealed that, among other things, Mr. Bate is compiling data on the latest developments in the transmission of power. * In his reference to the Cogtmonâ€" wealth Airâ€" Training Plan, he pointed out that the close aksociaâ€" tion between young men ‘from Britain, the Pritish Dominions and other nations will foster a new spirit of unity and understunding which will be invaluable in knitâ€" ting the ties of Empire closer and in establishing a new cra of interâ€" national coâ€"operation. Speaking about Australia, which he described as "a great leader in public ownership", he said that compulsory arbitration really worked in settling industrial disâ€" putes. Production in plants goes on without interruption while the partics involved in any dispute "let off steam" in an industrial court whose decision is final, he stated. Asked if he thought the Japs would â€" attempt an _ invasion _ of Australia, Mr. Bate replied, "I can only . speak as an amateur. My own personal opinion is that I do not think the Japs would be sueâ€" cessful if they attempted an inâ€" vasion Largest Circulation of any Waterloo County Weekly Newspaper _ â€" Aussies Admires MacArthur Mr. Bate, who spent nearly two years in Berlin prior to the last war, said that when he paid a visit to the German capital in 1928 he had formed the opinion that anâ€" other war was incvitable. Discussing his recent visit to Britain he said that war producâ€" tion in the Old Country went ahead without. fanfare or fuss. Although they worked 55 hours a week in (Continued on Page 8) He stated that the Australians admired _ and respected General Douglas MacArthur. The visit of the RC MP. band to the Twin City is sponsored by the North Waterloo g‘:mrth Victory Lo;n Committee, Mr. Kalbfcisch sai Warer100, Ontamio, Fripai,. Argi1 23, 1943 A recent trip to Dunloggin Farm | m Maryland where the herd of over 250 head is about 90 per cent members of the Lashbrook Peart Ormsby family convinced Mr. Bruâ€" ‘bacher that he had made a wise sclection when he bought "Masâ€" ter".. He was so impressed. with the uniformity, good udders and evidence of real production shown by the men.bers of this herd that be took an option on a calf, if a male. from a daughter of Woodâ€" master{ _ son of Lashbrook Pearl Ormbsy) sired by a son of Lashâ€" brook Pearl Ormsby 2nd, greatest doughter of ber famous dam Waterloo Holsteins On R.O.P. to his credit and was expected home shortly on leave. His parâ€" ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beaupre, live at 68 Moore Avenue in Waterâ€" loo Bloomingdale Farm Acquires Half Interest In Imported Bull The Twin City‘s growing list of war casualties increased again Wednesday with / the announceâ€" ment that F.â€"O. Harold Beaupre of Waterloo has been reported missâ€" ing. He is the 47th Kitchenerâ€"Waâ€" terlog casualty of the war. Fâ€"O. Beaupre had 30 operational flights A sevenâ€"yearâ€"bld member of the herd of Ira M. Good, Blair, gave 507 lbs. fat from 16.070 lbs. milk in a year and a junior twoâ€"yearâ€" old, the property of J. Lloyd Hagey, Preston, qualified in the 305 day division with 456 lbs. fat from 10,833 lbs. milk â€" A. B. Brubacher, Bridgeport, has announced that he has sold a half interest in his imported Holstein herdâ€"sire, Jonabell Master Ormsby, to Bloomingdale Farm, Waterloo. Here he will be mated to a sclect group of females, the majority of the animals in this herd having been handâ€"picked from among the best offered at the Breeders‘ Comâ€" bination Sales held at Bridgeport during the past few years. Jonabell Master Ormsby is a richly bred individual. His two grandâ€"dams have yearly records that average over 25,000 lbs. of milk and 1,000 lbs. of fat each. His sire is Dunloggin Deubler, an inâ€" bred son of Lashbrook Pearl Ormsâ€" by, one of the most noted brood cews in America. Mr. Brubacher reports that "Master‘ has develâ€" oped into a "very pleasing fourâ€" yearâ€"old bull having great depth, great head and shoulders, plenty of dairy temperament and a really good set of hind legs under him." His bull calves are selling excepâ€" tionally wel! and he has left a very fine group of daughters in the Ciearview herd of H. R. Gies, St Jacobs, where he has seen service for the past two years. His oldest doughter freshened carly in Januâ€" ary, milking over fifty pounds daily. Her first test was 3.9 per cent butterfat. The largest of a number of Record of Performance tests comâ€" pleted by Waterloo County Holâ€" steins during the past month was. of course, the new Canadian record of $10 lbs. fat from 20,127 lbs. milk made by Dutchland Echo Beets, owned by Ephraim Fried, New Dundce. in the fourteenâ€"yearâ€"old class of the yearly division on twiceâ€"aâ€"day milking Excellent records were also com: pleted in the herds of the follow: ing breeders: Clarence Rudy, Hes peler; E. W. M. Snyder, Waterloo and Eli B. Gingrich, Wallenstcin. Another Local Boy Missing Canada‘s Premier Thinks Attack on Europe To Start Soon Toronto.â€"Zrime Minister Macâ€" kenzie King gave warning here today thit "we chorld be preâ€" pared for the invasion of Europe at any time." and that the "supreme â€" hour" for Canadian fighting men might be invminent. He spoke at a Canadian Club luncheon, launching the Fourth Victory Loan campaign, an apâ€" peal which he said was more urgent and compelling than any previous campaign because of the nearness of the supreme hour. The speech was broadcast over the national network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporaâ€" tion. But _ while _ conditions _ now seemed favorable for a comâ€" bined blow at German power in Europe, Mr. King warned that delays t'nalm be made necessary by unpi ctable events in one or another theatre of the global Twoâ€"Day Sale Nets Over $60,000 Dieppe Hero To Speak Here For Victory Drive > A total of $60.700 was realized «t the twoâ€"day dispersal sale of the {samous C.P.R. Holstein herd from Strathmore. Aita., held at Markâ€" hom, April 12 and 13, the 135 aniâ€" mals going under the auctioneer‘s hammer bringing an average of $450 cach. Seven sold for $1,000 or better. The top price of the sale was $1575 paid on the opening day by Armstrong Bros., Brampton, for Strathmore Lenore Heilo, a richlyâ€" bred _ threeâ€"yearâ€"old heifer. The second largest price and the top for .the second day was $1275 paid for Strathmore Heilo Nonpareil, who will make the ‘ong trip back to Alberta having been purchased by Hays & Co., Ltd., Calgary. J. A. Sutten, Vasalia, Calif., the biggest buyoers of the sale, paid an averâ€" age of $469 for the 48 head which he secured. The dispersal of this great herd rings down the curtain on one of the phases of the agricultural deâ€" velopment of Western Canada. In 1910 dairying was almost unknown on the prairies and this herd was fcunded at Strathmore to provide leadership and seed stock for the Western farmer. Today dairying has become a firmlyâ€"established inâ€" tegral part of the prairie farm seene. Its work done, this demonâ€" stration herd has now passed into other hands OTTAWA.â€"A new and urgent uppeal to owners of pistols and reâ€" | volvers to donate them for use by Canadian Army officers was isâ€" sued today by the Department of National Defence. Appeal To Owners Of Pistols, Revolvers Weapons sought ate Colt, Smith Wesson and Webley pistols or reâ€" volvers hammer type, of .38, .45 and 455 calibres and Colt automaâ€" ties of 45â€" calibre. Hammerless type weapons are not required Originally, letters were sent to thousands of Canadians who had registered guns with the RCM.P. and some 3,200 weapons were reâ€" ceived. but officials hereâ€" found that soâ€" many registrations had been changed that a general pubâ€" lie appeal was necessary The â€" United _ States, principal seurce of this type of weapon, now required almost its entire producâ€" tion for its own fighting forces and to meet commitments to the Unitâ€" ed Kingdom . Officials here declared that the appeal is aimed not only at the Officials here declared that the appeal is aimed not only at the general public but to Reserve Arâ€" my officers and officers on the reâ€" tired list. They point out that those officers will be issued with prtols when entitled to them. (Contimuea on Page 8) THE BOMBER PRESS One item on the list of |n<|ru(‘»2 trions given us before we started j read as followsâ€" "It must always be j remembered that the British ISIM} are very definitely in the war zone, | and that a party such as this| moves in accordance with the inâ€" structions of the War Office" l On every hand there is evidence By Walter R. Legge Travel at any time in another ceuntry is exceedingly interesting, but the privilege of travelling as we did in Britain in wartime is an experience »njoyed by fow Cpl. Patterson spent five months in Iceland during the early part of the war. At Dieppe he was struck in the eye by shrapnel. He was almost mortally wounded in the same heroic episode when a â€" bullet passed through his throat, breaking his collar bone and his arm. Corporal Robert Patterson of the Royal Regiment, who has been allocated to speak at several meetings here durll: the first week of the Fourth Victory Loan campaign, has seen as much of the war or more than any other Canadian in the armed forces. According to R. N. Kalbfeisch, supervisor of the public relations division of the campaign, Cpl. Patterson, a hardy Scot, joined the army in September, 1939, the month the war broke out. He went through the heavy "air blitzes" on London and watched with horror as he saw Nazi airâ€" men swoop down to machineâ€"gun civilians on the streets. He will work in conjunction with the North Waterloo Victory Loan committee throughout the week of April 26. Another in a series of articles written by WR Legge and C. V. Charters. who represented the Canadian _ Weekly _ Newspapers Assocation _ in a recent tour everseas Travel In Wartime Britain IN GREAT BRITAIN (Article No. 28) | _ There is a price ceiling for used |clothing, and secondâ€"hand dealers Are reminded that a true copy of Wartime Prices and Trade Board Order No. Aâ€"334 must be posted in {a conspicuous place in the shop of |every dealer in used> clothing, |states W. Harold MePhillips, Prices t:(:nd Supply Reproesentative, Lonâ€" on \â€" Hitler is Atlas, Gocbbels said, [ with the world on his shoulders, knowing "days cramped with work, \night _ cramped _ with _ sorrows." The committee appointed by Mayor Joseph Meinzinger comâ€" prises Aldermen William Kartechâ€" ner, A. J. Cundick and Ald. Ainlay. They will seek information on the matter and report to Council. David Evans, 2iâ€"monthâ€"old son of Mr .and Mrs. L. T. Evans, was drowned Wednesdn{ when he tumâ€" bled. intoa pool of water at the rear of a nearby residence. Kitchâ€" ener firemen applied artificial resâ€" piration for three hours, but withâ€" out success. Dr. V. L. Lang, coroâ€" ner, said no inquest will be held. ry Kitchener war plants are not running at full capacity due to a shortage of workers. â€" Ald. Ainlay said the situation is becoming more and more acute due to the fact countless numbers of factory workers are returning to farm work. Others, he said, are returning to the building trade for the summer and fall months. The alderman suggested that if partâ€"time workers can not be seâ€" cured the only other alternative will be to ‘import‘ workers from other sections of the dominion. He egreed with other aldermen that the latter plan would not be as deâ€" sirable due to the housing shortâ€" age here. Seek To Get More Workers For War Plants KITCHENER. â€" City _ council Monday night adopted Ald. T. H. Ainlay‘s recommendation that a committee be set up to attempt to interest citizens, especially young married women in taking partâ€" time employment. Council members agreed unaniâ€" mously with Ald. Ainlay that maâ€" All trains are overcrowded,. no meals are now served on them, and reservations of space are very diffiâ€" cult Their system of reserving a compartment is w paste on the door a sticker rea in’ "Reserved" If there are several of l.hmn on the (Continued on Page t) more, Alta., which was auctioned off at Markham on April 12 and 13. Mr. Stoltz paid $350, $185 and $165 for these animals, the oldest of which was born on January 4th of this year. All were richlyâ€"bred individuals carrying the best blood lines of this great herd. ; The order provides that prices must not exceed certain specified amounts. For example, the maxiâ€" mum price that may be charged for a man‘s threeâ€"picce suit is $18; for a man‘s light overcoat, $14; a woman‘s dress, $3; girl‘s coat (up to tenâ€"year olds) $4.50; man‘s trousers. $4.50; woman‘s twoâ€"piece suit, $7. Everything is different from peacetime travel, in fact travel is discouraged now as much as posâ€" sible. There are signs at every station reading ‘Is your journey really necessary?" Ceiling Prices For Used Clothing The first broadcasts brought proâ€" nouncements of Propaganda Minisâ€" ter _ Gocbbels and Reichsmarshal Gocring from the microphones and it was a grim birthday theme they sounded. that you are in the war zone. There are plenty of signs of preâ€" paration to repel an invader at a moment‘s _ notice, Obstructions have been placed in fields, or other places that might be used as a l:nding spot for enemy plancs, and material has been prepared and placed in readiness to make barriâ€" cades or obstructions at strategic points on the roads and highways. Waterloo Child Drowns in Pool Ayr Breeder Buys Three Fine Holstein Calves LONDON. â€"Hitler celebrated his grimmest birthday today since he came to power. At 54, war wasn‘t what it scemed to him at 53. The Berlin radio pictured him spending the eve of his birthday at headquarters â€" the _ location _ of which was undisclosed â€" listening to gloomâ€"filled broadcasts by his henchmen. E. S. Stoltz, Ayr, was successful in securing three young calves at the dispersal sale of the famous C.P.R. Hoistein herd from Strathâ€" End of Suffering Nowhere In Sight, Goebbels Moans $1.00 per year | Ten suecessive charges were made against a single sector of the Russian line and when all had ; failed the German command sent | forward two more fresh infantry ‘regiments and 40 additional tanks. These assaults, too, wer ebeaten : down wit hthe Germans losing ©1.400 dead and a dozenâ€"odd tanks. In a tale of barbarity and inâ€" human treatment, the Government charged the Japanese not only with executing some of the fliers but with treating those saved from death as common criminals, denyâ€" ing them their rights as prisoners of war in open disregard of all the tenets of international covenants coverning captured soldiers. In all these operations, 31 planes were lost, including one Canadian. To add to German discomfiture, other _ planes, probably Russian, hombed the eastern Baitic region of the Reich, according to the sor- lin radio Prisoners on Tokyo Raid Murdered by Japs WASHINGTON. â€" The United States Government announced toâ€" day the "murder in cold blood" of some of the eight American fliers captured by the Japanese after the bombing of Tokyo a year ago and declared the Japanese officers reâ€" sponsible for their executions will be held to account before a court of justice. . 20. â€" 80 MOSCOW.â€"Savage and persistâ€" ent German attacks against newlyâ€" won Russian positions in the Kuâ€" ban area of the Caucasus about the Nazi bridgehead of Novorossisk collapsed â€" today â€" against â€" heavy Sovict artillery fire, the Red comâ€" man announced, but the enemy still were throwing in fresh troops and his bombers were active over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. War‘s Biggest Sweep Is Made Over France; Russ Raids Baltic Area LONDON. â€"Heavy RA.F. and RC.AF. bombers cclebrated Hitâ€" ler‘s birthday last night by blasting the German Baltic ports of Stettin and Rostock, while Mosquito bombâ€" ers pounded Berlin. _ _ In addition, otner Canadian and British planes made the greatest attack of the war on enemy transâ€" port in France, Belgium, Holland and northwest Germany, laid more mines in enemy waters and bombâ€" ed shipping off the coast of Belâ€" gium Brimllnflbmu If N Use Poison Gas Lc-l‘:mâ€"'l\o-hm ment c“hz amâ€" u-lu-:t.-lihby 1t :nuodnlmth:.“lflw rh-nlunhnhol*n ront," and warned that such a "British resources and scale of delivery have !mtly increased since last year," in case the Gerâ€" mans decide to employ gas. Take Enfidaville, Allies Push Forward in Tunisia ALLIED _ HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA.â€"The British 8th Army has captured the Axis coastal pivot of Enfidaville, has swung five miles northwest to storm the mountain citadel of Takrouna, and also has gained two miles in the Djebel Garci area farther inland amid "very severe fighting," it was reported tonight. Striking along a 10â€"mile front after a tremendous artillery barâ€" rage, 8th Army infantrymen armed with knives for closeâ€"quarter fightâ€" ing scaled the enemy‘s mountain positions at some points only 45 miles south of Tunis, while the British Ist Army gained slightly in the Medjezâ€"elâ€"Bab sector 35 miles west of the Tunisian capital. Savage German Attacks Are Smashed by Russians U.S. Airmen Taken Axis Defence Anchor On Coast Is Captured In Smashnig Advance Allied Headquarters in North Africa. â€"The British Sth Army has captured Enfdaville, southâ€" ern coastal anchor of the Axis defence line in the "coffin corner" of Tunisia. The British 1st Army | has captured Smidia, a few miles . north of Medjez ei Bab in the . centre of the enemy‘s line, _ Four fierce enemy counterâ€" attacks have been beaten off by Gen. Montgomery‘s desert veterâ€" ans who smashed forward in a drive that began shortly before midnight Monday night, and the fighting is continuing, today‘s communique said. All initial obâ€" jectives were achieved. Germany against any use of poiâ€" The Allied offensive was supâ€" ported by â€" what. Allied headâ€" quarters officially described as "the heaviest and most destrucâ€" tive blows yet truck against air power in :l_‘_nnish." _ h. strong Tunis and Bizerte mounâ€" tain defence lines. _ _ _ There was a shs note of mvh&ihm-fl method of the warning to Gerâ€" e SA ns o o ee Heavy â€" artillery and â€" acrial bombardment, blasts of mortar and machineâ€"gun fire andâ€"at the showâ€"downâ€"bitter handâ€"toâ€"hand fighting in which the Eigth Army used knives and bayonets marked the first stage of the Allied _ offensive _ against â€" the The dominant Allied air force continued its attacks up and down Tunisia, raking airfields on a heavy scale yesterday, deotro{ in 27 planes for the loss of eight planes. The figures bring to 151 the official total of enemy planes downed in three days of fighting. formation after midnight where 2 statement issued from Prime Minister Churchill‘s residence at ::O-Mlh;unfiwumdb The statement recalled Mr. Churchill‘s previous warning to WORLD‘S WEEK . Ne WEDNESDAY THURSDAY T HE _Pamphlets telling Italian citiâ€" zens to be polite to the invaders in the event of an Allied landine in Italy are being distributed by the Italian government, the Alâ€" giers radio said. Threeâ€"Day Bag of Axis Planes in Tunisia is 142 Railway lines and roads from Brittany through northern France, Belgium, Holland and int ~orthâ€" western Germany were str d and bombed. Nazi shipping in the channel also was attacked. _ RAF. and R.CAF. light bombâ€" ers and night fighters took over the acrial offensive from the heavier aircraft last night and carried out widespread attacks on the enemy‘s creaking transport systems planes swept across the southeast coast in :3,. and soon afterward distant explosions were heard from the direction of Boulogne and Calais in north France. Last night marked the first time that British bombers have cartied out raids in such force against u;t:e cities in Germany on a single night. "We had not at that time 50 tanks whereas we now have 10,000 or 12,000," he said. Raid by 100 Jap Planes Shows Australia in Peril â€"ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA. â€" Japan‘s air and ground power in the southwest Pacific is growing "with great rapidity," a spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur warned today. "‘The situation is now becoming more menacing on the Australian front," he added. "It is our hope that our force will grow to match the enemy‘s." s The warning tempored the sucâ€" cesses of Allied bombers. One of those successes was the sinking yesterday at Wewak, New Guinea, of a 6,000â€"ton ship, presumably loaded with fuel, judging from the way it burst into flame. A smaller ship also was hit. acrial â€" offensive, â€" continuing _ its scorching pace against the Axis air fetry route and aircraft nests, cut down 24 more cnemy planes yesâ€" terday.‘ This brought the 48â€"hour total of foe aircraft bagged to 112, of which 70 were Junkersâ€"52 transâ€" ports. The threeâ€"day bag was 142 and the total since the battle of the Mareth line now stood at 631. Raising its total on the flaming Sunday battle over the Sicilian Straits, when troopâ€"loaded German transports tumbled out of the sky like leaves in a forest, Allicd headâ€" uarters said three more enemy gghting planes had been accounted for. This put the total of enemy losses in that single battle at 58 transnorts and 19 fighters LONDON.â€"German experts estiâ€" mate that it will take from three to five months ‘to get the huge Skoda arms plant in Pilsen, Czechoâ€" slovakia, running again and then only on a restricted scale, a Reuters dispatch from Zurich said today. The dispatch said that about 800 persons were killed in the RAF.!‘s massive raid Friday night on the Skoda Works. Testimony to the utter destruction was given in the report, which said that everything within an area of 50 acres appears to have been destroyed. Over 600 planes took part in the raid Raid Invasion Coasts wighler e Back Tedat Only a few hours afte! raiders returned to Britain, Romme!l Takes Back Seat ; _ Kesseiring Now in Charge of Allied North African forces, while Rommel‘s position is that of Axis commander in Tunisia, someâ€" what similar to the role of Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G.. Alexander, as Allied deputy commander in chief. ALLIED _ HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA.â€" Field Marshai Albert Kesselring, formerly a Luftâ€" waffe commander in the central sector of the Russian front, is in supreme command of Axis forces in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy, latest information here indicated today. Kesselring‘s position corresponds roughly to that of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander 50 Tanks in 1940 All Britain Had, Churchill Says London.â€"Britain had less than 50 tanks and only "@a couple of hundred feld guns, some of them Evacuate South Coast of Italy as Threat of Invasion Heightens London.â€"Gen. Draja Mihailoâ€" vich sent word from his secret ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. â€" The Allicd Nazis Lose Skoda Arms for Months; 800 Dead After Raid headquarters in the mountains of Jugoslavia today that his patriot army is poised to attack Axis eccupation forces the moment the Allies invade the Balkans. Until that zero hour, Mihailoâ€" vich said in a cable to the United Press, his Chetniks will play a "waiting game", broken only by eccasional skirmishes with Axis troops and organized sabotage. Meanwhile Mussolini has orâ€" dered the immediate evacuation of all civilians not engaged in deâ€" fence work from the southern coast of Italy, the Algiers radio said today. The broadcast reâ€" ported that 30,000 persons had been evacuated from the southâ€" ernm provinces in the last five days. The B.B.C., quoting Swiss reâ€" ports, said that "all civilians, dock installations and war indusâ€" tries of Sicily are to be evacuated to the mainland" of Italy, and "civilian authorities will be reâ€" placed by a military administraâ€" Appealing for a steppedâ€"up coal production, the prime minisâ€" ter told his audience in a review Churchil} told 2 private audience of coal miners and mine owners this in a speech, Dec. 10, 1942, it was disclosed today. _ _ of Britain‘s darkest days that if Hitler had attempted to invade after Dunkirk "there would have been terrible shambles in this country because we had hardly a (Continued on Page a few hours after the night TUESDAY 8)