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_ Give More Than You Can Spare _ To K â€"W Federated Charities THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Dumarts Labor Row In Hand Ottawa Told Vol. 85, No. 20 OTTAWA. â€" Hon. Norman Mcâ€" Larty, secretary of state, told the House of Commons Wednesday a meeting between employers and employees of the Dumart packing plant was taking place, "at which a representative of the department of labor wilp be present, when it is hoped th&t difficulties would be ironed out." ooo Clarence Gillis (C.CF., Cape Breton South) asked the minister of labor, through Mr. McLarty, "if the department of labor is aware of this situation and, if so, what steps are being taken to compel the operators to reopen fi‘ne plant." Mr.Gillis said "a lockout is in progress at the Dumart plant." Says Meat Truck Dumped KITCHENER.â€"Police said that during 'l‘uesdai: night persons at the Dumarts Ltd., meat packing plant threw meat out of one truck as it was being loaded and atâ€" tempted to ditch another loaded truck after taking the driver from behind the wheel. _ 8 Albert Simpson, the truck driver, told police women wearing handâ€" kerchiefs over their faces jumned on his truck and with the aid of a number of mer forced him out of the truck. Simpson said he struck one man on the jaw and ran back to the plant to call police. He said his truck was driven along the road and allowed to roll down a slight incline damaging a headâ€" light and the radiador grlll _ _ Strikers put a picket line around the plant at 6 a.m. Wednesday. _ Mayor Joseph Meinzinger said today he will appeal to the labor minister, Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, to send a commissioner to "tell (Continued on Page 10) Mrs. A. E. Kerr Heads W. L. At Haysville (By Margaret Bean) SOUTHâ€"WEST WILMOT. â€" The annual mecting of the Haysville Women‘s Institute was held at the home . of Mrs. J. B. Garland on Wednesday â€" afternoon. with the president. Mrs. A E. Kerr, presidâ€" Mrs. A. E. Bean gave the report of the nominating committee. All the officers with the exception of Mrs. P. Weicker, who withdrew from office, were reâ€"elected and are as follows: ing. President, Mrs. A. E. Kerr; Ist viceâ€"president, Mrs. E. Schiedel; Ind viceâ€"president, Mrs. A. B. Christner; secretaryâ€"treasurer, Mrs. Clarence Diamond; asst. treasurer, Mrs. P. Weicker; district director, Mrs. Ellworth Bean; branch direcâ€" tors, Mrs. E. Shantz. Mrs. W. Schneller, Mrs. E. Snider and Miss D. F. Walker:; press correspondent, Miss Margaret Bean; pianists, Miss D. F. Walker and Miss Marâ€" Miss Margaret Bean; _ pianists, Miss D. F. Walker and Miss Marâ€" garet Bean; auditors,. Mrs. E. Shantz, Mrs. W. Cassell; convener of _ social _ committee, Mrs. E. Shantz: converer of flower comâ€" mittee, Mrs. E. Schiedel. The secretary rooortg& 40 memâ€" bers on the roll, 10 meetings held during the past year. and a total attendance of 219. _ â€" â€" Work accomplished during the year included: Donation to Hall committec. $10; War Memorial Hospital, London, Ont. $5; Tag Day for the Blind, $77.02; Salvage collections. $100 41. Central War Fund for seeds and blankets for England. $20; 100 lbs. honey to Red Cross; 9 lbs. maple sugar to navy league; British War Victims‘ Fund. $23; Miscellaneous donations to Red Cross $181.69. Receipts of Women‘s: Institute Total $414.94 and Expenditures $393.33. Hospital, London, OUnt, $9; 1Ag i Davpfor the Blind, $77.02; Salvage: (BY Mrs. Clarence Diamond) collections. $100 41. Central War,. Mother‘s Day. 1942, has passed Fund for seeds and blankets for into the annals of history as anâ€" England. $20; 100 lbs. honey to‘othe?"{ear of _ horrible warfare Red Cross: 9 lbs. maple sugar to | SCars this world in which we all navy league; British War Victimg |live.. For years it has been out Fund. $23; Miscellaneous donations | SDeCia) pleasure to pay tribute and to Red Cross $181.69. reverence to our Mothers on this Knitting and sewing turned in |J2Y. set aside and honored in to Red Cross rooms at New Hamâ€" \Christian churches throughout the: (Continued on Page 10) land. This year we cannot help but paite ue pause in silent tribute to those Moâ€" thers whose brave sons have gom; * i 5 forth in our behalf and many 0 (n K- h““th H(’ads whom have already paid the suâ€" R I(' . ('. & preme sacrifice. Those boys alone ecd Lross ,.lmpalgn know how often their thoughts e C “dr'ilf! homeward and to the ofne , whose every effart has been for (By A. R. G. Smith) their _ happiness _ and _ welfare. NEW â€" HAMBURG â€" The New ‘Thnsr who have the realization or Hamburg branch of the Canadian the memory of a true Christian Red Cross Society held a mootit;g Mother are, and have been, recentiv and appointed Mr. C. K.‘blessed in countless ways (By A. R. G. Smith) NEW â€" HAMBURG â€" The New Hamburg branch of the Canadian‘ Red Cross Society held a me('ti?g‘ recently and appointed Mr. C. K. Smith as chairman of the Cam-! paign Committee. The committee, is composed of Messrs. Alex F. W OR Hostetier. C O Kruspe, Hahn. Earl C. Katzenmeier, Reeve Don A Merner and H. J. Borth. The objective for the New Hamâ€" burg branch is $3,500 Don A Merner and H. J. Borth Our brothers and sisters to the the happy The objective for the New Hamâ€"[{south of us were the first to obâ€"| _ On Mot! burg branch is $3,500 serve such a day when it was oriâ€" pay tribut The names of the canvassers are ginated in 1908 by Miss Ann Jarâ€" \ mothers, v nw being selected by the commitâ€" ‘vis of West Virginia in Iovinqwe would tee memory of her mother and some (Con APPOINT DELEGATES TO CONVENTION « v «ue Largest Circulation of any Waterloo County Weekly Newspaper â€" | _ KITCHENER. â€"It is believed ‘ probable here that the tank donatâ€" jed by residents of Kitchener and Waterloo by a ‘"Tank Fund" drive ‘in June, 1940, will be driven by a \Kitchener soldier when it first sees action against the enemy. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Weber, parâ€" ents of 25â€"yearâ€"old Florne Weber said today they received a letter from their son telling them he is "enjoying the distinction" of drivâ€" Think Kitchener Man |So# of Waterloo Couple To Drive Kâ€"W Tank Now Presumed Dead ing the Kâ€"W tank. The tank has been assigned to the 6th Regiment of which Weber is a member. The "Buy A Tank Fund" was sponsored by the Kâ€"W Sales and Advertising Club, with an original objective of $25,000. Residents of the Twin City, however, subâ€" scribed over $38,000, and the moâ€" ney purchased a large ambulance in addition to the huge tank. Expect 200 City | Men to be Called Despite the fact %lm to 500 Twin City men receivad notices to report for medical examinations, preparatory to commencing basic military training about four weeks ago, it is believed that only 200 Kâ€"W men will be ordered to report for training this month. Figures released here, from Otâ€" tawa, today, reveal that only 515 men in the entire London district (Military district No. 1) will be called this month. Of this number, 65 are "30â€"day men", youths who were called up under the 30â€"day training plan in 1940. Men called this month will be | required to report to Carling Heights, at London, Ontario, raâ€"| ther than No. 10 Basic Training‘ Centre here. They will later be‘ attached to Oxford Rifles. | Knox Church Issues Call To Toronto Cleric Knox Presbyterian Church, Watâ€" erloo, â€" voted â€" unanimously _this week to issue a call to Rev. John V. Mills of High Park Presbyterian Church, Toronto. The Waterloo pastorate has been vacant since the departure for Toronto a month ago of Rev. David Kerr. Only two names were put in nominations, and Rev. Mills‘ after an overwhelming majority in the first ballot was made unanimous. The call is now being signed by every member of the congregation and will be placed before the Guelph Presbytery meeting in Hesâ€" peler next Tuesday. | tion Bishop Janzen‘s Son Receives Science Degree _ Woldemar Neufeld, son of Biâ€" shop and Mrs. Jacob H. Janzen of Waterloo, received a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Education of Western Reserve Uniâ€" \versity, Wednesday, May 13, at ~4.30 p.m. in Cleveland‘s Severance Hall when the University held its |116th Commencement Convocaâ€" In this Dominion of ours, it has only been for the last thirty years or so that the second Sunday in May has been set aside and desigâ€" nated as Mother‘s Day. Mother‘s WaTErLOO, Oxntamio, Frmwar, May 15, 1942 The Week in Pictures ‘guard rail, both occupants were | tossed from the buggy, Mrs. Marâ€" \tin received severe facial injuries ‘while Mr. Martin escaped with a i severe shakeâ€"up. Willow St, Waterloo, received word Saturday that their son, Pilot Officer Donald Brubaker, reported missing following air operations overseas on Oct. 21, is now offiâ€" cially presumed dead. _ _ . A letter from !'li_ftâ€"Lieuwmnt L. D. Corrigan, RC.AF. casualties officer at Ottawa revealed that "inâ€" formation from the International Red Cross states that German sources advise that your son‘s body was recovered from the Schelde Two Hurt When Tossed From Buggy )ne‘ The mothers:l on their {mn alci 1i biGFZ¢ NUCHH J _ A. for|ways prepared extra cakes an ire.\sweets with which to load their or festive board and set before their Grattan to Ne ian \rhildron. No doubt in this year of â€" _â€"____â€" en.| 1942 many of our Angloâ€"Saxon (By A. R. G. Smith) lcousins across the ocean are has dreaming and planning for the reâ€"| NEW HAMBURG â€"Mr. Floyd ars turn of peace to the Fatherland Milton sold his chestnut gelding in‘whon they will be able to once}A"hd'k Grattan 2.10%, to Mr. R. sigâ€" again celebrate Mothering Sunday “Verhurst of Rochester, N.Y. He o. | and wetcome ttelr Javed oner in (bodthon‘"aftideds at olutre Park the |the happy family circle. obâ€"| _ On Mother‘s Day not only do we | Board barn and in training here oriâ€" pay tribute to our own individual ""“‘“- Jarâ€" ;mothers. who are so dear to us but| This gelding got his mark at ving |we would also recall those homes Goderich last season when he beat ome (Continued on Page 10) Miss Vera Bars, Pine Ridge, Alex Dayâ€" (By J. Fenton Martinson) WALLENSTEIN. â€" On Sunday afternoon an accident occurred as Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Martin were returning _ from thqwllennonite_ Church, Wallenstein West. While coming down the hill the harness broke, the horse started to run and kick and finally jumped the Special Mother‘s Day Service Held At Plattsville (By Chronicie Correspondent) PLATTSVILLE.â€"A special Moâ€" ther‘s Day service was held in Plattsville United Church on Sunâ€" day morning under the leadership of Mr. Orval Henderson. _ _ _ The theme was "The Church and the Home together". Those taking part in the service were Katharine Lederman, as the girl; Mrs. Sidâ€" ney Green, "The Mother", and Rev. Gordon Kaiser, the minister. "Hannah, the Wise Mother of long ago", was told by Mrs. F:rs'mk King. The scripture lesson of Jesus as a child was read by Donna Edwards. The second scripture of God‘s work in the world was read by Elinor Carrothers. A recitation, "Who loved her best", was given by Donna Kaiser, Helen Hofstetter and George Crawford. The Junior choir offered a selecâ€" tion, "Praise Him, Praise Him, All ye little Children®". _ . Donna Kaiser, Helen Hotstetter! Relief Officer Leyes presented a| and George Crawford. government announcement to the The Junior choir offered a selecâ€" | board which revealed that the Onâ€" tion, "Praise Him, Praise Him, All|tario Department of Public Welâ€" ye little Children". fare will share in the cost of "exâ€" A short address was given by |cess" rents for relief recipients. He Rev. G. Kaiser following the Moâ€"|said it would result in a "small ther‘s Day service. A baptism serâ€" |saving" to the city. vice was held and five infants were! Under the new ruling, according baptised. â€" They _ were: Hurbert to Leyes, the maximum authorized Gofton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Huâ€"|by the government is $21 a month, bert Gofton; James Franklin. Son‘which is slightly higher than forâ€" of Mr. and Mrs. Williams; Owen mer rent allowances. In Kitchener, Ernest, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest relief rental amount to about $320 Rhodenizer; Harold Lee and Gerâ€"| monthly. ald Ross, sons of Mrs. Harry Lee| There were only 174 recipients Davidson. on relief rolls in the city dul"ing Fifth of Normal Petrol on Coasts For "A" Motorists HALIFAX. â€"Drastic reductions in gasoline ration 1uotas in Nova Scotia, and probably other mariâ€" time provinces, appeared imminent today. This development followed a 60 per cent. reduction in the amount of motor fuel supplied by the Imperial Oil refinery to distriâ€" butors in the maritimes and Newâ€" foundland. | _ A. G. Demont, sales mnrger for eastern Canada, said the luction resulted from a tanker shortage and increased demands by the !armed forces. â€" _ Reports here were that gasoline rationing books in nearly all cateâ€" gories in Nova Scotia were being called in for reâ€"examination and reduction in the amounts allotted. six years later instituted countryâ€" wide â€" when _ President Wilson signed a bill in this respect. However, this was not the first idea of such a day on which to pay tribute to our noble mothers. Some three hundred years ago the people of England annually held what was commonly called a Moâ€" \thgring Day. _ This too, was cel<brated on a Sunday and through prevailing custom children who‘ were living or working away from home, would return bringing gifts no matter how large or small to their mothers _ EOETER, MENBAICC O The 13th Twin City RC.A.F. caâ€" sualty since commencement of the war, Pilot Officer Brubaker was employed by‘ a beverage com?ny here. He was a ;ndufirot â€"W Collegiate and a member of the choir of Klu St. Baptist Church. Besides parents, he is surâ€" vived by two brothers, Pte. Leonâ€" ard in the signal corps, Vernon, 7, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Earl Bowman, of Elmira, Rita of Kitchâ€" ener and Doris, 11, at home. Reliet Board Will Stop "Chiselling" KITCHENER.â€""We‘re not going to tolerate anything like this. It‘s up to us to stop this chiselling!" declared Chairman P. A. McKie at the May meeting of the Kitchener welfare board. Chairman McKie was commentâ€" ing on the statement by Relief Officer Oswald Leyes that one cit{ resident closed out a $2,000 ban! account to bu{o'n home for his son, then applied for relief. _ _ The relief officer told the meetâ€" ing that the applicant in question, signed a statement, witnessed by the son, to the effect that neither he nor his wife had ever had a bank account in the city. Relief Officer Leyes said he disâ€" covered the real estate transaction while investigating the applicant. He said both the father and son ‘have the same Christian names "but the deed for the property does not specify. whether "senior" or. "junior" is the owner". "I told him (the applicant) he‘ made a fals; statement," related Leyes, "and he went out of my office and never came back." Questioned further by W. Karâ€" techner, a member of the board, the relief officer said the applicant received assistance from the city through relief "sometime in 1935 and 1936". __‘"Under those conditions we should try to collect the money he obtained," declared Kartechner. There were only 174 recipients on relief rolls in the city during April, 12 fewer than the previous month. In April, 1941, there were 317 persons listed. Twelve e:”)li- cations for relief were received last month and six were accepted, the relief officer reported. Tax Collections Fix New Record In Kitchener KITCHENER. â€" Tax collections thus far in 1942, amount to 51.6 per cent of the total levy for the curâ€" rent year, and represents a new reâ€" cord during the last 15 year$, acâ€" mlll-ding to Tax Collector A. V. Alles. At closing time for the due date of the first tax instalment in the North Ward, Friday, collections totalled $625,034.02, and by noon, Saturday, collections had increased to $652,223.97. The entire levy for 1942 is only $1,263,990.70. _0 The 1941 levy, according to Mr. Alles was approximately $3,000 higher than this year‘s estimated revenue from taxation, but collecâ€" tions from the same wards at the same time last year amounted to only $565,966.94, or $86,067 less than present collections. "As a matter of fact, some peoâ€" ple who had not paid current taxes for the past several years are even paying in advance this year." Milton Sells Archdale Grattan to New York Man (By A. R. G. Smith) \‘Beatrice Lee and other good per Mennonites Join Medical Services For Overseas A large number of Mennonites, generally conscientious objectors to any form of military service, have enlisted for active service with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, according to R. S. M. William Bowden of the 24th Field Ambulance (reserve). _ _ The enlistees, because of their religious beliefs, stipulated their desire to serve with the medical corps only, he said. Although Ménnonites, as a whole, object to military service, the 9,000 members of the sect in Waterlo County have made meriâ€" torious financial contributions and have sent large shipments of clothâ€" ing to Britain since the start of the It is believed that over 250 young Mennonite men, of draft age, served in road camps in Norâ€" thern Ontario last year in lieu of compulsory military training. Fusiliers May Go To Niagara | Col. Macklin, himself a Kitchâ€" ‘ener _boy, revealed today that Maâ€" jor J. C. Routledge, Montreal, has been appointed second in comâ€" mand. A member of the 1st Batâ€" talion, Montreal Black Watch, Maâ€" ljgr l;{m{tlsflgex went overseas with that the Scots Fusiliers of Canada Regiment, comprising cl':iellsyh Kâ€"W men, would be transferred, shortly, to Western Canada. It is believed they will go to Niagara Falls. _ _ More than 100 members of the regiment are visiting the Twin City for the weekâ€"end. _ _ ______ Macklin Red Cross Appeals To Kâ€"W Knitters Pointing out that of 250 articles which should be completed by the end of May to fill the group‘s quoâ€" ta, 200 still remain to be knitted, an official of the Waterloo Red Cross Society today issued an urâ€" gent appeal to all Waterloo woâ€" men "Although the need for knitted articles is probably greater than ever before, the response during the past two months has been very disappointing," he stated. _ _ _ The official, who wished to have her name_withheld, pointed out that sp\'in%uI housecleaning work may have had some effect on the Reg Cross work, she asserted that "the falling off in knitting is much more marked this year than last". Saboteurs Wreck Paris Radio and Block Broadcasts VICHY.â€"Antiâ€"Nazi terrorists toâ€" day dynamited and silented the loudest proâ€"German radio station in necuvied Franceâ€"Radio Paris. Lieut.â€"Col. William Macklin, offiâ€" Dispatches said the station was dynamited early this morning and that the pylons were destroyed, bringing down the aerial near Bourges, 130 n_1iles south of Pa‘aris. The destruction was so complete, it was reported, that the station may not be able to return to its normal wave length for some time. It was announced last night that five hostages have been executed and 50 others condemned to death in Paris for attacks on Germans in Clichy. Two More Nazi Cafes In Paris Are Bombed "I am highly pleased with proâ€" ess my troops are making in LONDON.â€"Two more restaurâ€" ants used by the Germans in Paris have been bombed, advices from the occupied French capital said today. _ _ _ _ Dispatches {esterday reported a series of bombings of Paris hotels used as barracks by the Germans, apparently a crescendo of antiâ€" | formers German demonstrations covering the past ten days. _ Archdale Grattan went to the post in 24 different events last seaâ€" son and was never out of the moâ€" ney Mr. Milton will keep him here for the races in New Hamburg on May 25th, after which he will take him across the border alonr \with the balance of the string he has been training here to race in different parts of the United States during 1942. training," stated Col. $1.00 per Yea Uâ€"Boat Sinks Second Ship In St. Lawrence River A St. Lawrence River Port.â€" Fourteen crewmen are dead or missing and there are 74 surâ€" Thousands of Canadian Troops Land In Britain A BRITISH PORT.â€"New formaâ€" tions for the Canadian Armored Corps and thousands more reinâ€" forcements for the Dominion‘s land and air forces have arrived in Britain to join the mighty Allied military machine being assembled for the offensive against the Axis. The first rwraenhtivu of Maj.â€" Gen. F. F. Worthington‘s division to come to Britainâ€"special detachâ€" ments of officers and men of seven regiments and u&l:ldmm for diviâ€" sional and brigade headquartersâ€" were included in an armored force which crossed the Atlantic in comâ€" pany with reinforcements for alâ€" most every Canadian Army unit in Britain. _ s A Royal Canadian Air Force contingent, one of the largest of the war, included men for every air force job, all eager to join the summer _ offensive against Gerâ€" many. Ground staff and air crew personnel arrived in almost equal numbers. No Clues Yet On Kidnapping Of Baby at London, Ont. After a day which bnnm _ fewer leads than any since t _ The claims of the |armies were conflicting. Kerch Battle Clouded By Conflicting Claims; Issue Still In Doubt LONDON. â€" Powerful Russian and Axis armies fought across the narrow Crimean panhandle today toward a decision still apparently veiled in smoke and flame. . Here briefly is the officer‘s byz;ot-:dounn'l-th-- tire crew 46 reached shore in boats. The second freighter was struck about the same time by a single torpedo and nmmm-r.by anthetlhlpnl:kha l: h.kalg-zvnthyth Moscow‘s midâ€"day communique said "There were no substantial changes at the front" overnight, a statement implying no major gains for either side. _ On the other hand the German high command asserted that "the battle of the breach of the isthmus of Kerch is decided" with annihiâ€" lation of the Soviet forces encircles there and that "up to now the enemy has lost 40,000 prisoners." Reports Conflict e A British source said the Gerâ€" mans are attacking continually on the Kerch peninsula, while an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Moscow said the Russians had routed the German 539th Infantry Regiment and other units of the 358th Inlanh%' Spring Reserve diâ€" vision in an nspecified sector and were continuing an advance after 'capturing vital positions. case began, _ Thursday nlghtadnmer&w of Barbara Ann Wood, sixâ€" monthâ€"old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wood, Weston St., than ever. aged at their seeming lack of more and more to the belief that the kidnapped baby might have been taken out of the _ For six days, both provincial anddtypolieewmb-zu hours a day running down lead after lead supplied by helpful citizens. None of them mvednlld.bfluhuu y continue to come in, poâ€" lice were at least hopeful that something tangible would deâ€" A St. Lawrence River Port.â€"A tight censorship of news from a nearby fishing centre, where surâ€" vivors from the first vessel torâ€" pedoed in the St. Lawrence river are resting today, prevented conâ€" firmation of reports some lives may have been lost. 8 The mayor of the fishing centre, speaking by telephone to this port, said "there may have been some losses, but we have been asked to say nothing about the matter.". He confirmed a report that there had been 87 or 88 survivors, some of whom are now undergoing hosâ€" vital treatment. None is seriously injured, he said. _ s The survivors, from a freighter torpedoed in the river near here Monday night, drifted in several lifeboats and on a raft to tiny fishing hamlets, almost isolated from telegraph and telephone comâ€" munication. 15 Nazi Planes Blasted From Air; British Lose One CAIRO, Egypt.â€"Thirteen Junkâ€" ers 52‘s, the German troopâ€"carrying planes, and two of their Messerâ€" schmitt fighter escorts were shot down yesterday into the sea off North Africa, the RA.F. announced today. Still others may have been destroyed, a communique said, }with only one British plane lost in the air battle. (There was no word whether the German planes were carryinf troops or where they were bound when the RAF. intercepted them The Junkers 52, carrying a score of more troops, has been used in all the German invasion campaigns to date, both for parachutists and for \ he transport of regular infantryâ€" men to hot spots.) WORLD‘S WEEK THURSDAY WEDNESDAY Its News at a T HE Nazis Stopped Dead In Crimea ; Too Many Against Us, Cries Hitler Five Nazi Hotels Are Dynamited In Paris VICHY.â€"Terrorists have bombâ€" ed six Paris hotels and restaurants requisitioned by the Germans, adâ€" vices from Paris said today. _ _ German authorities isolated the entire areas affected, including the principal downtown business disâ€" tricts and the eastern railroad staâ€" tion, in an attempt to trap the terrorists _ responsible. _ Subway traffic was suspended in the bombâ€" Several Killed in Famed Cafe The world famous Marguery resâ€" taurant on the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle and the Ambassador hotel were among the hotels and buildâ€" ings bombed. All had been reâ€" quisitioned for German army use. Several persons were reported killed in the Marguery. Three other central Paris hotels were bombed, also a hotel in the eastern _ railroad station qie: French police aided the Germins in blocking off the areas. 25 Per Cent. of Jap Ships â€" In Coral Sea Sunk or Hit United Nations Headquarters, Australia. â€" Toll of Japanese ships sunk or damaged in the battle of the Coral Sea was _ raised to 24 with the announceâ€" MONDAY Chinese Spring Trap tempting to start an offensive through the Crimea toward the today to have been smashed back at most points with seâ€" "numerically superior‘ f 5 nouncement said the German Siothing" nymuics of for Use: uâ€" m down overnight as quickly as it had flared up. The midâ€"day Moscow comâ€" the German division had been driven back after four days of laden transports and a tanker fourth of the ships, warships, transports and tankers, in the battle of the Coral Sea. Gen. Douglas MacArthur reâ€" ported direct hits scored by U.S. bombing planes in a conâ€" tinuation of the attack on the Japanese invasion fieet off Kessa in the Solomon islands. h newn Gamagea see ers are wn the battle started. So convincing was evidence reâ€" ceived from the continent, diploâ€" matic informants said, that Allied leaders decided â€" Britain â€" should move to place upon Germany the responsibility for the start of gas warfare, and warn Germans that fihey, in the end, would pay bitterâ€" y. trous penalty for having been lured into a Chinese trap. Toâ€" day the enemy‘s Burma army, "Nerve Gas" Hinted Informants said the Allied crossâ€" check of gas reports extended as far back as last January and showed that Germany was making preparations on a massive scale for gas warfare. _ men killed, is reported reeling back from its invasion of China, closely pursued and in peril of annihilation. The Chinese announced that they had deliberately allowed the enemy to rush headiong up the Burma road into China‘s Yunnan province, then suddenâ€" ly had smashed the enemy‘s wings and pounced on the main body of the invading force with an artillery blast which left 3,000 enemy soldiers dead and the remnants in fight. _ _ _ _ _ Wellâ€"informed foreign quarters here said Germany is concentrating on the manufacture of a new "nerve gas" calculated to produce mental paralysis which robs its victims of all power of decision for hours. U.S. Planes Sink Two Subs, Raise Jap Toll to 21 United _ Nations _ Headquarters, Australia. â€" United States warâ€" planes, on a death hunt for rem nants of a shattered Japanese inâ€" vasion fleet, have damaged or sunk two submarines in the Coral Sea, Gen. Douglas MacArthur _ anâ€" nounced _ today Reconnaissance bombers â€" also heavily _ attacked enemy seaplanes in the Louisiade islands, on the northern fringe of the Coral Sea, a communique said The smashing of the enemy subâ€" marines brought to 21 the total of Japanese ships, including 16 warâ€" ships, sunk or damaged in the great navalâ€"aerial battle of the Coral ___ Caught In Squeeze Now, they said, the routed Japanese are facing certain anâ€" TUESDAY On Japs; Kill 4,500