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TIDE TABLE FOR MAY Date High Water Low Water Sun- Sun- A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. rise set 7 11.39 11.59 5.45 5.35 6.30 8.03 8 — — 12.20 6.26 6.14 629 8.04 9 12.40 1.05 7.09 6.56 6.28 8.05 $fa> Imjal ditts?to anil CHolmufit lath} INCORPORATING THE ROYAL GAZETTE (Established 1828) and THE BERMUDA COLONIST (Established 1866) VOL. 23—NO. 108 HAMILTON, BERMUDA FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943 3D PER C0PY—-40/- PER ANNUM NAZI COUNTER ATTACKS LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE SOUTH AFRICA LEADS IN ALL ALLIED FORCES SURGE FORWARD U.S. HAS ENOUGH FARM LABOUR FOR PEAK GOALS FAIL AT NOVOROSSISK SHOWS INCREASE IN '42 EXPORTS TO BERMUDA WASHINGTON, May 6—Mr. Russian Pressure Upon Base Biggest Gain Reflected In Diamonds Total £1,987,774; TO PUSH NAZIS TO PLAIN OF TUNIS: Chester Davis, the American War Food Administrator, re ported today that the Amer In Kuban Area Is Increasing Agriculture Production Data U.S.A. Second, £1,494,823 ican farm labour supply is sufficient to produce and har SOVIET FLIERSBOMB TRAINS TEBOURBA, BIZERTE AND TUNIS NOW vest the 1943 crop according to MISCELLANEOUSVEGETABLES FOOD ITEMS MONOPOLISE AU plan. PACKED WITH GERMAN MEN UP IN VALUE BY £35,000 SHIPMENTS HERE IN 1942 The 1943 crop goals have been set at the highest totals in United States history. MOSCOW, May 7 (Friday (Reuter) According to figures released by Although from the standpoint of ARE THREATENED FROM MANY POINTS —The Soviet midnight communique the Bermuda Government, the value customs receipts the United States Twenty-five per cent of all said: "During May 6 in the Kuban of local products, including crops, of America was the largest exporter foodstuffs produced wUl be area northeast of Novorossisk the animal products and fisheries, in 1942 of goods to Bermuda in 1942, in made avaUable for America's Germans launched a number of amounted to £453,667. 10. 0, of which pounds, shUUngs and pence South BIG OFFENSIVE SMASHES AXIS LAST STAND MAY armed forces and America's counter attacks. One counter at £421,207. 10. 0 was consumed in Ber Africa, for the first time in the Col AMERICANS KEEP PACE AUies. tack was fiercer than the others. muda. The ratio in 1941 was £306,600 ony's history, moved to the top of The United States Lend- "They were launched in an at and £278,600 — a clear indication that the Ust with exports valued at GERMAN MAIN DEFENCES BE SUBURBS OF TUNIS WITH BRITISH FORCES Lease Administrator, Mr. Stet much headway has been made in the £1,987,774 as against the United tinius, disclosed that 160,000 tempt to recapture Stary-Abaguy and Neberdjaevskaya. All the enemy effort to make the Islands as self- States total of £1,494,823. tons of food, clothing and sufficient as possible, although the medicine have been sent to attacks were repulsed by our troops The South African shipments do Key Point Of Massicault Is Von Arnim Facing Ultimate Combine With French Troops with heavy losses to the enemy. figures may be discounted to some the Uberated peoples of North extent by the increase in prices. not take up much space in the latest Africa under the lease-lend ar "Our warships in the Barents Sea issue of the Blue Book which is now Taken By British First Army End And A General Retreat To Take Djebel Cheniti rangement. sank an enemy transport and a Listed under animal products available. In fact, they are confined Mr. Stettinius also reported minesweeper." (consumed IocaUy) are 670,000 gaUons to "36 packages of diamonds." that 3,500,000 long tons of war of milk, 449,000 dozen of eggs and NATURAL DEFENCE BARRIERS ALLIED PLANES HAMMER HUNS REMOVE PRINCIPLE OBSTACLE The Russian troops occupied a 300,000 lbs., of meat (chiefly pork and It wiU be recaUed that in 1941 the equipment and food have been number of important heights north Colony became an exporting centre sent to1 Russia. The Soviet veal), which are valued at £101,000, NO LONGER BEFORE ALUES WITH HUNDREDS OF MACHINES ON THEIR WAY TO BIZERTE east of Novorissisk where there is £90,000 and £15,000 respectively. These for diamonds and last year the Union, he added, got more hand-to-hand fighting, stated a sup South African exports brought in than 40 per cent of all com figures compare with 800,000 gaUons By ALAN HUMPHREYS By DENIS MARTIN By DAVID BROWN plement to the communique. In one of milk, 360,000 dozen of eggs and £10,000 revenue for the Treasury bat planes shipped overseas sector alone 1,500 Germans were Deducting the South African total by lend-lease. 300,000 lbs., of meat in 1941, valued ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, May 6 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, May 6 WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES killed. respectively at £110,000, £50,000 and from aU imports leaves an amount (Reuter j.—The British are tonight (Reuter).—It is doubtful whether IN NORTHERN TUNISIA, May 6 The United States War Pro Moscow radio announced early £10,000. of £2,401,161 which is the real basis fighting their way towards Tunis. the Germans can make any further (Reuter).—Djebel Cheniti, the prin duction Chief Mr. Donald this morning that during Wednes of the year's trade. (The grand total Nelson, assured Americans The value of crops is shown as fol of £4,388,935 including the diamonds Tebourba, southwest of Tunis, is stand before the suburbs of Tunis cipal obstacle en route to Bizerte day, night large formations of So lows : 40,000 bunches of bananas £20,- being threatened. are reached. north of Lake Achkel, has been cap that tliere would be more than viet long range bombers success represents an amazing figure for a enought ships to carry the 000,101,000 bushels of potatoes £56,000 Colony of the size of Bermuda.) TMs The German front in the north Worse still is the position of the tured. The Americans launched a fuUy bombed the raUway junctions and 255,000 bushels of misceUaneous has been completely broken. Axis forces facing the advancing Am general offensive on the entire increased food and war sup of Dnepropetrovsk, Kremenchug figure compares with the 1941 peak pUes to the American forces vegetables £102,000. The value the total of £2,422,106. These are the outstanding de erican and British troops further tc northern sector at dawn today. and Bryansk which were packed previous year was: bananas £15,000, velopments to date following the all- the south. There is the definite dan and their AUies. The United with German trains carrying troops, In third- place to the United States An American armoured column Nations, he said, are now pro potatoes £34,000 and misceUaneous out offensive which began at dawn ger that they will be split up into is moving northeast of Mateur. arms and ammunition. Numerous vegetables £67,000. and South Africa was Canada with today over a front running from the ducing three times as much small and helpless groups with only Djebel Achkel has been completely fires and large explosions were ob exports of £421,316 whUe the United coastal sector in the north down to war equipment as Germany served. It wiU therefore be noted that a remote chance of fighting their cleared of the enemy. there has been a very pronounced in Kingdom was fourth with £340,348. Medjez el Bab. way out. and aU the countries it has In 1941 the U.K. exported £428,993 This was the position this after acquired. crease in the drive to produce agri Massicault, at the lower end of the In the north the Axis force is in By HAROLD KING cultural crops which was given a worth of goods to the Islands and fighting areqj halfway between danger at all points. noon: one American armoured col Canada shipped a total value of umn is moving to the northeast and tremendous Impetus last year when Medjez el Bab and Tunis, and the The threat on the southern front MOSCOW, May 6 (Reuter).—Ad a ban was placed for the first time £562,371. key point of the Axis defences, fell east of Mateur; the second col vance elements of the Red Army are from the Eighth Army and the umn southeast of Mateur ran into upon the sale of canned vegetables. South America took fifth- place to the British troops after a drive French is obvious. It would seem now less than five miles as the crow with £44,737, the British West Indies of ten miles fierce resistance from the crack GREAT HAVOC IS CAUSED There was also a big increase in now that von Arnim faces his ulti fUes from the Black Sea port of the tonnage of fish and lobsters was next with £35,637 and then New In the north, the Americans are German Barenthin division in moun Novorossisk. mate end and that a general retreat tain positions but has stormed on BY RAID ON STETTIN caught last year. It amounted to Zealand with £30,132. continuing their advance following is likely. Shock troops are forcing their way 520,500 lbs., (512,100 lbs., of fish and The only other amount of any size the capture of Jebel Cheniti and beyond Djebel EddekhUla and has The confusion caused in the Ger already taken a hill mass lying to along the vaUey leading direct to 8,400 lbs., of lobsters) as against 172,- came from the Dutch West Indies— Jebel Achkel, although facing a de man front line by the British attack the last range of mountains tower 500 lbs., in 1941 (170,000 lbs., of fish £10,324.