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ALLIED COLUMN IN GS-MILE AD

liew Red Drive; Smash Ahead

lviepori Third Allied- landilg

lstain Arrested By Secret Police

GENEVA. Auk. ‘F — (AB-Ger- man secret police arrested Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, French “chief 015mm," at his residence and mmquarters at the hotel Du Pare

Vichy, advices from lluances said

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any; 33-year-old marshal. hero of Verdun in the First Great War and head of the German - dominated Vichy government of France since. 1944), was reported seized Sunday momma; along with a- number of associates.

Others reported arrested were a Gen. Brldoux. possibly the Vichy m» - secretary LL-Gcn. Eugene Bridoux; an admiral Biehaut; "he llochat, general secretary of the Ministry nf Foreign Affairs; and Bernard Menetrel. private secretary to Petain ‘

Reports from the French Under- ground said the Maquis were titt- acking vlrlly at about the time of the seizures. had actually parts oi the provisional capital and were arresting collaborationists.

The swift reported action of the ‘Gestapo art-med an indication that the Germans placed no trust in the Marshal.

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i Newsman In Lisieux

The following

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French - punish border and when the Franc can. trol of the H “

Germans Lose Heavily In Romanian Area

Iy W. W. IIERCIIER

IDNDON. M18- 33—(AP)-The ’ new twin -

Dost he moved ucroaa the border to obtain direct accounts of the French fight of liberation in southern France.

HENDAYE, FRANCE. Aug. 22 -—(Al‘)—Fl-euch military author. lties said a third Allied landing in Franco started tonight in the area of Bordeaux. which was re. ported under e co-ordinated ut- tack by American and French columns.

(There was no immediate con- firmation in other Allied or Axis quarters of a Bordeaux landing. Supreme Headquarters has been silent upon the progress o! u spearhead from the United States 3rd army since it broke 10 miles south of the Loire River from the Mantes area earlier this month).

ALLIED SUPREME BEAD- QUARTERS. Aug. 28—(Wednes- dayl-(AP) -— Supreme Head- quarters said early today that a report by French military author- ities ut Ilendayo that Allied troops had made a iandl in the Bordeaux area was "outside our province."

Otherwise headquarters had no mmment.

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Swedish Trade

By cllanuas LYNCH ' (Reuters War Correspondent)

WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY

u fcnslves on the long-dormant Rom- anian battleground have gained 38 to 44 miles on a l56-mile front, top- pling the big industrial city of Iasi and costing the Germans 25,000 dead and more than 12.000 prisoners in three days, Moscow announced tonight

Two orders oi the clay from Pre- mier Stalin arld the regular Sov- iet midnight communique confir- med the savage new oifensives which the Germans had been re- porting since last weekend. and disclosed that the 2nd and 3rd Ukraine front armies of Generals Rodion Y. Malinovsky and Reodor Tolbukhin had swept up more than 350 towns in the initial stages of their attack

Unengaged since last April, these two powerful armies apparently were aiming at the Ploesti oilflelds. Germany's chief source of vital petroleum. now 1S0-odd miles south- west oi the battle lines. Already the Russians were less than 65 miles from the Danube River.

Good Progress In Western Harvesting

OTTAWA. Auk Z2~iCP)—-I\/ICT§ favorable harvestink weather “n. ended in most areas c1 the

week. and 200d 011111055 h“ hem made in cutting the crop. the Dom- inion Bureau of Statistics reported todav in the 13th of a series cf l6 weekly teljxruuhitl crow reverie-

pralrie provinces during the last"

‘I War Situation Last Night i

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lynohronlling with Allied-Preach vibrations in the Well. INIMY ' urn-us; ___ ‘J m" ‘ ' p, ' ' double attack in the cast aimed at Warsaw and the Dunlig corridor in the north and nt the Galati gateway to the Danube Valley and the Balkans in the south.

The Itunluns have captured last, key outpost on the Yruth River a- bove the vital gap. Early collapse of the German flunk to the Black Sen to split Bulgaria off from the Axis must follow u lnulun break-through at that point. There ls likely to be u German retirement from the whole Balkan peninsula in duo course.

Northeast of Warsaw the main Russian drive has dug deep into the Bug-Vlstula triangle out of tho confluence of the two rivers. There are indications that the Bug already has been crossed by the Russians some- where in the Nowy Dwor-Wynlww stretch to outflank Warsaw from the north as ll. is already outflunkcd to the south by Milli!" bridgehead! over the Vistulo. The river represents the lost natural defence line pro- tecting the Danzig corridor route north oi the Vlstula- irflm I RIISBIIIH nlarcll to the Baltic which would cut off all east Prussia and the Baltic States from Germany.

Bulgarian collapse us an Axis partner inevitably would follow a Rus- slan surge into the Danube Valley viu tho Galatl gen- The hie. not only of Warsaw but of all German unnles north of the westward curve of the Vistula around the Polish capital to the Baltic. seems no less hinged on a Russian break-through over the Bug.

In the face of the happenings farther south in the Warsaw region and on the Romanian sector. Russian retreat from the break-through to the Baltic below Riga and the delay in Irontnl assaults upon east Prussian frontiers look like deliberate moves. They were designed to suck German

and Romania for their rcal power blows.

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N. R. Employee Is Killed Neal Borden

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Daniel Ros-s. Canadian National Railways sectionman was fatally injured at Dickie’s Crossing. about a half-mile from Borden yesterday afternoon when a gasoline-driven trolley on which he was riding left the rails. Three other men with Mr. Ross escaped with injuries- They included. Aloysius Croken who has head and chest injuries: Walter Dorsey. who is shaken up an Roy McTavieh. WhO 05001191‘! with only slight injuries.

Bordeaux

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is" Reported Under Siege

rerurorccmcnts northward while illc Russians built up strength in Poland ‘Dy Canadian troops

[Disorganined

orcd column has driven P10118308 llllst the ancient town of against only meagre opposition,

The lightning thrust was mans, among which was a dramatic eastward push carried elements into Deauville, only eight miles across Havre and Llsieux, 16 miles south of Deauville.

(The BBC tonight said Lisieux had fallen to British troops which earlier had been reported engaged in street fighting in the city )

Deauville was reached by Nether- lands and Belgian troops of the 1st Canadian army in a nine-mile advance from Cabourg The whole front was swinging ahead, while west oi Paris American armored and infantry forces mounted a new drive northwestward along the Seine toward the sen in an effort to encircle the Germans who are being driven back against the wide. almost bridegeless river.

Gains by troops under LiPGEII. Crcrar of the Allied left flank mounted to almost a score of miles in some sectors. Orbes. ll miles southeast of Llsieux, was reached

Other cities to fail during the day were Houlgate on the channel coast, Dozule, five miles inland, Gace, 36 miles to the south. Etam- pes, 2'1 miles south of Paris, and Pithiviers, l8 miles below Etarnpes.

Nowhere along the entire front from the channel to Sens did the Germans appear able to check the Allies, whose pauses—notably be- fore Pfll‘iS—\VEl'e rather from Al- lied choice than because oi en- emy opposition.

a front-line dispatch discl

Allied Airmen Renew Action

LONDON, Aug 22—(CP)—-As clouds which had blanketed the western front for 4B hours rolled away. Allied airmen renewed late today their annihilation of Field Marshal Guenther Von Kluge‘s retreating German armies and Italian-based heavy bombers struck again at German oil fields.

Fire Situation At lloncton improves

Occupation 0f Florence Complete

MONCTON, N.B.. Aug. I8 - (Wednesday) — (CP) —- Heavy thunder showers swept over the Moncton area early this morning bringing at least tempera rc- llcf to crews of volunteers ht- lug a serious forest fire near the

ROME, Aug. 22 — (AP) -— Allied

,troops "by skill and patience" have

western outskirts of the city.

IN NORMANDY. Aug. 22-40?- Reuteri-Brltlsh troops of the 1st Canadian army fought their way into Lisieux this afternoon I was in the first jeep which en- tered the town. just behind the in- faniry who stalked along the streets and flushed out snipers. Tanks came along in the rear. There is still fighting inside Lis- leux and during the hour I spent ilicrc. there was not a minutes's let-up in the clatter of machine gun ananrifle fire. t h at was once one o t e most TOUGH ofiioNsunmns beautiful‘ ctlttiesd ini all Frairécc is LmcEsTER_ En ‘and _ (C?) _ nvolvin s a ere run. The c y was Because cf the beer? shortage, publici “Iefgkedf 3y mmbing h; the first houses here are open only three! “e0 ‘f’ m“ givas ‘m w e“ n Y“: hm,“ a d“, and are closed an day; one o e" ermatrls most vta Thursdays. Normally a "pub" is] c°¥gnumcamn ca“ res‘ g m" 1mm eight w 8 b2 hours damn e Germans cleared ew

streets but nearly all the sidelstreets norm ' a ii EVENTS

were blocked bv rubble in the fam-

' With Nazis Cut

BTOCKHOLM, Aug 22~(AP)-- The Swedish war insurance board announced today it no longer will undcrlvrlte Swedish ships travel- ling to German ports. This has the effect of eliminating all Swedish vessels from trading with Ger- oany.

liiar pattern of’ Caen.

ll. B. Soldiers iiere Clyde River Red Cross

(In-am F s; 1_ h _ m 23rd. e. lva Wedlles lays‘-

"lll stock. feed oats and crushed "it Mvfluisan at Boyle. 8-23-5i.

Alzgfllégfllsals i_n aid of Basilica u Holm-gnsry. Saturday flilsil-lfzlafi-Oll

_“Booi<i initiates.

HALIFAX, Aug. 22 -- Soldiers from New Brunswick stationed in’ Nova Scotia and Prince Edward 4i. Island will vote at special polling stations on Aug 25. 2S and 28 for the Aug 38 New Brunswick gen- cral election. it was announced to- night from military district No. 6 headquarters.

Lists of candidates will be posted at polling . , t e announce- ment said.

hi.’ Orders for Asphalt N. Aubrev Cutciiffc.

8-9-61. "Hunter River play in Long Vtl‘ Hall Friday‘. August 25th. If “he. Monday. 3.3.35.3,

“Clyde River Red Cross I e mun Festival Wednesday, Augugt - a-sl-cl.

Donrém School. Friday.

Ilium m o P e . °°° “iii-salt Big rojects ll ii "Igimaitnéiileig-lglecgilllrenirsiriii" ———

m. lower Montague Hall. 34th. Webster's Orchestra.

By Jack Brayley

OTTAWA. Aug. 22 - (C?) — Maritimers, having heard Parlia- ‘ ment votc millions for post-war re-

Big Fish Caught In Allied Net

By William Miller

(Dist. By The Canadian Yress)

DRAGUIGAN, Southern 10111101‘. Aug. 22 —- Orle of the b15805"- I150 yet caught in the invaslonin 5011-‘ them mince is a ii-vear-Oldrmfln; identified as Fenland B91055??- barrel-shaped, bald . headed. R01 ‘t Nd former president oi the Chirp--

loer oi Deputies- r-re was found hiding at the house

of a friend four mile-S YT°m .59- R- North Novas ju icial procedure. d For safety. he was impflwne at

3:55.225‘?pilliii“iiii."ii.ilittli Tpughggt Batflg

HENDAYE, FRANCE, Aug. 32- (APM-French frontier guards said today that American and French forces met on the outskirts of Bor- deaux about noon and immediately began a co-ordinated attack on the cl

ty.

IRUN, SPAIN Aug. 22—-(AP)— One thousand German troops have surrendered to an expanding French volunteer army surrounding the Bordeaux area, and an American motorized column is closing on Bordeaux from the north. advices reaching the Spanish border de- clared today.

Maritimes Have Few

er prisoners for the benefit of the Was 0n July 25

Acting coroner. Wallace A. Fields, a justice of the peace at Borden ordered an inquest and a Jury was impanelled and viewed the body and the scene of the ac- cident. Then the hearing was ad- journed until this evening at 7 o'clock. George Ceretti of Borden is the jury foreman.

Other members of the lury in- clude: E. l... Maybee, Ralph Tuombs, Arsene Gallant, Reginald Walsh, Oscar Campbell and Louis Hackett. . |

At the inquest the crown was’ represented by Cpl. C. F. Deakin. of the Royal Canadian Mountedi Police.

There was no immediate explan- ation as to what caused the trolley

completed occupation of the world famous art centre of Florence, with-t out incurring extensive damage tot its cultural treasures and have| sent patrols digging into Nazi pos- itions beyond the city, General Al-

MONCTON, N B ; Aug. 22 -- (C

) - Civilian and military crews fighting a forest fire near the western outskirts of Moncton ‘and.’ "at" °‘i°°“'“t‘i‘“ati°"£ . tongtaer ran fel lg yt eéréalnttiotaras, headquarters announ- ;n?m1ng_ a pridllifled stmlgg wuss

,, ' a led to matera ze and a ut 5 gnggnltisef“ °§‘,§{}‘,Y,§§§‘_°§ffné§ Zrxisoldiers arrived to reinforce volurl. tlilery fire the city will rapidly fife? ‘m’ h“ bee“ °“ “my 1°’ '

VANCE

In Rapid Retreat

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 22.—(A. P.)—-An American arm: more than halfway across France onthe road to Germany, . Sens, 58 miles southeast of Paris, in a 65-mile smash

osed tonight.

but one of many bewildering blows hitting the Ger- by the 1st Canadian Army which

the Seine Estuary from Le

3 Island Soldiers _ Are Awarded Medals

orrawa, Aug. 2a - (c P) - The defence department announ- ced today 22 new awards for gal- llhiry in action during file Italian

cal-ups to members of the Carl- adian y overseas. No citations accompanied the

announcement of the awards. which included three Distinguished Ser- vice Orders, two Military Crosses, One Distinguished Conduct Medal and 16 military medals. The awards included:- -—Ml tury Cross- Macilachlan. Malcolm

Francis. Capt. (Acting Major, M, Gregfi “U080. N. S. Canadian Infan- try Corps. -Milltary Medul_ MacDonald, Charles ‘ll-tomes. CD1». 31, Baltic, P. E. I , Royal Canadian Artillery. A-flltil. Harry. Edgar. 5pm, M. Peakes Station, P l2. f, Royal

Calaadggnliiégineers.

l0 B . Pinch Deter Gina, Harmony Ju ti , P. . . Canadian Aging. ' i “My”

Balfour Completes Visit To Canada

MONTREAL, Aug. so - (or) _ aim. Hon. Harold Balfour. Bri- under-seaetary for air.

ads and the United

States. la l - d?“ dgkuéfgnleft for an uridis he British statesman want

New York and Ottawa to discus. the British commonwealth as‘;

return to normal and full assist- ' _ _ m” Wm be bmugm w the mmb‘ ielgbghttilghflmrilisiwerglvhllilhrtizedoliin “Ems 2i: the ranged mgmary 5?‘: fire-fighting or fire patrol work.

emmen ‘an ° 9515i“ Emmi s“ d‘ Last night. a strong wind would;

have threatened to spread the lire Allies 3 Miles

and these were saved after being

to leave the rails. Something on the track or something dropping from the trolley to the rails was suggested but nothing definite was learned. The men were outward bound from Borden.

Mr. Ross’ home was only a short distance from the scene of the ac- cident.

French Information service movie with the Canadian 1st Army in

cameraman. 1; was a bitter pill for the man who was 10 years mayor of Mar; seille and former national headdod the socialist party- He was para e _ wlm u motley throng of G-Ei-abo France. Aug. 22—(CP)- The North sples and on.» woman whose head Ncva. Scotla Highlanders, vho have‘ had been shaved for consortini; been in the thick of the heavy] with Germans. fighting in Nomandy since D-Day A huge crowd gathered around thei fought their toughest battle of all; Gentiartnerie and booed and jeer- in the Canadian attack south of ed. Tough young Partisans kept Chm July 26. rifles and machine guns at the ‘Illa operation in which the Novas! struck at. the villaize of Tilly lei Campagne, about ‘four miles south. east. of Vaucelles. suburb of Caeni beyond the Orne, ended n week in‘ which they were almost continually.

“iihissaa. who was Merchant Mar- on the move and under enemy fire. They crossed the Orne above Caen

th l twar nd who

‘briazdxrliiglsltvigdrlsrhal ePgtsailfs iihforma- July i8, in the Canadian attack down the east bank of the river

e, nd later lolhedt “$21? .‘§.‘.‘..“.“i..’ editing the Colla- borationist Paris Daily Loam/re- kept his glefld down durinl the snort n1 - protecting the flank oi British m. fantl-y and tank forces swinging a- round ttic city. Tho Novas worked through the factory area of Col- ombeiles and cleaned out ,t.he north. ern part of Vaucelles. y Maj.

commanded otown. est of

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. A ly b

n Arnold Jefferson oi Brigg N. 8.. worked across u sm 1 rive; running into the Orne nortl-le Vfluwlles and sot to its objective. the main street south of the eu-

wick - Nova Bcotia boundary-mas burb of Mondeville.

first mooted in i822 its cost was ggflmatcd gt $206,000 while the i983

This is the fourth fatal accid- cnt involving railway WOTRBYS 0i or near Borden in the last few months. Three men were killed in Borden yards at intervals of about

th. “ m?“ Ross lived orlzlnflily In Fredericton. P. E. I. but moved here more than 20 WATS BBQ He was about ‘ill years old and had rc- tired but came back to service when the manpower shortage be- m . eagles gzcilfle died about 20 years a80- surviving are a son. Gordon Rois, a potato inspector of Carleton g - lng; and two daughters. Mrs- 00' tor Maclienzie of Borden and Miss Hattie Ross at home. A brother. William. lives at Albany. P. E- I-

Typlloon Takes Lives“ Cf Prisoners

orrrAwA. Alla. fl-wiv-A Jw- anese radio announcement of ty- phoon destruction in Januarydls- cloud em presence of Canadian

nus of war froln Honk Kaila n a prison camp at Niigata a town

and stunned."

IN FRANCE. Aug. 22-(0? Cable) --The Canadian army toda its greatest gains for a singive fighting in France as it swept east- ward aiter Germans retreating to the Seine.

everywhere but standing to fight mai_n roads and in a few towns.

evacuated by the occupants. .

latest reports described the fire‘ as dormant at McKinnonb Land- ing and well undel- control in the Hi degarde area. An Alrrls house and Canadian National Railways coait pile, once menaced. also were rc- ported out of immediate dongs‘. Hose lines extended throughout the area.

Abandoned in intense heat n- ter bogging down, one oi’ seven bll dozers used for plowing ditches a; i isolating patches of fire was st ll mired although it escaped burniw.

A large fire near Shadow Lac and Prince of Wales, 18 miles frcrn Saint John, continuctl to burn slowly and creep toward the St John River six miles away Absence

' of wind assisted fire-fighters in tin. GT8 .

Forest fires in other parts of the province were reported under control. One-tenth of an inch of‘ rain fell in central New Brunswick! today. i

I

to a part of Moncton. Onl two From Marseille

houses were in immediate anger

ROME. sue. 22—(AP)—Amer- ican and French troops, plunging westward beyond the encircled and doomed naval base of Toulon on the Mediterranean. were fighting forward tonight within three miles of Marseille. France's second lar- gcst city, brushing aside German forces declared by Mai-Gen. Alex- ander M. Potch to be "perplexed

Canucks Make Greatest Cains

By WILLIAM STEWART

WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY ls PAROLE”

za-tor) i 112181‘ NOW

ENDING. N.Y , A . made “Io day's York

The Germans are falling back y rear-guards are on some of thelin

Large iBarn Destroyed _

‘Jflélcfieiaéggesgrmtx supgers ‘a, construction are happy to get a mod. ‘Whine at Five pxéloiiriuil-dl-rlll

"Ewell o... M - _ mhwu’ 00. oGresore “m” “h. Monta ue. Saturday,

ern. $ Northumberland they've got some million-dollar s gestiorls themselves that causewaying or Strait, canalling the Isthmus

4,800,000 car ferry for tough 5 t r a f t, but

u . lnclu e the

tunnelling of

cost was estimated at between IGLANDIRS LEAD UNITS $40,000,000 and 800000.000.

The last estimate of the Northum- A M00110 fiflmlttmy led by Maj. berlarld tunnel-between Borden Albert Wilson of Charlottetown

P. E. I. and Tormentine. N. B.- was in i029 when a figure of S25,- 000,000 was suggested and at the some time cost of the causeway al- ternative was estimated at $0.000.-

t st m3 . evnurttihlilerwiinfuaeiwgiatizc: boardafirllea‘:

“oiiiglai Cérladlanmmt neuralgia. tIhOl; , B lowllivunvtiidenticiied "Caheaheians were

fmlaht. its way into the northern part of Vaucelles while e third com- pany commanded by Maj. .7. A. MacDonald of Cardigan. P. 1:, 1., went beyond to the main r

By

Fire At Freetown

Fire damage estimated at. $5,000

Webs r‘s Orchestra. ‘ 8-23-81.

"A lar number of

young pf s "for immediately. Kindy "m, i1 nOW as we will not an‘ W611i lily more for solne Hm until Itiuiiuyag ‘ix-hnflie" I°P8ensen.' ' m w"