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The Christian religion is both simple and sublime; it menns one thliig only — eternal life In the midst of time bv the will Ind power of God.

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CHARLUPTETOWN. CANADA, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1944

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llLLlED RAIDS 0N GERMANY RESUMED

VHage U- S. Icebreaker I Built During Wartime Now Ready At Toledo

TOLEDO, 0., March 4—(AP)—The $10,000,000 icebreaker llicliiuzuv, three times as heavy as the average destroyer and iearlv as large as a light cruiser, _is read for christening and punching at the Toledo Ship Building ompany on Saturday.

Built for the United States Coast Guard, the craft will be used lgbreuk ice for Great Lakes iron ore, grain and coal carriers and Ior salvage, training and cargo work during the open seasons. The ‘hip, designed after a world-wide study of similar craft, has been “my; cOilHrllCliOn more than a year. It will displace 5,090 tons. will be 26o fect long, with maximum beam of 7o feet and ship's iqmpany of 12 officers and 164 men.

recommendations

0n Conservative Party Policy

.._i____i_. OITAWA March I — (CP) -~ Canadian interest and the with- ‘ l5 on party policy holding of new licences for per- \ 2c field of Canadiairmonent air routes after the war. ' 9. Aanendment to tax regulations to stimulate mining.

New Secretary

libllovdng a meeting of the exec- utive. P. D. McArthur of I-Iowlck, Que, newly elected president, an- nounced the appointment of A. E. Honeywell, Ottawa solicitor. as sec-

Regarded nu upplementlng tho plilfcrm adopted by the party at w leg convention last. year. rcccmmendatlons‘ call for

agricultural production. n . of lhe upward trend in rages and 1. 21g conditions 111 llnpcrlcil n1 co version to peace- lble . only, and immediate ao- lion iillti 4 llllfHlllCEnlEIIL 0f DDSFWHI’ llrojfcls lzy federal, provincial and lllllfllClpCll nuthcrltla.

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Other Recommendations

l. Pl-ovlsicin of mustering out ply for ngombcrs of the armed for- as on n “ ucrous scale" ln addit- lcl; lo lulcnu c clothing allowance.

rotary of thenominion Associat- ion. Mr. Honeywell succeed; R. A. Bell of Ottawa, now national dir- ector.

Members of the young Prog- ressive Conservative Association of Canada at their annual meeting yesterday elected Ned Stewart of Smiths fills, Ont , president. suc- ceeding Douglas McMann of Pen- Llcton, B .

Nell MacDonald of Ottawa and Jocque= Bcuchei- of Hull, Que. were elected vice-president; and Christie McDonald of Ottawa. was re-clcctcd executive secretary.

Rw n; requlrlng permis- ilon lrcm frdcral authorities be- lcrr an Individual or corporation or become a yiurly to an Internet. liullcnitcl

3 Organization of a board lrestccl: ilssloners. 4 emphasis on

5 Consfiuitlon of the estab- iihrnrnt of n central farm bank ll oncratc in cc-cperntion with whit.- ion." f; institutions

_ ‘irioplion by industry" gwllio Principle of vacation; with

‘gamer. m prevent family all- Bllcts becoming a substitute for tllgflllglc iv ‘.0

Policy recommendations were placed before the Dominion Asso- ciation meeting, which was held in Camera. ln the report of the pol- icy committee of which Cecil G. Fuost of Lindsey, Ont., ls chair- man.

Dealing with members of the forces and veterans the report proposed that dependent mothers be paid an allowance equal to that given wives. The suggested muster- lng" out pay should be paid to all membe s of the forces on demobi- lization and should be based on the services they had rendered, the committee recommended.

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Eggs-lb Aunt Bessie Beats the

Bfg . hrchgflhlllflll Hull, Thugsp-aiy‘.

I The committee endorsed the ag- ricultural program advanced by Mr. Bracken in a Lethbrldize. Alta", address and renewed the Winnipeg convention proposal for c central farm bank.

It urged the new federal ecde on compulsory collective lnrgaliflg and labor relations be made applicable to iill lnd-ustry.

'I‘lie new Wage control order had circumscribed the rights of labor by placing on labor the onus to prove thnt existing wages constit- uted o. miss inequality or injus- tice, and that, any increase was consistent with the ability of the employer to pay.

reconstruction the committee proposed "that for the further achievement of the objective of full employment at fair wages

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"Just arrlr d Gum‘ I - "e dear of Purlnn Hog .....2-"en.ilul“ “w mil-all;

v for Davis 8t Plilusda afternoon Emernl . Every Fri- umll further notice.

‘ _ hogs Alliun~ . all forciioliiid - C. Green,

"Garden seed, A] . - i til Illflt iii bcégbgliglfigles. Bend“: for‘, frgo - Arth escy, 147-bi-

for; nloodlng cor bulk barle nt 5M?" Tuesday and d‘); . rimflnmh 7th and 8th. Wea- 1 “us. Bring bags. 2-6-ll.

.. “i l. ilhill u::...:x*."‘u..:: .............. hlilliulrlagltilsorved. Drawing for B, CLYDE F me following nlzhl- A 10m u. s. AIR mlwl: mn- 3-6-11- WARD AIR ens m CHINA. March Fo—lAP)—Chlflt’-l& Milli-QTY authorities have warned AmlYlP-lll air force personnel that the JIP‘ oneze have orlmilfid I “m! °i salaried gunmen at strife!“ 90in" lip‘ kill American officers, especially e

rs. No such attacks hi" “h” place u yet. but the warning heightens the lmomhe v of I"; pengc and oriental mystery l such advanced bases u this one‘ The notice steted that the Oh - nele discovered um. n. lent I00 would-be genuine have M" if" gm signed to certain reliflfll- Tl" "l" net operatives who receive n duly wit... of 40o Chinese dollars mo» ' ivll-finfiill dififiilfin 103%.“; 35 . n

sssslnetlon of a cnPWm 50°00“

authorities forthwith completg and make, known definite plans ft! im-

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Iilear Japs "I-fave After American Officers

for a major an .000 for a col-

w.‘ Willi: ‘Mm 1m Grimm New oncl or cfflcerioifiihlflhei "n3-

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PILOT OFFICER ROY KENNEDY

who is serving ovemeus with the, Royal Canadian Air Force. He in a son of Mrs. Roy McNelll cf Perth.

London's Anti-Aircraft Guns Have Heavy Blast

LONDON, March 5—(CP;—Lon- GOD'S anti-aircraft guns now fire with such blasts that they knock the locks off the doors of the con- trol rooms, blow the doors open and shake down blackout boards. This was disclosed Saturday nigh! ln an official account savinl! it happened so freouentlv that the lob of keeping the doors closed ind the blackout boards uo had been lsslgned to A.T.S. girls ln addition to their regular dutlee-

Three Gangsters llie In Electric Chair

OSSINING, N. Y, Mflfch 5- (AP)-Loiits llxpkel Buchalter. arch-criminal and one-tune Unit- ed slates public enemy number one who held unchallenged sway over m empire of lawlessness, wns executed in Bing Sing prison Sat- urday ght.

Murder. Inc.. of which hc was undisputed boss, had been helo responsible for the killing of 50ml: 80 persons. But “Judge Louie. whose particular pride always had been that he could best any rap. died ln the electric choir for the slaying of an obscure Brooklyn e-ndy merchant, Joseph Rosen, in

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19 - | Put to death with the rucket king |for the same killing were his two flleutenants. LouLs (Boss) Capone

and lirmanuel (Mendy) Weiss:

Capone. who was charged by the state with being the tinsel-own l" the killing. went to the chair first. because the prison nuthnf-ltlen be- llgvgd 111m the weakest of the trio He went calmly.

Mendy Weiss was second to 80. He, too. showed more composure ‘than nu boss. The repuledlrlsser- 'man of the mob was able to mut- ter that he had been framed.

The 47-year-old Lepke walked unaided to the chair. appearing so dazed that his attitude could have been interpreted as indifference. But a gunrd said:-

"The other two vilere frightened. but Lenka was paralyzed."

Wleary Soldier To Take Course

WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY CORPS IN ITALY. March 5-0!- flcers from Canadian Corps’ for- mations who left Italy recently for

off courses 1n England and Ca ode. include Capt. Paul Bmidleau. Quebec. and Lieilt. RN. McNeil], _0_‘Lec.ry-_E.E.I ___

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(Th bonuses would amount to $16, to 086.000 in American ex- change.)

Noturgll there is u greet deal of gun-to among the Ameri-

cans.

But the cha um against ful- fillment of any such plot. thanks to general security measures tek- en by both the Americans and the Chinese.

Also more than one officer ls certuin that the Japanese maln- tatn an efficient weather observa- tion urvlce for the guidance of their air attacks in China.

In e recent raid on this field Japanese bombers at n ht drop-

d out, ofmovemost yto1200 eet. lined themselves out perfect-

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Bv Kit-tie L. Simpson, Associated Press Wai- Analyst

The Baltic flunk on the Russian front held the most immediate ill omens for Germany us the second blustery week of March begun with its foreshadow of approaching spring battles to give the encircled foe no rest unyw ere,

Nazi hopes that. Red Army onslaught: against the Psiiov and Narva gateways to the Baltic States could be held off until spring thaws ling them down were waning fast. A German flight from Estonia to escape entrapment by u Russian break-through at Pskov was in prospect If not actually in progress.

That threat now ls too obvious even for Nazi broadcasters to conceal from the German public.

It is linked with Finland's fate. Russian recccupatlon of Estonia dominating the upper Baltic would leave Finland isolated from her N311 war pnrtnei- A synchronized mllitury and political crisis for Hitler p‘ that and of his bntterdd eastern front seems only days, even hours, dis- tent.

There were ominous developments ulso on the Black Sea end of hi» Russian front. The Allies plan to turn over n considerable portion of Italy's surrendered war fleet to Russia. Consider this ln the iiKht "I 1"‘ tcnsifled Anglo-American pressure on neutral Turkey by flliflflliion 0f

moment and ' " ' shipments.

The normal theatre of iwtior for Italian war craft to be acquired b! Russin would be the Black Sea. Reinforcing the Russian Block See 11¢“- tlie Italian craft could materially aid the Russian effort to clear tllfi south as well as the north end of the line cf Nazi invaders, re-emllhflf-"e the Russian threat to Ruma ' . and intensify Biligi-IIIJII desire to S"- 0"‘ of the war.

Spectacular Blage Ga-ts Freight Shed At Halifax

HALIFAX. March 5-40?)- A spectacular waterfront . .. earl’ 1 today gutted the interior of the freight shed on Pier 21, central‘ pier on the 2.030 foo "sea wall‘ atl Ocean Terminals here.

Cause cf the fire is not known. but it is believed to have started, in the immigration offices on the‘

TORONTO March 5—lCP)—- second floor. Loss has not yet been‘ Dismissal of an application by e-estlmated but it will run lnto tens, Canadian sailor to hnve set aside of thousands of‘ dollars. i a writ charging him with breach Completely destroyed by the fife.

Sailor Charged With Breach 0f Promise

of promise of marriage was order- ed here Saturday by G.D. Conant. Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario. who said “it is generally recognized and well established that a man who joins any of the combatant forces does not cease to be a citizen.”

Application for dismissal of the. writ against him was made by W E. Ward. naymaster of the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. The wrlt was issued bv Helen Lawrence, Canadian Women's Army Corps member now station- ed at Ottawa but formerly a. civil

which raced through the ubfitfllrs of the shed, were the immigration offices and a quantity of cargo and fixtures on the “PDQ? frfiilht deck Other offices in the building. in eluding the immigration hospital and detention quarters, the R/ed Cross first centre, zinc. receiving centre, and air force offices. were soaked with the tonsi of‘ water poured on the building.- ‘fhere was very little cargo on tne main floor bf the shed at the time.

The fire started about 3 o'clock this morning and rapidly ruced through the wooden office fixtures

servant attached to the Canadian Army at Halifax.

In the writ Miss Lawrence charged Ward proposed marriage to her during a long distance tcl- ephone conversatlon from London. Ont... where he was stationed, ti. Halifax, on Oct. 20, 1943. She ac- cepted and later received two air- mail letters in which the proposq a] was repented. '

“Then on Oct. 2'7 I received a wire cancelling the proposal," Miss Lawrence's affidavit said.

and partitions, then burst through the roof, sending showers of sparks into the nlr.

City firemen and itutlonal hnr-l born board firefighters joined for- ces to battle the flames. the form- er pouring water into the struct- ure from land while a. harbor firebcat moored ct the dock sent streams of brine lnto the blaze.

Thick flre walls of brick at each end bf the shed prevented the fire spreading into plcr 20 and pler 22 on either side. Walls of the bulld- lng, of brick and corrugated steel construction, were only slightly damaged and the thick concrete floors withstood the flames.

Merchant vessels moored at plei 21 were moved into the stream tn protect them from the fire, but loading operations continued at pier 20

Nazis Reduce Standards For Entry Into Army

Japanese Supply tlaravan Ambushed

NEW DEEIHI, March 5—-(CP)— Jungle-vzlse British and Indian troops on the Araknn front in northwest Burma have ambushed a Japanese supply caravan near the Maungdaw-Buthcdaung road. killing or capturing all but a small number of the enemy column which escaped with the enemy wounded.

An Allied southeast Aslc com- munique todoy sold only o. hand- ful of the Japanese forces routed recently from their grip on the Ngakyedauk Puss over the Mayu ransc had survived.

CRIMES IN U. S.

WASHINGTON. Moi-oh 5- (AP) —The Federal mu of Investig- ation estimated today that. 1381.0 l major crlmm occurred in the Unlt- KENTVILLE. _ ed smell in 2942. with this as on (cm-Mal- Frweflck W- avenge day: criminal homicides. e, M. veteran of The 3'7: rapes 29; other felonious as- . senile. 19B; robberies. 12A‘ burgler- In lzhe lste nineties. he was ed- lel. 745: larcenfes. 3.204: e/uto lion-of the old Western chronicle.

U. 614. u weekly newsrnpcr here

“filth” renew’

NEW YORK. March 5—(AP)— In a "secret order of the dny" Hit- ler has ordered the reduction of physical standards for the Conn- nn nrmy lo admit certain cripples, according to an article hv ‘the So- viet writer Ilyn Ehrenberg broad- cast to France by the Russian ra- dio. “Men with some fingers of the right hand grown together." as \'.'cll ns “clubl’oots." henceforth arr eligible, said the broadcast record- ed hv United States government monitors.

VETERAN PASSES N S., March 5—

lv ovcr the runway and dropped a fine pattern nf bombs. although sure knowledge of the terrain was necessary to avoid crashing into a mountainside The damage was llll-lfilll’. repaired. however. l

Veteran of desert fighting from El Alumoin to Italian invasion from Sicily to the Anzio bridgehead. Squadron Lcaiiln

Albert lioulc, I).F.C., of Massey, 0nt.,

ations and born :. cceciled in ommnnil of the Ci‘ squadron. 'lhe 29-year-old fighter pilot's score s

iBerlinTlit l lllnd Targets ln France llit

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0'11 zillor cl the . ltifizic fin i. Flying Fcnres- '" punch hto ' . ]"!.>.lZCi‘ u. s Ciccompan- au all day offcitsive auainsfi IIc-Colilis cone’. of northcm

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Q virw blow

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"37"?" Ilflitrflyvd and more damaged. Ilerc he is sci-

through u bullet-hole in his rear over Sctluno.

Reds Upeii “gm! New llrive ‘

LONDON, March 5 —- (AP)

"' . announced tonight that the Red army has open- l cd a mighty new offensive in the western Ukraine anil in two ilnys‘ fighting routed 12 German divisions - perhaps 160.000 men — killed at lenst 6.00:) Nazis and swept up more than 500 localities in a drive into southern Poland that threatened the vital Odessa- Lirow railway.

The drive was by the 1st Ilkmninn front armies, led by Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov, substituting for Gen. Nikolai K. Vatutin, who was reported

ChangefiRuling Re Sale Of Maple Syrup

OTTAWA. March 5-—lCP)-Thl3 Prices Board announced tonight that primary producers of maple syrup may now sell direct to cor- sumers at the price a retailer charges for the some product. '

When a producer sells direct to. consumer. the maximum prices are‘ $2.40 per imperial gallon for un-k

graded syrup. $2.65 for Canada dark grade, $2.90 for Canada me- dium grade and $3.51 for Canada» light grade. Y

The Board's new price order also‘

covers primary producers‘ sales tni ‘CPl-A full J1 "M! ll!

processors and wholesale dislrlb-l utors. to retailers, quota users and; industrial user:- 1

m“—'_‘ l . - , . Win Fight To Pilot 1m N? " “l l“

Plane Carrying Actress i

HEADQUARTERS OF THE 4TH

. S. QIRFURCE IN CHINA. March 5—-fAP)—A.tlcx' winning in a hat-drawing the privilege of pll- oting screen actress Paulette God- dard on her tour of United States alrforce bases in China, the pilot and co-pllot turned down offers as high as $100 lo trade places with eager comrades. Lleuts. Du- ane C. McDonald, Eaton. and Francis M. Stefanak. Farrell. Pa" won the draw for pilot and °°_‘P1.1P.L‘e§ FEE“. 1y -

Allies We. Back 12st Ground At Beach/lead

NAPLES, March 5 - (A P) -| British troops have cleaned lip a; pocket of infiltrating Germans 011' the Anzlo beachhead south of Cor- ! roccto. icilllng 16 and capturing! 23 including two company comm- finders. Allied headfuurtors salii today.

American troops lhrcw back nl battalion of Nazl infantry ln n short. fierce clash south cf Cistcr- no 1m- German battalion atiackctl! Friday down the Clsterna - Pontc Rollo road, scoring advances, nnr" the U. S. troops counter - nttack-| cfl that night, regaining their pos- ition; by Saturday morning despite nea-vy resistance and shcllllro. The fight was especially hnrd near ai bridge two miles southwest of Cls—5 lema One Nazi tank was knockcdi

morning.

vlnco by a large transport plane

serious injuries nfber being/l for about 20 minutes Willi i1i.l

Frederick J. Angcles, glment He ls one of :ln- of the lll'.\l , c010" Americans to scrve wlih lilo fninczl

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Be Back 0n Job Early Today

p 'l‘lic ferry Prince Edward l..~.l.il..l' l5 expected lo uc ULICiC in sea-l today, it was lx-incrl lnlr night from (llrm Nation Rmlxvuyl oil Hspzfli-s lu ' ship's slccizi p- lng fonvurd all fiver , and it was hoped ilnu would be able lo sail on schedule this morning C ‘ - Llili lillll pa».

.iilp i leg-liar

cqncfl (m flit the mainland

Thor:- wns Li. psssibilllv ol 11 .--l '

wail at Bordon luilil Ifiplillq u c‘

completed.

A spare purl, weighing 3000 PDuIIdJ. to replace that orolacu bri- day, wa flown from Muncton In Sumn‘ do lulu Friday night l1 was taken by train to Borden : , .- - reached the ferry early Satur ‘ ‘bull's n ‘lErl-LI“

II.(‘.N.\‘.R.. who eiilistcrl than two years ago. Ho spent

"r in Neivfounillunil "imi 1v“- -"

the (lini- oi‘ tho .~i' mg o!

(‘roiu and the Iclioti. Al

cut lir- is >I_'lC\l(Iil12‘ l"a'.'r~ with

' . friends. Ylr. and Mrs. HA. Elno- cnzic. New Argyle PEI

The part vrus taken to the Pra-

Fall 0f Goal Takes Life 0f N. S. Miner

’ SHIPMENT or i-ATzceLs LOST

OTTAWA. lllrn-ch 5-(CP\ —'I‘he 11ml ulficc department announced ' ‘urdiv that a shltmcnt of har-

lujliuz tobacco parcels and

. . 41s intended for members

.c the fl‘.lllt"(i forces in tlu- Medit- lcrrancuii urcn has btcn lust. at sea.

T - shipment. was disnalclied " has." cant office in (Jan- G md 7 and eonnccicd

ship which was sunk.

SPRIIVGHILL. N.S . Alain-ll .- t an underground "bun

inliici‘ and ill_]Ul't‘(i '

urdrvy in No. 4 P‘

Dnul-rl A. M?! 110.. i

ncrly ""\illi-1[‘ll l.)

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t liAi leg protruding from the hon.) of

coal. ' Two other miners were shulzlly‘

Soho Hosea ARE. lmli. Aufos; five til-DER ‘flier l our (he noisier: