Island Like the Dew i

React

c/Off To Fine

Fit-Lt. Higgins liaise 0n Leave

n; Lt, Clarence‘ W. Blilml. vac. who "fi

w =*-;.~=...= n ttidlwifii... o: to. our so [crop and mo. mourns lest night “m, h, "med 1n and announced h. n; Mme for l0 days.

m. Lg Higgins, who conlmgft m. tours of operatic *4 _ over enemy territory 501°" l" um back to Canada last WI};- M‘ been flying 1166M)’ ONBIPO ‘i 1mg principally since he 76* fumed overseas. He has made flights to France, Italy, North Ai- rica. Holland and was a. couple 0f weeks i7. Iceland. lcavifl! "W" W c» a ‘s. ma“ m“ hegfe tfhghcsxi-‘ao 'iri the lies/W

i,” wounded arrnY men boinfl wit...» to hospital in snaunc

trails, March B - Austrslia probably

M! Csbl sill be able to surmlr millions bushels of wheat to liberated roun-

imught which cut down produc- tion during the last year. it was stricd authoritatively here today.

Coming Events

"loading hogs overy Thursday

no one in Canada has ever written _ _ to Davis a Prsscr ma. Marlyn him a latter. No on Canada m: m“ fgpggwgc"gudmwgg ‘ 011mm‘; °',‘},°,e,"‘,‘f“°§,f,§,wf; "M ~P*'==~- My“ {:3 gge-énggy-Qaghogr-rgggoégi; w... l. . _ ‘dim... is t... .334... was... ifileruivsl. victor-is. - oa- z ~ 1' w. " crwg-‘Pmrwwt’ °P°"""“4-""“B “l Y ’ . - - ' _ Mm}, m, njrfiflm l: f"‘51~~ f? “m? "lob to their limited reaourceu- thus mobom. - ~ m g9 “m; 3.5.“ °" " m" W” ° “"4 far have mainly been rutricted to In the most oomlilflifl “Ik- _‘__ ' "We “W” M PM "W" "- short-term credits, but authorities neat v1 reams tho rail-u "Qt Johny m, uynun" "Fed l‘ °' “Y “h” Wml- ' said their ' ‘ business will made to dale. Mr- Iowa l!“ I! Association ' z cab p M at 5"“ mm" °"" m” make it possible for them to pro- i PNII "film!" V" "m" ma” Mathflom’ ' ' 34H,‘ field from all directions. he had “y, lonnbm-m 1mm, “m. g; fps-ted tum-s would be imi u. _'_ gone out and brought in awound- mo” 0mm requh-ed by “m”; employment problems and spoo- "Asphah shingles m mum n ed officer. 0n his next trip out. .____i__ iiio plans were beln made to yimmn rape“ m“ 3pm‘ m and against orders. he had carried moat these. Action tx in this "6 illiillv you. it. L. Dickieson. gwgegfgfltiliil-Jsthcliielnhgérm m: n I wig,‘ mould qltimssly "l: - . _ . ca osue o rcco 3 u three wounded privates to safety. I on a. n: onal soaia.

"Unloading March 6th and 7th,, tar coal, same quality as last car. Order your requirements now. P. Callaghan, Klnkora.

“Concert, Millview Hall, Friday. liarch 10th. If not fine" Saturday. red by Women's Institute. “Wm. war purposes. Sit-ll.

"Unloading car bran, shorts, barltymeal. wheat and oil cake, M‘? and Wednesday. L. S. Sea- man. ilradalbane. 3-6-11.

"Now in stock bulk S c. w. oats %number four wheat to arrive t. l ."~ .iu=-.::t';"scr“:: I Bovié. ' ' a- -si.

"Notice -- i4 din‘ i; g, Al. Wu. ‘lhursdayfllaroh ogn? from Mn until 4 oclook Friday. limo:- lld until 11.80. G. C. Green and A. °- Grwi- a-e-tz.

I" will be a Temperance “c” r Oil LR! , 9 I

. Marohydth. All those lifter-

" 1h th item “villi also ll» attend. n a-a-ai.

"Wfldin hogs ‘rbursdsy. March 0n as foifow : Bumorside till 1.80 P. ii Kensingtcn till B P. M. E ylgomore, Brcsdalbrine. Friday till

-- A. M Borden Bagnall, i-iun-

"Y River. lrridav till noon. 3am-

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Bi NQlN .

Fed Cross Campaign

o, the ms Croas

tries next year, despite tho severe ,

ll - M was restricted.

Start

Throughout Province

impressing strong faith in the ability off the Charlottetown Red Cross campaign members to reach their quota this evening. Major Norman Lowtlver. vice-c‘- ‘ - of the Rod (arose

111064811

had last ear and thorewasmreaoon wh t equota could doubled

t root of Province to so "over tho top" in this s Rod Cross cp- peal for funds with which to carry on its noble war time work.

Major Nicholson

“Apart from my own personal experience with the Rod Cross. I know very little about the work oi the organization. for since my return from Italy I have had scant time to read of the great work this world-wide organization does for humanity." Major Alan Nich- olson told the "H . my experience has convinced ms

is the gres. mercy organisation in the world.

"Seldom do I hear the words Red Cross’ mentioned.”

"but in my mind's eye I see that coloured boy coming across that hell-swept field in Italy where I had lain wounded for two hours. “fliis coloured lad with tho red crou on his sleeve was from Truro, Nova Bcotia. the illegiti- mate child of unknown ,. ‘. In four years of service overseas

0n his sixth trip he came to me, wu monphia to deaden

J. my pain, and then carried me in. li. On his seventh trip out-for he

would not slop so long as a wotfnd- ed man needed his help—he step- ped on a mine and was blown to pieces.

“'Tc'itihu—eciir$g‘i'vf c317 o)“ liugc li. B. Liquor Profits lleporteii

IR N. March 5 (C?) - The

annual report f ‘h New Bnuls o ‘ 9 Board shows

Liquor Control that o! spproxi ly 253.000 adult citizens of the province. upwarch of 200.000 held liquor ration books during ‘the year ending Oct. 3-1, 044 The

960.

stores

t0 UAUJU. In - crease of lhlfittmilrzvoé ttlrrl: previ- ous year. e pro » - ince was $3.4M w“ Mid

Importation, hra-nuiscturo

i- sale oi flavoring extracts of high

sumption as a be o were ro-

veng ported to have reached "alarming

"l a‘ 6586198 ii ii. pé-gpglrtlons." More effective v-e- “‘_“ s c ve measures were . under

""&1Y1us‘ ‘if; grinds“! u Puri- windy-filo? but it “was “doubt- ggw’ eods. Plsoe vour ordon efimm,_',d°o,‘§f,‘_,m ,8¢,_°,cn9€%:1‘:m:

alcoholic content and their con- m

(llieauiitz Maia A Target Lest lllgllt

(lredlt- llnione In Saskatchewan Show Expansion

REGINA. March I - (OP) — Credit Unions in Saskatchewan have taken over s major part of thed short-term“ credit basing an soon may n a on stop info the intefmodmo credit field due to an expan- sion in operations in recent years. figures available here indicated

today.

The movement began to take hold in the Province in 1081. a. your o! crop or due to droug t Many bank b closed in

have not returned.

Better times on tho prairies have sped the deveiopimont of the credit unions. On Dec. . 042, there were 92 inn-ions in the prov-

d’ ince with 0.179 members and total 0n Dec Si.

assets of $312,124. . i044. there were 16a unions with 21.008 members and assets o! $2.- 445.566

Loans made during 10M total- led 01,035.95 against 0851.618 in ma, and the annual report of the ovincial Department oi’ Co-Op- oration and Oo-Operative Develop-

“iieeds The llope"

(By The Annotated Press) MOSCOW, March 5—-Pravda do-

not be sent to an island like Nap- oleon but “needs the ro ."

Firm and s eciflc doc ions have been reached y the United Nations on those gull y of st and ogratlnulng the war, Pravda said, a .

ing.

"The H.833. ias made list of its war criminals. and o has started to establish its rights to punish thorn a their associates."

The Soviet newspaper said other countries had taken these stops the handling of waihguilt cases: " Franco has ostsbl ed handling collsbcrato .

Poland has set up spacial courts.

xugoslavla has commenced a move to unlsh wsr criminals.

Caecho cvakia has a list of 2,000 war criminals.

The Netherlands has set up s court but has made slow progress

thus far. has sentenced in Sofia three former rc ents 22 ministers and 68 Fascist eputies "and these sentences hav. been carried out." war

Finland has dotsinod 34

5'.

miualsand has indicted ‘i2. Libora Hungary has passed s’ itences.

Romania has taken no real steps to punish war guilt Pravda said, adding that Romania was where the main war criminals were sr- rested by tho Red Army.

-

‘hrwt or ate ' _ w? "ti" "°'" "°"'.'°" this‘: Six llanaiiians m°ilalglnflix now Berle muat- - may. e . . ‘cf- M-u llovi At fldesea ‘Wire or write us or contact 3 A. Gillies Charlottetown when , - _ orrsws, mm. s 7- (c?) ._ glam M "$11" o?‘ “$32G Defence Headquarters "- ‘mnl- Quality oods at owest “W” ‘h’ "w"! °‘ ‘k “when wit", M an“; m cum, soldiers. rel from German "Home The Atlas Grain - PM“, °' b’ 9" 5"“ m!» I . 1. Que. s-r-ai. ain't-plug. who :1 u. g. g “hm Radio mum: a In - "Elia W""“"“- "W" idler fimft.‘f"““" w ‘y’ ‘mt umos had . = - . r m of gu N“ °°'°§k,‘,,‘,',',,"§§.'-. reached Moscow. said that the - ‘invited, V In h geog-ogxkgrimz the sil mm have ‘Irma’ 'ogg,,"°“"'" °' m 1m with neat-of-kin sol. present. Lunch servos to all. 18:1‘ mm“. hi.“ u" ~ .___ i_ ‘m nlpagziz, muss. li.-cpl, wing. h received H‘ m" aim so... of can» "i! i: oars-tawny, m"... m. sasbonoy. mm ‘lawns. m. uwallllltowittflotto mltw-"Mhfifi- g “In so. -»....""'...' Galsruosu. sonar. . muc- 9.35pm»... n» a mu from rest Jowastorsoy magi- unarv. Gerard. He. at. via- ftiuoausry a. m“, warm vsntdePauLQue. . "Holmium. c Larose. Ammd- He. uootmi. s-e-at. man. MIM- Ptl.

Sign Of Spring At Niagara River

NIAGARA FALLS. Ont, March a — (OP) — A sure sign of spring was seen in the Nissan River to- day when tho massive ice bridle which joined the Canadian and United States shores this win-tor sailed down the stream and broke up. The ice bridge this vear was one of the lamest and thickest in years. William (Rodi Bill. Jr.. Niagara river-man, said.

N. n. Naval (Xficer

“m Awarded D. S. C.

DONDON.IIAIchB—(W)—. J‘. o

clared today that Adolf Hitler csn- hi3

The Ififilfi of all the way from Cologne to Wesel Celene Illllll.

bank to death or oapturo. flow long the army morale is open to coniaeturo. both frsuts. to mobilise in; largely s futile gesture.

for Just that.

OTTAWA Mirth ii —- (OP) — Rocomnntsxltéiuctlon aalzfiuislilleg-d £021? ou proper no e s now department to facilitate conversion of C

Mr. l-Iowo announced a series of appointments to senior positions in the Reconstruction Department and said organization of 12 regional councils in various parts of the country was in progress. These councils will assist in keep- the department posted on local conditions.

Mr. Howe reported "a Rood deal of success" in ‘lining up firms to take over war plants and said en-

ouragemont would be given in- dustries whida manilfaoturs Goods not previously made in fianads. Considers-bio interest was

N!!! . .000 production remains at its Peal with a. dollar value output o! 03.- 000.000.000 expected this your. After Germany‘; Defeat ltéduct‘ a-ftcr the collapse of Germany will largely in th

form of "across the board" cur- ailments and will not moan dis-

i (Continued on page B. Col. B)

l!

Montreal Potato Dealer lleplioe

To ll. B. Mesilier mdllfiobattfc sort;

shipped "only a few hundred" can of potatoes t0 the United States this ycI-r. and such shipments do not interfere Mth New Brunswick shipments scram the border, J. vifitior Rivot, Montreal wholesaler, ll Y.

Mr. Rivet Was replying in sn in- terview to s t last

mont for Victoria-Carleton. Mr. Hatfield had sols that, New

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War Situation us: Niguirpt-b

Dy III-Kl It. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst) German demolition slur-gas blowing lhiuo bridges

It may wall spell the ond of Allied‘ hopes of intact to expedite establishment of east-Rhine probably doomed many thousands of Gcrmsniroops stlll on tbs west

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~ her

i.

spoils the and of the battle of the

any river crossing gehoads; but it also

grim business of abandoning large sroups of troops to thsir fate, as Allied sud listen f in Germany. can go on wltboatprolsoiup s complete collapse in German

oroesprasson iothehoartof

There are increasing signs of im-

pending enemy military disintegration detectable in field reports from Those algus are backed by evidsnoo that tho Nut effort all German citizenry into s last-ditch people's army is prov-

Tlals is a highly significant indication of the growing defostist mood among the German people us distinct from the Null-policed German army. It implies that a cracking strain is developing within Germany that will certainly limit sharply the extent and seriousness of suerilla operations after organised resistance ends if it does not load to some- lthiug like the futsrusi revolt against continuation of the useless daughter that terminated the last war.

With Allied troops on the lower Rhine from Bonn to Holland, and Russian forces now manning the Noisse-Odcr line virtual- ly from the southern Sudaten Mountains to the Odor estuary. t he final two-front break-through oaunot be far away. With all Rhine bridges destroyed by the “errnsus as seems probable if not already ac- complished. it may take time for tbo Allied armies to bring up all the equipment they will lead to force that last wars however, than seems every reason to expect immediate Russian renewal of tho direct drive on Berlin. h . all]! apart to the Ialtio seems to have fully set the eastern war stale

l Arnhem In

defence moat. East-

Tha operation that spilt Pomer-

Howe Outlines Plans For Yndustry When Warls

Won

Mother And Infant Burned To Death

Powf Ann-rum. March s-(cr) --Mrs. Katherine Lautsch, I0, and ld-rnonth-cld son, Edward. were burned to death yesterday when fire destroyed their homo 0n the ouwklrts of Port Arthur.

The blase was discovered by neighbors but they were too lste to rescue the mother and child.

Mrs. Lautschb husband. CD1- Edward Lautsch, is with the Royal Canadian Artillery st Halifax. He will arlrive here Wednesday for the uriera .

“Grievous Wrong" lions To Poland Archbishop Says

LONDON. March 5 — (B00001?) -Ths Roman Catholic Asfllblstivll of Westminster, Dr. Bernard Grif- fin, gccusing Soviet Russia. cf fill!-

done a "grievous wrong -t<> Po rid, today called on Poles to gig tho govlet! ilnion s (rhfliw W l-Aeem "up, s Catholic

o Association, Dr. Gr fin ssscrteg that a breach between Russia I: m’ h“ ‘°?"...‘.Y°‘.‘.‘.3.'ii$. ".22.; I80!‘ C88 0 I although he said Marshal Sink hid g-qfuggd to yield t0 his Brit" and American colleagues at Y! l-

"Let me say franRW "l" 0° gmiigimm. who retains 0X14; m“ his country's honor can stan P - day before o Batherinli of his ‘>- lish comrades without embarrass- merit," the ArchbishoP aski-

Ke sdded that he was wllilns and anxious to believe that at the Crimea‘ conference British reprg;

1i t l the 008T"? gmomncllnPoland. but that the‘? dig not go so for as to break the gran ohm w, ti-ioenm mlngwpgyt prcc,wo . § alarm. be cum certain that W; land has in f-sct been sacrificed. said Mr. Griffin. m mmggim the question of e Russo-Polish frontiers as 0 89¢- ptpnad, Di‘. Griffin w... “‘° ‘fimiihiifitfl’ m 19m was -. - odonco of “PM

pan

only another W!" freedom of the elect tho kind 0f desire." .

Black Market In Oars Flourishes In Regina

REGINA. March B — (OP) — Regina is one of soversl cities in Canada where the operation rf in earl and trucks is

doing everything it can to break it up. ssid l1‘. B. Bsgahsw. board on! t counsel for Bsskatchc- wamfnsnsddlptothciiogina people's forum y.

Mr. Bsdlhsw said he did not tigilnk‘ thetPricezhlosld would be s e o sop su raokstoorin oars until "maelstrom courts send offenders to

itaoketeeri ill

"i:

Earl Lloyd George Extremely _ Weak

ORIOOIERH. WALES, March 5 (Rcutern-Earl Lloyd George's condition tonight was described as stil extremely weak. He was visited today by his daughters. Iadv Megan and Lady Orwen Carey Evans.

Field Marshal Montgomery 21st Army Group commander, sent a message to the Earl today.

“On behalf of the 53rd (Welsh) Dlvison and of all Welshmen now fighting in the Rhineland, I greetings and best wishes great son of Wales."

F0. John W. Boyle Killed In Action

The sad news was received - Wdfly by Mr. and Mrs. Jagsos Coyle. lrallottetown that their son. Flying Officer John William CQYIE. R..C.A.F.. Wus killed in actign last Saturday. The telegram rea z

"Deeply reSIet to inform ~ $1150 Yflur S011. Flying Officer r3133 William Coyle, .129093_ was kiiiod on active service overseas March 3rd. Please accept my profound sympathy. Letter follows.”

Besides his parents. the late Fly- ing Officer John William Coyle is survived by two brothers in the

or brother and several sisters

home. at

is extended.

sympathy

News Briefs

(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, March 5-An appeal from Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters, addressed to Ger- man. army oflicors today vi; the broadcasting sta- "ch in Europe. urged that they "reconsider the situation of G . the situation of their men and their personal sltu. and surrender to

TORONTO. March 5-(CP)—I - adequate diet due in part to fr:- proper cooking of food has caused widespread d is e a s e throughout Newfoundland, 11 Canadian‘ and United States medical experts found in a nutrition survey which has attracted wo attention. They found effects of malnutrition inlali economic groups within me co ony.

riu-znrtrucroN. March s_ (CD-Improved in tar u holiday, Premier- J. B. MoNsir will resume his seat in the New Brunswick Legislature when the third week of the present session opens tomorrow.

MONTREAL. March 5_(CP)_ Tile McGill Universlt C,0,T_c_ today announced a su scription of $20,000 by the unit to start all‘ a fund I01‘ a swimming pool war memorial to pay tribute to McGill students who are killed in ent war.

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By AUSTIN BEALMEAR

PARIS, March 5 — (AP) - The United States 1st Army sent tanks plunging more than a mile into Cologne today, seized more than one-fifth of the city in assaults from the north, south and west, and ihe_ fall of the largest German metropolis ever stormed by the Allies seemed near-

at hand.

lest

The Germans apparently wrote off the fourth largest city in the Reich, for they blew tho big Hohenaollern bridge and began shelling it from the east bank.

Field dispatches said tho Germans were fleeing across the Rhine by boats, and one staff officer estimated that only 1,000 enemy soldiers remained to garrison the city.

Prisoners said “i053 forces were falling back into the old part of the city, which represents only one-fourth of Colognds area of 25 square miles.

The 3rd armored division, now within two miles or less of the heart of the city, wa the firt to enter at 7:10 and the 104th infantry division came in from the west at

9:23 A. M.

Simultaneously. the United States 9th Army struck into the centre of the shrinking Rhine pocket to the north. fighting into Rheinberg. one of (he chief terry points for an estimated . German soldiers trying to fight their way to the east bank oi the river.

American and Canadian armies had seized control oi 70 miles of the Rhine's west hank between Cologne and the Netherlands bor- der, and the Germans were hem-

med into three slender pockets in 1n 0e

the remaining 20 miles.

Before the rush of the Unlicd States 9th 'm lhe Germans blew all thrice undies at Duisburg. were routed from the cross-Rhine suburb of Hiadmberg and big be- ug cornlpresse n a we: area 10 miles long and six miles wide.

o... t... bridges at Wesel. a ferry at Xunten and u tem-

porary structur zit ltheinborg a ’ to extricate the mauled rtmulnders of three

armies, estimated in u front dispatch to number as many as 50.000 troolls.

Allied supreme headquarters es- timated the Germans had lost I00.- 000 troops ln the battle of the Rhine, sapping enemy strength so severely that he will be hard Du: to repulse Rhine crossings without wekening some other fronts.