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CHARDUFTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1944

ALL BRI N BECOMES MILITARY CAMP

Craig be worse than peace at any

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Island Soldier Fatally Wounded ta light Patrol

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News confirming official no- Iee of the death l?‘ y oi Ldeut.

mag") was received yesterday Mr nd

. s Mrs. Harry a. Ferguson, Park Street, City. .

it came in form of a letter from their sons conma of- pieer, Lieutcolonel J. B. Weir. ":3 lcomtiio high’ ‘was ou on a ro on t lz-la March with three men to reconnoitre enemy machine-gun positions across the Aveills River. After crossing the Aver and ad- vlncing some distance. he ste d on a mine. ‘ “ and snot er man being very seriously wound- pd. At the same time two Ger- man machine guns f ’ up. In [pile of the fire, the two remain- lng men carried Gerald and the wounded man back to the liver while one went for further assist- ance . . He died approximate- ly one half-how- after he was wounded, his last thoughts being of the safety of his men . . . You most ce inly have every right to be proud of such a son. He was every inch a soldier and

military minded from his youth. As a ad attending West Kent School he took a prominent part in cadet trainin and, while go-

to Prince o Wales College.

(IX. Ottawa. and Windsor, Ont- Orl Iebruam, 1m he was com- missioned nd Lieutenant and

y _ litter the declara-

mwaaassignedtotheklhf. irhisadera. He went overseas in lune. i943. and landed in Italy in November of the same year. He was 28 when killed.

..';'*::::l""" I... "'- m i" r ou me he my. M? was intexrlest?

rd l rts "Manage and in all c can social

Besides his parents, three bro- thers tnd seven sisters survive him. Two brother. Roger and Donald. are servingwim the Army 1h Ellsland. The other brother. Eisner. is at home. 0f the seven Il-llfils. Henrietta, Thelma, Hilda. Odrlla and Florence are at home; there is also Mrs. Gerald Bur- oyhe of 20 Park Street and Mrs. eith Dickson of Clyde River.

lonorgan Starts Long Prison Term

o. um. April l’! __ “

$6M!!!‘

(AP) — Playboy Wayne Loner- Iau was laced in a Sing Bing prison cel today, starting a Sti- War-tO-lifj‘ term for the stron-

yil-lg oi’ his wife, Pa- s, heiress to $7,000, .- Ths I-year-old former air- craitmsh made the tic-mile trip llvm New York in a closely- Buarded. bullet-proof limousine shortly after beiw sentenced by Judse James G.‘ allace.

Before donning a drab gray Dliaon uniform. the one-time natty ni t life figure replied to prison oficials' routine questions W1 the some cool demeanor he exhibited through his two-week murder trial.

"To what do you attribute your "lnllllflfll act?" he was asked.

I deny gfiilt." he replied.

The orflc 1s s d it was uh- ll-‘ll-llil for a prisoner to make such I lfilmnae.

Inland Navigation T0 Montreal Closed

MONTREAL. April l7 — (OP)- lilland navigation to Montreal will

lwt be opened before a few days. it m

Was anouncad here today. The icebroairer Ernest E-apointe

Was still pluggln away today ag- gm-

" . Imiis and would likely be

a few days" before slipping her lluae under the cascadu locks to Open the last barrier to inland na- Vlilation to Montreal.

COMING EVENTS

"lb arrive bulk barley. Book now "eflulxan st Boyle. 4-18-101.

._.___ "Bulk feed wheat in stock. Me- Guilfln do Boyle. 4-18-1

oi .0; _’€__ not“ £391". ‘éflletf.’ “lilm-h‘ "Dr. Bovmeaa Dentist at mm- l" Riv we». ' °' m" "d" a-l-i-u.

“lb arrive another car Victory Revisions Bed om. book hw. "mulled uni Boyle. ‘4-i7-.l0l

“tindlv note the raider-signed "ill not Iia loam llfl u "wiry. Ito-AWE?‘ 135th illo- lflnnou and Noam-u: suoxehne.

AMERICAN HEAVIES STRIKE _B_ELGR=Al)E AND SOFIA

iTennessee Airport Blasted By Tornado Raids From Italy

Continue To Aid Russian Advance

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NAPL. April l’! — ( P) Strong forces of United States henv bombers bombed Belgrade and S0 fia today. hitting rail aircraft component factor sirdrome on tile third straight llay of the Italy based air assault the Balkans aheadof the Russian

The American attack was made in it series of swift jabs

rail yards at Belgrade ln i-he first air attack on the Yugoslav capital ts-elf since the Germans dlve-bcm- bed the then dEfI3YlCElES5 city the opening ni’ their conquest hr- Balkans three years ago

th olelct another force dumped hcmb loads on the rail yards at Sofia. capital of Bill Wirris. like ihcse at Pelvrarie. are n vital point on the arest, railroad which is the Gcr-| mans‘ main artery to the southern Russian front from Austria

Resistance At Jap Base Weakens I

‘ dstorms struck the airport at. anon. Tenn. The wreckage pic. when! tured above is guarded by a soldier,

One person was killed. and were injured. and 10 planes several buildings wrecked. one o! the almost

FE tithes? Makes Wood

ml.‘ , lslgalryww Sevastopol Battle

Is""Nearing"‘"‘€l-imax a Table ctalls Df P. E. I. Tunnel Survey

ALLIED HEADQUA Southwest Pacific. A

l-lollandia. Dutch New Guinea, was staged Sunday when bombers and fighters of Pthe United

great columns of smoke T151118 from Japanese fuel and supply dump?-

None of the allied rai aerial interference, and only anti-aircraft fire was reported over the base. which a i‘ at the beginning of strikes against it. was hotly de- fended by the Japanese Air force.

By Howard W. Blakcsfcc

Assoclat ‘ Press Science Editor NEW YORK. April 1’l -(AP)— A new chemical treatment which makes wood nearly as hard as steel. and will produce a thousand kinds of hardwood existed in nature. was announced here today by the Du Pout com-

chemical bath transmutes wood into a nearly new material. part wood and part plastic. It

lumber into hardwood. These new hardwoods rival na-

By TOM YARBROUGH

Russian troops plunged to within a mile of Sevastopols Bay on the north today; seized two iunct on roads leading into from the southeast, thousands of German aild Roman- ian troops into a square-mile death trap around the stricken Crimean stronghold. Moscow announced tonigh A communique also sal Russian long-range airmen

jo

aerial offensive against Romania

with a mass attack Sunday night

on the Danube river port and de- Gal ti

OTTAWA. April Yl-(OP) -— A bulkv return with details o1 sur- e SlllCB UOIliHlQlflIitlOll l0)‘ construction of a tunnel from “nice u-afrillu island to tile main- lalld was tabled in the House of Conlmohs here tonight (RC. — Cumberland) lil- cluldted in the return were nhotcst- atic copics of hand-written docu- ments that dated back to

Allied Planes Dver Germany

IDNDON. April l7—(C?>—The Berlin radio said tonight

preaching western and southwest- eril uermally.‘ and within .l. few

ll. S. Bus Driver Charged With Theft

hardness oi’ ebony. ‘they produce riots of new colors and grains. They go beyond natural wood in dur- able finish and in resistance to rots. They do not swell, shrinl: or

Fcodol- I. Tolbukhlrfs 4th Ukraine Army captured Mekerlziya.

which is built on the Chalk cliffs south of the Bay. On the eastern side of Sevas-

NORTH SYDNEY. N-S. 1'l—(CP)— Peter MacKinlloll, bus driver of this town. was charged today with theft 0f $1.530 lost by Mrs. Donald MncQueen of Sydney Mines last Friday".

warp. An city-acetylene torch takes

through a board of t wood as tilrough an equal

The transmutation takes place when wood is steeped. under some pressure. in methylolurea, a com- pound of urea and formaldehyde This compound combines with the natural acids in wood to become The rosin is like which form plastics. Like them. ‘it is pliable when forming. but sets permanently and becomes resist- ant to heat. moisture and many

The cost of transmutation gfOltfl 3 1-2 to 4 1-2 cents a. board oo -

captured Chcrkez-Kermen. miles outside the city, the bulletin Between this Red force nnd Sevastopol lie lllkerman and Molakllov l-lill,

ture of these hills ended the eight- ‘months Axis siege of the city in July. 19412, ancisnlso l

ill B5.

A third Soviet unit fought its way into Verkhny-Chorgun. a road junction six miles and only four miles

broadcasts claimed the med “mums German and Romanian forces had ,been "united in the iSevastopol" after a difficult week long retreat across the

loss of her purse Fri ay

after alighting from a bus. Police said they had accounted for $1,051 of the missing money. besides a diamond ring and vrrist watch in the purse at the time it

UBJBIS. and Luxemburg radios left the air.

During tile day. ed German anti-invasion

rrancc. About 250 bombers took lllart in the raid. Not a sinulc Gcr- man fighter was encountered.

Meanwhile, air observers in Lon- don believed that A halve done untold "invisible" dam- age to Nazi plane production, as January Allied fliers were meeting as many as 600 Nazi fighters on their bombing missions. Now. it is estimated. the Germans seldom send up . more than 390 planes at any one tim

London observers it d planes are being shot down now than six months ago. but this is believed to be due to the more extensive scope bombing operations and to isgproved German defens vo tac- tic‘. .

Reconstruction Minister From Prasaat ilahiaat

§§l3"‘i....l.‘.‘“l‘f.‘°.l..“é3filt‘§. that a run-grow» mom» Canada h“ “tanned a may; m”. partner in this freely associated w Wm. chm, huh woum “gup- Commonwealth. We have no rea- ersede the C ese immigration son to distrust our partners and not of 1923 against whichnso many we have now grown to a stature

protests hDIVQ been made

ll. 0. A. Overseas Doubled ln » 1943

holding their new y-occupied posi-

ons.

Although the Russians have an- nounced the capture of 40.000 of the originally estimated Crimean garrison of 100.000. plus the des- itruction or wounding

other thousands, it 61-11395 that most of the cap Rfiilmanians left stranded by their a es.

OTTAWA. April l7-—(OP)—-Prime hie Kim said day in the Conunons that the min- ister to head the new department oi reconstruction would be one of embers of the present cab- tha uu,

necessa .v to have a min-

amiliar th binet so he could

prepared ' statement strength of the R. C. seas was practically doubled between

. . 1 . ock in Canada for official dis- cussions with government author- ities. Air Marshal Breadner . . overseas now has

Jap Invaders Thrown From Important Road

000 officers and men, whom are aircrew. "More than 40 R. o. Squadrons now am in o ainst the enemy." he s id,

l-hm- about a0 are fighter. night- fishter or intruder squadrons and e rest are divided between the R. F. Bombers Group and Coas-

“'_ " , ttemtl _th titoth ih Ceiling Price Fixed orces l... ti’. 5:33;‘. ch25. about his On Maple Products

UPTAWA. April ‘F! — (CF) - The Prices BORN

Allied offensive trols vrero re-

runnins aoutil from Imphel and i the ales. of Blshenpur, 50mg iii west of the All-f

ortant position; and dealt "very envy" losses by counter-attacking of British and Indian troops. an All- 19d m” ied c-mmimique announced today.

(A dispatch to the Indian obser- ver in New Delhi reported that Ali- ied tanks and infantry had clear-

blocks four il

road north of Kohima in heavy fight-

und for a Enedplgo cream. lllllll

was in Effect for sales

'retn.il sales through an order, effective immedi-

a Alf H010 him-l‘: ‘north of the

-i—--—Z-1—" Caught Gambling 14 Men Forfeit Bail

SAINT JOHN. N3“

H Bumloury) had asked what consid- a v

th " i - ‘W . Zilisifiil iii?" e“ ° chm” m‘ Fleeing Nazi Troops

week‘ spentsmost of tho afternoon in dis- ISTANBUL April l1 -- (CP

Burma.

Today's communique from mlral Lord Louis new headouartelg here also li other blows struck at the invaders at several points when th are

cuss hill to establish a new govemmr-nl. German department of fEc“‘\".""CllOll. The from the Crimea. are reported resolution was approved and the have landed on the Turkish Black hill given flea: J; a» oqnq-"u-gguual

man today when thev failed to appear in court after their arrest in a raid on a gambling estab lnent Saturday night.

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Last Night i

By Klrke L. Simpson, Associated Preaa War Analyst

ialaarlpflaa Dallavard. lips lull.

"N! Oils" Prlvllral l U-IA- ll.”

Even Diplomats Dome Under llew ilonsorahip Rules

LONDON. April i1 - (c l’) —The British Government to- night clamped altight lid of

a, . . .

in cover "impending" operations. It gave blunt notlce to the world that the hour of Anglo-American second-front invasion of the European con- tinent is drawing near. It came too, st the moment when by every indic-

ation victorious Russian armies are moving into position for a simultan- eous two-front attack in ihe east with increasing direct Allied air sup- port to carry out Russian-Allied military commitments exchanged at. Teheran.

Moscow advices report the fall of Scvastopol, last Nazi foothold in southe n Russia. imminent. With its capture the full weight of five mighty Russian armies that have rolled unchecked from the Volga and the Caucasus to the Dniester and beyond into Polnad and Romania will be available to invade the Nazi cltndeL They are already battering at the

“t Gala-ti gap gateway to the Balkan peninsula ln the south. and massing

north of the Carpathians to crash the Lwow barrier to the plains of western Poland beyond which lies Germany itself.

In close support of the Russian drive at the Gal-sti-Focsani crlllcal sector of the Nazi shrlvelllnz Balkan defence front Allied heavy bombers have stepper] up their blasting of every supply line of the crumblln Nazi defence front from the Carpathian foothills to the Black Sea.

Northward up the eastern front Russian capture of Tarnopul has opened the way for the next forward lunge of the lst Ukrainian army. The culminating attack on the Lvrow gateway to the western plains of Poland now is possible,

The Russian break-through there would intensify German natural all difficulties. The wells and refineries of Gallicla lie beyond on the northern flunk of the mountains. It was In part to selu that supplement to Nazi oll sources llitler attacked Poland to bring on the struggle that had spread clear around the world.

Bracken Urges Eloser

91581-5! Ties In Empire Policy

W‘ “OTTAWATAW-(CE-dohn :Bracken, National Progressive Con- , iserxéative “leader, mxolitlinin “his par y’s p0 cy on pre rea ori- News Brief. ship. tonight urged "even closer" co-operation with other Common- wealth Naiiiorist; m M t "I a n vor. e or. o sTocxnol-lll- All?" 17 —- CanadamactingEas an 850000210115 (AP) -- The Swedish forelrn power, to strengthen the ties “m” “m wmghl "l" "l9 .which bind the members of the

- ------- conduct air travel by Swedes wommmwcaanh together and w

to Scotland was being stopped, this end I believe that a plan for effective alter one more trip. continuous comultamm m mah Th!‘ “plmremly "as a "m" “l ters of common interest should be "ghtePlng M Bmml."°“':g worked out by us all," he said in w A. A L . .

"Ill l“ a A ed “w” ‘m plans’ -"By that I mean consultation SPOOKHOLM. April l7—(AP)- ml 1115‘ l" Pllmml °l "ll

Adolf Hitler-s 55m bh-yhday whether described as ‘exchange of

Thursday will be observed through- out Gcmianv bv simple ceremonies to which families of fallen SOIdLCYS ma

will be invitel-L Berlin digpswng; practical policy. It has not been to the Swedish pres said todley. suggested, as it could. never be There was no indication whether considered. that there mould be Hitler would speak. such rigidity to any plan as would

views‘ or as verbal ‘collaboration’ but definitely with a view to a eting o1 minds on mattcrs of

subtract from our sovereign rights.

LONDON. Aziril l7—-(CP)—A Mr. Bracken denied that Lordl

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‘fillllfill: Wll-lrlt 0 u!" l‘; in a speech at Toronto to make a 35"?“ glllzmfg Bozfflduefifl; "commitrrtlent" to fall in line. in

an even.

$211‘? ‘fafllfifaflgfifp. “'22 fir‘: ‘Lord llalifax made no such re- . new zowmmem "mun t” quest or even suggestion." said Mr. resentation lo Marshal ffosip Bracken’ “very deflmtely h‘ ‘B’ 5m: (Tim) and “h” bomb cognized our completely autonom- “m; (“Mont W! Position. He asked us to seek to agree with th¢ other members

of the Commonwealth and invited our lull co-operation at the table

Canada- Proposes New i’.'..%.’l.‘..li§if‘s2.‘lt§2.“‘o".‘t.l.‘l§ “a;

Commonwealth policy in which

T I W’ h ' all of us are concerned." feat)’ 1t "w" ..‘§i€“Z..§‘2€é".€“.l.“lé‘ 3a.?“

—- o'1°“l“i“l.?.l‘.f.““‘ ..""'.:". ‘m - - ___ __ ooha a an a oud not OTTAWA‘ Apr“ 17 {c121,}; fear to take her responsibilities as

an as n

. where surely we trust ourselves." The treaty will require approval Mr Bracken said lie believed

of parliament and implementation and he was sure Canada believed by Canadian legislation. he said. in world organization for peace. The draft has been presented to the Ha add Air Marshal L. J§. Breadner, Air Q mm“;- he

the admission to either country on peace is an objective very dif- renewaible permits for temporary ficult to reach. l. however. am con. ruidence of nationals of the other vinced we can reach the ubiectivc wuntry belo in: to approved cat- best. not by weakening or dividing

hinese Canada. “Ehoperielic-e has proved that an "The draft treat/y provides for effective world organization for

ries (mere ants. doctors. min- the nwealth. but by even gospel. .)." said

is a of the etc closer cooper-atlas: with other Mr. King. commnnweath nations. It would

“The treaty is entirely mutual be a terrible res nstbility-a re- and reciprocal and will. we hope. sponsibility whic we could not. meet Chinese susceptibilities with- take with dignity. with prudence or . out causing opposition in any part with honor-Jo c oose oi Canada" which would be likelv in lead to

The draft treaty had no 083% the impairment or‘ weakening of

in anv other country. The U that co-operation.

bl b ad ittl small umib ' ' ofmghiriese mas nllerlnancnt nimmll: Flve New Alrports

grants under the American quota Opened In

system.

Mr, King said the Chinese Rov- ernmenth reply to the proposals now was awaited.

OTTAWA. April l7 -—Alf Min l-le made his statement after ro- in the House of Commons tonlsllt

ferring to an agreement between for G. H. Castlcden iccF-York- Cllnada and China on the relin- ton) that five new airports svcrc

liishment of extra-territorial rights opened in Canada during 1043

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in Chins. similar to agreements under the British Commonwealth

covering the same subject made by Air Training Plan. They were at e United Klnnrloul

a and Unliod $aris.dmgh.. MOIhaKLMOnt, aha h.' RB. Hanson (P.C.—York- Mou§f p;,,§i',',¢f3§'_;_ m" m

ltet i ' to k fte the t “£35m. "that. ‘mtmtlrl Land In Turkey

ion of a resolution coverins a Reuters) - ‘Several boatlcads of troops. who have escaped

~ stringent measures as this one l

All , ' ‘ British ‘“ move even r on channels in Britain ' r ' ‘ or ' m... a. of mll- transmitted to and [mm Brit. ltary i ' dominated the war new: last night. Ill! by diplomats o! all coun- It o rnbasslee, legations and consular agencies in Britain of (‘"5 413"!"- "lc Ullllell Stat-cs. ‘u ' - "am i H 9|- um» - - - ___ - bfllllct Russia and the British Commonwealth of Nations

Th6 dllllumats of various neu- tral -. including Eire. ma)’ 58nd only plain language lelcsrams. must submit tilclr hitherto lnvioiaie pouches in “n-‘lilrslllll. and may not scml couriers or other fcpresrgnfgl. ivcs from this country, Naval, "lllllllry and air attaches, along Wllh sllllllflr officials. also come under the restrictions. which are dsslsned to curb the flow nf any information which might help the enemy Ncrcr bcforc has Britain or any other country’ taken such

designed to insure that no ink- llllit of the details of the ccm- ing invasion may rcach llln enemy.

While the British govern- rnenfs action was not seen is accusing any or the Allies or neutrals of wilfully divulging secrets. it was designed to keep innocent - looking ion from giving the Germans a tip which would endanger the safe- ty of Allied soldiers.