p by Everybody Covers Prince Edward IslandLike the Dew. CHARI-QTTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY, MARCH 1.194s

E. 1. 0.4m YMEN 11v SESSION YESTERDA Y

tsnittee Plane in Celebration ‘n; lietory iiay

poll ~. teutati e p m follows: ypelamaticsvr bynfi Worshi the i sr aunouncinflls civic hol day. “w, services all churches in m, ‘extra hours of 11 asn. or an. or 7 ll-lll- z tiierln in the Market Square thllrilxh services for mirieiio ' to arralile for a sal- ‘$.41... to be fired, and m ens . of all chtuxh hells as well ‘the city firs - ' , will be flown on all public and citiserss sru

salt with flags on houses or ‘

preml . ywlil be in "celebration on Market Square. ‘which brief patriotic he given by the lieutenant ' the Premier, and the

re ting every sec- gfovince attended the

d evening sessions of . d Dairymen's Assoc- iation held yesterday in the Queen

uare School hall.

. Lincoln Dewar, New Perth, pr t oi the Association. pre- sided. S. C. Wright, minlo iield man, acted as secretary. Mr. H. J. McDonald read the

at the afternoon ses-

rts were made by

thologist, and F.

ta cheese iri-

. Mr. W. J. Davies, Dom-

7 igioocn grader. also gave a report on

butter and cheese grading operat- ions throughout the Province last

Myers of Queen's. and Lin- ~ war ’s were elected tqhihe Board of D actors. Other directors include R. A. Profit. Free- town- Walter Buntain, Rustlco; hi. o. fioim, DeSable; .1. n. Myers, Hampton; Norman McLecdBridge- wn

Hon. W. A. Stewart. provincial Minister of Agriculture, was the first aker at the evening ses- sion. said that work lss year y Government athclogists had revealed that near-y all butter con-

lnated in some tary factories and not, as had been su ed. on the armors‘ reinisee. e ho the Board lrectors would s ress the uality of butter and cheese pro-

uction.

. . . Pineau, formerly of Rustico, but now head of all Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs in Canada. spoke briefly on the great training the girirzrybers "é ituch clubs received in

h Ill‘. CE.

Mr. A his trip to Begin the Island representative to Canadian D . Association meeting. Mr. Profit expressed. the view that ag- iicultureuln Can da eed d mo oo-o

t. ,March 1 - (Thursday? “m” '

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7 l-liiuiila Bay. one ‘i ~1url70rs of the sadsvitilbase from which to . tuevblcws against Japan. mu to shibbins

Abe lint American cargo vessel toaster the vast bay in more than I ‘yams steamed pest Ameri- Oorregidor. Ibrtras Wed- i - .carryi\~3 supplies into the

r-vrcoked citv oi Manila. -_p- ,1] \"~7r~n 1i “at 'wr\v-'~ - p; gained additions

for lvitliniiaiiizlainiporiant ienhed country to the north and I oi the city.

oi the Far East

iris Continue t Cain Crountl

“WON, Feb- ao-(ar) - - ituslans seized the five-way [as gmtiarietii" iivs = a an a ‘ Ill miles in their driE/e aimed at -- oi the ennansinthe Bal- leclstal ares oi‘ Danzig. the corridor and nort east “flu é - r i n - first igrrtthtirinf ‘in: g»?- oiiensive in

“Wins hogs at Fredericton ""11 en's. m .2"... "i" i“ liacoowdi. u-ae-a

i. “w Hen for Da is s. h“ -- every Monday‘,

until - ‘liiiiiec souris. _ i-ss-ao-fr. as _"'~'

“My. In invltedatfoaififfdy- A“ 332's? ' ow Road Girls stnszgtiinkskattoenkaitfer. cm“ l-l-li.

“mliite Graham's m“ flgu °' ml‘!!!- Pmoseih

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All the 10ml

catalogue. Aw i" 3m *—-

ave to be more seri- ously considered by Island farm- ere. A vote oi thanks was tender- ed M Pr address.

s’ 661.1511: Air Cadets 0n Permanent Basis

(By The Canadian Press)

HAM1LTON. Ont. Feb. zs-Thc Air Cadet League of Canada has been placed on a permanent basis and is carrying on its training program with increased vigor. Wing Cmdr. G. H. Ross. the League's national director, today told the Ontario air conference. In an address repared for deliv- ery st the open g of the second day's meetings of the two-day conference Wing Cmdr. Ross said that 3B0 of the 38B air cadet squad- hlch had been organised are carrying on their work and that training is being given to 29,100 cs

e . In a review oi the contribution the movement made to the war effort, he said that 3.490 cadets who completed their training had oined te R.C.A.1<"., a number greater than the entire Air Force strength before the war began. Twelve won decorations for valor. The League's first major task was the iurnishin of a tentisl supply oi aircrew or the n r train- plan and “the vcry iact that

al efforts were concentrated on cadet training for aircrew led to the erroneous but understandable irn ression which got about when an istments were dscontinued. that; the League's functions had ended.

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Stiff Competition Faces Fishermen In Post-War Years

M L, Feb. 2G — (51K)- Canada and Newfoundland‘ g 2;’: built up a lersc World "ffbmh their roams infill-mi” “ countries will be hard-pretstsedm. retain their markets in e “- of subsidized Europe“! “gm mm after the war. Gentle gag. said todlY- , °‘:t...°‘r..‘i.“"‘l.t gioisn Board. Isr- today with lion. loner for ost-

1 Qua‘ round-

l ifyrfoundland I-iawes met here

a" mfs sndavlflilr- i on * -» ‘ii-iii i°'.i°“".% "m "°“"°'"""" ° u ti as Rs- forces and tililem ' ° 1"‘ m" n‘ ' the salt fish

uld ta! . trstlon wanton‘, bug‘ t3: m”.

T RiNTiiiiiG

"W" ‘° a run n uld es pint-v as‘ geousdians.

er Gamble oi Prince County, ‘

. Profit gave a report on m

"S grandia

i» consul

British liouee In Debate lin Crlaea Fsfley

IONDON. Feb. as - (ca) .-'ras House or Common-l. in the first formal legislative motion on the Crimes Charter among the great Powers. tonight crushed a move to

Y1 censure the “Big' Three's" plan for

cat-war Poland and insured bian-

et approval oi the Yalta ‘ ‘ ' when a vote is taken tomorrow.

By a too-hasty tally of soc to 35. the House oi Commons reject- ed a motion to include s roteet agsim the Polish policy Sen " endorsement of the " Three decisions which has been demanded by Prime Minister Ch r-

‘(csininaéd To‘ r13"; Col.“ a.- lleath 0f Senator Black At Saokville

‘ in poor health f agdhseixed Oéjefvtrailemontns bu: Q . 0 II 9g];- attack after midnislllignfrutlndixed a fc_v1/_ hours laterhln his sleep.

a calf 15f ' shbi .- e onora e Frank Bunting Black was bom in BBCkl/iiie, Feb. 20, 1W0, the non oi Joseph Lain-ence Black and the for- cr Mary Ann Snobsll. His reat great grandfather. William lack. came to Halifax in 1.214 and in 177B was appointed iudtlt oi common pleas ior Cumberland county, H-e 4351119111311 Pliihli- Scotland. His on. his ~mother‘s

i» as»

At his death Senator Black was immediate past president and a dir- ector oi the New Brunswick tele- phone Co.. Ltd. The Jose h L. Black and Sons. Ltd., Sackvil e. he was President of this firm and

irector oi Marven’; Limited

pany and the Monctcn Broadcas- ting Corn ny. He was a regent of Mount A1 son University and for- c irmari of the finance

that body.

The Senator had a distinguished war reibrvi, He joined the Canadian contingent in 1911., served as - 111GB major oi the 2nd Brigade. C. m‘. .. and was placed in command of the brigade at the front in Dec- ember. 1916. Wounded late in Dec- ember 1916. he was evacuated and upon his recovery was given com- mand oi the 5th Training Brigade. m received in rccoimitlon ior his services 1n the army the Veterans’ Decoration. the 0.0.5 (command- er oi the Order oi St. Stanislaus). the three Great War Medals. the Jubilee and Coronation Medals.

iluman Bomb le Made Safe,

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. I8 — (AP) — Alter 47 days as a human bomb. Dewey Dupre. 20, is able to take a hard knock now without fear he will blow up.

Naval headquarters here disclos- ed today that a successful opera- tion was performed to remove a fused iii-nun. projectile from the

as gun loader aboard battleship at Lingayen Gulf Jan. B when an air attack came. “The first thing I knew," said Dupre. “I was lying on the deck with a compound fracture of my left leg and other injuries about my chest."

Convaleec here. tors last 5a urday there “ h oi him low in his body. X-rays dis- closed the fused shell.

"Because the projectile was of suoh a sensitive type and might aaplode on contact even with an operating instrument. the situa- tion still remained full oi danger." doctors said. Bomb 1 ex- perts as well as medical men were ted. In a tense atmosphere. gfilidr. J. l. Rail operated success-

y.

Fighter m... Guarded Big Three 0n Travels

BOMI. lob. I-(Reutersl-Unl- ted lighter planes every ma made b! the

armour“. w... dsgvoaus was to schedul and not (no pilot was lost- , .

he told doc- that he felt a " inside

i War Situation Last, Night i

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. B! KIIKB l». SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst) The battle cf the Cologne plain is fast approaching its crisis with every indication that within days Allied forces will be massed along the

left bank of the Rhine from Bonn

last major water hazard that guards the heart of Germany from in-

vsslou.

While field reports of a near German rout lack official confirma- tion. there seems no doubt that the orthwurd swerve of the American 9th Army attack to by-pass Muncheu-Giadbsch to the west is rapidly sector between Roerrnond and Box-

rolling up the last Siegfried Line ulcer. A ' ' new “ “ ‘

ccalcd the exact whereabouts of hlita columns striking across enemy communications S0 miles esat of the Rccrmond corner.

it was obvious, nevertheless. that s German flight to the 11mm was in progress and staff confusion and dilllltegration in enemy ranks setting in. .Auserican 1st Army seizure intact of an Erft bridge to roll unchecked near Cologne proved the case.

As the pattern of the great drive is taking shape it seems keyed to strain on enemy reserves to guard all potential

" _ the Rhine crossings.

The diversion effect a: that upon the battle of the Oder-Nelsse line crossings for which huge Russian armies are getting set in the east

is vet to be disclosed. The threat

so fast. however. that word of a reversal oi the flow of German re- serves wlthdrawn from the west to bolster Berlin and Dresden de- fences is to be expected momentarily. ‘

For there are circumstances on the Rhine that make the Allied drive even more menacing to German hopes of continuing a lest-ditch organised defence cl’ the-great German Army advances against Berlin and Dresden. Army on the right flank has invested the prime defensive ‘ ge In the Mcsellc valley. Trier. Ii stands within close striking distance oi the military super-highway that arcs through the west Rhinelanrl and is potentially knocking even now at the gates of Cobleuz.

Just south of Cchlens the western end ofthe central lateral oi that German military road system reaches the Rhino. Eastvvard it spans central Germany to beyond the Dresden uses. Russian-Allied plans for splitting Germany wide apart in the centre

eventually.

l Transport Facilities In Reich Disorganized

's~ritr§r“*:réf‘" Fighter Faster Than Buzz Bomb

LONDON. Feb. 28 -—- (C British let-propelled flfllter nlsnes have been in action since late last summer, the Air Min- ister announced today.

Known as the Gloster "Met- eor". the nlane was the first let-propelled aircraft of the ‘United Nations to go lute act- on.

"The Meteor proved to possess greatly superior speed to the pilotlcss German ilving bombs and many tactical lessons were learned from these early com- bats.” the Air Ministry sn- nnuncement said.

The speed of the new plane is a secret but it would have to do more than 500 miles an hour to outrun a flying bomb.

Prime Minister King Likely To Speak Friday

(B The Canadian Press) 0T1‘ WA, Feb. 26—Prirne Min- ister Mackenzie Kin ’s radio speech. probably Friday n ht, is expected to be confined to announcement of Government decisions and the rea-

m. e peech is not being made on the time alloted to the

Liberal party for poiiticflall speeches, Ge

it is not expected he enter in- to political arguments or contro-

vers .

ile it will not be a political peech it is awaited with intense interest by politicians of all par- ties because they are ho eiul one of the announcements 1 be the Government's decision on a session oi Parliament and another may be the date oi the

sf

eafi/ifi’ i.

rx" ' ~ formcdthe

- manyk warwsfiort is concerned."

to ' preparing to stoqn the

by Allied censorship con-

to the Rhine is becoming so acute

central plain than the Red The United States 3rd

It may figure in joint

4. Jami . 9! 19H gffgg ‘n- l-fouse of Couimoni tc- day that the disorganization m Germany has reached a point where transport facilities for Red Cross prisoner oi war supplies t l Switzerland into the Mich "have been seriously reduced." Negotiations are under wmv to re- meoy the situation.

" lule everyone will welcome this disorganization so far us Ger-

he said. "it has created increasing anxiety ior thewelfure of British Commonwealth and other Allied prisoners."

Supply of food to prisoners from the air had been considered but re- jected ior isle present as imprac- ticable but an international Red Cross official now was in Berlin or en route there to seek Permis- sion iou" convoys oi motor trucks to enter Germany with suppiies sinzo rail iizinrpurtatzan was im-

L Sir Lmes said land and air at-

in 11...... ineva; ...... .. s. b;>.....i.is anu ciuiians from inc tenmeter toward central districts particular- ly from the east-am sine. inevitably these conditions involved large numbers oi our prisoners moving on foot under difficult conditions

‘h * provision on the road for acccmmodat and food and eventually overcrowding in camps to which they were mov-

ed.

"Representatives oi a protectinl power are doing all they can to se- cure improvement and their efforts have not been without some result." He said "not only are the food railway wagons not reaching Swit- zerland from Germany but such

d t0 _ Ger- many cannot get very ~

Aerial s-upplv would certainly be used if it ' ‘ ible. In aa- dition to trucks in Switzerland ar- rangements were being nude 10f the urchase oi trucks in Sweden

biog coulu enter Germany are oe used to i

edy land and the supreme Allied com- mand would supply more ii they were needed.

OXIORD —- (OP) — ‘The terr- ific cold wave that hit Britain reached into an Oxford service club where members set in over-

aeral election.

cos listening to lecture on "new flat refrlleratign _

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T 0F (IOLQQNE *

FARE. Feb- 28 — (CP) -— An offensive by two United States armies carried within 6 1-2 miles of the great indus- trial city of Cologne tonight nnd to the north cut into and around the rail centre of Muenchen-Giadbach amid indica- lions from the front that the Germans were being forced i0 withdraw from their positions west of the Rhine.

Tank-led Canadian infantry at the northern end of the long battlefront were reported to have driven to within c four miles of‘ Xanien, which in turn is only about four miles northwest of the Ruhr arsenal city of Wesel. German defence forces were reported pulling out of the rapidly between American and Canadian

LIEUT. B. W. LAWLOR

son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lawior of Charlottetown. who is with the Canadian Army in Germany, He enlisted on Sept. 14. 1939 and ar- rived in Great Britain on Decem- ber 17 that same year. He receiv- cd his commission at the Officer Cadet Training Camp. Foremark Hail, Milton. near Derby, England, last August.

Lieut. Lawlor was chosen as commander of the parade when he graduated. having charge of 350 cadets. He was presented with a beautiful engraved cane and his picture was hung in the main hall at the camp. with this inscription under it: "Lieut. R. W. Iiawlcr who commanded passing out par- ade of 194A. the first Canadian to hold this honor." Of the 350 who got commissions at that time. 50 were Canadians and the re- mainder English.

Lieut. Lawior has a brother. Arthur Lawlor. an employee at the Wartime Prices and Trade Boa-rd. Charlottetown. l-lis father lain veteran cf the South African

ar.

Flees Before Canadian Army

By ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press War C rrespondenf. WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY IN GERMANY. Feb. 2B (C? Cablelb-The Canadians have not yet met the Volks-

aturm-Gerrnanjfs Home Guard In the offensive between the Mass and Rhine Rivers for the simple reason that the Volks- sturm threw down their arms and fled as infantry and tanks swept south from the Hoch- wald (lloch Forest).

Volirasturm battalions had been ‘ ‘ for the defence cf Kleve and Gcch but never fired

clies and tore oii the V - sturm armhands, the only mil-

itary ldentlflcation these civil-

ian soldlers wore. Then they “ to towns and farms along the Rhine.

The German commander rag- ed about it but could rle noth- ing. He had to fill the gaps with regular soldiers.

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Susla arov in charge of _Bed,_Ar,-

Great modesty all self-restraint not unsddoas hide great merit.

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narrowing corridor spearheads in that sector.

Russian Generals See Action Cn Canadian Front

By CHARLES LYNCH (Beuterg War Correspondent)

WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY IN UERNAANY. Feb. 28- (Reutersh-Twu Russian generals saw the Canadian armor and in- fantry punch through the final Siegfried Line defences in e Buchwald (Roch Forest).

They were Mai-Gen. V M._ Dia- goun. head of the Soviet military mission to France. who only rwc months ago was with‘ his army in. East, Prussia, and Maj-Gen. 1 A.

Riding injeeps in company with Canadian and British officers and with two Russian officers .the Ren- crals visited the central sector of the Rhine-Mans front including the Uedem area which was under hea- vy fire. At the front they lived like soldiers of the ranks. eating bully beef and sardines out of tins.

Gen. Dragoun, a tank expert. ex- pressed keen interest in the tanks used b,v the Allied forces and re- marked on the narrowness of the treads compared with those on Sov- iet tanks for use in heavy mud. He said conditions as they were now on the Rhine-Macs front would be regarded as “excellent? on the Russian fiont.

Bot enerols were imbressed with the Al led amphibious vehicles which they saw in notion along the flooded west bunk of the Rhine.

"Buffalo" and in-

"it is si people on the lob nnd the suilhiies get forward." Much cf the creriit was due to the engineers who start working 0Y1 F0868 rikht b8- hind the forward tanks or infan- tr-y and keep them ir. first class shape for the convovs. He expressed the opinion that the war would be Over this V981‘ Asked ii he thought there would b: another war he said ‘if we iail to destroys Germany this time. the an- swer yes—within twentv or b5

years."

Uncover Clue In Montreal Slaying

MONTREAL. Feb. 2B — (CF) — Police held a middle-aged man for questioning today as deputy dir- ector Armand Brodeur announced they had their first “definite clue" in the ski-trail slaying of nine-year-old John Benson last Saturday.

Biodeur would not say ii the clue harl any connection with the questioning of the middle-aged man. So far 35 persons have been questioned in the case.

Yvuns Harmon's bodv was found nei- a Mount neysi ski trail Sat- urdsy- He had been indecently assaulted and stabbed a few hours after he had left his home lo ski on the mountain.

Air Attacks 0n Berlin Continue

LONDON. Rb. ill-Berlin was attacked to ht for the ninth con- secutive nigh by R.A.F. Mosqui bombers which drop ed two-ton blockbusters. the ‘Air Rfinistry ah- nounced.

The attack on the enemy ca ital brought f0 a close a full mont of one of the greatest aerial oflensives in . larlier today, 2,000 Allied planes made six roaring smashes on rail and cil targets in

e s ug e num er w???“ tracks nré at tn c of scrtiss carried out over western

by Britain-based RAT-t, R.0.A.I'., and U.B.A.A l". fighters and bombers during February

more than 100.000.

m more than 30 years.

News Briefs

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(B The Associated Press)

G AM. March l-(Thurs- dayi-A big push by United States marines on lwo Jirna Wednesda won them most of the lslan ‘s vital central plat- eau with gains that one gen- eral said went far toward de- clding the lll-day-oid campaign.