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“azis Lose its Planes In Battle ‘Rural Electric __ A Rate lfeflactions

New Schedule Of Rates Fixed By Public Utilities Commission.

Bitter Fighting iiear Bimini

ROME. Sept ll - (AP) - wnlle British 8th Army ‘troops are un- Aged in bloody, inconclusive ighiing with the Germans near itimini on the Adriatic. American troops advancing north and north- west of Florence have come squarely rgainst ti.‘ enemy's main Gothic line defences Allied headquarters lnnounced

One American spearhead,. stab- bing almost due north from Flor- ence, reached Usellan within 35 miles of the industrial metropolis iii Bologna in the Po Valley. Other tth Army forces farther west clear- ed out the city of Prato and Pistoia ind seized important high ground northeast of Pistoia.

“Poundmaker” ls iiew Frigate

MONTREAL, Sept. 11 —- (CP) — The frigate H. M. C. S. Pound.

maker, named after a famous chief oi the Cree Reservation outside llorth Battleford, $ask., was deliv. rred lo the Royal Canadian Navy ‘ifs?!’ by Canadian Viclrers Lim.

The shin was the 20th frigate tompletcd by Canadian Vickers. in i1 months. Two have been delivered

to the United states Navy,. eight to-

ihe Royal Navy and the rest to the Royal Canadian Navy.

DOCUMENTS FOR. NATION

CAPE TOWN - (C?) - Thousand. o! documents collected Africa's most distinguished his- torians are now in the possession geihjemisiitkzn. hlAn egitire rrgrrn ' at

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the collection. ves 06cm) ed by

fiflliillifi EVENTS

"Show Malpequo Wednesday. 9-1 l-Il

"Chicken supper and dance. Lot 0 hnl. Sept. 13th. 9-11-31

"Dance Millvale Sciwol, Wed-

iitsdfly. Sept. 13th 9-12-11 "Insti-t to .

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°i ‘Willis. 9-12-21

"Crapaud Scarlet. Chapter meet- gélfrhumdfly. Sept. 14 Craps.

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‘out Olini rimmed by or”. gaciiuggwgwguiglehiifi ‘ - 2 Io 4 D-m. 9-12-

"Hiliiiital dan MG ' Warehouse, Montaigiie Wgdnrifogrllirys “member 13. Webster's orchestra:

g- - Match and Livestock uoid 20th

Boom ; "n" on Ilf-rlgla-klii l0

Den . w at’? si...‘““..."'.‘fi.'é'°l‘i..f".i.'.....“i». lhuohv and Mrs. Alfred Ougleigu

"Pl Show M, as’ . entertainment and

grounds.

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mvgipber and Dance in Microbe; 1a Nn. '

I-lall. Wednesday. supper served at 0 9-12-21

"Chicken 8187001‘ Bazaar RA- mglfiiitl. Bi c and other games w“ M30100 . Tuesday and ‘uneasily. 12h and 18th Be - . W. Q-lfl-Qj

"508 Producers n- tcwn — "m" 0. Gardiner, eirectown. m Farmers requiring $353131 “f. iiiuse arrange two d: a in

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tirnc and °' s°'.'..lt."°rifi"‘"ltfi 30am ’ 0-10-21

Y) th l Dr. Gustav Preller, oneyol ‘Soilttlgijl

A substantial reduction _in rural electric rates" totalling approxim- ately s4,200 per year, is made under a ruling Passed at o. meet-i i/erdiiy of the Board of ilitles Commissioners of the Pro- vlnce.

A}, present there are two rural ram schedules, one passed in i937 and one in 1939. each affecting d“. fererit rural sections. The rates passed in 1939 were more favorable to users. Both these rate schedules are now abolished. and the revis- ion appllos to all rural districts.

For churches, schools, or build- ings used solely for ublic worship or community and welfare work. the minimum charge set forth in rev. ioustgatlngs is reduced by $1. per m

on .

Further reduction is made by a. discount of twenty-live cents on each bill if paid not later than fif- teen days from the dateofthe bill

The minimum charge, which in- eludes the use of 20 kilowatt hours of ener y Der month. is as follows:

(i) W en customers average more than ten to the mile, $2 25 per month.

(2) When customer average be- tween eight and ten to the mile, $2 50 per month.

(3) When customers average be- tween seven and eight to the mile, $2.75 per month.

(4) when customers average bc- tiyfien six and seven to the mile, $3.00 per month.

(5) When customers average be- tween live and six to the mile. $3.25.

(B) When customers average‘ be- twe7egi four and five to the mile

(7) When customers average be- avcgon three and four to the mile.

In connection with the above I'M/BS. Dr I. J. Yeo, Utilities Coni- mlssion chairman, e lained to a Guardian represents. ve that no customers are placed in classific- ations (A) (5) (6) and (71 but .111 are given the advantage of the les- ser rates under (i) (Z) or (3).

All energy used over 20 kilowatt. hours per month is at the rat;- of 2 1-2 cts. per kilowatt hour.

1n contrast to the new rates, Dr. Yeo polluted out that at. present. under classificaion (l) for example,

l5 kilowatts only were charged at.

$2 50 per month. the rate above this being 7 cts. per kilowatt, hour. He cit/ed the case of a farmer on Brack- ley Point Road, using 50 kilowatt hours per month. He paid under the old rate, for the first l5 kilowatt hours, $2.50; the next 2p kilowatt hours at 7 cts. amounted to $1.40; the next ill kilowatt hours at 3 1-2 cts. cost him fifty-three cents: a total of $4.43. Under the new rates

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iio Easy 0n Butter, Sugar (lamps Advised

OTTAWA, Sept. ll - (OP) -— Naval. military. and air force sta- tions across Canada have been ad-

vised to "go easy on butter and M t;

sugar" in a general order announ- ced here today.

The order said civilly of butter and sugar in Canada is critical. with

2; ilritzle prospect of relief in the near u

1h“: telegram w Toronto officials Go n

todfly. Donald . ‘n ces board chairman. said Canada faced the possibility oi a cut in the sugar ration. I-Ie said nothing a- bout but/tier. but offietsls said an

‘ “ shortage would be season-

Service wuoly officials are not estimate how many tons of hitter and sugar (lanadian servicemen and women use.

fianadian Steel

Output Doubled ..;.'atr~-...§€E.s.ra<<".ir

time rt teal same eliwonfllom

nhmirllihtion. today. - teTllac oveéeig‘ out a e plan as vlac the Dom

380$

of Canadian oubled since 2m in on fourth

many of them quiring great metaliunrlcal skill in which M W! up to ive times the tire-war

e‘ Prime Minister a few weeks pre-

re- home last night included Tpr.

Luftwaffe Fails To Stem Allied Tide

LONDON. Sept. ll — (CP) — United Slates 8th air force fighters and heavy bombers trail- pod and beat. the German air force today, destroying 176 Nazi planes in one of hhe fiercest air ba/ttles ever fwght over Europe.

It was the heaviest Luftwaffe loss in more than a year and one which cl deeply into the air reserves wlilch the enemy has been careful- lynhoidinfi is until now ior the f al bat e of Germany.

Of the Germans destroyed. Am- erican fighters shot. down 116. While the heavy bombers knocked down another 17. and 42 were destroyedl on their airdromes l

Indicating the extent of the 0P" position. 48 of the American heavy bombers and 29 fighters failed to return.

This air battle lavas only part. of the day's widespread operations which included R. A. F. attacks on German troop concentrations and renewed battering of e I-Iavre by R. A. F. and RCAF bombers.

R. A. F. Spitfires and rocket- firing Typhoons battered isolated pockets of German troops along the Belgium and Netherlands coasts and medium bombers sov- erely damaged u ferry crossing between Flushing and Brcskens. in Holland. which was being used by the Germans.

Early tonight R. A. F. Lan- casters and Hallfaxes attacked three synthetic oil plants in the Ruhr Valley at Castrop-Rauxel. Kamen and Nordstern. Visibility was excellent and first reports in- dicated the three P1511“ We" heavily bombed.

The devastating attack on _Lc Havre. threatened by British units of the 1st Canadian Army. continued with RAF. and R.C.A.i F. heavy bombers again blasting| at the besieged port early today! shortly after R. A. F. Mcsqiiitflij resumed the attack on Berlin af-. ter a lZ-night interval. The Mos- quitos dropped many ‘LOOU-lwiiiid bombs on the battered-citadel.

800 Allied Fighters

Allied headquarters reported that "without a question the toll pf German P181195 by the

American fighters today “was the greatest number of enemy planes eve}: shot down in combat by our fig ters.’ '

There were more than 800 fight- ers on hand for the greatest air battle ever fought over Germany between American fighters and the German air force.

For more than two hours fierce combats raged with enemy planes —puttlng up their first serious opposition since July 7--striving furiously to break through the heavy fighter screen about the heavy bombers.

Targets were Merseburg. Lutz- kelhdorf near Leipzig. Misburg and

er tral Germany. The weather was good and a greater part of the bombing was visual.

Aside from the heavy bomber attacks it was a big day in the air generally.

Nine waves of light and medium bombers of the United States 9th Air Force renewed support of the American 3rd Army with hellliy iii- tacks on large-calibre guns and emplacements on the Moselle Riv- er and on a German headquarters building and signal centre

e

Result. of the 60-minute attack was called excellent. with six gun

placements neutralized.

American fighter-bombers in response to a request by an Am-, erlcan column knocked out ll. 'I‘i er ranks blocking a road two miles from Luxembourg, aiding in the liberation of the city which quickly followed.

iiomo 0n Furiough After Long Service

Home on furlough after service overseas since January, 1940, is Sgt. Roy S. McGee, 13 Euston Street. who arrived last evening after landing in Halifax in time to participate in tire rousing re- ception Minister Churchill.

Sgt. McGee saw the British viously in Italy. He served throughout most of the Italian campaign with a medium artil- ler regiment. and saw heavy act on at. Casino and other places. when he left Naples for home. the Allies had established their lines well outside Rome and were advancing towards the Gothlic n

Caliber Island soldiers returnin

“led places in Cen- '

given there to Prime.

north of the Rhineland loop of the shell fire. An A "

7th army.

some soon and Gennany would be

possible only weeks ago could go far

erican advance in the Pacific. ‘ This conference being essentially of course. be no disclosure of ’

the final crushing attack on Japan. Marshal Stalin's stated attitude

War Situation Last Night l‘

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Prom Wnr Analyst

QUEBEC. 59W- 11 '— (AP) — Prime Minllkr Churchill and Presid- cnt Roosevelt and their military staffs are back in Quebec to carry on from wherc they left off last time they met to nap war strategy-but with an utterly changed situation on the battle fronts of Europe.

Allied armies are battering their way to the crucial sectors o! Ger- many's western frontiers, the Maastrict gate and the Lorraine gap, which domino‘ tbe approaches to the core of the German war effort, the in- dustrial area of the central Rhine Valley. Aachen, bastion ciiy to the

Siegfried Line, was reported under

ridgehearlaeveral miles long has been established across the Mnselle. The United States 3rd army has linked up with the

Reports from the European scene left the impression that an Allied break-through into Germany was imminent. E r station that it would

forced to collapse. perhaps within

weeks. probably had a great deal to do with the timing of the Quebec follow - tlrrnrrgh strategy conference. What has nnppened in Europe or may happen thcre even sooner than the best Allied conjecture had ‘lmuglit

ta determine Just how snnn the full

weight of British power can be thrown against Japan to match the Am-

s military get - together, there will,

lsious taken or of the timing schedule agreed upon. There has been no official effort at any time to conceal or obscure the fact that what is to be worked out is the broad outline for

of apparent. cordial sympathy wiih

the Anglo-American preparation to get on with the destruction of Japan l5 possibly significant. It chimes in with current reports passed by Mos- cow censors that Russian - Allied war collaboration in other than Europ- ean theatres is not beyond the range of Possibility-

Thut cnuirl conceivably refer only in the war with Japan and mplies that once Germany is finished off. Russia milk-t lli "m"! 7051139" "m u"

New President For Si. Francis Xavier

ANTIGONISH, N. 5.. Sept. 11 P) The resignation of Very Reverend D. J. MacDon- ald, P.P.D., President cf St. Francis Xavier University, and the appointment of Reverend P. J. Nicholson. P.P.D., as his successor, was announced here yesterday. Father MacDonald is resigning because of ill health.

iio More Practice Blackouts In ii. S.

HALIFAX. Sept. 11 -—- 1GP) — Hon. Dr F. R. Davis oo-ordinator cf Civil Defense for Nova Scotla. announced tonight that practice blackouts in the province will be, disccntlnued. The am ounccm d- said there will be no relaxation in llghtng restrictions, which forbid liighted outdoor signs and flood light-

rig.

Anglicans , iileet At Sherhrooke

snaaanooxa, Que., Sept. 11 — _,(CP) -— A meeting of the synod of the Ecclesiastical province of Canada. under the presidency of His Grace Archbishop Cairrington, is opening at Bishops University to- morrow.

Those attending the synod meet- ing. apart from the Archbishop, are Right Rev. W. H. Moorhe , rd Bishop of Fredericton: Right Rev. John Dixon, Lord Bishop of Mont- real and Right Rev.. George King- ston, Lord Bishop of Nova Sotrtia. Seventy clerical and lay delegates from districts representod by these bishops are also expected to take part in the deliberations.

The synod convenes with a cele- bration of the Holy Communion in the university chapel rind closes

Allied effcrt to bring the war across the

YlL°§1W€5Q§Le.!°_Pl!8 -

Pacific to a quick end.

A Canadian .lVavy,wAir Force For Pacific Role?

Army May Not Participate To As‘ Large An

By JACK BRAYLEY ..

OTTAWA. Sept. l1 — (CP) —- Dclence nmiisiers and service iieis have prepared to g0 to tin.- Vc-JMJCC conference with bulging portiolios which riolii the set... u‘ o......a.... plan for participation lllracun: 0p- erutions-a plan on ivnich hinge supplementary plans for demobil- izatlpn or me uomiriions 100,900 service personnel.