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CHARLVFTETOWN.LQANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1; 194s

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m; w get in touch with ti iiiinister since last E

tats place today.

illeath 0i Well Known-

ii. ll. Railway Shop‘ l-‘orenian

“l: S“. ‘ri iii-i i . . . a . D.‘ wilbiir. Canadian Nationa Ways shop ioieman. and kn ml!!!’ P0140 oi the . iorcrnan oi the raiiway's aimi- dltd illihc . _. tal this morning o! injuries 1 was struck by a shim , bvautfheatloxziismgtlirk. 11:,“ taalengd ve sua iraotured leg. head in rigs miound shock and ia treatment. Mr. Wilbur

widely known in”.

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im many Maritime tracks.

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solved many aiternoon when lie nglne

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psrticulalrly rac ng circles in the Maritimes. For years h» had been an owner and driver 9i iasi. horses and had campaigned

WRHTLI. has: liming _ (OP) - Cleo made: . moi-m m - ...-‘."v’i¢.“'v'ii"

“mama {gm-k w_ T. no}: {orces in the iield. Mr. Bracken

Flaming Events

"M"!!! hos! every Thursday 1w Davis at mea- L . . Peakea. m

"c M .__ fipposizig i" ienoe Miinlifier Mo‘; i s t d . hton, Liberal can e. H11 Pllid lialflullridsy gag, mugcxitr Aiarusvice Marshal A. E. Godirty- Vlomen’: institute. 14-31 0.01s. Mr. Bracken s99!" "i ‘ " i— Meaiord tomorrzctw‘ niglgrizlt and It k t . m“ m-ilifiiiiriiisin: vieywsnoi the sold-

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Driven

Abandoning their ainking ship with cool pre- cision. survivors oi the torpedoed Boysl Canadian N"! Bangor nalnsswceper ll. M. C. S. “ClayoquoW "N Dialed up by a Canadian corvette within a short time and landed at an Eastern Canadian port. Shown here in hospital is a group oi Maritime sur- vivors. kit to right they are: iront row: Ldg.

A lleinieifeeinent lssue~= 1iinti{y, line At By-Election Bracken ‘We... First

Speech Since Return- ing From Overseas.

The swlit

That is true (Warts) that th

owmu SOUND, Ont... Jan. a1- Wes" "m" i!"

(CP) - The only issue in the Grey North by-election oi next is the relniorcemqit is- sue, John Bracken, ational Pro-

oi the Oder in i to indicate that

gressive Conservative leader said We“ but today. T d m no um public address since i“ “P” "

his returmirom an overseas trip ‘m1!’ "iflmd P

during which he visited Canadian

aid:-

"There has, iallen to the elect- ors oi Grey North the greatest duty and ths greatest challenge ever imposed on any single Can- adian constituency, since Conied- eration -- the o ligation to say

preach to a pre- up to now

Oder is the

seems destined to be decided within weeks o irom Moscow as this was written, Russian iorces were storming ior»

Warthe. With the swlit toppling oi Landsberg,

battle oi the Oder crossings but w

Frankiurt-Kuatrin-Schwedt sector ioc oven hopes to hold the river itseli ior any length oi time.

oi military tactics and particularly oi German de- w up and deaden the iorce oi an enemy ap- in iront oi it. invariably

It is an axiom ieusive technique to slo

th " cepoclally calleied ior in the ioreiieid oi the Oder loop both because the last mooted position beiore Berlin and because the Rus-

sians with 250 miles oi hard winter going behind them and terribly

Survivors oi Minesweeper Clayoquot

Sig. Ronald Kenny, Fredericton; Sto. P. 0. Gor- Sto. P. 0. George White, Georgetown, P. E. L; A.B. C. McPhnli, Pic- ton, N.S.; Bsok row: Tel. L. Barclay, Debert, N. 8.;

don Stevenson, Saint John;

From So. f Mains

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Canadians In Sharp Action For Five Days

By DOUGLAS AMARON CanodisnPresa War Correspondent WITH THE 1ST CANADI

ARMY IN HOLLAND, Jan. 31- Canadian iniantry have driven the Germans 1mm their lain, bridge- head south of the Maas River in Holland alter five days oi vicious righting around the tiny but strat- egic terry harbor oi Kapclscheveer about 12 miles north and slightly west oi Tilburg. -

German paratroopers. who were ordered at all costs to hold this base about eight miles east oi where tho Mass’ River enters the I-iollandsche Dlep, finally were cleared early today from their dug- outs in dikes and nibble-filled cel- lars. It was the third assault with- in n month on the Kspeischeveer position by 1st Canadian Army forces.

Tho Canadian attack was laun- ched at first last Friday morning by Ontario iniantry less than two weeks alter Royal llggriiie com-

lve. Polish troops under Gen. Cre- rar‘s command previously also tried d to wipe out the bridge-

A.B. Ronald llope, Moncton, and Ldg. Sto. Lorne Power, East Ship Harbour. N. S. -— (R.C.N. Photo by Petty Oiiioer Photog. Kecgan, RCNVR).

nymninxi: L. snursor: (Associated Press War Analyst)

’ advance on Berlin down the Warths corridor toward

because it is in

the Oder, which is a. bare 50 miles irom the doomed city, holds the cen- tre oi the war news stage almost to the exclusion oi other developments

in Europe or across the Pacific. the Oder loop bisected by the Wnrtho

o late oi Berlin certainly and perhaps oi Germany

r even days. In accounts

whole width oi the loop both north and south oi the

he Warthc valley,

last city hodoubt east the way was open for the expected ith no deilnlto evidence yot at hand

an eiiectivs deiencc iront actually exists along the

ith which Buss oznan to eonvcrg

determined holding line well ’ has ‘ " ’ that ,

could

Ian columns have swept around hope- e by every available route on the oi the Oder raises doubt that the

“ .it was

a

be,

Th r leader spoke at an aitemoon meet-

ing in the Owen Sound city audl- Illwt "mil hi‘ i

' lines to '

~ sigma “u” u.“ Pr“), emphatically to these men over-

,- . ' ' lni’ t eds

Lumhu‘ m “i ‘u. net-filter flan iileracfimigxilth alsmthfl to slow up soon in any case. ' anew-y await?“ whloeltiuitthaheiigg mm. oi that main

‘ "Burl" livg mg m-qggq w“. M ll I D0 ° “P e“ i ., the Oder loop on both

. m“ the Government has made it. h d 1 .Ed 001d st?»- “fin-It's: P ogressive Conservative ‘Egmai’: 9mm‘

solated “

Russian attack iront spreading widoly across sides oi the Warthe. Red advance guards have to the port oi Stettln at ‘the Oder mouth as to in and Pomerania into the samcysort oi intern- urmies as is East Prussia.

tcrlum in support oi his party's candidate, Garileld Case, w 0 is

iers he met overseas, Mr. Bracken charged that the Governments re- iniorcement plans seem ‘wholly to meet the conditions

leit our men battle, when some battalions war; m w“

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Rummage s11?“ fir“ Mum "’?"'..““’.&“'n'l‘.?3..§§n”f§.l.".°§a sulg-eiiiuntins Canadian and 8Y1 hturda I! Y!“ -- out-Nu ru nndRoalNa car- _ Y. bruary lit . 2 l ii. by mum; policy will have to do escort s o Ds r YB Wuaval o" v to tl-iI-‘aia-nce in Kelly's “TRIM!” eed ior an im- ‘Signals? tlX-‘lgagqaiiariera m“,

"Ni ‘ 'numw' "h mi“ “(um mix’ kitihu" Wail? "befits. to the Teme

‘ $31 '° i“ w“ .33.... the no .1 Navy's river class irioam

were "minister could b L. Ralstm back as Minister.

ence adlan personne

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"' - - - uion bltte Vi‘ mm t and rest I . It vile until noon. D. "id hi?‘ Brackge." adding that by wriiat her conunandlng oiiicer, ‘ "1' - gm ‘s election was bt-Qndr. DOUEIBs Jeiircy, D.S.C

oi Quebec, miracle." The night on

ly-ilectien lists Froa Grey liorlli

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port side one toot A sheet 0t ilame

two came lsh quickly led down The iorw

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nounc mo c1 the

described l. I which the Teme.

e port

at the white wash could be seen. aboard the ‘Demo switched 0n and

h friediy e late‘? She

‘Casualties Light mo. Carrier Rams Frigate:

Canadian-Manned Teme Almost Sliced In Two

irigate on the aiterside he bridge, ploughing

irorn the

GEdTJn pfifi. Col. a)

Second in Soinniand

iii Aihny Damp liies

N. 3., Jan. 81-

tack at his home here today.

He served in the First Great War and alter two years overseas during the present war, returned to Canada to train army units. He had been a prominent sllPDor- ter oi the Progressive Conservat- ive Party.

Nothing Definite About New Session

OTTAWA. Jan. Si — (C?) - Prorogation o! Parliament today tailed to lve deiinite indication whether tiere would be another session oi Parliament beiore dis- solution which must come b! Aliril 1'1

The prorogatlon speech irom the Throne was longer than usual and covered pretty thoroughly the sc- com-plishmciiis o! the Government during the session. slve Conservative they had come to the conclusion it was written with an eye on the general election and that there would bc no new session in the meantime.

Government spokesmen, how- ever, snld there was a possibility oi a new session starting some- time in February. The (act that Parliament was grorogued until Feb. as means not lng because the Government can call the members together by proclamation at anv da e desired.

‘rheee sources said anot.._cr ses- sion depended almost entirely on the result oi the by-elscviion Grey North Feb. 5. l.i Gen. McNaughton, Liberal candidate, should win by a substantial mal- ority another session would be called, whereas ii he was defeated or won by a narrow majority. the Government would o to the coun-

without gin amemblirig

0nd her keel, try

ashed as ‘the

tosether, then

ard and ailer- bulkheads in the sturdy little ship held. When ed Cmdr. Jaiirev saw his ship would

._i¢iiin."ssi.eo.easr.

Parliament. While another session doubtless could not last long enough to cover the required N da s necessary ior the members to raw a lull in- demnitéooi $4.000 it would hun a day ior the time t __ __in_Ottawa.__

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Subscription Delivered. $8.00.

Soviet: Winter Drive Remains Unchecked

LONDON. Jilli- 31 - (C?) -- The ‘Ger man radio indicated tonight that spear- heads oi‘ Marshal Zhukov’s 1st White Russian army were somewhere north oi Frank- iurt in the Oder River Valley not more than 45 miles from Berlin.

The Soviet communique late tonight announced the capture of Beyersdori’,

miles northeast of Berlin.

AN tions centre of Landsberg in

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P. E. l. lian Lost

AB. LLOYD W. SMITH

When the Bangor mlncsweeper, HMQS. “Clnyoquofl was torped-

63

H This represented a 10-mile advance in 24 hours for Mar- shal Gregory K. Zhukovs 1st White Russian Army, which took the big communica-

passing.

The Soviet communique reported continued advances along the en- tire Eastern Front, lrom Bast Prus- Slfl. Where surrounded German div- islons were squeezed inside less than one-fifth oi the Provinces territory, to besieged , whereaii200 prisoners were taken

l’ Marshal Stalin issued two orders 0i the day today, the first bouncing the iall oi Landsberg and

in East Prussia. In addition to l ’ L g, a gig";- te ic communications centre 31

Kustrin, Marshal Stalin announced the capture 0i Meseritz. it miles theast oi Landsberg; Schwei- 13 miles sollth oi Meseritz, and Zuiiichau, 11 miles southeast Schweibus. All are poweriul deienslve points covering the ap- preaches to Frankiurt - on - the- Oder. ‘

The ist white Russian Army now has advanced more than 250 miles irom its bridgeheada south oi Warsaw in less than three weeks. Moscow dispatches said improving weather had permitted Soviet alrcrait to give. the ground forces increased support

Breslau, the silcsian is under heavy siege, as was Poc- namncland, =rariin" "the" wake of

ocd___and pun tour oflieers- and ' IsIi-“ratinlli. .~ ‘Among those- loat was Able S

n Lloyd W. Smith, R.C.N.V. ., son oi Mr. Clystur Snatch. 10 Chestnut St., Charlottetown, PJE. I.

International. .

At A _lilanee

EASTERN FRONT — German radio Jeport places Russians 45 miles from Berlin; Soviet com- munique reports capture oi Bey- ersdori, 63 miles irom German Capital; Stalin announces iall oi Laudsberg in Brandenburg and oi nlcdland and llellsberg on ap- proaches to Konlgsberg in two or- den oi the day,

WESTERN FRONT — 1st Can- adian Army wipes out German

idgehead at Kapeischcveer south oi Mass in Holland; U-S. lst and 3rd Armies gain up to three miles, take dosen towns, in thrusts in Ardennes region; French 1st arnny advances around Colmar.

PHILIPPINES — U. S. 8th Ar- Imv icroes advance within 28 road miles oi Manila, inking Caliampit: 8th Anny trope ieoccupy iormer American naval bans oi Olongapo and Selle island at entrance to Subic Bay.

BURMA-British 14th Army col- umns increase threat to Mandalay

CHINESE -— Tokyo claims Jap- anese win control oi entire length oi GBS-mile-long Canton-lianhow. railway.

Tamed Into

LONDON. 3i -— (AP) Berlin's gauleiter ‘ , Joseph Goebbels. was reported to- night isverishly rushing preparat- ions ior s deisnce oi the capital “which will not leave one stone a- top gnomes‘ when the Russians en-

w radio declared there oi rioting" in Berlin

had trsniorrn erlin ior the

death battle. All public building

and inatitutiono~evon the Zoo Ob-

asrvatory-wors said to have been

converted into defame points. reports said the Ogrman

B

i: Qnolllitliaonagggah beiore they could desire . a

Y said Marshal Gre- l a drive toward the Berlin still was un- lflpito "ils

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OIL is

tanoa" sad mn- :1.“ ATM

muss tha claim tha silos n had been "stabilised."

aei"‘a'i‘.%.t"..i‘iiai"“d...fiie.'”“‘t'l

m; creatures ' who try

_Zhukov's steamroller.

In East Prussia, soviet troops had penetrated dee honeycomb o! tort ilcations pro- tectimg the Capital, Konigsberg.

capital. still

inside the m.

Parliament Is Prorogued With Scant lieremony

B)’ FRANK FLAHEBTY

OTTAWA. Jan. 3i-—-iCP)-Wil.i1 s. minimum oi ceremony but n. larger attends oi members than txlmted. the l0 and eventful iiiih session oi te 19th Parlia-

i ment oi Canada was prorogued m-

clay,

Wllvwing the prorogation core. mfllil’ in the Senate chamber with Chiei Justice Thibsudesu Rinlreu Presiding as deputyGovQrnor-cm. "'31 semi-Q slllker ‘Thorn!!! Vlen announced Feb. 28 as the date for the reassembly oi’ Parliament in a. neg‘ sesslont.“ v

in o er wartime speed ics the Wilmills o! the war was omph: seized over all other Government Pbiectives, but the speech sounded a confident note about the war. It was only a matter oi time unzii Gtflliflnys detest came about and the combined power oi the Allies was concentrated on Japan. a“ -

Drces on all ironts and particularly the achievements o! Canadians, on land. sea and in ma. drew emphatic and grateiul mention. To the Canadian forces the Government pledged tho iuil- est support in men. munitions and supplies. A warning was given that the final phase oi the Euro-

Peace Rumors Sweep

slMMmRATl-l. Germany. Jan. 3l~—Gennan prisoners said today these peace rumors were sweeping the Western Front: ,

1. ‘that Foreign Minister Rib- bentrop had gone to 2318151141 5° seek peace.

2. Thar, Baron Franz Von Papen. former German ambassador to

States to try and make peace.

The prisoners were at a loss w explain how the Nazis reached

their alleged destinations. _________

New U-Boat Menace Will Be Overcome

-Cornmenting on the recent state- ment by Gen. McNaughton, Can- adian Defence Minister. that Ger- man submarines a ain were loose in large numbers n the Atlantic. A V. Alexander. First Lord oi the

as Allied llicrs hammer nt Japanese - m House o, communication lines t oughont Admiraliyv “id l“ t _ Bum“, Commons today that any

tional strain the Germans impose on Allied resources by means oi lhe U-boat would bc met and overcome R5

the past.

Report Berlin Being

Fortress

Nazis Expect Big Allied Drive From West; Some Quarters Look For Sensational Week- End Developments.

Germany. uhey reported heavy n- , attacks on both sides Monacnau, in miles southeast oi Aacnen, which lhev said were de- signed to gain "iunuoms-oii Paul" ioi" the grand oiiensive.

With rumors oi German unrest gwgeplng all countrea 0 Europe, the British press warned that the iall oi Berlin would not mean the end and that only toll occupation oi Germany would close the war in Dumb!-

The Berlin radio said some 09f- marlisrevgere reriy tohwfliigei- W" m“ to desert the iatherlsnd in its hour oi need are relatively iew."

“Germany will i ht tar where or u r citions, the broadcast added-

Reports irom l!

c mar.- oaitrt con-

Soil" mutral countrlu t- layed business trlns to Berlin this week in beliei that slimiiicant de- velopments ml

the Euro industill

‘Purkey. had gone to the United‘

German West Front l

LONDON. Jan. a1 _ (Renter-Bil

campalim l hi i w“

l

__ _ .___ . _ ____ ___._ nowol‘ nan co uiviaions, mostly ar- il F, morea, poised ior a new assduil on

‘ winds to strong

pearLw-ar might be mosbcestiy.

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TORONTO, Jail, 31 -—~ 1GP) -- Minimum and maximum tanner- aturea: Vancouver ‘N. 4i; Edmon- ‘4213. 2B; Regina ‘.93, 21cm; 5B, iii; ’l‘oi'oxiv.o l3, Lil; Ottawa zero, 9: Montreal b. liil

‘ lQuebac 4; Saint ‘John l0; Moncion

10, l6; kialliax M. 29; Charlotte- town l5.

FORECASTS

ST. LAWRENCE. Fresh winds and cold with scattered showilurrlesflirlday lair and cold.

LAKE ST. JOHN: Fresh wliiru partly cloudy and cold Thursday and Friday with scattered snow-

ilurries

GULF, BAY CHALEUR ANTI NORTH SHORE: Strong winds and somewhat colder with snow-

l . ulgAeilTlMBS: Fresh to strong winds and amnewhat colder Thurs-

LOWER

or day and Friday with snowilarries.

High tide this aiternoon at 2.54 and ton ht at . .

sun s this evtning at 8.07 and rises tomorrow momma at 8.20. "lint usrter moon brusry 6th. . A. .

Summerside tide eighteen minus tes later than Charlottetown.

DAILY All! SERVICE (fiaarlottetovbvin — Suinmeraid

use ass. Les r' . Arrives Charlottetown sac ma. us ma.

SUNDAY SIIVICI

Leave Charlottetown 1.1.: 1 I.‘ Arrive ClllflottdtoIll-S.“ lJl LU-

CIIAIIAVITITOWN- now ousoow (Dsliv IIMM Sunday)

cm mo» ms. cu m‘; coin-nun: us. us

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