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slashing attack car- ried them across the Conch River and gave them a solid bridgehead two miles deeo within less than seven miles of the important ter. minus of the Po Valley highway

Capture or Bimini. a main strong. hi“? 0! the bunctugeg

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from the industrial cm of Bolbnglrliiis.

British. Canadian

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Gothic defences. described by Al.

lied headquarters as the most elab-

orate Nazi fortifications outside the

Gennan frontiers.

important Session 0f Cabinet Today

OTTAWA. Sept. 4—-(CP)— Dim cusslons as important to Canada as nnv the aged walls of the east block . on Parliament Hill have seen will mm “moved by M;- l ue held tomorrow as a full meeting .1 lilticnonsild, 252: oi the federal cabinet deals with a ' that their son. Flight,‘ heavy UYOBYBIII - Abigail-MacDonald Capital sources said the meeting mnorlcd missing will oe the first attended by prac- tically all 20 members of the cabin-

mm.__.l1d_ who is ct since the commons adjourned TS of M‘, enlisted inst month w, He has been o" llifilléoeble matters on the program

. Prospect the was may be over . is W.‘ ‘fu§é“d°'g'rf;t 1mm" sooner than expected. and Cans

E th to‘ d adds part at the peace table.

.y_ HY“? c,‘ “M- “f; l ‘i. Canada's participation in the l‘j‘~fj_ F‘: f‘ 91d?» “ 1°: conference between Prime Minister “ “m” "m5 05 m5 Ohzlrcnlll and President Roosevelt. - 2i. Continued Canadian contri- _ butioil to the war effort in men, Canadian Navy ‘ weapons and supplies . W. Angus I... is at. 4 Possible date of a dominion

i general election. -

. is serving overseas‘

‘Aérmyill ear ljmini

Vi with”. the‘, Xflrelrtlit ltussia ended with a dra-

Cease Fire Order Given Yesterday

By ROBERT srultoavliivr“

STOCKHDLM. Sept. -l—lAP)— land's three years of war with

firing‘ order today, and guns of both sides all along the 500-m1le front from Viipuxi to Salia subsided into silence.

A IPlninsh source here said the Germans scattered throughout south Finland from Karelia to Hel- sinki would begin formal evacuat- ion Tuesday. Ha said there still mlust be roughly three divisions in southern Finland. despite reports oi‘ gradual withdrawal from the area.

A few hours before Manner- heim's government announced the armistice Saturday an oiiicuil government declaration said diplo- rriatlc relations with (leimonv would be broken, and Germany was told that German troops remaining iii FlXllBnd after Sept. l5 would be ddsanned 0i‘ interned us Allied war prison

ers.

Unconfirmed Stockholm press re- ports said that for the last 2A hours a. stream of German vehicles mov- ed north toward Norway. illld we chief all-weather loud in northern Finland had been clotllled for the last two days.

In Berlin. Wllhoimstrasse com- ment was gilaided and non-coin- mittal. A spokesman beniouiied the digcarding bly Fin rid of the ideal value" of the Finnish-Nazi vort- nershlp.

The Finnish people were not por- tioulai-lv happy. biv- thcv were ob- viously relieved. "Tha-zik Goo-at

To Vimy Memorial

Slight Damage

last." summed up the reaction of many.

The armistice came three veers. three months nil-cl nine dnvs ill-l‘! Finland Joined the NilZlS in the at- tack on Russia.

List Shot Fired I

The last shot on _tile Russian- Flnnish from. was fired at 715911- m.. a minute before the armistice was effective, a Finnish officer said in a Helsinki broadcast.

Meanwhile. the Swedish aovcm- ment announced 118d Pmmlseii Finland supplies of drain. butter. herrinll and salt

Newsmdn Views Grim Evidence Of Gestapo Chamber‘ Of Horrows

| Les Moulineaux. l0 minutes’ drive from the centre of Paris and in- side the Air Ministry grounds

l ._..__ l Br WILLIAM STEWART (Canadian Press War Corre.

I. kpolitlvilti ‘which! the Germans took over dur- pm . ,‘ , _ , ng tie r occupat on.

p. pslstvrf’. ‘y rliqflglpfrggblgarg Civilians toll you that French. in. G... m. 1m brmnd Nldmwe- men were taken here by the truck.

lond and that truckloads of plain ivooden coffins were carted away. The grounds now are under strict guard and you require a pass to get by the Gendarmes and youths of the French resistance movement on sentry duty.

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lliii ‘ ' Torture is said have carried out. in s rifle range on the

him em» Pounds. In the low concrete build- ‘l W ill-roll Thiostlliv ng housing the range you came . 9.2.2; ilpon evidence that makes you won- olshw I‘ -~- *-— der if you can believe your eyes. It "J- —~.. Peters. Wednesday. is not the dozen coffins lied hero 9-2-21 and there outside the bu ding nor "gimpwl T~ the three bullet-riddled posts st -. llllni- lilvci" ‘Thursday the end of the range.

9-5-21. Tho side walls of the narrow f-“r- range are covered with and P}? Elna)’ "t R0110 Boy. prints. These walls are co cred infill J81 5th. 0-2-21. with grey asbestos composition "Dante __ l T“, which easily takes the iln ression lth, ‘who Valley. August of a hand ressed n sinst t. Near “De 9'3'2l- the steel]! aor- le; {A138 h bthe _ mg range a te as es s ls een

"ll. Sept, iltihiliecri.“ lmm- wednes‘ clawed away. » es iments. The F. l‘. I. giusrds who take you 9"'5-'-’|- through say t at flame-throwers

' "chic . T“ were turned on the unfortunate: ll- cwfilil dam" it whose handprints are on the wells. ' “y-asgs" “h- They point to some small hand-

"Bul _____- ' ‘Z944 prints thgt Look hnfid though they rliz \l'_ were ma e y c ren. . {Win ivczililr-skllsnvto(gny 1 {m}; “t At the extreme end of the range 5x1 n; 1t p, m Kg“ . "c e" three bullet-torn posts still stand I nud Jorpenst-n. " ‘ H gfgfls,’ and three or four sawed off by

bullets lie in the corners. A dusty rdsary hangs from one of them and a woman's comb is stuck into it. On another is a bsb ‘s dress. The posts are bloodstslne .

By a quick visit. to the range you can't nearly arrive at its true or full history. The guards who ac- company you on s tour have mere- ly‘ been told themselves the story t ey repeat to aou and don't seem able to unders nd the brutal in- spirntion thnt would cause anyone to seit up an establishment such as s.

Ve erlms of this and other wars. break into tears at. the sight of the handprints on the walla

"My 1 " -lep1..,‘nb§_‘°ll_ will be closed from toil "1 °"'l—Sc tcmber 20th.

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fish “subje to the llilreemQflt ‘ nland and the Soviet Unjgn" on peace terms. Other

mods h i dusti-lal lots and phoslphfitgs Ergo ‘being considered.

News Cf Canadian Soldiers In Italy

WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY IN ITALY-Recently on leave ai- ter several months of IlC-illill were Sat Watson uliil Lilli‘. fired Campbell of Kensingloll, P £:.I. They have been serving together; in the same Al‘llll€‘!‘\l unit for more, than three years‘. ‘

Giir. CliI-f Gallant of Oyster; Bridge is the only Prince Edwilffit Islander with tin anti-tank battery‘ in Italy. The troop to which lie belongs are experts in amphibious operations and during the crossing of the Liri River set up a. forrv ser- vim to carry men. nuns and Ci-Illll?" merit across the sv/ift running- stream

Nazi Press, Radio Erupt Violently

XDNDON, Sept. 4 — (A P) _. Gennsn press and radio erupted violently today in blaring pronounce- ments designed as a last-ditch effort to rouse the Germans for a fight in every street and every lane to save the Fatherland from the final humiliation of invasion by Allied armies.

At the some time. reports came from neutral sources that some top-flight Nnzis already were flee- ing the country.

Canoe Upsets, Halifax Man Is Drowned

HALIFAX. Sept. 4 - (OP) - A deliberate] upset canoe at. nearl- by Black Po nt. Lake proved fatal Sunday to Stanley P. Bona of Halifax. The victim and a com- panion were in bathing suits and had paddled out on the lake mid upset the light craft to swim ashore. Bona was seized with a cramp and efforts to save him

fl-li-li. this chamber of honors.

Nil‘? mvkifivsin

were futile.

VIMY RIDGE. FRANCE. Sept. 4 —lC'P Cablei-Mlnutc examination

l~‘i'tiland’s 3 Years QL War Ends’

'I‘he fact that the hand ls miss- ing is not noticed unless pointed

of urn-dons Vimy lifmiorial to- out, and this dflfnage (K161; not mar ...iy revealed one slight bit of dam- the beauty of the lvfelnorizil "Ihe figure is at the very top of the

age. inc hand of the outstretched arm of the figure on top of the right- . field

that the hand is missing

monument and it is necessary to use gloses to ascertain definitely The dam.

ial frclm the front slope, has been age presumably was caused during

hand pillar. looking at the Memor- I knocked off.

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War Situation Last Night

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' By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

Anglo-American-fiench forces from the west. are closing in so swift- ly on the inner defences of the German Reich from the Swiss border to the north sea that Aliidd cracking of the Gothic line iii Italy and even Finland's exit from the war on Russian terms seemed incre indicillenta oi‘ the struggle.

The outlines of n mighty Russian-Allied final assault on Nazidom were too clearly drawn for Hitler's commanders to doubt what awaits than.

Except for a large but narrow stretch of the channel coast from the Somme mouth tn the Scheldi or even the Zuider Zce in the Netherlands. all northeast France. most of Belgium and much of the Netherlands was wresictl from the enemy grip during the weekxnd. Offici-il Allied reports iicre many hours behind seemingly authoritative word from other snilrrrs. including German. that left little doubt that Almcricnn spearheads had

fl-eacllrtl or crossed Nazi fronilcrs at two criflicai points while British

columns were rolling from Belgium through the Netherlands nt express irniii sylrcd. The British forces were reported by Ncthorlundv sources in be u-iihlii striking distance m‘ Rotterdam. the Ilague and Amsierlinmflo sl-iil tiff lllr: whole channel-north sea coast as a Nazi internment rump for irapned German units.

Similar unofficial reports placed American 1st and 3rd army advance elements at or beyond German frontiers east of Liege in Belgium. They lllso were reported nn German soil at the northern end of the Sziarbruck- en gap.

To complete the picture in the west. French and Almoricnu elements of the Riviera invasion army were moving swiftly north of captured Lyon toward n junction with the 3rd right. flank. .

It seems clear that integrated Rilsslsn-Allied strategy calls for mak- ing the most of vastly superior Allleki forces aground to spread German lilies of resistance so thin that the possibility of decisive lireak-tiiroughs nt sclccicd points will be much greater. - v

0n’ the other European fronts it seems rlear that entrapment of Nazi troops on the Balkan peninsula and Ilflislbly In Norway Is ilie im- mediate objective. Finland's surrender added to the danger of ilinsc in Norway.

That ls sugcsicd by General Eisenhower's inclusion of Norway In his E

meuage of assurance to the peoples of liberation is ai hand. _

It remains to be seen whether Gen. Eisenhower's assurances in Nor- way mean an Allied interception move to block the escape in Germany of Nazi armies in that country or catch them between Allied and Bus. slim attacks. The situation has seemed to invite an Allied incursion in- to Norway for that purpose.

lgiuln and the Netherlands that

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Antwervps fall cut the last rail lines from the Belgian and French channel coasts to Germany. It is the second largest cltv in Belgium and lies 23 miles north of the cap- ital. which fell earlier in the day to Biritlsh arms “with hardly a. shot flrc .

Canadians Advance Rapid

Canadian and Polish forces of the 1st Canadian nrmv struck through the Pas-De-Calais to I-iesdln on the river Canche. 22 miles north and slightly east of Abbevllc. Earl- ier in their drive from Somme Riv-

NEW 208K, Sept. 4 — (A?) -- CBS Correspondent Charles Collingwood said today In a broadcast. from Paris that it: was reported American troops! had entered Germany “and may have reached the Rhine." al- though no official information was available there.

er bridge-heads lst Canadian army ion-nations were reported in strength at Auxi-LALChzileu-ii on the Authle River, l0 miles south Hesdln.

The drive to Hesdln placed Gen. Crerofs forces about 40 miles southeast oi Boulogne.

Reports of the liberation or evac- uation of Boulogne and Uillkllfi lack- ed COIlIlImBllOH ill Aillell atlalrters.

Premier Pieter uveroliiilliy of Holland announced to his country- men that Allied troops ‘have cross- ed the Dutch frontiers heralding of the battle ioi- the Netherlands three days alter the- battle for Belgium broke.

_Alietu, Nc-.li.ri.ll‘.».: news ili-Zillliiy, first relporteu that the isi-ilisli lldfl hurdleu the frontier ullfl etiuckl llV€ miles beyond to Brena. one oil the strongpoinls which the Ger- mans seizcd in their airborne ulitz. of i940 and which supscqucnllyi was reported tire headquarters of! Field Marshall Lfwlll rtuniiilel g

Gell. Eisenhower culled oli tliel Dutch to save from uerinaii deni- oiition the clocks. factories and rails of Rotterdam. 2s nules north o1 Breda. indicating that the bat. tle for the Netherlands V1415 break- ing: with the some Dllllfllfli! speed with which the battle lor Belgium‘ was ending l

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Quebec Expects New Conference

QUEBEC. Sept. 4 -- (OP) -This history-laden city. thrust into sud- den world prom nence a year ago lis the scene of the tixth Roose- vclt-Churchill wlir conference. to- day wns anticipating another spell in the limcllg t in view of Lon- don news dispatches that the Am- oriclin President and the British Prime Minister will "probably" meet hero again this month.

There is no comment available here cv rl approaching officinl c l".- firmatlo of the London stories. but the public accepts them as "gospel." it is n sidewalk joke that the nnnual provincial exhibition here will have fl. “super-nttracticr" this year. Rcoming-hoilse and restaurant proprietors are feverish- ly preparing for an imminent

ensatio

they fell before the German armored might. and the sen, faced a “Dunkerque” from wh ich no exit was safe.

Splitting Belgium in half as the climax to a drive that swept. 210 miles in six days, the British forces with the seizure of Antwerp, l0 miles from the Netherlands border, gave the Allies their first big ocean port to handle the flood of supplies needed to keep their offensive rolling.

I Buzz-Bomb Battles Appear To Be Over

By WILLIAM F. BONI

LLAND ENTERED BY ALLIED ARMIES

arDrive ul:s Belgium |n Two

iAssociaied Press War Correspondent)

LONDON, Sept. 4 -- (AP) — The British 2nd Army in a tremendous sweep seized the Belgium capital of Brussels and the great port of Antwerp today and the Dutch said these forces roared on five miles into the Netherlands.

The lowlands appeared to be emerging from Nazi captivity even faster than The enemy, pinned between the British

By PUG}! MOORE

LONDON. Sept. -i—(AP) — The battle of the buzz bombs armoured to be ended in another Allied vic- tory tonight-JO days after the an- nouncemeiit that the unmanned projectiles were being sent against England.

With planes now released from defence activities against the fly- ing bombs and their launching sites assaults on the Reich and German army are expected to be intensified

on a vast scale. Thousands of Allied aircraft have been useu attains: the buzz

bombs. Cflllllilllu the urea: llcels o: heavy and mtoiuni bombers. lit-till- er bombers 811G lighters used in raiding me buzz bomb coast and robot supply (IGDOLS lulrther inland and the hundreds of fighters 5121190 b0 SEOUL Lllfzlll QJWll.

‘Press War Correspondent. reported Monday from captured Dieppe that at the little town oi AUDDGiZB-fd. a-l

ing of Gothic T “ltiine Amazing Fea

against the robot pelt in a single raid and. weather permitting. it has been bombed almost daily

Following ilic Allied sweep io one buzz uoniii coast and uirougn areas beiievcu lo (Ifllllillll supply depots, there have broil litrrc- ports of robots in Ellirlsml since Friday. Only about 310 were sent over during l-hounst week compared with ii previous week- ly average ox

Sees Blasted Ralilp i

tMaurlce Desjardlnes. Canadian

bout 10 miles from Dieupe. he saw’.

:1 llviiig bomb romp which the‘ R.A.F hnd uclii-oeu There \v.:s~ one hue-e crater flflllb on the con» crele take-oil Etfll‘) Cillfl the rem-l forced hangars lor storing the bombs ivcre a shambles. it. was on.- of the hundreds of flying _ bomb. launching-sites which the Germans hnd built ilfOlllld Dionne. he said: Tho liill of the last three dais‘ was iti suite oi ivealhei" which W85. ‘illODlllOliS for launching robots. It. was so unfavorable last night andl today over the continent lor m -[ ned aircraft that up to t; there were no reports oi Allied air. operations from British or Nor- mandy bases. j

WITH ‘Tl-IE CANADIANS 0N THE ADRXATIC FRONT. Sept. 4 - (C? Cable) - The smashing of the Gothic Line was one of the most amazing feats of the war. Field Marshal Kesselring expected the vital line to hold three weeks. The British 8th Army smashed it in two days.

Days before the assault opened Nazi pnrntroopersl-opposite the 8th were rend an order from Kessel- ring oxpltiiniilg tile line's import- ance to Germany as the last strong defence before the Brenner Pass. Kesselring said the line must hold for at lcnst thiee weeks.

But the brilliant tactics of Lt.- Gnn. Lease. 8th Army Commander. the brilliant planning of Gen. Alex- ander. Allied Ground Commander

Italy, and some luck caught tho enemy napping. The enemy's eves were kept in the centre of the Itnllliil front. while the knockout blow was being made rmd‘: licnr the Adriatic.

The Germans’ AdrlaLL- Cele-noes were formidable but thr cut of

"rush" period.

over-running them was only a fraction of what was expected.

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l Allied Victory Over Robots Will Free Many Planes For Attacks On Enemy.

Nazis Prepare To Quit Denmark

LONDON. Sept. 5 — (Tues div) - (GP) — The Germans are Preparing to evacuate Den- mark. the Stockholm lo said today. It reported they were burning documents in Copen- hagen and that all German women and children had been ordered to leave by Friday.

Report Nazis Seek Compromise Peace

NEW YORK. Sept. 4 — (AP) — The Paris Radio quoted today what it said was a Basel, Switzerland.

dispatch to the London Daily Mir- ror "that the German government has been making efforts to estab. llsh contact with Allied represen- tatives in order to obtain a com- promise peace."

The French broadcast. which said this was the “most serious" peace gtéesmpt yet mode was recorded by

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Stun sets this evening at 7.32 and rises tomorrow morning at 5.26.

Last Quarter moon September 9th. 9.06 A.M

Summerside tide eighteen minu- tea later than Charlottetown.