OIL

MERE MAN

fillies Continue to iAdvance at Salerno

i - I The German High Command ‘communique announced that Nazi ‘ them Italy “have de- tached themselves from the ene- my in accordance with lan and

AL L I E D HEADQUARITRB. NORTH AFRICA. Sept. 19-i51’)— have taken up a shorter e of re- l W"! n 3 sistanc ' other words retreat-

ognmn mo“ 9e rpm m, Mediterranean Island of Sar- at dials todaysiundcr attailiuegycégf whereabouts of Canadian form- llllllill d-llaigmufellllll ‘swam-non w lotions in Italy remained a m stery. uuulll" i mmm comply“... London dispatches have in icatcd BBC ‘am Hench Patriots that the lst Canadian Army tank m" comm...‘ m brigade may be fighting u. the Sa.

erno area.

ainst the Germans. c150 °°"“°l °‘ A1"“°' cw‘ nadoguo wlta Allies An official allied announcement

i ed l}? Clfl‘ of Corsica. but that Ger- reinfo disclosed for the first time that Marshal Pietro Badoglio. who took

. rced bzv the Sal“

m evacuation. had occupied over the government of Italy when Benito Mussolini was ousted. now is

3511a. email Corsican seaport and in allied-held Italian territory.

railway al on the northeast t.) “lilac Allied 5th army continued its The new premier has been on the allied side of the battle lines since lthe Germans occupied strategic zpoints in and around Rome the day after his armistice proclama- tion. the announcement said. It was presumed that he and members made other , trations into cll- of his government would work Ill! Win19"! ll "NPWlllfll P0111“ closely with the Allies on Italian md patrols pushed out further be- 501p d begmnpglliél: egg? lhieislands commanding the

Easfvlwg I Reveal Daring Visit of p U- S. Generals to Rome

Madeon Eve of Allied Landing at Salerno; Carried out under noses of Germans.

i. p NOLAN!) NOIOAABD "(jpocyilltd has 3V1: Correllwllil- Ill

tleadv expansion of the Salerno hid ehead in the heightening bat- tle cr Italy. capturing the lfluuh- um village of Altavilla. 10 miles inland. and scizinfl the nearby town of Battlpaglla. once an un- Axia ai base

pol-rant . -I.t.-Gen. Mark: W. Clark's forces

Wcaanauad o olf1“

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The People’s Paper

Covers Prince Edward

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Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA." MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1943

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MAXIMS

07A

MERE MAN

.4 settled at le of behavior is a - one docs not decidc

it will be decided l‘ the steady deepening of habit.

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RMIES CLOSING IN 0N SMOLENSK

QM!!! RH!!!

ed. Its General Officer Command

mer officer c. . anding the Carle ton and Ycrk Regiment which ~ ved in Siclly. (Canadian Photo.)

l‘——“ '—i"i“‘__’*_

ews Briefs L_____

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Sept. 20 ._ (Monday) 1A1’) —ln‘.':nsive air acticn ln the south Pacific

ighlighted by almost daily blows and-counter. blow in force. curliinucs at relentless

pace and at mounting cost lo the bncrny’; air forccs, tvar front reports made clear today.

I By CLARK LEI! lwhlch has affected the whole" acpreaenting the combined Unlt- course of events since the Italian, led Slates Press jarmistice announcement. . lllllflltllllil ll! Tl" Cllllfllll!‘ The officers, who voluntarily» ‘carried out their dan erous as- lr luv wwuwrn aamroaunmalaalulalallaaai-laageuml WMMAND 7057- Selil- l7~iD¢-‘dlscovery' would have meant cert-l limb-It was disclosed today thattflln execution by the Germans,‘ iIohlsh-ranklnz American officers were Brig. Gen. Maxwell Taylorfl nude a daring visit to Rome under gurmmy 0g Kansas gm; Mo" and! News of the Germans vulva few Co]. William Tudor Gardiner, r‘ s before the allied invasion of gonna.- Ggygrnor or Maine‘ . 511mm and returned safely all" They left Palermo, Sicily. in a: conferring with Marshall Pietro gmlsh p_5 bog; and made ".11.; 31608110 and Italian mull-Br)’ 110m- dezvous at sea with an Italian cor-l Ianders. vette. on which they were greeted; The two Officers went into tlleiby an Italian Admiral who landed! n c! ll-ul We-Flllg Ameflcull |them one evening last week southl lrmy uni orms. minus caps. and.“ Roma W1! 20 hours in the most import" l n. was agreed that. to divert sus-l ml. military discussions. Most of lbs time they travellled in a car. uequentlv passing vrithin a few fat of German soldiers. The exact nature of their mis- Ilfln was not disclosed. They obtained vital information

llllllllllfl EVENTS

' "Talkies-Moreil ‘rucrday.

e treated as if they were Ameri- can airmen picked up from a wrecked plam in the Mediterralr ean. And on their arrival at Gaeta‘ they hurried dowrl the gangplank into a waiting navy limousine. while groups of Italian sailors stood at the docks and watched interested-

1y.

Driving a few miles into the country. the car tumed into tree-lined lane and stopped sharp- ly. A few feet ahead was another car with frosted glass windows.

Taylor, Gardiner and the escort-

OTTAWA. Plans looking of deputy coal fcr each province nctv are consideration hers L ' tonight. in an cffor: to rc fuel situation

‘.0 The appointment

LONDON. Sent. I9 — lAPl —Grc:f formal-Ions of Allied planes plied back and forth ac- ross ("he channel all flay today. and early tonight strongly es- corted hombcrs lhundcred eastward to carrv i-‘le new round the clock offensive info lfs fifth day and night.

‘BODRUM. Turkey, (Delay-adv —-

Sent. l8 <APl -Iiali2n mllit-

iclon irom onlookers, they would" or!’ and civilian refill?“ P-Tflvillg at this Alzean port frcm the Dca-ie-l

canese "lav" c‘ P"-"~l"":.=-o said a

lhrgc Allied fleet is hovering near" canle durlrl; Mr. cllurcnills

the island.

Two Gh’town Officers Promoted

The names of two Charlottetown

9'13"“ mg officgr quickly climbed into officertsi are included in a list of "Tllklesél- Pal!" wedgffgfall" §u§l°°°§am°a1" night fall. they 2121's? Iljeriionrélgljclsgiislzixsid ' gnarled Rotme ‘and {are tdrxllvejnxud. Nlglujllalkllgtlfenjce Headquarters.

. _ c cour yar o ' cer a - . ormslo... .w"r.l Ca. uaalz;“ijghg°"'“ 53"" flanélgfgL ing where comfortable quarters nadlan corps nf Signals.’ whose ' had been prepared. MME. “H5- Marl‘ Johnston resides

The Americans insisted upon see-

"FP . M G l ‘BOSE: on‘ m‘ “h cgggglfi lng the Italian generals immedi-

ately. EICVh llalag dinfiistert upon "Dan D s h l M d 5W llll ars a a 0g o a once. lipL mffi, Gggg=*,;,,,,§,_°° 9f’2"o_‘}{ cautiously the Italian dimer

-scoutcd outside the building and

llntertam t s," c them!" reported the coast clear. No “ma”. sggwmber if,“ German soldiers or automobiles

were in sight. Taylor and Gardin-

°'2°"""" er ducked quickly into m. limou.

"Bu", wh?‘ w ‘HTML Book sine They were wearing trench any, Mcqulgan a‘ Boyle’ 9_|3.1o1_ u " igontinued on pgge ‘I Col. l

nt. 153 Prince strcct. Charlottetown has been raised to the rank of act-

The Eighth Divlsfon of the Canad- ian Army which has been englfted’ in defending the western coast of.- Cumd“ h“ m?" Mdered dl-ibind" two countries. lr- Allied control the enemy's land route to his Pllslllirl‘! in ihe lower I\Ialn_v:m Peninsula and the Indies would be PM. And Whu’ is more, his scu route would be broutlll "mil" 9-15)‘ M1115" "n."- Alllfll

ing. Malor-C-eneral I-l N. Gsnongl 53 cf Sf. Step "n. N B.. was fnrv rorce- would bc in position for a war of atfrition or for ".1 full-Soil!

Sept. 19 -— lCPl -

anri wzod contro l.r

throughout Carlson.

The Allies in the Asiatic lnrki holds

The impending Burma

i l l i in Burma. But hgdp l in which he not

By Elton C. I-‘oy, Anociated Pres War ' war are not forgeltin ng virtually undisturbed in their Malaya and Bast

campaign. although in a mined. may have a direct influence in the vast area stretching west from the new Guinea-Solomons front to the Indian ocean.

President Roosevelt say: "we are dc ut that declaration into the some message to full!!!“ there had been "one serious gap in the lines of our globeenclrcllng sea power." the SJJOU-miie interval between Ceylon, In 1 the Indian Ocean. and northwest Australia. That gap. he said, now can

Analyst g the lagancae noI In leg strong-

iheatrc lar r6-

termined lo take the offensive"

l be closed because naval strength once needed in the “Qdlferranean (‘in

lbe diverted. .

I which now to closed does not

_‘ and o could ne difficult and ccstlv.

strvncti. at lh: India border.

.1

flankinc mov~ to the south.

‘ vallclrlr west and north

9X1

whole Paclfl~ war would be ac

i‘ l

(Associated Press Staff “Tile?! LU.\‘.1\JI\. QLga. lo ~ \.'ll‘l_— .Pl.II‘.0 AillllSifl’ vvlxu.u.l_ CiILlfCflLl l.

l By EDIVARD D. BALL t queue:

ITZSIUJK liltf 5039.5 ill

dlzo ‘

uLIIIGLI nolne tonight allu Q-aligtidk

{O DrCpZlIll-mll OI B TEIIO-u. LO Ptir"

AOHIISUCII. Cfllllé \'\.c Ilinl. ii’ PIXIIIE! .\llZIiS'£‘l' “ill cPQZl a Cllk‘ a

p. J-Lllil.

though mu. l ‘ ' le u.lle:" slclc cf u

iC"llg ms drrivn ln uh

. l0 must remain unto-cl lle \\'l.l glxc a general "" .".>unl. l0.‘ “lllcil (h: cars of the \\'Cr‘l(l will b: nt- JLIIBG.

Victory Theme The which

Itnlzan surrender.

.lctor_v theme for his speech. At me same time. ills appczruzlce ill 00m- : mon; aliel" hLs longest war-time op- ‘sence from lnc country will gut nlrn an ODPOILLIHII)’ lo answer cri- llcs wno nave been shdrpsnooting at ‘ Allied strategy in Italy.

In the diplomatic lleld it is ex-i pected to slled more llght on Anglo- Amerlcan-Russiall relations and the‘

jpruficitd three-power conference: lor whlch the groundwork is re- ported to have been laid.

‘ With the battle for Europe just lbfigllllllllfl to luliold on tlle Italian ‘Peninsula. Bflwlls expect litlic .n-. lormauon from inc rrlme Minister. ,on future Allied llll8flll0lls_ agalnst;

the comment from other UIIQCIZOIIS.‘ Look For Details

lce La six vvtcks. \\‘lii pronde the.

l

ing major. while Licut. W5. Mac-l

Nutt. Royal Canadian Artillery. son

of Thomas E. MacNutt. 34 Brighton

road, Charlottetown. has been pro-

Itlllllléd to the rank of acting cap- a n.

Another promotion was that of Lieut. 0.13. Coates. Royal Canadian Ordnance Corns of 47 Milton street Sydney, N.S., w the rank of acting captain

5t. Columba‘ chick Supper, ltnwmm zzndfalalzo ligd fiance.

(Canadian Prela Staff Writer)

By Li‘. SANDERSON - 22 Supper starts at 6 pm. 9 303i.

"u ' i? WASHINGTON. Sept. lD-(CH- a Chicken supper. Bin o and The United States will have the} n“ ill Kelly‘: Cross llal. pea-and the men to fly them--

Wed- la ‘Y- sflltember 22nd. 9-5-41. l}. make a UnitedNationa victory

l ——-—- certain. ‘rflourls Hospital dance Wednel- That. was the conclusion I brought l’ 22nd September. improved back to Wumington after flying 2.- mlé: T‘? orchestras. Refreab- m‘ mueiapglspéctligg ire-arias fac-

ro . es o o n arm

air forces ln the eastern commend.

I saw e latest plane models acme of t em not vet used agalnsi

o enem ing elements of speed rlnfl. fire power an bombs can-yin eapacit that are p enam- enal. A one fled alono. Maxwell . near Montogomery. a

_ ___ “Willis limited number feeder than: “““l..""i’f’" y qua y. vo lllrlietlng Board. n- .

. _.__. ‘lzylemtednvg btuy llive gldigfQlltzfl l nu °"" ‘l’ 3 l saw 10.000 fledgllrl pilots mil-oh cbfkildprke" “m” 6°“ “"5" past in columns o lI-not a mix-

' 54547- ture of gunen. navigators and bornbardlera. iust pilots.

The trip took in the Willow Run bomber plant near Detroit where l0 Iaiberators are built Wright Field. the lar est training centre in the United tales. mid a field near Columbia. BC. where medium bomber crews are trained and where the fliers who bombed ‘Tokyo last year wont through their

"Danceinlhrl lldI-Ill I-Tid . mlflnber 24m. dbonaoridhv Marl hm. Carr and Mrs. QJohn Mc-

wn, +-

p;~"-.l"::l..fzl"ll. firs":

“that? a Son, Bridgetown. on Y; i. Hod.

D-li.

every day. 40

Great Developments

“Robcrt MacKenzie will be

aflclilllmrcékeam on Wednesday's g . -,,chhken"m and “ff; In U. S-Arr Might man River flail Wednesday. "minim;

I heard Mai-Gen. John T. Han‘ icy. commanding the .1 rnv's cast- ern training command. . y that his command alone." embracing only one-third of the country. is tum- lng out about 40.093 pilots a Year and nearly 150.000 nlr gunners in scores of flying schools. scattered east of the Mississippi. not to men- tion natllgawra and bombardiers.

Many New Planes

The main impression I brought back from the tw was one of pro-

digious achievement not only in training flying crews but in - velopiug new types ~lf planes and

equipment that will have a pro- found effect on the course of the war. I cannot discuss the latest de- velo ents except to soy lhcv may revo utionlae air warfare, beng us different frcm some of the planes I saw in the battle of Britain in l9- as an old T Ford differs from a modern. streamlined automobile.

At Wright Flcld. where flying was lzcd by such developments flying. the turbo-super-

revolution as b i

‘ They look forward. however. to .lE3IlliIl§l more details of the armis- lrice with Prenuer lidlrsrhal Bao- ‘, iltilllb and the events xadlllg up to. It was considered iikclv lle would,‘ reply to those who have been asking questions about the lull between me’ lime of the overthrow of Benttol Mussolini and. the invasion of the‘. mainland. why the attack was not] made farther up the Peninsula and. will‘ Hitler could come l0 ‘J10 rescue. of Mussolini before the Allies hag" lnld hands on the former Italialv dictator. i

In the wont of one commentator-l Mr. Churchill answer to at least. some of these questions.

“Nclle could be more effccilvel than to say‘ that Gcncrnls Eisen-l hcwer. Alexander and biontgomerlz. acting in conjunction with their chiefs of staff. were the best. judges of what could be done, jus: as they must be left to decide the venue, scale and form of the next offensive which will be directed at the henrf. of Germany." said the News of the World commentator.

“He (Mr. Churchill) will contend that history contains n0 precedent

Arangemenls meanwhile avere re- y complete for a ki-

‘iof them are Singapore and Borneo. But

Wit‘- Burrna and Indo-China. o

NGSILJELOII war ' . ~

had a ready-made! i‘

iAPl-Seven and at least 4i others injured to- day when

Hampton l-lolnc Guard stocked an Il-acre field of wheat in Bushey Park. purroy, in half an hous-

Sumatra and Java flank that gap in Allied sea strength and north

because they do flank the lull necessarily mean that lhc Lslands

lthrmsclves can be retakerl by amphibious operations carried over 11ml launcln-u from the sea roufc. The enemy presumably is well entrenched ration from the sea against his guns and shore-based aviation

But Burma is athwartfthc Japanese overland route to Mliayg and l the Indies .It is within reach of seaborne invasion forces and India and. from the north. is threatened by land armies growing In

from Ceylon

r an cast-west cross section of fhl‘

, Tn the east. the jaws cf the pincer close steadily. Allied air. sea and mm; landjorrcs progress along the enemy's lonthwest Pacific ll"! . I -

Wltn Burma in Allied hands. China would receive the hllze slMlii

nf war eoorls for which she now starves. t

, ‘Churchil Prepares Rej

The rate of progress in the

1 H651}; port l

fish-United SfatosRllssian oollllcil conference with Foreign Secretary for Brilainn. W for ‘ Forcilzn lozov for R

. ble. . aitfr. Churchill. looking sxcclrlwri- all; fit for the tasks ahead of him, reached all llnd scldsetl England after all Allfllllll‘ crcsrlng and completed the .- London bv special tram. '

Upon enierlm: l0 DC'-\‘lllllQ_<-l'l‘¢l. he found has offzrldl rt‘: eflff‘ gleaming wltn a fresh coat o. Ja-l and brand new curtaxns.

. = and _ f- \’_\ heslav Mo iusla a’. int‘

Mussolini Gives Radio Address

LONDON. Sept. l9 —- lAPl —— A.‘

volce purpcrzlng lo be that of Bcu- y where the history of their nlnmge- no Mussolini. the fallcn founder cf lnenl. crop a.» I-fascism. last night heaped dcnull- lttlllzcrs.

Emmaqchemical iesis may . called for the "elimination oflrelation to crop responses.

elation upon Klng Vic nuel roses. traitors,“ and bade It-ahrms‘

IOI‘

Julie llD arms again bv inc .4110 01 mined b_v this rcconlmisance sur. _ v \"e_v i: will be possible to plan nlorc

Ill B 154111110"! lfldlu 5999"‘ 9°11‘ ‘detailed and intensive soil studies .:\ll ullduclosed place the speaker for the purpose

\J(‘lallnll\‘ and Japan.

represented as the ex-Duce r" and o)" me uerluans. mid u S101’? of that rescue which he said would "become legendary‘ lmd outlined this four-point program for "loyal alians. , l. ’I‘ake up arms again by the sloc of Germany and Japan. Reorgunize at once forces and militia. 4 3. Eliminate traitors. particularly those who went over to the eilcnn l_ 4 lvfllke an end to Pluluclfl C‘ nlelhoos lmd establish sml andl fascist. order.

Most. listeners here who had hcard Mussolini speak before said they belived the voice was actually that of the fallen Italian Premien. whom the Germans have amloun-l ced as the head 0f the Nazi-spqn-l sored "Republican Fascist Pull)?’

lTllO opinion of the U.S. Govern-l mcnr Monitors was that it was‘; Mussolinfs voice. although sumo-l what subdued from his old balconSl davs in Rome. and some thought ltl was from a recording.) _ '

Though the speccn was generally regarded in London as one 0f “a. man whose prestige ls gone I01‘ good." listeners "agreed that the speaker sounded most like the blus- Duce of old when he enun- cla his four-point program.

Seven Killed in Bus, Train Crash

JOHNSTON CITY. 111., Sept. l9- persons were killed

a crowded Greyhound

,for the Island. lo study ire

future land settlement the Brméd utilization.

for an Indian tribe of the hfnvltlmc.

out lovbr n "Fiulnph for Canadian shiolnhldcrs."

German Troops Flee FromItalian Island of Sardinia

ns Win New Vlctorles

‘Purpose of Soil Russia

‘Survey Now Under Way in Province

As previously BIlFiC-Li ced in the press. a recollnslssallce ype of

survey has been starzed llJ Prln 2‘ Edward Island by ziie Domlnzon and Provincial Departments of Ag-i iriculture. TlILS ripe of survev wll provide a broad DINING of pzlitern of the Isl . ' inn- recognize the detailed

that occur on the llidiVldlldl ldrn l B)’ M.

l‘ m“ l‘~?“‘f§“§;,fkf",‘§§ fjfrehjjji Associated Press Staff Writer

avndnfuc-"oVfgugtlgfgnulyfs;l LONDON. Sept. 19-(AP)—Powerful Red §a~..-il€'p§.§uzaals‘a_= armies closed on Smolensk tonight on the road

mce and illlpflflflllfiili|back to Po|and after CfZiCklIlg TWO gHYEWHyS

Two strong points 30 miles east of Smolensk are Captured.

{of the fer _v of the s r. soil _ H " canserlczlan and erosion. nd fer- “flies frgyn that central frgnt Verdun_ Marshal ulizer requirements. to men c“. e . . . .

some of the more important nd Stalin announced ln one of hls most slgnl lcant

more obvioils D"JU.‘E'II\

Ill Illiillillfl

M. m, orders of the day.

jrtggdfmadree M; or l {hugs-é m In the Ukraine the vlctorlolls RLlSSlflHS over-

Ziug. and ‘roadside m: (if? £21113 whelmed Krasnograd. Lubny, Plryatln. and Prll-

“PM i‘ "fmm ‘m ‘“'° °‘ m" uki to smash the last major German bastions short of the capital at Kiev. Stalin said in a second

sings

fee: deep. An examination of such a face tvlll shown llunlber of la

ers. each aver l< studied: Ill

llcss. lcxlure, s "u life and colour Ofdéf‘ Of Th8 day.

are noted and so s are ("In ; gmgmg 1.; v,- ’ '- ' ' " fled into g lllcll tl . mad.» 15111;“, u.»

various chars. cs are slnlilarflsog-w; (kfgugg m“ Such external nlures as iopogra- from the zlnaj» phi"; natural drainage. natural veg. i sgormeu and cap