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fiflhkwTTETbwN. CANADA. rnmav. FEBRUARY 12, 194a

ARE CLOSING IN 0v KHARK

gap?“ Qormant Tunisian Front Sctwln Action

Nine Months.

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LONDON. Feb. ll-(CP U closed to a cheering House _o| “to ntake the enemy bleed In shlanru conference and all ecutlon during the next nine pout

m a buoyant speech

tint (he victorious nmd of LL-Geu. DW - ltllon in North Africa, and 1: the war against U-boats.

This was Mr. Churchill's report to the crowded House on his Casa- blanca conference with President Roosevelt and his side-visit: f0 ‘Bu-key. Cairo. ‘Irlrou and Algiers. tnd the Prime, Minister's good humor soon communicator; itself to the House which had awaited the pooch with a certain euseneu.

Its the member: troepeq out for lunch one of them llid ‘it was e

l... 11c was : each of u leader of lnnuon on a offensive and with

I19 initiative, and though it dealt dtiery with immediate an: to ruse the past vestiges of Nazi 1nd Fascist power, it foreshadowed. be, offensive: to out J! and to

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Churchill Speaks To Cheering House

Tells In General Terms Of Plans For Next

i DOUGLAI AMARON ldlll Press Stuff Writer oil-ii“ was” o. ml v st mt Allied plan: b " i: d been (dictum led wus M“ delivered pfld since before the dog: of consults.‘ 3:" w o i u“ m“ u thlhturgqiof Libya we"

1W1 hover tblt "we are holding our on gm] muf‘

w» c “t: on the‘; iii-la ex-

d eomenillirilbr lbnmtiitm. u m». n- ot». of

m“. A: he look d vista of the ewarlwilrlrdig: 016% difficulty in adhering to what he 15111164 “the strictest standards of anti-complacency opinions." the Prllne Minister made these dis- closures:— 1. "We have now can I

of action which otimlrrisgseiilpnlfirri tlonment of forces n: well as eh- direction end this plan .wa no titling to carry out according in our "Olifly dllflhs the next nine months. before the and of which we (Church. Ill and President Roosevelt) will m

Ilcwsman Tells 0f Eight Milc Advance

Second Stage of Drive

Said Underway.

' By E. MuoDIANlEL

(Associated Pres: Staff Writer)

LONDON. rec. 11—-(AP)—Bri- tish and French troops were report- ed wlilflht by a. field correepondent in the Mstour area to have set the lone-dormant northern rout tn Tunisia into action with ‘a con- tinuing attack that has vunced tilcm about eight miles.

The report came from a Reutcr: Corrosponder. tn the Matour sec- tor-sbout 1i of Biz- ertc-wno C troops includ-rlwrltlsh end Pren Cflmmllldfls at ked the Italian- held line in the northern ares at dawn yesterday,

The smash carried eight miles deep over an area of about 100 square miles. he field. adding:

"By ovenlnfl t e men reached

their primary ob ectivos."

"According m nfonnafdon so for available the operation has gone well. But full results will not be known until the second swee now in rogress has been oomple ."

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i Recruiting Drive For .Women’s Army

Corps

Launched Last Night

Stirring Addresses Bolivar-ed At Largely At.

tend§d M35112 n1 Prince 0f Wales Collegemflalylx, a

Unfavouroble weather did not ,_ _. 141186 and enthusiastic fohenns of young women and m. wrest/ed mothers and friends who assfmbled in the Prince of Wales

'1 ese Hallllast night to bear ex. PIMP?“ m9 unprecedented oppor- {glllctgthsaégr Digs/ale open w women wfrisauler w. _ luster, n so. tho Wflsto be the chief speaker cl c evening, um] Brlggdigr w‘ Hi0. were regrettabl alasznt, gr: i! t0 the delayed 5;- Fgrry szihyméi PB". ‘“°"“ w" mummy Retailers l“ flcxfciil.‘ .'

No. 6. Seated on the tform with Ltd W1. DA. Mac non D.ll.O.,

Coming Events

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"Talkies - sourls Monday. 2-10-31.

liibngtlrdifeegfrlliiaastbnl-(liallch m’ ' w es servo . “Weds war work 3.13.3;

"Reserve Thursda F b m‘ i0!‘ Concert in Bliptlst "i". by the a. A. F, 2-12 t.

"BOOM ___. “m” "trlggniidtliis tioirrligrelbrlii maffflihrst- (Signed) w. 1. Bow- . unter River . 3,5.“ “Card Party and dance in at gusts on». m... ,, .~ b- u. If not itm Mona; 15" gill-Bi.

Postponed; Gem-n. Wfdwday; Mont: e. cardlkbn, Friday; glee Movies. National ma. 2-8- .

hiéllmtllmcl Marketing Board a tufrarru r-rs: ‘£31

ill of Charlottctownaufollows: B01111! 5t. ‘fmnvtgw. rk 1i ' r Md comm‘ market ‘platens. "Medics hon west of Chu- ilgfgwn week of m. rs. usual Hamil"! I: follows: Monday, “Much, gel-eon. Well wn. “m” . "Giotto. truesdaa,

3"“. River. u uiban

ire. o, Kin- mr-tdlblnv. Livestock mango;

"hm"! eon 1:01p out Isu- ‘mt ftlztlfll: Pfflblgmva .1- :3» w":

t ‘ymlI-nge tngdontellvdyotilry M k ‘Lia-h’.

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"H ~—@—_- ' 970d _ MBIEM torrid?‘ of acity wll I0 into effect

If w: do not d0 l0 week,

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Chairman of the Civilian Recruit- 111g committee, who dad. were His Worship. Mayor .11. Holman: Mayor W.J. Lidsmne of S

side; M11101‘ J R. Pflton, MO. D 0. Cfs representative: Male G. Saunders, D Recruiting Oi

lio Relations Officer; Capt Eileen Richards. O.W.A.C. ' 2nd. Lieut. Barbara Crosby, C.W.A. C. Recruit Officer; Lt-Col RC. Chandler crultin Prince Edward fslan ; Major AB. Robertson, 0.0. of N0. 62 C.A. (8.) T.C.; and Major DP. Tierney, of the 0.T.C.

mtefasgersod with the speeches was a del tful musical program under the direction of Pie. Walter Mao- Nutt A.T.O.M., and u sing-song directed by Sgt. Frank McIntyre.

Island C.WaA.0.': Present

Distributing programs were four Island C.W.A. .': stationed at Hal-

, e1 Cobb, L. CD1. C.A. V . . Duncan, . Joan Bemard, P]: I. Recruiting Officer and Pte. Messervey of New- foundiand.

A detachment from the .Ca.n- adian Red croa: Corps under their commandant, Mrs. 11.1.. Palmer at- tended the meeting in a body.

Pays Tribute To The Younl People 0f Province

Col. MacKlnon, In opening the meeting paid tribute to the young men of this Province who have measured up so nobly in every branch of the service. Many men he stated, are in pultions who could be relieved for combatant duty If there were younge women to take their places. He Ileved that no- where were the 0110K ladies more active and Intoll ent than in this province, a: has been shown by their distinctive records iviuflnfver- sities throughout Canada. point- ed out the magnificent oppor- tunitias for service now open w young women.

vv Needed u“ ‘lawn, law». e

4mm .Dist lot sa- eridlljrfiilloer r 5% to ‘tile fine .'°°°“".& it? as;

' o.“6.w_..c.. enlisted in

.are now d the district and 1500 more are ro-

qulmd during the oomlnl 8H1‘ Cl"- ada he: urgezt need or 16.610 young wo on. . of w om are

ulnd or so oe I land- %s month Hi1 ide R31 W11 b6 opunud in Halifax where the who women will be accommodated tv- one tredmre n?“ openmu” “£10: “more declared. "Letsfit be-

d g ls. who are beh d thB &!;I lileiua the guns" was e speakers‘: closing remark.

QI-LC. 00000:: this Appeal flflbtolomay do mot! i?! a; e Al’ u‘ '1'“ d’: ‘in Ilileeil

M-my ch- ills, sari on r. cwvto. g5

I6 years and en education equiva- lent In Grade I i: desirable. Ion oomoenv Office must cont:

ere wa: no word of the attack immediately from any other sources MWIW/hl t. far to the south on the vital Tunisian battlefront, British 8th arm was repor

em border from poundmg the retreating forces o! M shal Erwin Rommel with artillery fire east of n Gardene.

The othe arms on the North African front were deployed along a. BOO-mile 'I‘(u1isis.n s ine 50 to 6 mile: inland from 51o Tunisian east. coast hemming in the Ger- man and ltalian forces. incessant rains kept the sticlder black soil of

centre and north so soapy that y patrols were active.

.m.-Gen. Kenneth Anderson's ‘ztlsh 1st army. veterans of Dun- jerque. and American troops took over large sections in the centre from the buffeted IPrenoh troops of Gen. Alphonse Juln, whose ob- solete weapons had been no match for the enemy,

The French moved to the rear for rte-equipment and reorganizat- ion and Gen. Jutn declared in an order of the day that they would reappear "at tbs front in the near future with mo ern annuments.‘

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Says Vimy Memorial ls

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Untouched

LONDON. Feb. 11 —(OP Cable) —An authoritative declaration mat Canada’: war memorial at Vimy,- Franoe, remains ‘ uohed by was and is respected by the German: was made today by Mai-Gen. Sir Fabian Ware, Vice-Chairman 0f the Imperial WsrGx-aves Commie- sion.

"Despite persistent rumors that the Vimy memorial has been bat- tered, all reports I have received say it is still Intact." he sold in answer to a question during a press conference on the can of graves in this war. "Al1 information says cemeteries and memorials of this tyPe l" wholly respected by the enemy and I assure there is really far less da- magg to these places generally than 1a popularly supposed."

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18 Killed In Plane Crash In Newfoundland

MONTREAL, Feb. l1-(OP)— “it°‘i"f“l."i»é"““ l-‘vrfiwogam“‘°'la°i e we Liberztor Bomber were ktl d in e m“- usuaa was: ac‘- ‘t was a r: .

Here is the official siistement: "The Royal Air Ioroe Item! 00m- mund regrets to ounce that u Liberator Alrcraf , employg gait-me

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North Atlantic fe sorvi gbinarlewfoundlen onthe "rive member: e! the crew and

1B ssenler: t tholr live: etemleport and a

" more com etetcment will uod when o

next-of-kin have been notified.’

Island Cfflcer Graduate: Today

VIGIOBIA. Peb. ll —(OP) -- Oatlets who will receive their see-

Ounedlen (Active) Anny in grad. uution ceremonies at Gordon Heed (lffloe ' Training Centre tomorrow

throushthonn undfltdeeen c: u at!

commences-reboot»

ed eluding farm

be pieced 120 gallons a prove their need for any suaeelal allowance.

ances for light and heavy passeng- er cars will be eiim

quired to bear windshield stickers indicating their category.

Rowe's announcement of any anti- cipated change in the present gas- oline coupon value of three gallons.

lowed to use their coupons as they wish, but will not. be allowed any additional gasoline when they are exhausted. he said. The coupons expire March :1.

marcin] vehicies is too complicated to be outlined in a statement to the House but will be outlined In news- paper dhortly, Mr. Howe said

all types of commercial will be reasonably adequate for the legitimate vehicle 1s

licenc lcle will be entitled to an ration book under the plan which

M‘. wll the present allowance for 120 gall- ons, which. on the basis of 1s mile: to a gelou will allow 2.100 mile: of driving.

end-lieutenant’: commissions In the *

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alone but everywhere. O

lend, :.Ir and ees command in the

the first real in; up In Africa. and the near and of Tunisia and ‘nvude the ll

Japan, too. succumbed. Yet most of :11 It was

he voiced to aid Russia and ear: of his listeners, Ills new unusual oven for u man whose

meaning :11 It: own. O O

Seasoned British veterans, men

Izod continent e1 Europe. ally reaffirmed Britain’: pledge not to belt her oil-out war effort, until

- Prime Minister Churchill's wur review ln , llument was strikingly notable for it: tone. It breathed p, cflln: confidence in ultimate victory, of victory in Europe. oerhun: sooner thou t: generally expected.

This time the British war loldt bed something more to promise than blood, sweet. and teen. Be could uet uud did uot promise victory ll: 1948. Yet be left n: doubt- thut In hi: own mind and that of Pre- sident Roosevelt and m the yaagment of the Anglo-American staff- Whloh assembled sf. Casablanca, Janued events of the next nine month: will lee the Axis in Bu"?! tottering

toward Ito full, not 51 Russia.

Th: mood of that Church! address caught ulumet :: much ut- tention u: hi: lpooifio revelations. ‘told of u merged Anglo

-Amerioau tern Mediterranean sector. He

gave u brighter pronto: report on the U-boat menace, Bo afforded of the we. ‘

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Allied ' odds p11- Middle East to sweep the Axis out fle dramatis-

hi: buoyant confidence that. the end I: In sight, even If’ dimly and distantly a: yet, and the solemn commitment aid her now, declaration o! faith in Allied victory we: resolution ha: never wavered. 1t ha: :

that .must. have caught the

o o high ruuk and proves: drill. are

O of

Sir Herold "'

[Iuupgd under the euprune cnnzuund of Gone!!! Eisenhower. Gen. * , who r = In * I: such. ‘ we: ’ at the ‘ when by

Eisenhower’: The battle of the

the top but with sellfllled

every sign the Axis face: u crisis In Tunisia.

Muetn Line, I Rommel doe: mull: u dam! there, I: “ready joined. The unified Allied commend. with uv: American at British veterans in direct commend of the

land, air and sea forces, is already functioning.

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By Jack Williams Canadian Pres: Staff Writer

OPITAWA, Pub. 11 —(CP)—MunI- tions Minister Howe today outlined Canada's gasoline rationing program for the year starting Alpril l re- stricting non-essential drivers to 12o gallons a, year and imposing stiff new restrictions on commerc- ial vehicles.

The gasoline supply situation makes it necessary to cut the a11- owance of "many thousands of automobiles and to tighten restrict- ions on commercial vehicles." Mr. Howe said.

New Provisions New provisions of the 1943-44 ration plan include:-

l. Gasoline will be strictly ration- to all commercial ‘ ‘ in- trucks.

2. All non-commercial driver-g will in an “AA" category- year-and required in 3. The differential between allow-

inated. 4. All cars and trucks will be re-

There was no indication in Mr. Holders of “AA" bookswilibe a1-

preeont

The fort-n of rationing for corn-

to appear

the allowance for vehicle:

advertisement: “I believe that urposes for which the tended." he added. 2.100 Miles

livery holder of an automobile for a non-commercial veh;

Howe outlined. These books contain co coupons good under

"rho ‘special’ allowance win be

120 Gallons Of Gas For Ordinary Motorists

Statement Of Rationing Plan For 1943 Made _In House QfyCvmmcps.

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Canuck Tankment Inspected By King George Yesterday

By William Stewart Canadian Pres: Staff Writer

SOBMWHEBE IN ENGLAND. Blob. 10 —-((X> Cable) —Canadian tankmen, fit and equipped for action, roiled their Churchill veh- icies in s. mighty procession past the King today during a six-hour royal inspection of troops of the overseas army.

The King drove through miles of

tank gunners, engineers, signallers and men of the army service, ord- nance and medical corps and fin- alw saw the tankmen who includ- ed veterans of Dleppe.

l-fe iunched at a corps head- quarters on army rations while a composite pipe band of the Sea- forth, Toronto Scottish and Hamil- ton Light Infantry played such tune: as the "Green Hills of Tyrol." His visit to an army tank brigade drawn up in e half-mile horse- shoe formation wa the most Im- pressive moment of he tour, though the men he had seen previously were as smart as any troops In Britain.

British Guns Landed 0n Coast 0f Burma

NIJW DELHI. Feb. 11- (C? CABLE-Reuters News Agency re- ported wnlght that British field suns had been landed on the Arak- an coast of Burma with the aid of the Royal Indian Na and that they were lnoessanty undlng Japanese positions cover n? the polrt of Akylb on the Bay o Ben-

ga.

The guns. Reuters said. were taken ashore from warships by small river craft operating tmdor com- mand of army officers amid a net- work of creeks and rivers which cut up the countryside.

Alon: this front fighting is el- ecting heev casual es on both

sides, cousl ering the limited scale of the action on

d the small size of involved. the account

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Ice Conditions Slow Ferry

Seven Hours Required

From Tormentine Last Night.

The 1cm; Prince Edward Island ran into heavy ice conditions on the crossing from the mainland >1ast night and it was not until “seven hours after leaving the pier at Tbrmentlne that the boat dock- ed at Borden.

The train was expected to reach Charlottetown before I o'clock this morning.

Most of the difficulty last night was experienced close to the shore of this Province.

The boat docked at 12.0’! am. It was expected s. freight trip would be made before the train reached Borden this morning.

From railway officials it was

learned that the freight; tie-up at both Borden and Tormentine eon- tinues. Last night Lb‘. ‘B. Graham RD!- ers, supervisor of’ the Travel Bur- eau said he was informed the rail- wtav planned to dleconiinue the pullman service to this Province early next week.

The car will be taken off to make room for more freight ears aboard the boat during the pre- sent emergency and will be put on the run again as soon as conditions return to normal.

Elected Archbishop 0f Rupert's Land

WIINNIIPBG, Fob. 11 -(CP)— Bishop L. Ralph Sherman,

M, of Calgary, was elected the sixth archbishop of the ecclesiastical

province of Rupert's Land today succeeding Most Rev. M. T. Harding of Winnipeg, who retired recently.

The new archblirop was one of eight nominated and led on the three election ballots, getting 12 of 2x1 votes on the first ballot, 14 on the second and 15 on the third. The province is the largest of the Church of England in Canada.

Other nominees were: Rt. Rev. G. F. Kingston, Boshop of Aigoma; ‘Bishop W. . &rfott, of Edmonton; Bishop Henry D. Martin of Saska- toon; Bishop ‘Ifhomas o! Brandon, Man; Bishop A. L. Fleming of the Arctic, and Bishop A. H. Sovereign o1 Athabasca.

House Meets 0n March 8

‘The Provincial Legislative s‘. sembly of Prince Edward Island opens on March 8. it was officially announced yesterday.

when the House meets next mflnth it will be the fourth session 01' the 44th General Assembly.

The present standing of the Ag. sembly 1s 25 Liberals, four Con- servatives and one vacant seat 1n the Second District of Prince caug- ed when Mr. G. H. Barbour resign- ed last. fall t0 become pflces and Supply Representative of the Wu- time Prices and Trade Board,

TWO members or the House are now on active service, Flying Offl. cer John Mustard, 3rd Kim's, with the R.C.A.F. and Capt. B. W, Rob- inson, 5th Prince with the Canad- ian 1'98"?" WRI‘ Services overseas.

In addlihxt to this Major A_ w, Motheson. 2nd Queens. is with the 204th Reserve Field Battery herg and (ism. n. F. MoPhee, 3rd Kings

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German Position At Roster; as coming More Critical By The .111

Dy EDDY GILMORE Associated Press Staff Writer

MOSCOW, Feb. ll—(AP')—'l‘he Red Array in thodical isolation of the big German bastion o.‘ 5-’ has cut the Ukraine capital’: main railway to the: =3: l‘ . . and the Doneil Basin by ea luring Lomvuyu, a jlfslqflml 75 miles to the south, a Ipoe a1 Soviet eommttniqnc 1.1;. nounced tonight.

Other Russian units were oloeing in on Khzlrkrv it’ ii’ along a Bflmile sickle-shaped. front, some of lhom r to the southeast at Chuguyev and other: C6 miles. to. fir.) northeast.

The rail junction’: allure also gave the Rllfwisinr-l zm additional base for the approaching battle for ivlmlwtot3 and for u swoop on westward to the Dneiper River, (ti; mile: sway. The Dnolpor generally is eonsldercrl the Cer- man’: beet defence line should Kharkov fall.