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llope imparts ltrength and con- firms the resolution.

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Hepburn Returns. lo liberal Party

TORONTO. Dec. 0 — (C?) — Mitchell F. Hepburn, former leu- der of the Ontario Liberal par- ty and an independent Liberal member. of the gilluture for m, past year, returned to the part-y fold today, nocep “non; Invitation to pray h the legislature. lhrry Nixon rQalns Ohtlrlo Liberal leader.

Says LL-Gen. Stuart lie-Mastering Amy

UITAWA. D00. 6 — (GP) -Rod-

Adamson

lit. Stuart. former chief o! stuff overseas, had under- taken a policy of iu-musteriniz the army. apparently without consult- 111g Ottawa. because he knew of the antipathy of the Iovemment to conscri tlon.

Spea ing in continued debate on the government's confidence mot- ion. Mr. Adamson said the munt had reason to know n good t o! the prospective shortage of in antry reinforcements.

0o Aug. 8. Gen. Crcrar. army commander had sent a telegram on the situation to Canadian military headouarlcis in London. ,

When Col. J L Italsion. former Defimce Minister. telegraphed Mr. King fronl overseas in October that he had curtailed his trip to the bat- tlefronts and desired to see th Prim Mi

the mirssaize Rovernment

lo be b10118 would be bad and demand i ‘addu- le action.

ll. B. Airman Klllflilolll (trash llear 0h’town

Flying Officer J. A. Stewart of Fredericton, N. 8., was killed ear- ly yesterday in the crash of a twin-engine aircraft near here. Three members of the crew were inlureii. two seriously and one llightiy, while a fifth escaped witll I shaking up.

Wing Cmdr. D. G. Price, Officer Commanding No. 2 Air Navigation School where the men were sta- tioned said the aircraft, an Anson. was returning from a routine night exercise. It crushed in a field less than a mile from the airport. itriklng the top of o. tree before it crashed in a field.

Flying Officer Stewart was the glllgt. l-lis body will be sent to

derlcton for burial. His next- ol kin is his father, Staff Sgt. A. Stewart of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Next-of-kin of the men injured hive been notified and their names will be released shortly.

Iroquois Indian lin Be Made Saint

VATICAN CITY Dec. 6 — (AP)—— citiicrino Tekaklwitha. Iroquois I - lien who died in i680 at the aim of

.soon may be made a saint by "i °°"“"“““""..s was n.

arv s ow sane - léation of ‘mkakwitha were made u the of bany and ‘mmal. where she lived. The

till . mm move was loads for

T111! Congregation also is con- alflillil bea if cation of nine Can- Tlns and six Americans. h he Canadians under conslrltrat- ll were all connected with the "fly llIStOFV 0i’ Quebec

Coming Events

"Next shipment dressed hogs all!‘ be December 15th. Book Mc- "Blln d: Boyle l2-5-lni

"Bililllll live and d ul- ‘m P. crease po _ lino Cold stimulant??? milole-ll-‘l-Ilff.

“lllmisr River aiareii la u" ctory has iii? "m "" filial: "l- 0 D n Rnimm 1 oil ' - "e s" "h" Saturday. WE; 21st mo- Hall. 12-1-11.

Cherry ' ie-r-ii.

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Doc-sinner Dist "We Blame rill nununure llif-mmoli..°ii'.ri.*iiiz fff;

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Bracken Places llnus For Zombie issue 0n King

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1944

YANKS ACROSS SAAR AT

War Situation Last Night l

By KlRKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

A l20-mlle wide breach in German defences that guard the Sun

armies.

a. major German disaster.

“west wail.” defence concepts.

through the l.-

mans to meet a worn-down foe.

its mountains and forests had

Basin is fast taking shape under hammer blows of converging Allied

, The fate of Saarbrucken. Saar bank metropolis midway between the Rhine nndllllosclle, secmsalrendy scaled to verify the conclusion that Allied seizure of the Suurlautern Rivcr crossing Intact could prove

'l‘h:lt river guarded line along the Saar from the Saar-Mousello confluence southwest of Trier to the Snrreguemlnes corner south of Saarbrucken is presumably only the outpost fringe of the Siegfried llowever. it had a. vital role to play in German western

That was to absorb the first shock of any attack from the west

‘ gateway to the Saur Basin. Powerful nu may be the "west wall" defence-in-dept“ installations that atlll lie ahead of the United States 8rd and ‘lth armies. they were designed by the Ger-

The function of the Saar segment of that defence system was to take such heavy casualty toll of any attacker in forcing the river lt- seILthat he would relich the main Siegfried Line positions ciihuulted and lacking the punch and power to crack them.

Southeast of Saareguemines to the Rhine the frontier lone with

a like mission. lt lacks n

continuous water hiinllril like the Saar, however, and the Rohrbach

and Wlssembourg Gaps nn both sides of tho lower Vosges mountains

Air Council g. is Chosen

council of 21 countries which will supervise the world co-operalive effort in the field of air transport was chosen todav wlili the elect- ion of Canada, the United States, United Kingdom. the Netherlands" Brazil. France Mexico. Cuba. Nor- Way. Iraq, Peru. China. Australia, Czechoslovakia. Egypt. Turkey, El- Salvntor, Chile, Colombia and Bel- gium. with a. place reserved Russia.

Student Pilot Runs Amok In Plane, is Killed

CHICAGO. Dec. 6- (AP) —Tl'ie

for,

Mall, $4.00: other Provinces I U.S.A. 85.00. Bblcrlptlon Delivered, $5.00.

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British, Canucic Fronts Ali Quiet:

lfAltlS, Dcc. 6 - United States forces drove info Germany's rich Saarland fPOlIIISIX llridgeilefllis HCYOSS the Saar River tonight and were fighting for the re- maining one-third of the French coal ciiy of Saarguemines, nine miles southeast of Snarbl-ucken. i Four new crossings 0f the Szull" were made north of Saarlaufern

Slates 3rd Army formations.

The British-Canadian front by lst Canadian Army of the Mails

Surregucminex, largest

by United

ill HOHand remained quiet apart from the repulse forces of four German patrols which crossed to the south side River west of ’S Hertogenbosch.

PTCHChi M

clly in the Saar region, with a pop-l

_ . O O ulatiou of 14.000 ncrillillly. is sl , uatccl nine miles southeast of Saar-l e bruckcn. German ll'O0].\s blow up.

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all five bridges across ilie Saarl before retreating to the east banlal Other Allied troops reached The

SlX POINTS

VANCOUVER" Dec. 6 —lCP) —

Saul" ilortli and south of the city.

Behind 5c

into which ' ’ columns are driving from the south render it more vulnerable than the Saar front.

Saarbrucken itsclf is being blotted out by heavy gunfire, and blazing with lihell and bomb set fires but its factories that atlll stand are smoking with German war work. The trio of prime com- munication hubs behind it, Zweibrucken, llombei-g and Neunklroi-eu. lire being systematically turneil to rubble heaps by Allied bombers. All three are probable main Siegfried Line strong points as well no communication bottlenecks for the Snarbrueken co ne

‘EXPECT?

HON. JOHN BRACKEN

OTTAWA, VDec. 6——<CP)--J0hn Bracken. National Progressive Con- servative leader, said tonight a zeneral election in tile near future llli8ht prove unavoidable and in Blly event it should not be post- poned beyond the life of Parlia- merit.

Mr. Bracken, speaking over is Canadian Broadcasting Corporat- ion network under the plan which

rnvides free time for political 7 ‘ rondcasts, reviewed the stand ' '4 n token by the Government and J

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other parties on overseas reinforce- ments and called for action plac- ing all 68,000 home defence forces on active service.

He predicted the Government's confidence motion now before par-

“Euw ATHENS, Dec. 6—(AP) —Po_lice Chief Evert of Athens ssiid tonight that according to “more or less reliable information‘ forces oi’ the

Ainnen illil in

different groups who wished m a- void u general election. -

“We have offered to co-operrlte with any Government led by any man who would loco lilese issues squarely." he said. “We have not sought a general election at this time. but I think we have come '0 a pass ill this counli-v where it

“Measures

Probed With Forks

OTTAWA, Dec. 6 - (OP) Shot down over the Siegfried Linc during :1 flight over Germany. Sgt. J Edgar MiCllIllld of (147

The police chief's report followed a. day of clashes between British and Greek regular armiv troops and armed members of tho left-wing E.L.A.S. Before he made his an- nouncement of preparations to moot an assmult. Greek llbvernment

may become unavoidable: ccrtzllu- vicgql-la st) Edmulidsloil, N. B., authorities had said they believed 1y it mil-iii lllll be lY-‘Slllflllfid "l?" spent five months evading cap- the ilear-clvll Will’ vihich has y0lld llle 111B 0f b1l1S 11311100191“ lure and came closest to being rocked the city since Sunday would

be ended by tomorrow.

ilo Thought 0f Extending

.CIlll‘ZllL wlicll lie llid in a hnystack while a melnbrr of the Gestapo llllbkicj it with a llitlllliilfk“ _

Micllaud, recently repatriated to Canada, said the advancing Am- erican armies eventually caught up with him and his English flight engineers.

"Everywhere we had to elude ihe Gestapo." said Michalld-

I “He has played one 59¢. i n; u. lll ilic illlcidlc of a for-t lllGll against the other land S19 ills. r , l biinirbllm- sgfleilerloixlilsle. .= payed it to a point w icrc 1c laslwllcn a_ u e wou l_ 1c brought this! country lo LlIBdVQFYI our llcilii, ailil then we were on the . verge of mlt 01ml d silster i111 lrl- run illlfllrl. u . . . ternatlollal dlisilonor. In the blast: "OYlCChMLlIiiB égiérinfinafltléflgfillliéglg; Pnme Munster Klng , i] VE WE fill] ‘l 0 R l

dtiiilgyigbslllgiregflliylilvyl n‘; has let?- n pile of any. I was rlsht on the‘ Makes Statement On tempted m bolster hlmsclr 1r; pQw-lcorrlvlli floor. stomach (lOWlTLt Sei/I-cl Election In er by ignoring the majority.‘ ieral of our pulsuells coimeki i; gmh

The only method that now could 1'1 ll llll-l “"1- “1 ‘Wm °°" Colnmgns,

party wont on rccord fnvollllg iii‘.- uut support for the forces.

"Mr. King would not be Prime Minister today but for llis poli- tical manipulation of lllc racial problem in this country." lie cori- tirlucd.

liamen would 'rry “b i b- E.L.A.5. and communists may at-i stiintllli mojoritcyg’ anciy siiidbult: ;tempt an “all-out assault" on the would have the support or those in, ' city during the night.

“We . m

- l be adopted with any reasonable fork and climbed up on top 01 i116 degree of satisfaction to those in the armed forces was general rip- plicatlon of the liability for over- seas service.

lleds 35 Miles From Austria

LONDON, Dec. 6—(AP)—Thc Red Army, turning the corllcr u- round the southern end of Lake

Balaton 42 2111105 from Austria, and the nearest approach to BildnPlil along the Danube at 86 miles. The communique did not con- firm a German row" "mt llh 05' fellsive had been launched tiBllillfll Budapest from thrcc sldcs.

ll. S.Anny' Paper Makes Big Profit

is "better thln 1.000.000". Col. En-

._ iii f l llle weight of the firs“ 10.30%. Zip me and hear the prongs of the pltchfork crack a- gainst the floor.

"1 expected any nlinule to be m? in.“ m loci lilo fork go through “m g9 ronllv iflildfi a thorough Job izi’ pinning wllli ' 111119 I guess the gods were with me. Hc never touched me. The funny mini! is that the fork never touched my pal either."

Eden lllfoilds

larzltion of n “llnilcls-ofl” policy in Italy. ivrr. Eden stood by the Bril- ish government's veto of the 11W- posQd appointment of Carlo sfol-za ns Itnlinil forciizll minister.

Edward R. stettlni-us. in. United Slates secretary of stale. had un- noungcd yesterday ill Washington that the United States did not 0P- p959 Count Storm and felt the Italians should be alldwéd t0 107m their own government wiiiiout out- aide interference.

Mr. Eden's stand-clearly of sig- nificance in tile r hi8 01 pggl-WB)‘ mrope-brough-l- divided

m“ “withdraw Zrncefully" and ad-

mem wag n for broader declarat-

, . - - . ‘ , . B it- ___ 86211111116111 ipnoiphgoilllsglizaflstion by! fltfgng%%l¥i{pes,neffnllgzd (gates Wm Thomas Labor m“ r y

Army newspaper ‘which dsells for mi, moi, “a blunder has been

wo cents a copy us ma o a pro- d ," "*-

m, of zs.ooo,ooo'in the European “H, n, Mr. Stettlnlus im lied OITAWA. Dec. 6 — (Cd?) — war theatre where its circulation “m, m; "no-interference" s te- Tran-sport Millilitl‘ M10114!" w‘

OTTAWA, Dec. 6--(CP)—Prime Mlnistor Mackenzie King said to- day in the Commons tiliit he has no thought of extending lile lifc oi‘ liis Government. elected in 101.0. beyond its constitutional tcrmi which ands in April.

The decisive bottles of the war would be n. factor to be considered in setting the date 0f a general election. v Asked for a statement by G01“, doll Graydon, Pro ressive Consul-i vaiive house lea er. the Prime Minister said he always had been against lne extension ol the lives

"for quite it length of time" Wilh- out announcing the date of an election.

Mr. King repeated a previous statement that it was ills desire that if possible the Government should conlillllc in office ns loll! as the wnr continued to avoid B wartime clectlon.','I‘hls. of courie- would imply that the Government

r ‘(Continuation ninth. 100i.“ 5i’-

lce Breaker Lady

nounced today he has placed the

A student pilot l'lLl’i amok ill a twin- Qllziiie bomber here today and for 4 1-2 hours endangered the lives, of civilians and serviceznen as h dived and performed seemingly imlM-‘lssible manocvrcs before finally plunging to his death.

An attempt was mode l9 drive Elm down to an airclrome by usin

structed not to fire on him, Ho, fluid no attention to their efforts and continued his wild acrobatlm. Time after time he put hi; big craft into dives.

The plane missed persons, bump inns and parked aircraft by incisor,

Finally. mm a height of about 1-050 199i 11F Wellt into a roll and dived straight into the ground al Tisbury Islrmri. six miles south cf

Vlrincollver. The pilot was li“)xl instantly. PFPXE-of-kin have lbcen notified

zmd th n fr}, - 1i a released Siilgigl; e mm“ v n b‘

are being taken R A F . meet the situation." he said. 1 ' I I

jiicavies Out last Night

l-Olltvqiv. Dec. s - (OP) - A nl-illlty force of 1,300 . . F. lbocnbcrs smashed tonight at a svll- lhetic oil plant lind two freight

(is in Germany. continuing the i

I

yar

iAliléd all" offensive against enpmy

lfilillllimlliélfilltwlls and oil supplies. 1c

gliter planes but pilots were 111%;

As this threat lo 5.'.lill‘i)l‘l.i()k€ll.

beds-lg

(iCVCiOiICZI swiftly from the soulllq ' i-i“ east. the 90th. Infantry Divislonl ALLIED S U P R E M E I-lEA mad iOUY

. 13-’ 1 1 W e new assault boots QUARTTRS. Paris. Dec. B-(APW i“: crQ§5i11g5 of me smu- bgflvcgn snap-i ——Gcn. Eisenhower's great wiliteri

lfiulgfn and Meryl?" norm of me offensive isbrhind the schedule of two original bridgelleizds now beiligf Pdlyance wmch had been h°lled for oi-ivcn dccpcr liito [he concrete‘, 1t m Hickey sector us it nears ‘dlcfcilccs of 1219 Siegfried Line on} 911d 01 ‘L16 east bai .

Pam-QB of me 10m armored dywi sure of accomplishing its strategic‘ iisicnl i115? liu-uiist across the Saar 5mm“ 111151 and ¢1¢"' R o n "I - M lii i "D50 - siglridlilyoincreezilseg o? tiioecgrrcigufiii This may sound contradictory A ma" bag m1?" l" "it llellrlly til: ricll industrial region whosel bu‘ “ere i5 ‘he 9317131111910": Ben“ River Canadian Nammal

From Mail Bag

NT" Dee. 0 — (OP)

SYDNEY, N.S., Dec. 6—(CP)~. Official word that four North Syrn ,ney men. all on tile same ship‘, ihilvfi been reported missing as the and; result of cilcnly action while sari’- . mg in the Merchant Navy has been ‘FECGIVBG by lllEil‘ families hers _ The four are: Bernard MacDou-

. - , , Th 1, w}, h f U Jiailways Station last Vllillhi’. was iallloixt is second only lo that of the! advaflcg ‘fleas firgegéde giggling 11g, wémdtlnlgcge buslbels 155m‘, tthefrig- y, ., -_ _ ~ - v, one oc weso e loisii. llfiflliimni? ifiill-“lfoéfofli-llli 3h“°“ii““o.‘°°.ill' s . in on a c troops" who crossed the Sear at 6°10?“ Piam- when 1W9 Unit“ bee tak f th b b ' lMcrzig 11nd been wiped out, but gigieaogrmgivstilg l"? bgtgflfllltlllag,malxi wns°3nt§§§noo§1r§§'oo§§is°§'§§ conceded lliat iicrc flgiltillf wa i‘ 61' a" 9"‘- B" ~11‘ ‘cash were removed through a l"- iill ilroilress cast 5f Snnrlz§utcrn€|°fEt1gé1vXgy iltJhiile gimme. 'inch gash The lock was intact. a uvllere pillbox g,ll‘ljl5()1]5 war re-l '9 99 ._ every‘ Teaiflll‘ _“—'"__——— ~sisliil5z strong Allied attack; 'I‘ilc, Egesgggsgitlle1Alli..ddbl%1“31?11 ‘broadcast communique illade no 8mm, or Llyerhéil‘; fllons mg w “El M h t mention of fighting inside Saar-bank of m: Alasflfln firm“, “figs lantern. indicating lhnt Unltedkept Dace with me highest hams States troops who burst into that of its plunnefg , s ' ' allow-Sunday- hilcl completed its For appraisal of this great and: . . . .1 m“: ‘ ~ ill‘ cl-man pa 1'0 lirus ' l‘ e l" mm a i come lom’ across the Maas river ill southern m“ 591119 919-11111"? 1411719 .415 1115 V19‘ |l-Iollai1d in a sector of the frontimw m Nillmll-lldy- 1L5 primary pur- wmch has been Static for a month’; pose is not ll yard-byfl-yal-d or ‘mile. ‘were mrow“ bark M, 15L Cannmani {oil-lune seizure oi Ccilnilil soil but . , , _ - _ , le littei, complete and iillnl des- Aiim troops, kald n Lpnrt from . ,, . , , I21 l, Army Group ileiidquiirters. The‘ ff,,.‘,'},°,g",§.‘,,‘,}‘e§.“ arm" .§2ii:i:..:l".i:1iiins:s5. ‘foils; do". v ‘is "c- ~~ - 1- »!' ' lrs a -~i ‘has boon rc-jlorlcd in this area, Gerniali ‘ill‘l‘llo\'——I.O o?.>oc‘.“’§,‘,‘,"1,;;-§§Y > where the front liflc follows tho eivc tilleut so terrific that the yls-l§an' 26: Ggmge Wham“ 247 W11‘ M‘ river 11nd fill? Hollandsiile sue could our be avoided-to comq §§,‘.“2f2’“"{.l;e "f‘,’;sf'§gre-ia°°b M“:- g g1 N i) SM‘ >_.P 1; mlt the Wcllmliicht to- th l t' ' ‘ W"? V5‘ {cl-Cos 00f 15m gapfadfifn $1,131} ounce Ul AJLUUL: ill a oattlce frgzsn: “M15 u! four ycars in tile Royal .il'lfliCd lilo lfi=t Gcrlllall rcsisiilnCO 3'3,‘\%lufézifivgunlnntt‘d' H‘ “Quid “Oil cnnndmn Nmy and had Jmnedihc

-_ . . i ' ham marine a il".\' months A.F. targets were 11 L lac-i $911111 Cf lllls unlrr lin t ‘Vloerdijc . , q . . l mew " 1310a m m, m. mmlsnw. annguncb. Cam. m November’ e a ‘ Violin‘ 1030.1 thrown linto thefflflhll ago. merit shortly before midnight. l --»-___Q .1 i, ‘.10, Mm“: ma“. m5 ecvysql l Dllrillil the dav B00 United States i mi lies; o‘ “me 11111?‘ l“? riasulti] l d1 g1!‘ gcagceqheavv bombers escorl- L h s-t a f,‘,’.§.§,,_,,°§o,,g,}°‘;‘fflffcs $211.01.? 18?‘? RE l . ,, . . .1 . igumYsynthczighgffsfuzfizifgknéllilug: 3 .0!’ I illhrkliri silow-crolviled vosgcs. the; i when and the runway Yards [hm -ci.1c iiu, 0i tile Saar line which lcl, I

iecd into the Ruhr at Bieleiield. L. was the 17th daylight attack on M-ersobilril by American bombers. R. A F‘ fighter command Spin‘ fires continued their program oi dive-bombing V-2 rocket slles in

' Holland.

Parliament“

l l (By The Canadian Press) i

Prime Minister Mackenzie King! said nothing wus further lrclll his mind than extension of the iilr. o. piirlialirent bcvond its coilstitutioll- ill term

Justice Minister St. Laurent Silid he supported the cabinet deCiSltill under which 16.000 druitres may b.

reach n voli. oil the uo\'ci'i11nc11t's coliiidcnce motion.

Baptists Meet At Saint John

SAINT JOHN. N.‘B., Dec. 6—(Cl'i Baptist representatives from across Cannda arrived here today to at- tend n meeting tomorrow and Fri- day. whell a Baptist Federation of Canada will be organized.

The delegates represent the Un- ited Baptist Convention or the Maritime Provinces, the Baptist Convention of Quebec and Ontario and ihe Baptist Union of western Canada.

The Conference is a result of a

At Glance .-

illle oro Army illll) ine rich Saar, rcLlion. second only to the liulu‘ as“ ‘(Jifgilliilly-S irlllus ' l ceillrc- ‘

Farms To Grow Worse “Jmls

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bOOllLT or latex-and the ‘zorcc ofi __. , lile ‘assault Slllifiiiziéwtlle ciccisioli; llllii5 come suon- i: Marshal Von l ' d_QTT,i_\l/A_ Dem 6 __ ‘GP, _ Imli-‘tltilnliirilsgcclt chops}: DLl\']'6(‘l'l NO MPlN (AN 130K lcxllivils are t" *1 ‘-_i , . 110 ‘i 5118 up ll 01' u uu- _ _ i-‘urleiiou cilcir gimncsiltthdiilixiiiillol-s “mg 0111-5" V“? 111111510" H4198 l0 ‘H: “IE0 1N A \~'l‘~=l we sllvrtuizc o: labor ill 11445. ‘m’ cam“ 11111011. kie cannot co slllRT 1 and "ii we do not it will o3 be_ bolil, --_-s' cause the Will‘ is over," Aui-lcullnil-Q r7;