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Four Girls‘ Complete Iautirmy Ire.iniI!s»

Four iris from Nova Bootis and Prince ward Island have com- Bleted their basic training at the ansdian Women's Army Corps l'rainlng Centre at Kitchener, Ont. lb are: Privates l". M. Douccttc, No h Waterford, N3: M. S. - Donald Heathardale, bur.- a. J. lfscCtililva. , Barren Rd, ydne River. NS. and M. S. Smith, Birch

n. Privates A.M.’I.‘lt S , d . . “ ' iiilfiult- utcd froz". the 38rd clerk's course n Kitchener.

HEAVY EXPLOSION FELT

LONDON. April 15--(OP) — A heavy explosion of unknown o in mock the south coast limdgsh town of Hastings last flight. rgck- he buildings and rattling windows. Was described as the igest ex- experlenced on coast

the war.

Events

"Dance Belfast Hall on Wed- lllillv. April 10th. Lunches served.

"Medina h Tb ht De i mus-om filsrlyn kes. l-QS-tf "Loading hogs at Vernon for

Davis and Fraser ‘Tuesday. April u. u o. Nelson. ' 4-14-21.

"FWMC pigs at Proderiotou to- . CHEM , n"! Junction.“ 1 P “f-ififi

rum-m: flqlflw 30m lildlns hose at York m on mu- “Y momma. Aoru nth, until "Ila time s-rs-

"Lemuel rssweu unloading tsr wheat at ‘funnier River Mon- tund Tuesday. April 1e and n.

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George ltfcFadyen, an employee of inc Lewis Packing Plant and Ted Russell, employed with Bruce Stewart dz Co., as a welder, were rescued oil th South Shore. east o: St. Peter's Island at 1 PM. yesterday afternoon from their dis- abled boat by the motor launch

Elizabeth of the Island Develcp- H01

ruent Co., in charge of Ivan Y. Reddln and piloted by Ivan Lund both of this City. Also aboard the m“ “i.” J;"’"..t’s.“t..i‘"’% manager e p p an s member of the local detachment of the R.C.M.P.

McFadyon and IsUWlS were fish- ing for clams off Rodry Point on Saturday for bhe padring concern and at about 6.30 as they started

for the City, their craft de- veloped engine trouble. Due to the heavy tide running at the time the boat drifted out the harbor about s. distance oi five miles before the occupants finally managed to drop

3.0.11.1’. who in turn-re- layed it to the Island Development co. The rescue boat left here about ll.S0 and on arrival found the occupants in fairly good condition d to suffering from the high 1 wind that had been prevalent all during the ntaht. Ho! 6M!” which had been brought aionfl

however did a lot to alleviate the s,“

cold from which they were suf- fering and last night both were none the worse for their experience- ":.....= "m. i233

Is Dove en .. flréipondaexd to calls for help of this nhturg and their quick action of rdflmmsdouhy, prevented the two marooncd men from suffering 1mm s. great deal more elbow"-

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MOR/GANTOWN, W. VA, April 15 - (AP) - The wreck-mo °1 9- Pennsyivania Central Airlines trans- port with l7 passengers and thrcc members o‘. the crew dead. W"

‘found todmy on a mountainside deep

in the West Virginia hills "hm the liner crashed in stormy wea- ther Saturday.

b ‘The big laurinefnfgins in? Fight:

u to g am. -. “mxalbred in pieces and the bodies o! the victims mangled. Wrecksdge lay strewn througih 1.000 var = 0i underbrush.

Searchers on foot reached the mmpon. this afternoon sfter it y,“ been Qpofled from the air by one of several planes searching since lt was reported overdue last night. The probe left Pittsburgh sigh-d “uhriiooth ties tops end

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droppgg its left wing which lay on the ground pi the reverse D05‘ ition to its course Protruding from the wing was the stump of a tree. its ranches scattered on oil soaked ground nearby. Farther uP u“? h3g5?‘ 15y gang] oi one enSiM an ending .

The plane's right tailpiece pointtid gyward from the wreckairen i‘ which only the bodies c! the r1 ° - oo-piloo and one woman were rec- °‘§'-i""’i.°£ the psssensfll W" "l" vicevfnen. the otherg civilians.

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Freed From Germans

A suouor-t. manna. Avril w- (Reutsm-Amonl’ e mun of "I'd war prisoners who arrived

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ones . almost tir on turnip soul m ma iii» in one Germs-n °

e American forces tum"! out 1'11 occupants of the best Irtrgtel and installed British and p ti‘ mus-heed , ners in their paces-

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B"I'HROESSI A)NADIAN ARMY. April 15-(0? Cable)- Canndian armored cars tonight reached the Netherlands North Sea Coast northwest of Gromingen sf- "! I “Wiring srvsnoe of from 2i! to 35 miles since dawn and sealed off completely the Germans in the land pocket west of Arnhem and Apeldoorn.

While British and other Canad- ian tr ops gained elsewhere along the is Canadian Army's filo-mile front, the broadest arrnv front in Europe, the Canadians raced to the sea at the villages of Zout. kflmp. l3 miles northwest of Grocn. ingen, and Temaard, 2a miles northwest of Groeningen, which the Germans still are defending stubbornly against the 2nd Cana-

Premier Duerleil

Regarding Status Df lion. Mr. Wright

In the Legislature on Saturday Premier Jones was questioned by Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMilIan. lead- er of the Opposition, as to the us of Hon. Horace Wright, Fourth District oi P nce. Dr. MacMiilan recalled thatMnWri ht had announced his resignat on from the GovernmentFon the floor of the House, et he still occupies s. seat on the overnment b The speaker wo id like an explan- ation from the overnmcnt leader.

f‘! have received no formal res- ignation from the Hon; Mr. Wright. I presume he is a member of the Government until I do so," Prem- ier Jones said.

Dr. MacMiilan: “The point is that the hon. member made a ub- lic resignation, to the Legisia ure. That should hnve greater effect and authority than a formal res- ignation. If a man can get up and make any statement on the floor of this Legislature and then act contrary, in a mutter so serious as a. resignation from the Govern- ment. it is an extraordinary thing indeed. That was evidently taken in good faith by the ress of this country. It was a pu iic resigna- tion; nothlng could be more for- mal than that."

Premier Jones did not reply.

(Hon. Mr. Wright was not pres- ent at Saturday's session.)

Hon. Mr. Hughes sought to in- troduce the Appropriation Act but it was pointed out by Mr. McPhee

that he was out of order, as the

resolution to go into committee on Supply was still before the House.

Hon. Mr. Prowsc moved first reading of a bill respeotlnf the rights oi employees to organ ze.

Hon. Mr. Hughes tabled the re- por of the Inspector of Credit Uni na for the twelve months end- lng Sept. 30. 1945.

Electric Power Bill

On motion oi Premier Jones. an Act to provide for improving the ovsilabilty and supply of elect - cal power was given third reading.

Mr. Dennis moved that it be giv- en the “six months hoist."

Mr. Speaker ruled that he was out of order. as the bill had al- ready) been read the third time. Mr. ennia appealed from the rul- in . The Speaker's ruling was sus- ta ned by a standing vote.

An Ac to amend the Coopers- tive Associations Act was also liv- en third reading snd passed.

The debate on the budget was continued by Messrs. Eugene Oui- ien, Third Queen's, M. McGowan. Fourth King's, and Hon. Marin Gallionthlfhirgj Efrgltizhtth: llagtg

0V1’! l l O m . . "The fgouse then sdioumed until 3 p.m. Monday.

Replace Old Gas Ration Stickers

OTTAWA, A rii 15—Munitions Minister Howe sy asked motor- ists to remove their last car's as- ollns rstion- windshiel stic s

as: replace it with the current

14' ber of tick m.

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place to pat the at cksr wss at the oi t windshield,

op rcisrsbiy in the centre beneath e rear-

vidon mirror, the minister sug-

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Voting Date llay llave BsenDhosen Some Time Ago

(Special to The Guardian) OTTAWA, April IS-Prime Min.

of the general election as June ll, for he had rnanoeuvred himself in- to as favourable a sible for the beglnn ng of the race.

r would seem to indicate that he had chosen this date some time and was Just waiting to create biggest possible effect with its an-

Fist of all, assuming that Mr. had to postpone a session of

he defeat of his Defence Minis- er in Grey North. he might cx- pect opposition parties to attempt to make political capital out of tho last da s of a dying Once t e session had

members to create a filibuster, and revcnt the voting of supply until t was too late to secure the pass- age of the bill through both Hous- As it happened, by self re- the op osition,- with the exception oi t e from Quebec, facilitated the b nos of the House. so that it was completed on Friday last.

Another lleavy llaiil Dn Tokyo

G U A M. April l6 — (Monds American Sugerfézrtressss

the second time in 48 hour; todh snese Capital's indus:

of Kawasaki. Pro many as 400 B-Ws part1

mand from this and other Mari- anas bases was sorncthin

raid on Tokyo.‘ except that new filers reported sections

By I. M. ROBERTS. il., (Substituting for Kirlre L. Simpson)

The war oi improvisation which the Allies have been lighting ever slnqe the United States 1st Army established its over the Rhine at Itemsgeu has moi: or less fallen Into s. discernible

. However, continued discussion at Gen. Eisenhower's heath‘ quarters of how V-E day wlll come emphasises the uncertainty regarding Just what will be required for the clean-u .

V-E day will some, w

' ’ bridgehead

P sometime between the Junction oi the Western and Russian Allies and the end of the fighting which that will involve. To the aunties. apparently, it wlll mean merely the con-

., depending on the Germans.

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That immediately raises the question of what Germany has left with which to make trouble.

The expectation of a_Nazl hold-out In the Bavarian Alps has been widely discussed until it is treated almost as an assured fact. yet act- ually there is little except rumor ou which to base it.

It is certain that the llltlerites could concentrate their redouht to make considerable trouble. That they can continue any- thing which looks like a real war is doubtful.

When 1st Army men established the Remagen bridgehead they shocked the Allied planners almost ss much as they did the Germans. But the Allies grabbed up the ball quickly. The Germans couldn't do anything about it. Therein lies s clue. ' o

Slnoe no military expert would have dreamed of trying an assault across the Rhine and into the rugged hills at Rernagen, the " mans weren't there. They tried to get there, weakened their Wesel defences, and weren't strong enough tn put up s real fight anywhere. Perhaps 500,- 000 Germans have gone under since then. not counting probably 200.000 trapped but not yet captured in Holland sud the Ruhr.

Obviously. once robbed of the Rhine barrier. the Germans didn't have enough army left to put up s show in the west. Either these forces had withdrawn to the southern fortress or they would never

“ stuff in

It seems unlikely that any great purl. of tho forces now engaged north of the “waisi-l‘ either on the east or west, will ever get there. Many are trapped north of the Allied penetration line.

Franz Von Papen Is Captured In Ruhr Pocket

PARIS. April l5—-(AP)-Franz von Papen, the gray fox of Nazi dip- lomacy and a notorious international figure since the First Great War. was captured in the Ruhr pocket by the United States 9th Army A- pril l0, Allied Headquarters disclo-

Sed tonight.

The 65-year-old former chancel- lor oi the German republic, vice- chancelior under Hitler and later ambassador to Austria and Tur-

ey, was seized at a small lodge near

tockhausen. 25 miles southeast of Hamm. Taken with him were his som CapLFrierlrioh-Franz. and his son-in-lrrw, Baron Max von Stock-

hausen.

The capture was made by Lieut.

Thomas McKinley of Lexington. Ky. and seven soldiers.

So far as can be learned von Papen still is awaiting processing and interrogation in Europe as a

bons fide prisoner -of war. Supreme Headquarters would nei-

ther confirm nor deny reports that

the German diplomat had been

flown to the United States. Nor

could it be ascertained whether von Papsn was listed officially as a war

criminal.

But the former chancellor of the German republic is being held un- der provision 71-10 oi the army field manual. which says that any person having hold a high diplo- matic position or in any way cnpa- blc of usefulness to the enemy gov- ernment, can be taken as a prisoner

war. Von Papen. famed for lighting on his feet in many a clasp-cram-

situation. including the Nazi bland

purge of 1M3 inwhich hewas mprk- ed for destruction. exclaimed upon his ca ture:

“f w h this war were over."

"So do 11,000,000 other guys." re- plied Sgt. Hugh Frederick of Ad- amsvillcfAlan as he led away the man who has been named in count- less unconfirmed rumors as s would- be peace negotiator.

Von Papcrrs son said almost every‘ one in Germany belived the war was

ed wh the Germans con-

lost. Ask y tinued to fight, he replied: "Ma - "Y be the

Nazis believe that if thq lost conditions would be so bad ltxhgey’ might as well keep on fight-

BIRMINGHIAM. England —(CP)

- The prisoner was told to choose‘ coumei from a row of barristers sittlnc before him. when the re- corder got to “Mr. Churchill" the ' stopped him. "Tint name enough for rne," he said,

ere flsmirig from

is ‘good an A]. Churchill took over his defence. The prisoner was given

suspended sintgnce.

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Sudden Death Df Mr. J. Pope Dlarke Saturday

The distressing news was received here Saturday evening of the sud. den death of Mr. J. Pope Clarke in New York City, wiicre he had gone‘ recently on a short business trip. Sufferin an acute heart attack in his hote room alter completing his afternoon's work, he failed m re- SPOM to emergent medical and| hospital treatment, and died at 6.45 RM. Saturday.

The hi4; Mr. Clarke was in his 48th. year.

In his passing Charlottetown has lost one of its most energetic and capable business men, and On-e oi its kindest and most public-spirited citizens, interested and helpful a5 s. Logionaire, member of St. James Church. and keen admirer of the Salvation Army.

He had enlisted at the 88c of seventeen 1n the 8th Siege Battery under Colonel Peaks, and served overseas until i918, being there wounded and gassed. Recalled to serve as ho was able in the present war, he was commissioned in the Reserve Army, and organized the Arniiy Service Como for Colonel

Fll .

After the Great War he was em- ployed for a time with Prowss Brothers, Ltd, until he entered tihe wholesale fruit business. in which he continued since, first in part- nership with his brothcr RB. Clarke. later with the late J S. McDonald. the“ as manager .01’. the Wiilett Fruit Company here, and last his own establishment, a well- known and well-managed business.

He was successfully encased also in fox ranching. was one of the earlier developers of platinum typci. and operated one of the outstand- lng smaller ranches of the _Prov- ince. l-lis main recreational inter- est was in horses and harmss-rac- ing. and in attending all race meets locally, whether or not his horses were entered \

He is survived by his widow and by his brother. Vir- Fmlk B Clarke, Charlottetown.

Funeral arrangements had not been cornipleted last night-

LONDON, April i5 -—- (AP) — German brordcasts said tonight that Russian forces had ripped new breaches in Berlin's outer defences in a steadily-mounting battle of tanks. artillery and infantry and were storming the approaches to Wriezen. only 24 miles northeast of the German Capital.

Berlin said that the full fury of .3. four-army Russian storm. brew- ing against Berlin along a l70-mi.2 front. had not yet burst but vras EnthOri-ng force and was likely to strike nt any hour.

AUTHORESS DIES i ALMONBCRY, England, Aprlll 15 - (c?) ~ Miss Phyllis Ker-j way, 3B, authoress and nut-urc writ-i er __f_or_ QQdreIi. dipgijggipy. ,__ W _ -—- .-

President Roosevelt

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maptured Royan after savage fight-

' Another grass fire spread at Dip-

Allies

By AUSTIN BEALMEAR

PARiS, Aprl l5-(AP)-Veieran German troops from the Russian front were thrown today info the battle of the Elbe River" 53 miles southwest of Berlin, where the U.S. 9th Army smashed four miles east of the stream despite the

loss of one of its bridgeheuds

farther north.

(The German - controlled Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau claimed American reconnaissance patrols reached Bcrlin’s western suburbs but were forced to turn back after

meeting stiff resistance. The

same agency said American

vanguards had reached the suburbs of Dresden, Saxony

Capital.)

Southern Germany dangled from the rest of the Reich by a slender ihreadwAll north-south highways through Germany were cut, and the enemy fled south over Czechos. lovakizfs winding roads and railways for a stand lo the death in the mountain fastnesses of Bavaria and Austria.

Already the outer basiions of this mountain retreai were falling before the southward charge of the U.S. 3rd and 7th Armies. The 3rd Army was attempting to snap the

thread by driving the last Czechoslovakia. -

A German broadcast said an American link-up with the Rus- sians "is on the point of being realized" but field dispatches fail- ed to confirm enemy reports thus the 3rd Army was storming the city of Chemnitz, 33 miles west of the Germans’ big east front base of Dresden.

One United States armored div- ision still was reported battling a few miles west of Chcmnitz, a1- though another armored division crossed the Mulcle River.

On the nnrthem end oi the front. the 1st Canadian Army sealed off all Germans in western

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French Open Drive To Dlear Bordeaux

(By The Associated Press) PARIS, April iii-French forces

inrz today in a drive to clear" the Germans from the Bordeaux pocket on the Atlantic coast.