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Gen. the Hon. A. G. L. McNaughton, C.B.. C.M.U., D.S.O., former

iommatidct‘ of the First Canadian

National Defence Headquarters u he assumed his new duties as Min- A few hours earlier he 11nd been sivom 1mg

ister oi National Defence. the Cabinet as successor to Col. th Army Photo).

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OTTAWA. Nov. 3-(CP)— Can- adians mav re-cstablinh business contacts and exchange information with bilsincss institutions in the liberated nrcas of Eunice. but may not. do any actual trading. State gcreiaryl McLarty announced to-

y. The 1w cement was similar to one made last week with re- spect to liberated areas of Italy.

WASHINGTON. NOV. 3 -— (CP) -—T‘lle United States lifted it; ban on free exchange of business and personal information with France today. as a preliminary step toward re-cpening trod, with that country‘.

Five-cent postal service ilvili be started icmorroiv. said the post.- cfilce department. ‘The United States, in ctr-ordination wit-h 'he British Empire. officially removed liberated areas of Franco, from the mtecory of “enemy territory."

Coming Events

11-43121.

FOR. SALE -— ONE JACKET Heater. Phone bG-l-L. 11-4-21.

"Rummaiie Sale Y. M. C. A. to-day. 5.30 PM. 11-4-11. “Rummage Sale‘Trinlty Social llflll. Saturday o p.m. l1-3-2l

"Show — Bradalbnnc

"Come to the Dance at Emy- vale School Monday. November 5th. 11-4-21.

"Supper. Raffle and Dance. §Iilcon Hall. wedntsuuy. nUV" mar mo. 11-4-21.

"Supper. Bazaar. at. David's United Church. c-corgeiown‘ “an. Wednesday. November 8th

"unit-o Church Chicken Eup- fi and Bazaar. Thursday. Novem- Bth. in '1TV0ll Hail. i.l-4~T~2l.

rJgAliflliill Bazaui. Hal-lo Bay. u Blluy and Wednesday. November

ll and 8th. Don't miss it. IO-H-H.

“tpalll-Yy Sale. Holmans store. No "adammflovember 4th at‘ _ _ club n Sewing and

"wlll-gglclzevliiz: omunz omioo Phlv until ltultxliacremzoiiclgn

"A i-lns Oov W ‘ I - figfian Suppl; NOVXBIIIeII-Jlélf’ 03!. ' P on 35c and 25c. Star-tins: at

- M- 11-4-14.

"Chicken Supper and Dance. fifw slellr-velliitondov. Nov. om. mm". at 6. Mlllvielvv-‘t-Dé‘;

"A quantit of pressed ha il :81"?! ‘fmme lately. Flying hlvgh. " el mice. Knud Jor en-

"fl- Fredericton Phone 2 m mm"! River. 11.1-31’

u! ‘n m p; KY0"!!! lee Manda at “fifrlaéwll. Tuesga 2 p. ym

4 .m. N n - " i‘; kmYpl Oroclfwffiniladlflh 5 p’

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n Capital

11-4-21. .

2.30. la

Army. ls plttured at his desk a;

e Hon. J. L. Ralslon. - (Cfiiladlfln

[s time.

By w. w. uancun LONDON. lvov. '.-. — lAP) —- Rzlsslan troops svrept within sigh of Budapests spircs today with

nliilcs. as Berlin admitted ":1 cri- ltical situation" amid Axis defences {on the approaches to the Hungar- ilan capital.

i A Bucharest radio broadcast re- ‘corded by Reuters ncws agency ‘slid "n revolution is in full swing" inside Budapest, but there 'was no confirmation of is rc- port. and the Budapest radio at

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, NEVEMBER 4, 1944

Public Wings _

Parade Attracts Much Interest

The first public Winn Pflffldt" i11 the I-‘rovmce was held yesterday afternoon in the Afmkc. liquors.- with Wind CommoliderQJ. hlmiden in c-harae. About ' hundred manners 01 No. z

ixatlon school were drawn up fac- inz the Market BUlldl-IIR and the C A.tB.)i.C. Band turnlshed military music during the ceremony. which drew a large crowd oi civilian SL6;- tgwrs and was followed with krcaf

est. Wl-na Command»: D.G. Price in- cute Conunamie: R-C-N-V-R . who ‘Dm- ned the wings on the graduates Most of the izraduates conic 11cm Eukland slid Canada. with mote irom mlflllilld Drcduinlnilung, but. there were IIVB from Belaium. thrct from Australia. one lrom Luxem- bllfil. one from Holland. one Iron) 11615-00. Wlp from Scotland. two from New Aealond. and one from the Uiiltiid States. ‘Ihere were none from Prince Edward lslaild.

uric. was the recipient. ui inc uziae for the highest lnflliks in the class

After the_ presentation oi 1hr. Wl11l§S._l-t.-t.lnui'. ivlcisauc Urluil,‘ addressed the irroduates. I-Ic toll the class he had 200d masons to; KllQWlIIQ the viorin _ OI inc An r0108. on‘ many occasion; pppyi; 01 the R.A.1~. and the it.U.A.l‘. ilitil bccrli of areal. us5l5lalllCL'_ to him whie out 011 the Atlantic. There- had always been 5 ailon bctwreu the i tvv and the Air ‘Force and lic kiiciv this some spirit existed between tile Almv and tile Air ‘orce. Had 1t not bccn iOl Illa hcrol? ‘Xblolts of the Air Fol‘- Bc 0\';r(.:c1'mu11‘.' much oi inuxvur}; 0. the armv would have been m1- DCSSIDIB. Zlne Cununziudcl- stud tcannrork was fll\\'£\\'o essential ir Hui" 0f the services 1111.1 ‘he l1ao- Colllllhts confidence lll lilL‘ 1:1“ i-‘Rlllll-‘lll 4 Cillaa exert-loin; 1i1;1| same lBil-RIWOIK which had ‘charac- tcrlzed the operational illqnis oi Mose other classes v5.1.1 hau izonc belore.

lyL-Cmdr. aiclsazlc took the salon: “Jolie illv $0ld1_'-1”s l/Iblltliifilil. On lllfl lilcittorni with him were “L1H!

gfilglilféllfil-iellél Price and Atl- Postmnster At Sackville Dies

SACKVILLE. m; Nov.3 _

(CPI — John lrilinll Andersen. postmaster here for the lilgl, 24 years. died at his home latt- last night. A veteran of the First Great

a late hour still was functioning.

A Red Star front dispatch said panicky civilians were fleeting Budapest toward the Austrian border. 90 miles to thc west, and. Stockholm reports said some pery sonnel in Prime lvlinlster Ferenc‘ Szalisfs puppet government also had abandoned the imperllled city.

Buddpests factory belt now lies within range. and the thunder c1’ the big Russian guns could be heard in the city.

Both sides threw infantry re- inforcements and powerful tank and warplane formations into the

Danube and Tisza Rivers,

under the impact of superior Red Army forces.

§Loans Secretary

iTo Successor

l. OTTAWA. Nov. 3 -— (CP) —Col. 'J.L. Raiszon, l‘L1,lI‘l!lE.’.' Durance M111- l er. was busy in l‘. tent-‘pornrv 0f- .l1:e in defence headquarters today wieuniuu ill.) corrcsuonrlliiice in on ‘effort to leave for Montreal this Iweckend.

r He has loaned one‘ of his two ca- pable arcretarios. Miss Omwaters. jtu Gcn. McNaughton .hls successor‘. iuutil the 119w minlstm orxtinlus ‘his personal staff. Col. Rnlsioirs o- titer sccrctarv. Miss L.1Vl. Brecn. twill accompany him to Montreal and M15 Waters will .ollow later.

W. C. '1‘. U. MEMBERSHIP

EVANSTON, 111., Nov. 3 — (AP) — The National Women's Cl1rls- tian Tem erance Union has a membersh p of approximately 400.- 000, bays treasurer Margaret C. Munns. Bhe said the W. c. T. U. gained 12,060 members in the

at. year.

F

Passes 800

OTTAWA. Nov. 8 — (CP) —- National Headquarters estimated tonight that today's purchases of Seventh Victory Loan Bonds would boost the cumulative total to the $800,000,000 mark.

When sellng started today. the cumulative foal stood at $745.-

14l.l50. of which 388835686850 h been urchased by in ividuals. Thur my‘: sales amounted to 004043400

The three-week camimlmi. which has a minimum objective of ii.- 300.000.000. concludes its second was): tomorrow

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l i b t» th bame on he p“ n5 c em bu: lwreckage of‘ their aircraft tonight.

both Berlin and Budapest reportsl wfPckflge 0f the Plum‘. l! Will!- aoknowledged steady Axis retreats;

_ edoooooopoo.

mam

War. he was a. runner overseas for ol. J.L. Ralsto .

Find Bodies 0f long-Dead Airmen

HALIFAX. Nov. 3 — (P) —'I‘\vo hunters cruising the woods across the lmrbor from here lmve found the skeletons of four long-dead R. C A. F. airmen and the

‘engine machine, was strewn

over 50 yards. Percy and Cecil Rumley. brothers of nearby Dartmouth, who found the evidence of thc crash, estimated from the growth of moss and other condit- ons that it had taken place about two years ago.

The R. C. A F‘ here had no statement on the discovery tonight. It was understod the air force was removing the bodies and remnants of the machine from the WOOGB-

visual-Lease (in ‘Reduced Scale

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -(AP) - United States lend-lease to the British Empire would be continued in i945, but on a reduced sale. under tentative pro sols now un- lder consideration, Itowaa learned

today’. I (Canada takes no lend-lease from the United States.)

The tentative Dlans. officials said. call for a Icut of about 50 per cent. which would mean American aid of between $5,000.000.000 and

Dominion Loan Total

Millions

organizations. the Brotherhood of Railroad ‘Prainmcn. today invest- ed $500,000. bringing total pur- chases of Victory Bonds by the Brotherhood to 63.375.000-

Lea ng units, as reported to headquarters tonight, included:

. E. L: summersidc. 82; Char- lottetown. '14.

Nova Bcotia: New Waterford, 150.7; Dartmouth. 107.9; Halifax. 00.7; New Glasgow. 90.

New Brunswick: Fredericton. 50.8; Moncton. 45.0; saint John. 4-1.4.

uebec: Three Rivers. 90.92 PH‘ eh» "

of Canada's biggest laboi-‘ceg; sherbrooke. 75; Q“

S541. . Holzab; of SaultSte. lylziric. Uiii-‘

of the

Fsilt accumulations to permit

Allied supply bale. It la quite , '“ traffic to Antwerp through

way mil and road Schelde. now in Allied hands. is Allied communications.

Days or hours should serve

[Further American prozrcss In the 1 day surprise improvement of position- uppcr slreirhcs of the Rocr River. horn enemy re to adverse iveaiher.

. ‘flint i s massed guns ‘iufnniryt for . engaged. It. tends _l(iermi1n defences between fortified

Anny Goes

‘china mu u. s. ‘In Agreement

i

i Minister. dxlarcd today that China. and the United States has reached. "complato npieement" on closer‘ military, political and economic co-cpemtlon and denied reports that the U.S. had eizerled pressutc on China to sétile hel‘ Cfinlmllulst; prcblciu.

In the first detailed statement. from a Chin-ea: Government of-’ ficial since tile recall of Gen. Stil- well as Cccnmander-in-Chief of: American forces in the China -! Burma - India theatre. Mr. Soong said the iceall \“:s “entirely H‘ (ILKSUOII of personality" — that.‘ Gen. Stllwell and President Chiang‘ Kai-Shel: simply did not like eachl other and could not work toizetheix‘

“The recall of Gen. Stilwell was entirely a question of personaizty and has nwhlnr: to do with an. difference of policy fret-ween China

Cil-IUNGKJNG, Nov. a - (APP TV " n3. Chinese Foreign

l lrmd the Ilultcd States." the For-l

cign Mlnislrv" said in a, writiel; statement. which he later supple- mented in a talk with foreign correspondents '

Prime Minister Kingbi Poppy Day Message

OTTA\VA. Nov. 3 — (C I" - Prime Minister MacKenzie King said today in his annual Poppy Day message that "this year. with Can- ndlan forces adding new victories in Flanders Fields to their brilliant, successes it1 France and Italy, the! poppy ls more than ever a symbol‘ that appeals to all Canada "

- The 1101mm" recalled the deeds of

Canada's fighting men in the First; Great War and lt brought “to our memories our obligation to all who

ha" fought and suffered.”

Japan Fifth-Role lNaval Power Now

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Nov. 8 —-. (AP) — Japan has been reduced to. a. fifth-rate naval power by the recent battled of! Formosa and the‘. Philippines. Vice Admiral Marc A.‘ Mitschcr. commander of a portici-i pating task force. reported today.

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By KIRK!) L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst) Nu! hoolcuh echo the hello! of many observer! that the but of German ability to prevent an Allied break-through on the critical northern flank of the Siegfried Line in clone at hand. l These observers read Into final collapse of the Schelde blockade of ; Antwerp approaches and a renewed forward surge of the United lat Army on the why 1o Cologne indications that the northern scitinent Z west front is about to flame into action. There is yet no cuhflrmation from any Allied lources that such a maior offensive has been opened. Preu imports from London and from‘ Allied headquarters express doubt that It can materialize until .-\nt-. vverp‘s vast port facilities have been brought into actual use. _ iof enemy laid obstructions In the Scheltle channels and drcdziu: of ‘ passage of deep draft. cargo craft will he inecessary to make the great Inland leaport fully effective as n 1min

, that " in the estuary could be quickly organized on ‘mnd 51;...

lgen Forest attack was merely probing to icst enemy .\ four-milc-dcciv dent in the German front

of unlnllicuied width has stabbed to higher ground overlooking the‘

hi cturn__to_the mainland. W}

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i War Situation LastmNlight

Pressuregaoniinues Along Lognugg Front

Sixties 1

Removal

a sufficient scale for General Eisenhower's urgent needs. The cause- routs from Flushing port at the mouth of also an important iicm in improved

ihn

to reveal vvhcihcr the Allies are ready "_ for major action in the Netherlands approaches to the Neder Rhine

Duran area. duplicating the first

nilvimi-a of two miles. lessens the possibility that the llurt-

siremzlh or loviil

It was tlrlvcn homo against siph-

slstance and without benefit of close air support due

to back the drive as well as considerable i I

to illustrate. also. the thinness oi‘ stone built towns and cities

of the Nazi front.

To New Post

LONDON. ‘Nov. Ii — KCPY Gen. Sir -I)ii\‘ci' W. H. lgcsc, wmmandci‘ Cl the Bllliloll 151:1 ;'.l'l1l\' lll ltulv sliiclyfltrcoaibcr. 1941.‘. xvi»; appointed tonight comnizuicci‘ the IIEWIy-Offlldiiiwd iltn Arm‘. group. which will optratcuti SOULH- cast Asia under the direction oi Ad-

where he is recuperating from wounds received in France. "What worries me is that while

we are trying to get TClllICl'(":lll'-‘lli$

. ill/Bl‘. l-he mell are short-handed and ‘ _ _ _ many are dying every hour of ;]1Q_s1gi::1tloi1 1:1 l-ioii. J L RfilSZOll as 301752

day because of lack of reinforce-

ments.

“The point is not an argument on McNauiihton or Ralston. but. it il the question of enforcing total conscription and in that way {ct- ting trained reinforcements over to help our n1e11."

On his return from overseas in September. Major Smythe charged

that some reinforcement troops were going into nctlon without training in throwing hand intu- ades or in using Bren or Plat guns. He urged that call-up troops zvho

had received extensive training be/

sent overseas as reinforcements. His charges gave rise to a contro- versy which is believed to have led to the resignation of Col. J. L. Ral- SfQpiLEIgI§E_MinlSf€t.

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brldvl. aunvao n“! Mu‘ l U101? wounded are

li be ocmitv minlster in

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Iiull. l4- llbucrlption Delivered. 85.00.

N WALCHEREN IS. NEARING END

LONDON, _l\'o\'. 3 — (CP) -- The plight of the German garrison on Walchcren Island was giovying‘ more desperate tonight as British troops of the 1st Canadian Army who liberated Viissmgen (Flushing) neared a junction with other forces which seized

The Uclvnuiis said ill; lllldflc c1 Arnein ' \i'L‘:l o. lllfl~

' L111 BCLJUSYS

"Ollie hczidu

‘ lo l‘ It had lsln

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last Gumnns were rou- F‘ suvc for a

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.. uu u oners. o Sdicldc IBUIZIIV to tlr. iilfiilh. routed the last‘ U‘ll B llllllll savo for a;

s litlliltleiilit; ll] the.

tviilltl cx-iiltttl llu llle poi‘; cl. . Acenil .

- Spurltti bv the promise of a vast-

fiow oi‘ bLLJDllL‘: through Canaulaul liberated Antwerp, the US. lst ar-l mv driv: IULllli; out of th: forests‘ southeast oi Aachen smashed twol 1 lllll ' Germany and en~; clnr broad claimed that a, lgroiicl Ainci oifcnslve soon’ 'IlllL].ill cxtllcde aloha u restless 3U- .‘ mil- front. .1 n l Brl '- 1 CtlSlLlll Htliiflllii. illiuzilrlltly‘ to pos- ition‘ "hir; Wulllfl bu lass imposed. ‘" - 1111a \\.is <

iii; uindiiu Ilollztiit 1v

lllIJlliYV tnruss fir: lylzirkl .1 s»; llillf-S south '..-; of 111e- 11111.15 1 L. v. sic llicti to clear

federal cabinet met. in regular scs—' 151011 this aitcrnoon with every in-. lilClilDiI ll. was. d1. 11g supyq; .uthcr thtzn inc burning ' liltiorciulicnis which lezl lo lllc ro-

Dcfcllce NliiiLster.

Pnrllzlincllt Hill sources said that no further resignations from the cabinet vvcrc CXPQSIOU, at Icast im- miediatcly. It was probable Lien.‘ ‘lVlflNillllllllllll. the new dcfcnce min- ‘istcr Wdllld not be in n pQSlBIOIl to ‘present his moposnlsfci‘ lilC future ‘for at lczist several days. . In the meantime. the babinct jhns much other business w '1 re- lquires ntlcniltin 11111.1 i though Gen. McNaughton ivns prcscnt at the mot-ting this nitcunoon it did; 11ot follow tlmt military" mater: alone . were under discussion. '

VICKSBURG. Miss. Nov. 8 (AP) - A 55-])l\S5Cl’lgOl‘ Grey-l hound bus was stolen from the‘ bus termhml hero last night. and s_tl_ll_ vlms missing today.

New Deputy

OVITAWA. Nov. 3 -— fCPi —Mii_i

. G13. Ch hnlin. director‘ irci l su-rvivcs for the Cull? and Dr. (i. orizc F. Dav-q dirtctor of ihc Canadian‘

idsoti. wcliaic council. have been m: mint-K ed deputy ministers in the depart- tonal

Vi.

nlcut of _i1.1:

m lirnilili 11nd wt ‘ rc. r

biackcnzi"

~ of: Odkvlll 1t._ will servo .15 rt ('1.- puiv ministrr of the (icbarlmcnt inl relation to health wit! Dr. David», son. 33. formerly of Vancouvr will relation to

t reduce lhe

.z1e King frequt-ntlv stated n. Canadian troops were moved lo a ‘ fluhtluu fronliliat they wcre

3 the sirciiigpoinls of lloxerg, nine miles norl hwcsi, and Wcstkapclle and cleared the ‘west court for a disizmcc of nine miles.

" r r "'—*' "~'—r;_ s

fltarts Many Rumors -

Br R- I O'I'1‘A\\ . ' of lniormat

CARNEGIE ~ :1 -- 1gp. the move

w-Lack rnment

..'\. n froth l.l u» it. . . v Iii IIIIIIVZKGIZIGIIQ. u‘. u.- up, conipillglon has btllll- iorts Ill iilc Ldlilid. ‘ c . liicNuughlcn. new da-

U11!

G ‘IEIICQ Allnlstci" has liiilde public ills

plans :1_ll_ such speculation 15 \_'."lth- out official foilndation. Oiic ol the wars. l1o\yc\'er. to nlcet the slum‘.-

ion 11' time lS hkelv i0 be u shun-i

1111c of rclnforcriilcins would be to numocr oi divisions Canada has in the field.

There are‘ two divisions in Italy and three in France and persons who have 5llldltd the mutter are expressing the view that the divi- sions in Italy will bu

Canadians flier. and leave a fifth division available for reinforcements. _

Doubllxss 1n;- t d-oellon o! movilzu Canadians out ot‘ Italy has been

discussed by the cabinet on sovemL otcasions. Prime Niimster Itfackrih.

b. lore

able to no anywhere the hlzh command decided. Alf moie- meiit out of Italy would be with the

l- To Study the needs oi youth in the diocese; v To pltln for the post-ivar per- io: ;

3 To train leaders for special

4. To arouse the dioCcse to the lulllortance of work among youtll.

Members of the new commission include Rev D F‘ Henderson of Port Hill. P E I.. and Rev N. Wench of Sydney. Mines. N

Minister

WESTVILLE. N. S.. Nov. 3 —

P» — Rev. Hcrlacit Ii > ' . New London. P.E.I.. inducted 1nto_the pastorate ui Si. Andrews Prcsufvtprimi Church this evening at an unprcaslve servic-r conducted bv Plctou Presbytery and with a larile conarcization in attendancc. Rev. G.M. Lamont Pictou. moder- ator of the Presbytery presided. _

Ministers

Named At Qttawa

uiolfnre.

The sfililllflill‘! the dcoarimont as a separate utut was: aufnoiusctl dur- ins; the lost session of parliament when the foimlr pensions and

health dopartmcnt was divided andl

into gt department of health m welfare nncl s1 department of vclcraus affairs.