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n“ ierday and the was QT... the-drive mov- ing. only by sleet-efforts ean like Province reach its obtect- YO- Pereons who have already bought bonds were asked to in- ereue their subscriptions while those who have not yet put their dollars on the road to victory were urged to do no st lI-IQ» Lou! officials anld the la- land'| objective can be reached. no doubt ei that. All it requires h the concerted effort of every eltieui. An average oi iult over $101,- Jtl nlmt be subscribed on eeeh sf the three remaining days to at the Province over the top. t is under the amount sub- scribed yesterday but ls consid- erably above the average daily subscriptions since the

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t Prince County had attained l6 oer cent of its lilo Queen's County D0 per

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‘mlviomu Nov- a - (C?) _ Confidence of the collapse or <3“. many in 1044 and of Japan a year later was expressed in an interview hm today by Hon. Chloris Kai- Ngaii. formerly minister of com. rnunications in China and now “d. m; to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-

BDIAIISOEVEIITS

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and uia oydney coal have arrived. M". lord. Albany. 0-31 " t. vu%.‘“v‘v".°.i..f.l'..“l‘.la ‘Frill’;- dly. J. J. Ncy and Co. 11- - - I0 1 m ggzDuupc ganfavorfiizre fig; ‘ ‘ i Prosbytelrl-En Manse. 11-4-11 “ f th lsufbourmmslssogiiiib? 311i b: , urday, November 6 at 0 ociooii in the City Hail. 11-4-11-

"Wsated so buy live and dressed 111cm; and fowl. Payinl wt market prices. island Col storms 00., Ltd. l-ID-ti

"Hunt Rf a iety concert Thursday. Nov. gf.‘

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Buy an extra Bond Chairman War

OTTAWA, INLW. 3-401? -~ Gra- I

ham l". Towers, tion o of the National War Fina-nos Oom- mittee sled

‘D Victofy over itaoanirilmum objective of t1.- with everyone who can

iiosob inganextrabon. Mr. Towers’ appeal, contained in tonight's official press release from loan headq ressed t-

e "u most confidence that tnnasiluil. faced with plain facts, will respond in even greater measure than in previous loans."

Earlier today headquarters had announced the below-average sub- scriptions for Tuesday of $61,576,- lDil-plaic the cumulative total with four ays to go at 8979.286.- 500—against the ally average of 666,666. 000 needed to meet the ob- jective within the lB-dsy campaign. Headquarters said that while sen- erai canvass is relatively slightly a- bove fourth losn figures and the going appears tougher in Ontario in some other ncvinces. the icture shows that 1.5%

D00 app ications had been reoei

lye total of $979,203,-

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oi 826,144,450. ex- ir total subscrio to the fourth loan by 31.052.500-

24 lien Officially Listed Missing

OTTAWA. Nov. 3 — (GP) — Twenty four men who disssppesr- ed aboard a Liberator bomber rec- ently in the Gulf of 3t. Lawrence area werelistcd as “missing on ac- tive service after flying operations“ in an R.- C. A. F- casualty list t0- night.

They were listed under “New- foundlund", and officials said this was because the big aircraft operat- ed from a base in the colony. Their names had been reported previously in a separate casualty list.

Those aboard the bomber inclu-

e . Jenkins. Franklin Elwood. W02 1172036, M. E- Jenkins (father) Miilvlew, P. E. f-

lD Rescued idler 39 Days Adrift

HAMILTON, Bermuda. Nov. 3- (CP Cable) -- Adrift 30 days in the Caribbean with no fresh watersnanfl

a shark and a box of biscuits. seven crewmen and three passengers - including one woman — of the Dominican inter - island mail packet Relief M. have been brought in here

The woman. Mrs. lizrral Whyte of Dominica, is resting in hospital, while the other survivors show little or no effect of their 1on3 01'- decl except weakness-

The little sailing vessel lost nei- masts in s heavy blow and then was becalmed. Those aboard found n small box of biscuits in some par- cel post packages in the hold, and managed to hook a small shark- They made salt water soup and handed it out cup by cup. The food they had aboard lasted only four

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Itivsa boomers 5" Prid ‘P3 bongo‘ Ended Boswell. Arth . “Wflfl. ry. 11-4-31-

_ Urges Canadians To Redoable Loan Effort

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CHARLOTTETOWN. ‘CANADA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943

is_ appeal from National Finance Committee.

ll. S. Dual

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8—iAPi Fife _Ualted Mine Workers Ind secre ry Herold lakes llfled ionllht on e contract ending the nation-wide coal strike, and providing $1.50 a thy ea ‘ increase for soft coal miners. The 81.00 figure-Amount asked by the union in the Illinois I» and dis-

lhle in by cutting iii gladly the 80-minute lunch per- t1

Dan Defeat Japs With Bombers?

LONDON. Nov. ii-(CP CABLE)- The Daily Mail today published a Niiiort from its New York corres- pondent, Don Iddon, that Gaul-l. H. Arnold, head of the United States army sir forces, told a group of Manufacturers and who; 1mg- ers 1n a "secret session" last week that JB-Dan could be knocked out of the war without a single 501.11g.- “"4118 foot on the Jsounese Is- lands. if the Allies were given the

cessary bombers.

Defoatists Shot In Germany

AT THE SWISS - ITALIAN’ FRONTIER — Nov. 3 - (AP) __ Executions of defeatists and per- 50!“ Openly complaining agglngt the Nazi Regime are increasing Q3"?- Ptllorts reaching here from .nside Germany relate, n; the Gestapo strives to retain the Nazi party srin on the country.

Official announcements are made when persons of pi-omin a" executed but deaths of clerks and workers, shot for careless Qxprggg. 10115 0f Ptsfilmlsm. are made known only through private lists circuls. ong the factories and offices victims.

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Claim New World's Shipbuilding Record

HINGl-IAM. Mess. Nov. 3 —- (A

P) - A new world's record for ship tonstructlon vgas claimed today by the Bethiehan - Hi shipyard with the lend - lease delivery on the 1,300 ton del .-~- escort Reynolds to the British Navy only is ‘days after the laying of her "ee. The record surpasses by more than 20 days the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's previous record of i5 1-2 days for s vessel of comparable propor ions - from laying of the keel to delivery of destroyer Reed in the First Great War.

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position of eech district in Prince tion to its quota at the olcse of Dill" te meat ei the districts

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mein in fy bloody fcl owship in Russia, in Bengal thee‘ :2 on the u

Within the l2 months since the El Alnmein Nov. 3 last, Nail victo

Nov. 7 is the anuiv rice to clump down the western

unction. and paved the way for the ed advance on Berlin.

The British 8th army which won the Anglo-American 5th, still

All with Venaim and lsernia. have been heights. The 5th army has cleared t taken Mount San Croce, m. -‘ ‘

chor of the Mnssicovarto Nazi front. Allied troops have set foot on the

‘than 90 miles distant along the Naples-Bo In comparison to the vastcr military disasters dogging Nazi armies in Russia from the Baltic to the Black Sea. such a new Allied breakthrough Melvin!- implacnble advance hut for what it The pledge bv highest Allied hllflkcomfll

in Italy would be lust another c has already developed behind that captured alr bases on the It to work to double the attack on tries already has been made good.

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The first detailed story from in- side Japanese East Asia to reach the western world since the pris- oner cxchange of July, 1942, was made available Wednesday with the arrival at Port Elizabeth, south Africa, of the Swedish liner Grips- holm with 1,500 rcpatriates, among them more than 200 Canadians, ‘nomeward bound from Japanese internment.

The following dispatch, written jointly by two of these repatriates, is a consensus regarding Japan as she stands today after nearly two years of war with the west. Ray- frond P. Cronin was chief of the Associated Press Bureau in Manila when the Philippines were invaded. and Russel Briries. although cap- tured likc Cronin in Manila, had served in the Associated Press Bureau in Tokyo for two years be- g: going to the Philippines in

By Raymond P. Cronin and Russel Brines Associated Press staff Writers

(Copyright, 1043. by the Associat- ed Press.)

PORT ELIZABETH. South Af- rica, Nov. 3 -- (AP) -— 'I'he Jar. anese people are well geared or war and despite hardships at home ire firm in morale. ready to foll- ow their leaders for at least anc- ther five years.

These leldepl are convinced that Japan eventual] will lose the war, but the mass” are kept In the dark and prepar- ations are being made fflf g "last men" defence of the new Oriental Empire with the hope that Tokyo at the peace table, by hei- show of strength, will be able remain a first class power.

These are the salient points of Japan's situation as we see it, bas- ed on accounts of travellers recen- tly in Japan. upon advices filtering through the strict Japanese censor- ship and upon our experiences as far eastem correspondents and as war prisoners of the Ja snese.

The best evidence indica es that the Japanese militarists are putting nil East Asia on s. total warfare basis with a sharp eve out in anti- cipation of attacks by the Allies, constnicting a series of defence lines and using as fully gs possible

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By Klrke L- Simpson, Associated Presg was- Anllyfl it is ust e year since the bb tid t in pt-and fresh dissenters or: ‘impendfilg for whet ls left of the Italy. in the m- Pacific, in the Bay of

ome front.

British 5th army break-through at “it”

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est oreat to the depths of ddspair. man g; u, u. German mo is beginning to crack, that Jailed‘; i C; “hug; iii: doom that awaits them and the country they have sacrificed l» forward their military smbiiiions I

eIrnry of the Allied landing in he“); Norm Ag. law of the vast Mediterranean pincer et- teck that has sheared Italy sway, eliminated danger o1 a Nupygpanue

mein. It is storming up the Adriatic flank of the I 2,000 miles of unbroken victories behind The main communication keys to the Nasl defence front for Rom;- brought unilei- gunfire from capture he crest of the Massico ridge and . an-

A For Last-Ditch Stand

Morale of people good but leaders believed to

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OTTAWA, Nov. 3 —- (c?) "-

Finance Minister llsley said tonight that the "most critic- al" battle in the war lglinst Inflation is “inst settlnr under way" and that the government hopes to announce shortly d8- clglong prising from l. review of the price and wage stabil- isation program.

GITAWA. Nov. 3 — (GP) —Ail‘ Chief Marshal Harold Edwards. Air Officer commander in chief of the R. c. A. F. overseas. is in Canada for a short visit in "con- nection with R. C- A. F. matters" The Canadian Press learned to- night.

OTTAWA, Nov. 3 - (OP)- Dlscussions aimed a settlement of the strike of ii, western coal miners continued today but failed to provide any indie- ntions that an agreement be- tween the unlon representativ- es of the strikers end the gov- ernment is near.

LONDON’, Nov- 4 - (Thursday) -- (C?) - Foreign secretory An- thony Eden and the United states Secretary of State, Cordell Hull,

have left. Moscow after completion 259cm

of the f-ri-partlbe discussions. a Sny- git. Radio lnoadcast announced to- sy.

ii. A. F. Bombing Demonstration Today

The demonstration of low - level bombing which was to have been given by R. A. F- planes against a gun detachment from the 4th Light Anti - Aircraft Battery at Victoria Park yesterday afternoon, hsa been postponed until this afternoon. The demonstration will be staged ar- ound 3 o'clock.

Another searchlight hes arrived in the City and the two of them will be seen in action at first time weather conditions are suitable-

the great manpower resources of the lands they have overrun.

Japan boasts of having all the gAm-p mm; “,1 yo“ g._ raw materials she needs. but she is (cm-mew gmngwicgig victory sorely lacking in high octane ges- loan ‘ at $21,700,560 to- ollne and livh Rrade lubricating Bubacrégtiofle today amount- eii, neither of which is available w“ 6613206)‘ no c Piéclviéizeleh om

I v . c a ‘mm _W°_,'_'_°m°'““d' L” estmoriand Coirfltics ab: ed (Continued o e ‘I 1-2) their gb_1ic_eie_s obiectivss.

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SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL- LIED HEADQUARTERS, Nov.

worst defeat yet administered to Japan's see power st the New Britain stronghold of Rab- eul n ,, seridin three enemy destroyers and eight large merchant vessels to the bottom qt Simpson Harbour.

The devastating attack ac- counted for 94,000 tons of en- Qmy Shllllllnz — 50,000 tons Illflk and 44,000 severrly dain- nled — arid in brushing of! enemy interference In the air, the Allied bombers shot dosm 67 Japanese planes. Nineteen of the raldcrs were lost.

U. S. Heavy Planes Dut in Record Force

LONDON, Nov. S — (AP) - The largest force of heavy bom- hers ever sent out by the Un- ited States Air Force — prob- ably 500 or more - battered its way with long range fight- er prctection through strong German opposition to smash the Important port and naval base of Wilhelmshav .. and other targets in northwestern Ger- many today.

The raiding force ‘ , 3i German planes, 18 failin to the heavy bombers and l brlnr shot down by the escort- ing fiwhters. In other daylight operations over occupied ‘Fran- ce and Holland Spitfire pilots knocked down l2 German fish.- ters all but one being victims of Canadian pilots. Medium bombers ileetroyerl two, bring- ing the total loss for the day to 48 for the Nayls.

The total Allied losses for the day were five heavy bomben, twn medium bombers and three fighters. n jnlnt Air Ministry and United States Alr Force communique said.

The cross channel sir win- continued niier dark pm, g short alert in London — lridic. Iii"! Britain's 13th German raid in 1D nights - end Ger. man radio stations went off the air. often a. sim that tho R. A, F- ‘I Hiding the continent.

m. N- 13.. German Agemgv, said in n. broadcast that the ll. A. F. bombed Cologne WM- nesday night.)

Navy Sets Sight Dn ilovi Mark

HAlJFAX. Nov. 3-(0?) - The NaVys Atlantic Command has set its sights for a new mark of dollars in Canada's Fifth

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:28 navy tonight totalled $2,016,-

Oharlottetown Army Third In M. D. No.6

HALIFAX, Nov. 8- (CP) —l"iith Victory ‘Loan. sales in military district No. 0 moved past the mill- ion dollar msrk today, reaching ti,- 015.650, or 118 per cent of the dis trict‘s $855,000 quota-

Amherst; troops held first place with 168 per cent of their objective attained. while New Glasgow was

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LONDON. Nov. s - (AP) - Russlan forces swept today to within 21 miles of Kherson, Black Sea port at the mouth of the Dnieper River; as the re- treating Germans poured back across the stream abandoning thousands of dead and piles of stores and machines.

Advancing at the rate of l0 mil- e: a day, the Russians charged through 00 towns and hamlets in the vast Steppes between the Dnieper and Ksrklnit Bay on the Black Sen- More than 3,000 Ger-v mans were killed in this area n1- one and in one-sector an entire regiment was wiped out and all its armament captured. it was ann- ounced by Moeccw tonight.

Russian mobile troops in vehicles and on horseback swept through the demoraiized Germans. captur- iniz larze quantities of equipment. Soviet airmen pounded the coi- umns of Germans streaming back across the Dnieper at various

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Killed in Action

Mrs- Amy Gcivnsn of Kcnsingtcn has received word that her son, Spr. Gerald Francis Gorman. ‘FY1050 01' ficial number was K461i“. was kil- led in action in Italy on October 2i.

Spr. Gorinsn was 28 years old and had been in the Candisn army since July. 194.2. when he enlisted at Vancouver, B. C-, where he was employed in war work.

Before going to western Canada

he worked on the home farm "at Kensingtcn. He has a brother George. with

the Royal Canadian Air Force in England and another brother, Charles is a student at Si. Dun- starfs University at Charlottetown. A third brother, Louie. is at home-

crossings. some toward Kherson. some to the north at Kakhovs and Gorriostncvka.

The communique. for the second day, made no mention of the Crimea but Gen-nan reports said

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By Noland Norgurd A. P. War Correspondent

AlfimR-S. Nov. i - (C?) -—The second of a series of ma!“ 0"‘- rnan defence lines in front of Rnmg _ m; Mash» Ridge Bastion _hgs been punctured at two point-l by the British left wing of Lt-Gen. Mark Clark's Allied 5th Army. headq He... announced today. confronting the Nazis with immin- ent necessity of falling back at least 14 miles to new mountain pos-

itions.

Gen. Clark's British fighters mode serious breaches in the 809ml"! front by slugging their way into dominating heights both cf Mas- sico Ridge and San Groce moun- tain, four miles to the north. The advance made the valley between the two slopes untenable for the enemy and trove the Allies D0558!- sion of another stretch of the vit- al Applan way to Fbrrnis. ‘rerrac- ina and Rome.

Following closely behind the grenade throwing infantry. heavy artillery moved onto commanding

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formers, Nov- l - (o P) - Heavy batteries on both sides 0f the lhiglish Channel roared be- night in an intense t5 minute duel - the first in eight days - and residents of the area said the .ir- ing from the British side came from more guns than usual. Shells fell in the Dover area. shaking coast towns with shatter-