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Nazis Forced Into Retreat

E r r Square Miles of Northern rant eported Liberated.

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LONDON, March’ 1 — (CP) — A fierce new inter offensive in the Lake llmen sector south of aningrad has swept the Russian forces of Mar- hal Semeon Timoshenko into Demyanek and 301 ther localities, beating the_ Germans into hasty etreat and killing or capturing 11.000 of their en, a Soviet communique disclosed tonight.

The Russians appeared to have advanced out 50 miles in the drive started eight days ago, oving out of the Valdai hills to the flatlands round Lake llmen- The communique indicated the ffonsive had sprung from the shores of frozen ake Seliger, about 25 miles southeast of Dem-

ahks. One of the towns

l. miles west of Demyansk.

The bulletin, first special com- lnique to be issued in more than ‘week, said approximately 900 um miles cf the froaen north- tlront had been liberated and ‘i- t the Red

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iiliiing Events

films ac New Glasgow riv- __ I-llfinir- m‘ s-a-ii 'i"Denoe and bolt social lu at. tom ndii, suiiunerfieid, Wed- llday. March 3rd. 3-2-21 Wbcrden Rink tonight. Junior oil. Freetown vs. Borden. ts after game. -ll. "Bingo and Dance. Lot C5 Hall. Imus-er. March 8rd Lunch I, - 3-2-li “Unloading car Mixed Reds. t" prices of car. l. Kennedy. ' ~ bane. 8-2-11.

“Unloading oar of barley meal

my u. Fredericton. u. Aubrey iiffe. _ __ s-z-n.

‘Reserve March 15 for variety . I» rt Central Christian Churcn " ' lroom. 3-2-1i. Milled at Brsdalbane Sta- esr of pressed hay. Unloading

Y and Wednesday. Walter lfaclfenaie. l-i-li. Worden Rink m ht. Junior lfreelowmvl. lgskrdemaskato

t ssi t ma: Baturdmltfyarch misfit‘: “oi-Ni? s-z-ii. . _ ...__._ ‘mlfgidoreox Concert wright Wilma MIUIOIIA. an.’ ‘mwimi.

‘ a.“ l~ levies-Madurai“

lust received a Oats. . I.

r r ‘s-a-ii. Attention - l ins “LINE. th all ella muvinf snunimisu u ten

. We are anxious

' in a position for Allied aircraft to

1i. every

Covers Prince Edward island Like the Dew

cnARnoTTETowN, CANADA,‘ Treasury; MARCH 2, 194a

N D iFT 5 DAYS 0N ICE F LOE IN ST

cw lgussian Offensive Lgun Bailed “(fut G.”

North

captured was Zaluchye,

Germans had spent l’! months

building. Demyansk was the heart of Ger- man "hedgehog" defences lyins

By Vern Ilaoglsnd Associated Press Staff Writer

AIME H3 UARTERS 1N AUSTRALIA. March 2 -('I‘uslday) -(AP)— One of the largest Ja - saga convoys yet sighted in I e no eastern sector of the south- west Pacific ares wag reported by the Allied high command today W be heading in the direction of New Guinea.

Fourteen Jagsness ships were sighted off '1‘ . New Britain, heading toward New Guinea under cover of an advancing weather front. said the noon commun o from Allied headquarten. The A air force is preparing to attack the corwoy as soon as the weather per-

The convoy was reported to con- sist of warships and cargo vesses, protected by some fighter planes. It wls first ai hted Monda after- noon near Ubi , New Brita n. mov- ing west. A few hours later it was sighted off the Wiiieinnea Penin- sula and now is believed to be somewhere west of New Britain.

The convoy. which passed the length of New Britain, is not yet determine accurately where it is headed.

Allied bombers, meantime. con- tlnu hammering at the growing Jim nesc strength in the island chain north of Australia.

Urge Steps To ~“~¢¢ i!r.= .l¢ vri=t=

OTTAWA. March l-(Olfl-Im- mediate Canadian steps to thluN a huge tourist industry after the war were uraed in the House of Commons lenlght by Brooke Glax- ton (Lib. Montreal 8t. Lawrence- St. George) speaking in continued debate on a motion to set up l house committee on reconstruction and re-establ t.

m. cimon s swmlwit da- partments all co d do a part in showing goodwill and tesy to Americans, effort post-war {were of ts received a good we come. _

Mr, Olaxton was one of seven speakers in the evenln debate.

Others were D.G.

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goNin (Lib xsm ) an

run. Deer). c’. Ooldweli,

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185 Censorship Employees

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HUM ill CHI II III d Oom- today for Gordian unsi- (no. RAIIIIXT.

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Sees Jap Air Force llovr 0n ‘ flown Crade

. PORCH 1N CHINA, Feb. 28-—(Deiayed)— (APr-Japans airforoe has "nit its peak and is now on the down grade," Brig__gen. Claire L. Chen- nauit declared fDdlsy in an inter-

ew. From evidence of various soure- es the enemy has run into two bot- tle necks-nsircraft production and training airmen,” said the former leader of the American v ‘ ‘ group's flying tigers.

The Japanese, he declared, are using up their reserve stock of planes and tting short of train- ed ‘ because of heavy loss- es.

Gen. Chennault said he based his belief on these developments:

l. No longer are the Japanese getting the results they formerly achieved

f. No longer are they attacking in overwhelming numbers in the South Pacific.

S. They offered no effective air opposition to allied air raids on Burma.

4. On several occasions Japanese seekirfirto bomb Yunnan and As- srlim~ fields lost. most of their p a

nes. “The bouiber crews the are em- ploying lately are unski led com- pared to those encountered _ last Year." he said.

. 1

Gen. chennault said “things spa-sear more hopeful." Pausing. he a ded “after the Casablanca conference." Do you mean on plans or in ac- miiiiéiiyhiswT-ni‘ at present," he answere’. "A though things are

llope Fades For Trapped Miners

BEARCREEK. Mont. March 1—~ (AP)—HOP€ for 69 miners entombed b an explosion in the Smith coal

lne Saturda flickered low today as rescue wor in its third day, proceededslowi .

Relatives of e miners maintain- ed their anxious vigil in silent grOu; s outside. Five bodies have been re- covered and another seven have been located in the gas-filled laby- rinth of tunnels.

In the event none of the miners survived by finding fresh air poc- kets_ it would be the worst mine disaster in Montana history and the worst in the count since Jan. i4, 1940. when 91 di in a mine at Hartley, W.A.

Pilot llas Close Call Bailing Out

MALTON, Ont... Mardi 1-(0?) --Dangling bfl one foot while his plane spe p otless through the gégtht, 5,000 feet above the ground.

freed pulled the ripccrd of his parachute-and lived to tell the s .

lg and three of his mates. LAC. GA. Chapman, first navigator; Sgt. Morrow, second navigator and Sgt. Zahrenaki. wireless o rotor. all stationed a Malta R. Al‘. school near Toron . were forced to Jump when the_ were unable to find their land rig field due to bad fly- ing weather. They landed at Goran- lcy. 20 miles north of Toronto.

A few seconds after his foot was released from the plane, . Clark said he pulled the discord soon and it caught on the tall of the plane. tearing a hole through the silk, but the parsdiute held out.

When he reached . oo level Clark said the pilotieas plane flew past inches above his deman- ed parachute. but didn't hit t. Hs struck the ground with nothing more than an laiurss ankle. ‘Hie blI-lll crashed about two miles away. '

Cliurohlll Is Improving llaily

LONDON. March 1 -(CP)- A

bulletin from Prlue Minister

Churchill's redosncs, 1o

Street, early ton t said:-

tilt?" Th... n l." °.°“‘“"°“ prov g . gs up,

mum further bufistins ‘at: be

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UITAWA. March 1—(OP)—A.P- pointment of Rev. sneer .

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islsgrapli csneorlaip and cen- gi-Niip or publications and the number at each centre will

was; by defence head-

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Bali- fax. 47; Montreal, Al; ' ‘KIWI!- Willi

fir}: headquarters at an

The new winter launched in tbs Lak

for a new great flank in the Loni

directly tow lug movement. Iln addition to may spring a new trap from somewhere

northern areas should turn sent

CAPE TORMENTINE. March 1 --(OP)-'I'hought.s ranging from prayers for rescue to speculation regarding the outcome of a hockey game between R..C.A.!. and Navy teams at Halifax Saturday night occupied the ‘minds of four airman rescued today after spen five days on an ice floe in Nor um- berland Strait.

Reveliing in the luxury of the heated Captain's cabin of the Car Furry Prince Edward Island while the ship's nurse administered hot

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F0. A.J. Barrette, of‘ 0 awa: William Augustus Richardson of Tennessee, U.S.A.. and Warrant Officer second class Joseph Albert Dobson of Bathurst. N.B., told res- cuers of their experiences.

In high spirits and appearing none the worse foi- their harrowing experiences, the men told ‘of how rheir hopes were raised early this morning when a change in the wind caused their icy island to drift to within sight of the New Brunswick shore.

R..C.A.F. officials did not r- mlt newsmen t.o talk to the iers until they had enjoyed an over- night rest, but persons on the fer- ry quotecl them as saying:

could See Land

“We could see land (Cape Jour- lmaim quite clearly and the out- line of a light-house was plainly visible. We heard a dog barking. too. and we thought that the mo- ment of rescue was near. ..then the wind changed and we drifted away from shore again." ‘

Soon after that the airmen said they were sighted by a passing plane and. after dipping low over the ice fioe to signal that sighted them. the pilot. proceeded on to Prince Edward Island to re- port their position.

Less than two hours later an

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Speeulate 0n Budget

OFPAWA, March 1—(CP)—The feeling in official. circles hers ls that the budget which Fixiancs Minister Ilsley brings down to- morrow night. will provide for a "pay-as-you-earn" system of in- come tax lleetion, This system was partially adopted Sept-

with the inauguration last envelo of w e and salary eaprhy

. Th? deducatTons were based on incomes beginnl

n: Jan. l. 1M3. t and accordingly were eight months arning of the

behind the act incom w a

es.

The expectation is that the bud- let will forgive the tax-payer thh e t-oionthlegaudthstthe de- ductions for each mouth in the future will be actually for the in- come of that month.

"'.l‘bis sounds nice," one official said today, “but it does not mean that the deductions from pay cheques will be less than they have been in s

. e gs takes Blcace April 1. the start of the nexlt f al year. it will mean the de- ductions sctually will be increased

e a even ‘n with"? u uiseuar makes no change in the income fix tbs ded been

u would have increased next September. .

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By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

on bowl?" 0 VI oTukl area atvla

S h m foff nsl uld riki ' thrusiwvreiTiwaz-Tl‘ toveard 1.131;”... 15ml? ‘gist wfillTg€flellulstgllfiktT north-south lines of communication which s

the Gennan left frontier

u ell h sector. Plkoy ls close to 1:? u t ° Nagrzmm. m ‘he "m"! I 9 O a

s

in a gigantic flank

offensive there ls a chance that the in the south by attempting to along the central sector west of

Moscow. It seems obvious that to safeguard his Dnieper crossings and Slnelnlkovo Junction, Hitler drew heavily on his armies deployed along some of the central and north cgnirna‘: front. lf the Russians Nazis east of the Dnleper Bend might be great.

Airmen Frayed For Help Few Hours Before Rescue

in these hwestward, the peril of the

Drifted On Ice Five Days Before‘ Sighted; Close To Land Several Times.

INTERNATIONAL AT A GLANCE

RUSSIA — Marshal Timoshenko opens new offensive in Lake Ihnen District south of Lenin rad, send- ing Germans in rapid re real.

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in; mart-us

R.C.A.F. gave St. Nasatre submarine base .l,000-ton bomb pasting .at cost. of five aircraft. Berlin reports that city raided.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Allied airmen sight 1f Japanese ships headed for New Guinea, bomb Jap concentrations in Island chain north of Australia.

NORTH AFRICA-Germans make three-mile local gain toward Bela after being beaten back five times with heavy casualties

News Briefs.

CHUNGKING. March 1 —(A m-Chlnese troop have recap- tured the Klangsi Province City of l-‘engsln and half a dozen towns in Klsngsu while the Japanese maintained offenslves in two other provinces. a com- munique announced today.

STOCKHOLM. March 1 —(AP)-— Certain parts of the Swedish Army were called up today. It was stated officially that the new call was not motivated b any changes in foreign polit cal conditions. but was made in connection with an earlier announcement of exercises which the government had ordered for this winter and spring.

STOCKHOLM, March l-(A Pl-A dispatch from Oslo said today hydro-electric install- ations at Rlukan, Norway. were damaged Saturday night In a raid by lug! soldiers allegedly wearing British uniforms. The town has several large power stations and nlsnls for manufacture of nit- rogen and explosives for the Germans.

OTTAWA. March i — iCPi — Prime Minister Mackenzie King said today in the House of Com- mohs he hopes Mme. Chiang Kai- Shek will visit Canada toward the end of March or earlv April ind deliver an address before both Houses of Parliament.

Wor-NZS Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Pleas)

March 2, 191d ~Brltish force; in Palestine advanced 3,000 yards on n-mlle front east and no of Jericho. French repulsed German attempt to capture Fort La Pom- pelle, southeast of Helms. Germans

three Norwegian-speak-

advsnced in the Ukraine,‘ occupying Kiev

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Fish, Game Association lleorg2_i_ni_zed

Mr. W. H. Tidmarsh Of Charlottetown Elected President.

Mr. W. H. Tidmarsh was elected president of the Fish and Gums Association at an enthusiastic rs- organization meet held last night, in the City Ha .

His Honour Lieut-Govv. LePage was named honorary President of the Association.

Other officers elected were Mr. A. H. Mould, vice-President for Queens Co. Mr. Bruce Wonnacott. secretary - Treasurer. EXBOllfivu for Queens: Messrs. Stewart Jones, Macua Calder, George T. Hardie, Leonard MacDonald, Walter Beatr- sto. T. M. Gillies, O. Harper, A. W. Hynduun, P. M. Dakin, Guy Ken- nedy, B. Graham Rcgers and Con- stable Spurgeon Jenkins. Mr. A. E. Morrison is an honorary member of the executive.

The executive is also to include members from Kings and Prince Counties.

Avoleofthankstnlilliihw. A. Gaudet. who for four years was President of the Association was moved by Mr. B. Graham Rogers, seconded blv M1‘. A. W. Hyndman and supported by Mr. W. R. Shaw. This motion was received with hearty applause by the meeting.

Mr. D. A. MacKinnon drew the attention of the meeting to the terms of membership, which re- quired the payment of an annual fee of s1, which he suggested mould be paid at this rte-organiza- tion meeting. This suggestion was acted upon and 2d paid their mem- bership fee. , _ -

After discussion on the matter. it was decided that the payment of $1 license foe required of city res- idents does not mean that they au- tomatically become members of the Fish and Game Association.

Mr. W. R. show. Deputy Minis- ter of Agriculture, addressed the meeting on the efforts that. are being made to conserve and add to the wild life. game and fish, within the province.

Referring to the Migratory Bird Act, Mr. Shaw stated that the sea- son on ducks and geese had been extended from the fifth until the fifteenth of December.

The department, Mr. Shaw stated. had been investigating the possibili- ties of having prairie chicken and partridge brought here from Wes‘!- ern Canada.

He believed that the prospects

' for Hungarian partridge was bright,

although some hadl been killed by crows. snowy 0W1; and skunks. He thought that food and grit micht be sent to the schools so that the school children might feed the Huns in the winter season. Speaking of beaver. Mr.

said that Co‘. Rriiston had three Phirs here from New Brims- wick to imnrnve tho strain which

Shaw sent

(cqnflnucri (W1 norm n. Col ‘ll Sees llo Early End To Conflict

HELSINKI. March l —(AP) — President l-‘tisto Ryti declared today that Finland yearns for peace but "we cannot see any signs of the end of the war" and caJed upon the Baltic republic to exert every effort in its fight beside Germany against Russia.

"Our sacrifices oblige u; to do everything possible to win the war lheresy gaining true national secur- ity," Ryti said in his inaugural ad- dress fcr a second term.

He declared the Finnish goal went no further than security and that the count does not want to become involve in the issues of the war between the world powers. Finland. he said, must deal with other states without prejudice by honoring their rights and avoiding misunderstandings and friction so far as is possible.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA. March l—iAP)— Beaten back in five local attacks in northern Tunisia. the Germans were disclosed today to have made s three-mile gain in a sixth assault rut. the cost oi neavy casualties.

; ust. was toward Bo a and ghad carried to three miles eyond tthe town of Sidl Nsir, which itself is 18 miles northeast of Bola and .40 miles west of Tunis.

I To the south, in central ‘hmisin. Allied forces continued their ad- jvance beyond recaptured Kasserine pass and toward the enemy iiion ‘of Bbeitla and were meet ng no opposition ln their pursuit of the ilftiehtiflfl forces of Marshal Rom- me

Jhseutbosstesa ‘luulslm eaboh

Nazis Make 3-Mile

Gain In Tunisia

Advance made at heavy cost in tanks and men.

‘a Prior-is”

Plane In

Difficulties Over

crew members of a crashed R.C.A.F.

after a reaching ferry to their aid.

their twin-engined bomber from the difficulties and had to be abandoned They were Sqdn

Albert obson of Bathurst,

‘mic aircraft was the one which unloaded its cargo of depth charges about a. mile outside Charlottetown i Wednesday night after it and three

other planes in tfhe squadron lost their way in fog.

‘Ilwo of the aircraft managed to land on the Charlottetown airport, and the third crashed about six miles from the home base at Dart- mouth, killing the four crew mem-

rs.

IaGesltJendttku

Despite their long ordeal on the freezing surface of the ice cake. the four men were in remarkably ood condition, although sufferinq rom eorposurc and frost-bite. Ony one h to carried aboard in s.

the others were on the rescue craft without assistance.

They were taken aboard about three o'clock this afternoon. and brought ashore here. ‘Iihey were later rushed tn the R..O.A.P. Hos- pital at Moncton. N3.

From information obtained from those aboard the ferry, it ls be- lieved the four fliers crawled on the ice after parachutirig down. and than made their we together. It was sometime Th ay before they were able o reach one anoth- er. and make p ans for their ac- tions, according to these reports.

levers Weather

‘the ice fioe from which were taken was o 80 square. although thick and stantlai enough to weather a light storm. most o_f the time they were a oat the weather was severe. with near-rem weather and scudding snow squails to make their plight more uncomfortable.

They d only one fire during the time they drifted and down the strait with the wi and tides, alm thin sight of the shone.

It is believed they used their parachutes to kindle that one small blure that kept them warm only for a few minutes before the cold

set in again Little Te lat _

Alltlioyhadtoeatwersa few chocolate bars they were able to take with them as they left the plane. They rationed themselves strictly. and lived on one-quarter of a be: a day until they were \