LONDON, Aug. 18 — (Friday) -((‘P| —- The German Agency pnvji. said today the Germans m1 girl-n up the battle of Nor- mgr-my. Further Allied gains in Souihunr France were admit. ted.

Paris Next?

LONDON. All!!- 17-—(AP)—- Tho

_ and its sub- irbs tonight that “you can al. ready ilfilflll: guns and soon you uiii ln..r the rumble of the tanks." a possible hint that Am-

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mans sairl was now only 23 miles away. may make the French up. iiai an immediate objective,

i llaine Forest Fires ire Held In Check

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OTTAWA - Loss of the Royal Canadian Navy corvette, H. M. C. S. Regina, while going to the assist- ance of a merchant vessel in dif- ficulties in invasion waters. was an- nounced today by Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, Minister oi’ National Defence for Naval Service . ~ o members cf the crew are (iced “d f6 ratings and one officer are miss-

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..Three Prince Edward Island- ers are listed among the ratin s on C.S. “Regina". Abe seamen Daniel Keenan Hume. RCNVR, is reported seriously wounded. His next oi kin is his wife, Mrs. Margaret Louise Hume, l2 Upper Hlllsboro St.. Charlottetown. Among other survivors are Leading Stoker Edward Flanagan, RCNVR, son of Mrs. Sarah Sadie Flanagan, 26 Wcymouth St.. Charlottetown. and Able Seaman Camile Lan- telgne, RCNVR. son of Mr. Ed- mond Lanteigne, Cardigan. P. E. Island.

to abandon ship had to be given. l-l.M.C.S. Regina is the 17th war- ship and the seventh corvette lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in this wor. '

An outstanding event in the career of the Regina came while she was on convoy duties in the

Mediterranean early in 1948.

that time she brou ht an Italian submarine to the sur ace with depth charges and engaged it in a specta- cular running gun duel. Terrific firc from the Regina quickly took the fight out of the Italians. The submarine sank soon afterward and the Regina picked up 21 prisoners. Tho submarine was first report- ed by Able Seaman Joseph Mel-

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LL-Ool, Jennings ls Promoted

OTTAWA, Aug. 'r .- (II) - Frank Jennings, anadlan Army Director oi Public Relations. has been promoted from the rank oi Lieutenant-Colonel to Colonel, De- fence Headquarters announced to-

day.

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Nazi Transport “in Awful Mess”

ALAISE IFRQNT. FRAN Aug. IT-AAPl-A British staff oi- flcer said toni ht "German trans- port is an awul mess’ as Allied annies cut dee er into botliilonks of the Norman v bulge and narrmv- ed the Fnloisc-Argentair escape hatch to less than four miles.

Halifax Strike In Fourth Week

HALIFAX. Aug. 17 —- (CP) -- Halifaxb strike oi 3,000 shipyard workers started cff its fourth week today with no developments from either side of the dis ute. Striking mcmbe a o the Indus- trial Union oi Marine and Ship- building Workers (CCL) apparent- ly were marking time until a 25- man delegation, representing sev- eral Nova Scotia unions. presented their case to the Federal Gov- ernment. The delegation, decided

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on at a provincial union meeting here yesterday. was to arrive in Ottawajidonday.

a village only four miles southwest cf the famous resort tow-n of Cannes, Allied Headquarters sn- nounced late tonig t.

communi ue said the Allies ready ho penetrated Cannes. and German broadcasts indicated the enemy had little hope of holdin the town. The reports spoke o airborne landings northwest oi

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By Klrke L. Simpson. Associated Press War Analyst Paris seemed close to deliverance from its German opprcssors as

ears of its people, but an even greater

Destruction of all German armies wcst of the Seine obviously w» be- ing prepared in the north by the Americans and Canadians. avcn before

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This is a more alluring oblcctlvo in military eyes than the taking of Paris itself. There are broad German hints of coming evacuation of the cltv in any case. and it will not be subjected by the Allies to war damage if it can be avoided. The Germans’ plight is growing more desperate hour

The staggering fact about German reports. now Allied confirms“. of s new multiple break-throueh by ihc American 3rd amtv to sclse oi-lean. Chartres and Dreux and fling a loll-mile are of triple threat close about Paris is that a relatively eurlv Allied north-south junction somewhere s- round the headwaters oi’ the Loire and the Rhone is a clear possibility.

It seems unquestionable that sooner or later-and probably sooner- the German high command must signal a sweeping general retreat from most of France or risk such utfor defeat there that hope of holding out long on Germany's own frontiers would be slim.

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ST. JOHN'S, NFLD" Aug. 17 — (OP Cable) -- A four-hour fire raged through the business section oi Harbor GTHCQ today and wiped out between 40 and 50 buildings before it was brought under con- trol carly tonight.

Royal Canadian Navy fire crews.‘ speeding 60 miles to the towni northwest oi this capital, helped gain control of the flames, which for a time threatened to wip out the whole of Harbor Grace's business district.

Two hotels, the post office and telephone exchange wse among the buildings destroyed. Several shops urerc levelled, and many dwellings. Most of the structures were of wooden cQnstructlonQThere was no estimate of the loss to- night.

The fire started in Parsons‘ Tan- nery on water Street. but how it originated was not known. ,

Besides two crews oi navy fire- men from St. John's. the cs ital also sent civilian firemen to at- tle the outbreak. The fire depart- ment. from Csrbonear. close to Harbor Grace also went to the as- sistance of the stricken town.

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Jewish Took Expert Leads Surge Westward

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Aug. - AP) in 30 years brought war forcefully to the German homeland today in a surge which put the Red Army on to the German East Prussian frontier along the Szeszuppe River 1n Western Lithuania.

This historic honor fell to the 3rd White Russian army trooEs commanded by Gen. Ivan Chernla - hovsky, 37-year-old Jewish tank expert and the youngest full gen- eral in the Red Army.

The Russians ap arently surged onto the frontier n the area of Schirwindt, German border town 42 miles southeast of Tilslt. East Prussian rail centre, and 90 miles east of Konigsberg. East Prussian capital. The Szeszuppe river flows northward along the frontier from Schirwlndt, and at one point only about 30 miles east of Tilslt. It flows into Schirwlndt from the eas .

This peril to East Prussia, cradle of German militarism. highlight- ed all the action along the eastern front. but other Soviet armies which had broken across the Vistula river in Central Poland 110 miles south of Warsaw also captured 20 localities in their fan-like sweep. The sweep threatened not only to outflank the German-held Polish capital but also threatened a break-through toward German Silesia, lost reported only 75 miles beyond Soviet advance columns.

German soil has been touched upon previously in this war. but in no decisive fashion. French troops penetrated into Germany in the Warndt forest area west of For- bach in September. 1939. but that wasmc-maws-land between the Maginot and Siegfried Lines and oi little importance. -

Polish troops also fought brief- ly and sketchily on East Prussian soil during the preliminaries in

tember. 1939, when that coun- try was defeated.

Report Allied Landing 0n Albanian toast

. A08. l8—(1=‘riday) - Ankara radio said to- day "Allied forces

have landed at Durazzo in Albania." The report was without Allied confirmation. c broadcast said it was quo- ting a special Allied Mediterranean radio bulletin. BBC Monitors said they heard the Turkish broadcast. beamed to Bu aria. Durazm is t e principal port of Albania. It lies about 20 mils west of the capital of Tirana which was bombed by the Allies Tuesday. It is across the Adriatic from Brindisi and ri Italv

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illa activity within Albania. linked with Marshal Tifds Yugoslav Par- tisan activities. .

Some Improvement In ll. B, Forest Fire Situation

FREDERICTON. Aug. l7 —(CPl —Despite continued absence of rain. New Brunswlcks worst forest fire situation in many years show- ed some improvement tonight as a result of the wind slackening to-l day. Fires continued to burn, however, in about 20 areas of the province. At least 86 dwellings — most of them outside the mining town oi Minto-havc been destroyed since the fires sprang up Saturday after a long period of drought. Bulld- ing losses included '12 the Minto area, eight north of Mone- ton and several near Allardville,

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By WADE WERNER LONDON, Aug. 17 — (AP) -- The thunder of Allied Ipective liberation of Paris reverberated along the boulevards

guns heralding the pros- of the captive French cap- spearheads were

driving eastward beyond Chartres and Dr eux and that violent fighting raged on reed;

converging on the city.

“Thiuwhole aspect of the French capital is assuming that of a front-line city,"

|sraid D.N.B., adding that

population to remain calm.”

“for the first time the German Command has appealed to the

A Sudden Strike 0f P8155 Policemfifl W ported by the Berlin radio apparently re-

Frantic editorials in Nazi papers 0f the occupied countries tried to persuade the people that Hltiers new miracle weapons soon would change the whole trend of the \\'.:r.

Significant in connection with such 11th hour‘ prophecies was a Swiss report that the Germans were supplying all factory work- er; with gag masks. The Journal De Gencvc, in what it callccl an

eyewitness report, said that "mysterious cases whose cun- tenis evidently are associated with gas warfare" were being

rushed to frontal areas by the

Germans. 20 Miles From Seine

At Allied Supreme Headquarters it was announced that a new _ erican tank offensive was within 35 miles of the French capital and only 20 miles from the Seine River where a broken German ‘ith army was massing barges and ferries in a. desperate attempt to escape an- nihiliation.

On the northern part of the front the 1st Canadian army com- leted occupation of Falalse, rther narrowing the 7th annYs escape gnu. ‘and disclosed that for the last two days Canadian, Bri- tish and Polish troops had been advancing eastward on a SO-milc front runlng south from the sea.

The Germans were pulling back the anchor of their right flank from Troam where it had held since D-dny, and retreating swiftly witah what meagre transport they ha .

Tne new southern drive 0i’ the Americans was closing in fast on its iinnl objectives, and he 500 bar- d scores of ferries waiting in the Seine for the fleeing German columns faced the threat oi Allied aerial might.

There was no indication whether

Paris might be declared an open city by the rmuns ,ss it was when the h yielded it without

s. fight in the last, chaotic retreat of 1940, when the German army trarnped in through the Arc De Tri- omphe. »

Across the Seine all the way north into Belgium and east of Paris to the German frontier, Allied aircraft dlvebombed and strafed communic- ations and supply lines.

The Americans were known to be ascent 30 miles from Versailles, on the southwestern approaches to Paris. where the peace treaty of The First Great War was drafted. There was little news from Brit- tany. but the Germans conceded that resistance at the port of St. o was drawing to an end.

Allies 25 Miles From Paris?

LONDON. Aug. 1'1 — (CP - Reu- ter) —- A German High Command report tonight broadcast by the German D.N.B. Agency, said heavy battles were being fought around Saint Arnoult. “about 2o miles from Paris." _

Saint Amoult is actually about 23 miles southwest of Paris and is on the main road leading from Chartres to the_l=_fr_er_ig_l_i_capital.

Canadians

MONTERREY, Mexico, Aug. 11- Gloucester County. The financial i _ , (AP) -- Forty violcnt shocks, ac- loss of mining and other property ‘OTTAWA. A118. 1'1 — (C?) — Pie. J- J. Gllfflth. 38. Wm- ccmpanled by subterranean ex- around Mint» alone was estimated Mlle membel’! 0i the 961111018X! mount. Q118- plosions and rumblings. have ter- conservatively at $260,000. No one Army have received awards for Pte. C. W. Litster, 29. Minnow rmed “Eider,” o; me town M h“ hum-fled l guess u g0 m gallantry in the Italian campaign Lake, Ont. Teran, so miles southeast of Mon- loss cf timber tracts throughout golgseelagl‘: u??? tgzlrlznlglel Pgsllgffrltlt Bron“ m“ Med“ isuev- °- ma“, ,,, . tough, The list includes an United States Sgt. G. A. Hart, , Dawson Distinguished Service Cross. five Creek, B.C.

Silver stars and three Bronze Star Medals.

The awards:

United States D.S.C.

Cpl. (Acting Sgt.) J. H. Mclnnls. 22. Toronto and Indian River. P. E. Island.

Silver Star Llcut. (Acting Capt.) T. C. Gor-

don. 24, Welland. Ont. Staff Sci. R. N. Cuff, 25, Leth-

fiecied the popular mood in the capital. out gas, coal and transportation.‘ _

United States Awards

Alt . . (Aciing Sgt.) W. A. Harris, Bantu, an.

Keert Shown At The

Old Home Week swings into the home stretch today after three thrill-packed days in which all previous attendance and many oth- er records were broken.

Yesterday was a repeat of Wed- nesday so far as the huge crowds went. Race grounds and midway were thronged all day and until late at night. Although the heat wave continued the top tempera- ture was only 84 compared with 02 the first day of the Fair, and a cool breeze at times off the river made comfortable for those the horse races and vaudeville features.

Much interest centred yesterday on the livestock judging, which ups completed late in the after- E0031.

Fine l-lolsteins

In the Holstein class Premier J. Walter Jones had both the grand champion male and female. The bull on which the Premier won, Abegwcit Capitaine, topped the aged bull class and went on to win the senior and grand champion- ships. Hc is the son of Abegweit Sparks who topped the U. S. na- tional lue ribbon sole in Wiscon- sin three years ago. The senior female champion, Abegweit Robin, is by tile some sire as Abegweit Milady who recently made the Canadian junior three-year-old butter fat production record.

Premier Jones also had the Junior champion female, a junior yearling heifer, Abe welt Mashie,

Lnoternal sister to A gwelt Spar- ey. There was One unusual feature

in connection with a first place a- ward which went to one of Pre- mier Jones’ heifers yesterday. It was learned that the animal was produced by artificial insemination and is the first of its kind be

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Report Vichy llov’t Flees To Berlin

LONDON, Aug. 17—(AP)—SWiE6- reports said tonight that most mem-i bcrs of the Vichy government hadl flcd to Berlin. leaving 5,000 mobile; gurardsnien of doubtful loyalty guard-i in: the panicky “Laval-Petain cap-i ital" menaced by Allied liberat-ingi armies and a mmtitude of patriots- storming ahead of them. l

The . quis resistance groups and "others began a systematic des- truction of German and Vichy de- fences in Frcnce-oerailipg trains, surrounding isolated German ar- risons in southern France and c ong the Swiss frontier, cutting down notorious Axis sympaéhfzers on, their “black lists." and in generall moving in well-defined courses laid out_by_A11ied_chicftalns.

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Cpl. (Acting Sgt.) '1‘. E. Fer-Atop. g0, Montreal and North Cobalt, t

n . Pte. (Acting Sgt.) William Mal- colmn. 2'1. Ma og, Que.

Sgt. Mclnns charged a ml- ehlne-gun ncst which was hold- ing up the advance of his com- pany on a strongly defended town Feb. 9. and killed all three Ger- man crew members with an auto- matic rifle. He also aided in the evacuation of a wounded officer by litter. remaining with him