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PsEEs PROGRESSIVE CONSER v.4 TIVES 01v MARCH TO vzcrozay

"rhere is no mistaking the evi- dances in every province pointing to the fact that the Progressive conservative Party is once more a ‘ping eoncem, on the march and business in the Can- adian political field. fully equip- pgd u give service to the Canadian people. and in the hest form a government in the event of a general Dominion election being al Hm. Gordon Graydon. Lender of the 099081 commons and President of the fiogressivs Conservative

n of Canada who is now visiting Charlottetown.

Mr. Graydorfs visit is part of a two-months’ tour which he com- menced at the beginning of 0c- tober in the capacity of p. ' Association and which to date has covered the four Western Provinces. Ontario and the Marl-

readv to do

es. Chief purpose of his tour. he ex- Eained in an interview last night. to meet officers. executive and members oi the Associati coast to coast. and discuss plans and activities. "It is not a speech- maklng tour," he said. “although in many of the larger centres have addressed party gatherings. "One oi the features of the work Dominion which I am promoting is the estab- lishment ‘across Ca

n study clubs under aervatlve auspices." Mr. said. “It is expected that when the illan swings during the coming months there will be thousands oi those groups gathering together for the purpose oi discussing and studying current issues facing Canada. The new plan will be utilized for the vurposc oi enlisting the assistance of men and women in the formu- lation of modern policies for thc Party. and stimulating the educa- tional features wo

Training For Democracy

Mr. Graydon paused a. moment. Ind addcd impressively:

"if democracy is worth fighting for it should be worth training for. and it should be worth while for our people to learn how it more effectively may operate. This ed- ucational plan is m-ceting with spontaneous enthusiasm from one and oi Canada to the other,

"in the two years which have llflilsrd since 1941 I made tion-wide survey of the Conserva- tive Party's position" he contin- ued. "Amazing changes have taken place in the Canadian poiit al scene. I shall try to give you some of the inescapable impressions of

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HON. GORDON GRAYDON

New Session 0f British House Opens

LONDON. Nov. 24—iCP)-ln a ceremony devoid oi the peacetime frills that made it such a spectacle. the King today opened the new session of parliament-ninth since the present house was elected in l93.">--and afterwards the govern- ment rmergod from the first day oi debate without serious challenge. Acting in the absence of Prime Mlnizier Churchill. Clement At- tlec. Lord President of the COLUICll and deputy prime minister. 1n a generally optimistic review of the military situation. made a long and apparently acceptable answer to tho chief complaint of the crit- ics-the Allied loss of the islands of Leros. Kos and Samos in the first tentative tirrust into the Ac- gcun off Greece.

One oth-ri- undertone oi protest in the background was the govern- ment's release from detention oi Sir Oswald Mosley. British Fascist

parliament was prorogued yesterday Home Secretary Herbert Morrison defendrd the government's notion us being on medical grounds. As in previous wartime years the fact. that the House prorogucd was kept secret for scourity reasons until

the new session was opened. Attlec today presented the Ae- gean set-backs frankly us just that saying plainly that “loss of brave hd tutcgic ltions of

lender. Bcfore the old session of.

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Bv EDWIN SllANKI-I (Associated Press Staff Writer) STOCKHOLM. Nov. AP)-—

New fires swept through ravaged Berlin tonight and ‘walls 0i flames" more than a half mile ions licked the air. clogged with smoke alnd ashes. after the second mas- sive air attack in two nights. 1c- horts reaching this neutral cwitcl

the Swedish PIE-SI said parts oi Berlin were "an 1h- ierno of flashes." while other sec- ulveriaed by blockbust- ing bombs. elephone and telegraph communications and transport in and with Berlin were paralyzed- The capital was virtually isolated- Untold thousalnds were killed- One estimate put the death loll It .000 in the Monday night raid e- lone. although most guesses WEN lower than this.

Aaphlll Boiled

Eve-witnesses reaching 5W0d°0 have a picture oi lierlin as a torch

so u

said. that "asphalt on the pave-

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bi fi . " gs srtlll were bumins

‘ at noon Tuesday and the belt "l! hole at our stock na

so terrible-a was almost impos- ble to w streets." one refugee s. . people collapse on the plvrrflflli- frorn] the intennrvwhe" aw u ‘scenes e . e newspaper Aflmitidinlm re- Th new fires set last nilht

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lfravellers Call Berlin " “An Inferno Of Flames”

of ruins. Fires were so intense. dill Sm

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1943

Leningrad May Become Active Area

LONDON, Nov. 24 — (A P) — Russia's Ukrainian Anny rallied to crack the furious German counter attack in the Kiev sector on the 11th day today, killing 1,500 Nazis and blasting 30 enemy tanks in which improved soviet positions in the Chernyakhov and Brusilov sectors-

"All attempts of the Germans to penetrate our defences met with

bitter defensive fighting

ial1ures," the Rumians announr

tonight in their first communique

to suggest that the German on- slauzht had reached its highwater mark

Meanwhile the German inspired Vichy Radio. in the first mention of Leningrad for many weeks. said

Russia's second city had been bom-

barded hy German heavy artillery. Germans might move in this long oulet area.

Germans was last reported close

perhaps indicating the to the city on the west and south. 8th Army Takes Two More Towns

ALGIERS, Nov. 24-—(AP)—-Stab-

bing forward over rough ocrrain

through six intervening towns and villages. 8th Army troops have seized the two Sangro river towns of San Angelo and Alfedena near the centre of the Italian line. vir- tually clearing the approaches to the Germans’ main defence sys- tem along a 45-mile stretch to the. Adriatic Sea.

Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery/ls British and Canadian fighters plunged l0 miles due west from their last report/ed position at Cas- tlgiione to capture San Angelo on the eastern bank of the Sangrc. after routing the enemy from the mountain towns of Capracotta. Castxl Del Guidice, Gianni and Martano a headquarters announ- cement said today. San Angelo. the full name of which is San An- gelo Del Pesco. is 28 miles inland from the Adriatic.

Tuesday was the quietest day on the Mediterranean air front in recent months. Good flvinrr wea- ther was encountered only over Al- bania. whore RAF. Spitfires act fire to eight trucks and probably destroyed nine others.

Allied light coastal craft sank an enemy lighter laden with gas- oline off Leghorn. for up the Ital- ian wcst coast. on Monday night.

Super-Mosquito

LONDON Nov. 24—(Thursday)- (CEU-Dsvciopment oi a. new sup- tar-Mosquito combining both the armament of the fighter version

of the versatile 400-milcs-an-hour d

plywood plane and half the bomb- loud of a stripped-down bomber without sacrificing speed was dis- closed tonight by the manufactur- ers. the De l-fovlland Aircraft Com- puny.

The intense heat was said to have caused the same phenomenon that occurred‘ in the l-lnmburgh blitz. Great auctions and cyclonic winds were generated which sent flames towering into virtual vacuums a- boveBerlin.

Eintire blocks oi 10 to a dozen squares were colored masses iire with which fighters were ut- terly unable to cope.

Berlin Cut 0ft

Berlin could not he reached by telephone or telegraph. Ironically. Swedish telegrams to Berlin were routed to Hamburg. the destruc- for the levelling of the capital.

Because Berlin all Doro e dominated

ncwsp The mpg-ted in rubble

own ls tourist centre. was laid to

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tion of which set the grhn pattern

is the centre of by Hitler.

the w e continent was affected. v v e only embassies on he 'I‘i which es- caped d ion or damage were the Japanese and Italian. One un- eonf rt sa the Eden

Allehand said. ‘madam railway station was e Haul Vaierland, widely;

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different.

crushing blow. not even in Russia. Hcightencd bombing. drivln

German morale began to crack up.

HALIFAX, Nov. naclian soldiers-wounded at Di- eppe and held prisoners for 14 months in chains in Nazi prison camps-were among several hund- red wounded and ill Canadian and United States servicemen, includ- mg R.C.A.1-'. personnel shut down over Nazi-occupied Europe, who returned to Canada today aboard than Canadian hospital ship Lady

Ne n.

Aboard the vessel. which docked here earlier today t0 complete its fifth round trip voyage across the Atlantic. were also wounded Can- adian soldiers who had fought m lhe battle of Sicily.

The soldiors and airmen who have been held prisoners in Germ- any numbered rucarly half a hund. red. They were repatriated from the Nazi prison camps in the re. Cent prison exchange with Ger- many.

Only a few oi the Diepfie veterans told shac led in the Nazi comps. but al of them related how hundreds of their companions—lnclurllng of- ficers—-not confined to no ital were forced to wear chains. hey shackles as hand- cuffs joined together by a chain 12 i0 l5 inches lone. iust too short "to allow us’ to put our hands in our

P06 ts.

"We had to wear them from

early morning until 0.30 at niegrt" said Pte. Joseph Brenner of W d- sor. 0nt., one of the exchange ri- soners returning to Canada. " ey were taken off iust half an hour before we went to bed. And that was from last December until iust a few days ago." Ptc. Brenner. who has a wife and two small children waiting for him at home. said he got respite from the chains from_ time to time by working lifl the Bed Cross stores Others. he said, used 1o work their chains off during the day and then put them back on again before the guards came around at night to un- shackle them.

Big Italian Liner Conte Di Savoia ls Afloat

AT ITALIAN GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHERN ITALY Nov. 2i—<Dclaycd) — (APi-Tho eat Italian liner Con- to Di Savo a. frequently reported sunk. has been disclosed as still afloat under German control at Venice.

Italian naval ofiiccrs said the ship had been camouflaged to re- semblc a small island in the Ve- nios lagoon. with a make-believe villa, a garden and cows painted

to . onAn rftalian officer said the Conte Di Savola had never‘ been use

retun ing of be\i

u since the day Italy entered the 0

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Those who know Germany have predicted that an ‘ strong enough to over-ride the Nazi police control system anti lead to ll peace revolt could come of only two circumstances-a crushing German military defeat, or a starvation winter in Germany. There is nulhlng to suggest starvation rations now in Germany, nor closely impending, There have been many cumulative German military defeats but no decisive or

geman public, always has helrl. however. e r . 1f l‘ technical skill has contributed any adequate counter-

measures for Allied mass bombing. now is the time for them to he brought forward. it would he too late if they were withheld for perfection until

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By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

Twice within M hours the light

with e. fur: that can leave no tho htiflltdflcmnhin doubt of the h ae arra a

invasion of the cont punt. ‘ed ‘e o p" e W y expcc by da r night. Th lanes, the crews and the technique in day and night opgrgtion to mailspehis a. ve been assembled and have begun their 1183- Al"! lust across that; channel stunt! Allied armies groomed to move

of Allied air wrath Ins struck rtent.

Whether German nerves can endure the strain is the question. There is no human experience by which to Judge the morale effect oi such ter-

The battle oi’ Britain affords no certain yardstick. At its worst, it was but a pale shadow of the bomb-havoc now being wrought over Qerlln in a single attack has suffered a hlow five times as heavy as in any Germany ever struck at Britain-in weight of bombs or death and des-

crmany.

Yet the clear meaning cf Allied strategy behind this concentrated air ar

e not

, upo Germany out of the our. In the broad victory pattern of attirek manner. by the Allies this swelling aerial ha. rrage is written down as asofienlng- operation like the field artillery thiat opens the way for ground troops. rec p commanders do not expect now or

state revolt against Nazi masters.

German home-front morale could not endure defeat 0r the prospect of war on German soil in 1918 but this time the situation is considered

I collapse

horne the ugly lessons of war 0n the

grave possibilities for tho

Satisfaction To Londoners

British realize Nazis may make heavy reprisal attack any night.

By ROBERT BUNELLE Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON. Nov. 2~i—-(AP)-—There

is a. feeling of gim satisfaction to- day among Londoners. who took the thundering bombardment the Nazis gloatingy delivered through the, black winter and spring of 1940-41. that Berlin now is getting it, back many-fold.

But although hatred runs deep for the Germans who blasted, burn. ed and broke businesszs, homes. bodies and lives of hundreds of thousands of British people. there is no morbid cxultation over the turn of tables. Memories of houses turned into rubble and human be- ings turned into shredded flesh arc too fresh.

With a crtain awe at the ordeal the Berliners are enduring. the Londoners feel rather sorry for them. At the same time. they ac- cept the necessity for grinding the Nazi capital and its leaders into dust. It is too bad any people must go through such horror but the Gemlans asked for it is the ilener- al uncmotional reaction.

Britons. including Londoners and the fliers making the raids, take little note of the revenge aspects of the Berlin bombing. Instead, newspapers here are playing the accounts of the destruction and fires without going much further.

And the great raids an‘. taken in characteristic British fashion as a planned. expectable part of the methodical campaign to beat the Germans. There is little undue op- timism about its bringing a "‘ German collapse.

Tampering ail thoughts about the Berlin a“ ‘ is the recogni- tion that London's turn may come again at any time. While the Ger- mans are short of bombers in the west. nobody is an foolish as not in recognize they might quickly ns- semble a sufficient force from oth- c: fronts to give London a S00- planc raid

Londoners face the prospect oi reprisals realistically, and notice- ably fewer of them take the "night

d out" or are seen in pubs on nights

after the heavy RAF. raids on Berlin "

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Large Sections i

Of Nazi Capital Flaming Rubble

0. ii. R. Regional Head Discusses Bar Shortage

Little prospect of being able to meet fully the reirigwfllflr 00!‘ shortage this season was held out by Mr. J. F. Pringle fiNR. vice president and general manager for the Atlantic Region. in an inter- view wlth a Guardian representa- tive last night. l-le arrived yester- day on an official inspection tour.

"We are getting a little over twenty refrigerators a day now. and we will average a little more

Mr. Pringle said.

about 700 refrigerators for the month of November. Northern New Brunswick and northern Quebec are also suffering from a shortage of refrigerators, for the same reas- on as Prince Edward Island. One reason for the heavy demand, of

(Continued on page 6, Clo-l‘ 3;’

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Southwest Pacific, Nov. 25- (Thursdayi —lAP) — United States light naval forces sank four Japanese destroyers and damaged a fifth early today in a naval action fought for the first time in waters close to the enemyhe naval and air

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servicemen Reach Halifax

ALBANY. N. Y“ Nov. 24-(AP)-- Northern and eastern New York were returning to normal tonight after a snowstorm which cost three llvcs.

ANTIGONISII, N.S.. Nov. M -The federal government ban on the importation of Canadian livestock info Newfoundland was protested today at a meet- ing of the Antiizonlsh County Farmers‘ Association.

BOSTON. Nov. 7A—(AP)-1='ive men were missing in northern New Englnrl tonight as temperatures dropped fast in the wake oi a Itihrec-day storm which took six

yes

Sees National Transportation Policy Coming

OTTAWA, Nov. 24—(CP)--A na- tional transportation policy for Ca- nada, under which railway. high- way and air transport would pe subject to similar government con- trols. was forecast today by Labor Minister Mitchell in addressing the House of f‘ reconstruc- tion committee.

The minister spoke after repre- sentatives of the standard railway brotherhoods. in a brief submitted to the committee, advocated devel- opment oi such a policy, They said present legislation forces railways

carry loads which sometimes are unprofitable while highway transport can choose only profit- able cargoes.

The railwaymen also suggested that the reconstruction committee recommend elimination of all Ca- nada's 30.000 level crossings as a post-war project Their brief men. tioned the nerve-wrecking strain imposed on engine crews because of the crossings. ‘

Mr. Mitchell praised the service of Canadian railways in the war effort and said it would have been disastrous if advocates of reduced Yflllwflv mileage had been success- gualrin their arguments before ten-

WABHINGTON, Nov. 24-—(AP)-

e Roosevelt administration was dealt its second major defeat in as many da s as the House 0i Re presentat yes tagger shouted a ro- val of a $2.130, .000 tax oi . rc- pudiatirgw the oootreasurys request

for $10 IGVBTNIG

The second wartime measure was tossed over to the senate-by a 200-oo-27 votc-a day after the house voted overwhel- mirlglv to kill the food-subszdy ro- gram, described by Presi ent Roosevelt as the keystone in his anti-inflation bulwark.

Here's how the measure azfmts the personal incomes of tax avers:

1. he victory tax is rcpca er.

from six per cent to 10. to imitate the victory tax.

re aimed. The surtnx schedule Ya sted to bring it into line with elimination of the victory tax.

a The earned-income credit is

A child thinks 8Q and $0 years can scarce ever be meal.

MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

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LONDON, Nov. 24 —

(AP)—Ber|in was a vir- tually paralyzed and isolated inferno tonight, with large sections of its centre bombed to flamin rubble by the secon successive blockbusting night attack by R. A. F. and R. C. A. F. four-en- gined bombers- The second great raid, hitting the Nazi capital as it still staggered in a daze from the effects of the first, carried to Ber- liners the war’s greatest anti - morale offensive a n cl quickly brought threats of “reprisais” from angry Nazi lead- ers.