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Nazis Building “Siegfri

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAYISJANUARY s. 1944

ENGLAND

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first blows of the arcat Allied invasion of Pbrtresa

niropa are struck by the massed

air might. One of their most important early mis- sions is to knock out the supply lines with which

Germany feeds men and munitions

Cost Cf Living lnilcx ls llown

OTTAW 100.} — CI’) — The alffic I cost-Jof-li n; ln-' d ed f 119.4 at

In Induce for foods fuel and lighting over-balanced a rise In home furnishings and miscellan- eous items." aaid the Bureau.

"The food index dropped mini 133.1 to 182.7 with declines f0r ‘Eb . pork.‘ oranges. tgnlbsmand

bar grea r use than ncreaaea for but tatoea.

‘In’. __ was!

Lona Sentry Cuarils ‘ invasion lldq.

LONDON. Jan, 5 -- (GP) -— An inconspicuous building whose en- trance is guarded for tlle mo- merit by a lone sentry has become Allied ’ headquarters in London. .

Gen.. Dwight D. Eisenhower is not expected for a few days al- though members of hi; stat! al- recady arc at work in the new quar-

s.

cirnsha‘ llcliuild Factories ln Poland

SIDCKHOLM, Jun. 5 -— (AP)- The Gannon press salt. today that "I great part" of the factories‘ bombed out in Western Germany have been rebuilt in Poland and are in production.

m Gannon-controlled Scand- inavian Telegraph Bureau said tho DNla had published pictures show- lhl plants built in Poland by the Todt organisation.

COMING EVENTS

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911th not: "man Idblm- h Zion Annual vaianuia Tea. l-c-ii. "Bordon. (Friday). Nl-tionialoliilm

30nd levies. Town . . P. u. Hall l l

"Otlllbinl Gram av and . 111$" ‘ lls. Newmhahka. cw“ miiii-ai. "Orecnvale ‘institute Danes at

95f cabinet shuffle which a likely to

Annie-American Rouen. Caen and

into the invasion

llanlc linits Which Crossed Moro liivcr

ALGIERB. Jan. s (or Cable) 41-h; soaiorth Highlanders of Canada, a; Vancouver Regiment. and the Royal 22nd Regiment of Quebec participated in the cross- ing oi the Moro River on the A riatic side of the Italian front. it wasrguthodtatively learned here “l? Lswpermltted to disclose that» um two regiments were involved in the fighting in the vicinity of the Moro River up to Dec. 14.

The battle for the Moro ei- valley and the subsequent battle for the coastal town of Or- tona, just north of the mouth of the Moro. gave Canadian 1st Div- ision troops the hardest fighting in which they have engaged in the Italian campaign.

Mentioned As Likely Successor To Lats Anglican Archbishop

AX. Jan. 5-(0?) --Most Rev. Gemge Frederick Ki stoil of Sauil: Ste. Marie, Orit., B on of diocese of Algoma, is being pro- zhtlmientioned as silccessor he Archbtsho I-iwltieiiqiley. ova

retary of vice of the church of England Camada. has also been mentioned

m“ al

_‘ Nelson, and impatiently

coasts Allied airmen are constantly battering a‘. key rail junction points like Lille,

Abbcvllle, Amiens, have again bombarded the Paris

ml. heart of the French railroad system.

es Nazi Planes Shot Down By Allied Airmen

IONDON. can s - (A P) ,- United States heavy bombers and escorting fighters hhsted 95 Ger- man planes out of the sky today as they ranged across a record 8C0

-mile front to strike the Kiel ship-

yards. airilelds at Bordeaux and Tours in France. and industrial targets in Western Germany-

Duesseldori was reported by a Berlin Radio broadcast to nave ‘been among the bombers’ object- ives.

The widespread operation cost tho attacking force 25 heavy bom- bers and l2 escorting fighters-

ers they said their bombs down in the target ares. start-ins large fires in a city which once was one .01 Hitler's most important nav-

bases. One group of fliers reported en- counter ng not only the usual types of Gennan fighter planes but con- centrations of rocket planes an twin-en ed Messerschmltts tow- ing what. appeared to be ICC-pound bombs on 40 or 50 feet of wlrc.

This was the first time such de- fensive devices have been seen. and the border CPl-"WIDCH were un_- able to explain how the "ias-fllflllil’ bombs were detonated- seen to explode behind

Wounded Veterans Back From Italy

HALIFAX, Jan. 5 (C?) More than I00 wounded veterans of the fighting in Sicily and Italy. the “Red Patch Devils" of the‘ Canadian lst Division in the Bri- tish 8th Army, arrived here to» day aboard the hospital ship Indy awaited their transfer to the trains that would take them back to their homes, or at least back to their"

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Beaverbrook

IDNDON. Jan. 5 — (OP Cable) l -Lord Beavorbrook may become Secretary of State for War in al

home rcvincee.

May Get

New Post In Shuffle

al.- its... on" probably will |etum to the Civil Service from which he was drafted to the War Secrctiiryship from his poet as per-

lwuis of Robert llobha. h. If stormy Monday.

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war civil aviation plans and If!‘ sided over an In? 9i tion Conference laat autumn.

1i he should move to the War Office to take the fifth

...."f.'.' "l!" it???“ ti“; aibly wo l!"

n" gqpq-menc separate from tho Al; Ministry and the obvious choice to hear‘: it would be Capt. Harold Balfour, Sir Archibald Sinclalra undersecretary at the Air Mini!-

t he rials In the ohui-sbuimcabl- bar

b Ml iste ans t. Under- vretary by Mr

biiuixiiim-liiih "thins uncut I ghurtiiui in 1w. tain af oonvalascing from an‘ Another substantial rumor I0- attack o pneumonia which he i ins i118 Null“! ll Pllfulmm‘ 9"‘ suffered in the Midd llaat. it‘ pares to gather after the Christ- wg. rumor ‘ here to . maa recess is that Immanuel s. - M " 'l‘f."’3.°“f“°‘ rs" .v _ _ . | bq- i a am v on I'M‘ "“.,....‘.’§.".2' {mam rglmdgllbliiili‘. magi-trill: is about to loin the rd Beavcrbrook has n active Government ‘as lmceltggflét rgcrnbg‘.

in directing formulation of post- altlioug no a

War Cabinet.

Labor- circlel say that if he sli- ura the Government he will do so only as a ciopnrtment head and would not loin as a iunlof mm- . an undersecretary for ox- ample.

Dur his eonvsleaeence Mr. Uhurchil probably i; mulling over the question of strengthening his cabinet but It u unlike v that anv- thlng will be disclosed officially until he is back in I0 Dovmilll Street.

| from Rome as long as __osslble. the

rCanadians . Capture Point 59

By WES GALLAGHER

ALGIERB. Jan. 5 — (AP) — German engineers or rushing to completion an Italian “Siegfried Line" several miles deep and as powerful as similar Nazi fortifica- tions in Western Europe, German prisoner, reported toda

Intent on keeping

l’ the Allies

Nazis were raid to be installing- their formidable new defence sys- tem a few miles from the present battle line, with its strongest features located in the neighbor- hood cf Cusslno opposite the 5th Army and inland from Pescara, Adriatic seaport which Canadian forces of the 8th Army are near-

iris.

The desperate nature of German resistance in Italy in recent weeks possibly was dictated by the ne- cessity of holding until the new line could be completed.

MARITIME TROOPS

Canadian troops from the Mari- time Provinces stormcd and cap- tured "polnt 59", a strongly-de- fended hill about three miles from Ortona and overlooking the coastal highway to Pescara. The advance, first of importance for the Cana- dians since a snow and wind storm hlt the Adriatic sector last week- end. was made after a heavy ur- tlllery and mortar barrage had churned the height.

Indian troops fighting a few miles inland. from the Adriatic were officially reported to have advanced several hundred yards under enemy machine-gun fire and seized a spur of a mountain- rldgc southwest of San Tommaso which fcll tn Cnnaciang New Year's Eve. _

Fifth Army Infantry aavariced ii mile west of Veliafro to cau- ture a 2.3004009 height in the Samucro ridge about two mlleii northwest of the village of San Vlttore.

TRAINING IN AFRICA

While weather restricted all‘ activity over the Italian front. M“ lied bombers ranged into Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to pound the en- emy's Balkan communications.

Headquarters d that Bri- tish, United States and French troop; are undergoing training throughout French North All!“ for coming assaults across the Mediterranean against the Ger-

mans.

North Afrlca was described as "one vast training centre" for in- vasion forces

LL-Ccn. Lccsc To Command 8th Army

ALGIERS, Jan. s - (AP) -l.t.- Gen. Si; Oliver heese ls the new Commander of the British 8th Army fighting in Italy. succeeding Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery, it was diSCIOSCG today.

Gen. Leese comrnan a. corps in the 8th Army during the march from E1 Alamein in Egypt. to Tunis that drove the Germans from North Africa,

Actually, Lease has been in com- mand oi the 8th Army for several days, but the announcement was withheld until today.

Leesc is a tank expert. He led the 80th‘ Corps in the North Afri- can campaign.

A six-footer. Leese was former- ly Commander of the Coldstream Guards, with whom he served in the First Great War. I-Ie was wounded three times, won the Dis- tinguished Service Order and was mentioned in dispatches three

times. when the Second Great War

broke out he was ili India as a General Staff Officer (first grade)

u-(Coiitinued on page b. C01 3T _______---

Tito Claims Island Cf Pag liccapturcd

IDNDON. Jan. b — (AP) —'I‘hc Partisan Anny oi Marshal Josip Bros (Tito) assorted may it had recaptured the as mile long Island of Pag in the northeastern Adria- tic and cooled fresh successes elsewhere on the irresullr Yuca- alav battlefronts.

The Partisan communique coun-

tered reports issued from King Peter's headquarters that Tito: Armies of Liberation were badly

mauled and on the verge of disas-

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tor.

r Situation Last ht

I11 lfirke L. Simpson. Associated Prem War

Anll

l-‘all oi the Berdlcliev anchor p01 on the chm“; muggy“; m“ o;

the ex smiling Kiev bulge and the imminent Bunion capture

Shape-

tovka. nnctiorl. 00 miles to the nortliweat, mean that the who! ‘l’! lock. In mud arid rail network west of Kiev to the Polish border wlell L1H“.

alie to the Russians ‘to implement great battle.

A shift in the force and direction

the next and crucial phase or the

of the main Illusion attack is ap- of Army ed southward in an effort k Sea

ve the IIIEHI-IMRIIIQ. strategic nil.

wattage of close-knit interior lines to speed troop movements. Bcr n

says at least 1.000.000 Soviet the bulge. If that is even relatively

"Mills have Men thrown into the bait

of true the interior communism. ons

network available to the lied commander. which will he completed with

cap . of Sliepetovka, would make Bu“ an Itrlkla: Dower at aav aelec 8o far as ll. can be traced now is rlvi wide, reachin east of recap urcd Belaya Taerkov.

An curly junction between General Vatl\tin's victorious first Ukrain- ian army in the bul e and the second Ukrainian army south uf Kiev,

it sslble to maaa overwhelming

ted po fill ‘he MIN. the maln Russian attack southward from the bul a on an arc more than I00 miles from Berdlchev around

a point. 20 miles or more south-

colitrlm; at Cherkas, is indicated. Whether the Nazi rirccs routed from

Bela n Tserkov and tho Dnie r

bank

positions east of it can esicape ,

sout ward before the jaws of his minor Russian trap close upon them is

open to doubt It is equ decisive victories come u

ally clear. however. that in line with the military dictum that ct with territorial gains but with the destruction

of ciicmy armies. the battle of the Kiev bulge Is billy now beginning to

reach its decisive phases.

Canadians Recover

Many

May Settle Montreal White Collar Strike,

MONTREAL, Jan. 5 -— (CP) ~Y The 16th dliy of the civic white‘ collar workers strike ended with the possibility of Mayor Adhemar Raynault acting as conciliator in -the~dispute when he loft-tonight- for Quebec to meet Premier God'- bout and members of‘ the Provin- cial Cabinet.

Mr. Raynaults departure was announced after Union lenders had called on him at his home. A1- thcugh no statement was issued after the visit, it was learned that the Mayor had decided to leave for Quebec “with a. view to dis- cussing there any action that". might possibly end the strike."

And Pastor Slain

STOCKI-IOLM, Jan. 5 - (AP) - Kaj Munk, tamer". Danish poet and pastor who had openly fought the Nazis, has been found slain in a woods hear the German mllltary headquarters at Silkeborg, Den- mark, dispatches from Copen- hagen disclosed today, the victim oi what the Free Danish Press. Service term; u Nazi-inspired pol- itical assassination,

The slaying of Munk, who had written many anti-Nazi books, articles and plays. stirred up among Danes an indignation un- matched‘ since the mass arrests of Jews early last October.

The pastor-poet's body was found Tuesday, dispatches to tbs Swedish Telegraphic Agency said, after four men believed to have been Gestapo agents went to Munk’s home at nearby Vedcrsoe and drove away with him.

Sllkeborg. near the centre of tho blg Jutland Peninsula, is . the headquarters for Nazi Gen. Her- mann von military dictator in Denmark.

Pravda Levels Blast At Wendell Willkic

MOSCOW, Jan. 5 — (A P) — Pravda", the official Communist Party newspaper. attacked Wen- dell Wlllkie today because of an article he wrote for the New York Times dealing with Russia and the status of Poland and the Bal-

tic States. Dmltry Zaslavsky, a Pravda writer, accused the United States “ “l ‘ of 1940 of

"niuddylng the waters“ in an eff- ort to draw presidential support from persons who do not trust the Soviet Uhicn as well as to wln sympathy from those who do. "Such a political gambler des- troys confidence," the Pravda comment sald- The newspaper added that the Baltic question was the business of the Soviet Union and one in which ". Wlllkie should not interfere."

BRAZIL-CANADA FUND

MONTREAL. Jan- b - to?» — Canadian inter-American associa-

ilg i e se -uo of a “cowl Br - fund destined i0 hm ve lc r ns between

.he exchange of students, ‘

I-Iarinecken, German _ i,

|iIllD

5 cf productivity at the as’-

and professors."

Damaged Tanks

By DOUGLAS AMARON

WITH CANADIAN FORCES IN ITALY. Jan. 5—(CP CABLE) - Canadlan tank recovery nleri who bring shermaris in under fire and make repairs m a battiemne work- shop arc putting back into action a high percentage of dis- ubled by enemy fire or mines, or bogged down by mu .

During battle

which ended when western Cali- siaian troops captured Ortona Dec. 21 a large number were recovered arid meiny of them have returned to action.

Night And Day

Battle experiences of the repair men match those of the troopers inside the tanks. Work goes on night and ‘day up forward and be- hilid the lilies with a different sit- uation arising each time a has to be recovered.

Diillxig the first day of Ortona. street fighting a tank was dis- abled whcn it ran over a mine. Cir/pt. J. Armstrong of Kingston Orit.. electrical and mechanical cli- ginecr of a tank regiment, decided repairs would have to be made on the spot or the enemy could fin- ish the work of destruction under cover of darkness.

Repaired Under Fire

Snipers were only 100 yard; a- way but with one rocovery_ tank providing protecttve cover with its guns, another moved up alongside and the damaged track was repair- ed. Another tank 200 yards dorm street was set on fire while the re- puirmen were working.

Tanks recovered in battle are re- paired at an advanced wocrksh detachment unlass they are

i tachment consists of only l; of tlcers and men including fitters. welders. electricians and mechan- cs

charge of ia . .D. McGee of Montreal, de- puty assistant director of mech- anical engineering for tank for- mations. His “ofilce" is in a truck behind the forward lines but still within shell a.rid mortar range of the enemy. A pin-pointed mam on the wall shows McGee where every tank casualty is situated and the color of the flags indicates the type of casualt,v—mlned, shelled. burned, oggod clown or lust out of action because of mechanical trouble.

Keeps Check 0n Tanks

Prom this chart McGee knows the tank strength of every unit. what tanks must be recovered lrn- mediately if they are not to fall v hanos. and which ones caribeletforasafertin-ie. ltls kept up to date by liaison with

t-s and personal contact.

One of the closest personal calls was that of Caipt. Doug Schoiield of Montreal who assists McGee in plannim recovery of tanks. Scho- field was in San Leonardo afterw its capture. t to the com- manding officcr of a tank r iment. when a shell lmrsc a few eet a-

licoloverv work is in

way. killin a tank crew but lea- ving Schofiield and the command- ing officer unhurt

The recovery men ‘don't stick to shennans when bringing in dis- abled tanks. German tanks too are

e salvaged. chiefly for their armor which is useful in re-

k. Most Canadian tank-transport- er traotors are fitted with captured German tracks.

AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES

NEW YORK. Jan. 5 _ (C?) - Army Minister Francis Fords of Australia said today in a Mel- bourne broadcaat that Australian Army casualties since the begining of the war total 35.890.

Ibrde said that the figure in- eluded killed, wounded, nursing

al and prisoners in all campaigns.

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GE NAZI FORCES FACE DISASTER

ed Line” In _ltaly‘

Enemykctreat May Be Cut Cff By Red Armies

By HENRY C. CASSIDY

MOSCOW, Jan. 6 - (Thursday) - (A P) ._. The Red Army was re- ported today to have taken the German Sluch River line.

(The Sluch River pre- sents a north-south line in that portion 0f its 30-

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east of both of these towns and the Russians already have announced the capture of Novograd Volynski, across t h e river.)

_A dispatch to llic Moscow news said the troops which ‘.005: lhii; line lied penetrated deep lIlLO the Poleslan province of DIE-WM‘ Pol- and 1n the direction of Sarny, 35 nillcs inside the froritlcl‘.

I The Moscow news reported the , front had rolled more than Bilnulcs ,west of Radcnrvsl, starting point of ‘the red offensive

I (A QO-mlle azlvancc due wool. from Radomysl would put the Russians

Wounded Stanley Bridge Soldier Enroutc llomc

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