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Great Destruction Reported In Sofia

llfld. Schooner lanished ln Cale

ST. JOHN'S. Nild.. Dec. 10- (CP Cable)-—Blown out to sea. imm her anchorage in a terriilc gale, a schooner with tour men aboard has vanished without. trace ofi Newioussdlandh. west coast, ao- cording to word reaching here to-

day.

The QC-ton schooner Marie M. Dicks was anchored in ‘trout Riv- er. Bonne Bay. when the storm seized her and swept her out in- to open water. Aboard the vessel were Captain Joseph Dicks and his two sons. oi l-iumber Mouth, and John McLeod oi Mount Mor-

h.

The ship was carried away last week. but searchers have been able wiind no trace oi her since. News oi the loss reached here only todsyvin mailed dispatches from the est Coast

The some gale did heavy damage ashore and to iishermen’s gear along the coast between Bonne Bay and Port Aux Basques.

A new Anglican church at Nor- ris Point wus destroyed with the loss oi 84.000. boats and fishing equipment were wrecked, trees were uprooted and barns levelled.

Churchill Still In Cairo

CAIRO. Dec. 10- (AP) — Prime Minister C 1 is still in Cairo, conierring with Middle East oi- iicials in what is loelieved to be a survey oi the entire middle east- em situation in the light oi decis- ions reached at the recent Turkish conferences.

. Churchill, whoa where- abouts had been unreported since shortly alter he and President Roosevelt ended their talks with Turkish President Lsmet inonu Dec. l. save a. 40-minute oii-the-recoiu

1K to war correspondents soda . he has conierred with King ar- 0111! 0! ing George oii

ritons. in- Minister

K111011111. Ambassador to Egypt;

Moi-Gen. Sir Edward Louis Spears,

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CCMING EVENTS

"Long River Christmas concert, r ‘Rim. 12-11-11.

Decembe

By THOMAS 1-‘. HAWKINS Asaolcatcd Press Staff Writer

BERNE. Dec. l0—(AP)—'I‘he politically-shaken Bulgarian cap- ital oi Soiia was blasted ior an this altar- Allied Dlanes whose explosives caused great destruction and killed many cerons. the Soils radio said w- night.

it was indicated that the targ- et was the railroad district which was hit hard Nov. 24 by United States heavy bombers oi the Northwest African Commend

The rail yards are a mile from Parliament. scene oi iervid Bulgar- ian deliberation ol Political and military import iollowing the tri- bower announcement at Teheran and the subsequent “closest unity" council among lme Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt and the leaders oi Turkey, neighbors oi Bulgaria.

The heavy raid. the third in a month. began at 11.50 am. and the capital was under an alert ior two hours or more. a Budapest radio announcement said.

Premier Dobrl Boiilov interrupt- ed a later addres to parliament at 5 p.m.. asking his legislators to rise in silent tribute to those who had died. the Sofia radio said.

The premier was quoted as say- ing there were “material losses" plus numerous dead. as before.

Beside the attack late last month United Staten medium bombers at- tacked the capital Nov. ll. These earlier bombings had been on a. more or less experimental basis. but tonight's reports indicated that

to Bulgaria-possibly as a result oi the recent Teheran tri-power three-way blows on Germany and actions to iorce Germany! sartel- lites out oi the war.

Butter Supplies Causing Concern

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OTTAWA. Dec~ 10 — (C P) — The Dominion Bureau oi Stalls- tics said today Canadian arearl’ ery butter holdings at Dec. l were sossmszc pounds compared with 32.341054 on the same date last year. but Prices Board oiiic- ials repealed their expression oi concern-first stated yesterday — over the present trend oi butter

The Board‘s iood administrat- ion officials said butter nrvdlwt- ion declined six percent November while domestic disap- pearance ‘resched s. new since introduction oi rationing-

._.§_.i___ Claim"300 British _ Prisoners Killed In Raid

the war hsd come in iull strength '

during high

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The People's i aper Covers Hines Edward ' Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1943

CANADIANS cnsu THROUGH NAZI LINES

MEMBER

MEMBER

lleath 0i Mrs. Cail llinnicombc Comes As Shock To Many

HALIFAX, Dec. 10—(OP)—Mrs.' Call Vinnlcmnbe. 2d. died in Vic- toria General Hospital tonight ai-

si illness. 5h

ter- s very e en- tered hospital only today. Death was believed due w pneumonia.

The ionner Helen Cameron oi Truro. Mrs Vinnioombe was a daughter or Mr. and Mrs. J. D Cameron oi that town. She was a graduate oi Acadia University.

She had been employed with the Civil Service Department at. Ot- tawa beiore her marriage three YBHFS BBO.

Her husband. a. squadron leader in the R..C.A.F. irom Charlottetown now is in Nswioundland. where he went only three days ago.

Surviving relatives include a sis- ter. Ethel. a nurse at ‘rruro.

Funeral arrangements have not been announc .

(Mrs. vinnicombc visited Char- lottetown on sevu-al occasions with her husband and her death has come as a severe shock to her family and to her mother-ln-law. Mrs. Edna Vinnicombe oi Char- lottetown who is leaving this (So.- urdayl morning ior Haliiax to meet her son on his arrival there.)

Artillery Paves "=1. F"? 1°=?!!11

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WITH THE OANADTANB IN 1'1‘- 51.11, Dec. 0—(Dolayed) - (or. Cashier-Canadian u 5 cent-rated their 811809914 11ml!‘ oi the Italian cunnaisn 0h G"-

Moro a. iull- scala assault by Donflnion iniantry men across the shallow. muddy stream.

The barrage began in earnest in mid-aitemoon Retell-Bl’ (wi-‘dml’ day). More than 23.000 shells were humped inbo the enemy lines bv ZS-pounders alone. British medl- um batteries joined to give the en- emv one oi the hottest periods oi the war in Italy.

After lniantrymen had crossed the river, the barrage was resumed and during the night another tre- mendous load oi» shells was sent screaming over the Moro Valley.

Can Send Telegrams To War Prisoners

Dec. l0--(CP)—Th9

GIT WA. Canadian Red Cross has had s11 ar- rangement in iect ior 1.10 Pl!"

year whereby Cariacians can send

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“CANADA MUST CHOOSE”

An Address By Honorable John Bracken‘

LEADER

Progressive Conservative Party

Hamilton. Friday. Dec. i0. (Re- fused Broadcast by 0.13.0.1

It Ls now almost; exactly twelve months since I was invited by a convention in Winnipeg 1o accept the leadership 0i o. national party, Beiore that convention 533cm led, there hsd been a searching oi hearts among those who wished the Conservative Party to resume its Dlace as s. great constructive force in the national life. In the councils 0i the party, younger minds and more vigorous opinions had tri- umphed over considerations oi party xpedience and the prompt- ings oi mere habit. The resolutions adopted in Winnipeg gave rooi that the party had bren re rn. was filled with a spirit oi service and driven by a lofty purpose gave evidence oi its new iaith and determination by indicating in its ame .- Progressive Conservative --the basic principles for which it stood - the preservation oi what was best irom the world oi yester- day and the adoption 0i what is best in the world oi today.

Thou ul Ca _ in all

-. Aide-tad» finitely-Shot’ their country was in danger or being torn between two iorceg _ contusion on the one hand and in- ternpcrance on the ozher. The party in power had 'uled almost unchallenged for so long that it had lost its vigor and was loaded dovm with commitments, obliga- tions and out-worn traditions lke an old ship encrusted with bar- nacleg,

But 1i the old ship was to be sent into drydock for much needed reconditioning. what was there to

its place? A ‘ -us politie- al movement had grown up in the country which was ready and more

A _. i. e 1..

Outrianked by the

: Its lose must give to ride out ii it oes down before illghi behind the up

irons Kremencnug to and beyond Z

I.

They are heightened by Moscow reports oi winter conditions prevail- lnErover the snow-clogged and Inadequate highways o! the l! nine, oi all but one lndequate rail route is menacod by red armies near for a possible lungs at the Nlkoleav communications

The one rcmaluin escape line

the Dnn-ls-rr snout

uh. ll that key Junction should lall. or even come under the lire oi red

batteries, the situation oi all Germ:

Simpson. Associated Press

Harbinger-s oi doom are hovering again over in the Dnlcper bend and lin the Crimea than were fall oi Znamenka junction, the Nazi h0ld on the tlit- Knrus ling bastion guarding escape corridors from the dclllhs "i "19

or Duiester River llnel. The possibilities [or a German disaster in the Russian break-through

Field Crops llown Slightly

CYITAWA. Dec. 10-(0?) -- ‘The Dominion Bureau oi Statistics t0- day estimated the gross value oi Canadian

iield crops in i943 at 81.- 100.000.000 down $100,000,000 from Although 194s

production showed l‘

parlson with previous years. Wheat-worth $299,038,000--was the most important single cro 1n 1943 although its value was own almost $110,000,000 irom i942.

The potato crop this year was worth 8701135000 against $64,247,- 000 in 1942

Five provinces ieported an in- he 1943 value 0i their

i

Edward island reported production valued at $14,753,000, a gain oi two per cent, nova Scotia £18.049,000, u 13 mgr cent; New

runswick $9,890. , up 32 per cent: Manitoba $144,267,000, 11p Z4 per cent; and British Columbia $22,- 230000. up 22 per cent.

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llew Safety Plans ‘For Student Flyers

! OTTAWA, Dec- l0 -— KC P) — ‘The R. C- A. F“ t0 provide add-

HON. JOHN BRACKEN

181011111 protectwn tor student ' < fliers‘ "m immmicm‘ "weather than willing to take all power into 35105}: “mm” flying its hands and in a spirit oi’ venge- Apddems m“ v occurred n

iul impatience to destroy beyond

hope oi repair the good as well .

as the bad to which moiety hadldromes and made landings d“?

ialxiehns heir. 1m l serous new ca movement‘ , had borrowed ‘the Utopian teach-i ‘The new scheme will provide lngs oi nineteenth century writers.’ 901' 1111 lllfimlcwf Y0 be 011 Phi-ml and Was seeking power to put 111 the air on the weather side of’ them into practice on Canadian the field — from where any soil. It would exalt the state to an- verse weather might approach — eminence long denied to monarchs‘ throughw" we "ml! i111 8 and extend its authority over all crait are in the air", said R. C- A- '- -~~- F} headquarters in a statement. “The weather patrol will be in constant radio communication with the control tower, and addi- tional signals have been arranged to cover possibility oi radio isil-

night when bacl weather. moving in quickly, has blanketed sir-

The new service was recomm- mded by the Accidents Investig- ation Branch, headed by Group Capt- F. S» Wilkins oi Ottawa.

Mixed Reception For Wage-Control Crder

OTTAWA. Dec. l0—(CP)—-Cisn- ada‘s new wage-control order, which gives a slight increase in overtime wages to some workers but is intended to restric- tions on general wage increases. was received today with mixed comment from labor anr." govem- mental leaders.

._.,._ p War Analyst renter Germain forces estroyed at Stalingrad,

morale a new disaster shock

German good a westward

Nazi troops make

names-ska are staggerin

southern severed.

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n troops east oi the Bu; would be Il-

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lied Planes Value or Canada's ' Advange Up

ahead oi Allied headquarters placing the Canadians near the Adriatic. Berlin said Thursday the Canadian 1st Division had replac- ed the British ‘lilth Division which made the first crossing n! the San- Kro at Archi. seven miles south-

east of San Leonardo.)

troops oi the 8th Army, strongly supported by armored units. es- tablkhed iirm positions north oi the Moro river. There was iierce

Znameidta

iUkrainian army has cap-JIM vtured Znamenka, in the

an important prop from

Leonardo. The advance is oontizi» Hing? yell. supported by our sir- cra .

the river Wednesday aitemoon ai-

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Slsilfiriasgsisretlyncirorhofistuzl-it ' ' illighlights ‘From Italy

to the right Wing oi Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's 8th ar- my. Canadian troops have crashed through

new German lines north oi the Moro River and are advancing up Italy's Adriatic coast as the spear- hlead oi Montgomery's o len-

ve.

Allied headquarters. carefully avoiding comment on this sur- prlse appeara oi the Can- adians on the Adriatic end oi the peninsula wide front. au- nouncezl that isle Canadians had established firm posit- ions on an eight mils front north oi the Moro and repor- ted flerce fighting in the vic- inity oi San Leonardo, on the coastal road four miles miles from the important port southwest oi’ Ortona and l6 miles from the important port oi’ Pescara.

(The Berlin radio was 24 hour‘;

‘By The Canadian Press‘.

The Italian front is ablaze from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenlan and both the lltl1_ and 5th army are smashing gaping holes in the Ger- ' mini “winter line." These are high- lights 0i the war i1cws from Italy.»-

Thc Canadians. shifted secretly from the left. 1o the right. Win51 oi hsd crossed the Moio River on an eight-mile front and were punching the coast last night. They were reported in the vicinity of San 1conar.;o,t-.vo miles from the coast and about. 16 miles south oi Pescara.

The Grmans had put the torch to - several inland towns opposite 5th and 8th army positions.

Nazi deiences on both sides oi the Via Casilina at Mignano were cracked by American troops of the 5th army who seized Mount Sumu- cm.

Allied headquarters announced Italian troops are in action icr the first time with the karmic-American 5th army.

The Allied communique said:- "Aiter- heavy ilghting, Canadian

Radio Blackouts in" Europe ‘Last Night

ing in the vicinity oi Sar

Canadian infantry struck across

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Reds Capture

LONDO

N. Dec. l0-—(A.P)—A 00n- tinental radi

blackout indicated that heavy R..A F. bomber werq out tonight to end the week-long lapse in the new Allied aerial cat11- paign to destroy Germany, while the Sofia. radio said the B alien capital had been attacked ths 2J-

Dec‘ 1o '— ternoon. 2 n d Nazi raiders, iew in number, also gave {nndon its iirst alert since

The Nazi radios, lillilllililfl _Deu1schlandscnder, main station in I the ares. or rubble-carpeted Berlin, began signing, oil around 7 ‘,).n1., ai- ter low-flying Mosquitoes had dealt:

LONDON, (AP) — Russia's

Dnieper bend. knocking

tinging d _‘il it bl w to enemy ‘Th6 GGFWIZHS‘ eastern- iéansport Billilglllliliso 1:1 northwest ermany.

most salient to speed west and south toward other Moscow night a deep Nazi pen- etration bulge rolling the Rus- sians back to a point 30

32 ‘aw llEATll-S

b ut t0-

keypoints ,

MONTREAL. Dec. l0 -— \CP)-<

Twenty-two deaths have occurred in Montreal during the last week. due directly to influenza or pneum- onia following an uti/ack oi influen- za, D1". Adelni-d Grnulx. director o the city health department, said today.

into tho Kiev

miles east of Korosten.

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