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By W. W. HERCIIER

LONDON, Jan. 28 —(AP) —'l‘he Red Army in a lit-mile advance rolled to within 10C miles east of Berlin to-

iiilnitz Moves- headquarters

“ _- and industries of southern “§.hfl,'°g,ua'.m;qfflz)m§ Silesia with the capture of miles west of Pearl Katowice and Beuthen, and p. ‘f? loft‘: ‘fl’, $53.5 seized the long-surrounded to get eliiser to the lob he ls Baltic port of Meme] in a

- m m. m“ “mum. new northern offensive. ' oscd hc Premier Stalin announced clear-

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pro-war aelruan-Po i- Itier at a new point by capturing 1 a Cuarnkow. 1-30 miles northeast of (l! The ted Pram) Berlin and D0 miles southwest of ASHINGEON. Jan. N-Jlnited Sfettin. German Baltic port. At lites Army jet pro uleicn glance the southern end of the arc the era ‘Arct tests - relied

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149'“ sworn in ‘Pilgddily as Governor- Wl" Vi" i" W504 Jlll- rie The‘ warm ninvceremony

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em front and th vilien distur- bancm had occurred . Berlin broadcasts Rave no indicat- ion there was 1c. Ankara radio reported spore c clashes between residents of Berlin and the owclllnit flood of refugees.

"As a direct consequence of the military situation in "the east". the l‘ l. ansocean Agency said.

SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA. Jen. 3- (GP Gable) — The Duke of Glou- cester. Australia's new Governor- General, and the Duchess of Glou- cester. arrived in S dney this even- ing by ship from e United King-

Arluolmcing the arrival of the King's brother and sister-twigs e e

a wreath at the cenotaph en motor to Canberra we

capital. e of Gloucester will be

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Air Minister lint Accessible To Delegation

Word from Ottawa stating that (ha acting Minister for Air would be unable to see s. Charlottetown delegation this week regardi re- Air Navigation hool ummeraide. and suggesting that represgltgtim ‘in the matter ' e '. here over the week-end ay Mr. J Lester Douglas. ALP. had been planned to have the delegation. corn representat- ives of the Citv Council, Charlotte- town Board of ‘Prado and Canadian legion and including Mr. Douglas and Hon. T.W.L. Prowsc. leave by noon plane on Sunday after-

The delegation was appointed folio a foint meeting of the City Council and Board of Trade Iriday afternoon, at which the news of the transference of the Summersi‘ on Illeb. i was discussed. The unfavorable reply from Ot- tawa with r rd to the prospect r

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Minister Gibson until the change Boos into effect was received in answer to the following telegram sent Saturday afternoon by w. Douglas to the Minister:

‘ tes representing Board of c, City Council, and the Canadian legion asked me wire you for appointment early next week to discuss situation re- $21111‘ removal N. ’

ool to Sumlnersld . advise." , The following reply was re- ceived Saturday evening by Mr. Douglas:

"Regret inability of Col. Gib- son to see delegates next week regarding removal l of navigat- ion school. Suggest you make mresentation by letter in mat-

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' Please

Yesterday. fiiougiaa o in reply to one he had received

in from the was: lldinister last Pri-

day. 1t sta :

"Thank you for your wire of 26th. If two types of training only necessary it is obvious that Char- lottetown is better fittcd than Sum- merside.

"To install beam service in Sum- merside which is now available at Charlottetown would require coh- " k‘ time and an expenditure of approximately 000 which seems needless when already avail- able here.

"Lack in extreme lcnstn of run- ways has never retarded training here where aircraft operated effec- tively and with perfect safety "Hospital and personal nu - modatioh has never been criticized in ills slightest and is believed to be adequate in every respect. "There is a splur railway line into the port of w (ch you appeal‘ t0 have no knowledge. . "On the whole it is felt in the constituency that the school hers has mostflzffectively and efficiently functioned under the R-A-F- llld the R.C.A.F. and that further con- gideration should bcuflven before sucllzdalraditglzl. cxfzc mildegfld t!!!’ ca or c nge s -

Mr. Douglas said last nisht that the removal cf the air training school will not only mean a aer- ious loss to the business life of the City but will entail much individ- ual privation since 112 civilians n employed in ma tcnancework at the airport will lose their 008l- one.

Taxation Rearing In Regina Today

REGINA, Jan. I - (OP) —The Royal Commission on taxation of cvoperativeg begins its slit-ins! here tomorrow in s Province where one in every four citizens is a mem- ber of a cc-operative. after hear- ing some b0 briefs for and against continued exemption of co-cpcr- ativea from income anal excess mo- fits tax in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton

Two ' ts h been giiirimirouiihmfioi“ o. in”: milleriillliceucg-ofiu'i‘v‘eis vs ti. they have an obiluation to distri-

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Army Engineers Repair 7.000 Miles Of Railway

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rams. Jan. 28—Uflited States “my flluinefiffl have rehabilitated 1,000 mile-l of European railroads (m. u” by Allied armies as sunplv routes to thcd ‘vi/agent In-ont. it

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"hi-lgflirriglnecrs restored l.000mllen of double (rack and .000 mile.- nf mm; (rack In Wane» anti ‘Bel-

1 nil maior rail n t- iiiilrqslfimillliu territnry- e

was received 5|

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War fSituation

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Russian armies of seemingly limitless power and mobility were knocking at the very gates of Berlin as the third week of the made-fu- Mcscow victory offensive opened.

By enemy admission. Bed Army advance elements had curled around both aides of doomed Poznan to points on the Brandenburg border less than 100 miles from the bomb-blasted German capital. southward. north and south of the Breslau fortress city on the Oder. share was every ' that lust ‘ ’ barrier , ‘ _ the Sileaian gateway to Inert; central Germany had been punctured on u front more than I00

es do.

Hundreds of miles in rear of the ‘ blunt ‘ o“... salient. whole Gel-luau armies were trapped in all but lost Bast Prussia to the north. or caught in the squeeze of a led Army thub-screw bear- ing down on the Slovakian bulge in the south. .

The harassed foe could not look westward without apprehension that at any moment a massive new Allleduttavck would break upon his thinned defence lines behind the Boer. the Maas and the Dutch Rhine. Th: last strategically-useless strip of the Belgian bulge was bing wiped MI .

To match that, British and American armies had cleared the whole IC-milc-Iong west bank of liner from Duran to its confluence with the Malls to poise an ominous new threat at the Cologne plain. They found powerful defensive works abandoned without a fight.

Allied ltaff spokesmen were at a loss to explain " failure to fight even u. delaying action west of the river to impede development of u major attack on the Boer-Mass front which Berlin couuuenators have said is being marshulled by Gen. Elscnhowen. Coupled with dis- closure of the relatively feeble nature of the German thrust into Alsace in the Karlaruhe corner, promptly bounced back by U.S. 7th Army cunn- ter-attacks. that retreat behind the ltocr could be significant.

It might mean that under the urgent do ‘ for reinforcements in the east to stem the Russian tide. orders for retirement behind the Rhine for a last stand in the west have gone out.

It may prove premature to look for a German retreat behind the Rhine, but there seems no other way in which sufficient numbers cf seasoned veterans suitable for warfare of movement could be concen- trated in time for use in the east. Troops in Italy or in the Danube theatre south of Vienna are too far away to count upon.

For at the pace the Russians were still moving as this third week of their great offensive opened. they could be in Berlin in another seven days.

Report Dissolution A Is

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By FRANK FLAHERTY OTTAWA. Jan. zil-(Cm-De- spite assertions by Postmaster Gen- crsl Mulock and Defence Minister McNaughton that the Grey North by-eiecticn will be held Feb. 5. 0b-

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servers on Parliament Hill are no more certain than they were a week ago that Parliament will not be dissolved in time to cancel the contest.

One thing appeared reasonably certain as a result of the latest developments. The dissolution will not take place tomorrow on nomi- nation day nor merely as a result of opposing candidates officially takin the field against Gcn. Mc- Nsug ton.

The course of the campai and perhaps events at the front n Eur- ope after nomination day will have a bearing on Prime Minister ac- kenzie King's decision. which may be announced in the Speech from the Throne at the prorogction of the 1944 session of Parliament Wednesday.

Gen. McNaughton made a hur- ried trip to Ottawa during "the weekend to catch up on some urg-

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Large Firos Behind liazi Front in Italy

(By The Associated Press)

ROME. Jen. Bit-Large fires have been seen 111st bdlind the Ger- mans’ Scnlo River winter defence line. near where the lst Canadian Cores in action on the British 8th Army front, it was disclosed cfllvlfllly todc . while ground acti- vll-y on the talian gffont~for the 20nd consecutive day-was limited to trolling. ..

e meaning of these destruc- tions was not explai . The fires. been burning at C iano on the west bank of the Scnio River. six miles west of Faenaa, constituted part of the unexplained activity observed behind enemy lines re- cently. There were a series ‘heavy explosions in Lugo yester-

ay. (This dispatch did not indicate

by the Germans or by Allied pat- rols or Italian resistance forces. If the Germans had set the fires it would appear to indicate s forth- coming withdrawal. but there has been no indication that the Ger- give up their present defensive poations.)

During the plat M hours patrols havet been active along the entire ron.

whether the demolltions were made m"

At A glance

(By The Canadian Press) EASTERN FRONT — Russians push to within I09 miles of Berlin, Moscow says; Berlin places them 95 miles from Capital; Soviet arm- ies complete conquest of industrial southern Silesia. including rich coal Acid; Melnel captured in su-

other" new offensive on Baltic.

WISTEBN FBONT-U. I. lat Army takes four towns in new thrust northeast uf St. Vlth: U. S. 3rd Army advances to Luxembourg- Germun frontier; British 2nd Army takes St. Odllieuberg, moves up to Boer River south of Itoerlnond.

AERIAL-Germans report Allied bombers over Gennany after 6.000- ton daylight bombing of Ruhr in- dustries, Rhine bridges and rall- yards by lLA.F. and American heavyweights.

BURMA-British 14th Army builds up for drive on Mandalay after capture of Ondawf Indian troops clearing newly-invaded Che- duba Island on Burma west coast.

PHILIPPINES-Jl. S. BOB Army trce capture Angcies. Iosari

Ban Fernando. l6 airline miles north of Manila.

Heavy Air Attacks Resume After l.ull

LONDON, Jan. 2B - (OP) -— A crushing tide of Allied air power rolled over Germany toda with 2.000 planes from rltain slash ng at the German Ruhr (n- dustrial region by daylight R.A.F. bombers reported heading

0i for Berlin again tonight.

The German radio warned that enemy _. were a reaching Brandenb Province. dicating eiflrfi -packcd German Capital was a target for the second suc- cessive ht. Mosquitos hurled two-ton bockbuatcrs on Berlin Saturday night.

More than 0.000 tons of bombs were dropped on Germany in the

daylight attacks.

Today's raids broke a four-day lull in all" activity over western Europe, enforced by weather con- ditions.) l

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First Truck Convoy ReachesChlnsBordsr

(B W O, first Allied convoy. more than 100 vehicles. arrived at this border town today after crunching ovel freshly-clesreddap- aneso mine fields and winding through Burmese valleys controlled volt/order by enemy artillery and

-gunncrs.

Bound for Kunming, the trucks were welcomed bv an elaborate F“ ‘ lean ceremony on a freshly cleared field alongside a creek which marks the China-Bur- ma border at Kyu-Hkok lust south of ruined Wanting.

Mystery Blast Rips Dwelling Apart, Kills 2

(By The Associated Prose)

SOUTH DARTMOUTH. Mass“ Jun. Elli-Military secrecy wdcy shrouded (he cause of all BXPIWW" that ripped a house apart night. killing an aged woman and her sorl. .

The body of Mrs. Ida Mattson. B1, was found shortly after what district naval headquarters said apparently was s “flare bomb struck the structure.

Today searchers found the body of Theodore J. Matt-son. 43. bllfi in the debris in the cellul-

Arrny and Navy Intelligence of- flcers joined State Police in the investigation but all three 0.801101“ professed ignorance of the 001180 of the blast. Both services said thgh- plgngg were not involved. The Army statement said. further. that "there was nothing (n 111010!“ i" "m o mm _ . _ . ._ .

Th: Navy said that exlwfll "could find no trace oi B b01130 °1' other projectile in the ruins.

The force of the blast sent deb- ‘ris flying for 100 yards in all dir- ections. Several houses some dist- ance from the Mattsorl home W!" damaged severely.

shoyfly “to; the explosiombart- mouth police IQWWW m" " 91"“ was overhead at the time of the blast. It was not identified.

Yanks 36 Miles From Manila

B The Associated Press)

BAUTHWFST PACIFIC AD- “A”? ) Dcolulnn-IJ-n. prose (Mon ay -' ‘ ' ing toward Manila have cailillnd Angelou with its four udiscent sir- dromes and Dlifllll hi" Yum” the highway Junction of Mexicofim a parallel highway only fclll‘ ms 95 from the important city 01 u!“ romantic. and only 30 I-il’ l" f! north of Manila.

Fisheries Council

OTTAWA. Jan. 3 - (OP) — Delegates representing all branches of the fisheries industry establish- ed a national body. known as the ‘$2.5M’? °°‘iii°“.‘;f..£2;‘.‘.°‘ 23;‘.

rac gvholeeaiie‘ distributors of Pacific. Atlantic and inland fisheries pro- ducts. at the conclusion Saturday of a three-day conference here.

Clarence .1. Morrow of Issuan- . NS. and James S. &klllhh, of ancouver. were elected ill! Council's president and vice-pre- sident. respectiveiy. and Clive Plants cf Ottawa was sppoim- ed its secretsry-manalvf- Th? Council's headquarters will be in

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tonal ‘ tors. who will funct on provisionally until the annual meetin a year hence. We"

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e!e°:]ed u_ o 'r_ Blair. Quebec. processors.

Maritimec-JI. G. Connor, Hali- fax. l". If. Zwicker, Luncnbll". and A. N. McLean, saint John- N-

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Canadian Officers honored By The King

OTTAWA, Jan. I - (CPI - Two Canadian naval officers. ser- ving with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm who took ourt in the olr slows which resulted in the des- ‘TIIOHOB of Germany's reaust but; l-lelhip. the "Admiral on ‘Iirtlltl. est August, have been honored bv the King. Naval Service Head- uarters announced Saturday-

gdofficers. wleghhad been 1'1 d-sspa es. arc . Bobcrt Hampton Gray. 0i Nrlfflll-

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south flank. Thus these two veteran

An ominous lull settled over most of the remainder of the snow- locked Western Front except in southern Alsace, where French 1st Army forces tightened a clamp around Colman-enemy citadel- and pushed to within four miles of (he Rhine.

Patrols lunged out aggressively alon the U.S. 7th Army front in nor cm Alsace, and along the Boer on the British 2nd and Unit- ed Statcs 0th Army fronts at the gateway to the Ruhr Valley, where British forces now were drawn up along the Itoer at s. ntlmbe of places. -

British forces cleaned out St. Odilienberg. on the Rner River

ed three milu south of the German

bastion cf " crlnond at the con- flucnce of the Roer and Mass Riv- crs.

There were no reports from Al- lied sources of activity on the lst Canadian Army.

(Berlin radio said Saturday. how- ever. that 1st Canadian Army for- ces assaulted a German bridgehead

, i din in i015: fiargne-throwing tanks.

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