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. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1943

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lrsblcrlptlon Delivered, 55.00 _ lllll. [LOW other Provinces I ILIJ “JU-

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Nazis Admit Retreat In

[Westem Italian Front _ I i By NOLAEORGAAID car Ferry

laps Prepare For Death Struggle

lleath Yesterday 0f Widely Known

A. P. War Correspondent

was: snowmen — gers, . — — rac it _ “mm? 66mm“ ream m, m “m, The death occurred at the Char

d“. a‘ extremely heavy tmhmm lottetown Hospital uesterday after-

ied Bac

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Au old ally ober week-end. Dnleper "blood wall"

of the United Nations, and bombs of man-made war, ls again

By Klrke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Allllygt

dcwdller in battle than the

the Allied 0th Anny hos driven the‘ “°°“ °' M" 517.523.“ M“°R,°‘“‘d' "l"! "lid 1t the M- - wwmmwuwmwwmwnmmnmmmmu wummym". och n _ (u) posit ons on the Volturno River “dew own and esteemed D0 - B III P

_ From the seediest carpetbsgger in china. to ttie mightiest financier. m, 1mm in Osaka, Japan's people are being 5am m,‘

welded into a single war machine for the coming death struggle in

the Pacific.

great financial and indus-

The

trial house of Mitsubishi is the lat- est Japanese institution to come undervwhat is a... y complete control c1 Premier To1o's war ad- ministration f in its sweeping reor-

ga ‘ ‘ o lnent and economic life. Meanw " , the government can- celled draft deierments for stud- ents and for the hundreds oi thousands of Japanese who have Ions to Chins and other occupied areas to escape military service. Koreans and Formoscnl. hither- to regarded by the Japanese as untnlstworthy despite their status as Japanese subjects. are to be conscripted for military

o has announced. A list of occupations in Japan to he filled only by women has been promulgated- Jrhe vast industrial enterprises of the Mitsubishi concern, ship- building, steel. aircraft. will coma under a radical re-o enlnation aimed at the est poss- lntagrstlon, of Japanese indus- . holdinps on ‘has! trend is dispersal ofjvitsi a

sctories. some of which an being moved to Msnchurin and Chins, to lessen damage from Allied bombs. A - stmp diet meets Oct. réouspprove the program without

Says Low Flying Cause Of Accidents

service,

HAMPTON, N. 8., Oct. i7 -fC P)_- Most flying accidents are

csused by low flying. Fit. Lt. "r. B. Sense. aircraft detection corps of- ficer for the Msrltimes. asserted in s week end address here.

"We are losing too many men here on this side of the Atlantic, and '15 per cent roi the accidents) ls caused by low flying"

irmen have special low flying areas for such training. he said, eililnz corps members to report im- medistely any cases of planes fly- lng low outside these areas.

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coiling EVENTS

" Talkies Morel! ‘Iuesday. .. 10-18-

"Talkies Murray RNer Thursday . , 1048-2].

"Talkies Eldon Friday. lode-Bi.

"l-lopa River Bazaar Ind Chicken Supper October 1911205 a ,

"Talkies" Souris Tuesday "CNN- rosds" Heddv Lamar and William PowelL 10-15-31

"Shingles-Arrived iodly It Colville siding. No reserve. tome. first served. R. A. M New Haven. - -

“ orde to bulk oats w arrive .055? W.‘ Bxowlnaiio

ter River.

"l-‘teeerve November 3rd for North Tryon Presbyterian l-lvt Joose Supper. io-ll-li-

"Chicken Supper, Canoe Co" can '

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a ‘to d Supper servelgdarplni "Reserve October 21th for

Churcgillhw. l. Chicken Bum‘ :1:

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er. u.“ "m" sup“ lo-le-si.

"Wanted to buy live and dressed chickens and fowl. Paying w;

market prices. Island Cold Btorlg .. td. t-iO-tf Wednesday. Oetobg

"Reserve giiieilfiiifi‘ mama" s??? up P u. n" ' ' io-le-sl.

line and the British 8th Anny has along its section of official reports

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A German retreat north oi the Volturno was admitted by the Nazi high command which said in a broadcast communique that the Allies attacked in the western sec- tor oi the front "where our out- posts had withdrawn."

(Continued on pads ‘f Col. 8)

throughout the Province.

Mr. MacDonald was born in 1887 at Grand Tracadie. o son of the lute Mr. and Mrs John W. MacDonald. l-le was giucoted at St. Dunstanh University. and graduated in 1010.

served overseas in the first Word Wor. mostly with the 9th Siege Battfry. RCiAfi. and was

CBS O 5.

Rassigrotahewsvaic Mr. MacDonald was employed with the Canadian National Express Company. In i924 he was appointed purser on the car ferry. and continued in this position until last July When hi‘ became too ill to carry on

Mr. MacDonald was a most com- petent and courteous official. and lied a very large circle of friends and acquaintances. He was B180 fl gifted writer. artist and musician.

H; was s. member of the Knights oi Columbus and the Canadian Le-

Ri n.

(lJ-le is survived by his Wife. fumi-

erlv Miss Ella D. Leonard. oi Corn- wall and one sister. Mrs. J-J- Trainor oi Bedford. The funeral takes place nt 8.45 am. tomorrow from the home of Mr. HF. MacPhee. 5l Fitzroy Street. to St. Dunstans Basilica. thence to the Roman Catholic cemetery.

pushed ahead n front.

llaritimers Aid In Capture 0f Italian Town

By William Stewart C. P. War Correspondent

WITH THE CANADIAN FORC- ES IN ITALY, Oct. 16 —- (Delayed) - (GP Cable) - Fishermen, far- mers and lumbar men comprlszng a Maritime battalion contributed to the Canadian capture of on un- portsnt Italian town by driving the Germans‘ from a hill position pro-v

beating i . These climbed and fought in cold, drenching weather

News Bl-zéfs I‘

and faced machine gun, mortar and shell fire. ‘They started their attack by LONDON. Oct. 18 — (Morl-

dny) - (C P) —German plan-

crossi wid rive bend uncle n‘ u e r r a es caused a one hour alr raid

hail of machine gun bullets which

seemed inpenetrable but caused alert in London early ‘"503’ only one casualty. and llvritlsh ground crews for a. few minutes put up a barraBQ

A company sled by comparable with that of Oct. 7, capt. John camel-en of Halifax when 15 raiders dropped 3°

led the way with Lleut. Donald tons of brmbs on the oily.

Rice oi Brldegwater, N. S.,

any do Dnlencr line, and north to

the year of unbroken .‘ ‘ , to and tumble Nnlsm to the doom th on Japanese militarism.

ther Russian winter att

troops, to hold that battered the Russian leap beyond the rim of the Plnsk marshes.

nr tlln bailly

dented Dnleper bend could engulf

closing of the Dnicper bend trap. Oh all fronts. the scene for the

8.3 us. is.

From the Baltic tolilev winter ,freeze-

slve_ which has swept the Nazis far ba designed from its lnccptfolri in July to merge without it break into ano- IC .

and destroy greater enemy forces than were ovcrwhe Stalingrad when the Russian march to the Dnleper began last winter. It is beyond military comprehension that the invaders dare risk mu ger so crushing a. disaster in Russia as the isolation of the Crimea or the

Nations ls bright hv ronirrs‘. with the ihcc it showed a year ngo this mid-October, but nowhcrr- l: it so brlghthso fraught with tremendous possibilities in the months

to the Black Sea. known

The great retreat to shorten Nnzl defence lines has been skillfully managed, but It is not over by every sign. mile fighting front from the Baltic to the Black lines in the centre. The German high command

Sea. onl

itluscow reports no sign yet of Germain evacuation of the Crimes front. Both are menacing iralps that med n.

United

merit; May be wo

OTTAWA. Oct. l'1-(CP)—-Crea- tion of the first distinctly Cau- ndiun decoration for mcrlwtht? "Canada MedaP-and it's ipproval by the Kine was announced tu- night by Prime Minister Mavkifllle King.

leading the most forward plat- LONDON, Oct. 1'7 — (GP Cable), oon. 0n its right marched a - The Italians may like the Allles| company commanded by Capt. better than the Germans "but they] John Smeltzer of Halifax, lm- don't dislike the Germans badly. mcdistely behind headquarters enough to shoot them." Capt. Alan rfomplnles in command of Maj. Chambers, Liberal member of the G. L. F. MsoNell of Glace Bay, Canadian House of Commons for N. 5., ma] Capt, "Al" R0|Qrg or Naniamo, B. 0.. told the Croydon Charlottetown. hcrne guard Willy-

LONDON. Oct. 17 —- (CPI —

The sky was overcast after a nights rain and rain fell again A Si")!!! 10MB 0i ililhi" I'll"- when the troops tolled up a hill to 05 "h" ""55 "m Engu?‘ their first objective, mud clinging Cllflllhel ill "W fllfll’. Hm go their boqfg washed air oi early evening

tonight and shortly afterwards Nazi anti‘ - aircraft fire could be heard from Northern France.

The battalion gained a side road circling the hilltop and captured a mobile German multi barrelied gun which was firing light explos- ive shells. standing near the gun, Capt. linrne Putman (hometown unavailable) heard a telephone buzz picked up the receiver and listen- ed to n stream of German coming over the wire. __ Putman gskcd the party st the other end if there was anyone nble to speak English but this brought only a fresh torrent of German. "The English are here hum," §>utman said. and cut the telephone

es. The battalion came under shell fire but the leading companies reached the crest of the hill. ‘There it encountered machine gun cross fire and was shelled by a self pro- pelled gun.

The ndlutant. Capt. C. B. Hira-

Two Big Storms Meet, Then Abate

BOSTON, Oct. 1'1 — (AP) - A tropical storm which threatened to h"; New England with hurricane intensity petered out today withcutl causing any damale-

The storm. which had been r0001‘- ted Saturday night as "moving rBP- idly northward." piilssecl over Cit-De Cod about daybreak "with greatly decreased intensity," according to the Boston Weather Bureau. and

ins ci Halifax, and Quartermaster has "merged with a large storm Capt. C. F. Synacht of Lunenourg, centred northwest of New End-

land." causing the winds to dimin- ish greatly in intensity.

A weather bureau spokesman ex- plained that when the storm com- ing from the opposite direction

N. 8., moved up the rations vehic- les over a road. unrlgureil oi mines, which became known as "Hellfire Corner" because of the shelling.

The Maritimers remained on

their high positions for two days met the tropical storm it caused and fire from jeep towed support- them both to abate. lng artillery hammered German Some 500.000 civilian defence

workers throughout New England had been put on the "alert" in pre- paration for the expected gale.

norltions which were spotted by Bot. C. O. Stones (hometown un- uric!»

Japs Defeated In Move To Wrest Air Control

were damned.

Eighty-four of the enemy planes were shot down over New Guinea and two fell before Allied fighters

my VEBN l-IAUGBIAND l, P. War Co nderlt JIBD HEA UARTERB. EIWEBT PACIFIC. Oct. l8-

G> qt."

rt may be worn by any citizen- civillan, or uniformed. in recod- nitlon of “meritorious service 05°" and beyond the faithful perfor- mance of duties." and may b0 g- wnrded citizens of other countfi-s whpm Canada may desire in 119F101”-

A list. of first recipients now is being considered and is expected 9° be announced in the near future.

Result of many Months work by an interdepartmental committee, the medal now approved and to be produced at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa is a silver disc betas- ring on the obverse the crowmd effigy of King George and 0n the reverse the arms of the DOmlIilOH and the word “Canadafl

A bar attached to the mount 0f the medal is the inscription mer- ite (merit)? The ribbon is of Bill-ill stripes of red, white and red and i5 to be worn before medals and 1m- medlatel after the British Em-

m al.

pifihe Prime ivfinLsters brief an- nouncement said the award will not confer "any individual precedent)?

but "the recipients will bencutliled to add the letters "C M. alfater their names, in the case of u n- gush-speaking recipients. and M- Du C." in the case of French- speaking recipients."

Decision to strike the first dis- tinctive Canadian decoration W415 reached nearly a year ago and this work of preparation was placed _ the hands of an inier-departmelriu tnl committee headed by Dr. E Coleman, undersecretary of state.

Agree 0n Doslln

cement on design and on re- gulatiom governing the award WM reached a short time alto and the final drafts submitted to the ligllg rm- the approval which Mr. h;

CCreotion Of Canada Medal Announced... .. . j u...

Will be first distinctly Canadian Decoration for

n by any Citizen.

Heavy Fighting Rages In China

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CHUNGKING, Oct. I7—(AP)—A new eruption of bitter flghtlhfl in Yunnan Province with one of three main Japanese columns udvanciflil eastward i0 the Salwceil River was announced today by the

Chinese high command. A Chinese offensive is ing on the eastern front

develop- between

l-langcncw llnu Nankins Hem‘ quarters added: unnan. a Japanese force

which occupied Piellma. Thursday continued eastward and yeflerdal’ reached the Salween River 09905:“ Lukg, lwaere u. was engaged in b *- teg fgconrcliglnulrl column advancing northward from Mgngyllh43llllelf has been “held at bay n-ear §ilg chungkow, the communique film The third column operating H01‘ of the Bunna road continued on near Chlehtou and Kutuililfihieh- Of their ow_n offensive. the Chinese said their forces had Sill; rounded Suitcngcileng souiheo-St o Hanancheng in the Kainzsuflh- hwei-Chslgpng filligrder o: rig" 0f eas em no. ay m "The enemy attempted to bfehk thrcuah the cordon. but was driven back." the communique said. Chinese troops which recaptured Patten Friday also took Tushu-

_chieh the same day.

Prominent Woman Golfer Found Dead

NBW YORK, Oct. 1r _- (AP)- Mrs. Gertrude S. Anderson. 50. formerly prominent in women's golf wumaments. was found dead yes-

announced. The actual designing was execute-i by the nrt section of_t__he_R

Judge 0. Col. 2)

terday in the kitchen of her apart- ment here, due to natural causes, police said. They said Mrs. Ander- son had been dead for several days.

uns deploying its forces this mld- ct-

Another Russian winter is close at hand to

ut i. th I v of Nazi invaders, c a e waver "g

to slash with icy lslfliits and num- erhaps to turn another Germs fore-shadowed re- l-‘wltfllfs grand army on the

ups will come now almost y Barely are they later than early November. Their onset this year bodes evll for Nnzl forces rocking insecurely on the ltussinn-punctureg the Baltic or south Tllo worst winter of dread Hitler has

l n l " l. throat. It could do more than Russian ei- A n “SS a " a h Q

llled fighting power, for all break the will oi the German people at Fascism has met and is closing in

It can no longer be doubted that tho vast Russian summer offcn- ck across the Dnicper was itlosc-ow-

It has not thortenerl the 1.200- y the Slllllll)’ needs more, not fewer "blood wall" already almost split ln two by river near the Prlpet mouth io the eastern

oh lnn-

jngl ahead,

DNIEPER LINE T

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k, From Most of

Today's Parade Will Launch Big Victory Campaign

“Speed the Victory". buy Vic- tory Bonds. These words are iilled with significance for every man. woman and child in Canada and in no place should they be taken more seriously than in Prince Edward Island for. as is well known. o Rreater percentage of ollr nlell are in the various branches of the fighting forces than any other pro- vince. “Speed the victory" means shorten the days of conflict and bring our sons. fathers and hus- bands back to their families and "PCP-CC."

This "Speed the Victory" slogan then will be uppcrmost in the minds and hearts of every citizen for the next three weeks. for today at 14.05 hours 12.05 PM. to the un- initiated) the guard of honor from the l-LMCS. "Queen Charlotte." under command of Lleut. D.P. Mac. Lennon will arrive at the corner of Roctlford, and Kent streets to be Joined there by units from the army and airforce to lend their colorful appearance to the inaugur- al ceremony when Lieut. Governor lrePage and other prominent speak- ers will esch in turn speak brief- ly ill support of the 5l_h Victory

an.

While the actual ceremony will take place on the south side of Market Square where a suitable stand has been erected. citizens will b,- nble to see the men under Lfflifllflff parade through the city streets headed by Mrilor Robertson of tile C. A. 1B.) T.C and the band nf that unit. In the event of rain, _ ‘eramonv will take place in the t‘.'sl'll')ll‘-3 theatre.

The Navy will take over the task of keeping the slogan "Speed the Victory" before the public for the next week. l0 be iflllfiivfrl in suc- cession during the l-ucceeding weeks by the other branches of the service.

As an dicatlon of what may be expected during the next few nuys a “Navy" window in the Ros:- 01's Hardware Co, is being viewed by hundreds who sllow the deepest in- terest in til-e manv naval "Gadgets" there as well as the thrilling pic. tures of life and action at sea. "The silent arm" will do a good Job, as always. and it is expected that not only the Navy will respond to Nelson's famous signal, but that "Evcrv man. woman and child who lips it dollar or thousands. will do his or lrcr dutz" and “Buy Victory Ban u

i0dfl\"S parade will consist of 24 armed and 24 unarmed ratings from the “Queen Charlotte". l00 men from No. 62 Basic Training Centre. l00 other ranks from No. 31 Air Navigation School rind tile Char- lottetown detachment. of the Can- adian Red Cross Corps.

Route of March-Beginning on Kcnt Street at Rochford proceeds Kent to Prince to Richmond to Market Square.

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PREPARING FOR. PEACE

STOCKHOLM —(OP)- Five hundred Swedes repr g var- iOlLs religious dencrninations attend- ed e. congress at Vodstenn to disclssl what the Swedish church might. do to bring about a batter world and reconciliagon of nations.

ATENED

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Volturno Line

Soviets Tear Two Holes In Nazi Dcfengcgss,

By Judson 0’Qulnn Associated Press taff Writer

LONDON, Oct. l7 -— (AP) -Tllc Red Army, threatening the early collapse of Germany‘; vaunted Dnieper line. smashed l5 miles deep inside the River loop behind Dnepropetrovsk today and also made a new crossing in force south of Gomel, the Russians nmloun- ced tonight.

Rolling over the bodies of 2.000 Germans in n major break through on a. 28 mile front, a. communique said the Red Army captured five German strongpoinu, including Ptlpelnoswye. only 14 miles from the trunk railway connecting Dnep- ropetrovsk and Kiev.

The Berlin High Command hinted that the Germans al- ready were beginning another numulve withdrawal from the lower Dnieper because of the Russian break - through in the rear of the Axis forces fighting there and at Melltopol.

Pouring

the may across the Dnieper lfl.

sector. between Kiev and Gomel. the Russians roiled six times through a heavily defended .Gcr- man sector. said the broadcast coni- munlquo recorded by the Soviet Monitor. advantageous heights also We" Rlwrted captured in the Kiev sector as the Russians converged on that Ukraine capital.

reported killed during TIBhtiIIE. 100 tanks were out. and scores of planeg ammunition dump; and small were captured.

Moscow’ said 1,000 more Germans fell in constant counterattacks" in the convulsive struggle inside MEIWIDOI. lrrlteway to the Crimea.‘ A Rilsslan relief army bearing down‘ from thle north was smashing one! enemy Dflsltion after another". the bulletin said.

KHOCKEG ‘ Bunni arms

Veteran Canadian Newsman Honored

WINNIPEG. Oct. 17 -— (CP) _ One of Canada's outstanding cit- izens- John Wesley Defoe, autholni editor, educatioriist and leading. authority on Dominion and inter-; national affairs, was honored here‘ last night on the 60th anniversaryl oi his entry lnio newspaper work. More than 400 persons — inclu- ding many dignitaries — attended the testimonial dinner sponsored by the Winnipeg Press Club. Hun- dreds of congratulatory messages rolled in from fields in all parts of Canada. |

LONDON -(CP)- The Ministry of Agriculture has issued a warning that the Colorado beetle, potato pest now found in Europe, is very- likely to invadcljrgtjrltaln.

Says‘ Japs Appear To Think They Will l/Vin