MAXIMS

OIL

MERE MAN

—-i-

ma’ force this tva

plritusl element is the dorn. in r.

Ierulul on...“ realises no.1 Charlottetown Gaardlanuho Cents,

CHARLOTTETOWNT A CANADA, whip-despair, DECEMIS-ER 21, 1944

The Ps Paper

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

"flflv" g»! /-'""""' ~’""*-----._

Read by Everybody

The

love of taking pa

MAXIMG

OIA

MERE MAN

entrancing life is an Infinite ins.

MORE ISLAND SOLD]. ARRIVE FROM OVERSEAS.

International At A Glance

W881i‘ FRONT-Germans 11 “III llltfl Belllum. four

lilu from Meuse River according ,te ll-MIII-fllfl reports to Supreme quarter-s: front dispatch says continua hitting north- rta bombed by un-

IUSSIA-Busalan troops “m-

le encirolernent of Budapest, two miles inside city limits west.

ITALY-Canadians tllle Rosetta.

AEBIAb-Britieh, Camel!“ and American planes blast Germans Ill Wutern Front.

PACIFIC-American heavy bom-

hit Clark Field, Manila.

tinss day; Japanese make

eve attack on Saipisn,

I ha: Brltlailiflezfirlerinpéanes

I plnese o ves uru- atrs. Dec. I0.

GREECE-Churchill appeals in Greek leaders for quick end to political strife.

Encirclemcni; 0f Budapest ls Gompleted

. gs W. W. HERCHER " ION N, Dec. 20 — (AP) — h! Russians today completed the - encirclement of " da est and drove two miles inside the ity limits from the west, dooming the German and Hungarian garrison vmich originally numbered an est!- mated 100,000 men. Marshal Feodor I. Tclbukhins r) Ukraine Army troops thrust to the Danube both north and south of Budapest and seized at least nine oi the Hungarian mn- italfs solidly-built-up suburbs, penetrating the city limits at num- erous points. One of these, Linot- mem was only l! 1-2 miles west of the Danube where the river bisects the city.

How many oli’ the enemy garri- son remained alive after months oi attrition during the siege was a question, but death or capture were their only alternatives now, with the scanty possibility that a few top men might yet flee by

sir. Simultaneously with this scal-

(Continued on pagJiT-Col: 21*

llewsman Meets Son 0n Western Front

so m epsilon; Dec. 20 —- (AP) - All Associate-ill Press correspondent driving along! an Alsatian Road noted something familiar about the soldier in a

nearby jeep. The correspondent stop his own Jeep and shook han with the Private sitting at

wheel, saying “hello son," to George Carleton Werner. “Hello Dad.’ said the 21-year-old Private t0 Wade Werner, veteran As- sociated Press Staff Writer who has lflvcd it years abroad in Moscow, “"1115. London and Geneva.

Coming Events

"Dance. v ma. Frida. Del-eraser all?“ la-ae-ll

“Staci! l _ H u _ bore Streee or‘: one c“ ala-ai-li.

‘\ "My tli noon. Borden Bdllhlll. 13-37-21.

or“ iualmiinnaarkgtelofid w? . m“ M . luui Cold Storage ma. n-n-ii.

e-N i“ Dec. g.‘ awmiifiblififi’

"Institute Dance in Mlilvltw

boas at Hunter River‘

ERS

(By The Canadian Press)

QTTAWA. Dec. 26-Just too late for Christmas dinner in Canada, a. Swill! 0f Canadian servicemen have arrived in the Dominion. m0!!- Of them after seeing action 1" m9 Eifffliltiln theatres of war.

Soldiers wives and children also were included in the contingent,

Army men made up the bulk of the arrivals. and these included a PRXW of 1st Special Service Force, the unique international force oi’ Canadians and Americans that has served in both the Pacific and European areas.

Prince Edward Island arri- vals were: Mai. Frederick Mor- rison. C‘ rlotietown; Cpl. E. A. Gerveatt, a trl-wound man from Rocky Point; L.-CpL AJ. McIntosh. tri-wound. from Sou- ris East; Pte. G. G. Williams, Snmmersiue.

Although almost all the troops had been in action, there were no battle casualties among them. They have been dispatched bothelr home districts on the last stage of their journey.

A soldier who was A.W.l... from a fighting front because he wasn't seeing enough action was among the arrivals. He was Pte. F. M. Denello of Montreal. who was a sniper with a Canadian infantry regiment during the African cam- 981811.

Things weren't moving swiftly enough for him. so when he got a seven-day pass to Algiers he hitch- hiked to England with an Ameri- can pilot in a Liberator. Canadian Army officials, when they got wind of the exploit, charged him with "conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline" and he was sentenced to eight months detention.

Bu; lie served only 12 days. and then the sentence was remitted.

A native of Bermuda. Denello Sfitved with the Canadians in the First Great War and in the Span- lslfCivil War. At the outbreak oi this conflict. he enlisted in the

Victoria Rifles and then went to the Regiment De Moisonncuvc. Hc is 49 years old. and is returning because of his age.

Another old soldier returning from war for the second time was Sgt. . C. Dowler of Montreal,‘ member of the Provost Corps. Ho| served four years overseas with the. “Old Contemptibles" of the First‘ Great War. and was headed over- seas again ln 1940. He has return-. cd to make way for 9. younger man.

Santa llelps 0ut Lonely Sailors

(By The Canadian Press)

A NEWFOUNDLAND PORT. Dec.

26-—It was a tough one to n11. but Santa Claus came through uftcr receivin a, letter from u couple of loney sailors who requested “i125 pounds of the nicest female ye." The seamen, Signalman Keith C. Moore of Winnipeg and Telegra- phist Jack Coghill of Nipisslng. 0nt., addressed o. joint; letter to Santa Claus, Fleet Mall Office, Newfoundland. The old fellow didn't fail them.

Two Wrens-Jieth Priudevillc of Ottawa and Peg Sauriol of While

E

River, Ont.—were delivered to the men aboard H.M.C.S. Peterborough, in huge fleet mall bags labelled "Special Delivery, F.M.O." ‘

"Now we really believe in Santa Claus." said Moore and Coghill as the girls stepped out of the mall! bags and agreed to g0 on a douolel date with the two letter writers.

Japs MES To Boost Aircraft Production

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 36 — (AIM-The Japanese Domei News Agency reported today that Gen.. Korechika Anaml had been ap- palnltfid inspector-general (If N - mmse Am... Aviation to furthe stremrthen the production and sup- Dlv of aircraft

Anaml. Vice Minister of War be- fore the war. and recently an arm; Eimgeandellllhi thfsugigviarzuccglgrfsi

.- n. c o ~ - said in a Ul adoast recorded by the mission.

Famed British Tank Expert Gets ,Post

341i. Wednesday. Dccemberlglgll.“ ____ ._._. ' ' ' mow 0mm, Dec. as - (cr- “Dance in Graham's Road Hull, Routers) -- Lt-Gen. Richard Thai-my Iii-Iht, Dec. mil. u not Now", o-oolmor. fumed British ""0 Friday. 1227-21 tank elapert who escaped from an "our emf-Tl m... in Lot i$l‘-’§“.”im“‘3.~“ .§'l"a".‘>’-..'l'“°£..l“‘i$3§ Kill. T‘ r '- zatlr. "P" a! ‘ an ' corpswiih ¢h served. ll-fil-fli-i the grills? 1nd may on tllQ West- "Qminl Grain Wednesday ergnoer-xiniollllgi oi“ not? lllltflrll a: thédlalgydlfln ABBY. 1t. ‘m’ l w‘ " The new Command is adminis-

"Notioe-mui l

TEYEWIII. Nth, rorrxnoungnA 1°\*- Friday. peel-m until m. B. C. Green andmA C

‘ my;

BINDING

"-211. by

irative and covcrs Eastern Indie. lip to the Burma. frontier.

One of the builders of the 0th Army. Gen. O'Connor was captured

the Germans the western desert in April. 104i.

Senator Logan [is At 0ttawa

.

SENATOR LOGAN

OTTAWA, Dec. 26 (CP) — Serulcr i-LJ. Logan, '74, Llbeilal nlcmber of the Upper House for Nova Scotia since 1920. died in‘ iwsp-tal tonight after n long illness.

Senator Logan's death brings to 15 the number of vacancies in the senate. The standing now is Lib-y erals, 48, Progressive Conservativesl 38 and vacancies 15 Total 96.

Senator Imgan. whose home was at Parrsboro. NS, was the son of the Late James Archibald Logan. and was educated at 'I‘ruro Model School, Plctou Academy and Dal- housle University. He was called to the Bar oi Nova Scotla in 1892 and created a King's Counsel in 1909.

He was elected g, member of Parliament for Cumberland Qouniy, N. , ill 1895, when lie became the frst Liberal member to represent that coulntv ' -.e Cklnfsdsrrtlon. lilgzdl was re-electcd in 1900. 1904 and

His second vrife. ilie former Anna Blanche MacKenr-rl. riled Nov ll. 1936. and his only son riled sftor igveing gasse in the First Great

ar

Senator Lman had an active part in ncgotlaililg the Canada-British West. Indies Trade Agreement of

Li.

l9

As a. lawyer. Senator Logan pre- sented a number of claims on be- half of clients when German prop- crty was confiscated by the custod- ian of enemy alien property dur- lug the First Great War and sub- sequently plnccll in n fund for the payment of reparations to Canari- ians who had suffered loss through enemy action.

Ono claim was that of Capt.

Freeman Hatfield, a childhood friend of Senator Logan. who claimed his schooner, the Gypsum Queen, was torpedoed by a Ger- man submarine off the Irish coast in 1915 H was settled in 193i by an award of $71,276 to Capt. Hat- flclrl. Subsequently. the courts decid- ing the claim was fraudulent, Hat- ficld and Logan were ordered by the Exchequer Court to return the award money and Hatfield was tried for fraud and sentenced to 1a months in jail.

All appeal was taken to the Su- preme Court but before it ivui heard and after I-Iatfields convic- tion Logan was arraigned for fraud. He maintained throusiwiii the inquiry that he acted for Hal;- field in good faith. He suffered a physical breakdown shortly alto}; his arraignment in ScptembenIQSa and court action was delayed.

Nazi Propaganda Seeks To Exploit Military Situation

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDON. Dec. 28-—'I‘he German propaganda machine is trying to make capital of the military situ- ation on the Western Front.

A broadcast tonight by the Pro-

aganda Agency International In- flormation said “Eisenhower is forced to meet the German on- slaught mainly with_Amcrican div- lslons" because Field Marshal Montgomery "so far has given ll none of his Canadian or Briil formations."

"The behavior of the British Command in the west is a most significant sign amon develop- ments in the area. of e German offensive." the broadcastsaid. ‘The Maas front of the 21st Army Group (Montgo ,'s Command) has been the quletcs weeks. Montgomery has taken all measures to ensure that the col- lapse of the (U.S.) lst Armyshould have no repercussions on his owri

front.

"Only two days ago he had to send ollc division to the arca of the ist Army. but t-hc British Com- mandin General still is anxious to avoig taking pan in the cam- paign ol‘ the Americans."

such propiigandn was considered here an attempt to split the Allie:

u

and fish for information abn Montgomery's dispositions. A dispatch from Paris, seat of

Allied Headquarters. by

supreme Associated Press id:

Edward Kennedy. war correspondent.

4 I

War Situation Last Night-Q

l;

Disturbing as lt must bc to home fron ’

n! a. further German penetration in Belgian: tflesually Atfanteirevgxlfizil

of the Meuse in the Dinant area does not tell all the story

"i i» ri o wo s ' _

edged by ‘he Amos‘ nc sezments. also is owl

As a result. the Nazi bulge into Belg‘ ‘ last accounts-hm] be- coma for the first time a single consolidated wedge. running westward 50 miles from the Jump-off to head up in armored spearheads reported within fnur miles nf the Meuse Sunday on an lndlcnlgfl ngffuw (“my

At its base near the original German jump-off positions the wedge was less than d0 miles wide. It had lost rather than gained ground in those critical north and south “shoulders” of the bulge where American 1st and 3rd Anny reserves deployed in strength threatening to turn the tables on the foe.

Current estimates relayed from General Eisenhower's headquarters place two and possibly three German armies within that deep arm dangerously narrow pocket.

Gcnnan reports say American ‘lth Army elements Joined 3rd Army comrades in the counter-attacks developing along the south lace of the bulge. There was no confirmation from Allied sources but it seemed credible that Gen. Eisenhower had massed heavy striking power there for counter-blows.

A Ist Army defence along the north face of the wedge after the first forces of the German surprise attack had worn off ls the dominant circumstance of the battle to date, There has been no intimation that] 9th Army reserves from north of the lst Army on the Boer have shifted to the Belgian bulge front tu match 3rd Army movements on the op- posite flank. If any help hail been sent to the American forces from the inactive British and Canadian Army fronts still farther north. no word of it has passed Allied censorship.

The Ist Army front contracted as the German thrust deepened. 3rd Army divisions filling in the gap. but without prejudice to the nltua- tion on the Roer nor to the other northern Allied potential attack faint from llnurmond to Arnhem held by British and Canadian comrades.

That may prove significant. It implies that while the German sur- prise counter-attack may have definitely ended the. Allied winter af- fensivc in the Saar Basin ares, it has only delayed thus far contem- plated nffensive thrusts in the north.

There is n. hint in current press reports from Allied Supreme Hend- qnartcrs that Allied staff specialists are not gravely concerned over the further German surge westward to the close vicinity of the Meuse. The river's north-south span across southern " ‘ ' from Namur to Give!- is the most formidable natural barrier of the‘ region. Au ultimate Am- erican stand behind it is to be expected.

Obviously the Germans must greatly widen their attack corridor to the north or south or both to escape the peril of having it pinched off

at the base.

‘Churchill Appeals For End Gf Greek Civil War

Gunfire Rattles Windows Of Conference Room; Dynamite? Plot Is Uncoverfi

By KIRKE L. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Analyst

-—__—.>

r ‘ "x ' ATHENS, Dec. 2o - (AP) _— Meeting shortly after dynamifx: s a e had been discovered cached

sewers near the Granddiretagug Hotel and while gunfire uncle" outside the windows of their lain- ference room. representatives of the Greek Parties heard Primi- Minister Churchill appeal today 101‘ a quick end to the politics. strife in Greece.

"The eyes of the world are u an this table." Mr. Churchill der ar- ea in a pointed 15-minute speech asking the anembled party repri- sentdtlvcs to solve their differ- ences.

llavenna 0n Italian Front

ROME. Dec. 26 -— (AP) -— Can- adian. nritisli and New Zealand lroops tnovea forward on the sonic RIVBT line oil the Adriatic and ox‘

in the west for u.

the Italian lrunt todav ulclr Can- adians captured hotly-contested Rossclta. 1u miles north-vest cl Ravclmu. which fell into Caziadial. hands Dec. 4.

Elncmy-rcar-guards in the salient northeast of Faenza. the last rem- nant of the L-amonu River line cn winch the Germans land hoped to Stiiblllle then from. in the Po Val- ley. have been mantle-l up. the A1- lied Command annowsced. he Germans were pushed from all pos- ltlcns cast oi the Canllle Navlizlio. ~ taking Rossettn les of Allonslllo on tllo Ravcnlizi-F-errara

llrllway. -

(William Boss. Canadian Press War Correspondent. reported in a ficlll dispatch that Canadian fcrcrs hold a frontage of acuroxmntely 13 ii miles along the cast bank of the Senio River. frcrn a point south of Alfonslne after tnonoina up tn- emy positions east oi’ the Senio in the area southwest of Ravens-Feli- r-ara. Highway.)

Urges Immediate Invasion 0f Norway

IDNDON. Doc. 26 -- (AP) -—- An immediate, Allied invasion of Nor- way ircm the west as a means of breaking Germany's uower in the

north and saving the countrv from o. a

total destruction was urged ton by Johan Nvgaardsvold. Norwegian Prirne Minister .

Calling Woon every Norwegian to hammer in some wav the. enemy's hs warned that everv German soldier who cscap to the south would helo lengthen

e war.

‘(continuities all‘. lfebli‘ if‘

ed than 700 American

The conference was held at an undlzcloscd location lmd there W95 no apparent indication that

(Centinlledvoil page '1. Col. 6')‘-

Berlin Says More ‘Yanks In Battle

LONDON, Dec. 20 (CPl Berl‘ rilldo claimed tonight that commanders in Europe . several divisions of tbc 9th Army into the 1st Army .'l‘.“5f\ to join up with units which. it said. were rushed ill from the 3rd and 7th Armies.

Broadcasting this report. per- haps in an effort to fish fur in- formation, the German radio claimed that the Americans had slapped up their fierce onslaught

the southern flank of Field Marshal Keri Von Rund- stedt’: offensive during the last 24 hours.

The enemy command said that p0 the fighting in the west had shifted to the area. of Western Luxembourg, and claimed Allied attacks around as were repulsed during grim bat/ties. The encirclemcnl American troops in the Blis- togne area was further narrowrd. Berlin said.

Since the beginning of the Ger- man attack in the west. on Dee. t6, the broadcast claimed more tanks oi‘ armq

cred vehicles were cither captur- ed or destroyed.

Press War Correspondent.

The latest battlefield information available at Supreme Headquart- ers, however. is 4t! hours old. Ac- cording to it, German armor and infantry by Sunday night hall driven within four miles of lhc Meuse River in the urea soull. of Namur and were being engaged there by Allied troops. 50 miles inside Belgium.

So far as is known here Field Marshal Von Rundstedts force disclosed to include two full I man armies and probably u third —had not reached llle Meuse lo-

night.

Gallagher reported that in gr. l- eral. the northern flank is be.‘ q held, forcing; the German COlll- mander even farther west in his efforts to turn north against Ltcsre and Antwerp. lvhile in the south. American armor and infantry mode steady (progress toward Bastognc.

The orrespondent said Ameri- can combat forces chopped off least two_of__v_or_i nus ’ ex-

(Contlnued on page 6. Col. a)?

llazisfiailed To Kill ll. S. 1st Army Leader

WITH THE U.S. 1ST ARMY- Dec. lid —- lCP-Reutcrs) -- A spec- ial German task force infiltrated behind the American lines in all nt- tempt t0 kill the United States 1st Army leaders. it now can be dis-

0s .

The unit. some of whom drove through n. convoy 0i British ccm- mand cars an»: I11 British uliifolms and some whom dropped by izaracnute. canted small vials O1 sulphuric acid ill little match boxes and which could be thrown into the faces of interceptors.

The Germans wearlat’ Ameri- can uniforms are known to have taken them from American of- iizers who had been captured and men forced to strip to their un-

:rwear before being shot.

This special Gclman force was part 0i much larger special suboteur battalions drc-olleu behind the Am- erican lines during the current Ger- lnan C0\i.l1I-9l‘-O.l9i1SlV0

lvlctnocrs cl! this force vlore re- gular Armrican or Britisn uniforms 111058 in British dress calried Bri- tish credentials which were more o1 less unfamiliar to Americans and were therefore more ciifiicult to

organized these nearly two

English- from lli(

Germans special sabatem‘ units months ago. recruiting speakint! troops even lighting area.

German troops in American unfl- crms assigned for smiai Jccon- nnissnlicc duties ucnt ' ucrmanv 101‘ tncir lTiSflLifillill ililfi. many of these who spukc English with a British accent were lnzlccli in prisoner o1 lvril" cages where Ain- erlcans were housed to lcnln lllc American accent. _

The mniorilv now have bicll c"‘".::'. although ii close watch is bolml maintained b.\' Alllcricnn mil- ltarv police in cverv sector cl tllc battle arca.

l‘:

L3 r51.

Mackenzie King Bequeathed $50,000 By Sir Win. Mulock

1 aged 101. le Minister Mackenzie King. was disclosed when his wiil_was filed for

probate.

Tile will of the former chancellor of ‘ioronto clls- posed of an estate of 32.500000

5h" William was responsible for introducing Mr. Mackenzie Kins into public life when. whil-e millis- ter of labor in 1000. hs scledtcd the then young student as his deputy minister, They were close friends until Sir William's death.

A bequest of 8200.000 was made to Sir William's irrunosun. Hon William P. Mulock. post-roaster- aenernl at Ottawa.

The will aLso bequeathed $30000 to his sou-in-law. Col. A.E. Kirk- patrick, and 525.000 each to his daughter-in-iaw. Mrs. Marjorie Hlflnett oi London. lthgaland. and a

a trust fund of $200. ir William's dauithteru. Mrs. Edith O'Flvnn and Ethel Kirkpatrick

nests to charities were made. and it was explained in liu- will that thb was because of Sir William's donations to charity dur- inz his lWtlmc. and also because of

the Succession Duties Act.

iPriest Dies

At Vancouver