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~ . or A MERE MAN_

Knowmigq exists to be Impart-

B? g Guardian. Founded 1087.

"Elfiloltetown Guordlnn. Two Cenio.

“Yanks Fight Across Historic Battlefields

lcwsmn Thinks llazis Near End

ilfOhTREAL. Aug 20 — (GP) —- louls V. Hunter. Canadian I-"rtss War Corr-ccvvndcllt. returned t0 Canada luclu convinced that the end oi the war against Germany is

ICU’.

liunter, first invasion correspon- dellt torcturn to Canada after four _vca.rs in Britain. Africa. Sicily. ltnlv and Normandy, decla- red that "lllc inst. decisive battles wore the onus fouunt. by Canadian. British and Polish tron-pl.‘ of the

Canadian first arlnv along the road.

between Coon and Faloise in c low rolling NflFiIiCiTldV country." "I um convinced that was tllc cnd n! lhc 1r right tllero," he sold. w» . zl.» lli\'.'\l, nf tho Gcrmnn positi 1 in Front".- and once _ euenlv last. ii. no lost. everything. German strlwnnlh has bron crushrd llld I tioulu. if the oncmy con make much of n stand .even in defence if his mm soil."

Expect Increase In Food Export To ll. K.

OTTAWA. Aug. Canadian wheat. cheese. butter.

29 — (C?) ‘—

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QUARTEI:E%S . A . - _ The United Stlllties .24 arrligPln g swift 25-mile dash across bottle- flelds of the First Greet War today captured Belleau Wood. Chateau. Thlcrry and soissons, rolling north. ward] c1011! the historic Ardennes nvss on rout ithi 31;‘ 39181;‘? lgorller. n u mu" o‘

cflnw e British comm“ and American forces‘ jsbbed for. ward from the lower Seine in the first direct stabs at: France's north- west channel coast, home of in; robot bomb bases.

The American forces under Lt.- Gen. Patton encountered only min. or resistance and Associctcd press Correspondent Edward D. Ball re- ported from the front that the Germans were "ln headlong flight" toward Belgum and their home. and.

As the Allies neared Belgium Patriots in that occupied country got a preliminary call to arms from the independence front. All able. bodied Patriots were ordered to join the resistance army, to steal urms from the Germans and to prepare for an Ill-out battle for liberation.

Election Comment

EDMONTON, Aug. 29 - (CP) _ JOhn Bracken, notional leader of th Progressive Conservative Party. said today in comment on yesterday's New Brunswick general election that the Liberals were to be con- gratulated on holding one provincc for their party.

He said the decisive rejection of the_c. C F. in still another province indicated “a desire on the part of tho Canadian people to avoid a too- rndical chango in government." Mr. Bracken said his party was "inking the necessary steps to be ready for a. snap‘ Dominion general‘

. election, should the government de-

cide to call one.’

REGlNAfAug. 2s - (or) -m- mier '1‘. C. Douglas of Saskatchewan

Isnld today the C. C. l". Party had

polled l4 per cent of the total vote in yesterday's New Brunswick gen- crnl election and expressed him- sell pleased with the result.

Mr Douglas, leader of the only C C. F. government in the Dom- mlnion, said those who voted for

evaporated milk, frllli, and sin r food ‘products. up." tn_ tho valued more l-hnn $500,000 000 and i... .~ , , A\;|< M, . ....ii;', the tclul ll) ucorly s 0.000.020, oi survey lr; The Canadian Prcss| lholved today.

EXDOYIS ui bacon and allied pro- ducts represent. the greatest single umount. Shipments from 1940 to D:c.3l. i943 llrld n vllluc of $406,-

the c, C. F. constituted a solid foun-

dation upon which the party could b

uild for the future.

He said as 10mg as each election results in u guln for the lmrty and 50 long as it continued to make pro- gress "we are developing leadership and building up our organization. "We have made a healthy start in New Brunswick and 110W have

240.000, with those for i043 worth llol "l no Rvcords in bacon ship-l page. pzobnbly will be mode

COMING EVENTS

"Show -— Crapsud Thursglw. m

"Show - Canoe Cove Friday. l 8-30-2l.

"Dance Iona Hall, Wednesday. Allfust 30th. Mlllvlew orchestra. 3-26-4l

"Plhlfy Sale at Holmarfs, Sat. Bu». 2nd by Kingston w. 1 8-30 l 2.31

"Dance in Town hall. Gcorgc- WWII. August 31st: W-ebstcrs Orch- "ln- 8-30-11. Rrlcc Cream Socinl. French

ver Hull. Tuesday, August 20th.

8-28-21

{fiance in Moroll Hall Wednes- ‘1’ August com. Good music.

3J9- .

w"pflhll'y Sale ni. Ru ors Hard- "9 by Kingston Bnpt st Church. “Plllmber 9th. 8-30-1-21.

d "Dance in Now Perth Hall. Fri- oig. September lst.

wélg-‘kfinClgfflln Socinl, Tryon Uni- Augu“ grounds, \vi?dléiggllil\‘i.

"Chicken Supper. Cape ‘Traverse Hill. Wednesday, Aug. 30th, Be.

Ilnnlng at 5 o‘clock. 0-2921 mzzlllllmllllng cor bulk barley wfllllflflday forcnoon and

Thursday. lvlcoulgau o Boy/ale.

"Souris Potato Warehouse dance i millglvdoy. 30th August for East- ’ h," "Ks Hospital. Two orches- ' 8492i.

‘ID

"W. Ice Cream. Bazaar and glzlhmnln Flat River Hall, August “m: clle River Women’: zlenztll-

- "Annual

-hm“' Bean Supper, Bingo., .~ u». unscri- 8-20-30-9-2-31.

Dance. McGregoi-bi

sufficient supporters to build c. strong °.lIl3F_1.“_1ZElE!§l-"_l.\e}§d.°d-

Robot Bomb Raids Resume

LONDON. Aug. 20 -- (C?) The roar of flying bombs fille southern England's countryside a- gain today, causing new deaths and destruction after two succes- sive nights of respite.

The attacks were brief. but they upheld the government's warning that the end of the robot menace wns not in sight despite the report- ed capture of l4 launching plut- forms in the Llsuex and Bernly arch between Csen and the Seine nnd the incessant aerial pounding of others.

ROME. battle for Southern Pro-nee dcstrpctlon oi the German 10th Ar- my neared completion tonight u uncounted thousands of Nlslo u-ud- gul back to Allied prison camps and

isorganized enemy Nmllmll ll“- up the Rhone Valley, scatberlngl their equipment behfnd them. I

The greater purl of the u-m . bowhc Adolf I-lltler entruz the defence of Southern Prunes ugllnsl Allied lnvuion 1m been wiped out in n forfnllllf-‘l Wlllfl- wind campaign.

Whatever buttered ismnlntc ml»!!-

through the All noose and escaped to the north I111 have w be rcsoulclwd end MP- completely before they "l," ggailn be of on: 53.1 use to Blflcrl

- 115x X .

aAmgi-ican troop! Illihfll l9 l!" fleeing enemy north of Mwlellm" in the Rhone Valley. 10° mil-I 11""!

Aug. I9 — (AP) -The

‘Hoop; M i awn ' onnfnlwéliiwglllgi-"clill so at‘

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of Marscille. l

FrmchmWlIl-IIIIXUUIY

Reds Capture Big , Romanian Sea Port

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1944

Situation Last Ni

By Kirk L. Bhaplon, Associated Proll War Auolyfl

Caught. within the expanding laws of a vast. new Allied vloc, broken and disorganized Nozl armies between the Seine and the Bclsiim b01111! Iu France are threatened by the same fate that befell thousands of their comrades in Normandy. They ore menaced on the flank, front and rear by converging British, ' ' and Canadian forces that ulrealiy huvo bloated German hopes of standing again behind the Marne, the Alone, nr oven the Somme.

From Rouen to Park the looping Seine was punctured deeply and widely by the Allies even before Paris fell. There are indications in lhc uniting of British and Am ' Seine bridgehead; on a SO-mlle front be- tween Monies and Vernon that a left flank 911W" drive is Impending. aimed at. Glsure and Beauvais, to match British-Canadian assaults on Rouen farther flown lhe- river.

‘ ' 3rd army ' have " ‘ their Brittany break- through to fan out north, northeast and east from Paris in n mushroom- ing ulluck that holds a triple threat fm- the enorny. Tile Americans have stormed across the Marne, and Onrcq and even the Alsne at a pace that reveals critical weakness on that flank.

In the huge Allied envelopment drive upon the Nuzlfobot bomb launching bases in the Pu De Calais area. another A column was forming at Le Bourgct, the great French airfield on the north- eastern outskirts of Paris. The foc was being forced in filth! 0n I 110"" fronts "mulfnneously whllc Allied planes pol-lied u 001155935 "Y6 911 m5 columns and communication. .

The German plight north and northeast of Paris was growing more desperate by the hour. but that was not all the woo the doy brought for him. On the eastern and southeastern face of the American bulgl beyond the Upper Seine the threat of direct invasions of Germany itself was ln- creasingly apparent. Nazi broadcasts said Chalons on the road to Verdun. lllelz and the Saar Valley hurl been reached by Americans. South of thlf another American column pushing due cast from ‘HD3195 and mlwl"! i‘ long the road to Raul and Nancy. And still farther south, advance ele- ments from the cvvn ‘ ‘ and w’ ‘ Rivera urea were posed somewhere on the headquarters of the Rhone in u 005ml"! l" "V"? around against the Belfort gap entry to the Rhine Valley-

Thc deployment of German dcfenoe forces is almost heymnd ‘nullify comprehension unless if has boon based upon Nuzl M111 Cflmmfll"! 9'59" f0 guard the robot. bomb launchin_ installations even at the sacrifice o! every other consideration,

teresting Addresses At C. W. L. Convention

Three-Day Sessions Opened Lost Night; Musical Program Included.

_.__---.:;.I lliany Paralysis Cases In The ll.S.

WASlI-IINGTONi, Aug. 29 1- (AU?) ' r . 1e . Egg? lfirscadgqffis thenhigrl- mg number being "O Canada.”

m, level Since {he cmgcnfic of 191ml The Girl Guides provided a Guard continued to mounuond the U. S. l of Honor which escorted the vis-

Members of the Catholic Wom- en's League and all those attending the opening meeting of the C.W.L. I. annual diocesan convention, which was held last evening in the Knights of Columbus Hall, were pri- vileged to enjoy u program con- sisting of inspiring and educat- ional addresses. combined with a select musical program,. the open-

public health SCFVICG says "thoitors and the delegates to their peak is not yet in sight " iseats. Latest available health cervical Mrs W.J.P MscMillan, pre-

figures show a total of 6,258 cases‘ through Aug. i9. compared with -l.-_ 058 for that period last year £11111 17,375 through the end of Auilksihf 1916, _

siclcnt of the Charlottetown sub- division and convention hostess presided and extended a gracious welcome to the delegates In the unavoidable absence of Mayor J E. Blanchard civic greetings and a hearty welcome were extended by Councillor Andrew Butler.

An eloquent and inspiring ud- ‘drcss, a. resume of which appears

below, was given by Mrs. G. Par- nell McMnhon, president. of the diocesan counclLMrsMcMahon ex- pressed regret at the‘ unavoidable abiyucc of His Excellency Bishop 143N130“, Aug z9_<,\p)_1zu5. Bc, e. She extended sincere thanks sian forces in a daring omblncd t0 Rb REV M581 MCI-CURB. V111- lgnd and sea operation {gdgy cgp- or general and diocesan chaplain, guy-ed Cgngflgntg‘ Romania's grout togCouncillor Butler, to Mrs. Mac- Black Sea port. and for three yours ll/Illlfln. 11051655 P19511181"; 8nd the me main German naval base in Charlottetown sub-division for their

‘Says Canadian -

Covers Prince Edwardi Island Like the Dew

PUSH 0N ROCKET COAST IS

Acting Major General 11c. Spry, St. John, Que. recently promoted to that rank Overseas. (CANADIAN ARMY PHOTO

Youth ls Not

_ Battle For Southern u"slomrixlalssialtlli"?l:~ France Nears An End ‘

led joined

by the nopullt

those waters. courteous invitation to hold conven-

Selzure of the city of 60,000 re- presented an 85-mile advance by sea from the port. of Sullna, taken Monday, and of 70 miles by land from Tulcea on the Danube, and ll put Russian troops only 29 miles from the Bulgarian border

Constanta, terminus of the oil pipeline from Plcesti, has at least 37 huge petroleum storage tanks and a special tanker basin

The Germans already had ack- nowledged during the day that Soviet troops had reached the Plo- esti - Constanta pipeline.

They also admitted withdrawing from Buzsu, oil And railway WWII 40 miles northeast ofjfloeggti. ‘

the lower Rhone in drives towmrd

md the French - Spanish border. coo. 1

upied Nimes, a city of 93.758 pop- {l1 otion, and reached the om of

no w A on.

Allied headquarters laid Ameri- ccn tanks and infantry were locked in s. particularly bitter fight with enemy elements 1n the aea of SE1.- ot, four miles up the Rhone Va - ley from Montelimsr. From Monte. 1mg;- m the sea west of Mar-sell the grout. valley we; declared free of Nazis except for a scattered few who were left behind ln the enemy’: mud scramble to escape the Allied

t .

"lllhthusicstic civilian volunteer! emu n. . c...“ "c; l C O O r gnmetalllwallad Mlysgglilleqtgubon inf: n supp o army m loalfindlo emer ncy food, medics.

md om" “w?! elllntiltho dogis big

in working order the bulk of ship; gamut still be unloudod on .

tion in this cl .

A beautiful bouquet was presen- ted Mrs. McMahon by little Pris- cilla “iulker This was followed by :1 group of lovely songs by Miss Bernice Murray with Miss Marion Dougan as accompanist. Miss Dou- gun is in charge of the musical program for convention and dur- ing the evening rendered several piano solos most effectively.

0f special interest was the re- port of the work accomplished through the C.W.L in the pro- vincc This was given by the dio- ccsan executive secretary, Mrs. .1. Austin Murphy. Emerald.

Msgr. Molnllon

An eloquent address was then given by Rt. Rev. Ms . G. .7. Mc- Lellnn. diocesan chap aih. He con- grutulated the C. W. . on the splendid work done the post your and for the past 22 years-on out- standing record of achievement. I-Ie said the world is passing through 1-. grove crisis. and the goat-war Period will bring new du es. The

“Dccrepit”

O’I"I"AWA, Aug. g9 - (c P) ._. Hope thaothc national council on Physical fitnEss will (lishblisc tho Dublin mind of the idea that, 40 per cent of Canada's youth was unfit was expressed by Surgeon Capt. Archie McCallum. medical director

Brilisl-l

ren from Germanlattacks.”

one less bomb.’ "

The drive eastward acros; Seine t0 destroy

dred; of British tanks, through a pelting crashed through flimsy defences for many miles. By midday, urithin‘ four

progress despite muddy roads. forward headquarters, however,

more and more spee

get on!’

general for the ‘Royal Canadian Navy, in addressing the council at its second meeting, which opened here today. l

Capt. McCallum said liltle moi been done in the past to define they term "fit for military service“ as compared with "healthy." A man mlght be an excellent health ln-f suranoe risk yet for one defect or‘ another be unsuitable for service, in the armed forces.

In 1941 relatively fewwaval medi.

cal officers were trained in the examination of recruits. and even though the rejection rote was l0 per cent of those examined it had not been found necessary to board out: an unusually large number of men. "The race is not decrepit, and the general trend through corrective as Well as preventive medicine is responsible for the improvement," said Capt. McCallum.

L. W. Shaw of Charlottetown said the physical education pro- l gnu: would get under way in Prince Edward Islund when a director was chosen. Interest had been created and was “dc- veloping rapidly."

M. H. Brewer of Fredericton, <,c- presenting New Brunswick, said much interest in the proposed pro- ErB-m had been aroused there, and he was hopeful that the matter would be taken up. '

Agree To Plan For New League 0f Nations. ‘

WASHINGTON, Aug. $—(CPl Russia has joined with the United Kingdom in "general agreement" with the American plan for a new League of Nations complete with assembly, council and an internat- ional court of Justice, it was dis- closed today in the first public on- nouncement from the week-old Dumbarton Oaks conference

While details are yet to be filled in. the plan follows closely Presid- ent Roosevelts draft of June 15 with provision for a council of the main powers and some small nat- ions, an assembly of all "peace-lov- ing notions", s world court, machi- nery for peaceful settlement of dis- putes and use of force to maintain security.

NEW YORK, A118. 29 - (AP) - Alfred E. Smith is progressively improving at so. Vincent's Haspltall and pmbabl, will be able to lenvel at the end of the week. his physi- cian said today. The former goven- or who is 70, entered the hospital

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Toronto Finn Fined S500

TORONTO, August 29 - (CPl—- A Toronto Drug supply firm Ingram and Bell, Ltd, today was fined $500 and costs on a charge of failing to affix to u shipment of Methanol a label describing it as poison.

The fine was imposed after a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer said that part of the ship- ment had been removed from a ship at Saint John. N. B. and that l4 persons died from drinking it and that several others were taken to hospital.

Small Vote In ll. B. Election

FREDERICTON. Aug 29—(CP) Further reports today and tonight, from constituencies where all polls had not been reported up to early this morning, generally increased the winning candidates‘ margins and left the party standing un- changed at 36 Liberals and l2 Pro- gressive Conservatives following yelskerdsys election in New Bruns- w c .

According to rough estimates. a- bout l70,000 persons went to the polls yesterday and approximately 79.000 voted iberal 66,000 Pro- gressive Conservative and 24,000 C.C F. It was previously estimated that. more than 300.000 were eligi- ble to vote.

Huge Bush Fires |

Near Los Angeles ,

mo LOS ANGELES. Auk 29 - (AP) a thcnrolc of the C D. C. in present.

A fierce brush fire broke out in the ‘Tarzana-Girord area west here- tonlght, destroying at least

ports, and sent ashes _ downtown Los Angeles, 30 miles a- way.

LONDON, Aug. N - (OP) -. William lVLukin. war correspondent for the Kcmslcy newspapers of} Great. Britain, died today of‘ WOLIIIC; suffered while reporting ‘ILS. army attacks in the Chen, bourg peninsula. His widow and» three children survive. ,

Mokin was the 38th Allied war; correspondent to lose his life in,

war.

“me-or VI-Iitler And Pals May Seek Neutral Iflaven

‘By JOHN M. IIIGHTOWEI.

~ WASHINGTON. Aug. N-JAP) Military leaders h-ere ore becoming increasingly apprehensive over the possiblll that. Adolf Hitler and some of nis henchmen may fly from Germany in the next fcw weeks and seek refuge in a. ncutrnl country. Cohoem has becolnc such that n now appeal may be issued to the ncutrn snot to give sanctuary to the men who led the world into wnr. Such an appeal could be directed particularly m Spain and Argen- tina, because of their past or pre-

amt links with Nazi government of Germany a the nnplcious

d. “Where i5 overybody?" the gen. eral asked -—~-“Th0re? They were there a ‘half hour ago. Tell them to‘

the] the springboard for Hitler's most fearsome weapon got off to a whirlwind start. Hun-t

driving; rainstorm.

Gcrmani

l hours l after they set out. tank spesrheadsl flashed back the word: "its a pic-l nic "

Other columns fanning out from the Seine bridgehead in the Vcr-I non sector reported equally rapid Ag‘ heard British commanders coll for!

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IA

HIRE MAN' '

The flnf wealth i hallil.

mil. uoo; other mvum a usls. $5.00.

8 P Iublcrlptlon Delivered. $5.00.

LAUNCHED

Generals

Associated Press

Urge Great Speed

By ROGER D. GREENE

‘WITH THE BRITISH TROO

A British General issued a special orde out the German flying bomb bases in first time ln this war we are fighting d

War Correspondent

PS EAST OF THE SEINE, August 29-(AP) .... r of the day today saying that the drive to wipo Northern France was about to start and “for the ireclly lo free our homes, our wives and our child-

"Evefy yard we advance reduces the area from which he can launch his secret weapons," the General said in the message to his troops. goal 1n front of us there is no need to urge you men onwards.”

“Let us drive forward relentlessly- taking as our motto ‘One more kilometre and

“I realize that with this

Airmen Hit

Nazis

Knockout Punches

Great Amounts Of German Transport Blasted

Mystery Blast Felt In England

LONDON, Aug. 29 - (c?) - A mysterious explosion-the heaviest felt in Britain since the war sta - tech-shook the whole southeaster coast of England inst before mid- night tonight.

For several seconds the earth seemed to tremble as in an earth- quake.

The shock appeared to come from n seaward direction and possibly was the result of the Germans blnwlnv up a large munitions dump in Northern France.