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150A, M. AUI‘— Ca ‘ party standing in New Brunswick, on basis of Civilian vote: Elected '

Utm- 3d. Pmg. Conservative l2.

ll. G. A. F. Awards

_OTI‘AWA. Aug. 28 -- (CP) -- An" force headquarters announced bluight 10 awards-Mateo Distin- 4 hed Service Orders, four Dis_

fwlushed Flying Crosses and three Distinguished Flying Medals —to maulbers of the R.C.A.F. serving

overseas. _

The DS.O. went to three of- ficers who previously had received the DJKC. They were honored for continuing to display exceptional

, ugetormlnation and devotion

She Awards: . i. O. Bqdn. Koect .1111‘. .. Guatemala -q o ‘r d J R. McDonald, D.

So n. Ldr.

I‘.(l . of Victoria. Flt. Lt. H B Hay. whose wife.

yrs. Ester A.M. HM‘. lives at (B2 ice St.) Edmundston, N.B. l. I. C.

83in. Mr B DC. Patterson oi

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t. D.C. Narknese of Toronto. l- DR. McEvoy of Lindsnv. -gré). (reported missing June i6, can’. no. Webb of Kelowna. n.

Nork l Iicsumed At Halifax Shipyards

HALIFAX. Aus- 2B—-(CP)—Til-ne Olocks clicked and machines be- Bln to hum for the first time 1n a 5mm 1n Huliiaxb sprawling, war- mu?..*t'€'8i"‘§ éthflitiiélm“ “.3” “filmed m wo-rk- ml: wor crs vprvxnnatclv two-thirds of the workers were estimated to have through the heavily-guard-

0d gates, but alupyards officials acclaim it may be a week bcioi-e ‘M xgcxzlgora 19:1; gem taken back "ll production. R "and m

G0ltliNG EVENTS

"Show - Bradalbane Tucsdav. s-za-zl. "smwwMlllivflque Wednesday. ' 8-28-21. Pet B l" 1d Orchresstrafiu’, I ay i 8-3-21. “fills Iona Hall Wednesday Avrust 30th. Millview urchegtrztziu‘

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Erica "r Hall. Tuoldfly. August 29th. 8-28-21.

“Dance in Morell Hall W dn » August 80th. Good magic.“- 8-1-31.

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'1 . Wednesdlgy. s31? a h? _ a-aa-aa-z-o D.

Homital Da . ymhmm M0 thee. ‘Mcdregor s m» 30th. wftfitlli‘ 0.333.511‘? '

"Hunter River Pia "Aunt mic Goes To Sea" in C yde River

. Au wqneadngyust 19th If noatlzfiihzei

"Annual B . “m” aaaar St. Peters Bay, m. My and Tuesday. Sept. 4th

' 511180 and other games. l! served. a at

“louris Potato Warehous d e 1.915;... aoth August rui- millil- i". l“ "Osllltal. Two orches-

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LONDON, Aug. as -- (AP) _ Great fleets of Allied planes to- day swarmed over Holland. France, 591111111117. Hungary, Austria Northern Italy. springing leaks in Hitler's ebbing oil sup- ply. rippin ment pao ed on aloha’ theSeine east oi Paris an pouncing upon what it was be- lieved a long-range V-2 rocket in- stallation in the French area.

R. A. l". Lancasters nd Hali- faxes with fighter esco hammer- ed a concrete structlw at Mimoyec- qucs in the Pas do Calais area be- lieved to be connected with the Nazis secret "V-B", the Air Minis- try announced. The Germans have been threatening to unleash a 60 to 90-ton rocket with an estimated load of i0 tons, capable of wreak- ing far greater damage at longer range t an the present robot bomb.

At dusk Hallfaxes and Lancast- ers of R. A. F. bomber command at- tacked a number of flying bomb launching sites in Northern

France.

United states 0th Ail‘ Force fighters made their heaviest raids since D-Day on enemy railroad jun “ and equipment in day- long attacks ranging over the French-German border, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The 500 American fighters en- countered negligible opposition in the widespread attacks, during which they shot up l8 German troop trains, destroyed or damag- ed 2'70 locomotives and 1,406 rail- road cars. shot up 237 trucks, blew up two ammunition trains and set firs to several ammunition cars.

Flying Bcnlls Gost llitlcr llis 7th Army

NEW YORK, Aug. I! — (AP) — The BBC said today that German insistence on using flying bombs had deprived the German seven army in northern fiance of pro- tection by air and had cost more than 20 trained men in killed. cap- tured. and wounded for every man. woman, and child slain in En!- lad by the weapon.

Noting that the Germans diver-i ted manpower and materials l0 the production of flying bombs that might have gone ino fighter planes. the broadcast declared that Adolf Hitler's "obsession" with the wea- pon "had cost him u. fine army and lost him France."

Nazis ltetrcatingv From Gothic Line?

ON THE ITALIAN FBONTIER, Aug. 28 — (CP) - German forces are pulling out f the provinces of Emilia. Piedmon and Ligurla and retreating toward the Alps, said frontier reports tonight, indicating a withdrawal from the Gothic Line fortifications across Italy.

Emilia province embraces part of the Apcnnine Mountains in which the fortifications are anchored. The border reports said the Ger- mans were leaving Fascist forces oi Mussolinis puppet north Italy ad- ministration to cope with Partisan uprisings and the advancing Allied] forces.

By Maurice Decforllnc

8'1‘. DENIB INTZBIINMIZN CAMP NEAR PARIS, Aug. 2'7 —- (CP Cable) - The German com- mandant, and his 50 German guards left this Stalag 230 and its 2.800 British subject internoes-ISO of them Canadians-to their own fate Friday night.

Today many had returned to their home; in Paris but there were a few hundred who stayed behind who told about. the dreary life they

in the "Grcude Caserng De Saint D6115." A5 the first Allied rrespondeut to enter St. Denis internment camp. 1 cow 4a Catholic priest! of the Bacerdotal Fraternity. all trench Canadian by birth. and students who were packing their belongings to £2 to c house they own on the ulevord Pereire in Paris

Pietro (Pete) Gavuui. famous long . distance runner who was in charge of sports for the camp. lost 14 pounds and now weighs but 104

Gavuzzl. 39, also was the camp! gardener and plots which he cul- tivated around six long huts provi- ded vegetables for the Canadian!- Arthur Chouinard, 66 your old

so °' in? ‘"19 lver Women's Insti- ’ 5-29-21.

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dean of the 130 Canadian inter-noel.

and new

Nazi troops and equip- cscopo route;

coastal

l‘ ‘Nazi Guards Flee Prison Camp In Paris Area

'1' caught giving chocolate to o. French child.

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The People's Paper

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Read Everybody

Covers Prince Edward l Island Like the Dew

War Situation Last Night

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By Klrke L. Skipton, Associated Prose War Analyst

Offlolal Allied reports draw a dark picture for the Nani foe In the Volley of the Seine 10 the north and that of the Rhone In tho louth, but they are flgnificantly slleut as to the situation in betwcen the two inval- loll fronts in east central France. -

They full to record the whereabouts of the most advanced Allied ele- ments reaching for u Junction which would drive the foe out of all but th: northeast corner of France and expose Germany itself to n combined at ack.

In the south a ludden eruption by Allied troops into the central Rhona Valley north of Montclimar has trapped the bulk of German troops racing from the Rhona Delta. area for escape. The site ls the nur- nowest sector of the Rhone Valley, flanked by the foothills of the Alps to the east and central mountain mass of France to the west,

French Patriot forces dominate the western hills and the French and American troops hold all the high ground to the cast. Allied all- arm- ada; are reported CDIIOCIIIIa-illl), on German troops rndcavoring to fight their way out ni the trap north oi Montelimar.

In the north. Allied armies now are astritle the Seine ior a 200 mile stretch from near its rise to south of Rouen on the Seine Estuary. A half- score bridgehead; east of the Seine exclusive of its crossing In Paris lt- self no noted to Indicate a huge new Allied wheeling movement swinging to grind enemy forces out of all northeast France. Southeast of Paris American armored columns are already on the battlefields of the First Great War.

Ii. seems clear that with elimination of virtually all of the deadly pocket for the foe west of the‘ Seine except close to the coast south of Bouen. Gen. Montgomery. Allied field commander in the north, l: shift- ing his Aruorloan ‘ “ ‘ rd. Two l‘ " t- ' . of 911B river close to Rowen are reported and two British ltfldgcheatls exist east of there. The original American Seine crossing near Monies seems to be the left of the American part of the. llne now.

American forces supplemented by the French 2nd nrmorcd division 1n Paris hold the rest of the Selm- llnc to Troyes or beyond but south of that point there is In official blackout on information as to the where- abouts of roving columns between the Seine and the Loire.

C. D. Convention Opened Last Night

The Prince Edward Island branch of the Civilian Defense Committee held theflrst meeting of their Aux- iliary Flre Services Convention lusti night at the Beach Grove Aljmy‘ Traini Centre. Representatives from ‘Charlottetown. Summerslde. Souris. Kensington. Alberton. Hun-- ter River, Murray River, Murray

Members Elected In New Brunswick

Following ‘is the Canadian Press

m Harbour, Moi-ell. Mount Stewart, “S, m. Din-LES o. mange“ elmwd

New Glasgow, Cardi an. Victoria, m New kjrun5wlek Rustioo, C'l'.»eary, M ouche. St 135; legislature); Eleonora, Weflington. and Tlgnish

were present. PROGRESSIVE CONSER- Mlr. C. AhBeer. director ofh fiirc VATIVE serv ce t e Province. was c a r- man cs1’ ‘Elie meeting. He expressed Saint John clty~1..'r. Dow. x- his gratification at seeing such alR-(i Mfllhflhey. X-W- 9141119 lame and representative audjencgl Smith. x-J. Starr Tait. unchanged.

tit-member of

and impressed upon the gathering $11" 3°11“ G°1m1Y—x‘R°°"f ‘the impoil-tume no; frletgliéirung aneJg/gnllxllégséer, x-A.C. Smith. un ewara e re a ntz uppnr- ,, - atus now in the Province. I-Ie then x_(éal\lft°“p'aryugiz_gpg“ introduced Premier J. Walter Jon- mchanlgect ' ' “v KingsPx-Dr. E T. Kennedy. x-

Premier Ilopea to Ilave lire Equipment Increased.

'f'he Premier congratulated the auxiliary fire service of the Civil- ian Defence Committee upon the

Hugh uiaclsay. John Woods, un- changed

Total l2 . LIBERAL

Kent-x-J K. McKee. x-I. Mel- anson. Armand Richard. unchanged

s lendld work they were doing and Victoria-VB. Briggs, x-Hon. sated that this auxiliary service F.W. Pirie, unchanged.

had done most effective work Madawasko—x-Hon. J. G. Bou- the recent Wood Islands bush fires. oher. J-H- Prvulx. 111w Bd- Ee hoped that the present fire eq- Mon/non Clty-x-l-Ion C. H.

uipment oi the C. D. C. would not‘ only be retained but that more would be added to what the Prov- ince already had.

Superintendent Marson oi the . C. M. P. addressed the Con- vention on the duties and respon- sibilities of the special constable and expressed his warm approval of the work the C D. C was do- ing to protect lives and property in the Province.

Blakeny. unchanged.

- . . Connoll I-Ion. J A Doucet. x-CJI‘. Rich- rtrg, Frederick C. YouhS. unchan- ile .

Rcstignuche - x-Samuel Moocrs. tlncnnnged, Benoit Michaud, gain frctu Prog Con.

Northumbtrlatid-x-Hon. W. S. Anderson. x-R J. Gill, x-H. A. Savcic. Herman S. Murray. un- changed.

Charlotte-Hugh Balkan. x-Hon. J J. I-Iaves Boone, x-R. Fraser ‘ Keay. Owen Morse. unchanged. Queens-Edward S. DlflTflCll. H. .C. Pttrktr. Rains from Proil. Coin

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- . on R son .x-i A. McGrand. unchanged. Westmorland — x-FJ-I. . Lonzton C Dysart. x-Hon. A. C Taylor. x-E.S. . ‘unchanged. Albert-x-Russel Colpitts, x-Hon.

Downoy. unchn c“. Douglas G. Cochrance. Harry Corey. Harry C. Groenlaw.

X-I-I . J. B. McNalr. Four gains told about being thrown in a dark from hi...“ Qqm cell for 1'1 days for having been Tm m

Another internee was his son. Har- old Chouinard, a former insurance salesman. who played various wind and string instruments to entertain hi; companions.

Potato Prices

OTTAWA. A118. 28 — (CAP) — The prices board announced umight

n“ ti t its order setti mecial prl es n“ to‘? new toes wil lapse Aug. can. with coiling prices t ereaiter re-

Oyril Upton, former correspondent in Southe n France ior the Times oi Iondon. said the place Was ln- fested with bu s. The food. especially during the i st year. was "horr- ible," he slid. Sometime; the Ger mane served horses’ or cats’ meat with turnip soap. rotten po- tatoes and foul bre . Everyone would have perished had it not been for Bed Cros parcels. said trpton.

The cdntp, which held 2,800 inter- nees. was intended to house only l.- 200. Five hundred were spread in the town hospital and the camp's annex. These were sick and elderly men.

st. Dannie was the only British internment camp in France. It was a self-contained little city, with Al t cinema, barbers. tailors, a restaurq _ mt and a library. ~

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1944

win Prdhably llavc More Seats Than Last Time

C. C. F. Party Fails To Elect Single Candidate.

the south side of the river.

FREDERICTON. Aug. 38 — (C P) - The Liberal Party rolled back into power in New Brunswick to- day for the third straight time, handily defeating the Progressive Conservative bid for control of the legislature and soundly crushing the C. C. 112's first atempt. to gain American columns c major bloc in a Maritime house. Rolmo

pram“ J_B_ McNflu-ts gavel»..- decide quickly whether

stand in northern France.

southwest

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YANKS DRIVE EASTWARD FROM

Liberal cog; lie-elected h. u. BU

The general IO-mile advance by

will force the Germans to will

ment forces. on the basis of Ulvlllflfl returns available tonight for today's general election. will have 36 of the 48 seats in the new assembly. The other 1B will be held by the Pro-

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MacKag.

The . C. F . which ran 41 can- didates, failed to obtain represen- tation. C. C. F. leader J. A. Mug- ridge, an electrician and trade uh- lonlst who was seeking public office for‘the first time, went down in Saint John City.

On the basis of tonight's in- com lete civilian returns, with the serv ce vote to be added ln a few days, the Liberal party bcttered the showing made ln tne 1939 election. when it landed 29 seats against 19 for the Conservatives.

Late tonight, the Liberals had beenconcoded ‘ ‘ iin36seats. while the Progressive Conservatives had been conceded the remaining i2. The last concession came from York. where Premier McNair and his three Liberal running mates fllbpearcd elected after a stiff battle

greeaive Conservatives under Hugh 1

trv to defend the robot bomb coast to the north and northwest or fall back toward Germany

These American columns were knifing in behind the Germans‘ 15th army which was believed being bolstered by troops pouring into France along virtually every rail line from Belgium despite n storm of bombs and bullets from hundreds of Allied planes

In the race ircm Meatut. United States 3rd almv tanks bowled mrough La. Perte-Sur-Jouarre and rumbled on east

One field dispatch said they had reached Chateau-Tliierry. an while it was not confirmed it was possible. since tank columns often maintain radio silence.

Among tthe other towns caught up in the whirlwind advance were Coulommiers. 35 miles east of Paris and La Forte-Gaucher. l0 miles farther on.

swiftly. tanks and infantry were consolidating assault lines alone: the Marne and upper Seine along an 85-mlle front while the spear- heads Hwcpt on in a great wheeling

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Canuclts Encounter Shifter Resistance

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 28 4- (CP) — Powerful Anorl- out forces broke across the Marne at Meaux today and drove eastward another I5 miles to within five miles of Chaiteau-Thierry, while British forces established o. fifth bridge- head across the Seine between Paris and the seas.

Canadian formations encountered stiffening enemy rear-guard resistance as they, thrust toward Rouen from their bridgeheads near Elbeuf and Ponte de L’Arc1to and from

Other advance elements of the United States 3rd Army,‘ sweeping northeast from the broken enemy lines along the upper Seine, welded a 45-mile are of steel within 40 miles of the rail city of Reims, fall of which would imperil any German

attempt to

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LONDON, Aug. 28 - (AP) - Allied surrender terms are ex- pected to be presented to an envoy of Bulgaria within a few days and the Germans put on the pressure today to keep this Balkan satellite from joining Romania in flight from the Nazi orbit.

Peace terms drawn by the Europ- advisory commission were submitted to Washington and Mos- cow for approval. and they are be- lleved insistent that Bulgaria dis- gorge the arts of Greece and Yugo- slavia wli ch she seized at the height of Germany's successes.

Romania. already fighting beside the Red Armies sweeping toward. her capital of Bucharest, will sign, her armistice in Moscow shortly, it‘ was learned here. l

(State Secretary Hull said in

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evuate of the University Brunswick. He w §n the Saint John sical tratni Colle

movement designed t/urn positions the ontmy may try plant. nn France's plains

Says G. G. Fjheady

All Cabinet Rte-elected

All membe a of the McNair Cab- inet appeared on the way to re- election late tonight. The election of seven had been conceded, and the Premier was running ahead of the opposition, though his per- sonal return had not yet been con- ceded.

Premier McNair had a hot strug- gle on his hands in York, where he was defeated in the 1939 election, _a seat later in a try-election. The Premier , _ headed the p011 1n in]; riding mos; call a general election he Will find

the way through the countHl-he - C- F 195153‘- ghough the 10w pa“ o; the foul“! Mr. Winch said that a C C. l". man Liberal team at. times were 11111101181 001111911 11109111111 here to- topped by the leading Prngregglvg morrow will perfect the final plans Conservatives. Late tonight, Pre- 0f hi5 Dally in the W911i of a fed- mier McNair was still at the head @1111 619611011-

Obbositlon leader MaoKay ‘had P‘ c. 1 Statement

OTTAWA, Aug. 28 -—- P

C. F. leader. said today that Prime Minister MacKenzie

been conceedcd re-elcciion in Kings where he and two runniru: mates were victorious over Liberals and C.C.F. candidates.

For the chiefs of all forces. it was the first time they had head- ed lr in a. general elec-

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Gal. T. E. Snow

Tc Replace Brig.

lA. F. Gregg, ll. G.

FREDERICTON. Aug. 28 — (CP) -.P.ugn MacKay. leader of the Progressive Conservative 931ml 1h New Brunswick. tonight issued the following statement on today's Ren- cral election:

"The people of the Province are evidently satisfied with the present government so all I can sav is good luck to them.

"I mist. add, however. that I am very pleased with the suplwft have received and particularly with. the mniorit/v of 406 I was RlVBll in‘ Rothesay Parish. I would like to.‘ take this opportunity i0 UISXIKCW‘

lends Rothesuv and Kinks County for the support they have. given our ticket."

G. G. F. Leader Views Results '

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OTTAWA. A118. 28 — (GP) — C01. T E. Show, 39. of Rothesay. N.B.. has returned from service m a. war theatre to succeed Brig. Mil- ton F Grecg. V.C.. as command- ant of the Canadian school oi m- fantry at Vernon. B C.. Defence, Headquarters announced tonight.

Brig. Gregg is leaving the army become president of the univer- aity of New Brunswick.

C . Snow. a former officer com- manding the officers‘ training cen- tre at Brockville, Ont., is a gra- of New as commissioned Fusiliers and

FREDERICTON, Au . 2a - r ' became an instructor in phy~ -- C. C. l". leader J8 A. Mi?- e m *1 my“ Mum-TY T141812. Whose party failed to gain any 1'9"‘ 13'9"”! l" 1939 Wm‘ fitesruineliitlgitssulitilu alzfdxtleéslryélcit 011111141“ “mime” W‘ tonight that "we in the c c 1r l“ w“) when a can‘ believe that we have this da itch‘ Ed m’ Brest at ieved a victory-for todayy the . C. F has laid the basis for n People's government in thls prov- k_ inoe." _ l-Ie added that the C C. I" be- lleves that "we shall go forward 1mm this day until we have ach- leved our objective-the co operag. hie commonwealth-for all the poo. P9.‘