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CllEAT ALLIED VICTOR

llisterdaTs Sales Ahead 0i Thursday

Prince Erlivard Islanders took an- other strong step yesterday toward realization of the fourth victory loan obioctlve for the province when they subscribed a total of

1.900. it was an increase over m; previous day when bonds total m 5103.250 were purchased but m still slightly below the figure (or Wednesday. p The grand total for tne province lut night was $1.82l.6_00. The PM vincial objective is 82.000000.

By districts the totals ware: Oharlottetoivn. 5618.000: Queen's Oolintv outside Charlottetown $230.- 500; Suniinerside. 5503.450 Prince Gounty outside Suinmcrslde. S305,» I00: and King's County. 8158.650.

OTTAWA. MAY '7 iCPF-Tllc Nil- llonal War Finance Committee lin- rwunccd tonight that. subscriptions to Canada's fourtn victor loan have averaged <63.0B4.3i'20 uhy in the first i0 days of the three weeks’ drive for a minimum objective of 11.100.000.000.

Should toda ‘s receipts ap roach the average. t e National to al to- morrow would come within striking distance of the $700,000,000 mark. the committee said. The 10-day total of subscribers to the fouith loan. namely 782.246 compared with

503.695 at the some stage of

last autumnks third victory‘ loan.

obective of which was 5700000000

o headquarters statement said

110.252 individual subscribers in ‘vetted $663T57J0u on the 10th day

of the. campaign, and the cumula-

tive numerical total of individual

ruhaoripiions now stands at 182.246.

a daily average of 70.234. .. ' ‘Tllllfbtllffrflllrfl! included 1 .-

000000 subscribed from the funds

of the Unemployment Insurance

Commission of’ Canada.

First returns on subacrlptiuns by overseas units of the Canadian- Anny total $564,750 to ‘date from (.010 subscribers. This figure corn~ Ere: with a total subscribed dur- o‘ the third victory innn of $402.-

. The grand total of subscrip- tions so far from all Canadian - Anny units. at home and overseas. mod: at 3.301.000. The grand tot.-

al subscribed in the third loan was . 8.067.950.

350 Nazi Planes liutroyed By lied:

LONDON. May 7 (CPl-—-'l'lie Russians announced tonight that 350 German planes massed along the front were destroyed or damaged in a great attack by the Russian Ali- Force Thurs- illy- Russian losses were 20 planes.

imviuo EVENTS

—o_

"Vernon River Plny in Fort Ailluslus podponed until Wednes- Ull. May ii.

"Dance and Auction. Pisquicl "It Helium. May 1am. 10o (Jareixfi.

"Unliladlll! Ear of feed wheat and liiiilcy at York Station. lid)’ 15L MBKUICW. 5-8-ll.

“Burma Sucker Pigs daily. $15.00 ggir in 80nd out. u. a. Coffin, "m": Comer. ss-a-ii. |_"Vernon an?» Player present Don Dean"ln oorran Elna Hull.

if o ‘ufcllrfl-lhv 10th at 0.80. Jag:

"mime" bvI-fimpshlr Pia ers Kin n; ’ ° y ' ucfnd" gall- Mav 21st.

"seed Biiilflv for sale. $125 er vluhel. Bert Warren. Cornvzaél).

"Pantry Bale at l-ll an’ B t- glgge-N gantry. .1332 S-tioifif. ‘um-uh oh Group. Bgirgt ii

"m. G — amu‘ “Side glassware Bale. st. “Wu. M“ 10th at

tow 2"‘ wxuzjyerc: h M“. I ‘fill Ml)’ 14th.

[Q t; m? ‘wit! rim Re 1 r1 flit “Nautilus Moguls nlrla 111%: ‘Y: Q _ _ ' iumr, also a u '1. 0dr??? eon. New I lllgow. ' ' 5-4-11 "W! Pin t ma it Pififflfiggygev l m." Si‘. Vern“ m‘ 0 MW New

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a vanoe into the western Aleutian: ta

The United Nations have won a

with their blood any more time for

preparation to the European phase.

days.

retire Into the peninsula 1

ful elsewhere. are in grave eclipse.

knock (‘lilnu out of the wnr. This

of in sixth heart-breaking your. may Nations will suffer a disaster that

War Situation Last Night

By GLENN BABB Associated Pres: Analylt

great and historic victory in Tunisia.

Their troops completed last night the cuyiure of’ Tunis and Btzerte. the capital and naval stronghold. do swiftly are events moving that ll ap- pears it is only a matter of days, perhaps only huurs. before the last holtl of the Axis on the world's second largest continent ls ended.

The British and American forces and their French Allies have tn- fllctcd on Ilitler a defeat that ranks with Stalingrad. lt may prove even more complete and lgiiominlnul for the enemy and of equal stratcgical Sllflililcalicc. At Stalingrad at least. Von Pulilus and his 6th Army fought on for weeks after all hope was gone and the remnant yielded only after the tactical lob was finished. lt appeared last night that the Germans and Italians in Tunisia were on the verge of collapse, incapable of buying

their master.

The turn in the campaign of 1943 has come when the Allied command 0M! consider ltli work in Africa done and devote all its planning and

The battle of Tunisia soon will he-

comc the battle of the Mediterranean. which probably will merge quickly into the brittle of Sardinia. Sicily or ltaly itself.

It ls possible. of course, that Axis resistance will continue for some DBSDNQ "w lirciikun of its defences in th: north its forces still W6"! Qlilllitcrauttaoking yesterday near ZRlXlIOIIhII, suggesting that that stronghold was to be held nt all costs to keep opt-n 1m avenue by which the large forces still facing the British 8th Army In the south could ' out to Cape Bon.

lt remains to be seen whether a Dunkerque will be attempted.

Into the clwrllS of Allied triumph the news from China injects a Jflrrlng. sobering note. There the fortunes oi‘ tho United Nations, so hope-

The Japanese landing on the south

time it ma) be pushed to the hilt.

and there is so little that the Allies, despite all their rising power. their; overwhelming production of weapons. can do about it.

The Janance firmly hold the Burma hack door to China and thorc la no indication that we shall he In a position even to try to pry ii open l" "IP M" IlX months. liieanwhile China's resistance. nearing the cud

be beaten down. ll it Ls. the Untied will counterbalance the triumph in

Africa, one that may add years to the Pacific war.

isia, as broadcast from Algicrs:— “Soldiers of the Allies:-

sea.

"We have got them just where the wail.

"That final battle will be fierce. the skill, strength and endurance of

North Africa.

"Forward then to vlctoryl"

Roosevelt Stalin To Confer ‘l

WASHINGTON. afar ‘l Cl‘! ._/\ conference hotwccli W!‘ ldcnt Roosevelt and Pwml" Joseph Stalin of ltusiil allllwl" ed to be in the malslnl today-

The n-esldent disclosed he ll aondln a secret letter t0 itrcml n to be taken by ~l°"l"‘ ilavlea. former American ‘Am: n r.'..:." .‘.‘.“i.‘.‘.2.""“ " “E1; l¢flfll"l content! l" [mum only to the President and his secretary, Grace Tulle! —not. oven to Davies-but the dlsclosu e today raised lm cili- ate speculation that it cont in- ed an invitation to a conference.

robablv including Prime M ster Churchill an Well-

The President announced tilt DQVIQ); t;- p-the second "Min- alon to blontnW-at his firm =::;"=.;'.;=.'. i." u... wit: Q . oontgutl of the otter.

New Air Base

turned

WABHINGHON. May '1 -<AP)-- United Ital-ea troops have put into operation a new all‘ ‘ego on Am- chitka Island, only '10 miles south- east o! Klein. and Navy Secretory Prank Knox laid today this ad-

o new blow in America's program o: "aggrcaafve. offensive war." Knox declined to be drawn into speculation as to the use: of the new bane-including the poutbillty that it might he a takeoff for bolnbtnga against ‘hobo tself

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l’ l‘ Y0!‘ Dill dclivere before 11 A. “ii Jvmnson.

“Forward m» Tolliotory"

LONDON, May 'I—1CPJ-'I‘he text oi Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's order oi the day sigiializing the star

t oi the current oiiensiva in Turi-

"Two months ago when the Germans and ilaiinns were attacking us ‘ I told you that if you held inst final victory was assured us.

"You did your duty and now you nrc about lo reap its full reward.

"You have reached the last phase uf this campaign. grouped our victorious armies and are going to drive the enemy into the

We have re-

we want them-with their backs to

bitter and long and will demand all each of us.

“The eyes of the world are on you and the hopes of those at home.

Reds Press Closer To Novorossisk.

LONDON. May 7—(CP)—-A tre-

barrage was reported tonight to have knocked out another ucrmun defence line bfore NOVOPOSSlSR

cd nearly l.000 more Axis troops and shot down 'l'l enemy planes in the drive to the Black Sea.

Driving slowly through hilly fer-l rain northeast of the Black 86B port of Novorossisk. Moscow dis- pntehes snid. the Red Army meth- otlicully destroyed German-Rum- anian military units and cut many of the invaders’ surviving land contmimicutions between Novor- ossisk and the Kubmi River Val- ley ti‘): the Tainan Peninsula to the nor .

Gas Rattles

HALIFAX. May ‘l -—(OPl- Gas rattles-dike the proverbial warn- ing of the rattle snake-will be sounded in Halifax should there be a up: attack on this war-strategioal POI‘ . Major 0. B. Crowell. Director of Civil Defence for the city, an- nounced last night that a supply of gas rattles have arrived here and are being distributed A-R-P- wardens. In the event c a as at- tack the wardelil. each to hl own district. will immediately sound the rattles to warn the populace.

Receives Silver Wolf Award

SAINT JOHN. N. 8.. May ‘l (O P)—The Silver Wolf of the Boy Scouts Association for Scouting in e presented to Ohicf JW J. I. 8%?’ '5'“ hegsetillitllc co lesion

. . ., c 1e -

of Association inmgenada.

cr the The Chief Justice ta New Brunswick

presentation wu made at a dinner

but he aaid "the military lttuaticn q there in the Aleutian has cer- ltalnlv been improved."

tendered to Mr. l vincinl Association. y

niendous soviet artillery and all‘ l sicily

the Caucasus as the Russians kill- -

president of the Association. The . Itliea by the Pro- _

!Fine Contribution To llietory Loan By Service Men

Determined to "back the attack" to the limit the men in training at No. 62 C-A. 1B.) T.C. have come through the victory loan drive thus 314.250 subscribed, representing the Centre.

Their enthusiasm for this sca- son's campaign is indicated by the fact that sales have far exceeded last year's very creditable showing, while fewer inen nre in training at the moment than during last No vember.

With interplatoon competition still going strong. the platoon com- manded by Limit. J. R. Nicholson lends with $lll‘SCl‘llll.l0!lS of $3.050 from 1Z2 on: of 29 men in the group. Five Olllfll‘ platoons are challenging this record Tivo new platoons. re- centlv arriicd from outside the province were already canvassed before leaving, but some of the men have been able to subscribe again.

Out of I49 applications for bonds. 126 have been made on the payroll deduction plan. ‘Vlien one consid- ers that a $50 purchase by the

531°” "7 like Tuusiins. iiflllflllflflfld hi! flight by Chungking, suggests I private soldier on this plan leaves strongly that the enemy may be launching that long-feared attempt to

him with 311.60 a month for some 1 time to come the full extent of his sacrifice in the matter of personal

’ (cont-toiled inn” Pagrfili ‘col. >2)’

Step llearer To invasion

LONDON. May B -iSai.u1'day)- (CPJ- Ncws of the fall of ‘Innis and Bizerte to Allied African forces swept swiftly rhrougti London early today despite the hour, and the chief reaction was;-

"The faster the cleanup. the sooner the European invasion."

Sizerte is “Gibraltar”

By The Canadian Press The capture of Bizcrte and Tunis

"But you have proved yourselves masters of the battlefield and there- gives the Mugs access to one o; n“, forc yo11 will win this last great battle which will give us the whole of

world's outstanding naval and air base positions. and reduces the Axis bridcghead in Tunisia to a narrov: iaeninsula flanked by the Gulf of Tunis un the northwest and by the Gulf of Hammamet on the south-

ea t.

llizertes fall gives the Allied forces a "second Gibraltar" in the Mediterranean commanding the narrow and strategic water gates between the central and western Mediterranean. leading to Great Britainh Gibraltar.

Less than 15o miles separate this port of about 28.500 population from Itaiys big fortified islands of Sardinia on the northwest ann on the northeast. Across a stretch of open sea lies Rome. only about 350 miles from Bizerte.

Tunis, capital of Tunisia and chief commercial port 0f the French protectorate. is centuries old and many times battle-scarred even before she was battered oy modern armor.

~ Big N.S. Power

i Dam Endangered

_______ HALIFAX. May 7-16?) The dam and power plant of the Nova Bcotia power commlsion at near- by St. Margaret's Bay were threat- ened early this week by a 40-hour rainfall that raised the reservoir leval to the highest point since iii- 22. Censorship regulations permit- ted disclosure of the storm onlv io-

da .

Driven by n Sfz-mile-an-hour wind. 3.51 inches of water fell dur- ing the two-day period. seriously weakening the dam airucturcSmall dams in the vicinity burst and

far with the resounding record of . 220 per cent of the objective set for ‘

Tyioxbays

llL-LJOR A. S- ROBERTSON Officer Commanding No. 62 C.A. B.T.(‘.

Gity Victory

BojthwTunis And Bizerte Captured

Smashing Advance By British And American Armies Sends Axis Forces Reeling.

_ By EDWARD KENNEDY (Associated Press Staff Writer)

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AF- RICA, May 7-(AP)—Tunls and Bizerte were cap-

Loan Standing

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A sanihioo l

_ l0 $5 .850 I 5618.600 l

{To Complete IGity Drive

l In this F21 ‘th Victory Loan ti " . nli the l a‘; ill'llll‘2l'\' iiriz; cZl concentrated on breaking the around and seeing to it that. the "big" invesioi‘ prepared the way for the llghici- fighting elements bvl patriotism

settinu n1 example in and hherr-liiv‘. .

In the City of Charlottetown: nrivo. the meiihiznts and others have done great things towards es tnblishing this encouraging sitilat ion but it must be obvious that the saturation point has iust about been reached and the time is now rinc for the light nriillcry, machine gun sections and hand grenade units to close udth the enemy “ti1ne“, and bring this fight to a successful ter» mlnation.

There is always a tendency when hundreds of thousands are spoken, of. to forget the modest $50 Bondl which almost everybody who is, gainfully employed or has a fewi dollars set aside, can iakc in his or;

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Toaatlnuafianmgi 0E1. 4) I ll.N.~B. View I I 0f Tunisia

NEW YORK, Mav '1 _ fAPl - Shortly before the Allied announ- cement tonight or the cllpllirc of Bizerte and Tunis. the German agency D.N.B. said in dispnichos t0 ooeup ed Eiuope that Axis resis- tance was "unshn.koii“ and that, anyway, those strategic ports were. really not verv imporiniii.

The DN.B. iclcgrnphirz-cccie transmissions were reported bv the United States foreign broadcast intelligence service.

CHURCHTWEI-ITINGS

TORONTO, May '7 (CPl~Dates for the annual meetings of the 1i conferences of the United Church of Canada. announced today by Dr. (lorrinn Sisco. secretary of the Gen- rrnl Council of the United Church include: Bay of Quinta. June 1-4. at Gnimnoqne: Ottawa and Mont real, June '7: Maritime, June Ii ai. Sackville, N. B; Newfoundland.

June i114 imcctiiig place unspoci fled).

flgqded_large__a_;j_cas_0f_ foignlands.

ac]: theJttac-l: Wl"1l|_7i£!2£7__._i..3¢fl s

lthe blazing co-ordinated drives climaxing two days The

mvas conducted at if

‘with German and Italian troops and tanks and

ltured in mid-afternoon today by triumphant Ab‘

lied troops striking in overwhelming force by land and by air. _

The naval base in the north fell to United States troops at 4:15 p. m- (12:15p.m. E. D. T.—— 1:15 p.m. A. D. T.) and the Capital was conquered five minutes later by British 1st Army troops m;

of fierce battle. AXIS TROOPS iN FLIGHT Roads from both cities were choked tonight

truckmsmfleeing to the coastal hills below Bizerte,

and to Cap Bon Peninsula. Allied planes pounded and slashed relentlessly

at the retreating columns.

Rear guard troops still were fighting _in the Capital but fierce struggles on the outskirts of‘ cities failed to halt the Allied drive to destroy the

Axis in ‘Africa.

CLIMAX TO EL ALAMEIN

offensive came as a climax to the El \ launched by Gen- Sir Bernard Mont-g 1,400 miles to the i

ing two-day Alamein drive gomery's 8th Army last Oct. 23, east

The fall of the Tunisian Mediterranean seaport and naval base was an- nounced by Allied headquarters late tonight-

Capital and the big;

BRITISH AND YANKS

The Britishist Army vanguard smashed its way 14 miles to wrest Tunis from its Axis defend- ers who reeled back under the greatest combined land and air offensive Africa has seen. and Ameri- can troops drove into Bizerte after advancing nine miles during the day.

Thus collapsed the Axis defence throughout North Tunisia except for strong elements still en- trenched in the hills between the plain of Tunis and Enfidaville in positions already menaced by the British 8th Army.

LAST DITCH STAND

At 9 p.m.. headquarters announced that fight- ing still was continuing inside both cities. but the remaining resistance was expected to be wiped out soon.

This last-ditch defence apparently was de- signed to give the fleeing bulk of the enemy a chance to escape to the hills of the Cap Bon Pen- insula in the northeast.

Large numbers of prisoners were taken in both cities and in the fighting outside.

named Gen. Charles Mnst as rear fought fiercely there. idont general of France in Tunisia. The Americans of the 2nd Cor s 1mg]; u“; 1|‘, Army wok L, 33rd,,

encountered strong opposition

The fall of Tunisials chief cities after a shatter- a

‘ Kiskil in the

Gen. Henri Giraud immediately had hastily erected. Tho Germans Just before the break into Tunis ll n

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fllintonl A Dies Suddenly

Coroner Ylrders 1n- quest Into Ileziih of Harry L. hlcfluirk.

Coroner Dr. Int J. In.» 1-... ordered an iiityic 0f Harry L. {vie-Gill Clinton. P.E i.

A jury was sworn hearing aciJourn-i-ci . of a

babie that the hlUllllifli would be sent to ifnizinx alysis. McGuirk died vesic noon on the road enrou. home from Kensingi. _ From informaiioii 11m night it. appeared . who was between 35 and 4O y. ~ 0f age. went to Kensinuion \L>.iti' clay morning with a load of p01..-

Lilf.‘ . I 1o: 1i..-

-toes. Before he left the town f».

home he complained of feeling u-z- Willl find bccume crlticallv 1. the road and shortly 2111c; conscious. A neighbor hov,

Plckellng drove the MuO

home.

Df- J K. Beer 0f Iitnsiiirz‘. ri was summonccd. He prunniizicwl the man dead and notified R0324 Canadian Mounted Police.

The coroner's lino: tool: no end. once. it. was learned. ‘Yhev ‘.‘lf‘\\""l the body and then ilfllililfllvd ‘c. await developments from the n z-

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Ernest Pickering of Clliitng} L,- jury foreman. 01hr.- clude. Justin woo.» Warren. Jnrixr-s I‘; .- Woodsicle. Wilfred Pick Hugh Glover. post

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Funeral Home in Dr. J D. MncGL. F. Dewar,

McGuirk was married but ire-cl : an family.

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