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APFFamoas Tank Expert " Escapes Prison Camp

mug; . Mar- nu 0. T. Boyd were among thous- qm of Bri who Eat “ay from the camps after Ito ‘s mend in Emmi!!!‘-

pu were at a camp five miles

Fl enco when the cspitula- flfndl. but they did not dis-

gm detail; on their long

119's Nearne, cap ed April 1,

merely said: an

is that we were all

' er and that it took us quite r time to set sway."

u, lfsrshal Boyd was on his

nytotakeupanewpoetasbe-

—__-

TOMMY). Jen. Viscount Halifax, Brit s Am to the United Btllkl,

0m

aqua partnership” with the United States, Itusois. and mine after the war without the

‘Not Great

skim

henceforth depend."

self in an address rn-epared delivery before the ‘Toronto Board el ‘trade. celebating its 100th anni-

aaid. was perti in the sphere of defence.

"I mused." he said. "that in the fills of peace it wag a. weakness. ‘afoul: try to cure, that

o eeieltnt on many Million of fend

a was not, more shrred- 1838. a. year before lord

Wllllii EVENTS

"Dime in Bnoraid Hall Fri vim. January rout. r-as- .

Ildely in

"Dance Grahlrfs Road Hall, "Molly. y . umoneo. - r-ae-u |

e an ‘i’ t» no??? $1.22..‘ rah “lnqlfvogl

"linen and D1503 . - it." M. new. Martinez?!

3-mo- lloitb Cream Beperator "F" hive nrrives s. norno ‘smog;

‘Flume-i meeting P. n. r. J y H," Wvilheedoy. Jasruary 33?}. -M- at Dent. of ‘Agricxrugue. m

cywv‘ srysrsd... gmmnrioe‘ s. ‘wand Btoraga_”_ e ' a ved aeph 1t ‘walks and rooflngzua buyihg l; "its every day .P. J. Noy and

' 1 35 3'1 3|

"I will be unloading car brnk

‘hill and barley today Tuesday "14 Wedn eds . . . 'B0wrn . Writer Rirerer. y w I i-Sfg.

or... Davis s.

W "o... onus... s... "In! It.

a , - John J. leek. l-I-ll.

Party. Auction sorry-

msal

W ‘an w... ....... 2&."‘.§lf’.....r w-‘nfionslslt A. o. r. mags‘-

ran‘... pom s. a, and “film-y n1- _ er notice-

r-fe-o.

.1. ____. ‘Hiiltlfll. J . grgrllheloadlngiive logs wag- ,Prasaraafoi-

Journey through Ital! to the Aili

till‘ at Derna with Gen. O'Connor, “All I c say st three

said to- “could

ere. tain only, but the rrrmwealth and Isn-

enaential unity oi‘ ideal. the res-

resents that unity is not vislb Ylllry. shared by all. It is an immeasurable his reference to unity of action. euiarly important ieve a common foreign policy, ex-

pens when the war has come. but with what in future we can do tc prevent it coming."

got easier. The secon ‘that we should try l0

plrtn "m,

gfewgsltrninster". said Lord Halifax. "To dc go would no e0 run Chan-- for to the whole course of develop" menl; in the corrmonwea-lth."

irable and fields-foreign policy. 69191109- 9°‘

tar-dependence were n“! rgniyo ogre;

(levers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 25. 1944

uiw to th C mm; . . £1 the Middle gust igdfirbilg his plane made a forced lan lag on Nazis-held territory. “Bait-Ill: goognlm and Nesmn o A8111 '.' followed the pattern of a C lcego kldneobine in gangland days. They had ieft headquarters iato u” Previous lillht and headed for Derna. on the Mediterranean coast of Cyrertaicl. and took a short out to the main road. About wumh-nstrzr :. ea road block y w '

As the cars were threading their way through the convoy a single German patrol on a motorcycle llrpeared. The German allghted from his motorcycle. drew nu tonnny-lun on the truck drive".- and ordered him from the cab. The truc shard appeared and the German shot him.

‘The other guard had to take cover ls the rest of the Germnn patrol arrived on the scene sirn. ultaneously with the Generals and their staffs who were captured

‘lord Halifax Discusses Dominions ’Post- War Role

I; e famous. “report on the affairs of British North America" recommending political union be-

tween Uppi! and lower Canada.

all the Illlniillmrg were still coi- onics. tirrgyiildi Statute of Wwtminmr,

Lem than a. century later. by

attained equality of stat- tain- '

‘lems“ arising in the field

tihlio - of ford!" Policy and defence.

"The right of each member to

detuntlne its own external affairs may mean a gel a loss" lord Halifax said.

n or it may mean

"It is plainly a loss if. with our

ponslbility for action which rep--

l‘ min if on vital issues we can ach- nressed not by s. single voice but. by the unison of mun

y. “So. too, in the field of defence. while there must be individual re-

sponslbility there must also be s

unity of policy." 1t was not a sufficient answer to say that all the Dominions but one hei entered the war with Britain. “We must rlg/irtly concern our- selves not so much with what hap-

There were two roads the Dom-

lnions might take. First. lherc W“

the road of national isolation. But l2" "°“°' 2'2. '3?‘ ‘$151.53.? n as n -- mnu‘ a d road wee fortify our

ershio. that I do not mean that we sholulrl aicm-Pléhtizhfillgiélarglg mp5 Mme Qpzl». to the statute

h . I bell e. both des- Bm v “necessary ‘i: that in all

l l l uestious- filflmfifillhnifiniiir- “ soon

le . thing undone to brim! 0i" ..§ov.§.“li.ro closer unity of thoulhi

“‘.‘.'..Z°‘i‘.’l'..... of Westminster was in a sense a ‘declaration of inter- qepondonm," Independence and in-

plementary but necessa

other.

"Today we begin to 100k Nyimd the war to the reordorlril of thc world which must follow. We w! three great powers, the Unite’: States. Russia and Onim mat numbers. troll Ind "Sf-WE! m‘

0U")!!- Side fldcllth them is u“ ‘divans “u. easily be

of thesenfitlunjfle- from the rcet o m“ d

d eerfanld punter-shin. “lit is none m‘; leas ileiy win roea to “owns” .......~

y. and quot Great Brigain Mwtntgf

rrnlat be the fourth Wtlifdl" mm which.“ "flora

ornov tsisihnltedanvithmll no d t‘

ass nor ere eouwfll Null“-

l

commands Soviet lnnlea

thrust Ill-inst Germans

Mill. h w form Red chief ofestali? a “my

N. B. Youth Fatally injured In Accident

WOODSTOCK, N.B., Jan. 24 -- (CP) — Zones Dunlap, 1'7. of Cul- lerton. suffered fatal imurieg to- riny when an automobile crashed into a slowly movln, freight train at Pinder. Another o! the car. Mrs. Ads McElwain. of lgntervilie. was taken to hospital

ere.

Chinese Clear Way I-‘or llcw Supply Road

NEW DELBLTQ. 24 - (cm- Cirlnesrtroope have captured Min-

‘ the am th f‘ mm“ 01w ma" "m gruga in their offensive across Dominion eompleto self government it left unsolved the "more obs-

the llukswng Valley in Northern Burma designed to clear the way for the new Lodo supply road into China. Allied Southeast Asia Head- quarters announced today.

These troo under Lin-Gen. Joseph W. St well. have been on the offensive since Dec. 26 and are pushing the Japanese back to- ward Taihpa Ga: terminus of a road connecting with. the main Rurma hlllhrvay system.

When the area is cleared of Ja- panese, Unitod States engineers intend to make the Ledo road through the steep hills and dense jungle to the old B ldouble lane hizhwsv.

llewsman Escapes lllazi Prison Camp

International news service today in-

and burst into flames,

The dispatch said he escaped from a prison camp near Berlin during a transfer and described him as hiding “somewhere inside

Nazi Europe‘ Orange. N

liairymcn In Session

QUEBEC. Jan. 24 -- (OP) -—Re-

thc Dorninl opening of a two-day meeting of the Dairy Farmers Association of

Association

cheese and butter.

Dr. A. R. Richards. secretary of the Dominion A ‘ultural mods Board. will -‘-' the delegates tomorrow after the presidential address of Mr. McArthur and a report on the year's activities presented by D. S. Miibcurn of Toronto. secretary of the ‘ ' tion.

Boy Drowns In Swimming Pool

Clark City Que" was

Sic swimming class at the the accident _

Gen. 'K. A. Mereislrnff. above, in

Vollshov river-Novgorod sector, lower prong of Brualans double in Len-

ingrad area. Noted a; are stage.

By Kirke L. Simpson, Aloelnted Press War Analyst

Caught flat-foofcd b th Allied -bo lanki o! Rome. the Nari high iomgnnnd nflnnorrlflo: wltlrrthhtlscazflutsottutlf dilenum Ill Italy that it faces on a larger scale in Russia.

it must decide and decide now before it is too into to f i Italy. abandoning ‘Home and substantially all of the im|..':"re'.'.'rnl.ui: Sill?) of the Livcrno lino. or fight it out at the risk of disaster. That fun ce probably has been made, although the decision ia not. yet also"...

l3. This first indicated Nal reaction in the Allied blow Clm . AA L . uh ... . ML

inland ai fire first rush.

The result is obvious. The Nari command is faced on its western sea . flank not with a precarious Allled beach foothold as at Salerno, but wiill . a ponderolfs threat that has brought under gunfire a dolen or so vitally ' important supply and escape routes for Nazi troops south IIIII cuat of

Rome.

it probably is the Allied desire to by-pass Home. Washington and London have sought to avoid bringing the eternal city under actual st-

tack.

Rome will become another Naples only by German choice. The world has the word of Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt for

that.

Joint Discussion On Educational Problems

Two British Vets With Lord Louis ,

LONDON, Jan. 24 - (CP) — Two veteran British Cflmpnlgners have been named to lead armies in the fight ngalnst the Japanese under Admiral lord Louis Mount- battens Southeast Asia Command, the War Office announced today,

Gen. Sir George Gifford. 57, a veteran of more than 30 years in British Colonial armies and the

urma road oi

rmw Yuan-Kr’. 24 - rnr) - A snuggled dispatch received by

dicated that Imweil Bennett. 24 year old v11" correspondent, escap- ed from a German prison camp in

December.

The dispatch. signed by Bennett. described his descent by chute when the big British bomber which carried him on a raid against Ber- lin Dec. 2 was hit, by anti-aircraft

Bennett is '. resident of South

presentatives of c-very province in today attended the

Canada here. {he convention is presided over by P. D. McArthur. of Howlck. Que. r ‘dent of thc

Today's session was taken up with discussion on the production of whole milk, concentrated milk.

MONTZBEAL. Jan. M. - (OP) - ' Twelve yenr old Lawrence Talon of . rn-owned to- night in the Notre Dame do Grace Community swimnm pool.

Yo Talon, a nt at Loyola Collette m. was attending n. gi-

.e

man credited with mobilizing West Africa. was appointed Command- er-in-Chief of an army group un- der Mountbatten.

Lt-Gen. W. J_ Slim. who fought under Gen. Sir Harold Alexander in the first Burma campaign. was named to load the 14th Army in coming operations against; the Japhnese.

Slim, 52. has been in continu- ous service in East Africa. Iraq, Syria. Iran end Burma since 1940 and probably has seen as much service in command as any Gen- eral in this war.

Air Force Awards Arc Announced

OTTAWA, Jan. 24 — (CP) —- Tho R.C.A.l'~‘, tonight announced award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to F0. J. W. Einarson. oi Sheilbrook. Sask. in further re- cognition of tis work as a bomber pilot. Einarson was awarded thc Distinguished Flying Medal while a. Flight Sergeant last April.

Headquarters also announced award of the DEC. to FY). A. W. Parry. of Amazon, Sask.. and D. F.M.‘s to Flt. Sgt. P. W. Dennis of Fort Wiillnm. and Sgt. J. H. b. Quesnel of Whanateklc. Ont.

Einarson has flown in five at- tacks on Berlin. On the last of these hi; bomber was heavily dam- aged by enemy anti-aircraft fire. but despite this he flew it safely buck to a base in-Jiinglandp - ~-

Dcnnis and Quesnei served in the sumo R.C.A.F squadron as

lot and rear gunner. respective-

y. Dennis was in a raid on Ber- lin last November. and had to evade attack; of three night fight- ers to reach the target and return

to asex

Quesnei is credited with shoot- ing down an enemy plane in Octo- ber. and is cited for giving his skip- per dire ‘ which enabled them to avoid three night fighters dur- ing another raid in novcmber. F0. Parry. serving with an RAP‘ squadron as navigator. ha; parti- clpated in raids on many “import-

lrwy - i," ‘° "W ""h- Tl"? served to blunt somewhat the Anglo-American- renolr threat to the Caseiuo gateway to the Llri valley, interim- land ‘"1" '4' 3""- Y" "w! may tum out to be only to screen a wholesale Nari retreat orthward.

The extent of the Allied beach holdings is not clear. It is reasonably certain from both Allied and Berlin accounts, however, that the obieotlve ll not Rome directly, hut the roads and railroads that fan south and ‘h. outward from that transportation hub.

First Allied official accounts told only of the taking of Nettun with its undamaged port facilities and landing beaches to the north and ' snuih. It was n walk-ashore operation that forgeid four miles or more l

ELUCGUOHN problems affeotlns both City and Province were dis- d at a representative mee held at the iooof v.1vr.c.a

night. The 1112631113 was c

g _, , the

s-of the various clubs the problems of the educational system to set up an organization

essrs. .ivt. MacFadyen and G. Jlaude Smith, joint chairmen of msnittce 0f thc Y's Men's Ulub presided. Other organ- matlons represented tincludcd. Fed-

r

Institutes, Catholic Women's improvement League, I,ID.D E. and Knights of

, .l-l. Blanchard, vice-prin- cipsll of Pnnce of Wales College gave s. very interesting and rnative address. He pointed out that the teachers of Prince Edward Isl- and are the youngest. thc most in- experienced and the lowest palcl in Canada and that likewise the aver-

attendance in schools rice is the smallest in the

on. The speaker strongly advocated. as perhaps the b

independent Board similar to those in otir Af disc lo

use lowing motions were ad ‘That a permanent stun

rnirttco be wool and educate for the betterment of education in this Province."

the question of an

mover; by Prof. Blanchard. seconded by Mrs. Gordon MacDonald.

flrvo to carry out the ideas of the cl to decide on matters

sec by Mr, AW. Mntheson. The following committee was ap-

2 f. J H, Bia ‘ rd

Col. K S. Rogers. Dr.

.A. Mil . Gordon MacDonald, Mr. J J. ‘Irainor.

State Dept. ToY-lontrol U. SQ U. N. R.R. A.Funds

wAsnfNtyro-ri-Yrn. 24 -(AP)-- The House of Representatives volkd

relief in the- hands. of Detcartrnent instead of ‘the Presid- en .

Ado of this plan was on I 106410-102 ioiier vote which is silh- ect to s roll coll

on of the vote was along

proposals as

“as a slbzht" to the President but

merely n routine matter. This was one of a series of on-

limit of $1,$0.000.000 for ti states share m the United Notions relief and rehabilitation admrnls- tration. All the others were struck

an__t__ar_r_d well-defendedvtitrgets."

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Expects Gennan Counter-Attacks

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD. Quanrrsrts m ITALY, Jan, 24 — (AP) -— Gen» Sir Henry Maltlnnd Wilson said today Al].

d "WM were racing to build II the Nettuno beaohhead a‘. I II"- enreoied “ counter ltiacks which might develop "shuns as fierce as the bmtle 0f Salerno.

The Allin! commander in chief told orrcapondents "it lg llwre than possible that you W"! see a repetition of Salome over again."

"But we have this advantage“ he_ added. "Salerno was rnuc ' 1'7""? "Vi! "our our air bases than we are today."

LONDON. Jan. 25—-(Tuesday) —(CP CABLE) —- l-lolle for s. filEl“ll.‘.'$l'.'."..'i‘逧"'l.,"tl§¥ count Halifax in lildlfgggln] the Toronto Beam of Trade last flllht. wfls echoed todgy by British morning piper] com. on the speech.

. Jan. Zdw-(OP CABLE)

wrvnofv

—-Sif' Stanford Cripps. speaking to- dny at a Midlands factory. said the Wily l-nmg which could prevent the united nations finishing the war‘ in Europe in iii-id would be failure

pie on thc factory from to

of ‘neon I fig pro de tie htin m wit hc implements needed,“ m h t

TORONTO. Jln. 24—(Cl'l-— Realization of Canada's part in the Unite Nations war effort has been slow in dawning on ihe-worbwbnt r believe everyw- one realizes now whet Canada has done and: is doing," Lord Halifax, British Ambassldor go the United States, sail! in an interview here today.

LONDON. Jan. 24—(CP)—The said tonight that

Budapest radio

;25.000 Yugoslavia Partisans had mttemptcd to break from Bosnia -into Serbia. where they were en-

ed Axis troops. and that

sea by fierce fighting was in progress.

OTTAWA. Jan. M — (C P) -

lTiro Prices Board tonight amoun- ced appointment; of Henry Brown, Toronto, and l-l. S. Leybourne, Montreal. as administrator and deputy administrator, respectively, of the wool and wool products ad- ln ministration.

WINNIPBG, Jan. l4 — (C P) - The number of long dis- tance telephone calls made annually in Canada hlg risen almost 400 per cent since 1939, it was reported at a conference 15f telephone executives here to-

l7.

WASHINGTON. Jan. M. — (AP)

— ‘The United States refused today to recognize Bolivia's revolutionary Junta, charging that it lg linked with a. widespread plot to under- urine the Allied was effort in the western hemisphere.

0TTAWA.-Jnn- 2A — (OP) — The Royal Canadian Navy has increased its recruiting quotas for ordlnu ,- seelnen and stok- ers and has resumed recrultln of slokroom attendants an ships‘ writers. a spokesman for naval service headquarter; re- vealed today. .

of Saskatoon and Winnipeg. troops on the mainland of ft y‘ service headquarters.

IDNDON, Jln. 24 — (AP)- Unlted Staten heavy bombers returned to their nlel hunting grounds in Western Germany to- day. bombing unspecified hr- geis while hundreds of medium and fighter bombers attacked the French invasion roast for the 23rd time in 25 days.

west escape that "under

power and ui rent

ncgvardeisk,

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lair vlce premier, rs reported being considered as successor to his bro_ ther. ion Antonescu. dictatorial iclllricf. of stale reported serlougly

Prices For Fox "Pclts Being

lMaintaincd

MO

to the Guardian) — The Canadian Fur Auction sales Co, LtcL. opened it; January auction sale of silver fox and new type fox pelts this morning at l0 o'clock. The quantit- iw-lfsterron sele" for the four days total almost 24.000, which is about 15.000 less man the some sale last season. There was a large attend- ance of buyers present and consid- erable order! were placed from South America and Mexico.

one half to three quarter silvers. These were 4'! pct‘ ccntsold. at an average oi“ $40 24» Selected full sil- vers were 77 per cent sold at an average of $66.37. ‘