n; hlowing report was aub-‘ md by Mayor B. H?! Holman [the annual the City‘ until last demon: I

‘might we have assembled to m our reports for the year

iefore giving my resume of Oivie

All was closed un

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neuritis: r... Years by Iliesum of

The N cl Debt of n. Cityvol Charlottetown, that is, Debentures Outstanding, Ban

ilverdlflii. Accounts Payable etc; Reduced in 1943 by $66,946.38 $226,401.]

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lllayor Holman Gives

Encouraging Review

hlch has Just ended. 'I‘onight also, r vcry near to a close the rm for which we were eieered byl tgx-pflers of this City. >

1963. I would

accounts puya funds, Cash on hand, In the Bank. eto. was $3.307.- Slst day of Decem- 1043 the net debt 0f this City 18.961.513.29. in other words. debt has been reduced by the of JBMAOLIC. And I would like in draw to your a teritlon

tion. practically every dance til the recom-

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"Mao and Dance in 9t. And- l nail. rride/y. January 28m.

A Of 1943 Activities‘

fine escapes, a to take cars of an emergency. The Legislative and Harris Me- morial Library was redecorated and a new fluorescent lighting system

a

adequu the‘ help is trained

‘Fish Market

The Fish Market was renovaiedl and new it drawn up, but the of auctioning the stalls does not seem to prove satisfactory. I would recommend to the new Council that they lease tho entire Fish Io one contracting part-y. I believe that this ls the on!!! w ‘C

' iTfiTirifia-Tfioge

regulations governing old method

Market

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1-11-“1- Wavy Minister “Dilute. Belfast Hall. Friday. “‘" ““" “i W“ "£135.". . Confidence In Future

"M Royalty rink tonight, w. Oovehead, League game. 1-20-11.

"Unloading car ofvwheat Wed- ll’ 111111 '1‘hu1'ldsy_ Lorne Coles ""1- 1-26 u

“Wanted w buy live and dressed

"l! find‘ fowl. Pa (DD ket prices. Island Coklugricrage -~ l-Wl- a-zc-tr. "l will be ililnadl car bulk

and badey today. Tuesday Wcdnesda . . . ‘Illtr River. y I 1.5-3, “one _" _ on». flit rihmti‘ “W ‘Mary th. st. Charles Auxiliary. 25c- Lninch. 1-36-21. Mr. "iinloaginfngdr of BulkJWheatW Ind with. a neg-y’ . Nllett, m,‘ 1.33.313

"Umwilllfl oar choice bulk bar- ver Wodnesda.

possible were it not for the support of civilians both llldlvldiiilla and oriliinizati b their encouragement and by i119 , assistance stimulated and inspired

WXNNIPEG. Jan. 25 — (CP) - Confidence in the future and the warning "we may still have to face harder battles than any we fought" were expressed here today by Navy Minister Angus Macdonald in a service club (Kiwanis) address.

“There is every cause for confid- ence and hope, but it must be sober confidence and solemn hope. BBC-lust‘ while much has been done, much more remains to do.‘ he said.

He recounted Allied successes in i943. and of successful battles was- ed against the German U-boats in the Atlantic.

"Looking outlook is

have

back, I think that the mudh brlshter than it was at this time in 1943." Macdonaltl the war effort of cIv “The work which the Canadian navy has done would not have been

Paid tribute in lians. and said:

fine

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Reitl, South African high commiss- thr’ h‘: mlnfllmliig tour that 900k

e him ten. Iceland. treal. washing- so ton and Newfoundland.

ill-ill and will continue daily “n! u; an" c.'~..i::r"*- “m. ' o“... .7 ,0, M a Explosion Takes Macrame “can” " foreman t. “nsdfihgfi; Life 0f Workman . 1- ~° -- .. .- '4 .. as - floie u; m" W; ($.6r£?msnm%1> -°wl1lo|. Potted Meat ""0" ‘m’ . as mm, egsor equipment on a con Roam rm- Betur- 111' afternoon an m. 3 sirruction pi‘ cot here killed one - - by thg' m" a‘ man and seriously med another. m‘ mm M Till as wor nwit the Aimifhm Baptist Church. mggtbmcflg; 53mm m... . .. "‘ c“ esn c2: was one ns ‘ e - a". ‘flmg men w hospital in serious con-

dltimi. Cause of the explosion was not known

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2a, 1944

lLLlES EXTEND BRIDGEHEAD

Statement 0f Civic Account

....‘Z".....“*°'. u.‘ ...."““"°‘......°‘ hi.” or e . 31, i943, includes the fo owing items of revenue and expenditure:

Invenlla

Assemnevrvt year i943: rcai,’ 390.83; personal $73,476.81; $10,100. Total sziaasvca. Licenses and sundry taxes $3.681. Police Court and dog tax, rent market hedge‘. scales, market tolls.

sm - poi .

etc. $10,664. Commissioners cf Sewers and Water Supphv. $34,122.91. Province o RE Island: Fire

grant. $660; llb . grant. . Dominion - DIWi-lfia-i agreement $10,132.50. Tlotal 06.804111. Total revenue. $336,011.72. Expenditures

dvertising general. mus ‘c0088 "Gig i iuditors slim.’ '

maintenance. etc.

M.

Building inspection $109.93. Olty government I6. City Hall maintena

C.N.R.. Wig-wags llH.33. Fire Department $5,242.44. Gait-s. sundry 89.4.51,

All‘!

gns. .

i. of debentures of 8199-53. tgreet on Bank overdraft, 02.-

’ $2351.68. House ‘ ‘ My

.5111: .5.

e ‘olice Depertrn t $1 ’o1ice Court Sifted

41 11 .

$1 (W1. .0408‘! .

ass pa is received on géid si ewalk assessment of $4.414.-

Tray expenses $544.99. 15"lcwria. ark maintenance $1,-

Provision for do reclatio of motor trucks. $360. of Ice equipment $450. and police department $700. Reserve for estimated uncollcct- able 1943 assessment $12,000. Zgeficit Housing Account for year

7,33» 35m“ gxtnriditums and reserves

Surplus ‘current year $1,396.18.

Big Black Market Uncovered In ILS.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25—-(AP)— Offlce of p106 administration of- flclals tonrflit sought to fix re- tlie theft or ration coupons worth sponsibility for what they termed 20,000,000 gallons of gasoline and fuel oil-the largest single black market operation yet uncove cu.

Price Adminlstrrtor Chester Bowlea. disclosing t at four men already have been arrested as a result of diversion of the coupons from paper-salvage companies, said he had ordered a. thorough investi- I gation of the “regrettable happen- , ing." as well as "immediate steps to see that it cannot happen again."

An 0. P. A. announcement said the coupons-worth roughly 5.000,- 000 gallons of gasoline and 15.000,- ooo gallon.‘ of fuel oil-were ship- ped from the National and District of Columbia offices of the O. P. A. to Penn P r and Stock Company. o, Wash! n paper-salvage firm. fr» shredding and conversion of paper products.

..Most of the coupons were obsc- iete to.- issuance by local rationing board; but were still valid in the ham! of consumers. The paper company put a

coupons

chine while O P. A. enforcement officers looked on. but a 1 e number of the tickets spparen v were not destroyed and found their way into illegal circulation. O. P. A. stated.

CAPE TOWN -(OP)- In rel-

ponse to g Greek order for the con- scription of all Greek citizens bo- tween l0 and as living In the Union men have enlisted in the Roya Hellenic Air imrce in south Africa.

Parliament Will Prorogue This Afternoon

New session will be opened tomorrow

OTTAWA. Jan. 26-—(OP)-—The fourth session of the 19th parlia- ment end; hero tomorrow as Sen- ators and House of Commons mam. hers assemble briefly to conclude the business which started last January

Parliament has been adjourned since July 24 but. because of the ufiency of wartime and the possi- b ty of a speedy assembly being necessary. was not prorogued.

atlon ceremony will be held at 3 pm. tomorrow when Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret. acting as deputy to the governor- general for the first time since he became head of the Supreme Court read; a massage thanking the senators and commoners for their service during the i943 session.

Thursday afternoon. the fifth

begin with the read- ingeléy‘ the governor-general of the Sm from the Throne outlining government plans for r’ ' “ in i944.

members.

Four new elected in

yecentby- to take their seats when the House ' resumes tomorrow — Fred Rose, Labor Progressive candidate elected in Montreal Cartier, Arm- alre

Bloc

of hi; group. while Maximo Ray- mond, Bloc Pcpulaim leader. is ex- pected to introduce Mr. Choquette Mrs. Dorise W_ Nielsen. (Unity, North Battlefcrd) plans to intro- duce Mr. Rose.

In the Upper House. Senator J. F‘. Johnston of Bladworth, Sask.. will take the oath ‘and assume his seat for the first time.

Several bulky documents will be

tabled at tomorrow's sitting. They will Include three reports from the House committee on war expend- itures and several answers to mem- bers‘ questions and periodical re- ports. When the business is completed the House awaits the summons of the gentlemen usher of the Black Rod. Mal A. R. Thom m who calls them to Senate when they hen.- the message of prorogation read.

The Session then is- done and the new sittings start Thursday when thedSpeech from the Throne is rea .

Sir Arthur Conindham Named To New Post

LONDON. Jen. 25—-(CP)—-Alr Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham has been appointed commander of No. 2 tactical air force of the R. A. F.. based in Britain, the air min- istry announced tonight. He has taken over the nc-v\' post

Previously he commanded No. 1 tactical air force in the Mediteran- ean air command.

AWARDED PURPLE lllAB-T

WASHINGTON, Jan. N-(CEU- The Navy announced today award of the Purple Heart to Rcrnbert F. James. late Press

the

A8500 corre- spondent with Bcuth Pacific orqches. d u i e eoora on was or wounds suffered in Bouga-invlile Nov. . élzlreo homo is in Waxahachie.

fleotilifil.‘ will §be"-'lhtit1éd' '

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danger.

would mean that the Applan Way

the Nut-held Casslno gateway.

heavy and plultalicn of the surprise achieved.

the first Allied aim- .

Mr. Joseph Wodgo 0f IIo. Carleton Critically Injured

Mr. Joseph Wedge. a. resident of North Carleton was taken to the Prince County Hospital at Surn- merslde last night with critical ln- juries. He was picked up uncon- scious on the highway not far from hi; home It was not known when he was injured but it was presumed to have been sometime after dark

There was no definte indication as to what had happened. How- ever. two snow plows had passed the spot where he was found a short time before and It was thought possible that he was struck by one of the machines. The plows were throwing up a heavy cloud of snow and visibility for the drivers would be very poor.

The injured man. who is about 65 years old, is understood to have been found by member of the

D Borden Royal Canadian Mounted

Police detachment who were driv- ing along the road in a car. S.

Argentina May Break With Axis

MONTEVHDDJ. URUGUAY. 25—(AP)—The host ~ sources predicted today that Ar- gentina would sever relations with the Axis “at any minute.” with dis- covery of an Axb spy ring as the ostensible reason.

similar reports came from San- tiago. Chile. und umdon. Santiago predicting the break would come "before Saturday night."

No ias Graficas. an influen- tial Buenos Aires afternoon news- parper, declared in a f article today first "the taken advantage of our iced faith." and in a headline sal "rupture a inn-fluent."

Last ig

37 Kirk: L. Simpson. Associated Press w." Angry",

There are intlniationa that the Nuts‘ Gustav line across Italy is beginning to buckle under the threat of the Allied beachhead to its rear communications just, south hr 110mg The Gennans are reported pulling back units to the Rome area, l0 meet the

If U!!! ll f-flle. the first formidable Allied-Nan clash on the new front. in Italy seems likely to come soon in the valley of the Sacco. east and south or the Alhan hills. Its focal point probably would be m; (own of Valmontone, where the Netluno-Rivoll road intersects the via Casllina. main modern motorway connecting Home and Naples.

There are lntimatluns from Bcrlln that United state; unit; luv; reached Velletrl from Neituno. The town stands in the shadow or the Alban hills and only eight miles from Valrnontone.

Occupation of its ruins would mean a IT-mlle push by the; Allies. It route between Pomc and Naples through the Pontine Marshes and the parallel rail line had been out and the via Casllia. route put. in deadly peril at a. point only 60 miles north of

The Allied threat to all three roads ls Io grave that it is difficult to account for Nazi delay In organizing counter-attacks. threat In fact, with another Allied MR4 moving up ting Amie-Rome rload, probabl, aiming to pass between Rome and the Alben hills to reach both the via Cnsillno and tho Romc-Pescars highway closer to Rome.

It ls ioo early to define accurately either the actual extent or lltlmats objective of the new Allied landings. Tm many factors are missing, in- cluding lhc siae and composition of the forces thrown ashore. There was a hlnt in the comment of Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. Allied supreme commander. that the forces assigned to the operation might be "limited."

The Allied advance from the Neltuno landings has moved cautiously although almost upopposed, apparently more concerned with getting its

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_\ jflaal implies more limited objectives thannneffort lo trap and dos- troy the whole-German army on the Gustav line. Rome Is the ultimate goal. no doubt, but unhlnglng the right flank of the Nazi Gustav line to open the via. Casillna Ianki approach to Rome for the 8th arrny may be

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Counter-Attack Within Hours

Hitler may demand vic- tory at any cost in Italy.

BY WES GALLAGHER.

ALDIERS. Jan. 25 - ( stretching eagerly forum-rd to sev- er the Germans two life-giving sllvply arteries lo the 68551110 front. Allied troops have extended their bridgehead south of Rnme more than 12 miles inland and apparent- ly have forced (he Nazi high mm. mand n: withdraw units from me bloody Casslno area to meet the

A German broadcast th town of Vellotrl. 24 miles it“ e

utheas of Rome on rho Arppiasi Way. had been destroyed by Allied bombs and intimated American troops had oc- cupied the town and cut the high- way. Velletri is l7 miles from the original Allied landing point at Nettimo.)

Nell‘ Applan Way The historic A ' W . with the via QlélFilfi18€£ avivimg: tlmated 100.000 Ilazi troops in rm

ALGIERS.

Jan. Z5 - AP)- Fifth armv patrols were re- fined tonight to have entered ' 0

Inc, long a bastion the Germans’ cross-Italy line, and this may indicate the beginning

a German withdrawal from the southern Italian front.

NEW YORK. Jan. 25 — (AP)- CBS correspondent John Dory said in a broadcast dispatch from All-led advance headquarters _in Italy t0- nlght that three hospital ships in Anzio Bay, “lighted up like Christ- mas trees," had been boiribed by Gennan planes and that one of them was sunk.

LONDON. Jan. 25 - (AP)- Bllaslan troops havs fought streets important rail junction 30 miles south- west of Leningrad, Moscow 81'1- nounccd tonight. while llther forces to the east have aent the Germans into retreat from heir last ill-mile hold on the os- covr-l ‘ and trllnklini.

DARTMOUTH, N.S.. Jan. $- (CPJ-James T. Hallidny. 45-year- old employee the Dartmouth ferry commission. was unsigned tonight on a charge of murdering

his wife. and police said it was thel

first murder charge in the nlmnst this town.

ZOO-year history o

LONDON. Jan. 7.5 — (AP)- The Allied cam aign to flatten enemy Installations along the coast of France swept steadily on today as Britain-based hornb- ers and fighters crlss-crossefil the chunnelfrmn dawn to dusk and unded military lragels for t e third stral ht day and the fifteenth time his month.

TRAIN WRECK IN FOG

LONDON, Jan. ‘QB-twedriesday) -—(CP)-—A train crash at suburban Ilford Jan 18 in which nine pass- enger; were killed occurred while Britain was groping through the worst fog in four years. it was per- mitted to be disclosed today. Fog covered the country from Land's End to Join OTB-routs and visibil- ity was only about a yard when a train from Norwich plowed into the yea.- of s. Yin-mouth train ‘ , ’ at the station.

C- P. MEETING MARCH 29 TORONTO Jan.

ciation of Canada's daily papers. will be held at

March 29. it was announced today Directors of Iho association meet March 27 and N.

. I5 - (OP) - The annual meeting of the Can- adian Press. the OO-ODEIBHVC asso-

news- Toronto

will

Gustav line. was within ream of Allied patrols and to all intents and Purposes was denied to the en- emy. At Vciletri the two great hlflllwlws connecting Rome with southern Italy are only eight miles

a . The Allied force which morn

-thls theatre-fully expected to be lstnick by a violent German coun- ter-attack within the next 4.9 hours.

A headquarters office said that Hitler "may decide to throw great forces into Italy and tell his Gen- erals they must produce a victory at any cost."

Nazi Air Force Active

I The German air force struck with ferocity at the Allied 181101118 fleet. employing among other weapons n. Jet-propelled gif- der bomb that weighs well over 1.- 000 pounds. a. spokesman for tne Allied coastal couunand said. The glider was r , not to ave been as successful as regular torpedo-plane attacks.

Both Allied and German quarters Ialreed on one point-that the Nazis would make a suprcim fort to smash the bridgehead and protect the Italian capital.

ThepcsitionorRnm-elssoval- uable to the German high com- mand for military and political rea- sons that. it would be “ only under extreme pressure."

A b cast by radio Rome an- nounced that starting tonight the Gemums were imposing s. 5 pm. curfew on the city

.Coun. Chandler Submits Report 0n Civic Finance

The following report was sub- nzitted by Cmin. R. C. Chandler, chairman of the Finance Committee. at the annual meeting last night.

Again it is time for your Pin- ance committee to submit lo you. and your Council the Sheets, and report of the City's duly appointed auditors covering the year ending December 31. l043_

These reports in themselves pre- sent a clear, and complete picture of the City's financial operations during the year, and also of the City's financial position at the close of this year. They require very little amplification, or explanation

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MILES

Iliglijriccsl? New Type Fox Felts At Sale

MONTREAL. Jan. 25~(Spe to the Gunrdiarn-The Canadia Fur Auction Sales Company co tlnued their sale of silver fox an new types today. This morning of- ferings consisted of silvers only, The attendance was not as large a! yesterday as many of the buyers spent the morning looking over the new types which were to be sold the afternoon.

To sum up. the results were for the. morning salc 36 per cent of the selected one-half to three-quarter silvers were sold at an average 0| $40.83; U per cent of the regular fuli- silvers were sold at an aver- age of $47. There was s. strong do mand iOf the inferior types and they averaged $32.71.

When this afternoon's sale com- menced the auction room was full of buyers and an air of expectancy could be discerned. This had ref- erence to the sale of the special collection of the Canadian Na- tloual Fox Breeders’ Association's 800 pelts. comprising platinumrh platinum silvers. white-marked and pearl piatinums. These pelts came from several Provinces o1 Canada and also from the. Prince Edward Island and Ontario fort shows Thcv were. without ques. tion, an outstanding collection mo": from auctioneer Pingrces firs drop of the gavel there was ran- id selling at high figures. Here iv: brief ls the result: