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NON-CONFIDENCE VOTE IN KING IS DEMANDED

EBHIG In

West

Roars Into 7th Day

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Tokyo BombecI

WASHINGTON, Nov. ZL-(AP) _ Tokyo was attacked toda by iupariortram in a. day ht mission launched frcui been in the Mariana Islands.

The War Department» au- aouriced that “a aizeable task force of 8-29 aircraft of the 20th air force today attacked indus- trial tar eta in Tokyo."

The salon was ‘conducted by a newly-established 21st bomb- er command " ‘from bases irl Saipan approximate- ly 1,500 lnilca to the south and east.

Liberal Members Bult Ranks

A. Nov. 2i - (C?) . Parent. Liberal mem- ber West. said tonight he had bolted government. raniu in protest against passage of tho cnier-in-council which opened ‘the wav for the sehdiiiu overseas of l6.- 000 Home Defence drcftxes

“l ur rd a ‘n0’ vote iri the nat- ional pebiscite and at that time pledged that I would cross the floor of the House if the government en- formd conscription for overseas." llid Mr. Parent.

lie said that after the plebiscite the government llad passed bill B0 meklnz draftees available for o- verseas service if necessary “but so loiiz at tlicv did not enforce that bill lie was ilble to support the gov- ernment on other legislation."

lie said he would ioinwno other

Party. but would take the status of L,

an independent member.

Mr. Parent first won his seat in 1.905 _wheli he defeated the late MIIITIC" Dupre. former Conserva- tive solicitor general.

In s. brilf speech at 1i pm. just before the l-iouse rose. Mr. Pouliot.

supporters for manv years. announ- coil quiet v that lie no longer could fillvliort Prime Minister Mackrnzle

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Mr. Pouliot said he felt his first dutv was to his constituents and lie rem-cited he must leave the izov- qnniclit side.

BACK TO NORMAL

sanvr JOHN. u. 1a.. Nov. 2a - (Cal-Traffic on Canadian Pac- ilicilallivuv Lilies lyttween Mei:- annc, Quc . and Saint John event back to normal todav following de- railment of a freight train at Meg- antlc vcsieidsy and conseuuent ieniztliv deliiy in schedules. No one was injured in the dcrailmmt.

Coming Events

"Show - Crapaud Tuesday. 11-23-11.

"Chicken Supper. Bristol School. 95th.)‘. November 28m. il-Zli-ai

Friday. 22-24-2i.

"Bord “f. ‘ Berra stiff/lac, flip lanniiflgni-g il-za-ii.

"Billing live and dressed polli- Psyiniz too market prices. ls-

“54 °°1d Storage ma. ll-l7-tf.

“Hunter River farmers will be $118 dressed hogs Dec. l. ll-ll-ll.

"Pimtrv Sale at Maritime Elec-

tric. Satuid Hmpshim w’. ‘November fitlllwizllv

"D ’“ Nov‘ aloe Kinkora Halli.

"Red Cross Blood Donors Clkilc zrlljlavbeniislo in soloist Hail, Bat- P . ovember 25th from ll to ' M~ - 11-24-11.

Board Bred- fcrenioorl lex Mc- 11-28-21

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hfiarketl “Mamas. "is"? 1d’ “mt notice. A

“Tm Annual meetin r til m flfihbllé-‘gfgellbrock Te enchonee Co: w n the Mt. Albion Hall

; “Inflfldey. November 29th at P- M- ii-ai-ra-zl. a I btfal-kéting Board A unter River, fiaflvrll- Albina)’ each Monday b. taikfimlidfiuAély over-

Illual. “Fpfiffii

"Livestock 1° Marketing B d .~"““vi‘" v more h.“ u" ‘we with m er

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By AUSTIN BEALMER . Nov. 23 - (AP) __ French tanks brokr: into Strasbourg on the Rhine in an lB-mlle sworn

toda th t ' 333st. ll‘.‘...‘°."l°‘§§‘. .é{‘if.u€?.?i“"l°6‘3

B- giant inccrs reaching around the bro- en c-nemv Voszes mountain line was closed on Batteriheim. four miles north of the citv of Mulhcuse. by French forces which scored the first Rhine break-through.

French and United States forces were charging through tlirce of the main Vosizes Passes. issuing up the frontal pressure. mid the Germans were 1111185111)! boats and bzirizes li- ion? the Rhine iii mi effort to save all those that bomb-damaged brid- Rcs cannot handle.

Othzr forces of_ the 7th army. swinging north, iolned up with ele- ments of the United States ilrd ar- my for a concerted push against the Saar industrial basin and the Pfllflflllflik‘. lying to the east.

The 5rd anny. battering forward two to four miles along a 35-mile front. reached the Saar border at

new undisclosed points, drove to within l5 nzles of the strong. hold of Saul-bl" cken. and Dressed a milc deeper‘ ilit.o Germany to bring 30 square miles under its control. -But 10i‘ tile iiflilSii 2nd and uilit- ed Statzsvlst and stli armies. loci:- ed knec-ueep ui mud in iurioiis battles at the approaches to the Ruhr and Rliinelnnd. it was hard and bitter slugging. val-u by viii-cl.

At the extreme northern end of the front. Gannon‘ forces were Lilli- lni! out of all nullanu west of tile Mulls (Mouse) River ill the face of British ‘and armv forces wlilch drove to within three miles of ilie strong- hold o! Venio on the river's east bunk. delaygd only by mud and thick lililiefields.

(German reports, which lacked Allied continuation. said the ‘Bi-i. sli 2nd army has opened ll bic- scaie assault aionl. the lvlllas ltiv- er in southeast Holland and added LL-Gen. Dcinpscvs forces were a. bout to strike northcasnvard from positions around Niiilicficii. The inalil Siegfried line GCILllCCS ex. tend north only as far as Kleve, l0 miles east of Nlimcecli.)

The spectacular (iilSn through Savcrne Puss to Scrassouriz was 5PHLIIEEQQ_.JIV elements of Brid- "Gcn. Jacques Le Clerc-s French 2nd nmiored d1VlS10ll~—V\’i"lICil led the Allis into Paris-now iiflllilnu with‘ the United States Till urmv us part of the 15th curbs

VThe swiit advance placed the Al-, lies on three sides c! CoL-Gcn.‘ Johannes nlaskoivltrs 19th airny. and t e United States 7th and French 1st nmilcs ivcrc putting ilio| squeeze on an estimated six io l0, German divisions, cstxnuted to] total 70.000 nlcli. I

llas Praise For Maritime Shippers

SAINT JOHN, N. 13., Nov. 23- (CP) - Pleasure at co-operationi of Maritime siilppers in economical use of railway freight cars was ex- pressed by T. C. Lockwood, Mont- real. Transport Controller, in a letter read today at a Saint John Board of Trade meeting. R. G Mclnerney, President of the Board, was nominated for rc-elec- ton.

Attack Fifth German li-Boat In Three Days

By FRANK LOWE LONDON. Nov. 28 —— (CP Cable) -—F‘or the fifth time ill three davs. an RC A.F. crew flying with (he R..A F. coastal command. has been reported as attacking a U-boat in Britain's coastal waters.

The latest. attack was made bv an aircraft piloted bv F0. C M. Bol- gxir. D.F‘.C. of Renfrciv, Ont» who did not definitely report. the sub- marine destroyed but it seemed cer- tain it ould sail no more.

The -boat. one of those big 500 tonners with the armament of a destroyer, was sighted traveliiruf at night on the surface in the EUR‘ iish Chann .

Confident in the ability cf the heavv guns to deal with the attack- ing bomber. the U-boat chose to remain on the surface and began filling the aklre with flak frcni lta four guns aft of the conning tower. But Bo er raced hi; aircraft straight t ouah the barrage three times make his bombing rim- and three time; the fast dodiiins U-bolit. swung out of range. On the fourth tune. however. Bolgcr caught the enariv exactly when he want- ed it and dropped hia depth char- ges. the Nazi guns were silenced and a few seconds later the U-bcat

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Th the second time Bo ft! has taken part in a U-boat str ke. The rest of tho crow however. have never been in a U at a ion - fore. They incl ed W02 OJ. But- ler of Sheet Hai- . N3.

CHARLOTTETOWN. cannon, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1944

Expected llome This Evening

CAPT. DAVID L. MATIIIESON

Word has been received here by his wife and by his parents. for- mer Chief Justice J. A‘ Mnthiesun and Mrs Mathiesori. of the expected return (his evening of Capt. David L. Mnthieson. Capt. Matliieson went overseas in January i940 mid served with the shock troops in Sicily and Italy as well as on the Judge Advocates staff in London. As a result of his service ili Italy he contractel malaria and was in hospital for three weeks. but has completely recovered. and is not likely tn have a recurrence ulfc-ss he returns to a hot climate. Hr- iliis been granted thirty days‘ andwilltiicnbe posted c. J Capt Mnthieson is a partner _ law firm cf Bell and Mrltliigsoii. Charlottetown. His ilitiny (fiends throughout tho Province wil ox- icnd liim n cordial welcome home.

Local Soldiers Receive Awards

Major W.W Reid. Clizirlottct

llxis been awarded ‘.110 Co“ hlllsmilc; 13:. on: Sui J_M Lcu. a of Chariot ii

the Canadian Efficiency MC(lIl1\

the Clzisn: and L/Szl. JG. s. i Edi". T M. Main‘ ‘Siill hurl (.1

W.D. Brrnnan-all I tc\vil—tho llii-ircllul 1L l c Y: Medal. The medal has also b rii d1; warrior‘. - r‘.l.l n. llowazu of Kcnsinsztcii. I

Sheri Weight Tuber Loading Causes Trouble

A serious Siilifllfill wiiil rcgzlrd to complaints oi‘ short weights o1 potato lilicl llifllll) shipments lrciii the Province has dcvtlopcd. llC- cordlng to a (Illfliiilf isms/u uy one of the leading shipping organiza- tions hem, The film complains of having suffcicd losses running as hilzll as $100. a on table stock potatoes. and cqi. .y high on tur- nips. a " ut, to cap it all," tile circular sbaics, “we liavc a steamer Il\)\\" discharging at Norfolk, Virginia, with the sacks niriiiing so iriurii below ivclght that, there '5 doubt as to ivllctllci" the Aliir m Gov- ernment ziiilliur lcs will rrliasc the cargo i0 the b illitil tile sacks are properly illLd. Can you imit- glne whiit this means on 100 cars? Never before have wc been faccd ‘with such disgrace and ll:.r i “l: to say nothing of i113 finniici loss involved. been running anywhere from five. to ten pounds short weigh ' l

Loaders Responsible

The only way tliis condition cant be corrected. the letter status, is through the loaders. According to new regulations now effective, liII bags must, carry the groom's ident- ification mark and henceforth each

growers short weights will heN

charged back to the loader who inj tiurn may collect from ills grower. There will be added to the price he received the ccst of freiflht, duty and slicks, and he trill be liabic. under Wartime Prices and Trade Board regulations. to legal action for shlpwlng short weight.

According to word rrccived fr0m the fruit and vc-izetnb-‘c division lit Ottawa, the enforcement of the identification marks will be 118695" 5am on turnips as wcil as on pota- toes on and after Dec. ist. Instruc- tions have been issued to inspectors ggcordlngiy, and loaders have been instructed w provide tics in rid- vance in order that drlays in ship- ping moi" be avoided.

with regard to the refrigerator car situation, shllllifl‘! TWO“ 0M5 as being still "extremely hard to

get".

NOTTINGHAM. ‘Efiiltlriiid - (GP) -—Csnon Piirmenlicr of Ht. Aumis- tineh Roman Catholic Church hes asked parents not in name lhcir, children rift-r s‘l1ir"f""“ Pr towns in m» war but after saints of the} church.

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offensive

lta authors in the Rhine valley.

Allied advance.

the N ipponesc invader.

kWar ‘Situation Last Nig

r B! KIIKI L. SIMPSON

(Associated Press War Analyst) flamperted but not halted babeduwrther. the six-army Allied of- ' ‘ the "

both ends nf the 400-miIa battlefront.

Coupled with the vaat Ruaahn awecu over the whole Hungarian plain west of the Danube and the long and significant lull in Red Army " in Poland. it bodes for Germany a Christmas sca- , son black with portents of complete defeat soon.

That within days. not months, the fee will have been forced back behind the high Rhine In the south ll certain. The battle of the Vosgcs has been lost and that defeat bids fair to levy a heavy new toll on German power. The enemy's ability to continue an ance was fast fading away everywhere west of Germany's Rhine- Saar frontiers reflecting a German flight for safety within the forti- fications aiong the east banks of both streams. Armored columns of the French Army with American aid were waging blitz warfare against

Poised at Colinar in the south and Strasbourg in the north, they seemed ready to complete the encircleinent of the whole Voagea range. There was Allied progress. too. In the north despite the clogging mud and chilling rain that sharply limited fall acaie air support for the

Favorable word come from the other aide of the world with dls- closure from China. that new American-Chinese dispositions to deal with Japanese invaders had been initiated. Gen. Wedemeycr. succes- sor to Gen. Stilweil as American Commander in China. announced from Chungking acceptance by Gen. Chlang Kal-Shek of his joint opera-l i tions plans although he gave no hint of what they lnvoivcd. i I The disclosure gives substance to the Chlang Cabinet ‘ which earlier stirred hopes of impending Chinese unity of action against ‘

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OTTAWA, Not‘. 2 -— (CP) —De- fclicc Minister McNaughton today told a tense House of Commons of his pimis to call on the Home Defence Army of 68,000 sic-called Zombies for up to 16,000 infantry soldiers to reinforce the army he organized overseas as Command- cr-in-Clilcf.

He announced the first rippli-

speechr-by ccurtvsy of the Coin- moiis since he 1S not yet ii mem-

ber. lie disclosed that in

succeeded Col. J. L. Ralstorl as

Defence Mizllsici" lie failed to 011-. as Major and second in coliinl. lid c of the Canadian Mountcd Riilis iii Swm w iricct the nvedliois. After service in Franco llc Tvinivfvey returned in i916 and was lippcll earl

l t0 1U Over and above the men ex-l (Prime Edward Islam-p 'i°°¢i9ll l0 be ‘Orlllwmlng a5 VOI-{with the rank of Lisutciizlilt-Csl- untecrs he needs 5,000 trained in-i oney fontry mcn tor ovcrscas movemerlit Englgnd 1n Jung‘ 19m Later, on I n t-h ti ‘f ti l0lll ll d January and 6,000 in the succeed» a mmlgama on L 1e 1 n

tzlin "ed to" rcsults from

infantry mcnts.

December. another 5,000 iiig months.

To assure that these men available, lie announced. the Gov- ernment I1‘lS pzlsscd an order-in- cclincil uriilcl" tlrc National Re- sources hfobilization Act author- izing tiie dispalcli of 16.000 draft- ed soldiers overseas.

"This power will be used only to thc extent necessary to make up ilic number of reinforce- llieilts," he said.

Later. undcr questioning from. members he said there were some signs of u voluntary conversion of N. R. M. A. men (draftees) to genera-l service men (vclunteersl and he would be the most thankful man in the room if it developed to the extent that he does riot ncccl to use the powers given him.

But, he also declared, “I lisive been vcsicd with authority which I shall use to see the the army is kcnt up."

Drew (gets Report On Abitlbi Company

TORONTO, Nov. 23 —(CP) — Premier Drew of Ontario announ- ced tonight that he has received tho w-epzr. of the Hughes Committee on reorganization of the Abitlbi pow- cr and paper company and that, it "indicates that a basis of settlement lies been reached which will bring the Abitlbi company out of recoi- vership" aftcr l2 years of involved legal proceedings.

LEI-T WING PAPER CRITICAL

LONDON. Nov. Zl-WP-Reutei‘) Recent evclits in Belgium evoke strong criticism in the current issue of the British left wiiuz weekly. the cw Statesman. whichcssierts that British and Caniid rin miiitarv police were used to kccn order in Brussels during last Elundavb antl- lzovcmeimnt demonstration.

The Journal described this “as the most disquieting thing that has happened since our armies ezan the liberation of the continent.“ contending British and CBJL. troops

to protect an "ob-

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McNaughton Confesses Failure To Obtain ‘Yiclequate Results”

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cation of conscription to overseas death in Winnipeg yesterday mor service for Canada in this war as ing of Lieut. Colonel A. Errirsi In lie made his first Parliamentary ayroanlnent Prince Edward I:=la with an outstanding record 1n iilc training of military fcrcfs (luring; the First World Wzir. He had livcrl three in Winnipeg for the past your 01' weeks of iiitciisive effort since he more.

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Death In Winnipeg 0f Lt.-Col.A. E. lngs ‘

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Colonel Ings first went overseas

the command of the at Battalion izoitalioil fu

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06th Battalions. lie nss-"umtd IQIII-

lmand of the new unit, ivhich urn:

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onel Ings held him in the ill'il‘Sl esteem. gentleman. His interest. in mlllt-irv affairs daicd back maiiv ycrrs

officer with the island Light Horse. He wrs . the original officers of thi= unit when it was founded as a sfjilliifiWlli in i900. and iissuirned rommarid lili i911. He. was rrorrvied in Ltlcuwn-

lottetoevn on Mar

Italian Fanner Cats Prison Term ,,

ROME, A general military court yester- day sentenced Giuseppe Ccccarel- iin, 24-year-old farmer from slncne, to five years’ imprisonment.- for culpable homicide arising from the knife slaying of a _ grrny engineer. L.-Cpl. William J.

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mer cncod to two years for concealing the crime and for removing shoes‘ and identifications from the bndvl

show that Bell was stabbed dur-l lng a. meice that arose when n l l. rou

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cu illl llilfll‘ trail and llF-‘V

would m nil in liis power to pre- vcilt , still are at the front, SUDJCCL to the limit Oil the life of Parliament.

election unto is expected in April when tin‘ lilo of the present. gov- ernment expires.)

clsiun to invoke limited conscrip- tioli unrlci"

lvliilc u majority of Irloilse incin- ilcrs apjilliiirlrd the orricr-lli-cnun- vii or

Anti-Conscription Parade in Quebec

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Send Limited Number Of Zombies OverseasmAir Min- ister Power Resigns.

_ By JAMES MCCOOK OTTAWA. Nov. 23 — (CP) — Conscription for over-

seas today was authorized for 16,000 Home Defence Army men but the Governmenifs decision brought no easement in ihc vigor 0f controversy on Parliament Hill.

Prime Minister ‘Mackenzie King announced that by

ordcr-in-crluncil the 16,000 from the (50,000 iirzifiees effect- ivcs \\'0llICI be available for overseas. don Grziydnn, Progressive Conservative House leader, said his party would move for total conscription, which would milkc all rlriiftecs liable to duty in the United Kingdom, European zind Mcdiicrrzineau theatres 0f ivzir.

A moment later Gor-

Dcfence Bllnisier McNaughton, facing questions 0n thc

floor of the House after delivering a 5,000-w0rd speech, said he still believed in the voluntary overseas service principle. The army would not take compulsory service,» nicn if volunteers could be obtained sufficient to meet‘ reinforce-merit needs.

Confusion Reigns

In Liberai R

Who’ll Take My Place King Asks

OTTAWA, Nov. N — (CP)_— Prime Minister Mackenzie King tonight said members who talizca of lack of confidence in ti!" gov- ernment should “consider what sl- terliatc government they will put

iii ii l resign ill tllo next. two weeks.“

"John Bracken." Progressn a Conservatives cried, referring to their national leader.

Hon. RB Hanson lPC-Jlorl:

Sunbury) said that Mr. King had ‘gone through a trying time but. had IDTOIIQIIL it on himself. The Prime Minister was mistaken if lie C011‘ sldered himself indispcnslble and there was a rising volume of 0:]. iilion in the country that would