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" an. firm m1. [Magyar Gnu ll. Two 0010i. A ‘

flllilsll WITHIN 2s MILES or AMIENS

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY; AUGUST 31, 1944

Covers Prince Edwardllsland Like the Dew

eds capture Ploesti oil Fields

Promoted Major

finds of Captain jgilieNllmzllrllllﬂliilieulilOn Road. Lot

51, will ho interested to learn he 535i ~n promoted M:ljor. He went overs with the P. E. I. company

0f (he North Nova Scotia High- iancirrs in 194i: went to Africa as captain in ‘.943. thence to Itnlv and now it. is announced he liai been posted to the British Eighth Arlnvf and promoted Malvf- M1110? Nicholson is the son oi’ the late

'Mr. Alexander Nicholson of Union Road. and Mrs. Alexander Mac- Pherson. He is married. his wif‘e and daughter Louann. living witi her lnolhcr lifalcolm MC- Goivall. Kilmuir.

NEW YORK. has 30 — (AP - Johli '1' ‘

broadcast over ti“ from Stockholm todﬂl’ Germans were seriig;

\ . . I rep L that inc p s n glisltiyliﬂilﬁs W Ellifllzil hrlilnc coas.

The nirespondcnt said an Allied m sifﬁiczi a heavily-swarmed oil Milli.‘ from Germany * animus to the coast. and on ans had csCBPWl "Um l‘. was carrying. killing

Netherlands town into .. trains. heavily Silﬂded tiih‘! as. ‘Ella one. have passed tlifillllll Belgium and Holland recently 1°" wards ilic Channel coast," Scott added.

Meanwhile. a BBC sbfmldcast monitored by NBC said Polish Pot- riots in Warsaw have reported the capture oi “gas grenades" from Gtrmail: fighting inside the Poi- ish capital.

Ciliffiiﬁ EVENTS

l ll€iil b}. panic. "MT

"Show - Crapaud Thursgag‘.

0 Bl.-

“Show - Canoe Cove Friday. 8-30-2i.

. ‘flercslfl Hail. bci' 1st. 8

Fil- 3'1- .

"Show — Mt. Sicivart Saturday. blltlil’ S and l0 P. '11. 3-3l-3l.

"Dance in Sea Viznv Hail Friday i". sPlltembcr let. 8-31-21-

September 8-31-11.

"Dime in Alberry Plains Hall. PM ~ mbcr 1st. Msilaiealw

"Dance Si. Peters Bay. Friday tilt. Clifford's Orchestra. B-BO-Qi.

"Unloading car bulk barley l Wednesday forenoon and “Willy. McGulgan dc Boyaleéo m

"Hospital Dance, McGi-egors Wimhouse. Mont e, Saturday. mower 2nd.‘ casters Orch-

' 8-30-31. u i“- lhinier River blew “Aunt l° 0w to Sea" nbée

l. oyeoicmoei- 1st.‘ n

no _“'_" umgnnual Bazaar st. Peter's Bay. “d s‘; liladngTuecdgy-thsellt. 4th - O III O C!‘ HD1138. Belt meals served. 5-20-31

to “'“*- Reserve 10th and 13th Beo- ﬁg for tailored Supper and m“ Ii smith Bustieo. Meals "on 4 o'clock w m.

8-31-9-2.

Barns Destroyed By Fire At girth Hill

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Fifi nlaht €LB5$fO£Qd a. larlc barn and Oil!‘ w Lloyd Ballem at ch Hull m, two miles from . Th9 1055

possibly in the vicinlt. o .- 000. The loss is portialkvywlvefed ma arn 05 fect lo . which was filled with hov was iirlrt‘ struck by a bolt and the fire spread quickly to the four other buildings nearby. The farm iiwelling and the Dump house were saved. main- ly bv the direction of the wind. The loss includes most of Mr. Bellows hay crop. practically all his farm machinery and harness. two calves and all the poultry. The bolt struck the barn about B 30 and the flames lsprcad rapidly. A light rain was falling at the time and probably prevented a. more ser- ious ilre. Neighbors gathered quick- ly but without fire fighting equip- ment and only limited quantities of water available they were helpless. They could only throw water on the dwelling in the hope of saving if. Three horses which were in the main barn were ta-ken out with difficulty, and the ducks in another buildimz were caved. but the poultry and two calves could not be kept from the blaze. The calves were taken out. of the barn but ran buck into the flames again Lum- ber in a shed was taken our. in time ign save it aluwugh the shed was

KILLED IN MILL

NEWCASTLE. N. 8.. ails. 30 -—- (CP) _ Joseph Savoy was kllle instantly 1°58)’ Wm"! “imam l“ George Burchill and Sons sawmill at south Nelson when his clothinB caught in a revolving shaft. He is survived by his wife and six chil- dren at Newcastle. No inquest will

Report Germans Send

Gels To Channel Area

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of the guards and thYiNVlTIS.

l Report Nazis Plan

~ i, TllllES hfaii-"llllle Cm".

l Poison Gas ilriva

be held

LONDON, Aug. an - (CPl - The Daily Mails spondcnt today WWW" ‘h “circulating freely in the Rod and neutral countries" that the Germans were illﬂbllllll’ l l‘ son gas offensive as u lact- toh w r measure.

a“Chemical factories in Bohe- mia. and Northern Italy I" working on huge orders for pro- ducts which are veiled in 1:10 greatest secrecy. ti"! "My 5' ' “and other factories are uld f0 be working pill" ""1 ‘h? m,‘ mass production of gas masks.‘

The story quoted the Swill newspaper Gar/rite Dc Lauaanne as saying that ‘since Gergarug has lost her mastery. her c o ‘- will be reduced to inscigu arch tacks. The leaders of t c‘ ‘b will gravely “viva” ‘he’ M‘ tion by addin! I“ l” "H"! bombs droliiml o“ 3*“ m" “l” ulation of Iromlon.’

Gets Corporal’: Stripes In Italy

WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY

' stripes 8T9 now carried by Blythe Murrli? of cilarlottelnwn, who is servina in Iialv with an infantry briRrldﬂ ivorkshop. Obi. Murray is working as a fitter in the motor vehicle-i section of the shop. He is the hus-

Genrva corre- ‘i reports |

m» lI-iihin 17 llliles 0f Bucharest

l! W. W. IIDDOIR.

IDNDQN, Aliigl. 30 —- (AP) -—The Red army captured the city _of Ploesti and all its rich surrounding yetroicum fields today and raced on Ha than l’! miles from Bucharest in the lightning ca-ihpaign to uh- nihilate the Germans

Fall of Plcesti, long the greatest single source of oil (or the German armies, was hailed as the most sig- nificant dalys victciy of the entire , invasion of Romania.-

More than 200 other towns were taken around Ploestl and south- east of Bucharest. where the Rom- anians have announced they - - readyhave freed their capital of the Germans since shifting from the Axis to the Allied side a week ago. The nearest announced Sov- iet approach to Bucharest was with the capture of Merluta. 17 miles northeast.

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Bad Fire In ‘Sluihonacadie

SIIUIENACADIE, N. S., Aug. 81 — (Thursday) —- Seven buil- dings including the Canadian National Railways freight shed and its contents were Wlpcd out here early today by a fire that for a. time threatened destruc- tion of most oi’ this town's bus- iness district.

The property loss. it was es- timated unofficially, would run to several hundred thousand dollars. Buildings destroyed be- sides the freight shed were A. J. Reid's General Store, Reid's Meat Market. a. tailor shop, two combined business and residence i buildings and one residence.

The fire started in the home of Mrs. Mabel Fuimer. Its cause was not established definitely immediately, but defective elec- trical wiring was believed re:-

"‘ T‘wo hours after the outbreak. the fire was still bla- I zing brisky, but firemen had it under- control.

P. W. C. Undergoes Alterations For i Technical Courses '

Alterations in the interior of Prince of Wales College to provide room for the technical training of returned men are under the super- vision of Mr. Walter Matiieson The P. E. Island Libraries are to be shifted to the east side of the basement and a porch built over the new entrance door. The base- ment. which has never been wholly excavated. is to be clean- ed out and oil-burning apparatus installed so that in future the Col- lege will be heated by oil instead of coal.

It is planned to provide four rooms in the basement for techni-. cal training. also to construct a‘ temporary building adjoining the: College at the rear, for accommo- dation of machine shop and black- smith shop. The old rink at the rear of the building will be remov- ed. and a pavement run from the rear of the college to the street.

The technical courses are to be given to members the service forces with the financial assist- ance of the Federal Government. They will be under the direction of Mr. Howard Court. It is plan- ned to have some of the facilities available before the end of the year. L ter it is hoped to extend the

urses to the public generally. but the chief object under the Fed- eral plan will be as a. rehabilita- tion measure for tho service forces i

band of Mrs. Phyllis Murray, 249: Bclslsejétreet. 0i£12t¢eiWn<

Reds, Urge Bulgarians, Turks To Aid Allies l

MOSCOW. A08» 30 - (AP) —- Soviet Russia, havin_ crushed Ger- man power in the lack Sea. t0' day called on Bulgaria and Tur- key to assist in the Allied libera- -tion of southeastern lump! I! Pravda. tho semi-official newspap- er, accused Turkey of playinl a double game with Germany. Apparently tho Kremlin was dc- term ned to reinforce the Red Arm offensive in Romania with polit co-military deciaions by Bul- garia and Turkey which would °°""’°‘ "i‘.‘““§’.'i‘i.°2..°3.’.‘i‘i?.luf."°1‘.l5 m“ M t °si Europe the next ut-

eflel

Charging that rurlisy’! diplom- tic break with gummy h» bu}; turned into l. friendly rupture .

following their discharge.

islanders on ll. If. 0.8. Begin

After clinging to Carley floats

for nearly an hour, officers and

ratings of the Royal Canadian Navy corvette, HMCS. REGINA were rescued after their ship had been sunk while on invasion duty. The RE-

GINA was going to tho assistance damaged and sank with the loss of of the REGINA talk; Jack wma, Roma".

of a merchant vessel when she was 30 dead or missing. Three survivors

things over with the coxswain, Chief Petty Officer of Halifax, N5. The three ratings are. left tn

right: Signalman Wilmot Sloat R.C.N.V.R.. of Fredericton, N. 13.; Ahlc

Seaman Camille Lantlgne, RC Stoker Edward Flanagan, 8.0.

.R., Cardigan. P. E. l.. and Leading .V.R.., Charlottetown, l‘. E. I. — iR.C.N.

Photo by Lieutenant R. Arless, RCNVRJ.

‘(War Situation Last Night

By Kirke l: Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

The ovcrloncs of impending German defeat sounded by high-placed Nazi military spokesmen, reflecting fast-paced developments on the

battlcfi-miis. warrant speculation as is ripe for early collapse.

to whether Bmer’; own home front

His mouthpiece, Li..-Gen Dlttmlr, drew a dark and despairing pic-

ture uf the plight in which German Ill.- pleaded only for a bitter-end ata

armies find themselves everywhere nd that might soften ultimate Allied

surrender tenns, frankly admitting that the war was lost for Germany. There is at least an iniilmation that there are growing Nazi fears of inter-

nal revolt ivhlch ilvoulrl end this war

Ditimafs home-front broadcast ion. tended to destroy their faith in terizing the retreat from Normandy

as it ended the First Great War

left little to the Germans‘ l-inaginat- official Nazi announcements charac- and the Seine as a successful "de-

tachment" of forces "according in plan".

The hulk of Nazi forces "detaches? in France have been permanently detac ed They are either dead or taken prisoner.

ll hat is left of two shattered armies in (he north ls being swiftly herded info a greater and more menacing trap than those in Normand?‘ or west and south of the Seine. Berlin announcement of the evacuation

of Rourn near the Seine mouth. In t

daiizcr- in u-hich its armies stand ln

he face of an attack by the lst (‘an-

; zillion arm), represents belated recognition by the Nazi command of the

the developing rlllicd Somme snare

The chances of utter annlhil ‘ion of German armies in the Somme theatre look so bright that even Russian capture of the Ploesii area in Romania and the apparent launching of a full-scale campaign to take

Warsaw scorn a subordinate factor

In the European war picture. What

happens in northeastern France in the next few days or weeks could go fa: to (letcrmlne the duration of (he war against Germany.

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CCW. L. Delegates Had

Busy Day Yesterday i

Interesting Addresses H

eard At Night Session;

Activities Of Year Reviewed.

Deiezates. members. and vlsiwrsI

attending inc annual convention of the Catholic WOﬂlCllS League span; a y and broucabie day Wednes- day beginning Wllll attendance at Convention Mass in the Basilica at 8.15 which was celebrated by the Right Rev G.J. McLeElnn V. G. Diocesan Chaplain Members rc- ceivcd rioly Communion and heard an inspiring sermon by the Rever- end Chaplain who ezaiiorfcd lhcm to follow closely the footsteps of Him whose llic on earth was the exem- plification of sorrow and sacrifice. St. Joseph's Choir girls sang dur- i114! the Moss.

The business session opened in the K. oi C Hall at 9.30 a.m. with a splendid attendance of voting dele- gaws. Mrs G. Parnell McMahon. Diocesan President. who presided at, all lhe sessions, recited the Ina- eue prayer following which she ex- tended a sincere wedcome to all the delegates and expressed‘ the hope that all deliberations and plans

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lgaulzlition would be productive o! LlllllCn good for the glory or‘ God an ihc ROOd of our coilntigv _ FOllOWiﬂLZ the reading of the rules or oruei- and me nlinutes oi last convenilen by ine Exezurlve secre- uiry. A ‘s .1 Au; Murphy. ine iollowi appointments were maul" Resolutions. Mrs rraliik Ivlurray’. Charlottetown; Mrs. W..l. SllillVQll Summerside; Mrs . 5m Klnkcra; Nominations: Mrs math- ‘ Chiirlottewivn; Mrs Bernard LVICLCIMH], Mrs W suhivan, Sulmnlersiac.

Reports I’. ‘ ‘ The IOAJOH; of the Diocesan Trea- surer. Mrs. If J. Hynes, Monta- gue, was then read as well a

more extensive action was the following Convener: c sun Committees:

Pravda declared that Naai ,.'

a e and propaganda against the lilies - especiall against the Soviet Union -- ad increased: that some of the mos. important Turkish newspapers remained und- gr Nazi influence; that German diplomats still held receptions at- tended by Turkish officials and that an estimated 1,300 Germans, including diplomatic, military. avi- ation and commercial attaches. still were in the country.

(In Washington, Pravda! blast was widely recognized in official quarters as a Russian determina- tion w ain unlimited access to the Me itcrranean Sea through m; Turkish-controlled Bosporus and Dcrdanelles.)

Everybody

¢ communique said all

m,’ plosives.

summary of the work accomipliv shed along the various lines of eh- deavour with reccmmehdatlons for iven by Dioce-

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of the Belgian border. Canadian forces swept

123,000.

British armored columns after moving relatively sloiriv for days struck north from the Seine and;

drove beyond the town of Beauvais‘. in a smash of 23 miles from EITO-i pagny, which carried to a point only W miles north of the big communi-i cation centre of Amiens on ihei Somme River. i

The British advance also reached. the town of Gournay, l6 mile; west; of Bcauvais. driving in strength dir-l ectly for the heart of the robot bomb coast from which ihe German; have been attacking London and South-i em England. ‘.

Both the American 1st, and 3rd Armies were disclosed to be taking part lll the great drive northeast of‘ Paris across first Great War battlel fields and through the Germans old’ I-findenburg Line.

Allies lust tlutposts 0f Gothic Line

By George Tucker

ROME. Aug. 30- (AP) -Brit-. ish troops. transferred secretly frcm the interior, have joined the‘ Polish Corps in a smashing attack against. German Gothic Line out-. Posts near the Adriatic Coast and have captured g commanding ridge- eight miles southwest of the port of Pesaro. Allied Headquarters announced ‘tonight.

Bv capturing the ihree-mile-long; ridge overlooking the Foglis Riven, which flows into the sen at Pesarog the British and Polish (T0011; vir-l tuallv cleared the enemy from thci last hill positions before the Gothicl Line defenses in that sector. The attacking troop. were within 18‘ miles of the rim of the great POi Valley of Northern Italy.

Kiel, Bremen, pKonigsberg, Settin Bomhed

LONDON. Alla. so - (or; - Unltcd States heavy bombers loat- tcrea the German ports or mel and Bremelrahd rlyiiag-bornn instal- lotions m. the ras-Deualals area of France today in the wake ot ire- inenclous overnight ILAJE‘ and It. u A r. blows on Steltin and lson- IESDBYK-

UD to T50 heavyweights of the Us. 8th air force hit at Kiel and. Bremen. bombing tlu-ough hcavyl clouds which prevented accurate assessment of the damauc inflicted. A force of more than 30H blasted at the robot-bomb sit/cs, also through a lillCK overcast.

‘Both forces were escorted by fighters totalling probably 1,000. A aircraft. 1e- turnecl safely from both operations.

Headquarters said no nghtci" op- position was encounter-ch on either raid and anti-aircraft tire was liiiiit

Many of the night bombers were in the air more ihan l2 hours. More than 1,200 tons of high ex- inciuding many 8.000- pound bombs. fell on Steltin alone.

Mosquito planes smuiltaneouoly struck at Berlin and Hamburg.

The Tuesday night operations cost 4i bombers, including one Canadian _aircr_ait.

Predicts Co

Infantile Paralysis-l i 0n lncreas In ll. B.

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I raaprzarcrou, Aug. so —iCP) Infantile paralysis cases in New Brunswick have exceeded the normal rate of incidence. with 49 to date this summer, Dr. lC. W. MacMillan, chief medical (officer for the Province. said to-

day. in i942. however, the total was 129, including '17 reported up to Aug. 30 of that year. l Six new cases were reported this this week in Saint John. Kings and . York Counties. Of the 49 cases oc- lcurring so far this summer. only

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DEnemy May

To Defend Bomb Sites

By Ross Munro

WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY ON THE SEINE, Aug. 30- (CP Cable) — Tremendous losses in the battle of Normandy are cal- culated to have drained German‘ resources so much that VIE Wehr- macht is in too wreak a state at thei moment to offer any formidable, resistance in France unless troops are rushed rapidly from other fronts.

I; is estimated here that thei battle of Normandy cost the Nazis’ 400.000 men killed, wounded. mis-

sing and taken prisoner; 1,300 tanks; 500 gun. and 20 generals. This probably is a conservative

estimate.

After this defeat any plan which the enemy had of defending the Seine Line was frustrated by the piercing of this line before the! Germans could get, organized on the} lower stretch o the river, by the liberation of Paris and the American crossing of the Marne.

It now becomes more evident than ever that the enemy ha; a major problem on his hands in lzryihﬁ to protect the approaches to his flying bomb sites. Some of these site; al- ready are being moved eastward to- ward the Low Countries.

Protecting these sites may be ooh- sidered 5O important by the Gennanl that thev might even fight for them‘ at the cost. of keeping the Allied forces Out of the Rhlneland. Att- empting to analyze German inten-

ns. however, is becoming more] confusing everv day. I

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Election Between Nov. And June? i

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WINNIPEG, Aug. 30 - (CP)- John Bracken. national leader of the Progressive Conservative party, said in an interview here today that he believed the next Federal election will be held "sometime between November and June."

Asked where he would seek a seat in the House of Commons. the Progressive Conservative leader said he "didn't hear that question."

Mr. Bracken has Just completed a tour of British Columbia and. Northern Alberta. and will re- turn to Ottaiva tomorrow night.

I. B. Farm Labor Outlook Better

SAINT JOHN, N.B , Aug. 30-‘ New Brunswlcks labor situation for the harvesting season is mach bel- fer than at the corresponding lime last year. E.J. Mooney‘. divisional mobilization registrar, said todav after making o. silrvev of the Dro-

rice “With the co-operation of the mobilization board. the army. selec- tive service and the people in gcn~ erai. I am hopeful that we will be able to harvest ihc crops in good time without loss. and at the same time make some preparation for next_year's crop,:_he_said.

nference

i On Armistice , Terms

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 — (AP)- The BBC said in a broadcast to Europe heard by NBC Monitors tonight it was predicted that Prime Minister Chiirchili will con- fer with President Roosevelt soon on German armistice terms and the Asiatic military situation.

"Political correspondents pre- dict." the BBC stated. “that Prime Minister Churchill will not re- main long ll'l England following his report to (- war cabinet on his trip to Ita v and conferences with Marshal Tito and the heads of numerous Balkan states. He is ex- [lected to confer with President Roosevelt soon."

The topic of discussion. London said. would be German armistice terms and "how to hasten the

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other Provinces l U.l.A. 86.00. Delivered. $5.00.

Yanks L; |1an 36 a

Mi|es From Belgium

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 30 - (CP) - British 2nd Army forces in a Zl-mile break-through today captured Beauvais, 43 miles north of Paris, in their first deep thrust toward the Nazis’ rocket bomb coast while American armored colIln-n! rolled through the Cathedral City of Reims and streaked on within 36 miles

lies northeast of the import-

ant Seine River port of Rouen and the germans said they had evacuated that city of

Risk Much?‘

Bishop Nelligan llelinquishes Post As Chaplain

.

OTTAWA. Aug. a0 - <0?) _ Hon. Brig. C. L. Nelllgan. Bishop of Pembroke. is relinquishing the appointment of principal Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Canadian

Hon. LL-Coi. C. MacGlilivray of Pictou, N. S.. with rank of Hon- orary Brigadier. it was announced

night.

Brig. Neiligan. a former Chan- cellor of the Diocese of Edmonton has been principal Roman Catholic Chaplain since the outbreak of

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K's file cooo Nlifoaso GUY wllo (lire ALL file THANKLY-‘55 Jim-s Y

‘ ii ' iriurh... s11 an night at 10.15.

Sun sets this events-i; at 7.40 and rises tomorrow moming at 6.2 .. PPlill moon September 2nd. GK

tide eighteen minu-

Slammer-side tea later than Charlottetown.

DAILY AIR SERVICE Char! n - Summcrsid -

Mon on Leave Charlottetown 7 mm.) 11.30 a.m.; 6 p.m. Arrive Charlottetown 12.45 p.m.: 5.45 p.m.; 8.40 p.m.

SUNDAY SERVICE

Leave Charlottetown l2 noon. Arrive Charlottetown 5.45 p.m. Ch-riatietown — New Glasgow lDaily except Sunday) Leave (Iharlottetovvn l p.m. Arrive Charlottetown 5.50 p.m.

P. E. L-N. S. FERRY SERVICE DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAYS

Leave Wood Islands-ICC A. bl 11.00 A. M. 3.00 P. l .

Leaves Caribou — 0.00 A. & 1.00 P. M. 5.00 P. M. '

l one death has resulted — at Fred- ericton. .

downfall of Japan.“