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-i.~\:'.| Aug. lO-4CP)—Pos- . ty A gt a new unprecedented as operation against Axis- ..... Europe, either. in the or in the Middle East, would approved and ordered at the . ming Churchill-Roosevelt erence was a subject ol much o tion here today. .» there was no possibili of inning such a rumor s cc, n-mants said. i! ‘itch s. decl- . were reached it would be a . y-guardcd secret until it had .. put into operation. Bumors oi a new role to be as- ~ d to the Canadian Amiy over- also floated about this con- .. e city but there was almost eunplete blackout of even the . common lace news items .... lbguarde Citadel and Cha- Frontenac. Ii some quarters it was report- reoently that the Canadian 1st i on had been relieved from er duties in Sicily andwould .. the rest of the army which

11.1. I Ii D IIEADQUAIVITIRB, - thwest Pacific, Aug. l’! - (Tues- i - ( — American and Aus- n Jungle fighters in New i = pressed slowly forward w- ~ the salamaus airdrome today

gaining a foothold on a high ll " Japanese posi- while Allied planes were impressive victories over the

und forces moved against the nesc from the knoll which was eii Saturday when American -'~ surmounted the west side of -~- velt Ridge on the north shore i Tlmbu Buy. s. few miles from lsinaua. Pvfiveight Japanese aircraft, in- lling 23 bombers, were shot down battles Sunday at a cost of five til Diaries. This made a ratio of a Iv 10 to 1 compared with the iii! oi about 4 to 1 since the m tbs Pacific offensive of

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‘flimli- Aus- 15—(AP)—Romc ossid today 1n a Gormnu lle broadcast recorded by We Associated Press:-_

M"? would take the Americans M: ithtlh two years ii they should l? to conquer the Italian , iiand in the seine tempo in Vlilth thev proceeded in Sicily." b?! Allies‘ Sicilian campaign, unthearlnl! a successful end, be-

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Rumors Heard Dominion Troops May Operate

Allies Score Aerial Victories In Pacific

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would go into a new assault as a complete unit. '

Canadian and British chiefs of stall have been in conference here nuice last Wednesday and the United States chiefs of staff be- gan conferences with the British officers last Saturday,

It is assumed to be a certainty that, in the Canadian-British meetings t-he further use of Can- adian forces was under consider- ation and that in the British- American talks the combined chiefs of stall were laying plans for the next great assaults tu be made by their nations‘ forces and those lighting under their direction

But these plans snd all other activities ging on in the Chateau, conference headquarters, and the citadel where Mr. King is host t0 Mr. Churchill, his family and secretariat and where he will llllT ilarly entertain Mr. Roosevelt, are so secret that only the most harm- less information is given to the army of waiting news reporters.

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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Au . l'l—('I‘uesday)—(APl—'1‘he All es have captured L; Veils Island, 45 miles northwest 0f the Solomons Island of New Georgia, Allied headquarters announced today.

Occupation of the Island b!- passed Kolombangara Island a- cross the Kula Gulf from New Georgia.

Churchill llenies War End Story

QUEBEC. Aug. 16—(CP)-An official British n- okesman said to- day at a press conference that Prime Minister Winston Churchill wished to deny a statement at- tributed to him that the war would be over by Christmas.

"The Prime Minister ui Great Britain wishes to deny that he ever made a statement attributed to him that the wsr would be oven-I believe it was-by Christians, sold a lfidriitllsh Ministry of Information

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"The Prnie Minister wishes the widest possible publicity to be giv- en to that denial."

The press conference was call- ed shortly after 4 p.m. E.D.T., spe- cillcully to deny the report (not carried by The Canadian Press).

As soon as the British spokesma com leted his brief statement, con crence newspapermen were told there was nothing further to report-

SENTENCE!) TJPIIISON

HALIFAX, Aug. -16—(CP)-Jo- seph W. Fortler, Ontario naval rating was sentenced to two years in Dorchester penitentiary here today after pleading guilty t0 theft of $200 from naval funds.

Portions police record, read in court, revealed he had previously been convicted on two charges oi

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Mrs. II. A. Welton, nee Miss Mary MacLean of Ifigh Bank, P. E. I., has recently received word that her husband, Pte. I-I. A. Welton, R. C. ‘i. C. has arrived safely in Eng- an .

News Briefs

LONDON, Aug. l‘l—t'l‘uea- duYl-(CPI- London morning newspaper; reported today lhul t-he war cubinet was in Conl- tanl. session yesterday and that. it was in touch by lelfiiihuflu with Prime Minister Churchill, who ls in Quebec,

The papers said the im res- slon was that important evel- opments are pending,

MIAMI. F'la., Aug. l8 - (AP)- Gcn. Enrico Gaspcr Dutra, Brazil's Minister of war, said toda his country is “considering ’ the problem of sending troops to the war’: fighting fronts."

BERNIE. Aug. l6—(AI',)—An

uli- raid alarm Wu; sounded shortly before midnight £01118!" in Milan and the Ilrflvlnee u! Como. indicating these north- ern Italian regions were Milli struck again by Allied bombers.

LONDON. Aug. 16-—(CP CABLE) —Despite promises, the Japanese have not supplied full lists of the prisoners of war imd civiiluns they hold and thousands of soldiers and civilians from Malay, singapore. I-iong Kong and elsewhere have not yet been accounted for, government officials said today.

orrawn, Au; l6—(CP)—

Come next December, the cheery Christmas tree that usually brighten; the front

parlor probably will be rilht. where It is today-standing un- adorned in the woods, the 8"" ernment indicated tonight In I statement which warned of an impending shortage.

MIDDLETON, N.S., Aug. l6- )OP)—George H. vroom, M, a mem- ber of Canada's Bisley team in 1903, died Sunday at his home here. He was district fruit inspector for the Marllimes for more than 30 years. He was a former town and country councillor. . ,

Alarm In London

ILONDON, Aug. 16 —-(CP) -— An air raid alarm sounde‘ in London shortly before midnight tonight. Gunfire was heard from outlying districts oi the London area.

The all-clear sounded soon after- ward. It was London! first night

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By I08! MUNIO Canadian Press War l‘ rrespond-

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WITH ‘If-IE CANADIAN TANK UNITS IN CICILY, Aug, 15_(Dg. layedl-(OP Cable)—A Canadian tank unit shared with the British advance on the Catania front whic pressed this Germans back up t e coastal corridor r~ '

to Meesina, up which the -......, is withdrawing.

The Canadian tank operation was in addition to the work done

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Division in its advance from the Pachlno Peninsula in Blclly to Mount Etna from the

west. The tanks attached to the Ca-

nadian division landed shortly af- ter the original assault by infant- ry. They fought at

LONDON, Aug. 16 — (APJ-kteu army troops advanced to within i5 miles oi the Nazi central front bas- tion oi Bryansk today and cap- tured the important city 0f Zhiz- dra. 40 miles to the northeast lifter

a bitter all-night battle, Moscow announced tonight. As the battle for Kharkov ap-

proached a climax Russian troops beat off a series of counter-attacks. One oi these partied Nazi counter thrusts occurred west of the city, lending support to a Moscow dis- patch which suggested that the Russians were bypussiug Kharkov. Red forces closed in on Kharkov from the west, east and north. The city " forges of

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Capture Of Kharkov Is Expected Any Hour

By Klrke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

stage last. night with every indication that from it. will flow sanctions I0!‘ bold, immediate action to knock Germany as well as Italy out of the

The war developments In Russia and in the Mediterranean theatre alone warrant hope that. months can be lapped off the ilurution of’ the struggle in Europe by swlft action now. To that. Prime Minister C“ “ lil and President Roosevelt have added, even before meeting in Quebec to give a final thumbs-up approval to the strategic put-tern crystalizlng in the hands of their most trusted military advisers, their own hing n1

it came In the formal announcement that U-bouts were dciiroyad at

operations on the Soviet-German front." The tone of the Tass ac- count suggested thzst the Russians believe victory is near ill. Kharkov. The Russians made gains of from five to nine miles iii their advance on Brynhsk, pusnhing their way through heavily-mined area. a Soviet special bulletin and a. later midnight communique said. Con- tending armies on this curving 100- mile front were fighting through dense forests and swamps.

Before sweeping forward to Zhiz- dra. the Russians capturedihu Toll station of Zibyeevo, a. point. 40 B11195 northeast of Bryansk on the Mos- cow-Bryansk railroad.

in Quebec lDDMlched its decisive

MB)’. June and July. Admittedly

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Grammich- ele, beoniorte and Niysoria. and teamed up with the Seaiorth High- landers in the successful Canadian thrust to the Simeto Valley which

that does not end the danger of Atlantic supply lines, an m, chm-wt"- Roosevelt bulletin noted. It does. however, imply that. an internal crack- glrgéielsg-ICIIIIIIIY might be closer than any Allied authority hos yet darcd The Churchill-Roosevelt disclosure that more than 90 of the under- sea bruit had been sunk in the three-month period with the last month showing better results at. sea. than the two which perceded it-has special significance .It implies, at least. that as a preliminary to the battle PlflIlS they expect to stamp with their approval at uebec, they have inform- ation indicating growing unrest in Germany lsell under bombing and submarine losses as well as defeats in Africa Italy and Russia,

That announcement was as much intcn ed for German any; a; {or ‘glstAllied peoples. It. told them that their battle of the Atlantis had Given the sea control in the Atlantic that German U-boat losses set out, there can no longer be any doubt of Allied ability to deliver smash- ing ncw attacks at any point selected in continental Europe.

Milanese Demonstrate‘

For Peace After Raid

cnmsso. ON THE swlss - ITALIAN FRONTIER, Aug.

l8 §...‘.‘?5’.’...T.‘.".’.°'i‘.°.i§.. .i.’....:"":i2r.- "a" Blush Time way through debris - littered _ Returning From Cld llome Week

streets today in a peace demons- tration that began Just; five hours

HALIFAX, Aug, l6-iCP)—A wind

and rain storm that swept traits of the Maritime Provinces Satur~ day night flattening crops and feli- ing trees in its path, cut ferry connections between Priirce Ed- ward Islaud and New Brunswick for nearly 16 hours.

Passengers arriving in Halifax by special train from Charlotte- town after attending Olcl Home Week celebrations there said tu- night that they sat in their train on the pier at. Borden, PILL, for 15 1-2 hours "bccnuse the Nor- thumberlsmd Strait was too rough to cross." The ferry, they said. finally made a crossing with motor cars only, but many of the autos on the open ferry had their wind- sliields smashed and ventilator cowls torn away by the force of the

after heavy R. A. F. bombers loos- ed a new deadly hail on the ruined city, dispatches reaching here said.

Thousands of i-hc ruined city's inhabitants were report- cd fleeng toward the Swiss border afoot or in any convey- ance obtainable.

The Italian socialist party, meanuiillc, openly called for peace and the supprrssion of the inan- nrchy which it accused in a pro- alamation oi "responsibility focr ‘Fascism and the war that has brought Italy to ruin."

The Libero Stamps, Socialist uciu-spaper of Lugano, Swiizerlond, published n copy 0i iii-c proclamat- ion which accused the Badoglio government of continuing the war; remaining faithful to the Tripartite pact suppressing freedom of the prsss and assembly; refusing to grant a general amnesty, and pro- claiming a state of siege.

Ilcavy Damage

The industrial areas of the city and in the surrounding vubiubs. especially in the direction of Brlnizn, were heavily plastered with bombs Heavy German artill- ery batteries were reported to have been established at Brlanza.

Two rowers of the cathedral weéuewsasiid to havelcoilapsed. _______

"CW0 l"! Mu W“ "Pm" LION CAME BACK

ed datimyed and the Nyai palace 551-5“ g MoN-pfl5_ dnmflSed- LONDON. Aug. - (OP) -~After Fire brisedes were unable to woe a. six month absence, one of the

damaged.

Canadian National Railway of ficials said here tonight that the ferry, Scotia II, now in use on Northumberland Strait. is nu open railway ferry from Canso, NS, substitutin for the larger “Prince Edward Is and,” now bring over- hauled,

Wlth the fires started by the bOm- two “on; which gnwed the u“. bers becaiuse of the number of "no, 0g the Towm-gdge. W11“. blues and l W“ 03 "Mel'- town hall for M years, has re-

The Swiss Telegraphic Agency _ n, d,“ u“; 1h; we u- nis-m in» =11 eie- $3”. dance. $35 townmlifill 3.1.- 971?” ""1 991°?“ "mmuni" taker found it on the doorstep one MCOIIS between Italy and Switz- nlght when h, we“; to answer l "m"! h“ 5°91‘ "i °“- lmock. There was nobow in sight.

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Liberals ll-ame Candidates In Three Districts

Liberal party conventions held Saturday and yesterday resulted in the nomination of the follow- ing candidates to support Ugo

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Jones Government provincial election:

Third King's: Joseph Campbell, Dundas. as Councillor; Wilfrid Wotterwortli, Montague, as As- semblyman.

Fifth King's: George E, Saviilc, M.L.A., as Councillor; Hon. Wil- liam Hughes, Provincial Secretary- Treasurer, as Asemblymau.

Third Queens: Hon. Mark R. McGuigan, Attorney General as Councillor and Russell C. Clark, M.L.A-, as Assemblyman.

The convention for the Third District of King's _was held Bat- urday at Cardigan.

The first name to be placed ba- fore the convention as Councillor was that of Mr. 8.8. Hessian, K- C., who was nominated by Josegh J. Campbell. Dundas, seconded y Wilfrid Watterworth, Mr. Hessian refused tho nomina- tion, and Mr. Campbell was nom- inated unanimously in his place.

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island lloctor ls Successful

OTTAWA, Aug. 16-(CP)—Dr. J. Fenian Argue, registrar 0f the medical council‘ ‘or Canada tonight announced the names of l!) suc- cessful candidates in the medical council examinations held recently in Kingston, Toronto and Uindflfl. Ont. The list of new doctors ilwll-Klfli— Toronto centre: John R. and William G. Alanach, Moncton. N- B i John D.B. Baird, 8t. Johns. Nf (i. Kingston, (Ont) centre: Freder- I". lowatt, (noariottetown, P.l.

End (jffididpaign Is Now At Hand

OnlyMatter OfHours Before All Of Sicily Is In Allied Hands.

By LOUIS V. HUNTER Canadian Press War Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 'l6—(CP Cab|e)—Al|ied land forces in Sicily, crushing what feeble resistance fleeing Axis troops offered, advanced toward Messina. today and the end of the campaign which began little more than five weeks ago.

The end of the Sicilian campaign “is now at hand,’ it was stated officially, with the Germans

m“ “My "mt" “"1 h" lillu-i in flight towards the Italian mainland.

It appeared to be only a matter of hours at the most before the Americans in the north and the British in the south close a pincer around the last enemy stronghold on the island which the Allies invaded at dawn July 10.

Bombardment by land, sea and air began trans- forming the Messina Peninsula into a death trap for Axis forces bottlenecked there. The Nazi rear-

guard defences had crumbled.

While the land forces drove alohl the coasts and in the narrowing central sector, aircraft oi the Northwest African Air Forces maintained their round-the-cluck bombing and machine-gunning of evacuation beaches and the vee- sels shuttling back and forth be- twecn Sicily and the mainland. The spectacular advance by the British 8th Army and the Ameri- can ‘lth Army has brought Mess- iria, the apex of the Axis‘ defence triangle, within range of the Allies’ long-range guns.

Warships supported field artillery and fleet; of bombers and fighters in spreading a carpet of fire across the ene- my bridgehead end the el- cape corridor through the Measiua straits.

The British forces have captur- N S '4 Twmmb “"51 “d owl" Ralph Shaw, South DuvomNNsnB,

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NIIW YORK. AM. IO — (AP) _. Bernarr Maolfeddeu the phyflel culture.» advocate and seine publisher, marked his 76th lrth- day today by frowning ova tho

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LONDON, Au|.16 — (OP) —- A bushy head to show whet it mill

Home; L m ninos last to be in top condition. Thursday's Milan att returned to a. north England base today - - laden with bananas, grapes, melons and lemons.

The boys had visited North Af- rica in the interim.

The Air MIIIiSiIY News Service explained that the plane's oxygen supply had begun to fail en route to Milan, as it crossed the Alps. and after the load was dropped on the target, it became plain the men could not survive at the great height necessitated by the return

trip. . So its Norwegian captain decided

Catalina ls Rescue Craft

NEW DELHI, INDIA, Aug, 10-— (CPJ-ReutersJ-A Catalina. of the Royal Canadian air force has re- turned from a LIOO-mile trip with three injured seamen Jpicked up from an Island in the In ian Ocean,

The flyin boat made a, good landing in spite oi extremely heavy seas. Her crew was commanded by Wing Cmdr. Rengall of Saint John, N .B., and included Maurice Hen-

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LONDON, Aughld - (AP) -——Am- erican heavy and medium bombers, taking up where the RAF. left off on Milan and Berlin, today pound» ed the big Niizi airbase of In Bour- get Just outside Paris with high eli- plosives and "beat up" five other fields in France with bombs. American fighters shot down i’! German fighters in battles over Paris while bombers accounted for another 20 in the six airfield at-