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Islanders Cn llospital Ship

AX, Ian. 3 -- (C?) — Prince Edwlrd Ill-end ‘under! ‘i: caution ovnleu. re ru-rred IIWII today aboard the Hospital Ship Jretitle. . of the

Other Islanders were:

‘Pte- ER. Campbell. Dundee Centre; Gnr. G. Clrabsorl. 3t- --Lonls; Pte. KW. Lldptone, (YLeAry Station! Pte. I]. MacDonald, Morell: He. J.B. Arsenarrlt, Wellington.

Press Discusses Possible Defeat " Cf McNaughton

OTTAWA, Jun. 8 —(CP) -—'I‘he Ottawa Citizen said in a newspage story today that if Defence Minis- ter McNaughton is defeated in the Grey Norm. ivy-election Feb. 5th there wll not he a new session of Parliament. immediately.

The Citizen said that when Par- liament Jllfitifg Jon 31 it will be urerel for the iorntsiity 0f"pr0- royaton and _ t‘ notice to that sf ect is likely be given to avoid lire necessity of long trips by those who live some distance from

tal.

cfigif Gen. lvlcNaugihton fs o and should ‘be defeated in coming lop-election there will be no immediate session oi Parliament nor the probability cf any before tire end of the fLtcal year (March

Q1). if than? the paper said. "Ii-mead more is reason for the strong sunnise that the

8i. at lcasl, and then, or cine tknc uiter, bring about dis- solution and n general election} llrigaoi Parliament expires April

.r. Tire paper said tihe deiea/t of Gen. McNaughton would mean lbecncs from the Ctm-mo/ns ci n key minister and on that ground it was improbable the Government would call a. new session.

Gazette Comment MONTREAL. Jan 3 - (C?) — The Gazette iodav in a special dis- pr-tch from Ottawa says in part:

"An tvoclarn

NZ-Wh in; to pcrsstcnt stories. but a period of at least three weelwre- min in which the three ccrrtestirxt parties may make ihp their minds ebouheitlv-r lwlrlzinz 0n a contest or savim! the electors frc-m the need of mar-kin; their ballots ...:ii the . maslve Corservs-tie-r pull rut their candidate 5n North Grey the C’ . . garoutifnjojvivilalch thhifl been talking a- oiu. e contest, will follow suit. a

i ‘At Toronto, C.P. McTague, nat- ion-al chairman of the Progressive Corservo-tivc Part/y, said the mat- ter is not under consideration. At Owen Sound. Mayor Garfield Case, Progressive Conservative candidate in‘ the Feb i5 lay-election. said he about it The 0.0.

of air vice-marsh Th‘. I<-- of Cananooue would go ~ e the convention.

f: Corning Events

"Horse racin New GI: g River Thursday, flan. 4. a a

“Next shipment dressed grimy 5th. Book. Mccluxi an YO. -

i101! 8i

"Bpllzing ‘live and creased poul-

tn. in: r r . - has ogre sé??;..‘.““fi ‘i "fiat-Iii.

"Loading hogs at Hunter River. Friday until noon. Borden Bag- hlll. l-S-Zi ‘Ffllotice-Ioading h s at Al-

syfiih. mm noon , Go's och idsynlimerald until ll. G. C. Green and 1A3“.

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Lose. Lives In Rouyn, Que- Fire

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ROUYN, Que. Jan. 3 - (CP) -- Six persona lost their lives today and a seventh was in critical con- dition in hospital as the result of o. fire which destroyed the settle- ment home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Caron on the highwayd b%vzleen

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Montbeillard, Que, let, Queq- about miles west oi Rouyn. Dead are:

. Noel Caron (ago urtavail-

able).

Rite Caron, six; "

Joe h Caron, five;

Den e Caron, three;

Rosa Caron, two, and

Monique Caron, three months.

Noel Caron, husband of the dead woman, suffered critical burns and was brought to hospital at Rouyn.

Mr. and Mrs. Noel Caron were

‘ ding the family of 11 young children while Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Caron were visiting a neighboring settlement for the New Year holi- (1535 This rrwming about I a. m, Mrs. Noel Caron had noticed that a lamp, which was kept burning all night, needed oil. She asked one cf the young girls where the oil was kept and the child brought s. con- trainer, the contents oi which later were found to be gasoline.

Mrs. Caron filled the lamp and lit it and a few seconds later the lamp exploded. the two-storey frame dwelling was amass of flames.

One girl, Therese, l3, who was sleeping on the second floor with several of the children. broke open a window and threw three of them tn safety in the snow. Sire at- tem ted to save a fourth but was una lc to and jumped out herself.

Noel Caron escaped from the house but returned. to rescue his

e. His rti=ht clothing caught fire and he le i: the house and rol- led in the snow to-extinguish his burning clothing. l-lc entered the house p second time and again was forced to leave. severe burns and was sent to hos- pital where his condition tonrkht rs critical.

The fire out off telephone com- munlcations between Rouim and Montebillard until noon.

Dr. A. Boisvcri. district coroner. returned a verdict of occidental death at an inquest held this afternoon.

Veterans Leave Halifax Ch Hospital Trains

Bv JOHN IABLANC

HALIFAX. Jun. 3 — (CP) ~l~los- pital trains rolled toward the inter- A01’ o. Uancrcn from the Halifax

1n a. short time. A

He suffered b

Death Yesterday Cf W.- J. Chevorie

The death yesterday at 501111.], o! Mr. W.J. Cheverle has re-

rness circles throughout the Pro- vince. He was also widely known in Nova Bcotia and New nrunswics where he served at various times a srelievirut Custom agent.

The late WJ. Chcvene was born

in hour-is so years ago. Hg Was a. veteran oi the- lost war and pre. viously to enlisting for overseas duty had been in liillllfllld where he had passed examinations as a mas- ter gunner. He went to England in 1915 as a Lieutenant with an Isl- and unit. and while there was prc- moted Captain. About 21 years ago. he joined the Customs Department and his first Dost was at Sourls where he rc- mained for two rears. From them h» came to Charlottetown. serving here for 12 veers. From Charlotte- town he went to Sumnrerside as Collector of the port and held that bnslticn up till the time of his rc- slszmrtion three years ago.

The late . Che-vcrrc had con- siderable knowledge mothe- matws and while rn the Customs Department did much surveying of ships to ascertain their proper torr- naize. Besides relieving in the Mar- rtimcs. hc very often was scnt to the Magdalen Islands for the some purpose and had rrrunv friends there.

l-lc is survived by his wife. two daughters and a son. Cecilie is tlte Wife of Cpl. George F. Beer". R C. .F.,_Sum.merside and Bella now livcs rn the States the wife oi Mr. J. Razors. The son Joseph is Sergeant with the R C.A Dartmouth. llis mother is still liv- int: in &ux~ls at the advanced age of 95 years.

Report New-fl-"lioat Has long-Range guns

LONDON Jan. 3 — (CP) — The Madrid radio uuoted a Berlin rc- port tonight that the G-crmans had perfected n. s bmurine will}! elcc- tricallif-controll d guns whic “can c mounted in rt low nrinutes an shell an (‘IIEXHV coastal town from Tl. vessel enr-

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and has "bower and srrccd sur- passing anything known" for sill:- nlugines. the Spanish broadcast Sfll .

1L8. Congress Convczxs

WASHINGTON. Juli. 3 -- lAP) —Tlre United States’ Yiltlr Congress convened toiiav timid ivdrnmgs th: war “isn't ovcr" by n long hot."

, c came

to order rind inducted “slyly-elec-

tad lucmbcrs with simple ccrc- onlcs.

In 46 minutes the Senate rec-ass- cd until saturdnv when President r-tscscvelt mrizrrrzts hrs tnessaze on the stats of the Union and his im- mediate Droilrnln

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dockside tonight alter inking on h, 1.; . hundreds “x batgbsfiafleti. n23; scfegketrl-“Sctknmltzff firer?rcslgxclt‘nd‘v€s ma: men who Lin cdshrcrclértiiigz‘ ms ‘Garth m...“ z _

clmadm" H°5p~m1 D ~ usscrtinii "we are being tested

'i"nc war over tor most oi them. the reformed servicemen were vic- tims ci action on virtually every section oi the Western and Italian Fronts and the battle over Europe. Some hnd been invullclcd back (ni- ter accidcnLs or" illness in Britmn.

Mlorc than 700 of them came n- slrore from the Letitia today. hnb- blinz down the canzplarrks or car- ried cif on stretchers. Through a (lagJ _ ‘ pier shcd. they were transported to the special trains lying alongside while bonds rirrved xix-am u ivclcome home.

Grcetcd bv almost weather with bright sunshine an not a vestige of snow. the veterans of the snow-covered Adriatic and

spring-like

:(C_cntin'ued_on pfiga 6. Col

Official star; “or Nazi

Atrocities In

whether free government will live on this earth.”

A surprise marked the House pro- ceedings when the members voted not only to continue the Com~ nrlttcc on Unnmoriczln Actlvitizs- mo familiarly known us the Dies Cozrzmit-tcc-but to rrrakc 2t a per- manent part of the House setup. The vote was 20'! to 18S

FLYING poor? Xirfifis LONDON. Jim 3 -—(CPl Gar-mans fired flying bombs frcm

d pick-a-ilrack carriers cver the North

Sea tonight, touching off he-wy defensive fire that knocked down one inlo the sea and others near

const_ town;

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Belgium

213T. ARMY GROUP HEAD- QUARTERS. Jan. 3 —-(AP) --'I‘.he British Army, in its first official account of German atrocities, to- day publish-ed a document dsclos-

that Belgian civilian; were ptus-jzcted to tortures rivalling the Spanish Inquisition.

It said that. some prisoners in their agony and dessair frequently scrmicimd crude drawings the hog! oi Christ on the wells oi their ce

The document declared that event! statement iltkfil- from 8w‘- vivimg prisoners had been care- fully checked for veracity.

deals with the notorious Breendcolk concentration cam-p near Matinee. the Tir Natl l in

Brussels-were Nth-as Edith Cavell of Britain was executed during the first Great Wan-and l6 other prisons. torture or execution depots

witnesses were quoted as sayfnc WEre

mm Xlfllihibfly 1,000 persons ohm at Tlr National during the German " . and at least

860 were exccut" by firing sonata

or hanging at " ldonk An so»: rstrvan doctor lid more ti"; ~ men died dur-

= ho spent at the

, d Ven- im’ Association. t oi . . January I. l

11;‘. Eugene en, 5 - 14- i.

It.

in in thr : rngete; Brgltdsmk prison. includ-

rrzig 300 she-t, l5 hanged, and nearly 4n vino dxd ilour starvation and ouror ill treatment.

"nix rrretirous oi torture outlined in the urmerit included:

Brows acres; fir: lace or body, particularly below the belt with a sJWLTIC/llillll c-r cut-o-rrlne tails:

The victim was bound across a table and tiupshed:

The prisons: was hoisted to the ceiling by l Pulley and lashed in mid-arr, or rclcascd to fall on sharp-pointed wcoden blocks:

The victim's body was blu-nre-d with cigar ends:

His fingers were crushed in a medieval-style screw press:

His hodiy was burned with a four- pcintled electrical needle instrum-

Q .

Marty-eight prisoners were Jam- mtxl into rooms 42 feet . 2i wide. and 13 feet N311. with ue- pelnted windows at vfivh find of a series oi triple-docket" Wm and a iew small tables mid simia- "More dangerous" typo prisoners were kept in handcuffs or shackles n'ght and day, and forwi w out dog fashion on all fours Black hoods were thrown ovc: their heads when they were taken out 101' four or iive minutes dolly.

CHARWFFETOWN. ‘CANADA, ITHUllSDAY, JANUARY '41,‘ 1945

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War vSiituation_Losntu Night

' '"_‘““‘“ "Trim Dy KIRK! L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

Lifting of the Allied time-lag on news oi Belgian bulge develop- ments coincided closely with German claims that the United States 3rd Army bed launched a rnaslive effort to close the Bastogne waistline trap-thus affording apparent confirmation of the German assertion In substance even before details were made known at. supremo head- quarters.

For the first time since the surprise shock of the German attack fell devastatingly on the right wing oi the American 1st Army three weeks ago. Allied bulletins covered events of the day on which they were Issued. -

Wlrui they revealed pointed unmistakably to the close approach nf l miller crisis In the fluid battle. The time-lag device at Allied hand- quartcrs ‘ ' ‘ was n ' ‘ pr " Its n no less marks a step in Allied transition from the defensive to n full scale counte -offensive in the bulge theatre.

German accounts credit Patton with having flung eight divisions Into action, half of them armored and hnlf infantry. The figures lacked Allied confirmation except as it could be rcad into n report that the 3rd Army has expanded its attack front east and west of the now well- errtendetl Brrstognc corridor to a 17-rnlle width.

Allied versions of the counter-attack also Include a significant in- dication that It is a developing power drive against the deeply-dented south flank of the German bulge into Belgium, aimed not merely at cutting ihrough it at the Bastogne waistline narrows but at ripping n wide swath through to a Junction with thc 1st Army on the north flnnk. If the lst Army has yet moved out southward to meet the 3rd Army push, there was no hint of it. '

The impression Gen. Patton is driving northeast as well as north above Brwiogne in the centre sector of his attack front comes from re- ports that. he is pushing up both the Bnstogne-Iliclic highway and the Bustogne-Licge railroad which swings eastward of tire highway to follow rt writer level rouic. The railroad grasses through two junctions when branch lines diverge to St. Viih, the prime bulge communication

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llswsmon Protest Censorship Delay

By AUSTIN BPJALMEAR (Associated Press Stuff Writer)

PARIS. Jflfl- 3 -— (AP) — The United States lsi Army drove into the northern flank of the Germans’ Belgian Irulge today, joining the United States 3rd Army which is on the southern side in putting" zr gigantic squeeze on the

Q§kglrigasll§gg€igigflli3a sullen’. where ll enemy-divisions have been hacked to ._ The Spence o; Allied Head_ pieces and 400 enemy tanks destroyed from Dec. 16

gpoarttegs onmdevelcpnlrients at the n rou - . tests toniggh, iffjnafioge§gggilg§fgs l ‘Lucaston akzitd depth of the 1st Army thrust were not attached to llccrdquzrters. |(:S('r()'~"_‘( in i e ofiicflrl information released at. Allied ' (Cjmmmed on D5’g@,_'éo1i‘3," I Supreme Hczrdquzrrivl" lzrie tonight.

"" ' ' " ’ " The 3rd Army, however, her entered Bourcy, 5 1-2 miles north- east of Bcstogue, ii- wns announce amid reports from tire field tha the Germans were heavily rein- forcing tlrcir mauled divisons lec-

ihrougll Dec. 31.

Noalopture ofAntws p. mg m“ flaw‘ _ . E greatest Allied illpfly’ _ F?“ , 1 iffffffimide?“ _°.5i“_'“ 1 a ".‘.i."£.'.°.‘;'i.'.".'.'.?.iif.‘1'.'." W “is m ~-@~1-~

Nazis Report Yank Attempt To Crush Bulge In Belgium

LONDON, Jail. 3 -(A.PJ —’I‘lrq Germans claimed tonight ill eight full American divisions-foil armored and four lnfantry-rwer

, Norfhwurd . drive would split Allied armies

LONDON, Jan. a - RAP) — Stroirfz usmran counter-attacks" au- prcrurnntclv a0 miles northwest or Budapest aimed at rjellavmlz the en-

irzternational circled German garrison in tylrcgzlp- rilthetouristic.mass-Essa» Fit Ii .1 Glance -_

Moscow anounccd

tonight.

Tlrc ltussrrns clci nod that the crr- '1- ' emv blows‘. 5011i L rt oi’ rsicmiroln my he Canadian Press’ on tllc Deirubc almost ~15 rrrllc: wgsgflggy FRQNT_1',_S_ 15¢ A“

ncr-tirw-cst or‘ Budapest. had llccl". n“. hunches attlck on normal.” rcpuiim. ctesnltc capture 0f the ,|_ - 0g Amcnncs suficnt U_ 5_ 0 .

vICSCOW rristlrtlv billlctin did ¢ "g" rgagnmu, an sou“, "an... l\c.. the .1 esimcrl "r bv the Germans push back U.S. 7th Ar: C." s“ but that the crrerm nrv livc rules on fivc-uhrile front in

r with r2120 forces oi in- irlllifV and tanks.

This was the first. counter-blow by the Germans in liunsarv since n massive funk buttlc near" Dcbre- circlr llr October and it bore out to some extent Defiilfs boast that the "barman Arlrrv still was sirolri! e- . nouglr to strike back on the Eastern ygryggl,\_sg_germ,ms makc strung 35 W911 38 i111’ WCSNITII FY01“; counter-attacks around itorrrarorr

The German radio has irlolcatecl .19 mile; “m-thwcsg of begun] that at least two German armored Budapest. capture some towns south divisions are erruoucd lfl the flizht- o; Barnum

in‘; in the Kenrcrcm scctol". ‘lllc ostwistullllc, street riithiin! 1TAL|A1\'_(;;i;L~u1ipn [rnopg drive info Alfclrsittc sllbilrbs: liairul act-

cozrtilrtlcd llr which the_Rcd Alurry szturm troops are (lCiCTlfllifCLuV "urr- “m, ronoru.“ “scuba,” m, 51h. 51,}.

Bitchic arca of Lorraine.

AERIAL-Hare than 1.200 U. S ircltvy bombers lrzunnrcr targets be- hinrl_ Gervrrtrir front lines. R, A. F. lrrnvrcs attack two oil plants near Dortmund.

nihilntmq” thc encircled defenders Army gmnm of Budnllest. GREEK-Gen. Nicholas Plas- tirss forms Greek Government:

fighting sill] continues in Athens.

PHILIPPINES-U. ground for- ces mzrkc two new unolllroscd land- ings on Mindoro Island: Allied planes sink nr sci. ufire 25 Japanese shins west of Luson.

NewEeek iiov’t Formed

ATHENS Jam 3 _ (cmneub BURMA-British forccfl enter ' Y . ilh. d t I than ers) -- Gen. Nicholas Plastiras has ‘mfg! zfor,ment°s‘énmgfiln.ayz Chb

formed a new Greek government. it was announced here tonight. 1n ndditicn to the Premiership, Plststlrns assumed the War", Navy, Air and Merchant Marine port-

‘(.8545 troops capture Wanting on Burma Road on Chinese side Burma border.

JAPAN-Suncr'fcrts homh Nagoya

0s. on llonshu Island. Plristirns lumped some portfolios. -----—-—-- -- such as Justice, Health and Social PLANT MANAGER FOUND DEAD Welfare. undcl" one Ministry, thus leaving room for incursion of E. L. A. S. representatives when the en- tire Cabinet is completed.

Most of the Crrbincfs members have Liberal affiliations, but could be described ns composed more or less of insignificant mem- bers of prominent frrmillcs with Rlglltist traditions.

Flostlras appointed John Soflan- opolous ns Minister of Foreign Af- fairs. The 57-year-old appointee. said to rank second in importance to Plastlras, has n Liberal back- ground. He founded the Grock

MONTREAL. J.rn. Ii - lCPl - William J. Irving. w. manager oi the Outremunt branch of Christie Brown and 00.. Ltd" was found dcwcl today tho furnace rccm cf the cumpa V's plant.

Police sold that clothes on the body slrotvrd no slgrr of havilu been burned. The building janitor tnld police that on entering the furnace room this morning, he dis- mvcrcd a lc of wood burning fivc fcct from the furnace. Later. he found Ml". Irving ilncorrsclous on the floor. Artificial respiration failed to help revive Mr. Irving, lrcrrr in Tol"olltc.____ ‘_ _

Agrarian Party in 1932. >l-_lc__is>_krrorvn_ to__bc pro-Russian,

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lrrrry punches 5 Z; miles rrori1r- I

of most serious highway blockade cf

attenuating to crush the Ger-ma bulge in Belgium, b the possibility" of a new German attempt to drive wmtwsrd.

"It seams that the battle of the Arldcnnes has not. vet reached e climax," said Ludwig Sertoriua Berlin radio commentator, “u-r the resumption of a big Gonna offensive ls not impossible. but also is likely‘ the Allies will exten their solicitor-attacks. whidr pre- viously have been directed at come para/tivelv small sectors." v

The German High Command so?

the Amer-cans were mating "Sbu-bbcrn and continuous attann to crush tho Gcwnan front west c»!