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Juno 4 — ( ) — Amid ktaael

- a k . and tears from h 1 ans. "It... III‘ 0 em Army mun and infantry fouflrt s. four-hour battle this

morni against German armor

l fiive ea from the heart of the wrrlztcnwaprarrooars ° ' ‘ “n, d“, m“ 30,...“ ll "A"- -""° 4 -' i” meeenie 1e miles some on the

the Canadian Corps in smashing the liltfller Lilieuzouth of Barge! Ridge and 0r-

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Ncwsman Describes How _

Allies Ente

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Prine Minister King’s Bestntent

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UITAWA. Julie 4 —— (W) — e Minister

Mackenal King in a statement tonight the: ide w Canada" that Canadtaan notabietgart in

to e lib-

uld it will always "a source orces have had a the cmpaign 1 “ mtion of Rome.

At the samemimc. Mr.

id. ‘we do well to remembslfiktha‘: it since the Allied Sic and larder battles are still to be

h almost e. forces first

life»: o. 63M Nazis Killed, 10.000 Captured

Ind lied drive Rom .

Schooner -Lost_l“n— Si. Lawrence River

QUEBEC. June 4-—iCPi -- Two men were drowned and four other: n choener sank yesterday in the St. swrence River off Montmagnv n- was

details

were reported missing who

m: 30 miles below here. ir. earned today. No other were immediately available.

which com- firsi break

through in the Ifiar Line and pve the w: for today's oe- eqaiian of

IDNDON. June t-(CP) - ‘The

grim. radio France said today that

Germans lost 6.000 killed

110.000 captured during the A1- g1 on e

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CHARLUYPETOWN

. CANADA, MONDAY JUNE 5, 1944

red Rome I

I1 DANIII. DI I-UQ

Via Oaaflina. s spearhead of 24 Sherman tanh. eight: armored cars and 150 United States and

ed be- cata be- fore they ran headlong into s. Ger- man road block.

Old men and young girls and toddling children were waving H: Allied soldiers on when the fire of German ae-millimetre guns knock- ed out the leading tank and snipers started uring machine- gun fire from hdeouts next to a white church the‘ bells of which were ringing for early mass. A bald clerk, carrying an emipty wine flagon, showed sold ere bruises on his face and explain- ed that the Germans had beaten u m ve ""“ itélth ui.“‘i3..“i€.‘li*" etinlldren.

“The enany blew up Rome's water. ‘gas and electric terday, he said. "There is noth- ing to eat. For four months there has been no meat. and for two months not a single eg. They is great confusion. All the big Fascists are fleeing."

The historic Via Casilina prob- ably never has witnessed a more thundering military spectacle than that of the last 24 hours in which the onrushing Allies broke through the German lines in the Sacco Valley and into the green cam-

facirig Rome's seven hills. has been an armored war all the way, with some of our tanks left behind as burning, tragic milestones on the victory mad. Mine and two other prus Jeeps inadvertently got ahead on the procession and at a lonely high- wav intersection we suddenly saw a German armored car approach- ing. It stopped within 100 yards of us before we could tum to ee. Four Gemians Jumped from the car and took cover in a field. leaving their machine gun behind.

Our artillery came up and has been punching back at the enemy. but the persistent German snip- ers still make it necessary that I sit behind a roadside embank-

iir. N. Ii. Johnson Passes Suddenly ' in liancouner

The late Cot. II. D. Johnson

One of Prince Edward Island's most widely known and esteem- ed citizens passed away in Van- couver on Saturday in the person of Colonel H. D. Johnson, M.D., of Charlottetown. Death was due to a. heart attack. The deceased was attending a meeting of the Canadian Legion war services. A telegram was received by his widow here on Saint-d?! morning that he was seriously 11 in hospital, and word was later received that he had passed away at 4.16 p.m. on Saturday. The late Dr. Harry Dawson Johnson was born in Charlotte- town on Juno 20, i088, a son of the

te Dr. Hammond and Annie (Dawson) Johnson. HLs paternal grandfather, Hon. Harry A. John- son, M.D., a native oi Lincoln. England, was also a prominent practising physician.

Dr. H. D. Johnson attended Prince of Wales College and Mc- Gili University, graduating with his M.D. degree from the latte: institution at the earl age of twenty-one. He pract ced for a year at Eldon before removin to Charlottetown, where he cont nu- ed in active practice until his death.

His ability in widely recognize , many different

profession was and he held ositions of trust

ment to type this dispatch. I am about a bl white city limits sign that reads "Roma."

Air Service To New Blesgow 'To Begin Soon

new sir service to New Glasgow, N. 5.. would start about June 1s. Saturday Mayor Donald R. Mac- Iieod of New Glasgow said that def- inite word had been received con- firming that the airport at Trenton . The Department of rt also recommended it to the postal authorities as an air mail terminal.

Capt. Burke said that when the service opens it is expected that a

or New Glasgow and leave Nova Soottn city on return at 5 p. m. The service may mt get; 1n.

he same oimtlh totalled 015.046.

.c. A. centennial.

ock from a blue and his

m mm ‘h’; ring": lie iserlhd @m_ @111 Burk “W SIB 0 Bpdfl f1 6 the Maritime Centrzl figwnays 581i c _,F “puny and m over the weekend that he hoped the ed on page _ Co]; 3)

lane will leave here at 1 p. m. pl

and confidence the course of long career. He was a past president of the Prince E ward Is- and Medical Society, an ionorary" Councillor of the Canadian Red Cross Society. a prominent mem- ber of the Canadian Medical As- sociation and also of the Associa- tion of American Surgeons. and ttlhe St. John's Ambulance Associa- on.

Veteran of Two Wars

He was a vetegen of both the South African an- the First World

Erroneous Invasion “Flash” is Sent

NEW YORK. June 4—tAP) - A YW-ntl girl lcictype operator m1- oyod m the London bureau oi one Associated Puss punched out a strip oi practice tnpe Saturday niknt and within a. matter of mom- ants was responsible i0i‘ transnus- aicn hmit the United States. Canada and Latin America of an erroneous announcement that the Allies had landed in France. Throlsuh almost incredible circum- stances. the error slipped through the most elaborate system oi suic-

Pross an ie

The girl, Joan Ellis. Dfditiflldrlfi on a disconnected mach- inc. and in violation oi instructions i in her this ur- gent message:- "riasn Eisenhower's headquarters aficprgged Allied landings France."

veered on the s don Frylreittitr in New York and was re-

a immediately throughout the United Btatu and to Latin Amer- ica and to Canada by The Cona- dian Press.

Less than two nnnutas later a message “bus that word was f hold {golf ther noon m an)?‘ flash be " and this was

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War Situation Last Night

had been do

In retrospect, it is evident that

America are Roman Catholic.

was an economic liability.

The Nazis‘ idea was that the

industries. It did not contain the land.

tories. food and finances.

tlon.

Roosevelt To Speak Today

Hesidcn; Rcovclt tomorrow night

ecl States on the fall of Rome. the

White House announced ton ht The 15-minute larmdcast wil be

nttrctlcic at an hour vet to be announ-

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Banadians, 5th Army Make Bontact

By Douglas Amaroa

WITH THE CANADIAN CORPS IN ITALY, June 4 -- (OP) —Cai1- adian formations of the British 8th Anny and American and French troops of the Allied 5th Army made contact Saturday on route 8, clo-

sing the last hich

hands from Naples to Rome. Saturday afternoon I drove from the forward camps of the Canadian

tone. m miles east of Home. where other troops nre preparing an ad- vance on the Italian capital.

(Allied headquarters announced late Sunday that Allied troop; had entered. "19 130w . area.)

bombers struck Europe again t0- Y. -- some 50o pounding German strongholds along the invasion coast While other, from the Mediterran- ean made e. strong attempt to sever two main rail lines between France and Italy.

Swarms of Allied medium bom- bers and fighter bombers from Britain kept the thunderous ass- aults going second

By Elton C. Fay, Anociated Press War Analyst The dechlon of the Allies early this year that Rome should be cap-

tured was predicated to a great extent on reasons of prestige and world polities rather than those of purely military character.

WASHINGTON. June 4—-(AP)— 3B, will tuik to the people oi the Unit- -

‘Allies Continue Heavy Air Raids Or: Continent

LONDON’. Juno 4 — (A P) -. turned from daylight blows W: Upwards of 1,200 American heavy! France without loss after saturat-

for the straight dayaihe heavyweight; xc- Si atiaclgé

Prime Minister Churchill's statement

last February that the mission of the Allied armies In Italy was to take Rome reflected the belief of British and American leaders-that to wrest the Catholic Capital from the Nazis would produce result; in certain waverlngAxh satellite countries, uncertain neutrals and among people within conquered countries and even Germany itself.

The people of Hungary, never enthusiastic about their country's mil- linry alignment with the Nazis, are, in the main, Roman Catholic. The tles of the church in Spain are strong. The people of France and Belgium await religious as well as political lil

tion. The Allies’ friends in Latin

In deciding that [tome in Allied hand; would be a psychological aa- set, the Anglo-American leaders presumably were aware of something that the Nazis already had discovered-that southern and central Italy

At a meeting of the German and Italian military chiefs in July, 1943, the Nazi high command was reported to have informed ghe Italians that abandonment of southern and central Italy was desirable.

defensive zone should be es-

tablished on a line running roughly between Bimini on the Adriatic to Spezia on the west coast, a line of great neutral strength 200 miles north _ of Rome. The German plan as set forth then was not to make a. sudden and voluntary retreat to the line. but. rather to move back by Li. series of holding actions only when the enemy forced it.

The Nazis contended that the area to be abandoned was a liability. It had a large population which mint be fed. It had comparatively few

er part of Italy's food-producing

A few days after the German-Italian staff erecting, Mussolini was ousted: In September Italy signed an armistice with the Allies and left her Axis partner. The German armies thereupon set out to execute the one Proposed in Joly-a slow and steady withdrawal toward the soem- "filiv 111 H" battles over Europe and Bimini line. taking with them all the moveable assets oi’ the lrQ&—fS0- ° m m“

Germany is, as her communique writers like to say. withdrawing ac- cording to plan. There seems to be no immediate reason, however, to look for a quick, long and voluntary jump to the Speaia-Rimini line now that ‘ Rome has fallen. Rather there is indicated another attempt to reorganize l and tcdlspose forces somewhere not far north of Rome and there to try

3 D-edcl, 7 Missing When Boat Capsizes

PORT STANLEY. Ont., June 4- (CPl-Threc persons were known dead. seven listed as miSslIul and 13 rescued in Lake Erie today when a 33-foot cabin cruiser capsized and partially submerged about 500 feet frown the pier here.

Bernice Wood. m.

ere: Jack Gardner. Joe Stella Edwhrd Coudse. Clifford E. Ske-ath and Shirley Handyside .St. Thomas.

Tod Vining of London, operator of the launch, was among the ras- cued who $150 included AC2 N.

R..D Holmes, all from the R.C.A. F. Technical training school at St. Thomas.

Vining was operative the cruiser from here Jiflliillil assenge on short rides on the Lake. to the stories of sur-

clrlce

p rtiall calpeized and submerged. flPoiicev said Vining told them this

‘xvos caused by the passengers rush-

ing tc one side of tho boat bar boys clad in bathing suits and riding on top of the cabin were thrown into the water. The rest were trapped in the cab- in Scme escaped thmlliih the win- ws.

Ccrps to a camp south of Valmcn- do

EARLY CHINESE FLEET

Nfarco Polo. in hi; writings told. of seeing 15,000 boats at one Phlursqeucllqrflse- A

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ing defences around Boulog-ne with 1,500 tons of bombs.

The daylight operations followed night strike; by R. A. 1". bomb- ers also at military targets on the French coast. The night raiders also struck at Ludwigshafen in Ger- many, and mined enemy waten, all without ion.

There was no indication o! Can- adian participation in these early

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5m let: Monitor

Snow Falls in Prince Bounty

Snow erwumh to whiten the wound fell in the western and nor- thern section of Prince County Saturday afternoon in the wake of a rain storm that brought g pre- cipitation measured at 163 in- ches in n, few hours. And Satur- day night a5 the weather cleared

temperature dropped until a low of m above zero Wag re istered at the Charlottetown Exper ental Station. Mr. Warren Burns, the weather observer, said that once the temperature reached 30 4 it will da- mage tender crops, such as b92175, tomatoes, etc.

The “Sui-sh area Was sad to have had the heaviest fall of snow

At 9 30 Saturday night the tern- perature was 3B above while last night. after a somewhat warmer dal’. it was t6. '

Missing Islander Awarded Ii. F. B.

OITAW . June 4--(OP) — The R..C.A.F announced Saturday a list of 38 decorations ‘to members

of the R. C.A.F. serving overseas

for distinguished service and bra-"

The list included one Bar to the Distinguished F1. _ Cross. 36 D. F.C.'s and one Distinguished Fly- ing Medal. Also announced were 10 awards of the D.1=‘.C. to members of the R.A.F. who trained in Can- aria.

The following recipients of D.P.C. w

men have cxmpleted in various cap- acities mnmv successful operations against. the enemy in which they have displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty.

F0, L.T. rrigan. Dunedin. P. E1. (missing in action March t) W0. F C. Davies of (K1 Young 5t. E.) Halifax. (missing after fly- ing operations Mav 26.)

Nazi Push In Russia , ls Bostly

LONDON. June 4 —(C P)

and northwest of Iasi in mania were smashed back today with “tremendous losses" in enemy meln

and material, Moscow annou toni t

The Nazis struck out repeatedly in vain attacks, said the broadcast communique recorded by the Sov-

Tightening 0i Selective Service Bontrols Expected

OTTAWA. June 4 - (OP) General tightening of Selective Service manpower controls is ex-

pected to follow a recent confer- ence of regional directors in Ot- wa.

Similar meetings have been held periodically but with the man- power situation now tighter than ever, it is understood emphasis was placed on enforcement of the regulations at the recent meeting. Arthur MacNnmara, Director of National Selective Service. had previously announced that the number of prosecutions for viola- tion oi the job control was increasing. This, he was the result of a closer check than an increase in in- fractions.

The policy is likely to be in- tenslficd in the future as a means of conserving all available man- Pfliif°f~ _____i__

Says

KANDY. CEYIJON. June 4-lAP), Results thus far of the Allied In-| do-Burmn campaigns "can be I gsrded with satisfaction Jhnuizh, not with comniaccnce." an official| hcadouartrrs summna": said today. |

6851114! Ruarded optimism. the review reported that the arrival of the monsoons brought but little slackening of aerial and around oo- atic-ns, and added "To the Japanese. Burma shows signs which must appear ominous

of becoming a dangerous running sore, draining away men and sup-

W that the

sol‘: 1

LrOOiDS to the mrthwest. of the citv and said the Allies had been offered a

plan whereby Romeo“ I be re- ded a an "open y.‘ .. “Billie csommuniquc asserted the

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imlllliezzlflazmpaign In Burma Going Well

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(Associated Press

city.

capital to fall to Allied troo (3.15 p.m. EDT-MS ADT)

included Sherman tanks an tqlivnsfl-

Balls Liberation Bf Rome Noartoning

WASHINGTON, June 4 -— (AP) -—M.sgr. Michael J. Ready, General Secretary of the National Catho- lic Welfare Conference. today can. ed the liberation cf Rome “very heartening to all of us." H9 881d he was personally de- agrgtyed by the “very great vic-

All, he said. should be grateful

circumstances of the fighting-indicate the city was taken over without the destruc- tion of religious and historical centres which a full-scale siege would have entailed.

Jeps Bontinuc To Advance In Bhina

CHUNGKING. Juno 4—(A.Pi— Jopanc-se troops plowed ihrougn Smshih and stabbed six miles be- yond the town toward Changsha. while another column in the many- siderl Hunan Province citcnsivc has attempted an asatiit toward Liu- yunz to the east for an encirciim: movement against the major ob- Jaotiive n. Chinme communique an- trounced ixmigh

Liuyang iics 20 miles due east of Changsha and its trcscssion would

-' ‘e ' e . . c l. Fresh German assaults, spearhea- §,';“V“’,;,,Qc‘f,v"}¥§§,"s,h§ if; 0J5,’ dcd by tanks, on stronghol norihrnmgihv “a; count,’-

nced Ben. Alexander

Made Appeal To People Bf Rome

NAPLES, June 4 - tAPi -'I‘he intentions of the Allies to chase the ans northward beyond Rome were disclosed today in a broadcast from Gen. Sir Herold Alexander and Premier Marshal Badcglio tel- the citizens of the Italian cap- ita that their liberation is at hand. and warning them to keep the roads cpcn so Allied troops may pass through.

Nitlor Announces Nazi Withdrawal Northwest 0f Rome

plies, whose reinforcement and re- placement will mow more coatlv and difficult as Allied pressure in- creases."

All operations including those in

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Canucks Among First To Enter

The Etelnal City

By SID FEDER

War Correspondent)

NAPLES, June 4 — (AP) -- Allied 5th Army troops from the old Anzio beachhead captured historic Rome today after a fierce battle through suburbs oi‘ the eternal

The mopup of the heart of Rome-Aha first European

ps-was completed at 9.15 p.m. as an Allied force knock-

ed out the last German rearguard unit in front of the Bank 0f Italy, almost within the shadow of Trojans Column. Front dispatches said the troops which drove into Rome

d American and Canadian in-