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Cardigan District First Province Over The Top

l f1- emhrance . ll 0bscrvance

UITAWA. Oct. 28—(CP)—Re- rance Day. Nov. ll. is ‘not a s torv or legal holiday in war- me Canada but by order-in-ecun- lure governmer‘. has stayed it is

.11 the discretion cf any munici- pality to make provision for the spproprtste observance" of the day.

n. general practice has been barrange spccial services in mem- nd war dead s“ 1l am. local

Ptelsslblv as a guide to other em- mers the order-in-council states nimbers of the federal civil - will be excused from work 10.30 up. to i230 pm. Nov. ‘provided. however. that ade- staffs shall be retained on to meet the requirements of nt public business" u .__._.________

Plans To Produce l Diseased Free ‘Potato Drop

_ 0f interest to the farmers of thc lnce. is the construction now tier way. of a green house at the ralory of Plant Pathology.

v- lottewwn. for seed potato in- ' '7 “purpose 1i my ‘sir roun- uon stock for mulled seed po- will

l growers Under the plan. each urower

ss- es ‘E § r2 E a r O 5'.

taken f an arson use. o

these plants prove diseased bers from which that. partic- . n token will be

and the remainder re- O Bower. These he a tuber unit red eventually save him le as he will be able m“ a disease free crop of

K. e xrt-cn house isa ‘I5 ft. x as ft. bllldina and will accommodate 10.- ‘IW plants at one time. It is ex- looted that two complete batches {Q0000 plants each can be grown ween January and May l5. Thgcwcrk has been sponsored by "" D‘.°-’l§.°...°"£.i...‘.i"“‘ $8.? -' . on U"! o! Agriculture.

Officert-(Tommanding Regiment Missing

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e v second in commend of We Ngiment. Col. K edv was tamed officer commanding and "ling Lieutenant Colonel follow- hr l e death in action in Sicily of "ezsol. Bruce Butcliffe. former of-

commanding.

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“Tslkl -u ‘t fly. Shoals! 7.38u:l.1idh0.§g.‘irtl

"Hunter River Farmers loadinl hogs November 12th. io-ae-al.

Old B dn , Screen- ton. h. Webster- 10-29-21.

50ml‘- 020-21.

"Unload Ill Coal at

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as £11m." 2t- V. w n ‘lo-sun.

ééiftgklyoolns car Barley. bulk.

and ‘Pridsy morning. I baits. Court 8r. Son llladaféorm.

"Wanted to buy 1m and dressed “Mahatma” this ctflliiiem‘ watts. s-ae-u

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BINDIN

Th Vi I tot! this Provlgsco ‘fiiriruzihs 3:30.000 yesterday, slightly more than 52 r cent of the ISIBINP] iii,-

. quo .

Cardigan district in Kin ‘s 00'1"‘! hid the honor to be l first district in the Province to lo "over the top” in the Filth Victorlav Loan.

Cl llllfa obiectiye was Ill.-

and news that this goal had been reached and passes was released last night by Provin- cial loan headuuarters,

By districts the totals i000"! in brackets) nt the close of business last p ht were; Burn- merlifl $383, 50 5550.000); Prince County outside Summer- aide, $300,850 a$000,000); Char- lottctown, 858 .050, $9 Queen's County cu I

. 1547:1000) W Coup”. 3114.000 0409-‘

OTTAWA. Oct. 36—(CP)— The Canadian army has passed its ob- jective of 010,000,000 by $40,200 in the Canada's Filth Victory Loan. with 11,474 overseas subscriptions

e loan announcec the fi of individual au rlptlons received from all sources at the half-way mark y rday was 950,033 for a cumulative dollar-total oi

060. The total of Wednesday- the 18-day campaign as 886. 550. with the daily average standing at. 071.490.-

Offlclals estimated tomorrow's total should be nrfllind 81101100900 on the basis of overnight reports.

Th said that from now m at» tentlon is expected to be 10¢,

lng the i525,000,tl00 oblev- tive from individual Cu aclflns. aside from the 3675.000904] "B11101 names" objective. The payroll sliv- ings canvass seems to be Inovin more rapldl than in the last loan, officials ad ed, but. general sales to trlelgupubllc "might well be irrlllro-

The army now is in the lead over the R..C.A.F. as to dollar- total. though toe air force has ex- ceeded its ob ective oy $li05403° with subscriptons of 89.9 0-000- ,50 more .han it raised dur-

whole of the fourth cam-

93%?- e navy. too. is over its 000w. but complete figures are not avail- able because many personnel are at sea. Interim reports from We 0f the navy's six commands indicate the csent total is well in excess e1 $158,750, against an oblective of 02.500000.

First Canadian centre to get 100

' per cent of its gemral canvass an-l

payroll savings uuota. Sorel. Que" now has 151.3 per cent. Headquart- ers said the next in line is Shnw- mlgen Hills. Que. at 98.5: Brant- ford. Ont. 01.7: and Lethbrldae.

Alia. N.

Cities with from e0 to ‘l6 oer cent of their objective lncluc Sher- hrooke. Que. 75.9; Cape I-

05? Qllllglldd 04: Halifax. 56-6 Charlottetown M.

Large subscriptions reports io- day included: Imperial Llfc Assur- an Co. of Canada. 86.000900: Ca- mden Industries. .. 9.060.000! Canada Cement Co.. Ltldt $1.500- 000, John Labatt. Ltd. London. ti.-

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Norwegian Iiavy Wins Honors In Atlantic Battle

LONDON. Oct. 30—(0P)-—Th0 Royal Norwegian Navy. fiomprising mom than D0 units operating from bases scattered around the world. has won honors. too. in the boll-IE of t e Atlcnt c. '

He ping escort convoys to fiiht Uboats in the Atlantic are at lzast four Norwegian corvette: with the ' flflllll names of ti '

‘q l tine" "Rose" and

tfisi-P a ‘mtn. the "Montbretlo." was lost a year ago. Their com- manders were recently awarded various Norwegian decorations bv lung l-laelrcn. but for security reas- ons no names and little information cm b. glven concernini! the

"vlistpermissable. however. to tell a bit about their meetings with hi" "‘°°t'1'.'.“'*’1‘>‘&s“st‘iifl'» ‘he'll;

"Mdntbrctis" in one of the hottest

"flfitd gghtaainbattles they had ever el- c were

,- . 1§§'t'.“?.‘l'n'r.%n veeeelsmlgl: um didn't deter the Norwegian sel-

man.

The "Potentilla" and “Rose" made at least 20 attacks and all! times oil and wreckage were ob- served. but in the heat of battle the warships were not able to fish up proof ol their successes. The

" helped drive g):

"Acan-

"Morltbretia. too-

the raiders with guns and de charges. but one night she was caught between two U-bonts and torpedoed. Forty-seven men. in-

eluding the commander. were loot.

3 James O. Barker to question the

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Read by

(lovers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CHARILOTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 29. 194a

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Demonstrations - By Army Are Planned Today

Today. the demonstrations poet- poned of inclement weath- er. of No. 62 C.A.B.'I‘.C. and the Auk Ack Battery will take place. At 12.30 the display or infantry weapons and the explanation cl their uses ir1 warfare will be shown in the Market Square under the direction of Lt. J.J. McDonald. D.

C.M. The Ack Ack Battery in aotlojn

demonstrated by

and his crew of 30 men at 8 . These two shows of arrest inter-

est. in the public. ore part of the.

army's effort to help make the

\'lctory Loan campaign a success.

Fingerprint Allowed in Murder Trial

NASSAU. Bahamas. Oct. 38— (APl—A fingerprint went into "the records against Alfred rle Marillny today. but his lawyers sought to soften the impact on the jury try- ing him for the murder of Sir har- ry Oakes by raising two doubts about the evidence.

Hearse and excited Godfrey S. HlKilS. chief defence counsel shout- ed questions in the Bahamas Su- urelpe- urt ~reonr until ‘he hall brought out that no one can point to the exact spot on the bedscreen from which the disputed print was

ken. Then he turned upon Capt. uuallflcotions of the American de-

tective who introduced the finger- prlnt—the Crown's principal evi- tience against De Marigny. accused of murdering his father-in-law last. Julv.

De Marlgny grlmaced when Chief Justice Sir Oscar Bedford Daly ruled that the print was ad- missable. Then he‘ shrugged his shoulders. settled back on his bench in the prisoner's cage and smiled.

After pondering tin question overnight. Sir Oscar held that it was up to the lurv to decide wheth- er the fingerprint. exhibited by Barker actually was lifted from the surface of a bed-screen which wit- nesses have said stood in the bed- room of the Canadian millionaire at the time of the slayi

Thus he set British courts. lawyers saying it ls the first time a jurist has ruled in the Empire that a print lifted on to Scotch tape or adhesive rubber is good euidence.

if liot War Then Divilian Production

OTTAWA. Oct. 2--(CP)—John Bracken. Progressive Conservative leader. today made public an ex- change of telegrams in which he urged that "if wnr production is slackening-Jor reasons of lessened military needs, think it time we prepared to make better use of plants for essential clvlllnn needs."

Fred Joyce. international repre- sentative of the United Automobile Workers (C. I. O.) Tuesday wired Mr. Bracken protesting against re- duction from six to five days in the working week M. the Dominion forge and stamping plant in Windsor.

Pope Pius Asks Rome De Spared

BIIRNE. Oct.28-(AP)-A report that Pore Pius XII has sent notes to all be llgereni-s. asking that Rome be considered a holy city and spared from fighting, was printed Wily in the Neue Zuercher Zeit- lnll of Zurich.

ln s Rome dispatch. the news- paper said it was reported the Germans have not answered but that they had given assurances tending to allay the worst fears cf the Vatican for the possible late of Rome.

Civil Strife Flames In Yugoslavia

IDNDON. Oct. M—(A.PP)-—Tl'rc guerillas of the Royal Yugoslav government and the partisans of (Jen. Jcsip Bros (Drug Tito) band- ied chnrges of treachery and trees- on today in a sharpening of intern- ecine stri Yultoelp is. while German motorised and‘ armies-led

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troops smas d .in strongholds in an npparen qffortto

wipe out both their forces.

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War Situation Last Night

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

Nazi forces in the Dnieper beud trap in Rlilsh. till h l - dd chance of escaping the fate that overtook 300.000 CIOIIIIJB‘: liefgiie‘ gin]:

lngrarl last w

r. Under shelter of what Berlin styled the "super battle" of Kflygl p",

they have made a south of that under circurns anccs that testif and the still staunch morale o

ion tid to dth 50- ll- id -

int with: givteer. mil-strait fro: Eh? e “u” (orfldor to the efficiency of German staff work, German troops.

bend is progressing

There is no authoritative estimate of the number of Nazi troops

caught in the sack formed

by the Russian break-through from Kremen-

chug t lirivol R g. It i b i f urre M l reireutols still a tsltnarsiniiitgi“. rrgrlii.” m 0mm ‘mm m“ ' ‘e Troops in the most exposed positions in the northern and northeastern

sectors cf the bend are bein day night to be a definite pat rn of the shelter of the Dnleper

pulled buck _fn-st, There appeared Thurs- ioLthe retirement, taking iull advantage

south of Zaporozhe and on both

aides oi‘ the stream! lower course io the point where it broadens into an

estuary of the Black Sea.

'.I.‘n seal the trap the Russians south of the bend In the Nllflills Staple

must pierce those marshes and cross the stream Itself to effect a Jlll Ilhn

with their red spearhead investing Krivol Rog. Two ltussran

which poured westward through the eastward toward Nikopol, lanlls

It seems certain. however,

at Krivoi Roz over German forces massed there

the site of the narrows of the

columns stabbing north-

Melitopol break are Dnieps-r mznlrh

that short of a smashing Russian victory

to hold open the escape

corridor. ii still is possible for the Nails east of that danger point to‘ lll"ke

their way to safety.

Economic Unification

The battle of Krlvol Rog is deciding their fate.

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Europe Seen Necessary

Session of Canadian Chamber of Commerce con-

tinued;

Winnipeg’s Pied Piper is Angry

WINNIPEG. Oct. 28-(0?) — Vllnnlpetrs pied piper. N. Pulln. credited with extermlnatlnlz thous- ands of rots at the cltv dump. today was peeved nnd threatened court action.

He demands payment of $1.025 to meat bills for poison and cur expenses. The cltv health commit- tee said Poulln made unauthorized expenditures.

Poulln sold he couldn't spirit the city's children away in the inan- 11er of the Pied Piper of Hamalin "but I'll bring the rats back if they don't pay up."

He announced he would sue the city. adding: “Mv contract stated l ivvnulrl be supplied with all mater- a s. ’

Dr. Steel Speaks At Mount Allison

BACKVILLE, N. 15-. Oct. 28 —(C P) — The Alumni Regents, faculty and students of Mount Allison University. ladies college and aca- demy paraded to Charles Fawoctt Memorial Hall today in observance of Rounders Day, celebrated ann- ually fcr the last 35 years in mem- ory oi Charles F. Allison. who founded Mount Allison in 1840.

Speaker at the service was Dr. G. Douglas Steel. a Mount Allison graduate and principal of Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown. Rev. Dr. A. E. Kerr. principal of Pine Hill Divinity Hall. Halifax. was chairman. Following the serv- ice. sprigs of spruce- were placed on the founder's grave.

N. S. And ti. D. Loan Totals

HALIFAX. Oct. 28 -- (C P) — Subscriptions of $i.48‘."..000 today boosted Nova Scotirvs Fifth Victory Loan total to 823.087.0011, or 63 per cent cf the province's 830500.000 objectlve.

BAD-NT JOHN. N. 15.. Oct- 2a — (C P) — Victory loan subscriptions in New Brunswick today declined to raising the total to $13- 008460. The province has an ob- jective cl $24,500,000. requiring a daily average of 01.500900 during the campaign. Carleton. with 00.8 is leading in percentage of public sales quota. followed by Charlotte and Westmoreland.

Gardiner speaks on food production.

SEIGNIORY CLUB. Q1112. Oct. 28-40?) —- Economic unification of Europe “under the aegis of Bov- iet Russia" was fnrsecn tonight bv John F. Plennellv. executive direct- or of the United States committee for economic development.

Speaking at the annual dinner here of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. h": said:-

“The greatest single accomplish- ment in my opinion. ‘yhich can emerge from the agony of the present war would be the economic unification of Elurope. Unless this is achieved we shnll have nothing but chaos over there. and :1 fertile seedrzround for future wars.

"Right now it is somewhat dil- ficuli for me to see how this uni- flcat on is eolnlz to be accomplish- ed unless it takes place under the aegis of Soviet Russia.

"Nevertheless. I em so firmly convinced that economic-unifica- tinn of Europe is the only pnth to possible permanent peace. nnd is so vitally important for our own future economic progress. that. we must at all costs keep this oblect- lva. constantly before us....."

Food Production

Agriculture Minister J.G. Gardin- er lreynoted the dav session with a llulcheon address on food produc- tlon. export and consumption. which he said that "although farm- ers have put forth every effort to produce to the limit we expect 1943 to drop below 1942 in tonnage for food production. We are apmaling for the same production in 1944 as

ln i943.

"We believe that with the best co-operation from all there will be a drop in tonnage of pork and pos- sibly dairy products. We hope for some no‘. increases in beef. poultry and grains. This letter. however. depends almost entirely on weather.

"The returns per unit to farmers will be higher in the fifth year of the war than in nnv other. and with ceiling controls costs to con- sumers should not be llzhcr.

Mr. Gardiner said thqt adverse weather in 1943 “resulted in n poor crop in the greatest meat. dairy and poultry area in Canada. name- lv. Ont-z‘: and Quebec. and in a crop failure or near crop failure in at least townships. in the grain producing area of Saskatchewan and Alberta."

Reconstruction in the post-war area was dealt with bv Senator N. P. Lambert and J.G. Turgeon. Lib- eral membe of parliament for Caribou. respectively chairmen of Senate and House of Commons re- construction committee .

Senator Lambert forecast taxa- tion will be heavy and financial nobles will be even more difficult- to evoke and carry out in the 1m- \ llnte post-war veers.

GREAT OGEAN QONVOYB

British ocean convoys totalled 125,000,000 ship-miles in the first three years of war. 'l‘hLs is equival- ent to 6.000 times around tl_1_e lurid.

Everybody

Dollapse 0f. Doal Production Threatens In U. S.

WASHINGTON. oct. 28-—(AP)—- A general collapse of coal produc- t1c11 1n me united Statis threaten- ed tonight as lholwanus 0i ao- ditlonal miners joined in walkouts‘ protesting the war labor board's wage proposals which John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers Pre- sident. declared would cut. basic pay rates.

Since the W.L.B. had warned that all strikes must cnci by H115 morning, lt appeared the situation would be hanuec. over to the lyhite House. This could mean that the government would again seize at least some of the 1:11.11... .1..~.. p:- haps, this time. invoke penalties a- gainst the union.

More than 10,000 miners quit work during the day-boosting the total of idle in the unauthorized strike to more than 60.000-even be- fore Lewis made public nu leper.- lon to the W1. B's suggested wage compromise. The miners’ chreftmn set forth his views by lnaklng ub- llc '1 telegram to district presi ents of the United Mine workers which said "in rejecting the negotiated Illinois agreement and recommend- ing the substltutlon of its own for-; mula, the war labor board ls ask- ing the mine workers . .t_o acce t a. reduction in their basic houry

rs . "lhe existing basic hgurly rate is $1 per hour for 7 hours work or 8'1

r day.

"The war labor board proposes B rate of $8.12 1-2 for a work day of a l-2 hours or up hourly rate oi 95 1-2 cents per 1101.11". Acceptance of this plan would lmpose a W889 reduction of the mine workers. . . amounting to 4 1-2 cents per hour."

The current scale of $7 for a. ‘l- hour day is figured on time spent by the miner at his working place within the mine. Manv miners, hclw- ever. must spend an hour or mo: in underground travel before reaching their working places. The Illinois agreement to which Lewis referred called for $8.50 lor an 8- 1-2 hour day figured from the time the miner entered the mine until he merged above ground.

The W.L.B. promptly disputed Lewis‘ analysis. A spokesman solo Lewis leaves out travel time 35 working time when he wlfllllalfl the present rate of ll an hour and he included it as working imc when he calculates what he calls the board's rate of 05 1-2 cents."

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Danuck Paratroops Join British llnit

By Doug How Canadian Press Btaf _

IDNDON. Oct. 28 —

- It was learned today that the Canadian parachute unit in Brit- ain has been merged with a British parachute division and is Prep"- ing for action with it.

There had been conjecture since rormatlcn of the units was ann- ounced whether it would be fitted into the Canadian overseas army and if s0. how.

Training with Britons presum- ably means 1t will fight as part of the British formation similar to the way the Canadian lst Infan- try Division joined the British 8th Army in Sicily and continued with Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery Italy.

The knowledge added further to. speculation whether any plans keep Canadians n5 an entity definitely finished.

On the other hand. it also rais- ed the possibility that the Britain based Canadians _ the overseas army is known to contain five divisions, three infantry. two ar- moured - will be used as part of} the spearhead of a big British or Allied army in some future action in which parachute troops would figure as they 0"‘ "1 the Americ- an 7th Army in Sicily.

In this event Canadian Pflffiw troops would still be fighting with Canadians.

The parachute unit has been in Britain for some months adding to the training gqlnrd at. Fort Bonn- inlz. Gm and Shilo. Man.