‘.. ‘I urns MAN

11-11.

V Qarlettetifll

' geberighttslito -.»""‘-'~"-“'b

“f udel II-ii lflflifigm coon.

as Paper 1 p . Oovers Prince Edward "Island Like the Dew

‘an

‘React

ETQWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1945

._,.

Everybody

AhwsBfid5

MANILA. Feb. 22 - (Thurs-

‘ “y... (AP) - Not a Ii Jap-

anese soldier is left on ' taan

.and tbelwy arisen on Cor-

reee been -

"""°' 11a y.

MTAWA, Feb. ll — (C?) — m Carroll Royal Commission in- ieetigating the Canadian coal in- mry will open its western sit- um at Vancouver March as, it [u] announced today. Other

ints at which hearings will be mid in a tour of western prov- laees are: CalgarYt April 3; Ed- monton. All!!! 13;, 3081118. April it. and Winnipes. APT" 34-

OTTAWA, Feb. fl -- (C )- labor Department officials to- day had no comment on the olit- eoale of a vote in which Nova Scotia coal miners yesterday in- dicated their intention to strike April 1 in protest at refusal of the National War Labor Board

Jo grant wage increases.

_.LCNDJN, Fob. -2l — (AP) -—

Ibe Soviet lat Ukraine Army. dri- io the juncture of the Noise Oder Rivals 54 miles sou

jet of Berlin Gonna

y‘

, WNDON. Feb. t! — (AP) - Ik confidence obviously landlin- isbllsd by Wtlhotl at hie pol- ity in the House of Commons. Prime Minister Churchill stood / may tonight to stake his coal- governmerlt on a move to unqualified British back- of the Crimea Charter as cornerstone of future peace.

l, OTTAWA. Fob. 21 — C!’ — Wrofound admiration" for the it being performed by Canad- = n Army medical personnel over- -teas was expressed here today by 70v. Francisco Del Rio, Mexican v dor to Canada. who has returned from Britain where - attended the international lab- jtr onzanizatio meeting.

IAI-IFAX. Feb. zl - ~ Cold storage and grain 3 or workers on the Halifax

waterfront decided tonight to . Itrlke at I0 o'clock tomorrow r "ml"! to enforce their de- Illnds for higher wages. The .. N0 workers, members o! the ~_ Ullladlan Brotherhood of rail-

i v

(C!) — elevat-

YEGel-lnan Food Ration ‘Reduced 12 Per Cent

' LONDON. m. a1 - (om-me

l, Berlin radio announced ‘tonight a

' 17 1'1 bel- cent cut in food rations Germans

iorlhaell _ br - “on "I oficasénctsile reduc u’ MD oreeie reserves and - ' istons. oxide’ wggikd im w m‘ - e or i‘ Nlhining in Aprilfif "w

‘Cloming Events

"Pressed hay is wanted lin- Mdiate . . boo-ii. "llfitlsfif" {flit

"Wilma live and dressed -

market orimwg-

We iorssc m“ ll-i7-tf.

O h t rieton o'er-d u ' 11.80.

31$!!-

. ro &o“rs%‘&'eu§mm sol-Iii‘.

l-st- . oe *- w dressed "hogs and m.‘ _ v- ltoCuigon ‘in: so i isose for Davis U ‘ until “’“"‘ c.2352 canon.‘ _ '.-'._"' n. ‘M’ ‘iii

e goat-war period.’ and to report to t a Gov- ‘ ‘ in made

"twill! hoes eve Thund

PERSUIIIIEL 0F

___..

Prince Edward Island got away

> yesterday to a promising start on

post-war reconstruction planning with the appointment by the Jones Government of a widely represen- tative, non-partisan committee to act in u: advisory capacity to the Government on reconstruction problems.

The main commit is headed Jointly by Rt. Rev. J. A. Murphy. D. D.. Kinkora. iormer Rector of 5t. Dunstanui University, and Rev. T. B. Mcbennan. pastor of Trin- ity United Church, Charlottetown. In addition there are numerous technical sub-committees to deal with matters of health and public welfare, agriculture, fisheries. tour- ist traffic and transportation. for- estry. housing. education. public services. and revenues.

The committee's terms of refer- ence are: “To study the extent to which a carefully rmulated pro- gramme of reconstruction pro- leeks may contribute to the wel- fare of Prince Edward Island as well as to provide employment op- portunities during th

. regarding the way _

which such a programme may be

most effective] ortan-ized in ad-

vfiinfe of the rmination of hos- es.’ '

Main Committee

The mail-l advisc y committee is constituted as follows: Joint chairmen: Rt. Rev. J. A.

T, E McLennan, Charlottetown. Sec y to the committee: Mr. J. l‘. Connolly. secretary of the Provincial Department of Recon- atruction. Members: Lt-Col. K. S. Rogers. Charlottetown: Messrs. Lowell W. Hancock. Summer" , Lincoln Dewar, New Perth: Rev. Sister I". Loyola. Charlottetown Hospital: Mrs. Allison MacMiilan. Fairview: Gordon MacMillan. Cornwall; Rev. J. D. MacNeili, North Rustico; John Clark, M. B. E, Rustico; Brenton Clark. Bununerside. presi-

- dent of the Provincial Command.

Canadian Legion; John McIntosh. Tignish; Dr. J. P. Lantz. Charlotte- town; W. E. Bentley. K. C., Char- lottetown: Frank Reeves. South-

rt: J. Gordon MacDonald. Chor- ottetowrl; Dr. smailwood, Souris; James McGregor. Central lot teen; Daniel Smallman. O'Leary' D, P. McAulay, Norris Pond. Sourls; R. C. MacLeod. Kinroes: r Simmonds, Freetown; Harold It. Gaudet. Summerside.

Technical Committees

I-lealth and Public Welfare: Dr. J. P. Lents. chairman; Dr. A. J.

Murphy, D. D.. Kinkora. and Rev. w

Reconstruction Committee Appointed its Adviscrs T0 The Provincial Gqvcrnmcnt

PROVINCE WIIJELY REPRESENTED Ill

AIIYISIIRY BUIIY

FDRMEII YESTERDAY.

Berchtes-gaden bombed First Time in War

80MB. Feb. 21 - (a?) - mt- ierts Bavaria-n mountain retreat. Bern}! mun. ‘well with“?! Ger- m“ " Y!‘ OPT-NH." been subloctod to its first air attack of the was. it was aslnoluloed today we heavy bombers of the United States lfith Airfares completm their ninrth consecutive day .of wt- tacka on enemy communications 1n “Tami id ' I-Iitle i i‘! on r's pr vate Wvlldhoid yesterthy was followed 1m today with an extensive bomb- ing or the Vienna railyarcls which were reported handling a areat vol- ume of military traffic destined for thaetligetesn Mont. W»! - irins er - bombers theluehrera hideout in the Bav-

arian Alps. .

Sweetphlieig in fromd Irfnlkiag

t DWIIW 0 f0 e

from low levels at rdli tracks. cars and locomotives and other targets in and near the town of Bemohtes- ey found impossible flying conditions over their primary assigned

tor! . The original target, although it as not announced, might have been the main Udinc-Tarvisio-Salz- burg railroad. which passes about five miles east of Berchtosgaden.

tllail Traffic Near Sackville Resumes- Normal

(By The Canadian Press)

MONCTON, N. 3., Feb. sl-Traf- fic over one of Canada's most vital railway lines is getting back to normal as Canadian National Rail- ways engineers have conquered a

' f k f t Sackville, N. res o ns ure near m! ‘c

3., that partially disrup nearly a wee .

Lest week a narrow fissure o n- od up along a Ibo-foot stretc of the main rail line two miles east of Sackville on the Tantravmir Marshes. The break moved tele- gra h poles as much as two feet. an weakened the tracks so heavy

McNcill, Summersidc; Miss I-Ianei Stems, dietitian. Provincial Sana- torium; Dr. J. A. Macmillan. Charlottetown; Mrs- David Wrisht- Lower Montague, public health nurse.

Agrieultjrg: Dr. .7. A. clerk. superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm. chairman: . H. Whitesidepsoii an-

St. Hearts. Royal l Redford, president of the P. Si. Federation of Agriculture. ' Fish es: Sydney Burhoe. Char- tetovm, “ ‘ , T. H. Pros- er, Murr Harbour; James Bur- lc- ...°"..-:“%:."":i.:'.-..i-. “at:- . e , . ‘ Gallant. Char-

Orshsm Rogers. cha MINI‘ intsndent P. IL I. ‘travel Bureau: i... n. Poole. uoatmie: J- W- Boui- ter, Charlottetown; J. MRO! R Summerside: Carl Burke

n. ‘n; semi Mcltslnon. o - l

ieo httfilf"... ; Cvordorl

Iaroid jchlurinag. .1. s. narria. Albert

i°°sqghalav. chat;-

man onaitottewwn. Rev. R. . angels, rector. St. Damian's p“ m; pr. G. p. Steele. rin- at of Wales’

r Howard Court. director of technical

trainiflli Allison Pfofitt.

QHT BINDING

- $ k ‘median page '1 Col‘ s)

M“ a llmilfll m» a os s; . . . . _ ‘AOJYaYiYOCharloYtetovvn; Dr. John F. them

Engineers described the freak a! a. "soft spot."

Longer cross ties were ut in and 30 carloads of ashes an rock were dumped in before a solid founda- tion was built up. While repairs were being made trains had to be pushed across t e soft spot and picked up by locomotives "volting

on the m“, ‘mm M m, “m; w" ixcéitin uéigéike ' the statement of in the Halifax waters. or some of . PNBTWli-Ve QOIIDOI- til in the it d t1 fgffivcuhzlted. but considerable de zmgnladg: dram,“ h“ ‘memugeuiiocéléwigdlg-ogri“ ‘xilapormg tin“ m“ - who e n an neop wsn m1§9:}§f"§;:uf y,m,d’f,_ "m" i ins the Grey North dial know i.s——dld our troops land with- Tmfl “m, n (m, m, bv-elestagli‘: camoaisn. Mr woken out guns. and why?"

Tantramar River from the Bay of “us? h ‘lg'mf“3hw“»~"°-“n‘u"‘h‘° 0"‘- Miiuwlhwm M“ W“ de" Fllndl! b" “"5"” m m" "ME" t) c w an’; walnut on ova’? {filed “Gdlrifeieureciyaslgorth $1“. mined the trsc d sftelrlniioardirlau. ca). sivs gvorloervativc, had “rcpearcrfiy

“m, I u: 91in‘? Manama“, eianiliulnitlmagnaau/E

said Mr. Rowe’ few onsipgnitnued on page 'l Col’ 2)

S. A. officer Dies; Was Known liere'

Reveals Destruction

In City Of London "w", m. sl - (reason-i)

_..!£uildinss covering oils-third of

t'.§lll-'.‘."'o=Tl-o ti’. gioifitfltii

“n, t e capital's ltueifiafl ks

m... ma". ‘trawl. P's-t’ _ r a s defeneeu ittee revealed today.

K-mlr... _ -_ .

RT. REV. J. A. MURPHY

REV. ‘l’. E. McLENNAN

i War Situation Last Night}

Roads that thread the passes .- . o, .

BY KIRK!) L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

of the Bavarian and Karniche Alps the ‘ ' target of Allied fighter-

bombers from Italy rather than II

There would be no point beyond a nose-thumbing gesture In drop- ping explosives on that probable last refuge of Der Fuehrer even if he was known to be there; but the route that winds from Salsburg through the Alpine wall to connect up with main Italian communication lines in the Po Valley is another matter. It affords the quickest and most direct route for movement of German troops from Italy to bolster the

southern end of the enemy's east Allied leadership expects a " not ‘ ’

‘trans-Alpine " _ Pass, the g and Germany, has been bombed ‘Along the still idle centre of

roads fast hardening fioiently can 9th and British 3nd Armies

front in the Moeelle Valley and

has been seriously 11010964- -.The 3n] Army drive MWII

anew armies are engaged prllflll"? l" man strength in the centre in p or assigned to burst cosh "W

WEXFORD ONT., Feb. 21

Commons for Dulles‘ k

started. Prime Minister Churchill made the prediction to Parliament more than a month ago and the pattern of Allied air at- tacks. from Italy in recent days has been definitely shaped against communication routes with that In mind-

.‘ AU m”

the Allied air attack has been more concentrated. flooded Boer is reported substantially back within its banks and the

With more than nine German shock divisions now definitely iden- tified on the Ist Canadian Army sector to the north it is clear that enemy defence lines have been heavily capped elsewhere to meet the threat of the northern flanking thrust. At the south end of the active

thrusts into the Saar basin, it also looks as though the German front

hfgprllh and depth while the 7th Army to the south has set its trip on the Forilaok outpost of blasted Saarbraciren and is also threatening to force through the Bohr-back Gap in its rear. Whether the two

Rowe Asks If Draftees Arrived Without Rifles

Lists Four Questions For Defence Minister To Answer.

, _ (or. - Hon. Earl ewwe, Progres- sive Conservative malnbtr of the in Ontario, said tonight lrmt thc peo- a] could not move over pla o wanted to know whether or not the nraitees sent o- verseas last month as rcialiorce-

merits airlveu there with their rt- 50 days pay? fies. "4. Ll they didn't land in Britain

I h wflldred for delivery without their glulls. why has tilt below the Woxiord Prosrereivo answer been withheld since Feb. l Conserve- ve Mr. when Mr. Bracken demanded aiz Rowe so Defe c- answer?

itllnr's bomb-proof mountain hideout.

wall defences. , withdrawal from Italy if it has

r ‘ Italy at intervals for months but recently thc Allied line in Europe. the for major operations by the Ameri- to be undertaken.

in the resumed American two-army

the Moaeiie upon Trier is attaining

diversion operations to draw off Ger- reparatlon for the culminating attack Saar basin to the Rhine is not clear.

the people now have a light to o -_

w.

"l. Did this troopship load of N. R.M.A. soldiers land in Britain without their guns in the person-

on of the troops? ‘u. Ii’ they did, why? “3. I-iow manv of the troops were fined the price of their guns and

"whether all these gulls were left

Yank Advance 0n lwo Jima Halted By Japs

GUAM. I-‘eb. 22 -— (Thursday) —-(AP) — Japanese resistance on Ivvo increased to such an ex- tent Wednuda fternoon that no appreeia gains were achieved by the United States Marines, now reinforced by the landing of

a third division on the island, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today.

Alppmxlmatelv 40.000 marines may halve now been committed to ration against Japanyse e:-

8 PAGES

Great lessens no man's livinp- _

Maxine

OIL

MERE MAN.

voluntary ah" 0 flylu»

Mall, 00.00; Subscription

PARIS. Feb. 2i — (CH-Ile- gnining the initiative on its 25- milc front. the 1st Canadian Army iiutted another mile to- ward the Ruhr Valley today as western Canadian infantry hurl- ed hitterly-resisting Germans from the forest south of Moy- land. two miles northwest of 9411081‘. and Scottish troops drove the last Germans from Goo .

As the two-lveeks-old 1st (lan- adian Army offensive continued,

In 0P9

tirnatecl in wdaya o have totalled 20,000 when the island was invaded Monday.

June 11 Regarded As Likely llate For Election

m! lLKjARNEC-[E

UITAWA, Feb. 2i (CP) -— Although the date of the forth- coming Federal election has not. been finally set, cabinet ministers are making plans on the assump- tion thrat it will be held on June ll. ‘The Canadian Press was in- formed today by a usually reliable source.

The source also said llc did not expect iilere would be another sasioll oi Parliament before the life of Parliament expires April l7. He based the “no session" fore- cast on the fact that the cabinet was making no plans for assemb- ling the Commons -lnd that it had not been the subjact ‘of extended discussion.

Parliament was prorogued Jan. 3i until Feb. 2i! and a proclama-

tion extending the timg 15 ox- licctcd this week While the original proclamation did not

pnavide for assemlblinv "for the

ally new proclamation will doubt- less make it clear members are not expected to come here at the end of this month

Ilecord ilevenue And Expenditure In Nova Scotia

(By The Canadian Press) HALIFAX, I-‘eb. 21—Record rev- enues and expenditures. and the eighth surplus in the history of the present Liberal administration were shown in the public accounts for the ear ended Nov. 30. i944. tabled in t e Nova Scotia Legislature to-

day.

The net surplus for the past fis- cal year was $2,270,754, considerab- ly lower than thc all-time record surplus of $2,915,729 reported for i943

The accounts showed an all-time high revenue of 018531.778 and record ,_ ‘“ c. 315.804.9911. This compared with the previous record highs in 1943 of $17,566,938 and $14,045,584 respectively. The 1944 surplus was arrived at. after deducting 0474.701 for capital expenditures, but before providing for sinking fund payments.

Liquor Profits Up

The boost in revenue was due entirely to increased profits re- ported by the Nova Scotia. Liquor Commission. Net roflts derived from the sale of sp rits, wines and beer totalled $6,549.64l. the hillb- est on record, and $1,049,000 higher than 1043 profit. Gross sales by the Liquor Commission zéumped to a high total of $l'l.798.6 .

Premier A. S. MacMlllan also re- ported a reduction of $12,000,000 since I039 in the Provinces net funded debt, which now stands at 864.277.0152. ' Pulk of increased expenditures occurred in the following depart-

merits: Education (u 0400.011»; high- ways and pubic works (u $400,-

000); public health and wel are (up $400,000); mines (up $150,000): in- dustry and publicity (u 045.000), and agriculture and mar sting (up

050.000).

A nominal surplus of ae85.090 had been budgeted for, with revenue forecast at s1o.530.9(\i and expend- itures at $14,908,683.

May Not Continue

Premier MacMillan warned that such surpluses could not baexpect- ed to continue indefinitely. He said that at a later date he proposed to ‘explain why our surplus is so large, how in perhaps a few years revenues may decrease to a. very considerable extant. and how we are preparing for that time."

DONDON, Feb. ‘ii — (Reutersl —l"opeign Secretary Eden in the I-Iouse of Commons today denied any knowledge of negotiations or: the part of Russia with a view to obtaining an interest in tho Suez Canal Company. l-le was repiyins

dispatch oi’ business" on Feb. 28, si

‘ German s ’ ‘ in the Snzlr-ltlnsclle triangle at the centre of the western front

crumbled under zlrlnored blows of the United States 3rd Army.

With sunshine flooding the bat,- 519 710110. 1st Canadian Army folces drove the Germans back alt points two miles from the road centre of Ucdem and cut thc Gocil-Uedcnl railway ill a one-mile advance. On the west flank Scots pushed more than it half-mile acres flat, open country southeast of captured Hem- mersull.

Canadians pounded and tabbed at German defences outside May- lalld, key l0 the adjacent strong- hold of Calcol". whoa capture would open ii big stretch west of the Rhine. Fiftv German batta- llOIl5—IIlOSiZ1v elite troops-now had been identified on this from, enemy COUT1tEf-fl$8lllf5 clearly had failed to halt the Allied drive. Since Friday. Canadians bqen hainmcrinu at C-ermall m5. ltions bEfOIc CfliCfll‘. In tho face of repeated countor-attacks in darkness and daylizilt Tuesday they yielded a thin slice of the Goch- Caicar road. then threw in a coun- ltter-attack of their owrl to regain

‘$00k: completed their two-day llouse-w-house struggle for Goon as other troops of Ge-n. Ciorarks or. mv roiled within 4.000 yard; of yet another communlcatlorls centre that has been turned into a fortified stronghold—Uedem, 4% miles east of Goch and 5V.- miles southwest; of Gallant} t

5 C nazi‘ Ann ‘ . ve ehas rollgd lliimmiles Linings Feb. 8 Jump-off.

0n the central sector of the Wtstern Front, the United States 3rd Army captured l6 German towns and fought it; way Into four more, including the fortress city of Sans-bur , in advances up to 51o miles song a 55-miie front.

The Roer River. behind which all or part of at least three great Allied anrllies await the signal to slam on info Germany, dropped two more inches in the last 24 hours and the speed of its current

as decreased 26 per cent Ln three days. The Gel-mans, nervously a- waiting a full-scale Allied ons- iaught, stepped up their artillery fire in that sector.

Interesting Boy Scout Program Last Evening

had th

other Provinces a u.e.s. o‘... Delivered. $8.00.

INITIATIVE

ADVANCE ANOT. MILE wDUliiNG DAY __

{ER

iiewsman ittiilitflS From Front Lines

By DOUGLAS AMARON

WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY 1N GERMANY, Feb. 31- (CP Cabie)—-Wcstern Canadian in- fantry drove the Germans from tile forest of Moyland, two miles northwest of Calcar. today and consolidated in entrenched posit- ions from which enemy parntroops llad held them at bay for more than five days.

Favored by fine weather which enabled tile tactical air forces to give close support to the new 1st Canadian Army offensive, the wes- terners attacked with flame-throw-

y mid-after- noon those Germans been pushed bsck toward Calcar. Opposition was sticky for com- panies advancing against high groulld on the left flank but rc- slstallce was generally less than