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iwo Jlrna, Japan's innor defense bastion in the Volcano Islands, presents a tempting mark for amphibious invasion by U. S. forces:

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end Formosa would be within range of U. S. bombe based on lwo Jima. in addition, their capture would relieve Saipsn, Tinian end Guam, (Fleet Adm. Chester W Nirniiz’ new base) from air ‘ nids which Japs have been making since we seized those islands.

"Y >~- personnel and Royal Cana- ~ Allounted Polioe- in search oi Vt dodgers and army deserters -»- with a group oi "Drum- dviile residents in a two-hour

trmates oi the number in ur- ran as high as 100, althoug a ‘u check was impossible be- - residents went to their

l- quiet by about 2.30 em. The v tron remained calm through- the day. The melee had been lug for some time fore y,‘ out, as Provost men and went from placc to place -: u on suspected‘ draft u- » an deserters. m the absence of official com- ~~ eye-witness estimates of tne tuner oi p’: ons involved went ‘ Nah as 2.00 . but many of those »- gathered as-tho melee con- lied were onlookers while oth- mereiy lent vocal support to I anthers. Unofficial reports i »-- the number oi police -army L‘ RCMP-involved at 8U to

about 25 persons were arrested, "~01 them on charges oi inter- wlth the police" but of- indicated that the situation Maids lhc number oi charges twould be laid still was "fluid." - ondvllle City Police did Pllfiivilaate in tne draft round-

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trial targets in “ any.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S., Feb. 25 —(CP>--Scr\.-.tor Thomas Cantley, 8'1, former president and general manager of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company, died here Saturday. Elected the House of Commons as a Conservative member in 1925. he held the seat until 1965 Mien he was elected to the Senate.

PARIS, Fab. 2.5 — (Reuters)- Production of 6.000 automobiles between July 1945 and July 1948 n the aim cf n rive-yell rim for it}: French motor oasrullndlliarzi

e es oi hdfdotrinmtnytlrtn year. It is estimated prices will be double those of 1939.

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 25-01911- ters)-A squadron of the Mexican air force will leave for the Philip-

ines within a week, it was learned gore Saturday. It will be the first Mexican air force unit to arti- cipate in a theatre oi war un er its own colors.

HALIFAX, Feb. Z5 — (c?) —- Rctroectiva wage Increases of six ocnts e.n hour (to Jill! l. 1044i wcrc accepted at s. mess mcetill! tonight by Halifax waterfront cold storage and I'll" ¢l°""°\' workers, who st-slfll I ""4" strike last weak to enforce their demands for increases cf from five to l5 cents an hour.

Hitler Renews Pledge To Fight To The End

ICNDON. Feb. 25 — (AP) — "W. ‘l"‘°’..‘°‘%.€‘.‘3.§§‘.il‘€'2‘a.?‘ ma, lhadnta an such "terrible"

that now “there ia no star tenor in store for us." Ha

er‘a with: s ch to comrades ogeethe 25th Inn! M?! of the ennountcemgliigag 2:“ i li r . grist“! B}? acids grid transmitted the press bfijthc D.N.B. sgcnoy, wnmgl-igldh gig-agar oi an up- isi 9 - streetcars. ‘ti’: m’ ° ° in Hitler's emphasis minnow p us"

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Marines Make Slow Progress

GUAM. Feb. 25 — (AP) - Je- nsncse bodies piledup today in the path of the sevsgaf ht for Iwo J’mu's eirfie d. En

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United States Navy Secretary, ar- rived at Guam for conferences with Admiral. Chestc com- mander of the the navy chief and had watched

from a fl ship. Later he want ashore to angle with the marines.

Modern lap Weapons

OonIgziobthgtwtank-led‘ marines, suppo y guns o wsrshi . were driving ebasd slowly sgairlrlsét weams en-

yct used in Pacific- inc uding rockets weighing more t m 1,000 pounds, heavy mortars, . , . . n! , ho

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ds, pill-boxes with 15.135». thick bulkheads, and heavy land mnes.

l-lillsides were ‘Block-marked with caves, most of em -40 feet deep. One small section which the marines contain 100 men.

1n Balance First Day

‘Today correspondents were ‘per- mitted to disclose that the battle of Iwo was inthe balance during the first day. Only the determina- tion of the marines turned the

e.

Morria Inndsberg, Associated Press War Correspondent reporting from the expeditionary flagship a Iwo, quoting repo from the fighting front, said the Japanese soldiers there appeared to be larg- er men than those encountered at Guam end in the Marshalls. Some

The degree of "

Oder may be evident soon. And when it is, the duration of

the full scope and di Under cover of a ‘ Ln en anniversary order to were rinills for the ' ' gain defined the joint objective as

and tactical pattern. Whether that seems certain, however. that furth

Father evidence of impending

posed die-herd Neel garrison: on

of Turkish forces.

Canadians Took

Erisonars Since February 8

By ROSS MUNBO H THE 1ST IJANADIAN

(CP Cable) - The 1st Canadian Army has taken 12,000 rlsoners since the opening Feb. 8 o its new offensive at the northern end of

of the 2,799 bodies already count- ed were six footers—giants as far as Japanese go.

local Airman Escapes In Burma iirash

OTTAWA. Feb. 21 -— (OP) -— This is the story of a his Canad- ian Dakota transport lane that was sent blazing from he sky by Japanese fighters on the Burma front and of Canadians in the crew who survived to tell about it.

An Air Force release Saturday, said that one unidentified man was fatally wounded and the rest sui- fered minor wounds, injuries and shock when the plane crashed after the attack. One oi those was Flt-Lt. J. Dumont of Charlotte-

The plane was supplying British 14th Army troops and Was loaded with gasoline and ammunition when the Japs struck After the crash the crew scuttled for safety as the load of ammunition started escrlodim and whining over their. heads. They were supplied with rredical from another‘

cq t plane and finally were taken hi to a base by an army patrol.

Egyptian Premier Assassinated; 50 Parsons Arrested

CAIRO, Fcb. 25 —- (AD-More than 50 were arrested Cairo today following the assassin- ation of Premier Ahmed Mahar- mt n httha Chamber of Deputies

The e Minister had Just completed his reading oi the dc- gseslnl the ohambcgkwhsrzid tier‘: shots were fired st him from oiocc range.

Police said the msaority of tbs wcroumsda topcrgguate iuqtsirlgsd Two of those Ed '

errcs near the t where the assassin, cud el Isse f: the fetal shxots at the

Ahmed funeral today. The one ‘if the ongest em seen in iaain, li id, c rs aaro “i... 3.'°E""'"."i'£ pro-Cgrmsn sc-

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ket bom sumably will continue to be gar- risoned but there l5 a continuous’ movement oi enemy forces east» ward from the main part of land north oi the Rhine estuary.

in were 05.552

the Western Front, it was announced

today.

Ot erwiae news was scarce along

the Canadian front as the day was

particular] quiet. _ Meanw e it was learned that

the Germans are thinning out

their forces in northern Holland

to the Ijssel

ver line from t Arnhem area.

of the Zuyder Zoe.

laces includin the roc-

emplacement zone pre-

Hol-

iianadian Western Front Casualties‘ 31,096 In 1944

UITAWA, Ed). M -- (CF) - Canadlan Anny casualties on the Western Front from D-day-Juna 6 - to the end oi i944 were $1,096, it was disclosed today in "Drive to the Rhine," o. pamphlet on the Canadian Army issued by The Canadian Press.

The compilation, sa ppiicd by the Defence Department, segre- gated Italian and West Front occ- ualtda among the Canadians, those on the Italian front since Jana, 4, when Rome fell, being

The Department did not give aaoh total by months, but r - ably casualties were higher in Itay during November and Deo- cmber, when the lst Canadian

western as engaged lsrzely in petrol operations. Tote-l army casualties from the ate-rtorthewartotlscsndoflm

from out and wast has yet. to develop. ' Allied sir German skies day and night with bombers the big push bell!-

Iarl Armies at cverysittl ‘German communlcAet-ion key in ,

ARMY m‘ GERMANY, Feb. 2o - b

whrwSituatiot-s Last Night I

By Kirh L. Simblfllls Alociatod Prices War Analyst

ability to ' ground within tba roofless citadel that ilcs between the Rhine and the

the wer in Europe can be answered

with some reasonable dcgrcc of accuracy. Germany is face to face with another supreme test. There la no question but that the flrssl phase of s. co-ordinntcd Russian-Allied winter drive to crush the Wehrmacht is on although o‘ _. 4n a.

‘ that " issued while Allied

Premier Stllln s- annlhilltion of the German army.

For the first time, too, he disclosed officially that the Russian-Allied of- fcnsivee now were intimately co-ordlnated, fitted to a mutual strategic

was the direct first result in s mil-

ltery wsy oi the momentous Churchill - Roosevelt - Stalin con- ference at Yslta or barbecue yreviousl, worked out is not yet clear. It

er aggressive moves to tighten the

screw on the tottering last segment oi Hitler's once-sweeping Axis hold on continental Europe were in the making.

German collapse came during last

weak from Turkey. In desperate haste to join in the United Nations victory march. Turkey formally entered the war. ller action came too belatedly to influence greatly the military situation except that it ex-

the islands of the Aegean to im-

mediate close range attack. The complete clearance of that sea for Allied use with Allied navel and air aid seems apt to be the first wer mission

Blame Degenerate For Slaying At

Montreal

MONTREAL, Feb. 26 —- (CP) - City detectives searche tonight for a person they labeled as a “deranged degenerate in the mur- der oi nineéyear-old John Benson close tame tre of the cl Se urdny.

The ungs was found in the snow near the section oi the field used-for skiing and tobogganing, after bleeding to death from wound in his groin apparently caus- ed by a small knife, a nail file or some similar instrument. I-Iia hands were tightly bound behind his back y ski straps.

The snow underneath and around the boy was soaked with blood when he was found by another young- ster, Guy Cardinal. Young Ben- son had left homo about two hours before with his skis.

Police said that as yet they had no clue to the killer, after exam- ination of the boy's skis, the straps binding hi; hands and his clothing foiled to reveal any finger rints. Medical examination showe the yggrregister had been indecently at-

Thc body, with the head buried in the snow, was found ir. a gully formed by small snowbanks a. short distance from busy Park Avenue. Polite issued an appeal to all adults who had been on Fletcher's Field Saturday to throw any light they could on the sl ing. They also asked school teuchi-"s princl als oi all English and Frenc - eaking schools to ques- tion stu ents tomorrow to see ii any Plllliis who had been on the fled or in the vicinity could furn-

Fihtlblr clueFi id d M t Ro l e er‘s e an oun ya behind it are covered with hun- dreds of ski trails, but although there were a few trails close to where the body was found, no one was skiing in the vicinit for a ime before discovery oi t e body.

Young Cardinal told olice that he was skiing home at er visiting the chalet atop Mount Royal when he was attracted to the body by the bright red, white and blue sweater of Benson. Benson was wearin s sweater and stockings of the co ors oi Montreal Canadians and corduroy trousers.

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British Guiana Suffers Worst Firs In History

GIIOWBITOWN. BRITISH GUIANA. Fob. 25 — (Reuters) - About 30 large buildings in Georgetown b ‘ quarter. in- ciudln two bsnka, the post office the oi ice oi the Daily Argosy, the broadcasting station and th

9| illuet 90d mflgom once a r: d pun 9mm the fighting fronts OP, it‘. 1-»E'd”h“°.ii‘£ Wall" °" err-see- “' ""’|

Museum of Natural History were destro ed Friday in the worst fire in B tlah Guianrs history. Dam- sge is estimated st millions of dol-

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in its path.

Home 0n Leave

F/L. I. A. Ma Donald, DIC

4w»- ' , .<-<, r A FlighTLieuten . Donald, D.F.C., (above) who is visiting his mother, Mrs. D. B. MacDonald, Summerslde. Fit-Lt. MacDonald was awarded the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross last Octo- ber after completing 30 operational flights against enemy targets, in- cluding Berlin. He was in no smal way resp for the successful completion of many operations. On one occasion his aircraft was sev- ercly damaged by an enemy fighter but working under extreme diffi- culties Flt-Lt. MacDonald success- fully navigated his aircraft back to on emergency base where a safe landing was made. He has lust returned to Canada after being overseas since August, 1942. His wife accompanied him to Summer- side.—S.

Enjoys Well Earned Furlough In Oity

An interested visitor to Char- lottetown over the week-end is Pte. Stephen LeBlanc 0i Gros Cap, Magdalen Islands. Since his ur- rival in the City Saturday night, Pte. LeBlunc has been the guest oi the Citizens’ Reception Committee at the Charlottetown Hotel. He expects to go home today by plane.

Pte. LeBlanc enlisted at the Cita- del in Quebec City in September, 1930, with the Royal 22nd Regi- ment. He left for overseas in June, i940, and spent o. few weeks in England before going to Sicily where he arrived on July l0. 1943. He served there for 33 days and landed in Italy on Sept. 4. After two months in Italy he was trans- ferred to North Africa where he was on o eratlons duty for two and a haf months. He returned to Italy in February, 1944. Short- ly afterwards he was severely wounded, having been struck by shrapnel on the ft wrist, the

LeBlanc owes his life to blood plasma. The wound in the wrist had caused the severance of veins and arteries and his loss of blood had been so great that only transfusions are responsible for his not having died Pte. LcBlanc said.

He has three rothers in the ser- vice ail oi whom have been wound- ed, One of them is still serving in France.

Eisenhower Aims At Reaching Rhine

ALLIED SUPREME HEAD- QUARTERS, Paris, Feb. 25 —— (AP) -Gen. Eisenhower declared Satur- day that the new Allied offensive was aimed at reaching the Rhine and that it was pr ruslng satis- factorily in co-or ination with Red Army operations on the East- ern Fron .

The Alli leader made it clear, however, tho he had no hope of an imrnine German collapse and anticipated a hard fight which would end only when Allied armies meet the Russians "in the centre of Germany."

Even after o

enized resistance la crushed

ueri a fighting from may be looked for.

today to a steam-roller American offen beyond the Roer River to within 15 miles

A German broadcast claimed Gen. Eisenhower the assault. On the north flank the attack car last defence lines short o_f the Rhine.

Mall. 54.00; other Provinces i USA. 05.00 Subscription Delivered. 05.00.

By AUSTIN BEALMEAR —- Dueren,

One field dispatch said German resistance, once stout, we; weak. B11318 as the infant?’ fought down the hlshways towar Cologne, city afarwrel-(ilggt “m1 tiymboé otf ‘Gléfilliiil

.e and Rhineland. n us H Ruhr

Another report from the 1st

front said the Ger-

Canadian Arm mans were wthdrawing crack ar- morcd units to meet this i

bridges were reinforced and mrlsse; of men and supplies swung across. The main activity on the 1st Canadian Army front between the Mass and the Rhine River was in the central sector where British troops captured the village of Hoest and Pushed on south into Rvottum, a mie from the enemy base at wzielieil t1 1 e re United States ist Army captured Dueren, the United States 9th Army on the north flank of the 25-mile front speared V) Within 10 miles of Muenchen- Gladbach and was threatening to encircle Erkelenz, a highway gen- "9 iZuardinB the approaches to :3)”: Rum‘ C"? 0! 200.000 popula-

The fall of Dueren on the third day of the big push gave Gen. ‘lilgsaznhmrgfllrlgces ncotntroll‘ of the

ay e wor across tbeColqnc- .. l - _.

As the Germans struggled to bring up reinforcements from the south along bomb-shattered com- munication lines, the two American armies poured troops, heavy equip- ment and supplies across the Roar to keep the advanta

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[22 Moreuéermani Towns Are Captured.

keystone of the Rhinelands outer defences, fell sive which tonight had rolled six miles or more of Cologne, flattening 22 more German towns

had hurled perhaps 000,000 men into ricd to ivithin five miles of the enemy's

South African Veterans Observe Paardehurg Day

Memorial services in comme- moration of Paardeburg Day were held yesterday morning in Trinity United Church.

Veterans of the South African campaign assembled at the church. where they were met by the vet- erans oi later wars and all enter- ed together. Inslde. a section of seats had been reserved for them.

The Rev. ‘IZE. MacLennsn spoke

on the significance of the occas on, mentioning the names of Alfred Riggs and Roland Tay- lor who had paid the supremo sacrifice. He also referred to the Passing within the past twelve months oi Dr. l-LD. Johnson and James A. Harris both of whom had been veterans of the South African war. At the close of his ad- dress. a poppy wreath in memory

Harry ‘Hyde and Fred Fume. minutes silence wss then observed.

South African veterans present were CH. Kine. Fred Furze, Harry Hyde. T-A. Rodd. Michael McCar- thy. and Reginald Cox.

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the first shock of their onslaught.

The number of prisoners passed the 3,300 mark. and hundreds. of planes were setting up more Ger. mans for the kill by blasting com- munications in the front of the moving mass of American troops and guns.

Halifax Pilot Sets Haw Record

OTTAWA. Feb. 24 — (C?) - An Air Force release today dis- closed that Flt. Lt. Graham Gor- don of Halifax is pilot oi s bomb- er "Friday the 13th" which recent- ly set up a record for total oper- attlsrtral sorties for this type of air-

Gordon is skipper of the third crew to fly in the veteran bomber which recently passed the IOO-mls- aion mark. The Halifax has com- pleted more than 550 hours actual operational flying time.

Despite superstition. “Friday" has returned from every operation -not always unscathed. On one occasion it was thought "Friday“ had completed her service. but groundcrew and maintenance men managed to patch up the flak holes in her body_and send her out aga n.