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WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY IN GERMANY, Feb. 14 ._ , centre of n. muse of roads and hub of a strong defence perimeter,

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By DOUGLAS AMARON

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och Menaced By ian Advance

(CP Cable) - was endanger-

“ tgnifbi, by the unrelenting advance of tile 1st Canadian Army’s bayonets and guns

‘lli the merciless support of tactical warplanes that combined with

massed guns to

clatter the six counter-attacks that made today the toughest yet for (hm CHI-mes

“play-old offensive.

09 Immigrants Came To ' P. E. Island During 1944

Total For Dominion Was 12,801; Was 50 Per Cent

Increase Over

Churchill Party Roaches Athens

ATKINS. Feb. 14 - (Reuters) - Prime Miluster Winston Chur- dlill, Foreign Secretary Eden and Iield Marshal Bir Harold Alex- ander. Allied Mediterranean com- mander. have arrived here.

Breaking his Journey home from the Crimea conference. the Prime

' addressed g. crowd of 2.000 persons in Constitution Square, overlooking the tomb of Greece's unknown soldier. Mem- bers oi the Churchill party, the Brltldl ambassador to Greece. the entire Greek cabinet and Amh- lliahop Damsaklncs. the regent

"soldier: and cltihen: of Athens

Wlnued on EBTC. 7, Col. 80* Coming Events

"uoadlng dressed hogs and sows

Previous Year

(YITAWA, Feb. i4 -— (OP) —Im- migration to Canada increased by more than cent during 1044. with most of the immi- grants being of British origin and

destined for settlement in Ont- ario. the Resources Department disclosed ‘ .

The numbered iii.- 801 last yea-r compared with 8.504 in i043. '

Of the total 5.361 were des-

tined for settlement in Ontario; Nova

in Saskatchewan; 80 Edward Island; six in Yukon

Territory. and two in the North-

west Territories.

The new arrivals included 2.801 6.256 adult females and 4.157 children under is, .A of C08 belon ed to the fann- ifgciamylm to t laboring class.» 87 to the_ mechani i0 the trading class. 74 to the urinlnB clam. 42110 the female domestic servants class and 9.160 to a var-

Irliav. McGulgan dc Boyle. English

i 2-13-81. Ir ..

"Pressed hay is wanted im- Welsh . 47 srediately. Phone 27-2. Knud United States . . . . .. 4,401 4,509 Jorgensen. Fredericton. I-C-tf. Northern Europea

u Races 176 352

Buying live and creased lwul- other Races . . . . . .. 98 2Z7 trv Paying too market lrrlces. is- ___ -_ lane Colo Storage Ltd. 1l-17-tf. To“; _ 3,504 13,501

"arookiieid vs. Winsloe l. Mil- ieu rink tonight game starts at 8.80.

Included in the United States

figures were 2.210 Canadians who of

"m "m" 2'15"“ returned to the Doimeidnil-lsrzat from e 1d 1 ill U t N. m; fixing‘ h?“ “Q5” Thfirsgay {egtsalfldfcelflg of ‘tires’; moving from 9mm Peak“ "u" m‘ 1 g? the United States came from the

' ' ' ' ' state of Michigan; 706 from New

"George Matheson loading hogs

et Hunter River Monday afternoon 31

and iuesday until train time. New Fives offered. Enquire of agent or Lemuel Craswell. Livestock Mar- itime Board, z-ie-al

“Medina l-r___l

7""! Ltd, evgr‘; lgrflideymluiill$ further n ,

Pihswell.

“MM .__ "d". Q's-rill‘ 13hr !l‘lr§ili"i$' Alsoat Colville until noon. . l-eslle hfacDowell. 2-14-21.

"Notice — loading ho at Al- my- Thwldfly. Isbrua "15, iron-r llltwn until 4 o'clock Fri ey. limer- ld until 11.30. G. C. Green and A. Grem- r-ze-al

"Oliver Campbell lcadln ho at egltrlrmerside Tuesday. llebniary gm. a1 7 Pm. and at Keneln

bllsvk’ flue luv. m lure u» t

s i ' flirt. " .22." nrsitws?‘ he not? a-rc-zl

Medina hells Thursdu after- Flldly forenoon this

and t‘ “I mum-ll Charlotte-

o Don't miss an es r livestock

“them

mo, Toles. l8 Negroes. l1 Czec H-ee-ae-il‘. 16 WWI"-

'° pcnsee and reserves" as beinl 0X00! a.» a 1§al p‘ llibflil?! “i!

massed

Illinois. and 20s from M

AIMHC the immigrants northern European races were 34 French Germans, l1 Dutch. i5 Norwegian. 13 Danes and l0 Belgians. Imllnigrsnts from other races included ‘M Home“. M

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Plan Submitted For Taxing Ce-Cps

(By The Canadian Press)

TORDNTO, Feb. 14—'I‘he Royal Commission on taxation oi co- operatives at its closing Toronto hearing! todey heard a definite proposal as to how it mlshc go about the taxing oi co-operative societies-the first concrete plan to be submitted in the sittings so far.

The proposal came late in the sitting ae an appendix to a brief by some b8 independent distribut-

ors oi milk and dairy products in

y- Ontario wit? argued that "enorm-

ous grorwth of ctr-operatives show- ed an tncleasin .olume of trade yearly disappee _ from the tax- able field.

Briefly the independent operat-

n ro . i.‘ PA more detailed definition oi oo-operatlves in the Income War

n!‘ Algltohlbitlon f operative ' . o oo- s right to market the product oi non-members.

t. More detailed definition of the term "market."

4. Definition oi "necessary 0:; su u are allowed in ascertainment of taxable income for other taxpay-

. Definition of "obligation to y" as to make it a reel obliga- cn end “not one which can be ocloreble obligation or more or leaa permanently deferred. it proposed that manufacturing co-operstlvsa who poe- ly deflneable elm u income which may be paid to their lnnabel-s es patronage. be taxed le any other corporation.» ~ ‘ .._...._...____. IIADIDIAI. Tlfll t of the

1'. nlnmlnln

n wife a a» llllsidlu arm's lta-fes via culled “Your Intent!” until ma.

British were within 1 l-2 milegd of m‘ m, m‘

1' . EEO the r1100 were calving for Calcer

ut seven Goch. after outflanking Goch on the ENE. Ind Were strengthening bridgeheads across the Nicrs Riv. or between Kessel and Gennep in I twin flanking drive on thg west, Beneath the greatest air have had gt. in gale wearltrer urscd e so en. o en flooded soil. British

ma van-lila- (Continued on page 7. Col. l)

iVews Briefs

MONTREAL. Feb. il-(CP)

—N an "lltiirocinble in- crease" in the number- of ocean ships using Montreal Port dur- ing i044, hric Reford. president of the Shipping Federation of Canada. expressed hope that 1945 would see a greater flow of vessel tonnage in fir; 5t, Lawrence River.

olnawla. m. i4-(OP)—Count Jean de Huuteclocque. liberated France's first ambassador to Can- ada. will arrive here tomorrow. l-le .8 . l-lautecloc l. andbyixth; his A daughters? His onlysinaorrlcd Egg/ill} ter remained behind in lParis with herhusband.

mrmorv, Feb. 14—(CB;_ ‘lihe Berlin radio said today the Germans had eatnlaleu to the Papal Nunclo in Budapest the care of 11.600 German and Hungarian soldiers wounded in the fight for the Hungarian capitsL

WASHINGTON. Feb. 14—(AP)-— Indlcations mounted today that the Big Three have decided to hold a general peace conference when all the fighting is done. This repre- sents a change from earlier official views. especially among American authorities that the second Great War woul wind up with a series piece-meal settlements unlike the long. formal Peace of Paris and Versailles.

Bank Teller Cuts Banllifs Loot

(By Tlbe Canadian Press)

ICONTREAL. Feb. 14—-A quick- wltted bank teller oi the lourier and Papineau Avenue branch of the Banque Csnadienne Nationals today reventeli the theft oi more than when held up at gun- point. The bandits loot was Teller i‘. Beaudoin said that a middle-aged man entered the bank and demanded the money in the cage. The teller claimed that he had only $1 bills. w_hlch he gave the bandit who fled with two bun- dles oi small denominations.

w. I. ii Officer Goes with Time__ Magazine

OTTAWA. Feb. l4 -- (C?) -- Mnj. Norton Anderson, Wlunl es, former chief army public relat. ons officer at Defence esdouarters, is transferring to the Wartime Information Board as chief press officer succeeding R. A. (Dick) Draper of Toronto and London. Ont. who is gol to Time Maga- slne in New Yo . it wee learned today.

Expect Roosevelt To lilcit Pope Pills

PARIS. m». l4 -- (an - Poes- lml-lg Roosevelt la expected to visit Iuly and call on Pope Pius. and wfhppg come lo Ira-nee during his

ewrem, visit abroad, it Ill N- portod lid-bi)’ today- Nsamuel l Rose:

. men, I special adviser 1w tlrexNiiWhi-Ig" - .1 e I 01' c mo: van ‘to “rum mg

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Covers Prince Edward

Council Asks For Change In ice Deliveries

M s menial meeting last nisht the City Council passed a resolu- tion requesting the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. in the interest of a wider distribution of ice for the comiul allow the ice-dealers to their usual four‘ 35 90""! dull/er‘ ies weekly. to two or three 50 pound deliveries.

Mayor J. ll. Blanchard presid- ed alt the meeting with all Coun- cillols but Couns. A. T. McKin-

and I. C. Dougsn present. Nicholson, regional rep- resentative of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. and Messrs. W. J. Drake and Oliver Gallant, ice

e and J. T. lidcKee. had in- terviewed the ice men and had de- cided lsst summer's scarcity of ice would be continued this year un- less some means were found expedite the ice deliveries. If the two local dealers did not have

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immobilizing Allied striking power

Insjor operations Main.

foothills. They hold an ill-mile arc

siege ring begins.

by Berlin admission.

_ic‘l3htlh-led‘6h’l:’a§? 9T c5130" ll. S. Legislature Opened Yesterday

HALIFAX. Feb. 14 — (C?) - The record of Nova Scotia is "equal to any Province if not sur- passing any other» Province in the Dominion." M. A. Patterson. (L-Ospe Breton West) declared to- day in moving the address in re- ply to the s eech from the Throne at he openng of the Nova Scotia legislature. - r. .

ltllrere had "never been e. divisipn

o ned the session. the fourth since e general election of rhaps the last of the DTP-sell!

eglslature. The speech from tho

Throne w_as confined mainlv to re-

viewing the work of the best year.

but. also said the report of a Roy- al Commission which studied Dro- vinclal resources and their fuller utilization in the cost-war ucrivd would w laid before the house shortly, A statement by Mr. Pat- terson 1n his speech. regarding the availability of capital lcr the dc- velopment of coal resources m the

Dominion No. G-Donkin-Blrchgrole

area brought s report from Mines

Minister L.D. Currie.

Mr. Patterson declared that the miners in the area were "forced or compelled to leave their homts. walk or drive a distance from 51x to l2 miles and back aliliin in 01‘-

er to keep these mines closed."

“Capital is available in the coun- try m open the mines.’ sold Mr

Patterson.

M this point Mines Minister Currie interjected from his seat "why dent you set it! l ,,

"Do ou want to bring it up? asked he Cape Breton member. direct his question to the Mines inlster. l-le then GCCIBXEC. that he could get capital "terrier- row" from a company to have tlrc mines but did not enlarge on this

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Boy Claims Brother Beaten toBeath‘

PONTBBURY. England, Feb. 14 _. (C?) -’Ilcn~{l;‘O'Nei1, l0 year old slur witness a manslaughter stood Pct today on his story

other had nbdcen

ymlngsier told of his lilf ch a lonely Blaclr Mountains Inn with Reginald Gougll and his wife are aocueed of “cruel treatment in ence counsel attempted been responsible for (in; death of two calves and s number oi hens.

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Libs 1 Go Bxnenrgrt

'% ldiie‘ibllec‘dl"' slum-he came to he house in 1937. he said.

h “h; department

the desgih c! 13 year Old Dennis O'Neil: g lhow that tile two brothers Ind 39b,

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Home From

Canadian llnits ‘iIFBlllTiWPllSil ""

ALLIED SUPREME IIEAD- Quauraus, no. u - (Reut- ers) - it was disclosed tonight that Canadian units which have taken part in the current 1st Canadian Army offensive in- clude the Queens Own Rifles of Toronto, the North Shore (New urunswlck) Regiment. of New- castle. the Calgary Highland- ers, Le Regiment De Ln Chand- lere of Lake Mcgantie. Que" and Le Regiment Dc Maison- neuve cf Montreal.

The Calgary Highlanders and Le Regiment De Malsonneuve fought as pnrt of the 2nd Can- adian Dlvlsion in the drive through France and the low countries while the other regi- ments were part of the 3rd Division.

Le Res’ ‘ De La Chaudlere was the Canadian unit which last November was the first Canadian formation on German soil. when it took up an ad- vanced posltlon out of Ni]- megen. Holland.

lletired Boston Merchant Dies

MAIDEN. . l-‘cb. 14 -- (C?) Donald B. Wyman. 64. retired Boston retail executive and native of Yer-mouth. N S.. died here Sat-i urdey- Ho was a grandson of the» late James Olive. ilrst Mayor of Saint John. us. Mr. Wyn-ran reltrcd five years a- lzo as head of the coffee and tea of the 8.8. Pierce Company oi Boston. He made his home in lvfedforvd for 33 years be 301's moving his residence to Mal-

iiéilcea his wife. Mrs. mule o Wyma

a . ssin ang Mrs. Maud M. smith of Bo n

‘Siiiiiation-Ql-jnst blight i

by Every

I-iURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1s, 194s

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n; uuuu: L. srursorl (Associated Press War Analyst) Slow recession ls reported of flood waters in the west still virtually

along the Roer and Muss. 1t eu-

cournges belief that Gen. Hsenhowor can soon throw his full offensive weight into action to nantch new Russian penetrations in the east that double the threat to Berlin and menace Dresden.

Field dispatches from the Allied command centres make no secret that preparation for a culminating pile-driver smash has reached a stage where only terrain conditions are withholding it. They picture st least two powerful sud all but inactive armies. the American 0th and the British 2nd. fretting at the enforced delay until the flood run-off of combined thaw and Canaan blow dams is complete enough to pennlt

Russian forces in the Oder valley are knocking at the gateways to Saxony north of the Quiet-en mountains. Below two-thirds encircled Breeisu. Ukrainian tNops have expended their trans-Oder‘ to the north, south and west to come virtually _ the north menacing Berlin along the midvfle Oder.

Kouev's Ukrainians have swept beyond the Oder to the Sudeien

ridgclread b r‘ of comrades to

that reaches from captured Strlegau.

35 miles from Breslsu. to the Sorsu area due south of the left flank cf White Russian armies at the Bober-Oder-conflueuce where the Berlin

Within that arc lie the head waters of the Bober sud the Quels rivers. two of the three possible water Dresden. Lelpsig and all Saxony and protecting Berlin from the south- east. Only the Niesse defence line reinains and Marshal Konews ad- vance elements were within less than 20 miles of it in the Sorau region They are even closer to the west of captured along the direct Breslau-Dresden road.

Berlin broadcasts indicated Konev was swinging northward west of the Bober to effect contact with White Russian armies on his right. outflank the middle Oder defence line and join in the converging at- tack on Berlin. Moscow bulletins gave no intimation of that. The Rus- sian official silence ss to recent developments on the middle and lower Oder sector continued. doubtless covering the bringing up of fresh troops and rogroupiug of forces for the final assault.

I Large Group Of Soldiers

ers guarding the roads to

Overseas

(By The Canadian Press)

Many hundreds‘ of Canadian fighting men — one of the larg- est cont ents to return from the battlefro 1n this war-have come back to Canada after serv- ice in the Eluropean theatre. v ' Some of them veterans of 68

‘“ overseas, about 1,300 men of the Domlnion's Army were in the massive movement. which also brought British and Canadian naval , rsormel. warriors of the R. C. A. F. and some 500 wives and children of Canadian and ‘British servicemen.

Four hundred and forty-eight of the big Canadian Army group returned on rotation leave — the second such quota from north- weuern Europe and the United Ki om. The initial lot arriv- ed n Canada just before Christ- nl

as. The remainder are back for numerous reasons. Some Journey- Qd b!“ 0n dill-y. on exchange and on compassionate leave, others 10f medical purposes. Still more came under the "triwound" scheme. which provides leave at home and postins nearby after a soldier has suffered three wounds. Several Nursing Sisters and Auxiliary Services supervisors and a Canadian Women's Army Co officer were among the Canadian arrivals. A small group of Brim lsh Army officers and other ranks, another detachment of the Corps of Canadian firefighters and a South African Nursing Sister also were among those arriving. Members of the R. C. A. F. Wo- men's Division also dlsembarlred. Passengers reported a ro h voyage. but otherwise. they sad.

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Convicted Spies Sentenced To Death

NEW YORK. Fob, 14-(AP)-— William Curtis Colepaugh. an Am- erican whom the prosecution called "a double-crossing traitor," and Erich (Ii/impel. his German accom- plice. were convicted today asNazi spies and sentenced to die by

hanging.

Without displaying emotion, Gim- pel--and then Colepau h-stood before s seve —man mill ary com- mission Ind h ard Col. Clinton J. Hlfrflki. its President. say:

"This commission. by a secret writton ballot, flnds you guilty upon all three counts. and you are herr by sentenced to be hanged by the negkl until hdeadé’ h

("Doug an Gimpel t ahwere led by their erds from the court- room and ts en back to the rac- yesr-old Castle Williams. Gover- nors Island cgnard house. he vcrdi meant that the 26- yJeer-old Colepaugh. a native of

iantlc. Conn. had tried i0 throw of! the traitor label.

He testified he went to Berlin a ago to loin the German Army was made an agent against his wishes. lle s he became disillusioned with conditions

and ment an o

yoer and

tuvlt ‘ntothtet assign- r uh y g away. The clam-censored communiq ues of the closed trial indicated that. he finally ap reached the Iederel Bureau of investigation- n month after their landing ov. D of! Hancock. Mo. and "turned in" Gimpel. Gilnpel. 35. was described by Colepaugh as an

important person in rmy eourlty hlltilllllrtere in lsrlid. a

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m‘ 7,000 Germans and capturing 5.000

1f imonnee Kllflilflilo Ind unhappiness?

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be HI why seek

Hill. $1.00; other Provinces & UJA. “JI-

Subsoription Delivered. 85.00.

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8.000 lllanes llit Germany 0n Wednesday

Indications Are That Heavy Blows Being

Continued Today. LONDON, Feb. 15 — (Thursday) -(AP)—Reports from Stockholm said a Berlin air raid alarm ill- terrupted telephone cornlmunications beween the Nazi Capital and Scandinavia last night and the German radio warning system in- dicated that Allied bombers were over three sections of the Reich.

The night attaclu would carry the air campaign lnio a second consecutive day. 1n the 24-hour per- iod which ended last night, ap- proximately 8.000 planes. of which more than 3.000 were heavy bomb- ers, spread destruction throughout Germany. '

They blasted at least 10 indus- trial centres and delivered a tre- mendous blow to Dresden. eastern gateway to the heart of Germany. which tlbe Gcnnan "achtung" warning system indicated was un- der attack again last night.

Yesterday's round - tile - clock aerial bombardment. one of the greatest of the war. was aimed at the vital communications and fuel iBPQetc of Dresden, Ohemnitz, Meg- deburg and Bchlen-all south of Berlin and within 120 miles of the Nazi Capital-and at Nuernberg Bonn, Dortmund and Vienna and Marlbor in Yugoslavia.

The Dresden attack was in nir- ect and co-orclinated support or Russian troops advancing crest- ward through Silesia.

In s 12-hour period some 4.000 tons of explosives were rained on Dresden by British. Canadian and United States planes. It was sug- gested unofflcially in London that Air Marshal sir Charles Portal. R..A.1". air staff chief who re- turned from Yalta yetserdsy. brought instructions from the Hie Three to step up other blows support of th Rod Armies when» ever possible.

LONDON, Feb. l4 — (AP) ~—Tlle Russian 1st Ukraine Army seiz-cu seven German city-strongholds ir Silesia today as it bludgeoned its way towards Berlin and Dresden with the aid of British. Canadian and American bcmoers lha. smash- ed Dresden. Cllernniltz and other centres ahead of the SOVILI advan-