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‘ION N.B.. Rb. 26- (G) Although ' Canadian far- " W“ one-third ef the

Prise l0 ‘s p0 ulation. they receive ciii one-slab! of its income. said l0 Bracken. Progressive Cruiser- va s leader. at a public meeting Wllsht. This was one of many thlnrs demanding remedy. l"!!! the and of his New m." tour. w. Bracken plan- lid to visit Dalhcuale tomorrow ore returnleg to alth of Canada must be fairly tributcd. he said. l-le had come tids Province beecsuse he knew ecoriomie problems were acute t d amons the worst in the De- "ainlcndl-lis viauit had iven him a I I un crstsn ew Bruns- Iickb liggdl, n‘ of

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tvei" M "wiwefifm" ‘m w‘ “Ilitfifiifffi "Runviwse Bale Christian Church "llwi iiwom Saturday, F‘ o usr" um it a P. u. ‘iii-ii’. uggiiilrfilioly Redeemer Riink ar. 1 nsored by Tr ii- , ‘F! Y-Au. m s-ai-ii.

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(Tifox & Hughes (Reported Rivals For "Portfolio

‘The portfolio of Miniswr orna- lic Works, vacated b the newly appointed Senator J.. McInt , has been taken over "for the c being" by Premier Thane A. pbeil, it was announced res-

o reason was given for this nroccdure. but unofficially it is arncd that the uestion oi s. luc- was the

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subject of heatod controversy at a caucus of Liberal members celled by the Government on Thursday sftornoon.

ided in sup rt of two contenders for the position. which carries a salary 000 a year and ranks

of O3. “secular-lg! to that of the Premiership a pres I0-

‘Igie two names mentioned in this connection are those oi Hon. Jl. Cox. Mr. McIntyre! ool- league in the Second District of Kings, and Mr. William Hughes. rlith King's.

Premier Campbell slread holds the portfolios of Premier, rovin- elal Secretary-‘ressurcr. and At- torney General. In the latter ca- pacity be is the sols-administrator o! the Prohibition Act, exercising all the authority formerly vested in the Prohibition Commission.

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en as Registrar of the Court of Chancery was received and ac- ceptod and a motion was passed for his superannuation after forty- mitdyefiboxww i ted r. . rs was appon Registrar of the Court of Chan- cery iri addition to his other duties as qothonotary of the Supreme

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Mr. Harold Buell will continue to serve as deputy in each of the courts. it was announced.

Miss Marionne Saunders was appointed secretary to the Premier and Attorney General. She fills the vacancy created by the do srture of Miss Margflret, Alien w o has been granted leave of absence to serve with the Women's Divisio of the Royal Canadian Air Puree.

Plane Crashes In Bay 0f Fundy

HALIFAX, Feb. lc-(CPJ-Eour airmen are missing and killed after the cram of an RCA. Epic-no in the Bay of Fimdy today. the Eastern Air Command au- nouriced ‘ ' .

The briefannounceme ssidthe twin-en inc craft, based at Yar- th, .8. crashed at nine o'- clock this morning. Cause of the aclfgdent is “obscu-re," the R.0.A.l". l! -

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m: plane's full crew. The next-o - n

ave been notified and names will be issued shortly.

Much Wheat For Alcohol v

WA, lbb. I -(0Pl—Cloae w 4.009.000 bushels of wheat will have been utilised for the making of industrial alcohol by the end o the crop year at July . Dc- minicn Iumeau of Statistics said {:8 a review cf the wheat situation

PT-bdasction cf industrial alcohol

a cc used f production in Esliedi-anwdistllleriee. the report.

The caucus was reportedly div-'

e by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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Some Tia-ants May Be Closed Temporarily

OIITAWA. Feb. lo-iOPi-Jisbor Minister Mitchell today outlined

of Commons a na- tloriai farm labor policy for 1043 which, he said, may necessitato the m”°"i§ti.°‘°““‘ 6mg.’ ‘°.‘2.'ii.‘“‘3$'

r w can - pend operations wit out impair- ing the war effort.

The program provides:- ébnlliztglltlflilflllolzyfll z filler 1w s rig ernp men - culture through the ireezin 0i farm labor and stwnemen 01 call-up for ecsen ial agricultural workers; ‘

2. Extension of a Dominion-Pro- vinciul plan for cull-still! "ha"? vices of men, and ‘ in urban centres;

I. Action to ensure the return to farms by spring of some 1'15,- ooo sgriculural workers tempor- nrlly employed in other seasonal wor

a. Use of other available pools of manpower includln treaty ndians. recruitment and raining of wo- men. men dischar from the armed forces. civ ian and Japanese;

5. Tcm rar-y release of menland women’ rom certain ind ace,

intornccs

B. Direction to productive farms of unmarried men called for mili- tary service but found unfit;

‘l, Payment of transportation in farm labor movements from one

rovince to mother and assistance or movements within a provinoti

d. Encouragement to workers in low productive farms to move to more productive farms;

i. Consideration of the use of prisoners oi war.

In seeking industrial workers lt

equired to release N and women suitable for farm work, he said. "This may mean that dur- ing the rush seasons some indus- tries may be closed temporarily."

A Dominicn- rovinclal plan on a dollsr-for-do r basis had been successfully operated in Ontario for three years, and more recently. in some other provinces.

Under this plan 50000 place- merits of nun school students, un- iversity students, school teachers, townspeople and others were made on Ontario farms in i943. The plan would be expanded and fur- ther extended in all provinces in

1948.

"Suggestions have been made that we develop a women's land army-well you see we have had three years of successful experi- ence with a much broader scheme in Ontario and to a lesser degreein other provinces." he said,

Agricultural workers now in oth- er employment temporarily would be com lied to return to the farms by spr ng. Otherwise they would lose their right to postponement from military service and would be refused permits for work in any other industry.

A plan of local icultural war committees now esta lished in sev- ernl provinces was under consid- eration in other provinces and could provido assistance in the pro ram, Mr. Mitchell said.

8 being taken to obtain the advice of experienced farmers in- cluded the appointment of a rep- resentative cn the Selective Ber- vloe Advisory Board.

(Labor De artment officials said the a pontment referred to by the min ster was that oi P. D. McArthur of Howard. Que.)

Men qualified in agriculture were also being placed on an ag- ricultural branch of the labor sup- ply branch and on regional em- p oymcnt staffs.

The farm labor plan was being sent st, once to provincial s ricul- ture do artments and woul be the sub cct of discussions between their officials and labor depart- ment representatives.

1n reply to c uesticn by ‘llom Reid (Lib, New tmlnste l Mr.

ll he expected to make an announcement within a few days concerning the use of con- scientious objectors now engaged in forestry work.

L0 N. Nb. TI-(Bat d )-- —(0l¥)E-.°Presa dispatches ‘simulc- d that advance Alllld unite had

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‘Til-suit of Marshal Rcmmeiu re- NIéIQmAXI-l forces. and also le-

attacking from the south had n-

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Big (LS. Bombers Raid PVilhelmshaven

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The Canadian bomber , which carri l op- eration cf s in ssdav night's assault on Wilhehnstiaven, m‘ u ae Thu y night.

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CANADA: “sArti-iisisv, FEBRUARY‘ 27, 194a

Nfaibor Minister Outlines "l3 Farm Labor Policy

Iy Klrhe L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst The Allied crisis in Central Tunisia has passed sufficiently to recall

attention lo Russia and to a

‘ ’ change in tone of Nazi outglvlngs

concerning events on the eastern front. In contrast with the recent terse a knowledgsments of "embittered" but always "successful" defensive fighting against vvwa hclrning Soviet

odds. Berlin new dcacrl‘

the situation. at least from Kharkov south-

ward to the sea of Asov coast near Taganrcg. as generally stabilized. lt says that the main Russian attack has shifted northward, above the-

aarly thaw range in the lower Ukraine. \ U I

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Whether due to over-extended Rod Army communication lines, so thaw conditions that have made the drainage region east of the Duiepcr Bend a sea of mud, or to the stepped-up Nazi resistance in that sector. it seems true that the Russian push in the south is lagging at its most erltlcsl stage. Little significant progress toward the Dnicper Bend cross- ings or through the Mlus River line to unhinge the Nazis hold on Tsgan- rog has been reported recently from Moscow. Nor have Soviet forces

yet ’ ’ in ' enemy. There ls no question, however,

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Busln trap cast of Stallno on the

that new and dangerous dents In

the Nssl defence front west of Kharkov and Kursk have been carved. It ls also indicated by German reports that another vast soviet pincu movement is being attempted northward, possibly designed to enfold the whole south face of the Nazi hedge-hog centre bastion to Smolensk

within its deadly embrace. O I O

Bryansk, the vital southeastern

O I I anchor oi the Nari lines west of

Moscow seems to be the Russian objective. It is fsi- more important In every respect than Orel and It; full would leave the Orel position

completely up in the sir, a potential

Smolensk.

little Stalingrad, and expose

Coupled with the Russian thrust westward from the Kursk-Kharkov

possibilities. it

on the broad front from Gornei to approaches to Kiew

BERNE, Feb. 2d —iOP)- Rum. ors of important negotiations on the conduct or the war and m

ible efforts toward its mediu- cii circulated from both Vatican

City and Rome tonight with great- er intensity and more veiled impli- cations tlian at any time since Archbishop Francis J. Spellman oi’ New York arrived at the Vatican,

The gneut reserve with which m; Vatican greeted questions on me intense di loin tic activity of the last few uys helped spur the ru- mors further.

Informed sources at Vatican City expected the speeches the Pope and Count Galeaiao Ciano will exchange tomorrow on the occa- sion of Clancy's acceptance as lt- alyb minister to the Holy see night clarify the atmosphere, but it still was doubtful that the speeches would be made public. negotiations extended from Vatican City into Rome itself and "perhaps more will be known a- bout this ln the next few days," said the correspondent of the Swiss Newspaper Die Tat.

The Geneva Tribune correspond- ent. equally mysterious, said rum- ors of what is going nn are so con- tradictory arid persistent that it is at present impossible to specify precisely even what the rumors

Die Tut did say. however, that

some discussion are closely con- eorned with the position of the smaller states toward Russia. The Pope's conf recs yesterday, in addition to A bishop Spell- man who has seen the Pontlff daily included the new Chinese minister representing Gen. Chlnng Kai-Shot. whose relations with Russia play an important part in the international situation.

Asks Clarification 0f Butter Crdcr

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line, that indicated new drive at Bryansk from the northeast has great suggests an ambitious Russian attempt to reach the flilptl oi the Dnleper Valley for above Kiev In the region of Gomel. Success would out the main Nazi communication and supply line for all forces still east of the Dnlcpcr Bond, within the Bend and also

Krcmerichug covering all eastern

Intense. Dipllgmatic ' g r Activity "Vaticair ‘ t s

May Have Bearing On Conduct Of The War And Possible Peace Mediations.

N_S. llewsman llcads Squadron

HALIFAX, Feb. 26~—(CPl—- Youthful Sqdn. Ldr. Malcolml/lac- loud, Nova Scotis. newspaperman who turned in his typewriter for a spltflre. has been given command at Malta of the top-scoring fight- cr squadron in the R.A.l"., it was learned today.

MucLeod, 25-year-old former Canadian Press Staff Writer, be- comes the second Canadian mem- ber of the R.C.A.l", to command an RAF. fighter squadron in this war.

Sudden Death 0f Miss llesBrisay

News was received in Charlotte- town yesterday of the sudden pass- inq iii Montreal of Miss Amy Des- Bl’ 58y. R-N- Miss DcsBrlsziy spent the curly years of her life here and after the death of her father, the late Benjamin DesBrissy, whom she had s0 fondly tended in his latter years. she took up the study of nursing graduating from the Montreal General Hospital and since practising her prolession ln Montreal. But she continued ner attachment to Charlottetown where she Was dearly loved by many friends and relatives and almost every summer spcht her holidu s here. Hie was an enthusiss c worker of 5t. Paul's congregation while livin in this city and always maintains her interest in its pro- gress. at the same time being an active member of 8t. Georges in Montreal. Her only brother is Mr. fouls 0. Deal

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Met Many Islanders While Serving Overseas

Liout. W. F. Duffy, who returned Thursday night from service in the Middle East, saw plenty of action in the thick of things, although he was reticent about speaking of his experiences.

"Although it was prcttv hot there at times, you were all right a; lung as the bombs missed you. Every- one else there had just as many nsrrow escapes as I had," he said modestly. He admitted to having hscl a. couple of pretty narrow escapes from bombs M. Malta where he saw the most action.

Lleut. Duffy served aboard a mine sweeper at Malta for 51x months when -thev were engaged against the enemy. Later he was sent w Tobruk, where he was assistant harbour muster for several months.

From Tobruk he was transferred to Alexandria and was still there when “Jerry” came to E-Alemsin. l-le mace two trips around the con- tinent of Africa.

He left Alexandria on Nov. 8rd ‘and arrived in Canada last Tues- day night-the ship on which he sailed was not very fast, he stated.

He stopped off in London on the way home for a few days. There he sow Major Leo MacDon-

ald who was formerly Principal of Queen Square School. He also sow Lieut. “Ted" Shaw. who was spending a shore leave in London, and Capt. David Mathleson, son of Chief Justice and Mrs. Maihleson. He met an Island Naval Nursing Sister, Miss Lillian Wright in Lon- don where she was on leave. Licut. Duffy thought her home was west of‘ Summerside. She is stationed at Greenock, scotlund.

Ir} mypt he met a Hunter chap ' serv ng i "

n the Royal Air Force, whose home was in the vicinity of Moniagne. He also met Lleut. George Keefer in Alexandria last year. There were other Islanders whom he met also but he could not recall their names, as he had not

_lrno\vn them before.

Lieut. Duffy went overseas three years ago along with [lieutenants

Charles MscKenzie, Don Grant, Ted Shaw. and Peter Cosh from Charlottetown.

INTERNATIONAL AT A GLANCE

NORTH AFRICA - Allies take Ks-sscrino Pass, threaten RommePs positions at Shelltis and Sblba, north of the pass. as Nazi columns retreat toward Gufsa, 75 miles southeast of farthest westerly ad- vanes.

RUSSIA - Russians to be

' heavy

developing new offensive on Lenin-

grad front as they drive toward Moscow-Kiev railway and the Dnleper River.

WESTERN FRONT -- American bombers smash Wilhelm- shnven in wake of heavy R. A. F. night attack on Nuremberg and lighter sir forces hit Dunkerque and communications targets.

BURMA - British and American aircraft continue bombing of enemy installations In Akynb arcs and U. S. Air Force reports knocking down or probably destroying 29 Japanese aircraft of 46 which tried to bomb Assam, India, airport.

PACIFIC - Americans bomb Kiska. Aleutian Islands, again and Allied nlrrrnft damage Japanese 5,000-fcn merrhantman vessel -cff New Guinea. besides bombing Wewalr alrdrcme.

Mcnctcn Citizens Robbed, Assaulted

MONUIDN, N.B., Rb. 26 -(GP)

m. - Robbery. with violence, of two

Moncton citizens was charged to- dsy against Pte. J. File and Pte. G- A- Stun-sch. cntaro soldiers stationed in this area. They were remanded until Tuesday.

Donald Nelson told police he had been followed two soldiers. One thrswhimtot sroundapdms other kicked him in the abdomen. About t! was taken from his pock- et, he said.

Murray Mscltinnnn reported he was accosted by two soldiers who knocked him down and took his wallet, s folder and s watch. The wallet was empty.

War-ZS Years Ago Today

Fob. 27. i918 -.-Jspan proposed lolnt operations with the Bntente Allies in Siberia to save great quantitiag of supplies at Vfscllvostok and along the siberian railway. German artillery active at various

points on‘ British front in Belgium.

the Soviets now had hurled

bodies of hundreds of Germ

The Germans appeared to be concerned with developments on the central front even more than in the Ukraine. For the second straight day Berlin radio comment- gtor- stressed that heavy Russian attacks were occurring at intervals all the way from Orel to Lake Ilmen clear across the central

front.

said to be attacking fiercely and the Nazi High Command itself said that an "overwhelming number of infantry and tank formations" had been hurled against German posit- ions south of Lake Ilmen, which i5 northwest of Moscow. These Soviet attacks were gcid to have failed.

Russians were

were being-used west of

Orel. the Germans said. The ap- parent goal was said to be Smolensk

highway. The collapse of that Nazi stronghold would find the Red Army sweeping toward White Russia adjoining Poland.

The Russians have not announc- ed- s resumption of fighting on the central front, but the Geri-irons often have disclosed soviet offen- sives ahead of Moscow official bufetins.

Aside from the strategic goals available on the central front, the Germans pointed out that. the frozen ground fsvored by the Rus- sians made mass Red Army move- rnents silitiabie now that the Uk- raine snow is melting and hamper- ing operations in the south. ,

Three Airmen Missing After Plane Crash

HALIFAX. Feb. 26-—(CPl — search continued today for three airmen mlsing since their two-en-

fined bomber crashed near Shed- sc, N.B., on Wednesday night. while four deaths were counted fol- lowing the crash of a companion aircraft six miles from Dartmouth, N,s., on the same night.

Bot-h limes were from the Dartmout . R..C.A.F station, and were on B, routine flight with two other bombers which managed to land at Charlottetown sirpmt- Wing Cmdr. W.C. Camp. 60m- mandlng the station, announced the crashes and the names of the fliers today.

The plane that crushed near Shediac was the one from which n depth charge was dropped about a mile outside of Charlottetown Wednesds night. Lost in the fog and in dfficuitlcs. the crew ap-

arently dro ped their load to Nghten up i the fllflhp back to base. Two unexploded charges were found nearby,