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l Voting Today r in Grey North iiy-Eiection .

OWIV BOUND, Ont. Feb. 4 — fCPl-The issues in the North urey by-election — mainly the is- oie oi whether or not the Gov- ernment has adopted the proper apolicy with regard to manpower and reinforcement o! the Canadian ‘lily overseas-became vionigaht the property of this rldingu ,- M voters.

‘rue speeches are over. And to-

t the answer in this three 18h that has given

rey Canada's pol tical stage rests with the slectars and the ballots they will cast tomor-

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some” iiilsd in tomorrow when voters bouts the polls in u by-eisotion that been as bitter. probably. as any ever fought in Canada — more‘ bitter and more important. barium than any fought in Can- Ida s tius war started. GB i speeches have been charges and counter- ahariw- Comic-uh. personalities -—Defsnce Minister McNaughton for the Liberals, Garfield Case for the Progressive Conservatives and Air Vice Marshal A. B. for the C.C.F., have, in turn b the objective of these. But over it all the issue of the Canadian manpower policy has stood out.

Coming Events

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live Ferry Command Airmen Are Killed

AMHERST, N.S-. Feb. 4 - (C?) -'I‘wo members of the R. A. F‘. Ferry Command were killed today when a Mosquito broke up in mid- air shortly after taking off from

Canadian Car and Foundry anyu testing field. here.‘ ‘ The plans had left the ground inst s minute before. and the pilot

ed signalled he was about head for Montreal when the plane disintegrated. Cause of the ac- cdent. first fatal mishap at the feld in its four years of opera- tons, was not known.

Next-of-Kin of the fliers have been notified and their names will be released shortly.

Plane Lost With Four 0n Board

HALIFAX. Feb. 4 -- (OP) —- An RMUJLIJ’. patrol bomber disap- peared on a routine flight over the Atiuntic from the nearby Dart- mouth base Saturday imd is feared to have crashed arses with the loss of all four men aboard, the Air Force disclosed tonight.

The crew, listed as ng presumed dead." are as follows. with home towns of ziext-of-kin

given:

F0. J.M. Smith, the pilot, Mono-I ton, N..B.; PO. R112. O'Connell. Montreal; Sgt. J.M. McColmanl Toronto, and But. J.M. Northgrsvv Halifax

The land based bomber was last heard from shortly before noon ‘Saturday, an Air Force officer said tonight. At that

time, there was no indication that it was in trouble. When it failed to return on

from. and small pieces o! wreck- esa were found.

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‘ . inary announcement. said on that B he Marianas made pe al sadquartsrs, however, said he atttock wu in siaoabls force its estimate of 100 pianos And a - ualt "some " bgaiuesussd by American n vTokyo said that some- ol the force went to e- t so milsa north

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Jane Continue To Resist In Parts 0f City

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC - VANCE COMMAND. Feb-A:-

SOUTHWEQI‘ PACIFIC AD- VANCE COMMAND, IPeiLB-(Mon- day) —Americaii liberation forces have entered Manila, it was an. riounoed today.

They entered the great city in u Wm! encircling movement under cover of darkness.

Elements of the veteran 1st Cav- alry entered Manila by dark "to "WW iha sflfviy 0i’ several thous- and internees held b the Japa- nese 857115011." an All ed commun- ique said.

Advance units then penetrated t0 the heart of the city and seized the concentration camp of Santa

mas. The 37th Division is pushing into Manilab suburbs from the north and thg 11th Airborne Division is driving rapidly up from the south, Gen. MacArthur announced.

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Events in lumps and Asia rushed toward a. crisis this week-sud for both ends of the crumbling Nasl-Nippoueae Axis fellowship at a. pace that defied any accurate forecast of the duration of the war in

either theatre. In f‘

Russian columns lunging to or beyond the Oder River

inner lifeline of the tottering enemy laud brought Berlin virtually under siege, while across the Pacific pivotal Luzon American troops had all but retrieved Manila. and Munllu Buy from the weakened grip of Jap-

v ausss invaders.

That these two developments, beyond the wildest flight o! optimistic fancy only three weeks ago, had lopped months of! the prebubi dura-

tion of either war could not be doubted. They ‘

‘ the background

for rumors from London and uauny other European centres that the big three of the United Nations fellowship-Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin -were again in session somewhere or converging fnrihcir victory con-

lei-once. A glance at the battle maps left

no reasonable doubt that, urgent as

the need seemed for such another meeting only weeks or even days ago.

that.

has doubled and redoublcd now. Final British, United

Slates And Russian commitments, military and political, for handling the situation in Europe that would result from u sudden, complete Ger- mau collapse must be soon signed and sealed by highest authority if’

chaos is not to result.

With the American advance ugslust Japan mouths ahead of sliedule on Luzon, the question of Russia's role lu the Pacific was- tlieatre is ripe

for big three consideration.

0n it could turn far more glittering pros-

pects of speeding the total defect o! Japan.

However. it is the Nul urhis In

Germany itself. and iiu internal as

well as external aspects, that must dominate the war news. 0vcr- powcriug in force and speed ul has bseu the Russian advance to the Oder line, there ls u grave time factor limiting the period in which the

The 11th Airborne seized Tagay-t tay in a paradiute manoeuvre, This lLOfIJ-foot height dominates the Cavite naval base and good roads to Manila from the south.

l-larassi sniper are was being encouritsre , "and the enemy seems to be attempting demolition des- truction." it was rear-ted.‘

The Americans have taken Mala- csnan Palace and the, ‘Grace Park airdroizis. _ l, _ unis. ‘lure a trays aster-was inl- tiai invasion of Luzon at, Lingayan Gulr. MacArthur vvas“back in the capital.

international Ai_ A fiance

RUBEN-Russians outfiank Kus- trlsr. northern bastion ol Oder

of Berlin. WESTERN FRONT-Americans fight through last main barriers of Siegfried blue southeast of Aach- en; French and Americana in Ai- ssoe squeeze Colmar pocket.

PACIFIC-Americans enter Man- ila, release ternees at. Santa‘ '1‘

onus Camp.

AERIAL-Night. raiders reported over Germany; R.A.l‘. heavy bomb- erg hit German synthetic oil plants Saturday night after heavy AIM"- can dayl-llht raid on Berlin.

ITALY-British 8th Army troops drive of‘! German raiding parties in Po Valley.

Looking Ahead in Ottawa

(By the Ottawa Stuff of The Canadian ) OTTAWA, (OP)

Feb. The Ives Re a1 Commission, charg- ed with to ing‘ some tough taxa- tion prob ems. expected to com- plete the first phase oi its in- vutigations this week. ' So far the Cflllblllilfilillflwgi-bb- heari have been cievo to the taxston of annuities snsions. It is likely here will go a recess as far as public hear- ings are cencemed before the com- mission begins to take evidence on the other matter it is investi- gsting-tho effect of lawn-is ta: s succession duties on family ta-rigd other closely-held corpora- ns.

That roblem is generally re- garded a‘; one of the most diffi- cult in the taxation field. difficult arises when the chief sharshe dsr of a private 001w"-

on which has accumulated large earned surpluses du. s mo . acute casss- are those in which a family has controlled a cor-

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Russians can hope to maintain their massive main drive full force. Within six weeks or less the early spring thaws that turn roads and fields in central Poland and west central Russia into all but im-

passable bogs are due.

Whatever the scheduled agenda. cl the next big three meeting. it seems obvious that tbs actual mlitsry situation in Germany sud ways

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Refugees In

By WADE WERNER

PARIS, Feb. i-(AD-The pres- ent Russian oilcnaive has raised the number of war refugees inside Germany to 23,000,000, more than one-third of the Reich's pre-wur population, information available at Supreme Headquarters showed

Rives- line, drlvs to within 38 miles today

Before the beginnin of the Sov- iet Army's "drive on Berlin" more than 20,000,000 Germans were made homeless or forced into tem- porary shelters away from home by the prolonged Allied aerial ham- mering ci the Reich's cities. the civil aflulrs section at Supreme Headquarters estimated.

The plight of these people strictly a German affair, for Allied plans for military government in German after her surrenderinake

rov slOn for outside nid in re- hablitating towns, industry or population.

0f vital interest. however. to the Allies is the rescue of displaced

ersons of lion-German national- ty inside Germany. This number is sstirrieted at 0.000.000 not count- in Branch. Russian and ville-r Allied prisoners of war.

Technically a displaced person is a civilian. swept by war into an alien land, such as foreign work- ers madc captive in the Reich. Prisoners of war must be added to the total awaiting repatriation.

and possibly h her. Thus far lire displaced persons branch of the civil affairs section at supreme Headquarters has sup- ervised evacuation of 210,000 dis- placed persons from the combat zones of France. iuin. Netherlands and Luuem g. They were moved by truck to emergency collection centres. th

Berliners Warned 0f Paratroop Conger

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This figure is estimated at 800.000. 1y

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mum”, Army personnel includ- ing three nurses.

maximum Russian and Allied prcaure to bear before spring thaws must take precedence.

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Rove. To iiraw Canada in As Member 0f Pan-American ilnion

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4—-iCPi-- w

Diplomatic representatives of cer- tain Lsitin American countries as? pgpgrLed to be organizing a move to draw Canada into membership in the Pan-American Union and it believed a formal invitation shortly may be extended.

Current speculation is that the move will be subject of a resolu- tion at a eeting Feb. l5 o! ‘he inter-American Economic and Fm- pnclal Advisory Committee.

Canadian oflicials here decline to discuss the subject and itseemz apparent that the Dominion Gov- ernment would prefer nut w have any advances made at this time. -

I is known that Canada did not desire to be invited to a meetin! at Mexico city Feb. 2i of Ameri- can republics collaborating against the Axis, and. nithwsh it is aime- rent that a number of the coun- tries to be represented would like Canada to be there, this is unlike- lto t? ipfllflitflhli about by any last-

or. “ii/inf the Mexico city medias is not sponsored by the Pun- Amerlcan Union it is Bfisflifliied with that body.

Canada. as a sovereign member or the British Commonwealth of Nations and a close ally. as well u Migh-bo , of the American re- publics, is in a peculiarly signific- ant position and would undoubt- sdl move carefully in any action whlch would affect her alliance with either the motherland or the new wor -

The reported move t0 lei cl"- sda into the Pan-American Union is believed to be brou ht about by a desire to have the minioh help spsak for the middle powers in the forthcoming Dumbarton Oaks cun-

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NAZIS REPORT RUSSIAN S ALREADY ACROSS STREAM

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Barwalde, an eight-way road junction l4 miles northwest of Kusti-in and sire miles from the Oder northeast of Berlin fell in this sweep around the northern end of the 0der_de_fences. Other units of Marshal Gregory Zliukov’s 1st While Russian ""1

from Moscow ai ‘rig these gains also reported the fail oiNeu- amm. 10 miles north-northeast of Kustrin. captured by the Russians en route to Barwa de, in an i8- mile advance from Vietz, which was taken Saturday.

Moscow's supplemental commun- ique later paid that advances north and northeast of Kcnigsberg in East Prussia had split German forces on the samland Peninsula, that enemy groupings were being pressed toward the sea and wiped out and ihatfldefeated and demor- alized" German soldiers had killed

liole Punched In Mainiiefencesiif Siegfried Line

(By The Associated Press) I PARIS, Feb. 4—The United Stat- es 1st Army slashed through the

southeast -- av and fought into seconds... defen- ces 39 miles from the Rhine in u buttlg a5 furious as any since the Ardcnnes break-through.

'llic north wing of four divisions storming east swung forward 1011!‘ miles and captured two villasei Jess than two miles from the vital Roe;- Rlvei- dams. with which the enemy has been fluudin the val-

ley and bulking an lied drive into the Ruhr and Rlnineland far- ther north.

To the south the United States 3rd Army kept up the relentless ure-ipossiblv only the lore-

g gyunh 1mm the into Schnec cuties inside

t fortress of um.

hlihe battle of southern Alsace appeared nearing its final stages as French and American zorces squeezin the Colmar pocket from north and south came within “in? miles miles of u junction. The Ger- mans were fleelng across the Rhine with Allied guns speeding them on t e r way.

Elsewhere on the Western Front there was little save Pal-tel act- ion. Sundeys communique made no mention of the British 2nd ar-

Rivers in Holland and Germany or of the lat Canadian Army front farther north.

Today's German comm-unique, how- ever, claimed Allied tanks had o-

ened an attack on Dunkerque, the

rench channel port where an en- emv garrison has been besieged since August when the port was -passed in the 1st Canadian Ar- mys drive to Belgium and Holland. Czech and later British forces of the lst Canadian Army were last reported investing Dunkeruue.

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ll. S. Announces Supply Plan For French Civilians

United States Government nounced Saturday night reaching program for French civi- lian supplies. but privawely officials conceded that Franco-American re- lationa will get worse before they get better. v

The announcement covered thou- sands of tons of foodstuffs, indus- trial materials, and badly needed trans rtation equipment. including 700 ocomotives and 0.000 trucks. authorised for French purchase

here.

Oflicluis said. however. that the French people are going through one oi the worst winters in their history. suffering intensely from lack of fuel. clothing and food in many parts of the country. They said the failure to get supplies de- livered in time to prevent this suf- fering inevitably means seine loss o good will between France and the other Allies.

The supply failure is blamed on a

ter need than was anticipated sat summer, when it was not tilbillit that all of France Wflllld be ll ated as uickly as it was. and also on the savy demands oi forces on all forms oi transportation. Thus there has not been much shipping available for French goods and there has been

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Eventful "Weeks ‘Of

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 - iAPl—! This

Three developments appear pio- buble: |

1. Conclusion of the Churchill-l Roosevelt-Stalin talks- paiiied or clcstly iolloived by mom- entous announcements of military

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and diplomatic (lBCLSKms bearing.

on the end oi the war in Europe and Asia and the beginnings oi

‘peace, 2. More definite information on

how long and tough the German death struggle probably will be. Development nf Allied assaults a- lor? -the Oler River before Berlin, an along the Siegfried Line iii the west. is uncergoing constant analy- sis by Allies military chiefs for any evidence of fatal German weak- nesses

8. Conquest oi Manila, intended American base for br king the Japansc Empire in ha

r b v up forces for the next goat names against" Japan. Beyond

mils lie the China coast and the Japanese homeland.

About the Big. Three meeting there is nothing official on whichto base expectations .lt is known that, Harry Hopkins and Secretary of State Btetti-niiis left Italy several days ago for unannounced destinat- ions at the conclusion of what Mr. HODklns called an information tour for the President preliminary to his meeting with Messrs. Churchill and Stalin.

Also Mr. Hopkins told reporters in Europe that the meeting would vol-y likely be brief, which no mi speculation that it would be over before many days passed. Numer- ous European sources have Spec. ulated that it already is going on.

The Wm Dace of the war in Europe is believed to have brought to the top of the Agenda various military questions connected with the co-operatiou of Russian and Anglo-American forces inside Ger- many. assuming prolonged resis- tance there. But the great decisions are expected to deal with long- ran e iniemational problems.

0W 781' Present and future de- velopments of the Pacific War may enter into general discussion; 01 the Bis ‘rhi-eo is debated. Unof- ficial insistence from London that Russian participation against Jap- an is not likely to be sought meets even more definite assertions from American sources that the subject will come up.