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age Allied Air Raids

Targets

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glass, with s. 1,00 tons. she “n: and six smaller to Jane's fightin s

. cuirrm nnrr 528.800

Feb. 20 - (AP) . writer kil- plane the Pacific. left personal valued at $28,000, in add- owne

prly this mon in a. .| ‘n to other

.. with his widow, clapper, according to . filed for probate

aigan d: Boyle.

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Irsdslbane i - v e land. Alex McDonald. 2-21-11.

' hogs at

"Oerload of Feed Wheat to ar- sliortly. Place orders. 283mg‘:

"i , 5t. Avards.

"Derlington Leap Year Dance '--- until ‘Tuesday,

‘The Tryon Dairy feed ware-

n‘ M’ Albmy Wm be open ‘Ln; ed to a basic training centre.

tdnesday afternoon. instead by this week.

"Willis 11086 for Davis v until 11.30 a.m.

~ m. no T Jiiefluisen and Boyle.

"Notiowlligg for Clover Seeds till Febru 5th. L. iris, Secretary.

2-19-91. 8r a

"Medina hoes for piivls

Y- Tilwiiiy. February 22nd i-ID-Zi. “Garden seeds. All the ingest

Send for ee Arthur Veacy. i-ll-tf-

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in court. ‘The ' left ell property to the widow. .______.____

NINE EVENTS

“lard Wheat Flour $33 bag. 2-16-51:

‘Dane, in lianeraid Hall post-

2-21-21 8t at Breadaibsne every IFrl- Arthur Has- Q-DI-N-M-Si.

"Store closed Monday and Tucs- and 2i for stock tok-

2- 18-41 Institute takinfl

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In Germany

LONDON Feb. M-(AM-R. AF. and items‘. bombers laid waste greet stretches of industrial Leipzig with 2300 1011f tons of bombs Saturday night n s series of heavy blows that were follow- ed today b the greatest daylight aerial assau t of the war as hund- reds of United States heavy bomb-

ed; e giant smash at the German aircraft industry.

The night attacks cost the reo- ord number of ‘l0 aircraft. includ- im i8 R. C. A. F. planes, the heav- iest toll of the war for the R.O.A.

Twenty-two United bombers were missing dayll ht operation. carried out. by an A lied force of 2,000 planes that included the largest number United States heavy bombers ever employed r ‘“‘ 1.000.

Against this the Nazis lost 0i

lanes which fell before the guns of the fighters.

Enemy fighters big Halifax and atious once they crossed the channel and harried them con- stantly as they droned toward the target. Airmen said it was these fighters which accounted for the loss of 18 Canadian bombers, mak- ing the raidthe R. C. A.F.'s cost-

ced on the master fomi-

l 0mg liest operation.

The attack against Gennanyfls fifth largest city was the second operation of the week for the Thunderbird, Goose, Lion and Moose squadrons.

Also on the raid were aircraft

the Iroquois, Bluenose. Ghost. Bison. Tiger. Porcupine and Snowy Owl squadrons. The famous French-Canadian Alouette squadron was in action cor the first time mince returning from North Africa. .

Island Soldiers At Nu. 6 District Depot, Nalifax

Five young Prinq, Edward Isi- and men have donned the khaki of the Canadian Active Army and Inow are stationed at No. 6 District

Depot, Halifax, before being post-

They are:

Lloyd George Duffett. son of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Duffett,

, whose wife, the for- mer Miss Helen Scott, of Brisfield and their two children, also live at Winslow.

James Austin Gallant, son of Mr, and Mrs. Cyrile Gallant. of Mayfield. A brother, Ptc, J.E.Gal- lent, is serving with the Prince Edwar Island Highlanders.

Melvn Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harris, of O‘I..eary. P.E.I., and Attleborough, Mass. His wila and three children live at O'I..eary. Two brothers, Ptes. N. E. nd G. Harris, are serving with the

United States Army.

Henry Hammond Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kelly. Southport, who attended Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, before enlistment.

Keith Gordon Williams, of Norflisim, whose parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Kenneth Williams. live at i3 Glendale Rd, Halifax. His wife and five children live at Northam.

Report Entire Nazi Company Surrenders

LONDON. Feb. 20—(OP)-Al1 Qntifg German company. 1101'"! shattered by Allied shelling and Arms and equipment lost, surrend- ered along with other prisoners on the Anzio front, Basil Ge reported today in s dispatch for combined British press. Some o

IDNDON. Feb. D0 - (O P) -— British lanes end warships des- troyed hree enemy submarines an k whch . iii.- for 11 days recently to slip hro h the Straits of Gibraltar odsy. U-boats were p "ANT to harry Ai- un Arlsio. in Italy- uarters said some sub-

tive there.

~ A marines already were so ‘med

and- the Germans have sinking: of transports an at or near the beechhes . During two wt: gfuiéiailoglvgigiz lod. three e n" d isirouah the Straits without

interference. i. joint Admiralty and Air Mlnist communique sa -

A one common plane sank the fizrst o-aeit smi- s. battle with

E1, R..C.N.. them h_a_d not eaten for three days. | Canadian Northwest Atlantic.

Nazi Subs Fail In Battle To Enter Med.

damaged severaIJothers in a-

u I trawler Imperialisr

Farm Dwelling

‘At Diiieforii

ls Destroyed

The farm residenu of James McDougall at Bideford was des- troyed by fire early Saturday morning.

Mr. McDougall lit a fire and then went to the barns. When he re- turned w the house walls and ceiling of the room were blsidng. His wife and four children were still in bed. They escaped without injury but with little more than their night clothing.

Neighbors were summoned by

. e_ . . . roads

but IV]! made it difficultnfor them to reach the scene quickly. Some started with horse-drawn selighs and had

0i to finish the trip on foot because

of the condition of the roads fol- lowing a stormy night.

The wind was blowing about 40 miles-per-hour and the tempera- ture was three degrees below zero. The building was completely de- stroyed in forty minutes.

“ managed to remove s. small amount of furniture and some bedding to safety.

Mr. McDcugalYs father was kill- ed in an auto accident at Port Hill last summer. 5-

iWell-linown Engineer

In Suicide In Fla.

MUM-II. FLA. ,Feb. ZQ-r-(Alfi- Charles E. Betireaux, French-born former. sandhog who became an in- ternational f urc and once was an intimate of 1e Duke of Windsor. tcok his own life here, an official announcement. said Saturday, while facing on accusation of trea-

on.

Immigration agent John E. Bur- ilng said the 56-year-old engineer and industrialist swallowed an overdose of carefully - boarded sleeping tablets Monday‘ night at a detention heme whcrc _g had been held incommunicado since he was brought from North Africa, to Miami Dec. 23, i943. aboard an ar- my plane.

Reds Push Ahead Despite Blizzards

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Three Russian armies fighting through blizzards towards the Bal- tic gateway of Pskov today cap- tured points within 30 miles of the important rail junction of Dno, seizing 114 villages in gains of two to 12 miles, and killing more than 2.000 Germans, Moscow announced tonight.

‘Ill-is swift Russian advance threatened to outflank another 100 mile section of the crumbling Ger- man northern front between Dno and Novosokolini.

Montreal Dfficer Awarded D. F. 0.

HALIFAX, Feb, 20—(CP)—In the careful wording of an official citation LL-Clndr. AH. Easton of the Canadian Navy is credited with having "contributed to the almost certain destruction of one enemy U-boat and the probable damag- ing of another" while serving us Captain of tho corvette H.M.C.S. Sackviila. Today the Navy en- nounced Lt-Cmdr. llaston, Mon- treal, received the D.S.C. from Rear-Admiral L.W. Murray, C.B.

commander-in-chief.

the silbmar‘ ‘s vivors were hick later th

er a...- submarine.

The following da and .. u “d.” In m e ho damaged

at ricer a convoy, usng _ charges and its deck guns and scor- ing shell hits. Thst night the destro r Douglas sank a submar- ine. p ckink ill) l0 survivors.

no attacks were lnads the next day an night, and some survivors were p ed up at see after a night attack on a U-boalt that wash dived. stsois then maintained vigil for several days without sight- ing any submarines.

planes ine nobserved

i.

. Says Nazi Newsmen

Allies launch Dounter Drive; Push Nazis Back

By Edward ‘i’

NAPLES, Fob. Z) — (AP) —Un- lied States armored columns 5111i!- shed into the German flank today. and have driven two miles toward Carroceto in a fierce counter nt- tack sprung after invasion beach- head forces had blunted an all cut. reckless onslaught by nine Nazi. divisions.

Allied above the beachhead. attacking op- posi lines and oppos squad- rons n manoeuvres that were ap-

r ‘-‘ record proportions until worsening weather limited their operations.

Allied aircraft aloft ranged from

man strength was equally evid ent. with packs of 30 to 40 or more enemy planes cutting into the crowded sky lanes.

Tide of anus Turns l

.

The tide of battle has turned, and‘ “the beachhead was never more secure than today" -— thc dnte re- portedly set by the Germans for ii-sl

extinction — Associated Press Cor-j reponderit Daniel Dc Luce said in a front dispatch written at 12:30

P. M.

The mauled Germans relaxed the initiative, he declared. and the U S. Armored thrusts, biting into the eastern flank of the Nazi salient, gained "as much as three kilomet- res (two miles) in the direction of Carmeeio." ‘These blows by tanks and infantry began at 6:30 A. M. Saturday, and continued today.

Thus the ground lost south Goiltieatom». -.~intense _,.Gcmian charzcs was lug recovered, and Dc Luce said the Germans may have lost so heavily "that another attack can not be mounted on a. similar scale."

Nazi Spirit Fades

More than 500 prisoners have been taken in the last 24 hours, he added, and “German aggressive spirit. faded in some spots along the front." German attacks today were described as patrol actions, and German artillery began fading in power yesterday.

The German army there is equi- valent to nine divisions and it was estimated six of them - from 50.- 000 to 90,030 men-overs battling in the main attack along the Albania -Anzio road

The all out Nazi offensive laun- checl Wednesday morning gained "less than 3.000 yards" 0n a narrow front along this road, headuuarters announced. and som; of this has been recovered. Allied counter at- tacks continue and still are going’ well, at latest reports “threatening to reduce this enemy penetration to smaller proportions".

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Famous Figure 0n Nine Rescue Dead

TORONTO, Heb. 30_(Qp)._.A noted Canadian surgeon whose name became front page news in

1936 when he was entombed for M

10 days in h Nova Scotia. gold mine, Dr. David Edwin Robert- son died here Saturday morning after six weeks’ illness, He was outstanding among surgeons who specialized ln treating crippled children.

Dr. Robertson who was in his ist year will be buried Monday

ith funeral services at 2.30 p.m. in Convocation Hall of the Uni- versity of Toronto.

As chief surgeon of the Toronto hospital for sick children since 1009. Dr. Robertson performed op- erations on crippled children that brought him renown in the medi- eal world

Await Invasion

MADRID. Feb. ill-(APl-A German Agency dispatch from Berlin Saturday night said Ger- man war correspondents already have gone to the channel zone to

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

Russian mill Allied hammers are beating at both ends of the stagger- ili: Jflpunese-Nazi Axle this February week end in strident confirmation , of forecasts that 1944 will sec the crisis reached in Europe and possibly

in the Pacific.

Everywhere tnc evidence of massive Allied power by bind, u, and air dominates the war news. And everywhere the clear signs of dwindling

i‘ or Japanese r

in men, ships and planes to meet. that

ponderonk and growing threat are just. as plain. l

In Italy, victory in the second round of tbs battle of Borne was . l.“

clinched on the Anzlo beaehhead. Third anid final round forecast hy the l

Allied field commander,

Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, opened at Cassino.

'l‘he bombs of Allied air power that overwhelmingly dominated the Italian skies and the roaring guns of Allied ship and shore batteries,

were uv . coming Nari advantages In

position and short iutelrior coni-

municaiion lines- That indicated that collapse of the enemy front across the narrow peninsula would not be greatly-delayed, bitter as the fight- .

ing i5.

I

Across the Pacific tbc Truk nerve centre of Japanese insular outposts |

"id Aids fliwlfl-iii Swflflmd guarding the waters of the China sea.

had

stage for ilie foe. The whole German

surrender of the Staraya Russo bastion.

The fallacy gateway lust souih of the Peipus Lakc chain along the - Is onlan border the only escape hatch westward. for German four-engined bombers w cuibs. Ger- troops manning the mung Lovaf. line,

Russian

behind him. There is no

most impossible task of getting out of Iniu the l‘ ‘

been brought under American fire. It was in Russia, however, that the

doubt that a powerful Russian anny of the Lovnt. long inactive, will be on German heels from the east as the foe faces the al-

thc Phllllplnes and Tokyo itself -

battle reached ils most critical‘ northern flank began toppling with

was in 8"“ Mfil of being closefl

the Lovat_trap.

Russo ran be read final acceptance Russia must be evacuated.

of the by the Nazi high command that all

0f Starayl.

Coroner

A coroner's jury sat Saturday night under Dr. J. D. McGuisan on the death in the Charlottetown| Hospital at 2.15 a.m. Saturday of, Mrs. Ada Vickerson. After u- lcngthy hearing they found that the_ deceased, came fuller death by drinking a n-liiiture or some noxious poison such as might be found in wood alcohol or methy- lated spirits. _ _

The jury consisted of Messrs. C. C. Thompson, foreman, Alfred Kelly, Harry Hardy, George Ber- rigau, Aben MacLean. Abraham Peters and Georgi; Sutherland.

The hearing took place in the City Police Court. Mr. Gordon Holmes appeared for the Crown. ..Dr. J. S. Iledwell, the first wit- ness, stated he was called to see the deceased at 3D Hensley Street on Feb. 15 at 11.30 a.m. She. was in a comatose condition suffering from an acute poisoning the cause of which he judged to be wood alcohol. He had her transferred to the Charlottetown Hospital. Her mother told him she had been out the night before with a Miss Mac- Leod. He went to the house where the latter livedvat 112 Princs Street where he met Dr. Giddings. Miss MacLeod was in a similar coma- tose condition Dr. Giddings took charge of her. Witness‘ patient was admitted to spltal at approxi- mately 1230. She was given treat- ment and various specimens were taken at that time and forwarded to Dr. Ralph Smith at the path- ological laboratory, Halifax. ' patient recovered consciousness at about 4 p.m. Althou h she vomit- ed a lot she gradua ly picked up. The next day she improved suf- ficiently to be ab w take some liquids. On the 11 h she was 1m proved so much that she was cap- able of giving s. clear, concise statement to the Chief of Police and COI1Si2lbi¢ Shaw of the R. C.

Previously the patient had told witness that she had gone the night before to the Sporting Club. She had a drink of chocolate millc with two friends before going there. At the Sporting Club she had a drink of something else, to- gether with several friends.

Her condition became comatose again on Thursday evening. She died d poisoning about 2 o'clock Saturday morning without regain- ing consciousness. On the after- noon of the 11th she had develop- ed pneumonia together with a heart condition which was not

resent on her admission to the

ospiisl.

were of her stomach contents, spinal fluid and uranaiysis. On Saturday the following word was received from _Dr. Smith: "All specimens positive for methol s1- cohol. Report following."

The Coroner: "You haven't re- ceived that yet."

Witness: No, but methol alcohol is wood alcohol.

await thgnAlilegJnvasion.

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is Jury Sits On Tragic Drinking Fatality

The specimens sent. to Halifax‘!

"You obtained these specimens from the patient within a very reasonable time after her admis- glon?

“They were obtained approxi- 311M813’ two hours after her admis-

on"

A'Jaror:'"You say you found! two complications. Do you associ- ate those directly with wood alco-

o Witness: “Yes, they are the di- rect result of it, in my opinion." .

Saiement of Deceased

The following enti-mortem state- Birtwistle and Constable Shaw, merit obtained by Chief of Police signed by the deceased, and by Sister Mary David and Dr. Led- well, as witnesses, was tendered in evidence:

“Charlottetown Hospital, Feb. 17, 1044, Statement made by lvlrs. Ada Vickerson, in the presence of Dr. Ledwell, MD. run name. Ada Viokerson. ess 32 Hensley Street, City.

"Monday evening last, Feb. 14. went to Mrs. Yeo's house, 112 Prince Street, city. Met Winnie McLeod and Mrs. Evelyn Riley there. About 9 p.m. the three of us went to the Roxy Cafe, Great George Street, and all had s. cho- colate milk. We then went to the Sporting Club, Grafton Street, for the dance. Arri\d there about 9.30 pm. During the dance Burt West <13. A. F.) gave me a drink from a ginger ale bottle. Had just one drink. Winnie McLeod took a drink from the same bottle. The other fellow Gilbert (RAF) also had a drink. It was sweet, oily stuff. I could not drink it at all. I swallowed some of it. They said it was sweet rurn. They said they got it in the Mess at the Camp 1t af- fected me at the time; my hands and legs were funny. I walked horm- all right. but could not do anything when I got home. I tried to light a cigarette and I couldn't. The liquor was in a light bottle, like u ginger ale bottle. Had no other drink at the dance other than the drink supplied by Burt West.“

Mother's Testimony

Mrs. Catherine Saunders, moth- er of the deceased, stated that on Feb. 14, her daughter Ada. went out about 8 or s. quarter past to her girl friend's place, Miss Mc- head's. Witness was in bed when she came homenaboutlam. Wit- ness described hearing her daugh- ter lock the door. take a lunch and o to bed. She heard her moan after s. while, but thou ht she was talking in her sleep. A out 8 a.m. she heard a thump as if her daughter had fallen on the floor. She heard her say "Oh, that mat" or somethi to that effect. Wil- nesa got the breakfast and went tn Mrs. Yeo's, 1.12 Prince Street and did work around the place. At 10 o'clock her daughter Mrs. Hater came and told her that Ada seem- ed to be sick. She called Dr. Led- well, who came about 12 and took Ada in the ambulance.