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§oviel F Hungary Appears On/ (Veiggae Of Crack-Up

Is clililihi 0f. 12-Day Push

By W. W. Hercher

IONDON, Aug. 8i — (AP) —-The Red Amy's dusty legions Swept into the capltulated Roman- ian capital of Bucharest-winning a Breat rail and air base for an over- land drive info I-iungsr and sou-

LONDON, Aug. Si - (A P) - Hungary, new keystone of Adolf Hit- ler's sout“ ‘ n defenses, seemed on the edge of s crsclcup as neigh- ,boring Slovakia fell rapidly under the control of Czechoslovak armed forces and Romonian and Bulgarian peace delegates waited in Moscow and Cairo, lee tiveiy, to sign terms of cepitu ation.

Moscow Radio said information had reached Switzerland that rail- way strikes had broken out in Hun-

Bulgflmian border ln l. BO-milc advance south of the captured rt 0f Constanta. Other So et columns had turned

today

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY; SEPTEMBER 1, 1944

battle fronts there to out-date Gen. for; it reached print.

were proportionate. with captured or ruined.

Night

By Kirke L. Sbnplon. Associated Prue War Analyst

A patio-m of Nazi military disaster in France fest approaching an utter rout is unfolding before the world no the figures pour in fronl the

Eisenhower's I . . pitulaiion of enemy

losses in men and fighting equipment since D-day In Normandy even be-

Those official Allied figures put enemy Pfitoonnel losses sl. upward of 400,000 men in fiance between lune 0 and Aug. 25. His material losses pllnbl, tanks, gnu of nu sorts by the thousonld

The estimated equivalent of S6 German diviflons has been destroyed,

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ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUART ERS, Aug. 31 -- (CP) ing at breakneck speed through the plains of Picardy, across the Somme River after capturing the Cathedral patches said American troops have stabbed info the outskirts of Sedan, five miles from Belgium on a historic invasion route between France and Germany.

Matching their speedy thrusts against crumbling or non-existent German re- sistance, Canadian units struck one-third of the way across tile l-Iavre Peninsula from captured Rouen and seized a town only 17 miles south of Dleppe.

The sweeping Allied advances carried through French territory which was the

- British forces, driv- ight held a strong bridgehead

city of Amiens and field dis-

- the next regular meeting of

gary and traffic on the three main

The report said the country was "on the verge of s. general strike."

The United Nations Radio at Al- giers said German troops Occupied all strategic int; Budapest and that all buildings in the Hungarian capital were guarded by German machine- gunners.

Hungarian newspapers carried rus- tomary last-ditch appeals but also mentioned the growing peril from "military deserters. escaped pris- oners ofwar, enemy mercenaries. criminals with no homeland who are capable of anything, Partisan: and saboteurs infesting thm ads."

'I'he extent of the criss in Aus- tria and Bavaria-which are next in line if Hungary falls-—was hid-

arrests in H1055 regions.

Council Discusses Jnstallation 0f iiioai Scales

The highlight of last night's special City Council meeting. over l which Mayor J. E. Blanchard pre- .si<led, was the discussion which i followed the reading by the Mayor

l of a letter received from Messrs H . R Large 8e Co., city coal dealers. l The letter follows:

z “Charlottetown enjoying

‘Old Sydney coal, taken from our sileds, is '75 cents before taking the ‘ slack out.

“From the attached schedule 0f prices you will see that the coal dealers of Charlottetown are hand- ling coal at a ridiculously low pro- lll, and if the City elects 1W0. additional city scales causing us‘ inconvenience and subsequent den lay. this will add lo our overhead and there will be but onaflli-Efllfil" ivc. and that will be application toi the Fuel Controller for DCTHIlSSlOII‘ to raise Charlottetown coal prices in line with other cities.

"At the present time the 990912 0f Charlottetown are saving approxi-. nlzltcly $50,000 per year in ‘

rices over that of other fillies in, he Maritiniles." n 1th (my,

The specs mee ng 0 e | Council was called to consider the| request of the Canadian Lesion to have its city grant of $75.00 increa- scd. After a brief discussion. it was decided w lzrlmt the lesion lm ill-l crease of wailglégfigifh Wm make, the new gran . .

Coun. P. G. Gay then introduced a notice of motion that he wouldhatta Council, submit a resolution calling‘ for the substitution of Eastern, Daylight fim 9"

AiYLiEBE_ A’ I

By mo; Munroe ;

wllll The 1st Canadian Army 111 Rollcn, Aug. 3i - (CP Cable) - Historic Roueh thundered today‘ with voices of free men. stilled b! four years of German occuplmm.

3i. ss liberating Canadian troop! W911i’

through the narrow, cobble-stoned’

strc .

Ciztiiians poured into the streets by hundreds B5 infantry from essteml and western Ontario and the Mari- fmes entered the ancient port in drizzling rain. i

1'11“. milled around our scout car, paraded with libeflliloll Em‘ blomg . - fEd, white and blue, rosettes which had been ""5 f" u“, day . .. gave rosettes to the Canadians and tossed flowers 1n the pau] of the mud-streaked, soélden liberators.

mthusiaszn seemed to increase like a snowball as the Canadians gyroglgssed utihroléggin til‘?! town - -

ame as e e Arcs condemnation and torture

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lefl. the night before and thercl

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lines into Budapest was paralyzed.

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Big Celebration As Rouen Is Liberated

handful in the eastern Part.

of civilians who swarmed were not badly hit by bombing but

northwest of Ploesti, chasilllz the Pelmflilllil Gennans nine miles be- great oil centre along the ing across the Predeal Doss into Transylvania.

A ZO-salvo salute from 324 Mos- cow victo cannon marked the col- ‘lapse 0f t e Germans in Romania and the entry into Bucharest.

. Second Ukraine Army units under Gen. Rod-ion Y. Mhlinovsky. victor at Odessa, entered the “Little Paris of the Balkans"- so-called because of its gay atmosphere and archit- ectural imltation of Paris-after a 30 mile march southward from lhc

‘burning Ploesti oil fields, wrestled- from the Gerlnans yesterday. The‘

entry climaxcd a l2 clay offensive

begun in the Iasi sector, 200 miies_ low

to the northeast.

The victorious entry came three' l},

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llied arms, and the first by the Soviet Army.

As in the case of Italy. Romania's government had quit the Axis. as- ked for Allied armistice tel-nu, and declared war on Germany before her capital Was entered.

Marshal Ion Anfonescu. pro- Gennan premier ousted a week ago. ls reported to be a prisoner m King Michael's palace.

Nearly 600 miles to the northwest

.lng on the approaches to Warsaw l captured the rail city of Radzymin, only ll mil€5 northeast of Frags. eastern suburb of the embattled Polish capital on the Vistllla River, the daily communique said.

Nine other localities were seized in this flanking movement above Warsaw.

ing four divisions supported by swarms of planes and tanks, and said they were beyond Rndzymin in the effort to seize Warsaw and‘ make a break-through across the

Beds Talk Tough i With Bulgaria

MOSCOW, Aug._1ll — (AP) —! Russia got tough with Bulgaria to-i it ‘cs knalvn that if,’ Sofiab leaders want to save their, country they had better get mi the war against Ccmluny with slpecd and energy.

Report Bordezillici Has Been Occupied

Lloupou, Aug. a1 - (c?) —The French Forces of the Interior ann- ounced today the capture of Bord- eaux, last great port in Southern France held by the Germans.

T119 F. F. I. previously had de- eluted the city occupied, but later said the annaun nent was pre- mature.

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in the city. But thev didn't ‘use the, word "Germani They Called the enemy "Boone" clenching their. fists a! they snarled the name. l

French Maquls were all over the; city, guiding Canadians. hrough As lighti German opposition was cleared.‘ tricolor; were thrust from every‘ window.

In the side street hundreds of people gathered to cheer and the

Seine‘ Maquls moved up and down the Alleys looking for‘ snipers.

‘There were some but it seemed only a

But Rue down m the cathedral, was empty

Martlsnvllle, leading‘

except for a Canadian platoon ad-i vsncing

‘ously. From a. side

risoners, Polish troopfl. impressed destination. mo (.114; German army and to, i???“ fight a. rear-guard action. They. Fonner F. D‘ R.

hug given up after firing a few- Joan of shots. '

‘"I'his the first real enemv we:

is

h ‘hit far." said L. Cpl. Aime Per-

and the bimhplaca o‘ u Balfiisviss?‘ rairgo of hlqtindflii otnLM Kl dl hi were es. nes c m, t e reggtiiocdalxllveltlrngierPtlggxsuglggn‘ Aglltffit.‘ N. 5.. and Malcolm Lar- liberated July 9 after s. bitter bat-i kin Yarmoufh. N. S-

Wlih '

The sections of Rouen we saw

s suburb on -

cut to pieces or trapped in coastal fortresses in Briianny. And to show for it all the foe has only the prospect of an alr-ilarriell, tank-worried escape across the lowlands of Belgium and Holland, plus the prospect ni‘ an Allied crossing of " n frontiers through the Saarbrucken gap per~ haps within davs or even houn.

The last lingering doubt of the completeness of the Allied victory in the north vanished with Gen. Eisenhower’; disclosure of the Allied take ill prisonrs, enemy casualties and equipment and British puncture of the potential Somme defensive front at Arniens.

two by the British two-day drive from Seine bridgeheads to cross tile

The Nazi retreat front between the channel and the Oise was cut in I

scene of bitter battles during four years of (he First Great War,

Canadians Advance At Lightning Speed

Fran; the bridgehead at Amlcns.’ where the Canadian corps of the} First Great War helped w achieve s. annual-ling victory over she Ger- mans ln August. i918. British ar-‘ mcr plunged on l0 miles eastto. Corbei 56 miles from the Belgian! border, and sliced off almost half the Germans’ robot bomb coast. 'I'l'le armored formations were un-

another big Russian army attack-i

Berlin admitted the Russians had} broken through German lines, us-t

flat Polish plains toward Germany)‘

‘ at noon. I watched

lto the sidewalk street the Canadians led out eight; more interested

Somme at Amiens. coast east of the

southeast and now within 30 miles the double-fronted sweep.

_. the swift shifting of the American Paris tn the Oise front north

It is aimed seemingly to cut through to ih; channel Calais hurnp, through the heart of the Nazi bomb installations, while flanking American first

rocket army columns lo the or less of the Belgian border extend

Ptfhfllls the deadliest Allied threat in the north, however, came with

1st army from the Seine fheatrs he.

and east of the city. It has taken over

-lhe whole northern face of the huge American bulge eastward between

i means that the 3rd ls being concent

faces of the bulge. And that way bcyonu cond mrmer Axis Capital taken by Dlzlrr lie the roads that converge on the Saarbrurken gap some 60 miles lies the southeast lunge to a Junction with the

io the east. That way, too,

e Oise and the Loire previously held by the American 3rd army. That

on the eastern and southeastern captured Reims. Chaions and St.

Franco-American 7th army rampaging up the Rhone valicy from the Riviera, and already reported on the Franco-Swiss frontier near Geneva.

C. W. L. Convention

I Concluded

Yesterday

‘ Mrs. J. Austin Murphy Of Emerald Elected Pres-

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==‘="-—l Civilian Supply Situation Shows

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OTTAWA, Aug. 31 -- (C P) — Donald Gordon, Prices Board Chairman, said tonight in a re- pared address that the Cans ian Clvillilll Supply situation shows no signs of rapid improvement and individual co-operation in meeting the situation should be continued.

Speaking over a

Broadcasting Corporation Nation nal network, Mr, Gordon said thatl little in the way 0f metal materials was freely available for civilian pro- duetion. "Soms aluminum may shortly be released, but on the whole we can- not expecl; much immediate im- provemcnt as war pl duction is still at a high rate," he continued.

“We are making a few washing machines. some stoves and electric irons and a few other household appliances. but it will be some time yet before this production reaches any sizeable volume."

Food Picture Bright

The food picture was encouraging and a return to moat rationing was not expected unless unforcseezl ov- ersells demand develops, with the shipping to carry it. “In the case of milk h

Soviets llo iiot Pause In Bucharest

JOSEPH MORTON

BUCHARFST. Aug. 31—(AP)~ The Russian army entered Bucha- rest from the east and northeast today and moved through to the west. the direction of the Bulgarian frontier.

Standing in the heart of the city

u motorized

Soviet column speed through he streets. Dusty and perspiring, he

Russians wasted iittl ng peurulil

e timefiwuv in Iettino to their

mronss. a

Physician Dies

LUBBC. ME.. Aug. 3l—(AP)— Dr. Eben H. Bonnet, 0d, who was first called to dia nose the polio- myelltis with w ieh Pnzsidcn at hisl . home in i021. died tods .

When President Roosevelt nd his

. G. Parnell McMahon ottetown.

Thursday morning's convention activities began with the celebra- tion of Mass in the Basilica by Rev. Louis A. Dougan. Chaplain of Charlottetown Sub-division. Memb- ers of the League received I-loiy Communion, and the Intention was —"Our men and women in the armed forces.”

at 9:30 with the Diocesan Presl- dent. Mrs. McMahon, presiding and ' reciting the League prayer. Roll] call was followed by the presents-l tion of sub-division reports. These, revealed s. vast amount of work done along educational, charitable and patriotic lines, with due at- tention to spiritual endeavors, and

were duly commended by I President. Interesting discussions were held,

in regard to improvements reccm-f mended in the educational sys-l tem of the Province, and the fur-' therance of the Girl Guide move-

ment. In connection with the lat-_ fer, the message of the newly-ap- pointed national convener, Mrs. McMahon, was read by Miss I. Arsenault, Diocesan Convener. Con- , gratulations were extended Mrs; McMahon on the honor conferred‘

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Officers Elected ,

By Baptist W. M, S.

WOLFVILLE, N. S., Aug. Ill-_. (CP) —- Mrs. Warren Eaton of Wolfvillc today was elected pxcsid-l eat 0f the United Baptist Womcnb.‘ Missionary Union of the Maritime} Ilffl-ovinoes at the annual meeting,

ere. Mrs. Jack MacLeod of Summer-I side was elected vice-president; for Prince Edward Island while; Mrs. J. l" McNeil, also of Sum-I merside was named provincial trca-I super. Other officers for this plo- vince includc: provincial secretary, Mrs. Edwin MaoFarlane, Bedeque; mission band superintendent, Mrs. l T. G. Ives, Charlottetown; babyl band superintendent, Mrs. Harold’ Schurman, Central Bcdeque.

War Began Five Years Ago Today-

By The Canadian Prose

At 5.80 A. M, Sept. 1, 1930, Adolf Hitler, vowing to wear his uniform m victory ol- death, sent the Ger- man Army across the Polish fron- tier-let. four points to open the Second Great War.

At 9 A, M, wall-saw and five other Polish cities were bombed. Poland capitulated in six weeks.

Today, five years later, German armies are reeling on four fronts, seeking peace but able to obtain from the Allies only one kind: "Un-

made annual visits their summer home, Dr. Bennet always was among their meets. l

conditional surrender."

' from Gennny. Some field accounts

Business sessions were rcsumedi

me - tleficlds

der command of let-Gen, Sir Richard Nulzent O'Connor the Bri- tish tank expert who was captured in mbya and subsequently escaped from Italian imprisonment Plunging through the forest, free-wheeling American armored units already may have leaped the banter of the Mouse River, just south of Sedan. where German annies broke into fiance in the war of 1870 and again in l0-

Hcadquarters had no immediate ‘confirmation of the report that Sedan was almost reached but lat- est accounts from the 851d the Americans were sweepinll north- east frclm Rclms, Loon. Chalons- Sur-Mame and Vltry-Sur-Marnc on a QO-mile lront, unchecked and scarcely hindered by totally disor- ganized Germans.

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Second Threat to Germany

The thrust near Sedan was the second aimed at Germany itself. for it was announced ezuiler that the United States 5rd army

the old Msginot-llxle and B7 miles

aid this olumn was fighting only l0 miles 120m the Siegfried 11116 in Germany. _

Even these sensational accounts apparently. were behind the 8011181 strides of Allied fighting 010118 8 winding 270-mile front.

Patchy communications hindered the receipt of field dispatches, and even field commanders were repor-

Argonnc 1

_ _ had’ reached St. Dlzicr, 40 miles from,

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ldgtgomcry ‘ls Appointed Field Marshal

LONDON, Aug. 3i — (CP) —Gen. Montgomery, whom many consider Britain's best general and who is certainly her most spectacular field commander, tonight was appointed Field Marshal Supernumary by King George.