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ABLE HEADQUARTERS. Ale- G1l8 06G. H—(AP)—TIIO G0!’- lnans‘ first natural defence tlgle in

under

nllh s" rs bridged the strea hem-

m nnan fire. Allied

and tcd to expand sgsinst desperate enemy re-

Bo murderou: was the aerial cov- er given the s tacking troops that fsntry was pinned down to lfl defensive positions north of the Volturno md not s sins?! gout tank wss able to loin the lilt- ere was no exact information how isr Allied vonizuiirds hid ptii- _! ted beyond the river. but an c!- glii announcement a brids aesds h been f y established ndicsted Allied troop! had pitched northward for enough to ensure em against - counter-sir

in osvy-Nsdfii" to

i hot nimtb Vol-

, m o northern shore

311w were 'falling back ... ~ i -°...‘5'l"'......° mucous The c: undoubtedly will make

delay the in-

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1943

Red Army Smashes To New Victories

iisw ll. S. Plans

' Dwarfs Fortrsss

WASHINGTON Oct. I4 — ( )—A new United 39!"! super-bomber I10"

hlnling explosives sud hsving viii-l! greater rang: than an! BIN-lll l|?|lll0 now is in pro notion- n unspecfied number of u" new sir giants has been dell"?- ed to the American arm! Wm” in the int few weeks. \n increase rste of output il sclseduieid for this Infill"!- ipyggln; than consolidated Llnersto snd lnl fortress, the new dreodno ht of the shy ls reckoned “lll 1° bringin th

w Shins bo The pilne is identified ll "ll From revlous Iiiililfll "°' ~ r nso thug Offiiiilll flpngt c???“ i“ th n81 I'D n! ll “m” ti‘. before lsu. This ores-im- phly i; because of the time re- qlrq] to sttahfuil-scaie lifii- auction, train crews. and 01- iminate any “hill!” Whmi m“ m" I’ in the early modelet

Borilliulo Boosts‘ Tax 0n Liquor

rump-ran BERMUDA. Oct. l4 (or casup-‘pesplte protests that

“mm 1, me poor man's drink," the

“ finance committee has ib-

trodurcd a tariff bill crllinxwigf

me land I m" ,0 p§§°§§§§’~f;f;]‘, “mm, 15x35. iwqntinued on page s. Col. i.) effrcfilévehcriiiinieasédgi: nu Rnéct “mks

but only liquor in bond

L%dst’:€€,s'shipmenw_ HQWQVQ? Surgeon Is Dead ffifiifiiishfii” ooliliiivhgifiiilng about "i" ' r w t Indies

mfinou- o“ u __ (c?) _ ligmrnonths supply 0 e5

gym owner , 63, one of Britain's most rillisnt surgeons and vice presid nt of the intcmstlonal cari- eer u on. died today-

llusjsia Aoospts Balloglio Sov't

Moscow. Oct. 14—(AP)—Ru§- sla's acceptance of Marshal Ba..- cgiiop Iieiian government ap- peared tonight on the eve of the three-power conference in Moscow to have removed one of the main sources of irritation between the Soviet Union and Groat Britain and the United States.

The three notions’ joint declar- ation accepting Italy a: a co-belllg. erent. recognizing the Royal Italian Government nnd accepting its co- operation against‘ f‘ mum! We! published prominently in the offic- ial press. Detailed Soviet com- ment was not forthcoming immed- iately. but the statement was tak- en generally as s welcome clarifi- cation of atmosphere.

The R

ussinn presslareviously had Ipe

at. concealed is ike for such res as Admral Darlan and silo. and frequently hos riticlsed tie Allied military government oi occupied territories and the policy of maintaining for- nBi-l opponents in power in occu- c territories.

coming EllEiiTS

‘ "Talkies-Cones cove m4 _-m_ oom"°"‘°l'¢t€.'"“ m“ Bflisliid“ "lslkies - u rt 8st - do; lhews Infill! To." io-le-“rrl. ‘Miler-be lou lfmdsy. Halogen?“ en. idle-ii‘. "A 3'17?‘- seugr“ m! Tm’ m" 1 io-is-si. gtdeurfi mugdv Woiirliwem well. u lo-ll-li.

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Price of rum will be raised 1P0!" eight shillings (about S100) t0 s}: shillings slxpence ($213) ii- q“

bohffiiile wllllsms. member o! iii“ legislature. and proprietor o! the 1'1 club here. said other liquorsb 50m! stand the increased taxes. ii poor man could not afford to pBY more for his rum. Otherniiielligiig expressed the opinion italdwfzildrmk better if ‘the 99°!‘ m“! 5

so much.

Soviets Exert Great Pressure

OLM. Oct. li-(OPF-A picture of the 0785"!" “my 15 exerting‘ 0n ‘B? retreating Gtfmans w“ Q3; ‘he day in one first dlspfiiciiher an“ Nazi front line to rcrwh "9 c°rd_ the Gannon, withdlawal ac m“ m planpol§g§t$otc~

A Wfll’ f8 -“‘

"Sillontly rain-soaked trrmetdifir: “M13 will. s. a - . for that. They are drliiiimldihfg machine and mortars an c win; t eir heavy ammunition

bQf-ie-‘fnfsnd eqmpmentfor many days

revealing he Red

a

night noiseless retreat. . .now the is; talion has reached the new p0! on. .. ted nldier sink The exhaus ale‘? n“ be m i! Pl‘!- pressing be- ue are close at our bleels snd won't ellow us my rest-

Australia ilas iioel Problem

YDNIY t I4 (OP Cable) ._sI|l]ln¢ ‘c091: stocks in Australia have eeused the lggfiiiiiftilit “hi: sidersbic concern P0! °n ' in; metal-lofted to strikes and {ml e In 4pm of utlcns under nstionsl scour-ll’ "Emil-Will. B-PP‘ esle to e ... to produce mo? cool and threats oi further if" ° measures. lone lfinimi‘ today folm it nec t0 Iii."- ounoe e. drastic coal re oninl pitii to build ill! stocks.

lie announced that the sown; ment hos decided to red oe we consumed by rsilwsys sn industry.

ing ges and electricity. o;

and in msk mher decisions include prosecut- ion of all mine workers absent from

3 ithour. excuse end further Yiisaehnoai of mines. ..

By JUDSON OQUINN’ Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON. Oct. 1t—(AP)—~The Red Army captured the Dnieper River bend stronghold of Zapcroshc today. sealed off Melitopol for early conquest and cut its railway link with the Crimea. and in a new break-through north of Kiev smashed three German divisions. Moscow announced tonight.

The fall of the east bank indus- trial citadel of Zaporozhe opened the way for a Soviet landslide southward into the Crimea where 100000 German troops risk ell. circlement. Front dispptches said Soviet units already were pursuing German remnants from the broken Zaporozllc-Melifopol line.

Huge quantities oi equipment were reported to have been aband~ oned by the Germans around Zap- orozlla and inside that city whichis near the site of the giant Dnleper

anl Marshal Premier Joseph Stalin announced the capture of Zapor. cuhe in an order oi the day. hailin: it as one of the enemy's “decisive strongpoints" on the lower Dniep-

er. \

The broken German armies that had manned the Zapcrozhe-Meli- topcl line were threatened with an- nihilation in trying to flee across the niudflats between the lower

leper and the Sea of Azov lust at. ie the Crimea. There were no lltuurnl defences left to them until they reach the safety oi the west- ern bank of the Dnleper.

G . Radion Malinovskvs army took Zaporozhe. a city of nearly 200,000 five rnilessout

site at Kichkas of the S 0.- 000 hydro-electric works and dam which thle Russians destroyed

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T significance was noted by Stalin who ordered Mos- cow's 224 Victory Cannon to fire 20 salvoes. one oi the heaviest. sol. utes yer. given a Russian triumph.

A Tass dispatch broadcast by Moscow also said that a steady stream Russian troops were reaching the western tip of the Tarrlan peninsula oi the Caucasus across the twc-mile-wide Kercll Strait from the Crimea.

Quota Set For S’sillo, Gh'town

The victory loan quota for Char- lottetown. Summerside and for Prince and Queens Counties out- side the urban centres was revealed yesterday. -

The town oi Summerside is being asked to raise $550,000 and the re- mainder of the county, _000. Charlottetown is being asked to contribute $975,000 and the remain- der oi queens Count . $475,000.

Queen's County wl be broken down into objectives for districts which will be announced later.

A conference of salesmen _will be held at Montagu today. It will be attended by Mr. W. H. V. Dunbar, provincial vice - chairman and Mr. P. W. ‘Purner, provincial chairman of sales.

Nazis “Admit Loss or Political Prestige

BTOOKl-IOLM. Oct. l4-(AP)— An authoritative German period- al. Heinrich l-Iimmlcrk weekly Dss Schwarze Korps. openly ack.

by {IUWFGRGG today that the Nazi re- r a

e in Russia had resulted in "a tremendous loss oi political prea- tige for Gernlsny"—“a loss which now troubles many of us."

also stated that Germany hui suf- fered s serious economic loss in being forced out oi the fertile grain- lsnds of Russia's Ukraine. Although these frank admissions were cc led with an assertion css oi prestige had beein l

nroplgan ists were struggling with the problem oi explaining two other important setbacks; the opening by Po sl Azores bases to Britlin and Italy's becoming s co- beliiltrent o! the Allies.

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worse Korps

Germans that if they were unable

to intcnaifvfcricultursi production n

s: O c

m r the losl 0f the Ukraine bread-bos- ket. the effects will be felt fully sf. m- nexe year's harvest. < The loss oi prestise resulting from the retreat in Russia. the rnsaosine contended. is balanced bv o

creased we: power,derived‘l?v

"But even these fruits ripen slow ." i observed. "The loss of pres Ie w h now troubles nlsnv

us soon will be forgotten when strategic advantages which have logo’ worl through T: shoricndinlr of

ion sppesr. en an a vsnce in prestige will saeio occur.”

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. S. PLA ES FIGHT IN RECORD BATTLE

"lslalalan emulsion

ross ifolturno River In Force

Strike Heavy Opposition On Daylight Raid

62 Allied planes lost to 104 Nazi fighters; War plant bombed.

renew their

In Italy's the 1' ‘ der combined 6th and 8th ds to Rome are

Russian troops battiin Dnieper. meanwhile are w thin less t Nazi esca e route from the Crimea. trap for invaders caught within Russian (lossack oavslrv could again

Russian penetration to the head

that the Ge defeat to the grim story everywhere

centre of tho whole Velturno-Biferno

cistancc to indicate u. Tiiot tends to ma (e a 5th army

those harrl-lvon trnns- e bridg

Bi] Relmln Morin A. P. War Correspondent i

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al- giers, Oct. l3 _ (Delayed) - (Ami - The Allied 5th Anny crossed the Voiturno River today.

British and Unit-ed States troops surging forward behind a terrific artillery barrage. pierced the Ger- man defence along the river and within the first six hours had pen- etrated well inside the main enemy positions.

'.f‘lie Allies struck jlgt before dawn under a. tornado of shellflre from scores of heavy guns, which had opened up at 9 p. m.

It was a brilliant moonlit night, with a. cold north wind howling-

The air qulvered with the sound of explosions, both from behind a shell burst. You could see red und when the guns fired and ahead when a shell burst. You could see red and yellow lights winking all over the plain. They seemed no bigger than match flares. But each one was a heavy shell addressed to some spec- ific object.

It was on annihilation bombard-

A month short of the 25th anniversary of "‘ First Great War, Neal armies in Russia. and in ‘Italy appear doomed to

mains to mpede a quick march to Pereko it. Suhsi once of fail rai rain south of the Dnicper bend available for s war of movement in whldi

east and west of the main road crcssin moves rather than frontal attacks. Fann

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

surrender in The

I Di’ . h Eoi-friégyrlhglmlrait l; (iflllllbilng to its cnllapgg un- e ore . m“ its invtment and capture 3T wining? Ge n ho

Ii: anti frontal Allied attacks. The pe of long de- . It is questionable even now

whet er the enemy stand north of the punctured and outfionkdd Voitur- no line is more than strong rear-guard notion to facilitate escape of the main Nazi forces deployed across the scninsula from entrapment.

at Melitopol, south of the great bend oi the

hon I00 miles of the only remaining No formidable natural obstacle re- that would make the Crimea a ns make the ter-

figure.

‘first the Nazi situation in the south is critical cannot be doubted.

_ of the Perehop Isthmus connccii

tho Crimea must inevitably also force evacuation of the whole of the

Dniepcr plateau within the river benill. It vvoni

south as lvcll as from the north and out. Russian bridgchesrk on the rlght bank south of Kiev and cast of

Krenlenchug already menace the main supply route for all Nozl force; in

the bond, the Bell Tersarkov-Dnepropetrovsk railway. It seems impossible

h h command has not already

from both the Crimea and the Dnieper iatieau to add another chapter or

llllgil

wit d be vulnerable from the

begun a withdrswrl id ng for trio German pu ".ic m

memories oi The First Great War surrender are revived. Alhed seizure of the vital Vinchlaturo communications hinge h ll:

line in Italy Is reported from Nazi-

controlled sources in France but unconfirmed as yet. There is no doubt. however, that convergmg 5th and 8th army columns were within striking distance of the road iunction Thursday and had not met sufficient re- Nazi die-hard stand in its defence,

crossing of the lower Voltumo both

‘Hospital Ship

In Halifax With Wounded From lied.

HALIFAX. Oct. l4 —(CPJ- Wounded United States from the early campaigning in Lllwa and North Africa and a large group ofCanadisnsinvaliderl home ironl Britain for various rea- sons arrived here aboard ihe Ca- nadian Hospital ship lady Nelson. which docked late today and be- can discharging her patients.

There were no Canadian casual- ties from the fighting in Sicily and Italy aboard. although it had been rumored beforehand some might be arriving. All had come from base hospitals in Britain presum- ablv as part of a movement to empty these hospitals in readiness to care for wounded from the Ital- ian fighting.

The Americans had been taken from field ho‘ in_ North, At.

Among n group of Mnriiimers rcturnin were several from Prince dward Island. All were invaliddd back from Britain f)?‘

B

g‘ at Capua look like out to right from eheads. the Allies would threaten to

fold up Nazis just north of the river against the sea on one side and s- gainst the Volturno itself on the other.

Newsman Tells How 5th AAfmy” “Crbsséil “Voltzirno

Local Airman Seriously lll

A P.E.I. airmail was listed as seriously lll last night on the 705th casualty list of the war issued by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Ottawa.

The man was Lac. Frederick Leigh Gates, whose ncxt-of-icin was given as his father. Fred Gales of Charlottetown. l-le was reported "seriously ill as a result of injuries sustained in a mom-cycle accident." He is serving in Canada.

Five Airmen Are Awarded Ii. F. G's

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merit crcatell smash gaping holes in the enemy's depth defen- ces for 5 or more miles beyond the river. And ll covered the floor of the volley like s. blanket.

Allied commanders had had to flliure out how to pet tho heavy material close enough to the river to push it across quickly without allowing the Germans to spot it.

They accomplished ll; and but for that shrewd planning and ex- ecuti the bridgehead probably wouldn't have lasted until dark.

An equally difficult role was as- signed to the bllrzincers Thair lob was to span the river with bridges so that armament too heavy to be ferried across could reach the other side in time to support the. infant-

ry.

I watched the soldiers scampcr across the flat and disappear inside a drifting pail of man made white smoke

We lay there waiting and strain- inlz our eyes to sen thrcuch the smoke screen. It wasn't. long after- wards thzlt a runner came and said the crossing had been ef- fected lmd the troops were moving forward.

BEE LIMIT T0 PLASTIC!

MONTREAL. Oct. 14—(cP)-—Di'- LR. Mchaffle. manager of the re- search and develo ment depar- ment of Canadian ndustries ifcd. told a service club (ll-Jpn!) t0- ds that the L ‘ ‘ ydol-i

re lace steel and structural mater-

"Despite stories that we rniiiy 0X‘ pect to live in plastic houses, drive plastic cars and even fly piss airplanes. the chemical p6 does not support those extravagant clcims,"_ he said._________ __'

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OTTAWA. Oct. 14—(CP)-—Ail' Force headquarters late today an- nounced the award of five Disting- uished Flying Crosses to members of the R.C.A.F. overseas and one to a Canadian serving overseas with the R..A.F.

The award winners: F0. DB. Williams (RAF). Saskatoon; P0, F. E. McLaren. Ottawa: Flt. Lt. W. R. Petitt. Brampton. Ont; F0. J. E. Bell. (37 Golden St.) Saint John N.B.i PO. G.W. Gabel. Didsburv. tAalta; and PO. SF. Garland. 0t.

wa. The citation for F0. Bell read‘ “This officer is a navigator of high merit. He has completed a ifitke number of sortles and his af- forts have contributed much to the successes obtained. On s recent m~~ ciisicn during a flight to Berlin an electrical storm was encountered. Displaying great skill E0. Bell un- errlrikiy guided his pilot to the tar- get which was successfully bomb- Bd- This officer has displayed com- mendable courage and resoui-ce."_

Postal Employees To, Seek Wage Increase

OTTAWA. Oct. 14—(CP)-—Jack Cochrane. president of the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Postal Employees’ Association. said today that between 650 to 500 of its mem- hers will meet here next week to

" e nuv for wage increases averaging $300 a year.

Cochrane sold the demand will pi based on an opinion among poet- a employees that the minimum salary of toe s month is inade-

tio quote. and that staff control regu- try lotions and other factors result in

remaining for lone per-

employees s in rsrv cspscitiy a

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nl months ago. alld had been cared for in Britain since. The Canadians included men who had been in lured in accidents in Britain or who were invulided home because of sickness.

Brig. Sir Frederick Carson. a

» in-iiingctonwOnt. ~ returned to convalesce in Canada following a motor transport accident in Syr that cost hlni a broken leiz.

Brig. Carson. a graduate of Royal Military College. Kingston. has been attached to the transport di- vision with the British command iii Iraq and the Middle East. This is his first time home since 1938.

Returning aboard the Lady Nel- son were i1 few Canadian Army Nllrsinrr Sisters and some member: of the US. Women's Army Corps.

The U.S wounded were being lirilogded _tonlizht.__n_lhil_e_the

(Continued on page '7 Col. 2.)_

iMany Canadian Homes Need Repairs

OTTAWA. Oct. l4--(CP)—There are s lot of Canadian homes that need repairs. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today. In. formation gathered in the 194i census showed that 27 per cent of all dwellings in the Dominion are in need of external repair.

To come under this classifica- tion houses had obvious need of re- pairs to foundations. dilapidated roofing. churn-lay. in need of at- tuitlon or stairways and steps ap- proaching the main entrance in need of repairs.

The proportion of homes in need of repair was considerably lower in the large cities than in rural communities The farm home per- centage wss i0 as compared with 20 for urban dwellings. and this proportion declined steadily in larger communities.

Provincial percentages of dwell lngs in need of external repair were us follows: Saskatchewan 40: Al- berta 37: New Brunswick 37: Man. itoba 32: Nova Scotia 2'7. Prince

tario 23. and British Columbia Z3.

lfoep League 0f Nations Alive

IDNDON. Oct. l4 — (C P) — Keeping the framework of the leag- ue of nations alive, the British libnplre has paid its member dues up to date and l4 other countries have brought their installments up through i942 to the credit side of the ledger, it was learned in Lon- don toil y.