c,» .

»-...... ‘

To

clear conception of its value.

MAXI M6

OIL

A MERE MAN

lift life we anus a

t Ins dlg-ni y and

Taken On Western Front

i Brief Session

‘Another M-e-zber of King Cabinet Announces _He iWill Not Run Again. ATE-whatever da- the m on th

GITAWA. ’ and the

in t: federal election

or not of a session of Par-i U

they are not causing long

in the Mackenzie King U

vee M tod float of Defence litoii in the Grey North by- they held only two meet- ig. one as brief as today's and h ether a three-hougdeessiosne.

cre- ‘indsor that he late at the gen- ggl election creams the fourth actual and potentai vacancy in uiniiterial ranks. Resources Min- our Orerar has announced his in- tention of dropping out sad Mr.

0., , more than two months ago. L ‘vy Macdonald has in- he will not contest anoth- electicii. It is considered possible one of (h; portfolios may go to one or of two active parliamentary ngstarles, Paul Martin of Essex jit, the riding adjoining Mr. Mc- agtyts which is lbsex West, or ‘imsl Chevrier of Stormont. _ifr. Martin. assistant in the Lab- ‘g Department. has just returned representing the Government st international labor organiz- ‘sdsa uecutive race in London" er ls assis ant ‘in the and Supply Department.

“airport 0f Canadian‘ "llsy Not Permitted A

(IITAWA, Feb. l8 é- (OP) — The Prices Board announced to- day no permits will be granted for the export of hay from tne 10M imp because of domestic neech.

board officials said the short- Ift of hay was affecting dairy farmers and lurriberlnen particul- siil’. and in some areas hay ship- uaita were required to meet im- mediate neett.

Germans Move Prisoners of War

MTAWA, Feb. 18 — (OP) —

We Wartgnde Lnkfionnistion Board

ay l at arse groups

oi British wisoners of war and lime Canadian interneee are bein Wad fiornr eastern to centr

. uiarih approx mately 12 1-2 :1" dilly. Each prisoner is issued Jhaliedcrom parcel and aloaf ‘i and arrangements have "tn mice to * ...-

It night.

Coming Events

"loadl 4:?’- WY- “Notifies: rttmisofi m"

i “ __—-—- l u s-.. “Mac.

Pulsed m; ericton.

"3""!!! live and u-sasod coul- ii. ...*:-..':.'..r-.::.'r "iron U‘ “will boll eve Thursday Dl is 1 .,'...t.."-". “i1 can: "attention: f’ mu and

9"" "for at ctoria itiak. at. ‘Wines. Wed. m. 10. 2-14-11

, .__. w“ P"? d Deuce in :23’ m ul%’ai“'l% ""°°' W-I- a-is-ii. ,, ..___ hon in rieton. i»; r»..- _» . Naoboweli. 3114. I - lo .

- wmrfifi.‘ “nfhéis ...c":.i.~~1- *1?- w

of

l?!“ 10th officers.“ .

ill

. ‘Q c

Dill. Ill- 3-H-

which include digpatch of a flo-

"Ontario. now building tat! (10 Bl‘

there is "only one" Roman Catho-

2-2-(1. .__.

0- 0. Green and 1-8-31 M110

great .. aim"... .... use" ‘r

PAR-IS Ebb. l3—Aiii6d armies in waster-i rope have captured 90o,- 200 German ia-iscners. oi which some L000 have been seized in the curren" let Canadian Army thrust toward the R. hr

u .

The total is equivalent to BOGer- man divisions as they now are con- stitutcd. and reater than the en- tire number o troops now believed on the Western Front.

Battlefront dispatches todaygive these latest estimates of prisoners

Canada To Send 8 Warships To Pacific

OTTAWA, Feb. l3 (OP) Navy Minister Macdcnald emph- asizing there still was work to do in the Atlantic by announcing a U-boat kill. a probable and several attacks, today outlined Royal

Pacific plans

tiila of two cruisers, two new air- craft carriers, four Canadian- built Tribal Class destroyers and other units.

Looking to the post-war, he spoke of s. heavy ship navy with 15,000 men compared to the pre- war establishment of a half dozen small ships and 1.700 men

Kc said the cruiser Uganda would shortly join the British Pacific Fleet and it would be lo‘;- loweclafter the war in Europe by other units of the Canadian Navy.

Tliese wouidiaolude the cmtisilir

s- fest, two new light ‘raft carriers. which ivfr. Macdonald hoped would be acquired from the British, and four Canadian- built. Tribal Class destroyers. ;

The new carriers now being) built in Britain, were cf a larger, type than the escort. carriers Puncher and Nabcb -- which the RC N manned with sea crews for the Royal Navy.

Plans also called for the pro- vision of aircrews from amom: Canadians in the Royal Navy Fleet Air ‘Arm and Canadians coining from the Fleet Air School at Col- lin's Bay, Ont.

Cnly Brie Roman Catholic lioctrinp

QUEJBEXJ, Feb. l3 — (OP) -- Caralnal Vilieneuve today ioid Laval University stuaen 5 that

iio doctrine and there is "no dif-

ferences of doctrine in the hier-

axmyJsitissaidireomequar- s

The Cardinal, addr the students who had called cn irn at the Archbishop's palace on univer- sity day here. said that "some people are wondering how the Church can be infalible, while some priests are for conscription

and others against." The Cardinal said that "this is " f doctrine.

not s. c

but one of politics on which every- body is allowed to have his own opinion." He urged the students. tau remain taithful to the Fatherland and the Church." _ '

MOMBASA. Kenya. - (OP) - A new chin-ch is to

the West Afféan B0 miles north of here. Melindi is

- ha .30: with "surprise and difippointment" a .

day cations whl

Bracken Urges McNaughton Bs Replaced

CYITAWA. Feb. l3 — (C?) — John Bracken, Progressive Conser. vative national leader, said in a

tcnlifht that Prime Min- ter e Kluge: oul place Defence Minis

n immediately and bring the office a. man whose policy will (‘Ififiirfxlilfllldn-lthfi cianflzifince of our;

en an e e a homenfln Canada." “up

This. he said. was the only cour- se Mr. could follow in the light of the result of the Grey North by-election. which he des- cribed as a "clear and unequivocal reply’ to the "King-McNaughton policy of a limited draft."

Bracken said he d read Gen McNaugh s yes- terday in which he said the Can- adian Army now has sufficient re- inforcsments overseas to meet con- tinuing operations over several months.

"Instead of an the Defence Ministers resignation and his replacement by a. man who could carry the confidence cf m]:

p

i

palgn." emen follows:-

I have read Gen. McNauzhtonb statement with surprise and disap- pointment .In the ilrst speech I made after returning from ever- sens two weeks ago, I said that the best news that could go to the troc over there would be word oi t e repudiation of the King- McNaug w“ policv of reinforce- men: bv the defeat of General McNaughton in Grey Nortii.

My. whole point was rhat he had permitted his nan-is and the milit- ary position he had held to be

Asks Probe 0f) information Leak

LONDON Feb. 13 - (CF) J.H. Martin. Labor risked an of- ficial inquiry in the House of Coni- mona today into the mysterious leakage of Prime Minister Chur- chill's confidential rebuke to Geri. Franco's proposal for a western anti-Soviet alliance.

Mr. Martin formally addressed a question to the absent Prime Min- ister, asking how and why the substance of his letter to the Spa.- nish leader could be published in the United States while still deli- ied to Parliament.

"Did this have the consent and approval of l-lis Majesty's Govern- ment?’ ‘Mr. Martin asked. "If not. what action has been taken in the matter? what further action does the Government propose tc take in the future to prevent continuan- ce of episodes rimis to the authority and prestige of Parlia- merit?"

Wildcat Mining Operators Active

(By ‘llhe Canadian Press) HALIFAX. Feb. iii-Thousands of letters from fly-by-riight finan- cial concerns in Toronto have been tempting Nova Scotians to invest in wildcat mining stocks. C. L. Beasley, provincial securities com- missioner, said today.

Attorney General JJf. Macquar- rie. confirming Mr. Beasley's state- ment. issued s warning against “tempting" telozrarns and letters from shady Toronto operators who, he said, freifiiently send communi-

c sound as if theywere sent by the Toronto Stock change.

the site of the Olidcut Christian chllifli in Africa.

Soviet Press VWith Crimea

B EDDY GILMORE (Assoc led Pres Staff Writer) MOSCOW, Feb. l8 -- (AP) The soviet Union's official press described the Crimea conference today in gio tarml. and the 0fi in oscow was that

Iflnister Ch , Presl- dent Roosevelt and Premier Stalin summers highly pleased with its res

Pravda. tbs official Communist

I IC- vie rlous today. but QOBDHVI.”

l-iT RINTHNIR

tolflt “N! Iilllllll ll the fact thlt

Some of the operators. Mr. Beas- ley said. have prison records.

Pleased w

Conference

erable increase in against Germany from the south and north

fir offensive a

o.

The Russian M0919 IUNU”? that Marshal Stalin came back from the Tehran conference with amirancs that there would be Germam’ from the east. south-and thergo were.

"you was considerable in the

Of

out ddsd the gnl-ifaiiftiifwaflr thr.ec direc-

uoff: OODIQRU“ e "the stability 0i W“

tar alliance." lsveet declared. an‘ added

"liitierite: Germany il ilflflflfli- -

11 f its collapse has ar- $34. mills oreeistancc is hopeless. Iueh was the first and happiest conclusion of the conference.

‘fiiecrimm on om 9- W- 4)

of m- '-

éETii-‘q’: .

the blows m“ west

__i._._ _._.__ _

A War Sit

I! Kli L. SIMPSON, Afllfilal Phil Ill Llllylt With the fall of Budapest every

Germany from the Danube gap to

of Berlin is under simultaneous Russian attack that is matched in the west by an obvious Allied building up to a cllinaotio drive to reach and cross the Rhine before aprlug thaws tend to halt aggressive military

The war-wrecked Hungarian Capital was doomed from the time m Russian columns reached and crossed the Danube on both aides of the

city nearly six weeks ago to leave

perate enemy efforts to relieve its dwindling garrison virtually halted the

llusslars ‘ up both hanks of

Budapest taken, however, the Russian march over the upper Danuhian

plains to aeiae the greatest strategic

between the Alps and the Carpathians, is certain to he resumed. Berlin admitted the loss of Budapest even before Moscow claimed its said '

Naai ‘ fragment of the west bank city its way out of the trap. Russian v

rnent of the city's capture, still were lacking.

It seems wholly possible. nevertheless, that the fall of Budapest, whatever the fate of its garrison, represents the beginning of a wide and deep German retreat in the southeast to shorten defence lines and conserveinanpower for a last-stand defence of the great central plain

of Germany. A concentrated i‘ still

slan forces are pushing from Silesia,

German surrender of the whole Carpathian bulge and all Slovakia east

of the Vah.

nation-Last Nigmht l

I it still held in a surprise effort to out

stand in the southeast south of Vienna and ,, the Danube gap and aligned northward via the Vah Valley to block the Moravia Corridor down which other Rus-

gaieway to the heart of the Baltic coastal shelf northeast

it under siege in their rear. Des-

the Danube toward Vienna. With prise in all central Europe, the gap

had ‘ ' tho tiny

. aside from official announce-

niay be shaping up. lf so. it means

News Briefs

LONDON, Feb. 18-(0?) - A warning that enemy planes were over Germany was sounded by the Czrman radio tonlglias, at conclus- ion nf a slay in which Allied eon- tinent-based tactical air forces flew more than 2.500 sortles against unusually heavy German aerial op- position. Allied airmen downed three enemy planes, but lost 23.

-%NEI-""E1!D.,TB¥-XA-'P)-¥ij|e us. 92nd Infantry Division fid its siipportln armorsuifered "reint- ively big " casualties and tank losses when its week-end attack in the Llgurlan coastal sector of the Italian front was repulsed. 15th Army Group headquarters disclosed today. ilfiiclai dispatches earlier had tended to discount as minor this attack of the Negro division. which was launched last Thursday.

WASHING-TON. Feb. l3—(CP)-— ln a first-Brand account of the Crimean conference, James F. Byrnos. United States War Mobil- ization Director. tonight expressed the opinion that agreements reach- ed at the meeting had gone a long way toward aranteein an At- lantis Charter- se-ttlernen for the small countries of Europe and a lasting peace for the world-

OTTAWA. Feb. 13-—(CP)—R0yal Canadian Mounted Police head- quarters announced tonight the retirement of Assistant Commis sinner P. R. Fbrde and Inspector Edward Carroll. both of whom are now stationed in Ottawa. Both are 3n leave pending retirementThurs-

ay.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. lkilal’) ew Orleans. but the gaily costumed merry-makers who iihrouged "it glues; In pie-war days were no- where to be seen. They were all working as usual, and confining their celebration to Joining in the intensive one-day war bond sale which the city is staging on its former "fill! i! "-

Pricss Increase For |.yiix Cst Pslts

MONTREAL». 1N1). 1B -— (OP) — sale of Lynx cat pelts at an in- crease of 10 per cent in price. fea- tured today's situation on the Can-

. and?" “ti?” “t”? Add were uer en .

l0 ranch . B0 unchanged: moron.

d. ed: tali-

hanged:

as a result of o’ m

. Opposition To

(Canadian Drive ls- Stiffeiiing

" PARIS, Feb. lfi—(CP)-—Canadiiln

water rats" in the northern sector of the 1st Canadian Army front to- day cntered Grcithausen. less than a mile from the Rhine a d 300 air- _llne miles from ~Berl<ir£-in what was described as the heaviest fight- in! of the slx-dziy-cld offensive against enemy» forces which have been increased to seven divisions at the expense of other Western Frimt sectors.

10 PAGES

LONDON, Feb. Red Army today after

some 300 miles

_Saxony.

Cavite Naval asc, Nichols“ Field Captured

By C. YATES McDANIEL

MANILA. Feb. 14-(Wednesday) —Cnpture of lhe Cavlte naval base and Nichols Airfield was announc- ed today 1n a communique which said the end of Japan's trapped Manilaygarriscn was "in sight." The communique reported enemy casualties of more than 68.000 for the five weeks of the Luzon cam- paign as compared with American lcalsliééiltics of 0,883. including 2,102 l

Capture of the Cavlte naval base put iii-a Americans on the shores of Manila l-Jay for the first time. .

Restrictions, 0n Grade “A” Fuels

While the "water rats"—so called because of the amphibious nature cf the warfare in the flooded Rhine flats-advanced. British and Canadian troops widened their breach in the Siegfried Line be- tween ihe Maas (Mouse) River and the Rhine. driving beyond Esleve to emerge from the eastern

edge o! the Reicliswald. South of 11m

the forest, they established a bridgehead over the Niers River which flows west along the edge of the forest at that point.

Approximately 1.0m British plan- es slashed at Nazi forces confront- ing Field Marshal Montgomery's troops on this northern sector of the Western Front.

More than 100 miles to the south the United States 3rd Army sent elements of three divisions pour- inq through a new break in Hit- ler's Westwall south of Pruem. while other troops drove the last Germans from the soil of Luxem- hcurg.

Earlier. heavy fighting was re- ported in the muddy terrain cast. of Kleve where the Nazis battled fiercely to keep the British troops from pushing beyond the Siegfried Line's second belt of fortifications.

Big Three Plans Stir lip Nazis

LONDON, Feb. iii-Berlin com- mentators today railed at the Big Three agreement for the crushing or Natl militarism as "a crime of mankind and humanity" and Bum- moned the German people to re- sist to the last breath "this most diabolical plan of all times."

In almost as bitter a denuncia- tion, the Polish Government in London declared it would refuse to accept. the conference's decisions regarding that country. including the esta iiahment of Russlas west-

5 ern boundary at the Curron Line.

AUBQIX HONOR. CHURCHILL

l-DNDON slick of

.woodhasbee

Minilter Ch Australian High Commissioner, as

Fhsuvyfioaaiiv/l A“ 515M?

. gylnbo] or Australia's admiration for his ieadersiifv.

5,25:

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Feb. iii-Restrictions on deliveries of anthracite coal, coke and blower coal to households was announced tonight by the Munitions Department. Under a new order deliveries may not be made to any consumer who has 30 days supply on hand, deliveries are ltcd to one ton and priority must be given to glurchasers who have less than seven days‘ supply.

The restrictions apply to all grade "A" fuels, which includes anthra- cite. coke and some semi-anthra- cites. and to all blower coals class- ed as grade "B" fuels. Class “C" fuel-soft coals-don't come under the order.

Penalties for" infractions of the order are n flnc of up L0 $5.000 0r imprisonment for not more than five years. or both fine and im- prisonment.

Zombies Arrested In Bush Hideaway

(By The Canadian Press) From liideouts tucked away 111 remote sections of Canada's snow- clad bushland soldiers absent with- out leave from the Canadian Army are being brought into custody and returned to their units ivliile all across the country. in cities and towns. and through country areas civil andmilitar-y police press the hunt for other army deserters. Latest; to be caught in the police net were 12 soldiers arrested in a shanty hideaway 12 miles from Sault Ste. Marie. Ont... and four others captured at Mount McKay. 20 miles southwest of For; Wil- liam.

Reports of these arrests, made early yesterday morning at Sault Ste. Marie and on Sunday and Monday at Mount McKay. were the first indication soldiers absent without leave have actually band- ed together in some instances and taken to the woods.

The men were well supplied with food including more butter. it was said. than ordina y citizens could purchase in Sault Ste. Marie. They also had plentiful supplies of can- ned goods.

Saint John Seeks To Eradicate Diphtheria

(By The Canadian Press!

SAINT JOHN, N. 13., Feb. 13--Al"- ready in the month cf February there have been four cases of diph- theria among Saint John children and of these a child of three has died. This fact is pointed out by the Saint John District. Board of Health, which will launch a diph- theria immunisation csmpaignncxt

Monday. ~ The district's diphtheria rate is far from satisfactory, it is stressed. with as cases of the milk-borne disease occurring inst voar. In cities the size or Saint John ria has been practically ab- ol Health Board officials snit-

ed ay. bird their incidence of diphtheria has been neiligibie.

49 days of street fl ed and 110,000 captured in the greatest ind

"l". $0.00; other Provinces I 0.8.0. 05.00.

Subscription Delivered. 05.00.

BUDAPEST FALL

By W. W. HERCHER

ividuai

coming operations cii the from directly east of Lnperilled Berlin, where the Germans said the Rus~ sians had made gains of 1 1-4 miles. but l: annnunr-ed five and six-mile advances in tlie continued clean-up of iiie Polish Corridor some 4.0 miles northwest of Byd- goszcz.

Budapest: fall. with its stag- gering loss in manpower to the Germans and a list of captured equipment that included such items ris 269 tanks, 1.257 cannon and 46 stores cf food curl ammuni- tion, was credited by Premier Stalin to Marshals Rodioii Y. Mallnovsky and Feodor Tolbukhiii of the 2nd and 3rd Ukraine Arm- ies. \l'l'iiiti"l cooperated in the long operation.

The order described BlldilDBSl as “a strategically-important Gr-"muii defence centre uii the road i0 Vienna." It was the lltii European gzmital lost by thc Germans to the

es

Dlrect- attack on the Huiigririiiii capital began last Nov. 12 after the fall of Manor, to the soutlieast._Eii- circlement was completed and Russian troops drove into the su- burbs on Dec. 2'1.

Then for 49 flaming days and nights the Soviets fought through the streets of tlic great twin city astride the Danube, advancing block by block, house by house and even room by room against a stubborn garrison that rejected a surrender ultimatum by shooting the Russians who delivered it.

The Germans acknowledged the loss of Budapest, saying it had been "evacuated" — a patent mis- use of the word - and sought to soften the blow with radio state- ments that the garrison had ric- complished i , ll by "pin- ning down enemy armies and iii-

them."

The Russian roll of varlsoners taken was headed by Col-Gen Peter Wildenbruch. German mm- mand-ant. and his staff.

Nead_0f lialhiiusie University Resigns

HALIFAX, Feb. l3 —

A split between Dr. Stanley, president of Dalhousie University. and tlie university's board of governors culminated io- niglit in the a nouncement of Dr. Stanley's resignation after a l4- year tenure of office. A joint statement by tlie presi- dent and the board declared. “iiicrr: exists. iilld has for some time ca:- isted, a fundamental divergence viewpoint between the DTESiLClI‘. and the board ns to their respec- iive functions in university gov- emnient"