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The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward‘ Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1943

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REDS THREATEN T0 TURN DNIEPER

Nazi Rail Bot

R. A. E Rocked City In 25-Minute Raid Saturday

_ noun srunplvsnr . udjn‘ m,“ l 02mm Press em: Writer) M ‘t m u"

8. —-(AP)—R.A.!'. bore.

low in enemy waters.

e tern o of the new month's aerial ons aught. which in the first three days has embraced a he_evy RAJ‘. raid on the Nazi in- dustrial city of Hagen. and e new

IONDON, Oct.

d.“ s...‘ birth a’? d ‘e e. um - dd heavy explosives gm Munigh

he! 48 hours after American daylight raid on the Aflloe- American bombers German north sea. port of Ernden, shook the city in e darlllht raid continued through this morning

with aerial dashes over Holland. Formations of American medium bombers, escorted by allied Spit- fires. winged eastwprd in great waves after daylight w rut Nazi fighter plane bases at Woensdrecht I-faamstede and Amsterdamchinol. The Spitfires destroyed enemy planes without loss. Three of the seven enemy planes fell w the Canadian "Indian“ squadron led by Sqdn. Ddr. R. W. Mglilair of North Battledfmd, Staslr. ere was some ae a ac vt ethod by reason of the Sept. 8 over Britain itself Saturday nlflhki. Al". night attack and Friday's and London had a. short alert .5. raid. when one or two enemy planes last night's raid forcshad- penetrated to the metropolitan area

Flvelmndred t4 ns of bombs were ruined on MllfllC-J in a 25-minute k the Air Ministry News Ser-

ee-ld, with 0 two-ton bombs dropped every minute. Munich. rail bottleneck, through

which Germany pushes reinlforcc- geven v

lnen oi be placed under two- lrcotlonal aerial poundin, by the flsiLAmei-ican double punch

0 I greatly stepped-up and dro d bombs at scatter bombin of the Belch when ints. Iflgtele damage and no he: new elied nirdromes in Italy Yigries were reported. British defen. are put in operation. bringing ces brought down one raider

el o Germany within easy Fortregsgg e5.

American Flying corfed by Thunderbolts, gave the Nazis‘ prime North Sea merchant shipping port of Emdcn its third batterlnll of the week Saturday afternoon. The industrial city of Hagen in the Reich was hit Friday night by the RAJ‘. and R.C.A.l=‘.

range of blows either from the

west or south.

Through the official news agency Baffin. the Germans acknowledu- e

lost from this and other operations

" Nazis Strike Back At Captured Island of Kos

CAIRO. Oct. 3—(AP)--Germany unleashed u sea and air-borne nt- tlck against newly-won Allied positions on the Island of Kos in the nar- row Aegean Sesa today, striking back in her defence of Europe in a new

the ancient battlelanes of the Athenians and Spartans.

A terse British announcement of the alr and amphibious attack on Allied held Kos, second largest Island in the Italian Dodccnncsc group, added the cryptic statement:-

"Nsflemry counter-measures have been taken by the defendlnz

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Inlmediale information on the progress of the flllhting and the size C! the attack force Germany was able to draw from her strained re- serves was lack ng. but it was not believed here that an assault had yet been launched on a large scale.

Kos and its excellent airfield were seized by British ‘DI-"flfihlltl! "(KIDS 1nd sea-borne forces on Sept. 22 along with Ieros in the Dodccanese group on the Greek Island of Ssmos to the north.

The fleece of the net breed of sheep and of crosses of the breed tend to shrink more than that of the Down or long yvool var-

ties. because the Ransboulllet breed secretes more Rrease and there is a greater tendency for mist to adhere to the wo .

oomuoogvzurs

News Briefs

LONDON, Oct. I — (Mon- day) — (CP) — Alr raid sir- ens sounded in London late last night and anti . aircraft guns went lntn action. ll. was the second alert in the capital in as many nlghts. -

SARNIA, Ont, Oct. 3‘ —(CP)— More than 300,000 tires have been

"Talkies-Morell Tuesday“ a a‘

‘ ___ manufefturciilabin ‘nfanrtid; from _3g y] , s that ru er pox" e rom "Talkie! ' Pew“ wedllll-Zgkl. ta Unified States, it was disclosed _..___ Saturday by Hon. C. D. Howe, I "Danie “Seven Mile Bhyugrzlezs; Munitions Minister. ‘y’ c‘ ' ' ' ALLIED nssnousnrcns "Chicken Supper and dance Iona Southwest Plvlflc. Oct- 4 — Hall Monday. Octobe . (Blonder — (A -— Gell- 10-2-4-9-11-41. Douglas MacArthur, in a review today of the northeastern New (lumen campaign, sold

"National Film Board Molt/lies

Hunter River Monday, '7, 8-301 p that capture of l-‘lnschhafen

has eliminated all defensive value of enemy held centres

"chicken supper and dance Ver- to the north and west as far ma‘: giver Hall Wgdrxiesdsg, October as Modang. . upper serve min p.m. -————

10-4-31. IJONDON. Oct. 4 —- (C P) — (Monday) —— British bombers un- loaded 14,000 tons of bombs on German and occupied countries during September. or 5,000 tons less than the previous month, the Alr Ministry announced today in its monthly review. This was in nd» dliion to about 8.200 tons drnrm- ed during the rnonth by the Unl- ted States 8th Air Force.

Goebbels Says Plenty Food

IONDON. Oct. I — (C?) — Al- ternate}; threatening and reassur- ing 5 erlin harvest gay“ crow/ad,

hey promised Gemany enough food for the winter and then “warned that anyone who placed personal comfort "above the honor of our people" would be beheaded.

His broadcast promise of adequate food. however, was in direct eon- trsst with another festival address in which State's secrete Herbert Broke told the same au ience of the severe drought that had grip- . l east German territories

he year's harvest consequently hilidi been below expectntl , he sa .

"Chicken Sup er ln Cherry h by "Vic- War i‘-

Vnlley Hell, Oct r 20t tory Bees.’ Proceeds m ‘ m

"Meat and Salad Supper. I..eg- lon Hell, Mount Stweart, October 7th. Proceeds War Work. i0 ‘ m

"Wanted to buy live and dressed mlekem and fowl. Paying w; market prices. Island Cold Bwrag 00.. Ltd. 8-2841

"Annual Chicken Sup r Ind St. James Hall, ummer- field Wednesday, ottom- 0th. Sup- per from o u. 1o. -o-1-n. "Mel ue Hall, Monday evening Oot. 4t , .30 “The Little Clodhop- m" presented by the Indian River 70f!- Bpecleltlee. 10-2-2i.

"Annual Super of Illdon ted Church. ednesday even tobor 0th in Belfast He l. ve . i0 o'clock. 10- 4-21.

"Beer Mb Roy Mecflregor

Se ttlsh inger in Pownel ylrueelley night. October bign- oontest nlso sponsored 2y

H n'| Institute, ll- .

- "Enjoy an evening of Scottish longs and stories also quiz by Bob ___i.__ MMGIQIOI 111 Cl? Trill/BIN No wheat acreage estimates f0!‘ It 8 b-m- i043 in Australia are vet available n- but they are believed to be about

German Rhur end Rhinelend and mine-

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Retired Local Business Man Dies Suddenly

Mr. George H. Toombs. retired Charlottetown business man, died unexpectedly at his home. I20 Brighton Road here on Saturday‘ afternoon. I-ie was B4 ears old.

He was in excellen health and retained all his faculties until the of his death. He was in par- ticularly good spirits Saturday for he received that morning n let- ter from his sister in Victoria. He became ill in mid-afternoon and died within a few minutes.

A native of North Rustico, P.E.I., he was a. son of the late William Toombs and his wife. the former Isabel Harkcr. One sister survives of a family .

Mr. Toombs came m Charlotte-

town as a youth of 1'7 and went into business under the firm namv of Arthur and Toombs. Later his partner went to California and Mr. Toombs took over the wholesale grocery and produce business which he continued to operate until l5 years ago when he retired. A son. Charles Toombs. operates the busi- ness now. Ir is located at 3'7 Queen Street and has been in the same building for more than 40 years. Mr. Toombs was wclLknnwn to business men throughout the Pro- vince although almost all his as- sociates have died now. Surviving are his wife. the for- mer Miss Helen Cnryl of Oakland, California and one son and three dnuflhters.

The son is Charles Toombs oi Charlottetown, who carries on the business.

The daughters are Mrs. Blanche Dumont and Miss Lulu Tnombs, both in Charlottetown and Mrs. Richard Piper, Sarnia, Ontario. lvlrs George MncKenzie of Vic- toria, BC. is a sister.

Funeral services will be held from

People's Cemetery,

Reports Confirm Morale of ll-Boat Orews Oeolining

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 3- l Al’)

marine crews in far northern Norway; a Norwegian icgntlon statement. sail] tcdny, Tfllvllillellltlc in ‘Irumsoe, one of the largest U-boni has“ in Norway and one used exten- sively since the American bombing raid of July 24 on the Trondheim base, were quotcrl as saying that “dlsc-pllne l! very bad and the marines seem to neglect their officers cum- pletcly when they arc whore." “In the middle of the nl8ht. heavy fighting between U-boat officers and their marines can often be seen in the streets." the statement continued. Reports of mutiny of lub- marlne crews flrlfl marines Bt- Tromsoe came as the under- seas boats resumed their rey- lng on Allied shiplllng af er n

vy toll of submarines in the spring and early summer. 1t wal reported June Z6 that Bl! crews had refused to go to s!!! and that ZOO officers and mcu an‘! been sent to prison at I U.

One of i‘ Ouads Arrives Overseas

SAINT JOE-IN. N. 8., Oct. 8 —(0

._ Mr. and Mrs. William Mah- Karen“ of Bpr. John Doug- las Ma aney. only male member of Saint John's Mahane qusdruplets. have rceived word o his Brflvll

overseas. John end the other qllfldl here. m. Edna and an. v11! he 30 years old next stm

day. Two of John's brothers also are in the Canadian Army.

Theatres Agree To Out on Ooel

0'I‘_'I‘AWA, Oct. i3-(CP)—'I‘he Canaclan Motion Picture War Ser- vices Committee. representing 1,100 theatres throughout Canada, has voluntarily agreed to a 30 per cent reduction ln coal consumption by the Canadian Motion Picture 1n~ dustry, the Munitions Department announced ‘ ht.

Coal Controller E. J. Brunnlng said the voluntary saving will toto

sored by Augustine Cove Women's 7.000.000 acres, a reduction of 25 nu l0-4-li. per cent from the i042 acreage.

approximately 00.000 tons a veer.

the MncLemi Funeral Home here this afternoon. Burial will be in the

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War Situation Last Night

By Iflrke L. Simpson, Associated Pres; War Analyn.

Nazi German came No important bridgehead ou

states and east Russia Russian steam-roller attack.

Berlin admitted Ruuiun toe holds west of the rive;- nl, unsinicu lnts. first probably means north of the RUSSllII-hfiflggcfl Kiev bastion

n the sector north o! the confluence of the Pripet and the Dnleper as well es southeestward of Kiev where s Russian break-through to reach the Warsaw-Bel Tsertkov-Dnepropetrovsk railway would gravely leopar- dlze the whole Nazi right flank In Russl . . Iurthcr threat to the Dnieper line is critical .It coulrl not be held e- orcc to the west bank of (he rlvcr on cithcr

ls on the extreme flanks north and south, that the first evid- ence oi‘ a Nazi retreat from the Dnleper must come if it is actually an

galnsi Russian penetration in end. Yet it

early prospect as all reports suggest.

German escape route from that trap. It cannot be doubted that f‘

deeply deployed cast of the Pskov.

months arm took Vcllkle Lukl.

at which Russian forces In that sector.

OTTAWA. Oct. 3. - (C P) -- Labor Minister Mitchell hzus infor- med F. H. Hall of Monlreal, vice- president cf the brotherhood of railway lllld stamshlp clerks, freight handlers, express and stat- ion employecs, that a strike of Hal- ifax freight handlers was “illegal?

Replying to a telegram from Mr. l-Isll saying that the freight head- iers sioppcd work Saturday; on the basis of press reports that the Nat- ional War Lahcr Board had grunt- ed them an incl-case of only four

_N".“' ‘emm? "m" “MT”? cents per hour, Mr. Mitch-ell said l""':"f"5 gummg o“ action oi’ the union's members in II m0 a i ll ll! l ‘endcncfes amogg 239mm,“ gum refusing to handle Shlpffietfg:

"shows flagrant d‘ reg. ‘d of

OTTAWA, Oct. 3 —(CPJ — DO- clslons of fur reaching importance to all Canadians, having m d0 with a new policy on labor and the pro- posal to pay family allowances, are expected to be reached by the Gov~ eminent this week.

For weeks the government has had before it the unpublished rc- port of the National War Labor Board. made nfter a wide inquiry

summer lay-O"- int l bo ditions. ollflgtilnymzg: 1:33;!‘ c253: ‘f; I‘: i: ‘liirnggllstogd this make? b1:- Commcn a (m5 Ol‘ HEW i1 l‘ IIJWBY. In" ‘"1! Pm"! 1:3: code, compulsory collective barg- 5“ m“ n” w" a“ ° “ ninlng with approved Labor Un-‘

ions, and relief from wage restrict-l ions of those in the lower lncomel

BTOUP- '

In addition to these recommend- ations, the Government is report. ed to be studying u proposal to in- itinto a scale of family allowances t0 relieve the pinch of high living costs and heavy taxation as app- lied to lower salaried people with large families.

In a general way these proposit- ions were approved and plnced in tho tentative program drawn up by the National Uberal Federation at its meetings here last Monday and Tuesday. But hey were being studied by the Government even before that gng grainy itlwas learned that a e n decs on was to be expect. ed this week.

Mr. and his cabinet Iss0- ciates held several council meet- lngs in the past week but no sn- nouncemcnts were madg on the gubilfiect o)! lobar‘ rvelaltions, believed 0 aye eon eman sub . der discussion. m“ “n __At__t_lie_conclusion of the 1.1mm

That Russian force must be merely hiding ifs time It lng for the freezc-up in northern Russia or the fall of Vltflbsk fetal: striking nul ryorilnvesfward towaidihe critical Pskov KTWWH) l0 Re" ‘a grad. less than 150 miles away. The first winter caunllli Ifninl! In us!‘ l; heretofore have shmvn ihemsflvcs fir?‘ T105; of their foes In endurance. ""5""? and daring, is apt to come Is y!

Brands Halifax Freigh ‘Handlers Strike Illegal

along the west bank of tin‘: n‘§|§'°§'i°e'l'.. "m. M u“ w" ‘m’ W“ "wk

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l! t be ll tb t t i . ly In German hands and even thenllitcbglglrgatewakyltgegglalifilmfih? BL-lrirlc appears to be cracking under the weight of the

B

Suufh of the lower elbow of flee great bend of the Dniepr-r n great battle lo stall off a Russian flanking movement is reported by Berlin. Moscow has not mentioned it .lt is clear, however, that heavy Russian forces, hampered by mud and rains, are trying to storm in the flat tri angle south of the broad Dnicper estuary and possibly cut off the Ger- mans still in the Crimea. The narrow Perckop Isthmus, fitted hy Nazis with n military railroad since the last Crimean

defence lines south of

the Dnlrpcr hcnd to the Sea of Azov coast are in communications dlfflcultlps» The river aml its marches hamper the movement of men and Sllllllll” Into the llnlcpcr-Black Sea triangle if the Kharkov-brunch. railroad l! as close under Russian guns as indicated. _ The Russian siege of Vltebsk north of the upper bend of the Dmclll‘?

at Orsha is pointing a dangerous thrust. at t enemy clear to the Gulf of Finland coast we available reports from that only dormant sector, German forces still are They appear tn he relying ' marshes between the Lovat and the Polita rivers southwest of Lake I - men to protect (hom from enclrclement by lhc

campaign. is the only

he whole left flank of the st of lemngrad. By latest

on fhc Russian army Whiflh

rainy be whit-

Rev. P. J. llogan Retired Priest Oied Saturday

The death occurred at the Sacred

ti‘;

l-lcnrt Home on Sauuxia," Ul

Rev. Pnu-ick J. iiouun, lo parish prlesl at T1 - cue, bi. a resident fol‘ many years 0i Chur-

lottetown, following ms retirement owing to ill health.

The late Ffllrlffl” Hogan was bOlIl at Tignlsn on Feb. l3, liidli. he ulls educated at the ‘ligmsli puuu: school and Si. Qunsuins Code-go, uildhllui" glhuuuzlng ll‘0lll Lnc 1n.- tcr ulslltuuon attended. (he Grand Seminary, Montreal

He was ordained to the priest- hood at Charlottetown on June l0. i892, and was stationed in the Cll], for a short Lime before being up- pomied parish priest at True-sole.

About [hilly ycais ago inlliziy,

health compelled Father Hogan Li) retire from active dunes. lie re- sided since that time lll Charloitc- tovrn. and made many friends a- mong people of all classes, by whom he was held 1n the highest esteem. Fulhcr Hogan was a son of the late Patrick rlogan WllDSC larm, in ‘fignlsh district, is loculcd ut the northernmost tip of the Island.

Surviving are three brothers and tlircc slstcip.

The brothers me Henry Hogan,

on the old homestead. John _Hognn, an older brother, near ‘llgnlsh vil- lage and Di‘. Fred Hogan in Bri- Lish Columbia. The sisters are, lvus. Peter Phee. and Mrs. ‘fhomas Nclligan, both in Norway, P.E.l., nncl Mrs. Peter Callaghan, Ebbsflcet. P.E I.

A ponliflcnl l-Illzh ‘Mass for the late Father Hog-an will be sung at St. Dunstans Basilica U115 mOFIIIIIR at l0 o'clock. The remains will lie in the Basilica until Li o'clock this afternoon. when they will be trans- : ferred by tram to TlfllllSh.

The Requiem Mass and bwlal will take place at lhgnlsh on Tues-

Iuueoriptlon [loll II". II. h

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Heavily Attacke

Cross Pronya River; Nazis In (Hasty Retreat

Enemy is abandoning final

foothold in

Caucasus.

final Nazi rearguard fro foothold in the Caucasus

More than 2.000 Germans were killed and '10 villages seized in the drive toward Mogilev and Gomcl. to the south, said the communique recorded by the Soviet Monitor.

The Caucasian campaign ap- parently was in its last stage. Ber- lin's High Command admitted the loss of Staro-Tamanskafya, virtually the last Axis foothold of the Kerch

xpiect New Labor By Covemment Soon

Federation meetings Tuesday, when I a was elected with a mandate to set ab- out a1 ftlilll reczlrlganlzlilatiotn tog Lgrall nssoc a ons ioug ou e mm

.......,Advanoe In Italy which its sponsors declare is their prescription for assured prosperity

_-_. interests of the nation at war the;

welfare of our fighting forccsmndi

thcse of our nlllcs."

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"By Monday morning there will be several hundred cars of Dflflfih- able foodstuffs on the docks Whlfirl} govern- . ment has had the situation under consideration and I mllil» infflfm workers icsume duty by 8 o'clock Monday’ morning, Oct. 4, arrangements Will perishable

will be ruined unless loaded shps lmmedlntclyuffhc

you that unless striking

be made to handle all

shipments." Policy

l

new permanent executive

linlon. a program was

and security of all Canadians.

(Island Airman

Listed Missing

OTTAWA, Oct. 3 -— (CF) _

Joseph Dnnlcl Mullen, n 151110, of

St. Peter's Bay, P. E. I., has been listed in the R.C.A.F. 696th casualty list of the war as missing on ac- tive service after alr operations. His next of kin is his father, n. ,1, Mm.

Ti.

New Order Re Anthracite Ooal

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Oct. 8—(OP)—Wh0lg. rcquired to ship an. retailers ":11; [so [that all dealers . ar stare or so 11

which become available, u... ‘iltfif

Iifilélllllz department announced m.

1 The Minister's telegram confin_1

‘my mommg‘ Strnit east of the Crimea, and the

Russians said their airmen killed

area, ashore and sea.

Orsha and Mogilev were pound- ed by Russian airmen ranging ahead of Soviet ground forces con- verging on those key Junctions in White Russia.

Munro ‘Tliink

Shows Increase In P. E. Island

The total fire loss in Prince Ed- ward Island for i942 was $164,282. a decrease from the 1941 iotal of

exiting property valued at $99,571, uninsured. Prince Edward Island's loss was approximately one half of 1 pcr cent of the total forCannda, which amounted to $3l.lB2,238, and yvas__cau_seAcl_by_-i'l 5@_fir_cs.

(Continued on page 7 Col. 2)-

IDNDON. Oct. l! — (CP Cable) _. There is no one who has seen the Canadians in action who doesn't think they are worthy succ- msors ss fighting men to any Can- ada sent overseas in the First Great War.