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OTTAWA. Sept. 10—(CP)— Navy Minister Maodonald said

a press conference here late may that there have been no slnkings by U-boats in the North Atlantic in the past three months but warned that that did not mean the sribma inc war

h over.

The North Atlantic is the Canadian Navy's own special sphere of operations tn convoy- irlg duties.

“Our view b the subs will be pack," Mr. Macdonald said. "The Germans took a bit of a. beating early this year and their losses were heavy but they stiii have several hundred sub- marines.

“They may be working up new weapons but it il more likely they will be out again in strength."

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By EDWARD D. BALL Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, Sept. l0—(AP)—Ger-

man troops shelled and seized Rome, its vital railway system and airfield belt today, the Berlin ra- dio declared, in a frenzied effort to plug holes in an Axis rampart mattered by the invasion of Italy.

Other important Italian cities, airfields, ports and warships were seized amid indications that the desperate enemy plans to install another puppet Fascist regime in that chaotic land.

The Germans began shelling the southern outskirts of Rome at 6 a. m. Rome time, ' Romans to believe that liberating allied arm- ies were fighting the Germans, but Allied headquarters dispatches said there was no indication of al- lied moves irl the Rome area.

A dispatch from the Swiss frontier to the Zurich news- paper Die Tat laid. however, that it had been learned from Borne that British troops had landed at Ostia, port for the city of Rome, and now are fighting German divisions be- fore the Italian capital.

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Canada Seeking Two h Cruisers From Britain

as: Letters Reach ilanada From Japan

UITAWA, Sept. lib-(CID-Posi- Iltster Ganeral Mulock said today s consignment of 962 letters has reached Canada from Japan and Japanese-controlled areas.

‘Though some of the letters are from civilian intemees. most have been written by military prisoners," laid Col. Mulock's statement. "They are being sent out to the addresses today through the fastest postal channels."

The consignment which has now arrived is made up almost entire- ly vi letters dated as far back as last summer. and most have come from eople who were not heard ifgm art year.

Those ncxt-oLkin who received

tiers last year from the Grips-

lrolm consignment should there- fore not be undul worried about the safet or wcl-being of their

relatives rl Japanese hands if they

d0 not receive n. letter from the 9'95"" sroup." said the postmaster Géheral. _

CHINESE RELIEF FUND

SAINT JOHN, N.B .

"D i0 ionlvht by George provincial campaign treasurer.

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tillckens and fowl.

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Pl-Ncw Brunswick had contri- billed the total of $38,240 to the Chinese War Relief Fund campaign yesterday, it was announced W. Bellevue,

OTTAWA, B0 t. 10-—(CP)—Navy Minister Mac onald announced today that Canada is negotiating for the acquisition of two cruisers from Britain, to be manned and oprwated by the Royal Canadian

Navy.

"We hope to be able to get them and man them with Canadians within a year," he said.

The Navy, he added, is also working on a project oi obtain- ing one or more aircraft oar- riers but discussions in this re- gard with the air force and with British authorities have not reached final form.

In the event aircraftcarriersare obtained Canada will have a fir-ct air arm. he said.

The minister said the navy has added some 20 new fighting ships this year already and has about I00 under construction.

The launching oi the first Ca- nadian-bullt Tribal Class destroyer the Micmac, has been set for Sept 18 lat-Halifax. This is the largest fighting ship ever built in. Canada and it is expected a second of the same type will be launched before Christmas. said the minister.

The keel of another will be laid immediately.

SAINT JOHN TIME SAINT JOHN. NB" 5699-10- (CP>-—Saint John will revert to Ai- larltic Standard Time at midnight on the night of Saturday. Och 3. the Common Council announced to-

dLIhe council based its decision on word from the New Brunswick POW- er ccmmission that the Dfolmfied

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for Germany's unwil north. for her frantic tem Valnna and Durazzo within easy riaiic sea.

swift Allied thrusts apparently dominant holds on the Naples area as well as the major

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standpoint. of respect for thin pile that the Germans world go rloly City,

poses.

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landers (Black Watch) since last March has arrived overseas, ac- cording to news received here yes-

The battle of Italy, far from being

that accounts lnr ely for the terrific gnen to dare

y. Tiris news is bound to distress the Roman s people hold

of Nazis in southern But reports persist that a huge Anglo-American armada is darinlr an invasion clash with the enemy in the German

ania. This might bu the opening jab in the fight for southeast Europe-a surprise blow delivered by the Allies before Germany can ru it is more likely that such a thru control of the Adriatich entrance at

The Italians. meantime, now irnow full well an armistice does not mean pence so lonr as the Germans still infest their land.

| By John II. Wiggins. Associated Press War Analyst

Government capit- ootholds from which o

ended b scramble f er

forces apparently mean to slug it out for control I mid tho maze of reports on the fighting that rages far and wide

one fact stands clear: Germany re-

be desperate should the Allie; dominate all

speed of battle developments, draw a lone fighting line in the

establish strongholds

ts Italy. and for her sudden clinch on the important Albanian ports of Allied invasion distance across the Ad-

have kiven Anglo-American forces and the big naval base at ‘faranto

ortions of southe s. and south central Italy. lne miles north of Naples, the Nazi nrmi an Capital of Borne and assumed protection" n: Vatican

es have

Catholics. While, from the sacrcd, it seems inconceiv-

so far as to hold hostages in the

the Nazis so far have stopped at nothing to serve their pur-

fighting ,ib s full with the swiftncss of land and air action ainder of the Italian

would seem that this Allies Y. fleet, and thne need

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I-fe served overseas during the First Great War as an N.C.0 in the lostn Battalion and was woQid- ed at Oambrai on Oct. i. 1018.

In 1921 he was made Lieutenant with the P EI, Highlanders and shortly after was promoted lo the rank cf Captain. He was made a Major in 1926.

During the years of peace he was n member of the staff of Prince of Wales College out continued to keep actively in touch with the ar- my through work with the militia and the cadets.

At the outbreak of the present conflict he was a company com- mander with the P 125.1. Highland- ers and he immediately Item 0n active scrvice. He became second in command shortly after ulld when Lh-Col. C C. Thompson retired be- cause of illness Col. MacDonald be- came commanding officer.

Seven Killed In Accident

ALDERSI-IOT. Onto Sept. I0-- iCPl-Seven persons were killed tonight at a level crossing near this village when a fast Canadian National Railways train collided with a Canadian Coach Lines bus. slicing tlic bus in two and scatter- ing wreckage along the track.

A tentative list of identified dead follows:

Fred Smith, 34. married, driver of the bus.

Miss Sherwood( age and initials unavailable), Aldelahot music teacher.

Jacqueline Bell.-13, of Watertown.

Mrs. Ralph Barnes, 30, of Water- down. Mrs. R. C. Smith (age unavail-

able) of Toronto.

Also dead were four young boys. believed to have been farm com- mandos. and one other unidentified person. At least two other persons

change-back was not expected to Bilétligiisfijlwllljllnlfi-

LONDON, Bept. I0-(AP)-—The Germans hurriedly replaced their fallen Italian allies all along the Adriatic coast today and Swiss re- ports said a huge allied invasion armada was moving through the Ionian Bea toward Albania.

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New Allied Invasion Aimed at Albania

the Yugoslav port of Raguss. and 8T0

were seriously hurt.

that the Italians Md been disarm- ed up and down the entire Adriat- ic coast.

The Swiss regort, quite likely. was a nervous s 0t in the dark, in- spired by the feverish German ef. forts to decide which way the piec- es are falling, but then, there is no question that tho whole Ionian and Adriatic shores were opened by the swift removal of the Italian

fleet.

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New gijficers For llospital Association

sept. 1o - (C-Pi - stephens of Mon- treal. was reelected today Presi- dent of the Canadian Hvsilllfll Council, Federation of Hospital As- sociatlons in Canada, at the con- eluding session of it5 two-dill’ biennial meeting here.

Other officers elected were: Honorary President, Pensions Minister Mackenzie; Honorary Vice-President. H. G. Wright. H011- fax; ‘First Vice-President, Dr. A. F‘ Anderson, Edmonton; second Vice- President, Mother Allaire, Mon- treal; Secl-etaryTrcasurer. Dr. Harvey Agnew, Toronto; Executive, r. A. K. Haywood, Vancouver; Dr. A. McMillan, Charlottetown, and Fraser Armstrong, Kingston. Ont.

Hitler Breaks- Long Silence

LONDON, Sept. l0—(AP)--Adolf Hitler tonight broke a six-months silence in an attempt to rally the German people from effects of It- aly‘s desertion and. in a. grim l6- minute radio speech, told them that event was of slight importance and that the "ring oi steel forged by the German home front will never break."

Although German soldiers may be forced to make tactical retreats and “we may have to cede some territory". the Fuchrer declared the Whemacht would be able to guard the nation from all assaults except allied bombing attacks. ,

"But here also." he assured his bomb-harassed people, "technical

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but will retaliate with other and more effective means."

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Sept. ll —(Saturday)—(AP)—The ese garrison! situation New Guinea, now is desperate, Al- lied headquarters said today.

lksst of the air base. Australians have crossed the Bush River near the Malahang airdrome and their patrols have encountered enemy resistance. is is the force which landed from the sea Sept. 4 and now has wheeled up zd-pounders

Prime Minister King Asks Tor Continued War Effort

OTTAWA, Sept. l0——(CP)—I5‘rom Canada, the fifth year of war will demand "more fortitude. greater efforts, heavier xcrifices than any wg have yet fnc ." Prime Minister Mackenzie King said tonight in a broadcast address on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Dc- minion's entrance into the war. “Whether civilization is to live or die has yet to be decided on the field of battle." said Mr. King, de- livering a Zilmlnllte address over the fictional network of the Calla- dian Broadcastlng Corporation. “All that has 8011c before. ‘all that now is taking place, is leading up to tile hour o supreme effort," he added. Reviewing the course of the war to date, Mr. King said that a year

ies everywhere. Today, the situation was revers. ed. The reason was to a large‘ de- gree the application of the dus- rial power of the United Nations, particular of North America, and the prov sion of weapons for the fighting forces. For the fixture. Canadians could be sure the fighting forces would not fail but they should see to it that there was no slackening in the home front, no unavoidable dclny in reduction of weapons

and mater als of war. _______

News Briefs _

WASHINGTON, Sept. I0 (A P) —'I‘he United States Office of ‘War Information repo tonight that August was “an- other successful nnontlr in U- boat warfare“ and that more U-bonls were sunk than mer- chant ships.

Wwl‘ POINT, N. Y" Sopt. 10 - Fqr- e first time in its ion his- tory the United States mlltary academy at West Point - - shrine of American Anny traditions - - has thrown its doors open to a. contingent of British armed troops.

YORK, Sept. I0 - ‘A P) - The BBC said tonight n a broadcast recorded by CBS that. "one of the Brenner Pass tunnels on the Austrian - lt- ailsn frontier has been dam- aged by an explosion" UITAWA, Sept. 10 - (CPI - The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics today estimated the 1943 wheat or at 206,260,000 bushels - - only hal the yield from the ‘brunper 1942 harvest but still larger than any during the lean years of 1933- lfl. The crop came from 11,487.’! acres. the rmailest area seeded to

ever, show up farther north on the western side of the peninsula. The chief argument ‘ ‘ it is the immense .,‘ “ l task of keeping three or more offensives going st one time over such widespread communication lines.

Albania, itself, is not particular- ly attractive as s target for an in- vader since of its four ports, Durss- zo, Valona, Ban Giovanni and Porto Edda. only the first is well equipped. Communications general- ly are bad in the country and in many places. where the mountain- don't reach down to ills shoreline, there are marshy malarial low-

lands. Yugoslavia, also. is rocky and not

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WASIIINGTON, scpt. (AP) - wider-t Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill made l ivlnt appeal to the Italian IP00 le tonight "strike hard an strike home" at the Ger- mans on Italian soil.

Th0 itlllleal was addressed in a message to Marshal Pietro Bfliltvsllo and "to help the peo- Dle of Italy.’

The two United Nations lead- ers said that ‘now is the time for every Italian to strike his blow. The liberating annies of the western world are (‘Om- ing to your rescue."

Opposition Scores at Big Souris Meeting

Tho Progressive Conservative Part3’ BPPIPBWG t0. have scored heavily est night at a Joint political mwins in Souris.

In addition to th f1 i in the first district? adgrggi-g ‘Egg Elven by Premier J. Waiter Jones and Hon. Dr . . MacMillarl, leader of the Progressive Conserv- ing party. e four candidates M . A. u. McQuaid and John '3. 1315:2195“ for the Progressive Conservative Party, T. J. Kickham and Harry S. Francis for the Liberals, spoke "my briefly, giving much of their time to the two party leaders. However. Ml". Peter A. McIsaac, independent Liberal spoke for 817°“ three-quarters of an hour, exposin the Liberal Government's discrim ation against King's CONN-y. He said that was his reas. "1 1°!‘ 1117111318 as an independent Liberal. The Premier discussed his party's policy. In the course of his address he lntimatedthat firms andeo-op- eratives buyin cream from the farmers in ths province were not giving a proper test. that in fact had been stealing from the farmers for years. ‘ Dr. MncMillarr was given a great reception when hg.beggn yo spear“ He dealt with the Government's discrimination against ing County. and with the poor show- ink lnade by its agriculture policy, in the handling of the school prob- m. and compared its failures with the constructive policy of the Pro. gressive Conserve/five party.

Island Airmen Missing Aftor Big ilurenlhurg liaid

ANTIGONIGIH. N5. (UP) —— SEt. Daniel J son of D. J. Nmllen of Bay, P.E.I.. is missing operations in the big Nuremburg raid of Aug. 27. it was learned here tcdny in a letter from R.C.A.F. Headquarters,

The only other Canadian mem- be!‘ of his bombers crew was Sgt. Air Gunner Douglas A, Ross, of Antlgonish. who is also missing. Posslblv they are still alive and

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F arr-Reaching Effects May Come o_f_ Action

By EDWARD KENNEDY

Associated Press War Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA. Sept- 10-(AP)—The great naval base of Taranto on the Italian heel was in British hands tonight after a bold oversea thrust by the Royal Navy, and the American 5th Army was driving inland in a vast envelopment of_ the Naples area after loosen- ing the German grip by shattering five strong counter-attacks. _ A German army attacked Rome, precipitat- lng_ undeclared warfare with Marshal Badoglids regime, in a desperate effort to salvage something from the disaster of ltaly’s unconditional surrend- er. (Berlin said ‘the commander of Rome" had cap- ltulated under an attack launched by Nazi Field Marshal Albert Von Kesselring.)

Taranto lies in the inside of the Italian heel on the Gulf of Taranto, 80 miles from the tip of the Italian heel and 270 miles southeast of Rome. The speed with which the heavily fortified base capitol- lated indicated scant, if any, opposition. Landings sfiarted last night under protective British war- s I s.

It eves the third successful AL lied landing on the mainland of Europe and roughly 160 airline miles northeast of the Calabrian "my m e swiftly subdreling the” Iinliglalrms. 2:1 giiofisiiigrfyigsisim the In addition to being a major naval 1m ‘any,’ base and port through which heav allied reinforcements can funne, Taranto is a communications oell- tre with primary highways radiat- inrz north. east and west.

It was a long leap-frog move

toward the Adriatic Sea,'which bathes the Italian east coast and

Roms which was the night. Advices (1010 em. E.D.'1‘.—i1.20 a. m. A.D.T.) said Badogliok regime still

power in the capital and