uaxms

OIL

. MERE MAN

_-_-——

Gen violence.

Clll

U. S. ARMY WIDEN S GRIP ACROSS SAAR

tloneu Iuooseda better than

an lm. ""1115 .3.'l.fi§"r'='.i‘.'-5l’.".f n» Cents.

CHARLOTFETOWN. CANADA. Tuasoax/CMIRECEMIVIRERA 5. 1944

per ....._.I"=§ Read b Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

rTc-Lr. c. e. Blair

lilficers And Men if Kenora ilonlc

mews. Dec. 4—(CP)—Offic- m and men of H.M.C.S. Kenora. m s: un- tiny Canadian mine- “gepefs which helped clear apath p) the Normandy beaches for the

Allied invasion, have returned to N

ileratve. the Navy an- ccd ttml; -

mlllle Kcllora and three other Oanadian Bangor sweepers were p, | mixed British-Canadian flo- fllla which made the vital pre- iavuion sweep the night before p.my_>.lulle ti.

A petal press release quoted l-lellt. D. W. Lower of CalEarY and Vancouver. the Kenoras com- manding olliccr. as saying that a- bout the most difficult part oi ills operation was manoeuvring in the channel through the ‘heavy hills" of Allied ships. First Lieutenant; oi’ the ship was gupm, stcedmarl. Red Deer. Alta. and othcr officers included Lieut. J. A. Morgan. Edmonton, Wtnnlpgg and Halifax. and Bub- Lt. liar Glllis. Whycocomagh, N. p, m4 aliic

Reveal Names 0f Airmen Rescued

JARVIS, Ont. Dec. 4 — (OP)- Flre R.C.A.F. mcn who were res-

lllto Lake Erie glpf‘, G. Nlrlterson A"‘d» PO. G. L. Whitehead of Winni- LAG. .l. C. McEachern of llf :', LAC. S. M. McGratton ot and Sgt. S. Beveridge of Rims e England. it was learn- lci today. All suffered from ex- posure and McEacllel-n suffered slag fracture. They were r0;- cuei tr.- Andrew Barnard. a farm- er. hose wife witnessed the rm . '

Reject Jeep For Farm Work

VANCOUVER, Dec. 4 — (C?) -_ l P Glcdllill cf Toronto. chief oi the consumers‘ goods division ii the war asacts corporation, "slid ill an llll2l'\'l'_'W today that provin- ull agricultural departments in the western provinces have rejected

the Canadian type Jeep as a pos-.

tible pott-lvzlr farm implement. The Mark l iron is llnsuitabe for farm lllllk leclll=c of its low towing can- lltlli‘ and lis low mileage rate for lasolinc collsuulpti he said.

Comino Events

"Elllllsoliife School cdnccrt. r 21nd. l it-b-li.

‘Dance nlonraguc, Wednesday. 12-4-2l.

"licrrirt

Mails: °mm= Ocean;

"New Glasgow, Tuesday, Dec. 35

'5}:- National Film Board movies. Pm- la-s-ll

"Next -ll g, d Illl be v5.2.2??? lstllfslaegok 135? NI dc Boyle 12.5.1“;

1'3 lli livi‘ a- all w?» Afr???“ “l? All Cold Storage infill-ff. "limiter Riv Starch ll‘ h‘ m’ this 01' actorv Mm" 8m season on

“Christmas Concert Cornwall ; m‘ "wander. December agar.

:1

l:

""1. o. o. lT-nrmrm Sal alfluild . Saturdayuagecemlx: . til-N- la-s-l-o.‘ "lJaloa 1 1.

llllt will‘; ‘ggciinglzawfirhco lz-ls-ll

"P" Bale-so “lymouth Rock alullfft- ftlgnglornlzl; 31a. Dillon a an. - ~“~ resin "n D

"ml" bllflng imported Sfillmllld make sure of their

- miter a difference! Atlas bum“ £25‘ dependable grade.

Agency. lf-l-ii "m ii cost-l: ca": cutlets;

Oils (2 l|_ llrades better til n m,’ ‘lelrlhtliiies us to sell at,’ “d when e or $1.75 per

12-5-21.

“w?

sued when their plane crasllezlr

Is Awarded D_._F.C.

otrrawa, Dec. 4—(CP)-Air Force headquarters announced to- night the award of 10 decorations to R.C.A.1l‘. personnel servingover- 5938- ‘I'M? comprise of one Dis- tinguished Service Order. i6 Dis- l-inklllihed Flyigig Crosses and two in

Dis tingulshecl

ylng Medals. The award: e'

clud .

Flt. Li. E. W. Andrew, of (78

Central St.) Summersldc, P.E.I.

Flt. Lt. L. J. J. Terroux, of Car-

tierville, Que. E0. N. J. Corbeil. of Montreal.

ton Si... Charlottetown.

Flt. Lt. Blaifs citation:

"This officer has flown on rulrncroua convoy escorts and anti-submarine patrols. Ills skill, confidence and reliability in appalling weather have been outstanding. On one oc- casion when all sortles were cancelled on account of bad weather hc took oif to provide cover for an important convoy. The convoy was mot and suc- cessfully escorted. Throughout his operational career this captain of aircraft has sel- an inspiring example by his cheer- ful and efficient devotion to duty."

Fitz-Lt. C E Blair, who R. C A. F. headquarter". at. Ottawa an- nounced last night has been a- warded the D F C .. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Blair. of Truro. NS. and illo soll-ill-lalv of Senator and Mrs. J P. Macin- tyre cf Savage Harbour, P E I.

Flt-Lt. Blair received his wings and commission at: St. Hubert. P Q. on March l3. i942. lie went. o- verseas a short time later and re- turned to this side of the Atlantic in September, 1943. when he was posted at Nassau in the Bahamas. Hafirrived in Canada in Novem- ber. and on December 13. married Miss Eileen Maclntyrr. On Dcc- ember 23, he was on his wny DZICK overseas where he has since bccll cngrgccl in operational flights o- ver enemy territory. He is expec- ted back on this side sometime in January next and will act as an instructor at Nassau.

Flt-Lt. Blair. D.F.C., has two brothers. Gordon and Ellllcr. botll serving with the Canadian armies

in France.

From Ontario

At. Summorslde it was believed that Flt. Lt. Andrew is a rvltivc of Ontario. His wife left. Sunl- ‘merslde n year rtco and is resldina llfiW at her former home in Cni- lil1".\\'0Il(l. Outarlo. She lived with ‘Mr. and lifts. Fred l/Vrittht while her husband was stationed at an

airport in filo Province.

Three Killed In Bar-Train Crash

BOURGET, Ont., Dec. 4—(CP) —A fast Canadian Pacific passen- ger train knlfed into a motor car at a fog-shrouded level crossing here today and killed three men

almost instantly. '

Tile victims, all froln OttawaJ were Roland Lafontaine, 39; his brother. Boris Laiontaine (a e un- available). and Mery Dupus. 29, bclllcved to be formerly of Mont-

a

re .

Witnesses said the men. driving from Ottawa to work oll a plaster- ing 10h at. a school in this village milcs east of the capital, ap- parently did llot see tlle train be- cause of n heavy-fog which hung low over the district tllls morning.‘

The car. owned by Roland La—. fontalne and believed to have been‘ driven by hinl. Slllwtd down as itt approached the level crossing and then speeded ahead. Strucksquarc- ly in the middle by the s eedlng train, bound for Montrea from Ottawa. the car was carried near- ly a. half-mile before the locomot-

PJ. Hache, of Petit Rocher, m; Lt. ca, Blair. of 152 Eus-

Wnr ‘Situation Last H ldight

"_"i'lm'— By KIBKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

Surprise lolaure by tho American 3rd Army of the Saarlautsn Bridge giving direct access to the Saar Basin puts the German com- mand In a dilemma.

The Germans must either rush armor and first line troop reserves to seal oil’ the river puncture by quick counter-attack in force, or risk loss of the Saar moat on a wide front to expose the Siegfried Line to broad-based American attack.

There were hints in front llns reports from the Saar sector that. enemy armor was being thrown in to limit Third Army exploitation of the Saarlauten break-through. By every sign it could ill be spared from rhe Roar-Mensa: areas to the north where the British 2nd and the Am- erican 1st and 9th Armies are on the verge of brcaking- into the Col- ogne plain. - .

Front-line observer: estimate that the Germans have massed most of their armor and at least ‘one-third of some ‘l0 under-strength field divisions behind the Roer and the Meuse to protect the Ruhr. That still is the potential scene of the most critical battle for the foe.

There is indicated German Intention to make a last-ditch stand In the north, sacrificing the outer defences of the Saar Basin beyond German frontiers for that reason. The American surprise puncture o! the Saar gravely threatens to disrupt that plan, however.

The fury of German artillery reaction to tho Saarlauten Bridge seizure disclosed enemy anxiety over the A ' success.

_ The diversionary effect oi that 3rd Army jump upon the greater battle in the north, however. is apt tn prove more important than its immediate threat to Saar Basin centres. If the east bank foothold can he held and quickly expanded it could prove the break that Gen. Eisenhower ls walling for to throw in his own reserves in the north lf if. forces shifting of considerable German reserves southward to meet. the 3rd Army threat. r --»--~ .-- .

GasBlirRrQWSLl-roriage In Germany Acute

ROME, Dcc. 4 - (AP) —Ger-

llr. Grotcau Awarded

Book Bursary

E .

on. .|. r. clrornau

D" J T Croteau, Professor" Of 1C5 and Sociology 0i 5i- l.lll‘s Univcrsir-g: and Prince wales College. is the l‘€‘1'l!2l"lll of a book bursary awarded by tile Canadian Social Science Research Council. according to an announce- ment by Dr. John E Robbins. Soc- retary oi’ the Council. Illltlcr a . policy of the Canadian So SClCIECB Research Council a lil-llliell number of bool: collections have

been awarded to social scientists ill

different. parts of Canada. These bO0ks are in different

1 ll‘ t s‘ ~; - a ic 9°" l-lllllllllllllll till. t. . Is Discussed

bombing attacks on llcr lcfinerlcs

‘ ijipras Zly abandoned", Lt -Gcn.

OTTAWA, D98. A — (CP) —— 75'

Government leadership came in Fvrvc commander said today.

Iol‘ comment from two opposition All irlcrcufllflB lllllllllel‘ 0f G91"

members ill the Collllrlolls today. lllfln Willis lllliltlllfkfi llffibelllg cllll" J, Bmokg IPC-Rgyal) lured in perfect condition, but with

was the first to mention it when their gas tanks dry. as Allied a-rllliflsl

he said he wished Col. . . ltalston, former Defence hlirlister, had accepted a challenge fronl

press across the enemy's western

to accept the leadership.

J. W. Nusewortlly tCCF-York South» said llo hoped it was not 1mg t'r:t he now had trllc that after 25 years as lead- * z Lrombws at his disposal in cl‘? of his party Prime Mirllsted the lfilll U. S Air Force than hing had no other man ready to cvcr bcfcre. Gen Enker said that lllllll llls P1008. Y" M“ K1118 had "Gerlllan targets arc clue for the suggested there was no other marl grgqtpsg wpigh; cf bsmhnrdmcnt m (*‘n3‘dn m 103d a Fllvernmfill- lllEV have IVE? recfivzd. and the

F?“ lmwks rercri-Qd l9 ll SW19‘ winter wcrltilt-l" will. nct potect llllallll, élf Col. lldlyston tlllat he con- 111-31119 s c“ ‘me ° ‘*5 ‘veynesws “'55 Vvlllla conceding that opposition m“ he “"5 mt "B-‘dble- over Germany was stronger than

fllcl allowance in Arguet. Gen

“It is a ‘mod thing f“ me men tvcr izcfrre, lie sft-icl he thoughtl

overseas that he was born illflex- ,. would b, pugslble to nmqnaln a ‘all?’ ?3C?“s,el,wh¥1° we have “if? 3 lo" ~ ‘n of l": than tu-o per cent ‘manta? ‘I "frmjh 1 ‘ 111,55 llmembl‘? 1 rulls to til" Reich. Gen. a wilt-n cs1‘ Bilqcohzlugqilzytung m“ . .l_- it rlzllll thct his force t4 ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ “ . - - i ‘?.“9 '."e long and But I do not tlllnk hl l . _ _ d m ‘H1, ,8 , carried him clltircly to it; Mme h shah Gem“ conclusion. I should have liked to

have seen him nlaintain his in- flexibility to the extent of tlc- mcrgflltj

lcecptinrt; tfhc Primr- Aflnisterb cllal- f“, may“, ' n e o orm t - - ~ »

Collin.“ I a go‘ cmmem i“ ‘m’ “At his training school of 600 stu- l-r-rqq he done so I can assure 730 aircraft were available him he would have had great sup- - ' - "Bccwse of ‘Mk port from the people of Canada ‘f flwL m“ ' m’: Wmbe’ c’: and would m“, had support from rlailv flights was restricted to l0 glemlccrs who sit in 1mg sham- At lllp end of Itvrvst training was er." sits

sill. down and all stltdcnis were [cult into ground force combat ull-

Special Gasoline “s For Men 0n Leave l Gen. Eakcr said the Ploesti oil

_ _|tl<=l<l inbRogllérnlrlt wagsh the ‘allege’;

__ lest air "it e .e' o " war". w

MSfiQIEAIl/llnlgig} $0,579 m_ the Aruordrnu: "sin; 350 bombers day in the Commons that ar-"md m Hm“ m numb" o! rangenlcnts have been in effect l “Vi” "l" he dmhrmd l‘ was “Nth

for some time to give nlembe n of‘ ll“ mst- 7

the forces on leave or veterans! Wllfll tile fllllwli-s lilififlv- he FH‘<‘1~

sufficient gasoline for their re-l lllv ("Pllll-"Tls “'9” 39m“?! zsfgelmr rflm-o,-mmcn

. c l t: c. s r Pinesii fields. T0\\:lrd3%=‘ JllJ. lsmm ‘IL-Omariul]

qulrcmcnls, Jon: of petroleum nrozltvcts

Mr. Howe spoke ill reply to a TF0?“ V" question b_v Louis Brcithaupt tL-‘clld t“ rtion was "ut ta | Waterloo North) who asked if‘ tolls d. of which i110 NFlZlS W9" consideration would be given to able to act cut cnly n small partion.| allowing members of the services on leave a special gasoline allow-l »---~i-

iv_e could be bgmgght. to a halt.

Liberal To

ll§lC€h (if 1011C gallon for each day I _ o er . t“ llulct Returns To Fort Francis

l

Support

Conservative Amendment m, ......,.,,,, 0..., s... . _'

(OPJ-Pcooe and quiet returned

1.1-1 to this northwestern Ontario pulp

OITAWA. Dee. l-Xoel-samrs Sinclair (ll-Vancouver- North) an- nounced tonigh in the Commons he would support the Progressive Conservative amendment. He was, into tile forces. However, after the the first Liberal to place himself against the Government because he wants all home defence troops. suring equality of sacrifice. made liable for service in anyi

theatre of war.

Flt. Lt. Sinclair l R.C.A.F. Cl- minlstrative officer Qvho saw sir- scription would be enforced on the M“ “we ‘Md V’ m" mclmkd h

iscription was tllc only way of Il-

and paper mill centlre today follow- sallitllhchlfigllbxllgrgdolhfahzrolllglrtahe m‘ a ‘hreemom Mme Saturday enlistnient system when he 5g! nggm’ “twee? home defenoeltfi?” how man; were clamoring to get gnqulfirfigggellilnorfixglyvtm cvham s x persons were reported to ave “u °f Frame h” Saw m“ “m” been injured during the fray which was believed to have resulted from He would carry his views on con- “ WM‘ M mush“ ‘mue h°m° d”

fence troops were employed in v:l2“tn,'"t: tlsslss~ .l.‘..°=;’§ii more m» to rm 1a»-

vice in Britain and in the Medi-loutbreak nf war they would oe hm“? defenmma“ “d l°°al m!“

terranean theatre. said he would support the Progressive Conserva- sacrifice, tive amendment which called for conscription of all 68.000 home de- fence troops for service in any theatre of war. If the amendment. was defeated he would vote for the main motion which calls for a vote of confidence in the Govern-

rnent. He believed half o loaf-the sending of 10.000 N.R.M.A. men‘

prepared to accept equallt of "mfgtnglfylatlmmk m Winnipeg

. , an Ottaw said today they had no “g; lmfulg°°glflfifp ",;§t,,,=,;*,3s°;,‘,l;_ official r-Pport of the battle. unity. that all sections of the coun- Bmmmem rm“ M D- 1° llwdilua"

m, Wm,“ be sum"; “Baum me hers in the Manitoba capital. how-q

d r 1 H ever said "approximately 100 ifegvgtfglrrlcr.Dllpcggnscrigtiofronsfgsp ,3}; French - Canadian troops from a imposed if there was no equality Quebec Halt’ were here Saturday

o, service the“. would be hm"- following completion oi railway did cg in

that. some German l;i.ot training, centres have been closcd dawn and‘ __ the enemy's UOITYJCI‘ force has becnl

.' Baker, Mediterranean Air

border. Berlin physicians. except for a fcw in outlying districts of the‘ Prlmc Minister Mackenzie King German capital. were given no

1.1 Uwairlst Jfilllll.

carp-i

ness among the poople in every maintenance work in the vicinity.

-------. The men returned to Camp

overseas-was better than no loaf. is; tCoTrltlnuer-lzon page d: Col.‘ d)’ Shiio, Man, lest night,

IT.‘ .‘..I‘¢

f i clds cf specialization. Ill illc case of Dr. Crotcau tile izool: c l. ‘c-n ccvcrs or ticnllv cvL-rv hock that has bro .u'o‘i l in the field of agricuturlll ...

'T. V. Soong BccomesY

Premier 0f China

CHUNGKING. Dcc. 4 — IA?)- FOlTiflll lrtllllstcl- T. V. Snnlle. brother of Mnlo. Clllstlt: Kai f~“lul:

l assumed tllc duties of Premiol- of

Cllilln today in a llmoulzlr "llnvc

lnpparcrltly paving tile way for a jworlrintz agreement. hctwocn the rCcnlral government and the Conl-

murlists of North Cllilln

"o (“nus cnillcidell‘: 1f lied ports of ’ill principle hr‘. s ta wage a co

grow lllo

. Oil W3!’

r

Yuan in slleocsslcll to his llffllllF". tin-law. H. H. Kane. is rcgrrrlcrl in, Wnsllimton and lntldoa as nos- _ stblv China's lrlost crumble dlgnlo-l ‘ym

mat alld stntoilllall

lircposes Probe

OTTAWA. D_ec. -l—tCPl~—Inv':s- Ligation by tllc st. tc oi the d"; fellcc r121 rtlnslll. llllllliflilllbly ul- tel‘

tho \'\“\l‘ to give assurance‘ lite lJl‘C'»'ill"i1ll in there would be no l't‘Clll‘l‘fllCC of u‘ l“ crisis such as the suddc demand, _ __ overseas was “(file

i 5

Senator sllctl sdltl he was

"troubled" by the "grout suddclllless with which the situation tIlIOvllCCKl [for reillforccnlelltsl developed 1111i

that hc llad "great difficulty m

understanding why tllcrc was not longer lloticc to the Minister (Col. J. L. Rulstoll) of ttlc lll'0%l'4‘-‘>'l\l°

increase ill the rate of casualtics

nlld the depletion of rcinforccnlcnt

troops."

Coupled with this was a cusses- tlon that. the Senate could be used as "the cyes and cars’ oi Dillllll"

men; by undcrtu’ ill: molly of the-

illquiries for w'llic‘l l~oyal conlmis— sions now were 111W!

_ S. Bench sug- gested would fo

that adopted in the United i.....rs and would include provision for a standing committee to inquire into charzf‘; of impropriety and illeillciencY lll

the administration or public af-ll

fairs.

The 5t. Catllarines, Ont. Scim- t/or said he favored lllc Clover-ll- ment's policy ill maklllil 16909

0mg <1 ' troops immediately available for overseas reinforce- merits but. in addition he eroavsed consolidation of Canadian forces to a single front instead of fishi-

A lng in two theatres.

,_______.. SUSSEX. N_ f, Dec. 4 -- (OP)- Mayor H. E. D. Golding was re- elected toda by the largest maj- ority ever gven a mayoralty can- a this town. He received

l f ron

The 80th infantry division oll $11fll'lJl‘l.lCl§Qll lrom the‘

| 3 German Rai

tile Saar Rlvcl‘ elallt llliles to the; WOS-Cafllld the fitll armurcvi (rltelcd Dleuilnll. 5 l-2 miles from

_»

‘all cllellw alarmed at the p llltllzlcc to ills 01.11 mines and lac-

-l,o cs _tlle 3rd llurld more tunic-w. infantry illlu its expanding River bridgehead at Saurlnu- tern and fought dccner

Th: lines an; gmls blazed away

. but 5rd arlllv troops StlZEd control o. most of tile Sam's second citv and extended their grip on tile bank of the rivzr to a distan-

As the mighty Allied win-the-war winter oilcnsivc thundered into a- k. tllc United States 1st

oi the Roe: River.

7- >1 ‘J r.-

r lillc. whore the Germans have

late (lQZUilCIILYS from‘ at the river fortress

zlcruss the stleam

all Press War Cor-

f lColltinllczl oll 7112128 6.‘Col.’6)' W

Q's attitude toward the; is": is llllnwn to be mod-l crrtic. and hi". accession to 'l'.'f“lif‘l“ with j‘

Gontcrsnce At Ottawa

Soonz. who s owned lulu‘ ills nou . DDSf. with \ rmpollltrlent as,‘

rvrtlri! Presldmt n! ill? TXGCLilIi-‘fil. m“ Maw-me m gralni without m. debQ[e Q1] the Government's vote

stead of an expected 2.500. said‘ O'['f_l\Wg\' Dec, 4 -_ tCP) — A Mr. lvlayballlc during COflllllllEdl shaffliuyldr

llflillll" the summer" fallow area t0 0i Cbllfldellcfl lllllllllll- n lli; of crows in subseq- was suzgfstcd I23’ Di”-

"e of necessity marching for- Ch-H- o; we trade ward _to a crisis of some sort."

w, < o

ldcrxlrrlnellog grains division, beforel lle 501d- ldclcgales to the 12th

lsruvmciul gtgflttilillflll conference- ' today. ‘ “It tile nclcagcs suggest-Ed

Liberal Senator lw

tile figures he quoted vrcrc only for

for Europe or whether" they also cov- cred the Mediterranean theatre ENE“ t)"

trounced that army casualties for lune and July combined totallc: 11.550. Tllcy totalled 9,338 lll August. 8.445 in September and 7.921 ill October. Tile figures wer"