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LLIED AIRMEN CLEAR ROAD T0 BERLIN

City Subscribes $30, 749 In irst D_ay Of Big Drive

Red Cross Workers Get Fine Response; Cam-

paign Continues iii“

ll. S. Troops in Fresh Landings

.\l.i.llii) IIEABOUARTEB-S . Southwest Pacific, March tilt-llnesdayl —- (A?) — UB1" Ill Slates troops have landed oll the Admiralty Ialands. nm-lhwcst of the Japanese base at ifaluiul, New Britain and not of the enemy base at Ka- vicng, New Ireland.

Decorations

bio Saflors

For Brewery

HALIFAX. Feb. 20—(CP)—Gei- lllntly in action at sca against en- Cilly cllDllilifllli.’ . [BECK-URI SUI‘ \l\‘.Jl‘S of mcrchdnt ships. laying and recovering mines and "zeal and de- lollull Lo duty" while plying thc North Atlantic convoy lines We“? f'.0\'(.‘l'l‘d lil the citations accorrlpany- lng the rlwlirds of decorations today to l5 officers and men of tho Roy- lli Ciiillldllciii Navy. A nouncement of the llwalrtls was made some time

Ito

ttmr Admiral T W. Murray. of- llccr conmiondlrlg the Canadian lllIIlillYCSl; Atlantic. presented tho decorations that included ‘W ‘Dio- tlnguisilcd Service Grooms, s. Geor- ge ;\ lili. two officers of the milit- ary divlslonrll the British Empire <0 5.8.). two members of e British Empire Medals (military dlvislotl.)

Receiving the D.S.C were Lt. cmd ‘ ‘r. Simmons. R (LN V R. a native of Victoria whose wife now lives in Halifax, and Lleult. D L- l-llllllllllton. R.C.N.V.R... of Saint Joint. N .8 . whose wife also lives In Halifax.

Lt. cmdr. Simmons citation said he rccclvcd the D.S 0.. for “bra- YPZY ttlltl enterprise in action a- EdlliSll cncmy submarines." while ‘will. Htullllgton was cltxd for ‘mvrltorlotls service before the en- tnlv. and keeping a "plot" during a lll-oiolisvd U-boat hunt with con- CClIlPRtlOH and skill. which finally

unsuited in ultimate destruction of

thoiJ-boat. Llttlt. G H O Riundlc. R.C.N.v. R. or r1489 Atwlltcr Aw.) Mont-

real, received the George Modal for disclaim... gallantry. skill and coolne-s in carrying out his hazar- dous duties." No mrthcr details were given

ctlsrllnc EVENTS

“Car bulk No. 1 Feed oats to girlie‘ at Fodliin. soon. Order now l Nlrflubt‘. '_ ~31,

da‘_“1~=\<lille hoes at Oolville Fri- ‘i. lviarch 8rd until noon. iseslie dcDowcll. 3.1-21,

"Home races New Glasgow Riv- °'~ Thursday. March 2. n

"“Unload.ing car bran today an!) tome, first served. McGuigall uyle. a_l-il.

nun, st Carleton, tidy this we“

csr Flour and Feed esdaiy and Wednes- A K. Lord

‘Mo-at.

"Just arrived car of Purina

leililk chow. Lay Chow, Pig Growl‘ "d. rte. W.I. Bowman.

2-28-1-2i.

"Meeting regarding seeds in lgfltiltluw Bunk School. March 2nd. - - MttcKinnon, Secretary. 1 a li- - .

Ffiglzifiigéllgefigs sftoiém Devils [slid ‘“ Ufi l» Ii L188 by “ltslllcan. March 7th. is o. Iiacliioa.

"Blmk your orders now for giganlfordfcoflnw and shingles. J N '1" guarantee delivery. P. - 0y d: Co. il-Bd-is-Lti-s.

"Ulllvadma ear bulk Wh l a - constructor Jill "'5" Dillon s» Bbiilett. ' r

"Loo W "we 353$. Win53’ °"“ G. c, gran‘ "Unloadi bmly mdllnlat t?" 52:36“ I MIN

‘"4 silo are. Ra rt Brehaut.

a-i-lt. uU i goumlllvgtllgadncill bulk‘ barley .1... $3.922; melt: ""1 Bria: bun. all. Dick's» -

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wheat. l "°

Batur- “R

In Full Swing.

Amidst great enthusiasm Chur- lottetmvn workers of the Red Crass War services organization. at their supper meeting 11st evening. reg- orted receipts at the close of e first worldly day totallln $30,740.31

Art Mcl-llersorfs div on, No, 2 led for the day reporting receipt; of just double the total objective set. while P. A. Murnaghan‘; division No. 1 was a close second with iBl percent of its objective. The third division under Gordon Avercl had- 167 percent of its objective. the fifth division Major Macnutt 12S percent and the sixth division (H. L. Sear) 110 percent.

The high team for the day was the Beach Grove team, Captain J. W, Bell which turned in $450 on an objective of $i60 while Nell Mo- Leanis team was runner up. The winners in each case were resen- icd with appropriate memen s and all teams were romised that these would be somet lng nice for those reporting the best results llt final meeting on Thursday.

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Waiter Grant reported for the Special Names Committee a and total of $15,688.50 the team Roy

Cudmore and Ovflgiey turning in over twenty

R . eight per cent more than last year.

The Non Residents committee re- ported preliminary receipts of $1300 and the Women's Committee have $225 already in hand though their house collection does not start urt- til thc men finish

The Fbod Administration sect- ion of N10 Red Cross Corps put on

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More Canadians Return Nome

By The Canadian Press

With mingled feelings ranging from elation to mild bitterness. a large group of Calyadian soldiers and airmen have returned to the Dominion. many of them for the first time in three or four years: with them were another small group of British war brides, many with children. as well as merchant seamen to man new ships. and Can- adian and British clllvlms coming to this country on varied missions.

Loss ” 0f British Cruiser Announced

, LONDON. Fbb. D—(GP)-—Loss of the British cruiser Spartan was announced today by the Ad- miralty. No details were given. The Spartan is not listed in the latest edition of Janet fighting ships, authoritative navel direct- olry. and presumably was e new s p.

Canada To Pay ll. S. For Northern Air Properties

OTTAWA. Feb. D-(OPJ-Mu- niUons Minister Howe announced muddy in the Commons that Can- ocls will pay the United States for all permanent improvements of A\_il.l'l\\'93\.l!l'Tl Canadian air routes. making them entirely Canadian property. _

The chain of airports from Ed. monton to Alaska now is operat- cd bv the R.C.A.F. and the route ls the main artery for air traffic between the United States and Al- aska and beyond Alaska to north- ealt Mll-

Wartimo developments for clr. dromoa in the Canadian north- west include a cost- of 040000000 for the northwest staging rolite. with airports st Edmonton. Grand pull-lo, yon 8t. John. Fort N son. Watson Lake and Whitehorse- Canada has n» mat- 1W" 00° two a

Prlncfi .; and the d t-war aviation

. How d the would purllie a liber-

nr t0

development.

government lic of

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Sees Early Victory liver Nazi Forces

By JOHN HIGIITOWEI

WASHINGTON. Feb- 29—(A.P)- In one of the most optimistic state- ments to come from a United Nat- ions leader in recent weeks, Mar- shal Stalin told President Robu-

lt todsly that the "final dcfcct"

of Hitler b; near. i-ils language clearl. implied that he considers the e for Allied invasion

Western Europe near.

"I am strongly convinced." Stalin said in a message rcicaaed by the White House “that the time is near when the successful struggle of the armed forces of the Soviet th the annllzs of

Ci

cow and Teheran. will lead to the final defeat of our common tnemy, Hitlerlte Germany." It was at. Teheran that President Roosevelt. Prime Minister Churchill and the Russian chief agreed on the {timing and scope of the Anglo-Am- lerlm blow lit Connolly's western a

m ' TheMoscow conference of Bri-

~ll5ii» Russian and American foreish secretaries reduced formal slider- scment of t principal of uncon- ditional surrender.

Premier Stelinit message was in 1'. iy to congratulations from Pre- si ent Roosevelt Feb. 22 nrl the 26th anntverse Germany is near stood contrast to Mr. Churchill's’ refuse. in his specch to parliament last.

eek, efo fix any time for victory in

Mr. Churchill spoke it. has been evident. that some ranking amerlctsn loaders Shflfflélnll dam

nee , o se ,ev n a.._.-.y!; ve _ for the end or lhe or.

The impression here is that the Russians are ooutitlng on final vic- wry in Eli-mm this year

Control liver Motor Trucks To Remain

OTTAWA, Fieb. 20-(CP)-—Per- mil: control over the operation of rlvcte trucks beyond 35 miles rom their registered address must- ,be continued because of the still.- ‘critical supply position of gas- oline, rubber and trucking mu: the Prices Board announced tonight

The announcement. which foi- lowed o. periodic review of the sit- nation-with the industries control board. quofid officials trol board as saying su ply situation was “never more crtcal."

The normal demand for the re- lacement of trucks far exceeds he supply of new vehicles which will be available for civilian pur- poses during the coming year.

Naif Jap Merchant Ships Believed Sunk

WASHING-TON, Feb. N-JAPL- Unlted States’ sea and air forces. whlttling industriously at Japan's lifeline of conquest, were reported by Navy Secretary Frank Knox today to have sunk nearly half the merchant tonnage with which the Japanese started the war.

“More warships more planes more submarines were going out to join the hunt," Knox said just a year ago in reporting destruction of "a1,- n_l_ost one-third" of the enemy: cargo shipping.

Today at a news conference hn disclosed results of that hunt- "weil over" 8.000.000 tons sunl: since the United States entered the war, The rate of destruction shows no slBns of slackening. Knox announced destruction by subma- rines of 14 more Japanese ships and telling newsman that Amer. lean undersea fighters are grow- ing in skill.

Zoning Plan Saved Tires. Ca:

OTTAWA. Ibbt. 20-46?)- zonsd collections of milk and dream have resulted in reductions up to (d per cent in the number of trucks used for collecting these pro- ducts. with consequent large sav- ings in gasoline. Q’ m r “ind

eoluipulon . o re cu admin atlon of the Prices Board reported today in a review to order on transpor- mllk and cream, issued a year ago.

rubber >an|e

and trucking

n‘ the stand of a mionetl Atoll

The order was‘ luuod as a part WL of e general program to conserve

bases" but hoida the threat of ‘

gents that "the Jnponcss are not willing to use their fleet in waters where the Americana might have air supremacy."

Thai. may be a partial explanation of failure of the Japanese thus fal- to put up any formidable resistance in the central Pitclflc except for Irlsons. it does not fully answer tile

~fieet‘

- Ir to . . . caurin Tokyo warlords to accept successive damaging blows

retaliation.

Delayed eye-witness accounts from the force willch dealt the Trllk. Marianas and Guam blows in fast succession without finding any trace of the enemy flee-i. or of its air arm, afford another possible answer. They disclose for the first time some definite hint of the power of that

armada.

It was a fleet in itself. strong in both sea and air demerits. 1t was ably to deal with any naval and Air force the flnemy

adequate p. had available and Tokyo knew it.

lt now develops that the great task force definitely was spotted by Japanese planes before it. struck at Guam. A desperate an'ti utterly futile air attempt to ward ofl the stroke resulted. It only served to emphasize the weakncsa of Japanese air deployments on the islands involved.

That raises an important question as to whether there is ally cen- tral concentration of Japanese sea-and-air power In the Pacific. it tends to suggest that the enemy fleet is even now dispersed to meet all actual

or prohuble Allied threats.

8,000 Japanese Receive Severe Defeat In Burma

See Nazi Rail

‘ System Cracking

TAYLOR HENRY ted Press Staff Writer

LISBON. Feb. ‘JB-(APL-Indl. cations that the German railway system is breaking clown were found by members of the United States repatriation group in facilities provided for the transportation of its members through Germany and fiance.

The train for the group of 151 persons plus a score of German guards and officials was finally made up of two baggage cars, one diner. two sleepers, and four day coaches. The sleepers for the 24- bour trip to Blarrltz were only for women and small children.

The shortage of German rolling stock has been increasing as the Russians inflict increasingly heavy casualties. All except the bare min- imum of passenger cars have been co vet-ted into hospital trains.

e Reich ls believed to have less than 00.000 locomotives. 500.- 000 freight cars and 50.000 passen. gcr cars despite the fact that they have “borrowed" an estimated third of the French Netherlands and Belgian rolling stock.

In an effort to offset the dem- age to fixed lines of Ofillllllllfiluta" tlon the Germans are intensifying the development of air transporta- tion. especially for front line use.

The latest. plane to be put in quantity operation is called the "Giant" Messerschmitt-JCB. a six. engined transport.

The Germans claim it has i80- cubic yards capacity in loge. which opens at ~the front with two swinging doors. The Ger- mans claim it. is capable of trans. porting 130 fully equipped soldiers or B0 wounded in beds. or tanks and “motor drawn field artillery.

Quebec Roads Minister Refutes Senate Rumors

QUEBEC. Feb. D-(CIW-Qilfi- beo Roads minister T. D. Bou- chllrd today told newsman hers he was “still minister of roads and I have not yet been called to the Senate."

He was referring to rumors cir- cllllitQd here and lnMontreal that he had resigned from the pro. vlnclal cabinet and had been call- ed to the senate.

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Stalin Makes: Optimistic Forecglst

r Situation Last N ighi Bylfirke Simpson, Assoc naiyst

Japanese reluctance to come to grips with American task forces ham- mering at ouch enemy bastion: aa Trnk. the M.’ Guam is exciting conjecture from even Nazi commentators.

A Berlin broadcast apparently based on Tokyo advices says all Jap- an new is aware that the "American advance in the Pacific ls no isolated enterprise" from which the attackers are opt to "recoil to their original

stepping-stones “hi!

bombing of Japan itself. It sug-

, we what actually ls ' ilout

NEW pram-n, INDIA, Feb. m- (OH-Glvetn u. "crack they will re- " Jgraneie. the reg 8,000. WEN l3 jungle trails in o. ur or?“ aootcclbo... i... the ayu r 0y- ‘ ge§alielymgyoagBflfllll their main llna or . emit special order of the day. M- mirel lord Lmis Mountbatten. Al- lied commander in southeast As . told his i-lrch army. eastern air com- mand and Arnkan naval forces thot they had gained a com lete victory and “the Japanese a tacks have beene mcsezgb disclosed that the former commando chlleftam him- self hsd recently visited the .1008“ ‘mfiie regular communloue said the abortive Japanese offensive aimed at wl ng out the Indian 5th and 7th vs. in Artikan and swezping on into India. hard cost the enemy l.- 500 . and that the Jet-Dim?" evidently were resigned to kl

ma their main stand on their 011811125 positions aloha: the general Blithe- doung-Mdungdaw line alYDYOXiXB- atelv 50 miles north of Akyflb-

Lift Restrictions 0n Fur Garments

The restriction limiting the mimt- ber of styles in which fur garmlelr; s can be manufactured has b.en t-t gq. ngcofulng h) Bil EIlIIIOUIICBHIEXgI by Michael idol-ris- l-ur din - trim: for the Wartime Prices and ‘lifg: lgggrliet-tlon which became 8f- festive on Avril l5. 1w. brohieited the marlufactutxe of fur Barman

cl 194i ifliieiteliilleiiliesofiddcmsiiililfclwer to two-thirds oi the number styles made by him in that year. ‘ v 1t. 15 pointed out. however. 111m- the lifting of the restriction ‘will not any,“ the lmlsumtl" until ‘Bi-a as ruports indicate that i943 styles am being shown for _1944.'N(i new- ones were shown in New Stork. i The reason for the style iestl té- tion was the expectation that Nak- lonal Selective Service would la‘ 9 at least thirty-five percmt of the man wer in the fur manufactul-l inf mdrustry. Sty.e freezing. it wtas fet at the time. would enable t c. manufacturer to carry on with, u} minimum staff by eliminating; peaks and valleys in production and‘ the making of samples and will"; sxsonai activities. The expected

1055 or manpower through calls

tlrrv on wlitlhout the hes‘; slstence of the restr c on w 0 bad been in force since Am-li of lust wear.

Meat Rationing Rules In I Canada ire Suspended i

To Invade Japan From North?

LONDON. Feb. 29 — (CF) — The Vichy Radio, broadcastin a. Tokyo report, said tonight that Aleutian - based United States reconnaissance planes had been over Japan proper in preparation for "m invasion from the north " The-broadcast was reported by the Ministry of Information

Fantastic Nazi Defence Fails To Nalt Push

By Tom Larbrough Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON. Feb. 29 —~ (A P Moscow announced tonight that zh Red Army was swiftly advancing upon Pskov despite frantic German attempts at defence and today swept up 250 localities, one of them six miles north of that Nazi fortress guarding the Baltic States.

At the same time a Stockholm report said the Russians made a new westward stab into Estonia by crossing Lake Pcipus and establish- in: brl ehends.

Sixty ive miles southeast of Pskov other Soviet forces captured Novor- zhev after s sudden manoeuvre which routed the German 218th infantry division. the Moscow com- munlque and its midnight supple- ment said.

In c third area-far to the smith ln the Ukraine-the Russians be- Ran an offensive south of Krivoi Rog and captured '70 towns and hamlets in an advance along the Ingulcts River to Nikolaevka.

Russian location of the front ur- ound Pskov indicated the Red Army ls now in the oiltskiris of the greet c-ty upon which hinges th- entire German position in the north. Four railways and two highways radiate frcm Pskov and should the German; lose it their entire position in m- touia, Latvia and Lithuania will be menaoed.

Finns Near Red Demands

LONDON. Feb. 29 — (A P) - The Soviet Government demanded

tonight. that Finland immedlstelyl break relations with Germany and,

intern all German troop; and shi

in Finland-with Soviet tinned he P if necessary - as a preliminary if; "official negotiations in Moscow’

for peace.

This was the foremost of six demands broadcast officially over the Moscow Radio and recorded here by the Soviet Monitor. Offic-l ial peace moves lire dcpt-‘ndent on the "termination of military op- erations." the broadcast said

The Finnish Parliament held two

ts secret sessions in Helsinki during

the day to debate the question of peace or continued war with Rus- sia. but tin official announcement

have no indication that n decision

had been reached

The Russians fin demanded- with ‘immediate’ acceptance stle- olfied _ that the Rlls=ian -— Fin- nish peace treaty of 1940 he res- tomd with withdrawal of RBI‘! troops to the i040 borders.

Neavy Shelling In Anzio Sector

By RICHARD G. MASSOCK

NAPLES. Feb. 20—(AP)-Ger- man artillery on heights overlook- ing the Anzlo benchhead south of Rome roared into full-thronted ac. tlon today. spraying Allied troops and installations throughout the iOO-square-mlle area with one of

landing "thtfeflhore than "rmftve weeks ago. In a. dispatch from that con.

striated Allied holdln . Edward Kennedy of the Assoc atcd Press said that the Nazis were not con- centrating on any particular tar- get. of the many within their ob- servatlon. but. were blazing aw

at. the beachlicbd in gener . Therefore. ho said. the fire was not. intensive at any given point.

There also were sir alerts. Ken. necly said, indicating the German air force was out in some iitrength again after several days of almost complete inactivity.

Skirmishing continued in the broken terrain southwest of the village of Carrocow. where British troops were reported Monday to have seized two Nazi strongpclnts

after two days of sharp flghtinl-

the heaviest shelllngs since the

OTTAWA. Feb. 29—(CPJ-—'I‘r31n. "Ty 8115001151011 of meat ration- ng and meatless Tuesdays in Ca-l "i100. effective at midnight, was‘ announced tonight by Douglas Ab. bOit. Purllamentary aslstant to

Finance Minister ILsley. No coupons will be needed for meat or canned salmon bought introduced as

after that time. "Rationing was

c. means of building up surpluses of meat for export to Britain lilld the present surplus position in Canada is due to a bottleneck in transportation and shipping," 5am the Prices Board in a simultaneous statement.