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CHARIDTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1943

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Japanese In Marshalls- Are Said Doomed

WASHINGTON, Nov. lib-(AW The lightning conquest of the (‘Bril- tert islands by Unitsagtawl 3Y- ees leaves the Japarle in‘ u} nearby Mfl;?hflul but two cho ces.

B. the clusion expressed m, strategic authorities llero fol; lgwiflfl announcement by Adm l“ Chtster w. Nimitz that the United Btates hold on Tarawa. Makln 11ml llliemama in the Gilberts has beer;

authorities are Ceflfllfl the Marsllalls cannot be held by the enemy without a. daring and successful fleet action on th ir part. And no one here bellves t e enemy will use his fleet now at the risk of ills whole strategy. Whlilll is to fight a. war so long as to dis- courage the American people and produce a compromise D9806-

llreeked Plane Was From ‘Pennifield

HALIFAX. Nov. 25—(CP)—The wreck of an aircraft containing iour bodies. found in wooded counirv near Mints. N-B- lB-Sl week-end by two hunters has been identified by Eastern Air Com- mand headquarters here as that of a plane and crew missing from the RAP station at Pennifield Ridge. NB" since Feb. 2B of this

rear.

The only Canadian member of the crew was Sgt. T. M. Otto. whoa".- lnother. Mrs. W11. Otto. lives at this Main St.) North Bay Ont.

Otber crew members were all

from overseas. and their names p0

alc being withheld until next of kin nre notified.

Remains of the Canadian file: have been sent home for interment

More Beds Required For Battle Casualties

UPFAWA. Nov. 25—(CP)-The Defence Department has advised the pensions department since last Oct. 23 of a “very substantial in- cruise in the number of hospital beds required "at the earliest poa- sible moment" to accommodate tattle casualties. ucnsinns minister ldackcnzi". said today.

The statement was contained in I summary issued by the minister of steps taken to provide additional accommodation at Toronto.

WORCESTER PARK. SURREY. hound -(CP)— Sub-Lieut. Kenn- tlh A. Mason 21-year-old member of the Royal Navy. won first prize in a national essay competitlonorz "llwl by the Anglo-Soviet Youth Friendship Alliance. Mason. Wlw lives here. described his thoughts 0n Russia u he arrived at Mur- mansk in a convoy.

liillillllli EVENTS

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fiermans May

Rousing Conservative

Convention Yesterday

Sqd.-Ldr. Angus MacLean, D_.F.C. And W. Chester S. McLure Nominated Unanimously.

enthusiastic _party conveneiur-

ever held in Charlottetown. Squad- ron Leader Angus MacLearl. DI‘.C..

R..C.A.F.. and‘ Mr. W. Chester S.

‘Theatre. Ma]. T.B. Rogers, pre- sident of the Queen's County Pro-

Guest speaker was Hon. Gordon Graydon, leader oi the Opposition in the House o Conunons and pr?- sldent of the "Progressive Conser- vative Associatcn of Canada. He warmly commended the con tion on their choice 0f ca dldatm, and prelcsictlai victory for them at the D0 - ,

ThBfe were five nominations placed before the convention. as follows:

Mr. Walter S. Grant: moved b7 Noel H. DeBlols. Charlottetown, seconded by J .J. Pralnor. Bedfold.

Mr. . Chester S. McLure: moved by Edward A. Currie. ball-- view. seconded by Llieut. lco. J MacDonald.

Mr. Matthew W. Wood: moved by Arthur Stewart. Seoview. WI- ollded by. DJ. Riley. Bell River.

Mr. John ll. Myers: moved by E. C. l-folm. Bonshliw, seconded by Michael Conway. Charlottetown,

Sq Ldr. Angus MucLcaln: mover. bv RR. Bell. Charlottetown. seconded bv L-IQ. Kelly. Southport. Nominations were closed on motion of S T. Doiron. seconded by Peter

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aacll candidate mace n. five min- utes’ address to the convention.

Messrs. J J. Trainer, Somerled Tralnor. James MacLeod. Gem's? MacKay and RR. Bell were im- lntecl scrutineers. and Messrs. James Hashim. A.R. Mclnnis. Os- ca: Diamond. Lt.-Col. C.C. Thom-p- son. Lester Mclnnls and William Rix. tellers.

loud applause greeted the an- nouncement of the result of the balloting. which was as follows. MacLean 391. McLure 294, wood 122 Grant Bl. Myers 50.

Made Unanimous

On motion of Mr. WOOQ. second- od bv Mr. Grant and supported by Mr. Myers. the nominations we“ made unanimous. Each 5965391‘ warmly pledged his sup rt to both candidates. and, appeals for whole- ~hearted effort in electing ahern.

I Sqdn. Ldr. MacLean thanked B ‘cheering audience for “this oppor-

jtunity you have given me to serve

my country once again." “I can as- lsure you." he added, "that I fuel heavily the responsibility you have Eplaced on my shoulders. I hvDO. ;the difficult days ahead which u.

follow the war. that I will not lot -y9u down. I feel confidant that Mr. McLure and myself will be elected ‘to Parliament. 5o far as the pre- ‘sent government is concerned. it l5 my opinion that zhe llatldwrittirig is on the wall. I am nappy to haw as my associate Mr. McLure. an to feel that we will have the sup“ portuof everyone who is here to-

' , L h lso received '...“{..;i‘;2...‘,"f' c“ 9 lilrhselt to do everythi in his power to carry the banner the Progressive conser- vative arty to victory. If we can carry t e enthusiasm of this swat

th is itlvel, no doubt about .I.Z'°l..... ‘Pi. a

p0 ' diam. brsvdgvs $- f th peso u is - ‘ha; “fr: are gonvcntion lpplal e aewhere in todBYTJ-"l-W- The me ins closed with the sins- ing of the National Anthem.

Ask Wage Boost For ll. S. Miners

9'11‘ A, N . 25—(OP)—Dis- trict fiAYavf the Ignited Mine Work-

askd the mwsofAmarioatodov 9 m

bo Board to - g-eeggvheiwliaroillzlvrado role in three

d and ordar glilllflzcsrfilul ‘vlvitivnurasnffl "l "Wk; in; conditions including timu B" one-half for overtime and doubl! time for work on Blmdavi lull l\°l'

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At one of the largest and most’

McLure. were unanimously nomin- ated yesfcrday as Progressive Con- servative candidotes for Queen's County in the next federal election,

There was an ex optionally large number of rural elegatcs at the convention. which filled the Elnplre

ressive Conservative Association. gresid

MR. W. CHESTER S. McLURE

Sqd. Ldn, Angus MacLcan, 0.17.0.

Wild. Battle Feed Shortage Relieved

ST. JOHN'S. Nfld. (it)? tfablexk-A 2911011; cattle“ slor lza are as cen re evecl xmwhmg a v18“ by Commissioner national interest and dedicated to d Puddiilter to Ottawa. On his return

hens. Commissioner Puddistcr said Canada llad sillp- ped her quota of feed to New-

standlng the United States shipped only one-quarter of tho '7

This has been rectified. he said. and the government will purchase funds and distribute them on the

t th ti tncnl convention mo e ac on. basis of livestock raised by indi-

Ilsley Says It's Time To Prepare

AX Nov. 26—(CP)—Fln- r Ilsley told the Nova. Association

that "tin time has come when we must build up our ramparts and assert the principles pf Liberal-

ism.

For the last four years. he said. at the association's annual meeting. the Liberal party had devoted it- 501i to the prosecution of the war.

major Nova Bcotia coal mines M

l! from 889° t" "-15 ' "Y- ‘° "°""° cal campaignting. But tho o.

the other two parties. uoillessivo Conserva- tives were trying to take on a new complexion while the 0.01". were advocating revolutionary Th: latter. he added. had a rcvo. iutionsry wins as rspressntad bv

e _ Q 3_<ln_ d Acadia Smplflsfill aldtotzl d‘; {£00 work-

tlio far P are obvious in Based on such good harbors u

on innner guard duty.

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War Situation Last N

Bv Kirke L slmmh, Associated Press War Analyst.

Menu new American gnaslll-lns threat: ‘t; Japanese shipping in Makin sff rds dag; wll 1.000 miles and more nearer to their targets? Tlio constltuto deddl will“ l0 BIIPPlJ lines that Tokyo cannot. ignore. y ' . y That has seemed one irlmc tactical purpose of tho Allllfldln air-sca- land attack In the cent Pacific. Bo that it will for a Jo ' Ifllln I P0 c pins iv°°‘s'.'.ii°.."i.‘82.‘¢.l"‘..t.‘f $2 2...": ti.“ m“ ' any . , . Nfpponeso naval sortie that might. come. s shares the widely-hem bo- lie that actually the missing main element; or Japanese sea. power arc r If this belief is correct-and several days without an major Japanese counter move in the central Pacific p0 nt that way-ll |nleans that the Japanese have left the task of delaying the American

m . modern submarine has tremendous cruisln rlaf ' ‘ i!

he central Pacific. Truk. That

Of Perman

“Under Mr. Braclncn's leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party. there is not a rural seat in Canada today that is absolutely safe 4dr any competitor of ours in the Do ‘ ‘ field," declared Hon. Gordon Graydon. president of the Progressive Conservative Associa- tion and leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. in a rousing speech delivered yesterday afternoon at the Queen's County party convention.

A tribute was Duid by Mr. Gray- don in his opening remarks to Prince Edward Island's contribu- lion to the war effort. particularly its "magrliiioznt record of enlist- rrlents in the arlned forces.” He was glad to be able to say. as temporary Opposition leader, that. he had taken the opportunity to raise his voice at Ottawa on behalf of the Island's transportation grievances He reviewed brinfly the progress made in reorganizing the Corlserv- ative party across the Dominion. This had led to the Port l-fonr conference and recommendations which were crystallized at the Win- nipeg convention into a programme appealing strongly to the great- 11135598 of the Canadian people. He stressed the outstanding qual- ifications of Hon. John Bracken as national leader. and reviewed the steps taken by the latter to reconstruct and rehabilitate the party. These ITIGBBIITca included the

‘ of a national news- paper “Public Opinion." the orga- nization cf a national Association. and a plan for study by clubs in every province. of political prob- lems and issues.

War Effort First

Referring to the attitude of the party in Oppositionnhe said that o

25*‘ everything done in and out

Parliament "must be done in the

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Railway Passes But For Xmas Season

MONTRJIAL. N . 26 — (GP)- The Canadian Natidnal and Can-

adialn Pacific Railways announ liointly today all passes on their ines would be sus nded durinfl the Christmas-New ear season in older to relieve pressure on rall- wau nger transportation dur- in at period. u

c announcement said: It is with regret that the management of the two railways find it necces- arytos tousoofailfree "ransportatlon from Tuesday. Dec. ll. to Tuesday, Jan. 4, both datcl inclusive. This nsiorl. cover- lngtheperiocloft sarrned forces n furlough. is the ime necessity and we feel con- ident that it will be acceptcd in hat_sp_irit by all concerned."

its ii. ti r ers. The Union in“ Mfipfigcrié.

draw ‘ m"! Harold Winch.. Opposition leader mines when the bugle rstc v~\' ap- proximately ll hll l’-

in British Columbia, and a mild M Co

to refuel, restock with food and water for its crew. and with gun am- lnullition am] to edoes for the enemy. Even important repairs to tho hull can be done y repair ships if smooth water is available, as it is In the reef-enclosed la nuns of the Acolls of the Pacific Makin La oon s among the best situated har group. It is w thln less than 1,500 miles of the main enemy sea. base In is a. grim threat to Japanese shipping serving Truk and its garrison. Makin-based submarines could haunt the waters about Truk continuously, rel twin; mo]; ugh" go;- ehe "hm-g; short round trip to refuel and restock.

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fCrayddn Says Bracken Will Blaze New Trails

ent Reform

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 25 ._ (CP) - Canada's 15,000 tons of wheat I, month to Greece is feeding 40 per oenf. of the people of that enslaved country, according to brought f0 the U.N.R..R.A. con- ference by those closely touch with conditions in occu-

LOS ANGELIEB. Nov. 25 --(AP) - A prediction that the war the Pacific will end in about months with the destruction the Japanese navy was made today _ Dr. C. i... Hsia. head of the Chin- cs3! Ministry oi Information in the

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 —(A

id Germans are attempting

country's surrender and some United Nations expect a collapse of the Reich

Meat Rationing Is criticised By Prog. Con. M. P.

Bill-AND, N. 3.. Nov. 25 —(C P) - Meat rationing and meatless Tuesdays should be and s. campaign started to have people eat more meat. H. H. Hat-

of Parliament for Carlet- on-Victcria, said in an interview

day.

Mr. Hatfield said he had writt- on to Dr. G. B. H. Barton. Ottawa Deputy Minister of stating that "it is hard to realise that Meatless Tuesdays and rationing of meat should continue. when them is the largest stock in history of cold storage beef. pork. lamb and mutton, both in Canada and the United States, and quicker these regulations are done away with tho better for all con-

rned. Local meat dealers said farmers were unable to market cattlo and hogs and also unable to obtain feed for them. As s. result. some Carlet- on County famlers were reported to be drowning small pigs, usually in great demand. , Butchers hero said they were be- ing offered quantities far than they could handle and were booked weeks ahead merits. Ono dealer said that in try- ing to market cattle in Maine he found the some situation of gluttcd

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Cross Sangro R. Cn S-Mile Front

Germans ordered to hold stream

Possibility

“Millions May

Be Evacuated

By GLADWIN HILL Associated Press Staff Writer pontoon. Nov. 25—(AP)-—The

two saturation assaults on Berlin by the RAJ". and R.C.A.F'.. follow- ed by swift Mosquito bomber stabs Wednesday night in a third con- secutive night of raiding. raised the prospect tonight that large sec. h0g5 of the capital may be spend-

on .

Martino Bormann. deputy chief of the Nazi party and on; or 31;- 161"! dflalimated successors. was re. ported to have told Gnuleiterr in German retnption areas to pra- pare for 3,000.1!» , evacuees. This is practically the entire population of Berlin but it was not made clear whether Bornlann referred only to evacuees from the capital,

Louis P. Lochner. former head of the Associated Press Bureau in Berlin. and now at Hollywood, in an appraisal of the devastation to Berlin ro- sultlng from this week's bombing assaults summed up this way:

The implications of this hol- ocaust are infinite. Once the Al- lied plan for the complete obliteration of Berlin is cur- ried out successfully, Germany. in my opinion. is practically through as a belligerent. The nation. I sincerely believe. won't be able to take tho fall of its i l.

tonight ndicating new Allied for- ays into the Reich. The air war was continued by daylight today with blows on France in which U. S. fighter planes carried bombs for the first time in this theatre.

The fighters, covered by other

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Reds Tear Gap In Nazi Lines North 0f Gomel

LONDON, Nov. 26—(1"riday)-- The Red Army has torn a BT-lnile- widu gap in the German lines north of Gomel in a new major offens- ive in White Russia, killed 20,000 Germans. captured 180 populated places and charged to within six miles of the upper Dnieper river in three days Moscow announced to- day. while unconfirmed reports ‘said Gomel itself fell to the Bov- e

ts.

The new drive is in the Propnlsk Mogllev-Gomel line at the Dniep- area. about 60 miles north of Gom- cl. Pointed for the German Orsha- Mogilev-Gcnacl lino at. the Dnisp- er. .110 miles east of Minsk and tho road to Berlin,

The Stockholm report that Go. mel. almost surrounded for weeks by the Russians. was captured, was printed by the Daily Express.

In the Kiev area Gen. Nikolai Vatutinb divisions grimly fought the German "armored avalanche" to a standstill for the second day in a battle which the Germans described as one of the bloodiest in the whole Russian war.

Outstanding

A BRITISH RT, NOV. $- (CPl-The Canadl-in Tribal des- troyer Iroquois picked up survivors‘. from a bombed merchant ship in; "one of the outstanding rescues of the war. both from a standpoint of its success and on heroism dis- played." the Royal Canadian Navy announced mday.

beading Seaman Erland Hugh Grant. 2i. and Able Seaman Wil- bert Carson Spence l9. both of Ottawa. were singled out for spec- ial mention as the "central figures" in the rescue operation.

They stripped off their clothlnlf and plunged into the sea time and again to rescue drowning men who ‘ ‘ from the blazing merch- antman.

When: the merchant ship was sunk was not disclose in the Navy's statement. and neither was the numbe of survivors picked lm. but Iroquois and other ships ac- counted fnr all but a few of her complemen‘.

That the number was large was indicated by the Navy's comment that by the time the drstroyel—- then commanded by Cmdr. W.B.l... f-folms of Victoria-finally dorkcd "some days" latcr llcr fooll lockers were empty lllld “thv: re wasn't even is sweat rag but had bccll convert- ed into some article of wear."

The first two encmy planes were

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(AP)—The British 8th army has smashed a- cross the Sangro River on a five-mile front near the Adriatic seacoast and firmly established itself on the north side of that important water barrier before Rome in the face of bloody coun- tor-attacks by German troops who were ordered to hold the stream at all costs, Allied headquart-

ers announced today. Gen. 81i- Bernard Montgomery's veteran fighters PQDCK-Xlild the en- emy's br winter line" to a. depth of 2, yards in overcoming what a military spokesman des- cribed as "four enemies-rain, mud. a very swollen rilver and a. Wry de- termined one-ins."

The specuc a: bottle raged for several days days. a. communique

e namoun Tuesday night that Gen. Montgo- mery's forces had launched s. full- scale assault and were across tho

anlrro.

The ufldgchcad. established in the lowland area near the isangros mouth. includes the sites of a des- troyed railroed trestle and two highway bridges, which Allied en- gineers were rushing reswm so reinforcements and supplies could pour across to Con. tgomerys

assault troops. Although the pr en thus fair made represents a s zeabla blip out tho enemy's defence-in-aepth. much bitter fighting confronts the British. Canadian and Indian Re- giments of the 8th army‘ before they crack the German l e. The Canadians are on the mountainous left flank of the Bth. Not onliyl do hundreds of well-concealed art er_y pieces overlook Gen. Montgomery- r e s s n t ox position, t the Nasal-s were expected to rush strong reserves to that point and to fight desperately for every lmd o! ground

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German broadcasts conceded that tho fltb had established s. brings- hew and was fighting forward With the aid of tanks that had been brought across the swollen river. Gefl- Montgomery’: feat in crouch? the Sangro and gaining a soli . armor foothold against s strongly-entrenched enemy a - pear-ed to have been one of t most remarkable achievements of the Itallalrl campaign.

Near the centre of the Italian front other 8th army units. who on the previous day took tho burned and deserted town of! ‘Anlfegerllsafi were repcrtcd engage r skimilshm with the Nazis west or Castel Di Sangro which is about five miles northeast of Alfedena. Only artillery exchanges and patrol clashes enlivened the mired-down