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NAZI COUNTER-ATTACKS HURLED BACK

6'1 Seamen Rescued After Clinging To Wreckage For 33 Hours During Blizzard

in EAST ooAsT CANADIAN pom‘, March 7 —(OP) —R»escued ~ clinging 38 hours to the. alter section of a tro eds-sund- ln an Atlan c blizzard. on seamen have been brought to this port aboard o res- cu V255?! .

llllieTar-izlg-z Blows Shift To France

By W. W. HEDCIIEI.

(Associated Press Stuff Writer) . LONDON. March 'I—(A.P)—.A1lled llluillllll bombers attacked northern Fleur-ll uulltary objectives today to

maintain the invasion schedule af- u;

ter ll ileavy RJLFH-R. C.A.F. night blow at railroads mar Pflllfgls lollowirl nn American dfly ht mid an Berlin.

A grout many fires were reported still mulling furiously to-dfly after hfonunyfls raid on the Nazi capital by Anterican heavy bombers-a. raid that accounted. for 17C Nazi rganes.

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Miter .' and Mosq es_ United Status metlilutns attacked a. l" _ n ltcar (lunches, '15 miles Dleppe. run, meanwhile. the Nazi- (‘d Paris and Bomeaux til. thenir, possibly lildioat- ‘Ill. ldlidillg by the RAJ‘. RA .-R.<;.A.F. blolw T11R79

at Bl‘ um‘ Gemiun. defences, were llcht zffld taken by surprise- pct u hlllgil! bomber was 10st. Al ICZLSL eight. squadrons of the Cllllitlldil bomber group W€N ‘ t o mat dropped tons of ex- p10 \\

scores of Cailadlarls fle - the R A.F All said 9X- plcslcm dotted the entire target arch rum pathfinder flares lishoed up lllv ynrcL; from which the Ger- lllnlls would nlah anti-invasion re- uliolonncnts.

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PO. Louis Renaud of Montreal, member of the Alouette Squadron. said it was “an extremely easy t P. un ligellucrs. no flux, no senile -

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"lite Gclnlu-ns once defended the Purrl l> ion bitterly, butt not sinrce the coiltnual winter attacks forced them to shift r main filthy?!‘ strength deeper back toward Ger- many.

with the zero hour approaching. an lllitllsllied. assault. on German oolluuullzcatllons can be expectetl— (specially on Franco which already almost to the lust limit Clio oi the weak links in the Ger- mans‘ anti-invasion set-up.

Requirements 0f Shipments Given

TORONTO, March '1 --— (OP) —— Caniztllml Rod Cross ‘lpments to ltrlsci rs oi war require about 9.- zccccr- pounds of butter. 5.200.000 ll° 5s of dry Whole milk and 1-.- 360. 0 pounds of cheese annually, J. l‘ singleton. chairman of ths

Twin: the {ntarlc Cheese Pro- duce-s Association today.

The Red Cress parcels, sent to Allen as well as Canadian pris- oncrs. include one pound of butter. (me hound of dry whole null: and “"6 quarter peund of ziheese, an mil! l\1'(‘. going forward at th {git <1‘ X10090) e week, Mr. single-

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Besides the sailors landed here, 11 other survivors of the tor- lmloed merchant vessel have been taken to an American port u British cargo ship which them off 1 crafts and boots and than stood by the pennant of their ship in lees too rough for a transfer.

All crew members were loved and none was inJumd seriously.

The sailors recounted how their vessel broke cleanly in hulveo twp

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forward half, with no men about was whisked awly by the high seas. The British some vessel took off m men after they had escaped to rafts. but then had to halt the hours be- cause of the weather.

After pitchi about on the raging seas for 1-2 deyl on the section oi ship, the seamen fin ally sew a rescue vessel come up‘. This vessel lowered lffeboo. . which took off the recnlinder of e crew.

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Coastal Forces In Baring i Penetration

i nomnou, March 1 - (c!) - British light coastal forces Colby set three enemy ships on fire and torpedced another in g in were" u: the cons o e e

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announce . British ships, commended by Lt.- Cmdr. D. H. E. McGowan retur- ned safely but there was a small number of casualties.

An Admiralty communique ann- ounced that the British forces this morning penetrated "to within o. short distance of Ijmuiden her- bor, in the northern part of the Netherlands northwest of Amsto -

dam.

The raiders attacked a. coastal defence vexel. eight or nine E- bosts and four armed crawlers. Hits were observed on the cons- tai defence vessel. the trawler and an E-boat and they burst into nom- es. When last seen the coastal de- fence vessel was 8 9°!" stem to stern and was down by the bows.

As the British shl dlsenflflxed themselves enelny ore batteries opened fire unsuccessfully. lteuvy explosions were hem! shortly Afterwards coming from the direction oi the harbor.

later the British ship; attacked two small enemy suflrly vessels eo- mrted by five E-boets. One 5UP‘ ‘ply ship was hit with u torpedo, caught the and blew up.

2 llazi Planes Fall llictims To Catnadians

LONDON. March ‘I —-(OP Olble) ,An R. C. A. I’. Spitfire Squadron ~commandcd by Budfl- 1-41‘- L- u- Cameron of Wirmi toda de-

es medium bcxberl b01118 ed by? tn]: Canadians on near Bl‘ . . . . Ki f 1'0: to dowry?‘ 5‘ “millet on . rom o Flt, Lt. Jack Bhevlllrd of Ven- couver be ed the otherteguuy plane. 0t munbers o em gun's squadron scored bits on thl Nut circuit.

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By Wlu-IAM l. KING (Annotated Press lteff Writer)

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Naval Base llit Hard By . Bombers

(By EDWARD KENNEDY) l‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Preostwur Correspond-

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Fighter-escorted heavy bombers crooked at the Toulon Naval Base in southern France, from which the Germans have been operating submarines and ‘ raiders in the Mediterranean.

Other heavy bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked Nazi-held uirflelds and railway Installations

l? near Rome.

Medium bombers attacked the Littorio, Ostienss and Pontossleve yutisin the

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route of German supplies to the battle areas in southern Italy. It was the sixth raid on the eternal cit

y. The bombers blasting the yards oxrthe outskirts of Rome, destroy- ed railway tracks and rolling stock. Fliers returning from the Toulon raid said a number of ships in the harbor were hit and one mcdlum size vessel was seen to explode.

Fighter escorted heavy bombers blasted German fighter plane bases at Orvieto, Fabrica- Di Roma and Vitefbo.

Another group of heavy bomb- erg with an escort of fl htere bom- bed freight ylfds at ertflldo. miles soutiléwest of Florence with good resu .

The rain-soaked ground still a1- lowed. no msior military 0981'!- tions but sharp local clashes were reported at Cassino and along the Anzlo beachhesd battle llnc.

United States troops made sev- eral jabs at German positions side the battered town of Cwlno and drew intense fire from the defenders. Casslno. the key to the entire Italian situation, remains u herd s nut as ever to crack.

Allied artillery took heavy toll of two small German attacks near Cisterna on the beschhead.

Front dispatches said that. the Gormnnl, thrown back in three assaults against. the beuchhead. lppqlfed temporarily content to increase their force of snipers l.- round its perimeter a d to main- tain a deadly fire age t any Al- lied soldiers who exposed them- r

elves.

(The Admiralty in London sn- nouoeed that the noted cruiser Penelope was loet with another cruiser and two destro ers in es- tablishing and msintyoining the bcuchhead. Loss of the other three warships had been announced

previously) .

On the anny front in eastern Italy Canadian artillery lnllhed on emuny motor supply convoy nee: 0mm. Winter wee- um- we; reported continuing on the Canadian corps front.

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While the future of u moss industry is “Pwbleflllli-lflfll. there is every reason to believe that the demand for the product will continue to be 1H8“ than i" was before the war. declared Mr. E- C. Jerteon. vice president of Krim- .. -gampm F-gqltmtto, Mill's in an address at on l B9853“ of the Provincial Legislature yes-

terday.

The great need at the present- time is for coordinated research work, Mr. Jeri-son declared. Vibe president of a. firm which ls B- large purchaser of Irish moss this Province. he was introduced to the House by Premier Jones as one who was thoroughly versed in the demands of the industry

Mr. Jertson gave an outline 0! the old established uses of Irish moss, some of them detlnB buck over s centurlyveloTlke gage "as: which have e PC other products, principally for Jflpflflm agar and Pectin-

"lf we get all the Js anese B8B!‘ business and hold it sf r the war u. will still not be very ble- but will be s. bigger business thatflll: was before the wur. he said. i through research we can mike $11 5 product better for other U895 [hflLthfl products it now sub-

Scts lnionnation llc Can. Prisoners

UITAWA. March 7 -— (UP) — mo‘ Dominion Government rec- eives infcrmation rmuarlv flfifld‘ ing the condition of Canadian pri- soners of wl-r in Germany» 914mg Minister Mqclienzle King sel yesterday ln reply to a qlle-‘mm by T. L. Church (PS - Toront0— Brosdview) in the Commons.

Mr, Church asked whether puny Additional inftzrmatlon he'd been received this session on the shack- ling of Canadian prisoners. Inqhls reply, Mr. King said infonna-non comes to Canadian authorities through the Swiss government which is the prof-Mine new" for Canadian interests.

ll. B. Airman Killed

SAINT JOHN, N. 3., March ‘l —(OP)—l"lt. Sgt. Joules l... Rich- ards was killed in action oversees on Much l, his parents here have been informed. 1-1; yen student at. the

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Allied stage over Berlin at the moment that the Bunion ground Juggernaut ln the east began rolling down town the Cernuutl gateway to Romania in what even Nu! broadcaster-s styled e. Clllllllhlfllig and possibly “decisive?

That the Bed Army breok-tltrbugh to sllsh u. wide pp in Odessa- ’ ’ 1 ,, and a ‘ " h eluted whole Nazi right flank in Russia for lnnlhilntlon, Gsnnln

Nor can they fall to recognise the Ill-ll Amer‘ of Berlin as a no less significant event in tho west. It raised the curtlln

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more east of the auupul-Proskurov break-through ls in part due to "l0 Allied ulr attacks from the welt. To meet that nttack German slr utrenzlh in the east obviously has been critically curtailed.

The gmnshlng drlvo of the Red army which forged across the lye-l‘; law-Odessa rail llfe line of the Nni southern front WM orsnnlufl l" the foe. Not even thawlnK WNW" °°"‘ dltlons which Moscow press reports describe M Ill but "lmpossihltfl for offensive operations held it up. That tends to prove that Nazi t e-

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H; emphasized particularly the prospects in the pectin field.

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Irish moss extr tives,‘ which are the purg gel f the nleterial. are now standardized and will?!‘ to use than formerly. The are being sold to twenty-five d1! erent industries. turning out such varied prouctg n; chocolate flavored milk , confectionery, syrups, can- ned snd preserved fruit, canned tongue, chicken and fish. flavors and extracts, health foods. Phal- maceclticals. dental rcducts. v05’ metic-l. textiles. P0 91°!- Pam"- ink. and llahtlns ulrmwt

Thesg industries have the product and learned use it for their qwn purposes. but thgrs is no general pooling of in- formation. Literature on the chem- istry and uses of Irlsh moss is also verv scarce.

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cies which are WWW“ work He particularly commended the work of Dr. Needier ln the .c=r——‘=====:1 T ~-

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Appointment _ Announced By Labor Minister

UITAWA, March '1 --(CP) - Labor Minister Mltchdll announ- ced today that_S. H. Mclaren. associate dl 0! Nfluimil Selective Service has been appoint- ed Vice-Chairman of the National Selective Service Advisory BORN and also of the National Selective Service ‘Administration Board. 1'9‘ plgciflg C. W. Foster who has re-

‘%‘§3'........_ of which Arthur MacNomars, director of Nstlonfll Selective Service. 1B Chllml“ both meet at Ottawa. The ad- visory board consists of fepfeienw‘ m“ of me trade unions and em- ployers, farmers and veterans. l! well as government officers. The ‘administration board is made up P! the usocinte directors of Selective service attached to the Labor Dc- rtment.

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Large Herd 0f Seals ls Sighted

A large herd of seals emslsl- lng of possibly thousands of ani- mals. has been sighted off the north shore of this province. The discovery wu msds by Capt. Curl Burke of Maritime Central Air- ways while piloting I piano on the mall and passenger flight to the Magdalen Islands. Cslpt Burke said the herd was about. i0 miles off St. Peter's Bay on the north shore of the Province and extend- ed over on area of several miles

Residents of the Megdsiens Is- lands told him this was early ln the season for the seals to appear and it was unusual for them to be so near (he Coast of P. E. I. Usuallv the herd passed close to the Magdalen. sometimes north and sometimes south of the group Large numbers of animals are killed each year by Magdalen 1s- landers Last year was a poor (season. however.

Americans Now Control Los llcgros Island

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AUAIED IEADQUARTTLRS, Southwest; Pacific, March 8 —- (Wednesdsy) — (A P) — Ameri- can troops now control Los Negros Island in the Admlrsltys. and Un- ited States Marines have landed near Talasea on Willaumez Pen- insula nearly midway on the north coast of New Britain, Allied head- quarter; announced today.

The Los Negros Island successes out the‘ Americans in- paqeglon 0f the belwh 0n the west coast of Beadle:- Hnrbor and further clin- ches possession of te r- drome which, headquarters said, was now ready to receive Allied planes.

‘Iroopers oi’ the let Cavalry Div- ision Cflvtured Japanese irr-srwn naval guns in cone ‘ ments south of Momote and in ex- panding their holdings found 479 more dead Japanese.

While the Marines moved 110

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center to invade the ioumez Peninsula. against only light op- position. army troops on the south coast of New Britain also have moved eastward ls for as Amhar- nln8. 24 miles from Arawe.

Thus on the north and south shore of the huge island, Marines and soldiers are one closer to such important enemy n4 Guemuts. on the couch coast, and heavily pounded Rsbsul, on the northeastern tip of the island.

American trovflb 01' the division which lsndod no

Yelau east coast of New Guinea, have Grounded their positions to Bibi on the east and Gongiuu to the west. This llmliins out the Anllericans 30 miles west of Saidcr on their

Astrolabe Bay. d air pntroll mot down two Japanese planes in the Msdang area.

Rbaul itself was attacked again with the township and Tobera 11r- drome receiving 98 tons of explos-

es.

Allied planes attacked Hausa Bay and wewek. Japanese bases llDflIhQBSt of Madang. ‘- t‘ down three enemy bombers and two fighters The attackers lost one aircraft.

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bombers staged a daylight; raid Mondeul on Toni in tho Kai Islands, 500 miles north of Dar- win. Australia.

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n..;soi;.—.ifl To Russian Peace Terms

By ROBERT STURDEVANT (Associated Press Staff Writer)

S1OCKHOLM. March 7—-'.AP)— Finlsnds answer to Russian peace terms has been sent to Moscow and a repxly is expected momentarily. the elslnkl tact-respondent o: the Stockholm newspaper Aftonblsdet reported today. _

Particulars of the Finnish reply were nm made known immediately. The Finnish diet met at 2 p.m., for an hour's session but there was no indication whether it had received new word from Moscow.

('I‘uesdsy's Finnish military com. m-tuiique reported that 25 Russian dive-bombers attacked the port cfl Kotka in southern Finland Monday

mrnoon. uzllhlfll some damage

M. the unto time the Helsinki correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper Degens Nyhehcr wrote that ' machinery is in 11love. nlent among higher officials."

A BBC broadcast hard in New York quoted s. neutral correspon- dent in ‘Hitler has personally intervened in the Russian-Finnish situation." addllltl that "the Germans say that 111111161‘ decisions can only ‘be tak- firli‘ in absolute agreement with Ber-

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Members! Discard Party Lines In Commons Debate

OTTAWA, March 'I—(OPi—Wilth

ed on every- thing. icy found the Canadian parlliamentmiv system a good one. Some expressed suspic- ion of anything which would les- reedom of spcxch in the com- monsotl" the rights of minority

unount int- of pro ec ng those

traditional nights they were willing to chance their rules in accordance ‘with recommendations of a special committee of the House set up for the lsurposs of slmesthlg revisions. debate was edioumed for the

day 11st. before the dinner recess. Speaker J.A. Glen, chairman of the committee. made one of the if?

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aid the government was i no sufiestions and taking no re-g sponsi llty for rejection or aeozvt- anoe of the committee's report, thr:

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