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‘mum’. Ont. March l0 — . James, president of

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Few Germans Remain In Battered Cassino Now

Allied Tanks Mop Up Remains Of Enemy Force; 130 German Planes Blasted Frog Skies.

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lineal Airways Conpany Plans hat-War Expansion

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Six Raiders Sunk In llew Record Cruise

IONDON, March l9 - (AP) - Pipe British napsl sloops have scored tbs war-‘s greatest single- panrol victory of the battle of the: Atlantic by sinking six U-boats

the Admiralty an~ toda tn aoclaiming the as a modern battle of ‘Inf

rive of‘ the undersea marauders, were sent m the bottom of the: North Atlantic, wlthfitheg entire crew and the sixth ct 's crew‘ no of bl was captured before it was

sunk by gunfire situ- having been driven to the surface with depth ch es.

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o I 9 War Situation Lost Night By KIRK! L SIMPSON . Associated Prm War Analyst The advmat of spring h at hand in Europe and the war sap i rig onallfronmeasgaonthandwesttostnmpitmthoah-hsanaaa. Wlthintlagsoopaofthssprlngandanmmernaonthaahudllaatha ta tha - Anglo-‘ ' war " Elli‘ first, then turn all-out against Japan. run " with that basic principle of strategy has been proved, avms thaagh Bank's ultimate role agaimt Japan no well as Germany cannot yet be cctain- ly stated. Moscow and ‘Iokya still are bannd by their non-aggaadan past. A yearsgoitwasavltalelasnentlnlnmlanpolieyslnoolasltnvalma I ' ‘ and still

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Swift Russian Advance ls Blow At Rumaniifs Sugging Morale.

LONDON, March l9—lAP)— Thousanth of Russian troops smashed into pro-war Runaan- ia on a Ill-mile front today. crossing the Dniesler river and capturing t0 Beaaarablan villa- gu in no: pursuit of German-

ilneoalng Freight m llp, Cutgoing M llown For Feb.

By JOIIPB IOITON

‘hvelve months have reversed tha salvation in that dubious peace deal with Blush-salvation from en- circlcment and from immediate close-range air attack from bases In Siberia.

Even an. Japanme Pacific defencm have been punctured fatally. In Burma Nipponese hopea of preventing Allied rearming of China as a prime hale for attack are withering.

Events of the last weeks and months in the Asiatic war theatre leave no doubt that the war tide has turned as definitely there as ln Europe despite Allied concentration on the hit-llitler-first slogan.

They invite conjecture that behind recent comings and golnga af American commanders ln the Paolflo theatres for Washington confer- ences lie preparations to speed up the war against Japan ntuv.

It ls In Europe, however, that the key conception of Allied military planning at Teheran ls coming to frulflon with the spring. Day by Day the pattern of military and related political moves which was decided upon there is becoming clearer. in! toward the climax of power blows against the common foe foretold in the Churcbill-llooaevelt-Btal- in annnonceanenL

WhetherGerma canbaknockedoutofthawarbafaraanotlc winter falls over Europe none can say. But there ls every prospect that within the open season months ahead the previews of total Allied victory can and vrlll b¢ so certainly developed that neither Germany nor Baro- pean neutrals can doubt the outcome.

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Allied ills-men Hit Nazis Three Blows In 24 Hours

lllllilllvTons ‘Of ldonsronped On German; Targets In Five Days.

By GLADWIW llllll

LONDON. March 10-43’) —-. British and American bombers prosecuting a tvro-vons-a-minuta offensive around the clock from both Britain and Italy dealt Cler- man Europa three heavy blows in less than 2s hours today.

United Starla heavy plunged through a heavy barrels a: dusk today to give the Pas De Calais coast of France one of its worst poundings while Italian-based heavy bombers attacked the im- portant Klagenturt airdrome and \\'.af‘ plant's outside Gran. Milt-I'll ‘Phase blows followed an overnight assault by more than 1.000 RAJ‘. and R. C. A. F‘. heavy bombers on

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_ reaching February v n: s." .r.."‘:.':::" .222. m m» comm we l» w» first half of April. If we miss ‘then we must wait another year s u! finin- sanebody down your- way doesn't mllss this. Your Premier, ._ Waller Jones. either isn‘t a far ,or he is one of those rare H. who don't give a thought for follow farmers. Your Mr. y ~- h evidently in . -. of miaaitious and manufac- ll- - articles. which are better livmd late than never. deed is ther on time or never. ‘Probably a lot of business men, m rs of products which can be and now. or lust as well next net or the week after. don't rea- ln that they mt! be lot some of our farmers back a who year l! insisting that their goods move mix? though seed potatoe-

m . "Will you farmers of Prince Ed- vard Island help ths Farmers of Onhrio to secure 100

_ 4 of certified Irish Oobbrev w bottom within the next ten L . Yours ‘Irulv:

'1‘. Howard James, President {at County Federation of Agric- l rr

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month

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m “my?! w‘ m i m‘ Today's conununique said the‘ Wfls slved. _ , ma 5th army had occupied s.'.l of the The 1011-1’ Emil/ms $10095 W‘; 1W town "except the extreme westernl turned“? nlélgrpoovlrelrcwrgénetlv t0 l- ; lbandsblarinsvutthe submarine l. ‘m; m", 1n a” Mq-yy 11,1331“, w-iml hun ' theme song. "A Huntinl 5 new bu; mjgueeeggful gggult an] We Wlll GO" and t0 the personal . g ma, m]; yum; Qhgy ma; “d laudlts of A. V. Alexander. first l Saturday night. A small- lord of the Admlralty- , 2;. ’“"‘“...,,."°"“..,“;‘..."t"“ “Y ..i"’f.ié‘.i‘°f.l‘°é.°i ‘.'.‘§...i’i£..°i‘£€§.€‘. in m” Kite. hfagpie. Staring, Wildgooee and the ill-fated Woodpecker that theirs "was the srentest cruise perhaps‘ ever undertaken in this war by an escort group." "In this cruise." he said, m. have created g, record in sunk and truly - there ls no m about them — six German

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"if you take for example any victory you secure over a great puck of U-boats that have from time to time numbered as many , and anti-aircraft gun- as i!) or more you are, in fact, in t down two planes during the battle of Trafalgar, and pm.- r night ks-raising the lmr more deadly weapons from day's toil for ‘the Luftwaffe to 132 our side against more deadly weap- planea. ons from the other side than was

To the east, British 0th army

possible at that time troop,‘ repulsed patrol thrusts and "Well done. Jolly well done. engaged in skirmishes Canadian Thank you so much and God bless corps troops 1n that sector met you." sunewbat stiller 0199011001: than The victory in which Hitler lost usual in their patrols. m. some 300 of his depleted U-boat Mediun bombers hit the rail yards personnel was scored by vessels at rbligno and Orvieto north of which average little more than BTOCKHOLM, Marc-n l0—(AP) Route. and other mediums lashed 1.000 tcns apiece 3nd have an av- —The Stockholm ‘rldn u re- at bridge, near Orvleto and at Pog- erggg complement o: 135 officer; ported Saturday night. at Adolf gibonsl. 20 miles south of Florence and men. Hitler, in an exclusive telephone " -—#—i—- Alexander had special praise for interview wit-h it! Berlin WIN" Capt F. J. (Johnnyl Walker. hol- spondent denied German is der of the Y“ tlnguished Service trying to got out of the war y us- Order with two bars and the

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year and E a year o and flour and feed sol to the d last

year.

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LONDON, March 19——(AP)— A large force of B.A.F. bomb- ers headed out across the Eng- lish Channel tonight en route to the Nasl-occupled contin- ent, pounded today by British and American bombers operat- ing from Britain and lt- aly. The roar of the planes

ld be heard for an hour.

jjlitlél’ Denies Move To Get Germany Ont Of War

Kennett-refit” ltaly With Red Cross us. maximum-na-

NAP ieleine Carroll. the former movie llll‘. has returned to Italy, not as

post. war period to,’ “ "v all Maritime centres capable of supporting an air service. it was learned frcm Capt. Oarl Burke. manager oi Klle‘ company who returned 8aturdsy| from the annual meeting of the: organization at Ionfleal. Cacgt. Burke said he reported to the '- gzrpig; ‘ppuuuou mad‘ by me Moscow announced ronighLd . . . The Russians were tinting own

In additon to regular our svervxceisermam and Rwuanmm b). m,

g‘ o°mpfihggom'de “pplmain. thousands. Moscow saidhnblocing

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Definite routes on which then Huge German wuss (Mung ha“ “mill-WY Blade BPPUCBUOH l0 9P in ths Odessa sector. fir to the lrflte I r8801" l1? ‘KW?! infll-‘delsouureas: appeared to face a may- ths following: Charlottetown ~40, amp, as me Rum“; pg“:- NQV 515889" — 31111112 Elm“ —' ing into Bessarabia headed for tha °"'““'°°¢ "- a1!" J°hni 31°11” Danub, estuarv in an effort to m" — “edglcmn — 551m Jim" block lllCil‘ retreat into lower Ru-

In addition they would establisli,m,n;a_ "Wm? u! "Y “h?! "l"? l" "W, ill pre-ivar Roland zhe Russians Maritime: when; trailfic warretv] also lashed out to topple Krem- tsd it. .dll¢Li. hilltop fortress r0 miles

0w!- Burke slid the comolusnnormeas: of Lwovi‘. and swept on was antielpatinc using men now to take one Yilllfig only 60 miles serving with ah- foree tn its post-l from Lwow. war -xpansi plans .

At present the company oper» Information reaching Lon- stes a Charlottetown - Siznnzer-I don indicated that the Dnlesirr john grid a Moncton- crossing“ and flther Ruauaiann

t serv . condom wen aving a I -

effect on Rumanla‘: al-

y low war spirit.

I Moscow's communique 113110011- ciug the victorious culmination o! itbc Soviet vnnzer campaign llilefl 9mg M; Pgnnflglfl ‘l2. ':§;il‘.'.f“.:&*.;n.°*;.“‘:°z..':: I _ _ lgmntumuplnside pro-war i-oland V ‘flaw at" Bhl-ikgnen is nill cap ure o e . - (HON. March l0 —\C mp fortrus 70 miles northeut of‘ were killed and Lwow, vital Axis communications upanta of an R. C. centre in pre-war Poland. was from Pennfleld. _ among the important itcoorles o!

3., were taken to Fredericton mil- the day. _ itary hospital this afternoon after But the greatest strategic stress the aircraft cruised and burned in for the“ 3.55m“ bum mmnril? a mu at Scotch Settlement. nesrlana pmltlcally. was the succwtul ere. _ crossing of the Dnzester near Yam-

Next of kin have been notified pol. and the ox~crland strike toward

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Farmers Leave 0n

lll actress on vacation, but in the iwiionn of the American Rod Cross. to work in arm hospitals. lie said she hopes to assigned u a staff aide to evacuation hos-

WllllniiliVElflo

unloading car mixed feeds. I C. Green, Emerald. 3-N-2l.

"Fired Wheat on sole, crushed Ind uncrushed at Scott's Mills, St- illrds. Buy now. 3-20-21.

"P113108 ll H f Davis d: Riser every" Maggy mlill 11.30. irthur l-Iaslam Ii-il-Thu-Mon-tf.

"Unloading bulk wheat and Hts st York Station Monday and Malay. Hardy and Mattngws.

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li- sage to Finland

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ing Sweden as an intermediary. asserted that Russia is trying to put a noose around Finland's neck and scoffed at any suggestion of British and American guarantees.

The correspondent said he first awed Hitler about rumors that King Gustav of Sweden bad been approached to try to help Genn- any make peace.

"The report is absolutely false."

don't understand why l should have talked to the Swedish King The repcg-t, said to have origin- ated in ndon. declared that German ambassador, Otto Abetz approached the Swedish Consul in Paris in February. ukifi his views. on whether Gustav wo d serve as a. mediator. A Swedish Foreign Office spokes- aYn said there was “nothing tol Asked about King Gusttha-vés crane;- umn‘ o . uasian armistice.

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try to accent a R Hitler was not. know l

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Asked his view on the Russian terms for Finland. Hitler was quot- ed as snappim ba :—

‘tqrhehR m” tennéh mean '8' acywat aay. vysram. tended to e Finland in a po-

in w ich she will no longer be sble to defend herself.

around Finland's nook

and whenmft is um. they will draw

Hitler was quoted as declaring. "I m

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Royal Navy's charnnicu U-boat kil- ler who led the patrcl on its 6.000 mill- cruise His group has acc- ounted for i’! enemy subma mes sunk and other; damaged.

The first of the six record kills was mado 300 miles southwest of Ireland. and all were mode on U-

Rusiness Trips To Ontario

Rolfl blocked to motor tmfficl don’

inc Allied convoys

Others of the wolf-park oangs were dsrnased b_v the little slooos. but the cautious Admiraltv cred- ‘fed victories onlv when neat ‘U135 of nil and wreckeze arose after a pattern r~f denlh charges had stink- en the depths of the Atlantic.

5 Army announces- Promotion 0f Local Cffioer

OTTAWA. March ls-daplahi A. W. Rogers, of Charlottetown serving overseas with the Canad- ian Infantrv Corps. has been urn- rnobed to the funk of major. Na- tional Defence rleaduuarters o.l Ottawa announced today. t A ' I student before thi- war, Major Rogers was appotn Y a lieutenant in the Active v shortly after the outbreak of. war His mother ls Mrs. Ethel Rogers. a Upper Prince street». Charlotte- wn.

n. . They were of New Berta and Q

Hamilton ls enrouto to ‘Do- to attend the annual meet- ins of the Canadian Co- ra- tim Wool were Assocatlon which will u held on March 2a whue w. McLaren is making a private business tri to Montreal

and '.l‘oro to. ilto is

of tlVe Wool Growers Association "and official delegate from this

pro Tin 00h Edward Island also leaving for On- tario. ttnnorrow. J. Uneoln Dewar efNawPut-laauddolbyllewlsof Pieetown- They are on s oavtla- for a Rol- steln-Rlealan ticn. Ml‘. Hamlltfln and Mr. lloLax-en were lucky on their .

MANAGBS Ellll All. BASH

IDNDON —(CPJ— The Marquis of Headfort has been appcln manager of the British Overseas A snow Airways Corporation base at hynas -the big flying boat landlnd ground from a m the River shannon in western Ireland. The Marquis, 4d. was 11-29. £21!‘

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Report Nazis To Build Second Atlantic Wall

MADRID. March l9 — (AP) — Field Marshal Gen. Karl Von Rund- stedt. German commander in Western Europe. has ordered the immediate construction of a sec- ond "Atlantlc Wall" to strengthen the first line of fortifications set up to oppose the coming Allied inva- slion, advices from France said to-

ay.

Von Rundslledtis reported decision to double the l5 mile deep line of defences along France's exposed Atlantic and Enslkh channel and North Sea coast lines apparently was taken following a recent tour of inspection along the entire coast. from Holland to Spain I

A number of dispatches from M. CHDied territory during the last. few days show that the Germans feel invasion day is not many weeks cff

"Big Bill” Thompson Of Chicago Dies At 75

CHICAGO. March l9 —- (AP)- I William Hale (Big Bill) Thompson, ‘l5. three times Mayor of Chicago whose 1o gallon hot. spectacular campaigning and tlrades against the king of Etrlglaud made him one of the most colorful political fig- ures in the Unite-data es. died to- night following p heart attack.

Thompson had been unconscious for the previous 24 hours and uri-

the heart attack last Thursday. Thompson was widely

for his turbulent

methods and his attempts to

Chicago th» ‘most talked o

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the worst eruption

Mount Vesuvius sent three

sires

several milerdown its out

lll tto t0 gmevlllllgh 11%. on the mount- bod mains south lllffid ll fihl

me chemical cent-re of Frankfurt. Germany, explosives factories at Beégerat‘. France. and other tar- ge .

Pbr good measure, heavy bombers from ltal also at- tacked railway yarfi It. . Yll- goslavia. today. while R. A. ll‘. Mu- squltoes and medium bombers rac- ed across the channel from England for their 3rd straight day of attach along the west coast of the con- tinent.

The R. A.‘ r. announced loss of 22 oonmers including four Cana- dians, Saturday night.

It was the fifth consecutive day of the heavy aerial onset- In the five days, in more than 10.000 lor-

of bombs have been dropped. ln- cluding the new six-ton factory busters.

King Peter, Crook Princess To Wed

WASHINGTON. Inrfl ll- Pater af Yugoslav- lnceas Alexandra, daughter of the late King Alex- ander of Greece, wlll ba mar- rled tomorrow in London, the Yugoslav uabamy announced tonight.

Witneaam far the wedding will be Gaarga af Great Britain, other of the brida- groom, and King George ll of Greece.

Guests will include Ilsa

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Mt. Vesuvius In Worst

Eruption Since 1906

MAPLE, Malnh l0--(AP)-ln slnoo i000

N! ms of lava‘ rolling s

100 feet 05f“

outed scauio railroad. ere was ht that some of sl a might be evac- ac eontinum.

to- me shore of the lake. Just outside its 8t. John's.

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IDNDON. March l0—\APJ-} Britain disclosed officially Sllllll": day night that lllg has been using‘ rocket guns effectively agalns-i German planes since the very out- set of the war. _ _ While this was the first official announcement of the rocker. guns and included details never hither- iw mentioned. an unofficial report on their use against German raid- ers was allowed to be Clblfli W North America Feb. 24. That rc-

Ert included mention that. five

OTTAWA, March 19—(Cl’l —A munitions department ef- flolal disclosed Saturday night that Canada has been manu-

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pro es w c Britain revealed tonight have been used effectively against ._G_!fl" .\!'&___ years of work had gona into the device and that. tests had been

in Jam

m a . Saurday nllhfs announcement

said the rockets are in use “in

ous theatres of operations" and

called the propellant "one of thl

moat effectiv yet known. Disclosure lhot the rocket fuel

was being made in the United

dtalos was a clear that the

anoerican army also uslm rock-

s.

‘I'll? rocket barrage touches off an umbrella of explos- ives-and in some rewrote is even a mom icrrifymag sound than the crash of born . Iyen bills-hard- ened veterans find it hprd to