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WASHINGTON. Oct." 4 - (am ._ Two dozen professional women

are bristling over a little mis. understanding about nylons. An advertising club's cocktail

p.‘lrty was in full swing last night when a man leaped up on a table and announced:

"I am about to give away M pairs of nylons!” '

Grabbing an armful of boxes, he began hissing them out into the crowd. Two hundred male guests retired to neutral corners while the 104 women present scrambled for the favors. One con. testaritwas knocked down.

The triumphant winners opened the boxes. They contained nylons all right-

Nylon tooth brushes, two to a boX.

Cost Cf Living lndex- Declines

OTTAWA. Oct. 4 — (C?) —The Dominion Bureau ofstalisties re.

rted today its official cost.oi’- iving index. calculated on the basis that 1935.1939 equals 100, declined from 11B 9 at Aug. 1 tollll. at’ Sept. 1, leaving tho wartime increa. Ie at 17.9 per cent.

A year ago the index was 119.4.

Fluctuations of the index are not reflected in Wages as coslaof-living bonuses have been merged with basic‘ wage rates under the federal government's wagacontrol order.

Further season declines in prices inr potatoes and other fresh veg. stables were largely responsible fcr ice fractional decrease from Aug.

ntpiiifiiitliig For Leadership?

TORONTO, Oct -l — LCP) Th.- lclegrtui loony quoted Queen's Pull; e-rogiesslve uonscrvatlve cnelcs as interpreting lvlnciiell 1i‘. IHpUHIIIS SIHICIZKCML XCEEGHRIY H5 Sill HICIICBIJOII h‘! l5 SCeKlllK l0 IC- hililll.‘ the Ont-aria Lllsrrul loader. b ill)

"inc paper said that the urcischt Olzturio Liberal leader, Harry C. Nixon. will tell n Liberal caucus next Tuesday whether he will ac. Cvut a seat in the sezizite and that the caucus may then lilimc a house lender without calling a colivcn. tlon, Mr. Hepburn Stilfl yesterday hc will attend the cliucus.

“DvLr. Hepburn is also reported to have sought to heal the breach between himself and l-‘ritilc M11115. ter Mackenzie King." said the Telegram "With this in view. Lib. erals are convinced he is on his vii/lily back to the Liberal leader. 51D."

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Coming Events

"Show -— Eldon, fiidziyw 4 2i i - - .

Bergen, Norway; Met n From Enemy.

hurl thousands Ol tons of explosl on German U.boat pens at ye clenniNorway, the air riiinisory dis C 0S

gen, made

bye thGeimansbv

e surpris Escorted by long

for flak over the target brought down one R.C.A.F. La caster. The subizlarine pens

tlon . The base

sels scrambling in all directions.

marina in their pens. The the R.A.P.’.s

806cm said trapped 6.000 troops in floods.

made for Flushing in is not yet certain."

llit Tirpitz With Six-Ton Bomh

and the “earthquakc? ing a flight of

Russia in Allen Fjord. to

great feat he-a-vles flew to Albcn

homeward

a surprise. flak nor fighters.

Cancellation Cf Repair Contracts Having Effect

MONCTON, N. B., Oct. 4 -(CPl

pair contracts with privately own-

Miii-itime Provinces. reliably today

in the

It was learned that already some employees Clark Ruse Aircraft Limited at nearby Lakeburli have been laid off and are being directed to cthcr jobs by National Selective Service.

Officials oi the Clarke Ruse Company were non.commital re.

"Show - Murray Harbolroiogtgl}.

"Dance, Emerald Hall. Monday. October 9th. Proceeds overseas boxes. 10.53.

"Dance at Crapaud Hall. Friday October 0th. Good music. 9-12.30. Women's institute. 10.5.11.

"Dance, Town Hall, Georgetown. Friday, October 0th. Webster's Orchestra. 10-0-11

"The Bean Supper and Dance at 8t. Georges has been Postponed until Thursday. October ithio 4 m

"Chicken Supper and Dance. Cardi an, Monday. October 9th. Webs e.r's Orchestra. l0 5.3

"Belfast Hall - Lecture by Rev. Mr. Lockhart. Friday, Oct. 6th. 8:00 P. M. Everybody wel-

10.3.5.2i

"Emerald Hall, Friday. Qct. 8. Ice cream and dance. Sponsored bv . John J. White and Mrs.

. O. Green. 10.2-5.6-3i

"In order to save unnecessary delay Hunter River Starch Fae. tor-y is receiving potatoes by ap. pointment only. 10.4

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are ouse. on a ue. a ui- av.

October ’Ith Websgarbi Orclioesrtrfi n’:

"Aunt Bessie Beats the Band. 3 Act Comedy b, Bridgetown Play. era: also specie a: Oddicllows Hall. Montayguc. Thursday. October 12th. Aid o Kings County Hospill3l6 n

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defe from

garding the probable results of the order cancelling their repair contracts with the All‘ Force. 'I‘wo othsi plants in this area alsio are affected by the Air Porce r er. oThcy are the Aircraft Division cf Canada Car and Foundry. Lim- ited, at Amherst. and Enamel and Heating Products, Limited, Sack- ville.

The Amherst plant was origin. ally constructed as a training lane manufacturing and assembl- Png plant, but in recent months has been doing repair work. Com. ponent arts are manufactured. at the Sac ville plant for Falrchlld Aircraft. Limited. of Montreal.

Japs llear Large East China Port

OHUNGKING. Oct. 4 — (AP) — Japanese invasion forces are less than six miles from Foochow. last large east China coast port held by the Chinese. the high command an. rlounced tonight, acknowledging for

e first time that the enemy had maqp a successful landing in Yuk. ien province.

The new Japanese offensive in Fukfein and the strong enemy drive in Kwangsi province toward Kweil. in indicated a Japanese plan l0 seiw American air bases to deny any American force headink for the China coast the protection of land. based aerial suwort. as W!" I! l general strenlztheninu oi Jamar“ noes moist any American move the Pacific.

Ber.

e . The flight across the north sea t0 by Canadian Hal. ifaxes and Lancasters accompanied few RAJ". heavies, caught e.

Pflllsmfighters and 0409401308. the giant bcmbers flew unopposed to Bergen except which n. at. tacked were mostly under construc- is Germany's most advanced since the coast of France ll. Crews reported they saw ves.

Fires were started and a. hit scored on a large ship as well as on sub.

lohg-range strike followed cular punctur. ing Tuesday of the seawall on Wal. cheren Island, which the Germans

A Berlin broadcast said “the fate of 3.000 others of our comrades who small boats

c-ently scored a direct hit with a 12,000 Wuhd bcmb on the German battleship Tirpitz, it was disclosed

ri . “The attack was made without loss bomb was dropped after a round-trip involv- 5,000 miles from buses in Britain to an airdrome in‘ and then to the objectivegmk,

The 2.000 mile flight from Britain: and Russia with the heavy bomb loads was made in 11 hours and that in itself W85 described H5 l1

After refuclllng in Russia. the‘ Fjord. re- turning to Rlilsrg? to refuel for the

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Most attacks against the Tirpitz have been made from the rezl and the attack from tn, landward side was lflilde in the hope of springing

The pilrlfs encountered neither

- Cancellation by the Royal Can. adian Air Force of all aircraft re. ed companirs is having its effect

of

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1944

Predicts Jap Defeat Year After Germans

WAm-IINGTON. Oct. 4 — (AP) -Dr. 11.11. Kung, Chinese finance minister. predicted today that Jap- an will be defeated a year alter the war in Europe ends and told re.

LONDON, on, 4 _.. (QP __. porter : “Don't worry about China R.C.A.1’<-. heavy bombers ilcw a 4m!“ W111 118M °" Wm‘ 37°“- i,300.nll.1g round mp may w Dr. Kung talked with newspaper.

5 men after a visit with President Roosevelt.

Give Details 0f Giant Guns At Gap Gris llez

By CHARLES LYNCH (Bculcr War Correspoillicnt) Will’?! THE 1ST CANADlAN ARMY, Oct. 4 — (Clkzceuter) - Some oi me giant guns av. Ca]? Gris Nez fired from 40 to 50 rounds a dazv at the Dover Coast. with in. tcrvals oi half an hour ailer iivc

great pieces to cool.

The people of Dover now. can be told something of the weapons which attacked them and the men who manned them.

The three great crossmhannel batteries at Cap Gris Nez were named Wisant (a local place llnlllcl Todt after the German fortilicatici p exlpert, and Grosser Kurlurst. BILEA the great elector. a German histor. ical figure.

The Wissant guns were 160.MM. calilbre, and the Todt monsters were SKI-MM

Guns Vof the Kurfurat emplace. merit had a mil traverse, but all the

LONDON QC; 4 _ (op) _ um. other guns could only fire sea. ' ' . _ w r s. caster bombers of me RA F ‘e ‘it? clear weather direct shoots

were undertaken. but usually prc. dicted shooting was carried out. Convoys were the favorite target but single ships weresomet es at. tackcd. When scmke s:ree were laid shooting was usualyl stopped. Only one of the great guns was affected by the heavy bombing which preceded the final Allied at- The mbing. however. ivas .most effective against the plllboxes antLalrcrait einplacemeiits. and kemt the Germans underground lwhlle Canadian infantry and tanks moved right into the positions.

g Presbyterian Synod Continues Sessions

NEW GLASGOW. N. S Oct. 4 - 1GP) - Rev. Dr. Alexander Stewart of Midland. Oiit., moder- ator of the Presbyterian Church .rl Canada, told the Maritime Synod of the church tonight that there must be "more Christian co-opera- tlon among the many communion: of the body o: Christ."

"This war has taught us that no man can llVc unto hinself," he said. “The church must give .he lead in this connection."

Earlier, the Synod adopted a re- port i-hfli the work of tlic Church in Newfoundland be placed with a commission of the Synod uiltl "the Presbytery of Newfoundland can func.io.n properly." The commission will consist of Dr. H. Munroe, Dr. Frank Baird, Rev. A.D. MacKln. non, Dr. A. Marray. REV- C'- CM“ lyle Webster and Neil MacDonald.

A report oi the foundation fund showed that $186,000 had been ra - sed toward reducing the total debt iof the church.

FuneraTCf Sir William Mulocll

TORONTO. Oct. 4 - (GP) — The body of Sir William Mulock. who saw Canada grow to nation. hood during his 101i years of life. was borne today to its last restini!

Newmarket to which lie trudued from his farm home nearly b ceii. t/ui-v ago to attend school. , eral services for the ibrmer Postmaster General of cannda and fdnficl‘ Chief Justice or Ontario were held in Toronto. a. Dill/Ric 1B1‘- blic ser. vice in st. Paul's Anglican Church attended by 3,000 persons. including ' i mfienzied till?" 1 c an . i lfédifi: ‘lfgigrflathgrs of humbler atl- ‘tlon.

ll. Z. llietory Loan Cversuhscrihed

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AUCKLAND. N.Z. Oct. 4 — (CP Cable) — New Zealand’: £40,. new ... "en-W"

, c ose my.

$1? w rhea bt at least 2200.000 and when final figures are known the total likely will be much rest. or, e Minister Fraser sad. A feature of the loan was the record mnnber oi small investors through war bonds and national snvinRB IC- cmlntl.

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By KIRKI L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

Nazi hopes of warding off an Allied sweep to o: beyond the Rhine,’ before winter are ebbing fast as United States forces bludgeon their way through or around the Aachen and Metz redoubts of the Sic

Line.

Tank exploitation of an irifantry.achieved gap in Siegfried posl. tlons north of Aachen on a three-mile front .was reported in process from United States 1st Army headquarters. Drlant bastion of the Metz fortification system on the Moselle seem.

ed firmly in the grip of third army comrades.

The gravity of the situation for the foe was underscored in a fan. atlcal outburst by Dr. Goebbels, Nazi propiigandist in chief. Ari all. out Allied attack has opened, he said, calling for "a rampart of (Ger- man) bodtes, young and old" to brin

arily succeed in advancing."

Allied forces are not deep enough in Germany yet to test effectually the civilian response to that desperate plea. The same volce.of.Nazism has so often told them that Hitler's fortress Europe was invulnerable and the "west wall" impenetrable that Goebbels must be a prophet

little honored by intelligent Germans.

Nor has the full force of that Goebbels-announced Allied assault yet been felt. American advances against the Aachen and Metz de. fence pivots still appear as essential preliminaries for a renewed Brit. ish thrust at the Amheln gateway to the Rhine in the north. That WHY is still the shortest road to the heart of Germany. the lower Rhine that picked Nazi stormnroop divisions, not deepset

fortifications, bar the way.

Southeastward, meanwhile, the Russian menace to Hungary, hon- ored in the radio broadcast excerpts of Goebbels‘ frenzied plea for a

War Situation Last ' Nighn:

In the south. the Fort

g it to a lialt should it "temper.

ll. is there behind

fight to the death within Germany itself, rose ominously overnight.

Sweeping up both sides of the Danube on a wide front in Yugoslavia. grad and a Junction with Tito Pzirtisans

Red Army columns neared Bel below Budapest.

The Russian smash advance up the Danube serves pose. 1t is aimed at isolating Nazi garrlsons sr.»uth oi‘ Belgrad and also deal a knock.out blow at Hungary, finishing the wrecking of the Nazi

Axis in Europe.

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Annual Banquet Of *Knights Of Columbus

— Interesting And Instructive Address By Bishop

Boylf; Function Is

'I'liat the uunuoluil iarlncrls snort o. ‘inc national income nl Adm: was Oilly $.l,dLU.UUU out 0i a wiul lint. lollnl laconic 01 oilminhtau, ul‘ one. seventh or liic total. when he cun. priseu onmtlnru \;.\ illc populutioil. was one ol ine startling statements muclc at the Angnis uf UOiUIIIDIlS banquet in the Charlottetown not. ei 135i. mam. uy i115 nxcenmcv lhc lvfosi Reverend James DQHC, Libsiluip

O1. Ullilflill EGLOWLI.

Large delegations of Knights irclii slitlllllciSlklt,‘ and Soul-ls JOIIIEG with DYOUIGI’ KIIIEHCS lIJIll Gilli!‘-

thcli‘ lottetowli ui attending inc banquet.

‘inc toast master was Grand nnight RJL lVLCLP-lilflltl, UllLll'l0ll.L‘LU\\‘l] M- mimi; those Wllil him on the D1111- LII:- worth, Cnanccllor or thc Cnurlottc.

iorhi ivcie the Rcv. mu.

town branch ol the order. Capt. P. A. M

lali, O B.I:.. Responses To Toasts

Toasts were drunk to

Church", and "Our Country", and Order”, and were responded to in brief and appropriate adores. Ellsworth, Capt. P.A. McLcllan. and Mr. 1V1.

“Our ses by the Rev. lLG. Alban Farmer. respectively.

Special Address By Bishop Boyle

His Excellency, the Merit RAEVCi‘. n s address stated that the ‘members oi‘ the KlllglllS of Columbus who were listening to him have no right to‘ look lcr social privileges if, at the same time, they were unwilling to D assume the responsibilities which go

enrl James Boyle. in opening

with such privileges. Remilidirig them that no organized sccleiy was onv better than the individuals

who comprise it. Bishop Boyle gent

on to stats- tliat. if a nation be truly Christian, lanity must be a vital force in all the various departments of the hat. 1011's life, in the field of finance. medicine.

Loose Talk About Saving TM World There is‘ too much loose talk

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Japs Report Canton Bombed

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. (APl-Nightly raids nneseJicld port of Canton bv Am. lcrican planes since last S.llurtiu'.. were reported today in a Japan omei news agency broaden: t iii , itorcd by the federal ccrmiiunLat‘ Jaiianes.. claimed “that during the course oil these blind bombings wais caused to our niilitair instill.

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Reds Advance‘

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Russian troops smashing Belgrade |staition of Vludimirovac. northeast of the Yugoslav capital, in a. westward advance of approxi- _ lmately 14 miles today, Moscow an» l ll

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More than 100 miles to the south in France American 11rd Army vclcialis fought liiilcr lillnli. to.hand duels inside Fort Driant, a great rabbit warren of defences guarding the vital city of Mctz from the west hank 01' the Mosclle River.

A 48.lio~.ll' truce siillcll the roar of cannon a‘, historic Dulilcerquc, llust French north coast port to which a German garrison clung, wllilc 20,000 refugees streamed out of the town into the sole country- side. British troops there \\‘:l1l?(l iliipcticlilli‘ lo storm ill. The as. saiilt iras ID be iuisiiilliorl l2: ii 1| oz. Friday. llflll. it was doubled the

.000 Gcrlliuris inside the port

token fight before surrendering. Li..Gcn. Denipseys British 2nd Army boat off a smalLsczilc enemy couiiteiztlirllst north of Nljmcgcn in ilic only sharp fighting report. ed from l'.l~_ northern Holland front. British troops of the 1st Canadian Army pushed thrcc miles east from Turnliout in Belgium and United States air- Iborne troops advanced along the ‘north bunt: of the lvlaas iMcnsel _Rivcl' to inl- toivil of Niirldclnzir.

licor the coge of the Relchwald Forrst soull‘. of Cleve.

Britisl ‘olisil and Canadian forces leg ell numerous small gains in tern Holland and Uclqiuln. A iicld (lispotch esti-

mated that 50,000 German troops reliiaili on the Netherlands Islands and in the urea south of the Mans and west cf the British 2nd Army in the Holland corridor. There were signs of a general enemv withdrawal from the low coun. trlcs.

Front dispatches said the Ger. mall colrlniziiitlcrs had not. got cn. ougli first class troops to thrnw against the 1st Army's crack in- fantri‘ divLlons and tremendous reserves of armor to meet the push inward the Rhilieiancl.

ll-"evy Figuring at Ft. Drlant

After Amcrican troops stormed 111i“ Kiln ‘urldcll Fort Drinlli and been; rlr the Germans out of

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LONDON, Oct. 4 - (AP) -- Squadrons of American tanks which had been held back for two days while infantry hacked a yawning hole in the Siegfried Line north of Aachen were sent charging through the breach today to blast German secondary de- fences and help clear the path of ihc United States lsi Army to the Rhine.

Pouring‘ into a gap 2 1- night were fighting through minefield than two miles inside the border of Ger enemy counter-attacks in the early morning hours.

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l LONDON, Oct. 4 ._ rc P) _ ‘A Nazi blueprint icr highly organ- iizcri and fanatical guerlllzl warfare l“ Illllilly aliyj Allied _\'lCt0l'y and imakc the ciVll admnistration of conquered German territory al-i most impossible ivas outlined 1o. lday by Nazi nfficlaldom. ; Propaganda Minister Goebbels, in ta spflccll to German workers on lthe lisesterii front quoted on me ,Bcrlln Radio by D. N. B., said {he Alllt‘_s had launched an all-om 0f. fcnslvc to win the ivar before the Winter. but that conditions now . favor the German Army, and n any event the Nazis were prepared to uageiiucrilla warfare to the death. ‘ Heinrich Himmlerks publication, Das Scliivarze Korps sketched a scheme designed to make this a ‘war virtually ivilhout an and, to 1 force every German zlito fighting thel occupying powers on every inch of‘ i (Barman scil, to murder as trilitors any Germans who deal with the Al- lies, iu make n hell for returning refugees and Jen's.