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CHARLQTTETUWN. CANADA, THURSDAY,'MARCH 8. 1945

RUN

Covers Prince Edward

l... r

Island Like the Dew

05.3w! Army In Sensational Advances

TBfIl 0f Parliament To Ba Extended?

_,.._

March 'l '- (C?) - MTAWL here today that lght ask f fe of Par

00b] 0H

PARIS. March United States 3rd y armor columns plunged tonight within l2 miles of the Rhine fort

Puhlng national speed

l‘

B! AUSTIN BIALMIAI

7 —- (AP) - Aim ed

one lng liisrfily thou- Germa fr i - in hectic rglfreagm emu or

ahead with sep- vlrtuaily unop- through the last low hills

as city of captur

P0894 roiling down to this section of t 10h

the in; column aite lam-oy-

mnd r co umn gm ofinfifivfihich w" plguem " no in a break-through ing on the llslumption that Par- whm‘ h“ “m”! "9"" llament would end April 11 or be- (m, ‘"1532 "m" "WW l"

spo orcsew ‘possib y of an extension war developments and le- galsltion forecast n the Speech m"

the Throne-along with pro- fless at the coming sesslort-rnake tadvisable to consider such action as said, however, his partv had hot been approached by the Govern-

ment.

Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Cordon Graydon, Progressive conservative house leader. wcnt on record lfll Commonswlaalg December asop nganyexnsn. C. 0F. Ki taken the poeitionTlm a- long that no election should be held while the Canadian forces o-

885i. In

mor

oi them unescorted and car-ruins

The 4th was stmklrlg dine _ Cablenz, historic city at the con- fluence of the Rlune and Moselle ers and serving a large area. Most of the city lies west

tlv for

a communications nub

oi the Rhine but of the Moselle. its most spectacular and o-

verwhelming surge since Norman- dy, the 3rd Army _ sands oi German vehicles and ur-

blasted thou- into flaming wrecks

white flags over their heads, front

500 Veterans a Back From Battlefront:

Islanders minded In Group Home On 30-Day Leave.

(By The Canadian Preu) Back from the battlefront:

oi Europe for a long-waited visit home. more than 500 Canadian

veterans

adian divisions have ved Canada on 30-day leaves. . Third group of v to re-

turn under the rotation home leave plan. the men are all veterans oi flv service overseas. oi years of waiting for action in Brit- ain and action-crowded months on the daily-changing fronts oi northwest Europe.

The five-year men formed s large part of a contingent of United Nations servicemen who arrived on this side of the ocean. Along with them came a large contingent of British brides of Canadian servicemen. nursing sis- ters and members of the C.W.A.C and the RCAI‘. Women's Div-

Ii

German prisoners streamed west- 131° ward in droves through the 4th division's narrow corridor, many

Several hundred Canadian serv- icemen arrived for various medical reasons. and wound stripes also were a common sight among the

doe! men. Brl ish naval and army men. and United States services also were represented.

Brig. Ruueli Hilton Beattie of Inpdm. Ont. who coon-landed an

l n. 1 h; g l, m dis tchcs related late tonight. :3??? 3% rtrlleant 21x gnsloch craze: he 3rd Amr- vlunains deer" life oi Parliament. into Germany than any other of _i__.__.._ the attacking forces in the west. Rush 5.000 Surgical Ell‘. ‘d?!’ .‘5'.'.'.i€.."li2n“in'."‘l.°€..‘él2 Masks To Iwo Jima Mggwm, u ' “"- l0.000 and 20.000 Germans were HONOI-vw. March r-lsrl- §§l$is§9§s$l“?$‘ £33. 31.331 fire thousand white gauze surgical 0g cqlngne, against, ccnvgr lng W" ha" bee" Pllfihed by the Canadian. British and American

Bed Cross to lwo Jlma to protect American marines from sul hur llurt mdvoloanie uh u they, t . _ '- "a . Volcanic been one of the rest cur- . It has flied eyes.

a...

n

i100 . venue's‘; were reported there today. lRou Nomad.‘ Consul“..- P=

and no important Allied ad-

conrcspon t‘. reported the

enemy's chanom oi withdrawing mm the bulge are lessening each

Milundluns ndlddbt Ge tiv- not lbdafflflffll‘ vehicl-es. c one 1.113,’ 12D “have n???“ fihglqaw ng. Munro said the ist Canadian army was thrusting toward the Rhine from fallen Sonsbcck, ionner west-

Coming Events

"De in Brad llm ll lilhl. m l n‘ Has-nyil‘. "loading hogs v ry T‘ for Davis dr. Fraser” fitd. Merlyn

. Pcakes. 1-3341

"Dance. sale of lunches, Bon- Ihlw. March 10th. Proceeds fol-- led om. 3.3.11.

"Hunter River Friday March nu National mun Board Movies ‘lmdaau P. M. 3-8-2i. "m Kins‘: Daughters will hold

IPIMry sale at Helm '. Satur- lllnilarch 10th at 3 3%. a-v-al.

"Noting regarding Seeds in lludw Bank school, mdo - who. March 0th. iy- W

"Pal-koala Pantry and’ Quilt Illa at Holman’; March 17th.

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chcil 3-31- leade

n10“, —."_' Friday. MAPS‘... M’ Fredafkilos-o

tn 11.30 l: Colviile “n, _ “mow”. until noon D 3+3“

"Now in stock bulk 8 o. w. oats $ullnber four when w arrive m“ 31c¢-:v.bods1£s, double recielined a‘ Boyle.‘ . barley.

“New unloading nixed car Pur-l p mm“- lloscns Lin) Mash, Chick m Paxggcozhwlcy lvleal 161m “Wfld- ' ' s-a-alf "We can sell t lrmnedi te ‘fitment from Mogltl-eal a flew we of Num ads, h-e-“(gm Six Row Berle . The At- “ "in Company. limo-eel l. . Hg, o: i

g; fihfltld? ill-nabs ‘ii 52's‘; M‘ i feeds. P vour orders m, - ""1 let dell car. but prices. o.o. Nun maeraalbl:

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Drew Gets 60-20 Vote In Legislature

roaomo, March '1 - (CP) - Prenller Drew's Prom-Hive 00n-

da had ost faith m Mackenzie King's rear‘ sursnces on the mODWWVP lmll-

tion. New r11 to war wanted reinforce- ggu '_- "not adnlflihdly. half-

Y l-l-ll 0 mu" so“ requ m "mmendousl devastated where

ern anchor point ‘of the Gernum bulge, while British and Canadian troops invuted Xantcn. four m northeast of Bonsbeck. and tight-

lies

bulge between Rhine).

and Canadian troops lvesel

sh

head we're reported meeting

b idler the fiercest rear-guard action they

live government toda was

upheld by a 60-20 vote in t e first division of the present session of the Legislature

The division

prose when Mit- I". Hepburn. Liberal House r, protested a motion by pro-

Fros to begin

vincial treasurer the budget debate Friday.

Budget Debate

FREDERICTON. March 1 -<cr1 Th should have paid into sinking funds 1m year, from general revenue. ‘ljfildwflfgfl instead of

a, c nerne City). financial critic for the op- “lm” oi

Provincial Government

$500000. R. (PAL-Saint John

today in in the New

asserted

ti Government in New gfifvwwlzu? history, he said. Mr. G rnmerlt Z.‘1fl“....°‘l?n conscription issue. Progreeslv 31- 9f m, rsgisisturw stood for uynscription. United cocascrlption

Molnerney asked the Fritz

to state

e Conservative members total

mt good enough. , Mc norm

Brunowickers who went vol-

polio

mg re ornaments a whole- eorted. honest ei-

bscked by our whole man- e! eligible ago."

S. Army Needs

Quantities Of Candles

l The Anoelstel Inn) Y” March 1- laced in the tiorl lfltbe snufldiolm‘. ‘lbsodore said Milly. Anny have been up " with ad m» on“ f.“ l~.l‘l’l"‘n 1 c a In s q beeen demolished by bombing shellflre.‘

y , CMW.‘ back to be posted to new duties.

Prince‘ Edward ‘Islanders in- cluded: Spr. H. E. Jones and L.-Bdr. R. E. Matthews, Char- lottetown: Gur. f. E. Mullen, Trundle Cross and Pie. J. D.

ll. S. Legislature, Debates B. lll B. Taxation Bill

(B The Canadian Press)

HAL FAX. March 7—Legislation which would empower the City of Halifax to force the Canadian Na- tional Rail a to disclose its methods of operation and company records was described today before the Provincial Legislature's bills coglumittee. I

rposco tne bill is to ena.

the city to establish company owxgf ‘tr-Ship by the C.N.R. and levv as- sessments against the railways considerable property‘ in Halifax. At present, all C. N. . property in the city is tax exempt.

F. D. Smith resenting the Federal Department oi usticc, said that "taxation of the King" might be raised as a constitutional issue to defeat the city's effort to tax the railway. Whether the King or the railway shareholders actual- ly own the property in Halifax is a point that must be established 19;. all the committee was told.

e bill as it stands would give the city court of tax appeals "all

the powers oi the Supreme Co's: and oi s Judge thereof for dir- ecting an enforcing. . . pro-

any ceedlng, hearing or appeal before

H.,M. Fielding. counsel for the committee, said it "comes close to creating something the Le ‘aturc hasn't the power to create." Difficulties confron the cl in its quest for requir informat- ion was pointed out City Soli-

r Bathune. e said the of Saint John, N. 3., had asked C. for certain information last October, but mus had yet been received. Saint John assessed the C.N. R. a year ago, but the tax was appealed.

J. . H. Teed. Saint John City counsel on C.N.R.. taxation, sp- peared before the committee. He said the Canadian Pacific Railway in that city was assessed and paid axes.

Icebreakera Opening

PM, St. Lawrerga River

M0 Marc

- Marine circles rqnorisd

that the icoblukefi N. B.

and Grey had sntered Lake

St. Peter. 00 miles ‘below Mont-

real. on their snnu lip-river

fill to clear the St. Lawrence

e.

n33" Htntifftl We...

iaaiélwgrannel. with“ the um r whore floea

to keep channel clear.

‘ IIII ‘I0 IISTOII AIYAI

h 1 - (CPY

Iv KIRK!

zhukovb White Russian Anny, the from the Viltlla to the Oder. I'll paced by a massive gun

the Berlin‘

There is no confronting the Russians except u

anything of operations there until

room west of the Middle Oder for

investment of Stetin at the Oder

of and the .' of north of Budapest on a throllth

from the northeast.

yhdarch 1 -~ (or) - £55: be reilllfented ‘at th f rthconling’ W0!‘ 0W"! Y cofiferegmce in San Francisco by the leaders of the several major polit- ical parties in the House oi Com-

1 d , aid tonight.

Miners goes-ch pr ed for deliv- cry over a nations network of the Canadian Broadcasting C0190“- tlon. Mr. Bradoen said that the life of Parliament will have expired before the COJUENBCB 0179M M" fi and therefore Prime Minliilfl Mggxgnzlg King will‘ have no mandate to moment 91M“ Bi the confe

In the “it ti‘. "a: g)g)l'&§S1J:lQlI s, Mr. Bracken a so :-

l. The coming of the conference and the Eighth Victory Loan would not provide the Government with sufficient reason to seek an ex- tbeerarlsioré of ‘ting.’ life o! , liament

on r .

a. Ca a must suVPOr-t the idea f collective security for the main- item-mic of peace. Ind must B!" "fer proper share of military If"!

' support to such a world pgggg grganisatio .

Effective Voice I004"!

8. In view oi the Dominion’: de- ndence upon foreign trade for er prosperl , Canada must speak with n more effective voice in in- ternatioml councils on laughs 0i .

ll icll

t dc. Pelee and under a inc. r2. 1n her own in‘.\ and in the interest of

other one too, Canada should exert all possible‘ lnflue to help create s. world where able freedom.

5. No provision has yet been made for rewiring} single man from the Home - once Anny to share in whatever Canada may make in the ol/Dlnese theatre of war.

Mr. Bracken laid that two facts cm d from a loadcast address Mr. ng delivc last hide The first was that

t u“ he wastairasiuo ace consequences o - time to the ‘Hlrnr-

use ma ity in the Commons to rule

l We Situation Last blight

barren. were and Zehden out bank redoubts that guard a critical span of the Middle Odfl‘ 4o and a miles. reavwflvfily. from Berlin-

Tlut represents at least a bll-mlle-wlde assault from a. point due out oi Berlin to an even closer range attack due northeast at Zehden. It also indicates Bunion selection of the most vnlllerlble "B"! 0! "i" r for the Initial effort to breach the 00¢!‘ UBO because of the flat lands lying w: of the river.

e . . my

N509. half-hour address bdelg; M“ reside-h w 5'18"

sde mom with rcsson- e

L, SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

Despite a aiwl blackout on United States 1st Army Wfllmtll "I "l0 Bonn-Cologne sector on the Rhine which may cover an immediate Am- erican attempt to force a river oroulng. the centre of gravity III the European war seems definitely shifting from wast to cast again.

That was the implication of s “

statement that Marshal cutting edge of the Russian sweep on the move. It said the Russians, " ' g full force at the Kuestrln

y ’ the Oder few minor streams and the Stein-

beck hills. a low cluster lying between Bad Frelenwalde and Strausberg. As usual Moscow ignored the Berlin report. It is not apt t0 "y

objectives have been obtained and

consolidated: buttbe scone of action u outlined by the Germans suf- cientiy indicates what that objective must be. There is amillfl clbfl"

establishment of a wide and deep

bridgehead from which to launch the final march on Berlin from the east and northeast under more favorable terrain conditions than in an ‘approach from the southeast across the Neisse-Odcr line.

The very silence oi Moscow so to developments on the Middle Oder line is significant. With the right-flank situation cleared up by close

mouth. Moscow turned far to the

south for an official report on a Red Army ""1"?!- ft told of a surge northward in Slovakia. at a

point 80 miles east The town lies dun rail and road connection leading

direct through Jnblonka Pas: to the south side of the Moravian Gap through which Bunion forces have bee/n slowly "lflflf "Vi"! Vim"

Bracken Scores King’s Efforts To Siclestep Will Of The

People

I

.. , q-Ilnn. ~ . % . ...

lline“ A War lleterans Baok .ln Province

Nine war veterans-all walking cases-arrived in this Pro- vince sat night enroute to their homes after service overseas. Those who came to Charlottetown were met at the station by embers of

medical

u the Civilian Reception Committee.

Only two of the group were resi- dents of Charlottetown. They in- eluded Lieut. Ralph Dumont and L/Bdr. R. E. Matthews.

Lieut. Dumont, whose mother. . D. B. Dumont lives at 120

ton Road, enlisted in Septem- ber, i939 and went overseas with the Fort Garry Tank Corps in 1943. He was wounded in France last Alllllst and spent some time in a hospital in England before he came back to Canada.

L/Bdr. Matthews’ mother, Mrs. D. Matthews, lives at i6‘! King Street

Other soldiers arriving included the following: Ptc. John Paul, whose wife. Mrs. M. Paul lives at Rocky Point. Pte. Paul enlisted in i941 and went, overseas in the ssrne year. He has served in France and Belgium te. Hugh MacDonald, wife Mrs. J. MacDonald lives at Annadale. l-lc enlisted in July. i940 and went overseas three ears later with the Cape Breton Hghlanders. He saw serv ce in Italy. where he landed in November“ 1043. Spr. Humphrey Jones of Union Road (Queen's Count) who en- listed in i980 and wen overseas in December of the same year. P . S. I... Campbell, whose moth- Mrs. A. L. f‘ oi New Glasgow. Ptc. .1. Doucetie whose next kin is Mrs. M. A. Doucette of St.

. H. M. Ellis whose father ls W. G. Ellis of Sunlmerside.

Pte. W. A. Perry whose wife is Mrs. W. A. Perry of Tlgnish.

CARGO GLIDER. RECORD UTPA. March 'I—(AP)—A

CALC world's record for a non-stop cargo glider flight was claimed in India

of

m; recently when a towed glider cov-

___ ' ii‘

(Cellini-on Col. gag

1M0 miles from Marachi to an las India b in ll h

whose '

‘wNews Briefs

CRICCIETH. WALES. March ‘I - (Reuters) — The condition of Earl Lloyd George. Britain's First Great War Prime Minister, was unchanged late today. Ho was still very weak.

QUEBEC. March 7 - (GP) The Legislative Assembly tonight unanimously adopted a motion asking the Federal Government to make Quebec City a free port.

LONDON. March 7 — (CP Cabin-Canadian fighter-baub- ers. unleashed after a day of bad weather held them to their bases in Holland. flew 100 sorties Just before dusk tonight to rip Rhine- land railway supply lines in l3

places and smash Nari road transport, railway cars and locomotives.

ROME. March 7 — (AP) —- The United States 10th Mountain Div- ision has scored a five-mile ad- vance through some of Italy's most rugged terrain and against heavy German artillery. machine- gun and mortar fire during the last three days, Allied Headquart- ers announced today.

Nazi Rail Lines Under New Attack

[By The Canadian Press, LONDON, March 7 -Approxim- ately 1.200 American heavy bomb- ers alld strafing fighters step ed up the offensive aimed at isolat ng the Ruhr from main German supply lines today with attacks on three rail belts running into the men- nced German industrial zone.

While the rnll lines were being

hammered. four motor fuel plants within the battered Ruhr were bonlrtirarded in s co-operative as.- sau . These attacks followed widespread raids Tuesday night by more than 1,000 RAF. aircraft in which three planes were lost._

For eight hours last night RAJ‘. Lancaster: and Mosqui- tos pounded troop and armor concentratl in the Wesel area on the east hank of the Rhine in front of the 1st Can- adian Army in the longest at- tack ever made on a German

city.

Except for one brief interval. Wesel was bombed continually from about 8 p.m. last night until 5.30 this morning. Three hours later the German radio said it was der attack again.

King {rid- Queen Get Big Welcome

LIVERPOOL, England, March 7 (RcuterQ-Chcering crowds gave the King and Queen a great-heart- ed welcome here today when they oame to Lancushire on their first provincial tour this year. They spent an hour touring the aircraft factory and talking to the men rmd women at the benches.

“n.

Baffle Off Flak Alley Described By Newsman

By B088 MUNRO HE 1ST ANADIAN ARMY IN GERMANY. March 7- (CP Cable)—The battle oi “Flak Alley" raged tonight as a German force of perhaps 20.000 men com- pressed in an area eight miles by five miles, fought stubbornly to retain that enemy bulge west of the Rhine across from Wesel. Canadian. British and American forces ‘were pressing hard on this last enemy bridgehead of any size on the R ine's west bank between Cologne and the Netherlands bor- der and the Germans were fighting equal! hard. although their chan- oesuo withdrawing are diminishing a y.

Reason for the bitter German resistance in this territory. lclflllllll tho Industrial Ruhr‘: northern up aches and known to bomber In as “Flak Al- ley" because vi the hea eon- f-cniration of anti-siren guns,

a

The entire northern front west of the Rhine has collapsed but MIND! the Germans could not move the guns and ammunition dumps back over the Rhine and dcci ed to fight as long as their ammunition holds out.

Most German anti-aircraft guns frlaxnilledthfgn a Qflflllflflulfilebfllfld

a k aganst lc uge Allied troops met extremely heavy

artillery iirc from such guns. The Ont also

"WW is shelling the Allied

at