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Charlottetown

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Decision Federal On Car

By Board 1 Ferry

Blame for loss of Steamer placed on Capt. Read; Certificate “'3'” T°_B°_°‘°’t Tm"

suspended fgr

May get Ferry From California

OTTAWA. Feb. 25-101’)- Construetion of a new car ferry liii- ilir Prince Edward Island service could only be undertaken iil "great cost to the war effort," Munitions Minister Howe told the House of Commons today.

lie disclosed, however, in sn- swer to a question about the terry from Opposit‘ Leader Hanson, that the government was investigating a ferry in (‘nlifornia rnri if it were found suitabil- it would be obtained for use in fht- PJ-Ll. service.

The car ferry “Charlotte- toirn" sank some time ago.

Air. Hanson siiid the situation causcil by the sinking of the car icrry “(Jharlottetovvn" some iillil‘ ugo "is rapidly going from lliiil to worse."

lie said the older ferry now

»in use ivas held up recent wi-llc a boiler was repaired an liJiI cnrlouiis of freight con- signed to the Island were held iili iinll 200 cariouds of potatoes consigned from the Island to the United States were held up.

.-l'r. iiowc said in order to re- builll the "Charlottetown" the ulvernml-nt would have to tie up one ship-building berth for l5 months and use steel enough lo blltifi two ol- three corvettcs. With the pressing need for ocean-going merchant shins and

. _ ' - that was not consider- to ti ‘lfflhitf,

‘flii- si-rvice now was carried on bv "ll perfectly good car lvrry" \\'iIi1‘il was used up to 1T9 lillii‘ afterwards at inter-

. he minister said a second ferry froln Wood Islands to Pic- iou should help relieve the alt- liiliillii during the summer. “lvi- iifl‘ most anxious to im- prove matters," said Mr. Howe.

WINS RECORDS AT ~11

LONDON _ (c?) - Sqdn, Ldr, 1.1.1 illi tilcpllens. 41-year-old Lon- dil lll~irsl)-.i,'lel' mun who was told u‘. the rilirt of the liar that he via.» tori old to fly, has brlren two R .~\ l‘. ITYPIlF-Zlj, lacing tile first R- A l‘. iiill l‘ i0 win the u. F. c. for hi. 'i\.'.'i‘l( us on ilTStYiZCfA)’ and lilt’ lilai gunner to hoid the award.

Coming events

llle riir Nlilivrv- iii un- column I cunts Der word

Ffiilu entertainment Mt. Stewart

"do. L-473-2-24-3l.

D0"_'l‘r1_l-§i_cs -— Montague Saturday. You lanes a Wife. with Loretta °unii~ 14-473-2-24-31.

"lfladllli! Hogs at Colvlllc, Feb- Rfti mil until i P. M. Leslie Mac- “ell- , L-siv-z-ae-u. "Rumor-no Erie Trinity Social lillll, Saturday. February 28th. 630. L-sai-a-aa-ii.

Womenh Instit ic So tel Clin- Hall rrloay. Felilruargc 21in. L- ol-a-ac-ll.

ee i“ hvi§i°$iiii§?‘€i.°3’i”§§ Eiiiiiifilim l.-aol-lz-al-i-a-'rhu.-rrl.-u

"Cake Sale in rue gm Altar so 1e 0' u” Mixers iirieiw§§.'"“"“i.i3ii§§?g‘r°f4i“;

“Social service rumm ' gal 110]). N ‘I9 3i pm anamtvefillfillié. no. 20. After.

L-iflfl-i-ll-fll 30 N.

_;'snur Gain 41% hog concentrate geegf 11111111 protein eu clement for 11a om n

our and Charlottetown. n‘ L-sail-a-ai-ili. “with: ll M uauali. I" aliilfii "my lflefli m’ i“ ‘ M. until ‘i“i"'3"-.i5"r°"" m‘ aiiifirifm" “lbw. o. ‘o. i008. lrflbl-i-lb-lti then t w t tf ‘IA "ei...i."'=:i.°a; in chit.“ i..:l.l~"......=~ "art m“ eds ‘war u TPOSQ. brim-teal.

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HALIFAX. Rab. 15 — fCPl-A federal board inquiring into the sinking of the New rrrunswicr- Prince Edward Island car ferry Charlottetown last summer placed the blame for her loss today on her captain and ordered suspen- sion of his certificate for six months.

The $1,000,000 vessel. largest of ii-s kind in the world, tank off Nova Scot’; while enroute from Borden P. E. L. to Saint John. N. 13., for an overhauling She was commanded by Capt. John Rlead.

Mr. Justice M. B. Archibald of the Nova. Scotia Supreme Court, chairman of the board of inquiry set up by the Department of Transport, said in his decision:

Struck Shoals Ia Opinion

"In the court's opinion, the loss of. the S. S. Charlottetown result- ed from damage she suffered when s-he struck. . $110015 and from the failure to take adequate meas- illes to secure the safety of the snip after striking and from the failure to obtain prompt and ade- quate assistance.

"The court is of the opinion that damage sustained by the S. S. Charlottetown was caused by the wrongful act or default of her Master John Lefurgey Read, with the following particulars:

"1. He did not choose a proper and safe course in weather con- dition; prevailing.

"z. His navigation of the vessel on this course was faulty and im- proper. . .

"8. . . .i.he Muster did not take tllc necessary and proper and sac- qulite measures after striking to ensure the safety of the vessel and to obtain assistance.’

The decision added that the court “docs not. find damage and subsequent loss of the s. s. Char- lottetown caused or contributed to by any other person or persons." It said the Master's certificate should be suspended six months as rom today.

Court Recommendations

_In a ilpplementary memoran- oum. the court rv-Oflmmfifldéd!

l. When vessels cf anv type em- played in a service peculiar to that tvpe are sent on. voyages other than they: for which they were

(Continued on page 7. Col 4)

British Tanker is torpelloeli i

SAN JUAN. Puerio Rico, Feb, 25 -- (AP) - The 5.6854021 British tanker La Curriere was slink early tcdw ‘or n sub-Lorna attack 75 miles south of Puerto Rico. sur- vivors reaching the port cf Guailica reported this afternoon.

Two boat-loads of crewmen, one carrying 2o persons an-i the other three survivors and a body. reached the beach, and two other boats were reported still adrift at, sea,

The ship, first described from Ponce a; an American freighter, was torpezloed late last night and sank four hours later. the sur- vivow said. She was unable to send en B06,

Province is Nearing two Third mark _

island Has Subscribed $954,000 To Date; Two L a rg e Subscriptions

doubtful/own is Jepidly near- ing the objective set for the city in the Second Victory man, ac- cording to figures released last night by Provincial Headquarters. Out of the $600,000 quota expected citizens to date have subscribed $500,750 with nine days of the loan completed.

Summerside il also rapidly sp- proacillng its objective with u total of $225,150 already subscrib- ed. The quota for the Western Capital is $265,000.

The rest o1 the province is fol- lowing close behind and each day the objectives in the various coun- ties grows steadily. Queen's County, outside Charlottetown. to date has Prince, out--

subscribed $225,150; side Bumrnerside $48,300 and King's 346.700.

The grand total for the prov-

ince at the end of nine days of’ canvassing was $954,000. almost. two thirds of the objective which is $1,500,000, ‘

Two large subscriptions yester- rlay sent Charlottetcwws total soaring. One for $40,000 was from qthe City of Charlottetown as vot- ed at a meeting of the City Coun- cll and the other was from the Robin Hood Flour Mills, Co.

I (Continued on page 3, Col A)

296 Canadians Dead, missing At iiong Kong

OTTAWA, Feb. 25-—(CP)—Ne'vv.s that. 296 Canadian soldiers are dead or missing after lhe lcsing battle fought by Canadian and Empire troops against tile Japanese at. Hung Kong was given the I-Icuse of Commons today.

The irlformatlcn came from D:- felice Minis-fer Ralston in a brief statement, He had no further in- formation about the 1.1285 Canad- ian offfccis flfld men who went to I-Iong Kong in mild-November.

Actually Gel. Ralslcnlt. irlfornla- lion, l-elryrd to Crnada from Ja- pan by Wily of Argentine. said on- ly that Canadian prisoners of war taken ol- Hung Kori-g numbered 1,689.

But. from that figure Col. Ral- sion deduced that 296 “wculd be regarded as either dead or miss-

‘n83. Said Col, Rnlslonr- "The message is extremely

vogue. It gives figures and that is all.

"The statement is that ‘Japan- eee government, officially indicate figure for ‘prisoners of war, I-Iorlg Kong, Canadians, 1,689.‘

"Honorable members will re- member that the number who em- barked wns 1,985. 8o that that means, on the basis of those fla- uree, I sincerely regret to soy, at least. without further information. that. 206 would be regarded as eith- er dead or missing."

‘Ihe Defence Minister said this was the first official ifliblmflttidfl from which any definite cflnclualon could be arrived at with respect to the number of Canadian casual- tice at i-Iong Kong.

Red Victory Seems But FirstgStage Of_New Drive

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Soldiers may Aid farm work

for farm work this runner Minister itaiatcn the of Conlmona today.

8e laid there wIl no definite plan ea yet for a “general prin- ciple that would [than serous Cen- ado uniformly."

The oueetioa wu railed bv Jcbn Diefenbaker poke Centre)

(Con. wbolaidhebadreceived alum number of ‘fiommurlicettorla from farmers in carts of Canada ex-

irlg npprehenaion over the ll- "M!

MOSCOW. Feb. iii-MM-‘Ibe Red Army's crushing victory of eu- eirclanerlt at. Star-eye Russo ap- peared tonight to be but the first gtage of a winter-end offensive rilrneo it lmopine s11 the 011111111 armies in the northwest corner of Roasts

(A minim dlmich date-lined Sieralva Rosa-indicating Red Anny ion of the rtratmic- a-lly located imra iiaelf- laid fill most furious fight-ml was 001M11- uing and infuriated that new de- ve u were lmpendlnx 1'01- lewing the smashing o: the Cierffn 16th field army and the 4f iirlmolosaiilrliiiilrwwme 14° miles south of lemnend.

Btenya Runes in 1999mm" 5 only o simmer resort, but militar- llyiteeueerveas them‘ goi- mgiiy-pilaeed operations.

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRK]: L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) Report; that the Russians have cracked the Storey: Itussa pivot of German lines Just south of Lake Ilmen and have advanced in the

Smolensk sector, 250 miles farther south,

suggest that the Stalin

counte offensive is roiling again la high "u,

5 NM‘ "and l‘ si-"lh. Russo has been holding up for many ‘h?! W111i hill Input ‘ to be the cutting edge of a vast Russian lqlllflc play aimed at Topping off the whole Nazi left flank. If staraya Bursa has fallen before the onslaught of Russian troops who claim they have smashed a three-division German army in that area, the 51"“ m“ '41 P1914" Jllflvtilmi key to German communications on ti" 5'1"" 11111111» 11 vireo. A ivaiii retreat ri-oiii uinrirrau will certainly be in order if the road cannot ho promptly 51mm],

I I I b C O

I l‘ W11! through the Pskov-Porkov gateway that the Germans drove rom Estonia, outflanking the Lake Pelpua frontier moat to the south,

9'0 h! siege to Leningrad. Half a score of

railroads and highways

""9188 It Pskov, Four main systems far north, northeast and east from that point jut south of the lower extremity of the Pelpus Lake chain that marks the Russian-Estonian frontier.

Once through the Psirov gateway, the Nazis outfianked Russian forces to the north holding the narrow isthmus between the lake; and ti" 511th chore line. A Bed retreat into uiiliiri-aa was forced aria a lwift Nazi drive north of Lake Ilmen to break rail and road communi-

cation hetween Leningrad I

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and Moscow followed. O

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‘Ills- first Russian effort to raise the Ileningrad siege came last September. A drive westward along the Staraya Russa-Pskov railroad south of Lake Ilmen gained headway. Last Sept. l6, however, Hitler ‘announced it had been smashed. I-Ie said nine Russian divisions; had

en destroyed and more than 50,000 prisoners taken in the Staraya

Russo area.

That defeat gives the Russian victory now in tho

same sector

Special meaning to the Red army. Any such Nazi disaster as Moscow reports there would quiolrly alter the whole nature of the battle front

north of’ Smolensk to the Baltic,

Slflfflya Russo itself is an important rail and road junction.

53 Nipponese Vessels

Sunk Since

Dec. I0

Believe three enemy submarines sent to bottom ‘off Atlantic Coast.

By Richard L. Turner Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON. Feb. W —(C P) -—'I‘he United States navy clis- closed today it has probably sunk three enemy submarines in the Atlantic and then. turning to the vast Pacific theatre cf war, said it has struck serious blows at. Jrlparrs oceanic strength by sendin. 53 Nipponcse vemea to the ilOgi-Olil since Dec. l0.

Naval spokesmen sold Japan's silipping losses were so extensive that. in view of he." limited facilit- ies for building replacements c telling blow had been struck.

They made this statement in supplementing a recnpltrlotion issued bv Secretary Frank Knox. At c. press conference he said that, besides sinking the 53 Jnp ships since Dec. 10, the navy bcllcvcd it had srnk seven mrre and d ringed five. The figures lock n0 account of slnkiiligs by army flirrs cr by the tomes of the Netherlands East indies.

Ccmmeiltlng on the Japanese loss-rs authorized naval spokesmen said “they can't keep these losses up over a year with their building program." To win under these con- ditions, they added, Japan would have to "make this a quick and fast" war.

Polish Soldiers After Nazi blood

HALIFAX. Feb. 25 -- (GP) '- Vcngeful Polish soldiers, men who (lave "lcs-t. everything but thofl’ live; and will girldly lose those" in the fight against the Germans, are now ..statinned here longing for the day when they will have another stab at the Nazis.

Dressed in regulation battle dress, differentiated from the Canadian model only 13y orange and black collar-tabs an a peaked cap sport- ing an orange band. these men make Ulp as efficient and as deadly A unit 05 might be found iii the Allied Ranks.

The minority of them-from their emu-landing officer, a "captain M.." down to their youngest re- cruit 17-year-old Jeff, they have ox- perienced the tortures of the German invasion and say they live only for the time when they will be able to repay this suffering with compound interest.

Moose Jaw Teachers Go Back To Work MOOSE JAW, kt" Feb. $-

(OPJ-C. D. Earner, Secretary of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ loder-

ot the Moose Jew Bdiooi Search, announced tonight lat Iloose Jew

will 1 w- ."‘°‘irir.'°." '“°"““" ‘°‘.'““ ' M" new

ed at a meeting of fir. Inner, teacher and school trustee repre- sentatives, were not revealed.

168 Sailors saved By wobbly Bacon's Chair in wreck

By C. A. A. Jeffrey Canadian Press Correspondent

ST. JOHN'S, Nlld. Fbb. 26-(0? Cabin-A wobbly bcsurfs chair lifted 16B Americans to the safety of the top of a 200-fcot cliff nfter e United States destroyer and e. naval supply ship piled onto rocks at the treacherous tin of New- foundland: lonely Burln Peninsula. according to wireless reports reach- ing here today.

Some 200 oiher Americans, ac- corciinrz to the slime reports, were lost when the U8. Destroyer Trux- tun and the supply Vsllip Pollux were flung ashore in a blinding southeasierly blizzard and broke in- io pieces on the jagged rocks wilti- ln on appalling few minutes. Late today, 118 bodice had been recov-

oiled.

(The United motes Navy De- partment, in announcing (he dis- aster from Washington yesterday. said 169 officers and men lost. their lives in the ainkings)

A fickle fate saved a second Am- erican destroyer from meeting the some fate as the ‘Proxtun and Pollux. Tile vessel rarl ashore at almost the some illme as the other two mills, but a heaving wave lifted ‘hoi- frcm the trap almost immediately after she groimded and She managed to pull out t0

(Continued on page I. Col f)

Canallzfs relations With iilchy in ‘Common Interest’

IQNDON. Feb. 21- (OP CABLE) -'l‘he tirh Government con- siders be "In the common interest" for Canada. to remain in diplomatic relations with Vich

Secre Ant

Y. toreig tinny men acid the Home of to-

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to a question

from His Majesty's Gov oriiriaa for an indication of their views 0| t0 the desirability of diplomatic relations

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UMMANDER ESUAPES FRUM biiiiiAPiiii RBRCIICS Maj.-Cen.Bennett

Gene“, ram, Reaches Batavia;

Problems under. Discussion here

Federation Of Agricult- ure Meets In General Session.

The continuation of rebates on the transportation costs of import- ed feed grains, the temporary hold- ing of the pullman ca: to this pro- vince at Tormentirle, adequate far- mer iepresentatlon on the military exemption boards of this province, the building of a suitable Agricul- tural Hall 0n the old site, were a- mong the things requested by U10 PEI. Federation of Agriculture in resolutions adopted at c. general meeting last night.

This meeting. which was presided over by the President, Capt. John Li. Read, Borden, was held in Prince of Wales College Auditorium and was one of a series in connection with Fnnnefs Week. A representa- tive group oi' farmers from all sec- tions of the province sit-bended and many interesting discussions of farm problems took place. ‘The meeting was addressed by Mr. W. R. Shaw, deputy minister of Agri- culture allrl Mr. John E. Macin- tyre. agriculture agent of the C. N. Ft., Mollciorl.

Mr. W. R. Shaw

When the meeting opened Mr. W. R. Shaw gave an interesting ax‘- ccunt of his recent trip to Ot- tawa where he r“ended the an- nual meeting of the Canadian Bled erlitlon of Agriculture. As s. pre lude to his remarks, he outlined the work done by the Island Fed- eration slnce it was formed a year ago. A bonus on hogs. the boar bonus policy and the removal oi freight rates were among the mat- ters which the organizations had assisted ill getting. Such a central organization was vitally important. in getting concessions because of

he mature judgment of the iead- _

t ers in the various groups represent- 9

While at Ottawa he oiltlined the work the P.E.I Fed-"rrot-lon was d0- lng. This organization compared favorably with those of other pro- vinces, he declared.

There is a vital need in this DIO-

l . (Continued on page 'i. C01 2)

To remove 3,500 Jalls from Coast

Feb. 2.5—(CPl- Removal of about 3,500 male Japanese nationals from the protected area in British Col- umbia is the first phase of the government's plans for dealing with the Japanese problem B‘ the coast, it was announced to- nLght at a press conference culled hv Labor Minister Mit- chell.

OTTAWA.

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Sixteen other Soldiers made successful break when de- cided Fortress was doomed.

BATAVIA, N. E. I., Feb. 26—('l'hurada1)—-(AP)—May,-Gm, Rem, Gordon Bennett, commander of the Australian Imperial forces in Ma-

IIYB. has reached Batavia after escaping from Singapore

Ina largo

Chinese junk which required four days to reach neighboring Sumatra.

The assumption before his arrival was that he had been captured by the Japanese now in command of the fallen allied bastion.

with him were his aide-de-camu. Lleut. Gordon Walker, eight mem- bers of the Singapore volunteers and seven members of British regi- fIlCIli-S.‘

(A dispatch from Canberra offic- ially estimated that 17.0w Austral- ians were among the Imperial troops taken prisoner lit Singapore. Few Australians got. away and the number of casualties in the last of the lighting there was not known.)

A group of Australian officers de- cided on a Thursday (date unspeci- fied) that the great base inevitably would have to be elven up.

‘They decided to attempt to ea- capc, taking Gen. Bennett with them, his alde-de-calnp related in all interview after their arrival here.

For two days they sought. a launch without success. Finally. they decid- ed on Sunday that. the only wav to escape was to the north. throuflh the Japanese lilies to the mainland of Johore. where they hoped to find. a. boat at. Batu Pnhzit.

international At A g Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

ltlANDAltlY —- Fires rule down- rivcr from Rangoon; British and American fliers doivn 30 Jap planes ovcr Burma.

BANDUNS — Allied planes hit three Jrip irunsports in Macnssiir Strait vicinity.

WASHINGTON — Knox announ- ccs 56 Jun ships sunk so far by U. S. navy.

LONDON — Cripns promises gov- ernment w‘ curb waste, selfishness and spur war effort; plans to in- crease Indilrs effort.

MOSCOW’ — Russians smash for- ward after encircling German lbih grmiy, may have trapped 100.000 Naz s.

BATAVIH manner, companions. cscupe from Singapore.