7-" I firs; llusdho, fungicide.

lTjlIlE

JIAXIIIB ol A. ~

HERE MAN

sinist-

3:“ Joell be loved. love sad so "Pl"-

candles-I

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of four per 1m iilsifilefirreago from 1043 ha been surge-swi-

d h“ fliriifait, Mr. Shaw said Last

sill)’

“an oats acreage was 15.401.

0T1‘ AWA. 0i

Dec. 8—(OP)—A. M. me Federal icultural _ announced today at n-Provincial ' '

acreage was 1745;21:9- m

but the nference

so make the increase

was preliminary suggestion plac-

sd before barley be s: iii-is.

vesi-‘s

but the conference to make the increase six w. sen Mr. Shaw said. Last

oats acreage was 15.407.000-

the conference was that left at the 8.301.000 achifi

The preliminary suggestion Pl!!!-

sd before barley be sf i9“.

for l9“.

Below

pro in M81116

lime this

Turns

Temperature Goes

artsrvp. MeTIDec.

Guns To Typewriters

the ‘erencc was that left at the 8.307.000 acres but the conference had

metil to s one-per-cent increase

Zero In Maine

ature today season, t e

for tne weather ll!’- below

FroiifMaking

.Y . Dec. s-(AP) company. uoing the

uiacture of the rifle at the Syracuse

t and iupsny

.0. A.

factory at Ilioil.

counsels-ire

"Christmas Concert, llsll. December 22nd.

"l-lot. Chicken December

at the Remington Arms

Bonsha/w lll-B-li.

Sllppef, Crapaud lltn Ausplces l‘:- B-li.

"Arriving soon. car bull: wheat. Order now. J. P. C llahen

I s lfl-I-Ii

"Booking orders car bulk wheat.

limmons and lvlcFurlane.

"Christmas River liail, Wednesday, December mil. 12441‘ snclsl position of

"Come

lZ-il-fli

Concert, Vernon

to Christmas Concert in

llsrnl a ll, Tu at Dec- smberqllst? M” m“ ih-a-ii.

' ‘South

m Tuesday evening,

Granville School Con- IZ-ll-li.

‘nxdhlbtblilinizlved. Asphalt filiinglee

C0.

P. J. N 0y Ml2-9-2i.

"National Film Board - Free mind Movies. Georgetown. Thurs-

Cardlgan, rhlday.

w‘ IIDOnvt will at

Milpices l'ltli Armoured Regiment.

12-9-3.

rnlss concert and box York, Dec, O. Under

“Hunter River variety concert

in Ne oi .' was? l0. mo“, H I

Friday, De- - 12-O-

"Cciitral Bhl Cl b loadi g hm st Breadalgznhileveil-‘y ‘ruesdliiy llntil noon with Alex McDonald in

. Livestock Marketing

"loading hugs st Freetown ev- fl Tlmday forenoon and up till P-Il- Mosse Bros in charge. Live-

Mck Marketing Board.

13-9-21.

"Wanted w buy nve and dressed

thickens and

fowl. Pa illl W!

surssi prices. lsi ‘ om ‘M. and Col

h"0hlcken supper and drawing

ll River,‘ o! liubs.

“May. 14th.

"load W ML ins ha‘: at glhgrlotfstow:

December 13. Please send 12-6-

Sf, Ann's Church, Hope

Nllld POUR-KY.

kl. C sickens. use. at 8t. Pet- th and -

J hn . Bee o fl-ll-li.

' an, neither is

December d

2i. staged a one-day

' tecular- interns

Broad Outline Of I944 Farm Objective

An increase of 50 per cent in the i043 corn acreage of 251.000 acres had been suggested but the con-

elt an increase of 58 per cent was all that could be ss- s

fcrence had

set at 1,700,000 acres. up

i043 acreage in flaxseed had been suggested but conference delegates had indicated only M per cent could be ass ". This indicated thers might be a decline of 1.000.- 000 acreg in the arcs. set aside for this crop Potatoes

___For__potstoes a goduction of 105 (Continued on page '1, Col. 1)

Critical Of C.C.F. Policy Towards Banks

TOR/OWN. Dec. Addressing the shareholders of ti?! annu

m Dominion Bank at their

mgeting tpday, the president, C. H- oarlisle, commented at length 011 thq announced policy of the C. (i. F. Party to ns the b if and when they attain WW" i" Ottawa: and declared such l step would be a misfortune for Canadian Banking and for the Canldnan people.

Dealing wlth the question rais- ea by the c, 0.1M, Mr. Carlisle said in part: "I am not a Plfll!‘ your bank partisan, but when you are given notice that your bank will be taken over without being given any satisfac- tory reason as to what comvefls‘ atlon, if any, you will receive, then such a, statement concerns not only the Dominion Bank, but chartered bank-s, shareholders, de- positors as well m others Wh0 illfll with the banks...such action would terminate the facilities the chartered banks have established for the transaction of Canadian bllSiflfix in countries througheu. the world."

Trenton Stool Probe Will Open 0n Oec, 1C

HALIFAX Dec. 8—-(CP)--An in- quiry into the operations and fin-

ton Steel Works, Limited, in will open Dec. i6 at New Glasgow. N.S.. under Mr. Justice WF. Car- roll of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. it was announced hero to-

a, .

Jvustlce Carroll was appointed Nov. 08 after Dominion Steel and Coul Corporation. parent bemoan‘!- announced that tho rolling mill! and nut and bolt plant would be closed. Reason given was that the plants had been operating at a fi- nanclal loss for some time. and it was impossible to maintain produc-

on.

some 1,000 men have been affect- cd by the shutdown, but many have been absorbed in other lobe. of the Trenton meal of the United Steel Workers of Amer- ica and shipyard workers 1mm the nearby town of Plctou today "work holiday m protest against violins 01 "ll departments.

Greatest Yugoslav Aid Coos To Tlto

mamas, Dec. 8—(AP)—'1‘he government disclosed today thli the greater part of the support it is giving to Yugoslav f ting 0:0!- m ‘r,£°.l“',‘..ii’.l“°32.a....° "‘°....i€.' mun ,1: Brats qgiito) rather n. n. a illlfivfi mlarmtilr of war in Kim Pgter’; gcvemment on the kiwi": that the rtisens are doing mos of the fis tins against the Germ- ens. t th t spec- qwmmwd "imillsscnsi. gii” in the Minister of

tire Allied camp

q, , fointhe reaxsion that the resistance of on’:

~ l .m. an mil mry Tuesday an?! mm 1 - '41" un er notice. ‘we: Marketing Y . is-e-si

tisa f to - ;’2.’....‘.‘..s°’&°€-w

hi.

It was agreed hay and clover ac- reage sho d be held at the 104!

ve.

The alfalfa acreage of 1.044.000

d also was unchanged.

The mixed grains obiecialare was per

cent, and the rye acreage at 500.000

000, down l3 per cent.

Mr. Shaw said O5 per cent of

8 — (C?) —

anks

all

I

{Students Hold lFirc In Chock Awaiting Firemen

Fire Damage Confined To Top Floor Of Building.

A section of the fourth floor of the main building at 5t. Dunst-arrs University was damaged by 11w last night, but destruction of the wood and brick structure We! probably prevented by the Prompt action of the student fire fighters. The blau broke out in the dor- mitory on the top floor and dam- aged about half of the approxim- ately 30 by so foot section before

it was extinguished.

The fire damage was confined to the one floor but water damage was expected to extend to the ground. '

Rev. R. V. MacKennie. of the institution said late

rector last

Y A student. Frank Aylwarrl. (ll!- covered the firs. in outside the door of his room. quickly worked its way into the walls and ceiling of the dormit-

ory.

A call was sent to the Chur- lottetown Fire Department and three engines were rushed to the institution. In the meantime stud- ents, directed by members of the faculty, brought every fire fie/ht- ‘ lemehr at the" institution into action, including a line of small hose. chemical extinguishers, stirrup pumps and a bucket br ‘a

Fire Chief Angus Macl-Jachcrn paid tribute to their efforts, say- ing that “they did a good Job in holding the fire in check until we arrived."

The students brought all the fire they could reach pretty well under control Father MacKesizle said, but Chg experienced fire vfighters did great work in reach- . ing the blaze in the roof which the students had been unable to get at las they lacked proper cutting toes.

The alarm was turned in at the Fire Hall at about 9 o'clock and the firemen were back an hour and a half later. -

111s fire was in a section of the main building known as the new dormitory, to distinguish it from the remainder of the structure, more than B0 years old. The so- cslled new dormitory was built a- bout 45 years ago.

Father MacKenole said the fire started in the southeast corner of the dormitory and spread over abuot half of it.

llo Increase In Tea. Coffee Ration llow

OTTAWA, December a ‘rhere is no early prvlllwi- ,0! suspending or increasing the W! and coffee ration Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced to- day. The ration will remain at

th higher level which was Bet laset August and which has fully absorbed the larger supply that

the Board has been able to arr- ange for. No increase in stocks on hand has been possible and these are below tho normal levels of pro-war days-

Pre-war consumption of coffee In Canada was allillloximawly 42.- 000,000 pounds per annum and Mr. Mohsn, administrator of tee and coffee said consumption is now at the rate of 54,000,000 pounds or n per cent above pro-war levels 11w commodity prices stabilisation corporation is continuously buying oof es and is pushing for deliver- ies Mr Mohen slid and coffee arrivals have been better in rec- ent months but with the

so per cent of the supply going to armed orcea, Red Cross

ener of w parcels and institut- ions. the s ‘ is ed uatc for only five months ss an st nu- mal peace time reserves of seven or eight months.

"The fact is." Mr. lichen said. "that we are buying coffee to the full extent of our 1018-44 sllccut-

(Confiued oh fill! O, Col. IJII ILIPIIBONMINT

PORT ARTHUR. Doe. C-(OP) —8. . Davis. counsel for Samuel Zsdoromyfi flavour-old rig-guru- llom you w o was eon 0o hang Dee. i4 for the murdq- of his sweetheart. Antoinette Rosset- ti, i7, today announced the youth's death sentence had been com- muted to life fin s

>Z(/// The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward tlsliilid Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 194.3

CONTINUE ADVANCE IN ITALY

amaggs Quildlisflsyg A t unstan’s U

per eapita consumption and wth be

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~~~-< "c". \

Illlll

is unclear hut that she will do

Turkish chiefs o

drown u at Tc erau.

By Kirks L. Simpson. Associated Press War Analyst When. where and low Turkey will gain

so-an shaken Nasi Balkan satellite states can doubt. 4 It is obvlousl in the cards. The meeting of the British, American Ind stain at Cairo cannot lo less than an fin lemeniing of the Allied

th qalnst G rsul-n till . soars-gather Berlin uoyr ‘the,

be

ioell ie dd tniug nry lollnt“ plaslsuoienlaction

muss be reckoned with.

Nazi prost ge in the Balkan slates

Russian-Turkish fellowship. If lllae In that country Nazl troops and where. And that result, obtained with to the war. could come at a critical

midablc and desperate Grrmsn eoun

north and srulh.

flank and rear nf sh? enemy a

ekna, the key rsl‘ an road Jnoti

of the bend. i- caught in a Russian Held up bv fierce Nazi resistance

their entrapment manoeuvres in the

It northwcstward from Kherson at the

snatch southward. two-pronged drive indicated.

Of AEfforts

ls Recovering

LONDON. Dec. -8-—(CP)-The King who is suffering from influ- enza was reported tonlr‘ to be makln! good progress.

ll. S. Tank Forces Sunk Six Jap Ships, Ocstroycd 72 Planes

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(AP)— United States carrier task forces which attacked the Marshall Isl- ands Dec. 4 sank six enemy ves- Sole. damaged four others and de- stroyed at least 72 enemy planes. at: navy department announced

av.

In a communique released simul- taneously here and at Pearl Har- bor, the Navy said the task forces, ln attacking enemy installations on Kwajaleln and Wotje Atolls, sank two light cruisers. one oller and three cargo transports and damaged one troop transport and three cargo transports. .

Labor Order Release Oclaycd llntil Today

QTTAWA. Dec. 8—(CP)—Labor department officials said today rs. lease of the government's new wage-control order. originally ex. Dected todav, will be delayed until tomorrow.

Along with the order, the depart- ment Droposeg making public a memorandum explaining dmss- ences between the new rcwulstions and those now in effect.

Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the new order in a ra-

FISHEBMAN FEABED DIUOWNED

HALIFAX. D00. &-( )_. J- GT8 . 34. of nearby gapmbroclvyvt

Yet e moment for s, change ln"l‘us-key's rein to oo-be erent or of non-belligerent cit-operation may hinge on other developmen . Germain. Bulgarian and " “ to the sel-lsh- lied lll ‘

Nari air assault on Turkey lss retaliation for the Turkish lllfllflg of imity would precipitate Turkish-Axis war. German failure to take 00y drastic ate s against Turkey must, on the other hand. further weaken

An anti-Nazi revolt in Bulflriiahlis agstalntlivllsopcd for by the Allied- ac ev no n

time. At this moment in Ilussln tlic fate of

trapped in the Dnlesier bend is being decide

counter-attack against the Kiev hill e ls still inching aheald. That for-

thnn three weeks. The essential fact seems to be. however. that tho have so far failed to break through at of Zhitomlr and Iulrosten. They have ‘aisn striking power from other Important offensive operations f0 the

0n the contrary, the fuo- so Russian drive against the um!" K vol Bog is at s, critical stalfl. ZIII-Ifl- on serving the Nazi troops in the ilvtvllls

vise. to Initial sttem ts to snap shut the Krlvoi Rog-Nlkopol trap, lied commanders

Provinces Pledge Support

I UBacon Quotla ForBritain

dio address Saturday night, - .

else, it would lmfllvb air ower esperately needed else- or w thout actual Turkish entry iii_

Jsowcrful Nazi army all but , even though the German

r-attock has been in progress glnorle

ll l any paint to exploit their reflllll-l-IPB fa led to force withdrawal of Rus-

boldly wldencid

SPIN!!!‘ 1.0 Dnleper bend. A Russian lungs Dniepc mouth toward Nlkolaov 1°

that has invested Znamekna seems

To Maintain

By James McCook

liallan Battlefield

Col, Ralston ‘Meets Local Officer In

Included in a group of soldiers with whom Defence Minister Rel- ston chatted when he visited a for- ward battle area in Italy recently was Lieut. H. M. Scott of Char- lottetown, it was learned last night from a Canadian Press dispatch written by William Stewart. Co]. " ’ Licut. Scott and his fellow officers that their unit had done everything asked of it. “We can't expect you to beat the record you have made but Just carry it on." he said “The war 1-,- not nearly over. I know and you know there is a long, hard war to be fought yet." The story was written on No- vember 26. Stewart said the De- fence Mlnlster had been within range of enemy artillery fire dur- lYilZ the day's tour of the area.

80.000 Landing Craft On Program

WIfl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—- (AH- The United States Navy dLsclosed instruction program calls for 80.000 landing craft of all types of which about some have; been. completed. . Rear Admiral Edward i... Coch-' rane, chief of the bureau of ships, told of the huge program, estimat- ed to cost between $5,000,000, and 00. 000,000,000. at-adpress con- ference at which he in outed the craft still to be built are intended for the offensive dgalnst Japan. ' War production board sources made known earlier this week that landing craft have been iven top place n the war producton ro- gram. the manufacturers have n urged to rush output of steel plates

Canadian Press Staff Writer 0

OTTAWA, Dec. _ - (C P) — Agriculture Minister gardiner and Provincial Ministers or their dep- uties mads clear today at the Dominion - Provincial agricultural conference that the British con- sumer will bc able to enjoy his four ounce weekly ration of bacon i! Canadian endeavor can help.

The hog production objective for 1044 was placed by the conference sit 7,000,000 head of inspected slaughtszrlngs, unchanged from last year. -

Provincial okesmen all prom ised support of efforts t0 send sufficient bacon to the United Kingdom to maintain the ration level, but referred feed shorts , Prices requirements and ct er factors as. affecting production.

In his summary of the situat- ion. Mr. Gardiner indicated his belief the 600,000,000 p0llnds ann- ually required to maintain British bacon ration will be pro- sided in 1944 and perhaps in 1M6 if good weather prevails.

The Minister‘ said;—

l. The new agreement under which Canada guarantees Britain a. minimum of 450,000,000 pounds Bllmifllly for the next two years Wfls based on prospective wnlllllons and the visible supply of feed. the latter affected by a D00!‘ crop in Ontario and Quebec,

0h 600,000,000 lb. m,“

1 ‘The prospects are that supp- lies can be sent to Britain on the basis of 600,000,000 pounds m“. “all? dllrlnfl the first six months of i944 without much difficulty. The allllefll therefore is that far. mers put forth every effort during the lalst six months to proyjdg "lg"! hoes to keep deliveries up.

. Farmers who feel inclined to sell their grain at present good Prices rather than feed it to hogs and cattle should consider that Brain prices may not be maintain- gdmiefd the number of livestock is re.

w“ LHT"~?——~ -- I: " z. ‘°°" NM on Page s, Col. a)

m 960.000 Parcels For Canadian Troops

orrswa Dec. B-(OD-More

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wiiiisv ionizi- ‘iiiiiirrgiwisviizig in ii ih.’<i<.é”°l.‘li'.°t£““..‘l“fén”iffif Wm‘ motor launch off saorc. ills ty loveracas to ensure e w“ mini’? g1?“ ‘iii ed ‘ii. m‘ l” °h""“‘" for men and “Wblllglfrlll r . ce i

fell " v °"’|il.°...°""“““ "M ..:"~...".-.

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the a

for them. Cochrane said the navy undoubt- reduction of

used a canal end recently used efficiently in the Taraws. attack.

The "Alligator" is able to tn- verse both water and land.

ll. S. Lolictcrmon Reap Big Harvest

YARMOUTH, N. 5., Dec. 8_. (CM-Lobstermen of Nova Bcotis’: western and southwestern shores] B!!! refilling their greatest harvest. from the sea in many years Since the new season opened Dec. l. the shellfish have been found in lmost rcoedented “mug-ms, Small boats are bringing in from 800 to 1,000 pounds s. day, nefiflng ovmsrs from elm to 1.1m

Fishermen and dealers are puz- sters which apparently are crawl.

ing over every nook and cranny of the coast.

Live Turkeys, Cease, Oucks llndcr Ceiling

8 PAGES

and American 5th army troops battled their way down the western slopes of Mount Camino yes- terday into the broad Garigliano River valley 75 miles from Rome af- ter a. week of some of the bitterest fighting of m the The 8th army made slow progress near the Ad-

sled by the abundance of the ion-i OTTAWA- Dec-

Ground

ALOIERS. Dec. 9- (Wednesday) — British

Italian campaign.

riatic against the fanat- ically resisting Germans, The 5th army advan-

‘ced after wrestirig the

summits of the two mountains and captur- ing the fortified villages of Camino, Acquapen- dola and Cocuruzza,

°°°three to 51-2 miles

southwest of Mignano.. Although the steady, savage thrusts of Lia-Gem Mark Clark's

sfT

C. B. C. Refusal To Broadcast Bracken Speech

OFITAWA. Dec. C-(CM-Dom- inion headquarters of the Prod"!- sive Conservative Part said today in a statement that t Ca