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CHARWTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY s. 194s

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ills W . Fab. tot . I Air Nsvkaiionmdchool fmui Oharlottetown to Sumner-

word was ro-

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other St. Ignatius LoselfLife In. Fire . Montreal College . Waslormer Mother-Frorv-iucial At Notre Dame

In Charlottetown-Three P. E. Island Nuns Are Among, Survivors.

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Salvation st 1.00 pm. 2-2-

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1i election will not be long delayed.

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friends in tbig Province wllgnovatolearuof the deathin Iouereal unrier tragw ' shnocs of Mother St- lguatsus. u

Mrs. ll B. Maclsoualmlol

lsndq nut in Chariot wn. -

Mother St. Ignatius. who was f ' bliss Catherine Doyle of Jacquet liver. NJL. perished in a fir; which destroyed tho five-story Mariana College in downtown Monti‘! on Tuesday night last. Sixteen other nuns and twenty-two boarders were able to escape.

Ame: the survivors were the Dean tho College, Rev. tlistor St. George. a native of Charlotte- town and I lllter of Arobbislaoli hle n of Toronto; also Slater St. (Byan) of Sourla. 21.1.. and Sister St. John Martyr. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LF. high , Charlottetown.

the nearby

r-ted

‘ruaedsv niaht. Within a short time the whole building was in flames. The loss is estimated at 080.000.

Earlier reports were that every inmate but Rev. Slater St. Geo had been accounted for. Sister st. goon-gs, however was located safely

or.

isomer St. Isnatlus held office as Mother Provincial about fifteen years s80. Bile Wu.‘ very widely known and esteemed.

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liany in ilttawa Look g For Early‘ Federal Election

Iy IIANK FYAIIEI-TY

f th prorog tl of P or a completoerd thelruemrilds. O

persisted ln- no circles here today that a general

v k4

A" good .m v members left last night but mos of those who came had other business in Ottawa and some are leaving ‘ ‘ after oi- tendlng to various matters relating to their constituencies.

The fast - moving events at the Western hurt. the result of the Grey North by-election Monday and the timing of the eight-h victory loan which would normally come

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Smash, llugc "Wreck At Singapore

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BOMB!!! OOIMZAND HEADQuARTmvS. India. m. 1- MP) — Sllllorfortresses of the 20th Bomber Gourmand dealt

the Jo

"We 111W a devasto blow h; an at‘ today upon e. destroy-us the huge floating cg-

could have handled e largest. warahl in the world.

(A commu uo from 20th Air Ibrce headquarters in Washington said none o! the Super-fortresses wls lost i0 enemy potion. Qlmngyg

Nmfted two en definitely dorwnedfimysix probablea and e lit more damaged.

(Poss ly upwards of 150 of. the giant bombers took part in t strike. The communique called the force "large.")

Col. J.V.

clouds of smoke as his group ln. A previous fiuuadron had lold

{all - pound h explosives on Iidmundson repo bomb; from his ‘ a. perfect

avy Big Blow

Couplod with _

pared in the great contrsl plain of and that the bomb-wrecked capital except for delaying action.

and canal communications.

nerve centre of enemy What prompts the thought

Days ago wast-front

progress from

line. This would definitely shorten

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cricau , ' -‘ the Si bulge to the Boer has encountered

War Situation} u}? Night J I! Illkfl is. BIDQION, Associated PIOII WI!’ Analyst

of wast behind the Ihius. cunuy reports that Du-saisu, forces bad into Kustrln on the Odor livar a barn t1 miles from Berlin could be significant. It could snoun that the final German ataud is being pro-

There ls a conceivable final citadel of defence in that use “g thickly populated area. scaluod by an intricate spider's wob of road, rail It is all but lsupregnably bulkwar tho south by the towering wall of the Alps, while the mountain-fl Odor Valley to the east and the Blaine to the west strongly guard both flanks. Only to the north is lt clearly militarily vulnerable and there stands Berlin amid the lakes and spreading water ways that surround the city. a pouderous and pownful outpost bastion even if no longer the

ce.

is German failure to cling desperately

to vital defensive bastlons in the Odor loop just cast of Berlin. The

h? threat to Berlin by that Russian power drive down the Warthe corridor

to Kustrln is so close and so ominous that lack of fanatical. die-hard

“mm gdofenco of every hamlet and cross-roads village as well as of the cities so quickly or invested by the Russians almost passes belief.

observers reported

‘ .- llollaud behind the Nader Ibiue-Zuider Zea

on the extreme north flank and probably release important forces to be rushed eastward against the charging Italians in the Oder Valley. There has been no further word from that sector but increasing Am-

iu the broken

Germany that lies south of Berlin itself has been written off as lost

‘to

" wltl: in

and strengthen the enemy position

Line ' south of the Aachen only “spotty” resistance.

t rmgumt. "w" wav .

An aircraft firs from nd installations and warships To. ha was fairly heavy but returning crows said it was

m...“ some‘ ~ s." .... .. .. r e s- ngapore the tars of the (Inflation d; Notre greatest strategic importance to the Dame as an ms one!!! s11! Japanese since the mlporial Flee college ted with mvolo. 001- was so several punished in actions logo and giving studies leadirz to around the Plzil e Islands. The - 1% , _t5:. A , . _ Q” ‘ ‘eel’ ‘filial-urge del the new... rim ay r m ~ eet on the e sl of the college units to active aervfcc. building when the fire. of unvnown --—--—- origin. Its about I o'clock

Bracken Issues Shallengc To Defence Minister

(By The Canadian Press)

Mnarvonn. Om. m. 1-—John Bracken. National Progressive Con. servative leader. tonight chsllenz- od Defence Minister McNaughton to show “that s single rein orce- mont demand sent from Canadian Military Headquarters at lnndonto the Department of National De- fence since he became Minister, has been met to the extent re- quested."

Mr. Bracken issued the challenge in s speech prepared for delivery at a politics rally for Garfield Case. Progressive Conservative can- didate in the Gre North by-alec- tion of Feb. S. en lifcldaughkon

m ls the Government candidate.

Mr. Bracken, who recently re- turned from a tour of the war theatres saldhis "message tonight

from the boys overseas is the same’ “Ne; n

as I gave yesterday."

(In u s ech at, Owen Sound yesterday. r. Bracken stated: "I say witnout fear of contradiction that the Government's reinforce- ment plans, which Gen. McNaugh- ton has been painting in such bright colours, seem wholly inade- quate to meet the conditions of active warfare. They met the con- ditions of non-activity but noth-

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Silo-render Terms Await

m“ ‘M. "err until . louris. l ‘u: r-as-ao-il. . . . 0O ' “u. oi A I B B T7: Fig». hseurffi-J ppm“ y '3' r“ ' - ' s-a-n. ___ "Queen's Ooun Y ' By sour: s. reams, sa. t u-umml. if? ever". .::.c*.>.-".:.-.==.c- m I . n " - n v - ‘ l-s-si, shunt of surrender" awaits only mlssiod. ars 5"“... it ls under- e. i flnal approval was in- stood that only a few of tho high- ygum an m imflm‘ ‘inlmliaérdon began‘ ss eelltluslues officials morale cou- om u - - c ca as . w. e-cm... - or. - "mo: si-Lrhtl" -- ..l:.:~:.rr..::==.-s..:"::.:~:.r:.:: - '_r Anauthoritivssousoeaunn-t liinepetentneeec- qvfmved“ “wholes bllk~.oats a m out s tomlle tWlhfcef. seeuecee~gtleo was; imam. new. an planes e w»... '- “e "m We... .. .. cuss: y" “r < ' r ' s severa- ays w a n ""- m-T” not... Qeufi“ ""' urru- s: *" ‘""‘.';.‘l.“é‘lt'.‘°'.‘.l‘...'.“.l"l‘.‘.fe...- *~ = '"-"==.~."e...'-".."§:ar-.'..r Oil” ined tun Germ ‘w: m2?“ if til: M“ my; res-t therrwss a i l that the Allies E‘MMQXDOGI m‘. ‘W? tfilidt ls’ declaration that “un- conditional surrender" moans au- tlon or slsvsfl- c" Ill both sides the Atlantic lees have contended that the w‘! the ted states. too . more! rsldlcs continued to n, ‘m, were; that the

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. Robbers" Get

sloetrrrrsrrsrer" ilf Nazi Troops

LONDON. Feb. 1 — (Routers) —An Armada of more than 1.- 000 lf..A.F. aircraft struck to- night at three German rail cen- tres and refugee-congested Ber- lin, the Air Ministry announced.

The important cities of Mains, Ludwlgshaven and Siegen "were heavily attacked to prevent the Germans from sending largo bodies of troops and equipment to the Eastern front." ‘the au- nouncoment asld.

Ludwlgslaavcn and Mann- heim. twin cltlu on the Blaine. were hammered during the day by ‘I00 United States heavy bombers. escorted by 300 fight- er-bornbers.

International At A fiance

Montreal Bank Hold-Up ” Allied Planes

--.~ rm’ 36f.

EASTERN FRONT — “ report llusslnns reach Oder River S0 to 40 miles northeast of Berlin: Moscow places nearest Russian Durl hoi’, 59 miles northeast of Cap tal; Soviets an- nutmeg oaptur; of Torun. encircled stron int in North Poland. and eucirc emeng of Schneidemulal, Pomeranian city.

WESTERN FRONT — 11.8. lat. and 3rd Annie, plunge through outer Siegfried Line defences, gaining n to _3 l-S miles; resist- ance neg lble in places; French 1st, Anna in Colsnar sector; U.S. 7t Army establishes bridge- head north of Moder liver. berth of Strasbourg.

AlIlAL-Moro than 1.000 ll-AJ‘.

lanes -- some from I.C.A.I‘- — llamusor at three kev German rall eurtres and Berlin Thursday night.

PHILIPPINES — ILS. lth Army uaiakea new landing on Lnsou. south 0

Manila; 0th Army forces reuch Angst liver £2 miles north of Phil-

PLAYWRIGIIT III!

ZQlDON death of Louis Goodrich. noted actor, author and playwright, at

mfib...

hssardd l Nil ll blumosm slid.’ .

lppiuee Capital. a week, Col. Brooks said in an in- tar-view here today. '

IAII. EASTERN Alt-IA]; —dup-_ Ollcer oommandl tbs Army n-fortreasea bomb Japanese uavulitransit dllllp at win r. N.S., for installation. at Singapore. sink the last two years. Col. Brooks is giant drydoek. lProgressive Conservative member

, Jan. Sl-(OP) —'1'lre cent tour of battlafronts. the Iltlsh. heoaugg

D0 hi! Ham hi! horn f dl .. . set "" "mm" t

$3,000 In

MONTREAL. Feb. 1 - (GP) Anned bandits who held up an caste- Bangle Provlnctsle branch

"eastrlwday escaped" with S6000 in the sixth robbery at gunpoint since last night. Polbe sud they were faced with the big- gest epidemic of hold-ups since the start of the was‘.

Two men, unmasked. walked into the Roy Street bank at ll AM and one held a customer, Cashier S. Carbonic and Manager E. Bonln at. gunpoint while demanding that all. money in the bank be handed over. The gunman held _his victim in the some position unt.l his companion escaped with the cash and then he himself fled.

Other hold-ups reported to police overnight included one at the New Carlton Hotel on downtown Wind- sor Street where two gunmen 0r- dered the nlsht clerk. Alan Melon, to hand over all cosh. The loot here was . .

‘There were two other hold~ups in business establishments during the night.

The first was at 10.30 RM. at the United Crui- Store gt. 4500 P Avenue. Lucille Dufrcsro. the clerk told police two armed bandits cn- tered and desrrsnded the money in the cash register. 511s screamed, she said. and the men ran away.

George Wong, s Chinese, was less fortunate. Two men, one with s gun, stole 8m frcm him at. his laundry on Prince Arthur Street west at ll PMS.

The other two hold-ups were of taxi drivers A Qunmsn relieved Alan ‘Meteor! of S!" and llic cob. and Raoul Provencher lost S9. to armed bandits who tried to steal lr's taxi but were unable to get it started.

so 1 1'

Prog-Spnservativc Shainsan For ll. B.

(Q B0 Canadian PIX)

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. Fob. l-Re- tireuront of Col. A. J. Brooks from

5o! parlianrurt for Royal. Re ac- |co led Progressive Conservat- ive eader John Bracken on a re-

Col. HOOD

Irehandlo

slid spoke highly iers

eIiIOWGIOlIAQQp

by Everybody

any

l bellevoin peace. true peace, at price of war.

MAXIMG

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III-ice; in peace ovou at the

lieporthSoviet Patrols‘ llcach Edge 0f Sapital

BY W.W. RECHER- IONDON. Feb. 1 — (GP) — Russian troops toppled the north- cmjolish stronghold of ‘Ibrun and

‘ ‘ the C Pomeranian bastion of Sclmeidemuhl today as Berlin said that other Soviet tomes

LONDON, Feb. 1 — (C?) —' A Stockholm report, unsub-l stantiatod elsewhere, quoied| travellers arriving in 51nd". tonight as saying that a Russian patrol had penetrated to the; outskirts of Berlin today audi withdrew after reconnoitring. had reached the ice-packed Oder River S0 to t0 miles northeast of the German capital.

031018-113’. Moscow‘ pieced the nearest Russian troops 58 miles northeast of pauc-ridden Berlin with the capture of Dlltlngshol. 1a miles from Kustrin. one of the last

tlongholdg burrinB the way to the enemy capital. _

said that the Russians had broken through to the Oder northwest of Kustrin. 40 miles from Berlin, and bu! fo ht their way into the edge of uatrin. on to hurled out by strong re mania ' from contra] Ger- menu. the Baltic Port of Stettin and the Wes Front.

Marshal Gregory K. Zhukows 1st White Russian snny apparently was meeting stiffening German re- sistance both on the approaches to Kustrin and Frankfurt. another

h l (Continued on page '1, Calif?

Former Island lian 1illlcd'"l|r“*0allf. "

Mrs. Peter Sinclair, Charlotte- town, yesterdsy received the sad news that her brother. William Mason Campbell. was killed in c. train accident in California. No details of the accident were re- celved.

The late William Campbell was born at Graham's Road 62 years ago. He leaves to mourn the follow- lng brothers and sisters: James A.. Kenslngton: Allan, Long River: Fred and Borden. Graham's Road: John D.. in Nevada; George in Re- gina; Mrs. Nell Durant, Summer side; Mary C. Campbell, R.N., Portland. Oregon; and Mrs. Peter Sinclair, Charlottetown. One sister. Isabel, died in 1926.

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British Submarine Reported Lost

LONDON, Feb. 1 - (C?) —The submarine Stra em is overdue and presumed to e lost, the Ad- miralty announced tonight.

Sea Lion cass which have a displacement of 960 tons and carry o. crew of 40. Their armament includes six 21-inch tor- pc o tubes one three-inch gun machine-gun. uccordlnl to Jane's Fighting Sirius.

This naval lundbook describes the Scs Lion class as “vary han~

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dy craft. capable of making a 'crash_dlvef_ ln__30_sgconds."

once ma? concert

anti-alter! t Illna to bolster the faltering German asany in the out. dimtchcs to neutral capitals said.

dad h dramatic touch articlu in DI Reich declaring “it's lint before IIO ur."

"1480 M coward think thlt in ‘Ills

hosuxof ollci-hs lifs above the life he has the right

or '0 l leaders." th millt . fwdigcmdtnllliinting that lheistdg

be can get away n12’:

Germans at last w no _ comlyflfir mo eaderslnlig many sm

us who tall} they can weather the sixth mafia-l- sufelv ls "l" third and fourth-

Illl. $4.00: other Provinces I U.S.A. is.“

lubcrlption Delivered. 00.00.

AST 0F BERL]

"all Retreat In

West lilfluzzle

llewsman Says Something “Screwy" a... ing 0n Along Westwall.

BEALMEAR

By AUSTIN

\

PARIS. Feb- l -— (AP) — The United Slates 1st Army

broke

into hitherto unhreached fortifications of the

§legfrled Llne south of Aachen today, plunging as deep as .. 1-2 miles through tank traps of dragons teeth and pill- boxes before striking the first fire of opposition.

The full weight of assault by the United Slates 1st and 3rd Armies was thrusting lo or across the Gel-mun border on a 40-mlle front against an astounding lack of

resistance. lng even main positions with

At some points the enemy had fled, abandon-

guns intact.

An Associated Press dispatch from the quiet United

States 9th Army front on ih

e Roer north of Aachen said

that there was something “screwy” on the Western Front —thal whole sections had been abandoned by the Ger-

mans and not yet occupied by the Allies.

The 3rd Army, advancing 3 l-Z miles into Germany without sight- lng a tank. closed to within ‘I 1-2 miles of Prunr rond and railway centre that supplies the Siegfried Line facing the southern Belgian and northern Luxembourg front and captured Wlnterscheid east of 8t. Vlth. .

In Alsace alone were the Germans really fighting back, and then only after the United States 1th Armv had swung buck across the Moder River north of Strasbourg and the French lst Army threatened to out off escape from the city of Col- rnur to the Rhine.

Heavy rail and mad traffic rnov- w lng east from Karlsrulre on the I issem- L;

Rhinrandtiérorth from W bourg at ‘northern, border

c sending the best of east for the battle of . (The German .N.B. ugmcy declared that Gen. Eisenhower had virtually completed preparations for a big offensive east of en and speculated that it might coin- cide with a renewed drive from Holland farther ilorth. The

Canadian Army and the British O00)

2nd Army between them hold the Allied front in Holland.)

Ahscntees Reduced From 6,300 To 4,631

'0'I'I‘AWA. Feb. l —- (OP) -— The Defence Department announ- ced tonight that. the number of home defence troops destined as reinforcements overseas who went absent without leave had been re- duced from 6.300 to 4.681.

The brief SO-word statement did not say whether the 1.669 draftces had been rounded up by civil and military police. or whether they had reported voluntarily to au- thorities. There was no elaboration available immediately from de- fence department sources.

_______.___ GIVEN IZ-YEAR SENTENCE

HAMPTON, NB" Feb. l—-(CP)-— John Joseph Casey, 2a, formerly cf Moncton, was sentenced today by Judge L.P. D. ‘Iilley to l2 years in Durchestcr Penitentiary. He nad faced 20 charges of burglary and thlelft and one charge of breaking 1a .

Rumble Of Guns Cara Be Heard In Berlin

' Reich Capitol Is Being Stripped Of Anti-Aircraft ‘* Guns To Bolster Army In East.

‘mo many lack the fuinticlsln lire cmands"

hour d .

A dispatch to the Stockholm newspaper Aftonbladet said r ~ rtillery was being removed

Glelsdreleck. Anhalter.

Schlesische and other railway SEE-i

tlons and that anti-aircraft artil- wlth even

Appointed To . P. W12. Staff

Mr. Earl LePage Wonnacott has been appointed teznporsry instruc- tor mathematics and physics on the staff of Prince of Wales College to fill the vacancy caused by the death o! Miss Hugh some