Offensive Is

to defeat Germany may m“ -Anierican strate- fly“ will accept the hazards of bad ssstliur in order to strike hard on my fronts while the Red's Anny s-mtsr offensive is at its peek.

m official announcement today cl the conference of Preside t Mmyelt, Prime MlnllfbfChillfihill and Marshal Stalin of course lave nt of tline or place -- the guns and bombs of the invading forces will disclose both. But it promised assaults from the south. rest and east and Illlllll assurance

t"our attacks W. be relent- it’, and unceaslnk."

Plans Fer Advanced?

in the light of Premier Stalin's lsplltild demands for a new land liont in the west. plus increasing svldenec that preparations for main uch a front have gone much further than is generally npposed, this announcement of m; Tbheran agreement focused a’- tention on the possibility that the final three-way assault on the con-

tinent is imminent.

Push Ahead

lG CONFERENCEIN PROGRESS

tMay Accept Hazarilhnaf

TMay Hit On New Fronts While Red Army lVinter

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At Peak

This speculation took note of use sudden increase in Allied pres- s Germans in I

the Allies and thus open a direct route into the Balkans and the repeated sugges one that General George C. Marshall might not re- turn to the Unitcd States from Teharan but so to London to as- sume command the invasion forces.

If the winter months pass with- out Anglo-American invasion of the continent. it might be neces- sary to wait until mid-summer. glvin the German army the sprlnz breat ing space.

Some Advantages

Winter would give the invading amiss the advantage of long, nights to cover their landings. andl the element of surprise involved in hitting the cnemv a» the time generally considered the least de-

provides serious ob- stacles. however. The storms and heavy cvercasts might interfere seriously with Allied air cnera-. tions at a time when complete sir‘ superiority would be essential.

Allies Continue To

In Italy

Enemy Throws In Reinforcements In Desperate Attempt To Halt Break-Through.

iialstoii Proud 0f tanailian Troops

M01138. Dec. 6-(0? Gable)- gel. .11.. Balaton. Canadian dag?- Minlster. told ocrrespon i brie today: “I have aiwws amid cl cis- army but wes new! Inn proud than toda after ha};- ins seen them on iring line. Ool. Ralstooi made this statement correspondents as he ended e tour of Canadian troops in ti" Mediterranean theatre.

Erpect Fewer NTBTSeed Potatoes For Uruguay

FREDEMUIONi Dec. 6 —-(CP) -As‘ “l deereeseln new Brunswickb annual seed potato lhlbmcnts to Uruguay was predic- ted here today by Dr. Charles

Ufilsuay Government Official Seed Commission. The anticipated de- crease was due to shortage of labor, Bhill bottoms and supplies for mak- iii! crates. he said.

illllllllli EVENTS

"Dome to concert in Rlverda-lei Utihool December 23rd. 12-741.!

"Dr. Bowne Dentist. at Hun- "! River everysslliledneaday. 12-1-ll.

“Notice-I will discontinue my mun route till further notice. A. l llaslam. 12-6-32.

“Roads favorable-Dance IDWG!’ "wince. 'l'h h. Webster's orcuhilidzisy.‘ mmbieivi-‘n.

U i?“ t.....-.:~'...i.-.".:.i meager;

m"wanted to buy live and dressed ickena and fowl. Pa in to! ‘grim prices. Island Col s reg

i- - s-se-u

"Alberton, December 9th. Draw- % Matched Team Horses, etc. R his available Bo: 10p Alberton.

"lh returns. ll-i-di-

“Chicken suppcr and drawing iplvsio of at. Ann's Church. Hope ‘mf- December if. Please send

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12-0-31.

. i Rlilgitsiél-“iviuy he ' to axial?’ an. n” l!‘ Il_s 5 : h, a; “neither. isth and llthilmlla

“Bord-h Line eiuoclns ems ‘Wilf h t Al Tues- Z3,’ l “o: . “Mme ear.-

Wlc Berta, potato specialist oi.‘ the of San

“Concert Wednesday, Dec. 22ml "mike Green School. li-‘i-li-

'4 ow w :1 aim l" “ton-infraction soot-wiry M

' ia-r-is-is-si.

AIDIIZRS. Dec. e - (AP) -Gen. lir Bernard L. Montgomery's Bri- tish 8th Army waay reached the south bank of the Moro River. u gun of about 2 1-2 miles beyond the Adriatic coastal town of Bun Vito. while at the other end oi ti» Italian front British and Uni- ted States infantry 0!. Lira") Mark Clark's Allied 5th Army battled in the rugged mount Ca-

ts mum and Mount Maggiorc areas l’! west of Mllmliw

d 'dl after hav- Plfiszfigd iii? Glhrgrlhn defence u," ma; gm Adriatic, Montgom- ery's men on reaching the Moro were l0 miles beyond the Sanllro and only about l4 miles southeast of the major port of Pcscaia. There. as on the 5th Army front m, righting wag violent and thc Nazis appeared determined to hei- the break-through at all costs. The enemy threw new reinforce- ments into the battle. lnciudlns mechanized grenadlors. ‘ Official ouncements cmlt.c<\ mention of the furious battle for Ofglgnp, about l0 miles southwest Vito, reigerted rnsirelcflaglgll‘ da after the rmflfli- l‘ ‘ edygitto tiwn with a tank-led coun- ter-a toe . R0 al Navy destroyers were dis- clos to have been suooortinh me m; Anny‘; drive up the Ad- riatic coest with bombardb oi German supply IWWB- "e5 and shippin!

Scores In Ontario Ill With-influenza

‘TORONTO, Dec. 6 - (OP) — Five persons were dead from in- flucnns in two of Ontario's most heavily populated districts tonight and scores of others were re - ted ill with the ailment, desc bed in the Windsor area. as the worst such epidemic this year-

Three week end deaths at Tbron- to were attributed to infidel)!!- whils in three other deaths the ailment was a contributory cause. medical health officials iewllfid- The other two deaths were repor- ted from hardhit Windsor

(Dr. B. c. Keepinir, deputy min- isler of health for r- c. 1.. Mid last night that so far as he was aware there were no cases of in- flnenze in this Province.)

Blow To German Hopes For Negotiated Peace

UONDON. Dec- 8 — (AP) -'I1lfl chi-es pcwe declaration issued at ‘lbherell. own i"

isinl W‘ Ocflfillly’! military might

on throng gynohronlmd, eo-ordineted attac and pledlirls loyal poet war coil- sboratlcn for an endurl peace. was viewed in don to t at a crushing blow to German bopss for a negotiated peace. Likewise there was encourage- ""{i‘ ’°' W553i '52s§i‘.i.l§i‘“€.'; are o glitch - Soviet - American lead- "I111:- fcrcllll ma» withheld comment. .

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EDMONTON. Dec. 8——(CP)—!-lon. James A. MacKinnon, Minister of Trade and Commerce. was in hus- pital today suffer from an at- tack of influenza. e had planned to leave for Ottawa Saturday but his condition necessitated his re- moval to hospital. His condition is reported as “good."

Dawn Of Ne_w World

WASHINGTON, Dec- 6 —-(CP) -- Prime Minister MacKenzle King arrived in Washington by train today. after an cvernlflhl. trip from Ottawa, and said in an interview the ‘Ileheran and Gyro declarat- ionsldfmark the dawn of s. new

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w . This afternoon he saw Leighton McCarthy, Canadian ambassador - designate to the United States. and tonight he was to dine with Stale Secretary Cordell Hull.

Halifax Grocer Says Smtlr. Johnson Alive

HALIFAX, Dec. 6 -- (GP) — A grocery store operator here repor- ted to police he had talked today with a man ne identified from newspaper photographs as Cnidr. r‘. M. Johnson, missing Royal Navy officer whose young daughter was found murdered here last week.

The grocery man, A. C. Burke. said the man he identified as Johnson appeared in his store

Burke told a reporter tonight. that he was "in very wrest trouble" and asked for a drink of liquor-

When Burke iold the visitor he had no liquor. he left, later re- turning and asking for milk. Burke said the man had been drinking.

Winnipeg Police Have Strangle Slaying Base

WINNIPEG. Dec. 6—((7P)—Polwe see to solve the strangle-slay- ing o 16-year-old Edith Cook, t0- night sought two of her frlen" , an American soldier and an elderly man. They are wanted for eucstlon-

COOk’ body f d bed in a dgwntcwrl)“ h0g1? Sunday. a few hours after lice had been called byherf yto fik°tlst°i»'.°“' °"‘r‘3l1€."°°i‘s““‘§' s . a s e had been atranglsd. u

Sask. Labor Prog. Party Policy Formed

REGINA, Dee. 8 —- (OP) — Saskatchewan section of the Labor Progressive Party tcdav _urged an increase in livestock prices. interest- free loans for farmers. and com- pulsory collective bargaining for

113's platform was approved at a decision was reached lo“su'irialh‘l'ht'0‘l Ecistfrfith ‘tléku-‘Ttllfitfi; Pickford "temviauol-drwoetbtglalaclvx‘: sent the working class.

500 Casualties I: _Raid On Calcutta »

NEW DELI-l1, Dec. I -— (OM- Japanese airmen. in their day. light air raid on Calcutta yester- Oly. ca "some 500 civilian casualties of which over one-third were fatal." it was announced here

casualties reooru- and l! wounded. had been

As to the peace, “continued to subs hidden meanings. the

lo cover every

planned operations decided u m

Bus a, . lsli border to the Dcrtlanellcs,

sLal Stalin honoring his

itualio Lst Nhl

Bv Klrke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

Out of the Tcheran conference has coins a master plan for German defeat that lo the world.

“We have concerted our plans for the destruction of the Germ!"

rces. "We have reached complete agreement as to the aco and timing o! operzeéilebns which w

aired but three terse, hey said:-

lll be undertaken common understanding

hat victory will he ours." That was all that was said in the the ‘three

roblem this

By implication Japan is s

n by Those words-timing an

a iy. ‘They were used lo qualify in the ‘ilcdlfcs

Something like a Russian-Allied

which we have here reached guarantee.

governments and their host and ally, "III. tu the principles of the Atlantic charter. Now, every word of that four-power proclamation will be combed for placing of every comma Ml! be studied for Ila ln- tent. Let's take a closer look at these all-embracing As to peace, th» principles of the Atlantic cha will arise with victory. Beafflrmed en, these prlnr plea hohl out to all nations of the world-except Japan- “grcat or small, victor or vanquished," the hope of "freedom from fear ; and want,“ and assurance of endurinfl peace. lflcis y omitted. She is to be Malt it'll-h under the Anglo-Arncricnn-C ilness commitments in the Calm pact. Her ultimate status and boundaries are already decreed. As to the war, the Tcheran pronouncements are no less precise and complete. They record the mutual pledge of sfilnlchronlsefl three-way at- tack on Germany to come, with both the "t

scope-have a. sinister meaning for tier-

“operatlons which will be undertaken" in theatre. anywhere from the Franco-Sillin- . and above all, across the Bullish Channel. I Here is the Anglo-American answer to Russian demands for a flllll scale second front. now defiiiltclv to be synchronised offensive: in the cast. That is what "liming" means.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1943

simple sentences to stats its purport

from the east, was and south.

Teheran declaration as to the war,

3r are broad enough at Teller-

ng" and the hoops" of Russian-Allied mllltlly staffs.

vvlih ‘new Russian l

consensus as to the probable ivhlfll‘ i

f ih war in Eur Inn b de ived fr in that four-day essl i Teher. , 2|! '19]!!! calm asgi-llon {Ina til-e m o ' l on n ‘my resting upon us and an anlees that vlriory ivlll be ours" has that significance.

derstaerzling reached "guar- l

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By John P‘. Chester

CAIRO, Dec» 6 — (AP) —Lead- ers of the great Allied powers- Britain, the United States and Russia-in historic bonference in Persia reached full agree- ment to crush C-nrmsny by eon- certed blows frcm the east, west and south it was disclosed today. and laid plans for a world family of democratic nations to “banish the scourge and terror of war for many generations."

Roosevelt and Premier Stalin tp- gcther for the first time, was held in Teheragi, capital of storied Iran

Mr- Churchill and Mr. Roosevelt flew the L350 miles from Cairo to Iran after the Pacific confer- ence here the week before with President Chlang Kai-Shel: which, under the shadow of the Pyram- ids. charted the ruin of Japan.

Neal Parachute Agents

The scene at Teheran-wiiere the Nazis had nsuccesfully drop- ped agents by parachute —- was marked by thousands of Allied troops. armor and guns, by Mar- Allied friends in smiling, glass clinklng toasts, by a party on the occasion of the 69th birthday of the British Prime Minister, and by presentat- ion of a handsome British made "Stlllnsrrd sword" to Marshal Stalin.

With Premier Stalin came but two high advisers, Foreign Sec- NtB-fy Vyacheslav Molotov and Marshal Element! Voroshilov, while tho Bfitllh and American leaders

"icoTitfiiiiéaBrfi-Tsi‘ 1f ‘on? i)“ Report Enemy Troops Move Towards Turkey

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 6 - (AP) -A Budapest dispatch to Stock- holm tonight quoted Sofia repoits as saying that three fully equip- ped motorized German dlvisio-is Iiassed thro h the Bulgarian cap- tal in the est few davs in the

d_lre_c_tlo_n__gf the Turkish border.

gluon

Military n: ca: acu s night seven times w

{Reach Agreement To Crush Gerlgny

This most significant of all wartime meetings, bringing Prime rB-inc today. Splitting hllKB 09'1"!“ Minister Churchill, President 10MB guarding those vital Jum-

(Persia) for four days, from Nov. twice today. The man said to hirn 23 W 1391-‘ 1

Soviets Smas-hl Hazi Line In Jientral Ukraine

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LONDON. Dec. 6-(AP)—H._ ‘ troops smashed the enemy's Smela- Znanieiika line in the central Uk-

tions on railways leading to Rum- ania and putting the Red army within 23 miles of the Axis bastion of Kirovograd.

A Moscow communique and mid-

Wintc Invasion 0

Declaration By » Allied Statesman

IDNDON, Dee- 6 — (AP) —Pbl- lowing is the text of the declar- atlon oi’ Prime Minister Churchill. President Roosevelt and Premier Stalin at the conclusion of their Teheran conference:-

We. the President of the United States of America, the Prime Min- ister of Great Britain and the Premier of the Soviet Union, have met these four days past in this capital of our ally Tran and have shaped and confirmed our comm- on ipclicy. We expressed our det- erm nation that our nations shall work together in the war and in the peace that will follow.

As to the war, our military staffs have joined in our round- table discussions and we have coh- certed our plans for the destruct- ion of the German forces. We have reached complete agreement] as to the scope and timing of oper-i ations which will be undertaken from the cast, west and south-

The common ’ ‘ ‘insl which we have hero reached guar-l antees that victory will be ours. i

And as to the peace, we are! sure that our concord will make) it an enduring peace- We recog- nize fullv the supreme responsig-

t

United Nations to make a peace which will command the

will of the overwhelming

of the peoples of the world banish the scourge and terror of war for many generations.

IIIISIQS

have surveyed the problems, _ the future. We shall seek the co- operation and active participat- ion of all nations, large and

are dedicated. as are our own Péoples, to the elimination of ty-

lntolerance. We will welcome the

I! they may choose to come into

a world family of democratic pat. Th5.

No power on earth can prevent our destroying the German arm. ies by land, their U-bcats by sea and their war plants Ifclfl the ir. Our attacks will be relentless and increasing-

Frcm these friendly conferences we look with confidence to the day when all the peoples of the world may llvg free lives untouch- ed by tyranny and according to their varying desires and their own consciences.

TVe came here with hope and determlnati m. We leave friends in 18"». in spirit and in purpose.

signed at Teherafl. Dec- i. I943.

Roosevelt, Stalin. Churchill.

Husband Admits

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night supplement announced the capture of Tsibuicvo. l4 miles northwest on the double-track railway leadlng_

Smela, and the fall of AISKBJILTIG, 30 miles east of Znamenka. Twen- ty other towns and villa-see We" swe t up. said the bulletin record- c he Soviet Monitor from a

d y t Moscow broadcast.

The German-controlled Vichy radio also admitted a German with. drawai northeast of Krivoi R08. Axis stronghold 60 miles south o! lznam

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“Work Holiday" ls Postponed

STILLARTON. NZ!" Dec. 8 -- (OP) — Stellarton Local of the United Mine Workers c! America voted tonight to defer participa- tion in a proposed one-day "work holiday" of Nova Scotls labor in protest against the closing of two departments in the nearby ‘Iren- ion steel works.

A meeting of representatives of several unions at Trenton last. week had called for a "holiday" on Wednesday of this week. The Stellarton miners followed the ex- ample of the Sydney stcelworkers. who decided esterday to post- pone particlpat on until arrange- ments could be inade for a pro- VllICS-WIGQ GUNOIISlIItlQiII.

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Murdering Bride

VANCOUVER, Dec. 6 -- (OP) _ A husband's confession, scribbled a few hours before he lost m“. clousneas in hospital from s, 1mm wound in his throat, today mi. ed to reveal any motive for m, slaying of his six weeks’ bride,

,4, Whose body was found Saturday

in a 17th Avenue rooming house. Police said Robeh-l 108m, 4'1, scrawled one sentence h; killed his wife. the former Laura 6f 3P9". 34. then fell unconscious.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6—(AP)— United States carrier forces smash- ing anew at the Japanese-held Marshall Islands and submarines biting another big chunk out of the dwindling Japanese s‘ ' supply fo ed new sign sts to- night on e road to To vo. The Navy's reports these

up "was"; in the Pacific coin- , aided with a disclosure inst Un- ited States war production has been ordered ie pol the accent new on lnvaalou craft — the ultimate keys to both Plomo and European campaign!-

Naxt Stepping Stone

Islands have been occupied cleared of their Japanese

need for radio silence in the em battled Pacific has kept quarters from obtainini: much de

3°" sident Ismet she Turkey — with North Af-

With our diplomatic advisers we sessiona The conference

‘m3. - . - whose peoples in heart and mind WhlClT ‘H19 mayor AllIBd

ranny and slavery, oppression anxg‘ h9|d in Cairo and Teher.

l}: S. Carrier Forces

Smash At Marshalls

Yank War Production To Concentrate On

Invasion Craft. _

“Strong carrier task forces" hit the Mai-shells last Saturday. the Navy announced. Whether it was a softening-up operation prepara- tory in an early amphibious assault In; not immediately determined

However. this area of the Paci-

fic appears to be the next step- ing stone, now that the Gllberg

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By JAMES M. LONG

LONDON. Dec . 6 —’ (AP)—The third of a series of great internat- ional conferoncea now is in progress, it was dis- closed tonight, and the meeting is believed to be closely related to Tur- key‘: future in relation to the Allies’ war against Germany.

According to foreign accounts of this newest meeting, its principals are Prime Minister Churchill, P r e si d e n t Roosevelt a. n d P r e - lnonu of

rica as the scene of the

possibly is comparable in significance to t h o s e

leaders already h a v c

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m. Ghurcfiill. these reports said, is eiooo Foreign Secre- cy "t

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1118 Nov. 8 at

Cairo b as: an im- nworta-n caring on ' meeting.”

Mr. osevelt was reported ac- ccmpsnled by Harry Hopkins. his personal adviser, and lnonu by Norman Menemencloglu, Turkis

o m tilmi tes

e a t r rt-s far- therfirlhlafliasis radio tonight quoted ' sayng the _ "resident Roosevelt and Premier Stalin would

ain soon in the Micdle East.

The roaocast gave no reason for mother meeting of the big thres co soon after their recent comer-once at Tehare-u.

The presence of lnonu at a con- ference with Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. ghirrchill s that

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