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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1944

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l Greatest Sustained i Air Assault

By Kirke L. Simpson. Annotated Press War Anllygt

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By RICHARD G. MASSOCK The Nari front in ltuiista. from the Pripet marshes northward to the l A. P. War Correspondent ‘l: Tilllh"! h; gfllln admission just at the time when the t wo- - . i

INA-Flam. Feb- 35-“9-511193 war industries are reathllngnzqtrzgetllellintzdigrrrpofillzsnr" ethical Germ“ l By w w ' l

s l c i d I t adil im n i - a 9 "'9'" 95 itffitztt: wit. N: ....*.r* My -= ~~ -—— ‘T urs a thr k e 1 ‘ MONTREAL. Feb. m — (special Germany grtttacks avg! ac cfliifilgergl‘ b Pufnmie.“ °' ‘wit’ "all propaganda agencies viewed recent referwws . ce a. ~ . eagener ill t t ~ . its February sale of silver fox Delts n wag disclosed that Gems“ rielzifury of Allied aerial bombardment as s. sure slgllhof llflllelmltlkltravnllgf I

toda/y. The attendance was not as _ va a,“ "a at’ the Jemmuy sale and lam? ngirlglfxlgomghliagnbeegn bbeggll- The! i" moving lo shorten drastically the fighting front in Russia l “wk” a‘ Regwsbum deep mm“

l the quantity sold was much smaller. Th y, 1 | - - . Germany Friday and early today n‘ ‘°“°‘“““ ‘s "m “n” t] igrxlaugbilr fixgnmgbrllsirealrlnaxlltlilyfixblllfgl‘ ti.‘i.2:‘lidflidiiiiéififllfi.ii“i‘l'li...r°ii.f'ii.ll'éi.ii'lh'ié'l‘$311355; l Em" '°"°“°d ma‘ R A i l

Wifll firemen were busy shortly after 6 n-ildnight. Fires

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LONDON. l-‘cb 25 ~ lSBUJdBfH _ tAPJ -- Unitcu States heavy bombers flying south from Eng- land and north from Italy in an unprecedented, c0 - ordinatezl at- tack blasted Mesaerscitmltt airplane

ht a dwelll , nimage running into thou- dollars resulted from th

the Whitlook t at 8A5 and fat catching fire kitchen. The porter. M . . nton ‘ El. received painful bttrns to face and body vrhcn he attempted w Lake zhc fn-t from the stc The blaze spread into wal the building on t; thcupper" p0

mint-re r. Whitlock hed In‘ nirinent.

Th1 whole interior of the bull p; has badly canted. dam-age bet and bv both fire and water.

at, W Chester S. MoLure, the gmr of the: building which hous-

‘Qfitilllftlnb said he believ- r of the wooden miture gutted and that the pshniglil be as high as $4,000. It n.partialiy' covered by insurance. ‘liq alnount of Mr. Whitloclfs lac-was not learned ' fire at Elm Avenue. in a til ing occupied by Mr. Stan ar. broke out about 10 45. Fire- d. went to the scene and thought llufire was out. Hardly had they shed the fire hall when they I e rullcd out again. The second t they were away about two b s and wore forced to do mm r- able cutting before the blaze finally extinguished. c tire was believed to . lnntcd around e stove burning in the wall; o ucturq

l e fire at the restaurant took - . and a half. hours to extinguish, ll lee! of hose were required.

I". ing the woo Nazi strength in that That wa m | a ll . "lllhi. barber's Struck Frankfurt, 556W!‘ t0 10 divifilohs- the Dnloller.sandcthecronge:rrrgcwtlzrlfilzthefiihgukffiafcrlfievrafsugiilfislazlf . Qffifisfiltfi iiliffihagg§hiinél

A Beruu ‘uueswndent n! ‘he lhrsgelrrllmglzflgltgllslrt liastlonaand the Pslrov itatewru‘ farther the war _ ‘ __ t“ Swedish newspaper A“0nb|lfl_ u~ _ l on or a erman major counter-attack. 'I'hlrt_v pub heavy lJOiLbCls 1.0m c; “m the Gen-um reiamcd flflflhb Iiililfvht. however. that the invaders now are attempting nn the Britain based 8th Air Force the muauon on ‘he head“ ou-derly retreat on the whole left wlng of the Niul line from the Pripct failed to return from yesterdays head as “the calm before the IIllrshr-a; to the Baltic. abandoning all White Russia and possibly even laid. which followed an ‘R. A. F.- ggorm» Estonia to conserve manpower for expected major engagements in the R C A F‘ Fhllrsnay nigh! "ilftck

west. .on Germany, and tlitfo ssclorting Indications wore that both The Allied air attack from the w t, tti d .l ' t N lfl ll. nghmrs “C” “PM B‘ .m‘,‘5“53- “ Bide-S We" BWBh-lhK only B. let-up piano strength and in factory replaczncrcir soltllficegptlasl-n gxlliized Eben‘; °°fi‘“‘§°.‘{§hf"§,‘?,.L‘§ftb§f,§{j;,. “lprfl 1h the lhisflfflble Weill-her Chhdl- troops 1r. Russia to the grim business of falling back without adequate c r‘ “ ‘ ' ' ‘ tlons to renew their respective as- n“. c°\|_sra‘e' saults-the Nazis against the

also disclosed to have bombarded it‘ ____ ball bcarinr’ works at Sitittzart an beachhead and the Allies against ' ' Cassinds stubborn defences.

a Mcssersctvniit assembly centre The Germans made tv.'o“feoler“» of

and experimental station a; Al1$5~ attacks Thursday southwest es northwest of Nurnbcrz. operations. G P l‘ ' o attack of the war. At least l3 squa- P d. I attack at Srhweinfurt and at other r8 Hon. William Hughes, Provincial‘ - get speech which was totally tie-l He claimed to be speaking only’; rnler were doing it he would have‘ half an hour. It was preceded by It was made Just fourteen and twenty-four hours after an Strong protest was lodged by the Budget debate “qthout any mm,“ 135 Japanese Dlnilcs was destroyed i planes were 10st “I of assets and liabilities was noti and a certain amount wrltte

sold at an average of $45.30,

rtular one-half to three-quarter sil- vers. 43 per cent sold at an average of $37.26; selected full silvers, 3 per cent sold at an average of $64.- 29; icgttlar fulls 25 per cent sold at an average of $43.15; inferior types. 50 er cent sold at an average of $30. 0: low Erodes 55 per cent sold

at an average of $11.87. 'I'he total offering of about l4.-

Mlsiitv proud of their senior cook are the officers and men of a, Canadian frigate, who during 23 months at sea on his last ship didn't let I1 5111818 d6)’ pass without serving at least one full-course meal. He ts l/eRoy llowatt, R. C. N. V. R.., of Victoria. P. E 1.. shown here holding a pan of bread baked or one of bis assistants in the galley.

Nazis Counter-Attack In Russia

‘l0 skins was 39 per cent sold at an average of $40.00 '

(The above information was sug-

pllecl by Mr. Lloyd K’ Iookerbv w o

B t t F ‘l represented the Canadian National 3 Efigflreedus Assmatm“ at m“ Carroceto, 10 miles north of An- _ zlq. and both were repulsed with ' heav, losses to the enemy. i h, w t

mNDo _ _ _ All ed artillery, credited m“ wgnasggrs 35fl;fi)_g§§_ En. ll. doing deadly execution in the TH THE PR§EDENTIAL

course of the Germans’ second big 113,2“, o! Régzghg $“w§5;:"£‘£ assault against the beaehhead “a ‘any but mm, mo“ m m.’ W1 last week. caught a group of Nazi l ' PARTY- Feb- 35"(-\P)*"A1ih0ll8h tanks concentrating near Aprilia Par the can W“ 1h their lines his health ls nerally good, Pres- 1m m. u; dm-rwew Thumd“ guardln the upper Dnieper river idem Roogevefie 1,5 gaging a badly a ‘neutered mam ' "m! W‘ 19-1194 With .5 108! 01 needed rest away from the White‘ MOSCOW d t0 30mg By advice of his physician, the President has closed the door on

he post five days of compara- ffismt men’ tive calm on the beachhead had all but the most vital out-side con- tacit‘...

Citizens , Rehabilitation Committee

given the Allies valuable time in which to improve their already strong defenccr.

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At the some time advancing Rus- sian forces in the north rolled the Germans back on Pskov ln a. great arc reaching points 20 miles on the .= northwest. 33 miles on the north- east and 50 miles on the east.

One Berlin radio report that Germans had evacuated the White

"aried Group Of Wounded‘ Russian citadel of Vitebsk was ap- u f. taindii...t"a:.nit Writs:- ioldze-rs HomeFromi- Front-

a d“ communique: ms any mentlonof the area.

The entire northern half of the Russlanline was the scene of ac- tion as several Russian armies

The City of Charlottetown took steps lest night at a represente- tive meeting of citizens tn the Council chambers of the City Building to form e citizens com- mittee wtgsslst in all matters per-

P ms Against Incas... "r ’.°.‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.’“éi.“.‘*i‘:...§é» llany ll. S. Tutors

services. Councillor W. R. LcPage acted orrnwn. Fen. as - (or) -n, Hatfield lPC - Victoria _.

as chairman in the unavoidable absence of the Mayor. After ex- glelnhig the object of the meeting e called on Capt. N. W. Lowther, i Provincial President of the Can- tarlctcin said tonight in the can” adian Legion who outlined the Illllti that if to.) many United work being done in other cities and stats: potatoes are allowed-Aspen. towns in Canada. The Federal ‘or Canada the domestic market Government has a comprehensive Illl hi» d@n;°1-;.p1ed_ program for the re-establishment Protection 5pm,“ be 8M,“ to of the members of the armed for- home producers since there w“ a cos and Mr. James T. Robison is "mills oi potatoes in Canada. at. the Veterans Welfare Officer for iitiif.“lhi’2.."‘=.*i“°°:.“°““ "r use n e ages‘ ho 5am‘ United i- Hatfield smite during dis- '“5‘<°" ‘l’ Agriculture Department

the Island. The committee acts ‘mmaifi 1°’ the fiscal Year 1944-45

NEW YORK. Feb. 25—tAPl—A report from defence counsel Ed- ward V. Broderlok that he had uncovered evidence of surprising character on a hurried trip to Ca- nada added new sus ense ton ht to the murder trial o R.C.A.F. a r- craftmen Wayne Innergan.

Although the nature of the ev- ldence was not disclosed, William 1y, Merritt. an associate of Broderick

prom Mg°5gm1n_ 535k" L;__Gen_ expressed belief the attorney's A G L, McNaughton-S home town‘ trial-delaying absence would be was gunner H_ A Robinson‘ a fully appreciated and condoned

PEARL HARBOUR. T H , FLb 25 - IAP» ~ United States car- rier planes which attacks-h fslitnds in the Southern ltfarianas, loss titan 1.400 miles south cf Tokyo, Tucs- ilay pushed ‘hcuic their assault des- pite early detection by the enemy and fierce aerial and anti-aircraft opposition, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Central Pacific Comman- der. disclosed tnclav.

The attack concentrated on Sap- ian and Tinian Islands. principal enemy bases in the Marianas. with a lighter strike at Guam A total of

hurt th ." HALIFAX. FelLHZS-(CH-Back WeLlondeJnOnL. who had ma“ 1n- ressed westward from the vicln- fiznfig“‘gnlg°ggés fisglgfighlagglf; aggihlgjlfz “Qfatmfinm” dgfiflgj i‘? fill-twin orhrasrmgdmelii- Ufiifii lg; pmxgmaten- 40° muesqn a mm m: sfigjyonatnctli irtilliilydt’ “chafing ‘i500 rgiembei- of e light anti-aircraft when ‘he rem“ W“ ‘evened- certed dflv" w mmw ‘he Germ‘ wounded and ill Caitddidns tonight Btwry‘ Malaria and pleunsy had ans farther back toward the Bal- were “beam h0g9“... “mm “km; 11°!“ T01‘ him- tic States and out of White Rus- them bu}. Lo men. home dlsumw_ Cpl. Preston Spence of Toronto m The men amved here mt mgm a_ was a little disgruntled by his baud ‘he Canadian “mp1”, Sh“, fate. A member of the Canadian may New“, and today were 10am arachute troops. trained at Fort ed aboard the “w” ‘ enning. Georgia, and Camp Shi- Some walked or hobbled down 1°- Man» 596"" had 56°" 1111"!‘- me swap “ngpldng w the wglglng ecl while on battle manoeuvres in hospndl cal-g [or their mp u, “m. Britain "before I got a chance to liar surroundings, while others Bet RWY/heft?’ were carried gently off the ship by careful stretcher bearers ‘,

Cheerful Welcome r

For each one though there was a cheerful welcome to Canada, with an army band playing and pretty Red Cross volunteer workers to givo them a smile and hand out cigar- ets, oranges and other gifts Besides the large group of army erranean atte ron era , .. figguback fromb thlc Italian “and were airmen who had been wound- Nonde“ he smiled‘ , ed m action qgalnst me enemy m An anti-tank mine that explod- me skies of western Europe m. m ed beneath a Bren carrier sent l..-

the cluucilcss Mediterranean skies. CPI» Elm" wlsmel‘ °l 5L Cal/m‘ Wl t ' of

th pa A Canadian officers ad been member battered in the ill-fated Dlc pe “absence Bqvfldwn- raid and had spent 14 long, tred the only one of the four on the months German prison camps carrier to be injured. His pelvis and‘ hospitals The two were Mal. and spine were fractured and fort

Laird of Vancouver and a time he was completely para: ll-BSS llenereal

Air Recruiting Staffs Reduced

OTTAWA. Feb. 25 - (C P) — The H. C. A. F. announced t0- nlght that staffs of recruiting of- fices throughout Canada have been‘ reduced and will be still further out i and that intake of aircrew has been temporarily slowed down but ‘will shortly be res-established at a new level.

Mr. Hughes’ Speech Mr. H hes said the staternenti

llama Committee tln Radio Broadcasting

with Mr. Roblson in carrying out rehabilitation measures for voca- tional training. university and col- lelte courses, out of work benefits and benefits for men "em orarlly incapacitated andbenofr or those taking up far-min and zzlshing un- til returns come n.

It was unanimously decided to form a citizens committee whose duties would he to study all bene- ' fits and privileges available to re- turned men and women. to survey local employment opportunities available for the services person- nel. to enooura e the development of adequate tra ning facilities and to co-operato tn the selection of suitable courses and training pro- grams for ex-service men and wo- men: to study and develop employ- ment opportunities for phys cally “m! handicapped discharged persons. Am “it o single int¢r¢9pw|-_ an to make arran ements for the

ed communique said god“, suitable recept on of returning

"~ - veterans and generally to take all PAssEg steps necessary to t. e successful ~— reestablishment of veterans Jgnlltieloir N. .1, Feb. rs -_rap> tho-social and economic life oftho 98 5m n6, autho» of histori-

lticvols ‘rid? communn F ~ Nd Wiley in Princeton

Speech On Budget ifin;i~;.:~:i.:..n.=~':: seven Canadians pianos are am- ‘For the 14 month olri Canadian __________ rlrons ofR C. A F Lancaster and A surprise was sprung 1h m“ objectives in northwest C-ermam‘ In Treasurer and Minister of Public _ g void of any outline or explanation’, I for the Treasury Board, and noti trilgpeak for the Government", he the customary motion that the ours after the debate on the “interim statement" cm the Pub-. Opposition leader. Dr. Maclvllllan. ‘nation other m“ the bare fir | in aerial combat rind on thc ground. S k Ed't~ as complete as he would ilk to E

Furth. five mil- O ting the 35 missing from the nights Bomber Group. lt was the greatest '_”_‘_-*’—"“ Halifax lsontbers joined in the twin Legislature yesterday morning by! Welfare when he delivered a Bud- of government policies. i for the Government. “If the Pre-. s His speech. occupied loss . than House go into committee on Sup- Draft Address had terminated. lfc Accounts had beep tabled. demure House being forced into a “res in ‘he esumabes {Nimitz said Only six Atnericair 5 . innit. .2”‘."~‘“...?§;l.:’.‘.°..%§°..él‘:§i- Are Impressed n o i

Narrow Escape

Pte. Jim MoPhee of Smith Frills, Ont. had a narrow escape from death and was counting himself luoltv to be back alive. A bullet creased his skull during the fight- ing in Itulv and he was uncon- scious five. days before surgeons could bring him around.

"So if I don't remember much of what happened to me. ills no

the assets each year. This should, approximate the actual revenue; It would then be possible to dc- termlne the amount to be not Stemming from recent changes aside in tho sinking fund each in the British Commonwealth Air year. Due to the amount of work training plan. the statement alsoainvolved and the fact that. it Ls said: almost impossible to procure com- Some smaller recruiting CEBU. potent help. it will be possible for ~ may be clued. with the tsrr- the next. year or two to show a liOYies affected being served by mo- statement without going into cle- bllc recruiting Units from adjoining tail. establishments. ‘ ‘There was an increase duriniz 2. Recruiting of groundcrew has l the year in old age pensions. Mr. been curtailed. lllughes said. He referred to the Recruiting for the womenklouposltion criticism ‘of a letter division has been temporarily sus- having been sent out to thi- pen- pended. but may be resumed sloncrs prior to the last election. ——-—~———————-——--—' but contended that. this had no, political effect because it stated o imaximum $25 pensions would bi- lpald irrespective -' "is ‘of the electio" He refer“ ,_ nraiipteinelits‘ ‘made to combat venereal disease]

OITAWA, Feb. fi-(CW-After an all-day debate, the Commons tonight appointed a special com- mittee on radio broadcasting to re- view the policies and aims of the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion and all related matters.

During the discussion Maj.- Gen, LR. LaFlechey-minlater of war services, announced he hopes to fill the one vacancy on board of governors next week. He said the government had not been able to appoint a general manager because it has not yet received l recommend tion from bile ROVETB" are.

C. C. Expects French Canadian Support

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LONDON. Feb. :I.S—i.CP Cable) —-A group of Canadian edltulfi vis- iting Britain told British ncivsmon at a press conferoncc today that they were impressed oftcr n four- tveek visit by the excellence of British industry: enthusiasm of tlic workers and the large proportion of women among them.

They said they trad hoped when ‘lthcy arrived to experience on air

raid and now wore satisfied. Thcy {compared the spectacle nf Lou-

d0n‘s anti-aircraft barrage to e

pyrotechnic displav at the Conn- dlon National Exhibition at Tm‘- onto though the barrage was "much grimmcr."

Rims or

laps Stay 0n Ground In llew Britain Raids

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5:30pm Pacific, Feb. 2e - (Sat. hm *9?) - Allied aircraft. Bmiltd oirdiomes on Rabeul. New éilédailb as tons of bs ‘he h“ “Y but the Japanese for l 1 fitwlsht day failed to

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Nltlflhfll Winona. Onto who was blinded as

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n d:- Chairman, Mayor J. E. Blanch-

ard. Vice Chairman. N-W. Inwther. Secretary. B. B. Wonnacott. Reception mmlttee. E. M. Bag- nall. President Charlottetown Branch Canadian Lellon- Caoe and Problem committee. J3. Walker. Employment corranlttce, J. Gor- don MacDonald. v “on! seam" o?n‘i°=-i.“°'i=~ “ii” v whitest» h...”i.f"iit.‘lé‘i““”é.lillitf.i“i; ' ' ' ' _' r i - . fiFy-l/‘hfifnwe’ A’ T’ amp fitted. "particularly where labor is ° ' ' ' 5L L A our)‘; organized".

fi§§°“r"“"j J Larabee ’—"_”‘ u u‘ ' ' ' New Head Of Clans In Nova Scotia

Chairman of the C. C. l".. said here he landed with his men of the Rhy-

last night that his party could al Hamilton light infantry

"count on French - Canadian sup- dlers who hag n

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speaking at e. district meeting, he cited the fact that in Noi-‘finwn Ontario. during the last Ontario Provincial Elections, “where there lg s majority of Hench - Canad- ians C C. F. won l1 out of

They had been un to be put out of action before they had a chance tn show their worth.

Comment 0n Italy

Canada looked good to all the men returning but especially to those who had been some lilmg in Btcily or the more unsavory part-s of Italy. Few were greatly in love with either the country or its in- habttants.

"You have lo wpproach all t I towns from the windward side.’ grinned WC Anderson 0f