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.v Death On Saturday Of Mr. Vivian Srrlallwood Following Car Accident

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n. viviap Cuthbert Smallwood, | well known and esteemed when of Charlottetown died in Prince Edward Island Hospital Saturday following e. traffic accl- gmt in which the car he was driv- ing was struck by an incoming train at the 8t. Peter's Road cross-

gr, which was canted along the pllIAY track about 300 yards before me pain could be brought to a

“leis believed that the engine of the car failed, just as it reached the massing. The crossing signal was gepomd to have been operating rcperly. The train was coming hem the west and was in charge of Conductor Fred Currie, with engin- eer Austin McDonald ‘and fireman Charles MacDonald.

The accident occurred about 10.15 lsturdsy morning.

Mr. Smallwood, with a fractured spine and internal injuries, rushedby ambulance to the hos- pital where he died about 1.30 p. m. The car was badly wrecked in

llle crash-

An inquest will be held by Cor- oner l":- l. J. Yeo on Tuesday af- ternoon st a o'clock in the Mac- lean funeral hcme. The lury was empanne ed on Saturday, compris- ina Major J. A. MacKenzie, Messrs. l-lenry Laothome, George Mac- leod. ll. h‘. Horne EYWR Brown, Wllllsm Flynn and Patrick Mc-

‘Issue.

The late Mr. Bmallwood was forty nine years of sac. and lived in Charlottetown all his life. He was Ison c! Mrs. C- R. Smallwoorl. Charlottetown and ll. Smallwood, K. 6.. who was for many years secretary of the Pro- vincial Exhibition Association.

His church affiliation was with 8t. Paul's Church. He was also a member of the Knights of Pvthias.

He was a pioneer in the radio in- iustry and conducted a successful radio service plant at his home, 122 North River Head.

lie was also keenly interested in "imlllfl. history and other sub- and was talented as a verse

- ter.

Hi‘ "loll-liked the business of the P1391918 Cemetery, and was driving in from the cemetery to his home when the accident occurred-

Mr. Smallwood was unmarried. He is survived by his mother, at hcme- an uncle Mr. Charles Hut- 4119115. St- John's, Newfoundland. Ind a number of relatives includ- llll the following first cousins: W5- Milcolm Gillis. Mrs Golden Barrett. Mr. Percy srnsllwood. Char-

liilwwn: Mr. anon Philmore. ilhvdigc: Miss Irene Phllmore, Moncxln: Mr- Clifford Richards.

Edmonton. Alberta. and Mr. John H- Smsllwood. Vancouver. “The funeral will be held privat-

Ssirle Airman Presumed Bead

LUITAWA. Nov. 2i--(CP) - Fit- miinnfilhaiiles Arthur Brennan 01 m aneggekgklkh, was "epoited

Baeennan, 12f Central at. Enumer-

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"wilted to buy live and dressed “m

‘lining.

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orders for bulk wheat q dressed

ties. , Wflggr ti: Adriatic!

ll. S. Goal Min Seek Wage lncr

increases for a. laxse groan

2b by £116

Workers of America, will Board to grant wasc incr

order ce conditions. Cclllerles at clude Dominion Coul, Old and Acadia.

On Wednesday the b0 hear an aPDeal by Steel-Workers oi America

Standard Clay

l f p oyers o NS‘

Co, Now Glasgow,

y the union for wags

shows sufficient profit to

don district u brlel attack hut no were reported.

Only a few _ reported over Britain-

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Born d in a district outside in southeast Britain.

left the following no agomenb- some OM11

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Scotla coal miners will be in an application to be heard N National War

ard. District 26 oi the United Mina

against a decision of the Scotia regional board ulfoctmg ern-

l p mbs in one m“ cxpms vgatrlrday night durtnB casualties

BURGLAR LEAVES NOTE

sins-T sol-m. N- 11.. Nov. 21 (C?) - A burglar who broke open a number oi slot. machines bowling alley establlshrrggt t-e:' rfmlll‘. r b itl

n crook put ‘ ‘whip; Ogeéellfdfufil‘ su scr p om

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lure. 1.. Italy Capture Key Points From Nazis

fightlng Allied nrmiel aptured four key point! fl Agnone Arch

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KYITAWA, NOV ill-l GP) —Wllge

of Nova

sought ov. Labor

usk the eases c!

approximately 512a a day MIC.‘ to rtaln changes in working footed ln-

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the United

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Products The r6-

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glmlli-l boas-c ruled an aobllcallvfl

should not become effective until the company's financial statement

meet the

increased cos . The company pleaded inability to pay. Nazi Planes . .

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 194a

ORCE lNVADE GILBERT ISLANDS

tlheverie, War Veteran Burned

Loses Life when Firfi Wrecks Building At 78 Grafton Street.

William Cheverle. crippled we- taker at W. H. Beatcns ‘auction rooms, rs Grafton sci-ctr. was burned to death yesterday "10"" 1...; n. a fire which c, pletely gutted tho auction rooms ._ Grafton House. a boarding estab- “shmegfiuon the upper flops of the who flrmnghlch is believed . to have started from an cXl7108l0!\“l1\ tha base burner in the

rooms office fronting the street on the lower floor. blazed with

t fury. “fir. Chevcrie’s body was Sig: l’:

a; almost unrecognizable. The firemen rvere fistulas the flames for over an hour b81011 this discovery was matte. A search had not been instituted. earlier be- cause lt was belived that all the occupants of the house had made their escape throush i310 "B9" rear windows.

The deceased had lost one lea several years ago in an accident which occurred during the rebuild- ln of SA. MacDonald's store. This

bull n: yesterday- Chcverio. unmarried. was about fifty years of asc Ind lived here all his life. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. William Cheverie. three brothers, Aeneas. Charles and Daniel, all of Charlottetown. and two sisters. Mrs. Charles Brown. Bay Fortune and Mrs. Walter Roa- ers Stouzhton. Mass.

He was a veteran of the first World War and saw service over- seas with an artillery unli-

burning Mr.

Inquest Today

An inquest will be held at 4 c’- clock this aftnrnoon in Frank Hennessey’s funeral parlour:-

(Mr. W H. Benton who was at Moncton for the week-end’ said last night that he hired Mr. Chev- erie to take care of the base burn- er fire in his office on the ground floor of the three storey wooden building while he was away. He was much shocked by the tragedy and said he was returning to Char- lottetown by plane this mornlnil.

(Mr. Benton said he rented the ground floor and sub-kt the sec- ond and third floorswhlch form- ed the Grafton Hotel. He intimated furniture in his auction rooms and articles in the handicraft exchange would be valued at $1.500 H6 mid he undcrstood that they were a total loss.

(A representative of the Guar- dian talked with Mr. Heston by telephone last night.)

The alann was sent in shortly before l2 o'clock by Miss Margaret MacLeod proprietor of the Graf- ton House. who noticed. from an

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of these machines" It ,1°an went on sgle

w.‘ slants? "John Doc". The mach- lnes contained no more than Slo- was rn

$150.

N 'fld. Victory Loan

_§Is Fully Subscribed

sr. cor-ms wrap, Nov. 21- —- (CPt CABLE) -— Newfounand's ‘second victory loan oi r.‘ v.

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subscribed. The in the outports ,for the first two weeks and then

ade available to residents oi Ithe capital

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from the sea. Archl. two miles from the eastern bank of the Ban- gro River. was seized ufter brisk iahtlng. .

leach Winter blue

The gains of the last 8| pours bro h the 8th srmaequarely in tron of the massive nnan win- ter nes at all points.

The German h h command - mrmlque admitted that Nut "eav- er forces" had- withdrwwn be- " l‘ Rigor lnuthe face

for orcee. An or tinge-mile advance was chalked up in the u Volturnc region where

Lt ark W. Clark's sth Cami

army troops occupied Ban Vineenao and Roccbe ta, west of hernia. broaden elbow room for a thrust to- tbe highway elntn of Cute All these operations accomplish- ed yea were curried on i: extremal weather-co vlrfually all Allied air oner- e one were cancelled. the army (gains in Italy. the e were

their- wen!

DMD it was evident , prepared to make a mom fight.

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the global some guarded United Nations servers the strong lrn renal tbc war scene in the change. Possibly

war chess board

first ma or of ensive blow of the war

bombers.

firerrtly. llul. It still is in Russia thut ill

doubted that the advance of the ilruately ctr-ordinate n r

Neill-Russian interchanges to that en deadly winter nlr attac

has begun.

There ls new evidence, too. of troops and war goods from

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recent Allied and Soviet direct by many months. There are in p ess or pre u result-i. vr not be wl

eld long.

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LONDON, Nov. 3l—(AP)-.—Thel Red Army withstood the mechan-. lsed might of massive German at-l tacks against the vital Kiev bulue| in bloody fighting in the northern! Ukraine today and broadened two prongs of the Soviet wedge aimed at the iron wealth of Krivni Rod and the manganese of Nikopol, Moscow announced tonight. - Whl the German communique today cautiously claimed that the Nazis were making "further head- way in the face of stubborn en- edy resistance." the German ag- cncy DNB. in a broadcast dis- patch claimed Field Marshal Gen. Fritz Von Mannstelns force had driven back. in a 48-hour period, to within 40 miles of Kiev. or half- wav from Zhltomir to Kiev.

The German force in the rwlon was estimated to include 250.000 men.

First East-West uAir Stowaway

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~ MONTREAL. Nov. 2l—(CP)— The first east-west Atlantic air stowa\vay—a fair-haired, ZA-y-car- old Lancashlre lass-told Canadian immigration officials heldlng her in detention since her arrival at nearby Dorval airport this morn- lng. that the reason for her ven- ture was a desire "to learn to fly."

Plucky Margaret Drurv of Man- chester, Eng, nudged her comely five foot seven inch figure out of an Atlantic ferry plane and smiling at officials told them: "My attempt to learn to fly in England wash‘! a success so I thought I'd give it a try in Canada or the United States. That's why I stole a ride on this plane" and she cocked a finger in the direction of the big trans-

port.

The department of inunlgratlen arqb holding her pending sitting of a card of inquiry here tomorrow and they would say nothing reg- garding the eventual disposition of the case.

IOIINCES FREEDOM!

MANCHESTER, England. —(OP)- The five freedoms of scienulfio work- ers are “to choose, to think to plan, to co-operate and to publish, sir Robert Watson Watt, scientific ad- viser on tele-communlcatlon to the

By Klrke L. Simpson. Aupclated Prell Wu- Analyst Despite minor Allied reverses in the Aofean and difficult Anglo-Am-

ericun advances up the Italian boot, key p of the f0: thcomln moves are self revealing; others still closely

on that within days or a few weeks aclfie as well u in Europe will undergo a drastic

the first step in this direction in the Pacific wag the laud- ing Saturday uf United States forces on Truwu and Japanese-econ led Gllberts 1.200 miles west-southwest of Honolulu. The

the Ian lngs followed a week-long aerial hummc n by army an'd navy

Despite a mlnrLSoviet setback In the Zhltomlr rall centre, the main action in the battle to smash the reeling Axis continues to be the ltus-

n front. British victories in Egypt and Italian Africa and Anglo-American- Freneh triumphs in North Africa. Sicily and on the Italian mainland incl

Germany are ripening to unpredictable fruition. Nor is it to he Russian steam-roller is about to be in- d for the first time with Allied second-front attacks egress by nlr or in preparation b land and sea. Word of the new Al.

and swift joint. action to follow them up. over Germany stirred s ovulation in London that the onset of the final. to shatter Nazi war industry undermine G'er~ mun war morale and pate the way for an Allied invoslon from the west

There ure intllnations from Italy. meantime. that German armies on all fronts are going lnto winter action badly crippled by motor transport shortages and with depleted divisions. the failure of a counter Nnl U-boat campaign in the Atlantic to halt or even seriously delay the movement of North America to the European war theatres for the flunal phases of the conflict. Murine insurance rates In the At-

y.

with the startling Russian battle successes slnee Stalingrad. the Allied until-submarine campaign invites complement: y revisions of

ves to shorten the ro can be no doubt that conversation to that end ration. The fact of those meetings, If not their

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the seeds of military disaster for

ma be expected at any moment- resh mass Allied bombing raids

ad to final victory

Banucks Meet Heavy Flak liver Germany

LONDON, Nov. 2i —- (C P) - Heavy concentrations of anti-air-l craft fire were reported by mem- bers of the R. C. A. F. Bomber Group participating in the R. A. F‘. -R. C. A- ll‘. Friday night raid on the German chemical city of l’..ev- erkusen, near Cologne. Several squadrons of Halifax bombers, inc- luding the Lion, Bluenose. Moose and Iroquois squadrons participated.

"It was a poor Inight for search- llglrts and fighters so they filled the air with fiak", explained PO. Al Merlrley of Vancouver, whose aircraft was caught in an anti-alr- craft ban-age for more than an hour-

Among the personnel in the raid were dn. Ldr. C. W. Higgins. Chariot etown, P. E. 1.: Warrant Officer Bert Barrette. Berthierville, Que: FOS. Jerry Philbin Valley- field, Que, Herb Wlckens, Shaw- Ville. 0.116.. A. J- Miles, North syd- ney, N. 8.: PO. Frank Gulllevln, Montreal; Sgts. .1. G, Toning)“, Mc- Adam. N. 5-. J- D. Hayes, Montreal.

Mystery Blast In London

LONDON. Nov. ill—(AP)—A mystery explosion wrecked e. five- storey building in London's night club belt of Soho Friday night and for a while had Londoners discus- sing the possibility that Germans had employed one of their cit- threatened "secret weapons."

Elnouah e “ was accumu- lated Saturday to dispel the sup- position that a noiseless invisible projectile might have caused thq blast, cr that it was due to any kind of enerny'action, but the exact cause nevertheless was ob- scure last night and seemed likely tic remain lo at least until Mon-

fly

Honorary Brigadier C. G. Hep- burn. M. 0., E 1)., who has been promoted from the rank of Honor- ary Lieuh-Colonel and named Prin- cipal Protestant Chaplain of the Canadian Army. He is rector of All Saints Anglican church. Ot-

tawa. (Canadian Army Photo)

Churchill, F. ll. ll., Stalin To Meet‘!

ton today said an announcement was expected soon in Washington on a meeting of Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt and

Premier Stalin.

There has been no Allied confirm- ation cl’ any meeting at. present of the trl-power leaders, but Axis sources for several days have hin- ted s. meeting between the three was imminent. suggesting Cairo as the conference spot.

Spctulatlran in London has sug- gested that one result of such a meeting would be a psychological offensive aimed to attract bomb- shaken Germany's surrender when the Allied armies strike in the spring.

Laval May Be In Trouble Soon

LONDON. Nov. Zl-(APF-Belief grew in London tonight tirat col- alborationlst Pierre Laval! Bloc might collapse in the face of the reported defiant fleterinlnatim of the Vichy chief of stow, Marshal Petain. to lead conquered France to democratic government.

Lifting a week-ion blackout of all mention of Petaln, the Vichy radio went to elaborate lengths Saturday -— apparently to quiet mounting French home-front un- rest—to create the impression that the 87-year-old Marshal still is functioning.

llalston May Bel In Italy

OTTAWA, Nov. 2l—-tCP)-—De- fence headquarters state thatwhen Defence Minister Ralston left Ca- nada for overseas it was his inten- tlpn to see "all"' overseas troops. ll possible, but so ' l e lned to confirm reports that he now is in Italy.

DRUGGIST PASSES

CAMPBELLTON. N. B, Nov. 2i- (OP) — Thomas Wrah, well known Campbellton drugglst. died in hos- pital Stturday alter a brief illness He came here from Moncton many years ago.

Canadian soldiers on Kisku have been active building roads, install- ations and living quarters on the island.

A Flavour is the measure of satisfaction with Tea _lflil Cofiee. “Sulndffilvee the maximum yield in fine flavour.

LONDON, Nov. 2i — (API -—A- Reuters dispatch from Washinr‘ “w”

Many princes sin with David, but few repent with him.

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Important New

Drive On J apszm

PEARL HARBOR, T.’ H., Nov. 21 — (AP) -- Powerful United Statesl forces, carrying the fight to a new section of Japan’s Pacific outposts, have landed on Makin and Tarawa islands. about midway between New Guinea and Hawaii.

United States marines and army troops pushed ashore at both places. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the United States Pac- ific fleet, announced in a communique today, 1m- der cover of naval units of all types and after those and nearby Islands had been pounded for a

week by bombing planes. {The assault forces met only mud-

, resistance at Makln Island

t the Japanese fought bask fier-

. "Ila-awn and the battle still

rages ere. .

ince the Japanese on Tarswa had been holding out for 24 hours when the communique was issued. it appeared that American fort/es there were upagalrlst a win. die or retreat Dwiiosltlon.

Makin and Tarawa. are in the Gilbert Islands, British mandated territory which was seized by the Japanese in December, 1941. The American attack there means a 700-mlle extension of the are cf operations on the oerimter of Jap- an's southeastern frontier.

These operations extend from New Guinea northeastward through the Solomons and to alFolnt about 2.300 miles from l-lnwa . It brings major Allied forces in the central Pacific to a point north of thr- equator for the first time.

_It was disclosec- that army ar- ti .ery and other umrs besides in- fantry were among the assault