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CHARIDTTETOWN. CANADA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY _.‘;=.;1.4.

R.A.F. And R.C.A.F- Team Up In Big Raid

More Than 1,000 r or n b - Have Wrecked Enema; lllSiafifilffiliB-eheved To

LON DON, ‘ever 1,000 tons"

Stirling, Halifax and La raids on the French ennui gig

fiance. night's operations.

and southwest Erlglan ii.C.A.F. headquarters announced

l 1h Air Ministry described Im- icnt as the "most important; Qqr. lnln submarine base on the At- lantic coast oi France, with puff]. cient pens to hold 30 U-boats. The Germans. it said, recently had en- larged harbor installations, put up new workshnlgs and brought 1n large quantlt s oi equipment. The RAF}! new and deadly TyphOOII fighters were credited by the Air Ministry with shooting down iour Focke-Wulf 190's in iighta over the channel today. Two British planes were reported

missing.

The two destructive assaults a- gsinst Inrient formed e. double dose of the “saturation" raid po- licy in which a great number oi planes hurl a tremendous weight of bombs upon the- target in e mace of a ew minutes. "Preliminary reports very great damage wal ' unique

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indicate done." a Observers said that EA .II..C. Al". lightning str king twice in the same place in one night must have had a demoralizing effect on the ground. defences and tire fighters. When the heavy Inrient raids I rteri a month I80. the RAJ". sad the whole place was devoted to furthering Hitler's U-boat war and that it must be destroyed. This dkiunl is believed now to have been carried a long way toward realization.

immigration

Feb. 1|- (UPI —R.A.I‘. of

and It.C.A.I-‘. bombers unloaded

bombs in i

German U-boat base at Inrienzoilllleezz ‘minuuirn hum” “u” on ‘he

Bomber; he first

r dsauble-barrelled blow in a aing e night-the air ministry new. "m" Oiher R.A.F. formatlonl attacked lndustrla

German and fighter la ea sh t vi blight bomberspingludlug nongpcunadian were report“ i,

try announced (edgy, Nrtlei ted in the twin “I'D to be hit by llch

"lilwllvea in western tal railway lines in Northern It in the

German bombers striuck back with attacks on coastal are» h “bu,

that both Wellington and Halifax

four-motored bombers from th ne C di bo be y", the forci- that pounded Lorlentf an: thzltulhafbl‘. gostfllfsrripihe Fight‘: er Command took part in night patrols over Northern France,

News Briefs

A BRITISH PORT, Feb. l4- (CP)-- Another contingent or Canadians of Iva. land and air forces has arrived in Britain, it was disclosed tonight.

IDNDON. Feb. 1i —(CP)- C. Van Rsvenzwaai. mayor oi Utrecht and Minister oi social affairs in the Nani-controlled Netherlands government, was assassinated Fri- dfllf. Arleta News Agency reported today. quoting a. zurlcll dispatch "in the Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau of Stockholm. ‘Hie killer was said to have escaped.

Reuters News Agen dislrlhulgfl a Stockholm dlsglyatch today ullnllnr a Berlin story of the German-controlled Scandinav- ian Telelflllh Bureau as saying that ‘apparently the G are evacuating the Binob Se; Dori of Novorosisk.“

NEW YORK, Feb. l4 —(AP)_. The German radio tonight acknow. lodged the fall of both Rostov and Voroshilovgrad and asserted both 131C183 WHO "mmhoclicall evacuated after destruction of all he ilhpoft. arlt military installations."

Figures 1942

UITAWA. Feb. l4 —(CP)- Pwillc of United States or in en- tering Canada in 1942 totaled 5,- Nll against 6,594 in 1941 the lin- lllliratlon branch oi tile Mines and Resources Department an- nounced today.

People of English, Irish, Scotch and Welsh origin oomin to Can- iiaia totalled 2,259 agains 2,300 in

4i.

Totnl immigration last. year was 7.576 compared with 9.329 in the previous year.

In all. 3.467 Canadians return- ed from the United States in i943. llllllltllng 8,200 Canadian-born citizens.

ililming Events

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"Concert Long River Hall, Feb-

flllllv 19th. z 15-31 "Buying used jute bags. w, l. wmall- 2-8-11-15-18-41 ee i‘

We Fbbru 18th ior cillllWall-York Poul Concert in

Hill. 3.3.4;

"Box Social Emerald i-iall. st- gvnrd until Wednesday, s-ebiiiary "ill- 2-15-1.

"Rummaac Sal Girls a nd RFAJOKII. Market Building, Tuesday. blurry 1cm, l o'clock a-le-ll.

cowicrden Rink moi m, Augustine m" Vi. Borden Na onals. Skate "- r-ls-l

"Hunter River ianners loading "m" lwss. ‘Ihurlday and grlltgayl. ~ - -n

bulk oats and Book now. Idccuigan 2-15-101

"hiding live ho t n dol bane every rridcy It'll!‘ ll biomass- "the: Hull-In. s-lc-ll-ls-ai

at "-"- Gal-see sue 5'“ Varieties ‘is’??? ‘i3? 1.0% , ‘mm!- Arthur Vesgrr York. l-lI-M-ti.

“Du ___. V. Mk wheat‘ arrive, "Ill Boyle.

"amen lln ahi h“ Dbing club locd- Hy “kg: Tuesday l2 to

. me MacKaI. z-c-srs- w.

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1mm“! in witmure Hail, rob.

- 000d emu“. wulllwi- Lunch served. ' l-ll-ii

cfiwm for car first "as M tsimll “ti”? tutti m". Hillier my“. ‘ '4

More Canadians Iirriv ilverseas

AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT, Heb l4 -— fCPh-ddventllre-bent airmen and soldiers to bolster Can. adaa armed striking force in Bri- tain sailed from here recently, and their safe arrival in Britain w“ announced tonight.

Miscellaneous reinforcements for the most part the youthful scrap- pers were lighthearted as they clambereu up the glngways of the transport that was to take them to the fsht for which they lluc been preparing ior months.

Confident of etilng in action within a short t me were the air- men, recent aduates of the Com- monwealth A r ‘n-ainln plan who a year ago were ground- und college and oiiice men. _

Bulgarian General Is ilseatelnaiell

IAJNDON, Feb.

Berlin radio reported Gen. Christa Loilkoif, Minister oi war from 10st in the Kosseivanoif Cabinet, was assassinated at 9 pm. Saturday.

The General was attacked in front of his house b, several men, t radio re ort sad. Imlkofi was "a fervent. ationallst“ and it "is - lived that his assassination had a political background,” the broad- cast said.

Benes’ Speech Angel§__ Nazis

IONDON, Ibb. ll —(CP)-Dr. Edward Bones. _resldent of the (IIeoIln-llovak government in Lon- don, laid in a b: adoast Saturday that the German army is iaeln "ultimate catastrophe", and brought immediate reprints

li-(CP —- The to a th ti? Bu garian has to

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rater". a which in. 6......" notec r of hernia and Moravia announced the amste and ll

the a tch

coupon; bob.‘ n" ;(cr)_ - ~

raccoon...

’E‘v'A‘:l UPUl

.. b’ ‘M .. . still in Nail hands when hands, is tottering. Areas held by Hitler's force; are shaded on this map and those held by the Russians are white.

store o! dynamite Most oi the slightly r

brls om the

were

ambulance plane.

the injured. The fire. believed

dings including a hotel.

other premises, ulna fore firefighters army iireiigh ltlg

First estimates it would to $150,000.

Alaska Highway

miles northwest teeming with

broke out. ‘The went u

ment crowded to

ted. wil’. forms ed engines the fire sce UB. army was brought into clev- Hundreds oi

i the northern

crowding the dynamite was stored. bris in all

suffered ‘oi-bad bruises and heed

hank, Gen l retire shortly and

more wouid follow if the "inciting"

4i. speecbeg continue-

Three

» n". .. seeking Sa ur ay the Baum‘ The Dawson Hotel and nearby buildings soonwere evacua- Tlle Northem Alberta Rail-

which Dawson terminus, us-

to bring water cars to m on a spur track flrc-l-ilihtins equlwnsnt

fe i lea includind "Ml N 13$; by deem mm tile

ceeded by .1. Benstead borough, elected by ballot

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company, a téfigfflpilleggiilliéetl beg

aided by U. equipment, brought the ilamesflurtlltllgaggflglgfik

structicn workers when the

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and where the nsx driveamaydbeaduIboatom-yvliose capture was an-

. _.-

this map was made. Kharkov, still in enemy

Heavy Fire Loss

dead, six missing and between 125 and 150 injured was counted to- day from c. raging fire which wil)- ed out an entire block oi this war- bocming railhead town last ni ht and was punctuated by a terr tic explosion as the flames icund a I

, injured were only hurt struck by iiery de- etxplosiorl which shook buildings six miles away. Nine oi the more serlou taken to Edmonton morning in a United states army transport quickly converted t/o ali U5. ar- my doctors arrived here by p‘alle from Edmonton to aid Amefltillll Red Cross nurses who set upe em- ergency facilities to admlnis

to have start-

f an unknown ed in a barnlliiimillifflllfid ior three

cause. ra hours anmor a time threatened the entire town. A block 0!

sly hurt

this

rto

buil- lumber and

This sout ern terminus ior thc at and supply base ‘for northern wartime project-B. 345 oi Edmonton, was

the northern con-

blaae

Creek

and

persona wen around when the flame! licked into the warehouse where

GIG-

d il i de-

suiting biaatlwggb $533528??? u .

m‘ and body s, when

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_______.__.___......_ queen's cannons nun) MONTREAL. Nb. 1i —(Cl'\ — b! National total of the Queens Can- adian hind was announced satur- da u almost. comm ell-h p ll H.814 a week IIO \ __,______....__.._...... LAIOIt LIADII It!!!” IDNDOII -tCP)- _John

Moron- ct the

eral lee-Ran d National Union cf airway men,

wil

be sus- POW

‘yet too early to r

It is certain y not premature

communique,

as a symbol oi

weakenin siren It ia dl ilcuii

the relentless might th oi the Nazis.

be supplied only over time to withdraw them arrives they

Sea Of Flames;

or“ or" ‘Vieltiliiicwn illergyman

Passes Away

Sterling passed away the Manse, Kensillg- illness of about six

and ‘“ ’ by the "‘ . WI!

Rev. John

ton, alter an months. In his passin! film Ullmd

- The late Mir. Bterlinl Nos born

in Scotsburn. Pictou County. the son o1 the late Rev. Alexander Sterling. an eminent Scowll mllllfll- er, who held congregations in Prince Edward Island and the other Maritime Provinces-

R/ev. John Sterling was a gold medallist in Artg from Dalhousle University and took his Theological Hill Divinity l-Iall.

Election In i943

OTTAWA, Feb. 1i —(CP)-- Speculation over the pros ct of a general election in 19 3 is rife among members of parlia-

meni. course at Pine

It received a vigorous lift dur- He was dearly beloved by m5 IIIg the past week by an ex- peolfe all the congretrflllvll§ change in the House bglwggn where he labored. The depth anc-

ridhness of his spiritual life, as well as his unusually fine mind made his ministry outstanding. I-Ie lg survived by his WlGOW- ionnorly Margaret Ross of Stanley Bridge, a daughter, Mrs. Allen Jenkins, Kensington, whose husband is in the R.C.A.F., and a son Lieut. Inn Sterling, stationed in British Columbia. A brother, Rev. Alex- ander Sterling is pastor of Ken-

Prlme Ministe Mackenzie King and Gordon Graydon, Progres- sive Conservative House Leader. It 1rd M. R. Coldlvcll, C. C. F. Leader, to ask Mr. King if Parliament will be dissolved at the emi of the present session, after Mr. King llsed the word "dissolved."

Mr. King answered that Mr. Caldwell will find "out in dug

time." SlIWtOIl United church.

The coldweii quggflon w“ m, The funeral of the lllte Mr. Ster- most dim-l, “any! mag, g, ling wil b0 held Wednesday from fnr during i e Qgpgln u, "g Cavendish United church, his first

conirrerzwtlcn, in which he minister-

an answer to the ouest on which ed ior ten years.

is in the minds nf many mem- bcrll. and the fact Mr. Kins! do-

- cllneil an immediate bnllwer save impetus to their apeefl- a on.

Fast Disagrees With Gandhi.

EQOMBAY. m». l4 —fCPl- Moh- andas K- Clandhi, Indian politician in the filth day oi a fast intended to effedt his unconditional release from a British Indian prison, "con. tinues to be troubled with nausea and broken lice-p and his condition is not so satisfactory its yesterday." l Bovernment alln-uncement said today.

RUSSIAN RESOURCE; M0800W~ (OP)-— Colossal rq. mum" °i °lll i-‘Olll. iron. gold and other non-ferrous metals. molt and

Wmlrmetlo" from oufillthiirlii? 5'53.’ “ilwbiifitiihiffveiifi ifigiiflllii

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Lose Track 0f Marshal Rommel

LONDON, b, _ l"! News Aslifncv 1:1- (lgzdmblv in a dispatch from llied and". quarters in North Africa at the French Intelligence Sta i lobe track oi Field Marshal Romm movements two weeks a o,

T118 Asency ccrrespon ent add- ed that "this lends solne credence midl- Wpgfibhe was wounded in g ra on aesand nowlsinh . pital in ‘runis, but th °'

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THE BU not:

War Situation Last Night

pounded by air from Britain and threatened with European can ever again muster the power to roll iorwardxvith the spring. I i I I t

oi the entire most oi its value a week ago when Red army troops shoved down tn the

(By John M." Illghtower Associated Press War Analyst)

rt as a fact, but with the fall of Rostov it ia o hope with some degree of confidence that the German armies in Southern Russia are being so badly slashed up that they will not agairLbe a.ble to rally to n successful offensive. a F I

The Russian recapture of Rostov, as reported in a special Moscow assumes moat significance when considered in that light-

oi Soviet hrms and I sign of the

o see how the Nazis, sorely beset in the Mediterranean,

invasion,

Gennan line in Russia lost that avenue of Cfllllllllllllcflfiulan

and escape to the Nazi forces still In the Caucasus. '_l‘hose forces can now the Crimean and Kerch Pcnlnsulap, eluding hazardous ipments across the Kerch Straits, and when

the route in- the will have to be withdrawn the same

Canadian Airmen In Biggest Raid

Most Of Nazi U-Boat Base Left A

Fires Could Be

Seen For 150 Miles.

By DOUGLAS AMAKON‘ Canadian Press Staff Ivrlter

LONDON. Feb. 14 -ICP Cathie) —Royai Canadian Air Force bomb- erg struck their heaviest blow oi the war against the Axis Saturday night in two ‘oncentrated raids on the Ilorlent submarine base on the Atantlc coast of France. comblnlns with the R.A.F. tn drop more than 1,000 tons cf bombs.

Halifax and Wellinlltflll Sqlllllllmll! oi the new Canadian bomber fltroup joined with the R.A.F. Stirling.

. m

" ' t t d H lii formations

A l‘ Dd 1.08 on Creek “use. "s: ,:‘;t’":: .2. strait, mi... 2.2:.

1m’ rin the wgrk oi the Christ- the most important Nazi U-boat

——' “Mill-M engagicillstrr His pastorates were centre oi the Atlantic a sea 0i

ggvendisil ‘Breadalbane Montague, flames. Oi the elqllt almfllll llllsl‘

DAWSON CREEK, 3.0., Feb. l4 ' ' l i th ration one was Can- __<ol=)- A toll of at least three Slliltlillaie 0n alfggfaeld Wm’ Gwrgewwn and axilianr.‘ e ope

Good Weather

Good weather provided excellent

visibility and cvell the most exper- ienced oi the Canadian crews said the nlcehti: work was the most. suc- cessful they have vet earfled 011t- The glow oi fires which followed the bombing could be seen for 150 ml‘es. Sqdn, Lclr. Johnnie Gomar o! Winninek. the Flight Commander oi a Wlflillqtnll squadron under com- mmld of Wing Cmdr. H. M. Cars- callerl of Edmonton. reported he saw between 30 and 40 iires spread- inq through the dock and town area.

“The place was really ablaze and on leaving the target. I saw the whole town and docks covered with flres," he said.

Similar reports oi great fires came from Sgt. Pilot D. V. Childers oi Washington, D.C., skipper oi a Halifax in a squadron commanded by Wing. Cmdr. Don ("rmvl Ferris of Edmonton.

“Lsrient was cluttered with fires and there was one reallv large one going when we arrived.“ the Am- erican said. "We saw a couple 0i JUBtTs (Junkers ilghtersi but were not attacked."

Bolling With Fire

At an R.A.F. station crew mem- bers of two Lancaster squadrons said the raids were among the ihenvlest carrleé out on any target in many months. One said the

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Triumphs Red Artery; Sweeps

Capture Of Rostov Crowning Achievement Since Stalin;

(BY Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press .1‘: it \‘-’~.~~+o--\

MOSCOW, Feb. 14— (AP) __ Try... a army troops smashed into Rostov TO(lkl_\j, ma»; that_ southernmost anchor of the Germ-iv J dr- fenslve line in a violent onslaught, CflQILllT-Jii Vor- oshllovgrad to the north and swept on 'i.'ili'O'.~’§i'i 15x2 Donbas, driving the enemy westward in brand treat.

Seizure of Rostov-on-the-Don, the gateway io the Caucasus, and Voroshilovgrad, important in» dustrial centre of the Donets Basin. w LS z". 1,: ‘.’.l- ing achievement of the Soviets‘ current catliiltiig l since Stalingrad. I

clWture o! both cities was an- ’_~

rlounced in a special communique, , Three n h m. - I a. w...”

and Moscow heard the great news ll T0 Magnet

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over tile city radio. Telephones rang cvel.‘ the metropolis as joyful citiz- ens called the 110W]; t0 on another, an the radio played string Red A y marclllnfl tunes in between announcements oi the victories

The whoie German defensive line in southern Russia was crumbling rank-lv. and Soviet troops were re- ported only seven miles from tile city limits oi Kharkov, huge Ngzl bastion tc the north, as they closed in in a tightening arc there.

(The regular Sunday midnight Russian bulletin recorded bv the Soviet Monitor in Iondon said the Red Army had made new gains in the Chusuyev area 22 miles.

Much illzlii. Blurry iii?- s e ll g e r s (‘arrive-hi Sore] Lilllds S u p . plies.

Planes owlnwl b= hi n"

Airwiy z l- ‘pf SOII€IIWESt o! Kharkov. One Soviet mum; Enigma UL will, un v31: credited with wiping out ands OW,- mn \.,-,.,.g_, _> more a“ a wmpfllll’ 0i N!“ m“ Oil outward trips fl ll

,.,. 58ml‘? and destroving seven enemy ~ h 1 p tanks. Three-hundred more Ger- mans were killed in smashing a Null counter-attack in the Kharkov area. the communique said.

(In the Krasnoarmeisli sector 25 miles northwest of Stalino the Russians said their troops wiped out 2.000 Germans during the (lav ""4 cfiiltured large quantities of Bqlllbment. including 2) guns, a trsirllcnd oi 20 tanks. l0 trllinloads oi’ other material, and 000 trucigg)

INTERNATIUNAI. AT ll GLANCE

500 pounds iii ill i c. and 1G us

the planes

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plde and a Btill used with Wilt-v‘. in pince of illt‘. s}; Lallfllllizs uviv 1.: Gulf Islands.

Pilots llllirliilll: i- “ii til-l ",- dnlcns said liil lvwl. 11.1 the inhabitants illili illz‘ Sorel llllltllltlcil

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i llnviizzliion RUSSIA - Soviet troupe All f‘ "l - ‘like R0810". Voroshilovgrad, \'[‘llli‘(i i‘ sweeping Axis enemy west- in rcgull . ll.

ward.

WESTERN FRONT -- ILA. F» R.C.A.F., hit, Lorient in "m " one of Wat's biggest raids on ____

Sourls.

aln with 50 tons of bombs; U. S. authorities announce ii...“- fomes wiped out 6,066 laps and captured 121 in final campaign for flflnlnbnog oi Guadalcanal Inland,

NORTH AFItICA — British Bih Army advances as Rom- mel'5 forces iali bu]; to Ben

Axis submarine nest, drop- l lllng more than 1.000 tons of bombs. T00 Much . weal-aim PACIFIC _ Al- twill“?-

"Qll Planes plaster Rabaul, , Japanese bane In New Brli- i l ’ i