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FORECAST NAZI DEFEAT BY NOVEMBER

Canad

has In Balkans In Serious Plight

ROME. lopt. 8 -- (AP) - Al. use armies appeared tonight to have sprung one of the biggest traps of war on 250.000 Ger. mans unable to quit Yugoslavia and Greece because oi co-ordin- ma serial bombing and sabotage . which has wrecked all lnain' rail escape routes.

"German troops in the Balkans _ are in a serious plisht." said an official Allied Mediterranean air headquarters announcement.

ll. l}. A. F. Head llverseas 0n Visit To Ottawa

OTTAWA. Sept. 8 — (C P) _. Air Marshal L S. Breadner, air or. liter commandinil in chief of the it o. A. F. overseas returned to Ottawa today in a Giant Liberator that made history by flying non. _ non from London to Ottawa.

The plane. making the flight be- tween the capitals in l9 hours and _ nine minutes. was an aircraft oi the Royal Air Force Transport Com. niand. and was piloted by Air Com- modore Cl. J. Powell, . B. B,‘ senior Staff Officer at Canadian headquarter; of the R. A. F. T. ,

The aircraft was the "Commando" i which has made scores oi historic g flights including the conveyance of Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the Moscow and other confer-

ences.

Arrival of the plane engendered s series oi rumors that Mr. Chul-_ ‘A’? Whfiiléidsi.“ fi.“..““’“l°“ h"

m con erenos with President Roosevelt. ‘rho ru. more were denied.. however, by oi- iltials of the nearby Rockcliife air-

rt where the lane landed and

y those who me the plane.

Besides Air Marshal Bleadner, fienalrcraft carried Capt, A, G,

P1911811. head 0! the British Aviation insurance Group. and s. rll-Inber oi other aasengers, uh. derstood to be serv cc personnel.

R. C. A. F. officials here said they did not know the reason for Air Marshal Breadner‘; visit, but 0th. 9f 50111063 speculated the Air Mar. shsl may have returned to help draw up or to discuss plans for m0- ting the strength oi the n. c. A F, ‘limit ~111Mb once the war in Eu- Wbc ends.

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Major Nicholson 0f llnion lload Wounded in Italy

Major Alan Nicholson oi Union Road, Lot 51, has been wounded in action in Italy, his wife, the former Miss Belle McGowan of Kilmuir \vaa informed yesterday. His wounds were caused by the ex lesion oi a mine, the messase

a d. sMalor Nicholson was connected with the P. E. l. Light Horse be- fore the war. On the outbreak oi hostilities he enlisted for active service and went overseas in 1941 with the P. E. I. company‘ oi the North Nova Scotia Hig landers. He went to Africa in i946 as a Captain with the West NOW Scotia regiment and subsequently went to Italy. Only recently he was promoted to Major.

is lisvre Captured?“

' IDNDON, Sfllt. 9 — (Saturday)

- (UP) _ The Daily ‘Telegraph to- N, h l 1 n o; EEK; “K'°§,§,§'§fi“§,§§d§?be'§§§$ Mgajf-Axlexaridgrsolfiaclgheisoh). His by 5mm, forceéh The", was ' father, Alexander Nicholson oi

I10 wnlimation. and latest field dis- patches said the situation was on. vhmsea.

BOMIMG EVENTS

i "lbw. Druialbane. Tuesday.

Union Road, is dead.

Wings Parade At Gh’town

__ ll. l}. A. F. School "Chicken supper at Si. Mar- Larets Hall Tuesday evening. —-—— at. lath. 9-6-4i , h -—— Among fiftiM/wo vounl! mm l" °' nnCBDG Trgvéetrgrejhllviorqlfiay. gepta were gresentltzarxgtarl‘ their ‘Jingles! 5'1"» 8-80 n m. m o-CE-lai "if; “but: Paton. M-C - M N°

C0 ¢l 2 Air Navigation School R-MPLF-

Charlottetown, one WAS

"Buying young pigs and m embours. two FTBBCQ’

sows F Joraeggenirederlcton Monday. Knud

"v % °'°"‘19l‘§a§§§s“5s§“:3~ne1w only yfigliggg’ itol. ‘. - .A. . orrso - Free ‘F? BEE/flit‘. asefhil h1g0 1 wsAsftcl the ceremony oi Dre-Willi"! ll-m» o-slav the wings ivas over. fiolflnelol"lif1g Ideiivcred a brief address

ngrlltulat- Eraafligrheaorihligiggulfi Oclothegdhgzg study and expressed hiccup) 9mm in their ability w uohwd tegekom traditions oi former flflqll" N0. 2 A N-B-

"Int lions: fglailtity gflrlo; Meg. - IOWBI‘, CB . . Aubrey Outclifie. eil-B-fli

Annual Chicken Su-pcr 5511MB. St. James Hall? d- Tllfisdly. Sept. 26th

o0 and Commer-

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0. 0. _F Delegates llow In England

h "mm in myvale School ggagfy- September llth. £00010;

“ LONDON, Sept. 8 - (CP Cable) _ delegation oi five 0.31171.“ members arrived by air in S l} today to attend a. conferenc o Commonwealth lalaor plYt-M 0P" . 1 .

china lggrretysfgilied by M. J. 60w. well, president oi the C. C. F. NI- tional Council and Parliamentary leader of the pflfty- m1!!!‘ 11°15‘ gates are: Frank Scott. Nfltlliflfl Chairman of the C. C. P4 David Lewis, C. C. F. National Secre- tary; Clarence Gillie and P. E. Wright, C. C. F. Members oi Par- liament for Cope Breton South and Meifort respectively.

"Hospital a l wmmule- Montme vDl/rlgghreelizdus lmtember l8. Webster's orchgssqligi

, and Dance. 8t. ptlluiihlllhalarunelt-liield, Monday Illariiold omit uhiblnmwh’ 81n-

o-n-sl Qt i‘

Begum- aoth - A a t w m!“ mind for Kings Ellguntv aw-timtftilh “l? Fifi?" “"1 Hood Mills two“ besfgs Rolled Nit bum brefq elunlor s l‘ B 8' g?"- bom um July 1st loo

‘WAN Party

, ‘shim-lam- rurrendér, following Rules-Pee -

o | ‘ I Tn art is expected to arrive gating-I. w' a ‘$5333 in Lsnhonywnuirrow.

Rlkifilhlfl

ians In Rapid Advance

‘s. Allied troops t: have‘ right to pose f hug lul rll. led army 9 one 4- marsh south. ,

' men‘ forces In Gum would In trapped.

Rcmsniflpnieans the final collapse‘ of Hitler's Balkan citadeLr;

opeaa terms and their potentialities ior the Allies ore indicated on map aboval 1

- __ y", _,____ War Situation Last

nigh. .

Iy Kirke L. Silupson, Associated Press War Analyst

Mafled by a front-line news blackout, Allied aflflllis are lining up from the north sca to the Swiss Alps for a br-"uk-throillrh lllfllle asahwl- Ger- many's western frontiers. Matched by n synchronized Russian drive in Poland it could be the beginning of the eml oi the war in Europe.

German frontiers and associated rlcfcnce walls merclv are WHY ll!‘ tions on tllo Russian-Allied battle map this. lliiC. Bnill Russian and Al- lied sources have said the end this time will come only when Berlin has been reached by United nations armed power. There will be no haltins’ nn bridgellcads oi the Rhine or lilo Oocr regardless ni German action

The unconllliional-surrcnrlcl- Allied edict to the foe. voiced at Casab- lanca. has been underscored wlill s solemn exchange of Russian and Al- llrd comrnli-rnenis against anvtlliug- loss illrlrl illnt for the common ioe.

It seonls that the. now Allied nSWs blackout on immediate front-line developments reported from Silllromr flemiqllflflfl‘! W118 111511111"! by “V9 rlrcunrsianccs. One is the highly probable junction of Ilr:l and 1th uliny patrols somewhere in the Ifrzllcv-Eeliort area. r1. as vc acknowledged of- flclllly but strongly indicated in press advices from the southern invasion theatre.

Whether ll succeeds in trapping the broken (‘frmun 19th arnsyisecg- in; escape through the Bclfnrt gap, arrival of ihc ct!‘ army in force ‘n i": upper Rhine sector to complete till.- Allied llwcshpeflt "W! the 5°" ° - Alps is essential for the ncz-lt muior Allied mnvc. i ‘ “ ‘Ned

on“; m; junction of the 7i!l and tho 3W1 armies. s u y 00:1?“ - 1mm would remain no exposed Alliecl flank. Tllo full strength of o. ar-

I could be concentrated in fnrivnrd action. A concentration of film" are‘: Lorraine break-through assault while other elements pln the en-

. - - ,- ctod. "m, ‘n pm‘)? e‘Sc“EElelE:Al\l)l:\ tsiifmishel-s dgnglcvt-(rlwll-lllcd news blackout lllllis

The o‘ er up 1 that the Alilel-l command is satisfied that the foe 15 "m that‘ flltlrtleiah‘: war blindly He has neither sufficient air force to having h n‘ ti' bserv-ltlon patrol of Allied rear communications nor mnmalngefrlecyulh: rnhrlrllinnia of the for-flung battle theatre at ihls cri- fiiiflisi. tankeop hi... informed hr Allied intentions i n

Tncflgn] gurnrlso is a norll ni lvlllrh all military lnauwul ros a m

y f whit-h 1h;- Mllcd over-all command stuff now is girltglfiéea ‘Ecrfrxinny wlill minimum losses and lnoximnm strain!"

results .

New Record Raids By Superforts

a u, s SUPERFORTRE BASE IN WESTERN CHINA. Sc 3 _- (AP) — The largest force of Superfortrcsses yet emp10Y9d bom-l bed Anshan in Manchuria and lilo surrounding Japanese industrial. empire today, concentrating on ghemlciil and explosive factories. No planes were lost.

The bomb load was the

plane and tile largest

SS pt.

‘Malta Lights 0n

VALETTA. MALTA, Sent B — 1 (C/PJ-—Mi1ltll. once the moat-zomb- 1 _l; ed spot on earth. ended is ac - “iictlllntn tonight on the annlversaryoi

per since the Supcrfortresscs started the lilting of the wrest siege bv the their attacks on Japan and its 35,

Tlilrks l

Ostende Falls To Armored Unit

Capture Of Besieged Channel Ports Seems Canucks Immediate Task.

‘Y I058 llUNlO

WITH "FHErrRsT CANADIAN l-‘rumuci, pout a __ Uaswxm (Hallie Belgian pg“ o; o! e Autfwlslg. vV ulllcs oust

_ . occupied tau: pawqabrglsnyrrkfl-Ylflfi-l-flil anlloion my uwmahs. 8y reported n. clear 0L

Nlellpvrt Z0 miles east l 13 . kelrgue and near ulc coast. gllisu e . , and 1mm“ l-Illlibi 0s tlltllly

AH day Canadian forces press-ed fgféwwfi-Yfi Qsvhuhe I weather clcal-co ma $1118 1- u-Mlays lleavy rum

his and lihflillfll rule tuuay were iive miles west or Brunt-g,

vasion comulandefs November.

of the border.

(The Nazi-controlled Norlveulan radio said Berlin newspapers con- firmed theta new western front oommander-ln-chief had been P110- sen for the climactic struggle- Field Marshal Gen. Walter Von Model, Russian irontveteran, the U S federal communications commission reported).

Supreme Headquarters inluased the most stringent news blackout

LONDON. Sept. s - (cm —- The C admitted today

22151;: ls l2 HUM-S oOlliilcasi. ul u:-

‘Ems is the furthest boll-z that hill! me Canadians, wno are _ - 111R IQ 101 U1‘: AWN-idly ul {lie hchelue raver. It puJs tllclll apqul,

Cut Vital Road Columns near B, . out a. vital rllgnlwfiy leaugfi; Qstende southeast to Acitre arm Cent. Gent was LEKEILD) nriusn mo nithy formations ‘lllursauy. M11518 load l5 of great lillportllllcc

m“ 419111111115 trim: to WlLilOIliW i0 the Sctleicle bridgehead uncl cs- wpe across the estuary to mush- by barge and 1611')’,

inls. spectacular" sweep across {lflrmern Belgium dul-lrlg the last M hours has been carried on: Wiiil Efroat verve DY me ‘Juunulalls and they are nusmmz uaeau las. in the thrust which ls (LPOWG-UIK tile en- gillgtyhemsdsintc giro strip oi the

sou and wee

Svchelde. t °f ‘m

hmedlste Tusk

1n another dispatch Munro said that me capt/ure or the besieged (1118111191 D0116 and the destruction oi German lorces still west of the Sohelde Estuary appears w he inc immediate task of the 1st Cun- acilan army hncl lE does llot seem likely mat its forces Will snare in the first assault on Germany itself.

It is possible illnr. following the final elimination of tier-mun re- sistance along the clllsrlllel coast the Canadian nnuy will DB rest- fid before raking the :o.~u to bcr

Il-

There is still COHSMlFKtIDIE hm.- ing to be done aiolmz the coast Le Havre is being invested bv strum: British forces under Gen Srerans ccnuuonq but Llle German garrison stubbornly refuses to surrender hi- though it has been heavily bonlbwl.

At Boulogue, 5000 Germans are in strong posit lzuartlinc this fortress port. A s. aller force hold- ing Calais also shows no slansui diving up [here is another suicide garrison at Dunkerque

Lieut. A. ll. Taylor <0f liensington Killed ln Action

Lieut. Arnold D Taylor oi the West Nova Scotia Regiment was killed in action in Italy on August 31. his next of kin were lnfofmcd yesterday by the Department vi National Defence. Lieut. Taylm‘ was the onl son of Mr. and Mrs W. F. Toy or of Kenslngton. His wife. the former Annllen MacDonald and a young daughter reside Crapaud. A sistcn, Mrs. C. C- Smith is at P1811157!-

Lieut. Taylor was overseas for more than two years. He went to west Kent School when ills parents lived in Charlottetown before mo- ving to Kel-lsinston. His grandpar- ents, Mr and Mrs G H. Taylor. reside at Upper Prince street, Char- lottetown.

satellite war industry centres. : Improvements in the bis B-29l planes and the improvement of tech i I

sélitlahrhsrzlizl rzhvzssf .; A's"e is HIKQQ. x . Refreshsn

Former League Of Nations Critic Dies

ALPENA. Mich. Sept. B - (AP) - James A Reed. former Missouri Senator, outspoken critic of pres- idents and once read out of the Democratic Party for his light against the League of Notions, died today at his summer home ricer Fairview, Mich. He was Bil.

Stricken with a severe cold and bronchitis two weeks ago, Mr. Reed was treated an Aloe-ha hospital. but returned to hls 6.500 acre ranch last Sunday, where his ocnchtion became worse.

; Beverage

1a llllles lronl the JNGY-lflffliiflqs ..o.._| oer. "

11131- "ll-‘y must retreat still far- ther ilrih". west llcfore stabiliz- 1 Inc a lllle and that Allied pm. illre 0n the Reich’; borders was increasln after u. lull to bring "D BUPD BS.

since lust before L-day, leaving the Germans to guess where the over- whclllllng might of four Allied armies roiling toward the Reich would strike for the final. decisive break-through

The British 2nd army, the U.S. 1st illKi ml .l;._ci the American- French 7th armies were hacking through the last lllin strips of Bel- irlum and France which the out- marmcd Gennaus llold in front of their 400-mlle Siegfried line,

The crossing of the Albert Canal at Bcedlngen. 35 miles outhwest of Antvgerp. was made at some cost llnd British and Netherlands troops encountered slubbom resistance in the bridgehead area .

Learns Son Reported Missing Was Killed

Mrs. Flora Nicholson o: Albion has received word that her son. Lieut Daniel Nicholson, zormerly reported missing was killed in net- ios. in France on Jmv 25. l-le was serving with the Norm Nova Scotla Highlanders Before he enlisted he was u merrier of tile iillll oi the Bank of Montreal in Char- lottetown. He was 2L‘ years old.

A brother, Llcut. HomerNichol- son is serving with the li.C.N.V. R. and is stationed at HM C S. (‘ornwalls Halifax A sister. Mrs. Bert Paige resides in Charlotte- "town.

Four Al

headquarters

lied Armies Gel: Set For Drive

LONDON, Sept. 8 — (CP) - Gen. Eisenhower swung four Allied armies against the Siegfried Line for a knockout punch today and s dispatch from the in- declared the end for Germany may some by early

The United States 1st Anny seized the Belgian fortress of Liege and pressed on three miles to within 18 miles oi the German frontier as British and Netherlands forces burst across the Albert Canal and drove another five miles to within 25 miles

Enemy defences buckled along s. ZOO-mile front before the Siegfried Line under

these and other crushing blows opening the battle for Germany.

l Slow Progress

' With Car Ferry

_Danger OfShip Not Being Ready

By 1945 Brought To Trade Boarcl’s Attention.

Unless much better progress is made in the cosutruction oi the new oar ferry steamer for the Borden- Tormentina route, there is practic- ally no hope of the boat being ready in 1945 as promised. This is the gist of a communication read st a Council meeting oi, the Charlotte- town Board 0i Trade last night by Secretary W. L. Higgins.

Mr. Higgins did not reveal‘ the source of hi~ information but ata- ted that the credibility of the writer was above suspicion. and that "ab- solute fnith" could be placed in the truth of the report. The unidentif- ied writer was located where he had “anoesa to the real facts", Mr. Hig- gins said.

All that has been accomplished so far, the letter stated, L; the lay-

ment. It was the writer‘; opinion, therefore, that “it would be very difficult to deliver the ship by the fall of 1945.”

Will Press For Action

The Council. after hearing the letter read, authorized the Presid- ent, Mr. Morton Dew. and secret- ary Higgins to write Premier J. Walter Jones. and press for definite assurance that the new car ferry will be read; for service by the fall oi 1945. They were instructed to inform Premle. Jones ‘that promises to do all that is possible“ are not sufficient assurance in such a grave matter.

Mr. A. W Hyndman said he had read the Hon J. L. Ralstorfs re-

Ganadian

Army Casualties ‘

OTTAWA. Sept. 8 — (OP) — Canadian armv casualties since June 30 for all theatres aml irom June 6 up to July ‘.20 in tile Nor- mandy campaign have increased _3.- 758. the defence cleparullent disclo- sed tonight

The department. announced that

casualties posed of 9,50i killed ill notion. presumed dead. 1.308 mission. 3-800 prisoners of war and lnierucd and 18,343 wounded. 4 _ The department 0X_l.‘1E1ll‘¢ll mat the figure ot 3,800 prisoners and in- tcrnees included 103 who uad been repatriated or escaped A decrease in the number of missing came a bout as a result of soldiers being 1reclassificll ullclc: M1101‘ categories.

BLITZ VICTIM A DUMMY

LONDON - (CP) - Rescuers re- doubled their efforts when they saw the head and shoulder; of a wcmnn in the debris of n 11°5p1tl11- hit bv a flying bomb. Alter beams and masses of masonry were cleared tllev found the “vic- tim" was h life-sized model of rublgrkand plastic.

2,000 Allie

NDON. . — f Fighting their way through a storm and temperatures as low as 50 be- ‘W! Yew. nlluost 1.500 American heavy bombers, blasted four ton- prioritv German targets in lllt‘ Rhillciand directly behind the Sinu- frlcd linc today.

Simultaneously more thnn 500 R. A.F. four-motored Lnncastcrs made a concentrated assault on Le Hav- rc. their third attack on that besie- ged channel fortress by dos-light. The targets for the bill formations

By ERNEST AGNEW Sent 8

v sai . After the discussion of some rou-

thtand United States,

Bombers Out Yesterday

cent letter. as it appeared in the Guardian, on the subject oi the car ferry and that he considered it a. poor excuse for Government's failure to supply the Province with adequate transportation.

Mr, R. E. Mutch stated that he did not think much oi Mr. Ralstolfs effort to justify himself to the peo- ple of the Province. and Pr ‘d l Morton Dew expressed the belief that if the Government had

ing of the keel and the ordering of m quantities of steel and other equip- '

Death ln France 0f L-ii. E. Peters

Word has been received oi tbs death in action in hence on Aug. 26 of Lance Corp. Elsear Peters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Peters, oi Charlottetown, L.—C Peters. who was about twenty-four years of age, enlisted at the very outbreak oi war in the Signals Corps. and went overseas with his unit in 1M1. He attended Queen Square School as a. youth and was highly esteemed by all who knew

m. Shortly after the invasion oi Normandy last June, fs-C. Peters parents received an appreciative letter from Capt. L. K. Gass, of the Regina Rifle Regiment, stat- ing that their son had been re- sponsible ior saving his life, and promising to send details at a later date. Capt. Case's letter ap- gfared in The Guardian oi Jun:

Besides his parents, L.-C. Pet- ers is survived by eight brothers and sisters. namely, Arthur, in Louris. Mrs. Edward Gallant (Lou- ise). City; Mrs. John Wilson. (Yvonne) Kingston. Ont., Mrs Philip McGee (Bernice) City; Henry. now serving in France with the Postal Corps, and George. Camilla, and Pauline, at home.

INDIAN LEGEND

NBVIJO Indians believe that Shlmck. an isolated butte which towers 1,900 feet above the plain, W55 ‘"198 I Sffl bird which Vffllldht the tribe to New Mexico.

a

YMSFORTUNE lat-HI

been really sincere in their efforts to give the Island efficient transpon- tatlon. the new car ferry could have, been ready long ago. "The time to begin building her was right after thed Charlottetown had sunk". hel

tine business. the, Council adjour- ned l

More Earth Tremors

OTTAWA. Sept. 8 Continued earth tremors being felt in the Cornwall, Ont., district are following the usual pattern of earthquakes, Dominion Observatory officials said today.

Cornwall's most severe jolt, felt ill many parts of eastern Canadal

came early

Tuesday resulting in about $1,000,-

000 damage. It llns been followed