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CPIARI-OTTETOWN. cannon. FRIDAY, ocrooaa 2o. 1944

JAP tosstzs 1,333 PLANE

New Naval Barracks

For

Wing Cindr. Keefer, Awarded ll. S. C.

1i

OFITAWA. Oct. l0 — (OP) -— Al: tome Mlduuarters announced tonight l5 awards to members of the nQAJ. ser pg overseas. inclu. (up; one Distin ulshsdmficrvlco Or.

der, l1 hed . Cms. pas, two tiriguislued Flvi Med- sis and one Br tish Em c edal.

The recipient. of the D.B.O., is

Wi Cmdr. GO. Keefer. DF.C. sntlwbar oi (167 Euston St.) Char. lotietown.

Wing (Xndr. Keefer received the as 0.. for outstanding work on op. nations slnoc receiving his har to the Distintitulshed Flying Cross. Under hm leadership 40 aircraft have been destroyed might of which he accounted for." personally.

Following is the text of the cit- ation which accompanied the award to Keefer:

"This ofiicer has OOIIIPIGILU many nortles since being awarded a Bar to the D. F, C. and his record is outstanding. Within the past iew months he has lcd large formations oi aircraft on air operations dur- lng which forty have been destroy- ed. The successes obtained reflect the greatest credit to the skill, gal- lantry and resolution of WC. Kec- icr. This officer has been respon- lble for the destruction of eight hostile aircraft."

.___. proposal to to replace H . M . C .S

been at ‘ Queen

roved

Co ore nounced that it is

Dersonnel after ratings and filtv of ing

lens‘. tempera rtlv

etude recruiting ficers will continue

Canadian Troops Speed lip Drive

in the new building

fitted with the facilities for further

town Will. lt is txnderstnod. be suspended. maintenance staff which will

the present establishment and

It is loo-mod. unofficially that a erect a new barracks the Present quarters

OhMlOtte"

expansion in naval personnel.

‘Inc Sllnms building. present home rlollow of fir: “Queen Charlotte" is bv the Provincial Governme rented to the Department of fense for Naval Affairs

longer required for

of has 0c Commodore E, Naval Divisfons. rmfmubf on ls at present accommodated 01d Sunms building on the of Kent and l-Iillsbom Sts. 0d Brock] rocténtly an. banne to erect a total of twcni. barracks _ eipal Canadian dlties to trial‘: 3:121 the war. The lar- gect of these barracks. housing 500 flcers and cost.

lwhen no le

nava - . ,

it will likelv be utiliztd nFSmSL ff ials.

Charlottetown"

Proposal Reportedly Approved For Train-

ing 0f Poaoetintoillorsonnol.

Flt.-Lt. Higgins

I'M Lt O.W. HtlRRIn-S.

o‘: Sgt. Hizftlns

Enters Protest

MONTON. Oct. l9 —

and discharge of. Legion, said today he to operate in has sent “strong protests" to later fence Minister Ralston agar which will be ting l8 Edmonton and district men

overseas alter their return ado on compassionate leave mfIIllIllJ/ulflll O

ngwafg figeritv-hfigéggesdntratzsétgvcat; ‘Eggs; lVIr. George Go_0ld. Sussex, N. B. Elected Pres- De service and were refused weekmnd ident Of Council: Rev. I. J. Levy, Charlottetown,

iwes. Mr. Williams decla

limtenco Minister that these

Returning Overseas

son Wars n liiggi f th

Charlottetown pollace force ‘Sh; Mrs? is going back overseas. He anrlved home yesterday on a short

8V8. Flt. Lt J-Ilggins has asked for o.

Canadian Legion

A W.J. Williams, secretary _ manager in- of the Edmonton branch of the Canadian

He said he has suggestrd to the

Read by Everybody

Covers Prince Edward ilsiand Like the Dew

i War Situation Last Night l

Dy KIRK! L. SIMPSON. Associated Proud War Analyst

American forces have at lut crossed the lut critical sea span of the hard road back to the Philippines to redeem the pledge sealed In blood by the men of Bataan and Corlgedor.

By Japanese official announcement, the A ‘cans have struck In force by land, air and sea in tho lower central section of the great island I Archipelago. In Leyte Bay they are reported by the "H"! ll kmwk- I lug thuudorously at eastern portals of the gateway to the inland sea. t of the Philippine group.

Hours passed without Alled ufirmallon from any source of the Tokyo disclosure; but there was no reason to doubt that American troops were setting foot again on the Philippine soil American and Filipino comrades had defended no long against all odds, before meeting death or capture.

Enemy first reports gave little Information beyond the Leyte Bay lite and tho hint that major forces, lea. air and ground. are engaged. Leyto Buy, and also tiny Suluan island off it wide mouth, which Tnkyo reported also under attack domi no the Pacific entrance to Surigao Strait and the Mindanao Sea. hey form s broad inland water way through the Philippine Archipelago giving access from the Pacific to the Sulu Sea and the south China Sea. itself.

Control of that inland passage through capture of the islands that flunk it or the destruction or neutralization of enemy air fields and sea bases upon them would isolate huge Mindanao island and its Japanese garrison from the rest of the group.

DJ‘ C..

Bay of Bengal theatre raiding the Nicobar islands western entrance of the Strait of Malacca between ltlalsy Peninsula.

that. guard the Sumatra and the

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enemy troops southward to aid the of Mindanao if seizure of the big southern island in tho next contemplated stop. I

“MARITIME RELJGIOUE m EDUCATION COUNCIL

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(GP) -—-

De.

m‘ Re-Elected Chairman Of General Board.

men be

Obunusly Layte in Allied hand: would bar any land movement of umuv cunnnaged mm Philiuuincs, with na keeping the Manila nirfields knock. ed out and heavy bccnbers from the southwest Pacific steadily pounding item/test blow hlindanao bases in the south.

line to the tiorthcrn Philimlities. Admiral NlmliZ tonight‘. reported the e c

nucd _ _ aircraft and slnpnma could still be found in the INIflIlllfl. area "

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, Mail. 84.00: other Provinces i! U.B.A. 85.00. Subscription Delivered, 85.00.

SHIPS

Japs REICHI Yank Invasion 0f Philippines

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 - (Friday) -—- till’) -- 'l‘\vo new American Iluiilings on Leyte Isl. um] In the PIIIIIIHIIINIS, in ad. dition to that reported at Sal. uan, were reported today by Tokyo radio.

PEARL _H.ARBOR. Oct. l9 (AP) — United Stu. CIIITIEI‘ forces renewed their rclc. the Matiila urea Oct 1t’. l'l. an and baggtd an additional 99 air- planes. sank six ships and dam. aged 23, it was announced tonight.

These figures increased _the des- truction on the Japanese since Oct. 9 tln-oitirh 0"'., 18 tu at least 1.333 planes. tit!» sl as srnk and 127 strips damaged in the livulzyus. Formosa and the Philliupitics.

In addition. "to small craft “we destroyed and 80 damaged

Most important at present is the

Confirms Philippi

PHILIPPINES, OCT. 20 —- ( RADIO POOL BROADCAST OF THE PHILIPPINES

Storm Causes ileavy Damage

JACKSONVILLE, Fia., Oct. l9

neutralization oi Jtitiancse airfields, _¢Ap) __ A [ropiml stuff“ passvd

$300,000, 1, + b b 1 ve dut it t in 11.11; Pbilhvvllivs- 1tfl="~1<'\111*"1v llwl ovc" Florida today to the Atlantic 0mm Mayor gab?” lg?‘ Tlzngfié; Qgnsgy,“ 1,}; ma?‘ 52,0 Effective penetration through central Philippine waters could ltifllilld llll-‘fl- | coast and headed toward Cape rtfieflfly turned the ma‘ sod on me 11mm; before he came 110mm menace closely Japan's main fuel oil source in Borneo, and virtually ,. . H H i Hatteras, N.C., aftcr causing iwn slic oi the building. The cost of out off the whole southeastern sector of the enemy's China Sea con. Avhfl: . rmlm,“ T""-‘° {elmrjnfi i deaths in Miami and damage m cmf-‘ltrglli-wiied‘ glltrracks for other ~ quest zone Including Borneo and all the eastern part of the Dutch In. Lg-Lylc cf: Jfifuff,‘ m6 Cimlfi "OD Bilimflied 8t $20.- has no-t belégllsmlltgd- harlottewwn, dies. At the some time British forces are astlr, Tokyo admits, In the the steady aerial poumlinzs would 000900‘

At Miami the coast guard broad. cast a warning to a1 mariners that a ship had sunk and block. ed the entrance to Havana har- bor and that no vessels couln get in or out of the Cuban port.

Communications to western Cuba where the storm struck its yesterday remained disrupted. Incomplete reports confirmed seven (lentils. The in. iggml were estimated from 300 to

At Key West._ Fla., six naval vessels were driven aground but none was seriously damaged. A llflvy tut; which removed 21 men front an abandoned Iightship re. cslabllsltcd radio communication "Id reported all aboard were

Winds of 6O to '10 miles an hour accontpani d th t. ' . over Jackseiotivillee. sovms passag“

prevent the Japanese irnm ccnu. tenattackint: hv sea and air.

Japanese air power must he vlr. the entire vv planes

Dtmonstraiitiu conlrntu; for Jan. ancse efforts to keep aircraft trick-

United States Pacific to

onti.

attack whatever enemy

speculate 0n New Long-Range

.- itttacksa 01%| CLAIMED TODAY BY GEN. DOUGLAS

Inmount ordinarilv Iill’J\'.’(“,l

FLASH"-

MACARTIIUR HEADQUARTERS-MIAMI!

ne Invasion

GEN. l\IacAR'l‘I'IUR’S HEADQUARTERS IN THE

FRIDAY) — (AP) — (ARMY ') —- AMERICAN INVASION WAS OFFICIALLY PRO-

Big vitality“ do Planned [For Monday

The Charlottetown branch of the

Canadian Legion has mzidi: ulans ilcr a parade lyionciuv alternoon .3 ‘ mark the oncninfl bf the Provincial

Victory Loan Campaign and to srr-

ve a sewnd purpose. to welcome

h t d ‘ f tl

ome re urne vmerans o us war In addition to war vcieratis ment.

bfirs 0i the three armed forvcs v.:!l

take Dart in the narndc will

form up at the Armourics on Kent

,Street at, I45 and thi- ceremotz: twill open at the Monument in Queen Square at 2.20

Short addresses will be RlvLn by returned men. lieutenant Govern. B.W. Lei-hide. Premier J \Vu._ tcr Jones. Mayor J.E Blanchard and Dr. W.J.P. MacMillan are be. lng invited to attend. Mr. Lro Bradltzy. president of the Charlotte. town branch of the Legion will preside. .

O >1

, Alberta Increases

t Liquor Ration

l EDMONTON. Oct l9 _ (GP) —~

J.A. King. chairman of the Alberta. liquor control board. announced to. dtav that liquor permit holders in tht: province will be allowed 25 ounces of hard liduot‘ in Novembu‘ and December ‘This is double Ilii! ‘o m

crease will be zlvcn in wine and betr allowances. 26 ounces and l3

fl TBSDECLIVEI)’.

Hospital Labor

OTTAWA, Oct. l9 — (CP) -— Professiotial and ltomprofesslonal workers for hospitals now may be hired directly without passing: through local employment and selective t. ‘ice offices, Lanai- lliditiistctg Mitchell announced to. thy.

to help meet iii: "" treme need for hospital sta change in the method of

mg workers. has been gran .1 ltospltal authorities to acc

rlaio what iltrcatnns to he a.

eial Government 0 lc lven leave to remain with their ._ —__ "*- dow; w.“ bmkp Numer°u5 Will- n tron’??? cowatv " agmleis SIunghChIImZmSSta‘ ltlagill . . t mtgoMalnlme Rengm“ Edlml" rvvicd I Summit? S-Xtllikcttrsees up" v '.» or er.a gary repnr sat a 0n uncl is to launch ' in . 4' -' - , Q V-‘Pfc LO_ ‘ 1v. Oct. l9 ‘—_ IAP) ~— - i0 veterans. the majority of their clai campaign for $25,000 tnaorécilfio '§’O",?,,m‘,‘,'{f,“ signleu“ “WIT Jobs be- Catianian troops accnlcraicd their a o dmnnton men wltn service in stabilize th fin i1 ' . . - ‘.1 Smlck- Schools} _ g __ _ _ , e anca position of also inele dismts a drive against Germans pocketed lll France, Italv and SlcJy. were re- me Gannon and to prepare we I h I SB - the Schoide Estuary oi Holland t0- ‘ burning overseas. They had return. ground for a {orward movement i,“ i the s ides were caused along 11B)‘, one column bursting Imward ed toCanada on comnassionatelea- Christian Education m m V‘ I ALE‘ ‘W SINGLETON l coast and winds some lomlaitlsflldldtLobmfllpillulilhllhllifafllf l Chg??? dllitgrme on pflsoneluoh time Provinces. This ZIIIHOI-IIEICEJIIII-lfzll-I. LgSZDON A 02:" 19‘ _ (AP) — {Iclitacfistrrcaglllaeg sltooot mmnes an hour ice ‘c! s sew‘. 0 t) ' - - t - _‘ j ‘_‘ ' Y J was n _ ntmence nt an alLoutAllicdnssault ____ LONDON 06L 19 _ (C? Cable) 3185 made i?“ gfnln: Rcv- Retiotis rthat lyllfclictj‘. flouffififj " vr rztitls I-lurtc-iccotglc “m”? “l” Ne“"'“‘““‘-‘~’°““““- nomazwoop Oct l9 -_ (a?) 0”" 19._..‘°P> ~ _pcdnguc’ Cardinal Villeneuve, a a c secritayr’ mm "'4' plangs "Lift ‘SE-m a es cculation - - . “Qiml =15 far norrhl ‘ICES-econ. said the Canadians — The bmllnll 358"“ ha" vlizgrouthlgstoilgfislina Eillgrzgtl-I IVXIIIRSI Archbishop of Quebec. today was can. of the asmylignuttllecghoifill? tsnwhflltgtlldcll: SR tltfleustlosstolltttv that as m“ “Wilma Canes. ' ' . , . ‘ . ‘_———————__ were figlmn: ms,“ b,.eb_“.nb_ “s; foiitslht ttiitifnflirgrevgflli- Igfinfealilef- Pennits tmitofiflted men remain 131 dlggdvatagfil’ olmyvlfilei: Elfin o; ti}; COUIICII in the Bflpllitt the Nazis were developing a new across the hksttiarv from flooded 9 11 61 59D B 0Y1. Db g tn Claim w a others are forced He W1C saw the PO e l urc . Ilisls amomentous hour long distance vengeance Weapon , Walcheren Islatui, while another Base“. WOUtOOO-fl-Year screen a c no “on tpdtncl-niront ine for a Th c b C d -l h d tithe history of theM n. n. c." WlllCll could be latturhed against] Canadian column splnshcg‘ gm-Cqm, man, admitted today. Mrs. Bogart, secoréd ea cc ted A.W. Rleh_ e Que cc ar _a a n0 said Mr. Tlngley, ‘for much has‘ mam"; (mm German soil. ‘ m.» mat-Shes ‘bu-M “mes w wtmm thc former Mayo Methot, was not glen . pres! tint. Calgary branch comment to make on nis trip. dilr- been achieved at this Convention The Swedish advices were ._|. I one mile oi Oosilauru, tiouarely in available for comment. ° 1- 5511mm‘ L¢RI°Q~ I"! “him he Visited Camfhfl“ that W111 prove most significant in ceived as heavy casualties werci Y , the centre of the pocket “Sluggy is at home," said hshwail Wlillfientlns an {Evert-S forces in the fleld- years to come. Under the leadership reported from a small town ln- e This action was part, of the de. “Bogey? "I moved out.‘ 1w d ° l“ PM“ °lI ‘"95" 0f Dfinald McPhail. as general 596- Southern England which stiffer-l terrnitied effort to clear awnv G011 Bogart always called his wife “If. m“ mgnt Bum“ c“ “a” ‘m ' rotary. the Council will go forward ecl one of its worst blows of the! man tomes blocking the Schtldfi sluggy He explained, with the “er; @519; Ddovmeas attain‘ ' ' m 8x17195531” "Tl-lied V°1¢9 0i PTO" W“ "Qm ‘Wm? bumb “mwksl w 3"" leadillfl T0 Alli-WET" “m1 GPY- candor for which he is noted that lmlm “a B‘ on wmVBSs-on‘ tostantism 1n the area of Ghost-l ' i‘ snvtliern Eng l I ggilleélllgIlgglfngmlzlgntff;L hjf-Tgliq- he called her Sluggy because, "she Wmfilfitb, these veteran 3.4mm: lan education." ‘ tr’ sslve nights.‘ i t ‘ ‘ ‘Y " 5 - n ' ' n n‘ ~ v "t -_._.__ nsc3t~ av t"""'=-=t""*t “a a must 1m Bu... 5::.:tn.at°"*t P“ ins is. t "mu b“ “twlnmcd S°""~'“‘h“"" “- tie is also so named‘ _ valilello tllgiracntl ldlo gffelam: y sldent at I t i ht? ec _ ' as mo: t0‘kl“le It‘: Nltgrr" Ob 11m rigth N0 Oil has been dlscove ed t l We“ ‘WW1 "ml Arllhem "5 SW" rt. Bo lifts did t" ind bi than hrundr aovlltrffltilcsvgnut Si’? Goold is as n! a Sea)?“ M" s m w m‘ » m 1- "I15- 9 1m h; sxalcrawrv oil well t r S “F as the Antwerp supply channel “T5 knowve 3H n v lid, m“ h“ eng does ‘an Indies‘ that me zlémbla’ m“ i one ‘oif the outs andmg robots may have "can aunc e B“ it wa- learned 1 n 1 flillsbmo ; opmfli i IITILS fo YIgOO s ngest should be Demfgwd m skull: brings‘ firs n the eld of Chrlsnan ed-y from the Nazi rxpalmental stavn glaokes s ‘ ast ngitirotn. Bu; German broadens“ tonmht pa r. ey oug t in pu lic and the ovenxmenvs skirts ‘or ‘m H uca on in New Brunswick, and ,5, tron of Pct-ncmutidn on the Baltic 1_- l man 0t the company to md me All,“ “fight not m“ m, laughed about 1t, They admlttgd ll B er- KANDY. Ceylon. Oct. l9 —— (AP) regarded as being well qualified for coast. rig tic drilling. He sairl the a the Belgian port to bncolne available fighting at home. too. Hollywood -The important northwest Burma the important office of presidentl It is DPIIPVCLI str-nerally in Lon. “31s‘10350 fer! deco and l. before launching a new assault. eXpcctcd name calling and fisti- , , - . town of Tiddlm has been captur. of the M. R. 15:, c, 1n this time o; do“ ma; the Allied Ctemup of‘rl'9\’l’l037l110ltis were being watched One tiropagazidist even predicted a cuffs from the Bogarts. Their F ed by Indian troops after an air advance. Germans in Holland will brin:,cl°-"~‘1§'- new seabome invasion in the vlci. friends excused the Bogarts‘ brag. I s attack which smashed ' anese A record delegation of 12o was an end to bombardment by re_l YQSIPITIQS’ rumors were cilrreni pity of ter am. _ sins about their battles as a form defences covering the northern in atendance at the convention] mote cotttrol hr present "v" WEB. l thotctl- in quantities too small for The Canadians were making stea- oi’ extroversion, approaches. Southeast Asia Com. was the uTIXIOLIIIC ent made by, nons. oxccrt for those which can Dfflflffllll" DTWIIICIIOH. had h*\ dv progress. but in some cases meet. 31nd Headquarters announced to. Miss Marie Mac cugall, registrar bc borne in 5min strikinrz dls.td1s'c0\‘cl‘e(i_

1m! desperate Opposition. German troops countenattankcrl fiercely a. lmlnst Lt..Gen. Crerar's uttlts on the three.mile wide spit

Btftichllw out to Walclieren and front dispatches said some: enemy had won a foothold in the

3 ','-. miles deeper into the German Mans River bridgehead lnHollnnd Bud with a strum: Amt rlcun iorcc converged n the key town of Amerika. asrlde one of the main railroads leading eastward into Ger. flanréyis industrial northern Rhine.

Coming Events

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a a 2- - Iaufiv. I“? dT"“°ic-%’fi?.‘

day. Oc 23d

"Dance and social in Inkerman lthool Friday, Oct. aotn. I0.18.NJI

u ___" VH1} I‘! I1 M . ocugilwllna. fiat»? ocltaifigftg

"Notice - Annual Meeting oi

- . . . . . s. . a P “it d2“ F252". “éiléii Wllwr- 10-21-11.

N. B. liian Charged With Manslaughter

WOODSTOCK N. 8., - (CP) - Wilbur Yorke, 39 year old laborer of Fielding. was char- ged today with manslaughter. The charge arose from the death of Ar- nold Salmon, 18. of East Florence- villc. Yorke was remanded for pre- liminary hearing next ‘Thursday. East Florcncevllle last night. the accus- ed was held in jail here. The Jury found that Salmon had died of a skull fracture caused when he was alleccdly struck by Yorke.

Followink an inquest

Witnesses at the

Oct

at

inquest said

the accused struck the young man several times aboard a truck car- rying a group of potato harvesters to their homes Tuesday salmon died early yesterday mor-

"Ohi en supper. Bingo and Dance aim. August-us Hall, Mon- P1131 tuber r . l0-l9-2i.

evening.

.19

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 19 — The Finnish people, after

than a month of Russian ar lilfe under the Soviet terms

One reason fur this slight

business-like, circumspect.

are facing possibly the

gering asks ahead: Driving

OOUIIIIY.

These pr; my impressions aftcr touring the country from Helsinki. northward to the Finnish-German front in Lapland and eastward t0

within a few miles of Russia.

Large Barn Destroyed At Kelvin Last Night

i burn at Kelvin. one and a

half es from Kanslngton. own- 01d A we ed by James Btxwnrt was destroyed

bv firs last night. Four horses were

same time. A neighbor, Mrs. Her. Laird. a ltalLtnile from the

no out of her ms later

SIBWEYI. 58W

of firs when she looked

pro rty,

Rise Slightly

control, are somewhat gurprised that so bad as they had expected.

optimism following the depression of accepting defeat in their long War with Russia is the conduct oi the Russians themselves. They are ' conspicuous .

The Finns have no illusions. They toughest winter in their existence but they? m! P" drink brflvely for the stag-l Nine persons were injured

Germans out 0f Northern Finland! and rehabilitating the war-wearied (“an Nngtom]