In: Bar Ferry

‘pic, Black, Progressive Conserva-

ser t.

is th date. name of . film price and time o! do-

i is the tonnage. blan-

Who are the architects and floors. and what fess will they v:

Sues Casket Company [or $25,000 Damages

qvmrlnmt? amaries Bauman sued two casket

I elacpantu for 95.000 Saturday; e

fled injuries and shock auf

in

at of the coffin and struck his lg; Baumon said the bottom of the coffin gave

as ddtnt he s fers from "sleepless ma. nightmares. and horrible

0v1|an and. Bo ie. a;‘lll7t§‘n'alloi%uty Showe v. and decorstim

"dust Royalty rink cent ht, route for five divisions of 75.000 fillets vs. Duurtaffnugs. refine’ roost: ‘Moscow’! announced tonight. . . o e “Du 2 7 u give: 150i miles gfltltltliE gorthwtglté i mt, 131,19 Russ ans w e own Honda? ygpnm-y‘ 7m?“ e 100.000 Inaic. 2-7-11. Germans trapped there. u ——- broadcast ‘Plfunter River, Tuesday 8 and by the Bov h. M. National Film Board Mov- Thllg the ‘ 2-1-21 Russiansk 11G potenti ‘i 000 crnc Ifveiynline dance, Flat River week, and l1. l-t-b. 9th_ Bingo, Lunches. lapse of Germany 2-7-9 ern front. "Ktmkmm M°“°“Y ‘WWW Mtirnangidesrtlfiinihe d“: méfhéggng“alkgnxamlm break-through on e. M-miie front. , a - and a communique issued ranching-t

I'll! .

Ration, Tu rel-a o. r Will

lhlre Dair in Company will. be held in "ilali. . a P‘ M’ Monday.

Wiser every Th It “Nov and rlTtiii SW1?! ooosttal e seoon

10110;! Phi o. ... "m". ... cry».

‘Qlllltllunterntiv “°°° mw;;*'"il’. .__._

MAXIM!

OI‘ A. ' MERE MAN ____

r'l ggtrirttisavttr-‘stmt. I

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The People's Paper

creations lle

n; followlna 110N910!!! placed on the order paper the llouse of Commom by Mr.

member for Cumberland. N.

'1: contract nu been let.

uipment. t be thehotatol mitt‘; .= timond delivered?

HIA. Feb. 6 — (AP)

, he said. his wife's body fell

y on the

of s church at Clinton, N. J., April as. His hair turned pre- turely m and since the in-

and

1-

"Annual Meetln! 0! the Wilt-

mh — 3' 0 |' h “gondola l-lotm for Davis dc 10h ‘athfiolltmurafizith A ' l P h Mhsgld Cardigan. Norman Mi!-

W m» at ls llontinuetl

11 . 2-7-11.

_ ofvéerpggn until ilurther 121313‘:

mnr- ht bom “*- v ' a-t-tt. 13d fgltlnfl

ouoo ti

m Aallheadsy evening. nhruary light, and listed tar 21*“- mg-"emfiimlfii giifiitilflfinniertawot "on. locretary. l-‘l-ll. Mglgiuyn we attacked

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hmnlfllhllive sforltavishmtillTrgAl‘ M 10th a! Al’. fighter

Lola of H.M.C.B. "Checkmate". (shove) class nllnosvveoper, was announced today by All!!! L- Macdonsld, Minister of National Defence for Naval Services. Seriously damaged in a collision In the St. hwrsnee. the ship was taken in tow and j

“M33100 bill Is considered s complete loss.

Chad-bath‘. 15o mu and 20o feet long, was built in Vancouver in 1941. she ls the 1m, Canadian Ilnhla lost in this war. (new. Photo),

Canadian Minesweeper

Chedabucto Total

i:

OTTAWA- Fm Pic?) "‘ 1°" Island did not operate yesterday

of the ‘ esweeper Chedsbucw- and it was understood that re . . pairs the ahiowwélliclagtjioglved Hsiiatfx from w the ‘hm were be,“ carried out

months ago. was announ y

N M. . £5116“, w“ m}°c‘§,‘§_,‘5"‘§,,e, a made at the regular -time this

d L, _ morning. mfifl. Since Thursday morning ale

Onemanwas killecL-errlrlginee? big ice-breaker has comple d 0

Southern Front May Collapse

" ”“"""“ m“- 17s,000 Crack German

Blllllllli EVENTS

“To arrive. bulk boa

t... t... ...... all at... ‘hi5 M';9*§{§§NA,§,‘"

pk“; has ripped 3'1 mil

‘limd Yermanlirlnrlfleggr dNlkop l kill

WQQD V0 K an o a '

m ‘P: mo???‘ tng 12.000 Axis troops a 5 7 a ttin h

bury. Ont. -- but the rest. of mamland. Part of the delay was tluxcrew oi’ about 70 escaped un-

thts war. She was t m B Wm m 0 dlslllawmen‘ letmaittlpmlidl‘ made Slgtuideyfme

750 tom. The collision occurred at night. the navy said without date. The pther-ship-not named l

v u sf 1 t. Troops Involved (21361 reg 1g “gs “l?

giving the l ‘the statelnent-dauftereu only slush’: cialnatze when she hit Chcdabucto

Sun-m. 'l'ul;é’é cabin was at the

point ol tne collision. accounting

Silnalled For Help

Llcut. Jll B. Davies of New conlmflndtl‘. tip of the Nova Sootia. mainland

0v early today razed the high school _ 11M- building n-td the post office, both "W" g" lmlsees» Sh? two storey wooden structures. Da-

inten- “o0 o,” “W w m“ m‘ i“ “ NM“ wmww The blaze started in the basement “um “u “mm” of the school which housed the

signalled lor assistance wnell survivors of more

two triumphs Q5216 the San/ML uuerauurls

out but. llifltfildollr: t ‘d more mum ~10 earccs l who acct ed

. _ quarters and spread to the post w 8° w “ma d‘ the “fires; oflce. The mails were saved from when“ a- the post office but all else was lost w mg in the two buildings.

shore,

foreshadowed the col-

Swlft Current. sent a. by P191010!‘ snore. wltll u lfeuge anchor Ufitifli-IDUCK) the lust lal. to no then tout; oil U10 crow‘.

Cneuabucm was built Ill Vancou- w t. “i . time later announced ver by lsurrurd ury uoc»; Co. Ltd. mwfifb ‘Jaw; as “f: Russian Leningrad i941.“ h 0' over. ' Livestock Elsie-itching “em-ed . u“ a ergodic? ' “ 7' . N o Rivers asst gm‘ , 2' a‘ arid vaaouth of the Ancient "a" Fulani "Unloading m; Pun“ my“. recs of Narvo. eight miles may and Wednesday at E0001!- . i s. 2-7-31. German broadcas n -——— Russians had cross Garden Seeds. All the lablst and Stockholm dispatches lad om varieties. Send for free German C llot; Ostaioflle. Arth

and commissioned in Some months BRO J ed to nuilfax from o. in which site enzuacd a submarine with whet the navy reruns "plo- uneuanuczo was ___ ordered to sink a blazing am- IONDQN, eh q _ 4M0...“ )_ murutlon shin ln the hal-oor. F ‘ y

"WW0 5'3‘ with a “new" Poland atncl suggested "mm Nlwlilr“ 5"“ that the Polish Government tn "R'- "l-mlmfl smp- London might be ignored entirely. W05 93”" B5 31° The Mosco radio, in a broadcast turtle! and Clleriabucw closed in t0 l-ewl-ded m Eu point-blank rarule. ‘h cc

W.‘ VGIW T. 1 i 147'": {Q1231 iigallinn). lgo miles Wm evm m“ a

west.

The am- t m p 1.

“our. 53M. ;- hi‘? use: we?“ “twat. "as dallaero use llse- _g p 1 Qnedwucw Wen‘ m“ iiilglflciiitioils igngitimllyfiopixeligtigil

murlitlon snip wa

ried out several lat-

I cation sne sent A- boat during a sale in an

tat: Oil 0o. Employee

"Zioiiilfitffdbfifif - ' lllee lit Toronto b on _ n the sea moder- '

n novel ahivl hit Tonorvm; rub. e - to P) - v1 u m thqdflj w- L. Hibbsrt. member of the M"F“"°- O"“‘_‘"‘ Marketing Committee of Imper- °1-\- "-0 ‘-~'."°'..E" "ti". isl on ma, angl associated with “Mime; the company nearly so years. died

town WWW "l her toda ' -, -.» o . d th f l" ed “ Tmmttiwfitf-l. 11110: anti-icon. c hm’ w “m”. M“! “u” “as!

Estimate Dead In This War At Six Million

LONDON. Feb. WA?)

"hoadllll hops for Davis d: States hetearvymoénd 0V ma“ tanker’: men who essive day today.

ing lmhroken the most period of daylight bombine 1n his- tery. -

A joint Allele

- rovmu. * d m“ my‘ 9110!. Please booword- ncuni ue announce Wlndflom-r. Suikrmtaru.

NEW YORK. Rh. I - "rhe Metropfiiditan Lil

y isticlans eittmated that about 0,- ooopoo men moat of th of uaai

IT. killed in battle in Great War by the end

th firs

second ‘rho

in Paris _ Great War

0. P. ‘It. EMPIDYII Dill

district ac- Pnlfis and a native of Grand died hers

ted his a4 years‘ service in t P. ll. at Saint John, N. I-

Ooversllriateelftlwartflslendmketllellew

CHARLOTPETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1944

Work 0n Bar-Fern lltlring Week-End

The car ferry Prince Edward

at Borden. However. it was ex- pected that a crossina would be

orgy three round trips to the

caused by heavy drift ice and the

remainder by the necessity of

making repairs to the ship which

was damaged recently byl s. rock a

At Oanso ll. S.

CANSO, N. 5., Feb. 6 - (OP) — The worst fire in the history of-this small town on the north eastern

mage was estimated at at least

town office and Red Cross head-

(AP)-Sovlet Russia made clear to- day that the first move of her new special foreign o ice in the Uk-

ndon by the Soviet Monitor declared that with liber-

of the Ukrainian and Polish peoples will be crest-ed."

Mr. ifibbert was manager of e com ny’a Maritime? vision with llea quarters fin l-laifax. Funeral services will held Tuesday with

By Kirk: L. Simpson, Associated Plcss w...» Analyst The relative eiule with which the United Stiles thrust ajar the Marshall Islands doorway to an attack on Japan itself is bound to have upset the enemy's once fra Th; battle front in the

nquil thoughts of security.

Pacific has been carried 1,000 miles westward in a single stride. An Island-hopping campaign has expanded lo the bc- l ginning of a group-by-group American ’ overwllelnllng power as to leave no doubt In Tokyo that Island outpost screen is utterly vul Kwajalein Atoll and its vast r as an American offensive advance

advance carried out with such »

f-glrt logoon, now fhmly consolidated base. was no improvised defence work. More than two decades of secret. treacherous Japanese plotting had gone into its preparation for the test. But it took nlnssed A

than a wcck to reduce it and destroy its suicidal garrison. Gen. George Marshall, top-flight A Kvvajaleiu as an "expert demonstration" ed with “perfect teamwork." The in the Gilberto was startling. It

of massed air-sea power employ-

contrast with the heavy cost at Taravva ‘ shows that every bitter lesson In tho I technique of Atoll warfare- learnefl in the Gilberto or elsewhere was suc- .

cessfully woven inio the Marshalls operation plan. ' It demonstrates. ton, that. American sea and sir _ lfic has been brought up to a point now which, without harm effort ln Europe, would permit multiple offensive: on far separated

fronts i

longer count upon any other Island bastion in the Pacific long to delay the American advance upon Tokyo. How and where the follow up will come only time will show, but it cun- thot Kwajalein finally clinched the strategic and lac- the Pacific in American and Allied hands.

Battle For Bridgehead

Near Rome Is Continued

It seems clear that Japan can no

not be questioned

Germans Throw Powerful Forces Into Conflict; 5th Army Loses Some Ground.

By EdvKI-tl-‘Kennedy ADGERS. F€b.6—(AP)— Power- ful Osman forces, including Himm- gfsholgzfiifléhlewé “£25192: m! 1%?- Enw as “mp5 mmw“ ingly Liberal dfuin 0 o c i015 - into their first action in Italy, are 8 ..ie per . savagely attacking the

“mead south o‘ mmell“vui°n er of the Conservative Party in 1927,

d but Whirled his seat intii i930 .gg§ggdagds?ongfi¥ when he reclined to contest the

m!!! T,“ and" their positions there in the common!’ H’ w“ “mum ma b”

This phrase, sorneflmcs used denote reverses, was not am lifted. yea].

in icated 4

British lines had been shorteltgfll ggcgllirklle; ficre in kite middle of

oo s miles south of Rome, under Nazi two gows‘ mmlfliag Xazfiofgrmi:

big supply and refuelling base I-loskins on the north contra coast of New look a 167 ion bombin Friday while other heavy ul as Wevvak on New Gulrlc; for the third straight day. leaving g 3,- 000 ton enemy vessel afirc

PEARL HARBOUR. Feb. 6

(AP) - United States occupation of Kwajalein Atoll is virtually com- plete, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz commander of the Pacific fleet le- poried in o. United States press rc-

to north of Carroceto (Aprilla),

Daniel de Luce said Allied forces dug in north of Carroceto holding firm Saturday night in n positions after straighten! line Friday “during the

OTTAWA. Fell. '3 — (C?) —-

nounc d Batu day lraclsehave bean awarded three mcket mnh d canmew‘

yards for a nulnbe of "large

The yards are Yarruws, Ltd. De Luce said the Germans and Repairing Co. Ltd" Lanz- on, Que, and Canadian Vick- vrs Ltd. Montreal

NEW DEL-Hf. Feb. 6 -(CP) - Aliied headquarters

that heavy casualties inflicted on the Japanese on the

Burma where Admiral Lord Louis Mountbattens forces ‘

hilly jungles northeast of Buthl-

1,000 troops. They were driven back andntirlle attempt glto duff {and ann ale a sizes e e in an- y - y, h ‘Gracia tale‘? galltflaiqitlsh trogps raise S relc rr Bearers aer"e csluytna e- Ty, 1 .- -- sivnatod point". De Luce added. e mm as had spcual pulse Biitter ftlllhflltlfl {ontgnued xmflflfl- Aulie McEachcrn Sydnev N 5., whein ‘ICSHZESC Cassno on A _ y ‘ _ the main 5th Army front to the cast, a”! J W Kane‘ Glace Bu‘ N s ‘ with the Germans pouring in oven bandagmg wounds . more ntcu and “potions 14> P7010118 "The ground tm-nbied from shell‘:

LONDON, Feb. 6 —(CP) — The United Nation; .Algiers said tonight captured Maseru Albancta, two miles This virtually com- pletes moi. lsment of the Nazi

Sape Breton Highlanders llad llot Time

By Foster Barclay

WITH CANADIAN FORCES IN ITALY. Fob. 6 - (C?) - A Mari- time regiment. the Cape

LONDON. let Russia lashed bitterly tonight -charglng her with turning her ports and “whole LE1‘-

gainst Russia — in one of three developments in Moscow's tude in war and peace toward her western neighbors.

The Soviets also officially den-

atum to Finland to quit the war or are negotiating with

he third move. Moscow act- ftly to implement her new 1 s tem of l6 separate {c-

0

Kremlin-sponsored‘

Breton remember

the

h began when struck toward for-

io dusk. The Germans laid such fierce mortar and machine gun

interment at “ alkerton, Ont-

d other territory as fast as the Red Army moves in

able to gain all their objectives

most of Uhem it was their ism under fire and alties were light. considering the opposition. the soldiers felt that few would hove lived had they tried didn't fire back."

to advance further in the cross fire. Pte. Harry Snow. Sydney Mines.‘ declined to withdraw with the first. of his section. volunteering to stay behind and comfort a man who was shell shocked and wounded in an 0'Grady arm» He dug in and nnnaged to ghnhggwmn ... Sumfflcfllflc -

roach his own lines the next morn- Mamet".

Ilove Jerrlea’ Measure

Resting behind the llncs the attack Bst- Maj. M. A. of North Sydney N. S. summed up the resctlon of a battle tried group sitting around s imp tent card of the valley De lh is Wds if." he said. adding confidently: "We have the Jorries‘ meosure now and will take them the next time we meet."

went in with s sec

after

Virtue will always make a face handsome. but vice will cerfllnly make it ugly,

MAXIMS .~

07A

MERE MAN

_-__.-.-_q

fiubooriptlou llallovord. Mp0 It". ll-Ns other Proviuraa I ILI-A. “JD

Former Member inert Eve’

0f Bennett {is Said llp

Sahinet DlGS 1T0 Franco

rm: LATE sun/tron ssvvs i

MO . Feb. ti _ 1GP) ._l Senator Arthur Sauv» postmasteyl general lll the Conservative cab- inet of Rt Hon. R B. Bennett. did in hospital here today after s long illness. l-le was c9

MP- S00v0 resigned as postmaster‘ general followim his appointment‘ lligegenatnr for Rgaud 0n July 20, He entered the Doliiicai field in 1908 when he was elected to the provincial legislature representing TWO Mfilmtfllns. and wa~ re-eiec-

Ho resigned as provincial lead-

Mouniolus seat in the House of

came e member of the privy council and postmaster general the same

based Spanish port three miles fro Gibraltar. to raid Mediterranea shipping

or back. The company commander

Associated Press Correspondent ‘m; 1m and me Sergeant maior, took over until Licut. D. U. Smith‘ we" ol Amherst, N. S., crawled up

"Brrr. but it was cold in

11'5"!“ water," shivered 0‘Grady recalling history of this litltiihirlilgoehiftie}! ‘he expmemm‘ "I m“ m" "m5 ..“;t.s::;":: ili‘.i“’..§?.".‘é‘.‘.l“i%: in we» inforced by tanks was wiped out

in the Arctic before jflllllli’; the army

yards of their objective, the near-

cn . _ Friday tried to cut the Via An- §ZE°EX°IQ§CQQQLQQ"§f,{‘,,.§’°,§§ ziate - main road from Anzio to my 11m some men were h" and Rome — north of Carroceto. att- when the survivors withdrew after “king with tanks and 11°79 ma" darkness the officer carried back a wounded mall across hi5 shoulders.‘

for two stretcher bearers, Ptss.

firc. but we were too busy to be scared." said McEacilcrn. "Kane

of shrapnci. but he refused to quit .and look urt- of ll mcn bciorc he dropped from exhaustion"

A mortar bomb exploded at the

Bay. N. 8.. sending him hcati over heels three- times into a pool of

scratches Pic. C. W. Nickcrson, Shag Har-

fire that the Canadians were un- enough to use them-tefiectivcly.

"It will be a different story the nd ordered to withdraw to next time we get s crack at. the their original positions under cover Germans", vowed L. Cpl. John Donovan, Glace Bay, who said the coolest man on the battlefield was although Pte. James Hare, North Sydney. Hare sprayed a machine gun nest arm-l, said Donovan, "the Germans

who crawler! about the baltlsfield‘

was hit in tho face by a small piece‘

feet of Pte. Peta-r MacGl-ccor, Giarcl

water. ‘Two others were knocked over by the blast but suffered only

bor. N. 8-. was with a group which, not within so yards of the 9ll0lTl_\‘.I f-fe said the Germans set, fire to two‘ llaystncks. hoping that tho soldiers would give away their positions by o. ierce one day "flare up" Jan. l7 opening fire. '1"l"_\' keut nuirt until with the Germans in a gully hard by the Adriatic n5 the “battle of Valley of Death." The struggle, whlc

dark. however. and withdrmv, car- rying two wounded men with them.

Ptes- J. Keeping. Halifax. and D. D. Maser. New Victoria, Cape Bre- ton, came back without their guns tlfied German positions in front of and equipment. Ptcs. l". S» Ken- the Arielli River, raged from dawn cdy. Glace Bay. N. 3.. and J- 0. down Boyce. Sydney Mint", N. S. hung 1m i0 their bren guns and got close

ing

Maj. A. C. Ross. Sydney. s oom- Lea pony commander, couldn't say 12.00 noon. 4.30 enough for a sergeant major of New Waterford, kigscrll btyla motrstzlr gfiflllb.

"l-lo was a ouey on an ngz“.; ' said the motor. “He was hero, there SUNDAY 53am“; \ tionland everywhere, doing all he ds of their could to help to the platoon go a pinned by forward."

tBy ERNF‘ AGNEW) (Associated Press Staff Write-rt LONDON. Feb. ii --\AF» —l5l‘l—

talnfl< attitude has suddenly elli- fened over Spain's violations of neutrality and the Observer. n ‘ Sunday newspaper. declared to< day "this might mean war" ii Gen Francisco Franco prove‘; re- calcitrant despite sharp Allied government protests.

The same paper declared It» ' n

. eb. (AP) - The possibility that Spain, acting under its reaf- firmed policy of strict neutral- lty. may limit sharply its as- sistance to Nazi Germany aroused hope in Washington today that a new Allied diplo- matic achievement is in tho

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