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F CHARUUFPETOWN. cannon. THURSDA , MARCH 15,1945

lihll. 84.00;

other Provinces I IJ.S.A. 00-00.

Subscription Delivered. $5.00.

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Major-General

A. 1731:, E13,, B.A.Sc., of London, Ont, has been romoicd from the rank of briga er and appointed commander of Camp Borden, suc- ceeding Major-General F. F‘. Worth- ington, C.B., . ., . ., who has been ap olnted General Officer conunan ing Pacific. Command Major-General Spencer has served overseas in two wars. His son, Licut. A. M. Spencer, has been re- rted as wounded in the fighting , i: tier-runny. — (Canadian Anny Pho o . ' -

Fisttilfififlili Steer "A Jill: lied Gross

IIONCTUN, N.B., March lk-(CP) _ -Owned by Miller Sanderson of North River. P. E. 1., a Hereford , iiser awarded the grand champ-

inoshig yesterday ‘pt the Maritime _ ht 0 ow, was au tioned today (or

l! who a pound to Canada Pack-

lfa Lidqwhioh turned it over to I the Red Cross and then bought it r ltain for $1 d

ed at an average price of 3B

‘ unis per pound. ’ ‘BM page seven for additional ~- details concurring P121. entries ithe show). -

Hurricane Strike; .

a Superforts Base 1 (By The Associated Press

. 11.9. 10TH BOMB ‘IIADQUARTERS. March 14 - A ‘ vol-m of hurricane violence struck 1 ta-zo Superior-tress base in south- j lllt Asia today, killing eight men ,» Ind injuring 100.

and damaging a-

i 2t cargo and transport air- will

Raft on the field.

‘fComing Events

"coins to st. Patrick's Concert. Iradalbene Hall. March 161115 m a

' " e Weighing Social » Illl be eld Th v ning at kills home of with?‘ e ‘r.’ “H!

' "It. Patrick Va-riet Convi-t in Ina ass. narrow.’ wag: 15;;-

"load h ad

or innit. r‘%'.....°'r‘.i’n “iiirfl vine. Passes. l-it-tf "N in took l

, 2i‘ Ware‘, Pldor Clicelotlitlpglcy-

I llcGuigan ea Boyle. l-iunteraigveii.

"Unloading ear livestock feeds.

4300?: a. .1, . 9 I - ""1 a-ie-ai. 2%)” hxyuotirs - Loading n at Al- § i} i '..l‘.""'r"alasl‘r"iii.r..“‘n‘it‘l "r =0» , Foothill». o. o. ones’ and a. ' gr, flmn. l-ll-tf. ‘gjg . " “' . stem r: o.'..‘..er"r’.‘s‘$°i°ii‘.s s, 1m» _ Q ville until noon. D. Leslie a ni "~18: -y r. ell. a-ic-tf. it‘: * "" ram-s. Mu ' l‘ . c. ~ - .Ei:“ t. who ma at m i3! tom-iii 1 . mama '" lrecmw‘ ~% Mum. 10m . “no 11.00 delook. sneeze r-lmoii 14- e - ....l "r liiitlti‘: ‘fiicrbeio Woman's lute will a truck est-ism» s: its-ans" It'd-v. sin-eh’ ‘ '

fCivic Taxation Rates . Increased

$2,556 Surplus Budgeted For In I CiViC Estimates

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The City Council at a meclal meetin! last night brought down the civic estimates for 1046. bud- geting for total revenue of $300,- 80150 and _foir_ expenditure of

0300,3452, __ an

surplus of $3560.00. The esti- mates, which were submitted by Ooun. B. Earle MacDonald, chair- man of the Finance Committee,

unanimously passed. The salary of the City Clerk was increased from $1800 to 411000

. . C. a. 15 per cent increase in the wages of all street dwartment employees to which Coun. MacDonald 0b- ieoted. After some discussion a cofnpmmlse was effected by which five permanent street employees. who were being d 3'1 1-2 cents an hour, had their pay increased to 42 cents an hour.

Coun. MacDonald stated a blari- ket 16 per cent increase for em- ployees of the street department would mean an additional ex- penditure of $2300 by the City each year. He thought ‘the street em- ployees. with the exception of the 3’! 1-2 cent-an-hour men, were getting plenty. _

Coun. W. R. LePage said he was against raising the tax rate at all but, as a busine§ men. realised 1i. was necessary. " a thought abet- ter and fairer way to get increas- ed revenue was to appoint a Board of three competent men to re- evaluate all real and personal pro- perty within the City. Conn. Le- Page said he knew he was not pay- ing enough on his own personal

P1096113’.

Couns. Dougie: and T. B. Rog- ers voted aga i. a resolution cal- ling for acting-Constable Handra- hari being laid off on April 1st. The resolution carried.

A by-lalw establishing the in- stallment payment of civic assess- ments and to fix the rate oi in- terest thereon. had two readings night and will have its third this morning at 0 oclock. ‘ The new tax rate of 0825 on rea. estate and personal property will also have its third reading this momlng at 0 o'clock.

The following resolution, moved by Coun. A. Butler. and seconded by Colin. MacDonald was pissed:

"As the time has elapsed since this Council decided to lace an extra police officer on i e force, be it resolved that Acting Con,- stable Handrahan be laid off Aprri 1st. Be it also resolved that any- time the R.C.M.P. desire special hel of City constables, that the C of of the Department supply

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e. . Ilbowlng is the general state- ,.,,,§r of estimated revenue and

Dougan argued for

expenditure: mum"

m“ willie“ o sac ambit-w ’°"°"“‘r.‘3§°€r% lo- soc 08904.00 Poll Th1! . 10,430.00 Liclensos 4-5 ' P co - hfoarket Rents a Tolls ‘so-w Scaieuilouse _ '00 Gran ~ Streets an I944 - “tag! Dominion Provincial - Water 8r Sewers b” sucks Iasbb ____

Qg-ua 53.3.5553 83g$

i War ‘Situation

By Kilt-Kl: L. SIMPSON

(Associated Press War Analyst) Invasion fitters sweeping Japan bolus Islands may be a bit an. mature. There is much to do on the other aide of the world before fail 00W" 0" 5° "llflmliied against the Japanese and of the disintegrat- ing Axis: but that does not necessarily preclude early Allied steps to obtain foetholds in continental Asia.

That is exactly what Tokyo fears. It explains Japanese discarding of the "protection" mask used in 104i to cover selaura of French Indo- China. On Tokyo orders, Japanese troops are moving to disarm or destroy all Irenoh and native forces. It is for defence against ex-

pected AnglosAuaerlcan incursions from across the South China Sea. t

into Prenoh ludo-China that could out off the whale southe end of he “ Japanese “greater East Asla co-proaperity sphere" by land as well as sea.

ft remains to be seen whether that is the purpose that underlies

‘ of the British Pacific fleet, American occupation of Palawan islands in the West Central Philippines. sonic 000 miles from the eastern bulge of Dido-China. and saisure of the Zsmboanga Pen- insula of Mindanao dominating the Sulu Sea. gateway to the South China Sea from the Paeiflo. Disclosure from Bombay that a French military mission has been in consultation with Allied authorities for months and now is attached to Lord Louis Mounibatteifs southeast Asia will do ' to ease ' ,. '

American naval forces have recently operated close off the Indo- China coast. Allied air power has been steadily blasting at Japanese shipping in India-China and at the narrow gauge railroad that hugs the coast llne all the way from llanoi to Saigon, connecting Central and Eastern China and Burma and the Malay Peninsula.

Public Accounts Table :1 House

The Public Accounts laid on the tabla at the Legislature yesterday are for the 15 months ended March 01, 104i. so are in this respect more than a year behind time. That is. the items on which the members will have date. are for the previous and not the past year.

The form of the statistics is also cluinged and not a little confusing. The iotal ordinary revenue on current

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First lioiae iieienee Troops In Action

‘IT-Ill 1st CANADIAN ARMY ON THE RHINE. March l4 (OP Cableb-The first of Canada's home defence troops to go into ac- tion with infantry duri cent 1st Canadian Army hineland oflensive fought well and handled themselves satisfactorily, an un_ oflégial survey bslhows. ere pro a y were fewer than 100 who actually have been in ac- ion and it is too early yet to make a final appraisal but on the basis of first. ‘performance: commanding officers ave no criticism of the battle worthiness of the home de- fence troops.

Three Escape When Snowmobile Goes Through Ice .

_'I'hree men escaped last night when a snowmobile went through Charlottetown Harbour lee 200 feet from the end 0f the railway wharf. The Vfllllfllc a believed to be in from 50 to 60 feet of water. Efforts will béTlgedde today to salvage ii:

cal‘. owned l?!’ the company drilling for oil here. was returning from Eldon where it had transported a doctor. Walter Wakelin of Char- lottetown was the. driver.

e snowm bll , h good time on gnovev-bliiclig: ctroxiiiiiliig; "4114. has been used all winter bwlce a week to take a doctor from Charlottetown to Eldon which is Without a Physician. Everything went rlne yesterday until the veh» icle was approaching the Prince Street landing on the return to Charlottetown. The ice gave way suddenly but the driver and his . . jl a . ..

account is given as 83970345004 The ordinary expenditure 3.048,0N.6'l

, ’ " motor: The total capital expenditure isglven as ----.- capital 208,811.49

Deficit 170339-53 Which gives s. net deficit for the 15 months of $140,700.71. The following are the details: ORDINARY REVENUE

for the fifteen months ending March Si, 1044

Subsidies 0565-77939 Old Age Pensions 335303-01 Blind Pensions . 33.75755 Relief to Enemy Aliens 300.00 8 001,040.40 DOMINION-PROVINCIAL TAX AGREEMENT Grant from Dominion, 1043 ....... .. t701,04306 Less Grant to City of Charlottetown 10.18250 $601,011.46 Less Suspended Tax Reserve ................... .. 1,301.04

1942 Reserve Ovemaid 40M fllfil-SO $010,060.11

Grant from Dominion. 1044 $310,503.10

Less Grant i0 City of Charlottetown 3,099.75 307.5433‘

Gasoline Tax Guaranteed by Doontnlon 410,804.00 004M821 TAXES

Land Tax 011413836

Road Tex 31.19145

r " Tex 360,480.36

- a Tex 30,000.20

Succeasior Duties .

Public“ Heialth rix . ‘MW-W SUSPENDED TAX RISER-VI 23,000.11 LICENSES, PERMITS. AND FEES

Motor Vehicle Licenses 016MB.“

Pcdlar Licenses 475-

Pmtlwnoiary Fees 754-46

r‘- , ["5 146.86

County Court Fees 030.73

Land Titles and Registry Otfic ices 5.44739

Letters Patent .............. .. 390-00

Prince of Wales Coliegs 13.91384

Brokers and Salesman - 15°90

Licensee. Piermlis, Peer-Carried Forward 0170/1431!

_ 9k; 5'14.“

Man-lags Licenses 13791-75

(Continued Q w e '1, gol- l)

Two Injured In Quebec Explosion

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. h tn _ - - anal. mop” wubtlérrooaived a wetting in

company employee. escaped a1.

lllarcii Fur Sale ilpeneil Yesterday

MONTREAL, March ii-i cial to the Guardianh-The Margipesale 81° the Canadiain hFur Auction Sales

.. ' ence ere this morning. There fies a fair attendance of buyers representing United states, Mexican. Argentine and other South American houses.

Nine hundred and 63 C.F.A.S. specials were 73 per cent sold at an average of $62.04. 1,498 white marked silvers were '10 per cent sold at an average of $40.08, 3,088 regular full silvers were 40 cent sold at an average of $28.16.

'.l‘oday (Thursday) 1171 silver fox show pelts from the Ontario and Prince Edward Island collections will be offered as well as the sec- ond section of the catalogue con- sisting of 9.000 silvers.

(The above information was sup- plied by Mr. George A. Callback. manager of the Fur Marketing De- artment of the Canadian Fox ieedera ' lotion. Smnmerslde).

Nazis —Remagen Bridge Is Smashed

LONDON, March l4-—A German fi-ontllne broadcaster said tonight that the Remegen Bridge over the Rhine had "now been smashed" by German planes and artillery. There was no confirmation from the Am- ericans, who besides the Remagen- .4 l ate bridge also have a pon- toon bridge in operation.

8.000% lfilaoffllffif Made At Ford Plant

DETROIT, March 14-—’1‘hc 8,0002}: ‘l-‘berrior bomber has rolled of! the w-smblv lines at the Ford-o erat- ed Willow Run bomber plan and is awaiting initial flight icsts. In waking this announcement today Ford Motor Compan said production volume has been maintained at a level only slightly under the peak output despite nu- glherous design and engineering

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spokesmen °l

lack, unleashed this new a

plants and submarine pens in

News Briefs

LONDON. March 14 — (C?) —The German radio said to- night Allied forces had “launched a number of recon- naissance thrusts over the Rhine north of Duisburg and north of Leverkusen," but claimed “all thrusts were un- successful."

OTTAWA, Marcli 14 - (CPU- The Agriculture Department to- day announced the Domnllon Gov- ernment will continue to pay the same subsidies on milk products in the 12 months beginning May 1 as in the period May 1, 1944 to April 80. 1945.

OTTAWA, March 14—(CP) —'l‘ha Agriculture Department today announced that Gov- ernment subsidies on canning crops will be maintained in 1045. the government to pay them to producers selling to processors.

OTTAWA. March 14-—(CP) ‘Canadian orficlafrdoi-not plan to follow the United States example of providing substitutes for but- ter, meat, chicken and other foods scarce there in prisoner of war menus, it was learned today.

liog Production llovm in West

B? JAMES McCOOK REG! A, March 14-1..ai-ge-sca1e hog production, until a few months ago he brightest page in the west- ern farmers’ wartime record of achievement, ay is something government leaders are trying des- erately to save.

Saskatchewan. which saw hog rnnrketings boom to unexpected heights. now has estimates that unless the present trend is checked sales of hogs by producers will be down more than 500.000 head ln 1945 as compared with 1044. Provincial Agriculture Minister F. McIntosh says the situation can be saved if 60 per cent of the Province’s farmers breed one extra sow. is would provide, for mar- keting later, 540.000 hogs and over- come the shortage now in prospect. ~ In 1042 the Province marketed 084M! h0g8; 1.400.036 in 1943 and 1.940.112 in 1944. For the first six months of 1945. marketings are es- timated ai: only 793.400 head a- gainst 1,Z44,'l86 for the same per- iod in 1044.

To ilriil For Oil

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HALIFAX, March 14-10?) — Oil drilling will be menced near Amherst, 11.5., in a iew months by

United States oil company (Sun

Nova B64 - The rim-mister said lt will be one argest drilling ogietlons in CSHBCJI. The drill to used will be able to bore to a dell"! U‘ 15,000 feet. which would be the st attenuated in Canada. A srnal r drill being used in Say near Charlotte- Eied a depth of l1, the hole io

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town has re (set, and plans call iol‘ be sunk to 14.500 fcct

Possibility 0f the an extension oilfield in Cumber- land county was foreseen following "’° 1”" 3f. .1.“.‘".°1.L“.i...‘.’.¥..‘h‘...°.2 °°““”“" 't. Mr. Currie eald- Test dsi in: disclosed ularsc delwiliélluglg

lt o with mesionc. 8y iiiiri’ ooaliaand the four together were "significant."

N. B. To Have-New Fisheries Industry

FRIIDERIQTCNN, March 14—(CP\ _.. Btliblllifnent oi live new flslh- 'rlea industries in New Brunswick in ‘he near future Wits fnrrcasi bv Hon- T.A. B00060, Minisvr of ‘industry m4 lvggqmggwiior-L \l“lll(\ soeakinv ‘n the budget debate in the Insis- ‘eiiirg .

1-1-9 aal indusifics were fin- eneially able anti rr-adv io und-r- inks a eoinolst- rare“ of Park for

development of J

Largest Missiles Ever arried

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Germany.

The target for the RA F ‘s new super - bomb was a rail viaduct, at Blelfeld, 30 miles east of Muen-l ster, 1t was announced. Anoth ' viaduct at Arnsburg, 2',‘ miles. southeast of Dortmund, was at-‘ tacked with 12,000-p0und bombs. ‘.

The new ZZOOO-Duund bomb, a} 10 - tanner by British lcng - ton meflsilrilllcni. combines crest pow- er of penetration ivltn a high ex- plosive force. Prior to its Lise. ilic largest previously dropped on me Germans was the six-ton "earth- quake" whlch sank the German battleship Tlrpitz and penetrated IS-ioot-thlck concrete roofs of U- boat pens.

F0. ILR. Short, a flight en- gineer from Abboisforil, B. C., one of the scores of Canadians in today's history-making s1. tack. said “a terrific flash was followed by a risiinilo pail of black smoke as a big one hit home and this was followed by a. fountain of debris gushing hundreds of feet into the air." Ho said the “o-r“ hnnibs also dropped by the raid. ers "sect-nail like babies in rom- pai-lson."

F0. L. T. Inglis, an air gun. ncr from Plctou, N.S., said ,"lt was as if the earth itself open- ed p."

'I'hc Air . Ministry disclosed it takes a six-man crew a half-hour to load the bomb on a Lancaster. It, 1s 25-ieet, five indies 11mg and has a diameter of three feet. Designed by 8.1V. Wallis of Vic-, kers-Armstrong, it was developed by Group Capt. W. Wynter-Mor- gari and Sqdn. Leader Davies of the Ministry of Aircraft Production whose "back rocm boys" have play- ed n formidable role in devising bigger and better projectiles to smash the enemy.

Primary role of the bomb. which carries a high explosive charge of reat weight. is for attacks on un- erground structures.

Diocesan lihurch 1 Society Meeting i

The executive of the Diocesan Church Society met esterday af- ternoon in Si. Paul's garish Hall in connection with its 101st annual meeting which uilll take lace in Si. Paul's Parish Hall ths after- noon. The Venerable Archdeacon Harrison presided as 1st Vice Pres- ident, at the request of His Lord- ship the Bishop of the Diocese, the Right Reverend Dr. Kingston who was present, and brought not only his- personal greetings, but the greetings of the whole Diocese. His Lordship stressed the need of fur- ther co-operation amongst the var- lnus ‘Portions of the Diocese, and state he wascspecially pleased to note the work which the Executive had 1n hand recording work a- mongst the youth of the church and of the work accomplished by Sunday School by Post in the out- lying districts. Brief reports were submitted by the chairmen of the Missionary. Social Service and Religious Edu- cation Departments of the Society, and a slate of officers and com- mittecs were nominated for pres- cntation to the annual meeting to- dav for election. A resolution ic be presented in the annual meeting iii connection death of the Venerable Archdeacon Raymond was approv- ed. There was a large attendance. The combined service of the Dio- cesan Church Soclely and Womans Auxiliary took place in St. Paul's Church at 7.30 p.m. There was n very large congregation present. The choirs of both City Churches inok part in the service. The Rev. . S. Davies acted as Bishop's Chaplain. The Venerable Archdea- con Harrison and the Rev. Canon Malone took the prayers, while the first lesson ans read by the Rev. D. E, Noel of Kcnsington and the second lesson by the Rev. F‘. D.

messes... 1.1; ‘ii. B. Objective In ‘iith Victory Loan

SAINT JOHN. N B . March 14 — (OP) —— New Brunswlclrs minimum overall objective in the Eighth Vic- tory loan will be 525.509.0130. DJ... McLarcn. general iiiairm-i-n of the New Brunswick " of the Ne- iionll War Finance Committee. an. nornmd today- Thlr is $100,000 more

a mltifl already assured

than the Seventh 1min 0511K!!!“-

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LONDON, March 14 — (CP Cable)—lt. A. F. Lanciisiei-s dropped earth-shatter- ing ll-ton bombs-the largest ever carried by an airplane-on rail targets in north- west Gerniany today for the first time, adding new fury to attacks which have written off such Ruhr centres as Dortmund and Essen as dead cities.

'l'hc Lancasiers, in which many Canadians flew in toiiay’s unprecedented at. _ terrifying weapon 0n the Germans after some 2,000 Amfiflcllll 11981’? bomb"! "lid fighters hild attacked riiil lines, oil refineries, armament

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International

At A Glance

WESTERN FRONT - Americana

advance from Rcrnagen bridgehead ito within 1% rnilea of Frankfurt super-highway; American 3rd Army launches new attack aimed at out-

lanking Saar; no action reported from northern sector.