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A new attack developed along the northern coast line m the area o! Capo Serrat, where the Iiiliildlli attempted w pull westward along the Mediterranean. ‘Ilhey were thrown back by French troops who reported taking a considerable number oi prisoners.

1n attacks in tile Beka-Matcur valley, about 30 miles south oi Serrat, the Germans made some progress at lnilltration oi the Ai- lied lines. hut lost seven tanks lls the flshtl% in this area, where the new -ton British "Chinch- ills" were operating yesterday.

Near MeaJez-Ei-Bab s German attack was hroliflht to a standstill Allied spokesmen sald Partner south near Goubella some German tanks reached the road between Medocc-Ill-Bab and Aroussa, but withdrew when they iailed to over-

‘ a " ‘-. ;:._r\ at u anus . nearby Djbbéiinllllnloul‘. whore the Ger- msns lsundlsd diversionary drives two days aso. the lighting still was going on but Ooh-Gen. Von Ar- nim's Axis troops had made no progress.

Von Arnim‘; attacks, whlchwere carried out by one or two battal- ions apparently were ‘desismd m lcsep the British and American tor- oos occupied in the north while Marshal Erwin Rommel regroups his iorces in the south to melt 1M British 0th Arm? 110W 111011501!!! the Maroth Line.

Bad weather limited aerial activ- ity oxmpt, in the south. whore air iorce; under Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, operating in a t of Gen. ggfnpgrrys 8th Army. dealt the Germans a heavy blow by downlnfl ll planes while losinl mill W0 "1 their own.

New Moves At iiatulon

BIRNE. rec. 20—-(AP)-—The Ger- man Ambassador m Vatican City. Di o Von Berren. departed hur- ri y and uriexpectldly lor Ber- lin Saturday night and Count Gale- auo Cianos presentation oi cre- dentials as Italian Ambwiidill‘ W are goiy Bee was postponed ‘mm

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Rapid Paco . Cf Attack ls Continued

Unofficial Estimate Ppts Weight Of Bombs Dropped At More Than 10,000 Tons.

Iv LION IIANIIAM Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON. m. Ii —(AP)- RA. F. Bombers soared over the conti- nent today to complete s, ‘Ii-hour cycle oi continuous Allied night and day attacks. and close out February as the wai-‘s month oi most. devastating and intensified bombing o: Nani-occupied Europe.

RAJ‘. medium b0 ‘ s attacked the enemy airfield at Msupertus in France this siternoon. and ‘ toes bombed iactorles a". Henselo in Holland and near Liege in Bel-

gium.

These daylight raids iollowed s smash at Western Germany last nlSht by RAJ‘. bombers, and com- plated a, cycle of‘ sustained night ilnd day attacks by British and U. s. planes that began with the hea- vy raid Thursday night on Nurem- be

rg. None o! the British planes was lost in today's daylight operations, and escorting Spitilres destroyed an enemy plane, the Air Ministry

id. “There was no indication that last night's raid was on s ll!!! scale. and speciile targets were not

disclosed. Only one bomber was

srihw .

today an .C.A.i". communi- que said one machine o! its tome was missing. While there were no official re- ports on the weight oi bombs hurled s-t Hitler's Europe in Feb- ruary's raids, well-placed observers speculated that the tonnage ppm- bly topped 10.000 tons. ThrOu last year the R..A.'i". was officially reported to have dropped an aver- age oi more than 4.030 tons a month.

The ceaseless attacks went on all through Saturday's daylluht with RAJ‘. medium bombers hittinl’ Durrkerque and American heavl’ bombers smashing the German na- val base at Brest on the French

oast.

R..C.A.1". Spitfires supplied the flight/m- cover ior the lethal waves oi bombers which hi; at Dun- kerque. and the Canadians were credited with destroying two ene- my lighters. At least two Canad- ion squadrons were engaged and they came through numerous do!- fitzhis over the Channel and France with the loss o1 only’ 0" machine.

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m, Fred Cameron oi Roland. Mara. and Winnipeg celebrated his 21st birthday by sendiml a rocke- Wult 190 to its ilrlish during one oi the actions. The other Canad- ian victory went to F0. E. J. Gim- bel oi‘ Chicago. o. member of I squadron commanded by Sqdn. Ldr. Leslie ‘Ford. D120. and Bar of Liverpool, N.S., who was credit- ed with one nrob-lble and one dam- aged in Saturday's forays.

The daylluht ooeratinns satur- day follpwed closely s “vorv heavy attack by RAJ‘. and O-A-F- bomhers Friday nir-ht. on the bat- tered German industrial citv 0i Cologne. ‘

Protest Beer ' Shortage

UITAWA. Fob. 28 —-(CP)— A government official said today that shortage oi beer in taverns and brewers’ retail stores scroll Can- a largo voiuml o! protests against tho restrictions rs- sponcible ior the scarcity. and h added that these protests doubtless

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Blowing down o! the Itosalsn offensive in the last few days should cause little alarm or concern. No army can advance at top speed con- seem

it?!“ mung“ "If?" in; w n wos or all en Thgre is no reason fishers halt. when the Russians have so ‘push on to the Dnio vantsgeols position next spring. . ‘ But because any lot-up ol isot that the Germans remain

the Russian advantage avoa temporsril

limitation on ll thrust of time ls rapidly approaching will be required l! Russia's nation drive

fir

pressure on unoonqusred and powerful, the easing of

have been impeded as much by lily lines as by Null resistanor.

the slowdown is prollmir-r-v it. a ht their breath they may ea- er to place the battered iue l“ .ne

or starting any new offensive oi his own

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when direct Allied assault on Nari Europa vslsnt offensive is to be turned into a united to victory this y_osr o: early in 1944.

What the Russians have done, in effect. is u. create an opportunity

for victory. They have out heavi

ly into German military power and they

have regained much valuable territory and many strategic positions in

their own country but. they have not broken the Gennan arrng. lt mains formldably largo and well-armed despite its losses. In t e pres European theatre it unquestionably has re-

strategio situation in the

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lfaps May Try Thrust Against Australia‘

_ Allies Reveal Enemy Is Reinforcing Islands

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ALLIED rrllwouartmaswxih AUSTRALIA. March 1 —(Mond.ay) -iCP)— An Allied communique

announced today that the Ja. ..

cs0 are constantly reinlolelng h iorces the island pcrlme .Wii1 .9! Au§§p1le.-; igatimp- salami? “is to g u a position readiness."

Asked whether the Japanese are DNiW-fllll! to attack or deiend themselves. a spokesman at Gen, MacAl-ihilrb headquarters said:- “lt could be either oiierlsive or defensive."

Japanese positions

at present

ah extend more than 2.000 miles north

of Australia, irom the solornons in theteast to 'I‘lm0r Island in the wes .

‘line communique itseii said:-

"Oilr air reconnaissance over the past weeks report a constant and growing reiniorcemcnt in all cate- forles oi enemy strength iiLthe is- und perimeter enveloping the up- per hall oi Australia," the noon communique said.

“The enemy seems to be concen- tratinfl his mziin effort. in prepar- ation on this iront. Such an as- semblance oi major iorce indicates he is taking up s position in readi-

meat."

Major aerial activity in the northwestern sector-nosslhly s- zainst the enemy's reinforcement activities-was disclosed irn the mmmunlque.

Cardinal liinsley Gravely Ill

Primate oi the ltomsrT Catholic Church tn Great Britain. it 8m“- ly ill and has been administered last rites oi the Church.

A statement issued from the Cardinal's residence today said he collapsed last night. It added that "prayers are asked (or his recovery,

own flock."

It was announced that the Gar- dimol had suiiered a heart attack at his country home in Bunting- iord, l-lertiordlllre. He was to be resting iairly comfortably to- night.

he received the Papal Blessing from the apostolic ‘delegate, Arch- bishop Godfrey.

The first native oi Yorkshire to wear the zed hat, he was made a cardinal at ‘i2 after psrsty-phoid iorced his retirement from the mission ileld in South Airlcs.

AID ‘l0 IUIIIA FUND ‘IORONIO. . 2| --(OP%I- oansdisn Aid to rid headquarters announc Saturday receipts from all sources now tot.- slled 104M389. Today's contribu- tions were page. i

LONDON, Feb. as --(CP)- Ills, Most. R€V.Al‘i.h11l‘ Cardinal Kinsley,‘ Tl, Arclalishop of Westminster and.

especially irom members oi his m

said ..

In addition to the last sacramentt

_- 'LONDON, arch Ii-‘IP-(‘Mon- day)—(CP)-- he Daily Ex ress said today that t radio British 8th Arm its offensive aga. st the Mare line in Souihem Tunisia he by Field "Marshal Rommel troops.

_NEW DEILZi-II. Flap. 30-40?) - Fighier-escorted Blenheim Bombers attacked Japanese targets Saturday at Myohaun and Rathedaun , Burma, and “ ncreased the siren v extensive damage caused to those enemy-occupied villages b previous galls," a British commun que said

sy.

NEW YORK. Feb. ll-(AH- The Berlin radio today broad- cast an order of the- day by Marshal (loering declaring that the Gernlan air force would strike again at an "op rtuno moment" and would ‘denim! the enemy wherever we meet him. Guerinfs order was. issued for the 10th anniversary of the sir force tomorrow.

NEW YORK Feb. oo-(apl - A Dakar radio broadcast recorded bl’ CB6 said todaxlthst "it has been continued" t at the Germans have been concentrating troops o.- long the Franco-Spanish border since the establishment ot a ior- bldden zone in that area.

LONDON. l-‘eb. 28 —(Cl‘l— \ bulletin from No. l0 Downlnl ‘ Street Saturday said Prime “int-tr.- c‘\lll‘l‘hiii'l condition "continues to he utisfscto y” and that, no furihr-r communi- nue would be issued until Mon- riuv. Mr. Churchill ls recuper- y sting from an attack of lmfll- r mania.

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WASHINGTON. Feb. I —(APl- “resident Roosevelt. who has been oi an intestinal disturbance yfiillCfl Wednesday, was reported to- y My to be “much improved and . ‘most back to normal." He ivnent a "very restful dav" and "s "gotten a good rest," the vwtte House reported.

i Bracken Ends Tour Cf iLB,

CAMPBIIJIJION. NB, Iisb. 3_ (DQ401131 Bracken, Conservative leader. .

New Iunswick tour Saturday night and left for his home in Winnipeg. He visited industrial nts in this area Saturday. Mr. ckon was in New Brunswick since Rb. ll.

Help The + Red Cross v S!

Ferry Makes Many Trips Cver Weekend

The car ferry Prince Edward Is. land. operating across Northum- berland Strait on a 24-hour sched- ule has whittled the iraight tie- "P It Torlnentine to 40 loaded w“ ind 30 empty lcrrigerawrs. it was learned early last night. at times this month more than 150 loaded cars and 100 empty reirig- erators were at the mainland m. mirlsl waiting transfer to this Pro- vince. I'm- a time the Canadian National Railways yards at Tor- mentine would not hold the incom- ing freight as the ferry was delay- ed by heavy ice and tied up ior several days while undergoing rs- pairs.

‘Ihe boat. made a total o! live round trips Saturday and eight until l0 p.m. yesterday.

All the ireiglit and empties were cleared from the Borden terminal, with the transier o1 20 loaded cars and 30 empties to Tornentino.

Today the I brousht in the province 60 lo ed ears and so empties. Saturday so loads were brought over but no empty reirig- erator cars moved.

The nine-mile crossing was being made in slimmer time today. about one hour each way with some irn so minutes. Saturday morning conditions were less favorable and one trip took two and a hall hours but conditions improved later in the day.

Saturday night the train irom Borden arrived in Char- lottetown m, 9.10 with loo passen- Ker; aboard.

Despite weather conditions n’

C.C.F. ‘To Contest Every Constituency

-The C.C.F. intends to contest co tituency in the country next Federal election "which m?’ be in June", Clarence Gillis. O. .1". member ior Cape Breton south, declared st o. meeting today. Predicting 0.0.1". victories in ifltish Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Mr. Gillis said that aitario with "its concentration o! wealth, industry and population, is the province we are concerned about." He added that 0.6.1‘. or- ganization in Ontario "has made more progress in the last eight months than in the past 25 years." Mr. Gillis said that T. C. DQ115181 0.01‘. Federal Member for Wey- bum, is ready to resign to enter the Saskatchewan Provincial Held. He pictured Mr. Douglas as the lirst 0.01‘. Premier in Canada, and said thqat victory in the next Provinctai election in saskatchewan for the 0.01". has been conceded by “even the old line rties." Mr. Gillis stated abor has no representation on the "SO-odd war boards set up by the Federal gov- ernment." "There is a complete domination from the top by the bankers and ind-ustrialists which ls a Nazi setup. You have statism-Jthe government. dictated ip by the invisible govern- ment of bankery and industrialists."

ESTABLISIIES (YEREMONIES

MADRID. Feb. its -(AP)— Gen. Francisco Franco issued a decree: Saturday establishing yearly iun; eral ceremonies to honor all of Spain's Kings. They will be at El Escorlal each Feb. 28. anniversary of theueath oi‘ King Alfonso XIII, the ony Spanish monarch not bur-

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Powerful Russian Winter Gp-rcrlszlce Appears Slowed After Iefl". l}? Advance.

LONDON, Fob. 28—(AP)— The Qumran H? "l Command claimed the recapture today of the im- portant Russian rail centres of Lozovya and Kramatorsk south of Kharkov, and the Find . reported “serious counter-attacks" in this raven where the Soviets seek to drive south to the sea of Azov and trap huge Nazi armies in the Donets Basin.

Thus the powerful Russian winter owe-naive appeared to have meta definite check after 100 brilliant days of sdvancmboth because of firm re- sistance and quagmires resulting from thsrws.

The Russians did not admit the German claims, but the Sunday midnight Moscow com- munique, as recorded by the Soviet Mont-tor, Lise-d the word “oerious" for the first time in telling how the Germans were “hastily bringing up fresh troops and throwing them into action on tine march." Five consecutive Nazi attacks were de- clared to have been smashed.

“u”! 14,000 V ‘two sec-l‘ in six days of lighting ending

ay. Kramatorsk la about 110 miles southeast o! Kharkov, and Loa- ovsya ‘l5 miles south o1 Kharkov, lies o6 miles west o! Kramutorsk. The RHBSIB-lls also said that. in another sector, which maynbe the Lnzovaya area‘, the light g con- tinued throughout Sunday “lor muons in iront oi’ one inhabited ich changed hands sev-

y the end o! the day Boviet

had iirmiy established them- selves in the inhabited locality," the cornmuni ue said, ad that 500

German ead and 30 shattered en- emy tanks were left on the battle-

iield.

The day communique also had located the battle area as “southeast of Kramatorsk," but tonight's regular midniggt. bulletin said merely "in the smatorlk area." a further indication that. the Germans had gained on this strategic sector.

Eighty miles out oi Kramst- orsk in the Voroshiiovgrad sector, the Russians said, one of their units striking southwest oi that city killed 200 Germans and dis- abled three tanks. In another sec- tor s German battalion counter-

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Nazi General "Disappears?

LONDON, March i- (Mon- day) — (C?) - The Moscow radio, guotlng Geneva reports said to ay that Field Marsh Gen. Walther Von Brawhitsch, former commander-in-cfief of the German Army, has “disap- neared."

‘Bruuchitsch on the advice of his physician left for s tour of southern Germany st the end of January," said the broadcast as recorded by the Soviet Monitor. "lie has not returned and relatives have made inquir- ies without result. it is rumor- ed that he has been ‘removed’

(By The Canadian Press]

DOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC - Allleil command reports Japanese constantly reiniorc ntroo, in 2,. 000-mile perimeter sloping up- per half of Australia.” ‘

NORTH AFllIC.\—-ll'.lily Fxprt-ss in London reports ilriiisli Hill my has launched offcnsivv zlrt not Mareth line in southern Tllfllfilil.

RUSSIA-R ' ailnoullceil GP!‘- man cnunier- [tacks “Wittiilff strength: Gcrnlznlr. FilLllh f‘.‘\‘,tilll’( oi lnzovya and i-l-rilnlslui-elr iii till‘ Donets Basin.

WESTERN FRONT - It. A. I. bombers hit Nazi airfield at. Mau- perius, m-ilr (Jllvi-lansz-g, Fixture, Ind fflliivrifls in Xilllillllil and Bei- gium.

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