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the address by Mr. Areenauit at the January term zhe 511N310 Courtdinhftharlotitg- wn yesterday. an s cng - darted by the Grsndjury to {whom

. were

'i‘he Court opened for the Jan-

uary term at 1i a.m. and adjourn- QC sine die at 5 o'clock.

No bill was found b the Grand Jury in the only ind pent fir: sented, that of the King vs. l Stanton whitlesk. ‘ with arson in connection with a fire in the Orchid restaurant. On motion of Mr. It. R. Bell, the accused was

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discharged.

Another indictment doclfeled was against Wilfred Bradley, for robbery h violence. Attorney

General M. R. McGuigan moved for an adiournment until the June term. on account of the absence of a material witness. asked that the be released to ep- pear on hi; awn recognizance. Mr. Lemer O'Donnell. for the ac- cused. objected on the groun that hi; client wished to be tried and return to hie duties in the army indictment hanging over him. If the Crown was not prepared to proceed he would ask for a nolio prosequi. This was re- fused and the Attorney General’; motion granted‘. The Court: "I can't compel him to give his own recognizance, but I can grant the motion and if your client does not wish in get out he willnhave to staty irtjai ‘ H, . » s o an s y Wil- lilinr- it’ , » for di-gving intoxicated. .tha sentence was rc- duced by agreement from thirty to ten days. l In Ill lPPeal from a conviction lsalnet Abbie Poulton under the Prohibition Act. Mr. O'Donnell ap- plied for a reduction of the fine of W30 i0 $50. which he claimed was the amount imposed in gimilgr cases The Court, at the suggeggion oi the Attarnw General. reduced the f 8100. ,_

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CCIIIG EVENTS

Dance. 8t. Andrew's Hall. wed- Meday. Jamaal-v 12th. i-il-‘sl.

"Unloading ca;- bulk barley tu- ilay and tomorrow. N. Aubrey Cut-

cliffe. 1-12-11,

"Ewing live Chickens and F°W1 0n ‘fliwedav. January lath. J. F. Morris. ltinxora. 1-11-31.

"East 1..."... rink t ni ht Dunsteifnsge vs.y c ‘ I-Iot dWs served. i-iz-ii.

"Due to ariii-ve, bulk oats. hulk barley. bulk wheat. Book now. Mc- Guliien 6a Boyle. 1-7- .

"Box Social merfielri Hail, January 12th.

" lilntertainment. Box Social and Dance in Lot 65 Hail, Thursday, January 13th. 1-12-21.

and Dance in Sum- Wednesday lnl

bleeding car of Milton Station Wednesday, Janu- IIY 13th. Fulton Warren. 1-12-1i,

“Unloading car oi oats today and Wednesday, Lorne Coles, Mil- "m- 1-11-21

"Wanted to buy live and dressed dilckene and fowl. Paying w; market prices. Island Cold Btorag 90.. Ltd. B-iil-ti

bagged oats.

"Wanted — Live ult . ill/- if: every day- Highest“, market g w. Russell B. Oair Gam- lee Comer.

1-11-31.

n r ns is s.

Fhlwgy suradzé’ afternbmlv "- Albany and nneral . miery Fri- day forenoon lentil further rlrotizcefl

es

"Hunter River farmers load dressed helm F's-ids this week. lhlpbers vence in order to .

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"Notice-Loading live h s for Davie a a o. , This istn until i ‘clock, Fri- ilay at enslngton imtIl noon. . C Green. hnereld.

“Sacred Concert - Mir. Donald gumbo’? will be heard in the ren- l leeired- Hymns Goe-

Ml J.

m l "i-ir-ai

. a. n. a motor vehicle while

pgions

Airdromes In

AIsGIIIRB. Jen. 1-1-(AP)—Brit- ting gem ‘a_ network ened a da

of air- -- Italy, have op-

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of the war and start a collapse or Hitler's unsteady empire

Weill n bombers, "work hor- lea" 0i only important city a mass of blaz- ing wreckage last night when they showered it with ions ofexplcaives a few hours after fighter-escorted American heavyweights fought off between 40 and 50 Nazi fighters and blaster‘; the capital with as great a load of bo London in any night of the 1940- 61 German blitz.

The asault on Sofia opened the Possibility that the Balkan capital, only 400 miles from new Allied bases. might be marked for obliteration unless the Bulgarians quickly retire from the war.

Allied ground forces, fighting steadily toward Rome and air bas- es even nearer the enemy's heart. closed to within three miles of thi- German stronghol oi Ciissino botn from the east and.’ the south after

National

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Strike To Continue

MONTREAL. Jan. ll-—(CP)- Striking municipal white collar workers voted overwhelmingly at a mass meeting tonight to continue their 22-day strike for higher wag-

‘llazi Propaganda Chiefs Confer

LONDON, Jan 1l-(CP)--Nazl propaganda chiefs from all nver Germany have met in Berlin f0 discuss the political and military situation with representatives of the government and the armed for- ces, the Berlin radio said today. The broadcast said propaganda minister Goebbels delivered the final speech and that the confer- ence also heard such important Nazis as Prof. Albert Spiel‘. DP"- ducticn chief, Admiral Karl Doe- nitz, Supreme Commander oi the Navy, and Firld Marshal Edhard Milch "

WAS GAELIC AUTHORITY

‘EDINBURGH —(CPl- Rev. Dr. Neill Ross. a prominent figure in the Gaelic movement as writer.

years he was examiner

7:2. For eight Gaelic at IliinblFIh uliivlflfi.

OITAWA, Jan. ll—-(OP)—Maj.- Gen. F. R. Phelan, director-gener- al oi Canada's Reserve Arm)’ Wm is back from a coast-to-coaet tour of Reerve units, said today the need and importance of the Re- serve still is "very great."

“And the enthusiasm. training schedules and turnouts I saw from Vancouver to iiellfax convinced me the officers and men realise this fact." he said‘ in an interview. Gen. Phelan, stocky and with iron-grey hair and a. quick decis- ive wag ofepeakinmewunshillell on is chair as he answered cumulus about his 100.000 vert- tiiue soldiers administered by i nucleus oi full-time paid lwrwllflel

There bed been repolrte t“ R5!- erve army hi! 1°" i! ° F° v’ and we lilanninl l music-lien q] pa"; schedules and makeup. These reporu arose from the lav! the threat o actual invasion of Ca-

eoii had been removed and the reduction and N0 In‘ of three active army '1"

in Reserve army "n".

by veteran officers who

lsh and United Stale; bombers, op-

arid night onslaught on soils, cap tal of Bulgaria, in whetl may be s calculated campaign to. knock that Nazi satellite nation out i

e R. A. l"., left Bulgaria's

mbs as struck

Roosevelt AslzzFor ~- Scrvice Law

- 5 r Stabilization Law which pa" and ‘Psalm’ d“ m“ “edinext June and without which. the

m just a. well axEct price chaos." \x—wv-..__._._ _4.__:" -

Declares Reserve Army Still Has Vital Role

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12. 1944

RUSSIAN ARMY FORCES SLUCH

BIG AERIAL BATTLE OVER GERMANY

. Day And Night Assault Is Opened On Sofia

British And U. S. Bombers Operate From ‘

Southern Italy.

a week's sustained offensive.

A loan infantry stunned Mt. Di Pi ria about 1,500 yards from the v age oi Pervaro, four miles east of Cassino, and today were Pushing down into the strong de- fences of Cervaro itself.

Closing in from the southeast and south, British troops advanc- ed another mile and completed capture of Mount Peoro. overlook- ing Cassinu and the Garigliano river. Front reports said they still Wm going forward.

Patrol Activity

Action on the 8th Army front again was confined to patrol ac- tivity. Canadian troops on the Ad- riatic coastai road have advanced

little more than three miles to- ward Pescara. since they captured Ortona two weeks ago,

American two-engined bombers hit San Bennetfio, 35 miles north oi Pcscara on the Adriatic coast, while dive-bombers destroyed six German vehicles, en ammunition truck. a tank and s. locomotive north of Rom.. Other strong Al-f lied formations operated over ihci battle area and ranged far into northern Italy and southern France to attack enemy communi- cations.

WASHINGTON. Jan. ll—lCPi-- President Rosevelt tooav asked congress to enact “u. ilatlollal I:€I‘~ vice iuw wnicil, ior the dl-iiutiozi of the war will mavens su-ikes.‘ all“ make IAVIAIIIJDIB all sole-poured a- dults for esseiniul wai- fusion

’l.'rie request, continued ill lilS ari- mioi message to congress, was not unexpected. rle said lie naci lies-rt- aied for iliree years before iislflllit; for sucn s. law

Now, he said, he was convinced that national service was necessary, not to win l-ile war but w 0851-911 victory ailcl save Aiilerlcun lives.

‘me President. referred to inc ex- istencc 0i. iiatsvnai service laws all uunana. drltam. Australia and new ‘Leblanc, rind sslu mess‘ exists cc nau made unilecesssry "the Wlflél- spread use o1 compulsory pCiWclZ

He did-not go into any details, 0i the law he proposes and by willcil he hopes io prevent strikes in tnv United QCELLCS.

The President wax-net. that “over confidence and complacency ai-ei our greatest enemies.“ Therci could be no relaxation of elforrl based on any belief that the war] was virtually won.

In addition to the national 591'- vicc la\v his specific requests for. legislation coiled for: i

l. is “realistic tax law" whlcii| lwlli tax "all unreasonable profits.’ i 2. Continuation oi’ the Renegoti- ntion Law (now under fire Ill Congress) which enables the gov- ernmcnt to revise agreements with

contractors found to be making. ‘undue war profits. I 8. A floor under farm products

to protect the Producer; anc. ceil- Jngs to protect the consumer, ap-

lplicable only to necessities. 4. Early re-enactment oi the expires

Presiden said. "the country might

served in the first Great War. arc “as been as mustard." Gen. Phelan said, and most of them inteno w "go active" when they reach the [Qqiliffid age.

"While the training we give them very naturally suits them more appropriately to the active army, the ones who Join the navy and air force find they have a big start on some oi their comrades who have had no basic military training," Gen. Phelan ski.

Gen. Phelen paid tribute to the spirit which he said he iound run- ning through the whole organisa-

tiori.

Trelnin for the New Year term includes aelc training. week-end tactical schemes, shooting on in- door ream. small arms training anrl various pee oi field work.

The Genera also saw represente- tlves oi Canada's 00.000 cadets during his tour and declared they were "e smart lot oi lads and by taking this training are fitting themselves for the future and learning a respect for order and

prerequisite

dlsci lin which is s of Igqlntitifilllllh."

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I (AP) - The German News

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Enemy Iihiims 123 Raiders

Nazi claims are not con- firmed by Allies; Three- hour running fight.

IDNDON, Jen. 12 — (Wcdnes. day) — (AP) — Powerful format- ions of United States heavy born- bels. escorted by ‘Thunderbolts. Llghtnings and new type long range fighters, battled through SWYIXIY weather and terrific Ger- man fighter opposition Tuesday to pound tarscts deep in Germany.

A special communique ear- ly tocl a. y from Hitler's headquarters w h 1 c h w a s not comflnned by Allied sources - Claimed t h a t 1Z3 0 i’ the raiders w e r e

shot down The German internist» lonal information bureau claimed in a broadcast earlier that so of the four engined bombers were des- troyed. A preliminary United Sta-

llevi Anglican Archbishop 0f ll. S. Selected

Rev, Dr. George Frederick King- ston. Anglican B op Alg . will succeed the bish

John HacKmllev as Bishop of Nova

@111. He was chased by the Synod today. and his acceptance of charge was received by the Synod tonight.

Bishop Kingslgn was declared the

choice oi th our

Bishop-elect, and was transmit reconvened tonight.

(Attending the meeting

the first

ted to thorn when they from

Charlottetown were: Messrs. H. A.

Messervey, Harry E Miller

and

Judge H. L Palmer. delegates from St Paul's Church; and Rev. Canon E. M. Malone and Messrs F. W.

Hyndman and W. resenting St. Peter's

E. Enman rep- Cathedral.

Messrs. Hyndman and Enman were

visiting 1n Halifax and were

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quested to remain and act as sub- delegates. Rev. A_ LcDrew Gardner of St. Paul's Church was unable to

attend due to urgent duties

tes Army communique said (he Americans encountered “strong! fighter opposition“ but made no. mention oi either American or] German losses Later it was announced that an- other United Stator. communique was expected about 9 a. m. today (4 a. m. E. D. T.) - consider- ably later than communiques have been issued on most occasions

the oust. The United Slates bulletin said the attack was made on

“northwest Germany" but Ger- mans said the Armricans struck at “central Germany". Neither iden- tified the specific objectives.

A Blllilll-‘mellllify American bull- riln described file lriitslon as a. three hour running battle in which the great armada of bombers was aub- joctcd to continuous attack dur- ing the entire time it was over Germany.

Japs “Wrinder" At Allies Strategy

NEW YORK. Jan. l1— (AP) — A Japanese authority, claiming to "wonder" at the Allies’ strategy in the South Pacific, says the best way to attack Japan is from the north.

An English-language broadcast from the Tokyo radio recorded ta- dziv by the U. S. foreign broadcat intelligence service credited the suggestion to Admiral Ryozo Na- kamura, one-time commander of the Japanese combined fleets

Germans Report Ciano Executed

BERNE, Switzerland. Jan. l1A-- g. ency DNB reported from Verona today that Mussolinfs son iii law. Count Galleuzzo Ciano. the aged marshal Emilio De Eono and three other former members of the Fas- cist Grand Council were executed for "treason" shortly after 9 o'- clock this morning. The oliiers ercecuicd were

lis-

'l9d as Carlo Paresclii, Giovanni

Msrinelli and Luciano Gottardi Another, Tiilllo Clanlietii, was gi- vcii a 30 your prison term

‘Pllirlecn other members of ille council who voted fcr lifussolinfs ouster last July 25 were sentcnccd to death in sbsentla. All are be- lieved lo liavg escaped from the Gemmii occupied portion of lliily

Clano, W110 would have breil ~11 yours old in March, was a relativ- ely obscure di lomat until he married Mussolnfs daughter, Ed- tln. in 1030 He then rose rapidly. becoming his father in law's right hand man and one of the weal- thiest persons in Italy.

The DNB broadcast was the only report of the executions. I-‘roniier accounts were vague and confused. One snid Pope Pius had asked clemency for the condemned men; another said Ciano had been shot while attempting i0 escape. The latter wx generally discoun- ted. however.

The Lugano paper Corriere Del Ticino said the. trial was a mock- erv. held secretly and attended

Ir e ssmrziamhe loaf of only nine planes.

Charlottetown.)

Dr. Kingston. who resides Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, is a 54-year- old native of Prescott, 0nt.. who is well known in this province. He ;was professor cf philosophy at

King’ college, Windsor, Nova Sco- l tic from isoo to 1922 and he is mar-

ried to the former Florence Brown ‘of Wolfvllle, N. S. i In 1916, he was ordained a

priest oi the church in Nova Scotia. _He beanie Canon of St, James Ca- thedral in Toronto in i907, and he Wflg elected Bishop oi Algome. three years later.

Archbishop Hackenley, who was 66 at the time of his death Nov. 15. has ham bishop of bloke. 1800- tia since 1925 and an archbishop since 1984. In 1939, he was made Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada.

He was the second archbishop and the seventh bishop of this pro- vince. He was a native oi Colne. Eng.

About three hundred delegates attended today's opening of the an- nual synod. Rt. Rev. Philip Car- ringion. Lord Bishop of Quebec, presided

Allies llave illevi Fighter

LONDON. Jan 11—(CP)—A new itype United States fighter plane, | possibly capable oi escorting bomb- ,crs all the way to Berlin and back arid believed to be the longest- range infra-engine plane in th ;worid_ now is in operation in the iEurspriin theatre. I 1t presumably is iP-si Mustang

The Mustang first gained atten- tion Aug. 19, 1942, in the Dieppe raid where Canadian

cessfullv in R. A. F. sweeps over the continent and has mowed down scores of Axis planes in the Med- lterrnncan and Pacific. It was first built by North American Aviation in 1940.

N. B. Announces Record Surplus

FREDERICTON, N, 3., Jan. 11-- (CP)—-An all-rue record surplus for New Brunswick was produced in the fiscal yea.- cnding Oct. 3i, i043, Hon. J. J. Hayes Deane, pro-

vincial secretary-treasurer, an- nounced today. The 1943 surplus was $1,742,950, being the fourth

consecutive surplus by the Liberal government heeded by Premier J B. McNair, KC, and exceeded the previous year's record surplus by nearly $584000. Actual revenue last year totalled 812,230,727, and ex- penditures $10,487,776.

MORE IRISH SPUDS

DIIBLIN -~ (OP) - Bi:e's potato growers are io be asked to increew their crops so ihe Irish Red Crow can send next autumn 100.000 tons

only by} few close supporters of

ins

ifliiiidi/i

to help feed Europe.

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EXELS IN i

HE KITCEN

in at

a variety of the I l

supporting . atively Canadian for the p

troops provided the main ground, force. It since has been used suc- i

Sir _llllsm. who shortlv trill ‘ mark his 100th birthday anniver- l poke after Jeaii-Chisrles

A new threat to an all but trapped

beyond the upper reaches of the Bug Junction.

striking on an indicated 40 mile I

in a single bold, sustained drive

completes the splitting up of German

is fought out. . .

Nth grade natural oil-

iair attacks were laid at Teheraii.

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War Situalio as igl

ilmlwlu: rapidly with itnssisn allvln

To lee the invisible, when skies Ire dark. la always to nave power to be steadfast to the end.

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l5)‘ Klrlie Is. Simpson, Anociated Press Wal- Analygg

Nari host in the lower Ukraine is ce guards already reported n" or River southeast or Zhmgy-inka

At that paint the last direct rail link for the Nari; with mum] 1,.- gzzllfiy is! izlriiislly sight of Soviet patrols. It lies loss m", 3|) mu" y c our or five upper Iiulgmcrosslngs at which the Rlllliarig are

It heel-la in look as though the iussis tn est hy-pusseil Vinnitsn and Zlsmerlnka to strlkenarzsucrvzvss saw irunl. line and push on to ouiflank

the Dnieeter as well as the Bug

The last Russian advance points in tii t t '1' . ported by Moscow were Vorcnovllsa and Ideilrlnvfiiiirltcfillifctrltlgisnrh miles or less of the crossings oi tho upper Bug.

In strategic importance, the llimsian- rumpeicd junction, nearly 40 miles deep 1n old Poland, is of less consequence, It

success at Sarny

north and sollth fronts iii Russia

north and south 0i tho Pripet marshes, but a lull In the Rliflgign musk still secnis probable there while the vast annihilation battle to the south

If the Russian drive by-pasalng Vinnlsa is in fact headed for the Dnlcslci, ii rneinis that even that river line, marking the Ukrainian- Bes-sarabian border, is in immediate danger of being turned in the north. Ami at that point. Russian advance guards are not much morg than 300 miles airline from the Ploestl fields in numania, main Nazi source of

That is easy shuttle-bombing distance for Russian planes. Th; Rum- aiiian nil fields on the east flank oi the Carpathian range north of Plocsil are even closer to Russian air fields in the Kiev bulge.

_ “h a grim prospect for Rumnnian oil and communication; centres vital in the Nazi war effort. In all probability, such plans for two-way

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l..-Cpl. E. Cameron Killed In Italy

The sad news was received by Mrs. Angus Cameron yesterday Imorning that her son Lance Col-- .poral Edison Cameron was killed

in Italy. This is the second time in twamonths that this family hai- received sad news, another son, Gordon having been killed in Italy on November 6th.

"Ted" as he was familiarly known, was with the RCMP. before enlisting and went overseas with the First Canacian Conting- ent four years ago.

He leaves to mourn his mother, two sisters and four brothers, Mar- garet, Mrs. Cyril Wood, Charlotte- town: Florence. Mrs. William Mon- aghan, of Ottawa: James, assist- ant station agent at Borden; Les- ter with the C.N.R.. Charlottetown Corporal Robert Cameron with the fiignals in Elngland. and Lloyd at

ome.

Proposes Unique College In Montreal

e, TORONTO. Jan. ll-(CPJ-ln a

ibrlei address tooiiy to adlan club. Sii" William Miilock. chancellor of the University of ,Toi'omo. Proposed that the club elect a committee which would err--