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CHARLOTFETOWN. CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1944

Subscription lnllovard. lam "l". $4.0m other Provlrires b ILUA. 05.00

12 PAGES

0F BEACHHEAD HAN GS IN BALANCE

l. Two divisions. s. Corps head-

.-.~- the Canadian force

~ :

1111s force in England consists 1 the army headquarters, a corps dquarters and three di

i. The army head uarters will

rgintained and B tish or oth-

. Allied troops may serve un-

or! it when the time comes 0

n: 4. Canadian casualties in sicily up to Jan. 8 totalled l.- . 299 missing. 06 prison- » and 4.665 wounded.

> PlAlSES INDIAN IIELP

NEW DELHI --(GP)— In hi5 first. utllc speech in India otter beccm- u: Viceroy. Lord Waveli stated that - e is no doubt that Indian. help ved the Middle Ins tlius lavilnz the oundauon for ll

iiillliliiélilll-IIIATS

"Burmese Bale Y. M. c. A. this

I "llOl-LA, Rllllllniage sale Boyne 1" Rooms. $turday Feb} l2, l

"Horse Racing New Glasgow ‘~ ver, bat. Feb. i2.

"East Royalty Rink

"l-Mil Year Dance at To " fl-lwrsewwn. Monday. Feoru-~ . 1am. 3.10. ~

r "‘ l1 lfikion Hail. Februar 14th. flood music. {-11.31

dl"Unl0ading car bulk wheat m. Y- N. Aubrey Cutcliife, are Willi. 34

pping Club l dins at madalbune every ‘legality

Reserve Feb. 24th. and 26th. tist. Young People's Union play

urrly Harbour Tuesda Z-li- Qala today at Maritime M

3 P. M. PHIL! Elli- Qrwn. Baptist auxueiigitz

“h! orders for car asphalt “it N Aubrey 23am "m"- 2-12

art Chicken, Baked - 2-1 l-2i

fllhTil _§hm¢ldevti1i.

lBanner Year

[For Re£l_ Cross

Wartime Activities Of Island Division Reviewed At Annual l Meeting Last Night.

s Statement n iianuck Army

MTAWA, Feb. ll-Jn a gener- piatement on the army, made 1 in the House oi Commons .. connection with the ll wtar appropriation bil. Defence e

“A ballllel‘ Year of unprecedent- ed success" in Red Cross activi- ties in the Prince Edward Island division was reviewed last g/ht by Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacM an, O.B.E., provincial resident, at the annual meetin_ o the Red Q1055 Society.

Dr. MacMillan announced with TEETH; the resignation oi Mi,“ yep lll DBlTB-Ch. R-N" as director oi Junior Red Cross for the Province. The vacancy has been filled by the flpgtigitmfillt oi Miss Mabel

Grant,

Miss Darrach. the president slated. has decided to serve her Billllllily as an army nurse. l-le paid warm tribute to her five and a hall years of successful work in the Junior Red Cross field. Miss Grant, who succeeds her, 1,5 11 teacher with several years’ exper- ience. a graduate oi the Prince Edward Island Hospital school of nursing with experience both a5 a lwslllm “llllervisor and in the field oi private dutv.

Election oi Officers

Dr. MacMillan was re-elected president 0i the division. along with the following officers and executive:

Honorary President, His Honour. Lieut-Governor LePaga. Hlignos-ag Vice-Presidents: Dr.

,. , o son. Mrs. V.L. Goodwill Mr.‘ 'W.’1‘.‘*I‘id1‘narsh. Mr. William Moran. Mr. G11‘. Hutcheson. llllice-President. Mr. D. J. Bon- e . 2nd Vice-Presidents: Mrs J. M. McFadyen, Queens County. Miss Gladys Holman, Prince County. Mrs. David Wright. Kings County.

Honorary Secretary, Mr. R. H. Rogers.

Honorary Treasurer, Mr. D. A. MacKinnon.

Executive members: Mrs_ C. G. Duffy. Mrs. E. A. Foster. Mrs. J H. McQuald, Mrs. H. E. Miller. Mrs. J.J. Morris. Mrs. W. H. V.

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“gm Dunbar. Mrs. A. E. Baker. Mrs. J 1241 tA. Macmillan, Mrs. George Mar- '_ tin. President P. El. I. Women's

Institutes. Miss Mary Macdonolcl Supervisor. P.E.l. Women's Insti-

m tutes. Miss Evelyn Hessian. rep-

resenting P. E. l. Teachers’ Fed- eration, Mrs. H. L. Palmer, Mrs. E. M. Bagnall, Mrs. John Hop- kirk, Mrs, S. G. Pcppin. Mrs. Nor- man W. Lowther. Mrs. J. D. Mc- Guigan Mrs. C. H. Beer, Mrs. EW. Strong. Summerside, Mr. G.J. Tweedy, Mr. A. B. Fisher. Mr. .W. J. Brawders. Dr. A. J Murchison. Judge C. St. Clair Tminor, Mr. J. P. Crockett. Mr. W. S, Grant, Mr. Norman W. Lowther; also other representatives from Summerside Brunch. and one from each of lo‘- lowing branches: 0'Leary, Alber- ton. Kensingtoi, Hunter River. Georgetown and Bouris.

Representatives to Central Council: Dr. W.J.P. MacMillan, Mrs. E_ A. Foster, Mr. J. E. Camp- bell, Summersi‘ .

Alternate: Mr. G. J. Tweedy, Mr. R. H. Rogers, Miss Gladys Hol- man. Summers" .

Auditor: Mr. J_ H. McQuaid.

Brief annual reports were given by the president. by the treasurer

r. D. A. MacKlnnon; by Mrs. E. A. Foster. chairman of the Wo- men's war work committee; by Mrs. H. L. Palmer, Red Cross Corps; by Mr, W.S. Grant. Blood Donor clinic; the Junior Red Cross report, prepared by Miss Darrach was given by Miss Arsenault. Campaign reports and resolu-

g, tions were brought in by Mr. D.J.

Bonnell, and the report of nom- innting committee by Mr. A. B.

ier J. Walter Jones. who spoke briefly at the close of the meet- ing. Other speakers included Messrs, J. lil. Campbell. president of the Summerside branch; Rev. T. H. Bussel Borders: Messrs. H. H. x. Harry Cudmore and

Gladys Holman, Bummerside.

President's Report

"In just one ma or effort must we do Inorc." l-lon. . MacMillan sail?

d in presenting his annual moo e: h

$1M’ ‘at? omtrgorgddmiori"

e mrus ave -

'11-. t f the year. the a 113.10: even time 0am

a President said was

Oliver-Cowbell in - ‘l- W» H. i0. . as. as.

Piss at Fredericton.

. ob ti f r Can- i%i%“ri‘8?£o "h"... .8. m. fir d {or people’ Willing“ 8%; as ilever before when 890.1% was subscribed. This indeed a 81°- rious record. and it mun be eqllfll" led and surpassed in the camvillll which will open in the near future- booause the needs are ever so much neuter." Tribute was said to cam]-

msnurer D °l

01:; ‘an. coma. Prank Phee and

. u_ “with ".’..'2.l."“'°..‘i.l’°“.ll.°... plishmont of the or. Wi-

“Tirfunhziraa hi? 17661-70’ I

Atlantic sealanes these days-thi- frigate. designed out

12.11211... Gives Medical‘ o-Art UrLMcNaughton

Steamship Suhventions

OTTAWA. Feb. il—-iCP)—Mail subsidies and steamship tions paid by the federal govern- ment during 1944-45 will amount computed with S917.- 048 duriniz the current fiscal year. it was shown today in the main non-war estimates tabled commons by Finance Minister 1s-

Those are changes from i943- 441-(1943-44 figures

Administration $13.58! ($12.90!!) Eastern local services: service between Chester and Tan- cook Island $2.000 ($1.600). Eastern local servicexd

and Nova. Scotia $37000 ($44,000).

‘Estimates For lion-War Purposes Are Tabled

OTTAWA. Fcu._il -» 1GP) - ES- timatts oi expend

pared with 3610,88 estimates for lust year, w _ y in inc Comm-ans oy Finance

.

Lost years tnoin estimates were later increased by suppzcmcutaries to a tozul of $bal.0l4.000, making the mam estimates for the coming fiscal rear $54,455 (:00 more

in espinditin-es attri- buted to the war amounted to more crease 1:1 the estimates tabled today. Th: iurg-s." $75,344,001) in debt. charges. Increa- ses of $1,190,000 for administration of income and excess profits and $2 1511.000 for IDCIBSSGJ‘. pow. ef- iice expenditures ivere also import- aiit items in the over-all increase

The planned war uppropiia-t-iozis of $3.t'50,iI00,000 for 19-11-45 n: aidiltion

nounuul by Mr. lisley today, bring the ttial budgoiw-apur: from any Tiation for mutual aid--to 369.059 compared vritli $4.500,

it-i t year. ‘ ft-iir, $102,369,010 total, uncon- trollable expenditures l5lli575,000 with debt charges 03013055000 the largest item. sidies and special con the provinces total $9 Expansion of Canada's intemat- iannl relations was reflected in the estimates by an increase o! 519E for administ wviun of the external affairs department and _$i62. fo

l

"700 for increased activity in

intelli ice, Width"...

Canada's share of tern i

nt in t-h roprlation efilrlippbo

rch on the utilization farm cropslsy the national rose service. riation oi 01,000,000

Norman Ismther. Floater: mm m o M hell's gate canyon

the Fraser River waierhead

‘ion oi trc zero by an

ancient Hindu is considered one oi the greatest advances in anthe-

c. all amociated with the m

OTTAWA. Feb. 1l—i.CP)—De- fence ivlinister italsion today read to inc nouse of Commons medical reports on the health of Lt-Gen.

A. G. L. McNaughton, former Ca-

nadian Army commander‘ over-

seas. which ICCOIIIJCIIGCLI. that Lhe General be given leave of absence snlcg he e110,». "alglls 0i exhaus- ion"

t. . Col. Rulston read a message

from Gen. McNaughton to Mo].

Gen. Price Montague at Conan-

lun military headquarters over- seas, dated Dec. '1, stating he did

not have the strength to look af- ter“'ii‘i'il'iy ‘anoirs properly. Col. Ralston said that if he were

asked whether Gen. McNaughton

and the government. always had

been in agreement he would have to answer "no!"

But there WCAS the highest. re-

gard for the general, both as a man and as a soldier.

Gen. McNaughton must be ai-

iowed to rest, with hope for his early and complete recovery. said the minister.

Col. Ralston gave a. review oi

army affairs when he spoke on thc

53.050.000.000 war appropriation

resolution

Accomplishments Now

l-Ie said that whereas a year ago

he had spoken of preparations in

thc nrmy he now could speak of "accomplishments."

Tho army overseas ivns mi two fronts. Ho had recently spent three iveclcs on ilic Mediterranean front. seeing the troops.

At that time reinforcements and a hospital were in North Af- rica, Corps troops and another hospital in Sicily, and two divi- sions in Italy.

Operations in this war. as could be seen in o Mediterranean. were conducted largely by “task forces." not necessarily homogen- eous as to the country from which they came but suited to the job to be done. Canadian armored troops in Italy had taken part in many task-force operations.

Canadian soldiers made a namc '

for themselves in the capture of various Italian centres.

Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery. 8th Army Commander. and other.

';('.Jolilt~iiluedlon'pago"'l, 3i _

Finns Discuss Peace Prospects

S'I‘OCKHOI.1M. Feb. il- (AP)- The Finnish social democratic party

parliamentary grotip expressed e. desire today that tne government find out. Russia's peace terms. They

held n. meeting v/irii vaino A. Tan-

ner. Finnish Finance Munster and leader oi the group, dispatchefii

Swedish Press from Hels

fir?

debate over the advice of of the war swept over the coun ry.

tonight.

The, dispatches said thc da-v was mmiac-lrkedlitl yl eliiiilislvi? riflglitixnilnc ca . as

no no. y- 1-.%{e_Umt_

ed States to the Finns to get ‘out.

Canadian Frigate Patrols In Heavy Weather

wer to Hitler’ w l1 1r _ 5h 1 oi’ the experience of convoying through the past. foul‘ 1 corveties. is rsnor: hfllrilsv arrlaecilrrttfirllgrlnzlendgllal: yea-rs. She is one u the heaviest ships on the North l charges. has new ' i

A MW 13M 0f "m"! M6011 shlp is on the North‘ Atlantic convoy lanes, the newest orrd deadliest x1115- l

and better e

ui ment throughout.

Bracken Gives

Outline 0f llis Labor Pofioy

WINDSOR, Ont... Feb. i.l.—(CP) —Joi11i Bracken, Progressive Con- SEIVBLIVQ National leader, said tu- lllllnt in cnunciatmg his partyls lnuor policy that labor and agri- culture must be given a voice with business and industry in influen- cung decisions oi me government.

lVll‘. Bracken. in a speech pre- pared tor delivery at a party din- ner_ {fleeting here. expressed sharp criticism o1 the new ivage-control order and proposed a conference of dominion and provincial au- inorities to lay the basis for na. tional unifonnity in labor pflyg- tices.

H9 015° Pwlmsed establishment v! a national labor relations board.

Struggle Continues

“The struggle for fair and ode~ quote wages is still an important and necessary function of organ- ized labor." Mr. Bracken said. "Trude unionism has not yet pass- ed out of the combative stage and I think that. one of the responsi- bilities of government is to bring this struggle to an early and sat- isfactory conclusion.

“It is the ugliest. and least con. smictive aspect of the relations between employer 11nd worker."

The larger interests of labor were bound up with the prosper- ity of the community and workers should have opportunity to work.

"It is. therefore. the joint. re- sponsibility of management and government to sce that. capital ls so organized that productive use can be made of all the workers seeking admission to the ranks of industry."

Employees should have full rights to bargain collectively and there should be no encourage- ment to "oomponyunlons." "But ivorkers should also bc entitled to organize voluntarily in any inqi. vidual company without interfer- ence by outside influence

In guaranteeing labor its rights labor should also be required to re-

7€EFT§3TGrTf€fi5EEéT1Tc$iI 2i Z Says Montreal Not Worst Offender

MONTREAL, Feb. ll~lCPl-— Mayor Adhemnr Raynauit today said in an interview that ‘singling out Montreal as the country's worst offender in thc incidence oi‘ venereal diseases was both wrong and very unfair.“

Answering questions about the iveek-old ban on known disorderly houses. here and the campaign against venereal diseases here. he added:-

"Suppose that Montreal's l6 per cent incidence is correct. that docs not make this city a breed- ing-ground for syphilis. It shows Montreal to have a pretty good record. because the proportion of people who come here for purposes of entertainment is far greater than l6 per cent.

"I am 100 per cent behind the present campaign, but I do not think it will gain anything by the making of inviliious comparisons as to which city has more venereal diseases than the others."

l

= Nazis Press [Advantage ln Although official uneasiness over the plight of British nnrl American 1

troops Iinlding the Nazi beaohhuad south of Rome ls reflected in London l and Washington, it full-l short of any real apprehension that another

ituaNit

By Kirlse L. Simpson. Associated Press Wur Analyst.

Allied l‘ que is impending. , ,- . .- <\- ~ y Bad ivcather seriously limits the effectiveness of Allied zii nuu-r-r m Dlkxl“) “LN H, u the weapon chiefly relied upon to expand the surprise landing operations: ALGIERLS. l-‘rrb. ll AFN-ii‘.-

l" 5°" "t" lllflllflfl! hillllly Allied sfl- power- Rain or nu rain, the guns 1 tacking duliilg -.r .\.Lu.Lll that snout of the British Mediterranean fleet holds a veto power over Nazi attempt; ‘ N19 battlefield with, rioiuzcs o! rein. to drive the besclihesd garrison Into the sea again. 1 51h filmy "W95 lf§llulm f“ l‘: That is meagre comfort to draw from a situation in the llllllau r-um- ‘ 5mm bmciuieadsl“l?,,iflml m.’ n poign so recently bright with possibilities that o Ger-man retreat. upon “up fuan“ iltlrnglcniusulz to abandon Rome might result from thc sea borne flanking g Thcrr is no authoritative version yet of just what iuppezied iztlicrl than an lll-omened change in the weather to turn a promising Alum or. iensivo from the sea into a defensive siege. I The mighty Russian offensive that. is assembling German armies in v “pawl. "l" W51 Kahlil MW mvmmillm. however. Moscow announced capture of , ‘vnincld w u... .._..,_.._.; sllellfllflllfl llllwllflfl by troops of the first [lkrainian arr-u)‘. its fall niiem-d l and 'l(lVt\llI'l‘Ll in tlic CurJcoiu : new route’. for Russian attacks southwestward to cut the Odessa-lVnlr- ' iho day." 4 saw railway and leaves lire whole Nazi southern flank in Russia trapped said U10 Germans wr-rc» m- agoinst the Romanian border. IBYlP-S U1‘? l'"=l5'-'~"l“\? "5 flmg I - ' ' calls of surrender and are Olllv oe- ini: ousted by the grenade and bal-

' “I in the l‘ ' , bend far to the i

north between the Lugn and Volkhov Rivers are carving unfillable pups _ 0n in Nazi ranks. It in in the centre oi‘ the long eastern battle line, not on _ F31-Lhe1- so...“ in 111(- gpnssgno 1,31,. l" 3am" m‘ Blflvli 5H "fink!- hflorever. that the pnsrllllilitic of irpreme [tic area a dispatch from l\SS'JClRi_.C'fl Prtss corncspontlcnt Lynn i-lciu- $Lates tioofls

military disaster are stalking tho German forces-

With fall oi Shepetovka. a new Russian major offensive 1o smash a- .Z9\‘llhi§ Sflld Ulllwll ‘ cross that railroad on ii wide front, take Tarnopol and surge on into . llilllllllg lfl Yalll- llfll northeastern ltumania. to outflank every possible Nazi rirerbank defence i “Zara mlfihmg e195,.“ front in the south may he in progress. .g}§;,.§°,,,".§......j‘i. m. hm u, 111..

Soviet leaders are in u positions to rnass overwhelming superior fort-es » blgudy house-to-llouso iiygliiing in at any elected point on c. 200 mile front for a break-through titre-wk in the . the ivlillinlllfiS of Cossino below,” and centre that. would climax the winter offensive and crack the (‘ierman ‘to break through to hing-Vita‘ :5. lrlle eastern front apart. It would iet the stage for Ruskin invasion nf Ruin- lYQMl "J R99”- ll‘ 7n" ° or ° P anla. from the northeast down the main road to Bucharest and Picesti have ‘he haldmrcsled mm‘, beam“

_ ___ __ head troops. “ ”"‘_" "' ““““ """ ' r‘ In the town itself A-lllfimfi" - - oi-wa" s . s"!- lsidcs in thc bitter Iiglilind we're re-

' ported heavy.

a a l 7o Victorious Red Army W» m- M" l I The Germans were taking advan-

i“: “~51 ‘- ' '1 “i tag-o of the blinding rain and wind storms which grounded AllIOCl-flfllflfll

24 u s IDNDON. Ffib- ll-“APJ —— The l support. to hammer the exposed ~ ' ° Red army today cant-wed the Uk- ibea-chlieocl at. different points. Largo

rfllifilflfl YBllWWY Comte of Sligpowv- ‘numbers of tanks were reported

A‘ r c h ka, a distributing point for German ‘bcilig employed by the enemy as

ll‘ reserves during the last two years. lmobile artillery. _

Moscow announced tonight. while’ The weather upon which much ._._. fare?! iizle other Rllgisifig ldlegondsdiik the piicvrt‘ of wieatmy

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 11 —(A °l‘ F“ "lull" M‘ I." H" Wlwall mp5 ° , T

P’ - A Elem mama" ““'"“° ‘"3 filiililliiiilil? ti??? fifrilfiiiiiir ‘Elli ".‘§if.i‘l‘§“?a...§§?’*if“..§.2ii“§$2oi? 51g‘; flagged iqg,tl;giggfggg' Mgg- its... ' dav 21...‘. clear ma... ' p or . e - _ - " . _ - .,, . .- T. rying 2-4 persons to their deaths in uaamwflfirflwgf‘; tglfgrlfi: mg‘ wfalflglqlffiaafi?“ dfifilgg“ .2}... m“ WW5‘ bmw m‘ clvma“ “vmucn the orzllpturepof ‘ihepetovka where lhail and snow before it and sending l“ ‘he Ulmed Slates 51M” 19w‘ the Gennons added by fresh reser- 'smnli shipping to cover.

Amllllfl ‘he Pfiilmliels ""9 “l ves an assault. force of 120 tanks‘ Even tour-chained bcmbers raili- execuu" and W‘) emllmyees °§ m” and armored trains. struggled Vfllll- ed tons oi’ cXlllublvflh "l1 llVu lu-Y 509110’ GlTOSCOpe Company on an 1y w how the town points in l-lic highway network o- undisclosed mission which had Not only 1s Snepewvka on 1119 iouaid the beuciilieaci before tzih carried them 1o New York. Sperry I ma.“ “m, from Bel-aloha‘; to w“- weather closed djavn and made oli-

records identified them as Jarncs “w. “m; from it gwo other 11,195 servation impossible. v _ J_ Ryan 21 5553mm manage;- ofllead ‘um Rumunia and Hungary This concentration of aerial might the armament sales division; Dan- 1; 1155 1mm 50 miles .10.“. o; toupound hi. ill? coniciiélll. Fnlhlllfl’, lei S. Peusyl. 72. and Randal C-lthc lost main Crcrman supply raii- fflfl? j-‘i-‘b “i? [I “in” ,1 Matthews. 24. both project engin-iroad to theuggieper bench-the Od- °mroc° “T213 “L” lgiil;§1E:{E§°E§QQQ°E%ZX~___£$ElI-'“BL -—--—--—---- - was a Trful thrust lllLO the ‘UB1 - man f ank has become a besieged force clinging to n chunk of Italian

llsley Explains W7re e Wdr‘3‘.’§i‘il‘..'5i€§él°"°’°“

[Mont tiiapnlclies riot

' Y ‘to point iryiin; lo mo im- Allie-d F 111148 A"? T0 G0 T7118 86"‘ !.*s:::.?.-:‘.2:: "é‘.‘.i.‘.ifé” ....i.*.*~...'.::.r.~:.

ltank destroyers and grou s cf Litr- _ ‘man tanks that itirnped roni point;

. . - ll SfiyS United NfitlOnS HBVG. AbOllt (caught Up was no Cilllllflllillilllll hloro . , . ' 1 l‘ ti ‘Cart Ccrnlu c aims lil With Enemy In Total War Prepaiations. {he gcffrnfns {m ‘idmurcd m; i W railway station at Cnrroceio 1A1‘.-

. - v "ha! >10 miles lino north of Anzio QITAWA, Feb. ll—tCP)—Fin- grated that inc mutual aid ))l0\l- ll H _ _ _, i ewe Mimflslilhlsv ted“ "ebb" "P" be =.“"“““°° ‘“ ‘M hi“ “.§l§.."i§’.l€.‘il.“..‘i€.. ‘i322. 135.‘; b95979 We 5°11“ °l cnmmm“ l‘ 45- “p3” ‘mm asfimimc? fillies} ‘Alli-d iroops u-ore fiulitinfl fierce- = fiscal year 1944-45. and said_ the The war estimates tabled {by tile 1 Blllglnllvxic-tmmkrk u! the NW Yum United Nations. including uana- minister were in nddit on o the 1H Md Tribune radioed from me (la-have "Rhea or nearly mall‘ esélilmtlesithe llnd grcilslfixnllldk ‘lCl"”‘llE‘R(l iliui ‘ill? enemy ind reached the end of the process of car er. 1e a or s owe - i _ i~ i‘ _ - _ ‘ _ “toning up with ‘he enemy m u» are“? m.“ 195,44‘ nmnbcrs pta/Dlured an mpoitant iidile com; tal war Dféliilflltlflllfl- M1 llsley sold some V i continued on polio l1. Col. 5i I , , .-..