l JIAXIMO ., r Msxms slain: MAN °' ‘ . _____ A - MERE MAN ‘lbellld a sale. beet .' rza/w , I ~nvi on“ \\\ aegis. .~.-..'%.':. The People's Paper Read by Everybody I Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew '

Blfils lb llel Ill‘!- WHMGII Guarding-Ten Cutl-

Red Army Advances 2C0

Miles In Single‘ Day

Captures Important Rail Juncfion; inflicts “Tremendous" Losses On Fleeing

rmans.

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57 JAMES I‘. KING

LlONDON. Jan. ll-(AM-Gen. Constantine Rokosecvekyb army in Boothe ll White Russia captured the important rail Junction of Kalink- ovichi and the nearby cnel

_ s-rocnnoasf. Ian. 1s -. $611M 0f Nolyr today. in! oting (Qgllrlgy) _ (up _ tremendous lessee" on the fleeing ._- Berlin is being raids; y Germans. and forged on 20 more

1t 5m miles westward through the frosm

Prim marshes. Moscow announ- “i..‘°él.""‘a. "

o or " Ann under Gen. Niolai Vatutln crossld the Horyn river. 46 miles inside pro-war Pol- and. and extended its front in the area by the capture of Btepen and more than 30 other town; and vil- lages. Btebln u l1 miles south of Tutovfohi and 85 miles north of Bovno (Rowne).

Both these drives were advancing

we'll-r. ..:'.:.'...,. bankroll-Peeler Pays Visit To Sydney

81mm! N.B., Jan. 14-409)- Canada's ho. l bankroll-pee millionaire l‘. Macibean oi

View-Admiral gar?’ Walker Nel-

ies o B n Chief of

,- wha-l-lth - tififfiilff°o to... ha? ma... 3.325 dfifiihirlril lilslfilildl‘. "ygel Sh" I" we out w- vam- W to ve lat in mtg cssovskyh drive captured Skdigelcv 3,,,,,“,1§‘,‘,"‘§.,,'§‘°o,*}‘,‘§§, gversggifi: w cheques film up only 40 miles from the old Polish wg.azlnounced b ’

_ y Hon. Angus h. m. mm». tvszlmsz: magi-s: #2:": Mworor- u w", fully gnqwm y“ w“ m- m“ industrial m“ d ° t1’ I once for Naval Services Born mud w m" “mum” m“ pm‘ we s centre oi Pinsk m 05w“ let- “ Brantfmd m 1m he became a gnsity for giving away mos "lg -°"1Y ""95 Naval cadet in 1900 and has been the it of th 000 employees Tgé ‘ u in the service ever since. For the of his contreo at nearby . m i" PI Nldl m 0° Rules greater part of the last war he m“ mnfi “when”? pbloiyr end Kalinkovichi ll miles fliers‘? garish??? lend C Sui:- im '°" “ stun --_ :°.;";r"h° °‘£l.“.f$.°“.§iii‘°‘t§‘.2 nun"; 91%,“; "::,""‘~‘;2"*""=*' . n B r I'D C v 0 CB1‘ Call‘-

ior n. may“ w “m millélhlclh kVRIIIJ-ddfifltlg“ egzimead! a arias}! érulselr, ivllhfin lad v ‘M51511! '- ser Bscng-apann ..

‘wt-Fang 1?“). afghan; ‘enormous Ilflport-i _5 "Dfigqgqnvgggi ‘promoted to

- lseer- we . “r m ‘mnmm At the same time Moscow radio m e 8

the and

mar-Admiral George Clarence Jones. C. 2., A. D. C , R. C. N” of Halifax, who will succeed Vice- Admiral Percy Walker Nelles. C. B. R. C. N.. as Chief of Naval Staff for the Royal Canadian Navy, en- tered the l-‘wyal Naval College of Canada in i911 at the age of i5 and has been in the Naval Ser- vice ever since. throughout the last war he served in R. N. ships. Fbr two years of the present war he held the important aoswintmvut of Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast and since October 0th. i942. has been Vice Chief oi Navel Staff Canadian Me r cf the Per- manent Joint Boer‘ on Defence.

tuft-ht l-nkinth Blit- reported Cossack cavalry speeding yirhlngipre. ‘ I a over the snow-covered ground well - ‘west of both towns, cutting off the QNIPO route cf Germans fleeing

from thshbestion cities.

he arrived here by ell-rune. Suggests One Year In Army Forin The tw was particular-

' > 1y impressive es a demonstration of

I M-AAfi-‘IYI ‘Red

Y _. , » Arlnypawerinthefaceofthe "w" n; ambient fortlficetioi the Germ- - of time.

To the southeast Gen. Vatutirls Ist Ukrainian 46 miles into old Poland with capture of ‘iutovlchi end hefi‘ an

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Ottawa lndorses

Nikolai was the

ll." “'11s is safet in "‘ n34’..- the.“ We?‘

uxspreperd the .

Cleveland Boy start. Council's eh- amf, ‘flf, ‘f,’ migwg I, o, B, E, cflmpaign

""4 “"0"” A “"9"” 'd¢'°“- to Kiiikiov lvin th Red s -

"The unspeakablffolly the the- ~ 3 9 ° m“

m, m“ ‘u l" mo“ ‘Q w m, control of over 2,000 square, miles

soft to war, or become evolved °l d‘ Wllml- .

ln war, because we are reasonably OTTAWA. Jim- 14-(09-190- gum fence headquarters in n state-

ment tonight endorsed the Domin- lon-wide campaign of the nation- al chapter, Imperial Order, Daugh- ters of the Efmpire, for contribu- tions of money and new books to maintain its libraries for service personnel.

The headquarters statement said the I. 0. D E.. whose campaign

t the Clillflfl‘ of‘

war, hes been made a0 bl! W‘ few will be found to do it. I FDIC‘ $00k

Oitim 25-per cent re actions by the marine corps for aloai ree- sons, x asserted “we must in the future. mend .

though and in im inc glicenphysical {M's-hill- of ofieo-

Bonferenee With Russian Gov’t

Canada ’s Invasion CR iefs lineup “Is Now Complete

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CANBERRA -(CP)- Australia's wheat crop this season will be only

began Jan. 10 out. will continue until Jan. 22, has been a leader in

LONDON, Jan. l4 — C?) —'I‘he Polish Government tonight called upon Britain and the United Stet- es to arrange discussion by the Polish and Soviet governments to- ward “friendly and permanent co- operation between Poland and the Soviet Union."

Later the British Government issued the “ . comment on the Polish statement:-

!n authoritative British quar-l ters the Polish statement ls re-, gerded as an encouraging response m the Soviet Government's dec- laration of Jan. 11

supplying books for service person- nel during the past four veers. and continued:

"The need for books is not yet past. Indeed. it is increasing, and will continue to grow after hostil- ities have ceased. Repatrleted and‘ wounded soldier; will require sult- hble reading materiel particularly."

Charge Youths With n m“ m, m, we,“ m, Theft 0f Police Gar Pollsh- Government al oustending- ,

questions that divide them are op- . ' MONTREAL, Jan. l4—lCPl—TWo

N,000,000lbushcls. com afed with thg average of 100,000,410}: over the past eight years, according to

liminsry elthnlte by the lull-I'l- en Wheat Board. The nation's record drop was 210.000.0110 bushels in the first year of the war.

tonlno rvnlrs

" to arrive, bulk oats, bulk barley, built wheat. Boot now. Mc- Guigan a Boyle. l-7-i0i.

“Reserve the date, Friday Jan

at for the union Auxiliary 4w“ 1n en to gutiatlon with the common the Armouries- ‘NHL oblect o reachinS a satlsfac‘ y youths-Jtosaire Foilrnel, lo. and settlement Gerard Lcbeau, 2l—werc remanded

"Oar choice No. b wheat arriv- ing Bourls soon. Attractive price. For inspection contact P. A. Mc- Isaac. i-li-iil.

WASHINGTON, Jen. l4-—(AP)— The United States State Depart- ment a, nounced tonight it hed re- ceived and was giving immediate attention to the request by the Po- lish government in London for aid in solving Russian-Polish prob-

today by Judge Maurice Tetrault tn Jan. 20 after Fournel r11eadi~ hot guilty to a charge of stealing, a radio-patrol car and both to e‘ charge oi impersonating an offi-l cer and intimidating a woman. I Both of them, police said, were an-ested in neighbouring Verdun after a general alarm had been sent for the recovery of a police car missing after it had been left un- attenced. and the motor running. in front oi Mmtleal Police head-| quarters. .4

" Meeting the Oom- well Beef and Bvrincolireeders wii be held in Oornwoil school, Mon- day evening. y ‘lth- i-io-ll.

"Wanted m buy live and dressed dlickeus and fowl. Pa ing to] market prices. island Col storeg ', 00.. Lid. l-M-tf

The request we; made of both British and United States govern- ments to help bring the neighbor ing nations together for a discus- sion of ways to achieve "pennan- ent co-ooeretion." _.__u______

Allies Slug At Nazi

Line Before Cassino

i’ “Q1135 AP —-Allled ha been takilil off‘ sth sum has“ "-4 )yerd w $136312‘! ttizemercund- small:

ml!“ “1- ' ""5 "mm Ilard Fighting Expected

River. - ~.t..~~*rvurts"s"l.:siz.vs=sh- in wilichllhrA-lii h”

" wifl be of ‘in - r......'~“i'fi'“" "nfimtil: “m” ‘° downside?‘ “

villages of Ban Vivore and Cer- cntflo

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varo east of . or , that m m a, a the bettle now oeelhrah would emalwsttgrd to notice. J. . flax-rte.“

ll

“loading hogs for Davis a linen every TTIWSGB; eftenwon at Albany-mm liilnersl . Ivelw Pri- day orenoon until further notice‘

"Come to Fb-shion Parade end

t in Coveheed Oom- nuni iihll on Wednesd even- HI. lath. - I-lB-I.

' Davis a Inst at Wednes- day. Janine-y i River

January

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By Jack Brayley

OTTAWA, Jan. l4 — (C P) —~ Cenada completed its line up of invasion chiefs today with the appointment of Vice Admiral Per- cy W. Nelles to the new Canad- ian rank of senior flag officer in Britain.

Appointment of Admiral Nelles - silcceeded as ohief of nuvnl staff by Admiral Georg; C. Jon- es - follows recent announcements w_hich sent lot-Gen. Kenneth Stuart to Canadian military head- quarters in Landon and made Air Marshal L S Breedncr, air offi- cer commanding in chief of the R. C. A. F. overseas Both were staff chiefs 0f their respective services at headquarters here,

As Navy Minister Macdoualdl put it. in making today's announ- cement, “thc -“ g of clles.

Stuart and Brcaduer to Britain is a sign that we mean business over there."

A naval release on Admiral Nel- les‘ appointment said that “in view of the impending great events it is felt that the senior Canadian Navel officer in Britain should be en officer of high rank!‘

A reshufillng of senior officers in all services haspheen spread over the last "few weeks. Gen. “Stuart Went to London a-t the time that Lt -Gcn. A. G L. Mc-

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Yugoslavgllaztis‘

LDNDON. Jan. H -- (CP) -- A pitched but-tie betlvecu Yugosia-v Partisan: and German forces was reported todayvto be raging near Kariobag on the Upper Adriatic coast opposite the Island of. Peg, lecently recaptured by the force; of Marshal Joslp Broz (Tito).-

Tito‘; communiq , r. broadcast by the Free Yilmslav radio.‘ not make it clear whether the Germans were trying to recs tu.re_ the strategic island which fenks the Germans‘ seaward approach to Flume or whether the, patriots had landed from Psg and were

dld 1

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1s, 1944

“FREAK”

Spatula-to A‘ Nazis llave Silent ‘Plane

LONDON, Je-n. lb - (Satur- day) - seven persons were killed end 3i in ured when a German plane their ng e freak raid without an alert being sounded droplwd l bomb squarely on a suburban Inn- dm movie house last night-

The sound of the planes engines was heard, then the whistle of s bomb and, the Daily Express said it scored a direct hit on the crow- ded theatre. Everyone in an od- jcining dance hell escaped.

The movie audience kept calm Most did not know what the blast was as they had no warnin! 01' I raid -fleshed on the screen. ,

No gunfire was heard and the bomb hit the centre of the theat- 1'6 roof- It missed two balconies grid landed Justbaclr of the orches- tra pit. blowing at least 25 seats into the air.

It was the first time In sev- eral years that a known Ger- man plane was able to get as far as suburban London with- out detection by the elaborate coast defence radio location system

Failure to sound an alert. the Associated Press said raised imm- ediate speculation that the Nazis have a new tvpe oi ‘" plane. possibly bombing from the strato- sphere, and it escaped detectio

An adJbinlnil grocery store was also hit by the bomb which screamed down shortly before mid- night. Properties were destroyed in suburban London.

ly one enemy plane came over. 3.000 In Thesis.

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‘More than 000 people were in the theatre when the explosion oc- curred ju_st after the finish oi the feature picture. "Wintertinaeff storrlnz Sonia f-‘fenie.

The theatre manager through a microphone on the stage told the audience to remain seated until the lights were put on and then advised their; to leave. Some tried to depart while the manager was speaking but three young girl ushers calmed them.

The theatre lobby became an emergency casualty station. A score of ambulances arrived with- in minutes

Police said reports showed all were civilian casualties except one British soldier. Many of these in- lured were hit by fragments of flying debris

The blast left many persons be- wildered, some feeling it but not hearing the explosion.

The circumstances were nluch the seine as the explosion in Soho! continental restaurant section last

fliers were indications that on- _

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ready underway in northern Russia irapnlent moves on the Baltic flank east front.

Tall of ihe clly ' portellt rail it unhingrs the lus.

Russian attack from the south. Korosien "0 ‘l lall arlny iroops several days ago. nlunicniiolls keys to the "'

the Pripet and Bereslna Rivers lr in

area to Orshs ls dependent. RoknssovsLv-‘s ‘use of Moryr

reaching from the scene of present

Orshe.

that a massive offensive In

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i .In Cargoes

§uotn;..,l.o.-n. .:. llrive For Books

_O'I'I‘AWA. Jan. l4 — (C P) ._ All‘ Vice Marshal J, A, Sully M; member for personnel, R. C, A. 1r, Wnlsht appealed for public sup- Durt oi the "more books for ser- ""550" Wmbalsn now being con. “mctfli b! the Imperial Chder. Dillshiers of The Elli ire.

Air Vice Marshal sully said there ll perhaps nothing so sought after by those in the air force as good T686111: l, especially on m. mote and isolated stations “where other forim of recreation and re- laxation are sometimes none too abundant."

Paid $1,050 ‘I0

autumn when for a time many thought Hitler was using a new| type of plane or time bomb for 8r “secret weapon." Investigation later revealed that these explos- ions were ‘lot bombs but [as ex-l

ploslcns. I

Canadian Navy Has 250 Combat Ships

OTTAWA. Jan. l4——(CP)—Ne-VY Munster Macdonald announced at his press conference here today that the Royal Canadian Navy was reaching the peacrtilne strength 01 the Royal Navy. The it C.N now has more than 80.

woméh. 2'10 combat ships and K10 ships of other WW3. The RN. hfld a strength. of 100.000 at the start of, the war. |

Sevenfifiead, 83 Injured In Texas Train Wreck

NOVICE. Tex-. Jen. l4-(AP)— Bix of the seven persona f

dlead in the debris of two wrecked Santa Fe brains were identified to- day as the number of known in-

at, TiifllplC

had twee-e killed. but h check of funeral homes and ermv camp! has accounted for Qnly 89V"!- t Most of the victims were in a e rear nf a 1241a!‘

attempting tolobtaln a beechhead on the mainland.

A i Eml- Reliable

m a batters

III! midi-inure!» ‘"4-

glve you

e

- yous-rations;

chair near th Oallifoeeridra-bound train struck from behind. -

Obtain llefernlents

TORLXVIU. J . l4—( -- . ounce that d “May he paid Naiffe $1000 obta

w defm n ‘amid three of his friends 33ml: r35 lgjtgflyrvfloa-auirs was Riven the trial continued or gupimr R_ A. Allen. R.A. Irwin Douglas. in connection wl - fermehts from military service ller today another crown wit- nos. N. Boltel‘. testified he paid StkDhelrS-IOO to obtain e. deferment after he had received his notice Kirshenbamn said he Went to St/EDhen on behalf of a. friend and s $050- "I gave him the mon- eyandhelnldmetotellmvf

h ld. "Later I I ahuu t/vgolgther friends ahadwpamm $350 for each." g

Kirshonbauen said he did not

h dealing. Iflin -. leliveorargouslss. ThveIwgiel-is tinuins.

Jet-Plane Built One ;

Place, Tested Another i

WASHINGTON, Jen. l4—(APl-—' The United States Anny told today how it kept the secret of the Jet- propulsion plane for 2 1-2 years- lncludlng the fact that the first pilot model was built at s secret {Ilia on one seaboard but given ts st flight on the opposite side of the country. i _ ,

The plane, the Army‘ seld, is still without official gesignatlon, but has acquired suc nicknames an "putt- utt." "squirt", "hush-hush," "Bibs: " end "super secret."

"At one time." the war depart- ment said. "the hanger oconecal- ing the plane produced e rumor that it housed a project involving

e malor improvement in the sew- ing machine." ' Carnation ilk Co.

FounderDl s At 86 BIATTLIJ. Jan. l4—'( l-Al- bridle Amest Qtuart. 06- er-olti founder ofrthe Carnation Milk‘ y end nationally. known- liveltock owner. died at Los Am,

at Situio

of the long expected major Russian wlnier flank. There ls no question that highly specialised Russian units, veterans r of many winter-warfare campaigns, have been concentrated in the sector j

fionipenly’: Profits

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n Last Nht

By Klslle L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst The swift Russian capture of Moeyr indicates a Nell withdraw,“ i].

W "Nile dsvvelonlng red army en- of the long and dangerously exposed

‘Thih Russian uml n t l l . ii ll" - um-l L. llnklnr Ihe "berth “an? syoaicll" 1 v a l lm

Soviet fronts.

..l foothohl positions on or eeei of the upper Dnleper River north of Zhlobin to Oe-sha, exposing them to a rolling up I

‘lhe iuot that it fell in four days suggests illosyr was held only by a l-earguerd detachment and that Neel withdrawal from the bfozyr- section of the Leningrad-Odessa railroad was in pro- gress when the Russians struck. That Nazi force was already in peril of bill's! "It 0" ll!‘ to the rear due to capture of Sarny by Russian Ukrain-

lt seems likely that the Moeyr victory will be exploited by a Russian thrust north and northwestwanl toward the Boburisk and Minsk eom- , _ positions along the Dnleper from lWlth a n {Jht attack Qfl Zhlobln to Orsha. They are dangerously exposed by the fell of Mfllyf.

The gap cut in the German front west of the Dnieper and between

fact dangerous to the whole rom-

municniinns network on which the defensive front from the Zhlobin

may turn out to benthe opening‘ gun DIIEDSlVH on the eltlc

operations in White Russia to I-hfi

Leningrad area on the Baltic. ll. has been almost dormant for many, months except for Russian siege of the Vltebek gateway bastion north of l

The Viiebek operations have been repeatedly referred to In Moscow dispatches as the, “pre-Baltlc" cnmpai

. That heightens the probability the herd-frosen north ls Impending

and may have been touched off by the capture of Mosyr.

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"- Time Bombs Are Hidden

Of Oranges

By ROGER GREENE

IONDON. Jan. l5—<Saturdey)-- (AD-Time bombs hidden in cer- goes of long-coveted oranges ship- ped from Spain have delayed dis- tribution of the fruit in Britain, the Ministry of Food announced today. and the foreign office has asked the Spanish government to determine the background oi the

0t.

Britons. who now seldom see an orange or other citrus fruit and who have paid as high as l5 pounds (about $67.50.! for a slnkle lemon sold at a war benefit auction. were jolted harder by the news of the delay than by the word lhet the fruit was garnished with bombs.

Two of at least three orange ships enmute to Britain found to have secret caches of ex» plosives.

An’ explosion aboard one of the vessels about 10 days ego destroy- ed between 200 and 300 cases, each containing 60 pounds cf oranges.

No casualties were suffered by the céew but there was damage

ar . An examiation of the next ships cargo revealed e time-bomb secreted among the fruit and it was announced that s third ship laden with orange; which has not yet docked will be carefully search-

P

ed.

The bombs were described as smell type. probably not much big- ger than nn orange.

Son! of the fruit came from Palestine. but mos‘. of lt came from Spain.

The bombs were believed to be the work of Neal agents in the Spanish port of Valencia.

Special precautions were being taken by unloading (lockers who. were being paid a bonus for hand- llnir the dangerous cargo at a Scot- l tish west coast port. '