THE WESTERN GUARDIAN ' AGENTS: Mrs. John Pond. 81 Church Street-Phone m i SUMMERS]!!! and PBINC: coon-u m, suhscriptlma. Advertising should be left with hire. Pond. f Th, Guardian may be bollrni gall: axial‘? of the following stores m Bookstore. Water Street. Gourliea Drhgatorq, wig" w] Bakery, Water Street. Mark Ganllet, 61 Granville fill-egg, Th, Guardian will be delivered to my home in Somme nun p, ggrrltr Boy at 2c per day or 10c per week. Phone 289 for this “fir” m. ‘w, your order to the boy responsible for deliver-leg on y“, tou". i‘ _i'__‘¢—1 | is renewed for new; of —BIUY PURINA La ‘lldllltzrl. but Idvertlllng or-a Braces. 1,-59§_efifl23_;f uiliurc only be inserted at l -—-__ ' lrord, strictly payable in —MILES 0f CIBCLIIO light. 1193;.‘ Dower and pavement going to Waste winter on the western road. div fw, Street, Toronto m. Tgnlt; Especially beneficial to illdfllllc IJEISOIIS. Gouriics Riexall Drugs, L 705-10-23 2i 40ft may; at Carleton Siding, five i-oaiiiscl apartment. Apply Boyd LQVHilEI, Carleton Sldilhgshlo-lo-za-zl. —WANTED _. YOU!‘ old batter D-lllfi IIIOSBIPTAI; - John Mac. i ona o co e . -ii'lNGi PARADE — There W111 to the Prince vlilgsplltgllhrlll be a W 4s P3111116 1,1! NO- 9 5- F- Wediiesdav suffering from in ilrlcg 7,s,_suiiiiiirrsirle, this afternoon at to hi; head and face and a-So a uirre oclcck Standard Time-s broken 1e‘ Mn MacDonald who is well known and highly respected in the district, go‘. into an argummv, with some young men which came to blows. The matter is being in. vestigated-S —ARRIVED SAFELY IN ENG. LAND-Mr. and Ml's. J. Frank Ar- nett of Summerside, received a ii-ire from their son. Mr- Edwnrd Amati. who is attached to the R. C. A. F. gmlzitst sag?‘ arrival ‘lllmilllfllhfld. mgr. ——‘-' s ne oces -5112 CADET COMMITTEE students whootookoa raedilzsutiechriig-l llIlIT ~ ‘Ifllc 11611117 formed All‘ CH“ iari course at Mount Allison Univer- dzl Committee at Sumlnerslde lnet 51W a short while a,” Mrs_ c_ R on iveduesday evening to coniple e Johnsgn o; summersme also 1e51,,” irrangemeiiis for the organizing of; e4 o; the safe arrival of he, mm grill 611231 lcsorlls lng°§1iérlrilgi§orai%e.. ‘halhd DnmJohnscn in England L‘r. rera Ill‘ c‘ were .1 g n59“ 1 l‘ c _ he committee will meet again in'¢e5__3 w m H15 Majesty’; ‘ r Lie near future as all necessary de- tails could not be decided upon that ’ll! the necessary arriving the enrollment of will ccminence.-—S ‘——~_—— Summcrslde _5.\'0W. ice, tide, wind, weaiier 1y cu; i-il‘ iuod and fuel supplies. y iri ll squirrels hoard now. Buy ma, bottles, jars, crooks. ails, axes slid laws at. Bruce's. L-6 110-23-71. JVANTED — Old tires. We MY 11.5010 $5.00 for your old tire _oii i irade iii for Tue. sauuiicrside Auto Salva e. L-616-10-W M-fil. r—-= m_. mirigton, N. s held on Saturday at the home of Mr, an MacArthur had mother since her left vesterday to ret on account l th in dau hter. Mllch fympatli? ‘if —PRO'ilINENT FAR TRAVELIERS REST rlffsfigs , Many friends learned with much gret of the death on Thurs . at his home ln -CIl1LDREi\l'—S All) socrarv- The monthly meetin" of the Prince County Children's Aid Society met this week, Dr. J. A. MacPliee pre. sided. The truant officer, Mr. JOs- eph A. Gallant, reported there were health for sffme had been upjind .tlme ago when he had a. ‘heart attack which proved fa Mr. MacNeill was born on liomemead where he had lived - S x children were absent will: their lMfllwlm MflcNclll and Isabella M Parents consent and that the mut- 1D‘""li1 “facNPill. He was active . ter had been investigated and may he had been assured the children would attend in future. Mr. Gallant also referred to the fact that chil- dren riding bicycles around the town paying no attention to the rules of the road are a menace to themselves and the motoring pub- lic. It was felt that the same rule:- for motor traffic would apply to riders of bicycles and chldrcn should be made to observe the rules.--S. numbrr of years secretary of S~‘~~~l Beard at Travellers Rest. MacNelll, an outstanding figure the political life of the Mr. MacNeill was kind and genor and a rleliahtfiil host and will mourned llirouizhcur. Prince Cou where he ivas held in iicrv hiwh _mrd. He was a devout member .St. Paul's Church, Summerslde. s- Maine. Funeral arrange- . ivill be made later. Word ins ,..'l sent to Mr. and Mrs, Mac- fiidyen telling them of the death ti their soii.-S —SU DIM E R SIDE LADY. 92. PASSES ~ There passed awav at iii home of hcr son. Mr. Fldele lint, on Thursday morning. lilirgarct Gallant, widow of nlsllixis Gallant at the great age i192 years. The deceased was a. na- lie of Mont Carmel but had re- —DEATll or lifts. HEUKBiLR-T —- Tlrcre assea away; an Sunimerside yester ay at, tlic.'*"""»l1ti‘1‘ ome East, Mrs. Charles l-leckbert at '15‘ f" Mrs. F. Arsev ‘I homo, "lso a been in few mon had been bedfnst for about e years, but was bright and liserful at a‘l times and was a1- on leased to see her friends. usband p. ‘eceased her zlrly year; ago. She has two sons ling, Fldele with whom she re- lied lllfl Joseph of summerside. lie fiincral will take place Satur- niiig to st. Paul's Church, side. S. ditlon. Mrs. Heckbert belonged to the western part of the rovlvice and had been twice marr ed- Her first husband was a Mr mot“:- son. After her marriage .. r Heckbert they resided in Mcnialzue h but later removed to Mount Pleas- snhco, am. living there uutll this summer " ' when owing to ill health they dccim, t ed to make their home in Summcr- "w" - side. Besides her husband. who is """—— 95 years o1 age. a son and daughter —Ml5s Blanche are left to mourn. Mr. Fred Thomp- mont was a recent visitor son ofjpringhill, N._S..__and__-l.irie _S_uminer.~ildc. Personals after spending the 1y aior 19in our IiEWRORT riurrsimi: v Cillillllilflilflilf‘ PASSENGEITAR Pliillllltflflli IN if... iiiclliliil AS COMPARED WITH U.$.A. I74! FRODUCTION AS A PUKENTAGI OF e (hart h “m m h m; "mm of motor can for civilian use, l Tennis! t“: fi‘,'f§.fgl,°..,".:fm“'il:n are uggpqlriizlstely much greater than those which ob- 1 II the United Stein. 111m, M _ ii 1M0, Canadian production in that r .t.le.lta"..'ni§"l;,ff(',,',,'l‘if,°'§mlg Ki: ulfnnlianuproclllncilon declined lhlflll! and the total -111"! i ' m“ a . short, %agxtlllglin‘h;,.,gfiégg,l: ha: ..|..'1lr',"1'::§':.';i'l,’:§:i.il:o. whereas only in 1M2 will the III rianilnlly eurtlll totrl production ef civilian can in the United States. Furthermore. in Canada, the “ 111mm mane u: 147M79- ‘Wllrnileil: '."""'"'Z."..‘Ji'r.¢.. by lilo Dewrtrneni of Munitions and supply. _1im been “m” "1 l bills to Idinat the 11!. re H" "Ill. which are bard on the mrdel ra- Pd ng inly 31, k r rmnmhn “m”. ‘hm. "a M.“ m u“ “mum. "u, 11r- numaler for 19ft are based on ' ‘i111 restrictions new In effect . ' ' u °11 lamps, lanterns. wa h b d ‘ . - ' Q _||_r\'1.; your prescription filled by Bruce's. L€g93P1aur_;;‘§’_§,t_ ' " v experienced druggists at Taylor ——-__ Mg C0,, Kerislngton. vlallgllllgllétgahil‘ dlziver O11; MA ——— - . a d. Go - or m cow rulizlblilifigsfglllcillig“$1.13.”; u“ m“ D111“- 1- 70e4-i0J3gi 25. w. w. 1s. loll Dvlarr p. l. and c. Kennedy. Kensington. __REXALL ECZEMA om, t l N § 1 11 E 1" l1 0 s r l: o L'690"10‘-53'7l- Guaranteed relief 50c and ‘I 7"" ~11 ' ' ~ 41103‘, l.“ 12R, and Bone Mar- Gum es Rexa“ mugi 70540 23m _ AND PRIN . Kensington f’ g.‘ Mrs. J. Bradford Minn-rm, M“ SvlsX and Charlottetown "uFPimpéofii/rrrnmrtiiur aria‘..- . The funeral will he dzwlirclock .rmn l-Ieckbert. Wzlter street llflagillii/ffli? been with sier- illness and izad urn to her name IWI‘ ten ed to the bereaved family-g)‘- 0F re- is y i 17121301111115 of Mr. Hubgfirt PhMscNe-h ‘ave z . h Mr. MacNeili had not enjoggl gngd time, although he about until a short SBVCIP. tal. the all no cases of truancy in the 5cm; >15 this life. He was the son of the lute ac- in .community affairs and was for a He ‘was a staunch Conservative and iv-s a brother of the late Pnn. James A. lII nroviiiro oils o htv w‘. of He rwns a dmzoilt husband and fatmr lgillfluhlsxllfifiSlllfgq vrilll be kgwnlv felt KL <‘ n l" irimf‘. e PflVPS 'v mourn Cm‘ Eb is wife. f0l""li?l‘lyAEll'"l Currie, one ult. of Mrs. Moase. Water Sure-ct slimmer-lid“- lmd ""9 3°". Edwin- Ell c; d l wclilteri Mfrs‘ All”? -_ , en ODWII, engomna r years of ““§.',,.M},Zaf{f,°k}f,i",fl§d,§‘.f§§ whom much svmoathv is extended 3;; bu; hag qniy been in The funcrlil will b» held on Sc." bed k d d y,‘ _ day morning from his late reside-i“ er ullcilvrsegctelziilly fllgfiea "l.‘§§¥t'1'~2-ir» St. Pauis Church, Summerslde. .r_ —Miss Mamie Mill has resumed er duties as teacher in Freetown past two wcclts at her home in Cler- Campbell Cler- k0. and Vicinity Preston J. w- 5'11“ R1111. Hamilton, was ghzhlwfnb (gixllwlliflilll Wednesday 0886i"; - It Mrs Heath M1‘. Orville D l1 f y. B. ll visiting ‘lvllltlrc hi: wlflzdfilril l 11-11111! in Remington. Miss Blanchie Hammil of Borden ll! 811611111113 a. few days in clermont wlthhe s a the ..- bald Campbell‘. m0 r Mrs Arch‘ Mr. Ieonard Watson of the Royal Canadian Artillery in Nova- Bcotill. il spending his lough at his home in Kenslngton. Rev. A. D. and Mrs. Stirling were recent visitors to spring vallgy, suests of Mr and Mrs. William Cousins. Mrs. Emily Whitehead is visiting with Mr". and Mrs. Daniel Mm Kenzie in Kenslngtcn. Interpreting The War i "'1 _=_;_(Contlnued from page 1) ___ same, ' 1t seems probable the Berlin ‘break-through” IDeBIhelld punches to Nara, 20 miles behind the centre of the Mozhalsk-Maloyaroslavets line, and also to Veroya, 15 miles due south of Mozhaisk. Both hold deadly enclrclement threats to the roilssians at Mozhaisk if not haired. That city's fail probably would undermine also the Red army in the Etzhev sahent northward. There were intirnatlons three days ago that a. Nazi spearhead had reached Nara. but uad been eJec-ted by Rea counter attacks. Moscow now notes bitter street fighting in a city in this region designated only as “N", wlncrl mlgnt be Nara. A similar new Nazi thrust to- ward the village of "V"' in the Maloyaroslavets region ls "e- CQUIIuCd from Moscow. that might be Veroya. ‘Lhere is a. highway connection non...- ward from Maioyaroslavess to Veroya, and a branch railroad from there ncrtheastward cross- ing the Mozhaisk-Moscow razl- road some l4 miles east of Moz- haisk. It affords a second rout-e for German encirclement of the Mozhaisk sector garrison. Details of Feed Freight rates Payment plan OTTAWA, Oct. 22 —(CP) - An Order-‘n-Councll setting terms of Federal assistance under the newl government policy of paying "$8111 ' rates on feed grains shipped to Eist- ern Canada was announced last night by the Agriculture Depart.- merit. The order, rescindln a previous one under which one-t ird of the freight charges was granted. applies to wheat, oats, barley, rye. No. 1 and No. ‘l1 feed screenmss. Wllflle or- ground, and wheat bran, shorts and mlddllngs. Effective Since Monday The policy has been effective since Monday on grain 511191165 111159 from For-t William, Port Arthur or Armstrong, Ont, and under ‘its terms the Dominion pays the entrc might rate; by i-al or boat on feed grains from Head of the Lakes eastward. Freight rates to be oald 011 grain shipped into the Montreal freisl" rate tone-including practically all of Ontario and Montreal and Que- bec cltles-will be 84.50 a tori. ~hl5 amount representing the averog! 0! the lake and rail route and the ali- rail rates within the zone. Thlg gdso-a-ton payment, plus the balance of the through rail car- load freight charges to desfl $1911- gppllfl to ma grains. shl pe be- yond the Montreal zone. ncluding the Maritime Provinces. The reduc- tion fcr Northern OMB-rib Will be on the basis of the local freight rate from Head of the Lakes, pro- vided the rate does not exceed $4.50 Q ton. lillllPeedeloe The Department announcement said all farmers using Western feed aim gr the specified fill feeds gem Western wheat would benefit bv the assistance. ‘ire new Order- in-Oourlcll gave “much broader ap- nitration" of the policy in renml than the previous order. "In order that full use may be made of Western grain stocks al- ready in storage in Eastern Oah- ads," the Department said, ulceration has been klven to allow those brought in since Aug. 31st. I941, to be drawn upon under terms of this amended Dolley, the limitation being that claims will SIDE CE COUNTY C . dOWTI Labor Benches _____. (Continued from page I) WW1 labor: William Gallacher, the lone Communist in the House gfavgloulmcm. and is? a retired column-rider, . Hall. Nationalwbabcr. “he” Km High Points of Attacks These were the h h inte of their ettlwksz- l8 no Mr. Bevan: "Lord Halifax (am- blimador to Washin ton) informed Hitler in the platriee possible lang- 111188. when lie was sseembl his troops to attack Rilssia that he need fear no attack from us . . . is a. statement of that kind. when Hit» ler is gathering his forces for re- moved from high treason? The 1111-1110 minister must get rid of some 0f these men or they will drag him with ifiem." (Viscount Halifax has said in America. that Britain did mt at present possess the means for a continental invasion On mt. 1 on his return from a trip to E1. .' land. he said that the British pe pie did not expect ‘incapable of being From Col, wed ; "13 Rus- sia surrenders. 1 doubt whether cur resolution to hold out would endure for long, so tempting would be Ifitlerir offers of peace. If Rus- sia goes out and America does not come in and if Hitler offers us terms where the British Empire low minutes before. _:s 15 miles frc»: here. U WM! d life.’ At school work, Helen reached the top But socially she is a flop. Perspirinifs natural. that's all right Ofiending is the social blight. m» ron/jg/rf w/mz/rrar/ay —THE 93g SOAP ESPECIALLY mus ro PREVENT "so." (Body 04C) EIGHT FLIERS __ic9nlllluefl f‘l9"1_.PE3."_1l _ Great Village Names of the victims 0f the Great Village crash were wltaheld ARE RONICLE -:rseus. He recently welcomed new Russian industries hack or the fighting and that some steel plants and heavy 0118111901311! works were ncw 900 miles 01' 111119 from the front: that the Russians had lost an important tank works on the MOsCOW front and had sili- fered Severely from dnmase or capture of. industries, from alum. inum to textiles l l l . 0O l‘. clrggbiligas @351’ shellac. 811d uncompromlsin Itally . . siblitfes. patches Wednesday newly-trained Italian troops are being sent to Italian coasts 81111101 against Brltfsh invasion» Fro Mr Ncel Baker: night (as Stanley Baldiwfn once said) but on the Volga and Don We now have powerful forces in the Middle East and I believe out" people wculd be ‘very happy ff some pan of these forces could be sent to support the Russian armies of the Ukraine," From Mr. Gallacher: "We betray. ed the people of tlrs country when we betrayed the people of Swain and Czechoslovakia . . the men who did it are st-‘ll in the govern- ment and they have gc-t to be cleared out-Halifax, Margesscn and Moore Brcbazon. To all this Mr Eden renllcd.. that Britain, with the help of “Fur very ewd friends in Ame"- icil." is giving Russia "exactly wlr-t sh" asked," in both planes and toqnkll. I-Ie acknowledged that Lord I-lal- ifax, in America speeches hnd not s~id “exactly the r’eht words" on the right occasion bill contended th-rt could have h." peiied to any- body: hc chaheng the govern- ment's critics to put a vote of ccri- fidorce and he de~lared:- “We are going to give Russia ev- ery hefp in oilr prvzer by every moons." Mr. Eden hinted that Brkaln mIzht even now be making ready a diversion for the Germans by saying that to tell the plan of ac- tion would be “playing into the hands of the enemy " He overruled any immediate invasion of the con- tinent. frcm the BritM-i Islsis. how- ever by telling the House that at cne time in the summer of i940 there was "not even one fully- trairied and equipped division" in Britain. In the House of Lords. Lord Bcaverhrcok declared Britain al- ready had mflde available the Oc- tober quota of Russian aid-incur!- ing quantities cf wheat and sugar- and added that "United States promises are being fulfilled." Stalin's Views "Stalin told me," he said. that had to move i0, “He. said this’ was s. tank war." lord Beaver-brook related. and he further attributed leader the assertion that the Ger- mans had altered _ technique to use compact concen- trstions of tanks in conjunction with infantry rather than in unsup- poggd armored m to the Rusflan their attack asses. delegation, Lord promised lead, zinc. e British Beaverbrook continued. on; Americans rornlsed gasoline iamnoil, which ‘was very gratify- leo in the House of Lords. the Archbishop of Canterbury, long an g foe of Ccmmiinmn. approved aid or Rilssill. said the Moscow government in recent years had made modifications in ll aeatment of rellllbfl I116 Well‘ "Th he some features o oornmeilgism compatible with - tisnity." ‘met. he added could not l1? claimed for Nani-am. llhsolvad from blame In P.E.I. Man's death not be accepted against amounts of less than 30 tons which may have been in‘ storage prior to October 10th." Provision had also been mlde for wheat bran. wheat shorts and whelt middling! milled in Eastern gmgns from Western wheat shin- ped after Aug. a1. i941. to norv. ele- ‘ vators of flour mills in Eastern Cs- r-Ma when such bv-nroducts were ‘ nM-ihuwd from the manufacturing ||1'l] after Oct. 19th for use exclu- gv-‘y p1 '-~' 1" Panda. Use Illa-fl fer epnllll. Oct. 28—(0P)—Inma t I‘ ~id id nce i t: irnony V811 011 m ev ° “m? J.A. smil-u of he Prince Edward Island High- t... h 552%‘; d . a we" h died HALIFAX. decision handed down today. M trots 11...! . Flinn said he could f he death of handler; to rove that Geo of Halifax a negligent manner. Smli en route to hospital after he was ihtnhsck by s car near here Nov. 2 l lfinerxrelievee aches. would be hi’ intact, our resolu- tion must be firm Invade Italy Frcm Commander King-Hall‘: "We cannot land e, force in the west until the German home fwnt begin: to disintegrate. Hitler's Em- pire has a bottom as well as two sides and the flattest part of the bottom is that appendage called n. that opens up vital pcc- (It. was disclosed in Rome 11's- that to liad crashed shortly after its m . "Our frontier is not. ricw on the Rhine pending notification of their next» of-kin. Names of those killed at Lobord a Piouffe were released late tonight. The" were P0. John Fish. er Boyd of Collingyvood, Ont" P0, Alzlii Ewart Gilbert Wainwright of Toronto, Sgt. Able Kirch of M011- treal, and a member of the RA.F., Lzlc. Albert. James Morris of Hal»:- mere. Surrey, England. A brief statement issued brv the RAF. command here at noon concerning the Great Village ac- cident said merely that the inane ske- off and caught fire and that all its ocupants had been killed. Illiere was no comment, on the cause of the crash. Saw Plane on Fire The R.A.F. statement indicated the plane had cauzht fire after the crash. but CJV, Nelson, a. resident of Great Vllage, said: “As near as I could find out. the plane was on fire before it crashed." l-Ie added that “two or three" villagers had told him they saw it plunging to- wirds the earth in flames. Nelson was one of about a dozen residents of Great Village who reached the scene of the crash, a broad field 0n the bank of the Great Village river but inside the ccnfincs of the settlement, uhthln 10 minutes The GXplCSlCII, which he said had shaken houses within a radius of a ll\ Lmile, lihd scattered parts of the plane 200 yazds over the field and flames were soaring from the ivrcckzrge that remained "There rm; nothing we could do.” he added. The fire spread to nesr- | by bushes, he said, and the group prevented it fro-m spreading fur- ther with water frcm the river The R..A.F‘ airport here is maili- tained in connection with a navz- gal-ion scliocl at which both Car.- adians and Britons receive inswuc- tion. Bodies Taken From Wreckage By OWEN CIIANNON Canadian Press Staff Writer UABORD A PLOUFFE. QUE» Oct, 23—(CP)-F:ur bodies were taken today from the charred ruins of a Royal Air Force Hudson bomber which crashed in a fazm three miles west of this village irri- mcdiatcly north of Montreal. A squad of mcn from st. Hub- ert nirport removed the bodies of the men from the wreckage of the plane, which crashed on a flight to Windsor, Ont , from an R.A F. training station at Debert N.S. Names of those killed. released by the R. C. . F. alter the lléXli-al- kin had been notified, were: P0. John Fisher Boyd, whose mother, Mrs, ft. W. Boyd. 111168 Bl Uollingwcod, Ont. P0. Alaii Lwart Gilbert Waln- wright, who is survived by his wie at ‘lforonm. and his father. N- E- Wainwright of Toronto. Sgt. Aole lfilrch, whose mother Mrs. M. Allen, lives at Montreal. LAC. Aloert James Morris, a member of the R. A. F.. whose next-of-kin was 811/911 115 111-2111’ ther, ‘lg/Lorrie, Haslemere, lang- re , Bin . ' yilt wgas the second fatal crash of the day for the Daberi. Station. iris mom-Hg. f°111' mmlber-S 0f 11119 rtoyai Air Force were killed when ill€lf twin-engined aircraft crash- ed at. Great Village, i5 miles 110m Debert.) Emilie Giarborineau. owner of the farm where the plane crashed. W68 first on the some after the crack- up. "l was working in a garage at the rear of my home," he said, "when I heard the plane bed struck a shed in the centre of my flgld, An ¢1Cp105l0n followed im- mediately, and as 1 rushed frcm the garage. I saw flames leaping high in the air. "I ran down the field to see if l could help the occupants oi the Blane, but the heat wag so great i new 1 couldn't get near it. “I turned and raced back to the house where I called the provincial police at fiAbord A Plouffe. Then I stayed in the house; I knew there was no use returnin u. the plane." At a nearby farm izuse, pcperty of Albert Charborineail, brother of Emile, the occupants felt the shock of the expksioh "It even rattled dishes on the shelves, Mrs. Char- bcnnesu said. The lime crashed in a. field about 1 yards from the highway-- exploded llllflwdlhitlh and burst e oped Gimmi- feet in the air. ‘rwo bodies could be clearly seen in the wreckage frcm the first; and two other humps lndlcafed the presence of rdrvtlonal v’ct'ms. . was onl when the R C.A F‘ per- sonnel ad removed the mdirs frun the cooled debris that the actual toll was known. H.041" officials in Montreal annonmed ilvt a court rf inquiry would be held “lg investigate Lil! clueecf the or fol. llalston Inspects 1st Oanuck Division By lime Munro e Canadian Preu War Correspondent 50 IN ENGLAND Oct. 23 -(CP Cable) - seasoned troops cf Canada's 2nd division. standing guard in England, today were ins ted at length by Col J. L. Ra ton, the Dominica's De- fence Minister, and his chief of general staff, Mat-Gen. H. D G. Crerar. All day. from mid-morning to late in the evening. the Ottawa officials drove through the district seeing thousands of Canadian troops in their new defence area. May-Gen. Victor Odlum, the di- visional commander, was with Col. Ralston and Gen. Crerar all day; lit-Gen. McNaughton, the corps commander, spent the afternoon with them. At one point several infantry bot- talioris were drawn up to hear Col. Ralston speak briefly. He told the men that Canada is thankful for the way they have persisted in their training “which sometimes must have been boring," and said "Can- ada will back you to the llmlt." The visit was a continuation of the cabinet minister's tour of in- spection of all Canada's soldiers ov- l arrivals at a British port, and spent a day with May-Gen. C. B. Price's 3rd division. As 001. Ralston left, pipers of a Western Ontario unit played: "Will yet no come back again?" The min- ister doffed his black hamburg and smiled. White House rebukes Maritime Commission WASHINGTON. Oct. ¢3-(A.P)— The White House rebuked the Maritime Commission today for disclosing that Boston is to be the chief point of debarkment. for Rilssian-aicl shipments, and the State Department emphatically denied JEplIl6S€_AIIlBIlC8.Il tension had anything to do with the decision. Stephen Early, Presidential Secretary, expressed surprise on learning of the Commission an. nouncsment, and said:—- “Aid will go to Russia as the President said, on schedule and in quantities promised by the Amer- ican mission to Moscow. But when. and from where, it will, go the White House will have nothing to do with. We might as well send o telegram to l-Iitier as to announce The Commission announcement last night said cargoes for Russia would be moved from Boston after Oct. 2B, in order to make greater use of the facilities of various ports i and prevent congestion. e In some quarters the Maritime Commission's move was seen as a precautionary measure, to route aid-tc-Russla. through waters already cargoes heavily warships rather than through Wat. ers which might become dangerous with another critical turn in the Far East. In others it was seen as a conciliatory gesture toward Ja- pan. Berlin reports Yard by yard Alliance on Moscow BERLDT. Oct. 23—(AP)—8tead_ lly reinforced German tIOOps were reported battering yard by yard toward Moscow tonight in a wide advance which Nazi spokesmen said had carried to about 35 miles from the capital, but it was ank- nowiedged the toughest fortifica- tions still were ahead. The going was hard, German sources freely admitted, but despite weather which hampered both sides and made large-scale opera. lions difficult, a broad break- through was claimed by the high command, and spokesmen said this enabled the Germans to penetrate lightly-defended terrain between Moscow's concentric fortifications. German pressure was declared y lrlcreasi hourly, u troops re. leased rom mop-up operations above Bryansk and Orel, were movin toward the capital, Whie there was no indication that the Germans had closed their right flange eastward to complete enclrclerrient of the city , German control of the air was sold to be sufficient to make it difficult w extricate the defending army from hhirclty or reinforce it from the B 1111)’ Incl by night, spokesmen sai , Moscow is being bombed, but there was no mention of artillery shellnil. New General Takes over on Moscow front (By Ilenry C. Cassi“) (Associated Press Staff riter) KUIBYSHEV. Rilssill. Oct. 22 -- (Delayedl-(AM-The Red army command of the western zone ms 1L re o Liberal-Conservative coalition eminent. here and in Victoria was that a Lib- eral-Conservatlve coalition might be fonned with Finance Mlnlfiiér John Hart as premier and Mr. Mattland as attorney general. But there WM no confirmation of this report. n BORDEN Miss Gergttte Ceretti who re- Oehtly underwent a mastoid open- ation in the Charlottetown Hospi- tal returned to her home in Borden 0n Sunday, Mr. Gordon ‘W MacTavlsh, 3w, C. student at Charlottetown visit»- 9d his home here over the week- ' end. Mr Arthur Bell. R..CNV.R., (Iharlottietovim, spent Sunday p1 his home in Borden. Mr. and Mrs Henry Ceretti who have been spending their honey. mom in Montreal and other Can- adian cities returned to Borden o3 Saturday evening, Mrs. Gordon Jay of Halifax visiting in Borden guest of Mr. Mrs, Albert Jay. Mr. Jack Sexton, R C.N V R, who has been visitzng his wife and children at Borden returned to Hal. ifax on Tuesday. Miss Beatrice Gallant of Borden was a visitor to Sxurzmerside on. ‘Puesduy. Mrs. Joihii P Gallant of Borden had a. letter from lier son Pte, Earnest Gallant. N N.S. High- landers telling of his safe arrival in England. Women's Social Club met at the home of Mrs. Willard beard on Wednesday last with sevcn rricmbere present. Meeting r,_.eiied' by repeat- "lg the Lord's Prayer in unison. Minutes 0f last meeting ‘were read and adopted. Ms, Ralph Tnombs and Mrs Nollie l-loivatt were ap- pointed collectors for October, the proceeds of Ociobt-r- coliccucn to go for church expenses. After some discussion on ways to make money it was decided to make an auto- graph quilt. One new member was welcomed at this meeting. hfeeting closed vrith the Mizpah Benz-dic- tion A delicious lunch was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. Ralph Lear-d and Mrs Cecil Szew- art. For the next meetng the members were invited to the home of the picsidcnt, Mrs. Cecil Dar- rach. A. c. c. F. LEKTiEit . (Continued jrcm, pigc Vl) today but failed i0 change the ‘eels- lative standing. Mr. Maitlaiid sold the situation afLrded ihe three parties an on- portunlty to put ‘into praciil": ilicir declarations that "acluevernerit of the maximum war errort is the principal concern of the province and the country as a whole." He said he feit ii. lllS duty to sug- gest "the formation o‘. a gurwn- merit o.” three partlrs, representative 0f all shades of [lflllllCfll thought, be adopted in this province." Mr. Winch's objections to silffll a union, made also in a previous statement before he heard of Mr. Muitlaiids l)l‘O])C5l1i_ ircre cu Jfia grounds that "tli- difference in ‘ra- sic fundamentals bciivccii the C, C. and other bariirs is foo vast to P. enable them to work together." Liberals could draw no encourage- designed ment from the result of the soldier vote. Totalling 4.740 votes it flKl not alter the . where tlierc was the possibility of patrolled by British and American an upset‘ Funnier Fatima‘ h0,,_,eve,__ gained five votes to draw ahead vi‘ his . er, and the count in six small will reporting Mr. P result even in ridings C. C. F. opponent, _G. W. Weav- laier gave him the seat. attuilo remained silent on rts of a pcssible union or sigh’?! .1. - Oiie rumor circulating THBOW GEltMANS __(_c9n_tlnued_from page _1)_ days, a resumption of heavy M11011 100 miles soiilh of Leningrad, where Soviet forces wore reported liold-ng a river baiik lliie cast ofNoVI-ZFITQd and. beating back iriih artillr-iiv and mine-thrower counter-attacks. every German v1- fort to break the position. fire and infantry The battle for Kaliriing had. by the accounts of lzvcsiin as oroad- cast by Toss news azr-‘XWY- lY-‘fll fl‘ violent tempo lfll‘ at least @121"- riays. _ _ "Now. fighting is £01112 011 lll "he cltv streets." i‘. was added. Anti- tank obstacles and lJWFIlPRIlQS are being erected in tlic siroets. Soil"?! are lllfl"‘.\\'(‘fl bv irr-n s lhe struggle gncs on fnr crr‘ the Soviet land-for for every house." More than 3.000 Germans ivere said to have fallen in early‘ "J31! for the city. Dogs of war BERLIN. 2s_<Ai=i_'rne Russians now are slckinfl m?" dogs on the Germans-wins“ 106d‘ ed with explosives to dart in and blow up rank llllllfw-il. psess fea- ture service CllllIITd tonight- The German iiign command, this source calmed. found 27,000 dogs in kennels near Pavlograd in the Ukraine and that altogether the Rusians had trained 100.000 dogs for such purposes. "Not a single pllllZ0l‘ was" de. stroyed by the dogs, however. m‘ Nazis clalnicd in tellinfl i101" m‘ dogs were saddled with 511114110581 in training arid with explosives 111 war and scnt across the PP-m d advancing tanks. no inforngiatlon hfg of any 116W post for t e mars - (Zhukov. It a pevfeil- h“! WP}; ed the responsi illtv 1f 1101 the l of a marshal of armies. "19 71ml)‘ ghenko command was 0i’ the Whok of tire Russian centre, which the soviet refers to as the west, and Oct. passed to Gen. Gregory K. Zhukov and tonight he appeared to be firm- ly holding the northwestern and western approaches in Moscow al- though ihe position southwest of the‘ citv was acknowledged to be r c "Zlllllslt-Olfl elevation - in succes- lon to Marshal Berneun Tlmoshenko - was disclosed today. Therfl will w of an outhcrltv equal to :25 ofallfarshal Klementl Voroshll- cv In the northwest about Lei-lin- grad and of Marshal S~meon Bud~ ennv in the Ukrainian South. f n ailihoritative informant in London strtczi that TiITlOSl"‘l\l§0 had been given anothqlgpast. Lut edfird that i.s nature and. theatre could not be divulged.)