‘e’ Piiaiperi - Oovers Island Like the Dew i CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. WEDNESDAYpAlfRII. 25, 1945 §ATTER AT ea by Every MERE MAN _ It may a oouiiort to In all our calamities and that h; who loses gets wisdom by the Ions. l-III it, is a gotuor by estcrday _ ' p" menu-hoard with deep oi the ousini ‘elterday at home on Street oi Mr. peei- in his 51th year. Beer. who had been in the oi the Gauging; National ior the P 795" l! . "rflin the local freight office taken ill last January and de- ‘m the best oi medical core fell- ; to recover, being confined to llll home since that time. r left to mourn his Pwifll Ire wile, the forrner Mia Jennie and two son-l. Major John . now serving in Germany and Pilot William o! the R.C.A.1". present a member o! the Re- Two brothers two sisters also survive. H. Beer oi Charlottetown and the Mr:- of the bereaved extends sin- onsr lteturns .8, cu Stafford oi Port Wash- PWVJI Alriwrt. it was announced “all Ci-Dt. Stadford before Pearl Harbor volunteered to fly bumpers .~INlIi Canada to the Allied sir . NC OVBISEIS. He was captured two years ago. _ ter tfhe unarmed Cat-ilins. fly- ‘ill boat h? was piloting from Pflfby Boucherviilc to Scotland Wit-s attacked and shot dawn into the an oil the French coast by Nazi flkhters- the only occasion . on which any o! the thousands oi sunbat alicruit sent across the Atlantic from Canada has ever been successfully intermpted and Wiwyed by enemy action. Allies m. Million llrisoners- In April mun ha flurlnr Agni has passe: the month. From A ril i to 22 inclusive’ p m 573 P oneis were tallied. l‘ til-hustled that more than 20.000 We captured yesterday. ERIE anvcArroNIfi-‘nlus JDUBLIN -- (C?) — Dr. Dennis “fish Coiiey, president oi Univer- ml’ Cilllvee here irom 1900 tn 1940 Catholics in Coming Events u “lo-dine no}? n. ad "line Ihtsrtoinment by om- lvtteimvn "W- Aaflmiiltli? afsiiimi-oii?! “c111 stock. bulk wheat. bulk Duo i n: o. “lim-vlw '5“! . in arrive "' "ed we. so m. eoor "'- “Wllllln a . AH-iOi. "For eocui and - £2 Nay “Dust S. Qflm My msioiuhfiti. gmi°d°iiig I Q It Ooivills mmwm. "Mil noon. . Desi i-e-ti. "m!" - loading n Al- hny 7h “gt irom u-_- 8 ti‘ ‘ammo powerful RllSSliln rounded" and enttr A Moscow communique announced the lllnction oi the ist Uk ii ' White Russian milzlwfi wmgg Panda Iaiiiiiiwaymstlltfilgiifichseli T B H districts north and east oi it, o e e witihin a. mile oi the centre of the city at ‘Uriter Den Linden. Island Man llics Oi Injuries At Fort, Arthur, Ont. Robert Alan Taylor, a native oi officer oi No. Freetown, P.E.I.. died of injuries held at 3 RM. Friday afternoon in a. Fort Arthur, Ontario hospital vvihen a. large class oi Dnpire and friends in this province Allied airmen have the coveted The body W111 be wtblem inned on their tunics. A1 the trad tionai Air Force ceremony attached to the parade will be ob- served as airmen, many oi whom were forced to gal)!‘ Writ’ ronreneony-occupe ry. - t ML Taylor 1 d n ceive the wing which means tha we fionstructgglfllflranpoizyeTongmll $3!‘ may again return to flBht for son ros.. L ., as a foreman. He I 1 fled 1 m" mu.“ Wm b, to work Wm‘ the cmmm sevgofai rnemiiersecigrihe ‘Aillied chiub 1 d i i tranng ere the ‘Province with them in Jun fig“ “s” 23:5“ ft°m countries e’ scattared a3‘ oval’: the wmnlilifiloyj: 8 8V l1 C eared from the 2:11:11‘ m“? y!“ eaemmny and Japan and their hatred of the tidings they and their people M" ton and the fune- ironi the home oi Burial will be in iedeque Cemetery. The £218 funeral was not known y h iit th ir t Mount Pleassgt. Rlglfaih? lenfi 1944. d-le was about 15 years old. There were few details oi the accident but it ap le that he had ushed between two mach- ‘resided at several places in ears he was a resident oi Charlottetown before iith victory loan in this Dwvlilw- y contribution to the success oi the E t A T to work with the Torn- n boys gwmbling their lives and e s o - their future and their own money . ‘me died l" slllnmeldldv to purchase bonds believe in the d They had no lam- Sucrfegg of the loan, can civilians this ONTREAL. April 2t — (C?) _. n. N.Y., the only civilian . ‘W "Vina out of Montreal ever be made a prisoner oi war, has returned from Britain io nearby iy. . He is survived by a sister, Mrs _______ Bert Clark of Winnipeg and by a .';.'§."i‘§f'...“§f°"“ “YM- °‘ Y". lloudc To ltun In Battle For Bremen Opens Poms. April M-(AP) - The oi Genus prisoners the 1.000,- MO mark with six more days left e "y V iclfiflilived tile was one of the prin-_ m man zers o! higher Dslimtion‘ French To Assume Own Supply Program o _‘_ " _ w-.‘8°.2i.3.2‘i“‘. “° “"‘“"a-‘.".‘-"§r ¥.‘.."..;?,; French hi". CD t from May l the Frenc ‘ will visional Gov ponsibiiity ior the entire program. Hitherto, pro 5E on behsli o! the govern- ! Britain and the United 6 P? 3°11. Wash-Twp}:- "i-‘harri Volley 2i p. u. F33 "l 5111. M141 all}? -I-ii. #11... by about moo to 1m "L. ' phi." .."":..'.=."-.r:;":. u. hlndbiils and we ior ed n er. "l" vacuum. e-as-s rm entire _ p 5th Army Troops” Inside Berlin; (B The Associated Press) 1DNDON..ADrll 24 - (Aalzm; tracing‘, April ig-Flith Army Filled "We Welds Berlin today and Riveprs iuaiifirgiiigpor attiigsietilgiaatllraig eelud fully half the area of the -Germans and the British 8th Army burning city which the grysrmons has captured Ferrara. where the l eur- e i ht bitt 1 t fly out o“ mm fell my Oils er y, lithe last. Oross Po ltivcr was announced llcrc Friday For only the second time in the history of zthe province a public Wings Bsrade will be held in Char- lottetown next Friday when a class oi’ navigators irom No. 2 Air Nav- igation School here receive their wings durlngw. Victory Loan cer- emony on Market Square. The parade, arranged by Group Captain DC. Price, commanding 2 A.N.S., will b0 native land been iopoed to endur e, i i’ _‘ ' - __ 11m or tn" 14 “M The ypsgynwwings parade to be ‘E-lithm- you...“ --...4 Caleb ‘rayiore shoe m. held here ha: beEn arranged by Group Capt. Price as an A r Force do less? Federal Election they mu d“... a elem-ant to remain us unequivocal- mn" m", m. ly united as they were ‘during ttxhe hour ahead oi the attack while 11942) 111mm"? °" '-°“~f."“ m‘ m to the 1m the 51st Highland ‘ Division fought what. it called n "Chinese battle”, available weapon irom rifles to field guns into Bremen ltseil to pllllugowvi aluy auemydiogces thlerle. _ I nee sreayhu one tier . part, medium bomber-s pasting Bremen in the iornoon and roc- llet-flrlng Typhoon! blasting ii. apiu in the late afternoon. ior overseas service, urid victions better respected." .ilas Long Since Fled Berlin ito Hamburg radio b E0 M118 that Hi niiug to information hge. risoners fire I Taken By Canadians i Wagenbo u. south oi the leer Estuary and 1S miles east o! Groc- ningen, surrendered last night si- ter‘ oflerlng spirited resistance fer a whit ting vu nearby 94”.“ m, gun i; ‘Mtg i’ sliightiy less German Krtilleg placed nor-tho! Gen. Crerarirlinden. across o estuary from ltod by strong Polish 1st Aslmored Division ts plggits ‘ Poles. lelvtdsanges from salt-act fire MONTREAL, April 24 - (CF) - they wlsh to remain so deiinitelv in or- dcr to have our rights and 0on- rsms. April 24—(AP) - Des- m, m. m; Japanese Base er onally conuuanding the (ti; LONDON. April oe-(aeuiem- cove o! the Wealth! WM“!- Eisenhoaver has announced glmreeglgfl/ggagélllglffgg tséaymtlfifi the Fuehrer actually hagdicrgglsincg fled to his sout em r ou an th ir to the J nese base at . cast. One Ja nese stro int in me Head- oingiafflce.’ Iiiitakthiauo figiioaii’ ghe 01W is iigrlyihi 00m‘? W! °°' through the griddle oi Germany ior- ced these agencies and offices to iiee again. and this time the whole ications Commission. that administration of Germany went tstes into the southern hideaway. lo- co By EDI! l. ZION. A-oohteil Press War Anal!"- A second Russian-American junction-before the first has been ‘ y announced ls fast taking shape on the war maps. Indicated to occur in Bavaria. it would split the dl man Reich apart. north and south from the Elbe Estuary to the Alps as it now is bisected for all practical purposes from east to west. on the Middle Elbe. master Nui himself. guards have ‘ ‘ inn Alps. miles due east oi Berchtesgadeu. . . . could be either and v _.,_. flying start reports tonight in- the Seventh ioan was 888360.300. laxagijcegfggfehrfglfsllifufifltffufl The drive among the services years in an internment camp ior violation of uelence oi Caribou ‘fiflélaiiilmasd, a??? “#811,211. Ogfsé; reported, tonight that overseas political party Ol‘ grw-P. Wham/BF pin-thug; 91 they may be. dircciiy_ or indirect- owns (he auburn, 0| ly" I want :0 risk me people overseas which opened during the forces had raised 08.0 per cent of their objective, while the commands Canadian soldiers in Europe have reaches‘ so per cent oi their (anon, despite the fact that much the continuous nction in Holland and Germany. Most groups even ex- ceerlcd. on hhe opening day, their first day’; total o! the last cam- a n. lgCA F returns showed an overall average 0i 64 per cent o! the $12,500,000 quota. Sixteen ships and four naval shore establishments beat thei quotas on the opening day of the navy! campaign. Aussies licach >1 FRANCISCO, Arprll 24 - ported today Australian forces Catholic mission. on coast. wz;ss.;.r....;..ia Just where or when it will some. whether near the Bitlerlan moun- tslu lair oi Berchtesgeden or north of that in the valley oi the Upper Danube, is not clear. There can be small doubt. however, that a friendly Russian-American foot race is on to be first to clamp a steel trap on the Salaburg-Bercbtesgudeu Neal citadel and perhaps snare the That can be read into disclosure that luuglug 8rd Aruiyedvsnoe Al. _. o! . .. .. huh less than 100 miles air lime from Sllsburg. Once over the Danube there are no serious terrain obstacles except the Danube tributaries, the Inn and the lsar, to hold up a swiit. 8rd Army duh to Salzburg and Berdchtesgsden, n hall score miles south of that city in the Bavar- blllidtilll placed the southern prong of a twin Russian drive from the Vienna gateway even closer. Storming through difficult Al- pine ien-ain thunder! only by motorways and highronds. o Red Anny spearhead was by German reports at Flsener, a little more than 9O It has swept beyond its northern , up the ported was within 50 miles of Linu- The goal oi that northern thrust Army forces somewhere south of the Danube. That would split all that is left oi Hitler's Bielch in German hands Into three major segments, north, central and south. for final mop-. ping up purposes. It would also end any possibility o! a prolonged last l Nari stand in the Bavarian redoubt. P.E.lslandLodn Total Reaches $403, 950 Summerside Continues To Lead Campaign; Results Ahead Of Second Day In 7th Loan. OTTAWA. April 24 -— (C?) — Canadian workers, inciudin those making the tools of war. payed s big part in getting the Dominions Eighth Victory Loan away t0 I dicatgd as tiabulatiéms siéovégiald _, , Mon ay's oenng reurns o - Mayor Camiiiien i-Ioucle. Quebecs led W'-,,,,§’°o_ mdmdua] puf- PCHJJ-"lll swim! Petra“ ‘mum’ chases the first day were M33791.“ slated he will be u mundidate in 90o compared Wm, “$955900 for ____ she‘ lbrglilglflmki vffijieggd the comparable day in the previous wrru rm: aumsn aim iciilall nriiovement in m». Province. 1°“- T°m “mm”? d“ "3"" i“ DIVISION. Arlrll 25 — (wgflug. all’) — (C?) - The battle for minute v hut night n; a (un- l. carrying llrit- ult troops, splashed into "a" cove ing Canada and Newfound- wm, the French cangdlan land are at 41.1 per cent of theirs. infantry and armor is in almost BAN (AP) - The-Meiboume radio rs; northern New Guinea have ioushl cilpltiml, said the broadcast, re- corded by the Federal Commun- Other Australian forces have reached Boiiren, site of a former the ncrt rsligln ‘ ‘ Ger- ‘ valley and last re- cr l. ' “ with 3rd Prince Edward "Island subscribed a total oi 189.550 yesterday as the second day oi the 8th Victory Loan campaign. was completed, bringing the Provinces total to 950 ma, . The minimum objective to be reached is O ic $3,200, . fl ials oi the loan were well pleased with the wav it was pro- gressing. stating that the second day's total was ahead oi the a- mount reached during the same Period oi the 7th Loan. Reports are necessarii y slow coming in from the- outlying districts but it is expected that a large increase will be noted irom these sections when the final results are known. Summersid continued to lead the way, announcing a total of $308, subscribed out oi their objective oi [$00,000. Prince ‘Coun- ty outside oi Summe ‘r ha; con. tributed $11,050 Fuariottetowmwith $33,250 pledg- ed yesterda ran its total to! silly)‘.- __ o t e second week m Apr“ w“ 80mg Eoéianotgohaving already contributed exceptionally well. Headquarters 250 with he remainder l . . lie orts irom King's County de- Repcrt Schushnigg Murdered April i5 TION CAMP. Germany April 24- (CP) -- Political prisoners just liberated at this camp by the 90th Division of the American 31d Army asertcd todnv that Kurt Scliush- nigg. former Chancellor oi Austria, was murdered iiere by S S. troops April l5. Petain To Stand Trial; Laval’: Escape Blocked Petain entered Switzerland irom Gemiany today after asking and receiving official pennissicn to cross the neutral country into Fran PTench authorities. ced that Petain would be sunumon- ed to appgnr for his treason trial May 1'7, hut‘ that the erstwhile proxy hearing would be postponed then to give him time to prepare his defence. "For r Government, communique said cor- respondents would not be penult- ted to witness Petain's surrender to the French Government and ior that reason the place and date oi his surrender would not be an- pounced. ers-Pierre Laval and Marcel Deal. -sought sanctuary during the day iln raeutral countries but were re- use . surrendered to the Germans in May. 1940. was expected-to arrive that the crumbling Nazi regime was permitting many oi its fam- ous hostages to leave — possibly through some understanding with the Allied Governments. to death in absentla by a Vichy military court in Ciermont-Fer- rand. may testify against Petain. The French foreign office an-' nounced that Switzerland had notified the De Oauile Govern- ment oi the Marshal's arrival and that Petaln had requested per- mission to pars through Swiss note a total oi $4.600 pledged. No—Major Relief From Taxes In Great Britain garrison, April zi-(ce Cable) -— $35.000.000.000 “vlctory" biid-, get, providing no major reiici ircmi the crushing wartime tax burden, d ite siseahle reductions in esti- ma ed total expenditures and over all deficit. was submlttc.‘ to Par- liament today by Sir John Ander- son. But the Chancellor of the Ex- ch uer hinted there were likely to e substantial tax cuts before long although a “high rate oi tax- ation" necessarily would be cou- tinued ior some veers alter the war. Sir John's second budget, the eighth oi the war, emphasized that Britain since the war has spent 227.400.000.000 (Sl23.300.000,000\ for war and civil services and had met. the hi h figure o! 49 per cent from sun-en revenue. He predicted a lmited increase soon in the Brit- ish cost oi living and ur ed con- inued voluntary savings o avoid dangerous inflation caused by a spending spree before supplies oi cvliian goods could be markedly i creased. He announced a minor ‘hangs in the excess profits tax O set up to benefit the small busi- ness man by ' reisingtheex r territory in or_der to surrender. To Support Soviet Demand For 3 Votes RIDRENBURB. CONCENTRA- BERN. April M-(Alfi-Marshal ce to surrender himself to A Ihench communique announ- oi decency" the Two of Petain‘s Vlchyite lead- King Leopold of Belgium, who in Switzerland soon. indicating Gen. De Gaulie. once sentenced 10 PAGES The United States 3rd Army, continuing its spectacular drive southward from the boundary of Czechoslovakia, battled within four miles of the big traffic hub of Regensburg and within 35 miles of the Austrian border. travelling Inst under a partial news blackout. The 3rd armored forces were closing in relentlessly on Regensb lg from three sides and nearer the ramparts of the enemy's southern fortress. slicing hourly An armored division raced east- ward ior a 23-mi1e gain and reach- ed the vicinity oi Arnesrieut 40 miles east of Regensburg and ll miles north oi the Danube, It was there that 3rd Army forces were within 35 miles of Austria and about 93 miles due north of Hit- ler's Bcrchtesgaden hideout. Canadians Maire Gains In clearing almost all of the Frisian Peninsula, the Canadians mopped up the coast of the Zuider Zee from Hardewijk at its base around to the area of Spiki. about 15 miles west of Emden across the l__—— r '. Polish Issue Carried To San Francisco WASHINGTON, April 24 -— (AP) -Big Four Foreign Ministers flew west to the United Nations con- ference today. Three carried tu San Francisco with them the deli- cate Pulish issue they were unable to solve after two nights and a day of consultation here. The talks among Foreign Sec- retary Eden, State Secretary Stet- tinius and Foreign Commissar- Molotov were broadened last night to include Foreign Minister T. V. Soong. These four, representing the sponsoring powers of the world security conference. discussed “gr. rangements" for that meeting af- ter the White House formally an- nounced the delay in the Polish talks. That announcement. noting that President Truman twice had con- ferred wlth Mr. Molotov, said that in view of the limited time be- fore tomorrowi-i conference opening ‘Tfasnniiaausnr aigsn cs1.‘ o" LONDON, April Zb-Gleuiersl- LONDON. April Lil-Clement Att-| Sir James Craig, War Secretary, lee. deputy Prime Minister an-i 5 nounced todav Britain wlii support Labor‘ Group Asks Change _ imonlshthat 3,662 Bri Russia's demand for three votes ini ilfifin‘... “§§Z“‘§{,; ‘Qulgfignflfljngeg? the B-Edfimbly 0f i118 PPODOSBd World these 2,932 have sailed for home organisation. d today in the House of Com- tish Common- from Odessa. In Wage Control Rulses (By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, April 24—The Cana- dian Congress of Labor, in a brici submitted today to the Cabinet, asked amendment in labor relat- ions and wags control regulations, ” in t e personnel oi the National War Labor Board and use of the labor relations regula- tions as the basis for a permanent labor code. The brief, which dealt with a wide range oi subjects, said the Congress believed the National Labor Relations Board had. on the whole, given commendable admin- istration to the present code but changes in the legislation were neo ry. Recommended amendments, out- lined in a separate document. call- ed ior changes in the procedure oi determining whether a union should be recognized as bargain- ing agent for a group oi employ- ees, provision ior more clear-cut ecognltion oi union security terms in agreements and the definite outlawing oi any unions. Discussing warime wage con- trol. the brief said:- “The Congress desires to impress as strongly as possible upon the Government the ncccssit oi a- mending the order in sue a way as to lessen the virtual prohibition against wage increase which re- sults not only irom the drastic re- strictlons oi the order itself but also from its interpretation and administration by the National Wm‘ Labor Board. "The Congress deeply regrets that it has no alternative but to inform the Government that the personnel of the Nationni War Labor Board is unsatisfactory and should be changed. if widespread unrcsi and discontent is to be a- voided. (The Board is under the chair- manship of Mr. Justice M. B. Ar- chibald of Halifax, with Leon Da- iande of Montreal and John Bell of Toronto ns members.) "There is no objection to the principle of wage control to the extent that it is required to pre- vent iniiation, and the Congress has no hesitation in congratui 73553? 6i.‘ w. e‘ 1- "do? Mail, $1.00; other Provinces l USA. ‘ti. Subscription Delivered. IMO. LER’S IiiDEOUT Rocky Redoubt: n. Al... ls Obiecljve PAltIS, April 24—-(AP)--Three mighty Allied armies hammering down to destroy Hitler's rocky Alpine redoubt. were slashing almost at. will across southern Germany io- night within 50 to 70 miles of Munich. cradle of Nazism. _A.iil6d Headquarters, like the rest of the world, was awaiting an official announcement that American and Russian troops, last reported nearly 20 miles apart between Dresden and Leipzig, had joined forces and split Germany. Some correspondents here believed a preliminary junction already had been made. British 2nd Army troops at the northern end of the front continued their scige of Bremen while 1st Canadian Army forces in Holland cleared virtually the whole of the Frisian peninsula which forms northeastern Holland. Uim, second city of Wurtiemberg and important com- municiiiions centre on the Danube. icli to the combined as- sault of the American 7th and French 1st armies. a. ---_ s i-_-T i No Linkup At 4 P. M. Yesterday S T ARM IN THE MULDE RIVER, April 24 v staff officer oi the American 1st Army at 9 o'clock to- nisnt (4 P.M., A.D.T.) slid flatly that there had been no linkup yet with‘ the Russians on the ist army Tfln “We have no knowledge o: con- tact with Russian troops on our front." he said when asked to - report from Moscow - .. , all , Ukrainian Army had made s junc- tion with the United States 1st: Army some 00 miles south oi Ber- (Till; report was not carried by the Associated Press ) Aerial observers for the 2nd In- fantry Division reported seeing an unidentified coiuinn and watching the troops march into a Most front-line observers believe junction may be made some time tomorrow. First Prisoner Of War Back Home LONDON. April iii-The firs] member of the British armed ior- ces captured in thiswar was r:- yesterday from a German prisoner from which his country's troops R..A.F. He ‘w... shot into the sca and captured Sept. day after war was declared. Planer (m SWEARSZ its Oosswf Swill: Guifgnd Bay Chaieur: Fresh to strlréng winds. partly cloudy and C0 North Shore: P126811 winds. part- 0 . st: Fresh winds and partly cloudy and cold. High tide this‘ garornins at 10.44 this evening at ‘L58 and rises tomorrow morning st 5.58. Fllll moon April 27th. 9.35 A. M DAILY AIR SERVICE Charlottetown - Sumluerdlo- Monoton Leaves Charlottetown 1.45 LIL 11.80 A.M.. . Arrives Charlottetown SUNDAY SIIVICI Leave Charlottetown 12.15. l.“ PM Arrive Charlottetown 5.20. CIIAIILOTTITOWN NEW GLASGOW (Daily lireepi Sunday) Leave Charlottetown I. Arrive Charlottetown 8._ . II PM.