HAXIK "A um MAN Qua-run»..- ggpieerabtioa. that ' ran, nfiwunxu ""fll.'L"-'.‘. can. lsland Beef Steer Sells Far S638 Sanderson Farm At No. River Wins Top Honors At Moncton Show. MONOION. N3“ (UPl-A Hereford steer from Prince Edward Island owned by Miller Sanderson. of N Riv- er. took top honours at the Mar- Iht Btoek Eiow held here . ‘nae winning ani- also was in file elal IV of M0 to The Sanderson pd champion steer weighed 1. pounds and was sold at ee cents per making a total of @004. The pur- chase was made by ltores - 81x other Island entries were lold at an average price of 21.6 eents per pound. A total of W head were entered in the show. the third to be held. It was the first time Island ent- ries were in the championship although Island breeders grade a good showing a year ago. The Sanderson farm had but one entry. Islanders showing included: A lfarshiisld, two animals; Hayden w; y Valley. one animal; t Winaloe. oae sni- alal: Hamilton Watts and Son“ Hampshire. two animals. The Sanderson entry was from h-arrklin Sanderson and Son, but tiis name appeared Miller Sand- on the prize list. He is one Iland entries were selected to tbs show late last sum- mer by Mr. L.W. Roper, iieldnran Deaahrion Department of Agriculture. Pirlal selections for the show were made quite recently. lsanabors of the Maritime short- Asodaln held their annual N. . was a ahorthom Carter and 80115 . and the 2e rib- lon was nresmtcd by Sta-n ey Wood, ‘““ minu- “ ‘ New anrmwlek department or auricul- won the of t o! Agriculture. are the first and sec- class: Class bs. Guy Dix- Ii. Aulac. 8.3.: l-lnryden Brothers. Cherry Valley, P.lll.I. Class D-fil Io 000 lbs. George A. . Port Williams. N54 Cedric. F. Carter Auhc N B . Class a-aor lo m lbs. E n. Home. Enfivrld, N5: Gerald Find- lay. Amherst. N.S Class 4-076 to 11100 lbs. Miller ganderson, North Rlver,_P.E.l.; H Carter and Sons. A N.B Class 5-1,10i and overyi-alilifl’, 1."...- liarson. SaskvillcTChsr-les R. Tran- llolnl. Fort Iiuwrmlce. .8. Bililiiilii EVENTS "To arrive. Bulk Wh t. nook sow. McGuiaen .1: Boyllee? 3-11-11. "Noiloe—0eorg 1s d‘ Mill closed die-lug April. u 53-15-21. Fredericton March 10. Sale Hall. of whole Barley at . day. March i'lth. Agency. a-ld-Di. I ‘Bibi ll dc Placer every" lliirggglylor Haelssn S-D-Thu-Mon-tf and Dance at North ‘Thursday, I Cross. 8-15-21. tzbk I Pl-leay. e Pfllll "Pie ioolal E 0 S-IO-li. is; is ITI$. R N. S-IS-IB-IO-N. ' a-rd-all '0'!!! to cir-cilnlstarlrgea beyond "if will t Ioadinl fizz" 0°. XVIII. tlrlisP week, as owl: C I- O-IT-l. - March - marooned for dy waiting reply from Affairs Branch oi tbs Department oi lines and Reso " ASSINOCLE Ilail Bombings ' May Mean Big Push ls IIcar I! B088 MUNID siuml- "o: 1* - w: _ g . will: an 11:12:: tlgyilq‘! the ' t flllT-i “1Y..“.i.‘l.?'iu“ 3i question is being ' “ls this E Sill’ ll v tn i. r ols is'enln for invasion‘; u ‘ u’ Such attacks olr railway inne- tlolrs and yards. like the BA. F.-ic.C.A.l-‘. raid on Mans in northern France last Miln- day. lnve little strategic 0r talcélloal value nnissam teal w pending o ra an this bomlzlng is "wobaillry very aiguiiican . Railways in ltslv were bomb- oil for weeks before the land- iassa there and this technique has become a his leatalre of Al- lied offensive strategy, 01mg " iiurctlona are blasted. raids are rapidly out on mrailer centres. There was scarcely a raliwa centre in the whole area of and conquered by d m‘? which bad not been ntiaoll ltnil traffic was stopped com- lrletsly and the Germans were forced to use motor transport exclusively In the early months n_ rill llrlee of communication will be of even more I rice to success ot-soooud-front, oper- . atlons. Reveal Details Df Sea Rescue AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT. l\'>—iUP)—De'tarls or me nsoue at sea of 44 men who acre three days on me stern of a tanker which broke in half-ll men riled ln the sunken tor-ward seotiort-were revealed to- night by the navy. A press release said the violence of the stxrrrn broke the tanker, which had been torpcdoed and was under tow, into two with the for- ward section sinking imamdlately. taking m men down. The stern was located after n. three-day search by the or Minesweeper H.M.C.$, uoderich. whose commander. 1st.- Cmrir. R.R. Kennedy of Iiaiifax received mlmoershl ill thc oxier of the British mm c for the e!- Dlolt. Merl from every province were serving aboard the Goderich during all irands was praised by tho, Captain, par- ticularly that of AB. John J. Muir of Owen Bound, Ont., who detected the wreck five miles away on the iinal dBIV of the search. and Chief Petty Officer W.J Franklin of ‘Ibronto. who treated survivors. Both have since been mentioned in dos tches. e rescue occurred in January. 104B. and Cmrir. Kennedy and other-s in the Goderich crew were decorat- ed at an lnvestituro in Halifax two weeks as“ Elected Fralll Reservation MONTREAL. March l6-—(CP)— Indians at nearby Caughnawaga iteservg said today they were the Indian Ottawa white ill . _ of the white man. and said they would elect from the reservation grainy if he was still they. that y. The petition named Hector Car- rier, owner oi’ a butcher shop on the reserve, as the man the ndi- ans want to have removed. Two Indian uths wen lined 01.50 each an eight otherswore releas- ad aiter Carrier laid dam his property against them recently. 500-Bed Military y Hospital For Montreal ‘ NTRlAlli March l5—(OP)— Arm Olt r e all. ‘inclined by the Deplryisnent of Rational Defence that the ov- mmmirllll; hospital i: . m lapel of Mount ncyai if the land _ ._..___.k.. 4., lame be obtained from Pflltfit holders . heard Cie Indiana Want’ White J- Dcvershiaeelldwerd lslondLilretllcllew CHARDCYFTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1944 ___'_ rlgoyoim ' formally ciao: a were with murder today folio - veetbetion of the shooting De- tective Sgt- lehry Farmer of the lsktlgtreatlnpoliice last Sunday night - e s o uven “ prevention we; in“, '1 ‘rho charges were laid a short time after a coroner's jury found lino-Paul lioisvert 1'!’ and Rm- and Clermont. it, ' ll re- sponelble for the death of Farm- er who was fatally wounded when. in dressing-gown and slippers, he went to investigate re orts oi a prowier at the rear oi h home. Th jury took less than five minu- read at the inquest. Following la - ing of the charges, the you s were remanded until March 2S for preliminary hearing. Boisvert and C‘ listened with tear-stained faces as Lt. Cleor es Alain oi the municipal detec ve squad read the statement attributed to Boisvert. A to tbs statement read ihetwoyoutbsbadgonaioih north end o! the city to "do a iew " Sunday Hid had brok- en into two houses oountarlns 59b Farmer. They had started to break the flndow at the rear oi a third house said the statement when Bgt Far- before en- nrer appeared and aabed. first Boisvert and than Clement what they were do . ins Bolsvertk statement said that he had told Sgt. Farmer he was waiting for a man that then he had rmorrt saying "don't corn; nearer or 1'11 shoot." Parm- er continued toward Ciermcnt :nd w Ibfiewels ebslgibtvlo feet rein him a! a , ~. The statement added that f! ran away, fo owed by s‘ d.’ Lt- Alain testified that when ar- rested Clermcrrt had confused to the shooting and had sked that Boisvert be left alone "because I did it alone." The youths told police they had attended a Sunday afternoon movie "thriller" before aett off on the “iew robbings" men oned in BoIsvert/s statement. - I Dives War Damage Insurance Figures MONTREAL, March l5—-(CP)- James n, l‘ super- visor of war damage insurance, re- ported today that premiums col- lected for the period Septembe , 1M3. to January, i944, amounted to flflilfil. which. after‘ allowi io the 10 per cent reduction ra . was 79.2 per cent oi those for the corresponding period of the previous year. Distribution ‘as cent by prov- inoes waist-A rta, one, British Columbia. Q. Manitoba. one. New Brunswick, four. Nova scotla. 1°. Ontario 28, Quebec 31. Saskatche- wan, one. Retired Ontario Judge Dies At 9i 55 TORONTO. March 16--(CP)— dge rs '* M. Moreen for 40 years a Judge oi York County Court. die! today at hill home ai- ter being ill for six days. lie was 1115b lire rgetired from firs Bench in A native oi Charnb , 0nt., Judge d at Ni ta an Oegode a was ap - ed to t e Bench in 1&1. g2 so vision Oolnt work he yproxlnrately 115.000 cases and rns carried Court of Appeal, reversed in o . He was a familiar figure meets in ‘lbrcnto and went to docile Approves Df Dill Ra ‘illlllits Guardian rvoacmnomorrr ramble- silo. (Ql-Jllfi A. V 0f Nilfth shim stiz ma. mini... ... th o (om- as"°'elrsm"'"'m ‘m inistra I10! annual ilm a o» rna rfllflilfilélgl wuldltillbehandied oowts) my“ to along the Corps front and "o decision was was aknoet negl ible. at race is drying IAQIQ! under the hot sun. Nova —- —--——-—-—-—ii at Situation st Night By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst Good put into loll ands,‘ , swlrlgagalutheAllicd air of Casalno have canapalsn to capture Rome, Whether the air blow at Cnssino has finally opened the Lil-l Valley fin- an Allied advance northward to be no ‘ , that a the " . line and “ " the Ansio beaclrhead, Cv-rwhclrnlng Allied sir power was ‘ alalo. It la upon that weapon since the beginning of the Italian oaanpaig Home is still to be seen. There can has been made am shattering up the “ sa Allied front with into the blasting of Caa- "y that the Allies have depended II. The earne fzlle awaits any other barrier on the main Via Caaillno highway route from Naples to Rome to which the Nazis may anchor their riefenr. Allied capture oi either Poniecorvo or Pico, or even a push up the Uri. must force Nani evacuation of the Gaeta. coastal bulge to ovoid era- trapment. That would open the way for a forward sweep up the coastal flunk by the 5th army to the southern end of the via Appla illsi south of the Pomirre marshes. It would bring a junction of the main Allied forces In flle nouih and ihose hoilllng the Anzio baacliheafl close enough to compel German withdrawal into the Rome urea. itself-II they intend to expose its religious and monuments to war. . jkirlns To Continue At War With Soviet Union Tachers’ Fell. IIaalI Opposes Federal Dept. OTTAWA. March i5-(CP)-Dr. C. N. Crutchfield of Shawinigan Falls, Que, secret -treasurer oi the Canadian tile era Fedgra; “W.” ‘4- fldlmnoiis" would not suDWtt a federal de- partment of education and believ- ed desired improvements in Can- adian education could be brought about although tbs provinces con- tinued to exercise control over it. In a brief. the Federation said the Dominion Government should make grants to the provinces on the basis of need so that all child- ren will havo equal educational opportunities. The grants should be earmarked for educational pur- poses and should be made without interference with provincial auton- omy on educational matters. The status of the teaching pro- fession should bs raised, with an improvement in salaries, so the men and women of the best char- acter. ability and training would be attracted. _ A federal mmisslon should be appointed to study national view- point and make recommendat‘ for welding Canada into a nation», uni . . School buildings should be of the i best possible type for the purpose and in the post war building pro- gram, school buildings should have a high priority. Miss Beryl Truax o! Montreal. president of the federation. said that nearly 14.000 qualified teach- ers in addition to those now active would b.- requlred after the war. She said at least 6.000 unqualif- ied persons now are teaching and, 1.000 one-room schools are closed for lack of teachers. An estimated 7.000 teachers were needed for a post-war educational program for mcn and women in the forces. IIazis-lluiet 0n Danadian Front WITH THE CANADIANS 1N ITALY. March 16-(09 Cable)- Tire Germans holding outposts in front oi the Arielll river offered little opposition today to patrols from the Canadian Corps testing enemy positions. No contact was made anywhere shellins Weather was fair and warm and the ground STOCKHOIM. March i5 — (AP) — The Finnish Parliament decl- ded today to continue at war with Soviet Russia, rejecting Russia's final terms of armistice, a ‘ ., to reliable infomiation availabl hers tonight. From other sources in this neut- ral capital it was learned the Finns thus had turned down Mos- cow's terms which offered them a way to abandon the fight. alongside the Germans and get out of the war. Theofflciel repiyito Rulia" was expected to be forwarded Satur- day or Sunday. Edwin Shanke, Associated Press correspondent in Helsinki. report- ed that evervwhere th- Finns re- pared for resumption oi hcsti tics and in Helsinki work went forward on air raid shelters-obviously in anticipation of renewed air raid assaults Balkans Considering Peace? LONDON. March l5 — (GP) — Cable reports from abroad o! peace moves by the Balkan Nations to get out of the war before the Rus- sian avalanche hits them nre mak- ing the biggest diplomatic news in ls not optimistic that there will be any immediate break away from Germany by Rumanla and Bulgaria. Danada Blamed In Congress Document WASHINGTON, March 15- (GPi-Charges that the British Dominlons, "led mainly b Can- ada. were dominating bot Lon- don and Washington by playing one against the other," were eluded in a document filed in the United States Congressional rec- ord today, accompanied by a dec- laration that the Ottawa econom- ic agreements of 1932. were “large- ly responsible ior the present r. r. Official circles in Ottawa= de- clined to comment on the charges. Unofficlaly there was a, disposition to regard the statements as rath- er fantastic. Observers of inter- national trends in Canada said they hadn't noticed any concert- ed movement on the part of the Domlnlons to influence the policy of either Britain or the United States. IIIGIIIJR. rrran rvraéaaa The Falls oi the lsuassu River in Brazil are 62 feet higher- than Niagara. ._~:=l= COF “SALT” FEE Britain but informed opinion here De VELLED IN REC REDS CROSS BUG RIVER ON 62-MILE Flioli‘ Two Montreal Youths Charged With Mu Less Than 3D Miles From Rumania By Torn Yavbrough Associated Press Staff Wriilr IONTDON. March l! - (AP) — The Red Army crossed the Bug River on a d‘: mile front today. m“ thrusting spearheads within 30 miles oi the re-war Romanian frontier, d German defen- ces only 1'1 miles from the big ‘Black Sea port of Nikolaev, and killed or captured additional thous- ands of trapped Germans nort east of Nikoleav, a Moscow com- munique announced tonight. Leaping the Bug with the aid oi rafts, pontoon; and even empty h- barrels. Marshal Ivan B. Kelley's b 2nd Ukraine Army troops tore through the tottering Germans for gains of 1.2 to i0 miles in sector heavily fortified with bloc ouses. rnlnefields and barbed wire. said a midnight bulletin broadcast by Moscow and recorded by the 50v- iet Monitor. Other Soviet forces aflackins in the Vinnltsa sector to the norm- west r‘ ’ Pinrevka, only six miles southeast. oi’ that German stronghold. wh 1e far to the south- east Gen. Rodion Y. Mslincv- ~- sky's 3rd Ukraine Army of Stal- ingrad voter-am closed swiftly on imperilled Nikolaev at the mouth tolrce of the Big River. Raiders Turned Back ,.'.'.'.9"1 gland“ IQNDON, March 15—(AP)—-Ai- tor-dinner Nani raiders were turn- ed back from Ilondcn tonight by a heavy barrage oi the ca ltaYs ground guns, less than 2i ours after one oi the worst air attacks on London since 104i. Unlike last night's fire raid, the mocnless ak remained dark ex- cept for vi d flashes from spout- ing anti-aircraft guns- Tl-ls alert was dlort and clear sounded soon after bells rang in office buildings indicating ‘raid- ers overhead." mnclon has entered the d his but last two attacks found strongly mobilized civil defence forces on the alert. A toll oi 1.3 planes taken last night from an attacking force es- ‘ ‘ t between 150 and D0 eienders off to a rt; hdfillgtpffiltlilullidi that the A. .’.s B ' and Britain's massed alitimrerait batteries and rocket suns woul make the coat of any forthcoming attacks run over the five per cent which the Aiiiea consider oper- ationally expen . I.‘ Auxiliary For Dlind Ilolds Annual Meeting The annual meeting oi the Charlottetown branch oi the Wo- men's Auxiliary o! the Canadian National Institute for the BlLnd was held at tl-le Charlottetown Ho- tel on March 14. The Jesiderlt, Mrs. DJ. Riley occupied the chair and spoke of the very successful past year. Commenting on tag day abs aeid it “was the largest organisation. e the committees for their co-oper ation and assistance during the past year. Mrs. JJ. Morris. convener of the nominating coananittee. said that they had been nroat fortunate in obtaining the consent of the en- tire present ssecutlvs to continue irl office for the next ar. The officers are as fo (III: 3on- orsry president, Mrs. B. Wits“- P ; past president, Ira. J Mfiwen: president. D. J Riley- Millarl: secretary, casurer, Mrs. W412. blac- x‘ Mrs. J5 "Me- all... are res registered blind - maple in P. I. 1. and of that num- v are rlalons. r 5 Twenty-five "brighten their ‘gerpetual blackness. DIICOVII. NIW MINlIAI-l minerals have been discovered m minerals, ‘welds-ire of . Germans still alive among them, d Ier exists fin-- h fthe ti: idoryo , if in lien; e! u; aliganale ores ‘CT Provirfi a amgeriie. are regarded as oi scienti- little A lly conquer the world. MAXIMS OIA MERE MAN sacrificial church would speed- 8 PAGES Allies Cassino But Likely By EDWARD KENNEDY I Ara-Ea. ll/iuruli liJ—U\1‘|-—Til(: l Allies destroyed stubborn Cassmol y. dropping more than 2.800. tons oi nomns on the straltglqi fortress town and targets above it; in the greatest aerial assault in nls- tOTY. - Tonight Allied iliiulrtrynren and: tanks hue moving into the SlllDK-l in: nuns or the town 1on2 rile, keystone oi the German IICIEIICCSl in central Italy, and a new all-out; drive on Rome was under way. Official pnowgraphs relzasuu lnic tonight snowed there \V(.'l'l: nu uiicflnlzs leit rn tlrc town after tm- NEIV YORK. March 15--(Al’) —German survivors of the ub- llteraiion bombing of Casino still are fighting back from lhl: nuns and "the issue has not yci. f been decided." NBC rgpflflel‘ l Max lull said in a broadcast ' from Naples tonight. aiming allots who made lilo , Ilill added that “though we may not have Casslno, yel. it certainly is not muchhsc io the enemy any more." all‘ attack. in which nearly ovary Diane of the Allied Mediterranean Making a total of 3.000 trips. the blame dwDDed 1.400 tons of bombs in the one-luuie-squnre Casslno area and the remainder on towns. brid- ges and communications centres to the north and northwest. The total load oi 2 tons was announced h‘ IA-Gen Ira. C Eakel‘. Medite - raneo air commander The historic assault was bo- rn by 38 medium bombers at :30 mm. Soon all type; of plnrru, including the big-four- heavy bombers, were blasting awlasv. There was a pause at noon after the last of the heavies had rinlslmi its lob and then a tremendous ort- illery barr ' B-Elm cover. tho find forces began to move in. first Allied tank. an Amtrlcan, entered the northern outskirts at exactly 1:25 pm. hater in the afternoon medium and 1mm bombers resumed the at- tslk at select l targets. tonight there was nothing lcit oi the town. "Cassino is deed. As- sociated Press Correspondent Lmn Hclnaeriirlg wicoleasod from his aolaiilon with the 5th lrmry at Cas- o. "Th-re still arc walls standing." he said. “and more ulay even yo but Cassino. the great Gannon tor- tlcss on the road to Rome. no lon- Atlaclr ‘Without Equal The day-Ions! attack was without 001ml in any war for blows rained on r. single. small target, and urt- tal of 2.500 tons for Cassino and mints attacked to the ilortn northwest was iust snort cl inc rc- co ‘ D00 short toils dropped by inc R.A.F.-R CA F‘. great mgnt flat on Berlin tne nigh The attack was spec-secular. il l'l(i t oi Poo. lo-lh. Morton, writing from a IIIIIIO]! o-I vtrlwlunsz Cassino. sale bJldlefs oi" more than a OOZtJll United Nations watched and cheered ihe ailmon from an amphitheatre lOlTilLi.‘ oi hills ringing the town, While the heavy oomu 1's smashing Cass \\‘Ll'\-‘ I oriav . mnflfllll up In the area Surprised Teachers IIot In llunger March UITAWA. March l5-—(CP)— Clarence Gillls (CCF-Cape Breton ' South) said today fore thc Commons Reconstruction Com- mittee he was surprised teachers had not staged a hunger march on Ottawa long ago as the salaries paid them were “disgracciulfi The school teacher who had re- mained on his job recognizing his duty was "the greatest patriot in Canada" as he misht have obtain- ed a better financial return in some other activity. Mr. Purdy smiled when Mr. Gil- lis "r ntioned the “hunger march," and asked if Mr. Glllis all nested the teachers should bring rl k-s. rrlflw plied Mr. Glllis. I808 DISCOVERED IN The lightweight mineral. marm- illn, hunch "here." re- lic value but at present econeulelbutanee ,wasflratidantiiledinllll. ‘ill llulll the Italian scene, and were “Well, they wouldn’s need any wlth "this valuable in the war effort.- — --———- - »—ii—- haerlpllcn lrellaverd. “.00 Iall. ILDOi other Prnvinrea a u.s.a. sue RD RAID l Resume Drive Un Rome’ Nazis Still Cling To Ruins Of Retreat Is Soon. See Italian King And Badoglic 0n Way Out l WASHINLYION. March >15—(AP< —‘:Ju liil‘ .I:; UIZICIJJ Washington ' concerned Kim; Victor" Bnmanlla and tlic Badozlio Govemment o Italy are on til‘: way out. Only thI slow irro-gixss of Allied armies t0- wnrd Rome has stayed their pass- . . u“ col-dance with Allied policy. l-lcr rwsorl. ulnloanatln authorities the 1.400 wrs bombing oi casino as rnresha- dowing an early solution o Italyi yvorst political problem. R. A. F. Bombers Dut In Force LONDON. March l5—(AP)-—An. R. A. F. bomber force in great strength headed out ever the east and southeast coasts land tonight for fresh bows agalnsl . the continent, a iew hours after u. United States force of heavy bombers had blasted the German aircraft city of Brunswick. Coastal observers said tbs Brit- ish bomber force was one of the largest to cross the coast in weeks- Witliln an hour alerts were sounded in Basel and Lugano. Switzerland, and the German ra- dio nctivork left the air. Continental Radio Stations Iio Dff Air LONDON. March lb-(OH-Cob tinental radio stations flicked or the air tonivlit, usually an indi cation RAF- night bombers ar- over Nazi-controlled Europe. The Berlin and Paris cnlbourg. Calais and the station. can‘ or sr. CATIIAAIINE! LONDON —-(CP)—- Gift. of Itllrnl District Council A. R. P. Frederick Hu-dd of the Iiigli Couimissioner‘; Office. Dis ‘irict officials expressed gratitude A» _ lop zluaistance given on many occas- gpslagsq P1155 cQnugpQnu-Jn ‘jogqallliCll-ii by Canadian Army personnel during air raids. GIRLS WHO BUY CHEAP STOCKINQ$ GET A RUN FOR THEIR I I I High tide this afternoon at Lh and tomorrow morning at 4.41. Sun sets this evening m, and rises tomorrow morning 7 I er than Charlottetown. om? AIR er-zlwlclt Charlottetown - summer" -- Moucton Leave Charloikh I100 noun. Arrive 5.45 ll. m. 7.0! l!- M- SUNDAY SERVICE Leave Charlottetown ll neon. l station-a slznccl oil quickly. along with Lux- . Allouia Si. Cartharines, Ont, a mobile kitchen was presented u. a Glouoesterdiig canaiilan y vol . l. Iiilsi, quarter moon March 1'1. 5.0! I) ill Summcrslde tide i0 minutes lot- ‘l.35 a. an 0301- 1mm" Charlottetown ‘LII I. In ' Arrive Charletteflwl l-ll I- Q _~_-_-;:: ,___:__ ‘Av-o... .-— - ~fi=a<fi__—w--,a wi l I l I