JIAXIIIS OIL MERE MAN _n———— lhshhelllmtlosfiat ill >__ ' mews-nae IILLIES azis Capture Rome; Cha New Effort To Plug Gaps in Armor Io Sub Sinkings In llo. Atlantic In Throo Months OTTAWA. Sept. 10—(CP)— Navy Minister Maodonald said a press conference here late may that there have been no slnkings by U-boats in the North Atlantic in the past three months but warned that that did not mean the sribma inc war h over. The North Atlantic is the Canadian Navy's own special sphere of operations tn convoy- irlg duties. “Our view b the subs will be pack," Mr. Macdonald said. "The Germans took a bit of a. beating early this year and their losses were heavy but they stiii have several hundred sub- marines. “They may be working up new weapons but it il more likely they will be out again in strength." by Enemy By EDWARD D. BALL Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON, Sept. l0—(AP)—Ger- man troops shelled and seized Rome, its vital railway system and airfield belt today, the Berlin ra- dio declared, in a frenzied effort to plug holes in an Axis rampart mattered by the invasion of Italy. Other important Italian cities, airfields, ports and warships were seized amid indications that the desperate enemy plans to install another puppet Fascist regime in that chaotic land. The Germans began shelling the southern outskirts of Rome at 6 a. m. Rome time, ' Romans to believe that liberating allied arm- ies were fighting the Germans, but Allied headquarters dispatches said there was no indication of al- lied moves irl the Rome area. A dispatch from the Swiss frontier to the Zurich news- paper Die Tat laid. however, that it had been learned from Borne that British troops had landed at Ostia, port for the city of Rome, and now are fighting German divisions be- fore the Italian capital. ______.___._._- . ._ (continued on pagejj 3L Canada Seeking Two h Cruisers From Britain as: Letters Reach ilanada From Japan UITAWA, Sept. lib-(CID-Posi- Iltster Ganeral Mulock said today s consignment of 962 letters has reached Canada from Japan and Japanese-controlled areas. ‘Though some of the letters are from civilian intemees. most have been written by military prisoners," laid Col. Mulock's statement. "They are being sent out to the addresses today through the fastest postal channels." The consignment which has now arrived is made up almost entire- ly vi letters dated as far back as last summer. and most have come from eople who were not heard ifgm art year. Those ncxt-oLkin who received tiers last year from the Grips- lrolm consignment should there- fore not be undul worried about the safet or wcl-being of their relatives rl Japanese hands if they d0 not receive n. letter from the 9'95"" sroup." said the postmaster Géheral. _ CHINESE RELIEF FUND SAINT JOHN, N.B . "D i0 ionlvht by George provincial campaign treasurer. combine-vents "Chicken Supper, Bingo and Btnicmber 13th nsslfl““lyil."é"ii‘fiil I all lo. ' a u 0-l0-2i. Dlmil. rprt Augustus "Wanted to buy live and dressed "All" Prices Island Cgiilyxgatltgld W. us. ' a-zo-tr. tillckens and fowl. "Dance, Lorne Valley Hall, sep- italber 14th. Webster's Sept. 1(1- Pl-Ncw Brunswick had contri- billed the total of $38,240 to the Chinese War Relief Fund campaign yesterday, it was announced W. Bellevue, OTTAWA, B0 t. 10-—(CP)—Navy Minister Mac onald announced today that Canada is negotiating for the acquisition of two cruisers from Britain, to be manned and oprwated by the Royal Canadian Navy. "We hope to be able to get them and man them with Canadians within a year," he said. The Navy, he added, is also working on a project oi obtain- ing one or more aircraft oar- riers but discussions in this re- gard with the air force and with British authorities have not reached final form. In the event aircraftcarriersare obtained Canada will have a fir-ct air arm. he said. The minister said the navy has added some 20 new fighting ships this year already and has about I00 under construction. The launching oi the first Ca- nadian-bullt Tribal Class destroyer the Micmac, has been set for Sept 18 lat-Halifax. This is the largest fighting ship ever built in. Canada and it is expected a second of the same type will be launched before Christmas. said the minister. The keel of another will be laid immediately. SAINT JOHN TIME SAINT JOHN. NB" 5699-10- (CP>-—Saint John will revert to Ai- larltic Standard Time at midnight on the night of Saturday. Och 3. the Common Council announced to- dLIhe council based its decision on word from the New Brunswick POW- er ccmmission that the Dfolmfied CIIARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1943 I IR!!! A- ‘fr-r Q“ ~______________ ‘ \§\I\ Read n Covers Prince Edwordi Island Lne the Dew ANDREI ADHERE! Everybody MMHH Arrives Overseas LIZ-COL. WJ. MacDUNAbD. Who has been officer command- ing the Prince Edward Island High- ulaiion, has turned into a furious Aliicti and German sorrueast Europe. in .4, war turn Peninsula. . that her pllghf will at least for Germany's unwil north. for her frantic tem Valnna and Durazzo within easy riaiic sea. swift Allied thrusts apparently dominant holds on the Naples area as well as the major But barely I00 air alien the Ital standpoint. of respect for thin pile that the Germans world go rloly City, poses. As for the resent stage of have their hon the efforts to obtain the rem for a hasty mop-up Alb equate einforcements. But would be aimed only at landers (Black Watch) since last March has arrived overseas, ac- cording to news received here yes- The battle of Italy, far from being that accounts lnr ely for the terrific gnen to dare y. Tiris news is bound to distress the Roman s people hold of Nazis in southern But reports persist that a huge Anglo-American armada is darinlr an invasion clash with the enemy in the German ania. This might bu the opening jab in the fight for southeast Europe-a surprise blow delivered by the Allies before Germany can ru it is more likely that such a thru control of the Adriatich entrance at The Italians. meantime, now irnow full well an armistice does not mean pence so lonr as the Germans still infest their land. | By John II. Wiggins. Associated Press War Analyst Government capit- ootholds from which o ended b scramble f er forces apparently mean to slug it out for control I mid tho maze of reports on the fighting that rages far and wide one fact stands clear: Germany re- be desperate should the Allie; dominate all speed of battle developments, draw a lone fighting line in the establish strongholds ts Italy. and for her sudden clinch on the important Albanian ports of Allied invasion distance across the Ad- have kiven Anglo-American forces and the big naval base at ‘faranto ortions of southe s. and south central Italy. lne miles north of Naples, the Nazi nrmi an Capital of Borne and assumed protection" n: Vatican es have Catholics. While, from the sacrcd, it seems inconceiv- so far as to hold hostages in the the Nazis so far have stopped at nothing to serve their pur- fighting ,ib s full with the swiftncss of land and air action ainder of the Italian would seem that this Allies Y. fleet, and thne need Italy. -occupied kingdom of sh in at probably this time. terday. I-fe served overseas during the First Great War as an N.C.0 in the lostn Battalion and was woQid- ed at Oambrai on Oct. i. 1018. In 1921 he was made Lieutenant with the P EI, Highlanders and shortly after was promoted lo the rank cf Captain. He was made a Major in 1926. During the years of peace he was n member of the staff of Prince of Wales College out continued to keep actively in touch with the ar- my through work with the militia and the cadets. At the outbreak of the present conflict he was a company com- mander with the P 125.1. Highland- ers and he immediately Item 0n active scrvice. He became second in command shortly after ulld when Lh-Col. C C. Thompson retired be- cause of illness Col. MacDonald be- came commanding officer. Seven Killed In Accident ALDERSI-IOT. Onto Sept. I0-- iCPl-Seven persons were killed tonight at a level crossing near this village when a fast Canadian National Railways train collided with a Canadian Coach Lines bus. slicing tlic bus in two and scatter- ing wreckage along the track. A tentative list of identified dead follows: Fred Smith, 34. married, driver of the bus. Miss Sherwood( age and initials unavailable), Aldelahot music teacher. Jacqueline Bell.-13, of Watertown. Mrs. Ralph Barnes, 30, of Water- down. Mrs. R. C. Smith (age unavail- able) of Toronto. Also dead were four young boys. believed to have been farm com- mandos. and one other unidentified person. At least two other persons change-back was not expected to Bilétligiisfijlwllljllnlfi- LONDON, Bept. I0-(AP)-—The Germans hurriedly replaced their fallen Italian allies all along the Adriatic coast today and Swiss re- ports said a huge allied invasion armada was moving through the Ionian Bea toward Albania. There was nothing to confirm or '-*- d thsissrepotthtthe r- arm!“ chicken supper at 8t niiirin ti. Needed tiword: the tiny uurlim“ H111. Mtmtilgl. fig» former land of King Z08. and any - 0- -l0-lI- i. force pllolwin throughlthewfonlan "M"! we at Holman’: Me! afom‘ tifillgsosliisi En wltliot“: h ‘M °I c- w- 1t- Wll‘ WWI‘- Italiarriuiledvy knocks: out’ and the ' "um- floral?” salons“ hsserdpreslsed 5 I'll w | ¢° Inov fig s.."°°““' °"¢°" i" 3"“ °"' tgi-mn the Btrsitn of Tsranto for by a _ ‘We: Eleni?“ mmei-e- "National Film Board h 0 tanner.- ‘l§.’.'.£.";"°"'i.il9“ ééiélta Grand lew Hall. Thurs m, ‘ms cute. ii Free p mber lo n. ePflnsored by n in nin m” i-u-il e landings on tile east coast of the boot. Inviting Move Such s move would be particular- ly vlting now that the llies have seized the b bass of Toronto, side the Ital an heel. There seems to be no doubt that e Germans are tryin desperate- [n- ____ til "M l intake up the sud en lckln “in...” "i. ‘if’ »'1‘-’=i~?v““‘1‘r'd=-=‘§§ discs-tn. "rizl;"-..uli='h 2a; ' v. r 'DR.ynm°k:-'11-1|-. there is considerable doubt’ whe- n _.__ ther they would be able to do this Booth Winsloe Women's Instl- effective y and quickly. ' “is m holdi P'""‘" ‘or war work. l-ll- NDIN’ w a dance in Boston's igfollgemmoe Station. sept- The German News A enc D.N.B. claimed the Nasls ha Albania ports of Valons and Dur- also and 41st town of Iilbsson an New Allied Invasion Aimed at Albania the Yugoslav port of Raguss. and 8T0 were seriously hurt. that the Italians Md been disarm- ed up and down the entire Adriat- ic coast. The Swiss regort, quite likely. was a nervous s 0t in the dark, in- spired by the feverish German ef. forts to decide which way the piec- es are falling, but then, there is no question that tho whole Ionian and Adriatic shores were opened by the swift removal of the Italian fleet. Chief fact supporting the spec- ulatlonfis the continuing lack of reports from the American ‘lth army. which participated in the invasion of Sicily. but may, how- r New gijficers For llospital Association sept. 1o - (C-Pi - stephens of Mon- treal. was reelected today Presi- dent of the Canadian Hvsilllfll Council, Federation of Hospital As- sociatlons in Canada, at the con- eluding session of it5 two-dill’ biennial meeting here. Other officers elected were: Honorary President, Pensions Minister Mackenzie; Honorary Vice-President. H. G. Wright. H011- fax; ‘First Vice-President, Dr. A. F‘ Anderson, Edmonton; second Vice- President, Mother Allaire, Mon- treal; Secl-etaryTrcasurer. Dr. Harvey Agnew, Toronto; Executive, r. A. K. Haywood, Vancouver; Dr. A. McMillan, Charlottetown, and Fraser Armstrong, Kingston. Ont. Hitler Breaks- Long Silence LONDON, Sept. l0—(AP)--Adolf Hitler tonight broke a six-months silence in an attempt to rally the German people from effects of It- aly‘s desertion and. in a. grim l6- minute radio speech, told them that event was of slight importance and that the "ring oi steel forged by the German home front will never break." Although German soldiers may be forced to make tactical retreats and “we may have to cede some territory". the Fuchrer declared the Whemacht would be able to guard the nation from all assaults except allied bombing attacks. , "But here also." he assured his bomb-harassed people, "technical UPPAWA. Dr. George F. PU but will retaliate with other and more effective means." ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Sept. ll —(Saturday)—(AP)—The ese garrison! situation New Guinea, now is desperate, Al- lied headquarters said today. lksst of the air base. Australians have crossed the Bush River near the Malahang airdrome and their patrols have encountered enemy resistance. is is the force which landed from the sea Sept. 4 and now has wheeled up zd-pounders Prime Minister King Asks Tor Continued War Effort OTTAWA, Sept. l0——(CP)—I5‘rom Canada, the fifth year of war will demand "more fortitude. greater efforts, heavier xcrifices than any wg have yet fnc ." Prime Minister Mackenzie King said tonight in a broadcast address on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Dc- minion's entrance into the war. “Whether civilization is to live or die has yet to be decided on the field of battle." said Mr. King, de- livering a Zilmlnllte address over the fictional network of the Calla- dian Broadcastlng Corporation. “All that has 8011c before. ‘all that now is taking place, is leading up to tile hour o supreme effort," he added. Reviewing the course of the war to date, Mr. King said that a year ies everywhere. Today, the situation was revers. ed. The reason was to a large‘ de- gree the application of the dus- rial power of the United Nations, particular of North America, and the prov sion of weapons for the fighting forces. For the fixture. Canadians could be sure the fighting forces would not fail but they should see to it that there was no slackening in the home front, no unavoidable dclny in reduction of weapons and mater als of war. _______ News Briefs _ WASHINGTON, Sept. I0 (A P) —'I‘he United States Office of ‘War Information repo tonight that August was “an- other successful nnontlr in U- boat warfare“ and that more U-bonls were sunk than mer- chant ships. Wwl‘ POINT, N. Y" Sopt. 10 - Fqr- e first time in its ion his- tory the United States mlltary academy at West Point - - shrine of American Anny traditions - - has thrown its doors open to a. contingent of British armed troops. YORK, Sept. I0 - ‘A P) - The BBC said tonight n a broadcast recorded by CBS that. "one of the Brenner Pass tunnels on the Austrian - lt- ailsn frontier has been dam- aged by an explosion" UITAWA, Sept. 10 - (CPI - The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics today estimated the 1943 wheat or at 206,260,000 bushels - - only hal the yield from the ‘brunper 1942 harvest but still larger than any during the lean years of 1933- lfl. The crop came from 11,487.’! acres. the rmailest area seeded to ever, show up farther north on the western side of the peninsula. The chief argument ‘ ‘ it is the immense .,‘ “ l task of keeping three or more offensives going st one time over such widespread communication lines. Albania, itself, is not particular- ly attractive as s target for an in- vader since of its four ports, Durss- zo, Valona, Ban Giovanni and Porto Edda. only the first is well equipped. Communications general- ly are bad in the country and in many places. where the mountain- don't reach down to ills shoreline, there are marshy malarial low- lands. Yugoslavia, also. is rocky and not d very inviting as an invasion point. toigour shells into me. U580 I. N wheat since 1918. M ADA FLCI Ll l! EXBIELS IN THE KITCHEN ago the enemy was winning vletor- 1e 00 two light cruisers, BULLETIN WASIIINGTON, scpt. (AP) - wider-t Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill made l ivlnt appeal to the Italian IP00 le tonight "strike hard an strike home" at the Ger- mans on Italian soil. Th0 itlllleal was addressed in a message to Marshal Pietro Bfliltvsllo and "to help the peo- Dle of Italy.’ The two United Nations lead- ers said that ‘now is the time for every Italian to strike his blow. The liberating annies of the western world are (‘Om- ing to your rescue." Opposition Scores at Big Souris Meeting Tho Progressive Conservative Part3’ BPPIPBWG t0. have scored heavily est night at a Joint political mwins in Souris. In addition to th f1 i in the first district? adgrggi-g ‘Egg Elven by Premier J. Waiter Jones and Hon. Dr . . MacMillarl, leader of the Progressive Conserv- ing party. e four candidates M . A. u. McQuaid and John '3. 1315:2195“ for the Progressive Conservative Party, T. J. Kickham and Harry S. Francis for the Liberals, spoke "my briefly, giving much of their time to the two party leaders. However. Ml". Peter A. McIsaac, independent Liberal spoke for 817°“ three-quarters of an hour, exposin the Liberal Government's discrim ation against King's CONN-y. He said that was his reas. "1 1°!‘ 1117111318 as an independent Liberal. The Premier discussed his party's policy. In the course of his address he lntimatedthat firms andeo-op- eratives buyin cream from the farmers in ths province were not giving a proper test. that in fact had been stealing from the farmers for years. ‘ Dr. MncMillarr was given a great reception when hg.beggn yo spear“ He dealt with the Government's discrimination against ing County. and with the poor show- ink lnade by its agriculture policy, in the handling of the school prob- m. and compared its failures with the constructive policy of the Pro. gressive Conserve/five party. Island Airmen Missing Aftor Big ilurenlhurg liaid ANTIGONIGIH. N5. (UP) —— SEt. Daniel J son of D. J. Nmllen of Bay, P.E.I.. is missing operations in the big Nuremburg raid of Aug. 27. it was learned here tcdny in a letter from R.C.A.F. Headquarters, The only other Canadian mem- be!‘ of his bombers crew was Sgt. Air Gunner Douglas A, Ross, of Antlgonish. who is also missing. Posslblv they are still alive and '5 separates the peninsula from the MAXI MS OIL MERE MAN A four-horse chariot cannot war- like the spoken word Inscription Delivered, $5.00 llsll. loom, nn-a- nrovlnces a o.s.A. som. M human os Italy Is Spreading F arr-Reaching Effects May Come o_f_ Action By EDWARD KENNEDY Associated Press War Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA. Sept- 10-(AP)—The great naval base of Taranto on the Italian heel was in British hands tonight after a bold oversea thrust by the Royal Navy, and the American 5th Army was driving inland in a vast envelopment of_ the Naples area after loosen- ing the German grip by shattering five strong counter-attacks. _ A German army attacked Rome, precipitat- lng_ undeclared warfare with Marshal Badoglids regime, in a desperate effort to salvage something from the disaster of ltaly’s unconditional surrend- er. (Berlin said ‘the commander of Rome" had cap- ltulated under an attack launched by Nazi Field Marshal Albert Von Kesselring.) Taranto lies in the inside of the Italian heel on the Gulf of Taranto, 80 miles from the tip of the Italian heel and 270 miles southeast of Rome. The speed with which the heavily fortified base capitol- lated indicated scant, if any, opposition. Landings sfiarted last night under protective British war- s I s. It eves the third successful AL lied landing on the mainland of Europe and roughly 160 airline miles northeast of the Calabrian "my m e swiftly subdreling the” Iinliglalrms. 2:1 giiofisiiigrfyigsisim the In addition to being a major naval 1m ‘any,’ base and port through which heav allied reinforcements can funne, Taranto is a communications oell- tre with primary highways radiat- inrz north. east and west. It was a long leap-frog move toward the Adriatic Sea,'which bathes the Italian east coast and Roms which was the night. Advices (1010 em. E.D.'1‘.—i1.20 a. m. A.D.T.) said Badogliok regime still power in the capital and bombedlig at 4.20 pm. Y leading Italian Port of Guioa. as in German hands, a. United .- tions radio broadcast from Algiers turbulent Balkans. mad; knqwn, Artillery shelled the suburbs of - Russians Chase Nazis Along 400-Mile Front IMWIDINLSet. io-(U-trosas, stag soviet oolumnsp that-Ax ma fuel m ens. Ulmiine ill pursuit of Germans re- German tanks were captured deg- treating so rapidly along s 40o- tnvyed or put out of commissionf mile front that they abandoned A German Military Commentat- huge stores of material, left 7000 or said in s. Berlin brmdcast recor- dead on tn, battlefields and lost ded by the Associated Press that over 300 towns and villages, Mos- the German withdrawal "was not cow announced tonight. iiklexly to stop foksomé‘ time." The Russian, nonned ‘no _ men sec s e Russians “my Se, o; “m, mmmn-‘gcril were cutting in behind the Gerr- centrs and port with an air and ma“ 11'1"» lmpllmg m‘? 5111711505 sea surprise attack. captured Clrap- Gennans- killing “W59 W110 T5515‘ 1mm 50 miles 1mm me Dnleper ted and taking the rest prisoners. mou- bmd and 1n the norghem In some areas the Russians were Ukraine pierced the important Des- mwmg 5° m“ they 3M’? m9 Ger‘ no River line near Norgorod Sev- mam m time I0 Pill-Timm- ersky. m 'l‘lie German pace approached a have been taken prisoner. the lot- tcr suggested. LONDON, Sept. l0—(O~P)—-Borlill in confusing successive roaldcasts toda claimed that an unspecified num r of units of the Italian navy had “Joined the German navy to continue the fight“ on the German side and that an Italian battleship and a cruiser had been sunk and another battleship. a. cruiser and n destroyer damaged by rman bombers between Sarcii. a and Cor- sica. Meanwhile from La. Linea Elpain, alongside the big British use of Gibraltar, there came a report that two (iestro ers and two auxiliary aircraft car el-s of the Italian navy lracl entered Gibraltar and surrendered t0 the Allies at 11:45 am. today. Spotlight 0n Navy These re rls. alon with word that the Alies had so zcd the big Italian naval base of Toronto, turn- ed the sgoill ht a nlll on the mys- _ e w eren uls of the once powerful Italian navy. The Germans’ confusing picture also included a report that Nazi bombers had forced another un- specified number oi Italian war- hlps to rcium to the Greek liar- bor of Paints after they lrnd at- Conflicting Claims Mad Concerning Italian Navy rollt as the pursuing Russians cap- turcd almost 1,000 freight cars and most of the ships in the harbor. Dispatches from A ed head- quarters ln North Africa said the brief announcement of the Allied lnlldillg at Toronto, inside the Italian heel, did not nlake any men- tion of nnvnl units. The Gcrlllan clal to sinking an Italian battleship and cruiser like the others broa cast by the Berlin radio and recorded by The Associat- ed Press, said they were part of a formation which escaped from La Spezia alld “on Anglo-American orders was nttackin’ German ship- pin between Sardin n and Corsica," " re battle with this naval for- mation is still in progress," the broadcast concluded. London Reports High tide this and tonight at Sun sets this evening at 7.20 and rises tomorrow morning at 8.3 _ l-‘illl moon September 13, 11.“ pm. Sllmlllcrslde tide l8 minutes lat- er than Charlottetown. DAILY AIR SERVICI IEXCEPT SUNDAY! morning at 8.02 11.49. London morning IWIVSIICIDCYS llnd said that three 35,000-ton Italian battleships wcre elr route from Ln Spczla to Allied ports with a- flot- illa of cruisers and destroys-rs. All of these evolris stirred high Chflilimeiilw" — SIImFWTIIdB -' lroqies in London that carefully M oncton worked out plan we x r1 "voting tir~ _ "A" c7""|°""°"" 7-59 3- ll bulk of the fleegt arid 1301000 ions; "-39 m; 4-39 m- of merchant shipping Into Allied 5"’ "- (""'|"-"'-“WI\ 1J9 P- Ill- hau-dg , 5.45 p. m. 1.05 p. ll. was learned that in formulat- |-_ a |___N_ _q_ FERRY 353W“ inc the armistice, orders vrcw vr- ‘ "Mu; INCLUDING suNDAysV cm tori to escape Thursday. And iua 1y allolhcr report, ihut Iili" Wazls had taken over the important i Mediterranean naval base of Ln itlttia near Genoa, supposedly with tablislled for all Italian warsllinl captains and scores of mcrr-irntli. Leave Wood Islands - 7.00 n. m. 2i I1. m ship irlasters, toiling lilcnl llow to . and II a.In. and . escape and to wlrnt ports to g0. Leaves Caribou -- 9.00 a. m. and I p.11. and I pnn. BASE