run cnannowsrowu GUARDIAN I f mil behind the fro Famous- Iiazl Generals Lead Panzer Ilnits- the TUESDAY, elllullls ascents sreullll unrest wontn EXPIIIITER Annual Review By Trade Minister MacKinnon Shows Big‘ Increases In Canadian Economic Activity " i '3 The C w c’ of urrawa. a . ~ 8-5- - - 1m- mal-ul?“ m "Bl We'd" W" atl?hl'ltlll?v'v‘a§fi.°a‘fidul'firgil'iil"ill Gen. Dietrich's rise was meteoric. a tough camps vhtu June a0. m4 when Hitler ffflll‘; 5°“ ed his most ' n t tram-h‘? K33 gggwhfl, Borgia?“ brown- m“ an some 1.000 lesser Nazi lights- Dietrich was merely Hitler's trust- ed personal chauffeur. " ' Dietrich ‘* com- mander of a la e Elite Guard unit. People ask why. The story generally circulated c in Berlin at the time was that I-litlellél came within an inch _..___.____..________ EXTRA IllilY NEW TOMATO Early tlialdem .. . H _ _I ‘dilly ctlkTllhM on TUMAT° in s. review of Canadian in lg!“ that it is rob- r came near "the value of 8.800,- To this total should be added. as the product of Canadian labor ex ris of new or "non-monetary" god mountl to more than $100.- 000.000. the m later said. I - "Thus Canada has been exporting its products in i064 at the un- prglte of approximately , we day-a fig- ure which indicates Iariissl Quality Tamale Yel Developed —-Vaioobie For Ail Paris If Canada Di immense value ior the North and West and other short season districts. Highly desirable for all other arees we as an extra early sort reducing fine quality ri eafruit as mush as two weeks or more eiore laeat other varieties. rattens and moving give another shew Home I be of R.O.A.F. Women's glilvisign sews at head- guartemLkl London but the great- l. Altan wiit Current. Saab! Brandon and Morden Man. Aroun Ca ary. w “re first distributed under i!" ""1" "i Al bliahlnerst overseas . Margaret MacKie of _ l Victoria has. during. i044. grown g from a skeleton‘ en force of 3i o, ' l . Wrens and vwo of icers to “bWwWt “mmflml m The roads to Revenue, Italy were heavily mln- and Bpr. Hedi Iisher of Bernie Ont. are- L 13%;" stationed h m. cd with the new German "glass-mine." In this lifting one of these mines. (Canedienkrgy picture Cpl. George Underwood oi Rouge Hill. Ont. sea-s Photo). berta . gardeners were ly "wild" about it. At Lethbrldge Ear y Chathnrn ripened a weak to twelve drlys before other extra carly varieties. AI. Aiorden, Mam. it has yielded as much as 20% to 40% greater crops than other good eurlies. Bari Chathana f dwarf. nslrstaklng, and may be ‘lulled as elaaely as two feat each way. . ‘is uniform. fine shape and colour; liElit'iilil5 quality. Average abouffllfi iilflli‘! terms! but frequently larger. Unit-r direct freln this advertisement. A~ -\l‘l‘d is not vrt leuiiiul we “ma: It must be realised c that we cannot take fuil credit for. achisvemmt since Gent Brit- the war has suffered to decline to a low . l niicr Ihrcllor quantities than listed. ( lraréligagfiytgxlagl ‘lgfelwéghpwdfifi: ‘ m) M m '°"""" . tivi and of cash income in all her rare-our atoms srso mo luéfl,‘ - - - = _ w" m; NUISEIY lOOK-leeda Again a. paper prosperity. a MIIIIIIIIIKIIDUEQEEIE DOWN 0! "l! C05‘ been well main- throughout the war. per- tieularly since the utabliehment of rice ceilings in 104i. '1.‘ a generally high level of om- ductive and dist butive activity hro ‘ the Dominion in 1044 was reflected in increasing retail sales. as well as in the increasing ordinary revenues of the Dominion. which or the first six months of the fiscal year 1944-6 amounted to ,30il.000.000. or an increase of Minister Nev'lle Chamberlain for a talk on the Czechoslovak situation. All through MolvrAcurTi-II s. . theenltlvllllésiengetglch dm" mm m The regular monthly meeting of then the French carol: “O. Come L“ 3mm“ ‘”*’"° the wu s of Montague United Al] y, Faithful" by Ardeth m- . . . . w?‘ W“ m‘ "“‘"‘° "mmlflcharell was held at the home of Kenzie. "Silent Night. ndly 1mm" m“ “Wm”, “out 4 . m Mrs. Harry Davison on‘ Tuesday was sung by Laura I-Iigginbothlalm, l- ~ w» <>~ls%.“‘"*s."*:“. “I” ltwiill“ y» lira" "’°t.."‘§...%‘l§° c l: the car brandishing a revolvenl “.1 “f “n ° ° ' " "n ° M“ PM‘ l and from the lwlel emerged-the meetlnz opened litll the call to prgggnt. . _ the‘ eres increased the value oilsmm ll-mop leader m. sllesla lworship by Mrs. H. Davlson who Mrs. George Gordon next took a closed with prayer and the Bche- MacLean was very pleasantly sue» lm'.锑£l;‘83‘al$l°“‘ elm-v camel w a mo" :1‘ ll"- c": .:%::..s::::"...c*::- slrslzz- .l“‘tl..l’"fi‘.iii.‘i..“‘i.i‘..h°é‘ lzlrsl- “"- Adv"- : ' _ ce- ' wa n - wtlnwted $06,000,000 in ma. ra-ldmbffl T$e{f,‘“p°°‘°“ °’ “V” This was the Christmas prog- wlllnl. McLure. After this all Minutes by~ the secretary. Mrs. o. creases in sea catches had been all,” carrled‘ a lm Ema ram and was ‘ lly bewtiilll- joined in the old Bnglishcaroi "The Gordon were read and ap roved. “PM” “l” 1°“- l-o, mmvenllon l, filelglch who tcalels from many hatldhs were Nowell"; this was follow- m, chit’ of the nbm lflilg ship certificate lh the Society. Re~ Thhfllmnllfwlvrlrls Industries ea knocked l... 8,...’ "o... gala“. very sweetly sung bv five little ed by t cahadlah carol. “Gentle committee. Mrs. Davison. brought rre-lhments were than served :93 e gave “m” empklymellt l" hand Emel- mlgm men llavelslrli. with Mfs- Dflvisfln H8 000°11'1- Mory Laid Her Babe". and Willi in the slate of officers. The old the “ ‘ ,nsaisbed by avoommit l lmm m 19'“ I" 1944 the been’, dead man ’ lpanist. and a special feature WM sung by Anna Mcinren. A read- s? "e5 8nd Wages paid employees- From men on‘ Dgelllchls llsel the cundl-e lighting service. First l“; “The mgm" by C. Bain was oemglélrlufacturing industries ap- w" phenomenal Dluedevll llmtlwas a reading: "A Folk Song" by glven by Wilma McLure and was p ° M“ m“ " ‘h’ "l" °i he was he proved a dashing mili- ‘Eocene Field, by Anne moi-flu." much enloyed- The am ‘mill- week °°m' ader and gave a good ac- z ON!" HON J. a. MaoKINNON """*"_9LE:12:_'=;-1=:=~ *-_ Fisheries Advance Six sick and nine hospital. cal was reported. The treasurer. .Mr ilbur of the members. Mrs. Ad- L. oohnson reported that wells ems, Ma's. Lane, Mrs. Johnson and reached our nlloctaion. We wcr Mrs. lIlacLean gave Bcri turs reatl- asked increase our alloceti ings and poems suitabe to the for next year by six per cent. ‘l subject The devotional period ter the business meetins’. "Infa t Holy" was un by Bar- bara Tllabon. a u Professional (lard: _ McLeod f? Bentley w. e. BENTLEY. a o. and a life ‘member- officers were re-elected, much to tee. and all present felt that the} the satisfaction of the members. filed spent a very enivyebla even- g. . Roll call was answered by a in _ . verse containing the word “Hope.” _ 1 ‘ :_‘_ over the same period sane ‘ 000.000 J. A. BENTLEY. l. O. fi'lpq_ Bnrrbt .- and Attorneys-at- "MM-u ha“ U. I Law The national income in the first nine months of 1944 wlis estimat- ed at s6,038.000.000. an increase of 0.3 per cent over the correspond- ing period of 1948. and more than double the amount in the same period of i930. "From the national point of view. 1945 should be a year of high production," said Mr. MacKirlnon. "As for the the individuals whose fortunes may be affected by the transition from war to peace. I may observe that government licies in respect oi demobiliza- tlgn and rehabilitation. of unem- ployment insurance, oi housing. of family allowances and other soc es will go far to assist C nadians in ada t- ing n» ‘ves to the r - herent In the re-establishment of peace throughout the world. "Canada has made many claims upon its citizens duri and will be prepared to onor their bis counter-claims the YEBSOTIB future." l» The rate of xparlsion in Can- 150 Prince Street 1%.“ ILIl. Deane 6v 0o. Chartered Accountants 58 Grafton Street. Charlottetown Phone 2080 Box 24'! itandolph W Manning. C A. gMorrelland Company; ’ ll. F. Ancllllllltn Chartered Accountants Eastern Trust Building Charlottetown flflflflafl the war. adian production in i044 had been moderate compared with that in previous wartime years, but it had sen more widely distributed over the whole of the Canadian econ- omy, especially in thleagricultural industry "During the earlier years of the war. Canada was workl up to a record level of industri produc- tion. and we thought a year ago that the_peak figure had been reached in 104d. Nevertheless. we have again made further advances in 1044". the trade minister said. Exports ln 1944 In the first 10 months of 1844 exports of Canadian‘ products val- ued at 82.861.000.000 exceeded by $482,000,000 the figure for the same period in 1M3. largely as a result oi increased exports of food. w‘ it véais with eerlytto dog- ; mat ze regar ng e pos -wa.r ex- Lete Rilashii-cdeslsior ;.‘.'l....¢°..l port trade and its distribution by Office Suite 420. ‘I1 Milk Street. countries and commodities. old Boston. Mass in y the Axis and now liberated were beginning to appear in trade statistics. Alter four years. France had re- appeared as n customer in Sep- tember and October trade statis- tics and it was expected Belgium and the Netherlands soon would N Illllssél "Film i1. s. Ill/cola! urgent demand from all over the I UPTOMETRIST world for a great variety of es- sential goods which Canada can supply." said Mr. MacKinnon. "The more remote outlook Is a I different matter. but I have corn- ; Corner Kent and Queen Ste. l Phone Residence i013 - Evcnlnlrs by Appointments tion which, amid storms of war. l Phone i056 involving the withdrawal o! a large L___.._.._._. ._-___.__ ____. ____ part of the labor force from pro- which Canada has so abundantly demonstrated throughout those stirring years” PALMER t? HASLAM A. J. HASLAM. B.A., LLB. BARRISTER. ETC. Bank of Nova Scotln Charlottetown, P. . MONEY TO LOAN theme: . ___£-.QJ!9*.J1 Rlchar B. Johnston Attorney At Law Commissioner for Deeds. lite. for Prince Edward Island Chambers E l. [A ‘£8 fixture l picte confidence in the commer- cial and industrial future of a na- ductive employment, has neverthe- _____l less put forth the creative energy Charles illlbfctluaid on "on In” Barrister, slollcitor. Notary. Etc frosllt activities thutah: M c , _ _ ‘ ’ ’ ousa an- Riicv Bullrllng. Charlottetown adlllgenhmem “gamed a huh Plwnc 333 level of production In i044. in spite ‘ of labor IOPOOI. They obtained higher cash in- comes than in any other period. enabling them to pay off in llffll measure the mortslse 1110801901194" and other obligations contracted during the depression. Exports oi’ agricultural and vege- table products and of animals and concerned wiwth food products. animal products had an assu- gate value of 910.000.0190 ln 9M first to months of i004. compared lwlth ulllgelgoosoo In the same ner- f . imlholhe forests. locales wtlvlt -'-_Ch"'°"‘°"" was at a higher level in i004. wit m 11m ‘"53 “Mgr ed, ceixgtilpm n20. ~ . a . - Nonl“ M dfilgqlh 1mg» llilkely lilo '2 - t t . I en BARBISTER soucrron §"§-',§_m'l°,f,_ v - Ch.- ’ " was like- ly to be greater- than in i040 and probltbly would approximate 8.000.- 000 inns. Exports of wood. wood products and PIMP in the first l0 monotblas of i944. Vbllllgd £27m‘; 000. . were a ou . . gl-egter than in the same period 043. m‘ ' Mi affected i i944 by ALEX w‘ MATHIESON the dglfllddllfllr labor. tlrlietrelbellillz . . wo per cen n le C-iiic: 90 Great Georse tree! . gene,” l l 9d lll . Mono; W M" c°u°°“°u gouging‘ hull??? etlhlaetilret hills . . Frcderle A. Large BARIUSTEIC. ETC. lid Richmond Street Charlottetown l’. E l. W THIESN MONEY TO LOAN Climeron___Block_ u. F. Mcrhdfilil- ICC Riie MlxliflffitltlfiFAkMEk ’"‘" “Edam... elu- Canadiarbliglglél; 0;“ ‘JOAN ITOI. ETC. .'}_i§.'_‘!_§"'__,==_"- "Pwssir. lIlIllBI-flll. particularly In use of certai materials in a able stantial the war. l Wes held in Thursday, December 21st chair. the C lug-Ronnie MacPhee pupils. countries formerly Ell-l Bruce‘ (encor pupils -—Norman Bears. cuIties-Thrlee pu Bandy MacLean. Du Pharaoh and Irene Bruce. orgen)—Dan Matheson and Irene Bruce (encored Mr. MacKirmon reviewed home Ph mas-By the school. 323i’ 3l‘.°l.°°°'§°°.“ a ou l4 w?“ m m“. U 300,000 ‘l: lass" mo“. ‘r an ear y vet v light about some dang.’ In ‘in: hum cm of employees in the 8101105 of industries which had phown most rapid expansion dur. {l8 the war. such as the iron and ‘~00! KIWI). the non-ferrous metal Kraut-l and the chemical group. This decline has been accom- "Mlled by an approximately equiv- aient expansion in the non-wag- concemed with food The trend of the time is seen In the removal of restrictions on the l tery le ‘We n metals and other production for illnxl consumption." w had been remark- and they had made a sub. contribution to winning ._...______.__ IIEATIIERDALE CHRISTMAS CONCERT Heathcrdale school concert the school hall on The who Hon. J. A. Campbell 1n we Prvgram was as follows. Opening Chorus: O Cannon. School pupils. Recitation: A hristmas Greet. Nicholas- tion: Santos Love-Bar- Song: Jolly 01d s}, Grades I and II pupils. Reclta barn MocPherson. Song: Wandering Orr-Grades IV, I V. VI and VII bo s. E000"? MY Ga veston Rose. I Recitation: A Christmas Tele. phone-Donnie MacPhee. Motion Sons: o. Little Town of Bethlehem-Grades IV, V and v11 rls. Emmi‘?! 5W0)’ In A Manger. Dialogue: Harry's Pockets-Tyre Instrumental Music (harmonica) —Preston Peardon tencored). Recitation: A TfflZBdY-"Theiillfl. and Norma MacPhe son. ' Sons: Lords of t e Air-Senior‘ S. Encore: Coming In On A wing And A Prayer. : Christmas-Grades II and pupils. Chorus: It Came Upon the Mid- 1 _ Army ilcigigglCleer By the pupils of the m,“ Dialogue: Married In Haste-AS llpils Instrumental Music (organ and olim-Dan M-atileson and Irene ed). ation: Beat of All-Grade V Duet: The Soldier's Last Letter Bruce and Wendell Encore: I Traded My Saddle for Rifle. Dialogue: Courtillllp Under Diffi- S. Reclt Recitation: W en Pa Shavers. et:: Silent Night-Alice Mac- Encom: Star of the East. Instrumental Music (violin and ). Closing Recitation-Betty Mac- eraon. Closing Chortle: Farewell Christ- O n accompanist»! eneBruce. Gu tar accompanist- ary Bruce. Immediately following the pro- gram the teacher, Irene Bruce. was called to the platform where Norman Bruce. on behalf of the pupils. read an address and a nt- ting presentation was made by Thelma MacPherson. The teacher, so pleasantly surprised. warmly thanked the pupils for their ad- dress and gift. The chairman then complimented the teacher and ex- pressed his enfuyment of the pre- raln. es ecfally the musical num- en. sta ng that music was right- ly coming to have a more promi- nent place in the school curricu- um. He asked for remarks by any others present. Mr W I}. MacPhee than ex- count of himself as a panzer div- felon] leader during the Normandy a c Unlike Dietrich. Mallteuffel is ust another Prussian General. But is name. llternlly meaning "man- devil". is as significant as is his lineage. His forbenrs probably ac- quired the name because of their flerceness as warriors. The most distinguished of the family was Baron Edwin Von Manteuffel. whom Prussian King William IV In 1848 made an aide- de-cnmp for his part in defence of his sovereign during the Rer- lln uprisings. Year 0f Fulfilment For Women In Canadian Services (BY MARGARET ECKER BRUSSELS, Dec. ‘IQ-UCPI-Fur several hundred Canadian women in bnttledress 1944 will be remem- bered us a year of fulfillment, tile goal towards which they Lind been working since they put away cIvl-. lien liiB and moulded themsclvcsr into the military routine of livirl . As each girl, Nurse. CWAC, WID. WREN solemnly took the oath that mndc hcl- ll member oi His Mn;- estysforces, tucked away at the back of tier mind, behind the tie-f sire to do a job for Canada, was the hope that tha Job would mean even more than serving at home. For Canadian Nurses. Cwacs. members of tile Canadian Red Cross Corps, 1944 meant just that.‘ Thirteen days after D-Day, four attractive girls in Air Force blue.’ bnttledress waded ashore from landing craft as part of R..C.A.F. mobile field hospital. I As guns barked around them dayl and night the four feminine flying officers, Molly Mullloliand, of Georgetown. 0llt.; T. C. “Pit" Pit-l kethly, of Ottawa; Edna Mlllnlun‘ of Manitoulin Island. Ont.; Vera‘ Soper. of Owen Sound. Ont. cared for Air Force wounded. By mid-July the first Canadian hospital had been set up in in a Normandy apple orch- ard and the tragic stream of wounded was flowing into its wards. Others followed closely and now their number. which includes sev- eral hundred nurses. is a military secret. The policy of the Canadian Medical Corps. the Montreal Col- onel who is Medical Director for her of Toronto and Halifax, Chief of Nurses here. will tell you. is to bring hospitals as far forward as operations permit. Casualty clearing stations. where nurses also serve. are usually three Ma or General Charles PhiliP pressed his pleasure at being pres- ent. and his enjoyment of the pro- gram presented. He congratulated he teacher and pupils and moved a vote of thanks to the teacher. This was seconded by Mr. John Bruce. and presenter! by the chi-lir- man. The teacher. In rcply. thank- Pd the pupils. parents and nil who took pert for their goodwill and co-o eratioll. A very enioyalllc even ng was brought to a close by singing The King. Santa Claus then came, in his jollv way. and distributed the slits oil’ the loaded tree. assisted by the teacher. Mary BAlI-MSTEB. souorrol. nomonihl- Bruce and Ohriatene MaePhee. , MC, es, who has been flggoirftked as Director General of Medical Services and promoted from the rank of brigadier. Gen- eral Rwwick has been serving over- seas as Deputy Director of Medical ‘services at headquarters of the First Canadian Army In North Western Europe. He will arrive shortly to take over his new duties. He was born In 5t. John's. Nl-‘W- foundiand. and educated at the Thu Our Way ' l-IEROE§ OF THE PACIFIC!‘ WELL,THAT'5 NOT THAT'S WHAT ‘ 5UCH A BAD TITLE FORYQJR ‘IHRILLING Mm/IE PEOPLE PLOT AaouT FIGHTING curs. BUT were TROUBLE I5 YOU HAVE ouk NAVY SINKIMG THE mots use FLEET I.\l THE FIRST scene! AT "THAT - , Tascu WON'T RA HAVE MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT! WOULD LIKE,AIN"T- rrr i JUST wane POP- _ ULAR sruer! I , OIQ-WILUIAS By J. n. Williams dul- Boarding House Ilene‘; AuoTl-lpk MAel-I NOTE. eovs- DEAR 51R. WHEN vou GROADCAQT THAT one ABOUT your: UNCL 1 DECIDED SHOOTING QAWING YOU-‘IO PIECEQ. AN. INCH A om ---,. BEWARE. EGAD. Inks ! HAVING A CEDAR CHEST- -_i--__-_~==a With Major Hoopie 1401.0 rr! you LET'S LET THE- couto lzusl A vou r02 ‘(He 30s, on Box YOU. o2 12ml:- Wl6 - . TAP5 WITH INDIAN . . gee‘! DECIDED TO POISON ME SLOWLV.’ ' 0 I \\\\\\ Come on. Mali- MAKE up vouR M|ND5= this theatre. and Mo]. Mary ShnfI-l _ -__—..—.I By George McManus T STRANGE CHILL‘- BOBBV- ~ SHE NEVER CALLS lrrleooosl-le ' UP- -WELL- ‘ n11! 10 CALI. u> JUST TO . A6! uow we ARE-GEE- LI5TEN "DON'T BOTHER ME ABOUT BUSINEISE - ~ DID WELL- I GUESS BOBBY HA5 FO%OTTEN IE - ITHOUGHT SHE MIGHT CALL NtE LP AT THE OFFICE -'.' University of Toronto and the l. ivsrsity of London, England. Mrs. Fenwick resides at 230 Rose- dale Heights, Toronto. —- (Can- adian Armv Overseas Photo).