The Pp esilaper Covers Prince Edward IslandLike the Dew R936 by Everybody Content ls the oul stone, which turns into spiritual gold. MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN in‘ it touches- ETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1945 liduil, $4.00; other Provinces I 0.8.5. 00.00. Subscription Delivered. 85.00. hut-chill Says l’ ignificent Donation lieceived Start Red Cross Campaign rom llcBlois lit-Gav. ilamed r Saskatchewan . AWA. run. i7 — (C?) - Mlnistclr MucK Klug oiiiiced tonight (die appoint» .. of Thomas Miller, publldli- of the Moose Jaw Times, as tenant - Governor nf Sask- .. n. succeeding Archibald lift-Nab, who bus retired. g iirief announcement gave lllflflfl‘ detalils of the ap- linenf. Since Mr. McNulfs retlruuent, duties have been handled b! (Justice William Martin of aichewan. inc Minister King Make Broadcast AWA, Feb. I’! -— (GP) - e Minister Mackenzie King address the nation in I dcast later this week. it. was unced tonight. and it was rstood he would make some uricemcnt ‘u; the date general election and the pos- ty of holding another session ariiamcrit. , brief announcement, made Prime Minister's office,» the here tn? s oblige said w - ' res _ Fillet havemluxzlizli directed at Government lately" and added Mr‘ King would make some inlts announcements." oming-Events ..____ Filling live and MESSCG ooiu- Pll 10o mar et prices. ls- - C010 Storaae Ltd. l1-l7-tf. ‘W511i! hos-s every Thursday Davis s. Fraser Ltd. Merlyn ' -_ Pram i-aa-tr hoss at Fredericton I al c1531’ n13“! lug‘ MscDoweil. n’ ' Dance in Sea View Hall, Wed- Y ""1198. February 28th. If fine. next fine night. z-za-ii Unloading bulk oats today. In - bailey meal, wheat, Pig . and Grower. Cow Chow ' Lil Chew. N. Aubrey Cut- °- z-ae-ii Notice - Loading hogs at Al- . Thursday. March 1st, from \f1lli1h430e'gccé l-‘riday. Emer- - - - . Green and A. “mil a-av-ai. “m”! Meet-ins West River i gfccders Association, will be ‘ BY ‘ll§§r°t§'v°§-sts§h°°1b ‘v51- le. President), ' or on '5” Bililtist Young People re. ‘xggylt To The Marines’, m‘ a aiddfiépatifitt aClnurch Hall. u“ . M. Spec- 2-28-11. , __. ‘lllicrs of Hunter River and y who are more particular of grain they saved on iow with 2-27-2i P. l. I. Blew Meetiri; o; in, held at the Ell Club will be nt of ricult of use. __ at 2 o'c ockéilew - .. nested . 011v Rodfbrgcretary n 247-21. wit!“ Craswsil. nuns" my. . _ "o. g ffwblrlcy. meal and ' - . oa in a few mar.‘ "dmmnow at low off w Mr m to first‘: its mini." a-n-ai o.“ n“ -_-.__ ' Tsdwil pg. i - "We 1nd nova fi 7 "l4 Table 050MB. hi" . us: ‘thefo l- 0v ll 0d s full-dress cabinet meet- o some in- ° ‘ Minlsxter of Agriculture. wcncd the exhibi brief address in neatfewdeyieod ‘w Bros. Limited Once again the holesai fl of DeBlols Bros. Lin, wit: 1.55’; made for themselves s. reputation us prince! givers have started off gdavivfieddlsland fit-hpa truierl Pm!“ niflificnt. donutéon. y ma? 9 "m"!!! is Fifteen i-fundr d Dollars and the cheque has sen ready been received by Mr. Jvhnswne. the Provincial Chair- man of the campaign, This fine gesture on the pert or DeBloie Bros. gives the campaign committee great encouragement prior to the announced openin of he campaign next week and ft 1,; felt that it will be followed by oth- gfpglillfliérgfxicoigvm every section 0 0W 11K e splendid letter fro th firm hi the? eulgscriptlow. ch "compamed Mr. Edwin C. Johnstone, n an Charlottetown. Io“ Campaign’ Dear Mr. Johnstone: Once lsain it is our rlvile to assist in the Red Crossp Drivgefor funds to enable this noble society to carry on its great work of love and of more. We believe that the tremendous undertaken b the Red Cross will not be lessened’: rather intensified, if an early peace 5110111111 dawn upon this war-tom W0!’ We understand that this society has already made plans spend eight million dollars during 1M5. n8 the. "Nations Relief , on behalf . d. ance, Hol- elgium, Czechoslovakia, Lux- urg, Norway,‘ China. and Yugo- dltion to this vast lug the peace-time work of the Society must still go on. fn Europe a there are thous- ands of little ch ldren hungry and naked: helpless men and women are daily enduring indescribable tortures of mind and of body, while we are allowed to live in this land of Peace and Plenty. May, we ever remember th. . the heart-rcnd- lng prayer of these unfortunate people. "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD", will be more speedily answered, if we help such organizations ns the Red Cross to act as a medium through which the much needed assistance can come. We have pleasure in enclosing herewith our cheque for fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) which we ask vou to accept with our best hes or a very successful cam- paign under your able leadership. With kind personal regards, we are. F lthf ii .. a u y yourlileBlols Bros. Ltd. George D. DeBlols, President. Princess Elizabeth Recovers From Mumps LONDON. Feb. 21 -- (Reuters)- Princess Eiiza-beth has recovered from a recent attack of mumps and is out and about again. it was learned today. MAYOR. or s1 snizmiiws but 1n m Canadians ' Continue Advance By ROSS MUNRO WITH THE 1ST CANA- DIAN ARMY IN GER- MANY, Feb. 27--(CP Cable) —Canadian armor and in- fantry plunged through the last German northern de- fence line before the Ruhr industrial basin at least at one point today and mass- ed hundreds of tanks and thousands of infantrymen for blows that will lay open the entire German northern front. Before loosening reist- ancc, a Canadian tank-in- fantry column rolled down from slopes near captured Uedem, struck eastward in- to. tbs l-Iocbwald, a forest. and penetrated it through a break among the trees along the Goch-Xanten railway line in a three-mile advance. As prisoners flooded to the rear, other Canadian infantry fought e western fringes of the Hochwald. lvwo miles north of the penetration, after battling hnough defences screening the approaches to the forest. ' The assault on the Hochwsid with its earl spectacular successes w“ Mdramtaiundcidaoit st- . unc ' _ beforeHdawn-was the. most ini- portant development in Gen. Crerarls offensive which is putting terrific pressure on this northern flank as the Americans break loose on the central and southe n sec- tors of the Rhine front. The Hochwald line is the last Seigfrled bastion in the north be- tween the Mans and the Rhine Rivers and hundreds of lst Cana- dian Army tanks with masses of infantry are descending on it to smash it to pieces. (Ned Nordness. Associated Press War C.- espondcnt, In a s- patch from Canadian headquart- ers said: "The offensive is as- suming the proportions of a break- ‘ tonight. So many ' u surrendered the roads back were clogged. Resistance is fast crumbling") v The l-Iochwaid assault was the Twontuiuedflon‘ page 7, Golf-B’)? Soiiris River Soldier Awarded Military Medal OTTAWA, Feb. 27- (OP) -- All branches of the service from chap- lains and medical men to infantry and armored corps were represent- ed in a list of 25 awards for Can- adian Army men in Italy issued ST. ANDREWS. N.B.. Feb. 2’l-—. (OP) -- Crharlcs W. Mallory was‘ elected mayor of St. Andrews to- day. defeating Mayor R. Frascr= Keay in the contest. First Bacon The first Bacon show ever to ke taged in utbcthPi-ovmoe was n c of the Livestock Ottawa, of outstanding Stewart, provincial l Peterson, Division, merit. W A witha exhibits bowed E’ h" ‘ikfxzcrreaelnit intordt D re- t f _ magnets 120% and second w n"! additional 5°. 5 ‘fiffifo nkspaotiively rolu (I HIIR. n.3,? us? nil‘... t... it: QHT Rel N?) l RIG Is‘ Outstanding Success m John Johnson. Kensin torn‘ Arch bald lllacliiv ‘Wife's were five winners Ii the tonight by Defence Headquarters. No citations were available. Included in the list were awards of the Military Medal to Pte. Allen ‘Kenny Minard, Kcmpt. N. 5., and Bdr. nai Joseph MacLean, Souris River, P. E. I. i. Show Here i first grow. each of them being a- warded .00. v were Finlay Drake. Pownnl- George A. Mellish. Siimmerviiie; L. Mac arlane. Har- rington: Wilfred rumess. Vernon ‘Bundle; Kenneth McNeill, Clyde ver. in the second group. the win- ners were Janice Csntello. Murray River; Windsor Bell. South Mel- ville; Maurice Creed. Sturgeon: each received y Harris. Sher- . Ron. Summerviilo m id wffmil"... n v t. o gue- nison usxilinon. mm n . Edward Burns, Freetown: Welsh. Mt. Stewart: Justin hes Iedford: and Harry Jenkins. t jforbort: were the winners in thl. tough group, $1.00 was awarded to eao . There were mtw: winnorrin the a . slob. cy were InrneJDunn l w... Situation Last Night? Dy KIRK! L. SIMPSON. Aleeellted Prell War Alillylt Collapse of a M-milo uoguuut of the German wont well defence lys- tem' between lfoermond and Bormeor on the Mall lbw!" d0" ll "'9 American south and British-Canadian north Jaws of n potential trap close in on its communications. lta fall would see the end of the Beig- fried Line fortifications west of the Rhine and expose the river itself tn Allied attack along its whole lower reach from Bonn to Emmerich- Tiie plight of enemy forces in the Boermoud corner ls critical. Am- erican 9th Army tanks surging ortheastwerd out of the wide bulge to road and no also ‘ the resistance. the Allies are gravely threatening west of the river. mile from the Erft. is the gap that to Dusseldorf. l . ll News Briefs NEW YORK, Feb. 2'l—(A)-- From 25.000 to 30,000 casualties were caused in marlin yester- dly by the MOO-bomber raid. Stockholm’: Tidningen said to- day in a dispatch re orted to the Office 0f War In urination. GUAM Fleb. 28—(W~.-:iiles:iny— --(AP)—’1‘hc climactic battle for lwo Jlma approached today with A- , umi airfield where sghtlng was increasingly bitter as he Japanese were dislodged frcm his fighter field within reach of ‘Ibkyo. JACKSON. Mo.. Feb. 2'1 -(AP) Miss Boena l-I. Shaner, ‘ii, wide- ly known lecturer and organ- iser for the Women's Christian Temperance Union, died here yesterday. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2'1 —- (AP) ‘me White House announced today that lVIaLGen. Edwin M Watson. secretary and military aide to Pre- sident Rooscvcit, died after a brief illness on board a warship while on duty “returning from a mission abroad with the President." CRICCIEITI. Wales. Feb. 2'1 -— (Rcuters) — Condition of Earl Lloyd George. ill at his home here, showed no improvement today, it was announced toni ht. This was the seventh day cc bulletins were issued on the condition of the -yenr-old statesman, Bri- tain's Prime Minister during the First Great War. LONDON. Feb. 2'1 -- (C?) — Prime Minister Churchill ap- peared to hint in his llouea of Commons address toda that Rural; might line up wi h the Western Allie-s in the Pacific war but his office uld tonight that his notes showed that he intend- ed to leave the ueltiou open. Gllperca : and Athol all‘... the west rim of the Erft Valley have out the Boerluoud-Gladblch rall- . .. A .. retreat from the dangerous pocket to escape entrapment, abandoning the small sector of Netherlands soil they still hold at tho Roar-Mus confluence and the fired Siegfried Line defences behind it, appears in the cards. That may be the moment Field Marshal Montgomery is waiting for to signal into action his British ind Army. lying along the Mass between the American 9th and 1st Canadian armies. It is the only dormant sector of the west front from the Moselle Valley to the E ‘ - ' gateway to northwestern Germany n Gen. Eisenhower develops his big push to full strength against still spotty and relatively feeble The lloormond anchorage is vital to enemy hopes of clinging to the whole sector from that point ‘hrough British-fronted Vculo to the Bouncer ares where the Canadian bulge to the Rhine begins. With such enemy communication hubs us Uedem. Cslear and Keppeln over- run by the Canadians driving southward down the left bank of the Rhine. entrapment of major enemy forces The developing Canadian-American north-south squoese operation is only one phase of the surprisingly swift American two-army iunge in the centre. however. Ninth Army elements are already on the left bank of the Erft. the last river moat guarding Cologne. Lying between the twin prongs of the 9th Army advance to seize Rheludahleu on the north and Kouigalioveu on the south. less than u leads down the left bank of the Erft Further Allied progress lu that direction would not only out-flunk the Erft defence front on» one side but the Muencheu-Gladbach cluster of industrial towns cu the other. It would out across roar communica- ‘ tlous for the foe leading to half of the doueu road and rail Rhine bridges still open to him for escape to the east bank for a new stand. _ i‘ Swiilféi Bréétlérs ”Ass"n Hold Annual Meeting A Interesting Addresses Delivered; Session Was Firit Of Farmers’ Week Series. ‘Ilhc PE. island Swine Breeders‘ Association held its annual meet- %iast night in the Queen Billie" ool hall. In the absence of the president. Alex Hamilton of New Pe the vice-president, J.W. llfacGi-cgor. Lot i6, presided with SQD. Irvine of the Federal De- rtment of Agriculture as secre- W. The meeting was well attended. Hon. W.A. Stewart. provincial Minister of Agriculture. was the first speaker. Mr. Stewart, com- iimented the hog producers on he uallty of the exhibits dis- plays yesterday afternoon in the Market building and assured the hog breeders they had nothing to fear from European competition in the British market after the war, provided they continue to strive for quality. The Minister reminded the breeders that it Was much easier to sell bacon to Eng- land now than it would be after the war in Europe is over since old experienced bacon producers such us Denmark would then be striv- ing to regain their lost markets. W.R. Shaw, provincial deputy Minister of Agriculture, congrait- ulated the Association on the Bacon Show. One pleasing feature of tihe show was, Mr. Show said, that many of the prizes were won by hog raisers who were practically unknown as hog producers but who evidently tim bacon production. l-Ie was proud led ail Canada last your in the percentage of Grade A hogs raised. 06.000 H0]! Last Year Last year the Island. Mr. Bile-w said, had produced 66,000 hogs but he did not this]. it was possible for The Province to equal that number in i045. Shortage of lab- our would account for much 0f the decrease. Mr. Shaw expressed the opinion that there would be a good overseas market for all Can- adian bacon of quality not 0111i! as long s; tn, war lasted but af- terwards as well. The moin thing (Continued onépgge ‘l, British Premier Gives Report 0f Conference LONDON, Feb. 2'1 —- (C?) - Prlme Minister Churchill today upheld the Crimea conference Polish settlement as embodying “just and right" Russian terri- torial claims, disclosed the “Big Three" had agreed to give Dan- zlg and Upper Silesia to Poland along with other territory at German expense and defended vigorously the good faith of Marshal Stalin and (he Soviet regime. Opening in the House of Com- mons a. three-day debate in which he is asking Britain to commit herself to the broad principles of the Crimea confer- ence-in the form of a. vote of confidence - Mr. Churchill in his lid-minute speech ranged widely over the problems of a troubled world. The Prime Minister declared that "the United States has enter- ed deeply and constructively into the life and salvation of Europe." warned Germany "it is futile to hope for divisions among the Al- lies" and that nothing can avert her “utter defeat". and said there was no subject in his memory in which British policy received more complete vindication than on ac- tions in Greece. - Crediting the United States on- slaught against Japan with bring- ing the war in the Pacific to a peak period, he said the conflicts in Europe taken together now have reached an "over-ail or double- peak period," the war against Ger- many having "been prolonged for a good many months beyond what wcgncmed for last autumn." o this peak period he attribut- ed the tight shipping situation and delay in British preparations for home front reconversion. Mr. Churchill announced also that Foreign Secretary Eden and Clement R. Attiee, deputy prime minister. would head Britain's delegation to the San Francisco world organization conference. Decisions Re Poland The Prime Minister said the “Big Three" liad agreed to give Poland "the great city of Danzig of the fact that P.E. Island had ' and the greater part of East Prus- sia west of Koenigsberg" as well as "a. long wide sea front of the Baltic." the industrial pro- vince of Upper Silesia and such other territory east of the Ode: River as the peace conference might care to take away from Germany. “The Russian claim. first ad- vanced at Tehran in November, 1943. has always been unchanged for the Curzon Line in the east." Mr. Churchill said. ‘And the Rus- sian offer has always been that ample compensation should be gained for Poland at tile expense of Germany in the north and in the west. "I think the Russian claim to it is just and right. if I cham- pion this frontier for Rusia, it is not because I bow to force. It is because I believe it is the fairest division of territory than can. in all circumstances. be made between the two countries." (The Cruzon Line, proposed by an Allied Commission as a fron- tier between Russia and Poland after the Soviet-Polish war of i920. extends from Lithuania wrest of Grodlio rinci southward in ni- . 1 .most a straight line through Brest a and mouahlgatio giegtugdcoh Litvosk and angles west cf Lwow to the Czechs -Slovak border.) ' <c..t-s.;.a'e..r5..;‘ 17601.15 T“ Soviets In Big Break-Through Towards lianzig (lily The Canadian Press) L0 DDN. Feb. 27-—A M-rnile through the German lines in Pomerania canted the and White Russian Army today within 22 miles of pocketing the enem forces in Danlipthc north Po lsh corridor and East Pomerania, Moscow announced ton lit. The break-through, which be- lln four days ago, was dis- closed by Premier Stalin in nn order of e day, and the sub- sequent regular Soviet com- munlque broadcast from Mos- cow credited Mnrshal K. Rokoslovsky‘: troops with rap- turlng more than 100 German communities in their continu- lug northward sweep towards the Baltic. . Except for the capture of l2 additional blocks inside he- sleged Bresluu in Silesia. anal the seizure of seven villages in Cueohoelovahiu, the brief Rus- sian communique dealt entirely with Mantle Itnlfossovskfs dguiilcaut offensive. Ruhr industrial basin discover for himself. Annual Meeting Cf Royal Edward Chapter l.0.l).E. Reports Show Sustained Interest ln Activities; Mrs. J. A. McMillan Elected Regent. The annual meeting of the Royal Edward Chapter of the I.O.D.E. was held in the Charlottetown Hotel yesterday afternoon. In co ’- memoration of Founder's Day a of members partool; of luncheon there at 1 o'clock and enjoyed a social time till 3.30 p.m. when meeting was openefl, with the Acting Regent, Mrs. E. G. Saunders in the chair. The Regent, s. H. I... Bethune had resigned her office in October because of the pressure of other duties, and the 1st Vice Regent, Mrs. E. G. Saunders was appointed to take her place. Mrs. Saunders thanked the mem- bers for their loyalty and co-oper- ation during her months of office. She spoke of the high hopes enter- tained by all that victory and peace would soon be achieved, but stress- ed tiie fact that when cace does come that there still would be much work do as the Chapter is part of the largest atriotic body of women in Cana a. She expressed regret that, because 0f illness. the Honorary Regent, Mrs. J. A. Math- ieson could not be present. The minutes of the inst annual meeting were read and the follow- ing reports submitted: Secretary, Mrs. T. G. Ives; treasurer". Mrs. Howard H. Smith; educational sec- . CTOWH PTOSCClllOX‘ INNER rebnry, Mrs. 0.1-1. Beer; echoes sec- retary. Mrs. T. B. Woodman; cards and flowers, Mrs. Marcus Calder; Cent-a-Day. Mrs. ‘F. E. Smaliwood: Nav League. Mrs. E. G. Saunders; woo, Miss Haszard; sewing. Mrs. Milton Boll: wartime hospitality, Mrs. G. T. Handle; acting war con- vcno Mr A. V. Saunders; service! * (C-ofitinuednoxi Page 3 Col. 4) Two T. C.A. Pilots Killed In Crash MONCTON. N.B.. Feb. 27——(CP) —A flaps-Canada Airlines cap- tain and a first officer were iii- aloinly irhl d. lite viii; nfrsrnoon when n twlii-ciiglnezl Lodestsr monopianc crashed ivliiic iakiiiiz] plfgfrom Monclon nil-port on a test. ig t. The victims are Capt. JamcsI Holmes Hattie, nritivc of Blind '| I . l i iictli David ilforciaiid oi North‘ Buy. Ont. Tiic two iaiiots ivcro tiic only occupants of the plane. The criisii occurred near tiic airport runway. The big airliner left the runway and had climb- ed about 200 feet when. according to eye-witnesses, it lost altitude suddenly sad crashed to tlic ground. Watchers on the ground said one of the motors appeared to quit as the plane ivas gaining altitude. and this is believed to have caus- ed the crash. Airlines officials said an investi- gation has been opened. County Coroner Dr. Paul McL. Atkinsonhas decided that an in- quest will not be necessary. IS ACQUITTED MONTREAL, l-‘ib. 27 — (AP) - Adelnrd Ailblll. lomicr guard at Montreal jail. today was acquitted on n manslaughter charge arising out oi’ the death of Gerard Lriuzon, after n beating in tlic jail inst his)‘. Two other men, o grunrd and n prisoner. have been found izuiiiv oii manslaughter charges. A Kings Bench Jury ncqiiittrrl Allblirl align agar c Soviets Sincere In Post-war Plantain c. Big Break-Through ls Seen Possible PARIS. Feb. 27—(CP)—Allicd columns — Canadian in the north, American to the south-struck swift, pierc- ing blows against buckling German defences before the today as high Allied officers com- pared ihc situation before the Rhine with that which de- veloped after the Allies broke out 0f Normandy and went streaking across France last summer. S0 staggered and uncertain were the Germans believed to be that the Allied commander clapped a full blackout on news of operations of one army-the United Slates 9th- lest the enemy inadvertently gain information he could not For the first time in the war thousands cf Gcmian civilian re- fugees flooded the highways be- fore and behind the Americans. "The fight appeared to have gone completely out of German soldiers guarding tlie Ruhr ap- proaches." reported Wes Gallagher, Associated Press War Correspon- dent. “They gave up in bunches, including officers. and were talk- ing freely of Gemianyfis defeat." Today's flanking drive past Muenclicn-Giadbach revealed what previously had been a military secrct. Gallagher asserted - "that Cw. Eircxzhovrcns winter drive l.I aimed at bigger stakes than Just ret-"ning lite Rhine. It ls part oi‘ a blow at the heart of the Nazi! —the Ruhr." Mail Service ellitii Finland liestcred OTTAWA 'I‘.he Post nounced (GP) 4 resumed. Al l 1Cll3fl0ltCl0\\'ll Hi0. 38. River. N.S.. and first officer Keii- l fall‘; Md sughfly mldeh 28; Regina 3. 30; Winnipeg 3, O said hc had no proof to offer in the case present oniv glr 1- n11 1 be, yorid Britain is aaiiabsliervage sur- Yifie communication has not. vet been restored. ‘ _.___..____.___._ Prfr ‘file POOR Cm. ‘mics: BoY teietio WAS P. Docfoa one CRARQEV bee. iwo notions than \I\S\T METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, |Toronto. Feb. 27 - (cpl-Ming. mum and maximum temperatures: Vancouver 30. 54; Edmonton 22, 34' 22. 29: Montreal 23. 26; Monctnn l9. ' ttawa l7, Quebec i0. Peiifax 2S. ; FORECASTS: Ottawa. Upper St. Lawrence and Northwestern Quebec: Fair. not much change in temperature. Lower St. Lawrence: Fresh winds akc St. John: Generally fair and moderately cold. Gulf. Bay Chaicnr and North Shore: Strong winds. partly cloud- iv and cold with snowflurries. Marltlmes: Fresh to strong winds; (er/rally fair and some- what colder; snowflurriel over east portion. High tide at l and tonight al 1.20 Sun sets this evening at 6.45 and rises tomorrow momlng at L89. L-glst quarter moon March s, 12.30 DAILY AIR SERVICE Charlottetown - Summerulde- Moncton Leaves Charlottetown ‘MI A.M-. 11.80 A.M., 8.45 PM. Arrives Charlottetown 10.55 P.ld.. 5.80 P.M.. 0.45 EM. SUNDAY saavics: Leave Charlottetownvhid. 4 run. Arrive Charlottetown 5.20 8.15 LM. CIIARLOTTETOWN- NEW GLASGOW (Daily Except Sunday) Leave Charlottetown 13.15, 5.08 Arrive Charlottetown 2.3!. 8.30