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CHARWFTETOWN. CANADA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1e, 194s

British Army Continues Advance

Murder Trial Opens

In The Supreme

Expect More ' Bompotition For ll. S. Goal

(Iy Jack Williams. Canadian Press Staff Writer)

BYDNEY. N. 8. Jan. l7-(C.P.) u-NOVI Booties coal mines face the possibility of increased competition from United States, and to a less- er extent from Russia and Great Britain, after the war. T. I... Mc- Landcrs, general manager of coal sales for the Dominion Steel and coal Corp. said today before the Carroll Coal Co

In the second day of its hearings

detailed de-

inarket which could afford an ditlonal outlet for Nova. Bootia coal or could maintain the 1989 sales of Nova Sootia mines. To compete with United States coal in this market assistance in the form oi and subventiona to meet high transportation costs -possibl_v on a greater scale than was paid by the Federal Govern- ment before the war-would be rc-

uuired. ~

In‘ 1B3 mini . IIJU fonfltfg" Should the min Ihtll seemi- tlolsa be wi ed out that entire market woud be and

auction “cud rise ins g more u compete w Ame an of: in the home

Maritime market.

"The. industry would languish and die. oi that there can be no flqilltht." Mr. Mchanders said.

producing count hat has-not asssted its coal in- dustry."

This statement. he said. applied to Euro an countries and to the United totes where assistance was given in the forrn of price in-

creases.

“We have an obligation to be as self-supporting as we can." he con- tinued. ‘When we have done that

fioeaila foaii of’ ' Coming Events

“leading dressed hogs Frlda. Mtfluison and Boyle. l-l7-gi

"Car oi Screened l due to Arrive January 22nd. nton Jen- kins. Vernon. l-lQ-zi

"Bl-lying live and creased coul- utv. Ply-ins lop marker. prices. ls- land Cold Storage Ltd. ll-17-ti.

time dance School. Pri-

a good old come to Kelly's Cross l-17-2l.

lily. January 10th.

“Dance. Lltt!c Pond l-lall. Tucs- div night. January 23rd. i-la-li. _ "Load Hogs at Hunter Riv- er overly day till noon. Borden Biiinal . l-ll-IT-ll-Bl.

"Card Parity: and Dance in gran-us Ball iday ma, starti-rg

- Under W. I. l-l’! .

"Annual Meet l" ‘ Dis- trict scarlet Chs at Csaeud. January 20th at P. M. I l - ilon of officers. l-i'l-

"Mceilng of the West River fifzigbfirn Assoeiixsiticrl‘ at lsenneth ma. ' m m ‘Y’ f.";“‘§f-;.

"W still have a uusntity of '52‘ ?.‘.’.‘.‘.°°“.‘£l'l.i..‘.l.'..°.‘l“°'.ti.l."°°ie ma. m; m,“ _, , . lottetown. g o‘ an 0° 191;?

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ban m. lint until i180 Green.

"Loading hogs at Fredericton. rmlviimuflreynuaetyhfldineixnthhlg "WI. ‘ D. ieslie MacDowelli u u

hogs at Al- from noon

. fence chiefs were viewed in

2i. 6N7! after the M

Court

Before a eourtrouu packed te overflowing, Mrs. Florence Eliza- beth McNeill went on trial in the Su reme Court y rday before Chef Justice Thane A. Campbell and a ury for the murder oi her husban William (Ryan) McNeill on Nov. 1t last. Crown witnesses were d when the Court

at 10:30 this momin .

On the o ingl o Court yes- terday mo g t e Chief Justice asked the aefiiéseddwllilether sine had counse o en er an u on receiving a negative reply. staged that under such ‘ cunlstan it was usual for the Court to appoint s Junior member of the Bar to de- time“? £°i’1“i.°.“2l .i“?"’°..'§i' “m”

r. . . e e en her at the preliminary hearing, and there- fore was familiar with the case, thcnélhgef Justllccflsaigq‘ M1; Bell wo e ap n . e efend- ant. would trill- hsve the benefit of an ‘ ‘ cc

Considers time was taken in selecting a ‘wry as there were wventy- wo c hangs léy the de- enee and four by e rown. Af- er th selection of the jury and thc al%ntlnent of Lyman Tre- mere. mpton, as foreman. Mr. G. R. Holmes opened the case for the Crown.

John Moore. barber at 118 Rich- mond Street, was the first witness and stated William McNeiil had come into his shop between 7 and 8 o'clock on. the evening of Nov. 14 last and had had his hair cut. Deceased appeared sober and his health “all right to me.” Wit- ness saw deceased at his ‘shop eke‘- flwfll 3r“ .. QVIII t e ’h Pdd? deceased‘ m he was going home to have a bath.

Cross examined by Mr. Bell, wit- ness said he had paid no particu- lar attention to deceased when he came to the shop that evening. It was after 1:00 when deceased left.

Mrs. White's Evidence

Mrs. Pearl White, half-sister oi the deceased. said she lived for

$1 l0 or 12 years at 25 King Street,

(Continued on page 1, cafe?‘

LL-Gen. Saneom iiaued To Survey Reinforcement:

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Jan. I'M-Appointment 0i lit-Gen. E. W. Sansom. 55. for- mer corps commander overseas. as inspector-general te survey and fro-ordinate training and reinforce- ments in Canada and overseas and arrival in Britain oi Canadian de- Capl- tal circles tonight as ‘ ’ sting the Government may be contem- plating a revision of recruiting and

, policies in the lightof war developments.

In London are Navy Minister Macdonald, Vice-Admiral George JOHN. chief of the naval staff, and Air Marshal Robert Leckie. chiei oi the air staff. Gen. sansom,

Whose lIPPOi ‘ was announced today, ls ex acted w establish headquarters n London shortl‘.

Air Marshal feckis was the m. to arrive in Britain and air circles here discusaed the possibility he might talk to RAF. officials on a modification of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan slow-down pol- icy announced Nov. l7.

It is possible he will discuss tile prospect of continuing training alr- arch Bl expira- tion date oi the plan and also rc- tain a larger number of men in the service than was contemplated.

Miaadacdonald has been at times minister for the three services since the resignation of lion. C. G. Power as Air Minister and since Defence Minister McN ” n be-

an preparations for the Grey

orth by-election.

He atte War Cabinet meeting lust he left for Britain and it was understood that he obtained the general feeling oi

Government en the nature of Canada's future manpower com-

mitments.

Armed with this information and also with a plan for active artic- ipaticn in the Pacific he w l ‘gos-

bly meet British planners wl a view to dove-tailing efforts against

Japanese.

n. Bsnsomu Job will he "to ensure complete era-ordination on all matters relating to the stand- ard and type of training and the handling and availability of rein- forcmsenie" in Canada. in. northwest Europe and the Medit- mwas~ rurr" “W”

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A native of tenlez‘. N. 3-. Gen. Sansom returned mm 0"!!!" last my and went on leave pend- ina retirement. f-Iis retirement rs-

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hear adJourned at 0:20 o'clock. to meet 1a

iiezis Big In iloar Base 0f Belgium Bulge

B? AUSTIN BEALMIAI.

clad British 2nd infantry- mw Idvimood 1.000 ards and cap- tured thc Village of Dieter-an in their new offensive N er-

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en ions centre of St. . Farther southward in tha, Bel- gian bulge the United States 3rd Army cleared the entire Bastognc- ffoiufaliae road and hammered the enemy back toward the St. Vlth-Wiltz ridge. Southward of the bulge American 3rd Army infan- try, fighting on. German soil m- tween the Moselle River and the Saar cast oi Luxembourg. closed a trap around an enemy force oi un- disclosed sire in a woodland south- east of Tottinaen. e Germans appeared in be dig- ging in again in the Ardenncs. stiffening their resistance with the first armor seen in days. The British Tummles Dushinz deeper into the German - held Maas-Roer triangle advanced like ghosts through a swirling sen ‘of fog _ behind flailing ml * tanks in the first Allied return to the offensive since the beginning of the battle of the Ardennes. They edged forward against sav- age and at times suicidal German opposition. In addition to cantor; ing Dietereu, Lt.-Gen. Dempseys sed the Roode River at

troopslmw and s med into ano - __p ees . " a“; village whiehsgnnnot be ‘iden- tified immediately for security reasons.

German tanks were reported in action for the first time since the British and Army launched this =5- sault in the long-quiet Sittard area 1B miles north of Aachen Tuesday mfié?’ bottle gonditlons were made worse by flush "WW- The Air Forces were abic to lmi 110mm“ mm me all‘ in this sector: but a few weather reconnaissnlwt‘ J10“-

Allied soilrcesdlad no repflfléi 05 important activity on the lstd all; admn Anny from, m ifoilan . u‘ tho German Transccean Agent! assorted Canadian iulits made loc- al attacks northeast of Nlmtbgtl: and at Driel, on the Maas W59! River about 30 miles eoufh_ o Nilmegen.

Dig ln Feverishly

The Germans now were dialling in feverishly all along the north- (31151; are from the Bastogne sector to scholpen. and German arm-hi‘ which mo] pulled back from the ggllapsing western end of the Al‘- degfifls sack appeared 539m i“ ac on. V If, appeared tonight that Field Marshal von Runsiedt had given the "stcp-and-hold order to sill/B m, “m, ha]; of the salient from “Exlyoljrlilnlgunstcdtls withdrawal has slowed up,’ a staff officer said in ghihgglg, ‘that fighting is hard on o s es.

With the 1st and 3rd Armies 1i-

ain fighting side by side. Brit's" no Army formations which had polled up the west end of the Ger- mans‘ Ardsnnes salient now Were out, ~01 the actual battlelinc. ‘hi: were lnoPPinB uh I if!“ 59mm“ pockets remaining to the rear.

100 Superior-ts Bomb Formosa

WASHINGTON. Jen- 1’! — M!" ._ upwards of 100 Superiortrlesses dealt fresh blows to Formosa today The strike aparentlv was co-crdin- with carrier plane attack fl- t 131m and the south-

na. eagokgburagllio, reportindg the lat- est Formosa strike. Iii B150 ml- zloo carrier-based clones of the United States 8rd Fleet were thrown against the Chine. coast mosdsy (North American Time) for the fourth consecutive day- The broadcast. r by the Federal Communications. was not confirmed by American sources.

The Japanese radio said that sinkle flights of 8-89’: from Bei- pan bombed the ToliYO N”. the aircraft manufacturing centre of Ngggyg and Kyoto. ancient capital olTliigpulsloundlnl 11nd "W l" planes are lfiViflB Fwmii“ m" "in anldlulsidcafiglalllg? thong;

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of. ° Chino coast. ft llol Philip lngg to Ohlnl. from ‘he mainland andjib north of Luzon.

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of infonnation plans to make a so- rninute movie based on the gov- ernment white PB f" °" u“ mill" glngqom-g w" ef ort. Actual pages

be shown on lhlagclaenl bol-

stared with some of lmme menu-ail

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flpgTfiflfaB-Tfl-‘le ministry .

Omens of a total military German armies in flight across the armies at their heels.

banks of the Vlatula.

nouneed capture of Csestoehuws.

and to Berlin.

the war in Europe will endure. It f lsation ‘as Marshal Stalin's end-the trerne peril in which huge segments

The Russian objective of the a

sible destroy much of it in the field. forged to match relen v, .. .. .

impossible.

Possibility of a fertilizer short- age this year in view of the heavy demand from liberated countries in Europe is causing local deal- ers somo concern. it was learned yesterday. Growers who are negli- gent in ordering their require- ments may find thenlselves at a disadvantage next spring. despite assurances previously received that there would be sufficient fertilizer this year to meet the demand.

It is understood that the fertil- izer administra-tor has left 0t- tawa for Washington to discuss this matter with the authorities there.

Holland alone. it is reported. has asked for 20.000 tons of cyan- amide from Canada. As the total Canadian output is only 100.000 tens for fertilizer purposes, this order, if filled. would create a seri- ius supply problem.

Seed nequirements

Local dealers m touch with Ot- tawa also report a very heavy Elurcpean derrland for seed pota- toes from Canada. .

A representative from France is reported to be on his way to Oi.- tawa with a request for 7.000 tons of seed. which is about 300 car- loads. The Balkans are after a similar amount. Corsica and oth- er liberated countries are askin

for some thousands of tons. Al these requirements cannot pos- sibly be met. and very careful planning must be done if the needs of Canadian and American growers are to nl .

With regard to the reported po-

iato shortage in Quebec and Ont- ario, local dealers agree with press reports from New Brunswick that this shortage is entirely fictitious. It ls due merely to difficulty in moving the tubers in sub-zero weather over snow-locked farm

roads. That is a. condition, they point out. which Maritime grow- or‘: l uently have to contend w

h.

"There is a su erabundance of potatoes in Onto o this ear, and I think it hardly likely hat the Wartime Prices and Trade Board will pay attention to any request to stop the export of Maritime potatoes to the United States for

iMvI/TSEIIR" Last Night l

Fertilizer Shortage Threavfened In View ' ' Of'Eu“rofiéun' "

. only distinctive Canadian

the purpose of filling orders in years.

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I! KIIKI L. SIMPSON (Associated Pruaa War Analyst) disaster in the east an

stalking shattered Polish plains with massive Russian

Within less than a week that Btil-mile-wlde Red Army winter ef- fenaive has ripped to shreds the whole critical centre of the German east front from the Carpathians to the southern border of East Prussia.

The Russians took Warsaw in their stride to lungs on down both They threaten to isolate all East Prussia and menace Berlin itself at close range. There remain no formidable natural barriers across the wide breadth of the lower Vistuia valley behind which tottering German forces could rally short of German 1938 front- iers a bare 100 miles from Berlin.

Southwarll Krakow was credibly reported seized and Moscow an- Between them the Silesian hub of German war industries — the Glelwlts-flindenburg-Bcuthen-Katowlce- Sosnowlec cluster of factory cities that rivals the Ruhr in the west-lay exposed to the Oil-mile wide Rufllan southern advance lies the Oder Valley leading into the heart oi north central Germany

Just beyond

The dating speed with which the main Russian winter offensive has been driven home invalidates every current estimate of how long

ully justifies its German character- -war campaign because of the ex- of the German army stand.

ttack in Poland which can be de-

duced from their pattern is to out the German army ta pieces and ii poe-

To that end triple pockets in East

Prussia, west of Radon: and in the Ca. athlans apparently are being Red pressure up the Danube toward the

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Successful ciosi-ng of any of theathree ‘raps on the foe could tear so wide a hole in the forces available to man f‘ old German eastern frontier that any protracted stand there would he

defences on the

Central Canada ' one local dealer informed The Guardian. This fear seemed to be preval-

ent in New Brunswick, but lie did not believe Island growers need worry about A much

more pressing problem. at the pres- ent time. he said. was the threat- ened fertilizer shortage.

International At A Glance

EASTERN FRONT — Russian armies capture Wnnnw, roll

Germans back ‘along 250-mile ,

front in Poland; aim seize Czestochowa, I5 miles from Ger- man border in southwest Poland; Lubiln reports full of Krakow.

WESTERN FRONT — British 2nd Army attack in Netherlands ,. n-handle slowed after capture of several villages; Germans use tanks in stiffening resistance in A denncs; heavy. fluctuating fighting rages on US. 7th Army front in Alsace.

AERIAL Allied bombers. fighter; strike at. enemy oil, shipping and rail targets Wod- nesday: R.A.l'-‘. attacks rail routes to Netherlands V-bomb lite;

PACIFIC AERIAL-More than 100 Sirpcrfortresseg flttlfli For- mosa Wednesday; Tokyo reports U.S. carrier-horns pianos ain attacking Chinese ports and on- shu Isis

mi.

BURMA — Allied planes lup- port British push through cent- ral Burma: 14th Army columns approaching Mandalay.

P IL FINES-JLS 6th Army

‘ beachhead zone to tip of Bolinao Peninsula: resistance continues in left flank; Porcor- rubio entered.

PORTSMOUTH. England, — (CP) — Education Minister RA. Butler said Britain's technical col- leges have produced 300,000 men and women trained for the services

any industry during the past five

Father Mcllonald To Visit Churches 0f lledelnptoriete

Rev. A. blcDonald, c, s, 3 R rector of the Holy Redeemer Parlgh in Charlottetown is leaving law m“ ‘W’! i0 blight a tour of all tha DBTlBhQs of the R-edemptorlst 0r. ill?!‘ in Canada. and Newfoundland. Mcnaxpecis to Join Rev. Edward mo 03;; rector of a. Itedcmbtorist neoilgcandntilcl °i3§“1..e§“hli‘14°i§“'ly fir; iawiur ifiam thajre. W“

a er cDou d expects lo be 5W8)’ from Ch ltteto . bout three woetlsfs? w“ for a

New British War Decoration

OTTAWA. Jan. 17 - (CP Military authorities here said yes- terday they had not been advised of the war medal which Prime Minister Churchill told the Brit- ish Commons would be given to members of the armed forces aft- er the war but they assumed the

new decoration would avail- able to Canadians. Canadians are already eligible

to receive-all other British decora- tions and so far the Canadian volunteer service decoration is the award issued.

Gen. llflNaughton Delayedjt Ottawa

OTTAWA. Jan. 17-40?) -- Da- fence Minister McNaughton today indefinitely postponed his depart- ure for Owen Sound. t.. head- quarters of his campaign in the Grey North by-eleoticn. Gen. Mc-

Naughton had intended to leave tonight. Veterans Minister Mackenzie

has gone to Owen Sound to speak in support of the General.

Report Nazis Testing New Ramming Plane

LONDON Dispatches the Germans are reported to testing a new Jet-propelled "ram- min plane" designed as s. defence nga nst Allied bombers.

The new plane was said to be e- quipped with a heavily armored bow and to be of special construc- tion to enable it to survive a crash

mid-air. A

New lޤeout Controls Opened

. Jan. 17 — (OP) — from Zurich today said

MONTREAL, Jan. 17 — (C?) — The Earl of Athlone. Govemcr- General of Canada and Chief Scout for the Dominion. officially opened today a new Boy Scout centre in northwest Montreal.

In a brief address His Excellency said most troubles came from idle- ness and that scouting gave the boys something usuefui and en- joyable to occupy themselves The war record scouts was "extre-

melv and many Canadian Army leaders today had scout training.

DONDON -- (OP) — New officer commanding the R.C.A.F. City of Oshawa Spitfire squadron is Sqdn. bdr J.D. Mitchner, D.F.C., of 721; fithLmgLsaskatoon.

HALIFAX, Jan. 1.‘1—-(CP)—-Afi Allicd freighter ran aground today on Sambro Shoals. just outside Halifax Harbor. and was aband- oned by her crew after she started filling with water.

The 30 seamen-including two Canadians-escaped in two life- boate. taking with them their li- year-oid mascot dog s louco" but leaving behind an assortment of livestock that included six cows 01nd several pigs and about 50 chickens.

The two Canadians aboard Wm Stoker Geo e MacDonald of Syd- "ty and Abe Seaman Alfred Smith of. ronto. The rest of the crew included French. Polish. Greek. British and Bsthcnian seamen.

MacDonald said he was 4m watch in the stoke-hold when the Filip ran aground. “Bile started to leak badly and No. l hatch seem- Wl i0 be getting plenty wafer-

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FRONT IN POLAND COLLAPSES

Warsaw Falls; Reds

ge Offensives

LONDON’ J“- 17 — (C?) — Russian troops captured glgfiisehd ‘and battered Warsaw today as the Germans‘ whole "QM coulfPifld under three mammoth oifensives one of which carried io within l5 miles of Germany itself. and Vxarlsilrvyl fall with amazing swifiness in a pincers push, Prussia broke tuhsslanhogenslve to the north toward East _] f Tolig azl defences for 2o miles on a 63- ml e1 ronl._Premlcr-Marshal Stalin announced. C tn i!‘ third order_of ‘the day he announced capture 0f Z°5_ °° Obi/d. only 1b miles from German Silesia, io Red armies which have s_lashed‘l10 miles westward in six days from the Vlstula River brldgqead below Warsaw.