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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, WEDNESDAY, ocronaa 2s, 1944*

SEA-AIR BATTLE SHAPING

loan Totalnln Province Goes To $322,000

vi-swz-ilriv stood at 5322.000 it was announced bv prov. headuunrters. Officials broke down the total by counties a: follows: Prlnoc County. 5216.450; Kinks County. $27

asked to sub servicemen station vines. S5Ml.000. Tonight loan heacti.

O

agllo bottled doggedly deeper , .. h. {I‘.1§‘.§""§n‘s§i expanding front more fir l 35 n ,.

hi} within six miles of

l b ‘“q‘~‘i.§°§§vi§‘t1 COlTlmUIflOuu broadcast item lloscoiv, in announcing these Ili\l‘i.I.\\‘fil‘l i

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' ' army. IIyI-Ingogulgllltiiilst threatening East Prussia from farther southeast had grtipmirifgstoa‘ and =10 other 0011111?“- lori centres on n ZZlLmlle front from

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would have involved nd boys and brought U10 Weekly oss oi an estimated 800,000 tons oi coal was averted today-and con. rumors breathed easier. _

i-‘or the coal simply position nf. tor five venrs of war is so tight that i! the strike had ' might have resulted in even more A- F. stringent restrictions on civil use.

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H ‘lfifnllowve I‘ I- Friday. October 27th.

n

iieds Push Deeper Into fast Prussia

Yorkshire Goal Strike Avertcd

ponpon. of 2'1 - (c? A i eateued Nov 4 strike in York.

0rganize Oanuck Squadron In India‘

no Air

Bmlzili, nir titfluci" coinmnndmz the It A F‘ Transport Comnuiiid. suid IULI‘

s: Canadian souadrons for trims- llv-‘t action against the Japanese in Burma and othxr iai‘ eastern

tinctures were being formed in 1n. sii- Frederick did not lllvv any o. iii-er detnik and said the squadrons would be completed consisted only of nir crews.

I "nan — Oanoc Cove Lu‘; 25th

“Dance in Neiv Perth Hall Postponed until Nowmber lljoth.

"Card p _ Brae School. Monday. October sotn. 10-25-11.

"Wcmenu Institute Dance gyvehend Road School Friday. ode. nu. 10-25-11.

“Masquerade pie locial at St. Geoigels Hull, Friday “"1108. Oct. 27. 10.25.21 "Chicken d d i

as Hauvsuyplper an once n

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m Arm“ 52°18 Hall. Wednesday. lt- io-ao-ai- .

Hxlllhicken Supper. Clyde River

The Victory Loan total in this ‘ at the close of business

Queen's County. 070.300:

.250. The provincial quota is 03.300000 0i this uuotn civilians are being scribe 02.800000 and the pro.

N. Oct 24 —- (AP) --Tl‘l8

forests oi nst Prussia

iiles ivide. overccminz a

la of at. nst lldtsdcsizierirtiliy; an .

ended strong po n the b!“ m“

of Gumbinnen

Gen.

gains by V0111“? 3rd

D. Cl1erniakho\‘sl<y's

m‘ disclosed

The king the Polish border bastion

tow to Siiwollrl

H.

At

Britain's largest field. which 150.000 men

b‘ en called

their

NTREAL. Oct. M — (CP)_— Chief Marshal Sir Frederick

l.V in a press interview that two.

berg, shortly and R

Nazi

oming Events

her of Parliament Carleton, as saying that Canadian potatoes will be se ll a barrel before spring unless the board provides export permits for at least l5l000 carloads.

LONDON, 0c.

nounced that brought the total dropped on the Rhur dur ng Octo- ber .o 19.000 tons, with Essen, Dillo-

His Majesty the King visited the fighting fronts in Western Europe last week and here is seen be. fng greeted pyously by rescued people of Holland

Survey Potato Storage Situation

OTTAWA, Oct. M —-’ (GP) —

Agriculture Department is ma- a survey of the potato storage

Sltlle-tifln and when it is completed, probably early next month, Prices Board will give further con- sideration to the matter of issuing potato export licenses, a.

Board spokesman said today. He was cflmmentlng on a Hurt- land. N. 13., dspatch which quoted H. Hatfield, Progressive mern.

the

Prices

for ‘V‘ ng for 50 cents

present the Board will ‘ssue

export permits wherever a, storage shortage exists.

Garry Air War Deep into Reich

24 — (CP) —R. fighter-bombers carried the

air war deep into the Reich today following up lust night's British and Canadian heavy bomber attack on Essen in which more than 4,500 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on the German indus rial city.

Allied heavy bombers remained at

bases in Britain and Italy

today, but the German Radio in- terruptcd its program at 8 P. M. (3 P. M. — 4 P. M. ADT) ‘to report bomber Hanover

formations approaching and Brunswick.

A F. bomber command an- the Essen raid bomb’ tonnage

Dortmund and Bochum cat-

ching most.

A force of 1,000 R A. F. . C. A F Lancasiers and Hali- faxes, including every squadron of the Canadian bomber group, fought it out with anti-aircraft guns

and

and

nigh fglllfiffi over Essen in

the raid on lite great Krupp ar-

mament works. -——-— Hard - hitting Mosquitos at the Show - Crnpflud Thur-sdfly- same time rnnged on to Berlin, gi. 19"-°5'5I~ ving .he German capital a check raid. despite a snow storm that

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Card Part and lunch in Bevan years

Mfllqueradc Dance. Gleniliinsp 27th. Mfgntyros

B to Chicken supper in mber

Wed a nesdav.

c October 25th GI

Pre byt l I ream Jo £131 RI-‘EI-‘Il.

BINDING

blanketed western P11110136 Intense ground ire and fighter attacks brought. down eight big bombers in the Essen assault,

night

Piéii-agniiai In U. S. Is Very Bitter

By R. J. Anderson

NEW YORK, Oct 24 — (C?) — The 1944 presidential elecion cam- paign may be recorded before its

Nov. 7 as the most bitter in

the history of the United States. P088101! no; since the days of Lin- coln has a president seeking re-el- action been tho target criticism. In some quarters, o ponenta have

a usg and inventive. Almost every move Roosevelt has made during his l2

such his ,. d to personal

President

oi

in oiiice has been singled out

for attack. His domestic P111163’- conceded by many democrats to be a vulnerable point in his appeal to 35 , the eiecorate for a fourth te

‘I ta hammered constantly. For the alphabetical maze that l; Washmg- ton during history's 21 is seized upon avidly by the Repub-

cans.

A majority of the country's news- papers oppose Mr. tlllg campal ation of some oi his cri

rm-

greatest wnr

Roosevelt in . Indeed, the vituper- ml!

and south of the Zuider Zee.

the ' ’

not be long delayed.

of the Maps.

lines to support them. 1t remains to be een, however,

of the "ans at this stash

War Situation Last

Field Marshal Montgomery is behind the King and Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey on the right. - (can. adian ltLarconl Radio Photo).

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By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst

Canadian forces on the left of the Allied line in Holland have sprung the first of n. series of potential traps threatening all Nazi forces west

i North of Antwerp, 1n the drive toward Bergen 0p Zoom, advance elements were reported on the banks of the Eastern Sollelde Estuary and astrldo the only land escape route for enemy garrlsona still cling. in; to Walcheren and north and south Beveland Islands that lle be. tween the two mouths of the Schelde. Freeing of the Western Schelde approach to Antwerp to lhorten Allied communications lines seemed

’ ' that an nlLout Allied offensive to turn the Lower Rhine flank of the Nazi Siegfried defence system need

Eastwnrd along the CanndianJlritlsh front, however. a more menuo. lug situation for all German forces in Holland between the Schclde mouths and the Zuider Zee was rapidly developing with British envelop. ment of ‘Sllertogenbnsch, main transportation hub in Holland south

Capture of the swamp. canal and river glrt old. town would do more than insure clearing the foe from the southern bank of the Mans to the Schelde Estuaries. giving Field Marshal Montgomery the com. rnunleation he urgently needs and secure his left flank ilgnlnst counter. attacks. It would put him ln a position west of Arnhem for a drive northward to the Zulder Zoe, snapping the last land escape lanes atlll open to German troops in all western and central Holland.

A rlrlve to the Zuidcr Zee to cut off the enemy In most of Holland would also serve to Intensify the British threat to the Arnhem Gateway to Germany itself. It would permit heavy concentration of u majority of British and Canadian forces, except those left to mop up in western Holland, on a relatively narrow front and with adequate fast supplr

in view of the approach of winter

weather, whether Allicd master plans call for any more than the free. lng of the Scheldeailntwerp route and its road and rail connections south

OTTAWA. Oct. 24 — tQPM-Req orts from the armed services and; urge purchasers matured the‘ second day's progress of Canada.» Seventh Vlclofl‘ 5mm Cflmilfllilni aimed at an tibjc-‘tlve of $1.490- ooo,0oo. National nidduucrivrs ""- nounccd tonight.

Large subscriptions totalling $40,025,000 were mattr- today. in. eluding a $12,000,000 purchase bl‘ the Canadian Life Assurance Co“ of Toronto, while ‘ha. irmed forces also continued to provide leader.

Campaign

ship. showing incomplete first.da.'

spring in part from iriistration: in 1932, when he was firs. elected, the bulk of the press o posed him and has convnued to o so. Ye; he twice has been re-elected with most papers against him and all of his works.

In 10-10, in n campaign fought in the shadow of a world war, almost 10 peg cent of the Dress supported the late Wendell L Wilikie. the Republican nominee, in the clos ng weeks; yet Mr. Roosevelt receiv- ed A precedent-shat ering third term. In 1930 Alf Landon got 00 per cent oi the daily papers to sun- port him; Herbert Hoover in 1932 had 55 per cent with him.

This year, 57 per cent of Unit- ed States newspapers with 63 Bel‘- cent of the circulation support Re-

ubllcan Gov. Thomas E. Dewey-

enty per cent, with l3 per cent of the circulation, favor Mr. Roose- velt. Twenty-one per cent of D8081‘! at present. are undecided. A 21°F able exception this year is the in-

fluentiai New York T-mfl which

6175i "i ‘air’.

Armed Services Reports Feature Loan Lampazgn

First Day's Sales Were Slightly Below What Had Been Anticipated.

icturns of $18501 .450 101” Navy. Aymy and Air rklrce. Salesman started the second

any of canvassing with a total ‘ 508160.300 f m the days . its; ilw-znigh some.

anti.

, Stil-

c ntcd a:

was regarded “encuuuiging. There still were few reports on

the progress of the general can.

vass, the portion of the loan in

I which officials hope that the all.

time individual silles total of $643. 700,000 reached in the Sixth Loan will be exceeded. To reach this figure. average dnllv sales of $35,. 700,000 must be maintained. The first, day's sales in this category

amounted to $19.8h8300. roughly 516000000 below the required minimum.

Ontario payroll SRHHZS head.

quarters reported tonight that 175 oi the 2,000 industrial establish. merits in the province had quell. fled for "V" flags.

Registering a good increase over first.day sales in the Sixth cam.

8f‘. _.. sarvlces QQQBIJFEBSEEPIKPBBLT» .901;39__L.Th“rss1av_1n_rwerbv Swuehnm. ._ '

Lad Fatally injured 0n St. Peter's lid.

William Spencer Poardon. year old son o! Mr. and Mrs.

saVPll

was fatally injured yesterday about l-p.m. when jumping off the back of a milk wakflon on the St. Pcters Road hear Sti Avards. He was struck by a car driven by Mr. W11. frid Holmes of East. Royalty. ‘The boy was takan by . Holmes to the P.E.I Hospital where he died

at 3.30 pm. At 9 o'c ook yesterday evening a jury was sworn in by Coroner Drla I.J.

man; Frank Currie, Fkedcricl; Strcele, Alvin Ford, J.D Webster, Thomas Howatt. and H.E_ Ford.

M.0. No. 6 Doing Well in Drive

ired Peardon, Mount Edward Roaall

AReporl:

the Sibuyan and Sulu Seas by carrier planes of the 3rd

Admiral Nimitz. United States Pacific fleet commander. sold fur. ther details are not vet available. strictest radio silence always necessary for fleet security when the arniadas are in striking distance |

iha wording of the communique, -"tnemv forces moving eastward] through the Sibuyan and Sulu. Sens -—mllzht indicate that two JSDHIIES; forces were on the prowl

One could be moving through the Sulu Sea from the southwest. plan- XllIlE to move on through the Min. danno Sea in the southwest l. ivbines toward Levte Island

The other could be movin". through the Sibuyan Sca southeastward to. ward the Visaynn Sea and Levte

l?

AX. Oc. 24-(0?) -- of the i2 canvassing areas in military district No. 6 iNova‘ Scotla. and Prince Edward Island)‘ have achitved their quotas lll the‘ Seventh Victory Loan. the ennv an. nounced tonight.

New Glasgow led in percentage of uotn attained with 163 per cent. whie Charlottetown was second with 118 and Aldershot. N 3.. CIIITCI‘ with 104

The district at the end o1 met second day had raised a tnl of 716,400. or C0 per cent of its 000 goal.

Sonic iloldouts To llazi llome Army

LONDON, Oct. 24 _ (c P) ~_=' Lt-Gen. Dlttmar, German mllit-j ary commentator, revealed that there had been some holdouts in Germany against tho call to Join the new home guard. the Volksstrum. but added that most Germans no\v_ had seen the light. ,1 "Simple and uncomplicated minds! who have hesitated between the esii! of the Fatherland and of their own’ personal lives, now know their way." he said. He did not indicate what persuasion was used except tor a reference to an "appeal to Ger- many's conscience."

[Real Eggs For ,_

. Britons Soon .

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I I MONTREAL, Oct. 24 -— (CP) — Real eggs will soon be enjoyed ag- uln for breakfast 1n Britain. Wol- ter G. Blenerhassett, general man-‘ ager of the Quebec poutry indus-g try exhibition, said today in a press, interview,

Mr. Blennerhassctt, who Is also connected with the federal depart, ment of agriculture said an agree. ment had been reached wth Brit- ish officials for the shipment of eggs in the shell to the United

IKingdom and that before limg niin- = Idreds of thousands of dozens would Ibe on their way overseas.

;Shcc Factory lflwncr P cses »

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SAUGIB. MASS . Oct 24-45!) —Adclbert A. Durkee. 66. owner of a shoe factory which bears his‘ name. died suddenly after a mart. {attack today in his office in near.

y Ltv . 1 A native oi’ Yarmouth. N. S .

Durkee served as a IJeutenaiitCoI. onel in the Royal Canadian Field Artillery in The First Great Wsjr. and lavas decorntcd wit-h the Dis. tigulshed Service Order in Bucking. ham Palace hv the late Kin: Grorge

lJurkee. who is survived by his widow and a daufzhter. also served wit-h Canadian forces in the Boer

' and burial xvlll be

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All

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-ofi the Philippines and against 3'

i Airman Pays

I Sen:.r.

Mac. week. Admiral Nimitz’ failure to men- tionrlhe presence of anv Janrin-se '1'cl‘.s might indicate the enemy

is try ng to slip heavily gunned sur. face SIllDS close to the western side of Leytr: island and subiect Gen. lviocArthurs ground forces to sen} ere bombardment.

Nazis Report Battle

LONDON. Oct M — (Wcdnes. day) — (CP) — The German radio report-cd early today that Japanese pianos had launched large.scale attacks Tuesday aizainst the Amen,

in Iseyte Gulf.

icon invasion fleet

second battl loot furtlv r sp elf’ d " "The Ililllif‘, is still going on," the German broadcast said. Tokvo dispatch. and ad ed. no details have vet been released."

The broadcast said planes of both the Japanese urmv and navy had iolned in th-z attack.

“in craters n

Tribute To Navy

OTTAWA. Oct. 24 — (CF; — Tribute to the Canadian navy and eclallv to H M 0.5.

is . . . Iroquois was paid today by Flt .Lt. J 6.11., Edwards i157 St George St J.

lyioiicton, N.B, who has jiust ar.‘ rived in. Canada after eomplteting u tour with the R C A F. over.’

JS. . _ A pilot emzalzed principally 1n aiLI Cllc ll

m rs

s cl fllllLSUblIlElTlflg work’ E experienced attack,» ii a h elf “nu zhc shin in xv cll he - 5.1111112 to the Middle.

was ‘st was attacked bv cnohiv air.’ craii and set. on fire Z

Alter orders to llllillldull ship hci spent lOlll‘ hours swimming in thei Atlantic before trim: picked up bvl the Iroquois. I

"I'll never forget the swell mun_, no: in which the crew of that Con.‘ radian destroyer treated us." he siu .

Sentenced To Six Months is Jail

HALIFAX. Oct. 24 — C?) —.

of six months in city prison s Illlpose-l today on 'l"hcopliil~ Arsznaul. of Summer. side, PEI, who IllJ ecn con. vlcted in SUDTCIII: L‘.urt on a charge of reckless driving.

A member of the lhfierans‘ Guard of Canada, Arsenault was driving a military :ruck WLIPII collided with an automobile-acre lzt sum. mer. fatally injuring Mrs. Lou. Justessn.

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FUD

By WADE WERNER

LONDON, Oct. 2-1 -- (AP) — The first open ctiii ior a new civil war in Spain no: been issued by the undorgroilnd newspaper. Conquest of Spain, ivhlch urged that officers of the Spanish army take up arms nualrist General Franco nnd the Falaiige, Spanish Republican headquarters here an. nounccd today‘.

Conquest ui Spain is the official newspaper of the Republican Juntn ivhlch operates from secret headquarters in Maclnd and pre. sumnbly is published tn the Span. lsh capital.

Its call for revolution. the first so bold. although the paper has been attacking the . nco regime

and the Fniiinge purl-y consistent- ly, appeared in P's 36th issue. published within the last three

days. Republicans hcu- said. “We coll upon the chiefs and of the Spanish army to take up arms shoulder by shoulder ivlth the people against. Franco and Fulangism," the paper

laid . Official t‘ news agencies.

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IN PACIFIC

TwoJap Naval Units

edgn Prowl

U.S. PACIFIC F_LEE'I‘ IIEADQUAIPPERS, Pearl Harbor, O-ct. 24 - (AP) —- iJaPallese fflrces including battleships and cruisers

_ __ _were sighted moving eastward in 121th: Central Philippines yesterday and were attacked ee .

th rAdmiral Chester _W. Nimitz thus tersely announced in a 40 word communique e “st Pmemlal "W990i? 0T Strong Allied and Japanese naval forces since the Nip- ponese were soundly defeated June 19 in the Philippines Sea.

British Troops Enter German Defence Key

LONDON. Oct 24 _- (AP) - Lt:

J0!" 7° 3"" s‘: ‘i. in: For Prisoners Goodsi

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streets of ‘S l-lertotzenposch from

the ilortheust today and mutant

tightened its iron grip on the Lin.

mans’ defence kev to western 1-101.

_____ land as another spearhead closed in

OTTAWA. Oct. M -— (OP)

Canada's 1.600 prisoners of war in Japan uiill share in the consign. ment of 1,500 tons of relief food,

from the south. _ Four columns whlciz-Jriginally ad. vanccd on the Netherlands Cains. d1‘ City and rail centre now have formed junctions briiieiiw, ilic (lIZ clothin and medical supplies be. lng pic ed u Oct. 28 at a Siberian Port by a apdnese snip. The Canadian Government had participated with other Aimed

oi 45,000 under S1020 from the

northeast and southeast Only the Governments in trvnig to arrange for a Japanese ship to pick up the