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n‘... Vatican ‘ghts Violated

MNDON. Feb. ‘i-(f/‘Pl- he Vatican's rights of ex- Lterritorlality have been vi- gpid, the Vatican radio laid ‘Wight, by Fascist Italian po- Ice vlio forced entry into it. hm Basilica in Rome. 1p n buildings in Rome. fie Vatican City itaeli, en- right of extraterritor- or freedom from juris- by Roman or Italian iiiariiiec. m vatican guard. quoting . . tore Roman, Vatican . per, said armed guards ‘us; the command of Pietro Caruso. new prefect of police hliome, forced entry into the lnilica last Thursday night, ‘tin violating the right of e hterrlloriality guaranteed by pienn treaties." A “formal strong protest" 1 been filed by the Vatican, broadcast added. , meanwhile, said a Gsrlun plane attempting a laced landing in Vatican City lflerln air battle with Allied jets. dropped one bomb in- ile the Vatican and another

g short outside. The ybue crashed and ite crew mliilled.

It was one oi the few time: the war that the Vati-

ltep order. ‘ 8t, Paul‘ is one of the four prior baslicaa in the world. back 386 A-D. The elm ea are about a mile lltitte the Wall of Rome; ________

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Jrldnv. Februaiy 11th.

“ flu and Boyle.

" Social , th- If stormy mun

"Concert,

ill-fiends? M,

"ho 1n Wiltshirc 111-11

over. Livestock

- 1 4th. lnP.

, ‘gluniflldlng or“

illll.

itaation In Finland gel! Nearing Slowdown

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" - EVENTS

"Ni Royalty rink tonight, v vs. Covehead. league game

"lions racing New Glasgow . Wednesday Feb. I. 2-8-21

"Chiming Grain Monday u-nd '1" - only. Cannon Mitghtglki

“limo and Dance. Traoaxiio 2-9-21. "OW Part-Y. Box Social mid '4. Conan Bun Hail, Monday, ‘- 11st. z-a-io-zi. "Hunter River, Tuesday 3 and P- M. National Film Board Mov. ‘ 2-7-21 “T° lube. bulk wheat bulk it. bulk barley. Book now. Mc- 2-4~5i lidc River Red Cross Vulcn. and Edda-or in i-lall. reb- y. ‘J- ~11. cc. Millvlew Hall

l‘. Feb i y, ituic. ligaggeewhwgry B-B-ii

'kors. Monday twenuiei- 118i National Film lgoéarld - - - i

“Institute Dance and sale of 0l’l “WHY. February a_ 2.3.11,

"Wes-nor Pigs - We re uir 50 . thrifty. Wecner Firm,“ lselbs. arketmg

n i‘ Annual M tin . mirllgfieecolgnpqalnvmewiyiluitie l‘! . Monday. Februaiy _ . 2e7-

car Purina Dairy and Wednesda ,at I-¥-3i.

‘"1111.- Ladies Aid r lei-in 1a fififgwflm oil-mu owillnliolde a

i IDNDON. Fob. ‘I-MD-Thou- sands of Finns fled from Helsinki

today, their capital still smoking rom a Russian bombu which

i wrote for their goverumcn a fiery next-if]: to get out oi the

war now. crisis for Finland appeared

nearing a showdown.

raids involving by oi-

The ficiai Finnish estimate a total 0f 200 planes-overt: among the strong- est thrown against Firtlsnd in the two wars with Russia and were gen; o

crally accepted as the _

direct action by the soviet Union to wipe out her northern frontier pro- blems as she already is pr- edlng to settle in her own way the pol- iticul problem of Poland.

Telephone communication be-

tween Stockholm and Helsinki was disrupted early tonight, perhaps in- dlcating another Russian attack.

A Moscow broadcast. recorded by

The Soviet radio Monitor, said crews reported 30 large firs and many heavy explosions, with hits scored near the shipbuilding yards and docks. and blasts ioucncd m near on automobile assembly plunt

While it was felt iii London that

the Finns were anxious 1o get out of the 1min it also was believed

that the Finnish Government was

hopeful of receiving tcrme

The Helsinki, radio and prose

more than ohm: have indicated that it was unconditional surrender at- which the Runs balked but the British vicw is that Finland l; as much 1t German satellite as Bul-

garia uud probably that country

can expect uc terms except those of the Casablanca conference.

A Finnish utimmtlnlqlle sold 232 sons also were iuJured 11nd that

per other parts of Finland bad been bombed.

With the red army driving cver deeper into Estonia, the Germans appeared conscious that the Soviet bow was likely to spread the con- viction amcng Finns that they huc‘

lost the war.

ll. C. A. F. Schools Receive Pennants

OTTAWA, Feb. ‘l-(CEU-{lighteen R.C A F units 111 Cuiiadu recent- ly hoisted efficiency pennants s- wardcd by Air Minister Power for oustanding and efficient operation, it was announced tonight, 0f those awarded, eight pennants went t0 units which led in their respactivc

sidered outstanding in their type of training.

ations during ihc period Oct. Dec. 3i lint. il-Xlll the winners Will iLv the Pennants for the three months beginning Feb. l.

The eight schools receiving ocu- hunts were No. ‘.1 initial training scltol Victoriaville, Que, No- 1i e1. omentarv flying training school. Goderich, Ont. No. l0 service fly- ing training school Vulcan, Altu., "0- 1 5 F-T 3 . Cunt/D Borden. Ont" No. 1 centml navigation school. Rivers. Man. No. 5 bomb- and gunnery school Dafoe. Basic, No, 4 wireless school. Guelph, Ont, and No. l2 recruiting centre. town.

Other units receiving pennants were No. 6 i.'I‘.S . Toronto. No. M E.F.T.S.. Bowdcn, No. 3 B FIFE. E.1".T.S.. Bowden. Alta, No. 3 s. FTS. coir-luv. No. 11 S.F.T.B.. Yorkton. Sask. No, l4 SITE. Aylmer. Ont. No. 9 air observers‘ “T1001. St. Johns. Que. m. 2 A 0.

C. R. Employee At Halifax ls Killed

to the accident.

and Mrs. (luv ‘Phorne. both

Mmrfie Holindne. sattairgflyk" of Saint John. N. n

"Mad "OBI for De

ll d! W‘ Thursda. February McKin-_

r-‘ffi- Reduced Today

unload,“ hi? - De s: H‘ “Cry ‘leflullfldgr m

"t Mun-sue. K tn an“?! “P4111111. Norman

H1071‘.

hi1 onfifiggna until further 11m p;,§°"¢=—111~r1v1

lkl.

and Funeral . Every fi 2- -tf.

next week ear

i114 E 7°“- Pla rowaria,

Pnw~m°"a1.n5l$“1;'§"§.? Mm- 0. O. Green,

Cardi "‘ Ctr "n farmers sttenti nl gagrwiltl‘ arrive soon, (Qngw. | no‘, .1?,iiwoggfiey. Booking Dunn AWE“ HunylldcNeilg-da-iéil

llediscount Rate

OTPAW

of directors.

designed to nisurc tho continue

when the war ia over.

boning the whole tottering " city and is in deadly peril. Tire threat to Lwow as the Russians swing Rnwne salient is obvioua. Moscow reports placed 5901111103415 at {vmnnv 8min Mlfoch, south ni Luck and Rowne, over the week-em]. That repre- Swtgiifll about a 30-inile advance on Lwovv. still some 80 miles to the smith- Il lflflkll. YWWCVH. in though Tranpol, netlt major station Lwow or the Warsaw-Odessa trunk line, might he the real Russian n11- Jcctive in tltat sector rather than Lwow. Tranpol l: n critical doorway" to the heart of ltumania. ‘

A railroad leads due south from Tranpol across the Dnicster River into the valley of the siret. That valley is the high- 1 road from the north. passing east of the Transylvuniun Alps, to Pnlesli and to Bucharest. Rmnnnian capital. A Russian drive in ti.“ dlrglgllgn would threaten hundreds of miles in the rear of the whole German flank to the Black Sea. The rcd push south from Luck and Roivne 300mg lit-ud- ed that way. That south-centre sector from Luck to south oi’ Vinnitm and 11mm“ inka has been the most critical all along for the Germans. The {are of Nazi Balkans satellite states is hanging in the balance there.

giléll Jap Home Island, Escape Without Scratch

éggce headquarters tonight aimouii-

Montreal, commander of the Cah- ndions iviiicli imvtlcipatcd in the

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the United Kingdom to take over n. senior appointment. and that. Brig. W.H S. Nlscklin, 43, of 0t-

ilelds and l0 to other schools con-i

The awards were based on oifer-j

- Throne Speech

5» Edmonton. No. s A.O 5., Que-

bec. No. 7 B. and (3.. Paulson. MAIL. and No. 28 B. and 0-. Mose- bank. Bask.

HALIFAX, Fbb- '1 _ <0 P) _. Lloyd A. Sullivan, 35, C. N. l. shunting foreman at Halifax, was killed today when caught between two pulpwood cars being shunted together. There were no witnesses

Sullivan. a native of Moncmn, N. 13.. is survived by his widow. two children, and two brothers and two sisters including Hubert Sullivan.

oi men in several years overseas and

Moncton, and Miss Eileen Sullivan

F; 'I—-(CP)--The

In announcing the reduction in rate. Graham Towers. Governor of the bank. said it was a IND

of the bank's low-interest policy nfter the w; ~. 1t um not imply My less need for pcople to save now.

Financial circles in Ottawo ox- preesed the view the action of the Bank oi Canada in reducing ilo rcdiscount rates would give 60n- merabi; Yo the public

Brig. Foster To Take New’ Post

UrTAwA. Feb. 7-(0?) - De-- that Brig. H.W. roster. 41, o!

iskn operation, is returning to

titvca, has been appointed in coin- mcind a brigade in Canada.

Debate 0n

ls Continued

By FRANK FLAHERTY AWA Feb. ‘T-(Ol-‘H-Rc-

UPI‘ habilitation allowances for war veterans should be on the scale

cnniztorrscrovvivfiihunpn, cursory, FEBRUARY s, 1944

BATTLE WAVERS NEAR ROME

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5! KIM l»- Slmimn. Alsootated Press will‘ Analyst

Moscow estimated l5 German divlsiona have been caught in the do“. 1 making “summer time" last night blfi ‘mil Sllflllll by the Red armies in the Dnieper bend. b11t they repre- 59" Ifhgflllmbll Ilirelate of only 175.000 men. "n" u turneihns tilme snared divisions are at half ittrength. At full e Mg I I e use ns might have had more than 400,000 enemy troops ' " "l? ll ‘iliezgziltlllzrtflolktgrr annihilation. and that could be decisive. II 0 . and road hubs in Poland redouablednilli: ( mo) and Luck ‘Lumfl H“ geek-through in the centre to the Rumanian border or beyond. The giss ans werg quick to seize the opportunity. They are m" 513g" “m, l 1-0 "m" lnywhere else on the long east front . “Lwawh Metropolis of southeastern Poland. is directly connected by ra w oth Luck and ltowne. lt is the prime distribution cerlire mp. defence line Qilst and south 0f the

danger of a decisive

ward from the Luck.

the headwaters on l

By NORMAN BELL A. P. War Correspondent ABOARD A U, S. DESTROYER. N THE NORTH PACIFIC. Feb. -i—(i)ci:\yed)—The States naval force to attack Jup- unssc homo territory is steaming safely homcwurd. leaving t. the iiuslcsed enemy on Parnmushlrrrs

harmlcssly into the air and

along their own beaches. Our task force poured shells for

20 minutes lute harbor and land

e south sidcs of Kurubu Point today (Friday) causing fires and explo- sions usliurc, tlnmsigczl merchant ship. 11nd departed with-i out suffering a scratch. Puramush- irp Island 1s 1,200 uir Vllne northeast of 'l‘okyo.

northern extremity of the Kurilc Islands, which include Japan it- self, ls 948 miles west of and 790 miles southwest of Attu in thc Alcuiinus.)

The Japanese. accustomed United Suites ulr have bccn locking _ cause ivarslilps in the task for-cc commanded by Rciir Admiral Wil- der D. Baker should have visible as dark shadows

the

must.

of n living for grown men, not for boys attending school. the House!

m‘ of Commons was told today by a‘

young airman back from the. fightng fronts.

The speaker was Flt-Lt. James Sinclair (L-Vnncouver North) who served in the Mediterranean men and in Italy as an administrative officer with an R. C. A. F. squad-

bate, he said tho present rehabil- itation allowance 0f $44-20 H month, payable to discharged men undergoing vocational training. continuing higher education, awaiting employment or returns from business. should be $15. with family allowances on the scale of service dependents‘ allowances in addition.

"These are not boys struggling ahead for themselves but men who have earned men's wages. who have hazardcd their lives 011d sacrificed the best and most for- mative years of their live; on very meagre pay and who deserve well by their country," Fit. Lt. Slnclulr eai

mom hi; experience with the

n round-table meeting on rehabil- itation held in his-fomier Muld- ron at. an advanced airfield, he offered other suiflfllflfl"! for 1m- provernents in rehabilitation ar- rangementa.

lie suggested the Veterans‘ Land Act should not require a 10-981‘- cent cash de it and that men going on the end should be CW9“ their farms outright lf they re- mained on them for ilve years.

din o len h oi’ service. giegiinshoiildnbe alowed to retain

their uniforms on disc The Throne

it

ranged over a n53’: of subjects:

search a d treatment.

control order flondemn Wale Order

ver est) and Ht. Mr. Maclnnia laid

Coral Sen 11nd Mid skippered the destroyer I rozic 11s the only war ent accompanying the task forccé

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TOR. Speaking in the Throne Speech de- ‘The open firc order came at 2.

covered shore and the

bombardment. quickly began buildings ship

“““°“"“°" ‘N. "B. Cuts “Licence

der way and suffered

ashore and on ii merchant

against the white s The vessel got uh

- and was left. appar-

ently beached and badly cri After the first confused into the air. the Japanese beflilll -—--» shouting wildly along

pplcrl. firing

their own of

us. NAvv suassshn

ed States navy nur- the first to serve in have arrived here. A nav

A. The clothing allowance should Bank of Canada rediscount rate; b. higher and on a sliding scale, charged by the Central bank on advances to chartered or eavinll banks, will be reduced from 2 1-2 to i 1-2 per cent. effective Feb. I. it was announced late iodo foll- lowing a meeting oi the anks board

. erge. ch debate Post-war education. cancer re-

pensions go; the ind, and the new wage-

An us Meolnnis (COP-Vancou- Lt_ Sinclair

both condemned the wage order it should not-

oe put into effect but be referred

ma; interest rates would not Ioer

lo a House committee for study. Flt. Lt. Sinclair denounced it es‘

(Continued on pegs ‘l. Ool. 1) t

gCar Ferry Makes iSpeedy Crossings

The car feriTwia-s said to he]

‘moving freight between Tome“. ltine and Borden. Ice conditions were said to be very favorable.

The boat made the first trip of the day yesterday afternoon alter repairs. carried out during the week-end. had been completed. The crossing to the mainland took one hour and 13 minutes and the return trip one hour and 20 min- utes. Even better time was made later in the night.

Early this morning railway cf- ficials said the ferry had made three round ttipg already during the night and would continue to operate continuously.

It, “'11s understood that there were 340 freight cars at Tormen- tine yesterday awaiting transport to this province and 150 at Bor- den for the mainland. The ferry curries 12 cars at a time and can make eight round trips a. day un- ,dcr good conditions,

King, McNaughton . Hold Conference

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OTTAWA. Feb. v-(c1>>_1.1.-' Gen. A. G. L. McNuugliton, form-' er Canadian Army commander overseas, spent more than fcui, hours with Prime Ministcr Mac- kenzie King today but when the meeting ended neither the Gen- eral nor Mr, King had anything wlsuy to newspapermcn about their tars

Tonight Gen. McNaughton rc-l t: and railroads in central Italy run- h duy.

arrived from England

Ottawa before returning to Beig- nory Club, accompanied by Mrs. McNaughton and Llcut. Jerry Rau of Windsor. out. “is side. . _

Gen. McNaughton came to Ott- uwa. by automobile for an unann- uunced meeting with the Prime Minister. He arrived at Lauricr House shortly after 1.1 a. m. E. D. T. und the conversations, describ- ccl later by the Prime Minister" as ' znfldeniinl". started-

crclock and the meeting broke up ut

"British Warm“ over his uniform. left Lnurlcr House after shaking hands with the Prune Minister who

by iho appearance of uewspapermen and photographers, applauded the general.

Sighting the reporters, G011. Mc-

lisvp no stairrnent, nothing to say at this time. I must ask your cour-

nioonlisht tesy again not to ask me any qucs- within five miles of shore butter-

les.

'I‘o add to the Japanese confu- sion planes of Commodore Leslie Club "immediately" but "later to~_ et air wing iour- _ 1 hort line BXPN58"—-| Mrs. M. Caldicott stepped out oi mushiro and Shimus- d! (lust Friday night). two SBCWBRS EhOFUY boy went overseas in your 1st nl bombardment, All

ticns!’ He did say. however, that he ‘was not going b:rk to Scignicry

day."

' the little knot of spectators an rushing to the general, saying ‘my

iDlvision, Sir." He put his arm on the vromnn‘; shoulder and talked

Smith. veteran ofi to her in low tones.

battles. As he drove off. the Prime Min- On Whivh‘ lster stood in the door and waved corrcsrwud- @1115 brown fur hut at the disappear-

1 111g car. The general and Mrs. Mc- Naughton waved back. Reporters then crowded around

um.

Star shells illuminated the snnw- Mr, Km; whQ 51.111941 and said; "1 3511011959 have nothing to suy cithnn uc-L a 0"!‘ ihliw. It was Just a confidential

in talk."

license ies for passenger cars w

FLE IJ I; EXCELS IN THE KITCHEN

He made several personal 651i. in ' “ “"" *4 ‘w "’

eoviets Roach Suburbs

i’ Of “Important Nikopol

3.30. Gen. McNaughton, wearing a.

FREDERICTON. Feb. 7- (GP)- landing bntrgefi-‘and Starting April l0 New Brunswick e sea, A our as crce _ _ g-pgsblgzgd behind us, be reduced from as cctnts m hltlllm t° °xpi°d° p°"°d' gixiirdiryieiilrlihtfelo rfinfil Sfrom in m rem gasoline or am- $107 Ho“ w a Anderson. mama. _ of‘ m l¥hlwgirlllzs. annoumgzxllgig-t

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CANADA

When lsnavea betra each ether. one can scarce be bemed, or the other pitted.

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R1111» shows how main hishivuvs! Allied drive.- from Czlssiiio fruit (

verge at Rome. main lhlectlvc oi

. Diplomats Jittery

Mrs. McNaughton and Lieut. Ruu‘ -.lcincd the two for lunch at one

Over lied Plans‘

WASHINGTON. Feb. '1 - (APl — I-"resh evidence that Soviet Rus-

stayed on the steps and waved as 1 _ be ‘b . (1., .» . a. small knot of spectators, ‘drawn, f,§,,,“§,.f§,,.,, glvlfiflgeezjo,f,flg‘§f.lgnfl

has thrown Allied diplomatic quar- ters here into ah advanced state of

litters- The Polish case is coming to be

gziilggmrhéiillgfgegnfll‘,ihfiflnggcaggfi regarded as a severe test of Uni- pressivlcly and silldi “Sorry boys, I1

ted Nations unity, _ not unity in winning the war. but ln maintain- ing the peace miei- victory

‘The chief cause of alarm (vnes from apprehension that Moscow, apparently determined to play a lone hand in Eastern Europe, may set itself up at some point in un- shakeable opposition to courses to which Washington and London have previously committed themsel- V95

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OTTAWA, l-‘cb. ‘l — (C?) — Defence llcadqunrte... tonight announced that a -quotu of li- mitation of wives nnd depen- dents of Canadian officers and soldiers serving there is being fliziblislied bozuusc nf the shortage of housing in New- ioundland-