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llsrlias Guardian. Ieanileil "L! Charlottetown Guardian. Two Cents.

iii; Destroys Dwelling House At Montague

lire at Montague yesterday as. tsrnoou gutted the dwelling oi Mrs. Calvin Hilchey, whoa‘ husband is overseas with he Cane/lien ces. Origin of the fire

ls not known.

' tly the blsae broke out ii the temporary absence oi libs occupants o the building and had gained considerable head/way before it was discovered. The town's v0 unteer fire department respond-

ed quickly but the fire was too far b

advanced to save the building. All oonten on tho second floor, where

the i appeared to have oriain- atod. were ost but some furniture was salvaged from the Iround

amount of the loea was not _. was partialLv covered insure .. .

“Still A Chance" For. Repair Ship At llriice Stswsrt’s

‘Ihflii them was still a possibility . L! l M"! Bhll) 00min: to Char- ‘ttlgois winter for a re air , , ,0 ,,_ .. a. Board of ‘glue 0511201111166:- lnilast night by LtL-Col. 0. l... Y.» Beheral manager of Bruce ‘lawn-t and Oo..‘1.tdl Col- y was not optimistic as to this possibility, but stated he bad been in conference with the Hon. C MacMllla-n concerning the in tor and that Mr. MacMil- ii ‘not entirely lost hope" in the local firm being able to secure angher ship. ith reference to theposslblllty 0i a contract to make ammuni- tion or. shell cases for the Ameri-

can, Government, Col. MacKay said

gmfnitrewai-gs had a sultaZa or e work and had the

matter under consideration.

"r-‘Milm president oi the Board oi Trade. presided at the ineetinl, at which consider- able correspondence was read by t secretary. Mr. w. 1.. Higgins.

those Present were Col. G. E. rill. Messrs. V. A. Ainsworth, B. l}. Mutch. B. A. McLeod. Col. lemma. M. bass. A. w. Mathe- wh. Dr. J. A. Clark and Lt.-Col. I. B. Rogers.

001. Full informed the meeting that about 50 per cent of the Pivvingc‘: Potato crop had been siiippe . He said that t

tion would not appear to o fer- an 51111911"? Be the farmers had i111 April to dispose oi the remainder a the crop. About. lo r esht or the tatoes so far sh pped irom the ovince had been sent by water. Such water shipments had lone far in helping to relieve 11.1.‘. rairiserator cai- situation. Col. Pull explained.

Coming Events

as] o" a h January wh. A ex fisei§§1fi'.}‘.““‘ “m uve and ceased ocul- gln-a P60“ stléfiugnarket prices. is-

_ I Ltd. 11-17-ti. -"9flilalid District l. o s. meets i ,1 _' ‘ ' Shore.’ Jgnuflvuai. ytdfgio i???‘ . 1_ _

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-:'l:vw wiltshire district 1.0.1.. oed

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cANAomis INQ ew Apvsucsz

IIONDON, Jan. 5—(CP)—Ger. man reports suggested today - without Allied confirmatiom-ihat Briitiisih and. Canadian troo s ivci-e on e move ago ll near N me en, Holland. with the Canadiarjls ignit- lfls the town oi 1-lemme in an at- tack led by flame-throwing tanks. and British troops attacking wane. sum. north oi Venlo.

The German news agency claim- ed the Canadians attacked l-lemme. about seven miles northwest oi Niiimegsn. yesterday and "st the pr co of heavy casualties succeed ed ln Penetrating to the ruins of the town."

A report to the Stockholm news. paper Dagens Nyheter from its Berlin correspondent said the German Foreign Office was cx- pecting a full-scale British ciien- sive in the Nijme en sector and that civilians, inc iiding wonicn and girls. were being drafted to uild ‘ positions in West-

phalia.

The Germans claimed tonight that their offensive in northeast- ern France had pushed back shr American and French divisions and pierced the Maiiinot Line on a. till-mile line extending on both sides oi Bitcha.

Glllll-hir Weber. a German com- mentator. claiming that the Ger- mans "broks through" the Maginot lune on a front oi at least 25 miles. said that the most advanced Nazi spearhead was reported to b6 30 miles south oi the German border after some oi the heaviest fighting oi the war.

Another German commentator, Capt. Ludwig Sertorius, reported that the American 1st Ariny, stronsly supported by British tanks. had scored advances in the Grandrnenil-Hotton sector. but said that a German armored counter-thrust, had broken up a srd Army attempt to only lqcal

. sinsle

major assault. l In the midst of these battle- front reports. Berlin broadcast a proclamation calling on the Ger- man population to contribute uni- iormh-party. army, police. fire- men's, railway and postal-to help clothe the German Army and the new People's Grenadier Army.

Discuss Problems Cf Ontario Potato Growers

TORONTO. Jan. n -- (or) _ 5lBl>Diniz up the yield and quality of Ontario potatoes is necessary to meet ccnipetition irom increases production in other parts oi Can- ada. growers‘ representatives were told today at a meeting of the Ont- ario Agricultural Inquiry Com- mission at Queen's Park.

A syotcm oi whereby on-- ly the most ' br used for prow- ‘3 matter; to oi tho ombulsori

oi potetoe; and enforce

regulations under the Farm Grades and Sales Act. oi potato truckers and ex-- oi grading and storage fac-

view was expressed that un- less growers now holdin: substan- tial quan ‘ oi potatoes reieasn them rrratlualiv rltiririsz the next twu months, a possible slut oi iile mar- et would result in late spriniz viuth fiisnsequent disruption oi price lev- e _

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WHIBKY DlSTUlERY T0 RESUME

LONDON, Jan. 5 - (C?) - The big Campbelltown Whisky Distil- leries in Scotland. idle since 194. will resume production soon. was disclosed today. ‘llieir outPlll will derend on the barley quota. but in ormed sources say this expected to be sufficient ior three 012.10"! mvnlbushilstflllos-

F?

Stem Enemy

By CHAR-LIB LYNCH (Billion War Corresgznrlentl

"Ouminaifleld credit Union o issrriltlirllg rrasoousarsna .1 ' ' “lmnlfrilum. January s-icP-itsutei-s) - British ‘irow. ‘ma,’ "ll-l- "N! 90 were thrown against Field Marshal

' l" l- Von grundsttied ‘a ‘ctgunitfr-giieengive ' on l I .

"Livestock Nvivw tilt rryund tw-o also.“ m hoes week oi Jan eta. tie i.s ‘ginninu and the decks IN “N.” éiiiiiiffifin. your ststli n' dgredusiffomt‘ “and ‘oiiditei- the

n . , _ . ..°' “when if need . start oi “m. 585$.’ lmedribiez. » —-"- eorrea aa ua - "UYIIMOI Marketing Board ers w??? told I confidence that h slung! :11. 1mm’? tailed comm d oi icigcrgs this

' . . I1 l1 8 in charge. i-e-ii. brunt the enemy's

young i at erfegrnmdgiesiiii; ll. Jl. Oiiar ottetown Mark: one i.oo ass. York. morph llavsn. Payinl egoo a pa

a paid”? I his 01' 0 black teeth. Knugl%rl:hm.

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British troops were rollina "f°t§°imtti§yie°°sb° ‘.'i'.‘.?."€i.‘i‘.‘°. so I I ‘ it: breach Mi‘. United Beater

y us. Anxious days followed. but man oi the United States let Army who

across what.

British Troops Helped

had fought so valiantly under “Old " “Gillan”: NOT‘

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, JANUARY s, 1945

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_N'Var §ituaiti0il Last Night

- "' ' """_ By KIRK! L. SIMPSON- (Aasoclnted Press War Analyst) Plagued by appalling winter weather. the battle of the Belgian bulge is building toward a climactic clash.

German and Aiiicd observers alike have heralded It ll the neat de- cisive action oi the war in the west.

0n its outcome largely may hinge the duration of the war ln Eur- ope. Belated disciosu from Allied Supreme Headqua wvlI of British us well as American forces now engaged, and of a shift In highest iielil iissixnmenta that divides the bulge front Into north and acuth flank sectors. the one under British and the other under American top opcrriiiimni command. definitely changes the whole ‘_ ‘ ‘ picture.

It goes for to confirm the view that the great Allied pincer opera- tion against the narrow and vulnerable waistline of the Naai bulge into Belgium marks iar more than an attempt to regain lost ground and restore the situation prior to the German break-through smash in mid-December. 1t looms nowaa a full scale Allied offensive, not merely us a counter-attack. _

It now is disclosed that British troops had aiflved to hack up the shaken American 1st Army on the critical northern flank oi the Ger- man break-through within 4‘ hours of the first German onset. The assignment oi Field Marshal Montgomery to command oi all Allied forces on that. flank as well the whole northern end oi the Allied linen came at the some time.

Out oi all circumstances now revealed can be deduced the impres- sion thiii a. major policy decision was made by the highest Allied rnlil- tiiry command evcn before the German drive had begun to slow down. While it was hinted at in Gen. Eisenhower's subsequent confident order to all his troops, only now does a glimpse of its far-reaching nature be- gin to appear, isndioi the moves made bcHn-l "we lines to implement that change in plans promptly and effectively.

There seems no longer question that all previous winter offensive plnns were shelved by the Allies as soon as the true nature oi the German thrust was revealed.

The judgment was that the chance presented to come to grips with the enemy in the open, not against his deeply fortified Siegfried Line positions should not be lest. Destruction oi enemy armies, not capture ni key towns or ports. is the objective of n11 warfare. Enough of the flower of the German army in ‘he west has been committed to the Belgian bulge operation in bran-ant a mayor Allied efiprt to smash it utterly.

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British‘ Forces

g y.

CALCUTTA, Jan. 5 —- (AP) —- British and Indian forces in an clnboraie water-home swoop cap- iurcd the important port oi Akyah on the wcst coast of Burma \vith- out firing a shot. This was the last big Japanese naval and air base in western Burma and its capture virtually scaled the fate of Man- dalay, 230 miles to the northeast.

The Japanese. who had made the city of 40,000 a. chief base of operations since May, 1942, fled be- fore three British columns swarm- cd ashore on Akyab Island — on tviiich the city is situated-early Wednesday morning, Allied Head- quarters announced today. Land- ing forces encountered only mines and booby traps.

Capture of the port gives the Allies an invaluable new forward base for future operations against the Japanese in Lower Burma. In addition to a splendid harbor Ak- yab boasts seven military airflelds capable oi handling the largest bombers.

British and American airmen have blasted tlie port so relent- lessly in the last year that it had become known here at headquart- ers oi the Allied land forces oi southeast Asia as the "Burma Bulls-ave.“

Actual occupation oi the prized island ivas something of an anti- climax, as Group Capt. W. D. David oi the RAF. had boldly landed a small liaison plane on one oi its airiiclds the previous day and discovered that the Jap- oncse had ivlihdrawn to the main- land New Year's day.

British and Indian troops, tak- ing no chivnces on an enemy trap, struck the island from three dir- actions.

In withdrawing the Japanese tried to take laborers oi the local population with them, but desist- ed when the Burmese threatened to fight thcm with guns buried by the British forces when they retreated in 104

bombers Raid German City

LONDON, Jan. 5 — (CP) -Tlle R.A F. scnt more than 1,000 homo- ers against Ciel-many tonight. star.‘- lll_' dllnl attacks (m two targets, and RCA F. liezivv bombers shared in the most powerful of the blows- tiiat directed against l-lanriover.

Some 75 R.A.F. Hzillfiixes pounded this big industrial citv in the first attack iirid ii smaller force of Lancastcrs dclivcrcd a following plow ii. short time later.

A strong force .l'l‘O1l'l the Cun- zidiiin Bomber Group took part in the battering of Hannover, a city of 500,000 population.

Swift Mosquito bombers for the second night in a row hammered twice at Berlin, drowhiriil 4-909" pound bombs on the German cap- ital.

New Commander Of R.C.M-P. atMoncton

EDMONTON. Jail. 5 —— (C?) - Sub-inspcctor W E. Buchanan has been appointed to head the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Suib- division at Mono-ton. N 13-. 1t W85 announced here today.

He icincd the police force l“ 1916 and served overseas in the First Great Wrir. He returned to poliicc work in 1910 and received his pro- motion to Steif serzcnnt five years ego l-le was made a Sub-impeobor last. month

HEAD-S PILOTG ASSN. MONTREAL, Jnn. 5 — (CF) -

Capt. R. E. Hatfield of Winnipeg. has been elected president oi the

is Canadian Airlines Pilots‘ Associn- 7- . - d iti t nakln untenable 3;)?‘ u w“ nnmmced M" w flnlnsyflapfidllg: pgsiltioris fin Western

Burma, seizure oi the island prom-

ises free irom two to four div- isions oi Allied troops to ush on toward the vital 11011 0! 5080011-

ll to th southeast neai

$13: nxfiiuth oi theeiirrawaddy Riva. British capture Ra ever nearer-would us

Offensive

growin

Read by

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

A. S. ll. Probes ' Violation 0f A Censorship

By The Associated Prom

Supreme Headquarters in Paris annoii-ncpu Fbiday that stories cir- oulaitod in North America by Time Ilioimzine and the United Press iii admamce of official 1'1 sclcsiire o-f change; in the Allied Western Front OClfnmimzl liod been brought under immediate lnvfstiiziiiticn as gogtetsible violations of military sec-

Y.

In Washington, the wai- Deioart- mom sold Anny review officers faled to detect the fact- tliat one particular pziriigrairh of tlio Time

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Berlin Reports London tinder Rocket Barrage

LONDON, Jan. 5 -— (CPI s-The Germans who tried and failed last summer to knock out London with the V-1 flying bomb. claimed to- day to have stepped up the V-2 rocket barrage.

The Berlin radio claimed that volleys oi’ the 10-ton radio-con- trolled projectiles had been in- creased ln the last 2~i hours with all the destructive rockets aimed at the sprawling urbzm area of

greater London.

The British Ministry of Homo Security said in its communique that "iiierc has been enemy iiir activity directed against southern England. . . . Damages and cas- ualties were reported."

Berlin however, aazidxvthat n riew"'iirid'er round plan ‘was manu- facturing t e mighty projectiles in addition to earlier facilities tvhicii Berlin claimed had produced more than 1,000 V-2 rockets since 111-: start of the successful launching by the Germans last autumn.

There was nothing in ihc dani-

age caused by recent V-2‘s to indicate that the Germans can control the rocket and its 2.000-

polind warhead after it starts its plunge from n height of 50 or more miles.

Rumbling explosions have rock- ed various widely-separated parts of southern England. with death and damage almost exclusively confined to civilians. Recent ex- nlosioris have uTccl-red blocks ‘if flats, urban bungalow develop- ments. a hospital, a library and a church Vicarage.

In some cases fire has followed the explosions but fatalities have been comparatively light.

One Life-Lost In Naval Barracks Fire

N.S.. Jail. 5 — (CPJ—1".lI‘€ breaking out 5n a naval barracks here early claimed the iiie oi one man, but so others in tilo building escaped without in-

Jilly-

J. Wilfred Doherty. an electri- cal artiiiccr from New Wcstminis- ier, B C., was iiitallv injured when he fell from a polo iiftcr * inl: shocked iviiiie clisconncrwtiili: a vow- ei" wire lcndiniz into the bluzini! building.

Breaking out while the nien were in bed, the flames rue-ed swiftly tiircugli the ‘P-sililpcd buildllli-l. _3J by 20 feet in size. Almost all inc furnishings were lost. and most of the men escaped with only their night clothes.

The cause of the lire 110i known.

Pleased. hhiqjelectioh Of New Archbishop

‘TORONTO. Jan. 5 -—- (C?) - Most Rev. Derwyn '1‘. Owen. Ami!‘ bishop of Toronto and Primate of the Church of England in Can- ado. said toda nomination by the King of Rt. ev. Geoffrey Fran- cis Fisher. Bishop cl Million a“ Archbishop of Canterbury should he a‘ mattfr of rejoicing for eh peop e.

Aurchhiflhop owen said he hail met Bishop Fisher and wasulgéiitl;

SHELBURN E.

W85

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§§§".'i... ght across the aye. ia devoted and very tolerant but mandy steadied their ranks, slowed pointy-gulp, and prepare the wash hard and accomplishes the Germans onrush. halted it and fq- ggklnfl Biricapore. much. then pushed the swflfheliil bidi- i "~*---

Lt-Gen. Omar Bradley. havinz relinquished the hulk of his 12th Army Group annies to Montan- msqq turned hi4 full attention to the southeaialnl flank of the enemy's

en .

Ardenrles agedmsst {bpglegl “mum: 01th Uni 8 93 All" In eBradley was quick to brine it to er.

The result wastlhe {filial of Bar-

man h . half-flab this VII-as iloinit on British troops were rushlna scroll country and m“ gho “n55 incinR the fill’- msr Ggfmjin penetrations iiortll

t. “uwhiifi? Rundstcilt. who had hoped to be at least in Antweril. l8 0099M between British forces on the northwest and Ilmelwllll t0 ._ the north and south

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Situation 0n Western Front

(By Tile Canadian Pres!) The Western Friday

night:

1st Canadian Army: No change reported.

British 2nd. U. S. 9th. U. S. lat Armies: Montgomery isn- nounceil as in command of U. S. 9th and 1st Armies along north- ern sector of Ardesines salient zis wcil ns British, Canadian Arm- ies. British armor and infantry iarlvunneil 2.000 yards rill along their front on northwestern and western tips oi bulge. Americans drove dent deeper iit neck.

U. S. 3rd Army: Bradley corn- Iianrls on southern fliink of Nnzi bulge; Amr-ricnns withdrew ti-m miles in Mlclismps urea northeast of Bzisiogne and one mile norir Wardin, southeast o! Bnstoyrnc.

U. S. 7ili Army: German at- tack in cast France loomed as fiill-iilnivri offensive. Germans 15 iriilcs lnslilc France. l2 miles from SPXOTIH! Gap, kcy tn sir-as. bmlrg.

French 1st Army: reported.

Newgiixciiange 0f Prisoners is Arranged

Front

No change

OTTAWA, Jun. 5 — (CP) -~-Bl‘i!- .2111 illlti Ciillnda as well its l1l€ United Sizilcz. llliVt.‘ 1'(.‘Z"'lL'i1 iiil xgrrrlneni ivilii Germany for a.

iurtliel‘ exchange oi‘ prisoners of W111‘, it was learned today from an aililioritiiiivc source.

The source said that it tires ex- pected that between '10 and iii) Canadians would be among 1,750 subjects the Germans have airrccd to release.

The Canadians would return "aboard tile Swedish ship Grips- llolni and would arrive in New York sometime 'in February. Names of the rcpzitrisitcs were not available as yet but next-of-lcin would be ilotlflcd as soon as pos- sible. tlic source said. There would be no Canadian civilians (llIlflnE the repatriates.

About '10 or B0 seriously sick and ivounded German prisoners oi war will be repatriated by Canada. It was merely a coincidence that the number of prisoners to be ex- changed by Canada and Germany was about the some. Tiicre was no counting of heads in cx- changes of prisoners. but there was in exchanges of civilian in- ternces.

The Germans liiid reported that 1.750 British Commonwealth pris- i-ncrs were repiitrinblc. There “'11s no way oi breaking down the ilumbei‘. but from information gathered by the protecting power it ivris judged ilicre would be onlv 70 0i‘ 80 Canadians aiming the ro- patriatcs.

FUR AUCTION

REGINA. Juli. 5 — iCPl~Abolit 20.000 pelts. valued nt nii esti- mated 0100.000, will be auctioned here Tilcsdii lit lilo first sale of the Snskatcficiviin Fili- Morktirig Agency. a Gnvcrnllicilt-oivrlctl mur- lgging service.

SASK.

Russia Recognizes Lublin Government

B! JOHN A. PAliRlfi. JR.

LONDON. Juli. 5 —- tAP) —-S0\‘—

let. Russia today brought to a head one o1 the tiiorniest problems fac- ing the impending “big three" con- fcrcnoe by extending formal recoil- iiltion to tile Polish PYUl/lsifllllii Government of Liibiin iiiid miikiiiil a clean break with ihc Polish rc- giina in London, which is recoupi- zcd by Great Britain and the United States. The Soviet move emphasi- zed with iinulitv ilic iimbilitv of Russia, Britain and the United States to agree on the Polish dill-s- tion arid brought a ilciinitc snlli in Big-Three unity.

Britain mid the Llnitcd Stairs had been infolmcd officially t‘. Russia's intention in advance (.1

lliiilotl

today's announcement

Both Britiiiii uiid the ‘ States followed tho-Russian slip ment with a rciicrnilcii of i arliiounrzsmcilis four dnas 0'1" l1‘ they still were stoiiiiiiiz ‘cv V11: l.-.ii

don Polish CiC'v'CI‘llllli‘.lli.. ’ _’_ Cau hi. bcttwen this iiipliniiaii.