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rumui Parliament To Rear llew Terms

_ . -,-__. _. A ril 8-fAP)— A oreoise stalcmon of Moscow's armistice demands was slated for presentation to tho Finnish burl!!!- mont to ht. probably with govornmon recommendation

_ tance or reiection.

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, t to th last week. o wen understood reiilbiy to be oi a milder character than original.

couiuo events

"Jud. arrived a few Coal. ‘and Wood Chick Brooucr Stoves. Dllibll It Bolllott 3- .

"Victory Seed Oats to arrived. Book now. McGuigsn s: hoiyslsiol

"Unloading at Brosdslbane. wheat, barley and oats. L. S. Stev- enson. 4

"likooiowshfildondzy. Bradolbune ‘ruoeda . Free Sound Movies. Nat- ional Iain Board. 4-1-31.

"Uni car Oats t Swris. Aoril 4m and 6th. a Brine ban. P. A. Mcleaac. 4-4-21. ..

"S00 Marie PIBYGII in

, 8N P M. 4-4-2i.

and lboesiicr, Lloyd

Oo-operative, Mosell. will be cloeod Good Fri ac’-

II till April 7. lssiio McDowell.

"Unloading car No. 1 Bleed %.. mu “ti”... “still Y” Dillon GI Bllillett.

"Unloading i d is Raariottetown elite-lily llamas»: lhd Wednesday this week. m»: Peed Agency.

" 8on3 ursd for Davis KmhMME! n s -

Klllia . 011111 Keosio. fl-gl-II-ZO-M ti’.

"Iotice- car of Quebec horses rflfld. Will be at Gill‘: ‘ill-Idler. Walter‘ we... y m

Loo hogs at Fredericton 11.30 and Coiviile 2 to i2 analog? . l .

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Oroai. ' 4-4-34. " m- n vis s. Ihser ovary lirad ‘afternoon at. Albany and lmeral Every Fri- aavoforouocn until further Ialltlitc.

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Local Man llies Unexpectedly

Mr. Charles Shephnrd of Cher- iottetcwn died ‘edly at the Revere Hotel here last night.

He was connected with the Mu- nicipal Spraying Company from Halifax in road building projects here for several years prior to the outbreak oi war. At lest m. sion of the P. E. I. Log lature an Island Construction f‘ mpsny was formed and Mr. Shepherd was one of its members. accuse oi his death was not learn- e .

Rumor Rome To ls Evacuated

IRENE, April 8—(CP-lh\iters) --'1'he Rom, correspondent of the newspaper 'Bund" reported today thatliomeistobeevacua . o report added that the reduction of the daily broad ration to about a 1-2 ounces reflects the seriousness of the food position so that author- ities have no alternative but to re- duce the population.

Sweden In Danger

IDNDON, April 8—(OP-ReurArs) -A cable from Reuters oorrespon - out in Stockholm tods said that ‘I °"'°‘..“"a ° iH-‘flm... now n gren r anger o ng - voived in '.'.ae war than at any time since Sop , m.

Finland makes pesce

n with Russia now or later it is consider- “ossible that» itier may de-

H edon the rilht of rs-

aige or iris transport o! his trooul

thian mountains, "hi" lll more elllly defensible terrain. they may "all! Ilfllioratc stand. Bod armies aim at vital pass- es through b-afi rugged Carpathians-

zNazi Battleship nppitz Damaged By Allied Planes

Back

to Carpathian Wall

lossonblmlslun from Russia alter World Woe l, roos- eupisd lfussloin Juns,l 40mm! recaptured Axis InOcrobor. 94f

Black Sea

To prevent satellite no- tions from do ing Nosi comp. Gonna occupying forces folio o i:

weevils. Intro c. ' r Hitler is fact Iulgorlo is not formally of war with

liussig.

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Russian drive. heretofore over fairly flat land, is forcing German

selves and drastic

Hap also shows

IONDON. April S-(Cw-The Tiroitz. last capital battleship in Hitler's furtive navy, has been hit b several bombs from British nav- s pianos. an Admiralty commun- ique said todag.

‘lhis fresh low to neutralise German sea power was dealt as the western Allies speed final prepara- tions ior continental invasion in wthich dominion of the seas will be

The terse communique gave few details of the attack saying merely; "Naval aircraft have carried out a successful bombing attack on the C battleship Tirpitz in Ai- tcn fiord, north Norwsy. Bgvgrgl hits were obtained."

Her two-year hideout is more than L000 miles iron-i the nearest

British bases so it was obvious the st was carried out by planes from carriers.

Since she was holed up in misty. high-walled Alton fiord, British forces have no after her from ow the surface. Last

t. 22 an attack by midget sub- marines soored hits which reached hor hull.

SIOOIG-IOLM. A ll L-(AI-‘l- ’I‘ho attack by Bri

craft on the German Tirplts recent was baled formation th

l t mgyvossei to make a dash orix. is-rsm-‘rns .8. acknowio ed

a no ern N n.

claimed "the attack was our defence and did ll gifoct"

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now for - ol Rating d alti- lilb bombingsrlliav? starts‘? skin-

sombing. _ Airacobraa of tb; coastal

lust woek rscsd over an ares oasi-

Osclna on the Ita wost coast

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arose over which Balkan nations fight among them-

steps llftlcr has taken to forestall

satellite nations from deserting the Nasi fold. Note: Russians have advanced across Prut River since above map was made and have made other gains at mrious points along the line.

Suggest Part 0t Gnt. Should Join Manitoba

orrrawa. April r—<°P>—°°“' stituticnal authorities. their curi- osit aroused bv a- proposal thri- nort iwest Ontario, including Nrl William and Port Arthur. should secede from Ontario and in Manitoba. todsv due 0i"? WSW copies of the British North Amer- ice. Act to learn what would be ne- cessury to reshape the boundaries

Budapest Raicled First Time By U. S. Bombers

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Nam-sis. ADrll s-(Arl-Wiwi states hevay bomber fleets bomb- ed Budapest ior the first time to- day. smashing hard et rflliroilill linking Germany with the Bellflll front already gungtulegjyqtissisn N. April l - l All railway stations in Budap- eshgaidedmy [invited Stat; oavy m films and all hlghway traffic been halted at the

ti! been shot at confirmed.

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at tree-top level. bouncing bombs along the groimd and into the side of a train. and factory building

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Phenomenal Red Drive Still Rolling

By noes MUNRO

mnnou, April s-(cr Cable)— The uierman army is iacins its gravest days 0i’ ithfl W5!‘ as "l?! Russians oeve in the defences of Romania. and the and e massive Allied expeditionary force holds itself ready in Britain for the invasion hour.

The Red Army advance has ex- ceeded every expectation. London views its as “ beyond the most sanguine hopes.

Now thq German high command has to decide where it is 801118 to make a flnul stand against the So- viet onslaught and it. also has to relate in plans to anti-invasion pio-larations in the wast. ' The Germans are worried bv the fact that th invasion has not been launched. S ould the Russian ad- vance speed on the Nazis may‘ be forced to weaken their western de- fences in many places by sendins a considerable number of divisions to the east and this appears to he what they fear most.

In addition to army reserves sent to Hungary. Rumanis and the Car- athlans recently, some divisions have been taken from Norway and Denmark and three Or four hair gone to the Carpathians from Aus- tria and Yugoslavia, was learned here.

Bug this placement

for heavy losses on the vast Rus- sian battlc line. To give real sup- port to the east. the enemy probab- Y

France and the wherg the strongest German cos in the west are ooncentra w German army chiefs now are going to be forced to take mat risks in juggling any oi this army sprawling over Europe.

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lion-Provincial Conference May Be in Early Fall

UITAWA. April 8—-(CP)--Al- though official word is lackinghit is now believed that the proposed Dominion - Provincial Conference will not take place until late sum- mer or early fall.

When it was first decided to hold a conference, Easter Week was considered n possible time. but in the interval provincial legislatures have been in session and Prime Min- ister rlidflfikftitzie King's last _wcrd to

_ Read by Everbody Gem's Priaee Edward Island Like the Dew Cl-IARDUPTETOWN. CANADA, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1944

A ADVA CE IN Til RUMANIA

ACE QARKEST DAYSQOF yin

War Situation Last Night,

By KIRK! h. SIMPSON Associated Press War Analyst There are strong fntimstions that in southeastern Europe the first closely-integrated phase of "Ag Russian-Allied attack to smash Germany

has been reached with a Red Army lied bombing of Budapest.

Just how wide and deep the first Russian penetration across the Prue river north of lasi junction went, Moscow reports did not. immed-

lafciy reveal.

The plush across the Prat seems oriented to the southwest along the

Iasl-Gslatf railway which reached

Galntl- That ls the most vulnerable sector of the Pffihlhlg Nazi defence line in the Carpathians linked with the Dsnublan dolls.

' through across the Slref. at that point to ilebouch into the Danubian plain south of the transylvanian Alps would in)“ Red spearheads withing striking distance of Bucharest and Ploestlk web I

A Russian ‘

of oil pipe lines.

Linked with the Russian drivg across the Pout came the first Allied bombing oi Budapest, rail and road hub in Hungary vital to Nazi defence lines throughout the Balkan region. are beginning to close in from the east and ‘_, In an effort to bite off the whole Balkan peninsula. or at. least to force Bulgaria out of the war, cut off Hitler's Rumanlsn oil supply and break the back of Romanian adherence to the Nazi:

Russian Allied p’ west ‘ ‘

CIIISG.

With Allied air power smashing at Nazi supply lines from the west to facilltstg the Russian land drive. the bombing of Budapest looks to be thg first move in the south to Implement Teheran Allied-Russian com-

mitmehis.

Local Mend-ridiculed In Arrivals From Overseas

Reds Gall 0n Romanians To Abandon Nazis

LONDON, April 4 — (Tues- dovi — (C?) — The Moscow Ia- dio. in a broadcast in the name of the oviet Government, call- od on the Rumanian people today to abandon the Germans and capllulate at once.

The broadcast, recorded by the London Daily Mall, said: "Unless you (Romanians) do so. the whole of your country will becomes ti and your

towns and vlllalts a heap of ruins."

The call went out while the battle for Ilumania was app- roaching s. climax with the spearheads of the Bod Army laulroady well beyond the Prat

ver.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Southwest Pacific, April 4 —

the on the was that it was not possible yet to find a dots suitable to all concerned.

Now that the Easter period has been abandoned, prospects of find- inz an early dais are remote. For one thing Mr. King has to attend the conference of Empire Prime Ministers in London.

CARAQUEI‘. N.B., April 3-(6?) —Dr. F. X. Comenu, oldest practis- ing physician on the North Shore, died at his home here today after a. brief illness. l-Ie is survived by his wife BXLI two sons, C. O. Com- eau. Rogersvilie. Nd. and R» C. Comeau, Garoquet. Arid one dough-

making Mosserschrnitls for the Luftwaffe. A great force of four-engined

bombers made the round tidP 01 nearly 1.000 miles from Italy to trike at the Nazi war machine in he Hungarian capital est-ride the . of Europe's most es

It was the first largo-scale gttack ever mode on Hun ry or Buds- pest, although the c ty was bomb- ed hy the ussians earlier in the war.

The bombers drove home the closest blow yet to the front lines of the advancing Red army- Buda- pest, one of the most important

l centres of central Europe. is

, 1S0 miles from the Car- pathian r Poss. nearly resch- ed by the Soviets.

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(Tuesday) — (AP — Further 4*‘ of the Bougainville Japanese from the American

perimeter at Empress Augusta Buy was reported today by All- ied headquarters which also said big fires were set in a dawn bombing raid on Truk in the Carollnes. Evidence of mass burials of Japanese dead indic- afcd- heavy loss of life in the fierce Bougninville I ' .

BUENOS AIRE-S. April 3 — (AP) -_ The Argentine Government de- creed today that all commercial radio stations in the country must subscribe to the services of the Ar- gentine News Agency, and at a cost ranging from five to 15 percent of their gross income.

PEARL HARBOUR. April 3- (AP)- United States forceo have occupied more atolls in the Mar- shall Islands, giving them poss- ession of all but Jaluit Atoll in the western Chfllrl of islands and making a total of l4 from which the Japanese have been cleared, Admiral Chester ' W. Nimlll. Central Pacific Commander. an- nounced today.

WASHINGTON, April 3 —- (AP)

l- Interior Secretary Harold Ickes 861d Wflllht that "contrary to thclagaihst the left flank

impression held in some quarters." there is no possibility at this time of increasing civilian gasoline rations in any section of the United States.

WASHINGTON. April 3 -—iA- P) — A disclosure that the Un- ited Statos Is developing longer- range fighter planes, presum- ably to protect flights of the huge new 8-29 super bomber. came gimultaneousl today with the announcement of record- shatterlng aircraft production in March. The aircraft industry turned out 9.11s combat Pllflfl last month. toppin 0.000 for the first time.

Painting Presented To National Gallery

OITAWA. April 8—(CP)— Priihe Minister Mackenzie King announced today that I-LS. South- am. chairman of the Board of trustees of the National Gallery and vice-president of the South- am Publishing Company, has pre- sented to the gallery a pointing by Nicolas Poussin 0504-106) entit- led “Romantic Landscape.”

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UPTAWA, Aipril a - Canada has welcomed a new srouppi arrivals from oversees-Canadian Nnvy. Anny and Airfcrce personnel, British wives of Canadian servicemen and their children, and merchant sea- men.

They came to the Dominion from overseas ior reasons varying from taking over and manning merchant ships to discharge from the ser- vices, heipln in the new victory loan and set ng u!) homes hem to s/wait the return o Canadian fig-ht- ing me

Common misfortune ls a strong bond of union.

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0f Heavy Nazi Army Casualties

By TOM YARBOROUGH

Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON. April 3-iAP)—Rill sian troops pouring into Runisn . on 9, broad front have captured villages and struck 1o within nin miles of the rail centre of last iviiilc to the north 183.310 Germ< ans have been killed a d 24,95 captured on the 1st UkXli-hg front alone, Moscow announced tonight.

Ths remnants oi i5 German di- visions, criginslly a front oi be-

tween 150,000 and 125.000 men, plSU have been encircled on ihl lst Ukraine from, north of thl

middle Driiesier river in the Skills area 20 miles northwest Kam- enets-l>odolsk. "and are being iiunicd down." said a special com- munique detailing the huge Axjl

losses for the period between Murcli 4 and liiarch 3i. German-Rumeiilan lines werd

crumbling on a 450-mlle from, from deep inside pro-war Poland down to Odessa on the Black Sea area, the Russians said.

The German l-ligh Command commimiquirsald Axis troops still were holding out at Stanisls TarnopolAand Kovel in Polsn and fighting off heavy Russian ai- tncks near Mogilev in Whit; Rus< sis. and south of Pskcv opposite tho Latvian and Ehtonian borders. M051 cow wns silent about these sectors,

Hungarian troops were reported counter-attacking the Russians as Etimlsgau in southeastern Poland.

Reporting on the Russians’ first expedition oi the wsr beyond their own frontiers. Russian war corres spondents said Red Army staffs already had established hcudquart. ers on Rumaninn soil, end descrih< ed enemy soldiers as retreating like a horde cf tremps-barefootcd uiishe-veri. dirty and unarmed bu‘ carrylns bags of loot and laying

n. Prominent among the army men was Capt. Tony Condy, Halifax. an officer oi the Rnyal Canadian Regiment who went overseas morci than 4 1-2 years ago and was the first Canadian soldier t0 be decorat- ed. Shortly alter he returned from France during the fateful June of 1940 Capt Condy was awarded t British Empire Medal. Since then he has served with e R..C.R.’s and the 8th Army in Sic y and Italy.

A native of Spzinghill, N.s., he to take part in the Vic- tory loan drive.

Another hero who expects to lend a hand in the loan is Sgt. W. J- Brooks of Amherst, N.S., who won the military medal in Sicily while serving with the ROE. Sgt. Brooks was reticent about his dec- oration and said if anybody want- ed to know the why and wherefore oi his medal they'll have to lock un his citation.

Oldest soldier to return was Ca t. G. W. Bullock. fi. oi Bridge- wa er. N.$.. who, as officer com- manding and with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, took the West Nova Scotla regiment overseas as part of the lst Division. When he finished his job with the West Novas he accepted another nrmv appointment overseas and was in Italy when his son, Capt. Reg Bul- lock. was fatally wounded in sc- tion. The son died in his father's arms. )

Men from Prince Edward Island in the irroun included. Pie. A. J. Bpllcllard. Charlottetown; Gnr. E. W. Ellis, Charlottetown; Pie. _W.J. ncnnessev Charlottetown; Pte. M. P. Pasher. Charlottetown: Pie. R. D. Johnston. Mount Stewart.

German Raid At Anzio Beaten 0ft

NAPLES, April J-(A-Pl-Italiall troops fighting with the Allied 5th army have captured a third peak northeast of Cassino, it was an- nounced today, and an attack by 150 German infantrymen against Allied defences on the Anzio beach- head was thrown back with losses.

Led by flame-throwers, the Nazis launched their latest attack of the beachhcad Just before dusk on Friday today's announcement ss-icl By midnight the attackers either were dead or routed, though mor- tar fire thundered through tho night.

There were indications the Ger- mans had made their last major assault a ainat the lzachhead and had deci ed to try and seal it cit.

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the land waste as they went. Regular ferry crossings across tin- Prut were reported established facilitating the flow of Soviet cav- airv tanks and infantry into a mlzhiy Balkan push, and mg crossing scenes were described as peaceful now except for the drone of distant enemy planes and the cough of anti-aircraft guns. ,

Allies In Night Raid Gn Hungary

LONDON. April 4 -— (Tuesday) (C?) —- Allied bombers were Tlpo-l: ted in a Berlin broadcast early w. day w have made a night m...“ into Huuauixv iollowinr the heavy daylight "ill UDOn Budapest yester- dgtsby Italy-based United Staicg

Soon after midnight. ms Gonna radio station said a “Small nurnbe of planes." was approaching ihq Hungarian capital

Earlier, i‘. had warned of single enemy aircraft apilroachinl south. m" Germflny. suggesting a foray by British Mosquitoes which lately have been dropping 4,003 noun.‘ blockbusters.

TORONTO. April 3—<CP)—Sn- cinl Credit supporters from Brit. ish Columbia to Nova Scotia were authorise her.- todsy for opening of a national three-day convention tomorrow iii xviiicli they expect t9 form _ n ‘Dominion-u-ide political unionization and name a national leader.

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