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ASIIINGTON. Dec. l3 —(APl 11]; Senate refused day to m (h, 5g Lawrence Seaway m," t0 the post-war Riven |ad Harbors Bill.

There had been little hope that . hulle project would be autho- ‘.. by the "lame duck" congress ch goes out oé olilce next Jan. Senator eorge . Aiken .- 1ft.) made a valiant effort nlelgimmllxhfforces arrayed a lili! ie . - m _' ct senator John H. . Opposed the .. of trying to make this agree- .. with Canada subiect of u . vote in congress rather than treaty which would require a two- ‘. . vote oi the Senate. The Dolect. which calls for ex- nditure of some $280,000,000 for cement of water power alone me vicinity of Cornwall. Ont.. , menft

nited tes March l9. 19B. jecausc an earlier treaty cover- ‘ this broicct was defeated in the . te alter ratification by Can- . l, panlauient. thie new agree- . at was left for American dispos- hefore Canada acts. There his bcen a question of hetber it should go through con- ess as an executive agreement or treaty and today's action indicat- a strong feeling against the foir- method 0i procedure

ustmlian Are; ees Drought End

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. -1I —- Glvlible) — Steady rain, the i _ ior months, fell in large areas t liew south Wales today, bring- r- hope of a break in the drought has afflicted vast areas of

r lla, including the major t-grcwing areas. The fall i- from half to an inch. The liilll, affecting large areas of cw South Wales. Queensland, teiia and South Australia, is r oi the ivcrst in the common- - history.

oming Events

"Ehanuock School Concert. "'1 Dtatcmber rum. 12-13-111.

‘lfiliristmris Concert, Auburn "~* December 16th. 12-13-11.

"Christmas R0011, Wliisloe ~ - school. December Wtildum n

“Pinch work ousllicn covers for - APplv 4e‘ Baviiold Btifietalg u

“Piece Graham's Road Hall. sy rilgnt, Dec. 13. 12-12-21

“Qhiietmas Concert. Deocmber ' It it P. M. ln Malgslifzieid

"Next shipment dressed hogs “ lie December 15th. Book Mc- . in dc Boyle 12-5-1oi

"Billion live and dressed poul- ~Plillilu ion market prices. 1s- " Cold Storage mo. ll-1‘l-tf.

"Freeroirn, Wednesday, Dec. Nillloiliil Film Board movies. l 12-12

‘rshfield school Concert in “may. Dec. in, e

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_ ia-ia-zi '9"! Sale in nid of Basilica 5001M’. Rio rs Hardware. i afternoon. 12-16- .

u "__‘ Dummlfllge Christmas Con- ibflfiember 21st at e p. m. in .» ' 101d Hall. 12-13-51

m.‘ River School Concert. '. l’. December . . - December 31st. H-ll-ll. t. i ‘nclgrl-zilxiliss] concert will be __ December glghSchool, Thurs- 11-11-1841. Plllltrv Bel i ‘ Hang; nicéfiermli “gill aprons and hog/artifice.

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Concert. wheatley '11 ish the co-operaiivc 11 Ell

Ii fig nw$ga ILIQOlABTtEmdiItIQIIOHK the fishermen is i,“ . 1113* The Rev. M. of‘ Fraréclsiof dst. olcadl hour and feed n; Dunstans said te ex ens on e- t t. rhi Uiv t had uiffifml’ "a '1'*‘“"' Brnmlllimfni lhstiillitefs gr the

' ~ encouragemen of co-operation a-

lmm“ monghthe fishermen. He was glad

Meeting Iofmthe fflfg ,};=gg=';°;§p,,;; 11f," ‘IQZEI

Jfmfi selves. ue had visited a lot or "so-

umbe, called nrh unions" but they were

gem“ unions in name only. There W"

53mph sacrifices u. “m; which we [hm "ll"-

lazi Defences West Boer Collapse

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By AUSTIN BEALMEAR PARIS, Dec. 12 — (GP! —- Ge -

of i-iurtgen Forest.

As the enemy cracked under the of Lt-Gen. men und rumor. rlcans crasned through the

of l-loven.

Schophoven, Pier. Jerkcn. Mezode. Gev and Derichwel-

six-mile from northwest to southwest of Duren.

Cologne is 20 miles across an al-

Unlted States 9th a-rmv. im- mediately adioinlng 1st army forces on the left. reached the Roer sev- eral weeks fl-RO and since has been held up by floods and by the nec- essity for resting and reizrouioiniz before continuing its offensive.

No activity was reported from the British 2nd or lst Canadian aim; fronts farther north in eastern Hoi- land and a strip of Gennany.

A low overcast and scattered rain hampered air operations over most of the front. Melting snow turned the ground into a quagmire under-

e 1st army's infantry and armor. but medium lillCl fighter bcmb-srs hammered enemy positions m both sides of thc Roei" ahead of the at- tacking group.

Another Jap Gonvoy Smashed

g MacARTHUR/S HEADQUART- ERS, Philippines. Dec. l3 - (Wed- nesday) (AP) A Japanese convoy of four transports and three destroyers attempting to rush ai to beleaguered enemy troops on Leyte was smashed off the Island Monday, headquarters announced today.

Fiftv enemy planes were shot down in the action which destroy- ed the convoy.

This was tlie eighth Japanese convoy to be intercepted and smashed by United States air and naval forces sin-ce ground troops have pressed the battle on the west coast of Lcyte.

HOME GUARDS OFFER. All)

LONDON, Dec. 12 —- (CP Reut- ers) - Britain's Home Guards, who only two weeks ago stood down with the virtual end of the. threat of German invasion, have offered to help London police fight an increasing crime wave in areas of the capital still blacked out. The Home Guards proposed forming vigilance committees to

CHARLOTTETOWINJCANADA, WEDNESD

Nazis Glaini v-s ltow In Action

LONDON. Dec. l2—(CPt--'I‘he Germrin radio hinted tonight that a new secret V-weapon-pertiaps (la/igilgwas being fired at Belgian

The broadcast quoted "well lu- formed circles in Berlin" in stating that the projectiles fired at An:- werp and Liege are noticeablydlf- ferent from the flying bombs fired at Lon on. They are said to b shorter and thicker and are thought to be a completely differ- ent weapon."

Berlin has hinted several tlmcs that V-Il was ready for use. and New York was mentioned as a possible target. The broadcast may be manufactured propaganda. or a search for information.

Anti-aircraft guns on England's east coast threw out a barrage o0 terrific tonight that windows miles away vlbriifed. Several flying bombs were seen to explode.

Loan Board Operations

Operations of the Candian Farm Loan Board in Prince Edward Isi- a_nd are reviewed in the Board's ifteenth annual report for ih year ended March 31 last, which has lust been issued.

The Board has bccn operating in this Province since 1935. To Mai-ch 31. 1944. it lcntun total in the Pro- vince of 2cc.000. Outstanding loans for the same period amount- ed to $959,000.

During the fiscal vcar endcd March J1, borrowers; in Prince Ed- ward Island mild ou account of in- terest $55,000, and on account of principal $89,000.

Out of a tctril of 782 first mort- Raile loans made in ihe Province since 1935, the Board has acquired onlv one security through stile or églfiglsgsllfe proceedings r15 at March

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A Dominion Agency ,_ The Board is ri Dominion Govern- ment 11291103’ established in 192i) undcrythe cflilfldlfllL Fdrrn _‘Lccn

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Uplands Air‘ Station Hus New Commander

OTTAWA, Dec. 12 - 1C P) — Group Capt. W I Clements of Ottawa. and Devon, N 3.. today took command of nearby Uplands Air Station from Group Capt, W R. Kingsland who is going to a new post at No. 3 Training Com- mand in Montreal, his hometown Group Cont. Clements had prc-

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i War Situation Lastnltligfliht

Read by Everybody

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MERE MAN

Wherever a church has failed to serve the people it ha: perished.

A's’, DECEMBER 13. 1944

lllirmen Home

From Overseas

By Kill-IKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Preu War Analyst)

indication the grimmest battles lie ahead. Formidabls river ‘

heart of Germany in the north.

reached or closely approached. the central Rhine valley southward to the Swiss border iloos liic to

appear definitely in recess of falling back behind the Rhine.

miles or more from Cologne with it: multiple Rhine crossings. The 300

unchanged for weeks.

frontiers well guarded in depth.

to achieve escape behind the Rhino with minimum losses. tors for hath hides.

hard defence foot-by-foot oi’ the wliolc west Rhinclanrl.

winter.

With the seasonal change there will provenicnt to bring Allied air power into play in support of ground forces.

Cari1r*£lE*§*Ftgl§engi i

0h'town Ami Queen's Bounty District

By Douglas Arruiivm

Cable: -- Aiflplilbiflllg wrrr is bci vilaged along the . .s Rivcr west

a5 tho soldier in the men _ across it. Troops cu pntrnl wear Mm The annual meeting of the ch01", West lifebeiis and hip-length rub- lottetcwn and Queens County dis- b“ boots‘

tiuct Boy Scouts Association ova-s The fifeflchefoug‘ held in the Cit-Y H511 15$‘ nlghlqMaas is a constant nrcnnrc that Willi MY- Wenlllgtlll‘ 93°" 9195M‘ on occasion tics over-turned hie‘.-

llllf- loadq 0i soldiers in patrol This i~

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viously bccn attached to Air Force Headquarters as director of oper- ational requirements. With a, South African pilot he made one‘

lfifitzthivlsitdvelcifvrce- At Co- Opera

The Prince Edward Island Fish- Co-operatlve Association held its first annual meeting in the City Hall yesterday with Presi- dent Nnpolcon Arscnnult presiding. City Councillor J. T. McKee, on bcuaif of Mayor J. E. Blanchard who was unavoidably absent. wel- comed the delegates to the City. The Hon. George H. Barbour, Min- ister of Public Works, assured the delegates the Provincial Govern- ment was willing to do all in its Power to further and encourage he co-operative enterprise. Mr. Cletas Gavin of Tlgnish, ill a brief address stated the Fisher- man's Union of Tignish was not in favour of the new movemen . Mr. Gavin said the Tignish d egates bad liad no opportunity to decide whether or not they should come into the new organization and grail; personally, he was opposed

The Rev. J. D. McNeil] 0f 8t. Dunstairs University lliatenslon Department said the ‘rlgnish Un- ion knew as much about itie trans- fer ns any other Union. In fact. the Ti nish members knew more than tey were willing to admit. l-ie had heard that many of the fifty-one fishermen in Tignizh were in favour of joining the As- sociation. For twenty years the Tignish Fisher-men's Union had taken the leading port in fishing co-operative enterprises, but lifter twenty yetarrli of leadership by the on

nothing in the Fishermen’: Union

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to mum ego-operation except the

Livetly Discussion

Fishermen ’s Meeting

of the first sortie; of the war over. German _tcrr_it_ory_.

tive

name. What liad the Union done in

Mr Dixon slated U18?- the 17°15 the typp of country where boctssr-c 0f 1055i! have STEM/El‘ llmbltims t9 more useful than locus and tanks face than ivos thc C356 in llle P55? The German ntisllloirs uov.‘ are and mill’ the 35°11" mwemem Md» all north of the Macs River luv the 551E195 "Wvf-‘menl- were 5°11‘. enemy patrols flTqllfllllff crcss to working towards the same end. ‘m, Cgpafllgn side. irsr as the Chu-

Tlrc following officers. nominated adjnns ingLee “may- gcfflgg mm by Jhdilc H L- Palm" and Mr’ enemy-held grounds

Fred Driscoll, were elected: — —--~ -—v—— l Presidenh- Mr Plcton McCorm- I c International At A Glance

k. vicc - President, - Mr. W. Dix-

on By The Canadian‘ Prcss

Secretary Treasurer-Mr. Harry

ar. District Commlttee-— Messrs. L Stacey, S. Doyle, G. Ives. 511d E- Johnston.

Progr-css of thr- Bcy Scout League

w“ rpmfled m be very good Wm‘: in northern Alsace strikes to with.

twenty years under the Fisher- man's Union Act? he asked.‘

was rcssiblc the Union had drifted‘ h,

“WAY by reason of on indifferent‘ attitude toward unionism. 1

The object of tlic new Asocln-i tioii. Father Francis sriid. was tol protect the llhshermcirs Union from going into private enterprise. If the fishermen are going to get anywhere they must help them- selves. The great trouble with the present economic set-up was tiutt the common people were too prone to sit back. Others. not being in love with the common people. did things to suit themselves. The provisions of the constitution of the new Association were the re- sult of 100 years experience ln cn- operative work which originated 100 years ago in England from the meeting of 28 weavers. From ifiat meeting liad sprung an organiza- tion which owns and operates the largest flour and textile mills in the British Empire. which owns‘ its own tea plantation: in lndiul and the ships that carry the teal to England. ‘

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Session

In the afternoon, Mr. C. P. Mc- Carthy. president of the Fisher- men's Union at Tlgnisli, addressed the meeting. Mr. McCarthy said that, in the ten years the P. E. Is- land Fisherman's Union had been established it had done a great deal of good for the fishermen. Neither he nor any of his fellow members of the Tignish Union hail had any idea such a drastic change as the present one was contem- plated. The present meeting was out of order, Mr. McCarthy said, and he could see tmuble ahead for the fishermen if they gave their support to the new or anisatinn. I-fe had been in the fis cry busi- ness for forty years l d he con-

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ilic ltlllllhfl" of Bow Scents now re- new,‘ to b:- cvr-i‘ fcur hundred.

It. at‘; ermounccd that a new; h lo h~ ki-owu its ‘be MR6

iin i5 miles of Kai-lsrnhc; U. S. 1st

ings ivest of Rosi- River.

Secure trill be. started some time‘ Aerial R A F “WM Ewen after the first of next year. osnabruuk Tucsdav mum‘: mum planes hammer Frankfurt area.

New Ruling Re - poi-n- ilot Air Furnaces

Greek - E. L. A. S. puts out fre-

Ton days short of the winter solstice. the Allied winter ‘ieuslve In . the west has substantially reached its first objectives, but by every"

' n. the Rhine, the Mouse and the Roery‘ still guard all critical gateways to the Rhine-Ruhr Valley. industrial

the vital Saar Basin, source of German war material. only the forcfielrl of Germany's Siegfried Line defences west of the Rhine have yet been Only from the Karlsruhe corner in

Obviously the roa fest of German iahllity to wear clown Allied power - short of the Rhine is only beginning. At one point in the Aachen arc-u advance forces stand nearly 20 miles deep Into Germany but still B0

l In the south where converging Allied armies are bearing clown on; l l t i

mile span separating Allied troopa in Holland from Berlin has stood

Below the Moselle, United States Third Army troops who took Um Saar in stride are at grips with the outer layers of the lzibyrlntlilnn Siegfried Line defence system that lies behind that river. and on thc southern face of the SannBasin perimeter between the Sour and tlio Rhine, 3rd and 7th Army troops are only now approaching tiara-an

There seems no reason to iloubt that clearance of the last German invader from French soil will be accomplished soon. From tlie Karis- ruho corner to the Swiss frontier, German real-guards are fighting only

There is little prospect of further major action in that uppcr Rhine sector once the German withdrawal east of the river is completed. it should mean probable shifting of forces northward to more critical sec-

Up to now, every reported German move in the north. including the present retreat behind the Roar where Allied forces have gaincrl a uub- , stlintiai footing on the west bank of the flooded stream, points to a dic-

It is there that. aided by winter weather cramping Allied air sup- port of attacking troops, the foe obviously has stoked everything up inc hon-- exhausted Allied will or capacity to drive to or beyond the Rhine this

be no probable weather im- more sustained and effective

"liouglj Country

Westem Prime - u. s. m. Army f

within 1,000 yards of Durcn as Gir- ' mans apparently yirlrliitf: ull holzl- 5 '

Merseburg, Wlttcn. Silesia targets-w

Russian-Budapest in flames from Russian artillery, plane; a; Soviets 4 capture rail town 9 miles northeast.

GARFIELD McE“ EN

Two nimrcn have iust heme from overseas. Tliev are F0. " of Charlottetown and . d McEwcn of Morell llillvull in Charlottetown iiixhi.’

Sliiclziii", sch of ilic Sinclair, form-cl‘ 1110111561’

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t Mcnzlsv ' 1'3 late of cl Uoiirmons :01‘ Queen s. ‘lcted o. tour of operations v

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A iv. Sici, etC. rle will

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' .- iicn a new posting.

"O icEewn was wounded in Al:.ii nit he was serving with an ps0 A.r» Ecsuiialitci‘ souaclron. 1L_l5 ilirclersroori that he will re- ILCHC 11.5 discharge lrcm the scr- vicc because of lus wounds.

ilssculripec Jilirliiali is Awarded ll. F. 6.

WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN AR- WA»- ll-IY IN HOLLAND, DOC. l2 — (C?

OZVFAVIA. Dcc. 12 - tCPl — the Distin- g lzllCll Flvliu Cress to two urzm- bclz; of ili .

Boston Cops Search For Laliy’s Girdle

BOSTON, Dec. 12- lAPl—~Thc

C O t i

M CAUSES l8 DEATHS lN 0

re tunicd

ci-n Ontario elevators.

_ Air force lrcaclnuuricrs trnlrzht air-l might die ilic Nijmcgen r-allent whore floor! J "unwed me “ward of

flatlaiids separate the 1st Cllllilfllilll

1.. o EiYO. EB. lluzisnu. (Iirscumricr. P. bodies 13y buried under arms and

‘whens Canadian Pacific Railway

v ltherc were no trains leaving loi- are out looking for corsets, outside points uiitii it

I ‘m. intensive girdle liunt is clue partially restored. Incoming trains to the rrbseril-mmdedness of Mrs. were held up outside the city and |Rosc Mnzarlnn. who blew herself grmlnd l l l i l

Mail. $4.00; other Provinces A U.S.A. $5.00 Subscription Delivered. 85.00. A

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MAN YWWRES ARE PARALYZED

Blizzard Reachedlgrecrtest Fury In Toronto.

’l‘0RON'l‘0, Dec. 12 - (CP) — Snow continued lo fall tonight throughout southern Ontario, piling deeper the drifts which have paralyzed communications in Toronto and outlying cities.

There was no immediate prospect of relief, with the forecast calling for more snow, strong winds and lower temperatures.

Food deliveries to homes and in many cases i0 subur- ban stores were made impossible during the day by blocked roads and snowbound citizens found their supplies running‘

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OTTAWA. Dec. 12 — (CPI - A "few dozen" slicer silk stocking! were in Ottawa today. and the mvs- terv wns what could bc dome witn

low. All available men were thrown into the work of clear- ing the streets and Mayor’ Fred Conboy appealed to private citizens i0 aid by forming “snow commzindoes.” strain brought on by floundering through drifts or at- tempting to shovel them. Fourteen were in Toronto where the blizzard reached its greatest fury. two were in Ham- Thc greatest snowfall was at _ Hamilton and St.Catharines where the foil was 24 inches. 1n Toronto y s yesterday ‘until three p.m. today: s g a while inTthe afterntoon P P a stopped in oronto bu in 1e. evening it resumed again. ‘ Quebec. striking Montreal and Quebec. In Ontario it missed the, northern section of the DfOVlflCEu upper Great Lakes where lake freighters now are making their them, although millions of Can- final runs of the season from lake- adiun women would buy - 1 The lmiportcr who brought ilirm . n one o; the Toronto deaths f? had cost him about $3.00 a pai.. , The price board has held that the Suited when B’ meet c“ carry“? price ccllisnz on stockings o_f 51ml.- the downtown ecti n f th '~ . , . David Quinn wfis kllledo Bfldeflglllllvb i ?3{d:51£l0%1% 11136535315???“ 1.111131%. l; 40 persons injured, 10 seriously.l R, _ Fcwm; " ‘ sold the therc was a possibility she also‘ - , be . The other 13 deaths resulted,‘ The importer" appears sure or u. from heart attacks brought on by? _oss and the manager of a imeci

Eighteen deaths were reported because of accidents 01' ilton, one at Campbellford and another at Brantford. lt was 22 inches from five am. The storm reached eastward into The storm did not extend to the le d t‘ 1th wi f th-i I a pars w m“ or sou ' y air from Brazil iyund tircv about 175 persons turned over in, m. Guam‘, ranges from 5L2; m 51:- One woman was so seriously hurt’ , raised and no import subsidy would paid SYIOWUY!