MAKING or A ' _ "ha MAXIMS mans MAN °' ‘ _.__. MERE MAN blio faithful! , 72/’ _ clFT-‘lm a“ ""'° " “K The Peop ‘if; w ."-‘€’§':i...':l:'".li.':.":::: salts . aiil ed Ii b: school-burs. _ f Severe Prlneo Edward island Lie flee Dew

"' r eon m1. ""1" at???‘ " In Coule-

llevl llouncil committees in Formed

0mm. Dollcw. -

special sports commiflee: Ooun. pagan. almirrhan; Couns- llePfliv. Rogers ll-

The Coluicil divided 3-3 on l flailing vote over the chairman- oi the Police Committee, Mfllilnllill» MacDonald mu mun. Buitier.

Dougan, McKee end l!!!" 004m. Boxers. ulancharxfs casting vote

hi favor of Coon. Ititler.

‘the Mayor had to give another , -; votemtthequestlonotthe taunt of one of the Tax Ap-

t Board . Coun. Muc- w» d moved, seconded by Coun. lioiinn. the/t Alex A- MloDonuld end JJ. I-Iomby, former manbe b the Board, be lXlf/‘d for the Co moved. MaoKtnnon, be Alex. A.

essey. Council d 4-4 llecDonald and Will am Ii this issue, i-Iis Womb cast his vote in favor of Messrs. eoDonald llornby. on motion of Coun. MacDonald by Coup. lcPege. Moneli end were ted vlty Auditors ibr the yesflr ending

the Conn- .

iliilillliiEVElTS

' "list Royalty Rink tonight York school Team vs. York Mar. fled Men. 2.11-11

Foch in‘? flail], Wmwgv. rVilmyaulbtgovg-IO-Ri.

"llorse Racing New Glasgow liver, Sat. Feb. l2. 2-11-21

"Notice-Car of Bulk Wheat 5W lllil-Ofldlilfl’. . . G1‘ . halo c z-rfi. "up Year em in m ld “It Flidoy nllht. ‘gebruary elgath.

2-5-11-21 "lock ‘lirlal b i l“ River. Prldag’. sidtqfid.

10-31. "Masquerade mllsl

Dance -- M t levsn u-gion Hall, February 0M c. 2-11-21.

"North Wlltahiro Friday, Igséion.

ll lilm shard Movies a and M.

2-11-11. St. Ann's February . 2-9-l1-2i. "Onhan t g was»? sllfiiiiks“ it“??? - z-s-lr. to Inn Y new {firs} Cgllrwflll Schoutiill, fill-f 11m. a-ro-ai. m oss ohms. Milsddfi’. P‘ u‘

"Pie social, dance. l. Lot 22, Friday,

Club

' ‘infill

‘WI for Davis

liner, at ‘mun-a! River meadow {mm-v lath. iyodhle '

tho Feb 5c

Toe.

i-n-u. hon for Davie s: "Y ‘lhursde afternoon “hives-y Iri-

Tzlc“ HEAD

mvon BLANCIIARD

Of City Of

i‘...

Murray llllr. Soldier Reported Missing is Back With llis llnit

Hank Murdock, reported eniissing in Liam in December, has re-fglilned his lmft. his mother, Mrs Rb d White of {gantry Harbor has been informed. . Murdock is serving with a highland regiment

from Nova Sootla. l-le is l9 yealrsold and has been with the Canadian army for two Sicily ulnri unit to

telling that he was came on December l7 while ropor g him safe

lunit W35 received this . Murdock is a son of the late David Murdock. He has three lull sisters. yfleinger than lumseix, and

sev Mrs. N.D. Mscbeazl and Mrs. J-E Stems. both of Charlottetown.

Extensive Storm In ll. S. Mid-West

The most extensive snow storm of the winter whisked across thc midwestem United States today under the impetus cf gusty winds that churned up blizzards in some of the Prairie States.

The snow covered a broad stretch of territory that reached from Montana to Michigan. scal- ed uu to 11 inches and drifted in roads in several sectors.

Schools were closed in Omnha

ber of rural districts in north- western Iowa and South Dakota. Roads were blocked in Northern Kansas, am highway travel was impeded in Nebraska and the Dakotas,

The ‘fall was the heaviest of the season in many regions and came in the wake Of a protracted drought that was relieved only by widespread showers end lirrifl of snow last month. The snow pro- vided a protective cover for win- ter wheat and will replenish sub-

l! soil moisture needed for the slirlllil

planting. The storm was e. forerunner of a cold wave. IUI ‘ Drflflcted

ten-lperaiures rangllls 1mm 31" to 25 below zero in Minnesota. zero to 1 below in Wisconsin. "Y0 to lo below in Iowa. we to 15 d- bove 1h Illinois, Mid aporollllfldw- 1y five above in Chicago.

Alberta Legislature Opened Yefidfly

.» NION, Feb. 10-(0?) - dealins an w mafi- inciuding establish- rtmcll of owblld

1'6 forecast today ‘f; m» Throne hi. the coon d! N‘ saws fifth wartime lesislfiw

$011

‘names, "bone-lids residents of ls. vine -- Ill

, and r lotion of ‘in Tumor “valley "l"

e elsewhere in the 111M129? ":§d“..§3

olilnihlile wsvent mom oontrd.”

(iii

then wenlt th hl the Italian mainland.

There were no details in mess- ages ieoeived by the boy's mothelnl

CHICAGO. Feb. l0 —-(AP) —- 1m-

snd Lincoln. Neb., and in a. num-‘

Mayor And Finance Chain-nan

COUN. MACDONALD

l.

Fierce (Yerman Defence

Brunswick

84 Enemy Aircraft Shot Down To 37 Lost By__Allies.

By Austin Boalmear

LONDON, Ebb. 10 — (AP) — Ull- lted States heavy bombers and long ' range fighters destroyed 84 German aircraft today during co-ordinated raids on the Nazi manufacturing city of Brunswick and the Gllze - RiJen airbase in the Netherlands from which 29 of the heavy bombers and eight», of the fighters failed to return.

Fighters were credited by a United States Army communique with des- troyirlil 55 of tile German te tors which rose to challenge the raiders - s. record for a single day- and bomber gunners accounted for s; least N more.

Heavywbombers struck the new blow at Brunswick, an important German aircraft parts manufact- uring clty. The value the Germans ‘put upon its defence was reflected

in the communique announce- l mom that the fighter opposition

was heavy.

M0-300 ‘Flghiem

the heavy bombers ran into "one of the fiercest defences the enemy has yet sent against them," and crew members estimated the Nazis had sent aloft between 200 and 300 fighters.

“You can say for me the back of the Luftwaffe definitely not bmkcn." \eclared Sgt. Jack Calls.- llsn oi Medfard. Mass, a. radio-- simmer. "There must have been {50 Gerlrniui planes fleas" the et.’

At the same time other American heavyweights blanketed the air.‘ ‘base of Gilze-Rllcn, the Nether- lands, with explosives that kept a

ge segmen the German force out of the__lo_llitt_l_e,_whiic R.A. F. Typhoon fighter-bombers and United States mediums lashed cult st the Germans’ anti-invasion in- stalllaltlorls in the Pas-De-Caiais area 0t France.

Still Big Mystery

What these installations on the socalled "rocket coast"_ are ls still one of the mysteries oi the nu- war, A correspondent the united States army newspaper stars and Stripes. however. quoted msuwt- {lons to crew mts-llfiibls musing one raids "your moist get in there. we've got to smash those oblectives alt lmy cost, no matter what. pwositloxl they put w.’

Commons Briefs i

“tic-abuse m. r-rbh. Harold

A later official statement said,E

Throne Speech. Debate Ended i Last Night

GITAWA. Feb. l0—(CP) —'I‘he address in reply to the Throne Speech tonight was adopted in the House of Commons.

This is how the House voted in its four divisions tohl ht.

Sub-amendme ‘ to a dress in reply by J. S. Roy (lnd-Gaspeb- defeated 17B to 7.

Sub-amendment. by Dr. Pierre Gauthier (BP-Portneuf) — De- feated 171 in '1.

Amendment by Gordon Gray- don, Progressive Conservative House leader efeated 126 to 50.

Adoption of address in reply — approved 146 to 21.

UITAWA. Feb. 10 -— (O P) — Stands taken by the C. C. F- on Canada's declaration of war and on defence preparations before hos- tilities began were debated in the Commons today. in all explosive echo of the controversy which sprung up yesterday over" prolong- ation of the life of the Saskatche- wan legislature.

M. J. Caldwell. C. C. F- leader. —answering an earlier speech by Agriculture Minister Gardiner said he would place the record of, the C. C. F. on war issues against- that; of any other party- I

To this Resources Minister Crerar replied: “If my friend's policy had been adopted by this country at that time (September, 1939), Can- ada would have done "Oi-mill! ‘in hleping to Win this terrible war.’

When the House opened Prime Minister MacKenzle King announ- ced the new labor code will be tab- led early next week and that. af- ter consultation with labor organ- izations, the government intends to make some amendments to the much criticized wartime wage con- trol order. l-le also mentioned “Easter season" as s. probable time for the proposed Dominion Prov- incial conference,

Air Minister Power told the

_.,- ‘Ham-I

B British undersecretary for air, is in Ottawa for negotiations looking to- ward better conditions of service for R. C- A. F. men overseas. He said the air force is retiring senior officers to make way for men who have came up through the ranks

‘ and seen fighting in this war ‘Illc Throne Speech debate ap- gjfiflfed to have dropped back to its early placid tone as J. A. Marshall tND-Carhrnse) talked of Social Security and ~ts implications for freedom of the individual and E. . Parley rPC-QwAppelle) spoke

of form prices. Then Ml’. Caldwell icok the

"CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, FEBRUARY 11, 1944

BATTLE INCREASES IN

Moscow Warns Budapest lloxt

IDNDON. libb. 10—(CPl - The Moscow radio warned tonight that Blldfllliest is next on the Riussians’ bombinlt list and asserted it would "share the fiwe of Helsinki" if Huh- sd-ly continues to fight.

The broadcast. recorded here by the Soviet Moltitor. added: "The Germans are unable to protcct their own cities and cannot help their sntellita."

liov’t To Amend Wage-Control Urder

mumws. . u -_ (c?) - Prime Minister Mackenzie King loddi‘ fold the commons that the Government proposes to amend the new wage-control order and. that it will make Public early next week a labor code on compulsory collective bargainin .

M11 King made h statement on these labor matters at the open- ing o! the House sitting. In the galleries were a number of Labor Union officials who come to 0t- tawa, today to canvass memb a of Parliament for support. 1h prom“- lng the wage order.

smoking of ‘he labor code, the films Mlrlis‘er said consultations with the province; and 131m;- or- ganlzations had been completed,

“Mdnv representations" had been "lads V0 the Government by mem- bers of Parliament, labor Organlga- trons and others regarding the Wdse order. The Standard Rail- way Broiherhoods had presented their views on the order and the Canadian Collsfess of Labor would meet the Government tomorrow. Meetings would he held shortly with the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the Canadian Catho. llc Confederation. of.I..a.bor He lh. vited these organizations to ex- press their views on the order,

d

I carried the sustained assaults of

Japanese Positions through Thurs-

‘ B-y. the fourth consecutive day of

the post-invasion campaign to clem- that Archipelago of the enemy.

Saint ‘john Returns To ‘Standard Time Feb. 26

Platform

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 — (AP)

ooul-i run fer above that fig

in the lower Ukraine.

railroad northwest of Krlvoi Ru Russian-held Klrovogrud. A flmgflnn Novi Bu; would seal the fete of all that poi

trap by a converging of the Lenin ting the Inst escape route to Plkov,

Wake lsla d llaidod

EARL HARE —'I‘he 12th mid of the ‘war on XVake Island, 20x30 en. lilid-"wnt ulng tbsc b United States wuvslmipsaahd ks y girmwridentlfied Jnpailese-held Am-

ter W. Nimitz, sulpreme Allied p“- iflc commander

floor. the Agriculture hilt-Mel's last flight; sugcesting CCF support- first time as a Republican presi- ers were

in: Rev. T. C. Dough“-

Saskatchewan election were further domestic issues in a speech pfqpar. postponed.

was nlumied because chino" working. by-election in September -- Joseph federal flnanglng Biuton. CCF clndidate. was elec ed-the _ Minister charge. Federal ficials had used (‘vovcrnmeni cars at public expense.

Says St. Lawrence Protected In 1943

'bgys Q1 the Quebec legislature m- (UN-tlzfatanel N was ,,

of the St. Lawrence River in i943

- Ohio's governor John W. Brickcr,

He expressed irritation a’. ton for the

speech appearing in W

"National Socialists.” Mr. Gardiner nad been answer- menlber said

dentlal candidate, tonight laid down i

would root out "absolutismH

for Weyburtr mid SZISRMCIIEWBD and “lestcre order and sanity" in] ' CCF leader who said til»: Idedernh government. . Government, should intervene if a Bricker unfolded his views oh

ed for a Lincoln My dinner Ohio Republicans turned into a boom for the three time governor-

He recommended:-

l. Return to “balanced budget"

Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Caldwell saidf his "ma- in Saskatchewan is not‘ 1n iilc Humboldt federal

2. tablishment of ‘responsible cabinet government" by eliminat- ing "Czers" and super imposed ag-

encles.

3. Simplified tax laws that re- main stable, lower federal taxes "as soon as possible" after the war‘, ends. '

4. Assurances that state and iocali governments have autonomy.

A clear cut government labor policy defined by a "fair" law and “just enforcement" cf that luw. ill- cludlng a prohibition on wartime strikes.

Brlcker contrasted the Repub- lican Party as "Liberal" with the new deal as "reactionary."

Brisker said he is confident tlin Republicans will win the i944 elec- tion and added that he is "more 1n- tsrested" in than-defeating the new deal philosophy - than being president.

t- i in o1-

hhd been Government

"N0 more devastating machine"

QUEBEC, Feb. l0—(CP)-—Mcm-

day were told by Oheslme 06811011 that “not one Sh"!

oed in the lower 81°"

10 —

(OP) - The City Council confirmed I today that Saint John will daylight a five plank platform which he| ‘Purl;- fgfi f m . r our moh s.

Pope’s Summer Home Bombed

Vatican radio said tonight Caste] Gandolfo, the Pope's sum- mer residence near Bridgehesd in Italy, bombed for the third time»

was bombed," the quoting the newspaper Osservatore Romano, in a broadcast recorded by the Associated Press. Another listening post said radio reported the latest bombing of the Papal summer 1" _ occurred today

We mpubumns» he "id- "Tlmifrom Vatican City and 25 miles i inland from Anzio.

page and casualties." the Vatican radio said

8 PAGES

War Situation asil I . ‘

l: llrkc L. Simpson. Associated Preu Wer Anllyst

At the moment when it ls straining every manpower resource, Ulc

front-line divisions In Russia and the probable entrapment, n complete:

N"! hint command ie bbhrrbhiea with the Indicated loss b: at. m... 1s‘ rout of as many more. ‘

Th" "Presents a potential loss of 500.000 men and the actual total

no‘ l ,.

llloseo’ advices have drawn

. ure- Auxiliary nit tsld lb dl l . Ifllllllildus lie unquestionably also siisredubyfltlg: Russian; h: tsllraenghz; i"! anti Nlkopol pockets in the seulhem L" his" hi!" many German combat and supply fast-closlilg Krlvol Rog sack or even larger clumped shut by tile Russians on the Bllilc

ll". beyond hope of relief. "mills arc in peril in the Luga-Volkhov trap being flank of the battle line sim-

a clclr picture of those 1W0 closed trap; elven identified the f‘ Cherkesy pocket. as ell first-line divisions. Their plight, surrender ni‘ the remnants of the Nlll force ls to b; expected M, any

moment. >

combat units in the

is so grave that.

Lust reports from the army of Stalingrad veterans which recaptured

hlkopol and cut off five or more enemy divisions northwest of the Dilltptf bank ciiy placed lie spearheads aimed el. Nikolsev well west or Phltqlova, with of Ifllvol Roz. and within so miles Dl‘ m. 01' m, Niliolacv- Znarnenlta railroad over which the German troop; In the Krlvh] Rog 5w. tor must escape if they escape at all.

Russlar forces of the 2nd Ukrainian army are already astrlde that

nt.

g about midway between that place and , the three forces in the Rglon of ' Neel troope still northeast and n53, a;

The situation cl the Germans on the Baltic flank l; m; I955 grave.

It now seems that. as expected the Russian drive info Estonia across the Narva Isthmus has been suspended in favor of closing the Luga-Volkhov grad and Volkhov armies on Luge, cui-

When and if those iwo rdrl armies meet. ell Nazi forces still scattered

Big Disaster For Nazi Nears Climax In Russia

P OR. Rb. l0—(AP) miles west of planes in the Marshall Islands were minced today by Admiral Chgg- ,

The new bib-lib m the Marshalls

SAINT JOHN. N. B, Fill).

go on saving time at midnight after observing standard

One

LONDON, Feb. 1o —(CP) -—The that

the hail

Anzio been also said,

“Other Vatican property Vatican

the Vatican residence

Cartel oshablro ls 1s miles

The latest attack caused "dam-

The broadcast did hot identify

‘Dlead 20 InJu 2L Ontario Train Wreck

""—‘ and that the “lower St. Iawrcnce many leaders hc would be proud to

re on lsmiich more protected than support for the presidency while

UITAWA, Fen. l0-tCP)- Siur- lbe 0mg’ "the new deal has only one cah- veys are imdeo" Wily to delennine Mr- Gagnoin made the statement djdgte," -~-— surpluses wnr l and while moving that the cone ‘Vi-- Bricker praised labor as "loyal" equipment. Munitions Milli-PW‘ once relative to ' roll-vpilfitmn and with management responsible

l-lovwe said in a report on activities of Was- assets corp. Md, and the crown assets allocation com-mit- tee-established Nov. 29 to dispose of the nations war meta-tabled today in the Conlmcns.

ctkflistnso me ht landfill s no 81ml hlgwway was tabled. The United States bow said the bulbs “will re- gult in the hieiilwsys greater use- fullness."

Anegreenwent between Canada l-Ildiahdélgnlllbdowliflflfllflflfih th

facilities. means of communication as well as tn military defensive and protective measures res ng the

omth’ us? nfiariikmfi’ i Gui:- n , -sou , a den - ands and iil/leatahe" be ta led, which was carried

Public interest in the wort of the

ons reconstruction committee

has been greater than expected.

The committee chairman J. C.

n (LFOD-flbOlU reeotnm ed

than. another 500 copies of the com-

mittee's fourth report be minted to meet the denrlend.

HOII- RB Henson (PCmYNI-

a new treaty for the

Prime timoth- uwkshm Kim said he would tell the House to- whet inltion the discus-

(,1

sioneheveneeheli.

for "one of the brightest pages" in United States history. But. he said, “no group 0r union should be per- mitted in strike in wartime.

her place in a tic-operative organ-

"The United States should take

mm as w» tzuscsorsrltoaztsl: “- en I I , _ t n0 ‘Jflpwe Igé “fihlfnm” su r vemment, no central world é," “t” "‘ mien“? 1m? :3 °'rts‘ii\?§°‘$r§§ni§§u1§m-T§i‘-l'v'§l —'- lower . wrence r on a ' ' mm the sinking b: ships but that fed: will’. tor-m it may take can solve _?,9,§,’uy f} tmjifpf, eml authorities "saw eye w eye e problems which lead to war , t mev M be with his when they organised and fulfill the hopes of our people carat-led w fedwm aumm a as ti_te__t_h-fenoe o the Gaspirenlnstile. for s Quaint Lrlqbelgr world, "mung .. . “£40m strum ii ii'_i'__—____i '_'_ "N i‘ ' QIBQ 11:11-33 at; the Qglum- Jom the Host o.‘ Home Bakers who- 5°” ’°° P'“°““ ""4 1°"

r £44 [116522/

I would protest

unattended when the students quit at ‘l A. N, Retired es and Red Cross ~ed in and short erintendent Herr institution was "fully staffed."

questing anonymity. said the lift I880"! thd ply and lllll orms V811

WWI g3" $15 to U0 a month while in bonus for the first nine months l of their trslnh; riod.

the raiders but indicated the Pope

i Striking Nurses u.

raduate nurs- s dee were call- efter noon su - Smith said t e Spokesman

for the slrls, re-

did

Cadets .

Nursing Corps receive

embers of the

hing Ind maintenance ex-

D0

between iho Luge and the Volkltov would be doomed. r

wz-i

LONDON. Feb lo -(AP) Rwldn troops have cut off sev- erel German groups from the main remnants of l0 crack Axis divisions trapped around Korsum in the Dnleper River Bend, and lire "wiping iliem out," Moscow announced tonight in s. ommuni- que foreshadowing the bum“ of

the b t ilil N l since ‘gglslngiisdse u “was

patches said the exhausted Ger- mans, ollce estimated at more m" 199.000 men. are being cap- tured at an increasingly high rate ' but also are dying under the‘ llllllmlfleeg of massed Russian lfiulefy lflylflll down a cross-fire on the Gennans within the con- stricted ring.