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King Gov ’t Under

Strange Conditions

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llalston‘: Letter 0f Resignation lleld For 2 Years

WINNIPEG. Nov. 1 — <0?) _ Tile Winnipeg Free Press. in llll oxlnvrn dis .tch today m1!" G; tDoXtci‘, s tllat at tile g cabinet meeting which ended lvltn the resignation of Defence Minister Rahton. "iii usslon had centred upon v1.9 advisability of making at

. .11 to tile zombies.’ tun pi-oucesti thclt lake the iorm of ' lile dispatch add- avrrlllrlellt sllould say if l. y (llti not enlist b)‘ i1 1 dare t‘ llllDlIISIUI] would be

_ n \, ._— qt. this point, it

Odfl. i‘ at the Prilne r .lllll».llll1:eti he was ac- ' a lelicr of resignation m 9,. mo years ago on u. different matter."

Nazi Rockets To truss Atlantic ‘Z

Nov. 2 — (C?) —— Daily Mail t-orres- V [lg-tiny in u Stoclz- l

l3§i3§°n§l.~.{l=l. lle had been ill-i M‘ " Germans soon would . Hung-h rockets against if“

arr slid _ mans lllli completed a‘ new fcllifii of experllut-llls and ivcrc aa.lsf et l they could send V-Z rocketsl against Britain "on a fairly large; sca "

‘is lnforlurllit was termed fll’! ‘ l n position to know. ss tile Gcrlnalls had l secret weapons.

llelsun To Return - To llllina Soon

' INGTON. Nov. 2 -— TAP) "t lhcsevc-li today direct- M. Nclsoll to return t0 ‘ earliest ilossibic, a Chinese War‘

production BOIIKI. The President said Mr. Nelson's return to China had been urged‘ by Gen. Chiang.

Coming Events

"show-Murray Harbour South. Saturday. 11-2-21.

"Rulunlage "Solo Trinity Social Hall, Saturday 6 p.m. 11-3-21

"DIME. Klnkora Hall, Wednes- lily. Novembir . 11-3-21

“Annual Bazaar. Rollo Bay. Tuestay and Wednesday‘. November 7th and 8th. Don‘). miss it.

l0-k8-9i.

"Danae. Town Hull. Georticiovm FY1418)‘. NOYZHIIJEI‘ 3rd. Webster's Orchestra. 11-3-11

"Card Partv and Dance. Curran Bflllll Hall, November 0th. Dancinil 5-12. 11-3-1l.

"Dance in St. Ann's School. Hope River Friday, Nov. 3. Milli- [ena Orchestra. il-l-3-2i,

‘Pwlltsillrc Egg Grading Station: H11 be receiving cfzlzs on Moudav lliilv until further ilotloe. 11-3-21.

"Giliokerl Supper in Btnnchel school Monday evening, November "h- li-a-ll.

"Annual meeting Rural Mail Couriers Association will be held the‘Clty Hall Saturday, Nov. 4 It ii oclock. ii-a-zl

"A Quantity of pressed ha lo ranted immediately. Paying high- ssi market price. Kllud Jorgcll- If". Fredericton, Phone 21-22,

‘inter River. li-a-ai

‘mm "I'll/Pd. ten sets of n w vgllllebdflllink horse show hflfflegs. m“ est quality, Harness can latudttfimfillilliailfw (lltltercngglr-l- Welter s. Weeks. Bayvlew. ll-a-lll

l! ‘F Livestock Marketing Board u, h ieiidins an allotted q nmnpgs at the following chipping h. ‘admin! week of November Bum onday. Montague, Cardigan, Muna- 59m“. St. Peters, Morell. chrfyt Harbour. Melville, Ulgg. _ Wtotown. Tuesday forenoon

dues. c “is told tne-oer-rfiflfli

| already

' Quebec, 28.6

OTTAWA. Nov. a - <

Defence Minister whom disagreement Ls have led iu retu-ement CUIIIIIIHIIGCI‘ OVETSCQS.

u-IIBXPQIH-Bfliy as he left nlatic._ Col. Ralston. lust back

ecs should be pressed

61106 ulltll all oltlcsai

Mackenzie K

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i-ioitcvcr. llu cst ulid cultured oil till: Genera. su rch tu a Queo 1, convocation ilt Killlldtl)

i-le told Lilo students the future leaders them that in illltllnl: ilatlullal DPOOlOIILi thty

t0 uellcrai assent.

aizrcc.” "Vvllell vcu collie, as

' (IIVICIC 01.11‘ (LOUIILY

—coinl>u1siun is

I111‘. c at all

lwlc rest content to

In the same speech he paid tri- - ‘.n. H.

bute tu Lt. (ll D.G. successor as overseas

in the arm-v leader "implicitly."

believed to indicate the threatened and

be sacrificed in exchong ever of the 70.000

lf).'l‘£t'I1(.‘l!lS—3II

mcnt that August firm —ll'.tlnberlng 10,257—\ver

Birthrate in Canada lncre

OTTAWA, Nov. 2 Canada's btrthrate co wartime increase duri

closed today. 000 of the population

All provinces

year than in l9

The rates by follows, those for 1942 brackets: 23.8 (23.7); i250); New Brunswick,

kutchewan, 22.0

Post Office Included in

$475,000 contract for

announced toda

the buildin treatment build Temporary storage

Hill Hospital at Halli Scotla Construction Ltd. Halifax, $10,004 storage s ace ln Cal-n

aid of Moncton, NIB

intll train time. North Wiitahire.

"' “l- Albany until a p. m. u-z-al

*0a.»~\at.»\

Alterations. and ‘is

$719’ River; Kensington until Post Office Building at Charlotte- - Walter Matheuon, Char-

t EOWH liottetown, 07,000.

mun who built the Canadian army n.

Noiwhiml. 57. come back mm the Public eye today is successor to Raiston with

He came buck as suddenly and and under circumstances as enig-

tieiielu tour. is believed to have quit U11 itrouncls tile home defence tlrzilt-

scrvlcc overseas. Gall. McNaughtoirs \'Lt;\\' on tlus question has hot, yet been fliVCll and the cabulct is un- d' rstood to be honor-butulul to sil- lulnoultcz- n’ inc-lit comes y. Oiil Prime, Nliizister

which h.=_ sald compulsion I1t.ltl no plum: in (Jalinciinll Dolley.

and ilc solutions to

tho ilfflilllKlllé and seize on chose features which commend themselves Promut should then be taken to give those icllturcs full oilect and on Kathi-l‘ points they could "agree to dis-

places of alltilol-ltv anti influence. rand vouiace the acute issues is lcl

< t‘.

part. llluy I couunend this iirinclp f n to vour inst thought and

oceed by agreement. or for a

llnil said he hail complete confid-

Hls comments on compulsion are haired General was going to take the stand that national unitv ivas ITZTYIT." draftccs are fit for overseas. Casualties 0n Increase _ His entrv into the cabinet came at the height of a controversy over the ucicdttalcv and ultl-llitv volunteers. came on the heels 0f an announce- hlililcst mont-hlv total for the war. I (Contlnuelrfon page

-- (CF) — ntlniled it ng i943 a

tentative compilation made by Dominion Bureau of Statistics dis-

The 1943 rate was 24.0 per l,-

with 23.4 in the preceding year. The increase since the outbreak of the war, when the rate was 20.4 per 1.000 was 3.0 pol revealed hlrth rates than in 133$, but Nova Scotia recorded a lower rate last

42. provinces were as

Prince Edward Island. Nova Bcotla, 25.3

(28.0); Ontario, 20.3 120.1); Manitoba 23.940013); Ses-

. _ . 24.3 (23.0); small colilmbla, 2o (19.3).

Federal Contracts;

OTTAWA, Nov. I — (OP) -.A

struction of a health and occupa- tional centre at London. was the largest of l7 contracts awarded by the Federal Works De- partmcnt during Octobe y.

The contract woo awarded the LO. Scott construction company. Limited, of Toronto and called for of an administration building, eght pavilions and a

Other calla-um ‘included:

Alterations to provide basement pltal, Haifnx - D. A. MacDon-

-- . u, _.

Cl’) — The

believed 1o as army

the army from a bat-

IiaiO ACIIYC

culllcctille l‘s Oct. 21, liluvcl'sliv| n. Ont., ill sllomd they were asked

listen to all

action

you lvill. to

CH1 1e‘ rlild outzi not proceed Crerar. his commander, and trusted Iran, gray-

should not e for what- cllfclice

1‘ in- It also

y casualties e bv far the

7, "condo "

‘the compared

nt.s. higher being in

28.3 (27.3);

Alberta. .9

llerc 11

H10 con-

Ont.

r, it was

for Camp ax - Nova Company.

p Hill Hoa-

.000. ddltlons in

"a were 1-

CI-IARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, FRIDAY, 3, 1944

10 PAGES

ruin. lnha

00: other Provinnea l IJ-BA. $5.00.

ptton Delivered. 85.00.

LOSE 200 PLANES IN BATTLE

induction 0f Rev. .l. T. lhllctt At St. Paul's

Llast evening, before a large coil- flflaiatlon. the Rev. James Thomas Ibbott was inducted as Rector of 8t. Paul's Anglican hurcn.

The Rev. G.R. Han-man read the Evening Prayer, ed by the Rev. D.E. Noel who lflad t-he Les- son. The Induction. under mandate from the lord Blshtro of the diocrse

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Allied success in of all substantial enemy re

of the Siegfried Line.

villages close tn the nnstem edge n!

0f NOVA 5011MB. was lleffllfmed by Rhine tha t ny other except in the Nljmc yfsfmvcn Mchdealmncaafiog" Elm“ north. Th: 2p; of the river between Cologne an

Malone guru flanked on both aidea by an Rnv. SJ. Davies.

Othel- Arlulican clerlzmvn orc- sent. included the ltev. FD Hen- derson, of Port ill

Dean,

The scene of operations

The ceremonv was made deeply lmprwslve bv the instruction given lit the rcadinzoesk. the lecteril. the pulpit and the communion table.

The parishioners. represented by their wardlens. tendered Rev. Mr.

1' of him as their Rzctor bv the symbolic‘ use of the keys of the Parish Church.

For the sermon the Rev. S. J. Davies spoke on "We are Ambas-. sadcrs for Christ." “ nlighi. 1Z9.

War Situation Last Ni

At that point, in Ifurtgen woods. Allied

flank from the south the important road junction town oi Daron, guard- H ' lng the direct approach to Cologne from the southwest. First Army azi- vlluco lines have been poised for many days in the of llllrtgen forest llircciiy west of the town. _ ll bureau's capture or investment would seem to he the next ‘lmpera-I. live step if tiny immediate advance on bomb-blasted Cologne ls in {W05- poct. isolating Duran and the whole northern end of the SICgIflQdi Linc from river and riverside communications would he another step. in preparation for a major British-American offensive from IIDIIZIIHI.‘ Nazi rnnlmantlors cannot ignore that possibility now that Ellfl)‘ use of tile Antwerp sea base virtually has been assured by concerted! British and Canadian army operniiflni- Nazi recogniton oi the mportance

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ght

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By KIRK! L. SIMPSON. Aaaaolotol heal War Analyst Scheldo Estuary approaches to Antwerp

coupled with the forward surge of

Ilnited States 1st Army troops in Hurtgen forest southeast of captured Aachen could herald the opening of the next major phase of the battle

There was no definite Indication of that in preliminary accounts from the front. They told of American seizure in surprise operations of

the forest. troops stand closer to the

impending 1st Army efforts to out- t

northeastern edge

Aliicli l

to the Allies of Antwerp and its.

said‘ we have dedlcawdjm axlllPflFil undamnoctl port facilities lmri road, rail and canal network south of

ezldol" to re "tscnt .

l_A'l(l0l‘ sense “B are all ilnlbassatlors for Christ. The Rector and people together work fol" the evanlzclizal loll of the community". Firs‘ wc work together in evzllllie lzillg hose in our immediate parish and those who wme to us. But our task

upon that victory.

slonarv fields of the Church."

R-"v. Mr. Ibbott read a telrt: from the Lord Bishop yxprrs. r. his regret that he could not he ure- solll; allcl extending to lhe not‘: Rec- tor and the people of St. Pa. best wishes for continu-rd succ .s in church work

~ hours or days alt most.‘ That if \\'l!i‘|') com

West Front

. s . . . o‘ J 12.. PVVTlISse-rvice concluded tvitll p: ~'

err. in" lilo new Rector and \ l.

the Blessing.

Latcr a vcrv rnlovnlalre‘ reception .' 1' . "lav";-

was hold ill "lP choir

the nuspicxs of the int Gl u _ ' n

which Rev. Nr. IbIJOll. U A ‘Er ' Tbboi.‘ met many of their new "'

friends.

Interestlnii Career

Uoerateti 0n ufi°".“...lt..“°.~i.°ai“lil §.:‘§.=:...“"."»;, For Appgpdieltls

a ifov and obtained his early eti- ucatlon in “o school. l-lo of Commerce

rccntllluesionmgllql- 1, ooljol"

QUEBEC, Nov. 2 -— to?) —Alr Minister C G Power is resting af- ter a "successful" appendectomy and "it seems that evefythllil! ‘I111 be

R. c‘ A- F. f,“ fight," Di" Andre Simard, who performed the clllc-rgerlcy operatq ion lute this afternoon. told tho!

Canadian Press toiliglit.

The Minister entered Hotel Dieu hnsnifrii earl" this afternoon alter ' i car from St Pacolnc. » r‘ ~ w», the Power fa-

UITAWA Nov. 2 — (C?) — All‘ force headquarters announced tlvr. award of one George Medal , tvro} Distinguished Flvinc. Crosses 9rd one Distinguished Flying Medal to. members of the R.C.A.E‘. serving 0-;

VETSQBS. I The Rcciillents- Aircrew Members Jleailed For Army

George Medal

PO. R.J. Hooker. Rivers. Man. n. r/c.

Fit. Lt. EA. Campbell of Hum-.

ber Bay. Toronto.

F0. J.S. Welsh of Vancouver. DIEM.

W0. PM. Kerbert Camper. Man.

HALIFAX. Nov. 2 —-(CP) -

Tne maiorlty of 329 aircrew mom-i ‘hose training at Maritime; RCA. . suatlons has been haltedl by contraction of the air force, training program. will Join the’ active nrnly. LL-Col. G. R. Saun- ders, Army Recruiting Officer for ‘MD. No. 6. announced tonight.

A small number will go direct- ly into the army. Col. Saunders Slllltl. Others will receive their ~ urge from the ltCAF. at:

' close to ‘their llolrles — m slly ill Ontario and Quebec — and then will don khaki.

Bllurchill, Eden To ilisit France

ll. B. Legion Backs A llominion ilommand .

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SAINT JOHN. N.B.. Nov. 2 — (c?) -_ The executive COllllLll of the Canadian Legions New BYUIlS-l wick Command has telegfflliilfikii‘ to the General Secretary of t c, Dominion Command, endorsatlcsl of views expressed by the Dogma-i ion President, Alex Walker. n a recent address at Verdun. Q110-

"We view with alarm a FMS! despatch that there is a P05511711" lty of the home defence army be- mg’ released for urgent civilian duties," said the telegram. "As the casualty 11m suglzest the need, we urge that strong pres- guy; be exerted on the Sol/Cm‘ ment to have these men aent over-

LONDON, Nov. 2 — (C?) — Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden will visit. Frame at the invitation of Gen. De Gaulle, the Foreign Office an- nounced tonight.

The date of the visit will be arranged later.

59%;’ walker Md mm m“ n“ N3. PAST HALF-WAY keep’ g the home defence troops in Canada is the rice of uni)‘ 1 _

SAINT JOHN. N3. Nov. - £1“ m‘ pm‘ (CP) -- New Brunnrlek, with a

' Victory Loan objective of $25,400.- 000, went past the half way mark today when sales of our!

the total to 3,E,I50. - ._3._

Presidential Race in ll. S. ilcry Close

mrw YORK, Nov. 2 - (c?) -- Th;nfiffdifé"Aleltllléifdafiltéfii n e Thomas is too close to pick a winner. polls agreed-ac o

10d Y.

TiITIBC of the four opinion-so“ - lings cave the President a g 1e u ate

h “hing indicated Gov. Dewey

, Alli l‘. however. Evlgeigireerlllho exallilill tlvigt my

moraine were not cone

the Mans has been obvious in the bitter-end defence the ticrmans I‘.."a\'(‘ put up. The battle has been lost, Berlin admits. _ ' time before the depth of winter comes for General Eisenhower to build

hnvvel er, alul with

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Surrender of the Nazi commander and ills troops in pockets south nf the Soheidr. Estuary virtually ‘clears the south bank of the fool. gum- hined British and Canadian land and amphibious attacks on _\\a cnerell Island north of the. waterway mean its complete ocraprltion l ltIUAli will not only insure {Lilli-ll use of the in.» municatlon huh, but release powerful elements of Field Mur- slnl Montgomery's forces for concentration elsewhere.

Begins To

twerp Cleared l“. I.

LONDON. Nov. British troop» of Army cti Vii“

co‘ big gun batter. _ _ . dunes to the north. and molc lc- lnforcements poured onto flooded Walcheren Island for the fina- mop-up of Antwerps seaward all- proachcs. g As this vital drive for one of the world's finest ports nearedmrl triumphant climax. the 91mm front began stirring. ‘ British troops, hammering allay at German reorguards battered against the Mans. drove a mile nearer the two vital bridges $161055; the stream of Moerdiyk, uildeucd their hold on the south bank to

four miles, and smashed into they m enemy citadel of Gecrtllrliiclellbclg.

German accounts asserted than British forces some four miles to. [he west of Goerthruldenberg llflfl~ tried to force their way across vile‘ Maas and were repulsed. ‘bit’. Lu: account was without Allied sub-i stantlation. 1

The long-dorlnarlt U. S. lst Army‘ sprang into action inside Gerlllany, southeast of Aachen, driving ahead), one to two miles ln a strong at-, tack through y/Iurtgen forest. y

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Japs Using lluman Air Torpedoes

LONDON. Nov 2 —- (CP-Rcli-‘i fer) _ ‘The Japanese are using} “human V-B"_a1r torpedoes 4 ll. a pilot-against the American l "o in the Philippines. zlcrordilv! t9 Japanese mliitilri’ circles quoted today by the German D N B Agency.

A German Trzlnsocean Agflnly. correspondent describe-ti the no“ weapon as "a kind of V-l with a pilot" and stlld it had only N“. 011M} gasoline for the flight to the. attack.

Two Men Killed in Goal Mine

raw WATEMORD. us. Nov. 1 ._ to?) - Two men were fat- ally injured in the Dominion Coal Com anyb No. l6 Colliery here tonig t when they were struck by a string of opal cars that was 1 via; the na. “no vlctimlan Will onm. w. m: J. Duran, both were track build- ora. They were working at that

$1,204,700 job on No. l2 east level when the occidcn _ V

t ho _p_elled

gen-Arnhem sector to the d Bonn to the south, ‘ intricate network of railroads, highways and

power lines, i! less than 30 miles from American positions in the {STEM-

i Rolls Royce Griffon engine

l’2,aoo

Aircraft: In

Huge Engagement

LONDON. Nov. 2 — (AP) — More than 200 German planes were destroyed to-

day in an air battle in which time over Aierseburg, Germa

2,400 American ny.

and German planes were fighting at ona

United States 8th Air Force losses were reported to be 4i bombers of a force

0f 1,1()l) and 28 fighters of

900 escorting planes.

The fighters. smashing their previous record set Sept. 11 of 117 kills in aerial conlbzlt, downed 130 Germans. Bomber crews shot down 53 more and 25 planes were des-

troyed on the ground.

The Luftwaffe sent up swarms of jet-propelled craft. MESSEY-I scllnutts and Fockr-Vl/lllfs as the] Ullltczl Slzltcs fighters and bomb- ers headed for the large Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg and 131i yard centres at Blelefeld‘ and Rholllc. l

’l‘llo Atriericans, apparently’ anti-i,

cipa flclzo o pusl on, sellt out.) the Stcl/lltl 2“l.=\v-I'A lighter escort‘ lever dlspatcilcd by the 8th Air FOIQE to SJUQIICId the bombers lo “l(‘ii‘ targets. Tile Germans. ' . ' ' attempt to savol ll plan; llt Nic-rse-j

up illclr biggest,

if llitclx-egitors against the.

Jillltuuxllas over that sector. ‘file heavy embers were at-l IQLZIPCI by \ es of jet-propelledl

;: nncc as} _' thundered over the’ oli plant. ‘file c-licmv fliers slash-l c'l ill Lllc iorlllailo s from thel

roar .llld sides during the bomb- '- lllg l‘ l5. . ‘i v s llrgc-sczlie appearance

of the Luftwaffe was the first time that lllc Germans had come up in numbers to fight since Oct! T. 'i‘I:c (lrrlllan flicls - many of‘ lllFZll apparently newly trained-l new: no llllirh for the Amcrlcllnsi ' .i‘. Ltlllcastcrs headed for " ;ur,; this afternoon and wed .l synthetic oil plant there.l ' ' n. pre-lvarl 16,- i