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m conditions in Norlhianberiand wait between Borden and Tor- mmiins improved somewhat yes- urdsy and traffic buggers to resume

which bapn ay morning. Part of the de- lay was at s entime while some "pairs were made to the ship. The c g from the mainland gwrpidd about 13 hours. About five of that time the boat wae battl heavy ice within a mill of gerden. However. a. return crossing was made to the mainland in an liour and a half and the trip beck to this side in about two hours, the fen-y docking at Borden at 10a and the train arriving in Charlotte- town shortly after l o'clock this

morning.

Railway officials said the boat would not attempt another cross- ing until the regular passenger trip

s morning.

Meanwhile. freight was beginning to pile up st ‘Ibrmeritine but the

number of cars on Mic track there m not learned.

Senate Adjourns llntil Marsh 1 a

VITAWA. m. e-wPr-Debate duestion of

I! JAMIE McCOOK

OPPAWA. llbb. 4-(0?) — opposition-party leaders in Commons today uxgedmPr

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Naughton as

will say nothing next week at the earliest. On orders of the ds PIWIBSSIVQ er. said ma

army affairs wo

m e throne spcecr was concluded. when Defence Minister Ralswn bnermnaisswsclggteiio“ ittnda ‘r2? bin inemfirmtsryiasrtezipgiriwiifm mesa vote the add y. speech debate a °

en ‘l- WW1 the movieea our: "a€ssa"cmyii=°s“ the Prime Minister. merit had said Gen. MoNaug left the overseas army remmmendations fun Sen oral hadolbeiglnhfi ator W. Rwcrt Denies lsmites-io we; q forthe or ( ) lb... m“ y‘

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sa ng e was “m. mm‘ tug-Ila vernment should

continued day-J .G . l, Dr arry Robert (ODE-York

Qotarlo) endorsed the I In important forward Pm“

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He also arked that can predict when the war will "but I believe there is a good sibility that the war against many will end this year."

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oruitir‘ at "canes... for . cru a1 trades," he added. motile are still anxious to the Navy."

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an. Glen said a debatfl eaoarake-giacaroa orders day. but u. . Caldwell. 0.0.!‘ leader. sadd he supported Mr. giavdon in askkig an immediate Four members participated in the throne speech debate to- Dieffenbaker (PC-Lake - M MoG (L

and Josep South) .

Optiaiistic Speech Dy llavy Minister

TORONTO. Feb. 4 - (OP) - . Angus Macdonald. Minister of Naval Services. said in an inter- view here today that “every ship in an allied convoy in the Atlantic

of getting through safely;

compared to even a year ago the in the effectiveness of U-

lster added: "due to complete co-

of Britain, tho United Germans

The Royal Canadian Navy

not recruiting at the moment be»-

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PEARL HARBOUR, ‘Ll-L,

4 —(AP)- Admiral Chester Nimitz. oommnnder-ln-chlef of the United States Pacific Fleet, has issued a proclamation to the People 0f the Marshall Islands establishing a military govem- ment and “suspendln the of the Emperor of span occupied areas," Fleet Headquart- ers announced today.

United Stateg warships, mean- while, are riding safely at anchor in the Lagoon of Kwsjalein Atoll of the Wostcm Marshalls, repres- enting a new challenge to Japan- ese sea and air power. Following the Central Pacific offensive, launched last week-end, amphibi- ous forces have new footholds 2.000 miles nearer than Pearl Harbor to the enemy’; island de- fences in the Corolla-res, including Truk. a powerful Japanese bast-

ion.

This thrust was accomplished with extremely light ground cas- without loss of a single ship. It has yet to meet an air or sea challenge from the enemy.

As United States forces drove Japanese remnants from Islands of the Kwalalein Atoll. the invas- ion fleet sailed into the lazoon to of its reef-pro- tected waters where tho-I'd H180 l5 safety bmarinee. Rear-

Richmond K. Turner.‘ told newsmen that he had

1 . moon fleet to anchor there

ordered the Tuesday.

More Tomato Juice

4-40?) -— can‘ larger tomato their meals dill‘-

OTTAWA. Feb. adians will enjoy juice cgoktails wlghMMch “Friifpiiiaiysfifi... said. tonight that

n of nod -

3% l lmi wholesalers may m viper-ease their allocation of tomato juice by 10 per w"

Originally the allocation was set at 30 per cent. It now may be m- cressed to i0 P" w“ during m9 period mentioned. The increase sp- plies to tomato juice DI Y»

The catch is that ami- April 1 use cocktails will be smaller. since the increase authorized will make g provpor onately reduced quaniit of juice available for distribution e-ftm‘ that date.

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Toronto War Plants licod 5,000 Women

TORONTO, Feb. 4-—(CP)—$ev- on Toimnw district war industries engaged in fuse filling, fine optical work, aircraft. munitions and radio

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uotdon will require 5. full- e women workers before A. l Mrs. l-‘tex Eaton national hea of women's dlvls on. National sel- ective Service. said here today, She said tint between now and April 1 bout 800 women each week Will be iecuimdlabove thgbnuartikbg marmal- ll i411)“ OI‘ _ l “B E Toronto gffice of Selective Service.

Awarded D. F. O.

UITAWA. Ibb. d — (OP) Force Headquarteoa tonight mimced award o! Diet Flying Crosses to two British Col- umbia pilots serving in the seine It. 0- A. 1". bomber ov- erseas for

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ls Missing

SGT. HARRY CHARLES CLAY.

a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force is missing, hlymother, Mrs. Mae Clay of Montague has been informed. According to in- formation received by his mctl ,

Sit. Clay failed to return from h first operational fl ht.

T young man enl ted with the R.C.A.1". shortly after the out- break of war. Just after he finish- ed school. Ho was with s. ground crew ut first but later re-muster- ed for air crew. He graduated as an sir gunner from No. O Bomb- ing and Gunnery School at Mont Joli. Quebec. and went overseas in July lest year.

Just before Sgt. Clay went over- seas he was married,“ sf . Mam“... holds. w ' . resi United tea st homo Thursday night. In addition to his mother a younger sister. Miss Edith Clay is at Montague. Hlg father, Cassius Clay, ls dead.‘

20,000‘ Mechanics

DETROIT, Feb. 4 —(AP)—More than 20,000 members of the Inde- pendent Mechanics Educational Society vin America. were reported to have walked off their war plant jobs in at lenst eight Ohio and Michigan factories today pro-

testing s government agency's handling of s. Jurisdictional dis- pu

e.

Matthew Smith of Detroit, Na- tional M.E.S.A. Secretary, tele- graphed heads of the factories af- fected that “we have no dispute with your management."

He described the Union's action as "a fight for an organization's right to survive in the face of ad- ministration's support of the CI. 0. and the consequent. almost prohibition of independent union- ism by the National Labor Rola- tions Board and the National War Labor Board."

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4 —(APi ~—Rslph A. Bard, Acting Secretary of the Navy, demanded tonight that the more than 20,000 mom- bcrs of thc Independent Mechanics Society of America who were re- ported to have walked off their war plant jobs return to work im- mediately "as s condition of loy- alty to their country."

Report SS Guard Rushed To Berlin

STOOKHOLM. Fob. 4 l -- Reginlents of thc Nazi SS (Elite ushed w Berlin

e ewsps Aftontldnixigen said today in guoting g private report from the erman capital.

The newspaper re rt, which wee considered here wi reserve, did not say where the pamphlets ori -

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, O Nazi illlockade

Neal reports that the 5th army

beachhead roughly l4 miles wide and

beaolihz-ail. Ila goal other than Rome

caught him napping on the Netiuno And meanwhile, a crisis for the

bout the Neituno-Anzin beaohhead.

Runners lire Sunk”

WASHINGTON, ‘Feb. 4 --(A

P) — Sneaking through the South Atlantic with cargoes vital to the Axle war machine, three Nazi blockade runners ran into the blazing guns of American warships and were sent to the bottom.

All had sailed from Japanese held ports of the Pacific, the navy revealed today, and their holds were loaded with thous- ands of tons of rubber, tin. fats and strategic ores.

Much of this material was salvaged, pariicularly hundreds of tons of baled rubber floating in the debris after the runners were sunk.

Many prlsonerg were taken from the three ships whose crews attempted to scuttle their vessels to prevent capture of the valuable cargoes.

The destroyed blockade run- her; were the uslllGllillld, ‘i.- 302 ion Hamburg - American ship built in Hamburg. Ger- many, In 1928. the Rio Grande

0.062 tons and the 6.5M ton Weserlavsd. both of German registry.

Oust 0f Living Index Declines

OTTAWA. Feb. -i--iCPl -— The Dominion Bureau of Statistics re- ported today the official cost-of living index declined from 119-3 at Doc. to ll9.0 at Jun. Ll making the total wartime increase 10.‘; per cent.

The index was ll'1.l on the cor- datc last year.

"Group ‘ndexos for foods and home-rirmishings and service: were lower than in the previous month while those for fuel and lighting and miscellaneous items a va-noed." the Bureau said

Under the government's receni wen control order, the cost-of-liv-

By Kirka L Simpson. Associated Prose War Analyst

what the Berlin “enoirclcmenW claim really meant, ‘ihc Allied force. now said io include six divisions and unquestionably supplied with all types of armor and guns, must do man, than hold that

m3“! il-lllllly "u"! 1701‘! Willie southward feeding the Casslno-Minturno lend of ilie Gustav line. American forces foughiltheir way to the outskirts of Cisterna on lhc Appisn Way, the ancient highway that Marshes. at one early stage of the fight. That ls the most dangerous sec- tor for the Germans since Allied capture of Clsterna might llgg have permitted a quick advance to cut the via. Carillon. ihc Rcme-Cassino lughway, less than seven miles further inshore, as well.

With sea and air superiority in Allied hands heyomllltlie challenge, the gamble for a. quick and decisive flanking operation south of Home‘ that would unhlnge the whole Nazi front and probably force early sur- render of Rome itself was well worth while.

But the enemy has again demonstrated masterly staff abilities and speed in troop deployments under critical conditions to nullify mug]; or iho initial advantage gained by the Allies in the surprise manoeuvre

bastion is the south. Its fall in surrounding Allied forces seems imminent. That would open the way up the Llrl Valley via. the Cassilina highway for an advance on the flank of the ring so swiftly

.R-A.F.Bombers In Force After Day Raid

- sixth mission.

REDS CL OSED STEEL RING 91v NAZIS

Yanks In New Challenge To Japanese Sea Power

beaehhead at Nettuno south of

Items has been “cncirclcd" can be discounted, but there ig Zbynple avid. once from the sccne that the operation has reached i; cglflgg] stage, l For the moment, at least, that bold Allied flankilli llianoenvrg aimed

at cutting in between Rome and the main battle lino in Ital lillllli dllliclrcd to be stopped. Ii. could not be encircled, with Al ed naval forces of tremendous power at its back, but it could h; boxed in“, 1|;

to the

fillht miles deep. That slflfls lo be lllolf was obviously to cut the two

runs through the Pontine

that beachhead. foe is at hand around the Cassino

forged by the Germans s-

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LONDON, Feb. 4 — (AP) — B. A- F. heavy bombers, idle since Sun- day night's R. A. 1". - R. C. A. l". blow at Berlin, crossed the moon- lit Dover Straits tonight in two waves after United States heavy bombers in s. daylight raid attack- ed the important German indus- trial ancl communication centre of Frankfurt and other targets in Western Germany-

The daylight raid, six American major attacks in seven days, cost 21 bombers rind one fighter.

The bombers were escorted by‘ United states long range fighters and supported by R. A. F, Domin- ion and Allied Spitfires and Ty- phoons. an army headquarters com- munique announced tor-light.

In other operations during tlic| day hundreds of lighter Allied air- craft crossed the channel to con- tinue the pounding of military tar-

gets in Northern France- R. A. F. Mosquitoes, she her- ded by fighters. attacked m itary

objectives in Northern France, the Air Ministry announced, and lat- er similar mission; were carried out by Typhoon fighter bombers, one of which is mixing.

Airmen of the heavy bomber raid said some anti-aircraft fire was oi’ a rocket type which exploded with orange red flashes and then burn- ed 1000 feet through the air.

Among hundreds of pilots on mlssiong during the day was Ms]- James Stewart, former film sisr. who led s heavy bonn-ber squadron without special incident on his

The Germans lashed l" "k at Lon- don with a two wave a“\'.k by ab- out 70 planes 'l"hurs:lay night,

several fires in London-

Describing the raid, one Lon- doner sald ‘incendiaries came down in streams like liquid fire burning the length of the street like dozens of Roman candles."

Two Armed ilolrlups Staged In llow York

in: bonus paid to Canadian work- ers. based on the cost-of-living in- dex. with basic wa o rates effective the first payrol per- iod 0n 0f‘ slim‘ Feb. 15.

When the mergin was announ- ced. tha governmen said it would not er a. revision of the new 001w until here was a three-per-

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NEW YORK, Feb. i - (AP) — A few hours after six masked thugs stole a $30,400 war plant payroll, only to lose more than l‘alf of it in a wild fli t. two hold up men to- night ro the Bankers Federal Savi and loan Association of-

fice .500.

"Come with me and keep quiet", one of the two men told Theodore H. ‘Iheban, manager of the Asso- ciation. as he eteppvai outside at the close o! the day's business. They ordered him to unlock the office door and then a small safe. Th0? fled with the safe‘s contents after leaving ‘Iheban bound hand and foot. He struggled free l3 minutes later and sounded an

arm. In the earlier hold up at the war plant. the six with

Germans Fail A To Rescue 10 Lost Divisions

steel cordon aro Nazi divisions in the Ukraine, as filled 2.800 more Germans fighting

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outside, wrecking 1M big transport planes and 58 Nazi tanks, Moscow announced tonight. cleared the lIO-mile coast of the Gulf of Finland from Leningrad west w the Nslrova River mouth in- side Estonia. Other forces wiped out the last Germans on the railway from Lenin rad to Novgorod, ti second nort -soivth line freed since

ther 2.700 Germans were this fighting. said tho Moscow mid-

night oomnvim Soviet Radio

e in one action attends tank to their comrades

sian artillery and tank sent them reeling back with a loss 3S tanks.

issued pessimistic re

that need R-ileslian attack, which they r . 15.3%.... £2 hcinted that Vitehsk h b0 ymded“ mlg t soon

causing some casualties and starting Sal-flees Munster ithat William J.

about to ensure

LONDON, Feb. 4-—(AP) — The squeem its

mcape and has pounded back ermcn rescue attempts from the

julikers

In (he north Soviet troops have

>3 so

he battle of the north . Ano-

kiiied in icue recorded by the Mblliwl‘.

Death Or Surrender

l The stiffest fighting on the flam-.

ng Russian fr-on however. con-l

Germans 8TB facing

Germans outside the circle

‘ -‘ to send a column through Russian lines wdisiv but Rus- destroyers

oasts. meanwhile.

German ports indicating t whit J. ‘fiiidfia. we:

growing in in. ensimy. ‘The Gennans

Tlha Germ-on agency Transocean said the Crimea "again has become one of the focal points of big bat- tle on the eastern from. course of the past 2i. hours strong Soviet infantry and tank formations resumed the battle for the Crimea with thrusts against the German defence positions near Perckop."

LONDON, I-‘eb. 4 —- (OP) _ The Germans were reported to- day by the Free Yugoslav Radio

to have massed a great force for a seventh major offensive against the Yugoslav Partisan Army of Marshal Josip Broz (Tito).

BUFFALO, N.Y., Feb. 4 -—ICPI'

—-R.eportlng the United States Govemmenvs plans to import 40,- 000,000 bushels of wheat from Canada by rail this year. repre-

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First Four Smashes liavo Been Repulscil

Bitter Fighting In Pro- gress Almost Within Sight Of Rome.

By Rlchzi-ril-E Massock

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS 1N ITALY, Feb. 4 -— (AP) - German. troops with tanks and planes, have launched their expected heavy coun- ter offensive against the Anglo -< American bridgehead south ol Rome, and bit‘ fighting is in pro- gress within s of the eternal city's radio towels.

Allied hearnuarters announced thnt ilie first four slI-IISHBS by ilia Nazis had been repulsed with heavy. losses and mo; Allied tYOOXJs im- proved their positions siomewiizifl west of German held cisterns, the “town of lJJ-I-O pill boxes" on the Appian Way 24 miles southeast of Rome.

The German communique claim- "major enemy forces“ liacl been encircled wltliin the baach- head and that Allied "relief att- acks" were repulsed.

A field dispatch said the battle for Cistenia, would "be remember- ed as one of the bloodiest and most fiercely contested of

tNd on the contracting circle-now. v '- perhaps 40 miles in diameter-om whole mu" the west bank of the Dnloper Rive:- bcvween Kariev and Cheflrasy where’ perhaps 100,000 death or surrender.

Daniel do Luce of the Asso- ciated Press described the mounting battle as a "furious effort tn wipe out the entire Allied foothold around Anzis."

On the main 5th Army front, 50 1111185 from the conflict for this bridgehead, Nazi “suicide squads‘ entrenched in sieel and concrete plllboxes inside the shattered town of Cassino still defied every effort to dislodge them.