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(Il-IARLOTFETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1944

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‘Russian Troops Reach’ The Yugoslav Border -

N; Russian Offensive Reported North Of Warsaw.

em Liberal lifting 0f lebec Problem

msettfi- (O P) - '. Liilllc, former Director of

m; selective Service, said in an address prepared for t ry over n Canadian Broad- .-t.- Corporation Network that , bpllrc Siléllll 3o talk any longer

‘ rrlty in Cans a m broadcast was part of the time gfflfltCd the CBO to national polit cal parties to ‘q their platforms and plans. , Little was speaking on behalf the Progressive Conservative

y. lir. Little. who said he had deo- to bark the Progressive Con- t titres, said that as a resident of etc and on English-speaking dtiri he made “no pretense" his opinion that it: was sham ipeak of unity in Canada. ‘fcannot attribute the animosit- wliich flamed acrosg my pru- tetri recent weeks to any other in; tliun the weak leadership m Canada during a time when i eras such a vital need 0f cour-

tu leadership." said Mr. Little.

Neighbor and Friend

He had lived among and known i French speaking 1e for

' ‘ears. and "as the r neighbor »- friend I strongly resent that

LONDON. Bout. 6 —(OP) - Ruuinn troqao smashing through Romania have reached tho Yifios- lav border at Turnu-Severin, os. cow announced ht.

Earlier in In order of the day Marshal stelln announced that the Narew River strongpolnt. o! us- giekviis wturedniiriilheuiii iiiiewar‘ . c av new Russian offensive between the cap- ital and east Prussia.

Ostroleka lies in the east bank of the historic river, which Mos- cow arid Berlin dispatches said had been crossed. and 2B miles south cf the southern boundary of cast Prussia. against which Berlin im- nounoed the powerful offensive was directed.

Railroads radiate from the town to east Prussia, Bialystok. Warsaw and Sledlce.

Marshal Stalin termed Ostroleka a "river ‘fortress town." It ivcs tak- en by storm.

The twin triumphs, widely con- trasting in type and location, both presaged calamity for the Ger- mans, whose radio commentators, op arently having written off the Ba kans, took a far graver view of the offensive toward East Prussia and outflanking Warsaw.

Capture of Turnu-Severln, at the downstream end of the famous Danube rapids known as the "iron gate", promised immediate Junc- ture of Soviet forces with the Yugoslav Partisans of Marshal Tito and threatened early ‘ "o" of a line oi steel clear across the northern edge oi the Balkan Pen- insula. The nooss was tightening for the Germans in Bulgaria. Greece, Yugoslavia and Albania.

The drive isolated Bulgaria, al- ready crying ior an armistice in the war that Russia declared on

ty have been studiously and de- ntelv segreRaied from the rest Canada for political advantage," t Little continued.

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No Peace Plea Made By Nazis

LONDON. Sept. 6 - (OP — No peace plea. has yet been made to the United Nations by Germany, a spokesman for the British govern- ment stated emphatically tonight.

He made the statement, he slid. to dis of recently recurrent rumors that Germany has been seeking opportunities to open talks with the Allies.

Banuck Noavies In llay Raid

LONDON. Sept. 6 —- (CP) -- R. A.F. and RCA!‘ heavy bomb- ers hurled a heavy load of liiaili ex- plosives today upon the ilemian rt of Emdrn iii u raid ivliicn iriarked tho first. Canadian bomb- er group participation in a daylight attack on Germany.

A large escort of Spitfires and Mustangs accompanied the giant Lancastcrs and Halifaxcs on the attic: on Ehndon, nearest Haven to‘ which the Germans can hope to evacuate that portion of their nav- al strength based in besieged chon.

lain To Be Referred

‘ War

By Ifirke L. Qhnpson, Associated Prone War Analyst

Coincident with official Allied disclosure of first American petrol penetrations of German frontier; from the west came the Moscow un- of the Germans’ Narevv R-ivor bastion of Ostroleka northeast of Warsaw to mock Berlin claims flint the east front

nouncement of Red Army

in Pollnil had been "stabilized? " ' ‘ of that In

o the central anchor of the Narew lino guarding Warsaw and corridor approaches to the Baltic or Berlin, is the obvious beginning of the and of the Gtflllln stand on the Vfstula. The most for (the Germans along the whole east front from the Dalila to the Car- pathians is being ripped open by the Russians at the very moment that Allied armies in the west are wheeling swiftly info position to attack the

Siegfried line.

The enemy's plight in Italy is hardly less precarious. Tho Bimini anchor on the Adriatic end of the German Gothic defence Ilne may soon full. And behind Rlmlnl llo the wide reaches of tho Po Valley and the straight open road up its southern flank to Bologna and Milan.

Allied turning of the Bimini corner must inevitably force a. German evacuation of the whole Gothic line, of all Wily south of the Alps pro- bably. Eventually. the Allies might sweep around into the Balkan Penin- sula for a junction with Russian forces there.

For the moment, however. It is at the T to Germany and down the Vistulii corridor from the east that the most ominous Allied and Russian threats menace tottering Germany-

The opening guns of the firinl, decisive bottles of the wur well ma! ‘the west and the east.

be sounding even now both in

British“ Vi/‘ar Ciiffice Criticised By Press

Complain British And

Enough Credit For Exploits In France.

Battle For Northern

‘Italy Approaching

ROME, Sept. 6 — (AP) - The decisive bottle for northern Italv on the broad stretches of the Po River valley appeared near to- night aiter Canadian troops plung- ed within five miles of Rimini on the Adriatic coast and Ameri-

riel mm Alli the Canadian planes returned so v

cans on the opposite end of the front seized Lucca, provincial cap- ital 10 miles northeast of Pisa.

Once Rimini is captured. Gen. Alexander will pour out on to the flatlands o! Northern Italv. the greatest armored striking force ever assembled in the Mediterran- ean aren to proceed with the an- nihilation of Field Marshal Gen. Kesselringki armies.

To Retire More Naval ilfficers

OTTAWA. Sept. 6 — (C?) —NaVY Minister Maodonald announced to- da that an increased number of oi icers will be retired from the

Royal Canadian Navy, but said the.

increase was not to be regarded as an indication that a general or par- tlei demobilization was impending.

Mr. Maodonald said that by in- creasing the rate at which officers were retired avenues of promotion would be opened up for junior of- ficers and ratings.

New Earth Tremors

CORNWALL, Ont., Sept. Y. —(C P) - A fresh earth tremor. of short duration, tonight shook this eas- tern Ontario district which lies near the epicentre Monday night's widely felt distur ances that cau- selad heavy damage to this industrial c ty.

Trade "Dept. Prepares Its Post-War Set-Up

By Jamel MoCook

OTTAWA, Sept. 6 — (0 P) -- Ths Trade and Commerce Depart- ment now is completing the organ- isation which will icl: up all the threads oi interns onal commerce cut by the war in 103B and i940.

Action will be prompt. If Can- ada h to have her ohl-re of post- wn- use, she cannot delay iii ha.-

vi h t tiv t their “.371 ‘fir... ' " .:'"*"*°“ :dienni.n.dustry on what goods are needed officials uy. Cumin

p0 . mni trade channels. Like all the others. she will have to ll on the quality of hei- goods, eir price and their accessibility.

Trad Minister MacKinnon. Oli- ver theater. acting nmw motor.

and O. M. Croft, COMIDQ-Niul Intel noe Service, can give a. specific ance of the alertness of their organisation.

Yves Lnmontagno. a former trade commissioner in Belgium, now is an economic adviser on the staff of Mai-Gen. Georges Vanier. Can. adian representative to the governments of six 0C0l&lQtI H8012; eon countries. when n. Van goes to Paris to reopen the Can- adian negation, Mr Lemcntngne will be ready as soon as conditions permit to see the restoration of trading contracts.

Where Wesibie. Canadian Trade

director oi the

od Commissioners and their assistants

will return to offices where they

before the war. ‘in 1930, there were about 50 such re- presentatives established in 8B of- iceo in 26 countries. As the war spread, ll trade commissioners or asistsnts had to close offices in enemy or oecuplc‘ countries and return to other duties in Canada.

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Canadians Not Given

By Douglas Amaron

LONDON. Sellt. 6 —- (C P) -' Criticism of the war Qilice end British Information Services 101' making the British. and in PET-m‘ thesis, the Canadian soldiers, take a back seat in this war was an 011i- come of the Normandy battle.

Newspaper columnists and. ed- itorial writers 0001911111165 biiieflli about; the "Blimps" who turned tlie glare of publicity “WAY 51'0"! the Tommy and his Canadian fight- ing brother in favor of the Unified States doiighboy.

m; one tried to take any cred away from the fighting Amfliiifl-M

Lights Go 0n Sept. 17

Joyful Britons To Drop Many Civilian Defence Duties.

i-L LONDON, Sept. 0 — (GP) -—Tl'iB rhid blackout regulations plunged Britain into darkness five oars ago will be relaxed Sept. 17. t e tonight

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In addition to tumlniz on the lights again, an act which probably will be a greater boon to morale than anything short o! the end of the war itself, joyful Britons will drop n-ianrv civilian defence duties they undeoitook in the days when Prime Minister Churchill proclaim. ed "we'll fight on the beaches and in the hills."

The blackout-the most depress- ing of all British wartime rest-ric- tions-will be relaxed almost to the VBJZISIIILDR point a ivc-el; from Sun- day tugtime fireivatching will end and g t fire guard diuties will cease n all Britain except London and the southern coasts‘. areas. and compulsory drills for Britons 2,- 000,000 anti-invasion home guards will end next Mmidoy". _

The ministry of home security gublished these proclamations as

ie war turned a full cycle Now Gennany was being invaded. and Hitler was training sharpsnooters for guerilla war on German soil.

In the stores sates oi bluckwiii. clrnpes already had fahcn off shar- uly and sales of flags and bunting for victory da/v boomed.

Under the new re ilations win- dows must be curta icd so that objects inside the building are not distinguishable from the out- sidc 111i’. means ordinary Deuce- time curtains or blinds mav be 115ml

Although the Gfffilifl air ioicc has not visited the country in force since frrefil. the -ia- .\I‘.‘." the v 'r was rn Pr; -.c, home ‘sacreiar Morrison CHUTIUIFWI the ptir ic to be ready to resume their civil defence duties in event of fur- ther attacks.

Fine Publicity For Quebec

whose grout. achievements have been headline news in the British Pres-i since the break-out in Brittany. but many writers felt that. too little em- phnsis was given to the importance of the bitter Normandy battle.

Outspoken Editorial

In an outspoken editorial celled Back Seat," the Daily Mirror a .

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"The Blimps of the War Office seem to have an ides. that to let the world know the truth about the achievements of the Bfitiih Anny would in some g otesque way be tantamount to disclosing an important military secret to the enemy...

"The battle of Normandy was won at Cacn through the great work of British and Canadian tl‘oops....Thc plan was Monty's from beginning to end. Yet it would appear that, the policy of our gov- eminent is to hide these facts and give tlie whole credit to the Am- cricans."

A. J. Cummings, writing in the News Chronicle, quoted a Sunday Observer nrticlc to the effect the battle of the Seine "was won ri- niiirily by British and Cana tan troops "

"It; is high time that an unima- ginatlve British government. 11-“ well {l5 spokcsmcn in the British Press, should make full and gener-

ous acknowledgermne of this vital stgd

fact". wrote C Gladly Applaud Americans

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"All of us gdadly lpplllld the brilliant success of the mobile Am-

aditm armies which, Q1 bloodiest fighting in the whole war, tied down the bulk of th

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QUEBEC. Sept. B - (CP) —Paul ‘lfieaulieu, Minister oi Trade and Commerce. told a service club here today that "the forthcoming sec- ond visit of chiefs of state consti- tutes first-class publicity through- out the world ior the province oi Quebec."

(London reports have stated that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill will confer in Quebec City this month).

Beauiieu added: "It. is the inten- tion of the new Duplessis gov-

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the British 2nd army. the 1st Can- adian army. and the American lst and 3rd armies placed o terrific strain on the supply situation. Where the Germans were reeling back in confusion a ‘week zigo, they now have had time to regroup and reorganize frr a stand. i

(SPECIAL - LONDON. Sept. 6 - iCP-Reuter- -- The Ger- man D.N.B. agency said lute tonight: ‘German reconnais- sanco reports indicate that In the whole area between Longwy and Nancy, the Americans are making preparations for a maj-

‘ or offeivive.

There is evidence that the Ger- means had ordered withdrawal iron" some cities along the Moselle and then came back when the pursuit slowed up.

Ruined For Week

The dripping skies today and al- most continual ruin ‘or i. work have been no help to the Allies

air superiority

Willi the Germans established in strongpoints, the brunt. of battle in this army has been shifted tem- porarily, at least, to the infantry who have the task of driving in_and opening a tiny gap through which armor can be forced for a move to push the Germans back again.

The Germans are expected in fight only delaying actions on the Moaelle to give time for organ- intlon of_ border defences oi Germanfi itself. flow well mun- nprl or ow much obstacle the Siegfried line may be is anybody‘: guess. Anil no one will be able to say until we first thoro-

Wlth the 3rd army in position for a frontal assault on these pos- itions and British and American armies driving th t, _ lands and Belgium. blit-ler‘; border defences are due for o bone-crack- ing test. over a. several hundred mile front.

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Reds Join Tito’s Partisans

IDNDON, Sept. 7 - (Thum- day) — 1GP) — Russian troops lluret into Yugoslavia today to loin with Marshal Tito’: Par- tlsans, the Free Yugoslav Radio reported this morning.

The Soviet midnight comm. unique had announced a light- ning Red Army advance to the Russian-Yugoslav border with capture of the .Danubc River town of Turnu - Severin In Romania, and Marshal ‘Pit/o’: Radio hroadcut that "Russian

Stalled ‘3rd Army

(Associated Press War Correspondent)

EY, FRANCE, Sept. 6—(AP)—Making their flrlt real stand since the Allied break-through in Normandy, the Germans engaged the United State! 3rd Army tonight in some of the heaviest fighting of its drive across France.

It can be revealed now that 3rd Army tank columns which raced across France at tremendous speed have been stalled almost a week because supplies have not been able to keep up with the pace.

This week's breathing spell has given the Germans time to dig in along the Mos- elle and the 3rd Army is facing the tough task of cracking through the fixed fortifica- tions of these historic battle-grounds.

Supplies now have been sent up and the 3rd Army once more is on the move. But now it must start the Germans “rolling back” once again.

Unconfirmed Reports Say Canucks In Ypres

DONDON, Sept. 6 —- (CP) —A

Renter dispatch from France today said there were unconfirmed re- ports that Polish spearheads of the 1st Canadian Army were in historic Ypres. Ypres, where Canadians figured in bitter fighting during the First Great War, is about 32 miles south- east of the English Channel port of Calais, another objective of the 1st Canadian Anny.

The Paris Radio said lst Com adian Army troops had penetrated into Calais.

New Moderator For United Church

troops already have entered Ylllflilavia by crossing the Danube."

Triplets Born

$YDNEY.N. s.,sept.e- Thlllets were born here today to Mrs. lliam Purcell, wife of an army captain from Halifax. The W0 bvys and one girl were dea- cribed with their mother mnlght a; "dglhhg Wall." e E l wei bed two pounds, a?“ P21551135. vlvz le the boys cvlveitahed » OUIIC pounds. three OllXlC€8.es m m

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Prominent Engineer Dies At Ottawa

ernment to make o! Quebec the first province in the Dominion and to have its influence radiating abroad by opening commercial of- fices in South America and Eur- Opes.

“Praying Mantis" New British Plane

IONDON. Sept B -- (OP-Reu- —- British technicians have Created t1 mflicr increase iii the sea- golng airpowcr of the Royal Navy by designing "the pra ing mariti." -— _a spitfire Wllll to ding ivlngs which can be packed in scores in- atizgrait carriers. it_wus disclo-

ay. The full significance of the space. saviziiiz design will be seen when the mod icd version of the in

craft is used in fleets of possibly 100 aircraft carriers operating in thfiiatres like the Pacific, experts

so . In the Seafire niork III. plane officially is known. the wings are cut twice. and when ‘oldcd t-lic one i like the Dllllnaclcus in- sect. the praying mantis. from which ilgets its mirulognnme.

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ilanuck Navy ,Weapon For {Offence Now

By FRANK FLAIIERTY

OTTAWA, Sept. 6 — (GP) — From an anti-submarine navy. op- erating as specialists in U-boa‘: destruction the Royal Canadian Navy has turned into a “balanced fighting force," available for of- fciise as well as dcfcncc. it was disclosed today in an account of rcccnt iiavnl activity by Navy Min- istcr Macdonald.

‘The invasion of France, he indi- cated, brought. Canadian nnvnl act- ivity to a high point: with Canadian ships doing all the close escort work for trans-Atlantic convoys and stepping into the battles of the English Channel and the ap- proaches to France to bring the Navy's total of surface ship sink- ings and dumagings to more than 0.

Up to the time of the invasion the navy hcid little chance to fight enemy surface ships, he said. Its job had been to protect shlppinfl from submarines and it had des- troyed l5 undersea vessels, includ- ing the success of the destroyer Haida, announced today.