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CHARUOTTETOWN,” CANADA, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1944

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Enemy Fighter Planes Keep Cut 0f Skies

Anti-Aircraft Barrage Described As Very Heavy.

simian HEADQUARTERS. Allies Expeditionary Forces. Julie AP) - More than 1.300 heavy bombers, lprggit, force yet thrown t strategic targets not in support of invasion troODS. slfili" smashing blows today li- (ill refineries and oil storalle d6" pus in northwestern Germany. wot one German fighter arose tn‘ challenge the great fleet lilo Germans threw an anti-air- mm phi-rage over Hamburg and omel- tnl-got areas described as one of the heaviest ever witness-

i... to zoo United states heavy [mullet-s pounded the Pas “do Calais sector of France in B gxl-‘l Allied assault "on that Gel‘- nlan “secret-weapon bases area.

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blows, rocket bomb attacks gouthem Bllblfilld- d

’I1'i!y came after selected NW " pens of American heavy b00159"

Wturdny Attacked the d8 clllals area. believed to p; to: launching-place of thc Erma

. . iile 1.000 other ".?.‘l§.lb°s"t'§le. vlvlgilily bombers and fighters hit German airfields in France.

lrAitrs Laucnrlm assault

LONDON. - (c?) — To show ‘that Christianity "is not a thins of misery and cant.” R" R- a London stiburban

definite grand strategy bearing on short against J: a

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COLLEGE BRIDGE, N.B., June f8—iCPl - One man was killed and another seriously injured Sat- urday when a speeding Canadian National Railways train en route from Charlottetown to Monctcn. 10.3., left the rails a mile from l-lieire and plunged into the mad- s e.

All ssengers aboard the train escaped" serious inlury, although

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Do- several received minor outs and

bruises. but James Collins. Saint John. N.B.. e CNR express moi- senger riding in the first car be- inrl the locomotive, was kil d The locomotive

1 i, . l‘ "l; or heaven in man, Douglas Geldart, Saint John ‘n t 11109 as) en I. 8P wgg ualggigyflegscaplng s_t_e_a__rn_§tl1_

.13 Dead In

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From Alcohol Poisoning

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t ‘ml Dance, St. Ther- Eli's all. Wednesday. June 21st.

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"Minstrel Revue. Lot 65 Hall.

Wednesday evening. 0.30 curtain. 6-lB-3i

' ififurray Harbor Starch Pac- iulsy is closed until Friday June 23rd. 0-17-3i

"Dance in liforell flail Wednes- day. June 21st. Percy Groom's Orchestra. 5-l9-20-2i

"Dance at Herbert Buchananb noiv house. Fredericton. Wednes- day evening. June 21 in aid of hall. 6-17-19-21-31

"ice cream and dance at Elliot l-lali, Monday. June 19th. If not fine first fine night following.

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' 0e Feline Smidle From Turni Ridge" b Marie Players in Montague lfall. Thursday. June 22. 6-19- l

>i——- O "south Rustico Hall Tueuiay M. I am. Kensington players present "Aimt Minnie From Minnesota". I not comedy-drama. 6-19-21

"Ioadi h this week u follows: ‘dermal’. and Bagnoll, Hunter River; Elmer Wlgmore. Breadnibane, Summersldc and

ensington, Roy Adams, Maurice Caselcy, H. S. McEvvan. Trucking iervlco supplied. H. B. Melina.“

SAINT JOHN, N. 3., June 18- (CPJ -— The deaths oi five men and a woman were reported over the week-cnd, bringing to 13 the total of fatalities from the drinking of methyl alcohol here in the past three days. An inquest will be held Monday night.

The woman Mrs. Julia Ewart, Saint John, died late Saturday and her husband, Henry B. Ewart was later admitted to hospital and his condition is reported as serious.

The alcohol, part of u shipment going overseas for the Canadian Red Cross, was said by authorities to have dlsap al-ed from a shed on the wate ront at West Saint John early Friday. Most of the vic- tims were ci/evedores.

Police are still searching for a- bout 25 gallons oi the alcohol. so far not accounted for, and expres- sed the fear some of it may have reached the hands of bootleggers and been doctoral-l for sale Every

_ available police officer \vas thrown

into an intensive city wide search of the premises oi all persons here known-to be or suspected of being active in any way in boctlosslnz.

Sixteen persons-were still in hos- pital here tonight and some them were in a serious con- dition. A number of others were released after receiving medical treatment.

The dead to date are A. Morton MacLaren, Arthur Perry, Lawrence Gaulrenu. Richard Theme, Fer-

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rolls to its projected summertime oitoh.

1i. ls now belnz proved again 1n France, as it was in Russia and on every great battlefield ln history, that the infantry still is the queen oi battles. All the rest of the vast equipment. of modern armies is designed to help the infantry do its decisive lob-

Under nroof in Normandy at the week end was Nani ability to con- tain the Allied oflrlgeheud without resort to strategic reserves in men and

Onee the Normandy beach fronts are punctured ln sufficient width

and depth to not ashore powerful Allied armies and ellillllmfllt it clear that the ice must either Join battle with all he has soon M‘ l‘

Derailed, One Killed

By Iiirlrc L. Blnmoorl, Annotated Prose War Alllyfl Appearance in Japanese home skies of the 11-20 super bomber: baa a

Allied hopes oi cutting the struggle

ll II well la Germany. The Yawatn heart of Japan's steel lndustrykzu turned in: o. roaring

wh

t It 20 per cent of total Nipponese steel making capacity bud been knocked

We broke all bomber records for dis-

tance an speed all well as striking power. Jint how far they flew to ac- complish their first major war mission la undlacloaed. But the attack l!" Tokyo in no doubt that the Japanese home front ls now- vulnerable to re- peated and devastating assaults from the air.

Time alone can reveal it; effect on Japanese war making capncliy. It took months of concentra‘ ’ IllflIl-lnil-dly bombing of Nazi continental targets from Britain to soften-up tha French coast for invading troops. The full effect there on German war endurance still is to be revealed al

rid. Romania or elsewhere in Europe

ncton Train

critical condition.

The locomotive and seven cars of the train were derailed and the locomotive half buried itself in the

[soft earth alongside the roadbed before it came to a stop. Cause of the accident was not revealed‘ b!‘ railway officials who said an in- vcstigation was under way.

The locomotive was the first to leave the rails. The two cars fol- lowing tlie locomotive, including the one in which Collins was rid- in , were thrown clear oi the rails be ore the toppled into the ditch.

It was a out one .m. ADT when the crash occurre and traff ovel- the main line between l-lal fax and Moncton was halted fo six hours while wrecking crews from Monoton. eight miles from here, cleared the line.

Railway officials were on the scene molly and arranged trans- lpcz-ts. n by taxi and bus for the 3215 passengers who were bound fer Monctcn and other points west.

The officials had no immediate explanation for the accident but several came to the scene bv auto- lnobiie to investigate and to DN- of the tracks

The hundreds \vho thromed a- bout the scene olf the accident were amazed tl-lalt more on the train had not been killed and injured for the engine itself was buried in some four feet. of mud in the marsh cl. the south side of the track. It had ploughed through the soft ground knocking down a telegraph pole. snapping the wires on it and or-m- inz in rest on its side ilrmedded deep in the mud. Soft around vixas thrown Wu in front of the engine for fort/v feet and the headlight was t about the some dis- ta¥§le' ell- K neth Dobson

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ed a iurv on the mot and af.er the members had viewed

v the inquest was adjourned to Wednesday.

Store Entered lluring Storm; Man Arrested

Burglars took advantage oi an

hand Henderson, Mrs. Julia Div- aa-t, George Hum rcy, Edward‘ nuinphrey (bro hers), Donald.

smith, all oi Saint John; Laurence‘ W. Gibson. Fairville; Murray- Procior. 5t. Martina and Y. Sataya, an East Indian merchant seamen and D. Laurence McKay, Lancaster Vale, a Saint John suburb.

Prov, Visited By Electrical Storm

A i tl Pro i ce. lneiulillfli tgtowlilf was ‘ingu- ed bv an electrical storm Saturday night and early slundav bgzfldno re-

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Heavy rain awompailiec tho ‘dia-

. which in some areas con- tinued fran before midnight inn-til after doyliliht.

The deficiency in prcciiliifli-iml exporimoed here this veal- until the end of Mcv in being made 1m relo- idlv. Mr. Warren Burns, WOHilIEZ‘

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observer at, the Charlottetown Ex- Dwlinentll Station cold lent nitht

electrical storm here Saturday night and early Sunday morning to enter the Brady shoe Store on Queen Street and make oii with 15 pair of assorted shoes, it was learned from police yesterday. At the same time they said they had taken a man into

in Police Court today. Polce constables Duncan Me Phail and Daniel McLeod stop- ped a man at 2 o'clock Sunday morning as he went along Cheat- r.ut Street carrying a bulging sack. The officers investigated and found the shoaa and as the men could not make a sallsfacto explana- tion they arrested hm. Later Mr. James Brady. proprietor of the Brady Shoe Store. identified the footwear as part of his stock.‘

'l‘l'.1e break is the second one which occurred here recently dur- in a storm

that already in June 3.17 imhas of rain have fallen. ‘Ilotal for the some month last year was 4.86 but it was a ivetter June than average

Al, the cnd of Mav this year the total precipitation irolm the first of the year amounted to 13.47 inches. compared with 15.02 inches

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With the invasion

important role in recording tvlarious phases of the historic bat- e. British Army

SAC-KVILLE, 11.13, _ (CPJ-Sunday/ was one of ihc lnlzli days cit t-ilc lViarit-imc conference of the United Church now 1.ii 56:,- sion at Sackvlile. This lnornim the Sackville United Uhurcn was iilleo. to ca ty where the service was conducted by the President. 1J1". W.

moderator delivered @-

munlon service ivasconduc cl by the president following inc service. _ . pensed by elders chosen from inc conference and ililtltli‘ the direct-ion

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over tho week-end ill

recruiting station, Bcln oiliccrs emphasize immediate need for 48,000 men to reinforce the fighting ments now battl

services of 5,000 women in relieve an equal number

men for active service. They spoke in terms of the high-

eniisting for Canadians can make their full con-

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of Hitler's stern front in full swing, the an the

This photograph shows a cameraman with lJt-t. anfLwas taken during the t large-scale exercises which

preceded D-Day.

United Churoll Conference lies. Busy Week-End

June l8-

Sculicl‘. Churlll sermon. A c"

Dr. Li}.

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of tile ' llial‘ (ic-

The elements were

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Stresses Need 0f, Filling Caps In Fighting Forces

The vital importance of keeping,

gaps in the Canadian Expezli-l

tionary Force filled with fighting, men was emphasized strongly a Guardian

to representative by Li. Saunders. District Re-

cruiting Officer. M-D. NO- 6, Holi- H11.

Charlottetown connect-ion l the present military recruit- (lrive. He was accompanied Major W. C. Barrett. central Halifax.

the

irho visited

establish- ng on the Euro- Xn addition, the the ks of the CWAO are sought to oi fit

n continent.

praise oi the recruiting record. this Province, but pointed 0131;; Only inl ranks of the ii hting men — genera service in part of the world—that young

ution to the war effort at this has

Hail Work 0f Underground

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IJPKWE HTEAMIIKI Allied Expeditionary Fierce, J-una iii -— iAP) — The Allied Supreme Command hailed a successful front bchin the front in France Bat- urday with a special communique Droolflilhlhiz that the French under- sroum army had executed a mas- Wr Plfln of sabotage and open re- sistance to the Nazis since the in- vasion began June 6,

The communique said French guerrilla. operations were in "full swine. despite the fact that nei- ther the Supreme Commander, Gen. Eisenhower, nor the fighting French leader, Gen, Dg mulls, had yet. issued any general "call to arms to the French people, The French have been receiving from tlie Allied command daily broadcasts of instructions, news and warnings, however.

Germans Are Being riven From Elba

ROME, June 1B (AP) — French Colonials cleared the Ger- mans from their central and southern strongholds on Ellba to- day in a drive to secure the sea- ward flank of a mainland push rtilill! all along the line.

The British Bth Army fought Saturday into the ou o Perugla. big road hub B5 miles

north of Rome and about '12 miles

southeast of Florence, near where

the enemy may make a stand for

Wllflill may be r final reckoning in El .

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Dispatches from the Barren Isle where Napoleon spent his first cxiic revealed the operation was a vilmbincd effort the Allies. with the French storming ashore alter British and United States naval units, with an assist from British Commandos and Allied air forces had cleared the way.

JdliS Capture Three Chinese Stronghold:

CHUNGKING J1me 19-00?)- Three important Cilinese strong- holds have fauen to swift. slashing ozpatllcse uuvanccs in vince and to the north plovirroe the enemy also has serious stains tllolu the Peininil- Hankow ltallwav the Chinese high cclrlmuntl reported torugnt. Driving to the south of by-uassed Changsha. the Jclmncse have cap- turccl Chmlchovl. ‘la miles northeast of the vital railway Junction or llcnsyalllr and 2.5 miles somlheast Uhallgslm, wnlle another ‘ driving 2:. miles southwest of the surrounded provincial capital. sei- Zed Siangtan on the west bank o tiled Slang River, a. communique

At the some, time, another facet of the many-nrofilred Japanese l-lunzul province offensive drove into Liuyiang, fiercely defended citv 30 mics east, Changsha.

In Changsha itself ordered by President chiang Iiai-Shek held at. any cost, intense fighting raged in the suburbs. the communique sai

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REGINA. Julie 18-(0?) -— Th5 first O.C.F. government in his elected in Saskatchewan last Thurs- day, will have a majority of at least if; in llhe next legislature oi 56 mem-

is. The C 6.1". led by T. C. Dou- glas, former member of parliament. has elected 4s incmbcra so far an ainst an opposition of five Libera

Three seats of the 5i to be decided 5am

in last Thursday‘; voting remain in doubt with the C O l" leaxlinu in clavelbourg and Tfurtlleford con- stituencies and the Liberal nom- inee ahead irn Meadow Lake. Election of I. M. Marion. Liberal. in the far-rlorth constituency of

TIONARY FORCE, June troops today sealed off the

ville Sur Mel‘ while British man Panzer Divisions.

communique from Supreme

first Normandy city taken i meats on the eastern front

left flank while the Americ man infantry on the right.

tor-attacks Saturday near Caren- Qf British-held

o . The situation at Caen. commu- nications hub on the eastern end of the front. remained unchallenged. Manny Canadian trooms are in that sector where there has been a lull in recent days The troops are rest- ing and rcgrcupiniz. At headquart- ers it was said ‘the Canadians nave dlonela grand lob“ hololiiria i-neir

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Gennazi radio claims today on the progress of tho invasion included assertions,’ by a war correspondent hTOBKIOGSIlDR irom Normandy via the Berlin radio that Large iormalt- ions of Allied shill-pint! were cruis- lflil off the French coast about to start the "second phase‘ of tho .l.i1- vasion. Another broadcast claimed that U-boals sank three of five British destroyers of the riunt class

a; the western entrance of the En- glish Charulel. Fifteen-thousand prisoners have

been talken in the 13-day old 11b- eration drive, headquarters said. m- eluding 150 taken Saturvl the Allies at tlhe cost of one soldier. mapped up Douvres. Irv-passed strong-point l0 miles north of Caen.

The Cherbourz trap W65 sprung on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. and make-d the beginning

of the end for the vital port of Oherbourz. STOCKHOLM, -— (OP) — TWO

Swedish scientists, Nils Lovgren and Bengt Luncl vist, report that litter six cars o research they have deve oped a local anaesthet- ic which they call LL30. They

or claim it is easier to produce than

novocaine__st_nd __mor_e__effecti_ve_.

lihe eastern sector of the Normandy front held four Ger-

Hours behind battlefront reports. tonighfs midnight cut-off of the Peninsula and simultaneous gains by tlie American forces on the central front to within six miles of the German stronghold of Si. L0, southwest of Bayeux,

The communique contained word of no new forces are holding German armor tightly engaged on the

The Gemlanls made strong coun-

ta.n and on a from. three miles east Caalmont but these.

up the Italian Peninsula {leff repulsed by 5W1“ Alum "W"

lay when t

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18 — (CP) — United States whole upper tip of Clierboul‘

Peninsula with its prize trans-Atlantic port and trappeil perhaps 25,000 to 30,000 Germans by seizing ll firm, seven- mile strip of the western shores of the Cape.

In a swift stab westward from St. Sauveur, the Am- -erlcan 9th Division struck through to the coast near Barne-

and Canadian formations on

Headquarters confirmed the

n the Allied invasion. develop- where British and Canadian

ans slashed through tlie Ger-

Japs Lose 13 Troop Barges

PEARL HARBOR. June i8 (AP) -— A Japanese attempt to‘ counter-attack Americans light-l ing desperately on southwestern‘, Saipan Island was repulsed with‘. the destruction of l3 Japanese troop-carrying barges, United States Pacific Fleet Headquarters‘ announced today. i

Armed American landing craft! on Saturday smashed this move-. merit to land troops south of; Garapan and out off the Ameri-l cans who have captured approxi- mately l0 square miles of the island.

The capacity of Japanese barges‘ ‘xaries from 20 to 100 men. So Nlpponese casualties might have been anywhere from 260 to 1.300

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ALLIES CUT OFF CHERBOURG PENINSULA

30,000 Nazis May Be Trapped Byzfloyg

By ALAN RANDAL i SUPREME HEADQUARTERS. ALLIED EXPEDI-I I

Peakes’ Station ‘Officer Killeii in Action ilverseas

. I LlGLi. Rniald MccDonaliL serving Willi tlie Canadian lirmv aiiti l: o- iliibil‘ in Hence with tile Aiilcci ill- vasion tmom has been killed lll a; ion, ius parents, Mr. and Mrs. Do - E31 MacDonald of Peanes’ BlCltlOTi have been informed ‘rilev TCCBJVCG tlie sad message from Ottawa Sat- iillfilf? flight. it contained no cc-

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Lecut. Mawunaiti had been u-ith the army fol- about two years and had oeen overseas for about one year. l-lc enlisted for active service after he comloleted his studies at Si. Dimlstarfs University and re- ceived his bachelor cf arts ileaiea ill 1942 Ho was l-l nir-mccl‘ n. inu Canadian Officers Training Corps at the University and held his com- mission as a Lieutenant. when ha went to Einrzlanu with a reinforce- ment unit.

He wag about 31 veins old and was an onlv son. Surviving iin ad- ditlorn par ts are four els- ters Thev incluclc. Marcella Mac- Donald, a nursing sister in North Africa: Mary onald. a. musing sister and stationed at bire-