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l British Warships Beat Axis Base Into. Pulp‘

Hurl 700 rounds of high explosives into Matruh;

MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

The blood ls the life.

mu does not live by only.

churiottetown nrdlu. Two Gnu, Iernlnl Gus-dial. Ionlhd Ill‘!

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Covers Prince Edward

Read by Everybody Island Like the Dew

(IHARIDTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1942

Aussies Push‘

Great damage caused.

By LARRY ALLEN Associated Press Staff Writer

WITH THE BRITISH NAVY AIRFORCE 1N THE EGYPTIAN DESERT. July 12—(De1ayed)-(A.P) _British wrarshipi hurled more than 10o rounds of high explosive shells into the Axis supply base at Matruh before dawn today, causing great destruction in the enemy's materiel dumps close behind the Egyptian battlefields.

Naval aircraft bombed the west. ern Egypt seaport installations while ‘cores of steel projectiles from the

eat lea uns silenced shore bat-

ries and at much oi the sector info smoking, ravaged pulp.

Surprise Bombardm ‘

'l‘he surprise bombardment caught a mass of small supply ships and swift motor torpedo boats resting at anchor in the harbor. A number were set aflre. Great shePs from the fleet set huge blazes ashore.

The warships pumped shells on the target area and blasted the heavy Nazi anti-aircraft guns into twist- ed steel wreckage. Afterwards} there was only the rattle of machine- gun fire and bilrsts of small arms from ashore.

A medium-sized ammunition ship in the harbor was blown to blis oy I direct hit from a naval shell.

Had Box Seat

At the naval aircraft base within light of the warships, l’ had a box seattfor the bombing and bombard- men .

Naval planes roared out swiftly sirortiy after midnight Saturday and flew over the target area of Mat- ruh while the sleek warships turn-

‘vcauuauau-oafiaruirigar-rr‘ 12 Survive 17-Day Ordeal Inr Lifeboat

AN EAST COAST CANAD‘AN PORT. July i3—(CP\—Wraken':d by lack of fccd and rxncsure dur- ing 1'7 days they drlfvd a‘mle=slv in (he Ncrth Atlantic, l2 suvlvors oi a tcrpedoed Allied merchmt vessel are ccnvalescing in hospital after being land=d at this port_

In broken-En Psh they told of the hardships o their last days in an oprn lifebcat. wirn Unrre of tircir comrades died and the others misled on a diet of seaweed and salt sen wafer. Some of the sur- ‘illliiis were nafvrs of the Ma‘av Peninsula and Scwhcrn and West- ern Afr'ca. The thr-e who diei before they w-ere picked up by a fishing smack were cf Fcuihern American. Portuguese and Ma‘ayan naionalitv.

PILOT OFFICER PROMOTE!)

LONDON. July VZ-(CP Gable)- i‘ nfctnoiicn of Pl‘ct 0'fi~er A. Lmbiit- Bnfnt -in'~n. NR, to the rank "l Fivnr Oif‘c'r. was an. {mllmfl innhhi- at R1v~l Cmzd- llll Air Force Headquarters. __’__________

Coming Events

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Noih-u In this I ocntn per word

“Talkies Eldon Friday 1-13-21.

-,._% “Talkies Morel! Tuesday. ‘i-II-ll.

"Talkies Cardilsn Wednesday. ‘i

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"Brae Picnic July 1am. 1-8-8-10-18-14.

"Talkies Murray River Thurs- “Y- 7-l3-2i.

"Rmrve July list for lawn Wily at Bonshaw. r-u-rl.

"vi t - day egeggzillliluyiyathlgp-nshaw. Fri

“Due to

when. arrive car bulk feed

Book . Boyle. now McGuigm .181:-

"Come to the Ice cream Social Iona River Hail July ibthli H u

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“Reserve Jul 30th r Mar-su- fleld Dunstaflnoyiie uuifeori Festival. 7-14-11.

“Ice Cree Boi l. s tnsbrook “hm. wesrigsaayc. holy titan.

7-1(~1i. "Collectin h Pride . Please list vlrith leihenllfcDoweli. Fredericton. Ii-IQ-M-twtf.

"Ice cream and dance st MuPlQ Plains at the McNeili House Wed- nesday. July 1s. ‘r-ra-u.

"me dance which

HA6 O Oll i. "n lo be held in McNeilPs Ware-

on July 14 is

“W. Kcnsington 744-“.

imposes until July n.

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Nazis Rush iieinforcements To Rommel

ANKARA, Jul I3--(AP)— Gerrnan occupato troops in Greece together with reserves called from the eastern front are being rushed to the aid of Field Marshal Erwin RornmePs forces in Egypt, it was rc- ported here today.

The troops were said to be Ivlng by way of Crete to To- bruk. a route of more than 500 miles from Greek ports. Con- voys 0i rnechanised equip-

ment also were reported en route to the desert battle. (The R. A, F. announced

Saturday that British planes had shot down 12 big German troop transpr)‘. aircraft over the Mediterranean, indicating reinforcements were being sent to Rommel by air. Where these "WP! come from was not known.)

Drive Japs From Foochow

OHUNGKDNG. July 13-0.?)- Fcochow. one of two Chinese-herd minor ports menared by twin Japanese drives on the Click ong- Fukien seaboard. has been reliev- ed by counier-altalckivig Chinese troops who landed from bo-rfs and drove the invaders out o! nearby Fufuo Island. lire Chinese sn- nounced today.

The Japanese, who took the island near the Fukien seaport inst Thursday. were forced Saturday to flee to their shins. leaving bcnind 300 casualties and considerable quantities of supplies, The Qrinese counter-attack lasted a night and a day.

Meanwhile. the threat to Wen- chow. the other oi the two plnci- pal ports still in Olrlrrse hands, continued scufe. with the Javan- ese press ng force engagemrnts t0 the northwest in a drive from Lisb- ili. southeastern Cirekirng air base. The Japnese have captured Ts ng- tien. only 22 miles to the v'o"t‘r- west. and have occuped Ju’an. i3 miles sowhwest of Wendtow.

Chinese accounts from the (Ihekiang battlefront were yr-"atiy delavcd. The latest advices cover- ed the sruaiion only up to Friday night. (The Jaranese claimed iIhW ozcuperi wsncrcw Saturday nght and Sunday mcrninE-l

Prairie Crop Prospects Good

WINNIPEG. July i3-(CP\ -Pres- 9m crop prospects on Canadian Prairies are so good westem fann- ers will have to erect additionalswr- age on their farms f0!‘ mo" i-lllm 200000.000 bushels of grain. "even allowing for heavy deterioration between now and harvesf." westcm retail lumbennenh sssocation said in a statement issued today.

The statement said farmers face a serious shortage cf lumber sup- plies for grain storage and barns to~house “the steadily increasing

livestock population." and esfimat- I

ed lumber requirements for Iflln storage alone at more than 300.000,- 000 feet.

"With every bushel of grain l vital national asset both during and after the war it is necessary that proper storage be provided." it

eclared.

"The situation is extremely crit- ical. and prompt messuru will have to be taken to ensure minutes of lmlber to properly store tile wests grain and livestock which are mak- ing, and can continue make. such an important contribution to Canada's war effort."

rt offered n0 solution to the prob- lem, however.

MORE HOBTAGIS SIIZED

LONDON, July 1S- (Cfififihe Gervnsn - controlled Netherlands radio announced today that s lariw number of new hostages had been seized by the omunying authorities in Holland in s drive mlnst antl- Gcrmsn activities.

An official mociamnV-n said the liven of the ‘ostsges would b9 arrfeited if acts of ssbot!!! 0°"-

nun.

"The population holds the lef- ety of these cr-rnpatriots in its own hands." said the announcement.

‘Sand Storms Hold Battles To Minimum

Heavy Raid By Allied Planes On Tobruk.

l ‘ By Edward Kennedy Associated Press Staff Writer

CAIRO. July i3—(AP)—The British Mediterranean PlGtEt has entered the battle of Egyor with its

uns and planes, it was announced Eonight, leaving flames and wreck-

age at Matruh the Axis’ mcst ad-

vanced suppiv port 100 miles be- hind the from, lines. While the slugging power of

Australian and South African bat- tle groups kept the Bfiilfih Army in possession of its ncwlv-wol‘ D1- sitlcns west of El Aiarncn. the fleet's warships swept "in close to shore at Matruh sundav in the pre-dawn darkness and sent salvo after salvo into the harcnr.

Dust storms enforced a lull in ground f’ hting. but the Allies clung firmy to the inifiaiive, coll- solidating their newly-won gains alnog the coastal road,

Allied air forces pressed the’r ceaseless attacks. It was dsciosed that the 500th enemy air p‘anc bod been shot down sirce last winter's campaign opened Nov. l8.

(A Renter's dispatch from Cairo _____, -.—— _=

CAIRO, July I3—(iAP)—IIeav.v four-motored bombers of the R. A. F“ made a "bomb a minute" raid on Axis-held Tobruk last night In a savage mrttack which lasted three continuous hours.

A. F. headquarters

ce-d tonight. said two RAF. lanes bombed and machined-gonna a “Fleselcr starch" plane cf the tvae used

onl by the German ccmmanrer, Fierl Marshall Erwin Rrrnmel. and his senior officers, and that all the occupants were believed killed, One bomb was said to hnve hit the lanes when it was ovlv l5 feht rff thefround in the Ell Alrmcin sec- or.

Artillerv roared constantly ovcr much of the desert front up to 80 miles frrm Airxanrlir, and there were sharp attacks m4 couvter-et- lacks or a lncai nrrvre as hoth =ides went gr‘mlv ~b~ut fir" bu=- iness of con=cl‘da‘i'n reinforce- ment and supply for the coming

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France Tense 0n Eve of Bastille Day

(By Mel Most, Associated Press Staff Writer)

VDCHY. July 13-(AP) — All France was tense tonight 0n the eve of Bastille Day as GcstaPO authorities decided to shoot all adult male relatives of hunted saboteurs. and one of Pierre Lavals own Axis-collaborating friends cried: "Watch out, Pierre Laval. you are terribly alonei"

In its effort to cope with anti- German violence in the unoccupied zone, the Gestapo anlwunced in Paris that its firing sounds would execute fathers. grandfathers. bro- thers-even cousins and brothers- in-law above l8-of any French saboteur or assailant who does not surrender himself within i0 days.

The mothers. sisters. and grand- mothers in any family involved will be put to hard labor. and the children under 18 will be sent to reform schools. the drastic Ges- tapo ruiing said. ' .

But reports reaching here show- ed the anti-German struggle con- tinued in conquered France.

A freight train was derailed on

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International At A Glance

Jliy The Canadian Prell

SSIA — New Gerlnnu offen- sive drives to within I80 miles of Moscow‘ other Nnl spearhead; break ro h near Voronelh. ad- vsnoing wi in few miles of Don

Mggylnrrllb-mrnel‘ so r II I YIIIOO ms with aerial bombs “c1235

CANiADA -- Nu Minister Mae- llonald announces hree merchant ships sunk in 8t. Inwrence Iliver

by Axis submarine.

FRANCE -— On the eve of Bu- tllle Dny Nuts threaten to llloot nil near male relatives or unsur-

rendered ssboteurs send women to lllhfil labor. chll ren to reform so oo .

CHINA — Chinese rcoccunv Fvrluo

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NAZIS LAUNCH F IERCE DRIVE TOWARDS

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Analyst)

With a widening Nazi wedge biting southeastward through Russia defences toward the Caspian Sea, and Lower Volga, complete isolation of the Caucasus from the rest of Russia within days or weeks is s. grim

possibility.

What ls more, forbidding developments came far to the north

where still another f‘

offensive in the Rzhev area, 130 miles north-

west of Moscow, pushed the Russians back toward their capital. Moscow's admission that Boguichar, just east of the Don and 140 miles southeast of Voronezh, has been lost defines the from in ma;

.1.

sector. A announcement of

Russian evacuation of Lisichans on

the Donets, 110 miles southyvcst ‘of Boguchar, completes the picture. C II 8

It indicates that the direction

definitely shifted now from eastward to southeastward. The objective is to throw Russian forces back behind the Don-Volga

of the gigantic Nazi offensive has probable line

clear to the Caspian Sea, thus completing the isolation of the Caucasus

and its defenders. The Llslchans!‘

sponds exactly In the gateway between the Donets and the Don.

uchar southeastern facc of the Nazi wedge corre-

The

Moscow announcement ihat the Nazis have broken through the Red army at Voronczh sharply intensifies the danger hovering over the So-

viet forces standing before the Caucasus. I I I C U

A Nazi push through the Donets-Don gateway to Stalingrad and

the Lower Volga would cut them off completely. A vast Russian retreat on the south Ilnnlr to avert a mass encirclement may already be progress. That is the implication of

in surrender of Lislchnnsk.

Plan Aircraft Detection Post

Will Be Erected Atop Charlottetown Hotel; Matter Discussed At Meeting

of City Council.

The City Council voted unani- mously last night to construct an ubservation Post for the Aircraft Detection Corps on the roof of the Charlottetown Hotel. which is the highest in the city. at the regular meeting of the Council. ‘the Corps. wnlcn nas been organized ilere for about two Years. has arranged to have a. 24-hour watcn in this post wnosc duty it is to keep a. look-out for enemy p anes.

Mr. ucurge Hal-die. Mr. H. C. Burke. and r-it. Lt. Focte. R<A.F-. were present and spoke brl-ill! stressing the need for such a shelt- er on the Hotel roof. The Detection Corps is established throughout the province and ls under the e R.C. A.l~'.. and in touch with the Aircraf Operation lixfoniazf the Eastern Air Gourmand. ill 1 -

Other ‘matters dealt with by the CCUllCll included: honing. the con- dltlnn of clay streets in the city. and the fish market.

By a vote of slx to two it was de- clcied to leave the present tenants m ‘me Ilslhtirlxlatiililgetenlclll otfngny $1322? 3nd that the Market Clerk “be ‘instructed m keen me market in a clean and sanitary condition.’ This was moved by Couxk 6R1?“- MacKlnncn and seconded £0 n: J, F. Blanchard. Others vot gm or J were: Councillors R. C. Chanl Ehnd- g gtellsns. B. Earle MacDona o a F‘. . millin-

Courroiilors T. A. Butler and“ MacKee voted asfllflfii illlfi “e me merit. ‘Their motion to 11V

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Concerned Cver increase in Liquor Sales

AWA, .1 i3--(CP)—Mem- begrrépresentirlyy nearly all KW“?! in the House Commons today united in expression-r °l “mm”; over the increased consumpililn °t liquor and urged federal govemmefl action toward its mrtailmefli-

The debate arose when the House, in committee, took u the first o! the budgflii THOlIIY-mll“ those ernendir the Excise Act..

Finance Min ster Delay said there was no question about the justifi- cation for a feeling of concern over the situation.

But it was o provincial matter. as regards Isle end consumption. Th! federal vernment could tax and was tax ng the industry in mini! ways. Higher taxation would invite smuggling. he said.

The first resolution considered. which was passed before the dinner adjournment, increased the e

tax on spirits from 8'1 to 89 I Ell- s

ion.

So far as rationing wfls concern- ed there was no scarcity of the materials from which alcoholic liq- uor could be manufactured and even if rationing were imposed it would not affect the amount of liquor available for consumption for four or five years. I ~

Arising from the questions in the House Defence Minister Ralston announced that there would be lit- tle iikeilhood that any substantial number of men in the armed far- ces oould be .eleased for

helping

Claims Nazis Planned To Attack lLS.

MEXICO CITY, July i3— (Al'i—A former lvlcxiu. n mil- l“?! fill-Mlle to Balm said in a published intervLw today that Germany had planned to land _a.n invasion force in ‘Iamplco to attack the UiLlCd btotes and had offered liiexlco

"territorial mmpensutions" for its support. The Plans were completed

during the invasion oi‘ Poland,

two years before the Unlied States entered the war, Lt.- Uoi. Annundo Lozono Bernal

said. Bernai had Just rc.urned to Mexico with diplomatic re. patriates.

The Colonel said the Ger- Illfln plan was discussed with him and that the Nazis enyig- "n"! iilklnt over the Mexican Gulf UlIMf-jnrl in the oil reg- ion and using it as a. base a. gainst the United States.

Bcmal said his unsympathet- ic answers to inquiries caused the Germans to out short their efforts to win him over,

He said the Mexican govern- mcnt was fully advised of the German overtures.

Bemal remained in Germany until last May. Since thcn. Mexico has declared war on Gem“!!! and her Axis partners.

H0 declared that German Iifenfth is being slipped dggpllg military rains and that the war is bound to end in victory for the United Nations.

30 Survivors Are Landed From Torpedoed Ships

AN BIA-SI‘ COAST CANADIAN PORT, July l3—(CP)--More than S0 survivors from one of three ships torpedoed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence about a week ago have been landed at nu by s

D0

Royal Canadian naval craft. Four ployment on its merits before giving termed lmantry.“ I of their shipmates are priming and rrpprOval to a worker to take a job chnr fierce lighting is ltlklllil place W0 mm We!!! lniuml in i116 or allowing an employer to engage against numcrlcallv

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sinking. The men landed here. including

xcise the captain of thsvessel, said they lmlurgiesm "m? per cent in some plants-as a "may. struck or source oi additional manpower. To Confer 0n

were pounced

- ‘Iheirs was the third ship and befor they were ht they watched t death ihrces of Vae other two. The mood helpless on deck as cries or hel arose from the murky wafers. inutcs liter their own vessel was rent asunder

by s torpedo exploding squarely 000

amidships,

They did not know if there we env survivors frcm the other two U-boat victims. which sank aimcst immediately they wet

his Pa s. The memhszrtmlnhecaptein told "Hotcls and apartment houses." the broadcast said. "have been re-

Island. relieving threat to Foocbow. this year's harvest of farm crops. ‘(Continuedmh-pa-go 3,'Col'i)_

htly In Desert

Well - Known Ship Narrowiy Escapes ll-Boat

Men Aboard Craft In Convoy When Axis

Torpedo Three Ships.

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT. July 1'.l-(CPi—A Cewd- ian silip well known to manv Mir- itimers narrowly c=ca"ed distric- (ion during the U-boat attack wish LKW- 111 Rlllifi‘. 130 miles rence Gulf about a wrek ago, mem-

sank fhrcc strips in the sf.

belts of her crew said here today.

Th0 ship trad only recently been

ovc-iflnuled.

Men told how thcv waited in horrifind suspnnre, iccilrg certain their ship wmuid be r1oxt_ after the other three vessels had lxcn bast- ed under the surfaze by torpedoes.

One of the crcwmrn said he was slflfDmE on deck awaling his watch l when the _ The whole attack wa= P8l'l‘.€(‘l out 0110211, 300 mllog snulh of

surprise all ack

in less than scvrn minutrs.

to get out of the danger zone.

"There Wns a terrible report-I

thought it was us,” he said, scribing tire exclusion when first ship wars struck. came from hcr as rhe went down.

de-

“There was another report on the other side of Us and another steamer was 2011c." he continued. forgct how it felt.

“I'll never thinkzng we'd be next."

After the first explosion, he said "they rang for full

long the vessel was ploughing long at more than 15 knots

a-

rocm at the fimr, ship's boilers when the attack began

ure n

‘fire ship's beafngs, fitted only

rowltly. ran hot as she was forc- cd to tire ultimate sifefd pn=sllrlc

"Beiicve mo, we watched theml"

he adfod. “I thuairt- would never get heme again." One of the crew gave credit for saving the ship to a man aborrd who was a vcixran of t'*rce tor- pedcings and o‘i".er brushes with the enemy's untlcrew mnraudcrs. He advised the curtain what to do. A crcwnrnn said he understood one of the strips deslroyrd in the attack had a. woman wth a babe- in-arms. This ship sank rapidly and it wrs beloved mother and child were lcsi. Aboard the ship Wish escaped were at least s"vet1 Chariot town mcn-Jcsc-rh Mrcdcnad. Daniel Ccugirlln Michael Kcnslow, Willie Jce Donovan, "Rid" Doyle, Billy Dovlc and G. Flynn. ‘Ilrs- vessel is wrll keown on the eastern seaboard wl~e~e she has bcen in scrv’ce for many years.

Non-Essential Industries May Be Closed Down

OTTAWA, July IIi-(Cl-W-Eiliott M. Little. director of national sc- lective service, predicted today the compulsory closing down of some non-essential industries to help pro- vide 250,000 persons gequired with- in the next five months for war industries and the three branches of Canada's armed forces.

"The extent to which we will have to apply this kind of control to the less essential civilian indust- rles will probaluy vary with the War labor needs of the different locali- fies," said Mr. Little in a service club address (Rotary) in which ne also said that his branch would:—

l. Conduct within the next few weeks a registration of unemploy- ed women, at least wit-hin certain empioyable age groups: