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t‘ In. JAMES WILLIAM y MacKINNON

Ion of Mr. James A. MacKinnou. chief executive officer of the War Labour Board, Charlottetown, and formerly of Coleman, who has raduated with his B. A. degree Arts with honours 1n History at Acadia University. Mr. Macliinnoxi who is twenty years of age. 0'38 Valedictorian of his class at Prince of Wales College 1n i942. The the- sis which he submitted in require- ment for his degree was a comm‘!!- hensive study in British diplom- acy, dealing with the career of sir Arthur Nicolson. Lord carnock. through whose efforts Britain, France and Russia were able to DN-

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Wave Of QptirrTi-sm Sweeping France

LONDON. June 2'1 —- (C P) — Tflgutgf) _ A report from under- round France said today that spir- fts are rising and black market prices are falling in German occ- upied sections of the country and laid that enthusiasm for Gcncffll do Galule now "is apparent every- where." It added that the resis- tance movement is successfully pre- ing the future civil adminis- a-‘isttion of France. Prvvinw by province. .

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6-28-31.

South Saturday.

"To arrive -- Crushed Oats and bulk oats, Book now. 6-27-71

"Graduation Dance, Kinkora Ball, Friday. June 30th. 6-28-30.

"Dance and ice Cream Festival in Upton School, July 3rd. Turner Orchestra. 6-25-11-

"Annual Picnic at St, Bridgids. Lot Eleven. Wednesday. July 0:51-21 6-‘ - .

"Collecting hogs for Davis dz Fraser every week. Write or call me by phone. John J. Beck. 6-28-11.

"Dance. Alberry Plains Hall. may, June soul. Millview Orch- Lunches. 6-28-11.

it Augustus Players in

___ 1,. . Vernon giver riail, Wednesday. June . 0-27-21.

"See Little Pond Dramatic Club

Eocene their Play. 8m. Andrew's all. Monday. July 3rd. 6-28-31.

"Congregational Tea West Cove- ¥°‘..1‘..""*'“‘.»....€““i’.°.i‘. ““’““°.i'..“'.°£; met. Don't miss it. s-as-u.

"Duwe in Emerald needy nighrt. June 28th. 6 by Mrs. Gordon Murphy and Mrs. Jarvis Trainer 0-27-11

"Collie to Covchead Y.P.U. Con- cert I: Iunter River I-lall Thurs-

‘ll’. J1me Nth. Proceeds for Red GNU. 6-26-21 " ton Girl Guides spon- sor n show "If l Had Wu" in King George mu Wed- ludly. Gllldronb s ow 7.00 pun. 1s cents. Adults 0.00 p.m. Admission S6 cents. 6-26-31

"Boar Beach Grove boys and flau- tlluu. at Mt. Herbert 0 h- e ces

mfluirsda . mo. Womens Irutitute. d-fl-fli.

‘Wolleoting hogs Thursda of his week. ' and uni-nail, 500w‘ River; Elmer Wigmore, readnlbane; Summerside and nslngtnh. Roy Adams, Morris

King Declares

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OTTAWA. J If -- (OP) —A

ersl election ore next July corned

s“; coming before mem- llouso Commons tn- King ended a rather casual debate on social welfare with an utter-

ance that threw embers into a -c-:*..*r=" “carter...

us core ' gm} no ‘l hill 00

to . Department of Notional

sot u a Healt and Welfare he declared an election would take place be- fore the Family Allowances Bill comes into effect and that will happen in July, 1040.

Mr. King's latest utterance went Just a shade further than

on ear sessional statement to the effect that Parliament's term would ex- pire next year and he was opposed on general principles to an extens- ion of the term. That utterance left the way open to an extension should war conditions be so serious as to override Mr. King's objec-

tion.

"There will be an election either this year or next year and before that measure comes into force." said Mr. King.

le made the statement in com- menting on a statement issued by Progressive Conservative Leader John Bracken alleging that the Family Allowance Bill was e "pol- itical bribe" because the date on which the allowances should start was fixed so far ahead.

Mr. King declared he rsonally was the one who fixed the data and he did so because he did not pro- pose to do as a former Conserva- tive Prime Minister has done and have cheques going out to electors on the eve of an election.

lnia sharplpnmur. Brack- en. ntersper r1110 0h!

u Progress!

um . W Conservative House tendon to the effect Mr. King was playing li- tics with social security, the ib- eral leader said had Mr. Bracken been in the House he would have been compelled to withdraw his statement.

Urges. Support In Cancer Treatment

OTTAWA. June 27 — (C? — Harry Leader (lb-Portage La Prairie) today in the Commons renewed his appeal for govern- ment aselstance to expand and preserve the cancer treatment de- veloped by Dr. J. R. Davidson of

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lacs.

Since his last speech to the House on the subject, he said he had received ‘ dreds of letters and resolutions supporting his

and.

“The public is behind me in my efforts and if the government doesn't know this it is time they did," he said.

Mr. Leader said he spoke from personal experience as a. victim of cancer and one who after coming

through s two-hour exploratory operation was told his case was hopeless Dr. Davidson's treat-

ments had helped him. QTAGE T0 BBACHIEAD

BRIGi-TION, nigland - (C?) _ less than 14 hours alter he was on an operational flight over the A1- lied beachhead in Mince, Robin Allen, a Brighton sergeant engin- eer in the R: A. l‘ competed at Brighton's Musical Festival won e silver challenge cup for solo

The: he returned

5 Divisions Caught In Trap Lay Covm Arms

l! IUBIEL LANDBTDOM

LONDON. Juno 77-—(AP)-The Brest Soviet offensive s , for- ward h the German “ ather- lamd " in White Russia today the railway function of Os-ohs. cram-inc the streets of Meg; ilevandtheouteldrtsofBobxms, and lfnuldamlnll five divisions of Nazis in a. pocket southwest of Vhtobsk. Moscow announced touiRht fat below their normal

. men each. the divisions fought desper- in a futile battle, Moscow gid, and finally accepted an ul-

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Population 0f Canada Said To Be Higher

OTTAWA, Juno 7! - (OP) _. The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics said today the population of Canada in June of last year, in- cluding members of the armed for- ces. was 11011000 compared with 11.854900 in 1942. an increase of 158.000.

The estimate was based upon a count of the births and deaths re- corded and on counts of the first flifce ration books issued. The in- Cruse 1n the pulation since the census date in

were recorded in the estimated populations of New nr nswick and Saskatchewan. the decline in the population of the former amount- in: to 1.000 and in the latter 6.000. Quebec revealed an increase of 87.000; Ontario 38,000; British Col. umbla 30,000; Alberta 16.000: Nova scotia. 16.000; Manitoba 2.000; and Prince Edward Island 1000.

The 1043 estimates wem as fol- lows by provinces, with figures for 1947 in brackets:

Ontario. 3,917,000 ($384,000): Quebec. 3.467.000 (3,300,000); 3m. ish C lumbla. 900.000 (870,000): Saskatchewan. B42000 (848000): Alberta. 792,000 (776,000); Man}. toba, 726.000 (724000); Nova Sco. tia. 607.000 (591,000): New Bruns- wick. 467000 (464000); Prince Ed_ ward Island, 91,000 (90000),

Famous Ottawa Airman Killed‘

UITAWA. June 27 -- (C P) _. Lt.-Cmdr. Digby Bell Cosh. 26. of Ottawa, who received the Distingui- shed Bervlce Cross for good service in attacking the German battle- Shlp ‘Iirpitz as she lay at anchor in Alten Fjord, Norway, in April his been killed in a flying accid- ent in England. the navy announ- ced tods

y.

Colh. a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot, lcd a squadron of "Hellcat" fighter planes whlchmcarred the Tirpltz with machine gun fire and smoothed the way for the follow- ing bombers.

Lt -Cmdr. Cosh received mention in dispatches May 30. the day on Which his award of the D, S. C. was announced. l-Ie was previous- ly awarded mention in dispatches for his conduct during heavy air

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B! FRANK LOWI

LONDON. June i'l—(W)— lire of the Nazi air force to hurl it- aalon once

Int Anny Do Fighting flnce that first slip-m. too.

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his raids on Plymouth and Devenport, En . 1n A ll

Navy Men Wonder Where Nazi Fleet Was On D-Day

lilt been extreme

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destroyers

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Covers Prince Edvnrdilslaad Like the Dew cuanwrrsrowu, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2s, 1944

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Japan ls at s. turning could prolong the war in the Orient.

the ‘ ‘ Chlllrgkllig

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Situation Last Night

By James D. White. Associated Press War Analyst (Substituting for Kirk L. Simpson)

point in south-central China. where Premier- Goueral Tolo will choose between a posivo defence based on the Maginot lino mentality l-nd an aggressive counter-offensive which if successful

The evidence Is that he ls choosing the latter course.

Literally, the Japanese army already is at a fork in the road. From ' rail junction of llengyang which it now bcsicges, one railway rune south to Canton, another southwest to Kwelllin.

‘ ‘ hes now openly express tho fear that the Jups may take the road to Kwelllln, 1B0 miles away. Beyond. another 90 milcs. is Lluchow. From Lluchuw. 200 miles 1o the northwest lies I-Iwciynng, and west from Kwclyang 300 miles is Kunming. Japanese dispatches speak of every one of these cities as centres n1’ American air activity. Chungklng, 'f.ho wartime capital, lies 200 miles straight north of

The danger of such a drive on Kwclllln has been obvious since it bo- csme apparent thug this summer the Japanese would take Changsha and for the first time invade the approaches to American alr bases in south- east and southwest‘ China, but the suggestion did not get past the Chl- nesc censor until yesterday. No official hint was given 115 to why this subject now becomes rnentionablc, bug it l5 possible that tho Japs may al- ready bc on the road to Kwelllin from l-lcngyang, which may have been

All fronts in the far east are complicated. but the one factor which makes them comprehensible is the uniformity of Japanese policy and the way if. fies in various fronts to a single objective. With this principle in mind. widely separated pieces of strategy can be fitted into a pattern whereby Japan socks to paralyze the weakest spot in the Allied line a- gainst hcr. In sirnble truth and without reflection upon the bravery and patience of the Chinese. this weak spot is China.

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Republicans

Give Casualty

Normandy Front

OTTAWA. June Zil-iwednes- dflyl-(CP) — Canadian casual- tics in the first 15 days of the invasion of France totalled 2,- 815. it was announced today by defence headquarters. There were 363 killed, 1,359 wounded and l,-

093 missing, Canadian casualties were an- nounced simultaneously with

those of tho United Kingdom and the United States. The total for the three countries was given as 40.549 and this included 13572 for the United Kingdom and 24,- 162 for the United States.

British casualties comprised I,- 842 killed. 8.59.0 wounded and 3,- 131 missing while the United Slates total was made up of 3,- 082 killed. 1.121. wounded and 7,- 959 missing.

Platform For I944

W. M. S. Convention‘ At Sackville

BACKVILLE. N. 3.. June 27 — (CPl-The executive of the Mari- time Conference Branch. Women's Missionary society, tonight consid- ered reports to be presented at the branch convention tomorrow. Dolo- gatcs from the three provinces bo- gan to arrive today for the first convention of the organization in threo years. Mrs. J. l-l. A. Andor- son, Monctcai, is president of the Maritime brunch.

Victor Podoski To Go To London

MONTREAL. June 2'7 — (CP) — Victor Podoski. first Polish Minis- ter to Canada, will lenve this coun- try at. the end of the next month for London to take un new duties with the Polish Foreign Service the Polish Consulate General said here today.

Mr. Podoski, who has been a member of the Polish Foreign Ser- vfoe for more than 20 years. was first appointed consul general here. in 1041 He became the first Pol-_ IELMLH Z-

Adopt

CHICAGO. June 27 -- (UP) — The Republican National Conven- tion today gave speedy assent to its 1944 platform and in doing so handed a. snub to Wendell L. Will- kic_ the party's choice for Presi- dent four years ago.

Willkie last night issued a state- ment at New York bitter) oppos- ing the foreign policy plan and 15 state Governors also expressed op- position to it. But. today the entire platform was swiftly ratified, al- though no more than one fourth of the 1,057 delegates were present when it was submitted to the con- vention.

Gov, Thomas E. Dewey of New York, who probably will be chosen by the convention tomorrow as the Republicans candidate in the Nov- ember Presidential elections, is said to approve the platform.

Strong pressure has developed for an all-Governor ticket-Deu'cy' of New York for President, Earl Warren of California for Vice- President, The big Pennsylvania delegation decided at a floor cau- cus to go for Warren.

On the foreign policy, the Ro- publicans declared for a “post- war co - operative organization among sovereign nations to pre- vcnt military aggression and t0 at- tain permanent peace with organ- ized Justicc in a free world." The party proposes that "peace forces“ be used to “prevent or repel mili- tar agression."

" e pledge prosecution of the war to total victory," the platform says.

“We declare our relentless aim to win the wnr against all our enemies: i1) For our own Ameri- can securit and welfare; (2) To make and keep the Axis powers impotent to renew tyranny and attack: (3) For the attainment of peace and freedom based on jus- tice and security."

Both Chairman Robert A. Taft of the Drafting Committee anti Senator Warrcn Austin of Ver- mont, platform committee mem- ber, said the foreign plank meant "military forces" should be used to halt aggression. Whether that satisfied Wlllkie was not known immediately. but it placated Gov. Walter E, Edge of New Jersey, who had termed the foreign policy plank "weasel-roded." Ho voiced faith in these assurances and thought nothing would be gained, by a floor fight.

ln his keynote address last night, Gov. Warren pledged in the name of his party pcace and jobs for all‘ Americans and attacked that "om- inous, gargantuan figure of an ar- rogant, power-lntoxicated bureau- cracy" which he said now ruled the United States. l-Iis 4.000-word

speech was chiefly one of praise) for his own flirty.

Monty Hails Cherhourg Fall

WITH ALLIED FORBES FRANCE. June 2'7 — (AP) —Ge- neral Montgomery tonight hailed the fall of Cherbourg in a message 01 Cfimkratulatlons sent to Lt-Gen. Omar Bradley. United States army commander. The message said:

y)’ Dtai-oliradley:

wan congratulate you per- sonally and the whole of your for. 02s on the capture of Cherbourg and on the operations which have led up to that capture You have B 11119 07m)’. full of brave fighting men, and it is a great honor to me to have such an army under my command. I would like to convey my con- BWWBUOHS to every officer and man in your army With such troops as We have in the Allied armies, and Supported as We are by the splen- did work of the Allied navies. there Call 0013’ be one end to this wor_- and that is complete victory. Yours sincerely, B L. Mont. gomery

P. E. I. In Farm Labor Agreement

OTTAWA. June 27 — (OP) _ Labor Minister Mitchell today an- nounced the completion of agree. merits with Saskatchewan. Quebec and Prince F/Jward Island covering a ioint Dominion - Provincial farm labor program

similar agreements with the o-

ther provinces were announced previously. Under these agreements the

provinces share jointly with the Dominion the cost of recruiting. placing and transporting workers for agriculture within the provincv. ‘The Dominion undertakes to nay the provincial governments up to a total of $523,000 as its share of the expenses

In addition the Dominion novern- ment bears the entire expense of interprovincial farm movement.

Form?- President or Johns Manville Dies

PLEASANTVILLE. N Y.. June 27—(AP)—I-Iiram Edward Manville, 71, former president and chairman of the board Johns-Manville ~corp, and one of t}: wealthiest man in the United States died today at his home in Pleasantviile.

I'll health forced the industrialist tgaéetire from active business

He was a son of the late Charles B Manville, founder of the orig-

al conupans’ bearing the Manville family name. and for more than half a century he served the com- panv in various capacities.

Cnr. Ira Lorne Clark Drowned Sewing In Italy

Official word was received yes- terday by Mrs Ira Lorne Clarke. 10 Water street, City, that hcr husband, Gunner Ira Lorne Clarke. was drowned while on active ser- vice with the 8th Army in Italy.

Gunner Clarke went overseas in January, 1940, with the 2nd Mod- ium Battery. l-le leaves his wife. the former Jessie MacLean, and one daughter, Phyllis; also his fa- ther, Mr. Ray Clarke. and one sis- ter Mrs. Claude Ives of Summer-

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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDI- TIONARY FORCE, June 27—(AP)—Brltish troops, quick- ly exploiting the American capture of Cherbourg, which hiked Axis losses to at least 70,000 men since D-Day, launch- ed a major attack lithe eastern end of the Normandy front

today, rolling to within three

miles of Caen and outflank-

ing that German bastion on the road to Paris. NAZI-HELD RAILWAY CUT

An Allied communique at 11:30 P. M. said the Caon- Villero-Bocage railway had been crossed near Mouen, four miles southwest of Caen, in an advance made despite de-

termined enemy resistance in

Front dispatches indicated that

torrential rain. the tank-supported

British forces also had cut the Caen-Avranches trunk high- way across the base of the Normandy Peninsula. It runs close to Mouen, and in two days the British troops have ad- vanced seven miles east and southeast of Tilly Sur Seulleo and captured more than nine villages.

BEGIN REPAIRS AT CHERBOURG

The British forces sprang into action even as thousands of German troops were filing into American prison cages at Cherbourg and Allied repair experts were hurrying to make the prize port a springboard for huge reinforcements

and supplies as the invasion went into its fourth week. ___.i.______==

Twenty-thmisand Germans bean captured in the cleanup of the Cherbourg peninsula. the Allied communique said. “and more are being broufiht in."

Railway Loads to Paris

The fall of Cherbouri‘ late Mon- day night gave the Al es the port and railhead for the double-track railway leading to Paris. A 75- mil_e junction of the track now is in Allied hands, extending from Cher- bourg through Carentan and Bay- oux to a point only a few es west of razed Coon. the "hinac" of

German rn on.

“We are continuing our attack against the lust remnants of organ- ized opposition bv elements of the enemys forces holding out in Mau; pcrtus airfield. east of Cherbourg. and in the north-tip of the penin- sula." the communique said.

Canadian artillery and the big guns or Allied warships aided the push toward Caen and the flanking movement south of it. An Allied spokesman said the Allies were "in- finitely" better than the Germans in artillery, and predicted a savage Allied aerial onslaught on the en- emy should he trv to amount a big counter-attack.

Allies Take Nine Villages

The British troops were mcvind’ ahead on a seven-mile front and in- two days had overrun the villages‘ of Cheux, La Gaulie. St. Manviem. Fontenay, Tassel, Bretteville, Brett-‘ toilette, Juvizny. and Collcvrlle. >

Field dispatches said some Brifl tish units were within three 1111185’ of Caen on the west. 1