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Covers Prince Edwardilsiand Like tile Dew

MAXIMS

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MERE MAN

All must shoulder responsliiilllx - for the least fortunate.

gi? olnrliiswuwo Quail:- ‘Iwu 00ml. lorollg Uuarvlh 1.. Ionltlod IIII.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. FiuoAv,_JllUl.Y 26, 1940

British Forces Dig In Doggedl y

To Hold

Africa

Situation Far FI-gm Alarming

Although Plans

Need Revision

Following French Collapse.

ii“”W' siiwiii NiiiiiPPiiSE iiuioiiui

LONDON. July 25.—<CP Czlble)— Bulgarias claim for the Runianian province of Dcbruja will not tiraw apposition from Britain. which has rim-toys igeccignlizfd rifle ooulniry ‘had ceivan us cams rom er neg - hm‘. a redrible source SJld tonight.

1t was pointed cut that uiitiiGer- man domination was threatened lor hulk}? olfigilllillli awvtziys brush] felt

is s on o cer a n pro ems must be postponed ulltil circum- siunces permitted discussion. The Runioriian-Buigarian frontier was one oi these problems, and the source quoted recalled that the Brit- SILIJKSQIIBS never opposed Bul- i:i‘.'1s Clilim, ‘ ltiiinanie/s axing tto the Axis’ now n.i.. tiiliilgea e s. lltion. I was ;iever possible for Brlllfllll to approve gioiitly Buigarias claim because if

ziialirs guarantee to Runiania uoliist aggressive attack on h.:r iillll IOTS.

This source assumed that ‘Purkey llkmllil not oppose Bulgaria because her appeasement would mean mat Riiniania would be blocked from the B ack Sea. now that Russia has Bes- iflfflbglll. tWlth Iilulgitttria lIICIiQLlI-Slllglé ricn y 0 Russ a, e resu wcul he to stop German penetration southwestivard. and held up (‘en- incinvs ancient dream of a slave (léoivn the Danube and across Tur-

El‘.

c. o. F. YiiiillliS Ask Repeal 0f Mobilization Bill

tREGINA. July 25--(CP)-—Wllile heir parent body sironglv approved ghe Donllnion's war effor. the ‘ii-filcraiive Commonwealth Youth .frivement. meeting simultaneous. i_\_ with the (Jo-operative Common- ‘fvflliil Federation provincial con- vcnhon today asked repeal of the {Nfobilizaiion Bill and that mill- My iiction be confined to British America.

Thfiv asked for immediate so- cialization of finance. industry. and resources and n 10’) per cent 5w?“ Dlbfits tax to be immediate- -.\' imposed.

James B. Wedge. Saskatoon wns elecifd president mid Bill Freon- SWISS. Szvfrntoon, vice president.

Coming F venis —"_

Rate for Notices in this column I cello per wool.

hYWin the War Dance, Lonie Val- ?‘ hall. ouiy oath. weosicrs iiii...i.. ' u-i-i-zb-zl.

ivpl ‘i? . . 31st fly and DflllC€.CBXt-.\§_l1fi~_gil.l3i

"St John's Church Picnic, Crap- aud. Saturday, August ioth. i.i-d-7-26-2i.

b "Still going strong on uscd cur Tflrsains. see us touay nndrsavc. - 9- IVEB- L-22-1-26-2l.

“Special for Friday and Satur- liiy J9 Ford coach, looks like "KW. 869a. '37 Studebaker Sedan ‘lbo- Wlllys ‘lid 1-2-ton pickup, $450; 37 Plymouth Sedan, $595. '1‘. u- 1W5. L-ZZ-l-ZS-Zl.

“Boys. we have some cheap "firs. lust what you need to go to work at the airport. $50 up. '1‘. G. I-a- L-zz-"i-zs-zi.

“Wanted to buv

‘men at ‘ ‘ ualritlty of fat c r c - . - u‘. “lamp p cs i e 01' piione

Cold Storage Co. -533-'i-i6-tf.

"Home made Ice Cream and

gnntr Sale, on lawn or Mr. W1-

2 ti‘. clAlagmgfll/BTFQWFYIGEQ: - ~ Oil

Iiisiiuite. fi-iae-v-ztii.

"Reserve ‘rueida , .1 ' soul f Dance in Borden Dllnceu IYIall ":52;

(By Drew Middleton. ‘Associated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, July 25—-(AP)-A comparatively sindli force of Bri-

in doggedly to hold Africa and the Near East against 300.000 Italian troops mennccd in turn by the Royal Navy's blockade of their seaborne supplies.

France's surrender changed Bri- tain's sweeping plans for swift expulsion of the Italians from Africa and placed Britain's out- numbered forccs on the defensive.

But British military authorities are not alarmed.

“The success of ihe navy in the Mediterranean and the air force

sisinnce lo any Italian offensive," said one officer.

"Command of the air is vital. In the desert. an advancing column is lost if the enenrv controls the skies. We have the control."

Nevertheless. now that the French middle east army and French Mediterranean fleet have

stopped fighting. Britain has had to give up the plan to hit Gen many through her weakest front-

aly.

It is believed that the Allied high command, prior to the French surrender, considered feasible sim- ultaneous attacks by French and British troops on Libya. northern

African Italian colony, and then. Jnvnsion of Italy. There is a different possibility

now. however. Military men say: “It looks impossible, but they niav trv it." when explaining the

difficulty of Italian drives from Libya and Ethiopia tmvnrd Khartoum. in the heart of the Anglo-Egypiiaul Silrlan.

The Royal Air Force. ranging over the desert. has borne the

heaviest share of the defence of Egypt and the Sudan.

RJLI-Isources sny the outmoded

Gloucester Gladiator lighters "still are better than the best the It- alians have in Africa."

forces-white.

The British land

Torpedo

Neutrality

er)

LONDON, July 2.'i—tl.'iP Cable»- A NSlLi torpedo boat, flouting all the maritime neutrality rules. sank the 8.127-ion french merchant- illan Meknes in the English Chan- nel as the brightly-lighted ship carried 1.200 soldiers iind sailors being repatriated to France.

The Admlrnlty announced that British naval forces rescued near- ly 1.000 men nild there was reason to believe other survivors of last night's torpcdoiiig mny have reach- ed the French coast. The ship car- rlcd a crew of 100 and it W85 8B- ilmaied unofficially that the loss of life may be around 300.

The sinking was disclosed by A. V. Alexander. First Lord of the Admiralty. in the House of Com- mons, and he replied "ccriaiiily’ when nskcd if the war cabinet would trike every step l0 SP0 that the French people were fully in- formed of the trrvxcdv.

@1115 w"; rrcrmnnys second "hloomer" sinking of the month. After ii U-ho-it sent torpedoes ill- io the liner dram-tern. Star on July 3. it v.‘1<'. learned the shin was c-irry/ing 1500 G-rrmamt and It- alians in Canada for internment. But for the early arrival of a Cen- gdmn wnrshh) on the scene the loss of W" in "l" "‘B""'?l.$' prob- iiblv would have been fur greater than 1000.

Survivors from the Meknes wiio landed in Britain today said the ghlr) had been '"'"“\'V\Pll’(l from siem to stern and flew the French flqn, 1w». (‘vi di-I not sinn iiie Nazis who peppered her with ma- chine-qun bullets even alter siic Rave a wwrile signal to show she

ea u. ocee a or War Fund. Admission 20 cents. ls-m-i-M-al.

yt-vd en-vvwl

rContmu-zd on D089 S. Ool S)

tish and native troops is digging’

in Africa guarantee successful re->

ll P P ll S Ell Til TRUSTEE: SiliPS

Status of European American Posses- sions Should be De- termined by Coun- tries Involved.

HAVANA, July 26—(AP)—Leo- pcld Mela. senior Argentine dele- gate, declared tonight his country is opposed to Pan-American tiusi- .eesilips or mandates over Euro- IPPTIII pcsscssions in the western | hemisphere.

The future status of those p0ss-. 0-‘510115 should be delemiined by the people involved and wthcut outside pressure, he told a. press conference. ‘;

'I'iius Argentina, question mark; {of Pan-American solidarity, fulfilled , lille predictions of most confer-l ience observer; that she is oppo ed fro the "collective trusteeship" idea. ‘IZiZlVililC-Pfl by the United States. “Brazil and other American repub- lCS.

Argentina is willing to

debate

said, but is not prepared t-o seer;- fr-e hrr “fundamental Juridlcal principles."

Delegate: from European poss-

esslcrls should be heard at the conference he said. Proposals before the conference

On Pan-American security were aimed at, foresialling the transfer cf French or Netherlands possess- ions to any other ncll-Anl-erlcan power.

Esrlier some de-Jegates expressed the belief that Argentlnas vie-w- pririii. could be reconciled.

But Melo said he own proposal would block the conference from taking any measures rrgarding ihoe pos sions which sure basrd on "ll,‘»'i)Dl.I'1£‘.S." Amelicail ilaricns have n0 right to delegate silch pow- ers to themselves, he srud.

Argentina's views were submitted tonight to the second emergency conference of American ministers including Stale Sccrrizrv Cordell I-Iull of the United States.

GERMANS DENY SINKING

BER-LIN, llly 25—-(CP)—D.N.B. Germnn Ne Agency, tonight, is.

sued a claim that "authorized sour- ccs" denied Gcrlnally was respon- sible for the sinking of the French transport Meknes with 1,300 French

Sank By Nazi

Germans Flot-i-t-All Maritime

c°wardl¥§iiil€Lésg

(By Ilarolrl Fair, (ianudlan Press ' staff '

aboard to be taken home for re- patriation. '

S“ ip

Boat

Rules In

the question at the conference, he-

Unexpected Death 0f Mr. M. G. liicNeeiey

Prominent Business

Man Passed Away In Hospital After a Short Illness.

Mr. M. G. lvicNeeev, Fitzroy Street, general manager Oi the Associated Shippers (lltfd suddenly lil the Char- IQHJLOWH nospiiai YESWIOIIY, alter an illness of one day.

‘Ilia line AWUYHIV Gordon McNee- ley was porn in Markham, Ontario. April iii. 1e99, wuere he spent h.s earlv childhood. He received his early education at Markham I-ilah School and at the early age of l6 Joined tile staff of halwis Abattoir At Toronto. Later he went to Sydney as auditor ior the same firm which was then known as Canada Packers Llliiiied. l-le becalile travelling auditor fov the conlpailv. and in 1924 came to Charlottetown as man- 31-191‘ 0f Canada Packers.

WASHINGTON, July 25 —(A.Pi

- Henry ancillary- of the Uiiiied 5 _ slid today that G: - de-

1 clded to pour "colossal" sums inlo the American airplane lll(lli ry. building factories \\‘lll(.‘l1 will l‘.\l.lllll.l the industry's tfiiflilil" "or be- yond" 50.000 i‘ ' ,1

On its pal". has pedged ‘ei _ gentllriu said, to enable Br llil buy 3.030 planes a inoiilli. in the United Statis in addition to Liz-gi- orders already placed. O ' clined to estimate how a production level ii ed, merely confining saying the British authorities ‘nope it will be attained early in 1941.

A spokesman for the aviation in- dustry privately expressed dence l-hrit the indusiiw‘ could ,. duce 3,000 planes a mouth. i!‘ llrii- ain filrnishes the money mid us- sures the necessary supply o1 lun- chine tools.

Present Capacity Low

He added, howeirer. that pres- ent capacity is only 1.250 o. Illfilllll and that the industry is working at less than 50 per cent cf cap- acity. With extensive enlarglmenis already under why, particularly in west coast factories, he added, thc industry could produce 22.000 to 2i.- 000 a year bv fall.

_ In 1032 Mr. McNc-elcy organized ihe Associated Shippers. Inc.» which he became general iilaiiager. He has held that position ever since. Mr. McNeeley was a large share. holder in the company.

Besides his wife. formerly Miss. Annie I-‘ord, there SUl‘Vl\'l2_llll'€8 mil- dren. Kathleen, l4, Lorraine, 11,and livllliam. 9.

He is also survived bv his mother. lt/Lrs, Wllliahi McNeeley, Markham, Ont, who is spending the summer sit his home. His lather predeceased him b.\‘ four months.

The late Mr. McNceley was widfily known iiirniizliout this province, and was held in the highest esteem. ljlls long experience. coupled with native ability and dVnflllliC energy, made iliin an outstanding, figure in tile potato shipping business. _in which his flrlll snccializtd His sudden basins: in the prime of life comes as ,1 shock tn the community, from whom the deepest sympnthv I0 hi5 bereaved family will be extended at this time

Nazi Rules 0n Gold Beiie Words To ii. S.

(Canadian Press) What Gernlanys Minister of Economics told the foreign press yesterday about the "uselessness" of gold in the United Sinies does not apply inside Germany. Fines. imprlsolunellt mid even the death penalty await the Reich citizen who disregards the high valuoiion his Government sets on

International

At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDON - Twenty German planes shot down with five British lost; Nazi torpedo sinks ‘French ship Meknes with more than 300 French sailors lust; nnounocmcnl. made 2,823 British troops and refu- gees missing from mid-June Nazi combing of i. opship Luncnslriu off St. Nauli-e, France.

BERLIN-Funk, Economics Min- ister. warns, United States that a victorious Germany would demand irude on her own terms; Nazis on-

couragc lircion autonomlsts to break from fiance. WASHINGTON — Morgenihau

says Britain will pour "colnsoal“

the ycllow metal.

Among tlic earliest decrees of the Nazi Government were drastic measures designed to bring gold into the Governments coffers und- to prevent ailyone from smuggling it out of the country.

For a willie the citizen was safe if he turned into the Rclchbank any sizcable nniouilt of gold in his possession. He could kecp u few old coins if their aggregate value did not exceed ‘.200 moi-ks ($80).

In 1036. however. a new decree set the limit at only ivvo marks 1B0 cenisi.

Later decrees clamped down on ihc use of gold by _ie\vellei's, den- tisis mid fountain-pen iriunufac- turers.

Tile weight of wedding rings was strictly regulated. One decree banned the use of gold, even low- carui. gold. in the manufacture of spectacles. Another prohibited gold pen-points iii fountain pens. ex- cept those manufactured for ex- port.

sums into United State: piano in- dustry; pan-ihnericon Is answer to Germany's trade threats: government establishes vir-

lXll powers; new assistant of war appointed.

IIAVANA —Argeniine objects io pan-.1\merloan_.i1|steeah|p over Eur- opean possess. ins. '

CAIRO —- R.A.I-‘. infllcin ex- ienelvo damage on Italian planes.

OTTAWA -—Blll provide! mon- daiory death sentence 1o! trench-

enoperaiion .

iual embargo on oil destined to‘

510.550

CANADA

7/” “”

U1-

Morgenthaws announcement came amid a hcst of other deve op- menis with a bearing on the Unit- ed States altnaments program. A- mong these were a. White lipase announcement that Louis Johnson .had resigned as assistant secrezui-y- of war.

Stephen Early, presidential press secretary. said that Robs-rt er Patterson, judge gf t‘ United States circuit co

(Continued on page 3. Col 2)

News Briefs

ALGECIR-AS, ‘Spain, July ‘.25. — (AP)-—-Ul'lld8ll[lflr'(l planes appeared over Gibraltar tilree times today. drawing intensive fire from ami- alrcrait batteries. p v

One group of the 10,000 ClVlllilDS being removed from Gibraltar Will‘ embark tomorrow for the Bahamas. i Other refugee vessels are expected. to sail soon for Tangier, Lisbon and other points.

BUCHAREST, July '35.-—(A.l_'i —-Rumn.nig tightened her grip on British an French ull pro- perties in the rich Runmnmn fields lonight by ordering expul- sion of 12 French oll executives and promised increased dellvcr- 3 les for Germany's war machine.

The government order i-ainc amid reports iiiui nt lciisl 22 oil cum any executives would lie ex clctl, including additional Br tons.

BERLIN, July 26——iFl'l(lll.\ ~07“ -D.N.B., The " 11d : propaganda agency, _ claimed that German i_ sank 11 out of ‘Lihiiruillliuis l" l‘ convoy in the English Channel loic

ursday, It ciainled lliai Fibre-u other vessels were srt aiiffi 01‘ (“Juji- wise damaged and that rue do: ' ii’- rr was 50f ililll‘ and alwlhrl’ 0R"

I ed.

terllliieiiiiiilarriinlz. was ziuillnriiniively stated that the Grrnlzin raiders were driven off hefm-r- they cotid muse any great duillaucl.

ll. S. lieaiwave Seen Near End

CHICAGO. July 25—(AP)»-'I‘llc season's record heat marutlion ap- proached an end tonight. A cool air mass from the northwest nlov- ed southenstward slowly across the middlewest.

Residents of Montana. the Da- kotas, Minnesota and the north- ern parts of Iowo. nnd Nebraska. were the first to experience relief.

IMANYPLANES iii A [it I c A

_CAI‘RiO, July 25 —(CP) —Heavy c-tvti-uction of Italian airplanes was i- ‘d today by the Royal Air .-. ie command in Cairo, simul- ..l...‘-lisl_\' with announcement in ‘I. ll(i(.ll that troops from Nigeria iiiid the Gold Coast, on the west cast of Africa, have been moved to East Africa. ‘These troops. of unspecified sircllgth, will reinforce the British " facing the Italians of Erit- rea, iiiopia and Libya. BLnli-lin bombers attacked Der- il ill Eastern Libya where they ed 50 Italian bombers and

_v did not disperse and all our bcinbs fell among them caus- iiig considerable damage," the s1; l‘.(‘llL said.

Oil hereiurn flight five gladia- tor fighters of the R..A.F. fell upon seven Italian fighters and shot five llliO the sea.

All British planes returned from this CllQfiiZClllClli. The RAF. re- ceived word that one of its glad- iaicrs reported missing yesterday had made a safe landing in Brit- ish territory.

“This means that in the engage- ment yesterday. in which six of our fights“ fuel, 18 enemy fighters, we " versed in shooting down four y aircraft, with a possible -. o-nd without. the loss of a man or machine."

Opposition To ‘Gonsoription in U. S. Senate

wvasilnvcrorv. July 25,_(AP)_. Vliivrous opposition to ace-lime conscription broke out m he United States senate today as military com- iiiiltces oz the senate and House of iCpl'L>5("‘i[11il\'(‘S sought to Speed ac. lion on n. broad compulsory training pro‘ 11m. _ NOXilllilg 1S left except to pull the

_ Senator Burton Wlieecr, Montana Democrat. sold the (trait illj0D0snl was part of “hys- i91'i1\' {reliving w lead the Urilted Slluvs ‘clown the road to war."

Tile nearest thing to support for the bill ciuriniz Senate debate camel from Senator Robert Reynolds, North Carolina, Democrat, a mem- ber of lilo military committee, who siiid he fzivorcd "some kind of con-i sci on." Iic decialed it would be uuiiv" for Congress to "vote: Slil,000.0l‘.0.000 for national defence unless tw have sufficient manpower u.» mun llils equipment." .

lNllCCll.‘l' said conscription of man- power nnd wealth had been the tac-' tics of all the European dictators, and ll‘t‘ll questioned the "enlcrgen- cv‘ i-itcrl bv advocates of the train- 111$.’ hill.

During the day. members of the Senate military committee approv-

rd additional sections of the B -\Vods\v0ril1 bill giving the out authority to order the

‘ ‘AiYflllOil of an estimated 42.000.- 000 men 18 to 64 veal-s old, inclu- Sl\'(‘.

In an effort to retain lob; for all men drafted for the one year of training, the ccmmitteevoted to de-

(Ctiiiiinued on page 11, Col 5)

To Wa te

Ily UOUGLAQ ADIARDN (‘uiiiiiliiiii Press Staff Writer

stipieiii - i-oiiiuige of members 0f the Biulisii i-..ii luionary force and their C0iltl'li.]>i ilie enemy was disclos- ed llllldl‘ \\‘lli ll the fliil story of the btilllbillg of the IGJMLI-mn Cunard- whlie stiii- liner Iiancastrla became known hero.

Iii the [ace of death, with the slilp sinking under them, soldiers sillll! "'l‘iii-i~c'll Always be all Eng- linul," and "the Boer Barrel Polka"

lierid. .

‘ilie vciernn cruise liner was at. iillklll Iiv plriiics off Si. Nazaire on Julio 17, during the removal o! . llr: isli troops from France,

Alter linii an hour oi ineffectual ixiilibiiig. a. salvo lili the ship which I look a heiivv list, then ca sized and

sank. '1'lic list hampered i. 1e launch- ‘ini; of lifcboais and women and

ii‘llllfll‘f‘ll evacuees, and Tommlea jumped into the water, here they were machine-gunned by enemy

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EWIMY BOMBERS FAIL IN

ARGENTINA’

- TommiesI-Sinlg

As Liner Slips

Magnificent C-oi-irage Of B. E. F. Members Revealed —2,823 Missi1_1_g_From Ship.

LONDON, July 25.—(CP) —- Th0

and _i0(‘l'(‘d the Nazi bombers over:

:1

Anuull Subscription Delivered 85.00 By Inll-JLEJ- 11.00: (‘uniulu and 11.5. $6.01!

RAIDS

Britain To SpendIITAIIANS iosiiirnemyfi s e “Colossal " Sums

For U. S. Planes

Production To-D-e Stepped Up To 3,000 Planes Per Month. May Reach Mark Early In 1941.

2O First Class 5 Machines In Day

Cargo Vessels Dodge Dive Bombers As Spitfires Scatter Nazi Formations.

2-

LONDON. July 26—(Fridziy)—((‘l‘)—'l‘he Air Minis- if)’ early today zlnnounced ilirii 20 of (IGFIIIIIILWS best air- plzines-ll bombers and nine iigiiiers-ivcve shot down Thursday by liriiziiifrrctizisizil defenders.

Hour after hour, all through the day and evening, British fighters engaged Nazi craft swarming over the English Channel i0 zliizick convovs.

Periodically, the Ministry issued slziiemenis as 1hr: toll of German craft destroyed by the Royal Air Force and anti-ilircrafi fire mounted higher and higher.

In the final statement of the night ii said that 20 were destroyed and ilmt five British fighters were lost bui the pilois of two of these craft are known to he safe.

THIRD BIGGEST BAG

It was the third biggest bag for a single day alnol Hitler opened his nir warfare against Britain. It brought the German known losses over and around Britain since June Iii-when daily attacks started-to 203, an average of nearly six a day.

The Air Ministry dramatically told of one patrol of six Spitfires which attacked an enormous Gennan force numbering 1G7 planes-fill Junkers SY-type dive bombers and 50 Messerschmiii fighters.

“The Briiish fighters attacked,” ilie Blinisiry said.

“One Spitfire went for the bombers and thinks he goi one of them. The other five Spitfires climbed to aiiacll the enemy fighters. In the dogfight one of ihe (lernzziu pilots was seen to bale out and a Spitfire pilot cliiiius he seriously damaged another enemy fighter.