s f, Bracken Expresses

fiienfidence In flistory h Polls

1 ggauwoan. one. June 10 _ 1gp) - John Bracken, national ~ progressive Conservative leader said . win-day in a prepared statement , mat he trusted the Canadian elec- jms uwreclated that the Liberal ‘government was on the way out, ' out the 0.0.1". was widely dis- , and that the only pros-- stable government rested

Progressive Conservative

'toi dicta..-

rt . , Th}; statement. issued between final campaign meetings at Paris, inrantford and London, read in

have presented to the Can- giyah public a program that is . "and, progressive and workable. I m. not promised them the moon. 11love promised them 110 more than can produce. I1 have outlined our objectives, '1 have earplalnfid the rational urea by who we propose . mchsthem. I have told of he out- " standing qualifications and char- . aster of our candidates in every ' province “lheresrponslbilltv now rests with tilt Canadian peop e. I trust they appreciate that the King Govern- ment is on the way out, that the 0.0.1“. ls widely discredited and that the only prospect of stable government rests ‘with the Pro- ' grelsive Conservative ,Perty."

Demand Probe In Tyler Kent 0ase

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WASl-IDIGTONfJuue 10 - (AP) - Representative Clare Hoffman . (Rep, Mich) has demanded a

Congressional investigation oi the r case oi Tyler Kent. former code} clerk in the American Embassy in~ London, now serving a seven-year, sentence in England on a conviction, :1 violating the Official Secrets

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Asserting the British had seized Kent in May 1940. and accused him oi disclosing coded messages ex- changed by Prime Minister Church- ill end the late Preaient Roosevelt. Mr. Hoffman asked the House why the United States "failed to pro- tect its 0\\'11 citizen?" .

"Is it because, if he were released, we would learn this war was delib- Qiglktetdiy planned?" Mr. Hoffman e .

Coming Events

"Show - Moreli Tuesday.

0-0-21. "Show - Murray River Wed- nesday. 6-9-1.

"Danw - Iome Valley. ‘rues- dav. June 12th. ' Webeters Orch- ‘ Itra. 0-11-11.

"See "Peg", played by Tracadiel

Dramatic Club in Morell Hall on June 13th. 6-11-11

"Repeat performance of "Leno Rivera" in Hunter River Hall “may. June 11, at 8:30 a 9 2!

‘sptolel meeting of the Rate- ‘ Wycrs Qoniral Royal School,

l’. Wednesday. June 19th aty B 0'¢19¢i<- By order Trustees. ‘ 6-10-11.

"Milli-in! orders, m Oats. Also car l- “Rush order

No. 4 Feed a." '0'". Albany. n. u. a.

0-11-21.

"L ‘i’? . 0 am "mm" M “um pwsiRussians were being

wanted at Fredericton. Monday.

Ruins tle pair for good pigs so:

Winds each, plus 01.00 pair for from

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Po al. Wednesday: 0 am. New ‘ ind-lo: wiicmrxieyvr kitti- Hnflzlfiiiii; tlipeliy’: Cross; s "Ville :15 Pair for ‘i ' walla each.

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F709 Candidates Doomed 2 To Be Disappointed

UITAWA, Jung 10 _ _ Canadians vote tomorrow {allege in a general erection Canada's 20th Paula-meat With some eso candid- ates nominated for 245 House of Commons seats. ,

Th0 "W109. on a national’ scale] and just one week after Ontario" elocted a. new legislature, l; be-l W99“ m"! mill)!‘ parties the Lib- erals. seeking return to 110a am; 10 yoiif-B iii power, the Progressive- Corlservativea and thg c,(;,1r_ mag. i“! i“ most important national bid. flail has cuoush liandidates to form

government. should a. good 10¢ ofB beneiected. m’ b

Y °' fiiiiiicies choice is "id" "iii with many candidates of lesser parties and independent contenders. ~

Several hundred thousand ger- viceanen. at home and overseas, have been voting for some days but their results will not be known m; verbal) a week arter- civilian re- turns are counted tomorrow night.

Some 7,500,000 voters, civilians and servicemen, are eligible to cast a ballot.

In 1040. 4.620.260 voters cast bal- lots, the Liberals polling 2,352,557, the Progressive Conservatives run- ning under the label National Gov- ernment, polling 1.400.211 and the 0.0.11‘. polled 303.230.

At Dissolution

At dissolution the standing in Parliament was: Liberals 155; Con- servatives 40; C.C F. 1 ' Social Credit 10: Independent 6; Liberal Progressive 5; Independent Liberal 3: Bloc Populaire 2'. Unity 1; Labor Progressive 1 and vacancies l2.

'Nfld., crammed with 320 men in_-

‘CHARIDTT CANADA. MONDAY, JUNE 11, 194s

Sunday, Warmest Day This Year

Yesterday’. with the tcznperature at '16 above Just after 3.30 PM, was the warmest day this year. The highest temperature recorded previously was ‘i4 above on April 1i,

The warm wave came after the teaiperature dropped below freez- ins almost everywhere in the Prov- ince early Saturday morning. Frost was thick on grass and leaves and ice formed a thin film on water in small puddles and on troughs around farmyards.

Destroyer ls Troopship

QUEBEJC, June 10 — (C?) -- Veteran of Canada's’ destroyer fleet. the St. Laurent lay docked here tonight on completion c! her maiden voyage as the navy's firsl_ warship-troop carrier.

Stripped of non-essential equip- ment. the St. Laurent with one of _: the country's most colorful destroy-i er skippers, Cmdr. George SWDIIGII," of Halifiax, at the helm made a fast 48-hour run from St. John's

eluding her reduced crew of 9a.! Her normal wartime complement; was about 200. The passengersl were naval men from Atlantimi United Kingdom. or Newfoundlandl service bound home for a holiday before heading for the Pacific war zone and. the fight against the Japs.

It was a trip which rang up more than one first for the St. Laurent.

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Britain Denies

~ Ill-Treatment 0f

Russian Nationals

LONDON, June 10 (AP) _ The For/go Office tonight denied Russian criticism about Alllgd treatment of liberated Soviet na- tionals and countered with com- plaints about Russia's treatment of British subjects.

“Everything possible was done for the welfare and comfort" of Russians in Allied hands, the For- eign Office said in a statement replying to each criticism made recently by Col.-Gen. Golikov, So- viet reoatriation trade bureau chief.

On the other hand. the Foreign Ollice 000F880. the Russians themselves were taking inadequate care of British subjects and bock- liltl British efforts to aid them.

“There is no doubt," said the Foreign Office, "that conditions in which the Soviet citizens are be- lng cared for compared more than favorably with those under which large numbers of liberated British citizens lived in Soviet-occupied

territory."

Point ng out evidence of the pre- sence of "many Allied stra-gglers" in territories under Soviet control, the Foreign Office said:

"Some are in hospitals and oth- ers are in need of medical atten- tion, but all efforts to secure for British repatriation officers the freedom of movement which would have enabled them to locate and care for these men have through- out been unavailing,"

On the other hand. the Foreign‘

Office declared, the Russians hud been given "the ullest possible facilities" for visiting Allied camps in Western Europe. and at present 130 Soviet officers are helping in repatriation.

"As regards alleged slowness in repatrialln Soviet citizens," the Foreign Of ice continued, "the fault lies with the Soviet Government. They Provided no ships whatever for tbs nu ose."

T a Sov et cha e that 1,712

cam in the United exis nce of which had _ Soviet authorities, the For- eign Office said those camps were under American army control and that the Americana had told" the Soviets all about them last fall.

"Eisenhower llonored By Soviet llnlon

IRANKIIJRT ON June 1o - (a? )"-_ csived soviet Russtss the jeweled 0r of Marshal Geol‘! It. l and said the Allies ‘are going have peace even if we have to

it. “Gen. Iilaenhower declared the m: an war been a oi

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is. troopshlp it was also her first lup the river which gave her a name. '

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dog Cmdr. Stephen, back aboard‘ the ship on which he started the w

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, Only once before in her history has St. Laurent carried more per- sons at one time. That was back in the dark days of I040 off the coast of France.

When France fell and Allied troops were trapped at Dunkirk, she staggered back to Eingland with 750 men taken from the beaches of St. Nazire and Le I-Iavre.

Interim Report By llets Commission

OTTAWA, June l0 - (GP);- The Royal Commission on Veterans

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BULtETiN

CANBERRA, Jung 11 _ (Monday) - (Renters) - The acting Prime Minister, Joseph B. Chifley, announced today that the 9th Australian Div- ision made a landing in Jap- Ill-zloole occupied British Dor- |

N. B. Apple‘ Crop Prospects Good

FREDIilR-ICTON. June 10 -- (CP) -—-Moet oi New Brunswick! apple orchards were reported tonight to have escaped serious damage from wot. cool weather this summer. With more trees in production. growers hope the yield will ex- ceed the record crop of 110,000 b“. rels in 1948.

| Three Destroyers Welcomed At Halifax

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To, Retain 600,000 PrisoncrsAsLaborers

PAR-IE. June l0 — (AP) —Unltcd States armies. which held 2,es2,ooo German prisoner in Europe when victory cams. will keep eoo,ooo of them as laborers, Col. Robert J.| Gill disclosed today , ~

Another 200.000 to 225,000 Amer- ica-n-held troopg will be handed over to France for labor in this cciiiiltiy. said Col. Gill, chief of the prisoner of war division in the Elgggean theatre provost marshals With nearly 500,000 prisoners in the United States and another 25.000 in Britain, Col. Gill estimated it would take at least nine months to cut the total figure to 600,000 by various means, some of which still have not yet been decided pon.

Col. Gill reiterated previous statements of hi8?) American mil- ttary authorities that German pris- oners would be "permitted" to re- move land mines but declined fur- ther comment on that subject.

He emphasized, however. that all plans for employment of prisoners in the rehabilitation of battered

INTERNATIONAL AT ll manor

PACIFIC - Australian troops land on British North Borneo: Ant-y erlcans in heavy fighting on South-r ern Okinawa; Chinese troops cap-l "l"! FIIUIIE P01’!- on East Coast" American troops advance north ori! Luzon Island.

GERMANY -- Eisenhower, Mont. 80m"? receive Russia's highest award. Order of’ Victory. from Mar- ahal Zhukov; Eisenhower sayg A]. u" ""0 801118 l4) have eace even if we have to fight for t."

PACIFIC AERIAL - . l-resees bomb five factory ghxderrhll. lf-ary targets in Tokyo, Yokohama areas; one B29 lost.

TRIESTE - Yugoslav troops be. gln moving out of Trieste as dis. Dute between Tito and Allies up- pears settled,

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BY SYD THOMAS

HALIFAX, June 10 -- (C?) __ As ships’ whistles blared a mad welcome. Canada's fighting tribal class destro; ers Iroquois, Huron and Haida steamed into port here today from European waters for a “rub- down"_ and reconditioning before going on to the Pacific to add fur- ther laurels to their already impres- sive total.

Besides their regular crews, man of whom have volunteered to sail, to the Pacific battlefronts, the trlbals brought back a group cf, navy and army personnel as pas-, sengers, packed into every avail-i able inch of space.

The big 2.000-t0n destroyers, pride of Canada's small p mvy, rlzched Halifax early this morning. They plowed in line abreast over ‘the’ horizon, and as they approached the submarine net across the mouth of Halifax harbor. Iroquois steamed ahead and Huron and Haida fol- lowed in line through the gatch as

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the bright sun glinted on spotless guns and equipment.

Ships in harbor let loose a wel- coming blast from their whistles. the troopships Pasteur and Vol- eridam joining in enthushsticaily as the destroyers moved down the harbor,

Europe were based on rules of the Geneva convention despite the fact the German Government -- which l was a signatory of the convention- has ceased to exist.

Qualifications-appointed to re-

receiving credit in civilian em- ployment fcr special training-has

tions in an interim report, it was announced today.

Labor Minister Mitchell ‘said the Commission had gone on record favoring special training in number of occupations and adop- tion of a uniform practice in the services of issuing documents on discharge indicating occupational and educational standing obtained while in the services.

The Commission also recom- mended that tllrough the use of Canadian Legion text books, ct r- -respondence courses and classes assistance should be given mem- ‘bers of the forces in acquiring mat- |riculnticn or university entrance academic standing.

=Deny llitler ls Hiding In Spain

MADRID, June 10 —- (OP) - Spanish Government spokesmen Saturday night denied that Adolf Hitler was in Spain as sugmted by Col.-Gen. Nikolai Benarin, iet commandant of Berlin.

‘There are, howevir, at least 30.000 and possibly as rnany as 50,000 Ger- mans in Spain now, end Allied authorities here are lust beglnnlns to delve into the identities and whereabouts of officially-protected Nazis in this coiiiiiiy.

N. B. Man Found Burned TrLQeath

PERTH, NB» June 10 — (OP) — The hOdY 0!

‘here after fire of urmnown destroyed ‘the

A statement, issued on behalf of.

Herbert, Hanson, e4. was found in ruins of his borne

cause dwelling Friday He 1nd been a lumber mill ee.

night.

Pope Pius Speaks lTo Youth 0f llome

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made a number of recommends--

ROME, June l0 -— (AP) — Pope Pius, addressing more than 6,000 members of yout groups of the Rome Catholic A on in a special audience today at the Vatican, urged them to combat any social or political doctrines which are contrary to church teachings.

i He said some modern govern-

‘their faith for that of the church and declared Roman Catholics cannot compromise on any doctrine “be it social or political.”

entered the through an aisle flanked by Catho- lic Action members, Boy Scouts and Swiss Guards. He declared Catholicism needs "strong faith and abiding men at the present moment when action above all is necessary."

He also denounced the morals of Rome, saying there are two Romes. "one Christian, the other pagan" the latter feeding on im- rrlrfiirlil shows, books, magazines and I .

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men). ideologies tend to substitute]

| The POPE W35 awiaimed is hei ing them to help themselves to a- ha" 01 bmediiil-iiliivvert suffering next win

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_Winter May ~Be ‘Tough, Berliners Are Warned

By EDDY GILMORE

BERLIN, June 10 — (AP) -Just now Berlin's 3.000.000 are well fed. but the Russians are warning them that there is a hard. winter ahead.

l when food will be low and the peo- ple may be cold.

CoL-Gen. Nikolai E. Bezarin. ‘commandant for the city, was- ikiiling Germans May 2 and feed- ling them May 3. When the Rus- [sians took over here they found a» |desperate people-eating horses,i dogs and cats. trying to make dinks out of grass.

I Now, Gen, Bezarin says. the popu- lation appears to be satisfied with the food situation. But he is warn-

ter.

Food prices are low. fixed by the Russians. Ration: have been div- ided lnto four categories for adults varying with the tyipe of work performed. and one for children.

In order to buy their food Ber- liners must work as they have nev- er worked before. says Russian- appointed Arthur Werner. a Ger- man educationist. He asserts the average Berlin worker is receiving

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GUAM, June 10--(AP)-Neariy 200 Superfortressesi

dropped high explosive bombs today on five factory and military targets in the Tokyo and Yokohama areas, sub- Jectlng Japan to its fourth straight day of pounding by

B.29s, carrier planes and army fighters. It was the worst week-end of the war for Japan, wllere,|

Tokyo admits, one of every 15 residents has been burned i Cnmmons 5M5;

out or blown from his home by air raids.

The rain of aerial blows dealt by the army and navywIG-r,

aerial teams ranged all the way from industrial Sukagawzl,

115 miles northwest. of Tokyo,

Kyushu, 600 miles southwest of the enemy capital.

The Marianas-based Sldperfort-i resses attacked today from medium| altitude, bombiny, visually at some| points but forced to use precision instruments at others because of bad weather.

(In Washington, results of the attack were termed good. One plane was reported missing.) i

The Japanese agency, Domcn, said the giant bombers numbered about 250 and that they roared over in two waves, then split into several formations.

Their high explosives were show- ered on these prime targets:

l. Hitachi aircraft company plant at Chiba, 20 miles southeast of Tokyo.

2. The Japan aircraft company. Tomloka plant, five miles south of Yokohama.

3. An army air depot, 24 miles west of 'I‘okyo.

4. Hitachi Aircraft Company en- gineering works at Sukagawa, 115 miles northeast of Tokyo.

5. Kasimagaura seaplane base on Iflasimaga Lake, 35 miles northeast o1 Tokyo.

8-295 hitting "the first three of these targets were escorted by 100 Iwo Island-based fighters.

Tiokyo radio said other B29s mined the Kanmon Strait. western en- trance to Japan's inland sea. and that 30 or 40 small American planes attacked targets on Kyushu-

NEW YORK, June 10 — Emperor fllmhito directed the Japanese Diet Saturday W hand over virtually all its power

to the War Cabinet. which will rule by decree in an ef- fort to cope with what Pre- mier Kantaro Suzuki cilllefl "the most critical situation in the history of our nation."

Addressing both Houses. Premier Suzuki forecast an invasion of Japan and warned of new shortages of food, mun- ltions and transport. but Po- jected unconditional surren- dcr and declared Japan's only izhoise was "to fight to the

Opening of the two-day uncr- gency Diet session in bomb- ravlshed Tokyo with a ll"- diction that the unpreceden- ted war powers would be grant- ed quickly was reported by the Dolncl Agency in a series of broadcasts recorded by the Fed-

to Kanoyu naval air base on

aria... 4 Million Homeless In Japan

GUAM, June 10 -- (AP) - Tok- yo radio reports of persons made homeless by air raids on Japanese territory placed the figure Satur- day at 4,030,000 in five major cities -Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama, Oe- aka and Kobe. The report estimated that 1,700,000 had been burned out in the first inree cities during May alone.

Japan's total homeland population is listed by various sources as 72,- 000,000.

Bishop Kelley Beriously Ill

Word has been received at Bishop's Residence, City‘, of serious illness of Bis op Kelley of Oklahoma and Tulsa.‘ Texas. |

Bishop Kelley is a former Is-l lander being born in the vicinity of l Vernon River. He attended school- at Summerviile. P.E.I. before 'en-‘, tering St. Dunstarfs University. Af-r ter completing his course of studies Bishop Kelley travelled to the United States where he was or- dained on August 23, 1003.

At one time Bishop Kelley was president of the Catholic Church Extension Soclet of Chicago be- fore being aplpo ted Bishop June 26. 1904.

Bishop Kelley has been in fail- ing heslth for the past year but took a turn for the worse only e ys ago.

A sister of Bishop Kelly i| Mrs. P. W. Clarkin, Prince Street, city. *1...

TOBONIO. June l0 — (OP) - The Magazine Sun Bathing came under police ban yesterday when Mayor Robert Saunders told the Board of Police Commissioners the publication was "full of nudes."

The Mayor said he had received a deputation from the local coun- cil of women last week complaining against distribution of the public-