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ll. S. Etllliifll- Buzzes with» Many rumors

Secrecy noted

Unofficial stories speculate on a Churchill, King, Roosevelt conference.

WASHINGTON, Aug. it - (gpl- The Capital buzzed with rumor and sllflculntion to- flay that President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain. Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada, and lisrry L. Hopkins, lease-lend siiministraior, were about to engage in a momentous confer- ence, possibly in Canada er somewhere on the Atlantic 0c- tlll.

The reports that the four would get together to discuss problems arising from the war and American aid to nations battling the axis, lacked any substantiation whatever, and their origin was dublom. The rumors persisted, however, do- splte the fact that high offlo- ials here and elsewhere dis- clsimcd any knowledge of such smceling.

The rellorts apparently sprang chiefly from the unusual secrecy lurrounding President Roosevelt's

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iichy Troops loin lleilaulle

CITAWA, Aug. A —(CP)— Large numbers of French troops sent to Blris to reinforce Vichy garrisons there before the armistice with Britain last June have gone ovcr to the Free French forces to fight lsllnst Germany, Col. Henri Pier- rerie. official representative in Can- lds oi Gen. Charles De Gaulle, told '17»: Canadian Press today.

Stories lolci by these mcn upon joining the Free Frenm illustrate the feelings of the French popula- tion under Nazi domination in both occupied and unoccupied France, he said.

Coming Events

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Ottawa says ilisii unlikely

Nothing has been heard at Prime Minister Mackenzie King's office of a rumored flying vlslt to North America. by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and such a visit was termed "most unlikely." Malcolm Mflvdorluld. high Commissioner to Canada from the United Kingdom, called it "very improbable."

The rumor was based on a Wash. ington dispatch to the London Daily Mail suggesting Mr. Church- ill mlght travel by air to meet Prcs‘dent Roosevelt.

ll. S. Retailers Go on buying Jamboree

ST. IOUTS. Aug. 5 —-(AP1 - Retail merchants in the United States are buying just about every- thing they can get their hands on now in anticipation of a shoriiige of merchandise and higher prices next fall and winter. - This and increased business ac- tivity due to the defence boom has tliem literally clamoring for goods at the American Retailers’ Asso- ciation convention. Officials nf the association, composed largely of re- tailers in smaller cities, described it as the biggest wholesale buying Jamboree in ycnrs.

Four floors oi a downtown hotel have been turned into show rooms. where more than 40o lines are ex- hibited. All but a few business svs- sions were cancelled to give the 5,000 visiting buyers more time 'or touring wholesale houses and dis- play rooms.

Cotton prices Soar; Growers liave worries

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Aug. 5-iAP) —Cotton prices are soaring but southern farmers’ spirits aren't keeping pace because the boll wee- vil threatens to ruin more of the white than it has since 1923.

It's two early to gauge the full damage but its certain the long- nosed little pest already has chew- ed millions from returns on what promises to be the most profitable crop since the depression.

Only in Georgia would an offl- cial source hazard a dollars-end- ccnts estimate but there R. R. Chllds, extension serviw 118117110- mist, figured the toll would run to $23,000,000 or about 20 per cent of the yield from cotton and cotton. s

eed.

He said the damage would be lo-Der cent loss in point of staple I114 seed destroyed but would be much more in cash because cotton la selling for close to 1'1 cents a 901111‘! now, nciii-iy double the ivrlw It this time lest year.

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BRAVE DURING RAID

BIRMINGHAM, England —-<0P1 -Mi.ss Wlnniired Yates. Air Raid eiecsution Warden. 1111s M" t- wiirdsd the ai-ituii ninifre Mcdfil- Using dog biscuits R5 ll lure. =11» led aoo horses out of their stalls during a recent alr raid on Bir-

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Av posslblevlndlcatlon that this 5366151011 might be to resist any Japanese invasion was given in an official announcement at Bang- kok that a tank headquarters for Thailand's eastern forces had been established at Battsmbang, cam. bodia. 35 miles from Slemreap, Iiido-Chlna, which the Japanese occupied yesterday.

Contlngents of mechanized troops were dispatched to Battam- bang along with large numbers of

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factory of the Vega Airplane Co., mystery super-raider is said to be is “'5!- Bhd successful flight August, 1.

Britain May Beat

Dispatches from Thailand-which adjoins scene of the recent diplomatic victory that gave Japan bases wmili-i relatively easy striking distance of Singapore, Hong Kong and Manlln said plainly that the Government was conscious that a grave and per. hups fateful decision must bé made as to relations with Japan on the one hand and Britain and the United States on the other.

Thailand

F ormidable reinforcements reach mighty Sing- apore base; Other developments hint at action. i - (By Russell Brines, Associated Press Staff Writer)

MANILA. Phill-PPUIB 151111155. AUB- 5—(AP)—F0rmldable land, sir, and naval reinforcements reached the mighty British base of Singapore Vidal! and b91181 Spread in the Far East that Brltiiin might be prepar- illg a swift occupation of key points in Thailand to head off the Japs.

French Indo-China,

6688i to Broadcast

LONDON, Aug. 5 -(CP) -—Queen Elizabeth will broadcast a message to the women of the United Stiles next Sunday at 10 p. m. i5 p. m. A.D.T.)

A Weather Halt

Thousands or people. who gal-h- ered at Morell last night to cele- brate Bristol Day, refused to ec- cept the verdict of the weather man and huddled under umbrellas, roofs and store awnings until the rain, which started shortly after dusk, subsided about ten o'clock. How-

. ever. the downpour failed to damp-

en the spirits of the people as they listened with interest to the petri- otic speeches. pal-took of the chick- en supper in the hall and patron. ized the booths.

Unfortunately it was necessary to close down the bingo because it was feared the valuable prises would be damaged. The street dance did not materialize and it is under- stood that it will be held Thursday night. Other entertainment, includ- lng bingo, would bl staged than i_

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Queen's Canadian Fund gift received

MONTREAL, Au. 5—(CP)-— The Queen's Cana an mind For Air Raid victims received today an acknowledgment from sir George Wilkinson, Lord Mayor of London, for the third gift of 20.- 000 sent from Canada to the ord Mayor's fund for bombed-out vic- time.

Bir George wrote. "1 am mind- ful of the deep sympathy and good wishes which accompany it, for

not "only is this a great financial help. but it is also a token of the full moral support of the people of Canada."

A fourth contribution for the same ernount has been sent to lei-item.

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Bristol program goes on during downpour; Weather improves later; Speakers stress importance of aid to bombed British port.

Says Plan ls lTo line Asiatios

-'Against whites

Thailand warned

TOKYO. AW. ii-MPJ-Japen is engaged in a co-operative defence of Asiatlcs against the while race the newspaper Hochi said today as the nation's attention was drawn shar ly to southeast Asia, especially Thai and.

Japan's advance lntn southern fndo-Chins, where she established

step in this "co-operative" action against the white race, Hochi said. This newspaper declared that the continued dominance of Asiatic colonies by European powers hed ruined the livelihood cif Aslatics; that co-deience now was necessary for Asiatic security.

The rnillterist organ Kokumin in the same vein warned ‘Thailand to

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MONCIDN. N. 3.. Au . 5-(0?) -Rsl.ph Cogsweil of 8a nt John. an employee of a construction company working on a highway project near Scoudouc, was sd- milted to hospital here late today suffering from serious arm and body burns sustained when a truck on which he was riding with a load of hot asphalt turned over. Cogswell was tossed mto the hot

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g new bomber for Britain. This is the Vega Ventura at Btlilfiillnif, California. It; dlmfluigng- upeflnmmons a mo ern miracle of oo-ordinatlcn, economy of on“;

Bread rules Announced

OTTAWA, Aug. 5-K?)- Effectlve Aug. 11 Canadian bakers will be unable to sell sliced loaves, make special bread deliveries or use multi- col or double wrappen, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced tonight.

“The removal of the wheat processing tax, announced late last week and these new eco- nomies in manufacture and delivery should, in the opinion of the Board, render unneces- soszyany increase in the retail price of bread,” a board state- ment said.

The ncw measures-an ex- tension of the board’s prev. lous wartime price regulation to encompass also conditions of sale-are being taken to conserve materials, power and labor which can be used more effectively in the national de- [cure program, the statement added. —

The War News

military bases. W85 Just the firstt

Interpreting l‘

i (By Kirko L. Simpson. Assoc- iated Press Staff Writer) Another German panzer

spearhead has stabbed deeply

into Russian defences midway between the main-Leningrad and Moscow battle fronts; but it is southeast oi Kiev that the most ominous threat to Red armies still is discernible. Berlin advices claim the Nazis have overrun 48 Russian de- fenslve "bunkers" or field for. tificatlons in that area. Pre- suambly this refers to the fighting in the region of Bel Tserkov, 50 miles or so south of Kiev. Nazi strategy in this movement i; not clear. since information is lacking as to whether the reported new gains were in the direction of Kiev or southeastwnrd. along the

railroads meeting at the im-

portant Byalaya Tscrkov junc-

tions. e t t

There is warrant now, how- ever, for the assumption that stubborn Russian defence on the Leningrad, Moscow and

Kiev fronts has led to a re-

vision cf Nazi battle plans.

Pressure on all three is being

continued; but it seems pos-

sible that encirclement and de- etruction piecemeal of Russian

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Robbers escape With $76,000

EPRDUDGBURG, Pa... Aug. b- (AIO-Two bank messengers were robbed of $76,000 toda 1n a street holdup carried out w th split sec- ond timing by four gunmen who escaped into the wooded hills of northern New Jersey.

Holding a sub-machine gun and pistols, three of the men forced the bank employees to give up a pouch containing the currency. then fled in an automobile driven by their companion. Five miles away they changed to a second ear after threatening a camper who sew them.

The money, mostly in $5, $10 and $30 bills, was surplus being taken from the first National Bank to the post office a block away for transfer to Philadelphia and deposits in the Federal Re. nerve Ban?‘

1941

Marseille Under liazi Domination

In unoccupied area

(AP)~ The French harbor of Mar- seille is under complete German domination although the city is in unoccupied France, s ship line of- ficial said today on arrival on the American export liner Excambion with 160 other passengers from Lis- bon.

"The entire city. harbor and ship movements are supervised by the Germans,‘ Joseph Tilley, Marseille representative of the export line, said. "No ship can leave without their o. k."

In addition, Germans are using it's harbor to bring in foodstuffs from French North Africa and Spain for delivery to Germany, he said.

"Recently four small German boats came in from Spain carrying olive oil and other foods," he said. "From Marsellle it was moved into Germany. I left Marseille the inid- ' die of July. and at that time four German submarine chasers come through the canal which links Mar- seille with Bordeaux and went on out into the Mediterranean to sink British subs."

He added that the French were deeply grateful for the foodstuffs and medicine sent to France re- cently on United States ships for American Rfid Cross distribution there,

"The bakers put American bread in the windows of their shops and with it were placards reading ‘A- mcrlca gives you this,” he said "The crowds in front of the win- dows got so large that the Ger- mans became mad and dispersed

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For Fourth Day

jGerin-ans lose heavily in men and

says German Army morale broken

(By licnry Cussidy, Associated Press Staff Writer) MOSCOW, Aug. 6—(Wednesday)-—(AP)— A bloody German bid to encircle the Ukraine capital of Kiev from

the north and south met

furious troops for the fourth straight

resistance by Soviet

day ywsterrlay and the

Nazis lost heavily in men and material, the Russian com-

munique reported today.

At the same time, Red army lines held firmly Smolensk sector before Moscow and Estonian border hclnw Leningrad.

central

A Red counter-attack at Kuros- ten, 80 miles northwest of Kiev. was said to have smashed s German infantry regiment. More than 300 Germans were reported killed and wounded and many prisoners iverc taken.

Heavy fighting also was in pro- grass in the Bel Tserkov area. 50 miles south of the Ukraine capi- ta-l.

The Russians declared offic- fically that the Germans, suf- fering heavy losses among their regulars, are throwing 16-year- old cadets and old-class reser- vlsts into the battle in many sectors.

On the Leningrad front. the Rus- sians said, repeated attacks by the German 16th motorized division were hurled back with Gennun

the crowds."

Jap Freighter , Sails empty <

From Vancouver t

VANCOUVER, Aug. 5 —(CP) — The Japanese freighter Kozul Maru. left Vancouver today to return empty to Japan after waiting for two days to take aboard a ship- ment of more than 4,000 tone of wheat for Chins.

The vessel left an oil dock here and A. Carmichael, collector of cus- toms, said she was leaving Canad- ian waters. He said the had ob- tained her customs clearance ea:- l‘er in the day.

The vessel arrived in Vancouver Sunday and was granted ship's privileges, allowing her to take on sufficient fuel and supplies to make the return journey to Japan.

The export permit allowing the Kozui Maru to take the wheat oar- go from here was issued some time before the recent order freezing Japanese assets in the Dominion. Loading of the vessel was held up however when the ships agents were unable to obtain release of funds. held in Seattle, for payment for the wheat.

With the Kozul Maru tieparfurc no Japanese Ships are believed to remain in the United States or Canadian waters.

International At a A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

MOSCOW- Russians say de- fences holding along entire front, with heavy fighting to counter Ger- man attempt at encircling Kiev

BERLIN — Nazis claim wlilc break-through below Smolensk; say Bel Tserkov, below Kiev, Khnlm, northwest of Mounw. taken.

SINGAPORE-Pacific base hear- ily reinforced by Britain.

BANGKOK- Thailand estab- lishes tank headquarter... wlthln 3.5 miles of new Japanese base in In- div-China.

MANTLA-Bellef reported sprcact ing in far east Britain may occupy key Thailand points to heed off Japan.

SYDNIY- United States enlis-

ere in Australian waters; presence believed implied warning to Ja- pan, _

TOKYO- Japanese press says Tokyo defending Aslatlcs ‘against lthe white race.”

1058s running to at least 1.500 dead and wounded.

Sixty machine-puns and scores of other guns iinri mine throwers “tel-e reports-d seized by the Rus-

glans.

The Red Air Force said 53 Ger- man planes were destroyed Mom dnv with u loss of only 21 Sevlvt craft.

“The process of dislnicmurition of the German army has begun,"

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Atlantic battle liot over but is going well

OFITAWA. Au! l!—(CP>—An! l suggestions the battle of the At- l lantic is over or nearly over are- unduly optimistic, Lt-Col. K. 5.1 lifuclachlan. (liiputy minister for naval services. said in an ‘intcrviewr today. _ He returned from Great Britain a few days ago after consultations

with officials of the British Ad- miralty. “The battle of the Atlantic is

receiving the closest attention oi thoroughly competent people who are determined to win. but I did not meet anyone who said the lob was licked yet." he salil. The struggle to keep the trans- Ailaiitlc ship route cpcii cit-spite the efforts of enemy submarines was a difficult one and there‘ could be no relaxation of vigilance. The men in charge of British naval activity in the Atlantic had a full appreciation of the ingenuity aiitl resources oi the enemy. 4 _ So far the project of biiiidiiil! Tribal class destroyers at Halifax is in the preliminary planning- stage but all plans and arrange- ments have been checked and ap-i

proved by experts of lhc British. Admiralty.

"The admiralty looks on Cona- dian naval effort, as of rcnl value." he said. "They also upprrclute our willingness to oo.ordlnr\t_e our ob- JECllVCS with their own.’ y

The success oi Canadas naval building program, particularly the construction of corvctics. W05 Lvrflatly appreciated he said. ‘Bri- tish authorities were ‘amazed’ at the {not that. Canadian corvrttcs were produced ahead of schedule.

Duke interested in Indian crafts

Duke of Kent sfnxwcd keen interest ln Indian crafts and native life iii a short chat today with Beiirsprtw lintl Clilrf Waving Feath- er of the Stem-y Trlbc.

stopped to talk to the ltndians.

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nnurr. Alia, Aug 5—lCP\—Tl1e P-M- Chief:

The Duke. stopping in Blllif fort a two-day rcst during his tour of training stations under the British Commonwealth. Air Training Plan. was the the whccl of a Royal Can- iadian Mr Force automobile wrlicn he

in the along the

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Elzzlnmajor Break-through Below _S_n_i_oensk

BERLIN. Aug. l —-(AP) — Ger- man armies have turned suddenly southeastward from the direct road to Moscow and claim a major break-through 62 miles below Smol- ensk, the German high command said today, and thus tonight thtre appeared prospects of a vast at- tempt at encirclcment of Kiev and the UplX-r Ukraine,