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Reports Street Fighting In Paris

l NEAR. YIRSAILLES. Aug. _ (A?) — A Versailles resident told American reconnaissance units to- night that street fighting was ra- slug in PBTL betwen French stu- ents and Patriots and the Germ-

nu. This informant, who had Just left Paris two hours before, said there were big fires in various sections of the city as pitched battles swayed beck and forth through the streets. The rmans, he said. were machine-gunning demonstrators.

Four-Power Parley To Open Today

, WAEIOGON , Ambamdor Andrei . Gromyko flew Moscow today g1

in from brin ltusie's plans for a post-war worxlg organization to preserve peace. He

expressed conviction that in the def

four-power meetings starting to- morrow his country. Britain. the United States and China. can mesh their differing. plans into a single blueprint. .

I'll-B 0D is shared by both the undersecretary of, state. Edward R Stettinius, the United states de- legate. and Sir Alexander Collagen. the B representative. who ar-i rived e week ago. But it Ls poieiv. llally icant. because it apmh’

Polish Troops In 3-Mile Advance

ROME, Aug. 20 — (AP) —Pol- hh troops on the Adriatic sector cl the Italian front have advanced more than three miles, reaching the towns of Gabrlelli and Mon- gclfo, Allied headquarters said to-

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There was no major activity on other parts of the peninsula front.

oonlllc EVENTS

"Show — Morell Tuesday. ' B-l9-3l.

"Rum - Murray River Thurs- ilv- 8-21-21

‘ "Chow-St. Peter's Wednesday.

H-21-2i. iwtz. "m “"- “iiflffll: "Dance, Vernon River Hall. Malay. Aug. 2a. a-ai-zl

"Dance. xi r Hall. m d. August 21st. rlieigggnmonts. 89lq7j2l.

"Hilly Redeemer Minstrel Review, "t Stewart. Friday, August825th. , "Clyde River Rod c 1 el 9mm Festival Wedilesdayllofisugucst “"1- e-ai-zi.

"Chlowi and l-lam Supper at. "It Hall. Wednesday. August 23rd. “Whining n. Five o'clock. 8-19-21.

u ——’_' N0t-l00—Dil£well lo R0 iter’ m. Morell. ll bc closed Asilausl. . 32nd. 3rd for stock taésing. 0

M Binper. Dance. Cor-

Wednesd . t served 5 ‘fir’; i0. Angus 8-19-21.

“Hunter River lay "Aunt Til- ffielnfil 1pm", n Victoria Hall. h‘ “m”: no ne, the follow-

‘Gilda lei-Gila.

"Qllltomers who use out Edge mil-Tm! they never have to buy

Axmzllt-ry Flour. Livestock "Hour Bale: horn August 21st-

lilt inclusive we will sell om. no B "WI-ton silonlsnlnglv low prince. ‘as non reduce stock. Livestock Money. 3.31

"oily consumers can take ad- “ Ooftbisrlcui-saleaswell °°'"li Obtalnable 00 lb. sacks. Livestock W- fl-il-ll

"Gilt Idle Flour is milled f m washed Hard Wheat. the lzileflilllynchggo for bathing

- guaran co . "flock Feed Agency. 8-21-21

n __-" “WW5”. every bag of Gilt w‘ Pl ill‘ la guaranteed or money

c ‘MP0. customer to be the

poscolurplui

(lovers Prince Edwardllsland Lilicjhc Dew

‘nu.

ALLIED l*0R

France. I-ONDON. M18- 20 — (AP) --Am- arican tanks. with the aid of all-- borna troops. ve

he crossed the Beinc River northwest of Paris, the German High Command reported today and infantry was said n; be rushing in to cement the bridge- head. he German press meanwhile, prepared the homeland for Whole- sale withdrawals from France. (The Brazzaville Radio said French patriots had seize Vichy. already abandoned by co eborators and the Gestapo, NBC reported in New York. Bordea- reports Saturday night Said Vichy chief Pierre Laval and other officials had arrived at Bel- fort near the Swiss and German frontiers.) s Stockholm reports said the Nazi l$llndey Press took the line that “swift German retreat on French soil can be expected" presaging a retreat all the way back to Ger- many's borders. To make this bitter dose as oal- Bfilltlllld asmposiblei the press war- me up secre -wea ropeg- anda and predicted "a. Eon gin the mode of warfare under very dram- atic circumstances." The report that American tanks had crossed the Seine. presumably about 30 miles northwest of Paris. first came from the n Ag- ency D. N. B.. which said wer- ful airborne forcm were lan ed on the east bank to knock out German ences. The German High Command redio then reported that the Allies had thrown in reinforcements of infantry in an effort to extend the bridgehead on the east bank.

lle Gaulle To Load Wall -lllll- Perla?

LONDON, Aug. 2o - (c P) - When Allied liberating armies make their triumphel entry into Paris they will be headed by Gen. de Gaulle and units of Gen. Jacques lc Clerc's French 2nd Armored Division. it was reported in informed circles here today. |

Reports from neutral sources for] some time have said that tickets for choice balcony seats ovei-lookingl the routes leading to the Arc de Trliomphe have been selling at high pr ces.

Halifax Delegation Loaves For Ottawa

HALIFAX, Aug. 00 - (CP) —A delegation representing the em- ployees of the Halifax Shipyards. Ltd., left for Ottawa todfll’ 1°? l‘ conference with the Federal Gov- ernment as a strike of the yflrd workers went through its 25th day. The delegation planned to stop off at Montreal for e. mass meetlnfl of shipyard workers there Monday night. At Ottawa. it was to be loi- ncd later in the week by about 20 representatives cf other unions in Nova Scotle.

Prime Minister King On Visit To Quebec

OTTAWA. Aug. a0 - (CP) — Prime Minister Mackensle Kine left Ottawa by train tonight for a private visit o Quebec city. It

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1944

BULI_._ETIN

memos. a . u .. (m... by) - (or) i‘ Britain now, ll c the

Illlll an! s] bombs, it was dis-

oscd ay.

Gen. Sir Frederick Pile. com. mander - in - chief of the entiaircraft command, reported the rocket guns were doin an “M”! 10b of ‘ _ some the German selves.

Airman Says Germans Are Fading Fast

OTTAWA, Aug. 20 - (c?) _A big, strapping guy with a deceiving sentleness and a row of decorat- ions got off a train here today and wld newsmen he didn't think he'd l have time to get back in the fight- llflg over Europe because the Ger- mans were fading too fast. but he hoped to see some service in the Pac-

If he does. it will round out the Sky fighting career of Group Capt. Carl (Moose) mmerton or 11ml; Coulonge, Que, that started in the Battle of Britain. included Malta and Egypt and three weeks ago saw

forces in Normand ‘The Veteran fighter and intruder Dllct almost blushed when a repor- ter called him group captain. “No Just wing commander”, he said pointing to the rihglete on his sleeve. Yours a ‘groupie now then," the reporter grinned and showed the M0086’ an official paper vrltll his promotion recorded. H “Gosh. I hope that doesn't mean I'm to be grounded." he said with genuine concern. studying. the docu- ment which had been released while he was on his way home. The famous flier with a record one damaged, said on‘ his last flight over France three weeks ago "Olir lads down on the ground seemed to

be having it pretty much their own way."

Ban Shipping 0f Gllristmas Trees By Rail

OTTAWA. Aug. 20 - (OP There won't be many gaily-bedeck-

Canadian homes this Yuletide.

That the word tonight from the Labor, Transport and Muni- tions Departments and the Prlccs Board. They said in a Joint state- ment that recent war develop- ments have put “enormous pres- sure" on railways, ivhich have been prohibited from carrying Christ- mas trees in flat or open-top cars or in box cars suitable for trans- porting grain. feed and other es- sential commodities.

Selective Service officers are being instructed to refuse work permits for Christmas tree cut- ting, and no special permits will

be granted truck operators to transport the trees.

Individual farmers will not be restrained from cutting trees. but

Timber Controller A. l-f. William- son urged farmers to produce fire- wood wherevcr practicable because over-all stocks of wood fuel siill are below normal and fuel is a "national problem."

EARLY AMERICAN Human bones about l0. 000 years

was understood he would return to theclplhl ‘niesday.

Iy I. I. IOIDIWOITII (C nadlsn Press Correspondent) _

s DNlEY AUSTRALI Alf. ao —(CP cooler-Australians re ected by a. voto oi 1.739.878 io_ 1.501.040

turday the BOWITIIBglT-l 617% 1g Si...“ . it

vggm ' in vu-

ious per-trnfbtlhc world “have yet to be countgd but cannot affect the “it'll “ntlwslwaioiisff-‘Gfai’; .v .

Eat”; maioriw in four at the six The only mice in which s small maflority showed were South Allis-

arid Wwtem Australia. whiz-ea a negative vote had been ex-

tiou developed

hewes l ed"byth result and added: 93s now remalns for-those who 0p-

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to ixoducc lan. Otherwise Australia will face-s: on

Australian Government

Has Plan Rejected

old were found in Califorfl. j 190. I _

of great difficulty." Atomey-General H. V.

who led the government's in favor of the plan. I“! tot the loss I‘ lflfiOl’ I1 EBQUCIWB o1 Fimiustified" fears of post-war Th poggdl Wvlgiiidns glv alw ve - Ian mover-unions power to make a : Y.‘ Oars of returned servicemen and their dependents. {Employment and lmemploy- mm . lnafafllfliltd marketing of corn- ' s. Oolnplnlol. b. Trusts, combines and mono- naliulrioflteering and prices 7L Production and dis» ticn of

l. trol f overseas exchange and overseas investment.

0. Trlans t.

l0. Uniformityvof railway gauges. 1,1, orh. l2. National Health. 11B. Farnil, Allowances.

Hyatt. g; .

attri- of le-

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Nd drvxgtlgcawc the or “no” unwo-

wholo plan.

him flying support for the ground Y.

of l4 enemy aircraft destroyed and..

) _ h Christmas trees twinkling. in 10

ditch fliht.

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rent battle in the north of France

army.

Large Fire

War Veteran Killed In Guelieo Town

tosiihiinibfi." 6iii=il§"7iué" ab- ‘ (CP)-Police searched mnleht 101' the person who shot and kl 6d pm Hugh Miller. 3i. shortly be‘ foref midtniSgl FTldflY in m“ 1'9"‘ n ran o“

riullicr. a Dieoue veteran Wlw all“ had his leg in a plaster cast, was on his way home to Weir. Q11?» W V15‘ it his wife and io-year-vld dellflh‘ tor. He was on leave from Ste. lginnf m. Bcllevue Military HM- i .

pDi. Jean Marie Roussel 0214;511:- real. medical-legal expert. sad - ler had been killed y e shotgun blast, fired less than 50 feet from him while he was Slleakin; i0 B“ acquaintance in front of an hotel

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t l th fatality was ad- filfilé’ nlndeelinitely pending Dome investigatlcn of the shooting

Forest Fires Still Burn ln_ New Brunswick

Fnnnnmcrolv, Aug. all-roe)- Burning near Monctc since last Tuesday. a forest fire has been con- fined to the area between Berry Mills and Jones Siding. About 700 volunteers who remained on duty tonight were hopeful of further im- provcmcnt by rnorninl.

Some 1,500 men were kept on duty during the week-end. Vol- ilnteers Ciinle from many parts a! Wcstmorlanri and Albert County.

War Situation Last

Ni

l1 h-os I. Ihobll. Altlhkl Pull War A-Illlllt

ThsappearoncoofokmantsofthcGor-rnmelrforccinsuwbrtcftbo beaten 7th army as it flees toward the loin! liver makes it clear ‘that the Germans are holding beck some of their air force for a p065“? 0 l“ '

Military observers noted the incident with two thoughts in mind —an indication of the total air strength which Hitler may M hi!" e of the importance of the battle of the Falake pocket manifested by the use of some of the boarded air 110W"-

Tho indications of latent air strength were not impressive in vl=W “i the size of the daily ali- operntioru of the Allies. Several hundred Ger‘; man planes rose to interrupt the routine slashlngs of German groun forces by Allied airmen south of the Seine. The outnumbered enemy beaten off and did not return.

while ‘

Allied military leaders have emphasized, despite the failure of (he Ger- main hlgh command to send it into action on occasions when airflllvv-‘cf could have been tremendous] harmful to the Lnlted Nations e or . The fanatical Interest in the fete of the 7th army Bllllflfififi "if! 01'1- vntely expressed views of military men in the United States that the cur-

vrlll be the battle of decision in the

Furopean war. In addition to risking some of their obviously insufficient aircraft, the Germans drew upon the 15th "my pref-collar the"! “h hnmb launching areas on the channel coast in an effort. to saie e

Such lmeasuere, followed immediately by what wllnllul lllw Gllml" propaganda preparations of the home front for a decision t0 yltllli min"- gnemed m be further indication of the importance of the battle n s re- luilon to the end of the war in Europe.

Raging In

Wood Islands District

A fire broke out in the thick WOOdS

M yes- terday and was still raging late last night. A brisk breeze blowing soon had the blaze running with a front Q1 eve;- one mile. It thIgBBtRE/Illéd the

at Wood Islands at 2 30 P.

house and mill_own __ - Early this morning it was learned that an appeal hall

msdetolLlILC. S. Queen

been Cbarlottcunaval traiplrig cuitre

. at. _ _. ..f9r~._roll_lut¢¢l'=. " ' " ‘nae’ rennin: tn cave for ‘ ~ land; at 4.30. .~.- The flrc continu to spread

d the night and it was fee that it would gain speed after daylight when the wind was expected to freshen after

wind s

much with.

The residents of the nearby dis- tricts did the best they could to heln but with ~ danger of being surrounded by ll fire was too great even for exper- ienced fire fighters.

The fire was in the same area as the one which was extinguished inra_ i'_e31_h_o_ug_s_ lastjrlday-

Allied General Staff Kept In

Since the first two days of the flrfl. when 1o property owner! win fered losses. no further loss to re- sidents has been reported.

Slight improvement was report- ed tonight in the fire situation near Prince of Wales, l8 miles from Saint John, where more than 100 men struggled to halt flames that have devoured 300 acres of timber. The fire had crept to within half a mile of the Shadow Lake and Prince of Wales communities. The situation around Minto. where damage was heaviest, dur- ing a series of fires lest week. con- tinned quiet. with only wisps of smoke visible.

Some Easing In Steel Demands

CLEVELAND. Aug. i0 —- (AP) — The ma ezine steel said today "in- creaslugy definite indications that the European wai- is in it; closing phases is bringing a use in plac- ing of steel orders r both near and remote delivery." “Little change is apparent". said the publication. "ln pressure for delivery of tonnage already on books but consumers are no placing as much business as recen-“ly. Mills ' under heavy pressure for essen- tial war needs but in some other direction easing is apparent and the situation is imelllllfi"

steclwoi-ks operations in the United States declined one-half

Touch With Maquis

hloecpb Dyan

WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. Aug. 20 — (AP) — With the Allied landings on the French Riviera successfully accomplished it now can be reveal- ed that the Allied general staffs maintained regular plane and para- chute communlcations with Mnquls patrols for more than a year P1101‘ tq the invasion.

As early as September, 1943 Gen. Hem-l Giraudu staff established plane routes to the interior cf Southern France. French officers dropped by parachute to help cr- ganizc and direct the Maquis move-

ent

mrrenon and other Allied planes brought in equipment for the Mall- uig end during the last few weeks til; hltiil fiilomhltii“ °““'

The Patriots levelled anduuard- ed an air field large enough for transport planes to ferry in key 25ft?“ kli‘s"’ii’i‘éi“iifil.fl°’iiia took o (‘from lilo field without lights but operated only in weather and during a full moon.

WINNIPBG, Aug. S0 - (CP)

l". P. Galbraith ublisher of the

are Ned Deer Advoca e, Alte., was el-

ected president of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association at the closing session of the 25th nn- nual convention Saturday.

Directors for the Marltlmes are C. E’. Allbdll. Springhlll, N .

point lest week to U! per cent of oapaoi .

F. J. Bums. Kentville, N 8.. and c. n. Davis, Sussex, n. i.

n m‘ to help the 7th army, could not afford to risk much of its air reserve. Probably "l" most significant feet was the evidence that there still is a Luftwaffe. l!

ALLIED SUPREME ing eastward into France on

The time of liberating

Nevertheless. in

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CES REACH SEINE

P'aris, while one column stabbed fighting raged between partisans and Germans. Near Manies, 25 miles northwest of ing another trap for the shattered German 7ih Armyz Seine already had been crossed with the aid of Allied p

more at stake than Paris itself.

HADQUARTERS, Aug.

ril- fifl: other Provinces l U-SJ. 05.00. n Delivered. $5.00.

RIVER l

e On Foil: Sides {A French Capital

20 — (CP) — Allied forces rac-

a 100-mile front today reached the Seine on both sides of

Paris appeared a. matter of

within 10 miles of the French capital, where street

Paris, American forces reached the Seine, shap- (The German radio said the arachutisis.)

Allied choosing, but there was

anticipation of

possible early Allied occupation of.’ the capital, Gen. de Gaulle anril Brig-Gen. Koenig. commander oil the French Liberation forces. flew] to Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters, Sunday for a half-hour conference» No new; n! the decisions was given‘

Frantic Nazi Effort

To Escape

robot

yards of the buildings before the hlfted to save the situation.

Pumping units from Rosebury and Murray River were on the scene a short while after the blaze started but were of little use in stflpplng it from spreading rapidly. At. 8 o'clock a unit from Charlottetown arrived but no results could be got as l-he blaze was already we large to do

the breeze blowing the. ., in size and intensity tn full hurri-

Superforts Make Second Raid On Jap Homeland

clear

out but Gen. de Gaulle smiling.

Entire ‘Front in Motion

with troops of the lst Army on the Allied left flank main- taining their steady progress cact- ward and nearing the important town of Llsleux. Ross Munro. Can-

the Germans did not appear to be preparing anv fixed line in front of

tween Rouen and the mouth of the river. In the drive on Paris advance Am-

(Contirlued on page 6, Col. 4)

vJamaioa Struck By lGG-Mile Gale

MIAMI, FLA" Aug 20—-(AP)-— Jamaica was struck by the GO-mile- an-hour winds of a tropical storm today and the federal storm warn- ing service here issued a hurricane alert for the south coast of west-

gymg down “m, u“, night, ern Cuba, the Isle of Pines and the »-’ ---——~__—-__- -_- »._ .. . ..=_ Cayman Islands. MacLeod as it came within I00 The storm warning service, in

co-operation with the national ob- servatory of Cuba. advised all in- terests to take precautions against a severe storm which is expected to reach full hurricane force miles an hour within the next 36 hours.

At 4 p.m the disturbance was '

l centered over Jamaica a short dis- tance northwest of Kingston. Con- tinued movement to the west

‘northwest was indicated.

;cane force". the warning service of

lihe weather bureau stated I

‘ The centre at the time of the ad- visory was 600 miles south south- ‘_cast of Miami.

NEW YORK, Aug. a0 - (AP) -l The Japanese home redio said to-l ‘night that United states bomb-l , ers had raideu Kyushu and the Wes-i ‘zcrn Choguku district Sunday at; .ml:iniglit (Japanese time) for rhc second time in seven hours. the fod- cral communications commission‘ reported. l An earlier Japanese broadcast» had announced a raid by 77 Ameri-l can Superfortresscs on the snmel localities at 5 P. M. Sunday, Jap-l anese time. and United States 20th. Airforce headquarters subsequently; .confirmed that the big 13-295 had j been over the Japanese home islands. The latest Japanese broadcast; said: “Around midnight some 20- plenes of the United States air force‘ ‘in China again raided Northern] I

Kyushu and the Western Choguku district for about an hour. Our los- I seg werejegligible."

1 Ilfarseille A i Are Almost

ROME. Aug. 20 — (AP) — Van- guerds of the Allied 7th Army m e sweeping drive across Southern France have crossed the Durance River at several‘ poigts and are on the outskirts of Alx-rm-Prov ence in a lightning drive that has practically isolated the greet city of Marseilla and the naval base at Toulon. Allied headquarters ann- ounced tonight.