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cuanwrrerowu. CANADA. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 19.57“

Germans

llaifa ls llaideil By Enenly_ Planes

HAIFA, Palestine, July l-(OP) ._Thls British eastern Mediterran- ean port, which the Royfll NBVY may use as a base in the event it evacuates Alexandria, was raided lightly by Axis aircraft early to-

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d in announcement tflniilllt Midi "Hostile aircraft raided Haifa in the early hours today. They were engaged b the defenders.

"A smal number of bombs were dropped, causing slight damage

and a few casualties, none oi which were fatal." THEYTL LAST LONGER PUEBLO, Cclo. — (OP) _ In- stcad of pa=sing clears when his

son was born, Her-"cczt Fine, an army engineer, sent. his friends war savings stamps as b.i::g "more appropriate."

Coming Events

pug.- Notices in this I cents our word

"Greenvale Festival and Dance, Friday, July 3rd. 7-2-21.

‘ "Talkles-Sourls Monday. 7

Batu for column

-2-2l. "Talkies—Mt. Stewart Saturday. l 7-2-21.

"Talkles—Moi-ell Tuesday.

l 7-2-21. "Dance in Pleasant Grove Hall

Friday, July 3rd, 7-2-li

"Auction Sale July 0th. Estate

"Milton Tea ancrhazaar Thurs- day, Julv 2nd. Supper 5.306927%.‘

"Dance in Vernon River Hall. Friday. July 3rd. Webster's Orch- estra. 7-2-11. g hogs every Friday.

Please list with Leslie McDowell, Fredericton. 5-l9-2o-twtf.

"Dance, Orwell Cove Hall, July Ind, Drake and Ings Orchestipz n

"See “The Coming of Peg" by St. Georges Dramatic Club, Town Hall. Georgetown, July 3rd, 6-30-21.

“Talkies-Montag_u_o Friday and Saturday. “Keep Your Seat. Please" George Formby. 7-2-2-21.

"Palmer Road picnic, Wednes- day, August 5th. We'll be seeing you. 6-15-18-23-27-7-27-29-31.

"Collectin

"Ice cream and dance Orwell Hall, Monday, July L. Miilvicw Or- chestra, 7-2-11.

"Avonlea Lodge, Cavendish Beach open with cottages and meals. Write or phone Mrs. Allen Wyvands so m

"The Lower Freetown Women's Institute will hold pantry sale at Holmans on Saturday afternopné n

"Come to P. U. Ice Crcain Festival at Crossroads Church. Fri- day evening. July 3rd. 7-2-3-21.

"South Milton Women's In- stitute, ice urcum festival ‘Tuesday, July 7. Proceeds for war purposes.

7-2-11.

"Trucking hogs as usual for the summer months ' with

"Emerald Hall, Thursday night, July 2nd. "Aunt Tillie Goes To Sea‘ I act comedy by Indian River Piny- ers at 9.30. Dance after. 7-2-ii

"Kinkorn Hall, Friday evening, July 3 drama presented by Enter-

ald and Summeriield players. Mulligan! orchestra. 6-29-2. "All interested in Hartsvllle

Cemete y please meet on satin-day

July 4th at the cemetery (signedi

Everett Macbeod, Nell Nicholson. 7-2-1i.

"The annual meeting of the P. I. I, Ayrshire Club will be held in the office of the Provincial De- Rzrtment o! Agriculture at a p, m,

onday, July 6th, H. W. Clay, Secretary. 6-30-31.

Pfaivestock Marketing Board re- ceiving hogs at Charlottetown every week day except daturday. miipping every Tuesday and Fri- day. ‘ri-ucklng service provided! or busy farmers at moderate cost. Phone daytime 1457 — evenings 1704. 7-2-11.

"H008: We need one hundred hogs Friday at. Charlottetown and points west to Albany BaturdaY morning. Call our Shipping Agent; if interested in the "better week end prices" we are able to pay. Take advantage of our moderately

riced trucking service by con-

tlng our local agent in your community. Livestock Marketing ‘card. 7-2-1].

Soviets Deny Enemy Claim p Port Captured-

MOSCOW, July 2—(Thurs- day)—(AP)— The Russians officially acknowledged to- day that Axis troops had in advancing in fierce, hand-to-hand fighting but German

succeeded

for Sevastopol claims that the Crimean port had fallen were not confirmed here.

The defnders of the huge fortress-port met as many as 20 German assaults on a single position in their last- ditch fight and the bodies of hundreds of enemy men were left on the field, the Soviets declared.

The Nazis “at the cost of enormous losses succeeded in advancing a little,” the Soviets announced in their Wednesday midnight com-

munique. The titanic struggle for the Crimean seaport-fortress city

(which the Germans claimed they had captured at noon Wednesday) flamed through the 27th day of heavy siege yesterday while far to the north the Red army was re-

" ported beating off constant waves

of German tank-supported infan- trymen in the Kurslr area 300 EuiItsHKnARi 0914505001.’- »

A supplement to the regular communique said of the grim Sev- astopol struggle:-

"Regardless of enormous losses. the enemy continues his fierce storming of Sevastopol. The gal-

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News Briefs

OTTAWA, July 1—(CP)—Pro- motion of commode c, first class, V, G, Brodeur, Canadian naval attache at Washington, to the rank of Rear-Admiral was announced tonight by Royal Canadian Naval headquarters in a long list of mid-year pro- motions. The llst contains the names of almost 150 officers.

BUENOS AIRES, July l—(AP)- President Ramon S. Castillo, who hasfollowed a policy oi strict neu- trulity in the second great war, ill- (iiCfli/cd tonight that uermanyia re- ply to Argentina's protest against the torpeclomg at‘ the freighter Rio Terceio was not satisfactory to this republic.

rfowever, negotiations‘ were said to be continuing oetiveen both coun- tries to reach an agixement on the facts in the torpedolng. _,

LONDON, July %(Thursdsy) ——(t;r)~—-Germun ralucrs bonin- ed scattered areas of the coast 0i south Wales early today.

The planes flew over one town fnr some time at intervals of only a few minutes.

CHUNGKING. July l—(AP)-— The Japanese have all but closed their giant pincers on the Chek-

. lung-Kiangsl railway, the Chinese

high command indicated tonight, but an army spokesman denied a Tokyo claim that the entire stra- ltfgicéateo-mile line is in Japanese an .

Convicted Of Manslaughter

KINGSTON, England, July 1- (CPJ~C0uvlcted oi manslaughter in death of Pte. oharlea Regina-Id Tapley or Saint, John, N. 3., Lieut. William llemmant, 39, of London. today was sentenced to six months imprisonment.

The jury retuned a verdict of not. guilty on a murder charge but guilty of manslaughter with a stron recommendation of mercy. The udge said “we will make your sentence as light as I feel it poc- slble to make in such s. case."

N. S. Barquentine Shelled And Sunk

CAPE TOWN. July l — (UP Cabin-There were no Cllnldillll among the crew of the Nova 500th! barquentlne, shelled and sunk by an Axis submarine June 22. it was announced here today.

Survivors were landed here yel- terday after spending six days in llfeboats. The vessel was en route to Cape ‘Ibwn with s. cargo 0i lum- ber when it was sunk.

The if survivors included Ameri- cans, Britons, llztonlans and scan- dlnnvlans. '

ls Concerned About Future 0f Empire.

waves than lost Singapore was , other night closed down over the. spearhead within two days march. There could be no question hand. General Auchlnlccks it. He told them the battle

ford no clear pattern

victory or defeat, that Auchinleek

gernnut,

in Egypt to save Alexandria. l, a c o

lsh retreat into the slender

VISCOUNT BENNETI‘

(By Douglas Amaron, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON. July 1—(CP Calais)- Viscount Bennett, former prime Minister o! Canada, told the House of Lords this Dominion Day that never 1n his life had he been so agitated and concerned about the future of the British Empire as in the last few days.

Lord Bennett, j0inil1g in the lip- per chambers war debate near its CiOR. said he could see the Em- pire disintegrating and some of its "Mistresses-slam in the hands of

the enemy. Churchill,

Farmers Not

orrAwA. any l - win-i. ‘Thomas Reid (L b. New Wests". rninster) claimed in the Houssim’

Prime Minister he continued, should not have to bear in addition to his tremendous re- sponsibilities concern over the life of his government.

Britain, he said. should have a "iliiimai Bbvernment selected bv the Prime Minister without adjigsf. in: and balanclngnclaims of par- its] positions or out of the

The selection g he declared, saoffid T§nugg§ glrllgetghelr ability to discharge their

the, Wartime Prices and Trade Board was indifferent to and had no knowledge.of the production problems of farmers.

He claimed that Agriculture Minister Gardiner had "a. terrible iigilt" in order to obtain relief for the farmers.

Mr. Reid said the board had a predominance of industrialists and bankers on its staff with no rcp- resentation for farmers and labor.

Failure to recognize and make allowance for the problems of farm gi-oductlon had resulted in losses

food prducers and farmers were

The man ‘in th t Bennett said, is ,,§,,,§g’°.°i§;he,i;°’,f,i selling valuable dairy cattle be- Wavell (Gen. Sir Archibald P. cause or blliifir price restrictions.

Debate on the budget covered a wide field, from development of the northern Alberta tar sands to 01d 8E9 Pensions, but none of the four speakers indicated any in- tention of voting against it,

J. M. Dechene (Lib. Athabaskai raised the possibility that pnwgr. ful cartels were retarding develop- ment of the Alberta tar sands and warned against it. He claimed these resources could solve all the Oll and gasoline problems of the world.

Lt-Col. J. A. Ross (con, 50mm Drotested that the government had so far failed to recognize the farm problems. He also expressed the opinion that the neople were get. ting impatient with the lone oar. iiiimelliliry debates on conscription.

Thinks Budget Fair

Dr F. W. Ger-show (Lib. Medi- cine Hat) said the budget had been

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Wflveiil." the Gener l n . llerlence of the desegt, ti‘: gfliideiis areater than that of any niiiag commander of great reputation,

Praises P.E.|. For Response To lied Cross

Prince Edward Island was prais- ed on its achievement in the re- cent Red Cross campaign by Mr. J. N. Kelly, Publicity Director cf the National Red C"css Szclety, Tor- onto, who was in the city last night.

citizens oi

lie commended the this province fcr bang the first in Canada to “go ovrr the top" and for havin the highest per- centage contri tion per thousand of population in the Dominion.

Ehet quzgta ting” the bpgflVitflllflt was yT rs s: .600 u s s M reached i; the first i/wo days grid

the latzst revpcrts show lha a out $75,000 has been given to the Red cross here.

Mr, Kelly, who is here for a few days to meet with the Red Cross Executive was also pleased with the $500,000 subscribed across Canada in response to the appeal for $9,000,000. The final iligurcs are not yet in and it is expected that the oial will be enI-arged when the returns are all in. .

The big work for the Red Cross in the near future ls the care of prisoners of war and already food parcels are being sent to Eznnlre trco s in this category in the Far Ens . There are 800%) prisoners of war in the Far East, he added.

Mr. Kelly is a n-swspaipir man havln been editor of a paper in Winn peg for many

ears and re- cently ln Vancouver. e leaves here on Saturday. This ls his frst trip to the Maritime Provinces.

11 Killed In Airliner Crash

Wlliwlf. W. Va, July 1-(AP)— Eleven men were killed when a converted airliner apparently carrying United states army P"- sonnel lost a wing and crashed into a hillside in the southern west virglnla mountains today-

The plane " I immed- iately after ploughing through a garden plot at Premier, three miles from here, and before bodies could be removed they were burned be- ycnd recognition,

Troopers Earl Yeager and Tom Harrison, reporting on removal of the bodies, said the ship had borne American Airlines insignia,

ls Elected’

MONGPON. N. 3.. Jill)’ l-(CP) -The Bennett. Trophy has bccfl won by the Maritime Ys M6118 region and ls coming to Canada for the first time, it was announ- ced before conclusion today of a regional conference of Y's M6118 clubs in the Maritimes.

The trophy is awarded annually to the region showing the greatest gain in membership and highest percentage of attendance during the year. It will be presented at the international convention in London, 0nt., next month.

Two new district governors were e1g¢t¢d_A_ ,1, l-iaslam, Charlotte- ttgwn, and David Caughey, Freder-

on.

Others present included Gordorv Hill, Sydney; Lloyd Ciorrlll. Sum- merslde: R. B. Taylor. Charlotte- town; Charles MscFadden, Hali- fax; Henry March, Ynrmouth.

Nine Killed In U. S. Plane Crash

MARCH now. Calif.. July 1— (Ari-Nine persons were killed te- day in the crash of a United States army bomber, the fourtn air force announced.

Witnesses said there was a terri- fic explosion after the bomber struck, The plane. the army said. was a 8-24 Consolidated tyne. “; kesmen would not release tho names of those aboard until next of kin had been notified.

F War Situation Last Nigh

P

(By KIRKE L. smrson; .4 rampart 0| Empire infinitely

with the famous Haig order to Biltlsh 1918, a “hacks-to-the-wall" class ‘for a.

There are hints, evcn in the mnr German appraisals of the situation Rommel has raced eastward to drive one stabbing tank attack all but ion that Gen. Auohinleck may hays hal

corridor between _Qattara Depression without a die-hard stand.

’Declares Problems Of

"Codilnons budget debate today’ tlmti’

Associated Press War Analyst)

of Alexandria.

that the crisis in Egypt was close at

FiBIiIII battle order to his troops reflected

_ was not over nor would ll. be “until we have

defeated the enemy, and defeat him we will.” U I I I I

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Even though meagre and conflicting British and Axis accounts at. of the struggle by which to measure the odds of order has definite meaning. It ranks troops in France in the spring of

stand against the Kaiser's jug-

Britcns stood then in the First Great War as they now must stand

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Recognized

_ Debate on Budget Continues in House of

‘ommons; Other Subjects_:l‘_ouched on.

dig Five Wheat , Nations Agree

WASHINGTON, July 1—(CP) —The United States State Dc- partment announced tonight agreement among the big five wheat selling and buying na- tions-Canada, Argentina, Aus- tralia, Britain and the United States-on the broad outlines of a. comprehensive world agreement to come into effect alter the war and, in the mean- time, formation of a pool 100,000,000 bushels for the re- lief of war-ravaged countries.

The draft convention, ap- proved by the five nations and to be considered alter the war by all other countries interested in wheat, would set up an inter- national wheat council, con- sisting of one or more dele- gates of each contracting gov- ernment and given wide powers.

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Stirling ‘ Hayden, Madeline Carroll Are Married

NASSAU, BAHAMAS, July 1 — (CE-Movie actor Stirling Hayden said today he and glamorous Madc- llne Carroll are married and that

the blond actress will now retire

from the screen. The ceremony look place some-

‘ where in the United States, Hay- den said. but he would not reveal

the place or date. The couple spent

lng the

“Bahama. Passage" Hayden

has been busy Miami Monday.

They expect to another fortnight.

Nazis Refuse Safe Passage

remain

WASHINGTON July 1—(AP)— Germany has refused to provide es of

the United States therefore regards ti]: two governments as terminated. the State Department

safe conduct for future voy the liner Drottnlngholm an

exchange agreement between

United States announced today.

The agreement for exchange of nationals held by the connective bcl- llgerent governments. as established through mediation of the neutral Swiss government, provided for con- tinued voyages of the Drottnink- holm under safe conduct. until com- pietion of the repatriation of Am- ericans held in Europe and Germ-

ans held here. SEEK CURFEW LAW

SAINT JOHN, N. 8.. Instlt cil declare s.

and other Maritime centres.

n ls Missing -i.

_more vital to Britannia‘: rule of the lously close to the some fate as an- KYPtlan desert with an Axis armored

ted a trap for his (Inc is reflect- ed. Cautious Axis analysts see no‘ other reasonable explanation of Brit- ihe Mediterranean and the

several weeks here last summer on location dur- filming of their picture re- turned to Nassau from California two weeks ago in his schooner and reconditioning the craft. Miss Carroll flew here from

here

July i- (cPl-The Saint John Women's - has decided to make an- other effort to have the city coun- curfew law here. Members of the institute reported curfews were functioning well in Moncton, N. 3.. Lunenburg. N. S. who attempted

FLT. SGT. R. C. FITZGERALD

Flt. Sgt. Rowan C. Fitzgerald Charlottetown is missing after

ycsterda)’. There were no details.

his friends and acquaintances "Hunky" received his wings at l training station

early last summer. He went over- rank of w sergeant. He ivas an observer-navi-

sciis shortly after with till!‘

gator. H55 father and ‘a brother, rance

slon Sigma .

Bitter Debate In Parliament 0n Desert War

LONDON. July l—(AP),—-The Brlii~h govczntnint told Parliament today in the ills; ptiase ci a. bit- ter Parliaments " debate cn the African rltsrrt (lcleais that ‘Umted stairs dlVf-ilOlllbtlé, more hoary tjmks and Britta anti-tank guns are reaching the hands of the BlmLYCS h1rd-pr.s.s;d fghtsrs.

Prime Minister Chuchllls Min- ister 0i Production, Oliver Lyttel- ton, and his lrng-lime supporter, Lord Beam-brook, likewise confi- dently buckid the tide of recrim- ination frcrn critics of all and riefeitdcd both quantity and quality oi the weapons with wli ch the British 8th Army fallrd to stop the German Africa Corps in Libya

and Wcstcrn Egypt.

Mr. Lyttrlion and other govern- ment speakcrs in both houses frankly ccncrdcd pa=t miscacula- ilons, llT."\\'(’V€., and left much crli- lclsmi unansiveind.

Mr. Church-ill will wind up the debate tomorrow. He is expected to get a sizczble vcte of conid IlCL‘. despite the concentration 0f crit- iclsm.

In Commons. Sir John Wardlaw- Milne, SpCllSOl‘ oi the non-conf- dencc motion on uhlch the debate is liched, called a;:g;i'y for sep- ara ion oi the Prime Minister from the Ministry of Defence. charged that Mr. Ctuirdiillis optlmisic re-

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of port dclnilcrl fictions, a r opezatloils overseas, his mother, , _ Mrs. G. D. Fitzgerald Was informed each other with all their modern A letter would follow, the telegram said

Flt. Sgt, Fitzgerald, known to all

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VANCES

[Sevastopo], Regls__ Admit Only fiMiles

From Nile Delta

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the lmtilc

There was no desert fight because

hard, with armored

iusl lioforc midnight available scanty :n'c;i sllil FClllillllPIi just west of E1 lcurlctl 30 or 40 miles iuiaml from the coast,

. Reports éhow

Battle Area Remains Just West Of El Alamein; Battle Rages lVit/i Great Violence.

Illiy l—(.\l’)-—Thc main British armored forces, bolstered by reserves, illlflii)’ locked arms today with the onrushing .'\Xl$ columns in Egypt in :1 pos<ililc lust-ditch effort to pinch off the hostile advance in the (it-sort lioitkiicclc west (if El Alcmeirl, only 7O llllitfls from the Nile (lvliii.

The imnusrlkite stake was the All-xzmilrizi. .\ll iifiii$il ilflitilligg in the Middlg East were im-

grczit British naval base of

dispatches indicated Alamein and ex-

VERY HEAVY FIGHTING

positive news of the course of the churning lilo L‘l.illllll(lll(i@l'$ were as yet too busy to re- lt lS known. that the fighting has been very and mechanized infantry

forces lashing at power.

The forces of Marshal Erwin Rommel, driving with amal-

iug speed across the inrrirl sands toward

\vziicr\vay' of Suez lwjvouri. were

mclll}.

_ kor the ‘British armv it was the (Babs) Fitiigerald are both nearest lillllg to a last-ditch 5mm; serving overseas with the 15g; 13m-

against the roving vehicles of Rom- mel Willcll have been engaged only on a hit-nncl-ruri basis since the tail oi‘ ‘lobruk.

hovrcver, octwccn the Axis forces and the lush valley ut the Nilc stand several lines of defence con.- prising thousands of soldiers and hundreds 0i cannon; and teamed with these are other allied units harassing the enemy flanks wlnic allied planes strike from overhead.