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1111' Prlss staff Correspondent: N‘. July 23.-tCP) —A 30-'

mile <1 11: 111 the middle ofa Ger-t man int-ultanlntd column “some-l where 111 1~11111ce" was the hair-rais- un e1...- 1 .0 cf a Canadian dot"- trcccntly reached London

-. As his wife. an expect» could not have I1‘1'u11ce,: 1111i slill to be in terri- y 1110 Germans. it is im- tLsclose the doctol-‘st

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L-raw-za-il. "Dance in dlanflnnan School 1111111 evening. Best of music. Re- lfsflhltllllb‘. 14-697-‘1-33-31.’

"Wanted to buy uantity of fat “W11 at top prices. rite or phone 0- island Cold Storage Co.

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Havana Conference Hears Plan

Sovereignty

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War Ends.

ll1\V."\N.*\, July ——ll1e United biulcs proposed today that all .~\111cric11n ilepttb- lacs join in a 1111111111114: over; lLUfUpCZlll possessions in the, western hcntisphcre to keep their surcrctgtny inviolztble un- t1-1-.the war 1s over or eventually to give 111cm i11dcpc11dc11ce.

At the $111111; time, Bolivia was rcportctl sucking :1 trans, CullllllClllill South American railroad which would act in. vtitcrgcttcies as an auxiliary t0. the Pzmanla Llanal i11 moving troops and guns from coast to coast.

The jo1nt_trusteeship over Eur- opean colonies in the new world was erwistoncd in n draft of a colvrcniion offered loss than a. day uitcr the conference 0f Anicrirati ioreign ministers opened. Broadly it pr0posrd:_

l. Tnat the Americas act as trus- tees 0f the Euro can posscssicns in the Wcsicrn 11.211115111121112.

2. Thnt lIlhllLlllLIs over these pos- sessions be temporary and that they be return" to 111111‘ itigiztal sovt-rzlgi1s as s on 11s p0 111:“, or granted their l‘.lflL‘§‘(‘.l‘.Cl.‘llCf.‘.

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HALIFAX. July 211-10111 -- The first classes oi ‘ lnct “ 111111111‘ tire Nntisttal llcgi. 11011 s::l11-;11s' 1" I11-

ablv will 11c 111211 111101121 at; 21L ' - fcticc Miirlstrr .1, 1.. Ralswn s1 at 1*t\11f¢-1"1.-11cc today. These clqisses will be nndcr canvas bv U19

lvlr. Rrilstnri disclosed the govern- ment‘..- [fans rcfznrdlnrr the training plnn thus far for the first. time ns he told l‘1?pnl't.‘l'.'i i110 pitblic 112s mrt every 1111110111 by the ROVPYHYIWH‘ l" the war effort. He warned. lwwevtlr. more domnnds zmd greater sacrllwffi yvere still to c0110‘. ,

The cabinet nnnisier took time out from 1111 i11snertin11 of coastal dc- fencrs to 110111 hLs first urt-‘FS 60n- fcrencc since 110 was atlpointrd t0 the defence portfolio two wcckS 821 He flew here and 111111 Visit "All" (fcnlaOq h: the fyfnritnnc-s on his in- spec n11 our.

"You mav tell the Dllllllc "ml- Oanadtrs war machine is goin full sgenm ahead," Mr, Rnlsion sa-l - 7'11‘! Defence Minister added recruitinll in Canada. has met a res nse doze: beyond expectations an CHM H r-t had met the call for the war e 0 willingly. There was no shirklnBJw holding back. and in some instances the public mid cone out of its WY to provide assistance.

The Defence Minister discllflfll me National Reulstration scheme with reporters. declaring "trainees would be under canvass bv tall. ‘He stressed the work lm/‘lll/“l l“ w“ l’

in and clothinrz these thousaffla p; “on and said the first classllke- iv $111 he those of the 11w 0111""!

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Royal Refugees From Luxembourg

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Luxembour roYfll lllmlly Wm ‘and at Annapolis. Md» Th‘ll's‘ll}ll_'l;err\zggl the United States nruLs‘e:'d naval- headqtrartcrs of the ill’ district were informed today. Members of the Luxembourl family aboard. according to n? State Department nnvtonnceme . N-e Pflnce Felix 0f Bourbon- ma- "1 ‘"11"’ 1111.121: Charlotte. and the" ‘X c oh”; nrnnd Duke Iran. Prince i‘ 6pm 1-11 and the Prlnrmsscs Elan“ “- Mnrle-Adelwide. rrjnrgn-rgfl: s”: an - ~ and Alix. The Gr Emma

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Gov. - General To Visit llere August 30

Charlottetown will be hon- oured by 1m official visit of ills Excellency, the Earl of Aihlone, Governor General of Canada, and Her Royal High- 1105s Princess Alice, on ‘Friday, Aug. 30. The Vice Regal party will remain in the Province un- til Monday, Sept. 2.

Notice of the proyccted visit has been received by His Hon- our Lieutenant Governor Le- Page. he Vlcerenl visitors alter visiting Charlottetown will go to Fredericton, N. B, where they will arlve on the after- nnnn of Sept. 2. remaining there until the morning nf Sept. 4. and departing thence for Saint John.

This will be the first official Canadian tour by the Governm- Genflffll since His Excellency» appointment.

“Too Timid” Press Comment 0n Budget

LONDON, July zo-twcd. ncsdayl—t(il‘) - some criti- cism of Sir Kingsley Wood's budget appeared in morning newspapers today on the grounds‘ that it docs not go far enough to raise money by tax- es. leaving ton large :1 propor- tiun to be obtained from bor- rowing.

The Daily Mall saith-

"The method oi’ financing the war is far frmn satisfac- tory. At- the moment the coun- try is spending 22.220.000.000 more than it receives in rev- enue. Against this Sir slrv Wood proposed t0 t2:10,000.fl00 tfur 11 full year). lit must expect more bur- (o s."

Vader the bcadlnz. "T00 T111111.“ the Daily Herald said:

"'l‘l1o 110w direct taxes lct off the rit-h comparatively lightly.

. after all these arduous e!- fnrls we are in zet an extra. revenue nf 1112020001300 (for the lrilant-e of the nrcscnt year)- lhc price of n fnrlnifzhfs war.

“This lczvvirs the prospective (ll-lint to I10 M-rrnvcd at well over £2tlil00"0.0".0.

“The practical way to tackle this 01-1-1 ~.l gap ls tn rzlvc us n capital tar; n11 hi: private fnrLn-zvs during the war— imxr."

The News Chronicle called the budget “fimld and linker- ing-not. in the sense that It lat-ketl severity 0n those whom it will reach. but in the sense that it hilt"! tn adjust the mnrhinrrv el‘ taxation to new wartime dloirlhtrtloir of the na- tion's income."

The Daily Mall said the Government plans in intervene if a hnvlnyg rush develops to escape the sales tax.

us. - P.E.l. Premiers Will Inspect Units

1 . N, 5.. July 23-811‘) -Premier Thane Cmnrpbell of Prince Edward Island and A. S. MaoMillan 01f Nova Scotis will in- spect the North Nio/va Sootia. High- landers here neiot week.

Will Review Sentences For ‘Careless Talk’

IDNDON. July Qar-(OP) - The ancient. British t of "s

out of tum" was‘ yen back to the nation today b instnn Churchill who announc in the House commons that all sentences for "careless talk" would be reviewed.

A trial of rigorous "hush hush" regulations has shown that. the nu.- tlon ls defiantly prone to talk about what concerns it moat-lite wk.

w Ministry of Home security had tried to mobill a "silent col- umn" in every block.

Pesslmists and the lea omtfoill were fined or silenced, people grew irritated. -

One member of parliament re- ceived 358 letters from oonstitilni. demanding the r rm. tn u-y Mint they pleased. One of them acid:-

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LONDON, ain, bomicaded behind o. growing wall 01f preparedness, waited watch- fuliy but, coniidently tonight. for Adolf Hitler to start. his blitzkrieg.

Reports in neutral sources of “greatly increased activities" in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and

Belgian dookyards and railways indLca-ted that her great test. may not be long coming.

These meorts, unconfirmed 1n British quarters, said the Geranium apparently were concentrating mil- itary supplies in the wiesiern 10W Countries-a logical jicntpitrg off place for a mas: i-nvasion.

Taking stcck of her position against efforts of Gennan war- planes and commerce razders to one-ate a starvation blockade, Bri- tain tound herself strong in ships. food, men and wealth.

Naval experts declared Britain had mc-re destroyers now than when the war started. despite the loss of 26. There were 175 on active service when the 111111‘ started.

Even if the Germans their submarine campaign, Boon Minister Lo:d Woollen declared. Britain will not starve because “we have stocks to stand a long szege."

L-crcl Woclton asked Anzerican newspapcrmen tonight to tell Unite-cl States there is no food slwrtnge in Britain, “because people over there still warn to send us parcels of food." _

Iic estimated that the harvest 111 c:“i11c111-:11 Europe would not he 11101-0 than '10 per cent 0i nor- mal this year and declared that

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may w:rl< the other way around- wl"\'e siill got a navy."

War a1.111.=1..~1- Anthony Fden de- clared Britain had 1.300.001) home

guard 1100115 ready and reported that. reorganizatlon and r-reqitip- mcnt of French, Belgian, Czecho-

slovak, Norwegian and Polish sol- rhers now in Britain was making .nitlon of government f," "free Czreho-Slo- vaks." hcadc-ri by Dr. Edvard Ben- es. a fcrlncr llf0$ld9llll oi’ the dis- solved republic was nnncilrtc-od by

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Dude 9. Col 3) Nazis Unable

To Stem Exodus 0t French Troops

(By Charles S. Fultz. Jr.. Assoc- iated Press Staff Writer)

Bl-JRNE. Switzerland, July Zi- (APJ-Mnking use of an “under- ground railway" said to be sprcad-_ 111g slowly through France 111 all directions, l3 French soldiers renchcd the Swiss frontier bcfore dmvn today still bearing arms after n. month's flight. through German-occupied rccions.

The soldiers, led by 11 039ml" and a lieutenant. said they were port of a company which sPllA into small groups and started for Switzerland when hemmed in bl! the Germans near Met: Juno 19-

a few clays before the Franco- German armistice. Like other isolated Broom of

French. Polish and British sol- diers who l" e. drifted across the border in recent. weeks. the N81- tlves said they travelled mostly at night on their 120-mile 10111116!- They surrendered their firm! $0 l Swiss patrol after crosslhfi the frontier near Porrentruy.

The story of their flight coin- cided with reports of other trav- ellers that thus far the Germflm! have been unable to prevent night movements of thousands of French soldiers seeklnq to make their w“ to Switzerland or ports in the 1m- occupted zflne of Franci-

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.Balkan States

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Before Germany

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‘ Several Other French- men Detained as Pe-

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VIOl-IY, 1-‘ra11ce, July 23—-(AP)—- ,1 Maitllal Petains government. , imestgation of llllfl allegedly rrspons hi‘: for l entry into the war~and l

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land complaints 1-0 Sal/sum ‘many. Friday and lay 111 Gennanvys Foreign 111111.». . llm Von Rzbbentrcy).

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Rumanlaks probl; 1s. The Ruaman 1rndio on Saturday exprcs~e11 sup- l port for Runnuiln in the mnticr or ' Transylvania. i Among other things. the Jercnctc 1s cxpcrtcd to (11 ~11

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fAsks um To Simplify Questionnaire

OTTAWA, Jul ‘ — 1GP) —- Con- - 1 in the

nairc which persons 1o‘ years and over have to illlhwlll’ 11111t-xt111o111l11s national registration.

There mare lil 11111111111115 in the qircstiolilinirc, Senator Alc-igzhcn but there were 1111111); sub-iii - under each 11011411111; He rstinnvcil each person was luring railed upon to answer a 111111111111111 o1 .311 Q11.»- tions. In many cases 1111- 11_11.~.\1~rs would be greatly in ( ss 0i 50.

Assuming that. thrcc-nn 111-. 0f the population 1110s 1o‘_ y . .. ttratvvr, the nuntbci‘ Ttfglalflflllls.‘ “M1111 "11 8.000.000 and tins “11111111 11111111.1 there would be 400,4Jtl0.00U a1... The task of sorting out n11 1111. answers he described as 1111111111111 to consider. -

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' ' llCisLlllS w "111! six months t-o r1 ssili‘ 19*‘ ‘i111 l1 11nd a temporary butldtng 111 111- constructed to house 1111-111 1' $110,000. Senator hit-learn cstnnnt- ed the cost of 1111.: 1o§.-,..»t1'.1t11>11 and classifying the q11< s.1011s 11-011111 cost $1 000,000. "Precio11s1110111gv, and still more precious 111110," u 011R b0 wasted. he said-

Nazi Planes Return To Renew _A_ttack

LONDON, July 24.-(Wcdnesday1 -(CP)-—German warplanes amvod Britain again early today. at. northwest England and

Scotland. Anti-aircraft get up heavy bnrroges. Ministry announced that g, bomber ich was mo‘. iown sterday off Scotland hrnl aeen d for 00 miles by Suit-fir“ zzightin pilots who spotted it 11111118 o bom trowlers near the__goast,__

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11111110111 ClFClPS where 1t was‘ a "punimment for thcse re- ', blq for the war will come." ,

1» who left France 11121110111 1 .uli1r c111. reason will lose their cit-

nrlrp and prop21't_v, and scmel 11111.1’ be accused of deserving the arnrv. Gen. Charles De Gaulle. ,‘ 11011.1 0f the French Naticnal Ccm- j 1.10s in London operating with ‘. 1311.01 111 pursuing the war 11st Gcrmnny. has refused tol 21112» the Petaln governments i

Daiadier, under whosew

l1~'111 France cntcred the war. ao- 1 ‘ expected against Cesar i 1;, ex-rninister of Marine l cs Mandel. err-Colonial Min- and Yvon Dclbos, ex-Etnrca- 11 ftfinister and former tltflnister .121 Foreign Affairs.

It was understood 14 parliamcn- l tnrians, lttcludmg Kzumny Schmidt 1 “r1111bcr 0i‘ Deputies budget rs-

1", are still in hforccco ‘ p .1cy_ 111011;»- \v;'tl1 Daladler, 5511- 011 l‘ nnro June 20 aboard the 1l“1'r11c1'1 steamship Massurlla andi ‘xv-cut to Carsablatica while Petaln’: l 10.11 . ‘Rs suing for an annistlca i Jztstiliée Mlnhter Aubert said wilh- ' tlraival of citizenship and prorert/y c011l'1:-..lo11 vrag aimed mainly a- 11.11151 these Frenchmen who left. Fiance r0 live abroad.

O11 .\_i’:1y l0 the Crermnns launch- erl their offensive through Holland‘ and 131111111111. The decnae thus 1111111111 ailrnt. such persons as Gen, 1.111 Gauil those who “my; wtm ,l1n11 10 111mm 11rd others tvvvti‘. to the Unitrd States

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For Japanese

i 1 TYOKKYO. JuLVQIA-(AP) - Pre- 11111-1‘ Prince FllllllllflfO Konoye, hidi- 12111111; closer co-opcration with ;(.1vr111.111v and Italy. said t0ni ht. 11111t_J-.1p1111 should take a gw/ 11g do 1-“111 establishing 11 "new world or-

‘ in t1 broadcast he voiced unwill- 111-11111-5 f0 111~11nq111sl1 Ja 1111's inde- 1‘1'111l1"-1_b 11051111111. and d1 not 11111110 the Axis powers, but the implication - var.

is necessary‘ for Japan to push 11111 trom 1111 imlcpcndcnt stand,“ he said. “This is not msslve (itflo- 111acy. Japan must e determined to co-opcratc i11 the establishment of o. 110w world order." '

Economic advances in the South Seas and complete co-operation in China and Matichoukno ivere "urg- ent" necessities to Japan. he said.

Fiarlier. one of his ministers said Japan hoped to “share the world with Gcrmnnv and Italy."

His ministers also envasagm a. Japanese “aux-prise" diplomacy bas- ed n11 Ifitlers measures and de- signed for close alignment. with the Rome-Berlin Axis and freedomyrom 1111.- tUnitcd States-British economic orbi .

International

At A Glance

LONDOPL-Britone accept largest‘ income tax In hloto culate of increased Netherlands and Belgian doclryuafls; R,1\.I-‘. severely bombs German in- dustrial areas; German planeorlnge over Ilnltc-tl Kingdom; Parliament ignores Hitler's ultimatum

WASHINGmN-Wellea denounc- (‘s liu. lau absorption of Baltic countries.

TOKYO. -- Konoye says Japan should take guiding role bl b- "Ilslllllg "new world order.”

IIAVANA. - llull proposes joint Arneriumn mandate over orphaned European possessions.

BUCIIAREST. — Germany. Bul- garia. Rumania. Hungary w confer. - at Salzburg Friday. 1 fiflifilile-Dalad or (lotllllci b!

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i Taxation Reaches Highest

lain l3e5rins“Inves-1 POint In British History’

To Provide Men And

Arms To Fight

(By J. F. Sanderson, Cantu d121n Press Staff Writer) LONDON, July 23-—(Cl’:

C:1blc)—b‘1r Kingsley Wood,

Chancellor" of the blxchctltter, ‘

today pushed the level of

taxation in Britain to the highest point in history to provide arms and men to carry on the

Germany:

In a tangible answer t0. H1tler’s “peace offer," the Chancellor announced new taxes aggregating {$100110- 000 ($1.llti.'l.55tl,tl0t)) in :1 your, including: a graded sales lax _ which will hit luxuries and near-luxuries at a rate of 2.1 per cent on the retail ))1‘lC(‘S.

\\1'l1ile the lion-e of (Y :11-, 11111115 sat i11 sttlrln-stl >ll‘ tci-y 1111* ; (Thanccllor p111 11111111101‘ s1 11g in the pound on the income tax. lwvosted snrtax and estate dut- ies. lle placed an ad1ii1i11n:1l penny in the 11511’. 0n liver. n11 extra two sitillfnqs i11 11111111111111 on tobacco, and ihcrcaserl the levy on 11111115 and etitcrtain- 1110111. 'l‘111'11 he atltlrd a $111051 111x for the first time i11 liriti-li l1i.-.t1-1'_\'_ l1 will tun-rate a‘. ciihci 12 or 2.1 per cent on the retail prices of 111:111_v co1111111ulities.