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Behin

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. rweltered over the week-end as

‘ no the 90's for the first time

. Augugg 19, 1935, when it roach-

93 Saturday; 92 Yesterday

Islanders

[flung Edward

a heat wave sent temperatures

since i935. At the Charlottetown grperimi-ntal Station Dr. J.- A. Clark. the . perliitendent. said the temperature yesterday was 92. ll. was 93 Saturday.

The highest recorderl since an offirlai record of temperatures was started in 1910 was on

ed till, Dr. Clark said.

Other over 90 temperatures occurred on July 10. 1912 when 1g was 9i; July 36, i921. when it was August 8. 1920 when it was ill. and August 15, 192B. when it was 90.

“any remember the record beat wave in 1935. W111i!!! 00' curred during Old Home Week. Dr. Clark did not say so and figures were not available else- where but it was believed that the temperature then was over 90 for more than one day. The previous high this year was 89 on August 5.

ALLIED SUPREME W TEES. Aug. i3 — (AP) - Assn; states annored columns. in s scythe. gxlfgmgwfieo gcrciiwgors iaohlgid lhe

ne, ave s rrne so A _

gentan, cutting the last direct escape highway towards Peri; for the bulk of the German 7th Army retreating in bomb-rent columns an gefirglpe hatch now narrowed to is f Onepgoog rctzdilglading ngrtihfiast rom use euxan nir- Wtly to Paris. remained in Germ- an control. but was made hazard. ous by Canadian artillery fire. llqThe Brazzavillen Radio, hear-d in

e_w York by C 8 said the Can- adians were only i‘ 1-3 miles from Falalse.)

Lifting five cl v i’ . Al- lied Supreme igeaiiguai-tgf-goyiiisclo- fined thaltwthed finfiicanh firive ‘tin

runce yon a a - ed 55 miles n‘ Arpgwin. within some l8 miles of the it-isn and Canadian armies pinching in from the north of the Gen-rams in the (lo-mlle-deep "coffin comer" of Nlrlinmtlm dis tch sat th

ron - pa es ‘ d

German 7th army was in full ref treat all the way to Paris through the narmwin corridor. Thousands of Allied bom ers and fighters rib- ed. with a heavy toll, at the coli- gested columns of tanks, trucks and ifl'D(‘)1D5t,°f%,1lll:tZ back all along the rou ans.

There was no indication oi how many of up to 200. Germans en-

gaged in that. sector were netting

i5 Forest Fires ‘Burning In ll. B,

FREDERICTON. Aug. l3 — (C. p) - Wiiii at least, 15 fires burn-l log in Brunswick tonight. Pirle, Minister of Lands and Min- ti. ordered all forest areas closed and cancelled. forest travel permits

parched woods cl Hon. l".

lntii further notice.

lcmion Smells llictory In Air

By CHARLES BRUCE

IDNDON, Aug. 13-(0? cabzqi

-London todn‘; was different. lllite impossible to reduce to Lan- bles Wlllli set this Sunday apziit

om Illfllll‘ other but there it ivcs-

llgétlng of the spirit.

rhaps Cleriicnce Dane,_the nov- vllist. and playwright, said it beet in the Sunday Exprcs: Iaeil in the air that none who re-i llltlllbfis

101B can mistake-the

Inell oi victory." Bundav newspapers keynotcd the

ieelirg. T

he Sunday Pictorial gave

3 its from. page to an article sign-

@5011 black type:

bv the editor" and headed "Victory by

stating it “believes

. as. “victory will be ours bi’

Servicemvote in Alberta

Jloiimnon, ‘QMAUS

rllfllilbwll.

Aug. l3—(CP)-— issued Saturday by J. sDQClill officer for the

"We vote, showed 3,012 Alberta

union and women stationed

i-zflllghout the province voted in “ti.

v s1 1 - m. édill°°iglfii° “é Bic???‘ i???“ ‘ néieitbigent. e89; Labor Progres-

Ailg. S provincial ucnerlal elec-

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second-hand As Boyle. 8-i2-Si

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The whole escape corridor within artillery range of the Amer- icans on the south and Canadian and British guns to the north. The Allied northern flank was closing in on Faiatse. key road hub only 1o miles north of Argentan. There was no further offldai word on operations south of this Loire River, where_ the Americans had pushed 10 miles south of Nantes

we days ago to Allied

anoo was further heightened by German broadcasts saying’ the German troops had fallen aek south of the Loire between Allied-held Nantes and Anger-a. but derivins that the Americans had yet crossed the riv-

er.)

As the German plight in Nor-

mandy worsened. Italian-based heavy bombers battered southern France's defences in the third suc- cessive day of attack. adding a new menace from the Mediterranean direction. The Germans still held on to their last stronghold in the citadel of St. Malo on Brittanyis north coast. and] the situation apparently was not g greatly changed around the besieged U-boat and naval bases of St. Naz- alre. Lorient and Brest.

F. ll, ll. Reports

intentions in southern

"Of Morell llies

IRMEN BLOCK NAZI RE

“crest ‘Fire Threatens H. B Yanks Cut: Road '

c|_§ermins

The battle of western is

lllfldl

artillery for the chewin

Now the German 7th army is crumbling under Allied application of

that strategy.

Breaking out from the the Allie: threw a series the 7th army. They have hacked th contact between the groups.

launched Sunday in the Vire- drawtn toward the Seine

—a German retreat toward the Set has been directed toward that end.

such portions of it as escaped the ward toward the Seine.

l? r. Dingvvell Unexpectedly

Mr. Ralph E. Dingwell, 54, uro- n-ilnent ‘- ' man at Morell died unexpectedly early Sunday mor- ning. He worked in his gener store as usual Saturday night but was stricken with a heart attack soon after he returned home. He died s short; time later.

Mr. Dingwell was a partner in th firm, Dingwell and Rios-sit ‘ which began business in 1932. Prior to that Mr. Dlngwell was a com-. niercial traveller, employed by the wholesale firm of DeBlois Bros,

tetown.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Isabel Leslie of M01‘- ell and several sons and daughters. They include. Pte. Waldo Ding- well, with the Canadian forces in

o >-

Charlottetown; Hope. Joseph, John. Barney, Davida. and Harris, all in Morell and Helen in Charlotte- town.

A brother and several sisters also survive. Stanley lives in Marie while s sister. Miss Mildred Dingyvell is in Charlottetown.

War Situation Last. Night

By Elton C. by. Annotated Pan War Analyst

France llrllfllllla telvuflgpe with offensive schemes which they themselves have Ono of u» fundamentals of in. um blitzkrieg n. Poland in iasa

and! Frllceth (blowing tosll t fipollti it semm . then lclihewlup (h: szgmentdyumyrrmor (fr: tire: on n o m“

of armored With the battle approachiflf a crescendo .a general Allied attack was artaln sector and the enemy began with-

Th l appeared a. be precisely wrist u... Allied high command desired ne. For the last week. Allied strategy

The presence some days ego of approaches to Paris led to an impression that a ldrlve to retake the French capital was on. The eastern move of those columns. it now develops. was in the nature of s wide swinging move to horn in the 7th army and herd

Developments of the last few days make it clear that the Allied hllh command is not vet thinking in terms of selling Paris. The late obleetive h the destruction of the sr-mv d the Seine. When that is accomplished,

Fire In Cliffside, 1V. J. Amusement Park

a1 which

France; Thelma, Mrs Ernest Reid. fr

revealing an luablllty of the German

cing and infantry and

’ beaohhead and ‘ Brittany. ahead of them. sllelng into at army into groups with little or no

Ameri armored ltfllllmlls on the

sllce-and-ehevv-up operations north-

Imm eployed in front of Parts and Parts should fall like ii ripe apple.

OLIFFBDI. N.J.. Aug. 13 -- APl-The fourth major fire in three days in the New York City- New Jersey area swept through Palisades Amusement Park for -2 hours today, driving out an estimated 25.000 Sunday pleasure seekers, sending at least i9 persons to hospitals and destroying about B5 per cent of the property before it was brought under control.

Firemen with ap arstus from 14 municipalities batted the flames. which Irving Rosenthal, ark pro- prietor. said had caus damage

"will probably exceed $1.- 0003"

0

Hundreds of persons, overcome by smoke and heat or slightly tn- Jured by s arks and embers which showered rom collapsing amuse- ment structures, received first aid treatment from emergency squads of doctors and nurses.

N >-

As the fire spr tures, including the bail-throwing. amusement machine. shooting Ral- lery and refreshment concessions. s. crowd of several thousand poured om the park into the streets. Fire-fighting apparatus from Cliffsldé. Fort Lee. Rldgefield, Pal- isade Park Borough and. Fairview were rushed to the scene as well as ambulances and rescue sou from the same towns, and laid siege to the park.

Smoke filled the air over the

day afternoon. Burial will be Midgell Cemetery.

l 0n Pacific War

i Bnnlwnnmu sari. A . tit-grin:

J after thousands oi miles of steam- ing over Pacific. President are Saturday

Pacific): war and to disclose that the pattern for carrying the war across tnresnhold 0! ilapan had been

Just a month w the dav from the time he left Washington. D.C-. thfi President returned to this Pilaet Sound navy yard to tell in a brcuu- cast address of the results of his inspection oi Pacific coast. Haw- aiian and Alaskan defences

Beyond the defences and the winning of the war, he stressed that mluat Japan be allowed the opportunity for aggression and emphasized that years of probation must follow before the Japanese

IThree Semen Trawler: Sunk

ti losses in thus calam- mifmfi n» admiralty use.

226,416 Axis Prisoners in ll. S,

WASHINGTON. All]. ll — (AP) -'rhe War Department disclosed tonight that the Allied offensive! in l-‘ranee and Italy have resulted

ma. be admitted w the m!” Pi l o tuities Bill win» tilt.‘ ‘lttflrfiiiwiiii win h» distributed to members of the

,in shipment to the United States m“ w“ u; our-y l; of large numbers of Axis prisoners. mm in m, Ontario “gum” h.

By Aug. l. there were $.41! would need a larger majority than prisoners in the United States ln- he holdls at Dreaen . eluding aEri-oxknately 30.000 sent in standing in the ladllaiaire fa: durln J , one month after the ' -F- 342

Stormy Week-End In The Commons

OTTAWA, Aug. l3 — (OP) —An appeal by the leader of s third‘ party for an end to squabblinfl among Liberals and Progressive Conservatives over Empire rela- tions and refusal of 011070510011 members to meet Prime Minister Mackenzie King's request to pass External Affairs Department ‘esti- mates and letuhlm attend to ima portant duties broulht t0 "l 9" Saturday a stormy week of lengthy sessions in the l" mons-

The one important leaislativc item of Saturday was a chanSB in the date for the eemlns inw 10m

d ir force on dis- Zirffrflfilih ‘Later. as they claim rehabilitation grants provided to enable them to start house-hoe ins o; m“. other provisions for t eir

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Elsetlsn liaison Frssi Ontario

OTIAW A . lS-—(G)—®6- ports parliamentary circles here saturday that Premier Goorlo Drew of Ontario might soon call a llnsral n tlon. The reports began aim Pre- mier mummified his meat‘: tlon to fight t/h eral Jenunentb family allowances

on.

er Drew said the allowances worst! some Quebec at the expen- se o n o. The reports club?’ ‘that If Ilr.

lnvas on of France.

‘mineral services will be held ‘his; York G

centre and could be seen from New city across the Hudson Riv-

rThe fire spread to the east see tlon of the park, levelling all con cessions including the motor rim-

way. a roller coaster and partwlndoflfi:

nother. A sudden shift of

ea- caused it to c e to

toward the north and northwest sections.

Fire apparatus was wetting down the build ngs nlom the western

edB

blaze from spreading

didential section across Palisades

avenue.

The crowd in attmdanu. estim-

ated at. 6,000 by fire department ef-

ficials, streamed out the Rates

and were frantically see ing rela-

tives and friends who had accom- n all tele-

panled them and lnrnmi

phone facilities in the veinity to get in touch with their families. The fire was the third resort blaze in the Metropolitan dislrtet in three days. Friday night a 130,000 fire destroyed a block o1 boardwalk and buildings at Wildwpod, N.J.. followed by a $000,000 blaze Sat- urday which destroyed part of Luna Park in Coney Island NY.

Churchill n. "o...

LONDON. . iL-(Gi-Priine Minister Churc ill. Marshal 11in and other Allied and Y oslav per- sonalities have met in me the

f . Town

31 Families Homeless In Wake 0f Blaze

MINTO. N.B., All. 13—(CP) —- A forst fire roared to the edge of this coal ing community near Grand Lake in central New Bruns- wick tonight. leaving about 25 inm- llia homeless at Hothwell and al- Io duet-roving six dwell in the district known as New England set- tiement.

Foilght by every able-bodied man in the t. the fire tuul sub- sided late tonight after smeeadlnr: toward Newcastle Creek near the Dower plant of the New Brunswick electric power commission

need of more pumps and No general evacuation

hose of

had ' been

grnelhis foiuid u.

made up at Freder-

at 8 1mm. v

“with flames practically encir- ¢ n8 fire department worked ceaselessly with voillmtoers to save threatened DNnerty. Civilian volunteer corps equipment and Red Cross supplies were rushed to the district.

Supplementary [Estimates

OTTAWA, Aug. l3 - lie works in the Maritime Provin-

astimstes tabled yesterday in the Commons;-

Prince Edward Island:- Georgetown - stiengthening rsil- way wharf, $8,000;

Bled Head-wharf xtenslon and breakwater, $6,000;

Harbors and rivers generally-for maintenance of services. no new works to be undertaken lfiirthr‘ vote required). $10,000.

Nova Scotla:

Canso public building - Recon- struction: $48,000; Halifax federal building-caulking and pointing

1118801111! and repairs to roof $21.- 000; Halifax customs building _.

Canso — Wharf repairs (revote) $18,000; Dlngwall — dredging: $86,- 500; L’Archeveque - breakwater ex- tension. $12,000; Meteghan breakwater repairs. $17,000: Parrs. bcro Beach - breakwater repairs andyextension (further amount re- quired). $8.500: Spencer's Island- wharf repairs. $25,000: Dlgby-ad-

and sheds. 810.800: harbors and riv- ers generally - for maintenance of services, no new works to be un- garter» (further amount required).

New Brunswick:— 4 Harbors and rivers generally- for maintenance of services. no new Works to be undertaken (further amount required). $50,000. Maritime provinces generally: Dominion public buildlngs-Im-l provcments and repairs (further amount required), $10,000

Pte. L, W. Brazel Home From 0’seas

Pie. Lawrence W. Brazel of the R..C.A. . , is spending a short leave with his parents and friends at Mount Ryan. Pie. Brazel has just returned alter spending thrce months on overseas duty. He ex- ts to go to a new theatre of war the near future. Pte. Brazel enlisted in October.

l

istment he was employed with the Health Milk Company of Char-

lottetown.

He is a son of M.r. and Mrs. Thomas Brasel of Johnston's Riv- er His manymfrlends in the Pro- vince wish ii the best of luck in

United rations radio at Algiers

Prog. c as. . is; mefmm. i: ne.-rm

Liberals- .2.

his new enterprise. (Patriot please copy).

Fears were expressed that more dancer micht occur tomorrow but the situation appeared fairly well in hand tonight, although there was

i.he tv was planned. A special assist any evacuation but

The fire started Sat/ruddy affer- noon and began to threaten Minto

the community. the Fredericton

(CP) —- ibllowing appropriations for pub-

ccs were contained in supplementary

ditionsl fire protection for piers ‘ma

i942, at the age of l9 Prior to cn- 5°

At Road Junctions

LONDON. Aug. 13 -

Ion Field Marshal Guenthei" Von K

(AP) _

today, laying down a wall of bombs on road junctions and

Germans desperately attemp

in the areas of Bernciy,

heavv bomber blows on Janeen anti-invasion rlefe i the third air blow on that .

‘i

gan the assaults Fllllififi. followed by up to 750 big bombers Saturday

At least that minihci- of foilr-(n- glned bombers partieiimtcd in io- days sweeps against the southern approaches to fortress Europe Twen. ty-eight planes were lost in all orp- erations from the Mediterranean Saturday.

Heavy. medium and fighter bombers from Italy hammered anew at gun emmlacements, radio instal- lations and other objectives along the French Riviera.

Gov’t To Operate Montreal Trams

MONTREAL, Aug. l3 - (c?) - Montreal wound up its iltli and last day ivltliout sir . ~ bll-‘ZSQS Wllifiht. as DH. zitions we COlll-Dlfllf-Li lOl‘ iuil iesuirriDtlon service tomorrow with tralnways company under tempqr. ary government control

The strike of 4.000 tram and bus operators. scckitit: a union 5116.1] clause in the contract DEYAVCCII the Cllmllilili’ 8nd the Canadian Bro-

re of

C-L l. was declared officially end- od late Saturday. a few hours after the federal government announced appointment of two controllers to operate the facilities cf the com-

um’.

l Still undecided was the union shop In taking over the company's 950 tram oars and 300 buses. the gov- ernment set a 60-day period for settlement of the issue.

‘ Germans Blame

alterations and elevator, $15,000 Sydlwy public building — improve-l meats. alterations and repairs mm- liolienzollerns

LONDON, Aug IS-AAlW-Hints -of Holicnmllern complicity in the plot to kill Hitler are beginning to appear in German prose comments

other officers in connec withthe July 20 bombing

Editorial attacks on former lead- ers of various monarcliist organ- izations, as well ns on the once-pow- erful Stahiheim Nationalist move- ment for dreamt and planning a restoration of the ohenzollcrn dyn- asty obliquely suggest that they, instigated the conspiracy to r0-' move it r.

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Recommendations Re Service Boots

OTTAWA. Aug. i3 —- (CP) —— Standardization of the design and construction oi service footwear in the army, navy and air force where used for similar purposes is recom- mended ln one of the reports of the war expenditures committee tabled today in the Conunons

It says this course would bring

about substantial savings iii mat- erial manufacturing equipment and costs as well as in the cost 0 maintaining reserve supplies of otwenr. “Your sub-committee finds it dif- ficult to believe that tn time of war, at least," the report said. "a man entering any of the services requires a work boot. walking out shoe or rest shoe made on n different last with a different design or pattern and of a different construction to that worn bv the same man perfor- ming the same or similar work in any of the three services."

Senate Approves War Service Bill

UITAWA. Aug. l3—(CP)—'l‘l1e Senate Saturday gave whats-hearted approval to the governments bill provldin czrntuities to service ber- sonnel o the present war after they are discharged.

Before the bill was passed the Senate ndciorl an zimenrlmcnt. ic- qilesiotl by the iIOi/Clillllvllt. chang- ing the (late when the bill comes into force from Oct l to Jan. with the government having the authority to bring the measure in- to operation earlier if necessary.

L.

v Elebuf, Rouen, Buchy, Couches, Meulan and Herrnonvilie in the broad sector bet

Meanwhile Mediterranean hea- Vv bombers again smashed at mil- itary targets in southmi France. in northern Italy and Yzaszosiniii i It was the second straight dny of‘ M-clilcr- . and