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arrests" "- "s

IIIIIIIIII. ‘mutations.

Zl RESERVES FAIL

CANADIANS u “HEAVY BATTLES”

l Led R. C.A.F.Invasioh Wing

Sclicilulc is Working llut

Satisfactcrily

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aligfioN‘, JIIQ I- (UP): film IIO '

h “bony batiiee," aceordlnir to man-a‘ “ml '3'" iPwfiTs-‘ti:

eee

attached ti» aiudian lend.

Tlll N! Willi- eonbe to twaaiiadlenl. "ugragln" iaiaoii fill?» iii-ii ties II the Canadian schedule is work-

ing out satisfactorily." l la Ielbeo Area?

m. scars‘: "are; ~~ ' $4942) ._Qm i! s n e ay o cay w "h, me German Blengy last nig t_ and early today. By , “Ind I m o; Mme, why“, these attacks the Canadians and ~....-n.. was... .. M» at. :r.:.*:.s:::.s:..:. c. d “ flrfi 6 El YO C! 3F“ e e mn- force from entering the chaniiel

a: l6 miles east of l

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th first s estlon that Al g.“ e hr. be n that. area. was no confirmation.

IALITON REPORTS

WWW-‘l- "l" 5 " w?’ “ LONDON Jllfl a-aen Eis The Commons today received ' e - m‘ with noisy desk-memoirs = "- Efiiifiliillwinwfii? iii-Fxitlli

lanes cf glider and tow-plane traf-

DONDON June 8-(07- leaiersl-The German con- Cjljh e claimed tonight that tbe Canadian l".§‘."l"ii‘ ““ '73‘ ll‘ Ill l IIK ill‘ Q Normandy fillilhiaf.

port that Canadian invasion forces were aa far forward as any other

"T>6=Ti1i=i ‘ooi."i§= _____.___

Glllilli EVENTS

"Talkies-Canoe Cove. hlfi.”

lin

"Greenvaie Ice Cream Festival Dance, J1me 30th. 6-9-11

"Memorial L.O.B.A. pantry sale Ii Saturday. Maritime megtiéici‘

"Mua-phy‘ Roll ' 5o will be (HZGBDZ aefier June 15th. Brink your wool in early. 6-6-51.

"hlbies -—Mt. Stewart Satur- hv. snows ‘at a and io n, 24.31

“he Cream and Dancealn Inlrer- iaeli ldaool, Friday, June 0th. 6-8-2.

"" Sale t Trlnlt, Hall, leialbyffle 10th., 6 obioggmg m

"Just arrived mien-lent of new

Mills,

Goa ammo . Gordon Rob- muivm ..~ n 6-9-11. 1n

e sale Saxiurday. June . 8t. Peter's Hail.

‘Postponed Dan ., Lo, fi H ll will be hdd Friday ifght. tli-lnse

as 10th. Q P.

an road HBWE. thl lie

“Dance. Ieven-Mlle-Bay, Friday. e 9. 6-9-11

Allies llave Air Field in France

construe a field on the there has been no confzmiatlon of this. ponoient cabled that .. bombers France, while the Troo ed

among the supplies now flown in the battle area. lng also in Allied

iripg Canadian

S din

Eisenhower Exploits Strength In The Air

the channel during broad dayl

To Launch Big Manpower Drive

OTTAWA. June_8-—(CP — Labor Minister Mitchell todly

.__...____

V Am alum mops’ and ‘haunt. , announced an’ intensive survey in ‘ r silence to hear of heavy filo?“ “mmmgg; xffamm“ a: lighting in one unidentified sec- m, cj5wag Qcufc f; f"; a tu- in which casualties might be med, a p w ' nmldenbl" in outline of the high.

' lights oi‘ an address he gave

over a national rndlo network tonllht Mr. Mitclicll told the Commons ihut national selec-

ve service. u-as launching a three-fold plan.

The plan fr: iides:

l. Interviewing individually of some .000. men rclectcd from service in the armed forces with a view io_ moving them where necessary to more essentlalfemploymcnt.

2. Extension of compulsory transfer regulations to cover a greater number of occupations and more vigorous application.

3. Extension of the industrial mobilisation survey to all in- duatriea making the employ- ment of all men from iii to 40 years in iill industrial and commercial establishments sub- ject, to survey.

Prcsbytcrians llontinuc Sessions

TORONTO, June F—(C'P)—Alfl—

ary ed/ucat n was recommended

y in the report of the general board o! missions to filie 70th u- aembly of the Efi-esbyterian Church

Canada. The A commendation asked that Pirasbylaciies submit ticciuzizitioiia for the office by next iviai-cti i, and that the new secretary be respon- sible for thcpriromotion of XIIZSSlOIb- ary education throughout the Church under the supervision of the seceretariv of the general board

.__.__. of missions. Ru." “d, The 't. over the signatures of 911w. raiuwivfis slinggm mberfnflpgl

i.

"Notice-ta house ill be dosed uitil vruEi-Xtiizti- notloz. P. mite, Royalty. . a-s-io.

"N Wlltlhll‘ Mild Ba d PlntlymQlh-le at Hoeimana gal/uteri’.

Jim‘ _ . forelifh mlllmmfi" WW5 Tewmd had alwa s erformcd his duties ‘ 1mm ___._. a 9 u’ $111116 15 P°TWT°‘I;E::3IMT‘1D§C3‘T";I5:II1E& with unfailing COClIlICSS alhld 601111!‘- sg“ "Mm; Bu,“ 3 9,5 the @1198; ‘bu’ age on many cccas ons. e as

lend" Donna; phyergeam 1am-- BIW Wig“ "W" mgnlivllrswl" escorted large formations of bom-

tune ,Monday. June 12th. 11m lmfmrk Ln “m ber aircraft over enemy territory 9-7.44, 111 °1' 53m r even mmmnmm achieving much success. Since the -_- grim, ° ° s‘; _suwmma_ award of the Distinguished Fly- ."Mim-q gym-rm- ghi m; m“); f“ “m” and smwudshlp lng Cross he has continued to take Monday. otn from “nmmm fled budge; mm. part in operations with the great- Loo s. 1’. M. D. Rsv Brooks. ' u “an “Bum, m 394g eat kaenness and has engaged the . 6-9-1i. ‘ma’?! ‘M58057 an mums, o; enemy many times " , —-- ' m“ (ml; the’ m: figure q w/c Keefer ls a graduate of ‘Notice. light drlviig wagons ' Sh“ Yale University. arrived. Can be seen e ingwn ' Friday afternoon.

na Walter s. Weeks. O-I-li

"Ulil$lll$ If. A1151!!! Saturday Ill! eede

. lanai flour, f no u. n. Hm». "Notice. ‘con tlri ll ' hrs-arm .$°'"..:r.:?"““r

I ‘IIQ Q! a 0. C. Green, Emerald. I y

. “IN It‘ Southern Cinderella"

g4.‘ chainnan. an

of (rttawa, acting “i” m... it

the appointment o! svnodical mis- sionaries as recommended bv the general assembly of i943 necessary w mai and extend home mis- i .

s%oreaam in salaries of home and

One corres- Netherlands

that ianding strips were ion.

fight- ers left one German destroyer 1n flames and damlced two others

ta interfere with the Allied land- 85.

ric were kept aoins each wav across ight

pointment our, secretory for mission.» 1

7.71’

The People's Paper

Covers Prince EdwordqsloiidLlke the Dew

mxms

L 05 l or a

Mill MAN ~ HIRE aim‘ l ii

Everybody

ciiairwrrisrolwiv, cANAoA, “skinny,” its.» 9, 1944

Keefer, DE C. and Bar, of (‘linrlcii pet,

cess.—-(R.C.A.F. Photo).

Wing Commander George Keefer, was barn July 1i. i921 at New York City. He Joined iiie R. C. A. F‘. October l5, 1940. won his. pllotfs \ 10:; April 4, 1941 d ' . s shortly after. ln the summer of 194i. he cled the aircraft carrier "All: Royal". steamed south to Gibral- tar, then on to Malta, where he transferred to a Hurricane figh- ter and took off for Merszi Matruli out the edge of the African des- er

From this point, he flew on to an airfield just outside of CiIlFO,‘ where lie joined an RAF squad- ion. W C Kbcfci- operated of this ieid for the next year and a half, flying Hurricanes and Spit- fires lii the desert campaign.

Pilots of his squadron often made three or four sortles a. day during that campaign, escorting heavy bombers in their attacks on enemy objectives. Many sort- es wcre made in Hurrl-bombers. Hurricanes converted to carry one 250 pound bomb under each wing. After downing four enemy air- craft, W/C Keefer was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on January l2, ‘Hie citation read: "This officer has particip- ated in niuncrous operational at- tacks in the course of which his determination rind tenacity have resulted in l2 victories for his

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Vvlicn the combined Allied forces invaded iidian Flclifcr Wing of the Air Tim-z- was. iczl

"Rcmmcl." Aficr spending an hour ovci- ilio in. ailiiiri fliers returned to their biisc with jubilant norm.

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Allies Advance Rapidly Far To ilorth 0f lloo

By EDWARD KENNHJY

R1DlWIl..l'uiiie8--(AP)—L\1 lllhtnllll dirlvesofasmuchasfitimiles n24 hours. the Allied 5th army today capl/ured Olvitu Costeilana. 32 miles north of Rome. after other swift armored units had poured through Clvilavecchia important seaport 38 miieg northwest of the Italian capitol.

Only slight resistance was being

spokesman declared had been rs- duced to "battered remnants." Thrre yet was no indication where the disorganized enemy would ut- temmt to hult the Allied drive.

Civtta Oastellann 1s the junction of three main highways and two electric rallwivs. Light reconnais- sance units entered the town early in the evening. Clvitavccchlu is n ritv of 36,000 iaopulniiori ivltli docks that will be or value to the pursu-

mrz Allied iiorces.

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Ill-L li-Ui other Inwlneie l ll-IA ll.“ Balaeriptleii bellowed. UJO

STOP ALLiES

ierce Fighting ls eporieci From Fron

By WES GALLAGHER

surname HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDL‘ ""3 535W 33W , TIONARY FORCE, June 9 — (Friday) —- (AP) — The . . I a _‘ _ Germans hurled in their reserves along the whole expand- 3 Aliiad DIVISIONS _' ing battlefront in Normandy Thursday but failed to stem i ‘ - - ' the Allied advance as the British, Canadians and Americans i Aghgrg In Ffflflw 7

made continued progress in the second phase of the three- stage assault on the European fortress. ‘ ———- '

v LONDON, J 5- CP)_ CANADIANS ADVANCE _‘ A commentator“?! the i Nrial- t y’ controlled Purl; radio said to- ' _

nlglif that 20 Allied divisions _ now have landcil in Normandy and added that the battle was P “growing in de th."

Slmultaneousy the German ' radio reported an Allied tank

Ross Munro, Canadian Press war correspondent, re-l ported that Canadian infantry and armor captured zi dozenf towns and 600 prisoners and now were advancing rapidly! southward through woodlands and farms between Cacni

Hammer Nazis Behind Allied Bcachhcad

American

.000-stimig

bottlenecks 0 mil

_ and exipand ' wivcu ternwry along the ..- cast.

Escoried by up to 500 g1 the day ' struck bfltl-HPS yards imd functions iii a “ids arc alomz the invasion battle zone as air operalio

clown, I‘ , i

fJap liflliSBl‘ Damaged l

ADVANCED ALLHT. QUARTERS. NEW ouiw 8-—lAP)—Iii rt ell '11 . off northwest-cm New American ii

_ wide area, at Renries. Larval, '1‘

‘ Carrier Pigeons in

.. Am l. h l imuiided rail lfistfllifliiifllilln avail”:

Le Mans. Nantes and Angcrsmeet- inrz some Opposition in the ei-r. Rom

planes.

one encrnv formation o4 12 seven were lcst

Separate invasion

___ the beflflws- pies along the Atlantic coast from s k , I 1,0, ‘ _ _ The second siBP. HOW 1h progress - fish 1n A G....§§E°.,‘§..§2;1,°, ?,.,.._,‘,i2 A1115‘, calls for defeat of the Nazi tactical “'“°° '° N°‘“y m‘ u’ a

planes were parachuting carrier Pileons in cases into fiance "tell-

sions have been identified in the fighting.

0e dawn Tuesday 178 aircraft were listed as destroyed i.ri lost zoo in the ‘some period.

eluding unarmed troop carriers and transports.

in the Seine area and developed a

hion had been comp fully with defeat of the German local reserves and solidification of

and ilie captured town of Bayeux. 1 Eliflili? d-iiiiiiii all mcliirliui-zii i An Allied communique issued shortly before midnight! Riiyeux, ‘luau five miles from '~ . . u . . . . . ‘ a u, _ . last night said the enemy ‘l5 fighting fiercely. His ’re-» Th1 ‘German rad“, hem, serves liave now been in action along the wliole front. here. also ma: p _Ti’ie British 6m Airborne ‘Division, which the Nazis ,,,g-,-,_'*-,;,;;;y,;*.;,';-Y 31.93313; ; 4 claimed yesterday to have ‘arinihilated” has held repealed ‘

pear-ed in our supplies and com- munications at some points. "However no serious cases of sabotage by the French people have been reported an far."

German attacks, tlie communique said.

It later was disclosed at headquarters that Americans were fighting for a lateral road, which was not specified, but which apparently was one of those running westward from Caen, nine miles inland, and roughly parallel to the coast towards the Ciierbourg Peninsula.

American forces are on the west of the beachiiead area and the British 6th Airborne Division on the east» with the left flank running north and south slightly east of Caen, it was sold at headquarters.

SOBER CONFIDENCE

Despite a weather-imposed 24-hour delay in the in- vasion, tlie Allies are cafe iiig up so that the situation now warrants “sober confidence,” it was stated.

There has been some progress all along the Allied front, and Allied forces have not been driven back from any position, headquarters made known. One Allied dlvis- i ion lias taken more than 1,000 prisoners. Ten German divi-

Nazi Airmen Seek l To llonfusc llanucks

LONDON, June I — Canadian ‘v , fliers operating in support of thi s ~ -_ invasion troops ran into only ' ' slight opposition from the Ger- man alriorce today. Pilots said they saw only two Focke Wulfs on their first sortie. The-.l2anadlaiu reported, however, that the Ger- mans ware throwing into battle aircraft painted with black strip- i es, [similar to that on Allied afr- cra t

This was conslclsred a move to confuse Allied fliers and ground I v" bras" “"52. "or " were pan ed re a ~ ‘I K ma kings before invasion so they defemed “d a “ugh coulid be distinguished from en- - emy aircraft.

“my Allies Warn Fishermen Along European Coast

disclosed - "

-’"""-‘°">-“'"° Berlin lllaiais ll. S.

IQGDON Allied High Command tonight iss- ued broadcast warnings to the pec-

Caen was described as heavily nut.” Sin air combat, while the Allies have

As the allies thus fought inland

“taxpay-

threat to cut off the

'1

leled success-

their coaalal waters for one week

%. a The Supreme Allied commander, 598mm"! °°ni¢hu°iheY 4° ‘mt

1112' the French people to send them Gen. Eisenhower. back iii-om a. hinder the QMMW! f" 91¢ 511M ION-DON, _ ' ‘

i231.‘ $¥it£§°i£9§u§ii°§sm?"°“ “' ilifcshildtifiwiiifilffliliyfmd T3? ‘°’°°"" ‘“’"'“‘° “u” “i” m ' “hm” ‘ r _ . o . - . I '

‘*‘—_*—'~"—*—~— tlnue with the ieopnd phase of the Th! bmflm“! w“ “flied “V” 5:31am“ “d

A logical pattern for llii- Allied

adventure in history drew lo ll close Y a si“l

Gencriil l-I

Ev Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyse

beaches began to ilisclosc itself us liie

l

although il/s Supreme Commander,

on . enee was clearly reflected by con

piroving slowly despite showers, re- ziiinetd an important factor in the ou

nvasion o rnrice v orroiaai ol th e . - .. .. . . ¥?A...-“1r'.='-E£'I'-="".."-Z..”*-"-£ third day of flie greatest military back wpemwd German mumflu th: Irish sea and Scotland." w

attacks and captured numbers Nazi “Beetle" tanks and self prop-

me BBC and the American broad-

Hls wnfld- sunk off the east coast of tn Cher- i" bwm W in 601111811. motor

enemy amu- l without auosiariiiaiiaii“ in airfield 5 winners.

The warning to fiahei-iaien was taken to mean lai some quarters that a new Allied invasion thrust was impending. The Gem“!!!

roadoaat that reconnai .- ance liad ahown “great ecli-

ried t head arte . ‘Illicit-weather. stiliiiiot idreaal but im-

campaign to build up the Al- led reserves. Allied landing‘ on the beaches

o! One Germs lo account of

WA$HE5 Hi 5

lo measure . one .mil over a wide cn....liil front so suco

squadron, while many enemy nir- craft have yircbably been destrcy- ed or damaged. During an (‘xcep- ‘ tlonally long tour of flying duty he has continuously displayed great gallantry and skill in strategy.”

W/C Keefer returned to Eng-

land in 19M and on April 5, i944,

announcement was made of thei award or the Ber to his citoéion accompanying rea z

the "Squadron Leader Keefer

IDNDON. June l-(AP)——\ *-‘---

radlo comm; - tutor. Von Hammer. report- ed

that erful

armor iorcea 1.57" launch

offensive on a wide front north 0f Iaai 1n Romania and had adv-awed iiiiuiiirtlnaiiarm m‘ mm m‘ on 1319M was no immediate Rulllflfl Mill

Fulfilled. said that

I Germans Report Red Army Offensive Opens

m“? iadaimvunicy.

essential cha ‘

gwffiggfllgofieiilowas the first 1:5’ letlri since May 29 which cmtoin- mentlon of a battle in the

Von Banner,‘ howeycixbedlgn not t ie

3y wrath wessoflat a h}:

the Galati Gag toward the

w‘ oil fields and t e wealth of his Danube wanes-ally

to be with g5 vesion of Dumbo from the west.

ineut flint llic first phase-of lin-

scconrl beg-fin. ‘Pliiv also failed to ncss press accounts from the fig

llifffilfili of iii

s: intentions from friend and foc alike. d rleflnilc geographical data by which

cssfully as in prompt an official stoic-

invaslon had been completed and the

reflect the optimism of some eye-wit-

Nali Aiiauiii: ivnll lvnd been provcn something of I myth In the Norman-

dy aron rt lonsl.

Elseiilxmvoi- flllfl liis siafi‘ wcil iznnw that the main erieuny defence la not fixed forlificniimrs liui 1hr- Gcrman army. The bulletins indicate that

only Nari local rcservon have hccii

There is no niilhnrizui Allied lectlvos are. Piecing loqoilicr viii‘

encountered up to now, and that strong

DEC The ilnciicnl rcsrrvcs nro _\'ct in he mot nnd mastered before the firs; strategic ' B," objectives of the invasion campaign can in: achieved.

intimation as to what those first ob- lous (lcrmnn accounts of the fluliting,

however. it ionic-a as lliniitli SPITIITC of bofh the Ciicrlvouiur-ilpped Nor-

mandy Peninsula. and its; larger liend of which stands H1!‘ !""'f "i

ilrlllany coastal hump to the west at the

Brest may be the Allied pilrpose.

That would moan that lhn direction of the attack, now that its first

benchhoiid sniirriis nlozig the slio

re of the Bay of ilie Seine have been

consolidated lu some ilcriili. would shift to the southwest toward Nantes

at ihc head of fho Lnlrc Eslunry.

'l‘licro is nollilro but conloctiire and Nazi assertions of

nnd not toward Purl’: or Berlin.

authenticity on wvii-Zrli to bast- all this speculation. Events in Italy and

Russia lend roinr to ilic conclusion.

however, that the Genunn high com-

mend la already’ izzitlicrln-z “liimnln reserves for quick shuttling to the

east er went, perhaps lo thr- wnint Italian and Balkan Pcnlnsulris.

‘a...

of impending withdrawal from both the

c assault that stormed ashore

hllng front holding that the valntel

the invasion said Gen. Eisen- hower "so far has brought into play only one-tenth of the for- ces at his dhpoaal."

elled "homct" guns.

casting station in Europe known as Abate. 1t was also issued over North Alrlooai stations’

The text of the broadcast:

“W adressed to fishermen who use eAtlantic coastal wat- ers 0f Norway. Denmark, Holland, Belgium and France The Supreme Allied Commander requires that all fishing should cease in these waters for a period of seven days beginning 9 P. M. Thursday June

llnly First Hurdle

W N. June B-—(AP)- ‘Ilhe Allies‘ seizure of a foothold in Nance was hailed as a "great ac- complishment" by United States War Secretary i-lcrirv Stimson to- day, but he tempered lllS assess- ment of gratifying progress with @- warning that “only the first hurdle

n.

h“ bee“ u?“ i5. Th refom fishermen now Gemlmvs ‘mloblftmlyflh w: port miist remain there Those at_ France ls in theén eta-r s sea must mum w p0” lmmedhh

c aiind inlan , lmson said, m . Y. Follow this order strictly and fatal to yourselves and will hinder

and main direction of the Allied _ attack, thisgdofence force will not éiisevncivcrallonsvf W? Allied f“

Veteran Divisions Led Way Into Normandy

TwENTy. ARMY hl h l-ablished batll f e in liEADQUAgqTylg‘, Jame lilac Ngtli African aiid “gicillan _ _ B 50th