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Conqueror Of Italy Named To. Succeed Athlone

___-i--—-i—- By DOUGLAS AMARON

(Canadian Press Staff Writer) l

. _ l - (Advance — Field Marshal Logn0:(;nq‘11:lf,t)f3l0| 1:331: chaalselleen appointed Governor-General

V‘ "n fir. to succeed the Earl of Atlllflilfl- in“ ale“; announcement from Buckingham Palace tonight said An o recommendation of His Majesty's Government in Canada. ' King’ nfilflollsly pleased to approve the appointment. lt was under- “ flbeennlliiillilfl date for the return of the Earl of Aihlone, 71-year-old ‘a; m5 ftlnjagty, and the taking up of the new appointment by . d; Marshal Alexander has been fixed.

the slimy-covered Alps of Italy. serving as silpreme Allied com- mander in the Mediterranean thea- tre since 1944

The new Governor-General won fame with the hLstoric Dunkerque evacuation. which he directed. From the sotldcn French beaches he was transferred to the jungles of Burma, where he fought staun-

A‘il d commander in! gsmlilliltliierslfnegan theatre 511329 p44, Field Marshal AlexanAer

ve the Germans frofln Filo me main. B! ilk‘ Btjles "l c} 7% 3 000 ps-a mnmshulz drive h? 11cc, lie ls a3 years old and e

' Field Marshal.

chly against the overwhelming: ~l Japanese horde. v e 15v c man Corps moved to Called into the Mediterraneanl

campaign when Field Marshal Er- win Romlneils German Corps was pounding ilardcst again-ski thc Allied line, Field Marshal Al-i

I , ~ - .rly this yrcar. oxtgllillisllilfillltopgf etlzc man W110 nits among Britain's greatest 501-, is that the first Gov-t

falter the first Great War was

rather flrlous soldier-Baron Gcrlnrlns out of Africa. brought‘ y“; of VlfIlV-dllldci‘ whom Can- the Italian dions also fought in that con- tuully the German collapse

northern Italy.

Field Marshal Alexander. son of the fourth Earl of Caleclcn and! grandson of the third Earl of Nor~< hury. resides at Windsor Forest, England.

fie married Lady Margaret Bing-. ham. daughter of the fifth Eari|

ct.

Field Marshal Alexandm‘. Bfl- lllrs youngest Marshal. fought he Germans from the parched Af- ‘an desert '3

‘ill Arrive head Cf Time

parents of twc sons and a daughter! The Earl of Athlone has served| as Governor General of Canada‘ since 1940. He was first appointed to the post in 1914, but the first » Great War intervened and he nev- ormwgl, July 31 _ (c?) -l er took over the office under that ciblltdgd off the troopship Ilc do! patent. The normal term of his

“may a ma“ o; two officers and, second appozntment expired last 50 men were taken on board the‘ JlmO- '

Canadian destroyer Ottawa and

sclwdlllrrl to roach Halifax Aug. 4, HALIFAX. July 31 — (CPl —-

News of Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander's appointment n5, can. ado’; new ‘Governor General came as a "surprise and thrill" to his aunt and two cousins living here The aunt. Mrs C. Alexander. and cous- ins. Mrs. B. Dciap and Miss Shoel- nfllh Alexander. came here about —-—~ 20 years ago. and last saw the Fi-z-ld ‘SAINT JOHN. N.B., July 3i -— l\‘llil‘Sll!il at the coronation of King 0P) - Dr. w. n. MacKenzle. Gcorgn vl in 1936 glllflilfil of Bathurst High School, - - - llfly was appointed superintendentl 0i Saint John City Schools. sue-l will"! Dr. A. W. Trueman, re-- ijmlll‘ ttftllointcd President of the; niversltv of Manitoba.

lday ahead oi the big troopship, it was learned here today. 1

liets New Post

"(ColltlhucdiarlkPage 7 Cami:

Into Custody By Americans

BY [TOWARD COWAN SALZBURG, Atlstria, July 3i -

Coming Events

“Sh” T Ciibnud Thursday. a-

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"Dari — ~_“,. Webster? Orchtliggiii ‘we ‘ldfilylj

u é (APl — Plcrre Laval. nrch pro- m Reserve ‘vvedncsciay. August. Nazi collaborator" and No. ‘J man r for Lcng Crcck Baptist. Picnic. in the Wench Vichy regime sur- g.l_1l_ rendered to American authorities

"k _ ——— today after being: expelled from 0 Cream Social at Long Spain and tonight was en route

my" Hml- Thursday. August 2nd.‘ to Innsbruck to be handed over to 8-1-ii.| French justice , Wanted ns a war criminal b1 ltmmlfludpegirs B“l'- Thufi‘ Gen De Gnullc. the swarthy f0!- ‘ l‘ ' Q “"1 muslc- mcr chief of government of "the 34'“ Vichy state was expected to reach "0 ._ V Innsbruck i0 ight itch ‘gatli-liiiiilywqltrciiggrsla uwitlil silos? The muting‘ fugitive. who sought ther notice. McGuiyan y‘; l u“ refuge irl Spain 90 days n80. flew ‘aliis-LGL‘ into Austria with his with, wit; wit; "Hilly R d M usnllfrclrnitergegitiliiilnlciwiliifiii/site fliers lot B5 Hall? ifllmtiiesilfiivlsiifiigilff this morning. 1.23134; 31' 1-41:‘ The party, which took off i105“ "We: yo? l ifiliiiiimialilviavliiintli‘ iimiffii zlrttroufh J. R. Driscglllttdeltmf-t, ‘£12m? an airstrip at l-forsehing, southwelst ' '1: - , of Liz. They were immedlatci’ HD1359 "t C M ‘u 21 I ilrl-estgd by mcmbicrs of an Amer- ‘ on h ' , ht s ua ron m wfllllztsgféyénouéilrsli isi. ggvitli cliilvalgwli; sgntenced w death l" ' en . 7-31-2

his absence by a court at Mar- seille Oct 20. i944. but a re-tflfll probably will be ordered.

(The news of Lavalg surrender caused lawyers for Marshal Pettain. Laval‘; chief ln the Vichy Govern- ment, to announce they Wmlld IQ‘ lpgstpgngggjgilt, of Marshal Petains treason r .

1m Washington. State Depart- - n-lent official; said Laval W85 H" pectcd to reach Paris before Mar- ' shal Petain‘; trial ended.) l

When the olive-skinned have“, who had soilzht i0 ellldi‘ the “emf Government sillcc the °°ll*‘l"° ° Germany. landed at f-lorschlnfl- l" and his wile were scorched ti}: taken to American llentiqllfll‘ PF

"169 crca

m m social and dance. Rlyner. Secretary Trlgltleei. M50“ 7-28-30-1-3i.

so “€—— h, Oollmting hogs every Thursday

u i muscled t

how, ° PTYlVe any time h“ mlfggfiohoice .ccd wheat. Book- sltyl- unlmlihw iistllVefixfililifillt

. n ~ . Mk “ell Altencv. g e 54:3?

"Collecti ___ o "8 Rees by tflic‘ t "tower. Albany hnd ‘vicii: Phone céllfggldk Féidecly. Augmt

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The Americans found on Lav/all $10,000 in American currency. l!‘ 4n $600 bills He also had som. trench and 398M511 "m" ‘M

Africa“

in ‘ Canadian

of Lucan, ill 1931. They are the' a

Laval Taken .

Jap Fleet No Longer A Threat g

(By Theflssoclated Press) ‘ WASHINGTON. liy Navy Under-Secretary Artemus L. Gates, claiming final suc cess for the navy in “wiping out the Japanese fleet as a fighting force," said tonight the Japanese have not a single battleship left in operation. “The Japs probably still have two to three carriers that may be operational, but they are m longer a serious threat." he said. "If the Jap fleet has three cruisers left that can still

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steam, I'd be very much sur- prised. "They may have l5 to 25

destroyers and some submar- Ines."

P. E. I. Soldier is Charged With Mutiny

By Canadian Press Staff Writer

Royal Canadian Regiment. wcnton.

surrender and even-ltrial for his life today before a

general court - martini 1 here. He faces six charges-dud eluding mutiny, maximum penallyl for which is death-arising from his alleged actions July 4 and 5 dilrlng riots among Canadian sol- diers stationed in this garrison town.

Cases against two other defend- ns

- Sgt. Emmanuel SCllillPf‘, Burnstall. Sosk, of the Lord and

Strathcona Horse, Winnipeg. Pte. I. L. MacIrltyre, St. Avards, P. E‘. I., of the R C.A S C.—\\"cre tabled. Two other soldiers will face a field general court-martial

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ward the local police station. the!

are three Canadians in the clvvyl jail-let's get them out!" Capt. said States shouted: the windows in town!“ the defendant appeared to been drinking. J

States with a group of other Can- of an amusement arcade.

ended. Licut. J. E. Lajeuncssc, Moll t- real. of the Canadian Provost

soldiers he estimated at 500, tl night of July 4. eight provost corps men with him‘

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not to leave their vehicles and dismounted from his own. ,

"I was immediately surrounded- by Canadian soldiers shoutln"

“If I had sent my eight Provostl -personnel into the crowd. scriousv incidents might have occurred. By working from outside the crowd

take their friends home, I per-l suilviled many to leave." a

fending States. submitted the case already had been investigated sam-

deal with it. and it was impropcr| to try the defendant here now.

Capt. N.J. McNcili. Calgary, said there had been no dismissal of charges before the present court. The court ruled that the hearing should continue.

Mo]. G. M. Graham. Halifax. is udge advocate-general and mcvn- ers of the court are BriR- T, J. Rutherford, Owen Sound. Ont; Col. R. C. Clark, Vancouver, B. C.; Lt.-Col. R.B. Forbes. Fredericton: Lt..-Col. R J. Burgess, Grand Falls, N.B.. and Major T. M. Canllic. New Glasgow. N S.

Prosecutti; is Capt. N.J. McNclll,

Calgary. a]. J. G. Hunter, Tor- tonta, is defence officer for M" l Intyre.

l _'_~::_.____-—-—.:_—.-__~_.::.; s-r l American soldiers took from m an I automatic pencil. a penknife and

his tiepin. Mme. Laval was searched

lby an American nurse. Th

lieu-General 6f Canesléjiimed

Expect “Big Conference

By Tomorrow

By DANIEL De LUCE POTSDAM. July 31 — (AP)

con f crence

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was made." a

Today's long session was fruit- ful and "a great deal of progress spokesman for the

American delegation said.

fully disposition meeting and Prime

Premier recovered from a slight which prevented with President

tlee Silnduy and Monday.

nary

Today's meeting-the

press headquarters.

natures to

But it was learned that prepar- ations were being made for the fin- al corcltlonies. and the general be-l lief was that the conference had,‘ paper Deutsche VoLkszelt-ung incan- entcrcd its filial stages. The sig- ‘he Berlin agreement are oxpcctcd to be made under the. glare of photographers‘ lights and tested Germany are the

undcr conditions of full protocol.

ALDERSHOT, England. July slliélgfigpBm

‘Hoar-General oi Canada appoint-|cxandel' marshalled his forces forl-Ptc. Lloyd States of New Gill"

n-‘h < 1 supr-cnle effort that hurled theIlZOVI. N-S. 116270 member of i 0w

later on charges arising from ihC- ants are

He instructed‘ '—-> —

and asking individual soldiers to»

J’ R Hyde’ Montreal’ dejtlme conditions was afforded

marlly by an officer competent to|-

e arrested German pilots saidf

‘their destmation had been Solz- ‘burg, but the: they got lost tn a storm and had to make aferwd llanding. They said they did not ' know where they were landlnil- Th; American Army wasted n0 time in dispatching Laval and his wife on the ltio-lnllc trip from Linc. to Innsbruck and the French Army. léleMwas sent on hi; way at 3:."0

Paris said Laval probably would wind up in tr ~ glzomv Fresno prison in the Punch capital.

Premier

work continued by ‘n Scc.

thl‘

nnlent heads.

LACE: SCARCITY

ANXIETY LOCALL Y

— mitted last night to discuss that! 31—- |The Big Three met fer 3 l-Z hours today after a two-day interruption. and observers speculated that the history-making conclude by Thursday at the lat-

would

Stalin apparently “i785

n. his Truman Minister Clement At-

ilth ple-. 2r sion of the three leaders and one of the longest of the par- ley-—did not finish

the work of,Amerioan leaders not to let. out; the conference, it. was stated atlan

”*‘ I 51mins lndiscositiontence. The editorial also aitackcd . Ross llnl-“RO ;u':ls i>.~l'l.~.'cd to have been a simple] Roman Catholic Bishops of

the-erlcan-ruled Bavaria for alt ..ries during the 48- 1 "elk in daily sessions by the slbllities for the war and its coll-

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_24 SHIP§ VICTIMS vol MONDAY’S STRIKE lav FAR Elsi FORCES

Damage Caused By Suruga Gulf Bombard-

llaent Still llnanlloullced. By The Canadian Press

‘;u'—ee”_ To End

Chinese {Acknowledge ‘Jap Advance

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By SPENCER MOOSA IKING, July 3l—(Af"-

». ‘.l.l...c fligh Command io- lnight zlcknolvlcdgcd a further ad-‘,

l l Correspondents were not per-l

Premier Stalin was indisrposed had not attended a session sill Saturday night.

Th‘ censors,“ was relaxed tmlvancc by Japanese forces movingl _ _ _ _ _ _ d”, 3nd conesgondems were a.__ l gvivy-igui Nanchang from Southernl Three more uzllshlps of Japan’s immobilized navy and 1 u‘

_ Province and the re-wonl mysggrtovfiiléiretslglaat Crilxgd l_'nitcll States air base at Kanll-l conferred with Messrs Thumzln "' - sl“"“""’“‘l~‘ “f ‘his ‘Pru- and Attlee Sunday i ~ ‘ any Nfiinflcd by a cmnrscl

It was indicated the vital lYlflPV‘ rm" “t 201mg lmul“ m"! l had regchgd ‘a Dim kiln?‘ H}, tllousllnll civilians. pcpI-v heaviest wbrk deeolvcd upon tho lr-ml "Mm "kmihu" “hm” 90. m l ad I ‘h m 1v q Tfrllfllllfllltl‘; south of hanclmng. l . v ‘h ‘ ‘ _.t h d . _ _ tail-gene; ergsumagl scigcav. m1.“ Fmh,_in,z mntmucd n “mes lng pea cl, sul c e thell rockets. bombs and bullets on the ‘mt {fem the Xmhfiilivfcs °Of . sourll c". '_‘.(‘.Il‘ the nlrlrelmportaflt- Monday afternoon west from the Tokyo area i0 Nagoya and.

‘policy of major questions." ‘(',‘,’,“‘ “f K‘~““ T‘“‘CI““e-‘° “mmFdl Ualzuru, a (illam communique reported a destroyer sunk, 5"‘ “lght-i dim" ‘Y’ “‘ another destroyed and a light cruiser damaged. 56 enemy ‘ planes destroyed on the ground and 33 more parked air-

of the interruption was he cvcd=

due to the wish of the British anril ' V . . '. . ' . - - . ~.,,¢.np~.¢ r8119; form which . craft damaged. Malzulu ls a naval base. 240 mlles vlest of l in iflangsi from the west . Tgkvm

‘ the flank of this Jana- - _ , film mined gmumy Sill] unannounced was damage caused by a destroyer

Q‘ ‘I'll: ti; fnfnctl". bombardment of Suruga Gulf, 80 miles southwest of Tokyo. l. ‘P. . . . ‘ - , , , . n. 72 miles souchvjgscl before dann Tuesday but today's communique expanded

and then pushed to- the report 0f damage wrought by 3rd fleet planes on rail

89 more planes were added today to the score sheet of car- rier aircraft continuously hitting Japan-w score for July now totalling llil warships and 1,278 planes destroyed or damaged.

Disclosing that the 3rd fleefs raiders, due to thicken-

‘ news which had been approved‘ lbe orehand by the Soviet ticlega ion, or which might embarrass an\ . of the three. '

Berlin's communist party nC\v<-‘

while printed portions of a Pravda

1-point" of the Big Three confer-

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editorial which declared tint a1. 40 '1 . f N -,. . _. ‘ _ ‘ . . . “pmblem o; me future m. d, qwv‘, Jnnaffésee‘ Cgfilfnnsfft! traffic‘, bridges. hangars, radio stations, steel and aircraft CBuliJll convergcrl on Shanlzkao on} factories illnndil)’. ' l

, vay about G5 miles of . Chane. !

~ , , Fircs were rtarzcti at Iiiraksukil. Wllllant l ‘ l

_ H- Simpson-mo miles south of ’I'lk_\o. in m». ~ r‘,"‘n“llfll"lm “l ‘he U“lt‘?d|Kanto spccin‘ steel company alldl “ll mml’ ‘vhlch helped l“ the Japan International Aircraft;

Accounts For “it Germany. is visiting Company planks)

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' ‘llsclnsed ma?“ H9 A lifanil: colnlnunlqu "Jd Farr‘ 4 J 5mm! July 13' lfcml‘ East Air Forces sank oil‘ bdiallllllicdl L5G?“ Mm“ 0' 24 shins in the cncnlvls home \\‘.ll€.‘l'S' huipiiglnxedlflqlaof itgngvii Monday. including i two destroyer‘, , “ __ ' "..d‘t_d rd gerLTl: _ ""““°“‘ ‘“““°““g furme‘ Ge‘ lliggllglit ieggrogzl‘ iirlslarrlllarces toiliil lBr The Canadian Press) since July 3 to 250 vessels totalling‘ KANDY. Ceylon. July 31-- Can- 250000 tons sunk or damaged lmtaincd by Flt. R. J Brown of Kr- the aerial blockade of Japan. lchcncr. Onl.. and containing ‘ill-cr-

With Guam reportzng 1.035 ves-l other R.C.A.F. aircrew. an RA P, sels of all types slink or damaged; Ceylon-based Liberator rcccrvly .by naval forces. this mclnt 1.28); sank four small Jap shins ofi "m. ‘Japanese ships-more (nan l00»Malav coast In lwn sorties. the R. of them warships-were put out ofy CA F. said in a release tonight.

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“lying about Germany's re.

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e CAUSING A —~~—~— London Fast -----.-~=. l, Cleaning ilp

Cltv bakers are confronted with as follows: laction in Julv with returns still‘ Other members were P0. J. n. a scrious situation respecting their “This Board Issued an 0mm. FL Iincomplete. iGOtKlYPRI‘. llfivlilfllflf Mull???‘ "f supplies of lard and shortening, it feotlve Julv 2O restricting mm» In raids Saturday and Mondajr. S‘rr~t_ford. Ont. F0. (LC Sfisifl"?! was lcnrncd yesterday. Rcstaur- moms and 5th“- meetings“lhpy~c “ Guan. ._(,,O.-H.d_ 1,509 Anmrlcan of Tlvcrton, Dilzby County. N. S

also reportedly finding bus and M; n-angporfptiqn is bod. rand British t..rrlcr pinncs (lC.§il‘0_V~‘9‘l\'il‘CiC‘FS fill‘ dunner and F0. J “f, difficulty in obtaining supplies, ed m. dalnngpd gm Japanese 5plp5_ Alexander. wireless air gunner o!

i Lt.-Col. R. M. Wynn. Calgary, a’ wltil the prospect of the situation; prosecution witness. today testified‘ getting worse during the busiest- y, States led a crowd of soldiers io-v part of the tourist“ 58350,. m: heal/Y mflvemeflts of troops ifinlg No hone of re ef during O - evening of July 4. shouting: “Th-erc.‘ Home Wc-“k \\':ls hold out by Mrf equipment to handle n’ Donald G. don, chairman of the_ appeal 85km; that everybnfo, - W-llllllli‘ PYY-‘ES ""1 T111139 BPQYd-‘frain from travelling over ncrtt fc J. E. Warren, Montreal.» to wllonl Mayor .1. E. Blanchard "Break all‘ fltldi‘£‘.~.i9fl He said on July 26: l “Urgent investigator visit Char-. the tyne you manna“ flottctotrn to inset restaurant ovrrl- ' . H, J. Powers. an Aldcrshot in- ers in ordcr sufficient rations be surance agent, said he had sccni issued to accommodate great num- bcr of visitors here week of Aug- adian soldiers, the evening of July. ust 13 5. trying to batter down the door‘ Week.

to August 18. Old

please have your represents

Maj. liogers Says

Every Assistance

U" lmlfiwlllg leleiramdn circumstances we are not

Home Evidently provincial repre- sentatives cannot. suggest how this Prosecution witnesses still were! influx of tourists can be handled._ being called as the day's hearing‘ Do not. want a repetition of last lmmm u; one o; the m“ year's inability: to meet the situa- tion. In interests of all concerned ill/B. weeks and that their lCorps. said he had been "roughly sent here to discuss matter with handled" by n crowd of Canadian, restaurant owners and myself." Mr. Gordon replied on July 2"I|

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The following column was writ- lcn b}: ..Yrllln S. Farris.’ who has ill=i rctlrsnr-rl to peacetime London ‘l f l‘

It is explained in the order illv VT" th including 52 warships-and 480, plans-s. . . The British planes in the grand. ‘immh; m ‘he Umwdlcssault of Niunrlav dzlnlzlgcd three, l “m” m” Umwd N“u°m'dcstro_\'crs, four dsstrcrvcr escorts QPEAKMQ 0F PERFUME WHAT A WHALE 0F

l F“) "‘,T““C‘5C°' land l2 argo ship-y most off gem, lin the wcs coast. naval bast- o . a1- ‘ A Dlrreeence ousf A Flaw SCENTS

liicrrition. Ont.

is ttep is necessary bcctlust‘ of

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overseas which retluirc divers

iion in this Government has m1

B)‘ JOHN’ S. PARRIS

months of heavy troop movcmr ”l—~fAP\—Jonshl

zufu. 250 ml‘ vest of Tokyo ‘ The SOllIllOQF’. Asia command

‘Hired to fflCllltatfi a Ealllflrilt’! ~- “"055 btlmb‘ reported British forces have wipcril

We believe _ f" _ llwuharsh F"? ollt upwward of 7.000 Jnpanesél l MAKE 2 you should issue warning llllli .l1'§l1l "l Fl“? tulwn,‘ It looks like an/enlpting m 95mm. H b1 m-’ a lrmllltlflll Victorian lady with -