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“IIUSSIA- Soviet arini s capture when 25 miles nor west of gharkov to outflank Kharkov; imk through gikscll iii-mile wide front; Germans killed, 12.418 captured 1n month.

glctLY - Americans capture uitiiaro. advance several miles on wit; coast; Canadians and British me “skady progres" in central m; Savage fighting for ‘Proina tiiveea Germans and Americans; Irisina blasted by four-motored tubers.

AERIAL — German authorities

reported trying to control "mass

mpede" from Berlin, in anticl-

tlnz of Hamburg-style air raids,

goebbels acknowledges partial ev-

acuation of capital; R AJ‘. report.- droppine leaflets in Berlin, warn- ltis due for attack.

SOUTH PACIFIC - Americans

aopoing up remnants of Japanese

mo: oi Manda, New Georgia e.

lavy Short ii Recruits-

‘IIIAONTON Aug. 6 -(CPl - Ihe Royal Canadian Navy is "det- bliely short" of recruits. Capt. l2. I. Brock. of Toronto. said otn his trrlvsl here today.

commanding officer of the re- Irve division and officer in charge sfrecruiting for the R. O. N.. Capt Brock said an extensive drive for ttiniits was being held today and Itturdav throughout Canada.

lien for rliore patrol duties are Med particularly. he said. add h; that so men weekly “e nggflgd Iliftilis riutv in Canada.

Pnnstwn of 63 sea Cadet units tiflinada has resulted in a mem- ttrrhia oi 11.5w. he said

treat llir Drill liter London

WNDON. Aug. ‘l-(Saturdayl- —ln one of the greatest air of R.A.F. (planes over the British apltal dra-

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LONDON, Aug. 6—(AP)—Russ- lan armies outflanked Kharkov Wily bi! “Dturin; Zclochev, 2s miles to the northwest, their surging summer offensive which bra“ the enemy lines on a 48-mila front at Bclgoi-od and in g month accounted for 120,000 slain and l2.- 413 wfttured Germans.

The capture of Zolochev cut the Khurkow-Bryansk railway and posed a pincer threat to the great Ukranian industrial centre n1 Kharkov. The Germans said another unused Russian army was massed near Chuguev, 24 miles southeast of Kharkov.

The advance in three days from North of Belgorod had swept not Pfidotaaua ‘MW rein uiinosm settlements and driven ahead l5 to 37 miles said a special commun ique broadcast from Moscow and recorded by the Soviet Monitor".

The drive carried _into the Ukraine north of Kharkov and lent credence to earlier Moscow reports that the whole German front in Russia was threatened with collapse and that the Nazis might be forced back to the Dnei- per, 270 miles wast of Belgorod.

Bryansk itself to the north was threatened by Soviet armies rusti- ing through Orel. Those troops gained up to six miles today be- yond fallen Orel the bulletin aaid. and captured ‘i0 more hamlets, in- eluding Krorni. 26 miles southwest of Orel.

In the month ending Thursday. the Russians said their troops had destroyed 4.605 tanks. 1.623 guns. 11,000 trucks and shot down 2.402 planes in addition to killing 120.- 000 Germans in the most resound- ing summertime triumph yet scor-

ed by the Red Army.

Churchill-F. ll. R. To Meet Soon?

LONDON, Aug. 6-(0? Cable) Reports from Washington that. Prune Minister Churchill and Pre- sident Roosevelt might meet again were displayed prominently in London newspapers today but onc paper, the Evening News, said re- ports of the meeting were "re l gardecl with skepticism in Lon-

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It was pointed out that it. was! only two months since Churchill returned from his last meeting with the president and that. thc current victories were on the pro- gram laid down at Casablanca last

January.

"The Cabinet is certslnl against another trip unless it. is v tally ne- cessory-and it is difficult to be- lieve it. at this moment," the Even- ing News said.

The reports of the meeting were without authoritative confirma- tion or denial. A person close to Mr. Churchill declined comment.

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By-Electiono 0n Monday

OTAWA, Aug. 6—(CPt-Housc of C mmons representation in four ridings will be settled Mon~ day when votln takes place in the Quebec conattuencies cf Mon- trcal-Cartler and Stanstcad; in Selkirk, Mair; and in Humboldt.

sail th rldin s were formerly y Enemberfi of the Liberal Party which is fighting to hold sham against 0.0.1". candidates in every riding and against a numbfll of others who raise the total c!

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LONDON. Aug. ’f—(Saturday) (CH-What sounded like a large force of heavy bombers thundered across the English Channel early today Indicating that the Allies

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llr. Senge Retires After 45 Years In Active Ministry

The many friends of Rev. Dr. M. E. Gcnge and Mrs. Genge will be Dlfiased to learn that they have returned to Prince Edward Island and will be residing permanently in Charlottetown,

DI‘. Genge is retiring after fifty- K . - . s I e l u I t Klnrkov m“ be doomed Andlgorml.1:03;:giazcrefielgugsiaoeast 0f 1E:

three years in the Christian Min- istry. Still hale and hearty, he feels that it is time to relinquish too strenuous duties. Pastor of the fies- byterian church at. Chzitham arid and Newcastle, N B., for the past six years, he has also been Moder- cior of the Merlinachl Presbytery ior the past five years.

He has now retired from the active ministry, his resignation taking effect the end of this month. He will, however, continue lo be on the supply list of the Presbytery.

Dr. Genge, in the course of his long camcr. has filled pulpits in Charlottetown, Keirslngton, Mal- pequc, Marshfield. Mt. Stewart. Montague. Cardigan. Norlli 'l‘ryon. Bordon nnd other parts of this Province.

l-Ie began his ministry in White- head, N 3.. and from there ircnt to Pennsylvania. He was twenty years in various parts of the United States before returning to Canada.

A native of Port au Basque, Now- foundlmd, Dr. Genge saw much oi the world bcforc entering ihe ministry. He went to sea at the ago of twelve, was a master mar- iner at. nineteen, and sailed as master of vessels until twenty-six. He was engaged also in the lobster nnd scaling industries. This ividc experience served him in good stead in his subsequent pastoral diltlcs. giving him exceptional breadth of understanding and sympathy with "working people of all classes, _

He and Mrs. Genge nrc receiv- ing a warm welcome back to Char- lottetown, where they are so well and favorably known.

Prisoners To Work In Woods and Mines

orrrawa. AER; ~16!" —A considerable number of prisoners cf war are to be used in the woods and mines lo relieve the most. an- uie labor shortages. Ariuur Mac- Namara. Director of National Sel- ective Servlce. said today.

In another approcsih to the labor problems of lumbering, a drive is t.o be launched to recruit men for the wood-pulp comps of northern Ontario and wesi-ern Quebec. in nn effort to meet Canada's pledged of newsprint to the United tes.

A campaign is also being carried cn to increase the cut of fueiwood and it is considered likely some prisoners will be used inethsework.

asks fitavans non PEACE

LONDON, Aug. 8 —(CP\ —'I'he Swiss Radio refined today in a Vatican City d patch that Pope Pius XII hd asked the papal sec- retary of state. uigi Cardinal Maglionl. to arrange that publl rayers for peace be said in all

man Catholic Churches. The Broadcast was recorded by the As- sociated Press.

Canada ’s Merchant Seamen- - Take Air Gunnery Courses '

The course consists of a one-doll

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nehfitpgi-u-gismn» flctaeogl. mourns/in. high s-(orr-csn- with the scream “a planes fireball-s. ' “i, ‘t ldas merchant so ors are 80mg thrown in. These are used to teach ' back to school to iok u a bit o the student how to hit a fast mov-

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banter-hr e.“ wit‘ nrcne-nsrnairinrt ti.“ terns; at“ —-—- ' with m; Rpyg] can; tmrbavv the speed they attain in actual w, “£29m and- Dance, Tree anxous to give ovary typept de- flight and the students turn the 111i, n ‘Yr Allllllt 0th. 000d fenslva equipment available t0 U16 gunsighta on them once the get ' 0-1-21. expanding merchant fleet. more within range of the uns. 0 ficers arch.“ m mi- ’ A ‘more, or mare men Whig‘, say ‘its ti’: poorest, th ng lgCédBCbLlDI It m, w am Ill ram ul- a an emerge ecénuy wear are t rial canme irrtoié u; 1 _ ha.‘ lmmuvm swig‘ Iagnerythnsohrtjzzw 1h 00n- moire??? Eanngteil hsrrwsmbrfiy‘ EICIIEEII --e..... n"; "“"°""" "it mam";- c 4.; it“ "an: ::.:“t;":.ir.s n:- fl - I’ [III I r

“new” y piigaprbrfiia at . nu o diaents mistakes in aim. officers ex- hmglsil, North Itustlco Honda . The schools have real weapons plain ii you miss thc first time you '“‘" t" d‘ "M. M "was... tiititt. hi: :::°:r..t'.Y-.. films

—-- nes an a . ygghwilll balance started (two ‘anrrtailght how to use them and how to aim at aircraft from eyefl! M) Rock. Isghorn and how to repair them if they iam angle and how to do the most dam- chicks at day-old "w- while in use. Ohiog . ‘mu (Continued on page ll. Col 6)

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Italians And Nazis Confer

BIsItNE, Aug. 7—(Suturdayt —- (AP) — The new Ital lan Foreign Minister, Raffad- ole Onariglia, has mot Germ- im Foreign ltlinlstcr Ribbon- trop in northern Italy, a re- port from the Italian frontier aalrl early today.

The meeting suggested an- other rital turn in the obscure Italian politicnl-mllltnry situ- ation. but there were no im- mediate dctalls of the confer- ence here.

Weekly R. 0. Communique

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OTTAWA, Aug. 6 ,—(CP)— Can- adian Halifax and Wellington squadrons based on Britain partl- cipated during the past week two devastating raids on Hamburg nnd one on the industrial city of Remscheid lust south of the Rhur. while R.C.A F. fighter planes help- ed protect United States and R- A F. bombers on other raids and carried out numerous offensive 50mins in France, the Netherlands, nnd northwest Germany. _

This heavy program was describ- 9d in the weekly COIIIXIIUIIIquc issued >y nlr force headquarters on be- half of Air Marshal Harold (Gust Edwards. air officer commandinil- in-chief of the R.C A.F. overseas.

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‘ttiheral Elected

In Muskoka

UXBRIDG-E, Ont. Aug. 6- (CPi-Electlon of Frank Kelly, Muskoka-Ontario riding where he had a majority of 42 over JDhi‘i_ Gibson, Progressive Conservative with one small poll to report. Kol- lys election brought to l4 the nuin ber of Liberals elected in Wednes- day's Ontario election.

t leaves only one riding in which the issue is in doubt-Perth --where the Progressive Conserv- ative candidate, Fred Edwards, has n five-vote margin.

With one pol! to come Kelly has 4.835 votes in Muskoka-Ontario. Gibson has 4,202 and Gilbert Mills has 3.891. There are only about S5 voters in the poll which has not reported. ths returning officer. Norman Alexander. said.

See Reduction in“ World Wheat Crop

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6-— (AP)- The United States Agriculture De- partment said today that the 1043 world wheat production. excluding Soviet Russia and China. may be about l2 per cent below the 4.240.- 000.000 bushels estimated for 1042.

This prospective change in pro- duction reflects a large reduc ion In North America, offset only in small part by“ better prospects for Europe and dia.

of massed Russian guns B“! A"!!! victories at Orel and Belgorod, awakened echoes 0f events that

" stood before burning Mosco n wedn lt was reeling back westward to- r, dying of cold and ceaseless Russian attacks, a bro- the Captain who had led it to its doom. ntlmations that. Hitler's might its whole 1.8 -milo front from the Bal T: Asov is tot orlns. Ilorhaps already in Russian armies-and on oncoming thir

Russia beyond the Dnieper Ia swaying uncer- tainty. its Orel and Belgurod anchors lost. Bryansk and Kharkov are in grave are in oblvlous Jeoplard . Farther northward the Pakov gateway to Len- hlnd a trapped invader if Smolensk and Vitebsk

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

in Moscow, saluting the

that. hot

t-io to t dgeneral retreat before onrushing Russian winter that. could doom

danger. Smolensk and Vltebsk

< ll. A grim alternative confronts Hitler and his Generals if’ they "'1' ally ivrcnch command from his weakening not. necks from now. whether to sta

hand. They must decide HOW.

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Brvansk is already partially encompassed by the Rlllsluui If"!!! 1h" northeast. The Stalin order of the dav on it. clear that Bryansk is the Russian objcc vvaril ilrive in that sector. It referred Ito

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Gagliano Is Taken By American Troops

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, North Africa, Aug. 6 —-(APJ_ American forces have captured Gagliano, 22 miles inland, it was announced to- day. while British and Canadian troops are making “steady pro- gress" towards Aderno in a drive to block the enemy's western escape road around Mount Etna.

Fighting described as the "most savage" in the campaign raged at Troina on the central front where the United States 7th Anny as- saulted the main mountain fortress screening withdrawal of the Axis to a new line northeast of the big volcano. -

Gagiiano is southwest of Troina. behind a line from Troina to Re- galbuto. which Wfls captured by British and Canadian forces last Monday.

Americans on the north coast advanced two to three miles east, supported by naval and air bomb- ardments, said today's allied head- quarters communique. They were fighting about 50 miles from Mess- in

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British vanguards on the east. coast also were about 50 miles from that city. Other British 8th Army units were beating northwest nrnund Mount Etna, from Patcrno towards Adel-no.

The communique announced the

m Canadians and British in a central

zone are making "steady progress" towards Aderno astride the Mount Etna base road. Axis resistance here continued strong. Thus Ad-

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Says Peace Terms Not Satisfactory

MADRID, Aug. 6 -— (AP) — A Spanish correspondent reportetlto- night in the first Rome dispatch to reach Madrid in n. fortnight ihat Rome lind announced "the war con. tiiiuos” because "the adversaries of Italy did not present acceptable conditions for a cessation of host- fifties."

The correspondent, Julio Moron- es. of Efe, official Spanish foreign news agency. did not say whether the new government of Premier Marshal Pietro Badogllo had en- g" d in negotiations with the a es.

Rattlesnakes in Northern Ontario?

TORONTO, Aug. 6—(CP)—-Bm- ports of tlla appearance of rattle- snnkes in Northern Ontario were received hero today

A Toronto man who has had an island ncaar Pointe Au Barll in the Georgian Bay about 30 miles northwest of Parry Sound, for morg than 30 years. said he killed una of the reptiles with a hoe. It was two feet long and had iivc Rain of rnttlers and was the first

e had seen on tho island

Another report was received from a Toronto woman who said shc had stirred up a rattlesnake while beffypicklng along tho rocky Southwood Road near Torrance. 50 miles-southeast. of Pointe Au Barll. It was two feet long and had six rattles. she said.

Asked about the appearance of the snakes. DJ. Taylor. deputy Ontario Minister of Games and Fisheries. said "any rattlesnake in the Pout; Au Baril district would be a very rare one."

Whole German Front Russia Is Said Th

Nazis May Be Forced Back Behind Dneiper

Appointed Prices And Supply Representative

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Mr. Evyeil M. Nicholson, regional ufluc insiiugi-r tor tile Oil Con- LltilAUl‘ ul Cull-offal, has been ap- pointed HIICCS and Supply repre- sciiintire of the Wartime Prices anti ‘Tracie ldoard in Prince Edward Island, it was announced yester- day. l-Ic succeeds lion. George H. Barbour who rcrilgllul irons the [IUSILIUII in Mar lu nflilbpt the port folio 0i Min" oi‘ Public Works ulltl Highways in Premier Jones‘ cabinet. Since llien Mr. T.G. Ives carried on as acting Prices and Supply Representative.

Mr. Nicholson's appointment was mode in concurrence with G. . Cottrello, Oil Controller for Ca- nada. By arrangement he will con tinuc lis duties as Rcgional Di- rector. Gasoline Rationing for the Oil Controller, which is under the Munitions and Supply Department a scpiirutc department from the Prices Board that is under the jurisdiction of Finance Minister Ilsley.

The new Prices and Supply re- presentative has had an extensive business experience since starting with an oil compilliy Ltd. twenty- thret; years ago. Ho spent about eighteen years in tits, oil business and four years ago joined the wholesale establishment of Rog- ers and Arnett in Silmmerslde and became vice-prosidcnt of the com- pany. He wns conncdecl with this firm until Mny last when he dis- posed of his interest in the busi-

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Although born at North Wilt- shire. Mr. Nicholson has lived in Summerslde for the past twenty- three years.

New Invasion Blow imminent?

,__ LONDON. Aug. "l-(Saturdaw- (CPi-A lniit iliat a ncw invasion DIOW might be imminent came from the Algiers rnilio today in a warn- ing to the Algerian population that "great discretion is needed at a moment uhcn decisive lnilltury op- erations are tinting place."

Tile broadcast us recorded by the Ministry oi‘ Information con- t.iii\ie<i:-

“Each one must consider this elementary patriotic duty to re- frain from imprudent references to the armed forces. Offenders will bo prosecuted by military tribun- als."

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William I-‘. Frye Associated Prtss Staff Writer

“YASHINGTON, Aug. 6 — (AP) —'Ihe smashing of I-Ininbilrg, in the view of American exports, is the wni"'s first cxannple of the com- plete use of air poorer. nnd the pattern of thn, devastation to be extended to other German cities.

It was ilot, as has been silgqest- ed in enemy quarters. a "terror" operation. nor u-as it simply a ruth- loss laboratory lost.

On thc coiitiziuv. it was an at- tack on n prim:- mlllinry tarrzr the nest mid centre of German nub- mnrinc produfitiiiti-nnri fortuitous circumstances madc- it the first completely" silcccssful strategic bombing operation.

Hero, for ilio first time. daylight

precision lxinibinj: and fright bomb- ing wri-o tznzmcd to ixrfcciloti. with enough planes to kcep the opera-

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Stockholm reports 000 casualties were suffer

(A CBS correspondent at Borne, Switzerland, quoted the Nazi news- paper in Berne, Dos Volker. gs xe- porting a wave of strikes in Ger- war plants where "the workers re- fused to return to their benches even after they were offered addit- ional food rations , . The benches now have been occupied by troops of the Gestapo")

Mysterious References

During the last week Spanish cor- respondents in Berlin have all ended their dispatches with myster. ious references to news they could report if Nazi censorship permitted. For example. a dispatch to Inform- aclones in Madrid today ended: "Obliged by circumstances to limit ourselves to military events. we must leave for another day subjects by no mans less interesting."