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Ia-ltll ls not belief in spite of evi- dence, but lite in scorn of con- seqllcllltfl

phnrlolhiowl Gun-Mu, Two Cone, uurallu Guardian. Founder] llIlI

U. PS. SENDS

0. S. tightens Control over Canal ports

CRISTOEBAL, Canal Zone. July 7 -(APJ - The commandant or Cristobal port put into effect today new regulations undel- which [hips will not be Permitted to clear or enter Cristobal and Balboa harbor; between the hours of sunset and sunrise.

Captain C. E. Com-y, U. s. navy_ in colrunand here, announced that the regulations, effective immediate- ly, would continue in effect throughout ilfe present emergency.

Cristobal and Balboa gre at the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean entrances, respectively, of the Pall- ama Canal.

COMMANDS BRIGADE Canada's mighty new contingent

I

or troops, thc largest sent to this war, scattered to ll score of Cana-

dian camps ill Ellllillllfl and Scot-

_0_ land. Bcrcted sold rs of the army

tank brigade, fir -uch outfit to

m“ h“ Nlluces l" ‘his 0011111111 be raised in Crnlada, streamed into 3439"‘! W!!!)fd- the tented camps where they will

shortly receive tanks and armored

' Reserve July 10th for picnic at Kelly's Cross. L-76—7-4-1ii.

"Sllow-»Malpeque Iulilrsday: i L-1ll4-7-8-2i.

"Show-Crapoud Tuesday. L-MB-‘LB-ll.

i "Show-Canoe Cove Friday L-164-7-n-2i.

vcllicics for their final lJfllSll-ilj] training. The brigade is colllrllallded by Brig. F. F. Worthington (ABOVE) who is living under can- vas with his men.

Says Country Divided if war

"Come to Rollo Bay Ten Party, Wednesday. Julv 16th L-i7l-7-8-iil

"Dance. Montague I 0.0.F. Hall, Wednesday, July 9. L-13l-7-7-2i.;

"Show and Dance. Bradalbane Wednesday. L-14ll-7-8-2i.

l “I-Iurlter River Stores closed l Wednesday afternoons during Julv and August. L-l70-7-B-li.

"Dance-Cardigan I-Iall ‘rlluls- day. July 10th. Webster's Orchestra. Refreshments. L-l50-7-8-li.

"Rebekalrs attention. Installa- . - tion of officers, Tuesday, July 8. PRFN§,';“SZLSQQQT_“§{,'§"7_,C,,, ‘"152- g-llarime llV§llll1RlPl‘hi\TIlCkf‘llZllt‘ King "Ice cream Festival and Dance $’.....‘.‘ X-tfa ‘l3§..°f?.'.'...“ll‘.’..i.‘.‘?f.§§ l“ Head °l Hlllsbcro Schml‘ mum‘ day that if war had conlo at the

Came in 1938

Premier King Discuss- es Conditions At Time Of Munich Crisis.

(By C. R. Blackburn. Canadian

Gal" July 10m" 1-‘449374911’ time oi‘ the lvlirnich conference. the _ ’ _ country would have divided on tile "Tea party, Cardigan. N15- 6' question of Canada's participation.

welcome to everybody. L-l77-7-8-3l.

"Ice Cream Social Mt Herbert W. I. July 10th on Factory grounds. L-l54-7-B-l0.

Ice Cream Social. in Clinton Hall, Tllursdnv. July 10th 1f not fine Friday. L-l55-7-B-ll.

"W. M. S. Festival, North Wll'- shire, Thursday. July 10th. L-l OJI-B-li

"Sunday School Picnic at Corn- wall, Julv 10th. Meals for visitors. L-l57-7-8-2i

"Ice Cream and Dance. Web- ster's Corner. Wednesday". Julv 9th.-

"I am sure even my own cabinet would have been divided.” the Prime Minister said. "Bu: had war come then my advice to the gov- (rnnlerlt. would llnve been what it uns u rear later ‘Wllfln war came- io stand at thc side of Britain."

The Primc Alnlister came back to Prince Albert last night after spending the wcckclld at Lake Waskeslir in Prince Albert Na- liorlnl Park. 70 nliles north of this city. He slept ill his private car and worked on the S]l"f‘Cll he will deliver tonight. at an open air 7.11.» fter tonight's meeting Mr. King w;l' leave by iruirl for Regina.

This nftcrrloon the Prime Min- ister drove to thc ncnrhv air ob- server‘ school and l‘ll‘lllf‘lll'.ll'_\' fly-

"Come to

Good nlusic, L-IUG-V-B-El. ‘ —-—-—— lng school operated as a part of "Wanted to our-Bola ta Cflillfi the Commonwealth Air Training

sud Veal Cnlvcs all graces. Phone pm“ urile for prices Island Cold ______.___... _._ .. "a - Storage C0 . Ltd. ti.

"Ice Cream ‘Social and Elmer-taill-

Tvazl SHIPPING CRIPPLED B Y R. A. F. RAIDS

l The Russians gave no indications

NI’ m”

The People's Paper

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

OI L MERE MAN °' * —-—- MERE MAN

. Read by Everybody

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA “TUESDAY, JULY s, 1941 s

srnonli nn

g ' Nazis, Finns Repalsed

In Leningrad Drive

Flgllfing rages unabated along wide front. i (By Henry Cnssldy, Associated Press Staff Writer)

Moscow: Jul! W-iTilfldfllfP-(Afl-The Russian army fought off attacks by German and Finnish troops menacing Leningrad, Russia's ""115 0|". While fighting raged unabated I! far south as the Ukraine. a Soviet communique announced early today.

The northern battle was in the area of Kakisamlml, 75 miles north "1 591111181111! on Lake laldoga. The Russians said they inflicted great losses on the invaders.

Another German-Finnish attack struck In the Kandalasksha sector l" "11 flllllurent effort to cut the railway from Murmansk to Leningrad. Kandalasksha ls 140 miles south of Murmandr on the Murmansk-Lenin- grad railway.

Despite fighting general on the‘ lill2€ battlefront. Moscow gave only the barest announcement of devel- opments in certain sectors.

Cermall attempts to cross the Dnicper River in the Bobruisk sec- tor failed. the Russian communique said. In the Moailev-Podolski area the Russians sold an enemy battal- ion had been annihilated.

The Germans are still trying to cross the western Dvirla River in the Polotsk area. the Russians said. while great battles are developing in the Lepel region.

City sells Queen's wharf

The premises known as the Queen's Wharf property, lately oc- cupied by C. Lyons 811d 9011108113.’. vras sold recently by private sale to

iii-y?""‘w§l-t‘1~55-“““@l=$i<i*53fn Germans and said that the“. Dlancs. Cgili dealers. The sale price was struck concentrated blows against s 000 cncrlrv mechanized units and Oper- aled successfully against his ail"- dromes.

In the Ostrov area Nazi armored divisions striking northeast were, held up. the Russians said. and in the Novoarad-Volynski area stub- born Red fighting delayed another Gcrrrlan mechanized force.

A stifling heat prevails over all the farflune battlefields.

This picture of German defeats. involving as broad a series of Bus-I sliun victories as has yet been claimed. was amompan bv implication

id _ _ I ' ................*"...r: tlrtflrraaiil Interpreting arm. the greatest weapon of his of-i

fellslvc. had become so weakened by By Kirke L Simpson)

The wharf was scheduled to be sold at public auction early last week but. although several bids ulere made on thc property, the reserve bid of $8.000. placed on it by the city, was not realized.

Later, however, A. Pickard and Company offered the full amount of the reserve bid and became the oumers of the wharf.

100,000 Canuoks Trained under Compulsory plan

Russian attrition that wooden and canvas dummy tanks are berm: used lo fill the zaps. sDicléltllrlllVt. stile! tRed pomimand ( rcnore a ove scou s. n all undisclosed area of the front. had (Associated Press Staff Writer) discovered that. of a single Nazi If Nazi pyopngnndjsts are cm» tnrlk column of 20 vehicles. only one mg; in swung gm; the Ggyman was of steel. The other. clotll-cov- schedule calls for smashing Rus- croci and mounted on caterpillars. Slilll defences in the west within were declared to have no weapons six weeks. ll- ls ObVlOUs that the save machine guns . next week or 10 days must see a A soviet observer said one of “crisis in the vast battle. these pseudo tanks "unexpected-v; More than a third o; the 511p- gnve in under the pressure of thc‘ Based mim- timc anounenp, w m; elbow of ‘an Officer W110 leaned armies has served orllv to bring against it ' the antagonists to grips in the centre of the Stalin line. Vague Nazi statements say the line has been "pierced" at several undis- closed points: and Nazi propa- ganda. llgeilcies have promptly translated the word "pier-ced” in- to "broken." Presumably it is on the road to Moscow and possibly also south of the Prlpct marshes in the Novozrad Volynsk area on the direct route to Kiev that the claimed German penetrations of the Stalin line have taken place. There is no llltliczltlon in either German or Russian recounts that Russia's major defence s stem from the Baltic to tie B Sea

OTTAWA, Julv 'l—(CP)-—'I'hc compulsory military training plan for young Canadians, brought into effect last year, has made available for the defence of Canada about 100.000 men who have undergone military trainin for 30 days or more. War Serv ces Department of- ficials said today.

has been reached esewhere. ex- cept in the extreme north in the Pskov-Ostrov sector. That t. at Leningrad from Esthonia is dangerous; but far less critical for the Red Armv than the Moscow

(Continued on page 3. C01 8) ‘mi. '- ‘-'. iii. glul alt Pcrcy Vlfitlb/Iurflosnokc Xlmle (wanuck Flier

L"“8'l'”"" (ileis D. F. (7.

"The amateur comedy club of Charlottetown will play BOn- LONDON, Jlllv '7~—(CPl—ActirllZ illflw. July 9th; Murray Harbour squadron Ixader" J R. ‘rllonuisflll 9ft July 16th. L438. Perth. Ont. attached to Royal Air] Force Squadron 13D. opuriltlllg in the Middle East. has been awarded the Distinguished I-‘lyrnll Cross. i was announced tonight. The Cross was awarded Thomp- son for his conduct ill lcadinlz a] rllght safclv to iis base without the

"Reserve Wednesday, July 9th for, entertainment by “Charlottetowni Arllureul" Comedy Club“ at Bonsrlalv: Hall. Proceeds for war purposes. l

L.81-'l-5-8.

sq “m”. ho s a; A1113“ every illd of navigational QQYlIlDIIIOIIL alter Thursday aftekilloon. Fri ay at Fl" "Wick °“l“1‘?°“"°k lftlc-ikbwyme Emerald until 11.30 A. M. A. C. The A“ Mnsuw n“ said

Grccn, Albany. o. c. Green. 1°11“ l" will“ h“ l“ " Enwmld ‘ it was the most thrilling air epi- ' sode of the war" and that the cha-

matio exploit occurred during an attack on a ling:- convoy West 0! Ilampedusa Isle tween Malta and Tunis.

The n fofime ginriliiitfliliftii;

. l X m f!

fndotill‘): siicstrgyiegrs Bombs from the leading aircraft destroyed an am- munition ship and damalled 111091161‘ merchantmzln. _

'I'he blast tossed Thomfwm! plane about like n kilo 111 B Wind storm and broke his navilffllllollfll apparatus. ' . .

‘ti ‘ f DI‘. R055 nhmvilil§r.“°itali'°u‘°¥trit>ioveo um the Federal government. is 1069M in Charlottetown.

“Women's Institute serving meals l-ealon Hall Montague, (Opposite Clark's store). day of races. Instead llféngroundlsl abse forlnerliyawdYouI Dat-

prec a . we w a" L-IDB-‘IJI-Dl.

meetin of the Eastern King's Board of ade will le held in the United Church l-lali, vfain Street, Souris, on Wednesday. llily l) at 8 p.m. L-132-7-7-2i.

"Garden Party. with summer-side 3irls Band. in aid of Queen's Call- ldllm Flmd at Mr and M11. R0l>91l lbbies. New Glasgow. Julv 0th. 8-30 ’ M. If not fine Wednesday will be teld ‘Thursday eveninat. 5'7

"Reserve ‘rhuradsv. July 10th 101' Vest Rovaltv Ice Cream lllestlval. linrw and Dance to be held in Joe- bh ourrevll field on highwnv- In

0i’ Red Cross work. If stormy allowing night. L-iS-T-S-l-IO

"Brookfield Presbyterian Church lemctery Committee will hold the" lual Woo-k B€e at the Brookflclrl

"The annual

One Drowned, Two Have Narrow Escape

SYDNEY. N. 8.. July 7—(CP)— Two men had narrow escapes from death. it was learned today. when Elliot Fraser. 40. of Sydney was drowned Sunday in thc capsizlng of a motorboat at St. Fsnrll 011 I1 ake

"lllvlvrv Wr-drlcsdav Bllflrmm‘

runl 1-45 P. M. A large turnout is 0 lllllcs from here.

Puuvsted. Blurred Charles Mc- John McAfee. conunvrclal travel-

ulli. 1.-i59-7- -1l- ler from Monctoll. N .. and George M. Boyd of Sydney. neither

of whom could swim. clung t0 the overturned craft for half an hour and finally managed to work It into shore after Fraser had slink while swimmind shoreward for help.

"Lost but Rrealrst picnic of i119 ‘uson nt Palmer Road Church on Vc-drlcsdny, August 20th. Hot meals ‘Wed all day. Meat dinners slid ‘Pall flsh dinners excellently pre- md. Games. refreshment b00918- h on» flann- L-ooe-l-fl-o-ll-

moo-amazon:

d rut.

The three had lefthligre Sunday iggaedmt-he capture gfoDemir Kapou,

Answering an inquiry by The Canadian Press, department offi- cials said "a gratify ng number" of these young men had enlisted in A the active army, navy or air force, and the others were available to be called out for service and duty ullder the regulations of the De- purtment of National Defence.

It was impossblle to state thc number of men given compulsory training who now were in the active army, as this would require a check ' of the attestation form of every man in the active forces. offiflll said.

iAttaok main Defence oi‘ Lebanese Capital

and Kiev drives in the centre. Russian defences on the Baltic

(Continued on page S, Col 6)

ll. S. Coast Patrol Plane ls Missing

WASHINGTON. July 7—(AP)-— The United States navy depart- ment announced today that a plane of thc northeastern Atlantic coast patrol has been missing since July 3 with two officers and five enlist- ed men aboard.

The "Que. n PBY-S. was pilot- ed by Ensign Robert H. McKown of the nmal reserve and Ensign Jol- eph C. Paskell, naval reservist.

Contact with the plane was last established the afternoon 0f July 3, the navy said. wllilel tgllle: hrzlaliltt;

- was on a rou ne pa ro g {,',§‘,°",‘§§,ym§§.‘,‘f,‘.§, 1Z§f.§‘"§,‘1,§1",'§§ tiletnortheast coast of the United . s a es.

3.05:1?’ Aifflfklnlflcfi’ ‘$316525! 11);- Since that time, it was added. ex- fore ‘the Lebanese capital o! Bei- LGTNiVO naval search has been con- ducted by both surface vessels and aircraft o1’ the Atlantic fleet, and in‘; search "is still being contin- ue ."

CAIRO, July 'l—(CPl—Australian

Under cover of aerial and naval bombardment Australian troops were reported in eyewitness dis- patches to be slipping from rock to

n

VAL EDRCES

British Deelare Pounding begins |ce|am| Move To “soften” _wide Important Event Area on Continent

Enemy Forced To Move First Line Of Defence Back From French Coast.

LONDON. Jluly 'l-(CP)—Estub—[ lishment of United States forces on. Iceland won enthusiastic approval m .- London tonight. an authoritative‘ source sayirlz “it relieves us of commitments" in that quarter. i

There was no immediate nuthori-, tative elaboration 0f that. statement.’ but qualified observers attached inl-g portance to the fact. that I<"('lflil(l ls

(By'_D0llgIas Amaron. Crlna. dnrn Press Stuff Writer) LONDON. July li——('l'ucgdfly)

$5.3‘. '.§’.¥333.2..§.‘2;Z. ..‘3"<'§é£‘.f....".‘°°“““‘3 “Pl-BI-"el-rs “w umb- One observer said the lbllrl0d~ "s “or” blaslmg "a" "fl? scams move mid“ mean nth“? today at northern France llftcr

v ‘ . m es ‘mp. tlvo daring (layllgllt attacks nliixdtlfltllihgralfjlznkighimiriinu tic-l lllondill" "ml l‘ 9011111919111 "l1- YWPPII the home country and Ice? Terlilcr ‘lwiqrcld llilmlrlllws‘; N"; land." sr- estin that as a result‘ C" f“ ""15 1-1 5" Pm‘! all norllorle frlglllf‘. “British fleet wouldi ‘lf-‘fellces Y" P05551118 British be freed for use elsewhere. lnvfl-‘lllll 1011i“-

Unitnd Slnlre. planes operating! ficnlnzln shipping off the from Iceland. Greenland. Newfollnd-l French and Netherlands coasts land and Bermuda now are in at also was nilnrtkcd Monday and position to blanket the cnilre Norrll; ral-ly this morning. Great ex- Atlantlc shipping roilte cvcrl up to pitmnns would he llcarrl from géqflgh ports. some go-urces rgrnurk- illv direction m‘ (‘irlals and Bou-

. .' logrlc. llcavy rlnli-aircruft fire

Air’ patrols operating from Ice? could be seen in the latter area, *- - e r rc. ' . . -

. vision northward toward Calais. 4 bombers frequc-ntlv attack sllippulu. t“... “mm, bomb bums as well as the routes which Gcrnlan Show‘ ‘he English side m. the warship: (would bc force-i to follow rlmnmi in anv attempt to elude thc British German midi,“ were reported

fleet. observers S'l‘.(l y‘ . r . , . Trev recalled m“ the Gemmytlillbiil‘ ‘$33.’; F;ll-‘t.‘..“.§‘éi..“§.§§§.“.’..i”f ualtles were caused.

The Rova! Air Force has attack- ‘ed German communications over a lurcat. area at least 750 miles long from Kicl. Germany. to the west- ern ilp of France at Brest.

The continuing attacks, this ob- server said. not only are smoothing the path in case Britain decides to send expeditionary forces but are destroying facilities Germany would require for an invasion of Britain,

The British air, blows. continual sirlcc Juno ll. now are inlplement- eral secretary of the Canadian ed in’ hllhfl of plant's 01111.1’ 11ml Fisheries Association. announced ‘by 00W S" » Flwflfll 41790-001100

(Continued on page 6. Col 2)

Canadian Fisheries Assn. meets Aug. 2

SAINT JOHN. N. B. July 7 - rCPl-R. W. Gould. Montreal, gen-

MAXIMB A

Gwdnm ls not merel b t‘f l t b, m the most beauyiifulaililin-li

Annnnl Subscription Delivered, “.00 B! lull: P I. L. M-Ofll Canada and U. B. 00.00

T0 ICELAN

l/Vill Take Uver Defence 0f Vital Island Country

Britain, Canada, and other American Countries

informed of development.

(Bfivv ‘ljllllilfll R. Spear, ASSOClEIlUd Press Staff Writer) ,A . ,. v1 . , .- _ _ _ _ mo‘ “l\h5HLlY1\_(1l0-\. Jul} 1——(AI')—ln a swift, hisiorld

' ye. e oiled Slates landed. naval forces in Iceland in. day, and President Roosevelt directed the Atlantic fleet to keep the vast stretch of ocean between the strategic island and the lulled Slates “free 0f all hostile zlctiviiv or threat thereof." '

l ‘I3 a special message to Congress. the President dil- c ose that the naval forces are taking over from Britain the task of guarding the North Atlantic nation, which was a sister kingdom of Denmark until the Nazis seized tho latter country.

I . .-

lile President told Congress that he had ordered tho navy to take all necessary step; “to insure the safety of .conlmurlications in the approaches betlvecn Iceland and the

United Slates, {is well as on the seas between the United States and all other strategic outposts." such as the Ameri- can bases in 'l‘rinidzld or British Guiana.

The occupation of Iceland pro- ""“>"“> ~ ~ videg the United states with Lni armed outpost within 700 miles of .' the Britslh Isles and defies Ger-. man_v's designation of the area as ll \\'fll‘ Z0110.

Mr. Roosvvclt told Congress that “forces of the United States navy have today arrived in Iceland ill ' order to supplerrljerltbailrii fil/Bffltllfliiy i ____

to rcp ace, t e rts orces"‘ Ur].

which moved in there in May,_1940, fmoughAglfi Niililéiafwggaaalexfi 2° a???“ the Gems“! 5mm“? a [Department asked women to (vital-l-

00*“ z v v . hold their applications to join aux- Icgglrllgdignmligoqlaioag‘)aqgilgfig luaiy services until or animation

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Offer to joln Auxiliary Services

here tonight thc Assorratiorlfl’. an- brunbs of amost unbelievable dc- nual meeting will be nerd Aug. 23. sll-uctrvc PFHYPY- 24 and 25 at Charllcook. N B. . ._

_ \ t ~ i‘ b h’ W’ 7 V _ if’ V.’ l‘ V‘ V’ i’ mailing’ ogbigfnlglgcligxcih d d; (Continued on pane 6. Col 3) mestlc cczlsulnption of fish in ‘ P‘ "'“"‘_‘"'*“

place ). ha’? n and other p""k nrr- ducts‘ n9 551d. consumption of "sh in Canada had increased "out lllf to 27 po ".1; in capifia ‘P541111 l?!‘ i last. lcll yrar:

An effort wil‘ be made to intro- duce fish into the rations of Can- adian soldiers overseas. and the meeting will discuss the po<<lbil‘tv of exporting more fi=ll to thc nld country. stated lvlr. Gould.

Col J. W. Nicholle. Prince Rho- ert. B. C. i= the retiring presirlull of the association.

International a At A Glance

(Canadian Press) \VASHTNG'YON -Roosevclt ord- ers Ulliictl Stairs navy tn occupy lei-land. protect waters bcilvccn that island and United States.

LONDON-Britain welcomes Un- itod States move in Iceland; nug- gl-sts it may free portions of Royal Navy for use elsewhere.

Sinolair llome At Springfield lDestroyed by fire

“OSCOW-Jtusslan army fight: of! German-Finnish attacks alm-

ell at Leningrad; Nazi attempts to cross Dnlepcr river in vital central d front fall.

BERLIN-Nazi propaganda mag l-hlne claims (lcrmzln forces pone-t irafed stalin lino at several points.

LONDON-Iieavy R. A. F. bomb- r-rs blast northern Franco in night raid; Nazi shipping off French und Netherlands coasts crippled in day- light attacks.

A dwelling house at Springfield owned and occupied by senator John E. Sinclair was destroyed by fire about noon yesterday. Tile blaze is believed to have orluirlat- ed ‘rom a spark from thc chimney in a nearby building “here fced for farm animals was being cooked. The fire had made considerable neadlvay 0n the roof ofthe dwelling before it was discovered. A strong wind fanned the flames.

Neighbors hurried to assist but by that lime efforts to save the building with a bucket. brigade were considered useless and all work was concentrated on removing lhe fur- niture. Practically all rnovcablcs on the ground floor and nlucll of the fumlture and other articles were removed. .

The dwelling was cortlparativcly new. It was built about 15 years ago, The loss was estimated unof- ficially in excess of $2 000. lulfllflllfv’ covered by insurance.

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

JULY ll. 1916—F‘rench advance captured l-Tardecourt; Frcndn bar-

QUITO - Uneasy penn- settles over Ecuador-Peru border after sharp but small-scale lvcck-end

fighting. (.‘ll[ll\'(l‘|KI‘.\‘(i— Chinese capital heavily homlu-rl on fourth anniver-

sary of Slim-Japanese war.