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600,000 men. Against Soviets

',J127—(CP)— lost: v600,000 me in ‘ against Russia, t. Ia

m London, Sir Gerald [lll'(‘(IL(ll' general of tllu lllltllllllllOll Selivllif-‘S lll the sinus, llCClillYld here Slum"-

50 i; believed. in London that ltlcir-S are 1.000. men. he a, a press commence, 5 return to New York from ‘n. He had no information on scs nl Liermun and Russian

former British High to Canada, went to 2 and returned dur- fl-oln Montreal

the Atlantic. newspupermen British and lrtvps ill Britain there lot be l-ooln for American '. tile United States entered

‘d the States

.d l, AI will)

oo-operation of I with Brita-ill. l.ti the ct-ler warring c.0- l id said the Biltlsh rn CIICOIITREQd "bl! lllb ' \\' nl’ H8110’ 50PM"! - taming." ,1 t; baited (states entered the r "it \\'i‘.lll(l be tile nllvy and .ho z ‘forte that would give the eat- all) because the British land really, m entertain

Britain, he

m cat had the luck to fight ;bcc so they are ‘m; t0 p189 on: part. in defence o!

Tlgtllgllllcll she is invaded.

azi air force laids London

IDNDON. July 28-(Mondai')—- APTJIUQ Gcrnlan nir lorce ra. d- Tendon itxlay Ill apparent. re- l ‘n for tlic Royal Air Force on Berlin Friday 1112M. lag "dllllfi in at least. two dis- fllltl causing some danlage.

London's first air raid June 27 and the f.rst ‘-.\'I.ly that bomblM-‘l l-cpolted within the

sound of the raid- ‘ of anti-lfrcrafi L2lld0ll€fS have year

ml qlizct indicated that. com- -ly {cw planes were partic-

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RECRUITING NOVELTY

IDNDCN.“ (OP) -A Women's l _ Air Force recruiting std-- lint s a novel way of petting 1e- ‘ts. Prospective members put elr heads thronfzh n hole and n Ilécllrg inirrol" shows them lust ~- they will look in a uniform.

oming Events moi

Salli-cs In this column Il rvnls pcr word.

l: for

“Shrw llorell Tuesday. L-b37-7 -2B -2l.

“Shear-St. Peters Wednesday. L-lilfl- 1-28-21.

Nwflluen t.» buy Chicken. Eiowl l-llld Cola Storage L-‘zlll-‘l-B-lf.

Qmeservc Wlftllrcgy. August 6th - tat.- CLFVCIICIISlI Tea. L-lOBS-‘I-ZS-itli

"Diode. Lorne Valley Tuesday. v 20th. Webster's Orchestra. L-l057-7-20-2l.

"Rmrvc _ Wednesday. August ' k" lllcnlc at Trncndie. L-llm-TJG-fll.

"Rocular wceklv dance, St. James . Sulllmcrfleld, July 80th. Ding

" bill's Orchestra. L-87-7-MJV-tl

ll ‘New Auctioneer. Consult mo i" ill nccd of on auctioneer. . 5- Witill, Auctioneer, 233 Euston L-1041-7-l5-2i. u ii- ,_ amine to the dance smiley , l! Rink Wednesday, July 80 in ‘ 0f Red Cross.

L IIM-WU-Il u. -——~— ext. farmers’ convenience- sllvk Feed warehouse. Pit:- m "m open every Boturdly Q untll 9.80 until further no- ‘ L-107I-7-35Jl.

" ti‘.

, gfehcream and dance In O. M. y-"ellll. Vernon River, Wednes- ke bibs- July aotn. Music by 1 ‘mil Ines. Dancing 9,30 ‘m. ' L-llm.

"kmm Jorge-men. Frederic- s horn engulfed as official

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Breadolbane- n on district. Ditties com- ‘grxggk of Jullydzlltll. Truck- mmllt; Associgllgn? ' “Wm”:

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The People's Paper ‘(lovers Prince Edward. Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, JULY 2s, 1941

Germans ‘I080 “l Daring Italian Raid

Is Failure

Try torpedo and speed

boat attack on Island

Fortress; 17 tiny craft smashed.

LONDON. July 27 -(CP) —Qar. Ing young Italian Fascist; who sought to emulate the deed; o; the poet-lero D‘Annunzio with u tpr. pedo and spflod boat; attack on Brit- ain’; island fortress of Malta met with disaster and their expedition Probably was wllm out. with 17 tiny craft smashed, British authorities said today.

It W85 Jllit before 5 s. m. Sat- urday, said a. joint admiralty, war office and air mlnstry communique, when a squadron of ItallllnE-boats, armed apeedboats. was detected at:- temptlng to penetrate the harbol

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st valetta.

Five blew up or sank at once un der a. hall of fire from shore artil- lery before it was discovered that. these boats merely were covering smaller torpedo-carrying craft mien were breaking into the hu-

“Roports so for received indicate that the assault on the Iiarbor was “Wlmbted by eight small torpedo- carrylng craft, all 0g whim were destroyed by the defences," said the communique,

“The view that none of the as- saultlng forces survived to report l;

D589 7. C01 7)

Report Jap Move North

epends on how events shape up 1n East Asia.

Direction d

(JHUNGKING, July 2'1 - (AP) J Japan is making feverish propor- atlons for an opportunist move an‘ either of two directions, south into Thailand or northward into Rama's Slbbllfl. Operatives of the Chinese intelligence service reported today.

Meanwhile tins capital of we Central Chinese Government was under air raid alarm for five hours and 15 minutes today as more than 100 Japanese planes swarmed over Szecliwan province, bombing Cheng. tu and other points.

Close upon her moves to occupy air and naval bases in French halo- China Japan presented demands for Thailand to Join the Japanese “new order" in East Asia, a state- ment by the National Military Council, which made lublic the in- telligence reports s

At the some were said to have drafted . men into service between July ‘I and 1B_ and swelled (the forces In Manchoukuo and Korea. to l7 divis-

ions.

These forces are in position to no moved up to a new front in Siberia should the Japanese decide the course of the Gcrlnaal-Russlltn cun- Illct was favorable to an incursion.

In connection wltn the demands upon Thailand, It. wag said the Jap- anese were offering to obtain for her all of Lacs and Cambodia. ad- Jolnln provinces ill Indo-Chlno, if the T51R15 will co-operate.

Presumably, Japan is looking for advantageous air and naval stat-Ions In Thailand whence later attacks might be directed either agalnsz. Mala and Singapore or Burma and the llrma. Road. China's overland lifeline.

(Continued on page 3. Col b)

Lima reports Bloody battle

LIMA, Peru. July 27 -(AP) — Bloody repulse of 5.000 "invaders of our national territory" and cap- ture of three Ecuadorean outposts were reported Ilcre today as Peru delayed her official answer to o. tri- partlte request. for a halt in bor- der hostilities.

The foreign office sold ill hid not, yet replied definitely, but that It would after consulting the Presl- dcnt and other ministers concerned.

(Sumner Welles, under secretary of state, announced lll Washiflfliflll Saturday that Peru had agreed to set a definite time and ditto fol‘ ending of her hostilities with Ecua- dor.)

Stage reign of Terror for shooting

SHANGHAI, July 2'1 — ( -

Etlropeail and Jewish refugees and hundreds of Chinese civilians reported toda that. they had been monllandled Japanese marines durin a 12-hour "reign of terror" m t-hegl-langkew section fol- lowing the shooting of neg warrant officer.

e officer was killed In the Jap- unese-occu part of the interna- tional‘ ca Satuatxlrtlryn um- posed y a B89 Ill -

The Japanese searched lfongkew house by house ousting the occu- and forc ngu them‘ to stand all ht. lon In le ran filllftdl Elf all nationalities and sexes were roughly searched by Japanese marbles. who were moori- od also to have forced their way "l- Io Jewish refugee canlvfl- YW" Jewish girls. exhibiting blulse shins. said the marines k ckcd t-llz-ln. Japanese authorities claimed tho officer was attempting to holl- W0 suspected Chime terrorists whorl

a Japanese

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an May Or South

‘Reports Nazis Plan “painless” Peace offer

Preston Grover)

d Press staff Writer) ISTAN K13’. July 25 - (Delayedb-(APM-A etailod report that; Germany plans to partition European Russia when and if she coll ucrs the U. S. S. R., up .t,o the Ura Mountains divide and then offer n. “ ainless peace" to the Brit- sh Emp gained credence today in pro-British circles who said it came from an Axis diplomat.

The diplomutpnot. however. a representative of either Germany. Italy or Japan but rather from one of the satellites-was said to have outlined the broad scheme in a ori- vate conference with an allied of- ficial here.

The conference was said to have come during a stopover by the diu- lonult cnrouta home from his war- vacated post; at Moscow.

t Bye (Associo BUL,

(Continued on page ‘I. Col 8)

29 strikes in Canada in June

UITAWA, July 27 -— (GP)- Twenty-rllne strikes and lockout; involving 7.320 workers and time I055 of 38.143 man working days were recorded in Canada during ne, the Labor Department re- ported tonight.

This compared with 35 disputes involving 0.292 workers and time loss of 23.028 man working days in May. In June, 1940. time loss of 38.827 days was caused by l4 dis- putes involving 8.837 workers.

The department said chief dis- putes 1n June involved hosiery WOPRGTS and electric apparatus factory workers at Toronto. but- ton workers at Kitchener, Ont" coal miners at. Sydney Mines, N. 8., and loggers at. Cowlchon Lake. B. C.

International At . A Glance

By The Canadian Press

14 C

MOICOW-Rusuianl soy flormln offcnlivo weakening with Bell or- my counter attacking locllly along "gigantic and continuous Verdun; Red airmen nink flve 59"!!!" W!‘ sols, one submarine.

BERLIN - -D. N. B. olalml Nl-lll ore within l5 mllcl of Loll- Ingrsd and Moscow hard hit In ht.- eat nh- raid.

ISTANBUL- Turks hul- Ger- mlny plans to offer Brlhln "pain- loan peace" when and If Roach ll conquered.

CIIUNGKING - ham relwfloll undying opportunist move either southward into Thailand m- north- ward Into Russia llberh.

v10"? - German controlled rum press mm onmnalxn l" German-French military accord for defence of Dakar.

LONDON - Gerlnuu one lllbf

on them fined two mot:- Tb‘ apparently oncomi- 4

tul- nit! on undon-

lllopkins pledges.

Immediate Aid to Soviets

Lease-Lend C0-ordin- ator Sees Hitler Ca u g h t Between Two Hostile Camps.

By Ernest Agnew Asloclated Press S ff Writer

LONDON, July 27—(AP)—l-Iarry L. Hopkins. President Roosevelt's lease-lend co-ordlnator, tonight pledged all possible aid-“and ini- mediatelW-to Russia in her war with Germany and pictured Ger- manv as caught between two hoc- tile canlps supplied by the United States

He linked Russia and China in the same statement and said that the United States program of’ turn- ing out bombers for Britain Is "far advanced and Hitler will not be able to move his factories for enough to the east to escape their devastating pewter of destruction."

Hopkins, who is in Britain exam- ining defence needs. said the Prea- ident has instructed him to find ‘out exactly wtlat. Britain needed

. for her war effort.

"I have found out Ilhwt there are ' certain thingg which you need in order to fight this war for the de- mocracies." he said. "I am confl- dent America can supply them."

‘During the past several months airplanes now numbering in the thousands. made in American fac- tories, have been flown or shipped ILCYOSs the Atlallfic. These range from the largest bombers to the fastest. fighters. They are in com- bat now."

Hopkins said the United States had sent several hundred tanks. with more 0n the way. and had transferred ships. oil tankers and food supplies ‘and a thousand mis- cellaneous articles all important tn

(Continued ‘on page 7, Col 5)

Six Airmen Killed in Nfld.

HALIFAX, July 27 ~(CP) — Headquarters 0f the eastern air command announced tonight that six airmen were killed in (lie loss of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane in Newfoundland early yes- terday morning. Five of the men were Canadians and one was Eng- lish. '

The plane crashed near New- foundland airport while returning from a reconnaissance flight, the announcement said.

The crew members were:

Flt. Lt. M. E. Thomsett of Re- glnb; Po. W. H. Mather of Tom- bridge Wells. Kent. England; PO. A.G. Pratt of Winnipeg; Flt. Sgt. M. S. Hunt, of Calgary. Alta; Flt. Sgt. R. L. David of Flat Lands. N. B. alll AC. T. J. Crawford of To- ronto.

Mock battle Rages through Ruined London

BY Ross Munro Canldllln Press War Correspondent

LONDON. July 21 —(CP cable).- Charging through the ruins of the C11)’ of London and 1L; barricaded streets with fixed bayonets, tomrny guns. Bren guns and rifles. a con- trol Ontario regiment. in a roaring mimic battle, today captured p. vit- al telephone exchange held by the home guard on hour and five min- lites ahead of schedule.

In the first attack on the city by regular ormy troops, these can“- Ions of the first division-one of the infantry regiments to get to France a. year ago-carried out manoeuvres with dashing speed and daring no swamp the home guard with superior weapons, bren gun carriers. smoke screens and trench mortar firs.

Britain's civilian |oldiers gun-d- ing the general post office put up

(Continued on page ‘f, Col 0)

Gets contract for Iloating system

OTTAWA, July fl-lcPi-Award of l2 construction contracts totall- ing 81.818000 was announced to- night by the Munitions and Supply Department. ,

Contracts Excluded:

Alr Novl lion School. (Jhorlotta-

to . ill). ; nesting systems A - w“ Reid u Cambridge ' all

BEADS WOMEN S ARI

Recruiting will begin “almost. lin- mediately" for 1,500 girls and women for the new auxiliary to the Canadian army. Hon. J. L. Ralston, minister of national defence, an- nounces. These will be In addition to women wanted for the air force. the minister said. bllttrrn-in-Chiof Elizabeth Smellie (ABOVE), now head of the army nursln! services. will undertake supervision of the organization of women In the army The appointment of a. commandant. will be made noon, the said.

'. further clarification

Opposition to U. S. army plans Seen diminishing

WASHINGTON, July 27—(AP)— Opposition in the United States Senate to legislation extending tho service of draftees and other sol- diers appeared to be diminishing today in the light of wanliko de- velopments in the Far East.

Although some opponents made it clear that they would continue to. fight. the proposal relentlessly when the Senate takes It up, probably by Wednesday of this week, others who had been ex- pected to vote against it. said they were reserving decision pending of Japans

move into Indo-China.

Among these was n. Republican Senator, who, askln anonymity. told reporters that I it appeared that American possessions were threatened by the Japanese move he would reverse his position and support the bill. .

The Senate Military Committee voted approval Saturday 9-1 of a resolution ilmending the provis- ions of the selective service act to extend the tenure of all “persons

(Continued on page 7, Col 4)

Nazi ship fails To rnn blockade

LONDON. July 27 —(CP)— Th6 admiralty announced today ‘that the “German ship Erlagen which was attempting to run the blockade had been intercepted by our patrols In the South Atlantic ocean."

The Erlagen. BJOl-ton freighter which traded before the war be- tween ports tn the United states. Australia and Germany. slipped out of a Chilean port. last May l8 In an attempt to run the British bloc- kade wlth a cargo of coal and grain.

On June 3 the ship arrived at Mar Del Plato, Argentina, after having passed lrrough the straits of Magellan, and three weeks ‘at- er completed loading a 32.500001) cargo of linseed, tungsten, leather and wool.

Interpreting '

The War News

I Klrko L. Sllnpson Auoc ted Press Staff Writer

It is much too soon to con- clude that: Hitler‘; big” parade w the east has dofinl ly b08- ged down in mud and blood in western Russia. There can be no doubt, however, that Nut provliflnda slogan.

pl- l has

fired in its author's face. There was never much. war- rant for believing that. the Nazi him command Itself actually had set. such n time table. Distances involved were too vast. road and rail communi- cation); too meagre and diffi- cult; Rod army man-power too great and the traditional elan of the Russian people. fight- ing on their own soil. too well pl-oven In history for German army reallsts to have so mis- Judged the scope of their task. et German provpagondlsts haslzed that six-week schedule and as the last week

ust. on , ltwu

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minister ,

“session of the loco

RAF. Fighters Engage Nazis; Berlin bombed

Royal Air Force

today, during which its engaged a. formation of fighters. one of which was

missing.

Axis lost 95 planes on the western front and In the Middle East In the last lvcck, against Britain's loss of 75.

Last. night: for the since July i7 and the fourth since the all-out. bombing campaign be- can In June. the n. A. r. did not raid Germany. presumably be- cause of stormy weather.

But the growing inlportance of

(Continued on page 7, Co; 1;

Bank Teller is Shot accidentally

NEW RICHMOND, Que, July 27 —(CP)—-Gorclon Crow. Bank of

ure Count. town, was killed accl- as he was ban it to the junior, Joseph Calssy, to be placed ln the vaul. A coronersajury returned a. verdict of accident death.

Crow came here from Nova Scctla only 51X weeks ago. His body will be returned to his family there for burial.

Fourth trip 0f Prince Nova. ls canoefled

The fourth (late afternoon) daily trip of the Wood Islands-Carlboo ie'rry_hl\s had to be cancelled for the tulle being owing to lack of proper navigation aids on the Cari- boo side.

Capt. John Dicks. master of the Prince Nova ferry, lust, ilveek advisui his employers trle Nortllumbel-lancl Ferries Ltd., mt landing after day- light on the Oariboo side was dull- gerous without better buoy service in the channel. ,

Word to this effect was wlrcd on Saturday by the Conllpany to Otta- we. They received the follovrill re- ply: "No option but to discon inue oilrttl trip Caribou-Wood Islands

Cancellation of the fourth trip of the ferry will cause ZPQBI; inconven- ience to tourists at this time. The company has been making repre- sentations to this effect at. Ottawa several weeks, but has received no satisfactory reply. The last. trip of the ferry from Wood Islands now is at three o'clock.

On Saturday Mr. W. L, Higgins. secretary of the Charlottetown Board of Trade. received the fol- lowing reply from Ottawa in re- sponse to a Board of Trade tele- gram: "Instructions are being is

to Northumberland Ferries Ltd. to reserve s ace for trucks carrying pcrishabe mrgo. such space however to be allocated at discretion cf Northumberland Fier- ries Ltd. in such manner that other 0a s not unduly shut. out." (sign- ed . D. Wilgress. Deputy Minister.)

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Hamilton steel Workers threaten Strike today

N, July 27 -— (OP)- Steel workers organizing commit- tee officials announced today the local has voted unanimously to strike at. the National Steel Car Corporation unless a company f plesentatlva with power to nego- tiate and sign o. collective bargain- ing agreement has met a commit- tee of the union before 3 p. m. Monday.

Officials said the following tele- gram was sent Minister of Labor Mcutrty after a s hlai afternoon

ere:

membership meeting

Special S. W. O. 0-. Local Union 3852. to- day voted unanimously to strike. Same to be effective 3 p. m. Mon- day. July 28 instant. unless a rep. resentatlve empowered to liege- tlrtte and sign a collective bal- goinlng agreement on behalf of tho National Steel Car Corpol- ution and according to order-In- councll 2685 has met our commit- tce. Messrs. Millard, Dnlrymple, Dovvling. Garrison and Mclick by two p. m. on the some date."

The telegram was signed by John Dowllng, president and AI- bert Campbell. secretary, of the S. W. O. C. local.

MA NC H ESTER-IO?) North Midlands Regional Conlmls-

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ls» DECLARE BlITZKRIEG IS K

LONDON, July 27—(CP)-Tlle sent offensive patrols over the Straits of Dover fighters German shot down and several others severely damaged. One British fighter was