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BRITISH DRIVE DEEP INTO NAZI DEF E_I§I CES

5,250,000 In P. E. I. Bonds sold In Montreal

mom-nun. Au- 8 - (C!) - us" .°*""" tat; u h u syn “u” com anyrflhad h ed 5 Y I n“ Agar-d, Island 12-year three rel‘ mt bonds dated AII- l. 19“- The syndicate Includes Eust- Securitlel. Dominion Secur- m! and Wood Guudy and Com-

pny.

llezis Try Still Another Weapon

._

‘PHI BRITISH FRONT IN o" (AP) - A

CE, Aug. I srman attempt to eXDiflii I MW aerial weapon - a. pilotless pick-s- bsck bomber crammed with high explosives -- ended in a spectacu- lar but harmless crash into the us off s. British beuchhead, It is

_ and was shot gown by an R. . I". fighter sev- eral nights ago.

"1t made a colossal splash bu my. all," said Capt. R. c. Lew-

,who witnessed the end of the

ber from his beech anti-air- craft post.

This was the first reported use of the weapon and apparently hes not been repeated. R. A. F. lots said it made it “beautiful target."

disclosed. I The crewless

ll. Z. Veterans Five. Miles From Florence

1 -——- a IOIII, Aug. 2 — (AP) — New Iceland veterans of the North African campaign have bludgeon- ed their way to within less than five miles of Florence from the southwest, capturing a command- ing ridge from which they looked idown today upon the spires and towers of the ancient city.

(A Berlin broadcast report of ‘hlesday that German troops had evacuated Pisa in order to save

leaning tower and other monu- ments from destruction remained unconfirmed by the Allies. The 081mm high command communi- que said Allied artillery had fired upon both Florence and the Pisa tower and claimed that the tower us damaged.)

BUMING EVENTS

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"shw-Qraoaud Thilrbdflflé z a

"Show. Mt. Stewart, Satutday. lhow 8 and l0 P. M. B-3-3i

"Unloading Aibi n Nut Coal at ifllion. a. c. Wgbstfil‘. 8-3-21. took Binder

Twine, Arsenate Lime and Oil Dillon do Spiliett. B-i-4i.

m"Now in 3 llest C.“ onc.

"Annual Picnic St John's Ch h, - ' . Ax; gmFlubflud. wedugegtayi, "Dance in New Perth Hall “W. August it " wit... "“ “E5525

"IN Cream and Dance. Mount "m" School. rridey. Animist mi.

8-4-11. “Pence. m... n u u» at, “with August 8rd. IW-iiillfiiiw mmw- a-a-io.

"cimeciillk hogs sows includ- el at Albiin and km raid a ids ‘iii! week. C. Grceen, Iimgrirlcig

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King George Visits iiassino Inspects Which

Maj. W. W. Reid Is 2nd. In Command.

OABBINQ. Ital > Aug. i. - (AP)

warm". ‘riot-orat- vi - sy our o y y — viii‘; ‘without Muse throukh the

scene of com lete devastation which marks tis famous battle ground.

Gen. Alexander. Allied commun- dexr in Italyhwho has zeendurt: Krig's cons n oomDH-u Xi the tri , overruled the monarch desire or a close inspection Yum!’- day of what probably will stand as thg most shattered town in this war. An advance party removed 13 German mines from a small area where it had been planned that the King would stand to view the battleground. A demolition charge went off on a hillside above the town about 400 yards in front of the Kinks W"? as the motor column cilmlwhed Cassino. Although thousands of mines h!" been removed, the whole area still is dangerous and the Kills W" b4‘ vised not to leave hi‘; car. A 1'04-

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£‘3l*fi.‘.i“...i’.¥‘“. "'.“"}".....i§.‘l‘. 5.22232 o: two British mresponderit-r who were killed here. During hi; visit to the l‘ soldiers in Italy. the King impell- wd an Irish Regiment whose second in command is Mal- J- W- w- neid or Charlottetown. The Canadian Infantry C91‘?! 35nd under Bandmaster Alex G- O'Connor of New Glasgow. N. 5-- played martial airs durlnK the RW- a1 Inspectio

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Bracken To Run In Manitoba

OTTAWA. Aw. 2-(C~P)—John Bracken. Progrmsive Conservative national leader. tends m run in a Manitoba constitutericy in the federal general election Sena-tor John l-iaig. acting leader of the party in the Senate, said w- duy in the Senate. been considerable speculation as to where Mr. Brac- ken would seek nomination and it had been suggested it might be in his native county of Leeds, Ont.

Senator I-iaig it close friend of the national leader, however said he was definite “John Bracken W111 run in the west, in the province in wthlch he has spent most of his

e3.

Ho added Mr. Bracken would campaign for s. fair deal for farm- ers who had never been able ‘to get their share 0f the national in- come."

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Vice-Regal Party To Visit Maritime:

orrAwA. Aua- 2 - (o?) —Tha Governor-General and Princess Alice have left for a tour of Lab- rador and the Maritime Prov- inces, it was announced today from Government House.

The tri , which will take them t0 naval an air force stations on the east coast, was described as quite D informal" and precedes their an- nual visit at the Citadel st Que- bec City, gimme; residence of tbs

vernor- enera . ciaimii.“ from “begin? B s a . ey ew Rockcliffe airport to Chstham. N. 3., where they will inspect No. l0 Air Observers School, RCA-IE. lllii then fly on to Goose Bey. 1'85"‘ dor. to be sue ts of the R-C-A-F- station there. Tomorrow they will H vim, m, _flrgmrcll Labrador Mis- sion at North West River.

Friday noon the party will l" rive at Sydney, N. 5-. Will" ii" Govemor-General and Print!!!‘ t“ flit ‘it’ elliiihi"iisi til

rs. . . . . visit u. M. o. s. Protector. we! Canadian Naval bus.

e1 tri to uebec where they be”: residence st the Citadel un- til mid-September.

FISHING SOIIOONII IDS’!

otrrawita . I - (OP) — J. J. Kinley, Llbgrisl member for the

r in Nova Sootia said tn- ° dsy in Commons While lull- orting fish floor Price legislation. hat two fishing schooners WIN run down by convoys during thil ‘war and members of their crews on

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men whom he said, had gone bre- vely to sea during the war in shins that were "sittin ducks." "Pbrtunetely," e added. "none of them were victims of U-boets."

Wur community for true ing m“ 8-3-21

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Ilieppe Regiment In Heavy Fighting

or‘ CAEN, ransom Aua- t -—<¢P Cablte)” Tiaseanada s digits of the tough righting alvns this narrow 1°“ two weeks.

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three et-r of the Mlgitfell tramwaya would halt shortly after midnight tonight.

t. uette cams shcrtlv after a He was ravine tribute to fllhtf- iron. Ottawa indicated inn

minute eff Labor rn had I . ficials who had with Labor Miinstei" Mitchel re- tinned

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CHARIUFFETO

I! Kirh L. lhupsou, Aseoclctehl Press War Analyst

Polfloul Iveulu on the hr cud: of the luIlln-lhsttered Nani east front go hr to sustain authoritative hints in London that total German colllplc in Europe may be closer than s war-weary world yet even dares

north u. Russian break-through to the Baltic south of Riga, Latvia and Estonia off from their last , eliminated doubt that the political overturn in Finland menus her impending exit from the war.

In the south Turkey broke relations with Berlin to verge toward full participation In the anti-Nari war fellowship. dangerously exposed, and the probable next lions to give way in the fest crumbling Nazi European Axis arch. ls the war moves into the Balkans possibly from the east and west simultaneously.

There is ample evidence that further implementation of fire Russian- ’! Allied military commitments reached at Teheren and closely keyed to Turkish and Bulgarian political developments may be clone at hand.

That the ‘Ieherun strategic conception now sealed by Integrated act- ion on fur separated fronts east, south and west ls still incomplete is lxlomutic. It is straining German ability to find men and equipment to

hope. In

cutting ole German armies in

land escape routes, v‘ ‘

avert crushing and decisive ‘ ‘ ‘

addition of n. Balkan campaign and even s. new incursion from the south would stretch Nazi lines anew. thin them to the breaking point under the mounting weight of multiple Allied assaults.

The move lcft Bulgaria

on all three far separated fronts. The

Important Resolutions Adopted At Convention Of The Canadian Legion

Local Man Was One 0f liing’s Bodyguard

By Bill Boss

WITH THE CANADIAN CORPS IN ITALY. A": 2 — (GP Cable) — Short s ots o! the King's visit to the Canad- ians In Italy Mondayi

While conducting luncheon music bandmusier Alex O'Con- nor of New Glasgow, N. 8., rec- eived e request from the Kin: for the troops‘ favourite song. "Lily Marlene,” and said 11c was unable to comply became he hadn't the music handy.

Ills MAJ“

nadiarls. including: Sgt. . . Meghnald of Charlottetown, P.

ROSS MUNRO WITHBTIIHE CANADIANS SOUTH

Dieppe Re I- bome the ma or

sector in the

These seven infantry bill-mum‘ enadiun

actions 11881115‘

units. which

of these

Names

on the icppe beaches AuB- 19- 1942- have

Infantry and the (Royal Hishland ontreal. whose 9"’ ' "Pepi" ed to be disclosed yes er a. Regiments previ-

Other DiePN m. fighting

lack Walk

( ii t b "“"“°°§§i'tuwtl§§mi:°§m.i§a Ho h?

South Saskatchewan WgybI-lffl. Bulk» L" Mont-Royal Montreal. m; Scottish Regiment.

egiment.

ht the Canadian

that-hood oimrsily/av euglltayrli; u .

'0 ike sndnihat service

The announcement by Mr. Mar- report t lost by t- ent officla to settle the dispute

Company and un on of- been comerrlng

A year of great activlt on the part of the Provincial ommand of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., was reviewed in reports presented by President N. W. Lowther and G. E. Sherren, district supervisor of Legion war Services. at the an- nual convention of the Command heldin the Legion Home yester- day. The convention closed with an enjoyable banquet last night at The Charlottetown. '

Mr. A. B Clark was elected president for the ensuing year, along with the following slate of officers: Messrs. .1. s. Walker, vice-President; E. M. Bagnall. chairman; J. C. Hogan. vice-chair- man; T. E. MacNutt, Chaplain; N. W. Lowther. Dominion representa- tive; T. B. Rogers. Honorary Trea- surer; Leo Bradley, Charlottetown representative; A. H. Corney, Sum- merslde representative; W. L. De- laney, Kensington representative;

WN. CANADA, THURSDAY, AUG

American Push Into Brittany Rolling Ahead

SUPREME HEAD- QUARTERS. All!- 2-—-(ClP)-'l‘he British kid army drove deer: into German central defences in Normandy today while American troops on the Allied right wing punched their way into t e Breton Denlnsula.

American armor was apeedink toward RBIIXXQS. Cathedral City and communiwtlons luub halfway a- cross Brittany, and its fall appeared iénminent. Sirnéllttalsfitittisly Lt.-

en. Dempee ‘s ri ' orcee cap- tured . i4 miles south of the Jump-off point of Cauimont, and rcac ed VLre, road centre through which German units caug-ht be- tween the British-American pincers mustt withdraw to escape entrap- men .

Canadian troops who have been hammering at f‘ rmari defences south of Caen were spurred on to- day by an official statement that l9 of their comrades had been shot in cold blood bv members of the German 12th SS. Panzer division.

Cold mry seemed to be the gen- eral reaction as the statement was posted on orderly room notice boards throughout the Canadian sector. but the troops were told not to permit their anger to express it- self in retaliation in kind

The Canadians have been hitting doggedly at Tilly La, one of the obstacles to open coun- try ideal for tank fighting, but so far have been unab to shatter the Gemmn defence.

Legion Speaker Stresses Grave Need For llnity

That Canada, if she is to en- dure, must remain united was the theme of an eloquent address de- livered last night at the Canadian Legion banquet in The Charlotte- town by Professor C. B. Lumsden of Acadia University.

and V. K. Sanderson, representa- tive from Eldon.

Following the policy inaugurated by the Dominion Convention, a veteran of the present war, J. C. Hogan. was appointed one of the. afficers in the Provincial Execu-i

ve.

At noon yesterday the members. preceded bv the C. A (B) T. C. band, paraded to the soldiers’ monument at the foot of which a wreath was placed by Presldent' Lowther. A minute's silence was observed, then the Last Post and Reveillie were sounded.

A feature of the convention was the large number of resolutions discussed and adopted on a wide variety of subjects of interest to the service forces and their de- pendents. The resolutions follow:

RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions were» adopted: l

The Prince Edward Island Corn-q mand of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League in convention assembled respect-l fully desires to assure their Ma-' Jesties, the King and Queen, of the continued loyalty and devotion of it; members.

“rminteawhmivicnia:

Recommend More Money For Ottawa

AWA.

GIT AUX. 3--(CiP —~Th Joint Senate - Commons ) e

or:

on oins between the city Ottawa and the federal Government recommended todav ha the gov- c

ernsnent payment to the city should k be increased from $100,000 to $300.- 000 annually for_ the next five

“um us report t bled 0 . a in the Senate and no the committee also dnmded "Iotntm. gov ibilit t lslume . res ns " with the city for immedig/‘to capitiai ewbendltures for services h as

FLO

to Montreal by plane.

flows. fined to the order of Jacques Car- t er. the province but it is not confined to that [elements are at work in other

pnrts of

Front Gontiues

3rd White within eight miles of east Prussizrsi nre-l939 border today in the fore- most cf twin drives aimed at the heart of the junkers homeland

thundering front tightened siege of riupie annihilation drive against ipnosslbly 300.000 Germans

a new offensiv Krvalklovr, Poland's second city.

mand rushed of east Prussian border mne all the re- inforcements it could o

was the scene of u confused trains were busv man troosle. whll

major liheakth sfa at one or more of the threatened

ints. crate_r._ his conduct

BIO§$0

CANADA

"Canada is growing up," said the speaker, “she is getting to be a nation; she has made great con- tributions in two world wars: and today she is assuming world sig-

UST 3, 1944 8

LONDON, Aug. 2 _ review of the war today that

With caution tempering

Of the,1'ev0lt of the

Speaking for an hour and 4O minutes before a House of Com- mons which laughed frequently at typical Churchillian barbs, the} Prime Minister declared that hei had "upon the whole n good re-| port to make to the House this afternoon."

Mr. Churchill made special ref- erence to the situation in the Pacific where recent victories are "opening to us the prospect of a more-much more-speedy climax in the war with Japan."

"In the air and on the ocean and on the seas we can maintain our- selves,” the Prime Minister said, "but there was no force in the world which could have been cal- led into being, except after ‘sev- eral more years. that would have been able to maul and break the German army and subject it to such a terrible slaughter and manhandling as has fallen upon the Germans by the Russian Soviet armies.

"I salute Marshal Stalin (cheers) thatigreat champion of his corin- try, and I firmly believe that our 20-years treaty with Russia will prove to be one of the most last-

ing and durable factors preserving peace. order and progress in Europe."

Robot Bomb Casualties

Mr. Churchill's speech was pre- luded ‘by the arrival of more fly- ing bombs from across the chan- nel during the night, but he add- ed that while tlie Nazis flung 4,500 tons of robots into London and Southern England between

(Associated Press (AP)

bound to deny that victory may

——-_-_-____ B)’ WADE WERNER

— Prime Min isier Churchil

Qp-timistic Review OF Conflict Given

00-00; other Pmvlnua Q IJJ, p0,; IBM

Staff Writer)

I declared In a comprehensive

“I fear greatly of raising false hopes, but I no longer feel

come perhaps soon.”

his o timism, , ' the Allied beachhead in France Bseems lo Mlie (ielilrlilrftfrititlu was “tearing the guts out of the German army”, and defeat of Hitler and the defeat of Japan will be shorter- than I had at one time supposed.”

Tile will‘. ile Said. “iillllfoaches perhaps its closing stage." army generals in Germany, as may be these manifestations of internal of these days, it is not in them that we should put our fr" and the justice of our cause.”

Mr.

ely good,” that

said that the latest news from that the Red Army “the interval between the perhaps much shorter -

Churchill said that “potent

disease, decisive as even they may be one

st, but in our own strong arm

Gnr. Joseph Gallant Killed In ‘Action

Gtilrv-u Joseph Gallant. son d: M;

811d lottetown was killed France on July 28, his

had been ove s th It was beliévgiisheige years’ mation available the,

soldier had t the

6Y8

Gallant was in England heard from while Sgt.

lant is stationed at Mulgrave, N, S. Another brother, Gallant, '

Arsenault in Ch 1 ~ girl; . IArnOld Ellswdigtiittoefugtr.‘

June 15 and July 31. Allied airmen y in the same period dropped 48,-g 000 tons on Germany-micro than; l0 times as much, and accuratelyi aimed.

nificance in the economic sphere."

"But will she remain united?" Professor Lumsden asked. "Already there is strong dlssenslon in .1 certain province through whose soil the mighty St. Lawrence This dissension is not con-

It is rampant throughout

province alone. Subversive

on m. e51.‘ s)"

Nazi Retreat 0n Eastern

DON. Alli.

2—(AP)-— The . Russian

anny thrust‘

Other Soviet armies on the long their Warsaw, pushed a quad-

lsolatedi Estonia. and Latvia. and launched e in the south toward ile the German ltlg

h com- to the '

threatened

w tches said that old lun- ers breeding-ground of war-makers gigantic and exodus. Th moving up Ger- e fleeing women

civilian

ro

ew diWs may see rough into east Prus-

th far-reaching results on of the__w_ar_.

country as well. ; m, sun-e,»-

erents but neutrals will find their position in the world will not re- main entirely unaffected by part they may have chosen to rilny

that Argentina had daily with evil. and not only with evil but with the losing side"

Angry House Informed 0f Nazi Atrocity

angry House of Commons

informed the Commons today met the Swiss protecting power had been asked . Germany over the latest atrocity. _. demand an immediate investigat- ion, punishment of those respon- sible and an assurance that orders would be issued to prevent a re- currence. Foreign Secretary An- thony Eden made a similar ann- ounoernen in the British House of Commons.