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m d Canada in the yueciltion of the Japanese war. m, King made the announce- unt in a statement issued a wttirnapriortomaking afed-

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Coming Events I "show — Murray Riven- fly. 5

"Tag Day for C.W.L. Patriotic lurid, Saturday, May 10. 5-18-21

"lnstiiltilto Dance 1n Wiltshire Ill Marv Nth. 54942-33.

"Show -‘- Mt. Stawart Saturday pd Monday. 8.80 P. M. 5-10-11.

Tues- .11.

"Dance. Gnndview Hall. May 14th. Woman's Institute. Good M310. i-IB-li.

Fvpultry Isle. Rogers Herd-

nre, Saturday, May 19. Basilica Altar Society. 5-1'l-3i ' svu age sale Christian church echoolroom, Saturday Jisy ll. I80 p.vn. 518-21 "Curran Ban pla ers present four-act drama ondfly. May

, 8:45 Corrsn Ban Hall. 5-18-31

"Pantry Sale. liolmaxls. May 10th. Central Royalty Women's to 5-15-10.

tico—Arl-lv in few days

OI o u: xlsphslt Bhing ea. Book your order at once. G. C. Green. herald. 5-10-11.

"Regent Seed Wheat No. 1 Gov- Inmmt Grade. Lslalml -, eodatlon Clearllng Plant. llsher, ltnet. Glariovtewwn. 5-19-31.

"Loading Hogs for Davis and llreser l..td., every Tuesday until further notice Dinilwcll r-nd Ror- dttr Molcll. l-i-af

""l..osd new l. .. kiln time.

hogs for Davis and svarv Tueodagteuntil

lsrl Jay. Mt. wart- “TI-til

ftioading Hogs for Davis 6r; Yruer Ltd., Tuesday, until further» Iotive. Five Houses. J . J. Llarkin. ' “Annual Meeting Registered lhlrses‘ Association, Monday. May Eeliildsajgcllpdu‘ lions (£32k; o0 room. up ioo r. Yul. s-ia-sl.| "loading hogs eve Tuesday ior Davis 8s Fraser Ld. Phone collect for trucking service. R. N. Dawson. Crapaud. 4-14-Sat.-Mon.-lf

"For highest market returns. and all round marketing satisfac- tion. use our facilities when sell- ing your hogsz‘ Join our steadily in- creasing number of patrons. lve- eiock Marketing Board. 5-18-21

I“li at any time we succeed in letting more money for your hogs -\lid we're continually on the a- lert-wsll pass it on. in addition w our already nigh price. as a- liounced b circular. Livestock lllrketlnii card. 5454i

"A hog‘ truckin service is in liberation in connec ion with prac- lfllly every shipping. point at which we load hogs. Make contact

ill our local agent. Livestock rketing Board. 5-18-21

' “Livestock Marketing Board l dink hogs during week oi May 1st at all usual loading points. 311185. . Prince Counties. axle sure, lf in doubt, ‘by con- lll our repr t tve your lmlity. m“ a s-la l

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onerate with the British Pacific, Fleet." ‘Restrictions Taken

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The People's Paper

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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-grConada’s Force For War Outlined

fine Minister King Says 30,000 Soldiers, 13,500

In Proportion Will

I oral election cslrmaign M41155, . Kink said the naval force will be axpgsrofimately 13500 mm serving afloat, in

ships in the Pacific

Th ill . compilsgdmv?! wan ‘iiililfry ‘divfigirgi WPPOIWd by the appropriate 3r. mored and ancillary troops to Oper- ate with the United States army,"

The precise character and strength of the RC All‘, has mi, been settled. Mr. King said, but the scale of "R. C.A F, pafllClpnp

ion will not be disproportionst to that of the other two services: Mr. K said the broad out-

lines of anadian partlcipug. 1°" l" u" Jlllllleee war were settled during the Quellog conference in September, 19-

The Prime Minister said person- nel for the navy, army and gh- forces will be chosen frmn among! those who elected to serve in the‘

“at” ‘Willa. oppotunit . I very e service with these fol-ores wlll 8:‘

given to those who have not, as yet sewed overseas. It will ba rea zed, however, that the nature of o eratlom in the Pacific thea- tre s such as to require the in-, clusion of a high proportion trained personnel who have had previous operational experience. . "Personnel from all three tar-f vices upon return to Canada from. active service to join the Pacific- forces will be granted 3o days'i

leave at their homes before report- I,

lng for duty. This leave will. of course, be in addition to such o-. ther leave as mav be appropriate‘ during the course of their traln-' ng."

Special Rate Of Pay

Mr. King laid a special rate of campaign pay has been approved for all navy and army personnel who serve with the Pacific forces and added this would be in line with similar provision made for British and United States person- nel serving in the some srsa and that they would be paid from the time of departure from Canada.

Members of the R.C A.F will receive higher allowances orl a scale "similar to that provided to R. AF. personnel serving in the same area."

Mr. King said that the Can- adian naval force, us already rm- nounced. will comprise cruisers, light fleet aircraft carriers, des- troyers and frigates. “This force will be built up in the Pacific as rapidly ss possible, and will ro-

Cff Typewriters

UITAWA, Mia-y 18 —- (OP) --The Prices Board tonight announcedt removal oi restrictions on the mZin-, ufacture, purchase and rental of. new typewriters and other office‘ machinery. 1

RS. Kaszas, the Board's admin-l istrator of office machinery, said: price ceilings still would have to, be observed and supplies would not, be abundant for some time, though a steady im rovement wast

may be bought or rcnte ever it L; available. Canadian as- semblers may place orders

Board . Canadian manufacturers have

0t blfoculw infinite». reveled -

evening f {flied all who gtlflld the Play ‘lint Susie outs the Works" to

the William's nlsfltuigy on the evening villas-sun rlthollssorlic Hall ltsnley Bridge. ll-lo-zs-as.

"Ho! reducers: We e leslld Vll-h thepincressed M11113‘; o; hot! marketed through our or- ..hnlzation during the past few ." in our "Bacon for Britain" "We. and we are sure our patrons lppreciste the price we've, been "I! out. By working together. were elping each other. ‘W! Marketing Board. l-ll-li

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HALIFAX. May 1e - (CP) - Teetiiyinf he had heard navel personne making “threatening statements" about Halifax for a pyeriod oi acme six months before l .1,- qg cpl Newman Macuan u» our. toda tel the ellook list Inquir gorrlm scion that some sailors ad promised that Halifax would get a "rough

Q oi V-E day." l. Newman. sushi at the Nav- al here, said he had

"heard murmuringa not onl a-

dopt. the City of Halifax bu the ovt Q in general. ‘They were mfied with the Cty. its people and the Province in general - Ierier. sub-inspector J.C. Sto- rey thI RC M. . Commission under Mr. Justice Kel- look of the Supreme Court Canada that s crowd

Granville Str ‘said they were led

or eight sailors carryi tIn-by-four lumber

seven eces of w ioh they glass win-

' C. C. F. Fnicy

expected. In the fu um e uipmenti creasing farm prices, the outcome g wher- 0i full employment.

for feed hungry people of tthe world mdllines without reference to the with fair prices and assured mlr-' kets

agreed to give preferred treatment efitg to everyone reaching the age applications issued by the Board of 60. poor or rich. with fair tax

Says He Heard l Tllrelzts gefore Halifax Riots

landlords. and had heard no cri- s

CHARIUPTETWN. CANADA. SATURDAY, MAY 19.1945‘

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Black and sinister against the slate-gray sea paratus lying alongside the conning tower the Ind 8K1’. the German submarine shown in the top rusty deck guns and the submarines overall ugli- photo terminated its shadowy war against Allied shipping at dawn on the morning of May 14th when it surrendered to ships of the Royal Canadian Navy ofi Newfoundland. German prisoners still on board the sub can be seen on deck awaiting the arrival of an RCN tug. The lower photo of the some U- boat clearly reveals the "Schnorkel" breaching ap-- sign of the RCN. waves proudly 1n the breeze.

so}. Sink Jap Cruiser

LONDON. May 1B ~ icPl British ships and aircraft. 1n a daring penetration of Malacca Strait. vital senway to Singapore, sank a Japanese cruiser of the 10.000-ton Nllii class- Wednesday 50 miles west-southwest cf Pen-

nng on the Malay Peninsula. the.‘ .

Admiralty announced today.

The cruiser was sunk after bein=:' spotted in North lvlrllclccn Silfil’. by carrier aircraft operating from the escort carrier H. M. S. Shun,

QCIIIWCIT Announces

SAN FlRvANCllSlCO, hilly 18 -— (CP) - An era of soundly-based prosperity with full employment. good pay and just prices for ivhat. is produced is the promise of the‘ C C F if it is placed in office in the forthcoming general election. MJ Caldwell, C C F. leader, said tonight in all address prepared for broadcast from here

The C.C I‘ platform as set forth by Mr. Coldwcll Called for:

1. A good job or training for a job for all lax-service personnel.

2. Full employment for lill who are willing to ivcrk. including the lac-called vrhite-colllr workers.

3. steadily rising DUPChZISlIIZ poorer hand in (land with steadily in-

4 An o1>pc:~tullit_i' for farmers tol

5. A flat payment of old-age ben-

laws to enforce equi

dowa. l-ie later reduced that num- ber to "five or six" under further questioning, b6 Commission coun- sel C.I<".H. arson. l

He saw no looting at that time. although a group of civilians was following the window-emaahers.

Cpl. Newman. under cross-ex- amination b Carl Bethune, flai- ifax Citv soicitor, said he had heard "threats" against Halifax "on an sverase of twice a wsekover the last six months." -‘ He ssid these remarks had been overheard by him. rather than communicated to him directly. y reason witness could give for the dissatisfaction was that ‘they didn't like the weather, ap- parentllfi"

He had heard no. threats merchants, restaurants, hote

inst or

ticiun about commodity prices here, he had heard some grum- bling about the tramwavs system.

He added he had haald several navy men express ratitude for their treatment by e citizens of

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PACIFIC - Amer-l lng

slightly in bitter olelnsiva fight i Australian-Dutch Tarakan caru-' pcign ended but for mopping-up; Americans in Philippines cg turg dam controlling part of anila: water supply. l

BURMA - Japanese fall back! toward Moulmein; British planes and ships sink Japanese cruiser

CHINA - Chinese troops pursue Japanese toward Paodhlng.

Rain Causes Crop Loss in Ontario"

TORONTO, May 18 — (Cr) — Thousands of acres of low-lying farm lands in Western Ontario lay inundated from heavy ralno and overflowing streams tnnigiht and officials estimated crop losses to Ontario farmers at more than 550,000,000.

Ontario Agriculture Minister Kennedy said estimated field crop loss to date ft‘, bctweon $25,000,000 l and $35,000,000. while it ls ex- pected Ontario's fruit loss will rench 50 per cent of the crop.

Meteorological officials predicted relief Saturday from rnln almost continuous in some sections. for two consecutive weeks.

CENSORSHII‘ RELAXED

By noss MUNRO

WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY, May 18 — (GP Cable)- Rigid censorship of personal mall now has been lifted to a large extent by the 1st Canadian Army- All soldiers can mention geggtaphlcdl locations in letters and postcards disclosing locations also can be mailed. Base censorship will contln 0

ness in comparison with tile sleek RCN Fairmile motor launch standing guard in the background, On board the U-boat can be seen first security intelligence and investigating officers of the Royal Canadian Navy. The sub's black flag

Britain Plans Huge Reforesififdioh Project

been furled and the White En-

LONDON. May 18 — (C?) -— A 3,000.000-acre tree-planting pro- gram during the next 50 years. to restore Britain's war-depleted for- ests and provide employment for hundreds of thousands, has been approved by Parliament.

This will quadruple the present wooded ares with new state for- ests, in addition to new private woodlots which may be set out. Half the Govemment-sporlsorcd plantings will be 1n Scotland.

Twice in a generation British forests have been overcut to meet essential requirements, in the face of s Gel-man submarine block. cde. During and just after the First Great War 450.000 acres of woodlands were felled and use of home-grown timber on a consid- erable scale continued through

Commissioners bought 1,300,000 acres of Ian after 1010 and planted 466,000 acres to trees. Private owners in the same period planted about 160.000 acres but the two togeth- er were not sufficient to maintain the pre-1914 position.

Since 1939 heavv fellings have been made, including millions oi‘

Th1.- lllol-estry

adlan Forestry Corps, principally in Scotland.

"The result that we face today is that we are left with not 1110f: than 1.000.000 acres of woodlandi in the whole country. most-ll’; either immature or second-rate- woods very thinly stocked,” Agri-' culture Minister R. S. Hudson told the House of Commons in moving second reading of the fur. 95m’ bill under which the new gill-tve“ program will be carried

The step now taken by the gov-i ernment is in line with suggest-i ions made by the timber lndustryl 1n Britain.

OTTAWA, May 18 — (OP) __ The Munitions Department an- nounced tonight that, orders have been placed at Nova Scotia and Vancouver- ship building plants 21 10-foot drop keel dinghles. ll‘

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oolt 061.200, of Transport and

Ministry

Ltd. Parnsboro NS.

The a2 dinghies are for the Royal Canadian Navy and will be built by Coal Harbor Shipyards,

but only some bags of mail wll RLWAPYWL.

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Vanoo ver. .-..-_-:- |

board feet cut down by the Can-i P

for 12 42-foot storing tenders and. The storing tenders, which willi

will be built by as. Umllhflft,‘

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Loan Total llas Reached $4,104,650

The Eighth Victory Loan total in this Province has increased to $4,104,650. officials at Loan headquarters announced last night. The Provlneeb minimum objective was $3,200,000.

Summeraide subscribed $742,- 750 and Charlottetown $1,297,- 950. By counties, with quotas In brackets, Prince had $1,703,- 750 ($300,000); Queen's, $1,070,- 350 and King's,

($375,000). Officials said that there were

gmblhly still some sales which ad not been reported.

Sqdn. Ldr. Trainor Released From Prison

59¢" Ldr- H- Chflrlcs Trainer, D F-C» 911d BB1’. D 5 0 . has been P91011500 from a German prisoner of war camp and l. safe in the United Kingdom. hi5 father, m.

J.J_ Trainor of Bedford has beelli informed. Sqdn. Ldr. Trainor was’

captured last August when he was forced down while flying a fighter plane over the Western Front. The yound airman. a law stu- dent B10 the office of Mr. HF, Mc- Phee. Charlottetown before the outbreak of war, has had g c0101». ful career with the R C.A.F‘ He took part in the D-dsy operations and his eye-witness story of what

Plus Bridges Over North, West Rivers

Bracken Pledge To Assume Full Cost 0f Projects Announced Last Night By Queen's Conservative Candidates.

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The most important announcement of the present election campaign was made last night by Mr. W. Chester S. McLure and Wing Cmdr. J. Angus MacLean, Progres- sive Conservative candidates for Queen’s County when they stated to a representative of the Guardian that a new super-highway would be built from Borden to Charlotte- town, including two bridges over the North and West River, with the entire cost of the project being assumed by a Progressive Conservative Government under the Pre- miership of Mr. John Bracken. This statement was made with the full approval and indorsement of Mr. Bracken.

It will be remembered that at the great Forum rally. on May 11, both Mr. Bracken and Mr. Henry Borden, K.C..

system from the Island to the

was happening on the beaches of Normandy was one of the first to

reach this country. Later he wasl

shot down behind enemy lines but

hid out and made his way buck‘

to Allied lines in a few days. The second time he was shot down he was picked up by the enemy.

Four Island Soldiers Freed From Prison

OTTAWA. May 10 — (OP) Defence Headquarters tonight is- sued a list containing the names of 2115 warrant officers, non-com- missioned officers and men previ- oualy reported prisoners of war and now officially reported as liberated from enemy prison camps. The list brought to 4,061 the total of Canadian army per- sonnel now officially announced as liberated.

The list included:

Dolmn, Simon Benedict. Pte., Mrs. Catherine Gallant (mother) Rustlcovllla. P.E.l

Mills, Albert Arthur, Pia, Mrs. Mary Mills (grandmother) Char- lottetown, P. E. I.

Mullin, Patrick Herbert, Pie"

Patrick J. Mullln (father) Mor- ell. P. E. l.

Rosa. David Sinclair. CpL, Mrs. Chsélelte Rose (mother), Eldon,

Yanks Make Small Cains 0n Ckinawa

MANILA. May 10 - (Saturday) _ (CP) - American troops ground out small local gains on the south- ern Okinawa front yesterda in some of the most intense fig ting 011 the island. 325 miles southwest of Japan, but failed to ca/pture either of their prime Naha or Shurl Cities.

Australian

Island, off Borneo. to brin

campaign there to a virtua end

the American 31st Div islx miles north in Central

t/wo adjacent airfields Thursday

off the fields. The 43rd Division on Luzon se-

taken intact alt ough the

snese had the

Czechs Add llnitel To War Criminals

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LONDON. Czechoslovakia

May 1s - has added

the German High Command. v its list oi more than 500 war crim

Government said today.

objectives,

and Dutch troops reached the east coast oi Taraktliijn o

Although mopping up remains. the. Aussies andDutch have all the im-l Vancouver, as fepflfied in vosten‘ portant points on the little island.

In the Philippines, meanwhile, ision driving Min- danao. captured Valencia and its

American planes now are operating

cured Ipo Dam, east of Manilrnl

sélfirscewélfierorge-thlgd of the cap-l run’; rsaelfixélhiéafag In addition to e wring [poi H; knows me waltz“?! 3:2‘.

Darn the Americans d sad, a trap, gozrtmzznovfa 3'1“), m, whm,

on“ severe ousarl sparse. h’ dam“ m: whhu o’ m: ma»

s.

Ipg Dam. strlin ely enough, Jwaai ap-

ortunity and the

dornolitions suffic ent to destroy it.

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of

inals, a source close to the Czech

remedied. They then pledged that the] Northumberland Strait would be‘

regarded and treated as a Na- tional highway, in fulfilment of thei terms of Confederation as regards= {transportation to and from they Mainland. so that ‘this Island Province would become an integral‘ pal-t of the Dominion of Osnadlni the question of extension of the; Highway from Borden to Charlottefl town was also discussed. 1 New Super Highway ‘

In view of the fact that there‘ was no money expended on war 1n-| dustries in Prince Edward Island,‘ and that very little in the way of industry is curried on in this Prov-l lrlce, outside of farming and fish- ing, it was agreed that the Pro-l gressive Conservative Governmcnti under the premiership of Hon. John Bracken, will construct as an en- tirely Dominion Government pro-. Ject, a. super highway from Borden] to Charlottetown, including bridges! across the West and North Rivers,‘ as an extension of the National‘ Highway, and as an essential post-l twill‘ undertaking. and thus furnish employment to hundreds of ro- turned men and civilians

‘This project, with the improve-i transportation facilities between

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Bracken Scores ;

liing’s Attempt ‘l lTo Evade issue

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