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Russian Army

Soviet Armies Press Closer To Nazi Base

Germans Report New Russian Drive South

Of Leningrad.

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ih’Tovln Airman leceives Wings

July 23 —-(CP)—A graduating from Flying Training presented with today. Graduates C. ‘McLean of Char- .E. .

CAICARY. class of pilots. In 3 Service School were their in}: included J. htieiofll. P

ltill Hopes Rome llay Be Declared ln llpen City

WASHINGTON. July m-(APF- lllil hopeful that Rnme will be de- riared an o n city, President Roosevelt cnlp aslzed today that llonday's bombing of the Italian Dspltels munitions and railway llciiities was dictated by military necessity to save the lives of Allied lighting men-and not for retaliat-

The President offered no as- IillBIlM that the swelling air mi8m of the Allies would not again re- lilm to Rome; to the contrary, he uid the more the Allies could keeP ililltar traffic from operating be- tleeli me and the south the bet- itl‘ it Would be for the Allies.

ile told his press conference that lire Allies’ for more than a ear had to ht without success to ave the tn an Fascist leaders declare Home an o en city, a move which I0llld free t from attack, and ad- loedmtilaat lie still hoped it would be

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INVESTIGATIONS SAVE MONEY

OTTAWA. July 2S - (CPl - liivestlgniions and departmental thecks on appointments and sal- lry revisions undertaken by the Civil Service Commission during the year ending last Dec. 3i re- llllted in an immediate net saving cl tl.8~i3.ll5. it was reported in the annual report of the Civil Scr» lice Commission tabled today in the house of Commons by State Wltiflry McLnrty. This rought "Vines effected in the first three Mrs of the war to $2.5l6.ll56.

Biliililii EVENTS

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"Talkies-St. Peters Wednesday. 7-24-2i.

"Talkies _?u2.ul Tuesday- 7-24-21.

n"Dance Iona-lfallfiursday, Jilly "if 7-2-i~28-20—3i H“Pa.rkdale Cake Sale today at

olmans at 2 pm. 'l-24~lf

"Institute Dauce Mflllllgw Hall. hidtly. July 30th. Relreshnaeintis. 1- - .

“Bazaar aiTEuce in Rice t School Monday, July 26th. 7-24-11

"Festival and D at Mn - Md sch l, M once ‘ y he’ neggay‘ onday 38th. I hi):

"Dance. Cardigan Head School gfilléesdev. July zstn.

"Ice Cream Social Presbyterian ahwlh Brounds, July‘ 28th, in aid ° “Ych- 7-24-28-21.

"If! Cream s co oclal and Dance. lilfllilt“ “'*°“.=_=,s=:l.f;.:

"Unloadln _ 1 w), e, “tummy Mgnggr of Buk ea

- y d Tue d .

“"0" and Splllett. m i-ziififi.

5P0". McLean’ Pota gétgggys». Bourle. Jul“ ma. a "- 101' Bouria iloeplltsals u

"New MP Ihde

iii-Pl."

Davin: forty cents for ver"r§u"é£"sé".§§”li-if3>‘l'. Bpillett. District Convention of enstftutes will be held in

July 08th. Sessions 2.30 W 1-24-11.

"wilmuvs Trfstit t out let it. "i"- - y ' . ernoon

- M. Ellénlng | p_ M

"All T" T“ e; M owed 5t. Georges lloo puking"?! not paid before

4, mt know of any way no euro

Webster's _ g 7-24-1i.

flAllied Air Force Active In Pacific

w ALLIED T i"! E SOUTHWEST

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By Lynn Heinzerling Associated Press Staff Writer

_ LONDON, July 23 -(AP)-Russ- ran forces crashed across o, river directly east of Orel. killinl; 2.000 Germans massed on the west bank. and scored fresh gains of two to four miles on the north and south sides of the beleaguered German central front pivot. Moscow an- nounced tonight.

German broadcasts said l8 Sov- iet divisions had begun a powerful offensive south of Leningrad. but official Russian dispatches were silent on developments there.

The river crossing at Orel ap- peared to have put the Red Army within eight miles of the city z-fier a three-mile drive from Zolotarevo, the last village to full in that urea. Another Russian column was less than nine miles northeast of Orel. Several more villages fell to the advancing Russians M10 . knocked out scores of German tanks and killel thousands of enemy troops today in fighting raging clear down to the Sea of Azov. said the mid- nipht communique recorded by the Soviet Radio Monitor.

North of Orel the Russians beat down several fierce German coun~ tar-attacks near Bolkhov. wiping cut a regiment of enemy infantry. Bolkhov. keystone of r; strong Nazi defence network 35 miles north of Orel. fell to the Russians Thursdav. The Soviet drive, nn the north also wns wheeling bcilind OTPII en- dangering the railway runnint: northwest of Bryailsk. One dispatch said Knracliev. midwav between the two cities on the railway, already was threatenel.

Report Rome Bureaux Closed

NEW YORK. July 23 ~(AP\ -- The Berlin radio broadcast a trans- ocean news agency dispatch from llolne today szlyillg "till burcnux of Rome have been closcd owing to the dalllage done by the recent air raid. They will renlaln closed uriill Julv 31." The broadcast. recorded iii New York by the Associated Press. gave no furilicr explanation but the word buvcnu usually is used for public department. Berlin also broadcast a report from Rome that LL-Gen. Cerise. commander of the 2nd Carnbinierl division of Rome. had been appoint- ed chief commander of the Cara- blnieri by Mussolini to succeed Gen. l-fazon. killed in the allied rnld on

Rome. Julv i9. _ Ccrlga 57. formerly common-led CRIllbilll/‘Pi forw-wtinlis in North

Africa, the broadcast said.

“' ” Supervisor ls Transferred

HALIFAX. July 23 - (C?) — Rev. G. Guy MacKenzie. Super- visor of Y.M.C.A. services at No. 6 District Army Depot hero for the last two years. has been trans {erred tn Victoria. it was announ- ced today. he llftS been Secre‘ tary of the Halifax area Army Athletic Association.

Mr. MncKerizle is a native of Murray River. PEI. As a United Church clergyman. hc has served at Victoria. New Westminster. B.

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The People's Paper

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

cilARlxrrTarowN. CANADA. SATURDAY, JULY 24, 194a

‘lllzlllvlo TAKEN; ALL SlCl

Power Stations Are Bomhed

LONDON. July ZS-(CP) —'Iwo Dower stations in Belgium were at- tacked today by R.A.F. Bostons which dropped delayed . action lrmnélbs from a height of only 50

ee .

The air ministry QAIOECU returning fliers as saying t at all bombs "completely des- "Oyod" the main buildings at one Dower station. The attack was car- ried out in ideal weather.

360ml’ Diaries were reported over southwest England and Wales inst night, marking their first appear- ulicc over Britain in a week, but a communique said lio bombs were dropped.

Battle-Line Close-lips

ny iebss MUNRO Canadian Press War Correspondent

IlEWS SEfVlCC

WITH THE CANADIANS IN CENTRAL SICILY. July 1'1 -rDe-' layedl - (CP Cable) _ Battle-llnei Uose-upsz- i

A group of voting staff officers on brigade staffs has been doing a magnificent job keeping the Cann- dlaii brigades rolling forward in their head long push into Sicily.

Brigade headquarters have not settled down for more thnll a night or a few hours during the day. Without sleep and working: at top speed. the staffs kept going some- how.

Among the officers on these staffs are Mai. Bob Kingstonc. Monti-cal;

Capls. Eric Davidson. Vaiicouvcr: Hamish lifcIlitosh, Toronto; Nor- man Pope. Vancouver; Sam life-

Leali. Montreal: Malors Dick Mal- one. Winnipeg and Toronto: George Pagmon. Toronto; Capt, Mike Darc. Brantford. Ont. and Lieut. Bob Prince a New Yorker in a. Quebec regiment.

Booklet Gives Suggestions To Canucks In Sicily

By S(‘OTT YOUNG Cilliulliun Press Stuff Writer

LCNDON. Jilly 23 —lCP Cubicl- Canndiall troops in Sicily were told officially "you tire fIllllJnSS2dUIS"| and that lo make thc invasion mostl effective they must attempt loi make friends with the Italian people by respecting their religion. making sure no harm is done to art trea- surcs and monuments and not mak- iiic advances towards Italian wo-

men.

A booklet issued i0 the Canadians in hotfi Eilgllsll and French. and also believed issued to British and American troops in Sicily. tells the men "you will know how to deal with the Italian as a fighting man ‘out your attitude and conduct to Wflfli the Italian people can help reduce Italy's military resistance. shorten the war and determine our relations with Italy afterwards."

Regarding Italian customs. the booklet said the people like games but believe in revenge. 'I'tle_v can be cruel and are not weakllngs.

“As lo the women. the less VOlI have to do with tliem the better." it wont on. "The men are lcalmis. the code- of morals is strict and loose women nre practically un- known except in the larger towns or ViIlZIQCS. . Even the most harm- less behavior on your part will arouse suspicion and may give of‘ pngc ll. Col 8i

r-(‘Contln lied

0., iin_ri__Sackville, N.B.

By c. YATES Monaural. (Associated Preu War Corres- pondent) HEADQUARTERS IN PAACEIIFIG. Jul l4 — (Saturday) - ( l - Allfad air forces in the Pacific com leted their most active w of e war today after a climactic

raid on the main Japanese naval the sea. road m

base ln Java on Singapore from Australia.

In one week American and Aus~ trallan pilots have made thYt-‘Q

raids in the Southwest Pacific with a record number of planes. In ad- dition they conducted two of the you"; “"1! missions ever fliowlr: apd without the 1086 0i '1 an pane.

‘are climax came Thursday when Allied airmen flew

nearl 2.400 miles to surprise the apaneae with a lihatterlnil raid on ti" naval base uf Sula

buja in the Netherlands East Iilfilfi- Th“ Java rt is

I 28t be i to nul”"°..'.‘°' was»... iféidil i?

p0 about halfway w tween Australia and Sinllwfi- l!"

front naval base that was believed mprcgnable until its capture by

the Japanese Feb. l l9 . Some of the fires started in Surlibaja at an oil refinery, rail-

road installations. warehouses and a dock could he seen for 140 miles. was the second time within a

that Allied bombers raided with lights. Last Monday they made a l,000-mile round trip f ight to strike at sur- prised Nipponcse at Macassar on Celcbes Island. also in the Neth- erlands East Indies.

These longdistlince flights were surpassed in power by three big attacks on the enemy in the can‘ tral and northern Solomon Islands. Twice the Japanese were in raids b about 200 planes and a third trne 150 torpedo and dive bombers. escorted by fighters. raided the aupyvv base of Bniroko, about l0 miles north of the en- alnyiv Mundn ulr base on New Georgia Island.

It week a city blazing

moving more swiftly than did i at the outset of the war, does more

By lilrke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst The fall of Paleinlo; Sicilian Capital. to American armored forces,

Sicily oil the war books. It clamps a. powerful, rteel-

nwunialns. American pressure e on the ilank. An indicated 15-m ltlimacca region in the east cen would turn the inshore end o slopes of Mt. Etna holding up

Nazi retreat into the jum the triple Allied pressure is closely

War Situation Last Night

he once vaunted Nazi Panzer spearheads than write all western and Central

_ _ shod western jaw Sicilian lateral communication routes north and south of the Peloritan szitwurll on either will take Axis forces ile further (‘linadian advance from the ire oi’ the Allied line toward Adrando f the Nazi line on the south and southeast the British advance at Catania.

bled hills of the Messlna Peninsula under impending. with small prospect that 1i Axis armies in Sicily can escape

any considerable part of the shatterc

to liie Italian mainland. They are dependent i‘ small trickles of aid as can reac it in light surface craft. There is virtually no airfield re_

‘up the last Axis resistance in north- d at; but lt well may be only a matter k-ihrough to the north coast at Pal-

supplies on such the Messina Sira malning open to them in all Slcl

llow long it may take to mop eastern Sicily can only be guease of days. West of the American brea

ermo, there is little reason to expect any ma harbors. its

crn end of the Island. with its

roads and rsilivays and its span of oni i5 31PM“! Pointing an ominous Allied t southeastern coast oi Metrogolltan France itself.

iruud, commanding French elements of the

Meanwhile, (icii. llenrl

Alli?!‘ army. has returned to French Africa, curryiii soiilil (IFSIIHIIICCS from President Roosev to prepare an ultimate force of 300,- fo help free the homeland of Axis

mcnt will be promptly forthcoming 000 or more French troops in Africa invaders.

Western Sicily is the

__ _ logical first advance base for the mounting of that dri\c io liberate ‘Clifllilflitllifll 1' raiicc. It seems obvious that the rc- turil to France when it comes. will be und plces, with French troops in the van. Girliu

DODO*D'O

on the two rnaln

or r rremenis and h them at night across

joi- fighting. And that west- network of hard-surfaced 90 miles to Cape Bon in ‘Tunisia rcat at Sardinia. Corsica and the

with him per-

elt that Amer can battle equin-

er American, not British aus- d has pledged himself 1° that

~3WMllli0n In Estimates For New Ferry

OTTAWA. July 23 -(CP\-A sum of $27.Bl6.CCI) for wheat acreage re- duction payments and other ex- penses of the govcrlllnenfs whcnti acreage reduction program is pro-l vided in supplementary (‘Silillifl/CS for the Agriculture Department tabled tonight ill the House of Commons.

This sum is in addition in $4.265.- 600 provided under the main 1943-44 csilmrltcs for this nurposcvmnking a grand total for this fiscal rear of $2,081.00). This compares ivltll a total of $28.l75,000 ill 194243.

(The Driinlilioll Bureau of Sin- llatics rcporlrd today lilill’. ncrcauc secclctl to wheat in the three llrnl llroviizccs this your is almost 4000.- 000 acrcs luvs than last yenl". ut 163729.000 acres.)

Tile total of Agriculture Depart- ment silpnlenlciiinrics introduced iollirlif-—$28.3l5.873— is more than half of all the sunnlrrncutarles which amounted i0 843.633.9313.

A Sllm of $220000 was sought for Arrlculiilrnl Research. in ell-opera lion with tllc

vie;

1 may which could not llow

y iei- ll l inccs . reveil mouths c virtue of the provinces agreeing to

suppleliicntnries for

March in his budget speech to in-

and passenger veh- lcle passcilgcr ferry to operate between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

The total cost of this new ferry will be 34.500000. and ‘Prnnspiort Minister yMichaud told the House last night that plans for tho construction were progressing.

The rnaln ferry. operating between Borden. P. E. I., and

er, railway

Cape Tormentine. N. B». was lost at sea about two years ago.

There were two items in the

$1 each which amounts but be estimated. One is ‘to enable Finance Minis- sley to compensate the prov- for the amount their liquor ulss full below those of the l2 nded Julie 30. i942, by

run into huge

the Minister's request of inst

Crete Bomlied

NEW YORK. July 23 -(AP)—'Il'ie Berlin radio said tonight lhasi “StPOmI forces of allied bombers‘ have attacked German airfiolds in‘; Crete." the large Greek island‘ south of the Balkans. NBC re- corded the broadcast. ‘

C.W.A.C. Passes Another Milestone

HALIFAX, July 23 — (OP) - The Canadinil Women's Army Corps has passed another mile- stone with the appointment of one of its members as officer in charge of supplies and Transportation at No. 61 Army Basic Training Cen- tre at New Glasgow. N.S.

An Army announcement tonight said 2nd Licut, J. E. Ferguson, C- W.A.C., of Halifax, the new ap- pointee. ls the first member of the Corps iii all Canada to hold such a position, but it adds that “it is

expected that she will soon be fcl- lowcd by others throughout. the country.” - Steamship And - - -

Mail Subsidies

O/ITAWA. July 23 -(CP)—Sui>- plcmclitafl‘ estimates tabled in the Commons tonight by Finance Min-

sl79.’750 in mail

isier Ilsley provide _ hip stlbverltlons

subsidies and siezims _ for cast-cm local services.

The total is composed of grants for service between a number of ts as lollows:—

Dill-R.

crease the retail price nf spirits S4

National Research‘ a “ma,

Cm l "l. Dci. 'l. i. -. c s . i. ‘to °‘ ““ “ ..§.‘.‘-i..°““.°-.‘.ll°“°'3?ll%' l2 , , ,1‘ r 5”’ .lt-r~-. -

Tllc (llll\ olhclitxim oicr tlflfi/JO-fil umn,“ bpncms for certain My“

uas 3141.455 in additional funds for brnlirh experimental farms and sta- tions and illustration stations. This b-i-ings to $B54.5l4.427 ihc total cstinlltcd eiepciidlialiits for llCIl-Wili‘ purposes in the current fiscal your. The maiii amounting ilo tabled early in the session and now [are being considered in committee the whole. th 7.

lion-wn l‘ estimates, $610,830,094. were

6

Uifgcst shill: item was in

Agricultural Department . _ l8l6£00 to cover vvhcnt nclccnge rc-

(iilCliCll bciuzszs and of the arr-capo rrdlictioil

gram.

l Only $4265.00! was provided for l this yiulzposc

I against $28,175,000 required for this purpose in the inst fiscal year.

All promird in the l-lotise some days ago by Prime Minister Mac- Kenzie King. the supplclncntaries included an item of $114,500 for the extension of the diplomatic service. This is expected in provide primarily for a lcglltion in Mex- ico nlld others to be established eventually in Cuba and Peru.

Confirming the earlier re- ports from the government. the estimates contained an lt- erm of $3,000,000 for construc- ktlon of n “ -‘ lcejirealr-

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Senate Passes Number 0f Bills

OTTAWA. July 23 —-(C'Pl- The

Senate passed the 53.890.000.000 war. appropriation measure tonight airel" short discuslon nnd their adjourn-l c-d until tomorrow morning. Earlier. three gnvcrilmcnt bills were pnsscd,

through the Upper Chamber.

Scilntoi‘ .1. H. King. government lender. sold that if the Commons cclnplctcd its bilslncss for the sess- ioll tonight Royal assent would lzc given to n number of bills when the Senate resumed tomorrow".

In addition in dPfiiiIllZ with the war appropriation bill. which had been previously dealt wllh in “om- mittce. the Senate iodnv passed ihc

Farmers’ Creditors‘ Arrangement

Act and a bill amending the Un- employment Instlrance Act. National Physical Fitness Bill rc- ceived Senate approval after n num- ber of minor made_._

DELICIDUS

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As a little must now go a long way‘, satisfaction depends upon quality of flavour.

The

amendments were

____-——-— DEVON. N B-. July 23 —(CP)-— Iierbcrt C. Estabrook, 5'7. firechief of Devon, died in Victoria Public lHOSDliili, Flrccicricton. touay after l being a patient there for nearly i\\O lwegkg H0 had been ill several lmonlhs‘ 130m at Marysvillc. he had d with the Canadian

i VCHTS

plied another Catania. “Our ions around Catania to th

baked hills around En announcement Americans-had ap- ern tank and plane e Palermo, the pal- al centre of Siclly- .

night said the plied their mod tactics to captur lllCfll and cultur

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MERE MAN

Th9 Vfirtlifl in be ltrlven for in life is. “Well done good and hith- ful servant.”

lllblllllpllfln Delivered, $.00 Hail. ILM‘ othm Province: I U-IJ, “.00

Crosses River birectly East __Q_f___ Ore . Axis Retreat

At Catania

Americans Move to Mop Up 45,000

Enemy Troops Trapped by Fall of

CapitaL, ~

By RELMAN MORIN.

(Associ

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS RICA, July 23-(AP umn striking to the no ermo, Capital of Sicily, troops and apparently en fifths of the Island-

The United States 7t which thundered into the sixth from three sides already had begun fanning out to mop up thousands of Ax

The sledgehammer among the surprised defenders. broadcast rec reverse on the eastern coast at forces have readjusted their posit- e rear," said the broad-

(A Rome radio Axis

ha.)

An official

Widespread Repercussions

lightning Italy and

Repercussions oi’ the

l (or the last 3 Iselzure eairle from all over

iCanaclians Meet

Stiff Resistance

May Bc Outer-Shell Of

By William Stewart ‘ Canadian Press War Lorrea- pondent. __ y A 1.1. l D lluAniQUAllJfiEll-a. i ;NOit'lil AEHICA. July 2s ~ liar‘ Cabl»cl- Olinudlau troops battling through the hut illlLi dusty llcaut u: Sicily nave struck nhcli" Lcrccst- opposition nild P0531111)’ 90m) up against the outer shell of the mniil. Axis dclciicc system for ‘the island. Axis strfllglli is mainly concen- trnicd in the iiorihcas; seJiOu Sicily. with the front runllmil in- land from just south of cB.Bl'llZ and their heading I01‘ a 901m l)" the north coast. The Canadians have _ v more than ‘l5 ‘miles since the.“ landed Oil the tip of Pachllio Pen-l lliilllfl almost two weeks M0-