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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1944

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"All. HARBOR. Aug. 8 =- 1 w») _ American warships and ‘ppm have M1100 out one ihpmm town. sunk ll ships and hit 30 other surface craft , In their boldest strike at enemy

511ml; guarding the southern "preaches to Tokyo, Pacific . “m headquarters announced

“iiiiililps shelled Chlchl ri- ‘ land In thc Bonln group, about * y” mm, from Tokyo. Never be- ' lore have United States naval , Wises units attacked ground

installations so close tn Japan's

Expect Another Iillion To lluit fillet Bomh‘ Areas

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LONDON, Aug. 8 — (CP Cable) .- Approximately 1,000,000 more gvicuees are expected to leave Irltalirs robot bomb areas of Lon- lon and parts of Southern England Iiiliin ihc ncxt fcw weeks. and all meptlon arms in the country dur-

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WITH THE CANADIAN!

FRANCE. Allg. I - (OP Cable) — A new Canadian attack against strong German positions on a mush arc south of Cacn gathered new weight late today a; hrilligng, sunshine dispelled an overcast and permitted the aerial arm of the of- fensive to hammer enemy Wait.

ions.

Rocket-firing Typhoon; snd dll/e-bilmblllf Spitfires took advan- tnse of the break in the weather to pummel enemy armor and tran- IPOIt. but the German; continued to offer bitter resistance on this sec- tor of the front which is the pivot point of Nazi defences in France.

The enemy is yielding little ground and all day Canadian troops have been lighting a housc- to-house battle in May Sur Orne. a village one mile south of St. Andre and five miles south of Caeri into which French-speaking troops from Que- bec fought their way lute Satur- dfly- The Germans are reported W011 dull in and supported by a number of tanks.‘

The Canadians pulled back a "We from May Sur Orne during the dfly to allow medium guns to lay a concentration of fire on a Rrouo oi tanks which was delay- ing the advance and» a large hum. ber of shells was laid down.

Th Canadians. who also fought their way into st. Martin de Fon- tenay, now are astride the 5t, Andre - Fleury road and are meet- ing little mortar or artillery fire. either because of the enemy's lack of ammunition or because he moving back hi5 guns.

One formation opposing the Ca- nadians here is believed to be a ie- glment which came from Norway and had never before been in bat-

tle. It is believed to contain many I foreigners, mostly over 40 or under

in; the week-end received a l\fin-| 18

kiry of l-lenlth warning ilulrorlginhi quotas have been doub-

V. The new exodus probably will be be llst mass evacuation of the nr. but the government never- ilitless has prepared for great cx- knslon of thc scheme should they it necess

_ Miss Fl once Hoisbrugh. Parlia- fillllfy Secretary to the Health _ l-ll-ry. said that some of the Jiev evacuees will live in army Willis vacated by troops now in fliormandy. These will be mainly ‘Ntfved for mothers with large vfaulllies and the evacuees will sleep bseparatc "family huts" and dine bftiher in a common hall. 5o far 92.241 unaccompanied lthoolchildrcn and 120,272 ¢hi1 _ l0 lllll motlicls-s total of 221.- '13- have lcii London us official tiacliefs since the robot attacks Nun. Thousands upon thousands tiolhers have moved from affec- ams of Southern England.

. it is estimated that at least an-

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| But generally along the line from the Orne west to La H0gue the cri- emy is believed to be using rem- nants of the Adolf Hi ler division which is fighting stub rn delay- ing actions probably designed to cover further withdrawals.

List Total Allied Invasion Casualties

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Aug. 6-—(AP)—'1‘hc Allies have sul- fered a total of 115.065 casualties in killed. wounded or missing in: France from the invasion cn June 8 through July 20, it was announced Saturday.

Of these. United States casual- ities were 1.1.026 killed, 52,660 wounded. and 5831 missing‘ a total of sum. In addition, 130 were x111-

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Prime Minister King

OTTAWA. Aug. 6 _. (Q9) __ . :'%bl=l'§ oi the party which he has Mlttd since 1019 are scheduled “ma! tend hero tomorrow night an m gflsill umcr honoring Prime M" $1‘ MucKcnzic King, who on mid 0i that your was chosen‘ “ulaséoraslllleiitlic latge Sir {Wilfrid 8 (‘Y

myuanuda‘ o te era Minister Crerar is

‘M101 Preside over the dinner, min‘ 1:111 include speeches by y, m“““°<l Liberals. to which

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BUIAINIG EVENTS

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cd. 41 wounded and 312 nose-mg In a pro-invasion exercise last Apiil

hen German motorboats attnckcci (yo ThibS the American casu connected with the invasion program totalled 70.000.

Canadian casualties were 919 kil- led, 4,354 wounded and 1.272 mn-

ns.

British losses were 5.644 killed. 27,766 wounded and ti. 1B2 missiiiil-

A comparison of the figures for June 6 — July 20, approximately six weeks, with those for the first two weeks of the invasion shows a decline in the casualty rate. Indic- ative of fierce fighting that mar- ked landlng operations. total A11- ied losses for the first fortnight were 40.549, a rate which-if main- tained—wou1d have carried the casualty hotel pest the 120000-1001‘)! in six weeks.

Landing losses and those which followed were much lighter than had been expected. however. Ma].- Gen. A. W. Kenner, chief of the Allied Medical Corps. remarking Saturday that casualties in the. campaign were 30 per cent below expectations. . l

Gen. Kenner said there hadl been an extremely low rate of mor- tality among ths wounded. 811d that oi all the casualties suffered in the campaign, about three per cent had been fstsi.

Buzz Bomhsgftorago Depots Destroyed

fiounou. A . a - we) 41v- fri bombs exp oded intermittently sy in London snd Southern En and as rescuers 4118 the deed an injured out of Saturday‘: btl debris no the Air Minis 1n- iiuuiicia tiiit so nyiiis bell" storage egotgrénedrltwlgtiilcffi x3313 had es. es y bomb"

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scrim the Pacific. of doom now is in sight.

defeat and retreat.

her way out of the war. convulsions.

by a widening Soviet break-through

swift conquest of all ' Arid in Italy the early

' Froui Florence westward to the moot rugged mountains in Eutward and southeastwurd to

wall than in the west. It seem: likely. then. once will shift eastward.

Sinking Naz

LONDON. Aug. 6 - (C P) - The Germans‘ first attempt at a

“Little Dunkerque" escape from Brittany ended in disaster today under the blazing guns of British and Canadian warships which 5am; one seven ship convoy and shelled another back into a death trap at the port of St. Nazaire as it. steamed southward, possibly for Bordeaux, the only good Atlantic port remaining to the Qntlmy 110W that Brittany is caught in a trap of Allied steel.

The Canadian vessels taking narl. in the attack were the destroyers Haida and Iroquois. both vet/Brim or channel actions against the en-

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convoy snd escort, apparently ev- aciiating key personnel from zhe battered Brittany garrison, escaped during a fierce engagement which the attacking patrol force suffered some casualties. o. commun- ique from the admiralty announced. Later the prowling warships, con- sisting of one Brit sh cruiser and two British imd two Canadian des- troyers, caught a second convoy of undetermined size and forced it back into 5t. Nazairc, once a ha- ven for U-boais but now attacked by U. S H0098. The German account said born-I bers participated in the attacks. admitted its convoys suffered some dama , but denied them W91‘? any s 1p losses.

Montreal llas Quiet Week-End

MONTREAL, Aug. B — CP)—1t was l. quiet eekend in Mbllf-‘Nlll- As a strike of employees of Mont- real trumways passed through its fourth day, the majority of resid- ents stayed close to today and many streets were practically eecroed. men automobile ti-affic was lighter than I recent days. detvpito ect or weather. Residents spent the (by resting weary feet or conserving gas sup- plies n th looked to s msu moc- ti of otri ‘rs called for midpl|ht e m iilpcly

icel minlinn 1M0“): s. um hath: first two dc s of the strike

By KIRK! L. SIMPSON, Asmchfml Press War Analyst

The war in Europe is urging toward multiple crises out, west and south for the Nah this woek-eudmnd tbcreareslsouoicos Prime Mfnintcr Churchill undoubtedly spoke with foreknowledge of events to come when he told Parliament Japan's day

It was in Europe. however. that last week saw the most. dramatic happenings to rock German morale afresh. lhnlled at home by n seething undercurrent of revolt against Blllorllll. the Nui war lords could look nowhere except upon scenes of political collapse and military

Turkey ha! thlunbcd her nose at Berlin abruptly to break all rela- tions and send Nui diplomats and spiel packing. Finland was tottering

Eastward. whole German nrmleo were cut off in Latvia and Estonia

fronts, Russian power blows had breached the Vistula. lino deeply along its southern upper reaches to threaten Krakow and German Silesia.

It seems doubtful that, with dangerous gaps in their stricken line between East Prussia and the Carpathians, the German command can concentrate anywhere sufficient power for a telling counter-attack.

In France the signs of dwindling German reserves increased. Am- erican armored power roared out of the a wide swath across the base of the Breton ieninsula. conception. in the mused power and speed of movement if not yet in scope. that American blitzkrieg rivailed Russian hammer blows that Mr. Churchill said were "tearing the guts" out of German armies.

That drive ended the battle’ of Normandy. it foreshadowed the and its vitally important deep water ports and rail and road web. With that achieved, the battle of France proper will open. A German retreat behind the Marne and the Mouse if not the Rhine before winter comes can be foreseen. surrender of Florence was foreshadowed. Allied troop: stormed their way within sight of its church domes. its fell and German retreat to the Gothic line. it seems clear that there must come a change in Allied tactical manoeuvring.

the coast north of the Arno some of ltaly bolster the German Gothic front. the Adriatic coastal shelf tall mountains cluster thickly. That mountain wall form: s powerful protective screen for the valley of the Po behind it, but

that the chief weight cl attack beyond Flor-

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grim portcnts

qusklng “ with anti-Nazi

to the Baltic. On continental battle

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east of Florence It is a thinner|

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World Wheat Production

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WABHINGTON. All! 5-—-(AP) _The United States agriculture de- partment reported today that latest prospects indicate world wheat production this year may be mod- erately above last year. with a large increase in North America more‘ than offsetting prospective de- creases in other areas. I surpluses expected by the worlds four major exporting countries-the United states. Canada. Australia and Argentina-will go a long way. the department said. toward meet- Ing world import requirements. un- less abnormally large shipments are required by Europe during the | 1944-45 season. I The department said European. production may be slightly below’ sst year's crop. and below average. A Canadian crop of 450,000,000 to 500,000,000 bushels is anticipated harvest last ear was §’.i‘i§'°§iii.clll'€ooo bushels. T e Unit- ted states crop has been forecast at 1,128,000,000 bushels, the largest of record.

Germans Ilse lloariloil Fighters

rpunou, Aug. u - (OP) —1"ly- ing bomb depots in Northern Rance were ‘attacked again today by R» A, F. heavy bombers while Am- erican heavies struck at a wide range of targets i eluding Berlin. stung by the repeated assaults ct robot bomb targets. the Germans turned loose D0 to B0 of their carc- fully-hoarded fighters to meet m, British attack but were dealt with by escorting Alma flshtm- There we; no diets announce- ment of losses.

Tea is the Refreshing Beverage

lent week. Many 000 "..,.,.‘°" mwiiiitlfibs ti‘: it”; n his strike ii itlu 0h tomorrow; MM“, use. iB“..8.’-i'.;€°.§.‘i'§ fin. tlbousuids are prepared l0 walk iomtheir 08b0,. flitcéollleraflefiigzr mm“ , "ell . gzcts that the WTIHR would not such a bot chem as it wu int

:azgi Oil Supjgles Hit Another Blow

Beds i-li-ipture Oil Dentre In Poland

IDNDON. A . 6 — (AP) —- Russisn troops dealt another severe blow to Germany's dwindling oil supplies today by capturing Droho- bycl. pro-war Poland's largest petroleum centre snd fortress city guarding the approaches to the Carpathian mountain passes lead- ing into Czechoslovakia.

Marshal Stalin's order of the day announcing the successful storming of Drohobycz, in the por- tion Gallcia annexed by Russia in the l0!!! partition of Poland. disclosed the emergence of a new Soviet army in the summer offen- sivc-the 4th Ukraine-led by Col. Gen. Ivan Petrov. defender of Sevastopol in the 1901-42 German siege.

There now are 1i Soviet armies hitting the enemy on a moo-mile front from Finland down to the Carpathian mountains. Other Rus- sian armies still are poised in Ro- mania for a possible resumption soon of the drive on the Ploesti oil fields in that country. German broadcasts again told of Nazi at- tacks on Odessa. important Soviet Black see supply port in the south.

Commons Members Agree 0h Housing Legislation Bill

OTTAWA, Aug. B — (OP) General agreement on the Gov- ernment's $275,000,000 housing leg- islation was recorded as the bill passed through preliminary com- mittee stage in the Commons Sat- urday‘ with some member! qualify- ing t eir support by saying it didn't goufar tenough.

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i. , brows and fanned themselves with sessiorui! papers during the hot sitting as they listened to a procession of speakers comment on the bill that is aimed at giving Canada new homes, clearing slums and im- proving standing property. Twice during the evening th- House lacked a quorum and wh ps drove membes into the- Chamber from lobbies where they sat n tieless and coatless comfort. Coats and ties must be worn in the Chamber itself.

After cleaning up Housing Bill preliminaries, embers spurted through a bill designed to extend the charter of Canada's banks for another 10 years. At adjournment they had passed through all but

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l3 Nazi Divisions Are Eliminated

d_ _(')N THE BRITIUSR FRONT IN NORMANDY, Aug. 6-(AP) - Thirteen German 1visi0ns_ have been“ thoroughly eliminated” in France, a senior British Staff officer said tonight, and the next two or three weeks may be the most. critical of any time

This officer, in a frank talk painting a picture of shattered hopes for Germany,

the heart of Franco.

captured the towns of Miiycnne. L

heavy aerial assaults. and while to

Street fighting was reported in May Sur Orne. into which French- spcaking troops of a Canadian regi- .ment drove Saturday night for a one-mile advance. and Ontario troops stabbed once more into Tilly La Campagne. then with- drew to a ridge outside the town.

The line of the American ad- vance ran from Bnrentzm through Mayenne and tovms along and across thc Maycnnc l'i\'l‘l‘ to with- in 25 miles of Angers. 75 miles up the Loire river. The swiftly- captured towns were being consoli- dated with lnfantry rushed up in trucks as armored columns sped ahead. -

The Allies’ grip on the sliced-off Brittany Peninsula was regarded as firm, arid American troops were reported fighting into the out- lying streets of Brest. They. were on the approaches of by-passed St. Mala, had dug into thc last crusts of resistance at the suburbs of Lorient, and St. Nazairc, and were thrusting down the lust 15 miles 'toward Nantes for a cleanup of those five most important ports of Brittany.

The Germans were believed to be putting up desperate resistance at those points if not elsewhere in Brittany. 'I‘lieir first attempt at sea evacuation was smashed when British and Canadian warships sank all seven ships of one German convoy attempting to flee St. Nazaire and shelled a second con- voy back into the isolated port.

A f"""°l“‘° "mlfk by flu: Americans into the interior of France

them to within 140 miles of Pariskit-a speed which, a spokesman said. hid 010118110 ""1 “V0500 Virlullnl’ Ill! to its time-table after seven weeks of hard slugging during vile weather in Normandy.

New Canadian attacks are being made south of Caen,

pressure was unrclen ing and coupled with heavy British attacks from the west. made German withdrawals in that. sector likely,

rival and Chateau Gontier. carrying.

aided by rritorial gains have been small. the

ii}? Inner Defence Line llas Vanished

Believed my Myth Dreamed Up By Ger- man Propaganda.

By JAMES M. LONG

LONDON. A118. 6 — (AP) — A vaunted German inner defence line guarding the approaches to Paris and inland France has van- ished intc thc air from which it was conjured by the Nazi pro- paganda mills.

The breakthrough from Nor- mandy has confirmed what Al- lied aerial reconnaissance had already indicated — that there are no fixed enemy defences short of the Maginot and Siegfried lines.

For two years the Germans have been filling the air and the press with pictures of a “Hitler? "Von Rundstedt" or "Rommel" line sup- posedly built by herculean labor to make the European fortress im- pregnable.

Industry Gan Prepare For ¢‘ Post-War Period‘

three of the 165 clauses of the bill.

Fall 0f Brittany Will Cripple llazi ll-Boat Operations

LONDON. Aug. 6 — (AP) -—The,

fall of Brittany with its U-boaufrigerstcrs. nests of Brest, Nzizaire will cripple enemy sub-lather fabricated articles. marines so badly they never again} will be able to strike efficiently and 1 model of nny machine, appliance in great strength, naval offlcers|or other urticlc has been under predicted today. i

Lorlent and St. '

Packs of U-bosts now at sea.

must return to more distant bases-c for refuelling and rsermlng. naval officers Jubilantly declared. many Allied planes and imp. now

and

patrolling the Atlantic life lines will be released for other tasks. The value of the harbors them- selves is immense. In the first Great War Brest was the port most used by the United States in pour- ing troops and supplies into France. As at Cherbourg, the Americans expect to find Brest. Lorient, St ‘ and the river ort Nantes wrecked. but the A ies have made plsns well in advance to Bet them back into ulc quickly. U470»; in these ports are ss- pecteii to sot a severe msuliiig as they try to escape. snd it is safe

to assume some already have been deltroyed. I

OTTAWA. Aug. 6 — (OP) -The Munitions Department has open- ed the way for ilevelopment of new and better appliances for the Canadian householder in the post- war period.