THE presentation of photos of each cf the t presidents of the provincial command. ladies auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion was made last night as the banquet which closed the associa-

annual meeting of lion held at the Legion home

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The Guardian. Charlottetown, Thurs. June 4, 1964. 3;

Expect 150

At Postmasters’ Meet

One of the first conventions to be booked into Charlotte- town for the 1964 Centennial year, the Maritime Branch of The Canadian Postmasters As- sociation will open sessions at the Charlottetown Hotel today.

Three years ago the associa- tion held its meeting here and they were asked then if they would return during Centennial year and at that time it was decided by vote that they would.

Last night the members of the 30th annual conference regis- tered. Some 150 or more dele- gates are expected.

Registration will continue this morning and at 10 o’clock the delegates will hear the busi- ness reports and the reports of its officers. Committees appointed during the morning and groups for discussions will be organized.

Group discussions will occpy the afternoon and a banquet and dance will be held in the

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Delegates

On Friday morning the group will be addressed by the national president of the asso- ciation. J. M. Boldus of Odessa. Sask. They will then adjourn to tour the confederation build- ings, Followmg lunch the elect- ion of officers will be held and the group will be addressed by '1'. Bond oof the postal service‘ branch, Ottawa, and will hav a panel discussion. .

During the evening they willi attend a banquet at the hoteli during which time long service} badges will be presented. I

On Saturday morning. that group will hear committee re- ports and arrangements will he made for e 1965 conference; Finance reports and resolutions? will be brought up and all other 1 business will be finalized. 5

At noon the group will be ad-l dressed by the Postmasterl General of Canada, John Nich- olson and will then adjourn to} the closing luncheon where they;

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“The old man at 19" shakes hands \vith Superintendent A S. MCNEII. head of the RCMP'S ‘L“ divismn here. who made presentations to each of lht=

League who are "retiring." WoZ Michael Ramsay, left. until leavmg the squadron the senior air cadet. having had

evening.

of the personell branch, Ottawa. three cadets of the Air Cadet

will be addressed by D. Morals l six years of service. is one of

R'ETllNG cos HNORD

a .

"old men” record. The other two cadets honored last night at the an- nual cadet banquet are W02 Gordon Batl and Sgt. Jo hn Norton. who stands at right.

the youngest on

percentage of the overall ob- =Jecfive of 1185 could cause lserious shortages of blood avail- lable for patients in both prov- linces. according to Red Cross [officials

last night. Cleve (h‘asweii. who donated the pilcures is shown ' one of them to Mrs.

. he photos l hang in the ladies room if t Charlottetown Legion Home.

egion ladies’ Annual

Closes With Elections

charitable work done in their areas during the past year,

The ninth annual meeting of the Provincial Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion was held last night at the Char- lottetown Branch.

The meeting was under the chairmanship of Mrs. Russell Roper of Charlottetown. The meeting was called to order by the color party of the Kensing-

ton Branch. (I

The minutes of the last meet- I g an of the last executivev meeting and correspondence was read by Mrs. Lillian Mac- Donald.

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Seventeen presidents. repre- senting 157 delegates from across the island reported 0

the work being carried on in

their branches during the year. later

by Mrs.

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of the work being done by the

Zone commanders reported from Queens. Mrs. Hammond ongias. Mt. Stewart; West Prince, Mrs. Earl MacDonald. ’i‘ignish and Kings, Mrs. Mar- garet. Jarvis.

The financial report was given Edith Burke of Bor- on and she reported there were 21 ' up branches on the Island.

The president's report was "iven by Mrs. Roper who spoke

ladies auxiliary of the legion and also of her trip to the 20th Convention of the Legion held recently in Winnipeg.

. m Lillian

ncars nor the mung President, Mrs.

The new branch from Cardigan lMacDonald, Montague; lst

was welcomed by the meeting. The branches reported on the

WEATHER ‘

‘ 90 iron; sect . .ctily Mac-Donald. Souris: treas-

vice president, Mrs. Edith Elder-sham, Tignish' 2nd vice president. Mrs. L Do' Mrs. Doo-

urei. Mrs. Marjorie Wylie. Sum-

.mcrstde; honorary Plasma“: tiirz: Luna]. Hai'lmess. Summer- TORON’I‘O t'CPV— Observcd Md" The “we” we ma- wmperatures: ei's were reelected and MIS- Mm MEL iMal‘LLl'l 'I‘rainor was ' Dawson . . . . . . . . . .. 49 80 lr'fl'lm‘m 0f crlbbgge‘ Next H 47 64 *year‘s convention Will be old In Victoria .... 49 64 ML— Edmonton 40 7t TITO IN FINLAND Calgary 54 7-7 HELSINKI (Reuters) — Yugo- Saskatoon 44 7g slav President Tito arrived here Regina ____ h 45 7-; Monday to begin a six-day Vifl't Winnipeg 25 6] to Finland expected to include Toronto 50 50 talks with President Urho Kek- Ottawa 45 L- koncn about next October's sec- Momrul _ ‘ . _ H 48 3—, and conference of non-aligned Quebec . . . . 43 67 Countries in caim' Egypt Fredericton 47 65 Saint John 45 62 Moncton . . . . . . 44 54 Halifax . . . . . 45 60 Charlottetown 44 51 Sydney . . . . . . . 40 50 Yarmouth . . . . .. 43 56 St. John's. Nfld. 37 53 HALIFAX (CPI -— The wea- ther office says patchy cloud was reported from many parts of the district late Wednesday

although a few places were clear.

A disturbance was moving to- wards the Maritime provinces from Western New York State and should paths through today.

Considerable cloud with a few showers or thunderstorms will accompany the disturbance. With no great change in tem- Dentures.

Regional forecasts:

Cape Breton, Prince Edward ‘ Island. Eastern NB. Counties: Cloudy with a few sunny inter- vals and a few showers: warm- er: light winds. Low-high at Syd- ney 40 and 55. Charlottetown 43 Ind‘55. Moncton 42 and 60.

H18h tide today at Charlot- tetown at 0.011 cm. and 5.48 pm. At Rustico at 2.03 a.m.

ide tides 18 minutes later than Charlottetown. s on

mes today 15. am. and agrarian pm. All times

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Post. and the late James Law- less.. A sington today in Vancouver.

INFANT PATIENT The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Woodside of Baltic is a patient in the Prince County Hospital.

WEEKEND VISITOR Mrs. Ethel Champion. Baltic spent the weekend in Kenslng- ton.

WERE VISITORS Mrs. Charles Mackenzie. Moi- u nd . Keir Crates. Baltic were visitors to Summer- side on Friday.

FINE!) FOF NEGLIGENCE

Patrick A. Roehfoo-d. l - ion. was fined $50 and costs at Alberton on Tuesday for ne- gligence in the operation of a motor vehicle. conviction also calls for a three month suspension of his drivers li-

cense. The charge was lll'shid by cam

town policeman John A or. MAYOR AT CONVENTION Mayor Roy Icard. Alberton, is preeently attendln the a nun] meeting of the National Federation of Mayors and Mn- nicipalities In Regina. Mayor

Leard was recently 0‘0"“ 3"

president oi the PEI. Feder- ation.

HEAR OF DEATH Word has relatives here of the death of Sydney A. Bishop, Vancouver. BC. whose wife is the former Gertrude Lawless. daughter of Mrs. Elmer Burt. Travellers Grand needle. Mrs. lfred Morrison. Bedford. Ed

Mrs ward . K - are sisters. Burial il

ed grandseigneur,

t by town magistrate Howard Clark mo“

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been received by North Germany. Normandy‘ tbescene

s available for fightln ing Antennae” Marsha

mend a total of 59 divisions—83 coast-1 l

nor-Insilnfantry Panzer (armored) mimicry-“Within

D-Day‘ Landings As Seen Clinics Objective Short,

By Former German OfficerOffidaIS

Gen. Guenther Blumentritt was chief of staff at German headquarters In France on D-Day. Now 72 and a mili- tary historian. Blumentrltt tells here of the events lead- ing up to and Including D- Dsy_ as seen by a German 0 pert.

By Gen. G. Biumentrttt. Ret.

MUNICH (Aw—From. 1943 on we were certain that the West- ern Allies would come. We knew that. the Russians were pressing for action they hoped would bring relief in the east.

But just where the Western landing would he made was anybody‘s guess, We had to de- fend 2,000 kilometres (1.200 miles) of French, Belgian and Dutch coastal lines. There was ample choice for the invading forces to pick the right spot.

Coastal fortifications differed greatly in strength. They were strongest in Holland. on both sides of Calais and on both sides of the river Somme. They were weak in Normandy and weaker

t in - ern rance.

Field Marshal (Gerdl Von Rundstedt thought little of the German coastal defence system,l the "Atlantikwail." To him It was all bluff. The field marshal was the “Oh West." the German I commander ~ in — c is on that western front. He was a true; a soldier who‘ held high the old traditions. and a brilliant strategist. I was his chief of staff.

or this groups B, headed by the young. able Field Marshal Erwin Rom-l me], who earlier had led the] Afrikakorps. and C commanded’ Col. - n. Johannes Blasq kowitz. i GENERALS DISAGREED

Rommel‘s Idea was to line up all of his armored divistons right behind the coastal front of

is section. This. he, argued. would permit them to go imme- diately into action in case of an Allied invasion.

Rundstedt had always believed in mobile operations. He was opposed to rigid coastal defence. He wanted to assemble the bulk of armored strength In the Paris area. and attack the Allies when they were far enough removed from the coastal bases and no longer had the support of the heavy naval artillery.

Hitler decided in favor of Rommei's plan. at he. too. wan p some reserves l the . Thus. the two strongest Panzer Divisions. Lehrdivision and SS - Division I-Ilt‘leriugend. were stationed West of Parts and remained under Hitler's command. They were to play an important role on invasion day. ‘

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know of the enemy at that time? Actually, we knew little. Air and navy re- connai nce. spies and agents supplied strongly contrasting re- ports. We di not know until the spring: of 194‘ when and

pleteiy: Landing will be in The Netherlands, in Belgium, in Nor- msny. in Brittany. at the Bay of Biscay on the Meditemnean

ITUATIION mail Beginning In 1944, me gnu.

gradually b e c s m e convinced that the invasion would come in

forged? Bonds lieved the Miles would north of the Somme. because

could possiny of a feint attack. What force did we have a the invad- 1 Von no r his com-

st-rengtih and equipment. Ammu- nition was scarce. Artillery no:

force comprised merely 320 planes and our air reconnaissance was only rarely able to penetrate behind the Allied anti-aircraft system. Thus. we lacked details about D-Day preparations.

RAIDS STEPPE‘D UP

On that June 4, tension was mounting at the OB West head- quarters ln St. Germain, just northwest of Paris. The Allied air raids became more and more numerous and there was a sharp increase in the sabotage actions by the French Resis- ta

nce. On June 5, an Allied radio was picked up. It was a coded warning to the French Resistance that the landing was imminent. Our troops were im~ mediater put on alert. Hitler‘s headquarters was nformed of the situation. The first reports which rived that night about , ‘ ..

Still Hopeful

Eventually the superiori , . of the Royal Canadian Legion

strengtih made itself fen, Both of yesterday‘s Red Cross Farther the east. near‘ lo donor clinics in Prince Caen. the British 6th Air Divi-l(‘0Imt.\' failed to meet their sion was more successfuL Theytouoias when only 179 register- faced the brave, but weak. Ger-It’d 0n the 225 Objective at the " ing increase 0130 over the num man 716th Coastal DivisioanCAF Slatl‘ln in the morning. lber who reported at last year' which had to defend a broad and just 83 0f the expected 150 afternoon clinic. section. turned up at the Alberton Le- Members of Were these landings really the gion-sponsorcd clinic. last even-. actual invasion or re flheyl ing. This deficn of 108. added to‘ just a large-scale feint? These‘the 49 of the previous two days doubts were to keep us con- of clinics means that the prov- cerned for several more days. ince is 157 donors short for the The first large Allied landing first three days. then came at dawn on June 6. Fred Hastings. chairman of The obstacles constructed on or- the Red Cross blood donor com- ders of the imaginative Rommellmittce of the Alberton branch in the water and on the beach M‘- really paid off. The Allied in-l fanny had. a ‘tough JOb- excellent work clone by M r s. l Meanwmlev V0” Rundmedt Murphy during her time as a. had sent an urgent request to "Mme. l Hitler’s headquarters in ('I‘le NEW TRUSTEES early-morning hours. u t The no“. “"5",”

hand to help the Mobile

while their Ladies’

donors. . GRAVE SITUATION

the situation very expressed the fact that there

grave.

appomled

Paris—to the front

landings near Caen and Car- entan were pretty vague. In the early the situation became clearer. American airborne troops had landed north of Carentan.

But they met with stiff resist- ance. They ran into the 352nd German infantry Division which. coincidence.

morning hours of June 6. 1100

n. a ut 4 pm Hitler finally gave the go-ahead. The' Pan r Divisions immediately

left for the front. But allied air raids made it Impossible for; them to reach the front before June 7 or 8. And that was foo.‘ lat ‘

y sheer had been concentrated in that area for a training exercise, It almost seemed to us that the American landing had failed.

School Improvement Plans, , Elections Highlight Meeting

GEORGETOWN — The annu— al meeting of Georgetown School District No. 1 was held in the high school. Tuesday, June 3 with a fairly large rep- resentation of ratepayers in at- tendance. Alec . Arsenault was appointed chairman for the meeting.

The secretary. Mrs. Isabel Hansen read the minutes of the last annual meeting and of a special meeting. which were adopted.

Chairman of the board trustees. Temple MacDonald gave a very comprehensive and detailed report of the board of trustee; for the school year. lie mentioned repairs that we re done to the building and to the plumbing and heating systems. The board held 30 meetings during the year. he said and an office for the school secre- tary was opened in the school and equipped. The secretary has regular office hours for the convenience of the ratepayers

Plans were (emulated for the erection of a steel flag pole on the school grounds and in. grounds will also be beautified He informed the meeting that the teaching stafl of nine tea- chers has been engaged for the

The auditors report was pre- sented in mimeographed form- to each ratepayer present and it was read to the meeting by

secrets Following dis- cussion it was adopted. A. J. Garrett. chartered accountant was reappointed auditor for the ensuing year

The report of the supervisor.

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Louis I". Herring. was readl and contained several recom- mendations for general school! improvement. including the; purchasing of books for a school | library. The report also dealt, with the advisability of improv- ‘ ed school playgrounds.

The voting of supplements was the next order of business and the amount of $5.800 Who voted. Voted for running expen- ses was the amount of 317.100 and $500 was also voted for a library. _

It was necessary to appoint four new trustees. Mr. MacDon- ald being the only trustee with part of his term yet to serve.

Mrs. William Murphy tender- ed her l‘esignation. which was accpled with regret and int». chairman of trustees. Mr. Mac' Donald and trustee James Mac.- _... ._ .. . . .. I

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3 . l the Albertonl branch of the Legion Were on Red (31055 blood donor team with‘ the equipment and to provide. transportation for the donors.1 ‘ Auxiliary l ! . l in Montague, completer renovated exterior and interior. wall to wall carpetng on ground floor, built-in birch kitchen. one acre of land including large orchard, excellent location. bath upstairs

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’—‘. Provincial Red Cross officials I Council both commented on the lsaid last night that the failure

in meeting the clinic quotas dur- ing the past three days makes but hope that the is this large-

W155“? ‘0 ms“ file "Hitler were: Frank Parkeron 3 three. sued deficit will present a 3959‘?” “the. two 91‘“ Pin“? year term: Earl Walsh. rc-ap- tcliallenge to residents in the' ‘V‘s'ms Slammed we“ 0 ? pointed for a two-year term Tignis an 0‘ eary areas In:

1 {new Hitler'legsedmm .‘zorking ed for a one-year term and Mrs. day. {Ssea vtv:5w:;e u}: grfiziéf; Alec. Al'senanli. appointed for a . Both of these clinics are hours were lost In the after” one—year term. mg sponsored by the Legion

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branches in their homes with ’Arthur DesRoclies as the chair- -inan for Tignish where clinic fihuurs are from 2-4 this after- iIlOOn with a quota of 120. an Bruce MacNaught as the chair- man for O'Leary where the times are 8.1!) this evening with an objective of 150 donors. 1 Blood supplies for both Nova .‘IScolia and Prince Edward Is-

siated last night that although land for the next week are de~ their results were short of their pendent, upor. what is collected fobjeciive there was a gratify- lin

this province this eek. - {Failure to leach a reasonable

l EVACUATES FAMILIES

. VICTORIA 'CPt—More than ‘ 30 families have been evacuated ‘from their homes as runoff- ;swollen rivers continued to rise 3in various sections of British Columbia . of the homes jw-as flooded. however. and offi= ' said the families were fevacuated as a precautionary I measure.

; CONTINUED OPERATING

t A South African soldier, 14'-

ionel De Witt. underwent 410 operations in the nine years following injuries received in

the Second World War

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