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EERMANS WE

jive AGREES TO ANOTHER CONFERENCE

lone Ofpritain’: New Tools Of War-

miivu views n! one of the newest ships in Britain's iky lllrludp—thg mum ‘uidpmvorful, the twin-e "ined monoplane has come through gruelling tests as a. "triple-threat" pcrfpffimr _ "Bu" B110 i-‘Bll 00°01'11""? bombers on attacks over German ' Iloiiurappeil, to throw into the R.A.F.‘s coming of ienslve in the air Alongside the pmdlinprivvcii new type Spitfires and llurrico:

Al! lllfillliltlillf! night

i?" ~

elcoal essential

Willi/A. Jiule 6—(CP)-—-Aii cool i undertakings in Canada

passed lctlay. to be "essent-

css uni the Defence o!

Regulations." it was an- .... by J. McG. Stewart, coal u. tutor.

= ‘é C. E t» Q. 3 Q n. O -. ... :1

dining Events l in 010.1223; this column lpquts per word.

‘Tucgas-ié: L-207-6-6-2i.

idiot‘; and Sauce Bradalbane _tidly. L-207-6-6-2i.

catsuit. Holmans. Saturday, i ltluSi. Charles Auxiliary. i ~L-181-6-5-3l.

F011! Yet i:_\', M‘ r stifle. 0t t 0Q e

S IA ‘t

do MC‘- 14-275.

NCE." J un 17th. L-2l0- -'7-3i.

l. 0N 'i‘uostla_v, welcome. "Elli-tug! ‘irate dance at . Spotfciiatlptiil to Tuesday. . l0. with O. K. Presbyh Or-

l.

‘, L-271. t iillitor players present ‘l Bose Boats the Band" in _ laondon llwll. ltionduy evening,

h- 0. U. Rummage Bale. Holy lllll. Saturday, June 7th, .P- ll. L- 137-6-5-81.

Wlisltttflto IbllV blolognestiaattlg H ' c or prce. gne Cold Storage Co, Ltd, i L-242-5-2l-tf.

rte Jails 18th. Ice Cream Jllide Rive-r Hall.

L-Ztliird-‘l-li, illaiice. Sliwirvdsas Tuesday ‘ lilill. “lobsters Orchestra. ' . L-249-6-7-10.

j Cream Festival and Dance. ‘ lilli Sclit-ol, Monday, June

. _ L-ZSZ-B-‘T-ll. unto n‘ ._ M, ,

a Tlltsriluyll-(linilcflldtlilt Black“), ' L-ili-fl-T-li.

lflfiy c0 t b fffldll-illcerlialll June 1o. u El‘. Music by Full-view Y l Under auspices 0i’ W0- . liiltitute. 5.339

Fairview

utllllle Boy Hall on Mon- , J1me 9. Kensington

Th8 Swastika ‘m? at. 8:30. Dance after zslifilon orchestra. Ad- - ' "ml 15c. 1,331,

' Betrays".

‘M.

[BI-

Bwuilshter. from the

-held territory. All toldB it-i h 1 Bwumler “e ranged r a n as more hart 30

4. » '

some ‘stabld’ as llic f‘ .

Suiurblc for long range

eBris v eaufighter

: Bienhe ics s h as escort flying. it is

such planes as the Ilzilifax, Stir

bomber. Heavily armed

- o aircraft, Inilfly of them and Manchester bomb.

Drive continues

llt full speed

i AWAL

June 8—(CP)—Ro- from ll parts of Canada in-

tha Friday's subscriptions to tl1e*,pil01.000,000 Victory Loan 1941 wcr\'fully up to the average for the we! k" but no actual figures are availal national campaign

headquarte s nnsunned tonisllt.

Total o! .a.s subscriptions in the first four c . the nationwide drive whic last Monday was $190.0 was announc-s ed earlier ay,

With th figure a a basis, cash subscriptio to tonig t would be in the nei bonhood o $231 000000 if Friday turns are u to expec-

BATAVIA. June 6 -—IAP) -'l'he government of the Netherlands Eostllidcs rejected today import- ant sections in Japan's demands for a large share of thcrubber, pi] and tin 0f these islands, but. there was no sign of the subsequent crisis which the Japanese had lntimat-7 ed would come in the event o! en l unfavorable answer.

While the terms of the Indies reply were not disclosed. the chief Japanese negotiator. Kenkichi Yos- hlzawa. emerged from e. 90-min- ute conference with Indies negotia- tor H. J. Vim Mook to express dis- appointment and to predict that 1' would not suit ‘Qokyo.

“It is my impression." said Yosn- iaavva. “lint agreement will be very difficult.

Local ll.0‘.M.P. Corporal graduates

UITAWA, June 6-—(CP)—-\Amon8 those graduating from the CBIlfldlfl-llv Police College here g __ Charles F‘, Deakin. Charlottetown! Al-Ctiflfl corporal R. J. K Saint

J ; Constable W. J. Lawrence. Yarmouih. N. 5.; Constable LeRoy Roach. Sfipey. N- 5-. lwlilll 0°!‘

poral A. iviersc. Moncton.

Sub overdue,

to Brookfieid Hall Tues-

"ltllt. June 10th and see "Here

'_. “Allelic-on” under e iceei

.,, 25 Women's Ins tute . c and 15c. L-235-0-7-ii A P1‘ '- Pigs , . ‘liltulsv lo A. M. et New ~_ - 1A. M. at Ruetico. 2 P "L “yin Market square. 6 0mm. 3'

i Rose ' Klnkors. o P. M. mm .

en Anniin. ravine $8.00 a over 2o lbs. each. $000 - Kaud Jo

f’ A

A ‘lily. being observ- ‘l llle King's Birth- ’ “ml ll public holl- ' u" Ilcxt issue of Glllirdian will be

"Y. June l0.

“iv

_ ZDN adml Monday lit ma- due and presumed lost. M. ish submarine lost since the out-l

Wednesday l PM.‘ ber in commission at the start 0i P. M. Volley. the war was 58. but many mo" l"

ltdvd-‘I-ll. l fr

Presumed lost

DON. June o -(GP) --'l'h¢ ralty tonight announced that the submarine Undeurited is over-

The Undauntefis the 28th Brit-

i I break of the war. The total num-

resiuned to have been built Bin“ on. Although the admiralty did nbt

t ‘ d and the ‘Uek. another undersea croft twat-ted sunk re- cent were both new addition! t0 the -ton ‘Unity clue.

Found Sea. Covered With Dead Germans

MADRID. June ti -(AP) —'I'll8 Bpuiiili cruiser Canaries retrieved e. number of deed German sailors from a sea literally covered with

‘bodies after the battleship Bil- .marci: was sunk. and thcm lth full

“hands as he opened it. Then allo

today were ._

$40,000 Boost biog Victory

' - o an Drive The Victory Loan ..Committee ere given a big surprise and u. most

ornlng Qvhen Mayor B. Roy llolmiin accom- erton, walked into Headquarters and

pleasant one yesterday Ilanled by City Clerk Ja es Fu with it perfectly ' '...

Vice-Chairman of the Vlcto room naturally wondered how paper represented and they c

oan. ucli

face and he Jumped up and dollars,” he said. and then ch

Our Mayor and City Fatli as the word spread around an every one felt more determin -d and the big loan would be crowne" with a Victory Loan does have it thrill hops one of the biggest ones

to buy Victory Loan bonds and rnak to furnish the tools to Britain.

Historic

King’; birthday Monday, June 9. will be fittingly celebrated by mili- tary exercises at Victoria Pork when the historical "Feu-tic-Joie" ceremony will be presented in this province for the first time in half a centur . This traditional honor- ing of t e reigning sovereign -will be performed by detachments from the Navy, under the command of L‘eut. K. Birtwhistlc; members from No. 3 platoon '1 A Company. Veteran's Guard of Canada, under command of Lieut. F‘. A. Grimmer. M.M. and No. 62 Canadian Army Basic ‘Priiinin Centre, under com- mand of Ma or A. S. Robertson. The _R.E.I. Light Horse band. uudcr the direction of bandmastcr Thom- as McFarlane aivi the West Kent School Band din ‘oil by baricimas- ter William Hlne, will furnish the

music.

Briefly the o'er: nony is as fol- lows: At 10 a. 7n hiondav morn- ing the above military and naval un ts, numbering upwards o! 400. under command of Lt. Col, F. I. Andrew M.M., will be drawn up in line in two ranks facinir the R0019" er'e cottage and about 10o feet east or it. His Honour. Lieutenant Gov-

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700 ilhinese die In raid shelter

KING. June 0—(AP\- Seven hundred Chinese by Iuffoceflon inside and h! I Mm- fitde at the entrances to 0h - no‘; big t air raid dugout last night dur m; e Japanese aerial at- Rewue squads still were bugging out the mangled bodies of ole families into today more were - lo scenes when relatives and frien e located their dead. It. was the beiareateet blow yet in this oft-bom capital. The Japanese for the first time lhisoeaeondroped bombeon the south bank o!

across from the cepita proper

burial at eon w l": announced tonqbt. __

V0 gown. l‘ lwhat once wiu regarded u o. some.

hat will hit the not likely that amounts of t at calibre will be source. However, there are me very respectable mounts u. come in, really gratifying Cfllllidfififljfthlt we have no mllliopalres or people of [IBM wealth. but we do have‘ those who are only too anxious and willing

‘Tea-de-joie ” Ceremony At Park Monday Mo

were killed‘

River. in b!

l

u’. t.

over a ., to the W. H. V. Dunbar. Everyone in the in coin of the realm that piece of

d note a. trembling of Mr. Dunbar’!

of indescribable Joy spread ovcr his

crs an more cheers! ers then ame in for a. lot of praise anti sing the ca vassers and workers cncli and '

sure at their efforts to put over success. fter all, the job of staging’ moments and yesterdays was per- til headquarters as it is ceiveii from any other

e sure that Canada. has the money

Victoria rning

4 Auxiliaries 0f Bismarck Sunk by British

LONDON. June (i-KIPJ-Tiiree German supply slups and an armed trawler. piszsuinaoly auxiliaries of the battleship ulsmnrck mitt other Atlantic raiders, were SlillK by trio, Royal Navy in the mop-upuhat foi- ioivcd destruction ol the lio-Wtl-lon Nazi man-owvar, the Admiralty un- nounccd today.

The existence of these supply ves- sels-df they were the Blsmurke- indicates that she was ready tor ex~|

sank the ‘M100 lOll name uiiilsori

Hood May 24 between Greenland

and Iceland. only to be pouziuta io

gases by British forces three days r

A. V, Alexander. First Iord of Lhel Admiralty. said last Sunday thatl the sinking of the Bismarck "true; trated important enemy designs. tacitly contributing to previous sug- gestions in informed quarters that the Bismarck planned to man cap- tive ships or poesibiv out landing parties ashore somewhere.

She was carrying the extraordin-l iu-y complement of 2,400 Ii1€l1-—900l more than normal-when she was nor

‘in favor of lVlJ‘. lVl-tllfl‘ and the lat-

IIIN.G..--

Makes reply To Hepburn Suggestion

IR BASE IN SYRIA

Might E; Used As Base In Drive

Against

Cyprus

Malta’s ‘Commander Says will

Will Hold Dominion- Provincial Parley if l Several‘. Premiersl Unite In Request.

l e -(CP)—Prime :ie King said w- ram t0 Premier

of Ontario that

OTTAWA. Jun Minister Mtvckcn

if ll e "Pre lci of the several provinces s uld unite in a request for anothe minion-provinctal

conference. he Dominion Elli/Bill" merit will pr pared to lllVfl lm- mBdiate cons clc aticn to any such

was in rrlily i0 Mr. Kiilg late ves- Mr. Hepburn sug-

gested a dom. on-proviinclal con-

ference be ca e to discuss out- standing prob to ensure thc_ fullest possible .

Mr. King's elegr m tonight Sfllfil

that matters proposed as s bjects or discussion

-.

(OP ped in when I 1y fire

the ' tdiails . “eincn n a bllltkil bri-

with the near-

gade inking the spo - s pply. some distance away.

t Onq of the soldiers. who save ms liming, only tassel-g. Art Orion. ian intcvone blazlngbuilding and res-. "urra d 5nd whouped-"Ft-irty thousand -cued a young ‘Child W116i] he heard

that ‘all in the house had not been l accounted for. Ali the other mem- bers of the three families escaped.

Rev. Hugh Miller Elected Pres. 0f conference

SACKVIILE. N. 13., June 6 - (CPJ--Rov. Hiluli Miller, Charlotte- town, was elected president oi the Maritime Conference of the United Church of Canada today. He suc- deeded Dr. J. W. Bartlett, Saint. John,

The name of Dr. J. A. lvfacKeigair. rlalifax. also was placed in nomin- ation for the office but he withdrew

tier was elected unanimously by standing vote. ‘

The new president was born at Garden of Eden Pictou County. N. S. He studied at Dalhousie Univer- sity and Pine Hill Divinity Hall, Halifax. and has served congrega- tions at Glace Boy. N. 5.: Camu- bellton, N. B.. Saint John and Charlottetown. '

Rev. George A. Christie, Rich- mond Bay. P. E. L. and Rev. A. G. Pentz, Gibson. N, 15.. were re-eiect- ed secretary and treasurer, respect- ively. oi’ the conference.

Rev. L. W. Parker, Truro. N. 5.. asked to be relieved oi his position as convcnor of the conference fmid committee. on office 11c has held for 16 years.

I-le was succeeded by Rev. W. A. MacQuiirrle. Soul-is P. E. 1.

'I‘he report on religious educatiom. presented bv Rev. harle Gordon, Amherst. N. S.. revealed a steady decrease in Sunday School enrol-, meat in the last five yfiuffil i

United Church Sunday Schools in. the Maritimes number 800 with a, membershi of more than 52.000 01-: floors. tea iers and scholars. In the last year there was a decrease of 317 officers and teachers. 3.000

“email l°11tl'1'“"fl° “m” “he” Sh“ scholars and 2.000 in oversize ut- Capital of siilznso. or within

undance.

The whole church must be awak- ened to the seriousness of the situ- ation. said Rev. Arthur Orilfln.

The daily half hour dglrotigniil

0d was conducted by . 0r- $31 M. Guy, of Brothers Collele. Madison. N. J. |

WHEAT PROSPECTS PROMIS lNG

UITAWA. ti... tF-(CEU-Sprlnit. wheat, prospects at May 31 for Can-i ado as a. whole "were somewhat. more promising than at. the sane date last year.“ the Dominion Bur-

eau of Statistics said today in l report on condition of

field crops.

at a dominion rovinci 1 conference "would have b en v those which it was oped an full con deration

ys‘ d cussion. no gestion to snot er conference h been recei ed by he dominion from any provi ce un 1 Mr. Hepburms telegram Jrlved yesterday.

Neither cl th federal govern- ment noticed an failure on the part of any province to co-oper- ate in Canada's war effort unless the exception taken by the Ontar- io Ebvcrnment wfthe proposed in- crease from five .10 15 her cent: in the tax on interest payable to non- resident holders of provincial securi- tics could be regarded in that light

"As tlic minister of finance (Hon If... Ilslcy) has restored H's tax in quesbon to its level of ire past eight wears. it. is hoped that all cause for complaint on that scoro has now been effectively removed." Mi". Kilig said.

The government was of the op- inion that unless there were gen- eral agreement on the part of all provinces on the desirability of holding another conference. such a confcrc-"ce might only serve tn ric- centualc difference raised at the January session.

Ghltown, $’side Pass half way Point in drive

Victory loan canvasscrs had a busy but successful day yesterday. So many reports were com n into Headquarters and yct these id no‘. cover anything like the number oi subscriptions actually received that it was considered impossible to give R Cvlllillfite picture for the whole province.

But the upward surge is contin- uing with accelerating speed and everyone has caught the infection of victory in the achievement of the goa1—$1.500,000 for the province. Chiirlottetowns figures up till seven oclock last evening totalled $61,850. which added to the previous four day's total oi $211,700 makesagviid total for this city of $273,55Q_—-p|"ac. llCHllY half our objective which ls $550,000.

‘ml! lOtBl reached in Summerside yesterday evening was the very slllenclti sum 0f $51,150. which adri- ed to the previous four day sub- scriptlon list of $131,600. gives a Brand total for the Prince County measureable distance of Summer? side's quota which is $225,000,

Great credit is due canvasscrs of Summerside in having ccmplled such a. large uriount oi’ subscrip- tions so quickly. In view of what they have already done in less than one-third 0f the period allotted for loan subscriptions, it is expected that. they will be one of the first

-Gen. Henri Dentz acknowledged the

troops into Syria "by land. sea an

‘give good account of itself; Italian aircraft destroyed in

“k are constr Syrian p011, island base in attaches reporte The purpose o cos, was two-fold; to p the Royal Air Force an (Yypriis could be attacked. (The Columbia Broadcast pondent said German pilots, te

‘ as sportsmen.”

(“German transport pia ground crews are shuttling Rhodes." the correspondent,

VALETTA, Malta, June 6--(CP)

either the Germans or Italians to In

“The Government and the thy“ done." he said, “to ensure that the Isl self.”

CAIRO, June 7-—(Sattirday) m the Union of South Africa

F. itian line, it was announced to

Soiilaliiairti auri recently were eng lopia. The disclosure came with nnn

specl the South African troops.

CAIRO. June 6—(AP)—'I‘lie de- struction of zui ltuiiun iilrcratt in a l raid on the airdroiue of Aleppo in Northern Syria. was announced by the Royal Air Force Middle Ensti command today as the iirst cvi-i dencc that the Fascist air force had , entered that French mandate.

In three previous raids on Aleppo German plane-s using the Syrian

as s. stopping stone to Iraq. were attacked but there was no mention then of Italian planes at Aleppo until today.

It was the 17th British raid on Syrian objectives.

(In a speech to ills Levant army, prescuce of foreign planes in Syria. but said they were merely passing

hrough.)

ISTANBUL, Turkey. June 5-(De- layedl-(Mi-The Ankara. radio said todav that Germany is movln

air almost. daily." . It was understood here also that the Vichy government is trying l0 get control or a number of tugs which formerly were used by the French on the Danube and which were taken to Turkey and leased to Britain after the French-German

armistice.

Oil Controller Back From U. S. Is Silent

Pair sentenced To imprisonment

WWI“ l" 3511550490 "80 over the top and very greatly exceed their objective.

Nevfplan for Crop predicting

OTTAWA, June 6—(CP)—Cana-.

da stopped into the forefront of scientific wheat crop reporting to- day with issuance of the first con- dition report based on weather uc- veiopmenta rather than condition t estimates received from hundreds of Prairie points. l Dominion Bureau oi Statistics ol- l flclals said they were confident

.lrp would be - possible by making

more accurate production forecast-

l RIMOUSKI, Que. June 6—-(CPi-—‘. ' Roland Dallalre and Emile bessard t ire-re sentenced today by Mr. Justice Lucien Cannon to life imprison- i i mrrilt alter Lllflv pleaded guilty to charges or manslaughter arising} from six deaths in a hotel fire in,

1930.

The men originally had been charged with murder, the charizel upon which Elisce Roy. pro rietor cf the hotel. was convictc and. sentenced to be hanged last Satur- day‘.

Roy was charged with the murder oi his father. Jean Roy, one of the‘ ;slx persons burned to death in i-he ' flaming hotel one September "night in 193B, The Cr wn 11nd cliargctil, ‘that Roy was io iislble for the.

b iirtr; hoping to collect insurance izr] ill-P building.

Dnllalrc and Lcssard were nttus _b\; the Crown of setting the fire. ‘use o! exact data made available by l Roy's mother was among the per- 3.15 P.

tho metoorolceiod service. _ sou burned . lBiuiihI

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IYJRJONTO. June 6—tCP)—G. R.l '

SyrizuSouth Africans in Egypt.

‘Riiffliilie 6—(AP)- ting a fighter pia e base at iy 62 miles from_,the tip of Cyprus. British e eastern Medi erranczin, foreign military