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It. is lust as futile to try to mesi the future before it comes ll to try to overtake the vanished put.

Ilbeeriptlon Delivered, “.00 Ill“. H.001 other Provinces I lJ-IJ. 06.00.

ALY lS SAID 0N VERGE 0F CIVIL WAR

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Hitler Gambling On Keeping Italy In War

Italians Put To Pick And Shovel Labor; Allies

Get In Position For

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WITII TIIE II.C.A.I-‘. SOME- WHERE IN ENGLAND. July is -(CP (Jable)-- Sqdn. bdr. George Keefer, D.F.C., of Char- lottetown was happily welcomed leek to his squadron of the nil- Cinadian tighter wing today liter his rescue frorrn the Eng- lish Channel last night by an plrplane of the air-sea rescue omnizatlon.

Keefer saw Spitfires disperse German fighters trying to pre- not an amphibian plane from

eking hlm up from a dinghy v the Estuary of the Somme Itlver which flows into the llhinnelfrom northern France. The Amphibian aircraft also brought to Britain the pilot of Imc Gcrman plane which was lbrt down.

Keefcr‘; Spitfire caught fire trer I-‘rance yesterday ‘and he tickled to reach England in- lkid of balling out over Abbe- vllle. By the time he had reach- til the French coast he was Ittzdllv losing height and was li""n to 3M0 feet.

"c bailed out near the Somme T""~rv and comrades so... him ll . r- lri u» "inchv wlflclr i. V“ n’ the fighters’ life-saving t"“'bment..

“*- "R-vear-oid Maritime l‘ ‘er -'I.~.t v-ri Canada in -"“‘ '9". c-"Yservcrl in the Mficari desert "A was promot- bli Srruarlrnn-Leader Ice-t "“‘VIf.l‘l.

iofiee Rationing Ends In 11.8.

PLWASHINGTON. July SCI-MP)- sldent Roosevelt announced tn- ‘llt the cud oi coffee rationing for "l 151s in the United Stlites and a globules; increase ll sugar ‘m5- ric attributed the moves to "it increase in available shipping m“ "l"! greater success in the war inst U-bozits. “lilo warned thatwvhlle the United 0n: have been losing fewer ships I dzstroyirig more U-boats for "Pal months “we must not lower "Pituard for one single instant"

TIIRASIIING ON SPOT EARDIFF. Wblefi. Julv 4cm- umed about the behavior of “"- bltys and girls, Councillor

“m? Parker of the Watch Com-

mke! has suggested that police

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BINDING

Knock-Out.

By Daniel De Luce Associated Prue War Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. July N —(APl- Six more Sicilian towns and o. num- bcr of villages have fallen to Am- erican columns driving against the newly-fortified flank of the Ger- man Etna line at. San Stefano. ft was announced today as Hitler gambled some of his best troops on a chance of keeping Italy in the war.

Canadian troops in the central sector hacked deeper into the Ger- mans‘ mountain defences. today's communique sxiid. while the Brit- irll 8th Army was held for the 13th day outside Catania by mincfields and German artillery commanding the plains. Patrol activity continued on the 8th Army's front as Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery continued to feel out German positions be- fore making his next move.

Canadians Near Agirn

The Canadians apparently are fighting near Aqlra. central pivot of the Axis defence arc. and 18 miles from allied-held Erma.

Cefalil-BO miles west of’ Messina -was captured Monday by United States infantry and armored crews. and became a new north coast base for the advance of San Stefano 1'7 miles away.

A belated announcement also said the Americans hsd taken ihe inland communication points of Collesano. Petralla. Calteveturo. Polizzia and Ailments-representing an additional occupied area of more than 200 square miles.

Allmenn is 25 miles southeast of Cefalu. putting the Amery-ms with- in l6 miles of Nicosia. a main in- land base of the Etna line.

All official reports released by headquarters said the Germans were frantically bringing fresh troops and equipment into Sicily. and mes- sages from Europe described Ger- man reserves being rushed to Italy through the Brenner Pass from the

eich,

Three and s half divisions of some 0f Hitler's best troops are ar- rayed on the Etna line from Sari Stefano in the north to Catanfa ln the east. and they undertook full responsibility from the Italians {or the fete of the Messina bridgehead.

The Italians were put to pick and shovel labor. excavating entrenchmerits, . "n; tank blocks across roads. and sand- ha-"ring German field guns.

Only a relative handful of Muss-

olinl‘s iii-fated "eight million

bayonet" still was permitted to handle weapons in combat.

Survivors of the Lfvorno divis-

ion and another unidentified

Italian field division sank to

the class of menials.

More prisoners. in undisclosed uumlrers. have been taken. the com- munique reported. but it was offic- ially disclosed that "the bulk of two Italian field divisions" had es- caped from western Sicily before the American trap closed in there.

This apparently would rvflllce previous official estimates that 110.- 000 Axis troops had been trapped in the crmoalrzn. The latest report listed "over 70.030" enemy soldiers in allied brlson pens.

Clearly dominating the air. allied planes were hammering mainly at

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New Zealand Election Sept. 25

AUCKLAND. July 28 --(CP) Cable) - Prime Minister Peter Fraser today announced a general election will be held in New Zeal- and Sept. 25.

It was expected the present sit- ting of Parliament would last sn- othcr three weeks or a month.

Candidates who are members of the Dominica's armed forces will be allowed a months leave in case of city seats. or five weeks if con- testing rural constituencies.

Maintaining llanada’: Egg Production

OTTAWA oluly 27-(0?) —A. W. chairman of the soeclrl products board which is res n- sible for steps to maintain im- ada's wartime eg production. sold today it seems kely the Dom- lnion will have enough 98f! Till’ home consumption next win er. 52g consumption in Canada at present is above normal, said. He inferred a conside able decline in Canadian sup lies could

occur before a real "shor ge" Willi! h II t0 Gill. _ .. . .

'GQOOOP

DOOOOD-

Sicilian Towns Taken By Allied Armies

‘Roosevelt In Review 0f War Events

WASHINGTON, July 28—(AP)- President m. wu ‘ declared to- night that "the first crack in the Axis has come," and added that the United Nations will not settle the conflict for "less than total vie- tory-"

The President. in an analysis of the war broadcast to the American people, promised that Mussolilli and “his Fascist gang" would be "brought to book and punished for their crimes against humanity.’ I-Ie said "no criminal will be allow ed to escape by the expedient of ‘resignation.’ "

It was a rosy-hued picture of the war which the president drew, depleting the ‘criminal corupt Fascist regime in Ital ' as "going to pieces." And e gave a new assurance that the terms of the Allies to Italy. as to Germany and Japan. still are "unconditional surrender."

He spoke of the manner ‘in which Russia had turned a new German offensive into a counter-offensive and of the manner in which the Japanese were being pressed in the Pacific.

Yet he warned that it would not be an easy matter “to knock cu. Hitler and his gang and Toio and his gang" even though plans for eliminating Mussolllli mid his gang had largely succeeded. The length of the war. he said. will depend upon an uninterrupted continuance of an "all out effort on the fighting fronts and here at home."

Post -War World

Looking ahead toward the post- war woriti. the President. said tiic United Notions are substantially agreed on general objectives but al- so are agreed that the time has not yet. arrived for an internation- al discussion of nll the terms of’ peace and all the details of the fu- mSPWc must not relax our pressure on the enemy.’ he said. “hv inking Continued on pose 7 Col. 4i

Sea Mystery Supreme Bomber

LONDON. July 2B-(_CP)—An in- vnslou barge loaded with Lockheed interceptor planes found bobbing

.around without a crew in mid-At-

lantic prnvldcd the Royal Navy with a mystery today.

The burgc was superficially dam- aged on the nose and had appar- ently been struck by flying debris. but it was still seaworthy enough to be towed to the Belfast docks. Several empty llfebonts were foulid near the barge.

Light British Naval " Forces In Action

LONDON. Jilly zll-dcPl-Llght naval forces fought a close-rouge brittle with ll. dozen encmy nrnled trnivlcrs nlid motor torpedo bcnts off Chcrbourg, France. early yester- day and left two German ships blazing. an Admiralty communique announced today.

One British warship was hit seriously but was taken in tow and with the riid of a smoke screen successfully taken to port. the com- munfque said. Enemy shore batter- ies also participated in the brief engagement, but without effect.

The communique said that the fight was at “close range and a‘. high speed." and that the British vessels suffered some casualties and damage.

18 Missing After Dredge ls Lost

DALLAS. Texas. July 2B—(AP— Col. Robert R. Ne lan of the Unit- ed States Army nginecrs south- western division office said today i8 members of the crew of the dredge Galveston were missing af- tcr the vessel was pounded on rocks during last night's hurricane and

sank.

CUL Neyland, office ll in charge of. dred activities on the coast. said he had received word that 37 members of the crew of 55 on the 35-year-old seagoing hopper dredge liiid been brought ashore. I-le said some of the miizs- ing may llfiVp been able to re shore and that n search for them was being tmiducwd. R

He sriid the dredge was anchored in Bolivar Roads near Galveston and was driven into a harbor jetty by the hurricane: sometime belon- dnvm. hr- snld, the dredge broke Ill and wlb- .

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Rev. Dr. Murphy Appointed To Kinkora Parish

He Is Succeeded By Rev. R. V. Mac- Kenzie As Rector Of St. Dunstan ’s

University.

The Bishop of Charlottetown has announced the appointment of Rt. Rev. Dr. J.A. Murphy to succeed the late Rev. Dr. Smith as pastor of Kin‘ kora parish, and the appointment of Rev. R.V. MacKenzie, MA. to the rectorshlp of St. Dunstans Univer- slty. with Rev. J.A. Sullivan, MA, as Vice-Rector of the same institu-

on.

Rev. Dr. Murphy has played a dis- tmguished role in the educational life of Prince Edward Island. A native of Hope River, he taught school for some years before his graduation from St. Dunstan’s Un- iversity in 1910. I-Ie then taught in Prince of Wales College for 6 years after which he entered St. August- ine Seminary. Toronto. He was or- dained at St. Dunstllnk; Basilica Dec. 21. 1919. I-Ie has since been associated with St. Dunstan's Uni- versity, first as professor. and since 1926 as Rector.

Rev. Dr. Murphy has taken a pro- minent part in promoting adult ed- ucatlorl in the Province. Under his. administration the University estab- lished nn Extension Department in

1937 which has been of major im- portance in this movement. As a member of the Board of Education hc has also been active in educa- tional leadership.

In 1939 he was honoured by being appointed Domestic Prclntc.

Rev. Father MacKenzie. a. native 0f Vernon Rlvcr. graduated from st. Dilnstrlnls University in 1917. and fill-Pl‘ DRBSIYIE through St. Augustine Seminary. Toronto. rvcs ordained in St. Dulistnns Basilica ill January, 1923. He JYIIS ..i.he:i assigned as pro- fessor to St. DunstansUnlvcrsfty. and for tiic past six years has held the responsible position of Vice- Rector.

DR. J. A. MURPHY

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Vice Rector ivns born at Greenfield. He entered Prince of Wales College in 1919. and after two years’ school teaching entered St. Dulistaifs Uni- versity. ivhere he took ills degree in 1926. He. til-er. studied at the Grand Seminary. Quebec. lie was ordained in 1929 at. Montague. After a year as assistant. priest at Si. Dunstarrs Basilica he was appointed to tiic staff of the University. In 1934-35 he attended the Catholic University of America in Washington and ob- tallied his MA degree. He returned to St. Dunstrins University as pro- fessor of IoililOSDpllY. and since 1933

Rev. Father Sullivan. the new

has also been director of studies.

Wjl-IKIIUBIIOII Last Night

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst

An Italy purged of Fascism and oii its way bmck to “constitutional Imfllllllll)‘. but with its ties with Nazi Germany as yet unbroken, was pic- tured to the world yesterday in Rome broadcasts.

Not only has the liuilior of Fascism, lienito rvlussolini, gone down, but the whole one-party. totalitarian structure he rcdrcd has been dis- solved by Premier Marshal Badoglio and his council of ministers within thrce days of‘ Il Duce's fall.

Yet a revolutionary situation is reported developing |n Milan and elsewhere in Italy against the new Rome Regime because it, is not mnv. m5‘ izigttenough to get out of a Fascist-made war the Itrillnn people did

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Not weeks. but days. even hours, must sec the Britlogllo ministry re- veal its intentions both to the Italian People and to Allied leadership or take the consequences that could see t a so collapse under public pres- surc for peace in Italy.

Another major Allied stroke is close at hand in Slcilv. The Allied armies lire parsing for a death blow to Axis resistance t ere. Canadian and American forces in the centre of the long. looping Allied line from sea to scli across the neck of tiic Mcssina Peninsula seem sluicd in deal it.

With tiic American capture of Ceflilu officially confirmed, the 7th army is already knockln at the gates of San Stefano Ill Cumlistra, a vitalcoinniunicatlons junction of Axis defence lines.

southward, American forces, at shoulder touch with Canadian; on the British left flunk, have stormed through half a dozen lawns nn the 1'(!l‘ll'.lIli-Nl(‘0tiifl Highway, with tile Canadians pressing in m} Agim from the southwest.

The fall of any of the three towns. Sun Stefano. Nicosia or Aglra, but particularly Nicosia. would crack tiic centre of the Axis defence front ringing the inshore base of towering Mount Etna from Catania to San Stefano.» -

GEE Jiiont omcrybl oivertul British 8th army, held up for days slnuth _of Catlin a. is dcl beratelv marking time. It is pinning powerful and highly mobile Axis armored forces to that flank by patrol 0pm». atioiis. while the American 7th army storms down the north coast route on a. like mission and the American and Canadian "Dull; in the vital centre move up to deliver knock-out blows.

The final test cannot be long delayed and the fate of rill Axis forces rallied along the inshore slopes of Mount Etna must soon be decided.

“ALLIED HEADQUARTERS: ' MOV mm SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 2a- “ov,,,.;’,,,,§“°°"s ('1I‘h;_1rsday)—‘(AP\m- The hgrowinfi .__..

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Pacific continued its ceaseless _-n?eNr:ifi)ilil ‘Iclillliiiiiigcntmlsf

ounding of the Japanese tcdnv af- r another "heaviest" rnld of the wnr in this area.

Salamua. strong enemy air base on the northeast coast of New Guinea, was hit by‘ 123 tons of bombs drc-ppcd by t- e lar est force of ltsombers ever used ago that per .

Britain arrived licre recently. it was announced ionl hi. 'I'llc men were ivelconled by limes Davies, trade commissioner for Newfound- land. and rear admiral Sir Arthur Bromley. rerzmscn-trln: doeninlons

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Ralston In Great Britain

LONDON. July 28-(0? Cable)- Col. J.L. Rnlston. Canada's defence minister. heard a first-hand report today of the fighting in Sicily fronl tne chief of the Canadian general staff. Int-Gen. Kenneth Stuart. who recently visited the battle area.

Col. Ralstonu arrival by lane from Canada was announce to- day. The minister went into coll- ferclice in a downtown London lio- tel room with Gen. Stuart. He said he expected to see the press “soon?

One source said Col. Ralston’s trlp—cne of several he has made to Britain during the war-is "more for the purpose of giving informa- tion than getting it."

Gen. Stuart had much to tell his chief, The generals presence in England had not been made public before today when he was seen in London with Col. Ralstonbr party. Canadian newsmen had known for some time that Gen. Stuart was here and had recently visited the Mediterranean war theatre with Lt-Gcn. . McNaughton. "nmivnnder of Canadian Overseas Forces.

in Sicily the two generals saw how their long training in Eng- lnnd had fitted the Canadians for irnntline action against Axis troops

Col. Ra1ston's visit so soon after the Canadians went into action is taken to mean big things are in the offing for the Canadian Army as a whole. Canadian troops still in Britain are watching envfously the acounts of the 1st Division's doings in Sicily and are anxiously awaiting their turn to face the en- emy.

Nazis Report Rommel In Greece

LONDON, July 29—(Thurl- dayl-(CP) -—A German radio report said early today that the fonner Axis African com- mander Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, in Greece, tiic gateway to the German-held Balkans, largely garrisoned by Italian troops,

’I‘he possible collapse of Italy has exposed the Axis‘ vulner-

ability in Greece and other Balkan countries where the Germans depended on the

Italians for a great part of the police work in those rebellious areas.

There were reports that the Italians already were begin- nin to leave for their horne-

Iari . A D.N.B. dispatch told of

Itommefs dispatch to Greece which is threatened b Allied "armies in the Midde East.

Previous reports had said Rom- mel was in France or Greece, and one recent rumor said he had been shot down while fly- in; to Sicily after the Allied invasion there.

Italy To Fight

NEW YORK, July 28-(0?) —'I‘he Rome radio in its first detailed exposition of Italy's position following the fall of Musclinl declared tonight that. with Fascism "abolished." there remains "but oiic thing for Italy to div-continue to fight-fight for liberty and for honor."

The Iiliilrin pcoplc. the riouncer said in an English language broadcast recorded by the Associated Press. “were at war, and they remain at war."

BY RICE YAHNER

‘ Associated Press Staff Writer

‘ coupon. July 2o —<APi—Unlicd .Statcs four-motored bombers pend ltrnicd deeper into Germany than ever before today to shatter anrair- plane factory at Oschcrslcben. fllllv 80 miles southwest of Berlin. after R.A F. and R C.A F. ilight raid- ers had cast lhc greatest bomb load in history on the tortured sub- marine ccnire of Hamburg in the sixth allied raid there in three dlivs. The American bombers also irat- icred tho big Fuckc \Vulf assembly plant nt Knsss-l and destroyed more than 6O Nazi fiizlltcrs in furious battles in which 23 heavy‘ bombers linrl one nllicrl fighter were lost. British fighters scared Gcrlilnn fill‘ bases iii ilorillcrn France illlfi Be Qlum and ilnitcd Sluice mcclium bombers nlltlcllcrl ' ll fur- gcis in Belgium us ill. . day-and night ncrilil nflcilsive rose to n new pitch of shattering in-

icilsiiv. The Air Mlnktrir swirl more than 2.800 tolls of bombs were loosed

upon Hamburg hot night.

ClasllgelsgliWith Nazi Soldiers Are Reported

By E .C. DANIEL‘

(Associated Press Staff Writer) ‘ ~ LONDON, July 28-(AP)-Violent fighting hasj broken out between Italian and German troops in Northern Italy according to reports seeping out oil the war weary land of fallen Fascism, where grave disorders bordering on outright revolution were

said to be sweeping Milan.

Accounts reaching Madrid said active Italian military resistance in the north at Milan and Turin was blocking a German attempt to pour 10 div- isions into a. line along the Po River, where the‘ Germans were believed to have establishd a de- fence system in betrayal of a pledge to Marshal Badoglio to help hold all Italy.

Ankara heard reports that Italy now will negotiate peace-

A Rome spokesman in a closely-censored telephone conversation

with Borne, Switzerland, declined to confirm or deny that Italy had a1.- ready asked for an a. sticc. i n3