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yaw YORK. Aug. e5 -(A- ri- The BBC tonight quoted a Moscow broadcast as saying Nut forces are at the ap- pmaches to the fortress of Leningrad and, aware of the danger, the nusslans will be fighting at every street corner a. the cu, so that m. ‘Fascists will never pass." The broadcast “s heard here by NBC.

MOSCOW. Aug. 28 - (Tuesday) (Api- German pressure on len- lsgrld increased today with the M: army's announced abandon- ment of Novgorod, 100 miles to the southwest and only about 35 miles from the Moscow-Leningrad nllway. The city north of Lake Ilmen m given up only after days of desperate Russian resistance, the arly morning communique said. A heavy rain was reported along the front. Dispatches said i-he gownpour had been incessant for ire last. 24 hours. If it continues. the rain is ex- pected by the Russians to have a ‘tremendous effect on all or many pflls of the front. Roads other than main routes were said to be togrged. More rain would make the soft ioil of the Ukraine and the marshy country around Leningrad im- passable to tanks.

The Red armv fought stubborn- ly-on the central front between oomel and smdensk where the

Russians repeatedly counter-at- ia- — (Contlnued on page ‘l. Col S)

uid tonight that three diattleshi/ps. the Jelllcoe. Beat- ty and Duke of York will be put int: service in the autumn.

The ships will be of the Gezrge Vcisss of which the Prlnoe of Writs and the George V already

Gaservers in London Sunday be- lmd that at least one of these lliilis was on the verge of comtple- lion since Prime Min'ster Church- ill. in his broadcast, spcke o! the be - W "almost the Witt" British battleship.

She had been regarded hitherto ll the newest.

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Inquests ordered as two women and one man die unexpectedly

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Here ia one of the first pictures of Britain's new (hvenanter cruiser tank, described l5 an ‘armoured

Greyhound". The tank has an astonishing turn of speed and a terrific fire power. Beaverbroolr, the Minister of Supply, the tank will doubtless prove as fierce a fighter as the Covcnantcrs

-- Believe two succumb to alcoholic or other poiuoning.

Three Charlottetown people, two women and a man died suddenly in the City yesterday and in the case 0f the women Dr. J. D. Mc- Guigan told a coroner's jury last night that he would attribute the deaths to some form of alcoholic. 0r other poisoning. The women were Mrs. Lawrence Doiron and Miss Angelina Monaghan both of the city. The third death occurred at l0 o'clock last night, Ivan Laf- ferty passing away in the City l-Ios- pital after being admitted only a few hours before. An inquest will be held to inquire into the latter's death at l0 o'clock this morning.

Two juries were sworn in last night, by Coroner Dr. I. J. Yeo. After evidence had been given by Dr. McGuigan in both oases the Inquests were adjourned to a lat- er date pending the holding of au- topsies on the bodies of (Ire dc- ceased.

Those comprising the jury in the Monaghan death arc: W. A. RiX. (foreman), A. Roop. J E. Wren. O. Harper, G. Berrlgan. W. Bradley, F‘. Bell.

The jury in the Doiron death is J. Williams (foreman), Peter Mc- Donald, E. Mclnnls. G. Scott, A. Cody. '1". Scntncr, w. weatherbie- Coroner Dr. I. J. Yeo is in charge of both hearings.

In giving evidence in the death of Angelina Monaghan Dr. McGuis- an said he had been visiting a pn- tient in the Jnll Sunday “Pen he had noticed the deceased walking into the jail after getting out oi the police patrol. The deceased had sent for w‘tncss for a consultation but he had only taken her pulse-

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Durfew law For Asuncion

ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 25 —(AP)_Tl1e government decreed tonight a .10 p. m. curfew for the capital Iollowitig “discovery of a

subversive plnn tending to upset _

public order."

Only soldiers and sailors will be permitted on the streets after that hour. All civilian vehicles as well as civilians are barred.

Nazi-skied: out Mystery voice

LONDON. Aug. 25 — (CP) - The German rndlo used three fast talking news announcers in place of one tonight and kept a mystery voice of the air from getting u word in edgewlss.

Recently the unknown voice, speaking on the same wave length ns the German domestic programs. has scolded the Reich with such statements as "this is all lies" whenever the German announcer paused between items. i

In the 9 o'clock news broadcast tonight, however. London listeners heard three se - arate announcers read so rapi ly and .wlthout intervals between items. that it was almost mlposs- lbie to understand them. Loud martial music drowned out the final words of the program.

Pre - dawn Drama

Four Airmen Killed Near Liverpool, N. S.

l Destroyer as

HALIFAX, Aug. 25 —(CP) - Wlthln a space of 300 yards. "19 fragments of two Royal Canadian A€r Force training aircraft tonight 1 ttered an area near Liverpool, NS. and the RCAJ‘. and the Royal Air Force wrote off the names of 10in‘ men who perished in a pre-dawn drama of the skies.

Two Canadians and two Britons, probing the darkness for five alr- men who had parachuted from an- other Anson plane about an hour before, were apparently killed in- stantly early today when their own ship plunged into an orchard at Beech I-lill, six miles from Liv- erpool. Both planes were based at Pennfield Ridge, N. B. near Saint John.

Headquarters of he eastern air command at Halifax said the dead were: Flt. l‘..t. W. B. L Smallman. n.- a. n, the pilot, sat 8- Bluest anotherdarlton, agt. observer 0- T. S. Woodham, Huronvllle, Sash, and Acl 0. J. lilliot. Calilll’. WIR- less operator:

Those who floated to safety, evi- dently without |er‘ous injury. We" listed at: PO. J. Bameson. Sill

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Birthday gift To dutch ilueen

OTTAWA. Aug. 25—fCP)—'I‘he Bureau of Public Information an. nouhced today that funds are be- ing raised to pay for a destroyer which will be presented to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands as a birthday gift Aug. 8i.

The destroyer will be named the Van Galen to perpetuate the name of the ship in which the Queen and her ministers escaped to Eng- land after the German invasion ill May. 1940.

"The Van Galen was later sunk by the enemy at Rotterdam," the Bureau announcement said.

‘The total cost of the birthday gift is expected to be 0.000.000 (lullders (about 04.000000). The Netherlands Indies is contributing; 0.000.000 Guilders and the balance,’ will be made up from contributions ' of Netherlnnders in other coun- tri-s and from friends of Holland

The idea of presenting a dc- stroyer to the Queen was eonceiw, ed in the Netherlands mat mun,

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Feeling in Paris Is developing

LONDON. Aug. 25—(Cl’l— Hatred of the Germans is devel- oping rapidly in Paris where living conditions are becominK "more lamentable," a French journalist who has arrlvcd in Britain to join the Free French forces said in on interview.

The journalist, who turned down "alluring" offers from the Nazi-controlled French press. described long qui-ues trying t0 buy food and Incidents wh'ch resulted in the Germans open- ing tlierfrcs and restaurants for their own use.

Summing up (he conlltions in the capital. he s-irlz-

"Th:- situntlon-condltiona of

cumin-r more (Klulllfdlrd lil- mcnfulrle every 1P2)’. God IIIWWS what it will b0 like next winter.

"The Nazis nrc hccomlrg m:re and more dcLofiicd. As the cn- cmys occupation goes on H"! the Pnrislans sec ihe Buch- instnllivg himself cvr_'.‘\'.‘here, ifikillt: command of evcnvthlng, avail-German lmtrcd is develop- ing and (lisgust growing amofl! 1h.- mlpul n.

“You should have sccn the scenes in mics whcitcvcr the sirens sounded rn alert its R_.A. F. h mlnvs were aMrc-"r-lv "g alrdroiucs in the Paris region. Thor." were brad smiles on Pnrlszians‘ faces. fol owed by ex- nlcsicns of tll2'l"'llifi TIMI“- ‘brnvcifi . .‘rup‘t:~.l!’.. .th c Erg- llsh are going to give us some entorfnJnmt-nt.’

"Nazis prwenf. whether In un- iform or n't, got up rnd retir- ed nmid snrcnsilc smiles of Parkinn cllstfrrrrrs who d'd not move. As n result the Nazi corn- nwml storms" rounding alerts when the ILAJX approach."

Interpreting The War News‘

wlidwnrd E. ‘t- Associated Press Staff Writer

One probable effect of the Anglo-Russian pu i; into Iran is that, it will strengthen Tur- key as a bulwark against the Nazi tide.

From the British and Russ- ian viewpoint it is vital that the guardian of the Dardanellcs gateway to the Black Sea con- tinue steadfast against the axis pressure which has been increasing relentlessly in re- cent weeks.

..If Turkey will not join Hit- ler’! foes as a b€ll‘gerent, at least she must bar the pass- age of Italian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea and refuse to become a chan- nel for a Nazi winter cam- paign against the middle east.

Now, by setting up a com- mon frontier w."|~l each other and with ‘rurkey. Britain and Russia can validate further the pledges made this month that they would come to the

Turks’ aid fn event of an attack

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Discussion of War problems

Will make day - long visit with 1st Can- adian Division today.

(By R. K. Carnegie) (Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON. Aug. 25 —- (CP Cable) —~Prlme Minister Mackenzie King participated in a discussion of problems of the Empire's far-flung buttlofronts today when he at- tended a meeting of the \l\‘l\l‘ tab- inct for the second time since his arrival lu Britain by bomber last. Wednesday.

After the meeting of this su~ prcme directorate of the war. the Prime Minister sat in on a mret- ing of a committee of the cabinet proper, before returning to his ho.

tel where he devoted the evening i to disposing of official correspond- ,

encc. The information given him thus far prompted this appreci-

ative comment to reporters after he spent the week-end as the guest of Prime Minister church- ill"

"After my four days here and my conferences with Mr. Church- ‘ ill and others who have spared nu- palns to give me all the informa- tion about, cvetyvtliing we have dis-

lcussed, I am deeply impressed ho\v. ;fully and accurately my collragucsf ‘and mysef in Ottawa have

been! advised on all these matters."

Mr. King. who paid his first visit t0 the Canadian overseas troops Saturday. announced hr.- would make a day-long visit to the 1st division Tuesday. Furl-her visits are contemplated to the

troops and to the Canadian naval

Indicated b" “mm ‘wring a 5pm“ the‘ last neck ln August and cuts by

meet attended bv Mr. King-tho Prime Minister said:-

"The British Government knows. 5nd the War Qffice knows. that

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Halifax has Unscheduled Raid alarm

HALIFAX, Aug. 25 - (CP) — Alert defsndcrs of this fortress city have had an unscheduled test of their efficiency in meeting at. tack from the air. it was revealed tonight, and have bem found ready for the task.

In the early morning darkness.

, when no Canadian aircraft should.

today. two unidentified planes op- pearcd over the city at a time)

have been in the air here. They could have been enemy machines. and the defence mechanism sprang into instant action as though they were.

Senrchliizhts stabbed through the skits; anti-aircraft gunners wcnt to action stations at their weap- ons‘. and rockets were fired. Some vital estab‘lshments wcre blacked

out.

But the two planes were iden- tified quickly as Canadian. Later. it transpired they were two plancsl that had strayed off their course and arrived over the citv without the authorities having been no- tilled.

Hundreds of mvstlfird Haligon- ions speculated all day over the cause of the alarm. The loud bofiminll of the rockets-fired for a purpose which cannot be dis- closed-resembled gunfire, and many believed some of the guns in the area may have been taking a pot shot at an enemy.

It was the most realistic display of the city's defences since the start of the war. Halifax has had many practice blackouts. and the spectacles of searchlighis chasing plane; through the night skies ov- er the city is a common one. But these all are prearranged.

'I‘odav's incident was nearer the real thing. For all the men at the

searchllghts and guns knew, the visitors were enemy fliers. Had that been the case. they would

have received a swift and warm reception. As it was, though the guns were ready, no shots were actually fired.

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Turks pushed Into hot corner

IDNDON, Aug. 25 —fCP) — The Turkish embassy staff in London dsplayed deep worry tonight over ll'e British-Russ- ian move into Iran,

slJokesmen said the invasion “hPdBcs Turkcf.‘ With war and makes the maintenance of ncu- trality more difficult than Her."

T1163’ refused amplification of this statement but. the British foreign office expected tomor- TOW l1 telfilfilm from Ankara embodying the official Turkish reaction.

Some informed sources believ- ed the Turks were alarmed as much by the entrance of So- vet troops into Iran as by the Germans massing in Bulgaria and Greece on their frontier.

Observers here said Britain apparently had postponed the move from S"lill'i’l£\v until Mon- day to give We Turks time to readjust their frontier forces in the east.

Reduction in Gasohne to Service stations

TORONTO. Aug. ¢5—-(CP)—A sharp reduction in thc quantity of gasoline available for consumption m Canada was ordered by the Oil Ctntrollcr, G. R. Coltrello, today. The orclcr, effective at once, re- mav bf‘ (lclfverid to dealers during 25 per (rent gas that dralcrs may receive during Scpctcmber and 0c- tobcr.

In a memorandum accompanying the order to the oil industry, Mr. Cottrelle explained that "having regard to the stuation as I found it in Washington this week (his 0r- der was dated Aug. 23). it is neces- sary fcr u: to m3ve without delay in the curtailment of deliveries of motor fuel to all dealers."

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Invasion t0 end to vital British,

Effective today Canadian dealers were allowed for the last week in August Ollly 20 per cent of the quantity of gasoline they had been allcwcd during last July-ihat is‘ one-fifth of n normal month's sup- ply for one neck,

Then. during the next t/wo months. dealers will rece ve only. 75 per crnt of t"e quantity cf gas-t

inc each month that they rccclv-t cd in ins‘. July. I

13 Mgfiemhantmen Thank plane for ‘ Survival; 7 lost

Sunk at night

Tug and—~lCflorvette lost also — Flying

boat did great work.

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l persons were injured by a wind-

LISBON. Aug. 25

rived in this neutral port IOIIRY with (hanks to a lone plane for their survival out of a convoy of 20 ships and a tug harassed by a four-day running attack by German planes and U-boais off Spain.

The remainder of the convoy and an escorting Corvette were re- ported sunk at night but submarines when the protecting plane could not go aloft to spot the attackers.

The survivors arrived as embod- ied evidence to offset the Sunday claim of the German high com- mand that 21 merchant ships to- talling 122,000 tons and three 0t their naval guardians had been sunk out of a Gibraltar-bound con- voy.

Six of the surviving sea captains told how ‘Ll-boats sank six of the merchantmen, the ocean-going tug Empire Oak and the Corvette in night attacks while a slnsle Cata- lina flying boat beat off daylight assaults of the Nazis.

The convoy captains, at a spec- ial press conference for British and United States ncwspapermcn. said the German bombers fnilcd to sink a single ship. mainly because of the thorough work of the Catalina and its crew.

Submannes hammering at tle convoy after darkness. hoyvcvor. were said to have got ihe tug. an escorting Corvette and the mer-

FIUIYVWPY) Stork. Cisrar. Aguila, Al- via, Clonlara and Bolnd.

It was not known here how many of the survivors were rescued.

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IRITISH. RIISSIANs WELI. INSIDE ANCIENT IRAN TT ER DEFENCE L OF LENINGRAD’

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terests from German intrigues.

IRAN

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LONDON, Aug. 2(i-('l‘uesdny')—(AlU-British

and

Russian troops driving into Iran with ihe avowed purpose of ridding that country of Nazi agents and joining forces

i In the fight zigninst Germany i side that zmcient land.

today were rt-poricd well in-

The Russians announced their Cossacks entering from the north penetrated 26 miles on the road to Tabriz, 60 miles front the Russian frontier.

British ziuihorities did not reveal the extent of their

i drive which begun yesterday from the Iraq border and i the Persian Gulf. They acknowledged meeting “so-me re-

sistance" from an Iranian army that In all totals only,

190,000 men.

Premier All Mansur claimed in! the Iran purluuncnt. in ’l‘el\eran that British forces had attacked! Iranian ships, presumably in the] Persian Gulf port of Bandarl Mashur, and also had bombed and strolled Iranian towns,

"All necessary measures to face this attack,” have been taken by Iranian authorities, the premier was quoted by the Teherah radio.

The government, lie contended, had scrupulously pursued a neut- ral policy, and in an attempt to calm the British and soviet gov- ernments, evcn had taken "special measures to reduce the number of Germans in the country."

The joint invasion-opened with assurances in both London and gz-a-ati. ____

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Winds, floods in Eastern States

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 ——(AP) -— High winds and flood waters caus- ed property damage in the eastern United States todny \\|‘.ll€ rain fell in shooters or thutrlorsiorlns over most of the country.

At lcast one man died and 20

storm which swept. through a tri- stnte area. around Philadelphia, whore streams of water two feet deep poured through some streets.

Lnnsdowne, Pn., residents report- ed the worst flood conditions in years. and the wind struck terrific blows in Sucdcsboro and Wood- brldge, N. J._ mid in Wilmington, Del. 'l‘\vcniy houses were smashed in Wooclbrldse and more than l5 persons were injured.

Eleven zfirplancs were smashed at the Du Pout airport in Wilming- ton and only throt- mspenrcd worn repairing, nlrprn"! officials said.

Electric sc-rvirc and comlnunicn- tichs were disrupted in mrmy areas of Dclnxvure and New Jersey.