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Russians Report German Offensive Blows Dwindl

Reds Launched Counter Blows During Yesterday

Both Sides Claim Heavy Losses Suffered By

Opposing Forces.

By Lynn Heincerling “sprinted Preeu Staff Writer LONDON. July

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All along the lurlk-Belgorod you attempted through to 116W

ltlb-mile Orel- llont‘ today

positions, but each pm, were ground down by rook- lolid Soviet, defenders, said the Russian midnight communique, lo- Wm“ by the Soviet Radio Mom-

tor.

Finally, ct many points the at- pcgers despaired of their hopes of pushing the Red lines and set lbout. ticlsterirlg their initial post;- n5, WlILlC the Russians lashed out

their own oounter-ofleneivcs.

The Russians sald than. in today's Nazie lost 122 tanks 2,622 the number of

the Reds destroyed since the ltlcnsile began. The total 0f Ger-

m planes destroyed was out at lint. la shot. down today. and 40 pidltlonal craft accounted for on lvnday.

1m troop; repulsed numerous Null attacks on the Orel-Kursk motor, the communique said. add- I

l2 —(AP)- The ell week-old German offensive in “tr-cl Russia, alter costing the “up "tremendous losses" in men md lmwrlrl. has begun to diminish Russians armounred

the repeatedly to smash

"The enemy launched his attacks with less strong forces than in pre- ceding days."

Soviet counter-attacks, growing greater in ferocity as the dav wore on, were announced earlier by the Moscow Radio, and then the Ber- lin Radio in a broadcast recorded by the Associated Press reported the Red Army had thrown powerful masses of reserves, including crack guard units, into the counter-fight.

The Nazi broadcast described the counter-offensive as extending over a 60-mile front in the area of Belev, Kirov and Sukhinichl, midway be- tween Orel and Smolensk, where the pressure to the southwest on the flank of the Nazi thrust might force the Germans to disseminate their forces and weaken their sum- mer drive.

The Germans made their most grandiose claim of success today in their communique broadcast from Berlin and heard by the Associated Press. During all the {fensive the Germans claimed thev had captured 28,000 prisoners, destroyed 1,640 tanks and 1.400 guns.

The Germans claimed they capt- ulred several thousand troops yest- erdlay, destroyed 220 tanks. 40 planes and numerous guns. significantly, the Germans gave no names of places captured.

Detailed Eyewitness Story Of Canadian Landing On Sicily

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"Horse Races at Riverside 1Tb“. Vernon, on July 21st. 7-2-81.

"Women's Institute District con- vention at Brooklield, July 14.7 13 2 - -l

“Ice Cream festival and dance Sslnnoz: Road School, Thursdclya

"Blllilu and Dance, Tyrone Lot 55 Hull. July 13th. Good music. Elelrosillnents. 1-13-11-

"Dunce. North River School Women's Institute. Lunches sold. July lttll. ' 1-9-13.

"R CA1". Concert in New Ion- ion hall Wednesday. July it. 3 2 ‘I 6 l - l

"Bee Rustico Players in Hunter m" Hull. Thursday. Play starts ‘J0. Dance after. 1-l3-3i

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The following detailed eye-witness story by Ross Munro, Canadian Press War Correspondent, of the Canadian assault in southeastern Sicily covers the period up to July ll when the Canadians sliced through Italian coastal defences lifter their landings the morning before. By Ross Munro

Canadian Press War Correspondent

AN ALLIED FORCE COMM- AND POST, July ll -(Delayed)- (CP Cable)— Canadian assault troops with a crack British forma- tion on their right flnnk over-rail Pachlno Peninsula in Sicily within 24 hours after their landing had es- tablished and invasion bridgehead.

It has been one success after an- other in this Canadian-British sec- tor as the greatest combined oper- ation in history is developing.

Canadians now have advanced into hilly country northwest and west of the fishing town of Pach- ino and major engagements are ex- pected with probably more determ- ined resistance than that put up_by the Italian coastal dcfc-nders who staged only a lnild fight when the Canadian and British forces first landed on the Pnclllno Peninsula. which is tipped by Cape Passero.

The past night and day have been one incredible series of incid-

ents.

I landed alongside the first wave of assault companies of ll famous Canadian regiment on a sandy beach at Costa Dell Ambra, foul" miles southwest of Pachino. at 5:15 Saturday morninl

Swift Advance

The Canadian troops have been rushing ahead ever since. It is a tough job keeping up with them oil two feet.

Casualties for the first day were very light. A colonel who heads a divisional medical service said that less than 40 casualties had been re- orted to hirn so far. During my ri around the battle tone I 58W only three wounded soldiers. who had been hit while cleaning out a plllbox just before

the beach de- fence colla aed.

There ispa British hospital ship In our convoy now. It is lighted "l! at night.

(Allied Headquarters In North

Africa reported Monday that a lighted British hospital ship had been sunk by enemy bombers but that the wounded had been res- cued. There wee. of course. no ludi- cation whether or not this was the same ship Munro reports as being with the Canadian convoy.) The Italian beech defences which folded up like e concertlna were merely barbed wire end some machine-gun posts which fired a few bursts and then llsve HP- O" our beach the enemv was evidently c “AK on e sendbar 15 feet of shore as c natural defence. But the Cenedlevl surprised them com- pletely bv coming in In heavy surf and battling ashore through water to the waist.

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Coastal batteries shelled the landlm boats but the flre was en'-

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Conservative Nominations For 5th lting’s

Messrs. Albert, Griffin, Sturgeon, and Daniel A. Mucleall, DeGros Marsh, were unanimously nomin- ated as Progressive Conservative candidates for the Fifth District of Kings at a. large convention held yesterday at Georgetown.

Mr. Seymour Knight, George-

town, presided, Mr, Alfred Mao- Donald, Little Pond, acting as sec- retary. Mr. Griffin's nomination for Councillor was moved by Edw MacDonald, Panmure Island, sec- onded by Roderick Macbellun, 5t. Georges. MacLearrs humiliation for AF-Eemblyman was moved by Frank MacPherson. Launching, seconded by P. Daly, Sturgeon.

Both nominations were enthus- iastically indorsed by the convent- lon.

Addresses were given by the candidates and Hon. Dr. W.J.P. MacMillan, provincial leader and Mr. H. F. MacPhee.

12 Enemy Divisions ?

AN ALLIED COMMAND POST IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA July l0 -—iDelayed))- Algiers sources said today that enemy lor- ces defending Sicily may consist of l2 divisions.

(Tile total thus would range up to perhaps 144,000 men. London sources on Saturday placed the total Axis forces on Sicily as rang- ll‘; upwards to 400.04 men.)

Two of these probably are Ger- man, the remaining l0 bein five Italian coastal divisions an live Italian infantry divisions.

Axis Radios Admit Allies Win Coastal Strip

LONDON, July 12 —(AP)—~ Axis broadcasts admitted today that allied forces had won a. coastal, strip three to SIX miles deep stretch-ll mg ‘almost without gap" 30 miles along eastern Sicily from Syracuse to Clip.) Passcro, but insisted that allied forces “have been able only to gain u foothold on a few bridge- heads" on the southern coast.

In London, military observers were pleased by the swift, low-cost completion of tile first phase of the conquest of the bastion lS‘4‘0~.l, but again cautioned that mucn hard lighting probably lay ahead.

One officer said the Axis "with not more than 300.000 ground tsoops available to watch 500 miles of coast obviously couldn't man all the beaches heavily enough to prevent landings-and there is some reason to believe that he was fooled into putting more strength into the Mur- snla (West Sicily» and Messina (northeast Sicily) corners than into the southeast.

"Thus with his forces grouped mainly lll the interior he had to. wait until llo saw where the main} allied attacks were developing be-l, fore he could start real counter- thrusts. If he threw his forces at us too soon. he might have found himself committed to attack on a diversionary party while the main blow fell elsewhere."

Italian Fleet Sails‘!

From Stockholm through Switzer- land came a report that part of the Italian fleet had sailed from La Spezia in Italy.

The swift capture of i0 towns. and especially of the ports of Syra- cuse and Lloata, was seen by some observers as the jumping of the first hurdle. with the allies now able to bring in reinforcements of men and supplies much more quickly. Lloata and Syracuse especially give the allies good ports and good bases.

Tile disnlption of Italian rall- rcads in a fearful pro-invasion acr- inl poundinl: also was another fact- or aiding the allies, for the Axis was unable to move reinforcements quickly ever the bombed lines.

Nazis Say Battle For Sicily Begins

LONDON, July i2 -—tCI-') -Thc Berlin Radio said tonight in e comment on the battle of Sicily In a b. adcast heard by the Associat ed Press:-

"Now heavy armored units are on their way to the front llne. The

battle for Sicily has begun and will continue." , _ _ _

Invasion-At-A-Glance

(By The Canadian Prcee)

GENERAL-Allies ed 100- Ile in Acil - t major ports and cities; this? link coulllilter-dtllfacks; sAlligd ll: grail-SI ulr over Island; combined naval fleets pour fresh troops into

EAST FLANK-Montgomery’; 1n threatens

"gm Wilt: captures Syracuse,

CENTRE-C adla I xepp Pachino Penlnsul: bealihlllgatl‘; captlrefl7 {loyal when resistance light; Eisenhower n“ ns u.

d C nadlan force; rushes

“ Catania, 80 mile: from

"hi!!! inland from expanded KHSOIIII; Saturday. invasion es Sicily at Pachlno Pen-

dflfVEST FLANK-Aluerloms smash back tank-led Italian division, we north of Gala after taking that port and Licata and its airfield.

AERIAL-Air warfare risee ln vlolenc as enemy risks plane in at- mllllllbtc stop ground forces; enemy losses Sunday 45 planes agalrlst nine let , Allied all- fleets attack enemy base; and transport,

NAVAIPAllled warshl tlllllleoted to first enemy a |' attukg Sun

and transgorts In great Invasion convoy ay; Italian fleet stays in port.

57 Klrke L. Simpson, Associat Press War Analyst

As_ the third and crucial day of the invasion of Sicily bv British firrlllllzlll..l'.:lt.l.srllz.'llizz."rh ‘A’ l‘ " “if esscrnlai: bieachheadstgn a lliltll-mlle rretch. one H. mo" ha“ secure its

a overrun e w o e was al communication system, road and rall, from Llcata ln the southwest to capture Syracuse in the oust, sgv. erlng the southeastern foreland of the big Italian Island. It also was alm- ing_ four district threats at the lain; o! Catania to the north where the mam mobile reserve of the NazlqFuscist defence force pl mably is con- Cflllffllhtdé f

A e of lclal announcements telling of capture of a half scare glides or towns ln the first rush dealt onl with beach-head positions.

lt-y left little doubt. however that the fig tis raging now well Inshore with good prospects that. the whole southeastern bulge of the [slam] can 501:1 be clutjoff and cleared.

n ear y unctlnn b i. ' A I f | l widely-based drive and ‘lllgnCanTflglgrclall-lnrljrlcilltig: to): tlltet riélillillhfi-flyutsli capture of Palazzolo Junction, Ragusa and Vittoria would complete the llne from Syracuse to Geld and Llcata, 1t would placg the Allied fumes north of the low hill barrier at the base of the southeastern lcreland and finch position to meet major enemy counter-attacks on an unflanlmble

The foreland tipped by Cape Passero, is some 50 mile: wide nd 30 deep. It appears lo be the first objective of the invasion and onceaclear- ed to the Syracuse-Gold llne would afford elbow room for establishing Allied advance air fields. The next vital step to that objective seems to be capture of Palazzolo, 20 miles west of Syracuse and about, the 53mg distance northwest of Avola. just south of Syracuse, zlsu In British hgndg

There are road and rail connections between Palazzolo and Syracuse and a highway between Palazzolu and Avola. The flint pitched battle beyond the beach heads seems shaping up about Palazzolo and R-agusa, to the southwest. in a. British-C nadlan pincer movement,

American forces landed at Gala. and Licltta, however probably are forging northward on the direct road and rail routes toward Caltanis- scttm. probable main enemy troop concentration point in the plains of Clllmll- his "H"! 50 miles distant from American beach heads. That. ls the most direct Allied threat and American progress could cut the Cal. tanissctta-Palazzolc highway in rear of Paluzoolo‘; defenders forcing its evacuation. It Is less than 20 miles from Gela to the intergecllpn wm; the Caltanlssetta.-Palazzolo’s highway northwest of Caltagirone.

Sllpervisor Cf MCIC Work, Hospital flies More Strikes Report Shows

TORONTO, July l2 -(CP) Jane Ruth McAfee, surgical super- visor of Wcllcsley Hospital for many years, died here yesterday after a long illness.

Born and educated in Wood- stock, N. B., Miss McAfee took her nurses’ training in Rutlalld, VT. During the First Great. War, she served overseas with the United States Army Medical Corps and on her return vtas appointed head surgical nurse at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles She Joined tllc Toronto Wellesley hospital staff 18 years ago.

She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. M. Aitken of Toronto. Min- llic and Viva McAlee of Woodstock, N. B‘. Interment will be at Wood- stoc .

3 Arrested In Gas. Coupons Fraud

UITAWA. Julv 12—(CP)—Pub- lished statistics of the labor de- gflfflhfillt indicate that wartime, ringing employment in Canada to an alltlme high, has also brought lln increased number of Strikes in industry.

.111 the period Mny, i942 to April 1943, 458 strike; and lockouts were recorded by the department, com- pared with lt‘/5 from Muy, 1939, to April. 1940. The time lost its a rc- sult of strikes was doubled.

In the 1939-40 period lllerc were 61,007 workers involved in 166 dis- gules- Teillmllll 1n a time 10s.: of 08,077 mun-working clays, Be- tween May. 1942, and April, 1943, the 458 d 181,421 wor 6T5 and caused a time loss of 666,647 man-working days.

Results of the disputes in the 19- 42-43 period. as recorded in the Labor Gazette, have been fairly equally divided between employers and workers. Of the 412 settled be- tween May, 1942, and April, 1943, 104 were listed settled in favor ot "It? Bmlllwcrs. 85 in favor of the workers and 19 nrtiallv in fllvor of the workers. here were 38 com- promise settlements and 166 were put down as indefinite.

Two Till-men Are Killed

QUEBEC, July lZ-(CPI- Three men, one from Three Rivers, Que, and the other: from Montreal, were arrested during the weekend In con- nection with what Royal Can- adian Mounted Police offlcere asollne coupon!

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gclice leid the men were held for queltioning and that e large number of‘ false gaso- line coupons, detached their booklets, hed been found in c stolen automobile and that the coupon: were believed to be pert. of a lerlee of 800,- 000 false coupons.

Difference: between real and false coupon: had been de- tected by the color, numbering and size, they said.

Police announced the name: of those held as Bemerd Iter- enx of Three Riven, l-I. Pequot end Antoine Plouffe of Mont- real. They cold Ilercux had been arrested last week on en automobile theft charge and re- lrrected when he left court wurday after release on Si.-

b l. The other two were seld to have been arrested in Mont- real Saturday.

HALIFAX, July 12 -(CP>- Two Canadian airmen were killed Satur- day when their twin-engined air-

Commaild Headquarters nounced today.

Hanson, whose father, N W.

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announcement. were the only occupants.

utes Involved a total of‘

craft crashed as clll§yFW0€Btlhb0lli£ lEQAZQfiflEt masking EaiargnAalr were operating tcdny from cnptur here ltll‘

The victims were the Pilot, M.

an- son, lives at Iothbridge, Alt-m, and PO. Herbert E. Jasmin, whose wile is at (Silver Street) l-lulnbel-stozlo,

The accident ollwcunod on station property as the p ane was returning . alter a routine flight. stated the Cmqod mm ‘he mcmy “m; The two airmen

BULIITIN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN rnr: SOUTHWEST PACI- FIC. July lIi-Vfuesday) -_. (A Pi-A Japanese cruiser and ""98 dfslfflyers have been sunk in a new battle In the Kulp, Gulf of the Central Solomons‘, it was announced today,

Many Heavy Bombers Cut

LONDON, July 13 —-('l‘ues— davl-(CPI-A great force o! FEM’? bombers was heard roar- "IB ucrnss the channel early io- day in an hour-long parade and alerts in southern Switzerland a. few hours later suggested the possibility that northern Italy was being bombed again.

Citylllborers Seek Increase In Rate 0f Pay

Considerable Business Transacted at "Re- gular Monthly Meet- ing of City Council.

At the regular monthly meeting of the city council last night u petition from the Ldbfifbfs Pro- tective Union for a. wage ulcrcflsc from 35 cents to 45 cents an hour for the laborers in Charlottetown. was presented by the President. Mr- Arthur Gormley. The request was referred to the street com- mittee for consideration.

The financial collection state- ment at the end of _tlie half year which showed a deficit of $3. ~ 00; was read by Councillor Chand- ler. A by law to amend the ill’ law regulating traffic in the City. with regard to slowing of vehicles at intersections, etc, which was given first and second reading Bl the previous meeting, received a third reading at this meetlllg- The payment of certain bills were re- viewed by Councillor Chandler, A bill for tie glazing of windows in the Public lbrary amounting to $156.30 for glass, and $100.00 for labor was held up by motion of Councillor Blanchard who held that someone should approve ‘he work before Eayment. With this exv ception all t e bills were aPPTQI/fl for payment.

The health officer, Dr. Keeping,

and food inspector, Dr. Croken, then gave their reports. Committees 811d chairmen who gave It? Off-S 8Y9 ti? follows: street, Council or McKee. Police. Councillor Stems and mar- ket, Councillor Butler. Following are the resolutions ad- opted llt tho meeting; Resolved that the railing at. Victoria Park _be minted, and the labor be sufllllled lly the city. Moved by Councilor J- E. Blanchard; seconded by Coun- cillor J.T McKee.

Whereas Mr. Flllnk Whear is a property holder and a. tax pa cl" o! this city, and whereas Ml‘. enry Gurney is ncillicl- a 019F911)‘ 11914" or lltll‘ a tux payer, and whereas . Nlr. Gurney is in receipt of a peli- iSiOli from the Provincial Govern- ‘lllcnt be it resolved that Mr. Prank Wheat" be a pointed caretaker" 0i tho east on bathing houses as from this date. Moved by 00""-

clllcr Blanchard; seconded by. Councillor Butler. Resolved that. tenders be called

for the purchase of 38,750.00-4't- 20 years refunding bonds4dN-Ed

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Cities, Towns Are Captured

8th Army In Fast Drive To Outflankl Enemy; Big Battle Still To Come,-

LONDON, July lS-(Tuesda l-(CP) —Three more Sicllill! towns have been captured by A lied invading forcee in addition to the 10 announced officially, the Daily Mail said today in a rc- port from Algiers. I

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFil RICA, July 12—(AP)—Historic Syracuse and hlhQ other major Sicilian cities and towns have been captured by the combined British and Canadian army and the newly formed American 7th army and tonight the British and Canadian forces were smashing northward along the coast toward Mes- sina, key to the island's defences.