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ITSALIANS WILT IN NORTH, WEST

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Russians Kdwoance To whiff.’ Ninemmlili

Strong Defences North Of City Are Overcome

Very Heavy Fighting Continues On Russian Front.

i uONDON, July 2%—(CP)—l\ussian armies engulfing 0rel's defences ed out a strongly-fortified belt north o the city in a. 10-day offensive that has cost the Germans more than 50,000 killed captured, Moscow announced tonight. . With Russian units fightin lees than nine miles from Orel on the ortheiist and within 11 miles n the east a special communique said ikhov, as miles north oi the city, had fallen to the Red Army. Bolkhov already had been lay-passed by Red Arriiv units racing to tslie Ovel from the rear. The seizure of the strongpolnt, Moscow said, Hliilshed the liquidation of strongly fortified districts oi the enemy north

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Io Give Evidence 0n Postwar Plans

tending from Leningrad in the north to the Sea oi Azov.

Berlin termed the struggle for the city "Tue greatest battle of attrition ever fought."

In the past l0 days the Russians said these equipment losses were suffered by the Germans:-

A total of 1.148 tanks knocked out or captured". 900 planes des-

QTTAWA. July 22 -(CPI—- The iroyed: 1,602 guns destroyed or House of Commons reconstruction captured: and 800 mortars. 1.409 ctinmitlce recommended in a w- miichine-guns and 123 various

rt tabled today that it be allowed kinds of dumps captured. to sit during any adiournment by The Soviet Monitor had incor- llie l-louse. rectly reported the capture of Bcl

‘the report. presented bv choir- khov Tuesday night. man JG. Turgeon (Lib. Caribco) The German Radio. soon alter’ said 30 meetings had been held and the special Moscow bulletin was‘ mwitnesses heard. issued. countered with an 85581".

The report said further hearings tion that the Red Army had lost.‘ were considered desirable. more than 350.000 in dead. WWII-

Mr. Tiirgeon told the Canadian ded and captured since July 15. Press ihatyilie committee plans to A Berlin military spokesman, os- llIiVg the premiers of tine provinces timaiing the immensity oi the give evidence before it. during the battle raging in Russia, said that summer. to provide detail on the a total oi 600 divisions from 7,200.- economic requirements of each pro- 000 to 9,000,000 men c - were H183- vlnce to deal with post-war recon- 8M1 6n will sides- itruction. German pip-pagandists appeared

to be concerned with the threat- ened dlsaster w the Germans at Orel, held by them since the fail oi 1041 and keystone of Nazi def- cnces in south-central Russia ‘They took tuis line tonight:-

"Ih the tactics of elastic fight-

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Pastor Honored I By Trinity Congregation

Rev. Hugh Miller

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Last evening in the l-leartz Mem-‘ orial Hull at 15.30 after the regular. midweek service oi prayer and med- ‘ 111111011. a large number oi‘ the members of Trinity United Church gathered to honour Rev. Hugh iviilicr. M.A.. D.D.. and Mrs. Miller who are completing a pastorate d; illll? years next Sunday.

The chair was taken by Mr. John lVlacNair. chairman of the Committee of Stewards. who called t0 seals cu the platform His Hon- our Lieutenant Governor B. W. Lcs Page. Mr. WH. Smith, and Mr. War- icii Lord. Thcmcetlngopened with 111g of the hymn “Th: Foundation" and‘ pram: by W. ll. Siniili.

The chairman then asked His‘ Honour Governor LcPagc to read. U10 address lo Dr. Miller. who‘ came to the platform. After the’ reading cf lhv address. Mr. W. W

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porting iirm here. said in an inter- :i;l‘(1OI:h:IliplB£le?§\i%Ol'll/Shrxsélfllly- plgelgeflel “Isl

ileiv ioday that a critical shortage if IISII exists in Nova Scotia. caus- id by scarcity oi labor and enlist- penis in the armed forces.

Mr. smith said a. greatly increas- trl demand for iish. plus 25 per cent nscessziry shipments overseas (made tifective bv an order-ln-councll teverol weeks ago) liiis "bumped up Against a labor shortage in the in- dustry ivhlcli cannot possibly meet the required allotments."

Famous One-Armed

Pilot Is Missing

Louporv. Julv 22-(0 chine» - Bodn Lilr. J.A F. MacLachlan. D.

5 0.. D F‘ C. and Bar. famous one- armed R A.I~‘_ rllot ls missing.

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language icr retreat.

House Likely To Adjourn This Week

OTTAWA. Jilly 22 —— (CPI - The Home of Commors i"- ‘I-‘i t0 awr-

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day the $3,890,000,C00 \v' '

rlatiori bill from which trill _ was (figjcsjd yodmn drawn the monzy requirements oi Thy wcoks 8,0’ r. was Rnmmnc. the armed forccs and cilicr bran ed thug he and Flhm“ A‘ g_ ches oi the government scrvlce in Past". flilnr Mustangs. penetrated ‘he 115991 Ye“ 19434" . to M. pal-ls area and Sh“ down Varicus items under the bill have six m-qw all-era“ 1n 10 mmmei been before the House since May.‘ _Mq¢1_a(~h]an retwnm, return“; Third reading was given the mcass. from [he Unwed stapes when he iire this afternoon without oiliwfi-i had been on spacial duties, He ins; ltion to the principle oi the meas-l

his l it ure. although New Democracvl in“; qnafénwln ‘h’ 60mm" 0 c: Leader Blackmore praicsted the procedure of passing the bill

through all readings at one sitting.‘

The bill was before th-c House for cnly a few nvnutes iis the rout ine proceeding of first. second and third rrarliugs ivere follow-ed.

At, the afternoon sitting. most of the discussion centred on censor- ship regulations with a war serv» ices department appropriation es- timate oi $1,739,010 for flu censor- shin division under review.

War Servims Minister liellieche. answering oprosillon inquiries on censorship activities. said the div-

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Italian Prisoners Coming To iianaila ‘I

OTTAWA. July 22 -(CP)-Offi- tial circles here today declined to comment on the possibility of pris- gleltrs of war from North Africa

"is hrou ht w Canada.

When g m _ ision was concerned on Ditch sbotiit isiispiirllfiislniiwhii, matters affecting the prosecution o e war.

Llitl-ie United States large numbers ‘mthe 267.000 prisoners held bv tiie omu in North Africa. responsible ch clals here said there was no “m8! in the Canadian policy- m mills no reference to the move- meelzt of prisoners oi war or inter-

IIOMIIIG EVENTS

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Gen. IeFleche vi’ b; assumed Jilsfioe Minister St. Laurent had

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MONTREAL. July 22 —(OP)—'I‘he big Canadian Pacific east side An- gus shops here will be closed to- u marrow for perhaps a week's "bolls

day" and 7.700 employees will be idle as steps are taken to settle is strike that originally involved 1,600 laborers demanding a iii-cent an hour wile increase w a 50-cent level and a week's holiday with pay. The stflkers have been joined by an unknown number oi other shov workers whose union affiliations have not been clarified.

H. B. Bowen. Chief of Motive Power and Rolling Stock for the Company. announced the closing oi the big plant which hits many war contracts and said the step WM taken with the approval oi the

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Big Angus Shops Be Closed For Week

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Labor Demands

WASHINGTON, Jilly 22~(AP>__ illrgaiiiizcd labor in the United‘ States scrvcd notice today it will clcmaiiii rcmpviii oi price admin-I isirntor Prentiss Brown uncl scrap-l plug of the “little stccl" ivnge ior-I lllliiil ii prices .irc not rolled back‘ to the Scpt- 15. I942. ICVCI as stip-l ulritcci by congress and the rid-l mIm_s.raiioii.

William Green. president of the‘

Aiiitrrican federation of labor and cf the con- gress of organizations.

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joined In this siatcincnt. lodaaaftsr a meeting bcfwccn President pose- vclt and the combined W31‘ board.

Grccn said the threat to scekj Brown's rcmuvril was not lYiRCie to the President. but that the labor- leaders did emphasize to Mial Rocscvclt that tiulcss prices are re-‘ duced they will demand that‘. the! Will‘ labor board cast overboard the little stccl formula. under which wage increases of l5 pcr cent are‘ permittccl to competisatc for rises In the cost of Iivin since Jan. 1,1 194i.

Grccii said Brown

and othcrI

pricc wage stabilization agencies‘ had fullcd to chock rising Prices with the iosiilt that wages "are practically frozen and prices are soaring." CLAMP DOWN ESSFNCE

HALIFAX. July 2 -iCP)--A large number oi local rclall merchants have been forbidden to sell essence of lemon or keep it in stock. liquor inspector E. S. Tracey said today. In addition. a beverage bottling firm has been warned to curtail its prac- tice of putting Ihc essence in sec- ond hand bottles and selling it in- discriminately. he stated.

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shop committee on which are re» prescntaiivcs of trades affiliated viith the American Federation of

Labor.

Commenting on the closing of the plant Mr. Bowen said: "A reccnt ruling of the War Labor Board in Ottawa providing for one weeks holidays with pav for all Wderafed trades employees with two years. or more service has been taken into consideration by the company and the Union representatives. Under normal conditions it would be neces- sary to close Agus Shops for n week In order i0 meet the Board‘: ruling. and consequently employees entitI-‘d to Iiolldavr will take them at the present time.

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By Kirlie L. Simpson. Associated Press Wai- Anzilygt,

The deadly Allied trap developing in Sicily i; amino“; \- gm- the Axis, but Hitler is threatened with an even greater disaster i; Cen- tral RYIISSII, where Red Armies are tightening a noosg about 0rd],

“lth the indicated early fall of that vital link between the south and central German fronts In Russia. the whole line from Vltebsk in me north tu fuganrog in tlie south would begin to buckle. The collapse of the Urel rcdoubt would expose the Bryansk pivot to the same triple at- tack technique that has all but nipped a quarter million enemy troops In the Orel trap. I

Anti with Bryansk tottering or even closely invested the whole line south oi the Lovzit and east oi the Dnieper must begin to iottar. ilitler is that close to his greatest defeat and his Iriost risky retreat at the very moment that the southern walls of his European fortress are stari- ing to crumble in Sicily.

torrent reports from Moscow place Russian forces only five miles nnrlii of the double rail link connecting Brynnsk and Orel at a point about mid-way between those twin basllons oi the German front. Rus- slaii heavy guns have certainly had that supply line oi the Ore] Salient, uniiei- devastating fire for several days. The advance down u"; vitchsk Rliu \ alley: from the crest of the 01m watershed has brought Red troops almost Vlllhlll. sight of Kerachev. That town lies 30 miles east of Bryansk and through it pass the rail routes between Bryansk and Orel. llearv nir- bonipirig of Kcruohev to supplement the ground attack is rcportoilf

bpuihwcst oi (_)rcl. on the upper perimeter of the Kursk bulge which the Nazis failed dismaily to smash, other red legions are forging slowly ‘IiIOIIIICQSUVKIYd, obviously aimed at a junction with CDmlfldcs driving _oii ll on Keraclicv to snap shut the Orel trap. They are a/Tide bnih south rail outlets from Orcl to Kursk and Kharkov. Formi-rlv these nui- lets._toizetlier with the Orel-Bryarisk connections, made Orcl a main station of the German front Iinc feeder system.

_ it has Inst that value now. The Orei garrison has no adequate road or rail supply line which is not threatened by advancing Russian forces.

i As .it Stalingrad and In every other Russian offensive, the direct,

rental nush in the centre is obviously a holding operation. It Is designed

to pin the Ovcl garrison to its agar defences while the north south jaws

close in behind it. T at was what happened nt Stalingrad to

greatest German disasie of the war to date.

Best Ferry For P.E.I. - N.B. Service

OTTAWA. July 22 —iCP)— The‘ "best and must modern fcrrv that

I . 2.111;.- ‘iiiigl“;‘l.il‘5.§*§..£;‘shill] "fills change Views 0n Defence Plans

IJCIWPQI". Prince Edward Island and‘ the Nova Scotia mainland. ‘Trams-

Coninions tonight. l Some of the best Marine experts] in tho country have been engagcdl and studios have been made ~nf 22—_<AP)—Nazi diSDfliccs YGQCIIIDE ferries operating elsewhere in North Switzerland K001i‘ , flSWri-ed that America. A prcllmiiiary" cleslml has Gfinnllill’ l5 YCI-ieiilrlllz from i181‘ been “renal-ML hoiig-tvoiiied theory 0f a “European The Minister was speaking m the \ foiticss to tin idea of basic‘, final itfcml iurthc cillilllalfiS fiprl opcrilgiokgi defiiclggaggifvlly Wigiillilclc magic?" o tie crrv srrv cc an n rcp _ ..=-. - Joli" R- Mimic“ ‘PM C“ T“ fiiiikiiiriliil’ §"°o““’3. *3“? .313? onto Dnvciiportl. who said Prince 1on8... to be in?‘ ‘mm elalét? with Lwward Islmd had not had f3“ the current coastal fgrtlfications in tkijiilmDfllllillmn fflQlimcs- Iconsidered 0ilIy":—1S‘0lli0l‘ bastlons. mil“ “Sim” l“ mmd m l IA rcdult is it small inner fortif- °\'91'-‘v'iimi5~' 9955M‘? 15 being d“? m ication usually at the core of a lar- mcct the prohicin he has at heart". gm- form-cw) Said M11 Mlfilfllld. The strategy. as dLscusscd in the The Itss of the icrrv "CharlOV-e- i Nazi publications. tiikcs into con-| town“ hurl bcen accidental and the sideration the possible loss of Italy, scrvlce l‘if)\‘.' is lacing provided by southern Greece and France's At- ihc fs-rrv "Prince Edward Island.“ lziiitlo coastline. leaving Germanyl Wllllil will be rcilrczi to a stand-by iii a position to make n last Smlid

BERNE, SWITZERLAND. July

Ferry To Handle More Passengers

Premier J. Walter Jones announc- ed last night that additional equip- ment. had arrived to increase the passenger carrying capacity oi the Scotia No. 1 Ferry and that it is hoped that beginning this (Friday; 1110mm! the increase will be over 100 persons.

It ls understood that the equip- meni Came from the SS. Prince Edward Island.

Get To Jobs Despite Strike

LOS ANGELES, Juhi 2z_(p,p)._ The seldom-used family auto- mobile moved into the breach today as 3.000 street car and bus ators quit work, and Angeles breadwlnnei-s got, to their jobs with little apparent. difficulty.

Mayor Fletcher Bowrou said an army check of 25 most essential war plants showed absenteeism to- day was below the normal average, and that he was informed auto- mobile traffic was heavier than at any time since gasoline rationing became effective.

May Have New Jobs For Overseas Firemen

OTTAWA, July 22—(CP)—War Services Minister LaFleche today told the House of Commons con- sideration was being: given to the possibility of finding some other service for the 412 mcn making up Canada's civilian fire-fighting corps overseas, now that bombing attacks on Britain have greatly lessened.

l-ie said they were being permitted and encouraged to train for the armed forces.

Gan. LuFlcche was answering questions in committee of the Whole (luring consideration of his war nppi-ooraition estimates, which 1n- clude $957,000 for maintaining this force. They were a finely-trained and fit. company. he said.

Women To Go With Army of Occupation

LONDON. July 22—-iCP CABLE) -Women of the auxiliary services will go to Europe with tho armies 0i occupation. Primc Minister Churchill told Mrs. Cazalet Keir in the House of Commons.

“For some time nfter hostilities have ceased in any area. the WOM- en's auxiliary services will still be needed." he said.

Particularly. members of the auxiliary services will be heeded to accompany the forces of occupation

. atus ivhsn a new ship is built. 1t not only within her own borders. as 500,, as conditions pgflnjt their is “rgnnsgd to hum; the nnw 5111p in but in the industrially desirable being sent oversea,“ he added’ and Canada. Bans “I Central Bumper members of the women's auxiliary Mr. IVIZTTNICIII said the new ship Allied mum"? “New?” he“ services an civil defence service, warned against any optimistic de- when {my can be spat-ML Wm be

rapid - . . loading mid unloading of motorIdgfélzons0235f,_lggf;ccg“zlivfgfgiigwai' ~ “m mm" “'“"°1 l“ ‘he (ihefsnid tire bitterest flouting island “hm was ‘me oi ‘he n10“ l must bc anticipated. cxpressififi the. attractive spots for tourists. e-convicnon ma, the Nazis w, u,“

Iaourorichfls to the wharvcs on both “n Europe become n shambles bed

Elli‘. ‘l’...l“fi.i“fi.il‘ii$.ilr“ilifili; w" °"“1‘§_§‘_°_P_“_‘Q°' ricii on while the new fcrrv is being built. s

Mr. Midiauii said the problem of clssiguiiic n shin ior the service ‘was unique in thcfl it aas necessary t0 . carry both railway cars and motor» ——-—— cars An ordinary railway car ferrv would not meet 1h;- nroblem. The CLEVELAND. July 2'2 -IAP\ -— vg. ql-rn diiiipiilg Iiv rci-{Jolln S. MLCIIYFEIIR. T4. generall w“ o; t)... fnci that the ship Iiiid hiziihigri‘ of iii.» Clcvclzinii Pliilll. WFIICTS wiicrc Dealer anti Presidrn naost icrrv scrv ecs rild u . City Puiblishing Cr:__;";n_r. today‘

A siirrr! time ..irlici' Mr. Mich was shoi. and vvc . .1 CYIHCHIIY and iind told Pcrcv Black IProgIby aii assailant who then put a. Con. Cumbcrlandl that"'s0me nrfl- Pistol W hi5 head M10 killed him cross" iws bring made with plans self. _ for buildliic in (‘iiiiarla a larger DEICCIIVE Inspector Frank W. icrrv for tho scrvlcc. Story identified the gunman as ‘ Herbert L. Kobrak. SEi-jvcar-old Hungarian < born Clevelaudor ass- occlated ior some years with Ger- man and Hungarian language newspapers here.

‘ Probe ofyEvr-g Sinking is Continued

SAINT JOHN. N.B., Jilly 32- lCPi-Mcmbcrs of thc crciv of the

Norwman fmghn“. whm, Sank MINISTER SURPRISE!) the tug Era Jiilv 6 In Bediflrd '_‘"

Basin. N.S.. testifying at an nf- UYPAWA. July 02- (ClFW-APLsh- ilcial inquiry today. Indicated those cries Minister Bertrand “$5 EHO? “mam (hp big vessel were not n- a pleasant surprise in the loll-e » wnrc nf iinv collision tlnrigoi- until Commons todav when his war any the iuiz was within so feet of the gggwrilitlon items.’ totalllriiz “scaling. Shin-s bnw were put iilIOUSil com ..

' I I .11 the of the whole without a question‘- livgeofsllxllklmgzii ‘Iligzvcziritdciligvlériyaxs being asked. Dr DB

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“m! investigated bv Judgfilfl as Finn. was about to take his seat in

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iriioiilcifls crew. The hearing will ado ted. h?‘

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n‘ m“ Fmics“ murder" to pctly larceny.

given a chance to volunteer for ap- pointments in administration of liberated territories during the per- iod of military control.

OTTAWA. Julv 22-10?) — Of-

ficials of the Canadian women's army corps said today ilhPl’ 50¢ “scant chalice" that C W.A C personnel will be used in Eur-till‘ with the armies of occupation, when that time comes.

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June was a month with one of the lowest crime records in Brit- ain's historv. irporis Scotland ‘Yard. TITTTE‘ was n substantial zirnp in cvcry ’\'!‘." of rrime‘ from

lulnorlption Delivered. $6.00 "1". IL00~ othlv Provinces I IJJA. ‘L00.

SICILY

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HeavyBaitle Still Rages

For Claiizlnia

Canadians Advance Against Strong

Opposition In Centre Of Island,

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By DANIEL DE LUCE _lj (Associated Press War Correspondent)

ALLIED HEADQUAR July 22 — (A P)'-— American armore sweeping north and west with a. breakneck s alermo on SiciIy’s northern t mountain range guarding fter capturing the big air

were approaching P coast through the Ias the Island Capital today a

base of Castelvetrano and six other towns.

Withering under the hot war, the Italian armies o Sicily were falling into a that suffered at the hands of the B in Libya in 1940 as Allied armies swept over con-

siderably more than half of the Island.

(In Washington

States acting war secretary, dicated the Americans had

Robert Patterson,

of Marsala at the extreme western tip of Sicily.)

ln the central sector. “Canadian troops continued their advancg in the face of determined resistance." today's Allied headquarters communi- quo said. The Canadians were operatin road junction In the centre of the lslan