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Lieutenant Clarence W. Higgins, son of sergeant and Mrs. Watson Higgins, City, enlisted in September. 1939. He went to Toronto for a brief period of train- ing and from there was trans- ferred tn Windsor Mills, No. A SETS. From there he went to Moncton No. 8 8113125., where he received his wings. 0n July 2i, 1940, Flt-Lieut Hig- gins went overseas as a Sergeant and between that time and Jun . i044. when he received the D.i='. . he made 55 operational flights over Germany. He is 30 years old.

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Grip

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I. B. Election Said Important-e»

MINT JOHN. N.B., Aug 16- (OPJ-llie Now Brunswick election Aw. ill is “one of the most im- Wrtant. ii not. the most important. slnrc confederation,’ Hugh Moc- Kld’. Progressive Conservative leaki- or l!l tne Province, said in a radio ldtircss tonight.

‘The uciiticni future oi Canada k being decided as one provincial administration after another gocs to the polls,“ he Sdifl. ' lilCstl clcc- lions, iii Utitin‘ nnd Prinzé ltKl-i worn lSlllllii "t your anti in 5am’ luwnenuin, Alberta and Quebec this it". have all scrvcd to octnonsira- 0t the continued and cyrr-eroiyiizgl dissatisfaction oi the people o1 Can- ada with tlie Liberal party. nnd have ﬂuphasizcn the gradual disintegra- lion oi that once great party."

Cﬂlillllﬁ EVENTS

"PAW — Crapauci Thursday. i ' 8-16 2i

“Dance in tvatcrvale School. “m! 18th. Good music. 8-16-21.

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By WES GALLAGBII

QUARTE-RJS. A08. lli -- (AP) — There was every indication tonight that Hitler's four-year clutch on Franco was nearing an end.

with preliminary reports indicat- ing only isolated icsistance to the new Allied invasion of France from the Mediterranean. and with the French underground aidin-g the squeeze play from the west and south, the Germans appear to be in a position from which they cannot defend the country.

The Allied effort has been helped considerably by the strategy oi Hit- ler in ordering every unit to stand firm to the last.

The Aliied Mcditeranenn blow

' was timed to coincide with the point

when the German Zlnlson aloriiz southern ‘France was at its lowest point in two years. Despite the fact that the invasion was the worst-kept secret of the war. Allied reports indicated that the Germans had little ability on opening day to deal with it.

Report Patriots March 0n Vichy

LONDON. Aug. 1b -- (AP) -Thc A. F. I. (Independent French Agency) reported from Bern to- day that 10,000 French patriots

‘M bag“? MCGUiKan 8r Boyle. 8-12-51 "Dance Morcil Hall Wed I a Au [L . N 1165-4 r lZUa 16th. Good orchestra. a-ia-et, "Bwriill; orders for Asphalt; Bhlngles. N. Aubrey Cutcliifc. ‘

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"Woods Miilf Fiirmiugton pen u ml Wblic for sowing lhllai-llgb.

51- itht-y were armed.

were “advancing toward Vichy", icnd that hundreds more are Join- lirii: thcm as they push ahead. The dispatch said other detach- ments oi French forces of the interior were advancing on Bor- deaux. 1t did not say where the ‘patriots were coming from or how

Promotion 0f Patton Confirmed

"Rcsc - , . ﬁderiorrlga Crciiirxitislftieliltlvalfktliiliptlg i ' , u ' _ “‘1°'“'| WASHINGTON. Aug. is - (AP) 1 Dance in New Perth Hall. Fri- l-The Sena}; ‘ET? 35d 3335,13“;

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ll ‘ti . Priday clfllglgstAllkllelliry li/ﬁllilm Hm‘ r . 0'- ‘hmfﬂ. Lunches. “$116-11. "Unloading a b k d bulk crushed carat: ‘Illiur OMS an ’ ~ »- sday. Mc- "3"" "lid Boyle. a-is-zi

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“"1"”. Montague, Saturday. “I. l0. Webster's Orchestra.

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mgﬂgltn of commanding officer,

my ° fr. the band of the Pic-

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season. ve- "W Marketing Board. 8-16-11.

. __. 51%;"! crowds at Souris Hospi- Clif-

“ervwlwtirislawi ‘i-eilsrliiilil

. ' ti Elgxii?t%?1,°:ll'., to the permanent rank .

of Major General a few hours af-

"ter disclosure of his leadership‘ of or-

the American 3rd Army in mandy and Brittany.

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I com today are expected to unleash

Flro Situation ‘ Continues To Bo Serious In ll. B.

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sened the menace of foaoelst fillieseisri

central and eastern New Bruns-

wfdr. this aficmoon but the situation serious tonight

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still faced Wlﬁxllleltllﬂ-ry ‘all: least 50 dwellings have been des- troyed in sections adjoining thi minim community 811d more than 39° Parsons have been removed from their homes aince tho fires Hanna up Sunday, In absence of wind. a sarlous fire north of Moncton, in the Bantglqr

and Cool allied

Y 34W!’ dlstwyln the Canadi National Railways“ m aect-ionmorvs houses a shanty, my. ertankandbumlp ouse at Ban- taior. Continued lack of min and a rising wind would mean further giggly property damage in that Some residence o

Coal Branch have ‘beg? 1272;118:331, and the village of St. Paul, Kent County. also was in possible dan er in the Minto district 111K511-

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Zion, north Minto, New England and Avon: one house at Newcastle Creek. shafts to the coal mines of the Mirarnichi Lumber C0lnpnny, Harvey Walton Company. E. S. Cratwford and the Avon Coal Com- Daily. and several carloads of ooa though the dormer to Minto itself wasjmomentarily lifted. the almost surrounded by fires. Crews hoped to hold the flames back until adjacent wood- land had been burned. leaving no further fuel for the fires.

A new threat to uowcr lines lead- ing to Fredericton-deprived of bowler from Stinday night to last rilBht-was averted tofly when siibsldi wind assisted in bringing :. firs a New Zion under control.

The old National Transcontinen- tal Railway Station at Sunbury was destroyed yesterday. the station a- Sont and ator escaping by iigélvinlz aboard a passing locomo-

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War Situation Last Night

Pinched now between Riviera, Hitler’: clutch on Mcdf of- being torn 100:0.

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make: It all the onei-ai French : notion with Gen. Eisenhower’:

advantage: l than farther

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is the scope and strengt mountainous are: of the Rhone.

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LONDON. Aug. l5—tCPl-"Thgi supreme hour has struck" the Ger-l, man radio said tonight. "It is ine- hour when we must throw into battle the last little ounce of strength."

Heavy Casualties In ll. K. Air Raids

LONDON. Aug. is-(cpi-Juiy air raids on the United Iiing-clom coat nearly 18,000 civilian casualties. the ministry of home security an- nounced today. Of the number 2,441 were listed as killed or missing and 7, '1 m. girred and detained in hospitals.

th ' It follihe gauging were e resu o yng m at. tacks.

Expect French Guerilias To 0o into Action

WAsHmciToN. Aug. 15- (A?) —A.llied, landings on the Nine-Mar- seilles strewh of the Mediterranean

a. huge force of Maqiiis-the French rlaa in the nearby mountains who have already caused havoc a- mon occupying German forces. inion was expressed here nilitary officers who test Dhasc the li aeration‘ o rat-ions. By he mere act of landing and establishing beachheads the Allies will so encourage the Maquis that their force may be doubled over-

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S8 Th. United Stains 3rd army- vm within eight nules of Polo!!!

a Tightens Trapped Nazi 7th Army

serous and effective section of the AIIMJWYWI‘ ,

and c, junc" with the Cammians an cared imminent. oanwhiie American forces In the west and British forces in the northwest punched incessantly at the sack in which the German 1th army had been contained, steadily. drivir. back the encircled forces. Incl e the trﬂ-D food was Rfbwinl short, and among 1.022 captives minted today were some who had been on y bread for four dawa. Others angrily de- nounced the o icera who had brought them to this debacle.

Prime Minister King To Speak Tonight

OTTAWA. Aug. 15 — (OP) — Prime Minister Mackenzi Kins will make a half hour Dominion- wide broadcast over the CBC to- morrow night from 9.30 . . to 10 p.m. A D T . it was announced today. It was understood that his speech would deal mostly with the War Services Gratuities Bill pass- ed at the last session of Parlia- ment.

Churchill Saw Final Preparations

ROME. Aug. l5—(APl—Thc in- vasion of southe n Franco per- mitted the disclosure today that the main purpose o1 Prime Minister Churchill's visit to Italy was to be here for final preparations of the operation.

Mr. Churchill seipt last week con- ferring with military leaders and seeing of this theatre off on their newest venture.

British-Canuck Naval Force In Action

LONDON. Aug. l5 — (C?) —- A British-Canadian naval force. led by the cruiser Mauritus. dam- aged seven German supply ahi a and other vessels and scored ta on a destroyer in three engage- ments today off the naval base of La Rochelle. between Nantes and Bordeaux, the Admiralty an- nounced tonight.

The British force suffered nel- ther casualties nor damage, the communique nid

a aboson llama iinuuana can” 1‘ o Ill Allie til-ho nuthawlseumutlli‘ h‘ u"

t In hi French for haul. Nazi oration: between Toulon will‘: contra of gravity along a 30- covor the be-tfar landing . raglan for a maior invasion ply rhln

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In Normandy Ind in the French I h Channel to the

torranoan and west of tbo Seine and tho Rhone River, is in process mwllilgarﬁrlllln retreat in the west. I

wserves might already k of oppos tion to the t tho beaches.

n, Alllcd commander in the r American and British reports placed the scene of op-

Dramont.

on tho French Riviera effort. Beaches are Even enamy token re- oolt y in Allied casualties. That

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more minim t th in . but back tho invasion drlva air-d. thatﬁoaitgnetm t“: legglafblithfglbﬂerftlgsttltl: German: had been pulling out for days, taking heavy portable guns with

m. Gen. Wilson Jalvhtiﬁntho honoizhloagoor. Gleai-hlgoﬁftlllle, In his can for a o . u a Allkd o t f Ill Fr . Dolplfc t hls foroop: 1701.131“; the miner-thrilling

urnosc was to form armie: an swoop the Germans hyaical dlfflculfles confronting hero are riei-taln other definite

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"an", 1;" gleeﬁnllliglngfndg. ea e for the stroke rather For one. the invasion of the hunch Riviera ls certain to have an im-

mediate Impact on the German ﬁtting/s development in Italy. It la only

Well“ W» the "III-n plains In roar of the Gothic cert-rite line above

tho Arno. And than l: every evidence that Gen. Alexander. Allied field

des from 50 m 60 dwellings at New lololmmander in Italy, i: shifting his forces for a new smash at tho Gothic

bar the road from southeastern

Another advantage gained by the Allies In picking the Riviera siie h nf French Muquls resistance to the Germans In that region. French underground forces have all but dominated the

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Auspicious Opening Yesterday 0f 0|d liome Week Activities.

Yesterday saw the opening of what bids to be the most success- ful exhibition and Home Week the City of Charlottetown has ever held. 1f the opening day is any augury of the days still to come. then all records will go by the board.

There were more horses entered ln the various race classes than ever before: more people watched the races than ever attended an opening day at the Charlottetown

Exhibition; there were more cat-

tle, horses, swine, sheep and poul- try entered for judging than at any other Exhibition in the city's history; and the amusement part of the program is one of the big- gest. most varied, and most color- ful, galaxy of features ever brought to Charlottetown.

Lt. Col. D. A. MacKlnnon, D.S.0. President of the Charlottetown Ex- hibition Association. officially opened Old Home Week with a brief address in which he welcom- ed the vast crowd to the grounds and introduced the C.A.tB>T.C. band.

There was good racing yesterday with Just enough close calls and still closer finishes to thrill the racing fans.

Bill Lynch's shows were again on the grounds and as usual dratv- ing crowds. The ferries wheel. the whip, the merry-go-round - al drew large numbers of young and old, and the many booths were well patronized.

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Rommel Recovering

LONDON. Aug‘. 15—fCP)--Field Marshal Erwin ommei is progres- sing in his recovery after an ac- cident. a German broadcast report- a Benin wess conference said

Earlier accounts have said that ligmmei, apparently the victim of an Allied at: attack. sustained head in uries.

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ROME, Aug. 15-—(APi—Thou- sands of Allied troops swarmed on- to the south coast of France today on a biroad front between Marseiilc and Nice, seized and extended firm beachheads against inconsequential German opposition and drove northward with the avowed inten- tion of joining the Allies in north- western France. .

Allied airmen who flew over the beaches late in the clay said there Was rial-Sign of any concerted enemy opposition and that troops before dawn took the sentinel Islands of Port Cros and Levant, l0 miles off the coast. and seized Cap Negro, on the mainland due north of the lsl- ands and 28 miles east of Toulon.

Other specific locations were r.ot

Nice.

The Gemians said the focal point of the Allied invasion was at St. Raphael. 3O miles northeast up the coast from Cap Negro, and also said there were landings west of Toulon and at Bonncs. 25 miles east of Toulon.

No Change in Montreal‘ Weather

IVIONTREAL. Aug sweltering Moiitrealers found no solace today in an announcement from McGill University that the hcac wave gripping the city is the most prolonged on record and that to date this is the hottest August on record in Montreal.

While morgue officials reported24 deaths traceable indirectly to the hcat—10 of thein drownings—wat- er works department chiefs worn- cd that water supplies may have to be curtailed unless the heat wavc breaks soon Yesterday. Montreal used 21,000,000 gallons more water than the ratcd capacity oi its filtra- ‘I101! plant l Natural ice supplies also were re- ;ported dwindling. and ice dealers =said that unless the heat cased lsoon they would run out of ice be- . fore the end of the summer, And af- ‘ter 1G days without rain, the wea- therman could nnli- say “fair and warm" for tomorrow.

14,000 Dropped Behind Nazi Lines

ROME, Aug. i5—(CP-Reuterl -

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Unload At Cannes

Little Opposition In Southern France

WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN SOUTHERN FRANCE (4 P.M.) Aug. 15 _(AP)

army numbering many, many thousands, is well into oon and going fast.

It has been done virtually without opposition and with anallngly anal] gnu].

h! Wmllletely by surprise.

What few Germans were waiting for us hay be t1 ed “,4 d_ This ought to be the decisive blow for Francla, 8ft: ssvferylbodyori: aofzrirended that

~ Germans Lost Up To 300 Planes Yesterday

LONDON. Aug. l5~(APi—Three- thousand Allied planes, two-thirds of thein bombers, cast 8,000 tons of EXlpl-OSVCS on a score of enemy air bases and airdromcs in Belgium, Holland and Germany today_ while another powerful force of Italian- based heavyweights hopped the Mediterranean to southern France and blasted a wide path for the new

Former Soc’y 0f State Dies

A force of 1,100 R.A.I-‘. and 3, C.A.F. I a and Hallfue: End nearly 1.000 American hea- vics churned up enemy ah- strip; wrecked buildings, and left fla- ming wrecks of 180 to 270 Nail

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Canadian fliers reported seeing many planes burning on nmwuys which had been poclted by bomb explosions.

Fishters escorting the American bombers also destroyed a riuntbgg- of planes on thaenground, disabled 62 ocomotivm, destroyed or» damaged 188 railway cars,

_Moderate enemy Ovlliositlon in the ,air was encountered. the ‘s knocking down l3 planes and the fighters lugging 14 for a total o1 2'1, Sixteen bombers and five fighters “Neat wi§i°l“'rl".i a

asni ...Mosquit, g- Igain struck Berlin. hurling bolsock- busters on the battered capital. None of the Mosqultos, which also l laécti mines in enemy waters, wag THE LATE All. CAIAN

The fresh daylight attacks were MONTREAL. Aug. i6 — (CF) _ aimed at crushing any attempts by Hon. Charles H. Cahan, former the Germans to gather their deple- Secretary of State in the Con- ted sky strength for support of their servative Government of Rt. Hon. desperate ground ‘forces back-trac- R. B. Bennett. died here today in king bciore victorious Allied troops his 33rd year,

m Rance‘ Mr. Cahun was born mﬂulh. N5“ in 1861 and was educated at Yarmouth seminary where he taught mathematics for ‘a time before embarking on a ;newspaper career with the Hali- ifax Herald and Mail. While work- ring with the newspaper he studied law at. Dalhousie law school.

He was married twice. first to Mrs. Mary‘ J. Hetherington of Halifax w o died in 1914 and lat- er to Miss Juliette Elisa lotte Huiin of Paris, France. He had one daughter and one son. the late Capt. John F. Cahan, former Minister tvithout portfolio in the Nova Scotia Government.

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Says Allied Ships

NEW YORK. Aug i5—(AP)- American liberty ships are be unloaded in the southern French harbor of Cannes, George Moorad,‘ American radio reporter. said in a goal broadcast from Rome heard

V NBC

IHe added that “so far as we

The record Allied airborne fora which descended on southern.’ France carly today consisted of;

more than 14.000 air combat men g

In no Allied operation before had; so many men been dropped as this ziirborne force sent. down behind the German coastal defences.

Spanish Radio lSays Canadians ‘ In New Landings

NEW YORK. Aug. l5 —- (CP) -- The Spanish radio iRadio Na- tional) said today that one of the lfirst Allied landing craft to ar- rive on a beach in southern France "was loaded with Canadian and French soldiers." There was no Allied confirmation of the report.

The broadcast. was recorded by the Federal Communications Com- mission.

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Canadians

Hitler Decorate: Franz lion Papen

LONDON. AWE. 15-—(AP)-—Hitlcr has bestowed the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with sworss upon Franz Von Papen. German Ambassador to Turkey who return- ed home after Ankara broke off rc- lations with the Reich. the Berlin radio said today

The award was for special achie- vements and personal efforts, said the broadcast. and was given to Von Papcn when he visited iriiticrs hcadoua-rtcro.

Opposition

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Second Phase Expected In Italy

By DOUG HOW

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY 1N ITALY. ‘sua- 15 - tCPi - The secondphase in the summer cam-i paign in Italy will fall soon upon ' the German divisions that have gathered themselves together af- ter the storms of May and June’ and made July and early August days of plodding unspectacular ad- voncc for the Allied armies.

Gen. Alexander himself pre- saged these forthcoming actions in the message to his troops that told of "an extensive regrouplng’ in order. . .to proceed with the sec- I ond and perhaps final stage of the destruction of the German armed

forces in Italy." t ' To Collapses

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Sun sets this evening at 8.07 and tomorrow morning at. 6.00. New moon August. 10th, 4.25 P. M’. BAIL! All! SERVICE

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Leave Charlottetown ‘l :.m.1 By R055 MUNRO 11.30 a.m.; 6 pan. 4 WITH The 1ST cannon»: ,,,’;",',‘_‘,§_,°,'?:;";;§,',_‘°" '2' 5 "m"

|ARMY IN FRANCE. Aug 15-(0? Cnblci-Thc Canadian army front suddenly" appeared broken wide o- pen tonight nnd leaving Canadian troops now arc little more than a mile from Fkilaisc and may enter the city within a. matter of hours. The Canadian officer command-I ing a formation attacking the city made the prediction as artillery shelled roads ell around Falalse. Eastwiird on the Caen-Falalse

SUNDAY SERVICE

Luvs Charlottetown i! noon. Arrive Charlottetown 5.45 p.11. Charlottetown - New Glasgow iDaily except Sunday) Leave Charlottetown 1 p.15. Arrlva Charlottetown 6.60 pan.

P. E. l.-l\'. S. FERRY SERVICE DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAYS hlizhyzay the enemy sirorigpoint in

the Quesnay woods, which had re- Leave Wood llllmll-‘l-M A. M ysisted repeated bombing and artil- 11.00 A. 01.3.00 P. M.

lei-y attacks. finally was wiped out Loaves Carlboo — 0.00 A. M. 1.0a by Polish troops of the 1st Can- P- M- 5-00 P- ll-

adian army.

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