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PARLIAMENT WILL MEET AUG. 23

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, JUNEAZI, 1945

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Business Sessions Of Or- ganization Are Being ' Continued.

- Yesterday was the second da lie Maritime H ital Associat en's [our - day conven ion in Charlotte- lawn and sow a great deal of rou- line business transacted, broken at midday by an enjoyable luncheon at the C arlottewwn Hotel, Included in the various re orts rhich were read, were those o recretarv. Mrs. H.W. Porter, Rent- ville, NS: that of the treasurer, sister Stella Marie. of Halifax; that cf the regional committees by Dr. J. A. MacMillan for Prince Edward Island, Dr. . Collins ior New Brunswick, and Mother M. Ignatius for Nova Scotia. The ,re- rt on publicity was read b Mr. Rank Burns of Kentville an that en the Blue Cross Association by pr. J. A. Clark, Charlottetown. ‘Ilhe mrt on regional conferences was

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e by Sister St. Sta aus of cliatham, for New Bruns ck; for seuthcm New Bruriswic, y Mr. Ralph H. Gale, St. John; for Nova.

scotia by Sister Francis de Paul, Halifax: Miss Susan McQueen, Pic- tou: Miss A. Martin. Sydney; and sister Thelma, Springhill.

A resolution ee was up; pointed consisting of Mr. Ralph . Gale, St. John, chairman; Rev. J. c. Chisholm, Antigcnish; Sister Catherine Gerard, Halifax; Miss Buan McQueen, Piotnu. '

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Coming Events

"Show — Canoe Cove Friday.- 6-21-21.

"Show - Crapaud Thurwa

"Dance - Montague. Friday. Webster's rcheatra. 6-19-31.

'lShow — Mt. Stewart Saturday It 7.45 P. M. Mid 9.45 P. M. a ,1 m

"Ice Cream and Dance, Orwell Cove Hall, July 2nd. Miilview Orch- estra. 0-21-11.

"Ice Cream and Dance. Inker- man School Friday night June mo. é-n-

"nose ‘Thur-ado flhorthoriaveBr-eeders Aihol Roberts, Wlnai

00s

_ "Comwall Players New!"

their 3 act pla in Wheatley River

l-lall. Frida- . une 22nd d-fl-it "U car food:

tode. and loznonow. Get best prices o ca!‘ Cl. C. Green. 5'30

"Collecting Hogs by truck for Davis 6r Fraser, Albany and vici- Dlll’: also Emerald, FridlY. J11“ 22. Phone collect A. C. Green. Al- bany or G. C. Green, lkneraaliié n

"Stanley Bridge players PR‘ rent "Aunt Susie Shoots The Works", in Harrington H011. F11" ill)’. June 32nd.

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"See "Peckk Bad Boy" in Seven- Mlle Bay Hall Monday, June 25. Fine comedy drama, presented by Grand River alayers. Admission l0 and 30 oen .

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“The Annual Meeting of P. l. I. Guernsey Club will be held in the Dtllt. of Agriculture on Thursday fine Est at s o'clock. flallnldstfvac‘

c , - nutty‘ requested Guy 5.49M.

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gamma. houugfrixii§aeAooguegt= l‘ kin‘ "rvj w . '

tllfie. gkederioton.“ n L. Mac-l, u. Fredericton. H-tf-

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"with the present seasonal h h: M

ma“ m’ 5°"' “lmmm . The result tfoiirfmifeneiltf‘ ltllsie so?“ h’? ---= M»- :.*"t':=...:i:::"2: ii."il.i“i".i.’.‘°tlifil iv yoin- lows to via and Pm "u," comnluv“ w w ' swelling had sfaid "yfisterdag "s" m Hunter that revised i181"?! 0T G l" "l River- prga ,,,"'B‘,.,'.’,Yrr,h Hall. service votes gave a lpllurigity (l): ‘maria-y June or. 0.00 rm- W” M" *'° M” ‘"°° ' ' 5.5.91 Lihcr-al, thus reversing the origi- M] victory aclcorded ‘Progres- "Baha'i iic Meet . Thurs- sive Conservat ve can a - dry. June at I215 as. at mswenins said today the gfflllclgl 3n,“ I . n h- vote, including services,“ ano . ill‘ - ‘°= "°"""" lfifiifiifitii hi?‘ its? all? m" m T°'“y' e-ai-ii cor. with 450.

"Loading hogs at our stock P!" Charlottetown Friday forenoofl- lune ma. rm Week-arid h a

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Ytr an ad in is that may fectncllmrg: wgk’: deliveries. "flock llalketha

Flood ‘of Pacific Air v

In Medica.

UPIWWA. \‘ne 30 - (C?) —It was reliably lrs. rned tonight that. a successor will be named in the necrt few day; b0 Air Vice-Marshal CM. (Black Milka) MclDwen, 52,. 31-15. . l, former

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riecessexy medics eve oi taking over cogriiamand the R.C.A.F.'a Pecfle Force. ‘Inns

oft-he bomb- badineoiedso over- seasandasaign tohdngtheflrst

Bounded en route and will not ar- rive in Ottawa until the weather ts, bly tomorrow, Vice-Marshal McEwen was re- to have learned he was ruled out of ths command while flying back to Canada. Like all members of hi, Pacific volunteer group, he took a medical examina- tion prrlor to leaving for Ottawa. The examination disclosed his condition was not of the standard set for Pacflc volunteers and it was necessary to relieve him ovf the new -- mrnand it w learned. He had given a farewel message to the people of Britain and especially to Yorkshire where the Bomber Group had been stationed a-nd had boarded big r, happily looking

a. Iiancesie forward to his new Job.

Over the Atlantic a virircless op- erator was rcported to have handed him s. message givin the results of nu medical exam ation and informing him he would have to relinquish the coveted command.

vicwMaa-shul McEwen was carry- ing a heavy sheaf of pa/pera when he left Britain and had planned in get down to hard work tomorrow completing plans for the wmbly and ave-training of a group that was understood to contain between i5 and 30 bomber and tnzrisport squadrons. ,

Pacific Force To Go Into Camp In Sept.

WASHINGTON, Junie 20 — (AP) —'I‘he Canadian volunteer force destined for the Pacific war will arrive at CampBr-eckinridge, Ky . early in September for training, Mai-Gen. SM. Hoffmeisier said today.

The General declined to estimate when the Canadian force will be ready to g0 to the Psclfic but noted that all of the personnel have had experience in Europe and should

plete their training much more quickly than would raw recmiiis.

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London _ Nominated

LONDON. Jame 20 - (Reuters) —'I‘he King has nominated Rt. Rev.

Mentioned In Dcspatchcs

MAJOR. A. H. HOLMAN

O'I'I‘AWA, June 20 —- A total of 507 officers and other ranks of the Canadian Army have been decor- ated in recognition for gallant ftild distinguished service over- seas, wiih awards of Mentions in Despatches. The list, graciously approved by His Majesty the King, was announced yesterday by the Department of National Defense. They include the following Prince Edward Islanders:

Johnston, Keith MacGregor. Ma- jor, 30, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Wife, Mrs. Mary John- ston. 153 Prince Street, Charlotte-

Frisco Parley . To End June 26

SAN FRANCISCO, June D0- (ar) - State Secretary sm- tlnius announced today the United Nations conference will adjourn Tuesday, June 2d, after hearing an address by President Truman.

Lieut. Governor 0f Saskatchewan Dies

REGINA, June 20 — (OP) — Hon. Thomas Miller, 69, Lieut- enant-Goveruor of Saskatche- wan for the past four months, gied in hospital here early to-

ay.

Mr. Miller, dean of news- in Saskatchewan, was appointed King's repre- sentative in the Province last Feb. 21 on the retirement of W}. McNab.

He was born near Grand Valley, 0nt., in 1876, the lou of James and Ann Miller, both natives of Ireland. was a. western pioneer, coming to Regina in 1882 and working as “ section foreman for 27 years

town.

Holman, Alan Hathaway, Major, 30. Canadian Infantry Corps; wife. Mrs. Joan R. Holman, care. ,of H. T. Holman, Sunimerside. I

MacLaine, Hattie Eliza, Lieut. (Nursing Sister) n, o. A. M. o l

sister. Miss Anna J. MncLalnc, 234i’ Sydney Street,‘ Charlottetown . | Nursing Sister MacLaine was

formerly a member of the staff of: lhc Prince Edward Island l-ios-‘ pitol. i

Major Holman

Major Holman. son of Mr. and Mrs. H, T. Holman of Summer- side, was inariagei‘ of the five and ten deparimeiit of l-Iolmans store at Summerside in civil life. He was connected with the Prince Edward Island Highlanders in peace-time and went on active service as a Lieutenant as soon as hostilities begun. l-Ie srrved at. Halifax, in Quebec and at Gander. Nicwfouudlancl before going over- scus as a Captain in April, 1943. After a month in England he, was transferred to North Africa‘ and while there was attached to the Public Relations section of the Canadian force. He fought through the Sicilian campaign ilflri in Italy until he was recalled to,‘ England in July of inst yeanl Shortly after he went to France‘ and in connection with lils duties in the Public Relations Division he was the first to send a message from liberated Paris.

He fought through Belgium, Holland and into Germany where he is at present.

His wife. the former Miss Jean

Joihn William Charles Wis-id, Bishop of Bath, as Bishop of London in succession to Dr. Geoffrey Fisher. now Archbishop of Canterbury, it was announced from 10 Downing Sts-cet tonight.

Dr. Wand, an Anglo-Catholic in doctrine, is a grocers son who made his way tihrough scholarships from elementary school to a lectureship mt afford University In 1943 he wag appointed to his first bishopric in Brisbane, Australia

Th, m has been vacant for five months. following the elevation of Dr, Fisher lo Canterbury.

Under British practice bishops are nominated by 1118 Crown 1m the advice of the Prime Minbtar.

Wellington llorth Goes Conservative

umir n, Ont.. June ro - (cro- Lecvti Flewelling. returning officer for the Wellln ton North constitu- ency in the inion election of June 1i. said today the "official count of votes" showed that Lewis qnfy, resolve Conservative. was elected W

DI VALEIl-A PIIDTISTS

DUBLIN. June 20 -- (OP) — Premier do Valera told the Dali (parliament) today that Eire had protested to Tokyo the repfiflfid

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f f Irish priests by wusapaaaese. o 0a‘: Manila. _

.Crichton of Dartmouth, N.S., and la son. Alan C.. reside at Sum-

gmerside. Major Johnston Major Johnston. son of Mr. and

Mrs. Hammond Johnston. Spring

‘Park Road. enlisted in the Royal, Corps of Signals at the outbreak of’ war in 1939. H took his preliminary!

| training at Syilney, NS, then went} to Kingston, Ont. going over-ens

a lieutenant a week before Christ-l

mas. 1040, '

He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1941 and in 1942 to Maj- or. He remained in England uniil D-day and was one of the first Canadians to land on French soil. He fought in France. Holland and Germany, being slightly wounded in France in the early figihting.

Major Johnston returned to Cun- ada this spring and was home for 30 days leave in May. Hale now at Kingston, awaiting discharge.

He is married and has one son. Donald, aged four,

Canadian Seed Growers Mcct

GUELPH. Ont. June I) — (OP) -—Cannd8 shipped 4,500,000 pdunids of vegetable and field root. seeds e0 ;Britain in 1043 and 1044, Nelson

Young, ldociioh Service for the Dominion | Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, ~said today in an oddresg to the iCanadla-n Seed Growers‘

tion. 1 These seeds produced mono than‘ 3.000.000 additional tons of food for; Britain '

A.lVI. Stewart of Ailso Cr ,ont..! was re-elected president of t e As- = cociniion. ,

DiNQOTg nomlncticd by Provincial Departments of Agriculture: James MacGregor, Prlnch Edward Inland and Kenneth Cox. Truro. N B MP Mcthot, Quebec.

Nominated by die association: T.J. Pratt. I-Iartlarid. 10.3.: E

mos, MacDonald Oollese. Que.

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Two More Corvettes Head For Scrapyard

SYDNEY, N. 8., June 20 — (C?) '- Two more Canadian corvettes. H. M. C. S. Sorel and H. M. C. S. Brandon. have headed up the St. Lawrence River tothe"scrap yard" at Sorel, Que" after destoring here. The two ships joined the li corvetteis already at Sorel for final

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dis . , commanded by Lieut. C. W. King of Port Arthur, has travelled well over 100,000 miles in her mid-ocean and western escort runs. » Brandog. commanded by Lieut. John Evans of Montreal, has run up nearly 200,000 miles at sea, but didn't get into any action.

Former McGill Lecturer Involved In British Election

LONDON. June 20 -(CP Cable) — Professor Harold Laski, a for- mer lecturer at McGi1i University, Montreal. today became the central

I2 Polish Leaders On Trial AreFound

Guilty

LONDON, June 21 - (Thursday) —- (OP) — Twelve of the 16 Polish leaders accused oi subversive activities behind Red Army lines in Poland were found guilty in Moscow early today and sentenced to prison forms ranging from l0 year; to six months, the Moscow radio said.

Three were acquitted and the trial of another, Anion Psidak, was postponed because he was ill

The heaviest sentence — l0 years

d-ur and principal defend- an

Jan Jancwaki, deputy prime min- ister of the Polish ‘Government in London and leader of the Polish Underground Movement, was sen- tenced to eight years. V

Two other leaders of the Polish Underground Goveimmenii. Adam N. Blen and Stanislaw Jasiukowicz. each reoeieved five-year terms.

The other sentences pronounced by COL-Gen. Vassily V. Ulrich, pre-

eg-ium conducting the trial. Wersi K.V. Puzhak. l8 months . Mazimir‘ S. Buginskl, one Year

Alexandier Zwecziwersky, Eht mc Cziamowski. six mnths.

Stanislaw Merzuva. Z. 501011101?- dri, J.A. Klhratsinski and F-A- Urbanslri, each four months,

Another ll. S. General liilled

WASHINGTON. June 20 -(AP) - Brig-Gen. Claudius M. Easier’- assistant commander of the United Sta-ta 90th Infantry Division, was killed in action on Okinawa Tues- da

y.

He was the 18th American Gen- eral to be killed in action since the United States entered the war.

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OTTAWA, June 20 — (CP) — Prime Minister Mac-i kenzie King, announcing that the 20th Parliament will], meet Aug. 23, early tonight outlined the Government's inc‘ mediate post-election program and said the cabinet as org- anized at present will carry on for the time being. I

At his first press conference since the general eleciionl June 11 Mr. King also made these announcements:

.1. A Dominion-Provincial conference will meei Aug. 6 for a preliminary session at which proposals will be made. The meeting would last about a week and then will ail-l journ indefinitely for study of proposals.

2. The Prime Minister and Justice Minister Si. Laur- ent will fly to San Francisco this week to sign the United Nations world security charter.

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I - n GPDOI-ll 8 1111153! and Mr. illwarilcd C. W. L. Scholarship

j the United Nations charter the r King. for the first time. signed the i 2:121‘ under the Great Seal of Can- . a

4. Hours of work for civil serv- ants, increased by one hour diaily at the start of the war, have been reduccd by a half hour;

5. The Prune Minister hopes to

l confer with President Truman at rfiiaosmrguétncisclo and visit him at m T - a on nter.

(Spec o The Guardian) a Dlsunguished visitors to czar

MQNTREAL. June 2o _ The; ads expected during the summer. Caiholic Women's League national: in add‘ 1°" T° Prime Minister scholarship has been awarded tol smut“ ° Soum Africa W110 may be Miss Gertrude Butler of Charlotte- I he"? 11°39 “Pfk- include Viscount town, it was announced at the nat-i Chmbwrric, Dominions Secretary ional convention of the c.w.1.. here; in the British Cabinet. and Prime today. I Minister T.V Soon: of China.

'7. Appointment of a new lieut- enant-governor of Saskatchewan will be made in a few days,

8. "Persons both here and in the Old Country" are being considered for the position of Governor-Gon- eral but he would like the present Governor-General, the Earl of Athlone, to carry on. '

“That is something for others to say.” replied Mr. King when asked if he had decided on where he would seek s seat fol-owing his

Miss Butler, a member of the staff at Summerside High School. is a daughter of Councillor Andrew Butler and Mrs. Butler of 15 Pow- nal Street.

She has a scholastic record to be proud of at Prince cf Wales Col- lege and St. Dunstans University. She attended PW.C. four years, graduating in 1942 and winning that year the SN. Robertson prize for latin and other lauriguages, as well

ifs the college prize for third lace defeat, In Prince Albert constit- u class standing. She receive her ugncy, BHChQ-lvr of Arts degree (cum Hee added that he has received

laudc) at St. Dunstarfs University

| St. Laurent pleulpotsntinries to sign l w

Mall, $4.00; other Provinces l U.8.A., $5. .

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Severe Electric Storm In City

A brief but severe electric storm

istruci: Charlottetown early this I morning. About 2.45 at the height of the ‘sturbance, City Firemen were

called to the Condon Woolen Mills on Lower Queen St, where" light- ning started a fire in a switch box in the electrical system, The firemen were away onl a short time and reported that {he alarm had been "nothing serious." However, if the fire had not been discovered prompt- lt could have caused great dam- rain accompanied the storm.

A transformer was blown out on Fitzroy St.

Phone Service To Britain Reopening

MONTREAL, J1me 20 ——- (CP)- Comrrarcial iekpdione service to Britain. suspended since rhe be- ginning of the war, will be rosumejd Sa/tnrrdiiy, it was amicrunced pointy by the Bell Telephone Conapm.‘

and Canadian Marconi Comma; i tonight. In another srni-uncunaak the

Bell Telephone Company a-nnmmcn d that telephone service had been

established between Canada and _ Ecuador, over a radio- no circuit between New York and

Ecuador .

IoLKS ‘Nile M: Au. wsaPvzo

in 1944. She has been teaching at Summcrside since the start of the

W. L. B. Upheld school term last fall.

UITAWA, June 20 -- (CF) The CW L social service schol. The National War Labor Board;arsliip, amounting to $1,000, is a- today dismissed the appeal of H. variable to "a Catholic young lady R. Crockett. Ltd.. Summerside, P., to assist her to pursue a post-gra- E_ I" 1mm 5 decision c! the Prince‘ dilate course of studies in social Edward Island Regional Board re-i service at a Catholic University." fusing an application to increase} The nwlley 15 Payable in two in-» the wage rates of the compariygsystalmcnis of $500 each. a; the be-l

52W ginning of each of two years. Thel m7 u, $2300 a ye“; The Rgglong]. second instalment of the award is.

manager and salesman from

figure in Conservative-Labor joc- keying for votes in the British- general election campaign. |

The Daily Express and the Daily.

lTelegraph. the staunchest support-ily injured in the explosion of an

crs of Prime Minister ChurchilPsl Conservative Party among London morning newspapers, gave top front-page space to a report thatl Prof. Laski, chairman of the Labor Party. advocated use of violence if necessary to achieve a socialist state in Britain.

Prof. Laski denied the story and the Daily Herald and the Ilirror. which back the Labor Party, gave similar prominence to the denial and to the professor's statement he is planning libel actions against the _man who wrote the letter con- taining the charge to the Notting- ham Guardian and against th Guardian which first published it]

This latest sensation in the campaign - the second involving‘ Prof. Laski wi a week-put! into the background criticism of Lord Beaverbrook. Canadian-born peer who up to now had a prom- lnent place as whipping boy for the Labor press and Labor spokes- men.

Former Liberal Leader In House Of Lords Dies

(OP) —- Quwe, who ro- signed as leader of tho Ubefal Party in the House of Lords last , died tonight at the age

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