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YORK. JuLv S0-(AP)— “w cow radio reported f0- n broadcast picked up by Gcrulnn planes attempt- iid Afoscow were disper-

Moscow. plane reached plane was

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BERLIN‘, July 30—(AP)—Nazi ncd ion glit that Ger--

cu the Lmingracl front .2 tixcir way to a "fast tnportaut decision" ecmd largest Rus- n g prscarizm situa-,

'08s both north and

igrad were said to be ir squeeze which the seal the fate of m. as st. Pctersburg,

l (livsions have been l oi Lake Peipus in ingrzlds fouthwesl-

declared to have lrtwreu Lcflzngrud and u nulls in Estrnia rd part of the outer de- mnlngrrd area.

was at ciose quarters gzcxxaclcs and auzcmatic

.5 alo predicted im- sccn on the Smol- l6 path of the e cn Moscow,

lgri agreement itll Poles

(up. Foreign illinis- fer Quits Post In Protest.

. Julv afk-(APl-The . t today scrapped treaties of

00.000 Polsh prisoners nnd pkrdging mutual ‘hi: "aid" and support in the present war te Germany."

i~< u. whose armies cnstcrn Poland after d invaded the weztern country two years ago. s the Poles as allies ‘in fzght against I-lit-ler. meanwhile. has occupied Cl'lll(‘f‘ Prlish territory took over and now

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Attack Siberia‘

Will not move unless Red Armies in West smashed by Hider,

(By J. D. White. Associated Press Staff Writer)

TEIPING. China. July 80—(AP)—'I'he conviction that Japan i; pre- Dflf-hg for a great assault on Russian Siberia if and when the Red armies in the west. are mashed by Hitler's legions ls growing in in- formed Chinese circle: in this north China observation post,

“m” “Pam” in l P06161011 foknow Tokyo‘: plan: they my they have heard that the Japanese command is gathering in Manchoukuo and north China forces which eventually will total 2.000.000 men and 5.000 planes for a determined effort to break Russian power in the Far East.

Chinese, some of whom work 1n close liaison with the Japanese ruers of North China, expregg firm belief that Japan is prepar- ing to stake her national exist- ence on a drive into the Russian Far East when the opportune time comes.

They say the Japanese or; 0011511118 that Japan is making ready to hurl the largest army the Empire ever has assembled into such an attack and that the oc- cupation of French Indo-China is merely a side issue.

Until recently Japan has had only about 300,000 men in Man- choujuo, adjacent io Siberia. while (he Far Eastern Red army has been estimated at some 30 div. lsious, perhaps 500.000 men. with strong air forces and self-suffi- 5101p“ Dlflnes- d w” n ciency in suppi of food a d 9 DWPBBB-fl l “"1" 0119 munitions. Hilhersio the strengxfh “Pulled "l? Fam w” shlillered of the Russian Siberian forces (‘Pmplewly Wm‘ 25 Brmsh alum“ has kept Japanese ambitions in “m” awn‘

4 (There was no immediate an- gfaittaigeaexgzrtiheck’ “cmrdmg m nounccmem by the Admiralty in

London of any such an engagement I All quiet as

unci informed sources said nothing was known of sucn a battle. If any‘ I Aluminum plant . l.- Wcrkers return

Nazis tell of Anglo-Scvict Air assault

BERLIN, July 30 - (AP) - The German radio and news agency as- serted tonight that British wrpeao planes and fighters launched from an aircraft carrier in the Arctic Ocean attacked a German-occupLd northern Norwegian port. today in co-ordinatlcn with assaults by Rus-

cperalion was underway infar nor- thern waters it was no! likely the Admiralty would make any stau- meut until it was completed.)

In this, the first. reported instance of such British activity in a region where German-occupied Norwiy and German-allied Finland border closely" on Russia, D, N. B.. the r- mau news agency said the Brl=ish aircraft attack in succcsshe wnvcs. It. said two German planes were lost but. their crews were sav-

By '1‘, R. Walsh ed, _ Canadian Press Stuff Writer -—— - As heard in London. the German ARVIDA, Qua. July 30—(CPl- radio claimed two British lanes

This Lake St. Jihu industrial town. were shot down by anti-a rcr-lfi was quiet tonight. except fir the W111‘. l-WO b!’ 115V!“ canmm and the

busv hum of machinery in the ._—___ .___ ~—-—— huge Aluminum Company of Csn- (Continued on page 3’ CO1 1)

ado plant. entering its stccnd 2i- hour period oi continuous activity ll. S. cost cf - - Living advances

after being strike bound since last Thursday.

steel-lxelmeted troops, sent here Sunday frcm Valcnrt er. Que, still patrolled the jucfnlses cf the com- pany. but. was the case through- out. the strike, there was no distur- bances.

Plant manngcr A. C. Jrhnston announced that he was conferring with the National Cathttllc Syndi- cate of Aluminum Workers which the unorganized striker= designat- ed as their represmtativc before they returned to work at 4 prn. yesterday‘,

"It will take a few days before anything can be worked out re- garding ncgotiatiwns." he said "However, we are conferring with lhc syndicate and m yet anyway, there has been no request to 0hr: Dwninion government for a conciliation board." Representatives of the workmen told newspdpermen that a walk- out had bren mooted for months because of what they said was dis- satisfaction over fa‘lurc cf the company to grant wage increases and improve working crndilions in the "potrooms" by hiring addition- al men

WASHINGTON, JULY 30 —-(APl — A 3.4 per cent rise ln the United States cost of living in the last- three months was said by govern- ment statisticians today to have been one of the major reasons why President Roosevelt today asked Congress to pass price control leg- islation.

llew cases of Infantile paralysis

FREDERICFON. July 30 —(CP) —Six new cases of infantile paraly- sls were reported to the provincial -—-——?—- department of health today. This

raised the total number in the pro- vince this month to 27, including liaspe forest fire

three deaths.

111s latest death Wu that oi a ch‘ld at Woodstock last evening. All new cases reported today were in York County. Fredericton has nine. Excepting one case in Kings county. the outbreak hu been confined to central New Brunswick. No cases have been reported in the Saint John district. where the epi- dcmlc of i937 was centred.

CAMPBELLTON. N. B., July 30- (CP) —Heavy smoke from forest fires in the Gaspe region of Que- bec lny over this district today. Hundreds of fire-fighters were bat- tling the flames on a frontage of 12 miles. Governmcut. fire wardens were being assisted by employees of lumber companies and every a- vailable man in the district ha: been called to We duty.

On the New Brunswick side of the border large crews were light- ing an outbreak along the Mate- pedla River in Rlestigouchc Coun-

ll. S. calls Japs To account for Bombing gunbcat

WASHINGTON, July SO-(AH- Acting swiftly. the United States called Japan to account today for a new attack on an American gun- bolt in China and indicated the incident would not pus with n por- functory diplomatic exchange.

The 370-ton gunboat ‘mtuilo of the Yangtso river patrol was dam- aged by bombs which missed the United item embassy during I Japanese raid on the Chinese cw-

The woods were reported ex- tremely dry.

Potato crops ln Maritime: normal

Am-lEB-BT, N. 8., July S0 —-(CP> —_Pobuto crops in the three Mar‘- time Provinces would be practical- ly normal this year, despite a slight falling off in acreage in New Brun- swick, member: of the Maritime Potato Growers‘ Aluoclntlon meet-- in; here mid today.

L H. Poole of Montague and J. A. MacDonald of Cardigan repre-

ital of Chungking. No Ollllnltiea re- sulted but the navy said the mm superstructure of the mall craft wan damaged slightly.

Boon after the news reached Washington, Plosldent Roosevelt discussed llle bombing with Bum- mr Weilee, acting INN“?! of state.

seated Prince lklwlrd Island-

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The People's Paper

. Covers Prince Edwar

Duke of Kent ‘A Will begin Tcur Sunday

OTTAWA, July 80 --(GF) — The Duke of Kent, brother of the King who is in Canada to inspect opera- tlon of the British Commonwealth Air Training plan and other phases of the war effort, will leave Ottawa next Sunday amt-noon on hi: tour of western Canada. it was announc- ed tonight.

The tour, later to extend to east- ern Canada, will be preceded by a visit Saturday to Royal Canadian Air Force stations at ‘Trenton and Camp Borden, Ont.

Announcement of a‘ provisional itinerary for the western tour was made while the Duke attended a state dinner with Prime Minister Mackenzie King as host.

Earlier in the day His Royal Highness was received warmly by Ottawans when he drove through streets lined with cheering crowds to R.C.A.F‘, headquarters for u two- . hour inspection.

‘ The reception ne received was a striking reminder of the royal tour

i of i939.

‘ Most of the Duke's Canadian tour will be made by air in an RCAF.

I plane. Only iwo short rests are PTO-

} vided, one of 2 1-2 days at Banff,

1 51m, and another the same length at Jasper, Alta.

~ Prom Winnipeg eastward ll'e it-

iinerary has not been finally decid-

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,llcpki;;s meets wlcscph Stalin

MOSCOW. Juiv SO-(ARl-Ham’ I. Hopkins heard from Jodevph Sta- lin in a Kremlin conference tonight what kind of United Slates-made equipment would help the Red

army.

The administrator of the , . lend-lease act talked with Stalin as President Rwsevclts personal representative a short time after arriving in Mosccltv from London by air.

There was no immediate an- nouncement on the cutccme of the conference on purchasing and de- livery of war materials. Vyaclislav Molotov. Ruwinn Foreign Commis- sar and United Slates Ambassadrr Laurance Slelnhurcit were present

(The Acting Seecretary of State. gumrer Welles, sa‘d in Washing- ton that lease-lend aid was not

now being placed in Washngtcn.)

Reveals Australian Casualties Are Low

MELBOURNE. Australia. Ju 30 — (AP) - Army Minister ercy Spender announced toda that only 14 per cent. Australian forces abroad have become casualties, of which slightly more than one oer cent have been killed. Almost 50

r cent. of the men reported miss- ng are now said to be safe.

The leadership of Australian troops overseas in most. trying cir- cumstances has been extremely creditable. he said, and added that modem warfare is not resulting ln a depletion of manpower compar- able to that. in the hand-to-hand fighting of 1914-1918.

interpreting The War News

(By Klrka L. Sim son, Assoc- iated Prods Staf Writer) Moscows jubilant. claims

that Hitler's legions are stall-

ed all the way from the Bal. tic to the Black Sea. may be premature; yet some German confirmation i5 not lacking. During the last two weeks neither Hitler’: own headquar- ters nor any other Nani agency has announced any Ger-mm advances of important strato- gic consequence except. in the centre, east. of Smolensk. There

a German armored division fl

reported to have reached the

vicinity of Vyluma, within 1S0 miles of Mofcoy ‘itself.

That, would be I. deadly mcnnce to the whole Russian centre lf it represented a broad-based German break- hnudkll. vyszma itself is im- portant only because it is o rail junction. far behind the Ru:- slan front, from which Null forces could fan out in three directions.

Even by Berlin reports. how- ever, the unit near Vymna was stalled for luck of fuel and ammunition. Desperate fighting‘ by a relief column from t c Smolensk zone was necessary to ie-equip it. It i! still a roving force, lacking iui-aulry support or secure IUD. ply lines b0 the rear. Nor fl there any word thlt the Null

ccntsmplated in Russian war orders'."I cannot believe that statesman-

Read by Everybody d Island Like the Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAlfJULY a1, 1941

NEW YORK, July 30—(OP)—'I‘hQ NBO listening post r Moscow radio tonight us “pure propaganda" the

um that. German and Finnish "0090 have netraued the outer defences of ningrad.

LONDON, July 80 — (C?) -_ Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether- lands today declared that lhould circumstances arise in the East Indies “which would force n fight upon u, there is no doubt. what- loever that we would, with our allies, accept that fight."

WASHINGTON, July 30—(AP)— Strengthening of west coast defen- ces by Canada and the United States was dlscuwed with President Roosevelt today by Mayor LaGuar- din of New York chairman of the joint United Scales-Canadian de- fence board.

CAIRO, Egyrg. July fill-MP)- The besieged rltlsh garrkon of Tobruk has struck successfully again at the Axis lines enclosing ll, routing one Italian outpost more than two miles from the

main British lines, the Middle East. command announced today.

LONDON. July 3l—('I‘liu.rsday)--‘ (CPl-Jfhe Daily Herald todat re-l ported that Baron Franz Von erral who made a dramatic escape from a Canadian ison train las winter has tbeen ki led on the Russian

T011 .

SAIGON, French Indn China, July Sll-MPI-Japanese troops poured by the thousands into con- gested Saigon Harbor and info Cap St. Jacques at the mouth of the Saigon River today.

In the first light of day. n Jap- anese dcslro er brought n a slow

arade of 1 naval vessels carry- ng 13,000 soldiers and later n the day 30 additional transports arrived at Cap St. Jacques to (lis- embark thelr men there.

Reflect in Time, Eden wanls Japs

LONDON, July 30 -(APl -F‘or- eign Secretary Anlttony Eden call- ed upon the Japanese today to "reflect. while there still is time. whither their present policy is lead- ing them."

In a major diplomatic attempt to steer Japan off a course of military expansion which may 19M! to a collision of the world power-s in the Orient, the Foreign Secre- tary told the Houes of Commons:

slip in Japan ls entirely dead or blind." _

He did not compromise. It was no fault. of Britain. he said. that Japan now find; great nations united against her.

"Japan." Mr. Eden said. "com- plains of encirclement. but it is Japan herself who__by successive acts of aggression, has drawn clos- er and closer in self-defence (he countries which lie in her path and whose territories and interests are ever more sharply threatened." He went at some length info British efforts to avert Japanese military occupation 0f Indo-China. which now is proceeding. and charged that the Japanese vice- minister of foreign affairs had categorically denied any such in- tentlon as late as July 5.

The Foreign Secretary told the House that Britain acted to freeoo Japanese assets as soon as the gov- ernment learned of the United States decision to do so and, aub- sequently, Canada and other parts of the British Empire fell into lino. However, officials of the ministry o! economic warfare said they could not give a definite answer to the question of whether Britain's economic blockade of Japan would be enforced 100 per cent.

‘They said that American meas- ures b! lo defence had great- ly strengthened the British block- ade o! the axis.

Saint John Boat ' Club Cuts Gas

QAINI‘ JOHN. N. 3.. Jul! l0 -

(OP)— Member: of the saint John power boat club are cutting down gasoline consumption by about 860 gallons a week, club officials said today. With many members doubling up fa week-end cruises, only i’! of the fleet’: 50 cruisers were used last weak-end. Makechift soils are being utilized on some power-boats, the crew: holding pieces of canvas. and even sheets, to catch the wind. .._.~.._______

AIDIBIBIIOP‘! CONDITION IMPROVE!

ma, n. a, July so -(O'P)- ‘Dre condition of Arch- bishop LJ-A. M “ of Moncton. a hoopihl patient hen following n major operation. was reported

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slightly improved today. Previously

Light Horse Goes under ~Oanvass Sat

Deipiu th f _ ‘gland Islandehu‘? tgenlgflgexb? 1%. age or enlistment: per capo; in Canada, there was still no 568F010‘ of volunteers when the (£8311 went out for 200 men l0 at. nd the annual P.E.I. Light m)“, "mil In fact the res nae we; so 8°04 "wt 885 men. a1 ranks, will B0 under canvas at Beach Grove with the unit Saturday. Training will last until August 27. The unit W111 be up to full strength.

Col. E. W. Johnstone, Buflingfpn

and second in

item‘ Hyxllgmarxconunand is Major er o cers are: Lieut, J, p,

Billion, Charlottetown, Adjutant;

Gallant. Charlottetown. Ptlymgs. w": 2nd Lieut. R. F. Seaman. Chllfloiwiflwh. Officer Command- lfll "A" squadron; Lieut. J. K. DHSBBH. Sea View, Officer Com- 1115115108 "B" Squadron; 2nd Lieut. J. R. Murphy, Sea View. second in command; 2nd. Licut. R. Car- ruthcrs, Charlottetown. Officer Commanding "c" Squadron; 2nd

second in command. The Camp Commandant Staff attached includes; Lt. Col. E, w, Johnstone, Camp Commandant. Major R. V. Hogan. Nova Scotia and Capt. W. W. Wooding. also of Nova Scotia, training officer. Others in charge are: Regimental Sgt. Major

C. ter Master sgt. Major N. n, c,

Camps T0 Confer

DYITAWA. July 30 - (c?) - Na- tional Defence Headquarters an- nounced today that, commandanis of infantry training centres will hold a two-day conference at Alder- shot. N. S. starting Aug. l, The Department said problems of in fnntry training centre organization and administration will discu"

along "with a round-table ex

matters."

Roosevelt asks Authority to Regulate prices

President Roosevelt asked the United States Congress today for power to iegulate prices in ordcr to check inflation. and many memlms of the national legisla- ture immediately expressed ap- proval of the general objective he outlined.

Their comments indicated that debate would centre about meth- ods, rather than the goal,

Price legislation. Mr. Roosevelt suid in a special message, was necessary to rotcct the United States agains "the evil conse- quences of a chaotic struggle for gains which must prove either illusory or unjust and which must lead to the disaster of unchecked inflation."

llc separate drive l'-. Red Gross funds

OTTAWA. _ 30——(CPl--'I'he Canadian Red Croa Society has agreed to a request from (he Gov- ernment not to proceed with a separate national drive for funds this autumn and to join with other auxiliar war services in one united appea next wring. War services Minister Thorson an- nounced today.

The Minister told n pres; con-

ance llu o rations until next

lng. inclu ing on increase from i .000 to 35,000 weekly in the num- ber of boxcsmf. food prepared for fr“ “a- prisoners of war.

The Finance Department has bwl "fills to systemntize public appeals for funds. Its view was that. the field should be left. clear in the fall for the omeala of the ordinary peacetime community services and that only one drive for the auxiliary war services should be held in the spring, leaving the rest of the year clear for the government’: own public financing.

This aim would be reached through the decision of the Red Cross w join the Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A.. Salvation Army. Knights of Columbus and Imperial Order Daughters of the Bnpire which last spring rnado a joint drive for funds.

"’I‘he amount of the united drive next. spri has not been decided as yet, b it is likely to be a very huge one." Mr. Thorson said