YANKSAD

JQP Hmncland Is Bombed

MAXIM!

IA

HIRE MAN

An leuenbie defeat h h preferred to a aaeen victory.

Ilrnlll Oulrdln, Pounded llll, Charlottetown Guardian, ‘Iwa Con“.

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, JULY 8. 1944

Covers Prince Edward island Like the Dew

OIL

MERE MAN

Oftlewerltfiateoidbelail usprevestobetheboat.

Wellies, Children Removed From Threatened Town

CADILLAC. Que. July 7 — (CP) -- Ail women and children of this mining centre about 32 miles north of Rouyn today were evacuated by special train and buses to Rouvn as forest fires were threatening the town. Pol- ice Chief L. P. Gauthier said to-

night.

Chief Gauthier said that early tonight fires were fought at hnth ends of Cadillac at about half a niile from the centre of the town.

"About 400 men, volunteer firefighters. miners and forest rangers.” Chief Gauthier added. “have been trying to get the blaIe under control.

“However, at 8 o'clock tonight flames were spreading over about 10 snuare miles around here and, besi es our town. six gold mines were threatened.”

Chief Gauthier listed the threatened mines as follows: Pendora. O'Brien, Central, Ham, Lrmacadiiiac and Thompson. He laid that two buildings at the Thompson mine had already been reported burned down.

MOVIE HOUSES REOPENED

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NEW YORK, July 5 - (CP) — Movie houses were reopencrl yes- terday in liberated Cherhourg. e BBC sa.id today, and tho first c- ture to be shown was "Desert Vic- tory". depicting Rommeks _ dcfcaf in North Africa. The brondcasf was recorded by BCS.

iiiiilliiiii EVENTS

i i

"Rollo Bay Tea July 19th.

y 7-6-111.

"$how—-Mt. Stewart, Saturday‘

Show: at 8-—10. 7-6-31. "Bhow-Morcll Tuesday.

l 7-8-21.

" ,_ Fort ‘Augustus School Monday night, Jlllr/ tenln. 7-11-11.

"Lawn Party-Tn Boas-haw Tues- day. Jilly 11th 7-8-11.

"To arrive bulk wheat. Book now. McGuigan and Boyle. 7-3-71

"Marshfleld. Dunstaffnage Unl- ted Church Tea on church grounds July 12th. 7-1-21.

"Come to the dance in Brook- Vale School Muiiuiiy. July 10th. Good music. Refreshments. 7-8-11

"Bulk Wheat to arrivc_ soon. Book now. N. Aubrey Cutchgle.

"Dance, Webster's Corner School, onclay, July 10th. if not fine. use/day‘. 7-7-21.

"Dance. Johnston's River school. Wednesday, July 12th. special music. 7-8-11.

"Dance in Aibcrry Plains l-lzxli. Tuesday, July 11th. Lcc Chore. Millvlew Oid-lcslro.

"lce Cream Festival and Dance at Cheri’? i July 8th.

"Annual Meeting Dundas Cem- ete (Acorn) iii Court House Wed- nes ay July 12111. 8.30. 7 -8-2l.

"Come to Dar; and Ice Cream Festival in Nov: Haven Sc-hc .

landed’. July 10th. 7 l 1L "Pantry Sale at Hob-nails Salt- urday, July 8th. Home baked

beans. Pies, Cake. Bread. Chan-lea Auxiliary. 7

"Hunter River Play "Aunt Tilly to " in Covcncad Hal. July 10th. If not ilne Tuelsdav.

-a-.

St. -21

"The Ladies‘ Aid of Marshfield Presbyterian Church will hold a

cake and pantry sale July 15 in B.‘

‘I. Holmanb Store. 7-8-11.

"The Murray Harbor Shipping Club loading hogs Monday‘ 11 ter- nocn, July 10th from 1 P. . till 4 P.M. D. Ray Brooks. ‘l-B-li.

"Imutute convention, Wheatley

Iver Hall, esday, July 11th. Altornoori on 2.30. Public meet- ing 8.90 Address by Rev. B. J. Davies. 7-8-21.

on r rom Yard. Do not ship calves under 150 liie. Alec taliiliic heavv sows loadinit at Souril T. J. Kickham. 7-7-21.

"Buying pigs Monday at Fred- ericton, Tuesday 2 n. m.; Yo?! 4 g} m.; Mount Stewart, 6 p. m.

atervale. Wednesday 9:00 a. m. New Glasgow; 10:00 Whcatley Riv- er; 11:00 Brookfield; 1 p. m. New Haven; 3, Kelly's Cross: 4. Emer- ald; 5. Kenslngton: B, Clifton. Pay- ing 016.00 a pair for good pigs, 30 lbs. and over, each. Knud Jorgen- sen.

7-8-21.‘

l-lll School, Tiiesoayy‘ 7-8-21-1

_ merits. i-le said no a-unilcatlon to

with calves for sole "

marked the break-through west of I ..

if Killed In Plane Brash

HALIFAX. July 7 — (CP) — Eleven lnen were killed when e twin-engine reconnaissance bomber crashed yesterday on a take-off from a Labrador air base. ii; was announced today at headquarters of ihc Eastern Air Command. Cause of the accident was obscure.

Ncztt-of-kin of the fliers have been notified and their names will be released shortly.

No other details were available immediately.

Bitter Fighting 011 Italian Front

With a tremendous explosion. a British ammuni- tion truck is literally blcun to bits by a direct from a German mortar shell in fierce fighting that

ROME, Jliily 7—(A.P) — A bitter struggle reminiscent of the fight for Cassino several months ago‘ raged today in the ruined village of, Rcszgnano. l3 miles south of the his! Italian port of Livornc (Leg- librrl). 11s the Germans struck back furiously at American iorcesi along n lid-mile front cxtendimz 111-, larigl from the west coast

hardest fighting on the Britishi 8th army front was in the neigh- borhood of Arczzo, citv 36 miles southeast of Florence. where Allied infantry drove the elicmlv from 2,- lll5-foot Monte Lignaiio. fc-ur miles south of Arezzo. Indian troops in thc Tiber valley some miles 1131111 of Roms slueaczl on past cap- tured‘ Unbcrfide. but no progress “xii. reported on the Adriatic cor-st” where Polish troops were within nine miles of Ancoila.

1 House Debates g Aeronautics Bill

1 _._ OTTAWA. July ‘F-(CP) — Pro- gressive Conservative members said All hi6 C-(liillllllilb 1.00041 111th. “DOCK Lne government aeronautics bill £1 DYuVlilCUS Xfiqi-ifiéb 1U UDCIZILC ilii air iKZYVlCi) lllllllill. D0 Yffjelilfifl DY 1.110 Ell‘ transport ocaru irom which mere wuuiu be no appeal.

lHIIliSLBi‘ Howe, pilot- ingthebillwsctuvthealrtraus- port board, said that ‘application for authority l/J establish air ser- vlccs would be examined on their

start an air service had been re- Iccived from Ontario. although Pre- invicr George Drew of Ontario had said such R. service was planned. Tiie Minister said he denied that diclzatorial powers werc being given any miinslei" under the bill. al- thourih it had been chanted he sought to become a. dictator of air

services.

Expects All

WASHINGTON. July 7 -— (AP)

Gen. Charles de Gaulie._ pre- dicting thnt the be chased from end of 1944. opened today his talks

laying a foundation of understanding. told a news conference the talks of the French underground, now approaching the scale of full-fledg- cd battle with the Germans in Southern France. and would touch in a general way on problems of civil administration.

Mr. Roosevelt said the

ionnl Committee would not come

Ad) R. A. Efhun

with President Roosevelt aimed at the way, friendly twc leaders would be able to dis-

would deal chiefly with the fight aticn of the strain

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Caen. British

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armor in foreground paused only briefly, however, 1n the successful advance which led infantry across the OdDIl River. White pate deletions cf identifying markings.

‘War Situation Last

‘iirkltksa

hes on vehicles are censors

iNigiht

By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press \\.‘11r Analyst

Events across the Pacific have iakcn a sharp turn for the iiciier to match developments in the roaring Russian-Allied three-front war zi-

gainst the Nazi-Nipponese Axis in Europe.

The second flight uf sunerfortress bombers from China to blast at the main Japanese west coast naval base of Sascbn tiuts Tokyo on notice cf the aerial cross fire being prepared against it. The Japanese muin fleet soon can feel secure nowhere. at home bases or at sczi. against lhe rising tide ui‘ sea and air power being brought to hear against it, both

from China mid ncwifv-capturcd bases in the Pacific.

Whether any portion of that fleet lay at Sasebo when ilic B-‘Zfls came over is yet to he disclosed. It cannot be doubted that i sharply the heavy attrition toil being token of the There was rifrciirl_i~ ample evidences that r- ping in the Pacific theatre is going down faster than it can lie rcnlaccrl.

Thc second superfortress raid on Japan upon the scvcnllt anniversary of her unprovoked attack on China. lent immediate sunpni-t in tile Cliiung Kai-Shel: 1UlI1l"EfEflI‘_Y statement to his closure that the enemy offensive in i-iunan prnvi

cargo fleet. however.

blunted at ilcngyvingr.

Details both of the second superfortress Iiiill on .111

battle at liengvang are still to come and liowcve

be indicated. ii appears certain. under-rated Chinese ability and will

munica ion diff‘ "i"

Huge

Air ‘Attack

Caen Sector Of Front

By LOUIS V. HUNTER WITH THE CANADIANS IN FRANCE. July 7 -— lC_P Cable)- From their frontline positions Can- adian troops in the Caen senior early tonight witnessed one of the greatest aerial attacks in Norm- andy since the start of the invas- ion. Hundreds of R. A. F. heavy bombers plowed unconcernedly through a heavy curtain of Ger- man anti-aircraft fire and loosed tons upon tons of high explosives on battlefront objectives. The con- centrated twilight attack lasted for more than a half hour. There was a protective fighter umbrella far above the giant bombers.

The attacking bombers came ini

wave upon wave and clumped their bomb loads and now as the laid seems to be nearing its end clouds of thick smoke are exllflfldlll! ver the tar et. o The first indication the Canad- ian troops had that a heavy at- tack \vas in the omits came at 1 p. m. when the roar of the first wave of licavies and explosions cf German flak were heard. Prom then on the air seemed to be fil- led with the roar of bombs and the crump of anti-aircraft shells. " (It was estimated at Allied supreme Headquarters that about 2,000 tons of bombs were dropped in the attack, made by more than alif ntL Lan-

Germans

Out Of France This Year

up, as it had not come up in Gen. de Gaulles recent talks with

last German will Prime Minister Churchill in Lon- France before the don.

With the prime obstacle out o! it appeared that the

cuas military problems and the re-

Bcforchand, President Roosevelt constitution of a. free France on

a basis that could lead to elimin- which has characterized Franco-American rc- laticns during the past few months.

Gen. de Gaulle is expected to visit Ottawa next week. As far as could be learned here, he will

question probably travel to Canada next of recognition of the French Nat- Monday night.

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casters which swooped in at ceptionally low

mun (rooms concentrated

hc attack stepped-up Japanese navy anti l\l‘l\‘.\' shin-

wnr weary and lil-Pfliliflllllfl dis- nco has hocn ilcfiniicly

'i1l and of the their full significance is yci tn r. that thl- cncmv again badly to fight and Allied nbiliiv to cet im- port-ant 5Iflcif5 ul‘ firhting equipmcnt tn Chinese troops despite all com-

ex-‘I level to hit at Ger-q W991 Wcsslcv-Siizison. (relationship uni

Again

Great a Naval Base ls. One _

WASHINGTON, July 7 -— (AP)- An aerial task force of Superfort- resses has carried cut a daring smash at one of the fountainlieads of Japan's waning scapower, the great naval base of Sasebo in the Nipponese homeland, the United States Army announced today.

The new air dreadnliuglits. has-

ed in China, also paid 11 second visit i0 Yawnta. Japanese steel city. They unlnosed explosives and incendiarlcs on that industrial centre. source of one fifth of Jap- an‘s steel production. . A communique from Gen. H. H. Arnold. Commandins! General of (he United States Arlny Air Forces. |revenled that the twin attack tool: place Friday night, July 7 (Tokyo time). the seventh anniversary o! the Marco Polo bridge incident which started Japan's long war with China.

Sasebo is one of the three grcat naval construction repair and sup- ply yards in Japan proper. It is on the Island of Kyushu and lies west oi’ Yawata, which is located on the some island.

Gen. Arnold issued the com- munique in his role as command- er of the 20th Air Force. Because of their grci-i range and big bomb load, the Supcrfortrcsses of the 20th Air Force (mcratc directly \1n- uler Gen. Arnold's command and the direction of the ,1'<ii1it chiefs- of-staff in Wnshinsrlon.

In rcturninsz tn ‘Yalvaia after a ihree-\ ."s ‘inlorv-al. ill" (bombers nppcarcd to be following the strategic bombiny! pattern al- ready teslccl over Geiansinv‘ by Al- licrl l)l.'lI1C5'—8l‘l initial attack is follovierl, aftor tho cncmv has 11nd time to sci repairs under ' v. bv another blriiv which wrccks rcconsltwiciion and keeps the cluslrinl Plillli nut of production.

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List cad In (lamp E iliflsiflli

MONTREAL, July 7 Officials of Military District No. 4 (Montreal) issued latc today names of the i011 members of the Canadian (Active) Army unit. kil- lfltl ycstsrday when a three-inch

lcpi‘.

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“infiltlggfidcgnp thguflllirléimp . first in il1_r~ world, came into pow- Itraining r..." ‘on on the riflc range‘ Pr m lgiia‘ dcfvaiiiig P United A]; m. mm gFarmcrs of Albciia government

‘ Following is (he list with offl- icial numbers and next-of-l-zin:

Killed L-Cpl. A. W. Stinson. Albert

i knownl 8 River View Avsu. Ville La I‘ Sallr. Qua.

From my saw imavhuws , 0m "A" 1mm; Pl". G. n. Juiiop. Mrs. Mimcy aircraft. that lilS tegraicd in the, qnoghcy, 382 Munroe S." Penh air. A couple of hundred yards up. brQkpv Om"

the road from o terrace \v

a few minutes ago.

Two llead In Family iiuarrel

here I

was sitting one engine and wreck- age of a plane dug into the earthlpgpnm Que_

Sgt. J. R. Tevlin, Mrs. Eva Tev- lin, (wife). 58 Mill Street. Ville St.

Pic. G. Johnson, Mrs. Jolinwn, (mothcrl, 22 Beech, Oi- tavsa.

Pit‘.

iCo. Que. . i Pic. J. n. Trotticr. Mrs. Al Trot- i

ticr (slcpmoiherl. 3131 Coutu $1..

x Sl1I1\‘.'1ll1‘!€ll1 Falls. ‘ Pic. M. Plnnlc. Mrs. U. Planic. l (mnihcrl. 45B Tamarack $1.. Sha-

VANCOUVER. July P-KCPJ-TWQ winigan Falls. Que.

bclicved was ll 111111111- quarrel.

lVirs. Jack Preston and M s ro Rusan. both in found shot

Mrs. Rusnirs home uii Mclii six-col.

illvll‘ 1t». WE)‘ “MW” m“ “L” “ion,- Fielding, (wife) West Gilford.

middle-aged sisters were shot t0 Died Of Wounds

high death and two men wcic critically P“. Bel.l.zcl.un_ G_ A" “rs B13“. 110111111611 . Wm i“ ‘d "IL 1119111111; Clli‘. Bfffgfifflll, (WifPl 1107 Dllbilll- shooting in a YflllCOUVCl icsiocntja “on s." Montrc“ '(ii5i.l'1Ci., the climax 1o what 11v Ce Pic. Ward. Mrs. Dorothy

_1 Bomlmicr. (sister) Cap De L21 Mad- el nlcilin. Que.

Pic Fielding. Bcrt. Mrs. Eileen

Jack Preson and Fred Remizcn 0m»

were shot in the licad and a street intersection ll

chm: iii. ——*——_——— Marks fl- Advance Continues way uvhcrc lliev were worliiiiu on :1

0f The Targets!

prcat,

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Dorothv

Pcrnzind Morin. Mrs. E. F‘. lvlorin. (wife), Cap Aux-O S Gaspc,

iTokyo Reaction 1T0 Latest Raid

NEW YORK. Julv 7-(npl-rmel Tokyo domestic radio in the firstl reamon 1o the second United‘ States long-range bomber TJiCi on} Japan today broadcast an imperial‘ headquarters llllllDllllCElllElli. 1l1at' "more than 10 enemy pianos pen-i ctrated western _a1u:l northern Kyushu from continental bases.”

The announcement made no men- , lion of targets and came nearly iive hours after Washington hadi ‘announced D1111! the new superfcri. messes had madc an attack on the ‘Sasclio naval base and paid a scc- ond call on the big siecl mills of . awata.

i Zour air base promptly intercept- 'cd and relltlulscd 121cm. "said ‘thel

lTokyo broadcast reported bv the‘ ‘ federal cmininlllicdtloiis <-;11il1\_1.<.- i >101 . "‘W1 miicrctl hzirdlv 11ml

105' S.

Berlin Raided

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l LONDON. Juiv 3—1S;.turolayJ-- (CP)-Berlin was rizlrir-d b1.- 1111? R l

iA F. 1:15.‘. night. 111v D.N B. agen- cv reported early today.

Elcchdnuln (Alberta Aug. 8

i EDMONTON

i i nominating llav i Ii will be‘ the second wartime (election in Alberta. The last was ‘March 21. 11140. when the Social

Credit government was returned to 1 o

.1111»; 7—-(CP)—- annin: announ- i elections will izi Ai1g.8. and will he July 29.

fllce.

, Till‘ ninth lcglslature was dis- ‘solvcd todav and party leaders imadc immediate plans for the

‘election campaign. 3 Mr. Iiinnninz announced that arranzcmcnts arc- being made for members of the nclivc armed scrv- ices from Alberta to elect three activc- service mcn or women as members at large. The service vote will he taken after the Aug ll election, but it is intended this vrill be completed 1n time for thz mem- bcrs to take their place at the next regular scssinli of the Lcifislaturzu. l Willi ilic addition of the threei Jeprcscntzliivcs of the armed for- ‘ cos. the 57 mat Legislature will be increased to 60. The stnndinr! ‘ Social Credit

at dissolution: 35; Independent - 1 ; C. F‘. 1: Indcpcntlcni Social ‘Credit 1: Ilzillor l: Liberal 1. One scat is vacant in tlic five-member‘ Iconslituencv of Calgary.

. The Social Crcdlr government.

which 11nd hccli iri officc l4 years ‘ Mr. Niilllilifli! 1111s boon Prcmicrl

', for 11 liiilc more than a year. Pre- _ i

i

,micr William Ahflfllhfi. founder of the Social Credit movement in Alberta. dicd May 23. i943. at‘;

Vancouver and a wcck later Nir. Iviziriniiig was. named in silcceecli liiin. At I14. M1". Manning bccame ‘file Empire's youngest provincial

Premier. i

Tracadie Gross Boy Killed

A sad fatality (fclucs. ,1 mtiiliif Uil 111c- ioau llual‘ 11:1... . ~ who“ Bruno Steele. cmlit scar lilo soil t1 _Mr, and Mrs i-c J. Stacie, ulis ac- 'Lltlt!lli8i1y illl. and izllleti oy a car iil'l‘v'(.’il by a. resident ui Cape Tra- \'~..\'5B whose name the H. C.M.P. 1.111 not reveal. 1.1.. A if .vl.11'1ln of lsiculzlt Stewart. coroner. wils silm- Jllililfld and decided that an inquest “'11s not necessary.

i suiviniaa SCHOOL i SACKVILLE, 11.11., July 7-—LCP)

total of l4; studeins f1'om the 1 ‘ltlzne PPOYIllLCS, Quebec, Ntw-‘I

about 4

. . b01159 collsifllCiioll m. 11011121111011 Saipan Island 1L M cuan d “M the Umm “Wes w” ‘loscflbcd n5 a mend m mm‘ " _"“ e relzisltcicd at the zdst Mflhldijli/Ilé [amines i WASHWGTON- Jmy 7 _‘ (A?) iiiimer school at Mount Allison

lax wusan‘ 50' esunnzcq nus" —- Allliirlcan Emlmd “r995 “H Urlvcrsii/v In addition to re ular band or one of ‘he womenflxas mk- Cfifliilllllllil i“ “dwmce 33am“ courscs offered as credits toiialard.

en into custody and held for outfit“

ioninlz in connection with the shgoéu m mo mum of

All four persons were

with bullets ma

T119196 jot You I l!

from a JS-calibrle nutc- 1;"

lmlluksd tussle. W1 Yiilfig.

‘iezvrvnww . . . _... ,...

strong opposition on Saipan. while, that Marianas Isl-

arts and science degrees, several‘

\ Nazis ose in Battles

LONDON. Julv 7-— (AP — lticre than 1.000 United States heavy bombers under stronu escort dren- ched ll hiszh-iiriorllv targets in central Gcnnony with 3.000 tans of bombs today. stinging; the Germans in nut up the liiusicst aerial battle in six wccks, in which 114 enemy Dlanes and 11nd six fighters wcrc shot down.

‘l i =- c b: >1 '3

about T5 ml . more (111111 5

wreathed in fire and explosions.

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.36. will arrive in Kensington

i Bridges. a former resident of Mal-

i tors. His father died only recent-‘

_ courses of special interest to teach-i d fast carrier task fmces have c“,- m-e being elven __

36 Alncricaii bombers many and awav from the 1l_\‘i11;1-,

Another grout biiislc iii the clouds. with ll mmpztrailvc lull ill (he (111-- rnscd over fli-inllln Silesia. wlicrclmnn mbot raids. 111111011411 '

llCJYV-Wfililllii from encmv Ilalv struck oil plants near Blcch- continued ovcr Hummer and Odcrlnl, lcnviiia themwouihom counties.‘

Illi- “J01 other Pnvlnno I IJA. U.I lutueriptlon Deilavorl. ll,“ I

VANCE lN NORMANDY SECTOR

Launch Pas/i 0;. 35-Mile ‘ Front

Action Dies Down On Canadian- British Sector.

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS. July 7 — (CP) - United States troops surged forward along a flam- ing 33-mile battlefront today in :1 drive i0 crush the whole German line based along the marshes at the base of the Cherbourg Peninsula. The British-Canadian sector around Cilen on the east flank of the Normandy front was quiescent as both sides nizlrshzliicd men 11nd armor for the decisive battle on the road to Paris.

Supreme Headquarters, in one of the briefest com- muniques since the opening of the invasion June 6, made no mention tonight of the stubborn bziiiic on the east flank. Earlier it branded as untrue German claims that the Allies liad launched a new push 0n Ciien. the Nazi's defence anch- or in that sector, from the northwest down the Bziyeux road with several divisions.