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Escaped German Prisoner ls lleld By ll. S. Officials

BANGOR. Men July Ill-MP)- rhe first German prisoner 0f war United States

to escape to the rvhile on routi- to internment I11 Canada was saved by Internation- .11 11111" 11111113’ from being handed BACK 11.1 lirilish authorities.

But :3-y1-111"-nl11 Kurt Reich. a taptuzw-cl siibinzirine inachlnist's 111111c, “'11s silll held in the county 1.111 111-rc- fui" (icportation action.

_ Afu-i‘ 111- lczipcd 11v1-i"bo:\rd from a 111111-11 allll) 111 1111- Si. Iiawrencc

11.1111" .1111)‘ l?» 111111 s\\'11111 111 s.1f1-t,\'.

1- l‘1i1:11l Stair-s b11i"111-r patrol

3.131111 111m :1: 1111- !\'[11ii11- lmrdci". .-\11111":11-v Arthiii" 'I‘PPIl‘ of Bos-

inn 11.1111 him ir1-cd of illegal entry s 11111111 on international 111111111.- 1l111t a ni-utral power 1-1-1111-11 nrisniicirs of war :11 lll)1'l'l\'

" second 11f the

111111-111. .1 11011111111-»-“scut1lcd lsli guards snid—a11ri l .\\.l

.1- 11-111-111111-111 0111-1‘- 1.; 1111- Siair- D1- 1111 (‘11-111111111 prison- (‘ansidlan author- tlicv hold ihc Bri- . f‘l~s‘lill“ll.llf‘ for ll!- .ir1- landed iii

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..1I'.l. llc-i-t 1111- \\'1lll(l 1111s ever 111- of shipping Iinndled i1 ducks has not (‘11-11111111

111 1101111111111- . ,. ..

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('.1-1~111.1n Attempts Ineffective

R-iish SIIIIFCIPS an- ~ (lvivriuiivs 11116111111! 1 pom-r 011-1" 11nd under the totally ineffective s1~.1l1- troop move- piiris 11f the Dn-

zipplied in power In sources

$0 1'\ ilicse

:1 ship was sunk. nor a life

li- 1.11"1-1|ui1 "cncm_v' action“ 1n a 111' 1111- 1.11" .11 innv1-i1i1-i1ts of 3 1 111 -1: i ll‘li‘l'.'~' 111111 smaller 1 1111111111111" 11f the Em-

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DIPZXIIUNEI) l_\' DISIKYICIIES

John E, Ilcvrard, Wcstmount, (3111:, is one nl‘ four acting sub- J-ulciiniifs 111' ilu- IK.(‘..\‘.\'.R, men-

- for successful .1, ""ll.i1. is hilt one 111'1.is111i1s in this war when 1 ' 11ml 1111-11 rl lin- llnyul flinzin n Nitvy have distinguished 1I~1-n1s1-lv s b)" displaying gz-llantry I11 1111- fiiri- of danger," 5111,] RH". .\1l|11ii"11| Percy H‘, ,\'(-||1-g_ chief of 1i.i\:1l stuff.

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S'l‘OC‘l{'I‘O.\ .\ . _. (CPI- 'l' 1' \ -s i111» iiinitnrt authorities ' 1111}. 11:11 fitnrss’. Percy

I "1>11111l11l1-ir:1ii1 Neu-

- ' 1ft) :ii1l1s 11f -.1-:1ii11-1i1-_1i11'~111131. 1,111 was rejected fzr ‘Irv.

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J- to Minuiid NI. formerly 1111 (;i.11.<, o1 No: o. P. E. I.,

‘n nUlL

SlTI.Ll\'.\ ' the Kings Coun- '1" ‘ - _\ l7, 194i). 111 .\/[l'. 11.. l .1‘ Si: 111111, i110 .\l.11"- yq. v, u n11. \ K1-11111'f.1. _ )l\l{lfI.-\(|I..'~ SI-'I.I..\l!-.\l1- 5-1 Fitzroy" F . i‘ :1 \V1-r1111-<1l.'i".-_ .1511 I-y 111v. 1111111111 C. I} '111'11\1i .‘ll.\\ lliirls 111-111 .\l1:- l'111- 111 {Win11 311111111 lo .\Il‘. 'l"h00 fii-llui- 1-l Whr-uilcy" __l1E\'1'1ts

1\"SF'\'.-\l'I.T—-.’.t SIIIYIIIIPPKIIIP on

. Br-niz-nilii AIKGPIIZIIIIY.

_ - . son of Mi". nnd Mrs. ..-\rscn11u1i. Funeral this morning a1 11 o'clock from the

to St.

parents

rcsidr-ncc of his Paul's Church.

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fiN. D. MacLean UNDERTAKER EMBALMER J

Charlottetown nnf North Wlltshire

Phone 149

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llarold Riley To Command M. D. No. 1C1

OTTAWA. July 31.—iCP)—I-Dar0ld Riley, proiiuncnt Winnipeg lawyer a-nd businessman, has been gazetted brlgadier _ v _ conunanding MIIIIIU)‘ District No. l0 11L \Viii11ip.1_~_ Defence Minister" RaL 51011 announced tonight.

The appointment of Brigadier Riley, who laud an outstanding mili- tarv record in the first Great War, is a break with tradition, the an- nouncement said.

"OIIIV rarely, 111 the past. hasswrh 11 10111111‘ iipnuiiiiiiieiit fallen 10 other 1111111 u, 1111-1111111" of the lx-rmanent. lfllTt‘.

Only last Monday, Col. Ralston. I11 his spec 11111115, b.1111; "We must enlist and use 1111- ziblest 1111-11 on staff and in l‘X1.‘Cllll\'L‘ positions which this coun- ll'\' can nrovxlc." _ '

Brig. lcilcy won the- Distinguish- ed 51-11101- Ordei" 11nd two bars dur- ing the last \\‘.1r.

He won all 111s decorations as n.

5' o I f 9». Q Q 5 I

']ba'.".aliori officer in the Zine, eith-

e." iz". command of a company 0r o.‘ 11 111111111011. He served at the from -11:11uo1isI_v from $011K. 1'7. 11115 1 1111- 0nd of the war with c. 111111 o.’ a brief period in v1 1 he \\'1'I5 wounded. conspicuous gallantry and

".211- i916 For

1I1.-\'<1'.1o11 11> dilly he was awarded 1111- I). l..i’

S. O. r as 11 Imitalion command- .- - ' 1111-11‘ 1211- firsi bar to ..11- D SO. i ~1- "picuous gallantry mid able Evzidership.

At Cainbrru iii I918, he won the second bar to the D50. "For con- spicuous courage and ability in crciiinantl of his battalion. In the 1111 1 w men were caught ._ b-.1i.._c and showed ..1'-i1.< of lxwoiiiiiig disorganized. Im- ‘ iimizau-[v he iu-nt forward, steadied

them, 111111 brought them out 0f the barrage with light casualties. ]Throughouc 1111- operations he set

"" fine example to all under

a \' 1 111111.’

Brigadier Riley was born at Vi/iiinipeg in 1887 and began his fllllllflf)‘ carcci‘ iii 1914 with the

Winnipeg Grcnzidlers. At the out- break of 1111- war he was appoint» eii lieutenant of the Wth battalion of Winnipeg 111111 loft with his bat-

fnr England carlv 1r1 1915, ling to France a few months . ". He was wounded by shrap- nel In April I916. Returning to his battalion he was appointed acting maior in command of a company and. Inter, rose to the command of his Inttalion.

C rand Circuit

PAWTUCKEI‘, R. I., July 31- (APl-R. J. Reynolds’ Guy Barnes, making his second start of the sea- son, won the National Stake for two-ycar-old trotters here today with Will Caton driving. | The stake went. three heats with Guy Bflfllln‘ met-ling Benny Franks‘ Lucy Hanover in the de- ciding mile. This filly won the second heat after Guy Barnes had taken the first. The third heat. -settled down into a quarter-mile ibrush between the two youngsters ins neither hit a fast pace through

i111- iirst threw-quarters.

Driving his own horse, Franks got. Lucy Hanover away In {rum in the third heat. caton let Guy ]Barncs mill. both horses going -s1uwl_y. Aftcr they passed the

1111-1111‘? D014‘. Guy Barnes went to 1111c centre of the truck and forced lLucy flanovci" to the limit. About

70 ynrds from the wire the filly ,b_i"oke and Guy Barnes went on to lvictoijv. The time was 2:28 3-4 compared to 2:10 l-2 and 2:11 1-4

for 111c- first two heats. The purse was $4,304.32. 1 Th!‘ Blrrv F1irm‘s Litilc Pat

tron the first division pace of [hg TFOYUYIL’ Club Stake in straight heats but gained his first place In 1111- ‘sccond 111-a: through the dis- qualification of B. C. Mfl,\'0's Chit-f Cnunscl which finished on 10') His driver. Dell 111111-11 was 511; pcnrli-d for l0 days for beating the '] gate.

News Briefs

(By 11111-51551“ Press)

BUENOS AIRES — Sharp pea bnltlc between British armed mor- rlinnt i-ruiscr Alczniluru. and mv. sir-nous" (ii-rmnii commerce raiifer ln Snutli Allanlic; damaged Ger. main vessel rscnpcs 11y "lucky" h" on Alcuntzira. cutting her speed; reports Indicate clash was off Bra. zllian Island of Trinidad.

LONDON ; sinks Grwk liiiikcr IIcrmioiu- carrying nil In ]Il11li11i1s; tlcsirqycr Di-lighl sunk by

P119111)’ flit‘ attack: planes believed

to 11c Italian bomb Gibraltar; Ger.

mans mid shipping off England;

R. F. ln attacks on mllltr/v 1111199. ]ii\ s 111 I-‘rinicc. Holland. Germany, first 240 phi

Norway; Germans during July.

LONDON -—Br|l.0.ln extend! bloc- kade of Europe from Arctic to Af- fil"; Issues rcizuluiom limiting 51ml" "Y"! Pflrllllml to supplies for domestic use only, '

Bl-IRNl-I - German and Italian troops r-onr-vntrzitlng along R00 mllcs n! rnntlvir-nlal coast, Swiss re. ports assert. hut Fascist editor Ylrtdnin Gavrla rlulms time not yet ripi- for blitzkrieg on England.

\‘l(‘ll\' -—.-\.l postal, telephone and iclozmphir- rllmmunlrgflqn with nccuuicil France from un-nc- r-irnled region forhlrldr-n by Nazis. rift-clim- nt midnight.

s1‘ rrvacirirnf -_ ,1 1 —i<7Pl--F1xhi1l>i1lor1s n?“ “y.” animals will b1- hs-Id . Quq-ibeq Province 111s autumn with the p51"- mis. on of H1111. Adi-lard Gorlibout,

Mire. Dr. Arthur Rajciie mid m,

Fur Breeders’ A-sociailnn here. Dr. Rajotto, PIVSIIIPYIY‘. of 1m-

asociziiion, told membrrs annual

expositions provide-cl the best. rccord 0' llffiilrefis in the $3.0011.0fl0 pro- vi ial for f-ndusii-v. r11- said 1111-11» woe 7,000 fur province,

runners In tine

(Ilnsifv

IvvlnP

THE LATE CIlERRIl-Ismwll. . BE available next Iweek at Cudmorg Btoree. F. B. Reeves. L-3CtI-8-I-3I.

I:

and‘ appointed OUINX‘,

Premier and Minister 01f AgrIcul-I

The Central Guardian

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Thin column le renewed for new: of local Interest but advertising of s newly nature may be at i oeule I word ltrlctly pay- nhle in advance.

WEATHER FORECAST—For August 1 to '1 fair and warm; 8 to 15 mostly fair with some thun- der storms; 16 to 2i cloudy with hell/y rain: 22 to 26 fair and wvarmer; 2'7 to 31. quite cool and

cloudy. - P.E.I. LIGIITIIOR-SE IN CAMIL. The P.E.I. Lighthorse go into

camp this morning at the Ord- nnnce grounds on Brighton Road under the command 0f Lt.-Col E. W.‘ Johnson, Long River, with MIIJOI‘ F. M. Nash. Charlottetown. second in command. The unit, numbering 26 officers arid 357 men mill undergo a three \\'£'€ks train- lng course to fit them to operate us" a mechanized cavalry unit, handling armorcd cars and light tanks. There are three squadrons- Cilllt. F. W. Hyndmzin. Charlotte- town, will be in command of “A" Squadron, Fapt. O. W. Campbell. Winsloe o “B" Squadron and Capt. John Mustard, Cardigan 111i "C" squadron. Capt. 1). s. Mont-- SOIIIPIIV. Port Hill, is permanent adiutant of the unit; Capt. N, W, Lvivther is quiirterinastei". and Licut. D. E. Gallant. pavmnsti-r. This unit is a member 11f the lion- permanent active 1111111111.

The Misses Hilda lifai-Lurc and Ruby Wakclivi. Ciil", arc 1-11111111; in Summersldc, ihc- uucsis of .\-Ii". and Mrs. Harry Sutlsburgv,

THE CHHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

‘Urges Embargo 0n Apples From Canada

OLYMPIA. Wash, July S1- (CPI-Gpvernor Clarence D. Mar- tin of Washington State tele- graphed President Roosevelt and other federal officials today urg- ing immediate action to establish a quota or embargo that will lim- it the importation o! apples from Canada.

‘The Governor charged there is a movement afoot in Canada to lake advantage of the American markets by sending thousands of ciirloads of Canadian apples. He said 1111- rate of exchange offsets 1111- tariff on Canadian apples en- icring the United States.

Sea-Air Power Potent Factor For New Drive

(Written {or the mnadlan Press by Major-General Sir Charles Gwynn.

LONDON, July 3l.—-(CP)—I shai‘. Irv 1o sci out some‘ cf the conse- quences of the surrender of Eur0_ bean France and of the end 0f the lighting tihfle.

i1) It is in the first place necessary 1o uncicrstand how completely the L'lllll‘.lt'l('l' of the war has bien ciizingc... and how dissimilar" It lllliml 111- from the course of the illfili W111‘.

Larg- -scale land fighting In Wes- tern Emope is over, and It Ia not possible to see how It can restart 1111111 the situatlOn fundamentally iiiangcs again. The normal destin- iiiioii Uf tlic British soldier on com- bciing; lfilllllllg‘ will not. be France, I1 \\'llI be the defence points of his homeland.

Armies have become relatively less iinporwnt, air forces and navies relatively more important.

121 The future however-and the \'1.'I'\‘ immediate futiue-may allot grunt v0.05 u) both the British and ilie German armies.

BRINGS FAMTLY TIIROUG H

Ottar Novik, captain of the

Hitler takes his tasks one by one. The next task he has ted t0 himself is the subjugation of the Briiish Empire.

H0 may send a score of divisions down 1111-0111111 Italy and over to Af- rica, there to tum both West t0- 11-111-11 Morocco and East to Egy t. H1.- mav supplement his air and s11 - marine attack on Britain with pam- cliute and lidei- troops

Kaare II, had to leave 'l‘rnm-4ne hurriedly without proper provsiuns, or even navigation chrrts. N1-vcr-] lheless he brought his family tu- Cimadn where he hopes t1; find a. new home.

Newsmen Re-form Ranks, Visit British Defences

By JULIAN MOCKFORD Argus South African Newspapers SOMEWHERE IN uivumivu, July

30-—1(JPJ—\V;ir currcspuiiueiits triim the DOIIIIIIIOI-S, (Jinn-u 5111111111111 111111 the United slates, who 111-re 11101111 like t-liisticdov-ii from f11"r.is, Aunt-us, Boulogncsand flllitlly Bordeaux, It:-

iormeq thou" ranks in wig-land 1.11 visit the strangest battlefront oi their varied experiemc.

Having replaced 1111 ihe kit Llicy

lost 111 bombed i-reiicn 101N121 as .1111.- uarl»: 110011 QI 1i1\u1.1-i"s 111111 iauugl 1s swept Over Flanders, they gathered again with enthusiasm unabated, 11KB Klpllngs cagcr uurrespoiiueiits in “the Light That railed," smell- Ing 1111.110 irom afar.

In fnst-movpiig cars 1111-5" Biitaiirs embuiiicci s11 res, 611W Ga." cafe-lice plLuLslIFC-"sllfl: have been lE-Sllflllfid Into 11 sc c1 Brim fortresses u.» rcpt-l the invaders —-1however, whenever, wherevci" they may attempt to land.

Despite voluntary civilian evacua- tion 1mm coastal war zones, Eng- lands liolidnv towns 11r1- siiii curry- ing on. Those I've silcu are saill bustling with life since 1111111)" p11"- inaneir. residents, nicii, woincn and children elected 10 stay out. 'I‘i1t-y are cheerfully" facing the ever-pre- sent danger from the Nazi bombers, 1111- 10.11‘ of ilviicsc engines are licuru uuily and iiiglitiy.

WIIL'II(\L‘L' 11 1.111vov . .. ships 1101.. the scitscnpv, i1.1.cu11i WlfleiOVvd. (‘IIIILUDQ IIIIII IJYUIIIUIIILULS become \.'£.\Ill-'cll(0 points 11.1 rcsidcnis IIIIXIOIIS to see Spitfires shoot dou 11 and urive 01f ihc Nazi bombers venturing overhead.

This cool (JIIIICSILY is 1iisc1>11r.1gc.i by 111t- iiiiiiiitry “i111 1111- lIllXli/ub 111 j-SUL‘ lilYlilkllln UYIICIIZILI? \1 iii iIOwlis Lllitll only a tillllilillilil 11111111111- ti0"1 Iklflfllllg for tiic essential vices and reasonable amenities. Willie many howls liuvc closed (101111 anri many houses 11111-1- b..1~11 1111111011, Dill: llllillh (ll bUAilLfa 1111.11‘ lIlAll Dill- uices ihc departures. 111111 llli.‘ 111,-- IIIDIIIUIK CIVlIIflll-S 21H.‘ UILK-Olilll-fl- 101' them instead of the usual 1111111121?-

‘toured WHOM}

surmnci‘ 101- years, should iiow be

- :11 cc-cipcratinn 111th hcr 12ml"-

makers, who, 111 the inust EAJFIUUS .'

pitrties. T e Empire will be ready lci them.

When the attack comes on_ Britain i1 \\'lll be hit, l111rd and again until

lit. is knocked out,

and landing d8

11o Prisoners

From Canada

OTTAWA, July IlL-(CP) - An‘ official of the internment operations 1 branch of the State Department said ‘ today that n0 German prisoners of war have escaped from CanacAm. authorities. Reports received here, however indicated that _K111'L Reich,

at Ban or, Me., escaped from Brit- ish out orities, he said.

Reich. listed in British wlloner rolls as machinist’; mate of o. sliv- marine. apparently Ieaipecl from the transport Cllffylflg him up the St i Lawrence RIVUI‘ Jilly 15. 811d made his esca-pe to the United States.

He is being held by the United States immigration authorities in- vestigating his case with a view tn departing him. Officials here said they_ were communicating with the United States officials.

No details of the escape were available here,

War Efforts Still Too Tardy Says Hanson

O'I'I‘AWA, July 31.—-(CP) — 1f old methods will not produce i_.l1e] war equipment Canada needs "WIDII the speed called for by the present "dreadful urgency," then some other methods must be devised, Conserv- ative Leader Hanson declared to- day in the House of Commons.

"If it is gfllilg to tuke years to procure the equipment. which com- plies with traditional TCQIILIEIIIEIIIS, then we must use our i1 enuii)’ W find some way 0f facing tie danger with new weapons," he said. “Germany will not wait for us to complete our leisurely production of . special types of equipment. If the equipment we think we need cannot be made rapidly, then we must use the mental vigor of this young na- tion w conceive new methods of defence. having regard io the weap- ons of attack we would be called upon to face."

1 New Phns Needed

More than anythi else, Cunadai needs y new i 03s and new plans for defence, he said. Inven- Ion of the British tank was the greatest single factor 1n the allied victory in the last war.

rent

experiments with oom- pletely new devices. It should be borne in mind that In the last war,

many of the revolu- tionary inventions were the pr0-; duct 0f civilian minds."

as in others,

Bi-iinln will be fighting a. tempor- ary defensive, while she trfllhs and incclmnizc; her army, doubles and quadruplcs her air force, augments her 11i1vy. _

T‘ on will come the offensive. in 11' I1 1111- iirmy will play its classic purl. Willi his immense Coas-Zne. his vast territories, his dispersed re- sources, his sullen slave populations, Hitler will not be immeasurably difficult to hit.

Help from Dominion:

All the time Britain's land might increasus, nlid her own man power is reiniorced by oontingents from Flflltljfldd, Australia. and New Zea- iun .

11 stop to say that an Emiplre 11-1111-11 c1111 draw free men from the furthest oceans to defend its ancient 111-art is an bfllplfc which needs n0 further iaruise from history).

131 I turn to the air. Here there 1s (oncretc-hard encouragement. When the war began, general op- inlon was that. the Allies cciilcl ho.d ilie Nazis by 1111111, but might be forced into hard-pressed corners In 11gb 111i". The contrary has happen- tl . The Allies have lost on the land in I-rance. But. in the air the Royal Air Force has demonstrated its siipci"iorliv in every aspect. It has ri-cuiiiioiirct‘. better. It has flown izcitci". Ii has bombed better. It 1111s 111111.111. better. It needs only more planes-more planes not only absolutely but relatively to German strength in numbers.

Up to the Navy

i4) Now tor the sea. If Britain loses the assistance of ilic lWc-nih navy islnce this was written Briuiin has CIT-he!‘ taken over or destroyed most of the French navy-i the pressure of the blockade 11-111 be more difficult to maintain, 111 unv 11111- until a great program 111' 111-w naval construction yields in- ("1'1‘{'.5'.‘(l i-csulis.

T111- countrles overrun will for a slicr: time contribute food supplies [a the 121101113". though everiizia lY in 1111s respect they may prove a bur- CICI‘. rather than p1 source of relief. Tl-i- critical question iiniy be ‘»\':l"lll('l' Gi-rmanys air power d1"

"on ~11 svcurc such decisive 11'.‘

" ;cr the British Navv as WO-J 1.111.11- ihc blockade Ineffective. There have s0 far been no indica- 11.1115 such a result could be obtain- 1. l

maleanwhilc. Britannia rules the 1 As long us she 1- 11s. tiff} 111110: The smpirt- ml.

swarming on the beaches. But the only bothers are soluicrs Q11 duty, who discard then" 11111110 11111-1.» 111‘ swim suits and emerge from 1i 11111.. lgrounu of snore |)€lllI'l'l\‘.~, 111. gun. nesis, barbed “ITO 1- ,11--, mtnts, forts, blockhouscs 1111.1 1111-] boxes.

bctwceil such strong DLIIIILS ll'()1\ll- lug towards the sca, f (lI.\('0VCl‘(‘(l] ice-cream and canny Shops siili 1m] i111! business as usual, 1111- 1-11." 01's being Lough vcunu 'I'11nin L participated 111 the Fla11111-i.. battle and the Dunkcrnin- 1-1110. Now 1111-1" man 112111111511 beaches while watch- ing the dailv drama of the navy 05' cortlnz shins along the coast 111111 air battles swiftly and noisiiy fougln

bove.

American correspondents, kccii to‘ play up the drama of this isand fortress are frankly puzzled by ihe casual attitude of tho CIVIIIBII 1x01111-

lup from dugcuis to bathe, eat 1co- cream and dance" Are they numb, or dumb?" asked one 1111111111111 Ameri- can Journalist, genulneiy" puzzled, while a fellow-countryman 1111-11 o. cable 55591111111 "this sIOICISIII 111 in- dl feierice or c001 courage or what- ever lt is, ls Britain's secret wcapcn -in this war.“ AWARDED DAMAGES MAIDSTONE, Eng-(CP) --~ Ac- cidentally shot by a soldier ztiile being shown a Bren gun. Barbara Benstcud, 20. of Dover. was award-rd ((151 )5 to the amount of £1,629 . .