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FbllT-fifthS Troops Surrounded In Flanders Saved

Anthony Eden-Says “Never Say Die" Spirit Of Troops Guarantee Of Victory.»

0.8. Gould Fly 1.000 Planes lo llid Allies

No Indication Such a Plan Likely—Roose- veit Said to Have Heard Proposal.

l By John 10M‘ gambled Press Sh" Writer

WASHINGTON. June l-(AP) — he United States could fl 1.000 fighting airplanes across a At- luitic Ocean to aid England and fiance within the next three leeks lf the people of this country should decide f0 go that far to ‘Slop Hitler."

iremived this information from llfilll I am not permitted to quote int whose knowledge on the sub- ject is not open to question.

Them ls no indication such a move is contemplated. On the con- hry. l propouil to do it has been hiruffed. The facts were recited to me merely n5 an illustration oi the are picture oi United States

IQNDON. Julio 2.—tun—~anth- orly been, wax secretary, told me 511191" 1048-)" that "we nave saved more than iour-liiths of the troops which 1-118 Germans said uiey nao Sllrrvllnflad iii Founders."

Mi". bxicn said uiat "Germany has inuue great strategic gains," and that "the loss to us tins been hell-W." but declared "there is an- otliex side."

The "gallant defence" in the north, he said, hald drawn away German forces from other allied ioiices that were dangerously ex- lmscd._

“It ls the spirit of the B. E. F. that has won lnruugli,‘ ne said.

l-le credited Llie ublcd tiavies with. magiilticent and alluring co-opera- tloii, t..i'uugli which they had been able to ciiiuurk more Lnail lour-

claimed to have surrounded. Guarantee of Vic-wry

“'I‘he (JBHIIXIHS, despite the huge losses ivhicli we know they have suffered, have ltllltxl in their obJect to surround and annihilate the Blfllv-Sll forces," All". Eden said. "it l; this refusal to accept defeat that ls tl.e guliraiiicc oi liiiul Vltwfy." But brave licarls alone can not stand up against steel, and he be- spoke the co-Ollelflllflll of the entme nation, industrially and civilly, in prosecuting tllc war, Mi‘. Eden, in a. broadcast lusting only" n low iuuiutes, acknowledged flint llfllll-ll lisd suffered great less- es lii mcu and iii material which had bccii destroyed. "All accounts," he said, “show that the B. E. F. took a to.l of the enemy titr iii excess of that suffered by tdiclnsr-lvcs." The return of the troops to Eng-

Aphoukh the“ L000 plan" repqlaud luui bccn iiccoiirplised with

"If"! 0111i’ a fraction of the fly- i“

WASH]. GTON, Juno 22- Al‘) -l’resldcnt Roosevelt was re- Pflfll rlllllhly tfidily lo hgvg be...

0" lllm a Drllposal that _f.he ad- ministration authorize the army "lll "Ivy to "trade in” some of their older war planes to menu. llflllrrrs who in turn could sell llltm to the Allies for immedi- ltr ‘delivery.

“ha! fllr. Roosevelt's attitude might be was n'ot disclosed. Gome administration advlsors m known to have expressed “will llllfllll llle wisdom of the

lmal however, contending

Ml the United States could not

affnrrl to reduce its own air time.

llll lords envisaged by President m ‘Pll. they ivould be enough ll"? flulmon of some military flint-rt to turn the balance of air- ‘yer in the vvnr between the Al- ma“? {mlllli lPElons. m that nil of them could m’ Q fniitic is evidence of their . and power.

fllllerham nmre lmllortant is the m lellllltviho bombers among them .k_h‘l lllllfd‘ with n bomb Slf-Zllt mlrlll-lfloiyo men say mnkcs mg me shgtcurate as that of a dlfibatch such an air a ads ‘hellmlmwould exhaust all thllwlfirst M, onralqinéllhtlhatgylng range gnaw. the army

lllltain. Grew lluach Pm

Pwpummm§~ B. Juno a-lorl- mnbum "g8 and crew of the m,” In K Ooner M. W. Colp 3° l here rowing men- mlrlzggfflh llclr vessel sank a few

0m": °l° sfllllfllay night. The um“ o tellfllne she-ft snapygul,

gun)‘: m” llfifllllost and in a‘, M": Pmgieilig worked m "l"! later. “nk two

Coming Events

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‘wmmst- Peters, Wednssdaay. L-lfl-Q-li- .

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Ken- Tuesday

"little confusion and fciv losses."

lie reczipitulatcd some specific eti- counters ol British liillitliigv detach- ments, Dffllslllg their conduct and military efficiency ilndcr difficult circumstances. 5

lirilliiiiitly Executed

"I lluve. reports that one division did not lose a single straggler on a 150-mile mnmlli.“

’I‘he soldic . ie said, were fight- ing a1] the way, ‘Quite apart from what the French have been able to (lo for their own forces." the war secretory said, "ivo ltuvc been iible to bring tens of thousands of our French allies off with us from Dunkorque. “Four days ago, not one of us would have dnrcd to hope that the isolated allied armies could have

nook to the coast."

liiths of uie troops ivhicn Germany. been omervedy.

rumnu T0ll0ll nun PLANE

l5! Tell" Henry. Associated Press Staff Writer)

RTHIEN FRONT. Juno 2—-(AP)—\Been from u" l-ll’ Mm rFrendb plane at. 1118M. the entire northern from. of Win00 looks like a flaming torch. I have just made a long night reconnaissance flight, 0v" me northern battlefields. TM ml glow from the flaming

ance of a late summer sunset. the Somme and Aisne Rivers. though matches were flaring.

ing townswambrai, at. Arras,

Quentin, lltllE villages between.

I was a guest, received its orders-

miin troop concentrations have

of German planes were bombing

lug evacuated by the French. Leave Darkened Alnport

When we

(Continued on page 7. Col 3)

Bomllsllropped In Norfolk Go.

shooting. was heard late tonight

Searcliliglils swept. the skies and aircraft flfllilllPS roared out at sch.

The air miulslrv disclosed livo bombs were dronpivl in Norfolk. An official statement. said lite

home scrurilv announce that early this moi-ulna: an unidenfiiierl "ir- crnft pnssvd nvcr Nnrfrflz. T-"o

fought their \\'nv through the bottle‘

bcmlAs from llils aircraft fell in opcn ("llllilry," Norfolk is northeast of London.

LONDON, Juno 2—(UP)'—-Brl- taizrs llglllLrY pilots set a new ctiys record aitturtlay‘ when they down- cu ‘(B uciiiioli boliimls and fight- mg pianos, the Air Ministry an- nounced today.

Britain's bombers followed up this successful day with night- long raids on Nazi communica- tions ln Flanders in luPlW" of rearguurd action of the Al- llcd armies.

Sixteen British pllrifl were miss- ing in the lights Saturday, but all bombers returned safely to their bases.

‘fodlay a prelzmltiary compilation showed the R. A. F. ‘Jlld accounted for 35 Gennauvalrcraft at. a 00st of eight missing Illlhllfll.

The First Air Ministry statement today told of Saturday's record

bag.

"Squadron after squadron of

Hurricanes and spit-fires flew high above French tens all clay guard- ing convoys which were bnngtni the British libupedltlonnry Force rearguard home," it said. "Huge formations cl Nazi bomb- ers, escorted by fighters, came out and attempted to sink the snps. They did not lack targets for the 30B was thick with craft of all kinda. But. when they attempted to bomb. our illhtars attacked l-ncl drove them oii.

"Moot of the bombs fell tn-tn the

One Spitfire squadron Bal-"rdny destroyed 12 German bomber: and fighters in one short notion. Later in the day the some squad. ron shot. down another six.

"It vans a bad day for the Messer- Mll-llllilfl," the Air Ministry com- mented. “In two liours our fqrilei" squadrons alone alwuuitcd for ‘J1! of them."

A Inter statement told of the overnight bombing activities of the

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IBritisS/i Fighter Pilots Set New

Success Records

Sculptor Sad

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Memorial At Vimy Bombed;

N cities and towns gave the low Fifty-e han i Ll h I llner V le do Bruges formerl

Eng i s t clouds the appear Pluminslmws ligerb-d ring“ u F ii , ' ci a m e a s 0 M “low Mo“: the bamennes on tlig ‘height: osoast May 14, arrived flashes b: artillery fire looked as llfigfmfigluvlélfllgrgigbg firm“ “tile; T0 the north and east there was mm” " fen gnfilcféflgm e . . s by an almost continuous line of bu.n- figgli mackggifgugnég fiortgun Peronne. Valenclenles- to“. a‘ mm 5 rue s p‘ n8 new by snow-r»- l». i» n» §2:z.':;"i.::.“l..°.':"§i;=..“" m ‘r

Rolland, carpenter; A operator,

told

a.m.. when we (lO\\'l‘l the river below Antwerp. r and machine-gun- d aft, but without hitting anyone or doing any dam" hours. l

plnuc flow ove uczl us iorc an

"air mlulsirv and the ministry of 1 Enemy

of Charlotte-

Two of It was just at rfjitiall that the figfifoftlleg‘,,,1"fi§,,§“§,“‘g§§§3m nigh‘ bmnbm“ sq‘~'“"r°“- °l which and a passenger list of 64. princi- “Attack in force against 011mb?“ cillldrgllrllflllnrglzilllln aggro 1.153 d airport and the crossroads south of The refugees were wken to Britain Abbeville where import-ant Gor- and mama Th; tUnltehd Stgtets‘ liiliges] sold the 13.8.6- ' e enema- Wlien I read the orders I caught ‘my ljnillgdsStglfis neutrality my blBB-lll- Only two weeks 8-80. kept the American merchant fleet. as I had left Cambrai, squadrons out of war zones. ‘Iliet-e were seven officers in the that same airport on the outskirts group, including Crabbe“ third offic- of this town. which was then be- er: George _ Roiainson, wireless Iliiélle Pickering, QltIlCf 5tliWflId,f the ire f rst eye wi ness s ory o - bombing of the Ville de Bru es was ' m the 51mm, ielatcd in London Mav l7. w en the Canadian Survivors arrived Crabbe, who lives with his wife and three flhlldrtcn ins Othnciilottetown, re- J8 s ory "t ur ay. Antwerp about i; am. on May l4. biillllfl for Souflianiptoriawil-li 64 Bel- l ' . ‘ es,’ ' l g m u‘ “so were about 10 miles a

“We left

“At. 6.

LONDON. June 2 ~(CP> -—T_l\<' sound of rapid machine gun flrc off the southeast coast of Enulaud. , followed bv heavy anti-aircraft} following the dropping of bombs in Norfolk County northeast. oi London. _‘ Obs-crvcrs snid they believed only one enemy was machlne- gunning shipping. p

Sends T“ I‘ ir Forces: F ~~"-=~t. the Franc“ “lanis in the Rhone V. " t .

BERNE. Julie 2 —(CP\ ,-Swiss lighting planes today shot down Crvimnti bomber -—the third in llOllVF ~11.» the Nnzi alrforce con- tiiiucd Wllilt the sfnfl’ describrd ns "grave violations of the sovereign territory of the condorritiou."

The incursions were coincident with raids from llic Rhine airficlzls a- gainst. the industrial region of the Rhone valley’ in France.

Near Swiss Capital

‘The first two Nazi planes were _ brouulil down Saturday afternoon. our williin siqlit of llie Swiss cap- il-nl. 'l‘lio mic destroyed today was returning from a Rhone vallcyraid and crossed Swiss territory near Yverdori on Neuchatel Lake, ig- noring the ivnrnlng of Swiss snti-‘ aircraft batteries.

A SwLss fighting plane tried to warn the German pilot back, but the bomber suddenly opened fire. The Swiss returned the shots, and

general

bombing

TORONTO- Jim‘ 2 " (o?) _ the bomber burst into flames. The

Bitterness tonight- rinsed the mil-

crew managed to put. out the fire.

ms with Wlllfll 1°‘"l"°" wall" The plane landed n. a field where

S. Allward received news dlspatch- n cs from London telling of the de- _ liberate destruction by Gennnn bombers oi his masterpiece. Can- Mia's national war memorial 011 vlmy Ridge.

(‘ftontlnued on D08! 7. Col ii)

was surrounded by Swiss sold-

milil°.l*“'t'.....’.‘.tl°..l'°li.l“‘lllf Planes For Allies

formed how British Tommles re-

g F] d reported w w lllllilnflle b33103‘: M ~1- Flown To Maritimes

Ward's beloved memorial on which he labored 14 years. "This l: a lad commentary on civilization.

The reported destruction of the $1,000,000 memorial means more to Allward than the wiplns out of long years of

can only ho

self might have s. hand in the re~ build

while buried deep in the (‘Brill ll

beused for repairs. They were tak-

tluit yielded llie slnuc for the memorial.

'l‘l|e lllil'-llll1'iPl'll with H.- hvo viral pylons, each lilll ti-el lll'll llllll re- urcsetilinq France and rose on the topmost. point of Vlmy

who‘ n monk}. tll: plaelefsor the Allies

. v .

destruction of” a ‘glasitonkqolyzjemgfial ggzageagofighsomer o‘ m’ Unned

m- .

mum’ be “bum and t a e Flying in groups of flvo or more

m! from New York, they landed here

He ‘Q14 hgpslze models of all for refuelling then headed for the

““’ "“‘"°“ “h.” ““.°"l5.“ l"€>il‘§.'.’l' lilil°'il..t°‘l.‘l.é"ll“t‘l’tltl.l .-

orial were an ey n0!‘ a. . mo“ u? “gawk “f: mgr%mwaifik

the base oi Vimy Ridge are several border or e very o an -

huge blocks‘ oi stone that mlaht lfl’1(1)n%tflfil1;t1;$l§:§?m‘mg' they ‘PM

, , expec own an esmern

m from m’ Ymlolhvlan quarry Canadian port. for tiunskhplment. to llie Allies.

‘I'm- planes, Bllnsotis. designed for auiuleurs, made over night s , (mnqdg. some. at. Hlllsgrove R. l- and oli- (‘rs at Worcester, wengh grounded aaturday Joy wee er khg. o (Continued on ma! ‘l. 0°l l) I Mmvop, plan, g, 1,

— _

PORTLAND, Mo, June 2 —(AP) -A fleet of almost two scone baht destined to enter war ser- droned over the

ass, when they

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. MONDAY‘, JUNll $640M

age.

"Twenty minutes later a big Hein- kel bomber came over. The iirst bomb or aerial torpedo, as itshouki be called. missed us. but the second,‘ struck the ship aft of the man, house. It. went through the N0. '11» hatch, passing through three decks. and tearing a hole in the ship about 20 feet long and eight feet high. l

“Within i0 minutes we were [ilk-i ing to the llfeboats without any, panic. Volunteers were asked for. engine-room duty to keep steam up! so that the ship could be on the port bank of the rlver and! thus kept out of the channel so she l would not block shipping. which was ‘

one. The first assistant engineer, a man named David Dunn, of Hum- ilton, Ont. woluutcercd and navel: s. life in the task. He was suffocated from fumes while below. Daniel Duffy, deck engineer, another Can- adiau, (formerly of Montreal) died afterward in hospital in Antwerp from the shook of the bomb ex l0-

J. sion. The other two who were kl led

on the ship were Belgians."

vlvors of the crew and the refugees had to ride 60 miles to Osteud 1n u. truck into which 11 5mcu, women and children were packed, with the‘ German army only l0 miles away, arrddhourly getting closer, Crabbe re- l e

la . .

“The Ville de Bruges," he added.» "was the last belligerent ship to leave Antwerp and was in tliatpori a for four days after the beginning of i tlie German invasion on Mnv l0 ' 1

Pope Begs Keep

must- know why they are 1.1m). to

beached-

=Killed In Action

Groove Arm Pcrvy, headed the P(*1‘<‘-.\' family that has been re-

nowned in English liistmjv for ren- . turlcs. Ho was a lieutenant, in the I the icrffillflilll"! Guards .niid was parlia- Jnclllvuwi privy: secretary to the air itiiiiister- lu iii;

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LLIES HOLD DUNKERQUE

NORTH FRANCE’ Charlottetown Man Describes‘

Raids 0n Liner

Simon W. Crabbe Tells How Belgian Ship Was Attacked Froln_ Air.

0R8. June 3.— (AP)

ht survivor; of the Belgian _ the ard-

MUBILIZATIUN GENERAL IN ITALY. __llEPORT

WRQIHE. dune 2_- (AP) -'I'he l-nsi-rst cilitor Giovanni Ansaldo disclosed today that Italy is car- rying out general mobilization in preparation _for entrance irlto the WET. lfelléffll-Y expected any day.

"Mobilization is under way," us. clared Ansnldo, editor of foreign minister Gzileazzo Glands news. paper. Ii ‘Fclezrafo of Leghorn, in llls Weekly broadcast to Italian troops.

H“ Explained. however, that

Reich man try

Turned Back In" Fierce Fighting

Most Of Battered Armies Are Withdrawn From

Flanders — Germans Pay W615 being conducted by inciividugl s mmons rather than by the n-

general cull of former

Ansiildo said the Italian people

xifiglllled m “val and “mod the \ HPAFUS‘ Jul” 3'_(AP)—\V11\'¢?S oi German infanlrvmeu . . as m r. , A ' t '~ _ ' _ - ' Of m» first],‘ueange-rllzgili-QL w Va lomng ‘HIM deep m Dunkerquds Plllleclllll: floodwzit- klfllw "how a people like curs era aunched a Supreme effort today to “Test tllill- Cllillllltfl 'th .11 ~v ' " ~ - . ' . - (‘lursirlb flmgle§l.1or;t\1l1tg2lulklFmflllg Dim-t ham the Allies but the Flench hmh command Pu?‘ pwsoln, 0g, m which an m” Ere,“ c aimed tonight that llunkel-lltiry; defences eslill hold,» Anon‘? f: Europe are palflctpatlng l The command culled the battle against the (verluzm rd huh \\i.l (icclde the ecsiiny (ll-we u, the EngIiQh Ch“, l h- t - l o Europe." . l no an lS oric exam e f "T: Tl-‘lll’ should stay out of the “heroic tenacity.“ p U conwst." lie . '1 ‘. _, ,. _ _ _ _ lllilfdlfllillllll"‘flfidhdcille?olludkilidmlx‘I tghehgleal" P011 0f the battered armies drawn hack M Quill in ion. _o ‘ e L antral coast, to the Dunkeique e.\li from the hell ,__A_,.~.Q_,____L____ , _ 1m I< landcrs ._h'as embarked. said the nightly communique. (Continued onhnnge 7, cs1 s) lircnch military circles estimated Germany had thrown

F i15 divisions-about 200,000 men-into the assault to wipe

_ tth All‘ .' . . , fibril-an. n lower.» lwll-‘Report Duke Uf ;°" ’l‘hec htlfilllii.lfil"ll‘ll‘l.ll.i'iisl'i353?”.§‘.“.'§.’R'ii.'.-.

isurrenilei‘ which Germany had counted on since the with. [drawal lo Dunkerque was ordered, the Reich's legions har. ; been compelled io fight “incessantly under the most severe l and wiolent conditioned’ ___ l ..~l.i.l."i..‘,f.’ ‘;‘ii“.-".‘IL1T.$‘°..‘.‘.‘SZ§ Si.2F.,,°{"§,,§f2‘;.’i;";"‘} if?“ LONDmL Jim“ 3-"‘CP‘ — The} “numerous counter-attacks. i ‘ ‘ ‘nun m

, ‘Duke of N0i'_l.lllll'llll8l‘lfll‘ld has been The offloer declared that Antwerp killed 1n action. ll was bombed 22 times in the first 24_,l0l1l§l1l.

aiiil suvcisednl hi‘; inliior u. 1,113 311-; I clviit (lukcdolii in 1930, ‘ . The liiiiilr l

was announced ;-n_,__,,._,__,_ .______,______,, _,_,, “Thig retreat was accomlr IllSlIHl by troops pressed on all sides, deprived of fCnl for 20 days and suddenly uncovered on their left hr czipitulation of King ‘Leopnldf’ said the com-

He was 27 years of age]

duke, born Henry]

NVASILINGTON. Julie 2-1APl- nforo than 2,500 Americans flee- llifmll. of

munique. “This will remain an ex-

Tlie (llll((‘(l0lll.' created in i766.

v3 !

Lord Hugh Algernon Percy, aged 26A Other titles which accompany the

War Humane I hs Possible dukivdom are: Earl of Northumber- land. Baron Wnrkworth. Earl Percy,

VATICAN CITY, June 2.-((_JP)— Earl of Beverley, Lord mvalne, POD Pius today besecched the tight- Baron or Alll\\'l\‘l-(.

ing nations of the world to keep '1hc (lllkPp kuoyvn a your ago as their war as humane as possible, tlic liirllljsl slilflll‘. owner of coal pro- "We beseech the bclligcrents to re- ])Pl‘llf‘S ill England created a stir member alwnvg the duties of liu- when he temporarily uit his 1J0- mpnity which do not lose their room Miilvick Cflsflg m QQq-Qom value even under the law and mor- Llcsburv- House iicnrbv, lmcause of Bury of war,’ 'he dcclarcd. heavy la mid declining royalties. The Pontiff. replying to tlic grccb- At that time, he (lrcw m1 annual ings of the Cardinals on the occa- income of zibout. 9269.000 ($345000) sion of his name day .9Kl>1‘l‘$$@-<l(ll5- from coal rayoltics.

may over the widening urea 0f tlw Death duties on the estate inher- coiiflict. He told them: ilcrl from his fnther, who (lied in

iriitted on this occasion to renounce _ i ___ _V

110W fill!» lo l-lll‘ lute ilukes‘ broi-lieig-in“ 7m!“ \\~[ll‘ and tlie

“I do not think we can be WI‘- 1920. were estimated “t, £1,000,000. (its normal capacity.

war in Europe sailed for home to- day 011 the liners Manlinttan and President Rooscvefli, lg; stage pg- par men was in orni to a ' -. the United states lines. y y and “flush “Tm”- f1 Orrin/l we in.» New York oi- 9911111111)’ pnlrl for her suc-

cc of ite lll‘.(S advised the dej ,_ _ - , - partmeut that the President Rnose- 1 cfl-“eqfpthe commumqup g“_'d' ygét loft. Gnlway, Eire. todav “Inn j “llll lmmffl-“c lust.- of i=0-

paswngcrs. l .' w

Tliev were informed also thatland mmmml’ the Manhattan had left Genoa Italy. with 705 first-class pas- sengers and 1,200 third-class pas- sensors.