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CHARLOTFETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 19, 1942

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Annual Subscription Delivered. It.“ B! lialli P. l. l. 8.00100 other a roviaeoa and ll. l. III

in RESISTANCE 1111s STIFFENED 11v so

Britain Picks New, Tough G

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PORT. Aug, 1li—-(CP)-— Guarded by

we mstling guns oi American and

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cnadian troops sailed from w c

p211 in the curling mists of an

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN British warships, thousands this uiy August morning. Their ar-

rival in Britain, whore they will __ _ 11.11: cull to action. WM announced ,,,‘;';,*,{;‘,°_*;'I¢ It” _ "w". today. _ i »

Soldiers. sailors and airmen, and “£25,114 "hfii, y n‘ “a:

representatives of many other war- time groups crowded the rails of the hi; zlvz-liullcd transports as they ‘ moved from and

spent a day with the Allied troops in the western desert when he stopped off at Cairo last week en route to Moscow with Pre-

for his conference Inier Joseph Stalin.

The announcement said he held “important discussions with service chiefs and other British authorities in the Mid-

Priiice Edward Islanders in the contingent included G. A. Sullivan of Vernon Bridge. serv- ing with the R.C.A.F., Pie. Al (‘rolicii of Charlottetown with

the Canadian Dental Corps, and die East." Among those with M,“ [,i|| ivi-ight of Tryon, is whom he talked were Gen. Rural Canadian Army Nursing Sir Archibrld Wavell. W110

Joined him at Cairo to fly to Moscow. and Field Marshal Jan Chrlstlasn Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa.

iiisitcuaivr suir ronrnoonn

WASHINGTON. Aug. l9—(AP)-- The United States Navy announ- ced today that a medium-sized Bri- tish merchant vessel was torpedoed and Sunk by an enemy submarine off the northern coast South America late in July. Survivors have been landed at a Gulf Coast Port.

TRAMPLED TO DEATH

sister. In addition there was a number of machinists and skill- ed lsildCSlTltHI from this pror- lnre. They included, G. W. lioiiipsoii. Kenslngton; '1‘. D. (Isms, (YLcary; J. L. Gallant, ll. L. BISIIO]! and ll. L. Cross- inaii all of Summcrsiile dFiv up in convoy formation. Largest group In the movement was :1 complete b tirade of artillery suppzrt troops, Field artillerymen Md 11111! craft gunners, the pick oi the I; 11111011, were trained to the llllkt (IIECI riaady for anything.

Keen-eyed men in the lfglllllfli‘ light blue of the R.A.F‘, and RC. UPPER CLyDE N_ _ AF‘ iiifiisglcd with (‘OIIIFBIIIBS-Iil- __((}P)_.Fmnk Davis, s_-,=i.,'.§.‘§".'.°i§

IIIIIS wearing the darker garb Oi f i _

the Rm-nl AustraliiinAii- Force, Nov." baurlmgf vgés tziggmgllztiaigetonfiixpighg-

Zr ‘antlers and a handful of fig-it- dfly by a imii Davis w" “kin:

_ — == the animal to pasture when it attacked him,

Weight or Ail- Attacks Grows ~

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Coming Events teem... i... iB-(AP)— The

- United states air force was risinl

today toward a. full place with

-0- Britain and Canada in the struggle

"Talkies-Canoe Cove Friday. for control of the skies over Eur- 8-19-21. ope and the Middle East.

__-_ American two-motor bombers "Tiikies-lvlt, Stewart Saturday. have entered the air war in B-l9-2i. Africa and four-motor Flying

Fortrcsses stand ready to re at and intensify raids like yester ay’; 3-1941- on the Nazi-held European con-

——-* tiiient. "Dim-e hi TUII Mile House School The R, A, 11, already deep into Thtix-dsy, August 20th. 3-19-11. “In. eight‘ pacgdh [he growing on, , _ **“*— _ s augit last ng t with a smash- H;l,1t§_,@l~\~}n1lSofial.Firncgiziilpl‘ lng now blow to Osnabrueck key ' ‘K “l ‘"9" “K- All?!“ 8_ 5' Ito Sermon rail lines to the Rhine- an

ill-ii. R. A. 1"_ and American leaders agreed that the curtain-raising Flying Fortress attack by day- i__ IlEhII-dOIgeRiOIIIIBII, finance, yfiieldléldlfy, “Dance Gcor e 0w Ha urs- Wu“ 0 ‘We y a 5 a y‘ diiz/ui-iusi 20bit vigbsielrlsqgren- mWm-l"! W1 "may w-Pfdln- mm, 8_18,19_ated aerial effort. , This island already has been converted into a vast aircraft carrier with hundred: oi planes

"TiLkirs-Eoufls Monday.

fmilectiiig-nogs every Friday. Please 11.~t with LESIIC McDowell, Fredericton, 5-i9-20-twtf

"Dame Si. Peters Bay, Friday, 715i. ChJords 4 Accs will sot the

paces. 8-19-21, in the air constantly, on patrol,

____ siieeping the channel. and strik- "Dniice iii Orwell Cove Hall 111g out 0n the attack. 1i; Aiig_ 2Q Miiivirw or- While iue "centre ring" in this iiestrzi.

8-l9-1i. deadly iiir circus is Britain, the

__ R. A. F. and United States army

"Coir-i l1) Nkirs-liflrid tonight nir force also arc chopping sway

m"! o'clock and enjoy hct dogs at the Axis iii the Middle East. Die.

3-19-11, Three American headquarters re- _ ..___._.. ported its medium bomber. loin- _"Va:li-Ly Concert, Murray River ing the bi four-motored Liber- i. .. . ,.is Fst, sponsor-rd by atoi-s iii a tacking Field Marshal Wrmeirs Institute. 8-19-2. Erwin Rommel! forces while Un- . ___._ ited States [fighter pilots were ‘lee Onam Festival and Dance, serving with R, A, F, deans Plllls Line Road. South School, squadrons. ‘idly. August 21st. a-l9-li. Distrgadtches firs: ‘Cairo tonight ————— re r ne e - "Kiiikors. Hall, Friday night, p0 w m“ "my w“

‘ tlngen ts including aviation Alllllfit list. Ice Cream and Dance. gfound staffs and other units,

livlllgairs Orchestra; 8-17-19. wearing me new deexhdlih w,”

"Owing circumstances beyond -'-‘(@—;,,,,T;',§§j;,,——,;;§f,| 651'*af=

531K?) ""‘»“"ib‘°,,f°,“‘i,,““l "it? ———~———————- 3 l .‘,l\Vll'l' ll Ur er n0 . ‘“ “ 111-21. Expect Exchange Aug. 25

"tar Munn, Belle River. il- "Comc to the firemen‘: ball, Liner 011 cmlltfln Town Hall, Thursday. g"- 20. under auspices A. R. P. WASHINGTON, Aug. l8—(AP)- [til-dancing contest. Peters Or- The State De artment announced tlmtrii. 8-18-21, tonight that t e liner Gripsholm ____. with 1,451 American. Canadian ano to Marshfleld Women's other nationals from the western lunch in Stanley seen}; Pacific area ls expected to arm Wednesday evening, August at New York Auiz 25. Price 25c, 5-17-19. in order to expedite the disem- , i bsrkatlon of passengers after exam- "Trucktng iiqgs as usual ior the inatlon by customs and other offic- "mmer months List ho ials it has been decided that no vis- “lh A C Green Alban and G. ~ itors will be allowed on the PIE!‘ ‘limo Emcrlld li-e-i-i -W~T-M-ti uiiui he examination is completed-

'nullitwpliglllg§“°B$‘°"i<°;,$i{ Vice-Regal Part _ not... Tracy and Mick-i ligggfgi; Enroute To Maritimes

OTTAWA. Aul. lO-(CPI- The gleverzior - 03min! shat Princes: 1 were cave awu ,‘Bedfirgfi-giieeuxitilhpfiww’ “an nigclrt for a tour of the Msritimes

5.224e-94. and Newfoundland attended b? u __-- Sir Bhuldhsm Rndfcrn, the Clov- h Livestock Marketing Board earner-Generals secretary, Hon. F. Tgdhls heirs at Chb Iottetown Chntfleld. side-de-camp, and Hon- mllhhdsv and Friday this week. Ariel Baird, lady-in-waitlng, Mg fist mnrkei, prices paid plus Their itinerary was not announ- -w Us of 50 cents on all sol-sets. ced, spokesmen at Government

' heed a carload, a-iii-zi, House said it ls indefinite.

, "c lnitltme Held, IN ,

[The Murphy Roller Mills. Souris, “nun liberation and will continue

llunkeiuile Man Chosen To Command

Situation Ini Middle East Probably Dis- cussed By Churchill And Stalin.

By ALFRED B. WALL Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON, Aug. 18-—(AP)—Britain picked her toughest general wnight to fight the Axis forces in North Africa -»Gen. Sir HarOld Alexander, "last man out of Dunkerque" and master of the brilliant retreat. from the Japanese through the jungles of Burma.

The appointment of the slim, wiry, 50-year-old Ulsterman to suc- ceed Gen. Sir Claude Auchlnleck in the middle east cronmand, was con- nected in many minds here with Prime-Minister Churchill's visit to Moscow last week and to u war office desire to inject new genius into an increasingly serious situa- tfon.

Mr. Churchill stopped over in Cairo briefly and sources here said they believed his conferences with Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin were concerned, in part, with the desert warfare and the Axis menace to Suez.

It was believed here that while Hitler would try to reach the Cas- pian Sea and master the Caucasus before whiter sets in he would not neglect the southern rum of the vast pincer movement. There have hen reports recently that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has been feverishly moving up men and supplies in an effort to counteract the growing British and American forces and supplies.

The war office, in announcing Gen Alexander's appointment, mode public two other changes in lend- ershlp in the Mllddle East: Lt.- Gn. BL. Montgomery. former crin- mander of the south-eiistenincom-

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Premier King Speaks Tonight

OTTAWA. Aug. lll-(CP)— Prime Minister Xiiiickenzic King will speak to the nation by radio Wednesday night zit 10 p.n1. A.D.T. “on the midl- tlonal measures being taken to ensure the efficient use of the services of all the people of Canada for the winning of the war," his office announced to-

day

The Prime Minister will spook over the national net- work of the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation.

Mr. King was originally ex- pected to broadcast last week ut the talk was postponed. For some it has been anticl- .,pated that drastic changes in the national selective service are In prospect. Recently news- paper publisliers came to Ottawa for an in camera. con- ference with cabinet ministers and Elliott M. ldttle, selective

service director.

There have been strong in- dications that the changes will be put into effect before the beginning of September. It is understood that the new regulations are likely to be announced by Mr, Little around Aug. 25.

Bitter Land Fighting In Solomons

LAND, New Zcaland

Ai|AgVc1I8‘-iAl')—-Extremely on! tar land fighting in the solo- mon Islands which ma con- tinue for weeks or rnont s was reported toiuiiht by a N" Zeslanrl correspondent In a digpatcii under a. "South Paci- -fie port" date. n

United Stntcs forces now have won sufficient success In

u. engagements to enable the reinforcing and suplilYlflt’ °l land forces, the dispatch add- “dhpanese units which were In the Solomons at the o en- ii-i; of s erailons either ave been sun or have fled to the Caroline Islands." it said.

The dispatch, which was carried by the New Zealautl Press Association said "strate- [Irlllly the Japanese have lost Guadalcanal, Tulagl and Flor-

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said his belief

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The correspondent sources 019795195 "19 the ' success of the operations turns on a crucial naval battle."

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Commission Will 1 llear Application 0f Potato Growers

When the

War Situation Last Night

(By Edward I. "

I Associated Press War Analyst)

The first A erlcan-planned, American executed bombing blow a- galnst Nazi-held Euro o was timed perfectly to clear up some expressed doubt as to whether e United States Army's heavy bombers are fully suitid to the aerial second front.

Without loss to themselves. a dozen four-engine craft raided Rouen in Nazi-held France by daylight. "hit the heart of the target," and met and mastered the latest type Gennan fighter planes.

Their smaller bomb-carryln capacity does appear to make them Glow?“ A>$Q¢iatioii "for on order less useful for mass nsauling o nearby contlnen‘ l targets, particular-y .“1‘°“‘“‘h' adumcilfll 1W8 Lille dur- by night, than Britain's Lancasters, llalifaxes and Sterllngs, just as m3 (‘he nwlemem Weimel’ Yule 0f a thoroughbred is less suited to lugging heavy ioiios than a. draft horse. "it Called“ CM" Wellness Bureau

e a e a a s for the loading of potatoes when;

niissioncr J. A. Cross, Otuwa, meets m Charlottetown on Aug. 2a it Will. hear an application of the Prince Edward Island Potato

Troops.

But the official American idea seems to be that w lng was- by air ‘he “Mung mmPemw-‘e 15 “mi” on Germany need not be a. matter of mere slugging. he prospective 2° elm“ 59°“? um and mfldmi mace irapractioable on that ac-

role of American heavy bombers is to bring all Nazi-occupied Europe ,,

within the range of deadly round-the-clock attack, as well as to add 0mm“ weight to Royal Air Force blows dealt under cover ed darkness. simian’ of Wifrl-gcrator cars, dgy)_(AP; __ smashing German Mmtgn the eve aifntllie Rxeuen raldnllondcn read criticism tiiétt our heavy gisucfiéaéilwig (zgiclfizn fgiP-a-Yl. hi5 tank attacks forced the Red army ens were“ e cent n capac y, armor, armament an speed, and me bhonest o 1M was‘? “Mil-KW w withdraw in one sector ialyielégfere Ame can aircraft plants should switch to new and improved 1O aiding of suwcarg 511906128 32g Volgadindustrlalegity of Stalingrad ~ .. v ., l g and rove a w ge into another Tl°’ii';3't.‘l;‘.i1‘"““‘i° “‘°i‘it‘“l.‘i°“' if“. i" "mil"? T“ are". Sea. w- te tiirll; h“ t t Efdlztfiallliieélw a n alvy om ers, u cerany ess “Tamer This has-workeed-Lflnzg munique said today, but in other '0 o es n)" esp e e t‘ ‘us’ disadvantage of Island sharper? areztisdnussianu resismnoe was re-

f . . , pore genera y strengthened.

. ."‘““.‘l2‘ "r '.:'i.'ri'.'.'"'r:."‘"" ,rr'.*zi.":ii,'""i: The Ger-- ge- b: “r33. wltilloill u; iii my? 01113" fiiu...‘ m r e m“ be conveyed by team a conslde - “mheas” °’ m°“k“y‘*' 75 mu“ gThcse lanes caer ‘onsshnrltnmlsibnas cnlylabout linlf‘ the ei ht-ton able 1115mm‘? berm‘! 108413118 in northwest a! Staungmd‘ when bomb loadpof the Shilrt Sterllng and Avro llancaster of the Regal Air Yalliiifli’ QQPS Toe Association gehiarlinmgleappgglrfd a) bet mtg" Force. The lIandlay-Page Halifax is credited with a five-ion maximum. “CW5. bY W5 flDDlicatlon, to obtain n ‘ g e c“ ° are mole favors-bus terms with regard

MOSCOW, Aug“. l9— (Wednes-

Able to speed better than S00 miles an hour, they probably ‘ i0 i, q t; .1 The communique also reported (‘agitate-Ethan their British counterparts. and range hundreds of milcs weuufetfi "S lme d"! n! severe Ilghflng m me regmn o: Pymb a s e e s e The heal-mg h9g0“ m, Bond o, gorsk, l5 miles south of Mineral-

ww mm _ Trajigpgyf, CQmmLI . nyevody indicating that the Ger-

inc-gltlllfs tivrvigt$ytlilleldifcatliehffigll3 Clelll by: wrcftlionsfiiizglhfrfgn olllouwlei-Iill-iilsitsln Ii’); GT1" dim-gs olaltrioopglbslccifi an“ ha? gm‘? new‘. “dgamea ‘m turrets covering all angles of approach. and thus hit harder. “ma! mmmng. Aug. 25 and is e0 5°?“ t?“ f“? 5°“ h Tiieii- abili y to take punishment has been dramatized repeatedly 01m w the public. It is expected , n e ° ‘f if,‘ id‘ ° 5"‘ since Pearl Harbor, particularly in the Pacific, where Flvinz Forircsscs I'm"- the growers and shippers will “P995” l0 ° the m‘ have fought off swarms of Japanese fighters and reached their bases Ptcsm“ m ‘SIIPDCTI- the As~ ma we. m the Krasnodar sector’ with two engines dead and wings riddled. n. Europe several were lost wvieuoivs application. Chief Com. firm“ i" the We“. @114 W Wm- months ago in the experimental daylight bombing of Nazi warships in mtsslom’? CYCSS, who will preside munlque “m °n° SWIM m“ i“ French harbors but were described as early typos and there appear to “I11 be assisted he’ Commissioners °°mw"a"‘m°k5 rum” 5 balm‘ have en unusual and mlti atln circumstances, G A smile 811d FEM McPherson, m o! Gfimm“ M“) had “"394

After the Ci i ii g a crossing of the Kubsn River ‘I I .‘ l T the commissgorréinehzw ahifgfifig’ Earlier reports said Marshal

in R‘. r1114." ', N 8,, 1m l Semeon Timoshenkos forces had Halifax‘ y d possum’ l“ occupied an important line in the defence of Stalingrad and that the Red army had launched an of- fensive far In the north on the Iferiingrad front, forcing the an. mans to withdraw to some extent.

To Take Strike Vote At Sydney

EYDtNEY, N, S,, Aelg. 18-(0?) Nil! LOSSOI

— s r1 e to i1 ,

‘Iliursday amggg m: 4l.)i§00 W515i]: flyigi-‘Il-Whue-ug-Lfmlggfiilgil! RIO on JANIEIRD, Aug. l8—-(cPl ' P19?“ °f_ “minim Steel and ‘i’, i‘ l“ » m,’ ‘ id m

-Brazilians demanding war against Co“ Cmpmmtmns 35°61 Dlflfll figtgifi§fiflfimf§lsfeLfioiififinen u:

lime, it was announced tonight by the executive of the Sydney Steel Workers’ Union.

Preparations for the vote were announced shortly otter the union hcre had disclosed receipt of a

the three mouths up to Aug. 15- 480,000 of liicm killed - and had drained. much of their reserve strength from westcm Europe t0 strongman meir drive into Russia

the Axis in vengeance for the sub- marine sinking of five Brazilian coastal ships in three days were told by President Getuho VarEBS today that these “acts of piracy"

Are Wounded

w"uld not unpunlshed. t i ., . The special communique said the “It was gamed that the ships BERNE. Switzerland, Aug, lll— fifigifftm, fkgilglchelgmigor Minister Germans had withdrawn 22 divs‘; ‘ ‘ a

carried 836 persons, including 2'74 soldiers, and that only 157 were known to have reached land, while 50 were definitely lost and the rc- maindei- missing.

The government was reported, tak- ing unspecified measures to elimin- ate the submarine menace evident in these firstat-tacks against purely coastal shipping.

Addressing a crowd that paraded to his official residence. shouting and singing the National Ant-hem untl he appeared, the President in an lmprrmptu speechdid not men- tion war, but said ships of aggres- scrs would be seized and property

(APl-Slxty-thrce persons were Oil-isms Saying the magi: ‘£11,102 ions from France, Belgium (Continued on page 5, Col i)

wounded Sunday by a. bomb which ,.- , .. exploded among a croivd oi‘ Spanish tisrggflld m” be bmugm Some Internees _, . so,

Carlists m" f" -- . Bilbao wglllfbhlnliizildlbgen itzgiliiiibd Si’: ,.,,',r11“},.'f,m§’“ had asked the Fed‘ War Minister General Jose Varcla. vote léxgtolweegepafitnlent n” the dispatches w the Swiss press said w," M30, boumflhf; ttgfneiieslii<giahli Are Released

tonight. . . varels was unhurt. the dlgpiifighgs "I; étilgntwage increases

said. The Carllsts are a moiiiirchist a faction. m Rumors in Spanish clrclcs khcrc Story

that several persons were llcd Heroic Defence

OTTAWA, Aug. l8 - (OP) — A number of persons intemcd un- cler provisions of the Defence of Canada regulations have been re- leased ivithin the past week, Just- ice Minister St. Laurent told The Canadian Press today.

But the Minister said his de- ~ The parlmcnt is adhering to its policy n0 official

could not be confirmed. ‘Welaethtervthel bombt attack am a are ora the Cadlt '

leader Iturmenrli, who also escalpcsd (‘Egg’) Aklénauau Aug- 19-

injury, Was not determined, said a Nethcrlandg East? ca‘ e)

of Axis nations in Brazil would be dispatch to the Berne IICWSDEIDCI‘ mm“ Gmwm‘ 0f ma“?! “mun”- held responsible for Brazilians’ loss- Der Bund. xilélttrsliirrifmi-sisniziléilons ddgélilxtnnéfiltttbr-l or e names o! Lhcse m‘

e? dill’ saying that six months con- This policy had been adopted in "litmus Allied iluerills warfare fairness to the rsons involved. against the Japanese occupying It was not cons dercd fair to the forces in the Island of Timor was intcrnee to advertise the fact he an effort of "bravery and endur- had been in custody at a time ance which even breaks the re- when he was seeking to resume cord of Bataan." his piace in society,

The information department, Those released were given their picturing the tenacity of the al- liberty because the department be- led forces isolated there. wrote: llcved they would not be e, men-

jiln lthe hilly part of Timor, 300 ace to the’ seilfetydofl the esiellale sand _ . mi es orig, Dutch, Aus c‘ it was no t- e es re o e e- Efgfeygggafi ggedégenolwgllf ‘S: Indonesian soldiers laxfllgtléan Dartment. to handicnl? Them in lend fiveqmw Mme slave rm“ harassing much stronger Japa_ their GIIOFIB to resume normal which Don. c. Miller, United Stat/es "Sifnrfilfjibe "m," m M“ District Attorney. said sent gnls to carry on Oftgn w“, outeyauggglertfi co‘.-

Sar to s I , N.Y. . inzasegsflonpiin to Mianxoll, tigflfafll 102216,‘; Dagger‘) :31“: d f m " ‘ ° ° INTERNATIUNAL

th . e winter heroic men of Timor, but behind few do s ll RUSSIA-Reds give ground be-

Axk Property Boiled

Charge White Slave Ring

Up to 30 per cent of Axle pro- perty already has been seized t0 compensate for previous sinklnss of l3 Brazilian ships by submarines, mid land-based Brazilian aircraft last May were reported by a high governmental source to have slink at lcast one of three submarines that were attacked from the air.

Brazil severed relations with the Axis last January, and since has arrested hundreds of Axis spies.

The President promised that per- sons who had given information on the sailings of the latest ships lost would be put at hard labor on roadi, in the interior. He ended by urgih! the crowd to return home with hope and tranquility.

But the temper of Brazilians was indicated by a crowd of 50C that gathered before the United States mibassy, cheering Pre- sident Roosevelt, Ambassador Jefferson Caffery and the United

OI-FFVEI-AND. Aug. 18—-(AP)—

Mlller. describing lt as "one of

the greatest white slave rings ever the mm°ullcemellt ll Y g0

unggyered in this wumryy said 1,5 that resistance there was contin-

operation centred ln Canto 0., "lug there is being enacted a

and its activities extended also to drums which some day will r111

New York City, Glen nun, my, "We than a page or the history

Meadville, Pa, Little Rock, Ark, 01’ the present worldwide struggle,