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CHARIJOTTETOWN, CANADA WEDNESDAY, JULY 9,

Read by Everybody

d Island Like the Dew

1941

is PAGES~H

mouth and a closed mind to be turee of the some pereon.

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BERLIN, July ik-(Wodneeda )—- mpn-The mouthpiece of the er- mm Foreign Office, Deutscho Dip- lomatisuh Politischa Koriespondenl, wdpwfifltfi the United States en- to

Iceland as c. ltab in the bl-ICK of a European community 11-111r11 it. said is struggling with Bolshcvism for preservation of “m; ~11 civilization. Its comment was the first from competent Ger- m... quarters on the Iceland sit- nation.

1w- Bnersen Zeitunl, Berlin’; [gliding financial paper and the (i... u.!li*l' publication to comment,

callrd tho United States action "the brutal rape of a small Europ- mi people."

It also said, “Herr Roosevelt en- tered the operations zone of this war and consciously set foot on the battlefield where tie shar shooting is soiiir on. The responsi ility lies iiiili l1i111."

NAMED T0 PENSION

l COMMISSION

OTTAWA, July 4——(CP)——J0llll K.

‘ on of Vancouver has been d a member of the Canadi- on COlllllllSSlmi to succeed '. Peck who has retired. it was llli‘(‘(l at the Dcpiirtlneut of s and National Health today

w-Malpeque Thursday.

The need replace the the Borden- strtltngily recoigim scnavemeet ftll 1B i of Trade held Ilia? Bwlglll? moan‘

S. S. Charlottetown on

. . Raisers. w land i.n oonnecti work. the Pice- AIIISWOTUI. occupied meeting was held in

gtletown. t ‘so

oet of he d usslon durin th short session R the drafting of a suitable resolu tion in conn which later The text of tli The S.

the chair

is appears below.

wcnt o the bottom off the of Nova Scotio last month cnroute to the drydock at St. N. B. for her annual overha The boat was valued at over $2. the service. Mr. Alnsworth explaine d

meeting had been callc to

Cooling Events]

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Rate for Notices in this column 3 cents per wvord.__f

rai conversation with a

bccn told that it was this could be done.

L L-l64-7-B-2l. ‘ "Showw Crapaucl Tuesday.

1 L-i48—7_8-1i.

"Shear-Canoe Cove Friday L-ifid-l-fl-Zi. ‘P

"Show and Dance. Bradalba: Iliditcsziay’. L-148-7-8-2i

"come to Rollo Bnv Tea Party, WPHIIPSCIG)’, July 16th L-lll-I-B-‘li.

“ftcsrrve Juiv lath fcr picnic

Bi. lft-llvs Cross. 76-7-4-111.

"Cflllizl to Lawn Party at Now: Ilivril I(.ll‘iCil‘l‘ v. L-924-7-9-li._ ’_'_F zival and Dailcc at Brock-l ha. Jtllv 9:11 L-4-7-3- o} its Mills. St. Avards. will riinl tlavs on, . L-207-7-9-li.‘ Tcu party, Cardigan, Aug. (Ll conic to evcrybody.

ttirkit

. L—l7"I-7-8-3i. ’ "Yrilr last. chalice to see "Ohi

11011111: Mo." Hampton. Jiilv 15th. l L-l53-7-9-l2 v

"Sunday Scdlool-Ticilic at Corn-i fill. Juiv 10th. Meals for visitors.

_L-157-7-8-2l “Ice Crcrlm and. Dunc.» in Don- 111 School. Friday. July 11th

L-19l- 7-9-11. "Rxmenlber

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Marshfield - Dun- fllflflse United Church tea, July ~11. L-229-7-9-2i.

"tvuntcd to buy Strawberries, llckizi. bowl. Island Cold Storasc L-2l9-7-9-Lf

United bllllYOll, Supper. July 10th on church

-220-7-9-li. ' 1H’ Cronin

, and Dance. Wob- rs Corner. Wednesday. July 9th. 1W1 iliusic, L-lfiti-‘l-B-Ei.

"M. ‘e

iilrsctoy", liiilils.

"Collie to Barn Dance at Cecil Michell. Bilrliituton, July 9th. oil music. 111-190-7-9-11.

‘Ii trict Convention of Womcns ' irs. Ailnanilalc. July 11th, 2.30. Public mcciiluz 8.30

L-189-7-9-1i.

cc Crcam Social and Entertain- at Percy MacMurdoLs, Kelvin, '. Julv 10th. If not tine

ibi- L-lfiil-7-8-2i

‘All inteiested in Ar 1e Shore

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"iil-Erv meet there on ilrsday, v 10th to DIBKZB markers no -Ii up their blots etc. L-206-1-9-li ‘Rvscrva Wednesday, Jul 16th Murray Harbor tea an boat

P5. bingo and other attractions. L-9B2-6-30-6l.

‘Regular weekly dance. 8t. James

.Summerfield. Julv 9th. Ding

"Ollvs Orchestra. L-87-7-M.W-tl.

Wanted to bIly~B0l0Rl1B Cattle. Po and Veal Calves. all odes ilr. write for price. lslan Cold age C0,, w, t;

Wood Islands ‘Pea. Reserve Wed

lgv. Judy 2am for Wood Island

1.11 Tea at Car Fbrry shore.

1e11, Chairman Trustees. L-ZlH-‘l-B-M

Lfladlng hogs at Alban

Twat’ n. Fri a "lid until A. M. 3n- Alb ,

5.

every y at A. C.

Garden Porty- with summerside s Band. in aid of Queen's Can- illFiind at Mr and Mrs. Robert 1"- Ni-w Glasgow. Juiv 0th. 8.30 “If not fillo Wedur-sdny will be filll‘l;ilil\' cveilluir ,_

Rffrtvc Wednesday. July 9th. ‘lfllli’ and Dulce at Rocky . 11 111d of st. ltlarilnlu Church. 0- softball itame and other

pccial ferrv froln

Ifilotis. s i0 wtown iii. 6.30 and b 2m. 233.

lmliy to him ivhcii

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Urge New Steamer For Borden Service

Charlottetown Board of Trade passes rel‘

solution at meeting last night. of a new steamer to‘

Tormentine route was ended at a repre-

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absence of the President. Lt. Col. K 5 is on

on with military 1o President, Mr. V. A. v. . The it the Hotel Char- getting add;

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was centred around

ection with the matter in Dassed unanimously. 5Q

S Charlottetown, largest ioe-br liking car ferry in the world

coast’ provisions to be while merit of freight John. Edward Island. tiling. present at

000.000. and was only ten years on to draft, a resohmon from d that the

W. L. Prowsc as not ship being. war conditions. aid that lnl friend who nvus. Messrs, E T, mg familiar \vith such matters. he 111d.‘ not likely that i

(Continued on page ‘I, Col 7)

More effective

WILNNIIPEG, J 1 3- _ R. B. Hanson “y (up) Ho“ in the

Mr. R intervie

statemen ening of

. E. Mitten ref ried. to

t made at the gfficial on? W hm today urged the Wood Islands-Cariboo service by Mr. W. C. S.

said that this might be a Rood time to urge the building of across Northumberlarl-d Strait. However. it was felt by the ma- rlty present. that it would be un-

might be the cause of a delay in _ tional means of trails- uortation. It was decided that it gill-lid be better to request a steam- lvfr. Match also read to

defence of Canada." Mr. Hanson said the tives "do not ask for a National Government but we think it is the duty of the King Government to put into effect national

said, enables the Government to control wealth and manpower but does not provide tor sending men overseas other than those who vol- unteer for active service.

He expressed the opinion that ' Prime Minister Mackenzie King would have to reorganize his gov- ernment before he could hope to command national unity in the war emergencyr go to Britain to attend

(Continued on page ‘I. Col 1)

Vichy hears Nazis halted 4 full days

Commission of the Maritime Board of ‘Trude. This resolution called for made for the move- to and from Prince However. those the meeting were of the opinion that it would be preferatlge e Charlottetown Board.

It. was also announced that Hon . P. lifclntyre was leaving this week Ottawa in connection with the atter.

. G. E. Full spoke of the Increased traffic on ac-

rovince. e because of

i fr now being availabl

ccneral discussion by ks. V. A. Ainsworth, pri JhAn cllviii-k. MrARBE Blvfiutch. 1 (A?

1°- . 95513. ~ - E6191‘. VICHY,1=‘rance,Ju 8-—— )- W- L. PTOWSG- J C- A. Gordon. G'- Militaiy circles 1n Vfchy reported today that the German drive a- gaiiist the stalin line had been virtually stopped for four full clays.

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France To

World, Is

By Louis V. Hunter CanadionJu-css Staff Writer

LONDON. July 8 -(CPl-F‘rancc, suffering uridcr Nazi oppression. iviil play in later stages of the ivar a part that w.l1 astonish the world Prof. Denis Sailrat of the Insfitut Francois D11 Rovsilmo Uni predict- ed before the Royal Empire Socie-

ly.

“Franco will have to reorqiiiizr hcrsnlf first around Gen. Dc Giulio." ‘said ii e noted professor. a lsctilrcl‘ at llll‘ Univcrsih: of Lon- don.

"There are enough men around Ihc gcncizll to nut Frziilcc on a sire basis ivhr-il il1t‘,\' cot thzre fi- gtiiil. Everything that ls sound '11" 11c sets foot there."

Snuriit. a prominent member of the Free Fl't‘llf‘h movement. said the mniority of Frenchmen are a- glinst. thci." prcscilt lcadr-rs and support Dc Gsiullc but there is 5'15- p’cion and distrust. among the dif- ferent classes of the population.

He said 1| e working class is in- tensely nationalistic tit present and claims I0 support Dc Gflllll“ but they suspect. the ‘Bourgeoisie’ of being pro-German. thus mnkinfl ll easier for the Nazis to govern.

‘If you removed 100 mcn from the centre of French lwllllc-‘l a“ that would be removed." sdurrit assPrl- m, "when Dc Gaullo and tho E‘g- lish go in, that will happen auto- malIciilly-the men Will Wlllm/l‘ thamsclvcs and De Cvaullc will ‘iavc the fiill support of the nation.’

Describing the situation in FY8006 n5 "absurd," the spcakcr said the "absurdity is th-it We leaders are ivithout a followlfli"

Ten killed when Panama police Raid Nudist Colony

PANAMA, Panama, July 8 --(AP) -Officlal.s announced today that three women and seven men were killed last night when Panama police tried to compel a. colony of "Swiss German" nudists at the vil-

lage of Cotito. 20 miles below the Costa-Rico Panama border, to com-

ply with Panama's Immigration and

- other lows.

Six persons were wounded. All the casualties were members of the

colony except one Panama police-

man who was wounded.

Pol’ce Captain Antonio E. Hoff and A detachment of policemen went. to the colony late yesterday to exact compliance with civil reg- istration requirements.

A semi-official Panaman state- ment said the colonists received the party with violence, declaring they preferred annihilation to being com- pelled to follow any other tlian their own wav of life. Policc said they were nbllgml to IISP arms In k" defence iwninsi tho colonists and f1 Ilin bMIlF FIIRIIWI in which l0 were killed.

Officials asserted that illc 20V- ernment for some time had been seeking to Induce the colonists i0 mvflqtpr mid oWwq-wlgp rnuinlv with the laws but always had met re- sistance. "

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Astonish Belief

These circles indicated that Ger- man losses were enormous.

They listed as one of the reasons for stopping the offensive the nec- essitv for regroupiiig German units.

Other reasons for the halt, they said. was the need to Tefifilflnlze supply lines and the gucrilla re- slstsnce in the rear of German col- umris.

Even women and children were joining iii these guerilla attacks, they said. _

It “'11s reported In Vichy that the Got-mars were considerably behind schedule in their operations against Russia, which the military 50117965 said were supposed to last 50 days,

Nazis step up Air activity

Cllll All . 18. . July ‘F-‘Wedneidflyl envicgy agvices said the heaviest _ _ Erma“ aircraft‘ stepped fighting was on the Polotsk-Lcpel

up the tempo of their raids on Bri- l-"illl Hirfv today after some weeks of comparative inactivity.

3M4?“ dropped bombs on an East. Anglia coast town. despite in- tons,“ anti-aircraft fire, and also bombs-d a northeast Scottish town and another in southivc=t Ellqlaild flYfilllltl midnight. Some Cfiqmltjps and sluzht damage wcre repoytpd,

T1 .'~.11< r 1. , , . “’ °’.‘.‘§.‘.l..§“.£”l.‘i§1‘£‘.' Search woman

"the battle 0f the A on one coast:

lost" were showered wn. 1 . - - shgyil-igggw;g,l>é;3;hi;;.;0§_...d .1 Missing in woods

line and north of Minsk.

Gcrnlans advancing toward Bor- lsov were sald_ to have been un- able to cross the Bcreziila River in this sector although light units were rpported to have crossed near Bob- ruisk.

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LIVERPOOL, N. S». July 8 —(CP) -Search parties today combed tlie Queers County woods for Mrs. Ar- thur Hirtle, 34, of nearby Freder- icksville. missing from her home since last Thursday.

The woman. mother of two chili- dren, was believed to have gone into the woods to pick flowers. She wa. barefoot when last. seen.

Nazi Command Brief in news 0f fighting

BERLIN. Jilly B~—(CP)-_Germ3n sources declared tonight that the hltteicst fighting yet. encountered W“ 119119100111! 0n the Russian plains as the Nazi infantry sought to master what they described as tricky and deceptive defences alleg- edly prepared by the Russians over a period of years.

iThc Russians said they were counter-attacking in five sectors and usually well-informed sources 111 Vichy declared the whole Ger- man advance had been stalled for

Interpreting The War News

Associated tcr)

‘(By Klrke L. Simpson.

sistance which had inflicted terrific ""55 5”" w"

casualties. This Vichy sources said Herr Hitler. whose pros ctr of a the whole German attackin force 5W1" and CIIIIQIII-Slve V0501? 111 probpbly woiilfl have w m- Russia are growing less bright, now

finds himself confronted with a de- velopment in the Atlantic battle theatre which may be of even greater significance to him.

With United States naval forces occupying Iceland by Presidential order, vital factors in the Anglo- Nazi death struggle are destined to undergo drastic changes in Bri- tain's favor. That action emphasiz- es anew the Anglo-American con- ception that the war will be lost or won in the Atlantic of what comes of l-Ilt r's bloody "crusade" against his former Moe- cow partner.

grouped before it could make an- other major attack.)

The German high command. us- ually far more conservative in its claims than D.N.B, and other agen- cies of the ministry of propaganda, issued a nine-word communique: "Operations on the eastern front are proceeding on schedule."

Bast of living Move upward

That the American move in- creases the possibility of German- American hostilities is unquestion- able. British garrison: In Iceland have already been machine-gunned by German planes. United States naval or other units relplaclng the British troops may be s milarly at-

OTPA-WA. July 8—(CP)-lnorease 1n the cost of living as a result .11 war has been less since 1939 than in the 1914-18 peiiod. it was disclosed today In tables issued by the Wal- time Priors and Trade Board.

I“ M“ ‘m’ tnfiilios“ lifiiiyzilel tagllfdt th in hoot m: wed I ..D0 a ev W l 5 still: pm-flvyirmmrgliifi of Aumist. 1939. without saying, What that m ght

lcad to is anybodyb guess.

That, however. is not the most immediate discernable aspect of the Prcsidcntfis action. What does clear- l appear is the tremendous ten- ilnl strengthening of Britis sen ilcfcnccs which could result from this fur-reaching i-xtellsion of the Anii-rlriln Ilusiioils In the North Ailuliiic.

if the Washington move means what it appoars to mean, Britain's in that sea has been

while in May. 19g. tlllgululn WM 9-1 per oent over J V.

The tables showed that wholesale prices Iuuipcd 26.2 points from Ju-y. 1914, to May. i016. From July. i939. to May. 1941. the increase was 22.4 Dointa

Comparing average retail 9118M of prIut-lilzil foodstuffs ill 69 (Talia- illlill cities, the Board listed I-llfl following Dortmund prime for Mav. w} tlvIfayflléiliiil, patios r11 ‘Ul'1l(“k]((‘;|-T:E

sinii er. . ocns - ‘. pork. leg roast. 23 1236i: lard. lii nrlefciicc zone 1121- butter. 34.9 (25. : bread. 11.7

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National Service

, Conservative leader House of Commons. in an the Dominion Government to put into effect national services which will "mean overseas service as well as

Conserva-

service." The National Mobilization Act, he

NAZIS ilmcwu imcit c

Hanson urges l“Strike now” W’

At Nazis is Russian advice

' IONDON. Juiv I —(CP)

lm Litvinov, former foreign commis- sar of the Soviet Union, appealed to the British people tonight to

strike now because he said each blow struck at Hitler would be more effective now than ever.

Litvinov who had not appeared before the Soviet public since 1939 broadcast from Moscow in Engflgh to the British and United States peoples. He described Hitler as a treacherous character and declared there was an underlying menace iii Nazism.

Few countries who continue to preserve an independent existence

Britain," he said. “are fighting iloi Only 1'01" the integrity and indepen- dence of their states out also for the freedom of their people."

I-Ie added: "Hitlcrism must be annihilated as the greatest obstacle to civilization."

Litvlnov was replaced as forcisn oommissar by then prcniicl" Vyach- eslav Molotov who added the ff”; eign portfolio to his other duties, a few months before signing of £11.- Gernlan-Russian molt-aggression. pact in August, 1939.

Litvinov has been in almost total eclipse since then, and this spring Joseph Stalin succeeded Molotov as premier.

Litvinov concluded his bitter at- tack on Hitler by sayingz- .

“The peoples of the Soviet Un- ‘ ion have responded with enthusiasm to the appeal of our govcrrimcttt and our beloved leader Stalin. We shall fight until Fascist barbarity’ is erased from the earth."

Sees coke Supply short Next winter

OTTAWA, July 8 —-(CPl —OW- in? to the increase in metallurgi- ca useage of coke and heavier in- dustrial demand for war prociilct- ion in the United stairs arid Clin- ada, supplies of coke for domestic use next wintcr will be considerably reduced, the wartime prices and trade board said tonight. , In e. review of operations in ilio l three months ended June 30, tho} board dl-cw attention to the oxtcn- I sivc "buy early" coal campaign. , "Utmost co-opcration has b00113 received from the coal trade alidl from industries, public utilities. and 1 provincial atltlinrities," the board

said. “All are undertaking to taker slimmer delivery and stock-pile tho ‘ maximum proportion of their win-

ter requirements." ,1 The functions and dutics of tho dominion fuel board have bccn transferred to irr- coal administra- tor for the duration of the war.

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To Speak Wedu esdayl .-

TOROiNTO, July 8 -(CPl- Lt.- Gen. A, G. L, MvNailghton. C.ll‘.'lI‘l ian Corps coniinimticr- in llr: iu will be heard in a brief lllf‘. .111 to Canadians during the “army night special broadcast" over thr- national network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Wcdnrr- day night, the C.B.C. annoullcod today.

‘The program will start from To- ronto at 10 p, m. A.D.'I‘. and ruu {through to 1 a. m. with a switch over to different stations from ll-iallfax to Vancouver and across the Atlantic. Cicllcral McNaughton will speak during the period tho broadcast is coming from Landon and men of the Canadian army ov- erseas will be heard in a sing-SO"!-

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International At? A Glance

(B! The Canadian Press)

MOSCOW-Heavy fighting re- ported all along front; Germans hurled back across the Prut River into Bessartnbia: Lltvinov urges Britain to keep slugging at llltler while he is engaged In cast.

BERLIN -- Germans unofficially report bitterest fighting of ‘the war ,

it I ttl t k. ¥e1'i'-'l“§v§'}1 §§ie1i'¢‘e.“i'f1;1i c chin? mam! merely claims "operations... proceeding on schedule."

VIC!!! - French officers. la contact with Nazis, hear Gemlimff Russian thrust. at virtual atanil-ilill for four days and timetable way off.

LONDON — B. A. I‘. attacks Wil- helmsiiaven ln afternoon: ‘mind- I of planes fly over Northern Fnnce, scoring hits on synthetic nil plant near Lille: Germans step up lllht Idle on Britain.

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BACK IVITH VALOR AIVARD

first Canadian to return h; can i lulu with the coveted (ioorgi- Modal

is Capt. Douglas Cllfllllllglfln M LKIIKHIZV- Ila won the ilccorzilion for .Ileroic work iii rcmilving ll timi- bomb from on English factory Where a bazi plane had (lfoppgd n, Hc arrived at an c cciilly.

Iierman naval lBase blasted By British

Other Targets Also Under Assault By Hundreds Of Bomb- ers.

(By Douglas Amaron, Canadian Press Staff Writer)