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CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY, JULY 11, 1944

BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE 0

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The People's Paper

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Covers Prince Edwardtlsiand Llkoilbe Dew

ii 8h rm Captures!

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She may be an old i923 model. but this open occupied by the iir car become part of the booty when the Canad-

ians captured an undo round cave in Normandy

Believes 3G l

Ganadian troops, Were Niurdereii

» B ALANJIANDAL _. . A erhrlsn ARMY BASE SOMEWHIQIIE IN ENGLAND. July is - tcr, Cable) ~. In the um’ town oi Audrieu in Nornillndy a» last 30 Canadians died iii the course o! the invasion of France. described by Llcut. Leo Hoops of Winnipeg as victims of murder.

“In my opinion it was a vase of plain murder." sold tile 21-year- old Lieutenant who is uttnched to tile British Army. when, he told about the incident at iils Briiish army camp today.

l-le stressed that he had no proof. but said his opinion was shared by several soldiers who were at Au- drleu with him. The mariner in irlilch the Canadians were sprawl- ed against the ivalls of an inn, and the fact that local French people said the Gestapo had been lit \\'0rk in the vicinity led Hoops to bc- Iirvn that. the Canadians Ilfiti been killed in cold blood, probably sf- ter being captured.

Giiidiiiii EVENTS

——— i, i 'en more bl!!!" vnolio Buy feb- July 19th.? a m a’, fhm warms ‘h...

' ____ iiiziny. without tht‘ MK fiestas‘ m "$h0W--Bffld3ilmll0 Tuesday. Britain. hm not been force o p ‘ 7-15-

i

many arciis thr- unibei- of German

enemy's exbvflfll l1 ivei" nut on intions. Wm!

tor-attack, however, is credite in nianpoucr. A may be contribn flffllitl! on the eastern front-

Thn ammunition 190KB!- (“IISFS of the Ger-men war mac oi’ i1. combination of factor~—l" 0f

fronts through a irnnsiflfiflh" “ “rude of points bv air attack underground orllflllilluimll *5 constant prrssllr ring the enemy l" l P anything coiled for by

That tho Germans s

have

i _ necded for "Show -- Malpeque. Wedllosmil‘. ' 7‘17"“‘ of the submarine fleet. ‘ t ——— ' . d ll rcqu remen ii "Dance. Lorne. Valley. July-‘lslitzlii. subsrlhrnisfi? fr“; mm Websters Orclicscru. -: W" Enflafid M me he...“ d ' "Come to Co-op. Day at Moijcil.'fighlcr force now hugs 1Y1’! Kflm" - Moiiaay. S\i.pper--5lfi¢¢i1@$- FE‘! 7 "‘ "*' fresnments. DBHGIIIH- 744'“ "Festival and limllcc. St. 1211M-

ius School, Mayfield. July 19m- ‘f-lo-2i.

"Come to Variety Coiiccrt. 5t. Colon-line's Hall. Bt. Colulllba. ._1ul,v i, _ 7-10-31.

LONDON, Jul l6—-(CP CABLE) __ I-LMCS. Ho do. Canadian des- troyer which is a veteran o! many _._.__ Channel battles. Niven“ he‘ " nioading colil at Auburn. score of kills when with ‘atgvoooth;

.~ - un n “My we u r fiiifél‘: st.l"lz:zsv..=e..lr.. 1.33 th F‘ h oas. B"! - left a rlfliigd sinking, the Admiralty disclosed today. d The Allies cemaatliéfeswitsglgiltilfi: . nor oas .

"DWN- Mull/law m“ mmlihh Atiillxiliiiqbeity. announcin that the "l" ""h- W Wimwlffl 1115mm‘- llcucll took place eary saturdiy

747'“ morning near the Ile do Croix. south-west of Lorient.

A communique said that Whll? on a routine patrol. Whiflh h" been the Haidah beat for months,

"Cedar posts unloading lit. Col- Vllle Siding today. It. A. lviocPilsll. New Haven. 'l-l'l-2i

"Just received Blucstoiie, Lime and . Get iviur rww- K- B Young. Clyde River. 7-15-21.

"Ice Oream Social and Dance It Capo Traverse Hall Tuesday, July la. Proceeds lli cili of Hlili

- the Canadian destroyer. com-

6-11-12-17-18 "—" d b C t. H. G. D0 W01"- -.....M'°°".:'.. hoists. lowly": 3“‘.““5 Riv???“ were» ".2..- lid o: l-f val Fwid.‘ Good music. giigmljfllfJoflfifgig 3°_'_“3‘§‘_¢., M‘ hmm ' 747m‘ of Bucks. England, and the Polish destroyer niyilmvyce ren 111W i"! enemy force engaging in battle prgiielgl-dveni. of the Allied Petrol turned the practice into the real . thing. Baivoea from the Hlidl. Tartar and their Polish elly pounded two LIIHEIIMQICIIBIIC ships under the waves and a direct tor- pedo hit "left an armed tug burn- ng and sinking in 40 minutes of

"Loading Ho a this week - (Bflws included) :0 foilllows: Bulcnan

M5011. 7-17-21

I a at Fredericton io- . P. M. York. Wed-

hv y ‘out D A. M. New Glasgow. i0. gin‘ River. 111. Brookfleld. ow Haven. S. Ks

ia M e1 oo i l."§<l%¢°’.§’fJ-' “° ' y, ° l” r “hum _ . m Wolf ma. "n wAl lust D ‘$1.5m dxmdw‘ ‘m: iifhr three ooiook when we met

. c. "my m“ m mm Wm. mm‘ the German ships. coast sneakers.

mil, uni,” $53911 out they will "Vi!!! to move under cover of . ’ rknou. It wu very dark and w. mun’ Km“ didntltand a chance.

mwnmali-il. they

seas Photo Through WIB). .

lwarl-‘Siiuation Last N

5, gm,“ c. Fay, Associated Prela Wai- Analyst

‘ v < - - ‘ ‘ i .1 idler as to run out of Billie-is-

gilgtiirlildifisgscijllilgtgoai: A‘: ls:fXIlli.lI'lii.I0i\ shortage i-eporifgly’

l .

is developing to aggravate their already gnawifl! WWI’! W" W" ° H‘ prifnc commodity or modern war. oil. ‘ f E gfinslsrintighgiifi? ‘Ailiedbtrzesmlniandera have seen that while in or so. i

h 1 so. Cerman gun crew! re o’ aniTgnsiii-x.‘ rxriibrenruiif rfiunrisiklefinitcly limit!!! except ivhcii under the direct !"""5""- l N _

To dot:- tliero is less direct evidence of such shortulfi? 1"‘ i 1° °""““

“Y "'°“I" T“ ‘mmmy n’ ‘h’ 3252,2330}, u, [ow almmiinitlon fcfibrve! as

. - d jecfles quite likely iinigngthtltlliieeliivpiftii’ ggzgilitfigulrlloliagmiilbilfln of Gflml"

the fuel tank; and the lubricating orlmk hiner, at the front ore r-uimus 10W ""5""

u... emote-gist‘: o! the United Nations. The sirateglc bombing of product"

th do. "m" w" ‘pave mm snutm ‘vhegtiiiilfikiivillc? i.“ been slashed lit a. mul-

the French Moduli _ .. . i f -

o m. “"99 {fonts (llitle. never ivlinicJ Elbe): tall? s or

rolligloifi extigiituro of ammun .

his ori rial Q11-

honid arrive at this crisis in the nil-ammunition

flcunt when it is remembered that in cer a n

possessed bv the United Staten and limb!

21- oil flfill Illblgingi-zfilenisgnegsfé): algfilffi: M“ a compo iu:v\.:v few surface units. Ill-VG

.- t ‘uqmgny, The bombing amnuin. Gcrmwny pl a; u.” m"; M longer are airborne. Even he!

Destroyer Haido Irl _ Another Channel Scrap

Germanb-(Canadian Army Over-

gull

""_“'_— A '

ed on sectors of the Italian front guns equaled those of the Allin U16

there to mount any general coun-

them planned and being executed by

n centres stops WPDII" bcio" till-y innst filter to the

‘m! by the activities of such ‘ What is more. the

,nd

been able to practice economy. Ger-

vlde the enormous quantities of illfii o fleet noi- the tons of exiflilfiil’?! ttieship. ller navril needs. save _for confined in tho operation

for her aviation have slumilltil 0"

"We were throwing in S0 Willy shells and hitting them time and time again that I doubt if there were any survivors. We were very lucky in finding them and in sus- mining no casualties. At least. I seem to be the only cesufllty omens 0m- ghlpl, I got too close to one of our guns and slightly damaged~ my left ear drum."

Spain Reduces Trade With Nazis

ASI-i-I-NQION. July l0—-(A.P) lain has made considerable re- ductions in her over-all trolde with Germany. it was learned today. IN! has deprived the Germans oi 2O tons of Wolfram she had a eed to v“ “mommy's to his" ore o ns w e -

naBritidh-Amerrifiln ~ w mm QQPQOIDBDIB apain could send t “‘ blindfm“ "ill; rest ... rnon In my i wu found that the

hm amulet l1

hignent-s a e miiv quota was

t to '4!) in- gitead of A0 tons n4 additional

Oil Ml

‘gtber wor - vital NXIIIDOGH-ifl which the Spaniards have bent from thobGeliélisdlnehinolula W(§0igl‘ ‘m ‘

om a . giptfisriber, and oii/vc 01L ‘

a

9d iilwt th Britain stabllched by the American.

Pursuit 0f Beaten Nazis In Full Swing

ROME. Jiliiv w-(APJ-Thle 8th army today captured Arezzo. Li’! miles southeast of Horencc. aaltt poured milks and infantry tru-ouih the city in pursuit of beaten NuzL. Strongly-defended Arozzo 3'! lmiles southeast of sensational burst oi’ speed by the 8th army. whose progress had been

The Ilt tactical air force ali- nounced coinpietlo of ilic pre- iiminlriea for unuil-uut assault on the Gothic lllie with lies- truction 0r dimupiiig oi all the 22 road and rail Irridgcl; across tho River Po further north a1‘- ‘tleir four days of intensive bomb-

l’.

(Joupied with this drive to out the 110w of supplies into the UODILIC 11115. B06 B11‘ IOICS BIIIIOIIDCECI that communications had been sev- erect on the Piacenza-Alessanona- Genoa .

The herd-pressed enemy also fac- ed a. great menace from a 5th army column which found n liole in the German Ere. River defences. tool: Berni Di Cascianna and in an ad- of nearly seven miles pulled up only 6 vi lmles short of the Arno

t on the Gothic line north of Plea. tuid Florence.

Arezzo

Local Man is Gyro Governor

' MR. MORTON DEW

Read by Everybody

i By JAMES LONG

I ' i (AP) - British troops struck south on a six-mile front I

. dy from; although medium bombers

There il virtue in driving m; giiough dark day: at your honest

nil. wool on»; Piovlnrol a o. bnhoortpllon Dnifovord. $.00

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‘Take Esquay In Push Aiong Six-Mile Fran

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ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, July 16 —

l P. E. I. Sailor

southwest of Caen today. rollin the GEPmZiiiS b ' ' ' : than two miles in a drive that tooigt Esquziy, and hifisiicgrilnugft? Klilad In Fig‘? 1 north of Evrecy; \‘l'i'lii‘.‘ American forces thrust i0 within seven-eighths of a mile of ihc key road junction of Si. Lo and pushed into Lcssay zit the western end of the Non mainly battle line.

Canadian artillery‘ helped provide the heavy barrage which supported the British drive in the bitterly-contested. sector between the Odon and Orrle rivers. ESEjIIZIV is 7 1-2 miles southwest of the port city of Caen and Evrecy is two miles southwest or Esquay.

Al least 11 towns zind villages were won in 24 hours of hard fighting as the British forces still pressed zl strong attack that Iicgnn Saturday night and the Americans main- tained heavy pressure on their western section of the froni.

The weal-her again limited tac- tical air support over the Norman-I

KINGSION, JAIIAICIA, ‘iv —\CP CiliII£“l——-AZ1lI10ll\' Ari-in 111'?

Robot Bomb Gan jiieach N. Y.

cifix H‘ —dccninotilig height

l}; tween the Odon and Orne Riv ' I

WINNIPEG, July 16 - tCPi -_i Hank Nightingale of Halifax slit-j urdoy ivac elected President of. Gyro International at a mcetlngi of the executive here.

The complete list of officers was released tonight. M. Dew of Char- lottetown is on the new Board of ggvegnors, representing District

Two Missing lifter. Grash ,

llr. Ni. Goody Ill; Will Not Speak Here

Dr. M. M. Coady of theexten- sion department at St. Francis Xavier University, Antlgonlsh. N. 5.. has had a heart attack and will not be able to attend the co- operative field da at. Morell :0- ds. or the anrlua meeting of the Prnce Edward Island Credit Un-' ion League here on Tuesday, it was announced last night by Dr. J. T. Croteau. who is prominently connected with the credit union movement in this province. Di’. Cosd was to have spoken at botl; MoreIi and Charlottetown.

Meanwhile if was announced that Mr. H. L. Fowler. a native of Freetown, P.E.I.. arrived in Suxnmerside Saturday night. He. will be one of the speakers at Morell today. He spent the week- end the guest of Lewis Cairns at Freetown. Mr. Fowler was for- merly manager oi’ the Co-operative Refineries at Regina and now is manager of the Indiana Farm Machinery (Jo-operative.

News From Island. Soldiers In Italy

WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY IN ITALY - Rejuvenating dam- aged tanks is the line of the arm- oured brigodc workshop to which Sergt. "Happy" Hobbs, Charlotte- town belongs. The bottles on the Hilter line and the Melfa river kept recovery and repair crews going for u long on ive days without. proper rest. Working under en-l emy fire was just an incident in. putting tanks beck into the fight.

POI. YANKB 0N FURIDUGIIII

LONDOG —(CP)— Harvey Gib- son. American Red Croo, Colnmles-' lonel- in Cheat Britain has announcq

ere are nmv 2S0 clubs in‘

mg cmq for soldiers on iurlougnl

' two others

STE. ANNE DE LA POCATIERE. Que, July i6 - (OP) - Two crew. members were reported missing and; rescued tonight after‘ the crash of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane in the St. Law- rence river about 75 miles below Quebec City.

The Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration station here was request- ed by RCAF authorities at Anciellne Lorette, Que. to broadcast a re- port of the crash in the hope that river boats Cl‘ people living along the shore would join in search for the missing men.

Officials at Ancienne Loretta. a few miles from Quebec. at which the crashed aircraft was said to have based, were not available for comment.

New-Type British .

Tank In Action l I

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LONDON. July l6 - (c? - ncll-I ter) - The Cromwell. one of thcl latest types of British cruiser. tanks. now is being used in Nol- anandy, it. was officially revealed to~. ay. The Cromwell incorporates a '75-. millimeter gun, similar to thui Sherman type, and a high capacity? British engine. All reports in-I dioale that this tank has carried‘ out its role reliably and CIIGCIIVP-z 1y. It hbs a high cross country performance.

It was also announced that IIIG.‘

British IV-pounder gun has beeni mounted in Sherman tanks

appearing in Normandy.

conversion has been carried in British factories and the -:'- mlin plus l'l-pounder" has given. Allied units greatly increased, punching power in tank versus; tank encounters.

l l Canada Packers—Piant I A_t Woodstock Damaged I

WOO% . NEH . July 16—‘ lCPl-Da e astimat- at sevli-nl’ thousand d lars, was stiffen-ed lcv Canada Packers. Limited, when. fire broke out at their plant last v

enlng. While the exool. loss was not. os- da. will probably be a

..~ iii extremely-close support inzmb- lind of the vibagc cf lvlaltot, I1“;

MILES

Mackenzie Kings "principal was that “he was too generous to- wlirds his political adversaries."

political Dr.

ed‘ German infantry on the out- skirts of S3. Lo, tonight‘; head- quarters ccmmulilqllc said.

' The British drive. aimed at gain- ing elbow room for a new flanking offensive to crack the stubborn German stand on the Orlie River. was deeoribcitby a British sniff of- ficer in the field as "all undoubted success." He said the Germans were paying a terrible price in casualties for such coluiter-littwcks as one they but in near Evrecy today. and said the miiln German counter- blotv still ivos i0 CCllit‘. ivilll Brlllilyi "waiting and well DlTDilfCd

1‘ l .

The surldcli British punch carried through liisnunv iiilfi " lied another V2900 lfkllTlfuiA) illuh a 1:1 guarding Evrecjv. Hill i113 clcznlniltiiiiz iiinr, tcivn was taken, as wlis the village

Gavrus and Bolizxg rcslieclivcly 1 ‘I; miles ivr-st of Ehqusly. also were seized. Other British troops fol‘- ther west captured Brettervillette. north of the Odon. nine miles ivcs: of Clien and 3 '5 southeast of Tilly Sill‘ Sculles.

Headquarters sotlirdav announced Brlti recapture of Hill li2—Cr

~i— I Martin White. 18-year-old farm. worker was drozvned yesterday. afternoon zit. 2.45 when he left a ralt which he had bs-zn pushing ahenc. of him ln Ings‘ Pond. Mz. Herb l. and attempted to swim t0 U1.‘ shore. All inexperienced swimmer, he fail- ed to swim the intervening tu-enty- five yard; and went down about tau yards from the shore. < Hi5 body was grappled for and re-l‘ cclsel-ed about 5.30 by Mr. Earl Ings. owner 0f the polli. V/ellafc Mac- Donald. expcrt grnppler izcm the City, also assisted in the recovtrif- The body lye... iZiKPn _from the pond lo Frank Ileiinesscys Funerbl‘ Parlors. Charlotte-town. Dr, . L. Smith. Coroner. decided in inquest u-o; uniiecess" l. N.“ Edward

late Mrs. V/liite of

H‘: hos o brothel", Welter. use 20. and ii sister. biary,‘ ego l9. Both lIV." 31 110m»

The funeral vrill take 913W Tues‘ dalv morning at 8.45 at Donagii, Fort Auguvus.

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Capture Of Says King Too

Generous To I

Opponents %

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gegtlrillmexdi ti: building. filled Wliil‘ 15yp1pHAN1E_ Que" July 15 _I W“ totalloae.

(C?) - Premier Godbout said here l yesterday that Prime liiiiiister‘. fault“

Mr. Godbout was addressing a| rally held in support of, C. E. Germain, Liberal con-i

didate for L’Assomptlon constltuw cncy in the Quebec general clec-I tions Aug. 8. ,

“In a few months. maybe four;

or six. I don't know. the Federal‘ Government will nsk you for n re-. newal of its mandate." hc said. "Ii| will be for you to Judge. do not agree with all bccn done in the federal adminis- tration and I shall say it when the time comes."

Myself. I that has

The Premier added: “The prin-

cipal fault of Mr. King is that lie * was too generous political adversaries because does not wont to make small pol-

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towards his

he:

the I

Youth ‘Drowrievcl In ‘ Mt. Herbert Mill Ponjim‘

Russians Announce

i were headed

miles southwest of Caen I Ill-Gen Dfllflnseyb British 2nd

army launched its attack at 9:15 p. “I

m- $flblmiflilfl This night attack was typical of Gen. Montgomery's tac-f

tics . I A British stuff 0mm a‘. the front declared, “the nttark 15 making voryI Hood progress i“: lire linking: things extreme-iv diiiIClIIi tor the Germans in the Odoli Valley."

Nani Fire Light i

VA front dispatch said German air-i tllierv fire against. the thunderous. British baroge ivas light. ..i.d uuo-I ted prisoners us snyini.’ the British gunners were dendly accurate once Ithey spotted enemy batteries I _Gel'man broadcasts Saturday bro-i

clictcd a big drive was ililminent in I the Brltish-Candlan sector aroundl

[Chen on the eastern end of the. ‘Normandy front. and o field dis- ‘pach from that. area said Gerinanl demolition crews hElCI begun blow- ‘ ing up smoxostncks in the factories ,of Colombelles, east or the Orne lélirer and three miles northeast cf aen.

20 To 25 Nazi Divisions In Normandy Now l

ALLIED SIIIPREQIE IIEAD- QUAFVITERS. Jul, 16 — (AP ‘ ‘iiverltw to 25 German CIIVISIOIIA.‘ mcst of tlieni crack RLIBIKLG Bud fill‘- mored units. now _ gninst the Allies in Normand compared with only seven ‘who inct, [lie first shock of the invasion. "I was disclosed last night.

The fact that fhus iar no more» tllliii 20 to 25 divisions out of ii. maximum of 65 sire being used now: Is taken here .ls an indication that the Germans still lire confused fl-. bout (he proper dispositions of their‘ troops

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Grodno

IQNDON. July l6 - The Red Army todfll’ grudm, ggteovpy to East Prussia. and nounced it had leached within 10 miles of Ibaunflb i" syvceping westward advances which the Moscow radio said had coca the Germans more than 500.00 iiioli in less than a month and "straight for Ber- ‘rom the eastern border o! Lat- . southwestward through the bu; bulge into Lithuania. through Grodno and south to the eastern approaches to BIaIYBiWk “d Brost-Litovsic. the Rllflilfl! 1'9‘ ported calm!" °I mm‘ m!“ M0 cities and towns.

Kaunas. capital of the pre-wal‘ Ilitilillihiflll Republic. appeared doomed in short order as the Rus- sinns circled towards it from the cast. southeast and southwest. ivith Dnrhuniahkl, 10 miles south- mist. their closest announced Bi?‘ pmsoli. _

But in Russian eyes the flew lop development was the fell 0f Grodno. announced by Premier. Stalin.

LONDON —(CP)-— Mb]. Randolph Cliilrchill. prime ministers son, arrived here from Yugoslavia to re- port on what he had seen while‘