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llfEAKNESSES U. S. Ambassador

Is Welilomed

Canadian-American Unity‘ Empha- sized In Eloquent Speech By

Hon. Ray Ath

the course of an eloquent address delivered beione a combined meeting of service’ clubs in The

ins t.

“This is the first visit which Mrl. Athenton and I have been privileged to make to the Maritime Provinces,"

said. “Our impres-

that later We may be invited to turn. mnd next tune not in the role of first-tune visitors but as blished friends."

Weather conditions prevented the Ambassador and y irom flying here yesterday altwnoon as ‘planned. Tlhey came on the second rib 0f the Tormentine ferry and were met at Borden by Premier J. Waiter Jones and driven by oar téowOhwlnlnrtftrlogzn. They unived at

Hon. '1‘.W.L. Prawns. President Olurlottctown Rotary Club.-

th pres eed at the dinner function‘ which had been planned in Mr.

Athertons honour. Brief speeches of welcome were delivered by Pre- mier Jones, Cmm. B. Earle Mac- Donald, Acting Mayor. and 1km. Dr. w.J.P. Macmillan. O.B.E.. leader oi’ the Opposition. His hon- our lieutenant Governor LePaRe was unable to be present. as was al- so the Bishop o! Charlottetown who was represented bv the Rev. Ken- neth MacMlllan.

Mr. and Mrs. Atharton were ac- companied bv Mr. Dana Doten. who i; attached to the U.S. Embassy at

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50inch 5-13-31.

"Dance, Pleasant Grove Friday. lime mm. sale of llmehes. 6-14-11.

"To arrive. bulk wheat. Book new. MoGuigan do . 11-12-101

“Comm Bun Play and Dance in fgtnrcroid l-icll Friday rushté Jllrglf

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‘Ihursday antes-noon only. 6-l2- ld-Il.

"Dance. Alborry Plains Ball. Friday. June 10th. Millview Orch- ens-a. 6-15-11.

"Inﬁdel-Murray Harbor lcorudoy.

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"Mt. Herbert. iherrylsvallcy Hall,

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"Dance. ‘Ibvm Hall. Georgetown. Friday. June 10th. Webster's Orch- estra. 8-14-1!

"OukeﬁaleinaidofAlk-ei-Soc- git-v. Svtru-da/y silocmoon at Bol- ans.

6-14-41.

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HON. RAY ATIIERTON

Stalin llas Warm Praise For Allies

MOSCOW. Juno ll-(AH- Prlmler Stalin llcd the Alllcs highly lonlg t for their Invasion of France. declaring that "The hlsiory of wur docs _ not know any such undertak- ing so broad in conception. so grandiose In scale. and so mus- terly in execution."

Stalin wus in high uplrltu and rure form, describing Hitler nu "an hysteria" who brnggtd for two years that he would crous the channel but never risked the attempt. llo also pointed out that Napoleon fullcd In his plan to orous thc chunncl and conquer ‘ ' .

"Only the lrlthh und Am- erican troops succeeded In hon- orably fulﬁlling the grand plan of crossing the channel und making a Inaua landing of troops.” Stalin sold. "History wlll record this as an achieve- ment of the highest order."

Stalin's estimate of the woul- cm invasion was made u state ‘ given to foreign cor- respondents und Iutor put on the Moscow radio to be rcpout- cd several and hroodcuut through tho land.

lien. Eisenhower Reports To F. B. R.

WAHIINGTON. Juno I.—(I'l -—Gen. Eisenhower has reported to President Roosevelt thc bottles are shaping up to strike against Germany aong "the Perimeter of

- their stronghold" on all fronts.

The president presented Bicen- hower-‘s report to his news eon- ference.

In his report to the President. Gen. Eisenhower paid tribute to the fighting prowess of untried battle troops from the British. American and Canadian forces.

"Complete unity between the air, ground and naval services h ed."

iEnd

Ila: llnc ucrous the Kuro- linn Isthmus has been cleared uad

the on-ruuhing rod army M"

" . l than 36 miles from Finland‘: ﬁlsNew ﬁght”. "m Port of vllrurl. ' lime Ill. Two . Aid Pllﬂil sold ton Bht.

Emu-l Hospital. d-ll-I. The broudcust Russian Oom-

"In cl h t Wh tlc . For kiwi-Inga Mscrgfgexphong. Blalmun l! luguoll. Hunter River; Elmer lldc and’ Kicrnulngahflelt. 5. Mac: Ewen und Morris Cusclctu.“ u

muniquc. terscly worded. obit-Oil m“ Soviet forces continued on thc of- fensive during the day "Id "P; mm "sevcrul cnelny stmnaoolntl- other Moscow accounts of the great northward drive by the troop! of Ool. Gen. Lconida. Govorov were

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more corpanslvs and culled the I-

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Frigate Prince Rupert Takes _ Part in Aotion

OTTAWA. Juno I6 — (OP) -—- Pburth U-boat victim of the hord- hitting Canadian Navy in l0 weeks was announced today by Navy Minister Macdopald when he disclosed u recent action in mid-Atlantic m which the span-

latest by a te it hmPrgnce l‘ een blasted to the surface by de n; chutes. Two United States sh? , c. destroyer and a destroyer es. con‘. and c. Grumman Avenger Plane lrom an American aircraft carrier shared in the kill. buttered L

Th9 sank, stern ﬁrst. with its survivors plun- ins into the water. 0f the Prince We"?! 1911-9011811. two were of- ficers. one 1B years old and the other 20. Other survivors were rescued l1! tho American ships.

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Swedes Gut Export 0f Ball-Bearings

WABHTINGGUN. Juno 18—-(AIP)-— ‘llhe United states has worn an aa- reement from Swedish lull-bearing manufacturers to out. dovm substan-

keep nlanes and in battle. and truck and fac- tory wheels turning.

The Swedes agreed to reduce their shipments. it was learned. as a result of negotiations between Bbenlzm Goilﬂis. special represent- altive of the United Slates foreign economic administration. and cf- ficials of the Ski’ ball DQ811115! com- 981W-

llnited Nations Day Message

LONDON. June l3 —- (C P) - Prime Minister Churchill in u United Nations Day message declared to- night that as final victory is upp- roached it is fitting "we should emphasize unity which alone can make lt possible." “We honor the cause of the Un- ited Natlonsﬂlilr. Churchill said. ‘This l; the cause of good men throughout the world. It s the cause which inspires ene es and claims the loyalties of the greatest - alliance that history ha; over as- scmbleddtoudo bottle lmlnst the powers ov . “As we draw towards the final victory for which we 1mg it is fitting that we should emphasize unity which alone can make lt

possible.

“Divided wc can await nothing but contusion and ruin. United we have brighter hopes than ever cheered mankind,"

r@>—- Mrs. George Rogers. Mid-i die Backvillc. died of a skull frac- ture suffered in an unusual ac- cident today when u gust of wind struck her umbrella and hurled her lgalnct u moving truck.

QUEEN'S COUSIN TAPS

GLASGOW —(CP)-- The Quec cousin. Sonia Dawes-Lyon. a r1 ate in the A.'I‘.B.. 1| un uccomp

ed up dancer. and is now ctarrhg here in u British urrny pantomime. “Cinder-sill," In the army ahs is u‘

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Of lTi/a; May Be Near For Finns

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Finnish troops is tut before the Red Army's udvancc

921w vnoumersneehwle-

huvc yot attempted. were closing so

that the Moscow Radio sold ubondo

ury comment showed u tendency to dcptccate thc Russian drive against Finland as u musk for bigger operations yet to igct tinder wuy elsewhere ulong the ron

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frigate H.M.C.S. Prin lantlc.

Pierce.

ssoxvmnm, N. n-Junc teal.--

Here are three 5:.

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Eric ll

llors from lfrince Edward Island who helped the cc Rupert sink a German submarine in mid-At- From left to right: Able Seaman Jack Stewart, Wlnuloc; Tole. _ Kcnslngton; 14911511131011. They are fewest in numbers of the ship but have the satisfaction of knowing their province (I? in the navy-PAIN Photo by war-ram; 01mg;

and Ordinary Seaman Rpbgrt “all-Canadlan" has the high-

ly lldcc L. Qlunpson, Associated Press War Anuhlt

An Allied vise’ squeezed tighter on Nazi escape corridors from the

Cberbourg Peninsula on the eighth This action rniscd a question as tn whether any substantial portion of 1hr: _ German garrison ln Chcrbourg still safety.

day of the second-front invasion.

could make lls way southward to

Si. Lo, main rail and road hub at the centre of the base Ilnc of lhc

Normandy foreland, was within field gun range of American troops driv- ing down the Bavcux-Couiunccs hiqhwav west of the captured Cerlsy forest. A push in the arm oi‘ Ln lluyo and Imssoy junctions farther norlb, threatened to snap the lust ronrl or rail lines over which the beleaguered enemy garrison on the tip of the Peninsula could gel out of the trap.

Natl battle bulletins went even farther than jubilant Allied nnouncc-

ments toward confirming the impression that the battle of Chcrbcurg ls approaching: the mopping-up slur: . ready was turvlng its attention from that sector to developments else- where rm the deepening bcnohhcnrl In Normandy.

Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters al-

A lair: new dent in German lines south of Baveux was reported. Pre-

sumably. British and Canadian troops on the left-centre sud left of the invasion perimeter were shifting from their first defensive role of guard- ing the flank of tho American thrust on the Cherhourg Peninsula. They were striking out offensively lmtb rmllh oi‘ Buyeux and east of half-encir- clcd Caen. tn the (lrfonro of whirl: the German high command rallied Its flrsl major reserve waves.

It seems clear that with his first 11min objective beyond the benches

virtually scoured. Gen. lllnnirgnmcrl’. Allied Field Commander in France. has thumbrd his left flank into offensive arfion. He may be preparing with the capture of Caen to strike out for the weal bank of the Seine.

Allied furor-s 0f the size. zumaranily operating in Franc!‘ need more

than one good port through which to funnel reinforconronts. nyulpment and supplies‘. Le lluvre is the new! major continental harbor ens; of the present front.

Allie-d big suns asrboro nlonz tho loft bank of the Scine estuary. learn-

rlllozis Forcerl A

lng with naval guns In the channel. could bring all enemy communicat- ions with Lo Havrr- rumor a cross five. Thul seems to be what the Nari command export-c ma! iv tlrc reason for the better German defence of Caen. key lo the situation.

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Reserves In Patches

Given N0 Time To Concentrate For Counter-

Heavy Allied Ship N

. ~ Two vital facts now are clear as

LONDON. June li-(Wednesclay) --(CP)—’Ihe Nazi-controlled radio quoted u Berlin mlliiory spulzcslnnn today a; saying that important. Al- llcd sill-oping movements had been observed in the in the Bay of Bpanlsll frontier, in the

Gull‘ of Gosunw. Hiscav ncm" tllc tow

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Movements Reported l

‘" . least...

Drive In Force.

By Charles Bruce LAXVDON. June 13 — (GP Cable)

lite Allied sector expands ln the chosen traction of France

l. The Germans an; being hustled nt such a rate that they are using reserves in patches — hurriedly and without time to concentrate for a

counter drive in force. This was fcrlncd is»

by SHAEF "very very sut-

iory " Meanwhile the beach

‘. a has reached an extent of

80 mllrs. Two days ago it was 50.

It. is apparent that the land which

2. smash In Normandy.

s; ‘or

Rommel And lion Rundstedt nlSﬂgfBﬂiﬂg? surname l-IEADQUA

ish armor and United Slates Iv was GALLAGHER

summon: EADQ aroma lgrrmmgﬁrillfng? kﬁlgmﬂua her I - rurles inland. the continent ‘ ' l ° w"; The newest gains streic

front to 90 miles and gave th

under mile foothold in France.

One Indication of this l; l new quarrel reliably reported lq have broken out between Mar- shal Itommcl, immediate com- mander of the defending forces, “ml hi! Sllllﬁflm‘. Marshal Von Rundstcdl. although "m"; that Rommel had been removed his command were recei- ved here with skepticism.

Marshal Rommel. who is described 88 always eager m commit himself early in battle. was reported by on. ﬂtrmmd sources to have insisted ﬁilBt V011 t, the overall ghrow in utrn. all: his}; the Alled

American-captured Car

of blows by both sides. Altho regarded as fluid, the Allied all picture us satisfactory.

ADVANCE _

Von mums-teat, howe . fearing further Allied landingsfﬁ said w have declined. ordemrlg Rommel w as...“ enwrmwechsa- mo» ﬂVQdqq-l the $9.... m; “Yw”; from supreme headquarters. anilesmbghludgi: m mu- Ounudlu-Iu err quarrel m V; l... "was “s2: m,“ nmmoL who bu‘ h.‘ b‘: cums h tor pouiscduhlm-Geiza. °"° °‘ ““ °’°°°“ m“ s‘ sir-sumac“ merited “'1?” ""1" be difficult not - plum, u.

“m Amed 1 d1 ha h i "F exaggerate" the importance ofthe 5d. lilogevel‘. that rsxglgiousvgracks are gznmﬂanltwmbuﬂm t‘? n" Au‘ ev o in th 1mm -

marsmnellgm Geermaqgl ..‘.....‘}’§.i ""1 <1 the Iona

'" Nazi Airfields

- Behind Front Bourhed llcavily

dispu

90 miles around the Boy of the Seine. British troops iunced 81X miles the Orne river es- tllﬂry and outflanked the German anchor point of Caen by capturing ‘rrocm. read junction seven miles cost of Caen.

Ind Walther h Alr

lad weather slowed the Allied air offensive but heavy day bom- burrs continued their uthoks on lama‘. J 1s _ (A _ United Stem lllzcaalvy bombers Fhlck on nu O01 b) two heavy blows It the network of

planes to from line bases.

Hundreds of heavy bombers with fighter escorts took port in the double operation against tactical in- vasion rgets while strong forces 0! Italy based United States heavy- weights hammered the Munich ares and larsets in Austria.

Tha number of landing strips on French soil available to Allied units was increased m five and lighter craft. operating from these fields lncrc their support of the ad- vancing ground force; dcspm, dc- teriorating weather.

Gemum. fighter opposition h n. neral was light.

t enemy fighter opposition Wu: not light lost night when more thas 1.000 R. A 1". and R C. A F bombers were out on widespread raids that included attacks on rail- road centres in France and Col- ogne and Gelsenkirchcn. Germany. The raids on the French rail cen- tres cost 28 heavy bombers, inclu- ding l5 Canadian, while the R. A. F lost l7 in the attacks on Cologne and the s; ‘L “ oil centre of Gelscnkirchcn.

sWeather Conditions Favor Crops In Wcst

UITAWA. JUNE l8. —- (C?) - Weuthcr conditions have favored the development of grain crops in

“Negligible”

UITAWA. June l3 - (CH- Royal Cunadlun Nuvy person- nel invuulon looses huvc been '.'::"'.:"""..:'"'~ ..'" u ave n con ne u “fcgvs lunding cruft". Nuvy Min- lgzrcoM-nalonuld cold today In

corvcticu, In ncswecpcn,

in; ships. landing croft

motor torpedo bouts." Ho uld the Cunudlon nuvy

continued "to fur; well" In the vuuio

und

Spculllln of today‘; unn- e . u Gurlnun U-bout by the frig-

otc Prince In rt in compuny with other Al uhlpc, Mr. Donn cold that Cunudu

hud “assumed considerably in- crcuued responsibilities" with regard to escort duty In the North Atlantic.

lIo uddod: "There foo. wo and our Allin have not been without success. Ins. In mer- chant shipping ll ut the lowest point In the whole wur."

Western Canada durl the last llo cuid today’; "kill" w“ W891i. the Dominion ureau of the fourth rubmurlnc "whose Statistics said today in the third destruction I huvc hud tho

of c. series of 16

weekly tetclegru- rﬂc crop rqsoriu.

pleasure of announcing with- » "w EQJLEW"

I3 Jap Ships Sunk, I41 Planes Destroyed

WABHINGTON. June ll-(CP: trucllon dealt out to the hard- —Powe!ful American carrier tank pressed enemy uir surface forces. forces raiding Japanese buses in American losses in the assault tot- the Marianas. only 1,500 miles alled only l5 airplanes and 1s from Tokyo, sank l3 enemy ships. fll ht personel. damaged l6 others and destroyed trong efforts apparently were 141 Japanese Planes In three days. made by the Japanese Air Ibrce Admiral Nimitz. Paciﬁc Com- to halt the attack. On Saturday. mander in Chief, reported today. the ﬂrst day of the assault. 194 8T1-

Four of the Japanese ships emy aircraft were destroyed. sunk were combatant vessels and Again on Sunday Japanese in- five of the damaged ships also tea-caption attempts were beaten were war craft. ot! and l6 enemy ﬁghters des-

Agolnst that haw total of dcu- troyed.

uumucoluuarmmuoomioln lubouipdou hﬂcvrl. UJI

N 600 SQ. MILES IN FRANCE

PPEAR IN GERMAILMACEINE HELPED SINK U-BOAT

osilion ls Increasing

RTERS, ALLIED EXPEDI-

TIONARY FORCE, June 13.—(AP)—Spcarheads of Brit-

infantry stabbed flve to seven

miles today through broken woodlands midway between the German strongholds of Si. Lo and Caen for the deep- cst penetrations of the invasion bridgehead-almost 20

hed the Normandy ﬁghting e Allies s 600-40 700-aquare-

SHARP COUNTER - ATTACKS

entan and Montebourg -

reached by the United Slates 4th Division stabbing toward Cherbourg-were under German counter-attacks of in- creasing strength with the battle line swaying to ch; impact

ugh the line in that urea was Commanders viewed the over-

IN SOUTH

_ Running their total of prisoners past the 10,000 mark, Allied troops advanced generally in all sectors, particu- larly south of Buyeux between the Forest De Ccrisy and Tilly Sur Seulloe,” said tonight's midnight communique

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Campaign Exceeds “Brightest llopcs”

summon: uasoqvsnrrns, Allied Expeditionary Force, June l3 — (AP) —- Gen. scnhower lolll tonight the "accomplish- aentc in the ﬂnt ucvcn duyu of

a campaign have exceeded my ltlghlesf. hopes."

Four Riclribucto Fishermen Drowned

RJCI-HBUCTO. N. B. -—(GP)—— Four ﬁiotilbucto

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their motorboat capsized in heavy

ansirfields behidth u - ' . - ilnaézdky) battlefront todgy in ean $- lglaﬁlVQlzllle £1°§EQOX°'E.MME“”Z§‘ or r out n ll =1. - I ‘ ' u... war... a...’ J33 Sﬁliieslit. '§§3i‘....‘.if°’.‘§‘°l ‘lil...““§....ii§.’.'{“:,l movind up an sum-we soo nanni- * the boat. Arthur Richard. “ma. of

Yvgll. was rescued. e men were out ls:

INNER mackerel and seat a for shore when a storm sprang nu. Arthur Richard was n; the rudlfe; Just before the capsiztng occurred off Richlbucto Harbor. The other 10H!‘ men were in the cabin. Rich- lfd Wu picked up by Eldon Allen, in o. lllilddlggdlbﬁﬂé.

l! e ad not be “might s en recovered

COIFERs ARE 0F fwo Kmos; 4n: PLAYERS AN‘ 4w: (nitrous!

High tide this m“... and this afternoon at 5.45. Sun sets this evernink at (“ligand

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rheswm wmornimuto. NewmggioduncwiAM.

om! u: suuvrcu "1 loiuiown - sunumuldo — Honcho ll. “lane Ohumticto: 1J0 n. I- Anlvuuoilhnrlottcawn u: u. u. MI p. n. 1.06 o- m. IUNDA! IQVIUI Inn Charlottetown I! uoou. Arrive Charlottetown l.“ o. n

l’ E. L-N. l. FEIBY BEB-VICI DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAY!

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have: Caribou-BAN

P. M. 5.00 P. .

Dnrl Muy and June the Mon- duy. uy. Wednesday. and Thursday 11.00 A. M. and l. PM. sutlingu wlll be cancelled.

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