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n.1,: "Ralph MacLean, DIC. ll and fit alfter two and half 1MB serv ce overseas frwrived home d Summerside yes- wdpy, ills arrival was totally wrpected to his parents, Mr. and .Moflatt MacLean but was a gppy surprise to them and the toi the family. FtL-Lt. Mac- is home on a thirty day fur- laugh and expects to be posted for my in Canada. i Joining the air force in i040 as |n aero engine mechanic he saw prriee for a while in Canada a d proceeded overseas early in l9 2 with the rank of Leading Air- Shortly ‘after arriving

a fl wmpletlon of which he received M5 plight Engineer's wings and 5ergeant's stripes. From then on he earner? promotion rapidly, be- m; grjllltfld his commission [and iinally his present rank of Plizht lieutenant about tour months

o. "He was awarded the Distin- lsmd flying Cross for skill, iiurtitude and devotion to duty on uanv flights against the enemy. Flt-Lt. MacLean has now com- eted two tours of operations with Elomber Command, all his flights being over German-held territory. n, passes over his experiences my lightly but admitted that on his first operational flight th ear gunner shot down an enemy iighter which attacked them. Al- though his planes were shot up on l number of occasions none of his crew were ever injured. Be ad- pits to a great affection for the ingllsil lirople and would like to ~ bask. Their hospitality is un- c

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About x months ago he met Princes nlsirl. daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Harold Walsh, lids who is with, the Division. R.C.A.P. elm-Lt. ban flew home by bom the North Atlantic, landing at Montreal on June l Thi, he uill was one of the most interest- bg flights oi his career, but was uneventful. With all this ex eri- wlce behind him l"lt.-f..t. ac- ggn i: only 24 years old-S.

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Fadiamont At A Glance

OTTAWA — In the House oi Commons Wednesday: __

Howard GmsnWPO-"s- Vancou- ver south)» said a hill establishing a transport board would make a

minister "dictator oi civil aviation."

Munitions Minister Howe, spon- soring the bill, said the only al- ternative to ministerial re on- sibility was a bureaucracy‘); ioh

had been condemned‘ by posi- tion rncm . ,

J. G. eienbaker (m',_l... Centre) a he would‘ "a-lovt 1h" amendment to the bill. which

would allow the proposed board to exercise its powers without be- ing “hobbled by the prejiudices of the minister."

Thursday:

The Commons will discuss vari- ous governmerl_t_bll_ls.

Berlin Shudders Under" a

Greatest Raid Of War

I. B. Berry ltrop Prospects Poor

gR-EDEIRICTON, June 21. —(CP) 119w decreases in New Bruns- strawberry. raspberry and

‘hem’ 0r year, mostly '5 B. lcsult of unfavorable weather “mumilni. were predicted by Agri- culture Minister A. C.‘ Taylor in l] radio address tonight. He antl- "Pliittl continued increase in ap- Plt Production.

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LONDON, June bit — (Thurs- day) — (C?) —- A D.N.B. dia- patch broadcut by the German radio said Berlin was raided again early today.

LONDON, June ll AP) - More than 1,000 United States heavy bombers under escort of equal size seared Berlin with fire bombs and explosives today in the greatest raid of the war on the German capital while other heavies led a stream of planes at- tacking the comet bomb launching platforms around Pas De Calais.

A U.S. AIR. 3A9! IN THE SOVIET UNIO , une 21 - iAH-llsavy bombers of the United state: 8th Air Force put down on Russian soil for the first time today in a shattering shuttle bombing against Berlin from Britain.

The Americans‘ 12th and heavi- est blow at Berlin cost 40 bombers and l5 fighters as the plowed through clouds of flak. orty-nlne German fighters were shot down.

2i 20 by lighters and m by bombers’

guns. A report from the RAF said some rocket-launching sites on the

d-li-loi Cherbourg Peninsula had been n --- captured tact, giving Allied c summerneld Players: Kelly's scientists a chance to develop ms hall, Friday evening. 9.30 urther methods oi combattlngthe cwmn- - . oat-propelled explosives which ,, ——- lave been hurled at southern a Dante in Cornwall School. Pri- England for a week. Adz June 8rd. 8 niwe orchestra. The Budapest radio went oil the My" 2i vents. 6-11-11- s}: “shortly befareutmidnight, u:- “Dmce Johmmfs mver school ca ng the e erranean ar ma“ - ~ force may be striking at the mhéw-Qme 23rd. OhfilMatféJ-Vfil 3313mm

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Helsinki-Seem Determined To Continue Figilt

LONDON. Juno 31 — (AP) -- Tho Red Army launched two new surprise oflenslves today inst Finland's tottering defences, driv- ing both from the northeast and the southeast in an effort to knock the Finns out of the war, Moscow announced tonight.

springing into action on the new fronts less than 24 hours af- ter announcement of the fall of Viipuri, Finland's second largest city, Soviet troops struck north oi Lake Onezhskoe (Onega) with a powerful thrust that broke through Finnish lines east of Medvezhe- gorak and also o ened another drive along the vir River be- tween lakes Onehhsko and Lad-

oga.

These oiiensives were alon the Murmansk - Leningrad Ralway, which the Soviet High Command apparently is bent upon clearing as soon as lpossihle.

The offic ai Finnish radio ap- eaied to non-essential civilians o evacuate Helsinki, saying that “in view of the sco e of the Rus- sian offensive in arelia, every- one whose raence in Helsinki is not essentia, in particular dren, should leave for the coun-

.

There yet was no tangible in- dication that the Finns would sue for peace, and the prevailing view in Helsinki seemed t0 be that continuing resistance, however oosiJy in blood and material de- solation, would be preferable to the. acceptance of Russian terms.

The battered Finnish army was believed already to have used up its tactical reserves in futile op-

tion to the Russians on the lrelian Isthmus, and ii: was not thought to have any strategic re- serves.

Local Women ‘q 0n Hospital Aids Ass’n

SAINT JOHN. N B . (CPJ-Mra. Percy N. Saint John. was elected president 0f the Maritime Hoflbitytl Aids A5- sociation today when the orimnizat- ion adopted a new constitution with the separate hospital aid forming

l regional groups within he Maritime Association but not organized as Provincial Associat- ions

' Woodley succeeded Mrs. J. . Mclfinnon, SYdMY-

Lieutenant-Governors of three provinces were named honorary presidents Regional chairmen are Mrs. Walter Carson. Moncton: Mrs. WJ-I. Robbins. New GBSIWW and

Other officers elected were: sev- en vice-presidents. iVlTs- Pfibbiflsi

June 21- Woodie!-

Mrs. RJ MacDonald, Charlotte- town; Misg Margaret Mclvfenanlon. Saint John: Mrs. F. Southall. Hal-

ifax; Mrs. J .D. Matheson. Sydney: Mrs. EP. Sinclair. Ilathurst; Mrs. J.J. MacKenzle. Charlottetown: Corr nding secretary. MYS- CH1 V, Bevea, Saint Jo-hn: recordinrz secretary, Mrs. J J . McDonald. An- tigonlsh. treasurer Mrs. H A. Mac- Quarrie, Wostvllie, N.S.

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STE. ADELE. Que, June ii — (OP) - Quebec's hay crop may be seriously curtailed this season "due to earl sunshine and lack of rain at t e right time," Scott Brooks, Feed Administrator for lmstern Canada of the A icul- ture Supplies Board, said to ay in an address to the annual conven- tion of the Canadian Pleed Manu- facturers Association.

The hay crop has been cut to 70 per cent of.normal, he added. whla grain cro are making a very poor start or the same rea-

son. In Ontario, most crops “ ive excellent promise," he said, w ile in the Maritime Provinces hay is oor with the prospect that New runswick will have to import

more feed Eaini_

rmans Shoot n Prisoners

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evidence o1 being determined. Although the drive might secure

anese use, it is thought that two other purposes probably motivate them more strongly than a. desire to bolster their harried shipping lanes off the China coast by an overland supply route.

First, they want to neutralize air bases along the railway and to east and west of lt. And, they want to obtain these some bases-or some of them-to build up their defences against the drive from the Pacific which Admiral Nimitz plainly has forecast would corne against the Chlnafoast.

It was emphasized by military observers that In spite of Chlnas im- mense manpower and a will to resist which has been demonstrated now for nearly seven years, the Chinese simply do not have the maternal or the firepower necessary to halt the Japs.

success in China this summer would mean further and cost- ly delay in mounting the final Allied assault against Japan from Chinese

bases.

"Premier Jones Deplores Prevalence Of Moonshine Throughout The Province

Good Progress Mario In Search For 0i! llore .

~’ An“dfibfitlll'.lr"0i_i well lffflflb- boro Bay, seven miles from this City has reached u depth i-ust in ex- cess o! 5,900 feet. it was learned last night: It is within a. few feet of the limit reached more than ten years ago when a well was drilled on Governor's Island in the Bay little more than a mile from the present site. _

They were makiov ' good progress" Mr. Hugh MacKay, wn. held the O.Al-'.l1.._. _.. .. .. . tins Provinlce saicl lonrtlu. rat". lvmchay has an interest in this well and is following the progress of the work closely. While the new hole ‘was still a few feet. short of the 5..J'l_u- foot level reached m the earlier

drilling it was really into lock structure Ecologically lower. it yras. explained

So for there have been no in- dications oi oil or gas ll'l the hole but there were no such expectations un-til after the 0,000-foot mark was passed. However, thin seazns of coal have been encountered. Similar earboniferous fragments were brought up when the original hole was drilled on Governors Island.

‘ of Untied " Salpan, the Allied line alga tbreatenlngly in China.

American military authorities are watching with concern the Jap- anese moves in the remote but important Chinese theatre-

These developments focus on a Japanese drive southward from Han- kow to capture the railway to Canton. The Japa have taken Changsha in their fourth try for that battle-scarred city and now are within ‘05 miles of the important Chinese rail junction of Hengynug.

The obvious Japanese purpose i5 to cut off the cast China bulge, Am- erican military sources confirm that this time the Japanese show every

, so 0t to be uwar oi the ‘awnitilmxtififinilnoonshino thletds be-

Because of the nature of rotary drilling, the system used in the pre- sent well. it was difficult to deter-i mine the depth of the coal seams; it was learned. 1t is possible to. take n "core" which gives a sammlcj oi rook structure but no COTiUJZ k215i been done yet.

Soviets Review 3 Years 0f War

LONDON. June Z1 -— (CP) — The Soviet Information Bureau, in n review of todays third an.- niversary of the German ntiac: on Russia, reported tonight that more than 7.800.000 Germans have been killed and captured in the three years of fighting.

During the same Period. Said the review broadcast from Mos- cow und recorded in London by the Soviet Monitor, Russian losses totalled 5.200.000 men killed, miss- ing or captured.

The Information Bureau said the Germans had lost 70,000 tanks. 60.000 airplanes and more than 90,00!) pieces of artillery. whilc Russian losses were 49.000 tanks,

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Receives Commission

The prevalence of nshirle in rural areas of Prince Edward Is- land was deplored in strong lan- guage by Premier J. Walter Jones in addressing the annual conven- tion of the Women's Institute last night at Prince of Wales College Hall The Institute, he urged, should endeavour to do something toward ameliorating existing con- d

tlons. "The clergyman,” the Premier said, "must have their heads in

ing drunk in this Province at tho present time."

He would venture to assert that ten times as much moonshine was being drunk as there was ven- miner's liquor.

He thought the RCMP. were doing all they couldto curb the evil, but "much more remained to be done."

The Premier said his Govern- ment was doing all it could under the provisions oi the Prohibition Act to stop the illicit traffic in alcoholic liquor but that the wo- men werc allowing "our country to be poisoned unless you do some- thing about it."

In his opening remarks the Pre- mier, who nrrived from the main- land yesterday, said he llld not believe there was any other land in the world which could surpass the Island in its rural beauty, nor for the prosperity of the average Island farm home. A great deal oi the credit for this prosperous condition of the Island farm was due, he said, to the loyalty and devotion of the women.

He was glad to note the mem- bers of the Institute were taking such a keen interest in the educa- tional welfare oi their Province for that was a subject dear to his own heart and he could assure the members that a. change in the present educational system of the Province was not far away.

The Premier stated that the Government was much interested in securing coast-wise transporta- ticn of Island commocrties. Ex- porting farm products from the Is- land across the straits was, of course, of great benefit but this benefit could be much increased if there were regular transporta- tion between Prince Edward Is- land and Newfoundland. There could also be a great deal of trnf- ftn with Nova Scotia ports if the Island had a few ships to carry the trade.

After the war, the Premier. looked forward to greatly _in- creased business with the United States and he also thought that Canadian post-war planning should include the consideration oi im-I proving the Island's more im- pnrtant harbours.

lie assured the members of the Institute that his Government

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Lleut. son of . Catherine Haggerty of 22 Pleasant Street, Charlotte- town, who receivcd his Lieuten- ant’s commission ntly. l-Ie is serving overseas.

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Bennett Says British Empire Must Be Saved

LONDON, June 21 - (OP-Reu- ters) — Viscount Bennett, former Prime Minister of Canada. de- clared today that the British Empire must not be liquidated, said that he regarded the next two ears as a serious period in its hstory.

Addressing the annual meeting of the Royal Empire society, he said he was never more surprised than vzhen he came to Britain and heard some of the things be- ing said against the Empire.

But, he said, there had been e. grout change since the war began, and he thought tlhat the people of Britain were beginning tn real- ize Just what the Empire did

“Yet I cannot but think that after this war our Empire will be in n very difficult position.

"We need to do all that we can to bring home to the minds of the people the necessity of not compromising the integrity of the Empire."

He said he was greatly reliev-, ed when Prime Minister ~ Chur-| chill remarked riurimz a recentl speech that he did not come into‘.

office to liquidate the British Em- l

ire. D"That is uhat we must keep in ind. This Empire must not be

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man forces in Normandy, the attack, the sea cuts you off

SUPREME HEADQUARERS, Allied Expeditionary Force. June — AP) -- American infantry patrols probed into the southern fringes of Charbourg today reach- ing points less than one mile from the waterfront, as the main Unit- ed States Army massed an over- powering weig t of and metal on the surroundin ridges in preparation for the as- sault.

On the British-Canadian sector on the eastern flank of the battle line, heav fighting continued in the Tilly- aen area but the series of attacks and counter-attacks left the front virtually unchanged.

Heavy Fighting South of Tilly |

Some of the heaviest lighting of the entire front took place south of Tilly Sur Seulles. The British forces captured Onchy, 3 1-2 miles southwest of Tilly, and then swayed hack and forth in a. bitter battle of tanks for control of Hottot, a. mile farther

east.

Field dispatches told of bitter house-to-house and hand-w-hand engagement

wrecked villages. A staff officer

said: “We are well on top of the Boche and we have stacks o.’ tanks."

Aside from the Tilly and Hottot sector, the eastern flank of the loo-mile Normandy front was quiet. The Canadian forces have been inactive for more than a week and Ross Munro. Canadian Press war correspondent, reported the lull has given them an oppor- tunity to get in shape for the next attack

The German D.N.B. Agency claimed the Canadian 3rd Divis- ion had been switched to the soc- tor east of the Orne River mouth. where it stated without con- firmation from Allied sources that large-scale fighting was under way,

Regina Rifles Praised

It was made known tonight that the Regina Rifles was ail: of the Canadian 3rd Division units that

m liquidated." he sairl. MEMORIAL PLANNED

i-LAlVlZIL/PON. Bermuda -(CPl-— A gymnasium which is to be built for Saltus Grammar School will be a tribute to those oi the school

Convention To lleal With Nurse Shortage In Maritimes

Sessions Of Maritime Hospital A.ss’n Con- tinue At St. John.

SAINT JOHN NHB . June 2l— A committee to rieal with the short- age of nurses will be set up at can. clusion of the Maritime Hospital Association convention, Dr. J. A. McMillan. Charlottetown, Associat- ion President, said today,

He made the announcement af- ter Sister M. Angela. Charlottetown. presented the report of the chair- man oi the nurslnfl tection. The report suggested organization of community service bureaux and courses for nurses’ aides. Reasons for the shortage. in addition to the war, were given as marriage of 'i.-

nurses since i030 and oppor- tunity in industry.

Miss Ruth C. Wilson. executive director of the Maritime Blue

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l : Dense clouds over the battle: jfronts limited aerial operations’ Lthis morning. _

Women ’s Institute