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WRlTlSll PLANES BEAT OFF

i; German

Raiders

Shot

Down Ir_2_ Battle

Enemy Planes

Stage Unsuc-

cessful Attaclrsgn Shipping.

LONDON, July 24—(CP) »'l‘hc Air Ministry said to- night that one of 12 German raiders shot down today during; attacks on shipping was a United States dive- bomber the Germans captur- ed from the French.

British Spitfires downed the American-made plane.

The Air Ministry said that twice tiurinp: the day Ameri- can “Chance Vought 156" bombers were encountered by British fighter planes.

In the first encounter one American-made plane and two hlesserschmitt fighters crashed into the sea. The “Chance Vought” fell into a snin. with pieces flying from it where bullets struck. In the second encounter a Mes- i"".~‘('lii‘tilit plunged out of control and a “Chance Voueht" staggered away with a damaged wing.

The ministry said "it “T15 a

Spitfire day" in contrast to other tltiys of air fighting in which, Hurricanes scorctl suc- C('.\'<@".

"hp tn the early cvetiing," the .—\ir ‘Ministry said. “they trere .‘ .*ll\‘i‘9_<$tllll_\‘ tlrstrnv-

in; and .'(’.'l.llllg off the eticmy."

The statement:-

"siticc the small hours of We'l- nesdnr morning Spitfires and anti-

iiiiiéii. i Families lire iiade Homeless

ANDOVER. N. 3-. July 24 —-(C- P» - Three families were made hameess by tire this afternoon diriri; a severe electrical storm and

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- 1"?‘ started in the 83"“ o! 1..\ id Liockhart. presumably from explosion of on acetylene

torch. Fiames spread to B Ilflt- H- bove the garage occupied by Mr- and Mrs. Lookhairt. and three chil- dtrn Niolt-to catch tire was an ed- : two-storey house occupied ‘ and Mrs. Otto Zwicker trad’ "n and Mr. and Mrs. Ro- laud l ‘e and one child.

Firemen frcm Fort Falrfleld. Me.. as well as Andover and Perth, rushed to the scene. ' €'TJ"'T;. "

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ou Dance, Bt. Peters, Charlottetown (xen- L-‘rm-l-ai-ai.

in Glanfinnnn School evening. Best or music. Re- "lll- L-681-7-23-3i. OI _-Z—_- i (or ggalgshltilxlegnunday, August 1th irm-‘i-ti-tuu Aug. a.

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‘$1M 5c. Ground meat 5c. m; o W" Sterne 0a.. umimi. n c-asi-o-ao-tt.

‘flmwe st. James mu Sum r {lfiillollldsr- Jill’ fltlthYsummgr- ~ rche: rs. ice cream served.

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"aircraft guns have been beating off the attacks of German bomb- ers, fighters and mine-laying 311m craft on ships and shipping routes around our coasts.

"'I‘\velvc enemy aircraft are known to lttivc been destroyed, 10 by fighters and t-ivo by anti-air- craft. guns. Two 0t our lighters are missing but, the pilot of one is known to be safe.

"Flying sometimes in heavy rain- storms between layers of cloud. pilots of the fighter command have fought Hcinkels, Dornicrs unci Junkers bombers. lilesscrschmitt. fighters, the new lleiizucl 113 fight- er and even American aircraft. cap- tured by the Germans from the French.

"Anti-aircraft. gunners saw a Dornler 1'1 and a Dornict" 215 crash after thiy had frrlcrl at them. ‘Tile Dorniei" 1T was caught by search- lights over thc llfJYllllYCSt coast of England tit 3 a.m. ‘Our second burst pushed its tall up,’ reported one battery.

“The enemy aircraft. then fell into a dive. its engine out out. But it flattened out. and the tn- giues came on air-in but. the Dor- nier at once burst into flames.

"ll: crashed eight miles from the gunners who had brought it down.

"The second anti-aircraft suc- cess vras oft‘ the south coast. Gun- ners saw their shells hit u Dor- nier 215 and ivacihed it crash in- to the sea.

Day's Biggest Bottle "A squadron n5 Spitfires foutzht

the day's biggest air l ttle, when patrcllint, in the inc off the southeast c0 t. They w i- up '7.- 000 feet between two layers oi’ clouds, with the ruin treating: heavily on them. Co» thousand feet below they §l}tlii"i'l t8 Ger- man bombers. like u flitht of Col 4i

"on pace 8.

‘lllechlaiiical Head iii ltiine ls Arrested

KIRKLAND LAKE. out, July 24 ermitcndent cf Wolfe was arrested late yesterday 0n t1 manlltiilghtter charge arising out 0t the death July 3 of Cliticrd Wil- linm Cartier, its in a mine accident. He was released on $5.500 bail.

Wride is the third of the mine officials to face _the manslaughter change. Col. D. E. Pizlaeon, o native oi’ Saint John, N. B. General Matri- ager. and Otto iviuy. Generul Silli- eriaitendent. were chrrgto July 8. The three men will face prelimin- ury hearing he "trcrrciv.

Carter's body fcundnat 200- foot level of the mine. 21 mllefi north of here. alter he slllllllfilili’ had slipped on a ladder.

Charges were lold against 00L Pidgeon and Mav by provincial p0- lioe, who. at the time, held Wrlde on a $2.600 band as a material wit- ness. The ball was increased today when he was charged.

Investigate Upward Trend In Prices

orrrAwA. July M-(Wl-‘IW Wartime Prices and ‘Trade Board reported today numerous com- iaints have been received on ris- ng prices of meat, rentals, and

coal, indicated that an inqllll‘!

It. was into the subject. ivas underway. emphasized the

although it was Board cannot interfere in any will’ with the price of prlmflli! Product-l on the farm.

1i recent chart showed the in- creased price of steers on the hoof had gone up. The cost of dressed and retail meat immediately Te‘ sponded upwards. Prices vary in this line but the increase in DTl“ of most of them is about three cents per pound.

Complaints on the costs of ren- tals came mostly from llvlllll‘ when there is a large transfer- ence o! officer personnel. particu- larly in Ottawa. Kinlfllfln, Bllflle and Halifax. '

dtClPi-Etl. Wride, mechantcal sup- L Lake Mine,_

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, waves, 1940

“incur WHEAT ltl cniiiiui is llEtilSltiN

,O'I'I‘_AWA, July ilsk-(CPl-Con- hnuation 0t the guaranteed b...~..c

TO-oent whoa t. price, Winnipeg gram exchange operation and present pegged prices, was an-

llflllllced by Trade Minister Mne- Kinncn today us he outlined the tzcvemmcnlfis i040 wheat policy 00 the House of Ccmmoni.

In addition to these features of last years program, the govern- ment is introducing added measures to meet. the serious situation caustd by disappearance of Wheat marks-ts through war.

Becauue of the prospective over- flow stipply. producers Will be able to deliver to the wheat board im- inedlaiely only o portion of their crop, a storage Elllfllilflflilfifi being pain for the wheat stored on the farms.

Most revohitionary feature of the new prcgism is a domestic wheat puzccsiiig tax c-f l5 cents a bushel which will not only bolster the board‘; finances directly but also will help to restore prices, at. least, as tar as dcmestic consump-

tion is concerned. This lzvy, QIiQCtlVG immediately, apples to all cXifil-lllg compacts

fcr future deliveries 0t flour and other whee-t products but should tic-t. the Minster said, reqture any change in the retail price c-t bread.

'I'lie Minister's stzitcmtnt of wheat. policy came after cronsider- able dsibiie on first reading o1 a new Prairie Farm Asssiancc Act alt-crux; much of the datril bf the aerccge bonus sciiein-e for crop failure area: inaugurated last year.

by Prime Miirszer MluicKente King p::v.cl.r.g for i.1-2 start. o-t morning zttingg of the House tomo; dflttn to 111': regular iii .. The Prime House might c its Wort early n-exit wte-k. is rcvicuv the Munster cf 'I‘rade ‘lffllfl’ c. . he progres . of the v\.;i‘..t n iem as the uur spitiid 5 ccuntnes wlnth are OIClll- expert cutlets for Canadian

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t. iie ne-t result was that. the Uri- it-srcl Kingdcm and Elie were now inc cliict export mfiikcs, witu

cutlets in the Wwt IlldlES. o.‘ cunctlanci. tlie Orient and South America. Th‘; created a s/sr- .crus storage problem in Canada.

L. 1 that. ample food sup sriy whsat, be a- trcni the timi-

. ie n pcssiiblc point. Canada. h allc-vzon c granted the pro- fsr storing wheat on his n ivould vary aicorunrg to the time the grain Wfls hild nrd tho bilsis of the lillflvilllf!!! would be announced as scon as p._»s.b.e, he added.

As to the Winnipeg grain ex- change, the Mnislcr said the gov- ernment hud d:c.<‘e;1 fcr the pres-

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market.

“Tins decision was made otter consultation with the cereals im- pcut committee cf the Unitttl King- dam Mmlst/ry of Food who strongly recommended that the market be left open," he said. "The present cash wheat and futures pegged prices will be continued at or about the present levels."

The new wheat processing levy ll imply to all who" used tor

' ‘ ..uct; "en- t nig domestic hurr coztsump- tlun." S-iice approximately 150.0110.- 000 bushels oi’ wheat are ccnsumed in Canada annually, ths tiiix may be expected to bring in smething above $20,000,000 whtchwill become part o! the board's regular revenue from the sale of the crop.

All "19 Teqllesl of Conservative lead-er Hanson, consideration of the resolution vans mstiponed until tomorrow, to provide time for study of the Minister's statement.

International At ll Glance

(Cnnadidn Press)

LONDON-distention destroy 12 Gfifmlll llhnel, attack German torpedo bolt: in channel. German naval conoontnt‘ In North goo; Benverbrook any; plane help coming from Unite States, calls British plane: lupin-- for to German in every respect.

JERUSALEM-Hones from ill-- i6 civilians at I-lalfn.

fish-owned oil company.

VICKY-Conquered home ,led|eo punishment for men who ‘plunged our country, Inptopnred, into cur,"

The house also adtcpted a motion l

erit not to request closure c: than

enormous air‘;

action or Italian Int Africa kill--

I-lAVANA-Iordlfl H ten urge flrmncll against filth eol-~ omn.

BUCHABBBT Romania's o- Naui Government token our i-

Slash Sa

LONDON. July Zt-(CP) - The air and sen. defenders o! Britain smashed with sudden iury today at the gathcrlngjen weapons of Nazi Biitzxricg inva- sion from the waters or‘ the English Channel to the eastern North Sel-

Sleepless fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force. too, fought a grand scale dogfight over the Thames estuary. water-gate to London, with massed Nazi air raiders. Six German machines were shot uown in this scrap, | and altogether during the day ., the Nazis lost 12, and the R.A.F. wo.

i While night bombers of bomber and coastal commands roared home from more blanket night ysids on

‘the continent, British planes and

l ships struck these blows at. the sea-

l borne forces. which Nazi Germany i5

pnafilng in the waters around Eng-

iian '

1. A lone British motor toipedo boat o-cked a light with six der- iilltll’! torpedo bouts in the Channel, 1 put them to fiignt and. in the dark- ness bexore dawn, put one out of ac- ition. “It is thought," said the Ad- miralty, "that casualties were’ 1n- , llictecl on another."

i 2. Swordfish “spoitefl planes of ,the fleet uir arm, trying iar into

the eastern North sea, located a

German naval concentration guard- ] ing an auxiliary vessel. 1n the dawn, , the pianos sent torpedoes screaming iai. tne group. The Admiralty said ‘an escort, \t'sscl 0t the GOU-ton 1&0- i nigin LuLsc t) pc, of which Germany has l0. was nil. by one torpedo.

There were no British casualties in ciiner engagement. Sixty or more planes, uerman and British“ tangled in a flaming battle high

lover the Thames estuary when Nail ' roiueis attempted to repeat an earli- ,er zittuck in which they had drop- lped 100 or more bombs at. a. mer- cnnnt. convoy. Watching for the chance, British fighters, buzzing like mammoth hornets. dropped out of the sky and fell upon the bombers’ tails.

An observer said the planes were so thick he could not dis- tinguish friend from f/., a8 Gerimau bombersbcgrrn falling

this... Land At Gibraltar?

Nnrvtk early in the Notweigfln Blim-

p“ , April io-Ariton Schmidt and Wilhelm Heidkamp.

Second battle, April lii-Diciliel‘ Vn Rooder; Hans Liticlemann; WQll- ga Zenker; Bernd Von Arnim: Erie Koellner; Hennann Kunne and Brion Cliese.

“At least 2.011) German Folio?! were killed in the second action alone,“ the statement, added-

British Defenders

At Enemy

Sea Weapons-ll‘- or Nazi Blitzkrieg Invasion Feel Weight Of _S_u_d_den Blows.

vagely

out of the air, and the rest streaked for home across the English Channel. The convoy escaped damage.

This evening's air ministry ac- count ot‘ Tuesday nights l‘iil(l$ oil Germany and the neighboring na- tions WlllCll slie dominates, liszed the following as bombed

‘R. B. HANSNS

Air lanes liiiiliOl'l€SiTGili/llél, Kas- selé enzentlorf).

chen and Flushing). l 12 airdromcs anti numerous rail-l we. s, anti-aircraft poSlflfifis and, fre ght yards.

Patrol boats in Dunkerque harbor. r Docks at Amsterdam,

in uhese widespread raids.

The British near eastern air colnmand sent new rattler haves out to destroy or cripple fizuian lea and air power,

submarines were tied up.

Four explosions were noted on the jetty. ‘lnis naval post. on li- aiy’s north African coast about 75 miles from the liigypilllll lfillliitll’, has been the favorite tsigct oi but ish bombing pilots since ltaly enter- ed the war.

Progress in Siege The Cairo command also reported

aliati tort of uupuzw, near lDillllli-i For l5 days British troops, since

sieged fort. Today's communique said the Italians had suffered lurch. er losses of motor trucks and guns. Flying boats on patrol of tho Med- iterranean also attacked an ltuhan convoy and apparently damagedtivo ships, it was reported.

progress against. the beleaguered li-‘l

out: his lcudeirslrip. . i.t c l t. I i1 depots tnumbulg, Gelscnkir-iiifzfifi 1,1,‘, “if. quQtlé

h.

Only one British plane was lost‘,

tlon concerning a national convert- .- - . lion before the next session, and for Butlsh accoun? can ltlie impresion ammlg the members reach l1 total 0f L000 a

‘later was that a convention would

BQml-lllllldlllllles were WllQYWFl by House for York-Siuibury tNJB.) in ll"? llllllveli/ (llllllllltlll-l ill 9111“ l9 the last". general election, Iollowin have scoreu direct nits on u. Jetty . m, at Torbruk, Libya. at \\'lllLll scvcial l h, _";>,5_ m, hm been Minister o;

they shut ott the torts water sup- , ply, have been cutting up relief col- of lle“ 5r umris attempting to reach the be- It was}.

ln Haifa Raid

At home several houses were

fighters, dumped its bombs ov~ a

town on the southeast coast. o

liver British Oil Company

will ome available to Gsrmony under the new avflisfmelll- B8- caime of’ previous refusal of Bri- tish and Netherlands companies to ship oil to Germany and because of the closure of the Mstlitterran- eon export, route by Italy's entrance into the war, vast oil stores have

shattered when a raider», imrsueirbyi‘ m‘, SW99,‘ o, Hum, p011’, d o British-mandated H01y Lan .

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Will Continue to Head (lfiieizil Opposition For at Least Anoth- er Session.

OTTAWA. July ‘lsL-(CP) — Hon. R. 1:1. Ilnnson. of Fredericton, wll‘ continue lls leader of the official Oplxisition in the House of Com- moiistit lcasbfor another session, following illllllllIllOllS etidorsntion of his leadership iii a Conservative par- mizrrs today.

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--Lord lleaverhrook told Great Britain tonight that enormous help in airplanes and engines is coming from the United States to bolster the home industry which is giving ships “to the warriors of the air in such condition that they have no match.”

He said the United States Government has accepted a plan under which production

caucus of this session, Mr. Hanson asked for an expression of opinion concern- It. was under- caucus frankly repared to re- linquish his post i? the party de- sired, or carry on. Member alter member praised Mr, Hanson's leadership. There was o exception to the general chorus of satisfaction. The cations decided to take no ac-

month. Further, his depart- ment, the ministry for air- craft production, has bought 12,155 American airplane en- gines which will be fitted in Britain into British-built planes.

not be called until late in i941, t0 select a permanent part to succeed Hon. R, J. Man on.

Mr. HtLIlSOIl was tctumed to the

ars‘ absence after his defca

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Trade and Commerce in the gov- ernment of Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, lollmving the resignation 0f Hon. H. . n. Stevens as TTBGG Minister in The Canadian-born news- 19 paper publisher, who was brought into the Govern- ment by Prime Minister Churchill to put his enor- mous prestige behind the air- craft industry, started his report to the nation and the Empire with a smashing bit

4. When the Conservative tnembers

46 Killed 88 Injured

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Planes, Report

Canadian-bori-iwlhlmead Of Air- craft Production Has Heart- ening Message LONDON, July 2vl--(CI’)J-

T 0 People.

curs tiiiti. tscsiccl for pesos,

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W Responded to Iicadershlp

That telegram is the the lllcll and wo ‘ e the aircraft indus our Prime ll/linistcr.

For when the cull VJ duty mundcc. by Churchill, it 1t trumpet tnrotign the Llllfl the foundries o1 tniike aLrcrIrIL, t1 0L. Wllfilit.‘ lild CilJlTiUS Lil ‘ tinmugh the works where ttic co merit is lllalliLfQCtillTd and ti erials are fabricated. T‘ " that touch of lent’ ivas given, they r.

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is‘; loader for a ‘ n liiui '

1.10 s‘. chi-r GXHDIILU oi int - tne same. courage, votiion to duty thathtis DJtil we have, that has ituitie u, are Arpi tlia‘, stilcnuid i 1i by ‘he n

. a all those who are czig tcclmloal direction of . undertakings. They are l

“I have just rcccivt-ri a icic- phiiiie message from i\lr_ .\l»r- ris “lilsori, who is the agent 0t the aircraft ministry in the United States and Canada. He is authorized to say to me, by

i “vfT-Al“2-l.- (AP) —- Ffliiiial-Igilxtiigliirillgull-Sillt.‘ officially re- ported ltlhed and 8B wounded today when l0 enemy planes dropped

lid) bombs into the hnrlg<i>€yllaiagg

SBYlCU-s Casllllllli-‘S “Jere "l)°l"‘-‘d~ . Th“ 9191165 Iuurulg 9v“ we “hi; Mr. hlt'll"'ClllllZl\l, SLCl't't1li'\' of by%glill’ilbvéeztildsggl'liéalfg? biiiliigiuihtssiiletiQiiitiiliiiiiiigiiigttiltiéetikiii’ the lls-‘lrillly- llllll ll" l-illllflll damaged. 0 I States Government will ap- "TT "Z i;°*:i.::i‘ti=a:riti::t::t§ Peg: s P‘=*",*°. Pr" lee,

I '9“ ‘ , ' me late rouiction ZlIYlIlIlCS llumania Takes i... l _outpnt of 3,000 pct" month.

Fire Destroys Dwelling lit

These planes will be developed without delay. This is in aildi- tion to our tire-sent :\lll\'l'lC.'-\l'l

A BACHELOR OF SClENcfs“. t9 A i‘.~.-.\; WHO lS PiFRAiD TO KlSS HIS QtRL. BECAUSE P” MlCP-(OF; *\\f(/'Z

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trith aerial torpedoes, Survivors were m

‘wt llll except 500 were saved. Titt- l/illltfllslflll continued

0n May ll unofficial

BUU/ffilllfltéfil. The Astra-Romano has the larg-

est, reserves of any company.

uliiie serving as a transport Norwav.

planes scored three hits on her They propose to pay for it. to pzo- aays lie Bun. vide the money. Those men and,

lne pinned women give their time ' . ns they took to lifoboats. it adds,

her nation. Now they ot trips to New York uni/ll last. Marclai so she was damaged by aerial bombs women. near our people and the brst of hrert.