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"Nominated

_ King’s Counity

Enthusiastic Conservative Convention Held Yesterday At Georgetown.

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i MR. H. F. MACPHEE. K. C.

ilrges Inclusion 0f lierchallt Marine in liar Services Bill

1 TUB/ONTO. Alill. li-(OP) —-In— clusion oi men _\vno have served in Canaan's wax-time merchant navy irl rne war services gratuity bill was requested today bv ucwarr Fer- guson. acnnii president oi the Cali-

. lliilll seamens union in letters w Prune Munster Mackenzie rung anrii

slransoort Minister JJii. hilcnaud.

Mr. Nrgusnn said that the men

i oi the merchant marine were the first to serve in the battle against

. Pascizm. They were the first to

. lace hostilities and were in the gout lines in the battle of the At.-

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dliiiilliii EVENTS

"Talkies - Bradaibane, Tues- tav. a-iz-zi.

"Dance. Lorne Valley. August h. wcusicrs mciiestxa. B-M-Zl.

“Reserve October 9th for River- -_ ide Horse Races. li-lz-iii-lii-lil.

"New Wilshire District Scarlet ; Chapter meets in Mliwll, August iilh- o-lz-ii

"ice Cream and Dance. Orwell "we Hail, Monday, Augimta 14m. "Annual United Church Tea at

York. We esday, Aug. 2a. 8-12-11

. ‘rice Cream Social, Long River y 11. Monday evening, A-ugusat. ‘lists.

i “Wanted —- Good second-hand "ii W85- McGuiBan dc Boyle. 8-12-5i

orders for Asphalt N. Auhivy Ciltclifge.

v "s96 Vfliieiv Concert in South iéiiesiico Hall, Monday. August 14th. ‘utsehied by Lincoln Women's 1n-

“it- a-iz-ll.

I “Notice — Mr. Ledweli Doyle {igmerfiiiiiitixilil 9113419: Hospitalization "w: 'm.'a.5o°ii.'i5ri‘e' Tiifigfii!

“Horsemen: You clin do away aicitiil lilo Check Rein when you pm our Oats. It gives horses a

mil’ arched neck and puts

i“ iiieii" 5WD too. Livestock "1 A!“ - ' a-ii-al.

"BiiYinK Dias Monday at Hed-

‘ ififéffg Iilesday 2 P. lvr. York. H, 95ml)’ l P. M. New l-lmxen. . D-w- Kcllva Cross. Paying $12.00 mh ‘N18? 800d pigs over 30 lbs. ' ~ 1 buy any size. Knud Jor- mii- 8-i2

"i "in: Jul-Tuned a limited 1x31? of choice Western Oats "om 11c Atlas Grain Company,

. “h. eii- iii" Will go like hot hprgwsezzlgra lzrtlv. apbcgrs in ' B some u once. umimk Wed Agency. 9.11.3;

Oil!‘

Y loculit ci-

. gall our ship ei- yam- Livestock ar- l i-Bi

rv ce. rd

“Liiesiivil Mai-kctin ~ 3 Board n3 imilidaglthevfollkowiglgship; ee o ugus u the usual Egyspand hfirazl-i . . ere, ore 1 loiitgzwivfir. Melville. Uigg, on“. Aib orth Wiltshire Hunter ilhy. Kinkoi-li, Kenning- rcmnly loliolntgs in Prince Ooun

n wou tukc up Innin- - priate port and to the very cnti oi

For

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oi Kin ‘l wu n ml . o us ;on the first harlot It the To l Hall. Georgetown. yesterday to Qan- ‘test Kim's County in poi the Progressive - Conservative Party at the next federal election. l The occasion wu the unnuol mee- iihll and nominating convention of ‘a County ve - con. servatfve Association. The meeting opened at 3.15 p. m. But long be- fore that every uyuilublo sent was taken and the uiules and back of the cornmodious building were filled with eager spectators Willing to out u with the incon- venlence of stand ng in order to wit- ness the proceedings. Mr. George Maclnt , Mont: . presided with Mr. enry Mu urd as secretary. 0n the platform were Senator J. A. MacDonald Dr A. MacDonuld. Hon. m. W. ‘MacMillan, Major T. B. Mr. H. F. MucPhee, und Albert Griffin. Nominutlonu

After the minutes of the lest meeting were read. the. 80¢ quickly down to business. The nomination of Dr. A. A. MacDo- nald was moved by Prank Kccys. Sour Line Road. and seconded by Raid Undcrhlly of Red House. This nomination was followed by that of H P‘. MucPhcc. moved ha!!!» on Stewart. Montague. cocci-l by Peter MacDonuld, Peukcb Station. After the nomination of Albert Griffen was moved by D. N. Muc- Lean, Cardigan, and seconded by James MacLcen. North Lake. no- mlnations were declared closed. As soon u it became known that Mr. MaoPhee had won the cup ort oi thgdelegutes bv c ilbstentia maj- rity Dr. A. A. biucDonuld cums forward and magnsnlmously pled-

(Continued on page 7, Col. '1)

LL-Gen. siillillllli‘ Gets llew Post

WITH A OANADEAN CORPS 1N FRA Alli]. ll—(O'P Cubic)- . G.G. Ciln

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bril» t compel n through Sicily and on into its Canadian corps in Normandy in the isf. Canadian also: it was announced in the field Hy. -

It was this 41-year-old general who drew up the audacious novel plan which involved entirely new tactics and the cuion of new equipment for the lucc

by Canadian and British for- broke through the r- man enco lines acroeninll i118 highway to Faluise. Troop: likhting upder his corps common out the mashing assault.

Says Germans Knew ilanalia Would Fight

OITAWA. A . il-(Cliil- Ger- marry had fuliwicnowledlio that in the event of an N‘

veil from a bit He said

he ylcrlc Gcxllnun talked with Hitler following tbc coronation’ in Iii: 55:: it?‘ g}: impose o mu german people that Canada would next‘ be neutral

k rbmk said he had 2" a ta a rem uny bro- the govcrnmcn inltmllinflli relations. Ho had followed the l- ic previously followed by Bi! ii- fr d Laurier uud Sir Robert r6611

He said he could not my to whit extent Cu ‘forces wo

part in we: cannot the Jill-MIG- bllt Canada

ted wu

I Speak Tonight

_ other huveno. including Japan where

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in from ill with Amid lpuurheudu "rerun than ' nut got uwuy. N cults more ibuu sketch of the situation. They northeuctwurd mm their I contact: with Cunudiuiu on t e i.“ m ooo e u . u n: Joule: m. "' l n" uumc mun g. very yurd euut of tllelellio t u target while support

be

lea wuu being overlooked. Most of uil. Ger-mun surrender

I-DN!

it could give mulled

Roosevelt To

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WASHINGTON. . ii-(A?) ut RooucvcltAghi broaeast Bremerton n u v y

urd, Scot c. Wash, tomormw at p.m. .D.T. (9 n.m. ADT.) the White House announced tonight

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House lllllollrlllllellt Possible Tonight Minister Mackenzie Kim laid t0- n it would be possible to ad- . made ent shortly before the op si tings by two hours to-

OTTAWA. Aug. il-(CH-nime day in the Commons that with a iitt-lel co~operavtion from the op-

o oum the smslon tomorrow night. the Itutem _ tioci turned down hi4 Erection t the House order to speed the business stil to be passed.

Seek’ To Prevent Escape 0f ll-Boats

IDNDON. Allied bombings of U-boat nuts At Bordeaux and La Pnllioe and their fuel storage ports an designed to prevent escape of tho raiders to

they might hieo uwféctor in prolong-

ini the uthoritutive uir und navel sour- ces uld toduy it was "entirely lik- ely" Hitler might be ooncignins

of his undersea fleet to his r Eastern ally when havens ore lost. .

EUIOPBI-H

Important Labor

- War Vtuatio

IND

ttotlio “Ge wullliepurportofuufilliuw

confirmed told of multiple stride up Iliad left of this line that would encir- whole centre segment oiflthc ruulu Gemini

h northeastern ru bhltod uloux Ibo Seine uud welt of the river. No avenue of enemy reinforcement or escape from Paris to the

i the lltt I ‘ppanntly ‘Ill "I: h lilltiflaflflhllflllv on t

All]. 11 — (C?) —- ea

to fuuuticul “d bu:

h laced Allied

duuuuudcufroi: Boriiu, the his danger of envelop- too late

m“ - message relayed to his troops

r~....-*=~.-:.~':.~.ee {.'.'.F“.:;i'.':"::‘.2'=.‘.“ ""- thcuu in muuy places" uud some of“

wuy. be mo.

tbut M . th b- il ii....i'.‘i‘.f°$l°.5.l...‘.'.“ i2. the Loire Valley feeling for

unnu in France. Der-

o‘ bombing operut-iouu m lnlilul ca. 8261:! front had II G

und function r 1nd lrftll Flume unti the low countries wus

otBrltluh-lnveaied Thurv Harcourt

be Cunudlun right reflected the be- ll Null millfury llebucle in Ih

mcnt" ii-iovec bv the foe to pull out of the molested ruullilile trap set for blin without either uir power tn shelter hi to halt Allied tank lungeu ut his communication jugular veins in the deep roar must become u deunerute und bloodv bu l Allied ulr power nuke the Seine und iia tributaries run red with German blood.

rice. Muss "disengage- rctreutlnz columns or urmor

lneuc. G von good weather. flu gnuteut field dav of the war.

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Bracken Outlines His Policy For Veterans

v

P) - John Bracken. National Pro-

pluoed full employment at the top of e. program for the rehabilitation oi veterans. .

In an address prepared for de- livery ct c. Prwcssive Conserva- tive meeting, " ken out- lined his party's crane. sketching e broad terms of post-war treuiment and making re- commendations for immediate ac- tion to improve the lot of men while they are still in the service.

“I do not advocate generosity

mimontmllcd by corrzmon some." Mr.

Bracken said. “Our men und Wo- men on service would be the first to say no to that. What I do ad- vocate is that the will of the peo- ple of Canudr. towards their service men and women shall be flilr and {cneroub-not limited by u. narrow reocuiybcord attitude. but only by tho measure of the desire cf the electorate to see that even-handed justice be meted out all." Manpower Policy

Mr, Bracken also touched brief- ly on the Party's policy toward war-time utilization of manpower.

"No question more vitally affects those on service than the provision of adequate reinforcements." he said. urging compulsory National Selective Service with those selec- ted to serve in the armed forces to be available fa service wherever required.

"‘1‘;iis party minds committed to the principle of the total utiliz- ution and proper allocation foi- vial‘ by compulsion where necessary of all the resources of Canada. includ- ing agriculture and industry and finance as well as manpower." he ‘The present government man- P21'£.P2!°_Y_i§_!l1ii.iE3.liii-L&°Ri_i:

(Continued on page i1, Col. 3)

Superforts ilhalkeil llp Good Results

WASHINGTON. Alli. ii—(APl— 3-29 Buperfortresses chalked up “good" results in their two-fold

Statement Expected

ll-(OP)—lt thut Lubor is...“ "““’i‘f‘l."°“i‘.t‘t“’fd“ " n" a men . .- E.D.T. (0 um. A.D.T.) tomor- row. but there was no dicetion of what l might. oonulki. mmwlftivgi $33; "this it would c oonggm the nine-dc strike of Montreal's tnm operators. ‘r 2.1’ ifi“°l‘.r “sh "°.ti~u°“.“"‘..‘..“ c possible J "" i‘ new?" e govcrnm c- oidcd won mourn m but tunic blues into Operation

in Mont-

thcwur

By NOT-AND NOICAAID ROME August l — (C?) - All offensive. by P iiuh on the

o Adriatic flunk of the iiuh 0th Army like rolled forward to the Ceiano River only 1T miles from gem-o und the tfizctcnhgud of the crmunl will Northern I . Allied llcudquort- crs unuouno toduy. Polish patrols ulr across the river und ficl chea said all Gemini for-c

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”;l\l'*.l\l/‘\

miles south of . In uu initiul udvuuce

Polish Troops Advance On Eastern Italian Front

luilcl. this two- -old Allied thrust bud “M51. tcwul of gccpenuno, Mont-crude uud Corin- uldo and the Poles wen ubout hulf way between captured Anconu und the next major port.

post of

m the remainder and 0th A

rulyfrcrlt.

smash yesterday It Japanese war

I industry in Sumatra and the Nip- wueuc hom

eiand. the 20th bomber reported today. It oalul three of the planes are misuinli and u fourth was forced down in enemy

A wéoimn" force of the Brent used in each attack. one utcst source of

n

Milli/Wit!

bom The u ,, in the southeast Ania. wmmanms téoaéiflltic M f“ w“

» slid. Disnufche 1%.. mm ‘iiiromo m... piano

miucma. AltlmAug. u - (c ‘i grusive Conservative lender. today c

‘licy tcwaz-i vet- '

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Churchill 0n Visit To ltalyf

(AP) -.Prhue u u-rived

he; uertcn l-DDMLITACC io- night the Pr c Minister's arrival. but did not disclose the pui- his trip or bow

be. to the Iiuliun '- closcly on the visit oi King George. came ju three dogs after his last trip to the Norman y battlefront. 0n Tuesday night Allied supreme Headquar- ters in England reported that Mr. Churchill hud been to Hui-ice durin the lily and had talked with Gen. lliiivgwmery and other Allied war Gil 2Y5.

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Jcps Execute 3 Yank Prisoners

by e31 Almencan C 398-11856

was ted

Navyiwory. by the United States ‘Inc Japs charged that they kill-

ed a police officer ami- escaping

from a prison camp in Manchuria.

r - clan office yhC-gm d mlsggn through tggy; ei-iczmm-ggd

The sentence of death. ilnposed by a military col-int umn the three Agrziaericans. was carried out Jilly 31,

Those executed, m. ngvy “m, were:

Joe B. Chustnin. 24. E. Chast-aln. Waco.

Marifie Cpl. viewi- Paliotti, 2a, a: 01ft liars. Julia Poliotti. Crane-

gqr Ymhigrilo‘ Merlnxiliiiigfob

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Marine Sift. son of Staring Texas

King Favors llational Flag And Anthem

OTTAWA. Aug. il-(CPJ-Prime Minister Mackenzie King said woay in the Commons that he was in lav- ur of u Canadian flag and of re- cognition of “O, Canada" as the National Ant-hem. for Canada. hi addition to "God save the Kink . as the Anthem for the Empire

Mr. King also endorsed a sus- gestion that it was time govern- ment records stovoed referring w Canadians by racial origin. l-le de- nounced eiiortc to raise racial Dre-

Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edwardlisland Like the Dew

(ZHARLCTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1944

P LLiES MAY TRAP 7TH GERMAN

barrier i0 Southern France, from Le Mans in a threat 1o

to one-half the entire from enemy-controlled

_ sourc miles.

authority Gen. Mon igomery,

behind them in many places Von Kluge must see the

ward Falaise that there was a withdrawal was possible.

Hflidqllflrwrs meanwhile cloaked in complete silence the drives rad- iating from Le Mans in order to keep Von Kluge Bilessing which were feints and which were real punches.

The Genpar. communique declar- ed that an American column ira- velling northward-the lower jaw of the potential trap-was a pow- erful one under strong air support and eserted it had been engaged in heavy fighting. the first intim- ation of any stout resistance since American armor began rolling over the Paris plain.

A second column struck toward Chartres, guardian city of the last 50 mile defence zone before the Cfillital. hilt there was no confirm- ation here of reports that Chartres

miles from Paris

Another column was reported rol- ling due east on Chateaudun, guar- ding the road to Orleans and the open country between the Seine and Loire Rivers south of Pei-ls. Here again. unofficial reports acid Chateaudun had been reached.

The fourth column was believed heading toward Tours to solidify the hold on the Loire River, Bllarding the right American flank. This hold already was firm from the mouth to 50 miles upstream with the capture of Notes and Angers. which fell with only token rcsist-= once.

lleserve Troops In Training

iudice as "the Rreutect disservice that can be done to i}. s uni can comm

to the onweelth.

It was John Diefienballer (P.C.— Lake Centre) who raised the ques- tioii of racial orlsin by sussestina parliament should “make a declar- ation es w the r ht of an individ- ual to call himse: a Canadian 1r- respective of rilci orilili- H? “iii the census every 0 ycm Perpetu- mtes distinctions as to racial oflzin and there was no longer any heed for it. Canadians had fought and died H espcctivu or race endcreed- "‘ WW“ “i. ‘$151335? Lilia?‘ my frientg all m" e a

in

izens, being regarded u Canadians.- first, foremost and all the time.’ said Mr. Kin!-

F. l). RJlIIsIts Tile lllelltians ‘

ISLAND BASE. AL- KA, Aug. 3—(Delayed)-(AP)- Preaidsnt Roosevelt paid this Al-

nd, in turn: wuc surprised by What Iuifidlw. ltdllid he W85 thfiiltd ' it was the President's fig. ‘flail: B by wardiiv. bv way bf Hon-

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At Beach Grove '

Rain did a. little to dampen the. clothes but none of the spirits of the Reserve troops in training ati Beach Grove camp yesterday. Dar-i ing the forenocn training went on for N. C. O.s and men in drill halls and marquees. Officers had lect-< ures 111B"? oi them as a bell tent would; accomodate. The rest listened in‘

m with their heads in the tent and

the rest of them in the wet out-l side.

i These are the units in camp: 17th‘ (R) Armoured Regiment (P E 1.. L. 8.); 5 (R) Fortress Signal Com-l, pony, R C. Sigs; 6th 4R» Distric Signals Coy.. R C. Sigs; 2nd (R Butt. Pictou Highlanders; 29th IR). Field Ambulance, R C. A M C ;. 42nd (R) Brigade Group Coy, Rq C. A. S. C.; 62nd (R) Coy. Vetcr-l ans Guard of Canada: 2nd (R) Britt. Cape Breton Highlanders. Following are the Officer; of the‘ respective units: ' 11m (n) Armoured Regimcnhi Charlottetown: Lt. Col R L Mol- lison, Bummerside; Major R F‘. Acorn, Charklttetown; Major M. V. Goodwin. Charlottetown: Mai- oi- W. Lowthe., Charlottetown; Mn- jor M. c. West. Souris: Captain! R. Cari-others. Charlottetown; Captain P. 1‘ Creelmnn (F. C. A M. C.. attached), Charlottetown; Captain D. F‘ Gallant. Charlotte- town: Captain J. R. Murphy. Ken- sington; Captain P. A. McLellnn. Souris; Captain G. H. Phillips, Summerside; Captain the Rover-i

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IDNIXN. A1141. ll—(OP)—Tlie Nazis applied new pressure today to wring the last bit of manpower out of ennany amid new contin- ental reports that both the German arm and production fronts are ctr ned to the utmost.

New decrees by Goebbels, Hitler's total mobilization minister tool: private telephones from millions of Germans and drastically curtailed mail and telegraph services.

Goebbels estimated his new ser-

fliomunds" f nzlcl

vice curtailments would free “tens (If or the unnv

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ilod ordered a generahretreat. But his fro angle west of the American push toward Ale

had been reached. Chartres is 45 F

Nazis In New Moves To Obtain More Manpower

Goalie-kiln uoubcudunilllfiuu.

boufidln

By JAMES LONG

Associated Press Staff Writer ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,

crossed the Loire River in a flu-us; 10 miles south from Nantes, breaking open the rive: while a second armored force ilau veered sharply

Aug. 11 - (

“all. mo. l CIA. out.

Yank Drive-Rumored ‘ ..Ai Paris Outskirts

AP) — Aulcriouu forces have north

imp the whole German 7th Army.

es indicated

sible that some newly-captured

and it is pos danger; and

no sign of an immediate pill

The 7th once was estimated to include more ‘than 30 divisions and represented cloue western-from, force of Field Marshal Gen. Vou Kluge. Reports their escape gap hull been nun-owed to 83

(All NBC reporter reported from Lon don Friday night lle llad learned on the best that the American drive had carried to the outskirts of Paris.)

__ _ Allied ground commander in France, underscored tile possi- bilities of the rapidly-developing situation in a message to the Allied Anny declaring: The great bulk of German forces in north west Europe is in a had way- We 8ft! round

of them may not get away.” German prisoners said he

ops were so hotly engaged in a 40-mile iri- ncon and the British-Canadian thrust to-

l-out nor any indication that

‘Vings Parade Yesterday

At N0. 2iA.

l

N. S. Here

Large Class ‘Graduates;

Wings Presented By

Group‘ Capt. H. N. Hampton, D. F. C.

A large group of uir navigators graduated yesterday at a W parade at the Royal Canadian Air fierce station, Che lottewwn.

The wings were presented Group Capt. H. N. Hampton. D. . 0., officer commending the station, No. 2 Al: Navigation School.‘

One graduate, Sgt. R. A Read of Halifax was from the Muritime Provinces. The remainder were from Great Britain princi ally. with a. sprinkling from this sdc oi the Atlantic.

Group Captain Hampton chut- ted briefly with each graduate as he pinned the navigaioi-‘s wing on the airman‘s tunic. Later he e kc m the class, congratulating in and teiiinglthetn that the large cluss was some ing to be "very proud oi."