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Duke Historic

B. (l. election Will

flctober 21

29 — (CP) d B. “Tgtugol an-

fl l, _ f‘ 0 lllll‘ gaqrceenegafblectlons will be h... bu. 21 with nomination

5e t. 30.

fllzlbergls, Conservatives and co - operative CommonweaPh Federation are expected to en- ter a full slate of candidates for the 48 seats at stake. 517"“? Liberals have named 24 candi- dates. Conservatives and C. C. F. 2i each and Labor one.

Standing at dissolution oi‘ the lllth legislature July 22 was Liberals 31, Conservatives eight, C. C .11‘. 'i. Tabor one and in- dependent one.

VICTORIA. Aug. .- Premier .

Final arrangements are being gtglliléjllfiifit‘: 119111‘ tahe official visit nex es ay o Ar Com. "i000". H. R. H. the Duke of Ixfillt, younger brother of His Ma- testy Kim; George VI. They pro- vide ample opportunity for the public to see and welcome the dis- tinguished visitor. thThe friglnal plan provided for e arr val of the Duke and party at the Charlottetown airport at 4 p. m. Atlantic Daylight Time. Thin has been changed to 5 p. m., to al- low for a visit to the summerside airport. Details of the plans for this visit appear below. ‘ When the three Lockheed 12's carrying the Duke and party reach tue Charlottetown airport at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening“ they will be met by His Honour leutenant Governor LePage, Premier Camp- bell, His ultgiship Maygilrakliolmaéi. Group Cap r1 E. A. e, 0. .. No. 31 General Reconnaissance school, Charlottetown, Flying Of. ilcer A. M. Dunstan, commanding the R. C. A. F. recruiting centre, and senior naval and military of- flcers. ‘The Duke's party will include Group Capt. Sir Louis Graig, R. A. n, aide to the Duke‘ WinZ-Cmdl L. E. Wray, R. C. A. . headqlllll‘ ers. Ottawa' Wing-Cmdr. H. M. Groves. R. ., Flt-Lt. J. P. Ifer- guson, R.A .. aide to the Duke. J- A. Lowther. personal secretary to

tonfcsscs to career 0f rape and murder

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29—(AP>- Acheck of all details, police said today. fended to corroborate a confession of Jarvis Catce, 350438!- sm negro, that he had ra-ped and killed seven women here and in yew york, raped four others and attempted t0 rape t-WO m0??-

Acting promptly, the Bronx Brand Jury returned a, first de- gree murder indictment against» catoe ior the one slaying whlchq occurred in New York, that of Mrs. pielyn R. Andersen, a Bronx wait- Nit, on Aug. - .

The other sex klilin s. all of vitiich occurred in Wash ngton, and l.) which the police said Catce had confessed were:

Jessie Elizabeth Btrleff, 23, June

l5.

Mrs. Rose simzns Abramowltz, 25, sbrfde of one month. March B. Ada Puller negro. 21, Jan. 22. Lucy Kldwell, negro, 02, Sept. 28.

1940. the Duke; Flt-Lt. R. A. Waller,

Mattie Steward. negro. 48. Nov. treasurer, and Inspector Evans. 191949- Criminal Investigation Depalji; Jorephlne Robinson, negro, 34, Dec. —_~_-————._______

l. 1939- n a c ll, coL 2) This series of crimes, climaxed wonunuff ____.____n p K by the Abramowits and Strieff cas- ei. aroused such a wove of criticism of the Washington Police Depart- ment that a Céngressional. investi- gation and a shake-up followed.

Squirts ammonia into face of Former sweetheart

Coming Events Notl;?_il1 this column 8 cents per word.

"Wanted to buv Chicken. Fbwl island Cold SWAN 11-219-7-9-1!

late for DENVER. Ans. 2o - (AP) < A

uiited ammonia .11- to the face of a

25 year old elevator. girl today. Detectiv Joseph Duffy said. because she hfld 11°‘ ‘Wald

the $200 he spent courting her.

Visit

Chamber 0f Confederation

Will proceed first to Summerside reaching Charlottetown at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Will make {llllleflfflnce 0n_ balcony of Provincial Build- mg after recelvmg addresses of welcome.

Chinese

The Chinese War Monday.

of Chungking.

0n the Japanese.

Believes n Subversive

gating the cause wal by Arvlda that he‘ that nothing of ‘a

plant

the strike “seemed less spontaneous.

ed when gathc acted.

Duffy said Rav Rennison. 34-. drove his automobile up B8, MN, Verda Sodia was waiting f‘); ‘,3 streetcar and Sqlllfled the _ from a small rubber syrintle- 9. girl was treated for minor burns. i, Lunch The Qglmlwffi szllhdc Rgtllrlfijnsizglil . s , . L-274-B-30-ll. Swen? $.80... goth silage a "Cake Sale Rogers Hardware. l "Elbe ‘lied t}? tbn ‘Rennlson August 30. Aid of Basilica Altar’ 5mm», $200 he had spent, for birth- soelety. 12513-849511 day and Christmas presents, for dances. and for other courtship 8X- mllliasd I've been trying to collect for more than a. veal‘. 9511mm" told Duffy.

"Dance. Flat River Hall, Monday, Beuternber lst. L-276-8-30-lf.

"Dance in Iona Hall Monday, leptember l. 11252-8-20-21 "Dance. Graham's

Road Hall, lfonday, September 1st.

"Stanley Bridge variety concert it Brookfield, Monday, Sept. l. 1f rot fine, Tuesday. L253.8-29-2l

"“'_‘“ e ii back at $311!

"Ice Cream Festival. Binao Md m“? xniiwa ‘illicit? Miss c a

Dance in Lot 05 Hall Monday. 88D?» w“, “Bu, I coumni; say/g that, ht. L-220-8-29-2i hum. and he kw, M,“ me w my "mince, 3t. Te 21's ‘Tuesday m". Am; _ Joseph

“*5 Deputy District ennglogv Wm, n»

E. Cook charged R

fitttember 2nd, Webster's Orchestra 1'4"“ adult‘. and buttery.

8-29-21

assault to com-

"Ice Cream and Dance Little 2.1,?“ aealmbocilalrlild llmatllllllrtflrytlé Pond Hall, Tuesday. September 2nd. “(my ,,,,,.,‘,-,,

Burke's Orchestra. L-267—8-30-1l.

"Rummage Bale Girls‘ Band

Room, Market Building Saturday. llviiust 30th. 2.30 P. M

_L_1N_8_z7_m,liazis claim 22 ' lied transports, 10 Warships sunk

"Wanted to bur-Bologna Cattle Blteep and Veal Calves. all rades Phone. write for prices. islan Colo i Bltlfflse 00.. Ltd ti ‘

_.-._. i "Home-cooked chicken. ton ue. "lids. cake. pie at Labor Day ea.

>-'i'he

York a ll. .t o BERLIN. Aug. '29 — w?

BtandarllTl€l2wmberL-l?iil-B-29-2i Nazis claimed today that health-x "3 , i“ “will lganlggllindtrrlilibblortltemda K

tiyn live hens and young w 1 ltlllM cl 1' 1 war htns were sum. res ted in ll- l pall- ‘lgr fiigfielll liboxfbsladltl capgure of T'alllll’ll\. Estonia. and ll»!

is . n??? iglt Ilfildtn-s-lsolaled Tatum“- German nlih to the Nani Baltic buffer

L-IM-B-iitl-ll.

,“Collecting hogs Tuesday. Knud. lritensen. agen for Livestock "Irwin: Board. Phone 21-12. L-ltld-B-KO-li. l

,"Dr. rain .1. Leonard. Osteopathic ,hv=icim. will be at the Chat-low:- ,?Wn Hotel September 2nd and 3rd. lll" appointment Phebe Hotel.

L-zai-a-ao-ii.

M"Dancs Crspsud Hall Mon v Dm- sflit. l, ringing by Hus ll “Th BBB-pipe ‘erections by Al- k Macbeod. at. .Avard's orches. ‘- Luo-o-zo-ai

"chicken supper Dance. C. M. a" 5- "all. Vernon Rf '. Monday

""1"!- September ls "Wed fr o v.1 “Hooligan: o“ 1.- $03041

ud Joritcnsen.

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ti i tion ‘in the ouii o fgglaxrlianiffllflllzlst the sort-tying £31115: sian forces in ilislll» llom e and ing city, in dozens of troopshlps iightinit tirafi.

Strange man Is executed

BAN QUENTIN. Ollllo Aug. 19 — (AP) - A stralitie voun mm W110 r ' ‘ -' every effort for c emency lll his behalf. was executed today at

1a‘

m; gfdg of another convict for whom he had formed an d at.-

‘Ihmeltqwb Eldon Hawk 26 d Johnaunlnger 1o, died in the 1m chamber. The murderers asked the!

llionday being Lat-our Day and a public i011-

illhcrla Gov’t

To default Bonds due

payment of a. bond maturity

today. The maturity montim, Monlrc

Monday is a maturity will Tuesday.

The issue was

51x per cent. While it , the province w offer interest on the coupon rate. This ls the

DONDON, All Prime Minister night sought to lies from the pas

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9611'», ped qulell ed he ha gone Settlement where

ioiogy.

Mr. King w end in the ccun ed loot.

AUG. 80, war on Rumsn

action along the

‘lily the next lsstieljof The Guardian wlllljle Tmsllfly. September 2. l‘.

they be buried side by slde. The! first met in the death hm!!!- The widow of the San Dlego'me- chanlc whom Hawk murdered ried g3 vain to have his sentence chum- l life imprisonment. Hawk ro- D he “served to db.

AUG. d1. , cupled addition

vsnla; invaded B

made small gains on the Somme.

gm fire halted German attack on 1811 '

0n offensive

CHUNG-KING, Aug. 29- (AP) —

day that Chinese variguards reached the outskirts of two Jap- anese-occupied provincial in counter-attacks that

The capitals were Nanchang, in Kiangsi Province 590 miles east of Cliungking and Fmciiow, in coast- al Fukien Province 8'10 miles east

The ministry spokesman small-scale attacks launched s- gainst the Japanese outposts in Kiangsi, Kuklen, Chekiang, South- ern Klanngsu and Southern Anhwel Provinces, inflicted 2,500 casualtle. - my‘ and “mats mnnedulte ,,e,,_,e(,, ,.

Arvida strike

OHICOUTIM-IT-auen (OH-Charles Patrick Lcve told a Royal Commission investi-

k-out last July at the Aluminum I Zamipany cf Canada plant at near-

ture was responsible

Love, supervisor in the company's No. 1, and one of ei ht wit- nesses to appear durini? nefore the commission which be- gan its sittings Monday, Said that

what the cause could My men seemed absolutely astound- it happened. At least I red‘ that from the way they

EDMONTON. Aug. 20-(0? Alberta government will 250,000

treasury department officials s

is payable in Ed- al and Tlorcnto. A"- public holiday. the become

sold by the pro- vince ln i921, bearing interest at

unable to meet the matur- the basis of half officials explained. first maturity of

three which durinfl month; will involve

oolllberta has defaulted about s15,-

000000 in principal debenture ma- - uvlties since A0111. 1935» ______._.__.

lie-visits scenes 0f student days

,____. . ao-(cP Cable)- ackenzie King

t-hls student days

0d 8 - "‘.li‘é'§°'l..‘§.*.t..i‘.l°“ '1?»- howl suite all day attendlnB l0 °°"“'

dence 11d clearing up Don Canaadsis Prime Minis away and it. was learn- to the Mary Ward

ago when he was a

ll nd the week- ‘trfit sn undisclos-

War-25 Years Ago Today

lilo-Turkey declared is. Romanians cs - lured Petroseny and Kesdl Vasar - iy ln Transylvania. Light srtfllery

lillti-Rumanians oc- al places in Transyl-

l

go

Ministry said lo- had

capitals starred

said

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othing in

Aug. 29- today

of a five-day

was “sallsfiedj subveraive nu- for the strike."

te day

to be more or I don't know have been.

on Sept. 1

officers for _ be trained in the recently-estabdsh- 6d Officers’ Training Centre Col. Rnlston said "\ve_ merely holding — keeping from ros- lng the wnr -— but when the time comes for us to assume the offen- sive we will teach Hitler the only laiégua "

make-up of an two things. that he be fighting lit n

. l-The default | principal ,

filling due Sept. 1,,

aid

payable

lll continue to

the next three nearly $6,000.-

w-

capture memor-

gtult D0.- ter slip-

he stayed years student of soc-

Bzmme Front.

ulgarla. fiend-i south of Estrees British machine-

itiative. He advised keep in min v _ ‘- training centre. your unit and. your l war."

35o in Y Ficnrs Fnanceiv noun

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flolognc can't Take bombing l

‘LISBON. Aug. 29 -- (CP) - Lologne. industrial centre inf Western Germany which has. noon the target. of devastating nay and night ralus by the lcoyal Air i-‘orce, "can't take it," a prominent member of.a foreign eoionysald in on interview whin; tie arrived here.

Describing widespread damage, the traveller said the inhabitants were endenvoring to rival Lon- don in "taking lt,” but had n.t succeeded. ‘

“The bombing has had a ler-. rlble effect on the spirits of the! people," he said. "A iualf-dnzenl

Late blight Hits hard at Potato crop

Late blight is hitting the potato crop illltills province harder than since 19.18, it was learned yester- uay from Mr. S. G. Peppin, in charge of seed potato inspection in the province. Growers are alive to the situation and in many cases are! .lii{iilll remedial ste s.

The western sect on of the prov- ince 1s hit harder than the east Portion. it was learned.

bven early varieties 0f potatoes should have another month to rum-l Dlete growth, willie the later sorts, such as Green lvlountaiils slrcud

. . . ,._ more large scale raids on Co- fiffiglflffo,“f,§’§“§,¥mf“,§,al§~§§;,§§lg; iogne would undoubtedly lay ,,,,,,,,,o,.,,b,e gmw<mg wewher w, .,e‘ tnost of the city in waste and rams dam“, Dmnung ‘hue, g1“ completely stop all industrial norm,“ ‘ ' “ , activity. The people are facirg

H bum, swam,‘ hard now Lhej the future with the greatest on-

xlety because they ‘can't take it’

yield would be greatly reduced. and “m, hngu,"

added to that woulu. be danger cf

t. Zgrrielaoqti. wylicnvblliizht an n _ 3.‘ ' the potatoes \.e1_ ~.‘ Quebec sur |us irrowntil when affected. , p N. s. T00 l - For nine-month

KENTVILLE. N. s, Aug. zo-(c P)-Pc-tato growers in this province are faced with the most serious .a'.e blltzllt situation in years. J. Fred Hflckey. plant pathologist at the sxuerimentnl Station here said to-

Fiscal year

steps are tal.ei1 the greater part all QUEBEC, Aug, 30_(s,v,urdqyi_.

the crop will become pracmcallv at (gm-surplus of $3.5l2.885 on or-i

Wm] 1°35‘ l dlnary account for Quebec Prov- . ,,,§§‘vf,1,,'édDfivglilfidwgfleyeghyefimsli ince's nine-month fiscal year end- , m“ u, me ms,‘ few weaks. the ed last March, 31 was announced

toda by Provhclal Treasurer .l. A. Mat :ws"n, along with nn over-all deficit of $15,945,000 fcr the perlzd.

blight has spread so rapidly that it ncw reached epidemic proportions and. according to the district. ni-

gpegf, o; h, s » d H, 3,, ._ more than $lil.t‘.,t‘0.0(‘0 less than the

"lee lgle k 555cc certs: c sgllleell" utbrlitligilriglresttélllltetot Fed s55

iii-tug t1 "i. la. c" e a.',.-

l on He Dlovlfe. 968.764 avd ordinary expenditure $52,455 R79. Capital expenditure was 519.457.7911.

"As to lllie current your. revenues are buoyant" Mr. Mathewson said "Exrendittircz tirive been curtalkd t) such an extent that the province now is livlm, entirely intrme and s operating on a budg- nt which i5 balanced on ov"r-a1l basis. To pill its financial house in ..nrder is part of Que-beds cntrlbu- tlon to the wnr."

Reduction rf three morvhs in the inst financial period‘ Nslllls from a change from July 1 in April 1 ln the start of the province’; fiscal year, effected in 1940 by the legu- lnture in order to make it conform with the Dvvpinions flsca‘ year.

Over-all deficit in the 12-month fi=ca1 your lQRW-IO was $59,500,000 with total revenue amounting to 355600.000 and total expenditure to $l08.200.000.

iiluke of Kent tWatches range

l nd fit to fight and also have 1n-. the men to "this is your,

Gol. (Ralston Says end not Yet in sight,

BROCKVILLE. Onto Auit. 29 — (CP) -- Hon. J. L. Ralscon, Cana- da's Minister of National Defence. said here today that “the end of. the war is not in sight and it will not be won until tliis man Hitler ls taught tlircnuh the only language lie knows. force.“

Audra-suns: the first class of new time Canadian arirry to

._.....,

nere,

have been

ge he knows — fo pl. Ralston said the officer

rce. successful demands

a that l Day’s program crammed l with activity at Montreal.

Interpreting“- The War News

(By Jack Braylvyl (Canadian Press Stuff Writer) MONTREAL. A112. 29 -— iCPt f-

A concentrated view of lits tirtl‘ from coast to coast was crammed into one busy program hero ‘Odell as the Duke of Kent watched the range of the nation's war ncllvllv in a busy tour that ended for tea nton Mount Royal.

His crowded DPOHYflln lllclllfllw-‘l colorful ceremony hnrd brtwtlcilill-l’ and was highlighted by a Y0\"'W ‘ll the 11 types of planes made l" Canada. ___

By Edward E. Bomar Associated Press staff Writer

What Hitler really fold Muss- olini about the future “devel- opment and dumtlcn of the war" is c-f a‘. much concern to uneasy Turkey as to any bclfg- ercnt ice of the Axis.

All signs indicate that the unhappy guardian of the cross- roads between Europe and Asa

may be an early object of the dictators‘ attentions.

Standing astride the direct route the Nazis would like to follow toward Suez and the Asia Minor oil plateau, the Turks are given to understand that for the nrment all they will be asked to concede is use of their Black Sen territxrlal waters in the fight against Russia.

(Continued on page l1. col. 3)

Epidemics on Wane in West

WINNIPEG. Aug. 29—(OP)—— M-arked decrease in the spread of sleeping sickness and‘ infantile par- alysls-partlcularly in sakatche- wan-was reported by health offic- ials in the west today.

At Resins, where the spread o! encephalitis has been serious, no new cases have been admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours. While only 13 new cases were reported in other parts of Saskatchewan, 10 in Manitoba and One ln Alberta.

Polloimyelltis. which has centred particularly in Manitoba, also seemed to be relaxing in severity. with only i6 new cases reported in Manitoba and two in Alberta. Manitoba. however. reported one

death from each disease, bolh in LU l‘

Winnipeg. C A N A M '

FLCI LI ll . EXBELS IN THE KITCHEN

Germany l1o‘."s 1n abeyance a demand that Turkey expel all British and Russians as the Nazis were forced out of Iran. Arid for the time being nothing is said officially nbaut. the pass- age of troops and supplies.

New precautions testify to the Turks‘ concern. Motor and rail traffic bet-ween Turkey and Europe have been prohibited, it is reported. Effective next week, everyone in the strategic Dar-

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ivithin its ‘

0f war activity _

i

lfiondition of Pierre Laval ls critical

(By Roy P. Porter, Alpclakfl Press Staff Writer)

PARIS. German-occupied France, A113. 29--~<APi —Plcrre Laval. Fymbol of French collaboration with Hitler, lay close to death to. night as _l1ls surgeons diatcrtniued llDon a risky operation to retrieve ,:1n assassins bullet imbedded a tenth of an inch from his heart.

The surgeon decided upon the hazardous step after the 58-_vcztr. olct number one Quisling in France, >l1ad_i'1lr1_i1_l?i1i11i>r' re of 39 601l-

VICHY. All!- (ill-Saturday) --(Af'l—Eigltt more persons have been executed in Paris. tiispatches from Paris reported today, bringing to 11 the num- ber cxecut ll since the ai- tempted assassination of Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat Wed- ncstlay.

All eight were stood up ag- . aitist a ivall ut Vinccnncs pris. i on just outside Paris and shot to dcntli by u tiring squad f from _tl11-. French Garde Mobile. l

tigrade (102.2 fuhreriheit) for}

many hours, a possible sign that,

peritonitis was developing. ‘Tonight the temperature jump-

WHDLEjRGliT

Moscow 500 Naz

German troops

Reports i Plan es

Downed In Week

Russian losses number 262 planes; Reports tell of

hurled back

from unidentified town.

(BY He'll‘! C- (fHSSidy, Associated Press Staff Writer) NIOSCUWI Aug. 30-(Saturdziy)—(AP)—Soviet Rus-

rblliuszvtid ftitday that the Red army fought stubbornly all 1.1) yesterday 211111114" the whole eastern front and that the

iRed nir force had destroyed

500 German planes in one

lweck at a cost of 262 Russian planes.

The midnight Ctlmmlmitiue gave no indication of where

had said German troops were 1151)’ Klel’. lll the Ukraine) in

lthe fighting was particularly fierce but earlier reports

hurled back from K (prob- a fierce brittle in which the

530th German infantry regiment was destroyed, The communique said the German planes were shot

‘ down or destroyed on the ground between Aug. 21 and 27,

.;l to 39.5 (103.1 fahrettlieiii and ‘ indicating gym-Lime“, heavy aerh, qcfivity during the h‘, ‘ l 1 1-