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NDON, Aug. 0 — (Tuea- h';,o_ (c?) - Allied planes knocked out I35 German tanks launching a. counter- mack south of Mortain Mon- hy, it was announced today.

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llascopie At lhurchill

mgmHIIlaA .7-—(CP)— m iceifreaker Nlillgiflple arrived M, gummy with the annual ens- km Arctic; patrol. She was seeks earlier than last year; Th, "geL carrying supplies ‘for “m; post; and stations of ._hc llnysl Canadian Mounted Police

lathe eastern Arctic, is commanded e_

by Capt. Thoma; smellie. [itch year the Nascopie visits as trading posts and stations of he Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the eastern Arctic. bring- lu them stores for the following lilnonths. In 1941, as a precau- tionary measure, the ship carried ylpplies for two years in case the 3 nr made annual visits impossible. ‘ ln i942 and i943 the ship was iile to make iis trip as usual, but m post could not be reached- Ml Ross on Bcllot Strait which lzpslates Bootiiin Peninsula and somerset Island and is usually iciaed the North-West Passe e.‘ iuln last summer the ice con i-| lions were so bad that it was im- sible to set supplies to Fort. ass. ‘ She will take on coal here andl illen go bacl: through Hudson Strait and around Baffin Islam‘. ioopen up Fort Ross again. It iilloped by arriving earlier the lilo will be able to get through

.e. he Eskimo are getting batter medical attention this year than The patrol is handed McKciind of Otta-

of the Arctic and

-cr is Dr. George

no n Ottawa surg-

. be replaced by 0:. Dennis Jord n a prominent Toronto physician. More wlillr-s than ever before live been among the Eskimo since I'll‘ began and almost \vithout~ex-_ option. sold officials familiar rlth the north, the natives get terms from the visitors. A com- mon cold becomes serious with an

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“Show - 5t. Peter's, Wednes- iv. 8-7-

“Filmy

"Dance. Siiiiiolt Road School "minor. at. --t lltn. s-ll-n.

"Ice Cronin Festival, Bazaar and Diiice. Meiriile school, WBKlZIGS- "Y. migusi 9m. ii-B-Zi ,

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lol lfjilillii‘. a-ti-ii > ii.._oci', Si. David's]

i nursrizly, Aug- 8-8-11.

mrelilfifllflilkllll Sill uniicc. Vcrnoil '1' R1. lilllliiulLY. Ailzust lutn. Iielew onnnsu-ii. h-ii-i-ll-al.

- Murray River ‘Ighairs-

v social. sandwiches Graham's izusd Hall Ms. 9. Dancing l) to l. 8-5-21

"Dance in M ~-

hyl Au I _ inray River Thurs-

loueww: Iliikplilgilusgatllag. the Char. 8-8-21.

b - August iitii. sximemd l’ MN. Em 0 ’l‘rainor. u *“_' Mwther Pic tam. Mm,“ r230 Saturday after- mnd was? at Church oi a

“I _ y Ind ctlea lilfiltllll Wednesday,

Ill __-_—— ‘gdulfmfaeflm and Dance,

Grape-ad. Brl hi" no dishes. a-a-i. "lie crea FT illldglgwsi llhisil l=".‘e.l3l.‘°l‘~03§’.l’§§ ring: Afiélfiglzlliml. Wednesday eve- C.W_L_ 9- Sponsored by the

“Bumbag ‘L

_ on Mill- Souris. By kind 1m,‘ Co] the Commanding h“ o’ ‘h. Cotter. the pe em h M "i: Pictou Highlanders "lace wean“ “"31? Hospital Fromm" 956M’. 0th august. w Orchestras plgyjaga :1;

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n was appointed

n, mrsndly invasion planning and tfll-

. accomodation was constantly belnl . expanded, and they denied reiiflrl-i

“Z Still Ho Settlement

AT 1ST CANADIAN ARMY HEADQUKARTIIIRB RMAND

Aug. '1 -— (C?) -' Canada. for the first ttéime in her hiaw

a anmy .. afield-the

and today it ls end 0i’ this

Canadian Army

the lone of battle was disclosed today, but it acouall. has been op- erating for l0 days France as a. fully-org army, and many or ltsDrg-cn have been in the line ctnce

It lncludm powerful unit‘ of British troops, formerly of the 2nd Anny, f Ming under the comm- and of lit-Gen. Crema- just as Canadian soldiers have been un- der British Command ' this was‘ and in the t War. Army headquarters, however,

Canadian

Its formation herewaa one of the best kept secrets oi

ver before in the history oi

fare has a. military organization of such size been a0 uucc-

I since June 18. flying almost daily over Canadian . '

The balt/tle- line-up in IPrunce now is the American lat army on the right. The British 2nd Army in

he Cen and the Canadians on the left, all under the field direct» ion o1‘ Gen. Montgomery, himself under the supreme f‘ rider, Gen. Eisenhower.

Gen. Crerar thus ands a full-scale army which in military parlance; may mean an thing from two w five corps, with ‘o or more divisions in each corps. l-Ie ranks with lit-Gen“ y of the 2nd Amly and lot-Gen. manlty yrnu commands the American forces.

The let Canadian Army has con- fronted the best the Germans such units as the Adolf Hitler the Hitler Youth armored divisions, and h eight

time.

headquarters staff is p oi young officers. grad- uates cf staff colleges in England and Canada, and a number of‘ them have combat experience in c- ther theatres. Some veterans oil Dleppc hold key posts at head-» quarters and one is Gen. Crerar's

chiei oi staff. ..

'l‘he tacbical and planning staffs moved here with Gen. Creraa" June and since then the headquar- ters has been bull-t. up to iul strength. Frcm a. canvas encamp- n.ent, camouflaged with nets in a wooded area of Normandy, Canad- ian battles are directed and orders go out ior the employment of the formidable number of troops under Gen. Crerarb conuriarui.

Canadian Army headquarterswasl first established in England in the‘ spring 0f 1942, under LL-Gcn. Mc- Nnug tori, and had one Canadian Corps under its command. ter a ‘second Canadian corps was es- i-SICUSHCG. One or the Corps now is lighting in Italy as part oi the British 8th Anny.

Gen. Crcrar, who commanded the corps in Italy early llllS year

army commander when Gen. McNaughliio.i retired and took over as t-li final Nor-

had, and

nins was milder way.

Canadian Anny headqilarters was earmarked for this invasion from

the time it was formed. Its staff

worked on plans and prc aratiuns

for the Canadian part in ils cam-

pa-gn, and the Ilitllli reached lull stat/lire when the nucleus of Lil

headthuarters stall arrived hare last‘ mont . .

ileclare Hospital Situation iiooll

OTTAWA. Aug. 7 — (CP) —’l'hree of the government ministers lea- ponsible for providing hospital ac- commodation for war casualties tu- day ‘ members of the 00m- mons that everything poaalble was helm: done to make sure there was no shortage of mom for the woun- dad returning from the battle fronts.

Pensions Minister Mackenzie, De- fence Minister Ralston and Navy Minister Macdonold said hospital

there was disagreement and lack oi co-ooeration among their depart-

rnents. They sgoke after Dr. H. A. Bruce t C —- Toronto Parkdale) moved that the House adjourn to discuss the ‘ "al situation, which, he said. has been described as "cri- ical" by Premier George Drew of Ontarlo in a ‘ tement Saturday. Dr. Bruce withdrew his motion ai- ter several members had spoke on it.

In Montreal Strike

MONTREAL, Aug. 1 -- (or) - A strike of 4,000 tram and bus o erators of Montreal Tramway!

ompan, ran through its fifth day today. with both sides in the

1n bers cheered in the Commons to-

dispute holding firm in their views and no settlement in alibi-

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Canadian Flag On French Soil‘

With Canadian headquarters set up in France, rar,

the Canadian flag flew for the first

soil on Dominion Day. Here Lt-Gen.

Today's Elections

In the Quebec election today the polls open 10 A. M, A.D.'l‘.; close 7 P. M.. A.D.'I‘. '

In Alberta the polls noon A.D.T.: close 9 P. in rural rldings; l0 P. in urban.

Commons Cheers Army Statement

OTTAWA, ai?'v__ (CPU-Hem.

day when Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King announced the lst Canadian Army under Lt-Gen. H. D. G. Crerai “has now taken its place in the order of battle and is participating in the operations in Normandy."

(It is understood Canadian Army Headquarters has about 500 offic- ers and 7,000 men.)

3,000 Workers Still Idle At Halifax Shipyards

HALIFAX, Aug. 7 —- (CP) —- A strike of 3.000 workers at the Hali- fax shipyards, which opened July 27. continued tonight with no in- dlcatlons cf any early settlement.

A three-man delegation repre- senting the strikers was preparing to leave for Ottawa to lay their case before the Federal overn- ment. urging immediate act on to end the deadlock between the company and the industrial union of Marine and Shipbuilding Work- ers (COL).

Meanwhile. there was quiet at the big yards. with strikers con- tinuing order] picketing and nav- al ratings ac ing as maintenuag men.

Honor Prime Minister King lit Dinner

UITAWA. Aug. 7 - (C-Pl -— All "Ivnffilik Jrroltp of Liberals. senat- ors. members of the House cf COm-y

oiomel Ministers and Dar-i stalwarts old and round i11- Prim ister ac

iv ned around a genie King tonight to celebrate the selection u

125th lllnlalllélfilglixléyhll “his, globration tool: the foam of o. dinner with laudatoiiv speeches by distl ished members the r- tylaltlgulrQDlYbYl-hfl Pr 0M il- te . f the dl clr lied Tm "’°"“i‘Tus-a° rxtlrnalt mbust ational Lib- contain

‘ LETAL FOR v.01.

LONDON’ —(CP)— The V. O. medal lg still be made from the last n captured the British in the rimean war. Another - 50

‘drive from the northeast toward

time on French

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CHARLOTTETOWN, oarslhollfrruasnavfhuousr s, 1944

YANKS BREAK NAZI COUNTER-ATTACK

rCanada Has Army In Field For First Time

h”; Some Of Toughest Troops In German Army Reports Say.

General Officer Coinmanding-in-Chiei of First Canadian Army. is shown taking the salute-wan. H. D. G. Ore . adian Army Overseas Photo).

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Glerma

ridor.

s Germans had curried in the i

The Geoman counter - thrust in the Vlre billge overshadowed im- portant develogmcntsto thc north- east, where the British 15nd Army

and Canadian lst .' are ham- mering relentlessly, ‘ igc of the German line so

a new as . . e ht miles east of Cat-n and ll5 miles west of Paris, no immediate Cfllllii tch from Ross A _ an Press War Correspondent, said the Canadians were keeping in "close contact” with the Germans south olf Caen. Hfihly intportant also was the of the Ome River along a two-mile front l5 miles southwest of Caen by British troops. This thrust created an outflanking three tlhc German's formidable

' By Kirke L. lhpacn Associated Press War Analyst

There was more than a. hint oi’ desperation in the nraf. heavy Ger- strike American break - through into Brittany and the Loire Valley. lt came loo late knife done more than slow up the mnny-fangcd t. s . ,. A ll .. , u.

run-n counter - attack to

blitz even had it

War Situation Last Night I

lines in France since the

Nor was it strong enough so far as et rcveaiofto

a delay notion. Probably intend the cnln ng German it flank.

The site of the attack, between Mortain a-nd Sourdeval just south of captured Vlre on the main Vire-Dornfmnt highway. Wla admirabi en b the foe if that was his purpose. That. represent: the ilplln lye

cehaml the Seiune Rivers which reach

the Avrano es some 20

ect ched and passed Dornfront. l2 miles

The American stab along the Avranches - MOH-Illl - Donlfront - Al- r threatens to turn successive Nlll defence positions be- Divea and other lessor rivers w t ngly impending German

Ink under pressure of British and Canadian snniea on the northern end of the Allied line could be turned into a rout by a deep American

encon highway hind the Orne. fiheckcd. The secini

ward break - through.

The Naai counter - thrust Into the See - hlnnieri and contained as rnrly reports

been quickly nailed baa-k to ecu

fed the Orne line at Th It beoo 0st Nazi sources are com

Prria itself

mllea farther west. The blow dcnte aligns three miles deep. ousted the ca. n of r t

bcl h d be! A l l

at Virc l: the north and atpebonlggnirir: tehe Mlsfclfefhetneagielykllililgemierlzt;

have risked that with up to four armored clivis

their army from a far larger pocket forming between the Alnerlc

Formfrant on the right. and British and Canadian forces which

nrv - Harcourt south of C86!!-

lflfia ilwNMlnIly apparent each day that orders from the high- uelling commander-ll in

aieiv he every inch of ground in ihe north.

nil “rittanv and the intensifying American threat in the Loire Valley to

b0 rated as mare thnli to permit a sweeping withdrawal of

chol- tween sea north and south of d American lines Martin and probably out o ‘ which had rea- st-soltheut of Marta-in.

the

of the

Seine if not t lo

the Seine on that easi- Selnne corridor, Ir it has indicated. probably will he

Ions in order to extricate an! ..at have for-

fiance to ciimr desper- even at the nrlce of the loss of

a. c. ll. r. it...

lied Troops ilapture Rich 0il Wells

IDNDON. Aug. ‘l Al’) -III- sian troops captured the rich oil wells of Boryalaw and the com- munications stronghold oi Sambcr an‘ the ‘Carpathian MOPEBAES ‘is;

y, gs nip; secure er s routes leading into near y Czecho- slovakia. while other soviet forces captured d0 localities beyond the enemy's broken Vistula River de- fencea in a drive aimed directly at German Silesia.

These blows. some of them poa- slbl forerunners to s. Red Army

uni‘; into Germany's Balkan

read-basket, were struck as oth- er Soviet forces opened a powerful

Tilsit and Memel in East Prussia.

Moscow's bulletin. reporting the capture of 108 towns and villaces. again did not mention embattled Warsaw which was undergoing its

¢Bhth_.i!¥_i11_§=1l°-

u d; oi the metal still remains. fiogenough lo make 800 irlodalp

‘eaves. Fenian RES

Announced

OTTAWA. Aug. '1 - iCPl Air Force Headquarters an- nounccd tonight the award of Distinguished Flying Crosses to four . C. A. l‘. pilots serving overseas who together have destroyed a total of 22 enemy aireraft while giving air protec- tion to the invasion forces. One nf thnrc decorated h” glnu been revrted killed.

The awards:

n. r. c. Sit. Lt. J. D. Lindsay, Arnprior. ritlu. n. c. Trailer. mama. all. ‘u. r. o. Johnson Bethel,

Conn. reported killed July l!)

t . Flt. Li. L. A. Moore, (i328 Hale so.) alelphla, Pa.

CANINE WHJAI!

IQNDON -(W)- There are 1,000 dogs serving with the British Army today. It takes 80 dalys to tmin ewh one. and on comp ciln the course each animal goes to a unit will hll taialnleirlh whge the duties comprise gill? B aer omea.

d installs/t -

. unlpa. . or plants and secret enclosures.

e

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‘quet at The Charlottetown on the

< south oi Caen. From their posi-tioxis in newly- won La Moissonnierc and Lia Bog- otlere, two miles northeast of the enemy's Orne River stronghold of Thury-Harco/iirt, ' forces were about 125 miles west of Paris.

The British bridgehead was said in be holding firm despite Genn- an counter - attacks.

Local Liberals Pay Tribute To Federal (thief

Prince Edward Island Liberals joined in paying tribute last night to Prime Minister W. L. Macken- zie King at a well attended ban-

occasion of Mr. King's twenty-fifth anniversary as leader of the Lib- eral Party.

Premier J. Walter Jones prcsid- ed at the function, at which there was present a large representa- tion of ladies.

Telegrams were read from Hon.- J. L. Ralston, Prince, and Mr. J. Lester Douglas, Queen's. regret- ting their innbility to be Hon. Cyrus J. MacMillan, Ph.D, assistant Minister of Notional De- fense for Air, conveyed Prime Min- ister King's personal greetings and cordial good wishes to the meet- ing. Mr. King had recalled to him the fact that it was as a member for Prince County, Prince Edward Island. that he entered Parliament twenty-five years ago as Liberal party leader and stated he would always bear this province in grate-j ful remembrance. ; Hon. Dr. MacMillan reviewed I the Prime Minister's career. stres- sing particularly his concern for national unity and with labour nrid social security problems. H0

ivlr. King's most notable work on iundumoiiluls of social loulslflllvll- Wartime Leadership In the past five years, ‘ speaker said, the Prime LlIYllSLGT; had met the supreme test oi lead-t ership. He reviewed the grcivth v01. Canada's armed forces and vlalfi industries. and stated that these; achievements had been nccomplish- i ed with a minimum of sectional‘ differences and disagreements. In his long career. Dr- Mfliwlll" lan said. Mr. KinE 110d "never sold, the truth to serve the hour. He‘ stressed the need of retaining the Prime Minister iTkIflOHlCG to meet th st-war pro ems. l lanpgoncluslon lie described Mini King as "a statesman, concillatoi

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illlebec Labor Minister Defies Prices iloarli

QUEBEC. Aug. '1 - (OP) —-Pro- vincial Labor Minister Wilfrid Hamel announced tonight he had tolrl Quebec taxi drivers to start charging a 35-ccnt startiirg rate, rc- fusal of which by ilic Prices Bonril has cnilsczl a weak-long strike ch rho putt of 300 lriiil operators.

The drivers smrtcd back , work soon altar the Labor Ililriis-I lcr said that “the province of Que-_ bec within its own l“fi1lll(l‘l‘.'lt‘S is. master. and l will sec that

people in Ottawa understand that.

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blows by R. A. P’. heavy bomber which took advantage

moonlight to hit from the battle none into Germ- any.

nator C. C. Ballantyne, ive Conservative leader in the Se- note. today urged the government _ n to order cited “Indlliiry 811d Hllnlflflliy 1151 ways employees back to work and‘ bflflk- j falling compliance with such Iwhlch he described as a standard . order to ‘nnd authoritative the operation sportation system

m‘? l Montreal resident, b

some k Y3?C9f\1lly in he! bed at the an;

nitial rush.

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ns Threw In ll Armored Divisions

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 7 - (AP) — The heaviest German counter-attack since D-Day was broken today by American troops who stood off ole- rnenia of four divisions of enemy armor striking at the narrow N ormandy-Bflttany cor-

With Tiger and Panther tanks, the Germans drove three miles and neared Cher- ence Le Rousscl, narrowing the Avranches corridor to little more than 15 miles. But big guns and swarms of Allied aircraft broke up the attack, and American tanks then 696011 in Pushing file enemy 0il! 0f Mflriain, 19 miles east of Avranciles which the

Late front dispatches indicated the thrust had been stopped. It was described as a strong local counter-attack and‘ ntytjn thtewpiolygiitiliglyf a c9flllello~gfggigiye,

LL-iien. Brerar Has Close 0alls

flint? ' Enemy Hard South 0f Baen

31TH THE CANADIAN 1ST

crushing weight late tonight in a. Wide area south of Caen with hundreds of heavy bombers throwing in a thunderous half- hour attack.

The sky was filled with the noise of engines and the conn- tryside rolled with the thunder of falling bombs.

I watched the great attack from a point more than four miles from its corn, yet the three-foot-shick scone wall on which 1 ant shook steadily with concussions that seemed to rlu rigigl out of the roots of the ear .

Although a ground mist lay heavily aver the area. the bomb- ers drove in without huitaflon.

German anti-aircraft firs Ill W01”.

Allied Airmen Bclltllllle Blows

LONDON, Aug. 'l - tAPi-Ifun- dreds of American heavy bombers continued their attacks today against the Germans in France and the enemy's dwindling war poten- tial-deep in Germany, striking two-way blows from bases in Britain and Italy.

The raids followed up night

targets rang rig

llrges Action In Montreal _ Strike {

UITAWA. Aug g- (OP) ~56-

striking Montreal tram-

anl Dill- lhe army in charge of, of Montreal's public tran- .

he, himself a rousht the mat-l tei- before the senate as a

of national importance.

Senator Ballanty

Airman From S'side Station Killed In Brash

Group Capt. A. Lewis. Officer Commanding the Royal Canadian Air Force station at Summersidc said last night that the name of an airman killed in a crash Bun- day near Cheticamp, N. S, would not be released until today.

One member of the crew of the twin-engine plane was injured but the other two of the four-man crew were unhurt. The man in ured, whose name was being wit held also. was understood to have leg injuries. A medical party was sent to the crash scene, on the west coast of Cape Breton Island.