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Said Preparing For ILong War Of Defence

I! Chlflee S. Iultl ted

‘ Aaaoola Preaa Staff Writer MADRID Span h

is you ""3"... i...‘ ‘"2 ' i)!- es rom Berlin today reported that "powers o! ous magnitude" had been 5911181“ in the hands of Reich- marahal Hermann Goering.

The meeti of army land"; and Nazi y ohieftsins at, Hit- lera headquarters as announced [mm 3¢Y11n Yesterday. is consider-

y advances: ‘n 14-hour bombiul’ DQ517115! uh traf ic. I088! - Russian troops only puller northwest of Kharkov In

ping move; capture ‘Bogo- ghuy; advance In Bryant dir-

on. ‘ufliaitltiANY - Dispatches from kiln in Spain say ollormolla w- gp given Goerlng, Ieportl Ind ah q taking over Germany for _ war of defence: < to cautiously Germany may fibelien by next spring. AII-IAI. - II. A. F. La you] huge weight of bombs on Illan. Turin. Genoa; hammer war ' shipping faculties; two

lost. IIJUTIIWEST PACIFIC - Un- alnk

reports from German and Spanish sources that the German military 1B “K1118 over the Reich for a long war of defence.

Real Head of Germany

A triumvirate compcsed of Field Marshal General Wilhelm Keiiel, chief of the high command, Grand Admiral Karl Doenltz, common- der in chief of the navy, and GQQ- rin! now is the real head of Ger- many. accofding to these reports, with Keitel and Doenitz represent- ln the armed forces and Goering a ing as middleman between the military and Nazi arty.

German sources here, as quoted

a neutral who cannot be other-

~Il| 8M: vmhirl new wise indentifi u, u. Ge nicer two destroyers and prob- army u" e siiiwsfuw Mimi's’: llv third destroyer without ioaa w“ (h, N“; party heaaed by

‘i Vrlla Gulf: MacArthur s ya Hm l Juan In Pacific ha; exhausted Rer er u a facade and 1s undkew idlest resources of concentrated

mat, now ls on defensive.

any official announcement of itsi loss of real power.

The Italian example led the gen.

taken military direction of war Into their own hands even be-l fore Il Duce fell. to decide that the administrative chaos would be too gin-eat mould the party be publicly

an .

Should the Italian premier; Marshal Pietro Budnulio. fall in his efforts to carry on the war it. will. l“. due not only to the rlcslre of the Italian people and army for peace but also to the nation-wide tangle resulting from liquidation of the Fascist party. th- German generals are reported to bclleve. Goering, 10m! awar- of the cen- eral's view and reportedly ill..illcir confidence. was chosen lo arranrre the support of the army program by Hitler and other party leaders. Since the Fuehrer was left as the nominal rend cf the state, the transition ruzcllrelltly has not proved difficult.

Armv Has Wide Powers

‘toiling Priccs lr Guts 0i Lalllh

UITAWA. Aug. B——(CP)—CCIIII‘IK Iiiolesale prices at which cuts of E may be sold in any part. of hnlda are established under an odor oi the prices board announ-

tcda .

An orlier issued Jul 2'! fixed Iuimuln wholesale pr ces for car- nees and sides of spring or sum- ‘ Er lamb. UD to now prices of cuts vo been required to bear a nor- VIII relationship to those of car- d sidcs. but new regula- were found necesser "in

M of the wide variation rl In- fhpreilng normal and proper," find a uniform different a1 has

n se up. lfhe wholesale carcass ceiling fie for spring or summer lam

been flxcd for zone 6 (Tor- ' rkets)

If German reports here are acc- urate. the smy's power now cx- tends to press. production, civil mtionirw-g, foreign affairs and transport. The army- long have been convinced that it wcufd have to take over if Germany were for- ced to fight a defensive war. The Berlin correspondent of tho Falange newspaper Arriba said te- dey, after a lcmg discussion of re- cent Axis reverses. that "neverthe- less at present in Berlin the war fronts have lost. their primary im- portance which they deserve in any war.’ "While the enemy radios inform privileged persons who can listen to the noisy chants of glory over three victories, tilere has been no great reaction. neither good nor bad, in the German captial over the official communiqu-vs which report a new situation," this cor- respondent reporimi. "Most curious Berliners ask about the activities of Marshal to whom. as minister oii air and director of the plan. they aitriblltz- powers of ormous magnitude." ,

"NIiESPOhdiIig prlcg 1W Pair oi logs, 36%; cents for Klalr oi lolns. 23-h cent for pair of nt quarters and 14 cents or the illrlk out, “WING NEWSMEN‘ wan. .| colyrao ‘WA. Aux. ik-(CW-Visitin gmfiiermen from Colombia‘, “or and Venezuela were oi- l’ Welcomed to Canada by l Minister MacKinnon at a ligament luncheon - e Minister spoke (m, can. Eliza trade mission toosouth Amer- “d figuntrics which he headeo N" "film-sod hope that when w "engine: mlsaion vtllfll "f! l\_ls_ mission 21.3w?“ m“ e

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Bulk O ta, Book m‘ M°°l118on d: Boyeie. 0-3-01.

"u" "l" young cattle. Two red c-o-zl

i "To arrive

By LEWIS HAWKINS Associated Press Staff Writer

2""! two white and red. LONDON, Aug. e-AAPJ-RA-l". "DIM I M Llaraaatbers‘ pouéed a {gent Kai‘ hit; C , nor CHI l fl ‘mildly. A1113“, §°'3'$,,d“,}§,,,"" gitiesnisf‘ ivriiilgn, grurin and Genoa ' ' k1’ m last night in a sharp demonstra- _ tion to the Italian people of the

iianoe Dame ai- Ceeii Campbell pr must pay for Rome's

1 “any A“; 0' A don“ dmglgi “k012i? :30 tgleanfiacvelerilgswtvi-st from

the hundreds of four-engined

' "We h hi n a m ttack {the Poigglqhnhindsearlt, Bluesmnm Iggilgaetfifigwthljat lmfyea hlglf-aheartl ~ Yilllllii. Clydg m"; 3.7.311 ed defence was put up at the three

important cities where peace dem-

III“ c M int-oils? f3i’.;-.”§u“’.°' "s..." :ll:':;il":.'.‘.'.::li. :3: . ' 9-7-31, government. The trl ie thrust was the heav-

i Plotestan Orph go §fili§.?"§i'."$€u'iu‘l'<i ‘if? fir: * ' I D. lac m re an “ k._u Ewwggk ago thari giyeerAlligd aerial assault would be resumed because oi Badoigio‘: temporillna- '

Enormous IIrea

i "a"? P tomomw and help

L‘ teamed ‘or L.“ m l igu- w mu hummus ‘ ' a-l-o-rl.

"Olen-l m, "I blllnce started (two

o“) ck. Leghorn and - at day-old prices. -0-3i.

~. m,‘ chick. radio oi ‘y I Chick “swim.”

fires the

(The Bchwaraenburlf Switzerland said enormous were visible In Milan from Bwlsa frontier, 330 miles away, af-

, m‘ ___ h. “"1" Festival. Bin bo be lit dth t"only l “l Bi- Jlmes Church. owl-Is’ i323‘: mgiulfke clinches: fires

L 0th. - I-D-Iiqm

“Y Millet 1 disa behl a ll of smoke." 1 m’ l.“ ‘P5 byU s.

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The People's Paper

ed here as confirmation of various ni

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CHARLUPTETOWN. CANADA. MONDAY. AUGUST 9, 1943

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Tiler-man Army Rep

Russians Only 16 Miles From

Kharkov

LONDON, A118. B-(Clfi-Russian around Kharkov cut way feeder line tgfla

troops racing a second rai and reached a. point wi February, Moscow n sligh ly north oi the centre, fell to special bulletin kov.

The fall of Bogodl the final direct

250 miles northwest and also menaced

b Russian columns spi

the Orel gap.

is Arrested On

Espionage Charges

WASHINGTON. AuiZ. 8 —(AP) lrh American

- A 35 year old So employed by

urdv on charges of

The accused is Roberto erale. who were declared to hayvlvnllocillla, a naiivo cf Call, their-Ia, who worked for American BUT-Pill] as a

la-luzalwe transla-ter.

J. Edgar Hoover, dlrocior of

Federal Bureau of uihosr- s-‘Ienis made

the‘ ("mas ailmiiicd hc 11rd writ-

ien tllrcc letters in

trsnrrniiiin" informnion 1'1?! i-ll" "."»"~““"l defence efforts of

tho UrWcd Stwics.

The Department n? Justice said dimlosed

‘is investigation T anus fmar-"nlv

3"" sllm= of money from spill-cos

‘p '-i"‘“f\r1_ Partugrl, Vuvrther. the w, triad nmrlvmeshllh. "nu-luv. “B... v.1...

"W" for Nazi Germany at $450 a

month.

Yank Naval‘ Force Sinks- 3 Jap Ships-

o. s. NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, DiOlIiTTII PACIFIC. Aug. 8—-— (APP- mtegcétpgéfi1gd atfggieslemvm Mme-victory. The complete

force in Vella Gulf

and sank one enemy cruiser. at b least two destroyers and probably a third destroyer without n single

loss to the

gpgkpgmgn ,,,.‘t,'.§‘.ff,ic°§d"slodiy_““v“l Africa. announced Sunday that uphill fighting they took the rid-

(The nnvn] action my", 0g gap- Aderno nd Bronte had fallen. Ad- Res overlooking the Simeto Valley

anesc Kolombrulgarn Island was erno was taken by British andwcuthwest of Bronte and north-

first reported in the Sunday nnm- Canadian forces sulumuy and ‘vest 0f Adamo Huurdln zihe 8th

mllniouc from Gen. Dogulas Mac- Bronte. eight miles north, onfimy flunk and also meniwlnfl i116

arihllfls southeast Pacific head- Sunday) 31'“! 11M-

quarters.) The Etna line was cracked bythe I drove northeast into rough 1st country along a trail which sewed

The Japanese forc

nlv ihes" four troop-laden shine,

o was Flilwhi’. by ping between

within 50 minutes.

Three Italian Cities Rocked By Big Bombs

government monitors. said the M1- lusted approximately an

ion raid

B‘

the attacks were

siderable,

quarters" of Turin

and railway bridges a

the

One

search ights when rived over Turin, went to pieces."

northwest of the big German base th the some enveloping tactics that speedily toppled the city last

ht. I30 odukhov, 35 miles west and

the Red army ad- vancing across the flat stepped. a

announced, as did 5011111‘. only l0 miles from Khar-

rallway line link- ing Kharkov with Brycmslkhwhlch

the United 1° Y1" dmmllllvn vi the Party or fice of the Co-ordlnator cf Inter American affairs was arrested Sat-

ricnartmcni. "film ""-'l""‘ 59W‘ h Arr-‘rico u

Division and the British 78th Div-

silrnrlqe while 511p. mo“ with wmm Canadian db lcy running parallel to the Regal-

Kololnbangsrn and mchmmls served 1n Tunisia. utmAdelllll Yfllld. north of which the western Canada illfantrylnen

and annihilated

our. (The Italian I-ligh Command said "of considerable

force" and that "damage was con-

suid Milan's anti-aircraft defences shot down two raiding pla

works and the Italian royal arsen-

al are located at Turin. _ _ Medium bombers of “the north-

wellt Africa Air Force smashed at

tar ets at the southern end of the ma nland, ain raking the Cro- tone air fied and blasting roads t. Marina Di Cwtanznro. _ L _ RAF. Mosquito ll stung , the Ilhineland, losing three planes, » and night fliers Jabbcd air fields and rail targets in France during »

night.

Crewmen who participated in the raids on Milan. Turin and Genoa said the threu cities were as "weak ' ly defended as ever.’ Lancaster pilot said althou h there were "quite a

their crews aoon

annular ululsnnn

By Kirke L. Simpson. Associated Preag w" Ann";

"l" "ell min-ulna our. s ms ala- m» to a t

of the second re ' ' I” “w” l“ h‘ hm“?

end for the Ggrnfgnffatlalgl? :l:::dkln‘hcu.‘b me belhmh‘ M m‘ 0n um do Catanl In '

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Illa] the world away in the far Pacific. United States trogps that da illlllalgldvlaireddtho’ Munda. airdrome on New Georgia of all but In): blag”? “glean ew hole-hiding rtraggiers. A further Japanese retreat

n that do In Sweden as u. - ' - » . .."..*..'::l“"" rum" i? ""-".'.":::.’i':m conventions, were cut off by Sweden. There was no stormy reaction from Berlin. Nazi prestige fell to an all time low in Sweden. 1

0n that day British admiralty reports were toning of a cleancut and easily defeat for a fleet of a score or more Nazi U-boats in the Atlantic which never broke through to their convoy targets. Some of them went to tho bottom.

And on that day also the press of the world was filled Willh official American accounts of the hnvol: wrought among Nazi nll refineries In Rumania. the week-end before by the mass flight of American heavy low-level bombers. But nwst of all to make Aug. 5, 1943 a day of rc- joicrng among all United Nation eo les came word from ‘Moscow that

of arkov Nazi-held Orel and Belgurod ha fa len. The fate of the whole Nazi y converillni; army m Russia. was at stake as hedgehog moorings gave way, one by one. 11m! thmllflh And only weeks away another grim Russian winter marshalied Its free- zing blasts to Joln the fray.

Within the week virtually every authoritatively stated condition pre- cedent to the possibility of complete defeat of the Axis in Europe in ll- maticr of months instead of years was realized or on the way to ea y realization. An impotent Italy was tottering to its faIL The war at sea had been oil but won to keep the troop and cargo ships moving to the. battle fronts. The Russian summer offensive was more than fulifiliing in Europe. power and timing the highest hopes Allied high com- mand. Germany's great port city of Hamburg prolonged deluge of Allied bombs to foretell what other Nazi war centres

wlvqflllfl Y lv l6 ea

nnounced to-

Ukraine steel

lkhov severed

States of- 1 ltaiu, in India, waiting the signal to Join the growing attack.

indication heav new forces of sea and air were being groomed f . against Japan ar earlier than had been dreamed W551“! 1n Lamas‘ councils only a month or two ago.

Canadians Break Nazi Mt. Etna Defence Line

foreign Newsman Sees Spr. Jim Bishop of Wellington As First Division Rolls Ahead.

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From the Slmeto Valley six miles from Aderno I watched the Canad- ians push on. You could sense the triumph on the front as the Etna line visibly collapsed and the Ger-

espionage.

the

Investigation the nrresi. said

secret ink r-nnCBIfl-

that

had received

Canadian Press War Corres- pendent.

WTITI-I THE CANADIAN FIRST DIVISION AT THE FOOT OF

said. in rzvwqlit m,

“rd” ““ MOUNT ETNA, srcrpv, Aug. 1- mans cleared out. (Dclrlvcd) - (C? Cable) —'I‘he 1n this action the Canadiairls protected the entire flank of the.

Canadian-British drive hammered home near the plateau city cf Ad- erno has broken ihc German Mount Etna defence line dead in the centre. The last 24 hours have been the most dramatic period in this sector as major enemy resis- tance suddenly collapsed and the Elna line folded up.

The withdrawing enemy is un- Her continuous attack by the All- ied air fnross. Every hour the day medium bombers and fighters blast convoys and roads and smash communications.

8th Amry, fighting the Germans in front of them, and on the north- ern flunk, which at times was practically wide open. The moun- tain thrust in many respects was a. big gamble like the one the Canad- ians made pushing from Leonforte to Aglra. with littl/e left flank cover. But. both of them were successful.

Audacious Atack

In this audacious attack into the mountains northeast of Hegalbutc

Around Canadian headquarters the Royal Edmontons carried the‘ there is a subdued atmosphere of Mlllor burden for five days, fight- nf ing under terrible difficulties. Then‘

_ success this thrust towards Aderno is a triumphant climax to an advance Canadians of about 150 miles from the coast.

(Allied Headquarters in North

the Seaforih Highlanders of Can- ada linked up with them with squadrons of tanks, infantry sup- port units and th-e Princess Pat- ricials Canadian light infantry. In

surface Friday night

e, consisting of icln-t effort of the Canadian as a road and led into n broad val-

While the British troop! were tak- ing Centuripe; western Glnada in- fantry struck off into tlo moun- tains on a. difficult flankttg oper- ation over some of the mast for-

Ken Southern of Port

midable country in Sicily. Cllllllilfll W"?! Arthur was officer commanding the company. The some company had Weary and almost exhausted ai- built a brld e on the outsk rts of ier four weeks of marching and Leonforte w lie under enemy fire, fighting in'Siclly. the Canadians Capt. A.D. Publicover of Eldmo - fought their way from hill to hill, ton ls second in command. from mountain crest to mountain Mai. Southern said the shim"! crest. and captured positions which P1111"! me Wild tllrellilh more than with the British pressure from the Illélfitmlileswgétrglxllzhnclzfirgtxnswlgg; flfiiififg?“ ‘NB made Aderno “n- rnountalfns ar%nd thcgLthAt ‘one On Friday morning it looked as If 31g; ‘fl’ f" ‘igedm’ m, m“, w‘; Aden“ and m“ m“ “m mm“ cgashetduarfgyevr hundredv yfu-ds a-

go but the collapse came sooner wan With Italian railway ties and rails

had fought so hard in the moun- tains. In a couple of miles I leach- ed the end of the trail but the Royal Canadian Engineers had gone to work and put a road thfiiugh the valley over the hills

in the central and Milan. It

WHERE

cried Taking Over The

Sudden Passing 0f Well Known 0h’Town Veteran

rm; LATE can. J. J. LI-IIGIITIZER

Mun) friends will be shocked to learn of the death at Shcrbrooke, Que, of Capt. James J. Lclghtiz- er, Charlottetown, a veteran of the lllsl. war and a member of the Veterans’ Guard o! Canada since its formation during the present war.

Capt. Leightlzcr had just return ed to the mainland from a furlough hcrc, and he appeared to be in

Capt. Leightizcr was widely known and esteemed throughout the Province. He was born in Char lottetnwn, March, 1085 and as a young marl was prominent in ath- letics. l-Ie was a leading member oi the Abegwclt hockey ondfoot- ball teams in tho early years of the century.

In the first World War he serv- ed overseas from 1915 to 19lB with the 98th Sclgc Buttery and won his commission in the field. He was wounded in action just out- side Mons during the final stages of the war.

Previously he had been employ- ed with the Rogers Hardware Company and he returned to this the war. but later hecanle asslstan to his father, the late Mr. George Leightizer, in the ruanngement of the PEI. Coop- erative Egg and Poultry Associa- tion. On his father's retirement pt. Leightimr became manager, which position he held from 1925 to i935. He subsequently wcnt in- to the egg and poultry business for

himself.

htlzer is survived by his wif ormerly Miss Annie Clarkin of Charlottetown. who is now living in Georgetown, also two daughters, Anastasia, a pro-

C 3

Normanclie

By FRANK LOWE (Canadian Press Staff Writer) NEW YORK. Aug. B-(CP>~The youthful United States navy Lieut- enant hunched ovcr the rail oi the pier, pointed into the harbor, and said, "isn't she fl sorry sight." And the Normllndic, a $60,000,000 ship that in peacetime was most beautiful afloat with her plowsharc bow. sweeping hllll and streamlined. gleanling superstruc- turc, was that and more.

The former North

than vzas expected and nobody wantcd to concede a victory. from g “em-m. “no me Canadians

nes, _ Then during this vorching afternoon _T__.__

Tile three cities contain some two-thirds of Italy‘: industries. (ialuvrdayl vi Mbgcanleyageglity. __ The Fiat airplane and enalne “fr ' "*——~~_~——-—‘ “ ' '

Rich, Refreshing

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specclsier, now the USS. Lafay- ette, lloatcd lodoy—nt leust tem- porarlly~for the first. time in l8 But the one-time marine beauty has rather gone f0 seed. she is as shocking a sight ns a qllfiell on a. drunk.