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Rumored Supreme Stuff

Of Nazi Army In France

Pte. ll. Ncnnessey Killed In Action

LONDON. July ll-ACH-mauters‘

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Beds Plunge Towards East Prussia Border

“We 880ml! said it learned to ht

from the French forces of the n- '——-

terior that the s-irpramo stalff cf the

Gvrman army now is in rrenee IDNDON. July ii-(Aial-rtus

Russian front. LONDON, July

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Pte, Gordon Hennesse of Char- lottetown has been killed in ac- tion overseas, his brother, Law- rence Hennessey of 03 Brighton Avenue was informed last night. Pte.

Ddttmar today describe: em front as the "focal

and gravely warned Gennans:

Iierlnessey was with the army about 13 months and had been overseas

since August, 1948.

The telegram death said he was killed on Jul s. l-ie was 32 years old.

Pte. Hennessey was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hen- Both his

nessey of Charlottetown. parents died only recently.

He is survived by four brothers.

Ernest, William and Walter, in ad diticn to Lawrence. All live Charlottetown.

Pte. Hennessey was serving in France with a unit of the third

Canadian division. mu: SITUATION BETTER

FREDERICTON. July 1!. — (C

P) — A "somewhat easier" situa tion was reported tonight followin

slhowershin tthe 111585., t h 6 T" Lillie. rill, Jiteiureiler: aviiilr: ROME- Jilly 11 - <AP> - an».

able concerning a fourth fire re

.igh tning .

UOMING EVEN-TS

"Show Eldon Friday. "R0110 B6)’ T09. July 19th.

7-6-111

"Show-fit. Peter's Wednesday. 7-10-21

"Show - Murray River Thurs- llay. 7-11-21.

' “Dance in Johnston's River School Wednesda July 12. Special music. 7- 1i

"The Highfield Presbyterian pantry sale is postponed until fur- ther notice. 7-12-ll

"Lawn Part . Abel's Cape. Bayf av afternoorlh-lluiy

Fortune on lith.

"Dance Idle Cross 12th.

and Ice Cream, Trac- School. Wednesdaénl-luly

"Ice Cream Festival and Dance. St. Anne's School. Hope River, Wednesday, July 12. 7-11-21

"Come to the Dance at Peake‘s Road School Friday night. July 14th Good mils . 7-12-3.

"Dance in Emerald Hall. July 12th. Sponsored by W .

7-10-12-21

"Collecting hogs for Davis dz Fraser Friday, July ’lth at Aioanv and Emerald G. C. Green. 7-12-21,

“Dance in. Alberry Plains Hall, Friday, July 11th. Mlllvlew Orch- estra. ice Cream. 'l-12-1i.

"Dance Lower Montague Hail, July 13th. Webster's Orchestra.

7-12-11.

“lln car bulk Whcotl

lillgrlidaav. Ju by“ 10th and Tuesday

- 11M s. Dillon and Sp -

L“- 7-10-8

"Dance in Morell l-Inll Wednes- dill’. Jllly 12. Percy Groom's Or- chestra. 7-11-21.

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"Don't forget Marshfield-Dun-| ‘llllllleile United Church tea this: Evening. If not fine, first fine eve- lilns. 7-12-Ii

"Ice Cream Social and Dance "- Clue ‘Traverse Hail Tuesday. Jilly is. Proceeds in aid of Hail

6-11-12-17-18

“El-amid a u. J l ‘At-h. seé “me Will 0' The wislil a ‘net com- gdv lzv miner-aid Players. Curtain at

W‘ Dame al-terwards. ‘l-ltl-Si.

wwlhe Distxict Convention of the “(grlngoptist ti-iliii Jliurliioli/ellilei? gtlllwwlth sessions at 3.00 and 8.30

"Buvins i s mderleten Thursday. a ass, young. fat sows Kindly bring your pigs

as we o y wan, s small slllntity in the future. llflmsen.

at

Knud

7-12-11 Distrit Con ti of aassillrmlirli.

. , en a- h- ‘m! Grove. Btiynohel. Bmd- Bradalbaste village.

gpil-‘inton. Lincoln

announcing his

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ported in Northern New Brunswick. lion; the Upealquitch River. It was relieved the fires were started by

7-12.3? hands several times in a

between almost vanished

y On all fronts, he said, “Germans fight against a considerable super-

iority in men and lnialterlal."

f8.

Yanks ln Flanking - Move In Italy

B

I Pisa, while British

36 miles southeast of without making notable progre

Frequently positions

age coimter-attticks. There . no longer any ho e of a

German Potato

LONDON. July istrv of economic

crop was probably i0 to i5 below normal ihls veal‘, due to locals of fertilizer.

mflllyk diet.

"OD Was the smallest. in 20 or about 20,000,000 previous crop. An o.ficiai drow a ditions in occupied France

toils. The Viclly government said to be driiftina plans for evac- uation of zones of France in the pat-h oi the Allied advance.

There apparently have been food riots in Paris. _A Paris broadcast quoted the Vlcny secretary-general for food suppies as attempting to icrissure Parisians ilv saying "con- .sunlci‘s are ulrorll: when sometimes .thov panic in front of bakeries."

' A’ British official observer said Paris was a citv of expectations: "Progress of the invasion is fcl- lowed eagerly. but without outward manifestations of icy. Underlying the hopes of freedom is the fem- of starvation." ‘

Limited Supplies Of Penicillin Available

OTTAWA. July ll-(CPJ-Mun- itions Minister l-lowc announced to- night that "limited supplies’ of penicillin were bcim: malde avail- aible for civilian use. and empha- sized that quantities available for civilian use were "not infill!” 811d would be subject to strict control of distribution so as to make ade- quate supplies available for the

otatoes are a stitpie of Ger. A Berlin broadcast yesterday repel-led that the 1943-44 years tons below the

report al Krim. picture of living c??? e Paris radio substantiated several de- was

where it was transferred from the

1i.—(OP)—'I‘he German radio commentator Kurt the west-

lmd t decisive" of Germany’sthree n-Tliie

"The supreme test now comes for all of us-the people and the armed iorccs-the more so as the distance us and ythe battlefield has

commentator concluded with a promise that new weapons were coming from German inventors “so that it is essential and possibly de- . clslve to gain time for these to be devalopgd. produced and set in op- e on.

erican troops were striking north-' Ward tonight down the Era River Valley beyond the by-passed Ger- man strongpoint of Laiittico in a bold fllllllilnll threat to Livorno andl 8th Army forces clawed at the defences of Arezzo. Florence.

ss against the violent Nazi opposition. changed day as the Nazis threw in repeated sav- W85 ll quick . smash _through the "Gothic Line."

Crop Below Normal

11—g.cPl-.lvlin-| warfare expcrtsi salu lousy ttlut tile German potato D91‘ cent

a

cold spring labor shortages and

Nazi efforts to organize opposition. while

the sates of Germany." De-lmvpiis (Dvln-sk) centre in was being outflanked

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battle front, Moscow said. Everywhere the Germans were being

ci lentlessy mun ed

and day's fighting and that the round-up of

°°‘T'll"°'€iauu u. int: e a were carry out a battle for the annihilation of

erman troo encircled in the centre of Wino, Moscow said. as street f htirlg there continued through e fourth day.

Already within 60 miles of east Prussia and little more than 100 miles from the Baltic sea-port of Riga, oa-plital of Latvia. the Rus- lsian armies threatened hourly to break-through the Nazi's’ crumb- ling defences and the German radio admitted “the supreme test has come.’

200,000 Nazi ‘Prisoners Taken Since May 1

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NEW YORK. July 11 _ (A>_ Nearly 200.000 German soldiers have surrendered to the Alllcd zir- mies since thebegiiiliing of ilie summer offensive. the BBO said today in a broadcast directed to the Genrmn army.

CBC recorded the broadcast which gave the following listing:

‘In Italy more than 30.000 Ger- man prisoners since May first.

"In Normandy more than 54.000 prisoners since June 6th. i

"In Russia. more than than 110.- gggdfgverman prisoners since June

0e liaulle And r.o.n. llleach Agreement

WASHINGTON. July 11 - (AP) —- President Roosevelt announced today that he has reached an un- derstanding with Gen. do Gaulle under which the French leader's committee at Algiers will be (118 working authority for civil admin- istration of Metropolitan France.

Thus the main problem of Fran- co-American relations during the fighting for the liberation of France has been solved. the President said at his news conference.

As President Roosevelt explain- ed the arrangement. Gen. Eisen- hower as Supreme Ailicd comman- der will have clear authority to take all steps necessary in his Judgement for military operations and driving the Germans from French soil.

It will be up to General Eisen- hower tc declare which zones are ready for civilian administration and which must remain under mil- itary control because of battle needs.

There are no non-military zon-. es in France yet. the President said. leiterating his previous statement that only one-tenth of one per cent

of fiance has been occupied by Allied_forces.__ _

tstoes have been entered I01‘ nspection this year, against l6,- 500 a year ago. it was learned yes- terday from Mr. S. G. Peppin. in charge of seed potato inspection services in this Province. Mr- Pappln said the dro was PPinciP- ally in the Green untain var- iety. which was down 2,000 acres. he a proximate acreage in each var ety included: Irish Cob- lers, 7.000; Green Mounts‘ 4.900; Katahdin, i,soo; Sebago, 1.000; with the balance made up of other var- ieties principally Houma. Pied inspection is scheduled to start on July 17 and Mr. Pep in said his department was advis g farmers to remove diseased plants

‘ISHT BINDING

or units in the case of tuber unit

i‘ighting__forcos_ and _essential_use_._

i Seed Potato Acreage Is Reduced. 1711s Year A total of 14,000 acres of seed lantings immediately. ff they

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ailed to clean their fields before the inspector arrived it was their hard luck. They should also have their blight control spraying start-

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There was a very heavy increase in tuber units Jlantings in seed plots this year. .Peppin said. The aim is to produce foundation seed at least for the rowers own use. This year the oundation seed commanded a very much higher

rice.

pWith tuber unite all the seed from each potato is planted in a unit and in the event of disease showing up in one of the plants of the unit all the plants are re- moved. .

Ian armies plunged steadily toward east Prussia. and the Baltic sea to- lllsllt- continuina to bowl over all effective late German broadcasts cried: "The enemy is at

. bill ail

southern Latvia. rapidly from the

south and advances up to 20 miles

were being registered b sovi t 1 - _ w; (in game mcuom ofythe ;,§,_,,fflel c Ills message to his troops is sign l]

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S C

There h s ringing confidence

It. warned the Germans that.

France is Gen Montgomery's erful forces than have yet crossed

mery is playing with the foe.

ncluslon of the first phase of the invasion. disorganized hazards .even re- . ‘the tnidnisht supplement to the Russian communique listed at least 4.000 Nazi soldiers killed hundreds captured during to. Moscow reported encircled remnants east of Minsk had beenllied leadership is

as the preliminaries

It is clear that now that the

battle casual Russian tech blitzkrieg tank

uo that nit ‘mats-iv

Allied forward sweep.

lng June 13.

There was no explanation the nocturnal respite, in ivhich not a bomb the Metropolitan

urea. Allied

fighters flew in rainy weather on

invasion troops in France, assuring them that the Nor

- area." they have carvoEI out is "very fin-n nnrl secure." _ Normandy is only the necessary spring- board for the Allied “offensive operations" Gen, Montgomery said were now developing “according to plan."

Greater elbow room for further expansion of his 21st army group in It willtoke far more pow- to the continent to fulfil his expressed finish this business off as

immediate need.

"desire of every Allied soldier in Normandy to

quickly as possible." It requires more deep- feed the battle lines as well as an expanrliil to execute in greater scope the cat-aiid-mouse tactical game

beyond range of help from naval bl

of

was heard buzzing over

By Ktrke L. Simpson. Associated Press Wai- Analyst -

in General Montgomery's salute in h

ificant because it marks

of its larger development.

broke the back of the

R5150} Bomb Barrage Falls Off In England

LONDON, July 11 -—(CP)—Lon- don and southern England were subjected to a comparatively light. shower of robot bombs today af- ter residents of the capitol enjoy- ed their first quiet night and good sleep since the missiles began fall=

Budget ilehate Ends In Commons

nil eight day

malidy "lodgemcnt

water ports like Cherbnurz to g manoeuvre front from which Con. Montgo-

the successful] despite writer and weather‘ are in nl-o- I gross. There have been intimntiolis that the weight of the Allied attac might he shifting eastward already in the Normandy area with the lin of the Seine below Paris its long range objective. front in Nonnandy ls moving inshol-cl g guns. it is upon massed field uriil-l lei-y, big and little, as well as overwhelmingly superior air pnwcr that Al- i g heavily not only to insure victory but to rciilice‘ s as the ailvzince proceeds. Artillery fire power was ihc German fonsivc in the cast. No front line eyrc-ivitncss ronnrt from Normandy fails to note the stunning gun barrage now preceding everyi

* the

OTTAWA, Julv 11—(CPl--Afi.er budget debate the House of Commons tonight appro-

lie-Nominated I Liberal Candidate iln King's Bounty

is

kl e- .

DR. T. V. GRANT, M. P.

Dr. Thomas V. Grant, Montague,

Member of Parliament for King's was re-nolrllnzifcd yesterday at a largely attended Liberal conven- tion iii Georgetown.

He rcceivcci 163 votes at the convention. The only other no- minec. Mr. S. S. Hessian, K. C. Montague, a former Speaker of Prov inl Legislature, receiv- ed 4i vot:

Mr. C. B. Clay.

president of the King's Ciuntv i u" Associa- tion, prcaid-czl. The speakers in- cluded Premier J. Vvoltci" Jones. Hon. William Iiilghos, Hon. J. A. ~Campbcll, Hon. T. H. Cullen. Messrs H. H. Cox, l‘.i.L.A., '1". J. Kiclfhzim, M.L,A , Joseph E Campbell, Pop- lar Point. and the nominees Dr Grant and Mr. Hessian.

The speeches were reportedly heated at limes, and a good deal

defence patrol against the ro- lffilpllfiafiflaflfiqigenlgsl,°lls F112‘ of confusion was caused by the bots c-iple. The mainabuddrzet motrlonntlot “Ppemm” °f "W" Se“ °‘ “l” New Threats lhe House go into committee 15g Bates from some of the polls.

ways and moons to deal with luv Dr- 61'0"» “ “rm”? "wmbpr f”

The Germans uttered new Chang“ was “donned without a r; the Provincial Legislature vliis lthreats. saying that the first Corded vote lust at; nidioluinfrnrfi; first elected to the House of Coin-

imonth oi the attack was "Just to get the range." Britain took further steps to evacuate Londons civilian population, opening four hitherto ' prohibited coastal areas - ill Com- wall, Devon, Dover, Dorset alid part of Hampshire-to evacuees. The Bishop of Oxford observed that the flying bombs represent- ed "the spirit of sub-human spite- fulness." ' In the House of Commons, cabi- net ministers met M.P.'s from

bombed areas and evacuee-rcccp-l

tion districts for frank discussion and an exchange of constructive ideas, but r.o announcement was made.

German Comment

A German broadcaster declared that "London and soilthern Enu- wnd so for have felt only the first tremors of the long-range battle," ridding that plans had been worked out for the attack on iri- dividual target areas, taking into account their wartime importance and the weight of bombs (ii-op- ped by Allied planes on individual German towns. He snid the list of high-priority targets was head- ed by London's financial area, the docks and the city's east side in- dustrial urea.

Another Nazi broadcaster warn- ed the German home front. how- ever that no matter how effective flying bombs were against London they must not forget the menace of the Russians.

A total of 53.000 London chil- dren already had been sent to the country beyond the range of the robots and more thousands were going each day.

Believe Oil Near In Montreal Test Well

MONTREAL, July 11 — (CF)- Diimase Handfield. a native _ oi fiance, who obtained a permit irom the Quebec government to drill for oil over a wide area oi’ the Prov- ince, including the Island of Mont- real said today he believed he was nearing oil in the first teat Wall

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hour .

to i0 vote of a Progressive Coli-

ernment motion to go into coni- rnlttee on the Budget resolutions.

The vote came at the end of the

afternoon sitting which was car. li-led shortly past the usual six 'o‘clock adlournment. The amendment favored an in- [crease in income tax exemptions. exempting overtime pay from tnx. ation and criticized the Govern- ment's manpower policy.

A CCF amendment calling for tax relivf to low income earners 'l‘il'i(l setting up of a $5,000,000.00.’ ]JO5t-\\'.ll‘ recoilstrllctioli fund was defeated 66 to 13 Julie 20.

Finance Minister Ilsley. final speaker in the debate on the i amendment, said the Government's

financial policy was ‘the onlv

.“r)ll'l’.‘1 policy it could adopt in war- |tin c. A considerable part of the 'lVi'lll1SlCl"S speech was devoted to a discussion of the country's obli- ily to lliect hcr wiir-incrcoscd debt and the income tax structure.

Gordon Graydon. Progrc Conservative House Leader. silo-- hricily on his party's position ivith rrrrzlrd to nlnnpoivcr. H»:- quoted from ihi- party's Winnipeg pin‘- form rolling for compulsory Nu- tionnl selective Service with lilosr selected to serve in the armed forces available for service any- whore.

Nouse Decides To Sit Wednesday Night

OTTAWA, Juiv ll—-(CP) — The House of Commons today adopted n motion to sit Wednesday night as the first step in a move to hasten com/pietion of its work. The new

drilled here.

1 Te te Refreshin

rule will start tomorrow .

OTTAWA, Jul 10 - (CP _ The budget debalte neared .an>end tonight with the defeat by a 112

servative amendment to the Gcv-.

mons iii 10E). He was re-ciectcd at the last federal election.

\ Roosevelt iWill Accept lNominaiion

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I WASHINGTON. July 11 - iAP>~ , m; l“’°1"‘ll"l 1 _ President Roosevelt, with a non-Q gfigggctjhaglenlassive “tacks M“ 1 as

inhalant smile on his filce_l>lli lllfi llmncls n irenible with emotion. an- inounced ioclzlj-i that he would ac-i i ccpt :i fourth tel-m nomination and,‘ llf elected Wvuld serve “rcluctan-I i zly, but as n good soldier " i The announcement Wlllch $11". iprised nslvsnicil hnti Dflllllclflllsi lonly as lo its timing, was made ntl .n Vlhitc House llf2\\'5 conference. ,~ The President road a letter fmmi chairman Robert E_ Hanna's-iii ‘of ‘the DClIlOPYilllC National Commit--

_ ‘ me inforlninq hlnl that more than

a lll(l_lOl'li_\' of convention delegates

are already "its: to support his rcron -;-, iillr ihlit h? -.~< l9,‘ lihs cull of lllC party llll‘ people." F

Then he read his reply: ‘

“If the convciiiion should car-j ry this out. and nominate mc for tile ‘csldcliigv. I shrill iirccpt. If! iilc people 0190i mo. I will servo)‘. i .

(Continued on H030}, Col. 4) 1

WITH THE CANADIANS lNi OAEN, Julv 11-10? CsblcI-Onii- udiiili troops $/»V.\l'lllll\l1 through Cnen heard today the almost unbu- lievnble story oi‘ holv 50'.) cilizzcns cf this martyred oitv lived in a. camp

rotto nearly 100 foot undcrlrrclmdl or three agonizing Weeks us ilicyr pro-ycd endlessly for libcrniiuli

Today I innde the perilous ucscciiii lnio this ancient quarry which laud been ilba-iidoncd for iive centuries and found the most of the $1llVCIllllll refugees still there They came mostly from ihe worst - boinbcd parts of the cltv and the majority were homeless

To rciich the subterranean haven- you have to climb down ihroc creak- ing ladders ioincd tosethcr in a crude. makeshift ivoy. When fin- ally you roach the bottom of the shaft, voii alight on slippcw brown soil, And when vour cvcs become accustomed to the darkness you find roux-self in a vast cuthcdriii- like grotto where groups o1 refugees sit uronud candies nnd carbide lamps.

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l(AP)—A rebellion ill

rgzz. li.w}7;5 Lived In Damp Grotto At Caen i

KED 1N BATTLE

Nazis Cry Enemy Is Alt The Ga es Fierce

Fighting - Southwest Of Captured Caen

BY CHARLES LYNCH

Router Wzir Correspondent

l WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE, July 11