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Cluuclii, BRITISH ROLL BACK n

SUPERFORTRESSES HIT JAPS DOUBLE

Island Seed Potato . Fields Very Free From

Disease, Inspection Shows

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e 111-5; field inspection of prnvjglitilward Island's 589d WWW c, just completed 5G. Peppin. the “Kl... inspector said lestmig t thflt lhb findings had-been ‘very swal- better than we anticipated. He said the number of fields rejected bcause of disease was "FY Bman- l

M1; pnppin said, too, that lute; burnt, first reported several weeks m; was present in a number of yields but "only in a limited WHY- fle said ln one case he knew of a badlv infected table flflld whjdh apparently “'11s actin! 8e B centre of infection for neflfbv 58911 fields which all showed some blight.

The senior ins ector s that there were probe 1y two principal c5159.. for the smal amount of dis- ‘use (mind .0115 vear in the Island's reed fields. Che was the early killing of the vines last, year by late blight which prevented the spflfld 0f 015' use bv aphids and the other the planting of foundation. A SE80. l1 pqllcy insisted upon this year I01‘ the first time.

llnion liationale lias 47 Seats

QUEBEC, Aug. 10—(GP)——Oi- finial count of the votes in Maison- neuve constituency in Montreal w- nlght gave lJr J.F.A. Guile-ii. Union ivutiohuw. e majority v1 39 vines gver EomcauLiné-Iemttxréiergglglbeg-

on reversed - In...“ in. the riding Wednesday when Mr. Hannelln wail reported to have a. majority of 28 votes over

Dr. Lien.

The switch gave the Union Nat- ionaie party i‘! members in the Quebec legislative assembly and re- duced the Liberal representation to

8'1.

The fine-l count in Malsonmicuve was: Dr. Gittien. 10.498; MI- Hdffl0l1l1,\10.4591 Jean Pare. In-L dependent Labor, 1.807. Gerard‘ Rnncourt, 1,376; und Jacques bau- rloi. lid-Ki.

iifllrilN-G EVENTS

"Show-mommy Harbor south. Saturday, 8-10-21.

"Dance in 15-565. Hall Friday. Aug. 11. Good music. 8-11-11

"Wiltshlre W. M. S. Pantry Sale at Hounans. Saturday, 12th.

8-11-14.

"Cane to Ice Cream Social,

Hzekdericton Hall, Friday, August

. 8-

H.

George-

"Dance in Town Hall, h. a Web-

town. Friday. August lit lter's Orchestra.

Dance. Sea View Hall, Fridiay; Illflht. August 11th. Dancing 9.30——i.|

Sandwiches and tea. 11-li.| M f. 1 “m, Deque ea Shop c used

three Soturd . wui - -0q>e!1 September 2nd. a” lee-1i-

"Hcispitei Dance,

McGregofs Warehouse, Montague, satturday, Aikust twelfth. websters Orch- "ile- a-s-ai.

“Unveiling Photos of Boys in aflilccs. Patriotic programme. Sole 0f ice crmm. Meadow Bunk School,

0B3’. August li-ih.

"PWW 8B1; Edger; Hardware. ""1""? afternoon. August 9m" Flaw L.O.B.A., Kingston.

'1

-31-11-2I

"Ice Cream and Dance Eimeraid Hall, 1mg ' _ bv Mgy- Alldilsiétllth. Sponsor

“we c1131». °‘°"' all???

"Horsemen: You eon do away {if}; the Check Rein when you 0i" It gives horses a

ts. Dtrfectiy arched neck and puts in their 8WD too. Livestock d Agency,

W111 B0 ilk e o

“u???” "lmneai: 221v. nppczrs in - 3 some e once. “WW2? Wed Agency. 8-11-21. "Li" Ho s: We are in nu ex- gggfliflilicslt on to market our gm. ‘futfitgfltlv and‘ at to va use. c,“ our” h "9 b11118?! or ho l. gum“: gay; er rm lafakilty 0f‘ m‘!!! Board. a‘ c gilt;

"Livestock Marketfn I Board "w"! 11108! at the following ship- m. mm" dl-"lnk week of August “ml-ta osusucl days and hcu";_. “n, - “i118. St. Peters, M rell. ‘giver. Melville, Ulgg, q gr. V" Al-bNorth Wiltshlre Hunter m lad m‘!!! Kinkore. Kane - . um l P0 ntr in Prince Colin v °. B. If in doubt ask P" your locality. ‘ l-fil-l

' attacks had

ur. N-S Marion , u graduate of the PEI. Begin],

Nursing ilverseas

who enlisted in the first time Overseas Medical Unit four

years EEO.

ard has been overseas

Lt. N-S Marlon Bem- for three

years and since the beginning of

he invasion has

been eervi

n8

France. She is the daughter of

Mr.

and Mm. Jame;

of Kensington, P.E.I.

Mall-Gen. Keller Reported Wounded

HALIFAX, Aug . Gen .

command, was in

where he has

Ati l condition

B. Bernard

10—(CP)—Maj.- LI‘. Page. general officer commanding-in - chief, crltioa tonight in the navy hospital been und

antic here.

5T8

treatment for a heart condition for

several days. p

Soviet Troops Plunge

It Sunday when Ia crfcun conference o Pacific plan the final phllel of I

of Jlvlncue

sun Th h I Pumas uunflvrnc on! I colovclt.

Mr. II their

‘ The forces storm

and t doubt of ltn significance It meant first of all

Sea h F force unconditional surrender.

It Ill thee coming strike c! Harbor.

vervvncre, this Mum of I!

f I th B . f B» . knoekf lateweay I; Iihe Con.

Curious Flock To ' See Robot Bombs

LONDON. Aug. 10 — (A _. Southern En land, including the London area, ed u relative respite from German flying bombs today, in the capital fa- ced c. new problem-an influx of 82mm curious to see what the ro.

ts are like and whet damage they have done.

This reverse flow of traffic into 140M011. at a. time when everyone who can get out is bein encour- aged to do so. caused of cial con- cern. One worn-out train pass- enger remarked that the struggle to get into Iiondon was worse t an the struggle to get out.

Censorship restrictions regarding the flying bombs have been tigh- teggdjn the_la.st,24 hours. __

Across River Narew

Berlin Says Battle Of Very Great Proportions

NDON. Aug. let troops Narew. where c YBRPB

H1076 thin 50 u their conitmuing

Is Raging.

ID—»(CP)— IIJV-

Russian

Dlun d across the M“, - wuesiie alaroken in the first great we:

offensive aimed at

035$ PFIBEIB. the Soviet communique

announced ton ht

l! . Berlin said that a bottle of "very Great Dmpcrtlons" was raging on East Prune. Moscow's communique also an- nounced the capture of 0U more towns west of the Vistula River far below besieged Warsaw. and Ber- lin termed that area one of grav- ity for German arms. Soviet ad- vance forces already were within 75 miles oi Gennan Silesia and

1i. the approaches to

ow - Warsaw line. The crossing German arm

844m’ were threatening to crack the Kra- of the Narew, when 12 s defeated the Hus-

‘ SID-fig and forced an evacuation of the Czarist Warsaw salient in

the

First Great War. was at a point 90

miles east of Lomria

.ublg

Qflfmlh

stronghold linking Axis defences

between Warsaw and German East

Prussia.‘ Lomza is 75 mile; north-

east of Warsaw and only 20 miles Eur. la.

H0111

Moscow dispatches uid the mom had hurled 16 fresh divisions

into the battle for But

emv tank and

west of Marfunpolc. This 1|

ISIIOBBII

Gor-

the Germans claimed the recapture of vlikeviskis. i2 mile; from the er. The Germans said fresh“

find civilians of all ages hid dug more than 1.800 miles of trenches and erected thousands of piilboxee on the East Prussian front in the last 10 days.

Election Riotors To Bo Tried Aug. 17

1.2...— <=P>..—. 8 G 6B 0119 y RIDE to 40 of 88 men arrested -

election day riots in Montreal

J constituency and refund

to the others who gave out-of-

ecece. Bail was set

N60 or l cash

prellmiréarv hear ng ordered for u... "lent: tees mo; are chgged with moment!!! Private

eywcrcurrcltadTuolduvine

g, Illld between fiIlM-l political pngs and the communique acid strong cn- 1R Whlfih 9011M

nfantry oountcr- I been beaten off north

and gunlhct . 1'1 - nu were taken to noqifinvwpheille

tralfleggtpg; 51L the b13111 front,_und

Cyclone Causes Million Dollar Damage In Sash.

KAMBAOK. 8AM; (CP)-Damage of caused

who Iihrftloflh Kamauck iut

wakeflini

In 400 bilfldhlfl 6009x078!

One of a

struck Manitoba and

last night and cyclone hit

.10-

dun series of 1&1»- wmii Saskatchewan u. the

numb...

riiaiwb minutes 40o euiiauuu.

including 200 homo:

ed or damaged. we

services disru . on.

municatlonl

and

were dcltrw- tor ma! power

was ' Third Avenue, the

fiwereonrrloduvnvbylmlccm- Mniolll.

| luildinll Ibo entire length of

town's main strut, were u shambles, while houul were flattened in the rc- cfdentfai dfstrfotl.

Kumsack, contra of u rich farm belt. has a population of about 1,- 000. It is a Canadian National Railways divisional "point, 22b miles

on

northeast of

Many other tron were lashed by galel. At Wlnni the wind‘ récclaidnu velocity of king: an o r. centering e m: noun times.

War “Situatio

tl deck! wcQIwJGH-thmb

at m of mo with|

hi! coulnundcn with ho campaign In that

iusericaumdnlfcd othcAn

have the

falling of

Ir talk China buel, the revelation that monitor eta are are In production. and with the Ill

I

TWO night

I-nidlatheslteofane plant.

The building: were owned Jeff Baldwin and Mabon Bynorhfi med

the fire at the

Baldwin

Bynon Ram-

was It

started

rear of a small barn on

place. It was noticed by Mr

md Th rush

58.1’. W

soon they noticed that the fire had ned a hold an‘ the Bvnon build-

s. was r 11R eaves or the dwelling and the top of the barn roof.

was found impossible the spread of OWtIIICG by goo fen-a nearbyb men-t the scene in ti woods the bu

n Last Night

I; rum L. lhpol. humbled Inn War Axum h fit that Poul Ill-bar, forever Mine should

both

auoohfcd with a. December lccnc of u: all-Am-

President Roouovelt to ocean destined to set the forces which control the WWW‘

were mustered than floflnfl

gal? wIll be revealed only an r0 on

lllundl. But them are ocrtuln conclusion: to u°'.'i'§'i¥..'°¢'$°.: Iincpnllalel: he liming of that Pacific wur council that can leave Tokyo In no

1m t time M" l‘ hum ‘o u", ‘he wntwllg‘ n ha! now come and the means are

In the Philippines, moron the China

ormou and China. Into he Klflllen and to Japan Itself to m.

acrou the Pacific which rneki the President. General MlcArthur, Admiral Nimitz and the calf-fat Pearl

the Pearl Harbor Ivar council to tighten the screws veal. II lllnlflcunt against the background rIi-ieh fleet deployment In the Pacific. ft General Stllwcll to full four- Burma-Chlru. theatre. the creation of the

force presently operating from

operations

blomntcn for the giant bomb- of sh sea-all- task

I, at the western Malacca

Two ‘Dwellings, Barns Burned At Mill Valley

burned last Iaét Mill Voila’, a fer! mieigs from enslngto was earn . Several other believed to be the eiunas were

clwellinlle were

barns near

also destroyed

Mill Valley 1's o. rural

1 .

vevaos believed that

in a bile of straw tlu

his fether-ln-law. a Mr

common-i lectric light

W

ed over but very

along

the

along

Mr. Bynon was able to save the

The BB

erioan and house w fed. He is believed to be Florida. at present.

furniture from his home but lost his buildings and u quantitlv of hay and some hens. ‘The other farm an-

aome hav in a barn» Ffiimiture was saved from the house Mr. is an Am un

Baldwin

as in

workmen left the fields on the

Baldwin farm only a short time be- fore the fire was discovered. about

.15. A stiff wind was blowinz and it

to prevent the flames with the fire fighting. equipment available.

The fire also caught on a shed

Iuiso

e Paynter but it was began to burn uah but the fire de-

from Kenaih-gton reached

me to extinguish the fire. By that time, however. ildinx! were smoldering ruins

First To Make ' Third Tour Of Duty

WITH THE EO-AJ‘. OVERSEAS.

Aug. 10 - (CP) - PO. Paul Con- nor, D.ll‘.C., of Halifax, has the rare distinction of having applied for and been granted permission to make a. third tour of operations. and he has become the first mem- ber of the RCA!‘ to be presented with the operational wing and two bars. denoting three ompleted op- erational tours.

Connor has earned s return to

‘I

Canada, and probably will become c. gunnery instructor at a British Commonwealth Air ‘training Plan school in Canada.

Party Standing In Alberta

“Canadian Press Putty Sundial

M I S 1

l7 __b.q=ciis1..ag1£-9gq~

BLOW

Industrial tllty And. =0il Plants Are Targets

WABHINGION, All. 10-—(A.P) -B-fll armor-fortresses of the 90th command sr-ruokmo

ffnehr M. Pa-lcmbam on the Nether- lands Indies Island o: Sinatra.

Nagasaki. one of Japan's most Important ship building and repair cent-re; and a major military port, is on the inland of Kyushu, in the h hi1‘ industrialised area already tw cc hit by superfortresaes based in China

Palembang. is the site of the Plcdjoe oil refinery. the largest in rhc Orient and the princi a1 source of aviation gasoline for e enemy.

O-OOO-O-OO-O O-QO4'O-O'§-§-O-O-O-§'O+Q--

i . liovv Offensive?

LONDON. AH. 1O — (C? -- Thc German hoard by - ter News Agonc, hero laid fo- nlgbt “British troop! today ra- opclcd that grout offeullvc In Italy after regrouplng their Jorecs." ~ 1

Canadians Back In Lino At Florence

ug. 10 - (or) - Ona-

elioui" A b11504 w w‘ 1w a an r0011!- e - fan patriots, swept thrc h thO

Allied-held southern sec on of Florence today, cleaning up hoc- tilc Piascist pocket; and aching out the Vatican ptroeps;

O

popul Ion of tween the Allied and German Li'-

m ca. Today's announcement that Cc- nodlan troops were fn action was the first disclosure that they W!" beck in the line. south African troops previously entered and held Southern florenoe.

(The dispatch. first report in se- veral weeks of Canadian troops in infantry actions in Italy, did not say how many Canadians were - volved or what their unit desig- nations were. Canadian tank units have been reported fightin recen- tly in support o1 Indian nfantry in the 3th Army's thrust on Flor- EH00.)

A minor war was waged in the streets of the city as the Canadians and Italian Partisan: winkled out armed Fascists who he»! been snip- ing and tossing grenades at Allied troops.

Polish Premier Returns To London

MOSCOW, Aug. 10 -— (AP) —-Pre- mier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk sped back toward London toni ht shoul- dered with thc reeponsibil ty of try- ing to weld two rlvei Polish regimes into one strong indepcnd ‘ ernment.

Foreign observers, eager for c solution to the Polish question new that liberation seem; near. noted these two developments bearing upon differences between the govern- ment ln London and the soviet- backed National Committee of Lib- eration.

1. Marshal Stalin, despite his pra- cccupetion with the Red Army of- fenslvas, wok time off last ni ht for a second visit with the Poi h president.

2. Mikolcjczyk wu given a hos- pitable reception in Moscow and a friendly farewell. indicatin that he in acceptable tn the Bo eta.

runny mrunnn n? noun runs, u. e, Aug. 1o-

GRAND (OP) — Hllbtft Pica-d, IS. WI! In“

jurod fatally lut night when I hora became frightened and kick-

ed h m in the face. The boy died in

l l

l l | I

' under the gently waving palms Bea h

across the river due east of

But it was the American drive east of Le Mans which stole the lspotlight. although headquarters gave no clue to the whereabouts of the armored columns. Some reports said they were driving deep into the Chartres zone of the last Paris defences. and thrusting toward Or- loans in the Seine Loire gap south of the capital.

(An NBC reporter broadcasting from France said the Americans were attacking Chateaudun, 28. miles south of Chartres and '70 miles from Paris.)

A third American column from Io Mans was believed pushing south- ward towari‘. Tours, heightening hopes of liberating all Southern France. This column was made up of supporting forces which had stabbed through rearguards mine- ficlrk and thin resistance lnlio Nan-

and Angers.

tween Virc and the Orne River

British 2nd Army wiped out tiniest German bulge north of the Vin-Orne road. capturing St. Jean IieBlanc, Ienlut. Lamotterie, Crep- igny, Couviile, and Quesnee, all ma villages but the centre of German “hedgehog” defences.

Then wag no word of any pen- etration info the port or Brest which is under the assault of a strong American force. but the town is defended by parts of three

o

o. strongpoint at. least equal Cherbour and likely to take long to .

lluplessis To Form Gov’t

Bl

QUEBEC, Aug. 10—lCP)—Pre- mler Godbout early tonight confir- med an announcement bv Maurice Dnmessls Union Nationuie leader. that the latter will be sworn in “a- bout August 30," as Mr. Godboufls successor and edam that “even if I have a. chance of retaining power on a technicality, 1 will not."

"Mr. Divplessis has the resumi- sibility of aximlnisterinq the pro- vince in a. most difficult Deiiod." Mr. Godbout told a press confer- ence in his office at the leglslltlifé about an hour after he had s-.

cussed with the Union Notionuie;

leader the results of Tuesdays close general elections "I um most

sincere when I wish him good luck."

Montreal To Take lland In Tram Strike

MONTREAL. Alli}. 10 --iCPl -

KW‘ Mayor Adhemar ltziviuiuit said to-

day that 11.11.1155 the .'\1[.'lli.1'{.lII trem- ways strike is settled by tomorrow. the 01W will take steps to provide transportation for Montreniers.

He added that if the strike con- tinued e. cmucus of members of the council will be called m consider whet action the city will take.

IRITONS WARNED

LONDON, Aug. 10 —- (C P) — Britons, jittery under the fall of German bombs, were Warned today to go easy on sedatives lest they "end up by umping at the sound of slammed oors, or tensing them- seivce_at__bumbleb "

HONOLULU, July 29—IDciay-

l-(Ai?) — President Roosevelt and top ilight American command- ers in the Pacific, including Gen- eral MacArthur, mapped plans for smashing the J rtmesc info uncon- ditional BILITUIACI‘ at an historic three-day strateay conference here

We c . It was the President's first. war-

Germen divisions and is described parts of the ground and at rob

time ‘conference with the southwest c

coonmandcr. and other top-ranking officer: took part in the discus

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Yank Mystery Army May Quiflink Paris

. “QN THE OIINE FRONT, Aug. 10_-(CP ffeutefl-Generulu Dempsey and Crerar have linked arms east of the Orne and side by side this afternoon are rolling back Von Kluge s mauled divisions to the south towards Paris and southeast towards the Seine.

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 10 — (CP) — The 1st Canadian 1n Army ground into new German defences north of Fulaise today as an American “mystery army” swept through Central France in a move which might outflank Paris from the south and free all Southern France.