MAXIMS OI}. I mo: MAN 1-mi- members of the fem- knock Covers Prhoe Edwerdllslaud Like the Dew Never, if you can help it, talk about people; there are plenty of things to talk about; alone. OIL. MERE MAN let. people uardian, Founded 1B1. Guardian. Two Cente- cnaizcorrcrowu, CANADA. THURSDAY, toenails," R1945 mo. sroo; other Provlueei a u.s.a., ssloo. s Delivered. I550. SIGN SURRENDER AT MANILA gationing 0f as And Fuel i| l.ifted orrawa. aux. 15 - (OP) — , Iffeoiive immediately, gasoline ystioulng and all restrictions m the use of fuel oil in Canada m removed. Munitions Min- later Howe announced today. I The statement came shortly after) gflnliiill‘ announcement in Wash- on said that gas and fuel oil niioning was terminated in the United States. The Washington ‘mounccment said that tires uld remain on the rationed list n. the time b91118 statements on the tire situation .. Canada and on how the end , gas rationing will affect taxies, . s; and trucks were expected to b issued soon. his rationing system came into feet April i, i942, vifhen it be. sung evident that Canada could mtsuply the requirements oi an upariding war machine and in- iimotor traffic. with tn.- cnding oi gas rationing cansdaUind the United States, . tirade in the Dominion .. icd to increase almost im- ntdiately‘, and to reach a peak lien new Iil'C5 become available Leading Prize Winners At Yesterday lire Rationing lot Yet At End mawa. Aug. 15 - (ca) -I fire rationing cannot be abolish-l lduntil the switch-over from mili-' (fry production has been accom- IIII-iilfid and sufficient stocks be-| M: ova ‘ibic. the office of Mun- itions MllllSIri‘ Howe said tonight Inna statcinent. As soon as the supply posit-ion "mots. the list of vehicle own- m engible for new tires will be troadciied and cvcnlually ration-- If}! WlII be removed" said the,- l- mcnt. V ‘Nicanwhile, the wisei ‘Hot "WIII continue to conserve lo N.S. Election Ilntil Next Spring "fiil-{FAYX Auz. l4 _ (or) - flli \\ iformed sources a". m,“ “use _ said last m?“ ‘l Provincial election my be (‘Xilrcied ncxt spring or sill’? summer. and not this fall i“ Previously cxpcgigd, PI‘ ‘ s c‘ ' . ‘Plmiblliiiilei’ iiiuliiinniliizi right gig “jg all Pin icr a. s. MacMillan NM I5‘ rciuzn of former Federal ,1. ,0 Ihlfliiir Ansus L Macdon- ild was pmc. posi‘ Mr‘ Macdmi‘ No.8 h rm-ifii‘ of Nova Scotla “dime accepted his Ottawa N ' ,. . huff)?" 86mins Elast election was m, o’ ‘he H oiiicc that time 5mm? “c flutes 30 seats have uyR \' M“ “"9 by the death tax stiiiii“i""i'~ ‘iifimber for Hall- merit of in?“ °“‘°“ by Hiwolnt- .mcr Agriculture Min. Iuer John had,“ sgmllgacDonlH b the i l Championship a hii here C°min8 Events a Part l\Te m Align“ and} Millie. Wednesday, rwosTroopships ck At Halifax , Elsi Royalty __, wrwltwiw-m HALEFAX, Aug. it) — (C?) -_- The troopehip Carneroriia docked here shortly after 8 P.M. tonight, bringing home more than 3.000 Canadian servicemen and women fwm Europe. She was the second Y-NfYP-Shlil docking here today. fol- lowing the ‘Swedish liner Ilott- ningholm which arrived this mom. ing witlh nearly 600 Canadian sol-‘ diers and servicemen’; wives. i Hundreds oi people gathered at the dock to welcome the Camero- nia and give the returning veterans one of the biggest and noisiest wei- oom yet seen in thi; crossroads po of the Second Great War. Two bands blared out martial music, boogie woogic and old fav- orites as the Canucks yelled their happiness at being home-and at peace after six years of war. The cheered until their lungs nlmos burst, and filled the air with a continuous mar that was heard above the V-J din downtown. From P. E. I. Following are the men from Prince Edward Island scheduled to come on the Cameronia but the list; was made up in advance oi the‘ ship's sailing and R is possible there may be some slight changes: Capt A. F. Gormlcy Charlotte- town: Pie. A. Arscnault. Welling- ton: Pie. E. J. Arsenault, St. Nicholas: Pie. J. A. Arsenault. Summerside: Pie. J C. Brchaut, Murray Riv ' Pte. W A. Cam. (Continued on Page 7 Col. 5) I ’s Fair Premier'- J. .WaltarsJone.s' "Abe- gwelt Milady", world record- brcaking COW. won the Grand Championship in the Holstein cattle class at the Charlottetown Exhibition yesterday. The Grand bull also went to the Jones farm, the winner being "Abcgiveit Captain." The Junior Championship for Holstein fe- males went iu Rober; Chappell of and the Junior Championship for bulls to George Godfrey, North Wiltshire. The Judge of the Holstein ent- ries. Clarence Godhue of Vaud- reull, P.Q., said the exhibit was not large but that some oi the fe- males were cutstnnding and wouldg do credit ill any ring". The Sher-thorns. especially in the bull entrics, were a little be- low the quality of past years though thc judge. Robert Black‘ of Motfiitt, Ont, stated the Grand} Chz-uripion bull, owned by Peter; Martin. Htmzct River was an out- standing aninzal. ‘The fcmale ent- ries. Mr. Black said. were good all the way through. The Graricif ley Hurry. KLIIHTIOIJBtOVVKI. impres-I sed him as on exceptionally fine specimen of :i1e Shot-thorn breed. Doublo Jersey Winner Harold Stead, Sherwood, was a doubt:- winner in the Jersey class. one of his bulls winning the Grand Champion title and anoth- er the Junior Grand Champion ribbon. Rolnrd Easter oi North Wllishire won the Grand Chem/p- Ion female prize and a heifer owned by Fred Coles. Milton, won female Junior Champion- . G. Robinson of Harvey Sta- N.l3., who judged the Jer- seys. said_ yrsterdays show of this breed was the best he had ever nttendcd. Ho thought the Island exhibitors should be con- gratulated on thc quality of their Jersey cattle and said it would be hard for any fair in Canada to show a bettrr or more uniform .in their jobs. Under the order. a I Federal Cabinet Discusses Lifting 0f Wartime Controls l OTTAWA. Au . l6 - (CF) _. The Federal Ca inet met today and it was understood members discussed reconversion problems and the possibilit of lifting some of the controls in roduced as wartime measures. , Before the Cabinet went into‘ session the office of Muniticnsi Minister Howe announced the im-I mediate removal of gasoline rat. lonlhk and of all restrictions on the use of fuel oil. It could not be learned what 0- thcr controls the Govarnmgnt planned to lift immediately. It was reported that Prime Minister Mac- kenzie KIIIB may make s. radio broadcast soon and announce what changes will be made in the can. trol set-up. P°551I3IY Bmflhi! the first to go will be the order freezing workers person may not leave his job unless he first has obtained a pennlt from National Selective Service. Orders under which men could be compulsorily transferred from one job to another also likely will be repealed. These orders were used about seven times during the war when the labor shortage was at its worst. , Some sections of the Defence of- Canada Regulations which gave the‘ Federal Government overriding‘ ers in wartime likely are to be; ifted. Censorship, for instance, is‘ scheduled to end immediately, be- cause officials feel it would be use. less to impose censorship now that the war is over. However, one of the biggest. pro- blems faclng the cabinet is that of converting industries from war to peace-time production. and of nro- Vidihé! employment for the thou- sands of released war workers and demobilized servicemen. ' Mr. Howe has announced that all‘ direct war contracts would be con- celied a! U!" wiir's end. but “not in one day." And La-bor Minister Mitchell has urged a curtailment of working hours rather than thc| shutting of war industries in areas; where unemployment might result aftcr the shut-down. A statement on reconvcrsion plans is expected to be made willi- in the next few days by Mr. Hoiva, who also holds the portfolio of‘ Minister of Reconstruction. ‘ Besides the reconversion and con-| trol problems, the Government faces the task of preparing for the ses-l sion of Parliament duo to cncnI Sept. 6. A budget for this year ondJ the monies needed between now and ' the year-end still have to be passed. Mr. Kim: is expected to reshuffle his Cabinet before (he session. but he has given no indication of wilnt he plans. Appointment of a cabinet rcnrq-I w 5 s scntzitivc from New Brunswick foreseen, however. I l I Motor-Car Plants Champion female, owned by Stan-i | 0n Long Road Back i DETROIT, Aug. l5 -- (AP) — The end of the war found auto. motive plants in various stages of readiness for a return to peace. time production Because of heavy contract can-‘ ccllntions that started months ago -even before the defeat of Gcr.l many many factories had atl least made a start on the long road‘ back. Stimulus was given with W31‘, production board authorization to resume lirriited passenger car out. put after July 1. The industry has been oullionl ized to assemble 241,000 passenger-I automobiles before Dec 31; nou“ [that the war is ended, it. expects |thc quota to be at least doubled Undoubtedly it can make 500.000 or even more, passenger’ vehicles in the next 4 1.2 months if materials are made available. entry of Jersey cattle. Donald Black of Aubrey, P-Qi. ziiféiiritlnvsqlac Pass feats)‘ 8-15-31. . __ ‘Oooio to only, Awulfnfgtrtln Qiinton Hall. and Dance at atfl0ll5e yaglmnz - Ovmi -. August .l‘d.."°‘“tii"3il. n Kell ' “Y Monty, film realist-fruit?" we- ttest. gossips use" Nmnbem u; l’ Books roiinimfihout the Prov now on fnoe. Get 8-10-11. Hogs by Albany Id. Friday, August ct A. C. Green. Al- ~ 0. Green. mierald. __§ .0 navfi°iif°ilila ' ‘AIL; "180 Emmi L,”- Zirlorae eolle ll Supper . Belfast. w '1. a-io-ii. 0-10- BINDING B-IG-lif music. I 8i. arrived with I I I I orrawa. Aug. 15-401’) —-'l'his tpeace-hnppy Capital, continuing Japanese surrender celebrations, cheered parading contingents of the armed forces. helped Chinatown set ' off firecrackers and then Jamméd three city blocks in the biggest street dance ever sta ed here. Celebrations, start with last night's eace announcement, con- tinned throughout the da and gave t Iht. laiiahgoiiliigagilzid art of the cele; bratlons started wth a march 955v of Navy, Army and ir Force per- sonnel on Parliament Hill. WI"! the Govemor-Geueral talrlnB a"! salute from a base beneath ' ‘f: Peace Towgrdfrfgm $2056 I°I Y Pr“ ' ns . HTheAwGovIenior-General. mlklnd one of his last ceremonial Billie"- ances before leavinil Y0? E"? ‘ma’ was given a DYOWITIBM ‘gag-kg . e w flag-waving argkaizaflikiu“ on m. ' mansion program . . Colorful Ceremony As Dominion Celebrates little indication of subs ding at a~ The industry has earmarked up. proximately $l.000,()00.000 for its reconversion, rehabilitation and ex. _ _ __. -_... A» - -‘§A- reviewing stand. Features of the parade contingents of Canadian Arm ific Force men and release Force prisoners of war. Standing on thereviewing standasthc units marched past were Mat-Gen. Bert Hoffmeistcr, commander of the O.A.P.F. and Air Vice-Marshal Roy Slemon commander of the Pacific Air Force. After the review Prime Minister " Mackenzie King walked to a re- served section and taking the Rus- sian and Chinese ambassadors by the arm he resented them to the Governor- eneral. After the Governor-General had were Pac- , Air i ., Japanese | America by .Mexico, many of thorn in West- -killing six persons who found it Stern Hand Seen Needed With Jags, WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 - (AP) - broadcasts implying vaguely that Japan already looks to rebuilding: her anneal might got closc attention from military officials mm ht. , Some mil tory and diplomatic authorities didn't like the tone of, two Tokyo spokesmen in particular’ Telling Japanese troops of sur-, ..'_ i 3 Million Japs Arc tinder Arms WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — (AP) —M>lllroximately 3.200.000 Japanese soldiers are believed to be deployed IProcerIuiTeRTs Set ursday) ~ (AP) — Gen. Mac-l I NIANILA, Aug. 16 — (Th ‘IDown For Envo I IArthur said today Japan has not yet replied to his order ,zidvisin'g the date for cessation of hostilities although sev- t oral Tokyo radio stations hav e acknowledged receipt of theI render. the chief of Japan Brenda. throughout the vast Pacific rcach- I order by 11 P. M. last night (Manila time). casting Corporation's Overseas, Bureau. Jusii Ayo, declared that) “we have 1ost—-but this is tempera-i ry." He added: I Japan's mistake was lack of mat-I erial strength and scientific know- ledge and equipment. This mis- take we must amend." And before his Cabinet resigned, Premier Suzuki said: “This day has become the day that never, nev- er will be forgotten by the (ap- anesc people." The Allies have committed them- selves to destroying Japan's capa- city to make war. Some officials hero suggested the words oi Ayo and Suzuki made it doubly imper- ative to keep a watchful eye and a strong hand on all Japan and es- pecially on the military and indus- nln telling of demobilization plans, the nrmy Snid today: "Until our own troops have mov- ed in and ascertained that no new treachery is being planned by any groups in the Japanese population. we must have the means to stain out inexorably nnd completely any enemy uprising." Reported plane stabs at the 3rd Fleet and a Kamikaze attack on Ihya. Island near Okinawa, both after surrender was announced, reinq forced earlier doubts in Washing-t ton that Emperor Hirohtto could. persuade all his armed forces to quit and turn in their arms. Army and navy leaders, however. ,. were confident they have ways of, handling any hold-out Japanese- liberal iillplitntioil of atomic bombs if. neccrrsaryu. Convocation 0f Summer School SACKVILLE, N.B._ Aug. 15 (GP) —- Tlic 22nd annual convoca-t tion of the Maritime Summer. School at Mount Allison Unlversity| was hcicl this afternoon, when sev- en degrees were conferred by the president, Dr. W T Ross Fleming- ton, and two certificates were pre- scnted. Douglas Carl Johnson, BA, MA, of SpiinghiII, N.S., nnd Snckville. was the first stu- dent to graduate from Mount Al- lison under the rehabilitation plan for veterans of the 56001151 G115‘? nr. Ho was wounded in Italy. Attendance at the 511mm" chool was 224 The graduates were: Bachelor of Arts, Ethcl Jeni-is. Sackvilie. Gor- don Brown. Saint John' Philip Simon, Gliicc Boy; BBC 91°!‘ °§ Science, David Dalziel. Mf-Jfliffm. James Fraser, Stellarton, Carol Jenkins. New Glastlfiii’; 91155195" inc certificates. Glfmdfm Cfflli", ltgmntlm, P E l ; Norval Eldridge, B9,...“ Harbor, N B., Master of Arts, Douglas Johnson, Sackville. i i l Seek Bombs From t Jap Balloons spawns. airs. 15 — ‘Ii-Pl — A‘ painstaking, .»CiCll-tIllC‘ search ma)’- bc iuidcrtul-zcn soon to find and! destroy scores of uneioplfldefi bombs believed scattered ovei isolated sections of western North Japan's wind-blown balloons. The problem now is to prevent injury or (Ilillfigf) from undiscov- ered bombs, authorities said. aft- er relaxation of censorship today permitting disclosure that approx- imately 230 cf the bomb-carrying tiapcr gaslioizs had fallen in an area stretching from Alaska to crn Canada. In many cases balloons were recovered with all but one or We bombs missing, and many bombs may have dropped or been drag- gcd off without eXIPIOEIITIE- Each balloon carried five bombs-four incendiarlcs and a till-pound frai- mentation-tyipc cioplosive- Despite its small size, one of the anti-personnel bombs scatter- ed fragments a quarter-mile in These casual- ones resulting near Lakeview Ore. tics were the only from the balloons FOR BE left Mr. King. amid cheering, step- tkioed down the parliamentary sf-PDS the fringe of the crowd and sanliln? broadly he spoke Canada: thank ulness for the peace the ar- med forces had ensured and said the country was headed for "a bct- ter and happier world for al Blos OF CA FROM I I I I SEIHIH) _ I Channel Islarlli es which Japan once hoped to iniikc her “greater east Asia empire." Getting them back to the home islands oses a post-war problem compar 1e to that faced by the United Nations in returning their own armed forces from overseas. It probabl will have to bc done by theAlies, for Japan has only a fraction of her pro-war merchant marine fleet left. In Japan itself are reported to be armies aggregating about 2,000,000 men who must be demobilizcd under supervision of the Allied oc_ copying forces, The MacArthur order: i 1. I I Directed immediate cessation of hostilities and a ;reply giving the date of cessation. I 2. Set down in detail provisions for dispatching rep- I resentztiives to Manila by way of Ie Shima in the RyukyusI Ito be dictated surrender terms. g “Up to this time, no reply has been received," Geni ‘MacArthur said shortly before noon today. I .~ He issued instructions to the Japanese yesterday tol send their stirrendei‘ envoy to Ie Shimzi, an island neat-l I Okiuziivn, in a Japanese plane King George Broad asts Of Empire " Thousands Attend Show Jlespite Rain DEEPIIe the intermittent slioivcrs Whlfih. beginning about noon, in. creased In frequency and intensity f-hmilibout. the aafternoon, thous- ands of people were in attendance at the Etxhlbition grounds YP5tt’r-. clay afternoon. At 4 o'clock, after five heats of racing, it was decided to postpone the remaining heats until today. Because of the threatening wea- ther. there was no vaudeville either’ in the afternoon or evening, the afternoon show, being cancelled in order to expedite the putting through of the racing program The that yesterday was V-J Day in Canada, and the local: custom of treating Wednesday as a business holiday, were large fnc- tors in making for yesterday's largo attendance. ' As the afternoon were on the clothes of both nx-u and Womtn became slightly bedragglcd in ap. pearance Those who had the slici- ter of the large roof over thc main grand stand and those who had thoughtfully brought along um- brellas or parasols continued to maintain their welLdresscd nppcnr- anoa but wet clothes or dry, the vast crowd was not to be denied their pleasure and stoiciilly sat and let the elements do their worst. It was V-J Day and Old Home Week and not for a moment wcrc they going to loss their composure or their good spirits because of n little rain. Not for many years has a racc at tho Exhibition grounds hrid to be stopped because of rain. Warm and sunny days and cioudlcss skier. have come (n he associated \"‘.II) Old Homfl Week iri Chorlottctoivn so that an Islander. wishing place his stamp of approval upon a series of fine. days cftcn docs. so by calling such n ra‘nl-.~.=< spell p" "regular Old HOIUP Work rvcdthcr." Jap Prisoners Weep At News GUAM, Aug. l5 - (Reuters) — Japanese prisoners herc brckc down and cried unashamedly uncn they were told of the They had been unaware of inv- peace offers and the news of 'Il[‘ final collapse came as a complctc a rise. ey were allowed to iistcn tn Emperor l-lirohitds broadcast and as the Emperor began to speak all the risoners stood and bowed to- wa the loudspeaker. JERflIY, Channel Islands (C?) — Members of the 18th Jer. eey Handicraft Scout 'I‘1'oo;) im- provfleed jelly from seaweed when food Was in short supply during the German occupation of the TTER BAK/N $0 NADA IIARD WIlEAl FLOUR WAfiIIIII r‘ I | SUITCHUE‘ 1'., LONDON. Aug. 15 —- (GP) - Tlic King extended his “proud and [grateful thanks“ to the people cf G1 ‘.‘ Briioiit and the Common- th and Empire in a‘ world ~rriuio address today marking the Lend of the war against Japan. "The war is over," he sa d ‘You kIlOW, I think, that those four ‘ ivords have for the Queen and my- sclt tiic same significance, simple ,_vct immense. that they have for I u. Our hearts are full to over- inc", as are your own." Calling on his peoples to join in hacking God for the end of the t Ills, Majesty said‘ the '" ooun-- ... . oi the world now may “turn their industry, skill ond science to uepziirinez its frightful devastation and todiuilcling prosperity and hap- piiicss.’ He called upon his hearers to re- member those who laid down their lives in the struggle and said one of tiic fruits of the victory would be the reunion of those who long hnd been licld prisoners of the JHDZIFICSL‘ with their loved ones. "Relief from past dangers must not blind us to the demands of the -futiire," the King-said. "Great. is our responsibility to make sure by the actions of every man and cvcigv woman here and throughout thc Empire and Commonwealth . that tiic peace gained amid mea- surcless sufferings and hardship , shrill not be cast away. “We have spent freely of all that ivc lidd. Now wc shall have to labor and \\'()l‘I< hard to restore what has bccn lost and to establish peace on uiishnkiiblc foundations, not alone on material strength but also on i tnoral authority. Then indeed the I, Curse oi war may be lifted from lithe world. . .” I 1 itons llcar lPlans 0f New ltnbor fiov’t By ROSS MUNRO LONDON. Aug. l5 _ (CP Cable} — \'~;iul.~ Briiaiirs grateful millions i fr ii Lands End to John 0‘Groats Iccicbratcd the return of world DPIIPO with unrestrained lubllation. I (hi: country's new Pnrliaznent solemnly assembled at Vlcstmins- tcr and in n speech from the Throne, rcrid by the King to his Lords and Commons. was 8W0“ R brand outline of the Labor Govern- mt"li'5 program. iii n drizzliiig rnin the King and Quccii drovc iii an open carriage. cscoi-tcd bv cavalry squadrons tlu- Lilo Guards. from Buckingham PnInCP down thc Moll and atom! IW ‘ta-hall to “lostinbister before In tremendous ihmng of sodden tbut cheering Londoners embark- I m; on a two - day V-J holiday | It was the first ceremonial pro- cossinii to Parliament's 096111118 since i939 and London. with its lnvc of pngcantry and color. 111559 I thc most of it despite the rain. ,' Tho Throne Speech formally enililtiiliilli! the Labor Govern- ment's ])I)IIL‘_V for the coming session ("IliflInPd no surprises. It said a. hill would he introduced to bring tlic Bonk of England under Pubic ownership and another bill would he brought forward for national- izniioii of the coal-mining industry "m, pjlft of a concerted plan for tlic co-orrilnatinn of the fuel and power industries." Both jlicsc proposals were ‘in- cluded in the Labor Partys esc- tion platform. ‘Rho (‘iovcrnniciit will take up the tnrk nI rcconvertinc British indus- try frvin war lo pciicc. of expand- ini; ovliurl trnclc and "of securing by kiliiflilif‘ control or extension cf vyigitiif‘ nwncrsliip that our industries llilti $Pl‘\'if‘€§ shall make their max- iiuuin contribution to irrational -l ' the Speech continued. <66n{iii_ii‘e§’8ii’17ige'r"cbifoi 0f- marked with green crosses. From there the envoy, and aides Gen. MacArthur ordered to ac- company him, will be transport- ed to Manila in American aircraft. Earlier, in a note addressed to Emperor l-lirohitto. Gcn. MacAr-I thur advised he had been desig- -nated supreme commander of Al- lied forces, and empowered arrange directly with Japanese authorities for cessation of hos-. tllities at the earliest practicable date." He also gave detailed instruc- tions for the official designation of a Tokyo radio station as the medium for further communica- tions in English - with his headquarters. Gen. MacArthur ironically choseI as the recognition signal for the Japanese envoys plane the word “Bataan? I The white-stained aircraft with the green-crosses visible at 500 yards, he instructed thc Japanese. must leave the Sata Misakl air- field on southern Kyushu Islands Friday morning. It urill be ioincd bv an escort of American fignter planes and then land on an Ie Shima airstrip. Six hours’ advance notice of the readiness oi the covey's plane to leave Kyushu must be given by the Japanese. One of Gen. MacArthur?» first demands on the Nipponese un. doubtedly will be for the speedy return of LL-Gen. Jonathan Wain- Wflsht and other American prison- ers captured after they had grim- ly held out. in the Philippines to the bitter end of their strength in order to give the Unitcd States time to recuperate from the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Attlee Thanks Canadian People I r a OTTAWA. Aug. i5 -— (CP) Prime Minister Atitlcc in a mes- sage to Priinc Minister Mackenzie .K1ng thanked thc people of Can-I lada for their part in the war and _said “above all we must see to iti ‘that never again shall war. even imore grim and destructive than, that from which we have escaped, blight the world.“ , In the reconstruction now to‘, come Britain would go ahead with- the confident knoivleoge that that help Canada so readily gave In war she would also give in peace. Celiabgratioiiln London Grows Nour By llour By W. W. llf-IRCHER LONDON, Aug. l5 (AP) Merry-making Londoners surgedI through the streets of Britain2s| bomb-turn cipital today in a, tumultuous celebration of the end of the war. Rain drenched the hundreds ofI participants this morning at the, opening of the first of two official, V-J days. but in the afternoon the‘ sun broke through on festivities which gathered momentum with the hours. Centre of the mornings cele- bration was Buckingham Palace and the route the gold and scar- let carriage of the King and Queen travelled to the first state opening of Parliament since the war began. The crowd roared greetings to Their Majcstlcs. While waiting, the people had whiled away the hours singing popular songs and hymns. After the ceremonies at Parlia- ment the Kirig and Queen, with Princeses Elizabeth and Mar- garet Rose, 1101'!‘ than once ap- peared on (re balcony at Buck- ingham Palace and uxzvcd to cheer- ing throngs. Field Marshal Montgomery was given an ovation as he drove along Whitehall to receive the “to . freedom of the Borough of Lam- l) tooniiiiiézri ?§'177ns’e:'i“d6ii’ - Y5 Reds To Fight Until Formal Surrender __;n—i>.. By HENRY B. JAMESON LONDON. Aug. 15 — (AP) _. The Red Army-ordered to hat- tle on until the Japanese lay down their armh-smashed for- ward today in a new two-pron. ged drive that carried it to within 125 miles of the ancient Chinese Capital of Pcining, Moscow announced tonight. Gains of almost Z0 miles were reported across Western Man- cliurla. Soviet aircraft support- ed the ground troops with a‘, tacks on enemy ground forces and Manchurian rail hubs. Despite Japan's surrender announcement. Gen. Alexei Antonov. chief of the Red Ar. my 8971"“ "a". told his troops in a special order of the day: "The Japanese capitulation will be completed only when arms are surrendered by the fighting forces. Until this mom- ent arrives the Red Army will continue offensive operations. "Up in the present we have only the surrender made by the Japanese Emperor. The or- der for the army to surrender arms has not been delivered yet, and so we consider it as a complete capituiation." Antonev described Emperor Hlrohlixfs capltulation yester- day "merely a general declara- tion of unconditonal surrender." IIANY A (CV3 iBiA 0F Soho Conform’ IS UiRtlfiff METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Toronto, Aug. 15 — (CP) — Min- imum and maximum temperatures. Vancouver 5'1, 72; Edmonton 53. 87: Regina 43, 88; Winnipeg 43, 85'. Toronto 5'1, 71', Ottawa 53. 70: Montreal 58, '70; Quebec 6D. 68; saint John 60. —: Mohcton 59. 73: Halifax 61, 70; Charlottetovvn 70, ‘l6; Sydney 64, 75; Yarmouth 61, 66 FORECASTS LOWER ST. LAWRENCE: Mod- erate westerly winds, fair and warmer LAKE ST. JOHN: Moderate to fresh westerly winds; partly cloudy and comparatively cool GULF‘, BAY CHALEUR AND NORTH SHORE: Fresh westerly Winds; partly cloudy and compar- atively cool. . MARITIME WEST: Moderate northwest to west winds; fair; not much change in temperature. Fri- day’, fair and moderately warm. MARITIME EAST: Moderate southwest to west winds; geneznlly fair and slightly cooler; probtlvly light scattered showers at first In Cape Breton. Friday, fair and mod- erately warm. High tide this afternoon at 4.30 and tomorrow morning at 4.3-1. Sun sets this evening at 8.0‘! and rises tomorrow mornin . Full moon August 23. 7.30 A. M. summed-side tide eighteen minu- htes later than Charlotteown. High tide this afternoon at 3M and tonight at 3.86. sun sets this evening at 8.09 and rises tomorrow morning at 6.0a. Full moon August 23rd 7.30 A. M Summerside tide eighteen minu- tes later than Charlottetown. SUNDAY SERVICE Leave Charlottetown 12.15. 5.45 PM Arrive Charlottetown 3.20. 8.10 PM- Cl-‘IAIILOTTETOWN- NEW GLASGOW (Daily Except Sunday) Leave Charlottetown l.l0. 4.00 PM Arrive Charlottetown 2.35. 5.20 EM N. s.-P. E. I. FERRY SERVICI (Daily. including Sundays) SCHEDULE MAY 1—-SEPT. l0 Leave Wood lslendl ‘l a. In.. ll s. m. I p. m. bravo Caribou. I o. n. I p. IL 6 p. l.