MRI.‘- gmqgneueaualnnlllordto Glllllllc lllllfl III 11,513...." Gandhi. 1'1" dill ,<l_s,.i cnanwrrmown, CANADA, FRIDAY, JUNE A16, 1944 >Z>L////’ The People's Paper w"? If," 71/ ‘a I Iuv-wvvwwv‘ ‘v Owen lllhee Edwardilsland Like te-Devr Read by Everybody 1o races JAPAN BOMBED BY UPER-FORTREMSS s Armored Battle ‘iiberal Defeat h": Saskatchewan Party Standing In Saskatchewan 1.15 a. m. A.D T. — Canadian ram-s party standing in Bualratdie- W817i F1 4 I) nun-pi Deferred ‘Ibtsl liaj. Johnston Slightly Wounded A telegram was received b.v Mrs. Mary Par-rials. Jcluiston, Charlotte- town yesterday from Uhe Director of Records Ottawa, advismli her that her husband. Major Keith MacGregor Jo-nnswu. had. been of- ilclaliy reported aliantilv wounded News oi the in action on June l0. went overseas in November, Ldouitensnt with the o! Captain ureseeit rank this year is an. index of his zeal und ef- iicienoy as a soldier. He lads been otncer commandinINo. '3 Com- pany. 3rd Division S . The measure telling of his wounds did not say where he was serving titlaassumedthatitwaain once as he was known to have in liburlund until recently. LAND FOR SCHOOLS PORT 0F SPAIN - (OP) — A land zlllotments scheme lor Tobago Emery schools is beinl; encouraged the governor, Sir B. Clifford, in connection with the activities of a new school land licy committee winch ha,‘ plann the schema. EUIINGEVEITS in ‘rracadic Hall. -l'~‘rl- l Royal "Dance by. Juno 10th. 0-15-21. "Dance, Seven Mile Boy. Pri- lev, June 10th. 0-16-11. “To arrive, bulk wheat. Book low. MoGuigan dz Boyle. 0-12-101 “oslreflsleirlaidofAltarsoc- iety. window afternoon st Hol- mans. 6-14-41. “Reserve Wednesday, June 8th for Went Covoheod Church Ta. 6-16- -U. "Canag Play and Dance in 16th d mm é fault‘ "Social Service Rununage Sale. llolv Name Hall. Saturday. June 17th, 2 to 6. li-13-l5-10. "Repeated performance "Aunt Tilly Goes to sea", Hunter River H111, June 16th ut 8.30. 6-16-11. "Eve "Dust of the Earth" in Fort. Amzustus Hull by Fort Aim-tu- tus Players on June 10th. 6-16-11. "Hunter River Starch Factory] is closed until Monday, June 19th. -15- "N a out of flower Plants of all kinds. Please note. em mlding no reserves. P. ire, Royalty. I- 31. "Bouria-Hiow- Ill tlonali Film Board Movies 10.30 A. :1. 1.3) P. M. and 8.30 P. M. 0-15-21. . Pa Market 0-16-21. chime! havoh aflme dBaiired ‘Refill: ro ro uc ara available glues ysp and lilllda a. It will gay you to phone, wrle or call wifta Hatchery, Charlotte- imm. 6-15-81 g market value. Livestock Board. “Livestock ‘ ' . Board ng week of June Monday afternoon Montague, Card-gun, Bourir, - . Melville ototown. day forenoon until train time Charlottetown. "firth Wlltahire. Hunter River. 61nd usual day and hours at al Alan . v1m“ileil§$'“£§§i‘ ‘Sid 33ml}???- ‘MQ- service at all mtnu. Phone our local re ea- 9w in the time two member couatit. m; Moose Jaw - taking f a... .e*.;. ‘l:a'*v..§lsi..re'"a"ls l P k -50“, catered on los noday Rained its first “a1 election victo and llli h . ma... ..:"......“"*..t "a" a“ and Hograaivo Conserv thout the lame W ve ever be- use in hi8 nasty kt the election. was re- wrned in his home constituency of U)’ Premier w..r. Patter r. Premier for me 113st irginwoaisfilrll l IIBTTOW ma. riding when or y canning“ wlhich will be counted June l9. Tho "Soldier Votes" will be d3. home cvnsultuencie; and with g9- vsrul thousand voters m the prvlceg in Sakatchewan, these ballot; may cause changes. Maj. E. M. Culliton, Minister Without Portfolio. also will the soldier vote with intense in. terest. n the count was prac- tically completed his c. c. r. op- mnent. Dr. n. E. House, had g narrow lead. Maj. Culliton has been 0n Mtlve service since early in me war. C. C. F. candidates were elected llelwles — Regina. Saskatoon and ormer Liberal seats in each case. Four Cabinet Ministers were de- £221“? aw" u..."’”i'.€‘"t’.‘;.il.°*“; . . . . r o Agriculture: Hubert Shines, Min- ister of Education. and R. J. M. Perk“. Minister of Munici 1 M. rum. A. '1'. Hooter, Minster o! Highways was re-elected. Maj. George Williams, formu- g, C. F. provincial leader, was re-el. acted. ‘rho Liberals did not name a candidate in his riding. Wadena. Th: C. Fénwith l0 members, was strong . in the legislature ‘gt: dissolutior? a mortlsth ago. 111a Liberals had sea . Australian llelvenlon Visit Saint John samu- JOHN’, n. a... m... 1 (op) _ mm Australian papermen on a C rived here today from Fredericton and Dlsnnod to leave tomorrow for MMWL lhev are r-i-eu Smith, Melbourne. chairman of the Aus. 11ml!“ United Press: Donald Whitl- tinston. Sydney Dally Tléli-‘Kraph, and Allan Dawn, Melbourne Herald War Correspondent. At ifilederic. ton they had luncheon at the dis. triot military depot and called at the office of Premier J. B. McNair, Reds Advance coupon. J-une 15 - (A P) __’ The Russians’ drive for possession of Hnland advanced farther ug the Kareiian Isthmus today wit tribuled to candidate; in tho votera’ m, mm“, watch d Situation. ls Still Favorable To The Miles DyJaleelLI-oug ~"' SUPREME IIIADQUABT- IDS ALLIED EXPEDITION- an! some, Jule l5-(AP)— “not armored bottle of at- inn ground ahead today on the eastern wing of the Allies’ Beachbead in Nor- mandy. held by British and Canadian forces, and strong " counter-attach were repulsed with what tonight’: comm ue He ua re olden 1o ion to the enemy." On the westemlend of the 10o- mile front American troops slash- ing westward from Carentan on a - 10-mile fmnt have ruched iirl: ground within miles <1 Haye m Pulls, Junction of the l" last Geman-held rail-highway lifeline to the rt of Cherbourg and within 4 1- miles of the sec- eaid "steed eas" was made. In the eve drive to out ofl and oaptura the Cherbourg Peninsula, aimllar steady advances were reported for a less clearly- eflned thrust through the low- lands between the Viro and Ellie Riven southeast. of f‘ This advance appeared aimed toward St. Jean De Dave. on the highway linki Inquest Into Purcell lleath ls Concluded At the coroner's inquest held last night in the City Hall to determine the drcwnstances responsible for the deal-h oi‘ the late Joseph Pur- cell, the jury brought in the foll- sa owing verdict: “We the undersigned Juzwa em- pennelled and duly sworn to hear evidence and inquire as to the cause of death of Joseph Purcell submit our report as follows: "We find from evidence submit- ted that death wag caused by a fracture of the skull by being hit by an imn gate crashed into and broken by a car driven by Louis Sadler at the entrance to Bruce, Stewart and Co's plan n the mor- nin of June 12th, 1 ." Coroner was Dr. I. J. Yea and the Jurors: George W. Mc- m ooper H. Home. Brown, James Brown, Harry L. Hardy, William Flynn, Major McKenzie. Representing the Crown was Mr. Gordon R. Holmes. There were thirteen witnesses: Joseph Carr, Leo Bmdiey, James Wisener, Burden Youns. Daniel MoFaydon, Maurice Martin, Arthur Duvar. Iouls Badler, Comt. Gordon Poole. Conat. Victor Hmderhan, Dr. R. S‘. Bosnian, Dr. H. H. Pierce, Dr. Dr. llofluigm was the first wit- uul. Ho and Dr. Pierce had per- formed autopsy on body of Joseph Purcell. Ibund abrasion above left eye-brow. Blood present right our, swelling on scalp. Blood clot along right parietal bone and hemmorhage over whole brain. cerebellum nor- msi. No evidence of dislocation on ___Ra . , _GAil0LIdllI.'£'-"1l:‘ ' YAI‘. or...» ~ JALUIT esCnBeachhead] War Situation Last Night 111"" _,_. ....___i.. i Iy Kirke L. Simpson. Associated Press War Analyst At the very moment when an ominous crisis for Germany ‘is develop- ing swiftly on the Normandy invasion front in Europe. Washington dis- closed ihaf. the long-awaited first “super-bomber” attack on Japan has begun with no loss grim portents fnr Hitler's Nipponcse accomplices. The big ships, exceeding 1n range of action. bomb load. operating cel- Iing and defensive power any yet employed in the war. struck from some- where in the Burma-India-China theatre. This is all the infornmilun officially revealed for security reasons. Yet the mere fact that this new weapon is now available materially alters the whole strategic picture in Asia in Allied favor. It puts Tokyo on stern notice that the heart of Japan's war effort, her home factories, railroads, harbors and shore nuval installations, Ia now vulnerable. _ There is no question that the. 13-29 bombers were conceived. designed alli brought into quantity production primarily for use nzninat Japan. As the Allied attack closes In new hoses are bclnz curved out nrounrl . .. that vast enemy cnnques pcrlmufcr from which the ' super bombers strike effectlveliv l: flushlalned long range, high altitude attack at e J nese home an sc . aplTherc can be no certainty 1n Tokyo that while these first big 59ml" hit from somewhere far to tlw soulhwcfit Iii’ 531mm Q“? m?" lwmb “an!” to fall on Julian mizht nng tnko the air in the Aleutum‘ far out in the 1 ' th t1 I’ if onwcfwin On the man above is Saipan Isl. and where Allied forces began land. in: and the Japanese homeland which the new American super- fortresses blasted with bombs yes- terday. Saipnn Island is less than 1.500 mllea from Japan. The huge from which the super-fortresses took off was not revealed but it was said to he in the Burma-Tn- dia-China area and is probably in- cluded in the territory shown above Tokyo Report 0f Raid By ll. S. Planes NEW YORK, Juno l5 -— (A P) — Japanese Imperial head- quarters said in a broadcast oommuni ue tonight that about 28133.29»: B-Mbombersfrom tho Cbinlrarea" had raided Nor- thern Kyushu six hours before, the federal communications commission reported. . Tho communique, contained in u Dome! Agency broadcast F Large tendance Closing Exercises Of Notre Dame Academy Tiuvannual graduation exercises Record Attao Made 0n Truk EALLIED HEAD-l oi Nctre Dcimc Academy were held last evening in the Convent chun- cl, when His Excellency Rt. Rev. ‘Joules Boyle, Bishop oi‘ Charlotte- l town. presented diplomas to twenty l four gffldlliilfs ans numermiiis nrliies 1 .- cessfu siu entS. an H5O ADVANCE) w GUKNEA Jul“. cells/filled an lilfiplfini flddW-‘i- 10—(1“ridayi - tar; - American The nmwunzs wremvitleuggd unloaded the hcovi ttl-‘Y a large and applet! i6 B bombinil attack yet made on ‘hulk l 19110?- Jemaifs Caroline Islands nil-val base ‘I119 offering 0f a. tribute of flo- headmiartcrs announced today’. wars to the Blessed Virgin was per- i‘* mag, "t; Li: stale 01.31% that 0f li. B, °' '” ‘ we Potato Crop Sold of Consecaatlcn Joan Weir, wlrmer of the Governor Ge- SAJNT JOHN, N. B. Jliill) 15 - (CP) — All but a Traction ui‘ N.\v nerars modal for highest yearly Hlsfflila-te in Grade 10. Miss Weir Brunswick: record 6,250,000 bush- el potato crop inst year llls bceu is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A Weir, 56 Cumberland Street Solemn Benediction was given by l the m. Rcv. P. F. Hughes. Estev- lnn, Susie, nmisted by Rev E. 0- | Henley as deacon and Rev. Louis d wes- left of badly battered unit; which lost hea- vily ki abortive counter-attacks. Ulo locket Mortar the Germans are atronlly dug their "Nebeiwerier aix barrellcd rocket mortar and othorwcaponstoblookthowayto Caen. the strategic city alx miles inland on the Orne River. The equipment also includes well-sigh- ted anti-tank guns and artillery The rocket mortar was used as- nrt Canadian troop! on the MON River lino in Italy and also in Sic- But in and wing ll . 0y if. for the 9rd Canadian infan- tntative. 0- d-ai. try division. wflflf hlliwazis Strongly Dug In Before Strategic Caen thin m tlllery ir ouud Caen. but this a the first experience l" Canadian Patrols are on set uP w Gen. nid A. Govorows troops t _ 1d 1nd, ‘ted 1 m Dollgnn as sub deacon _ capturin 17 mom fortified Finnish ,‘,’,,°“,,,*},,§"§f,°,§{,”“§, 51?“; cfin1‘,f{°f,,,m f0‘, mew“ an‘, The impressive ceremony was strongpo nt; along the bloody road | ,,_______,,______ _ _ _ __ _ wade H,» is u 50 w $2 Der. nccomwaum 1W 11091011118“? 11111816. to Vilpuri, Moscow announced ” uml_bflow the will“ mice M; the cha . l; artistically decor- Mlchi- f°°9L'L“°.§_Q!LP!‘°_7-_°Q1-._a, $4.22. Any surplus of culls and; glgegwavlélgntllllles Carnations‘ Md tho prowl ova-y night feeling otrlt an a - shelling the area. This norm? Spitfires, Ty- nong 5nd hllldflbolll, It- al! reaming on Bench aintripe, have been abutting over the German than at tree- lop height. They are strafing enemy posit» ions and etta anything app- earing on the m to and from 0 . t"... a. thinned considers-b inflihlrithh-Can- adian sector of the Caen perime- atlll hold some form- posit one. Our bomber; were over again this morning, striking at the area ar- ltnemy movement was greatly restricted by day because of this fierce air attack. 14st night was one of the nois- iut in this motor of the bridgehead. with our own bombers and enemy enea d thro h streams of anti-aircraft ire an a man of ghis, which now Ire beflil thQ bridgehead. and second grade potatoes is ex- tcd. to be utilized in New nswiok starch plants. m...” ‘W.’ . . “ Mien" l tulabl the Slid- Winnipeg Man TO ‘mm thwrrlstrgachersnlrand parfhtsn v ‘ ll." _ ~ lnted out the. . 115' Head Grocers’ ASS n :l~:v urge sill-fibrils; Rt the thfesllvld l “"'— | 01 their careers, they were now fac- June 15 — (C?) j lnr greater opportunities for ser- C. H. Hy of Winnpieg today was elected praaident of the Canadian‘, Wholesale Grocers’ Association at; the conclusion of a four day meet-l ing. Other officers elected included Vice Presidents. Mlchafl Dwv Halifax. Vice - Presidents from N Brunswick and Prime Edwilrd T-S- nower of reflection; <41 power and land are to be ap ted later onl intellectual m r5» lblllty_i_l) recommendation o the Provincial. fiw-r-‘T: ‘=1 ‘-*—='l—_='— Aispciationa. a (Continued on page 9, eol._3)____ cc. Five evidences of an educated person were cited by the speaker. These were (l) correctness and pre- , cision or the use of the movher » tongue: (2l refined and 8910-19 ‘mar-mars which come from fixed habits of thought or action: (at 1° from Tokyo, said: "TWiY. June 16. at about 2 A.M- from the China area, ah- out 20 3-29 (Super l-‘oriressesl and 13-24 (Liberators) planes raided the Northern Kyushu sector. Our western air defence forces immediately ’ ‘ ted and I , them, ‘ _ down several. Our loses were negligible.” An earlier Tokyo broadcast, med? lust ahead of the com- munlque,_ciairned that six nf the American planes were shot down, and named the City of Yawafa, situated on n narrow strait across from the great. Juilflnese naval base of Slum- cnoseki, as one of the principal targets. Kyushu ls the southernmost unit in the island group form. lng the Japanese homeland, Details 0f New Super-Fortress wAa-lmcyrozv, June 15-—(AP)_. BOGlTIB B era. Svoeed-“compareu levorwbly with latest fighters." Bomb load. range and ceiling — exceed that. of any other airplane. drical, mid fl Wlllfl, single tall. tricycle Bear. comparison. the B- ‘a little urothor. the Boeing 8-17 u eet. is 75 fect 10ml and l9 feet nigh. weialhs nroiuid 60.000 pounds, has four engines each ratcd at 1.200 rsenower. carries thirteen . cal- bre runs. armor is installed sene- mrely. speed la around 300 m an hour. normal bomb three tons. tactical radius oi action l5 700 miles and ceiling is over 30.- 000 feet. Yanks Invade Saipan Island WASHINGTON, Juno 15 —- (AP) - American force! luv-u- ding Salpln Island In the Mar- ianas have obtained beanhbcada and are continuing Inland despite artillery fire and enemy tanks, Admiral Cheater W. NI- ’ land 1n China. Some fell inlagrthe .. J1 559:9... l Tile fiyiiag glands Ind gone into ea : “B-H For-treason c To this was added some -flew to the attack from the SAYS informed him, he said, that the first announcement of ac nouncement of the news. large cities” on the mainland formation yet of the results. Representative Monaco that the reference was made Thus opened a new phiiSe in the war-c. phase in vrnich fleets of the world's most formidable planes will strike at the enemy any- where on earth at the command of one man-Gen. Arnold. Few details of this first mission by the new planes-twice as heavy and one third larger than the Fly- ing rlortress—were disclosed in the to hands of the Japanese who unn- ounoed they had executed eight 0f them. 1m in understatement the meaning of this new attack, Gen. Arnold, chief of the Army Air librces said: “This em loyment of the 13-99 make; possibe the soft- eninG up attack on Japan very much earlier than would be ‘ ble with aircraft hitherto to combat. With today's announcement the War Department disclosed some hitherto secret information about the B-Nb and revealed the or- Bflnizaflon of the 20th Air Force as a roving, globe circling, cornm- and heeded by Gen. Arnold. It e Nth air force to 3, navel task force, likened it in "an aerial battle fl t, about w participate in combined operations, ort to be aaslaned to strike where- ver the need is greatest." The plane has a wing apan of 141 2 feet, is N feet long and 1'1 high. Gen. Anwld’; oomman’ 20th Air Ibrce is separate from his post as chief of the United States Air Ibrces. As chief of staff of the Nth Air Ibrce he hag Brig.- Gen. Haywood Hanaell. of Fort Monmo, Va. Gen. Marshall, United States Al'- my Chief of Staff, explained in a statement that, the “Super rm- resoes" wen laced under an air force of a al organization be- cause they create ‘a new problem in the application of military for ." Former General possi- known ofthc Here is the -20 super-for- tras in bried: M f w... ....._..... ..., anager 0 menial” w,,,,,,_..,,,_, M, c p P Armament-w callilre s h ' ' 500x01‘ turrets and s. 20 can- ‘ r unnamed. maaxmvou Ont..J 1s- mr ‘our cnfincu of 2.300 (0P)—-J.!'.B. isvuay. col“ horsepower, each wth two auoer- by fmgn w“; chars the foundation olpcr- ileis lxutdidnot s e s-ga n . ilftllrjrngnow therirusuia “ti? Dom inion. died todaiv in sl t his homo in the country. Hoowrttired New Phase OF War ls Qpened WASHINGTON, June l5.—(AP)—Japan was bombed today by huge new planes, the B-29, and Congress heard that Tokyo suffered “great destruction.” War Department disclosed that the long-sacral action. The announcement f the United Staten Army Air Forces 20th Bomber Command born-bed Japan today.” time later that the Planes China-India-Burlna theatre. TARGET WAS TOKYO Then representative Joseph Starnes (Dem-Ala) arose in the House of Representatives to tell his colleagues that the target of the raid was Tokyo proper. A good source a large number of American Planes were causing “great destruction” in Tokyo. It was the second American bombing of Japan, but tion by the 8-295. The House and Senate Sessions were halted for an- Representative Carter Manasco (Dem. Ala.) said the War Department advised him the B-29s “bombed several of Japan but there was no in- said the assumption eould be toTflyo and Yokohama. I__._ lhiayors llave Three ‘Requests lTo The Federal Gov’t §. II‘. LAWHC‘ AT BAGUYVHLE, Que" Jung 15h. c?) — TM “Elites to the annual pensions and the Japanese problem in British olumbia, The resolution coxweming educ- ation asked the federal government the con-stat oi’ the to make such grant; in educate as may from time to time be found necessary to gusty. antee a high level o: eduoimon 1m- every boy and girl throughout the Dominion of Canada". The 1701111111011 8nd B180 the pro- vincial scvernmenu were asked in another resolution to pay old Ice pensioners and their dependents mbnlhly allowances "sufficiently Weill-ilk V0 Provide a decent stau- "li 01' llvlflt" The resolution fur- ther asked that the age quuumg. tion be reduced and made “flexible lighting labor need; of the Domin. The federal overnment w asked in a third zcso utlon to giveaiimmed- late consideration and study “p05. eggs" Qsgéfltllgrlg‘ to ishe problem? ar- .. a _ ion in British (eioiumbla. sum 04m’: Often 4MB MORNAGE “NOT Refuses 1'0 81m ‘fiED y fill YBBNBRO TIMI), - “a? a mléflflld n m .7 reminiscences started in 1042. % hoe! had recemiv written who: summer. _ be mlHisi-ied in the fall (the ycracn Preset, illustrated with sea gr for which Mr. Llvesav was widely known. ‘T2; flmeral service will be held i! 1.. neam 110011 ward where manv cf his family lie. Li-veaay came to Canada a the we of an. entered daily news- DIOe-r work at 28 and at his death <0 nit: announced tonight, tide ufilidht Bun uh this evening at 8.48 and rises tmnon-ow morning It. 5-13- New moon June 20. 2 A. M. Bummer-aide tide ehhleen minu- tes later than Charlottetown. DAILY AIR BIIVICI V Charlottetown - suuameraide - ucion “lane Cbaizigottcwwn 1.85 o. u. noon. n. Arrive canlcmfiwu 1.10 p. n [AI I I. 1.06 L li. IITNIDA! IQVIOI have Charlottetown ll noon. Arrive Charlottetown Ml a n. l’ l. l.-N. i. FIIIY SEBVICI DAILY INCLUDING BUNDAIS Leave Wood Islands-TAO A. II. 11.00 A. M. $.00 P. ll. vca Cariboo-motl A. M. 1.01 . 5.00 l‘. M. May and lune tho Mem- odueaday ' =<oaa¢uarai|ifico* and M. FFWWFF-Y" '5 l ‘FPEILP.'P.‘I'.'PI . - - . ‘l’! - - . IfiI'I"'I"F"~I"I"~F¥-I"'F'PFF'V"V' fear-wen. 4 lg‘, I. ,5» -.s........~>......a.. . ,;