MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN #11 d, it shows wont of courage. To lee what is I'll!!! and not to r w!’ // '- The People's Paper u $551 I~0P$£v~_.______\ Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew E.;Tr'z::..i:.:"‘.'..':.:.:"..'r.""' CH ARl-QTTETOWN. CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1943 MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN ii- Courage Is not the absence of "if; it is the conquest of fear. Subscription Delivered, $5.00 "all. Ii-vo- ottrs- l-mvidm o 0.1a, um. “IANADIANS 111111112 GERMANS r011 £11111 KflSSifln 5t1mmer Drive Breaks Out 0n ‘ISQ-Mile Fron Soviet Troops Continue To Drive Ahead fiFt~FlglltfitS Aid Troopiln Sicily OTTAWA. July 20—(CI')- B.C.A.I-‘. Headquarters sn- nounced tonight that an It-C. A-F. unit~the “City of Wind- per” fighter squadron-is ulter- sti in Sicily in support. of the orward element of the Allied forces striking , up through the strategic Island. Selective Service Conference Held LONDON. July 2o -<c1.=1 _1-.-1s great Russian summer offensive broke out over s 450-mile front to- da-‘l- exiendlfm from the Orel sector where that vital Axis-held "hin e‘; giltéyltwas tthreatened with encirc e. two g <11) he Mius River, where Reg in frlmt r1? tilghed German defences cad m ails “lgalllfofl. it was announ- m¥fihtl lJeca Soviet communique e Ru i i had broke? ilxclgossille tlcilelllls ‘Alix? 531:‘ ‘also the northern Donetg Rive.» 1 °f IZYum and southwest of v°T°5h11°V8YKd. in an area about 300 miles south of Orel, apparently a "1108 11f. the heart of the Donetg gafiint-hfiere “T0118 German forces rust back deep into the rich industrial territory last spring to re. cflllture Slavyansk and other steel HALIFAX. July 30 —-(CPl—Agti- cultural and National Selective ser- rloe officials discussed the question 11f a farm labor program in relat- ion to selective service in the Mari- tines st a conference here yester- itv. No information on the outcome oi the conference was available to- included Mai.- Den. Riley oi Ottawa. in charge of Mobilization Boards for National Selective Service; George Hay- ihome oi Ottawa. N.S S. officer in charge of farm labor programsi ii P. Hartley, regional superin- tendent for N.S 8.. and RD. Gil- bert oi Moncton. N.B., regional em- llovment agricultural adviser. Following the conference. ‘Mfr. llsythorne said he had nothing to Ii’ about its Proceedings. lo Head Food iiommission and rail ce t _ ensive that‘ ifgrflrililnrielclirtliollalklisoiixrlor: At least 50 more towns were re- CEBU-lied by the Soviet forces driv- ina on. Orel, includlnz Mtsensk. miles northeast of Orel on the McNaughton Visits Sicily LIZ-GEN. McNAUGHTON ALLIED some: HEADQUART, ERS. North Africa, Julv 20 ~10?) —-Lt.-Gen. A GL, McNaughton, commander of the Canadian over- seas army. has been 1o the Sicilian railroad to Moscow, and Bolkhov, 32 miles north of Orel, the soviet special war bulletin said. The Soviet Tuesday midnight, communique. broadcast by the M03- cow Radio several hours after the special war bulletin detailed the new 5116688565. said the offensive about Orel was continuing without let-up despite spirited German resistance nrhich was costing the enemy he“- y. Malta ilaided VALEITA, Malta. July 20 __(cp) -—Axis aircraft made a "concent- rated attack" on Malta last night, it was announced today. Bombs fell in widespread areas, causing civilian damage. Heavv and light aclrack sent 11p n formidable bBrrH-ge agejast the enemy pianos, Malta has been relatively the or sir attacks since before the fall, of Tunisia. WASHINGTON. July 20 —(CP\ ~11, B. Pearson, Minister Counsel- !" ll the Canadian Legation in Washington. today was chosen chairman of the United Nations Commission on food and agricult- lire The commission was formally ifilanlzed today and started plan- ing for a post-war world free from iiilfliltr and want. Forty-four coun- tries are represented in it. Other officers chosen Pavel l: Tchefuia oi Russia and gale: Tingwen oi China. vice chair- BUMING EVENTS _o_ "See Cori-an Ban players in Fort Augustus l-iait, Friday. July 23rd. 7-2l~2i “Fiance in Hazelgrove school. ilrsdav July 22. Lunches serzvlegi '1» - "Dance. St. P t r B , Friday. 73rd. Clif1ord's Cgrghsestrieil, 7-20-21. h"Da11ce in St. Andrew's l-lall. ‘iiy- July 2:11 . a-21-21. hYCrapaud Ice Cream Social in l1. Saturday evening, 7-2l-li. "Bi. Teresa's Play at Morell, "may. July 22nd. 141-1 "Dance. Orwell I-lsll, Fkidfly. my 23rd. Millview Orchestra. 7-21-11. "Dance. s~§ m Road meal. Friday “dial-rd, ‘if... Point “wra- 1-21-11. "cilmedy ‘Picture, lllarity's gfiliivin at North Rusticofllilednes- Y- Julv 21st. 1-20-21. ll i- n ‘Rustico Dramatic Club will re- wfld their slay in Kell ‘s Cross all me nesday nilht. Ju y Ii. Dance '- l ite-ai ll W‘- Utlwrian Playe in c rdigan all Friday. July 5%.... “Dance °'- 7-20-41. “Don't tdnet Marshfleld-Dim- aghast United Tea this evening. , P" ready s o'clock. 1f not fine. "' ‘"1’ overtime. 1-21-11 "Pu Seven Mile a mu Thurs- gyfililli 22nd. Kenslnszton presents act eomelliledrgzdhgillrpgilil 0mm, . JII. loeciaiues and dance. i-iiv-ii c1211 rm Pili"iz'“..:‘.°s.':z '1 Q O h"? h» hool wui he collected ‘w- By order of the Trustees. 1-21-11. l. The Annual M e t the high,“ Line Bhippine fib 3111 be m, “Kari-He Albany illage H-rliool p u Easy. .1 at 8.30 Tug Erg is Raised, Beached HALIFAX, July .20 -<CP) — Straining salvage vessels hauled the sunken tug Erg to the surface today, and l0 bodies were removed from the hull of the little craft which sunk two weeks ago in Bed~ ford Basin with the loss oi l9 lives. The l0 bodies were all that could be foilnd aboard the til-ton Erg. Apparently. the other nine victims had leaped from the tug before it sank after a collision with a big freighter July 6. Their bodies have not yet been recovered. The Erg. carrying a group of Halifax shipyards workmen across the basin when she went down. sank in 250 feet nf water. With div- ers unable to work at that depth. cables had to be slung around her by salvage crews working from the surface Then, tugs and a giant floating crane. the Lord Kitchener. ilzragually inched her in toward a n . Today, she was beached beside a dock on the basin shore, quickiv pumped out dud tlin bodies remov- ed. Identification of the bodies was not made immediately. but it was expected to be completed tonight. Reaction To Events ‘in liome And Sicily By Lewis Hawkins Associated Press Staff Writer LONDON. July 20 — (AP) ——Olf- icial news of mutlnies among Ital- ian troops in Sicily raised hopes in American tlusrters in London to- day for col apse of the defences 1n at least the western and central portions of the island kiled 186 persons, in- 1.650, and hit " 1 buildinil! sacred to faith and science. and 11 Rome broadcast termed the" bomb- in; a "psycholo ical error that would boost Ital an fighting w" i-i A Rome broadcast recorded by l the Associated Press said King Vic- tor Emmanuel of Ital’ had PIN"! 1000000 lire (nominal y 353.60% fit the disposal of Rome's Governor for the aid of impoverished famil- les “that have remained victims of the enemy's air raid." While no informed source in Lon- don was willing to make an l "l-llhu]. Goo. My}? f =~iasattardifrw”o.*cii‘f” inf more territory than the Japan- un- ' lion of Greece. and Crete. While IYOIIt to see the allied invasion at first hand. it was officially an- nounced tonight, 0n his return to North Africa. from, his visit to the front GQJL McNaughton said the invasion "is the most perfect example of ccm- bmcd operations the world has ever seen." Proud of the Dart Canadian treats played lu the assault on the Italian island, the General (11:- scribnd the operation carried out by iiie Ctiiiadians as “n marvellous achievement" and "a pretty remark- able feat." Ho attributed the success of the Canadian troops in their first mal- 01" action to two things-firstly the fact the Canadian Army is a young men's armv and secondly the fact every officer and man was at the peak of physical fitness after long months oi strenuous training. Gcu. McNaughton was his old familiar self-drank, energetic and factual. Ho said in a statement;- "It was a pretty remarkable feat (on the part of the Canadiansi. We assembled our forces on plans worked out tn England and Africa. Very few officers had anv personal contact wiilt ciich other. There was very little conversation. Plans were transmitted to us in England and we went to work. “Landings had to be scheduled for various benches, mzmv types of craft had to be marshalled. vehicles wnterproofcd and everything inad- cd so the right materials ivould be able lo come out as they were need- ed in the landing. "The ships were marshalled in perfect ortfiti". The rendezvous was made to the minute. Intricate nwiiinouvrts urre carried out as planned and the forces touched tiown on the right benches at the right time, “I call it n marvellous. achieve- mcnt." ilisltslsland I11 Sourseill Dominion Tour Warburtou, dirccior of Klnadotti information Office. Ottawa. under the High Commissioner. arrived in Chur- lottctmvn YCSIPITUIV‘ in the course of n tour of Catinciinn cities. M1". Warbuiioivs dutv as dirociflfi is io provide information for Can- ada on the wnr effort in India. United Kingdom and the Crown Colonies. interviewed last night. he referr- ed to the tmncndotis war effort mnde duriiiil U19 DflSi TWP Year-S b‘? the United Kingdom which indic- ated that thc Old Country’ W118 by no means "obsolete. and Worn." emphasized the gigantic task of till‘- Royal Navy aided by the RAE/iii Canadian Navy and smaller United Nation forces 1n aunrdtnu the vital routes for transports, denying them tn enemy transports and destroying enemy warships and submarines. . also cited the R A l“. with the R C.A.F. United Nation forces, first in the Battle of Britain and later carrying the fight all over the enemy's rniinirv, occupied countries. and 111t- scns adjacent, Mr. Warburton thought that many people forgot too readilv fionoral Wavelis great victories in 11m Middle East in l940-—4i which destroyed enemy armies totaliina 600.000 and cleared the enemy out M1‘. Eliot liar Uniirti ese have taken from the Americ- nns. Dutch. and British combined. General Wavell had also forced the surrender of the French mmv of lite Levant, put down a German ievolt 1n ‘Irso and helped the gall- "ui Creel" to delav German ocrunn- (Continued ....'..;'..;.ia;r-'=‘-= i War Situation Last Night I By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst The canker of dlsaffectlon is gnawing so ravenously at Italy" that flltilarlzdseté-altlggloletlilgse-ctives for the Mediterranean front may already be wou d cause no surprise if Allied military staffs should hold a mtecting ln_the near future to reshape and speed up the attack plans. _h 1| campatgir that has all but pried Sicily loose from the Axis grip and svalsste: moi: tang] Italy has taken a matter of days instead of weeks. It. Axis sifincee ore Tunisia started to blow up in a sudden collapse of T eunderid fth Ai h. Prime Ministel“ Clijurchlll gssilol pielillelll ‘llhicljrllilelleelrliellllslitltlfilgrlilii‘; "m" hi? “lllmi "W Phrase t0 ep tomize Allied strate y in seizure of Ifrencgt African bases .If it leads quickly to internal alian (llilntegrg. Ion. urthcr .v'.i f A l -A l ‘b _ "amiss. ti. "it?i."'zii‘"siri"eiiiii*"iiie ‘m’ i” w“ "Mm" “d l! C D085 in Silciily am: wholesale ‘gurrenlderl-sa" reflected h‘ Rana“ “mp muumu e fas qmced rush of larger actions in Euro e h t d d t b- scutrle the hardly less significant develolioment. in thepfar ilsaciefliceA n21 res! on val Japanese weakness in materla , if not in morale or fighting stamina, is being proven there. A YP-Shilllillg and acceleration of the MacArthur-led sea-air-ground 2:13‘)?- Sliffldinlt over a LUOO-mlle-lnng‘ east-west front from the tsolzimt; sacasszia-kbfetween Borneo and the Celebes to the northern Th Si‘ ‘Hamill, ‘ e l’ to take advantage of that development, ‘M’ nocvpl nah o’ h; tragic too little and too late" shoe is on the other v u n e or acific- Tokyo has thus far sent small boys to market ‘i?! We Budd by fir. endeavoring to sneak reinforcements or supplies to eenzure garr n t ill d i G i ' Alum attack hysfnsazqutélglf £32m: v nee. o1- tryins t» disrupt the It has paid a heavy price for that 1.. ships and lives-and "left! ls every indication Japan can not replace her air and sea losses as 5hr, gar-e not risk her main fleet. The only alternative is to shorten her defence laines. ‘bolt! wouldlmcan retreat. and the beginning of the end for Janan, gel-‘iganya an co lapse must mean the beginning or the cnd 1m- N31] “Vas t Sections Of Rome ’s Railway Yards In Ruins By Relmin Morin Associated Press War Corres- pondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, .luly 20 —(APl - Reconnalsnnce photographs to- day showed vast sections of Rome's great railway yards in twisted, smoking ruins from the terrific blasting dealt yesterday from hun- drcds of United States bombers and the initial raid on the Italian capital was officially labelled an "outstanding sticessful operation". While more than 500 heavy and medium bombers struck the city in wave upon wave beneath n bright midday sun. Allied communiquos disclosed today that the entire 2 l-2 hour assault was carried out with the loss of five planes. All of the losses were suffered by Maj. Gen. James H- lgoogttlegs strategic air force. for 9t . Air Force headquarters in Cairo ¥gggliécfihngczsntffof trlzfsfofigrgn: nnnotinced that every one of the airmen continued m w" among Hbvmilm‘ lmmbers “Mncmimng m tins of explosive high test gas- the raid rr-iuriirrd safely to bases in OHM’ braving bu", Gum“, m" Middle Eiisi- bomb bursts and falling Illi- lsland Airman Aided In Perilous Job in Sicily A dispatch from Slcil says that a. Prince Edward sland Airman, Lac. 1C. Arsenault of Richmond, was e, memer of a ground crew there which lab- ored all one ni ht unloadinfi a shipment of av ation guso ne while enemy planes carried out an aerial “visit? The story said:- "So through the hours of darkness, made more ccrie by flak bursts und the spectacular The 9th Air For" Wmfliiim-‘i tish flak, until their perilous alone dumped ucnrlv 320 tons oi job w“ donm This you‘, in- high explosives on Rome. the Cairo cmded 51L 5E1 Lisowgski, communism: sold. declaring that Lam Tony gnuchm-d from the Littorin rnilwav yards were Cubans Que“ L“, 3,9, Arse“- "comnlololyi dosirovcd". ault of Richmond. P.E.I., Cpl. "Strips: nftor string of bombs y]; plagemle [mm gramp- miss-crossed the vnrcis and photo- Mere, Que. uranhs indicate that n11 nrca yards bv two ivilcs long is a mass of twisted stool rolls. gaping 50m“, craters 11nd ivrocknizc of roiling stock and huiitilnus." said the buli- ._ ctin from the Middle East. _ “An nvnmunitinn train movmtz through the yards received several direct hits and exploded. contrib- uiintz iéxttiic cicistrufitioniiev “anon raid léizgciciigions BqUlplllLHlLt ygiiéeg, n a 'i ion 0 1e a. . at 4_ _ has been s r 11 c crgniozi in the riiihvey yards. oiwiv- in Canada. it was reported _ in n, graphs showed ihnt the Tabflflell‘ House of Commons rotum tabled!‘ A.li.P. Equipment OTTAWA, Julv 20-—iCPi r" Al!‘ Sim-l plant fnlfl u large chemical today for D1". l-LA. Bruce iProz- vvyyflq; “m1- l,l;.,<l_-r1_ inn urour-(ictl Con. Toronto Pnrktinloi. q v_ nivv-vnft M111 honours were dcstrov- I11 addition payment of $41-$11 has been made bv tho Dominion ‘.0 the movinccs for A.R.P l1u1'i>il‘fl°-‘- By provinces, the vniuo oi clllllll- mcnt issued, with other amounts Prince Edward , .'\'l(1 0d at the Cliimuiiin airport the 11m 111- 1111-1-11 ~=~~'1->-'~-<~. 11cm‘ rail yards. ivas hit hard. (Cairo dispatches sniti reconnais- sance scvcrnl licurs aftcrs the raid ‘$10,304,; Nova, disclosed _ great havoc xvrouglit Sum“ $889000 ($3,353,, N9“, among militnrv tnrzets but tile Brumwick $519M” ,$64_424,; QM“ “M11818 i“ °“’““?“ imim“ "1' hcc $1,026,104 1511151110»; Ontario. though some floods ‘were caused by 556w“ ($80920), Fcdemlc 915mg?“ bins-luv We v1" monk» 594.0111 ($411141; British hum o (The Italian communique made $1,234,139 ($110,899. no mention nt tiamagc to oiilitnry _________-_- objectives but said ll buildings UNDERGRQUNI) "I-‘ORTRESS “stwred to faith nnci science" wore _____ hit and some of ihcm partly de- l stroyed. lt Fit-d live, casualties a5 LONDON, --- iCPt -The QUEEN- 166 killed and 1.659 injured. on a tour of inspection in the Lon- i iThe bulletin, broadcast by the Rome radio and the Associated Press. ground fortress where girls of the recorded by Service cacl: also declared that Auxiliary Territorial Naples and smaller localities in day handle 5.000 messages from’ cemnnnie and LnZiQ were raided the war office to the war frontmi hnme commands, Dominions and, ‘Monday niszhi. but this was not con- firmed lcv__allicti sources.) _ auierLqanitoi-s- CHOICE "SALAIIA" TEA The supreme example of the tea blender’s art. Ration-size packets also boxes of tea-bags. Hitler and lvlussolini North Italian city for discussion of military matters". the Berlin radio announced tonight in a Berlin di - gulch recorded bv the Associated rcss. '7 t0 l0 at whore. reached “complete agreement on all don area, visited a great under , 1 1 was elected 11ft 1111121111 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, souruwssr PACIFIC, July 21- (Wednesday) -- 1A1») -- A Japanese cruiser and two destroyers have been sunk b Allied bombe a in Vella Gui , the Allied communique re- ported today. A ccoml enemy destroyer was listed as possibly sunk and a. destroyer and a transport vessel were damaged in the channel between Koloruban- gara and Lavells. Islands ln the Northern Solomons. Axis Leaders Meet In Italy NEW YORK. July A0 —~(APl- "met in a Tile meeting occurred yesterday. A communique issued from Hitler's headquarters today sald:— “The Fuehrer and Ii Duce met Monday, Julv l9. in a city of upper Italy. Military questions were dis- cussed." The Axis leaders last met April Hitler's headquarters. it was announced they measures to be taken in any re- poet." Both Hitler and Mussolini have remainrd silent as new disasters came upon their people-the fall of Tunisia. the bombing of the Ruhr and the invasion of Sicily. But the increasing portcnts of doom clearly forced a new meet- 111g. Predicts Six Years ill War Against Japs WASHINGTON -—The United States ntWv proiflted six more years of war air-Him Jill?- aii today. and within the hour an- noiuiced that, heavy‘ bulilbf-‘YS. striking for beyond their Aicililflfls base on the short route to TOKYO. had damaged the strategic 8mm)’ outpost of Parnmushiro. This bastion is on the most of the Kurilc Islands Whlc stretch south "I00 miics like 11 dug" gcr point to the Japanese "Will- northern- lntid. Tn raid Pnra-mushiio, Amer- ican planes of the X1011?! 93°15“ command made their first 11n- nounccd attack mission 0V6!‘ the enemy side of the Pacific. Issuance of the battle r690" 5° soon after a press conference sot up by nnvy secretary Frank KnoX to knock down false opilmlml l" ihf‘ United States suggested that if there are to be six more Sea" U1 Pacific fighting, as vict- Adlliirfll Frederick J. Home intimated t0 the coiiicrciicv, they W111 ill‘ _-fi“‘“i largely in Jnpniis own wuaivio- Home, sirvsdig this said from hero, on tho American uuvy would b1‘ uilrkiila all 0Y0!‘ iii? ocean wliiic Japan would ho iitlht- ‘nnr on steadily shortening inicrior lines. Morcovcr tho Admiral. Whfl l.\‘ \l1'<- chief of naval ODPIWTUOIIS- ' iictl States tnust, biiilii 1 .. ircm the ground up us i1 ndvtmccs, and it must be i111“ pared for llO htuivv flat-i losses al- ways expected ill olilliiflYf‘ olwifli- ions. , Knox himself said ihc Uflltrfi Stnios is “already fooling i119 Pi- iocis“ of 0\‘Cl‘1'lll_il_llll°n1 about the wnfs 0nd. flu sniu ttiosc eiivrifi M0 apparent in n drop ill production. illlaritime Fertilizer Council Meets D1‘ J. A. Clnrk. 1d Annual Convention of the Charlottetown yesterday. Other officers clcctcd were: Vice- Prcs. G. J. Camifbcll, St. staging. st. Jctin. N.B.: F. Ross. K. Cox, Truro; T. A. Best. F, Clark. Charlottetown: J. E. Macin- N,B_ Directors chosen were: DEERE“, Halifax: Stanley; Sccrctury-Troasuicr. tyre. Mnnctoii. The convention morning at 9.30 Intyre. Moncton. N. B. Amour. the nmst important llllll—“lllil‘l'lllPlli will be inutii- n1 Gait. 1 \\'<‘l‘0 fertilizer $1111; the necessity of tho First Grunt Wm", fertilizers to Franco with the 26th Battalion. labor ivfls iers tliscussr-rl lilies for 1941-44. earlv distribution oi take advantage of present :‘(Continued—on_'page ) a h merino on t e road to Enna, Yanks Push Inland Against Weak Opposition Situation In Sicily Grows More Critical For Axis. By LOUIS V. HUNTER (Canadian Press War Correspondent) " ALLIED FORCE HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA, July 20—(CP CABLE)--Canadian forces are fighting their way forward towards Enna in Central Sicily against "very strong" opposition, while British formations shattered German tank attacks in the environs of Catania and the Amer- icansvvere spearing deeper inland against weak oppos1t1on, Allied headquarters announced today. Some Italian troops were reported in mutinies against the German officers and surrendering in great batches. The Canadians whose advance is being strong- ly_resisted are confronted by part of the recon- stituted 15th Panzer division of the German army, fighting as infantry supported by tanks. This div- ision was obliterated in the North African cam- paign and subsequently reformed at Naples. The situation grew more critical for the Axis. “There are many indications of mutinies a- iriong Italian troops commanded by German of- ficers." today's Allied communique declared. been German officers have threatened or killed b k' t0 d l/fi itnlilnans seeing surren er, o ca re- ports said, and the cleavage bc-i, tween the bitterly-resisting Nazis and war-weary Fascists has be-i, come an inter-Axis struggle. = — Germany's manpower Ahortage induced the Axis high command 1o parative costs o the national re- make what now appears to have gistraiion of 1940, the 1941 census been the mistake of usin Itnlinii ,1 and the manpower plebiscite were troops under GCFIIHIII of icers and given in a Commons return tabled t OTTAWA, Jul 20—(CP) —-O0m- tion-coltimissiuiit-ti officers without‘ iotiay fut‘ P.C. BluCk (Prog. Con. sufficient G8l‘lll‘.lll ‘privates in the‘Ciunbtrrlzitid.) same units to iiuininnic their mor- Tue return said the registration ale, observers said, '1 cost 5909.516 the census $3,483,239 The Canadians in the central, and the plebiscite $1,431,323. sector were fighting through dif-‘l __-_-*._.__ ficuli countr north of Piazza Ar-- RETIRED INSPECTOR DIES Details of the Canadian thrust i TORONTO, Julv 2Q _,cp)__wo,.n were not available here so far but was received here todnv of the it was known they have cncounter- i (infill, or Peim- w M0,, ,.(,,i,.cd ed tanks of the 15th Panzer div- l ch19; swamboat lll‘xxy(ltor‘ ié,.'mer_ ision in strength and picked Gcr- h, of Toronto a, m‘; hm ehn B ‘ man infantry. Mend“, A dame ‘I ‘I1 *1 3Y3‘! -The Dominion troops“ who “hsvoifui-n. to ilie ouaritqilrrislflioii LONDON, ,ir.cc.=. as a young man and was a Charlottetown . . . '. Solo ridge 111 spite of strong m“ M me man counter-attacks k time rvrtiiim Council. held at rhei, “ “‘ ‘ “m ‘ °“ “c . l ‘l ' b0‘. '. b . opened in the with retiring pre- gidcni, J. K Lmzizsti, St. John. NB. presiding. The Secretary Treasurers‘ tary hospital sisfi here. died sud- i230 p. m report was given bv Mr. J. E, Mac- July 20 --((‘l’ . . (able) OIIC-ilillf f‘llL'll ‘or <111il1u EarlGrev, —A Reuters news ng- , one)‘ dispatch from North Af- “n 1c“"br““}* 1- hi" he biTflml‘ 3 rim, m“. tonight Said powerful boat iiisloectni‘. SllTViVilllI are his (‘nnadlntt forces were nearing Wm‘- MMK} Kcilt Lyon. and two sons, Gornon oi Bztnvia, N.Y., the immediate urea of Enrm. vital communications centre in of Jmri Clarence of l-lnliinx. the lieu Sicily. after 11 " ' ' " "~— suifi i vnncc from Piazza Armoriiut, tI-ic ONLY WAY Itch/info KEEP WELL-HEELEo is commuiitivi‘ bv Mlljllrn Guy Sim- onds of Kingston, 0111., were ro- portcd to be mctiacing the key centre of B11111, hub of Central Sicilian co niunicniioiis niior smashing \)Z\L the 0111-1111" mid con- 40 ttiluliiu 1111 iiuvltiic: wtiltii lllifi 111)‘. - stopped SIHCL‘ ilicv lnncicd on Pilttv 1110 Peninsula when the iiivns 11, ‘ lit-gun July l0. Uitpiuic oi El H1 ‘ i would (it-pure tile Axis of its mam, i, inicrdl communications line in ' ' Sicily. I Fighting ls Pierce Fighting c1111i111111-s "vcry incl-co" ion the tlth u-ny ilOlii along the Ivu-l uulisi, \\'tl\‘1'\' lliu British and '(_,illl‘.l(illlll lol'1i"1'.\i.i011.s nrt‘ iiiiuinp- ‘ ting 1o push into Uiiiunin 1111 int‘ i 1't1\t edge of ihu Ctvktiiiu plniii. lic- i shslziiicc was Pltftictiliiiiv llt‘.l\‘\' ' from the coast to Rlllllilffljii, ili il ‘- hills ‘.30 tiiilcs inland, but there was o iiuiiculion that Hamnccn was 111 11 Allied hands. Th1- ouiy information to roach‘ High titio this ill‘! .1111 '\‘ licudquurtt-rs was ilini. the Alluxsiniicl iiiinori-ou" moritiiiu :1‘. . . hold the most llIlllUfidllL ul the S1111 sets tnnluiiv 1|! 11:11 11nd rises Primo iomnrrniv iflOl u 11f .3 ii Gcr- Inst quarto‘: moon .l=.i'.\ ‘lli. tanks, am. britigchends mirth of the I228 sviih CAR FERRY SERVICE DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY From Borden -- Leave 8.40 a.n\ 1.45 p.m. and 4.55 pun» Leave Capo Tnrmentlne ll a. In 3.25 p. m. and 8.30 p. 1n. DAILY AIR SERVICE (EXCEPT SUNDAY) Charlottetown - Summersidc - lllonrinn Along the line oi the rivcrs that ‘flow into tho sen in that area Gen. Sir Berunrtt Motiigonicry-‘s tioops have established several bridge- lheuds though 1t is not known here . _ viCohtli/iued on page &l. 21 nosriralrgfirr Muffin DIES STE. ANNE DE BETLLEVUE, Que. July 211 --(CP1— Major Frank i-tnson of Gait. Out, member of the mlli- Luv-c Charlqflotrnvn 7,51) n, m . . 4.30 p, 1.1. dsnly yesterday". Funeral will bei '\rrlve Charlottetown I.l0 p. rn iholtl here Wednesday uiiernonn a11d_5.45 p» m. 7.05 p. m. . ~ .. .1 'l Mai Rsson went tn i-slrrsvigizirinlraigan“! Tscgujfifiwéy lit-i Leave Wood Islands — 7.00 n. m then adiutant n1 the MncLx-nn ' M"! ll I-"i- IV"! Ii ll- "1- Leaves Caribou — 9.00 s. m. an. Highlanders oi New Brunswick until i1 ‘m. m‘ . N‘ its demobilization.