MAXIMS 01A MERE MAN ‘Z-i c ookefl by nature is neIE- made mam,‘ p; education. Covers Prince Edward. Island Like the Dew Ill] Compliments cost nothinl. let you MAXIM-B OIA MERE MAN pay dearly for them. “ulngtgtowl Cardin. Ire Cello, CHARLOTTETUWN, CANADA. WEDNESDAY, Allcusr 12, 1942 8 PAGES Annual unbeerlptlnn Delivered. ".00 B: Inn. r. n. l. H.001 In mm- Proviueel ue l7. l. I! VNIA ZIS STRIKE AT ANOTHER RUSSIAN OIL FIELD >7 Report lloes liot Indicate Number of Gases ‘Brig Show Opened Here Yesterday fllousands attend Old Home Week Program; Cattle Judging Begins Investigations A r e B e i n g Conducted, Ottawa Source Indi- cates. Shots Are Fired Al: Police By Quebec Call-u P Evils-a, -'- |—:_:r—— _. A“. ._-i ‘ti War Situation Last Night Two Nazi War Prisoners Escape (B! EDWARD E- “OMAR. Amocllted Press War Analyst) OTTAWA, All! I1 -- (CP) __ Th, unchwkqg d“ of m“ r. ‘ Royal Canadian Mounted Polire an- " e ' "r muhh“ PM‘ u“ Genmmb ncunccd here late today the es- wmu" “I” ‘t! “W”!!! one of the prime objectives o! th l 3 h _ 9" "hill" cape of two Germans - One e “lash rlrociagpalgn the complete control of the Block See an a tmnspcr- N321 njefchltynt Seaman and the 0 lel" a civi ian lnternee -frcm an ‘hklsl: lggalmllclherfli Pfllblbly l"! Ill-lit as eager to win control of internment camp near Fredericton to i the" - e on; llnk between Europe and Asia as they are fhlq afternoon, senile do 7 orth Caucasus oil fields. The mvn are Heinz Wirtz, Nah. it aye dispatches report the invaders to be directly impcrllling scaman, and Gerhazd Knoepfel, 21, ,Today.__ ma; Edward Island's big event “he year got underway et the mvinciul Exhibition Grounds yes- pmy afternoon when one of the mast opening-day crowds attend- ed the Livestock Exhibition and Old 1101M Week program. People from g1 muons of the province as well || visitors from other parts of Can- [til and the United States attend- ul the show. A great many people were et- tncled by the excellent displays ol livestock, horses, sheep, swine arlo ltry while thousands more sat in Iliiltlrand Stand and Bleachers u. mlich the horse racfis end vaude- ville show. , but evening several thOUlflIlf; Epic were present to see thp. vaudeville show end other lMlrecb- fone including the big horse show put on by the Charlottetown Riding Club in the brllllantl lighted horse arena inside the tra . Bill Lynch's midway was in full swing through. out the day and was well patronized by the crowds that milled about this pert of the grounds. The grand finale of the show for the day was marked by fireworks last night. The entertainment will continue every day until Friday night when it will be brought to a close. There will be three more days horse racing. The vaudeville show, u...“ person between heats in the afternoon and 5111i!“ flkuln last night, rovlded 9:1- (Continued on $9 5, col s) Britain Has New, Heavy_ Bomber LONDOL, Aug. lL-(CEW-Brlteln took the Avro Lancaster off the met list today and aeronautics writers hailed the battle-bested machine u the biggest and fastest, heavy bomber in the world, The ncwlymnveiled giant, lllce it; famous teem-mate in raids on ilelmelly—the Short Stirling-carries an eight-ton bcmb load, but. its pace of 300 mlles-on-hour and up Ls better than the Stlrlingb. The Ian- oasler is arlnui with l0 .303-calibre machinmgung mounted. in four pow- rr turrets, 1th“ I maximum rupee of 3.000 miles, 1,090 more than the swung, Ind L: thus the prime weapon for raids on targets deep in Gemlgny, n; first officially dlscluoed operation was the daring daylight raid on Augs- blllw last April 1'1. In July several Lancaster squadrons made the longest daylight et- hek flight. of the European war--1,750 miles through bed weather bomb file Danzlg submarine yards. f0 ‘me Lancaster's weight is 30 was, It has a wlngepreed o: 102 feet and a 33-foot bomb compartment. flrmnluflvfll writers reported it 1s one pr the favorites of any. mus because of its exceptional speed and manocuvrablllty. fuming Events —Q- Us for Nelle-en In this CI|I—I I cent! be! word "Ttlkfehltlontaeue mdav and LONDON. Aug. 11- fCP)-The -The diplomatic exchange lllludu . 8-12-21. "Talkies-Scarf; Monday. Nazis of... Carrier Sunk German radio, 1n e. special an- nouncement, claimed that the British aircraft, carrier Eagle had . the Quebec City ' arrests had been made UITAWA, Aug. 11 — (OP)- Rcyel Canadian Mounted Police constables Personally delivering call-up notices in the Quebec city area have met “armed resistance" in several instances in recent weeks, it was learned authorita- tively here tonight. The disclosure was made by l source closely associated with those enforcing the call-up Ni;- ulatlons. I-fe confirmed also an Ottawa newspaper M11011 that E military service evade: fired shots in the direction of R. C. M. P. constables delivering similar call- up notices near East Aldfield, Que. two weeks ago. The source declined w reveal how extensive the "resistance ln area had been, except. to say that there had been several instances of R. _ M- P- oonstables being fired upon one of which was "serious". He re- fused to say whether anyone had been wounded. Investigations are being conducted. In one case, he revealed, a. civ- llian motor car, resembling that of an R. C. M. P. district automobile, was the target for gunfire. Discussing the East Aldfield case, he said that; two constables had been driving along a. country road to deliver notices when shots were fired and one struck @119 TB" of the car. The ullet was found later. "Evidently" the source added. "the evader whollred the shots thought the constables were after him. The weren‘t. They were ac- tually deiverlng notices to other ersons. In some cases, men seek E0 evade the draft by not picking up their mail. When this Is done. and they avoid getting their call- up. the notices are delivered in person by the R. C M. P. "The man who fired the shots wasn't an army deserter, although when the R. C. M. P. delivers no,- tices they have a list of d-eserters and keep an eye out for them we]. He declined to say whether any ln the Quebec City or East Aldfield cases. Diplomatic Exchange Liner SaiIedYesterday RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. ll—-fill?) I161‘ Grlpsholm, retumlng Canadians and Americans from Japanese territor- ies, departed for New York this af- 8-l2-9i. been sunk by a German submar- ferrloon with no stops scheduled en "Picnic. W; r1611: Wharf, Tues- iu. August 1am. "Picllw. Little Pond Tuesday. ‘Wm 18th. Dance after. s-12-1l. @130“ GWrBetown Hall Thurs- oll- August thirteenth. Webster's lvhestra. 3.11.21, "CoLectlng hog; gvgfy “m, 9km l. n 1 y. mderlcblgmwth Leslie McDowell, B-IQ-ZO-twtf. "Dance Mlllvlew Hall Monday llzust 11m. War purpose. we.’ hell's Institute. 3.1141 Fortune Hall, Friday. “Dance, “W” 14m. 9-30 to l cfcloekasliiarp. "m? Cream Social Cape Trav- fie School. August 12th. Proceed Red Croce work. 8- "Cmbaud 015mm. Scarlet Ollap- , mftts at Canoe Cove on Friday “hi. All members please attend s-12-i4. "For Sale-fifty cords herd lne today in the western Medlter. rsneen. Four torpedoes hit the 8MP. the announcement asserted. Thtre was no immediate Brltim comment. The 1e in e strongly- arvtqgted convoy and was ettae - ed at midday." the Germans claimed. D. F. C. Awarded Nfld. Airman LONDON. AuK. ll-(CP Cable) —'I'he Distinguished Flying cross was awarded to PO. William Green, 21-year-old Newfoundlender wrvlnB with R. A. l". volunteer reserve. The citation said Green. e nevi- gatcr and bomb aimer ln N0. ‘I Squadron R. A. F, “performed ex- cellent work" and "set a very good ' example." Bulleserve September 9th and 10th, ucoflfll‘ and Chicken Supper. Rus- A veteran of attacks on Berlin Cologne, Essen, Hamburg, Kiel and ROSDOCIK. Green wok over the con- trols of a bomber when his ca - taln fell ill after en attack pn e Ruhr and. under instructions from the skipper, flew it beck to its base, where it landed safely. n" Wood. Stove lengths. Cash“: Stream Flow In a! months note. Carl Wood. Farm- lwn- s-ia-n. “Tluckin "lllglmer months 5- U (INCH. Albln end G. teen. Emerald a-e-v-l -W-T-M-tf Livestock Marketing $1111! hogs at Charlottetown from Beeketchewan eastward was “out llrsday and Friday cf this week. subnormel except in the south- ucklng service on request. western peninsula of Ontario, but 8-12-21. that in Alberta and British Col- “ .___ , umble conditions were itber I livestock Marketing Board Close in or above normal." “Mills hngg qt 59111-15 111,113.11“: "Areas of pronouncegc deficiency gsfnglgml. August 13th and again perzhieted in w‘ k y. August 17th. Livestock autéEMNQWm 02:31‘: (‘when ‘We. ma; each were imposed upon we: ow." "mutton Board. _ __i "Tluckmen-We are "why lhe services of 8 hose u usual for the List vour h e 8-12.11. b0 the $53....» ea tn h East Below Normal OITAWA. Aug. ll-(CH-‘rhe Joint report on July stream flow conditions in Canada. and the Un- lted stem issued today by the Dominion Water and Power Bur- t Board eeu. reported that stream Nova otie cipitetion during July pkmfed to haul livestock from WM 150W 110ml!!- """ in Emltblng point ln the fol- hwllltf localltier scurls, Elmira. k Murray Harbor. ilrtll. St. Peter's, Peakes Station Communicate production remained lvllh our Charlottetown office or with warm of wit" ocel representative in your com- “TP-‘ly River, "Id m. Stewart. mu it , Macy Livestock Marketl 8-12-2 . "Despite the fellin off throughout moe of in above average and w craft. wee broad anduig (CP) ~- Penitentiary terms of two rt said. "No floods result- e areas where stream flow off in run. eastern Caréada. lax-fully, tneuoelttation of we r su re n n wer m" n eetisfepzlotory lstrate G. Eerie Logan today- storage well ebow of Aug. PC1100 Five Airmen Die In Brash DBBERT, N. 8., Aug. l1—(OP)— Five airmen, four of them Cana- dians and one Australian, were kill- ed in the crash of a Royal Air Force bombe on Dalhousie Mountain, near Scotsburn. Plctou County. the R. A. F. snno today. Nlunee of three of tne men killed were released but identity of the other two was withheld pendinll T9- ceipt of confirmation that their next-of-kin have been notified. The three whose names were releasul wePS_Amoe Resets. staff observe‘: Fieldin , N. B. whoee wife lives Truro, . 8.; PO. John Kenneth l-fobeon. obser- v", whose mother, Mrs. H. Hobeon. lives at 821 Sixth Avenue North. as n n. Sgt, Arnold William Cooke. wire- leg-eh‘ er, whose mother lives at 513 ch Avenue. 5t. Lambert. Th plane became mieslns on l training flight from this elfbflfl ierdey and was located on the soleted mountain, some 40 northeast of here. A mound Dirty from the airport went to the MM of the crash and fotmd the ea. While the plane was missink. an al for resident: of glethglgg- report any rwfi ' u m out over radio ste- Four Sentenced _ To Penitentiary SAINT form. N.B.. Aus- l1 —— Ken- Slefgh. Ora Garland. Leo Gallant and Roland Alberta fOIlOW- lng pleas of guilty to charm of breaking and entering a tourist cab- aret at the reversing falls and steal- lng cagalettee and cash tc the value of 825 when they appeared in Fall-ville Police Court before Mag- The break was made on the night 4. The same night a car was still those being held st. the some last stolen from the New Brunswick "Md yea ear T." exehenlé. RnthelflY N169"- two points on the Bleak See's eastern shore, Novoroselsk and Tuapse, 11 9911mm interned in Canada. which are almost the lut “w buses for the Red fleet. Making the announcement, R0. If these none fl-ll. the battered naval force will be cornered at Batum. MP- 011M515 551d they had I10 d9- facing destruction or the ltlrk choice of internment in neutral Turkey, scuttllng, or some final act of desperation. I U I U C This peril has become fairly obvious as the Germans press south- ward of Rostav. Probably less appreciated is the key importance of the inland sea. to their further advances eastward, and to the Nazi grand 5mm plot of conquest and c. self-sufficient Europe. From the start by war damaged, overworked railways and by motor eyes and n fresh C truck over poor and congested reads has been an Axis bottleneck. just as high seas shipping remains the crucial weakness of the United Na- tions’ war effort. Access to the oil and grain of the Caucasus p. ‘ limited profit to the conquerors unless it includes therefore only ‘ of the water a tails of the escape, They described Wlrtz as weigh- ing 175 pounds. five feet. nine inches tall, with light brown h!|,l1_ 8Y0}! eyes and a fresh complexion. Knoepfel weighs 165 pounds, ds five feet, nine inches, and light brown hair, blue-grey omplexion. has Hunt Underway MONCTON, N. 8., Aug, (CPl-All available men in 1 1— the route by which bulky cargoes lmmemorielly have been moved between Moncton subdivision of the R. C. Southern Russia and Europe. O I I Now Berlin is relolcing in the prospect of being able to link the Black Sea Ill a transportation route with the Mediterranean. The Nazis unquestionably hope as well to win Leningrad and with it the entire Baltic sea highway of the north. As n step to exploit the prospective Black See opportunity, a new pipe line is rccrtcd now to be under construction inland from the Bul- garian ort mf Varna. Novorcssisk is not yet in Nazi handh. of course, end Ankara dis- provinces‘ M_. P. Il£|\'8 joined in the province- Wlde hunt for two escaped prison- ers frflm an internment camp near Fredericton, Inspector Norman Anderson, commanding office;- o1 the sub-division said tonight. Aid- ing tlfe policemen in their hunt is the famous police dog “Cl1ffe" who has taken pal-t in many well known cases in this and other including the recent patches report a belief ln the Turkish capital that the rugged Caucasus Black-s Harbor murder amine" is foothills may make this port e more difficult nut to crack even than 1n charge of Consmbfe Roy Em Sevastcpol, even though Nazi bombers can hammer at the city's de- of the Moncwn detachment ‘ fence-e from the Crimea, only ‘l0 miles or so distant. ' Rgerve Army Chief Sees Civilian Soldiers I7. With all the easy informality an old soldier, Mat-Gen. B. Browne. Director-General of Reserve Army, established hl.s popu- larity with both the Active and Re- serve Armies in Prince Eklwera lsl- and yesterday during inspections an. the Victoria Park Camp and at No. 62 C.A.B.'I‘.C_ ' Tiny “Charlle" Downe, a St. Pet- er's Bay member of the 17th 1R.) Armored Regt, P.E.I.L.I-f., declared ‘Tm seventeen, sir!" as the sceptical general towered above him. Gen- Brcwne, who stands six feet one inch, put his arm around Charlie's shoulders and enjoyed a vcry “chummy” and confidential chat. Accompanied by Brigadier W. _W. Foster, 1130., V.D., commanding Military District. N0. 6. and Lieut- Col. F. C. Hanington, MC. 86116"! staff officer. Mai-Gen. Browne saw the troops in training at Victoria Park and later inspected them in an afternoon ceremonial parade. Lleut-Col. o. Elliott Full. v.11. ADC. was in command of the par- ade, Other senior officers taking part were l..ieut.-Col. E. W. Johxn- stone, LieuL-Col. P. W. MacNev-n. D.C.M.. and Lieut.-Col. lgleltlw Rktvge- ers. representing T859845 WY mh m.) Armored lust- P-EI-LI!» the 204m- (R) Field Battery. R..c.A-. and the 6th (n) District signals- R C5 ‘gpprcximetely 500 Reserve Army mo» “were” ‘" df-‘mlilltl; tlon, while an additional o0 .. 62 Army trainees paraded atlNg. I C.A.B.T.C.. under Lleut-Co. . - Andrew, in“; ceretmonial in- as . ‘piiflif-noeahl. 1E3»... ‘zlsil/Bd Wfll-l- burracks. mess halls. cookbouses and administration buildinrzs, 1v gtonolnvz to talk with indv . m,“ he "crust-ed 1m excellent. in- sauue-rit- ‘i’_"l‘_"°‘“‘i_".°l‘f (Continued on D580 7- 5°] 3‘ Hearings Open llere Aug. 25 111?)‘;- Th Board of Trout" ° ' miezloncrs announced ted: l‘ , N. ., and _ there will be n helrllll 5'- Hfl‘ ifu. The heerlnll. l!" "W" pulnu about many Men i" to be conducted by Chm mm“ rniuioner J. A. Cross. wills‘ by Commissioners G. A. Stone and F. M. Macflnerson. Sydney .. Ti? INTERNATIONA AT A GLANCE (By The Canadian Press) PACIFIC — U. S. navy smash-es Jap Alzutian installations on Kls- ka; great battle of Sololnon Isl- ands continues. RUSSIA-Reds withdrawn across Caucasian Peninsula towards Casu- lan Gfulf; Germans advance farllu-r in drive for Maikop oil. mom - Third a... of disobedi- ence cempaign brings more blood- shed, warning .fl'om govcrnlnlnt z that sterner measures will be takzn if strife continues. FRANCE -- Germany offers one war prisoner for every three French skilled workers who go to the R/ClCIl. BRITAIlL-Southwest coast town bombed; Nazis machine gun streets; London put on alert- - Air Sign Story May Be Untrue WASHINGTON, Aug, l1 — (AP) — The war department today questioned the truth of a story ru- leased by army press agents on Monday, telling with accompanynng photographs, of the discovery and obliteration of ingenious gonna markers intended to guide enemy ~ bombers to airflelds and war pra- duction plants. Asserting the story “may be un- true" the war department said that LL-Gen. Hugh A. D.um, com- manding the eastern def-once area with headquarters at Governors Island. N.Y., was conductzng c. thcmugh investigation. The) rc- lease was distributed from Mitchel Field N. Y. The Star also said that it and other newspapers which published the story and pictures “were the victims of over-zealous army press entry, and as a result. participat- :3 unwittingly in what pppeglrs t» be the greet air marker hoax . ALL FOR. A MOUSE! GLASGOW - t C P ) - Traffic ecreeehed tc-a standstill on a busy street end crowds gathered. ere. between the rails in front of a tramcar, was-a live mouse which the mctolman chased from the tracks before the traffic proceeded. CANADA THE All PURPOSE FlOUR. Further information regarding ‘the warned men W85 furnished by Inspector Anderson who said both urre wearing blue zlernln trousers with r-ed stripes dawn the legs and blue rlvmin waist length smocks marked on the bflck with red polka. dots When last seen both were wearing blue cups with red bands and heavy black army boots. NCIIIlCI‘ man carried iden- LiIlPlllIOh paprrs of any kind, iPnlice in N. s. him P. E. r, also were on the alert for the escaped prisoners.) N en's-Herald Joins The Canadian Press VANCOUVER, Aug, ll — (CPl_ The N-ews-Horald, Vancouver's onlv morning _ nclvspaper, today became a .»ul>sr:rll:ru~ to the news service nfnrno Canadian Press. Canada's (IIIJV nmvspaper cd-Qpe;agive_ The total of dfllIlCS receiving the CP service over lts COlLQt-[Q-Qqgf, ll(‘i\VDl'k of leased Wizes now stand; at ‘)0. The Canadian P1455 515° provides its service without charge to the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poruiinn and, Dress news limited, serves 30 private radio stations on a. trans- conlzucntial radio “ire, Japs hauled In Aleutians WASHINGTON, Aug. l1_fA.1')_ A relentless series of air attacks 111151 it single bcmbarsment by a naval force have bzclly bzttered Jnpuqesc lalld installations in the Aleutian Islands and resulted in‘ (he slllkillfl of con-e enemy cargo zlllp and clalnaglng of two others, the Unllod Stud-cs Navy announced tonight. Tue bnlnbnfdnlent by cruisers rst of its klnd in ~50 Surprised the Japs that they i" ‘pended to the flfSl. ShEII tvilh anti-aircraft flN. lit “as carried out. last Saturday simultaneously wilil lrufial at, tacks 0n Japanese fsrccs in the Solomon Islands, more than 4,000 miles lo the southwest. g; as Zn. 0a fir» “'5 Pr: .... n» Tonight's navy communique, dealing primarily with a review of Aleutzan actions, hart lislle to say of tilt‘ 1181M"! for 1>csse=slon of the Tulagi urea of the Sslémons 9x. com that it was continuing, "Noihlnq further can be re-popt- ed at this moment," the navy said, ILSI Forces Hold Gains In Solomons ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Alls. tralla. Aug. ll—(CP) United Staff-s landing forces held their fonthnlds in the Solomon Island-i tonight despite Japanese counter- attncks and the entire allied slrikinu force was pictured by an official spokcsmun as cutpunchlng the Japanese. "We arc-holding our own," said Prlmo‘Mlnlster John Curtin in the first word from an official gqnrpe In Australia on the pro- of tho main (IIfVIlSII/G in l "v island chain. lprrlull Aflnlirul Ernest lungs prollullnary announce- ment in Washington estcrriay of losses on both sides n the dc- vt-Iopillu land, sea and air fight as intilraiing that allied gains so (3,! have greatly outweighed losses. J. thrfillllh its subsidf-~ Drive fiMiles Down Rostov- Baku Railway Enemy claims capture of city only I40 miles short of rich Crozny Oil wells. By Eddy Gilmore) (Associated ncss moan Writer) MUbt-‘UW. Alix. lz—(weunesuay) — (AB) — Licrlllan troops striking soullnastvvard lll the Caucasus were reported olflclally lod-ay L0 be only 2w lmles ll‘0lll we rich Grozny wells after overrunnlng the devastated Malkop 011 region in the west. A communique announced the Germans had reached the Chcrkessk area, 7U nulcs southeast of Arma- vil", in a thrust (lclfm the Rostov- Baku railway into the Caucasian foothills. (Cllerkessk. not. shown on many maps, apparently is a town often listed as Kursavka.) The Germans have said their troops had captured Pyatigorsk. only 140 miles short of Grozny, but there still was no confirmation here of that claim, German Break-Through The Russians were fighting "heavy defensive battles both in the Cherkessk and Maikop areas," the communique said, and the Gemans also “broke throng urposlllons: (Continued on page '7, C01 5) Nazis Attain '42 Objective? ISTANBUL, Aug. l0 - (Delayed) -_ (APl _ ‘The DOSSlblIll-y that Ger- many may already have attained most of her 1942 objectives in Rus- sia and that she may be ready nowto halt her offensive’ on the eastern front and vnnsrlidate her positions for the “inter was indicated today by a noulzzll of cial who. demand- ing anouvluzlv, claimed direct Ger- man information. Quoting as his informant a Nazi propaaanrla "inspector" now visit- ing Tul-kev flll official business, this neutral official sflld Germany plans l0 erect an “eastern wall“ bc- fore the Willi?!‘ and retire behind it with ll peace proposal, Funeral 0f Mrs. B. W. Ralston AMHERST, N.S., Aug. 11—(CP) -Funeral services weae held here today for Mrs, B, W. Ralston, mother of Defence Minister J_ l... RaLswn. She died here Sunday mt the age of 84. Rev. Dr. S, H’. Poole of Saint John, N13,, COXKIUCKG the service in the First Baptist Church, He paid tribute b0 Mrs, Role-ton as a worker in the church and u I mother and homo maker. Col, Ralston and his two broth- ers, Norman of Saint John and Mac of New York, were at, the ser- vice, Later the Mmisier left by train for Ot-tawle. Premier Thane Oampbell and Mr. I... R. Allen of summcrside at- tended from PEI. Stern Order To iluell Riots BOMBAY, Aug, ll-(APP-Tllc Governor o1 Bombay Province w- nlghl. ondemd massed police pa- LPG-S and almy lnacfnneqlunncrs t0 use me strongest. measures, .11- Qludlng lashing, l0 quell disorders in unis storm centre of rue civil QISOIXEQIGIIQQ campllgn. The swrn order came alter troops and police trad fired into many unruly" cranes. Wlnla f-Oi-illg spruld from Ban- bay Lll the “(Zil- l0 Calcutta in me east, accompanied by work slop- pages, authorities were eltrt for the spalk that. nllghl. set off Cem- munal Cllaéllés between the l-lludu followers of Gandhi and meulmrs of the Moslem nliuorny. "Hindu students have sboucd Momem shops hole, The civil defence disobedience gampalgal, proceeding despite the detention of G-andlu and other leaders, was encuurflgtd by a 01'0- nllse among subheauers that two nwnills would bring vlowly m lnelr "final struggle." Lieut. ll.ll. Ross ls Promoted. HALIFAX. Aug. ll—(('-'P)-—- Lieut. D. l), Russ, member of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps from Klnross, PILL, has been promoted to nrilng (‘IP- tain, it was f‘lllltlllll"f‘fl nuiilh‘ in a list of overseas» promotions matte public at “illtary Dis- trict No. 6 headquarters. News Briefs ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AIBWUB. AIIK- 13_iWednes- m!!! — (CPI —— AlllCd bombers cunnnucu their assaults o Japanese bases north an: northeast of Australia ‘fut-sou! to cover the flank cf the Unit- ed States marines who have won footholds ln the Solomon Isi- ands, it was announced today. VANCOUVER, Aug. ll—-(CP)-_ Penslons Minister tun Mackenz‘ announced in a statement bod plans for evacuation of the cl population of Vancouver Island an parts of the lower mainland in case of enemy attack are complete and that a rehearsal ls planned within the next few weeks. LONDON. Aug, ll—(CP)—— Nazi raiders flew in low from the sea and dropped high ax- plosives and incvndiaries on l southwest coast town tonight. A number uf direct hits am- aged buildings, including a. church, in the brief raid. A » numbe of casualties were re- ported. VICHY, Aug. ll—(AP)-Genne.ny will release one French war prison: er for every three skilled worker) who go to the Reich to help thg Nazis, Pierre Laval announced i0s day as he welcomed back to French soil the first lot of l.000 prisoner: liberated since the chief of govern- ment began recruiting men. RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. ll— tAPt-Tho Brazilian Depart- ment cf Press Propaganda auth- orized publication abroad today of a report that an Axis surface raider was operating in the South Atlantic, having attark- ed one or more freightcrs yes- terday and another Saiurdav, Clarfiable T0 Be ' Enlisted As Private DOS ANGELES. Aug. 11 - (AP) - Screen actor Clark Gable will be enlisted in the army air forces tomorrow as a private, an army re- cruiting official sad today. He sad Gable had made applicat- ion for assignment as an aerial gunner. "He doesn't want tn sell brmrh or pour pink tea." the official snld “He wants to be a soldier." . APooR FISHERWAN is ALWAYS A Coco High tide this morning at 11-25 l l2..0. angultiomsegtflst tllls levelling M 5-13 and rLst-s wmorrow mornlllll Bl‘ 5.58. First quarter moon. Alli. 19- 7.30 urn. CAR FERRY SERVICE DAIL‘ EXCEPT SUNDAY From Borden - Leave 9-35 l-m- l.00 p.m.. 4.45 p.m., 1.55 nan. M“; 0gp; Tnrmcntion - ll-W gm, 3.15 p.m.. (H5 p.m.. 9.10 D-IIK SUNDAY SERVICE (May 3 to Dec. 27 inolull") Leave Borden 9.00 n. III-b 3-45 W" Leave Tormentlon l .15 run. 8.00 can. P. E. L-N. S FERR- Lenve Wood Island! LnDe-aacltgaribcu 9 e.m.. l lJ-III- In“ 53° mm‘ AIR SERVICE Y SERVICE 7.00 l.m.. 11.01 Charlottetownfiummorsirle- Moncton Leave Charlottetown 6-35 a. um 12.4 . . lniavye gummerside 1.10 a. m6. LE5 Q, m. Leave Moncton 11 l. m-i ind 0-19 p. m. Daily ueept Sunday-