HAXIMI OIL HIRE MAN ...'.".'."'"" “iii” m‘: “""'""u Read by Everybody comm. e.~..-.-=i=..r: . lllllfl ffi UOYOIS EtIWlPd ISIGIIC LIKO Q8 DQW ffiii- iii-w CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1944 s PAGES mo...“ '“°‘ 5E3?! ‘ '“ '“* Cluuclii, BRITISH ROLL BACK n SUPERFORTRESSES HIT JAPS DOUBLE Island Seed Potato . Fields Very Free From Disease, Inspection Shows __.._..____.zj e 111-5; field inspection of prnvjglitilward Island's 589d WWW c, just completed 5G. Peppin. the “Kl... inspector said lestmig t thflt lhb findings had-been ‘very swal- better than we anticipated. He said the number of fields rejected bcause of disease was "FY Bman- l M1; pnppin said, too, that lute; burnt, first reported several weeks m; was present in a number of yields but "only in a limited WHY- fle said ln one case he knew of a badlv infected table flflld whjdh apparently “'11s actin! 8e B centre of infection for neflfbv 58911 fields which all showed some blight. The senior ins ector s that there were probe 1y two principal c5159.. for the smal amount of dis- ‘use (mind .0115 vear in the Island's reed fields. Che was the early killing of the vines last, year by late blight which prevented the spflfld 0f 015' use bv aphids and the other the planting of foundation. A SE80. l1 pqllcy insisted upon this year I01‘ the first time. llnion liationale lias 47 Seats QUEBEC, Aug. 10—(GP)——Oi- finial count of the votes in Maison- neuve constituency in Montreal w- nlght gave lJr J.F.A. Guile-ii. Union ivutiohuw. e majority v1 39 vines gver EomcauLiné-Iemttxréiergglglbeg- on reversed - In...“ in. the riding Wednesday when Mr. Hannelln wail reported to have a. majority of 28 votes over Dr. Lien. The switch gave the Union Nat- ionaie party i‘! members in the Quebec legislative assembly and re- duced the Liberal representation to 8'1. The fine-l count in Malsonmicuve was: Dr. Gittien. 10.498; MI- Hdffl0l1l1,\10.4591 Jean Pare. In-L dependent Labor, 1.807. Gerard‘ Rnncourt, 1,376; und Jacques bau- rloi. lid-Ki. iifllrilN-G EVENTS "Show-mommy Harbor south. Saturday, 8-10-21. "Dance in 15-565. Hall Friday. Aug. 11. Good music. 8-11-11 "Wiltshlre W. M. S. Pantry Sale at Hounans. Saturday, 12th. 8-11-14. "Cane to Ice Cream Social, Hzekdericton Hall, Friday, August . 8- H. George- "Dance in Town Hall, h. a Web- town. Friday. August lit lter's Orchestra. Dance. Sea View Hall, Fridiay; Illflht. August 11th. Dancing 9.30——i.| Sandwiches and tea. 11-li.| M f. 1 “m, Deque ea Shop c used three Soturd . wui - -0q>e!1 September 2nd. a” lee-1i- "Hcispitei Dance, McGregofs Warehouse, Montague, satturday, Aikust twelfth. websters Orch- "ile- a-s-ai. “Unveiling Photos of Boys in aflilccs. Patriotic programme. Sole 0f ice crmm. Meadow Bunk School, 0B3’. August li-ih. "PWW 8B1; Edger; Hardware. ""1""? afternoon. August 9m" Flaw L.O.B.A., Kingston. '1 -31-11-2I "Ice Cream and Dance Eimeraid Hall, 1mg ' _ bv Mgy- Alldilsiétllth. Sponsor “we c1131». °‘°"' all??? "Horsemen: You eon do away {if}; the Check Rein when you 0i" It gives horses a ts. Dtrfectiy arched neck and puts in their 8WD too. Livestock d Agency, W111 B0 ilk e o “u???” "lmneai: 221v. nppczrs in - 3 some e once. “WW2? Wed Agency. 8-11-21. "Li" Ho s: We are in nu ex- gggfliflilicslt on to market our gm. ‘futfitgfltlv and‘ at to va use. c,“ our” h "9 b11118?! or ho l. gum“: gay; er rm lafakilty 0f‘ m‘!!! Board. a‘ c gilt; "Livestock Marketfn I Board "w"! 11108! at the following ship- m. mm" dl-"lnk week of August “ml-ta osusucl days and hcu";_. “n, - “i118. St. Peters, M rell. ‘giver. Melville, Ulgg, q gr. V" Al-bNorth Wiltshlre Hunter m lad m‘!!! Kinkore. Kane - . um l P0 ntr in Prince Colin v °. B. If in doubt ask P" your locality. ‘ l-fil-l ' attacks had ur. N-S Marion , u graduate of the PEI. Begin], Nursing ilverseas who enlisted in the first time Overseas Medical Unit four years EEO. ard has been overseas Lt. N-S Marlon Bem- for three years and since the beginning of he invasion has been eervi n8 France. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mm. Jame; of Kensington, P.E.I. Mall-Gen. Keller Reported Wounded HALIFAX, Aug . Gen . command, was in where he has Ati l condition B. Bernard 10—(CP)—Maj.- LI‘. Page. general officer commanding-in - chief, crltioa tonight in the navy hospital been und antic here. 5T8 treatment for a heart condition for several days. p Soviet Troops Plunge It Sunday when Ia crfcun conference o Pacific plan the final phllel of I of Jlvlncue sun Th h I Pumas uunflvrnc on! I colovclt. Mr. II their ‘ The forces storm and t doubt of ltn significance It meant first of all Sea h F force unconditional surrender. It Ill thee coming strike c! Harbor. vervvncre, this Mum of I! f I th B . f B» . knoekf lateweay I; Iihe Con. Curious Flock To ' See Robot Bombs LONDON. Aug. 10 — (A _. Southern En land, including the London area, ed u relative respite from German flying bombs today, in the capital fa- ced c. new problem-an influx of 82mm curious to see what the ro. ts are like and whet damage they have done. This reverse flow of traffic into 140M011. at a. time when everyone who can get out is bein encour- aged to do so. caused of cial con- cern. One worn-out train pass- enger remarked that the struggle to get into Iiondon was worse t an the struggle to get out. Censorship restrictions regarding the flying bombs have been tigh- teggdjn the_la.st,24 hours. __ Across River Narew Berlin Says Battle Of Very Great Proportions NDON. Aug. let troops Narew. where c YBRPB H1076 thin 50 u their conitmuing Is Raging. ID—»(CP)— IIJV- Russian Dlun d across the M“, - wuesiie alaroken in the first great we: offensive aimed at 035$ PFIBEIB. the Soviet communique announced ton ht l! . Berlin said that a bottle of "very Great Dmpcrtlons" was raging on East Prune. Moscow's communique also an- nounced the capture of 0U more towns west of the Vistula River far below besieged Warsaw. and Ber- lin termed that area one of grav- ity for German arms. Soviet ad- vance forces already were within 75 miles oi Gennan Silesia and 1i. the approaches to ow - Warsaw line. The crossing German arm 844m’ were threatening to crack the Kra- of the Narew, when 12 s defeated the Hus- ‘ SID-fig and forced an evacuation of the Czarist Warsaw salient in the First Great War. was at a point 90 miles east of Lomria .ublg Qflfmlh stronghold linking Axis defences between Warsaw and German East Prussia.‘ Lomza is 75 mile; north- east of Warsaw and only 20 miles Eur. la. H0111 Moscow dispatches uid the mom had hurled 16 fresh divisions into the battle for But emv tank and west of Marfunpolc. This 1| ISIIOBBII Gor- the Germans claimed the recapture of vlikeviskis. i2 mile; from the er. The Germans said fresh“ find civilians of all ages hid dug more than 1.800 miles of trenches and erected thousands of piilboxee on the East Prussian front in the last 10 days. Election Riotors To Bo Tried Aug. 17 1.2...— <=P>..—. 8 G 6B 0119 y RIDE to 40 of 88 men arrested - election day riots in Montreal J constituency and refund to the others who gave out-of- ecece. Bail was set N60 or l cash prellmiréarv hear ng ordered for u... "lent: tees mo; are chgged with moment!!! Private eywcrcurrcltadTuolduvine g, Illld between fiIlM-l political pngs and the communique acid strong cn- 1R Whlfih 9011M nfantry oountcr- I been beaten off north and gunlhct . 1'1 - nu were taken to noqifinvwpheille tralfleggtpg; 51L the b13111 front,_und Cyclone Causes Million Dollar Damage In Sash. KAMBAOK. 8AM; (CP)-Damage of caused who Iihrftloflh Kamauck iut wakeflini In 400 bilfldhlfl 6009x078! One of a struck Manitoba and last night and cyclone hit .10- dun series of 1&1»- wmii Saskatchewan u. the numb... riiaiwb minutes 40o euiiauuu. including 200 homo: ed or damaged. we services disru . on. municatlonl and were dcltrw- tor ma! power was ' Third Avenue, the fiwereonrrloduvnvbylmlccm- Mniolll. | luildinll Ibo entire length of town's main strut, were u shambles, while houul were flattened in the rc- cfdentfai dfstrfotl. Kumsack, contra of u rich farm belt. has a population of about 1,- 000. It is a Canadian National Railways divisional "point, 22b miles on northeast of Many other tron were lashed by galel. At Wlnni the wind‘ récclaidnu velocity of king: an o r. centering e m: noun times. War “Situatio tl deck! wcQIwJGH-thmb at m of mo with| hi! coulnundcn with ho campaign In that iusericaumdnlfcd othcAn have the falling of Ir talk China buel, the revelation that monitor eta are are In production. and with the Ill I TWO night I-nidlatheslteofane plant. The building: were owned Jeff Baldwin and Mabon Bynorhfi med the fire at the Baldwin Bynon Ram- was It started rear of a small barn on place. It was noticed by Mr md Th rush 58.1’. W soon they noticed that the fire had ned a hold an‘ the Bvnon build- s. was r 11R eaves or the dwelling and the top of the barn roof. was found impossible the spread of OWtIIICG by goo fen-a nearbyb men-t the scene in ti woods the bu n Last Night I; rum L. lhpol. humbled Inn War Axum h fit that Poul Ill-bar, forever Mine should both auoohfcd with a. December lccnc of u: all-Am- President Roouovelt to ocean destined to set the forces which control the WWW‘ were mustered than floflnfl gal? wIll be revealed only an r0 on lllundl. But them are ocrtuln conclusion: to u°'.'i'§'i¥..'°¢'$°.: Iincpnllalel: he liming of that Pacific wur council that can leave Tokyo In no 1m t time M" l‘ hum ‘o u", ‘he wntwllg‘ n ha! now come and the means are In the Philippines, moron the China ormou and China. Into he Klflllen and to Japan Itself to m. acrou the Pacific which rneki the President. General MlcArthur, Admiral Nimitz and the calf-fat Pearl the Pearl Harbor Ivar council to tighten the screws veal. II lllnlflcunt against the background rIi-ieh fleet deployment In the Pacific. ft General Stllwcll to full four- Burma-Chlru. theatre. the creation of the force presently operating from operations blomntcn for the giant bomb- of sh sea-all- task I, at the western Malacca Two ‘Dwellings, Barns Burned At Mill Valley burned last Iaét Mill Voila’, a fer! mieigs from enslngto was earn . Several other believed to be the eiunas were clwellinlle were barns near also destroyed Mill Valley 1's o. rural 1 . vevaos believed that in a bile of straw tlu his fether-ln-law. a Mr common-i lectric light W ed over but very along the along Mr. Bynon was able to save the The BB erioan and house w fed. He is believed to be Florida. at present. furniture from his home but lost his buildings and u quantitlv of hay and some hens. ‘The other farm an- aome hav in a barn» Ffiimiture was saved from the house Mr. is an Am un Baldwin as in workmen left the fields on the Baldwin farm only a short time be- fore the fire was discovered. about .15. A stiff wind was blowinz and it to prevent the flames with the fire fighting. equipment available. The fire also caught on a shed Iuiso e Paynter but it was began to burn uah but the fire de- from Kenaih-gton reached me to extinguish the fire. By that time, however. ildinx! were smoldering ruins First To Make ' Third Tour Of Duty WITH THE EO-AJ‘. OVERSEAS. Aug. 10 - (CP) - PO. Paul Con- nor, D.ll‘.C., of Halifax, has the rare distinction of having applied for and been granted permission to make a. third tour of operations. and he has become the first mem- ber of the RCA!‘ to be presented with the operational wing and two bars. denoting three ompleted op- erational tours. Connor has earned s return to ‘I Canada, and probably will become c. gunnery instructor at a British Commonwealth Air ‘training Plan school in Canada. Party Standing In Alberta “Canadian Press Putty Sundial M I S 1 l7 __b.q=ciis1..ag1£-9gq~ BLOW Industrial tllty And. =0il Plants Are Targets WABHINGION, All. 10-—(A.P) -B-fll armor-fortresses of the 90th command sr-ruokmo ffnehr M. Pa-lcmbam on the Nether- lands Indies Island o: Sinatra. Nagasaki. one of Japan's most Important ship building and repair cent-re; and a major military port, is on the inland of Kyushu, in the h hi1‘ industrialised area already tw cc hit by superfortresaes based in China Palembang. is the site of the Plcdjoe oil refinery. the largest in rhc Orient and the princi a1 source of aviation gasoline for e enemy. O-OOO-O-OO-O O-QO4'O-O'§-§-O-O-O-§'O+Q-- i . liovv Offensive? LONDON. AH. 1O — (C? -- Thc German hoard by - ter News Agonc, hero laid fo- nlgbt “British troop! today ra- opclcd that grout offeullvc In Italy after regrouplng their Jorecs." ~ 1 Canadians Back In Lino At Florence ug. 10 - (or) - Ona- elioui" A b11504 w w‘ 1w a an r0011!- e - fan patriots, swept thrc h thO Allied-held southern sec on of Florence today, cleaning up hoc- tilc Piascist pocket; and aching out the Vatican ptroeps; O popul Ion of tween the Allied and German Li'- m ca. Today's announcement that Cc- nodlan troops were fn action was the first disclosure that they W!" beck in the line. south African troops previously entered and held Southern florenoe. (The dispatch. first report in se- veral weeks of Canadian troops in infantry actions in Italy, did not say how many Canadians were - volved or what their unit desig- nations were. Canadian tank units have been reported fightin recen- tly in support o1 Indian nfantry in the 3th Army's thrust on Flor- EH00.) A minor war was waged in the streets of the city as the Canadians and Italian Partisan: winkled out armed Fascists who he»! been snip- ing and tossing grenades at Allied troops. Polish Premier Returns To London MOSCOW, Aug. 10 -— (AP) —-Pre- mier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk sped back toward London toni ht shoul- dered with thc reeponsibil ty of try- ing to weld two rlvei Polish regimes into one strong indepcnd ‘ ernment. Foreign observers, eager for c solution to the Polish question new that liberation seem; near. noted these two developments bearing upon differences between the govern- ment ln London and the soviet- backed National Committee of Lib- eration. 1. Marshal Stalin, despite his pra- cccupetion with the Red Army of- fenslvas, wok time off last ni ht for a second visit with the Poi h president. 2. Mikolcjczyk wu given a hos- pitable reception in Moscow and a friendly farewell. indicatin that he in acceptable tn the Bo eta. runny mrunnn n? noun runs, u. e, Aug. 1o- GRAND (OP) — Hllbtft Pica-d, IS. WI! In“ jurod fatally lut night when I hora became frightened and kick- ed h m in the face. The boy died in l l l l | I ' under the gently waving palms Bea h across the river due east of But it was the American drive east of Le Mans which stole the lspotlight. although headquarters gave no clue to the whereabouts of the armored columns. Some reports said they were driving deep into the Chartres zone of the last Paris defences. and thrusting toward Or- loans in the Seine Loire gap south of the capital. (An NBC reporter broadcasting from France said the Americans were attacking Chateaudun, 28. miles south of Chartres and '70 miles from Paris.) A third American column from Io Mans was believed pushing south- ward towari‘. Tours, heightening hopes of liberating all Southern France. This column was made up of supporting forces which had stabbed through rearguards mine- ficlrk and thin resistance lnlio Nan- and Angers. tween Virc and the Orne River British 2nd Army wiped out tiniest German bulge north of the Vin-Orne road. capturing St. Jean IieBlanc, Ienlut. Lamotterie, Crep- igny, Couviile, and Quesnee, all ma villages but the centre of German “hedgehog” defences. Then wag no word of any pen- etration info the port or Brest which is under the assault of a strong American force. but the town is defended by parts of three o o. strongpoint at. least equal Cherbour and likely to take long to . lluplessis To Form Gov’t Bl QUEBEC, Aug. 10—lCP)—Pre- mler Godbout early tonight confir- med an announcement bv Maurice Dnmessls Union Nationuie leader. that the latter will be sworn in “a- bout August 30," as Mr. Godboufls successor and edam that “even if I have a. chance of retaining power on a technicality, 1 will not." "Mr. Divplessis has the resumi- sibility of aximlnisterinq the pro- vince in a. most difficult Deiiod." Mr. Godbout told a press confer- ence in his office at the leglslltlifé about an hour after he had s-. cussed with the Union Notionuie; leader the results of Tuesdays close general elections "I um most sincere when I wish him good luck." Montreal To Take lland In Tram Strike MONTREAL. Alli}. 10 --iCPl - KW‘ Mayor Adhemar ltziviuiuit said to- day that 11.11.1155 the .'\1[.'lli.1'{.lII trem- ways strike is settled by tomorrow. the 01W will take steps to provide transportation for Montreniers. He added that if the strike con- tinued e. cmucus of members of the council will be called m consider whet action the city will take. IRITONS WARNED LONDON, Aug. 10 —- (C P) — Britons, jittery under the fall of German bombs, were Warned today to go easy on sedatives lest they "end up by umping at the sound of slammed oors, or tensing them- seivce_at__bumbleb " HONOLULU, July 29—IDciay- l-(Ai?) — President Roosevelt and top ilight American command- ers in the Pacific, including Gen- eral MacArthur, mapped plans for smashing the J rtmesc info uncon- ditional BILITUIACI‘ at an historic three-day strateay conference here We c . It was the President's first. war- Germen divisions and is described parts of the ground and at rob time ‘conference with the southwest c coonmandcr. and other top-ranking officer: took part in the discus AZlS Yank Mystery Army May Quiflink Paris . “QN THE OIINE FRONT, Aug. 10_-(CP ffeutefl-Generulu Dempsey and Crerar have linked arms east of the Orne and side by side this afternoon are rolling back Von Kluge s mauled divisions to the south towards Paris and southeast towards the Seine. ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Aug. 10 — (CP) — The 1st Canadian 1n Army ground into new German defences north of Fulaise today as an American “mystery army” swept through Central France in a move which might outflank Paris from the south and free all Southern France. After slaving off heavy German counter-attacks, Canadian army tanks and in- fantry heaved foiwvard again in the Potigny area five miles north of Falaise, while on the left flank British troops under Lt.-Gen. Creator's command lunged into Vilnont, eight miles southeast of Caen, where house-to-house fighting was in progress. Troops of the British 2nd Army also made further Grimbosq bridgehead 0n the east bank of the Orne and establishing u new bridgehead progress, extending their Amaye. ALL-III) SUPREME HEAD- QUARTERS. Ave. 10-(0? Cable) -The Canadian airborne infantry battalion which saw its first act- ion in Normandy will be part of the now Allied airborne army. format.- ion d: which was announced today. Earlier today Gen. Eisenhower's uarfcrs announced the oonloi- ita airborne personnel. and ground combat men. In a new unit wjlpi‘ xirneting the ' full army, under the command of American Lt. - -Gen. H. Brereton. A Grout Si! Iona Creation of the new army, em- bodying an unprecedented combin- ation of striking power and mobil- ity, conjures up a picture of a greet sky force plummetin behind the German lincl. poaaib within Germany itself. to land dc- eislve blows. The components of the army are the same ones which. as res ectlve ces, contributed so greatly to the success of the invasion. in- tegration under one command pro- rnlses increased effectiveness. . Breretonh deputy comman- der ls n Briton, Lt-Gen Freder- ick A. M (Boy) Browning, hus- band of the novelist Daphne Du Maurier. He is the former comm- ander of the British airborne troops. "The objective of the new orga- nization," said headquarters. to integrate and make more effec- tive the large airborne forces at the disposal of the supreme com- mander. fn this command will be combined both the combat troops and the planes and gliders tranc- portlnfl them " No lI-Boats Reported In Hudson Bay i OTTAWA. Mg. 10 — (CP) — The Canadian avy has heard of no U-boats in the Hudson Bay area. but it has heard fears ex- pressed from United States sources that enemy undersea raidersJ, equipped with planes, might ene-. trute to James Bay and launc at- i tacks against oQo, it was. ned from a reliable source herei ~n - ~l. ' He was commenting on a dispatch i from Churchill. Man, where the United States Army has construct- ed a $10,000,000 air base and where e. Winnipeg Tribune re- porter heard storles of submarines in Hudson Bay. lie wrote that “apparently a number did make their we into Hudson Bay." "The c ap who wrote that must, have heard of some of the early ' fears that circulated in the United i States that the Germans might use il-Iudson Bay to launch an attack i on Chl5ago,‘_’_th_e_ eourcejeclared; \ F. R. In Conference With Pacific Generals slons. which ended iodlv Ind ‘were interlarded by a. series of in- spection tripe that. tookMihR-oase- lyelit tic menv parts of thin fortress S En . i The President arrived thrcc days ago on July 26. aboard oi new super e He left the mnrlnc bue at utzmut of Sen Diego, gflallfn amid the secrecy. sho y fer - a radio speech oxfnilulv 20 accepting a fmn-th Pocif commander. whom he The President said at u new! greeted with a cordial “It's good to conference the-t he would report to see vou. Doug." and together they the country at some future date wont over every phase of the for- on his t. to the Pacific. which have flung offensive in the west brought into Pearl Harbor 10 "JO A- Admlral Nimitz. Pacific ficctivears to the line lest vuut Canuck Paratroopers Part Of New Airborne Army said ihere by Reuters News Agency. Four Island Sailors Listed War Prisoners Four from t pro- vlnou an Included In the list of l’! ma; w fawn. au- Puul George. Al. IcInotIe Glllunt, (wife). Howard, George Chester. Al, (mother). Menuhin, umr Broiuuk Al. Mhl Olive MeKecnon (deter), Gupercour. Report Flare-In‘ In East Prussia LONDON, Aug. io - (o P) - Shootlng broke out today in East Prussia, West Prussia, and the Dan- riig area when Nazi B. S. Elite ardsmen attem red to arrest an Army off cere, the Moscow Rldio said tonight. "Many S. B. men were killed." the Moscow account. recorded Wen lQIoRAnce is Buss, lfl$ Folio’ f0 ASK ours-none! High tide this afternoon and rig ut i121. Bin not: this evening M. 8.14 and rises tomorrow mornixlat 'f. NuwmoouiAiafiewti .5 PM. Brahman-aide Nubian minu- te: later than Charlottetown DAI-I All BIIYICI Cburlcthtcvvu-"Suieflo- rue - o . mt.“e-..il5....n ml mm 5.45 p.114 0.40 pan. SUNDAI Ell-VIC! Leave Churloflelown 12 noon. Arrive Charlottetown 8.45 pm. Charlottetown - New Glasgow (Bully except Sunday) Leave Charlottetown 1 pm. Arrfvc Charlottetown 6.50 pa. 1r. u. |- . . run r vlcl oinui rINELUDIN enigma Wood lolunde-‘IJO A. bl u. an r M ‘day from tho time of ‘lane ma‘. '- i.» A. u. 1.01 l