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Annual Subscription Delivered. “.00 Dy Melli P. l. I. 81,00; to other Provinces Ind U. I. lfl-I

iiazi Assaults At Kharkov Thwarted

flan Assembly _I_.__ine Training “Method

Section Of British‘ 8th Army Threatened

Axis Tank Columns threaten to smother Units entrenched west of Tobruk.

. Martin, Associated staff Writer) Wm. 1;. ._1AP) — The jtiilij.‘ was fighting in a , 1111111 111c1cc of destruc- .O. 1 111 save part of its m‘ {NC from LOIRUOTI by AXIS I columns which threatened to he; iiiiporfiiiit units entrench-

i- o; '1‘.1ti1"1ik.

m high command, in a 1g, niiiiiqiic, claimed the '- columns had reached the

.0111. pf Acroma, eiicirllng h 1.1,”. 111 the wcst around

~51 1111.111. which was the ,h,.,, . 111:1 iiciiii-iiirtllicii . soiiiliiruivl to i511" y. . ii.li'ilt'llll. the. south- iiiciioi o: the line, fell 111st ilk-i, communique claim- m. had crossrd the utiilibi , .. 111 highway i1ortt1 l "nail. p 1111 in this overflowing ' - ' -‘ ‘rt battle the Bri- .. 101cc. 111-111 coiiiit/cr-attackiiig m1. 1o s111nsl1 ilie Axis

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the key to defence

border, frcin for-

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riwelopmrnts were the

l! of cnvclcpinent of the for- iii Aln El Gnzala salient irclopnig menace to To-.

i! i froin the coastal terri-

lift to the yrcst.

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1on1... lcaineu from

s. today.

oilicials said no decis- 1 lici-n rcactied on ivhiit i likely to be tuktii l0- . rriiig Canada's gasoline ~ .111 control lilllClilifi tire > 11 Oitniyii, probably’ Lo- ' 111-outer with Muhitiriis i.‘|‘1\(‘ and it aiiizcars lilzc- 1-;.~1111i will be reached at.

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11nd sa i they l" Jab 1 "the wo id iii general" _h11i1ii.i11c no 11c UllS 011 any- govcrnor of the Ba- l v-l Wusliiiifzttin 11:11:17 ' short a visit hero ii 11111 1 . in 11v b.1101 to 1110 Ba- lnlwci" troiib‘es and

11g Events

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column

"Faerie Saturday, June 27th, ill‘ bale at Hol11i-.1n’s. C-lti-i

i‘. Perth Hall. Friday. “lobsters Orchestra.

6-18- . ‘Pl’; Bowiicss, Deiitlst. trill be at .11 liiici- 1111 day evcrv Wcdncs-

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"Come to the 111;}. River Pres- llim w. M. s. lcc Cream Social "my. Juiic 11111. e- -11.

"l: hogigercry Friday. ivitli Leslie McDowell, - 5-l9-20-twtf.

lg§kl°§>~~Mon1aguc Friday and . ‘l- Tllcv Met In Bombay rk Gable. 8-16- i. "Pluto in s1. Jame: 111111, 511m-

111. iViriiicsday, June 17th. its C. w. 1.. 6-16-11.

'52:“ llioxcll Tueday. Show ,, T“ ‘fiwllffillily- Show Murray ' “llmlnv. Show Eldon Fri-

8-15-21.

Ollie Animal Meeting P. n. I. “u (£11111 Wlil be held Bank of . SW uilcliiig-entraiice Rich- ; “"1. Thursday, June ltlth P ‘l- a -a1

y, T“; oiiiid movies iilllda Gil. n“ . iiie l6. Souris 13 00 t,“ {agvcdncgdayn June i7, Mt mowp‘q“v. 1 T irsday, June l8, in... ‘l; ‘K00 111111 0.2101; Hlday. lnnyaiv‘ "lltagiic 13.00 and 0301' ‘HM. Jllil!‘ Z0. Cardigan 13.00

Others later. 6-16-11.

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ileavy Jap Air Attacks n11 Darwin

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA. June l8 — (Tuesday) -—(AI')- Six Jllimn‘ i-se bombers yi-liich attacked the northern Australian city "I Di)?‘ win yesterday for the thlfd time in three days were shot 111111111 by Allied fighters. Allied headquarters announced today.

Two Allied fighters were lost. ' Twenty-seven Japanese bomb- ers participated in the attack on both residential areas and tlic port of Darwin. They were escorted by I5 naval fghtlng planes, a communique said.

Latest raids on the Darwin district are regarded as rcprls- ais for Allied raids on Julian‘ ese bases to the north.

Jap Iiruiscr Sunk. Carrier iiii Cff Alaska

' BALTIMORE, June l5 -—(A- P) - United States torpedo planes sank a Japanese cruiser ond____s_c_nred a direct, hit on m aircraft carrier of the main Ja- panese task force off the Aleu- tian islands, a telegram from LL-Gcn. ii. H. Arnold. chief of the Army Air Force, to Glenn L. lilizrtin, aircraft manufactur- er, ilisclesed today.

In Washington, the war de- partment declined immediate comment, although its illlhllll relations department approved use of‘ the telegram.

Arnold's message, congratulat- ing the Martin company on suc- cessful use n1’ Martin craft as

torpedo planes, said three nt- tacks had been made In the Aicuthin Islands on the main

Japanese force.

The reeirlt of the two attacks by Martin bombers in the Aleu- tian action, the telegram said. was "sinking of a cruiser and scoring two bits Willi tlifllcdfltl! hPSiiiPfi dropping a torpedo on the ilcrk of .1 carrier."

Although no further details WFH‘. announced, Arnold refer- red in "recent successes“ off the Nriiiians is well M Midway.

In the Midivay action. a flight of four il-26 medium bombers scored one positive lilt and one prniialfe hit 1.11 11 Jan orulm 0r battleship, Arnold said.

U. S. Treasury Dept. Asks War Super Tax

WASHINGTON. June I5-(A.P)— 'Il1e ii-easury ucpuri-meni- allied 1110 House oi mpreseatativea wave I-llll

L means committee today for l. 100-

er cent war super tax on net in- iiomes exceeding $25.00" MW!‘ lily‘ inent of regular income and other taxes. ‘the move would. Produce 0184.000001] in additional revenue.

Randolph Paul. tax advise! l0 Secretary fienry Morizcntlieu. en-

n, dorslng the proposal orlilllllllly midi

by President Roosevelt. told the Cfliimmitwd li-hflt the 13x0 goals‘, 1:1; t .n e‘ rsona

gesiorg staxgee glgoeeded about $501990 and married couples whose combin- etli) lnforlnsg oolaefore takes exceeded

ou . » .. fl"W1ti1 mandatory lfilllt "Wm-ii Paul told the committee in a stato- ment. "the super tax would l!" °n approximately 11.000 single will’?! and married couples and is est- mated to yield about 8134.000.” in addition to the revenue from the regular income tax as tentatively revised by the ways and means com- mittee."

Crop Prospects In N .B. Bright

FREDERIOTON. June 15-40?)- Crop prospects in New Brunswick appeal’ bright, Agriculture Minister

. A. C. Taylor announced tonight.

"Seldom have our crops got sway to as ood as a start as this year. he sat . “Farmingoperations on the days to two weeks earl er than usual.‘

Reports from all pinto of the province indicated good pasture and

ay prospects. The problem oi bu- ebortue we: receiving study.

To Introduce New Plan With? July Call-lip’

Lottery Principle Will Be In Operation By Aug- ust.

By Frank Flsherly Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA, June 15—<OP>—As- eembly-line methods are to be ap- plied m the making of soldiers out of civilians under the Coflllilll-‘lofy military training system.

Military district headquarters and depot staffs across Canada are busy this week maid! arrange- ments for introduction with the July call-up the new systrm of in- duetlng ccmpulsory service recruits into the army.

Roughly, the new arrangement calls for men to report on differ- ent. days to depots instead of re- porting all on one day to training ccnties. The innovation 1:1 the method of handling men after their call-up goes into effect just. one month ahead of a change in the melhod of selecting those to be called up. For the August call-up the lottery principle will be used for the first tme, in place of the selective principle employed up t0 now.

The army has icquisitioned l5.- 000 men for July, of whom 12250 are to be new mcn and 2.150 from the group who received 30 day's ccmpulsory training earlier in the war and later retiirnrd to civilian life with the status of i-rserve army soldiers. ,

The men will report in small groups at ctstrfet depots on differ- ent days over a thrse-wzek per- led. They will be checking in every day in the week exceot Saturdays’ gfld Sundays from July 16 to Aug.

At the depots tbev w‘ll be given tf"¢~‘r medical exam‘nst‘o;1, and be documented and outf‘t "cl with cloitflnv and other esss fiels. Then they will proceed to training cent- res as ordered. alt ready to gini-t on the training syllabus.

Declares Young Canada Fit And Healthy

WINNIPEG, Juiic l5 — (C?) — suigeua-oup... n. AVLCUALIULAA 1J1 Ot- tawa, ii1e'.11..ui u.1cc.o1‘-s¢l“¢l°1 l“ t.ie Royal Canadian navy. fold an iiItUfnCW mre oouay B11111’. K11111- 1,,.g 1.111: p.14. 1.4 1110111115 We Navy iiad examined 2.11pm.: men and 011i’: 11.4 per cent had been relccwd.

The naaltn Stflilliiifti oi Canada 15 “very nigh," he sfl-lli fiddl-IK We neahli lJlCLLll€ was distorted be- cau.e iiien rejected from military service often were branded llll- hemthy and medic-any unlit.

surgeon-Capt. McCoilum said there have been reports that per ceiit oi CdlliltliYfl youth“ Wlilie medically unfit and that publC incii have taken the llillllefl "cm the national war services which showed 111111 40 om" wt §>f_-i°-°°° examined did not fail in A cate- gory...1" .

He, said reports that. 40 per cent of Canada's youth vie-re medlvfllll’ iutfit are ‘grossly exaggfilltltll through misinterpretation of 1'18- ures."

"It savers at flip; column inspir- ed rumors." e so -

A man may be rejected in the navy because of color defects in hi5 vision yet he may be perfectly healthy.

Adjourn Inquest At Biack’s Harbor

BLACK‘! HARBOR. N- 3-. Jul" is-(cri-Adjournment until June 26 of an inquest into the death of Mlzs Bernice Connors 0991B?”- probable tonight. The inquiry l! scheduled to resume tomorrow but according to reliable information it will be adjourned for 10 days.

Adjournment also was expected to be made in the preliminary hear- iiig of Tom Roland Hutchlngs, RDYM Air Force sergeant charged with murderier? the girl. He bumbeen rrfiand until ‘Ihursday.

Coffee Sets Off Riot In. Germany

IDNDON. June l5 -(CP) - liq ports from BDOOkhOIIII publish ll Lond0n today nid that seven p0 o0- men were killed and 25 German docks workers later executed as o. result of rioting over coffee in Bun-

burg. i is f i formation laid itiihagl Tionemirtinaaon of the re-

t. The bitched eeemint said lteve- doreg ending freight cars with coffee for the troops star the

outbreak fee into e stree wllm I be an fighting for them.

Gestapo vies said to

attempted to break ub t!!! 118M-

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Analyst)

0n the heels of e disclosure that United States lung-range bombing pines are taking a hand in the Mediterranean war theatre come lt- aiian claims that heavily guarded British convoys have been spotted and bombed while moving eastward in that sea-

Taken together these reports create an impression that some sort of Allied nutcracker operation fraught with second-front possibilities might be shaping up ngiiilef. the Axis in the East as well u the West.

Forced landing of some of the American slimy planes in Turkey for internment revealed their presence. Nothing is known as to their actual mission, the bases from which they operated or the size of the force. But from any British-held area in the Eastern Mediterranean ships of their fuel and bomb-load capacity are I grave menace to Germany's vital oii resources in R ants.

I I O I I O

So far as British convoys alleged to have been intercepted and badly knocked about in the Mediterranean waistline area go. the impressive. aspect of the Italian reports is the state size and composlt‘ of the na- val escort. Damage to British battleships and plane carriers as well a: cruisers and destroyers were recounted by Rome. Twin flotillas. strongly flanked by warships, were said to have been spotted moving eastward through relatively narrow and dangerous waters somewhere in the tri- angle formed by Sardinia, Sicily and French Tunisia.

Only a major movement would seem to justify naval protection of that character. Just why heavy convoys of British troops or supplies should be travelling eastbound iin those waters is difficult to see in any ease. The Italians claim that the action took place on the Italian side of the Mediterranean waistline. between Sardinia and Sicily. instead of off the African coast, make: it all the more difficult to explain.

I I I I I

The Sicilian Straits. which have been sufficiently dominated by Axis air power to be used to ferry reinforcements to Libya for Rommel! new offensive, would not seem to be the logical route for bolstering British forces in Eastern Libya» It seems hardly possible that as large a. sea movement as Rome indicates could have been expected to slip through undetected.

There is no doubt, however, that a furious sea-air battle of some sort has been fought in Italian waters, so to speak, Rome admits the loss of 21 planes, while claiming l5 British aircraft downed, seven Brit- ish naval and supply ships sunk and many other vessels badly damaged.

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F orsee Supreme Nazi

Effort For Coveted Oil v

Opening phases 0f Hitieffflig 1942 gamble

Probably underway.

By Drew Middleton Associated Pres; Staff Writer

. LONDON, June 15 —(AP) — On battlefields 1,500 miles apart, l-lit- ler's armies smashed across the sends of North Africa and Russia's wreckage-uttered Ukraine tonight in a supreme effort aimed at 010s- ing a vast pincers about the covet- ed oil fields of me Middle East tor which the Nazis’ need grows daily. These co-ordinatecl thrusts toward

News Briefs

DURBAN, South Africa, June l5—(CP) —-Durban and Maritz- burg were blacked out tonight. Tlhereuwas no immediate ex- pana on.

MVI been iitoned by the crowd when O

the great land bridge between the Caucasus and Suez. producing a seventh of the worid’s petroleum supply. appeared to be the opening phases 0f a campaign on which Hitler is expected to gamble every- thing for victory 111 1942.

In the Libyan battle the Ger- maris-were hammering at the ap- proaches to Tobriik and the Ital- ians claimed they had smashed through to the Mediterranean l0 isolate South Africans west of Ain E‘. Gazala.

Thcie the British 8th army coun- ter-attacked up and down the fluid desert line in a series of blows de- signed to thwart. Field Marshal Er- win Rommers armored forces.

Decision In 48 Iiours?

Some London quarters held that the outcome of the Libyan cam- paign depended on developments of the next 48 hours. ‘The capture of Tobruk is part of the Ge 1m

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CAIRO. June l5 —(AP) — All the four big four-motored United States army air force planes which were‘ reported to have bombed the Ru- monian oil region last. week were sold reliably today to have return- ed to their bases safely, except the four which were forced to lam-i n1 Turkey.

WASHINGTON. June l5—fA- P)—The United States navy an- nounced today that army and navy aircraft in the vicinity of the Aleutian island; had dam- aged three Japanese cruisers, one destroyer, one gun boat, and one transport.

STOCKHOLM, June 15 -(AP)— The newspaper Nyo Dagligt Alish- anda said today that powerful and especially trained Italian storm troops and assault boats are tak- ing part in o. heavy land and sea assault on Leningrad.

This account said the attack started two days ago with bombing and artillery fire.

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Ceylon and India,

Debate 0n Conscription. ls Continued)

Gardiner Says Hanson's Policy Would Mean Political Suicide.

OTTAWA, J1me l5—(CP)-—Ag'ri- culture Minister Gardiner told the House of Commons today that he believed Canada's "present policy in relation to the army" provldin for 750,000 men, could be can-i out without conscription.

Mr. Gardiner likened Conserva- tive Howe Leader Hanson's an- nounced policy for toiai national selective service to the “Bsmamk- lan policy" which, he said, produc- ed “the modern Hun of today."

He agreuzi wiih Mr. Hanson that only a national government. could put sllCh a pzlicy into etfect-"a government iriih 11o political ast and no desire to have 5 poll teal future." and added:

"There is only one condition un- der which responsible party gov- ernment in Canada would bring in conscription,

"That would be e. condition. un- der which, if they did not do so, the democratic institution of gov- ernment would be threatened with destruction.

"Under those condition: ab- ly there is not a man n the House viho would not support a Government 1:1 that direction."

M1‘. Gardiner declared his be- lief, however, that the great ma- jority, if not all members cm the government side of the House, and many in the QPDOSIIIOII, would vote “no" against a policy of "primed- lately" calling u? ‘hen for service overseas.

Mr Gardiner was iiie first speak- er vtien the House today resumed debate on Prime Minister Macken- zie Kings motion for second read- ing of his bill to amend the Nation- al Resouzcss Mobilization Act.

He “'11s followed by John Diefeg- baker (Con. Lake Centre) who said the minister was “consistent? in his opfltSltiflfl to conscription for overseas service.

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Japs Drive Ahead In China Campaign

CHUNGKING, June 15—(.AP)~—- Two Powerful Japanese columns. applying a nutcracker squeeze 0n iii-equipped Chinese troops in Click- lang and Kiaiigsi PFOVLIICGS. IIBVB driven tonight to within 75 or 100 miles of a Junction on_ the vital Nanchang-Hangclioiv railway.

One 0011111111 o1 50.000 lllell. which ovcrran northern Chekiaiig Province south of Shanghai last month, has made steady progress into bordering Kiangsi Province, a. Chinese oom- munique said.

“Heavy fighting is in progress on the Chekliing-Klangsl border in the areas south of Kiangshan, south- west. of Yushan, and at. the out- skirts of Iswaiigfciig,“ the com- munique said. street fighting, in which both sides suffered heavy casualties ivas sai to be THEME within Kwangfeng. which the Jap- anese entercd Sal-urdirv night.

Claims Germans Cross Donets River

BERLIN From German Broad-

. ' ( casts). June 15—(AP)—The Berlin

radio broadcast a trans-ocean agency claim tonight that "German formations east of Kharkov have crossed the Donets River at all im- poi-taut points in the course of their advance eastward." Transocean as- serted this information came from “competent Berlin military quart- ers.

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London Hears Axis Troops Have Launched New Drive On Leningrad!

Black Sea Fleet Of Sevastopol,

Aids Defenders

(By Henry C. Cassidy, Associated Press Staff Writer)

MOSCOW, June fenders smashed 180 German

l6-(Tuesday)—(AP)—Russian de-

tanks and thwarted enemy

assaults in a great and continuing battle on the Kharkov

front yesterday while Sevast fened appreciably with the he

opol’s stalwart defence stif- lp of the thundering guns of

the Black Sea fleet, the Russian reported today.

The massive clash 0f men and machines in the Khar- kov area was reported in the midnight Soviet communique after earlier accounts had indicated l. momentary iuli in

the German offensive there.

NAZI ATTACKS BLUNTED

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Before beleaguered Sevastopol in fir; Cfhig‘ fly‘; u‘, nouncemnt said only that fierce battles continued, indicat- ing that the fieefs participation in the battle for the Black 5°11 llilvfll base had blunted the mounting German attacks

there.

Elsewhere the communique laid there were no significant changes. However, sharp local actions in many sectors promised soon to set the vast battlefront aflsme.

The communique credited the Soviet air force with destroying or damflglllk 64 German tanks various sectors on Sunday, along with destruction of 220 truckloads of Nazi troops and supplies, and an enemy transport and a number of

motorboats. presumably around Sevastopol. The Black sea fleet, normally

based on Serastopol but now prob. ably driven from that fortress by the intensity of German bombers and artillery’, was reported to have blasted great gaps in the mused ranks of attacking Axis troops in a barrage laid down on the siege lines.