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‘RUSSIANS DECLARE QllLL

New Gasoline Regulations Start Monday

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54 Enemy

Ships Sunk

Or Damaged In 10 Days

Wholesale destruction of Axis shipping accounts

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Anurul lohlorlptlol Delivered, ll.“ By Iallr P l. l. $4.00; Canada nod U.

AVITSAL POINTS ARE HELD

Earnscliffe

Injured in crash

Woman seriously

Smolensk Still In Red Hands;

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onvlwA, July 17—(CP)— n» \ 200’ mus‘ . restricted hours of gasoline sale in no "‘__ - =‘“_“"" l t a e d m b h r NDON, July 17__(gp)_qvh Mrs. Roy Mutch. Earnscliffe, was .

Cmd“ ‘m ° ‘m ‘m i ° ‘m’ ° Royal Air some offensive “sins? TllShCd to u-le Prince Edward Island

Hospital early today with serious '1'-

crcrlit mrds and charge accounts in ma, purchasing of gasoline, will conlc into effect next Monday. it wassliown today in an order pub- lished in an extra edition of the Canada Gazette.

‘rile new regulations which call for clOSlllg of gasoline service sta- tions from 7 p. m. to 7 s. m on luck days and from 7 p m. Satur- days to 7 a. m. Mondays were made known Tuesday by oil controller G. R. Couttrelle.

ggglflclélég lines orhthe lmany Sh" 200.000 tons sunk or baliilqy digiiirliliirlg 6d in téilc tlast l0 days, the air cor- TWPOI! 6h of th ' “gated tonight? Press Association red Adml lSir i - ton in another igumstefliiiliiiapiiii. B5 Axis ships have been 51mg 1n allergist month "by air and sub. This wkholesale destruction of e said d l broadcast, totals “niiiirrll; s: mas? (“W”) B! they have sunk of ours."

west front has

“N0 important change” in day's

fierce fighting, Moscow reports.

(By Henry Cassidy, Associated Press Staff Writer) ‘l, MOSCOW, July 18—(Fridzly)—(AP)-Red troops sue- cessfully withstood fierce Nazi mechanized lunges in the Smolensk sector, 250 miles west of .‘I0§C0\\', and in tho Pskov-Porkhov urea, 150 miles south of Leningrad, the Soviet information bureau announced today in a report

inluries following a, car accident at Millview. She was taken by ambu- lance to the hospital, shortly after midnight (Daylight Time). It is be- Ufiggd she sufftered s. fractured skull.

e was re urning to he: home by flllbfllmbllc. acconvpalrlied by her husband who was driving when the cur “'21s in collision with another. In tllc latter ivcrc Mrs. (D12) Lindsay, Mont-real, who is spending a yoga. Lion in ‘Orwell. and her son. who ‘W15 drlvlmz. A warren. driven bv Mr. Cyril Lnizs. Cher-iv Valley. was in-

British lligh Commissioner Ends visit here

Spent Day Inspecting War Effort In» Prov-

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Marshal Klencntl Vorosllllov Marshal s_

Budcnny

Josef Stalin meets German drivl b d commanders to take personal (tllzfflfl, oIfliflilfitfi-lzillflede stlirfuirffsfifii

'll.c restricted hours of sale will bu slundard or daylight saving time \\'llll‘ll0\'€.'l' prevails ill the locality win-re the filling station is located.

'l‘llls prohibition applies to the sale of gasoline and crankcase oil fol‘ ilse in the operation of motor curs (tractors excepted), and for lnoiorbonts or launches (except thus-c used solely and exclusively for cczmncrcial fishing.)

international Atl A Glance

By The Canadian Press

MOSCOW-Red high command says Smolensk and other vital points hold on entire front.

BERLIN -Gcrmnn propaganda ngrllclcs—not the high command- cfuiln Smolensk fallen in great bat- tlc of 9,000,000 mcn.

LONDON - British authorities rlbclnsc loss of l7 axis-controlled ships In Wednesday's vast Rotter- dlnn r d.

WASIIINGTON --Roosevelt bans lrullc with 1.300 “blacklisted? South American firms, alleged to be axis agents.

WASHINGTON-Chief of stuff nrw-s (‘ongrcss to dcclnrc unlimited rrz. igcncy. permit. retention of (if-litres. national guarilsmen, re- §l'l‘ll‘il§ more than one year.

TOKYO-warlike government be~ lErvl-(l arising from cabinet shakcup.

RIOT FOR JAM CQWES. Isle of Wleht —- (GP) — unrllnz meat for dinner and convicts at Parkhurst ll riotcd recently and several ‘s were lnlured. About 20 pris- le "on report" for disobeying

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"Ball game and dance. Eimcrald. Jill)‘ 1B. L-4CJ-7-l6-2i. “Ice Cream and Dance, Iona Hall. Frlclav night. L-450-'l—l6-8.

“Pownal Y. P. Union at J. R. Browns. Friday nisrllt. L~479-7-lB-li.

'_'willll€d to buy Strawberries Clucxcn. Fowl. Island Cold Storage L-2l9-7-D-Lf

"Modern and old time dsnclniz ln. Mort-ll H.111 Friday, Julv 18th. Si. Arurds Orchestra. L-48l-7-l7-2l

"Georgetown play at 5t. An- lllllV-s postponed until further no- llw- L-497-7-17-ill.

“School Dance in Lvome Valley Hull. July 21st. Webster's Onch- estra. h-A00-7-lB-2l.

“lvrlntcd to buy-Bologna Cattle Bhccn and Veal Calves. all grades Phone. write for price. Island Cold Stornsze Co.. td. t-f

“Annual picnic 5t. Anthony's. Bloomfield, July 23, L-537-7-18-3l-23

“District. Convention of Women's institutes. Rose Valley Hall Monday. an. 21st, Afternoon and eveniiir “$310M. L48 -'l-1B-l h "Kensington players will present The swastika. Betrsyn" in New

minnow. Friday, July is. L-500-7-17Ji.

"Ice cream social and dance Wcstmorland school Friday. July I - weather unfavorable. the “We: nilht. b507.'i-17-2l.

B"Soclal and dance, Wheatley Jfhflnl. Oyster Bed Bridge. Friday, “All l8. Tea. ice cream. cake. etc. “Tied. Proceeds for war work. ll’ 0t flue Monday. L-503-7-i7-2i.

"The Dlstrl t Con ti f Mac- Prglinld. Jahnsigonb Herb- md ituzelbrook. Pownal and

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He Bllflgesled the intense bombing

Germany's land communion. tlons hnd forced the Nazis to mm o water transport where they face “some of our problems,"

Five Nazi fighters were destroy. rd during the day. the Air Min-s. try announced tonight, two din-mg an offensive sweep Over northern France and three during u, patrol over the Channel. The RAF, 105:, twx (fighters.

‘ay lg t attack on 22 at a Dutch port of Rotterldgiiisyaeigf

ffirdfly "was the biggest success achieved by the RAF. against ship- slncc the war

ping in one dey Bib!‘ 6d." the Press Association writ... er said.

Hie Air Ministry announced that lflrse tomes of Blenheim bombers put out of action 1'7 Axis ships of between 90,000 and 100,000 mm, in the attack on the Netherlands Port and severely damaged five more tégtalllng between 40,000 and 45,000

ns.

This attack was followed last night by an assault on Hamburg and oth- er northwestern German pjints 1n which many fires were started and many targets directly hit.

Germans claim Smolensk falls

ince; Guest At Lun- cheon And Garden Party.

Right Honourable Malcolm Mac- Donald. High Coonmissi m. of the United Kingdom to Canada. left the Charlottetown Airport at 5.30 p. m. yesterday for Debert. N. 5.. aitcr spending a. night and day in tnisl province viewing the war effort. He_ arrived here on h-ls flYlnR tour of the Marltimes on Wednesday even- ing and spent the night with Prem- ier Campbell at the letters sum- mer home in Stanley.

While here he viewed at first hand the contribution being made by Canada's smallest province to the Domtnions was‘ effort. He visited the various traininz depots and wit-

IIALWAX. Ju1y17 — (OP) - Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonal British l-Iilzh Commissioner to Canada. reached Halifax tonizll from Truro. N 5.. and Char-

Durinz the dov. @116 501m” British Cabinet minister visited the huze military base at De- bert. near 'I‘rm'0. Officers of the Royal Air Force stationed at the perm-r, m: base were fellow guests with him at luncheon in the military officers mess.

BERLIN. July 17 - (AP) - The important rallwny ocntre of Smol- ensk on the road to Moscow was claimed by the Germans tonight and the lltah command. declared Russia wns tllrowirnz her last reserves int-o what it called the most extensive battle of all time. ivith 9.000.000 sol- diers fighting bitterly all along the easlc-rn front.

(Reuters news agency in a dis- patch from Moscow said Smolensk was still Russian hands this mcrnlile.)

"Grout successes are in the milk-i inc." the Gcrlnnn iirnlv claimed. l

The Nazi news agency D. N. B.‘ clallncd the fall of Smolensk. which‘ is 230 miles west of hfoscow. and, also tho captlloe of Polofsk. nnofti rail centre on the Dvlna River northwest of Vltcbsk and behind the ndvnnce Nnzl units in this area. One thousand Russians were token pris- oners. the news report said.

The hlpzh command claimed only the capture of Chisinau. capital of Russian Bcmarabln. on the south- ern end of the front. This also ivas behind the advance lines. the hlizh command hnvlnz leported late Sat- nrrtsiv that Nazi forces had crossed the Dniester River out of B98591‘- abie and ozone into the Ukraine ‘on a broad front."

Harry L. Hopkins ' Attends British Cabinet meeting

LONDON. July 17—(CP)—HBTW L. Hopkins. President Roosevelt's overseer of the United BBB-ii?!» 195"" lend program. attended a meeting or the British war cabinet feder- nrl extraordinary BPPEBIW" W11 ch informed quarters called a history. making event.

The parliamentary correspondent of the Press Association refcrrfld $0 it as ‘an interesting precedent." adding:-

"rhe Prime Mtnlsterevldently de- clded that. in wartime red tape for- malities must be flung away and that if it was a useful thins for the ministers to have a first-hand talk with Mr. Hopkins-who is known to enjoy the absolute confidence of President Roosevelt-that there was no reason why he should not be present at the cabinet meeting

"Everything that happens f-hflo is of course secret but it would New an obvious guess that Mr. Hopkins reported to the cabinet 0n the lease-lend situation which it is hi! special province to study.

"Althoulh Mr. Hopkins i! Mr- Roosevelvs representative here he holds no ministerial rank which in normal time; might entitle him to attend such a meeting.

Hopkins. who had arrived hero during the day in one of a fleet of U. S. built. bombing planes. con- ferred almost immediately with Prime Minister Churchill.

PRIZE PENCILS

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fpunon —(CPl-- Even Cedar slats used for making lead pencils an considered contraband by the British prise court. Six hundred selned bundles of slats will be tum-

lbrastic Move

ncssed (he work beinu carried on._ The High Commissioner was am) guest at two dclilfmlul functkms given in his honour durinll U19 (15-V- The first; was luncheon tendered hlm by the Provincial Government at. Da-lvalv. Before leavinlz in the cv- ening. he attended a lmrdP-‘n W"?! at Government House given by

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To Tighten llp Axis Blockade

By J. C. Stark Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON. July l7 —(AP)- In s drastic move to Milli/en the economic blockade against Ger- many and Italy. President Roosevelt today banned the export. of vital materials to more than 1.000 firms and individuals in Latin 5109"“ named on a "blacklist."

Coincident with issuance of what was called "the proclaimed list of certain blocked nationals" doomed to be acting for the benefit of Gel‘- many or Italy. the President set up virtually an economic warfare committee to supervise the PlHBBlYIS of trade leaks throuBh LflflmAme” icon countries to the 8X55-

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Bishop llelligan Commands Morale of Service Forces

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SAINT JOHN. n. 1a.. July 1'1 — (OP)- Morale in all three bfB-Iwh" or the armed service ls Pit-fulfill!" ly good. Col. the Most Rev. C. mo Nelligan, ordinary to all the Can- adlnn forces at home and abroad- stated today after conferring with Roman chaplains of military dil- trlct No. ‘i.

"I believe that one of the Vol’! important factors in keeping “D their morale is the work of the chaplains and also the personnel of tho various auxiliary forces." fl-ld Blah Neill n.

‘W? are vgeéry pleased with the functioning of the chaplllfl Ell/l" ln this district and we have found (list in no other district is there greater co-operatlon from the dis- trict officer commandlns ""4 0th" senior officers."

Ho expressed conviction that the 5pm; or m.- peoplg in Britain "nev- er will be broken."

Bishop Nelllgan will be ln Balm. John and vicinity until Sunday and plans to visit Prince Edward Island

ed into pencils for British fol-cu.

next. week.

5- Budenny. mustachea like his boss, will defend Ukraine breilfl

basket. Marshal Klenenti Voroshllov guards Leningrad fiwmm

Mr. E 11..

att soon... e

To Head Marketing Board

ii Many formers attend meeting of Marketing Organization.

Silver Jubilee Celebration at MountSt. Mary's

Delightful

Function

Commemorates Quarter Century

Ml‘. E. Howatt. Wlltshirc. was el- ected DYi-SAUCAIL oi the Prince Ed- WBIU Island UD-ODJPUJJVC iviarketlng Board at the unllllzll meeting nelu last night. in Prince of wales Ccl- lege. Vloe President Pclcr Maciseulc. M. L. A.. presided at the enthusi-

astic session nt which considerable

discussion took plow.

Other ofllcers UICCI-Bd were: Vice- Presldent. Mr Vernon Craig, Al- bany: Secretary-Monomer. Mr. J. A. Grilles. Charlottetown.

Directors include: Messrs. P. A. Maclsauc. Souris; Alex Hamilton. New Perth: Milton lvurncss (re- elected). Vernon; E. N. Easter. New Wiltsllire: E. Hcwa.t. Wiltsliir-w; Vernon Craig and W. J. Reid. Mid- (iletoil. The lutnor was tlic rellrixllz

History Sisters ' c'\etlnizilvas ldrficlvihittelldcd

Of Martha Here.

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the sisters of St. Martha of Prince Edward Island was flttingly celebrated yesterday at Mount st. Mary's. Under idenl weather conditions the already beautiful background of trees and shrubbery. made lovelicr still by decorations of silver and the papal colors. formed a charming setting for the outdoor ceremonies

Tile celebration opened with the offering of Pontifical Mass on an altar erected on the verandan. Most Reverend J. A. O'Sulllva.n, D. 1).. wasrthe celebrant and he was assisted by the following: Assistant Priest, Rev. F. McQuaid; Deacons of Honor, Rev. Urban Gillls and Rev. M. J. Rooney; Deacon and sub-deacon of the Mass, Rev. Leo- nard Ayers and Rev. Leonard Mc- Kenna: Masters of Ceremonies‘. Rev . Louis Dougan and Rev. Eric Robin. The Gregorian music of the Mass was rendered by the Sisters’ choir who also sang the Processional hymns.

Very Reverend A. A. MacAulay. St. Peter's. preached the sermon for the occasion. In congratulating the Sisters on the accomplishments of twenty-five years Father Mac- Aulcy paid special tribute to the founder of the Congregation. the late Archbishop Henry J. OLeary. who On July 17. i916, enrolled four

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Interpreting The War News

(By Klrkc L. Simpson. Amw- Ioted Press Staff Writer)

Hitler's hopes of a quick and crushing victory in the cent“ of Russia's main defence line may be justified. It depends upon the nature and scopb 0i the indicated Nazi thrust to smole '. and upon the R414 army's ability either to offset it effectively by a flsnklns 0p- eration from the south. 01' 9° escape from a vast and dan- gerous trap.

As this was written. however. Hitler's headquarters had not specifically claimed capture of Smolensk. allftiough other Ger- man sources said it had fallen. Headquarters predicted "mot successes in the makins" ln l stupendous (fight involving 9.- 000.000 men but to back this forecast it cltcd only a minor Nazi-Romanian success far to the south of the main n: theatre. . .

There is yet. no word that n drive across the Dnicper river near Mogtley. which is south- west of smolensk. has ke t pace with a thrust. from Vt... ebsk. It appears to have been balked at least temporarily by n Russian counter attack across the Dnleper on its right flank. According to Moscow reports, this flank has been driven in

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and lengthy discllmlons took nlilcc with the result that the business was not cleared up until 1on2‘ aflcl‘ midnight. CrilicLs-ln of the mccntlv" foirmed Associated Shipping Club by the Board occupied the rzrcnusi purl; of the discussion.

A heated argument over the mat- ter of appointing a new (llrccwr oc- curred near the concluslun of the session but it was decided in the end that the usual method of ballot- illx be adlllcred. to. Those takinil part in this argument included: Messrs. E Howatt. E. Houston. Hunter River. Philip Mathessn. Oyster Bod B1101)!!! and Arthur Mac- Kay, Albany,

There were no resolutions passed and business consisted mainly cf the report of the secretary-Manager submitted by Mr. J. A. Gillies and the financial report. Both were adopted. There was no presidents

reportbeqille Secretary's report Ill)- Mrs. Ali-h}. Laird, Cavendish

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Publisher urges ll. S. enter war

NEW YORK. July 17—(OPl- William B, Zlff. publisher of the United states magazine Flying and Popular Aviation, callcd fcr im- mediate UB. entry into the war in a. statement issued here today.

Ziff said he favored the immed- iate step because the Ullltcd States could take advantage of (he op- portunity of basing an nlr force in Great Britain.

“With England serving as our base, we would have the advantage oif bei only n few hundred miles

rmany, while Germany would be thousands of miles from us." he sold.

“with Germany so handicapped. we would be in a position to pour- upon her. without fear of retalia- tion. a deadly destruction which would cripple all her operations and insure victory for the Allied forces."

Students land plane When pilot collapses

OPTAWA. July l'1-(CP)—When the pilot collapsed at the controls five flying students and a naviga- tion instructor broueht o training machine to a safe landink 0n the prairies recently. Air Commodore R, W. Ryan. director of air medi- no.1 services. told a House of Com- mons war expenditures sub-com- mittee today.

The officer told the committee that pilots were asked certain questions about their PPM/IO"! health record in addition to their physical examination. and in the once of the pilot who collapsed it appeared certain information had not been given.

Air Commodore Ryan said the students and navigation instructor pulled the pilot away from the con-

rols and landed the plane safely "more bywgood luck than good

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volvecl in the accident The details were ralllcr vniruc this luominrz bllt it is believed that. the cars collided head on while trvinz to avoid the wnuon.

Mrs. Mlltch was the only one seriously lillured. The others es- czmcd with minor injuries and were Tf-‘PQYl/Bd to be all rizht after r1- celvlnu‘ mcrlicnl attention.

Such was the impact of the col- lision that thc Mlltch ca-r was tllrmvil from (he hiahwzw and up on the brink which borders s. null stream.

lWarIike Jap Cabinet seen lln the making

. By Max Hill

‘ Associated Press Staff Writer TOKYO. July 17 _(AP)—— Prince

l Fumlmaro Korioye tonight was

E forming a new government design-

. ed to deal more crlpnbly than the

i last. with the difficult and danger-

iolls choices confronting Japan in

telling of heavy battling along "As a result of the fightin

comm unique said.

the far-flung front. g there was no important

change in the disposition of our troops on the front," the

Soviet soldiers also are engaged in fierce fighting at Polotsk, near the Estonian border, and 140 miles to the

rear of the dangerous Nazi Smolensk, the Russians said.

(The German ncivs and pr

salient which has reached

opaganda agency D. N, B,

yesterday claimed the capture of Smolensk.

The situation at Novograd-Volyn- 5K1. 130 miles west of the Ukraine capital, Kiev (which the Germans claim they have reached) remain- ed the same, us did the front ex- tending southward to the Bessaraln lan sector, it was declared.

"Our air force operated against enemy motor and mechanized troops and destroyed aircraft on Blfdfomes.“ the communique re- lated. "During July 15 and l6, 98 German aircraft were destroyed. We lost 23 planes."

The latest. communique told of great tank battles on the surging front. but summed up the 00111113,; in much the same vein as yestgr- day's day bulletin. That saldz‘

fin other directions and sectors cf the front; no major operntjqng $90k lliace and no significant chang- ES in the POsltlons of our troops

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the world crisis. especially those a- rising from the (‘xorman-Rilsslnn i war. l Emperor Hlroliito conmiandcd 5 Konoye. head of the cabinet which lresigiied last night because of its

WASHINGTON. July 17- (APl-Waiting cautiously for l Japan to sllow what course it intends to take. the United States prepared todn to meet any development in t s Pacific growing out of a change in government in Tokyo.