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Mai. Al. Rogers Injured In Convoy Accident In Italy

Word has been received that Major Allison Rogers, Charlotte- town. was recently hurt in a. con- voy accident in Italy.

Tine accident was caused when n lee in which Mayor Rogers was r was aideswiped by another. ills right arm was scraped to the bone and his right knee badly misled. Last reports state that he is covering satisfactorily irom All.» iiljuries.

Major Rogers is a son of Mrs. Ethel Rogers. Upper Prince street, and- the late ideiut. Ralph B. Rogers, who was killed overseas in the last war.

He received his commission in Halifax sihortly before the outbreak of war in 1939. He was with the first Canadian troops to land in Sicily and has served all through the Italian campaign u‘? to the present time. He receive his pro- motion to Captain in Sicily and has since been raised to the rank oi Major.

In LlSCCmbET. 194i. he married Miss Joan Eileen Fisher of Van- stead. Surrey, England. The Maj- or is 32 years old. l-Ic is o. nephew of L-t. Col. K S. and life]. T. B. Rogers.

Robot Bomb Barralge Falls To Low Point

LONDON, Aug. l - (AP) -—ThE Gcrmnns‘ robot bomb barrage sputtered and clobed todav to its lowest point since it broke near- i_v eight weeks ago us Allied bomb- ers pounded the rocket lairs for the third straight dny, and home defences knocked off the project- lms with great success.

Hundreds of American and R., A. F. heavy bombers blasted at flying bomb bases in northern France and in a blow at produc- tion of the robots attacked the Pcencmunrie Experimental Station north of Berlin where the flying bombs are developed, nnd factor- ies where rockets and let-propel- led croft are assembled.

Casualties and damage were much lower, unlike yesterday when the bombing of the rocket posi- tions Appeared to stir up n hornefs nest and gave London nnd South-

ern England one of the heaviest robot pounding: of the entire‘ campaign.

Britain Honors Queen's Birthday

LONDON. Aug. 4 - CP Cable) -- Flags flew from government and public buildings throughout Brit- lin today in honor oi Queen Eliz- abeth's 44th birthday anniversary. Tilefrrams and messages of congrat- ulations poured into Buckingham Palace during the day. There was no immediate word as to the Queen’. activities.

COMING EVENTS

mftDimce, 1.0m. vane,“ August, so A'l‘ OTTAWA . - -2i. "D8 _..__ a 4 Tommy/i. Aylffibg To (onu- 1111,31 311,5. em rauresc e on - uh. m a V" a Bdl-lgi offic el oa in the shade in this __ torrid capital today as n lwelter- "Show - Moron Tuesday, ing heat wave went into its fourth . 8-5-21. day. The latest weather forecast for‘ tomorrow wu "becoming coo er."

"Annual United Church Tea ct York. August 2a. 8-5-11

‘lee Cream and Dance. Conan

Benn Monday, Allgilsl. 7th. a-s-n. "sh . . T‘? . ' t... surf. i-‘Flilm “tariff. N" ""1"!" "l OI 17'- ...s==h.i<iclu..".sil..vjij~; Cost 0f l-Ivins plaice cream and dance in Alberry n: hall Tuesday. August 9- arrAwA Aug. s-(ce) - Th0 -——-— HM‘ Domwontodo “fibroid 1'1:- "lco Cream Festival d Dance. m‘ v.1 an in] anoint; Brook School, Anugust 7th. ....,“;€‘.;.F:.i’,.°‘#.'f‘b ioo. mud at beten Orchestra. 8-5-11 119,9 5g July i, 0d "W"- Ausiwi um chicken "deli-A Si? 191's: u3".h§""""" 911mm and Dance. 00min Bonn —--i'—-- '

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(Hitler Orders Ruthless Purge Of German

iliictory Loan

town Ghltfulll; TWO CODA!-

Army

NDON. A. . 1 _ wnism * “'1 "A355 £15 of Ill liter-

the German aiimy u

math o1 the iunker generals’ revolt against his regime and in an open- ing move ousted l2 officers and marked them for curly trial as “traltoi-u" by the feared people's court. the death-dealing Nail ltar chamber

Official Announcements broodout by Berlin named a

total of 8 of- ficers as implicated in the revolt.

more than half of whom had not been identified previously. They included four Ifieutcna ‘ o.

and Cmtairi-ali of aristocratic names suggesting that the revolt ma. have gone farther thruug trdie ranks than previously indicat-

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Twelve men listed as "under ar- rest", elapelled from the armv and slated for a people's court trial were headed bv Field Marshal Er- win Von Witzloben, German com- mnnder-in-chief in Home ilitil Field Marshal Keri Gerri Von Rundstedt took over in- i942 and later commander in northern Italy. Austrian newspapers reaching Lon- don today described him as the leader of the revolt and charged thathe, “ himseff‘ chief of state on the niaht of the attempt on Hitler's life "affc

tablishing contact with German Generals in Moscow lias Counterfeit Gas Coupons

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MONCTON. N. 3.. Aug. 4 --(CP) — In the second case of its kind within a week. LAC. T. C. Wallace. stationed hei'e, was fined $100 to- day after he pleaded guilty to char- ges of possessing counterfeit gas- oline coupons and loose coupons. The airman’: counsel uid Wuiloce had obtained the coupons in Mont- real and had purchased more by mail since returning to Monctou.

llrive In Oct.

OTTAWA, Aug. 4 - (CP) —Re- gordiess of the date of a general election a Victory Loan campaign will be necessary in October. Fin- ance Minister Ilsley told the House of Commons today.

He was answering a. question from Gordon Graydon. Progres- sive Conservative House leader.

"I don't think we can eiica o a Victory Loan in October, who yer happens." said Mr. Ilsley.

Mr. Graydcn said many people

were wondering whether there would be an election ‘ and a loan campaign going on at the same time.

Heat Wave Breaks Record In I. Y.

NEW YORK. Aug. 4 — (AP) —- When the temperature reached 86.3 degrees at 4:15 P. M. today two records were broken. The 96.3- degree mark, the weather bureau reported, was an all-time high for New York City for Aug. 4 and the hmledb temperature recorded here t your.

A number of government de- partments cloned early.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1944

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Iy Klrke L. Simpson. Associated Prell Wu Allllypt B-unipoglng across the bale of the Bnton

penfnlula at uprul speed

American armored form may bring about its isolation by the IQgl-Qnfl,

troops caught there.

pour their cargoes ashore. glittering opportunity presented to

fhnt obviously are not uvalllble to

That the Brittany break-through hos thrown the Nflll defence or. [inflation in France into confusion cannot be doubted. Raving almost at will. several powerful and largely self-contained ' eluding truck-borne Infantry and self-propelled heavy field guns are loose for in the enemy rear. They have broken lain the vast Inlrc Valley nun- oeuvro mind u well nu vlrtuully Topped off the Breton forcland to con- vcrt It into a death trap for the indium! null force of German

columns in-

Glven fuel and aimmunlfl to keep going that American force could go for to bring the battle of France Itself h u quick issue.

It in not lmpollible that sea-borne convoys of winforcemuntl and applies are already waiting somewhere off the mouth of the Mire to

There ls no authoritative intimation of Allied plans tn exploit the

throw the enemy back behind the

Seine by e first surge up the Mire. What la clear ls that tho foe ha; boon desperately moving forces from south of Csen in the Orne-Vire sector westward In hope of stemming the Alllcd tide.

That il reported by front line oblerverl but lt ls too late. The only German alternative short of throwing info notion In France heavy forces

the Nni high command there in 0

sweeping retreat. Overnight, virtually the invaders’ grip on the whole

itself has been badly shaken.

The blovv fell in the west for Hitler.

Seine-Loire bounded segment of northwestern France, his hold on Paris

too. before his effort tn purge

:1: own military house at home and in the field of disaffected high-ran-

K plate. There can field forces are

Optimistic Over Polish . Situation

MOSCOW. Aug. 4 - (AP) — Foreign missions regarded the Pol- ish diplomatic situation with re- served optimism today after the Premier of the Polish Government in London held o long conference with Premier Marshal sirilin. who had severed relations with the ad- ministration 15 months

committee of hationa liberation as the next logical stelp following his conversa-tion with Stalin last night.

Million llollar Fire At Ottawa

OTTAWA, Auk. 4 — (CP) -—A spectacular $1,000,000 fire of un- known origin swept through Laris- downe district military depot here may, destroying valuable milit- ary equipme and vehicles and the machinery building of the Central Canada Exhibition. used for the last four years by the Roy- al Cdnbdiln Army Service Corps.

An army court of inquiry began investigltin the biau this after- noon but t are was no immediate announcement of it; findings. An earlier army statement said the fire destroyed the head uarters of transport company of te R. C. A. S. C. and confirmed that there ‘W613! no seriously injured or dead n

re. btploding gasoline drums bwak-y encd residents within a mile oil the plrk, Just off the Dril/OWIY. as the fire got under wa shortly af- ter d A. M. It was ex guished ab- out thice hours later.

Pte. ll. Yates Wounded In Action

Ho. Harrison Yates. who is rer- viniiwitn the North Nov: Nootia Hlg lenders was wounded in ac- tion in France on July I5. his wife, Mn. Dorothy Yates who lives st M’! Kl Street. has been informed.

m. ates went overseas in Oo- tober, 1042. He is l son of Mr. and £111.: fled Yates of Bedford, P.

To Erect Buildings For Veterans In N. B.

IONOTON N. 8., Aug. 4 —(CP) _ c. W. . manager of the Veterans Land Act of ice here. today announced plans for a bulld-

am in Intern New

Brunswick, where some pro rtiel already‘ hove been . Pure uses inciu c forms for

loldlerl who come from forms be-

suburbnn areas near employment contm and property IIOIT coasts when men may engage com morciel filhln when not forming.

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at whose hands he narrowly escaped death was coon- be small doubt thgvtueut, west and south allko German . . . h . ..

most as much in fear of Nazi vengeance as of Russia and Allied power strokes they have nowhere been able to but back or evade.

Reds Expand Vistula River Break-Through

TUONDON. Aug. 4 slim troop: in a. ugeotacular mile bred -bhrough ehind the emy’s shattered Vistula River de- fences today swept southward to within 3'! miles of Krakow. Polams fifth cit and last sfrongho barring into Germany itself

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“D611 final: strength now 9s from German

o river bridgehead which has e ded qui to a width of 40 mi es in two days

Inside bcele ed Warsaw, nearly 150 miles to t e north, Polish Put- riots were reported to have seized the heart of the city in a battle a- gainst German tank uni Marshal Rokossovskys te Russian umv was locked in a fierce struggle tint east oi the Polish capital.

Gennsnyfis sprawling and weak- ened forces were threatened wim rising disaster all along a. LOCO-mile front from the Baltic Sea to th Cor-be n mountains. ‘ said hundreds of enemy tr were surrendering daily. ‘lfhousan s were

irillad daily in every key sec- tor. official dispatches said.

Heavy Bombers Raid Secret Weapon Base

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LONDON. Aug. 4—(AP)- Robot bases in the Pas Dc Calais area were hit agdn today by R..A F. heavy bombers while more than 1,- 200 American hesvics carried out a smashing attack on the Germans’ "secret weapon" experimental lab- oratories at Peenernunde. on the Baltic coast 100 miles north of Ber-

n.

The FLAP. also attacked supply

depots at Lllsle Adam and 1r

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indirect blow at the

a . Four . F. bombers were

lost although they were heavily es-

corted by fighters.

Pecnemunde blow the rs had protection

from close to 1.000 fightcn, for the

met is a notorious ‘hot .. ousiy Illlfddd by the Germans.

Montreal Transport Strike Continues

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OTTAWA, Aug. 4 -- (C P) — British Columbia's long-standing Japanese roblem became a na- tionel prob em may as Prime M1“- ister Mackenzie King announced

the Commons the government's post-war plan for dealinz Wm‘ Canadians oxf Jlapnncse origin- nvo yes:-

fhixglimon of Japanese immll-

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n. 2.0.5}. investigation to determine which persons of Japanese origin now in Cmadu are loyal Ind which IIQ lllsloyul:

3. Transportation to Julian of all I found to be dlsloyal nnrl any oth- erg who wish to leave;

4 Dispersal of those who are loyal and wish to remain through- out Canada with safeguards a5- alnst their concentration in any one area.

Mr. King said the lie)’ t0 M toliowetl was a “cont rieiital p01- 15y" and would have regard to what was being done in the Un- ited States although the policies in the two countries need not nec- essarily b; identical.

Mr. King made his policy flim- * during c discussion of external affair; estimates. It W65 based, he said, on o. consideration o! the paramount interests of the nation and justice to the Japan- ese who, an the Whble. hid b?“ loyal to Canada during the viar. No Canadian citizen of Jflliflnese origin had been charged with any act, of sabotage or disloyalty.

Canadian Officers For India, Australia

w l A .~1—(CP) —Be- NVQETIATMAIBJTQ g0 officers and other ranks .01 the Ca-Yifldlfill Emly- to be drawn from units now training in Canada. will be sent to 111L118. and Australia in uie new‘ future, defence headquarters im-

a . noTlggeduzut gestined for Ind-la Will include mainly twhnical person- nel and M11 total between 1100 an 400 other . ‘Ric a ouncernent said they will serve with the Indian army "for the time beinfl."

The detachment some i0 A115- gram; will be employed in the op-

eration of special equipment in the south-west Pacific theatre. ll trained technicians. U193!

Wm serve "for the present" with the AustrailarLarmL

Transit Workers In Philadelphia In Defiant Mood

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PHILADELPHIA Aus. 4 -<AP> _ Philadelphia's Rrahsit strikers.

British

forces on the vital central se against. the British 2nd Arm withdrawal.

British tanks were re German salient southwest

Also significant was the Lock of German resistance encountered bi" American forces infirm; out southeast from AVlliilLilL‘ at ihc ; base of the Chcrboiiru peninsula, i0 ithe plalrs that lcnu ‘.0\\'i\l'Li Patti and the heart of Pl-uncc.

New Headache for Enemy

1f Field Marshal Gen. Guenthcr Yon Kluge knew ivhti‘ he Wfls g0- ing to set up a he’ linir, he was given another headache today when heavy bombers muiided Pas De Calais coastal mtteiics and what was described as "defended areas" for the first time sirlcs ~18 hours before the invasion The enemy's ranks-thinned by QAXLOOO casualties since D-day, or one-half the force they originally had in NOlm3llCl_Y—\VUlt folding everywhere except along the 35- mile stretch i.i'oin Vire to Cocn. and even these positions were mendced __ three columns threatening to pin them against the Ornc River. In the ioce of tins peril, the Ger- mans were repuizcd withdrawing soutlicastwriru from pivotal Vil- iers-Bocoge, retiring under cover of counter-nttackslhat drove the Al- lies from the Villages of La Lando and St. Georgc-UAiuia-v on the south. This stand was made at the ex- pense of tanks ili'rl‘.‘.'ll bv the Ger- mans from tho critical sector south oi Caen, and even here they were under constant pressure from Can- adians threatening to break out on. the road to Paris. I A great flood of equipment was being poured down the coastal cor- ridor ihc Americans have driven in- tu the Brittany peninsula and fld-I vance tank units were reported, moving sc fast they were a. good ‘l-i. hours ahead of the meagre ofiiciull

reports. Close behind the tanks came endless columns of trucks bearing infantry.

ll. S. Moves To llalt ilrift From War To Peace-Time Jobs

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4—(CP)— To gain the inst ounce of production needed to finish an enemy whose "knees a.re buckling," James r‘. Byrnes, war HIODliJAHLAOlT uirector. today ordered rigid employment c on civilian plants in 181 labor scarcity areas.

Byrnes appealed w the press and the radio to help the government stop an exodus iroin ivai" plants

d fl r sisted the 1%; ildgiilykirgi ltes Eifffiitseto restore p. full transportation service. Bndl policemen — at the War Delwifi" merits requelt -— rode the ew moving trains and trolleys to DIO- goct operators against threatened vaollgireécestrikers’ general committlee 1°”.‘“'°..i°t%ir“l.§°“§§l“” ‘° our- ay-o - MaL-Gen. PhiliP gm. who seized the lines last nillhi 013 President Roosevelts orders. B" persons with IPPIRM enemy Sym‘ pathies were PIWMWIB Teflllmp‘ tlggpgds Bieolf-vlsctiikers had dlsellflimd many workers from returning b . thialllcrjoyalints in this second larfl- cst arsenal oi the United States reported absenteeism at about 10 per cent as thousands again walk-

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provided trucks m set w work- meo disorders - common earl- ier in the walkout - subsided- The strikers’ attitude, 8i BX‘ p essed in various leaders’ state- ments. was that they would return gniy when assured that NW0” would not “gegiven operation obs ou the el-

J-ph, “@9955; began in protest uglimt c war snpovyw Gemini!- sion order rcquirinfl he Phila- delphia. ‘Transportation Company so upgrade Negroes to operfliil/B

woAttorne General Francis Biddle 1n We ngtcn ordered an im- mediote invest! nticn to determ- mo whether erel law had been violated by the walkout.

Bulgaria Worried

l ug. 4 — (CP) - The

of Bulgaria-shaken by Turkey's break with Germany— in reehufflin her cabinet and in- terim administration. the Swiss

Radio llld 00d!!-

small but critical shortage ill cer

He a special conference and announcedl a new CILTBCIIVB iu keep war work-‘ ers on the Job unci iill up the shoi" ages. =

fold: To free excess war Jobs, and to urv job openings for uxlrkcius now icn-. tube, entirely outside the bodies of I inns to drill away 1W1" WM‘ irldllfi-y the mothers and fathers, was an- ' ‘ t Incunced today in Scieuco

all shortage areas, will fix the ceilings for individual plums.

nes directed th use war powers never before em- ployed for manpower" 1iurposes—the choking-off oi ment, fuel, power UPIUKTTTSDOXTGHEE] . _ from an cmp oycr iv ‘l0 exceeds

ed, hitch-hiked or rode EmplOYBT m,“ “m,

which threatens to aggravate a

tain lines of essential ilroducticn. called correspondents to

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Aim of the ilciv iilovc was two- woigkcrs ior up civilian

ry. local groups, the manpower prior- ' ty committees which exist in

To insure compliance. Mr Byr- at the war agencies

materials, cquip-

q . And in a drastic move to pre-

vent any increase of civilian pro- ° duction which D power commission a flat veto over any reconversicn action by the wnr production board which in the W. M.C. S

would hurt vital uction, he gave the war man-

estimation would divert

Would Make Monty Governor. General

OTTAWA. Aug. 4—(CP)—T ‘L. Church, Progressive Conservat-vo member for Toronto Broadview constituency. said today. in the Commons he would like to sea Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery commun- der of the Allied ground forces in Normandy, appointed Governor General of Canada. '

During an external itifuirs de-» bate. he suggested Canada should’ give some recognition to the achie- vements of great generals “who in this war have done so much save civilization."

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