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A bus morning and afternoon we; spoilt yesterday by Hon. John Byagken, Progressive ‘Conservative leader in visiting many centres in Queen's OOLIHRV.

led by lion. Dr. W.J.P. Mac man. Mr. W.S. Grant, Queens county Association Mr, w, Chester S. cLure, former member of parliament for the County.

After a stop at Eldon. the Flirty visited Belfast where l. well ut- tended meeting was held in the town hull. Mr. M.W, Wood presid- ed. Among those present were Rev. Mr. Evans. Messrs. DJ. Riley. Bell River, G. George MacLean, and Squadron Leader J. Angus Mao- Lean. D.l=‘.C.

At Mount Stewart. after lunch- eon. another meeting was held in the town hall which took the form

oi a "man to man" discussion. All gathered round Mr, Bracken and the talk was very informal and in- teresting. Mr. J.J. Trainer presid- ed. Those present included Dr. Farmer. Messrs. W. J. Gibson. ‘Wily Gibson and R. O. Clark. M.

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Alter returning to Charlottetown. the Dartv ieit at 2 pm. for Buszico where they visited the sheila. Maria school and heard with much plea- sure a number of patriotic songs by the sr-hml children. Mr. Brack- en CflilVflfl-Pfi for some time with the principal. Mr. Johnston, and the nuns of the teaching stall.

An address of ivelcome was tender-

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Npresident, and

local Fighting

Mr. Bracken Discusses Canada And Its Future At Enthusiastic

Meeting

enduring, and

men"

ing the peo ie f Uni glon: today, Hon. John Bracken in

at the Empire Theatre last n

Mr. Braélren was introduce l-Ion. Dr. . J. P. MacM vlnciai party leader. Mr. W Grant, pres dent of the County Association, presided. the platform

"I believe be ‘lob

ng conditions." he sold.

Ind soldiers in the war industries." assurance to

ed industries. and fishing, of

assurance oi a higher

to the service of humanity.

" is not inevitable that farm ere or fisherman should have work lflfiiliti‘ hours than else, or have less than

h’. iiiiiiiilie. °it°‘i'."§;.1y"§“§.’t.. With the problem."

"the most lntcrestinil. tho in world history.

0n Soviet Front

LONDON. June 2s _ (c?)

Eire Elections

Resumption oi local but bitter fight. 1H8 on the Kalinin front northwest oi Moscow. in which the Germans were hurled from a settlement and three times beaten off as they coun- m-Iliasked. was reported toni t

with

BUMING _ElIEllTS

- ‘ "Taikiesr-Moreil Tuesday. t i 6- 2i

"Talkies-St. Peters Wednesday. i 6-26-21.

"lee Cream restival and Dance, chm Hill school June going." 2|

of Wm. wness. r

u" ____—' oeuuiiifim‘ wwli. Bo closed 'mu aday. 6-26 29 2i.

lid a Jillveqisitl m" be

Mgagolfldina car of bulk wheat

l - Jun oat . “PW a- 'oiii.'>‘..‘3“e1'>‘iil:°t£?‘“ T "Breads-inane concert with

0414s Orchestr Btanl Brill . ‘W 18m. W2 work. 8y e-ae-ii.

"Dance. lorne Valley Hell June mu. Webster's Orchestra. '

v - “' land was held in the Prince of muggy"; 13's“ ‘l F'“"|°*l°"°“ Wales College yesterday afternoon. pi“ on’, my“: ‘l5 ' "m" 1°‘ ll°°d Among those present were the

m, W"! "l" b“ following, President 1.. w. Han-

°“°'- Km"! eorlwm- coc . sea-dread, w. n. Shaw. Lt.-

_ __ 545*" Col. D. A. Macltinnon. Premier

' - ~— ~~~ J. Waiter limes. Cleo. A. Callback,

F i? ‘afar a... “in”; i131 TY. HEY» e3

or Cuclriiore, Iran McKay. Thoa. D. Carruthers Gordon MacMillan,

fer, he said. would determine government to be in office and the policy to be followed.

ver Fox Breeder d Exhibitor m4. A s an s

y arry i sreh Earl Bolder-son,

"Vi" t iugfwgoznbz; oronto ‘fgiliva Ltd, Togas: 07th. E. l. Illfléilli, DI‘. A. W. .

allliifit U00. lllhflfi. ONION

Presid cu the chair d he ted ca. M ous eotivit

with particular reference Pellt snow a

later - -

r-re declined to make any state-

ment on the set-backs suffered by

party. The nomination of a Prime Mitig- 8

Some political circles also viewed

it as possible that a new election may be called for as early as tember.

Sep-

Finai results of the election:- Fiamia nu 87.

Fine Gael S2.

Labor i‘1.

Inde ndenis i3

Farmers 9.

Total 130..

Association.

The Annual Meeting of the Bil- ssocistion of Prince Edward Ia-

"ene Lowell w. Hancock oo-

m calling the meeting to or- his report for we in detail the vari- of the lotion,

to the held January B to B. the September 4. and the

He

"A W" to Win. a peace to make a world to make more acceptable to the common was the three-fold task foo- Ceriade and the declared addressing a large and enthusiastic audielnce t. by , PTO"

Queen's

On were party representa- tives nnd candidates. and mem-

that in the world of tomorrow every young man should

assured of the right t-o have a at fair pay, under decent liv- “PH; war conditions are not good enough for our five or six hundred thoua to corne back to. or for the 900.000 men and women

Necessary also. he said, will be enterprise which pro- vides employment, as well as to the people engaged in the distress- particularly farming a. square deal in the economy of the country; also the raising of the level of social security (which means first of all level n1 prosperity). and the full utiliza- tion of science and mechanization

to anybody anvboriy else. or that their children should be deprived of equal opportunityi"

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' ——Th I-ioi t‘ ure of our incapacity of dealing e we o

He viewed the present times as innst critical and the most challenging‘ The war has cost the Canadian Dennis na much 5.». the!" total expenditure in the

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DUBLIN. June 35 - (GP) - Prime Minister Eamon De Valera. whose Fianna Fail lost n workini majority in the dail in Eire‘s first wartime election, said. tonight that _ the nevfidzil would [be convengd a: the ear es prao ca momen ‘ midnight nominate a Prime Min post which Do Valera has held for il years.

“ will be ccmp-“led to demand scrap-

Annual Meeting Fox Breeders, Exhibitors

‘ i Lt. Col. D. A. MacKinnon Is Elected President Of

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Between F.D.R. A

Roosevelt In Grim Reminder To Goal Miners

would not recognize the Unite

for continued coal production, sai and the iii stake.

e. press conference that a could throttle the effor

came against the background o these other developments:

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, Pennsylvania coal fields that had

“fr” °' me exwulll/e end "ti!" some 145.000 of the State's 2oo.ooo ° Qmzftmn‘ miners idle. Pickets were attempt.- teep rig entirely away from ing, too, to shut. down other mines. pg§s¥ze§°gfiii§lyhgfié 3318?; ps5‘; 2. An apparent sharp controversy Ferns mung ‘his counmh within the administration over

Mine Workers.

' the question of extending

nominal control of the mines

poration. number down and officials they were considering whether further curtailment would he no cessurv.

Food Subsidy Plan Ends ln ii.S.

WASHINGTON, June 25 __ (AP) Representatives voted today to end the United States Government Food Subsidy program only a law hours utter t-wo

. lobci‘ leaders said the rollback must

be fully effective by July l5 or workers will insist on higher pay to meet increases in the cost of living. The House notion come while the Senate was debating a similiar curb, and shortly after President Roose- velt commented that Congress will have to shoulder thq responsibility if it takes the path toward inflat- ion.

The July i5 “deadline? for effec- tive rollbacks was sot. by both pres- ident Phil Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and Boris Shishkin. economist of the

|American Federation of Labor. Ap-

(pearing before a special congress- ional committee considering con- sumer problems. Murray said Labor

ping of the "Title steel" wage for- mula and the hoid-the-llne order against inflation unless an effective rollback is in effect in 20 days. Shishkln said that unless this is done "labor no longer will be able to accept the pressure which has been but upon it."

GREEK RELIEF TOTAL

MONTREAL, June 25 —(OP)_ National total oi the Greek War Relief fund drive has reached $427. 800, it was announced today. Tire objective is $500,000: Prince Edward Island. the first province to go over the top. has colleztori $6.800. against nn oblective of $3.000.

which over 400 foxes. made up of 200 standard silvers and 200 new- er types were displayed. lie men. tioned the improvement in quality of animals and the great increase of new types shown es compared with previous years.

"However." he states. "the back- bone oi’ our industry is the old standard silver fox and all means should be taken to see that it is in no wmiealec ‘ or allowed to be relega a secondary posi- tion in importance on our breeding program."

Pelt Show

The Pelt show was a splendid success too, 402 pelts being enter- ed. sac of them silvers. m white marked silvers. iii ‘platinum tvérs. 1a platinuma en e pearl p -

ume.

This wee 100 skins in excess of the previous show.

Prices were good particularly as nearly all were sold on the early auctions. M0 government tagged silvers averaged 843: iii pintinnma

wssrmvoroiv. June 2s --(CP) --President Roosevelt, saying he

a Mine Workers’ Oct. a1, deadline um’ “d " "m" M" “m1”!

today that many people seem to forget the United States is at war e of the country is at

The President's grim reminder at pro- longed stoppage of coal production

1. A spread of absenteeism in the

whether disciplinary action should be attempted against the United

3. A conference of Ickes with some 30 executives of major mines on bk to active management in anticipation that the government have to op-

crate them for a "considerable period." 4. Closing of five additional

blast furnaces in the Pittsburgh area by United States Steel Cor- This brought to 10 till; Si!

More than Mediterranean Thursda k port since it to the o d role in the last war.

o Central Europe in 1018, to the debacle of th mer that these armies chat D'Esperc , capltulation o

in many respects the situation t. Southeastern Europe. l Europe was under slog

Balkans, held ncurl

German sweep thrau ago has made the tas and new tactics, especial!

h Greece and

from the southeast. I

United Nations are assembling grea Eastern Mediterranean area.

Solid Sea Of Fire

Many (Ianadians Take

-Wuppertal, afte receiving second dose of-- iockbuswts night. looked like “a blast furnace when the coals have been rnkccl evenly over the floor" to one young Canadian airman. » A strong force from the R.C.A.l". Bomber Cnmmunrl took part in the Wuppertal assault. some of the airmen for the second time. and it was Sgt. Russ May of Orange- ville. Ont... a gunner, who gave that graphic description of the bombed industrial town.

Returning R.C.A.F. men told In- terrogation Officers that enemy searchlight beams and anti-air- craft fire were heavy. Not only over the target but also over Coiozne and Duesseldorf which they pass- cd en route. Many bombers caught in searclriigirt beams were forced to take violent evasive action.

So many planes participated in the rnid that there were several lunar-collisions. Silt. Edward Suarez

monnon. Juno 2s - to? chaff‘) q i2

The Allies have begun knocking at the

eGen-nnna anoexltwlei were prepared. under he for the offensive which began Sept. Bulgaria within a fortnight. Fl knocked out; Germany followed with}? nnntlielrmwogaod I “peck” m en was e ayl. y nsive bolt had been shot; Central c. But the Kaiser's armies had overrun most of the all of Rnmanla. and Serbia (later to become Y avia) and had Bu guria as an ally. encea. Turkey was in the Gennnn cam and afforded the Allies a foothold on the Today the Allies still have to win thei

Germanyh offe

By Glenn Babb, Associated Prose War Anal!!!

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t armies,

Wuppertal Is Left

Part In Action; Nazis

Moving Five Million From Ruhr.

backdoor of Hitler's fortress. 50 United States heavy bombers reared across t

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Sal nika was the ban for the u-mlee that opened by "16 b!“ if!" 1° winnin a victory that led directly and speedily ugr, 75 years ago this sum- French General Fran- und led to the ve weleks later Austria was

(ll- There were some important dif er- p. Greece had not been conquered

r lodgment in the. Balkans. The Islands of the Aegean two years far more difficult than in 191B. B the airplane and the method warfare. have made it en irely possible to repeat the

n any case this is one of the in favored in the speculatlo of the day and th

ut new weapons s of amphibious thrust at Germany VBSiIJII routes moat ore is no doubt that the air forces and fleets in the

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Caldwell Seeks Statement 0n Army Program

By JAMES McCOOK (Canadian Press Staff Writer) Ol-‘FAWA, June 25 - (C?) —

M. .1. Caldwell, C.C.F. leader, said in t. House of Commons today tlidt ..n.- government shouid make an immediate statement on how it proposes to meet. the possible ne- cessity for heavy reinforcements for Canadian troops overseas in tiic event oi invasion of Europe.

If tile House had no informa- tion on policy until such time as heavy casualt lists began to come in, the oppos tion would be in the position where it could do noth- ing other than support govern- ment policy because of the need

the mun overseas for rein- forcements.

“Should the war situation re- quire it. the government proposes to put me. my colleagues and oth- er Opposition members, including honorable members to my right (Progressive Conservatives) and to my loft (New Democracy) who are dissatisfied with the government lack of policy or wrong policies or no policy, as we regard it, in the position of having to vote confid- ence in it, or it will be said that we refused to vote reinforcements to the lanrd-pressed men over- sens." the C.C.i~‘. lender said.

"i say there has never been a more re rehensible proposal made in this ouse than that."

In continued debate on manpow- er policies under the War Appro- priation estimates of the Labor Department, Liguori Lacombe (Cdn. Laval-Two Mountains). speaking in French. said “politi- cians arc leading tile country to

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Fleets‘)?! united States heavy bombers ounded HONhWB-‘lwm Germany oday m. the heels of another R.A.F. town crusher at- tack last night u on the Ruhr the bombed shat cred industrial valley where 4,000,000 to 5.099.-

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000 ranna were roiwfied "M" uate to escape the mighty 51-. lied air offensive. i

The big United States bomlh, erg hamme nu undisclosed tar- gets in adverse weather against strong fighter opposition, and‘ lost l8 ships for a total of i3’! Al- lied bombers as the cost of more‘ than six days and nights o!_ ‘tremendous attacks. The R.A.F.~ and R.C.A.F. lost 135 and the

lAmeriolns 38-

oi’ Winnipeg. a Spanish-Canadian navirzator. said he thought he was "n. goncr" when his pilot “side- stenped" another lancaater. Suarez lost some oi’ his instruments.

F0. Al Langllie of Sydney. N.S.. Lancaster captain. said he saw a red rzlow in the sky '15 miles from ‘Nuppertal on tho way home.

Among the R.C.A.F. group report- ing a successful attack was Sirt.

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Saysaiiermans~ Get Lots 0f Information»

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. June 25 -- tCPi “Delft think the Gar- mons don't get lots of informa- tion about our side," said Boon. Ldr. Angus MacLean. D.F.C., of Lewes. P.E.I.. in an interview while visiting his sister here. a

“One of the first things they do when they have captured a man in to read him the roll coil of his squadron or any other such start- ling information they have on hand about things he is sure they cuuldnt know."

The idou. he surmised. is to make the prisoner feel they already know so much he might as well tell the rest.

Bqdn. Ldr. Macbesn is a mem- ber of the Caterpillar Club, for saving his life by parachute, end the "Order of the Winged Boot" --comprising airmen who have walked out of enemy-occupied ter-

ry.

He was awarded the D.i".O. for gallantry and ability as the cap- tain oi an aircraft engaged in an attack on the Ruhr lest June. The crew had to bail out over Holland. MacLean reached Gibraltar after three months of heir-breadth es-

capes. Germans captured the other crewmen. ._____...__._.._

AMBULANCE ASSN. DIRECTOR

OTTAWA. June m - (OP) --W. J. Bennett oi Montreal has been apgoirvted director of Ambulance an Comma -‘ y Commissioner of the 8t. John Ambulance Associat- icn of Canada. it was announced today following an association meet- ing yesterday.

Mr. Bennett, of the Bell ‘lb phone Co. succeeds LL-Coi. Gerald

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P.E_l. flrphanage Annual Meeting Held Last Night

Mr. W. A. Stewart, M.L.A., was rc-olectod chairman of the board of trustees of the P111. Protest- ant Orphanage at the annual meet- ing held last night in St. Paul's parish hall.

Other officers re-clected were Mrs. H. S. Henderson, vice-chair- man, and Mr. Ira M. Brown, sec- rotary-Treasurer.

Members of the trustee board rc-eiected for a. further term were Mr. L. T. Benton, Mrs. H. Horne and Mrs. A. Henry.

In the absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman, Mrs. H. S. l-lcn- do.\r presided.

Tno secretory. Mr. Brown read the various reports of the year's activities. These included. Adop- tion Committee. School Comm t- tee, Home Committee. Property Committee, Medical Report and Finance Committee.

Miss Ev; Boers, nurse in charge of the Orphanage. submitted a splendid re rt of the year's ac- tivities, wh oh was well re- ceived. This report showed the excellent attention given these boys and min under her care. Their hcalt . ha piness and educa-

tion are given he best of atten- tion.

It was the desire of the meeting expressed in a motion by Major T. E. MacNutt arid seconded oy Mr. P. Kennedy of Kensington that the outstanding services of the Ladies‘ Auxiliary under their president. Mrs. H. . Henderson, and the exceptional work of Miss Beers in the Home be placed on record in the minutes. A special vote of thanks was ten- dered Mra. Henderson for her suc- cessful handling of the three meetings of the day during the absence of the chairman. There were also expressions of thanks to the St. Paul's hall com- mittee and to those who had as- sisted tn the success of the day. The meeting closed with the benediction pronounced by Rev. Dr. i-iugn Miller. The medical report submitted by Dr. F. W. Tidmarsn indicated that fifteen children were examined

previous to admission during the

year. One child was operated upon _ Dr. Seaman for acute append- icitis. recovery being uneventful.

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Issue For First Time.

WASHINGTON, June 25 ——(AP) -—President. Roosevelt ran into rebellious Congress today that swiftly and decidedly overrode his veto of anti-strike legislation, pass- ing it into law against his wishes.

In a series of fast developments the President vetoed legislation out- lawing strikes in government-con- trolied plants. Within five minutes tihe Senate voted 56 to 25 to set aside the veto and. an hour later, the House of Representatives fol- lowed, 244 to 108, automatically in- corporating the bill in the statute books