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WEDNESDAY, JUXE 26, 19401 THE OTTAWA JOURNAL' OmBritfeh Jrlanes German Dbwn in Rai id 5hot i Scotland Midnight 1 Bore Three Boches Downed by Ahfi-Aircraft Fire and Spectacular Air Engagements LONDON, June 26. CCP) Scotland bore the brunt of Ger-; many' raids today as Nazi' roamed from midnight to Jj dawn oyer the British Isles, kill-l' ing three person and injuring eght Two deaths occurred in I Scotland and six were hurt in I I the English Midlands where there also one fatality. Mother. Dauxhter Killed. A woman and her'daughter were killed in Southeast Scotland when a bomb wrecked a house.

The wo.nac' husband and their son 1 were injured 'seriously. At least five of the raiders were shot down, the Government an-. pounced, in the attacks which i covered a wide area of England, (1 Scotland and Wales. i V. Three of.

"the 'planes were bronchi down. in Scotland by terrific Are from anti-aircraft batteries or Iri spectacular en-B-aremenU with British fight-H 'planes. i Many of the raiders attempting to break through defence in East LADY! LADY! -1 in.1 1 1 1,1 1 We've Got Better Plans i for Your Fur Coat Even if your coat is four or five yean old it has hidden possibilities you might never tee. For such a small cost, it could be turned into an attractive, extremely I fashionable new-looking fur coat or And when your Heart the Pelt furrier (does it you know only the finest workmanship and the best skins into your will be deli'ihted, to', furnish an estimate without "charfe. -1 -7 Proper cleaning prolongs wear! F.

D. BURKHOLDER, Limited BANK STREET Fr CANADA HELPING 4, VERY year weil he plloUl bomber siauon so vho have Just tuvnM in t'na burst; some of ffiem incendiary, starting fires. Anti-aircraft searchlights pricked th air. The alertness! of the "para- shots" volunteers ready to Intercept any froops landing by parachute fvas evidenced In Scotland where they Joined police and air iild precaution wardens to hbnt the wild 'Scottish eountrf side for the wreckage of enemy raiders brought down la flames. Casualties werelslight in the air raid and no serioife damage to my military objective! wa reported.

The Air Ministry and the Ministry of Home Security issued the following joint statement: "During last njkht enemy aircraft carried out bombing attacks on several district! in Great Britain. Anti aircraft guns and searchlights were! in action and fighter aircraft vlent tip to i en- gage the enemy. "At least five were shot down. nemy bombers "Reports so fa received indi cate- that the damage caused to property by enemi bombs was not the casualties serious and that have been slight. "No serious damage was done to any military objective." House Will ot Sit On July 1 i Parliament will hot sit on Mon day, July 1, as Inany 'members have engagement! in their constituencies on Dordinion Day, Justice Minister Lapdinte said Tuesday.

Replying to a question by W. P. Mulock York North), the Minister said jjPrime Minister Mackenzie King wquld give, formal notice of the holiday. and encourage the manufacturers, i j- -J4 W'ti over 10,000,000 tourists visit Canada from the United States. They spend some $250,000,000 in the Domimop.

U. Canada trade has become one of the most important sources of the country's national income. Under stress of war, American tourist dollars are vital in providing needed exchange. Canada's Chartered Banks materially assist in promoting this valuable trade. Over 3,000 branch offices provide the tourist with familiar banking services throughout the Dominion- often ia the most remote areas.

At any of these branches travellers' cheques are cashed, drawings under letters of credit negotiated money exchanged, tourist information gladly furnished by managers and staff. C. By friendly, courteous treatment and efficient service, Canada's Chartered Banks add stranger ithin our war, ss in Med, all tbetr i Brunt to Dawn Attack ern. England' were chased out to sea again after crossing the coast at a great height. Incendiary Bomb Used.

In the Scottish attacks, incendiary bombs struck several buildings, including a school. Extensive raiding of the British Isles began last The civilian casualty figures follow: Killed Injured Jane 19 It 3 Jane Zt 60 Jane 22 .3 June 25 5 13 A Government statement said that "British casualties were slight" in today'sraids, that property damage was not serious nnd that "no serious damage was done to any military Scores of Dog Fights. Today's attack, beginning about midnight, ranged from southeastern England through the Midlands north to Scotland. British fighter 'planes swarmed up and there were scores of dog fights. Bombs don't do that! TTJF TOTTPTSTf to the warmth of welcome gates to return another year.

peace, Canada1 1 Chartered Banks maintain, uninter- itrvttet Jo depositors, farmers, it. porters jacuuaisng sot nmnoni bwwhi iiwwnj jutm.it tit 'act Witt jreeaom as toe omj sure oasts jor enattnng prvspewj. THE CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA' End of a Raid by the returned from an air (raid ovej- German-held territory watch as other iatiM i -j Petain Reveals Loss of Fleet June 25. (CP) Marshal Petain, Premier of subjugated France, told his people in a broadcast tonight that under the terms of the armistice "our airplanes and our. fleet are coming under the control of Germany and Petain, in the-broadcast heard here, said fh German advance had shown the Germans to be far better prepared and "overwhelmingly superior" in every department.

i He said that in the second battle of the Aisne-Somme, 60 French divisions, without fortifications, faced a "terrible" force of 150 German divisions; with motorized units. i This, would be about 900,000 men pitted against; 2,250,000. "The enemy crossed 'the Loire, and then the remainder of France was defenceless. Government decided to remain In France although there were considerations of- a withdrawal overseas1 and "continuing the war from ihere. Then the Government asked for an armistice With honorable and reasonable conditions.

Now the armistice is concluded. Hostilities have ceased." The Government was facing "a great work of and "a new order will be built up now in Clifford Coffer Elected District Lions Governor MONTREAL, June 25. (CP). Delegates representing i international clubs in Ontario and Quebec pledged the, resources of their organizations to the Federal Government in con-nection with. the anticipated evacuation to Canada of British refugee children.x.

In a resolution passed at the annual meeting here of the' Ontario-Quebec division, the delegates promised to do. all in their power'to help the Dominion Government find homes for refugee children from England. In another resolution, the delegates asserted their willingness to render "all moral and physical help to the During today's session' three district governors elected by acclamation. They ire Charles H. Bennett, ParU, Ont, district Al; Clifford W.

Cotter, Ottawa, district A2; Ben Bennett, Oakville, Ont, district A3. Bill Wylie, of Schumacher, OnU and Sam Rothschild, of Sudbury, Ont, have been nominated for the governorship of the Northern Ontario district A4. The resolution on refugees read, In part: "We should see to it. that these children are placed in homes and, in general, not miss the opportunity of showing the kiddies how to become good Canadians." Collegiate Students To Study Radio LONDON, June 25 (CP) The London Association for War Research announced today that selected Collegiate students adept in radio work will be offered an intensive two-month course in vacuum tube, radio circuit and ultra-high frequency study at the University of Western Ontario, beginning July 1. The organizaUon is already undertaking research in aero-embolism in conjunction with the National Research Council and the Banting Institute, and has agreed to finance the radio course to supply technicians for the Royal Navy, the Canadian Army or the Royal Canadian Air Gallant Royal Air LIONS GOVERNOR CLIFFORD W.

COTTER, Ot tawa, elected governor of District A at the annual meeting of Lions International club of Ontario andJ Uueoee, neid in Montreal. Needs Emphasis Says Beaubien Urging the "bringing about of a much more general and if pos sible universal appreciation of the peril of Senator C. P. Beaubien (Con. Montreal) pre sented the first report.

of the special committee on war co operation to the Senate Tuesday. The report proposed that it should boj brought horn to the people of- Canada throligh the press, the 'radio, newsreet theatre and platrorm, "the indescribable catastrophe defeat would bring, to each and all of the people of our country and of the immediate im perative need that eveH citiicn. young and old, become nimatcd and possessed by a sense of duty that we and sacrifice, to the end may Insure the preservation of our institutions and our nation' report continued, "It was 11 mem recognized on the part of bers of the committee1, that such conviction is now majority of by the but that 'there are some of our population in all the provinces still less indifferent; others more or rnall in numbers) more or less dangerous and Very many without any adequate apprehension of jtjie stark realities of this The committee, it was repprted, had irrpressed upon Herbert Lash and Claude Melancon, and assistant director. lively, of the Bureau of. Informs tion that what wasj required in way of news service was Chiefly "the presentation of such facts and the driving home of such simple understandable arguments as would make everyone realize the seriousness of the present danger to our country and all its The same views were pressed upon Gladstone Murray, Genej-al Manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and John Grierson, Canadian Government Film CUT CHINA'S SUPPLIES, LONDON, June 25.

A Tokjyo despatch to Reuters News AgeiWy said Japanese military, headquarters in South China announced tonight that operation had, been started to "cut off China' 'route of supply through French IVido-China by mm Do.t fomt year "Httlo liiltMM-XknucliraMlu. Miliiaaa mn br it. It blM tmmw thm ul eaM buiiaM, boekaehaa. rbaa iatia palaa. aavr atoaaack.

Kaay to taka la asoniin eoflaa. taanrgliUaof watar. Kruaeaaa iaBHnah kifhaat qualllT iaaJvaaaiTa- 34e, 46c ud 7i mm Force Wldt World Photo." prepare to land at 'pi i French Government Moving Again SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain, June 2fl. (Wednesday.) (JFy Reports rece ved at.

the Spanish border to-nigh said the French Government was planning to move to Cler-mon -Ferrand. 170 mile north' of the Mediterranean in south central France. Tl Spanish embassy in; France ann unced it wa transferring, to a lorality near -there. ficial circles said German offic alt would arrive at Hendaye on I he Spanish border Thursday to et tablish contact with the Span- Maior G. F.

Armstrong In Charge of Armory V.D. jor G. F. Armstrone. M.C, has been named officer! in charge of the Drill Hall at Gartier Square, according to district orders issued by Military District No.

3. Major Armstrong succeeds Lieut Col. Wurtelle.lM.C,: V.D., A.D.C., and the order takes effect on i. 'i Ml July A TTr 5i Hum i'i ml I it "I teas just saying 'out of sight "li 1. 1 A O.

Isles 1, In and made us forget our loneliness fulness of a Long Distance call moments to many-r particularly in these anxious days. It costs so little, and comfort. The service 1 particularly after 7 p.m. ''rates' are lower, 1 Reports Japanese 'Monroe Doctrine' i.t I -j Vi .1 26. (Wcdnes The newspaper Asalil reported today that Japan shortly would; issue a pro- nouncjement amounting to; kn wrieniai Monroe aocirine ma, Bloiitv, iiiiciici ence oi any luna in an xerruones fn East AsiaJ i -i The newspaper kaid Japan was prepared to establish a ndl guarantee autonomy in East The proposed said, would apply to Italy.

Germany and Great Britain, a well as-" neutrals in the war. I ji The new policy' would oppose the transfer, of' territories be alteration Of the status quo in East Asia, either through cession or actual force. German Frontier1 Gudrded. By Red Army June 25. (JPHr The Soviet iRed army has taken over fronj Lithuanian forces the guaroinK ine (runner wim ucn many, the Kaunas; corresponden of the Stockholm Tidningeri 1 re.

ported 'i Timely Special Value THURSDAY! rik: Fold'Up -ntoriesj r.W noW GUEST BED with Innersorintr Matures Has itiirdv itl tram and ale tvD fa hi aDflnc. Told UD tasilVi and reauires Ibut IS-x 30" apace when, not In use. Sire opened about 30 Tl incnes. liom loruble tnn-r C.D.S 1 SPECIAL VALUE, pi ins 11-95 Each Third floor. ery Blast Wrecks Store -Mi' till-; i BEARDM0RE, On KP)iA my4erious blast wrecked the" front ofjHarjli and Sonss genl store at mil ast of Port A.rthur.iriined Myst stock and T(KtA the e'nUre town Me'arly It i.i believed a dyna-an incite, charge ki placed in; front CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES vy.

J. CARSON 4 wallpApers I1! 291 Unricr ve. W. 2-1713 brings so much pleasure is increasingly popular or all day Sunday When -ly-'' I' The bring happy ,11 ii- qt the store 1 Bill Harji), his Suit. and Merviri liru.vka.

iempiovei were sleeping) in the rear pf thi store when the blast! threw1 thergl violently fronJ bed. The jtriti erej rtotHurt Bcardmore Imerchantsj are, Wganizing a night; patrol i tal guarif the I ii Firfc followed yfiti' onti brought under jcontrolj i ProVujcial Constable H.i 5. Johns 14 Investigating. Harju declared he. has jno nemies of whomi 9.

know -4 JOINS, K.CJI JF, A red T- Hastey, a member of the Wty clerk's, department, iias ted in the Royal Canadian Air enli Forte, it was reported at Board of Control oh Tuesday He Hafaj: takin up his' new dutirk. hro f.D.S. OPTICAL DEPARTMENT, offers the flnet la Ileal Serv res! I Third rEClALj STOP A SHOP SAUSAGE lbs. Trltrn'1 pht 1880 HANilLTON District Manager- t' 1 al Si l-J 1 i.VU ii i 1 -j.

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