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It was reported that many garâ€" dens in the village were swamped by the incessant rains, that the wind and rain beat down many a field of grain, and that hay, gathâ€" ered high on hill fields, was swept into the valleys. In one place, a farm fence was washed away, and township roads were deluged, with many still under water. Potato digging has been suspendâ€" ed due to wet soil but it is expectâ€" ed today‘s sunshine will dry out the ground sufficiently to permit digging to be resumed tomorrow on most of the farms. There may have been a time when farming was a haphazard sort of business,; operated by ruleâ€" ofâ€"thumb, but that‘s certainly not the case in 1945. And it is certainâ€" l{ not the case when it comes to the Veterans‘ Land Act. This imâ€" portant part of the machinery of vehabilitation is functioning at the present time, and will continue to function, with the clear purpose of seeing that the men who elect to turn from war to agriculture are tl;eumen who can make a success 0 vere. The spring grains, he thought, would esc?lpt- fairly well over the Wellesley Township farms. 0 Flattened oats and barley with much of the faill wheat lodged in the Conestogo area and between St. Jacobs and ‘Waterloo is reportâ€" ed by Noah Stroh. He estimated the spring grains are so badly flatâ€" tened they will be an almost total Damage in the vicinity of Linâ€" wood was heavy, and financial loss will be considerable. Farm Settlement Plan For Veterans The most optimistic reports come from Wellesley Townshif where, Reeve Edwin Huehn said today, the lodging of grains is not so seâ€" 1in(§ will save the wheal harvest. liver J. Wright, deputy reeve of Woolwich Township, stated the areas in his township and much of the countryside lying between the township and Kitchener is sufferâ€" ing heavy damage to various _grnins. oats and barley particularâ€" i2a a L.C PADNC, pomvea out. whare thej==~ 0 ECC There was criticism voiced at the| war with Germany is over, the war ; way this aspect was handled after| with Japan is far from finished. Fa[m hbol’ Slmflage‘ the last war. This disappointment | There are two big reasons (includâ€" arose from the haste in establishâ€"|ing that stated above} why the serâ€" mss s ing a large number of veterans 0n | vice must continue, ‘The British| Following an interview given to the land within 18 months 0f the| Government has asked the Cana.|the press _by Hon. Humphrey end of the war. In this period, 19,â€" | dian Government, and they in turn| Mitchell at Toronto last week, conâ€" 000 men were placed on the land |have requested Canadian Red|ccrning the results of the moveâ€" It was also stated that some of the Cross for 1 50,000 bottles of blood|ment of harvest workers from the veterans of 1914â€"18 got land that| <erum annually until the war is| Prairie Provinces to Western Onâ€" was poorly suited to agriculture | won To pmjuc, that quantity|tario, the office of the Minister of And there was also the fact that ;« ;) vrequire 500,000 donations anâ€"| Labor here in Ottawa today issued men were placed on the land whofi nually in Canada and Ontario has|a@ stutcment giving further details were temgenmentnlly unsuited t0 agreed to produce hall of that toâ€"|on these transfers Prairie farm the life. You have to have an Apâ€"|tal, on a basis of 5.500 donations| workers, to the number of more :tude fg: farming, jgst( ubeyou | weekly. than 1,0‘226 recmi ited undé; b\:o&- ave to have an aptitude for being | The National Blood Donor Comâ€"|minionâ€"Provincial Farm t is a doctor, a lawyer or a bookkeepPer. mittee and the Canadian Hospital| £ram. have reached Ontario up to You have to have the knack, lnd[A&q,ciamm have alre held two| this time. Active recruiting of men the skill for it. meetings | givi m:i?muon to to come East has now been ended, Another advantage of the presâ€" | the question ':,1 the blood doner but when the movement is comâ€" ent land settlement scheme i8 the|service after the war. lete, the total will run to about fact that this time there is a trained| â€"â€"â€"_â€"_â€"â€"__________________ g.ooo settlement staff. This was not the|expended for livestock and equipâ€"| The men from Western Canada case after the last war. ment is $1.200 The veteran makesiwill ha a munine fsmine in nlsials Warden Simon Ditner stated toâ€" day that spring crops in the Baden urea have suffered severly. He foresaw considerable loss to farmâ€" ers but he thought oneâ€"way cutâ€" ting will save the wheat harvest. Raspberries and vegetables, parâ€" ticularly root crops, will benefit considerably from the heavy twoâ€" day downpour. The principal crops to suffer have been fall wheat and hay, which has been cut and not yet put in the barn. In those cases reportâ€" ed the damage to wheat was due to the rains beaunf it to the ground. There is water in some fields, but they are not helvilieflooded yet. "Crop damage will difficult to estimate for a period", said D. Graâ€" ham, assistant to ANrricullurul Reâ€" presentative E. L. McLoughry. It was refoned this week that «xtensive rainfalls throughout Onâ€" tario over the past weekâ€"end have caused unestimated but serious damage to crops in several sectors. Heavy Rains Cause Severe Damage To County Crops Reâ€"establishment of the veteran of this war is putting stress on the angle of vocational guidance. Look before you leap is the advice given by counsellors when the man disâ€" cusses the problem of farming with them. They tell him what he‘ll be up against, they find out whether he‘s mltlg going to like the life, and whether his â€"wife will like the life. The advantages and the disâ€" advantages of farm life are underâ€" lin«:h:nd the veteran is asked to see picture in its true perspecâ€" mnbue attention to the widespread terest that Canadian farming communities are devoting to the advancement of :gicultun in the Dominion and to Canadian w‘:{‘ of life. At the conference on adult education in Canada, mmtl{ngcld at Wlnm&o:, it was mhsze wa through re; on the progress of the mtlonr?adto forum that nearly 1000 rural study ups parâ€" ticipated in the mntEFl across Canada during the pastwinter. The total number of meeun?- held by these groups during the forum seaâ€" son was more than 10,300. Over 80 different kinds of action Erojecu under way were rororud y the study Rmf‘ at the close of the season. third of the study The government will help the|riod, the ve stock am‘io oqula:mc t:: 0&* ‘oDnt 52"’ - C The maximum mflhl can be (Con The remarkable growth of farm radio forum in Canada has called Marked Increase In Interest In Radio Farm Forums Noted Vol. 88, No. 29 =â€" THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE â€"= i will require 500,000 donations anâ€" |uually in Canada and Ontario has agreed to produce half of that toâ€" |tal, on a basis of 5,500 donations | weekly. | At present the Merchants Rubâ€" ber Factory is planning an addition for $66,000 to house a Banbury mixer. F. G, Meunier, factory manâ€" ager, stated today the addition will be ready for occupancy by Novem: Mr. Hopton stated a $47,000 coal storage and crusher plant is being vrected at the rear of the Dominâ€" ion Tire Factory. This building, he said, is not included in the major expansion plans to be announced toward the ‘end of the month. Mr. A. W. Hopton, vice-&mident and general manager of the Domâ€" inion Tire factory, disclosed this week that plans are underway for building operations which may inâ€" volve a $1,000,000 expenditure. Miâ€" nor alternations which are now in gmmss at two of the Dominion ubber Co. Ltd. plants are but a prelude to the new construction which will begin when ground is broken at a ceremony scheduled to take place in the near future, probâ€" ably late this month. Announcement of the size and purpose of the new building, which will probably come from the presiâ€" dent of the company, will be made at the time the ground is broken. It is expected a number of the rankingR officials of the United States Rubber Company will likeâ€" ly be present for the ceremony. _ Canadian Red Cross blood donor clinics will reâ€"open next month.‘ Mr. Russell T. Kelley, Chairman of Canadian Red Cross Blood Donor service in Ontario, emphuixh:fi the need for continued smpan ‘ the public, pointed out: "While the war with Germany is over, the war with Japan is far from finished. There are two big reasons (includâ€" ing that stated above} why the serâ€" vice must continue. The British Government has asked the Canaâ€" dian Government, and they in turn have requested Canadian â€" Red Cross for 150,000 bottles of blood serum annually until the war is won. . To prgipfg‘ that quantity Continued support of the Blood Donor Service and urgent necessiâ€" ty for donors to continue their faithful attendance at clinics is urged in view of the fact that Otâ€" tawa has announced that there are tc be about 35,000 Canadian troops in the Pacific. Blood serum must Ir made available to the wounded i: that theatre of war. Disclose Plans For New Building Project Red Cross Clinics Reâ€"open in August Mr. Snider thought the general feeling in Waterloo toward the new assessment system has imâ€" proved considerably but there is still a sufficient opinion, not yet sold on the project, to continue the delay. He intimated the new setâ€"up is being retarded by the Waterloo deâ€" lay, but he expressed the belief that the town will ultimately coâ€" operate. Mr. Snider said he realized the serious problem facing Waterloo. Fears that the adoption of the new county scale will mean a sharp rise in dais:”mnent on so‘me industrial and | ness perties appears to be the chief Jifliculty. is causing some concern according to J. P. Snider, County Assessor. Progress in the application of the new assessment scale over the county is satisfactory in most muâ€" nicipalities, with Waterloo the one exception. expended for livestock and equi,p-‘ m:-;:)t is $1,200. 11\7 vlr;tenn mkfsd‘ a downâ€" ent of cent the cost fi the land tns‘;uildinp‘ in instaliments which may be exâ€" tended up to 235 years The rate of interest on this is a\t‘r: cent The government absorbs balance of the cost which is q:rroxlmauly 24 per cent. In addition, if he has complied with the terms of the contract for 10 years the money which he obtained for equipment and livestock becomes an wtrlfi: grant. After 10 L or after veteran has pa all his instalâ€" ments, whichever is the longer peâ€" riod, the veteran is given the deed to the m»fl'v But government‘s interest in Waterloo Causes Delay in County AssessmentProgram _ _Projects underway in other proâ€" vinces lnc‘lude the uublhhmbe'i ':: coâ€"operative . enterprises, health _ inspection, . consolidated school units, and such like. In one farm forum rally in one county in Quebec, nine farm forum l:l'l;t:{l reported upon their season‘s work, eight of the group§~having defifite projects under way. One of the projects completed was a new moâ€" dern coâ€"operative creamery. The failure of Waterloo to come to some decision regarding the new assessment scale over the county pleted; h’rr cent are still under way, and 32 per cent of the aotz are &unmnbmdcflniu projects the future. of the outstanding action m)ocu muluns‘!:om Farm rudio m was the elopment of County veterinary services in Nova Scotia. roups reported that their particuâ€" government‘s interest in itinued on Page 8) To avoid possibility of crowding, streets between buildings will be 110 feet wide, so that trucks may back up to the platforms on both sides and at the same time allow two lancs of traffic to move beâ€" tween them. Ten acres of .parking space will be provided, an upper deck parking field to be connected with the Westâ€"end elevated highâ€" way. Storage and office space will be on the second and third floors of the wholesule store building, and there will be refrigerating and conâ€" ditioning facilities Of the 57 acres of this new marâ€" ket, 34 acres will be covered by buildings, the remaining acres by streets and parking lots. A huge auction and sales floor, 1,420 feet long, will be in.an enclosed buildâ€" ing, which wi} extend out overi the waterfront, and so huge will this space be that 40 float cars will be able to tic up simultaneously. Connected with the sales floor will be five threeâ€"storey buildings for wholesale stores, and three oneâ€" storey platforms for handling direct outgoing deliveries, Facilities for handling 172,0£ carloads of produce and fresh fru annually will be provided with allowance for as many as 1,132 cars on a feak day. In 1940, the last normal year, the présent market handled 142,916 carloads, with the heaviest business for a single day reaching 1,011 carloads. As the new market will be pilfer proof and equipped with all the latest marketing facilities as the result of practical experience, the anticipation that the cost of handâ€" ling fresh fruits and vegetables will be the lowest in the United States will appeal to all marketing authâ€" orities and architects everywhere, particularly in view of the inâ€" creased efficacy in handling food and the reduction in waste and spoilage. Western Workers Relieve Ontario Farm Labor Shortage ‘Following an interview given to the press by Hon. Humphrey Mitchell at Toronto last week, conâ€" cerning the results of the moveâ€" ment of harvest workers from the Prairie Provinces to Western On:â€" tario, the office of the Minister of Labor here in Ottawa today issued a stutcment giving further details on these transfers. Prairie farm workers, to the number of more than 1,600, recruited under the Doâ€" minionâ€"Provincial Farm Labor Proâ€" gram, have reached Ontario up to _ All who are engaged in marketâ€" ing of food products will no doubt watch with interest the latest enâ€" terprise in New York City. where the largest produce market in the world is to be established. The plans have been made public by the _ consulting _ engineers _ und funds have been carmarked for a vast undertaking that it is estiâ€" mated will cost $42,000,000. The market will cover an area of 57 acres, Jt will be New York‘s gost-wnr wholesale produce mar-‘ et. Plan To Build Huge Produce Market The men from Western Canada will be a major factor in casing farm labor shortages in southwestâ€" ern Ontario, according to the Doâ€" minion and l‘rovincin1 farm labor officials This is the largest numâ€" ber of farm workers yet recorded in a West to East movement in four years‘ operation of the policy of long distance transfers of farm This photo*uph of Gen. Johannes Blaskowitz in captivity at Appledoorn, Holland, was taken with some difficulty, for the German commander who surrendered to Lieut.â€"General Charles Foulkes, Comâ€" mander of the First Canadian Corps, is allergic to pholograghy. After encountering a number of photographers, he retired in a huff to his tent, but not before this shot of him taking exercise under guard had been obtained.â€"(Canadian Army Overseas Photo). Ietbor. In receéht weeks it had not been Commenting upon the moveâ€" possible to maintain overseas shi ment, the Labor Minister stated:| ments of meat Proper nourlj: "Ontario farmers have expressed |ment was a prerequisite of E\olllletl complete satisfaction with tge help {stability in g‘umr on which ecoâ€" received from Western Canada. inomic recovery depended, and the This is further assurance of the economic recovery of Europe was success of the Farm Labor Proâ€"|a prerequisite to the stability and gram and assurance that all crops progress of the world as a whole. will be harvested, with maximum : Britain had more food than the | (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) NAZl GENBRAL I8 CAMERA 3HY Warsanoo, Ortamo, Famary, Juuy 20, 1945 at the City Hall this week for a permit to erect and equip a new laundry and stair tower at a total estimated cost of $35,000. Chairâ€" man C. N. Weber, in a re?ort statâ€" ed "we intend to start building alâ€" most immediately, and hope to finâ€" ish it up before the bad weather sets in." Indirectly, the new _ laundry structure represents start of the enlarged hospital, scheduled as an immediate postwar project. The board decided to recommend its erection to Kitchener and Waterâ€" loo Council only after it was asâ€" sured that the buildin&could serve as the first unit of the new, enâ€" larged laundry which will be necâ€" essary when the new hospital goes through. _ _ _ 200% _ "This year, however, backward weather retarded growth, setting back :« eastern production three weeks and British Columbia about two weeks and greatly accentuatâ€" irg the short supply position. Besides the increased size and modernized equipment, the new addition will have a big advm%fi over the old laundry in that it have underâ€"cover connection with all the hospital buildings. . â€" ‘"Normally, commencing about the last week in June, importation of potatoes is unnecessary," said the Board. "Domestic potatoes are usually available in sufficient voâ€" lume to meet consumer requireâ€" ments By that time." _ _ _ Seek Permit For Hospital Addition The new stgir tower, to be erectâ€" ed up the side of the old building, three storeys high, is primarily for fire protection, as the outmoded fire escape is being removed. The towâ€" er will also be used as a regular stairway. "I can see no reason at all for people to get so excited about a temporary shortage of this characâ€" ter," Mr. Gordon said. "There are Elcnty of altegnative~‘foods and aving to reduce on potato conâ€" sumption will do most people no harm at all." If favorable weather conditions continue, there will be enough poâ€" tatoes shipped from Southwestern Ontario this week to supply the enâ€" tire Province. Appeal To Housewives To Conserve Meats With a view to conserving urâ€" gently needed meat supplies, Finâ€" ance Minister lisley appealed to Canadian women, as manager of HKouseholds to observe meatless Tuesday and Fridays. _ i°" consumers will be reasonable and buy only for their immediate requirements there will be enough potatocs for all," said Mr. Gordon, Board Chairman. The order has been enforced proâ€" hibiting restaurants from serving meat on these da{: and Mr. Iisley said that immediate further conâ€" servation measures were needed to meet the food needs of Europe. _ Providing consumers limit their purchase of e‘fotatoes to their imâ€" mediate needs, this week should see the end to the recent shom%e, the Prices Board announced. "We are past the period of shortage and Expect End of Potato Shortage This Week Meat rationing. which will be enforced in a few weeks will limit individual â€" consumption to 14 pounds a week. _ _ _ 0 Total msp;rroduction in Canaâ€" da has drop to levels out of line with present Canadian needs and those of people "who reasonably look to us for supplies." LONDON, Ontâ€"To meet the situation of increasing numbers of Improve System Of Notitying Kin Of Soldier Arrivals situation of increasin &numben of troops arriving from Overseas, Disâ€" trict Military Headquarters outâ€" lined improvements in the system of notifying nextâ€"ofâ€"kin of dates and times of.train arrivals in Lonâ€" don, particularly in respect to adâ€" The new system, which is now in effect, features the sending of letâ€" ters to nextâ€"ofâ€"kin as soon as coâ€" pies of the Nominal Ro!! of a troopâ€" ship are received in London. Nextâ€" don, particularl{i in respect to adâ€" vising nextâ€"ofâ€"kin as quickly as possible of delays or changes in arâ€" rival timesâ€"to try and avoid disâ€" appointments at railway stations. ’ A repl{ to the board‘s letter to Ottawa, nlormlnf of the decision to build a block of homes here, was read to the board. At first found difficult to iulem of fedâ€" ‘enl housing au as finally taken to mean that priority in maâ€" terials which may be available will be given in the case of building homes for returning veterans. On the housing unit project, Mayor Meinzinger replied to the chairman that he believed the city would ‘be prepared to contribute the 50â€"acre properl{ on Shoemaker Ave. for veterans‘ homes as Counâ€" cil had favored the move. The idea was viewed with general approval. ofâ€"kin of each of the oi)ersonnel listâ€" ed are (1) advised the pending arrival in Canada, and (2) asked to contact the person on duty at their local Armouries and leave with him a telephone number at which a message may be left for them, so they may be informed immediately when the expected time of arrival in London is telephoned to the Arâ€" mories from District Headquarters. District Headquarters exslained that on account of the con: â€" ly larger numbers of Overseas troops returning to Western Onâ€" tario, it would be an imposition to allow volunteer services to carry the full burden of notifying nextâ€" ofâ€"kin of train arrivals, and the more difficult task of advising them of changes and postponeâ€" ments in such arrivails That is why the system of notification has shig are received in ofâ€"kin of each of the It was stressed that the blocks of homes will be for veterans and their families. The board was told of sad instances of the emergency situation facing the wives and famâ€" ilies of returning men. _ been‘h r odmd edi'ned a::d e{iofi&é&‘ Ybifiu_t e weight o ty on Army offices in Vthm; chairman or secretary of the Housing Board. Board members expressed the :eliel that ln]nd for the é(l)w relnul‘ ousing project, fl:ssl y along Shoemaker Ave., will be contributâ€" ed by the city, and that building may be able to proceed without deâ€" lay, once the financial arrangeâ€" ments have been completed. _ _ Military authorities stated they wished to make it clear that the new system in no way affects plans or programs of welcome that volâ€" unteer services and other organiâ€" zations are sponsoring so splendidâ€" ly on behalf of returning war vetâ€" Letters or notification to nextâ€"ofâ€" kin will Idenu%a troop movemen from Overseas by the name of the troopship, where possible. If the Citizens who are interested in inâ€" vesting in the project were invited to get in touch with either the hame of the vessel is not known immediately, first identification of the movement will be by number (for example, Vessel No. 890). In an attempt to relieve_the seâ€" rious housing shomlfe facing the city, the Kitchener ousin&lBoard passed a motion whereby e sum of $40,000 would be raised by a limited divident company for the construction of lowâ€"rent dwelli:’lg. To this would be added the addiâ€" tional sum borrowed under the Naâ€" tional Housing Act, the total to be used to build 100 houses for rent to servicemen‘s families. that nextâ€"ofâ€"kin can be advised of the arrival times of soldiers in Lonâ€" don only, and not when they may reach their home towns. The reaâ€" son is that on detraining in Lonâ€" don, returning troops are required to report either to Wolseley Barâ€" nohortofllellmAnmdel(da tro;po wWhmdled) to receive their ration books, furiough forms (Continued on Page 8) Plan Extensive Housing Project ie e fea\bevoud duly 20 becsuse use of continued heavy movement of troops from overseas. this week places a ban on the hoidâ€" New Order Bans All Conventions Chungking.â€"Aided by mutinous Japanese puppets, Chinese forces, in a new invasion of Indoâ€"China have captured the important Indoâ€" Chinese seaport of Moncay on Tokyo‘s direct > shipping supply route to ; landâ€"isolated Southeast Asfa, the Chinese High Command disclosed today. In the interior, other troops of Gen. Chiang Kaiâ€"Shek‘s armies beat their way into the suburbs of the former American air base city of Kweilin and cut the enemy sarrison‘s main escape route to the north. a communique said. Efforts to fight the fires of the 36â€"yearâ€"old cruiser still raging beâ€" low deck were abandoned tonight for fear thatthe weight of water in her hold would turn the big steamâ€" er over. Truman Presides at > Potsdam Conferences Berlin. â€"â€"Presicdent Truman was chosen to preside during the first session of the "Big Three" which sot urderway at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Point Edward, Ont.â€"An estimatâ€" ed 200 people suffered injuries, 14 critical, after their escape from the SS. Hamonic this norning, when fire that broke out at the dock here turned the luxury cruiser into a blazing inferno and gutted 1,000 feet of sheds flled with expensive freight destined for the burned ship and freighters. The complete pasâ€" senger list of.377 fled the ship withâ€" out loss of life. Moncay Port Falls to Chinese The war against Japan unquesâ€" tinnably ranked high on the agenda of the three governmental heads. A ioint communiaue issned by Mr. Truman. Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill also said that during the mecting "the preâ€" liminary exchanage of views took place on the matters requiring deâ€" cision by the .heads of the three governments." Strict official secreey was mainâ€" tained around the meeting siteâ€"the Kaiser Wilhelm Palace bordered by ffowers. a lake and a miniature nark, all in striking contrast to the ruins of Berlin itself. \ Total 1,500,000 _ Washington.â€"Official figures reâ€" leased today show British and American forces have killed or taken prisoner some 1,500,000 Japâ€" anese to clear the way for what Admiral Nimitz calls the "preâ€"inâ€" vasion stage." An estimated 600,000 others have been cut off or byâ€"passed on Paciâ€" I fic islands. Still thousands of othâ€" ers have perished in China. 1 The biggest dent in Japanese manpower was made in the Philipâ€" pines where 419,000 of a force of 450,000 were reported to have been wiped out. WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 Fire Injures Many _ Cnam.â€" The United Statee and British fleets joined forces teday to launch the greatest carrier force attack _ ever assembled _ against Tokyo. There are some 1,500 vlanes in the attack which is still in progress. _ â€" to?ed'oe'c despite adverse weather ;I:e accurate, intense antiâ€"aircraft Fleet Admiral Nimitz, announcâ€" ing the attack said "no report of damage to targets is yet available." Yokosuka naval base, one of Japâ€" an‘s largest, is at the mouth of Toâ€" kyo Bay, onlg about 18 miles southâ€" east of the Capital City. The great blow followed by posâ€" sibly less than an hour a 2,500â€"ton incendiary bomb assault on four Jap cities by nelrl{ 500 American Forts. It was the latest in a rain of bombs and shells from sea and air that in four days has spread ruin along the entire length of the enemy‘s home islands TUESDAY, JULY 17 Launch Record Assault Japs Dead or Captured Chicago. â€"In a dispatch from Vincent de Pascal, Montevideo correspondent, the Chirufio Times today reported that Adolf Hitler IodaE reported that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun landed in Argentina and are on a Germanâ€"owned estate in Patagonia This _ information, â€" which the writer said was received from "reliable chanre!s" is that the two are living on one of a number of estates purchased to provide sancâ€" tuaries for the Nazi overiords "if and when their schemes for world conquest went awry." Hitler Reported in Argentina MRRC PAICC, A0CC CN@HL ICPCCE LNE evacuation of about 10,000 persons from the danger area. The known casualties in the blasts were set at 14 including 13 injured and one missing, but a naâ€" valoflh;bfruldhe&elieved '.hatni: one who was at the magazine the immediate area of the first blast would be likely to survive. Naval officials were unable to say how many were working in the magazine area at the time. Attack Remnants of Jap Navy Guam. â€"Continuing the U.S.â€" British fleet attack on the Tokyo area, American carrier aircraft disâ€" covered remnants of the Japanese Navy ridmty in _ Yokosuka naval base in Tokyo Bay and attacked heavily yesterday with bombs and _â€"_ THURSDAY, JULY is Magazine Explosion WORLD‘S WEEK Against Tokyo On Lake Ship Its News at a THE | SATURDAY, JULY 14 Blast Jap Mainland â€" Guam. â€"About noon today the mainland of Japan felt the first heavy surface ship bombardment of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The main weight of the gunfire was on the Island of Honshu, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced. Kamaishi is the principal target on Honshu, 275 miles northeast of Tokyo. . The bombardment of the big guns of the battleships, cruisers and destroyers evidently was a coâ€" ordinated part of the current air strike, as the ships are part of the 3rd Fleet, several of them having been named by Nimitz as particiâ€" pating in the Tokyo strike on Tuesday. Manila.â€"A spokesman at headâ€" quarters said today Austarian 7th Division troops are within nine miles of Sambodju, heart of a great East Borneo oil field, after a 4%â€" mile gain. . Latest reports,. upto three days old, placed the Australians at the Village of Bangsal, on the oil pipeâ€" line nine miles south of Sambodja. Besides this gain, the communiâ€" que said other Australian and Dutch units were thrusting inland from Balikpapan. Dispatches added that six miles north of Balikpapan a ring of Allied guns, tanks and men was threatening a pocket of Japanese holdâ€"outs. The first reaction to Premier van Acker‘s statement was one of perâ€" plexity. Observers pointed .out that obviously the king could not stay away from his throne indeâ€" finitely without some positive acâ€" tion, yet neither persons for nor against the king were willing toâ€" night to even guess the outcome. Aussies Near Heart of Apeldoorn, Holland.â€"It was ofâ€" ficially disclosed at 1st Canadian Army headquarters today that reâ€" patriation of Canadian soldiers from the continent to Canada by drafts of individuals generally is coming to an end. The balance of the army will be moved home alâ€" most entirely by units and subâ€" units remustered into territorial groups as closely as possible, The announcement was d,whde after M. van Acker had conferred with Government leaders just reâ€" turned from parleys with King Leopold at his villa near Salzburg, Austria. New System of Repatriation Leopold Refuses To Abdicate Brussels. â€" The "royal questing" in Belgium was leftwin a state of uncertainty today as ime Minisâ€" ter Achille van Acker said King Leopold has decided against\ abdiâ€" cating but nevertheless willnot return to Belgium. Units of the 1st Division will be the first to depart from HoHand and it is expected under present plans they will leave during August. Volunteers from this theatre for the Far East Force are practically all home and most of those with extremely long service who can be released from duty here also have returned to Canada. London. â€" Theamillegal frish Reâ€" publican Army has "sentenced" Prime Minister de Valera to death, the Daily Sketch Eire correspondâ€" ent reported today. (A Tokyo commentary broadâ€" cast Sunday said "the conference will be centred on Japan" but sought to discount it in advance.) In secret hideâ€"outs, LR.A. leaders have held "courts martial" and tried Mr. de Valera, Government ministers, police chiefs and xro- minent citizens, the correspondent said. "In each case, the same verâ€" dict was returnedâ€""summary exeâ€" cution". Order Execution of De Valera This report followed a Dublin announcement yesterday that 14 men whom the_Eire Government described as LRA. leaders were arrested after the Prime Minister invoked emozency powers to quell what he called plans for a terrorist campaign. The Pacific war is bound to figure prominently in the discusâ€" sions but Russia‘s attitude may not become known for some time after the conference concludes. _ Berlin.â€"Prime Minister Churchâ€" ill and President Truman arrived today to meet Premier Stalin in the Potsdam conference which may shorten the war against Japan and decide the fate ofiumpe for years to come. Tomorrow the three men will meet in the Berlin suburb of Potsdam in Kaiser Wilmelm‘s forâ€" mer palace. acted was first reading of a numâ€" ber of important bills, including the cheese and ho% subsidy and the sugar beet subsidy which will put some $3,508,000 into the pockets of Ontario farmers. MONDAY, JULY 16 Big Three Conference Ontario Legisiature Opens _ Torente.â€"Immediately following the Throne speech by Hon. Albert Matthews, lieutenantâ€"governor of FRIDAY, JULY 13 East Borneo Oil Field $1.00 per your