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U.S. Navy Secretary Knox Warns countrymen of probable re- sults of Nazi victory.

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3 Charlottetown Sub-lieutenants For ilaval School

OTTAWA, Jan. 17.-fCP)——Belec- licu 111' 1 1r.- class 0f probation- arr mli-llriilcnants for training at the new 1.111111 officers’ training es- tablisiuncnl at Halley Park. near VlCiOlZfl ll._C.. was announced at lhlval n-e headquarters tonight. The s of 100 includes 18 rat- llll< of 111v Royal Canadian Naval Ynlunwi r llcscrve who have been ftivlil: on 1l1e lower deck and have 111111 11~~11:11r11e11dcd. for commissions.

The no.1 training establishment under 111v command of acting Cnl(lr._(‘1. M. Grant will open Jan. 20.11111 the nrobntionnrv officers as- lo 11. will undergo intensive for n1 least three months dint: for duties afloat or

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Jan. 17~-(CPl-'I‘ho "in u-ris ouoteil b3.’ the today as announcing

1'..1l1r.11 lroupships Llguria. and the Lombardia. l1ave been torpedoed the Adriatic. k radio said its infor- obtained by Italian in fircek hands. lrgistcr lists an Italian of only 1'74 tons. and n0 ei named Lcmbardia.)

01111111111, 11111 Buried_i_n_ mine

TlhiHlVS. Ont, Jmi. 17—-(CP\— 01 minis 111-ad and two still lnniglit following a

.1 '11 111(- i-loilingcr Consoli- 1 V11» workings near hole "~l»l.\'- One man escaped. v 01 Fred Ludoucc-ur, 45. --~1.-.~=.-cr1 shortly after the Vlnrkcrs toiliehi Still 1.~-.1:-.: and lapping in the r- 111 1l1e cavcin. in an at- 111 in discover whether the ' lwo men caught in the slide 1w. are a1 1:0. Two men buricd “Pl? l» ‘red 1o be J. B. Minard lhﬂ ll. l/‘illli although mine auth- Iitien did not name them.

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n'_'U1:_i<1.11l111g Springhill Old Byd- "Ei. A1b11111 Nut Coal at Milton this "v1. o. o. Webster. L-276-1-i6-31.

"Tllllush Cliib loading hogs illlllllilili‘. January 20:11, Gerald nndralum. L-318-1-l8-li. 1.

mlivserve .iul,v lst for Dominion l Races at Alberwm L-Hﬁ-l-ii-lii.

l Remember sale of home bak- salztu“ llllksrs Hardware Company, rday. auspices C.W.l.1. L-30d-1-l7-2i. 1. p

Th Annual Meeting f the New p‘~enllltiill'_i‘lnﬂ 00.. will (be held on 1, bc;l_"-_Jeuunrv 21st 111. 1.30 P. M.

' ll-"ll. Secretary. L-29D-l-11-21.

;1,:;;H°‘"f"fl' lﬁlllllht New Glas ow ,,_,.'Rl‘l)~ll;}~l‘l' River vs. New Clas-

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“In, “"2110 meeting after- " 11-331. ‘llunilpn 1'6 ‘wmm .

J. . ,- as at Muiray River

._.,_"‘,';",lll ll. tirand view January

li111s and Fraser. Signs-d - Jl-nklns. . 9

'l'l\- 11111 N 1 . _- rs of 'I‘rinil._ Church I” lflllliu meals in in: Social

ll’ l . hi kg, ‘lylvleeiiflﬂsates lo Presbyterq

_ connection, he was asked how the

'. ireople behind the front.

Anti-aircraft Fire in London

LONDON, Jan. l8.— (Satur. lllyiiagill") — Gleormdnn raider: lwoo n on n on shortly 1"" llllinlilhl Ind soon the ex- plosion of failing bomb; and roar of the anti-aircraft bat- teries could be heard.

ab: attack ctanzc after earlier ra ers concen rs ed on n West English town.

This foray was mot by the heaviest lull-aircraft fire over fﬁliorted from the district. Houses were declared shaken, not by bombs, but bv the fury of the ground defences.

Night fightero- evith which if is hoped to solve the night bombing problem eventually — were reported in the air to chal- lenge enemy planes in one west En land district.

WASHINGTON, Jan. I'D-MP)‘ Frank Knox, United States Secre- tcry 01f the Navy, said today that Genmany would ultimately and in- evitably seize territory and bu“ in South America if she defeats Great Britain. and like War Secretary Henry Stimson he expressed feat

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Ra ders also were reported over a west midlands town and a town

that. a grave crisis would develop in the war in the next 60 or 90 days.

To prevent a. British defeat, both urged the House of Representatives Ftreign Affairs Ccmrnittm to 5p- pﬁovo‘ the Administration's bill au-

orizing President Roosevelt to lease, lend o1r transifer American- made fighting material to the na- tions battling the Axis.

Knox said in response to ques- UOHS that his fears of a crisis in 60 or 90 days was speculatizn, pure- . 1v. But-. he added. the "pressure", upon Great Britain is growing “greater and greater." When rup- reseirtative Bartel Jomkman (Rep.- Mlchl asked the exact nature of the crisis. Knox replied aimply;_ “A crisis in which the defeat 01 Great Britain is imminent."

It could come about he said. through the German submarine 0511111141191 or the effect of the con- tinued German bmbardment. He was, however, strong in his praise for the marine;- in which British morale has held up under the pounding of Nazi bcm-bcrs.

At another point, and in another

defeat of Germany could be biuught about and answered that it could come through the collapse of the

When German cities are bomb- ed as the British are being bombed, I don't bslllve the Gezmans will take it like the British al'c\ taking it,“ he said.

Iltieanwhile, President Ro.§evelt scoffed at asiertions that under the bill he might give the Unitcd States navy to Britain. Sarcastically, he told a press confrrence that nzzihlng in the bill wzuld prevent 111m from standing cn his head either. Ho has no desire. he said. to stand on his head or get rid oi the navy. The qu-cstlzn of attaching an amendment forbidding such disposition of naval vessels has

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Illegal radio

TORONTO. Jan. 1'1 -(CP) —The mystery of a powerful short ware radio station, strong enou h to carry 1,000 miles under favorsbe weather conditions which vbroadcast ant: British propaganda nightly, has been cleared up with the uncovering of a portable transmitter built into an automobile and the arrest of Al- lan B. Parsons. 26 year old unem- ployed radio mechanic. The disclos- ure of the finding of the station a. car parked in an east end garage and the ,arrest of Parsons Tuesday was made t/uony, uihile police continued n widespread

in the vicinity of South Wales, but the attacks were not of an inten- sivc character.

At Bristol firemen were stamp- ing out the last cf the embers left from fires caused_ by last night's shower of incendiary bombs from Nazi planes.

One-hundred fires, some of which were serious, were started in that west coast city, but the author- ities announced that at least 60 of them were extinguished within 1D minutes.

French claim Defeat of Thai Flotilla

SAIGON. French Indo-Clilna, Jan lzr-lAPi-Units cf the French Asi-' i: l6 Squadron warez-reported today

$11M"? Vlllllfllly ivlned out a three- ﬁgio Thai lsiamcse) flotilla while

_8 iunirles of Western Cambodia yielded a story of how nearly 600 lhvrdins cavnlrvmen from Thailand

ied in a machine-gun trap.

The French. however, acknow- ledsed they were withdrawing on land to what is known as "lilclittic Maalnot Linc"

Covers Prince Edwar

Men in uniform Arrive from Great Britain

Made Atlantic Cross- ing Unharried by Enemy Attack.

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT, Jan l7——lCP)_—After an Atlantic crossing unmarred by en- emv attack, men in the uniforms

the three services went west- ward by special train tonight to tuliil the roles set out for them by military heads.

Army, navy and air force were represented in the long line of men who filed down the gang-plank of a British liner. There were non- commisslcned officers and men of the British army, officers and men of both the Royal Nav and Royal Air Force, officers o the Canadian army, and American aviators returnin to North Am- erica after pilolng bombers A1 Britain.

Few would tell the purpose of their presence in this country. As a British army private put it: "We really don't know oursleves. All we dc know is that we got orders 1:0 et aboard ship, that we were g0- ng to Canada. Nobody said why."

A few of his comrades fought in Flanders.

Col. J. K. Lawson. formerly of Edmonton, Alta. will return to his post at Ottawa as director of mili- tary training after two months in Britain. l-le has been studying Bri- tish methods of training in order t0 make certain the Canadian system is similar.

Brig. V. I-lodscn, who went over- seas with the First Division came

Slllfllfllllk $lSﬂl1l10iLlbtlCk to take command of "A" Bri-

westerlkCalnbodia railhcud some 50 rgarle of the Fourth Division.

{nlles iinside the er. anks w re su ti Thai advance. e ppm “g (Dispatches, from Bangkok quoted the Thai radio as axinouncing offensive stretching over almost the ivhoe LOCO-mile frontier between the two countries. frcln Luangprg. lmliR on the north to Slsophon and Battambang on the south. Several Indc-Chlnn districts were said have been "liberated" bv the Thai vatlers. Thai and claims terri- tory in both northern and southern 1n: o-Chula l.

The naval engagement was dc-

scrlbed ns the first of importance ' smurf gglltfffllllttﬁllll fighting began on 1

.1

“The French said several of their

warships. probably" destroyers. came

Station seized *

unon three Thai craft while the er were firing at a French pat- rol plane in the Gulf of Siam. at. tacking them. sank two and severely damn-zed the third. The size or classification of the ships was nzt given. (Thailand's fleet includes lcur craters and l4 destroyers).

oil man. the representative of

the Texas Conlpany. tori or 111e,

death trapset on Jan. l0 by French foreign lcglonnnlres on s. road 11cm- med in by iunglc-and from which 0111.1‘ three Thai trooilers out of a

who-‘e column managed to get out_ 11 d Flying cross tonight and devotion to duty

hive.

The French placed machine guns along the road. hidden in foliage. and opened fire when the colulnnl was 500 yards zlisiant. l

The inexperienced troopers andrwdlllmg" 0mm

Indo-Chins frcnt- i

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Bishop G. A. Wells of Kamlcops,

the 1B.C., and Bishop C. L. Nclligan of

lthe diocese of Pembroke. 01111.,

lProtcstant and Roman Catholic

m1 ‘chaplains respectively of Canadian

uirmcd forces, were both aboard.

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Canadians Awarded D.F.C.

1.0110011. Jan. 11-(0? Cable) srrhrcc Canadian officers in the Royal Ail‘ Force were awarded the

in the execution of air cpeflllltllls _'1‘llcy are:— v Flying-Officer Mervyn Matt-hen

H} Pilot-Officer Everett L. 131141011X-

.SATURDAY, JANUARY 1s, 1941f

CHURCHILL REVEALS NEEDS 1v SURPRISE

Creeks Capture 1,000 Fascists; Peace Proposed?

. Read by Everybody d Island Like the Dew

Dr. Sirois of Report fame Called by death

QUEBEC, Jan, 17 (GP) —Death today claimed Dr. Joseph Sirois, n .____ 57-year-old Quebec City notary

ATHENS, Jan. lil-lsatur- whose name became a household day)—(AP)—The Greek high word in Canada because of his command announced early to- chairmanship of‘ the Royal Commis- dly that 1.000 soldiers of Italy’! sion on Dominion-Provincial rela- “Wolvcs of Tuscan " division tions,

Md been captured n Albanll- Dr. Sircis died in hospital after "m * 3°"- fllftkumli" an illness of several months. 111-St "m W" "int", ‘warshlll?’ two days after a Dominion-Provin- “Mryln? "m" """‘"°°m°m5 ciai coilfereilce abandoned its at-

from Italy had been turpedoed In the Adriatic Sea. Valona, one of the immediate

tclnpt in Ottawa lo discuss thc find- ings oi‘ his comlnissiom.

At the time of his death, Dr. Sir- ois was clnirman of the newly- formed Dominion unemployment in- surance commission. He received the appointment last Sept. 24 at an an- nual salary of $12,000 for 10 years.

Before his appointment in Nov.

ATHENS. Greece. Jan. 17.-1AP) --A Greek government spokesman dec‘ared tonight that "wcrships"—the Llguris and Lom- bardia~had been torpedoezl in con- nection with the movement of

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troops to Albania across the Adria- tic Sea.

(The London Daily Mail attribut- ed to the Athens radio a report that

tatlve naval handbook. “Janeksl Fighting Shins." lists neither shirxl Lloyd's Register lists an Italian‘

SOFIA, Jun. l7.-lAP) — A uually reliable informant said tonight that Germany is endea- voring to end the Italian-Greek war by negotiations in Athens.

One informant suggested the presence n! German troons Rumanla is part of a “diploma- tic argument" designed lo spur peace negotiations with Greece.

(In Berlin, auihorizetlscurcrs sai-i there was no change in German relations with Greer-c. and therefnre it would be dc- nied, they r-‘aimed. that Gor- mun dinlomstic activity had been intensified in Athens).

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“Liguriaﬂ a commercial vessel of only 174 tons).

The spokesmans 4 4 _ was made in connection with lllS statement that of prisoners tnkul many had belonged to Itavs Lum cli Toscana (Wolves of Tu division, and had been en -. from Brinclisi.

Itaian prisoners. the SDOKCSHIAY! added. said there were "manv dc- serters" in the embarkation. which. he said, was followed by torpedo at- tacks on the two vessels.

The Greeks said. a third cf Italy's forces in A bunia have been icilicd, wounded, captured or taken llolfel for frost-bite treatment. and dis-j ptaches from the front rcportcdl new gains in Greece's counter ln- ' vasion.

announcement

Dive Bombers BlastpecLB)’

R.A.F.

CAIRO. Egypt Jan. l'l-fAPi-A new and heavy British aer_'al attack which 1p}; flies and cicposi ns e- rupting lll the Arcs aridutme all Calania. Sicily-the nest frcm which Nazi dye bcmbers have b9?" liﬂlTylIig tfc British Mcditrrranean fleck-was aiinzilncid t:day by the Royal Air Force.

This ilSS“illi. one more in a con- tlnuing Series in which some 40 aircraft already hzrd been destroy- ed at Catalfa. left everrl nure Axis planes ablcizc -n thB ilwlllid- Others were ststtd to have 04-, ploded.

the vessels were troopships — thewion to heading the notary fi1'm of Liguria of 15.354 tons. and the Lom- ‘l Slrois, Sirois and Lcsagc. he hurdle of 20.066 tons. The authorl- 1 professor of constitutional and .111-

Lilly) rked iand miliua] assistance which might lowed a lcur cf tho cityfs

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' d‘ t irts. articularly 1h The base itself was heavily dam» i gluylglunsilgk 5mg

aged it W85 ﬂhlwl-mcgd- A hang“ lward Island, remalnrd bl cked with

13, 1937. as a member of the Dam- inion-Provinlcal commission. Dr. Sirois was not widely known outside the province of Quebec. In addi-

was ministrativc law at Laval Univ-ar- sity here. He itacl served on two provincial governulent commissions.

one concerned with the rights of women and the other with the ab-

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Premier Kilig Secs heads of ,4 Provinces

OTTAWA. Jail. 17 —(CP) — Premiers Abcrliart of Alberta, God- bcut of Qusbzic and P11411110 of Brit- ish Colurnhia. in thstorcler, today l allcd upon Prime Minister Mac- ; izic King. ~ I1- was assumed discussions con-

has gal-bend in our

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i I No Large Armies From Overseas

However British need far nloro weapons, ships, planes than can pay for.

GLASGCNV, Jun. 15—-lCPi— Prllnc hiullslcr Cilurcinll, ' Hsrly Hoping blliillg on the plat- iorm cc hm, dcclurcd loniglli.

_ . Says Churchill in anal.‘ ranisd ‘We r10 u 11 113:1 Jtlﬁf. azlirslnslsllng U. S.

wculd nccci "far more" WTlLDOXl-v.’ ships and azrplallrs from tllc Un- I I ited Scans than she can pay for. l Wit/ll LL11; CllcBl‘ to olfer for the ' months ahead, the Prime Minister said, nevcrlhcicls: "Whatever the suffering; we shall not fail mali- kind at this turning ll0lili, of its fortunes!‘ H: lntr ciuccd Presdent Rose- v11t's special envoy to the audencc. Crcsltlring to Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Churchill declared:- “Mr. Hcpirixls has come 1n order to p111 him clf in the closest rela- tions wlrh things llCR“. “Ha soon wll reluln to rcpu-g to his fam us clluf the mlprcsslolzs he islands. We don't require in i941 large armies fr: m (,\'Il'5t‘85. What we do require are weapon» ships and auplailcs.

“All that vvc can pay for we will pay for. but we utll require far tlnere than we shall be able lo pay or.

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WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-1APi-a ‘1111101: 1

Senator Burton Winch-i" (1

. . . x t1 s milli- and that Harry Hopkins “a; wilt i0 L0lltlflii as P1 sidcnl Noose» veils l't-lll'rselltall\'v 1:1 lll-lerlnlnq "what lmlncdlaic s s11 r11- tak- en short ol a uar 1 "

The MOiltillili lie‘

lease . made his zisscrtion ln 1 on a slicerh 11v Zvfr. C111 11114111. in (i slzoiw-a s11 in Hopkins‘ ilresenm. Prilne. l\'lil‘1l.\il’l' sulu Grcui Brllziul dm

,, _ _ ,_ , armies lronl ovt m AndHI uattthhvth deep cmotlon w“; need >\,.L.H,,(,X,_SA e slung p1 lnEksss by winch the Manet, t\'ll(‘1ltr

democracy of the great AIIIPFICHH “Public l5 PSY-"lblldllllg its laws aiitl Brllisili n01. oirv want ' formulating 11< (isctslons 111 orticr to shins at 1111s 111111» 1111 make sure that the 13' - 1 Ccm- “x1111. nllms 111 111.111 1'11,- monwealtll of Nalioxr- able to, ~ maintain, a5 it is lllllllttfllliiilg at; lhe present time, the fruit line of’ ' civiiizatirn and of pr gcss." 1‘ 110111 56W-

ulicicrslznuiillu ls

cerned measures of co-cperation

be agrcrwi upon to lncct financial 111:1 othcl" emergencies of the v/ar period.

A late announcement from the Prime lvlinstcfs office said Mr. King also saw Sir Grrald Canlpbcll. Brit- i-h High Commissioner to Canada who is soon to go. to Washington as Brit1=11 lvlinisler. and Prclnicr MaoMillan of Nora Scolia.

Mr. Aberhart and Mr. Pattullo inst Wednesday joined with Premier Hepburn of Ontario in refusing to consider implementation of the Dominion-Provincial Royal commis- sion report at the conference called for that purpose.

Mr. Godbout said his talk with the Prime Minister was devoted to a number of problems common to the Dominion and the province. He is leaving for home tomorrow after- noon.

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Jan. 1'1—<CP)—A ure of snow, Sltfl and rain sded on the Maritime Pro- s ltclay as a 001d Spell 9759K‘ after glupplng the eastsrdarca

lillcspitc the milder weatlnr, roads Prince Ed-

OTTA\VA,JQ1\_ 17___.1CP1 4aso— BERNE. Switzerland. Jun line rationing in Canada as 1-1 lur- 1 lAPl-—R(‘/l70l'l5 Yrfdﬁlll“! . ,,

ther means cf conserving exchange ls an extreme measure un- . , likclv to be taken for some time. 1f 1 nwcllntz iarivvvvll 11.. ‘CV81’, officials of the Foreign ‘ ' change Control Board said todav 1 end

no fear of early steps in this dlrec- ;

tioning 1111111 adopted would not an- ‘ piy to United States non-residents generally.

vincial Conference Wednesday, Flu- ‘ ance ltillllitffl‘ Ilslev mcniloilecl the .o fcur (lays, ralionina of gasoline 8s onc 0 1‘: (- ‘ steps the Dominion lnluht liarr 1o take in its war-time finance gram.

horses alike vivcre cut down in 15 minutes.

LONDON ——(CP) —Ricliard Bril- not, former French high ccullniss-

search for Parson's accomp- liccs in operating the station. Tho illegal station was said to have some 0n tlic air nightly, operanng from lonely places in Toronto sub- urbs, with the announcement: "This l5 till“ DCODlfV-S station» CPU" P011138 Gen. Charles dc Gaullrxflc has brcn said the call letters stood for the put in cl1a..ge of the colonhl sirtion Conununist Party of Canada. u at Free French headquarters,

RAJ‘: Bombers Batter At Nazi [Ygrth Sea Bases

_ B_ EDWIN STOUT Vhllv 1'11"" Denies Cabinet

llas resigned

in Londcn to offer

ish airmen iznve their attention to Nazi bases in occupied France to- dav following their 41st night raid 111ml. °°"“1“" ““”.l.‘."".i§.€.‘11.§l‘.l; ems aven n wea r

to bola: expedition

than bombers

' Explosions could be heard alonk the Kentish coast. but whether they were bombs or British illlhs ham- mering obieclives across the Chan- ncl was not determined. ‘

Pilots returning from the W1.- helmshnven fora . termed it "high- ly succe sful" t ough lighter than the pre us nights assault.

Despite the weather. the Air Min- istry said the attack was heavy and ham." and “manv fires soon sprang up and were methodically increased." The railroad station and oil storage tanks were in the bluinn are;

LONDON. Jan. i7.--(CP) -— The Vichy government tonight officially denied "German-inspired reports that the Vichy cabinet has m: - ed," the British Broadcasting - notation said tonight.

"Reports continua to emanate from Germany. however. that e cabinet is to be mconstructed." the 13.3.0. said. ‘The Vlchv correspon- dent of the German news annoy says that the question of the re- signation of the cabinet will prob- ablv be considered and adds lhlt Franco-German relations will nrob-

ioner in the Cameroons, has E-TlVCCl. will“, “We l“ _ MS syfvicts w uv-ciplents of the DFC. and in ad

.5‘1eilarton. N. 5.; 1 Pilot-Officer John Henry Green Pa“ Albcml’ Bf three Cann o e - The namescluded in a list of 42 i

tilt n there were 49 ﬂavﬂfilﬂ Ol m? i lll?i\llSll€dtF£l_Ylglg‘ ilii/lecrtlrfglkzlfége . c . ‘ '

p “h c l we" {in Lancsshire, mother lives

v.11 sanders. born Rllifllilld. but WIIOBE 11* Canada.

F0. Badoux was born in 181D M- mrllarton where his father Still lives. Last Dec. 4 the Air Ministry revealed that Badoux had bombed a submarine which was about t0 riitlfl‘ a German-controlled port. i A Canadian press dispatch at zthe time said:

l "Unable to submerge in time. ithe submarine fired with its con- ning tower gun and hit the Nova cctimrs plane three times. Ba- (‘iollx hit the u-boavs stern squar- with one bomb and another burst close to the hull. The sub- marines stern was lifted from the water; then the U-boat dish ar- ecl in a swirl of oil and bu bles. Badoux brought his plane back

W“ lelliwlwlild b?’ l‘ 5m“ °‘ “m” lsnzwrdrifts 111111 11.1111 scldified 111 the

Visible 5° mvles “w” and me M“ sub-zero wuuhcr prevallini

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Tie "kl was “allied m“ “Wang” Tsiltivralurcs ecncrallr wavered ‘ill?!’ sundﬂ- late Wednesday night and Thuus- wcund we n-mzfng p35“ Tm gm, ahdn in 11 liiiylmcmm‘ There w” n° Br“ 1.111,’ N. was the widest Film? m1 b c '1 a ‘ ’ “ 5 cses. .- .,,_ 5 ., ,7 2 ; 1 was growing us ‘on can elc 1'. has ;

It is from Catana that the i “'8‘1~a“1-131°:@d11§111°~». raga £26 in lvurncd tonight. _ ;._”_ Germans have been aitckitg _l‘ciol\‘ N.B._ and Sydmyg N. (Diplomatic rcporls 1n ‘ 1321-110. (L, _, British shipping and tic British , was no begow ffgezing 1n Swltzcrlan.._1nuicated Hide:- anu ,__1l . Navy- One of h: ' Iiezv. st thrust": 11n1ifax_ “m; m... above 1n saint Mussolini mluilt c0iiic_l' this weck- was a long an vi lent dive-bcmb- end.)

ing attack Thursday on the naval

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The Prime M nr-ler’, speech foi- f M1". Cilurcillll h.» 1:1 (lpfgnggi a declaration o1 crgallizllirxlis (luring which he _ll'-"- "Cl “Fllll. 11"‘ made an earlier lmprolnplu talk in‘ 111"?“ “l "mh" the cm" 51;; Milan‘, but 1.11»

Dun-mg m0 afternoon mm. ML luoralc of 1111- sn.1 11

' . Europe as ircll 11s Hopkins watched a parade cf Air ownnccnlon,

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.1.l.1l' . l, taken short o1 u war."

1ilxis’l5a?tncrs lTo Meet Soon

No Gasoline Rationing planned In near future

foreign Q 11111211‘ quarters llilllilili capnals l. ‘

-,s:1hnl is “quilc hkth"

They said the public nccd have, There was no indie ‘l

In anv case. 1t is said. any l‘fl-~ additional Nazi aid 11»

tourists or

Smakiilc m. the Dominion-Pru-

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John, N-B. base of Malta. where l0 cf the "' " ' Axs planes were shat down. ,

A communique by the RAF cali- I s ed it "a very heavy raid," and de- 1 clarrd that while there was no l‘ damage to “RA F‘. 'l!‘"-l>.i'l.y'." clvll- ; ian property "suffered consider- i ably." 1

ATHENS. Jan. l'l—fAPi-Greeks said tday a thrd of ltalvts forces in Albania had been klllrd, waund- rd, captured or taken home for frostbite treatment. and dspatches ircm the front reported new Q8138 in Greece's counter invasion.

Newspapers ewimnteri the total Italian losses at 70.000. The fight-

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