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Three Nazi Warships Steaming Northward

Reported moving along Norwegian Coast;- May seek to cut supplies to Russia.

Feb. 21—(Saturday)—(CP)-Jl'hree big German wor- ,, the . (IO-ton battleship Tirpltz, the 10.000-ton pocket battle- Flnlhninl Hchccr and the l0,000-ton cruiser Admiral llllilwr were rim today steaming northward along the Norwegian coast, ap- nfly n! part of l, plan to out American-British supply routes

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Rimstoclrhnlm dispatch to the Daily Express reported the rnovo- ,. of thc strips toward Trondheim and said:-

mwl; job ls to keep British naval forces tied up in the North and mill convoys on the Murmansk route to Russia."

rm- lnrtllrships Schurnhorst and Gnelsenau and the cruiser ,, Eugen which recently escaped from Brest to ilellgoland ably will join them no soon as they have been repaired," the (d, sdllcd.

lifax seeks equate defence

, m, (e goveriunenl. rillif? that the r shuns forces ' en are a equate to dc- gm fill forms 0i atléwk- - also telcgzalhed nlcmbcrs of the B, I-sncr and W. 4 no them to tome a consultlrion be- hrlcf betfsrc next day's r rt s:ssion of the pl CJildllflffi.

trials gel; creasing flow war supplies

i. OW. Fob. 20—(AP)-—~Red voice of the Russian army, n today thnt on ever-in- n flow of wrlr materials ls received from Britain and United states. and predicted the gathering forces of the powers worlld crush the Nazi llllrllirle this year.

r nnvrspnpci- srlld “the help we receiving from our allies ls n; continuously," and added ‘no dorlbt. simultaneously the efforts of our allies will

ling out that "Germany he weaker ln manpower this r than she WM last. summer," Blur said Hitler's spring of- ,lf any. is doomed to failure.

‘bition Train Nears Maritimes

. Ibb. Ib-(OH- ‘r Arm exhibition train Hlter nswlck on ‘rues- ifuch i, slftcr touring centres Quebec. officials lludquarters orf Military Dis- llm angfiuntnigl‘ Izeret tonight. n ll s a S . Steph- ~ Woodstock on March S. and . l" on to Fredericton the lav. rt will arrive in Saint the afternoon no March t. .____

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_A|I Signs Point To Ma- jor Japanese Drive On Bataan Peninsula.

B J. F. Sanderson Canadian Press Staff Writes

WASHINGTON. Fleb. 30—(CP)- All signs paint, t/o the Japanese starring a major drive to throw the American-Filipino forces of Gm. Dvull/as MacArthur off the Bataan Peninsula of Luzon Island in the PlillftllpJléS, the only mill- tsry opposition facing the Javan- Sse in the big grcup of is‘ands.

Since Dec. 8. the d-:,v after trite attack on Pearl Honor. Grn. Mac- Arthur has fought a brilliant delay- lull action Wifllrlst the Jflflanesc in- vaders but haw long he can con- tinue the fight 18 s matter of con- lecture.

No assistance has gone to Mac- Arthur since the cnmrhign on the Phihlpolrrs started anti r0 longer does anyone in‘ authority here cling to the llluslon that assistance can reach him. How long he can continue his resistance probably will be measured by the weight, of men and metal the Japanese. brlnr against him. The fall of Singapore makes this task much easier for

them. ».

The disadvantage of having g9. most no sir force st this s -—it has been steadily eliminate by uncenslng attacks from superior

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Two ships really To “take food to British prisoners

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IONDON. Feb. I0 - (OP Cable)- Two ships sre ready to take food, clothing and medical supplies to British vljsr pasoners in the for east u soon as the Japanese pio- vlde facilities for them to sail, Held Marshal sir Phlll Clactwode, chairman of the exsout ve commit- tee of the Red Crows and the 8t. John war organization said wdsy.

The needs of men aptured st Hong Kong. tnclu the C0- nsdlsn troops, will be es-lt with first, but "whether the ship; sail ls entirely 1n the hands of the Japanese," he said.

First Torpedo Misses, Gives Crew Warning

AlN IIASI‘ COAST CANADIAN PORT, Ebb. M-(Olfi-Sevenleem survivors of an Allied tanker smashed under the waters of the western Atlantic byhenemy tor-

toid they fimu livefiwtisle ouillrltentionsl Gexrmarll U-boatedcordnmgndea ‘my happen ur s e ow ht or! a winter evening, the man recounted. A slight bump

made when o. to. o slid nlonf the side of the ta er without ex-

lod th l womb)! they evcremlindwcissttnizli. This gave them to sbaudon

ggiminuue in which p.

All 1 in three life- bosts W” drifted from their strip, they watched s second torpedo erofiiode in tile tanker, at». tng it less than s minute. “l! wc had been on her then none 2m us could have mode the bouts,“

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4o members of the crew were still missing.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1942

12 PAGES

Llnnll lubeerlption Delivered, limo §lhll| P. I. l. “.00; to other Provinces and U-I. Q30

Japs establish! Beachhead on

Java’s doorstep

Enemy Suffers Heavy Losses But T r o o p s

Still Swarm Ashore.

(By WITT HANCOCK) (Associated Press Staff Writer! BATAVIA, N. E. L,

-'1‘he Japanese.

sive. invaded the

shim. planes and fighting

and savage effort to cast him ou

of the beachheads thus gained s1-

most at the shores of Java.

The enemv likewise claimed two dings on the half Portuguese- Netherlands island of Tlmor g to the east and Just north of tralla. alleging that his one nur- to oust the Australian- Indlcs garrison which had been holding the Portuguese half agnirrllsg us second thrust the Netherlands auth-

ion

half lvln A115 pose was

t such incursions. But of critics had no information» A Wild Struggle

On Ball.

langorous demi - paradise

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Secret session Next Tuesday

OTTAWA. Feb. _2'.‘—(CiP)—'l‘he

ucuse of Ccmmous wt.l mret nex

Tuesday in the first sscget session since one First, Gre t, war wn-h

dga-in extending their immense South Pacific offen- flowering little islands of Bali today and allied war- men closed with the enemy in a supreme

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE 1. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Analyst)

There is fresh evidence from many quarters that Japan is concen- trating land, air and ses forces against the Java outpost and‘ for c quick kill before Anglo-American help for its Netherlands defends" can become effective.

About that b‘ of united h," encircled from west to east, on expending cordon is being woven. Prom tiny Bull island, Just a mile off the eastern tip of Java. to Sumatra, s gels: of miles off its western extremity, the patter ls practically cum-

Between them to the north foothold: on Borneo uid Celebes

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wlthin bomber range of Jan. They have also seized bases ‘or: islands of the Lower Celebes and Bands Sec Amhilwmgltl- Tflkyfl landings even on Netherlandb-Portugnese Timer opposite bombed Darwin. In Japanese hands that would gravely “nplilll even the short route from the Pacific via Torres Strait to the suuth coast of Java. , I U O I O

It still is difficult to see in these fast-paced developments s pro- logue for sn attempted invasion of Australia. The possibility of that cannot be dismissed; but Java is clearly indicated as the objective of s strangling cnclrclcment, then headlong multiple assaults by sea and air.

Nor does prolonged Australian silence as to damage actually wrought

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the Japanese have gained menacing $1

llIlLlAN uornuluriiircosrs” our s5 liter Fightiflgjin Smalglimlfchglsland‘

Prov. nears. llalf - way Mark in Loan

Prince Edward Island subscrib- ed $656,060 to the secoeiid Victory Loan in the first five da s of the

campaign. it was revealed

quarters last night. Cltl Charlottetown invested

zens $360

County 866.450: the remainder Prince County $18,400

wry Loan is $l.500.000- Of

subscribe , $265,000; King's

outside the

Prince County,

side, $200000 In the

outside

y figures released from the Provincial Head;

0 .500: Sumrnerslde $194,050; King's County 250; the remainder of Queen’: o

Prince Edward Island's objective in the 3600000000 Dominion Vic- this amount Charlottetown ls asked t0

00 ; Summerslde County $175,000; the remainder of Queen's County, city. $260000: and Summer-

mt Victory Loan this

s small. scented and lyinil across lust one mile of water from Java itself. the wild struggle “'11s 111:. mor..e_t.bso_t-bs.t_llttlv tropic bit

coming battle of Java.

c o s

vcnt American rcirlforcerne ‘

by Japanese bombs at Darwin lighten the picture, The toil of casualties lil ships. planes and personnel as well as harbor installations ln what still seems an effective enemy surprise attack could strongly affect the

c e s

_London now contributes its conclusion that intensified Nazi sub- rnurlnc operations in the Atlantic nre closely linked‘ with events In the lar Pacific. The pick of Nazi U-boat skippers are said to be in com- mand of the long-range undersea boats haunting American waters Ind preylng primarily on Anglo-olmerican oli supply lines,

That the German submarine campaign ls designed in part to pre- of mvnl and air power in the Pacific is hardly to be doubted. Until this Nazi campaign is brought under eon- trol. it also must limit the extent to which Britain can shift warships

‘ nr planes eltllcr to the Pacific or the Mediterranean.

London expresses the belief that the Atlantic submarine campaign was forced upon iiitler by Japanese ‘

two months ahead of the

the top" and it will be

tlon in Charlottetown. In first campaign "Summerside

this second tolning its enviable

Victory Loan

tinue for the remainder month and into March.

date scheduled by Berlin. If that is true, it might indicate that Tokyo

could‘ ulrcudy foresee before Singapore fell its inability to muster sui- power against the Indies without effective and quick

flclent striking Nazi help.

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Desperate

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Speaker Glen as the sole remit-Bl‘ present

An amendment to the

Drohiblts publlcatlozl of, or refer- ence in a public flddf€a5 to.

Reporters of the official Hah- sm-d W11 be excllldfll and no writ- ten record will be kept of the questions and ang/v.'ers_ on Can- ada's war eifcrl to winch the ses- sion 15 eygpicltd L0 be GPl/Oltii.

"It ls going to be excz-cd ngly difficult," Mr. King said, "for the

overnment to dlsckse mud! in" ormatlon with 165W“ t0 Q005- tlons which will rise in the m-udi of many members, vdihcut gvmg

information which it it were ever.

publicity disclosed, would ream, not “pin the government of Can- son, put against the war effort- of the combined nations.

"And I want to make tt per- fcctly clear that when the secret $55101; l; held the government will mvg to keep constantly in mind that great and very grave respon- liblllly."

Oorrrmunfmt-lorls had been rc- oelvcd from Britain "time and a- gain" expressing regret. the Can- ullan government had found it necessary to make statements on some hllSes of Canada's war ef- fort. ere was q danger that some members m ht unconscious vulgo nt information in

the course of casual conversation. m

“recession was being held rwt so tzhq government might disclose critical inlfonnatlon but. w meet. the wish of some members to get infonnstlon which would not oth- erwise be available, he said.

1n Brltill secret sessions such mothers as equipment and strategy were not discussed but members made suggestions and criticisms which they would hesitate to mflke on the floor of an open Rouse.

Conservative House Leader Him- son expressed some doubt on the value of s secret session because information obtained could not b0 “m: 11y thg member:

international At A Glance

Dy The Oensdlsn Press

LONDON-Jtockholm dispatch to up"; reports German battleship. rocket battleship. heavy cruiser nose tn North Ses. _

ItANGOON-Brltlsh hold hllln river front.

BATAVIA- Two m» Ilwlrhwll within sight of Java will.

LISBON-Portuguese csblnet tn extraordinary sesdon so Jail! i11- wsde Timer.

CANBERRA-Parliament In le- erst session as 19 dead. 24 hurt re- ported In two Darwin sir raids-

Louoolv-Aumll-slty reports w" pings of North Sea convoy running battle with Germlnl-

Mugcow ._ Increasingly heavy fighting shoves Russians forward.

any “port of the secret. nieetnig other than that. lssu:d by the bpzakcr.

Defence of Canada Regulation, lntrozuced by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and a-dcpt-rd in the Hliuse today,

China has Three possible Supply routes

Present Burma Road Be- coming impractical Under Jap Advance.

By Carl C. Canmer

Associated Pfbls Staff Writer

NEW YORK. Ebb. 20—(AP)— China has three possibilities 0f maintaining contact with the out- side world and drawing in United states lend-lease supplies now that the Burma Road is impracti- ca

‘One is a combination of the “Red route" running through northwest China into Siberia, a- long which s trickle of Russian supplies has reached China during r e last four years, or the Sovletls Siberian railway systems and the new Allied route from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian sea and beria. by which United states and British supplies now are reaching

Russ .

Details of how such shipments to China. would be routed after reaching the Soviet rail system through Iran or Iraq would de- pend somewhat on Russia's ovfh trans rlatlon needs. This route woul be between 5.000 acid 7,000 miles from Persian Gulf ports to China's military depot-l.

But also there ls the Assam Broad. some 400 miles north of the Burma. Road. which is being chls ellcd out of the cliffs of the Him alayas and flur across some of the greatest rhx’; of Mia t4) A5- snm in the northeastern corner of India where it taps the Indian railway) system to Chllcutta-‘Zllo miles y motor, and river stca/m- shtp or railway, Presumably this is the one Ohlang Int-Slick plans to use.

Road dwarfs the Burma Road in its miles 0i’ wild, remote, impassable mount-pins, the difficulty of its englneerln , and the toll of lives it slrea y has taker; in its building.

Doctors Arraigned On Murder Charges

MONTREAL. Feb. 20-40?)- ‘llwo Montreal doctors were ar- raigned on murder charm-ls tcdoy after s coroner's Jury had found them criminally responsible for the death lsst month of ill-year- old Gilberto Belalr. ‘ ‘

The accused were Dr. Alexandre Kasatclrenko. 57. and Dr. Georges DuPontI M. 'fhey were arraigned on the murder counts fsllowlnq an

in inquest st which Dr, Rcsario Fon-

tslne uld Dr. Jean Marie Roussei. medlco-iegol experts, testified that. the woman had died following on illegal ooeroti

OH.

Raging In

Battle Is

Burma

Counter-attack after counter-attack hurled at__I_r_1_\_1ader'_s columns.

tBy Daniel Deluce, Associated Press Staff Writer)

RANGOON, Burma. Feb. (AP) — British Elnrrre fought on desperatelv today in their positions on the western shores of the Bllin River, in an area some B0 miles northeast of Rangoon and only 50 miles short of the Rangoon-Mandalay railroad leg of the Bunna supply road to China.

Counter attack after counter at- tack was hurled at. the invaderfs columns; the loss of the Blllil probably would force a withdrawal i0 miles to the west for the next. naturally strong defensive area- that of the Slttang river.

The Royal Air Force and Am- erican volunteer pilots continued to hold air superiority on the Burma front. and were getting in telling blows against the invaders. The open nature of the country made it easy for the slrlnen to ob- tsiu good targets

Rangoon itself, where civilian evacuation continued, remained peopled by only about half of its normal 500,000.

A British headquarters late afternoon communique thus sum- med up the urgent situation:-

“I-‘lcrce fighting has continued during the past. 24 hours behind the Bilin river. Allied forces made repeated counter-attacks through- out yesterday.

“Successful (British) sir action yesterday had s considerably hear- tening effect on our troops." Jap- anese shock troops crossed the Bllln at some points trwo days o.

‘The enemy ls reported to using rubber bridges ( robably pontoon spans) for convey ng mo- tor transport, across the river," w Anny spokesman said. "These are not expected to be of much use in the swiftly flowing current."

The Royal Air Fbrce remained in heavy action. assault lg enemy positions, stores end transports ovsr the Bllln ores.

All accounts agreed that the in- vaders were highly trained regulars and that communication with sup- porting aircraft was excellent.

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(n; n. Canadian Press)

IIIIB. 91. loll-New British blockade order xtended examina- tion of neutral ships. British UIEHSQ atbacim ured small ‘nu- lsh posts st Blr-el-Hamna and Nehhl in the Bins! Peninsula.

20- troops

FEB. M, i917 -- Seven Nether- lands ships chrome to Holland ood Fsknouth on the

ts. workmerrs compensation board

ponies, organizations and civic

loan.

It was not announced how many of these orders had been included l!) cumulative botnis for the three-week campaign.

e

previously-announced

This was the fifth day of drive and the latest cumulative to- tnl for sale of bonds was listed this morning as $16,662,150.

Flgures for Folday sales will not be available until tomorrow but if rm day's business maintained the daily average up to Thursday night ma little over $40.000.000—the loan now has passed the $200,000,000- mark.

‘The subscription by the vrork-

T63R55»? 5.115;; "-11.2581"? Tanker, Freighter Damaged By Sub

PORT or- SPAIN. Trlrrldrld- PW- 20_-((7P)-A British tanker and a United States freighter were 01¢ ships damaged by or: Axis sub- marine attack in the Gulf of Paris 01f this port Wednesday night, it was disclosed today, b"! u" names of the ships were not re- vealed.

Some cargo was lost. but damage to the ships themselves was slight, it. was stated. It, was expected they would soon be rcpfllfed-

Meanwhile, senrch for the mar- auding craft, continued without success. British and United states forces were participating.

Australian llouse holds Secret session

CANBERRA. Fleb. 20—(CP)-- The Parliament of this gravely mcnaoed Dominion mot. today in secret, and heard from Prime Minister John Curtin a review of Australia's danger of’ invasion.

To guard the prcceedlngs of the joint session of the House of Ref)- resentatlves mid senate. M1 QW- ttn invoked the Nat-tonal Security Act and made it, an offence for any member to disclose what was