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Observers Gredit Signs 0f Gffensive

May be Aimed Against Britain and Empire Simultaneously.

By CHARLES S. FOLTZ Associated Press Staff Writer 353MB, Switzerlairg, 6. -

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M?) m both Bri sin and me Eqipire, dismissed at first as a gmcitescreen, were regarded by man

gins}; and neutral military observ- ers alike iiere today as Probably wr-

msbme British sources in Switzer- land have begun’ to credit what they first took as axis-inspired reports forces on the North glish Channel are only Wiflliilg tiie word “go." 4

Sliliiiii! reports from the Mediter-

ranetin indicate the Italians also are set to attempt to resume their stall- ed land drive across Egypt toward Alexandria and the Suez Canal and down the valley of the Nile from Ethiopia. Spain, which the axis has iclilffd as sticking to her non-be iigereiit,’ iole, is believed in these quarters to‘ be ready to trv to seize Gibraltar with illifd and seaoaildmfécggn Italy and land a from 8 .

(Dispatches from Algeciras. BBB-in. said 2.000 British troops landed Sat- urday to strengthen the garrison cf mo ‘Rockf’ sentinel of the western

editerrauean.

Milli London, official sources indi- cated belief Hitler would not at- tempt an invasion without conti'ol of the air. an objective which an ever-uroiviiuz RDYBI Air Force daily ftnticrs more remote.

llll any case it. was stated that “n: ie rcauy for tiicin," but that Switzerland has frequently been ti

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 194d

Everybody

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

RGlllET SETTLESgOVER

NDING DRIVE

JEW SAVES NAZI

Second Licut. iVLE. Jacobs, Jew- ish \\'(‘i'll‘0i’ 0f a British uniform, tloesivt expect any thanks from l-lerr Hitler for rescuing the pilot of a Mcsscrclimift 106 WiliCll plunged into the sen from a tiff with R. A. F. fighter aircraft. Jacobs hnti donned n corpornls grizitcoat after he plunged into the sou niid swiim 300 ynrds to gct the Gcruinii. A fishing bout picked them up.

Fourth Group 0f Destroyers

imv point for the “Nazi sounding boardfi)

l-lcre tiresome of the M99145 irliicii mzinv observers have added. llii lo moan an axis offensive-per- iiiips in ilic coming weeki

11cm ‘Italy, accounts of tlflvellflfi; that German army engineers and; specialists, even ‘some Nazi troops.- have been moving through the Brenner Pass toward Italian liibljilli

From suniinr channels in Ital , iii-it .500 liililllll warplanes and .i,0..0 Italian ilitTS, navigators and ulr-, gunners now are in NflZl-Oficllyillfil‘

Franci- and the low countries lililf-y‘ to bolster an attempt 1° mlilllel Britain.

Tlic axis powers are believed hcic to ‘nnic based plans for ainuttiicl.‘ on llriiiiiii on all fronts iitllcic UlL Uliliiti Slates election Nov. 5. i

British 1.1.1. Boxes From ii. S. Liner

NEW YORK. Oat. 6—(CPi- 5 Cap; S. N. Groves of the Ameri- . can export liner Excalibur" said when the vessel docked here Sat- urday that British censors at Ber- - tnuda forced him no open the ml‘ td strong room of the liner.

He said they seized three boxes i oi paintings and a box o! books Ionsigned from France to I much-owned art gallery here.

The captain said he made l formal protest, telling the censor: that the strong room contained 53.000000 in gold bullion. Without disturbing the gold, they wcnt directly to the boxes and took them ashore. What they found was not disclosed, but it was reported lboiii-d ship that British authori-

ties had been tipped they might-

find some information of value in them.

Coming Events

POE hi0 m Notices in thin ooluml 8 cents per word- . "filkies-Moreil Tuerda . Irtltif-IO-b-Zi.

"Pllkicl-Bt. Peters Wcdiiesdazy- L-eoi-io-s- i.

"Reserve Iliureda N v mbei- lllt. "minty Tea. "ilpiaogiii-v-n. "Ohicken 5 p r, Btanchel lotiooi ‘niesday, apt/fiber 8th. L-102-10-7-1l-

mragmsct to: Ilinnuiil Chixckarli d8“!!- . L] Q IWS‘ 111v. oewiier will?!” H L-‘va-io-a-ai.

“slliiptr and dance in Vernon Hill. Wednesday, October 9th. If not fine following night. Proceeds for Red cross. L-l32-l0-5-3i.

B“Central Y.P.U. convention. aedfilue United church. Oct. tltii. essioiis at 2 o'clock and 7:30 pin.

1.450.

“Mu”? T1191‘! will be a tin-ei- o,“ s” the Conservative Electors Meohnstoivs River Poll at my n‘ a "f1 Tuesday evening, oct. nth. °°1°°k to appoint delegates

Arrives Here

AN Ic-YAST COAST‘ CANADIAN

PORT, Oct. G-~\CPl_- fourth group of "ovcr-iigc" destroyers traded by ti?» Uniicd Sintos for ‘bases on B . ii cult-red har- bor Siilur< . .\ inulitiucousiy with thr- . ii hu lrczls of British <"if.t...~. ii..l who will mun i-htm.

livith the ar"":il of ships and mcn nppure l.lll’.‘(l perfectly, the elciitici" r rovers kiiifcd into harbor ju-t ill‘ r tho Royal Navy

sciinini i‘llll iilili lii. r, . when iiic 1.. nrrlvcd Sept. ti.

Tho slip~ ucrc cxircricd to be taken ci r by ilio Iiiiiish Nnvv in a few t‘.

linti lrccn tione . h of dntrcyers

The ci< niii join similar craft llliif ll lire in service with ilic Roy N. _ on ilic other side of the Atlantic. 111 were inttn ovci" ll(‘l'." int m. and sailed fiflvlill)’ for Britain. whore

their refitting is 136.3}! completed bcfcre they cu an iiciivc service.

Auoihci" flttiilin of so; of the U.S vcs-t-i. have brcii tnkcn over by the Royal Cnundzan Navy. Their acquisition gave Canada a total of 13 (lcstroycrs.

Among tho officers who came to

‘man ilic new nrrivnls was LL-Cmdr.

Earl llenffy, srin of titic man who commanded tho Grand Fleet from lfllti i0 i919. It. was believed he was t0 pi- placed in charge of one of the vessels.

Heavy Blows Are Struck At Italian Gateways

I Qco a._(AP)-The Royal ASArIpQ-(ge Middle East Command announced Saturday 1118119 llmlll‘ tniicous heavy bomb blows on Itnly"s three main SAW-WEN‘! 9° h?" Egvpiian arenn-Jirngliasi, Tobrul: and Bftfdlfi.

Thcse western Libyan iwrta. 1n- io which Italy has been sendin! mo“ rind supplies for the BXWCifl-d push toward the Nile and Sueil. Ill suffered heavy dflmfli-lc m shlPplni uu:i wniunkiilsrs. wjdosprdnd fiilds nlso were car- riui out against liiiliiiii East Africa.

sot, on a big merchant

. - ~ ii» \\'t'l'\" scored.

alliilfiiiiiiliiilljliinrliit" IWIIRH fe‘l on n‘ mimbPf‘ of minli ships, and at n; ia military‘ sieves and con- ,., time ivczc rafdtd and direct

t" “"9110 the annual m otf g m 2.2:“ in Charlottetown‘, Ocnt. ll. “ma. Resident. 1.451.,

111,5 made by lllCi-‘lldldly bombs on ibarraclu.

British Military Men Co-nfident Of Winter Events

slifilll.(ill§llt‘l"ctxiiii a (lt‘ill(“‘lt'fl pier at, Bi-iutluisi. the HA1"- Film Several tiircvt hits on small

K rizpp

British Master Sweeping Air

LONDON, Oct. 6.-R.oyal Afr Force bombers. Wnamiz a methodical cam- palgn of destruction in Germany, last night and early toda lighten iie_w chains of fires in widespread T8105. chieflv on the Krupp muni- tions works at Essen.

Two tons of high ewZ-csnties were dmllhetion the famous plant, the Air Ministry said, whve other heavy calibre bombs dumped on docks at Flushing, the Netherlands, Saturday night started a train of explcwns which lasted l0 minutes and tires which were visible far away at sea.

Other fires set at Amsterdam could be seen 20 miles off.

‘Ihat these recurring blows fit into an R.A.F. “master plan" for a sweep- inR air offensive from the Baltic to Germany's swiss frontier and east- ward past Berlin was disclosed in -nn Air Ministry statement reporting attacks thus far on more than 300 Nazi military targets.

Obliteration of Germany‘ industry was indicated as the Brit h yoal in a statement b the Under Secretary for War. wh ch spoke of a. Brit- ish counter-offensive on the Euro- pean continent. “after the R.A.F.has wiped out Germany's air force and razed all her factories tothc ground."

Named in today's bulletin as tar- gets, besides the Krupp works, were an oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, freight yards at I-lamm, Osiiabruck, find Cologne; shipping at Rotter- dam. shipping and warehouses at Brest and barge and motor trans- port concentrations at Gravelincs.

How thcst- fit in the British plan was indicated by the Air Ministry

Plan For Offensive.

iii-ratified By Smoothness 0f Mobilization

OTTAWA, Oct. 6 —(CP) — Sat- isfaction at. the smoothness and speed with which Canada's first mobilization of miinpoivei" Ulillli‘ tnc National Resources Mobilization Act is being accomplished was expressed at the Department of National War Services tonight.

"We are very grateful to the chairnicn of the district boards, the members of the boards and their stufis for having turned out 20.750 men in 1'7 days," said Mzij-(ien. L. R. mfleche. Associate Deputy Min- ister of National Wfir Services.

The men arc due to report at the 39 military trniiiing centres across Crmndtt on Wcdiicstlay. There they will spend 30 days in uniform, receiv- ing military instruction and drill.

During the ivcekend, staffs of the training centres moved in to get ready for the arrival of the re- cruits. In till 5.538 officers and men have been assigned to the staff's of the training centres.

survey of more than 7'30 aerial iiiows zit Germany including more than R) on the iinporliiiit German rallrouki ccntre at i-Ininm. 29 on Cologne, l6 on Essen. lib’ on vital railroad Junc- iioiis at Hamburg, 3i on Bremen, und l5 on Berlin.

"Our air force has risen magnif- cently to ifs great task," Lord Croft declared. "With numerical. inferior- ity, the RAF. stcnuned what might lime been a devastating air attack tlilil then, with supreme tactical skill

in card it big Ilri- and Cfflfifildlllfilflt‘ individual guiIan-l try. took the offensive tvlicrexcranzi.

iii wlintcvci- numbers the enemy up- ncnred . . "

Iii Stitutdayls raids. the Air Min-i

s‘ ‘v snid, coastal ccminnnd bomb-y (rs concentrated ports" of Brest and Grnvclincs, on: iiruncels channel coast. l Crmniunicntions and vital pro-i ciuction already have been hampc rtl seriously throughout the Reich,‘ the Ministry's "master plan" report, ‘said. adding that "Germany's air-i .crnft production and iicr rower to {replace niailiincs brought down in - this country have airrady been rc- iziured appreciably. 1 It declared ihnt in the last two lmcnihs the western German oil ‘plants-normiviv producing 4° P91‘ ;ccnt. of Germanys vearlv total of i2.500,000 tons of nil-"have been ccntinuouslv and heavily attacked ‘, l The R.A.F was said to have ex- iienticd the attacks into central Ger-

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(By William G. M. Glffin, Assoc- iated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON. Oct. 6—fAP)-—What- ever "surprises" the Axis dictator: arranged at their Brenner Pass meeting, military sources here look to the approaching winter with what they term "reasonable con- fidence" and a feeling that the worst of the air assault on Eng- land ha: been dealt out in the lest four weeks.

Certain high ranking experts still believe there is a possibility of a German invasion attempt in October or November, but the public does not. Most authoritative sources agree. however, that Hitler will not. try it until he thinks he ‘hand mastery of the air over Eng- an .

(Yesterday observers in Berne. Switzerland. were reported as "I" ‘ _ credence" in reports that Germany was about ready to try an invasion attempt, and was waiting the "go ahead" signal. British sources said "we're ready for them" but were inclined to re- iizard these reports as possibly the beginning of a "peace offensive" such as Hitler tried to launch last. snriniz in an attem-ot to weaken British morale. Some "reports from Switzerland" have previous-

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.Passes In N.Y.

News of iii: sudden death of Rev. Niulculm Miiciicod, D.D., which 9c- curicd iii New York on Saturday 031110 11S a shock to many friends in this Province. Mr. McLeod was ii nuiive oi Belfast, P.E.I., and a1- wuys spent his summers on the island.

He rcturncd to New York three weeks ago ufici" size-lining his VilCil- lion in Belfast and lVfiS then mi- Joying good health. He tvas taken

ill with pneumonia n few days ago:

and failed to recover.

The (ieccnrctl was born at Bel- f:i.~t seventy-five years ago and spent his curly boyhood tucre. I-lc iviis educntcii in the district school and later at Prince of Wales Col- lege and Dniliousie University. At the- laitcr iiistiiiiiion he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He studied lllCOlfWy at Pine Hill Di- vhifty Hiiii uzid tiursuing his stud- fcs llli‘lil(‘l' attended Princeton Uni- versity‘, New Jersey, ivhere he re- ceived his Doctor of Divinity de- gree. Hc also studied at the Uni- versity of Chicago.

At the conclusion of his studies Mr. MiicLcod preached at the Pres- byterian Church in Chest-tr. Penn. where he rciuniuctl scvcrol years. Later 116 preached for twelve years in Pasadena, California, and for twenty-five years had been in charge of the Collegiate Church of -St. Nicholas in New’ York. He re- tired in i035.

As wcll as being a man of out» standing scholastic attainments Mr. Mcbcod possessed mar; fine Christ- all the members of his con- gregotion.

He leaves to mourn ll wife, for- merly Miss ICdith Wilson of Ches- ter. Pcnrr. a son, Malcolm. New York.. mid n daughter, Jean, also of New York. -

Also surviving are two sisters. Mrs. HD. Johnson. wife of Dr. H. D. Johnson, Charlottetown and Mrs. A. G. Putnam. Belfast; and a broth- cr, Hector Kcnnctli, in Los An- grks. California.

After a service at the Collegiate Church of Si. Nicholas in New York on Monday, the remains will arrive home for biirinl. The funer- al will fake nlacc at 3 p. m. ‘Piiurs- dny from BL. .‘.'ii-i's Presbyterian Church, Belfast.

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Munition M Works At Essen "HURPRISE BombedByRAJF.

Recurring Bl-(Frs Fit Into

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Reports from Rome; Predict “Significant; Speech” Today.

ROME. Oct. 6.—(CP) —— Premier

Mussolini paid a surprise visit to- day t0 military units massed in nor-

reported he might make a Sigilili-l cunt speech tomorrow siiccitiiiig‘ some l ht on his rccciit (OXIVGYSiI-i Lions with Hitler at the Brenner;

ass. .

The Fascist press broke out Wlllll unanimous predictions that the‘. meeting with the Gcrintiii ruclircr;

“something big" in the \\.iy oi new. military measures. y

Political circles aivaiicd with the greatest interest the speech ivhiciil Ii Duce was reported preparing for} Padua. near the northern A(il'li1llC,i, Y/OIHOXTOW. and wondering if his sud-i den round of military inspccizons was not connected with the Bren- ner Pass talks.

(After Putting out the report that Mussolini may speak the Associntctli Press asked that the section uliud-i inil to “a speech winch some p0llil-~ cal QHBPWYS 58v may be delivered b ‘ Premier Mussolini tit Ptiduii tomt row be withheld from puiilirzitit) Apparently this was donc ut the rc- quest of the Italian propaganda‘ ministry, which probably had al- lowed the report inadvertently to leak out).

That the outcome of the Brenner Pass meeting wouirl be "somcrliiugi big" was the forecast of l\'i1ii'l0 Ap-f pelius, commeivator in Ii Duvtfs HNfVJSDRIRX‘, I1 Popolo tiitnlian, of

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"Good sense," he snitl, indicated I Mussolini and Hitler discussed or-| ganizntion of the world withouttiic British Empire, and the menus of- getting rid of that ciripirc. ~

Chief features of the axis horizon include the chance of UnitctiSliiics, intervention. he claimed, but he Slilli . the United Stutcs is not ready lllili-l tarlly and axis speed would prove-a‘ "great ally" of the American people who, he snid, do not wnnt iiur. i

Appclius ifso drew tlic cont-fusion, that Soviet Russin. is pn "auti-pluto- i cratfc force in the modern ivorltifl. and therefore is alligncrl spirituc. v j uiith the axis, while Spain . iii "part of the new political system resulting from the economic unicni of Europe and Africa."

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ian qunliiics which endeared him|

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Breton Miners

‘Find mm "Missing Gape l.

GLACE BAY, N. 5., Oct. 6 - '6?) -— Bodies of Rod McLeod and ‘s Corner.

Cape Breton miners, were found Saturday in an abandoned mine pf’- fn the Reserve district. Police said they had been drowned but ihfl’ there wit: no indication of foul pin.‘ ‘They have been missing since Sept. 2B. On mine in which they were found was an old "booflciz" nit where at one time conl had been mined illegally. Evidence indicat-

last Friday lS destined lo result mi \

§Liner Back In jPort With Nazi

iShip As Prize

_ _ c-Jillflll an Poo". Oct . UACP’ '11. miriinic coat 0,1 grgyi 01938415’ u icrbeaicn by three i weeks of service in southern waters, i H-M-Cis- PrlilCp Rtibefl, Fonngf Luxurv Cruiser. ivns back in port .\‘<‘§¢<‘1\li\i‘ “lili ‘he German moior-

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8111i) Wield‘, ‘BAX.L;L privo of blip \\'-I.bl‘ taken in ili.- Pacific Ocean. ,

'l‘lic felt ‘M15 accomplished aifteri a neck o; t ekrs pMTOl of! Man- zaniilo. M:- . when: iim 9,l79-tcm .

thorn Italy and political quarters‘ Gemini Cargo whip was held up. ; (I111

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Attackeh; Fail To Appear For 30th Day Raid

Respite For Londoners F01 l ()“.'1£"'i Day-long Blasting By Dive B0 rib- ~ ers. Streets Machine Gunnccl.

LONDON, Oct. 7—-(l\luii-

iday)- (CP) -—- Unfamiliar

t cloaked bomb-scarred

‘fjwillgilfliitg-‘lilpr ‘mfrmfniil- f London curly today as hour tc fool .\I .\ ‘ll authorities. silo W235? an“? fxlmctant ‘hour 11355‘ p081 édlémnbyl11\f‘1;r11y§s_1’~<-1i¢*1;- ‘ed without a sign of the (‘iii . ‘if 0 ' ‘i’ .501‘ $11 SB, 1 _ , - fluently l/Jlll Commander C. T. (‘elmnn _ bombers _ “inch. Benin or flip Robert m- hnd imnfhave besieged the city for;

informed iilfill" iveire no British Jizpsiii iiiz- Pax-‘ffc. Th: W't"s?i"5

llil[ll‘(‘SSl’.1) when iilio Robin's ecu - litriit ]l1t‘l'.(.‘.'l her out and in- 1.11M d a prcniiiuiic cecibration c QSCRDQ was that she was being stopped by it Me an patrol slip. com. B/carcl Dllfl glowing tribute i0 his crvir. uio-t cf tlicin draw. from the Roitil C: ‘Miliiil Naval Reserve l-lt‘ zidtiizl that. without additional ]l(‘l‘SOllllt‘i .*.'lll(‘.'.l(\'il("i by navy Mili- isicr .\'l1lf‘d'.“|fl£ll(i just, before iihe Prince ltobctv put our to sen. the task of briiigiu: the prize ship north ml ‘iii. have been more dliflfflli»

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Expect fie-opening -i

0f Bunna Road

LONDON. Oct. '7 —(MOnday) — tCP) — Prime Minister Churchill is preparing in announce "within the iicxt few day's“ a British decision to reopen ti Burma Road (Thinn, l‘ was reported today.

'l‘lic rvjior: mid the Unitvd States would be consulted and Soviet Rus- rin would be kept informed.

lion. J. G. Gardiner In Great Britain

DONDON. Oct. B --tCP Cable)- lloii. J. G. Gardiner, Canadian Ag- i'lt'll.ll1l'(! hfinstcr, J. G._ T Ciltlillllflll 0i the Doiriinioii 1:11.01 Board, and a party of government officials have i\l'i'l‘.‘9d in Britain for consultation with the United Kingdom government.

Fond and raw material needs of Britain in the light of the exile?" i.u'c of the 111's: your of the war will be further explored in collab- ornzio-u with lion. Vincent Massey. Cuiidian l\lgii commissioner, and Canada House officials who have bccn negotiating for future Canad- inn exports iu Britain of food and other supplies.

As biliiistei" of National War Scr- viccs. Mr. Gardiner" will survey measures nclopivd in Britain to ob- tziiii the mnxiinum mobilization of

labor and industrial skill to meet.-

the ucsds of mirtiinc industry.

ed they had stumbled into the l4- foot-dccp hole v -. dark across ll. stretch doticd with small bonilcg rifts.

Police and volunteers had iircn searching for the men since Fri- day.

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Italian Tin .Mine Owner ls "Reeaptured

JOHANNESBURG, south Africafl Oct. 6—(OP)-Thc "Great Mariel’. Italian tin mine owner and motor cai- racin enthusiast, made a wild BOO-mile ash toward freedom from a South African internment comp, but, was captured tcdav by Swazi natives in bush country no" W’- frontier of Portuguese Mozambique.

The “Great Mario" as he is known to racing fans, otherwise Dr. Mass- acurattL-Italian citizen, with the aid of three other war Prlebflrfs Saturday overpowered the South African driver of a prison car bear- ing them to Kimberley.

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