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(Bv DREW MIDDLETON) |_.\_..oi-i=iicd Press Staff Writer) LONDON. Feb. 24—(AP)—Germ- |nr and -i.i|i.ni will seek t0 end the rai" this siiiiiluer through o world- girtlliiiu drive cotiverginll upon the enreied and fabulously wealthy oil yield; of the Caucasus and Iran. u high British source says.

The biz question is whether they tan achieve it. And altlainst the op- timistic and vast plans of the Axle iiand the equally important blue- nlilltl of the United Nations whose inaicav is based on inflicting the heaviest possible losses on the en- emy now and takinllf the offensive when tlie opportune moment comes.

The lzilftlllllf! Axis plan. the in- iurmniit related. calls for the Ger- mans to smash through Southern Russia into the Caucasus while the Japanese iiriny threatens coaszal ladia. occupies Ceylon and Mada- [ascar and. approachink throurlh the Persian Gull. thrusts at Suez and Iran.

The German U-bcat offensive raider way in the Atlantic comple- ments the grandiose Axis blue- print for conquest.

The Nazi navy hopes to pin Un- ited States naval units in the A llntlc. hesald. thus aidinzthe Ja mesa while at the some time wag- lnz an offensive tmainst the allied linker fleet. Behind this undersea .;mprilan is the Axis belief that the nited States and British produc- 0l'l would not matter if their oi lies are cut. ' Success of the plan would mean isolation of the United States and

Britain from Europe. North Africa. Asia and Australia. Such a conclu- rlon would be the ittempts to obtain peace talks aim- ed at strippinz Britain of her pow- er and leaving the States alone in I hostile and menacing world. ‘threatened from east and west.

Says Victoria City Acted Without Facts

OTTAWA. Feb. 24—(CPl-Pen- lions Minister Mackenzie said “in a ihiement- issued today that.‘ the Victoria City Council ac “wlthwt knowledge of the facts n Ottawa’ rlien it passed a motion yesterday dllina for Mr. Mackenziefia resigna- tion from the Federal Cabinet be- cause of the manner in which the Piciile Coast Japanese problem was Mn! handled.

“The Japanese will be moved iwav from the coast." said Mr. llickenzic. "They will not be ner- nltted lo take up land in the prov- lntc (oi British Columbial....this miter is suing to be handled fitfni- lr. but it is going to be handicd lirielv and

in a human manner."

Quebec Legislature Opened Yesterday

Feir. ZL-(OFF-Qllt- gsrwuiie. in prciclral-lon . iviag. met here tooay for -i....iii (ft-biking oi t..e i-iiird arr-liar. sis=.0ii by lite Leuten- nit-C lifllfil‘ sir Eugene Fset.

‘ .'i- Lf-glsia. ve Council and .~..ii.ve Asseinb. lvld sittngs a ter Si!‘ .;i the Tiitcne ‘Spawn - llcliilfiid the gJvernnie-iivs a .ii;.ea;»;e agricultural pro-

l:.r war llllPpl-‘iflffl to etn- i.l-" study of cciucrtlcnol alizii. iizizi io protect Lire forests - “arr-power resources of the pmviiite.

Banting Events

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Axis Seek Victory This ‘ Year

Only stumbling block is United Nations ttrategy WlliCll ajins at offensive at opportune moment.

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The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Powers

Bomb explodes Near llon Papen.

Turkey. rob. u- (AP) — German Ambassador Frans Von Popes, and his wife escaped death or oerlouo in. fury today when e bomb u. lllodod only 50 foot from them In Ataturk boulevard.

Tl"! suffered minor shook but were able to return to the Pmbfllii. One man was blown ‘P nieces and two lirlo were injured slightly.

N. B. Budget Plans surplus»

mrinumc10iv.?eb. 24—(CP)_ Brimm“ 4°"! i118 bI-ldxet in the New Brunswick Legislature today provincial secretary-treasurer J. J‘ Hayes Doone referred to a provlneé "bound to the wheels of usury" and eXDressed belief that the interest rate demanded of New Brunswick grliflhprcvinciol securities was mo

Mi‘. Do b a or t11i.r§§l°eilin'i§liiii."l§v§§ii'§§m$i “£7.80 781 and record high expen. ll"?! 0! $10.692.2'73. This would be 0145.000 less revenue than last yea: 011d 8045.000 more in expenditures. Th9 lNNWty-treasurer said the interest rate on owvlncial secuflilgg W58 "i ' i by considerin long veers of honest doe. ; n y m; fact that this rovi iably met its ob at. iillfii. P“ 1:51:51}: gun???’ m‘ i314?- e a . sponslbifiueso; repudiated their re

May send messages To Canadians in Japan and Estonia

OIY-HWA. Feb. 24 — (OP) _ Thrcunh the neutral channels of the International Red Cross mess. sires. brief and personal in charact. er. may be sent to Canadians in Japan, and iii German-occupied Es- tonia. the post office department said today.’

The service is already in exist. eiioe for messages to Canadians in Germany. Austria. Italy. eiovakia. Poland. Belgium. the Netherlands. Luxembourg. Norway, Occupied France and the Channel islands.

Irrespective of their destination. the messages are first addressed to the Iiiternaticnal Red Cross at Gc- neva. Switzerland. and from there they are directed. often by tediors routes. to the countrv where the ad- dressee is located.

All along the way. the mcssalze is checked bv censors of various na- tlonallties. and the post office warn- ed that persons seeking to act in touch with relatives or friends by this method should confine them- selves to fcmilv news or lnouirv rs to the well-belna of the addressee or his relatives and friends.

"Nothing of a political. economic or military character is permitted.

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CHARLoTTETowN. CANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2s, 1942

SHATTEREIJ SUUTII 0F LENINGRA

Bland Subscribes $87 Z ,500 To Victory Loan r g l A Churchilloalls Of Vidal?’ In

Eight days of Drive gives 58 P.C. of quota

Saskatchewan ls First Province To Reach Objective-

Princo lid and Island already sugcribed

Canada's $0M Victory Loan with only eight- days of canvass- ielcd, it was revealed figures released from rrovincia uartem lost night. ‘Ihis o.- moun represents over 58 percent of the province's objective of $1,-

.-00.

Charlottetown‘: total was 1n- creased to $455,100 yesterday as citizens subscribed $27,950. Sum- merside is also forging steadily ahead in the campaign and ester- day added $0,800 to its to . The amount subscribed in the Western Capital to date is $209,800.

The rest of the province is also making encouraging progress as canvassers are daily receiving more subscriptions. King's County's to- tal now is $41,350; the remainder of Queen's. outside Charlottetown, stands at $122,950; the remainder of Prince. outside Summeiside, is 848.300.

SASKATCHEWAN OVER TOP

UITAWA. Feb. 24-(CP)-Na- tional head uarters of the 5600.000.- 000 second ictcrv Loan campaign tonight announced that Saskatche- wan has become the first province to exceed its objective.

No new cumulative total of bond sales in the three-week drive was made public. This morning head- quarters said 8010010750 had been su bed up to Monday niRhl. more than $10,000,000 above the campaign's half-way mark with Tuesday and Wednesday sales still to be reported before the drive is half over. I Saskatchewan's objective was $8.- 000. . and reports received here w ay set subscriptions there at $8.-

News Briefs

NIJW YORK. Feb. 24-—(APl ._neel.aring that the United States “ls now ensured in tho greatest naval war in its hist- 01')”, Navy Secretary Frank Knox tonight promised rein- forcements for outnumbered American forces on p. “not too ‘ far distant" day.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24—(OP)—- President Roosevelt refused lo be drawn out at his press conference todav on the question of self aov- ernment for India beyond sayinl everyone had his own opinion on the subiect.

HELSINKI, Fob. 24—lAPl— Dr. Juhani Helo. former treas- urer oi’ the city of Helsinki- and six expelled membws of the Finnish Parliament were lent- enced to prison terms rimklnl from two to eight yours iodny after conviction on a charle o5 “preparation for hilh 11'6""!!-

A. Feb. 24—(CP)—-'1'ire Scgrzlxrbltet for l8 minutes tonikht and then adiourned l» Mm" 1° after giving first Niidifll to a measure amcndinri the OPEN"! metals morkiml -

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Rangoon Semi-deserted As Japs Drive Ahead

U. S. Military Mission to move stores; Torch

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRK! L. SIMPSON, Associated Prnll Wit Anni!!!)

Russian reports of recapture of Dorogobuzh on the Smolensk muh front could forecast collapse of the Null winter line In Russia on o. wide

and crltloal central sector.

With Dorogobuzh, on the hearfwaton o! the Dnicper 60 miles out of Smolensk, again In Russian hands, tho westward escape route for

German forces still holding both the V

Rzhev pivots In

yum: and flanked from the south. The town lies about 15 mllel south of the Smo- lensk-Vyamra-Moscow rail and road system. It 1| west of the mturally strong defensive position about midway between Smolensk and Vyozmo

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Duieper and Vopeth Riven. ll I I

Those two streams and their tributaries form o. wide BC-miio-lopg barrier spanning the Smolensk-Vyazmo. road from north to south which

q powerfully bolstered the defence of Smolensk on the east. Presumably

the Russian attack which retook Dorogobudh came up the road from Eynya. 25 miles to the south. At Doragobuzh, it has not only turned the flank of the Dnloper-Vopeth line, but is 1n'a. position to strike due west toward Smolensk itself along a direct route.

That road crosses the Smoiensk-Vyazura communication system l5

miles east of Smolen ‘

to approach that main Nazi centre from the

northeast. R/ed army forces at Dorogobuzh therefore menace Nazi oom-

munlcatlons with German advance

units in Vyazma and east of that

junction as well as the garrison of Russian-besieged Rzliev. l i t U U I

Iteoapture of the village of Purina just northeast of Rzhcv is also reported from Moscow. There are Russian forces already far welt of ltzhev on the Veliklc Puki-llzhev railroad, and also ustrldc the ltzhev- Vyusma railroad south of that upper Volga junction town. Its case seems desperate and its fall only o matter of time.

Dorogobuzh represents a fai- more important Russian success, how- ever. Its recapture brought Russian forces within gun range of the only supply route of German troops still in the huge Vyazmu bulge. They are in grave danger of complete entrapment u: heavy Russian forces were entrapped in the German surge toward Moscow last foil In the some

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Unquestionably the Smolensk bastion of’ Hitler's central front in Russia is in n critical position. There are Russian spearheadsuilready west of Smolensk both in the north at Velij on the Upper Drina and to the south at Cherikof on the Sollh by last accounts. The Smolensk- Vltcbsk link with the German northern flank to the Baltic is threat- ened by the Vellj thrust if it has not already been eut. In the Chcrikow area the Russians are less than 50 miles from the Dnleper below the

Orsha. bend menacing also direct and the whole aouthe ll front».

communications between Smolensk"

Recapturc of Dorogcbuzh renders the best defensive position for German purposes oust of Smolensk untenable. even before the Nillll fell back on it. It exposes Nazi defenders of the whole VFW!!! bllllfl. which Includes considerable forces deployed west pm! IwflllWl-‘iii P! KB!" ugua more than 100 miles east of Dorofflblllh-

Java Expects ..Mass Jap

Assault To

Start Soon

People pledges to fight with faith and iron will; Bandung has third air raid.

Commons in‘ Secret Session

orrAwA, Fob. 24 -i0P> —The House of Commons tonight ended a secret session which lasted more than six hours and was officladi’ described as being "devoted t0 the question of the defence of ‘Canada in its widest qualification.

Tomorrow me House will r8511!“ its usual public sittifiB-fi _

It was the first secret sitting of the present war and the first pro- longed secret sitting since the first great war.

77,000 Canuok Cadets to train

(YITAWA. Feb. 24 - (C P) —— BoIdieLs, sailors and airmen of the future. 11.000 cannciaii youths wider l8 will receive training in the basic arts of warfare during 104-2. Deifentce igltxzepartment authorities sa d in ~ . ‘

Provision of $659,000 iii tho main estimates tabled in the House of Coirmons last week will make posible. for the first time in 20 years, tho attendance at summer comp of all senior army cadets in Canada. Today they number 00.-

55.

“If the war continues these boys will bc the servicemen of the future and in training them in the basic art; of soldiery Canada is making an investment in herself." said one source "If the wai- should be won by the United Notions before these

uths reach manhood it is still on

vestment because they will have loomed o root deal which will serve them n good stood in future life, be it military or civilian."

Senior army cadets are from 16

‘ to 18 vears of age. Junior cadets.

wlio are yonaor, nunber 50.905 enrolled

BANDUNG. Java. Feb. 25-—(A.P)— Japanese bombers machine-gunned automobiles in the streets and fired oil drums in this army headquarters area today as civil and military leaders of the East Indies announ- ced the moment of mass asault on Java is approachinn. plediled their people to fight "with faith and an iron will" and. urged reinforced counter assaults by United Nations‘ naval forces.

It was the third attack on Band- ung, inland site of the N. E. I. army headquarters and important mill- taiy installations,

Ten bombers dropped from the clouds in two_waves of five. gliding silently toward their objectives without apparent fighter support. They dropped very light bombs which caused only small craters. Some oil drums caught fire at one point, causing enormous smoke clouds which made tlic damaize seem greater than it actually was. A communique described the damage as "very sligh ."

Despite the machine-zunninu of’ motor cars and the bombing. the onlv known fatality in the raid was a. rat. found near a bomb crater. Some houses. however. were hit.

Anti-aircraft lzuns crashed into voice soon after the alert sounded and United Nations’ fighters took to the air. At least one enemy bomber was shot down and several others were damaged. ~ .-

Ccmmuni ues preserved silence about the stuation of invader and defender on Bali to the east and Sumatra to the west. both of which are in part over-run by the enemy. despite crippling blows by naval and air forces of the United Nations and staunch resistance by out-num- bered land forces.

Moose Jaw Tea-chers Still On Strike

MOOSE JAW, Susie. Feb. 24- LA

(OPb-Moore Jaw school isomers hove rejected the offer of the Saskatchewan

local government board of o. -of-liv g bonus of 7.1 pa: cent uoiblo or 1940 and retroactive to last . 1, and up sottleonent of the str instituted by 135 teachers Feb. 16 lo yet lzi sight. a spokesman for the Sac. katohewan r said m».

THE All PURPOSE FLOUR

For unrelenting; War efforts

Reasonable Prospect Of Victory Across Months Of Sorrow And Suffer- lng.

(By Douglas Amaron, Canadian Preps Stuff Writer)

LONDON Feb. 24-(0? Cable) —P1‘lnle Minister Churchill called today for "unrelenting effort and unconquerable resolve" in o. sober war review in whcih he predicted many months of sorrow and suf- fering before the "reasonable prospect of complete and final victory" can be expected.

Facing the House of Commons for the first time sinoc he reorgan- ized his government. the Prime Minister gave a concise summary of the war position in the For East, told of serious shipping losses during the last two months and spoke with confided‘: of the allies’ measureless resources.

The mood of the members. bel- ligerent a week ago. obviously had been tempered by reconstruction of the government. Determination in give the new regime full sup- port within the limits of the right to criticize was reflected in speeches which followed Mr. Churchill's re- zriew which opened two or three days’ debate on the war.

Cheers greeted the Prime Min- ister's reference to his new tea-m. especially when he mentioned Sir stafford Crlpps. newly-appointed Lord Privy seal who was sitting nearby on a government bench.

Mr. Churchill's preoccupation with the Pacific situation was taken by informed quarters as an indication that Britain's war effort will be directed more and more to- ward defeat of the Axis in the Far East. in Russia. and in the Middle Blast-with less emphasis upon the thesis that Germany and the Axis can be beaten only by invasion of northern Europe.

The Prmie Minister announced that a huge army had been lost in Singapore. The force-which he said recently was about 60.000 at the beginning of the Malaya. fight -was strengthened by more than 40.000 men in nine convoys, the Prime Minister disclosed. Thus the British troops there at the sur- render were certainly more than the 73.000 counted by the Japa- nese, he added,

Swine Breeders llold Annual Session here

Mr. Alexander Hamilton, New Perth. was re ‘ ‘ ’ president of the P. E. I. Swine Breeders’ As- scclation at the annual meeting hold last night in Prince of Wales College Auditorium. Other officers named were: Vice-President. Mr. Walter Buntain, Rustico; Sec.- Treas. Mr. 8, D. Irvine. Char- lottctown.

A large number of farmers from 9.11 parts of the province attended the meeting and interesting dis- cussions pertaining to the hog in- dlistry resulted. Informative ad'- dresses were delivered by Mr. Wal-. ter R. Shaw deputy minister of agriculture and Mr. S. D. Irvine, Senior Livestock Meldman with the Dominion Department of Agriculture. yDirectors named for the coming your were: King's. Mr. David Wright, Lower Montague; Queen's. fvir. Walter Buntaln; Prince. Mr. Harold beard. Kelvin.

The financial report woo then read by the secretory. A satisfac- tory balance on hand was report- ed. This vrusJollowed with the an. ditors report by Mr. s. O. Wright.

The resolutions committee ap- pointed included: Messrs. I. O. I-folm, DeSable; J. A. MncGrogor, Central Lot l0; P. A. Macisaoc. M.

. Souris. ‘

Mr. Alex Hamilton. the president then gave a short report of his trip to Ottawa where lie attended the film which was greatly enjoy- ed by all those present.

The minutes of the loot meeting were read by the Secretory, Mr. 5. D. Irvine.

Mr. Hamiilcn in his report of the year said the swine industry in this Province "gave o good account of itself over the poet your." With improved prices intero in hog production increased.

Ho sold o policy or boar prom. iums. instituted by the Provincial department of agriculture had been o worth-while factor in improving production here. Hog raising had always occupied a significant place

in the balanced livestock program

i-(‘Continued on‘ page o Ool l)

IDBMIN EDITOI DEAD

AB . Scotland - (C?) -—W. L. arden. I7. former editor of the London Dolly Hail di