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Battle Nazis In streets of important city

Entire town in flames

, LONDON. accord“ i" rem" slurs

Likely no Cabinet immediately; Expect

have to wait. for Prime

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. W, J’ . l9 —(ltfondsy) ilgfiusslagsn have fought their W“! U16 P m’ back into the highly import- “tlill "P" l-i

CBSI’, APE

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filrtsocn" and are battling m! hi! 5175911” 0f 5 in the streets, w” Rm Sim said w‘ gllllnbmllad gtlfillelildigidilliflé “will l. l. f» - mnasl.lslz.cir..rlz.s*swz.... imllkeiv any mu statement mu u'eek_ in Parliament, Mien. they Dipdicted. Mr. Churchill will re- reive a hearty welcome back. But the promised war review will not be too long delayed,

The Prime Minister. who was "Ported to have arrived home "full oi’ energy and without. s trace of

was the high-tide mark rmnn advance on Mos- ~ mnln hiinsk-Smol-

“luvay from the he point around l0 060 Gcrnuul troops "trod in an attempt Qm-lcshlng Red nTmy sive begun six weeks

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-<i.1n offensive charged nil fronts and the Rtd s smnsllod their way to cf nxmlher large !own, "m troops method:- ill.

Wavell gets slant 0n Dive Bombers

s from Mos- l "vuy frmu the

, 1w in i812, It of lyczma and 1T0 lolcnsic.

SINGAPORE. Jan. 18-40?)- Gcn. sir Archibald P. Waveli, sup- reme commander for the United Nations in the southwest Pacific vvnr 2011c, not. a first hand slant on

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Japanese dive bombing when he visited the Malayan fronts recently before establishing his headquart- ers in Java.

An announcement. of the visit to Malaya, issued by the Ministry of information, snld that Sh‘ Archi- balclls car was Jacked up for l. lire change when the dive homb- ers attacked.

But the ‘ tacticlan refused to lake cover and told escorting officers: "I understand youyc been getting a good bit of this recently." He declined a lift from a. passing press car, saying he would wait until his own car was repaired,

“Good old Winnie" London greets Prime Minister

Need permit For export of Table potatoes

J .18 -<CP> —— New qumng export. por- cnts of table pota- ..s other rhnn Now- rlnudn and the Brit- es were but into ef- e the available sup- . llll potatoes for Ca- to wnrlzlfle przces and aid tonight. m» m’ the order requir- pornrls for potato ship-

xt‘ filter Jlill. 19 was ’ rllav by irzriv min- t "anon Who said ll‘? kw- kcn n; the request. of trnfic board. function of potatoes in Callndzl in 104i is estimated to have been 53W“ per cent below 1940 production.

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LONDON, Jim. 18 —(CP) —Win- ston Churchill came safely home by flying boat. Saturday from his hsmrlc trip to the new world. and the happy cries of "Good old Win- nie" which follclved him subdued, fcr the moment at. least. criticism izere over Singapore's plight.

With Mr. Churchill on the trans- atlantic trip were Lord Beaverbrook. his minister of supply: Admiral of the Fleet. sirlDuldleyhPolund; Air . _ _ _ ‘~— C-5cf Marsha Sr C ares Portal. l “hINGTQN- Jml- 13 -(AP)-' and Sir Charles Wilson, the physic-

~“ ‘PW’ ilflfmiderfi 0i the Ian. They flew from the western

, - "l? "Y" dcilimmfl" hemisphere in lite four-motored

U Pr‘. tr-dny, imvc eaten off gyms ma; Berw;ck_ skippered by

..l€ f.il(‘nl Japanese assaults. recap- captain C. Kelly Rogers of Brit- rti some posiuons in countcr-of- 15h ALI-wan

slclrnlstcs, find have 5h0C The night, w” a welbkept $9,, "w" 619ml’ Plams- CF62. Axis bmndcssts have hnd Mr. _ c’ "f Tlfffi! Fi-‘QWSSF-‘b G"- Churchill in a submarine, enroute on iosjhlncAsnhur said n costly to Gibraltar. Once he was in Eng- .‘ um“ Film Pxiwwd 1T0!" t3" land. however, the censorshfph nor- mg; F5‘ l‘ “Rh "Wk m4 m“ msi guard over the Prime lviinls- ‘ l New!" h" "W lflsflwd- mu specific movements was waiv-

. , ~——-——; ed r u . British Submarine or a m‘

laps beaten off By Philippines

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Russians Fight Way Back

Churchill To New War Developments

Assess

shuffle will be made war review shortly.

Announcements In Throne Speech

Informed political observers said rune Minister before

Manpower Plans ex- pected to bulk large in immediate pro-

gram.

By C. R. Blackburn Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA, Jan. l8 —(CP) -Gov- ernment plans for a new and in- tensified war effort, framed to meet changing conditions in the world conflict. are expected to be re- vealed in the throne speech to be read at next Thursday's opening of Parliament.

How far these proposals will go remains a closely guarded gut-eru- ment secret but from off‘ ' nouncemeilts made since .9 Unil- ed States and Japan CillPTC-j the was, it. would seem vermin the gov- ernment will mulouncc n great. mobilization of humnn resources. if not the total conscr‘ rion for which

mung. zero is belief lilinlstex‘ hfac-Kclazie King will announce s referendum on the question of conscription for service outside of Canada. On the other hand, considerable influ- ential argument- hns opposed n ref- erendum because of the difficulties of taking n. vote. the possible dan- gers to unity that mizlit lie is such s course and the problem of ob- taining a complete expression of

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majority opinion in the bslllcts cast.

News Briefs

OTTAWA, Jan. 18- (CPI- Field Milrshfll Sh- John Greer Dill. Prime Minister Churchill's military representative in the

United sum-s. arrived in Ottawa by air today from Washington for conferences

with Prime Minister Blnckenzle King and defence officials.

OTTAWA, Jan, 18—(CPl-Ap— pointment of s shipping priorities committee to deal with the prob- lems of shipping space for Cana- nlah imports and exports was an- nounced today by the Trade and Commerce Department.

OTTAWA. Jan. 18-—(CP)—- The Warttme Prices and Trade Board announced tonight the re-establlshment o! n price ceiling on onions. 1n effcr-i. the present order establishes the period Jan. 5-10 as the ceiling period for onion prices, instead of the basic period Sept. 15- Oct. 11 defined in the original price ceiling order.

UITAWA. Jan. lik-(cPi-Prc- mler U saw of Burma, nrrcstcd by British authorities for conspiring with the Japanese. was a. visitor in Ottawa less than two months ago.

Is Reported Lost l-DNDON, Jan. lil-(CPL-Losl l the submarine Perseus, which overdue and unheard from. was igounced tonight by the Admir-

Japan ’s Fans

5&4 Russians Are rescued;

Th‘? Perseus was a {PIS-ton oc- “Wmiis submarine and had a m“! Wmlllement. of 50 men. She u one of four craft of the Par- gllilwglass and who launched my (The Italians claimed on Oct. l- 19w that the Italian submarine “m0 Tvti had sunk the Perseus i the central Mediterranean after

‘i iltillelv duel at close range.) ~_.__._.__.._. members of the crew arrived hero

B ' E recently. Eleven arc being trented

-g._ - in hospital minor iulurios.

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT. Jan. lBF-(GPb-fllelr N881 described b Canadian naval auth- orities as ‘a marine casualty". 84

Russians, three of them womfli.

nu m um" frostbite and exposure. s m", ',,,"',,,,':" "m" The merchant vessel not in the North Atlantic but the cause of =*=~_‘—=~“—~"———=*-__w k --*=-—~-=== thouflnking gas not. w: , an q m 1c _ cap n, un er orders rom lulu Cold (infill. chn-llg-vm Russian Admiralty declined to ,, give many details of the sinkinq. qdllsnoe. st. James Hall. Burnmer- He said th were in the ifs- - - Jenn . Orehcstm. boats for "qui some while" and Iefved. L-Mu-i-lo-li. several were injured when the bosta were uttlng off. He sold he

"Tekln n n Ldairwgmiilgg. issasnetzalirmslrfirsg fault! not to if my lives had been - ~hur Hnslam. n-oaa-l-lo-ai.

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Those not in hospital were ace - rnodated at s Navy Leaauo of >8:- adn. hostel, when some 00 Chinese survivors of I. recent torpeoding 160 miles off the Nova Bcotis coast m beini and for.

and dance Hope ggorlrigll. Wednesday Jan. am, mm. by the entertainment - Irflfl-l-IQ-Bl.

Air Out In

Force _ Indies

BATAVIA, N. E. L. Jan. 18 -—- (AP) —-Japa.n's air force fanned out. to attack air and naval bases over a span of 2.200 miles in the Netherlands Ehst Indies arflllpel- lzo. the Netherlands command an- nounced today, posibly as c pre- lude to attempts at ' e of van- tage points from which to flank the key island of Java.

‘rho severest of the raids was aimed at Sumatra, the long west-

gll ern wing of the East Indies which

extends along Malacca Straits, op- posite Malaya and Singapore. and which mbrht offer subsidiary bases from whim to attack that British naval base.

However. Ambolna. the island naval and air station northeast or Java and between the Celebes and New Guinea, also was paid another visit by Japanese bombers.

(A Gennan broadcast. heard in London. claimed the Japanese al- ready had landed at. A ‘ ins. and occupied the port and capital "lil- ter overcoming brief resistance."

(Amboine, n QOI-snunre-mile is- land with a population of about 40.000. is in the heart of the Eas. Indies. n is about 1.500 miles from Bstsvincand only 600 miles from Darwin, port and defence stat-loll in northern Australia.)

NESE ADVANCE rownn Into M, z

[War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

The most important and possibly decisive from of

Conflict still is in Russia,

wide front. northwest. of the prove more disastrous for Hitler winter retreat. His whole grip on

the Axis-Allied

Th? R"! iirmlvs Opened a new and little publicized clfcnsivc on a ltluscow sector last week which could

than any other phase of his {rest northwestern Russia, fonn the great

bend of the Dnicper west of Smolensk to the Baltic, l: menaced by

Russian thrusts.

A dPl-‘P Russian break-through either above or below Lake llmen,

down the Lovnt Valley south of

the lake, or along the southern flank

of the Valdal plateau would leave the whole German line about Len- "lflfl"! Ill! in the air. It could force Nazi retreat from all northwestern

Russia into Estonia through the

narrow land Id b t

Pelll;ls and the Baltic at the Russian-Estonian lfggerljr e ween Lake we,“ Elisflbdv stabbing at the vital junctions like Veliklc Luki. ‘ ' ' 5 "V Y 9'1"‘ "Bills routes although they still have far to 8o. Those are rail and road junction keys. Their recapture would cut. u“ Germa" "M" Illart north of the Yitebsk-Srnolcnsk-Vyazms line.

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“opzfifqilqstdgivizsliztonslip ln’B northern offensive of still undisclosed ~ f u u no volkhov tmvrlrd Novgorod, near the north

rim of Lulu- flmm. A companion of Novgorod, ls also indicated.

Whether these complex operations are a ful]

designed primarily to

scutll,

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Piloted own Plane part way

LONDON, Jan. 1B

Cnuir. J. C. K ly Rogers. u no cap- tained the v:~<=u' of ' firm: boat

winch Unur . ' .L l0

brought back to England

the control dock wcnring his siren sun and smokzng a cl3nr." Rogers

1“ ind tabcn nvor he re-

ly 11'" the arcmft crcnl foul the pfnnc in 1913."

Fighting continues 0n Burma Frontier

wfls much til. Ire had flown

RANGOON, Blarmn, Juu. 18-- p.,.~llut\.y, the nnrruzv iOD-uulc oi llunnu whore l\lllil.l'S once bagged lxllnccerrnes and elephants British forces today were with- standing l-cuctved Japanese pres- sure and orgnnizing forcts for an

eventual Lllfllsb against the in- vaders‘ sup. "lines.

A conun iluue tomslit snid fighting continued nlolu; 1.10 TavQv-Mylt-tu rou-d where Japanese patrols were cncounterzd three days ago.

Survivors of Freighter picked llp by Canadians

AN EAST cons? CANADIAN PORT, Jan. 18 —(OP) -Survivors of n Panamanian freighter tor- pedoeti in the western Atlantic. brought here by a Cnundlnrl ship. reported at. least l3 oi their shill- mates hnd died in s thl-r-dill’ m?" boat ordeal and another 1B were missing in a second bolt-

seven men were brought in here. but one died in hospital not long after landlnv. All the others were suffering jilhcr from liliullell °1' frostbite. or both.

of the vwel number- ed 37 in all.

One Canadian was amen! u" survivors. He was identified at first only ls Mac Wilson. His home town was not known. He and the other five all were in hosDll-lll-

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THE All PURPOSE FLOUR

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Prime hlirrstor from ed three Canada and the United support their contention that Von to/hy thc Prime Mln- Rcichensnl died a: the hands of his . giant crnfl nnrt ' lmle jgulrnej: across lent outburst of fllS5c

drive from the Meta rlvcr, dun m5;

scale offensive or

exert add d .~-~ _ m” dear‘ It is canal“. hnwowr, fmtplhssurc on the .\lozhnlsk bulge is

fo the German winter line program

‘P!’ imply an even- greater thrcnt than do these operations farther

_ Of Intrigue IVUZZ Aflfly Ranks

(Riv J. Wes Gallagher. Associated Pros; Staff Writori

LS-XDON. Jon 18—\..~\P*~$inis- "" intrigue bchluu the Hitler caused the death of Field Marshal Walter von Reichcnnu, the British press reasoned today with unanimous skepticism of llic Nazi

nnnouncenKnt flint he dleci o! spool-cry Its . cnce, cf C0lll'S€, WAS cir-

CilmSf-iiltilil. but‘ newspapers offer- pnnclpal arguments t0

fellow otllccrs. wobab‘

time Nazi Fuchrcr and his war com-

ust. aft-cl" breakfast. wiran mfilld. Air. Chilrchlll came striding on l:-

They wtrer- vl. von Reichennub reputation u Hitler's most pro-Nazi General.

BERLIN, Jun. i8—-tGe:cnan Broucicns: fl cordcd b1." AP!- Fleld xilllnlll waiter Von Reichenau "ho since June 22 had coin drrl s Gérmnn

Arnlv cu 10 ssuthern wing of zhe sweep znlo the Ukraine. has fallen to u ill-Ll six-cite of apo- nlcxy Wlllll‘ returning; from the Eastern frcnt. it was announced Salurday.

Hitler appointed Gaering to represent him as Fuellmr at, n slate funeral for the 57-year-old Vii-m Rigirlleznu. it “'11s announc- fk .

Onc of Von Reichcnaws lei- ‘mv ccmlnnndrrs cn the East. em front. Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstcdt, will represent Hitler in his capacity ns supreme commander at the services.

2. The background of dismissal and sudden illness among the Ger- mans‘ lop Generals.

3. Von Rclchehnus singular phy- sical fitness. a matter he made nl- mOSL a fetish.

The npcplcxy diagnosis put for- ward Saturday in the Berlin un- nouncenlent of the death was look- ed 0n with particular suspicion by many British writers because Von Rclchcnnu was known to hnvc kept himself always in peak comiitloxt. even working out at the front. with Walter Neusel, the former German heavyweight. boxer.

Some tool: the view that Von Relchenau was eliminated as an open challenge by the armv to Hit.- lcr. This supposition was bnscd or. the report that. he was being con- sidered by the Nazis as comman- der in chief of the army despite the opposition of influential ele- ments in it.

Finall, his death following the death o Gen. Ernst Udet, the dis- missal of Field Marshal Walther Von Brauchitsch, whose pliice Hit.- ier himself took as commander in chief of the army, and a harvest of rumors that other generals had been ousted from their commands or had begged off further service. the prcss contended, should leave no doubt. of heat between the Nazis and the army lenders.

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Province to Be blacked ilut tonight

Prulce Edlmlzi lslurul will l15_l‘..i'S! blacktu; of the w night. The lighrs of Charlowct Summerside BllG all other i» - villages and coxnlnunxics 0:: Island will be blacked out to: . an hour, ccmme " 930 lusting until l0 o

out ‘weeks for this prncllce

zlze firs: time. Alzhou

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as i! it were mzng and

the public is to an tl~

same as it \ q >- In simc '

nals to s Ix i101 Lhc time in Whistles, norm. will probnblv be centres. such n- Sunlmerside and hid: the warniz

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for this committee 1s Mfilfll‘ Poole. A Clarlrlotfcfowzw rub-cl mitten, '.‘(‘f‘.-’l"ll rv l’.

Saw of Burrito ls arrested

LONDON, Jun. l.9*—i'§lOllllIlY> _((‘P) — liriiisls auihnritics have urn-sled PrPmil-r l‘ Saw of Burma for conspiring with the enemy.

A brief announcement from No. 10 Downing Street. official residence of Prime .\lini.~tcr Chzlcirlll, indicated the zlvtion may have nipped an attempt by the blanrhsklrt-wcarlng Burmese Drouvicr to stage a coup d‘etnt. nnd deliver the far eastern busuun with its l4.- 000,000 people into the hands of the Japanese.

U Saw tlcpartcil from Britain in a huff early in November after what he called a "blunt." interview with Mr. Churchill over dominion status for his country.

Freighter llrounds Off N. S. Coast

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT, Jan. IB-(CPM-A British freighter is aground oft the Nova scotia coast after being disabled by striking a submerged object. but hcr crew is snfc ashore.

The 43 nwmbers of the crow took to the bouts after the vessel struck and nmrle their way to :1 nearby Nora Scotill coastal conununitv. The sccnc of the rlisnbliug remain- ed a se ' tonight.

Axis

At

55,550 Taken

captured in North Afric

By Edward Kennedy Associated Press Staff Writer

CAIRO. Jun. l8 -(AP~ — Tavu tired and bodrnugleri Illilhili gonor- als anzl n (“wrlnnn major" still wearing his Iron Cross were among the 5.590 mpzzv“ ink- en by the victorious Brit. Im-

perlals and allies at. I-islinyn Puss, it, w mnouuoed today in a com- lllllll 0Y1‘.

I_""'~ mlmllllies oi‘ nocdcll war mntcz-ull, including nuns of nil cull- bres. also went to thc victors after the strategic and stroncly fortified Libysn-Enpiinn borvier insiion was surrcndcrrd unconditionally.

The British authorities idrntiliotl the Italians as (Pen. Fodclc De Georgis, commander nf the nxls garrison. and Gen. Francisco But- tafuoco. second in command of fhc 55th Snvona divdsion.

The mptures brought to 79 ‘he number of Italian generals lmw in British hands. in the first Lhysn drive under Gen. Sir Aruibalrl Wavell, 23 were tnkcn; 5.’! were seized in the East African con-

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