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British Destroyer Torpedocd, sunk; Former ii. S. ship

LONDON. Oct. 24-(019- The British destroyer Broad- your, has been tnrpedoed and sank while on escort duty in sin North Atlantic, the Ad. miralty announced tonight.

'11" Broadwuter is the former United States destroy- er. M son, built in 1919.

A bi-lcf Admiralty announce- ment failed to mention any survivors. “The next of kin of casualties; have been inform- ed," ii. said.

On the day before her sink. in; the Broadwater had attad. 9d and "probably destroyed a Ij-boat," the Admiralty said.

The Brnadwater Ill the pecrmd oi‘ the 50 United States drsirrrters traded t0 Britain for naval base sites to be sunk. The first was thirllopcwell. renam- eii (he Bath. She was sunk willie manned by Norwegian sailors.

Bomb Naples n Second time

CAIRO. Oct. 24 -(CPl - The B. A. 1-‘. miilsile east command toinglst uceil heavy aircraft bombed nics Wednesday night, scoring in; 0n the railway yard and the

it 011.

When the British llols arrived over the Italian city ires caused JY iiw htflw attack of the previous iilfht were still burning, s. com- munique said.

Other heavy bombers attacked thorns and harbor works at. Tiiwli. roofing a number oi’ hits on the ll irannnail Mole.

All eininy merchant, vessel was bombed and machine-gunned in the central Mediteranean, suffering se- vere damage.

ln these operations no aircraft were lost.

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To Become Hostage“

Aged Marshal would take that means to cut‘ short Germans’ mass reprisai executions.

Roy P. Porter Asaocla ed Press staff Writer

VICKY, Oct. 24—(AP)—'I‘he Pe- taln government announced to. night-without confirmation or denial-that a rumor was circulat- ing that Marshal Petal wished to becom cut abort the mess n. prisal executions which have cost 100 French lives since Wednesday at Nantes and. Bordeaux.

Beveral hours earlier the gov- ernment. won a few more days of he "r .*.°"...hn~=~r-e..r.t "a

-'P9l PM! l’ 0 capture iii-surrender of the octrual capture or surrender of the sctoal Fifty already had been shot at Nantes on Wednesday and a like number at Bordeaux today. I This cry-p nnouncemont was iesued tonight, on the first snnii. versary the Montolre "celebra- %on" meeting between Pctain and

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“It is rumored in Vichy that Marshal Petaln wished to give himself up as a hostage in the

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Italian Merchant Cruiser torpcdoeii

LONDON‘, out. zi-(OM-An Italian tanned mentlant cruiser has been to a British sub-

rpedoed “marine in the Cebiitanl Mediterran-

ean and probably sunk the Admir-

alt announced ay.

ardirr the torpedoes! Italian ship the At inolty said: "After be- ing hit by the o the armed

nuuhant cruiser s pped and it was eeen that a large hole had Been blown in her side. It is prob- able that she sank." The ship was Olfaghe mild-ton Oitta Di Geneva c .

4-foot tropical Snake arrives With Bananas p

HALIFAX, Oct. 24 -(CP) - A four-foot tropical snake lay curled up in s fruit jar here today, await- ing identification by Dalhousm University professors. It arrived in the city Wednesday witn a cal-load

of bananas. Noble Doubleday. who was de- livering the fruit to a local firm.

saw the snake in hi5 tflicli. 185N195 it. with a piece of rope and Dliwed it in the jar.

‘The snake is greyish, with black markings on the back, and it is not kn-a n whether or not it is a poisonous variety. But its captors aren't ttildng any chances. The jar is covered with siren! new"! Ind tied with Iieavy cord.

Both Doubiednv and W. A. Eel:- ins, o! the fruit. firm, say they MW seen snakes arrive with banana pshipments before, but never one of this length. Mr. Eaklns said there in n poisonous "banana snake," but it is smaller than this one.

The snake, which came from eith- er the Windward Islands 0i‘ Jfl- maica. appeared lethargic. Its body was about an inch in diameter at (Ire widest part. with a small but vicious-looking head.

N. S. Election Campaign nears Final scenes

, N. 5-. Oct‘?! —(OP) bani; d C ves - f“; lnnlme monflsslrihi‘: a lisiieas and election oomnniiln that will give an indication of the ability of these traditional rivals to con- gltnug political control M

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Pattullo takes No action in Forming Gov’t B. C. lhTeir-iier Will Visit Ottawa Short-

ly; House T0 Meet Dec. 2.

VICTORIA. Oct. 24-07?)- Premier Pattullo, who today azi-

nouncecl that no action would be taken on proposals for a coalition govemmoriit 1:1 British Columbia

-until he retuzns from a visit to Ot-

-boat was

Stubborn Resistance Ce rm a n s _ Donets Basin Front

On

Soviet Leadership begins task 0f assembling vast new armies for the east.

MOSCOW, O c i.

ity of ltlztkeeviia, l0 miles cas

nounced today.

the Moscow radio, said anoi south was heavily engaged i

Miscouche flier _ Gets wings in west

DAUPHIN, Morn, Oct. 24 —'_CP)— Wings were presented today to a group of Royal Canadian Air Force graduates at No. i0 Service Flying Training $01001 here.

Graduates included:

Prince Edward Island: J. A. Poir- ier, Miscouche.

f ,‘lova Scotia: W. R. Robb, Hall- ax.

Forbid sales of “Budget coupons”

OTTAWA. Oct. 24--(CPl - Tile wartime prccs and trade board .111- nounced tonight that no fut-the: soles or "budget volition-s" ex- changeable ior listed goods on the instalment. plan will be nlloivrri.

The board silid the practice of selling these "budget coupons" fats in two ways to comply with the ‘government. order restricting instal- ment buying-Aw making P0581516 a series of small pumhascs on the in» staimcni. plan without the minimum $10 down Daymcnt required by the board and by preventing the store or the customer from having a rec- ord of purchase terms.

“This obviously conflicts with the board's desire to have all persons receive an exact statement oi‘ the goods purchased and the addition- al money he or she is paying f0: thp credit accommodation.” thc announcement said.

however, prevent retailers from honoring outstanding coupons nor does it mstrict the sale of coupons paid for in cash at. time of pur- chess.

Interpreting The War

B lflrlla L. Simpson Associated Press Staff Writer

Conflicting reports concerning the battle for Moscow make it difficult to assess the actual sit.- iTation there: but southward at Rostnv a crisis is imminent.

The silence of German of-

con ' ,, the Moscow battle seem to support Russian assertions that Nazi spearheads lest of the Moal-iaispi-tlaloyaro- alavsts line have been broloen or hurled back. ii so. the wide break-through which Hitler an- nounced ital been countered.

It is only in that sector that German tank units could have come within be miles of Mos- cow itself. German press claims of street filhting in the out- skirts of Moscow can be - since than has been m that the Neale have oapturec any road or rail junc- lion wh ch would openThe way in the outskirts.

As for the south. however,

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25--(Snturrlzry)-(AP)-Gcrman forces stabbing across the Donets basin encountered stub- bornly resisting Red Army defenders Friday in the vicin-

t of the iron-producing centre

of Stalino and about 70 miles northwest 0f Rosiov, gate- way to the Caucasus, the Soviet information bureau an-

The communique broadcast by Tass news agency over

her German force farther n the direction of Taganrog,

Lprtltwonthe Sea _i_if__Azov some -i(i miles west of Rostov.

(The announcement indicated that the fighting had progressed beyond Stalino, the loss of which the Russians ltave not announced. although lt has been claimed by the Germans.)

On the Moscow front, the Rus sians said fierce German attacks 11nd been repulsed in the Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslovets sectors, 57 milvs find (S5 miles west and south- west of the capital. Here the Nazis (vert- declared to have lost heav- iiy in men and machines.

In German air attacks on Mos- cow itself l7 of the raiders wens declared downed xiear the city.

KUIBYSHEV Russia. Oct. 24 - (APO-Tire Soviet leadershi , ac- knowledging hard golti at t e Roll centre and crisis on tie southern flank, bcgim assembling vast new armies today among Russia's rnll- lioilyivho have yet to fire s shot in this war, and t us challenged the invaders to a total struggle of an- nihllatlonz- t

"We sliall see how long they can lust. We can last for years!"

This was the giant tactic prepar- ed here in Kulbgvsllev and in Mos- cow-two shadows of the same auth- oritv of Joseph Stalin as they were described by officials. Stalin nim- self remains in Moscow, to direct the battle for the life of the So-

(Continucd on page 7, Col 4)

Four emaciated Youths return

Spent Four Months In French Concentra- tion Camp A f t e r Ship Was Torped- oed.

By FOSTER BARCLAY nadian Press Staff Writer A BRITISH PORT, Oct. 24- fCPl-Four emaciated teen-aged youths, survivors of a ship torped- oed in the Atlantic. lave reached home after four months e French West Africa concentration

camp.

The sailors, interned after their lifeboat was washed asnone, said the were clubbed and beaten oy nat ve guards. They were released after futile attempts to escape and wore taken to the frontier where grey were mot by British authori-

es.

Conditions in West Africa were bad, said Geoff Wise of London. 'l'he others were ymond Ware of Rctihill. suffer. Russell wuusms

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Say frost noedsii To continue drlvo

LONDON. Oct. It-(OH-The British Broadcasting corporation tonight quoted what it called "Ger. man military quarters" as saying that "decisive operations” against Moscow will be impossible until frost makes the ground firm. Berlin spokesmen quoted by the BBO said road transports an sink- ing "axle-deep" in mud. Troops ed- vancing on Moscow were said to-

"Axis Bfficers

tB-Wfl. tonight. he said the newly- elccted British Columbia legisla- ture would meet on Dec. 2_

Writs certifying election of mem-

ra in last Tuesday's provincial voting are not returnable until Dec. 1, so that Dec 2 is the first possible dato for tthe meeting oi the new legislature. The standing is 2l_Liberals, 14 C.C.F.. 12 Conserv- hill/BS and one Laborite.

After the final unofficial returns had mowed that the Liberal gov- ernment would not command an over-all majority in the new hcirse, R L. Maitland, Conservative lender. called for a union government. of Liberals. Conservatives and (3.0 F Harold Winch. C.C l", leader, re- jected the proposal on the ground the political parties different policies. Today Mr, Pat-t tullo stated "attempts are beinry made to do the ‘Q1511 act‘ and pro- clpitaie some action by myrselt in thc way of a coalition Szovernmen-t." and he_i_il_dica.tcd__n_o_ actionyon such

(Continued on page 7. Col 3)

Ii. S. to double Tank production

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -rAPi- A tremendous increase in the Unit;- ed States army's mechanized strength was projected today by President Roosevelt. who said its tank production progrem would be doubled.

He withheld specific figures on the present program and the new one, saying such information would be of value to the axis lie also did not reveal the date when he ex- pected the production to reach its full stride.

Secs Germans Seeking death 0f French Race

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.. Oct. 24

s. Ambassador to France, charged in a statement broadcast to Europe by short wave today that Gcnnany is holding thousands of young Frenchmen as hostagrs "so that ‘tiillt? French race will wither and

e."

Edge said Hitler made elaborate promises that. nearly 2,000,000 French soldiers would be allowed to return to their homes when the German-French armistice was reached, but that "according to my information fewer than 100.000 have come back to France."

Russian time Bomb kills 50

BUCIIAREST, Oct. M —-iAPi —A time bomb left behind by the Russian forces which aban- doned Odessla last week killed 50 axis army and navy officers, including a Romanian general, military dispatches said tonight.

The general officer killed was named Glogoleanu. (Some dis-

tohes identified him ea the

umanien commandant in 0-

dssae.) '

Two German naval officers were among the victims; most of the other: were believed to have been llumaniane.

The dispatches deecribed the scene of the explosion as near a former Russian secret police headquarters in Odessa, but did not precisely identify the estab- lishment blown up

Romanian troops strengthen- ed by German detachments took Odeaen which ita Russian de- fenders abandoned by sea after a two mouths’ siege.

t tohee from the German front ve related in detail the

Bunion technique of leaving lend mines and time bombs be- hind when eltiea are evacuat- ed. In many instances bulld- ings have blown up Ion‘; after the moved n. In Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, fires started by Russian lend mines after German occupa- tion burned five days. destroy- ing b0 blocks in the centre of the city. German officers said many of the mines were explod-

(bs ‘wallowing in a sea of mud."

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iTcurist season Good despite War handicaps

SMITHS FALLS, Qnt, Oct. I4- (CP)—Despltc wartime handicaps, Canada enjoyed one of its most prosperous tourist seasons last slimmer. D. Leo Dolan, director of lILC Canadian Travel Burea-t, said in a speech at the annual meeting of the Smiths Falls chamber of commerce tonight.

Travel prospects for 1942 are un- certain, he said, due to the inten- sification of war activity in the United States. They present a chal- lenge to travel agencies which may be met by stressing the idea that rest and change are necessary to efficient work. '

Up to the end of September this year, 3.122.673 automobiles entered Canada from the United States, said Mr. Dolan. Up to tire end oi August 10. 188,344 persons entered the country.

Mexico now was a serious com- petitor of Canada in the search for the Amefican tourist dollar. Mr. Dolan said he had just returned from that country and had se 1n the efforts bring made to attract mur- isis.

Makes new record. In parachute leap

CHICAGO, Oct. 24 --UiP) - I. daring parnchutist leaped from a plane at 31.400 feet today, tumbled 5 1-2 miles through space before pulling his rlpcord and landed safe-

1y.

The jumper, Arthur Starnes, ex- ceclcled all known records for free fal . United States aviation associa- tions recognize no official paruchu- , ting records. but. press reports show l Russia claimed a world record for free fall in 1934 when a man jump- ecl at 26.575 feet and opened iris] chute 650 fcet above the ground, a i plunge of 4.9 miles.

Find death of N. B.

--(AP)—Walter E. Edge, former U. i’

Man was accidental

COCAGNE, NB, Oct. 24—iCP)- Mystery surrounding the death of George L. LcBlanc was cleared up at an inquest today when the jury decided the fatality was “purely accidental" and the re- sult of lcBlanc being run over by a truck driven by Arias Sure-tic.

LcBlanc died soon after‘ he was found unconscious on the highway last Saturday night. A hit and run drived was suspected, but Surcttc testified he had passed over a dark object and continued his trip. hinking the clip-ct. was "a sod tliroum up by a road machine."

War——25 Years Ago Today

0C1‘. 25, lino-Bulgarians tinder Gen. Von Maokcnson captured Czcrnavoda. Rumnnians destroying bridge over the Danube. French repulsed live German counter-at- tacks at Verdun.

OCT. 20. i9i6—Ten German ces- troyers raided English Chiannel; two disabled and the rest. flYiWfl

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'Frank Knox Sees

Little Hope (if Far East Peace

Naval Secretary comments bluntly on ‘extremely strained’ situation; Clash inevitable unless Japs abandon izipansion plans.

(By John M. iilglltowcr, Associated Press Staff Writer;

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2~i—(AP)-—‘i‘hc u abandoned hope of coming to terms with

Knox indicated today, adding that. n almost llltViiililil‘.

nitcil States guvoriinii-lli nan japan, Mtvy Secretary Frank "collision" in the Orient ll[l[‘|(fl!\

5" "“X1|'t‘.""f|.\‘ Strained" is the situation, he told a group ni‘ tit-ionic

mailufuirtliri-rs int-cling in his offii-c,

that it is no lullgcr cimsidcrvrl air-

visalill: to rcly upon tlin trans-Pacific route for sliiitping war sumilirs io Russia, and a North Atlantic route ending at Archangel is \'il‘\\'l'fi as pre-

ferable even though that Arctic ort

Knox described conditions in the Orient in these words:-

‘The situation in the Far East is extremely’ straiiii-ci. We are sit.- Lsfied in our own minds that the Japanese have no intcntioil of giv- ing up their plans for expansion If the pursue that course a collis- sion Licre is inevitable "

The p1‘ >ll0illlC8lll0lliL was the most t bluntly phrased summation oi‘ rfi- ‘ lotions hours-on the United States i and Ja-itan to conic from a L011 qov- i ernment official since the United . States and Japan undertook a ser- ies of com‘ ii ago to diccoi (‘bother they micht work out n formula for peace in the Pacific ,

The United States. i: is unrlcr- 1 stood has taken iiif- position that. Jipanunitst givekiipjieijgxptins’ n-

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40-60 hour week . For British workers

LONDON. Oct. 22-(CP Cable:-

' file work-neck in Britain, stretch-

ed beyond nurmiil length by the war, now ranges iroin i0 iiotirs t0- more than 60 a week.

In tile coal iriincs it averages 45v

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