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Allies Close In On German Base

Yanks Continue Drive 0n Manila

VANCE COMMAND Jan. l0 - (TuesdIlO-(AP) - Am can ad- vance units have pushed inland to a depth of 28 miles from Llnga en Gulf toward Manila, headqua

lflélfllsced today. 1 roan Mongol-- Lirlgayen ty

lel columns arem southeast of and from Bayambang on the Agnc River mluie the deepest thrust to Camilin on thg right flank. It is a. road lunction inside Tarlec Pro- vince and represented the first penetration to Tarlec.

Enemy Aiming llew Blow At Antwerp?

WITH THE FIR-ST CANADIA

AltMll IN HOLLAND, Jan. iQP-AIIQtU-Allled airmen at- tacking German positions on the lthlne-lilaas Estuary Island of Bchouwen-Dulveland have ob. served a number of barges and considerable troop concentra- tions. This was taken aa evid- ence the German; still may be considering an attack on Allied Pfltitiona on the lleholde River mouth with aim of action the of , opened by the 1st Canadian Ar- my's Schelde Estuary campaign last. autumn.

Cenwlihill now its the re- velation that Canadian Com- mandos Joined Polish troops in a recent raid on German itiens on a "ao-malrs-land" i g u. tween the Bergshe Mass and the Oude Massie about seven miles northeast of Breda-the first time that Canadian Commandos and Polish troops had worked to- gather.

Despite language difficulties, it was said la nest spirit oi har- mony prevailed.

Canadians- At Front Puzzled By Two Armies

LONDON, Jan. 16-(0? Cable) -Johrl Bracken, national leader oi the Progressive Conservative Par- ty. said in an interview tonight that Canadians on the Western Front "don't understand why Can- ada hes two annies-one to fight overseas and one to stay at. home."

Mr. Bracken, who ent l1 days on the continent tour ng let Can- adian Army areas and who is pro- ceeding shortly to visit Canadian soldiers in the Italian theatre, said he was withholding his own per- sonal vicwpoinr on the reinforce- mcnt situation until he returns from Italy.

He said, however, that the Can- adians fighting" in western Europe “don't understand why there should have had to be a political crisis before their necessary re- lniorcements could be assured and even now they don't understand why at this critical period only a fraction of the home army should be a ' is for reinforcements.”

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PARIB J (OP) — The U States let Anny today bat. tel-ed info the outklrta of l-louf- f , vi 1 road centre ln the Ger- mans B; glan salient and other 1st atlons redoubled blows

on the nartileaat 01min] from ons on t enemy's

last-stand positions at St. , with vanluards only six miles away British 2nd Army ‘ ons. flung into the bottle to keep the Germans from reaching the Mouse River south of Namur, were flush-

battl preaches to St. mans fought with fanatical fury to keep the base of their Ardennes salient from splitting before their withdrawing forces reach the hav- en of the Siegfried Line inside Ger-

ma-ny.

As fog and the rain shielded his retreat from Allied air alight. Field Marsh dstedt re- pol-ted fresh troops into the Saar and northern Alsace 101’ a possible new break-through at- tempt now that his Ardennes ad- venture had come m a costly end.

Report; supreme headquarters said that the speed of the Allied advance against the crumbling Ardennes salient now was overrul- nlng German command posts. 8nd one reslnlyntal headquarters was captured with all its staff except- the commanding colonel.

‘Ilethbridge Leads _ In I.0.D.E. Drive

‘romomo. ‘Jan. is - ‘(cry- Headquarters oi the Imperial Or- oer m ters o1 the Empire rm-

pounced today that Lethbridsze ln Alberta had been the first com- munltv ill-Canada. to so over its objective in collecting funds for the current I.O.D.E. service llb- rary campaign. -

Air Marshal Leckie Arrives In Britain

OITAWA, Jim. 15 — (OP) - Alr Marshal Robert Leckle. clllel oi the air staff. has arrived in Bri- tain after a. flight from Canada. an R.C.A.P‘. spokesman announ- ced here today.

lt was understood Marshal Lec- kle would hold iscusslons with Air Marshal LS. Breadner. R C. A.1'-‘. overseas chief and Air Min- lster Sir Archibald Sinclair. his discussions may be the lorthccnlln switch oi air pow- er to the Pull c. the winding up o! the Alr Training Plan and pro- vLsion oi sir police for occupied zones after the war in Europe.

N.S. Premier On Visit To Ottawa

Jan. l5 — (OP) -

terview Federal ilcisls about a few matters of rou- tine business.

" a winter you nre havirlll here," he said in a brief intervzew after n8 at the snowplles a- long the Capital's streets. “We have nice balm weather in __i§gl fax.

By ‘ALLAN NICKELSON N N, an. 15 —- (OP) The son oi one oi Hitler's favorl

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“c on e s ry ea n: up yam“ wnfiuffilfly Ixflxgle tigrlival in England reads like flo- _ n‘ louollln" mint‘ bwm‘ Jokes, wearing the red" beret

titute daaoa and sale or. lunches Wiltshire Hall Tuesday Jan. 10th. fi not fine Wedraeallgsgavi

of Bulk Wheat coming to Vernon Station within s week or ten days. Book new. Edison Nelson. l-16-3i.

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oi the airborne troops and tho insignia oi an armored reconnais- sance regiment, told his story in an interview.

The young German was an of- ficer cadet in the Austrian Army when the Nari party came into

wer. Hts father was one on the lrat senior Austrian officers otn and ame an Inspector of

eavy artillery.

"A General led inspecting

von llau was kil- the Atlantic Wall ny mont ago," Jakes laid, t I don't know li it was my

ms "bu father."

When the Nazi regime spread throughout Austria, Jokes went to Switzerland where he assumed th

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trance in Spain n as forces

m, dove 3rd Fleet carrier attacks

Son Of Nazi General Serving With British

itory Of His Escape From Concentration Camp Reads Like Fiction.

to aglneer. He came to know mem-

rhe republican forces a spy, fightng A Gestapo

mined the German. Basia. ‘ by the

llong Kong, I Swatow And Amoy ltaided

rams. mason. Jan,

(AP) - United states srs nee m"! “mud H0110 K0118. Swallow and Army Saturday in the first full-scale can-fer attach of the war on Japan's lifeline pom a1 the China colet, Pacific 1'1 H announced .

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This bold sweep c! mgr than 300 miles. extending in ebehind Formosa which was rim-led anew l" "W who time. fo owed by two

H0118 he lndouchins coast which wiped out two enemy convoys and sunk m- dim-lied a total of 00 enemy ships.

Almlral Chester W. Nimitz. Pac- {fifi Fleet commander. sold no de- asyet were avilbl , tn China coast raids ‘bu: lle 1' e upward previously announced totals 0f it lea-st 25 enemy sill and l8 dame/sod off fade-O ins.

Forty-one Japanese ghipg tom. Illa’ agout 127.000Mtcns were sunk

mOr about 70.000 tgnsswglle diagrllsgaetliulbg 93"" Dlflflos in the bold strike 18st Thursday on ports and con- VCV: off Indo-Ohlns.

Third Fleet airmen destroyed 112 Therese bianes and damaged Pbout 50 more in the Pacific East's dash across the South China Sea to aftecl- the shoreline oi the Western Pacific.

Canadians Take Part ln llaid 0n Mandalay

WITH THE R..C.A.F'. IN INDIA, Jan. l5—(CP Cablch-Canadian airmen shared in One of the magi; devastating blows struck at Japa- nese army formations on the Bur. ma front when massed formations of Liberator: of Eastern Air Com- mand concentrated their bombs on W118i: 0n the outskirts of Man- dfllfly on Saturday.

Crews were unanimous in des- cribing the attack as one or the best they have ever seen and re- peated explosions from blown-u ammunition dumps were ‘reporbe _

An all-Canadian crew skippered by Flt. Lt. Art Brown oi Grand Forks. BC. like the majority of the airmen. commented on the lightness oi the opposition. No enemy fighters attempted to inter- rupt. Two of the Canadians with Brown were F0. W. Watters of Fredericton and Sgt. Don Fesncr o.‘ Liverpool, N. S.

Milk Producers Strike In Sydney, Australia

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 15- (CP Reutersl-A strike of countw and suburban milk pr ducers to ensure a greater milk subsidy from the Government today deprived 1,500,000 consumers in the Sydney arid Newcastle areas oi their sup- p es. Sydney was hit by the full ci- fects of the strike today and only a few persons were able to net milk by appealing to suburban dairies. One dairy was besieged by orally/ff crying: "Mllkl We want m .

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no was taken to Berlin on an order by his father and confined to a concentration coup.

Despite torture, Jokes kept his silence because "the only chance l bad of livin was not to talk."

Later, cur-Ina the present war, he was given radios to mend and collected enough pieces to make three small sets which he instal- led behind Zzhe walls or the cells. Using steel plates from the toe: of risoners’ boots he devised a mel od oi switching all seu on and oii instantly.

"With esrs pressed against the wall we listened naht after night to the news from oonoon."

Then Jokes was "ransferred to a camp near Natlwleler and was» given regular emplflyment as an

o! the French underground in Germany as forced

and overcoat and s. pair of d glasses," he said. ‘I drove and the other four crouched on the floor at the back. I gave the_ code signal on the horn the camp gated opened. the aural present- ed orms and we were through.

The five made their way i0 00- cupied France and later. With the

- many thousand comfort boxes cad

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lwaikituation Last Night

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B! KIRKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst) of a vast Bed Army winter offensive in progress last Prussia “aimed at ending the war" in Europe

German , from the Danube to

lack fall Ituaaian firmatioa.

But they were too circumstantial for doubt that a supreme mill- iry crisis is developing for Nasidom, caught in a gigantic Russian-

llied vice.

Enemy broadcasts painted an even darker picture than any pub- lished Allied or Russian estimate oi the situation.

‘ihe Nani home front thus could have no reasonable doubt that battles of decision were shaping up or had been already fought and lost

east and west alike.

That could be sensed in Belgium where the counter bulge created in Allied lines by the German December attack was fast crumbling away. The German retreat was still for short oi a complete rout but it was verging that way lust as the iull strain oi the massive Russian main

attack fell upon the foe In Poland.

1t hardly needed liloseo ‘s formal announcement to confirm the German report oi White Russian armies on the move-in the northern as well as the southern Vistula brldgeheads and nlso west of the Narew

above Warsaw.

in the first broad-fronted Russian thrust in expand the upper Vistula bridgehead Krakow was rneaaccd. The Nida tributary oi the Vistula, the only important water hazard or other natural military barrier guarding the old Polish capital on the east, hsd been crossed lry ille Russians on a wide front northeast oi the city.

The main attack appeared driving due west on a lid-mile wide front midway between Krakow and Klelco, near anchorages whole south flank oi the German defence line in Poland north of the Carpathian. Fall cf Kielce was announced today by Marshal Stalin.

The expanding upper Vistula salient has now been driven more than 60 miles deep beyond the origins‘ Russian 1.:

based salient, powerfully bolstered

the south where its shoulder rests against the north flank of the rugged

Carpathians.

As far as it can be traced on the maps this‘ main Russian bridge-

head beyond the Vlstula begins to

a huge Red Army pincer attempt to storm simultaneously the Gallclan gateway to Central Germany. the Danube Gap and the Danrig Corridor.

Truck Convoy Enroute To; Over Leda Road

China

d}; Extent 0f Anti-Semitism In ilue. Exaggerated

TORONTO. Jan. ,15—Joseph E. Fine of Montreal told the sixth P1611811’ session of the Canadian Jewish Congress that “the extent of anti-Semltism in Quebec has been ekpsse oiled bv enemies national unity."

“French Canada has its bigols Just as other parts of Canada." he sold. "but we are heartened by its devotion to its classic traditions of reasonableness, warmth, pride ln its good name and desire to be fair to thcle who live among them."

Rabbi Solomon Frank of Winni- peg drew attention of the Congress to the larva number of Canadians who are militant in the cause of decent relationship between Cana- dians oi various racial origins.

“They follow the fundamental Canadian tradition of democracy and fair play which has made of our country the freest land in the world," he said.

A report submitted on the over- seas work for relief of Jews in Europe by tho United Jewish Re- fugee and War Relief agencies in conjunction with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Com- mlttee. proposed raising $l.5(0.000 ln Canada during the coming year to further this work. The Canad- ian relicf program will be integ- rated with the American commlr- tee. which is entering upon a $46.- 000.000 program in liberated Eur-

ope.

Mrs. Samuel Bronfman. 0.B.E.. head of the Jewish Division of the Red Cross Society in Quebec. re- ported that 13,000,000 cigarets and

been sent overseas by the women's committees of the Congress.

Expect IB-ig s Will Meet Early In Feb.

IDNDON, Jan. l6 -— (O-Reu- tern-Political circles ln Lon-

don are convinced that the forth-

comin “Big Three" meeting will

ace early in February. expected that contacts bc-

Min l‘

of of the toughest jobs

aid cf the l":cnch Forces of the Ia- tcrior, to England.

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shape up as the northern arm oi‘

NEW DELHI, Jan. 15——(AP)-— ‘The first truck convoy carrying war supplies to Chins more than 2 1-2 years has arrived in Myltkynia. North Burma. after an historic 262-mile trip from Lerlo. India. It is the first convoy of trucks evcr to cross the jungles from India.

Chinese troops under the coal- mand oi Lt-Gen. Daniel I. Sultan now are battling the Japanese in the Wanting and Namhkam areas along the China-Burma border. and only 25 miles of the overland route remain in enemy hands.

When that stretch is cleared one

in United States Army engineering history will have been completed-a. two- year battle against jungle diseases. driving lllollsoon rfllllS and Japan- ese troops by workmen of follr nations. the United States. Chinn,| India and Burma.

Burma

The new China supply line, more l‘

than 1,000 miles long. will be in two sections. The western portion. winding through malaria-infested jungle from Ledo to Myitkyina was officially declared completed yesterday, Tile eastern section will run from Myitkyina to Kunming.

‘The first string of vehicles now marking time in Myltkylna is made up of heavy. medium and light American trucks loaded with ammunition. jeeps and artillery pieces.

The new road will replace the old Burma Road. which will not be reopened. Just how much ton- nage it will carry is a military secret.

The gravel-surfaced artery will carry more than the Burma Road ever carried. but at best lt prob- ably never will equal the pace now being set by planes flying the haz- ardous Himalayan "hump" from Assam to Kunming‘.

Troops of’ the C inese 1st Army now are knocking at the doors of Namhkam. the last key Japanese defence position guarding the final lap of the main Ledo Road. it is the only Burma zone where the enemy has been putting up deter- mined resistance for the last. slx

weeks.

Farther south. where the British 14th Army has swept to within 30 miles oi Mandalay. there has been only token Japanese resistance. Enemy withdrawals also havebeen carried out in the Arakan where.

“l "m-told was tile obtaining o

Discussed Progress 0f llew Gar Ferry

Hope that the new car ferry steamer now under construction at Coral. Quebec, will be ready some time this year was expres- sed by Premler J. Welter Jones. who has ":e‘umed from Ottawa where he handed a Lzcal delega- tion which interviewed railway and government authorities on Island transportation and other problems.

At Montreal the party inter- viewed President Vaughan of the Canadian National Railways. At Ottawa they had a conference with officials and engineers of the Department of Transport as well as with the Minister, and - ist- er - with Prime‘ Minister Mac- kenzie King.

The most uncertain factor in the car ferry situation. the wiere

eec-

trical equipment for the new boat Under the contract. the ship is to be completely electrified. In addition to the Diesel-electric pro- , ‘ ‘ Diesel engines will be employed to generate electricity for lighting purposes =nd for the operation of couipment of a total capacity to about meet the require- ments of a town the size of Sum- merside.

This equipment ls being manu-

factured 9y Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd. at. its Peterbor- cugh. Ont, plant. The biggest

holdup in production is said to be in this part of the lob. if the work can be speeded up. the ornpleti cf the steamer some time this rear is regarded as ‘quite pos- ..

sible The contract v calls for com- plction and dellverv of the ship

Sansorship Problem In Cairo Trial

BY RELMAN MORIN CAIRO, Jan. l5 — (AP) —- An Egyptian court today received the final defence arguments for Elahou Bet Souri and Ellahou Hakim, two young Jewish nationalists who as- sassinated Lord Moyne, the British Resident Minister in Cairo

For all practical purposes the trial of the young confessed sla-yers _ finished. The four mourn lawyers defending them have nar- rowed the issue down to a. sinzle point, — whether political motives rexmrluate the taking of humlan 1i Thev have asked the court to recognize the distinction between mere murder, and assassination for reason; of o .

Egyptian aw derives from the French penal code. and the defence attorneys have shown that France distinguishes between the two tylpes of slayings.

Censorship Problem

The trial has produced a most difficult censorship problem. The dhief fight Clorresponderlts have had with the censors resulted from the blanket ban placed on publish- ‘luz the personal dofcnqs speech delivered by Bet Scurl last week

The young student of philosophy attempted to justify his crime on a political basis. l-le delivered s. state- ment composed of a 1st; of the firs-vest Correspon- dents argued that if the court wished to keep Bet Sourl's test- imony confidential then the room should have been cleared of all spectators. Because more than 300 peorpie heard what the youth said. there were B011>led and highly earggeruted verron; oi it circu- lating through Cairo within a few hours.

However. it. is impossible to over- look the Government's side of th issue. ‘They seek to prevent. the courtroom from becoming a forum for dissemination of Sbernist ideas.

until today. commando forces who stormed ashore last week on the Myebon Peninsula 31 miles south- east. or Akyab met slight opposi- tion. During the last 24 hour!-

however, the Japanese have laun- ched here.

localized counter “acks

and they are deeply concerned lest disturbances break out, as a result cf statements made in court. There are a number of Palestin- ian correspondents covering the trial and one of them sold:

"As a Jew and a Zionist I would prefer that this statement never MW the lllht 4;! 311cm“ l: newapelperrnan cu be pulsllied."

T0 ILII TOKYO?

NIW YORK, Jan. 15 — The Jcplneoe Government in consider-

"18 the advisability of moving from To o to Korea, Annalee Jflifilbi. e Magazine corre-

epondmt, said today tn s broad- cast. She said reliable sources re- ported that some higt. officials were pressing for the transfer in order to escape bombings. that the Imperor would lead the eX- odus and that the Japanese neopll‘

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