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Canada To Aid Allies With Streamlined Plan

Russian

Guns

"Dominate Rostov

Reports Indicate Soviets Present

By EDDY

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LONDON. Ieb. I -('l‘ueede.yi P(CPl-— ecdine demands that the U-bos ngennoe w beaten, the R.A_,l‘. we; repcr d early today to have blasted the bl‘ Danish shipyards at Copen- hagen utter wruklng such die variation at the My"!!! W5-

srlnc boll! Ill B8100. u!!!

v e Germ?! ndio nil the iorient dlmct bud been order- Q II I ll 0 “vviiiii” 13......‘ mu t

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9 991L110‘! - 0.! Ill lie-rd on the Swedilaunilde of the Skaggerlk lute lest indicated that (lilpenhogen home of’ the world's urged alBfiEldfillflllfitwutlvfk% vac elven

rec one‘ o A. . rror.

The Bnmeinsler and Wsln Illlnvardl at Oobenlumn were lttacked Jen. 2'1 for the first llluo in tile was.

More Allied Raids Indicated

—-.—q-.'— LONDON, Fl!‘- U- Th0 10"‘

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Ultimatum To German Garrison.

Associated Press Staff Writer

MOSCOW, Fob. 8—(AP)—Rostov on the high north bank cf the Don was dominfll-Gfl tonight by masses of Rus- sian artillery on the south shore of the l,400-foot river while another Red army was reported striltiiik BWifl-ly sguth from the Donets toward the Bea of Azov threaten- ening 250.000 or more Germans with another Stalingrad

The Russians decle th ad beaten brick counter-at sckirig tiier- muus try ns to rezeln lost positions south of Rostcv, mowing them down with Pilwerful lllortur fire. One irontline dispel-ch sussoste that ti. “"22”- hi“ “he... “f.” some Kqllsigéoftlatlnlfitgn‘? ‘ i c y

a d Wit-h W lo 10 nt ev “(lgoliiliitl "whsilédo! M. m ewe Aaencv re .

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fl t b of iliavton repiillrtssiiioliibilome from s olm for éwo days.) s

U . N- - ll-tlillll Wm? Oporlitirlsoln n rthwcst corner on the nets was reported

its ulen cine drive to- i n c Bee. of Azov

can ll war Nigrgl 1m than 1 in es army. and nor- mwliii OOFW id‘ l? i '1 Giimiilb es a or. or upo miles wes of Roetov. Cstptgfs mobile force of tanks. sir se gosskl men and tummy geurancrs captured Kramsmrsk yes- r sy, 24 miles southwest o! Krasny liiman and E miles south- east. of Barverlkovo, interrupting mu further the lhstwltid gfnusn conunurllcotlorls between srkov and the Donets region.

l0 Mlle! Dilly

His lishtnln; offensive h btflli W110i!!! ahead at rote o 00 w

Ion uni-ecu of the ooleted Press reform lute ton Iht thst the Ns lo station Deut- v irhldndsender went off the iilr cl ll p.iu., indicating that A ed ilrcrnft were over Ge ny. (The Federll Comm cation! mmllslon ,Monltor in the .Unlicd States nld radio Tou- lme in Irena also had zone i; ti.‘ ".l'o.'“to°‘“ "i. it"! r ea e re a sir raid sirens hlfmmfltd in Cnnenhagcn, theDanlsh capital, dllfilll the afternoon. These re- Dorts Indicated the Allied round- lhwlocr bombardment or Nazi T "We was continuing.)

Third Case 0f Assault Reported In St. John

SAINT JOHN_ NB" Feb. 8 — g-‘Pk- The third case of assault

m- ‘within two weeks occurred "ilv vcstcrdnli when a vouniz wo- glll" was accosted on so. Andrew's . "l" bv an unidentified civilian i struck her ln the face and has,“ Ylllfl- Prcvloluly, o ieilor was _ f l‘; lnlured by "two men in qni- _ "m and n civilian struck down I flfl at o. street corner.

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ac . dzhc German ssrrison inside Ros- tov has been reported to number as high as 250,000 and many other divisions are in the Donuts Basin.

llslcv llopes Tc llave Budget Soon

OTPA A. Bbb. 8—(OP)-1i‘in- ance Mill ter Iisley told the House of Commons coda that he hopes to have the 1043- budget ready "within the next two or three Be ..

this. "so that the Canadian poop e mu know as soon as possible details of our fin- anc al and taxation program for the year."

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617M170‘! WIFE ARRESTED

W. YORK. Ebb. c-(APl-Jfhc C, n a broadcast recorded today CB5, reported that the wife of

en. Henri Honors Giraud, h Commissioner for French Nor b and west Africa. Wle arrested re-

ccntl in France b. the Gcrmlnl- ms hBC did not slve the source of

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llslcy Makes Announcement .ln Commons

To Supply United Nat- ions With Onic Bil- lion Dollars Worth 0f Goods.

3L0. I. Blackburn Cenad n Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA Feb. B —(O_P)—-Plllflllllfl Minister Iisiey today told the House of Commons the government ps0- Dilses to mike $1.0°0.0tl0.000 World! of Canada's wsr production direct- ly available to the United Notions during the next fiscal ymr, either by outrislu sill. by loan or under repayment plans.

“No financial impediment should be ailowe to interfere with this sensible shoring of our wsr product- ton," sold Mr. Ilsley.

"Therefore on essential feature of this proposal is that it shall be

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Mk. silo; lllfl the ma. in- volvcd - w J -

.. re end foodstuffs u well be un- ltioiu. ennaments and miller! equipment.

M the Itcrt of the vur Can- ada's ‘ ‘button in this re- spect wee in row materials and food but with quick establish- ment of war plants It bed lu- cluded huge quantities of mu- nitions and the output will be ' [router in tlieuext. yesr, offl-

glitive and r than: " Ccnedlultlulklielleve, ti!" ll our nsto dill-y Ind our privilege to slurs our chun- darlt supplies with the other

Unit/Ill Notions." sold Mr. Ill- ley. _

fOl‘ transfe 4n war "reptiles to other United Ration: tbs s supp'lcs are to be used in the 1010i

sndflcffectlvc prosecution of the war. The Minister said he would

shortly introduce s. bill creating s. Canadian war supplies allocation board of five cabinet ministers, to administer the 01.000.000.000 appro- priation under regulations and con- dition?‘ authorized by governor-in- COUDO .

Modern Dem-Lend Policy

The new proposal is s "mutual sid- meslstlre," which one finance de- partment official sci misllt be de- gerlbed as "s stream lned, modem- laed version of the United Shiites Lend-Loose policy."

‘end-lease prczram because the only consideration essential to transfer of equipment and ppllcs is that they will be used in the ef- ficient prosecution of effort; to- Wml B!) Allied victory. he said. Thus. q lame portion of the ep- oronrialion may tske the form of an outright gift to hhe recipients. whether they are British, Americ- a". Russian. Chinese or others. Mr. Haley's announcement was made emer the House had dlspnsetl of routine business procedure and

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Wheat Payments Total $13,806,689

OTTAWA, Rb. 8 —(CP)-- Pay- ments under the wheel. screen re- duction plan l the Prtilrlo Pro- Viiives during 1 42 totalled $19,806,- 609. compared with minimum in 1041. Azrioulturs Minister Gordi- ner said in a reply made in the Commons today to o question by E. Cl. Hunsell (ND. MacLeod).

Administration expense: for 1m wcrle ‘réported u C’! .446 and for

Stalingrad Not A City But Symbol

Nazi Prisoners T00 Numerous To Guard; Many . Dead Upburied: Acres 0f Ruined Buildings-

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Minister oliurciiill today sWv-HB lute

uoh do‘ and night conferences with his

mlltary and political advisers. in o. drive to Dlit into action dwlslmls reached at the historic North Afric- an talks with President Roosevelt from which he returned Sunday'- While the country was left guess- ing as the Prime Minister cost-boned an expected report to Parliament on his trip, Whitehall was electrifi- ed by the immediate perlevs with military, naval and sir chiefs-cud cabinet officers who were said V) be translating into orders the decis- ions reached by tho W0 Allied government heads at Casablanca. Mr. Churchill's return was sleet- ln all sections of the press by s rong new demands that e second (punt h; qpene¢ in Europe while the Germans are staggering under the blows of the Russian winter fenstvc.

Lord Beaverbrook’: Doll)’ 3M1!‘ sold Britain and the United Stu "must ‘lose not a doll cud mi l" hour" in tuklilg over the burden of the offensive from the Russians. m, Times declared that if the Rus- sian drive were swnoed 59m" a new front were Opened "the en- emy may gain breathing space for recuperation and be enabled t0 carry on the struggle into another year."

While Mr. Churchill's report to Parliament on the Casablanca talks and conference-S with President Ismet Inonu oi ‘Turkey and British and Ameldcan service hoods at Calm and Algiers was out arid;

_ only for a few days. political ob-

servers expressed doubt that ‘he would offer more than generalhies on the expected new front and the outcome of the talks with the head of Britain's non-bellgercnt oily in bhe eastern Mediterranean.

Naval Activity ls continued

Aglimfiflnlti. Ileb. B-(AH-e Bo sperms and finer-icon eur- fsce forces are cont uinffl operat- ions in the southwest Poo c in the general vicinity of the Solomon

slandl, e. navy spokesman indicated

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War Situation Last Night

(By Klrke L. Simpson, Associated Press wai- Analyst) The loll of Kurlk confronts Hitler with the need for e broad- mlo reedlultmeut of lines etrewhlnr for to the north end south of

Tbroulh lurch up rroet arteries ed rail oud hlfllwly llnel thiit leed Gerlllfill llinl for eouthwerd toward the Don-Donate sres, where by mighty Russian offenslves, and

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great junction. O i O

The fell ed Kurd creole the vliol Germs: communications line end

But ft does even more then that. It increases the threat to etlll another vltel roll lino, linking the Industrial city of Kharkov, to the south, and Bryuulhto the nortbh l-nd welt of Kursk.

VThc rail lines. cities and vast countryside that the Nazis clutched when they rolled forward in last summer's offensive across the Don- Doncts industrial are; and into the Caucasus are slipping from their grip under the battering of the Red army.

Soviet forces which leaped the Donuts south of hyum on e. wide front to envelop Slavyansk and threaten Stallno are already astrlde main-line Nari communications with the Dnlcpor

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Mil armies lmperlllcd In the Del-Donate triangle by the broad Bullion break-through are dependent for supply except by sir upon

the top and bottom of its [rent

dtl-mlle-wlde Red break-through on the Donetshae already cut the main supply route for Null forces at Rostov end in the greet Dcil-Donete trllnile. .

Churchill Confers With Top Advisers

Whitehall Electrified By Immediate Parleys; Makes Strong“ lfioiyvyDgrpunds lior Second ,

“Three B.A.F.

Members Killed In ll.B. Crash

HALIFAX, Feb. B-(CH-Thrse members of tho R. Al‘. were killed today in the crash of a bliliic 119B!‘ Rlchlbucto, N.B., the Eastern Air Command announced here tonlfllll-

The plane, based st Pennfield, N. B. was on c. routine flight When it crashed just before dawn four mlles from Rlchibucto, the announcement said All aboard were killed-

Csuse of the crash is not lmflwfl. the Eastern Ail- Command d8- clsred.

None of the victims were Can- sdiam, Next-of-kin have been m- fcrmed and names will be issued shortly.

=5 v0.8. Congress

Considers Bill 0n Lend-Lease

WASHINGTON. Feb. B—(CP)— Sentiment for increased lend-lease aid in Chins mounted in oolltiress today as the House of Represent- atives Foreign Affairs Committee heal-d War Secretary Henry’ Stun- scn and shlppmg AdfllllilSifBLOl‘ Emory S Lmld stress the need for continuing the mutual old usrce- nlcllls tor another veal". _

A plea by representative James Ourley tDonL-Mass.) fol" stepping up shipments of weapons to Chinese limiting forces Won 11199131158 liyilie House, reflecting an attitude re- pesiedly expressed by several mem- bers of the hbreizn Affairs Com-

ltlec.

The former Massachusetts Gov- ernor announced that. he had filed s resolution which would cilrnlflrli l0 per cent of all lend-lease monev for Chimp-a step which he sold would if carried out, enable Chins to defeat Japan irl six months and ssvc the lives of more than 5410.000

Americans.

Meanwhile, Btlnlson expressed bc- fore the House Committee his no!“ sons-l conviction that the United States could not and should not s a postwar "dollar and cents’ sett. emeni. of international debts arising from me

lend-lease uro- "fight: would have e gevilish herd time m do so, and pro uce e lot of damage to international relations.’ he tie lured, ddlng later that b6 ecw the possibility of s "Grill/c lil- tsrnotionol isunderstanding" de- veloping orl ct point "W! 31°

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Will Auction City Stalls As Formerly»

Decision to proceed with alter- ations to the Fish Market under supervision of the city Engineer and Market committee was token at the monthly meeting o! llhc City Council last night. A resolution in this effect, and that on completion of the work the stalls be auctioned as was formerly done, was carried on motion of Colin. Blanchard sec- onded by Coun. MacKlnnon.

Tenders for the leasing of the Fish Market were received and presented from Capt. FJ-l. Stanley, Wm. R. MacNeill, James Roberts, and Ford A; Son. Brccklev Beach. His Worship. Mayor Holman pre- sided at last nichvs meeting which all the Councillors except coun. Stems, who is in Montreal, were present.

Coun. Butler complained of the snow scraper being too much on the

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street. He thought it a "waste of time, _(_CEltifile7iTlTTp5§tT'iTCoi~dl_

B.C.A.F. Members Receive Awards

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OTTAWA. Feb. I —(0P)— RD. AI‘. headquarters tonight sn- nounced award of seven Disting- gulshed Flying Crosses and iivo Distinguished ’ Fly '- M members of the R. .A.F. overseas.

Winners of the D.F‘.C. were: I'D. Brian Earl Johnston of Wfrlnirpeg: PO. William Alexander Rentcn Barry of Russell, Man; PO. Wll~ llom John Sibbald of Toronto; Flt. Lt. David Austin Garbutt of Dun- can, 13.0.; F0. Joseph Arthur Em- ery of (Leger Corner) Moncton, N. 13.; F0. Richard Pennington Wll- kin or Edmonton; P0. Lieslle Ro- land Bond Loving of New West- minster. BC.

Winners of the DJHM. were: Flt. sgt. Frederick Hugo Larson of Cal- gary; Sgt. Erwin Earl Osler of Re- gina; Flt. Sgt. William Thomas Lewis of Montreal; Flt. Sgt. Ev- eritt Thomas Vachon of Ayer’: Cliff, Que; Flt. Sgt. Reuben Wil- liam Wright of Saskatoon.

Lcrient To Be Evacuated

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NEW YORK. Feb. l —(Al’l -—Lorlent, the Nazi U-llont base In France which was dealt I devastating blow Sunday nlmht by the ll.A.F., ls lining to be “completely evacuated" by Wed- nesday, the Berlin radlo said tonight In u broadcast record- ed hy the Associated Press.

“The town of Lorlcnt and eight surrounding district; are to be completely evacuated by Feb. l0. according to sn order irlven by the prefect of the Morbihan Department in west- ern France nu the Atlantic lea- llonrrl." the Gcrmnll rndio said in quoting a Paris dispatch.

"Only persons whose presence ls urgently required for econ- omic reasons and who possess eperlnl residential permits are

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principal bastion: of the Ger

special Russian communique,

fence line was announced, p

north.

fensive line in Russia.

The railroad city hld been in Gannon hands since Nov. ll. 196i. felling to the Neale only i 1-2 months after they lsurwbed choir drive into Russia. It was l. main springboard of the German offen- sive lust summer that. Iwept to Voroncrill and Stalingrad and over- l-an much of the Caucasus.

The Rueelen counter-offensive of loot winki- curried nearly to Kurek,‘ but fell short. of the city, where the Gennens lied built one of their strongest positions in ell Russia. Kursk was violent attack." assisted by "an en- reilgk movement from me north- west. llld the special mmenuniquc es recorded hm by the soviet Monitor. The announcement osmc as s surprise.

The smashing victory at Kurek apparently but Kharkov-regarded l5 m0 pin in the Nut lino- ln peril.

1t freed more soviet forces for an attack on Kharkov, 12B miles in the south. Soviet ppesrpolnu aimed at Kharkov slread stand within 65 miles to the cus, and 43 miles to idle southeast.

In turn. mu crumbling of in. “emu! in this vital Ukraine front save ended weight to the Russ. isn throat to the reer of Rostov, All Army undel- COL-Gen, u, p, Vsiulln reamed continuing it. drive toward Marlupol on the sec ?i»"-"3¥m°." 33%.’ “i653”? ’°’

. ov. e loo miles west oi Roetnv. “Po H"

M.D. No. 6 Leads In Recruiting Men

HALIFAX rub. Q-(OPL-Jvffl. itery District No. c has the highest pro rats recruiting standard for men in the Dominion, Brigadier D.W. While. 1350-. said ln an address here lost nizht. but added that re- "wlliill for women had not met with the same success. He said Can-

To Be Discussed

SAINT JOHN, N.B., 1M), s _ (OP)_ Milk regulations of me New Brunswick Dairy Products Commissions will be discussed here Wedileidfly by Provincial Govern- ment officials and Saint John g-m. cers. The grocers hove protested‘ Tullnllh that no milk can be sold on credit or delivered before '1 s,m_ and that grocers‘ prom mun m

exempted from the evacuation."

IJONDON, Feb. 8 ~ (OP) -- The most. powerful Allied air raids yet. delivered ill tile North Africa thes- ire asainst Italy-folds that smash- the Nopies waterfront and ii-‘ircfld fire and explosion over 510W and on the Axis air base of Cagllari in Blrd-lfllB/-——-W8M dis ‘lift-led Willy rainy weather

ightiilg to

as 118L121 zcstricted land United States bombers struck

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by Wl18ht yum-d, tboth c - liorl and Naples, iii: 51ml‘. goig in with follow-up attacks at nigh on. Sardinia. In all these biz oper- ilaails only two Allied planes were in attack on Naples w char- notarized by Brim-Gen. Po rl k W Timherlake, chief of the Ignited conunsnd in the

gin e bombe ill e East. one of the most. sue- l ever riven home

u b_ - erlcul forces in th th sxxg, 1g was, he added, "a cgus of th e to come."

reach s tcricl. like Naples." clolotncd. "You have to v: ecvy bombardment. To bomb i ll-h precision you have to attack “H118 doyllsht. You curt have

Powerful Air Raid From’ Nortll Africa