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Cl-IARIDTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, NOvEMBER 29, 1941

By lull: P. ILL. HM); Unurulu uncl L..~l $3.00

dENERA

Citizens Meet To

Discuss Blackout LL-"Col. F. C. Hanington and Mr.

J. B. Hayes are Guest Speakers.‘

Last stand of Fascists taken In Ethiopia

ll

Wiihl): “l!

puniqne goidzers | parl- lhouid , nrertlrrirrrulé

Fran empire.’

Ki‘ .ll

moored Emperor kiddo Irrtllazrs under Guglielmo Nusi before the Fascist

colony. Nov. ds of exhausted

yest-erday

in the mountains cf north- Erlrloplo to mark the end l" i‘s vast. Afrlf-Bll 9m

ire. t ful Hallo "c, given u final smash Gen.

Ethiopians.

fitting," the British com- said, "that the who played so prominent ill lrnvo the honor of finally

African

the whole campaign

Mussolinfs East Af-

f assault by tanks, in which

henchmen participated, cllmaxed

up fnil of Gondar nntuvni

This

stronghold, 7,000 ,

fret abtve sen level. was all that remained after the sweeping Bri- lLh spring which r-ecnnquered not only the uonoo snunre miles of Ethiopia

ire ital‘

llso ltnl rr sonralilnnd and Eritrea.

lrclrr. no all casualties

UITAWA, Nov. 28-—(UP)—One inn was reported missing after ' lion,- overseas

reported missing was uported interned in Eire Roynl Canadian Air Force's 123rd lllicial casualty list issued late tc-

lir cper previously

lay.

The nnnrber of air force dead llltl min-ind llhce the start oi the war stands

It 1.051.

l-‘olovrirrg is the Stir official numbers and next of ,1.

Overseas :-

Missing After Alr Operations: William Can R-57Rl_ Mrs, E. M. Keogh. (mother: ‘Toronto.

Keogh

Previously

low reported interned In Elro: llsdali, Fzederlck William. Bu. noun. Mrs. l". w. ‘Plsdoll gills) l2 Council st, Moncton, N.

Coming Events

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“Qfsrrlnr tiff Women's Institute W held rmntry sole, Maritime Elec- llhs afternoon. L-ll36-ll-29-ll

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"christian T" 11rd Home

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8t. Dovlds Sup and Bazaar. m?“ llllugeorgeasr . ‘Thursday. l.

and summer drives

I seized in 1935. but

and one

ina

reported officially

casualty list

Austin, Sgt.

reported missing

sgt.

—()_ In llrll column out: per word

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December lst L-ll65-l1-29-1L

At an enthusiastic meeting of the Civilian Defence Committce (AR P.) held lost night in the Prince of Wales College l-lnll, which was attended by several Irurrdred inter- ested citizens. Mr. J. B. Hayes, chief executive officer of the Provincial Elmerrzency Committee of Nova sco- tia, Halifax, explained the tech- nlqua of practice blackouts. Hon. H. H- COX. chairman of the Provincial Committee presided.

The Yrovincial C- mmlttoo was mounced by Hon. Mr. Cox and: comprises the following: Hon. H.H.l Cox, chairman; Major W. H. Poolefl vice chairman; Mr, Morton Dew, Secretary; Inspector J. A. Wright,‘ Police Services; Dr. B. C. Keep ng.‘ :redlca.l services; Mr. C. A. Beerzl fire services; Mr. D. M. Gass, pub- ' lic utilities services; Mr. R. S. ‘fnc- ' Beth, transportation services; Mayor . John E. Campbell, S’slde and Mayor Willard McNeili, Borden. l

In his address Mr. Hayes explain- ed the set-up as it applied to his province and stressed the need of co-ordlrration by the civilian popu- lation. He said that the Minister of Notional Defence hud designat- ed certain vulnerable areas which are liable to attack. In these areas

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(Continued on page ll, Col 4)

Thousands » pay Silent tribute To Statesman

QUEBEC. Nov. 2B—(CP)--A steady stream of citizens rum all walks of life continued today and tonight to file past the bier of Justice Minister Lapolntc and to

i Cooling in l

French-Nazi Relations

NEW YORK. Nov. 2B -(AP) —A drastic change ln tho French pttiludc toward Germany during he Dist week was reported to- fllly in trustworthy advices reaching The Associated Press.

These advices came from sources which previously had said that Germany and the Vichy "Kline would reach n collabora- tlon rim-cement in the near fu- lure.

It was slated that In Vichy. where officials permitted corres- pondents last Saturday to send dispatches telling of an Immin- cnf meeting between Marshal Pellfn and hfih German lend- ers, rumors are circulating that inch a meeting hu been p051- poned indefinitely.

Find wreckage 0f plane lost In 1939 flight

ST JOHN'S. NfifL,

wrec krrge

Va., was lost on an

wreckage after it from the air plane was in good condition bu the fuel tank was punctured.

from Old orchard, Me., 28. i939. Tie was never again.

pay silent tribute to one of French Canada's most illustrious leaders.

From all corners" of the rovince and even outside tllre pro nee the public crime to move past the cof- fin where the Justice Minister's body lay in state in the Red Cham- , ber of the Legislative Council. At times. the people moved at the rate of 2.000 on hour through the‘ spacious chamber. which l5 over- fowing wit-h floral tributes.

The funeral service will be held Irere tomorrow for the statesman who died in Montreal Wednesday nnd was brought here yesterday.

King George VI today sent his tribute to Mr. Lcpolnle. The Gov- ernor-General, the Earl of Ath- lone. said in a message to Mrs. Lrplnte that the King had asked hlm_ "to convey to you and your f-zmuly an expression of his most sincere condolences on the death of your distinguished husband."

No price increases Under new order

OTTAWA. Nov. 2B—(CP)—Just. to help those piIICYIBSCT5 who may‘ bc c rifle confused hand all this| Milk 0f Price fixlng~tlrere‘s to be; no more price increase vmon con- trol becomes effective on Msnday.

The Wartime Prices and ‘Prado Board drew attention to this fact‘ tonight.

If nnytlrlng it's going to mean a reduction bccausze. where prices have risen beyond the peak price of the basic period, scpt, 15 to Oct, 11. they must be dropped back to that level,

So. says the board. there's no need for housewives to stock up

Tickets 40c and, L-IITB-ll-Zil-lr.

Church Afternoon Cookln Sale Tues-

"lrlkcvurber 2nd. L- rar-rr-zs-zr

"Bee Belle River play l-u...‘ ll, Wives" rrt Hunter River, Mon- lbwember m at sis

lfltlon,

lid

"Ann l ‘*- rr-rfiootiml Dmmbewglfellows Hall. Tuesday. hvseuétui. 8P.

“Bring u;

l Your

lunafx- Fair - Dickie

Tllkles N ‘pa, mum‘ cw Glasgow.

"leer sh - ll m. b?‘

comm“;

~ lg: mw-lll- Payljng f! over g3 p0

_n “fling Ir

5 Tlklfl almllllr Bus: .

b-unsln-aa-ar.

Charlottetown Vendors Assoc-

M. Ell L-ll 41-29-31

chicken, fowl adlng, price

IT d- Buying every day. R son,

14-1121-11-27-21.

Tues- at Ind

December 4

Admission 3b war work. L-nac-u-ao-ar.

Monday at Pred- SB per pon-

Knud Jorgen- 14-1204.

. "Amllllelv no more credit!

loco Mun

fill

to P! p. s: hlggolmt. Any commodities whose

dbc-

u ber- ro will be’ handed

I 1km “mum, further notice. Knud hcdulctcn, Irflfl

e court for collec-

l 8

f0? can effort to send it undo each. Oolloct- house banking committee had been u usual for the deformed by g standing vote of 1'11

with stuff thinking they'll avoid a Jump in prices next week. ‘mere Just isn't sung to be any ,1

Remnant of ll. S. prices Bill passes

as -(Al>l-

WASHINGTON, Nov. A-tuttered remnant of the admin- vlstration’: rice control bill WM

sed by he House of Rrepresen tctives ton! ht after President

Roosevelt's oroes. facing a. complete lrout, compromised on many poln ‘with a coalition of Republicans Ind Democrats.

Cllmcxing what many member- snid privately was the most. con- fused legislative situation the had experienced. the revamped bll ‘sent to We Senate by l 7°“ c?“ voto of 224 to rsr after a. Rtfiflllbll-i

to 184. As flnollv approved the bill would give n llngle summon-nor- rower ‘Impose confuse on the one" °l

rlgiesflstpgxg~ of line with the

structure. but an ldrnlnistf-‘ctlv’ board of review would have emhor, lty to set lsldc the administrator. millil-

Killed in

Mine accident

GLAGE BAY, N. 8., Nov. 28 - '(CP)—Struck by a. runaway string of cool boxes, John J. Patton, B9, was killed instantly today in Do- minion Coal Company's No. 11 col-

iiery here. He was a shct-firer. A son, Robert, Montague, P. E.

Two reporters Are captured

LONDON, Nov. 98—(CP)-Two the British forces in Llbyar-Godfrey Ander- Press, Lon- Ncw York

n pflsoxg Christmas trees. Occupants of the

correspondents with

son of The Associated don, and Harold Denny, Times, have been to e by the Italians, it was learned day, dents in are known to be so! hod been obscure were ton, Toronto star. A Reuters, and S. Brewer, Tribune.

interpreting The

War

(B Klrkc h. Simpson. A5806- lbled Press Staff Writer) A general Russian retreat on

the Moscow front, forced by

new Nazi advances on far-

separated sectors of the 200-

mlle defence are. wows "n"

der way.

It. ls clearly designed to N-

concentrcte Red armies in a

tighter circle about the cit?

from the Kiln region in the north to the Olmnara river line in the south, although full lcopa of the retirement is not yet revealed.

Stress laid by Russian com-

mcntetors for several days on the increasing gravity of the Moscow developments indicat- ed preparations of public opin- ion for n. broad retreat. In the ' of such a withdrawal, advance forces went of the city would be in extreme PM" 0 piece-meal cnclmlement and destruction. Similar din!!!" would face those to the south, now fallln beck from ro-cn- clrcled’ l.‘ . _

Like the British for the flaming Libyan of cnclvc. annihilation of armies, not occupation of towns, l: Hit- ler's prime oblcctlvc tn the Moscow battle. Bitm- Hulls-n experience wl too long dc-

yl tcoouoooconnnmonll

of a plpne in which Thomas H. smith of Clnrksburg, attempted trans-Atlantic flight in 1939. They found n0 trace of the flierg body.

The troopers. Eric Rhyms and F. Benoit, went in search of the Royal Canadian Air Force fliers reported spotting several months ego. They said everything in the l

Smith took off on u projected hon-stop flight across the ocean on May sighted

Illves ln Lower \

but three other correspon- I who hud been reported misa-

,_ e.

The three whose whereabouts M. H. Hal- lcrlc Jacobs.

°“‘°"° l Pretty passenger

iCream Of Nazi ‘Forces In Libya l

Caught In Trap

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OAIR/O Nov. 38—(AP)—St.r0ng\ I V ‘ill-day respite

lAxls formations trappedeastof the - ln ruling re

Tobrulr-Rezegh zone-the elite a- . Licence numbers

{prong fit-Gen. Erwin Rcmmers surviving North African tank corps l-threshed against a closing Bri- . tish line tonight in a desperate cf- fort to escape annihilation.

Retreat to the west and to junction with other German and Italian forces simultaneously and heavily enga ed deeper in Libya,‘ beyond Rene . was blocked by an. Imperial wcl standing nthwnrt. the coastal routes.

Rommel thus struggled for the life of two Axis columns, one rc-l turning sorely weakened from a.| foray across the Egyptian frcntlerl and" the other formed of troops leaving their broken positions in the frontier region or Sidl Omar and Helfaya (Hellfire) Pass.

The northernmost of these col- umns had been under violent Bri- tish bombing assault. for more thanl 24 hOUIs before it was met head-on! by British tanks and dispersed in a two-hour battle, said British] headquarters. The second column was not precisely located save that. it, too. was threatened with envel- opmenl; and destruction.

N

OTTAWA, Nov. 2a __(c|>)._. Manufacturers, wholculcrc and ' ether nonrlle of food, feeds. livestock, poultry, clothing, and footwear have hem granted a 10-day extension from the denrL line of Dec. i before they must, nfflx their customers’ licence numbers of invoices 1nd sales clips.

"While suppliers may there- fore ship any of these goods to a retailer until Dec. 10 with- out knowing his licence num- ber they arc still under an ohll- gation to affix their own and the buyer's licence numbers on all documents recording sale; which take place between Dec. 1 and Dec. 10." said C. I’. Mor-

. Nov. 28- . ,

(c1: cable)_-Ivwo t“, t _ While this series cf battles rag- Dilly. director of licensing.

mg from the mods Qpfffh ‘Quafe ed east of the imperial Tobruk- While nu.- 10-day exten- souu, coast semlement o: Grundy“ Rezegh line other British and New clon will facilitate the exchange fiver m4“, reported finding the Zealand forces now in full con- of goods until licence numbers

tact fought forward mile by mile. over powerful German opposition. to the west toward the strong Axis‘ pflsltlOll-S of Gazala and Derna be- yond Tobruk.

It was the east, however, into] which Imperial Commander, Gen,

Sir Alan Cunningham, was throw- ing the greatest of his striking, Dower, for while Axis forces west o . Be guardians Ill - Price control J

"0 Scllflrfld. it may not. be eon- slrued as an extension of the licensing deadline of Dec. 1, and does not nffcet in any way the effective date of the price ceil- ing," he added.

of Tobruk are perhaps more num- erous than their snared comrades t behind them, the Axis mechanized arm is concentrated in thu latter area-quid that, 1s objective No. 1 for destruction.

The ‘Ibbrrfk-Rezegh zone itself appeared ell but cleared of Axis, forces, for substantially the whole of the ‘Italian Bologna Division] holding tfre eastern side of the ro- OTTAWA, Nov. 2B—(CP)-Can- bruk perimeter has been annihll- adian women received a coil from uted and only a few of Rornmels tho Wartime Prices remaining tank units still hold out.‘ Board tonight, little more than 4B near Rlezegh. hours before price control becomes

The main fighting has swepbeffectlve, to act as guardians of back some 30 miles to the east be- l the price inn’. lc-w the region of Gambul; where. The appeal lvent out from Dorr- Rcmmers two frontier eoiumns Gordon, chairman of the moved up to the showdown-to irrices board, who spoke over the break the imprisonment or be national network of the Canadian crushed Broadcasting Corporation.

The price ceiling on goods will be effective Monday, M1". Gordon said, and pricvs higher t-hnrr rhose which prevailed between Sept. l5 and Oct. ll would be a, breach of the law.

"If you find some bwtleg dealer who wants ycn to conspire with him to break the law you must not only refuse. you must also lei. him know. in unmistakable terms. that. he is an enemy of this country." Mr. Gordon said.

Mr. Gordon said the board pro- poses to deal drastically with any person who deliberately violates the law. "but the housewife must lbe the real guardian of the law."

I Nazis stab at car were returning from Monctcn

Killed in crash Into parked truck

REXTON, N. 13., Nov. 28 -(CPl- Gordon Marks, l9, was killed near here early tonight when a car in. which he was riding with two olh- , er Rrexton residents crashed into a parked truck. Malcolm ffannay, tnc driver. and Kate Kennedy each suf- fered a, broken leg and were token to hospital here. The truck driver

was loading

RETREAT? unnrn WAY on Moscow r

i Centerwolding But Flanks in Steady Betreat

German pressure continues despite heavy losses

lBy Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press Stuff llritrri

RECEIVED NEW RANK

Rear-Admiral Percy W. Nelles, chief of naval stuff, has been pro- moted to be virc-zulmirul; Major- (icncral ll. D. G. Crerur, chief of .tlu: general staff, has been pro. muted to lieutenant-general, and Air \'lve-l\1;;rshal L. S. Breadner has been raised to rank of air marshal in tho latest list of p170- motions issued at. Ottawa,

Jap Press O Begins talk

0t “Menace”

May be Working up case for further moves by Tokyo.

TOKYO. NOV. 28 -—(AP) -- D15-

KUIBYSHEV, Nov. 28—lAP) flanks of’ the Moscow sector were

ltopped n scant 86 miles from the

south of th the region

is some 100 nriles capital. and in Voiokolnmsk, 85 of Moscow, wedge driven into the lines imperllied the Red position.

‘Ilrese are called "distant up pronches" to Moscow but. the sit

outflank Moscow on the east. First of all, the trying to encircle

the battle-front dispatches They acknowledged city called "N” near Tuln, unde and trench mortars.

All German attacks ln the Moz haisk and

patclu-s purporting to describe a new British "menace" to bcrtlr Thul- lrrnd and Japan began to appear in Jnpnrrfrsc Il(}\\‘$l)1lll'3l‘S tonluht. as the cabinet, flanked by high war and navrrl ministry oifleinis, delib- erated Jnpnnls final stand on the Pacific peace negotiations in Wash- ington.

Nlchi Niehl printed under n Bone-

and 'l‘rndc -

. (lil country

Battles over

BERLIN, Nov. 28-(APl—-Admit- tedly hit in the Black Sec corner‘ o! the eastern front by Russian‘ counter-attacks oi unusual strength, the German arureri forces stabcedl at the fringe of the Caucasian oily country from the air wniglrt. in the start. of new Offensive operations.

The Nuzl armies cf the Cfirllcfl. also opened a new drive on the Red navy fortress of Sevnstcpol. which has been holding out, hr the southwest. corner of the peninsula while more spectacular operations unfolded elsewhere.

On the Msscow front. scene of the most prolonged and violent. German pressure, the attacking armies were pictured as forging ahead, sic-wly choking off lire Rod capital's cCmmunicaticns on north, west and south.

~l.abels Finland As puppet of Hitler regime

_ Marked voyage r

NEW YORK Nov. 28—-(AP)— '1lre Egyptian passenger liner El Nil crept into port today after a bizane 84-day voyage from Alex- andrln-o. trip marked by several knife fights among passengers and officers over a pretty woman pass- enger, bombings in Suez and‘ nar- row 88031365 from Axis submarines and raiders.

The 'l.'l69-ton motorshlp, Egypt's first and finest nger vessel. brought further rcuble. to her 48 weary passengers when the llrrcr stemmed into the My last nishl- flrhey were held at quarantine ov- ernight and the ship could not dock immedlatel because another vessel oqculllgl l; c Pier. The Des!- engers were kept. on the El Nil, anchored nee: the Btotuc of Liberty in the bay.

Added to this the lllp ran out of fresh water three days out of Trinidad, had trouble getting fuel at mast 5nd West African ports and was unable to go to Freetown. sierra. loom. because the crow re- fuoed to call the veuel there for four of submarines.

Passengers sold o chip officer and several passenger; became em- broiled over cttentons to o pretty Enflllshrwcrnnn aboard and thnt several melee: with knives were

staged. Richard 0. Watson of Halifax.

WASHINGTON. NOV- 23 -— “Pl —Secretary of State Cordell Hull today labelled Finland n puppet of the Hitler regime.

He asserted the little country's signing of the anti-comlntern pact was highly s‘ lficrmt and could‘ nnot be camouf anvil or explained a- way, and added that every recon‘.

t, f th Flnnlsl government giifcoiiliiifio ma?" ‘m: ghowg it ise"fully co-‘cpemtlng with fluted w h g Qanflfm.“ m the Hitler forces. l 1 Ni rlu. uld he was innocently ln- B9 "llerlwd "f" m" "Pm “F” vo vcd in the sffclr and that a gull‘Flnlnslaomlll‘Pfinfglfflgglerlfl

l us: a e ,v - fiwofogkfim h“ h‘ ‘Dun can effoE-ts to uld the Soviet Union

and referred to Finnish military collaboration with German forces in Russia. as ‘u menace to all Am- crfcn chm for calf defence."

v0.

Watson sold he carried c gun constantly fm advice of Oapt. H. 0. Walton after reporting the first to In l!

kok datciine the rrport that more " ‘ lr l‘ lows had been ‘s borders-