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Manpower

Urn-mtg, Jan. 26 —(CP) -Con- H. Jluuse leader Hanson to- l n move aimed at com- W _|,._- government to drop its mp0,... plebiscite proposal and wupled tills with a suggestion that “Md; send e division to lid Aus- u-glfm defence again-st the Jail“-

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min-ling off ln the debate on the ‘part1 from tlu- throne 1n the House or commons, Nll‘. Hanson denounc- “1 u “an evasion of NSDQHSWUll-Y" the government's proposal to seek release from anti-conscription miges. He. warned the government it. would have to bear the onus "l! ' , or curries." flgiinrbodyung his criticism on the 715mm proposal an antend- mt to iLe address in reply to the gpeech from the throne, Mrul-lap- |o.'l made a direct. challenge .0 the

‘cmnivht. His amendment a- mounts to a want of confidence mo- ilen upon which the House will be fined to vole nt the end of the throne speech debate which started tori

amendment expressed regret use government mid not seen fit ship trust-cad of pro-

,. i regret. the government pd m: proposed measures to Par- liament for complete mobilization vi wraith and mawrlal resources urd man niul woman power on o elective hints so that Canada could we total war "in any theatre of

wit."

This challenge of the house to e. vote on a DYODO- lo mobilize men for any thcaii of war followed 1ft. Hiuisoirs argument. ln-his 8.-

m-vord speech that. the govern- mentshould yet chance its policy md bring u, manpower measure lo j_"_”;' Llimi (Continued on page 7, Col 4)

liar-ZS Years Ago Today

(By The (Yz-nutllan Press)

. 27. Milk-British Admiralty dec‘. .-l enlarged areas the Ncrzii Sm (lungerous to shipping oriaccoiuu of war orperalions. Brit - <1 German trenches at Vermelles and French . in surprhc attack at

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Hanson Is Opposed To

Plebiscite

Conservative House Leader urges Canada send Division to aid Australians.

Prepare strong“. Stand in Burma

ANGOON, Burma. Jan. 26 ._ (GP) --Britlsh Imperial forces but- til-Hz the Japanese on the south- ern Burma front were reported to- night to have turned the Sslween

iver, Burma's longest and most; turbulent stream, into a stmngw- gurrisoned line along its lower reaches where the Jab-Thai cffen. elvc must be stopped to avoid 1m. Rangoon

perllllnim ,

e was reported establish. ed after s. fortnight of attacks had exposed British outputs along the Tcnnsserlm coast and the defenders had been forced to abandon a, strip of territory in the Burmese pan- handle about 400 miles long and so miles wide at its broadest point,

ll - Boat lured Ship to doom

NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 23 —(AP) —Musquemding as a llghtship to lure her prev closer for the kill, an enemy submarine shelled end tor- pedoed the American ore carrier Venore off the North arqlina. cutest: e p floating on her side and a: mem- zriersf of her 43 man crew unaccount-

Allen Harte, seamen of Balti- more, Md., one of 21 survivors brought ashore at Norfolk by a vessel which picked them up after they had drifted for 38 hours in a lifeboat, told newsmen that "those Boches are certainly smart....they fooled us completely."

"I was in the crew's nest on watch when we sighted e. light," Harte said. "The light blinked -in code that the vessel was a lightship. She told us to come over near her. We started tctvnrd her. still thinking she was the lightship vJien a. shell hit us in the bow. It didn't do much damage, but we were called to our

ions,

“Then the submarine moved a- round to our port- sicle and a tor- pcclo hit us. A general alarm was sounded and darned if that sub, when 1t. circled us that time. didn't signal with her lights as if :l:e were a buoy. She didn't fool us that time and when the second torpedo struck us we were ready for it as much as you can be ready for such a thing."

some of the survivors said they saw the sea swamp a lifeboat car- rying l9 men and sow s third life- boat with two men 1n it but report- ed they were unable to go to the aid of the others because their own boat, with 21 aboard, was overload- ed and shipping water.

The Venore which was carrying 22,000 tons o ore, was the tanker Charles M. Black prior to her 01m- vcrsion to an ore carrier. Sh: was owned by the ore steamship com- pany of New York.

Malayan Retire

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Will be larger, Better supplied With Tank llnits

Present Arm Overseas Will Be Ma e Into Two- Corps Army This Year.

(By Frank Flaherty, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

OTTAWA, _Ian_ 26—(CP)— Prime Minister Mackenzie King today announced the Govern- ment’s plans for a larger and more heavily tank-supplied Can- adian army overseas and im- mense financial contributions t0 Great Britain.

Discussing the future war program of Canada, he told the House of Commons the present army corps overseas will bc. made into a two-corps army dur- ing r942 by the addition of a second armored division and a second army tank brigade.

Three infantry divisions and

two army tank brigades will comprise one corps and two armored divisions the other.

The 4th division, now training in Canada will be converted

into the new armored division.

Iegislaflon to provide for the pro- posed plebisclte and for the voting of men on active service will be in- troduoed at. the earliest date. said IVII. King.

The question to be submitted will read "are you in favor of mleaslnz the government from any obliga- tion arising out of any past com- mitments restricting the methods of raising men for military ser-

s s on; e e lIBBQt-i tht th government proceed to introduce conscription for overseas service without a plebiscite he said, "I do not propose to erect. bad faith and the broken pledge into a principle of action."

To proceed that way, he said. would destroy the last vestige of faith the people of Canada have .in free political institutions and in their public men.

For the future Mr. King predict- ed an extended application of the principle of national selective ser- vice but declined t0 80 mm d9‘ tails. He said it was proposed to inqreggg the mobility of available manpower and add more women to employment.

"I shall confine myself to saying

(Continued on page 8, C01 ll)

Churchill Suffers From Heavy Cold

LONDON. Jan. 26-(CP)-—Prime Minister Churchill is suffering from a heavy cold and has can- celled a broadcast he had planned to make tomorrow riitlhli-

A statement from the ministry of information said:-

"On tmedlcall Litldvlce. as gents: not ye cornpe ey recovere a. heavy cold, the Prime Minister will not broadcast tomorrow even- l

ng. "Mr. Churchill hopes to broad- cast at an early date."

Defenders

West

Loss of Batu Pahat places Japs less than

60 miles from

Goldwell urges Conscription of _ Manpower, wealth

OVITAWA, Jsn. 26 -(0P) —Ocn- ecripflon of war industries, wealth llid flnmclal, institutions, es well no manpower for dvereeu service, was by 6.0.11’. House hud- cr M. J. Ooldwell, moving an a- mendme t tn the address in reply ne speech in the House 0f Commons tonight.

Mr. Ooldwell said the support cf Osnadlans for this progr- should be sought in the forthcom g pleb- ir liq on manpower, "as no total c fort adequate to meet the present needs of the war ls ible without total mobilization o wealth, indus- try and finance as well lo human tesmirces"

A Parliamentary committee should examine activities of the munitions m: su ‘ply department, Mr. Cold-

Singapore.

(By c. Yates M ' ‘. Associated Press Staff Writer)

SINGAPORE, Jan. 26—(AP)— The valiant but weary defendem of singmporc dropped buck tonight along the west Malayan coast, sb- andoni the anchor city of Batu Pshatngut on other fronts they utsunehly stood their around u:- einst superior numbers of Japan- cre invaders.

The lose of Batu Pabst, placed the Japanese less than 60 miles from the great British naval base. keystone of the defence of the en- tire southwest Pacific. The British command ssid the town W" 1°" after "severe flghtlnm"

On.the east coast, the enemy was quiet and the Impflrlll! 11°14 their lines on the south bank M the Merelug River as miles from slngaporc. Perhaps the Jwllle“ were awaltlrll Meinforcemente, be- cause the Rcyfii M! PM“ 97ml“! a convoy of two merchant . escorted by navel forces, off E2108"

gnmg no miles farther north- Pill-tolls fighting razed 110;? Kluang of the central front as t e

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F War Situation Last Night I

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Pres; War Analyst) Netherlands-American nlr and sen. forces have done more ln Mac- assar Strait than give allied peoples a stimulating taste of victory. They have slowed indefinitely the muln thrust of Japan's rnultl-front conquest campaign-wand time h what counts.

It is still a. defensive fight for

the United Nations on ell fronti-

Thnt ls true in Libya and even In Russia. where Red army operations are primarily of a defensive-offensive nature.

The battle of Macassar Strait,

like MacArthur-‘s grim stand In

Luzon, ls throwing o. jarring monkey wrench Into the Japanese war

design. Tokyo's indicated strategy demands full

use of that direct

Wfll/"WBY from the China Sea to the Java Sea and the heart of the

Netherlands Indies.

News from Libya and Malaya made the Macassur victories all the more stimulating to allied observers. Even Axis spokesmen were at a loss to explain British back-tracking ln Llbyp. However, lt suggests 7m"! "all!!!" 0f Empire troops, naval unltg and alr- power to other ‘hcfllws. perhaps to the Pnclflc theatre.

D There remains the most critical war front of all, the Atlantic. esplte Axis submarine raiding 1n American waters, gfg-[yfll 0| an Am. erlean Expeditionary Force ln North Ireland ls announced. Its size,

' '"‘ lint! are undl

O O Presumably, however, it menu

American manning of essential

ma: "firth Ireland M spring operations In the eastern Atlantic.

er t e American forces will rellleve Brltlsh units or merely sup-

plement them ls not stated in Washington,

‘reg: lfalzlllltilib: Amvrlcaln troops as well as technicians to North

dun o‘ u‘ Al); fl Q7131"? Sgnlflcanee. The best Irish bases for con- = "I e Mlle are In neutral Eire. 1r available to British-

Amerlcan anti-submarine forces, these bu”

their effectiveness.

would virtually double

51MB "l! United States was forced into the war by Japan's attack

and the Gennan-

Italian war declarations, the possibility of Amgricgn

“s” "f has" l" El" has been a question of prime importance

That may not be ln the cards yet. If It ever American forces In North Ireland would be avauau, l-dVlml/le 0f that favorable break for the nlllee,

comes. however, to take prompt

U. S. Expeditionary Force Reaches Ireland

Units may be in forefront of American Forces in battle against I-Iiflel;

“(in to Ottawa” Farmers’ Slogan

REGINA. Jan. 2c -tcP> mo... to-Otlawn." is the slogan of a dele- Eution of some 400 farmers pre- paring for a journey to the Domln. ion capital with a Saskai-hewan wheat pool petition bearing close to 200.000 names and seeking high. '31‘ ilfltvs for farm produce.

The delegation, including a num. ber of Saskacthcwan mayors and businessmen, leaves next Friday o.- board two special trains. Delegates will live aboard the trains fluflng their slay in Uttuwa where they will meet Agriculture Minister Gar- diner in a conference Fob. 2.

RH. Millikan of Regina, ivheat pool counsel, Will go east in advance of the main party to complete a“- rantlcments. Chief officers of the pool, President J. H. Wesson and Seclelflllv (350112? W. Robertson. are already iii Ottawa to aitcnd the Canadian federation of agri- culture convention opening there oday.

Major point in the petition is a demand for an initial ptrvment

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nf not less inn $1 a bushel on wheat deli .. :1 to the Canadian wheat board compared with the 7O

cents. basis No. 1 northern at the Lnkchead and Vancouver, paid on ilre 1941 crop.

' "nmc-nt to ucce; . ' of ‘parity prices" for all agr‘ ll products.

(The petition does not define "parity" but at its last annual meeting the pool defined parity as the average price levels of the years 1926-29 as follows, all prices basis Fort William: No. 1 North- ern wheat $1.41; No. 2 C.W. oats 60 cents: No. 3 C.W. barley '13 cents; £20.72 C.W., rye $1.; No. 1C.W. flax

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No price ceiling on agricultural commodities should be established below nnriiv levels. the petition contends. It also urges “equitable" delivery quotas on wheat.

Aid To Australia Under Consideration

OIITAWA. Jen. 26—(CP)—'Ihe form of assistance Canada can pro- vide to Australia was e matter for "careful consideration," Prime Min- lat/er Mackenzie King told the House of Commons tonight.

Mr. King, before resuming his ad- dress in the speech debate, replied to a suggestion made earlier today by Conservative House lender Han- son who advocated sending a. Cana- dian division to help Australia.

Canada, Mr. King said. was as anxious as the United states and all the united nations to Provide all possible aid in Australia.

‘line form such assistance should take could only be determined after

careful consideration. he said.

WA$H1NGTON, Jim. 26—-(AP)— M “Dfldltlonary force of several thousand United Bt-ates soldiers which landed in Northern Ireland today may form s spearhead of the intimate assault upon the inner stronghold of I-litlerism, it was said here.

Only the bore announcement of the safe arrival o! the troops was made by War Secretary Henry Stimson 1n the communique, which named Mat-Gen. Russell P. l-larile -fcrmci'ly commander of an in- fantry division in Louisiana-as the commander, but several consider- ations which may have governed the dispatch of the expedition arose in unofficial speculation

Foremost was the fact that these troops now can undergo final train- ing under actual wartime conditions and in close proximity to the the- atre where their services may ulti- mately be required. Thus they doubtless will be in the forefront (f American forces when the time comes for an invasion of Gennan- dominated Europe.

Meanwhile, in addition to the lift their presence gives to British mor- ale and to that of the people of the occupied countries, they will be available to garrison Northern Ire- land against a Nazi lnvaslonbnd to guard a vital supply line.

A possible subsidiary effect oi this landing was to show the De Valera government. of Eire that concession of naval bases to the al- lies would bring ample strong-h to defend them and Eire itself.

On the political side, the people of Eire, traditionally friendly with the United States. could be expect- ed to look on the presence of Amer- ican troops in the four northern countries with more tolerance than

they would accord to a stubble

British force there.

Speculation on the possibility of s German invasion on the British Isles has dealt occasionally with the suggestion that I-litler might strike first through Eire, which has only

a small army and lacks quantities mmerenc‘, “Tm “up.”

llommefs Army; llontinues drive In Libyan Desert

British Forces Pushed Back 150 Miles From Limit Of Western Push.

CAIRO, Jan. 2(i—<AP>——Ccunter- drlvinl Axis forces have pushed British units back former, it was announced today, in a drifting battle of tanks which has not yet beecigfoug-ht to a dccriun but is n. STOWHIEI threat to Bengasi.

Ltd-Gen. Erwin Rcnitnels armor- ed columns have overrun Zouict Msus, 40 miles northeast of the Agedobla-Ahtelat-Saunnu triangle, scene of heavy tank fighting Over the iveek-Qnd, and rear-lied a point about 70 miles Slllliilidisl of the British-held port of Bengasi.

The British forces thus have lost about 150 of the hard-earned desert mil“ between there and El Aghella, the limit of their vveswtigrd push around the Gulf of sirte.

_No attempt. was naaiii: here to minimize the gravity of the sud- den £11m. but neither \\“~,l5 there any indication of prmzc.

It was accepted that Axis forces recently have been bolstered sub- ltsntfoly by overseas yeiruforu. ments. The British authorities, however said at least n week must pass be ore the first. of new tanks and troops landed at 'I‘ripol1 over the week-end from a battered Axis convoy can reach the front.

(The Admiralty announced in Lclndon Monday that British lllb- marince had picked off four more Axis ships in the Mediterranean, sinking TIWO hilly-laden tankers, e

medium-sized transport and a lfllvagg vessel.) Cunmuriiquczs from thefam-it were

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east (if Bengasi, seizing roads and airdromes.

Rcmmclb pace, however. has glowed clovm since the fiist two days and he is dangling now with the main body, oil typo]? and

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ing out on the flanks fast as ft is moving backward. British sources declared me battle could not develop much further without a. conclusion, but further indies by the fact that there is no niitabe defence urea until weli cut of Bengusi, where mountains limit the opera- tions area. and make it possible for guns and tank traps to come into may against Rcmmers steel divis- ns.

Unidentified Planes Cruise Over California

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26—(AP\ -Sout.hcrn California radio sta- zioris were silenced for nearly four hours todny while unidentified iilnncs cruised over the area.

In announcing the fllaht of the planes. the wrsicrn defence com- mand did not indicate their proba- ble number or direction. No air raid Wnflllllg to ‘.710 public was an- llbllllCCfl.

R "PORTS NORWICGIANS EXECUTED

OSLO, Nowmy (From Gcmian broadcasts), jun. 26 _IAP'> —Three Norwegians who had attempted to reach iglnud to join the Norweg- ian for s there have been executed by shno..1_r_- afirr . " . ll by a Illllll1ll'_\‘ court 01' "lr- c iniribiii- rd t’) the enemy ca re

Republics Atlarltlzic C

RIO DE JANFJIRO. Jim 2o- fAPi-Republics of the ivcsterll hrmis-‘phrrc declared the Unitvd slates nnti its American allies non-bclllgcrents tonight. and took as their own peace aims those of the United Slates as expressed in the Atlantic charter.