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WANTS uar-Lizar EMBLEM

flight-lit. "Nick" Knickerbocker, noted U5. stunt pilot now in the it c. A F.. has asked the Can- [difln government to permit U. S. icliihteers to wear on their tunlcs ‘.11! distinctive hat-and-maple-leaf emblem Al, the same time, he has iplzin for putting large replicas msale iii the US. to secure money lo buy plants for Canada.

imdl loss In shipping ls revealed

LONDON. Jan. IIL-(CP) — The Aimiraiii- tntiuv zinnounced the loss ti nine “T111511 merchant ships in llir Week ended Jan. l2. but sai all

a. d llllil niiiitial shipping in hat

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wk mi l port. stifclv. The 11011- iiiize of Jti wins 12.000 tons lcss thin tile lllillrl! claimed as stink by the Gel-nuns.

‘The i.i~s twins the second smallest lifiiiti llitii ti: of Ortoiihi‘ 21-28. uiieii cnii" 1 i150 tons were lo:- Tize l: .~i 5 tt- then was the wcek oi m; :ii-.i~.in. u. when the loss Wu 11.687 toils. -i ' i klv losses since the c .n are approximately 55.000 T iirziiir-s for tho last five iiivc-‘y. 41.476. 43.300, and 30,220, showcd n

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. oi the navy and t-he r I-‘orce to protect shipping: t in 1917, Gerninnv ls i. n: l1 <trirteti submarine wcr- ill ill the approaches to Iliit i l‘ success, as irieasurcri i ..<~iit to the bztiom. h. s ill! mitcli lcss than in \‘.l\l' 2f years ago. January. 1017. the Ger- 161 BritlslL. aliicd and for a tonnage loss o1’ fcr ilie last four weeks, ii. .i..ihlt- iveatlicr confi- ..v 1 as has been but 125,769

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that. although the ll n appeared more iit ivceks "we may » 1i‘ to cit knocks." h believe thc continued drop low-r is duo to improved air and “l llflirob. sti-ntiucr convoy escorts aim wiirrv weather conditions.

Coming Events

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"Taiklcr-Montarruc Saturday. L-348-1-2l-3i.

MT, -k. v *‘— .11 ics-Sou-rls Thursday. L-SQB-i-al-Bi.

mzgflke 51-119 - Boxers Hardware Mum- "liliitlav 26th. Not-re Dame “in L-36B-1-22-24.

jaywwlllil hills l; Murray River 23rd for Daviaogiddlizmi‘ Jafltigtxd W‘ ll- Jenkins. L-mli-ai-ai.

- ~ r! "st. James Women's Missions aimv scllké sue Moore a Mc_ i lllllrlav. Rbruary 1st. 14-364-1-22-11.

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janfifflvdlalu live hogs ‘rhursday. p", bm-l. Summer-side i0 tun. Ray Kai“ Keiisiiiglon till 3 p.m. um, “mil mid Irving Bulman.

st; ' lllitr Frlda 24 till noon. m“ “lillwcn an Campbell. 1.-

Fighting spreading between Guardists and Army, is latest report.

BUOHARESI‘, Jan. 22 —'(Wed- ncsday) --(AP) -- Widespread dia- orders in Rumania including the slaying of a. German officer prompt- ed Gen. Ion Antonescu to put the anmy in charge of the State Po- lice, milltarizie 8'1 important 1n- dustrlas, and. maloe a. desperate ap- peal last night to dissident lion Guardists to "forget hatreds" and aid him in fie-establishing order.

(Dispatches from Belgrade said the fighting was between heavily- arnied Rumanian Iron Guardists and the Rumanlan army. From So- fia it was reported German troops, now stationed in Romania in numbers, were speeding to Buch- arrest. and other cities to quell the fighting.)

Gen. Antonescu dismissed his Minister of the Interior. Gen. George Petrevicesu, a leading Iron Guardist, “for failure to act up a guard around the hotel housing the German military mission, failure to take the necessary steps after the murder of the German major, and lfor allowing internal order to col-

apse’

Dlmitru Popescu, military com- mander of Bucharest. was named new Minister of the Interior. All po- licc prefects were replaced by mili- tary men, an army major was nam- ed head or military censorship, and an army general replaced the starti- police head.

The disturbances occurring in

. Bucharest and other parts of the

country were blamed by Antonoscu 0n ftbfelgn agents, rebellious ele- ments. and “some misunderstand- ings by individuals."

(An official Rumanian news ag- ency dispatch published in Belgrade today said Horia Slma, Iron Guard loader, left Bucharest last night for Berlin to confer with Nazi leaders there)

A decree was published providing the death penalty for any prem - itateci crime against members of tide German military mission here. A government. spokesman said Gen. Antonescu also had threatened se- vere punishment for anyone found connected in airy way with the slaving of the German officer.

At 10 p. in. curfew ivas imposed.

Srop figures iReleased by Dominion Dept.

OTTAWA. Jan. 2l—(CP)—The D:.minlon Bureau of Statistic: azi- nounccd t day its third estimate of the 1940 ivheat crop placing the crcp at 551.390.0011 bushels, an up- ward revision of 4211.000 bushels from the second estimate last No- veinbcr.

“The 1940 wheat crop ls 30,767.- 000 bushels above the final esti- mate of the 1930 crop of 520,623,000 bushels and supcrccdes that. crop as the second iargcst in Canadian iviicat. hlst.i-y," the Bureau said. The I928 cro of 566,726,000 bushels ,stands at the lRrgeSt Canadian | crop.

By provinces the total crop val- ues are, in ordtr of magnitude, as follows. with revised values for 1939 crops within brackets: Bashtcbc- wan $172.979.000 (Sl90827.000)l On- tario 3140680000 6150115000): Al- berta $l33,734.000 (SIBBQQLOOO); Quebec 99.531000 $9‘I.'140.000); Man- itoba %.800.000 (080283000): New Brunswick $18.446.000 f$20.641.000); British Columbia $14 421.000 ($14,- 343,000): Nirtva. Scotia. SISMIOOO

($l8.l45.000); Prince mdwnrid Lslllnd 38.200000 (010300000).

“The aggregate value of all field crops in Canada in i940 is now el-

timated at. 36512281100 as compar- rd with $685 839.000 the revised _valu'e for 1939," the Bureau said.

Thinks Nazis will Find invasion of Britain impossible

MILWAUKEE. Jan. 21-415?)- Jchn C. Cudah former United sums Amba- adoi‘ to Belxlum. ex- pressed opinion today Germany would rind it impossible to invade Britain and that the wcr would be bro ht to a military decision before e en- of next summer.

had the same reeling about another hose of the war last a ring." e said. "I was certain t en that the Germans were to move to a major action in the Low Countries. And they did.’

. German sir force

cnARLoTTizrovviv, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARYWZZ, 1941

Nazi Airmen Switch to Day attacks

IONDON. Jan. 21 —-(CP) —~'I'h0 switched buck to widespread daylight auaulta m Britain today, concentrating on 1on- don and the custom part of the country. Three alarms sounded here and thn government mm

and in the limvunding homo coun- ties. but that no important attack developed. ‘Iihare were "a few cac- ualtias" and some daznage.

Housewives hurried from their kitchens to smother fire bombs dropped in l. town on London's outskirts 1n a morning attack. A single Nazi raider machine-gunned a.n Fast Angllan tovrn then follow- ed up witin high explosives.

llberhart backs Nepburn in Monetary plan

Premier Aberliart of Alberta said today Ln a prepared statement the most significant revelation of the Dominion - Provincial conference which collapsed at Ottawa Inst week was the attitude to monetary re- form taken by Premier Hepburn of Ontario and Premier Pattullo of British Columbia.

“Although I have had no con- ference with Premier Hepburn and certainly was not in any way in collusion with him. I have not-h- ing but. the highest words of com- mendation for him in his master- ly statement published in Satur- day's papers," Mr. Aberhart/s state- men-t said.

(Mr. Hepburn advocated issuance of new currency by the Dominion

TORONTO. Jan. 2l-—(CP)—— Issuance 0f $480,000,000 in new currency to meet the demands of Cziiiadzis ~ war effort was suggested today by Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario, replying to Finance Minister J. L. Ilslcy's criticism of Mr. Hep- burn‘s proposal for currency 9X])ill1$l"l1.

The proposal to make new money available was made by Mr. Hepburn Saturday, and was tanned as a “proposal for inflation" b_v the Finance Min- ister who added that inflation in Canada would "give the en- emv great delight."

The currency of Canada as issued now is at $30 pci- cap- lta, Mr. Hepburn said, while England's currency is at $65 per capiia and that of the Un- ited States at $70. This rate had not ruined the United Slates and "1 don't believe it ls going to ruin tis, but I do be- lieve it will increase rcducticn and put men to wcr ."

“Leaving out patriotic refer- ences." Mr. Hepburn said. “I can think of no greater com- fort to the enemy than to find the Mackenzie King Govern- ment in office when war broke ' out still holding office at Ottawa."

Government to provide for expand- 111g wartime requirements.)

"I submit that the people of Can- ada have luid nothing recently that should give them more hope tlian this sudden revealing of the great neod of the hour, namely. the ‘is- suance of credit in terms of the cguntrys needs," Mr. Aberhart stat- e .

He issued the statement in con- iiectlon with the Dominion-Provin- cil conference which Prime hfinisticr Mackenzie King declared closed af- ter the Premiers of Ontario, Brit- ish Columbia and Alberta refused to continue discussions on the Dom- iniorfs problems if they had tobe based on recommendations of the sirois report.

The Alberta government receiv- ed an invitation to attend the con- ferencc to discuss the report with regard to its recommendations in

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ll. S. Observer Nas frank talk With Bulgarians

5021A, Bulgaria, Jan. 2l—(AP) -Usual1y reliable informants said tonight Col. Wlllillm J- D°ll°""- United states observer who has been travelling in Eilrvpe l" northern Africa. em hasised in s frank talk with Bu arian Gov- flllil‘. "Sit" “‘“-..'Jli’...‘l5“lil B p n8 l" utmost in a strong effort- W I14 Britain. Donovan said that because of the confidential nature of his ' ' he was unable to say filly- thlng. He expressed re ret such information had been gven out. no talked with Foreign Minister Ivan Popcff during the tiny. was

EDMONTON, Jan. 21 --(CP) —w

Allliallow’; Church, one of London's most beautiful structures. after German bombs gut through. Above, members of the clergy staff in- spcct the memorial tomb of Lord Forster, a former Governor General of Australia. )

‘Australians Smash Italians At A Tolyluk

Outer defences of strong- hold pierced; Royal Navy

By Eric Bigin T k t

Associated Press Staff Writer s oarao. Jan, 2l—(AP)-—Austral- '

inn shtick troops lied by a crack, Briliish rtgimczit smashed kthroiigh i ltd ‘tan defsnccs at Tcbrii , Libya. lo u, depth of m're than five miles , todiy and captured many pi~is-‘

‘ including a gneral, thei slit High Command announced gli .

"The advance is ciintinuing." the official statement added, v

Despite the presence of Germani dive bombers iii the M <1 tciiriinean; area the Royal Navy stood offsh re and poured high explosives lntol Tobisiik where 30.000 Italians are beiclgcd.

“The Italian cruiser San Gorgio in TCUPUR harbr is ‘n flames to- gt titer with a number of petrol st res and the like," the commun- ique said.

ISTANBUL. Turkey. Jan. 21 -—'I‘he Turkish wireless announ- ced tonight that the. Govern- ment “has gathcrctl a grcilt part of its army in Thrace tEurnpean Turkey). W11?" l‘ awaits any possible action."

Discussing the possibility of a German invasion across thB Balkans the radio saith-

"Thosc who attack our stool fortress of Thrace are doomed to fall in the attampt! Turkey fought. on eight fronts in the

Tanks and the Royal Air Force lflil- v’=\l‘—llil "llefihmlm "WM also aided the land fnrcies who h" illlllltl‘ 10 Tlllllt ll" fill" sorting to the assault today after "imi- lllilmi- TM" M“ “w; 15 day's of the same careful prepar- :3 bi‘?1zl;‘°“,‘f "HMS °“ ‘he w“ alien that reduced Bahdla. a?’ ' ,

Capture of thc Italian general “l” """“d"“l5"°' fiprcssaesg made a. twttii of 12 thus far cap- “W” m” N“? "Iggnlmnfi w lured in the British campaign in "tltmlih ‘afiplsnvgsion §ayhm,_ Egypt and Italian Libya. Italian " $1129‘ gum may‘, “he losses lnulcad, wounded and cap- Bu|ka§yfrznt_ The Balkans m“ gfllbeady Me esummed to t ' muster more than 100 divisions

added to these would be The any. carried out. all-night $11M, forcesf’

raids Sunday and yesterday before 3y Apr", ‘he commentator the ground chargebrgan. The British conflnugd, Germany at best. airmen showered the outer defcnc- wum have only about 1ft div- es with explosives and the WW“ lsluns In Rumanla and would and harbor installations with both he (owed to leave some troops explosives and fire bombs. Hits "s, were made on marine repair 5110116 "It is doubtful that the Ger- and Italian grim-id batteries were nuns could ans peacefully silenced. through Bulgur a." he added. "Also. they would have to pro- tect their left and right flanks . . . therefore, it appears that the German troops ln Rumanln. will be used only for pressure ngllnst the Balkans, not for conquest."

CAIRO. Jan. 2l-fAP)—While

the British forces were assailing two Italian divisions defending ‘Iirbruk today. two other Italian divisions were retreating before British troops in East Africa. This was the strength of the Fascist force which began with- drawing from Kassala in the reg- ion of the Sudan-Italian Eritrea frontier five days n50, British military sources said. The Italians were dis csed over s 100-mile front east. o Kassall and are now bald to be well be- hind their own frontier in Eritrea with the British forces in close pursuit, occasionally engagln; the Fascist rearguard.

FIIIS LOSE MARKET!

AUCKLAND, N. Z. --(CPl —W1th European markets for copra‘ '0?!“ coconut kernei- -closed by war trade delegates from the South sea Islands. including the F1518. F"? meeting to discuss other marketing prospects.

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twar. He was for helping Britain,

FNitler’s reply To Petain Said ready

VIGHY, France, Jan. 21-(AP) —-In:formation from Paris indicat- Id tonight that Hitler's reply to Marshal Petairrs recent message is ready and soon will be delivered by Fcrnaiid De Brinon, French representative in Paris.

Petain. a Government source laid, will keep his present cabinet until Hitler ansivers his Christmas eve message outlining how Ger- man-French collaboration could continue.

Hitler's reply was reported in Paris to insist that Pierre Laval be included in Vichy's inner coun- cils and that such incidents as caused the Laval resignation must not be repeated if the Vichy Gov- ernment wants French-German collaboration to continue.

Official Vichy circles said the Petain Government's position that the French fleet will not be used against Britain stands unaltered.

Gross fire on. Bartlet llill J 0n Aid Bill

(By Richard L. Turner. Associated Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON. Jan. 21-(AP)- while Joseph P. Kennedy was tell- ing a House of Representatives committee that he opposes the ad- ministrations ziid-to-Britain bill “in its present form," President Roosevelt today characterized cer- tain objections raised by critics of the bill as "cow-jiunp-over-the- moon stuff—cld Mother Hubbard." The President referred to talk on capitol hill that the measure would permit the President to give. ' the navy or use it to convoy

‘ to Britain. There was no

d in particular at Kennedy, retiring Ambassador to Great ‘win, although one oi’ the sug- cl amendments that Kennedy .._.,novt=cl was a prohibition ag- ti"'.S‘L COIHIOXS.

The Pirisident, at his press con- ference, said he did not think it necessary to put in a prohibition against giving a-i-vay naval ships. anti dcclnred that the question of stinding convoys had not been con- sidered in any ivay. Meanwhile high authorities explained that sending convoys is likely to start some shooting; that shooting is close to war itself. and that the last thing the Government wants to do is to have the shooting be-

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n. While opposing the present bill. Kennedy told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that he favors all out aid to Britain which would not lead inevitably to war.

Over and over again. he said that his primary objective is to keep the Unfit-d states out of the

though, on the ground that a strong British stand gives the Un- ited states time to prepare its de- fences. But lie asserted that. Am- erican interest in preventing a Hitler victory stops at the point at which it would become necessary

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Terms statement By N. S. Premier “Ridiculous”

MONCTON. N. 13.. Jan. 21- (OPi-Il. R. Eininerson. member of Parliament for Wcstmcrcland. in a statement tonight termed "ridiculous" the statement of Pre- micii A. MacMillan of Nova scotia last night that “a favorable and satisfactory announcement" may be made shortly on the ques- tion of transferring the eastern terminus of ‘Trans-Canada Air Lines from Moncton to Halifax.

"Just another of zhcm ridiculous statements that emanate from Halifax." commented Mr. Emmer- son. He said Halifax had m fa- cilities to handle T.C.A. planes and "1' ey have no facilities capable of developing into a. state that would make them adequate to T.C.A. needs."

He hnd the assurance of Hon. C. D. l-Iowe, Minister of Munitions and supply. that Moncton would remain the eastern tennlims. The Dominion Government. had spent a large amount of money in dc- vcloping the Moncton airport.

In addition, said Mr. Emmcrson, feeder services from Monctcn to Halifax. Saint John and Char- lottetown were operating efficient- ly. and the contract for these ser- vices would hardly be broken.

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Will Péiinir Air Equipment To Co‘ To Soviet States

British say attempts for better understanding with Moscow at standstill sincgeuniQggctober.

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United Stairs tamight liizerl a “mor- 1

:11 entbargo" 0n the export of .iir- planes and airplane equipment to

Soviet Rii.~.~ia. i Whether the move was part 0f iiii attclnpn i0 drive a \\‘('Ll','.L’ DCLWCGH Russia mid the axis powers WAS not stated. but it has been known for some time that botii Britain and the Units-d Staics have been seeking bet- ter ieli lions ivitli the Soviet rc- gliitir. lugs" of bllltt r it. o. Intrinucli as American plane pro- tziiirantg- and hon-ls to ductlon for a long time io come is shortage.

TORONTO, Jan. ai-icri-Hec-

board is iii!

“We are not asking Cuiizidans ,~-—~-—-—~—----~-—~—-—~~~'~~~~~I to a ‘c llil blll-lPl." Ml- MfKlllll" ‘t LONDON. Jan. 2l—-(CP)~. t saztl. "\V~ [eel l‘ Y1 l! » 9-“

lBriiuiifs efforts in reach more! i will avoid‘ whale 111d ‘if ll [friendly rvlllliflPfi with Russiai aiiixiirs will cur. court have lict-n at a standstill since i - t‘ Will W‘ 13° l ' Opt, 22, the government lnfnrm-‘ ed the llouse of Commons 9.0-- dry. R, A, jiiutler, tinder-Secretary‘

l ' .. ‘d lh t I ' illllrreii "ill, Claim Italians liltiscow "a with-r political un-, rli-rstunillngi" but that this PM)‘.

iii. Mil“ 18 “ilisilils For big stand

mcnt aaitl the present situation is that the next step rests with them."

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virtually earmarked for Britain and A . . the United States’ own needs, there iflllgfifi, “If”: was considerable doubt that to- ‘(A fi lee " ‘ ‘ “

. i - ' hat within the iiiglii’s action would lean to any lm- . bolder mm‘ report’ i , .. . portgnb shlpnmma m. lust iveek the Italians h.i.e moied

Rum,‘ 91m” l“ '18 fresh divisions of that,“ into

,_ . 4 _ _ ,lbanla. ‘limb main plilpllzt‘, it ivaslacliei/erl. i Ail-the“, forces a“ mmxv,‘ whim] was t0 riiinovc tire Continuing stlg- the from Hnf-s w ' ma of tire “moral embargo," which have been QIiAQYgQ-L was applied during the Russo-Fin- tn pmpm-Qttqn {or _,rind, "L511 1W‘- M l-lllll time President ATHENS, Jan. 2l-tAPl--ltal- Roosevelt culled on Americans not Jan; counter attacked vainly in the to sell planes and equipment t0 iia- iTepelcni sector of Albiiiifii Greek ' of fliti “bombing and Tdispatclics from the tron .. id lo- iiiiiiig of civilian pcpii- ldul‘. and uicre driven brick with laiiloiis fl-cm ll‘(‘. air." heavy casualties and the loss of The move also "may lead to a their original positions. more liberal, application of m; ex. The Fascist effort to check Gre- cian drives north and uicst was described as the largest and most cartiftilly planned of any liiiintilied by Muastilinlfls troops in t‘ iii area. Considerable success liltewise was noted in a dispatch from the f nt for a movcinvnt of (‘ironic ‘rocps north Kllsura “to tiositlo s from which it will be tiitsier L0 reach their objectives."