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Anti-Nazi drive In Holland -

LONDON, Jan. 6—(CP)-—-An in- tensified campaign of anti-Nazi sabotage has been launched in oc- cupied Holland, accompanied by pizuitlng of bombs and increased ‘b ack market" activities, the Neth- erands Indies news agency, Aneta, so d tonight.

Names of nine Netherlsnders ex- ecuted in recent months for offen- ces against the German authorities reached here through private chan- nels, Ansta said.

Three Amsterdam residents said to have been members of a "secret organization" were shot. They were M. Bosschart, C. Van Der Cegte and M. Velleman. Another Amsterdam inhabitant, A, T, Addick, was exe- cuted for "acts oi‘ violence" and for "possessio s of forbidden weapons."

U. S. Congress In new session»

WASHINGTON. Jan. i5 —(AP)— The second session of the 77th Con- gress of the United States began its official ar of life today, then suspended ts operations pending receipt tomorrow of the President's annual message on the state of the union.

It was announced tat Mr. Roose- velt would deliver the messaiw 1n person at 1:30 p. m. A. S. T. ~2- forc s. Joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate.

On Wednesday, he will send to the capitol his budget message giv- ing an outline of the war financ- ing Job which is ahead for Coll-

ress. gThe members were eagerly await- ing his annual message \? belief that he might disclose some detaés of the grand gtrategy worked out for defeat of the axis.

Mr. Roosevelt has indicated that the financial goal is to step war expenditures up to a rate of $50,- 0'l0,000,000 a year. Reports circulat- ed that as an initial move toward this end he would aks for between $1L‘.,C09,000,000 rl-d $l8,0f0,000,000 in immediate spscinl appropriations for the army and navy.

To Be Broadcast

‘IORONIO. Jan. 5 -(CP) —0f- ficials of the Canadian Broadcast- ing Corporation announced today that President Roosevelt's annual message to a joint session of Con- gress tomorrow in Washington Will be carried on the National network fatal; CBO bdfllrlnlllll at 1.30 P- m»

(All United States radio networks pi-w ‘V111 ggyry the President's ad- dress.)

International At A Glance

By The Canadian Press

LONDON — Authorities expect veteran Chinese soldiers to rein- force Imperial troops defending Malay peninsular.

WASHINGTON- U. S. bombers hit Jsp battleship three times, sink dtltroycr off. Dsvam MacArthur-s men hill ‘I00 Jops belore Corrcglrlor.

CIIUNGKING —Chinesc report lroet victory over laps in Chang- sbao aros-

MOBCOW - Russian offensive rolls forward at centre and south; Nnls 100 miles from nearest ad- vance to Moscow. .

IINGAPORI - Jo lsal I hoops in western M: an but can- fldcnoc rises in success of ultimate defence.

Coming Events

—0— Iota h! Notices In Ihls eolumu I cents par word

"Wanted w buy Chicken. Fowl Island Cold Storage. L-Ble-l-C-tf.

" ulcr Session Alpha Rebekah lodge night. Installation of Offic- Qfs. L-Bid-I-

5'1!‘ be exaggerated."

"Kinkora Hall, bingo and dance Thursday,‘ January 8th. Orchestra. Door pr . L-SOC.

"Com to the dance in Graham's good Hail, Wednesday night_

"Central shipping Club Bradal- banc loading hogs Tuesday, Jan- "Iiry 6. Club Secretary.

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"The Annual Meetlnfi Wiltshlre Dali-am 00.. w 1 in the hall on onday, January 12th at 2 P. M. Roland Easter. Bec- retary, L-lBB-l-fl-bi.

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Score direct Hits on Jap Battleship;

MacArthufs Army Gives Japanese A Jolt In Philippine Drive.

(By Edward E. Bomar, Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON. Jan. 5-—<AP)-— War Department announced tonight United States army bomb- ers scored direct hits on a Japanese battleship and sank an enemy de- stroyer off Davao on the Island of Mindanao in the Phililillllles-

Other hits were made on other enemy vessels with undetermined damage, a communique sald_ add- ln-g that all American planes re- turned safely to their base.

Three hits were made On the battleship. the communique said. The location of the base from which the planes operated was not disclosed.

Davao more than 500 miles south of Manila, was occupied by the Japanese before the Philippine capital fell.

Earlier, official reports revealed that Gen. Douglas MacArthuns small army had Jolie Japanese

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Believe letter Might he work Cf Fifth Columnist

MONTREAL, Jan. 5 —(CP) — Civil and military police are lo- night investigating a "fifth col- umn" attempt t0 give the impfh- sion that all Canadians who fought at Hong Kong are dead.

They said someone "who must be a fifth columnist" Iiad sent an an- onymous letter to Mrs. A. Jaolcscn of nearby Verdun saying her hus- band, serving with the Hong Kong garrison, was dead and that "a1 Canadians are dead after brave fighting." _

Officials of military district No 4 today condemned messages of the type received by Mrs. JRCk.'l\\ll as "cruel hoaxes" that should be dis- regarded They could not say whether more than one letter was sent, but added they wanted to ls- sue a, warning before tlle "vicious practice" could do any damage.

They issued this statement: “We can only condemn this vicious prac- tice in the strongest terms and ex- tend sympathy of the military au- thorities to those anxious relatives who are victimized.

"All letters or notes Dil-FD°P‘»'~"I to convey infomiation as to the fate of men who served at Hang Kong should be completely disre- garded. There is n0 91011191“ 01 truth in them.

"As soon as any information con- cernihg the men ulio were at Hort; Kong is available, it will be com- municated at once to the next-o!- kin through official channels. A- side from news comiml W T913" fives from official sources, which alone have access to the t-‘l-lf-h in such cases as this Ont. "W" "- ceiving ‘information’ about hus- bands, brothers or other YElLtIVCS arc urged to believe noiliirii"

Sldicrs want Letters most

‘IURONID, Jan. lk-(CPF-Cml-i dian soldiers overseas want. mosthoh all letters from home filled W names, Coat. Gillis Purcell, who re- turned m is Toronto home last night minus a l0! w" 5 Y"? We” seas as public relations officer for the Canadian arm)’. I "'- “They want to know if their friends are still on the some 10bi- who has oined up: who has Bot nlanied; t e progress of teams they used w play on; wh0 has diéd; WhO has had children. They like all lei- ters naturfllly. m" m“ m“ ma“ of those filled with interestin! de-

tails .

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who lost a canister on w ich had broken.

NewsmemPhotographerS Win British praise

LONDON. Jan. 5-(CP) —Ncws-

per correspondents and photogra-

phers who suffered the dan ers and manager of the MaPIQ U" Mm’

grivstions of the desert songside ritsin's fight-in tell the story o of Libya won the pr

the second battle

well done. _

“It will be realised.’ sold the trlgugl, “that hbothh 3h’: an otolrsp crs a

as combatant troops and it is clear that on this the first time it was possible to give them a real chance they and everybody crnpected with thorn did their iobs wcii.

forces in order to partment, has

I186 °l ‘h! w" tion of the Wartime Prices and be held Office today for a dlnltrflil! 1°11 ‘Prado Board here torinv bv l-i- C»

ation Last Night

if War Situ

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

The first‘ month of the Axis-United Nations war that covers all the seven seas nears lts end with intimations from across the Pacific that a. turn in the battle tide there may be closer at hand than many have yet dared hope.

On Luzon American-Filipino forces under Gen. MacArthur have outmanoeuvre and outfought their Japanese foe to get their first taste of victory. Their shortened defence lines northwest of lost Manila have stood the first shock of frontal attack and taken heavy toll of the foe.

A major Japanese disaster in China is reported from Chungking. Th! Chfillgillfl- bfltlie is described as "a catastrophic debacle" for the foe. It set firecrackers popping and gangs clamoring in ccjcbration in Chungking. Staggering Japanese losses were inflicted.

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Even from Singapore, mflst vital China Sea. bastion for the allied powers. there were rising pros, ‘. of stemming the Japanese on- slaught despite further British withdrawals down the peninsula. Lon- don lndicated that first fruits of the unified command under Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wuvcll was bringing veteran Chinese fighters to bolster shortening Empire defence lims north of Singapore. as Chinese troops already have joined British and American volunteer defenders in Burima.

To cap these first definite checks to the Japanese aggressors, Tokyo war progress bulletins resort to fresh extremes of exaggeration for home-front propaganda purposes. Baselcss Nlpponese tales that the United States Alilfltic fleet has been smashed or captured in Manila. Boy are recirculated from Berlin. Minor war events In llawali are being belatedly trumpeted as sP/aul successes. What that might moan as to either German or Japanese war morale is yet to bc dis- closed.

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However, the Axis motes can have no doubt that their notions have knitted together, in solidarity of purpose, vast opposition forces around the ivnrld. Once the mass striking pnwcr of those fort-cs is harnessed for action. the doom of tho Axis is inevitable. And the battle omens even nmv in ltussia and in China, both long ago claimed smashed by the German and Japanese attackers, give the lie direct to those boasts.

China's dcfcnt of a third Japanese attempt to take Changsha is n deviclopmt-tit of lnlrdly loss consequence than German reverses in Russia, which zilvcurly have shattered the myth of Nazi illvinulbillty, It raises anew the Iltlsy-iillillty that Chin-u may one day he the basc for a United Nation counter attack on Japan to avenge Pearl llarbor. Manila. Singapore and countless Japanese bombings in China no less infamous.

Germans Routed From Crimean Gate To Caucasus

New victory in south matched by further Russian gains beforiesMoscow.

Canada faces Acute shortage 0f vitaL rubber

VANCOUVER, Jan. 5-(0?) -Cannda faces such an acute rubber shortage the government- plnns to ban all tire manufac- ture save for war purposes nnd essential transportation facilities A. ll. Williamson, supplies con- troller of the Department of Munitions and Supply, sillrl in u. luncheon address here today,

"Apart from the war effort Canada has been consuming about 2,500 tons of crude rub- ber of various kinds every month," he told the Vancouver Board oi’ Trude. “Today we haven't got those 2.500 tons and so it was neccssa y for us to ban for a. time all sales o! tires.

"We are about to revise that restriction but we are carrying it a step further and we are banning all tire manufacture in this country except for war purposes and except for essen- tial transportation facilities such as trucks and hllsses on essential routes."

Mr. Williamson said the "best news" he had regarding the tire situation was that suf- ficient rubber would be made available for repairs and re. treading.

MOSCOW, Jan. 6--(Tuesday)—(A P)--'I'he Russians announced today the Germans have been routed from almost the whole of the Kerch Pen- insula. Crnnenn gateway to the Caucasus, by Red armies which blasted the Nazis from town after town in a 45-miie advance within two days.

The new and smashing victory in the south was matched by the re- capture of Bclev in a central-front thrust ihlit_sl1oved the Germans back 100 miles from the nenrcst point of their now thrcnt-in-reverse to Moscow from the south.

Red Star the army newspaper. said rich stores of Nazi booty fell into hands ‘of Soviet forces whose Crimean drive was declared still beating closely at the heels of the fleeing Germans.

e Russians occupied the port of Kerch itself and Feodos a some 55 miles down the coast in the direc- tion of besieged Sevastopol. on New Year's Eve and now apparently have broadened their Crimean carv- ililign to both the south and north shores of the Kcrch Peninsula.

On the central front, the drive beyond the Oks River to Belev ap- peared to menace the whole Nazi

wing southwestifloscow. This key

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Take big step In speeding up War production

(By J. F. Sanderson. Canadian Press Staff Writer)

WASHXNGTON. Jan. 5—(CP)— Canada. the United states and Bri- tain have set u a new Joint board to purchase an allocate raw ms- ierlals required for wartime pro- duction, It was learned here today.

It is regarded here as the big- gest step Canada has fnken to as- sure an abundance of raw mater- ia‘a because the board has been empowered to regard the United state; and Canada as one vast territory, not two nations.

The oard wns established late last week and already the b18808! 4.199] plant in Canada, the Domin- ion Steel and Coal Company of Sydney, N. 8.. has been assured of a steady supply of high Sflidt 01¢ from Brazil to mix with low grade are from Nenfnlmrlland.

Named iiircctor of Feeds Administration

MONTREAL, Jan. G, Davidson, Montreal.

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in; company, Limited. feed de- heen appointed a director of the feeds administra-

Robitaiile, it was announced by the board's prices and supply reli- re-sentative.

Mr. Davidson will serve under I‘. W. Present of Ottawa, feeds ad- ministrate", and will be in cliargc of Quebec and tho Maritime Prov-

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U. S. Army Bombers Sink Enemy Destroys

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A. R. P. post

By James McCoolr Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA, Jan. 5 —(CP) —With the memory of some of Britain's worst raids of 19-11 still fresh in his mind, Col. R. J. Manlon has assumed the post of director of civil air raid precautions (or Can- ada and said today he was prepar- ing to leave shortly on a visit to areas considered in greatest risk >i enemy attack.

Appointment of Col, Manion as A.R.P. director was announced Dec 29 by Pensions Minister MacKcn- zle and since that time the for- mer leader of the Conservative par- ty hurl been familiarizing himself with viflli has been time by the A R. P. organization.

“I am thoroughly impressed by what has been accomplished in the way of A.R.P. work in Canada ul- ready," Col. Manion said, pointing to a mass of fyles and reports on

his desk. “I pr: osa setting out very short- lv to v it B!“Fil Columbia and

other a1'(‘?s \v1 ch have been de- clared by military authorities to he in greatest danger of enemy at- tack."

Seated in a temporary office of the pensions and national Pcalih (lrpnrtmcnt with piles 0f ARP stipplirs a‘. the door rcadv for ship- mcnt, Col. Manlon (iivployed his de- termination to get on with the job of making sure Canada's civilian defences were in top working order.

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News riefs

OTTAWA. Jzzn. 5—-(Cl’)— ‘Munitions Minister llowe lnirl tonight he is expecting Lord Bozvcibrcok to visit Canada, although lac has tcrclvcd no re- cent vivorri of the British Sup- ply lvlinisicifls intentions. OAIRO,_ Jan. 5—iAP>-—Assaulls

to smash tile A»: s’ last two ilold- out gorrisolls near the ypian- Libyan border strcngiy hed posi- ' and Halfzyfl. have

.1 b1’ the Riyal Air False, M‘dd.o ElSt headquarters disclosed today. LONDON. Jan. 5-—(CP)—

Finnish discontent with contin- uance of the difficult war is mounting with German reverses on the eastern front and dis- seuslnn in the German high commnad, reports from north- ern Europe indicated today.

BATAVIA. NE.I., Jan. 5-(AP) —Netherlands East Indies newspa- 1701's speculated icdoy over the pos- sibility cf imizninoui. Urfitcd States naval and air reinforcements for the For East as a direct. result of the appointment of two American officers to the Allies’ surpremc command in the southwest Pacific.

CIIUNGKING, Jan. 5-—(Al’)— Strrm Chinese forces were re- porte closing in hard tonight on four battered Japanese di- visions caught in a pocket north oi’ Changsha, from which two other divisions were hurled back ln full retreat.

Free French still In control at St. Pierre - Miqucion

ST. PIIEIRRE. St. Pierrc-Miquelon. Jan. 5—(CP Cablci-Free French authorities tonight remained in control of these islands, recently seized from Vichy, and there was no indication of any impending change in their talus.

(The Bel-in ra io today broadcast s. dis atch under Vichy datelino claim rig the "St. Pierre-Miquelon affair has been settled" and Free French forces had evacuated the colony.)

Vice-Admiral Emile Muselier. Oommander-in-Chief of the Free French Navy who headed the nav- al group that fork over the colony Doc. 4. was still hcrc tonight.

'I‘he coionv was quiet. Military and civil officials continued at their usual p:sts. It was announced vol- unteers for the Free French forces were enrolling daily.

Since the deGaulfst representa- tives took chargc. the studios cf the 31.. Pierre broadcasting station have born ro-occnrd. Nrvvs broadcasts n1‘:- isstisd daily. and pcpuar and patriotic music is 5cm out nightly.

PUBLISHER PAS SE8

MONTREAL. Jail. 5 MICP) David Burnside. '78, for mzuvv Years m-irril tnnungrr of the Financial, Times. vwekly nclvspunci" tiublishcd rare, died iodny. A native of Scol- hnd. Mr. Burnside came to Canada ~45 vcars ago and awn: mTst qi _‘.l~c 7-" a l“ li"‘llfl'“'l'. il~ i M" “ ("l vfiii We F"r*“""l 1919 until his retirement in

' ' Ill 1937.

VICTORIA, Jan. 5 —(CPl fFO. R. ll. McLeod of Niaaara Falls, Ont. and Sgt. Eric Connler of Vancou- ver. were killed yesterday when s Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashed about 20 miles north of Prince Rupert, B.C., western air command announced today.

A third occupant of the plane bailed out and is believed to have landed safely. Western air com- mand said he was Sgt. H, T. Col- lins and that steps were being tak- en to rescue him. No details of the (‘I'm-ll have yet been released.

Island Soldiers In reconnaissance Units in Britain

By Ross Munro _ Canadian Press War Correspondent

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND. Jan. 5 —(CP\— Reconnaissance battalions of Canadian corps, the eyes and ears of the divisions and an armored shield for infantry and gunners, probably will be equipped

Wi‘I1 Canadian-mode armored cars this Float‘. Already’ these units have full

comolrments of Canadian Bron pun carriers and other vehicles but ar- mored cars from the Dnminioirs growing war industries will make them completely Canadian. So far, the battalions have used British ar- mnvd cars.

The “RECCW l'Pf{im'3l‘liS were formed in the Canadian ormy shortly after the fall of France Whflll action in Flnnclcrs proved the Vitlil? of speedy, m-mcrrd squadrons \i irh could 11love ahead of the main fighting forces to l‘CL‘0ll1lt)l'i'c the rozicis and country bofcr»; nt- lacks.

One of these "RECCE" squadron-a has more fire power than a whom

infantry bnitnlicn, using small .um~, groan" and lrgllt machine guns. By unless the trocrps f

squudlolzs keep in touch vvllli 11 titlzcr on the move and also ma - lain communication with heml- quarters.

A representative troop is com- manded by Licui. C, D. LOIYI‘. of Toronto. Billotrd in southern ling- lrlnri, this troop sleeps ivith its giuls right at hand and their more than 500 vshiclcs parked close by.

During the big army exercise 1n the fall the "RECCE" battalion es- timated it got hack 85 per cent of the frouiline information for llS division. This troop captured nearly 1C0 prisoners with a lot of equip- ment. Sgt. Charlie Winchester of Saint John, N.B., captured an enc- my truck full of important docu- ments. l-Ie now is in Canada, hav- ing left here with a Canadian fir;- tashment guarding prisoners of war sent to camps in the dominion.

Eosterners sharing in the lroOps stand-to on a winter afternoon in- cluded Tprs. D. Schupe of Luneu- burg. N. 8., Herb Toole of Amhers‘, N.S., AJ. Smith of Bathurst, N.B., and J.A. Arsenoult of St. Louis, P. E. I.

Despite new series of retreats confidence grows that

Singapore will stand test.

(By C. Yates McDaniel, Associated Press Staff Writer)

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BINGAPORE, Jan. o—(AP)-Japanesc detachments

landing ill coves zllong the west lllalayan coast from small boats and Junksdhrcufcncd the Kuala Selangor area 240 miles north oi hinguporc tonight with the zlppurent object of forcing the British troops to withdraw from their lines farther north. _ Kualzl Selzlngol" is the capital of Sclzmgor- Province, Just f0 the south of Peruk Static, and is zlllotit 50 miles south of the mouth of the Pcruk river along which the lirltlsh forces have been milking their stand. It is nearly o0_mllos north of Port biveetenhztm which is connected by rail with the important interior city of Lampur,