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ITALIA ‘Page Fires Barn In Calais Areas

British count success of 24 - hour offensive.

Fifi likely lo he second llan at lllchy

922% ll Amfllllﬂl . ll l‘ Bl‘ VlCllY. Franco. bleb. 5. {be ielllrn cf 1‘lf‘l'llt-3 La ‘Ihlglwilgiaéillﬁliiulkllsbl to a posillcllef “W00 only to that of the of Sf lvfrlrshal Petam. in up Vlchv ‘ulﬁllllllelll. appealed ﬂglylolllllilll. official circles re-

By ROBERT BUNNELLE Associated Press Staff Writer

e clock. e Ministry tabulated tonight a. series of aerial blows at Germany.

Shore watchers in Kent saw a thick column of black smoke rlslll near Calais some time afterastl-o force of bombers. protatted by heavy formations of ﬁghting planes soar- ed eastward across the Strait of Dover. -'

The Air Ministry said that five fighter planes were missing from this afternoon's sweep against nor- tllem Frailce which. combined with the acknowledged loss of four planes lil last night's actions. put the total

5y IiOIlERT ess S

planes.

Sf. Omer afrdrome. 20 miles be- yond Calais fn northernmostFrance was successfully attacked by day- light, The bomber squadron was es- corted bv a “considerable force of fighters". Two German planes were shot down in afternoon combat.

The following tabulation of the R.A.F.'s activities was pieced fo- gcther from official and unofficial

A 90-minute raid in whlchbolllbs 0f heaviest type and numerous in- cendiaries fell on the German in- dusfrlal area of Duesseldorf.

A two-hour raid on thc old French naval base of Brest. now a ceuflo for Nazi U-bozlts raiding British shipping. Docks were bombed and flashing explosions and fire Ember- ed 9.000 feet into the air.

A double raid on Cherbnurfl. an- ntllcl- French port now in Gerlur-n hailds. in which (lock targets. ill- clurllng rrp.lll' yards. were straddled _ bv lliuh exnrslvcs.

" Ilifs on a principal ship basin rt YillfllVlllX. causing a fire that lock ed like burning oil, lllerlgilae cf

drcine. near Bordeaux. was atlac

od for more than an hour. This alrdronie is the base for lbg. four- engfned Rocke-Wulf bombers which

‘i155 3 5Lulllll' tlvo-hollr meeting ‘(we Cfililltl. of ministers it was mud a lllolloscd cabinet has m; erolvcu lll which Llavlll would [ggidenf Ql lllc Council of Mi "of the Interior. shorll of his clu- llf‘l' and ‘FOXCIKII lll a (ifasUC snake-

ded exclfelilwu yllen his o Ildlltl proved mole peeping tlull id been anticipated.

Indications lolnt to crisis In Bulgaria

n,» iullonp FAIR.

Canadian Press Staff Writer IDNDONLI‘ 5.-—fCP Cable) —

l» aflons point increaslnkly t0 B. ads lJfEWlll! lll Bulgaria which is l mflonfed llllll powcrful_ German lrtes across the Danube in Rumo- ' and a llllszc llUflllJQl‘ of NﬂZ-S _e the Cf/ilflllﬁ illsl-Illlsed as

ns.

lil face oi reports of increasing llll lnliltlullillll and of the Ger- luls DWDflllllQ to cross the Dull- ile hv llollluzllls. an informed source lmmellfcfl that "evldclltlX there la

' l coming to Bulgaria.

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Big Aircraft ﬁarrer not Greatly damaged

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.—(AP) - Frililk Knox. Sccrefurv of tho Unit- ed Slates Navy. said LOd v the Brit- lsh aircraft carrier Illustlous. sur- viving Axis Elli‘ ntlacksWvhfch coat »_ her about 80 lncll killed and _:lu ll . m, rum-k of the llwlllbiilﬁ planes destroyed in one cli- l ,. “um Tuylulv would peel hit by “lulu-pound bclnb. has

“Cm H, 01,311“ nlilfflVvd at Alexandria, Egypt. un- of Bulgaria, jlj- ‘cler hcr own power from lvlulfa. lave sold they; Disc osuro lllude during

lo urge Bulgaria

l-l nllllllpt at subjuga- . . country has been nnlncicll lll l. ‘llll happened to Ru- uilia l,\'f‘.(‘1] clvrlllailv gained coil-

ll

Lilli ullin coiltrohsonle ll will. not be a slim we Illllkml push. bill

been ‘ability of surface craft under bomb- ona ‘inf-l. was the first mention of the m, illunber kf-lc ' ild of the crossing of .,~, \\'Oul(‘ be “my Sari. tile Mcoil i from Malta. ls sue eroded in whore the ncvlrsl of Blltailrs var-

lhrllstillu l win-kn: British llers first had lllzldc port. dlllcllls in lull; illlfi the Suez Canal _ In reaching the innln British Imlld be (‘ﬁll mcnaccd. feet base ill tlle Medif-‘srrllilenn. file

Illustrious survived the hardest test lllanll man on

o lllcv have nllllit themselves ,.

so 1'41’ oi llllléillllﬂl’ verso» warships.

German bombers. flying so low that their Junkers insignia could l. read from the Illustrious‘ docks.

cost of the 24-hour offensive atnine _

, a press. ‘.1131 lntgygsls conference dslcusslon of the Vllilllil'-‘

lreerl Executive

pounced cn thc ship ill a seven-hour torpedo and bomb attack last Janu- arv 10th.

Scarred but still plodding through the Mediterranean. the Illustrious made port at Mala. where the any fucks were renewed. ‘

D.N.B.. German news and prop-

aganda agency. claimed that as a’

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The People’s Paper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

cHARLorTaTowMI-Calvapa, THURSIDAYIFISBRUARY 6.1941

RQOPS FALL BACK RAPIDLY 0h

Chlmneri"! from the wreckage

‘Wilkins ls one of till.- ir.l\.i»‘.

ths rank. All RIGHT is F“.

NEW YORK. lies. al-AAP) - A fight bv me is llzlll govellllllent in exile fog-st posse ion of about. smu- clllilillu ill gun shipped t.) rlrlilza- 1., liekceplng ill to: Nazi illvaslrnl <1‘ elgfulli was disclosed tolhgllt tlucllgll nnllolllrcelllixl. or a cunt nlove to tie up Irrench funos in New 101's: as security for file lreasulwr. Georges ‘Illeullis. one-lime rrlllle Mlnistcl" of Belululn. now ll lculc- sclltatlle ill the LlllllCii Stall-s if the ezcllcd govcrllnlent at Lu cihll, fold the stlln of tile stluaale illl- z‘ l- illlssing gold in ilnnollllclllg brig..- tloll over Iﬁellch funds froi/lln in lllf‘. UllliCd Sfdlcs since the fall of Irlzllllc. A "fling file Bdgian government ‘l ilLlLl be‘ l _‘.lilll'lllf‘tl illc bclllg Slilglill .l by lllgll . l.c from Africa to Franco for delivery to tllcfirrlllall lllllslci-s of Iitflilltl“, ‘Illeuuls revealed u legal notion to ,allllcll Brink of Fralllcc fllzlzlslll l..e lrcderul Reserve Bank of Nev." Yolk up to SZlFfLOUOAlOU )ll cmnpl-nsalltli for the metal selll to l-rullcc n»; . l1)’. I he said State Supreme Court Jus- fllce Morris lﬁalcr lille today’ author- ised a writ to fie up thc French lands. Thcunls llzlllsd he i‘-\'IZ\'C|.S lt to be served tolnorl-olv. was 11:1‘ firs‘. llllDLTLﬂlli litiga- tion lnrollllll: hllul‘ foreign-car wxl assets lrsren iii file United l" since the Nllzl conquest of the ecu- llnent began.

‘Greeks turn

illown offer 0f old planes

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.—fAP) ‘- The embattled Greeks. it was dis- closed lofflcillllv todayJlnve declin- ed a United States fer to give lllem free of charge 30 Grumailn fighting planes off the USS. Wasp,

alrcruft carrier. The cretalw of the Navy. C01-

Gcrmnn territory. Across a field he found a bicycle, po _ men who the group is Squadron-Loam,- (L B. SilrgL-Pllnt Nail bﬂmbvrs before he was forced down at D

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result of the lOllUW-lll) attacks the Illustrious woud require extensive repairs which would take n lonlt time. But Knox disclosed she mnde thc trip from Malta to Alexandria uildcr her own p0wer.

The hit on the British vessel. Knox said. killed about B0 men Ind destroyed about 20 bombing air- planes.

An aircraft carrier. he noted. was much less heavilv armored than a battleship. and in addition he Slllll the Illustrious was lacking the pzo- tectlon of its usual complement Ali fighter planes. It was "s ' o with bombers. and its relatively IQW fighters were already aloft when she Was bombed.

The explosion. Col. Knox told his press conference. failed even to af- fect not onlv the vessel's power but also her navigabilfty.

Cruises near Italian guns

LONDON. Feb. 5-40?) - The British Mediterranean fleet "has been cruising for four days Well within the range of enemv shore- base aircraft. but has not been mo- lested the British Broadcastfnﬂ Cor- notation reported tonlfkht. allow"! e cﬁrrespondent aboard one the B

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mm‘ s“ nlvllr-old Jessie Mer-

msufd ill illlrllllltli here today as

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1e correspondent says that al- though certain of our naval ulllls have been engﬂflﬂd 1" imk°rbmt operations. there has been no terrllptlon by enemv alrclllll- mite of the fact that on enemy spotting machine ls believed to have reported to its homo base the tre- sence of our ships the 8.3.0. laid.

m 41434-841. n ndlmt live h a, a] m, r Tfllllls- Albany ursday

AM_'""'lBlfl Prldav until ll

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lil these waters.“

Frank nox. revealing this today. "ﬂld thc Greeks apparently planted 130 new planes nild were trying to 7lll'l'£lilR€ for delivery of planes al- 'lCﬂ(lV ordered ill the United Sllltls ‘ lcr Great Brllllin.

i l The Chinese. he said. have been seeking to buy 500 planes ordered by lirltain. and have succeeded ill ar- ranging a deal for 100 of them. Concerning thc offer turned down by the Greeks. Knox explained that while the 30 planes from the Wasp lcollld be considered obsolete for the purpose of this transaction. they were good for use either as trainer or combat planes.

While the navv did not say how cld the planes were. it was _n-_;t:d the Wasp was the infest United States aircraft carrier to be coin- inissioned. -

In an informal review of’ the naval situation. Knox told lepolfers that the navy will be turnfntl out 5,720 pilots a year within a mar. and that 6B6 new planes have en delivered f/o his sewrlment In the last four months. Two fffthslcf these. he added. are combat sin": the others being for training pur- poses. At the same time. Knoxsl ‘ll that in his personal opinion llls new 35.000-t0n United States batf c- shfp North Carolina will be ‘the best ship afloat" when she R095 11W’ service April ll. A sister ship. .lle Washington. ls scheduled t0 loll! 11W fleet in the early summer.

QUEBEC WILL FLOAT LOAN

QUEBEKJ. Feb. 5 ~~(Cl>l- Hon. ‘Arthur Mrlfltelvsoil. provincial SPC- retal-y. said ln the legislative as enl- Yzly late today that an order-in- councfl authorizing the govvlllili Al to float r ll5.000.Ilfl0 loan was sign- ed this afternoon and fllzll thc 10M‘! would be floated lollllll-roav.

The treasur dld not announce the terms of he loan.

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of his bomber, Ser

came to Canada a few dz: l-‘ryer, CENHUi, 25, one of the William Jloffatt, young ullkirk.

Ys

ndmentsdo Lease-lend bill fire considered

.>\‘\A'QISA1INUTON| Feb. 5.—lAPl - ‘lilo float-s of lceplesellllllvls. with ...ll ll slllall fraction ol its llloln- Lclslllp pLLSUilL. dronso. Lllrcugll an

gL-Pilot Eric Hopkins, LEFT. found h‘ lialleﬂ to the coast

Everybody

Veterans Of Air War In Canada As Instructors

_ mself in I and finally reached England, ago as instructor, cqmmnnuv, o;

Ymmles men in the Ralf-x to hold Ne“ Zlmlaildvl‘. who downed time

Belgium Col/t In ills-Legislature Exile Fights For $2QQMilirlon, Gold

lo open today

HALIFAX, Feb. -_ __ I'"cl'al-clllnlil;;rll__ 5 (CPI . F]? ivafure will op.n f:.e fourth l °~. 1L5 41st general a scmblv to. 25 with a new prcmlcr. a new oppog]- lion leader and a new Llclvenant- Gizafernor representing the King. I lemier A»). MacMillail. aimolmg. “K the 91339113115 date today. said “er? fafilml’ will be put forth to have business put through exp it- 1011813” because of war condit, n H9 much-tilted “some new loci a- “"11" Wvlllti be lntrod - bu? ‘did not disclose the namyg c. any pro- pcsed goverment mea ureg, Tile Prctnier. who fool: fl.ii."(! “"191, {3118115 Macdoilzlld wen: to f awa as Minister of Nﬂllfinﬂ] D9- ence for naval services. will head f1_ Liberal force of l3 members Tl". six-man opposition will be cotmv“ ~ll of five Conservatives and one (”o_

l-Hllllll l-S-DIUH oil thc louse-lend all f-lllllull. nilhe lldlllllllslllllloll.’ diliiLl-E Lollsillercu lhu lnssullllpv of, . l illncllulll-lills (lcslgned to in- ulxasc SilLHL/nl. for tile bill. ‘ ll. pixlsput was ll illuullicafioil l0 llllltL file overul. period of time .n l.lllch Will‘ supplies could be ocllv- lrt-o to urltain. But after sludylrg MAC‘ LILMISJOH. the lceillerslllp was vcorllllz awuv from propzsals that flhc ulll rcslncr tile c .l 1.. me pro- lhllln to a stipulated figure. u..lll c-lss.) ... . d ' ploislyiliol or it-plts_llt;lille Jallles . usuclkll (loop-lull ‘maxi’, llll l — .lllllll liltxfliﬁl‘ ol fllc ln.ll.l . “s. llitllitlkll ready to vole for l.c .l-ll.e. tilsught ills ainelldilicnts .ll..;lll .; lav ullplchellsloll lcsl a u.l.- I l..l lslllp enlcrge from the opera» LlUllJ cl the bill. m ll ..l.-u'l£|_l uolnocratlc leaders said, llltl. <..ll wlfllzluf amendments thcyl \\f e ‘llild of a coillfortuble llllly- ‘ 1.. ., l... L...- measure. they novel-w ll. . s were seeking as great of unity as possible for the s.l...' c. its effect overseas. l . .l;; for passage of tlle meas- kselltuilve John McConn- aclluselfs, majority lead- or,

"l. l.. o you think Nazi Gennany

air. lll..l_».-c.;llt.rulled Japan will do lo lflc llllllui States in case of an llxs rlculyﬂr" , “A vlclorious axis will demand fribulc of us in some way. and uh- likc lllc crude methods of the pir- llllcs of the Barbary coast of old, ltllry‘ will exact tribute ill a brutal, lvmlous, ruthless modern manner."

"Inoctloil." he said. is an open invitation to an evcz-{ual attack on l.c United States.

A differing viewpoint was pre- y.-f‘lll.£'(l by Representative Harold UQIHHSOII (Rep-Minnesota) vrhl: fle- lcirrcd thall the United Strife; "ls being subjected to the same wav- ‘lsl; of flags, the same beating of breasts, the same roll on the tom- lfoms" as in the days before the

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Retail food prices llad Sharp increase

, OTTAWA. Rb. 5.—(OP)-— ‘Retail jfood prices in Cnnad rose sharply in September and October lastvear Llliﬂf‘ maintaining a falrlv even keel ‘since November. 1939. the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today. l To show the effect of retail price ‘changes between August. 19x9 ill] .. lDacsmber. 1940. the Bureau listed a ;serles of newly-constructed indfces lfcr eight principal cities.

During the period under review. Halifax showed a percentage ln- crease of 15.2. Saint John . Montreal 10.5. ‘Toronto 7.8. Winni- noq 10.2. Saskatoon 12.1. Edmonton 9.8. and Vancouver 9.1 per cent i C..mmcnthuz on the Ruins. the lBurelfi sold the lncrcas-rsni .'l '- lfax and Saint John were "mﬁl=‘l‘l- l ll l.v above average“ and the Toronto l increase somewhat loss than aver- flﬂl‘.

l "Otherwise the advances were closely grouped around l0 Der cent". the Bureau said.

operative cOlllfllfllllVﬁ-‘lliil Fedel 1"’1"5°55'*'1t"ii"l‘- Uﬂllfflns MllcDon. of Cape Breton centre.

Willkie makes Appeal to German people

By EDDY GILMORE Associated Press Stuff Writer

LONDON. Feb. 5.—(AP) — In a

on llld

lllﬂilk attelnpt w speak to the Ger- lvcrs watched a tlclrd flutter down

man people over the heads of the lvazl regime. -Wellocll wlllkle left bclllllfl ililn lll Britain tulllgllt fills llnssallo to the iancf of his forc- ia.hels;—

"'1e.l the German people that we Gerlnon-Alnerlcasls relcct and hate the aggression and lust for powerof the present German lzuverlnncntl“ Mr, Wlllkle W35 on his way ac lo tile United Slates when the Min- istry of lniorillution rclollllecl his nlessake. It was broadcast in the British Broadcasting Corporations regular German news transmission. Lsltor it was repeated. .

HXSIIIQSiBJZBWIlIlB German people clllnaxed a IO-dny tour of Britain lil which he talked to Britons of all classes—froln dwellers in buttered slums to Prime Minister Churchill and the King and Queen-and left with them the promise t0 do all he coll d "to help Britain in her fight for freedom."

“I aln pulclv of German descent," the United States 1940 Republican presldciltlai contender said lil his message. "My family name is not Wlllkle, but Wllllcke. My grand- parents left Germany 90 years ago because they were protestants against autocracy and demanded the right to lliVtlf has free men. I. foo, claim that r g l

"I am proud of my German blood. But I hate aggression and tyranny

"Tell the German peope that my convictions are shared to the full bv the overwhelming majority of my fellow countrymen of German des- cent. ‘Illey. too, beleve lil freedom and human rikhts."

(Inter. at Lisbon. Mr. Wfllkle said he was satisfied with the informa- tion he had obtained on his tour. but would not state his conclusions until he arrived back in America.

(He is to testify before the Sen- ate Fbrelgn Relations committee now holding hearings on the pro posed lend-aid legislation to help Britain).

War-—25 Years Ago Today

(By The Cenaﬂlan Pressl

FEB. 6, filltt-Rluislnns reported heavy German casualties in fflllllflj: m1 the Dnfester River. K ng G orge V made first publlc appnlrance since falling frzzm his hone while reviewing troops on the Western lmmt, Out. H, 1015.

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Linked with B. N. ll. line

Work will commence todqg g survey for a spur railway line to b‘ built from Bl-acklcv and running in- to the Charlottetown Airport. The branch iillf! wi.l be started 9.155 of BféKkiQV Station and between it and Union Station. It will be approxi- mately one and one-half miles length. Mr. Valerlus MacDonald will complete the survey.

It ls expected that a start will be

made on the grading of the road. bed this week It is understand that the contract for this work has been let to the firm of‘ Morrison iv lviacfille: of Sumnlcrside. A steam shovel will be taken by flat car ilil Vernon River and unloaded i 1311011165’. It ls a caterpillar in.- chine and will be used for clearing the snow and clav for the bed. The shovel will ‘calf’ its way through the deep snow digging a clearing for the new lino. Ml‘. E. W. lvlacKlnnon. superin- tendent of the Island Division of the Canadian Notional Railway, [Silld last night it was expected that t the l'Ll.llS would be laid on the road- lled within two months. (lcncnclillg loll good lzlwllhcl- Til nalt of the lvcrl; \\'Gll vw" uTll clues‘.

Tile Bracklcv Station sifc. on the Solids-Georgetown line, was chosen ﬂSﬂCLlﬂllﬂltlllL! point because it of- fers a ‘ll-vol fl-llcl cf ground lo illc airport. The run so Sherwood Sta- tlcn would be lll sir llovmdc

The spur lino ls bcillz.‘ built to handle Nlillwirh going to the air training school.

bitter battles ‘ﬁver London

LONDON, Feb. 5 —fCP) — An

s- ‘hotel lllt by incendiary bombs burst

llnto flames and a number of houses iwcrc (Ielllzlllswd by Nazi explosives “toillgllt ullrlllg a short but bitter- ly-collfo tcli fill‘ rald on file London ‘ilrﬁtl. l Tile hotel fire was controlled Fquickly Wllililili CLlS zilties. There lwere some casual , howevler. in lllouses on the cltys outskirts be- cause llllllly persons had not gone llo the shelters.

Wow of bombers. taking advan- loge of good visibility over Doverl stroll, passed over a southeast coast l town lzcrldcd fol‘ the capital. i

After losing foul" bombers In day- light clashes over the Channel and llllrlllrl, the raiders stabbed at the ffﬂlllillli lil the early ilight hours. Bombs crashed on London and an- tl-alrcl-ait gulls filled the sky with exploding shells.

The "all clear" sounded before 10:30 p. nl. 15:30 p. m. AST).

The government alrilounccd that daylight attacks were collilned 0111.71 to shipping off the cast and south (vOL1:‘yI:‘v Iiuilfel‘ lllanes sent two of the attackers plunging into the Channel allci rlplslal obser-

jaffer a 20-minute flight.

Of the few Nazi craft venturing llllllnd. ovcr norlhcllel. Scotland and ,Kcnt, one was knocked down by R 3A. F. fighters. the government an- nounced, to account for the fourth {bag of the day.

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most v be done by rail--

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Falsehood ls no easy. truth so dif-

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Annual Si:

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Inscription Delivered , $5.01!

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30 Miles Daily;

Take Prison

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New successes for Brill-oil

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in African ca l

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V By Eric liiglo Associated Press Stuff Writer

CAIRO. Egypt. Feb. s —(AP) _ ‘The lnaln body of Italian troops in ‘P1188. lllllllr» back upon Bellgasi ..Ill b llllclld pursuing British or. lilorcd lillLilllOilS, tonight had bum pushed to a point 60 to 70 nliles from that. Slffillf-ii)’ fortified base in a re- lrelll Drocecding at the rate of 30 . fillies a day.

‘ Elsewhere over tile vast area 01' the African struggle new successes I “"1"? 4‘-!l_ll_fll'-!Lrv'l lllr British ell-ms and a cllllitllly spoke mall tlllls slun- liled up:-

limth fronts (In Libya and in leap llan East Africa) has showed s, ‘ nlarlzed syleeflillg-ilp," '

In the running rear guard Ito}- I “Y” *3"“911_ "xlllk tile Libyan coast, . llle British high command an- . 110110604. 400 Fascist slragglers s]-

"- lﬂllvu captive. Blfd there

ll atloils that the full strik-

lf}: I70Wel‘ of till- Brill h forces 500., “Olllfi be IUITCCi upon Bellgllsi 1t- 5“1~**111} lmlaurfall: port lying 325 nlllcs fzoln the Egyptian frontier,

Far f0 the south, in Italian Erit- rea, Italian Ethiopia and Italian $0malilancl the British land offen- sive went on in cooperation lyifh a. bmnlilllﬁ! Offensive over thousands of miles in which 24 Italian 111111105

were dcsli‘0_\'ccl, aside from the dam-

affl? WFOllgllt to IIIZHLV a Fascist ha e. In Eritrea, British field forces pressed the ‘Italians to the east, mm UK‘ Fvflvlvn of Cheren —\vhfch but 40 miles from the Eritrean capital of {halal-a —- and the flee. lug Fascls‘; were leaving all roads Dflvd UD with the litter of aban- doned Will‘ mrlfcr . is

M8113‘ illindrcd: of ‘additional pris-

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l0 men lose Lives in fire

NEW liAVEN. Conn, Feb. 5. —- (APi-Flfe l/Odllv brought flaming death to 1O men in a cotton-filled rooln of the New Haven Quilt and Pad Collllmllr. working. fllllllllL! ulil- e1‘ orders. on ‘United Sill ~ JYlllV quilting contracts. It was New Ha_ ven's cuslllos; ll..~ ill it». u. ll.l.

Soon afler tin- lllsf body llzld llltn bFOURhL from the charred room where cotton flufflng alas mallu. foctured. an investigation was iﬂlllllChedvifltf) clllillls of workmen that a fue-dorr had been ordered Shlll. trapDlnu luv l0 ill the flalne- l 'fllled room. and lllto whllf Coroner 2 James J. Corrigan called “certain, phases that definitely bear illvl-stl-l

atlon." .

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‘ The Gcnnons 10st still another iplunc which crashed ill flames in lhe vicinity of Schull, County Cork, ill southwestern Eire. Tile Dublin igovcrnnlcnt announced five of the ‘occupants were killed.

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Early in the inoulrv Detcctlve lCflDlﬂlll Jellies Deccan said work- men llad told deft-clues illll: l..e jaufolnafic sprinklel syxstcln in the zfhree-latorey. brick factolv had been l lshut off.

The ‘Pmbo of our advances on l:

Lloyd. Gil. who illlLi been _ mellt leader" in the House of hires

arms in vast areas mpaig

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COL. F. l. WORTHINGVION Commandcr oi Canada's first". armored division.

Govrtglleader In House of Lords dies

LONDON. Feb. 5.-—fCP) — Lord ROVk-lll-

1v a few \\‘0L'iis—Slll£‘tf lilCﬁk"

for on _~

nurture of Viscount Hzllllllx tn fllo United States-died today after brief illness.

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In the government he held the lost of Colonial Secretary‘. which

lle assumed ill May. I940. It lsvlhe on y cabinet post he erei'_helll in ills brilliant career. lllthollslll he d served its fzuverilol‘ of Bumoav

lllilfl to 1921f between terms in file llfouse of Commons and was l-llkh

Coillmissloner for hlgyp". and file

Sudan from i925 to I029.

Politlcnil circles tonlulll. speculated. 0\'L‘l' several pilblllliif‘ slicer‘ -ors to the Colonial fsccrctu , crshlp lil the House ~ ill was considered pro that lllﬁ appointee Wflllld continue to conju- blne both offices. although inc Lo.- onial Secretary could be cholsen

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one possibility- flow Dofniniolls Seen-Lulu‘. “'05 Wil-

sidered another. as \\‘(l'l’ tllv Ihlke

OTTAWA. Feb. 5.-(CPI — R885. boiles. bottles and other materials and articles will be collected all across Canada when the National Salvage campaign announced today lbv War Sci-vices Minister Gardiner ‘lies undci‘ “lay. _

The oblect will be to utilize ma- terials now lzoilla to waste in meet- lnfl ‘lime floods. ullu _to lllcilcy‘ for wartlllle charities and services.

Ml‘ Gardiner said the campaign would not onlv obtain materials "now very much needed ill our war work. bill. will give to organizations and individuals f-hroughouu the |whole of Canada an oppoljtulllfy to Jake some part in our national war lcffort." ,

lVLr. Gardiner said his associate ;deplltv minister. Mr. Justice T. C. lhavfs. would have charge oi the "ulvage campaign and recalled he had discussed thc cainpalriil \\'i‘ll

inleniwrs oi parliament last Dr- ,(‘(‘lI'lb€1' when lt was decided

campaign in his constituency.

Coincident with the minister's an- nouncelucilt thc terms of a lcttcr scnt by Mr. Justice Davis to mem- bers of parliament were revealed.

The announcement and the letter showed the n an of the cnlnpalgn :0 be as follows:

Members are to consult with mu- ;llicin.ll councils ill their constitu- loncics and ullule several mrmbcrs

rlnrvscnf (lln- lllnllielnlllity flu-v ale‘

to csnfl-z" t l:l~l‘.lcl' and approach the lolllul‘ kllllflv.

The councils wll‘ be asked to cal conf erlces of representative cf

ued on page 3. Col l)

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of Dcvonslllrc and \’l-C<>llrll&$ﬂm\1<'1-

raise -

Huge Salvage ,Drir_)_e Plmqnne,

i international v At A Glance

WAMII (l/Ifﬁk-Nllvy sccretar) mFrank fin x gs Britain's aircraft. carrier illustrious arrived under her Lnwn power at l‘\l\’Xttlllll'iil often los- ing B0 men. 20 bombers in l\azl at- tac s; says Illustrious survived the hardest fcst yet of plane-versus lrlirsllfp strength.

LONDON-Hotel hit by incendi- arles in brief night raid; housrs. struck by bombs on London's out- , skirts, causing some casualties: RA. l". lil swecpilll; ilffcnslvr dill-lil; 48 llguf; glriko, at flr-vlmlil \l.l|‘ mow.-

ort. alrflelds. potential . s and ruullflr-‘blucklloc

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each ‘ member would have charge of tile l

l, lA).ND().\'.—\Vlllkle in message to Germans broadcast from Britain, miter his departure. says "(ilcrlnnn |lllnerieznls reject and hate“ Nazi aggression.

VlCllY-Ilcturil of Laval to Vichy government regarded as almost cer- l- n, with position In non-er next to lH-tnln.

l'l\ll{().~-\l'\'ln holly of Italians is flllllnr ban-k non Ill-ng-lsi. olliccffle of‘ British drive through Libya.

LONDONZ-Observers see crisis brewing in Bulgaria as result of‘ Nazi pressure wllhln and nitlltﬂ Balkan country.

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Loaves Borden 9 45 AM. 1.00 PM. Lcavcs ‘lormontlila 11.00 A M.