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I mergency Session 0f Australian House Counter - dttaclzc Meet“ With Some

I llies Face Fight For Of North

Bitter Control Atlantic

— Esgllpe of three German Warships raises storm of criticism in London.

Ry Drew Middleton ggoclllled Press Staff Writer

wNDQN. PM). 13 —(APl -— 111G a; fated a bitter fight, for con- lhf iil(‘ North Atlantic tonight (or two Gl‘I'lllfii'l battleships and llelvv cruiser, battered but men- -gl,~‘aglo,».l_ had gained the safe- “ 01am‘ following a dash English Channel and

xpressed in 110N109 .. the MLOOQ-ton Scbarnhcrst d Gllliacnall and the IDDDO-ton her Prinz Eugen. now at safe l. no: for lv-nalr and fllunly at the _,_, or a 7c0-mile fighting race .. tho-r bomb traD at Brest. zvolls with a Nazi At- wnp enough "to go -from the Orkneya

did on ton of fl“ Jiilfil‘? and the Br‘.- lvl Africa the setback

" '~i\ navy and air force

wafers measurably m nf the cabinet as lstlllltcd.

ll Tfrnyrra Attack

' lving hundreds of llll"; of varied

x of this assault pro- tllc solo comfort to- : c lll‘lii 0n the street ‘ (‘nut a sceolV-ratc "rmhn \_v h used the Ellcish . Wit}! for Nazi < fliwO tllu: Brtwin btltii" tips, . l‘tl_\'!‘.‘.'S to march ' which will be flying _n ill the North.

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"'1! Events

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"W11"! hear at Fredericton mdtfifamgl 9 A. M. at Bradd- - M. Knud Jorgengm,

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Further restric Ilse of tin

OTTAWA, l-‘eb. 13—(0P)_ Restrictions on the use of tin have been extended and the vital war metal no longer may be used for psckag‘ _ u wldo range of foodstuffs, colmetlcl and toilet articles, metals con- troller G. C. Bateman announ- ced tonight.

At the lime l’ c said tin covers for glass‘ now may be made In only “gill. circa-n move desig ’ to eliminate waste in manufacturing pro- cesses and limit Inventories.

“The housewife will noon find that many of the product; with which she is familiar vvlll be packaged in cardboard, waxed paper, glass jars or lacquered black iron, instead of tlnplate." the controller said In a stale- mom,

"But," he added, “tin will still bo used in the canning of all staple foodstuffs such as toma- toes, peas, fish 1nd other items.”

Woman flier is convicted

WASHINGTON. Feb. l3—(AP)— 1.4mm Illgiliis, spmd fler and 5e11- siylezi "internpiioltal Mata Hall," W85 convicted by a United States federal district court jury today one charge that she actrd as a pnlu agent of the Gflrmazl Reich wnhcut registering with the Slate Dvpartment.

‘fhc it“? 0! 10 men and two wo- TlKll deliberated little mare than all iwul- before returning tile ver- d.ct. The maximum penalty for tic cffence is two years in 191-15031 and a $1.300 fille.

MW; 1113-1115. who admitted ac- ¢<‘l ‘.12 money‘ [tom a Gemlan d-fp- ion l lulile size’ was przmcting Alnelzchll neutrality last year, glarrd angrily as each juror ln- ‘9“"(1 "aulliW when the court trerk zlskd far the verdict,

Giusrcilill may Ask secret session

Li.‘ ‘ 13-101’ Cable)- Izlltm r1 today sgeculat- ed on the e the goveln-

i‘. 0:115 a c m late man naval c-rulp n getting :avy warships through the aver. an‘ possible that Pnme .: C" ‘rchill will ask for a szsscn in order to Rive the Hcuse tile full story. l-lowevrr. thsrc has nct yet bccn an lndcatlcn of su- a move which lvzuld be vig- orously fought by the govcrnmentb ri"':.=. whcse steak hrs scartd as a result of the Brest breakout.

Soviets Knife

curlilfihll Review danger. To Dominion

Secret Discussions Will Be Held On Pacific Sit- uation-

CANBmRA. Feb. l! —(AP) - The Australian parliament W35 summon ’ today into emergency eesalon-ulree weeks earlier than originally scheduled —for secret discussions of what Prime Minister John Ourtln called the "continued deterioration of the situation in the Pacific."

Mr. Curtln moved the date up to Rb. 20 to give members what he indicated would be a. detailed re- view of dangers to Australia before the slowly spreading Japanese of- fensive, now concentrated on the yielding defences of Singapore city.

Almost. simultaneously a com- munique from the Australian air force said a Japanese flying boat had dropped bombs on the solo- morl Islands northeast of Australia. No damage was reported,

The Melbourne Herald's war cor- respondent suid parties have been

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Dttawa man A ls convicted

OTTAWA, Feb. 13~fOP)—Hec- for K. Carruthers, former secre- tary o! Ottawa Board 0f Trade. was convicted tonight by an On- tario Supreme Court jury on a charge of fraud in connection with government war contracts.

The jury returned its verdict after deliberating for almost six hours. ft recommended mercy.

Sentence on Carruihcrs, 61. will be pamd next Tuesday morning by Mr, Justice C. P. Plaxtoll who will also sentence Rodolphe E Billie, contractor. and Capt. J. A. P. Haydon. both of Ottawa, prev- iously convicted of seven fraud charges.

The charge against Carruthers was that. he demanded or received $500 from Robert N. Strang, Ottawa painter and (lccoratcr, on time pretence he possessed in- fluence with the govcrnnlcllt or an official thereof.

Carrutllcrs denied on the witness stand that he had ever received money or made a demand for it.

Increase Ill War Saving Certificates

OTTAWA. Feb. lik-(CPF-Wui‘

salmus certificates llow are being.

issued at the rule of 45.600 a clay. colupared with 15.000 a year alzo, Liruhuln Tuners. uuvrlllur of the Bunk 0i Cflllilfitl. announced t0- nlgllt in the annual report of the bank.

A special section (leveled to war savings ccrrtcatcs is one of the busiest departmcllta of the bank and employs close to 400 persons. the rvllort sniff.

During 194i fllc bank L _ 000,000 cerilflctltcs 1'0]. lscntln! $84,080,000 in lbil subscriptions.

l-‘lRI-l ON l-‘REIGHTER

RIO DE JANEiR/O. Feb. 13—(APi ./Fire broke out today aboard the 5.335-t0n former l-lliiilll freighter Aequitas. one of the Axis vessels purchased by Brazilian lllles. 'l.he 5h“) w“ tied up at a dock where she had been loaded with coaL

Ahead

For Significant Gains

‘Advance Red Ski Troops enter White Russia; Seven German Warships destroyed in northern waters.

llaclrthur’: Army l: heavily llolllhcd

WACHINGNN. hb. ll -(APi —’I'he Jcpmue were re to- day to be blinding wove 0011M of dive bombers ognimt the Aurel-lean- Pllipllio form on lntm llbnlnnui presumably in on en up the defences for new Infan- t onslaught.

bomben. e wet department communique aid wen allot. down by American on aircraft gum

Gen. Douche MacArthur n .- Id. too. that Japanese aircraft had inflicted vy loans on come of their own troop Inllhken for

if

i-vu-‘l-a-u. the American-Filipino um.

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I [dd Gilmore, Annotated ( ’ mil sun wman M%OOW. Feb. l5—(AP)—Knif- in; through Gel-mun lines for the d; and most significant ud- vuace yet of the Red lfllly winter offensive, Russian aki troop! h!" Qvflpfed white Ruuic, on the old frontier with Polnnd. 8M 50"" lubmerinea have destroyed mm more German wanhiP! m 5mm waters, wprhtflont. di-wflwhfl Y!‘ “flak? gthece cuccescea in the not", ‘m; w“; weye accompanied accounts of In uninterrupted Soviet drive in the wuih- "m" gmncl-ou; more villages were ilb- outed and in the cumu- "he" noggin; marines routed the Ger-

h i lt domlnatin! 3am from Lnexllbhe o! saw

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Auoclated Prue War Analyn) Escape from Brent of a trio of fut nod powerful German war- el-aft under the noses of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and the

very muzzles of British shore butterieg ll

anti-Axis war leaders.

It changes vital war factors ln both eccanl. It

n stunning new blow to

npreooutc, aide

from uny other construction placed upon K, closely Integrated Ger-

mun-Japanese etrategy.

With such big and dangeroun vessel: no the

light bnttlelhipu

Scharuhorst and Gneioenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen loooe in the Atlantic, the ocean becomes lgaln the greatest danger zone for Britain, Russia and the United States. Those ecu rout-cc must be kept open If the Axis war design l; m be frustrated.

O O O O O

And to the extent that. the daring German can vueceu forces ln- creased Anglo-American naval concentrations in the Atlantic at the expense of the Pacific defence It. will certainly help Japan enlarge her victories. It could sell the fate of the Netherlands Indies, next. in line

for J apancse assault.

London commentators make no bones about the seriousness for the Allied cause of the failure to destroy those German warcrsft. Hitler gambled mightily-and unquestionably won-in ordering the bold dash through Dover Strait. The skill and during with which that

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‘ must command admiration; yet It speaks also of

desperation. What the purpose was is not yet. fully revealed, but the risk was so great, the chances of success no small that some crlticil aspect of Nazi or Axis strategy must be Involved.

O O O O

.. .. It is true that the three ships

were useless to Germany holed up

at Brest and subject to repeated lh‘ bombing. The nothing-ventured- noihing-gained axiom alone dictated l. run for it. Nevertheless, had the ships been destroyed, It would have bolstered British and allied morale immeasurably at an otherwise dark moment. It would also

have influenced both Atlantic and

Pacific war futon almost ac fav-

orably for the United Nations as their escape ha; lxrlponder bly alt". ed them in German-Japanese favor. ' ‘

_ The stark fact that confronts London and Washington Ir that Hitler at this moment may have the most powerful surface fleet now

in the Atlantic.

Annual Meeting Red Cross Society

Dr. W. J. P._i\_/i-acMillan is re - elected President; Mr. L. A. Winter of Toronto is Guest Speaker.

International At A Glance

Press)

(Canadian

LONl)ON—l’nliLicl|l storm seen as Nazi naval forces reach port after Brest tsfllplt: Jitp forces im- peril Singapore water supply.

WASlllNGTON-Jdps dive bomb llnlcrican-Fiiiplno army, mistaken- Iv attack own troops.

MOSCOW-Russian ski troops knife into White Russia.

RANGOON - laps renew nt- lcmpts to break Salwcen front.

ON THE CHINA-BURMA BOR- DER - Chinese reinforcement: arrive.

Dnc Dollars to

buy fertilizers

OTTAWA. Feb. l8 —(OPl -One million dollars is being made uvuil- nble to encourage use of fertilizer in Eastern Canada and thus in- crease production of feed required to provide food supplies. wriculture minister Gardiner informed the House of Commons today.

The money will be and to bidet farmers in purchasing fertililer.

Mr. Gardiner raid the expendi-

ture will be made by the ngricul- g

tural supplies board.

The assistance would be effective onamlnfmumofaquarterofnoon and a maximum of five tons.

Mr. Gardiner uid the policy wu not. extended to the vwt for two reasons. Fertiliser was not general- Lv used or needed in the weetem provinces and last year the govern- ment had encouraged coarse groin: EGUCIIOII there and -pu.id the

lght on coarse grain: chipped from the west to the out.

Likely To Halt U. S. Radio Output

WABl-IINGGUN. m. la-uml- Predict! u. t n producti u m“ ' “ In the £12m out“ will be halted w April 22

were been! y of r the War Production Board an ti- mohln uving the industry four months culvert to armament menufectwe a‘ have its equipment and labor commandeered II the government.

Hull. Dr. W. J. P, MacMillan was rel-elected president of the Provin- cial Red Cross Society at the annual meeting held last night ill Zion Church Hall. His Honour Lieuten- ant Governor B. W. LePoge was named Honorary President. Honor- ary Vice Presidents named were: Dr. H. D. Johnston, Mrs. V. L. Goodwill. Ml‘. W. F. Ticlmarsh and Mr. William Moran.

M L A. Honorary

r. . . Comptroller of the Canadian Red Cross Society, Toronto. delivered the main address at the lneetinu

P. Maclntyre. Minister of Public Works and Highways. spoke briefly on behalf of the Provincial Gov- erllnlent and Mr. J. T. McKee. [zeputy Mayor. on behalf of the ctv

In the President's report Dr. Macllilllln reviewed the activities of the Society for the past year. The text of this appears below. Other reports were presented by: Mrs. E. A. Foster. chairman of the Wom- ens War work Committee (read by M155 Iphigenie Arsenault in the absence of Mrs. Foster); Mrs. l-l. L. Palmer. Provincial Commandant of the Red Cross Corps; Mr. D, A. MacKinncn. Financial Statement; Miss Verna Dnrrach, Junior Red Cress; Nominating Committee, Mr. P. W. Turner. in the absence ot the chairman. Mr. P. J. Rossiter.

Other officers elected were: 2nd Vice Presidents. Mrs. J. M. McFad- yen. Charlottetown. Queen's County. Mrs. L. B. Mellish. Montague. King! Count . Mm Gladys Holman. Sunl- mersl e. Prince County; Honorary secretary, Mr. R. H. Rogers; Hon- orary ‘Treasurer, MI. D. A. MacKin- non.

Executive Members

Mrs. C. G. Duffy. Mrs. E. A. Bost- er. Mrs. J. H. M uaid, Mrs. J. J. Mbffil. Miss Beuia Munroe. Miss Mary aid. representing Women! Institutes; tive of the P. ll. I. Teachers‘ rea- eratlon‘ Mrs. Harry Miller Mm. W.

. V. fiunbar. Mr W. J. lirawders. Mr. A. n. mile: br. A. J. Murchi- eon. m. n. a. Bonneii. w. c. st.

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Loader: watch as Battle is plotted

IDNDON. Feb. ic-fsoturdcyl- (CP Csblel — Prime Minister Churchill. standing before a big map of the English Channel in the Adrnlralt war room, watched for noun ursdcy the unsuccessful Brtllah novel-air beetle with the eccaplrl Germln warships. it was learned

today.

A, V. Alexander. First Lord of the Admiralty, etched beside him as hil sides steadily plotted the course of the ‘Nazi worship; into the North Ben-and It lent tem- pouery celeb.

- convoy

Local Pilot Took part in: Dover battle

Sgt. C. W. Higgins Was Member Of Bomber Crew After T h r o o Nazi Ships.

LONDON, Feb. l3 —(OP Cable)- Bergemt C. W. Higgins of Char. lotietown was n. member of one of the Canadian bomber crews who were out yesterday in cloud and mist. SHOW. sleet and rain in pur- sult of the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gnelsenau and the cruiser Prinz Eugcg. He 3nd his mates took part ill attacks Liter the enemy had run through me Strait of Dover and had started his flight up the North Sea.

Member of a Wellington bomber "fw- Hlgglns said his plane had "stooged around but couldn't find anything." but the crew of another Wellington had u-dlfferent story to bell.

"We came across a break in the clouds." said Sgt. W.E.N, Field of Montreal. “and there. below just for an instant woe s. Gel-man bat- tleship. We went over the break in the cloud too quickly to bomb. The hole was very small and we were in the cloud again before we could take any action. The flak was pumping up. too. It was all over the place.“

Sgt. J. l‘. Tait of Nanuimo, B. 0.. captain of a. Wellington in c. Royal Air Force cquadmn. was one of the few Canadians whose plane got its- bomba away. but clouds prevented him from seeing where they land- e

d.

"We bombed e. battleship." he re- ported, telling how he found l. break in the clouds and saw the ship and two small vessels nearby.

"We flew clown the whole length of her. letting bombs go as we went. She didn't seem to be travelling fast as there was only a small wash It. her bow."

This was Tattle 10th operational fiilzht and none of the others. he laid. "Were as exciting as this trip."

ism. Higfzins referred to above is e son 0f Sgt. Watson Higgins _of the City Police Force and Mrs. Hig- gins.)

Free French Dcrvctte sunk

ST. PIERRE. ST. PIERRE-MIQ- UELON. Feb. 13 -(APl - One of the Free French corveftes which participated in the occupation of these islands Christ-mas Eve has been tor edoed and sunk while on uty in the Atlantic, the Free French news dqellcy annouc- cd tonight.

Thirty-six crewmen are missing including five native islanders.

Thus this little territory wrested from Vichy rule has ma. e its first sacrifice fighting beside he United Nations. the agency- said.

The Royal Canadian Navy assist- ed in rescue operations.

Thinks Hits Scored On Prinz Eugen

IDNDON. Feb. 13-fCPl—_The commander of one of the Brltlsh motor torpedo bcaia; sent on: after tahe German warships Whlfil ran the Channel gauntlet broadcast to- night. that t-wo torpedo bus "ap- peared to us to have been $60M! on the cruiser Prinz EHKPIL"

Success,

Report

However CityTs-vvater su p pi y gone or imminently men- aced; British guns pump shells at Invader 400 an flour.

‘.11 IDNDON F°b~ 13—(CP)——Under maulve Al: and till bu lb d- mml- SiIIZIDbI-e still held out tonight and a Rcuttr; diesgatchn Elllitd

from the island metropolis in mld-moming paid posiflung

of the de-

fenders had been stabilized and that counter attuz-k-a about sen ll mlir - u _ ‘ ‘ i I "mm "f ‘he filly have met with some succesa"

Although latel- official advice; indicated

the city’: known ulhjnx

ziillfllgnresflliyoirs were gone or Immlnently menu-ed and that the Brit- a“ fore 5 ‘h WE; lid"! lbw]? beaten back by the ovcrlvllr-inlillg Japan-

0e. e u ers correspondent presented an umalzllll; picture of l Wllulation confident that the invaders would be stopped short o4’ tlllir

goal. c —-—.==~

Still disciussin Plchiscite on Parliament Iiill

‘Hi5 dispatch, filed at 10.30 u. m. Bulgubcrtl time today lzuiau a, m, A. . T. Friday) saad Bflllhil Curitib- elr attacks were carried out in tho Jurongarea, about seven miles to the northwest and that they w r5 believed t0_ have gt-abllzzed the do. fence positlnns.

“est of the cit-y, ileavy n; W“ Piwrted along a bile ll. 1g from Pierce reservoir tcbukit ilull- ah and. Jurong and endnlg at P451} Penis-rig on the south enact. nbollfi five miieu from the island mFYEOD-

orrrawa. Feb. l: __(CP)—Lieut. on.

Hugues Lapointe (Lib. Lotbinierei, recently returned to canana mm active service in the United King- dom. told the House cf Common: today that men of e overseas ur- my are divided Ln heir views on the advisability cf cotnplllgayy w“. seas service.

He said that. “probably the ma- jority" believe in cdnafirlrticn but mother large group hug no nee for cmuleripta.