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Map above shows new Jap-held areas that will be vulnerable to U. S. bombers , '1, from air bases set up on Mindoro Island, in the Philippines. Included is Japan's lifeline for seaborne sup- plies (heavy black line). which serves Jap troops in Indo-China, Malaya, Dutch Bast Indies. ‘Thailand and Burma.

irokyo Reports Battles Rage Area

Wives, Children Cf Serviceman Reach Canada

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8 - (AP) —Tokyo radio said tonight that A- merican invasion forces have be- gun attempts to get ashore on the uingayen coastal area. o! Luron in the Philippines but "are still un- able to secure even a foothold mere.”

'I‘he broadcast lucked confirmat- ion iipm any Allied source.

An earlier Japanese Drtlfldtlwi recorded by NBC and the Blue Net- work said "enemy IOICCs which have invaded Lingayen Gulf are estimated to number one division. This broadcast leit. unclear whether these troops were put ashore there or merely were aboard a convoy offshore. BC after playing back the re- cording said the two pdssible incan- ings could be read into the report. in its original dispatch NBC ill- terpreted the broadcast to mean all hdthdi idhdina had taken claw;- Some doubt was av tlclwcd WWII i B playback. and further attempts to monitor Tokyo were unsuccessful due to atmospheric conditions.

OTTAWA, Jan. 8—The newest group of dependents of Canadian soldiers arriving in the Dominion from overseas contained l2 wives and ll children destined for homes in Military District No. 6.

This is a partial list of the names of dependents and hus- hnds and the destinations:

Klflileen M. Wlllh, ne- eomplnled by two-year-old son, John P» and two-month-old son, David A» L-Cpl. U. J. Walsh. Al Longworth Street, Charlotte-

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led exact landing spots. This

Janet, Pte. D. B. Sagner, it. n. No. "pom gtfgngly suggesting

l- New Gllmw. us. i sh d fl ht fo the Mrs. Mary Cook. Pte. 1m. coda, g-lyrlllbiglnesog 03hr.‘ idlidwed ‘Chum! Greenwood Road. Thor-barn. Plfi- broa casts of the lust few days

lou County. NB.

th t 450 Am ican transports were G. MecBurnle. accompanied a u

. in to d L Island con- b! fl-monlh-eld son. Anthony M" {Alia y ‘lamwarshggnwhich duclled "11:. B. 0. MacBurnle, R. R. No. goizktvio days with Lingaven shore . . . _ a res.

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Air Force Veteran Faces Court Martial

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a my that more than 1,100 1 y] q 1 dd , h. Un- "Bcvin Boys" — lB-yesr-olds or- us‘ Etfi‘ on‘ dfifjliimfi. ‘it was “"4 m W°Tk l“ "11"" "15"" °l learned today. ‘The court will be mtsri the armed forces-took raid“ by group cgpt, M, P.

“French Leave" at Christmas time. causing a substantial drop in coal

er. . . , t0 anpuhm m: "non. Sqdn Ldr Dahl who came

Canada in June. 1940. from Ur- bana, Ill., to j n the R. C. A. F" had previously fought with c Republicans in the 8 anion War. Captured by Fascists in 1937. he was saved from a flrin uad when Edith Rogers. a vau evil; player. ed Is hi8 wife and sent. her p otogrflbh 0° h-nnclsco Fnnco. He b rpm‘, his Spanish ail in Fe runry. - J The hdu played by Mill MK- erg and Dahl on Franco was dis- closed when, on July 2d. i041. he nlifirrieélntllilesncr Bone of Belle- v c, . a prior to hLs fighting with the n ___ firliicgmliobpulblica: “Ali- ‘wince D1309. V ll. - ‘ day. Janus , "135? flafipomvgifeddnelgv 5W!“ Amy Air Iprce fromfllilil Vernon Driv a Club. l-il-Ii. to 1036. He also did 50m Y ‘ “___- in Mexico. ‘ Plhl-ry 8a t H lma - --—-'~—'""' amt", m} ° u" $811’; rump nmscrou

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Read by Everybody

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9. 1945

B. C. Cities To llave Street Railway Strike

VANOOUVIE, Jan. 8 — (GP) — Members of the Street Railway- men's Union (AJILI...) here. n Victoria and in New Westminster. tonight voted by an overwhelming majority to reject proposals aimed at averting a strike of street rall- en scheduled to start at four o'cock, P.D '1‘.. (‘l un.. ED.T.) tomorrow mo .

“I can sec not ing which could intervene to prevent a. strike." Charles Stewart. chairman of the Union's Advisory Board commented

Bracken Approves F. l). R.'s Tctal Mobilization Plan

By DOUGLAS AMARON

BRUSSELS. Jim. 8 — (OP Cable) -John Bracken. national leader of the Pwglmive Conservative Party, in a statement issued here tonight Colllmen - l- ident Roosevelt's reference in his message to Con- RNSS to the importance of national service “for ‘the total mobilization of all our human resources." Mr. Bracken. who has been vlsit_ 1st Canadian Army troops in th area said: t ls s. policy Canada should have adopted at the beginning of the war. Over three years ago such a policy was unanimously endorsed

y l e legislature. It is the policy of the Progressive Con- servative Party bf Canada.

“with the great success of our troops in their drive from Nor- mandv it was perhaps natural for our people at home to assume that the war was won,

“Prom first-hand knowledge ac- quired right here in a theatre of war I desire to point out to the Canadian people that this war ir- not ovel’ for our boyg over Tiers. “There lies ahead u great imfin- lshed job which if lt is brought to an curly, victorious and lusting vic- tory. must have even prcatei- ef- fort and support frccn the Can- adian pec-ple back home.”

The statement was issued prior to Mr. Brackens departure foi- Paris after u five-day visit to 1st Canadian Army formations in this

area.

Subescquently lie will travel to

Italy to visit men of the 1st Can- adian Corps. returning to Canada via Britain. The Party Leader Sunday visited Vimv Ridge in France. famous Canadian battlefield of the First Great War. and saw there the im- nressive memorial to Canada's 60.- 000 Fii-st Great War Dead.

N Ships Refloated

HALIFAX. Jan. ii - (CW-Two ships which ran aground in Hali- fax Harbor during a blizzard this morning were refloated later in the day. One of the vessels went aground near Pier 34, on the wat- erfront. and the other struck George's Island. in mid-harbor. Both were taken off with the aid of tugs.

Another Ship Ashore

NEW WATERFORD. NS" Juli. 8- (OP) — The 350-ton motor ves- sel Burin went ashore on Pelrie's Ledge near here during a. blizzard early todav but it is expected she will be refloated easily. Some dam- age to her hull was reporte

Owned by the Newfoundland Government. the vessel is under- ; m have a cargo of 1.700 bar- rel; of herrin and was enroute from a New oundlsnd port to North B dney.

The OI¥GW reached shore safely.

P. E. I.-B. C. llct Tc Be Represented At ‘Conference

TORONTO. Jan. 8 -— (OP) — Health Minister Vivian of Ont- ario today announced that all

Provinces except British Colum-

was bis and Prince Edward Island will

be I ,.IBQITTOCI at an intorpro- v-incia health conference 0pm- ing here tomorrow and con- tinuing until Saturday.

All sessions of the conference will be private except a dinner meeting Friday night-

rph; meetings are bel held at

Vvian who

ti f Dr. "‘Q;.d§““'fi'.¢°“ (Jontarlo delegation

Itlealth and welfare Minister Davis

hi8 and two others will represent Nova

la; New Brunswick will be re- 5%,...” by Dr. harles Moc- Rnnm, deputy Minister d: Health

Among health subjects suggest- ed for dlscussl are tuberculosis and venereal disease will-Ml. Pile food and drug control. mental and ihdusmdi iwzlme. Hlllmlon- Welfare topics suites-lied M's old u, pqnglgng, discusslorrof the residence problem in public u- smmce m“; and child care. in-

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‘War Situation Last-

Night l

By KIRKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

For lheflrfl time since the battle of the Belgian bulge was stalled . events landed to rival that conflict in observer interest. .

Japanese broadcasts filled the air with graphic tales of the onset o! the batlle of Luzon In the Philippines. They told without confirmation of massive American air and sea fleets battering at the Lingayen Gulf approaches to the broad planes that lead southward to Manila Bay. lluge American troop and supply convoys also were reported by the Japanese to be converging toward the gulf for landing assaults. Pending Allied munflflflflllbll those enemy accounts cannot be ao- cepled at face value. They cover a. significant sequence of developments leading up to relnvasion of Luzon, even if they prove premature so far or the sites picked for them are concerned.

Developments of the int month have pointed toward a far earlier opening of the campaign to reoccupy that pivotal advance bne for pushing the we: against Japan than was deemed possible only weeks ago. If it has actually begun now as Tokyo insists. it is a tacit Japanese admission that once boasted enemy sea power has been reduced lo vir-

‘ In the global war

No thoughtful Japanese who heard those Tokyo accounts of re- luyl of heavy American warcraft succeeding each other in sustained sen. bombardment of Lingaycn Gulf shore defences lo supplement the rak- ing American air attack could Ignore that implication. No such massing of American sea. and air strength and troop transports would be possible on the central western coast oi Luzon ivhlle the Japanese fleet retained any real semblance of its farmer striking power.

lilngayen Gulf lies all but in the shadow of the Japanese sea and To approach it with fleets and convoys oi’ the sin: the Japanese reported would in the face of substantial enemy sen or air power based nl. Formosa. lnvlle disaster.

Previous American air forays over Lingnycn Gulf have disclosed the presence there of too much enemy merchant tonnage lo doubt that Tokyo has been making every effort lo strengthen the Luzon garri- A Japanese intimation that it would

tnkc an American force of . I . A "w" . r“

massed enemy land forces in the Lingayen area.

To Meet

lilontlilylilcciih; Cf City Council

At the regular monthly meeting of the City Council st nigh!- His Worship Mayor J. E. Blan- chard presidcd with all Council- lors present with the exception of Coun. A. T. McKinnon who is ill.

Dr. B. C. Keeping and Mr. P. W. Pletch botli addressed the Council urging that a generous grant be given the ‘Tuberculosis League for the purpose of assist- ing it ln the purchase of a mobile X-rhy unit. DI‘. Keeping stated that l4 of the 64 tuberculosis pail-- cuts now receiving treatment at the Provincial Sonatorium were

from Charlottetown and that while this number represented nearly 25 per cent of the total

number of patients being treat- ed at the “Sank Charlottetown did not contribute nearly 25 per per cent of the total provincial collections.

The Council promised serious consideration of the request and

un. Earle MacDonald, as chairman of the finance commit- iee, informed Dr. Keeping he was confident the city's grunt would he much more than the usuri: $25.00.

Co ch18 discussion centred about the matter of unshovellczl snow walks. Coun. F. C. Dougan thought those who neglected tn keep the sidewalks in front nl‘ their property free from snow should be hailed into court. ,

Winter Sidewalks

To Coun. A. Butler's suggestion that more men be put on to keep the sidewalks clear. Coun. Dougan replied that if Coun. Butler could get the men. the street departmenw would put them on.

After the Police Report was read by Coun. Butler, Coun. Mac- Donald said he had often criti- cized the police force but thought it was doing a fine job lately and that in order to maintain order, every policeman can-y a. revolver.

Couns. Butler. P. G. Gay. and .1. '1‘. McKee agreed with Coun. MacDonald's statements.

. W. R. LePagc said the members of the Fire Department were fighting fires without ade- quate clothing protection. were not half enough rubber coats to go around. Some time ago the , _

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looks For Buzz Bomb Attacks On New York

U. S. Admiral Expects First Assault Within 6O Days; Both Canada And U. S. Ready

Menace.

AN EAST COAST UNITED STATES FOR-T, Jun. 8--iA.P.l~_ A Gemiaii robot bomb attack on the Atlantic coast ls probable within the next two months. Ad- miral Jonas H. Ingram, comman- der-iii-chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. said today.

Ingram. who said he came have

aboard his flagship to take steps.

to cope with such an attack, de- clared at a press conference:

“It is possible and probable that the Germans will attempt to launch bombs against New York or Wash- ington within the next 30 to 60 days."

But. he said. “there is no reu- Wll f0!‘ llllyonc to become alarm- ed...ei'fective steps have been taken to meet tfiis threat. when, as and if it becomes a reality."

lllglkllh said "the time for prac- tice blackouts for New York and the east coast has ended.”

"Tlic next alert." he said. “will be the ‘Real McCoy.’ Tf it isn't action. the public will hove ad- vance knowledge. So when l m. lice cf attack is sounded. be prg. pared."

Tlie Admiral said he had bee.) aulliorized at a recent meeting with members of the General Staff in Washington to make a statement assuring the public the Nil/Y and Army were well pre- pared to ‘card off any robot bomb assaults.

"If such an attempt is made." he asserted. "it would probably be limited to 10 or 12 bombs. These would not be of the block-buster

type.

“They might strike o building and destroy it. but the casualties would be nothing like those which the people of London are suffer- lhg under."

He said that his opinion was based on his own experience with the enemy, not on military intel-

’ F-Xcdhtiflgfxliijidyi?cidifzb ‘ Compulsory Military Training after War?

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OTTAWA. Jan. 8 — (OP) - Compulsonv military training after the war being suggested in some high United States circles rc- garded here as likely to be a sub- ject of discussion in the future but there has so for been no indicat- ion of Government policy in that direction.

The Canadian Legion recently went on record favoring a prepar- ness plan which would include physical training and cadet in- struction in schools and a measure of Mmpllltloii for service in the non-permanent militia.

“Red Devils” Fight As Ground Troops

WITH THE BRITISH “LEASE LEND" TROOPS. Jun. 8 -- (GP. Routers) — The British 6t Air- b0l'ne Division. the "Red Devils,’ Yiflltlng in the Ardennes, played a big part in the capture of Bure. The)’ made no parachute jumps l" 811K161‘ landings but the frozen roads and icy slopes of (he Ard- ennes carried almost as much risk of n broken limb as an airborne landing.

The men of the 6th Division were about to eat their Chi-ist-

mas dinner when their orders came. Within three days of the first word they were at grins

with the Germans.

They fought magnificently as infantry. They blasted the Ger- mans with artillery by day and harassed them with patrols by night. Overnight a patrol of Canadian backivoodsmeii silently seized a German sentry and brought him back without waking his four companions. sleeping nearby.

(This was the first reference to Canadians serving with the air- borne troops th fensive. Canadians, however. were with the airborne troops in Normandy.)

A staff officer" described the Red Devils as "thoroughly offen-

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“All. $4.00; other‘ Provinces t U.S.A. $5.00.

Subscription Delivered. $5.00.

By AUJTIN _ PATHS, Jan. 8 -- (AP) ing tonight from Mons-possibly

Allied cfille route and covered the Willi the waist of his B

States 3rd Armored Division miles of his to Si. Viih.

threat to the French ciiy of

b American counter-attacks vrrcstcd 30k Dart of the German bridge- liead on the Rhine eight miles north 0f 5l1'l1§b0l1l‘g. French ist Army units stemmed the eiiamv [lush 16 miles soiiili cf the utr rand to the west in the Vosges ininntvyincn cap- tured Wingeii. ivliere the enemy push had driven l5 miles into France.

(A Berlin broadcast asserted the French front had been "cracked Wide 919911" by a iieiv bridgehead south of Strasbourg from which German forces uveiriiii six Rhine valley towns, including Kraft, only l0 miles south of the city. The re-

sive." Together with other Brit- ish units. the airborne inen pus‘:- ed the Germans back several miles.

; Rehabilitation Course ‘Cpcns

OTTAWA. Jail. 8 -— (OP) I Waller S. Woods. Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs, today opened a two-iveek course for 100 officers and Government officials charg- ed with carrying out the Govern- ment's rehabilitation program.

The course was designed as a means of obtaining uniform infor- pretation of all rehabilitation, pen- sion imd other lcgislotion affecting veterans of this and other wars.

Mr. Woods said his department. the three services and the labor department all liad a part to play

re-establishing service person- rel into civilian life.

The three services were charg- cd with administration of the war service gratuities legislation and also ivith the task of dissem- inating to the troops information on the rehabilitation program. The services also had the duty of counselling men and women on re-establishment matters as they ivent through discharge depots.

Bomb-Laden Truck Explcilcs

LUTON. England, Jail. 8 -—lOP) —'Iliree person; were killed and l7 injured today in a blast that dev- astated the countryside near here when a United States Armry truck laden with 20 high explosive bombs collided with a civilian truck.

'I'l1ere was o five-minute interval between the collision and the ex- ploslon. ‘Ilie truck; hardly more than grazed eadh other at. a sharp turn 30 miles west of London but the impact was enougih to sot the

delicate bomlb m nzsms to op- crating. In the interval. Cpl. Higgins

Earle. a six-foot Negro driver of the army truck, ran a quarter of a mile down the rural road alarming the countryside with the cry: "bombs. bombs. take cover."

All the casualties were passengers on llie Iiuton-Hitohin bus. ich had stopped near the scene.

Vitamin C Role In. Sulfa Drug" Use

TORONTO, Jan. 6-(CP)-—Ad- ministration of vitamin C. found in large uantities in citrus fruits, ls sugge d by Dr. W. . Mc- Cormick of Toronto as a possible means of averting the danger of sulfa drug poisoning. In an article lodfly in the Candainn Medical Journal. Dr. McCormick said by fl lest for vitamin C status it can be determined in advance whe- ther a patient would be in dan- ger of sulfa drug poisoning. Ad- ministration of large quantities vi the vitamin before Rdmlnisterii" the drugs would avoid fatal ef-

nianrnv w-r-Tsr AFRICANS

NEW DEL-HI -— (CP) -_ ‘The IlDMb health of tlic West Afllcflll troops flghling in Bunna has been glnbed by Brig G M. Flndlaik oi

e Army Medical Service, who re-

Nntly inmecteitmedicai arransr- Inente in India.

port was without Allied confimiat- ion) '

, British troops in eastern Holland. ‘Piling Canadian tanks, ivipui out a German bridgehead on The west Wank 0! U16 Mails River rit Wana- isl-l-lll. miles east 0f the Allied base at Eindhoveii.

A "CM 19811311111 said this en- ssgmrenl ivlzaed out ll. German threat i0 spilt the British 2nd Aiuny from the lst Canadian Ar. my. The lutler has been holding

BEALMEAR — The Germans were retir-

the dearly-won lip of their Belgian p051. H" the way back f0 sa. vmi, m... mo" from the German border-under shrewd blows frornfo r lirmies ihiil. knocked out 15 miles of one main fis-

second with artillery fire. elgifln bulge narrowed to l0

£15195. Field Marshal you Rundstedt was confronted willi new menace l0 mils-s farther east where the United