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Is reluctant To break with Axis Powers

Iurn Of Events Fol- lows Disclosure Of Threats By German, Italian Diplomats.

B Album Welt) rpgocifitgd Press Staff Writer) pro DE JANEIRO. Jan. 19-tAP)

_Relucialit Argentina. persistent 1.0140111. nglllllst breaking relations .1141 Gcriililii)’. Italy and JJDHH. has been given until Thursday to dccicle whether she will Join the other Am- ericas in a solid front. against the Ayn, it was learned tonight.

1p response to this virtual ulti- matum, the Argentine delegation to 1.110 Pllli-AIXIOYICHTI conference o1 foreign nllniswrs was reported to have asked 24 hours‘ additional time to make up its mind.

The turn o! events followed the disclosure that German and Italian diplomats have orally threzl-lencd Brazilian Foreign Minister Oswlildo Am111111 with a statement that a rupture bet-ween Brazil and the Ax- is would be regarded as "a most unfriendly act."

But the ill-concealed Axis man-

own-g, pppnrenilv purl. 0f a eon- oerted scheme to scuttle the con- ference, backfired ininrerlintciy. It was responsible. an excellent source said, lor tile dreltlr-aiioil the same day bv President Getulio Viirilus that since irar had collie to the western hemisphcl-c Brazil no long- er could be neutral. News u.‘ the German and Italian threat a. llreonlnanied by the dis- closure from Mo): .lli I-‘oreifin Min- ister quiet Pad ‘a of other Axis intrigue at the conference.

"we know that Axis agents are working in their well known fash- loriwhicil is very skullful. to keep some American countries from

off l‘(‘1I\i.l(llL“-." he said ti‘;

in itiforlitntioll about their lctlol .. Padilla said other conference

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i More German» lienerals “ill”

BERLIN, Jail. 19 —- (Gf-‘Ymfili broadcast recorded by AP) -Ger- man generals fighting in Russia ‘not only have to bear the physical liriin like their soldiers, but also the responsibility for the fate of their men, and for the outcome of the filrilting." the Berlin radio said lmiwt in commenting on the death of Field Marshal Walter Von ltelehenau and the illness of Field Marshal Walther Voli Bralichiisch.

The broadcast said another acn- éral, unidentified, hnd just recov- md from "inflammation oi’ the

s." ‘

The radio report said:-

"severnl rumors abroad about the alleged discharge of German generals-An so far as they have not been invctucrl-nre dire to lire tact, according to authoritative Quarters in Berlin. that some lenerals have fallen seriously ill."

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"Jersey Breeders Armual Meeting, glherlottewwn, January 21st. at P- M- L-osa-i-zo-zl.

"Concert and Pie Social in New "New H1011 Tuesday, January 271115 “weed! 01' W UTDOBGI. If I10

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PQTCOIIIC to the Races at Brackley "a" fin Wednesday, January 21st oclock sharp. L-654-l-20-1i.

"Tilklng live hog: at Bradslburlo ‘m l’ momlng, Jan. 23 till 11:80 - Arthur Hashim. L-GSS-I-iil-Sl. "3uving little pl s ev as as kgéeliiiifl per pair. a; lbs. ill»... c.

HI L-Md-l-ZO-Mwftf. rriiiilkors Hell} Bursa and Dance

"PM night. an 22nd. Milli "wit Orchestra. Z-GfI-I-ZO-il.

u '*‘_* monmeelvlng live ho s for wlnm “m” usual. Al any station m, Aug! afternoons; Emerald Fri- A ‘c. khéelrlintiAllgalno cloakb %Bhed ma,“ - Y- . . rccn,

b557-i-i5-i6 then t w t tr. "Buying its}; pigs at our stock figflvnrv zigarlottetorwn, Thursday, any “rd nd and until noon Fri- mfc at considerable price im-

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Annual buhucrlplluu Deliver-cu, $6.00 B! lhih P- It l..l1\.001 Canada null us. not

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First Black Province Is

Trial was almost 100 per i

Find natural liubbcr in ll. S. Alkali deserts

BERKELEY. 01111., Jan. 19- tAPi-On the alkali desert: o! six western states there are 500v 000,000 pounds of natural rub- ber-enough to supply the Unit- ed States for five months-fiend! for immediate hurvestin . Unl- versity of California. ac enlist-l informed the government today.

This rubber, although not quite as good an the rlmc pro- duct from the East In es. is en- tirely satisfactory, the experts reported. Most important, they sold, ls t hand and can be collected and made into tires, tubes and other ‘finished pruducll without undue

effort.

It exists in the rabbit brush, a lurgc perennial shrub which cov- ers vast stretches of the welt’!

reat open spaces. California

evadu and Colorado have most of it but there arc large track also in New Mexico, Utah. Idaho and perhaps other states.

Scientists lay the total rubber content of the rabbit brulh stand is probably 250,000 tons.

Scientists add it should bu possible to produce rabbit brush rubber for about. 45 cents u

ound. The nominal price of East India rubber is around 22 1-2 cents.

Three Killed When Two Planes Collide

BOUNDARY BAY, B. 0.. Jan. l0 ,(OP)-~A Royal Canadian Air Force training plane collided with the tnll of another aircraft near the No. l8 Elementary Flying Training school here today and both crashed, killing two student pilots and an instructor.

Dead are Lac. J. l-l- R. Willett, Vancouver; Temp. Sgt. s. J. Mucklc, Ladner, B. C., and Lac. G, 1). Wnltham, Calgary, who was with Muckle in the second plane.

Would establish Silver Fox as Staple, not luxury

WINNIPEG, Jun. l9-—(CP)-—-D. O. Stewart, sunimerslde, P. E. 1., iitl‘; to attend the annual meeting cl! the Canadian National Silver 110x Breeders’ Association tomorrow, said in an interview today that the lis- sociatlon is trying to establish the silver fox as a staple rather than a luxury trade.

Mr. Stewart, vice-president. said that despite curtoilmenls due to the war fox breeders expect to sell all their furs this vear. Seventy thous- and skins can exported into the United States, the South American market was improving, and the D0- mliréion market was satisfactory, he so .

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cent a perfect blackout.

Prince Edward Island successfully staged its lint practice blackout last nig t when lights all over the Pruvince were either turned out or shielded from the outside for half an ho between 9.30 and 10 p. m. Oharlot town was almost 100 per cent blacked out during the 30- minutic interval as citizens oo-oper- cited wlhole-heartedly with the A. R. P. committee,

Weeks o1 determined effort on the part of A. R. P. workers was re- worded when tile completely suc- Nblackout materialized last

8. o signal was gveri because the time had been announced and $0111 tly at 9.30 all street lights in

e c ty went out. Hardly a second later not a light was showing from residences or places of business as citizens responded to this impromp- tu signal. Many people, not to be caught napping, had blacked-out their homes minutes before the act- ual time for the test had arrived.

Close t0 1,000 A. R. P. wardens, special constables and police offi- oers patrolled every block in the citv to see that the orders laid down under the Defence of Canada

lotions were obe ed. They went about their duties th the same eanlestnesc and thoroughness as would be exercised in a real emer- gency. The citizens as a whole re- sponded in a patriotic way. How- ever, a few people, mostly without intention on their part, did. not at first succeed in completely bliwking out their premises but when warned by a warden hastily obliterated all traces oi’ light.

A grim reminder of the primary

reason for all blackouts was given less than a minute after the lights

of the city disapmred tvhen the hum of an ail-p

alone was circling over Charlotte- wn and

War Sitliation Last Night

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

Eneiitv submarines, prowling off ltpproaches to North American harbors, have brought the Atlantic battle close to United States shores. it remains to be seen, however, whether this in a new major develop- ment of that most crucial struggle of the war, or a passing phase with little more than nulaancc values for the foe.

The New York and Chesapeake Buy outlets for war cargoes appear to be the enemy objective in the United States. The circumstances of the first three incidents were of the hit-and-run type. Presumably a single U-borit could have dealt all three blows. They were close enough together for that, the northernmost occurring off Long Inland and the southernmost off North Carolina.

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It is possible, however, that a wolf pack of long-range Nazi under- sea raiders i5 lurking along the coast. If that proves to be the case it would indicate that an attempt is being made to force diversion of American naval forces from the mid-Atlantic. It l: there and at the bottle-necks of entrances to the Irish Sea and the English Channel that the German attack on liirltuirrs life lines has been heaviest up

u now.

First incident: of the Nazi raids in American Atlantic waters, close in shore, had common characteristics which could be significant. In each case. although two of the ships sunk were obviously unarmed, tilfilelloes were fired without warning-in one ciao three torpedoes. I" "ch 0056. 100. the shill ‘attacked we; alone, without naval escort.

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Considering that the nearest German continental base in Norway or southern France is from 3,500 to 4.000 miles distant, this technique is surprising. U-boats carrying fuel and stores for u 1,000 to 8,000 mile round-trip voyage could not carry n great many gpgfg Qgfpgflgg$

Nazi practice ha; been to sink uncscoi-tcd or lightly-armed craft with gunfire and thus conserve torpedoes. This has been the technique "c" when "l"? i ferw hundred miles separated the ttacker from bases where he could remunilion and refuel.

Official siitnce as to what actually is known of the strength of the U41“! 110ml“ Wiifklng 0n this side of the Atlantic prevents accurate appraisal of the significance of the attack, In American waters, so f“ as yet disclosed, however, it lavurs of a lilt-and-run campaign against isolated ships rather- than an attempt to dam up g; m, sou," m, flow of American supplies for Britain and Russia.

I I I Q _ That the Nazi high command can ill spare the big U-buatg on m distant a mission seems obvious. The same expenditure or mo] m‘!

c motor‘ was A heard overhaul seconds later me torpedoes around the Irish Sea. and English Channel bottlenecks of

truffle would seem certain to yield better results. Just now, with the

citizens were thankful Axis forces in Libya In a: t lt,ul l , that i" w“ m‘ a hwme "Vail-lib hilt-fluke German craftrfns fr?» ‘Medififirristnlelizerflal need ‘or the“ Mg’

Members o! the Royal Air Force were fl irig over the city to conduct a chec on the test. No official

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nAFtZR Army Officers Announced

OTTAWA, Jan. l9—(CP)—'I‘rans- {qr-g of high Canadian army of- ficers in line with the policy vi giving them experience in over- seas operations and returning ex- perienced men to the Dominion, were announced today by Natiflniil Defence headquarters.

One appointment was that of Mai-Gen. B. W. Browne. Ad" jutant-General, as Inspector-Gen- eral of Canadian Overseas estab- lishments other than those in the Canadian corps.

This post is a new one. While n0 details of his duties were given in the official announcement it was understood he would be largely concerned with holding units from which men go as required to the corps organization.

Gen. Browne, who goes over- seas shortly, will be succeeded as Adjutant-Genera, bv Brig. H. F. G.

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Ceiling Potatoes

Talk said to be creating confusion

in N. B.

fin pects firoadening Canada, U. S. Ties

WAE-IINCYION, Jen. l0-—(@)-— State Secretary Cordell Hull nu-ld today he locked forward after the war to a broadening and intensi- fication of the econcmic collabor- ation that lies marked the wartime relations of Canada. and the United States, perhaps u of a scheme embracing the who western hem- llpheie.

s emerit wan a, continued to facil- ltate ule trunnion-tattoo wk and

n ID it was quite ble it

now but

would ‘involve’: ve do basis.

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BIG PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, Jan. IB-(APF- piece t I711

Ohclnncn Carl Vinson (Dem-Geor-

ltuxiuci-y puts-oi in - dltlon Mtg urevimgfiuthwl .

Markets.

HARTLAND. N. 3., Jail. 10-(0?) —~Ianies a. Porter. secretary e11 the New Brunswick Potato Growers and shippers Association. and J. R. Plummet. a prominent poi-etc Brow- a", have gone to Toronto followintz advice from Georno A. Wilson. To- ronto, fruit and vegetable controll- er, that a meeting o! the Wartime Prices and Trade Board would be held in Tami/to tomorrow to con- ariggsstttuc a coiling price an n0-

pou‘, m of lling price was Mic, tab hgre digital! confusion the loegxotato market, with ship- pers re ninx from but’ l” price until the sitlntion is clarifie . A a), mo in potato prices to ,3 it bar-Iris? bu been attributed lute? to cold weather and draft-Wt 0i N‘

‘flmmfiiésjmlx willow Societ- iec of Madcwaska. lctoria and car- ieton counties at it week-end meet- ing addressed c resolution to Mr. Wilson protecting unmet any ceil- i ice on Potatoes or will)" " bin-will tend t0 retard e 9T0" duction of foodstuffs tn war-tune." The resolution declared that

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It i5 alum’! Pllssiblc that sea rendezvous with suppl

. y vessels which "0"" their way through flit Anglo-American blockade lines would ahfllb" m“ "WSW"!!! 1°"! tum around of submarines sent news; the Atlantic to carry the sea war to the United States That in a risk business, however. American and British sea and sutfnce patrols emu]; be ant to spot un- flontln has i, ,1 1 pointed scene of meeting.‘ e or M“, or r we ‘hem ‘mm the an.

Nevertheless, the battle of th All- ti I. ' ‘l"°~‘h°]d5- UM" "it? SW00 and nniure S‘? lites: Un-‘btaftatfxiergltlljsrnlsai: c193"? "IMPMBIL "m" Place in Hitler strategy must. remain a matter of conjecture as must Anglo-American measures to nope with them ‘ h i .

IJdpTAIZIQn a; “I Barma,_Malaya

RANGOON, Burma, Jun. 19—‘1\P)'_Thl‘ Japanese have severed the Burma Panhandle in a westward drive to thi- sea which forced a British witlldrlltval from Tardy. fin centre anti oni- of the taro most important coastal [OWIN on the ADO-mile neck of‘ Iiurlncsl‘ territory stretching (lawn the Malay ymninslilrl. "

B.-\'I‘.-\\'IA, Jan. lfl-(AIU-Japancse lltlllii); rained (town 1m gwp widely separated points In the Islands of the Netherlands East Indies with little apparent effectiveness, the Indies lllgh command gnnoungpfl today.

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new Clapmtesl- inMtl-ations but fi-gllt- g mg Australians iilTGlVil inm l" w t I

battle for Singapore tilree day min a c declared they hnd stabilized lho

Irgllfeagiifztrnlians reported they had b ticn off attack after attack

and everywhere were holding their

Imfishrftlrll communique said i-itt- Seven Survivors

iligmfilaofirogigfiiietlyz uiyiilii? of Feafful Minutes River by the infiltration tactics Follgwlng Torpedo-

with which they have readied into numerous west Malayan coast in- Ietslandibyraatlis. As £1 lgcslllt, the Britsh nes were rend us ed soar: l-

ward to meet the menace to the __§gnntgggfiiflgllxvlglg' ‘Lggmblg:

ing.

flank.

Inland, along the central Malay- ltn railway, where the Australians first clashed with the Japanese last Friday, the communique for the first time mentioned the “Beg- nmnt front."

Segainat is I5 miles south of

lleved today to have claimed the lives of 22 crewmeri of a United States tanker sunk in a torpedo attack off the Atlantic coast while other; of the crew of 85 brought ashore accounts of a grim fight with "the strength born of the knowledge of certain death if we

Clemas on the border of Negrb Sem- “um

bllan and Johore states when this first clash took place.

It was thus along a front not much more than 90 to 96 miles from Singapore Island that the Australians arrested the Japanese

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War—-25 Years Ago Today

(B! The Canndidn Press)

JAN. I0, IOIl-Plindeni, strong Rumcnlan pocitim on the River sereth, captured by German forces. British airmen raided Baghdad. Note defending Belgian deporta- tfons resented to the United suntan (‘lemon government.

The tanker, the UNA-tori Allan Jackson of the Standard Oil Oom- pany, survivors said "seemed to be pnrtinp in the middle and there was fre everywhere" a few mom- ents after a torpedo struck amid- ahipa an the vessel was en route to New York Bllndly off the North Carolina coast.

Seven o! the IS men known to have survived the sinking told of battling desperately to keep from being sucked into the propeller of the ship which continued to churn as the vessel sunk. They were brought here on an unnamed ves- sel after mending six hours in an open boat. The rescue lhlp also %liigbt in hospital case: and four

ea

It was a defiant seven men, ln spite of their harrowing experien- ces who spoke of the "lousy" ut- tlckers who "stab in the dark."

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Long Gahinct ‘ Strikes

Session ends A ' Early today galnst

OTTAWA, Jan. 30 —(Tuesdav)- (CP>—A session of the cabinet un- de)‘ Prime Minister MacKenzie K1lig—the longest meeting in recent ‘n0nth5‘“bmk9 ui) JUST- at l zl. ill. E.D.'I‘. today. A

The ministers met during yester- d1? afternoon. recessed for dinner Iaéidmtrlliutn m for almost five hJltB struck at another tanker

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The penghh M me session w“ United States today, while sl

taken as an indication that mat- Spread warfare is under way

W'.~\SHING'I‘ON, Jun. 19—(AP)—-An AXIS off the

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1'22 Days T0 Axis Submarine

Again Thnker

8.2864011 ship dam-aged but is near- ing safety with crew believed safe; U.S. hasjulfleft of swift chaser-s

submarine Atlantic coast of the gns accumulated that wide- all along the coast between

‘m °f gm‘ lnllmlliinct‘ wit‘ uu- American Hen and air craft and lurking unllerseus raiders-

der discussions, b t ti; , , official ilidiCfltifllluill/hatcre W“ To were considered.

N” ‘mwmmt W“ “Wed 8M1’ ing of an attack on the 8,206-t0n tanker Malay,

the meeting.

ll. S. Bombers Shoot down I Nine Japs a , hind a veil 0i’ censorship. _____ But the spread of known sub-

wasruncltlon. Jun, l9—(APi- mm“ P¢°*"m°?"’*°‘¥‘ , ‘>1’ The War Departmurt reported to- Ismld W Now}, 03mm“ day that Unitcll st.llt~s_ Army Zi3!1@i'fl1‘b¢lit>f_t.lit Yr DCIIibCPS had shot (illWll nine en- Fem U-Jilfii-fi i" “fic emy planes in a fi1.llt ill the Neth- befs I0 l11‘°\\'i M)" erlands Indies and, striking for waters. the first time in Malaya, had suc- There could be no doubt that ofitafrully raided a Japanese held the navy had taken ill-i the chal- a ome. enge.

Two American bombers missing The results of the warfare may and a third was damaged iii the not become known tor IVQPI-Ls‘, or air battle. a late day communique even llllvlrilis. Like Britain, Arn- saicl, Ihe light tOOK Place Scltur- ericnn policy. so far as anti-sub- d-B-Y near MEHMIO. 0n IwfthW-‘it marine flCtltii-IES are concerned. ts Qelebee Island. to iccep the enemy guessing.

m? "id in Malaya ‘wk PM" I For warfar on submarines in W“ days 99m"- 0" JRn- - coastal wu‘ ‘ tire navy has built “"35 D“ slmgei Palm“ “lrdrmne i fleet of v cilasci's‘nrn1ed with ggrlélfifitargiéiskggqgafie 300 mu“ depth bom light guns :1: ' lor- . 3 u . . . . .1 .. .

Three large fires were started qlltélétlfin, “lulxilvtyilcl; among enemy 51mm“ on m surface craft’ are btmlblll’ lanes ground and In the hang“ urea‘ Au _ d bl m c ‘file latter flake pJYOV- American planes returned undam- ‘m j. p1; _ .‘ ’ i . w“, w the“. basei ed particularly ‘useful in spotting

The air battle in tile Nether- 5ii“m“ii»’~"»<‘ U °“~~*- lands Indies. more tllnj: 1,5J0 miles ‘WWW to the east, followed a raid by five dive bombers on an enemy flying I t t‘ I A field on which bombs were drop- ll t.

Ded with undetermined results, The A Glance

under charter to the Gulf Oil

The silip u damaged but, was nearing tyre .3; of an Atlantic port tonight and her crew was be- lieved sale. She normally carries l complement of 34 men.