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Roosevelt to ask Congress for immediate start of St. Lawrence River project

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -(CP) Jresldent Roosevelt announced .,. y that approval of the United ;. us Congress will be sought soon ., mmediate construction of the facilities outlined in the 3t. more waterwayna ag- ment p111 Canada.

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llest egg" for itish Serviceman

lIJNDON- Feb. 10 —(CP)- Prime 11. fer Churchill today announc- | "nest egg for use after the ' yifsixpcnce a. day for non- lrsloncd ranks in the army ntnavy would be set. aside by the pvemmeul. lle raid ihc plan which would If more than $30.000.000 a year Iliild not. prejudice tl1e granting of nr bonus. Other .1 lowances he announced

ilhe ilousv of Commons nvcrc an 1 asc vi a shilling weekly for all r fen of solders and sailo s, at total cos: oi‘ $5.000.(l00 yearly; and Irduchcn of ihrec shillings six- »1 e in a mairs compulsory family meni ircm his pay, with the tiequcr increasing the family's urces b_v the some amount. at wtal co~1 01' $l7.50'.),000 yearly.

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crisis develops Between Vichy llnd Washington

By J. F. Sanderson Canadian Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10- (CP)-A crlsls is developing in the relations between the Unit- ed States and Vichy over re- ports of direct collaboration between the axis and the Petaln regime in North Africa.

Rflmrls from London that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. German commande in the Libyan campaign. has been get- ting vital supplies of motor vehicles. food and aviation lmsollne from French Tunisian W145. has brought relatlonl between Vlchy and Washington to the point where they are being reviewed by high govern- ment. officials,

It has been understood hero in unofficial circles that Vichy, some time ago, gave an assur- ance to the United State; that Fkench North African ports and French shipping would not be used to bolster aid: forces in Libya and, in return. the United States extended certain economic assistance to the Afri- can colonies, particularly food.

British officials in London, however, have evidence of col- laboratlon between Vichy and the Germans In North Africa, particularly in the use of the port M‘ Algiers.

If is understood that Viscount Halifax. British Ambassador to the United States. has given the Slate Department the names of ships, particulars of cargoes they carried and other evidence of direct assistance to the Ger- mans on Vichy‘; part.

Vichy. It ls understood here, has admitted that French shine have carried food to Rommel’: forces. but this explanation runs counter to the evidence gathered by British sources and turned over to the State De- partment bv Lord Halifax.

More German Ski

Troops appear

MOSCOW. PW). lO-iAP) -~ Ge!’- n1.u1 ski troops wcrr- appearing in largo numbers 1111 Lhc nirrih cen- iral frnnl. tonli! 1. and the Red 11r- my, s‘o\vly gaming back more ground alter clearing the invader from three whole provinces, faced mcst stubborn resistance yet 71311 retreating Nazi units.

On c1"'_'.' sector of the front the Germans ihrew in reserves at great cost 11nd feverishly fortified as deeply as possible the approaches to inhabited localities.

Nevertheless. Moscow. Tula and liyabiin provinces on the central front were completely cleared of ihc Germans; a largo part of Kal- inlri province on the north central front and a considerable portion of Ix-nlngrad province had bffii freed and ejection of the Germans procectlcd in Smolensk province and tlze Ukraine.

MacArthur’s

llalston gives llouse outline 0f war needs

Defence Minister Says End Of Year Should Find Canada With More Than 600,000 Men Under Arms.

orrAWA. Feb. 10-(OP)-I.f army enlistmenis keep close to the level of the last four months can- ada will be able to meet all 1e- qulremcnts of the 1942 army pro- gram by voluntary enlistmenis. De- fence Minister RaLston said today in the House of Commons as he fllwke in the Ihrone Speech debate

Th9 (Pmkram, he said, involves the ad ition of between 90,000 and 100.000 men to the active military forces at hcme and overseas but of these only some 25,000 will go into new unit-s. The others will be m. quired for reinforcements and xe- serves.

"1 have faith in the success of the voluntary method if we all do our part," said the Minister.

“With the background and tra- ditions which this ccuntr-y possess- es. and which it, vrould be folly w lknore. I prefer the volunta method if it works and I mall do all I can to make it work.

“At the some time we cannot know what is ahead and I fecl im- pelled to say~here I can speak only for myself-that if the vol-

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llave mighty Salvage job

NEW YORK, Feb. l0—(AP)—The United States navy was confronicd today with the mightiest salvage 10b _in l1lstory'—-the raising and rc- galrlug of the 83.4.23 ton former

rench liner Normandlc-n ghastly flame-charred hulk lying 011 hcr side here at her Hudson River picr.

Naval officials and salvage men pointed out that never before had so large a ship capsircti.

Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, commandant of the third naval dis- trlct. and Manhattan District A:- torney Frank S. Ilogau tiitribuicd the blazc, which swept the ship for four hours yesterday. injuring 220 and killing one, to sparks from a welders torch.

“The salient fact developed," said Hogan, "is that a flamc._ causing sparks to fly. was uscd Wlllllll two or three feci. of hundreds of bales of inflammable material.

“There is nu evidence of salini- mzc. Cureh-ssiicss has srrvcrl the enemy with equal cficctivencss."

The task of Yillslllll; thc huizc 5H0.- 000000 liucr w-as complicated by the fact that. shc lav in l2 feet oi mud. and was pinched between two blcrs.

Roosevelt Avoids Comment On1 Hepburn

WASHINGTON. Feb. l0 ~JCPI -President Roosevelt was asked at. his press conference today to com- ment on a speech by Prcmlcr Mitchell Hepburn in which the On- tario premier was quoted as saying Japan had attained such naval superiority in the Pacific that the United Statcs flcel has bcen forced into hiding.

Dividing his rc;1l_v iuio two parts President Roosevelt said first. that. he had seen n1crcly an allegcd ex- gprpr from the 51100211. and second that even if he had seen it all w0uld..be for Ottawa and not Wash- fngtnn to discuss it

Army

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Under Heavy Pressure

Great numbers of veteran Ja_p Troops thrown into battle on Batan Peninsula.

“llepburn says

No election

TORONTO, Feb. l0 —(CP) — Premier Hepburn reiterated todo! there will be no provincial election and no coalition in Ontario.

"When I any n thing I mean what I say," he added, adding that he had not discussed sum e mat- ter" with LL-Col. George A. DWI.

any $1.11 _ Emeraldflpfi: provincial Conservative lender, or

with his colleagues "or anyone else." lie was discussing a report that I. coalition government. was u DOI- elbillty ln view of the fact tlM the seventh neulon of the Nth le elaiune. which openl tomorrow. of lcielly ll the last f the govem- rnent. elected in 108'! or a five-yen‘ "Pm- l‘ of the f‘ “ is necesfiflfy if the government la

toemndltetermfqnnotlulylar. ma.

WMBHINGMN. Feb. 10—(A.P)-— Great numbers of veteran Jan troops are exerting tremendoul

ressure on the centre Gen.

uglas MacArthur-b line on Baton. the War Department reported W‘ day. but the defenders have dealt the invaders hard blows in Pit-KUW- larly savage" flsht-ifll-

They moppcd up Jap infiltration units on the left of the line, foultht sharp patrol skirmishes on the right. and shattered with artillery fire e new attempt *0 10nd "°° on the west coast of Baton wi the apparent. nurvm 0f "B31" u" Americans and Filipinos in "16 ""-

The defenders shot down seven Japanese planes and the mm! Fort Drum at the entrance 1o Mar}- ila Bay replied. with apparent i - . tlveness. to shelling from JBWII"

eae batteries. However, two war department

communique: issued durina thfl d"! spoke eombrelv of larke JRPmf-‘e reinforcements mnklnk them!" V" "' ‘ l,v evident and of ti)!‘ unmet.

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SDTSON, Associated Prtss War Analyst)

A United Nations disaster of maximum proportions is lliing swift shape in the Far Pacific. The battle of Singapore. the great British clt- adel 01 empire, ls all b_ui. lost. Hours may see ll: fall In overwhelming Japanese attack and slgnalize the worst blow of this war to Brltls arms, and to allied hopes rlvnlllng in effect the full of ‘France.

ll._ls_ no}. only loss of the Singapore base itself as a strategic key that counts. Despite official outgivings from both London and Wash- ington as to Anglo-American reinforcements reachlrg the Pacific scene

of action. forewornlngs that Singapore might not prove able to hold an: iradefimtcly have been voiced repeatedly on both sides of the an c.

l I O U I I

Yet the intimation has been that ft could withstand siege long enough for adequate allied defence forces to be rallied in the Nether- lands Indies, With that in mind, the allied commander, Gen. Slr Ar- chibald Wavell, called for a British stand at Singapore as at Tobruk. Within two days after the first Ja ancse crossed the Johore Strait rmnt on to Singapore island, however. ls main defences have crumbled and the fate of ifs garrison ls ominously unccrtain.

The time element is the major factor involved at Sln apore at this stage. To what extent the grand strategy worked out in t e Roose- vclt-Churchlll conferences counted upon additional wcclm or even months to muster reinforcements in the Indies while Singapore still stood can only be conjectured. It. ls scarcely possible, however, that the war plan evolved did not. rely heavily on a prolonged Ja nose delay at Singapore. ' ‘ _ ‘ ‘ '

If. was to reach the Netherlands islands and their precious oil re- sources fhat Japan struck ln the Pacific. Her case exactly parallels that of Germany. Both must have oil, and Japan struck for it In the Pa- cific as lliilcr struck for it in Russia.

With a romplefe victory soon at Singapore. Japan will be a long stride closer that ggime oil objective than her Nazi associat . Her next move is likely to a mass attack on the Java. bastion still guarding Netherlands high test oll sources.

Release of Japanese attack power, particularly air power. from the Singapore operations would augment the scope and force of the attack

. on the Indies. The enemy already has obtained some oil in Sarawak

and clscivlicre although stcrn execution by the Netherlands of the well destruction orders limits the immediate fruits of Nlppcnese victory In that respect.

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There can be little question, however. that the fall of Sin apore will mark the beginning. 1n full scale. of the battle of Java as l. e fa of France marked the beginning 0d‘ thr- battle of Britain. Unlcse Java can be held the United Nation front will be thrown hack into Australia and the Pacific island's. Alllcd contacts bctiveen the Pacific and Indian Ocean via the straits of the China Sea wlll be ruptured and the China

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Sea become for Inng a virtual Japancso lake. impomlcrable political as ect to the

Thcrc is another

Singapore disaster. Prime Minister Churchill f ed

impending down a Parliament

restive with apprehension as to fate of that jewel in the British belt of Em ire. With Singapore actually loathe may come to the gravest crlsls

of is war captaincy.

Japs Begin In

Landing

Southwest Celebes "

Will be 500 bomber miles from Surabaya, main Allied Naval Base.

International At A Glance

By The Canadian Press

SINGAPORE -—-Ucl‘cnilcrs retreat under heavy Jap prcssurc.

BOSTON-Whiter says U. S. na- v.\l forcis csinrlish trans-Pacific supply hose at Wellington. N. Z.

B.1\'l‘.~\\‘ IA--J;1ps force lvlncussur

Strait. land in Celcbcs.

DIOS('()“'-—Rll§§ian advance con- tinues; Germans send in ski troops.

“'.»\Slllf\'(i'l‘ON-.lap prcssure in- creases on .\lac.-\rtl1ur’s forces 1n Philippines.

CANBERRA— Australia ovcrhuuls roonomlc setup to increase war ef- fort.

Defines major ll. S. strategy

WASHINGTON. Rb. l0 -—(AP) -Presldent Roosevelt today defined the major war strategy of the Unit- ed Nations as an effort to keep the enemy in check and inflict the greatest possible destruction upon his mcn and resources while the allies are building a superior war n1acl1i11e.

The President made thll state- ment at a press conference when asked to comment on neccnt ascer- tfons that the people zcnerall en- tertain an unwarranted spirt of complacency regarding the outcome of the war. Mr. Roosevelt agreed that to some extent this had been

true.

But, he added. more and more, every day, the American people are becoming realistic. They have a- chieved. he said. a better under- standing that whether they like it or not, this is a war of world-wide encirclement.

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the corresponding period of 1940

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Bv Witt llancock Associated Press Staff Writcr

BATAVIA, N.E.I., Feb. i0~-iAP) -Japa11ese troops have bciwii landing‘ in southwestern ‘Celebes near Mac-assar. key port lylllfl 500 lgflmbQl‘ miles from Surabaya. mam allied naval basc. in a. steady pinc- crs msvciriezit against the united naiicns‘ Java stronghold, it “'15s announced tonight.

To the west across Mucassar S‘1'nil. Japanese troops on Borneo Island werc striking overland from Balik Papan lO’\\!\,1'.'| Bacidlermasin. .1 port. 800 miles above Surabaya. and from Pcutixm-zvk. a base 440 miles north of Baiavia. 1111s Bast Indies capital.

Indies troops on Celclxs strong- ly engaged the invaders near Ma- cassair while destroying installations i11 the Cclebes capital ‘in pursuance of ihc "scorched earth" policy,

But grave concern for the safe- ty of lvfncassar wits expressed by officials who pointed out that its capture would provide the Jap- anosc with another base. either m attack Surabaya and the nearer island of Bali. or the Boiiieo port. of Bandjermasin, Communications with Bandjeramsin were broken off yesterday. ~

1A Vichv French report broad- cast from Algiers said a Japanese fleet. had been obsrrved off Band- jomiasin. a-pparcntly preparing to put room ashore there.)

is acquitted of False pretenses

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OTTAWA. Feb. l0 --(CP) --An Ontario supreme court Jury tonight lctllllt-lfd J. Richard Grant of Hull. Que, federal works department employee. at conclusion of his trial in two false pretences charges in- volving claims he had influence wiin the government to obtein we: contracts.

CIVIL AIRCRAFT

Revenue 90886113913 carried by civil aircraft in Canada during the first nine months of 1041 number. ed 135.992 as npinst 105.015 in

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‘Board urges Revival of Nfld. service

The xe-esiabllshment of a steam- ship service between Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland was urg- ed by the Council of the Charlotte- town Board of Trade at :1 meeting held in The Charlottetown last night. Markets developed over l long period of years in Newfound- land for Island produces would be retained by this service. The Board adopted 1| resolution in this con- nection.

The matter of the car ferry s. S. Charlottetown was azain a sub- ject of much discussion. Replies from Prime Minister Kine and Con- servative House Leader R. B. Han- son in connection with the recon‘. brief sent. to Ottawa in this con- nection were received. The brief stressed the immediate need of sal- vaging or replacing the sunken steamer.

The Board members also referred briefly to the new pullman service between this province and Mon- treal. A number of local shippers complained that the pulman look up the space of two refrigerator cars and might prove detrimental. It. was decided. however. that the matter should be left to the Rail.

(Continued on page 7, col 1)

Red Gross appeal More than answered

TORONTO. Feb. 10 - (CP) — The Canadian Red Cross Society‘: flDDcal for 5500.000 to proiide medl. cal aid for Soviet Russia has resuli- ed 1n donations of $581632. society officials announced today.

Provincial returns 1o W!) 5: On- tario $323,300: Quebec 5555.000: Manitoba 330.600: British Columbia $351100: Alberta $241100; sllSkilkhfi- wan 316.383; National office $6,210; New Brunswick $3.900; Nova Scoiia. S2 367: Prince Eduard Island $572.

It was stated, however, that fur. ther donations will be aitqeplcd,

In addition to the amount. rais- ed by this swcial appeal. the Red Cross has contributed to Russian relief from its own resources to ihe extent of $100,000 for drugs and medicines and $165,000 for hospital and field comforts.

Report Japs Demand French Island Bases

LONDON, Feb. 10- (CP) — A highly-placed Free French source said tonight that Japan has ile- mandrrl from the Vichy govern- mcnt bases on Madagascar Island in the Indian Ocean.

"We know it la true that the. de- mand has been made," he said, “but we have no news of what the terms might be."

Canadian Navy Casualty list

OTTAWA. Feb. 10 —iCP)-'f‘wo men were rcporied missing in the ltoynl Canadian Navy's 138111 ca:- ualiy list of the war. issued ionighi. bringing total navy (lead 11:11? miss- ing officially reported since the war began to 465.

Following is the latest list of cas- ualties with official number and next-of-kinz-

MLsslng Jan. 19. 1942:

Marryatt. Ralph Emmersovn. AB- vazs, R..C.N.V.R.. Thomas Henry Luca; (father) Sarnia, Ont.

Pacific

Meets In

Discuss plans for defence of Dutch East

Indies and Australia; Si

(By Drew Middleton, Associated Press Staff writer)

LONDON. Feb. 10——(AP)—Th_8 newly-created Pacific war council met tonight m frame a common policy in the Far East as waves of Japanese smashed with mounting fury at weary defenders of sing- apore.

Prime Minister Churchill pre-

sldcd over the council which con- vencd in a capital gloom at. accounts of SHCCQKSES Ofl land stronghold.

The couzicll’; decisions

of the Netherlands East.

and Australia, for in the view of

most informed circles here no ~ $2.74; Manitoba. $3.79 and Ontario. plans drawn up in London now ‘in Quebec mm

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War Council

overcast with Japanese the beleaguered is-

wlll be transmitted to Washington. They