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CBARLOBITBTOWN, CANJADVA: MONDAY, occasion. 1, 1941

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Ahpan plans» h “Piirgflf Eastern Asia

To clear British, U. S. influence from Far East “with a vengeance".

flONG xono. Iw- I0- m__ 11,, military commend q ihi; far eastern Crown Col-p my ha; taken ‘precautionary fllgposliloils" and the local garrison of seasoned Emlll"! mo“, including a Canadian mm 1, "in an advanced rtata J readiness,” it WM lQlfflfll tonight. umKYO. Nov. 90—(AP)—Prem- p. llidchi T010 says Japan ls de- [cl-mined to “purge" British and United states influence from east “it "with a vengeance-for the tenor and pYldE of mankind." Mo broadcast this statement to m; “pwplP of Japan, China and lfanchuokuo" Saturday night:- “The fact that Chiang Kai-Shel: bdnncing ‘.0 the tune of Britain. gmarica and Communism at the apense of able-bodied and prom- young men in his resistance tgalnst Japan. is only due to the desire of Britain and the United Slates to fish in the_ troubled raters of l-inst Asia by pitting East. Asiatic pooplcs against one an- m: and to grasp hegemony in

psi Asia.

"This is the stock in trade of Britain and the United States. For lbe honor and pride of mankind nmiut pliltll? this sort of prac- ilre from East Asia with a ven-

snce."

,.'i'he Premier stressed what he

‘lea the historical..tles. between. hpan, Chin-u and Manchukuo h the necessity of nations of hst Asia to work together for

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PARisINov. 30- (AP) —Two German soldiers have been hill- tll and many others wounded in bombing aittacks in defiance of s .\'a1l burning that further llltll incidents "would cause Five consequences for the Pans population."

. An order from Lil-Gen. Ernst Von Schambur‘, f‘ n com- iosndcr in Paris, imposed a. llflct curfew in the Montmartra . Milli". scene of the latest nt- llllii. znul a warning was ls- ~llii>d lhnt anyone venturing out there after 6 p. m. would .te shot by Nazi patrols.

The latest attacks shifted to jihe far side of Montmartre ‘l! -famrd art and nightlife

lrh-nftcr previous uploslons In ihc lefi hunk student uarter I1 ihe other side of Par s.

The Montmartre attack: were "Ported io have occurred in restaurants reoulsitioned for Germans. In addition to the Germans. a French girl was lllfl to have been killed.

Th"? came on the heels of rvlous bombings in which no -. "4 were lost, but which lo m from Von Schaumb

.l l. .000-frano ($20,000) fine a "ill" filly of Paris and o warn- “ ll "ll-ave consequences" I

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dccp in wur problems, including. preparation of c S|JLC"ll to be moxie soon in the House r. Commons on conscription of men and women, Prime Minister Chuialiill took little part today in a world-nude obser- vance of his 67th birthday.

To him it was just another long working tiny.

The Primc Minister shut himself sway from the public, shunning even commemorative photos, and an as- sociate outlined his attitude thusz~ "Other people are having airin- days, too, doubting many in ihe

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Airman is a Son of 0’Leary illergyman

The Rev. A. A. Macleod. owl-bl of the Baptist church at. Omar! said m. nisht the sot. H. t» MM- Leod. mentioned in a story from We air mlvvstry news service at Lil‘)!!- don and~earried by The Cunad an Press was his son. He was no .111“ Saturday his son was seriously wounded in air operations. He said “s; lbs)‘, he was "greatly relieved" to learn more details. h

The airman was studylnif f°l l ° ministry at Acadia when he enlist- ed in the spring of i940. A native of Moncton. N. B. he zeci ved his wings at the servirc flying tanning school" there in 194i

Sgt. Pilot Maclead had been I studmt pmache; y. Bcotts Bat’ puma, N. 3., and at Fcotts Village, N. 8., two summers whue he Wflfl M- tendtng Acadia University.

A sister. Mrs. Ralph Biuus lives at Toronto. Th; boy's father was formerly field secretary for the Sons of Wm- ance in Nova Bcotia. l-fis mother

dead. Sgt. Macleod was Otiarloltetewn where he

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armed services. Certainly they dc- serve an extra. measure of thought. and praiycr."

Following his customary schedule on getting in a full day's work at No. 10 Downing Street, Mr. Church- ill digested piles of correspondence bcforc breakfast. so far as ccuul be learned he kept an unbroken pace of study and consultation mroughoui the dny and the Churchill day ends in the early hours of the following morning.

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Island Airman Aids Bringing Back Badly Damaged Plane

IDNDON, NOV. 30--(CP Cable)— I

Two wounded members of the ltoyll Canadian Air Force brought home their riddled Hudson bomber from the Bay of Blscny, the air ministry new; service said today, although one engine was set. aflre and the plane was riddled by enemy di-“lls.

The fliers were Sgt. H. A. Mac- Leod, c, Prince Edward Islander, and sgt. C. J. Wyllie, of Ehtanu 5m Ramon, Argentina. Wyllie was captain of the plane and Macleod second pilot.

The air ministry said they were on anti-submarine oatr: as mem- bcrs of a Royal Air Puree coastal command squadron, when o. Nazi plane dived "Om Bill’! and pumps‘ cannon and mcelune-gtm fire into the Hudson.

Bullets shattered the windscreen, shells exploded in the cockpit. One engine was set afire.

Macleod was badly wounded in

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War—25 Years Ago Today

my’), i, iOIB-Rimianian gov- ernment rerncved from Bucharest to Jessy. northern Moldavia. when

Au-riro-Gsrmon forces reached

int within i2 miles of capital's nner forts. Allied , land- lug at Athens, fired on y Cmek WON- _

By Kirke L. Simpson Associated Press Staff Writer.

British hopes of snvccpiiig Axis forces out of North Africa seemed keyed to flrg port of Tobruk as the second week of the Libyan offensive wanes.

Grimly held for months ag- ainst encircling Gfirman-Italian foes, that best harbor of the eastern Libyan coast is a vit- ally important supply bridge- head for further prompt llri- tish advance westward.

With completion of the Rezegh-Tobruk junction at Ed Duda to slam shut the ivestern gateway 0f the British trap on Axis nrces east of that line, the first phase of the fight is near a conclusion favorable to

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Mr, Walter P. Doull, retired electrical and biulding inspector of Charlottetown, died at Mount Stewart late Saturday night. He was ill about a week and is be- llved to have died of heart dis- CIiSG.

The deceased was born in Wil- mot Valley 83 years ago and re- sided in Summer-side for a number of years before coming to Char- lottetown about 60 years ago. He resided here ever since until last summer when he went to live wltn his step-daughter, Mrs. Joseph MacDonald, Mount Stewart. Prominent in public life, he was elected City Councillor in 1932 during the regime of the lstc Hon- ourable W. S. Stewart, who was Mayor from 1932-34. However. he did not finish his term as Coun- cillor as he resigned to become Elecizicnl Inspector for the City. subsequently he was appointed building inspector. About three years ago, he retired.

When he first came to Char- loll-clown, the late Mr. Doull was employed with the Mark Wright Furnishing Company and later was with the first Electric Light Company in the City. in later years, he was engaged in the elec- trical business and in addition to

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IJames B. Hunter llies at Ottawa

OITAWA, Nov. 30 —(CP) _. James B. Hunter. 65, deputy m1“. ister of public works, died here to- night after an illness of several months. Mr. Hunter had served un. der 15 cabinet ministers.

His career extended over 4B years in the government service. The last time he was in his office was Nov. ‘i "m i“ ..“:.:.:iira“ wt."

ua became worse. He died at. his bomb just before midnight.

No other deputy mlnlgtpf ha, served as long as Mr. Hunter who W" llliminted to that Post in 1908.

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ill. S. Airmen To guard vital Burma Road

MANILA, Dec. l-tllfoncbyl- (APJ-Jn the near future tho vital Burma Road supplying China will be defended from Japanese alr attack by an nil- Arnerican air unit composed of United States pknes flown by American nilots irmlor tho (‘hin- z-sc flag, it was disclosed hero today.

All personnel of ihc force are listed officially fis members of the Chinese air force. The mu- jorlty of the men already serv- lng in this unique branch of ti)" Chunklng government's air force are former rctzulrr mem- bers of the United States Army and Navy.

There are mort- thnn 100 of these veteran service pilots.

Vital Rostov Isl Recaptured By

Forces

(lounter - offensive smashes reported to have blunted claws _Gern1an drive on Moscow.

MOSCOW, Nov, 30--(.AP)—Ros- tov, anchor in the defence of the Caucasus, has been delivered from the Gmmun invader, the southern Germany army of Field Marshal Ewald Von Klc st has lmcn smash- ecl and five of nis choice divisions are fleeing in rout.

Counter-offensive smashes also were reported tonight to have blunted the Clllllg ol Germany“ fiercest offensive on the Russian capital-both the frontal assault from Moscow's northwest ‘and the encirclcmcnt, dzive on the south- east.

The reports. among the most optimistic of‘ the entire five. month struggle, were bcumcd to all Russia by thc Moscow radio.

A special announcement on Ros- tov said Joseph sialln had sent cougrzitulniiohs to Soviet troops for the “eleli\'cranct> of Rostov from the Fascist invuticrs," and raising ‘tour glozious Sovict flag in Ros- 0v."

The Russians smashed into the vital Black Sod port from two dir- ections, one force under Comman- der Lcmidov storming across the Don river and occupying the

Sflllbllfiln Dart of the cit-y, whilepymn, i

the other under Gen. Lukaiitnov drove througl from the northeast,

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Britain sends Troops to Burma

SINGAPORE. Nov. QQ-JAPl-A large contingent of seasoned Bri- tish and Indian troops rcndy for all cventuzilities has landed at

Rangoon, in Burma, it was on- nounced today. as Far EnsiTn tension slowly built up m what

many observers believed \\'ilS near a bursting point. (The BBC said more British war- élipbs) had been sent to the For as .

The new troops, many of them vctrcnns of other lllIJi\'l'P5 of war and coonprisnig uli arms of the service, left their transports Sat- urday and today while Nports from Bangkok, 'l‘hmluud; and Hanoi, French Ineio-Chirln. told of de- ployment of Thailancis armed orces along her exprscd frontiers pouring lu of additional the French

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Interim licenses ‘Being provided For tardy firms

OTTAWA, Nov. 30 —- (OP) — Fbr the benefit of businesmen who deal in products which make them subject to wartime prices and trrme board licence iomorroxv and via have not vet applied for lice cos interim li- cences are buiilg provided, the board announced tonight.

The interim licences will be ‘ available at offices of regional

licensing directors and will ca..-

ry tho permanonl Lccilee num- < bcr of ouch licensee but will be * mplaccd by licence identifica- l tion cords from the licensing i division at Ottawa as soon as l I l

possible.

Reuizmal licensing offices are located at Vancouver, Edmon- ton, Its-mun, Wimiznvg, Toronto. - hinuirwil. Smut John, Halifax and C urlottotown.

“No business which manufac- tures or deals in food, feeds, livestock, poultry, cloth, yarn, clothing. mlllinery or footwear

i ~c goods without a. licence,” said C. R. Morphy, di- rector of licensing. “Possession of an interim licence will. how- ever, permit them legally to

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carry on busfiiess until their

permanent hcmri: ls secured. "Business men ulo have al-

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their licence should not apply for an interim licence.

"Persons dealing in the com- modities named in the current licensing order have been given until Dec. 10 to obtain and affix their customers‘ licence num- bers to invoices and sales slips. While suppliers may therefore shin any of these goods lo re- tailers until Dec. 10 without knowing their licence numbers they are still required. when they are informed of ihi‘ licence numbers in question. to affu: them to all documents record- ing sales between Dec. l and Dec. 10."

Over i55000 licence applica- tions have now been cleared throuw the licensing division.

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Roosevelt ,Speeds back To Washington

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Press Staff Writer) EN nouns. wrrr-r PRESIDENT inOOsEvELT TO WASHINGTON. INov. 30—iAP)—President Roose- velt; was speeding back to Wash- ‘lngton tonight to appraise 011W again, with the aid of key advlfl- ers, increasingly grave v\‘v€10l7- ments in the far eastern situation and the chances for war or peace ,in the Pacific.

Mr. Roosevelt cancelled s Geor- izia vacation after a lengthy tele- phone conference with State Sec- retary Cordell Hull and left for the capitol by motor and spccinll

It was his second talk with Hull‘ in a 26-hour visit tn‘ his "other home" at tfic little "luic house on Pine mountain. o llOOlflng the‘ wmm Sllllllflfl‘ Flllliltl.i'.flil for in- , funiilq prim‘ “l5 \‘l('ilili\. l In Wuhir ton imnorrow, thel, Pru-idi-ilt expects iorcnsull with- Hull again nncl (ilzinm the statcl departments newest reports on‘ critical trends in the Pacific arcs.

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zBea verbrook For 30,000

GLASGOW. Nov. 30-(0? Cable) —L€rd' Bozrvcibrook, Britain's sup- - Minister, today uskcd for 30,- 000 tanks to be produced , 1942, to July. "all s‘; \. ." including CAil-fldfl and the United sanics “and the wide plan of production we must lay doom here."

He made this request before an assembly of shop stewards of the Amalgamated Engineering Union who promptly guvc him a pledge for increased production as he as- sured them that as for as Britain is concerned "we havc tank to meet tank if invasion is attempted."

As for Rilssia he told them Mold thundering cheers ihat "everything we have promised to Russia for delivery in October and November has been dispatched.“

The need for the 30.000 tanks was to match Germany's 30.000 and her continued output in what the Minister of Supply termed “the race of the tortoise and the hare."

"We have to get very fast to catch up on lJl"‘(l'il‘ilOll Ger- man tanks," 1~e said,

He read a message received from Premier Joseph Stalin offering the

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Smashing one German attempt to break out of a British pocket, the communique said. a German general, commander of the 21st ar- mored (llVlSlOll, was captured along with l0 other officers and 600 men. l-ie was believed m be Mnj. Gen. Von Ravc-nstcin.

By striking to the Gulf of Sirte. which stretches west of the Hump of Cironnicn, the Brita: column swept wide of Benca the axis chief zgtivztneed sunnly port abort» 2C1 miles west of Tobruk.

Coast Rcoehed

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ivns reached between Bengnsi and Agecnhia, which is about 85 miles lwyonri, hurl rouvhly’ half way from Egypt in Tripoli, Libya's capital and chief port.

‘The move recalled a similar one in Britain's first Libyan campaign when an armored column made a spectarillar" dosh across the desert and intercepted ronmanis of Mar- shal Rodolfo C§i‘tl7.lillll'5 tanks deflated them.

Todnws communique said mere- lv: “vvlrile the main battle was pro- ceedinr. nlechanized British patrols succeeded in yaenetratlnr to the Cir- cnaienn coast between Afrotinbin and Bengasi ivhere lhev l‘l\f(‘l"C(‘l"lf‘Qfl 1nd destroyed enemy mechanical equip-

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Petain, Hitler To meet? -

NEW YORK. Nov. ilfl ~vAPl — Ilrlurshul Prtuin loft Vichy tonight for Orleans, in wcxipic-zi France, to moot Hillel", it Wu; reported in re- liable advices rcceivcci here.

The report Cfifll(' from sources in clo=c touch with the Vichy govern-

Annual Subscription Delivered, B! lllili P. E. l.. i

have widened iiliflTfillflik i0 l0 miles and have scpuruicd ilu- iwn lllllli’!

Axis resistance was the final phases of‘ a fierce desert tank struggle may bi- near ai hand.

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AXIS SUPPLY LIAE

Reach 1351f or Sirte; Mop [/10 Trappec_l__

Reports indicate Axis resistance in eastern Libya crumblin l;

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RMY IN LIBYA, Nov. 30-. their corridor

RnmmePs two buffered arm-

order divisions engaged in the battle for Libya.

iBy Eric Blglo, Associated Press Staff Writer) CAIRO, Nov, Stl-MIU-Thcmost

confident communique in llil! today that Imperial fun-cu hurl

thrust to the Gill’ of Slrte beyond Bengusl, slicing across tin» Ans supply line far vvcsi of the main desert battlefield, while already trapped (jer- msn and Italian divisions were being mapped up inside a vast uouhlo

crumbling anti that

‘Fthreat to ilnierferenoc fin fur exports

l a ‘Fnxmen return with satisfactory report from Ottawa.

hli-ssrs. Pete-r G. Clark-e, George A. Cnllbcch and I). . Stewart returned Saturday eve- ning from Montreal and Olin- wa where they, with other rep- rescntativcs nf the fnx rum-hero, saw officials in emmvsetiizvi ui.h the regulations governing ihc fur trade, and with particular reference to silver fox. ’l‘lu-_v were cortilnlly received find their recommendations wore promu- vtl ovrry oousirlorziilmv.

A few (lays ago au announce- mcut appeared in the [Hilni flanada stating that Trzi-lo Minister Macliinrton had im~

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mcut. Thcrc was no immediate con- iiruiuiioii either in Vichy or Bor- hn.

The nqccl M.ir.~i'.nl was said to have gone to Orlcnns. which is a- bout '70 miles south of Paris, by nu- iomobile.

First reports did not state Hitler was travelling,

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Enemy ll-Boats lsti" operate Near our toasts

TORONTO. Nov. flit-WP)- lion. Angus L. Maedonald. Min- lsier of Defence for Naval Af- fairs, said in an interview here Saturday that. German submar- ines still are operating close tn the (‘anndian coast.

Srvcrni weeks ego lu- told in- iervie-svrrs here that Nazi un- rlcrsoa craft were nperatin off the cast coast of Newfoilll llfld “within sight of shore."

H] "m1 ‘we you any definite Information but you W" "7 that the menace to the Ibo"! "f lhls continent has not at

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