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lDNDON Jan. 31—(CP) —Grsud Admiral Karl Doeni newly-ap- pointed commnnder-in-chief o1 m; German navy, threatened Allied slilillling wit increasingl heavy submarine attacks in an atirdrese to the German naval staff as his flag "eslgcgtfd over the Admiralty in a

The address was broadcast by the Berlin radio and recorded by The Associated Hess here. . hTlie entire German navy will enceiorth ha e m” the get-l flee 0i mexorab U-boat warfare." 9m"? mid. "Th German as I111 item to s finish."

Dggniw. Ofltinstor of the “wolb

method

eve taken a is’; wallhofutlolic: llllPPlns in the viast year. was

named Saturda to Admiral Erich lice commander. Racder, however, mlgeects official inspector 9f me "Balearic-s of the lnicrnstlonal ses- do a) conference meetl in Lon- w‘; dew adopted a reso ution call-

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‘Tunisian Battlefront Flares Into Action

German Tank Column Drives Six Miles {a Through French Lines.

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LONDON. Jl-Ii. ll. —(AP)— The a islan battlefront flared up anew today with Allied troops batterlns st a German tank column which burst six miles uhroush Hench- ihold laid Palltjo milesuorthwcst Alusrfoen bum” and fighters first halted- the Nazi thrust and a French communique later report- ed "Allied troops" had been flung into action and hsd destroyed s ltiliflildﬂib]! number of German an s.

The (Jcnngms launched the attack apparent y to protect Field Marshal Erwin Rommels rear as 8th Army patrols penetrated into Tunisia and approached the Axivheld Marcth Line.

The Gsnnan test force. s." rnlXised of tanks. artillery and infantry, was reported to have carried through he'd Pass am:- about six miles beyond toward Slfll Bouzid.

Part of these Nazi units are be- to the 10th Pan- zcr Division. is division fourzht in Poland, and was one of those breaking through the French line at Sedan in the battle for France. It also attacked tovrard Smolemk on the eastern front, and was the first to rush to the defences dur- in the Canadian Diem» attack.

it was the first concerted. lante-

ecale action in Tunisia since last week's heavy rains. The German»! now are in the flat plateau coun- try ideal for tank battlr. This fresh burst of iifthtinlr in the wnlsian front was announc- ed at Allied ‘f-fceriouarters in _North Africa as dispatches from both British and Arts quarters Wleel- ed that Gen. Sir Bernard Mont- gomery's westbound 8th Armv is vigorously pilmilnc ll! 001809 0f ryuminrf the African corps from all Trlfﬂlthllll.

Flynn Would lluit Post

wiisumcroN. Illl- l1 '- Mwsrd J. Flynn said tonight that sllholllll hll Mel"! "' the seam and hi" his confirmation to bnnllll“ suites Minister to ilmirslls "I certain he was QM"! Pfﬁlld‘ mt Roosevelt to withdraw the nomination

lfcditeneunu cocslliuc to defend following allied conquest of nearly all North axis-controlled coasts lo southern Europe are vuhcnble lo bombing raids or invasion from the loniz African sbvc.

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War Situation Last-Night

(By John M. Illghtower, Associated Press War Analyst)

the subuurln now meets any degree of success. I I I ‘

tranquility in competent. Erwin Rommel llnlll the

_ _ Dtillslt. Army broke the power of h

rims. Corps ‘elhd drove him back ,

of the sea-wolf. Doenltz, .

never gone worse for Germany than at the present moment. O l I O I O

vlnclngly of hlumphs and hold out with plnus‘ of victory. Tho Nazi submarine campaign ls the one campaign that sllll shows up as an offensive operation.

Actually lt has fallen far short of what the Nazis hoped lt would accomplish In preventing North American military might from resch- lng the European war zone. But many n tank nnrl plnnp, many a drum of aviation gasoline that would have gone into action over there but for the submarines new rests on the bottom of the Atlantic.

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For lhls Doenllz must be given much credit. British sources attribute to hlm the development of wolf-pack tactics in Atlantic warfare. These raider squadrons have undoubtedly been much more successful In at- tacking convoys than lone-wolf subs would have been.

It might be said that the elevation of Doenitz, who commanded s submarine In the First Great War and has clevnlod his life to the "u!!! 0' "I!" ‘If!!! of warfare. would mean u new nml ruthless turn ln the enemy's sub camnnlgn. But lt I! inconceivable that there should be luv form or rathlcssness which has nnl already been ldnplefl.

Burst Water Main Floods Square Mile In Montreal

r i Large Area Without Water While Repairs Are Being Made; Worst Break In History Of City.

Milk Producers Threaten Strike

YARMOUTH. N.B.. Jan. 81-(6?) Mernbcrs of the Yermouth county milk producers’ and distributors’ wialll-ionlesatitlgdagughrérialtienm p an. is dﬁiaii. ° ° “"°°

MONTREAL. Jan. 31 -—(OP)-— Hundreds of families were made temporally homeless in east end Montreal early today when a water main burst and flooded a square mile tires. A large section of the clt is still without water supply. 118s amounted to several hundred thousand dollars and more than 100 families were forc- ed to flee their homes when water gushing 1mm the burst main in- undated the narrow streets.

The burst occurred at 1.46 AM. near the intersection of Craig and Mslsonhcuve Streets and soon had ﬂooded scores of basement spart- mente Lo this area.

A resident of sdJeoent 8t. Illin-

Thc meteoric rise of brilliant, ruthless Karl Doenii; from u. U-boot officer to Grand Admiral and chief of the German navy ls almost ccr- tainly due to the fact that of all Germany's once victorious arms. only

The Nazis badly needed e glamor boy to present to lhclr people as: symbol of nope for eventual triumph. They had such a figure‘ o! in-

mllee from the ramparts of Egypt to n beachhcad ln Tunisia. Now the hero's mantle has fallen from the shoulders of the desert fox to those

It was logical, in fact almost inevitable, that this should» happen. When tidings urn going badly for n country at war, there is no tonic for morale like a. new nubllo hero. Certainly in this war things have

Only in the war at lea can the Nazis ‘speak to their penplc eon- arguments a promise

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Raid Follows Two Dramatic Day Assaults

NazlAnnual Birthday Celebration Rudely Interrupted By Dar- ing Airmen.

IiONT%N. Jan. I1 -—(AP)- In the wake of two dramatic daylitlllt raids on Berlin that uni-poled the Nazis‘ annual birthday Oelebfe-lllilll. Britalnh heaviest ‘ a 9011M! a cargo of explosives on the bat- tered port of Hamburs Saturday nlghtéand on other targets in Wes- tern erman .

Roaring files spread through Hamburg. the Air Ministry "m- in the R AJ‘ ‘s 94th, assault on the city's sprawling shipyard-l. submarine sheds and aircraft fac- torles.

The cascade of eXlelllsli-‘lns m‘ c1-uded four-ion and two-ton block busters and “tens of thousands" of incendiaries, the Air Ministry news service said. The raid lasted half an hour. with the heaviest welilhl 01 00ml“ falling in the first 15 minutes. Five bombers did not return. lil- dicating a force of possibly 190 craft rtlcipated in the nlih" operat one. The impudent daylight stabs at Berlin by fast Mosquito bombers, the first of which delayed l-llc 06' livery of a speech by MRTFM! Goering for more than an hour and 1m mgm‘; more destructive attacks on Germany's wartime in~ dirstries climaxed a history-making month during which the Natl! shuddered under the impact 0f the Allies‘ broadening aerial offensive. Thirty-cizht times durlnl! i116 month, despite January's notori- ouslv bad ﬂying weather, Allied bombers roared across me Channel ‘seq and flrc, and. death in the Fete‘ or in (‘roman-occupied ter- yira-qv, Therr- xvere Z1 day raids on l’! by niuht. D NB . (‘vet-man news agency. finally acknowledged that hostile planes penetrated to Berlin by rlavlicht under cover of clouds. but assortpd "there was no rinmaﬂe. alihnurzh the planes dropped bombs nt random."

Those raids follows-d Ftrtdav plant's smnshini! asswlt rm the U- s...“ b“; at v0rient_ Franco. when 99.1mm" airmen formed s ereat part oi the R. A l" attackintl force- Il was the seventh nits»? on the submarine base in a month.

Plans Really If laps Invade

PASADENA, Calif" l-‘cb. l - (ilfondayl — (A P) -- Civilian defence officials said loday they have completed plans for

mass evacuation of sleuth?!"

California resident,» eastward by nutomuhllu caravan in case of sustained enemy attack.

EBB. East. office nl Clvlllnn De- fence Evacuailon Officer for the southern sector. said a detailed plan. Including maps. has been proper-ed. and will be made public In about two weeks. Total evacuation ‘is not con- of hit-run

lcmplatecl in case raid. salrl East.

Hazis llse Monster Tanks In Tunisia

HERE 1N TUNISIA. Jan.

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Gennans have bronchi new monst- er celled “Tlgers" to Tunisia, evidently in an effort to bolster the morale of Axis troops here.

The tank is the latest in the Nazi

arsenal and 1s a veritable land battleship. It is behaved to weigh 62 tons and have seven-inch

armor fore and alt on the turret with extra Inch-thick slabs of steel It vital spots. Side armor is said to be five inches thick and the tank mounts one Dil-Miilimetrc gun and smaller weapons.

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W,» . .

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head of the British admiralty lie- legation ln Washington, may be appointed supreme commander of the United Nations’ nnti-U-buot ccmpalgn.

iLS. President Returns To White House

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8l~ lAP)._ President. Roosevelt returned to the white House tonight to out into “active and concerted execution" plans for 1943 offensive campaigns which he and Prime Minister Churchill drafted at their historic unconditional - surrender conference at Casablanca, , , - . But problems other than active prosecution o1 the war confronted the President on his sale return front some 14.000 danger-fraught

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Numbers Larger Than At First Thought; Field Marshal And I6 Generals Taken.

MODCOW, Jan. Dl-(LH-Thl Russians M00 forwsni In the norﬁ Caucasus today sftor capturing bhliop and ﬂkhoretclr and rsmtrrselvss- ly out n. the remnants of nlne trapped divisions woof of vol-numb in s. battle of annihilation second only to the slaughter of Stnlimzrwi.

LONDON. Jan. 3l—(CP)—-Virtually complete ile- struciion of Hitler’: proud Stalingrad-siege form-a of .330,- 000 men, with the mashing of two crack Nazi armies killing of 100,000 troops in the last 20 days alone, an capture of s field marshal and l6 generals was announced by Russia late tonight in s. triumphant special commun-

iquo. WORST NAZI DEFEAT

Russian troops, who first turned Stalingrad into a vel- iant fortress and then made it s death trap for the Nazi invaders and scene of the worst German defeat of the war, have wiped out one of the lnl. two remaining German suicide gsrrlsons at the Volga city, sruehlng the enemy pocket west of the central pert of Stalingrad, it was stated ln the communique, broadcast by Moscow and r6? corded here by the Soviet radio monitor.

Taken prisoner was Field Marshal Gen. Freidrlch Paulus, commander of the crushed German 6th Army and 4th tank army. and 10 of his generals. Paulus, whose pro~ motion from Colonel General was announced only today by the Germans. ls the flrstNazl ma: ism-nun to be tak- en prisoner in this war.

' OTHERS ENDANGERED

»Moanwl|lle“tl|s peril of 100,000 Nazi troops fighting around Krasnodar in the Caucasus with their hacks to Kerch Strait increased ominously, with the Soviets mid-

nuics of travel-couch of it by air. Most pressing, nerholls. Avis, t controversial d1 lomzttic nomnation of Edward J . ybn, schedued to come before a divided senate t0- morrow. Others insiuded proposals to repeal Mr. Roosevelt's limit ,0! $25,000 (allot-b taxes) on salaries and to restrict the size of the armed forces. Re rts were lire- valent that the Fyhn nomination _i¢ be Minister m Australia-rnight be withdrawn before the Senate convenes at noon.

Whit» ‘House on any of platters.

See Hitler Pinning Hopes Dn ll-lioats

S'l‘0(‘Klf0f.ivl, Jan. 3l—(Al') —~Grunu Admiral Eric-h Reader's replul-cnu-ni by the submarine warfare expert Admiral Karl llocuiiz as supreme command- er of the (icrmnn navy ls re- gardccl by observers here as sub- sinntlniiun ni‘ recent signs that lllilcr is pinning, all his hullcs of winning the war on U-bouis. German newspaper; newly received sircse the undersea campaign"

The press laid Hitler hll been preparing for the sub- marine irflcnslvc l0!‘ the lllsl- two yours. lilo ls known virtually to have stopped all major naval construction in order to stab up submarine production. Itc- "Bhlg pour“; paid he could P0!‘- hllpg produce one U-hoat dill!- Esllmatcs of the number o Nani suns in service run from as low m! 300 io ls hi h as 50f), will: one-third sci. the hunt.

28 lnvalids Perish in Seattle Fire

HEATTLE. J . I1 -(APl— At lcnst ail persons were burned w ﬂQﬂlh and several more were bo- lioved to have perished today M l fire which swept t-hrcush a Nb- urban snnita-rium for invnlids. Five hours nfior the home had been reduced in a smoldcrins sleelewn, sheriff Harlan Callahan mid that 1s of the 40 patients ruched. or were carried. to safety. Twenty-eight bodies. many of them charred beyond- rccorznition. had been taken from the ruins. he said. Scene of the lire W85 the Lake Dorset aenltsrium. a privately operated institution. about eight miles north of Seattle. Many of the pietiento were old-age pensioners. oet of thcm were bedridden or in feeble heath. A few were mental patients. Two of the rescued person! were

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night communique reporting capture of Rynzansltayn, only 30 miles oust of that German pivot bssc.

The midnight communique also announced the fall of Belorechensksys, on the Armavir-Tuapse railroad 17 miles northwest of Markup, es the Russian columns drove on Krasnodar. Ryazanskaya is another l8 miles north- west of Malkop. Thus this Soviet column smashing at Krasnodar apparently advanced 85 miles beyond Niaikop

in one day. m the debacle at Stalingrad. ms

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1 ‘ guns. rm other war miltcrla

Russians said. 5.000 German officers and men were taken prisoner on Sunday alone.

All that remains of the him armies that Hitler sacrificed st Stalingrad is s pocket in the [northern factory arcs of the city, and this too is beinz hemmed in ever closer by the Soviet vise.

800.000 Mon

‘lhuswns the faisofihe Gonnnn forces which rejected e soviet ultimatum earlier this month to surrender or die.

The Russians declared that in- formation from the mptumi pen- efﬂls, showed the army trapped by the offensive begun in November numbered 330.000 troops, and not 220.000 as first estimated.

fn the general offensive launch- eti Jan. l0 after the ultimatum

Knox, Halsey In Alr Raid

PEAR-L HARBOR, Janjiil - (De- lﬂyed) - IAP» ~ Nut-y Son" my Frank Knox, Admiral Chi‘: or W, Nimitz, COHlHlNXlKilJY-lli-iilitji of iilt! Pacific Dcean arena and Acillllfnl William F Halsey, (‘nnliiinzxfzr-r u! the Untied States mum Pacific force, were uncle;- Japunise fill‘ ar-

tnrlc twice n-itliip the past two weeks.

The first. attack “as u xiliill rllQ at liispiriru Sumo, in 1hr: NUA‘ mi.- rides and the second one. nrich heavier, of seven hours riumhrtu,

was on Guadalcanal. No custmlii"! were reported 2n (iihcr nizaik.

Knox descnbcrl them as. 12-.» bombing attacks in i918 and ii~...: the Jiipnrfcso luigrvlrvr-l i)i_\iili>.1iii—

was retested. "Soviet troops ac- corrlinl! to incomplete date have slestmyed over 100.000 German officers and men," the communique remrlerl. In the last four devs alone. ft said. 18.000 Germans were taken nrisnner. nmklnrz a total of 48.000 laylnlz down their arms airw- the inst Soviet drive was begun 20 days I80-

Orenl. niiiios of tanks. lanes. were captured. the Russians said. The 10 enpturvd amoral: tn- dudcd Lt-Gsn. Schmidt. Paulus‘ Chief of Staff. and the Quarter- master General nf the Gennan 0th LHTLV. Of the others. r0 were German Lieutenant Generals, twn were German lvtalnr Gnncrals. enrf- two were Rumnninn Generals. Seven Colonels also worn Eaihcr- cd up in the final liquidation drive

Butter Output lip ln December

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High tide this moraine a" ‘i end tonight at 7A4. b

UPIAWA, Jan. i1 -(O'P) _ Creamery butter production in Canada rose 21.8 per cent in Dec- ember oomparcd with the some month lest year. the Dominion Bureau of Blltlltlcg said today. 114st month's production was 14.- 071010 pounds against 12,005,011 in December. 1M1. All provinces ex- cept Ontario one} British Oolumbia fefitirlcd an increase for the month, and the Ontario drop was Only .0 per cent. -

Quebec production It 0.135.142 pounds. was up 62.2 per cent, and New Brunswick, with n production of 226.153 pounds showed s gain

of 96.8 gar cent Ihor t e year 1M2 cheese pro-

duction was up 3L1 bcr cent st. $2,784,816 pounds.

Bun |ets this afternoon a" and rises inmnrrv-xv mnrnin’: a" it. New moon. Feb. i. 710 1H“-

CAR FERRY FEIIVIFE DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY

From Borden-Leave 0.0! mm. 11.40 mm. 2.00 pm. 4.30 p.m. 1.00 D-m- 0

Lens Capo Tnrmcnilno — 10.7‘. mm. 1.15 p.111. 8.05 p.m.. 5.45 p." L15 pm. i

DAILY AIR SERVICI (EXCEPT SUNDAY) Charlottetown Summr-rsidc-

oncinn Leave Charlottetown 8.30 s. m. 12.32;. m.. 4.30 p. m. A ve Charlottetown I p. I. Ml p. IL. 1.05 p. I.

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