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Mayor Holman, Five Councillors Re-elected

Contest develops in Ward Five at Nomin- ation Day proceedings yesterday; Water Commissioners also receive acclamation.

. hi I _ Rloy Bglfiaglggerig-slelecred by accla- gemi w; his second We; Maglgijfljk o: Charlottetown during the civic nomination. Five ggunfilllflfs, representing Wards 1, 3 3 and t respsaliveiyl. were also Mnectu to another wnn m the

. , I “,2 fililfin... rm reclamation for m me mcmbcts the PWWM council ulicn, less than t-wo hours Mo“; the nominations were ‘ulcduled l-o close. no new 11311195 were sutinlrtcd. l-iovrcver, bctbv/iiccn < d3 . .Mr. A. T. ac- kiiiitiiil, locaincloniractoi‘ and Mr. ‘ 1,, wright, shoe merchant, nom-

' f - - " bar- will? gilard, which is the latest p, me (my, three Councillors are lltclltd each ten“. Tho three CW"- cillors reprcscntulg the Wzialltl ‘M. , t, Councillors J. E. unti- pfifeiisnty L8.Di.l'lOlllk?ll(l B. Earle

", c sec ng re-oec- ugh Civic election these men were elected by flMlB-l11Ri-1°n~ ‘flu- Civic clcctlotl will be held REX!» Wed sdn’. Ebb. ll.

Coilliclllbrs ie-elected bl’ 800111- uoz-lon yesterday ivcre: Wand I, Conn. 'l‘. A. Buzlcl‘; Ward 2. Q0111‘- Dougrinvi, wail-El g, 02mins.

81K. HI‘ J11 . - . cllanedler and Coun. J, E. Sgerns.

The thyme‘ “(;t%rkCOl1‘wll5]-Sl0l}§1‘5. llessis. . . e s r . . 1 l. and c. n. Wright: were also lie-elected by acclamatlori, cal“ “tarts .r-:‘ttl""...":.

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ythat a MB)?!‘ wail re-elccteg ' or e secon the late Dr. James Warburion was unopposed when be nan for o second termhnas Mayor glliggfiedctiltgl-C “girlie. If‘: 192x81 wlxilesn he W85 a sllCC-GSSIIH candidate as councillor. Willi the exiceptcilon of one erm. he is. ccmtnue ever since in City Golfcmmcfli».

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Food situation is improved

MAYOR B. ROY IIOLMAN

Federal Gov't To manufacture Synthetic rubber

OITAWA, Feb. 4—(CI')—Muu- ltions Minister Howe said tonight "l" kovcrnmcnt has decided to cm- lmrk on the manufacture of syn- thetic rubber from petroleum.

The l-IESI! plant for producing rubber will be at Suruia, 0nt., end of a pipeline carrying pctrolcum to Canada from United States wells. he told The Canadian Press.

Work 0n the plant will start ls soon as possible and It la expected to be in production in about l5 months. the Minister said. There were really three stages In the Process of making rubber from petroleum and It had not yet been decided whether the two subse- IIWM DIME-Bel will also be carried out in Sarnia.

The basic or first operation will require a "vcry Largo pin-ht," but Mr. Ilowc dld not any what the cost. would he although _ other sources placed the costs of the plants for the three processes at 840.000.0410.

llcfcnders hold Fast in Burma

WASHINGHDN, Feb. 4—(AP)-— The food situation in Great Bri- tain appears to have improved moderately iluririg the last nine months, the office of foreign ag- ricultural relations said today in a Mwrt giving credit to lend-lease

116s received from the United

The‘ report sold that since the Untied States inaugurated the hidden-re program last spring. u.

hid shxlphbed more than 3300.000.-

(00 wo of evaporated, milk,

Ohmic. @885. dried fruits. canned

slings n11; vggelarblesmdlagd and H” P’ “H ‘"1 "l" W‘ n/uvsoou Burma Feb. 4- rbultural cmmcdltles to Britain. (Aw-British and American air- men blasted Japanese barges

along the Lower salween river to- day as artillerymen pumped ex- plosives across the water barrier in a steadfast defence of the ap- proaches to Rangoon and the Burma road.

Thousands of reinforcements, tall, lithe fighting men from In- dfa, bolstered the British and no.- tve troops holding the west bank of the jungle stream from Marta- han, near the mouth, northward to Paan, 25 miles away.

An army communique reported that for two days Japanese artil- “x, —-- lery based in abandoned Moulmeln “but! I. Legion Dance. Reserve had been shelling Martaban in an

Irv 16th. Armourles. fort to make lr untenable for Lr-M-fl-b-ll. blrllfl lmpcrlal troops, but the enemy

a .. , “mg Ho“ every Monday (u as not ucceedecl in his object.

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“Time will m be a congre mo“ way through the mglllsgliithe st. Oolumba "Pfqgbyil zone, only to find that no rein- thquhunhrggmn or Morshfleld in Anccments could reach them and 14m ‘Wuhan flfv 10th. 8.30 P,M, that. supplies and ammunition

wreouested. dropped for them by parachute L-5B-2-l-B.fell. instead, into the hands of the Baton defenders,

The captured o. ponese express- o/l great surprise at the humane treatment given them for t had been told by their officers n on apparent effort to inculcate l. do or die spirit. that they would be surely executed if the Amlrlclnl and Hllplno; captured

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. f "Talkies-Montague Saturday. . L-10-2-3-3l.

“Talkles—Sourls Thursday. L-10-2-3-3l.

“lmlu play Mt. Stewart friduay L-l0-2-3- i.

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WASHINGTON. Rb. 4-—(A?)— Rqlorting the sharp re also of m attack on his left funk, Gen. Douglas MacArthur informed the United states war Department t0- day that his men were busy “mop- ping up" isolated enemy troop units which had filtered through his lines.

These details, composed of specially selected and trained Tu- tcrl shock troops, had made their front combat

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Binder twine Not to be used Except for crop

Amount Of Rope Avail- able Only A Fraction Of 1941 Figure.

OTAWA. Feb. t -tCP) - An order restricting use of nmrille fibre and rope and reducing pro- duction of all hard-fibre rope and twine except binder twine was an- nounced tonight by the department of munitions and supply.

The order. approved by R. C. Berklnshaw, inalrman of the war- time industries control board, Ls ef- fective immediately.

Under the order manila fibre can not be used in manufacture of rope for tying parcels and bundles for binding trees for shipment. The order prohibits use 0f manila or sisal in skipping ropes and toys.

Use of manila. or sisal fibre, oth- er than tow, in the manufacture of , bedding and furniture, also is banned.

J. R. Nicholson, deputy control- ler of supplies. said that “because the war in the Pacific has suspend- ed all deliveries of manila hemp, the demand for sisal in the mak- ing of rope has made it necessary to control rigidly all uscs of both fibres.

“There is no manlln available for any but the most essential uar purposes, and so it is no exaggera- tion to say that the situation ln regard to manila is almost, as scr- lons as our lack of rubber."

Cotton thread, cotton twine and cotton rope will not be affected by the order as they are not hard

fibre.

Planners will be allowed all the binder twine they need to the ex- tent of their normal requirements. but the twine will be made of sisal and will contain no manila. Use of binder twine for anv purpose oth- er than binding grains ls forbidden.

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Aussies cut off Return to units

SINGAPORE. Fleb. 4-—(AP t0 (OB-Australians who were cut. off from their units during the bitter Muar-Paklt-Sulong fighting in Malaya nearly a fortnight ago have been returning to the main body c-f the Australian Imperial force during the last few days.

Some have walked through the Jungle and others have come down the coast ln small boats. They have got across the Straits to sinu- apore Island from Johore. some even swimming In broad daylight. The hardslll - they have under- gone are un llevnble but all seem anxious to rejoin their units im- mediately: indeed, many already have done so. Torn feet will kcop many others out of action for the time being.

Mclfaughton’ At Montreal

OTTAWA. Feb. fr-(Thursdayl- (CP)—Lt.-Gen. A. G. L. McNaugh- ton. commander of the Canadian Corps who is visiting Canada for consultations on military matters. arrived eat-iv today by train from Montreal. comvlctinlt the first half of a round-trip journey which soon take him overseas again.

For 15 minutes he and members of his party stood on the station platform in bitter cold to chat with Prime Minister Mackenzie King Defence Minister Rulston, army chiefs. relatives and friends on hand bomeet m.

In u brief press interview be ex- pressed pride ln Camels‘: overseas soldiers and made it plain that while in‘ the Dominion he does not intend w got involved in controversial il- sues.

Flriit to greet Gen. McNauilhton u he stepped to the plat-form Wit-h o. broad omits was Col. Rolswn. "Hello. hello." the Defence Minist- er sold and Gen McNaughton re- plied with u warm: “Hello. Sir. how are you?"

Then Mr. King stepped forward with “Well. General. how are you and for several momenta the trio stood 1n oulet conversation.

Gen. McNaughton had only a mo- ment for newspaplfmm b91011 "I ‘m’. wfi“°'i'é‘.li“i?.l‘.znl.‘é".lfi°‘é“ill

r “m” ‘Fifi. him. went to a hotel

one izgopend the night.

Bank 0f Nova Scotia Officers Re-elected

HALIFAX, Feb. 4-(CPl-~Offl- cers of the nook oi Nova 5cm“ re-elecled at the annual meeting of the bank here todaY and other illrector; were fie-elected with exception 0f Senator Georf! (Jordon whose death occurred yes- terday ln Toronto. Annual reports

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War Situation Last Night-i

llslcy warns i Program will

(Bly KliRKE lL SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Dos ite his assurances that “great reinforcements" will arrive in

the soul iwcst Pacific, Gen. Sir Archibald Wavelfs appeal to allied troops

there to hold their round, carries a to-thc-wall" order n France 24

That “order of the day" was las Ilaig, later Earl flail. The

spring was in full cry, with American troops yet to be tested action. British lines ln Picarily w British and French armies was girlvely‘ threatened.

Gui. Wavuli had that in mind in citing the Yprcs precedent as well as the British stand at Tobruk. the mission d on until help reaches them to turn the tide of battle

Libya last year. he said, allies is to hol agniusl tho Japanese.

Thus history repeats itself within less

I d is alizcd commander in irhlef in _ _

apparently reached the conclusion that the‘ crisis is at hand there. v - a

The news from one other war front is none too cheering. The Bi-Ll- ln North Africa has become n i Empire forces have withdrawn from virtually all the Ll yan hump.

isli "annihilation drive"

o. ssued fiixpril 12, 1918, by Gen. Slr Doug- German master offensive of that dark

ere crumbling and contact between

grim eminde of the British “backs- Tens

Commons Plans For This Year Will Re- quire “Extreme Limit” From Canadians.

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OTTAWA, Feb. 4 _iCl=> __ Fl- nance Minister llslcy today‘ warn- ed the House of Commons that this Neal's War program will demand "the extreme limit of who; this country’ can do."

l-le agreed to such a program. he said during debate mi the address in reply to the 5110011 from the I throne. because he believed {he na-

tion's human and matwal resour-

Now as ln France In 1 8 aw of British Empire forces and their

than a quarter century. Gen. the Pacific war theatre, has

uzz rig retreat.

Hold On At Au can Is Gen. WavelPs Order

News “great reinforcements" of British and Americans enroute to southwest Pacific sends new hope through Singapore.

-—- (By C. Yates hlcllaniel. Associated Press Stuff Writer) SINGAPORE, Feb, 4-(AI')-—'1‘he supreme allied command, charg- ing the defenders of Singapore to hold on at all cost, assured this bo- siegeil island today that “great reinforcements" of British and American forces are being sent to the southwestern Pacific, and strong new hope

swept through the Imperial llne.

Two Axis supply Ships loft burning

LONDON. Feb. 4 —tCP) -_ Al- licd warships intercepted two axis supply ships off the Channel 1s- lands this morning and left DOLll of them sinking, the uomlralzy an- nounced tonight.

Light naval forces, including units of the POllEII navy, intercept- ed the supply ships and blasted them with slicllfire at close range.

The announcement said the al- lied forces suffered no casualties or damage in the action off the Ger- man-selmd lgrltlsli islands off France's Normandy coast.

Meighen urges Conscription of All resources

TORONTO, Feb. ~l -. Hon. Arthur Meighcu. Canadian Coilservativc party lender. tonight in an address to electors of York South urged conscription l wealth and all resources."

He said he believed no countrv (zould embark on a major war "un- 105s the government can dispose cf the manhood and the possessions of the country" in a manner consider- cd in the best interests of the war cfiort

Mr. Mellzhcn spoke at n meeting in the Silverthorn Canadian Legion Hall in the York South Federal by- electlon campaign. in which he l: Conservative candidate. J. W. Nose- worthy is C. C. F‘. candidate in the bv-electlcn. Voting is lileb. 9

In his address. Mr. Mclghen said no thinking ninn \\'0lll(|. owl‘ sug- gest a nation should ‘spare the wealth of any mun at the colt. cf the blood of its sons."

If. S. extends Areas barring Enemy Aliens

WASITINGION, Feb. 4-—(AP)- The United Sta-ta government to- day barred enemy alien.- from S1 additional sectors of the Pacific States when: danui and other vital installations might be new and drasticalb’ restricted their movements in other areas there.

Tim Justice Druartment desis- natcd 24 arena in Oregon and seven in Washington from which Ger- man. Japanese and Italian nation- als will be excluded starting. Feb; l5. Eighty-six similar "prohibited areas had been set. up previously in California.

The department also dcsimlitd more than 501 miles of mulomln coastline, 30 to I50 miles dcrll- M a "Nstrlcieci" area in which encmv aliens will be subject to n 9 p111. curfew and their mov=monl< will boqllmliled vlri-uallv; to thgir homcs an. paces of empoymcn.

Meanwhile the federal security agency announced it would super- v'.=~ the removal rf cacmv alien! and their bowie: rrom ‘be "r0111"- lied arms and their succulent. in agricultural radon; chew .

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ces during the coming year should be straincil to tho utmod.

Mr. Ilslcyl defended llic govern- ment's proposed cons: pzion plebis- cite as a "natural. honorable and desirable" course.

Those who advocated a boycott of the forlhcomin: victory 10a“ a5 a pretest against the yilobiscite were "dirccilv sabotaging" the war cf- fon, re said.

Their action was less defensible than that of a labor‘ group threat- ening a iatrike in a vital war indus- try. It was “a strike against the static."

The minister said he hoped the plebiscite would free the govern- ment. frcm it; pas‘. commitments against compulsory overseas service and open the way for whatever ac- tion future events might dictate.

He said he was against comcrlp- lion as a method of raising an ef- ficient army and WRS convinced

As the fifth day of the siege that the voluntary system had suc- ran out with the Japanese invader ceeded to date. still lying quiescent across the "The world ls ln flames." he ad-

Johors strait, and disposing his ded "No one can tell what meth- trcops under heavy fire from Bri- tish batteries, Geri. Sir Archibald Wavell declared ln s. special order of the day:-_

“Our part is w gain time for great reinforcements we and our American allies are sending to the eastern theatre,

"We are in a similar position to the original British expeditionary force which stopped the Germans and saved Europe in the first battle of Ypres.

“We must be worthy successors to them and save Asia by fight- ing these Japanese.

"We have now reached an area where we cannot be constantly outflanked. and where the enemy cannot exploit superior mobility.

"We must yield no strip of ground without fighting hard. and must leave nothing behind un- destroyed that vvoulc. be or the least scrvicc to the enemy.

“Our friends and allies, the Dutch. are carrying out this policy in every part of the Netherlands East Indies with sacrifice and resolution.

"I look to you all to fight this huttle without further thought of retreat. and to make the defence memorable and

Declares Gov’t is withholding Information

TORONTO. sv-b. 4-icP>-Mai0r Alan cockeram charged in an rid- dress last night that the Federal Government is withholding from the public “the truth about hap- penings off an eastern Canadian port" in order to "cover up their lack of sufficient preparation."

“'I‘hc Government o‘ Canada is trusting the people as if they were children,“ Mil] Cockeram told a political meeting hold in the in- forests of Rt. Hon. Arthur Mclghcn, Dominion Conservative ‘eader and candidate in the York south by-electlon Feb. 9.

"Canadians are Sl-llblf‘ enough mid inlclligcili, enough to be told

of Singapore as , , ,. W . Successful M, exploit as we d,“ .llL' trillliL. Ttlu _A|lit(‘l1C.l'l)‘i souirin- fence of Tobruk (in Llbvnl which mem at‘ S 1S ‘flop? ‘l m“ Mp5 British Australian and Indian "N bomg Sunk 0H- me coasts‘ They

‘ ‘ “ veep file iwoplc informed so that

“Oopiheld so long and 5° gm" iirci" can face the situation as rvnlists. They always loll them ihc lIEWi \\‘l'l0lll(l‘ good or bud." Mo]. Cockcrrinl. on ncziu- service with the Irish regiment. was the former Conservative nu-mbcr for Yank South lmil rcsigucd ill favor of Mr. Meiyhcn. J, W. Noseworthyv. (n-operativc Conimtmxvviillli l-‘cd- e-raitlon, is opposing Mr. Mciglicn in the election.

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International At A Glance

Dutch Is Heavily

BATAVIA. N.E.I., Ficb. -—'I‘he defenders 0f Java. acutely aware of a possible JHPQHCJC in- vasion, tonight grimly counted 174 —-—-— casualties and "very mnsiderablc"

DON — Beaver-brook named fighter alrcmfl, lmes after yester- vur uctlon minister ln Cabinet day's two-hour assault by more "M °' ‘it?’ “i.‘;‘€-““’°".‘i“nsi.°"“‘“i m3

-—-— a ed ion wic as repace

BANGOON — B. A. F., American 31;; “w” as an offsnslvp 1355A

m"! "nub 5'9 "hm i" Fm" T Netherlands high command

tBy The Canadian Press! MOSLOW — Russians i-uiilinui- drive, bearing most strongly on Ger- man centre, right flank.

CAIRO -- British surrender Der- na. but inland forces ltage offensive

SINGAPORE — Island fortress quiet except for air attack in filth day of siege n Wavell messages help co

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s“|‘"°n 31"‘- sald Japanese losses "were pre- wusiunoron - m» repulsed mpg, ‘Qfilffe “,,f§“fg,,;*‘3, Q1‘;

ln Baton cont drive. Sh}: we" veg, cgnsggerlablsp. _ owever . e et er an s com- nfizfis’ Elihu ‘Fawn “n, "nu mand said Soerabejas port in- n‘ ' ' stallallons suffered little in the destructive initial raid, and also

New Zealand Armed Vessel Sees Action

reported that ground troops still were resisting bitterly against the Japanese landing forces on Am- bolnu Island. N.E.I.‘s second mcst import-ant base, far to the ncrlh-

g“; unca on . armed uierchant cruiser Monowal (A mks‘, rum mp0“ Nmyed b).

m‘! ‘m ma“ nmm"me mmmd Berlin claimed that the Japanme iiffihwfifitf.“ 3135??“ ‘W1 °°"“"°‘°1Y “mum Amma- fio m,‘ m" “and b 5 ‘mm, 635 miles off northern Australia. side. Indications were at two mgplgtrflltliguny Imam! °“ “Md wrpedoe‘ were ‘but n" mmmes (A Canberra, Australia. iiispalih Ellffzcemfogw° “mammlg? announced that Japanese pianos i", o Md m, “Kfizh f °m_ raided Koerwnr. capital or Net-hor- pe he "bu" w“ lands Tlmor, south of Ambolna. in

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