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S. Suspends Aid French Africa

W shington broadly hints diplomatic (ti tions with Vichy may be suspended.

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followed‘. publication newspapers of a

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Soviet Union.

io expect heavy bombln

chief of the war indus- committee

military objectives view of the nature houses and other condit-

tracts lct Island work

(YITdWA. Nov. 20 —(CP.) --Con- rarded from Nov. 5 to Nov. slve by the department oi s and supply numbered 8.- totnl value of 314083.082,

tonight.

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Associated Prela Staff Write!

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20——(AP)-- The United States today suspended economic assistance to France's North African colonies, and" broad- ly hinted that diplomatic relations with the Vichy government mi ht be severed because of increesng Nazi domination of French affairs.

Announcing“ that “American p01- lcy towards rance is being re- viewed,” Secretary of State Cordell H1111 mode it clear that the attitude of lhe United States would be de- termined by France's future oo- tion toward Hitler's schemes take over by force or threat of force the sovereignty and control of the French empire."

His statement stemmed from the Vichy government's oction in removing Gen. Maximo Weygand as France's pro-consul in North Africa. This step, Hull said, was taken at "the exrprezes deonand of Hitler" and it was regarded here as conclusive evidence of "collab- oration" between France and her ueror to the detriment of. ates interests.

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Lapointo rallies From heart attack

MONTREAL, Nov. 20 —(CP) --

comprlsing campaigner who ha: contested every political battle to the end, tonight rallied from a heart attack which put his life in extreme danger this afternoon.

1t was the second attack in two days. The first occurred yesterday and he was twice placed in an oxv- gen tent. He spent a restful night and forenoon until a bad change for (he worse came this afternoon and he was again put under oxy- gen for relief. The attack subsided and later he was reported resting well and talking to members of his family. ,

News Briefs

OTTAWA. Nov. 20—(CP)~It has been decided not to proceed with a $33,000,000 contract for 200 twin-engined bombers of the Martin B26 t. pe awarded c National Stee Car Company‘ at Multan, Ont. it was learned ere today, but. instead the Maltun

lant will work on a contract or a new four-motor British typo of bomber.

BERLIN, Nov. 20—(AP)—A Ger-' man military spokesman claimed tonight that the Russians are at- tempting to evacuate their troops from besieged Leningrad with trans- port planes, and that six of these planes had been destroyed by Ger- man airmen.

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VICKY, Nov. 20—(AP)—Tbe Minister of Iraq formally noti-

Forelgn Office fivernment‘! de- a off diplomatic

ISTANBUL, Nov. uo-fAPl-Tur- key was reported authoritatively w- dsy to have rejected a German re- quest for o Turkish-German chess union to bind newspapers of the two countries together for consolidated control of policy.

BUDAPEST Nov. 20—(Al'l— About 400 “ ommunlsts" have been killed and more than 500 prisoners have been taken in guerllln warfare in former Yu- soslavla during the last few

a s, reports from today.

Three Nazi Transports Sunk by Rods

MOSCOW, Nov. 31 -—(l\‘idl7) —

LONDON, Nov. 20 -(CPl -—'I'he British Imperial armies, throwing out successlvelv widening arcs of steel across the bleak Libynn tor- rain while the Mediterranean fleet loosed a runninu storm of fire irpnn the axis coastal positions. tonight threatened Gen. Erwin Rrunmvlls North African Corps wi'n (ilsnsl-rous envelopment. This, the annihilation of all the German and Italian troops, wns the declared objective of the swoepzug desert offenslvc——an objective pm- clalmed todnv in the House of Com- muns by Prime Minister Churchill, who said gravcly that the decision was fast approaching. Bo vast was the operation skirt- lm the western desert and the Mediterranean-an operation where British land. sea and air ponrr went forward for the first time on even or better terms with the Gor- mans-that only its trend wns ap- guarent to British observers hem. _t the Prime Minister made it clear that the British command had planned for a quick decision.

(AP)- Three German transports and n tanker hove bee‘? sunk by

gptnently en route nniah and German far north. was sent to the bottom of the Barents Sea. but did not aergion whether it was ,_ teebod nnen warohh. ' The communique reported fight-

and . tank bottles on the cen- wd msouthsrn fronts‘ gnu:- por one - man tanks. loo cumin! 111- fcntry an ammunition, 140 woion- loads of equipment, two covet?! squadrons and m infantry battal-

destroyed. In another battle It German

inland

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Like Clash of Fleets

It was, he explained. by its nat- um one of the most extraordinary grand manoeuvres in history - a thrust "like n. clash of fleets and flotlllns, and as in a sea battle all may be settled one way or another in the course of a few hours."

‘This offensive," he went on. ‘has

been long and elaborately prepared and we have walled for nearly rive months in order that our army shell be equipped with all enemas timt have made their mark in new war. "......I do not know whether the tflll of strength has yet taken place between heavy armored for- oes. but it cannot be long delayed.

"One thing is certain: That the firltlah and Empire troops are ani- mated by o. long pent-up and ar- dent desire to engage the enemy. feeling no they all do that this is

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iNoisy Way To Hide Tank

Spectacular explosion on the Libyan desert near Tobruk makes 5 hiding place for thc tank ncnrby, After the smoke clears, British troops run the tank into the hole, czuuoutlagc it from enemy airmen.

Y3§E?Elfi?i:i§EZ§' Big Batile Near

Decision in African Desert fast approaching, British Premier tells Commons.

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War

B)’ Kifke L. Simpson Asmclated Press Staff Writer

British Empire armies agnln are on the march in North Africa. smashing with tre- mcncloushv-lncreascd power nt GennnnJt-nlian foes on a wide desert front.

For the first time in thin wnr they are on on even foot- 1118 with the enemy in man- Dmver and modern battle equl meut on lnnd and in the ar. With the Bfiivihh Navy dcmln- sting the Mediterranean, the odds are heavil with the at- tnckers. 111s faci, foneshadows a British victory that could crack the Axis front irreperabl -un- 1cm colonial France enlstc in the struggle anew, thts time as an Axis ally.

“time l5 818E111 at a cross- roads of fateful lmxport, With his armies fully occupied in Russia. and no upper-mm “Q. ment of his over-strained sir

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Meeting In Mone- ton. MONCTON, N. B., Nov. 20-(0?)

~James D. McKenna, Saint John chairman of the

em in commercial ion.

‘ .21: locammin prognws:

that . . A. ' tended to Brim} z.

time.

Service to Sydney hat layed owing to lack of a" inau ration of ope

noon asking more ade service between Moncton and Syd- ney, elicited considerable GiSCUSSIOIl C. H. Read. Amherst, opposed u on the ground that wartime was in- opportune to present such a resolu- tion to the Dominion government He expressed conviction that when conditions warranted it. additional equipment would be made available. J. R. MacDonald. president of the Sydney Board of Trade. and Law- rence Doucett Glace Bay, support- ed. the resolut on as presented on behalf of the Resolutions Commit- tee by N. T. Avard. Amherst. An amendment that the matter be left in abeyance was moved by Mr. Read but lost on a vote of the board. Reporting for the nominating committee, Mr. Read presented the following slate of officers for the

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December 00rd Date sct for Trial blackout

December 3 would be’ the tenta- tive date set for a practice black-

times Discussed At

Transport ation . Commission of the Maritime Board‘ of ‘Trade, today visioncd the Mari-l ,_ _ _ V. on the threshold of rapid;

air‘

relation! ns-At-

dlcspcrate

(By Richard C. Massock) (Associated Press Staff Writer) - ROME. Nov. 2U—l.AP)—i’lCLLll'lllg

the enllre Alrican trout as ablazel

- with battle, the Italians admitted

tonight that strong British forces are attacking simultaneously tni Libya and Ethiopia. 1 In the Circnaican Desert of East! Libya the high command said Bait- ish and Italian Lani-cs are iightl: ' a large-scale eugageulen; along a 90 mile front.

_ln the mountalnous Gouda: re-' gum cl Ethiopia-last stronghold of Mussollnis ' a: c‘ E =' frzcan

a. .11.

. x35 in cl:-

uumference. tails oi ‘c

wen forced to ial: Wuhout denying 1 uwvccment that the arrr d pushed forward l iuesriay‘, an

contended onlv 1 i: . called an advance in

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Italians.

that the attack by surprise also‘ assertion than

TY MILES lNTO__l_.|BYA

Secs Maritimes lFascists admit i Advange Qnly 0n threshold of Strong offensive

1O Miles From BesiegecLTobruk

Italian Tank F

orce smashed

. enroute; German Tanks sighted

but not brought to battle.

CAIRO. Nov. 2U—(Al‘)—liritish tank units smashing as far as fill miles inside Libya in a great encircling move- ment were only 10 miles short of besieged TobrulCs outer

This central spearhead from $idi Omar. near the Eg)

since mid-April. ,

A number of Italian tank were taken in an engagement desert caravan point some 65 communique said.

‘§,“.~?“"‘r°d' n tank crews, op- "'be,en"_ parently for‘ _ out northward T...‘ * ‘toward ihe leriizerranean coast

without mean plies.

Conditions In Greece

ISTANBUL.‘ Nov. 2O -—(AP\ The Turkish steamship Kurtulus. ltlliCh carried America-n nun Brit- ish-purchased food to GIjQPCQ from Turkdv, returned today wit-ii a_stmy of increasingly desperate C0l1d1l10l1$ in axis-conquered Greece.

Conditions appeared to have blackened five-fold since the ships last visit thme weoks e20. it W“! said. with the R/(‘fi Cross receiving upward of 53 emergency mills daily 1n Athens alone. All the calls were described as starvation cases. most

out in Charlottetown, it was decid- ed at a. meeting of the Local Civ- illan Defence Committee last night Hall. Arrival of a blackout expert from Halifax is awaited be- fore ihe definite date is decided.

His Worship. Mayor B. l\o_v Hol- man presided and stressed the need for citizens taking a serious view of the proposed blackout. It. was point- ed out that the Dcbflriment 0f Nfl- tlonal Defence at Ottawa had des- ignated Charlottetown as a blackout

in City

area.

The Committee will take up with the Provincial Committee the mat- ter of legal authorities of the var- ious wardens, also the matter o1 providing them with an arm bann or lapel badge: also the mutt-er of a proclamation.

It was decided to hold a general public meeting in Prince of Wales College when the Halifax expert ar- rlves.

A meeting of the citizens of Ward One was held last night to dlsolsfi organization work in contraction with the blackout.

Cardinal llillcneuvc Declares bingo Games prohibited

QUIXJ, Nov. ZO-(Clll-Car- dlnal vtlleneuve, Archbishop of Quebec, said in s. communique published today that bingo games r are illegal and declared that may

are expressly forbidden in l parochial and other works" in Quebec's archdiocese.

“The time appears no have come- for us to declare officially that bingos are expressly forbidden in all parochial and other works, in the measure of the extension of civic law 0n the matter," the Cor- dinal said in the communique, published in La Semnlne Reli- gleuse, official publication of the archdiocese.

M

F L Ll l3 EXCELS IN THE KITCHEN

of the victims too far gone to re- cover.

The Kuy-Lulus is scheduled to ne- w", as 5mm as reloaded with an- other 5,000 tons of foodstuffs.

ILS. Gov’t may Seize closed Goal mines

WASHINGTON. Nov. 20-(AP)— United states defence officials hinted tonight, as reports came in of new shootings in the captive mine dispute and sympathy walk- outs spread in commercial coal pits, that legislation would be of- fered shortly’ for government seiz- ure of the closed workings,

The conviction grow that Pre- sident Roosevelt might soon give the go-signnl-probably next week --on a measure authorizing federal operation of the mines and pro- vidlng for use of injunctions ag- ainst labor leaders or pickets in- tel-faring with production

William H. Davis. chairman of j the disrupted national defence med- , latlon board, was mentioned as having a hand in drafting of the ‘, projected legislation. It was the _ board's 9-in-2 adverse recommen- dation 0n the “union shop" demand of the United Mine workers that precipitated the new strike of 53.- 000 minors in captive pits and nearly twice as many more in supporting walkout: in commer- cial mines.

Under the "union shop" system (which President Roosevelt calls a closed shop) all miners ln cap- tive mines would have to become U. M. W. members within a stated period alter getting their jobs. Such a system already prevails ln commercial mines The captive mines are owned by steel com-

, which use tie fuel. while commercial mines market their output through regular commer- cial channels.

Meanwhile gunfire rattled in Fayette County. Pa. where three men fell slightly wounded in a

lcltet-llne affray, raising the

tel or the week's strike casual- ties to five. HALIFAX CHILD KILLED

HALIFAX, Nov. zo-(CPi-Glen Richardson, six-yenr-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Richardson, was killed today when he appar- ently rnn from bctween parked automobiles into the side of a coal truck. Cyril McDonald. the truck driver. told police he did not see the child and his first know-

ledge of the accident was when

hefcltebumpon

the rear wheels. .\

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y from tho sidl Omar-Tobruk line,

zghted a German tank force 2.1mm 30 miles west of Fort Ca- pzzzzo. but the communique said:- 543 (Nazi tanks) withdrew

could be brought t0

te entire lAO-mile front

.6 from Salum on to Glarabub in the n command said nue to develop

British break-through was in the centre of . =1 wut-h of Sidi Omar. ng almost to Tobruk in’ operations up to last night. the, offensive in the first two days had threatened to bottle up a major, segment of the Axis troops.

The communique said that Bri- tlsh “pressure upon the enemy holding defensive lmaiitles beq tween llulfaya (“Hellfire Pass")i and Sldi Omar is maintained."

This apparently was part of the British strategy to immobilize the

By

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0f action by

British Fleet

(By Larry Allen, Associated Press Staff Writer)

OFF LIBYA, Nov. flash of big British naval guns) mingled with stabs of lightning! during a violent thunderstorm early yesterday morning as huh-l drcds of higi explosives were umped into German and Italian ases on the Libyan shore to aid a huge British land drive west- ward across the desert.

There was little answering fire from the shore. and no British warships were hit in this bom- bardment. officially described as successful,

From the top deck oft of this flagship which stood farther out to sea to screen the attacking cruisers. destroyers and other light units. from any Italian Will‘- ships. l watched tho attack con- centruted mainly on Salum. near- by "Hellfire Pass" and Hardin. all east of Tobruk. whore a British garrison has hold out since April.

Later at twilight of that samej day I sanv Axis tonaedo-carryvlng planes approach this ship and the others, but United Suites-made planes manned by British airmen streaked out from the Libyan coast and drove them off.

The British ships iockeyed into position just after midnight. Rain fell in torrents. At times lightning lit up the area in blinding flashes. hut most of the time it was the flsunes belchl from British guns which illumlna d the sen and the dark Libyan coast

Heavy explosions rumbled from ashore after the crackling blast of landing shells. British officers said these indicated hits on Axis munitions dum s and that their shelling had dsrupted Axis troop deployment ashore.

The bettl fleet took plenty of

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Italians rcly 0n Nazi arms

LONDON, Nov. 20—(CP)—-'I'h¢ Rome radio loft no doubts today about whom Italians expect bear the weight of Brltalns new- ly daunched Cirennlcan offensive. In a commentary quoted bynl-fle British Brnadcastlfli! Collmr“ 61‘; nu liulimi anuomrilcgiatolfflftl \- v . ,1. .- milmue ‘nclmclzfeer. ltnllaual The ' Germans will see us throuBhT

miles into Libya;

f defences tonight after smashing an Italian tank force.

penetrated n01'th\vesl\vurd "ptiun frontier‘ to ltczcgh on

,1 the escarpment, above a maze of gullics, which leads down . to the sea where a British garrison has been holding out

s and 150 Fascist prisoners en route at no lil Gobi. a miles from Sldi Omar. the

international At A Glance

vanguard now only 10 miles short of besieged Tobruk.