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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1942

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Canadian Destroyer Ottawa ls Sunk

OLDS AT STALIN GRAD

Big . Gags/fell City incessantly

Further Proof Of Royal Navy (Irim Struggle

I13 Lives Believed Lost In Sinking 0f H. M. C. S. Ottawa by Enemy

Torpedo.

orrivvs. Svnt- 21 depmyr-r Ottawa to th

-(CP)—A Gennan torpedo sent the Canadian e bottom of the Atlantic with loss of 113 "V",

, - 1s ed today. M“?! isgrloiwolclcatlon of the erlrn Ilrhtln: in vvhlrb

hi?“ 0| m; Canadian Navy have been involved since the enemy ‘flan’; submarine forces northward to strike at trans-Atlantic non- i

voys after leavtng hunting constwrse

them more or lees alone for some six months whill tankers and other ships further south.

h “h! the "m4 naval loss announced in a week and the 10th ship

lost by Canada's s

i; approached the

were lost. Although a

u, hiy modern destroyer, one of §,,,,,°'§:§ equipped on the outbreak of _ 7- ‘ .

Tells Axis About

. Ship Movements

1110 m: JANEIRO. sepb- 21—tA Pl-Jlhc Italian Count Edmoncio Di Militant. official of the Italian Laii Airline. has confessed after several wccks of inquiry that he operated an espionage ring watch has been tolling the Axis about ship movements in the south Atlan- llc, Police announced today.

n1 Rclvllnnt and a number of other persons are under arrest, and police hinted that their inquiries promzsc to uncover other details of’ the cxiciuivc activities of spies in Smith fr ,. n.

T 41-r ar-old Count confessed.

n ocmc announcement sald, that Th

he oucrnlrvl a radio transmitter

‘ ‘r1 would communicate with O11" of the most sensational

l’ sent out was the viral ' xhnt the BrltiFh transport, Queen lirry. touched this po"t sev- lPlvlllhlliils ago.

D1 ltcbihni, who once was 1m hide to iilP late Gen, Italo Balbo, fairlmlv Italian flyer, was married 0n Sew 29, 1931. to Mrs. Helen ' Wilson, a native of sut Luke Cilv. Mayor James J. ivaikcr officiated at the ceremony in New York's cltv hall.

Thc police report said that Di Rllbliflllt acted in Brazil under in- structions of tho Italian naval com- mander Euzo Di Vinclnn. wn) dir- ected that n radio sender ‘cc est- ablished, D‘ Rabllunt persuaded an Italian technician, Imleto Albleri,

rel nn a station at Jacarepagua.

11 R10 Dc Janclro state. From the ouiurio ihc plant presented the in- Wrllt appearance of a rubbi- nod 10inch D's: farm, Police said that alter each Lransm‘ssion Albicri hid the radio apparatus in an iron box Ind buried it in soft earth.

BONES CHARCOAL

0119 of the‘ most valuable pro-

from bones is animal chur-

Boming Events

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"Talkies-Bi, Peters Wednesday.

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"Talkies-Eldon Friday. 9-21-21. "Talkies-Matron ‘Tuesday.

‘Jytiblklcs-Murrsy River

0-21-3. "Chicken suppe bin o and ‘lace in bot 6 " a hp,’ 23rd‘ 5 hall, Wedheisélivi, "Chicken su s p st. “term flail, ped m- “Qéifssm- “"3"- ' 9-10-41. "NWWQ- Chicken sup r and nee, so, James Hall, ummer-

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- tawa Navy Mi

ea. fighting force in the present war. In the death-toll loss of the destroyer Margaree in 1940 when 142 lives

prflwwll‘ member of the Canadian fleet, the Ottawa wal

the six with which the Canlfllll!

war. shifted to the scene of o rations from the Pacific coast w en the conflict started, the Ottawa has since that time given much useful service in convoy and other opera- tions and survived many clashes with enemy submarines and air- craft,

As in the case of the corvette Charlottetown and the Pliwl 8111b Raccoon, officially l‘st d last week as lost, Mr. Macdon d gave few details of the character of the en-

nt.

signifies intimated, however, that. the Navy has a story 11 losses inflicted on the ennny, of which the announcement of the sinking of a submarine by the des- troyer Asslnlbolne last week was only the first instalment.

SURVIVORS

Three Prince Edward Islanders are listed smona the survivors.

cse are: AB.- Wilfred U. Doucette, R.C.N. V.R.. son of Mrs. Mary D0009“?- No ih Rustico Harbor. sncis P. Carraaher (cook) son ‘M321 Thomas Csrraaher, NW W" tsh re. -

AB. Elton Worth son of Percy Worth, 8 mngwortn Avenue. Char- lottetown.

‘News of losses sufftfid-bv our own ships is given out of the new

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as soon as survivors reach norv, and h

next-of-kin have been notified but losses inflicted on the enemy are

kept secret until the navv is sure h

the information will not give him useful information about the where- nbrhlts and striking power of his uv .

Lt-Cmdr. c.A. Rutherford of Halifax, officer commanding the Ottawa. was listed as missmu and believed killed in action, but 78 of

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INTERNATIONAL -

AT A GLANCE

(Canadian Press)

RU55lA—Rede oust Germans from some oocllllled Itllflvl "T Stalingrad as battol enters 30th

AT ASEA—BritIsh Admiralty an- nounces Naai battleship Tirpitz has left her Norwe iau refu e: in 0t- eter Mac onald au- nounced lose of destroyer Ottawa-

MADAGASCAR — British near capltll as government flees.

NORTH AFRICA-B. A. F. med- ium bombers pound Tobruk for m- entb time in elsbt ullhll

nnszn. - Police seize Italian count who admits eevlvfllll-

swEDElL-Nssi radio and prose threaten kinldnm as Communists gialn seats on Stockholm a city coun- c L

Tobruk Supply

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Ax planes st a landing field in the Ii Dubs area, causing one lame fire and three smaller ones, Other collectives were hit u Matruh and on the road west. of ll Dabs. ,

0n The Alert For The Tirpitz

LONDON, Sept. 21 - (AP) _. Word that the German battleship Tmvpltz is on the prowl along me Russian convoy route raised ms possibility tonight of the first 11181011" Atlantic sea. battle since the 511110-118 of the Bismarck, the Tir- pltz's slslerehlp, 16 ITI-cinths ago.

Unofficial reports said the Tir- pitz, biggest thrng in Hitler's navy, SW16 away frcm her hideaway at Trondheim, Ncrvyay. orve; s, week n80 under cover of autumn fog and the 12 hours of darkness now prevalent in the north seas.

TUGTO was official silence here on the question of wfoeihsr the “will mliiht have participated 1n the Arctic battle in which the Germans claimed thehr suhmarme and sir forces sank aa of 45 Bri- tish and American merchan men out of the biggest Allied convoy ever sent to Russia.

While these Nazi, Qlpjmg m“ branded exaggerated as usual, un. cfficlel sources expressed the be. lief that Allied losses likely had been heavy.

In view of the disclosure yester- day by A.V._ Alexander, first Iprd of the Admiralty, that Brgwhrs battleship losses had been made up it was possible that. the Royal Navy hid 89M One or moze new capital ships hunting for the Tirpitz,

0n The Alert M-T- Alfivindvfs fiteiemcnt was

interpreted as indicating that, the fleets newest battleships, the Ansgn

01 and Howe, were read-y and spoiling

for action. Both 56,0J0tcns,if.1ey are wnflififmd Wpable of standing up to anything afloat, The Tirpitz 716ml! Ls listed by the Germans at 35.000 tens but British quarters say ahtehhis tons or mere.

e ans TEpGTLEG the m. pedoed the Tirpitz last Jul; a in the Arctic and broke up a Nazi effcrt to tear into a big convoy.

At that. time Capt T. Danilcv of the Red fleet, writing in the gov. ‘mlmm newspapers Izvestza, said "the ba-ltxshlp Tirpitz is very strong, but now wdl have to un. derso several men-tbs recon-s to cure the severe wound inflicted by the Soviet submarine."

Earlier, in March, British nu. redo planes caught the Tirpitz off Norway and drove her back to shelter at. another time when she wastberlieved starting 0,, a cgnyqy 1m- ,

But for the mos-t part Hitler's super-battleship ke-pt to Trench elm during the lung 511mm" days when her movements could be easily checked by British scout planes.

British Progress In Madagascar

IDNDON, Sept. 21 — (GP) —- Briitlsh fco-oes, hampered more by road demolluons than actual Vichy Fireman resistance, were reported today within 3'7 miles of Tsnan- arlve capital of Madagascar which the Governor-General has quit for a provisional headquarters at the south of the Island.

The Madagascar radio, heard at Port Louis on the British Island of Mauritius, said the nearest Bu. tlsh approach was made along the twisting road from Majunga, where British forces landed on the north- west coast at dawn Sept. l0,

A Brirtizh communique said the troops closing in from this direct- ion "are advancing south of An- kazobe, which was taken Sept. 19 after a short engagement," An- ka is 50 miles airline from the capital.

The Madagascar broadcast said a second British force oust-ling in frcm the east coast was about 90 miles from ‘Innanarlve. This was the column which occupied the rcad and rail junction of Brick- s/vllle, tbs capital's principal com. munlwtlons link with the east ooest.

Official information reach Ion Oifl that reslstnnce s- Brlckaville was very slight, but that the route to Tsnanarlvc was block- ed temporarily when the Vichy French dvnarnited a railroad bridge on the line inland. Brltilh Ibst African headquarters said that rain on the northwest coast. had ed operations, but that British trccps in this 11e- gion as well as on the northeast coast were forging southward.

A ccrmmm ue announced the occupation Befoteka on the northwest coest and sahembava on the northeast coast.

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. QDiPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Unconfirmed Nazi accounts of devastating

United Nations’ life lines in the peculiarly subject to the suspicion their timing.

TGTSBS Brew Of Violent Street Fighting Continues. Ottawa Women and Children Evacuated.

(By Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press Staff Writer)

Sent. fll-KIP) —

twin blows struck at _TOR»ONTO.

North Atlfllll-lt! and "to AIM-ll! l"! Llfm" '1‘1"?"1-1s Chan“ Pun“? announced today on the 29th day of of extreme exaggeration because of sciallg'lgll'°fil,‘cllnaml am,‘ exwume

Oriana. told in an interview at his which has 101111111 the 53115 100 1111"‘!

Hitler's propaganda mill has in the past blown up relatively minor ncalbv Oakvllle home today of the their badly wounded.

incidents at sea to draw German public attention from less favorable 111211 null-ire of the crew of the i11- developments elsewhere. Nor can it be doubted that the epic Russia defence of Stalingrad, the Rommel failure to crack the British front in E8111"- fllid. 35°" l". B11555 111d Russia" 3h‘ h11“°l’inE at German cifiesv highest order riuht through," are having some wearing effect on German war nerves. v _ _

They needed a tonic. The Berlin propaganda machine probably 1111115 01 11101101110"

sought to supply it in the form of

which, to hear Berlin tell it, allied convoys WNQ virtually annihilated in

North Atlantic and the Arctic. Unquostionably, both these stories have

some basis in fact but that they approached the disastrous proportions acts of heroism performed in

outlined by the Nazis is quite improbable. I I O

Timing also must be considered in weighing the significance of what looked like a Finnish effort to find some means of escape from the war

and her Axis fellowship. lt came in

course issued by Finnish Minister Procope In Washington. This was its

' g sentencm- 0 "Finland wants to cease fighting as soon as the threat to her ex- mnmmc Chm-Eh and hem up the

istence has been averted and guarantees obtained for her lasting secur- ..

most thought-p-

h That sounds like an open bid for American pressure on Russia to offer peace to Finland on a basis that this country or the whole United Nations fellowship could guarantee. 1t oame not only at a time of crisis

for Russia but just as President Wlllkle, reached Moscow.

Third Victory

Loan Campaign

Commando Dagger to be Symbol For $ 750,000, 000 Loan Campaign.

OTTAWA, Sept. 2l—(CP)— The commando dagger, weapon of ruth- less, all-out warfare, will he -e symbol for the $750,000,000 third Victory Loan campaign opening Oct. 19, it was announced today; by G.W. Spinney, Chairman of the Na.- tfonal War Finance Committee,

“Canadians who buy third Victory Loan bonds next month will partici- pate personally with Gen Mc- Naughlon (Lt-Gen. A. G. L. Mc- Naughton, Canadian armv com- mander) and the Canadian Army Overseas in pointing the dagger at the heart of Berlin", Mr. spinners announcement said.

Some 722 commando daggers — army issue from. Sheffield, England -—ho.ve been flown TDCBIIHYTK! for dis- tributfon to the ‘I22 local units of the National War Financc Commit-- tee throughout the country.

Dagger to Regiment

" When each community umt achieves its war loan objective. it will dispatch its crmmando dagger to the regiment overseas which rc- presenis that community," the statement said.

"The dagger will be for actual use in battle by n member of the regiment and will stand as a plcdile from the folks back home to sixpoly the armed forces overseas with all the weapons and equipment they need to reach Berlin."

Lapel badges issued to loan can- vassers will be blue with e sliver dagger On them, and pennants and flags flown in the campaign will bear the commando dagger symbol.

The commando dagger is an sil- steel weapon about 14 inches long. The guard has an Arabesque curve. and the blade has a diamond-sec- tioned pattern.

Dagger Ceremonials

Commando dagger ceremoniels will be held in 22 centres Sunday, Oct. l8. Finance Minister Ilsley and Mr. Spinney are asking mayors or head of local government ‘n all municipalities to proclaim Oct l! “Third Victory Loan sunday." On that day, at meetings, Canadians will pledge themselves to an in- ttgnslfied support of Canada's job o war.

Report Germans Cross Volga

IONDON. lent. 22—f'1‘uesda )- (AlU-Rveuien ducted the V chv radio today as smertiruz that. Cler- man troops crossed the Volau Riv- er five dave mo but d.id not dis- close the mini. of the claimed brl gchead.

The Germans had claimed some time egg to have reached the Volga banks tn north and south of stal- lntmd. but Russian reports have not borne out any such development.

Roosevelt's unity emissary, Wendell men

_ A Monday night midnight n intuit craft.

"You unulcln't want a better com- Danv-thcu: discipline was of the he man companies." and. "Tin-y were true to the tradi-

Licut. Pullcn, who was rescued af-

ter five hours 1n the water, is home on leave.

dootored versions of sea actions in --"man of‘ steel." ‘lire ullicel‘ said there were many German heavy’ guns were pump- the ing shells incessantly into the hours irllcr 111a destroyer" was lost. squares and fhorougtifares of Stal- , but that m the darkness he had fngrad, but the latest official bul- bren unable to pick out any partlc- letin said of the fight:- 11101‘ 11011105- _ "Several attacks were launched _ "I was cllzlgurz to a raft. within one sector by s regiment of a long justification of his country's lust mv hcadnbure water." he said. German infnmry suppQfted by I couldnt lll(‘k out any particular yanks. bu; they were n1] repulsed mun bv name, but. I do know that mu, Severe 1m,“ for me e,,c,,,y_~- n a mil ncnrbr one man took one Red m,“ wiped out 230 Ger- ,. , F mans and destroyed 24 motor veh- WMLX “f. m” W“ b" 51mm" mid icles and three mortar batteries in cncolnnmmz-them‘ the house-w-hotlse fighting the hitsCeiig~ni\'1if€;e€111£l2gp c1111? communique added‘ In the Mozdok area of the mid-

to the raft." Llcut Pullcn said. _ . Payincz tribute i0 the mlssinz Caucasus we Russians ‘Sam we“ the omen, and, n1 m“ say outnumbered tioops had inflicted with conviction that the families of hflwy 1°55“ o“ the ‘memy m 9°!“ the men who are missinfz can be as- ltxllgued Euwesslul ddenswe fight‘ shred their loved ones acuuitted - themselves in a manner that was a on the Black .5“ wast scum‘ credit to the SOTVTCCS. Ever-v man in ‘fast of N°v°r°~l5lsk the Red "m? m9 51,193 companv was Handy likewise was holding the Germans

______.___... in check, the communique said.

(Broadcast German news reports I bore out the Moscow version of "rt s grim Russian resistance. The Transocean Agency said "there's on the Stalingrad

_ I nothing new 0f e front," and then proceeded to ex- plain the German army's difficul- les. It took Nazi engineers, the ____ agency said. 90 hours to clear s.

BOO-foot Russid mine field where OTTAWA, Scipt. 21 - (c?) - 15.000 errploslve chnrses had been Nine Canadian solzflcrs believed WWII- dead as a result of the battle of (In n terse paragraph the Ger- Dicupe now are reported prisoners "1311 M811 wlnmiifld said: "In some of war, i-t was dlsglqsgd mdny m districts cf Stalingrad which the mm 15,5, and 162ml “my 0,33- enemy is desperately trying to hold ualiy ibis o-f the wnr, issued by me with the help of fresh reinforce-

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lot 1a . I I fish’, “g, the“ were hrevwhm, uhist a position m the north of the Roof-ml killed in slicing; kcapé. “,’,"Z,‘hv°.‘,’)““'1md Wm‘ 1°55" f" the ~ ' w. c t 1 -' ' E1121.‘ lilvlyi, 1122512150.] lgrogwrfinof atggktigs If“? 0dr "l": Gonna“ o Hamiltcu; Licut. ILA F Ourrie of circle or“ N“? hrglrfio“, “QZQ

Toronto; Pie. G,L Bradley, Pie. I I.N Kcrrs and Cpl. . F. Bl u Mnhoney cf Hamilton; Pile. E A. King of Fflllllflifld Ontqohhnd Pie. a W. Turner o Acton, t. _.__ ‘Ihe uincth man was acting Maj. D.A. Dazlel of Windsor, Ont; pre.

The erection of a ZLOOO-ton dry- viously reported missing and be-

dock at Bouthuort is tbeinzd consld- llcved killed. w . ' an C ,

h“ mmmm h was announced OTII-tifllgregégs-flvmligglartglfj ihixve “was. Dispatches said that all est. nizht by Mr. A. J. MCIDHi5.yQ-wn15 rehonea m h“ d1“, whne‘ e “men ‘md chfldre“ hi“! b11011 blunt superintendent. The slip would; prfiohchl o‘, m“. hnycmhw Co“ fevdiwggted and ‘gm eYerY “P104106- cost in the vicinity of $500,000 and hm, S _, Yam, o, “numb, Ba , , " W“ "11, 0P ""05 and help- would accomodate vessels aso t. '- I‘ . . r ~ y‘ m! n ‘he cit-Vs defencfi larkc as the Prince Edward Island n," Nevin.“ y ‘Kpcncd missmg’ mmhferp,’ ] u-m h nOTheB £11m: glffdriames I

e oca f h d th t- ‘ . , ~~ ' ter under OOXISlGCTiABIAODa fore Argue mmy4°m' me“ Prcvmusl’ "W-"i-

time and if the drvdock moteriai- 9d mi-‘Siflg now are reported pri - Reaffirms Policy

craters in the outskirts and left their marks deep in the city.

‘The air force poured in bombs at rate that made the earth shud- der, and the torrent of noise was 5° great that the chatter of ma- chine-guns and rifles was all but hushed in the bedlam,

Still the Red army refused

lam it would be bum on L119 51w soncrs of war; three men were re. selected some years ulzo at South- ported to have dloi. Presumably oort by the Federal Government. not no a result 0f 11w Dionne bar- Mr. McInnis said. At present the tic; three were listed as prisoners larger vessels from this Provlnoeorf wnr. presumably not evlously

11111-51’ 1° W dFYdMR-l 011 lhc Hmln- mpor-icri: one was repc ed sea-i- m-“d m‘ WW1"- ously ill and four mlssing. MADRID, Sept. 23 - (TUES- Asked why some men previously DAY) -—- (A P) — The 51911-111511

reported killed now are stnbrd to Cflbilitl. in a Communique issued be pylsongrs of war imm- ihe Ger- at the cud of 11s fourth meeting authorities delivered their 111 f1\’e_ d055, P10111150‘! E8111’ 10081’ lists of prisoners officials said to P11111511 "1ni‘><0rn"1>ly"’ any violcnce great difficult-y had been experlen- 0800150- ihe Slate Within 51min 011d ccd in sorting our, rgpOTTB oi the reaffirmed the anti-communist men's fate, In 501112 cases four and D0110)’ 111B “R1100 Party has fol- flve different reports were received IOWBd for f-he last six years. on one individual. It was the first important an. The military authorities acted on nourrwrrent made by the cabinet the best information they could $11109 50M, 3, when Ramon Ser- obtein, having in mind the deslr- rano S1111“, b1'°l~1101"-1I1-1<iW 0f ability of letting relatives know the Gen, Franco avowed admirer of fate of soldiers as soon as possible, the totalitarian system, was re- ln some cases rnporris passed on to placed as foreign minister and as‘ the public have proved not correct. chief of the political Junta of the .__._______ Falange, Spain's only authorized