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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, JANUARY s, 194i

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Annual

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By lull: P. E.

Sublrrlpfion Delivered. $5.00 l.. $1.00; Clnnllu land L36. $0.00

German Army In Crimea Threatened’ Free French Admiral f.

Soviets-push Forward in. KliarkoLarea

, J . 'i—(AP)—Russl Iowntigufiea the entire sill? ‘Mug of the

mil

German army Orimea

‘and loaatud w“? "w, area a "It - pa. tong: far northern riniiish front.

Iii the Crimea, the Bovlet garri- 502i of the Black Sea naval base oi geyutppol, formerly a. city on Ger-

been con-v - =~= err q] and aouth of ma eity was movin: toward envelopment of

c Nazis. mAn operation similar to that, which already had cleared the Kerch Pen- lfl5lllilz—-cl'llnQl'l eastern extremity ._;ipp¢l.i‘€d to be in motion.

Strongest of current mission thrusts was developing from the arca o! their northernmost landing on Crimea about Yevpatrolya some 40 filllt?! north of Sevastolwl-llnd there heavv 9811111152 “'35 TQEOTW‘! with Nazi troopsialeiffied nort ward

Bevaaw l .

"om pohlgh wmmand in ita broadcast communique acknowledg- ed sRussian landing at Yevplit- o. under protection of the So- fleet, but claimed. that, llie So- vl forces were “annihilated?

1.10m Feodoslya, ivliicla stands in Edsiem Crimea in the area of the junction of the main 90111115111! wilil Kerch. a second Russian of- fllislve was driving westward.

supporting Russian forces W61"! lauded soutliivcst oi the Ecodosiyfl. tlic Germans ntllllltietl. 1111b 08111“ iilc clliliii was inude that B1181‘ 1W1 bull “smashed?

‘i. second most active theatre of tn. any was in the Ukraine. "V1101" till.- upper column of the Russizzn lilllllos of the south was reaching oi fur Kharkov. the great. indus- ti" l centre whose recapture would

1.1. Marshal Srnlcon Tlmoslienlzo n c111; wily forward in his campaign for llie restoration of all the U Xilllll‘.

'l.icre were reports that the mull! 11-551,,“ forms 11nd pushg-d forward n1 1,11 110 miles oi bliilTkOV on

ills cast, but while there was no

specific confirmation of till-E. i110 Gi‘l'.'lliii‘i coniii-iunlrille t¢1<n°\\'1@d8@¢1 a doc,“ breach" ill the Nazi lino‘: 110i‘ lleast oi the city. The Naz filmed, however, that, these l-ncs lml: straightened out by counter- attacks.

MAIDEN VOYAGE ENDS

0501mm, N. J._ Jan. 7-(AP)—- A strange maiden vovnse 9110911 today when a United States ‘incl arrived from o roiinrl-tlic-vrorid trip during which she was over- taken by the outbreak of hostili- ties in the Pacific and zig-zagged her way home l5 days late. The master said there were no unto- ward incidents. The vessel was t/WO days out. of Bombay in the Indian Ocean when the United States went to war.

Coming _Events

for Neill-cl. In thin I cent! per vvord

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"BhoW-Bouria Thursda . L- g5

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“Sliow-lviontligue Saturday. 14-3511-1-7-21.

"w te l) Chi ken. rowi “n d w “y ifila-i-o-u.

Island Cold Storage.

"Reserve Thursday, lilcbruary 1211i for Zion Valentine Ten. L-iilfi-i-B-il.

"Dulce, St. James Hall, Sum- mei-ileld, ihui-adav. January 0th. Good music. Lunch. 1.! not flue, fol- lowing evening. L-363-1-7-2L

"wading Hogs every Monday (all Hi‘! at Souris. George Dingwcll. - lr-301-i2-3l-1-2-'1'l1u.-Fi’l.-l.f.

"Card Part n Holy Redeemer H1111. Wednes ay, January 14th, Bmnt Charles Auxiliary.

L-QOO-l-B-li.

“Receiving live ho s for winter months as usual. Abany Station ‘Iliursday afternoon. Emerald l- 41113! A. M. until 11 o'clock. A. C. Green. Albany, G. O. Ibnerald. 11-37‘!

"Loading hogs Colville Friday. January 9th until i P M. Also

throughout winter months. Watch for notion. Signed D. Lester Mac- Doweil. Ii-tfl-l-o-O.

"Don't forget the auction bale gftreagck, Bfltiléflflyk 5:6 Wilfred ‘a, Long ree . posters.

W. i-i. Benton, Auctioneer, 1.411.

"Monthly ‘beet! P. 1:. I. Poul- "Zv Association at oi-tlri Bamer 8110i». Friday Jen. our at a m."

ei- Pi . Open to bu 100 feeder pys, to ‘l0 pounds. ed- fltsday, anuar- 14th. Must be good tllflftg stock, ither kinda not cc- ctnte 1e. Bhipp ng Club patr n; glafleéenoe. Livestock

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"loader Pigs Oven to buy 100 m“? Plea, 00 to ll) pounds. Wed- "wlly January 14th Must be l°°fl fty stock, other kinda not manhole. Shipping Club pin-om l Preference. Livestock Marketing lrflb-l-Bfl.

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OF Seizure

Says matter came up for discussion with Canadian and U. S. Officiala before action.

Darcy O'Donnell Oanavian Preee ltaff Writer ST. PmRRE. St. Pierie-ldiquelon. Jan. 7-(0? Cablw-Vloe-Admirel Mueelier, commander of the Preach navel f

from Vichy Dec. M. amid today that occupation of the islands was discuued with Canadian government oflficlala and the-United States Minister to Can- ada while he was in Ottawa before setting out. on the expedition.

"I wanted to ask for tile agree- ment elf the governments to occupation." the Vice-Admiral said in an interview. ‘but received a formal and secret order from General de Gaullc (the Free French leader) tn act."

The naval chief’. talking to newl- papeimen who called on him after arrival of the first passenger ship to stop at the colony since the coup,

ded:

“Personally, I was not satisfied because I thought they (the gov- ernments) had the immression that I would not act without their consent."

He told how lice French cor- vettes left an East Coast Canadian Port and started out on manoeuvres a ie-w days before the seizure. Af- tcr one day of manoeuvres. he said. tile flotilla was obliged t0 liellve to and "we were guided by the heav- ens toward st. Pierre."

Two days after the occupation, l-WO of the onrveties return convoy duty on the Atlantic. The Vice-Admiral said he had prom- lrod the British Admiralty the ships would return from manoeuv- res to convoy work Dec. 2'1. and "I kcot my word."

He hnd to interrupt the inter- vicw to rluh out to a. luncheon ap- poiriiment.

The interview over. the visiting newspapcrmen set about visiting the town and found that it resem- bled a peaceful French fishing vil- lage as typified in pictures from pro-war France. The natives had a cheery "bon jolir" for the visitors.

0n the walls oi many oi the houses. the vmrds “vive de Gaulle" and the Cross oi Iorrliinc-the ‘Free French emblerm-wei-e paint- ed, "Vive Petaln" was written in several other places. including the entrance to the Roman Catholic church. v

Report ii. S. Fleet In Pacific battle

I n.

NEW YORK, Jan. 'i—(AP)--'l‘he Columbia Broadcasting System re-

orted late today it had heard the

okyo radio quoting the navy sec- tion of Imperial headquarters as saying, “The Japanese fie . fighting the United States fleet in the Pacific." The CBS said the broadcast add- ed that British forces also were in- volved and that. the engagement was in "the western Pacific."

A navy spokesman in Washington (lat-lined comment, the CBS report- e _ .

Fear heavy loss In Montreal fire

MONTREAL, Jan. ‘l -(OP) -A general-alarm fire oi undetermin- cd origin in the building of Fraser Brothers Limited in downtown Montreal, was lrrou t under eon- lrol aft/er a three-ho struggle to- night, but firemen expressed no hope that the blaze would be oom- pletcly queiled before morning.

The flames. fanned by a strong wind in below zero weather sweet completely through the four- storoynlarick bulldln at St. James 5nd pectpr atree . jmt west of

the financial section. Unofficial estimates oi dam"! ran from $100,000 to 8260.000. with

no accurate estimate P0081111

Report Japs Raze towns

WASHINGTON. Jan. ‘I —(AP) - The United States mi- deomment said today Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur had received re ta oi wide- spread damage to do enccless wwna 1n Luzon by Japanese at" widen.

"Meroileaily bombed." the we department said were the PhiliP- pine towns of Dialer. Santa Roe!-

F1

‘ Onlamba. and ‘reriao.

Theae towns, all lu northern Lu- oon, were "oompleoly raced" and many natives were sold to have been killed.

In other towns of Luzon-Ai-ayat, cunlling, and Ban ‘Fernando-elv- iliane were titanium-gunned in the streets, the department sold in a oommimiquo late in the

Ferry Engineer

a... Says ship was

‘Pretty close in’

HALIFAX. Jan. 'f—(GP)—J0im

1,111; K. Sutherland, chief engineer of

the car ferry Charlottetown when she foundered off Nova Scotla last June, testified at a federal inquiry today the ship was "pretty close in" just before she struck the submerged object that sent her to the bottom.

"I could aee breaker: about half o mile away." m told Mr. Justice John D0ull_ investigating the sink- ing for the Department of Trans- port. “The ship looked pretty close in."

The chief said the ship struck with a series of noises “a hundred times louder than the sound of ripping canvas." lie find told capt. John L. Read he "thought the whole bottom oi the ship had been etolrg out and she should be beach-

‘llie Charlottetown, on her way from Borden. P. E. I. to saint .lohn,

u, N. 13., foundercd while attempts

were being made to get her to shore. Largest VL sci or her kind 1n the world, she lied between New Brunswick and ince Edward Is- land.

Chief engineer Sutherland said 119 was in the lolmsc with the stew. ard when ‘the ferry struck. After the crash he went bcfow, ilvlicre he found water gushing up 1111-01131 n. hole in the cofferdlim in the forward engine room.

Efforts to find the source o! the bNak-l-MOIIKII were unsuccessful,

1 he said. A temporary plug wits put

in the hole. The engineer said he reported to the captain on the bridge.

Other witnesses called were Colin H. Love, third engineer; md Bearlsto, oiler; 11115591 3e11, 0111.,‘ Tneir testimony was much the slime m 179111"! 0ft‘ what took place Place beloiv decks aftm- the ship Struck. All three said they had done what they could to prevent the water from coming in and to

the boilers going before re- For 1nd to Captain Read

It 1s expected that six more wit- nesses will be crilled in the enquiry which continues tomorrow.

No

.. Nazi report

WASHINGTON, J , _ __ Arlid ngéhorized ‘hall’, ‘lswlgfsslizan fir’ ' RY that there ls not an page; lifigihvggisepgrflioirt tllitll; Ja- t-he United States batltleshigg goalie‘:- M°X1°° 111d Mimi-wool 11nd had sunk one of them.

‘The Nazi-controlled radio sta. tion at l-iliversum, in the Nether. 1411105. was the source of the report, Its broadcast said llie battleships were attacked en route to Darwin Australia, '

pTrial blackout January 19

Monday, January i9, would be the date for the ractlce blackout in this province, i was decided yester- day at a meeting of the Provincial A. R. P. Committee in the City Build . The warning will be aounde at 9.90 that night and the city common with other aria of the Island. will be blacke out for half an hour.

Places originally scheduled to stage the trial blackout included: gyBlfilOtWlDWli, Summerside Bord

e

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and Mount leuant. However. ainoe then the entire pro- vlnee has been considered a vulner- able aiea and nil Island towns and the majority of villages will be ro- aueeted to tdagkedbl-ft lll m9 9N0‘ c e

of Ottawa. at present in Halifax. stating that he would arri in Charlottetown next Monda. The Provincial Committee and dvisory Board will cémifleiiinwiia hliplln the P vi c1 l u e o owlnl

m ant g p. m. to discuss 0118111!!- tion

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11 lYsttx-of regulations and instruc- tions will be published for the fold- anoe of citizens prior to the back- out. These plans were discussed yrs- terda. The matter of a suitable worn ng alarm was also up for dis- cussion. It was decided that the fire and any available whistles

ed to tell of the first practice.

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n‘ War Sit

from Dr. W. O. A. a. r. crating,‘

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uation Last Night

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(By KIRK! L. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Analyst)

The second month of war in the Pacific opens with mounting evi- dence that time ls the least expendable war commodity available to the Japancls: aggressor: and it la flipping away for them as it did for

Hitler Russia.

There are implication of

tion in what aoema to be a Jap-

alueae effort to invade the rich Netherlands lndiee in force even before

the Luzon and 8 or definitely neutralized.

The dozen Japanese troopshi the southern tip of the

tngapore pivota of allied defencee have been cnicked

size and composition of the naval escort provided to guard a intercepted by United States bombers off hill pines lends color to the conclusion that

invasion of Borneo on a gran goals waa being attempted. O O O O l O

Whether heavy American air atraf yet indicated. The faot that a Japanese

broke up the attempt is not ttleship, five cruisers, nix dle-

atroyera and 12 submarines were sighted and lolne of them sunk cr damaged clearly indicates, however. the major importance of the move

in Japanese strategy. That constitutes an important

segment of Japanese fleet strength.

It gives allied naval strategists new and vita/fly important information

on fireeent dispositions of that in t

fleet. And interception of the convoy

e vicinity of Japanese-occupied Davao on the southeastern corner of the Philippine island o! Mindanao, hundreds of mliea from ita prob-

able destina

Japanese incursions among the the Malay Peninsula to New bastion that once adequately

on, is almost as important as the damage inflicted It proves that an air-implemented allied‘ barricade a southvlurd from the China > _ islands, big and little, oi’ the southwestern Pacific. Guinea the islands form a. wide and dccp manned and organized would

ainst ‘further Sea is king shape F rum

impose

great risks on Japanese effort-ate‘ mfve’ southward.

Reported selection by Gen. Sir

Archibald l‘. Waveii of a central

headquarters site in Java reflects the defensive pattern of united na-

tion stmtcgy. Ile is supreme commander of American-British-Nether- of lands forces on which falls the burden parts, a aea-and-isianii front nearly 2.000 depth from the northern tip of Borneo to the

The Japanese have gained footlioids in

of manning those island ram- milcs wiile and half that in south coast. of Java.

North Borneo and in Sara-

wak. Jungle-clad mountain ranges afford barriers to fast land driver southward fmin either sector of the hugc island. It seems probable that

thc intercepted Nlpponcso convoy was aiming.

therefore, at the eastern

coast of oil-rich Romeo fronting on ihc Cclcbcs Sea.

Japanese iiiittle lines are bcco American-Fill]!

elimination elf’ the

mini; dangerously extended. Without

no force that still controls ‘Manila

131v 1n 1.1mm, and the tailing or masking of Singapore, an attempted major invasion of Borneo must draw heavily on Nlpponese troops, fleet

and air strength to pivots.

be effective. probably lessening pressure ut both

A News Briefs

LONDON, Jun. 7—(Cl' (3111110) ._'1‘lie Royall Air Force and Free French All‘ Force have turned on a. full-scale all" 111111 against isolated Axis fofcv! lll the stronghold of liiiifayn Pass iii cnstom Liliyi‘. thfl 1111‘ 911F115‘ gryg news service reported to-

night.

cnoncxmo, Jan. T-(AI-‘i-A Chinese communique Wnlgm m‘ nolinced the Japanese had suffer- ed 5.030 new casualties iuluy in‘ the battle of North llunrzi Province, now centred north of the Lflfllfl/O

River.

SYDNEY, Jan. ‘I-(CP Cable) —Can:id:i‘s new liigh Commis- sioner to Australia, liiaL-Gen. Victor (ldliim of Villlfllllver. ill‘- rived today lo assume his new post in sucflsstion to Charles J. Burclicll of Halifax.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 'l—-(AP)— ugislation to set clocks ahead throughout the United States won Soiliite iilpfllfCvill today and Wfls P0- pcitcd lii different form by the House of- RYUpTGFCIiifiLlVGS inter- state commerce committee.

ALEXANDRIA. Jan. ‘l-(AP) -Aiimirnl Sir Andrew Cunn- mghnm, Commander in Chief oi‘ the lticiliierrnnean fleet. 5am guppy that British forces

"ii won tiu- battles of’ i941 against "pretty loll! "K1115. ‘ add- ing that "all ls well" lll “l! Mediterranean fleet.

To head grain Commissioners

UITAWA. Jan. ‘I —(0P) -D. 0. McKenzie. vlce-gii-esident, United oi-liin Growers, Winnipeg. has been appointed chairman of the board of aln commissioners. ‘Prado Min- istc MacKirinon said late today-

A veteran western grain man, Mr. McKenzie is successor to E. B. Ramsay, who lrsigned recently 11°- cause of ill-health.

Former King Carol Would come hero

MONTREAL. Jan, 'f--(OP)—D1'- A. 0. Iacov, general secretary of a free Rumanian movement in Mon- al, said tonight he had receiv- a. letter from luv. G. Moraru. former pastor of the will!!!" church here and MW in DQ950111» Mich., saying that. former King Carol of Romania intended to come to Canada to lead a free Romanian Government.

Dr. Iacov_ commenting on dia- patchcs from New York laying that the former monarch had ex-

pressed a desire of coinin! t0 Cm-

edv. to establish a government,

said “Pm sure King Carol intenda

to come to Canada if he can ob. ain permission from both the Bri- tish and Canadian Governments."

Dr. iacov ls also a correspon- dent for a free Romanian maga-

zine published in the United Mild. 01 1N0.

Japs strike at Australian field

CANBERRA, Jan. '7 —- (CF) - Loog-range Japanese flying boats struck twice at 111v Royal Austral- ian Air Foice field at Rabaul 800 miles north of Australia, last night and today, following lip the ff‘(‘l9l‘ attacks made recently upon that South seas outpost in the Bismarck Archipelago.

The latest raid was believed to have been in greater force than any of the others, although details ivere not known.

In the night attack. when Aus- tralian interceptor plzincs chased the raiders off to the north. little damage and no casualties were re- ported.

Japanese admit Damage to Bruiser

‘IOKYO, Jan. 'l--t.lapzizirse Broad-cast Recorded By AP)_..1_m. pcrilil headquarters announced to- da that a Japanese cru1<er haa

ziered damage in an attack by aircraft last Sunday but claimed ti; warship still is ln active Aer.

(Presumably this was acknow. ledgement of damage inflicted by the United States Army All‘ Germ, which announced Monday that its hes Planes had raided Davao in the hllipplnes and scored three hits on a battleship, 51ml; 11 11¢- Sim-V" B1111 iflfibflbly sunk other warships.)

The communique also admitted that a aubmerine had been lost. but Be/ve no details.

Japs renew" Offensive on Malayan front

(By 0. Yam McDaniel, Asaociated Prue Staff Wflter)

IINGAPORE. Jan. ‘l-(AP)— Britain's forces tonight were stub- bornly contesting a renewed Jaip. anese onslaught along a semi- circular west. Malayan front which was spearheaded by the Japanese 5th division. veteran shock tome of a dozen campaigns in China.

With strong support in the air and annexed units to tip its thrust, the Japanese force was said by British quarters to have made a penetration of the imperial line at one point. in lower Perek.

But in general British author- itlea said, tho defenders were hold- ing firm along a line extending from the southeastern Pei-at hilli southwcstwlird acres the railroad to the west coast of the Malay peninsula near the mouth of the Bolangol- river, 240 miles from Singapore.

The Japanese 5th division. which landed in southern Thailand a month ago today and headed the thrust into western Malaya, was disclosed b the ministry of infor- mation to lie the some which met Japan's major defeat in China at Toerchwang in Shantung province on the Yellow River front in May

Roosevelt asks For 56 billion War Budget

By Richard L. Turner Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON. Jan. ’I~—(AP)— President Roosevelt asked a willing Couches. today 1o provide a S56,- 000.000.000 war chest f?!‘ 112.1 12 months beginning next July wt-h I. 89.000.000.000 increase in taxes that unquestionably will alter United States ways of living for the duration.

But». said the President. subcult- ting his annual budget message, “We are dotmrniinod l0 pay whlii- ever price we must w pzi-sr-rve oili- way olf life," and “until this Job is

done, until this our ls wtn, we will not talk of burdens."

It was. he said, "the butler! of a nation at war iii

ii vxcrld a’. war.“ tn". wcllirl 111cc‘.

cit s to be funds which will build tho clouds of airplanes that are scheduled to ccme off tho assembly lines during tn.- ficcal year of 1043. the tons of ‘JZYIU iicll: