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Allies En Biggest Victory In New Guinea Area Bom befirom

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Losses Serious

Some Reinforccments Landed At Lae At Enormous Cost.

. i - (By O. Yates McDaniel. Associated Press Staff Writer) ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Jan. 11—(Monday)— (AH-Allied planes pounding the fleeing Japanese convoy off Lee, New oulnea. have scored hits on two more ships. the high commend reported

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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIA, Jen l0—lAPl—-llemnanie of a shattered Japanese troop convoy have reached he on the north

New Guinea coast, but the reinforcements were

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Bapt. Beckett Promoted To Rank ilLaior

EIELENA, Mont... Jen. 10-04.?)- Oiiicers of the first special service force, 101m, American and Canadian unit gt Iiort William Henry Har- rison reported the following pro- motions of Canadian officers: Egg are é-harlk of Major-ill‘. e . I-r Wm --2 . Call Mecwililam, Ford's Mills. N3-

Malor Beckett, who is e. native a. is. “li"n-..“"..' ca. r Prnce wgr, an __ . n thlsc for three years beiore the of war. He is a graduate 1n law from M00111 University.

He has been on military service since the outbreak of war, ecrvin first as Adjutant with t-he 9.11 . Highlanders.

In November, i041 he was sent overseas from his unit to tekie a Commando course which he com- pleted in March. 1042.

He then volunteered as e. Para- trocper and was posted at Prince George, 3.0.. and later at Helena. Montana.

Four months ago while taking his training he suffered e broken leg but recovered from this injury and two months later received his par- achute wings. -—~ -- -. -

He was recently given command of the 2nd Canadian Parachute Brvtallon in Montana. _

His wife and child reside in Charlottetown. Mrs. Beckett was formerly Miss Evelyn MacKenaie, daughter of Mrs. (Rev) J. W. Mac- Kenzie of this city.

Italian Casualties Given For December

nswuroccx. Jan. lo -(A?) - rm Italians today reported rolli- tarv casualties of 6.440 men in Dec- ember-includlniz 1.440 killed. 2.933 wounded and 2.068 missing-with more men dving in guerilla warfare and from other causes in the Bal- and other occupied lands than lell in ‘Russia.

The largest toll. according to Born“ hwyiflqqgte 0f ‘Pnvm! fionveg was in North Africa. with 402 kill- ed. 1.027 svounded and 396 mlssng.

Coming Events

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"School Concert Middleton Hall. Monday, January 11th. 1-11-11.

"Dance in French River l-lali Wednesday, Jan. l3. 1-ll-li

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"Annual Meeting Argyle Rural Telephone 00.. Bonshivw Hall. Janu- ary 11th. 2 P. M. E. C. I-Iollur‘.

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The meshing blow dealt to the enemy in “stubborn efforts to rein-

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(B. Gen. Douglas MacArthur com- mented that "the enemy's air losses over the last three days in. this ares may be regarded as serious.’

Toll of the Japanese fight-

ing planes which swarmed out in relays to to protect the convo o y 10 ships and su uent y reinforced by

two others. was laced officially at 85 planes de itely destroy-

blb d i. d d n‘? $635”... ‘d.

‘min-engined ‘Lockheed Light- ning fighters, feet becoming‘ the scourge of southwest Pacific skies. were credited with destroying or probably destroying‘? at least 50 Japanese Zero flzgh rs while Our-

tlss Kittyhawk -40s layed an almost equal in p up the fantastic serial score,

Allied air were not n- vealed. but s. esman described

them as neglig bio compared to

those of the enemy. Friday Blllflt Day

The air battle over the convoy

reached m. crescendo on the third day. Friday, when so Japan- ese Jolene! were put out of action, 30 estro ed outright. ' ‘Iliroug out the three furious days. while fighter planes were locked in combat in the upper all‘. American hes flying Fortress and Liberator embers end the lighter mareuders, Billy Mltcheils and Beauiorts swept in against the concentrated fire of six Jap- anese warshi to spew their ex- plosives on e dodging twisting convoy.

So heevy was the aerial traffic over the ships that at times Al- lied fighters were unable to swoop low eno h t0 carry 01ft strafin Allied announcemen

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irnate of the number of enemy troops who survived. '

Rediice Arts Courses In Universities

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By JOHN DAUFHINEE (Canadian Press Staff Writer) UITAWA. Jan. 10 - (GP) — Canada's University leaders at an all-day conference Ssturda drafted a wartime program for eir in- stitutions whic , one s kesmen said, will resglet in ab”!!! Iii-lid duction" int num er e su e _ taking the so-cslled “liberal arts’ courses.

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Coroner’s Jury Places No Blame On Train Crews.

By JAMES M00001! Canadian Press Staff Writer

ALMlONfl, Ont., Jan. 10 --(CP) --.Blsme for the Dec. 21 train wreck which took so lives 1n this Lanark County town has been placed ‘en- tirely" on the canadian Pacific Railway Company by a five-man coroner's Jury.

The verdict was handed down Saturday afternoon. The i111’! d9‘ liberated three hours.

It gave three reasons for blam- ing the C.P.R. for the disaster, which occurred when a troop train ran into the rear of a Pembroke- Ottawa. local standin! in Almmte Station, flowing through three wooden coaches jammed with lull- day travellers:-

1. There was no telegraph op- eraior on duty at Pakenham, Ont., between Amorlor. Ont. and Al- monie, and the troop tron had no way of knowing the local was los- ing time‘ because of bad weather. hog-w crowds and a leaky engine u e:

llfiihere wag no protective signal at a "most daneerous curve" at the entrance to Almonte;

I. A green signal light showing above Almonte Station gave the troop-train engineer the impression that he could proceed; Whereas if the signal had been red-accord- ing to the testimony of- the engineer and his fireman-etheotroop train could have been stopped.

'I'iie Jury said in its verdict that it paced “no blame whatever on the crews" of the trains involved in the wreck, but expressed belief an effort could have been made from Smiths Falls. 0nt., end of the division, to call an operator at Pakenham and Almonio to advise them the troop train was gaining on the local. _

(During the hearing of evidence, 13.0. Helntz. dispatcher on duty at Smiths Falls on the night oi’ the wreck, testified the troop train had been informed at Arnprlor that the local train was ahead. l-Ie said that after the Pembroke-Ottawa local had left Arnprior there was no way of telling its speed until it reached Almonte. He said that if the troop train had maintained its schedule it would have reached Almonte at 8:45 pm. whereas the Almonte collision was reported at 8:40 p.m.)

With its findings as in the rea- 50115 101' thfi 0011151011, the five-man jluy made four recommendations "to prevent the occurrence of a similar catastrophe and to safe- guard the travelling public, espec- ially under wartime conditions":- 1. A telegraph operator should be kept "on steady duty" at Poker;- am;

2. An automatic station-protect- ive slgnal should be installed im- mediately west of Almonte;

S. A standing order should be 1451196 putting into effect a zit-mile err-hour speed limit throush A1- monte. and this order should be "strictly enforced" by the railroad;

d. The "block-signal" device at Almonte station should be changed to live protection to the standing trains.

By its verdict the jury enonerat- ed John C. Howard. conductor of the troop train. from any respon- sibiilly for the wreck. Howard's body was found in the Rldeau River near his Smiths Fhlis home 1m Wednesday. and at that time Smiths Fhlls police said he had committed suicide, apparently be. cause of mental strain occasioned by the wreck and the fear he miizhi kmheld responsible for the colli-

leland Aimian ls Commissioned

OITAWA. Jan. 0 - (OP) — R. C.A.l". Headquarters announced t0- night that i4 pilots, eight navigat- Orfl Ind 13 wireless operator air- gunners have been ' ‘

llot officers in the field overseas

or meritorious services.

Those commissioned imludee:

Prince Ildward Island — Flt. Sgt. Kenneth Haldane Dalton. Burton. “Nana, Scotie. “Patrick

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War Situation Lasl Night

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

Official Axis war reports, never too reliable, may be expected to become more untruihful in this year of prospective United Nations suc-

Some of the victories which the Axis forces are no longer able in win in feet are almost certain to be created in fancy slid dished out as fact. and the reverses they meet are sure to be offset in propaganda of Berlin, Borne and Tokyo by distorted reports. '

U U O O I I

This has always been true of claims mode by Tokyo, even when the Japanese had things pretty fllloh their own wsy. Beds in the early days of their China conquest they would frequently announce terrific engagements with the Chinese air force, in which they destroyed 10, 12 or 20 planes and lost few if any of their own.

After Jlllln Went to wai- wlth the United States, the list of inac- curacies grew swiftly to ludicrous proportions.

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Berlin and Rome had a different record. During their land advances in Europe, the Germans sometimes gave a more comprehensive account of what was going on than could be had from Allied sources. Beln the offensive they often knew better than their retreating opponents Whil- WII hlllilfllllll. and being victorious they had no reason to with-

The Italians usually acknowledged blows dealt their see. forces by British naval squadrons but tried to offset such setbacks with bombastic boasts and threats and optimism about the inevitability of victory for

it is unlikely that the Germans or Italians will ever go to suoh lengths as the Japanese in falsifying such official reports. But with their controlled press and radio, false information is e weapon ready to their hands and it would be surprising if the Nasis and Fascists did not employ that weapon more and more as the tides of war roll Ininst

INNATIONAL AT a GLANCE

(By The Canadian Press)

RUSSIA — Russian armies close about Caucasus railway-junction City of Georgievsk; drive against Itostov hurls back six Nazi counter- attaclrs and presses forward.

NEW GUINEA - Allied bombers hit two more Jap ships. pressing aa- sault on Jap convoy attempting to and reinforcements at Lac. New Gui WESTERN FRONT - R. A. F. bombers smash at Essen in filth at- tack in seven nights on Ruhr 1n- dustrial area.

NOB-TH AFRICA — American bombers blast airport at Tripoli.

War-ZS Years. Ago Today

By The Canadian Pres!)

Jan. 11. 1910—Vice-Admlral R. J- 3. Keyes succeeded Vice-Admiral R. Bacon as ocsnmander of the

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Admiralty, Three British columns pursued enemy forces from German East Africa over the border into Portuguese colonial territory.

Anthracite Strike Still “Up In) Air”

WILKES BARRE. Pa» Jan. 10- (AP)- The strike situation in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal field was "still up in the air" today with no one in authority knowing wheth- vqoo , muting miners will go back to work omorrow- The strikers, protesting what they term an unjus ifled increase of l0 cents a month in Union dues, were to vole this afternoon and night on a proposal to go beck tomorrow

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tel-day by Liz-Col. CE. of the war department.

Dover Patrol; reorganlzationof tile-

f ll win an appeal ves- mofning 0 0 E 00d

Essen Raided By British Bombers

IONDON, Jan. lfl-WPJ-Essen, site of the sprawling KIUPIIWOIKS which is Europe's largest arsenal.

was raided last night by perhaps ‘

150 big British bombers. seven of which were lost. It was the fifth raid in seven glarman industrial area "Good results were seen," the Air Ministry said. 1' The raid was one of the few re- cently in which the weather was clear. Extensive mine-laying eratlons were carried out German-controlled waters. Essen is a city of 500.000 which lies in the heart of the great Ger- man coal min district. Even peacetime, the upp works em- ployed 35.000 workmen producing uns. tanks and other war materia , ocomotlves. freight cars. trucks, fornl machinery and the whole gamut of heavy industry,

50th Attack

It was the 50th attack on Essen. om or the previous being a 1,000 plane raid.

With the 195i bombing campaign less than three weeks old. the rising crescendo of blastln! i)" Axis arsenals indicates that Bri- tain and United States have gro- duced enough planes and tra ed enough crews to blast the enemy on a steadily rising scale. Only 17 planes have been lost, including seven U.S. bombers over St. Naznlre, in the total of six large raids this

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Weather Bad

Although today's activities were the most intense of several days. cold, bad icing conditions and poor visibility the ast week have Pfe- vented operat one. on the usual

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“sn- Stafford Gripes. Minister of Aircraft Production, told workers in ‘a factory making four-motored Lancasicrs, however, that Germany and Italy are about to undergo the heaviest air assaults yet. Presum- ably he meant these would be heavier than even the LOGO-bomb- er raids of early sonuner. Weather alone he said, accounts for the break in operations in the last

two months. The Germans continued their radio daylight attacks on Bri- coastel areas today. One en- emy craft was I690?“ V’ 119'" been shot down into the sea by the southwest

Brltiish fighters off

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First Mail In Weeks Dropped 0n Entry Island

Planes from Maritime c i; ‘Kifllfflye here mode four ‘£11351: mils lo the Magdalen Islands yeg. mYdflY- Clrrylniz there a total of 5-309 POIIIlds oi mail and 10 p55- Wllsers. On return trips 400 of (rinail and 11 passengers were cur- rle .

Two planes were used, one a De ggviumd Rlbide and the other a

PHE- Cflbt. Carl Burke flew the Rapid“. o rolms with ski equip- élilktiiifiifféiffimihfl“ .2.“ n» used wheels. 0e g w wh

The first mail for more than six weeks reached the inhabitants of mill’ Island yesterday when Capt.

There sood lending place there. Mail usually taken across by small boar, from other Islands in the group but now ice conditions mako the trip mo hazardous.

Lending: were mode at both Grlndstone and Amherst Islands.

One of the passengers yesterday was Dr. J .3. Ledwell of Charlotte- town who remained at the Islands overnight. He. is expected tn return the next trip. probably todav or Tusday. Dr. Ledwell had. several cases to treat at the Islands. it iwss understood,

In addition to peseen . s and mail two engines and iwo pro- pellers were flown to the Magdalena yesterday for a Beechcraft plane damaged slightly when it broke through the ice in December. It is blocked up waiting good ice for a take-off. ' It was expected last night the re- paired machine might be flown _.here today or Tuesday‘

Commission 0n Steelworkers Pay Reports

majority report of a lihIec-mflll royal commission investigating rates of pay at Bault Ste. Moxie. Ont. and Sydney, '15.. steel Plan" 1"‘ commended tonight that there

rates, except in the case of some maintenance men.

The commission, however. recom- mended overtime at the rate of time and a half for the seventh day where it was found necessary for employees to work a seven-day week. '

Mr. Justice F.1d. Barlow of the

mission chairman. and James T. Stewart of st. Themes, 0nt., pre- sented the majority report.

J. King Gordon, the third mem- ber. in a minority report, recom- mended that the present basic rates of 50 1-2 cents per hour at Sauit Sig Marie and 52 l4 cents per hour at Sydney - both included wit-of-llving bonus-should be in-

The commission inquired into wage rates at the plant of the Aigoma Steel Corporation, Ltd., at the Sault and the plant of the Dominion Steel and Coal COfpQf- atlon. Ltd“ at Sydney, Employees l‘ 5°91 plants had asked that gazes be increased to 55 gem; an our.

Nazi Ammunition Depot Blows Up

STOCKHOLM. Jan. 1o _- (AP) - A huge German ammunition depot at Joeme in Osiofjord has blown up and a lnrge number of German soldiers were believed killed or in- lured. reports from Oslo. Norway, said tonight

308W explosions were said to have rocked the depot area, where 700 limd mines were stored 1n ad- dition to other ammunition.

‘The whole district. was reported isolated. with ambulances stream- ing to and from the area for hours. German police were said to be en- perently convinced there was no

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creased to 55 cents. .

, struck their first blow today Tunisia.

and nearly all categories of

U.S. bombers from Tunisia.

(Coordinating with the U. s attack were day and night Royal Air Force assaults on the Africa-n Corps along e ISO-mile stretch between Tripoli and the Wadi Zem- Zern. where the British 8th Army has been drawing up for attack. Increasing German nervousness and assertions from Berlin that the British troops are pre- paring for s. flail-scale attack were reminiscent of the Axis reports s, few days before Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery renewed his offensive recently at Ill Agheiln.)

Ml"? observers at headquarters believe Tripoli itself is indefensible and that Rommel must attempt to withdraw into Tunisia along the supply route on which Sousse, Gabes and lfax have been consist- ent targets.

‘These observors said the concent- rated allied air attacks Friday ap- parently anticipated this move and aimed to cut his supplies and weak. :1 his retreat before the 8th Anny

The weetbé deteriorated inq- Tllolm team today adding to the mud bogs immobilizing ground forces and keeping much of the Opposing air fleets on the ground following the three United state; raids on Blnerte Friday. This “mm was coordinated with the pound. 1o: of the east coast positions,

n. "us"? m" B (Canadian Press War Correspond.

en . A NORTH AFRICAN HORT. Jan. l0 — (OP CABLE) — For reaching gfiflbffll by the British fleet now is m y established in the western Mediterranean as the result o; m; North African landings, and sea 5"PP1Y_1‘<_7utes to the Allied forces Tunisia. are being tenaolously and cffuctlvelaguarded by powerful mlslli-bigtilniheu rill Nxawinga o I1 om and the United States troops, tanks, guns. vehicles and all the vast Guam-NY of needed supplies’ are reaching North Africa. in conveyed merchant ships, I came to this war none aboard g,

units from Britain. and saw Bu’. @1811 Warships screen us from Gib- raltar. With calm confidence the navy audaciously shepherded us along the hot spots of the Malta convoy route which until a few months ago was certain to involve air attacks.

But the Royal Navy's grip on vast sections of the Mediterrenean has become so firm that I did not see e. shot fired in anger. The only m- craft overhead were Allied patrols, fighters and bombers.