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TWENTY - SIX

CHARDOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, JANUARY m; i‘

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NATIONS JCINEU m inn -

Report

Forward Allied Base

This is the harbor and city of Singapore which the Melbourne Her- Ald in Australia yesterday described as the forward base for the Allied forces until the United States ' against Japan. intensification of the Japanese drive against the Malayan Peninsula with tilisjfrjitish stronghold at its souti|ern_t_ip__as,lhe_mnjor prize.

Report Help On The ,Way To Malayan Area

Britain's Jungle Fighters locked in battle with freshly landed Japanese Troops.

) Iiy C. Yates McDaniel Associated Press Staff Writer SINGAPORE, Jan. Z—(AP)— Britain's jungle-tested defenders of Malaya were enflflded In bltt-Q uuin ncwly-larti d contivgents 0t Japanese invaders nearly 300 1111195 nbwe Singapore tonight. 8nd latest reports stat-ad that the fiEhi- ing was becoming increasingly

hcnvv.

The more violent fighting devel- oped in west and central Malaya as the British fo;c"s came to 81495- wlth ihc enemy alone‘ the main frsnt extending rnughy east and west, They moved 81s? b0 ollfllil Japanese who have landed in strength on the lower Perak coast west of the main Brltsh p sitione

As the defenders struggled to slave cit t-re invrders the highest British authority isurd the brief, unelziboraicd messrgc th*t “con- siderable help is on the way."

Mllltu quarters had little to say R/bdli tire situation on the cast cast of Meroyn, vllter: British PM“ rols and nrrvlcrv we e rrnqrted engaging the or: my i-r the vic nity of Kutmlnn. 1C0 mikes tum Sing- apore. British uariers were silent on a Tzkyo cla m that lire port of Kuantan was oocupkc nee. 3i, but

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Professional men lire exempt from Licensing rules

OTTAWA, Jan. 2 _(Ci‘l —Per- eons rendering professional services which are not subject to the gen- erai price ceiling are exempt from licensing regulations oi’ tho wartime prices and trade board, ‘we board laid toiliglli. In this czticggur_v fall doctors, dentists, lXiWyCTS, optomet- rists, architects, engineers, and oth-

02S.

Dealers in securities. stock brok- ers. insurance companies and their agents, real estate agents and other agencies engaged solely; 1n rcnrlcr- ing a. service which is not subjlrc’. to the ceiling arc also (‘X"i1"i]‘ll from the licensing requirements.

r Conn" Events they reiterated that the British k forzcs still reld the nirield there.

Some of the lreavi-st fighting

“i? was in lower Pe ck prov-‘nce below

mm m.» Norlrrn u. um cnlurnn Ipcn, which it=ell is 290 miles

above the great Sirtgrpoe base, I The promise of aid was reassur- ng.

8 rants per word l ._

"Wanted to buy Cilickcn._F'owl. Island Cold Storage. L-Zlli-l-Q-ti

"Lending hogsvihfiibnuy cvcry 'l'ucsday 12 to 1i P. M. Gt-,t;rl;t- Mc- Kay, L-28Il-1-ii-5.

AOMINISTRATORS APPOINTED

OTTAWA, Jan. 2-—-(CP)—'I‘he Wnrtime Prices and Trade Board tonight nnnounced appointment of J. J. Page of Toronto ea admi - trator of flour and cereal products rind of I. K. Johnston of Toronto so deputy food administrator.

"Whist. and-mike, Vernon Hall, Monday, January 5. LJBII-l-Ii-Zl.

"Lending 1.5;.» at Melville Mou- dsy afternoon, Jun. 5th. Stewart Ross. Club secretary. L-Iitll

"Buying Potatoes, Oats, Chicken

Disaster

and Fowl doll , dying highest. market price. smith <8; Co, North Rllstico. L-LZTB-H-Zil-Iil.

"Loadi hogs Tllesdag at Fred- ericton untl B A. M. at rndnlliano until 2 P. M Knud Jorkenson, 14-682-12-20-27-1-3-10.

"The Annual Meeting or the

Wiltshire Do lng Co. will be mm t". “Pvt.” °“ ‘iiiiidéim - . . as er. - m-w. tun-ti. Goebbels has grlm

"Bu ng live and dre scd up, every sday and Fridiay. pop, Noy 8t 00., l-iuntcr River.

L-(il-IZ-S-Wcd-sat-tf,

"Buying pigs Monday at Fred. ericton. Paying $8.00 a pair for pl over i8 pounds each. 8 .00 over i; pounds. Kuud Jorgcrrson.

L-tlliii-IIJO-IT-l-S-lll.

“On account of New Year's fall. ing on Thursday next receiving date for hogs will be Monday, Jan, 6th. all day Albnny and morbid A. C. and G. C. Green.

L-31.'t~1Z-81-3t,

"Car choice wheat arrlvi Bouris shorty. Diéltlibtltifig in hair. ton lots or more. Shipping Club patrons preferred when making allotment. Book order before sup. 01y is exhausted with Shipping Chib secretary. Livestock Market- l»: Board. L-3t0-i-2-2i.

News for Cermany

LONDON. Jan. 2—-(OP)—Pm- pscandu, Minister Joseph told the German people in an ud- dress over the Ger-roan radio to- night that fresh civilfan sacrifices are inevitable,

The British Broadcasting 0c oration quoted extracts from speech and described it s: con- siderably reserved in tone comptr- cd with previous utterances of the German Propaganda Minister.

Goebbels said he was confident Germans wtuid be ready to make further sacfiices when "the full facts are known."

His most optimistic declaration wee that "all the Possibilities for victory Ire on our aide bcceuse our people ere vounr and healthy."

ls men advance position, and o

Command would Include Land, Sea, Air Force-

58 - Year - Old British General Would Have Wide Powers In Battle To Halt Japanese.

CANBERRA, Jan. 2-(OP)-Gexi. Sir Archibald Waveil, British corn- mander for India and Burma and the first military leader to score a. mashing success against the Axis. will head the allied land, sea and sir forces in the Pacific. the Auc- gzllilliln Associated Press acid to»

(An earlier Reuters dispatch from Canberra said Prime Minister John Curtin had "confirmed in- directly" that Gen. Wovell is being considered for such s post.)

The press service said it had been learned authoritatively that the 58-year-old General who laid the groundwork for the wionquest of most o1 Mussolini‘; African Empire is to be the new Pacific comman- der in chief.

(As commander in chief of th

Douglas MacArthur, head of the hard-pressed Pirilippinen forces, Admiral Thomas C. Hort, com- mander of the United States Asiatic fleet, Gen. sir I-ie Pow- nall. the new British Far- astern commander at Singapore. Gen. Hein Ter Poorten, Netherlands commander at Bstavia. Chinese and other chiefs.

(Gen. Wavellis headquarters at present are at Slmia, India where he was shifted nut July, changing places with Sir Claude Auchinleck. present British Middle East com- mander.

(A few days ago an ABC mili. tary council was created in Chung- king, China. 1t was composed of Gen. Wavell, Chiang Kai-Shek, Chinese generslissimo. and Maj- Gen. George A. Brett. chief of the United states army air corps.

(After a three-day strategy con- ference. Gen. Wuvcll and Gen. Brett left for Rangoon, Burma, en route back to their respective headquarters.)

Used cars will Be in demand

DETROIT, Jan. 2 -(AP) - The ban on new passenger car soles in the United Slates is not likely to be reflected in any immediately notice- able curtailment of automobile use. according to authoritative sources in ‘J e motor vehicle industry.

These sources point cut that cur- rent stocks of used cars, still avail- able to the general public. are at close to normal levels and that as a. result of last year's heavy buying or new units, include s. large num- ber of late models.

I-low long used cars stocks will meet demand in the months ahead, of course. is purely conjectursl. An immediate upturn in used car de- mand is one of tiiig reactions trade quarters expect to yesterday's ban on new vehicle sales.

It is pointed out b the trade au- thorities, however. t st more than i,000,0tl0 new passenger oars that normally would nave been purchas- ed in i942 were bought in the rush of the first half of 1941. This. they explain, automatically curtailed normal demand _forv_1942.

Threatens Nazis Before Moscow

Germans face prospect of encirciement b? Soviet pincer drive.

(By It. C. Daniel, Associated Pres; Staff Writer)

XONDON. Jen. 2-—(AP)—-Btl.rk now disaster imminently threatened the Gannon salient west of Moe- cow might smr ma mny 10ml reoccupled Meioynroslovcts to the south, tightening _' fashioned from the Nazis’ own P1111-

The soviet thrust to Mnloysro- eleven, 80 mile; loutb of the Ger-

pgntmr sud army drive to Btlritas. so miles northwest, mans facing prospect of ea- ‘rclelnent or s hazardous retreat nf more than to miles from Mos. halal: to Vynnns.

liven before the Maiézcrosleveto the

north snd south of Mozhsislt, men- acing the rear of that position. Mozhaisk itself is under the fire of Russian artillery and seems about '9_.°_9.ll_'E°-

(Continued on pus ‘l, Col i)

Wavell T__o Take Over In Pacific Form

FMI/ar Situation Last Night-i

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON. Associated Press War Anulystl

Foreboding as to Month's fate when it in a futile effort to avert Japanese bombing has been realized with its “S? v inn“: .

rrp e o or euce rrnunent, t could not be held b Ge Douglas cArthufu outnumbered army in any cue, and to hills at]: tempted it would have brought upon itc __ p0 ulation a tragedy of b gun bombardment to supplement aerial poun . -

'l‘ at undoubtedly, was a. major consider ion in the decision to evacuate the Manila area and the Cavite naval station nearby and fall back to Curregidor Island and mountainous Batan Peninsula. An ad. gzlomlffiand:riebguciafdalixgylvover. diorce lv-vias obviously uncuyummmlnm n"; PNrt o u. ever ates-around

was declared an open city

O O O I I

Japanese occupation of Manila is more u it indicates the tremendous power thrown into the Luzon struggle by the Japanese than in the immediate strategic advantage its possession gives the enem . So far as the probable positions chosen for lust-ditch stands bv Amer can- Filipino forces can be picked out on the map, they are powerfully but-

tresséd on ‘fill ‘fronts. m

orreg or; guns st den enemy lhip] access to th ba . Th also guard the southern bridgehead to Bat-an Pe Illa. onew h Mp2 Arthur's men evidently plan to make a bitter defensive stand, That jutting shoulder. crowned with 5,000-foot peaks, is sea glrt except for thoflsouthern bridge-head and the narrow mainland approach to the I10!’ .

The first line for the

I O I O I I

stand‘ probably rum from the northern ex- tremity of Manila Bay to some point on the see coast north of Subio Bay. when a secondary American naval base i1 located. A good coastal road from the lower tip of Baton Peninsula, across its base and up the sea. coast to Lingayen Gulf, offers communication to support such u de-

fence line.

If even that proved too long a front for MncArthuHs men to hold and also adequately guard their water-protected flanks. they could fall back to man the base of Baton Peniusulséoitlglefif from Manila Buy to

Sublo Bay, a span of not much more than es.

South Africans Capture Barclia

Rush into belt-tie with fixed bayonets-Powerful British tanks lead the way.

(By Eri Bigi (Associated Press Stall) Writer)

CAIRO, Jan. 2—(AP)—South Af- rican troops with fixed bayoncls. rushing into battle behind powerful British tanks, have occup ed the Libyan port of Bar-din. and kfllcd or caértured all of the 5.000 Axis defen ers, it: was announced tonight.

The high command announced a1- so that 1.000 Imperial soldiers im- prlsoned there were liberated.

The defenders numbered about 4.- 000 Italians and 1.000 Germans.

The {all of the stronghold l5 miles from the ptian border removed a serious rear-line t at. and N- leosed British reinforcements for the major contest more than 300 miles to the west where Liz-Gen. Erwin ROmmeYs remaining Nazi armies are holding out pt Agedabia.

Official reports indicated the Axis was rushing reinforcements to old Rommel who is almost surrounded by Imperial desert troops.

The final storming of Hardin's in- ner defences came after terrific ar- tiller and air bombardments. The Roya Navy also participated by shelling the Germans and Italians who had tried to make another To- bruk out of Bar-die.

"Our casualties are reported m be light," the special British communi- que said.

When the British forces took Bardla o year ago they captured 40.000 rlson a five-day as- sault. at was before Nazi rein- forcements aided the Italians in pushing the British troops back in- to E8’? t

er pocket oi‘ Axis resistance remains on the Egyptian coastal border at Barium w ch has been under hesv British artillery and ARD T sir bombardments for weeks. QUEEN ELIZABETH F ‘THE But the main task now is to de- BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN stroy Rommers troops near the . A ALEXANDRIA. Jan, I Cireneica-‘Iripoiitoniu border. —(AP)-—A British destr er squad- ron sank three Axis su rnarlnec-

Germsn and one Italian-end was oined by other light units of the mperlal fleet in a smcs in gombardéngrt do! lflallilslya (Heilfiael A G

ass an ar a. epng pave e way for the final capture today of lance Bardia bitterly-contested Libyan outpost near the tiun border Returning

"mantra. B! The Canadian Press

from it l t German ttem "to .3? é-‘idi’ owrhwi-ratii -'~ --"~"----""""""--" rum-r. once rou ac ew , memiigrs taken prisoner aitercrthe :';'°m,f|'d,?' “Y h" ‘kmwe h" axis U-bonts were sent to the bot- m

The 0am“ and “nun n CAIRO —- Authorities announce showed the wnm flag and lied ti" ‘m. I Iwlh with Moth mmtheirdisabledenftefter¥hg°'“ “Smut-mound were forced w the surface by dep "will of 1.000 British prisoners. ch s. Admiral Sir Andrew Gun- ni ffi, ilect commander. said in M08COW~ Russians recapture an interview aboard this rigging, llfeloyeroslavetl. 65 miles goutrmqg _i**_‘-i-""--1i—\ of Moscow, impel-filing Nazi lines

(Continued on page 1, col g) on wide front.

CIIUNGKING Chinese In.

Bounce 18.000 Jlpzl-slleitlq in but. tle of Changsha. Hanan province capital. '

Chinese in big Counter-attack

CWIIINGKING. Jan. 3~(Satur- day/ - (AP) - Fifen thousand Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded Friday morning in a ter- rific Chinese counter-attack in the outskirts of Changsha, a s isl Ch nese communique said t by.

The bottle still is raging fiercely for that. capital city of Hunan Province. scene ci two of Japan's humiliating defeats of t-bc Chinese war in October, i939. and Septem- ber, 194i.

The, majority oi the Japanese casualties were due to artillery fire suplpcrtiug the suddcnt onslaught by tltc main body cf Chinese troops.

A Chinese spoke mun said ves- terday that Japan apparently is latmchirlg a general offensive against China.

Naval Units back Up offensive In Libyan Desert

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International At

Begin production 0f Dive Bomber

NASHVILLE, ‘lb .. J . 2»- CHI -The Vulice Vengreignoohllve c! o" Nlwermm

er is being produced at the Nu - NEW YORK, J . 2-(AP)-’I‘i1 ville plant or Vultec Aircraft, Inc" American Ncwspapisi-l r e

GINGAPOBI- laps lend rein- forcement in Malay peninsula,- .19.

Plant ffii u d tod . t ' '

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Gen. Sir Archibald Wavcil who is re urlcll selected to conrmrrntl the Allied‘ forces in the Pacific arcs. The report indicates he probably would have control of land, sea and ulr activities. ills appointment 111s not been confirmed officially, how- ever. Sir Archibald. hero of the first Libyan campaign, now is corn- mnnder in chief of the British for- ces in lndia.

Fire destroys Cid Homestead At Nopedaie

A smouldering ruin last night was ail that remained of the farm house of Mrs. Roderick Mcslwain. l-Iopedale, about a mile and a half from Hunter River, followzng a disastrous flrc shortly lockrc rloorl yesterday.

The fire is believed to have been startled by a defective flue andwas

cred about i1 o'clock.lt broke out on the roof but spread rapidly and soon convtrtcti the entire building into rt mass of‘ fluulcs.

Nearby neighfiors ruslzcd to the scene and fornre; a buzirct brigade to battle the flames, Despite their efforts. however, it was sum appar- ent that the house wn< doomed. It- wss a taro-storey ftm‘ structure and would be valued in the vicin- ity oi $1,000. It was the 0rd hCmC- stead.

Mrs. McSnvoin, nlr elderly Indy, lived alone in the form house. Her familt was grown up and resided clsew ere.

it wns not known lit-t nght 1i the brllidlng was insured,

trill;

66-hour Battle

Sub “Wolf

fending force north and nortlvwest of the Philippines capital continued a stubborn resistance to rm increasingly furious Japanese onslaught.

Department late in the dl-y hours

mined st-lrtti.

Si: eena ’s

all; PleJg-e Full Resource-r; Fight qrltil Incl

Agreement is one of results of Churchill-Roosevelt conference;

Japanese take Manila; Battle Still continues

(By Richard L. Turnt-r. Associated Press Stuff Writer)

_S_iflgn agreement at White Hearse.

i133‘ J. i”. Filfltit-rqnn (q Press Staff Will. WASHINGTQN_ g The Atlantic charter was v into a worId-tvidc grand

Illflfl

tcrina- when 2o tram-rs twchl 15ml binding on , to its’ full rescuers nun’

l. Axis and lltiVtJi‘ to nmkv u so armistice or peace, Cnmamml 397mb)’ oonfcrvnces among President Rooscvci Prim iiffnlsfor‘ Churchill YYDTPFPllK-rllrlwls 0f i iifitiOiiS, the joint.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 2-(AP)— M,“ ,. m 1,, _, , ; Manila gone and the Caviie naval cilrrrrteeri xagrtsede iQQ-I)°",,,. me base abandoned, a consolidated de- tish and American lender; 15,5;

August. It also makes the chn R multilateral one by brinrrinr: in 24 other countries.

51mins of m.» rot-m,» _ 941911 b"'-.’I\n yesirrriral; it wu. l »n_ Pieted today at the slate rymtrt. mum when several Latin Amelmn diplomats affixed names for their countries.

T's“?

today

This word came from the Wu"

after it had umounced that strategic necessity had compelled Gen. Douglas lViacArthur to sur- render Manila that he might con- tinue the battle in more favorable territory.

"American and PhilipPiIle troops north and northwest of Manila are continuing to resist stubborn at. tucks which are being pressed with liter-easing intcnsityf’ the com-

munique said.

with these developments, the battle of the Philippines entered a definite new stage. It was one. which some strategic experts here believe might continue for some time with MacArthurs men com- pelling the Japanese to keep on t-hc island of Luzon men and materials which otherwise would be thrown into the attack on Bin and the Netherlands East In or.

'l'he War and Navy Department's announcements on the Luzon fight- ing were blunt and sparse of de- tail, but they contained clues which red military observers hero to reconstruct the sit/ustion in this fashion:

n, was evident that with Jaipu- rcse forces approaching Manila from two directions. over a terrain LlltiL’ adopted to defensive fight- ing, MacArthur decided to yield the city and continue the battle on ground oi his own choosing.

so. despite enemy harassments, no ordered a during manoeuvre. The defending fences to the south withdrew and joined the American and rllipino troops which had been resisting the attack from the north. This left the southern approach t0 Manila wide open and the enemy marched in unopposed,

But to the north it gave Mac- Arthur u compact, one-unit fight- ing iorcc with the advantage of shorter lures, closely co-ordfnrlted command and a broad battlefield of farm land, Jungle and mountain C0llllll'_\' in which to make n deter.

Secretory of State Cordell rlull raid that Que joining m‘ {t6 t -r- '1. tlons in the greatest ct . . ,_ effort in history" nepre. nted he Wvrwheimins majority o! the in. lmbitants of all six continents."

"Iliis is s livinv proof that law. abldillil’ find penco-‘orlrlg nation, can unJ/e in usin; ‘|‘(\ sword w“, necessary t0 pro-cry.‘ ljykm. and justice and the fundamental yllugg of mcnldnd." mid Hill’! statement. , 11;} (Continued an pA-ge s, Q01 1)

Charlottetown Iiir Gunner gets Badge

CALGARY. Jan, i --(CP; 4m. dmts from seven Canadian provin- eee beslgitu other; from the Cniwd

Edom. the Unitet’ . foundinnd am m,

. tie N0 2 wireless ‘training s0 all hers Qt m.» Royal Canadian Air Fort-e, The one Newfoundlundcr" owls J. R. Stick of Bf. John's. Other graduates included L G, Doiron. CllMlOtNffHVll.

MY Alml lilo A BAD Lil/ER» so SHE WAS ADVlSiZD I ,. '29 RETURN l1

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With Pack ”

Attack begun on large ness of storm

OTTAWA, Jan. 2 -- (CPI -- The Royal Canadian Navy told in graph- ic pin-uses tounv the story o; n 66- hour" battle with n suirllnlrrtlc "wolf pack" in the North Atlnullc, direct- ed byntho carradiorl destroyer Skee- ns, which several U-boats were destroyed.