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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942

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Annual Iubscrlption Delivered, [L00 By Until P. ll. I. 8.0M to other Provinces aad U, I. l- N.”

RAD IS IN TEN SIF IED

British Convoy Reaches Russia

Some Ships Lost In Sea Battle But Majority Arrive At Russian Ports.

LONDON. Svrt- 23—i°l’i'-"1'h°

Admiralty announced today that

the grcat majority of a convoy of British, United States and Russian mpl-r-hnnlmfln carrying large quantities of war materials had arrived in ngflh Russian ports despite German bombs and torpedoes unleashed in , running battle of many days along the northern convoy route-

The Admiralty said some ships

were lost but the claim of the Ger-

m" high command that 3B vessels were sunk and three others dan- m-d out, of a l5-shlp convoy Wns “more exaggerated than usual."

Tile Germans further annollllfl m,“ gig- warships escorting the con

ed with great fanfare last Sunday voy were damaged or sunk. To this

m, Admiralty replied that not one conveying vessel was lost-

‘ i‘ al ab at the Ger- m§§‘°‘,‘.,,.‘,i},; 01;“ simosr total de- 5[1'll'iiil'l of the convoy, the Ad- lllllxllw dcclared:—

w. .s not intended to assist til: encmv by informing him of til»

we,“ of hi5 lack oi success ggilillbt this convoy. The communiques mention of

r,‘~~ d U-bo t attacks h? 1g uiclliguagltiinption ‘here that th slron surface raiding fleet h by fine 35.000-ton German battleship Tlrpltz had been k619i? from intervening by the watchful British nail)’-

Tlie German radio has acknow; lodged “painful losses in the air giving rise to the Dresumption that the Nazi air force paid dear- ly {or the damage it did inflict.

Naval circles here expressed be- lief that 1n failing to destroy the Russnl-bound convoy the Axl-i probably lost the last chance this year for extensive use of its air gohv- against convoys in northern wafers. Autumnal i088. mi5t5. M"! squxllls of rain and hail make air

, observation in this area almost im-

possible.

' it W83 the eeoond time in three months that the Germans hnd claimed a triumph over fl will”? heavily laden with aid for Russia.

The German communique broad- cast from Berlin Sunday recalled previous Nazi claims. not confirm- ed. that 35 ships in a convoy of 38 had been sunk in the same Arctic waivrs between July 2 and '1.

In connection with shipping. Prime Minister Churchill today told a conference of the shlilbliiill- lnr industry that the shipping po- sition “has improved recently" but it “still is grave and we are in urgent need of every ship that can he built."

In a message read at the con- icrcrcs, Mr. Churchill urged the buiidrrs "to strive your utmost for only ihus can you compel vic- icrv. Without ships we cannot live and without them we cannot conquer."

INTERNATIONAL AT A GLANCE

By The Canadian Prose

RUSSIA-Reds hold Stalingrad in 31-day battle, killing thousands

sf Germans, knocking out 109 enemy tanks. MADAGASCAR -Britlsh forces

enicr Tanonarlve, island capital as “thy governor flees.

WESTERN DESIZRT- Motorized British commandos strike 50 miles lrhlnd Axis lines in Oesert, raiding llllirily bases and retiring.

AT SEA-Huge Brllish- Russ- lan-Amcrli-an convoy reaches Rus- sian :\l‘l‘tiil port with loss of some ‘Tnrrhantmen but with escort in- ac

rizalvm- Vichy orders black-

out of Riviera and declares it a vrlmnry war zone.

taming Events

cros-

"Talkies-Montague Friday and Saturday. “So Ends Oua- Night;

m. monwealth Air Trainln

"Talkies-Souls Monday. o M a

"Unloadin Coal $8.50 Dar ton. delivered cos . Phone 938. E. N. Kays. 0-28-21.

"B Dan Cecil 0am 11's. Thurstillisxil. uphill». 24th. 1%.. door prize. 9-24-11.

"Chicken supper. Bingo. Dense. Port Augustus l-lall postponed until Thursday. Bonlember 24th. 9-23-21.

"Trucking hogs as usual for the I mer months. List your h Wit A. C. Green Alblany and G. Green. Emerald. H-ti- -1 -W-T-M-tf

"Concert at Protestant Orphan-

lse this Thursda . Hear Beach 2"“ boys an other talent. finches sold. MacDonald W

"lens Institute. 8-28-21.

“"11 meeting of the Ynembers of 1 e Dundas egg circle will be held n the hull at ridgetown on Wed- "rtday the 30th inst. at s o'clock - m. for the our ee of establish- gl an egg gre ing station at ‘Yiiisetown. All circle members i-ilii rather-s interested are requested 0 attend. O. B. Clay, Secretgry.

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British Take Capital 0f Madagascar

(By Blake Sullivan. Associltfli Press Staff rl

t ‘B: R012?) Brl IDNDON. Sen. — — ' ugh troops reached their 803i on Madagascar today by “W193”! the capital city oi Tananarive after W0 weeks of operations from seized coastal points. but Gover- nor-General Armand Annet aP- parently had fled.

Word of the occupation came first from the Vichy French radio in Tananarlve whih was taken over dramatically in the middle 0i’ i! French announcement by a voice which

in. to Governor Annet ticlan and supporter o! the Vlch regime, had asked. then rciwtt . armistice terms midway in the

British drive and said he would d;

not stay to surrender at the in- evitable fall of the capital.

His last words quoted on the Tananarive radio were of thanks to his troops for their “courageous defence" of the caPiiifli- 771959 were heard after he wall rBDOTWIi a fugitive somewhere in the south oi the LOOO-mile-lon island. fourth largest in the word.

There was no indication as to how Annet hoped to make good his escape.

However, it was recalled that at the outset of the campaign to dis- lodge Axis-inclined elements from the island unofficial reports tod or Japanese submarines using re- mote harbors for refuelling and supply and of Nazi agents operat- ing in connlvance with the Vichy colonial administration,

These reports were circulated in London after the slnkin s of sev- eral allied merchant slaps in the Mozambique channel. the United Nations’ sea lane to the Middle East and India.

The announcement of Tenan- arive‘s occupation was heard In Port Louis. on the British island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar which now will b?‘ denied to the Axis for the dur- a on.

Open New ll.0.Il.F. Training School

CBXNTRALIA, Ont... Sept. 28- (CP)—A new Royal Canadian Air Force station was officially open- ed here today by Air Vice Marshal Cl. O. Johnston. air officer com- manding Number 1 ‘Raining Com- mend.

Listed as Number 9 Service I'll’- inrr Training School, new station will be commanded by Group Capt. E. O. Fullerton first man to fly a Hurricane fighter plane in Canada. it is situated 20 miles north oi ‘mlonto.

The post will be staffed by one oi the youngest groups oi flying instructors in the British Com- Plan. the average age oi the ins uctors be-

i 2i.

nheshioned out of four Ontario farms into what airmen describe asuzthe finest

and ndw flfi ter planes which are o assembly plants.

The school itself is not new, Group Capt. Iullerlon stated. It was originally a single-engine school at lurnmereide, P. E. I. Under the huge expulsion pro- gram of the trainin flan, lum- merside was converte nto a gen-

eral school and NIIIIIDGX Q 8.1V!‘ . into Q (twin- en ined school an moved to Cen-

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0- IIG IINHIASI IN

0. N. B. IIIVINUIS

ways tern for he week ending sop‘ l" 21.104; were tea. as compared with $6,300.00‘) for the corresponding week of 1M1, an incntnae of “H8900 or 2.9 per

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. M15 p. traliysept. 24- (Thursdav) —(O

Shosen Leader

flfflewBrunswick l

ilonservatives

FREDERICTON, Sept. Zi-(CP) —l'-iugh Mackay was chosen unani- mously wday as leader of the Con- servative party in New Brunswick. No other name was proposed at a convention oi Conservatives from every constituency in the province.

Mr. Mackay. a resident of Rathe- say, has been o position leader in the legislature or the last three sessions. The former leader. FRO. Squires, resigned after the pro- vincial elections oi 1939.

One oi the convention speakers was Hon. R.B. Hanson, Conser- vative leader in the House of Com- mons, who declared that “no mai- ler what may be the fortune of this party with which we are con- nected we must spend our energies in winning this war."

Adopted resolutions charged the provincial government with adequate policies concerning agri- culture. oil development, fisheries and educniiong. with “wanton dis- regard of the needs of the national war economy," and with "failure to obtain a proper proportion of our national expenditure in war industries."

At the annual meeting of the Women's Conservative Association of New Brunswick. held before the general convention. Mr. Mackayb wife was ire-elected president.

Buna Attacked For 10th Time

Pl-Buna, ‘ape-nose shore base in northern New Guinea, has been subjected to its 10th consecutive daily -attack by Allied warplanes, Allied headquarters reported to- y. The raid was made by bombers and fighters, which both bombed and strafed the enemy position. Hits were scored on seven bar es, supply dumps and anti-aircraft n- stallations, the communique said. A single Japanese nlane appear- ed at sunset over Port Moresby. the Allied centre on the southern side of the Island. but its few garage dropped harmiessiy in

Willkie Confers With Stalin

MOSCOW, Sept. 29—(AP)—Pre- mter Joseph Stalin conferred with Wendell L. Willkie, President Roosevelt's personal Emissary, for two hours at the Kremlin tonight.

Present at the meeting oi the Soviet war leader and the special “WW WE»! Vyacileslav Molotov. Soviet Foreign Commissar, who hmself visited London and Wuh- ington last spring.

The meeting ciimaxed willkleL-a WP t0 the Russian capital. He arrived here Sunday from Kuiby- silev and expressed the hOpe that he would see Stalin for a straight- forward talk.

“I understand he is g men who likes frankness and I like frank- ness. too." Wilikio said then.

He has spent his time in M05. cow mainiv talking to workers and 596v"! Points or interest in the On all sides during hi; trip about Moscow he has been asked virtually the same uuestion-"whst about a second front?"

Once before. when he was asked that question Willkie said! "I want to check a lot of things here."

Besides seeing Stalin, he ha; had e long ta‘k with Molotov and he has been promised a trip to the war front.

Before coming to Russia. Willkie toured Cairo and the Middle East.

He plans to no to China when he has completed his Russian visit,

Builds Ship In 10 Bays

PORTLAND. 0m, Bert. 23—(A Pl-Ten days from k -laying to launching, the MflW-ton Liberty freighter Joseph N. Teal hit the water today to rip 14 days from the Evian speed record for ahipb ing.

Even

S’.

promised

(By KlllKit L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Warn French To Evacuate Coastal Areas

There ls enough rumor smoke from the talingrsd siege to warrant

the conclusion that Hitler is building fires under his lenerais even if one accepts with caution the Swedish reports that Field Marshal Fedor

Von Bock. German commander, has been pruged.

Stalingrad. left-wing citadel of the Russian defence llnc extend- come to have more than startling significance for ilitlcr. It has become a symbol of his personal counsel oi his profes- sional soldiers, as the Stockholm version runs, he dare not sanction a

ing from the Baltic to the prestige. 1f he ordered its capture

halt in the bloody frontal attack. O O

Only its fall to Nazi arms, whatever the cost of that victory, could gloss over ever-mounting casualties in the eyes of the German public. Even that could not satisfy the sombre Judgment of German mili- tary professionals that Nazi political-military utter disaster. guided only by Hitler's ‘lntultion" instead of sound mili-

tary conceptions.

There has been friction before between the professional and politi- cal elements oi the Nazi army. Almost a year ago Hitler swept aside the advice of his most seasoned generals. took over supreme command in Russia himself, and blatantly announced that his personal "intuition"

Caspian, has

against the

amateurs are

would thereafter provide the guiding genius for Nazi armies. Events compelled the recall of the ousted Von Bock.

British Raid

Axis Bases

500 Miles Behind Front

B! Stephen Berber Associated Press Staff Write;

oamlo. Bert. 23/(AP) - Bri- tish armored raiders sped unde- rected across tracisiess desert 10 days BBO and s"ucir telling blows at Axis bases and communications all the way to Bengasi. 500 miles west of the Egyptian-front, the Mldde East command announced tonight.

On tile cnme nigh‘. that a ect- bournc comm alo expcclti- n and pillfiChUt-‘Sts landed at Tobruk and British warships bombarded the Axis Libyan coast farther til-st, the British raiders swooped on Bengosi and Barce, on the west side of the Cyrenaican hump.

They destroyed and damaged more than 30 Axis aircraft an the ground and inflicted heavy cas- ualties on enemy troops and trans- goris, while supporting planes of the

rltish and American commands mot down several German aircraft which tried to attack the raiders.

That was the night of Sept, 13- 14. Two nights later mobile raiders descended on Giaio Oasis, deep in the desert 235 miles south oi Ben- gasi, occupied it and fought a

(battle of several days during which

"considerable casualties were caus- ed to the enemy garrison." Ammunition dumps at Gialo were destroyed by British cannon which the raiders dragged across the deg-

elt.

Italian accounts said the British forces withdrew from Gialo after six days of fighting and then only when on Axis motorised column came up.

It was the most spectacular com- bined assualt yet undertaken in three years of rapidiy changing foridunes 0n North African battle- 5.

Brltish authorities said the raid- ers have returned to their bases, but they did not mention the

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starting lX/iilt or the routes taken.

The radio at Lyon, France. sug- gested that the raiders operated from Kufra. Oasis, 250 miles south

of Ginlo, which the fighting French

occupied in 1941

Even from Kufra, however, the raiding patrols would have to have travelled some 500 miles to reach all their objectives. roving over the waterless wastes at night and mak- ing their own tracks. since all known desert trails converge upon Axis occupied oases. .

Allied heavy, medium and light bombers took up the work of des- truction where the desert raiders left off. Today's communique list- ed a sticcessful attack Tuesday on

Bengasi in which two vcsses were w

set nflre in the port and Monday night raids on enemy landing grounds in the El Daba area which caused a large fire and explosion.

Last night British and American bnnbers teamed in a heavy attack on Bengasi harbor,

ll.S. heavy bombers attacked at dusk. scored direct hits on t-wo ships. One exploded and the other was set on fire.

R A P. heavy bombers following after sundown, found te target area obscured by smoke from fires the Americans had caused. When the R.A F left, there were more fires in the harbor.

No American or British planes were lost.

Annual Meeting W.M.S. Opens

TRURO, ll.S., Sept. 33-46?)- 66th annual meeting of Maritvne Provinces section of the

Confer With Hitler At Headquarters

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BERLIN, ir..|.l ucJnan Broad- casts). Sept. au-—-\n-l"J— U11 Anw novella, pluatlall ulllei 01 brute, and Malia-l Auwnescu, acting g-rgmierxq; Riuuulhu, W819 receiv- eq, oy i-lstlcr at tliii east ueaauuarvem wally, it was mi- noullceu tonight.

‘inc purpose of tile conferences Liflfllltlil

W118 110i. UIMHDSVQ. ‘the ivews Agency irunsoceau said. i10W- ever, that uhey were concerned "with me totalitarian war ugalns. Bolsnevu .1. '

risking

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LONDON, Siipt. 23 -- Th B B.C

coastal arcns NDLiQlY§ offensive "annlhila/tlons of

announcer said.

"No One will be warned Ln Bd- atiack or place,"

Vance cf lhe date oi point at which it will take ‘rile Foolish-language broadcast said, but when the moment cornea to call for the cooperation of the French people as a whole we will

keep our pronllse to let you know lll lull-J."

‘lll B.B.C. announcer em- oln d that a series of such

warnings had been given to the Frcncil lll the last six months in order "lo prevent as for as human- ly pcssbe the useless shedding 0i French blood."

“In the course of our military c-pcrnli " lilo message said, “it was n and today it is more nccsssur than ever, to en-

Visage the possibility of landings y B ilrhl and Allied troops on Fri? soil, of operations our navy lll French territorial waters, and ailacks by the R.A.I~‘. on rnildiry objectives in occupied offensive of the United

..c is being prepared. On the clay nil-en we can be assured of

attaining our goal which is noth- ing l “s than total annihilation of l-lirlcnt-e Germany this offensive Will be launched.

"No One will be wamed in ad- vzlncg of the date of the atfiack or the pclnt at which it will take place, but when the moment comes to call for tile co-operation of the French people as a whole we will keen our premise to let you know in time."

The message continued by tell- 122? the Frenrh: "By following our a vice you will contribute to the success of present and future operations that form the prelude cf full-scale action which has tern s0 long awaited."

Higher Farm Prices

Ailrnllescu previously had spent

two days lll oeriln wncle he con- lorred with Foreign Munster Junc- ium Von Riobentlop.

(Germany lecenlly has been rc- porwd calang for more Runlalllnn troops to go to Russia. It was possible tne conversations about this. It may also be Hitler is seeking troops from Crout- ia, although that country is not formally at war against Russia.)

Warns ll.S. Faces Food Shortage

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23—(AP) —A warning that the United States Will ace a food shortage

unless it acts ulckiy to solve the critical farm abor problem was laid before the House Agriculture committee today by Claude Wick- ard. Secretary of Agriculture.

He suggested that consideration be given to national labor service legislation as a means of keeping the farms manned with enough workers to produce the crOps so vitally needed at home and

abroad.

Testifyin in the presence oi MaL-Gcn. wis B, Hershey, selec- tive Service director. viilom the committee will question Fuiday, Wickard estimated that the armed services and industry may drain approximately 2,000,000 farm work- ers by the end of 1942 in addition those already taken.

"The only hope for agriculture is to try to replace the experienced workers with women, older people, children and other inexperienced and less competent workers, Wick- ard told the committee, "and even then, agriculture must expect to come out second best in many cases because industry will com- pete for this type of abor."

Election of 0.0.F. Member

EDMONTON. Sept. 23-(0?) - The (Jo-operative Commonwealth Federation gained representation in the Alberta legislature for the "Flt time will!" Elm!’ EH09" W" strong Gc rnnn attacks on positio WWW Mimi m‘ north of Cllaume Wood,

elected after the dav in sn Edmonton by-election.

The fourth count of the ballots

Roper 8.433 votes and Jill‘.

greater speed was by hail er llenry I. Kaiser who Women's Mlnionery society of the bum, Inde ndent, 7,188. No candl

watched the vessel slide gracefully into the ontflttln basin Oredson Shiphuii yer .

"Do you think on ever will build

a ship in lam t an 10 days?" an Mrs. J.A. Tucker of New Glas- gow, ll.S., presided at the sessions. Re . liflAA. Lawrence (If ‘Ikuro de- livered an address at the evening meeting in the absence of Dr. Hugh for see by Sunday. If it succeeds Munro of New Glasgow. the sche- dutleegi speaker who was unable to m at

Interviewer acted Kaiser. "Absolutely," he replied, adding: "Nothing Is impossible." The yard Intends" to prepare her

it will have delivered a major cargo ship in two weeks

Presbyterian Church

are sched morrow at a general meeting.

in Canada drie was eected on the first count‘ of his opened here today. Reports were Corporation heard at an executive meeting and uled to be discussed to-

because none had a majority. nec

eesary for a victory under the pro- oortional representation system of Cargo slliils of the anon-ton class aboard," across Canada. replied. well-known

balloting.

Mo]. Neiles V. Buchanan, Liberal. will in the second nlillinry camps it was learned here able to crawl up the rnpc ladder. Griffin. today

was eliminated for count, William (Paddy) Soldiers‘ Candidate. for hhe thlr and J B Gillies, social