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Canadian, British

today by Canadian. British the explosive emphasis that lses- that the air offensive will go

LONDON, Jan. 27-(0? CabM-Smasiied heavily last nlflil and l. G

_, feit goes with new fulfillment of British prom-

This was more than an ordinary night-and-dsy assault for it marked in daylight the first lll-Alllmil am: L: tbize German homeland. -mo in rs, struck at the Nari . naval bass of Wiliielmshaven lhd industries at Emden. Three United

United States airmen, flying

States machines were lost.

G. Graydon To Be Temporary House Leader

oinawa. Jan. zi-icri-A Pro rassive Conservative Caucus to ght elected Gordon Graf- do Con. Peel) as teln-

“r, on” of Commons cadet, pending election to 1110 House of John Brackwo Pl"!

hi ° ii was e loo uio 40-year- old kanip 18W!"

i the party E13: menial: from Hon. s, B‘; Ransom (Frog; Con. York-

n ) morro .

qfhgrgaucus passed a resolu- “°"..‘:i .i“‘ii.°°"i‘i'°"..-f‘ iii

. an

‘i, been leader in the lion-ll since i940.

A spokesman said tho" W" nothing to la as to where Mr- Bracken wo seek election to th House.

. in is llllllllbll: Mr. Illllliill laid he had 6N6 hi! "l" ignition u oneasaalsldeiw-cp t e, day following’ the w"! national convent n in In- last December which Brackekn party leader. lie had ex lained that is ealth p:- f _ a venteél‘ hiin_ urdrflILm-Jrllb ‘ I m sihlllty involved in the 0W9- sitlon ersh .

The retiring Home ltfllfl thanked his colloallws III “l! House for their co-oiW-Iflllflfl during the last three sessions. “as well as the many hundred! q! oitisens of Canada who have helped role ‘in T! all?’ l5 5

cat var e y o w Y "Mr. Hanson cxiifflfllfll "h" sincere appreciation” to the

rein of cnnada and particular-

inr "a "*.'l'"".=.:'-::..':m . y ‘ or er

grdriiil tfcitlllfllelt which they

have at all times aocorded__mc-"___fiflfi;fcd

Sense Of Expectancy In Wake Of Conference

Killed In Collision With Freight Train

-(C‘P)--Hectcr Gillis. 25. was killed today when a railway m0- tor scooter collided head-on with an out-bound Canadian Nations‘ Railways freight train on a our" near here. Daniel V. MacKini-ion jumped r-lenr of the scooter before the collision and escaped un- hnrvned.

Mr. Glllis was acting foreman on the MscKiunonbi Harbor section- The men were returning from work when they met the freight rounding s. sharp curve.

Coming Events

"Talkies — Souris Monday. l-M-ll.

"Tsllrh- Montague Gal/Willi“

"Be l 0h ietis Church .......::... ac;...:..1..n.;,

"R/umi Mughrid Guar- lcttetown Vios, Dsslnlloalty rink tonight. arm aw. i-as-ii "loading h this k. Albany Thursday afternoon?” iznersld Friday uni-ill 11.30 am. G. C. Green and A. 0. Green,

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Pantry Sale. men Hardware. 8st ' with" °"‘°"‘ '“'""'..‘l.°.'if.‘lt

Davis

‘O new m; r a fiimltcbriu ,2 cubiifiiiii-sweiiilveei. . r v . ‘Ihurdsy; John J. w“

so i ___-— _ "vuiiajaiu-ihfiffufi g. Wills inns irsefwui-IAI-lil

":7 use buying llva

And American Airmen Take Part In Raids.

. Jlrench resistsn in a more strik-

ven, Emden

American big bomber on with mounting intensity.

edRthlNMzi i h e a wccuped s Copenhagen, Denmark noon. an Air Min announced toni ht. Bombs were level and many; in the yards. One Mosquito is m . W m? ‘A1500 bqlinm c ae es m es the gird Lent. important d d BB9. was poun e during the inclu ed Canadian th R0 reported

the .R..0.A.l".-R.A.F. delivered a heavy bi rousing ers. amon Sgt. . J. McLean Sydney, us. Q19 klow of fires from way after leaving the Bordeaux navil merit had been “ seven times vioum aiit-drflnaes in e vicin a a ac e more frequen y. The RA. F. last raided the submarine bases. dodra, sidiimnd other ins-all- ations for U- t fittings on Sept. in and has maintained e consmit

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Warmer Weather Continues “littlest”

WINNIPEG. Jan; 2'1 — (OP)- Warmer temperatures brou ht re- lief today to Wutem Cans a which for more than a week has been held in the grip of s. severe cold wave that caused acute fuel shortages in many centres. Overnight temperatures for the third successive night rose con- siderably in major cities and most towns. Coldest spot was McMuirav. Alto... where the thermometer re- 35 below zero. =k____

By DOUGLAB AMABON Canadian Pleas Staff Wrllex

IDNDUN, Jan. 3'1 -(O.P Cable) - A sense or expectancy permeat- ed political, diplomatic and mili- tary circles in London tonight as Britain awaited a statement from Prime Minister Churchill on ihe "unconditional surrender" confer-

e t Casablanca. mghes Prim; Minister is expected to make his historic meeting with

esident Roosevelt the sublect o!

s next war statement to. tho House of Commons but “at iliflilfil available Opportunity” is the only indication when that mo! b9-

The world sir-story schism" has forestalled a new Germ"! peace offensive. observers said to- day, and informed charters Md the immediate result is likely to be the u clrnoernent of an over-all comma ‘ for the impllliilifll Vim‘ of ‘mnisia.

The biggest cloud over the con- was the failure to recon- cue the two main elements of

fsshi n. siphon: oaulle. leader of ' Flghtinl French, will continue to direct the command.

at it was mam

lasted l0 lg difficul- under which tiig. filial‘ labor. ferenes boerpdevoted to “Imb- uio ‘so

i-‘ifii-Si-iu “vial was

osqllito bombers attack- arde of after

bommuniqu;

pped from a low bursts were seen

ommand last night to oaux naval targets. 10r- German submarine for an hour night by a force that ltiusdrons of

. AF. bombs . .

an airmen r muforgrlils

defences strengthened in recent

weeks

ow "£93.? to two-ton ‘binder-burst:

Iflrlentb submarine pens.

said he saw ‘l0 miles a-

pstroi on suhm ,_ t n; - _ o» oeoto-towaioorp’ enzzz°a.'zz.*"rx".azaizzsi .2“:

__ At Maraolllo

Read by

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Everybody

is i0 tabs all his apurl.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, cannon, Tiiuiisnav, JANUARY 2s, 194a

RUSSIAN S MAY HAVE OPENED 8TH

Yank Airmen In First Da

New Session 0f Parliament Opens Today

liament was

ed with satisfacti of allied arms to a

i0 Wale offensive warfare."

- and Senate. ernoon when s new session in the 11m

aclty

of Canada, acting as deputy to the _ Earl of Athlone, read the 11mm;

Speech shortly after four dciock. Only e small number of specta- tors was in the galleries to witness the prorogation ceremony and the procedure leading up to it, 'I‘hrone Speech was read after both the Senate and Com- mons had been sitting an hour to deal with essential routine. involved, in the Senate, the swearing in of four new members and the seating of one of them, Senator Thomas V‘en of Montreal, as speaker succeeding the late sen. ator Georges Parent.

In the House of Common, three new members were introduced, in- cluding Mai-General L R 1,... Floche. Montreal-Outrernont, Min. -ister of Nstionii War services. In keeping wan tradition, the Throne Speech touched briefly upon highlights of the accomplishments of this session which began Jan. N. 1942. and sit until Aug. l wltli 8 10118 midway adjournment for the piibiscite on anti-conscription pled-

Dmphasis was laid on the co-

Aieutians and on "the co-onerntlve development of northern air routes to Eur-one and Asia." Both Houses met at three o'clock, i"? time to Whl¢B...they were ad- lQn-vser‘ lei-f AUQ L The" was a

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French People liheered Like Mad

TORONTO, Jan. 2'l—(CP)-- IO J.W.P. Draper. attached to M. n. A-F Squadron in ‘mnisia. said in a letter received here today by m; mother mat on s. recent trip from Bone to Algiers in Algeria ‘i; was amazing the way the Bench peo- ple greeted us, cheering like mad and zlvihs us the cnui-oniu ‘v for Victory’ salute."

PO. Draper told his mo“ Mrs. W. H Draper. that a big an- noyance in North Africa, Wag the swarms of fleas, but they are be- llll 30i- fld oi around the military stations. He added,- “Oui; here we 8% Bo many eggs it isn't even funny. We ell average six a day, and just Is many oranges." I00. Draper said that among the

Canadians at his air station was gas. it. W. Robinson of Sydney.

Liquor Rationing System In Quebec

QUEBEC, Jan. 27-(0?) - 1n- troduction of a liquor rstionina sys- tem, cnd swee ing cuts in the num- ber of hours aily when liquor may be bought or served in Quebec Pro- vince were snn iced today by i-ion. Leon Casgrain, Provincial At- iomey-Ocnersl.

Effective Ioeb. l. the plan cells for a limit of 40 ounces of alcoholic liquor per person per week. with the Provincial Government to

nish free the Quebec liquor oommiss on.

announcement made no mention of limitation cf wines and beer.

one iillor at each mil-chase with a total of three bottig, in all if three different kinds are Hill -

Trouble iiontlnues

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German orders section o;

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_.___ OTTAWA, Jan. zl -(CP)-- Par. prorogued today by a Speech from the Throne which not- on the program , point whens ‘the United Nations are beginning

e members of the House of who were dismissed only until tomorrow aft- formally open. were told that "Wlvtiil-l its of available manpower and materials our munitions pro- Krcmnhas now reached full cap-

Mr. Justice '1‘. Rinfret, Senior Pulsne Judge of the Supreme Court

i}

In the light of the stirring German propaganda efforts to enee at Casablanca aside as a

lied piirpo in advance; striited its inability to cope Mediterranean as wall as in

with

scene has so changed that the American and Fighting French

How can that be explained to m told of effective German illilillilli‘ I O O

ed

the specific statement that the Mr. Churchill was to draw the gaging the enemy u heavily as

RommeYs Flank.

- y LEO botANHAM Associated Press Staff Writer)

sthcring is tht ionslve to grill: m: Axis out

lied North African command dis- closed today the recapture of sev- eral central 'I‘llniSlB.i:i positions with which the enemy had sought to form a. line to protect the flank Q1. Holdall/formal Erwin Rumm 1's retreat into Tunisia Loni Libya.

° . whose forces wer. strunif out widely with some behind. the Msretii line abou: 60 miles into Tunisia, was backtracking fast in the effort to join with Gen. Von Arnims Axis army in Tunisia, an assertion of Axis radios that his advance elements already had made the rendezvous were not confirmed in any Allied quarter,

Contact Rommel

The British command in Cairo announced that contact bad been made with Hammers reasuards as earéy as yesterday somewhere west .of auia which itself is 30 miles be- yond failcn '1‘ ipoli-the first con- tact reported n three days.

In Tunisia. he Allied communi- que announced that a. number _ of positions in the Ousseltla Valey and in the mountains to the ens:

have been regained and are beinil consollda d.

An Allied spokesm said in sup- plement:

“Now we hold the Kairouan-Ous- ltia. "

puss. This was in the 98000!‘ of what had been the most menacing Gel’- man advance, and one unofficial report from the front said Ameri- can mechanized units. infantry and aztiiiery had advanced five miles to occupy the uses.

8th Army Advance;

‘The advance of the British 8th army behind Romrn l was esrmnrd military observers here a. from 1 to 15 miles a day-ii satisi" torv progress in their view considering he strength of enemy reurrrwrd reslstancr and th. fact that evrrv cone ivubh rbstacle is being lc.t by the Germans.

COAL E-IIORTAGI EDMONTON, Jan. 27 —(OP) -

Albertab coal iiiorta e eased today m as climbing tempera ures aided in redoiatkm of transportation ilitles, but at many centres schools,

fac-

y Atta w; saiosiiii}. i... sigh

(Dy Kiriro L. Simpson. Associated Press War Analyst)

events in Russia in the last fsw wash, wavs the Roosevelt-Churchill confor- meanlnqless get-together staged with Hollywood trappings are worse than silly. They constitute a confession of weakness-an admission that the propagandista cannot realy cope with the impact of the conference on the Axis home fronts, where German and Italian nervsa obviously are growing Jittery as the lbed Army tidal wave rolls westward. O I I O O I

Once more the Nari spy network has failed abiectly to fathom Ai- once more German air power has demon-

Russia Axis radio listeners now know from official German lips the war most significant mobilization of British, leaders could be called almost on the doorstep of a continent conquered by Hitler. Only absolute security from Nazi air attack at Casablanca could have warranted the risk.

Aside from the shock to Axis nerves, Hitler's generals are confront- with a blunt and specific warning of events to come born 0| the Casablanca martini. The statement. issued ill Casablanca dealt in military generalities-with one notable exception. And that exceptiorn. "Prime obiect" of Mr- Roosevelt and weight of the war off Russia "by en-

posslble tth b t ited i "_. must be the maior concern of Hitler and lils ggneiastla." cc p0 n“

New Offensive In Africa May Be Near

I b Allies Recapture Several Positions On

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143N001“. Jan. 27—(AP)-—A.lnld final of; 0 North Africa may be near. the Al-“

evergrcwing perils in Africa and the

Axis public that has been so recently at Casablanca? . O I

Tell llow 8th Army ilutsmarteil Marshal Rommel

" IDNDON. Jan. 27 -(CP)-- The War Office ddlscloaed today how the British 8th Army outsmarted Marshal Rommel by eluding a trap at the start, of the desert campaign that put the Axis forces into s 1,- 400-mi1e flight westward. Rommers trap that failed spring was described in s. SZ-page plot/ore story of "The Battle Of Egypt” issued in; the War Office. In October Rommel was poised confidently on the El Alameiri Line, the gateway to Alexandria and Cairo. with the full strength of the Af- rica Corps and several Italian di- visions available, Rommel deliber-

centre of hl= line between the sea and the Qattara depression. He honed to entice the 8th Army to strike at his rentro-ivith strong Ar's forces on both flanks. . ‘indoor the 0h Army smashed in PommePs strongest sector 1n the north. maven davr later the Germms and Italians were in full retreat.

Chinese Charge Japs lise Gas

CHUNGKINJ. Jen, 27-—(AP)— ,An offmisl charge that. the Jap- yauesc army is using poison gas. the 1.3.15, slice ii.i.m‘n and the Unit d .a . threatened to retaliate if ear. r attacks in China were re- iaatzd. was made by the Chinesc ‘ll h command today. ti communique said gas was used in futile attack on Chinesr Prsilons northwest of Hungtung, n Elouthem Shansi Province. Jan.

w were offered and all were sol/J- ct

ateiv left. weak forces to hold the Q9779

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Prices Strong At Montreal Fur Auction

Returns.

oelved last evening by Lt.-Col. D.

Auction Company's sale of and new type fox pelts at Morit- rec. Montreal. Jan. 27- Sale continu- efl- strong today, The Canadian National Associut‘on’s special coll- ection of catinums was 100 per cent sold. with four pelts bringing $200 each. The Association's silver plat‘num collection was 9'1 percent sold. five cf them reaching $122 each. The Association's pearl plat- inums were 100 per cent sold at en ill/SHIRE of S90 and the Willi! marked silvers were 9i! per cent sold, two of them selling for $125 each. They had full ring necks. The Prince Edward Island Pelt Show pelts saw one lot of four piaifnums that. sold at an average of $185 each and one lot of two sold at $175 each. One white mark- ed show pelt brought 806. Tomorrow, Thursday. can show pelts from the Ontario Fox Breed- ers Association will be auctioned, together with 7.000 silvers compris- ing the fourth secflon of the sale. The auction wiil be concluded an Friday with the offering of the fifth section. consisting of 8,400 sfilvers o

Many buyers are here from the United States. Mexico and Soutih America, and are buyinu freely. GEORGE A. CALLBBCK. manger Canadian National Fox Breeders‘ Association.

After the above telegram was re- ceived Don Stewart. president of the Curiacfan National Fox Breed- ers’ Association, summersidc iziive further particulars of the anle which he received in s telephone conver- sation with Mr. Callback.

It. had reference to the Canadian PlaVnum Association's consiunment of plutinums and white faces mark- eted by tho Canadian National As- sociation for them yesterday. One hundred and nine platinum pe‘ts

an average of $129.07. Three pearl nlatlnums averaged $80.00. One hundred and 35 silver platinum: offered and itll sold at an ever-sue of $91.92. Four hundred and 24 marked silvers were offered and 398 sold at an sveraee of $54.60.

W» silver tori-s were well taken up. ‘These were for genera‘ account fmm varion- shippers. Selected fnlls nvomved $39.90, ordinary fulls.

To Lift Hard final Fmliiiriro

HALIFAX. Jan. 9'7 -—(CP)-'I‘he United states embargo on the ex- port on anthracite coal w Canada will be llied "am-r next Satur- day." J. MeG, Stewart of Ha ifax DiOXXéXllOII Fuel Controller, said to- h!‘ .

The ban on shipments was placed in effect more than two weeks ago. he said. when an "almost complete coal famine" developed 'n the northern New Ervrland ‘rtrlfrr. Thi- was due nartlv i0 ‘he town‘ stflke in Un'ied States cos‘ f'*"'< and partly to weather condi- tions.

Book ls iiharged With Train Murder

"They used poison gas. but sev- eral hundred of their own men lost their lives as the wind suddenly

m. churches and public halls were tumedt rationing books ‘through still 010806- e _

oward their own positions,"

the communigg said

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ALBANY. Ore. Jan. 27 The second cock of the Southern Pacific's west coast limited we; charged today with the slaying of an attractive ayoung navy undo t.

The break in the ficggmqm "murder on the mainline" mystery came with the unexpected filing by the Linn County District Attorney. Harlow L. Wcinrlck, of s first-dc- gree murder charge against. Robert if... Full: I)- ear-old negro, ar- rested in Lee lee as the train ‘ended its MOO-mile run through Oregon and California,

Police Capt. Verne Rasmussen said in Les Angelou that mikes confessed slasbin the throat of Mrs. Martha irginia Brlnson James as she

Winn Omini-v in the early-morning Saturday. Rasmussen said, however. thnt mites retract» ed hi admission.

PIIMI MINISTER‘! BUTLER INLISTI

OTTAWA. Jan. 2'! - (C?) Christopher Mscteod. butler to Prime ilinlster Macken- z‘e King. has enlisted in the Can-

Island PliiHlTllmS And White Marked Show Pelts Bring H i g h

‘Ilhe following teiegram was re-

A MacKimion, giving an account of the third day of the Canadian “Fur s ver

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Bases. NEW YORK, Jan.

The Associated Press. If this its eighth

frequently have announced of Moscow announcements.

leaving fewer than 8,850 doomed

to a point 60 miles from Rostov, bases. Moscow said tonight h $4.1M. radio monitor.

.. thousand Nari troops "laid down their arrm, inoludi .one whole r out." at Stfaifingrad, and anot er 1,850 also surrendered. the regular mi ht bulletin said. Th was near central part

er rainy mcket north of Bteliriizigiad be- annihilated. it added.

Rnissis announced - day that only 12.000 tra Cer- mfllll fflilflllled i0 be e hinted

tier era]

en more than been killed and 31.350 cagtured.

Weeping westward from recap-

hired Voronezh on the upper Don River the communique said the R/ussisne had occupied Gorschech- more. 80 miles east and slightly south of Kursk. big German base on the Moscow-Kharkov railway. This town is about 50 miieg gqugh- west of Voronezli. As evidence of the continuing rout on the Voroneiih front the communique said that, 5,000 Axis troops. includins a colonel. f-wc ruaiors and s captain. surrendered after a short battle" in the v“. vcrovka-shelyaklno sector which i! iii miles east of Soviet van- tzflilicezrgsloyzvhokslreshdy have . c onovaont, eMoscow- Yelefsirirpsnd: railway