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5 J AP WARSHIPS SUN K [N SOLOMON S BATTLE

German Attacks Die Down Again At Stalingrad Nfld. Hunting Party Saves Fail flake ‘A i’

A Shipwrecked

8T. JOHN'S NFLD, oot. 1S -

(CP CABLE) - A party oi Ptar- migan hunters, who dropped their spQrt to rl a brooches buoy for s crew of sh pw-recked mariners, were disclosed torii ht i-o have saved all t7 men wboar the 311% after it ran agnund on the iorb ding New. foundland Coast. Btmnded only 90 feet ofidwre the shiys oxewmen were barred from ss ety by high. bluff cliffs un- til the hunting party from St. John's came to their rescue The sportsmen _ Gordon Higgins, Charles Godden and James Mc- l-aughan -- were at their camp on the southern coast oi Newfound- land when distress flares from the aw» were sighted.

Picking up two other men. Gar- ret Stamp and Bernard Gibbons. they hurried to the clltfside to f‘nd the ship jammed on the rocks be- low them in darkness.

By firing their guns they at- tracted the attention of the crew above the noise of brealrng suri. Worn the ship. a light, line was flung Qicrcward, but it fell short 9f the CllIIl-Cll).

Gibbons than scramblrd down the steen wail of the cliff and caught the lino. carrying it to a

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~n a borurfs chair rigged to the line. all aboard the wmrked vessel rcde to safety across the short stretch of breakers.

To Represent Province

Messrs. Charles Craig and Eldon Wright, both oi Middleton, a team representing the Kinkora Ayrshire Cali Club will represent Prince Edward Island st the National Judgin contest in Toronto. it W" decide yesterday in an elimination contest of the Junior Calf Clubs ill this province.

The National contest will be neld during the week beginning Nov m- ber 2. Also representing this Drov- ince in the competition in TOWN-O will be Miss Kathleen Doyle and Athol McDonald a team represent- ing the Mennaid Poultry Club.

Runners up in yesterday's contest were two brothels. William lllld Ernest Power a team representing Elliotvac Cali Club.

Coming Events

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_°'Talkies Canoe C0118. Flldfly- 10-14-21.

"Talkies Mt. Stewart. Saturday- 10-14-21.

"Dance, St. Peters Bay Friday. 16th. Clifford's Orchestra. 10-14-21.

nagh School Friday. Special music. 10-14-21.

l-l a l l, Web- 10-l3-2l.

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ance Do October 16th.

"Dance Georgetown Thursday, October 15th. star's Orchestra.

"we require a quantity of well fleshed bologna cattle. Island Cold Storage 00.. Ltd. 9-l6-d

"Winsloe North SuDPf-‘r 1n the Hall Thursday the 15th. Tea served at 6 o'clock. 10-10-14-

"Wlnsloe North Supper in the Hall Thursday the 15th Tea serve at 6 o'clock. 1

"York Hall, lound Movies, National Board.

Wednesday, Free Film 10-14-11.

"Reserve Wednesday evening. October 21st for Clyde River Presby- terian Chicken Supper. 10-14-11.

"Hunter River starch factory accepting potatoes by aPWllll-melll- only until further notice.

10-l4-8i.

B. A. Chicken starting at 10-14-21.

"Canoe Cove L. O Bupper. October 22nd. 6.30. Proceeds war work.

"Balm: Rollo Bay Hall Wed-

nesday and J. ursday, Oot. 21 and n, 10-14-51.

"Trucking hogs ss usual for the summer month; List your h with A. C. Green Albsn and G. l Green. Emerald.

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"Collecting every Friday- Please list WlbimliQ McDowell, Irederiotnn. b-li-ao-twti

“Reserve Oct. a1 for chicken supper st the home oi Mrs. wu- lard Prorwse, Brackley. l0-l4-li.

‘Wpeg 0' My Heart." presented bv It. Georgeb players in North Rus-

tico Hell, Monday. October 1190011141‘

"Chicken Supper. Dance. Vrrnofl River Hall. October 14th. W055i"!

8.30. Orchestra. Supper served “Hbu

"Reserve Tuesday. October 20th

Cavendish

Hot Chicken Supper. Hall 7.30 to i0 P. M. If not fine Wednesday. Proceeds for W11‘

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Mariners

New U.S. Raid 0n Jap Base

WASHlNGTON, (AP) - United States army heavy bombs-n have nude sno- oesslul new raids on Is eso ships and shore instsl atlons at Kiska in the Aleutian IsL finds while encounte-in; only light apposition, the navy an- nonnc ’ “.

No enemy lanes rose to meet the Amer can raiders and anti-aircraft fire was described ls “moderate.”

Roy Asks For Secret Session

OTTAWA, Oct. l3-(OP)—J. B. Roy independent member oi Par- liament for Ga-spe, told The Cana- dian Press today he had sent s letter to Prime Minister Mac- kenzle King urging him to con- vene Parliament immediately to discuss the shipping situation in the St. Lawrence.

The member whose constituency occupies a. considerable portion of the Gaspe peninsula. was in Ottawa today and said the reason for sending the letter to the Prime Minister was that the situation was even worse than when the House oi Commons had held l secret session to discuss it last summer.

"The people oi my constituency" Mr, Roy said, "want to be assur- ed that the defences along the Bt. Lawrence are adequate and whether the air forces defences ggglngfl the U-boat menace are directed along the most effective lines."

British Offer To linchain Nazis If...

LONDON, Oct. lS-JCPJ-Prime Minister Cllulchlll told the HOUR of Commons today that the British Government had offered through us; neutral reprcselltative. switzer- land, to discontinue counter-mea- sure; against German risoners the Germans Will unc ain British and Canadian prisoners taken at DleDDe.

Mr, Churchill said the Germans took the action, announced as 0f Oct. B, in violation oi the Geneva Convention governing the treat- ment. oi prisoners. He added that "his Majesty's goverrment have never countenanoed any eneral order for the tying up _0i D ll?“ on Lhe field of battle.’

1119 Prime Minister said. how- ever, that such a process rnBY b6 "from time to time under circumstances and may, indeed. be in the best interest of the safety 0i the prisoners thfm- selves."

‘me Geneva Convention. he pointed out, “does not attempt to re late conditio in the actual fig ting. It is con ned solely to the treatment of prisoners who have been sccurcy 01117011111 "lll B" and‘? the res-Dolgllglp Olilfle 0i the

ve;nm .

0:16 eflllldoflled the Germans with attem ting to "use prisoners of we: a; if hey are hostages upon Wlwm reprisals can be taken for occur- rences on the field oi battle with Whig-y. gatid grisonets can have had not ng o 0-"

Mr. Churchill urged that “lmlll we hear from the Dwiwtlhl DOWN (Switzerland) the result. 0! till! prom; 1 have no further state- men; to make upon the subject and x should strongly dc recs" any discussion whlc mi! l- b! preéudiclal to the action oi the pro ectln power and consequently to the in crests of prisoners q} war of mo. belli rent countries.

an" [hp ime Minister ud

adu his ytatement the Bishop 0f [fliers withdrew s. demand ior n debate in the House 0i‘ 14ml! °ll the question of prisoners.

Child Rescued From Drowning

JOHN. N. ., Oct. 13 — (OFF-Marie, Daley, '1, daughter 0i Rev. and Mm. H N. Esley, T01‘- omo was saved from drowning in Sal Job-n Harbor today n-fttr Shc tell rom a whorl. The rescue was mud by Douglas Oochrane, 22. merc ant seamen of this (its; Diving fully clothed into 9 lll

tide, Oochrane reached i-he chid under water and broilflllt he!‘ l~° the safety of a wharf ladder altar an exhausting struggle against the strong current The girl's parents. enmuie from Halifax to Toronto. witnessed the ywng sesmsns

SAINT

Any Gains In Battered City

Fighting Heavy in Mozdok Area of Caucasus.

(By Henry C. Cassidy, Associated Press Btnii Writer) MOSCOW, Oct. 14—(Wodnes- day)-—(AP)—Gcrman attacks on the Stalingrad front died down again today and the Russians an- nounced that RAN! army troops had recaptured a street given up the previous day and pushed the Ger- mans back slightly in one sector northwest of the battered city. Beyond the isolated soviet act- ion in which the street was rc- captured, the Tuesday midnight communique said, activity inside the rubble-strewn city again was confined to artillery after a one- day renewal of German assaults. Action northwest of Stalingrad also appeared to have been re- stricted to local engagements. The communique said one unit of elite guardsmen “pressed back the Germans somewhat" in one en- gagement and in other sectors the Russians “continued to defend their forrrii‘ positions" and “car- ried out reconnaissance raids." Fighting. however, continued heavy in the Mozdck area of the Caucasus and along the Block

Sea. 1n the Mozdok area, the com- munique said, two battalions oi

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19 Survivors Reach Port

AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT. Oct. 13-(0?) -— Nineteen survivors from a recent torpedoing, mourning the 105s of some of their shlpmates, were interviewed on their arrival here from another eastern port where they had been landed after the sinking of their freighter.

Two Canadians. a 16-year-old Verdun, Que. Mess Boy and a 20- year-old Halifax wireless operator, are among those lost. They were not finther identified.

"We were sailing smoothly along when, without warning a torpedo struck 11s with a violent explosion," said Qunricpnaster Eric Killi a. He was eating at the time and wizn others rushed on deck and saw a yawning hole in the ship's side.

"I nearly stumbled into the hole", he said. "There was no time to get away the boats. We just tied on our

15 lifebelts and dived overboard. The ship split in two and I think it

didn't take more than two minuies for her to go down."

Alex Dawson, Montzeal Naval Gunner, recalled that as he 511d down the sharply-listing deck to- ward the water a "smoke can"- for providing smoke screens during a naval engagement-struck him on

the head. It knocked him He regained consciousness in the water and rcczuled shouting i0

other swmmlrig crewman.

"We did this, 1 guess, to keep our courage up. We just kept Wllng each other that help would be along soon. five". body was assuring everybody e e."

Dawson-Torpedoed twice before -—was in the water an hour before he was pulled onto the deck oi a Canadian warship.

Dawson and Klllila said the U- boat fired at close range.

Nick Jaroski, Montreal Quarter- master on another ship pointed to a long slender sprucq tree in the rigggeg of his ship.

' that tree there mister," he said. "Well that is the good omen the; brou i. us safely to port. A torpedo m sed our stern by inzhes. because I saw it boling past."

Boy Hunter _ Acquitted

AMHERST. N. 5., Oct. 13-(0?) “Seventeen-ycar-old Bernard st. Peters, charged with man-

slaughter in connection with the death of Everett Orossmnn in a hunting accident last fall, was se- qultted by a Supreme Count jury hone today.

In this second trial, the jury soorpted testimony saying that Crossman had been mistahen for s. deer and shot. In the first trial, at the spring session of the supreme Court here, the jury dis- agreed.

M.R.E.C. Convention Later This Month

saurr muffin. 0o. 13-(0 P)—-'l‘he annual Sundry School

Convention oi the Mzmtimc RB- ligious Education council w be hold here Oct. 29 and 30. Pro dent of the organization is Rev. Dr. George Young, ficclorlcfiiai. Tue general board of the MR.E.C will meet here Oct, 28 and 20 with

the chairman, Dr.

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President conference today that the volunt- ary manpower ggtking satisfactorily in the United

George J. True- . President oi Mount Allison

War Situation Last Night

(By Kin-ire L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst)

Wherever else the Allied diversion offensive: against the Axis

may

l" llllllflllll ll . it seems obvious that the Nazi leadership expects the

first blow to all in front.

Egypt and is making frantic efforts to holster that

Tho presence oi Marshal Rommel in Berlin recently invited conjec-

ture that he was there to demand reinforcement, particularly

in air

power. His African Corps, stalled for months 1n the narrow Egyptian corridor, ls in a. perilous trap. The growing Allied air superiority empha.

sized by Mr. Churchill the same da

nowhere more clearly demonstr tc can thentrs. ' I U

that Mr, Roosevelt spoke has been than in the Egyptian Mediterran-

t Tekndlng to confirm the view that Rommel’: mission to Berlin was o ma e urgent personal a peal for help, even at the cost of withdrawing

air or other forces from air assault on lilalta.

ussfa, Cairo now reports a furious new Axis

It seems clear that with the longer route across the eastern Med-

iterranean from

Crete or Greece to Tobruk und'er constant blasting by

lllilH-Pililfie American as well as British bombers based in Egypt the age! llihflifwiiresortlng to the short line from Slrily_to supply and min- c c r can Corps. British planes and submarines based on Malia 3"‘ "l" Brcatest threat to that communication line. Thcre seems littlv- 1'10"“ "ll" 1198i’? AXIS iilltht movements across the Sicilian ‘strait; are

being attempted. O I I

Ifthatlstru, dlf‘ t J {G either offensive o: daefenslvg “liq; ‘lwrogfigalli: IriihsftnhcemfrhnmAtf-hgraltrfrz: sian front they are being withdrawn. That might account for the Chan} in tactics at Stalingrad foretold by Nazi broadcasters. g

US. Takes ‘Offensive

In Solomon Islands

(By John M. Hlghtower, Assoq. iiltcd Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—(AP)\ United States marines have match- ed the offensive from reinforced Japanese Jungle troops and made a-westward advance on Guadal- canal lsland in the Solomons. the navy department announced today in a communique which said the

ellfimy had suffered "many cas- ualties." The communique also reported

that marine corps aircraft had dflmllfied two enemy light cruisers and shot down three enemy sea- planes last week, while on Sunday filmy. now and marine fighter planes turned back a force of 65 Japanese bombers and fighters Over Guadalcanal. shooting down l2 with a loss of only two Amer)-

can planes, The marine advance started from forward positions 0n the

western flank of the defence ring around the strategic American air base on the north shore of Guad- alcanal and was accomplished Sun- dRv after two days of battle. Army fighter planes supported the ground forces by strafing enemy troops and installations. The ex- tent of the advance was not dis. closed.

U.S. Manpower Plani Unsatisfactory

WASHINGTON, Oct, Roosevelt told

I3—(AP)—- a press program is not es. He gave no indication however, that any immediate request, might be made for legistlaiion to put 10b

out assignments on a compulsory basis

Langstone Has Resigned

OTTAWA, Oct, 13—(CP)-l-l0n, Hank Langstcne, New Zealand Hlih Commissioner to Canada, said in a statement today he has submitted his resignation from that Dost to the New Zcnland Government because of differences Wit-h Prime Minister Fraser.

He said he plans to leava Ottavwa late this month and on his return m New Zealand will tender his resignation as a mlnistcr in the Fraser Government.

Mr. Langstone said that al- though definite arrangements had been made for him to become New Zealand minister to the United States. Mr. Fraser had without consulting him changed his mind and appointed Hon. Walicr Nash t0 the Washington position.

BRITAIN'S WINGED “N'S”

IONDON -—(OP) —N\avigators 0i Britain's bombers are to have their

22f} dlflllllulshed mark, a winged

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8 More Nazi“ Planes Downed Over Malta

(By Harry Crockett, Assoc-

iated Press Staff “Iritvrl CAIRO, Oct. 13- (.-'ll’)— Malta's defenders bugged eight more Nazi planes today, bringing a three-day tntnl to 47 definitely destroyed and about 50 more so badly dam- aged that some probably nrvor regained their Sicilian bases.

Only six Spitfire pilots of the R. A. F. were downed in this sustained struggle over the tiny sentinel island which has impeded Nazi scabnrnc supplies from Italy to Mar- shal RommcPs Axis North African troops. Of the downed pilots two were rescued from the sou. Only a few casualties have been suffered and pro- perty damage Was described as slight.

Only n few of tho Junkers B8 bombers which were heav- ily escorted hy German and Italian fighters penetrated Malta's defences to drop ex- plosives, reports said tonight.

The island has been used so skilfully to impede the flow of supplies to North Africa that the Axis recently divert- ed its shipping farther east- ward where Greek and Cretan ports were used.

But there the Axis ships ran into heavy attacks by the “pink elephant" long-range bombers of the United States army air forces operating from secret bases in the eastern Mediterranean.

8o observers ‘concluded to- night that the renewed on- slsughts on Malta was still

another attempt to remove that menace and use the shorter Mediterranean supply route between Sicily and

Tripoli.

(The intensified Axis aerial operations around Malta were accompani ’ by Berlin nnd Rome radio reports that Bri- tain was massing forces for I. new attack in Egypt.)

Report Commandos Land In: Norway

LONDON, Oct. l3-<CP)—'I'he Swiss radio tonight. quoted a Swedish newspaper report as say- ing six British commandos had landed on the Norwegian coast and blown up an important elec- trio power station in Nordlnnd Province.

The account said that all the commandos were later taken pris-

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F LE LI I: EXCELS IN THE KITCHE

Canada Now Arsenal For British "Empire

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ROCHESTER, N. Y.. Oct. l! _

(CPJ- Canada's Labor Minister, Hon. Humphrey Mitchell, tonight told the American society of mech- lllliCill engineers that Canada has made a "remarkable" transition from peace to war economy, and

now is the “arsenal as well as the

bread basket" oi the Bfltlid Em-

pire

"Canada," he said, “did no‘. take long to shift ears from t-he monu- facture of re rigcrzutors, cars, sewing machines and radios to the pro- duction of guns, tanks, aircraft, ox- plosives, chemicals and ammuni- lion."

Smce 1039. Canadian war plants had handled orders for $5,000,000.- 000 worth of munitions and war mozerinls, and this year would spend $3.200,000,000 — or $278 per cupltn — for war, twice the entire cost, to Canada of the First Great War.

Mr. Mitchell said Canada was the first democracy in this war to "gird itself for the battle of inflation." l’..ce lllltl other controls had kept the rise in the official cost-of-liv- ing index between October. 1941. and Scpiembor. 1942. w less than two points - from 114.6 to 116 5.

Firm July. 1914, to September, 1917, me fyiminicn’; cost-of-living lndzx rose from 100 to 135.3 while in the corresponding period of this war, the index rose from 100 in August, 1939, to 116.5 in September 194‘

l.

Canada's ordinary manpower re- sources had been absorbed. 1nd 511100 the ixceds of the Armed forces cOllld not be domed more and more non-rsscuiia] production (would be limited, non-essential business re- duced and men and women divert- ed '.> essvntial war work.

"We have abOut 150.000 wcmen

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Takes 5 to 1 Ghance, Dies

LONDON. Oct. l3——~(CP)—Kcn- nctli Pearson, member 0f an R, A. F. ground crow, today picked UP his .45 revolver to demonstrate a gangster film scene to two W. A. A. F. S.

The gunman in tho film 1184i put a bullet in the revolver. spun

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the cylinder ahd ihcn tflkfili l 5-(0-1 chance against death by holding the barrel against his

hood and pressing the trigger.

“Be spnrliiig." the real live soldier told one oi the W. A. A. F, 5,, handing her the revolver, "take a chance."

When the girl refused Pearson flicked the cylinder with one bul- let in it and took the chance. H

There was n flush. Pearson slid from his chair dead,

Plan n; 03.11” 18-19-Year-0lds

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 - (AP) __ wit,“ gpevd reminiscent. of that with which it declared war last Decoilllber on Gcnmmy. nil-l? and Japan, congrccs went into hilh gear today to put 18 and 194994" 03d 50;,‘ into Unttcd States army uniforms

Responding to President Rococ- voivs iiwsidc chat, nnd to an ap- secretary Henry

l by war H gfinson that lt/ hcl build “D "ml the minimum dc ay the finest

army in the world." Wlllmtfi lead‘ 01's disclosed plans w "t" House of RgypPPSOIIi/HUVQS P058808 this wcck legislation lowering the draft age from Z0 Y“?! w m" Announcing plans for hearinSQ tomorrow and Thursday House vote Sal-unlit)’. (lmlnnm A-ndyc-w May (Drnr-KY.) 0i’ tlgc House mllliiliy commit-too said‘ t1; lvglslailon to be considered “Ollbe rovlde that ‘teen-flue soldlflfi izcpt out of combat) uni-ll i-hfiy ha"