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Churchill Returns; Commons Surprised

I i Minister Is In High Spirits; Will Report To Parliament Shortly.

anticipated fast-moving develop- . anents in mllicary and Wvemment

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IDNDON. Jill. lF-(CP able)- The undoing Winston Clulaohill came back to -bril sanihm and ant as even-and Britain. his return from e lot-wears in tho Middle Faust and Morocco.

Plans .

of eah, French Morocco, frown olgneumcnia. attack ho suffered at rthfiggalnear Tunis alter the

was completely imezupected.

Mr. Churchill lust strolllod intn the house. A bomb through the roof could not have created greater sutrprise whenflhc suddenly emerged

om adows behind c speaker's chair. carrying a lore:-

bundle (flfed typewritten docunenis,

. E. leaving the house he drove to

eculatlon links with nub- lieylllgnsljin the Communist Party rgan Pravda. Monday 01 I Yum“ fmisa l5 ortsinatinl in W" that certain unnamed Britons Md discussed separlw acs terns; 'r.i'.h oermlu F“ ii"

"lfgflfilllg British denial merely hymlylorl donations as t0 Why "l! Russians 1e into their controlled m... as sensational a run-or about an allv The Bfltlill "Wm" w“ formally communicated to ‘hi! auralan Government today.

The Ibderal Communications Commission reported late today that as a l‘! h-evda story.

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l. P. To Appeal Summary Judgment

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NEW YORK. Jan. lfl-(APF-The board o1 directors of The Associat- 1 Id Prom tonight directed counsel i0 “appeal wmlout delwy" the sum- ' iilery Jllliaunent. filed by a fcdorfll court without lull tnsu. in the y United States government's clvil anti-trust M111: against the nou- limflt news lac-operative.

The Judgment. filed but Thurs- - 44-1‘. would restrain AP, perpetually 1 lromkobserving lay-laws um It which

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riot... ibilliiy f an rgplcaat 1w ‘ o r p mcnttxrship.

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Minister ‘

Biacklngllaam Palace to 11inch with the King and report on develop-

en . The Prune Minister will be con- ferring with the invasion comman- ders within the next few davs and it is expected that cabinet ohanw will be asmounccd before long,

Berlin said today that Marshal Cerd Von Rundstedt. Hitler's anti- lnvaeicn chief. was massing pow- erful German forces in the Rhone Valley and plain; of Paris. ready to bc rushed to any point to com- bat Allied landing! "

In nub spirits

“m. char-nun. in ultras sou-its stopped from his train to a flood- ilghted London station this morn- ing. He was not arnoking but soon Illghtcd one of his long cigars with old-time zest. He was visibly af- fected as he want around the ‘sta- tion, shaking hands with members of hi; cabinet. including Foreign Secretary Eden, Clement R. Attlec. Lord President of the Council who has been leading the House in his absence, Home Secretary Herbert- Morrisou, 10rd Woolton, The Min-

are. The Prime Minister then pro- ceeded to th House of Commons

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New Russian Advances On Northern _Front

LONDON. Jan. lfl-(CPl-The Germans have lost 4d divisions or about 560.000 man on the Russian front in the last two months. tho Moscow radio said tonight in a ca t r c by the Soviet radio Monitor. Today on the northern front the Red Army, lashing out in two new offensives. successfully shatter-ad long standing German defence lines west and south of Leningrad and ll advancing 1n the gyggg south of Orenienbaum and north c! Novgorod, lvloscow said.

The two offcnsivcs, apparently aimed at clearing the Gennlang

' from lines which curl around Len-

ingrad wlthln artillery range of

, Russia's second largest city. were

announced nractly a your after the siege of the cltv was broken.

ll. S. Rail Wage Dispute Ended

WASHINGTON" Jan. 18—(AP)—— The United States railroad wage dispute was Settle-d tnday with rais- es all around and the government- aeiud lines were ordered returned to their owner; tonight

The return of the railroads to private rua-agement was ordered by W“ the White House advising him of

the settlement and recommending the lifting of army control.

Report Marshal Tito

| Wounded Last Summer

LONDON, Jim. 18—(AP)-—Misl'- shal Tito was wounded last sum- mer svhcn his Yugoslav partisans escaped a German encircle-mom; in Montcnongro, BBC correspondent

from Cairo. A previous report of the wound-

whero he tol member he expect- ed to make a statement on the W3!‘ | in the ncar future but begfledl "soms latitude" about the date. He’ disposed of several questions. auchl us the demand of our member toI know what stopg he was taking to‘ relieve himself of some official

duties in order tn conserve his

health.

"1 run obliged to you for your solicitude but I have no changes to pl ,_ at present in my rou- tine." he replied amid laughter.

As questioning proceeded Herbert Williams. Conservative asked if the Prime Minister was aware of any “false optimism" voiced in a recent spccch in which

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Gen Montgomery indicated the probable early capture of Rome.

"I don't know about false optim- ism." the prime minister replied. “There has been a lot of bad wea- ther."

Ill At Csrthsle

Meantime it was disclosed offic- ially that after l8 days in Cartilage. Mr. Churchill was able to fly to Marrakesh to ccnvalcscc.

He arrived at Carthage

“Cairo Dec. 11. meaning to stay It

dny or two with Gen. Eisenhower “for; proceeding tn the

front. He was taken ill. News at ghg mm“ was given the House of Ocmmona by Attlse Dec. 16.

The prime minister was suffici- ently recovered Dec 2'1 to make a journey by air and flaw over the Atlas mountains to Marrakvlh 6Y1 the invitation of Eisenhower. As his convalescencc Dmiilflied h! want to a numbe of picnics in the foothills of the tlu mountains-

Mrs. Churchul and his 11011871141‘. Sarah (Mrs. Vic. Oliver) were with him. Lord Beoverbrook. lord Privy Seal. stayed with the mum min- ister throughout the viiiii- Gil"- lllasnhowet- and Con. Montgomery were other visitors.

Says Canada Is "Monopoly-Ridden"

MONTREAL. Jan. ll-("OPF- gums; probably la the moat mona o ly-rldden" country in ti" ""1

th the aliuninum. nickel. oll pro-

g, tobacco, agricultural unple- “chargin-

fl 0 ffliffirwlth “tlhls economic g of the arteries." M- i-

0. C. I. leader. said he"

t0 e c. c. r. in Canada could urlgnocratic. socialist Plliiilln" potontia and actual want it would ve rendered distinguished "Y" ice in the etrug le for lasting We'll‘ If. Caldwell sa d. deliver-ink I 9P9‘

lng. broadcast today from Cairo. had not given the time took place. -

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Kenneth Matthcwg reported today.

that the long-awaited

b; getting ready to pull back their

Russian accounts of thrusts In lngrud front and advance on the Vo to confirm earlier Berlin intimation: heavy attacks.

ed to avclil a Rus ’

emerge within n few days.

coast.

That would mean a icrrlbie con bombing und strafing attacks. 1t ls command ls supremely confident of

slan strategy calls for only assaults the north while the break-through shut the Pnkov gate.

counts fur Russian failure to drive bend ltsclf from the east and the as IOutII.

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HALIFAX. Jun. 13—-(CP)—Nova Scotilrs cod liver oil industry could be greatly expanded. Dr A. J. Wood of tho Federal fisheries experiment- al station last night told the Nova Scotia Institute of Science. The present annual production is about 100.000 gallons. and if the output were increased. the SDEBkC-f believ- ud cod liver oil imports from out-

.slde the province would be unnec- mssary. ,_ _ ,

Dr. Wood pictured the present time as favorable to the considera- tlon of the question. as fish liver oils are in great demand with sup- plies from European countries cut off.

Ocrailment‘ D

MONOTON, N. 13., Jan. 18—(CP) --T\vo Canadian National Railways brakemen. James Gordon and J. A. Levesque, both of Campbelltcn, were killed and conductor James Trltcs. Mcnctou, was seriously in- lured at 12.20 p.m. today when two rear coaches and a van attached to the second section of the east-- bound OcI-n Limited were derail- ed just east of Eel River station nee.- Dalhousie Junction. Conduct- or Trites is in hospital in Camp- bellton.

Cause of the derailment is being investigated by railway authori-

News Briefs

ALLIED IIEADQUARTEBS. New Guinea. Jan. 19 —(Wlii- nesday) - (AP) - Driving in- to dense jungle land above the nook of Arlwo Peninsula, southwestern New Britain. Am- erican troops Sunday gained 1.000 yards of Japanese terri- tory and killed 130 of the en- emy, the Allied Illgh Command announced tollly- The attack- ers fer-ed comparatively alight cases.

WASHINGTON. Jan. l8 - (AP) ... Impending shortages of leather are so serious that plans are -~ ready well advanced to utilise pig- skin leathcr in civlliag shoes, it was reported tonight y States war product on board sources

IDNDON. Illa. ll - (OP — Aneta) — A final 2f hour re- hearsal in anticipation of the forthcoming invasion of lu- rope was completed hers today by Netherlands Clvll Affairs authorities who will accompany Allied troops lnie their horns- land as administrators.

BOSTON, Jan. ll — (A P) —- Survlvora‘ returning to port on an- u-u. '=@.-;:..:u.s*-' r luau fve ay ,, ,_ __ or Atlantic storm whlc ‘all "with the laundering of e led States Army freighter Nevada and

the loss of 36 men from her crew of O4

fired address before the 8t. Jim" tore?! locilty.

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All three were members of a "deadbeat!" crew proceeding cast- warcl when the accldcnt occurred. , Gordon was a son of James Gordon former assistant superintendent o1 the Campbellton division. Th, passenger train locomotive

‘was in charge of Melvin Wortrnan. |

Moncton. The conductor in charge of the train was Charles MncWil- ‘liam.

, Railway authorities here said therg was little delay to iraliw caused by the spill and that nouc of the passenger had been injur- ed.

5 Monhcal ‘Sock Wage Increase

1 MONTREAL. Jan. lil-(CPF-IAO ‘Guidon. president of the Montreal Catholic Teachers Alliance, said today "we are adamant in our de- mands for higher maximum and lmlnimum salaries and we will not lwait any longer than Jan. 31-

War Satig

By Kirk: L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst;

The Moscow announcement that red army troops are on flag 4mm. slve in tho lteniugraal and Lake llmsn sectors makes it practically certain ian winter drive in the north has started‘. At the same time. there are some indications that the Gennuns may

Apparently. the attacks along the Leningrad-lake llmen llne are aa yet only In their yrollmlslary phase. If a Nani withdrawal has been order- emraprnent thrust in the north similar to the one threatening the German army in the Dnleper bend. evidence of it should

The reu anny brcak-tlarough north of Novosokoinlki ls already gra-

vely threatening lo pinch off the Pskov gateway, leaving open for u Nazi retrrnt only the rail an'd highway route through Narva along the Baltic

Russian attmcks in the north which Berlin reports. it must already be thinning out its garrlsons on tho Baltic flunk.

Tlmt l.» the indicated Russian technique In the south. It probably ac-

Bultlc fhnk.

the Orunienbaum are-u on the Len- lkhov front north of Novgorod tends that the entire Baltic wing la under

geatlon of military traffic subject, to obvious that unless thc Nazi his" All ability to bclat off the multiple

It may develop that Rus- 5 to pin the foe in place elsewhere in -_ north of Nevel is exploited to slam

home ln the depths 0f the Dnlelicr ussinns are after bigger game in the

LONDON, Jan. 1B - (C P) — The auxiliary cruiser Prince Rob- ert ha?!) p rcfitted into’ an antl- aucrat iarycruiser‘ and ma‘ left the Pacific coast oi’ Canada for the Atlantic area, lt was dis- closed today.

‘The Prince Robert. formerly a Canadian National Steamshlps cruise ship on the British Colum- bla coast, was taken over by the Royal Canadian Ntwy early ln the w

ar.

Disclosure that the Prince Robert has left the Pacific came in the announcement that Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Canadian Hlili Commissioner in London, recently inspected the ship, accompanied by Capt. F. L. Houghtcn. senior Canadian Naval Officer in London.

The Prince Robert, Canada's first anti-aircraft auxiliary 0111i- BB1‘. was one of three pasenger liners taken over by the Canadian Navy early in the war and con- verted into auxiliary cruisers. some time ago she was fitted out for special anti-aircraft work but this change ha; been an official sec- ret up to now.

The role of an anti - aircraft ship is to provide protection ag- ainst, air attack and for this pur- pose the shin 1s equipped with powerful anti - aircraft fire pow- er as well as special protection ag- ainst air attack

1t was the Prince Robert which chalked up one of Canada's cari- dest. and more notable naval feais_ ir. the war in September. 1040. when she surprised and captured llic German freighter Weser off the west coast of Mexico.

A. F. L. Objects To llsc Of Prisoners

MIAMI. Fla. Jan. 18 - (AP)- The American federation oi labial executive council exprewad con- cenr today ovor the “almost incis- crinrlnate employment of rlsoners of war in competition wth free

an workers.” said “this

A council Orr-notice ls crous and is cal- culated to arouse deep resentment

'Ste\vari enlisted in the North Nova

Ulilttfl q-

deadline set by the aillanckicr

the rovlncial government to fu1- among American workers. rt ca»,

n“ 1a pg-ogflguf’ not be justified on the grolmds cf; manpower shortages ur for any

Provincial secretary Rector Ra- cine Perrier recently told Montreal catholic teachers that salaries

in eased. Mr. Gtrindon added that it was "utterly ridiculous that tho maxi-

other reason."

Proficient, William Green. an- swering nowmnerfs questions. said a recent coanglalnt had comc from Wisconsin ccwusc of the use of

risoners of war in wood cutting. paid to a woman c also said the proposal to use ‘ schcr be 81,300 when that is . tlhem in railroad work is objection- the. minimum paid to a male teach-J gas boatuse of the danger c1 sabot-

snows:

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Killed - In Action

Word hag been received by Mrs. William Stewart of Southpcrt thotl her husband. Pic. William Joseph‘ Stewart. aged 31, was killed in ric- tion on Dcc. 31. He was the son of Mr. and lVlrs. George Stewart of Charlottetown. Pie. William J.

Jan. 15,5

Scotia Highlanders on I

104i) and proceeded overseas on the following July, 1940. He is survived by his wife. formerly Florence Dun- phy of Kenslngton and one son and two daughters, namely. Billy, Ma- deline and Jean; and also one sis- uzr and two brothers. Mrs. Harrison Yates, 207 King street. Charlotte- town. and James and Wilfred, 29 Edward Street, Charlottetown.

British its-rerun" To Pravda Story l

ibNDOlf. Jtur. l6 — (A Pl — Britain officially called to the 2.11;. slan Governrr-cntfis attention today a denial of the Pravda "Cairo ru- mor" that Britain was discussing a separate pcucc with Germany. Acknowledgement and an explan- afiltzln are expected. it was indic- n e .

Pravda. official Communist Par- ty pepcr. printed yesterday as a "rumor from Cairo" a dispatch as- serting that two "British person- alities" 112d participated in secret peace talks with German Foreign

Minister Joachim Von Ribben- trop somewhere on the Iberian . Peninsula.

More important than the rumor itself was the fact that it was Piibllshfli 1P5 Russia, as Henry C. Cassidy. Associated Press corres- pondent in Moscow, was able say in s dispatch today that nothing ever gets into the Soviet Press by accident.

Cassidy said there were two burning questions ln Moscow to- day: ls the story true? And why did Pravda print it?

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Regiments In Italy

‘ALGIERB. Jan. 18-<cl=)-A11 nine infantry regiments of the ca. nadiau 1st Division now have been formally identified by Allied head- quarters here as serving in Italy. Thu ulna. part of the 121-11151. an. Army which crossed the Messma Straits on Sept. 3 to begin the clrlrc 1111 Italy. ars:-

Royal Canadian Regiment Hast- ings and Prince Edward Regiment, 48th Highlander, of Canada; Princess Patrlcias Canadian Light Infantry, Seaforth Highland- ers of Canada, Loyal Edmonton Re. Iimcnt;

Royal 22nd Regiment, and York Regiment, Scotia Regiment. Allied headquarters has also an. pounced that the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. a reconnaissance blittallon. and the Three Rivers regiment are fighting in It-

Carleton West Nova

All of these regiment; fought in Sicily last summer.

In the Sicilian campaign, 1131mm. lcation of the Canadian infantry units talus pal-tun the Canadian drive from the Pechino beaches to the 51052:; of Mount lltna came more quickly

Tha Canadians landed in Sicily July l0 and on July Si publication was authorized of a dispatch writ,- ten by Ross Munro. Canadian war

correspondent, naming the nine battalions. Other Canadian unit; which

fought ln Sicily but have so far not

been named as being in Italy are the Saskatoon Light Infantry, a suDDOrt battalion. the Calgary rank rngiment and the Ontario tank regiment

More War Brides

"Arrive In Oanada

By The Canadian Press

More British war brides of Ca- nadian servicemen. on their way to new homes in a. new country. ar- rived in Canada recently with a small group of returning Canadian troops and some British a1;- train-

ees.

The British wives. numbering more than 100 and many with bub- ies. were part of the steady stream of servlcemens wives that have been reaching the Dominion in past months as passage is secured for them. Many thousand; more still await their chance to cicss to their new, adopted country.

Most of the Canadians returning in the latest grou were category men invalided bsc from Britain. and others returning to take brief special courses or train as offl- cers. Also included were a small number who had seen actlrm cm the various battlefronts. either in Africa. Sicily or Italy.

Pravda itself clocg not publish on Tuesday and other Moscow papers ignored the story. ;

The British controlled Calroi censorship said emphatically that the story did not pass ccnsorshipl ihleircti i

r sh afternoon rs also i -- rtored the story for ltallgesecond dagyi with the exception of the Evening? Standard and the Evening News! The Standard. owned by Lord‘ Beavcrbrcok. printed a two para- "raph story bu the hack pagp Lin-I