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ALLIES MAKE CONTACT WITH AXIS IN TUNISIA

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Naval Men Are Iwaruletfhfifi.

UITAWA, Nov. 15 -((JP) __ Nil’! Minister MacDonald to- night atnnolulcrd the King ha; up] ‘Ivcd the award oi‘ one Dis- l.. qmshcrl Sen" c one Distingu ird Service hlrdzil to an officer and rating scning with thc Itoya] C“... ndan Navy and the mention in IIl>pllI(‘I1l‘S of ll other officer; and ratings.

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. ucUonaItI suit! ti.» ‘Inc announcement, which made

- list reflect‘.- surc ><t- l.)- _of the ltoyal Canadian m the "utter-fusing our" "*4 ‘"191!!!’ -\‘1ll"11.|r.’t\cs.

' IlI'IIl1‘l‘ tlctnils to tlinsr- con- ta ucd in the official cifati/us," I11" s d, "cannot for 0p rational

no mentior of a possibe successor. said the directors had acceded to Nlr. Dtzrltls‘ .cqucs_t for retiruuzut

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security rcasilus. bt- yivcn. ‘ 1_ uar at sea is a grinfone, @“.T‘§I A lhims foul: . l_v and rc- ‘i. mll"“5l.l'- I Ihl , hlnvcvc" Ihl;

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Italy 180 niiles

Gives Warning; Sea Fight Rages

Japanese Make Deter- mined Efforts T0 Recalltllre Positions In Solomons.

MELBOURNE, Nov. r5“ (CP_)—Navy Minister N, I, Mflkln of Australia warned r0- day that on the outcome of the Pffismt Solomons naval battle dcpcxids the success or failure of ‘Japanese plan for the in- vasion of Australia.

He said his warning was bflsfid on the latest information.

shins thundere other in Soiomoet filgivds ‘Izgeaaearg: night for the fourth straight night ‘gill/r Iivhtlxig continued in the s" IE5 and on the scarred soil o; Guadalcanal 1n s. batt an‘? scope‘ le of epic size

Wlllmunlque said the, current stage ofthe fighting in the solo- moms‘ vvhlch opened four days 115.. was the result of a determined. ef- Mi OI} we part of the Japanese to 796N754?! P05151038 in the Iiuadal- canat-luhtgl area."

The battle winch opened Thurs- day night IB0lumOns time) Is con. tlnumg, the navy suia without m. dtcutmg its present trend. msgllfllfllémeflfius the kterse com-

B. a ivy spo csman des- cribed the latest. Ilfiflsllig as o. ~~._. _. hide, and 500k» catch and :0

gagement.’ EXP-Inning that the phrase "num- erous enemy surface forces" was used advrsediy in the communique. the spok.sman said that "nhertvcr w.- run into them there 1s a scran."

The “Billing. he said, was not a stand-up engagement. between mal- of forces as at Midway.

The communique fated little of the suspense resulting from Sutur- day’s announcement that a seriss of naval engagmtnts “IIICII l. gun t. r.- mght of Nov. 12-13 was still .11 p...

sh IS .11. inst fhc I ' providing "a a

Drldc in our mun." g B] apd men f»! tlrrce _ “fir: (-55. ‘ackvillc, lllluctl- ——-— f‘ _‘ ' 11, are s us, f rllllllllfi covering the awards f‘ 1R0. Nov. l5-(A.P)—R.A.F. f" own of each ship r fcr to s shot down at least seven

‘Thc al-umst certain ilcslrllctltwn planes and damaged many '

0f 110.0 enemy Il-boat and the m< 1e bztwecu Tunis and Sicily E'$'"*'<=1¢ lloguacuuz or anarvr"; Saawday. raising their bag to 20 in (vrcal abll't_y~ in dirt-c! u dots of assaults on the en- ,

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I-lflixon an cncmy I and _coolncss and (Ia "Prtllur nut

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s North African transport le rotate. while British land‘ s In Libya. drove within 1B0

of Bcngasl in pursuit or the hertz-l Africa Corps. n official announcement said nlost of the latest Axis ferry planes s “L crashing into the Medfaerran- wcre flying ncrt-h from Tunis, '0 Gammon airmen and Italian m:‘.:.ncs are reported to have 11nd- sd ln n frantic effcut to challenge the Anglo-American sweep‘ east- ward from Algeria.

But. the Axis air traffic apps:- eutly was two-way as Allied air- msn intcrccozrd big formations of cnrzmy- transports, bcntbers and fiqhlcrs heading both to and from Tunis,

rin, in "a most. promimg attack."

Two Commantlers

m. r m . . A NOR, “I 0 ncammnraas nv _.

w-"rrtl today: Armrlcnn (‘f1?""l'l!ifI(‘l" fr flfrica and tho "rm-h mm.

7'" of Allied naval coverlns

"j “We rm their vsav to up Reach Libyan llama

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whm lmcl w" tlm- mom] h, n; 311411- Pursuit of Marshal Erwin Rcm-

T" ‘ 1 ~» ‘w-q mvl’; hapless desert troops mean- A, w whilc reached the eastern side of

. H": l. t» iii- tbc I-ibvan hump at Tmlml. some 1P0 Hrllne ml'es from Ben/anal,

Bcuqnsi itself, pnsslble port of .5‘

r- "dre for some of RcmmcTs forces was hcnvllv bombed Friday night

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.1‘.'!;!'P~51'T'g lav fdur-rcctored American Ccnsol- "fwd nail-m. Hctcd I-lberators and aga‘n by ‘_u _ fleiilfrhlt. Saturday. Hucc Pres we're sci. l F 'l=-~r Allied twitter-bombers

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"c4. on that!" dead!" n""‘ur< cn -.., ..,..r..,t.~.,., A“. "qpm-q- mrfim an no. my’; errrntlnns the RAF. To t. only l-wo planes.

Tremendous

Uucd music. 11-10-11. v Pliinkora Hall, Friday evenluyi "in and Dance. Alulligaxl Ur- "llis-m. 11-1o-1a

l Italian Port.

LONDON, NOV. 15—(AP)- Tre- mcndcus new damage was inflicted

“Tl/cumin: ‘party and dance at l rll huchimmrs, Churchill, Nov. 8th. Sponsored by W. I. 11-16-11.

ll I 7 ‘- Wv rcqulr a uantlt of well Ilrshctl bolognlea tingle, is and Cnltl

slfllllsc 00., 1.1a. Q-ZG-dtf. Friday night on the major Italian u _ port of Genoa by Br tlsh bombers h TIP Presbyterian Church ‘which flew 1,500 miles through H“ Iwose dinner in Mnrshficld enemy opposition so weak that all .911 \'Ie:1ncsda_v, Nov. 18. is an returned m-fely to their home uuaal event. You will rCC“l'.'(! b11595,

utasy and servlcc. 11-16-11 Two-ton e foslvea and thous- ,, _ ----— ands of fire ombs were showered

Burma llve and drcssrd chlck- m, [he Axis home b,“ (or North

"Mad fowl evcrv Wcun: dnv. Pav- Aflca, rocking the battered city

1mm" "lillkvt DPICPS P J N0" s with enormous ulverfzin c1010!- Hunm RI"?- 9-25'S'M"'I- ivcs soon followelt’! by ra g flres. . Wk CTT“. , n Several Canadians wI the R.

wJWvk._1C'll\,:v)V'1c.; hlnqrlon A“ took pa“ m m, m“; ‘d6 m ‘- i". ‘I 5 "l "L" Heavy American bzmbers backed I 10. Aid of Hap. l; Chm .h. up ‘he RNA“ ‘mash l; Hwy by 11'16'“ striking German submarine bases

in daylight raids Saturday on the Fernch no thern ports of La Peirce md St. Namfro.

A cox: mnlque said Flying Fort- rcssra and mberatora attacked these important U-boat nests but gave no details.

Allied flzhter plane; made nup- port‘!!! and diversionary sweeps ...- ,- ngpbfvtrstflfll France dug: fthc day. No planer were repo lmsslnfl-

"Trurlcnl! hut;- as usual I0! tm :1_“_"l""l maalhs 1.1.1 udll hour 0L4‘ A C Great. Alhanv and G C

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‘lrlfllbllc Met-tins: All Couscrvntfvc srllpdrlcrs of Southnort prll at h” ‘H01! School Mtmtlay. Nuvrrt- .. MM-lh 8 P. M. Bushrss to all- ay“ ‘Megan's to attend couvrn- ‘b F. .Rcsvts, Chairman. Il-H-ZI.

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gfCSS and that both sides had sul- lersd some losses.

Tne previous communique ex- plained that details would b.- with- II€Id while the battle was ln progress because their disclosure \vould pro- vlde the enemy with valuable in- formation.

Russians Splash ilewsFromAfrica

MOSCOW. Ivov. l5 - (a P) - Russlan soldiers and workers re- ‘ielvefl by every available channel ivduy m9 81w news that thcy ha.e llfilliml; Anus, and that powerttl blltlih and Afncllcan ICIC»: In A.. rlca are strafing effective blows a. the Axis.

‘rue news had been told before. In newspaper accounts and u radio announcements. But today a1 aKCIICIuS unparttng Information — Pftss. radio, factory-announcing spurns unu club granites — com- bined. to tell fully and in dctali the smry of the arrival of the Aal- erlcans and the smashing of the Axis AIYICIIJI Corps.

More man 30,000,000 copies of.

Pravda atone went out to the peope o1 Russia on all fronts, its head- lines proclalmut; the efrctnm-tss of the Angm-Amerlcan Soviet al- ance. Army newspapers, which go out to the men 1n the most iruvanced righting fronts, carried 011.!!!)SIDS- tic accounts, and It was sate to as- slime that not a. Russian soldier was unaware of the second front being created In the Mediterranean.

The Russians pulled no punches when they told of their desire for a. second front. Now the pulled no punches in telling of eir pleasme.

The impression prevailed that tor days Russia had been holding back, wuttln to see whether the African operatons are a large-scale cam- paign which wlll have a decisive In- fluence on the course of tho war. ‘Today that reserve was cast aside, and Russia's 200,000,000 citizens

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L War Situation Last-Night

(By Kirk: L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst)

November has lhnwn n bleak face and this November In no exception.

"Wsmbar law "w Kalwh llvry flNflms burst Ilka a bubble n. 191s. His strutting luccessor an n war lord has admitted that In 1941 the vlslon of n. Nazi-dominated world was close to uttcr disaster In Rus- sla and saved, not by Hitler. but by Providence.

It was a slightly humbled Hitler who gave credit only a few weeks 58o to some more potent force than his own intuitive_mllitary genius for that 1941 cscalw- Ho unified tho udmlullon, however, with assurances l» his German list-one a that he. not providence, had seen to n that there would be no repetition of that dread winter of 1941 for Nazi Germany

to German hope; In other years

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Ytt this November winter Is again upon Hitler's dangerously far- illread armies In an unconquered Russia. Moreover, Anglo-American forces of ever- expandlng size and power are confronting him from across the Mediterranean. A complete Axlg rout in Africa. Is, in, the Illlklfli- "Eli. the soft under-belly of the Axis dragon. Is exposed to Allied attack.

Hitler's vaunted alr power no far has failed hlm, failed even to Protect German cities from n. terrible and continuous air drubbing His U-boata have wrought mightily It sou but not mightily enough. The presence In French Afrlcn of I [feat and growing Anglofl ' army sufficiently shown who still rules the Atlantic.

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To meet an emergency the scope of which he has not yet meas- ured, Axis armies are again on the march In France and the Balkans. not to offensive but defensive nsslgrunents. Axis collabnratlonism in France Is dead or dying and colonial Franco Is back In tho‘ war l! an Allied recruit.

What this may mean to further re-shuffllng of the war odds In the Mediterranean still is unclear.

Middle East also are yct to be fully assessed. The effect on India Io ease Allied tension cannot yet be appraised, but the hope that the hour for reconqucst of Burma, from the Japanese has been brought a long

stride closer l; Justified, I

I The one outstanding fact In the Pacific war theatre traceable to

the new and ominous developments for the Axis In Russia and the .Meditorranean this November Is that Hltltr’: ' 'M¢0mf\ll¢4= also has failed him. At the moment when he most needs a Far Eastern diversion-a. Japanese assault on Russia In Siberia. or a Japanese pow- er thrust at Australia or its ocean life lines-Japan has appeared up to now, too busy with defence herself to answer his pleas. The week-end. however, brought an announcement from Berlin that heads of all Jap- anese missions to Europe had been usscmbled in the German capital since Nov 10, Such a [barley at this time suggested Hitler might be renewing pressure on his Japanese ally.

Just what all the swift developments of this November will add up In is beyond conjecture. The war is not ovcr, hut It has turned a sig- niffcant corner. Allied hopes of ultimate and complete victory now are based on thing; more tangible than an undaunted vrill to \vin_

Hand To Hand Battle In Stalingrad Streets

by Eddy Gilmore Assoeia ed Pres; Staff Write, MOSCOW, Novv. 1s -<A.P)- Bnzastlug bitter winds whipping across the Vcmgo, bayonet-chang- In: Russfiwns have killrd thousands mcre Gennans in three days or the greatest hand-to-hand fight of the current Nazi offensive In B, facxry urea o.‘ Stalingrad, one Red Amtv rrporled tudav. The Nazis were reported hurling big forces of tanks rested infantrymen unto virtue I- non-aw» nttnclca but despite the furv of ther ammuts and their frtghiaul cost Ln blood they were d-oared ‘o h vo been held to one small gain measured in yards. "The battle area

dkisifroops Jam Road

CAIRO, Nov. 1.. --(AP)- Mar- shal Erwin Rouunelks fleeing Afrjca corps is jamming the road between Bengasl and El Aghella .n a des- perate attempt to clear the hump of Libya before the advancing Brit sh 8th [tiny cuts off the re- treat, 1t. was UnClCSCd tonight.

This became known when 1t was learned that Alied lctig-rtzngc fighter planes for the last two days have been atkicklng "heavy enemy

hundrrd yards _ d u. m ~ p. . . ,. . . v star, the Army ne-Fspnpcl‘, 03180 amllces brlgii.“ grutigsihigiiciiircild this area. the Nazi oummaniers {orces pushing across me dew,

hurl himdrrds of men. Mon“ no down but some manage to crawl forward. ‘Frye N» cl min was made over literauy mountrfns of their den "

Local/ed as It is high on m, west bank ctf If" "c1411, S arngra- ls exposed to the btn w " s W1!- Dine of‘ ire crew's ‘Pm H‘ W west. making prcsrmt flemln! conditions severe.

ma. fraud setnns was Pfllnwi by Ivvcstin as cm- of str-rk ha‘ 1'01"- wlth the decomposiflt! b05495 °I more than 1n0.0'0 Germans littering time battlefield In and awllnd the c

ty.

Blasted or frozen Into lm'1°§9",°% the newspaper said, were 810 ‘n all B and broken tanks and the ltcred wreck we of more than 1.050 Gs!‘-

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Other attacks were made on Ger- man columns retreating along the coast read between Barce and Beu- BEISI and inland tracks between Tmiml and Mechlil.

The e1 I 1 flight was said to be 50 urgent . int truck convoys xvc e travelling at night w th their Jtthts on.

llolnmel Had Close Call

VICHY (From vlCIly Brcztltnola). Nov. 15 — (AP) - Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel barely escn ed cap- ture near Tobruk last Fri ay. the

were Informed fully or the Allied success In Africa and Ita far-mach- Ing Implications.

Four Killed

HALIFAX. Nov. l0 — (O P) - Namu of two of the four men kill- ed In the crash of an RAJ‘. plane Friday near Debert, N.B., were announced by the Eastern Afr 00m xnand tonight.

0y were:

B t. John Barber, R..C.A.l'.. l nlr iunner whose next-of- xm n an mo her. if“. a. Barber of

Shaw Io, Que.

an. Hubert lfilu Lohsnce, al- soa wireless air gunner whose mxt-of-kln u nu mother. ilfn. w. Lam-once of (10 Concession 8t.) Connie On

ton,

The Identities of the other two victims were withheld pending not- Iflcatlon of their relatives.

The plane Ofhlltd llx miles from Dsbert Camp. whore It was based. All aboard were Instantly. Tho R.C.A.I‘. 1m no an- nouncement on the of the crab

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rserlln corres ndent. of the Swedish

Telcgraphic ureau suld tonight in

a broadcast by the Vichy radio. The correspondent quoted Ger-

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situation when several British tanks

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mm d to escape.

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T154100 Axis , Troops Captured

maroon.‘ Nov. i5—-(CP\__ Prtme Aflutsiei- Churchill an- Iwwlced today that total casual- ties and captured In Africa now : total 75.000 Germans and Italians

He said 13 U-boats had been, sunk off the French North Afrl- 1 can coast, five of them In the last ' two days.

"Tctal cncmy loses by casualties and C-wturvd to date are now estimated by Gen. Bernard 1. Montgomery to have mounted t6

n CF Australia In {Balance I Vital Ferte

Naval Base Is Prize At Stake

Axis U-Boats make heavy attacks In Mediterranean but suffer severe Losses.

75.000 Germans and Italians," said the statement tsued from No i0 DOWlllllg street,

The Prime Minister will make further anuounccnlcxits on the progress of the campaign in Nortn Africa soon, It was predicted by political observers today. It is believed he will review develop- ments at the next meeting of Par- llament

Last Wednesday he told Parlia- ment about early phases of the African fighting.

(‘News Briefs

OTTA\V.~I, Nov. l5—(CP)-.. Dcf ncc Minister Ralston an- nounced Saturday that a contingent oI’ Canadian troops has arrived in Bermuda. These Canadians with gquipmmt would form part of the garrison of that base, he gflld. LONDON. Nov i5-—(CP)—'I‘l1e Vichy radio said today a largo number of I-‘tvuch troops have arrived to occupy Toulon,

LONDON. Nov. 15—(CP)— The Iit-rman freedom radio sta- tion said today that Nazi Mar- shal Ertvin Rommel Is “not ‘with, his troops. lle Is In Mun- c .

LONDON, Nov, 18-(M0nday)-— (CPI-A Rcuzcrs dispatch from Geneva reportcd today that Croat gucrlllns had launched an offen- sive on a SO-mile front and had ccctipacd a town and 32 fortified villages after stubborn fighting.

probably “as making another raid on Northern Italy.

LONDON, Nov. i5—(CP)—-'Ihe Allied-controlled Morocco radio reported tonight that a state of siege has baen declared at Ajacclo and other towns in Corsica as a result of active opposition by the local garrison and civilian popula- tion to Italian landings.

Converge 0n

ALLIED IIIIADQUARTERS. Nov. 1G —(l\fondayl —- (CPI —- Amcricun and Australian ground troops, converging on the strong‘ Japcncrc ht-tu-hhcnd at Buna, Ncw Gum's, have joined forces and urc continuing their ml- vnncc, Allied Headquarters re- ported today.

The Allied forces have been flprlttirvg tlzr-‘r way toward Buna

can; mnvlnu In from the south. through the slcamlnfl funnies. Having joimd forces, they now "are jointly moving In to lack." a communique said.

"The enemy under command of LL-Gen. 'l‘omatore Horrl now fact-a thc Allies In the wmt and south. with the jungle and the sea at hl-z back." the communl qne added.

Italian Fleet In Action?

LONDON‘, Nov. is-lcrl-A

Reutcrs News A500"! diarrhea from Stockholm today quot the Madrid mn-emnflwt "I the (Qumran-controlled Scan- dinavian Tclcflfllih 5mm“ "9 paying that “a conslderablt part" of the "Rm" 71°" l" cooperation with German Ind Italian planes had enlllli British and American naval forces off North Africa.