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flrfing Proposes To Hold Power For The Duration

Prime Minister Refers To Election Outlook In Commons Speech.

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, ‘flu; new Malsgash salt ficid dis- covered in Nova Scotia is expected

. lo end Canadia importation of nit from the Mediterranean and carribean areas.

MINING EVENTS

"Dance at-(l-Fllhamb Road, Iburrday. Feb, 3. 1-31-3-21

"mt myrfifidt To-night, loyais vs. Covehead, League game.

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"Card Party. Box social and D0009. TTHCWI: Hail, Itriday, Feb-

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bufufllvadlnx bulk barley and m‘ “hm today. Russell Driscoll, . Herbert. 3-1-31

"Loadin live hogs at Bread. am. Arthur l-iaslam. l-8l-2-3-3i hots for Devi a Fraser cvcry lhursday afterrlioo

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OITAIWA, Jan. 31 —- (C P) _ Prime Minister Mackenzie King said today in the House of Comm- ons that his government proposes to stay in power until the war is won. unless it is prevented from properly carr on the business of government.

said he could not say what the situation might be next year when the statutory life of the gov- ernment expires, but unless there are "strong reasons" to the con-

tension of the parliamentary term.

Participating in the debate on the address in reply to the throne speech. ,Ml'. King also said:-

l. He did not support the opin- ions of Field Marshal Smuts of South Africa and Lord _ British Ainbassad lstates. that the British Common- wealth nationa must seek a power bloc to balance other Allied pow- ers after the war. Rather, he said. he favors collaboration with all other nations supporting peace-

2. The war must not be consid- cred won, and an "appalling" sit- nation must be faced before victory.

8. The government is prepared to speed the business of the house by early appointment of commit-- tees and the setting aside oi’ Wed- nesday as a. day for committee business only.

Follows Graydon

Mr, Kins spoke after Graydon. Progresive Conservative house leader, had opened OppOSIllOll criticism f the throng speech yuicnoui hed..lil8I§it\llYj€.l?I£")§. .10! the session. "

Mr. Graydon moved an amend- ment to the address in reply to the throne speefh. "feilfemfl!" on;- izsiom In the government's social security program. The amendment is tantamount to s. no-confidehw motion.

At the start of his speech. Mr. King! called upon John Bracken.

Progressive Conservative national leader, to reel: election to the 1101158 at an early Iiate. "wllsidelihl! the importance of the great 0065mm which have to be decided in ‘this parliament this vear." The oniv man who has a right to speak in the nnme of the people as a. party lend- er. said Mr. Kim "is onc- W!“ “Wilb- les a seat in this house or who has received the approval of the elect.- orate. giving Ilim the rllht t0 sr-eel- ~- a representative."

The Prime ltfinister said h: W" surprised. that Mr. Gravdon dealt M 5-1-11 length’ on matters pertain- ing to general election-r nnd the like. as compared with the time 11¢ devoted to the situation in Euro)» Mr. Graydon from across the floor intertected that “the SIDQBCII U0!" the Throne‘ filled’ with every- thin‘: crow e war.‘

Mr. Kim said he would repel“ what: he said use year-that the Government ho "to 081W through to the end the trust which had been rriven to us hv the Can- adian people. when they rewmtd us to power. a trust that he would

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German itapital Almost Isolated

smcmrorai. Jon. a1 - (AP) _. For the acwno nlsht runnurl- ‘ ' r communication wit“

Bcrfin was broken off tonight amid indications that the 60min "P" ital again was the tlrget of an at- tack av 1t. A. r. hauiberl- Steak- holm newspapers were una c reach their Berlin ccrresnvhdwtl shortly before 9 p. m.

Telephone and telt.\ L10 00m‘ munications operated .. .-.'v' 80""

Qd f ign rrcspondents in Ber-I lin flue mm pariah-m o! Wm- rnuniqucs. Since Saturday "W" been no air connection between =-=~ ““‘l..?".‘.‘.'.‘..3:‘.‘f?..“‘..‘.'3§I filbfifiéfi said mm have been so unaliaptto Oopenhlacn since m- l .

gig! dip tchcs from Bel‘- iin t: ‘the p‘ Aftonbladet and to the Scandinavian i - rurcau gave the impression till the raiders, operating with I 800g cloud cover, sPNld 080105"! inccn mes unwell!’ W" ° “mm, wen 30mg concentration on

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Mai-Gen. W. B. Smith

in General Eisenhower's “invasion

Vice-Admiral Neiiea

Col. Royal Lord ‘The four men pictured above have jllit been named to key D0515

team" command group, Maj-Gen

John C. H. L-ee, while continuing" as commander cf the Services of Suppply, becomes deputy commander in the European theater of oper-

ntions.

nctiatg “in all appropriate cases" for G-enovl

Eisenhower.

Maj-Gen. W B Smith ls the new ETO chief of staff. in ndditicrl to being staff chief of the supreme headquarters of the Allied expedition- ary force in London. He will be assisted bv Col. Royal Lord, who will i

double as EIO deputy staff and

as chief of staff for SOS in the‘

area. Vice-Admi. Percy W. Neiies flew to Imnllon from Canada to be--

come senior

vzith directing Dominion naval forces in the invasion. i

Inuasion Bridge/lead s... if Rome F urther Extended

Itdjllaiston Announces Appointments

OFITAWA. Jan. 31 (CP) Mat-Gen, Guy Sunonds, 40, of Winnipeg and Kingston. Ont. who led the Canadian ist Divis- ion through the successfui Sicilian campaign and later took over an armored division, has been ap- pointed a Corps Commander with Acting Rank of Lieutenant-Gen-

eral, Defence Minister Rniston announced today.

Col. Ralston also announced thesc other important military changes:-

LtA-Gen. E. W. Sansom, 53, of Ottawa. has r " ‘ L * command of a corps because of illness,

Brig. Charles Pbuikcs, 4i, of London, Ont., and Victoria. has been appointed to command a div-

to ision overseas with acting rank of

Major-General.

Lt.-Col. James Curry Jefferson. 38. of Edmonton. will assume com- mand of an infantry brigade with acting rank of Brigadier.

Lack of mention of a new lat

Canadian Army Common’ Col. Balaton‘; announcement does not‘ mean Defence Headquarters has given up the idea of appoint- ing a successor to Lt.-Gen. A.G. L. McNaughton. who has retired because of iii health. molt army circles believe,

‘Ibday’: most important move was that which placed Gen. Sim. on a in o a corps but whether he I5 taking over the post vacated by Gen. Banlorn was not officially indicated.

Reds Repeat Blunt Charges Against Spain

WAIEBHlIPtIGTON, Jan. Sl-tgdfifi The ov e embassy. "P"!

l t declaration todm that "the b u“ ish continuing to

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arc mg at ths Russian front, and saidz. "Hitler's Spanish ac- canrpliccn are playing hide-and- seck and to ail sorts of camouflage: under the of neutrality they suwlv Fascist aer- many with fresh cmeu-nmeotl II

Royal Canadian Navy flag officer in Britain, chargedi

“Whead south cf Rome by successful

Bv EDWARD KENNEDY

ALGIERS, Jan. 8l-—(AP)—Alli6d forces have extended their bridge-

attacks near the Gcuznon strong- point of Cisterna, 26 miles south- - east of the eternal city, while Unit- ‘cd States troops on the main 5th army front broke through part o1 the Gustav lmc in fierce righting just north 0t Cassmo, 1t was an- nounccd today.

The German iligh command, in a broadcast heard here, reported th Allies had Iil-Siltd out north and northeast of their Anzlo beacnhead with “strong infantry and tank forces." and tcknowledged that several dmts irud been made in Nazi defences in the Cassino area.

The area already occupied by British and ' ‘ iandln, forces in ninc days was said to be greater than was won In thl first 2i days after the Iarrdln, It Salerno south of Nani».

Pairoliing was reported from the 8th mitv front in eastern Italy where a Canadian army corps is in the line.

The Allies coupled their land ad- vances witir o. smashing air victory

the ‘neck-end which thwart. ed Genntan plans to draiw bomb- eas from other parts of Europe and concentrate them on fields north of Venice for attacks on the Rome bridgehead arm and the huge Al- lied invasion fleet.

Heavy bombers destroyed many enemy planes sitting on the fields at Viliorbn, Marriage, Lavarino sand Udinrge, and with their fighter es- co

6y.

Destruction of 63 Nazi planes brolnht the total bag in the past four days to 161i against a loss of l9 Allied craft in this theatre.

Weather somewhat ‘uccd Al- lied air activity ovcr the fighting front_ yesterday.

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Russian-Estonian border.

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By Ill-kc L. Simpson. Anociated Press War Analyst

Swedish observers discern a grave new disaster to Nazi war Industries '- well as to German troops in northern Russia as red army spearheads . llinb closer to the narrow Natrva escape hatch on the coastal flank of the

They foresee return of Russia’: still powerful Baltic battle fleet to

menace Germany's main. source of

cvcn more essential to the Nazi war machine than Romanian _,

Broth are endangered by Russian a flanks.

high-grads iron ore. Swedish iron is trolcum. dvancea in the Baltic and Black Sea

The Russian Baltic fleet, long holed up in the easier-n end of the Gui} I of Finland, now is free to range westward under close-up, land-based air

protection lta rc-eanergencc in tbs

Baltic proper to prey on German

'traffic with Sweden in an obvious possibility, | There is too much at stake In the Baltic for Germany to risk loss of

control. Except for tho li-r. it Is the only connecting link with Finland. i already wavering as a war partner, and with German north Atlantic out

posts In Norway.

a Gcrman lake so fur as Allied sea

tiski at thc western end of the Gulf.

German occupation of Norway and Denmark scaled off the Baltic as

power was concerned. With the Rus-

sian Baltic fleet bottled up, Nazi traffic in the Baltic had little to fear. Swedish advices suggest that ihe Russians might drive cn westward along the south shore of the Gulf of Finland into Estonia clear to Bal-

Thc Moscow announcement that Russian forces had smashed into, the suburbs of Kingisinp within eight miles of the Estonian b01119!’ greatly strengthened this possibility. Narva and not far to the west of this old fortress city is llaitiski.

Backed by Russian air power based in northwestern Estonia. the rcd Baltic fleet would represent a threat to all German Baltic traffic, cven to Baltic coast industrial centres in Germany itself heretofore only reach. able by Allied long-rang:- bombera from Britain.

Kingisipp is about 10 miles east of

' ' New§"B*r1'éfs

MONTEVIDEO, Jan. 31 --(A Pi- Private reports from Buenos Aires today said an Argentine‘ government crisis is expected in the next few days and that Gen. Arturo Rawson, recently-resign- ed Ambassador to Brazil, had been denied permission to re- turn to Argentina.

EDMONTON, Jan. 3i —(CP) - Ailwepidemic of influenza which spread through the town as eskl- mos and Indians flocked in to spend the Christmas holiday sea- son. took the lives of 12 persons in Aklavik, N.W.T., it was learn- ed here today. Aklavik is 2.000 miles northwest of Edmonto .

WITH TIIE CANADIANS IN ITALY, Jan. 8l— (C? Cable) — The Canadian Corps in Italy, led by Lt.-Gen. II. D. G, Crerar, was welcomed into the 8th army by LL-Gen. Sir Oliver loose, its commander, during a recent visii to corps headquarters.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -—(AP) —Gen. George C, Marshall, United States Army Chief of Staff, de- clared f/might that the most crit- ical period of the war I: nearing and that "enormous

being assembled on the world

battleironts.

CIIUNGKING. Jan. SI -—(AP)

million Chinese have died of famine and cholera in Kwazg- tung Province. George Edgar Adams, Secretary of the United States Advisory Committee for southeast China, asserted today.

ll. S; Senate Debates Service Men's Vote

WAfl-IIINGTON, Jan. 31—-(AP)-— A Ropurbiican defended and n D€- mocrat criticized President Roose- velt's listerin tncssage to Congress on sol iers’ vo e legislation today as the Senate moved through another of dobzttc on the Green-Lucas bill to dive service personnel a. fed-

Ylraydon Declares Cov’t> Policy Wfindow Dressing

Protests Grave Omissions In Social Security Plans; Asks For Information Re Army Plans.

‘tan-anrendment to .1112 "address-ins

$0???’ flflfrrst place, what was being done guns, planes and munitions are | Wm, m5 ems‘- hgmg-flefengg army;

OTTAWA, Jan. 3i ——(CP)—Cml'- ,don Graydon, Progressive Con- lservativc House Leader. "loving

reply to the speech from the Throne which was tantamount to a want-

crnmcnt. protested in the Com- mons today against “grave omiss- ions" in the Liberal Administrat- ion's social security plans and de- manded “immediate action" to implement measures for full em- ploymentJ agriculture stability. a comprehensive labor code and against what he called "bureau- cratic controis and regimentation."

to speak in debate on the address in reply, Mr, Glcaydon called the

, cess to persuade the Pope to move. -da_\'. Admiral Cluster W.

of-confldelrce motion in the gov— 151;

First Opposition Party Leader bust

ldicauc h the Dead Sea. that swallflfl III virtues.

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Nazis May Lay iiome In Ruins

UONDON. .11.... ar —(CP>——Witil Allied armies drawing closer w Rome, the decision whether ll. will more the ravages oi‘ the battle- field rasts with the Germans-- and fear. are being expressed in London that the Nazis are ready to lay the city in ruins just as they did in Naples.

So far, the Allies have spared Rome Proper but without giving it the status of an open city. The eternal city is a Junction for a. network of railroads and, since rt is the most important communi- cations centre in Italy. it would be impossible to make it an open

.city as long as a single German

lsoidlcr stays in it.

The floiy Father r5 reported to be detmnincd to remain in the Vatican. which has been marked clearly to avoid air raids and Axis reports have suggested that the Germans have tried without suc-

lnvasion Boast Iiit Following Berlin llaid

LONDON. Jan. 3i—(AP)—Url_it- ted States planes pounded anti-m- vasion targets on the northern

coast. of Frame and an airfield in the Netherlands today after the l4tl RAF‘ RCA? winter

saturation attack on Bci-iln sunday

mg .

The daylight attack by heavy bombers and escorting fighters on nulitarv objectives in the Pas De Calais area in northern France was the 30th Allied blow against these forward Nazi positions this month. Ncrenamy fighter opposition was encountered and all of the big bombers reformed, a Joint air min-

r_v United States army com- mlmique said.

The Germans admitted heavy damage to Berlin and comm/unic- atlons with other cities were bro- ken off for hours. Swcdish airline flights to Germany were cancelled todalv “ use of "bad weather over Stettin" but probably it was due to terrific damage done to T lehoi airdrome. Berlin's largest rt. t by several block-

givernrlent program as outlined in the Throne Speech "attractive political window dressing" and added"

“Our criticism of this vern- ment in these matters is t at for eight years it has not brought forward enough progresgive social or agxicultural or labor legislation and only now, in an election year, comen forward with these dying declarations."

Ash 1w Plan:

The government had never been too frank about the conduct of the war, he nid.

The people demanded "anti;-

factory answtrs" as to

were disbanded, why thcac two divisions wen. constituted in the

whether it was going overseas, and whether its personnel would be directed back into civilian activit- ios if it were left in Canada.

Mr. Graydcm said the chiefs of staff of the navy.. army and sir force all hall been transferred overseas and repinced in Ottawa.

government "believes that all dang- er to Canada has been largely re- moved."

"If so. why the necessity for the maintenance of this big home-do- fence army? Even at this late date it is essential that the whole story of the home-defence army con- stitution and its present and future rclea should be explained fully and: frankly by the government to this House."

Canadians were "confused" about what was going on overseas; and wondered why the lst Car adian Army there was constituted in the first place and then “abandon- ed '

in this year's election.

Sena r William Langcr (Rep.- ND.) said he thought the Pre- sident's message. ’ ouncillg us a‘

to, was.‘

comm-end him for:

ha courage in frankly setting fortn- ws.

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(Dem.-

reviulsly woken out again "t the grmident/s action in storming into

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"Many rumors are in circulat- ion regarding the resignation of Gen. McNaughton." he said. "Eubllc interest demand! that the Prime

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ii.ii.ii. Quotes Jap 0n Atrocities

LONDON, Jan. 31 — (CP) '--A Japanese governmmt. spokesman. Sadao lguchi, was quoted in a DNB dispatch from Tokyo which was broadcast tonight as saying that British and United states disclosures of Japanese cnleltiea to Allied war prisoners were a "cloak for crue ties committed by the Allies themselves."

It was the first comment from the Japanese capital on the sick- cnins disclosure, in London and Washington last week of the tor- of Allied by ths enemy.

w c 7th and 0th Divisions in Canada. March

and asked if this meant that the w

Annual Meeting 0f Frog. Cons. Ass’n 0n March 3, 4

OTTAWA. Jan. 31-(0?) - ‘lbs ccond

I u A of Pro- grccivc Omscrva va Canada will be held in Ottawa - day and . March 3 and 4. Goo-don Graydon, the party's house leader and president of the as- sociation. announced t .

be held

ye .. before and

m policy recommend: ions. A dinner will be held

cvenin, Brae , the party's national lead- er. will make "important announ- cements." Mr. Graydcm said in a statement.

m. G/raydon announced he is not seeking re-election to the presid- in view of pressure of other