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157sett|ements 7 Killed “lheyn Planes Crash At SOHEIPOTt

Six victims members of R. A. 4F.; Aircraft crashed

lire retaken In 3 days

Official Russian Re- ports Indicate Drive Is Gatlltning Speed.

(By William B. Ring)

(Associated Press Staff Writer) ' LONDON. Jan. 12-—(AP)-—'Ihe Russian armies of the centre, flank- m; the Bryansk southern anchor of the main German defence line and casting out a great arc which threatened envelopllient of the Vy- sumo. end of that line. were report- ed smashing forward at accelerated

ce tonight on the road back to

moiensk.

One hundred and titty-seven ad-

dilloual Soviet settlements, said So- t0

vlel military dispatches. have fall- cu buck into Russian llnnds during the lost three days o1 this nushtv offensive, and it was added that in the |outhem sector below Moscow a large city has been encircled with two German regiments and large tank forces entrapped.

‘fins could have been either Orcl, some 200 miles to the south of the capital. or Brynnsk itself. but more likely was the former since previous Soviet charges which hzld broken the Vyazma-Bryansk German front hm by-pessed Orel.

Official Russian reports that this pursuit i5 gathering speed were ne- cnnulnnicd by information from the Nazis themselves indicating that the entire battle area from u, point some 150 miles below Moscow to the Val- dai l-lills. 200 miles below Leningrad, L; violently erupting.

’l‘hc German communique spoke without details of fighting in the Vnldai region, where the Russians are hitting hard frr full restoration of lll Leningrad-Moscow communi- cations.

There was heavy end punishing action against the invader. too, in the far southern Crimea. where the. Russians on the basis of previous

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Donate clothing For Nazi Soldiers

BERLIN,_ Jnn, 12 — (German broadcast recorded by APw-Ger- nan newspapers reported today zlmi. 531325.930 pieces of winter

clothing for Nnzi soldiers on the Russian front have been donated by the German peope in response ‘.0 Hltlcrls uppcal. '

(A BBC broadcast recorded by CBS, however. sold it had heard a Gemlan broadcast that the people of Finland also were to be asked to collect clothing for German sol- diers. NBC reported hearing a broadcast by o. secret radio trans- mitter in Europe that carlonds of clothing turned over by the Ger- nun people proved to be mostly rugs.)

War——25 Years Ago Tollay

(By The Canadian Press)

JAN. 1a, l91'1—Russians repulsed German attacks east of Kainzrm nil Riga sector of Eastern Front. Turkish forces in the Caucasus routed northwest of Kalklt in sur- Pfbe attack.

Deming Events

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‘Ob In latices in thll ' Lp.'~'nrd' r’ '* "Wanted to b y Chicken. wl. Island Cold storage. 111-3193531451.

"B11160 in Grahun’: Road Hall Wednesday evening, 11-469-1-10-15-

"Come m the Box Social Dance, in Covehead Community Hall mes- day, January mo. L-lel-i-la-ll.

a"if.."“lll‘l°il °°‘t“‘“’“‘ vlliifi’ N ng . 8:0 p.m. - tuss lgnter programme. L-blS.

"Buylng pigs on the Market square, Charlottetown, Friday. Rnud Jorgensen.

L-8i7-l-lS-4l.

"Grain grinding Owing to re- "lfival and making new set-up, we will not be grinding grain until further notice. Livestock 586M)’, Htzlwy Street L-LBB-l-li-fll.

"Knud Jorgerlson of Kenslnl- 1-"11- is our only agent authorized to 10nd hogs at Brendnlbanc. [loading "We every Tuesday forenoon. Livestock Shipping Association.

11-489-1-12-21.

"The Annual Meeting o! the New Perth Dairying C0,. wil be held on Tuesday. January 20th. m: at P~ M. Alex. Hamilton, President. L. "Wm. swamp. 114184-1241.

after mid - air

Seven men were killed yesterday afternoon when two oyul Air Force nlarles from the Charlotte- town airport crashed at Southlport, about three miles from Charlotte-

wn.

Group Captain E. A. Blake. Of- ficer Commanding at til: airport announced names of the men would not be released until their next of kin were notified.

He issued the following statement last night:

"Two Anson aircraft belonging to the Royal Air Force station. Char- lottetown. collided over southport about three miles southeast of Charlottetown a-t about 3 pm. on Monday, the 12th of January. Both aircraft, crashed to the ground and one exploded on contact. The eev- en members of the crew olf the aircraft were all killed. all but one being Royal Air Force persoziell from the United Kin dom. The two aircraft struck e ground near Mr. H. J. Kennedyb farm neur Tea Hill."

A n of persons saw the planes circling and diving over Southport and the Charlottetown Harb:r area befcre the crash. A few said they actually se/w the two planes collide. A wing appeared to be tom from one.

Several held the belief the other plane attempted to get un- der the damaged machine and su t it before it crashed.

ree men were in one plane and four in the other. All were killed instantly.

‘There was no fire after the crash.

One plane who comparatively in- tact but the other was smashed in- to splinters. One women resident of Souihmrt 531d she heard what scunded like an explosion after one of the plane struck (he earth.

Within a. c-lv ‘miflllb?!’ of the crash several officers and men of the Royal Air Force rushed to the scene vwth an ambulance while civilian doctors and an ambulance hurried fr'm Charrlottei-"ivn. ‘The crew of one plane wrs all ln the

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Steady pressure 0n Axis army In Libyan Desert

CAIRO. Jan. 12-—(AP)—Brltalrl_'s desert army maintained steady pressure today against the slowly retreating forces of lot-Gen. Erwin Romlnel ln the El Aghelr. area. Persistent sand storms dela 'ed the Imperial forces along the sine at the foot of Libyan hump. but aircraft managed to strike de- structive blows at the enemy supply columns and motor transport. Bom- bers ranged to ‘Tripoli, main DJSG of the German and Italian forces. and scored hits on the mole. Operations ulnst the isolated Axis pocket st ll defying British troops in the I-ialfeya-Salum sector near the Egy tlan frontier proceed- ed method-lea ly a communique said. Another 100 pr soners were taken. Free French fliers Joined their Brlklih comraldgs ingsbomblnl mm ons an ugou . posh-starved Axis continued u; fight a tenuous rear Ruarcl sci-ion. .____.______

To expand small Boat construction

UITAWA. Jan, l2—(CP)-lh(- plmSiOn in Canada's small boatcon- structlon program cunn the 1m three months was repor wnlsht by the Munitions and Supply De- partment.

Orders placed in the last uerter of 1941 for e wide range o smell craft increased the program's cap- ital expenditure to more than $10.- 500000. the department uld.

Construction work is being es:- rled out for the Roysl Canadian Navy. the Royal Canadian All‘ Force the Canadian army and the

p,“ British Air Ministry tn some ca

goalie: boat yards. This is in uldl- tlon to the nsvsl sud cargo ves- sel rogrsm in l’! major shipyards.

e mull-best program new is about 57 per eent complete.

KING TOPS IN PHOTOS

is the mosfiiveplllgl-Tprfislymcn ln the Ministry ‘of rnfcrmstiozrs eo -

2 lection of 350,000; Prime Minister

Churchill is next. just ahead of 111m uni the mile of Kent.

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collision.

Unrest is Spreading to Nazi Navy

S h a r p Dispute Re- ported Between Admiral R a e d e r And U-Boat Com- mand.

By Alfred E. Wall Associated Press Staff Writer

LONDON, Jam. l2~(AP)—A foreign source whose information in the post has almost always proved correct reported teddy that the friction already noted in Hit- ler’; army command has spread to the nwvy in a. sharp dispute between Grand Admiral Erich Raeder and the submarine command. Vice-Ad- miral Karl Dcenltz.

Doenltz. said this informant, had baldly charged his superior. Raeder.

with responsibility for “the miscar-

riege oil’ submarine warfare." The Grand Admiral was repre-

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Japs striking llard at ll. S. lll Philippines

WASHINGTON, Jun. 12 —-(APl-— The Japanese heavily shelled and b-cnlbecl Amcrican-Filiplino positions today in what ma be the initial Phase of an all- t atlcrupf to crush Gen. Douglas MXlCATJIllVS army and free the bulk of their Philippine forces to support the Netherlands Indies invasion.

The Americans were hitting back. the United Slates war department reporting in a. communique that “a heavy artlllc battle is in progess along the ent re front."

For some days, the Japanese have

been bringing fresh troops to this from», norlli and ivest of Manila in apparent preparation for an offen- Vi‘. That this was beginning was in- dicated not only by the artillery action but also by a report from MacArthur that "ground activity is increasing."

Chinese gscore New successes

By Spence ltloosa Annotated Press Staff Writer

OHUNGKING. Jan. l2 -(A.P> - The offensive of China's far-spread armies has scored new successes on four widely scattered fronts against s Japanese foe who is preoccupied with other wars in the Philippines. Malays and the Netherlands East indies. lt was announced coda .

At the same time strong Ch u: forces were reported moving into Burma where they will be in p091- tlon to join with their British ul- lles in s flank attack on Japan in ‘fllelland and Inca-China. Christo- pher smarmen. of an ambulance unit who had just made s. trip over the Burma. Road. mid the hi hwny was clogged with crack C lnese troops moving westward with tanks, motorised artillery. B1911 sum light weapons.

Indicating s disastrous finish to Japan's third Changnna campaign. the Chinese said they had utterly smashed the force of 100,000 which set out to capture and keep that Hunarl provincial capital. n the finlll 24-hour bottle of entrapment 8.000 Japanese were killed or wounded and 1,000 cnptllflfi. ‘J19 Chinese said.

wun 2.000 miles or front from which to choose for harassing nt- tocks and counter-offensives. the Chinese also reported s new thrust in Honsn Province, 850 miles to the north. when the entire Japanese position along the lone-contested Lunghal railway south of (he YM- low River apparently is menscod.

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War Situation Last Night

Kuala Lumpur

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) Japanese seizure of two strategic footholds in East Indies marks a further deterioration of allied defensive disposi-

tions in the China Sea, although it in ships and men.

Firmly based on Turaksn island in Dutch Borneo eastern tip of the Celebes, Nipponeee ,' additional menace to allied naval forces attempting to reach the China Sea from the South Pacific. Tarakan is less than zoo mile, "m, the ilrarthgrn entrance tn Macassar Strait. The Minahassa tip on Celebes "$11111"! 155111)’ 40D miles south of Davao Gulf in Mindanao, doubling

‘rim rga to that Celcbes sen passage to the China Sea. It also ls W n 00 mile, of Ambolns, Newer-hug, [gland m"; h." m ‘h,

Bands Sea. O I

The Jnvn Sea. passage u. the

Borneo is also blocked by the enemy, 3W1“;-

Bilore could range over it, also those

151111111. midway of the passage. also is held by the Japanese.

This double or triple sealing of

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1:1’; xglgiclizg"; 101‘ Jflllanese invasion of Netherlands key points.

m" I 1' “PM”? °°11V°Y§ lighted and attacked suggests that . .apanrsc are throwing large forces into

Indies. e o

Ur to date It has .1 u. ziltgcfitllxllinggishlps thzulolaglldlllgfi-lrlntelsl: a heavier m“ ‘n ‘rauspnns S nlrnpore an] K "sing to warn Tokyn "m; n (Alfie nnlznlizéséiilifilrle. air defence tempo ls

Allied counter air attacks from

l. d I 1n are ltso intensifying, indicating that n British-Chinese flanking

attack behind the enemy drive at Japanese have still 150 miles to g5 I

(Report Nazis Ready for Malta invasion

LONDON. Jan. IFi-Cfuesdny —(CP Cabin-The Dally Ma in a dispatch dutelined lVllllllltll‘ said today reports from Home indicated German shock troops would attack Malta within "10 any: or three weeks.” _

he dispatch. by special cor- respondent llarold Cardozo, said German reinforcements had been reported pouring into Italy to points from lil-lnulsi to Syra- cuse. and that scores of coastal vessels were carrying “vast quantities" of ammunition and supplies for the gathering army.

"The concentration of Germ- an troops all face Malta," the nuHLLiBUIlIlOIll. continued. “At the nearest point they are within 60 miles of the island and at the must distant pnillt they are only 100 miles allay.

“The assault on Malta will be carried out practically exclusive- ly by the German llir force."

Tho recent increase in the number of (lzrily air raids on Malta already had lcd British observers to speculate on the likelihood that the next Axis in- vasion attempt might be direct- ed agninst that stubborn British outpost in the Central Mediter- rancill, where it long has been a dagger ill the side oi’ Axis na- vul and North African pro-

grams. Malta yesterday reported five air raid alarms.

Experiment with Dried vegetables For Great Britain

OTTAWA. Jan. l2—(C‘Pl--Large- scale expcrinnrltal wozk and adag- tation of ccmnlerclal plants to t e production of dchydiratrd veget- ab-les. which llllly be sen‘. t-o the United Kingdzm in the most use- ful and eccncmical film, is bring sponsored by the Dominion sov- ernment, it was learned today

The government is assisting fl- nanclally and through the provis- ion of certain equipment with the possibility the total outlay will be near $500,000.

"Already lilo Dcminicn is making large shipments o! baco-n, cheese. eggs and similar products to United Kingdom, and with the prospect vegetables will also be re- quired we want to have our plant'- equliponent in readiness." an offic- l said.

He said e. variety of vegetables would be covered by the Process- ing plane.

Two plants in Nova Dentin. two in Ontario and one in British Col- umbia were understood to be Dre- paring to lnstel the required equipment with federal assistance-

Japan Agrees To Follow Geneva Plan

IDNIDON. Jan. l2—tUP)—Mlll-- Gen. sir John Kennedy told s Red Close meeting today that an unofficial Ind-sage received £10m the Japanese said that country had a to carry out the clauses of the Geneva Convention renrdinz tmnsnisslon of information. Ju- pan did not sign the Convention.

General Kennedy‘: speech raised

that information woul coming soon as u» the fete of the Imperial garrison at Hang Km: 1 “ s Inge

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the Netherlands

In withdrawal

By C. Yates McDaniel Associated Press lrlaff Writer

SINGAPORE, Jan. l2 -—(AP) - 3111-1511 $100M have abandoned Kuala Lumpur, bitterly clJnlcstWi rubber centre and capital of t.e fedf-‘fflied Malay States, and est-ab-

.m 5 n97 91 8-13919- o izlted Pr ' ‘taff ‘rltcr

The withdrawal was orderly dcs- Ass c c” b “ glib I Wmerwless oenndlns from nxrxvm, war, Jan. l2-—(AP) napanese land and air forces. For Flying Nethcrlanders and their

ne hours the retreat wns arried 5113“ {qlypqycniljp American and w" down the ""1111, 11°13 51111511 Ausmlllml p11 , it was announc- 111E11WB-y with astonishingly few e4 wilighi, have struck two Jap- lwse" ancse cruisers and two transports,

Farm" down 111° 991111151119 l and shot down four planes in try- 31111511 0011-9181 1181-101 captured s ‘mg to smash Japanese foothold: on 51115-11 JlPflnfififi 111111 W'111011 lfllld- nomeo and Celebes south the ed from fisllmg craft in southern pp,y,ipp;n(,;

‘whom- The situation was obscure in the

T111 R-A-F- “"35; busy throughout bitter ground fighting st Tarakun, the day heading off Japanese island oil cI-ntre oil northeastern 1114115 Wimlms toward Blnsapore- Borneo, and u. srmarlassa, the

Eumpem md 55111110 1951119111»! northeostrril pert of Celebes where began leaving Koala Lumpur. one Japanese geziboyng hoop‘ and p3!- 0! the most beautiful cities in Mal- m)“; we 1gmjed 9411-1}. yesterday “Va: ‘"9181 weeks ago. Refugees "Oi qtlons in the Mtinhassa “roving yeslerdql’ said the Jalraii- area. are being continued," s com- cse would find little of use to them munique snirl. “No iuriher partic- gifillfl 6211113; 111111411385. wththbli- ul-tlrs can yet be given at the pre-

y W 5 e 99°"? e '91“ 11° ' sent about the attack on Tarakm angelic? may be impending. The log carried out, m, about we pmmg resigggn“ ""5 the Feat fortress base. n rltish flghfcr planes were 1n the ‘v1.11, h om- tmqm Qqgflnug u; o4.

1‘ (W61 Sing-z-pore in relays from fag" _ early morning until laic afternoon i mm gm,- silrrenrler of u s 159ml“; M‘ me 111°‘l- 11111111110115 To "n the capture 0f Mena- - - . I'll Bl‘ End in 1943

raiding 111141111115 111° JflDW-fie do. main cztv of Minnhrlsao, To Launch Huge Pm. Most of ingnporeh residents

have so far made in daylight 0W1 Am informed Netrcrlind; source 8T3 . m For Manlufact were unaware of the. drama fought

9 191111 511d i110 ldlacent state in Lmidon asserted that the lose of M “Khmer all Borneo and Celebcs was pro- I Nazis reported g1: dugtf Synthetic iifiomofhéfililiiiéiif O

A Bio-rm broke in the early even- bablo "unless heavy allied sen end 1118» 11111111191111! 111E 15111110 11111191 air reinforcements arrive quickly." Mobilizing to heard high above, prompting many _ _ w,.sm..,,m~—,, m, ,2 _,AP)_ l Fight disease Jesse Jones. federal loan admlnls-

dark rain clouds and ending the traitor, annQunggd today a $400_

menace of JilpnnCfe raids. Losses were found to be negligible. Pre- llmln rts had 000.000 program f 1 _ llletlc rubber whicoll lllgatilxllg willie

indicated heavy cost to the enemy

and on the and U-boats would he u!

fident Indies

By Henry Hoogendoorn

0 s China. Sea between Malaya and from north of Sing- based on Sarawak, Borneo. Natuns

southern approaches to the Chine this drive against the 0 e

91111101111101, or the initial

Burma on Japanese bases in Thal-

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- azry repo said there

been tum casualties. s few rubber trees were imrooted and s few ne- tive huts ba cred.

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Supreme Court

BLRNE. swufzerianc, Jan. 12-

virtually end the United s: c (APJ- ‘rlr was reported today to rubber short l a es n ve m< mo en army of epi- age n about l8 month" time fighters for the eastern

Jones told re o , President had agtllltokrrilednlltlgn the 20 011cm with a plan to bilild en. “ugh new factories to turn out 49o . 000 tons of synthetic rubber a year. He estimated the plants could“ be Tefldy by the middle of 1943 and, along with other rubber sources "W"! be enough not only m fill

front when: his retreating soldiers face three maze months of battle against bitter cold and disease. as wcl‘ as the relclriss misslarls. The January w!“ of m‘. 3w Berlin dispatches said hundreds prerne Court els underway st m, of doctors and nurses, specially

com-g you“ n ghaflogugown M, trained in fighting epidemics, sl- 11 unlock this morning ready had gone to the front to aid

1:16 fQllowjng c.1505 “p on m, the Nazis in the "bottle against dQgk-gg; Th.‘ King \'5_ Robert Ga]- llec"-ihc greatest carriexs of spot- bmith, prohibition nppenl; The wd tyvhu< fyver.

King v5_ Maury-e Grjfffym WM” 'I'ypl‘lllS (pidenlics have been re- ster‘; Corner. drunken driving‘, El- Ported in Poland and the Baltic-l. don Matthews vs. Kenneth Mat- 9x11051118 ‘he Z1951 bu“! 01 131* thews. both of Alberton, appeal to N811 81111168-

rlx a dale 1m- hegflng a motion T, Although therc was no confirms- eosts before full Court; also one lion that typhus had broken out to civil non-jury (‘£50. H, K, s, H¢m_ any grout. exlciu. medical author- ming. Charlottetown. vs. Pclcr lties iecogniweu tlmz conditions Stewart. Marshfleld, debt, to have Called 1'01” <1 818011116 H1011 t0 D10- date fixed for hearing. It l; 11n- vent a repetition of disasters sim- dcrstood that the first appeal case liar to those which struck down is the only one “Nth will be dealt 1111105! (‘Wily urmli moulding NH- wifh immediately, polco spcilliing the winter in

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Opens today

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N. B. Nousc to Open Feb. 17

FREDERICTON, Jan. 12 -(CPl —-Premlel' J. B. McNnir said todqy that F‘cb._l'1. a Thing-day, ha; boon set tentatively ns ill.‘ date for 0p-

911111: of the New Brunswick lsgis- Jury; Mo. s, llferiir. Forsvtile, ~—-_-__.-. lature. The date will be fixed def- Charlottetown: John Dixon. south