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SINGAPORE. Feb- 3 - (AP) _. Japanese lho ck u-oopg established them- ‘gives unopposed today on Palau Ubin island, a poten- tial stepping stone for the attack 0n Singapore Island, m] started a menacing (mop movemnt at the rear [f that forward position.

While the enemy thus gained a land foothold in Singapore's water defence ‘talk-the Strait of Joh0re-- his dive bombers continued their heavy bombing of the cliritish defences and the big batteries of the British artil- lery repaid in kind.

Shortly aitcr noon. artillery act-

ioii torus.» the Johore Strait stepp- id up appreciably. The roar of dis-

plloas. British guns were trying to dienoc eneinlj batteries. Autl-aircriilt batteries peppered o hlrly lame formation of Ja sneso and a in- ndiliz planes tied without dropp- hz bombson the city area. . ‘iii llrilisli communique said j tmlrols were reported loliave landed “on the island of centre of the eastern entrance oi Johore Strait and a. military pakesmuu said there were now no defenders there. ~ Al points, Palau Ubin is only lllii ll mile from Singapore islands thundered at

British urllllerv lioanese troop movements on the Illlliilfllld behind Palou Ubin nnd ll appeared that, the little fighting lien ci the Rising sun might make lhrir main thrust from that direct- bn. The Japanese in that sector “if busing their forces at Masai. us! of Joliore Bahru. and it was Avon that pcliit that the great ‘*

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Here's how Singapore looks to tho Japanese lining Johorc Strait while preparations go ahead appar- ently for on all-out attempt to take the stronghold by storm. Yesterday the tempo of fighting was re- ported in be increasing in intensity. British bl; guns thundered while Japanese gllng and planes were in action on In increasing scale. An unconfirmed Tokyo report said the Japanese troops had landed on the smell island of Palau Uhln n half-mile of! the east shore of Singapore island. A British patrol craft sank on enemy boat with 32 Nlpponesc soldiers aboard in Johore strait.

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(By Jamel McCook) (Canadian Press Staff Writer)

_O'1‘TAWA. Feb. 8—tOP)—Exten- sicn oi compulsory military training to men up to 3o years oi age instead 0i. 20 as at present was seen by in- formed quarters toniizht. as a log- ical sequel to announcement. or n. new reserve army set-up which rc- stricts voluntary eniistments to men under i9 and over 3

In the new voluntary enlistment regulations for the reserve army authorities noted what they called a "significant gap" in the axes cov- cred. Highest age class now rc- quired to give compulsory military service is d years and the lowest of the older sue brackets eligible for voluntary enlistment in the re- serve is do." ‘llns leaves men from 26 to 35 with no positive allocation." one source said. "It would seem lo - ical that sooner or later they w become liable for compulsory iiiili- tary training because men of these ages might be considered as among the best prospects for active ser-

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Extension of the call for compul- sory military training for home de- fence to embrace single men and childless widowers up to at leas. 30 years and possibly to 35 was tort- cast as early as last. No. l5_ in authoritative quarters, At that time war service; minister Tliorsuii said it appeared. llkelv any extension oi

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War-ZS Years Ago Today

FEB. o, loll-Austrians captured Italian trenches tn flgihtlzig out o! Goriillo. Britim mode mucou-

rald-s on German positions southeast of Ylpreo and south of Aximentleroc. Old-type British tor- pedoboat destroyer sunk by mine.

Partridge are Wintering well

Popular Game Birds Ap- pear To Be Getting Sufficient Food.

Hungarian partridgcs in Luis pro- vince "are wintering well", it was learned over the weekend by Spec- ial Constable Spurs-Ion Jflnlm». C.M.P., Game Warden. These popu- lar game birds are not minding the winter and appear to be gewtini; plenty of grit. Biirc spots in numer- ous fields throughout the province facilitate matters for the "Hi1 enabling them to dig up sonic!‘-

to eat.

One of these putt-loses was found lying on the ground somewhere fi- iong the bllirruy’ Harbour railway ling by one oi ll.r\ truiliiueii last wank, Tho bird hurl bccn killed by hitting the telephone wires above. On cxainlnutionut was ioitnu illllt the "Hun" was in cxcclicii. condi- tion. It was covered with t__11l\t! layer of fat and was as good. ii 110i better, than during the hunting season in the autumn.

It will be rsctillctl that 111%? ptirtridges. whim were imported to Prince Edward Island in 1027 by lngeyegwd sportsmen. suffered heavily during the nesting season lust year. As n. result, only about half the usual numbers were re- ported in the fail by hunters. lliw- ever, since then it is bfillflvfld l1"? have made u. good comeback Ind ‘ppgmnfly gm thriving at present.

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(By Daniel Do Luce (Anooloted Press Staff lter) BURMA. Ileb. B-JAIU-Staunch British defenders of treasure-laden Burma. and its vital gateway to Ohtno have checked the Jonlnm

on: the S ween Rim to tho ut- lststion oéetho united otlons com- mander n. Sir Archlbold Wovell. who visited the front a second time recently.

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MARKHAM. Ont-i Feb. 8- (OP) -l=‘lve children burned to deli-h hero early today when fire believed w have started from on over-hunt- ed furnace swept throush I 1W0‘ storey frame dvrelltng. occupied by Mr, mo Mrs. Nick scliouton and their family of six.

‘Ilie youngest child, on€-Y¢B\"°1~'1 Patricia. was saved h; Mrs. Schou- (gn as rlgc and her husband run from the burning building. _

The other iivo children P90511911 so iiiimes quickly suited the 11°11“; Deed are: Marv 8: Mm t‘; "A" 5- Arlene 1:; and Herman 2.

Mukhlm is i5 miles northeast oi ‘Ibrouto.

Three Island Farmers return From Toronto

Three prominent. Island farmers. all of them representing herd asso- ciations in this province, returned Sritli-."t'.1iy' ninlit from ’l‘oronto where they attended a scrics cl meetings in coniiccdoii with thvli" rcspcctive ii....nx..ioi~.s. They are: Messrs. Alex

Hamilton, New Perth. Mari- time Director tlie Canadian Swine Breeders Association; Guy

Rodd, Brockley. director of the Guernsey Breeders Association and Cecil Stewart, Hampshire. director of the Holstein-Erosion Association of Canurlrt,

While in Upper Canada these men met with lending farmers from other provinces in the Dominion to discuss important matters relating to livestock improvement. The vurl- ous delegates expressed their vievzs on agricultural matters as they af-

R~ tectcd their particular section and

of ideas resulted in much valuable information. The Isl- and delegates came uwnv with 1X‘!!- er knowledge of existing conditions which will enable tlicin to suilllest

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‘ Horse Breeders and other or- ganlziztlions meet on different tinys to conduct bllSlliCSS. 'I‘lio_Dairvmci_1. who ilsunllv held a nicetinfl R15 11115

Fire proves as Deadly as torpedo

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN‘ PORT. Feb. o-toPp-Flre that proved as dcndly as enemy torpe- does cruscd another ship from the allied nicrchniil. navy roll this week- end when a. loaded freighter keeled over and sank in the harbor here after flames had gutted her-

Cause of the fire that broke out early Saturday. 111st ll 16W 11°11" before the ncnr 2,000 ton craft was due to soil. was not nfii¢1R11y d8- termlncd. though siibotatze who 00¢ inspected. Some said careless hand- ing of an acetylene torch started he blue that roared throuuh tho wanker fm- more then 12 hours.

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line woman Injured in fall 0n sidewalk

City Uses‘ Tons Of Sand In Move To Com- bat ice.

Citizens turning out for their morning worship yesterday had difficul y in reaching their church- es because of the very slippery conditions of the sidewalks. lvtanl’ persons received nasty falls as they traversed the footpaths and more t-‘nan one suffered a severe shaking up as a result.

One woman, Mrs. Frank O'Don- nell. formerly of Avondsle but now residing with her daughter in the City, suffered a broken wrist when she lost her footing enroute to church. The accident, which was the only serious one reported oc- curred at the corner of Great George and Richmond Streets. She was taken to hospital but later in the day was able to return home.

It was a common sight to see people sprawled on tho sidewalks because of the trenclieroils condi- tion of the walks Only by pro- ceeding slowly and paying strict

lieavy attack 0n big Dutch Naval Base

(By Witt Hancock) (Associated Press Staff Writer) BATflAVIA. N. E. 1.. Feb. &-(AP)

——Japanese planes. striking at or reconnoltrlng half a. dozen sectors of the 3.000 mile chain of Nether- lands island. made an attack in force today on Surabaya. the only important naval base in the Indies and Malaya remaining fully avail- able to the united nations.

The damage to naval establish- ments at that Java Dort was. how- ever, "of only sliizht importance." said the Indies communique. _

The raiders made a reconnaiss- ance over Batavla, capital oi the Indies. for the first time and at)- nearcd in the VlCilllly oi Bandoenrz. Netherlands military headquarters in tvestern Java. where thev me- chine-gunnal tea pickers.

Many fires were started. 36 Del"- sons were iniured and others killed in renewed attacks on the tin island of Bangkn, off the Sumatra. coast. where they bombed Muntok. Some Netherlands filzhter planes were de- stroyed on the llroiind when they caught fire from bombs dropped by six large planes escorted by fitzlit- ers at the cil centre oi Palembaiiii. in southern Sumatra,

Nazis lose Famed Military Engineer

Death AnEtRca Of_Dr- Todt. Builder Of Sieg- fried Line.

LONDON. Fe-bljlliondon cirtlss are buzzing with thereported. death yesterday of Dr. Fritz Tcdt. c1059 friend of Chancellor Adolph Hillel. in ail airplane accident, The inci- dent is ranked as the mos. distuib- ing happening since the ilirrht Hess. Just how the people of Ger- many will react to the death 0f their most famous enillnevl‘ 15 "1 unimswerable question at the mo- ment. but wits observe the soon rationing announced in Britain ‘.Q5l£'l‘(‘ll3,y' has ITOLhllIiZ to do with the amount being passed out in Germany with above news.

Germany once more loses one of its big name leaders through acci- dental death. This time it. is Dr. Fritz Todt, famous engineer and architect responsible for the dc- velo nt of the great Autobahn network of new lane_motor roads. m also draw the plans and .r vised tho construe ion ct the cg fried line and later built huge fort- ifications in Holland. Belgium and occupied France against possible invasion of the continent from

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troops stopped the lbya in its ti. ks at. the Aunt approaches o! Tobruk today and svvept unop- posed through B. wide ares west of Ain E1 Gazala.

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Chinese loin Defenders of Singapore

(By Sgt. Ian Fitchett. Official Cflffesllonilent with the Australian Imperial Force.)

WITH 'I‘H.E A. I. F. ON SING- APORE ISLAND, Feb. 8—-tAP to CP~—Hundrcd$ oi Il€\\'iy trained Clinical; troolxs QllLwICG here but un- der l2 leaders sent exsigecillly from Cuiuizg-klrlg, have taken up battle s lions to help in the British Im- perial defence of Singapore.

British and Australian gave their Chinese comrades a warm welcome when they took their places. The Chinese troops are knovlm as “Dalooes?

' lc on the island's reads has lessened considerably nc-w that the troops have settled down. British and Australian provost troops (military police) have worked for days without sleep to control the huge troop movements around the island.

Digging, wiring and mining have been going on without stop. Now the next move is left up to the Japanese.

Singapore's first viveek 0i siege passrd swiftly and apart iicm air raids there “'21s little outward i11- dlcniion in the city that a state of siege exists. Noimal life is proceed- ingtfls far as possible bet-ween the a or s

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Britain to liuy More tobacco From Canada

Will omit}; Five Mill- ion More Pounds Here.

SIMCOE, Ont. Fcbrunijv li~~~lCPi -J. K. Pcrrctt, secretary of the On- tario Flue-cured Tobacco Market- ing Association. speaking at the weekly meeting of a. Simone service club, announced that the British Government has released enough aflciitionai foreign exchange for British manufacturers to purchase 5.000.000 pounds of Canadian to- bacco of all types.

This amount. with tho Canadian tobacco purchased under the foreign exchange release last S-Pptciiilxu: makes a total of lllflfitllllltio pounds which British buyers have born per- mitted iO.])lll'Cl‘lilS(‘ in tlir cast fivc years. He added that all the 193i! crop has been sold and he expected the 1940 crop would be entirely sold by the middle of this month.

SIX SISTERS, 450 YEARS MITOHAM, HT-Riltnri - '5?‘ ~

Total age oi six sisters living here is 450 years and all are dzaiving old age pensions The v-Ollllgbit is 68 and the oldest 83

LONDON, Feb. ik-(OPF-British naval planes torpedoed two fully loaded Axis supply ships in the cen- tral Mediterranean Friday night. the Air Ministry news service en- nounced tonight.

The news service said pilots who carried out this attack had wcount- od for two lartlo Axis outing ships in s previous lsssult. but. id not say whether all were in the same

convoy. ‘ In the Friday night attack. the

pilOL! said two torpedoes struck one ship and that fire broke out aboard the second when it was hit. Bot had destroyer escorts,

POLISH BOOK PURGF.

NEW YORK - tCPi - Word hero is the Null; have purged boo‘: stores in Poland of all boolcs den in with notional life-no

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New Nufi Push

Enemy propaganda active and shows surprising information of events before they happen.

(By Curl Cranmer, Assoc

iated Press Staff Writer)

NEW YORK, Feb. 8-—(AP)—A chain of mysterious ‘l-P "ed the! I1 1011s last, incidents which may have been deliberately engineered to embroil Spain in the war and which certainly bear the im-

print of German propaganda

serious Axis preparations for The latest incident invol

pointed sharply today to a‘ push in the Mediterranean. ving Spill], whose territory

used by Hitler as a springboard would permit a direct as- sault on Gibraltar and a move into northwest Africa to

threaten South America and zitTanirier, a former internati miles about 50 miles soutliwes

This development coincided with reports from Berne, Switzerland, today that Marshal Petaln of France would go to Spain tomor- l'O\\'-i)l'€SLllllfllJly to confer with his old pupil. Gen. Francisco Franco.

In Vichy, however, a semi-offi- clal denial said the reports origin- ated from contusion over the scheduled vsiit to Spain ct Ms- dame Petain, who will be accom- panied by the Marshal's chief civ-

ilian collaborator, Demoulin dc Labarthetc. At Tangier an explosion in a

taxi loaded with British diplomatic bags on a. crowded pier killed 14 persons and wounded 36. a num- ber of them British subjects. The explosion occurred Friday

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Prairie Bonuses Reduced If Wheat Price Increased

OTTAWA, Fleb. 8 —(CP) —-An in- crease in the initial wheat price from 70 cents to $1 a bushel. if de- cided UiXin. ivill almost certainly be accompanied by a reduction in pay- ments to pralre farmbrs under oth- rr assistance programs, The Canad- ian Press lcarntli tonight.

The prairie turm income assist- ance payments, made under order- tn-council pasedl in 1941 to increase the prairie producers income in n year of low returns, will total about $20.000,000 in 194i. This would equal an increase in the initial pay- ment of about l0 cents s bushel on 200030.000 bufiicu.

If the price were increased to $1 by federal authorities it appeared likely that these income payments. made on an acreage basis and de- signed to carry the farmer over an emergency period would be discon- tinued. Even with their assistance ivhent- this year was worth only 80 cents a btishr-l crrnprtrcd with the $1 requested bv lill‘lll."l‘ spokesmen us the lll1=i.)'1%ll‘ll"l€‘lli of the season.