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‘Trap 4 Nazi Divisions

Broadcast reports say the Von Kleist offensive above Rostov brought to dead stop.

LONDON. Nov. lfi-Kllfi-Destructlon of four divisions

of Field

i| Evald Von Klein's German army in ll flaming tlltp mi the liirrler to the north Caucasus, and recapture of important heights the Crimea were announced tonight In Soviet military dispatches. These broadcast reports said the Von Klelst offensive above Rostov been brought to s dead stop as the result of the entrapment, In

lithousands of men died and

much armored equipment w“ d5.

- or captured by the ‘Russians.

itish press iaction to iii offensive

LONDON, Nov. Ztl-flfhurs- hyi—l(.'l’)— The Mess today pffifll the opeizix", of the n ilirican campaign with lliiisiasm and optimism linglcd with caution. “A second front exists at tit," said the News Chronicle. The eagerly-awaited Bri- lii offensive against the Ger- luis mil Italians in Libya. has urled. . though first re- llIEiitllt! confidence, we ~ not count our chickens

“We can only hope that this

is complete success will

mni our efforts. lt is a big tlut our troops have taken for now there can be no

. lug at Beiigusl. The task

liothlng lcss than to drive Axis out of Africa,"

Tile lleriild culled the of- u "news for which the Id has been waiting."

‘lat us bcivarc of over.

Wmlsm. but let us at least

llfllce in the fact that Bri-

tlli ls hitting the enemy 4m

llil. Let us hope she can h“

hard enough to relieve

Htruel [iressurr- on our Rug-

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Express said: German army Hffilllfl‘, agaliisi._ the lntt- ‘ t In its bombing heyday, . llllnst the U-hoat fleets ‘- mines, Britain m; taken mum"! "f German offen- ~ . iill ti. i '1' ‘Piewiins l‘el'n|1di?,‘er:!lllt?i'l “efjmws thought tlflllld ....:.:ui alumni: "e"- lll throat," c G"-

iTreport mics in East living again

z-igi-riiov. io -(AP) ._ The W I [oflges of the e550 we“, hiaione on the “m” “PM” m mil: a iialiie line running m’ m 0W liake Ladogii down m“ 5°}? 3W1. their oiicrisives ‘eaqglerlln an iiiinrovcmciii. in fie a over the vast front.

w Phase Wits described in ffimunique Simply as one“ °i>°mii<=ns:" the high i. and amt" ‘"19 of its silent h“ or ‘igilcd to indlcaf/i the 4 Jcciivcs of its new

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Red dive bOlflbtErS, which the Russians call "Stormoviks“, sup- ported the counter-attack in the Crimea, presumably near sci-as. topol, the besieged naval base in the west of the peninsula. The Germans, it was stated, abandoned their positions and formed a line farther buck.

The Von Kleist action was be- lieved to be part o! a general new assault on Rostov, s arhended by tank forces under t. e pBJlZef ex. pert Col-Gen. Heinz Gilderlan,

On on arc reaching south to the Sea of Azov the Germans were reported losing heavily, but; press- 1118 the attack with determination 1n some sectors. Local counter-at".- Wks li/Iondey. it was said, result- ed in gains of from four to 12 miles for the Russians and the Iecfl-Dture of a number of villages.

Attempting t0 Spring upon Siflufichly-dcfended Rostov from the flunk. cross the Don and pour onto tne stcppeo toward the Can. cosion oil lands or the Caspian coast, Von Kleist's forces ran into Dreclseiy the same sort of en- circlement of which they have considered themselves the true masters.

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Third Member 0f Pattulio’s Cabinet quits

VICTORlA. NOV. 19—CP-Nor- man Whittaker today announced his resignation as British Colum- bia Attorney-General-thira min- isier to leave the cabinet since liberal party ranks were split lost week on the question of c‘alit’on government. Premler Pattullo sn- nounced shortly afterward that the Attorney-Generifs resisnat-‘on had not. been accepted and said in a brief stneinent: “I am srry that he prematurely made this 11115 rcslgnnton) public before I had accepted it. because I have not yet. accepted it. The Oillv observ- ation I have to make is that a, few days e20 Mr. Wlrtitnker was, not n. coaliiicnst, rind todiy hci

Mr. Whittaker. fcwner sllfllkdr oi the legislature and liberal member for Yaaulch, irac. appointed At- torney-General inst, Friday to suc- ceed Gordon Wtsmsr, deleted in Vancouver Centre in the Oct. 21

rovincial electicn in which the lberals ‘ost their legislature- mn- joirity. Liberals won 2i seats. COR. l4. Conservatives 12 and Labor one.

Mr. Whittaker said he hnd re- signed because finance minister John Hart and labor minister G-S. Pearsfn quit the cabinet. These men rcslqiverl, announcing they fave,- i, coalition govertunent wlrcn Premier Paitullo has stated he opposes.

Wing-llmdr. Styles Awarded D. S. 0.

IDNDON, Nov. l9—(CP Cable)- Actln wing-Cnidr. Hubert Maril- mer styles, English-born command- er oi one Royal Canadian Air Force coastal command squadron, which since September has d ..txoyed or damaged many thousands of tons of enemy shipping, has been sword- ed the Distinguished Service Order, it was announced tonight.

Btyles, whose men want him to remain as their commander tlV-tll when the squadron otherwise bo- comes 100 per cent Canadian, ‘dis- ln d rare powers of leadership an organizing ability," the citation

Abandon search For mystery piano

HOUUION, Mo. Nov. l9—(AP)- Maine state police liieut. L. H. Ouellettc said tonight that. a search for a plane rted to have crash- ed near the an ian border at Amity last Th s? had been abandoned alter s fru tleas probe of 2.500 sores of wood m .

f Mrs. Lee Pig-ice, wiuile of“? Arlnltg

armor re r see pan crash to ggrth and w t appeared to be a flier parachutlnl from it.

CHARI-OTTETQOWN. CANADA, TTRURSDAY Ndviiiiih 20 1941

Divers work To raise wreck 0f airplane

The wreckage of a Harvard sir- Cfflft from the Summerside airport was located yesterday at Point Prim. It crashed Tuesday afternoon. The Done was found by boats using Bffllfllllng equipment. There was still no trace of the body of LAC. S. M. Levine of Montreal. student pilot who died in the crash.

M1‘. A. P. Ceretti, Canadian Na. tional Railways diver from Borden. P-E-I» ivflfkfid hours most of the day in an endeavour to locate the body of the airman in the wreck- REQ 0f the plane but wiiflrout suc- cess. The machine ls in about: 30 feet of water on a mud bottom. It is about a mile off shore.

It was reported the dive!‘ found the machine on its back and bad- ly wrecked,

‘An accident yesterday. when the diver became entangled with a sharp metal ‘port of the plane de- lflyvd operations. The diving suit ivas tom and the diverts hand cut slightly. It was necessary to suspend operations while repairs were made to the suit.

At Swnmersidc last night Group Captain E. G. Fullerton, officer commanding No. 9 Service Flying Training School said he expected, if weather conditions permitted, the plane would be brought to the sur- face today,

Planes from the Royal Air Force School at Charlottetown resumed a search for the wreckage of the plane early yesterday but were uri- able to locate it from the air. Tues- day they found oil on the water where it. was believed the plane crushed.

‘Ive aircraft crashed into the sea oft Point Prim while LAC. Levine was flying solo. Persons ashore saw the accident and were able to direct boats to the approximate position.

Fishermen from Point Prim dis- trict were unable to go out Tucs- dny as all the boats here were out of the water and with their en- gines out for the winter.

A second diver, Mr. Emile Gali- ant of Borden, was also sent down in the afternoon to assist 1n the search. It is understood that dark- ncss prevented him taking part. however.

Warmest Nov. 19 for Toronto in 100 years

TORONTO, Nov. l9-—(OPi—The warmest» Nov. 19 for Toronto in lilo ycnrs was rcccrded today when the temperature rose to 65.7 de- grees, Frank O'Donnell. weather firrecaster said. The temperature on Nov. l9, last. year was 45 de- gices at t-he maximum during the day.

Will honor memory 0f Sir Wilfred Laurier

OTTAWA, Nov. 19—tCPi—l~‘or the second time in this vcar of war official Canada will pause tomorrow to reflect on the career of one of its statesmen of earlier days.

At the little village of St. iiiri. Quc., Prime Minister Mackenzie King, members of the Cabinet, acn- ators, members of Parliament and members of the Quebec government will gather to dedicate the house in which Sir Wilfrid Laurler was min as a national historic site.

The ceremony will mark the 100th anniversary 0i the birth of the no- ted Libero. party leader and prhrio minister.

Transportation Commission meets

MONCTON, N. B., Nov- LO-(OP) —Adequaoe comme ‘ I air service between principal points in the Maritime Provinces was among matters discussed today at a meet.- ing oi the ‘Transportation Commis- gig: of the Maritime Board

e.

The commission decided to "de- mand" such service, with utilization of only first class planes and term- ed it necessary particularly owing to the importance of the Maritime Provinces’ position in the wu- sm-

Q llC .

rgecldion was reached to. seek on

explanation of transportation chars- es, particularly competitive rates. under the maximum price regula- tions. ‘lhe commission members agreed that ickup and delivery services should’ be extended w include ship- ments between the Maritime: and Ontario and uebec.

Every possibe effort was said necessary to relieve the "precarious situation" of Prince Edward Island of the loss of the ear (e Charlottetown.

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ion urfid coope of shippers in obtain g maximum

service from owl‘!

rEnemy subs Trailed convoy Three days

A CANADIAN PORT, Nor. l9 (CPF-Survivors of a torpedoed British freighter said here ene- my subs had picked up o. con- VOY in which they sailed, 3i) miles off the Canadian Arian- tlc coast and trailed it for "HOE days before sinking their vessel.

The five seamen, rescued by a Canadian corvette, were tlie only survivors of a cr-iq o.‘ '13 aboard tho vessel whlnlt sank in 40 seconds after a miilniirht torpedoing.

They reported also a second freighter in the convoy had been torpedoed and sunk. fixzict lo- cation of the sinking was not disclosed but the survivors were permitted to siiy it was “a few hundred ‘titles beyond Belle Isle-on the Atlantic side oi‘ the Strait of Belle Isle.

Survivors said that when the presence of the U-boats. was suspected the escorting warship dropped depth charges con- tinually but the subs remained out of sight until the this-d n

Condition of Justice Minister Said dangerous

MONTREAL, Nov. iii-Kl?)- The condition of Justice Minist- er LaPcinte, ill in hos tal hero, may be considered angerous, Dr. Jules Provost, his attending physician said today.

Dr. Provost said: “Mr. Lia- Polnte‘s condition has become worse in the last two days and he can now he considered in danger."

News Briefs

OTTAWA, Nov. lti-KCP) - The accent remains on youth for the Canadian fighting for- ces, with the average age of men enlisted in the nrmy a- bout 26 years, national defence officials said tonight.

OTTAWA, Nov. 19 —-fCP)-_ The growing tension in the Pacific finds Air Commodore Raymond Collishaw of the Royal Air Force in Canada and government officials said today he would be an “invaluable con- sultant" if war should break out in the for east and the west coast were threatened.

. colonial secretary, Rear

RITISH iiuuoii GREAT DFFENSIVE IN NORTH [or THAN FIFTY uurs ill

Report Gen. Weygand quits African post.

VICHY. Nov. 1o —(AP) - oeii. MflXims Weysand. the military en- igma of France, was reporied go. night to havecome to the parting °Y the Ways with the Vichy govern- ment and _f,o have resigned as Mar. shai Petairrs representative and ormy commander in North Africa.

While the leader of France's un- tried African armies walked alone, lost in thought, on the banks of the river Allier, following tliree days of conferences with Pctuiu, Admiral ‘vluiam D- lfahi’. the American

nmtizénssador, saw the old chief-of- fl .

(Diplomatic circles in Washington said they had received authorlta. tive word that Weygand has quit.)

Leahv saw Petaln lust after am

aln conference had nothing to do with Weygand.

spokesmen likewise insisted that Weygands case was not mentioned lu recent conversations between Petain and Abetz, but the inc‘. re- mained that: Weygand came from French Africa soon after the Abetz visit to Vichy. Moreover, the Vichy! Adimra‘ Rene Piston, was dispatched to Dakar suddenly in the latest inani- festatlon of activity connected with North Africa.

Geri. Alfonse Juln, army reader iuider Weygamcl who had been men- tioned as a possible successor to we: minister Gen. Charles Hunt- zlger, killed in a plane crash, also left to regain his African post.

lion. ti. A. Dunning

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Drive Aimed At Driving Axis From No. Africa

British land, air and sea forces unite in smashing blows; Believe opening of ' assault

came as surprise t0 enemy.

CAIRO, Nov. 20-(’l‘hursday')-(AI’)—Armed plenti- fully with new weapons a British army of some 750,000 troops has opened a new offensive against the Axis in Libya. advancing 50 miles in the first day.

The aims of the offensive, co-orilinated with massed air attacks and the pounding of naval guns against shore objectives. are:-

TIIREE OBJECTIVES

1. A diversion of Axis strength from Russia,

2. Cleaning the Axis finally out of North Africa. and

3. Eventually knocking Italy out 0f the war.

The British and Imperial army swept into eastern_ Libya from Egypt's western desert at dawn Tuesday in a campaign that was so closely guarded a secret that no hint of it leaked out until an official announcement last night.

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ADVANCE 50 MILES

Already, British authorities said today, the British forces have advanced more than 50 miles into enemy ter- ritory, have taken many German prisoners, put Italian troops to flight, subjected the stubborn Hellfire (I-Ialfaya) Pass to a heavy naval bombardment, and wrought “trem endous damage to the enemy" with continuing air attacks

ls named director

MONTREAL. Nov. 19 —— (CF) — Hon. Charles A. Dunning was t0- day appointed a director of Domin- ion Textile Company and Montreal

VANCOUVER, Nov. 19- (Cl’l

-Tlic second oi the 10.000-ton irelehters being built by Bur- rard drydock company limited here to the order of wartime meeharit shipping limited. will be launched tomorrow without ceremony.

WASHINGTON. Ncv. l9—(AP)— Navy Secretary Frank Knox said today that. armed United Slams mCl‘Ch‘£\llil'll(’1"t_\VO\lld be so ling the North Atlantic within a work or l0 dcvs

MOSCOW, Nov. 2D—tThurs-’ dflyl-IAIW-A new German attrck on Tula with about l5.- 000 troops and 80 Nazi tanks was repulsed yesterday by the lied Army, the Moscow radio snid today.

It was the third attack in three weeks on the munitions manufacturing city 100 miles south of Moscow.

DEMONSTRATED TACTICS IN U. S.

OTTAWA. NW. l9—(OPl—A Royal Air Force ace with three medal ribbons on his tunic, Group Capt. Broadhursi, is in Oan- ada after yin with United States squadrons for hree weeks. 6M0!!- strattng the tactics employed by British airmen in wining the bot- tie o: oi-iiain. "We flew everythins they had, went with them on man- oeuvres, lived with them on the

and gained the impression

ground o4 that. they are all out for a. fight,"

Group Cgt. Broadhurst. slid, a

Pledge Again

Cottons Limited at meetings 0f their boards.

William C. Finlay was appointed vice president of Montreal Cotions Limited.

Lewis turns Down proposal By Roosevelt

WASHINGTON. Nov. 19—(AP)— President Roosevelt today propos- ed a, new formula for ending the str ke in the captive czal mines and within a few hours John L. Lewis. 0n his own behalf, turned it down.

Mr. Roosevelt proposed that further discussions of the one 15-- sue of the SLl'lk0~\VI‘ilCll he de- scribed as the closed shop-JOE pcstpnned until after the national emergency. or that. the dispute be submitted to arbitration with the union and the m'ne management agreeing in advance to abide by the’ result.

Lewis replied‘ that any formal decision would have to await e meeting of the union's policy mak- ing commlttce Saturday, but that as far as hc ls concerned the ar- rangement is tinsatlsfactory.

Arrest three llold-up suspects

HAMILTON, Nov. 19—-(CP)-—P0- lice said tonight s. man believed t0 he one of"threc who held up a. Part Dalhousie bank "at noon today and escaped with approximately $1,300 had been arrested by St. Cathar- ines police, bringing to an end one of this Western Ontario districts most. hectic manhunis.

Two other sus cts were captured pay Hamilton pol ce a few hours af-

r the holdup when a limousine pursued at. an 80 mile cll by oohce officers crashed into a ruck near here. The name of the man anest- ed at St. Catharines was not elven, but police said he was a 20-year-old associate of the other Youths. each 3D years old, who are in cust- lisro. All are held on technical

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on German-Italian positions and airdromes at Dernzi, Mzirtuba, Agedabizi, Bomba and Iiengasi. The whole great attack is under a joint army, navy and air force command, headed by Lt.-Gen. Sir Alan Cun- ninghzim for the army, his brother, Admiral Sir Andrew i Cunningham, for the navy, and Air Vice-Marshal Arthur i Conlnghzim for the Royal Air Force. _ i The first. land thrust by an army built to greatl strength in comparison with the “token forces” which first defeated the Italians in Libya last winter was from Side Omar straight into Cirenaicn, Libya's eastern section.

SURPRISE COMPLETE

The surprise was declared to be complete.

The Axis forces recoilcd, startled and unsure whether this was a real offensive or merely another of the frequent sorties which have kept the desert warfare alive through- out the almost insufferable summer.

They soon learned that this was the real thing. The thunder of bombs from planes, the rattle of gunfire and the clank nnd roar of tanks never ceased.

For the first time in this war, the best of British fighting forces were pitted in all the elements against an elite German army which the Nazis have built up pain- fully over the last few months despite constant harass- ment by the Royal Navy ln the Mediterranean.

MIGHT KNOCK ITALY OUT

British authorities refused to minimize the ability or brains of the battle-tested Germans, but said that a strik- ing success for British arms here might well knock Italy out of the war, since it would provide nearby bases for the Royal Air Force t0 bomb Italy nightly. ‘

The Germans are known to have at least two divisions (up to 30,000 men) of armored troops between Tobruk and Bardia, and the Italians had at. least one division south 0f Tohruk.

MAKE BARDIA FORTRESS

, . . 1mlm" was standing on a brunt-i '

Iiritish observers said the German air force might be able to help the defence from airduimes in Crete. Greece and Yugoslavia. What strength the Germans and Italians have behind the frontal positions in Libya itself was not stated. but it was said that they had built liardia up into ll bristling fortress, applying the lessons they learned in their long and costly efforts to take the British outpost of Tobruk.

That. position, held by a British force strengthened by the recent addition of Polish troops, lies about I00 miles northwest of the spot where the main penetration of Libya began Tuesday.

FIRST COMMUNIQUE

The communique said:—

"Imperial forces under the command of LL-Gen. Sir Allen Cunningham supported by a formation of the Royal Air Force under Vioe-hiarsliai Coiiyingham began at the first light of (lawn an advance into Cirenaica (Libya) from the coast east of Saium as far south as Jarabub.

“While pressure was rapidly exerted on the Axis forces holding defensive positions from i\li:iya to Sidi Omar, British armored formations supported by New Zealanrl, . South African and Indian troops crossed the frontier south of Sidi Omar.

“So sicllfuliy had our fighting troops been iusinuatcii mtii their concentration areas, so good \\ti'C zirrziiigviiiciils for iii-cep- tiori, cmiioiillnge, and dispersal, coupled \\llil suppurl oi our iiif forces, Hm ciicmy observation Zlllti ilii\‘i'it'i't'ilt‘\3 from ilic ziir prior to and during the advance yesterday were negligible.