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ERQIsH PREPARE TANK LE

Bombers pound ixis Troop, toncentrations

Qnly sporadic ground fighting in Libya.

mgr , Associated Press Staff, Write!)

“mo Dec. 4-(OP)- Brltlfll when harrunerod Axis 00n- gglustlons inside Libyu tonight ll "M11156 w another British tank pip toward Tobruk in rm effort

mm the German and Italian ‘was, front-line reports said.

only QpOTMllC ilrounld HBhting in gush the British forces smashed gm Italian tanks and attacked w” gmllil Axis units southeast “Tubruk were reported by the British command which told o! ulothel- 24-hour lull in operations.

mm hampered operations and m. sides were asselmbling their warm; tank strength for an im- minent clash.

m maul bottle zone was south or Tobruk in the Rezegh area. held h; the Nazis. The British spear- md stretched southward from lullcgh to Bir El Gobi with mo- rn. columns keeping the British rupply line open to Sidl Omar near the frontier.

The Axis 11001031‘. fortifications of Eallurl-llrllfnya near the Mediter- ranean coast still are intact, but. British al-llllcry and planes con- tinued in blast at them to avert any danger to the British supply line to tllc south which is feeding ills iorccs- fur in the interior.

(No csiimcle of the strength of either llllny was available tonight, but at the outset of the opera- tions it uzls believed Britain hwd

. 911100.000 mcn. 4nd..,thc _Axis. r .000, exclusive of reserves.

(In Wellington, N. Z, Prime Min- ister Pclcr- lll-nsl-r announced sev- _cre New Zclllzllld casualties in the illiillllg.)

The Royal Air Pom; sprayed ma- ehinc-gun bullets and bombs all llilllil lllc Axis coastal loads and reported Illfiily direct hits 0n one motorized column south of Gam-

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“Seven dead as Span collapses

HARTFORD, Conn. Dec. 4 (APJ-llulf of the water span of the new $1 uouolu Connecticut. River lfldlc lllllllizcd so feet. into the river Will’. bllllgllig death to at least lrven mcn.

Seventeen others were injured. n oumberlzruvely. and as night elm- ttd in dlvcrs from the new London rubmarlne base sought. by light. of will“ llllllllfi for the bodies of at.

tsix more amidst the .250 tors 0f submerged wreckage.

tor struck swiftly early in

he afternoon Just at the moment

Ilen engineering efforts seemed

lbollt i0 be crowned with success.

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lieport Nazis Mass Troops Near Turkey

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German ting to Bvilengrad, our Bulgnrisrlklut- ish frontier.

What, German troops were seen in Bulgaria apparently were headed in tho direction of the Turkish fr eliers reported. Bviiengrsd is the last. station 0n the railway from Bulgaria. before it onion si f crl sh

8 l’! Ens olm y W- ing directions to points in western llulgaria or Yugoslav centres have been removed, it was said

The general invpresslon 0d the observers was that while ssibly the Germans are sn- icipctlng American lease-lend aid to Turkey filo comparatively minor German manoeuvring was intended to back up Gennnny in the diplomatic contest su- Turkey's favor.

The Bulgarian army has con- centrated its major forces in the 'I‘urkish sector since the days before Bulgaria joined the Axis. European observers have contended that ff Bulgaria en- ters the Axis war it would be i-geflflht Turkey. her traditional

36 Nazi prisoners Nilleiiby own bombs

By Edward Kennedy Associated Prols Staff Writer

WITH THE ROYAL AIR. F0110! IN THE WESTERN DESERII‘, Dec 4-<APl—'II1irt.y-s1x German pris- oners were killed and 60 wounded early today when Gannon planes bombed freight cars carrying them to the Nile valley from the Libyan battlefront.

The attack was mode in the darkness.

After the bombers had blasted a: the train. apparently in u belle: that it. curried British bloom, they shuttled back and mschinequnneg the men, The only non-German casualty was one Italian.

A British night-fighter shot down one attacker and as it burn- ed the olvler plane; bombed it also. presumably thinking they had struck a gasoline dum/p.

News Briefs

MONTREAL. Deo. 4 - (CP) --Cunada's largest war muni- ilnm plant in pnlnt of slzc. the 5.500 more Bouohurd llflflllllll- flnn plant. 23 miles north of ltfontrcnl, will be officially op- ened Dec. I2, it. was learned here today.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 —(AP)—— The United States navy reported today that the torpedo-damaged naval tanker Salinas, which made port without loss of life, counter- attacked and apparently dams "i one of the submarines wh ch launched s total of five torpedoes at. the vessel in the North Atlantic Oct. S0.

NEW YORK. Dec. a - (A!) -Unltcd States marine under- writers today drustlcslla. in- creased cargo wu- risk u be- fwccn ihc Americas and the out and for cast and substan- tially reduced nice nsoplylng to shipments across the outb A0- lsntlc.

MANILA. Philippine fslsnds. D00. 4—(AP)--A detachment of 46 Uh! ed

supplymcd todhinaflldtobellfi-

bomber! In um vim m: by Aliloflfllfl pluses 5nd pilots, have arrived hem on route to tileir new posts.

New service Starts Monday

MONCTON, N. 8.. Doc. 4 ~43?) —Announonmnt was hen - night that. the Moncton-Sslnt Jo and Moncfm-Clurlotteon-Bum-

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Churchill wins Nouse approval- For more men

Parliament united behind Prime Minister despite some Labor opposition.

LONDON, Dec. 4—(CP)—Primc Minister Churchill today won House of Commons approval for the principles cu’ a program to draft 3,000,000 more men and in conscrlpt young women for the uniformed services and Britain's battalions of labor.

Approval came after a lengthy speech by Labor Minister Ill-nest Bevin who today assured dissident Labor members asking conscrip- tion of uldustry u well u mm- powcr, that. the government would draft anything and everYl-hlnfl needed to maintain snd increase the war effort.

I'm‘ his speech putting the "win- the-wor" policy ahead of the Labor platform. Mr. Bevin receiv- ed an offectlonst/ pat on the back from the Prime Minister.

However, 4o Labor and Liberal members, the largest opposition vote since Mr. Churchill assumed power in May, 1940. voted for an mlendment favoring nstloruliza- tion of private property M 58811189 336 for the Churchill Dlln. which does not touch on conscrililllfln °l

wealth,

Indicative of Parliament's unlifl. oncs the amendment had been re- jected, 30 of the dissidents Ell-W their vote to the government on the manpower conscription. The vote was 32B to l0. posodThe fiwm“ Cloned hill It

Mr. urc . that, “for the purpose of securing tho maximum effort in the con- duct. of the war and" in production. the obligation for national service should be extended to include the resources of woman-power and manpower still available."

The actual bill to expand con- scription limits for men from 18 l-2 to 50 and to permit. obliga- tory uniformer service for young unmarried women was introduced. It ls expected to be passed quickly-

cln was pro- asked

Four big iionvoys Reach port shfely

LONDON. Dec. 5 —(F‘ridsy) (C? Csblel- The Daily Mail, re- porting today that four big convoys

ad reached Bri Q1 ports without damage to a sinqw ship, said con- voy mcn were delight/rd by recent "silent victoriv" but did not think

et that. the battle of the Ablllni-lfl

ad been won. The Mail cited no period of time covering the convoy arrivals but included among them the 111159 flotilla which brought Cu- nadian troops and airmen to Brit- cin, the arrival of which was an- nounced Nov. 24.

Parachuteli to Death in Atlantic

HALIFAX. Dec. 4 -(CP) - A Royal Air llloroc flier who vanished c, week ago during a. flight over the Msritimes was disclosed tonight to have parachubed to his death ll! file Atlantic within ht. of I. destroyer off tho coast of ova Bcotls.

1t; radio lsilermed by wartime regulations. the destroyer could rot advise authorities of the fats of PO. E. T. Bradford of En land un- til it reached land, some cys after hs died. Meanwhile. sir force craft had been combing the Province for his plane.

Report evacuation 0f Nango is rout

bo- pfivnte life is l lewd

HELSINKI, Dec. 4 -(AP) -'1‘be h commend claimed

Finnish his night that the Ruuhn evacuation of the Bongo novel beso has come s disastrous wclter of explod-

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viewed the cleric: "I victor- Jtuslbn hos-

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(By Kirkc L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst) Striking at their foes all along the eastern front from Leningrad m Sevssficpol, Russian nrrnles are making s mockery of recent Nazi

statements that the morale of the its staff utterly disorganized.

The fight that Hitler and his spokesmen at home

Red army has been shuttered and

have been

telling the German people was already won hu back-fired in their faces, A German retreat from Rnstov-on-Don, still unchecked, could

go down in history as l. repetition of Napoleon's tragic

withdrawal

from Moscow. lf. might be the turning point of the war.

Russian staff strategists out-guessed their Nazi rivals at a critical moment. They lured their foe deliberately info the Rostnv trap, only to tum on him in u double or triple envelopment drivc.

O I O O

Berlin tells of Russian counter attacks against the siege arc of

Scvastcpol in the Crimes. Crimea‘ are being recalled to file threat. The Crimea railroad is in

That implies that Nazi forces in the

mainland to meet. the lvlariupol German hands and offers oppor-

tunity to rush re-inforcemcnis norfheastwnrd. The higiu-ood westward from Marlupol crosses the Crimean rail- road near Melliopol. It. was along that hlghhway that the Germans

broke through to Rosiov in their daring eastward coastal

in reverse.

Withdrawal of Nazi divisions from the Moscow 'slegc salient about Tula seems also in progress.

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southern face of the It could

account. for reported Russian advances of 20 to 40 miles ln that. nrcn. Those German forces arc badly needed southward to deal with urc Russian counter offensive in the R/osiov-Mariupcl area.

Should the offensive reach

the Crimean railroad, the Russians

might also turn lhc tables on their foe there, relieving the Crimean

threat to the Caucasus. O O

North of Moscow, however,

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there an Indications that the Rus-

lillll urc striking in local attuckl chiefly designed to prevent, tranglgr

of Nazi divisions to the Ukraine

front. Yet there urc two Nazi advance

sallents in the north even more dangerously exposed and slenderly hosed than was the Rostov spearhead that the Russians have now

loppcd off,

Both are aimed at cutting Moscow's communication with Arch- angel, port of entry for British and United States war supplies.

Fresh Reports A Nazis

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Mexico hears Trouble brewing In Rumanial

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MEXICO CITY, Dcc. 4 — (MW-The newspaper Excelsior will say tomorrow that accord- lng to a "positive source,’ King Michael of Rumunia has been at. Florence, Italy, since late in November because of a scr- lous situation in his own Niui- dominated country.

Michael's father, former King Carol, who abdicated in sep- tember. 1910. has been living in a Mexico City suburb since last July.

Excelsior, which did not. dis- oloso the source of its infor- mation, will say that Micllucl was removed to Italy at the in- stance of the Gennnn Gestapo and that m untl-Nasl move- ment in Rumsnin would not some u my surprise.

In reply to questions, King Carol said hc hsd not heard about reports that Michael was involved in such s plot. or that he might be arrested by the Germans.

Senior Australian Officers captured

WELLINGTON. N. Z., Dec. 4- (OP Oablel-Prime Minister Peter Fraser today announced he had been advised by the Middle East. command that two senior officers. Brigadier: Reginald Miles and James Hugest, have been captur- ed bIv the enemy in the Libyan fight ng.

Mr. Fraser said tho New Zea- land commander, Mai-Gen. Ber- nard Freybcrg, had reported sev- ere New zealund casualties.

Both captured officer; on among New Zeslsnd‘: best soldien and have been prominent in their division's previous engsgements in the Middle East. Brig. {largest in in; member

of the National Party in the New

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snent foroel. went over-

sees mo o; commander of div- rs.

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French. .-Bases ~

French Fleet to keep out of trouble.

LONDON, Dec. 4-(CP Cable)- A Reuters dispatch from “some- where in Europe” said tonight it was learned in well-informed quarters that Germany is to re- ceive all naval and air bases she requires in French North Africa.

Sole stipulation made by Vichy, the reports said, is that. tile Nazis occupy them without assistance from the French flcet.

This was sold to have been the principle point of agreement reached during the interview enr- iier this ulcck by Petnin and Goer_ ng.

If! Icillrn Viclly is to get buck a certain number of war prisoner's and to have the German occupa- tion costs reduced.

ii. S. Republican Suggests Canada Bede territory

Would 1.155; 1212.1. h. slice for Uncle Sam.

By J. ‘F. Sanderson Canadian Press Stuff Writer

WASHINGTON. Dec. 4r —(CP) -— Wnltcl‘ C. Ploeser, Republican mem- ber from Missouri, introduced a resolution in the House of Repre- sentatives today calling upon Cu- nada to cede to the Ulllicd States all its territory south of the St. Lawrence River-the eastern town- ships of Quebec. the Gnspe penin- sula, New Brunswick. Nova Bcotia and Prlrwc Edward Island.

In return for this territory 0on- cession by Canada. the 34-year-old Congressman would be wlllirlg to a- gree to the development of the pow- cr and navigation faculties of the Bi. Lawrence River.

(Suggestions that Canada should he asked to cede territory to the United States crop up in Congrrss from time to time. They receive scant. attention.)

Admitting frankly he had no ex-

pectation of scein his resolution osscd, Ploeser sad he introduced t. as s gesture of opposition to the 8t. Lawrence development which he hll opposed in its various congres- slcnsl stages

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Pabttullo Resigns

HON. T. D. PATTULLO

VICTORIA, Doc. 4 —-(CP) —Hon. T. D. P/lulio today told the Brit-

ish Colllnlbic legislature that he is at Tokyo

fifillgltllllllgt a lllgesnligogerlrgléngggsdg veloplnellis here tonight indi-

L1Qut_.GQym~no1- w_ (;_ wmdward Gated an mlmlllerli nlajor break that ilélllll 1:011.‘ 1 lfllillggd in the Far-Ezlstcrll CTlSlS-flilfi c e p

mmls r 2m nevy-ec y .

leader, be calkxi upon to form a “P°"_ “lllch may hang the QTTAWA, Dec. 4—(CP)-Thc new administration. question of peace or war. Wuflmg Pl-lcog ma nods Board oigsos.‘l§§i"§’6ir.“i.l3i3.‘i‘?.‘i’.“"§..’§§é .A“ °“"°"“l °f ‘*‘° 13mm" $21?“ $313.1?" $3.121. ‘i’; speculation concornilll: iris next. step lllllllasiv allllmlllcfil that l“ coal and coke retailed to the in his ilgllt. against coalition, which. dpplnnjatg would can-v to the consumer" up to n maximum of

lie has 0p])().<.0(i consistently since the Oct. 2i provincini election in

legislature was cut from 31 to 2i, opposed by 14 C. C. l".. 12 Conserva- tives and one Labor member.

Mr. Hart and his followers have a mandate from the Britisu Colum- bio Liberal association to seek formation of a coalition government. to offset the Liberals lack of a ma- jority in Liw.h0llSB-..

. i Perhaps, At conclusion of his staiemetlt they W111 m adjournment awaited Np]

Mr. Pottllllo movvd of the legislature ulltil llcxt. Jan. 8

Wllon ille- house ruassemblcs it will be the first time in 25 Ycars Mr. Pnttulio has sat in it us a pri- vale member. l-Te was a. cabinet

minister from 1916 to 1928, leader new, agenay‘ circulated a djspswh saying the principles cannot stand as e basis for continued negotiations toward maintenance of peace in the Pacific.

of the opposition from 15128 to 1933. and premier since the latter dntc. Mr. Hurt was elected to SilCCCCd him as lender of the Liberal party at a convention in Vancouver Tues- day. ‘

Steamer with» Potato cargo In coliiflon

Kirsten B. loaded 50,000 bushels potatoes at Summerside.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. Doc 4 -—(CP)—'llille limo-ton Norwoiflfl-n freighter Kirsten B,_ bound fOlr Norfolk. ViL. from Sun fll"l'Sl(l€, P. E.I. with 50,00) bluahcls oi potatoes, was damaged mmirlsnfp; when she ran aground in Hampton R-"ads lif- ter a oollsion in hcnvv fog, it WM dctcmlincd today.

capt. Jfrronnesscrl. master of the freighter, reported the ship was anchored at quarantine shortly bcfore tllc collision Tuesday nlzllt “rim the tanker Kflvnllrc of the Pctrolcum Nnvigzlflorl Company.

The Kirsten B. first reported Bhfi had been struck bv an object she could not. idcniifv fund W513 "leak- lrll: lsudly." Tush were aslfcxl for. Th a mlbserlllcnt message she advised she had been run nlgfmlild.

(The (flTQO was loaded by the MnoFurlorlc Produce Company of Summersirie. It. was lllldfiliiorui 9° be DTiflCiDflliv semi. consigned to dealers in f-hc Soxlthern States.

(Mr. Fl-l. MnrParlane was noti- fied of the dfvrlhflt‘ to lllc ship but his inionnatim (lid not indfr the amount of (homage to the car- go.

(The simmer sailed from Slin- mersidr- November 26. The cargo was valued at more than $S5.0?0 M Silmmcrside.)

Nowii. 0. Leader Plans war ilov’t

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VICTORIA, Dec. 4 -(CP)-lohn Hart. designated by Hon. T. D. Pattullo to succeed him Rs Pre- mier, told the British Columbia leg- islature today it. was his "intention to invite lenders of both parties" in the legislature to "join s war gov- emment."

FIVE NEVER RETURN GOIHENBDRB —-(CP)—- Thanks to permits from vmrrin nations 1B ships have mtered is neurra‘ Swedish port from ovemeas in 194i cg compafvd with one in 1940. This fir" 20 shi s left this port but. five ve been

State which Liberal representation in the Tokyo's Roosevelt's pointed rielnand for

an explanation of large-scale Stewart) for his approval,” the "Tatiana: t r O 0 P movements borétliieutelfgm: for laid rvlllch seemed to threaten an increases i| from Doc. 1. 1941. to invasion of Thailand. 41"" 3°» 1942- A“ "m" l“°“°"'

its authority for However. its close ties with the Tokyo Government are well known and the dispatch was widely re- garded what Japan would say in answer to Hull.

moreover. by s. series of pessimis- tic statements from Government leaders and Japanese newspapers. The latter were said to have ox- pressed “shocked surprise and eu-

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Break In Far

Eastern Crisis

Report Japanese Diplomatic Staff in Mexico makes hurried‘ preparations to return home.

TOKYO. Dec. 5--(l-‘rlday)-—iAP)—1‘he Jllpuncsl: news agency Domci said fnduy that. "Japan cannot accept" the stipulation of the document which the United States Government handed to the Japanese Ambassa- dor Nov. 26 in the course of negotiations aimed at maintenance of peace in the Pacific.

Because of DomePs close connections with the Government, Ami-ri- cans considered the Domel statement to be an accurate forecast of tho eventual Japanese reply to the United sum questions.

(By Richard L. Turner, As- sociated Press Staff Writer) \\’.~\SiilNG'i‘('iN, Dec. 4-—-

(AP)— Forebodirlg statements

and significant de-

To permit slight Boost in coal

Dvpartnlcnt tomorrow mammal a m“ n" “n domestic

ans e t P ' t "All piicatioru for such in- w r o reslden Qfflllfilngllllf. be submitted 0c the coal sllmlnllttltor (J. M06.