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aids O1_1_ Axis Bases In Greece

To Clamp Car Man

Control Board, said tonight. Mr. Berkinshuw said that

of rationing available supplies to be instituted shortly.

mature at this time."

cars and trucks to “maintain

buy cars_

automobile rationing system be stopped entirely “within a

priorities director, is effective

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Hear

.Will seek to bolster morale and halt month-long German retreat.

Great. shipbuilding Program in ll. S.

NEW YORK, Jan. l-JAPF-Tho United Slates entered tho new ymnr sccking a heretofore tttiltrataintttt of production rate in slllpllilllillllg de- sl ned to overwhelm her enemies.

‘The National Council of American Shlpb ‘ ' closed today that. in condo, rivettlig llfiili- out lllil Stlljdll")! commercial vessels tat ling 1.478.- 800 tons and 5b nava cbaflS totall- ing 244,505 tens during I941.

liners

Coming [vents _,,_

Nlllll‘?! in n.1- s erm- [lur iuml

col uuln

late Iur

= "Show Montague Saturday 3,

L-2.$2-12>30-3l

"Wanted til-bu, UlllClLPll. Fowl

Island Cold Sznrast‘ Ll"2l9'7'9-'-1

"Buying pigs Friday at market square, Qua tottmtotvil Knud Jor- genson, L-2f${l.l’.Z-30-3l

"Loading Hogs every ltlcndav tall day) at Sourls. George Diugwt-ll.

L-30l-12-31-l-2-'i.‘llu.-l*‘rl.-tf.

"Loading hogs at sourts all clay 51393603’. Jan. 5. Livestock Shipping Association. L-Silt).

"Loading H08! It Murray l-lrtrbcr Monday. Januor 5th, at Murray

River Tuesday. th. John J. Beck. L-292-l2-' Potatoes, Oats, Chicken

31-21.

"Bu ln and lyowi dolly‘) ayln highest market vrlce- 1g. Sm m s; Co, North Rustlco. L-Z7tl-l2-3l-3i.

"The Annual Meetin of the Wlltshlrc Ds Co. w be held In the hall on onday, January 12th

Roland

at 2 P. M. Easter, Bec- rel-cry. 1-.- 8-1-2-51. "Llvestoc Si", lng 555mm-

tion loading hogs at Murray Bar. bour all day Monday. Jan ll, also at Murray River; some day. A. s, Buell, agent. L-sas.

"On account of New Year's fall. ing on Thursday next receiving date for hogs will be Monday, Jsn. 6th, all day Albany and moi-old.

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"All hogs handled by our organ- ization are so‘d only to packing plants processing for the export trade. Britain needs our hogs. let's send them. Livestock Shipping As- sociation. L499.

"Car choice wheat arriving Sour-ls shorty. Dtstzilauting in half- ton lots or more. Shipping Club patrons preferred when making allotment. Book order before sup- Ply ll exhausted with Shipping Club Secretary. LlVCslCCk Market- lns more. n-aio-i-a-at.

OTTAWA, Jan. l—(CP)—Production of automobiles and light trucks in Canada is hcingilrasttcally curtailed with a view to virtual discontinuance ul manufacture at March 31, R. C. Berkiushaw, chairman of the Wartime Industries

out 0i a plan to ensure that essential transportation services are maintained and added that it seemed likely some form

Mr. Berkinshaw said he could not go_ into detail on the production stoppage and plan foi-‘ratioutng available sup~ plies because that sort of information would be “very pre-

l-iowever, he said it would be necessary to make enough

the country. Such [wcoplc as doctors who must be able to travel quickly iu emergencies probably would be allowed to

“But one thing is certain-buying cars driving is out," Mr. Bcrkinshaw said.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—(AP)—The United States government today prohibited purchase, sale or delivery of _ new passenger cars and trucks pending establishment of an

that production of new automobiles and light trucks would

The order, issued hy Donald M.

Hitler Rashes To- Moscow Front

Expect drive on British Fleet in Mediterranean

Increasing Evidence 0f Preparations For Assault From New

Bases.

Down On ufacturing

details now are being worked

of motor vehicles would have ummfimgJarbingulgzicesBrlin the Middle East were carrying the war back to the Axis tonight, with sustained assaults on the Nazi bas- es frt Greece where there is tn- creastng evidence of preparations for an air and sea assault on Bri- tain's eastern Mediterranean fleet,

For the second time in three day; the Royal Afr Force reported strik- ing hard at important bases the Germans and Italian have devel- oped on conquered Greece and

Crete.

A- Middle Eeast command com- munique said that. ln the latest attacks, Tuesday night, British planes bmnbed munitions factories and s submarine base at the Greek port. of Salamts. chemical works and oil installations at the port of

the transportation system" of

for pleasure

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weeks." Nelson, O. P. M.

immediately.

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News Briefs

LONDON, Jan. l-tcPl-Cumu- lstlve figures complied from Bri- tish official reports show that the Axis lost 8,935 planes in the Middle East and western Europe and the Royal Air Force 3.961 from the be- ginnlll8 of the war to the and of 1941. The losses in the some areas during L941 were. 4.093 for the Axis and 2,189 for the R. A. F.

KUIBYSIIEV, Russia. Jan l '—lAPl—The Japanese-Russian fisheries agreement which re- quires annual renewal came to its end last midnight without any pubflc announcement as to whether it has been extended.

LONDON, Jan, 1—'(CPl—Hltler was reported tonight to have flown to tllic Moscow! front to take pelr- ____ sona common 0f German arm es broken and beaten at Kalugs. by mguflmlyztAhligfljlgalfigalflcpll- Russia's great counter-offensive. ‘and had 97 m,‘ raids m Eat" ‘s; which was continuing with un- m days or 1941 Twelve Gé’ as stemmed force on all front-s. planes we.‘ desiroyed d flrmsl“ filth‘. who u days ago fired nu m accoumed probab, "d ,_ °d- Ccmmander-ln-Chlef, Field Msr- y csmye - shat Von Brauehltscn and person~ ally took over control of the army presumably will attempt to direct a successful diluting in of the Nazi armies-something they have fat!-

BURSI-EM. Slaffordshlre, England, Jan. 1—(CP Cablg)_. Hope was abandoned tonight for the lives of 58 men and boys trapped in the shattered wnrkg

ed to do in more than a month of ,_ . . _ retreat brfcre the big Red on- g” ihb',_.|f,i,lflm,. slnught’ mlmglcd bodies of l2 miners

As this report from well-inform. ed circles in Stockholm reached flcnclon the Rivsstnn command an- nounced A ion-z advance 1'25 miles northwest of htlcsren’ and the re- ennttuc n’ several towns. including the important: Vrvca Rive" town of. Stat-flea, 4s miles southwest of gtulnln oytvvtitll miles shcr: of H I

~ ev_ a rs cgc oga communes- ttcns centre. e d

"ltler. according to the stock- lielm report mulled to the Moscow —-——— front fcflln-ivtn" the bl~ Rilsstan vic- OTTAWA. Jan. 1—(CP) —With tern at Vchvca over the ton]; Mm.- most of the lesser receptions can. of Nae‘ (Yen Heinz Gurirlan and celled because 0f wartime condi- "w r~~t v-t’ we army an“ 0g per. tlons, the historic levee at, which

were recovered by rescue squads wheih toiled from the early hours of this morning.

Historic Levee-

h-tm 2500M men. the Governor-General on New The Fuehrcr was at his head- Y"?! day shakes nands with all ____ men who como to extend him Bfeeullks. featured celcbzatioti of

tContlnued on page ‘l, Col 1)

Ghurchillwahdr-

New Year's day in Ottawa. The levee ts an ancient custom Ruling down from the days of ench Uflfllidll. when the governm-g f" their people In Quebec City tn ronotd of the Governor's residence, ‘I’! ey the Earl of Athlone, in hi; un orm asan honorary Major-agn- ml ln the British army. stood gt ‘rear of the hall o: {mm in me cen re block on Parliament Hill

Roosevelt Resume talks __ :.':3..:“°°.E..tl‘;".r.‘tl...”°

_ "lmmbe" °l the "Khttng forces and WASHINGTON, Jan. l—(APl—- "mmtl-

ilkeiiiefieallrkiinngenfiectliiiilxlilt trePrg; I ' o Meet Blalm morale of I I tgfiatllt, with {All theatres of the con- C .

Minister Chum

Roosevelt resumed their war Dilli-

nmg after 3, conference with strat- lVLr. Churchill himself had told ' I

.ewsmen who sccomvlflled him y

back from Canada by train all

eglsts whtc, lt was announced.

the job of co-ondlnsttng tho ——-

tlsh and American war efforts ll LONDON, Jan. 1 —(CP> — The making such excellent NEW‘! morale of German occupation sold- tbst he thou lit 8R5?’ "m" ters in Norway is very low and

many would flee without resisting cmtmww an allied invasion, a Norwegian b‘ sailor who accompanied a Brit-lab

Commando raiding party beck to

would be reac ed scon.

Iflrhhgldmsulltti o!!! tlklieer would so or

made known in I006 tlmo l?!

not words. B tt in said . In addition to lllflflwm "id tlIlie sailor no iris dsu liter were British naval. military “d m’ time s, group

chiefs, Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill called in for their stra- tegy conference Secrets of Shin Cordell Hull. Undersocre ry Qum- ner Welles, Viscount Hallmark the British Ambassador, and In’! Hopkins. lend-Lease Administra-

tor.

Mr. Churchill, arriving ere at 9 sm., brought a mass cf T!- parod by h staff and de the. pmsuncbly, with his talks with

(Continued on p800 ‘l, 00! l)

mandos and R. A. . and sea for- ces made a lightning raid last weekend on the Nazi button no vnszso, Norway.

"There is no doubt about it." he ma. "German spirit has fallen.”

He oak-l- thst Norwegians, ai- though subject tn lstl sentences if caught, listened to forbidden Brit- lsh news broadcasts and even taunted occupation troops with word of Nazi reverses in Russia and Libya.

of , brou t over hen glfter the com-

i- War Situation Last Night

(By KIKKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Adolf Hitler had little with which to document his now year’; mcss- deuce of a technical

Ferry hearing ls continued

HALIFAX, Jan. l—(CP)-Evf-

Illllllft) “'85

age to the German eoi ml." it th R l l 1 . g" ~- . . - .. Tnat Hiticrian l. opuii: lijigupebbi: ilvrisoi-gsuiiaiierln file soiltssofnserbainrlf- bfhfictgiilliiiililln {i311}?

funding operation for the assurances ho gave them a year ago that. 1941 .1¢¢t1on with me

would sec the greatest victories in German history.

The Russians quickly added a. pertinent

stscrlpt to the Ilitler out-

glving. They announced the recapture of Ka uga. the smashing of Col.- Gen. Memz Guderlan’: tank command and the rout. of 250.000 Ger-

mans south of Moscow.

Previously the news had come that Red forces had swarmed across Ketch Strait and the Black Sec. to regain important strategic footholds in the Crimea, disclosing unexpected weakness in the Nazi southern

flank. I I I I I I That is I ‘ ma: ‘ ‘ for two l relieves the danger of a German spring lava

its all important oil resources. It also may gravely threaten the Azzzv Tuggdqy fngrninrv will sumption of the lnquirv tvh

Sea flank of the German mainland

winter line at Mariupol.

That the Nazis are compelled to rush reinforcements tn the Ketch

Peninsula zone from from, or Feodoslya, both retaken in the

Sovnstopoi battle into a. siege within s. Crimea is vulnerable from the East.

The Nazi supply line in the

both the mainland front about Mariupoi an" the Sevastopoi siege is obvious. A Red drive from either Kerch‘

su rise landings, could turn the ege.

where the Russians struck. A GO-mile advance north of the mountain». that rim the southeastern coast of the Crimean Peninsula would‘ put them astride the Sevaslopol-Perekop highway It was across the Perc-

kopmisthmus and down

Cr ea. I I I Al s. by-product of the Russian

that highway that. the Germans drove into the

I I I surprise thrust in the Crimea, how-

over, its effect on the southern mainland anchor of the German winter

line at Mariupol could be damaging vance on the peninsula.

‘ ‘ What. man forces in the Kereh sector of front. ~

If those forces now must backtrack to the Crimea to meet the new Russian threat, it might open the way for renewal of the Russian west- Azov coast line and in the Lower Donets rted the German retreat to winter quarters. Ruislslan

ea.

ward drive along the Sen of

region which sta

forces there, except for the cross-water double attack in the Cr reorganize after their battering-ram

have had opportunity to rest and

even without any further Red ad-

The Nazi flight. from Rostnv was stabilized at must have happened was heavy withdrawals of Ger- to bolster the Mariupol S

the Crimea

di-lve to retake Rostov and reach the Mariupol area.

Island Sailor Is Awarded 'D.S.C. ,

Lt. Robert cTlilZcMillan of.

Charlottetown

only Can-

adian sailor to Win coveted award in New Year’s honors list.

By Harold Fair. Canadian Press Staff Writer)

t LONDON, Jan. 1--tCl' Coilicl-(Jsmanllans fighting in the air and on the sea were rewarded by the King today in the New Year's honors road to Tnpon

gar-ferry go clown ours ster the c aft h d t

It further submerged objeci a E ruck ‘ sion of the Caucasus with from Borden, PEI. to 531m hi...‘

v investigation at Halfax into the sinking of the c N. R. ice-breaking car-ferry s 3, Charlottetown last June. ' The "witnesses gave technical de. tails concernim: the course taken on the ill-fated voyage tvh h saw the world's lztr; t. iw-iirolking less than 36

while enroutc

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ro- ' is bein": presided over b’ M, yo, - Archibald. "i r “H”

Seek to halt Formation of Axis ‘Tohruk’

011th African Troops Batter Hard At Iso- lated Bardia.

[By Eric Bigio) (Associated Press Stuff Writer) (l.\IR.O_ Jan. 1—(AP)—Rea.r-gusrd

units of the British 8th army. con- cerned lest_a second Tobruk-thls time of AXIS origin-developed on the flank of the desert advance. hit hard tonight at the well-fortified Italian-Nazi forces isolated. in the Bardla-Halfays. region of Eastern Libya. u

r , ..A~1,'I.1¢,sn Q0138... 511 DOING byfiiigrtilisirrd mobile arttlleriit, bat- tered thelr way into the southern sector of the Bardia perimeter, t-ak- inc several fortified positions and seizing (S00 prisoners.

The attack, hundreds of mile; be- hind the front lines. foreshadowed s determined effort to keep the Axis Bardla garrison front holding rut and posibiy being supplied and re- inforced by sea, as happened to the British garrison at Tobruk, farther

east.

Temporarily there was lessened activity around Agedabla, 90 miles south of Bengast, but the R. A. F. kept on with its attacks on Axis motorized and tank units in the Ageclabla battle area and aLso on tire ' along which aid

list. Of the 24 Canadians included in the list, all but. two are airmen. must, reach Lt_'_Gen_ Erwin Ram,

The Distinguished Service Cross was lllacMillan of Charlottetown. P. E. I., n member of the Royal Canadia Navy Volunteer Reserve, whose name

mcu honored “for outstanding zeal,

awarded to Lieut. Robert (l); {new we, pressed “my u my Md was included in a long list of sen- s wmvyil salience and chserffllnm and for Hotns, the latter s00 miles from the

Iiea raids on Mlsurata and

setting an example of irhclchearted devotion to dutywithuut which the Egyptian border, were reported bv

high tradition o1 the Royal Navy co

Tne name of Sub-Lt, . Arm- strong o1 ‘rursilto appeared in the naval list tinder the treading "men- tioned in rtispatches."

Among the seven Canadian mem- bers of the Royal Air Force receiv- lne, inc Air Force F‘ 11s were listed three a brought them decorations Wing Commander John Ft Kamioo s_ Li. C.. Fla-Lt. Arcliloalti P. Walsi of London, Ont, and Flt.- Lt Lawrence L. Jones of Port Ar- thur, Ont. _ _

Fulton received the Distinguished

r s on Sept, ‘ill. lit-it’). for cill in a raid on Brus- . ‘as awartlcd the D. F. C. on Dec. 1t), 1940-just. after the R. A. F. had won its great bottle over Britain against the German alr force,

Jones not only won the D. F. C in 1940 but was also "mentioned in dispatches“ in the King's 1941 IICW year's honors ltst.

The Air Force Cross which was instituted tn 1918 is designed for presentation upon officers and war- rant. officers of the R. A. FE, "for acts of courage or devotion to duty when flying, although not tn active operations against the enemy." The Distinguished Flying Cross. which also dates from 118, ts bestowed "for acts of gallantry when flying in active operations against the on-

my.

The others receiving the A l". C. ln today's list are Group Capt. C. L. King of Wallace, Man; Sqdn-Ldr.

couver and Sqdn-Ld . Banks whose birthplace was given merely as “Nova Scotla."

A distinguished group of seven Canadians in the R. A. F’. were list- ed as mentioned in dispatches They were Acting Squadron Leader R. A. D. Foster of Prince Albert 5 : Actlnksousdron lead-or . of La Megsnttc, 6110.: Acting Win Commander Howard P, Blstchfor

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nan. blizzard hsagcs in Iowa

mos MOINES. Ia._ Jan. l—~(AP)— A howling new year's day blizzard built of sub-zero temperatures and the heaviest 24-hour volume of snow in more than half a century here. strangled Iowa traffic on the high- ways, in towns and in the air today

While cutting winds ranging up to 45 miles on hour sent road plows to the sheds as temporarily useless eqtupment, weatherman Charles‘ D Reed. predicted the temperature would hit a low of 15 degrees below zero in northwest Iowa totilght,

Reed reported 16 inches of flush snow by mldalternoon, with the ileavy tall still continuii . One 24- hour fall in January, 190. meas- ured 15 inches, he said, while the all time high of 17 inches was re- corded Dec. 26, 1888.

Soviet Army llccapturcs Important town»

MOSCOW, Jon. 2—(!"rlday)-~(A P)—-'I'he Red may has recaptured Starltss. important Volga River town 125 mites northwest of Mos- IOW. the Soviet command .-

ced early today. The zeoccupstton mbfgffl

railroad and river junction point 14 miles west of Moscow.

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the R. A. F.

British ground. forces also con- tinued their harassment of the rem- nants of Rommel’: main force south of Arzedabla

Rommel still has left considerable infantry and tank strength.

British Premier Greets New Year In speeding train

WASHINGTON. Jon. l —tAPl- Prime Minister Churchill returned to WuslIIIIQtOII at 9 r1. m. today front a four-day VlSll. to Canada.

The Prime Minister iveleonicd the New Year by proposing a victory toast at a midnight ceremony in the dining car of his special train “somewhere tn Vermont" with members of his staff. newspaper correspondents, the train crew and porters.

Wearing his may zippered loung- lng stilt, Mr. Churchill walked into the diner, cigar in place, glass in hand ,ss his train pulled out of Brattlcboro, Vt.

A few miles south, irenritie the Massachusetts llnc. Mr. Churchill raised his glass with the toast :-

"Hervs to i942.

(Continued on page ‘t, Col z)

International At

A Glance

1B The Canadian Press)

~ln England traluln

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Were

Almost

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Lofoten

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Return unscratched from brief sojourn on Norwegian lslazitis;

—— Was second

black-clad Troops t0

LONDON, Jan. l—(CP)- A British flotilla and a raid- ing force of Commandos, free Norivegilins and Poles came buck tmseratched to- day from a brief and prac- tically unopposed sojourn on the (barman-occupied Lofo-

ten Islands off Norwafs coast.

It was the second foray into these islands by the

tough. black-clad Commando corps which has struck front the sea at (lerman strong- holds from the North Cape to the shores of northern Africa, and it appeared to have overlapped or else fol- lowed immediately upon last weeks Commandos stabs at the Norwegian island of Vaagso, hundreds of miles south of the Lofotens.

_,'I'hl5 limtl. the Admiralty dis- closed today, there werehb cssu. allies at all among the British force and the invading irarslllps even were gillebatgeusc one harbor as s fuel- EJDei-ations on “mot island were conducteck-practically at leisure... ovcl a period of several days,

A German patrol vessel was sunk, one of luauv exicmy planes "which constantly scouted the raiding force has shot down and German sea communications tn thll important area ivere completely disorganized." llftivtfQHlfllllliiql/w said,

the Lolotens he rithtvnrt, Germ. fllll J» sea route to the Arctic fight-

(Contlnucd on page 7, 001 1)

Sailor is son» 0f Mr. and Mrs. l. B. Machlillaht

Licut. Robert C. Macaltliaxt awarded the Distinguished S€lVIC6 Cross in the King's New Year's hon- ors ilst, is a son 0f Mr. and Mrl. L. B hlacltlllan. Charlottetown;

lie enlisted in the spring of 19-10 with the Royal Canadian Naval Voltamu-r Reserve and ieii. here in June that your wifh the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, He spent some time and later a‘. Iikllnburglr Scollan . On completion of the course. he volmtxl-erorl for lOl‘T‘ltL_li service and in November of r left. (ilIISPtHY 1.5 7113i- r on a. ship b01103 tor . ancan. The ltozrt WCIIL srottari the Cape of Good H0130.

Lieu: Alacl/tillarl arzitrd at A1- eXiilllllhl tn March 1941 and since then ll.l.\ had many thrilling experi- i liiil]lt".'()ll§ (‘till l\_'t‘li‘lt‘ili$. _ nu‘. of Tollrul: (lur- . the Captain of the ltttliesivriepti Lo which he was os- sipitert to. eoi'a1r.ed. It was ‘an th . the voting Prince Edward Isl- ander proved his mettle by assum- iuc charge and. giving a good ac- (‘Oliili of lilmsef.’ and his sin“. Fur .1. week, lie remained in charm and . the same time eontlnutrt with hLs own (iutios as well. Dtlflllq that. time lie sticeectled in shooting down five dive bombers which the Axis incl sent to attack hospital ships in the harbour at Tobruk.

In recozmtion oi this brave tea". he was pramotcti to the rank or Lieutenant and placed in command of the tmnesvvceper, Ilowever, in August his‘ ship was sunk but he was l

Since that. time, his parents have

1w: the

not hoard much about their son's A:

rioiiaqs nlthtntch tht-v had a t"l\)l‘ from him at Christmas saying thy. he was ltlrich‘.

Lieutenant hIacMillnn. who 1-- only 26, is well known in the c:ty. He was born here and received his carlv editeatlon at Queen Squari- St'llt\(il_ Later he attended Prince o‘ WW4‘: (‘ulivrte for three v q atvl then St. Dtmstans Unlve '

one. SING ORE —— British defence Prior to anti-ting with the navy, of Malayan aeninsula holding. he was mma of the P. F. I ——i in inch of t rltlme Steel plant. WASHINGTON —- Fate of Man- 15 l‘ * -~ Minister oi

"l In doubt; defenders ennsolidatui forces into single unit.

LONDON -—- Illtler reported to have flown to Moscow front to lake nal charge of retreating Nazi

, Russians retake Starltsa, 126

miles northwest of Moscow. LONDON - Commandos

garrison, eva cuate cripple stripping.

WASHINGTON — Churchill rn- - defence We v. .. .l

turns to Washington for ofl-ordhutlon talh.

raid , Norway's Lofoten Islands. seize Nazi _ __ ,. _ Nnrurgians. l‘ "

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. rcpt tv ll corn

wzintrvntr-ii in .| ' trday to "icoi: ‘h courage and

l'l\li".&' We are now H‘:l’t'l'l'\l"~' and morally. liillillfl .. . and 110w we

have great allies." \°.l

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visit by Jabs heavhy engaged dial; d Malayan frost

(By C. Yutbs llitrilalrliel, lLsurialt-d Press Staff Writer)

SINGAPORE. Jan. l—tAPJ-—'l‘h0 Brlrlsh Imperial line strongly en- gaged the Japanese invader 1 zlbou‘. liuantan on th. ayan ill-lllllslllit 2hr’) n n of this bll-ffii, but action on the west... ern front. about Peruk was confin- ed principally to sklrlnlshes and artillery tire.

Nowhere was the." matcrizt] tncmy prov,

(The Japanese l1.t.e t capture o: Kuantltnl

In l1 New Year‘: U115‘ coma. Que British headquarters summed up:...

"On the Persk front (290 mPes north of Singapore) there is t. tact ivith sluall parnzs of enemy. There has been stone ct. strolling.

"One of our companies. support-

.__l7y I-fl-Qlgty inflicted about. 100 casualties on e enemy and 11¢- stroyed b. small enemy ammunition dump

"At Kuantan fighting co

Singapore's people, ma.

evidence of

y 1k 10V- '~‘d by 1111f B. WOYid from ironic, cu- JDYOd their New Year's ceu-ebrstlon

in blacked-out homes a with a calm and cheerfu; . ntion tmhrokcil by two J. raids early today. From ‘ g 01111‘ tlfllllflsc reported was- to civ- llifln property, and um Jgh‘.

M1113"! Dfirsonnel and military Objectives again wt-zc not hlt.

A total of l7 civilian sinusitis; were reported from pfeiltlllg en. 911W air attacks.

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- .--<-.:ns‘-s'

_. i