n userdial. ‘Iwo. Ont! wmmdmdlss. venue us!" ‘Prepare Germans For Neil Shocks Are Told They Are Too Soft; Only Russians Waging Total War. lobster Fishermen Find Ilondltions Worst In Years l CIIURCII POINT. N. 5., Feb. _ Lobster fishermen of the fishermen is said to be ins worst in years despite the high price or lobsters. Former P. E. Island Telephone Manager llow Bank Director HALIFAX. Feb. 4—(CP)—W.A. Winfield, newly-appointed director of the Bank oi Nope. Scotla, for many years now has been the man responsible for keepln communicat- ion lines in the Marl Provinces open. As managing director of the Mar- itime Telegraph and Telephone flompany with headquarters in Hal- ifax. this old country-born son oi s. clergyman came to Canada at an rally age, and. when a young man titan his camel‘ B8 e line repair mall with a Plctou, 10.8., municatlons company. - .. From then on it wow steady top. Moving w Island. he became climb to the Prince "Edward mlrwller of the telephone com y serving the Island, and built up a reputati potent practical erlizi . Then. when the c mmunicatiou liiiems of the three Provinces were brought together under the one management known as the Mar- lllme Telegraph and Telephone Company. he remained as the chief ilouble-shooter for the organizat- l1 io . Appointed managing director oi the company. he spent the follow- lng years attempting to improve Ind SDQiZiI-Llg the service. However, e also found time to direct the activities of other af- filiated companies. I-le is tihe man- lrrer oi the Atlantic utilities in Prince Edward Island as well as head of several electrical suply or- ganizntiolls. Now hearing the 00-year mark. he sllll is looking for new and better means oi communication. bringing to the complicated Ticphone on!‘ Teleornnp business knowledge born of nearly four de- padre n! experience. VON PAFEN ON CARPET ' wimpy. m». 4-10 p) - A Raiders News Aqencv dispatch from Ankara saw ffldav cw» Prong Von "en. Hitler's Ambassador Enid. Coming "Talkies-Montague Saturday. 2-3-Si. "Talkies —/ Bouris Monday 2-3-31 adlng hogs Uigg, Tuesday A_ B. McDonald. 2-6- “Lo flh. u lebru - 5 llpcbgivyisllm “m . Iss1 2-5 "Borden Rink, Prid ht oth Junior Hockey, flail?“ vs rden. Skate after. esoom m “"3. Amman m‘ av. Fe ry n32“‘§€°"....““““;l..°n i . e3 "b . oso pm. ' "Reserve the a te fibrrary l8th for his “Dr-nee in st James Hall Bum tlcrfleld, [Pr-Ir] ' ' _ ma‘ c‘ w. Lily. lbbruary iitha-A-us ‘Punt orders for lfinnhilffwdlmsii? m“- Hlmirér Rive?“ “Y- February 10th and s_ practical to gilt)’. has been recalled to Ber- Wdins hogs at Colville Friday. ll l M. l! 2-B-1l. It. - by the Vernon m. I-d-ll Rummage Saturday‘, 2-5- ‘lmllfldlys on Aux- "v Dance etthe Spot ing ‘Okla; car first arrive abou W. I. Bow 2-5-81. “l-oadin h Davis Q hm!‘ at M13191‘: did... Wtednes- s . the t Belle but the River February llth. John .1. Beck. a-s-ll. women from BYOel-IC. AseoeiatodPregg NEW to the Gennan P799541 midst of Owitzerland l20,000~ additional German shops would be closed by March could be sent to the front or war industry, Dos Bchwarse Korpe and almost with awe of the Russian wa effort r . Answering its own questions as to how it was possible for the Russ- ians ic hold Stalingrad. the organ of the Black Ilirte sai is no one in the soviet Union who does anything that does not ad vancothe war effort. . . Or € thinks of anything not advantage- ous to the war. Punk, s; quoted in Berlin broad- casts recorded by Press, said the closipg cs the loo,- 000 or more shops 300.000 persons for war lobe. 15 so the shopkeepers todiia 45are All men from l6 1'f to mobilised under labor service decree. To Provide For Lsnzie announced today House of Commons. address in rdDlv in lib! buck (Lib. Toronto Trinity) that some "reasonable allo _are in want. brief announcement in the being made In the estimat rrnit allowances for v widows infirlnity, are incapacitated earning a~livcl necesito circumstances. from the war v act. he said. parity with the cltaied veteran. mum allowance veteran on with the pro of the maximum in that the all sources to $365 I yell‘- Under a supplementarv ment, however. where there other income 11- raises to U800 a year, kenzie said. Ships In II.B. SAINT JOHN. NB.- rgrn-"Two milliondollars just been placed In New risen. executive " Minister Howe. at ‘"38’ “l.’°..‘.°“ll.“" wooden r m and the other is adlnnes emplo figs... My instructed me to tell h. is that New w ch production of these sands of New Brunswick built in the province w“ loo flowed launtzhinl and lirarifl gtuaht "of war. but wooden b lldin revives an u this part n ile. sthalpl have been able In aye!" ll’ Creamer Staff Writer YORK. Feb. 4 —(AP) Nazis who have belated ior t-b last decade of their toughness and capacity ior totel war hit an odd note today s; they propaganda apparently thought up public, in official mourning for the death of the 6th Army of stal- lnngrsiid, for fresh shocks from is use . In effect. GQIIIIAIZII were 001d they are too it. "Only the Russians are conduct- ing real total war." said the SS (Elite Guard) organ, Des schwame Korps, as quoted in ispawhes from Bel-no, , While Economics Minister Walter Funk tdd a press Berlin that between 100,000 drlnnmed ‘on conference in spoke humbly d ‘There the Associated would re‘ease the compulsory lleterans’ Widows OVITAWA, livb. 4 -(CP)— Pro- vision is being made in the 1048- 44 estimates for allowances to vel- erans’ widows in necessltous cir- cumstances, Pension; Ministellx-l Mac- l-le spoke during debate ori Bu; from the Throne as Arthur Roe- the first wooden ruiueew m t N w Brunswick l! ed . u actual mulching was d6- W layed. until leper tangle weal when indull-i’! 0f Canada 0 and retail VCR nd all tribe the The Pe ople‘s Pape y doversPrilloelldwiil-d lslmdlletllebew .._.;;.:-.~:...i Read by Everybody - CHARLOTTETOWN. cannon. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY s. 194a / ILS. Troops Advance 0n Guadalcanal Rival Illeets Believed Still Skirmishing In Solomons Islands Area. nhiffiflfllss?‘ “m- made further advances against the ‘ on Guadalcanal Tuesd-a, despite aerial ent from. e enemy, the navy announced today, while war- shl of the rival fleets apparently sti skirlnished throughout the Solomon Island; area, The American kround forces con- tinued their advance to the west. drivln the Japs toward the end oi the Is and. They occupied elevated itlons west of the Bonegi River, lled 39 Japs and captured con- siderable equignent. The sea. fig ting, the navy said, consists of "recurrent n agements" in which air forces oi th sides have taken part since the sparring for positions began several days o. Tokyo radio reports at t e fleets have started the non big battle were described at tihe navy department false. The communique said on y:- "Details concerning recurrent en- gagements between United States ail- and surface forces and those oi the enemy will not be announced as lo as such information might {gopar lze the safety of our forces the area oi Operations." BERNIE, Feb. 4 -(AP)-- An air raid alarm sounded here at l0 P.0d. tonight. WABHINGTO . Feb. 4 -(AP)— President Rowevelt tonight con- Premier Stalin of Rile- th "brilliant victory "at gltiilhngrads of the armies ilndei’ his supreme command. LONDON. Feb. 4 —(AP)— Germany and her allies have lost more than 1.000.000 men since Russia sprang her bil winter offensive last Nov. 19 at Stalingrad, and the continu- ing succesus have surll even the Soviet H1811 90m‘ mend, an informed source said tonight. mmoolv, Feb. s Ashtray:- .g1>)_ A Foreign Office spfilkefi- man expressed his Pefsmwl Wm‘ ion today that s suggestion Hitler is dead is "sluer nonsense." ___.- arsed wance" be made for veteranflwidews W?!" In s statement issuer?“ after his HOUSE Mr. Mackenzie said the provision es will eterans‘ who. through advancing veal-s or through mental or physical from Ihood and are in The basis of eligibility. the rates of alowances and the regulation-i governing awards will be adapted eterans‘ allowance The widow will be treated 0n l aged or incapa- maxi- for an unmarried widower is $240 a year. viso that onlv as much allowance is paid s; will bring the total income from fl. is no the allowance may be MM- To Build Wooden Rial- IIIIIOW Authorized To Send Gall-lip Troops Iiutside Canada OTTAWA, Feb. 4-—(CP)—Auth0- rizatlon for Defence Minister Ra gton to send call-up troops outsidel Canada for service with the Rove Canadian Armv Medical Corps Newfoundland, including mbradofi is contained in an order-in-counfi passed Jen. 19 and published in t e current issue of Canadian war or- ders and reillllfllwnl- This move is one of a serl sung,“- gtgpg by which relatively small bodies of call-up troops have been sent outside Canada to serve 1n other parts of North America. _.__.__.____. ILS. Extends Manpower Control WBBHINGTON. Feb. 4--(AP)— V. McNutt tn- nounced tonight that the W" m"!- power commission will take conirfll or the hirinl 0f labor in shorten areas. a step expected to millions of persons to war industries or other tasks deemed essential Under the elllffim. McNllit ole; approved by it will workers to enliolflyhl‘! 0h P “mom ghlpbulldlnfl contractshave Bruns- wor." armored weienftsi?” Y in l mine- fdt 100 , Th tracts will smaller craft hsreargnurpenw" Minister hB-l u how Brat- lmd runswick has ‘Vlillbld capacity peculiar-II “l? C‘!!! the Bleel corvetm riled 0i! New Brunswick since the strip- mt- many tern bit-Rd on the s as omployeflli the war glori- cupations to lrikttyrltslofwgrlgloyers to fire assigned to the thmush power co en. Milk Front Steer Science has "i ‘btiwlflltn Q s t milk irom a steer." II rson of the U!!!" yield members 0f Holstein - esien Association: b t . Fe mones were inguinal rum an the manpower commission ocuarsnelrlifi priority importance of essential ones. and p wed on the autho- workers tbe men- TORONTO. Nb. 3- 0P) -- scolcd again, time from a steer. it all C ads i conven io here. 5.12s anrialsh u we made ' said synthetic hor- into the steer‘: e l'I ,0! ill l’.‘.°°%'l...... mszmhbffn...“ from the ludhllntsry teats. War Situation Last Night (Ily lirks L. limpson. Associated Press War Analyst) hat Insular advances on three critical sectors of the shrivelling Axis defence front from north of Kursll to south of Rmtov leave little doubt that Nani proplgendists soon may have an even more sombre story to reveal to n war-weary people than the Stalingrad disaster. I I I I I I . North of lfursk and on the Donets ii the centre, the Russians have reached Hitler's jump-off line of Inst year from which he swept to the Don and Volga st Staliugrard. What remains of his i042 conquest is bdfll’ elt into three dwindling IIestiIlhoIdsisladdItIoniot-helwsiovhoysnaqreendhsecun oridgehced In the northwestern Caucasus covering the Kerch Strait eeeIDO PM!“ to the Crimes. Nlll foreee than now are almost out off from Itootov, however. ‘ I I I I I The strategic Seance of the lueslnn surprise thrust across the Orel-llrsk railway to a point only a score of miles north of Kursk is not yet clear. Much depends on what Russian army drfrvo In that wedge. If it was the army oitho Upper Don It implies a pincer attack '0 ""9100 M‘ W011 by-PBH Kink to reach rear communications and "III "I Nil-ll garrison. If it was the hitherto Inactive Moscow hub army that delivered the blow It might herald s. widening of the Russian oi- feusive front acroso the Iml dormant Dfluthwestem not" or "jg "hire to llrrlr In with the ‘mules our" u Vclikie Lukl m lo the northwest. ‘ O I I I I I It I the Russlnn punch to the rDonets at Llllilll that is the most Interesting advance of the three, however. It apparently came down the Oskel Valley to overrun Kuyyansk, cutting acrqgg two comm“- ication arteries connecting Kharkov and the Nazi defence lines north- ealt of ltostov. Then it widened southward to the Donets In the 1.1mm. "N!" "Ilon to sever another and more Importrant rail connection be. tlween Khalkov and the slavyonsx hub or elm lows,- Don“, 5a,“, h“ pzhllfll Irel- The Axis defence of Rostov is gravely imperilled by that I4 Axis Ships Sent To Bottom Three Killed, Others Injured LONDON, Feb. 4 -_ (op) _ New successes in the Allied campaign or attrition against Axis sea mm. nlunlcatlorls-tho dmtructlon of l4 and perhaps 1e ships in the . lterrnnpnn by submarine and bomb- er action over a period of several,‘ 81ml! 10111‘ went down under omb- er attack and 1o under submarine assault. Two others are known to have been hit and are believed to have sunk. These sea-and-air blows mmlmlng attrm ts to rush men ind mflterlfll the converging German forces in Tunisia were another indication that both sides m attempting to obtain sufficient supplies before the land fighting twain is thrown wide open. The bag of 10 ships by the Royal Navys Mediterranean submarines was announced by the Admiralty while Cairo told of the bombing to the bottom of the sea of four small ships by Alllled planes ranging the grtztlsgan coast and southern Itnlian _bus and a truck. against The dead. all of Montreal were 50. and Paul LeBlanc, 45. renlers, were:- Danier. 19: alld L. Jufuo. 46. bulancv. while 1o other or hurts. The town’ By Five Subs itn the iliutobus. urnn into h. The l0 successes by submarines g t e highway m were credited to five ships. but the Admiralty did hot. name them. list- ing only the names of their com- mandcrs-Cmdr. B. Bgant. < D.B.C., Lieut. A.C.G Mars, D. .O.. Lleut. H. B. Turner. Lieut. MR. Lumbv and Lleut. Ell‘. Stanley. DBO. Lieut. Mars is from Newfoundland. The subs stole within gunran e of the Italian coast on some of the r successful missions and the Admir- alty communique took occasion to brand false a. claim in a. recent Italian communique that gilnflre from armored patrol cars had des- troyed a British submarine; “ill- effcctual fire" as experienced bv one of the raiding submarines, the wm. munlque said, Knock Out Huge 52-T0n Nazi Tank denmlfily u’!!! iwde of the crash. Lull In Land battles In Africa ADI-TED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 4 --fAPi- A new bar-ion German Mark VI tank has been knocked out on the Tunisian front by British six- pounders which pierced its thick armor with four shells. an Allied spokesman said tonight. (New Mark VI tank failed to impress military observers In 1on- don. who said tonight the weapon is probably of greater value defen- sivelv than for offensive operations. (1178:, mengonmof tilts new tank on came rom ln a w ere only a relatively small number an bellev- ‘Pm ‘umm’ ed in use.) l5 REE-ELECTED SAINT JOll-IZN, N B. Rb. 4 _ fCPl- Dr. . Dev Chipmnrl, Saint John, was re-elected preai. dent of the New Brunswick divi- sion of the Canadian Red Cross Society at the annual divisional meeting today. “ 01TH H8011. the British 8th Army within ‘Plmisla. 5"‘ Bvmflrdh advance since and restln ll a mini of t Allied airrimlictionlmvevsg pg heavy from Tunisia w sic! Axis-a favorable enemy not often achieved. 5lif§§0 o0“ s CAN DA lllr all puilposr noun da . . _ difil i unt d. the - ..lsrsuajirfmfili§gggi§°g §?~T§‘"m"£’7_fiARNoIs Q‘ 4 3:110 a ielge eiglfixisfeeifrivor s w0f1fd' u ; .14 _ . re, . —- experience ago ll. he ‘shim m "ed ‘C — Three men werekilled and ' three others were injured severely near here today in a. collision be- tween a. provincial transport auto- Leopold Racette. 40; A. Moalli, The severely injured. also Mont- Oharles St. Antoine: B. E. Tre- st- Antoine, Trepanier and Juluo were rushed to hospital in Mont- real, about 15 miles away, by “m- persons were treated on the scene for min- four doctors were summoned to reat the in- lured. All the dead and injured were wihlch had been its wav to Montreal from a construct- ion prciect when the accident 0e. curred. The men were employees of the Norduyn-Nordcross company. a construction firm. The drivey- of the truck and his assistant escaped in. jLlTV. P0710‘! were nable to establish AIIIJIED I-IEA UARTERS NORTH AFRlCAgb. 4 —(CP)IE Land action fell into a lull again lgldrrry in Tunisia while the allies dounced the destruction or 14 an. perhaps l6 Axis ships seeking u’ 511F915’ Pneml’ African forces across the narrows of the Medic. At .the eastern end of the line, Marshal Rommel westwal-Idursffolig Libya reported only patrol activity Bimlnat his real-guard. The sink of Gen. sir Bernard L. Montgomery's British forces are at. or near the Tunisian frontier, with m...‘ ed- vanccd elements operating well The relatively glow 9mm,“ of he overrun Tripoli guggesied u, mm, TY Obdflrvers that he is gathering t0 imllre s smash through the Mnicth ling. behind which game of Rommel; Army 1,, deploy. some 60 miles within ‘Punish, 18°11’. "111"- flnd the day's official reports showed eight Allied planes lost in tlle ‘hlnlsian theatre to six for the ratio for the llrgeslmmediate Establishment 0f Food Ministry UYPAWA. Feb. 4 —(OP)-— Im- mediate establishment of a separ- ate ministry of food with jurisdic- tion over farm production and pri- ces was urged in theJ-louse of Commons today by two speakers- one a Liberal and one in the oppo- sition ranks. Tom Reid (Lib. New Westmin- steir)._ speaking in the continued throne speech debate, said control of food prices should be taken from the Prices Board and placed under Agriculture Minister Gardiner, as food Minister. Lt.-Col. Arthur Ross (Prog. Con. Sourls) said establishment of a separate food ministry was long overdue, and that he was disap- inted provision for it had not en made in the throne speech. Earlier Gordon Gruydoh Pro- gressive Conservative House Lead- er, had asked whether the Gov- eminent would indicate whether a food ministry is planned, and Prime Minister MucKenzie King said the Administration's policy would be made known in due course. Four other speakers pert‘ ‘, ed in the debate this afternoon -.Ar- e thtur Roebuck (Lib. Toronto Trin- ity), Walter Kuhl (N D Jasper- Edson), Dr. J. K. Blair (Lib. Wellington North) and Mrs. Dor- lse Nielsen (Unity, North Battle- ford.) " Evening speakers were Rev. Daniel McIvor (Lib Fort William). G. K. Fraser, (Prog. Con. iteterborough West) and Clarence Gillis (C.C.F' Cape Breton South). Mr. McIvor lauded the work of Labor Minister Mitchell and said Prime Minister Mackenzie‘ King had made no mistake in choosing him for the portfolio. Mr. Fraser said members of the House and “the press" were not al- lowed to criticize the Government's war effort because tllcy would be told they were hammerlns efforts for victory. Mr. Gillls said that unless the Governments policy were adjusted, Find Wreckage 0f Missing Plane WINDSOR, N S , Feb. 4 --(ClP) --Sea.rchers today found the wreckage of a training plane and the bodies of two men who disap- peared yesterday on a flight from the elementary flying training school at nearby Stanley. The crash, six miles from the flying field, had brought‘ death to PO. ‘Lester White. an R.C.A I‘ instructor from Amherst. N.S.. and a British strident in the R. A F The, Hilton's name was not an- bounced. Cause of the crash was not known. Anxiety over the fate of the two men in the fleet machine arose late yesterday when they failed to return after their sched- uled three-hour flight. Ilazis Give Press New Instructions STOCKHOLM. Fob. 4 —(CP)— Tile newest secret instructions by the Nazis to tile Norwegian press, which undoubtedly also have been issued to German ilowspil1x-l's, or- der editors "not to write as if it is already certain that Germany ls going to will the war," tine Swed- ish-Norwegiml NEWS Agency said tonight. "Contrary to earlier orders," the instructions were quoted as saying, “German defeats and the serious- ness of the situation must be em- phasized. Until further notice there should be no unbalanced attacks against England." The Swedish-Norwegian News Agency interpreted this as a hint that Germany might be preparing the ground fnr possible peace ric- gotiatlorls with l3_r_itnin. Pound G LONDON. Rb. 4-—(CP)— British, Canadian and American air raiders dropped hundreds of ions of bombs on northern Germany in an around- iIle-clock assault last night and to- day, concentrating on the area in which Germany's maior submarine works are colloenlrawd. nrnlng pilots reported flcrrc anli-nircrn t. firc and flghicr op- posifloh in last night's Hamburg rnid. an lilriicntinn that the Nazis are doing their utmost to protect the submarine arsenal as the source of what they hope will be the most potent arm of their expected spring offensive. The Canadians lost two heavy bombers ill the raid against l-lasri- bur . chief U-boat manufacturing can re. The R..C.A.F‘ also an- nounced that four of its fighters falledto return from yesterday's forays over northern Europe. One pilot was reported safe, however. United States heavy t -'I'be lint of all Christian truths ls I that truth rnuet be loved above ai‘. MAXI MS olfA MERE MAN __ lllbscripiinn Delivered, 50.00 hi. 04.00; other Prdvlneos lulu use. echo, "illilvi l “us IN clot CAASUS CUT our FROM ROSTO Sovietsjreak Through First Defence Line Rods Make Two Swift Thrusts Towards Sea Of Azov. — LONDON, Feb. 5-—(CP)—(Fl'idly)-Tho Bed Arum has cut off German troops In the Rostov by two swift smashes western Caucasus from twonrd the Sea of Azov. and have broken through the first Ilne of powerful new Nazi fortifications rimming Rostov, Moscow announced lilllav in a midnight communique recorded by the Soviet radio monitor. A special communique a few hours earlier had sn- nounced that the Red Army had killed or captured 44,000 "encircled Axis troops in a week-old continuing haltle of annihilation west of Voronezh and had swept on tn reach‘ positions on three sides of Kursk, big Nazi 1941-42 oi‘- fensive baee north of the Ukraine in southern Russia. ma‘ Using the same Cl circlement and break-through tactics employed by the Nazis to slash the Allied armies in Flanders in 1 sent two spearhead columns over- gunrling starominskays. Anikanev- aya . ‘These towns, 82 miles apart, both are only 38 miles from the sea of Azov. Their seizure 940, the Russians in the western Caucasus effectively split the Germans based in the Novorossisk- Krasnodar area; of the Caucasus- perhaps 2w,000 men-from the Nani pivot base of Rosiml t0 the north. All main escape roads and railways leading to Rostov from the south now are in Russian h . These huge new Axis reverses.» coming only two days after the final slaughter or capture 330,000 German, Rumanian and- Croat troops in Stellnlrnd. were announced about the some time the Berlin radio was acknowledging that Soviet com- mandos also landed Llonfi the Black Sea coast to. Iii-ac their Caucasian forces in the rear and to forestall e Nell “Dunker ue" escape on the Tamale eninsull. opposite the Crimea. The break-throu h of Roltovh own perimeter o! fort icatloins was en- nounced thus by the ' “South of Rostov-on-t-Ile our troops continued a 100419551111 offensive. On one of the lines north- west of Mechetl aya (apparently in the Kagalnltskaye. area, 30 miles south of Rostov) the enemy let up a, powerful defence line. “The Germans had built num- erous blockhouses and trenches and had set u barbed wire entanfllfl- merits Skill haddensely mined the ap roac es. ‘a powerful blow by soviet Iri- illery, tank. infantry and cavalry forces broke through the defences and penetrated info the enemy! ptUrlltiOfIL! DIM“ n o - a c g5 , leaving Th9 Oflllillll hundreds of dead and large “Im- ltlos of smashed war malaria. Our troops captured trophies and 1'00! prisoners." Berlin said the Red marines hit- ting the Germans from the reel‘ had landed on the Taman Penin- sula mouth ot the Nazi-held Black Sea naval base of Novorossisk. The ’I‘a.man Penirnula l-s MPBTPWd 1mm the Crimea bv the severl-mile-wide Kerch Strait which lies bftween the mFBWd sated lng the killing or ‘lflbooflooot It??? tgttigsllxrxllfaig ll . ethane 100.000 on slans. in a-nnulmp capture of since Jan. casualties to more that front alone. Use kis, Motor lied: ussiam The R now ‘ Kursk from several direction! :1"? swept nearly 100 miles W88 ‘f: Voronezh on the U r laizqlgwlale-ild; ing steadily over ce on skis and motorized) sleds. The i id Shch . 5§°$i.‘l.‘..°‘l‘€‘s'l‘“éi n. nliii. as well as ‘Tim. 42 miles to N10 southeast. erman U-Boat Eateries five of which were lost-made to- day's attacks the second United States daylight air attack on Ger- many proper and the second blow in what R.A.F. Air Marshal Bil‘ Arthllr Harris. Commandcr-ln-dlief of the bomber force, has called "the campaign the Germans have long dreaded." In their first attack on Germany, on Jan. 2'1, ullcscorted heavv bomb- crs made a. large-scale raid 0n Wil- shot down 2'1 of as attacking German hclmshaven and Ernden and lighters. Although s number of the enemy fighters were shot down today. five oi the bombers failed to get back. A communique described the tar- gets of the attack onlv in general lNTERNATlMiliL QT A GLAllfiE RUSSIA - Reds out off German troops in wcsii-ru Caucasus from Roetov by driv- in‘ two wedges toward sea oi Azov. ' GERMANY - Nazis, prepar- fllfl DCOPIB f0! qushlhll: In». 0i’ another German army, urge stiffening of homo front, all- nounce at least 100,000 retali- Ie will be closed to provide 800,000 men for armed fol-cos er war work. WESTERN FRONT -—- Brit- » lsh, Canadian and Amcrioan raiders drop hundreds of ions .ef bombs on German suhmzlr- inc-building centre in the north, concentrating in night assault on Hamburg. NORTH AFRICA-Land ac- tion luils as British Admiralty mnounces at least 14 Axis transports Ilnk In Mediterran- COIL WESTERN PACIFIC - Al- lies pound Bruin airport in iivo Solomon Islands for ‘lilrcu hours. To Make Statement On Coal Shortage UYTAWA. Feb. 4 ,_-i(‘l"‘\»- PFlIVQ Minister ll/fackenzle Kim! fcllnjv told the House of Commons Pin-ans Minister nsley may be rend-y T? make a statement on the coev shortage tomorrow. 3e was replying to a illllfif~i"ll"ll asked by Gordon GTTLHlflil. Fronts‘- eiVe Conservative House loader. __._.________ PROTECT ALLIED SHIPPING CAIRO. Feb. 4 __ (a?) __ Ali.‘ Glief Marshal Sir “Yillizlvn DUIWiWq today told cnrr v rmlh :11". n"i "i fighter pianos have r-vfion ‘.-' I all nlr umbrella eastern .\i-~'-. iterrnriean shlil So 24mins Au. A FELLow Cris o 1 or and tonight at 12.00. Sun sets this ruining and rises tomOi'rou' nigh tide this aflpruvo-i. n" 1' llltl‘ i 8.13. First qilzirlcr mom" i-"ii. il- pm. CAI! FERRY srlrvlvr. DAILY EXCEPT‘ .\"\'|I\Y ." I11 IYom Bordcm-[ravr- {I03 7w 11.40 Lm. 2.00 p.m.. 4.1m pm. ma- Leave Cape Tormcuiim- -- I01“ n.ln. 1.15 p.m. 3.05 p.m.. 5.45 p.lu 8.15 mm. DAILY AIR SERVICE (EXCEPT SUNIH Y) Chlrlottrtnwn - Rilnlmerslilc- terms and éiéid they werehin nofgll- n.1,...“ wes ern rmany. w ere e . _ Reich's vast naval installations and 12%" chmlotloumn no u" m‘ Et-‘Ifat fabrication plants are loc- . m. 4.30 p. m. an?" Charlottetown I p h. l.“ l. lib, 1.05 p. ls.