MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN p knsve sud 11.1001 s," Pllllll mm the seine so a} a r/EVV’ The Peple's aper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew Read by Everybody ..-..i.mlssw.llln-.m-.e-.t.rll..ra...aas.r. lslaiéaerallifiskvustmzl the biackest of lies MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN A lie which is ha! truth h Over ling ‘I (lentil. t s Osar . W? §§§§i‘,',',"li:.,llll-. vellum m1 dilililli i> CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA, Tucson: SEIAYICEMBER 1s, 1.942 s Prices B; ilaill P. It. l. 84,00; TROL VESSEL RACCOONN REPORTE Vlfassian i Lines Holding Firm Before gffzlingrail Battle Enters 21st Day n33 (By Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press Staff Writer)‘ MOSCOW, Sept. 15-(Tuesday)—(Al’)—'1‘he Russian lines nefore gniillgrall held firmly yesterday despite repeated Nazi lunges that M“ growing mound of Gerlnpn dead on the western and southwestern nisllil-is of thut imperiiled Volga city, s communique ssid early today. A mil army withdrawn] in the central Caucasus st Mosdolr was mllfillllfflii, however. On that front, less than 60 miles from the Grosny ell ilelils. ihe Russians fell back to new defence positions after Germln My, cfilssfli u river, p-esumably the Terek. sllllilllvl-st of Stalingrad the Russian; sent [ted cavalry against two Human lnfnntry attacks, "wiping out about 500 enemy officers and "m," n, a successful ‘ , the communique said, l Th, glPilfiy Nazi attacks west of the city siso were repulsed, the yussiunq snill, citing one instance where Soviet artillery and “tank M5,", d,.§¢,-0yed nine German tanks and about three Infantry eom- panics Iiifll two rerlmentl sunoorted by 40 tanks crashed Isak-rt the Soviet positions. =__—==.~_: In beating oif five fierce Hun- garish attacks south oi Vorollezll on the Upper Don, the Russians said 2,000 Hungarians were killed, 20 tslflss destroyed and prisoners taken. The Germans and Hungar- ians for months now have tried to crash through the Red posi- tions at Voronezh to protect the I Island Airman I . Believed Killed‘ ___._ left flank of their long salient, which reaches souiheastward to _ |‘- y I . Stillillgtfld. 6.52 ‘°}’,‘,,§,,§,i{y“°f,, “Qfifgwfi, On the Voikhov river in the cell Wiilsllirc, whose name ap- Leningrad area the Russians said pears in Rli Air Force Casualty list u" ‘memy w“ dismdged "m" a‘ mfluqf is a 5m of cap,“ Cyrus populated lace near Binyavlno m“ Mrs. Mal-um He i3 nsted as and Lilli, G Germans WQIQ killed Llll-lvioélslrulepol-éecil missing now gggseiél/iigtllllégesnd shout 40 block- E l - ' m? k ed u: n8 a“ one" Red army snipers fighting in was about 23 yea" the Caucasian foothills to bar the , been m, active gem“ German advance at Mozdok, less ior approximately one yflflf, p115,- them!!!) miles 17°17! the 079ml? 9" lieniistlllg he spent some “m, fiel . were said to have killed llilplng his father on the farm and m“! X13 L909 ,§€l’m3"l i" Ye‘ lnelai years also attended Prince w"? n .i_n0lher brlliiler, Kenneth, who Na s. mill lel-ellilv was working in s link at VIUIOHH. P. E. I., has also Iilld the armed forces. He also id three sisters, Mrs. Alden Illchlmnall. Fredericton, P. m, L; Ill. Ben Cousins, Rose Valley and (German high command com- llrt hem, anuniqlllst oloalmtsh Sundaly andhuon- S lililPf‘, CR t. Marti , av pc ul-e e Nazs as av n: nlellln or tilt? logo war. .n is l entered the southern part oi the The fiPillil ni slat. Ralph (mm city and having penetrated the illllie, RCA i~‘.. who is 115mg a; northerly outskirts and "occupied living clirll or injuries, we; pfgy. hills dominating the city" north- llulv repel-loll, west of the central quarters of -_ Eiaiingrad.) _ _ The Germans were dangerously Condition 0f Dr. close to the high flat terrace on llacLeod Improves which Stalingrad props stands. But the Red army's reso ute stand SYDNEY. us, Sept. l-t-(Cl-‘l- Dlial rlirrllllnllis tonight report- was exacting perho s the highest price which the ermans have paid‘ fclgcanv ilngletcbjeclitlve. » ,, ,_, Dspa hes rom he c y, cover- %§ii§§;';“,‘§“,,l§!“’g’,“°'§f A m“ in: only a few of the many lion. , 0,‘l,.,-__.,,o,. ‘of the ‘Pregbyu battles. have reported the slough. liChul-cll lll Canada. who under- "lt an nprrni Iv. 91'. Mal-l ter of roughly 1,000 to 1.500 Ger- gir} lrll/lonll-palsaturdaymmouh m reported only one German pene- . c w; ndehl'Dl‘,l\l""ile"d i i_. '5 "In one sector alfflizlssnlv, N3 Tl-uamsngehgriyd Stalingrad) the enemy broke into ‘WK hove been cancelled. it was the positions of our troops," said “Minced the noon buletln of the Soviet in- formation bureau. “A Soviet tank detachment attacked and restored the position. Five and ll armored cars were dc- strove. '1 and a company oi infantry wiped out." I I Situation in I ,,,,,,,,, Now Guinea 0-14-21. "hill-ids .1535». Brsdallizarxlle Enters 21st Day The battle for stsilngrad had entered its illst day. mans daily. But as yet there has m“ Gnu" in the been no over-all estimate. Ilcd‘ who arrived h,” Monday's mid-day communique m; , -,. H l,» a _ tration oi Russian positions on ' 1° Jtoqlfoggitzif Alina the Stalingrad front, and this only of lli-s lllrwss, engage ant; a temporary one. (southwest of Bolling Events -Q_ M: for Notices in this column lhfcc cents per word. “Taikies- Thur-gag)?‘ 21 ' uiay. "Ladle [d "will. csxleixlcsiiifken supper M ALLIED nnspoumrlllns. All;- traiia, Sept. lfr-Uruesdsyl-(O: - , 101' —Aliied all‘ ilillfll continued yew)‘ leeks. Ldgar Mums. 9- l-fli. day u, m1“ Japanese posittifns g} ~——— l mo n an! "Ween Supper, Bingo and ma, ogsgmaatggiypgtrtill activity if; 1n Kelly's Grog; Hg Tues- increased bu}, m; general situa- - Member 15th. 9-0-61. “on rQmhnQd unchanged for the omnce Hm Allied noon oom- W" flight. Ausplces C. W. L: ""“‘“‘“illiiildée Ja ass columns 9-15-17. ldflmwm being hsd ill elleal ill u“ ‘”___' h open for custom saw Summeriield ma‘ My’ n“ "Dance at. Vernon River Hall. "m ., b , “one: 16th. Webster's 0rch- {fl}f’bmm1§°§.y°gilllies, toward 9-10-14-15. whlch the“. jungle_ugmgd tr “glee! Georgetown Hall ‘murs- ‘r’ dflvln" lull in the lmllllill r, "Dtenlber 17th. Webster's bowl? w“, ‘p which the Allies . l. 0-15-21. h“, m: dflvehn on Japgneifi "Dance 0 S ' n the sou hesst 0085'- °1 ‘Venn-l rand View Hall. Thurs- b!!!“ ° ‘ “d. ,. minlle . “féfiilwmber 17th, spon- Nextignltdsiko homgln. “c”, m, .. l8 institute. 0-15-11. can,‘ on W0 “m, “m, mp. "MR0": ll s" pm ‘it ullllake, in the Tenlmbtl‘ 15' "r. wig‘ wltlloigeslic "Mcbow: I Inga. north of Dsrwlrllhéléstglulél-bv 1- “- d-lfl-Io-twtf. “lie sgtlgnjegu amen attack,“ "T"! Biliosi millet Boelet Elulugim bombs’ d mlwhm“ 3”“ “who mo. Bililllli Ohiollllyl fire but the mum were not 1*’- gig ilklim hell Wednesdlay. served Two other fispaneéeuolrll: 1' 0th. ‘ ' i. k o" “mm sllooel- “Neal-Spy. veuegamwglea 3:17am, o“ o, m“, “"‘_- i t sin lng. vifffllmfe e number of ure e . K51}- sllsnx llmi Barred l: mutual?’ comln hgtchini “g- ' "I a1 or more birds. m 0M stating quantit. , ciiities, em go Y}, - Charlottetown. Box’! 9- term nsrsorosls Bu ncs Aims u ule lei-seat city of L:tin America with a stimulation . of 2300.000. g. One sniper"slene" liwalgg Cgllcgg in ghgrlnggemwn_ was‘ credited with picking off 208 z German tanks h’ British Near island Capital 0f Madagascar mnpou. Bept._ l4-(CP)_—Brll-l&h columns progressing slaeailxly into Madagascar were re rted tonight to have acccmpllshe lnoze than half of their march and in have advanced to within loo miles of Tananarive, inland capital of the big French island off the east coast of Africa. Thus far opposition lllonil the roads converging upon thc capital has been light and confine-l more to wrecking bridges than to zllmed resistance, but on the 4,0o0-inot plateau around Tananarlvc the French ere expected to put up what- ever real fight they may intend. Apparently forging closest to the capital was the moving southeast from the port of Mzljullria one of three landings British troops made last Thursday. A communique said this force had captured Maevatsnana, 150 miles by road northwest of the cap- ital, It is 230 miles by sir from Majunga to Tananarlve, but the road twists a. longer course till-ough forests along the vlllley of the Betsiboka river and up to the plateau. Information reaching some mill- tarv clrccs here indicated illllc forces frrm this column had pliers- ed more than 50 miles beyond Moe- vatanana. A communique said one force was moving across ‘he mount- ains to the southeast toward An- driba. about 125 miles nol-ih of the capital on another road. The communique said two other columns also were progressing steadily from the other landings, one northeast toward Tanrlnnrlve from the pol-t or Morondllvu 35o miles Bil‘ line 3011i?! o! Mnjiingq, and the other south frrm Ambanjo, in northern MBGBQESCEII‘. There was no definite iniormtltlon on the extent of the advances frrm ‘these two lalluinz i" "its. Milan A To Start G.G.F. Party in Province Plans lo organize a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party in Prince Edward Island were dis- cussed at a meeting in Central Report Sounds WarningLll/ote U.S. Still Far Bell Production, Says Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14--(AP)— per cent to Russia, and a0 per cent (Advance)— President Roosevelt told congress today the United States Ls producing only a little nlore than 50 per cent of its maxi- mum pcssibie war production and solemnly warned:- "Not until we have reached tns maximum-mud we can do this only by stripping our civilian economy to the bone- can our fighting men and those of our c.1195 be assured of the vastly-greater quantities of “WBDOIIS Feqlliftd to tum the tide. “Not until then can the United Nations march forward together to certain vlctoly." The President's statement was 1n a. letter transmitting the sixth quarterly lend-lease report in which he spoke oi Britain B5 on "offensive base." The report showed such aid to the British Commonwealth of Nations and 35 other countries dur- ing the 18 months since the pro- gram began totalled $6,489.000,000. with actual exports amounting to $3,525.000,000. In the some time lend-lease countries purchased $5,- 800,000,000 worth of goods, including munitions, from tile United States. Lend-lease help now is being pro- vided at the rate of 08.000.000.000 a year, with the maximum aid possible under 15 separate appropriation acts reselling almost 068.000.000.000. Lease-Lend At present, the report said, about 35 percent of lend-lease exports ill-e going to the United Kingdom, " To Be Studied By King Cabinet ' ' orrswa. Sci»- 14 — <<IP> - 1nd Maximum War A colllmliiee ci six lllcmbelsfglf the lo spuiiy the liquor qu/cslion 1n Can- rcduclng tne Ekdcral cabmey, has been ado. wilh o. vlclv i0 _ annual llqucl- bill - esllnlbled 8i $250,000,000 ior tile present year — WllS ieflfiltill 10MB). Liquor Question it The conlnllttee ls headed by W” Convoy i, to the Middle East, Australia and services Minister Tllorson and its other areas. other members are Resources Min- ._.___i.i Annual Subscription Delivered, 15,00 to other Provinces and U, I. A. ".00 D LOST I Was Esco rting lVhen Attacked By Sub’ Three P. E. Islanders Listed a s “Aid to China," it added, “has islcr Crcrzu‘, RLWJlilQ Minister Amflflg MZSSUIg. ben limited by tile difficulty of (illLiJll, FlliJliQi‘ Mill 1"‘ lislfy, transportation, but the development piklvil“ ' ‘Fill M 0k Mid ~_~_—1~——————————- of other means of trunsportazion Fisllcllc _ be" MlClllLlid. will relieve this sliuamong- 'lhe CiLlllllllLl/tt lllbwailfbddy held The President said ill lln lelwl some "Eelmgs l"? .15 "Ifmllghlli that deliveries 0f lend-lease goods. f>~invn'5‘iig ‘he, Th]??? s1 um’ on‘ "which have been growing, will a ,, ‘ _ have to grow much larger still," k The °°“‘m4fi‘e“i‘5§_lihi,ia£% p36 "we and the “h” United Nmmns i r1 ' l av slicll about a year ago. need all the weapons that all of 11s ‘ifmbi [We n deal, Wm, rem-e- can produce and all the men that senuuvlons made by (he gunman all 0i’ us can muster," he added. TtmpiilfiilCé Fbderzltion, asking that compared with their nvniablo re- beverage r00l115 be closad, and soles sources, he said, Britain and Russia of zlicnllollc liquor restricted to gov- had produced more weapons than eminent, liqunr slorcs, the United States. ‘O11 Jail. rill‘, M1". n'£ir‘ll(_7tl‘lb(2il,m?a5 "And are continuing, ‘o ro_ C lfilFIIlllfl O P18 O0 1 B h duce to the limit in spite c! "the m” mdembio“ min‘ as wwlmrf‘ ilwi. that Russia. is a battlefield “m”; f“ ‘Q d", Y,“ “if, “fine; and Britain an offensive base." 1,92,11,02, P’,‘.§,,,‘,‘§“c‘§,,‘f,,,§§,_‘§§§ ani, mere- The President went cu to say that {we would be handled by _ as American m9" mWed QVEYSQRS 'OVii'l-i‘t’>I, as no llmicuai situation to battle "they must and will have QX]_§l,f(l beyond lile power of the sufficient quantities of the best provlnccs to deal with. equipment the United States can Mr, 'l‘i1cl's0ll salil lile resolulfion produce" and at the some time “we presented lust Saturday t0 Prune must provide more weapons to {he Minter-u" Mocks-nae Kins, M1". armies of our allies already in (he Crcrar and illiiiSPil from tile gell- "svins "He" liur: 1| ' ' i1 l ‘ ‘ .. - - " Britain has been fighting m‘? xfilsiillli, iiltt‘ (illllnilly of alcoholic Nazis for three venrs, Cllilm is in hov- . . ., bCVClfWCS plcrlllced in Canada sixth year of war. and in Rllqsh c, . lfb, mamcflny curlfljle-l m, the war's greatest land front ls Yuigytfng (m0 ‘alllount of nlaierlxll more mm‘ a’ v6“ 0M1" h” dmlawd which miullli, be used by the als- "Frrm the beginning they have mllrl-ics, breweries and winerlcs. carried on without r-nnurzh nuns or Tile l-eszolulicli iililhfil‘ asked "- -__-_-______ lint till‘ llllllllllflli of llsvllolig lieYd - cs 1" eilsixl 1'1; on‘ ‘lili- (Contlnued on bilge 3, col. i fiieflglidlfud V) Léihumds’ m“ Air Offensive Uver Germany LONDON, Sept. l4—(CP)— The Bedeque Hail last night which was two-lront was against Gerlnuny and addressed by Mr, D_ M.L.A., Glace Buy and Mr. M. Nicholson, M.P., Saskatchewan. N. Brodie, n-cl- A, DYQACtdSt scope lnus far when hun- Mackcnzie, urcus o1" Ii..A.li'.—it.G.A F. bombers assaulted firemen and other la:- jlllll0l‘ paruncrs achieved its Besides discussing plans for or- gels in nortiiwesleln Germany lost ganizing a provincial party ill this night and Russian bombers fanned province, the meeting groundwork ior n study Central Berloque. Mr, Toombs, Central Bedeque, chairman. Boih Mr. Brodie and Mr, Nlch— Rulllanlzln lllid the wlue over eastern Germany, Ru- club ‘at mania, and Buigana. At least three Irvine Ufliliidlilil bomber squadrons paral- was clpaied 111 the raid Oil Bremen. The RIISSIBIls specified only the oil-producing centre, olson Ric members of the C. C. F. Pioesti, the Rllnanian capital, Bu:- party. hale“ “m1 Kflvfllssberg. east Prllssll. Mr. Brodie, in his address, deal‘. ll c‘- i; i b _; with the general conditions of tho rciiscriiiiellll eliialgelf’ blbilladgxlgwlrzfigq t: country and stated that there was the Red air fol-cl. an inc-quality of inconlc in Can- ada. He urged more general dis- tribution of war work and ex- pressed bcllcf that. the CCF. principles held the solution to these prcblenis. Mr. Nicholson also spoke briefly the meeting which had a. fair attendance-S. , LADY woops mas s1". aonlvs Nil; SGDL l3 - (OP CABLE» - Lady Woods, wife to Wilfrid Woods, sioner of Public Utilities for Ncw- illness. re her marriage she (he late Capt. John Palmer. RN. commis- lower Volga to thc VThc _Russislns said they W left beer, wine and BDiYWS Should _b° Jilfillftfid, iilnli liquor advertising alcoholic bev- Fcclerlll-Proviilrial Cfiiilfffeflfe be ilcjd L0 carry on an educational campaign fcr tclllperance. If, was the ojunicn cf the gov- ernment, Mr. Thorson said. mot thcse were results which could be cc iciercd by the Dcmlulcn as ik _v lo come wllhinn federal Jill'- "l. i0ill'i’l."(i that the Prime plans m. some future date to fllélkf‘ zl brcndcast appeal for icm porn n-cc. Pcestl installation and Bucharest “”_—‘——"_' 111 flashes. 4 Tne lliaid on Bremen, GQflllillJ/S‘ second argesi. port and all imporz- f ' ant U-bflat hatchery. was GCill[)L.\l‘€fl 8L lSiLFELiZIOII with unoiiiclai conlmcni, lo iilSl. __ ‘Thursday's assault by several inm- l - . OTTAWA, Snpt. 14 — (UP) tiltedlggfibfils cnxllbtikcssellidorl, a Fmm wmncn are “m like, w be "°,. m,“ " w‘? . Tm“ cllrcoierl lllio o-‘Ylicr cccupoi cns 11¢- (ilexill; Sig’ we e501 mm t w cause itlc \\'Ci'l( llley now are doing ‘ o‘ a?» . - 4 .< ling g hlQifl prcriiy railing. Mrs. The official lepslt indicated one R“ Enid“ “Amt director or weight of the uttltck on Bremen and Nénona, sélemwe Service Saki (m llorihwstern Germany by (lCSCIlDlLIg ' [he attackers as “a very strong forflllagrfnd announcing i055 of l9 o, age‘ uwluslvcv “m rcmnred m rm ~' ' - ,,'~l - "l l‘ ' i; lvitl other women R-‘LF _flghter plans Joined me iris fillcisiziingclfgc grciilp. This le- "—_’*' "' "" ' rzislmilrll is compulsory, Post- lllnsicis ilrlvc brcli auifilcrlzed l0 act, us registrar's in rural districts. Wrmen new working on farms :5 (Continued on page 3, Col. '1) (By Kirke L. Simpson, Associated Press Wllr Analyst) Reports that ilitlcr has designat War Situation Last Night will he registered as "farm women." But This docs not mcnn that. they will b: “ll‘nY.(!n" ill iflrir present inbs. Mrs. Eaton said Farm work I us cliy iilpors off during ille ,- " ‘_ " ' l, winter. and Mrs Elton urged thrill; ycunz women who are free to turn ni. c-liier imrk in slack seascris do so ed a trip of his top-flight generals fashion and equip a winter line for his troops in Russia from thc Baltic sound highly credible. They tend to explain, also, why he is lavlshing his resources in man- l t" fc-undland, died iodny after l1 short power and materiel, regardless of losses, to take Stalingrad. Even though thc clty‘s strategic val wag be strictly limited. th ue as a lmsc for future Nazi offensive action would s s Befc e bombed and shell battered ruins of Stalingrad Edith Maud Palmer, fl. daughter of could be invaluable as a pivot of ll defensive winter line y They could be used to improvise winter shelters (01: powerful forces. A son recently received the dig- And weather-proof shelters for many thousands of men at the apex of tlng-ulshed service submarine scrv ranean. Lady Woods lived in St. for the last five years. international lit A tilince (Canadian Press) — ll bsf itslils- f liur than that f 1M]. Th . It rulfld mountain. “ha? ma.) nut-infinity‘: azgilnatnrtntlrfligd Nazi ntww nan the Volga “have balked hrs” m“ ernnlt him to turn westward against Britain or centre his African army 00p; rlli Caucasus, manning new defence LI-‘Jlyiib iinO. hinges; Russians withdraw in cent- AIMCA-Brltlsh combined forces rail Tobruk. - CANADA-Navy. Minister. Mac- donsiri announces loss of four Iner- chllnilusrl and s nsval axillary Ill fight with lulu ssh or wh- marines. UNITED STATES-Western de- felnce iomlnsnd iravestl tea IIIU I0 gilitnincelrtvillrry bomb gn south Ors- gon coast. WESTERN FRONT-Elle RAJ",- ILCJLF. air fleet blasts Bremen willie Russian sir force strikes at “sum Germany, llurnanis and Bulgaria. . NS-Nssis announce ex- :1 soo "helium" ill Bull"- l“, Mlleedonls ss revolt spreads in Balkans- the Don bend. W OfdEq- lyhlle i! the Nazi Don-Volga. salient must be available if Gunman i942 gains arc ice in the Mecliier- {tray h” od—.lust as they abandoned wide year about Moscow. U O There is no prospect of good shelter for Nazi invaders anywhere In nter conditions there and along the whole length of the Volga are bitter even in relatively mild years. Except for Stalingrad, the Donets basin has the only populous housing in winter on the scale German forces must have if they are to muons a, m5, halt and refit for a new campaign ’ nex t year. Unless he can anchor his lln i042 campaign can be written n Make the most your Tea .. 5.3g, "SALAIIK TIL DOIIPIIIY OI‘ CIIIDI, LIMITED i§,,',,,,,_,',,,,, QQQQQ 1'5]: l, a. Ti k ‘S to smlnmla f0!’ the winter, Hitler's “'3 °‘ m“ . u In W", pa“, m,‘ mo" com, Council session was a short one ian successive stands on the Don and W‘ 1, hopes of a decisive victory thnt would ‘Mime "pm S" A by-law to compel all cool deal- risked when winter comes. Caught by as severe a. wlnte as - ‘ ~1 - 1 1 Q1 if St ln the open steppes of the Don bend and below it, tile Nazis might “£55 n me l y o Jchnl; Bf” forced to abandon much of the salient so freely watered by German the cm, scams Wm be introduced weigh coal 011 segments of hard-won territory last at the next regular meeting of the City Colincil according to‘ notice given lust night bv COiiHCIilOr A. '1‘, MucKillllon at the monthly milci-llllz of that Council. 1 The wa es o wo c y emp oyees Russian towns and cities to provide were museum, by Scpumm 1-650- nights meeting rcceeded by a meet- ard of Health. The y Russia's fighting power which was ll was devoted almost entirely to Finances of the cliy hi, present compare favorably with the stand- ,ing this time last. year. it was ra- ported by Coun. R, C. Chandler, chairman of the Finance Commit- Rcccipts to August 81 this $218,875.01 as against $209,461.53 for the same period in 104i; expenditures to tile cnd of August i042 totalled $228,664.il compared with $227,709.12 last year. Excess of receipts in 10712 ovcr 1041 sn far are $9,414.83 willie excess of exponditllres are $954 99. Excess of cxpcllrlll-lires over rc- cclpts ill i042 are $9,788.20 against $18,247.59. A complaint from the Chairman of till:- (tliiznllfis Committee, re- cently fnl-llled in connection with supplyilllz comforts i0 the men of the if M, (l. S. Charlotielown wits voiced by Ciiliil. MncKinllon. lie was told that the citizens in gon- erai locked interest in the move- _ seaplane, posslbgv y. Farmwcmen from 20 to 24 years 6°“ lirithh llaiii 0n Tobruk LONDON, Sept. 15—-(’I‘uesday1 - (CP)—A small contingent of British troops, supported by light naval forces and heavy RAF attacks, landed at the Axis-held Libyan port of Tobruk Silllfiily nigh: “and inflicted casualties and damage on the enemy before withdrawing," the admiralty announced today "Our force landed in the face of strong opposition," the communique cided. “The wiilldrauirll trns not carried out without losses. wh=cl1 in view of the strenutil of the de- fences, were to be expected." Other British light nnvul forces “successfully bombarded enemy lines of communication" at El Dabu in Egypt, and emerged with neither damage nor casualties, the ndllllr- ally snld. The admiralty did not give the extent of losses in the raid on Tobruk, which is 75 miles west of '1» Egyptian frontier. British parncllutlsts. Rome said ill e11 earlier broadcast, also patti- clpnied in the raid which "was silppotted by six naval univs, made up 0f cruisers and destroyers." Tobruk, rm important gummy port for Field Marshal Rommeis Axis army ln Egypt, has been in Axis hands since Jlillc 22. It has been attacked by RAF and United States planes repeatedly. Believe Jap Plane Over il.S. West Coast- SAN FRANCISCO, 5km. i4 — (AP; - Evidence that o, Japanese operating from a submarine, may have uni-emptied to set Soullloril Oregon lcrests ailre 1n the first bombing of ccn- tinental United Slates was report- ed by the vrestcrn defence com- mand today. A communique issued by Lt.- . John L. Dewitt, wesver dcienoe commander, said than- A snlall sea-plane was obsewed over the area of Mount Elnuly nine mlics northeast of Brookings, Ore, Sept . A submarine was laier sighted and bombed about 30 miles oif the same shore by an army patrol plane ulth unobserved ilesulls. A forest fire was siarled near Mount Elllliy and than, markings cn what ilppezlrcd to be iraglllenis oi all incendiary bomb were Jap- ancse. Forest pail-role, which extinguish. ed lilo bnzc, discovered a fcoi- dcep craier, the communique add- ed, and nlbout 43 pounds of metal frngnlcnis and small pellets ‘lilo fragments bore Japanese ldccgrflplls . Appnnrbly- the Japanese, if they made the allcck, seiccK-ad one of tile most. hea-vlly wocded sections of lhe United States west coast, frequently Lluieaicncd by foresi- fires, A icw years ago a fire in the snlllc general area svwpl, out of ccllil-ol cud virtually u-liléd out the Ol-euoll coast town of Balldon. Japanese submarines have twice slwllrd t-lle Untied Siales Pacific coast, — at Golcin iil Southern California Feb. 23 nllrl neair sea- side, 011x, June 22, bu‘ this wns the first reported oltlllck from the air. The Goleta shelling caused slight damage to oil well installations The seaside shells buried harm- lcssly in a bomh. Clelnoiltwiliilzboo . To Visit Ottawa OTTAWA. Srilt, i4—(CP)—-'I’he office of Rt. iillll. Malcolm Mae- Donald, Ulliivd Kllllzrlilnl lllnll Commissioner in Ciillllfili, ionlizlli. ls- sucd a CDlllilllilllfllit‘ illlilllliilCiill! the arrival in Newfoundland of Clement Attire. lhlnliilinlls Scorc- imry in the British rlovrrlllnclli. The statement said Mr Attica will sncnd a few dovs in Oiillwll before re- turning to Britain. The Domlnions Sr-crolarv will discuss "current questions" with lilo Govemor of Newfoundland. Admiral Sir Humphrey Wnlwvil. and. with the members of thc rolllnllssion govemmclli. thc sirlirllloni fldfPd. UNCLE SADPS CENTRE The geograpmrfiahrqellirc nf tho U S. is in Smith County, Kas. v OTTAWA, Sept. l4--(CPI —Fighiing one or more en- emy submarines in defence of a convoy of merchant ships the Canadian patrol vessel Raccoon is presumed lost with all hands on board, an announcement from naval service headquarters said today. The Raccoon’s entire com- plement of four officers and 34 ratings was listed as “missing, believed lost at son.” Those aboard the Raccoon, all listed as missing and be- lieved lost at sea include: Champion, Charles ‘Ray, A5,, A697, R. C. N. R., (lhririrs Champion rfatlleri ltlalpeque, l’. E. I. Gallant, Frank James, lolosranhisl. V1127, R.C.N.V.R., Mrs. Elizabeth Y, Gallant, (wife) 2'! King SL, Charlotte- town. Prowse, Louis Henry, stcker (2nd class), V1624 R. C. N. V. R. George Prowse liztther) on King St., chill-- loitetown. The statement, announ clng “an increase in the tempo of enemy activity on Canada's side‘ of the Atlan- tic,” also reported the loss of four merchant ships with 10 members of their crews. Neither the place nor de- tails of the Raccoon sink- ing were given. And the navy’s guarded statement did not say whether the merchant ship losses occur- red in the same engagement which claimed the patrol ship, one of a number of pleasure yachts taken over by the navy early in the war and converted to fighting craft. One of Escort Fleet The Raccoon was one oi an es- (Contlnued on page 7, Col i!) SCI-lool- SfAnrs room 0H JoY! 0H ass! As fill: case High tide this afternoon at 8.06 and tomorrow morning at 3. ‘ Sun sci-s this evening at 7-13 M‘ rises tomorrow morning at 6.38. First quarter moon Sept. 17, llgglllalilxzhlSidi-E tide eishwoil mm‘ uaies latel- than chariotteiovln. can runny SERVICE DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY From Borden — Ll-avc 9.25 a.ul.. 1,00 p.m. 4.45 p.m. 1.55 D-m- “M Lam Cgpc Tormcntlne 9-10 1.111.. 3.15 p.m-. 615mm- - l’- SUNUAY BEBVICI (M5, 3 to Dee. 27 inclusive) Leave Borden 9.00 s. m’. 5-45 P-m‘ Iggy; Tormcntinc 10.15 a. lI-s 8.00 p-m. E P. s, L-N. s FERRY SERVIC Leave Wood Islands 7.00 5.111,, 11-00 . ., a . . ‘Tgavepglarlbou 9 s.m~ l h-Ifl- In‘! m. AIR SERVICE Charlottetown-Sunlillcrside- Moncton Leave Charlottetown 0J5 s. ll-l fill’; Snummerside 1.10 a. m4 1,20 ‘lLnejilvb Moncton ll a. m-i ll’!!! 6-19 p. m. SUNDAY SERVICE Leave Charlottetown 12.45 p. rn- Leave Moneton 4-15 b. m- ‘