A Had Close Call MAXIMS o‘, A MAXIMQ MERE MAN °' ‘ MERE MAN flnltlieltllenia lifzitihottii§aflzihlfiii§i qw- Qqpv The uprootlng of an evil power It. ‘dunno; tnsggrlléva-ness to God ll-l lue u»... Covers Prlnoe Edward Island Like the Dew Chnrluttctuwn Guardian, Two Con". Ilornlnl Gulrdlun. Founded I851 catrtowsrovvsiéisaoa, MENDAY, Novnniaaa 16, 1642 6 PAGES m: Annual lubnurlptlnl Dlllvund. 55.00 By lull: P. 5. I. “.001 to other Provinces llll U, l. A 30.00 ALLIES MAKE CONTACT WITH AXIS IN TUNISIA lTopanese Plan Egr- lmgsiq ——-| Two Canadian To Retire Naval Men Are Iwaruletfhfifi. UITAWA, Nov. 15 -((JP) __ Nil’! Minister MacDonald to- night atnnolulcrd the King ha; up] ‘Ivcd the award oi‘ one Dis- l.. qmshcrl Sen" c one Distingu ird Service hlrdzil to an officer and rating scning with thc Itoya] C“... ndan Navy and the mention in IIl>pllI(‘I1l‘S of ll other officer; and ratings. Annual: . Kenneth yne . Almurcai, I‘.t‘L‘l\t‘S the Ilfchtioncd in ticspatches are PI Ii fluthuny G. Oshuru, R, .lt.. ‘Iancnuvcr; Sub-LL I Chapman. 1i, '.l ' x; I. N-"Jl. Ottawa; ‘I (ti- Sitnntlcrs, -- . on re: 3 If- ‘_ l_ “ _“ vkllfil’. ‘VESIIVIILILHIIK “ _ N. S.- Arti r lc ‘IIIIK-ECZIIIIIII] Jul", 1;: MR. JACKSON DODDS ["1110 ‘ Ifcgina- - .. l: h. (xfLfdfl. R. BIONTR-EAL, Nov, 15 __(cp) __ Haul-lion and Inran ~Jackson Dotlds of Montreal has J. Jlt-Lrish, |:,(7,\' decided to retire as joint "f, general '- ‘cr of the Bank of Montreal, n: I111 all“ _ ‘H ;"_ a (litst nguisheti career of 45 “HE lyilttnvltvzlv- ougliénlihp baarllkzng world, it was N L Swim“ N‘ s‘ u. I. C. L l - 011-8 It by the bank dir- . ucUonaItI suit! ti.» ‘Inc announcement, which made - list reflect‘.- surc ><t- l.)- _of the ltoyal Canadian m the "utter-fusing our" "*4 ‘"191!!!’ -\‘1ll"11.|r.’t\cs. ' IlI'IIl1‘l‘ tlctnils to tlinsr- con- ta ucd in the official cifati/us," I11" s d, "cannot for 0p rational no mentior of a possibe successor. said the directors had acceded to Nlr. Dtzrltls‘ .cqucs_t for retiruuzut ztwacave servce" with “great B... security rcasilus. bt- yivcn. ‘ 1_ uar at sea is a grinfone, @“.T‘§I A lhims foul: . l_v and rc- ‘i. mll"“5l.l'- I Ihl , hlnvcvc" Ihl; c‘: rtlous wlfl. in show some of‘ the "fl Italy 180 niiles Gives Warning; Sea Fight Rages Japanese Make Deter- mined Efforts T0 Recalltllre Positions In Solomons. MELBOURNE, Nov. r5“ (CP_)—Navy Minister N, I, Mflkln of Australia warned r0- day that on the outcome of the Pffismt Solomons naval battle dcpcxids the success or failure of ‘Japanese plan for the in- vasion of Australia. He said his warning was bflsfid on the latest information. shins thundere other in Soiomoet filgivds ‘Izgeaaearg: night for the fourth straight night ‘gill/r Iivhtlxig continued in the s" IE5 and on the scarred soil o; Guadalcanal 1n s. batt an‘? scope‘ le of epic size Wlllmunlque said the, current stage ofthe fighting in the solo- moms‘ vvhlch opened four days 115.. was the result of a determined. ef- Mi OI} we part of the Japanese to 796N754?! P05151038 in the Iiuadal- canat-luhtgl area." The battle winch opened Thurs- day night IB0lumOns time) Is con. tlnumg, the navy suia without m. dtcutmg its present trend. msgllfllfllémeflfius the kterse com- B. a ivy spo csman des- cribed the latest. Ilfiflsllig as o. ~~._. _. hide, and 500k» catch and :0 gagement.’ EXP-Inning that the phrase "num- erous enemy surface forces" was used advrsediy in the communique. the spok.sman said that "nhertvcr w.- run into them there 1s a scran." The “Billing. he said, was not a stand-up engagement. between mal- of forces as at Midway. The communique fated little of the suspense resulting from Sutur- day’s announcement that a seriss of naval engagmtnts “IIICII l. gun t. r.- mght of Nov. 12-13 was still .11 p... sh IS .11. inst fhc I ' providing "a a Drldc in our mun." g B] apd men f»! tlrrce _ “fir: (-55. ‘ackvillc, lllluctl- ——-— f‘ _‘ ' 11, are s us, f rllllllllfi covering the awards f‘ 1R0. Nov. l5-(A.P)—R.A.F. f" own of each ship r fcr to s shot down at least seven ‘Thc al-umst certain ilcslrllctltwn planes and damaged many ' 0f 110.0 enemy Il-boat and the m< 1e bztwecu Tunis and Sicily E'$'"*'<=1¢ lloguacuuz or anarvr"; Saawday. raising their bag to 20 in (vrcal abll't_y~ in dirt-c! u dots of assaults on the en- , af- I-lflixon an cncmy I and _coolncss and (Ia "Prtllur nut ‘IPIIIII charge s North African transport le rotate. while British land‘ s In Libya. drove within 1B0 of Bcngasl in pursuit or the hertz-l Africa Corps. n official announcement said nlost of the latest Axis ferry planes s “L crashing into the Medfaerran- wcre flying ncrt-h from Tunis, '0 Gammon airmen and Italian m:‘.:.ncs are reported to have 11nd- sd ln n frantic effcut to challenge the Anglo-American sweep‘ east- ward from Algeria. But. the Axis air traffic apps:- eutly was two-way as Allied air- msn intcrccozrd big formations of cnrzmy- transports, bcntbers and fiqhlcrs heading both to and from Tunis, rin, in "a most. promimg attack." Two Commantlers m. r m . . A NOR, “I 0 ncammnraas nv _. w-"rrtl today: Armrlcnn (‘f1?""l'l!ifI(‘l" fr flfrica and tho "rm-h mm. 7'" of Allied naval coverlns "j “We rm their vsav to up Reach Libyan llama " " "‘"“"l it ‘vs-s rclatczl. whm lmcl w" tlm- mom] h, n; 311411- Pursuit of Marshal Erwin Rcm- T" ‘ 1 ~» ‘w-q mvl’; hapless desert troops mean- A, w whilc reached the eastern side of . H": l. t» iii- tbc I-ibvan hump at Tmlml. some 1P0 Hrllne ml'es from Ben/anal, Bcuqnsi itself, pnsslble port of .5‘ r- "dre for some of RcmmcTs forces was hcnvllv bombed Friday night shin 03mins; .1‘.'!;!'P~51'T'g lav fdur-rcctored American Ccnsol- "fwd nail-m. Hctcd I-lberators and aga‘n by ‘_u _ fleiilfrhlt. Saturday. Hucc Pres we're sci. l F 'l=-~r Allied twitter-bombers ma: Purl h Hal. . iota, il-lti-lll "c4. on that!" dead!" n""‘ur< cn -.., ..,..r..,t.~.,., A“. "qpm-q- mrfim an no. my’; errrntlnns the RAF. To t. only l-wo planes. Tremendous Uucd music. 11-10-11. v Pliinkora Hall, Friday evenluyi "in and Dance. Alulligaxl Ur- "llis-m. 11-1o-1a l Italian Port. LONDON, NOV. 15—(AP)- Tre- mcndcus new damage was inflicted “Tl/cumin: ‘party and dance at l rll huchimmrs, Churchill, Nov. 8th. Sponsored by W. I. 11-16-11. ll I 7 ‘- Wv rcqulr a uantlt of well Ilrshctl bolognlea tingle, is and Cnltl slfllllsc 00., 1.1a. Q-ZG-dtf. Friday night on the major Italian u _ port of Genoa by Br tlsh bombers h TIP Presbyterian Church ‘which flew 1,500 miles through H“ Iwose dinner in Mnrshficld enemy opposition so weak that all .911 \'Ie:1ncsda_v, Nov. 18. is an returned m-fely to their home uuaal event. You will rCC“l'.'(! b11595, utasy and servlcc. 11-16-11 Two-ton e foslvea and thous- ,, _ ----— ands of fire ombs were showered Burma llve and drcssrd chlck- m, [he Axis home b,“ (or North "Mad fowl evcrv Wcun: dnv. Pav- Aflca, rocking the battered city 1mm" "lillkvt DPICPS P J N0" s with enormous ulverfzin c1010!- Hunm RI"?- 9-25'S'M"'I- ivcs soon followelt’! by ra g flres. . Wk CTT“. , n Several Canadians wI the R. wJWvk._1C'll\,:v)V'1c.; hlnqrlon A“ took pa“ m m, m“; ‘d6 m ‘- i". ‘I 5 "l "L" Heavy American bzmbers backed I 10. Aid of Hap. l; Chm .h. up ‘he RNA“ ‘mash l; Hwy by 11'16'“ striking German submarine bases in daylight raids Saturday on the Fernch no thern ports of La Peirce md St. Namfro. A cox: mnlque said Flying Fort- rcssra and mberatora attacked these important U-boat nests but gave no details. Allied flzhter plane; made nup- port‘!!! and diversionary sweeps ...- ,- ngpbfvtrstflfll France dug: fthc day. No planer were repo lmsslnfl- "Trurlcnl! hut;- as usual I0! tm :1_“_"l""l maalhs 1.1.1 udll hour 0L4‘ A C Great. Alhanv and G C “'11 Emerald 5-tl-7-l1-W-'T-M-I' ‘lrlfllbllc Met-tins: All Couscrvntfvc srllpdrlcrs of Southnort prll at h” ‘H01! School Mtmtlay. Nuvrrt- .. MM-lh 8 P. M. Bushrss to all- ay“ ‘Megan's to attend couvrn- ‘b F. .Rcsvts, Chairman. Il-H-ZI. la gfCSS and that both sides had sul- lersd some losses. Tne previous communique ex- plained that details would b.- with- II€Id while the battle was ln progress because their disclosure \vould pro- vlde the enemy with valuable in- formation. Russians Splash ilewsFromAfrica MOSCOW. Ivov. l5 - (a P) - Russlan soldiers and workers re- ‘ielvefl by every available channel ivduy m9 81w news that thcy ha.e llfilliml; Anus, and that powerttl blltlih and Afncllcan ICIC»: In A.. rlca are strafing effective blows a. the Axis. ‘rue news had been told before. In newspaper accounts and u radio announcements. But today a1 aKCIICIuS unparttng Information — Pftss. radio, factory-announcing spurns unu club granites — com- bined. to tell fully and in dctali the smry of the arrival of the Aal- erlcans and the smashing of the Axis AIYICIIJI Corps. More man 30,000,000 copies of. Pravda atone went out to the peope o1 Russia on all fronts, its head- lines proclalmut; the efrctnm-tss of the Angm-Amerlcan Soviet al- ance. Army newspapers, which go out to the men 1n the most iruvanced righting fronts, carried 011.!!!)SIDS- tic accounts, and It was sate to as- slime that not a. Russian soldier was unaware of the second front being created In the Mediterranean. The Russians pulled no punches when they told of their desire for a. second front. Now the pulled no punches in telling of eir pleasme. The impression prevailed that tor days Russia had been holding back, wuttln to see whether the African operatons are a large-scale cam- paign which wlll have a decisive In- fluence on the course of tho war. ‘Today that reserve was cast aside, and Russia's 200,000,000 citizens Naval Minister I l L War Situation Last-Night (By Kirk: L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst) November has lhnwn n bleak face and this November In no exception. "Wsmbar law "w Kalwh llvry flNflms burst Ilka a bubble n. 191s. His strutting luccessor an n war lord has admitted that In 1941 the vlslon of n. Nazi-dominated world was close to uttcr disaster In Rus- sla and saved, not by Hitler. but by Providence. It was a slightly humbled Hitler who gave credit only a few weeks 58o to some more potent force than his own intuitive_mllitary genius for that 1941 cscalw- Ho unified tho udmlullon, however, with assurances l» his German list-one a that he. not providence, had seen to n that there would be no repetition of that dread winter of 1941 for Nazi Germany to German hope; In other years I I I I I I Ytt this November winter Is again upon Hitler's dangerously far- illread armies In an unconquered Russia. Moreover, Anglo-American forces of ever- expandlng size and power are confronting him from across the Mediterranean. A complete Axlg rout in Africa. Is, in, the Illlklfli- "Eli. the soft under-belly of the Axis dragon. Is exposed to Allied attack. Hitler's vaunted alr power no far has failed hlm, failed even to Protect German cities from n. terrible and continuous air drubbing His U-boata have wrought mightily It sou but not mightily enough. The presence In French Afrlcn of I [feat and growing Anglofl ' army sufficiently shown who still rules the Atlantic. I I I U I O To meet an emergency the scope of which he has not yet meas- ured, Axis armies are again on the march In France and the Balkans. not to offensive but defensive nsslgrunents. Axis collabnratlonism in France Is dead or dying and colonial Franco Is back In tho‘ war l! an Allied recruit. What this may mean to further re-shuffllng of the war odds In the Mediterranean still is unclear. Middle East also are yct to be fully assessed. The effect on India Io ease Allied tension cannot yet be appraised, but the hope that the hour for reconqucst of Burma, from the Japanese has been brought a long stride closer l; Justified, I I The one outstanding fact In the Pacific war theatre traceable to the new and ominous developments for the Axis In Russia and the .Meditorranean this November Is that Hltltr’: ' 'M¢0mf\ll¢4= also has failed him. At the moment when he most needs a Far Eastern diversion-a. Japanese assault on Russia In Siberia. or a Japanese pow- er thrust at Australia or its ocean life lines-Japan has appeared up to now, too busy with defence herself to answer his pleas. The week-end. however, brought an announcement from Berlin that heads of all Jap- anese missions to Europe had been usscmbled in the German capital since Nov 10, Such a [barley at this time suggested Hitler might be renewing pressure on his Japanese ally. Just what all the swift developments of this November will add up In is beyond conjecture. The war is not ovcr, hut It has turned a sig- niffcant corner. Allied hopes of ultimate and complete victory now are based on thing; more tangible than an undaunted vrill to \vin_ Hand To Hand Battle In Stalingrad Streets by Eddy Gilmore Assoeia ed Pres; Staff Write, MOSCOW, Novv. 1s -<A.P)- Bnzastlug bitter winds whipping across the Vcmgo, bayonet-chang- In: Russfiwns have killrd thousands mcre Gennans in three days or the greatest hand-to-hand fight of the current Nazi offensive In B, facxry urea o.‘ Stalingrad, one Red Amtv rrporled tudav. The Nazis were reported hurling big forces of tanks rested infantrymen unto virtue I- non-aw» nttnclca but despite the furv of ther ammuts and their frtghiaul cost Ln blood they were d-oared ‘o h vo been held to one small gain measured in yards. "The battle area dkisifroops Jam Road CAIRO, Nov. 1.. --(AP)- Mar- shal Erwin Rouunelks fleeing Afrjca corps is jamming the road between Bengasl and El Aghella .n a des- perate attempt to clear the hump of Libya before the advancing Brit sh 8th [tiny cuts off the re- treat, 1t. was UnClCSCd tonight. This became known when 1t was learned that Alied lctig-rtzngc fighter planes for the last two days have been atkicklng "heavy enemy hundrrd yards _ d u. m ~ p. . . ,. . . v star, the Army ne-Fspnpcl‘, 03180 amllces brlgii.“ grutigsihigiiciiircild this area. the Nazi oummaniers {orces pushing across me dew, hurl himdrrds of men. Mon“ no down but some manage to crawl forward. ‘Frye N» cl min was made over literauy mountrfns of their den " Local/ed as It is high on m, west bank ctf If" "c1411, S arngra- ls exposed to the btn w " s W1!- Dine of‘ ire crew's ‘Pm H‘ W west. making prcsrmt flemln! conditions severe. ma. fraud setnns was Pfllnwi by Ivvcstin as cm- of str-rk ha‘ 1'01"- wlth the decomposiflt! b05495 °I more than 1n0.0'0 Germans littering time battlefield In and awllnd the c ty. Blasted or frozen Into lm'1°§9",°% the newspaper said, were 810 ‘n all B and broken tanks and the ltcred wreck we of more than 1.050 Gs!‘- mlnnizlmaeneaéaucauus I510 31115510“ Other attacks were made on Ger- man columns retreating along the coast read between Barce and Beu- BEISI and inland tracks between Tmiml and Mechlil. The e1 I 1 flight was said to be 50 urgent . int truck convoys xvc e travelling at night w th their Jtthts on. llolnmel Had Close Call VICHY (From vlCIly Brcztltnola). Nov. 15 — (AP) - Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel barely escn ed cap- ture near Tobruk last Fri ay. the were Informed fully or the Allied success In Africa and Ita far-mach- Ing Implications. Four Killed HALIFAX. Nov. l0 — (O P) - Namu of two of the four men kill- ed In the crash of an RAJ‘. plane Friday near Debert, N.B., were announced by the Eastern Afr 00m xnand tonight. 0y were: B t. John Barber, R..C.A.l'.. l nlr iunner whose next-of- xm n an mo her. if“. a. Barber of Shaw Io, Que. an. Hubert lfilu Lohsnce, al- soa wireless air gunner whose mxt-of-kln u nu mother. ilfn. w. Lam-once of (10 Concession 8t.) Connie On ton, The Identities of the other two victims were withheld pending not- Iflcatlon of their relatives. The plane Ofhlltd llx miles from Dsbert Camp. whore It was based. All aboard were Instantly. Tho R.C.A.I‘. 1m no an- nouncement on the of the crab made cause g ed gittor $.31. “Li” iiiii-aiitelrfro tqPg-sevtv 7 battle launched by lnfan l?‘ W; the 81d of nrtilie and n. vnddsngglb: screen, Gervran oases were B! rserlln corres ndent. of the Swedish Telcgraphic ureau suld tonight in a broadcast by the Vichy radio. The correspondent quoted Ger- man mllftary authorities as suylnfl e1 had dlrec 94 l! new?‘ Romm rd d ‘been lvllillfi tbs ”*""“"' a e eme rsona y an MINESWEEPERS’ HEM’ Eli $1.. back to 120k Ovrr the situation when several British tanks ap ared sudden! e tanks were ndent said. and leelng with great speed mm d to escape. A nnrnsn roam? Cg“ Mascot of a Minesweeper n l" whtlch tgakgse thgeftashlligamerxun ‘h, sea an w n ,, _ swims from one to another ball! In!" 101199399!- N near, the corres- lt was only by that he ‘U Join the Hostof Home Ba kcrs who- Paclfie rt-yucussions of the changed war scene In Europe and lhe D -.lap Beachhead T154100 Axis , Troops Captured maroon.‘ Nov. i5—-(CP\__ Prtme Aflutsiei- Churchill an- Iwwlced today that total casual- ties and captured In Africa now : total 75.000 Germans and Italians He said 13 U-boats had been, sunk off the French North Afrl- 1 can coast, five of them In the last ' two days. "Tctal cncmy loses by casualties and C-wturvd to date are now estimated by Gen. Bernard 1. Montgomery to have mounted t6 n CF Australia In {Balance I Vital Ferte Naval Base Is Prize At Stake Axis U-Boats make heavy attacks In Mediterranean but suffer severe Losses. 75.000 Germans and Italians," said the statement tsued from No i0 DOWlllllg street, The Prime Minister will make further anuounccnlcxits on the progress of the campaign in Nortn Africa soon, It was predicted by political observers today. It is believed he will review develop- ments at the next meeting of Par- llament Last Wednesday he told Parlia- ment about early phases of the African fighting. (‘News Briefs OTTA\V.~I, Nov. l5—(CP)-.. Dcf ncc Minister Ralston an- nounced Saturday that a contingent oI’ Canadian troops has arrived in Bermuda. These Canadians with gquipmmt would form part of the garrison of that base, he gflld. LONDON. Nov i5-—(CP)—'I‘l1e Vichy radio said today a largo number of I-‘tvuch troops have arrived to occupy Toulon, LONDON. Nov. 15—(CP)— The Iit-rman freedom radio sta- tion said today that Nazi Mar- shal Ertvin Rommel Is “not ‘with, his troops. lle Is In Mun- c . LONDON, Nov, 18-(M0nday)-— (CPI-A Rcuzcrs dispatch from Geneva reportcd today that Croat gucrlllns had launched an offen- sive on a SO-mile front and had ccctipacd a town and 32 fortified villages after stubborn fighting. probably “as making another raid on Northern Italy. LONDON, Nov. i5—(CP)—-'Ihe Allied-controlled Morocco radio reported tonight that a state of siege has baen declared at Ajacclo and other towns in Corsica as a result of active opposition by the local garrison and civilian popula- tion to Italian landings. Converge 0n ALLIED IIIIADQUARTERS. Nov. 1G —(l\fondayl —- (CPI —- Amcricun and Australian ground troops, converging on the strong‘ Japcncrc ht-tu-hhcnd at Buna, Ncw Gum's, have joined forces and urc continuing their ml- vnncc, Allied Headquarters re- ported today. The Allied forces have been flprlttirvg tlzr-‘r way toward Buna can; mnvlnu In from the south. through the slcamlnfl funnies. Having joimd forces, they now "are jointly moving In to lack." a communique said. "The enemy under command of LL-Gen. 'l‘omatore Horrl now fact-a thc Allies In the wmt and south. with the jungle and the sea at hl-z back." the communl qne added. Italian Fleet In Action? LONDON‘, Nov. is-lcrl-A Reutcrs News A500"! diarrhea from Stockholm today quot the Madrid mn-emnflwt "I the (Qumran-controlled Scan- dinavian Tclcflfllih 5mm“ "9 paying that “a conslderablt part" of the "Rm" 71°" l" cooperation with German Ind Italian planes had enlllli British and American naval forces off North Africa. rofiivmi ACTRESS DEAD HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 15- (A?) --Svrlnc_v Fox. former screen ac- tress, was found dead In her bed today by hcr husband, Charles Bcnhan, theatrical agent. Drtcctlvc Captain W. W, White said Beehnn told hlm Miss Fox had been In 1h health for some time. “my refined about. mldrvzbt after spending the evening with friends. Miss Fox. 31.. wn a rumpus down fight for mastery of BIZOIW, advance elements of tine combined force had entered from Al- g a. The point of entry was some 80 nules from Blze troops are arriving in Tunisia and ltaltans are arriving by sca,’ said ,.ue Brivlsn Morocco radio report. hating French garrlsons were bat- tling the incoming Axis troops, pottnig then‘ transport sweeping in from over the tveridncuxi and shooting they came to earth. blue “swurfnlng with Ines" assembled b~ frantic effort to landing of reinforcements and war stores. have resulted in sinking l3 enemy submarines in North African wot-l (m ti"; northeast coast of New crs, live of ahsm in two d-IYS. G\'l|\c"—~TI\(' Aa-stmfltng cnm- Prime Minister Churchill announc- lnpr directly over the Owcn edin London. ‘ 545mm, r.,-§.,.1,\in< 1m- Amerl- Easenhower aruiouuoed tire Aided force drove eastward mto Tunaslu from Algeria and Ilia-h vaucim; as fast. as IIOSHIIIE accord- to an.” ' Italian troops landed ape at Bone, the Allied lumnlnsz of! D minutes. » A that at least. 14 enemy planes were shot down in raids Bougle urea Friday and Saturday. un His m!!! IIIWYIIW" l" cleaning woman bound and garage ALLIED FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Nov. 15—(AI’)—The large naval force. ranging from trawlers to l I liners, which curried the Allied Expeditionary Force to North i Africa. through thousands of mlles of submarine-infested waters arrived on time in spite of heavy U-boat and plane attacks. the Allied Force Headquarters announced tonight A special communique giving full details of the operation: re- ported that the Axis had suffered heavy losses In planes and submarines In aflcnlnts to disrupt the convoy movements and. l later, to hinder the progress of the olwfflliml! B-“Br "l0 11°09! ’ landcd. (By E. B. Sullivan, Associated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Nov. 15—(AP)—Veteran troops of tho British 1st Army and a smaller companion United State! force today ran headlong into German and Italian troop! defending the vital naval base of Bizertc in Tunisia. The Action, marking the-first time in the Second Great War that Americans have come to gripn with tho Germans, was announced by the Allied-controlled Morocco radio at 9 p.m. (3 p.m. E.D.T.-—4 p.m. A.D.T.). The Ger- man radio picked up the broadcast and followed later with frequent bulletins of its own. United States Rangers In small number fought tho Germans at Dieppe in the August raid but It was not un- til the contact was made near Bizerte today that a con- siderable force of United States soldiers and the Ger- mans faced each other In battle in this war. There W35 no indication of the size of the American fora beyond a statement by LL-Gcn. K. A. N. Anderson, British commander of the combined operation in Tunisia, that it makes up one-tenth of his striking force and includes special units, The British nine-tenths is made up of veteran, finely-trained sol- diers who have fought the Germans before In Europe. A large-sale battle was in prospect for control of the naval base, the finest harbor on the North African coast. The opening round of the show-F Brig. Vogel Killed “T? WlllCll wrr-rols all the central BERNE’ NW- 15_(AP)_T"° Medltemaulebn, vras reported foi- l h air alarms sounded hero to- lowing an amlomcunem by m, In P ane Cras ‘"93"’ '““’°“tI"'r’-' u“? R-A-F- Gen. Dwight D. Ebsenhowef‘ that --i— ALLIED HEADQUARTER; FRENCH NORTH AFRICA, Nov. 15—(AP)--Br1gadier Vogel of the British Army, a member of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff, was killed 1n n plane crash while carrying out n mission, Eisen- hower announced today Killed in the same crash was Capt. F. T. Peters of the Royal Navy, hero of Oran who had been recommended for the American Distinguished Service Cross for commanding one of tyvo formcl‘ American Coast Guard cuttcrs which were blown to nicccc ~“cr cutting through the Oran harbor boom. eri TIE Enemy Troops Arrive "New contingents of German Ahead of the Allied force Axis- planes Medi- f-lwnt a4 Swarm: With Subs Offshore, Eisenhower, said. the Medltoirruneaai waters were enemy submar- the Axis m at isru-pt the Allied‘ lfS EASY 4o rm’ SPAaHtTfl lF You as n’ on Your. , FQNK Effective Allied coun tar-measures t Ls "ad- Italluns Captured The Vichy radio reported that three days l ace, and vrere captured in flve llfcd HWIGQIIRTIQTS announced A__.l u‘ I. Ll‘><- -. rod tcmoriow msrnLlng at 6.2m“ d. and rises tctnormw morning at 7.56. Full Inoon Nov. 22, 4.24 p.m. Summersldc tide 1B minutes late! than Charlottetown. CAI! FERRY SERVICE DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Prom Borden-Leave 9.05 a-ru. 11.40 mm. 2.00 p.m.. 4.30 p.m. 7.00 p.m.. Leave Capo Torrncntlne — 10.30 mm. 1.15 p.m. 3.05 p.m., 5.45 p.m. 8.15 p.m. SUNDAY SERVICE on the Bone- nonnsns our ‘svso MONTREAL. Nov. 15- (CP) - Lcuvlng a nltrht watchman and l two armed men esmmd with K150 after an earrly morning nybbew at the Tic Toc Club today. 'I‘he mcn rained entrance after Club members had left for the nlvh-t. ‘the watchman managed to frcc himself an hour after the rcb- W-‘TY- (May 3 to Dre. 27 Inclusive) -——i———— Leave Borden 0.00 a.m.. 0.45 Roosevelt Sends "Jlnaeave Tarmcntlne 10.15 mm. .. Congrallllatlons v.s.|.-a.s. runny scnvrct , Leave Wood Islands 10.00 l-ll- l". zlolgezvemflnrlbol Nwv w‘ ‘-°' '“ ' A n an: unvrc: "in," sUNDAYl WASHINGTON. Nov. 15—(AP)—- President Roosevelt sent conqrat- ulatlons to Lt -Gcn. Dwight Eisen- howcr ln a message published yesterday bv the United States War Dpartmcnt for "the h fill’ ohuggggwwrf-Summersldc- successful accompllshement 0 l M DIICIOII n Charlottetown 8.30 a. n baby star of 1931. mosfidllflcult task." "“_ "4, _,,., The Prefident rerelIIrlfhd-Antarfm nfigrlnvem Chnrlgrttetovm l II. m- ZgfIMI-algllgl °I 3" 5.45 p. m. 1.0a p. m.