them from falling to MAXIMS OIL MERE MAN -—--i liatsoever state l: i”. content." id air frte d with ilf ,,'§f¢"l.‘Z“wi.§"i-ili. "l llasve learned I am therewith ___.-__> "m" Guardian, Founded I861 , (niirlottrtoirn Guardian, Two Cents. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLUITETOWN- CANADA. FRIDAY. Novas/icicle 2s, 1941 8 PAGES MAXI M6 01A MERE MAN Those who deny freedom to Min-r- deserve lt not for themselves, and, under the rule of a just God, Filliilhl long retain it. W . WZ; AMIGA! lllblcripllon Delivered, $5.00 B: will» l’. 12.1.. smut Cilllilllll and (1.8. some gravely Russian blows. 15,500 Germans in one day's lichy hasbig Naval Force Still available Decision to turn it ovcr to Axis would be blow to British (Canadian Press) mould Vichy agree to "collabor- iac" with the Nazis she could piicc at the clispssalofOennany a iizeable fleet that. would include four battleships and, some court»! ray, ll cruisers and an e-ii-lmatfid ltde rovers and 60 submarines. Tiil despite _the telling blow {truck by Britain's Mediterranean‘ flee". aglllllfii French units at Oran. Algeria, in July i940, in Orwell?’ the Germans or Italians, Ever since that drastic action, made necessary by the Franco- Geminn iirniisiice, thcre has bee“ speculation as to the disposition of the ships remaining in the hands vi Vicliv Britain seized, sank or heavily tlirniigerl eight French battleships. ‘ibis left one at. the time which itlllzht be of use to tiie Axis. the MOO-ton Jean Bart. report-Pd ill Cisa Blanca, launched ln March lilo and lfii’ from complete when the Nrwi forces overran France. She prfibnlilv has been eo/mpicted l: the months that have elapsed. Three others, damaged by British :i._._ 'l‘_vpic:il of these counter-thrusts Moscow front and destruction of 105 Soviet air force, the Russians said. let counter-attacks - said that in were slaughter of rec points on the azi tanks by the time at t v Included in the destruction o! Wednesday, said the soviet infor- mation bureau, were at least 600 truckloads of German troops, and smashing of 20 German earth-and- timber forts and numerous field guns. Aside from these and similar lesser particulars, early morning announcements broadcast by the Moscow radio were in the most general of terms, saying only that fighting continued through Thurs- day on ail fronts." The Moscow radio reported sov- were con- tinuing in the Leningrad area. It recent days Soviet tank groups had destroyed 38 Ger- man tanks, three armored cars. 29 guns, two mortars and one regiment of German troops. A communique credited the Red nlr force with destruction on Wednesday of 105 German tanks, at least 800 trucks with troops, 10 field guns. 190 cart loads of shells. seven gasoline tank trucks, infan- try regiment and a cavalry squad- ron. The point of greatest threat, .wr .__ ) (Continued on Page 3. Col 5) Retired Anglican tilergyman passes BRIDGEWATER, N. 8.. NOV. 27 -(CZ-“i-Rev. A, W. M. Harley, 79. retired Anglican clergyman, died at. his home here tonight of a paralytic stroke. One time professor at. King's College, Halifax, he held parishes at Liverpool. N. 3.. and Conquerail, Lunenburg County, N. S. surviving are two sons, Capt. John Hurley, London, 0nt., broker, and George Harley, now serving (Continued on page 3, Col 5) ' with the army in British Columbia. Tliurcliill Given Another Towering Confidence Vote Independent Labor Member in bitter charge; Anthony Eden isG Coming Events —|]_ Nllllfrl In cm. I cents on word I u‘ l” eolnru lQL§—'~'¢““""i—-. "Wilma u» s Chik mi "him Cold Swraualt ‘filter-it'll: u _“'*< "lose Bea vi yo,’ a Pr ew Hall, Pride, um In mltgggstréor war work. L-liifl-ll-Tl-Zl. nag“ l" K090 River Farmers ' “W. November m, L-WI-ll-n~ll. "Toni he “mm: n Xgarmwmfirh ‘ Grove L-llfill-QB-ll. ,, ____.. mill-Ill 15m Klan Church Afternoon Coo “m. °"- “screwball. “i: iaadlfi-aa-ai. - December sni at “$29M?” L-llttl-il-Zl-i "l" Belle River lay u,“ m in czzitetvaraec" "- "Meet . Willi‘: -......._ oose dinner tn M {fig gun win be hot aria n. r-iifitfht“: t“ ~- l‘ ‘t are. ' ifiliii‘ t overnment Spokesman. Noon, _N . ar-rori-riie lid-go of Comdivons 8W9 Pm!" Minister Winston Churchill 11' other towering vote of confident" m nimssir, his government and his McGovern, Independent LBW?- m" "America is preimvd W W" 5mm‘ to blast hei- way into ti" the continent." By the vow, 326 to tWO, the 80V- emnien; defeated an attack by the Independent Labor four-mm 001W to [cncnd the traditional House reply to the recent speec fr the ',l"hrone by inserting n note of regret that the speech 000W!“ no definite pioposa for chsnslfll tho present eoonom system. In dependent Labor wants s "socls charter" for after the war. McGovern, however, can’! dgbatc oher things that the C u lgtioosevelt Atlllftltlfileficlégflai‘ was one modueigniliiiisg- 211d that the Un- policy, want; to “re-estsblis U10 old financial system of Wall Street" anon oonoeglled with frnerrligtémnagd rac an are s - as‘??? reyectionsry Fascists in this wuntrv." ' Anthony Iden ll HD0355“! i v I l deceit of . manufacturing processes Would conscript Women for some Military Services Motion in British House of Cbmmonn would use women for non - com- batant branches. LONDON, Nov. ft-(O P Cable) 4m- the first time in Britain's long wu- hlstory, Parliament will consider conscrip women for non-combatant. mill , Prime Minister Churchill today introduced a motion in the House of commons seeking enabling leg- islation for conscription of both woman and man power "still available" for war work. The motion read:— "In the opinion of this House, for the pin-pose of securing the maximum national effort in com- bat of the war and in production, the obligation for national ser- vice should be extended to include the resources 0d womsnpower and manpower still available and the necessary legislation should be brought in forthwith." Clement R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, sir Archibald Sinclair, Air Secretary, Ernest Brown. Health Minister and Labor Minister Ern- est Bevin were eo-introducers of the motion with the Prime Min- lster. Parliamentary correspondents, commenting on the surprise mo- tion on the Commons order paper, predicted that eve British man and woman would made liable to national service regardless of age, French Canada Pays tribute To Lapointe QUEBEC. Nov. 2'i—-(CP)-—'Ihe booy of Justice Minister Lapolnw came home today to receive the this French-Canadian capital wliere he was looked upon by his feLcw-compatriofs as the, "cham- pion of our rights." And the tribute paid was the kind‘ only given to a champion. Thousands Bothered at Palace Station to meet the train carrying the b01131 of the Justice Minister from Montreal where he died yes- terday. Thousands more filed past. his bier after the body was laid in state in the spacious chamber of the Provincial Legislative Council. The body was taken from the train and borne aion the plat- form through a doube file or or- ficcrs of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, An honor guard" of Royal Canadian Mounted Police fioristabics walked beside the cas- et. Placed in a motor hearse, the body was carried to the Legislature through an almost unbrcken line of men. wcmen and children. The men dcffed their hats and women bowed their ‘heads as the vehicle wound along the twisting. one-mile route. The body was placed at the foot of the Lieutenant-Governor's throne in the legislative Council and there it will lie until the funeral here Saturday. R.C.M.P. constables mounted guard at each corner of the coffin. The public gathered in long queues nt the legislature a; soon as the body arrived and many walt- ed more than an hour in a chill- ing wind for a chance to pav their respects to the Justice Minister. who represented Quebec East in the House of C"mmons for 22 years The public will be ailcwed to view the body until midnight. and from 0. am. tomorrow until midnight again. Saturday. the body will be taken to 5t. Roch Church. in the heart of the county the Justice Minister represented. for the funeral ser- vice to be celebrated by Rcdrlgue Cardinal villeneuve, Archbishop of Quebec. Burial will be made st Riviera Du Loup. Garding, Grist _, Mills come under Price ceiling far afield, charging‘ smohll OTTAWA. Nov. I1 - (CH-All perform- ‘ed on a custom or ooounluion itod States. by pursuing its present‘ but; were brought under the prim ceiling by sn order of the Wartime Price; and ‘trade Board in Europe-mil"? l" M, announced today. Processes such as the dyeing of fabrics, the comb grist milling. are noted as "services" under the provisions of the 0r- der-fn-Councll of Nov. 1 which fixed the maximum lawful oha District Governor Mr. W. D. English, Saint. John, N. B., district gvcrnor of the Kins- men Club, paid his regular yearly visit to the local club lost evening. Addressing the gathering, he announced that. in Visits Kinsmen »i ‘ 1m three months the ‘ Kinsmen Clubs across Canada through their Milk to Britain Fund gent $50,000 worth of powdered milk to the Old Country, The remnlntlcy- n1‘ K his talk dealt. chiefly with club business matters. He brought the grog‘. local club, presided. Historic In Libyan (By Edward K lngs of other Maritime clubs. Mr. F. G. Ilutchcson, president. of ens Junction Desert British Imperial Troops join Forces with defenders of Tobruk; May be decisive turning point in whole campaign. . _ . i “y, Associated Press Stuff Writer) CAIRO, Nov. 27-—(AI')—Brilish Imperial troops today smashed Axis tank lines four miles north of the recaptured battleground of Rezcgli lo , make historic Junction with the besieged iicfciiilcrs of Tobriik. l This vltaTdesert meeting occurred at Ed Diidn on the 10th day of tribute of thousands of residents of] , the great Libyan offensive. That point. itself W115 captured by the To- , bruit troops in a stub which carried them 10 miles outside their defences. :-..-.____'~_ \ *llsks Press to ,Warn public ‘Of danger l OTTAWA. Nov. 26 —(CP\ —Don- aid Gordon, chairman of |‘e wor- time prices and trade bonrl. called today for can-operation of mo Ca- nadian press in educating the peo- ple to the dangers of inflation. ‘Mr. Gordon summarized the gov- ernment's new price-ceiling policy which goes into effect Dec, l at a meeting attended bv publishers from nil parts of Caitria. "This problem of controlling in- flation we are attacking is basical- ly a problem in human reladons and where good-will, co-operutloii rind above all. liTld€rSlIBildlll1 cxlst, cannot long remain unsolved," Mr. Gordon said." i "That is the tremendous part the lpress can play in this campaign - ltlie education of public oninioi — I tho educator of Mr. Jolin Public to in realization that Ire and his inm- ily are the soldiers in this battle. "Through his daily HCWSDHD“! hc can be aroused first to a sfllse of his danger and, second, to the means of avoiding it." New Ordnance Corps Unit is formed OITAWA, Nov. 27-(CP)-For- motion of a new Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps unit, the lst can- ndian base ordnance workshop, which will leave lor England ss soon as it reaches its full strength of 1,000 skilled tradesmen, was an- nounced late today at defence headquarters. ‘The new unit actually will be the world's largest gsrsge and re- pair shop to keep Canada's mod- ern army ready for action. Men up to t5, skilled in any of b! trades will be accepted. Drivers, imechanlcs, technicians, instru- ment. repairers. telephone and telegraph linemen l-ild men many other trades will be needed. New Zculund troops, supported by American-British tanks and planes, joined with Toiirukls men in 0. push from the south after overcoming violent Axis opposi- tion, The desert point of Bir El l-inmcd was taken en route Thus the British foi'ces_ _ have a tenuous coiiiiiiiiiiiciitioii line curving olcr 100 miles from the Egyptian border near Sidl Omar iiorthwcslward to Toliruk. The link ivitli Tobruk may be s. decisive turning point in the whole campaign, a mllitnijv spokesman midzible pockets of Axis resistance“ still exist on all sides of tliiit. nnr- row line. In addition the Axis still holds stzonr; positions on a 30~miie arc rimming Tobruk WlllCll must broken if the Royal Navy is to fccd more incn 11nd equipment effectively into 'I‘obrilk for trnns- porluilon southward to the churn- ing brittle arena of Rczegli. The Germans and Italians niiso ic n- wcre reported pushing up (Continued on page '7. Col 2) War (By Kirke L. Simpson. Assoc- iated Press Slnff Writer) SOIIiCWlIPLO in iiii- waterless lands of Africa near tiic middle Sen a imftfe 0f man-driven, steel-shelled monsters as gro- tesque as any fanciful invas- ion froni Mars is drawing in- evitably to ii conclusion fraught with tremendous consequences for mankind. On its outcome could turn the fate of both the old world and the new. Elsewhere, the battle flmnes with sinister fury from the Arctic to the Mediterranean and ovcrfnps into the North find South Atlantic, but there are grotring signs of stalemate,‘ increasing portents that. the war may be prolonged indefin- itely. In Libya alone is there discernible possibility of a- fatal early crack in Axis That battle, which armor. none yet Smooth gfllllflq For llll your Bcikinq When you use, (Continued on page '1, Col 2) ‘iron aoosrviziioorsviiiu TALKING Russians ‘Admit Grave Threat ,T0 Capitol City Claim, however, Hitler’si time table badly knocked out of line by Soviet blows. MOSCOW, Nov. 28—(Friday)-(AP) - The Russians iiclinoivledged today that massive German assaults are imperilling Moscow's outer defences, but said llitlei-‘s timetable had been knocked badly out. of line by 13 Regional Offices Planned under Price control scheme UITAWA, Nov. 2'l—(CP)-Wnr. time Prices and 'I‘racle Board of- ficials said today that; the “can. listment of i3 regional offices With regional representatives of the board were being planned, The system will niukc available services required at congruent, points from Vancouver to the At- lantic coast, ivlth local representa- tlves who may be consulted on any particular phase of the board's price stabilization program, _Apart from organization activi- ties in connection with installation 0i___tlic prices ceiling on Dec. 1, officials said they weze making 0W1’? effort. to see that the public was full informed, s; understand- moot w Program and the ne- cessity for it as a means of avert- ms inflation Wtllild govern its success. now f said, but he cmpiiiisiiind that “for- | lntcrpretiiig The National honor demands answer To conscription ‘ MIDLAND, out, Nov. 27_(cpi —(CPt~Lt.-Col, George 119w Ontario Conservative leader, said ‘in an address here tonight "our national honor demands an im- mediate answer to the qnsstyon; Is Canada going to ask less of its men than Britain is risking of its woniciii” Col. Drzuv told in his addresg to tllhwomeifs Canadian Club of My mid of the part women are l Ill 111B ln Britain's war effort. "They 11W ltflntitnx shoulder to shoulder with their men 1n the armed forces, in the factories and in the fields-they ore doing jobs women never did before in war or in peace, “There are about 1.000.000 wo- men in Britain doing full time ‘lvork in the uniformed services gird there urc nitoilici‘ 1.000.000 ivcmnii doin". ymrt time jobs, some in uniform and some not “We have only about a quarter 0f the mcn in uniform that Brf. tiiin has on a proportionate basis 0f Population, but it is more sig- nificant that if we had tlie same ,~iiiimiie:~ oi uonteii in the uniform pf the armed services ns Britain tins in tiroportioii to our popula- lion. there would be somewhere ilirtvceen 260.000 and 270.000 Cann- (lliifl women nOW in some branch .'.»[ the strvlccs." Col, Dreiv said if this number of women were in the service ln Can- tlicy vrould refease more than “twice as mziny men for military FGIVICB as arc overseas with the ifitlliiltllilll forces at the present may 1N. S. Mines Minister ,, I Receives nomination ST. PETERS. N. S., Nov. 27 -- tCP)-— Mines Minister I... D. Cur- ric. who lost liis legislature seat in the Oct. 28 Nova Scot-in geiicml el- ,ectl0n_ was nominated n! fl Liberal [convention today to contest Rich- |illtllifl iii a bgv-clcctlon Dec. l5. l The sczit WiiS opened by the rus- ‘ignntion of D. D. Boyd, Liberal ‘Mr. Currie had represented Cape llretoii east ‘for two t<riiis but icsll l out. to n Cooperative. Commonwealth |F(‘(l(‘l'lil.t)ll candidate in the gener- ' nl election. No op] ’ T0 l Japs Impatient To Learn Fate Cf COTf-CYQFECC Japanese News Agency re- ports British preparing in ‘fl- sion of Thailand; Hasty move by Tokyo might touch off conflict withllliited States. (By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Stuff Writer) “lASlllNGlTiN, Nov. 27—-(Cl’)—l’l‘t‘sitleni Rnostasolt. wiis reported in have done some plain talking zit u 15-min- ute White House conference late today with Siiliiiro Kurusu, Japiin’s special envoy to the United States, zinrl Admiral Kichisziburo Nomura, the Jiipzinesc ilmiiiisstiirlnr. lt was reported tonight that Mi“. Roosevelt eniplin lL’.i‘ll the seriousness of the Far East situation and the donut-r of an all-embracing war in view of reports reaching nulli- oriiziilve quarters in Washington that Japan has been strengthening her forces in French Indra-China within the last few days, perhaps with the object. of fillilfilflll‘! Thai- land as soon as military preparations have been completed. These reports indicated that ~_- Japan is adding to her forces in ' both north and south Indo-Chlna and building up reserves of war} _ _ ziiatcrials not essential to gzirri- j son duty. , Moscow defences Exactly what the United states will do if Japanese troops attack Thailand is impossible to say but. ____ BERLIN, Nov. ZF—tAP)-Ger- man storm detachments wen it was believed possible the ob- vious threat m the Burma road llfitl tiie possibility that American claimed toriijiht to linve taken l4 supplies for the Chinese forces villages in the Mtziscow cleft-nee l would be stopped, might touch off system, in some instances after , ilIl incident qucikly leading to war. desperate hnnd-te-lizind encoun- ' ll l ‘ : tie . I JAPAN IMPATIENT ‘ealhf’ l‘ t“. “.3 r1," TOKYO, Nov. 21 -iari —-Jllpilll "Pdlifd _°“,l"i-'"‘ waited impatiently tonight for n‘ Mme“ or ‘I “lhm h,‘ ill left-t tuo oi tiicso hint of the fate oi‘ the Washington conferences on Pacific pence. Ncivspnpers generally assumed tlint the decision was near. I In general, tlic tenor of the press was that Japan had done every thing possible t0 maintain prnc and that. now the question 0f pence or Will‘ is entirely up to ihc United Slates. ivns on the sou crn front north of Roslov lvlit-re. tale ‘tigili (‘iuiirnziziii ivlili irns _‘ _____ who penetraux ti. machine-rim ll(.~l* stsrl ll‘. :i liaiiul-to-l 1.‘ CLAIM BRITISH MASS TROOPS SHANGHAI, Nov. 28 - (Friday) - (AP) Aapnncsc distributed a story today Cliilmlng that Britain is massing tiuge forces in Malaya for an invasion of ‘Flinilrinil. The account, issued by the D niiel gcncy, quoted a correspondent of the Tokyo newspaper Niclii Niclii as saying the British troops num- bered 500,000. 4HE Lao i WHO CAMS 4N0:- CAnis Everet- ’\'t\it~lCt - BOAST OI‘ NAVY NEW YORK. Nov. 27 —fAi') — The 'I‘okyo radio asserted tonight lliut lliu Japanese navy is yiowi-r- ful enough to keep south American trutle routes open for the Japanese int-reliant marine in the event of ll rennflir-t. in the Pacific. The bromi- isl. iii Portuguese and beamed to 1'- zll. inns heard by NBC. 'I‘IGII'I‘ CONTROL 0F i\li\NlI.i\ MANILA, Nov. 27 --tAI-'t- Tight lllillillfy control of all activities in rhis fnr eastern outpost. perhaps l even a military governorsliip, was lxilir-vcd immizvnt by reliable sour- ces tonight as they surveyul {mast- . i.\..ies stemming from till-day con- l l l l l tinn to the ministci- iiml _ _ rlcvclopezl so for in Richmond. Nom- l iercnces between s0i’ll0l'_ inilltuYY Mid '1‘OR()1\;'1‘Q_ \ inution dny is Dec. l. civil chiefs of the PllilllDlilCS. ‘and nuudmh“, tkynpqj, _.,__ >_,__>_____ ,_ _, ~ - ~~----- Divwson " ' Victoria Edmonton , ee ur ew aw l. Winnipeg ~3- l ‘Toronto l (ittnwa 5° i Montreal "' l" ‘ llnstnii all 54 For Charlottetown Resolution asking for Legislationi, passes unanimously at meeting‘, of Children’s AvimctlxfiSociety. The Children's Aid Society went on record last night as favoring "the establishment of a curfew law in the City of Charlottctown in the near future." The motion. mov- ed by Rev. G. Carlyle Webster and Paymastcr elects Speedy trial annual meeting of the society held in the Court Room in City Build- HAMPTON. N B" Nov‘ fl_ |CP)—Cpl, Fred Grireau, clerk in the payvniastcris office of a regi- ment. at Camp Sussex, elected speedy trial when he appeared be- fore Judge L. P. D. Tflley in the Kings County Court here today charged with theft of more than ing. 1-Ion. Dr. W. J. P. ltiacMillan was re-electcd president for the coming year and other officers named were: Vice Presidents, Rev. O. Carlyle Webstcr and Rev. P. D McMahon. D.D,; Ronoinrv Solicitor, Mr. Don- aid MacKinnon, KC; Bee-Tress" BOSTON, Nov, ZT-JAPi-Jrurc- 'cast for northern New England»- Fiiii" lllltl ciiiitiiiuirii ("Ml FritlffY night; Saturday fair, tin-mil in zlie nflrrnnon Synopsis; The \\‘C{l'llt1 llJS been modcratcly~ cold in no ivestfln provinces and cold iviili 4'05 snowfniis mid flurrlcs Ln northern Ontario while in sivii=~‘<n (lu- tmio it. has contiiizieil lllilll, High title tilts ltl(li"lil'lf ' (‘till nnrl lenient. at. (i551. Bun sets this iiftvnmon at 4.21 and rises lfilllfil'i"t'v'.' morninB it 7.15. Full moon. Dre. 5, 451 Dm- I Summersiiin f‘dc rlllllflPv" ma‘ utes infer than Charlottetown. seconded by Rev. I. J. levy, was’ BORDEN-‘QQJILQ.ggnuEN-r“E unanimously adopted at the 32nd mull‘. |3x115|ry 51:11pm’) i..." Borden 0.25 A.M., 1.00 I'M. 't‘fu,'::,',"(¢,,p» Tnriv-ciiilnr ll.00 \.i\i. m, “M, 5.2a mi. Sunder service lrnre Borden ‘NW m‘- mmrml“ Mm“ for an such service as the his - ifiiiilhmrihhfig-Tbailiil‘ fibiiil at shim regimes in "is M; the fiery Boot. for deolarinl‘ thlt gcfifllffm“ "°°“,5°l’*' 1‘ ‘l’ i _-- The eemn‘ M6“ been" (Continued on Plte s. 0W0 *"°°""° 9°”- H1550 [JANA A B WW Major TE. MacNutt. The council named was as lul- lows: Rcverends A. Ledrew Gard- y (Continued on page ’f, Col S) $2,000. The trial was set for 11°“ Tliursrlny, n d I um Garcau was comm tc 01' < by Magistrate Bertram Emmi 0-‘- sugaex yesterday. 4. 5 I'.\l.: I nv- 131W‘ W?“ Qhiliifiiiigdiiirla A..\l.. “ha l. i mi. Wm," wmxiis ll"'.l!\' ‘ (DAILY, lNf LI m“. ‘~i "urns? Loaves Wnurt ‘\l.lllil (1.30 A. M. 10.00 A. M. and L10 l‘. M. Leaves (‘arihou 8.15 Ad“. 11.45 noon and 3.15 P. lVl. t l \ \ s s \ it s s l i v 7