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Battle

ncendiaries In 2 British Towns

Nazi “fire attacks” reach pro- portions of London raid, is belief.

Mystery ship ls sighted Cff Alaska

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. — (Art — A mysterious gray steamship of_unknown Ilfltlflil- al-tv and fiyuuz no ilalt. W118 reported oil the Alaskan coast 1mm; apparently headed for Berlin! strait. _

The report received in marine circles here said the vessel re- fused to answer radio requests asking her identity. anillanored ugh]. signals from passing ves-

els. _

u illarincrs, unable to identify tlie craft. speculated whether it. might be a raider".

The craft was described as shout 400 feet louz with a cut- ter how. square stern. bridge niililship and four arched cargo booms.

Maritime Premiers in Conference

nIONCTON. N. 8.. Jan. 3-161“ '

_Pl'cinicis of the Maritime Prov- lrlccs collicrrcd li(‘l'(.‘ today and tuiilgli‘. on recommendations o1 the Roucil-Sirois Commission on Federal-Provincial Relations bu‘. no tilili0llllC"ll1E'llt. was made con- ccriiliig views expressed at the conference.

A brlrf statement. by PlYlllllCl‘ J. B. lilcNa r cf Ntw Brunsxvick of- ici" the lllltttlllfil merely sold:

“inc purpose cf today's meet- hig "was to discuss recommenda- tzoiis oi the Royal Commission on Dcniiniuu-Pl"ovlnciiil affairs.

“The sflislfillS were private and tt was ft-lt that it. was not advis- able to niakc any announcement. at this tine concerning tho views 9" card by those present.“

C c at llic iiicciing were‘ Prziiiicr." A. S. lvlncMlllon of Nova scotin and Thane Campbell of

Prince Edward Island, mid Attor- iiei"-Gciici"nl J. H. MacQunrric of

Nora Scotia.

The ccrfcrence was a pNlDRIR-t i.i" inciting for thc Driiriinion-l . lwlal conference to be llEldt P‘ C n sttirtlntz Jail. i4. whrivt

ti": ltiynl Commission recommen- dations will be considered by rep-_ Vsfllllll vcs of the Dcmlnlcn and Provincial Governments. l iii making ills brief statement Prrmicr McNair acted as spokes- niaii for the group. He declined to. sav wliotlirr or not any decision llrfblJfftll rclichcci for the tlirc." provinces to present a llllllcil lroiit at the Ottawa conference.

QUICKER SHIPPING l

AUCKLAND. N.Z.-tCPt - New Zcalanrl is excedltlniz shlpnlllil refrtlzernted produce to England bv c system of fast but smal‘er ships Wm csser oor‘s feeding lnrizcr mm bv trons-shipment at the bis

Coming Events

U"Matla.ine Doyel-Rcadlnils. 26 r-iiei" nillsborouiili. L-lt-l-li-li.

‘_'Loadlne hogs ‘lnursdav. Jan- léfilv lltti at Grand View Station. 1111M W. E. Jenkins. L-48-l-4-4l.

D"B0n,shaw l-ial.. New Years aiice. ruesday. January ‘ltn. Sale °1 lunches. Women's Institute.

L-ifl-l-t-ll.

C"Come to tlic Fanning School Joiicert ln Molpeque "HailwMonday, “"11"! 0. If stormy Wednesday, Jlnulrv a. 7.30 p.m. L-si.

"Annual meeting of the Tryon llmlmel‘ Institute will be held in ‘e TYYW H1111. Monday the 6th. nfY 111 Jnnuar at. 2 p.m. if stoiniy Jsettng will held Wednesday, retlilxlgll! 8. Charles H. Lord. Sec-

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“Under the auspices of the gilllllntltgn Shipping club a gen- mn meeting of farmers. Kenslng- Ge district. Will be held in KlllB Jnllfflf Hall. ‘Tuesday evening. nkflmry seventh. 1941, at. eight Mflfk- The "Sheep and Swine Befikfllllk Hellenic" will be pre- "tl “"11 dlsctiwd. Members of

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. ketlng Boaid "l" Provliiclul Mar " algmlllézlrtcdf to be present. every o . » - - - -

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LONDON, Jan. 4 —<Sat\iidoy) — (GP) —- Hundreds of firemen and volunteers fought desperately early today against great German -set fires in two British towns —one in the Western MlLllQlldS and the other southwest England.

The assaults by German airmen hurling fire and explosive bombs brgan last night and appeared to vuvc assumed the proportions ear-

' iy today of previous Nazi attacks on

London's "city", Cardiff, Birming- ham, Coventry and Bristol.

Four firemen and two soldiers were killed in the southwestern town in fighting the flames.

One hospital whose ground floor ivzis badly damaged by exploszircs was rcpcrtcd to have been evacuat- cd without casualties.

London hzid three alarms by ear- ly today. but. only iiii occasional plane tvas heard overhead accom- panicd by sporadic bursts of anti- uircmft fire.

Hundreds of lncciidiaries were cnst upon the Wes: Midlands town. Civllhns were kept busy extinguish- ing tlic tires that sprang up, and scores of buildings were thus sav-

ed.

A hospital was IYjJDTTGIl badly damaged hy a high explosive bomb", alc renamed lilt urrrc zinothcr hos- {‘.".f\l and nuvslilg ltomc, a municipal clinic. a (‘OllVf”'l'.. a movie theatre. a liotcl and three schools.

Othfr I"tl!l€IS wcrc stated to be ‘» a town in the northwest of

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still fell tonight and a " wind mace the English Ciionvrl choppy.

Tlic Press Association said that. scelttvzis of Cardiff. Wales. hard hit. .s- NHYlS 'I‘hursci‘1v night, were out of S.F‘ll'.“! at Yprcs tB"l'~'iii . i" lii liic last ivai".

Cardiff. an important coal port. .‘i\llll‘l‘l'(l its ivorst potlndrlig. The zovcriilnciit Rl1llCllll.""t’l that clriince-c was (‘OHSlGPTHIYQ ziiitl discloscd there d l‘..""'I‘l iiii llffllfllttfl number of

‘I .. the tiny". ixiformcd sources "slid it is [lliiuncd in (lviirilniie all but. churches of lllP lauildtnc." dain- "ccrl iii the cltv c‘ londrri bi- 1h».- Nzivi fire bomb raid last Sundiy iliplil.

Sll/‘FYW. l STOFKUOLM IC iciii stirvcvs in l.»liii.."i tiiivc l‘(‘\‘(“ll(‘(l rcsou."t ' l. CGDDOI‘ and cold ore. Oiic sec- u ‘ u‘d icid at lciist 750 000mm:

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CHARLOTTETOWN,“ CANADA, SATURDAY, JANUA

GROUP CAPTAIN R. “I. RYAN

Who is director oi’ the Royal Can- adian Air Force Medical Services.

Gigantic ll. S. ShiphuililingPro- gram lmiitched

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—(AP)— A_ gigantic Slllll-btllttlllll! omklain. aimed at producing 20o new ocean- goinfl callzo vessels uitn a 5D€€ll YEIIIIIIISLEIIL oi the ieverish culi-

strlzctini of first Grcut War doysl

was announced today bv President RCtBCl/elt. -

_Tlic vessels. 1.560.000 tons Ollllllll. will cost $300,000,000 to $350.0ti0.0t.0

ztnd, Mr. Roosevelt sold. SLllllL‘ sliou cl t

oc rcndv inside a year.

Tiio President said the cnrrlo car- riers vessels are going to the boltcln in the war. and that tlicic lire ores nccts of u world Sllllflllfltl oi ten- tinge.

he diverted press coiifcrciiccflucs- nrntliuim "".v o." rc-

tions as to wlietlicl" tlic wcud lll(l BPllJlll in uliv sut in LAO ieicltsc oi ships zo hlfl-ihll to .0 ' these sunk by UllPllly‘ li ion.

lint sellout fnctcls i.i tn‘.- grain. sileli its the liii ciu lion to slicrizlcl: ('.;.~il of desluii ill the liitciu oi OI (‘OILYfillCllC-ll, lllltlldliltlifill’ (‘l dcrtrd speculation that tlic lion lS.l"‘tLlDll tontciniziutl L-‘iiuliii some tlic col iilxzblin of getting bottoms to ukc cdlizniiiciit liiici io.:<l zicrcss the At- lallllC.

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5,000 Prisoners; Storm Bardifi

To seek 10 Million Monthly In Certificates

OTTAWA, Juli. 3 ——(CP) —A na- tive wide campaign to recruit 2.000- 000 Canadians who will Pledge themselves iii war savings cevtlti- cute: every month will be set in m0- tlon by an army of volunteer work- ers late in JMIURU’. 1t W8! Rnmlum" ed today by the iiptlonal chairmen of the ivzii" savings committee.“- Gaspe Benublen and W. H. Somer- vllle. Present. salcs are just tinder 33.000000 monthly’.

From house to house. from fnc- tory to factory and into stoies and offices. volunteer workers wll swlnB into action durl-ng the last week ln January and continue until Feb. 28

Backing the ivork of these canvas- sers. another large group of com- niitteo workers will arrange for speeches. public rallies. parades. ad- vertisements in newspapers and ap- peals by radio and ollboaro

‘Fhe camalgn and tin urgent. need it represents will be the .11: mc of labor meetings. service club pro- grams. gatherings of women's or- ganizations“ all focussed on this one phase of raising the money for Canada's war eff hi. the pledgnig of $20,000,000 in war savings certifi- cams in 194i.

The committee has sci". o\it tl-c following montliflv (‘Jycctivcs by provinces afici- tsiiiirl into consid- eration the popiiln". .~..<. iiormnl pry-

i-olls mid war contracts in cnch pmvliicc: Brvf-li (‘nlmnhli M00000‘): Al-

berto shlitilititl; ‘s‘.i.-'<:it>lic\\'iiii $1150.- 000; Muiii‘otz:i 9520.000: Oiitnrlo $4 - (b01300; (3_\|v‘x"c. 52.400009; NQV Brunswick $200,000; Nova Scolizi

9400000; Prince Edwin-d Island 8110-.

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REPORTED lN BIG BRE

lPetain still Studying Gov’t Reorganization

(BY Rube"- Okln. Associated Press staff writer)

VICI-IY, France, Jan. 3—(AP)\_ Marshal Philippe Petaln was said authoritatively tonight to be still studying a reorganization of his government. after a day of confus- 1nR_3i’ld contradictory statements during which Paul Baudouin, a leading figure of the regime, re-

lslantler on Canadian Army Casualty list

Pte. Daniel Peters, of 14g“ Island, llldlln reservation in Malileqae Bay, P.E.I., whoso "an"? 30961115 l_n deaths on the 32nd casualty list of the Cana- dian (active) army was a vet- eran of the last ureat War. it was learned last night. It was believed he served with the 105th battalion.

llfl had been residing some-

signed. Authorized informants tonight when, m, the “imam; at me

characterized as

"premature" an ti _ apparently official announcement, “T? uvlatrijeazlll ‘igalbéllellgdnrlo flaéglcll allbill? dny. that the cab- hate enlisted there. Ile was d, “i111 t P11 Yeflfganlzed with a man-led to a girl from Lcnnox

llu. mac of three men found to Island last winter. He had

hold broad powers under Petaln. These three are Navy Minister. Admiral Jean Dorian. 61, War Minister cliarlcs Huntzlger, 60, and Foreilrn Minister tetra-Etienne Flaiidln. 5i. It was said at the time that Dorian would be in charge of the Interior Department; Hunt- ziger charged with defence powers and Flarldin responsible for eco- uoiiiic as well as foreign affairs. Such a change in the cabinet has lone" been expected but, of- flcials sold they did not know when it. would announced. It was indicated the German Gov- crlilncnt had been told about the plan, but it was uncertain whether it had been approved. b ‘The French are still waiting for " 9911110113719 Willy to Pctalns note cii n plan for the resumption of French - G c l‘ in a n negotiations, staicmntcd since Pierre Laval was prtcd out of office as Petainls Vice

been married before and his wife had been dead some time. It was not learned whether he has any sons or daughters.

Ptc. Peters was about fifty ywnrs old. persons acquainted unti ll in said.

There is no telephone connec- tlon to Lcnnnx Island and next of kin of Ptc. Peters eould not be reached from here. but it was learned from persons in districts in Prince (‘utility zid- jaccnt ti; the reservation that the new; of Priors‘ ilezzih llfld been reccived several (lays n20. OTTAWA, Jan. 3 —(LJP) —F‘i\'c

dcuilis uzid two other casualties were reported late today in the 32nd casualty list of the Canadian (active) army, bring the total num- bcr of dead and missing repoi" in tire active hirny since the stzlrt- of the war to 149.

Pram“. mum weeks “gm The best list. wlth_re icutal numbers and ilIIlOFIIIZIIIOII is that the reply may n"3xl‘°f‘klni_ gbc cxpcctcd within a fovv days, and 53nd:

ltlie impression prevails that it will R°Y3l 0311551311 C°TP5 0f signal-Y

‘ticrmlt of some 5011 of an ac- Sijlmii. Wellington Moroui John- cord. stun. B-31126, William F. Jclinslon

Oiic thing definite amid we (father) c-o Mrs. William McLcii- -dn “s contradictory reports was 11311. 368F130?!) Jl111¢11011. 0111»

Western O".i‘lii"io R: iriit,

Pte. Samuel Slinnnm. a A-22076. Mrs. Thomson Shannon twifc), 'I‘oi"- onto.

Qucbcc Rcuiincnt,

Pc. Douglas Victor Curlingc. D-

nudouin lirld resgincd. No reason given. The communique stat.- cd simply that he had nskcd Pc- ‘tziin to accept his resignation and ]tliiit Pctriin agreed. l-le was iiend <f tlic secretariat in the Premier's clflci‘.

Ynfurnicd persons expressed the nicu he left because of discord

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WINS GEORGE CROSS

Llcut. John lilnz-millnn Stevenson Patton, 25. son (if ltfrs. (‘tilin (Isliorii. Bull's Lune, Iliiniilioii, tins been avvtirclcii the (lcorgc Cross [or

overseas. At the .sk of his lifc. he rcmovcd ll. (lclllyrcil lietiirn time liomb from tin lmyirntant ivwirtlnii-f industrial plant ch ';l'itl‘.lI"!l‘I‘l‘Il‘ ti"- iiv-es cl‘ wen‘ cii and rroocriv ,

‘Cays Corvettes .S=ecre success

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hers o! the cab- Pr". Dziliii-l Pears. (1-27478. Mrs ‘T, 1113i 111111 11K‘ D1’ Dffi that» 1111601‘ Elsie 1.. Pcters twiiei Lrnnox Is ...,‘,, the pronorcd gnvcrnmcnt change lug-p, 3mm con-pg; P,E_1_ ,; u”, lic unuld linvc less power. A News rfiglnclli, _ __ xi lilhlllllttf‘ fcc:

_"'“—'_'*‘_"- Y John Artlii": Vicar, M-loolfi t v. in‘ iv-niniii-

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Lily Vigor twifcl, Dzingnrotisly’ ill: Riyal Crnadirin Artillery‘:

Gin". ll/lclboilrnc William Hruzlcw son. G-Bliifi’.

New Air Cervice is inaugurated

MCNCTON. ma- Jan 1i.—lCP)—‘ l A 111*\\' titillv liirlnnll-ps. so ‘ ‘ -

Wounded:

Hrnfioltrirtcrs tiiiits: t Col. John Kclburne lflWStYl. Mrs. IIl\\\’l(t"S\\‘Ul"ll‘l

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All" Lznts to Montreal. Canadl- ‘ -i\. t3 points in the tlirce‘ and Northeast Airlines. 1 c group of officials and ns welcomed the party inauiluriil iiight from DUBLIN. Jan. 3-—tAP)—~Dllblll1 d. Those arrivlnR hereu-cs bombed before dawn today by 1 E. Lllmlel. dllevwl‘ 0f u German aircraft whose explos- “'l1 PO-‘tlfll 59YV1W-W8511- ives smashed two houses on Doii- "lllclflls 11f N°1lh9¥15t ore Avenue, injuring some 20 per- ‘fl "elvsuflnerlllml- The!’ sons. Prlinc Minister Dc Valera Fl dmnel’ lflnmhl- bl’ u" sent a still protest to Berlin and with his cabinet in

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CAIRO. Jllll. .'l—lAPi—Ati.strnl- t,‘ l;§‘°‘.‘" . . . A1181 _ WWW p," "Oops Sgnfnunlc! ti“; nniipn‘ l‘i;.“w “Slxtlflsmlngfng/‘Ilalilclzgg?lsecret. session amid rumors that fortress cf lliirttiii. Libya. alrclit‘ “ s of ‘he cmfccuncn: Rand any fllllll"! attack would mean lllnt‘ taken moi-o than 5.000 pi-i - S. ,,,,,,",aqer o; melll19_8?<l>11151f>11 o! the Gelman mm- oiicrs. n qiizirtci" of tlic garrison. g ty-ellhel W E111 the British command announced ‘ it ' Gem-Re The Dflllflrlmelll 0f Elxlemfil Al- toiiiulit in ii spcciiil coninituiiruic. 1. 191mm; sqnglvlsgr (“Lard 711115 foflflfllly 1111111190 the Nfllls

The cozninilnitiuc snid lll1‘l‘(‘l 1 Air M-ii sprvipps- E, w, ‘Moi- 5°} U19 b°111l1111l§ 0f three 1211161‘ “Cpcrntioiis ore developing si lip Dim-m post-u inspector ni'-_""9“5 111 "clllml ElY°—-511¢11 01161‘ ci-ssfullv Ill, Bnrdln. So lill‘, moi‘ l m: and Flnicr Inqrnliam. Postal dell?‘ have bee" occurmlt; ""01" than 5.000 prisoners linve bceli Inspector. Ssilnt John. ' mllmmlf/ $111“ Wednesday 111811! |cnplu,.ed_~- -:uid announced "an energetic

Earlier dispatches from the Puma l° the Germ!“ 60119111"

‘Ftlllllli! zone declared that the sud-

drn attack. ltd by lllt‘ caper Alis- lrnlinns. had broken through tlic half-ring of forts protecting tllc Italian port and that tlic iissiiiilt was continuing. supported by

tanks.

The thrust was prcccdcd and supported by the heaviest aerial bombardment yct conducted in the

African war, authoritative sources reported. All inst. night. mid this mornlniz.

from dusk until down. ltoynl Ali" Force planes crossed and recrosscd the pcrtmctrc of Bnrdia. dropping ions of explosives and liiceiidlarlcs on the beleaguered Italians and Sign-ting huge fires all over tho town.

Not a single plane was lost in this extensive operation, RAF headquarters said.

Then. at dawn. the Australians launched tliclr drive.

They reported a fairly deep penetration in the southwest sec- tor of the semi-circular Hardin de- fcnccs by noon.

The British command conserva- tively indicated that if things continued to go well the fortress would be taken in "a few days.

The Italians had the advantage lii a number or well-built block- liouscs. concealed machine-gun nests and barbed wire entangle- mciits. the whole network of de- fences being back by heavy artil- lery. including at least. one b18- cnlibre iiavni gun mounted ashore.

‘But the Australians crushed llirutillli soutliwe~t oi‘ tlic viiiil which iilr~iir|y' lll\(l been weakcnctl by the iit'l'l"l oiislliilulit. lllt‘ nliiiost (mm. pullllllllly! by llll‘ boliibs and tho lilo utlns of llic British flcct

offshore.

ment against the violation of Irish ‘territory by German aircraft and ,tl.c in»; of life and destruction of "pxrji rtjv."

The Eire Charge d‘Affalres in Bcilln, it was added, had been "flll‘lll;l‘ instructed to claim full lcyarntlons and insist. that effec- tive stcps be taken to avoid a re- currcnce of such happenings."

tin London informed sources as- serted that bombs dropped on Eire in the post two days had COIIV‘. without question from German planes and interpreted this as meaning that the Nazis had given up any hope that Eire would re- main neutral lf the Germans should attempt to use her terri- tory to invade Britain.

(Unofficial but reliable military observers stated that the bombing and subsequent attempts to in- vade Eire merely would be a pl-inse of the sustained preparation foi- invasion of Britain.)

This afternoon Eire soldiers fir- ed with rifles and machine guns upon what they believed was a hostile plane over Dublin. but the Government's information bureau subseq ntly described it as a civil

lane. en route frcm Eruzland to

blln. which ran into difficulty"

The craft had dropped flare-s lll ithe historic cemetery of Glcs- nevtn and these were generally ric- cepted at. first as incendiary bombs, since the use of a flare in broad daylight ls extraordinary

Informwl sources usctl the inci- l5‘ll5.ll_\' of

lNazi freedom ‘Station still Broadcasting

DON. Jan. ii-(CP Cable)- The German freedom station. elu- sive disscininator oi anti-Nazi iii- loililatton which Hitler's henchmen have ions sought to 011i. 011i 01 w‘ tlon, continues to broadcast ac- counts of Nazi misdeeds and cruel- ties. eccorulniz to information re- ceived in London tollav.

The station ls believed to be oo- erated insiug Germany. inovniu from olacc to place at frequent in- tervals lii oRier to outwitthelzov- eminent which claims it has stamp- ed out a.l opposition

It noes on the air at regular in- tervals and has been heard from time to time in the United Idiot!- dom. but owlnii to "lemming by Nazi stations on the same wave- length u. ls difficult to oick uo the freedom station coherently.

Charles of atrocities committed bv the Nczls occuDy much of the sta- tions time on the air. The cherries inc ude the followlns:

Hlmm‘er, chief cf the Gestapo. has trained and instructed his fol- lowers to fight against Germans in the event of an uorlsinii. ' "

Poles are being ruthlesslvexololt- ed and women maltreated. l,

The Gestapo is being cruel to Czcclis. Dunes and Norweillans ~01- ten with concrete incidents outlin- lmz the Nuzi terror in Norway anti‘ iiimihci", the economic robbery at Denmark. lured.

IJON

dent lo point out the feeling in Eire.

The list of casualties in rnltlc. slvcc Wednesday night stood u’ ilirec (lend uiirl an until-ie-riiiliii-tl considerably above 20. iii-

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jllcinforcements For Artillery i“

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q Liner bueen Eizaheth at Cape Town

IFNDCN Juli. d»-tCPi.-li, was ' l‘ “v' ' the - bctli . S nth cu rout? iill. ll.