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Fascists make precipitate re- treat from last frontier post on Anglo-Egyptian-Sudan border.

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10rd Woollen, Britain's minister of food. runs the biggest store in the world and buys 5600000000 tt2,670.00tJ,000) worth of food eaoh pl‘. l-iis interests range from caviar to the meat that goes into the bulldogs biscuit.

Appeals for Enlistment in lir Force

TORONTO, Jan. 21 (C?) — An appeal to young men to Join the rioyul Canadian Air Force was issued tonight by James S. Duncan, acting Deputy Minister for sir, before a meeting of Tn- nmto honrd of trade.

"Aircrews are what we need today and will need more in tho future," he said in what pro- bably was his Inst speech he- Life retirement as Deputy Min-

FY.

‘fraoing the rapid growth of the Ilriti h Commonwealth air lnlnlug plan since its inception little more than a year ago. Mr. Duncan said if now had reach- ed the production stage and by Qtlllembcr would be operating at Iiiil speed.

At the present time, only en- iiugir men were In reserve to last about Z I~2 tn three months.

lie directed his appeal not on- ll in potential airmen hut to civilians as well. warning that the war would be a "hard" one 1.1:]! way few Canadians realiz-

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Astnienient said the passports Were mnrle out to James Gallaither. ohnwfilluvtlsil man was identified as um h "M. 03. and he told officers deli“ suit" have“?

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By ERIS BIGIO Associated Press Stuff Writer

CAIRO. EEYDI. Jan. TL-(AP) — A precipitate retreat of Italians into Eritrea from their last poet on the border with the Anglo-Egyptian s“- dim. Umm Hanizar. was announced in military circles here tonight. British troops were in hot pursuit.

While the British East. African campaign was RBJIUIIR momentum. another branch of Gen. Sir Archi- bald Wovell‘s army of the Nile was strengthening positions 2.000 miles away at Derna, the next Lib- yan port 1n the path of the major drive Westward across North Africa.

British vanguards in Italian Eri- trea were only a few miles from

rdat an important station on the railroad eastward toward Asma- yond, anrti Massaua, Eritrea! only . por .

The Italians threw up defence works hastiiv at Azordnt. British military sources said. There was no indication. however. that Italian‘ troops would be sent up the railroad from Asmara to reinforce the divi- sions which British forces now have pressed back about 80 miles since the recapture of Kussolu. in the An- glo-Etryntlan Sudan. Jan. I

Another British column in Erit- rea was reported closing in on Bar- entu. about 3B miles southwest of Awrdat

The chief pressure on the Itnli- ans in Ncrthern Africa crime from the Royal Air Force. but the Middle East commands communique said operations in the rcizion of Dema- were deveopinz satisfactorily.

In the capture of Tobruk last week. British headquarters said. 25.000 Italian prisoners were taken

‘invasion. raise Britain's tsfui of Fascist prisoners to about 111.000.

The communique said 22 medium and 28 light tanks were seized at Tobrtik. Couniimr and sorting of guns captured there is nrceeedmii.

The RAE. ivhlch has worked in imissn With the and forces on hclh fronts. clestroveri six Italian n-‘tincs in Sundnws fiahtiurt. five shot down in air lmltles rind one dmstrrwed on a lnndina flelrl. The only British less W115 one flrrhter plane.

On a seisarnte fiohllns! frnntsiill farther down in Africa. the ‘Brunch reported prowess h:th in the Met- omma sector and interior of Ethio- yo, British nnirifs in It- alian S". nliluurl. opposite the Kon- vn border hurl onmrrrd ‘l1 sivrcesf- ful encounters “nlnnz the xvho e front."

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Overnight Raid on vital Rail eerure

One Enemy Bomber Shot Down in Eng- land.

LONDON, Jan. 27.—-(CP)- Han- over, vital railway and industrial centre of northwestern Germany- waa the tariret of an overni ht Brit- ish raid. that started "two geand several small fines." it was an- nounced today, as the Royal 1=‘0rce resumed its assault on the ilgpply centres of the Nazi war ma-

i . 61.1mm»- of the Nazi air force over- Engiand continued at a mini-

....London saw the eighth suo- cessive midnight arrive with- out an air raid alarm, and from the rest of the country the reports told the same story -> —no air activity, no alerts after

dark.

C “ ’ bad “ over . the channel and Nazi contin- ental air bases were believed

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Parachute troops have a role all their own in U. S. army training. This soldier 5 u _ Illn: on the long “static line" from the ship to open his chute, ‘me “hwh "leased I Ilrevlflll! Jumper, trails alongside the plane.

to have kept the German raid- ers grounded. Rain fell In the Dover Strait, which was calm under a. hovering fog.

Only minor raids in eastern midlands r and eastern Scot- (lland were reported during the ny.

mum. with one raider shot down' and its crew or four interned at an east Elli-{lillld town.

The Air Ministry said a small number oi RAF. bombers particl- pateddiin last nlghVsieliplctsllllii {and . . incen ary nttac on nz us r n er- nets in Hanover. All aircraft 1e- H1 tinned safely.

The bomber shot down in Britain was a Junkers II, heudintz home ai- ATHENS. Jan. 2'7 —(AP) fRe- tel" it bombed the east English town. iniorced Italian infuut-ryrrien fight- the ailnisirys news service said. It ing norm of Klisuro, Albania, coon.

was struck by an anti-aircraft shell.

With smoke pour-inc: from its starboard engine. it skimmed ruci ions and made a perfect landiniz in a field.

The four crewmen clmbed out. trsacri hand zrenades in the Diane which exrfocled and burned. and surrcridcztu to mlitarv police.

Italian ration tlf Spaghetti is cut further

ROME. Jan. 27 —-(AP) —R.\tion cords further ic-snmilng the ton- umpiion Ci Sl).i;',ilL"\Ll emphasised

tor-stocked with the aid of tank: but once more have been thrown back with revert: losses, a Greek govzrninent spokesman said tonight.

Specific loc Lions were not given by the spokesman who said repent- cd l-xiscisl. itttnzks were aimed at holding s11'ntc..l'; heiglrs.

"Our army again glliilvd ground, mopping up the terrain wzrurr. the Luann.» left many dead and woiuul- en, and taking 147 prisoners,“ lit?

‘ant hammering by the Greer in lplow-zrro temperatures and heavy ensws was said to have . "enormous" toll of 11.11- 1:111 sncngih.

Counter attacks. sources here said, nine lulled siunaily to stop the slow Greek advances.

Lairuc number Oi cusuuitics have born .011 uv the Italians cn Li‘

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an evcr-tig. tcnuiu iuud can .1 on hutteiiclris utter eucii foray. his- ihe home lront tozzizht while some pinches from the from lilies slated. (Retails were revealed of German u: Greek Hows are cuuturluu bctuvfiu to 11ml}; 100 and 200 men a day.

in“. mm, command rpporu,“ thin! 11a tun 1.01am were said to have in Albunin trninloil: s of ilive bonn- “W” “ui““'~“t“d “mm " b‘ m“

crs and fig-lite: t": ' sen; 1mm ‘P, ',( .1 zmzuiy ‘sled n patrols 1n I u a L” _ __ r<~~isii1:p (irrel: pl‘(“~llit‘. , /

The prtnwnt-c of these German r a n ziirzvcn in 11:113. it wa claimed, ‘ed to forinrzn is that they were

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orrawa Jun. tow-value of cheques cashed Dy fillflldflila beams in o4 billldtililli centres v-as su-u-kihoutlnrilll Iii 1940 comnaltu with bunurnuulhuutl n1 19.114. the iJu- inirnun bureau o1 Statistics rewll- ‘ ed tcuay. h ‘ _ 1 '1ne report suld 2105M“ 999110?‘ c. octlvny,‘ reflected Ill the indict-s ct I employment and the nluslvul volume oi business. was iesuuirsiore for tne increase l Increases uvbnnk debits were ‘ shown in Rli five economic areas of , Uunnuu, with the greatest percent.- age gain reported ill the MAUI-line t1 svinccs. i Totals bv economic areas. W t-h

aQuebetl $0.9 $900,687 l$u.a20.399.452>-

1039 iaures in crackers: Maritime Provirices $824,430 use isoiiI.941-9l1'-

‘I 5.3B4.403.4t3{) \$l3.6l8.49_°). 448) P irle Provinces $d.1l8.4u7.i=01 isuailrnzasnrro», British Oolumbil $2,137,115.55 i$3.0‘-il>,284.080). l Bank debits 1n December. 1M0. totaled $3.203 000 compared with s3049.000 the previous month and 531051000 in December, 1939, the report said. v

ll. S. to arm Naval ships Against planes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2'1 —-(AP)—- lvleusures to arm the ships of tho United States navy against air at- tack at a cost of $300.000.000 and to put 595 more midshlpmen inte train- ing at Annapolis sailed through the Beuau today without a ripple of oppo ition.

The House of Representatives had passed the bills last week. The Ben- alie naval committee held a brief hearing oin them this morning and sent them to the Senate where they passed by "unanimous consent." The Senate action sent the measures t0 the White House.

The committee also approved a $900,000,000 authorization to larild 400 small naval craft and expand shipyard faculties but chairman David Walsh (Dem-Mass) did not ask the Senate to shove this bill thrown like the others. I-le probab- ly will call for a vote on Wednesday when the Bennie meets qaln. l

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' ‘ i cities of will»; ' ' ' . inn" 'l'.‘l§“(l fur their an- . . rns"nili~.x-:nt. , Both thic Finis oirl the use of ' (Is-rnnns u police rluiv were denied WITH THE GREEK ARMY m Ivy Fascist spokesmen, ALBAMA ‘hm 27_,Ap,__}\_ppe,,r- 1*‘ '*i‘ slice of German-type lalancs and

a marked change in air Official testimony 0n lend-lease hill

WASHINGTON, Jun. 2'7—tAP) -l.n an atmosphere oi the deepest secrecy, both the United states

gzcck officers today t0 silcculatc on whether Italian ilots are doing all the bombing gnu nst; the Greeks 0n this trout.

"I don't think those planes are being flown bv Italians," said one commander who has been on the front since the start of’ the War "I never have seen Italian planes operated as these planes are be-

st few days.

opposition is

tlves Foreign Relations committees T7118 IIT°W1HB Bl!‘ _ today heard high government of- [fiflllslmz Greek flmdeifi’ f" $11191; iicia testify on the lease-lend xgltlgstgigclgvgaigngjagngg expec-wd

bill, with state Secretary Cordell I-Iuil emphatically telling the Sen- ate group that passage oi the measure would not lead this coun- try into war.

when winter lifts.

Greek officers are hoping to ob- tain large numbers of planes from the United States and Britain

He was reported to have said bYn-‘DTUIB- _, that United states assistance to Y0" 59° hm” it 15- ‘find, ti“ Britain was "largely responsible” ch19! 0f "Eff 1n 0hflrke- It: er-

rlble. We must have help in air-

ior the fact that the Nazi army planes‘ Many airplanes,

was unable to follow up its seiz- ure of French ports along the English Channel with an invasion of Britain. The bill itself. he add- ed, mereiy continues and effectua- tes a program and policy already well established.

Meanwhile, the I-Iouse commit-

THE SWIMMING BATH

LONDON. Jan. 27.—(CP)—!-Ierc's a squib that reached London from the independent French News At!-

l lrccp-s ferried across the Adriatic bv ‘

tactics . since the first 0f the year caused _

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ee heard Admiral Harold R. Stark, the chief of naval oper- ations and ranking officer of the

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Represents island Legion Command

OITAWA, Jim. 27—(CP)——A re- solution expressing confidence in, the abilit of the British Isles toj "dely nit er's worst" and in ultl-l mate victory for the nnpire was adopted at the opening session of| the Canadian Legion‘; annual Do- g minlon executive council meeting during the week-end.

The resolution was cabled lo the British Empire Service League in London.

(Col. H. D. Johnson. M.D.. vn, Dominion representative on the Prince Edward Island Provincial command. is representing this province at the meeting)

cncy: A German soldier stopped a student and asked him "where is the swimminiz bath?" “Between Calais and Dover." the student re- plied. I-Ie was promptly arrested.

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fierce resistance.

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OTTAWA, Jail. 27 -~\CP) —-C.on- d struction oi 10 mrnesuwecpezs in.‘ ine s...1‘l.(i at 5O lite shipyards n1 Nova SsUllLi, l). ii.

BILLSII aunnriuly has

CQIZSWWBII.‘(lii'CI;lUi'-g8ll1'l£tl o1 11.1 construction for t.e rnunitioizs supply cicpnrtincni. éuilt tonight Mr. Cur-swell i. ~ .. to be of WOOQUI u 101' Britain. 1.1- .- lurlher ueuv s.

lSay tirazizni is dismissed ‘From command

LONDON, Jun. 27 —— \(‘l‘ (ntiiel — Reuters new- agcxiry suiii tonight the Ankara radio ut the end of a broadens-i of nous unnounnnnents repair-led that Marshal Rodolfo (fr: luv had been dismissed us Italian coinmnnrler-in-cirief in North Africa.

Reuters said that due to lmd reception it hull been unvble to hear who Ankara said has

nied lliiit (2 has been dismissed but it was recalled Mussolini Inns marie many changes In the commands of the armed services since Britain began her succes ful uttnclr in North Africa and in the Medi- terranean and since the Itnlinn invasion of Greece backfired. re- sulting in a Greek counter-in- vasion of Albania.)

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TORONTO, Jan. 21 -(C1=\ -Col. George A. Drew, Provincial Censor- votive Leader announced today that h's party would mt oppose Hon. F. R. Oliver, Nrwiy-Appo nted Ontario Minister oi Public Works. in the Grew South By-Eilection Feb.

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he may .1’ i. .isli ivnr nuns. .11 lllHJUllllllll)‘ $1.011 i min-r in pubic on lu- said.

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r tun’. Brltoirs would not ns tliov are "IIIIIDSS they v wtre iishtint! for de- . ‘Lorri iinilizlx (iiscusseri e pcmglnmeetlnu he hnd with Hit- .‘ 1:1 .17.

Hillel. he said, told him it was lint‘ c .< to 11v 1o improve Angio- ons ns lontz as the

. nment and press were fri to (‘I'll rune GCllilfillV.

"If 11in‘. is your idea of what. must b ." Lord Halifax raid he told . , I think I've wasted my time iillfl ,.iiu1'.<."

On Lin‘ miesiion of United States nirl lul‘ Hnfliin. the ninixissuilrr snail tint. "it's for you people to form vur own amnion on how we are stunning up zmil innkr: up your own - int vcu are QUIIIQ to do

iliv nnuciinil things that I-llilo. is bnnknuz on to win the‘ wrr." the nnih;:.=s_ud0,r, said, "is his,‘

silblnnrine campaign.

As to whoilicr G-rrmnnv would try to invade the British Isles Lord Ilnlifur; mu he ceuhl only speculate but “if he docs Irv it. we are verv (‘Cllililflii- of irlviuu him (Hitler: n. good reception."

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yours tvvar cabinet-Prime Minister Tropical , Churchill. Foreign Secretary Etien y and Labor Minister Bevin.

Mr, Willkle a‘so snndxviched in a es. lQIIIC-k tour of the eiiv of London. , 101M111 531d‘ 4 the financial district nrouird t.

‘Qynlfitpd w Fair's Cutlltwiznl, which was cir- .-. g‘. but me , Vflféfltfltlgét’ Gerlrnnn fire bfinh

- ‘ra on c. ,an< announce ii: and , intention to s10 to Eire to see Prime ‘he , Minister de Vnlern.

‘ T_ _1; It was understood Mr. Willklo ‘ ‘Jvpmd muzht mnke the trip next vw-k. “w-“lr-‘b- ‘From Dublin crime wort‘. that Mr, dc Valera will be “verv clad in» cieed” to see him.

FrHVA, Jun. 27~(CP)\ The Canadian Pacific hn<r Ein-

cnui.sn.rd radio reports received .1 Allvm: 1o have boxn tor-pori- 011 inc c usl o1‘ 8.1112311 Af- . . was the 1111c: ivhrch brought 111A’ George and Queen El:z- uircih i0 Canada in May, i939. During her long mrcer in the Cnnnrllnn Pacific ,s(.‘l'\".C(‘. Lhe EIIPIFYPI“ LHBFS name became widely; known nls-i for [the h“. o1. part slip pluycrl in salvaging "c-iugccs from the terrible Yo. lcclgsmn earthquake and fire 1n

built at. Stet-tin. _f-!‘ the Hamburg- Lzue. WLIS turned over '1 imcler the terms of 16s Treaty in 1921.

lrsi. placed in the Vnncouver-Fhr East service but in 1026 she was transferred to the trans-Atlantic service and from t’mr- to time was used as a

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ac . When any charges are mad against them, it was said. Mnrsii Petain will investigate and—ii mo charizes are substantiated-may" liv- prive them of political rights. out