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LDTTETOWNTCANADA, MONDAY, ocrossn 2s, 1942

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gictory Loan Campaign Slightly Alieacl OFScI-ieclule

Press Long-Range Drive _O_n Italy

Fascists feel weight of Allied blows On Land and Sea.

BERNI, Oct. I — (A!) — An sli- alanm was sounded at Basel tonight, possibly indicat- ing‘ another British raid on my,

LONDON, Oct. I --(AP)——R.0yal Air Force bombers look the long aerial hlshway across the Alps to northern Itay again Saturday night for a heavy assault on Milan and the Admiralty reported the sinking or damaging of 12 more fascist ships ill a doublebarrelled air-sea. cffensive against factories and communications feeding sup- plies to Axis armies under Allied attack tn North Africa.

The _rnid on Milan. hcme of MU5S0lllll'S_ Caproni bomber works, followed within a. few hours a big- scale attack by British Lancasters which subilected that industrial centre to tie first daylight bomb-

Yanks Stop Jap Assaults

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 - (APl-Unlted States forces have n-pulsed four efforts of the Japanese to break through the defences on Guadalcanal by liinil, have shot down 21 Jap- ana Pianos nnd have damaged five uietny ships in sharp fight- ing in the Solomon Islands, The Navy announced tonight.

ln beatln back the four land assaults-which may be begin- ning of s strong effort by the Japanese to regain the Guadal-

l i rt-a d l 23:]; hi. ps anldmy tllllerrynadelgg gang; thedwalruxfior northern Italy. trnyed five enemy anks. an I‘ we"? raided

P11111111 111K111. for the second night in suoceslon and Savona, 25 miles W855 0f (361108. was the target of other Friday night raiders.

The Italian radio revealed that the raid on Genoa disrupted the city's transport system. It report.- ed Italian communications Minister ietumed to Rome today flit-e!‘ inspecting the damage and filrecting repairs to restore rail- way lines and other transport ser-

Ad 1' 1i? A“ of tilimuliedzeiglilli: mra y announce at rt. FIYPAWA- 0d‘- a “(Cm-omc‘ submarines operating in the Meni- 551mm“ h“ characterized ‘h’ terranean had sunk five Italian attitude of the Federal Govern- supply Ships hmhahlv sent a des_ men‘ toward the lwlmcal crisis in troyer and aimed merchant cruiser Ontario mieatcd by the resignation to the hotwm and damaged five of Premier Hepburn last week but other 1mm supply Shh“ it was learned today that the Ont- ma” successes brought‘ to a "m "musk" B“ 1°53‘ “'9 taking tho number of Italian ships sunk or "1 "ti" Interest damaged by British submarines in

It was learned on good authority attacks on cohvovs “Whig to he, that the Ontario ministers in supplies to N“, Marshal Rommers Prime Minister MacKenzie King's forces 1h north Am“

Cabinet are urging the immediate

calling of a Provincial Liberal Darlan Says Dakar Ready

convention to oonflnn Mr. Hep-

Tho Japanese tanks went into action the night of Oct. 23-24 vrlien enemy troops backed by a heavy artillery barrage, sought to break through Americ- an western defence lines.

Ottawa Aloof In Ontario Crisis

u-qk-s

burns successor as Premier, At- torney-General Gordon Conant, or to select, a new leader.

Coming Events

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NEW YORK, M- N — AP) —- "TfilkiekMalpeque WQdII@5,d'{1Y~. Admiunl Jean Damian, Conlmandcr 1°‘-’-°'31- of the Vichy land, sea and air

forces asserted today in an inter- view broadcast by the Berlin radio that Dakar is ready for any at- tack from sea m“ land and would "react promptly."

The Admiral gave his interview to a French nicwspaperman, George Charles Vcrsnd, in Rabat, French Morccco. shortly before he culled on the sultan of Morocco, the Ger- man radio said. Darlan is return- ing from Dakar, strategic French port in French Wmt Airica

"Should a direct threat become evident on the coast 0f West Africa we are 1n a P0510011 0o re-

"Talkies and Danoe-Jirsclalbane Tuesday, 10-20-21.

“We require a quantity of well fleshed bologna cattle. Island Cold. Storage 00.. Ltd. 9-26-1111-

"TaLkies-Crapflllti ‘Thursday- 10-26-21.

"Dance Innis Valley, Tuesday October it'll/h. Webster's Qrtlfifgihfa

"Hunter River Con-cert, Wiltsliire Hall tonight Auction Sale of boxes.

10.23.11, iwt promptly," he said. “The means ?__ todosoareonthespmand those "New Glasgow Mills closed this who handle "them know also how week while under repairs. 6 n 10 1190 1h¢m~ 10.2 - . _______ MINE LEAD]! DETAINED “Dance Sea View Hall, Tues- _—* - . _ -11_ LONDON -(CPI— Three miners’ d8)’ out‘ m’ 10 Z6 lenders, accused of "deliberately

fcmellllflg an agitation of a sub- vcrslve character" in the northern Rhodesia (Central Africa) copper belt, have been detained. it was an- nounced by the Colonial Office.

"The annual bean supper bl’ the Salvation Army will be held Thursday, November 5th.

lO-ZGJI.

"NII Glasgow chicken supper in tho hall on Wednesday, Nov. t. 10-26-31.

"Chicken Supper, Graham's Road October 28th. Serving 5 to l0. 10-24-2.

“Dance, Grand View Hall. ‘Ilium- gl‘. Ocslober 29th‘) Mivllview Onlzh-

rs 90115034 y omens n- "i" rtl . - ll. y Won Gsl um _______ 1o Asuooflted Press B

"K ltted m1 r the new

b1‘. “pretty Bgprofissx as: household IIONDON- 0°? 25"(OP)“MI' habits at Afternoon Tea. St. Jnmcs ichflflngyuiellilgedméllffidflaéfagifs

l r _ _ ' Si B

H‘ I “(my 30m‘ 10 24 21 léttflll detlhvered tic; the Middle ‘Eta ‘

"B 1 s“; ch11‘. 11r na s pas wo years ove on, ,,§‘§ fifwfijgfitlwfifisdny, Pgy- 6. - lo ferry route across H, hm market hfluh R J_ N,“ jaigfaclalungle and desert from es

"m" 3”"- °'"'S'M"“ The‘ Ai: Ministry. 1p lift-in! the secret. from one of the greatest lo yet done by the United Nations. disclosed that the service Much started on the basis of two or three convoys a week now operates daily with ll. negliizibn loss in plane-i and personnel.

Bombers. transports and fighters all make up the stream of aircraft

"Masquerade dance and bamwr Eldon Hall, Wednesday. Oct. 28th. Millvlew Orchestra. In aid of Mel- ville Victory League. 10.2641.

"Chicken Sup r and drawing for quill in Cherry alley Hall. October 23 Supper starting at 6.11:9.

26'“- moving u» the frlontl $11 rfizhtgs v -————— yi g extra fue 01' 9

G"_Gri_\hams Road play. Kin! fifiernhom, Ponies Hall, Kcnsington. Mon- star-ting from p, great, still-ex- "Y- Proceeds Kelvin W. I. pandiml west coast assembly . 10-24-21. each journey takes 24 hours‘ flylnii

time. exclusive of stone at landing fields where en ines are checkc and planes refue led

A tremendous 10b of nioneerlna and organization has changed the (moo perilous trips into fairly rou- ‘ti. ‘°“"“*l'..2l22i¢$ ifitfnihiifii

ny .

wt m“ lth good meteoroloil-

"Dance at Crapnud Hall. Oct. v nnclcr auspices Reserve Army. ctorln Troop, in aid of troops overseas. 10-24-31.

"Trucking hugs as usual for the lllmmer months List vour boils "L A C. Green, Albany and G. C. and Drvvided W V ‘\ 1mm 54.7-11.W-T-M-ti lcal service.

Total Beaches $312,410,000‘ In First Week

Island Total Stood Slightly Past 40 Per Cent 0i‘ Objective

Saturday. UITAWA, 06$. a — (UP) — Victory loan Headqua-rtxrs an-

nounced tonight that returns up to close of business on Saturday bwnght the iirsv Meir‘; loan total l0 $312,410,900.

83691015 on Saturday totalled $53,642,800 and the nunibi" of sub- scribers tliau day was 71.254 Gum. ulatlve total of subsorlbezxs during the first week of the three week's ca-mpaign _wa5 33LH9.

_TllUS, Wlih one-third of the third Victory loan campaign pried clap-WI. the total is well ahead of one-third of its minimum objective 0f $750,0.0,000.

Saturday's leturns were swollen by a JOUIL su-ixscription of $12,500,. W0 troin the Canadian. Pacino Railway Company and that com- PHIL)"; employees‘ pension fund.

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Prince Edward Island's sub- lcrlptions to Canada's third Victory Loan soared up to $7W,tiii0 as salesmen had‘ u. good day Saturday. Tnis is close to hfl-ll the Island's min- imum objective or $l,750,0o0.

Cauvassers amassed a total of $73,800 for Saturday which was a. sizeabie amount when it i; conside Wu that this is the busiest day of_ths week for merchants and others.

Charlottetowifs total to dais stands It $296,950 according to figures released from Provin- cial Loan Headquarters. This was a. jump of $8,000 over the previous day but was consider- ably less than the sum re- alized on former dzi s which ls probabl explained y the fact that e banks are closed Saturday afternoon.

Slimme ' s subscriptions were also down from the pre- vious day but a total of $3,700 was collected. This makes ‘he Bind total for the West- ern apltal $164,500.

Tho total for Queen's County outside Charlottetown stood at $94,200 when all the returns were in Saturday, Prince County outside Summerslile showed s, total of $91,050.

King's County canvassers took in almost $10,000 during the day to boost the totnl fur

that section to $62,900,

Employees of industrial and business ccncerns marl..- 53,926 in- dividual subscriptions imder the payroll savings plan, with a dollar total of $5,100.00) for the week.

The National War Fmnnce C0111- mlttee reported that while the week's cumulative total exceeded that reached in the first six dnvs of the second Victory Loan, tho figures were not exactly compar- able, as the-re were some conver- sions in the last lonn and the re- porting system has been varied.

Wh‘ the sum total subs ‘lbsd was higher in the first six (inys of this loan than in the inst one, (he minimum obiective is 25 per cent higher, and ‘here ape no conver- sions. In the last loan convivcsions amounted to approximately $155.-

,0(l0,

As nearly as ccmparlsons could’ be worked out under new con- ditions of mporl-ing. there were in round figures, as of the close of business Saturday, 25,030 more subscribes-s, and roughly $50,000. 000 more cash subscribed

African Ferry Route Aids Allied Supply Problems

Mail Service Possible

OTTAWA. Oct, ZS-JCPl-Eslab- st lisliment of a trans-Atlantic mall

and passenger service by Trans- Canada Air Lines is a proposal re- oelvlnl constant. attention. itions Minister Howe told The Can- adian Press. Saturday. but it may

bs be delayed for some time.

Meanwhile. three crews supplied by T.C.A. are flying with the RAE‘. Ferry Command and making reg- ular crossings for elllfiricncé,

Ontario Drinkers Hoarding Liqupr?

TORDNIO, Oct. 25 - The Ont- ario Liquor Control Boom today issued an order, effective tomorrow umltmg individual DWTIIRSBQ of spiriw to one bottle a (My.

‘r114- Board said: "During the past few days sales frcm Liquor Control Boa stores in the Pro- vince of Ontario have been of such volume as to indicate hoarding of ‘lhquor on tho part of a number 0X

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Mun- 51

War Situation Last Night

(B! Kirk: L. Simpson, Associated Press Win- Analyst)

A full-scale British offensive moment for Russia.

Coupled wtli the lint onset of win ‘"1 ""1 filflllnlffld slefe perimeter, it looms as a definite Allied second-

in Egypt. un tl bl i ed ~lth will hulk-s of routing Axis forces from North Allrelscalllhzlsmyi: git. l: crillicnl

tel’ in the vital Don-Volga steppe:

Well Known Citizen Dalleii By Death

F‘riends learned with regret o! the posing of Mr. W H Steven-

gfiziklllolliftrztion cinlcu ntcd to compel immediate heavy withdraivals from . .11, ('11.: .~ Icicuzi. 1.11m machin- lueail-lergfligei: arpower to meet the triple land-sea-air threat across the <':_\ >.1..- liliili, \\ .l.'._'ll uwuiuicii at ‘ ' lilh l1‘ Ill-Q 110m 1W0 oclocl; yester-

Th!!! i l Ed to NLLZI i . ‘a deienclélufineeln Russia oitlblltlkllgolziylglilgl no‘! the effort to anchor s win

tisn offensive is retreat on a wide

driven homs

_ front in Russia, both in the “uumard 111 "N! 911110118118. l! Rommel! African Corps is badly mnuli-d

O O U

Stalingrad successfuliy. It

if the

Allied well might mean n Don-Volga bulge and ,

(1.1) nilnini; n1: " an lllllrss of one Wu k. lie “a. 75> yours of age. ‘flu; iiucviicd was widely known ihwughout the province and was liy csieem by all who knew .11. He travelled to all parts of

in Egypt. The effect f "ft B ltl h I - a - _ . , , . - ihh_L,h_,y.ah hard", p,f1,b:b?;"“_0u|'d smog Vgsfifklafl Filfllrilll- nu Iorulllvil .11_ cillillctytlcliv Willi his vncc the situation in Russia than anything clsc short of a inajur Ill\"\S'- H u “W l PM“) fnlimh.’ Ful ion attempt against tho continent from the ivi-st l’ t ' h“ m“ ‘Huh . , , , , ", " l I kicidwuotlr .11 d Even Nazi Wlll‘ bull tl r th u l’ l" ‘""°‘Y° “S “"1" ‘filled for several days isltllswilgmer gxgllsclse fliiuyilhfiuly"! n‘ tsmzm ‘I'll? “a: Th“ ,4 , . . < ' ‘ Q p n: opera e ' . l‘. iézrggilsnl-srinother winter halt for Hitler in Russia short oi‘ rlirisne Zllll- ;)-,,,,I,,,,.; K,.,,,‘,dy4 T)“. British "gt-Chg, i E I ‘t t H] _ g , v'l‘:u- In‘. .\l _ Str-vcnson came t0 favor. Tiic best flglitingwscaflongllr? thzeagisirtlli tAfillszilihilrl-sllifltrtilslllit lllillll! l All m w“) ‘mm NW’ fihnt IIKASHIIPCII among the factors indicating for ivccks ‘that I tiu- first l) ll‘ l’ Sh“? he hm s. rnng . i'd ou t -bl ' . V- .- tie rka‘ l c n cr 0w to aid Russia. would be struck in .\1ll’lll .\f- U He was h h‘ _ venson firm of

l n 0

There seems no doubt that it is

scope and strategic pattern may not

Alllcd aircraft battering zit Axis cnm

“flock lump-off on the E1 Alamcin

dor bcwcen the sca a than ‘Jilllfi them back in

Shake-up Command In

By Richard L. Turner Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 - -(AP) —The Navy removed vice admiral Robert L. Ghormley from the com- inanci in the Solomon Islands Sat- urday and gave to Vice Annual F. Ilalsvy, 0'0, the task of directing the developing battle to hold United Slates positions there

against the Japanese.

The change-the third South Pacifc command slinkcul) of the WHl‘—4Jf\lllC after u campaign which had cos’. the Navy three cruisers five dcistroyers and five other vessels, nnd at a moment Wll8ll the 9110111.?‘ Was llllIéSllli-Z his f0.ccs for fl- Dowerful attack.

Gliormleyls removal was an- nounced without official cunment. cxccpt Lll1ll._ll0 would be zissigned to other duties, the nliiuve of which 1:01;? be reported later. Ghorm cy

ltlaking it. known that Halsey wouti take command, however, the Navy noted ihat ll€_l'li'ld "conducted cnrijicr operations in the South Rae iic area inst spring with dis- lzncziwlir-ri sucress." and pointed out that he received the Distin- ‘nuslzurl Service Medal last Feb- ruazy for his raid on the Japanese- held Gilbert and Marshall Islands.

Saw Opening Barrage In Desert Drive

By Frank L. Martin Associated Press Staff Writer

A BRITISH ADVANCE OBSER- VATION POST ON THE EL ALA- MEIN FRONT, Oct. 24 ~iDelayecil ~-1Al‘i— From this vantage point facing the enemy lilies on two sides 1 saw the opening banage inst lllflhl in the Aliicd offensive against the Axis in the Egyptian Desert

The bnzrnge, of a scope unprece- dented in North African warfare, started on the minute at 9:40 o'clock. Only a few hundred yards in fipnt of this observation post were troops of the British 8th Army motionless in the bright moonlight as they awaited the Z810 hour to chnrgc forward.

Shcls from the big guns tore IIOIQQ in the enemy line through w cli Allied forces pourcd. Towards morning the troops took up a posi- tion behind the cncmv frontline.

In this new Allied offensive Lt.- Gen. B.L. Montgomeiy is throw- lug a greater striking force against the Germans and Italians than in any brittle duzing three years of North African wnrfnre.

There are no American ounci forces in this clash but tho nltcd ates Air Force is playing a big pan; in nlr attacks upon enemy

troop nnd n positions in com- hincd Opera ion; with the Royal Air Fc

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BL

Il-IE All PURPOSE FLOUR

Naval

rcggnd Bouthjfricnnjorce:

CANADA

. O U a full-scale offcnslvc. Its comnlcii-

be discernible for sevcrnl ll.'i\!'<, will» ‘ i" munications fur in rcar of 11w lnrfl ., line and British their guns on key points nlonz the coast like lifzitruh tihat the first attempt nf the Allies is to r

flci-t units turning . it scams Oli\'il‘l‘.* bin Rommel in the narrow rur-

11" £33118 dellresslon for annihilation rntlicr

Solomons

New Nazi Drive At

Stalingrad

(By Henry C. Czissidy As- sociated Press Stuff \\'1'i1ci")

MOSCOW, Oct. 2ti——-‘:\ll)l1- dziy)—(AI’) - Taking 11d- vantage of improved wea- ther, the Germans renewed their large-scale ZlSSIlllllS on the factory ziren of northern Slnlingrzid Sun- day and succeeded in oc- cupying two streets uficr losing about 31,000 mcn, a Soviet communique said tn- day.

This announcement came a short time after Moscow radio had reported that Russian troops hud ovcr- come stubborn enemy rc- sistance northwest of Slal-

ingrad and advanced into positions on the German left flunk.

Describing the great battle inside Stalingrad. the communique said “Soviet troops repelled repealed

tank and infantry attacks." The communique said the Red army held the initia- tive on some sectors north- west of the city. One unit occupied a German-held village after overcoming fierce resistance and other units occupied an enemy operational base.

Warns Hitler May Try Big Gas Raids

LONDON, Oct 25 —IOP)~ The eminent Brlfish scientist, J l3 S. Haldane, warned today that. Bri- mln pmbnblv will l)(\ sulxlvctcd 1n

n big gas attack from llillci", nm-

bnbly when a second frm. is open-

d. e Speaking t0 n. civil dclcrice ilovk- A

Q15 conference, he snzcl (ha niiflck may be "against imulnn, Blim- lngham 01' Scmc other lame Cl1"——- possibly against lll\‘."l.<‘.<‘ll

rwhenwthqsecond frnzii. s oucunl.“

M

no is

e dOCOlISECI was

1o Til ‘zow

ClllllYli and 1nd

for the past several

s. .1105 his wfo there are three soils Slil'\'1\'ill_'. ‘fling are: Lloyd,

Rincrlczili Life As- Cllfl r otfcfmvn; 'i'l' of the Royal ltock. N 13., nnd . “Taxi, Charlotte-

lll1(‘l‘5 and one sis-

ivlili ilie .

h» ti survive. They are: Mrs. J 1m Clark, ltusiico; Rcv. Nelson S i" ‘nwn, Alton, Illinois; Rev.

it Sir-vcrsou, Palmyra, Illin-

dlltl 13.. .i\ l3, Stevenson, New >

' E I 11 crnl will be llcld Tu

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sdny n

win}

crvzcc at Central Chri - . a1 pm. following a. " =* his; lnic resizi-

Stroct. Interment (;l.is:0u' Ccmclcrv.

Forth-assists Sink Jap Gunboat

AIJJVI) Hl-‘AIJQIYAITTFIRS. Alls- fi ‘n '. 26 --1\loniln_v\ -—1CP\

‘uitvrl St 1110s flying fortresses _ n Junullcse gunbont and ilPllVll" dnmn-{ccl three merchant

ships Silurian". the Allied command nnncuizcril crlny,

van; Proftcsts Alleged Raids»

VICHY, Oct. - The Vichy Ciavernment announced tu- niglit it has protested to Great llriiziin against what it claimed uwzrc It, A. F. raids Saturday after- no..n on six different regions 0f the ivccupi-‘ri zone.

Vichy .~:1i<l raids occurred in the yfflultllils‘ of Vichy, Montlucoii and Dsinvrat, all in Allier department, and m, Rmnne, Chateauromr and

Annccy. At llomerat. it was said. s. t train anti a passenger

f1" ‘Lilli i ’ were sirzifcd and an engineer 1v ~ \\'0llllll(‘(l.

proivsi was described as getic" nnd the raids were “as odious as they were un-

icrl."

v constitute a deliberate .1on cffvwcii in broad (lay- llllil in 1'.~.-- unoccupied zone .~: "he cimlmn population of nrmcrl couutiiq" Vichy said.

.1 ti.

lluintswllfave Busy Day

TORONTO, 0t‘ t

25 (Cl

glicpy- 111-10 Qjlli}; from Cal 01*! , zt-k 1.1110 oil from a (luv 0i s ihewfflr-g (001110? 3- _{.~.m,__y ,\I , 111g in their hotel suite lure 1m .i\

'11. ‘ 0d their tiny clcvwic @1B'hi""'“r'C1d

sang a KFWD

D1 ~ 4 n n11:;~c:y' rhymes, l

(‘llliilfvll {n §.ll\'(‘

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l, ~ >111 u" '\\ll.\' ( “s11 1 111 ivllllli‘. Thrir _ " , _ Til‘) n scclutlcd _ 1c famous i‘vc ‘,1. m. hotel under

i. . (l Alon guard