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CHARLQTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURICJAYCIIANUARY 1o, 1942

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Annual Subscription Delivered. $3.00 II] llllli l‘. IC. L. ‘L011: Ulnnlll and Lit. $3.00

S THRUSTNG FORWARD ALL AL

Deal New Blows To Axis lSupply Line

llommel’s Army Still in retreat; British pursue KittyhawTFighters Score Success In

Battle With Axis Planes.

hie wig Belem Writefl , Jill. 9—(A.P_)—H,Oi’ai_ Ibrce bombers are dealing smashing new blows to Axis sca and land sull- ly lines in the ivieuitcrroneon and North Africa. while British mobile eoltimns are keeping Lt-Gen. lur- vrln Rommel’; retreating forces un- der constant attack.

Otunumbered more than five t0 one, Kittyhawk fighters were cred- ited today with downing scv. n Axis

anes and damaging (alters in their

' iiritest clash with more than 6t) Ger-

man and Italian craft in the urea of Agedabia. 'l‘hese American-built Curtiss-modele, an improvement ov- er the famed Tomuhawks. W“! mumted by Australians.

General hcurlqtzzirtc-rs here on- nouticed that. . bfllllllfll’ squadrons scored dhcet luts on coastal bringin supphes from lTipol. 9 duel N“

Amour port, to "beaches at various points on the Gulf of Sirtc’ as W011 as on transport columns on the coastal highway. I

Axis troops covering _Rommcls withurovial on the iii-tulle sirrich southwest from Agcdabiu to El Ag- hetln mentgvkliile were putting up a stubborn f t.

well-laid mine fields and bad weather also were sloiimi; up Brin- isli attempts to outilunk the Axis army and force n declstt'c_ built. But there were some lHI-lICQLlOXlS t0-

ght that the Nazi cominaitdcr, his

uttered tank force perhaps ‘uirvzady slightly atrutigtheiieu b)’ YCRIIQFW" merits from the west, might make ti further stand vrcst of El Aglwllfl 0n semi-prepared positions.

(London iniiiturv observcrs- on the other hand, thought Rommel more probably would seek to light a slow delaying action in the hope that constant Avis air fti-lds on the British bttse at. Malta would smash its strength and thus blockudc of the Axis sttppiy lines front y. , _ tThcse sources saw ltlmttis fr. e perhaps decisive in the entire course of the winters lvleuitcrruncitn Will‘- gum and spfgggcd mg unporittmce of

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.c , appearance of the l st LSD“ German Mcsscrsciintttt ltghttzs Libya, they said, lllflltldltifl lilf: AXlS army already was getting aerial rc- inforoement.)

War—25 Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

JAN. l0. l9l7-Greece accepted 0i’ Allied ultimatum British made e1- galns near Beatirnont Hamel on the Westzrn Front and encircled Kul-el-Amnra on the River Tigris, M: ‘fltltflflllfl.

JAN. 11» 1917 - Alted powers issued reply stating t>rn~s of puioe to President Wilson's note Ge."- mazty and Austria iSstICfi notes to nctitrals in r"p1_r to AllIes refusal

to crnsider Genrznu "pence pro- posuls,"

I Coming Events

lets lee Nntlrca m mu mun- ___vl_eenteAplr_vwo>el_ __

i _ _ . '11.. . “W tad to Chi ke . FOWL Ielandlgold Storm. Lfillg-l-a-tf.

"Dance in Graham's Road Hall Wednesday evening, Ir489-1-l0-2l.

i501’?! lartyJund Dongs Vernon on anuary . ' y‘ L-MO-l-B-Ii.

"New Wiltshire District Lodge meets at. Kingston, Wednesday, ha. 1i at 2:80. irloe-i-io-zt.

"Or ud Distri t 1.. o. i. hhiifgkthurlfrdll room go?“ use January the iatn, first P. h‘.

"l! n; live and dressed Milli-f] "QTY eeda and Ptlddy- P. . "W800. unter ver.

Io-SI-IQ-S-Wed-Stt-fl.

hogs ‘Puesdl at Ind-

9 A. M. at _ Knud Jorkenson. L-682-l2-30-27-l-3-10.

"Starting Monday, January 12th Germans were

V9 will close our stores in Bradal-

bane st 6 o'clock Monday. Wednes- itlilv and Friday evenings until fur- ‘mum, i. 42a i 94%“ " ‘a

’ ' ' wtorming soviet meaee. and givint way step by step

her notice. L. lman

Davison. eeM __ _ T“ mm easy" Money rn yo Ply me to five dollars dred for bags according

0d alllllv- Need one thousand at once. Vestock St.

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Meighen

Appeals

For A National

War Government

Conservative Leader opens by-

election campaign with challenging Speech,

mnoiwlb. Jan. o-tcrp-m. l-lon. Arthur Meighen called tonight for a imtlonal government in Can- adil. declarini the Conserve ve DHW is prepared "to share the bur. dens of office."

Bwflllins that Sir Robert Borden foimed notational government in We 1111815 b1'Bat_Wo.r, the newly-chos- en Conservative leader observed

lllllllfs tire different now," said Canada ls not living up to her n. qlilreinents and declare :-

we stand ready to help the gov. enmient in itsvencleavor. We d nrumlvthut. political expediency be lolllllllflli; that we decide whiit is the right thing to do and do that "QTY thins. and trust to the con-

m science of the nation. When we

upon the government to abandon Wllilcal expediency, we must be rcuoy to abandon it-ourseives.

_ "Weare therefore prepared to JOlIl witlrtlie government, share the responsibility with them, carry 1,11,- Omts. if there ls an onus, and suf- fer the consequences whatever they may be. But while _repared to share thc laurdens of o ilce, we are not striving or asking for office: we are stflvlllg only for victory. These are itijeat tasks that must be done, and with might rind main we will de- mand that thev be done and done 110w. Canada must not fall short of her best and her mightiest. Canada must move with redoubled speed."

Con ~¢flpli0ll Ilsuo

On the issue of conscription, after comparing and find wanting Lanadas gositlon iegar ng mm. pOWEI‘ wit New Zealand and the situation in Canada in the last war. r, Mcighen saith-

“Cun you exaggerate the absurd-

(Continued on page o, co] 3)

dutch slamls Braoed for Invasion try

liATAVIA, N. E. 1,, Jan l0-—(Sat- utt..l>J—tAPJ—Sixiklng of a steth- Ofliilllls freighter by I. Japanese submarine in the Java Sea was an- nounced by the Nat Department today as these vital lands braced themselves for a major Japanese iii- vuslon thrust which authoritative quarters believed to be imminent.

There were onlv three known

survivors rescued, s communique srtid as the Japanese submarine shelled and machine-gunned the ltfetirnts and men struggling in the Wlitél‘. ‘ The three who saved themslves lcaticd into the water and clung the edge of their lifeboat while the Japanese were she lt-

The expected Japanese assault on the East Indies has been heralded in ceaseless aerial reconnaissance and by aerial thrusts uilfllllhi ill-l tmvul and military buse on the .- nnd of Ambotna, between New °“‘“"ui“‘i..fii...y‘°“°" .‘.‘.‘.‘§..°’l.§’t.‘.i nkan, e 0 centre of the coast of North Bor- neo.

Canadians

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British Warships Capture Nazi ship

NEW YORK. Jan. 9 —(AP) 039ml} Of the BJBB-ton Crcrmgn frelshicr Stumifels by Briton war- Blllfis in the Persian Gulf was dis- closed today by marine Circles who said the admiralty had the vEssel and was using her m"? supplies to Libya.

One of the targets. drawing Brit- ish bombers to Bordeaux, France, ie the lsfltfi-ton Belgian mOt/Drship P15591180!‘ liner Baudouinville which the Nazis are converting into an atiiéiliary cruiser, these sources sa .

Engineer says Ne advised Beaohing Ferry

HALIFAX, Jan. il—(CPl-—-Nlne witnesses testified today at the federal inquiry into the sinkang of

the car ferry Charlottetown, which went down after striking e, sub- merged object off Nova Scotls lust June

John K. Sutherland. Chief En- gineer, concluded his trstimoxiy af- ter lengthy queszioning on techni- cal structure of the slips fuelling apparatus and on matters having to do with his efforts to keep the ship afloat. Stating that there appeared to be q corfict of evi- dence between ilte Captain's evi- dence and tsstimoryi of the Chief Engineer, Jlldgg M. B. Archibald, conducting the probe, asked the witness what course he had advised the captain to take otter the ac- cidorit.

"I adwsed the Captain t-i make for tho nenrrst pFC and bcii-h her." ilxe Cltietf Encirccr sai‘. He said the comment was made after he had thoroughly examined con- ditions below deck,

Anthcny Gallant, ship's mate, was at the wrest whit the ferry stnick. Gallant said he saw land "o-bout five miles awny" 15 minutes before the crash. 11m: rudder of the ship was slightly out of line,

as . . Other witnesses were: Charles Mzikle, Chief Steward; William Walsh Elsctrcian; Jzhn MacDon- ald. Second mute; Irvlrg Muiiart, Charles Weddell, Cliff- ord Francis. Deck Hands, and Gor- don Constable, Carpenter. The probe continues tomorrow.

VILLAGES MACIllNE-GUNNED

LONDON, Jan. 9 - (CP) - Five southeast coast villa es were ma- cbine-gunned today two planes. There were three serious casualties and damage to farm buildings and

In Big

Raid On U-Boat Base

Admits Nazi retreat, Not yet ended

BERLIN, Jen. b-(Andi M"!!! to liPi-Germen forces on the

‘t trashed alihl-Ml-iilizrnwttrittiii-t 310v yfgrelsn d- fice on‘ .v Al" Deutschland acknowledged ton ht-

0MB!!!

The Nazis are makin en or M'-

ly retreat before "storming soviet messes", Dienet claimed, eddirtl that they were not. digging them-

because trench warfare First Great War pattern

the " to

af is contrary to German plans.

Dienst acknowledged that

“imeccus

their resent predicament. In ailing beck. Neel forces are "the accustomed task

un ff defence, vrlthltandinl

while covering preparations made for the winter

combat lino" Dienet said. u, Dienet defined

the line ee en in- grsted series of nets of resistance

te behind which are located stronger front.

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ule Hunter (Cornelia: ‘lg-see lteff hvriterl

IONDON. J .D—(OP Gable)-

‘: flying ovor GI) miles of land and eee in below lsro weather, raided the Nazi base of

ts I80 t0 source and thereby

Neaaire on the Hench cotgtbtglg ,,¢'p°,§°b,.{1, a: the Royal Air Force here, returned to

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F War Situation Last Night‘,

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Motorists have To solve own

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(By KIRKE L SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) Amazing nuws has come from the Far East in the form of a re. port that Chinese forces have punctured outer defences of both Can-

ton and Nanchang in south China

circling column around lohang on the upper Ytuigise River, high- water mark of the Japanese invasion ei that country.

Clltlllng a Japanese retreat from Changsha, which tho Ohlnene picture u a disastrous rout, Gen. Clilsng Kai dhek appears to have "h"! h" "Pllilltlllllly to take the offensive on a. wide front. Japanese garrlsons in China, thinned down or diluted to provide veteran div- isions for invasion of the Philippine; and new

feeling the weight of hi] " with American and British help. O I

The reborn Chinese air force wee thrown into aggressive notion for the first time to harry the Japanese retreat from Changsha. That is

another item in a growing bill of

that while the Japanese are slowcd down but China. Sea battle fronts, in central and south China they are defin-

itely on the defensive.

Chinese capture of Canton and Nanchang would more than local victories. The cities are capitals respectively of Kwang- llllilf and Kinny-Hi provinces and kcyg to Japanese occupation of nearly "ll ll"! 8”“ caster“ bull's: where the Chinese mainland juis into the

Chlnn Sea.

Both are within less than 600 alr rnlles from the pivot of Jepnife attack both on China and pouthward in tho China Sea, the Island base “'7 Filnflilsa- Tl"! only Chinese-held port on the coastal perimeter of ‘"5 chili“ bulge between Canton and Shanghai is Foochonv, directly opposite the northern tip of Formosa across narrow Formogu strait,

loochnw has been useless to the Chinese for supply or attack purposes during the three years the Jupancs

all the rest of the eastern portion

Nanchang regained. however, not only Chinese but Anglo-American, Netherlands allies would be a. long step closer to positions from which they could blast by air at the Formosa base and at Japanese oom- municailon lines running through Formosa Strait toward French lndo. China, Thailand and the Malay peninsula,

That day still may he distant. Neither the scope and puwgr of u“ Chinese counter offensive nor the mien! to which Japan has depleted her KZlIIlSOIIf; in China to feed veteran troops into her Philippine and Malayan ventures is yet measurable.

Deadly Urgency! [p Fighting

Malayan

Heavy h casualties on R. A. F.

pounds

(By C. Yates McDaniel, Associated Press Staff Writer)

SINGAPORE, Jfin. 9-(AP)— British and Japanese troops fought in west l/lrtiztya today with a deadly urgency that took many lives on both sides and R. A, F. bombers pounded Japanese ship; which ap- pazently were trying to land rein- forcements from the China sea for the comparatively weak invading force on the our; coast

The British fliers rcportcd they scored a direct hit 0n one 4,000- ton Japanese ship and damaging "near misses" on another in the Kunatan estuary and that they also made several dirrct. hits on a Jap- anese ship north of Annmbas Is. land between Mflliiy and Borneo. No British planes were lost.

In the mounting furv of the land fighting, British Etmpire troops clung doggedly to a ragged line running through swamps, forests. nnd rubber [fantnt-ions in the Slim river area 50 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, btit were under constant ntiock along the main road N0 miles north of Singapore by the most powerful tank force the Jop- anese have yet employed.

Artillery was cuFed into action at close range to stem these Jap- anese thrusts in southern Perak stalk.‘

(The BBO in e. broadcast heard by NBC and CBS said "the slaugh- ter of Japanese in some areas in Malaya is unbelievable," and told

.hcvw concentrated British fire “has

unwed down wave after wave of them and whole detachments have been blown to pieces." Punjabi and Gurkha Indian troop; were men- tioned as especially successful in inflicting heavy losses on the in- vaders.)

Plane Still Missing From Medicine Hat

HAT. Alta. Jan. l- (GEU-For the second successive night scouting planes of No. service Flying 'I‘ruining School of

m, Aglnmq, m. o“ their lg: tonflsht wanna; fix uirm tellinl “W! n8 "l! E ° m"

iiizhrzld mitt, said tone of bombetlon’: craft which felled to return

were drop and big fires were from e routine training flight yee-

started despite hBlVV @3931! WDi-‘Ptg

"'32...." of the novel Canadian Air Force Wellington fiuadrcn un- des- Wing Chndr. B. . Fbnwick- wflwm o’ “1§t°'§.r°l‘¢'t’t"<l§i.% vwiiifrh

. _ . m" "m " “susuritst $°t’t§“il’§§vy“¢twa end fog over their

et. " could eee the fires I0 minutes after we left" said Sgt. G- B. M0119- gomery of Cl: rear gunner aboard one twin-engined bombers. Bqdn. Ldr. John Fau uier of Ot- tawa. a former bush pi ot and fly- ing instructor at Trenton said saw more searchllghts over France than he had ever seen before.

"They sure vnre throwl I “l!

(Continued on page B. Col U)

“in his lobster boat.

rday.

Officials of the school ea-id the plane, bearing an instructor and a student llot, whose names are be- lng wit. eld, was r overdue early yesterday afternoon.

I! BBLIEVED BROWN‘!!! N. 3., Jan. O-

INGALIG HEAD, tcPl-Dlsoove y of e wrecked boat has been taken as evidence that

nnlenu. Ont. who we! shemml Griffin. missing since mt of the bl! Friday, 1m an life it. a stonn o.»

day.

A resident or Wood Island, Grand Manon, Griffin went duck hunting. The wrecked craft was found on t e beach of e small island near here.

The grim indication 0f sudden death climaxcd days of anxiety for his wife and nine children.

Japanese

Tire problems

N0 More New Tires For Private Drivers Or For Vehicles Making Deliveries To Private Homes.

UITAWA, Jan. I -(CP) —-Prl- vote motorists and 01mm of trucks used in making deliveries to private homes will have to solve their tire problems without making new tire purchases, lvfunitlons Minister Howe said in e statement today.

Under an order issued by J. B. Nicholson, deputy controller of supplies, the ban on sales of all new tires and tu “s. imposed Dec. 1i, has been modified to allow pur- chases by a small group of essen- tial users.

The new order, effective Jan. B, tho date of a tire rationing. order in the United sinks. details those who will be eligible to make pur- chases nftor meeting government requirements.

Doctors. visiting nurses, veterin- arians, police end fire departments are included as well as specifl buses and trucks used for essential

and simultaneously thrown an en-

the Malay peninsula, are . . . m‘ . .

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partlculars from China indicating unchecked on other

represent fur

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have occupied virtually of south China, With Canton and

(Continued on page 3, Col 4)

8,000-ton u. s. Ship sunk hy Enemy bomber

By Richard 1.. Turner lhsoclalcd Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Jim. l —(A.P) —- The navy announced tonight the _ destructiéiln of an woo-walnut? . States s p by an enemy pane both sides‘ far eastern waters, while the courti-

' try awaited word of a renewed a - shlps- tack upon the defenders of the .__ Philippines.

.,,_ g The vessel was the Ruth Alex-

ander of the American President

Lines. She was formerly Owned b?

I. tre Pacific Steamship Company iEffect created By ll. S. plans

nud was once in regular passenger BERNE. Jan. 9-(AP)——'I‘he

service between Los Angcles sit-fl Seattle. One member of the crew was kill- ed snd four were injured. The re- mainder 0f the ship's P91105591 V" said to be safe in a friendly port. The air attack apparently did not sink the W559i but infltctcd such m-mendous em,“ created both damage that shelhad to be aband- m M15 and nommds Eurcpe by oned as a total oss. t m the new United States sm-ta- Mann‘ m“ umounfiiemen’ m‘: men; prom-am became mcmab navy exlded that 0P9" 0M Ill 1 lngly apparent wmm enemy submarines in the comm, and Hanan news“ Pacific were continuing, and at ltfilkrs devoted entire cojltmns l0 flrlllllflil that the prrgmm announced by President Reese- velt was simply g "(imam gm- the future." for which the nec- vsssry materials are lacking. Yet dispatches in the some P3413076 emphasized the 119C935-

01g [re west coast the activities of ity for further efforts to sup 1y

the German troops not Only w ti; heavy wtmei- clothing and ,1“... but also with ‘Hmimenh,

m" Twiev. France and Spill!!- tm the other hand came Wmris of a stiffened attitude toward concessions to the Axis nations which would swerve them furtherlfrom the prom“. l0!!! path of ‘waiting t4; see,"

(Continued on page I, 001 l)

Fear Missing Plane Plunged Into Lake

maorrro, JaILT-(CFU-Hf-YP“ for the safety of four crew mem- berg of a Royal Canadian Air Force training plans missing on e flight frfym St. John's, Que, to i-hfi Malton airport here. dimmed w- night as officials expressed fear that m.» craft had plunged inw Lake Ontario.

The plane, piloted by a civilian instructor and having three lead- ing aircraftsmen as passengers, left, 3t. John's, Que. early last night end was last heard from as it flew over Montreal heading for Toronto. Two of the airmen were Australians, officials sold. b117- i110 some; of the orew were v-ithheld»

MAvw-tmav

News Briefs

MONTREAL. Jan. 9—(GP)—Ar- re gements were completed today for staff rspvements that will make

Offensive

WASHINUION. Jan. 9—(AP)-— President Roosevelt responded to- day to ents that the teak of mdmin civilian ddenoe wee too Bil for e pert-time Job by ep- pointi - die 0f crrtmoxmc. Jim. BMAPt-‘lhe H 9°h°°l W *1" Willi Chinese said wniuht that a broad- Maym‘ Fmvn“ H- 13“ mind!“ m scope offensive tins piorced the New Y°rk “m h“ I‘ me ‘emu outer defences of wo of the most executive problems. J1mnese_&ekghip.°v,n5 vroirv, Jen. e-tsiw-viee-m- ""‘ "P “ '°“' m‘ ‘"‘ m," Admin, “m Dark“, mung threatened to break the Japanese

in nu es. aciiy es Minister of m- "l" °" m“ m" “f,” ml“-

tional Deena, has retired 42 gen- Al: u” “"11? a, mmmrl; erals and intends to recast the *9“ “m” 5“ ° "r "mp5 ° “my ‘dmmmtmyon from mp Gen. Chiang Kabshck are moving bobkm Mo" u new w" Mum," up to "designated positions" in is named to replace m; me Gm Bur-Ina, and more are i-endv to fol-

Charlcs f-ltintzlger, it, w" ml lowdthem when and if they lire cod l ht, nee ed.

mun ‘on 8- The fledgling Chinese air force.

(yrrswlt, Jan, Q-JCPL-The having bombs-d centres or Japanese

Dominion Bum“; 91 3151.291“ m. power in northern Hunan province. ported tonight the rate of increase was reported in nn axmy communi- 01mg wage-earner bed, in Canada que tonight to have shot down "seems to be approach ng stability seven Japanese planes and to have m. gmroxim-xtrlti 50.000 new en- trants pn- mouth and there is ‘ ' ‘ -