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gililjlSfl PREPARE FOR BATTLE

so Dead. Missipgphrn Ship Torpedoin

fiiéat or New Political Party Over Plcbiscite

Liberal Anti-conscriptionist will propose own amend- ment to Draft _ Address.

orroivo- Jrm- 28-.<.°P>-“"5 Farmers Warned MORE? hgfitlen%liy"paitllig To Make E a 1- ] y Chemical Purchases

<1 in the House of Com- “nmntiii; uitcrnoon by 11811011 1'8-

Elltlllt. luiiopcildetlt Liberfll member ‘- 10; Lavol-Tuxo hiountains as the OTTAWA, Jan. 28 — (CP) -- guvermmm-S plebiscite proposal Farmers who use chemicals and

chemical products to control In- sects, diseases, or parasites af- fecting their livestock, field crops, orchards or their seeds, should buy what they need early this year. the Agriculture De-

dgew ftu-thci" fire froth illlil-CDIJ- lcripllmllft Liberals nnd pro-con- Kilpllmllsi Conservatives.

iii". LIICOIIIDC ended an anti-con- wipilfin spccch vritlt the announce-

mutt of a "Canudiitit yittrty" plcdgcd

to the ill-iv -- oi Canada, higher parlmcnt said today. Many of pAVIOI‘ sail soldiers and airmen these products are becoming nil promotion of the best interests scarce because they come from n: the country in the economic and overseas.

mill spheres.

1'. ivas not iinmcdiatclyi apparent \‘ll.ll0i.ll('l' inciubcrs would join Mr. Lacombt- in his new party but he said othrrs would go with hint.

Ililcl‘\'|<."\\('(l aitcr tho speech, he uid that alicr thc votc on the ad- m: in r-oly to the Spccch from tltc Thlri i-lll which he will op- pose the iio\‘f‘l1llllf‘lli—llc expects to remove llllllacli from thc Liberal 36612011 0t the Ilousc. He will prob- ably taltc a stint in the southeast. toner nt-tn" J. S. Roy (Illfl. Gospc) vhobic away front the Conscr- ratire pm ' last. session because he dkiiited that party's conscription witty.

Third Liberal To Attack

13 Canadians lire survivors From cruise ship

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 28- (CEW-Thirtecn Canadians and xix Ncwfoundlttndeis were among the 71 survivors oi the Lady l-Iawktm, Canadian National Steamships liner Wfllcdoed l1 days 88o in the At_ lantic. The survivors were brought to San Juan today.

The Canadians:-

Chicf Officer Percy A. Kelly, be- lievcd tc be ot‘ Halifax.

Edward Manion. lvlurray. McNeil]. Lco 'I‘homas. all of Iiulifax.

GWYBB Bards. John Simpson. Montreal.

Ralph Curwin, Bathurst, N, B,

Robert Clayton, Hantsport, N. S.

William Burton, Hamilton. Ont.

Bonjalnin James, Bnnnetts Cove, Oitt.

Edmund Rcilly, Kentvillc, N. S.

James Rozce, Halifax,

Charles Bolivar, Upper Lahave, N.

.\lr. Lacombe was the third Liberal loattucit the govcrnnlelils 1iropostil to wok rcicasc from its anti-con- ttnglionist picdgtrs by u plebiscite, and thc swond to attack it from the anti-coitscriptionist. Dtilllb of

lC0lttllitlvd 0n page 9, Col 2)

Pair convicted tin seven charges

m

The Newfoundlandersz- Clarence and Joseph Squires, Con Boy. (It was probable Conception

OITAWA, Jun. 28—(Cl’)—lli1- Buy was nwanL)

dilute Billie anti Citpt. .1. A. P. John A,“ s, , - Haydon cf Ottawa were convtctcti Ernest ‘R1213?’ Kénitzgg ‘Rowseu 5i‘ an Ontario Supreme Court Jury pmey-s Island) '

itiiilht on scvcn charges of de- mlllliliiil; or obtaining moncy on tlin pretence thcg." had influcnu- tn ob- tain war contracts from the rov- tmment.

Mr. Justice C. P. Piaxton of To- ronto snid scntctice will be passed It the curl oi the Assizcs.

Clarence FltzGcraid, Bonavista.

Shatter Japs East of Rangoon

taming Elcnts

RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 28 Without a casualty, United States volunteers of the Air Force guard-

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r, . P in; Burma shattered a flight of 37 u m“ ‘wru-“orvlliln wlilm" Jamncsc raiders east of Rangoon a: I today, shooting down six, probably

l ~ —- "' -- _._-_ destroying six more and damaging ltTakkws_sourLs Thursday. nine others as they streaked for

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_ British fliers, striking eastward in a Tuesday night attack, in ilictctl ltcavy damage on Bangkok. (l-apétal of Japanese-controlled Thal- nn .

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téittlttilttcnzrilsizir“ wt“? N‘)? 5* 90-. Hunter River. l ' l L-3l-12-3-Wcd-Srtt-tf

"Bibi"? Digs Friday at the Market Square. Charlottetown.

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The Peoplefs Paper

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cnaatojwiarowtv, cANXoA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29.1942”

Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edwardtlsland Like the Dew

10 PAGES

Retail advcrtising is no lungcr n. luxury, it is a necessity.

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L. H.011; Cnnluln null t s $5.00

Cruisc ship Lady Hawkins Sinks quickly

71 Survivors Picked Up After Five Days in Tossing Lifeboat; Ves- sel Smashed By Two Torpedoes-

SAN JUAN, Puerto- Rico. ]an_ 28—(AP)--Two hundred and fifty persons were reported dead or ntissing tonight alter their ship (identified OfllClIIllV in Montreal as the 7.088-tmt Canadian National cruise ship Lady I-Iaitikitls) was sunk ll days ago in the Atlantic by an Axis subtnariitt- ztttaclciltg with- otlt mirniiig.

Seventy-one stirvivors, who had prayed and sung ltymns in tltcir tossing lifeboat. were brought ltcrc today by Captain llclgcscn aboard tltc New Yurlv Pncrio Rico steamship Coamo.

Helgcsen found them last Friday night, five clays after their vessel was smashed by two torpedoes.

What fcw clcttiils vvt-rc avail- able tonight indicatctl this ivas )_\' far the ltenvicst loss of life yet n1 the Axis Siilllllllfllif! 0f- fcnsivc off the United States and (hnzidiait coasts.

A resident of St. Joseph, M0,. David Schoonover, was one of five persons who died from exposure in the lifeboat before the Coamo reached it. Seventeen Americans were among those rescued.

Survivors said the first torpedo smashed into no. 2 hold on the port ride forward on the bridge. The second wrecked the engine room and dous/‘rl all lights.

The ship went down so quickly there was no chance of sending an SOS. they said. Aboard were 321 persons-a crew oi‘ 109 and 212 passengers.

Chief Officer Percy A. Kelly

(Continued on page 9, Col 5)

Prohibit export 0f wociicn goods

OTTAWA. Jain? ‘LlB—(C'P)—FJi-

or sp_ciai_ per- liiscKntlinzt

mit. Trade announced toxiivht.

“ prohibition was made

any by unusual t‘.’;l‘.1ilii0llS _- in the buying cf woollen piece goods ior cxtaori, and a threatened shortage of this mater- ial." the Minister said.

‘lite order is effective in rcspect to "all fabrics composed wholly or in part. oi yarns of wool or of hair." Issuance of pcintits is in charge of Expzrt Branch under the Trade and Com- merce Departm-rnt.

The Minister also announced that. effective Feb. 2, cuiiet. (brok- en glass, including gffilifd glass» and soda ash (sodium carbonate) will uire an export. permit be- fore be g shipped frcm Canada. These commodities are being piec- ed under expert control to effect saving in the use of soda ash, a iificcssity in glass-making indus-

es.

Report Germans Begin Huge Defence System

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"lmdlnil Boss every Monda uu “it at Souris. George Dingwéll,

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"Homo 13 k t a‘ ed 36PM. home made nfigxcalgs» 6Y4!" Christian chm-oh m tO-dflv- L-857-l-20-ii.

AN EABT COABI‘ CANADIAN PORT, Jan. 20—(0P)--Thlrty-tliree tough British seamen rescued from

" ‘m tn t f hie we in “filmed require a unntlty of weli- n. ill-w Mamie lleoisgel the‘: lode! lttiiem 5E1lmu°f%o§' “m” ""3 and feyelingly cursed the rmln lIhlIdCold storm <=.."“.,.3‘ °"°'- U-boat commander who wished

fl-mjbzb" tltem a sarcastic "good-night." be-

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hr a School Friday. January olljitilalrcslllllvgllabxbttlfifctgr at: ‘lgmti-ie

- ll 3M. m“ “m M°"d£f'é‘;"°,b%“” number of survivors from three ___ ' ‘ “"- tonaedoed shipa now recovering in o" M "ma, Albany hospitals and rest. centres neranig;

then from a Norwegian m. t terncon, Emerald Fri- o d ’ clllvlun“ um‘ “we M¢D°"~'1l'- l§'m$l?=§°°'w§'r§l'h”tii¢§"&'$d 3'

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Russians reiterate determination to strike b ow at Hitler this year.

MOSCOW, Jan. 28——tAP)-R.us- aian troops were reported Bushing with such strength toward the west today that the Germans were begin- ning the construction of dcivnve Iincs which reach all the way back w

Berlin.

Prof. Mlhaii Gavrtiov. a Commun- ist party spokesman, said at Kutby- ahev that. the Germans were fortify- ing the old 1039 Russlan-Poliah frontier, still mne hundreds of mile! behind the battle front. and were pry-paring defence lines b10118 W6 Bu; which separated Germany Ind Russia in 1940 and along the Oder, the natural frontier between Germ- any and Poland in 1939.

Relteratlng Soviet declarations of their intention of atriklnl I dost-h blow at Hitler this - year. Gavrilov add "we cannot postpone for twg years the liquldgticm of Hitler In Hitler 001111111!-

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Mackenzie King , Urged to Resign

Chamberlain’s Example Cited

OTTAWA CITIZEN SUGGESTS PRIME MINISTER THUS VOID AN'I‘I-CONSCIiII"I‘ION PLEDGE ANI) SAVE THE COUNTRY GOING THROUGH A PLEBIS- CITE.

OTTAWA, January zit-Following is text of leading editorial which aptwnred in The Ottawa Citizen yesterday:

‘IIIERE IS ANOTHER WAY FORWARD

In the speech from the Thront- ins‘. Thursday, tne Government dis- closed the unsoundness oi Canacitfls p . tion. In the Government's own words, at this time of gravest. crisis in the tvorlds iustory, the freedom of the Government of Czmada “to act in accordance with its judg- mcnl. of the itccris of the sltzlat-ion as tltcy may arise" has to be rc-

red.

5w No external power imposed this disabling limitation on the Gov- ernment's complete freedom to govern in accordance with the needs oi t-hc situation.’ Cabinet ministers did it themselves. Especially in the last. gciterai election, but even since the collapse of France. Prime Min~ istoi- King tied ‘the Clove" -m~>tt's own hands by declarations against coltscript-ion for service overseas.

The Government's “past commitments restricting the methods oi raising men for military service" are producing dismal results. The speech from the Throne has disclosed the situation to the people of Canada, and to the world. ‘rite enemy is at the gates, botn east and iwest, When Australia is threatened viiith invasion, Canada is threatened, When the British Isles are ilhrezttciled with invasion, Cali- ada is in terrible danger. As Mr. Churchill warned recently on Parlia- ment I~Iill in Ottawa, the Canadian forces overseas may suddenly be engaged in the most. frightful battle ever known in human history,

The Governlncltt of Carmela should be free to actor. once in ac- cordrulce with the needs of the situation. There should. for instance, be no more restrictions on Canada's methods of raising men for ntihtary service, than there are on the freedom of the Gov-s" ment of the Un- ited states, or the United Kingdom, to take whatever measures are needed to defeat the common enemy. It is Mr. King's view, however, that he cannot so act because he has given post commitments,

Alter nearly two and one half years since Canaries declaration of war on Germany. with the war situation becoming steadily more grave, it is n. heavy responsibility on the Prime Minister. He made a pro- found crror in the first instance. No such limitation on the Govern- ment's freedom nccd have been imposed by election. statements in 1940. After the loss of France ns an ally. however, the disappearance of the French army into German prison camps, and the huge expansion of Gcimtan itiilitary power, Mr. King's declaration, so fraught, with nega- tive COll5Cqil0itCC5—0p01‘!1-l111g to deprive the Government of Canada of "freedom to act in accordimce with its judgment-s in the needs of the situation as they may arLseK-uicre actually reiterated.

ANOTHER FALSE STEP

The Prime Mitiisters crroi- of impairing the freedom of responsible goveritlncltt in Canada may be made worse by another false step. as an- nouncrd in the Speech from the Throne-to depart from the prin- ciple of responsible government. The proposed plebiscite would be a devious dangerous and humiliating departure at. the very time of grav- est crisis "when the people 0t‘ Canada have nevcr been in greater nccci of forward leadership in responsible government.

There l5 no manifest demand anywhere in Canada to hold the Gov- ernment to any obligation arising out of any past conunitmcnts rcs- trlcting the methods of raising men for military service. No demand is being made by any perceptible number of members oi Parliament on either side of the House, to maintain a dlSCfCdllGfl restriction on the Govcrnmctits freedom to act. Tile notion-wide demand is for im- mediate, cficctive action. by responsible government. The Canadian people ltrtve long bcen taught to have respect for ihc- Blxtlsh practice of responsible government. But the Prime Minister is moving to sub- stltute government by plebiscite.

Thelfnise impression is being given out that there is no other way -—cxccptintr by nnot-ltei" general election, But there is another possible way. nmnclyi. the tmstiiii~h vvav token by Mr. Chantberlin in 1940. 'I'he Printc Minister could resign, lo allow a new Government to be formed bl’ *1 "listed Cvlleocuc. Mr. King's view is, apparently, that he is

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page 9. Col 6t

War ilcbatc Continues in British House

Clement Attlee Answers Critics Of Government.

By Harold Fair (Tanaditin Press Stuff Wrilrir

LONDON. Jill] 2R -~<(l1’i ~Tll" critics of Prime Mitilsttr Cituicnili and his cabmct colleagues were given free rein in the House oi Commons today. but a‘. no time did the debate on the PQZXLlLICi of the war get out of |1(11‘.(l and at

no stage did 11.0 govrirtut land it necessary to put up liS b<">' dc-

batcrs. Clement Attica, Icoi-rl P: both opened and debate for the was able to tell r 'lilfOI'('(‘lliL‘l1l_\ "most readily

Japan's eutrtinco . that additional i0 disofltchcd

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of - crmvd- Lin t‘ M ti b lll itilinztinttili ion. rcd,1to\\'c\'cr. ‘Chat _ vote would be a stri: one of ccnf c ‘fitt- ihc House. C, - trounced that. said in the (lPDil . propose to call any of tho amendments for a .vi.ion. ‘fhe I.L.P, cmcndmlattt expressed no csnfi i ni. ii. declat " . ‘~"* Bitl-Vfiflitillélll. wh estab- lish social oqtianty .: Britain and grant independence to the octui- pied territories oi the Empire, can sccuro the co-Orwratioit of the common p0: < oi all lords and end tile wa with the ClPQPUClIUII of bctii Nazism and Inipriitiiwii."

Former Naval Alan Bitter

Many of the day's speeches d-t-nlt. with the . tuatiott in the Far East. Perhaps the blttercst criticism directed at Mi’. Churchill catne from a fellow Conw-rvalive. Cinch". Sir Archibald sniithby. RN. retired. ntember for Epsom, who revived the question of responsi- bility for the loss 0f the battleship

(Continuedfiorl page 9,

To Report On St.

Plerre-Mlquelolt OTTAWA. Jan. ZB-(CIW-Prime Minister Mackenzie King today told the House cit Ccmmons he wouid fllillft‘ a statemtnt on tin- St. Pl'3il‘1€'-1\llqll.0l‘l situation as soon us he was in receipt of full information from Icndon. lie was replying to a question from M. J. Colciiwcii. Acting 0.0.1“. l‘ tm-ecd on n New York Times - to the effect that a plan has compietcd in Lffldfilt for pro- tccilon of the French Islands by Canada. and for the withdrawal from the islands of the Free Frcncn forces which occuprd thcm ins‘. Christnttis Eve.

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War Situation Last Night

J (By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Dramatic happenings in the Pacific, Mediterranean and Atlantic war theatres have overshadowed developments on the Russian front, but it ls in Russia that another serious crisis is looming for llltler.

Potentially, the situation north of the Moscow front ls more men- acing to the Nazi warlord’: projected spring offensive In Russia than tin- loss of the Mozhalsk bulge hcforc Moscow. It could oust him from Rustsla proper In the north and drive him behind the Dnelper in the CCII N9.

o o a o >0 o

The situation elsewhere in Russia has not changed materially in some days. Hardening Gcmutn resistance ls generally indicated in the Ukraine, the Donets area and the Crimea. There are lntlmatlons of fur- ther retreat down the Napoleon road beyond Vyazma. toward Smolensk, however, which the indicated Russian advances north of the Moscow area explain. .

It is in tlu- Vnidci Plateau region, between the Moscow front proper and Lake llrnen, that Red army gains are strategically significant. They are c-vrn lit-pinning tn overlap the Moscow battle zone to threaten the rear of the German retreat.

Down both sides of the Valdal Plateau the Russians have driven converging atiaclra toward Velikle Lukl. That la the transportation huh of a. ZlSO-mlie-svlde span of the Gen-nan front north of Smolensk to Lake llmcn. The Russians are within 100 miles or lug of that vital Nari Junction at three Mints‘ . . . ‘ "

Three communication channels from the east and northeast con- verge at Vellkle Lukl. Down each the Russians have made important strides. In tho Lovat Valley, north of the Valdal llllls, they have reach- cd or passed Kholm. South of the hills they have turned the Ostasmkov corner up the Volga to swing down the railroad toward Vellhle Lukl.

Still farther south, they have by-paued Blhev on the Upper Volga to storm westward along the RJhev-Vellkie Loki railroad to the crois- Inga of the Dvlna, midway of the 150-mlle span. At that point they arr almost due north of " ‘ " and th- ‘ ' its dlreet ' “ with German forces in the north.

Early fail of isolated Rzhev Is forecast In Moscow. It: poaitlon seem! hopeless. Its fall will certainly loose a Russian flanking attack down the llititcv-Vyaama railroad on Vyarma, which la a pivot of the Qernmns‘

‘ ‘ front. There are intimation; that the Nuts are already hack- truklng from Vyarma to strange holding ground west of the Junction town.

R. A. F. Active In Bright Moonlight SOUTHEAST COAEWI‘ OI" ENG-

LAND. Jan. zit-rcpt. 7h" ltoyal Air Force bis: ' Bcuogn; and

. . , t unilcr GQfnlfllI-llilii pulls Ill rrtince M

early tonight, crt ». g in u brill- iant. m031ll1gllt and lOOnlIlg bciubs whose explosion, could bc sccn by omcrviers on this side. German long-range gnizs opcncd up briefly on the Dovcr area.

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Picked Japanese Troops are within 5O miles of Singapore

— Fierce fighting“ rages.

(B; t. 1111155 .\luD.\Nll-.‘L) (Assnciutcil Prrss Staff’ Writer) SINGAPORE, Jail, 28-—tAP>-'l“llc

British UClllilLtllCl cleared the terrain tonight for the battle of Singapore Island. ordering complete evacuation of Cltlllllllr and livestock from u miLc-\vid.c~ strip along ti southern tip tit Johcro liiiitc, _ oppo- .l[t‘. the nortil silorce ul tllc lslaltci ‘lhis cvncuzitiolt of the area across ' tiglc miic oi u utcr from the inst ‘l iortrc>s was ric- " ])i'(‘l.'.liliil11l.iI_\ ‘int- l.ltlii> .1114. tin. ".i.'.; bt- out of the lll'\"tl by

this urticr was being lssilco Indian and Australian

troops in JOIIGH’ ought itncihtl" Lil oi round ill riigglc ‘with p Jil .l..,..i iioup.» \\ti<-

have ll llli'(l»\l1 11.10 tilc struggle bctticcn ~10 and o0 titties ltorth o: Singapore

Across the Jsvhare line 2h." l3 ("iittinttlniqtlc said tilc situation Ill.:I

sh w a s

periai guard." On thr- Ayci" Ilnttiu i i

On the cast: day r-tznttu-t tho cncn i Liiimg arru i553 milr-s irc. Singittlotvt. illflt‘ it bcmi no rt-ptirts of further" cri-

cntg," landings at Iintlau tabovc Jema bititngl."

Tin- niost cheering news in the t-nnunuiticttie WilS at the end: "A coltslclcraliiv IIIIIIIUCI‘ o1 British unti Indian troops who were cut oil in the Batu Pahat area now have rc- JOIIIOKI the main bodies.”

Census figures lire revealed In Commons

OTTAWA, Jan. tCPI Sometime before the walling of the next federal election -it need not necessarily bc before l9~i5--ntcmbcr-

' is to

chip in the I-Iouie of Comm b» l'{‘fll.'il“ll)ilit'fl rn the has ' i941 t-cltsus figurcs with a YCZIUUIOTI irmt 245 to 238 member's.

Trude Minister lvlacKinlton made this known today. He said that

Manitoba, now with 1'1 seats in the Commons, w.li be rcdttccd to i4 and Saakntcltcvvnnl-s 2i will 11o reduced to l7.

Basis for this redistribution is the popuhition oi ilic Dominion at June 2. 1941. of 11.410896 compared witn 10.376386 in 1931 and the relation of the I941 Manitoba and Saskat- chewan populatttms oi 722.447 and 837.747 rrspoctivciy to the 1041 Qttc» brc population of 3.319.640.