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SINGAPORE, Dem 1g_.(,.\1=)-Brlllsh bombers struck hesvyh lsow; tollsy pl, thr- Japanese advanced operational bases in southein T ah an u the enemy Mg“ a strong push into northern bilialaya ‘at er‘ firings; ol comparative inaction, folrolvlng tlistwuction of t e r org no a lpcarhead.

Every British plane returned from the second assault on Slnltifil. - ta miles north of the British Maiflyln border. "M's the J-loanese lind-

tli Dec. 8, unopposed by the Siamese. Official reports said the Japanese ocnetrufld Bfltllh "Ms “i "tum"

' litints just south of the Thai border where heavy but confused fight. . lnr continued all day in an orra broken by 'l'°"8i\- Jllllflfiflad hm!-

. British ai-craft maintained continuous patrols over Malaya today ~ but noyvhcrc found evidence that the Japanese are attempting fcrthet‘

'. d; rmbarkflflans m- tpylng to reinforce the uzxiis lnnziczl ertrli r tlzis week

It (loin Bllnru and [fountain-respectively J00 and 200 miles north of Singapore.

The push which the Japanese pursued today was overland into lielllth Province, a northzvcstzru Malaya area bordering on Thailand.

Coming; {vents ~ ‘ i i News Briefs

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‘ ‘mi’ WW5‘ L“ ' ' dnnrlct tonight.

r-Maylleld Bohcg2lrgoncert,_l\lfron; SAN FRANOIBCO’ Dec“ n _ ‘i; 44_12_[3_1_ iAPi-rill airplane, wnllout lipid-t.

new low ovcr downtown San Frau- [.830 during ilze blackout dlr rsid alarm tonight.

Persons on the streets slid the plane dtsaplxared to the east. to- ward Oakland.

The machine. throttletl dolvn. was not. going rapidly.

NEW YORK, Dec. l2 —(AP‘l - Russian counter-attacks st Sevostoppl have forced part of the German forces in the Cri- mcs to withdrew toward Peroq lrop st the isthmus entrance to the peninsula, the BBC paid today. CBS recorded the CBC- snnouneement.

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NEW YORK. Dec. l3 —l8etur- dow-(AI-‘l-NBO announced that Navy Secretary Frank Knox would

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complete blackness u W11" ordered even s kerosene smll extinguished. This story ‘"9 telephoned to the Les Anztirl

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Mtliw d 0 bell. m m “up L- slon Streets.

Quantities to" Be available Not revealed

Private CflTft-H‘ non- essential driving to be hardest hit; Commercial vehicles to be taken care of.

OTTAWA, Dec. I2—(CP) —.\lunitions Xllllistcr lsiowt: announced tonight that ra-

tioning oi gasoline will go into effect in Canada next April I.

“Allel- April 1, 1942, no supplies of gasoline for any vehicle can be secured except on the surrender 0i a gasoline rationing coupon.” Mr. HOWE said in a statement.

"Tile desired curtzlilluent in gasoline consllnlptiuu will bc achieved mainly through the limitation of non-essential priv- ate car driving,” the lilinister‘; statement said.

"Pnvate cars used for non-es- sent-ial drivin will be placed 1n tile basic or ' ' category.

"Other categories are poms eel up to take care of private car driv- lns essential for business use.

“Commercial vehicles will be allowed gasoline up to their- uroved normal requirements."

The s-urnrnl cement did not. state the amount of gasoline which would be available to any particular cate- If-‘TY. but. said:-

"Ench velficle will be allowed l! slated number of units of gasoline. for the ear VH2. Quantities of ttasoline n each unit frrm time to time rnav be varied by the cii con- troller (G. C. Cc-ttrrlle of Tormtoi as circumstances require."

Mr. Howe safd tint United States and other foreign trunrts while in Ganwh wl'l he ertPled to purchase gasoline "t:- tbe s"me relative ex. tent as Canadians who drive cars whnh fail within the basic cote- ROW."

The statement. rettfns the dead- line fcr gasohne reYonkvr at April 1 wrs issued only n few .. k§ tel- Mr. I-f we ccmm n. :d :h:t “with s two-wean war lire denlands for gasoifne fcr war use will be great- er than ever."

Curaclcns al=o were waltled to

o-.. s in other lines . chciimsn lid Trade Bard s. . “.5 crnfersrce about Croatia's sultply of varisus ccmlncd't'es.

"My inclement would be." he said. "trot. we will gct an increas- ing amcrn‘ of resmiclcrs al the way trrrssgfl in order to supply le n.eds of war."

Must Be Registered

The announcement tonight said that. under the plan of gasoline rationing to be impcaed in Canada. caoh vehicle cwrer must register tith the c-u CCHJOilH‘. and a gas- ol'nc licence and rallcn coupon

back must be obtained for eac vehicle. Cl “ licences and rltion cou-

pcn bcoks will not be transferable and will remain the property of the oil controller. They may cancelled or recalled by him sn time.

X registration fee of t1 will be charge for each vehicle. Licences lhti coupon books will be issued cnw for vehicles which have 1942 provincial motor vehicle licences.

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Boiler explosion Gauss of many Gorvetto casualties

HALIFAX. Dee. iil-(Gfl-A boiler explosion which shook the Canadian corvette Windflower

three minutes alter her stern was ripped off in s mid-Atlantic collis- ion mused mflt 0t the 3S desths in me sooldont, survivors reported

on their srrivsl hm teddy. In addition. s few r~io~s died irccn exposure after they were

dumped lnfo the chilly ocean kinGIi their lifeboat. overturned and oth- er . so" - r- igewsslil: vessel which rammelilum corvette-could pick them W- QUBIN‘! FUND TOTALS

MONTREAL. Dec. lS-(Gl- no notional total of the Queen's Canadian Fund for Air Raid Vic- time was an btmilht l! $111,001, computed with 3750.348 s week ID.

GAFGLINE TO iBEflRA TIONED FR OM APRIL

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War Situation Last Night ’

lBy KlltKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press Wor Analyst.)

A ses-girt "trench of bsyonets", as symbolic In this wsr as thnt proudest First Great War monument for Frenchmen at Verdun, has been built by the defenders of Wake Island.

Some dsy a. memo lrn to s gallant handful of United Ststes Marines will arise on that tiny dot of land in a wide and lonely sea. Whatever their ultimate fate_ they have lived up fully to the proud motto of their corps, “Semper Fidells," s-lwsys faithful. Their heart. ened and thrilled countrymen will never forget it.

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Nor will Japan. A grim omen of final Nipponese disaster can be discerned in that fight 1t Wake. It can be read, too, in the cryptic war bulletins from Luzon and Malaya picturing the sturdy stands oi American-Filipino forces and the rallied legions of the British Empire. Those heroes are forcing Japan to spend her least expendable treas- ure, the time element.

The Wake symbol, with the stinging counter blows dealt the attackers there by its doughty garrison, may be of greater value from the standpoint of psychology than of strategy. The function of that island in United States air or fleet dispostfions to cope with a daring foe could not be revealed if it were known.

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Off the Luzon coasts, however, American navy and army airmen have struck their blows with telling effect. One older Nipponese battleship hos gone down to keep company on the sea. floor with the lost British Prince of Wales and Repulse. Another has been hammered out of action.

The presence of those two partially obsolete Japanese battleships to cover landing operations tends to disclose that the main Nipponese fleet has been dangerously thinned down in capital craft strength to provide such coverage both in Philippine and ltlaloyan waters,

Presumably the two remaining ships of the some class are on similar missions in one invasion sector or the other.

The most uuthoritative naval handbooks credit the Japanese with l2 battleships, including the four older craft of which two have now been sunk or seriously damaged by American air bombers. Assume that. the other two also are on invasion covering duty_ and there re- main only eight ships of the line as the power nucleus of Japanese sca strength.

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While the United States battle fleet is roving the Pacific the Japs can hardly detach any of the eight battleships to cover their fur-separated invasion attempt-s. But it is probable that British re- placements for the Wales and Repuise are already speeding to the Pacific and China. Sea from thebiedlterroneln or Atlantic - --

" That is what makes any delay in the establishment of adequate and nil-sustaining invasion ‘ idgeheads on Luzon or the Malayan peninsula desperately dangerous for Tokyo. It can only guess st the concerted plan of retaliatory action that. London, Washington and perhaps Moscow may even now be putting into effect. And the stub- born defence ln Malaya, of Luzon and at little Wake is sapping away the vital time schedule set by the Japanese, just as Russian resis-

Morse... Road

Resident Stabbed Twice In Throat

Mrs. George MacNaughton in P. I. Hospital in serious condition.

Mrs. George ltiacNaughton, 59-year-old resident of the Maipsque Road, just outside the city limits was severely wounded ill the throat last night by two men who attacked her in her home. Mrs. MscNaughton is in the P. E. I. Hos- pital ln a critical condition.

(Early today it was learned a razor had been discov- cred ln the basement near where the woman was found. City Police said there was a “strong possibility” it was a

l. case of attempted suicide. A statement was not available

from Mounted Police. City Police said the razor was identified as one belonging to the woman! husband. The razor case was on a shelf nearby.)

Dr. I. J. Yeo of Charlottetown said there were two wounds on the woman's throat. One. three inches long, severed the windplpe and the other, on the right side was slightly longer and very deep.

The two men, one masked, secured $20 from a pitcher in a side table in lhe house, it was reported shortly after police were notified. Later, however, police refused to con- firm this.

The woman was found in the cellar, apparently dead. She was lll a pool of blood. Her two daughters made the

glscovery when they returned from visiting at o neigh- or s.

After medical aid was summon- ed it wu found the women was still alive and she was rushed to hospital.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police got. a brief stattment. from Mrs. MacNoughton when she was re- vlved before suing to the operating room at the hospital.

Mrs. MacNsuphtolrl asid that she answered s knock at the door to find two men, one tall and the other short. She d not. know either of them. They asked to come in and when she refused odd her Mac (her son-ln-lsw with whom she resided) sent them for some tools from his carpenter shop.

When she let the they demanded mon and when she replied she he none they made s move to catch hold of her.

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Tripoli, Bengasi Heavily bombed

VALEITA, Malta, Dec. l2 -(OPl —Royal Air Force bombers bus on this Mediterranean island drop- g! so tons of bombs on Tripoli and

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and Thursday mornings. It was sn- nounced tonight

W’ “m” visible for I00 miles.

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Bicycles, Skates Toys, Furniture Under ruling

Regulation or elimin- ation of production to begin at once.

OTTAWA, Dec. i2 —tCP) ~ A wide range of metal articles includ- ing bicycles, toys, skates, furniture and novelties Itove been designated "supplies" under the munitions and supplies act and supplies controller Alon Williamson said tonight ulatlon or Gllilliflfltlflil of their production will begin at once."

The action Wus taken. Mr. Wil- liamson sold, "because the steel and other metals used in the manufac- ture cf the articles affected by the order are essential to the war ef- fort."

“In addition to releasing valuable war materials, labor badly needed for war industries will become a- vailable." he added.

The order declaring certain met- ai-mode objects to be supplies was issued bv Mr. Williamson with the approval of R. C. Berklnshow. chairman of the “Yell-time industries control board, and goes into effect

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Airman dies After accident lit S’side_

Flt-Sgt. Arthur Henry Morton, a membe of the Royal Canadian Air Force died at Summerslde yester- day ofternc-cn from inluries receiv- ed in an accident at No. 9 service flying school. He was injured when struck by s tractor employed in snow removal at the alrdmme. s. statement issued by air force offic- rrs said. I-fe lived only a short time after the accident.

The stnfumevt issued by officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force last night said:

"Fit. Sgt. Arhur He Mo died this afternoon as tiileylesullthlisxi an accident caused by being struck bv a tractor whilst operating on the alrdrome for the removal of snorv.

"The cause and details of the ac- cident are being investigated by a court of Inquiry lplwlnied for the

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750, OOCMIVazis 0n Moscow F rant, In Big _1_?etreai'

Special Soviet communique tells of Russian success before

Capfi City.

MOSCOW, Dec. lL-(AP) -- Russia

announced the

utter defeat of a crumbling (Jermain army oi‘ 750,000 men

on the Moscow front tonight with S5,'Jil0 Germans killed and 23 of an original 51 divisions either smashed, routed, surrounded or retreating.

A special communique reported German troops in flight on both flanks of the encirciement front on the frozen Moscow plain. Cossack detachments were said to be flashing through the German lines, isolating division after division and leaving them behind for battles of annihila- tion to come.

"Fiasco of German plans for sur- rounding and clplllring Moscow" was the title 0f the announcement wirelessed abroad by the Soviet information bureau. An accom- panying announcement warned the Germans that the Russian winter was late, with temperatures still around zero and "terrible cold" yet to come.

Germany was said to have thrown l3 tank divisions, 33 infan- try divisions and five motorized infantry divisions into the "sec- ond general offensive" against Moscow thnt started Nov. 16.

The plan was to strike at Mos- cow from the north. south and west, encircling and capturing the city. First objectives were Kiln, 55 miles north/west of Moscow on the Leningrad railway, and Tuie, 100

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New regulations To curtail use 0f Rubber

OTTAWA, Dec. l2—(CP)—No crude rubber at latex may be start- ed into process between midnight tomorrow and Jan. 2, 1942, Alan ll. Williamson, controller of supplies in the Department of Munitions and Supply, ordered lute today.

This order, brought about by spread of the war to the Pacific, followed on the heels of yesterday's

purpma order freezing su plies of new and Flt__sgt_ Morton has been m the anuéaedla geumstc tires and tubes

Air Force since 1938. He was 23 years of one and was born in Tor- quay. Devonshire. England and had resided 1n Vancouver, B. (3., for s. number of years prior to enlisting in the Air Force.

"He leaves his mother, Mrs. H. Morton, Vancouver, and his father, Capt. H. Morton. vlro is in the nc- tive service and is stationed of. Holi- fax with an artillery unit. On being advised cf the accident Capt. Mor- tcn left Halifax for Summersldc but old not arrive before his son's death.

The bOdY Will be sent to Vancou- ver. B. 0., wilerc it will be given a military funeral. A short sJrvice will be held 1n Summerslde on Mon- day morning prior to the departure of the train."

The new ruling does not apply to wnr orders, Mr. Williamson sold.

“This further drastic new regu- lation necessitated by the serious situation ncw confrontln Csnmds with respect to crude ru ber sup- plies. wss mode known today. to processors by telegram," Mr. Will- iamson srftl.

in; that Qu- sfystem of quotas now In effect may be dis- continued and that new regula- tions will be ordered before Jan. f, the controller also called fovrim- mediate submission of separate re- ports from each processor on his civil consumption of’ rubber and latex in November and up to Der. l3 inclusive, expressed in total pounds.

British Cruiser In Raid On Dern__

ALEXANDRIA. Dec. i2—(APl-— Bwee lng Within point-blank lance. s. Br ttsh cruiser heavily strolled Derns on the Libyan coast in s during surprise at ack today and safely emerged from one of the biggest, dive-bombing assaults since outbreak of war

Axis shipping and harbor instal- lations were reported heavllv dam-

The cruiser was reported screen- ed with destrvym and fired hund- reads of 5.5-inch shells in the first dayllzht. bombardment of the Libyan coast since the British offensive Milan"

It. stirred

"herself nest" of u” " ‘tried lol-

enemy bombers which hours to sink her. offioilll lim-

M H. A. Kelsey laid shells 3.0004011 Axis merchant-mon and damaged other

Oapt. . literally riddled s

vessels.

in the harbor 6051i‘ 831008 811d gasl in North Africa Wednesdly other facilities also were “Rigid!- tl . made s fruitless swing eastward At Tripoll the ettackine sirrnen through the Mediterranean in nope reported starting n, fuel dump flre of intercepting Axis convrvs bound Warehouses for Libya when it suddenly altered whsrves and shipping were target; course snd headed straight toward

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A stroller-destroyer force

Derna through rain and mist. In a land offensive mlllntt proximately 50 miles west of

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tiaps BsayWpince-r Attack beginning

TOKYO, Dec. l2 -(Jap:tne.=e ra- - Japanese troops aided by “human torpedo" airmen were claimed tonight to have landed in southern Luzon "to begin s pincer attack" on American

dio received by AP)

forces in the Phiiippinep.

Tien more Japanese planes were imperial

whlcl. boosted nine pilots rammed their

acknowledged lost in an headquarters communique

obgectivos in suicide attacks

total be; of no: united States

warplanes was claimed.

The Japanese also admitted tht tinilno of one minesweeper, heavy damage to a second, and slight da- mage ‘o a lintit cruiser. but 10°71‘ no official notice of Weshlngtog

announcement that United Sta

airmen sank the 29.000-ton battle- Japanese

ship Hnrunn and other warships.

tive Japanese" as $834118

took llll- siiflhnt’ dormer" Ior t-bo Herons.

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