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War
Summary
I
(By
Canadian
Press)
tr
bate
ESI
Smashing
at
mnese
Armada
Giant
four-motored
bombers;
-svvhine
anew
at
Sire
as
well
as
stranding
a
cru
&icks
i
gml)s.
it
"as
announced
today.
k
J.oQhon
.
0
linmn
ttf
pan's
greatest
naval
disaster
of
tht
'J&A?f
time
Iwiiwfprl
In
nt
lpast
fliirtv.ei
JrC
I
Japanese
ships
sunk
or
damaged
in
i
.
inE4in
Tiip
.lanancse
nave,
annarentiv.
on
Rffisian
Armies
SSging
Forward
SI
iJapanese
to
the
Interior,
that
they
might
want
to
permanent
residents.
Cenney.
Skeena,
said:
"Let
work
on
the
roads
and
Ite
men
take
care
of
the
peaking
in
the
budget
de-
Iterday
were
E.
D.
Braden
liver
Sam
Guthrie
(
Cow-
ewcastle)
and
Colin
CamD-
Juthne.
who
Is
a
C.C.F..
coalition
was
"a
good
made
out
of
two
bad
ITING
OF
SUGAR
He
Removed
From
Tables
anada's
Eating
Estab
lishments
arume
Prices
and
Trade
"o
that
hotels,
restaur-other
catering
establish-
USI
remnvn
oil
enn-nt-
Urtnrla
tables
and
"serve
sugar
casonable
quantities
when
T
OV
thplr
ollanfo"
TV...
-
-
-
-
w.ivitmj.
lite
J
'
.
1.
w
nuo
wii
1
reasonable
amount.
fees
in
Air
ce
Are
to
Be
ven
More
Pay
Jtr
a
"v
January
2a
An
in.
Ski
t,
h
'
"yai
Igjrned-out
oil
centre
of
Balik
Papan
in
East
-
tfift
in
mi
doinir.
unwarilv
sailed
into
a
hnrn.pt
s
FAR
EAST
.e
neo
t
nest
-
"
-
-
--
Emi,
.
,
.
Umcrican
sunmarines,
nomners
and
suriacc
war-iu
On
the
Far
Eastern
front
Junan's
invnsimi
irdes
drove
closer
to
Singapore
as
British
dqfence
nvccnfpfl
a
new
withdrawal
loss
thnn
fiftv
miloc
-
-
-
-J
jijll
Rifrth
of
the
stronghold
amidthe
heaviest
fighting
II1C
camiiiHK"'
Russia
s
armies,
pressing
their
great
winter
Sntcr-offensive,
were
reported
surging
forward
unchecked
today
on
the
threshold
of
a
250-mile
Gcr-nn
defence
line
west
of
Moscow.
Soviet
dispatches
rMortcd
the
recapture
of
seventy-nine
more
towns
I
indicated
that
retreating
iNazis
were
falling
back
m
a
double-row
defence
system
one
mile
and
a
f
in
depth
extending
from
Vclikic
Luki
to
Was-
to
Bryansk.
Ask
Counter-
LOSnsive
Halts
1
For
the
second
straight
day
the
British
said
at
ro
today
that
there
was
no
change
in
the
Libyan
iation,
indicating
that,
at
least
temporarily,
the
counter-offensive
had
come
to
a
stop.
British
iajjraft
were
reported
to
be
administering
heavy
Hlini;
to
Axis
communications.
'ANESE
USCUSSED
ilrrlof
Members
Want
Some
Do
Not
Guthrie
l)s
Coalition
"Good
Omelette."
HIA
Jan.
28:
M.
M.
Uberai
member
for
Om-
in
thp
hurirrpt.
rip-
lI$ffc
legislature
yesterday,
Wwii1
ust-
of
Japanese
from
tfee.lSt
oi
road
bnildlntr
in
thp
Puuam
(Nelson
-Cres-
IH
Carson
(KamlooDS).
C.
Kaslo-Slocan)
and
T.
A.
J
rand
Forks
Q
recn
wood
)
some
objection
against
SECURITY
British
Government
Criticized
But
Confidence
Held
in
Churchill
LONDON.
January
28
(Canadian
Press)
The
British
government
was
a:cused
today
In
the
House
of
Commons
of
unfulfilled
promises
of
security
in
the
war
area
but
almost
In
the
same
breath
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill's
critics
assured
him
of
the
vote
of
onfldence
he
demands.
The
vote
will
probably
come
tomorrow.
Clement
It.
Atlee,
Labortte
and
Lord
Privy
Seal,
has
moved
the
vote
of
confidence.
The
criticism
of
the
Prime
Minister
personally
has
been
very
little.
On
all
hands
the
greatest
of
confidence
is
expressed
In
him
although
amendments
urge
that
he
reconstruct
his
government.
OUTPUT
OF
GOLD
DOWN
Deputy
Minister
of
Mines
Tells
Legislature
Committee
of
Metal
Situation.
VICTORIA,
Jan.
28:
Dr.
J.
K
Walker,
deputy
minister
of
mines,
told
the
mining
committee
of
the
legislature
that
gold
production
in
British
Columbia
had
declined
and
because
of
scarcity
of
equipment
might
drop
fifty
percent
as
attention
was
turned
to
base
met
als
needed
in
the
war
industries.
He
said
that
copper
and
man
ganese
was
becoming
scarce
m
this
war
as
It
had
In
the
last.
Price
Fixing
Law
Approved
Measure
Ratified
by
United
States
Senate
and
Awaits
Presidential
Signature
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
January
28
The
United
States
Senate
yes
terday
approved
a
price-fixing
law
which
will
affect
the
retail
prices
of
many
commodities.
The
measure,
modified
from
that
which
had
been
proposed
by
the
admin
Istration,
awaits
the
signature
of
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
Che
VOL.
XXXI.,
NO.
23.
mAln
CANBERRA,
Jan.
28:
0
Hon.
Earl
Paige,
special
Brit-
lsh
minister
to
London,
will
act
as
Australia's
representa-
tlve
In
the
British
war
cab-
inet,
it
was
announced
today.
Yesterday
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
had
an-
nounced
to
parliament
in
London
that
an
Australian
representative
was
to
be
ad-
mltted
to
the
war
cabinet.
4.4..4.4.4.4.4.4.
BRITAIN
IS
GRATEFUL
London
Newspapers
High
in
Praises
of
Assistance
Which
Is
Being
(liven
In
War
LONDON,
January
28
London
newspapers
are
loua
in
ineir
praises
today
of
the
assistance
Ca
nada
is
giving
Great
Britain
in
the
war.
Particular
reference.
Is
made
to
the
gift
of
one
billion
Four
Canadians,
Two
Britishers,
Crash
Victims
WINNIPEG,
January
28
Four
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
men
and
three
Royal
Air
Force
men
were
victims
of
the
crash
of
a
big
plane
which
occurred
yesterday
near
McGregor,
eighteen
milee
north
of
here.
UNITED
STATES
AID
WASHINGTON
United
States
is
lushing
all
the
aid
she
can
to
the
South
Pacific.
This
was
indicated
yesterday
by
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
who
said
good
progress
was
being
made.
There
were
now
ten
American
expeditionary
farces
scattered
around
the
world.
NORWEGIANS
LANDED
AT
A
CANADIAN
ATLANTIC
PORT
Twenty
Norwegian
seamen
have
been
landed
ten
days
after
their
ship
was
toivedoed.
Their
lifeboat
was
located
by
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
and
two
days
later
they
were
picked
up.
Another
lifeboat
with
twenty
on
board
has.
not
yet
been
found.
RECRUITING
HEAVY
VANCOUVER
Enlistments
so
far
in
January
have
numbered
over
900
and
by
the
end
of
the
month
it
is
expected
1000
will
have
been
reached.
CHURCHILL
ABSOLVED
Sydney
Newspaper
Says
Prime
Minister's
Aides
Responsible
For
Blunders
SIDNEY.
January
28
The
Sydney
Mirror
said
yesterday
that
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
In
spite
of
his
acceptance
of
sole
responsibility,
was
not
to
blame
for
all
the
blunders
which
had
been
made
in
the
prosecution
of
the
war.
Some
of
his
aides
had
been
equally
responsible,
the
newspaper
declared.
HEAR
FROM
H0NGK0NG
Swiss
Government
Has
Made
Contact,
and
Information
Regarding
British
and
Canadian
Soldiers
Expected
Soon.
LONDON,
Jan.
28:
The
Swiss
government
has
made
contact
with
Hong
Kong,
it
is
announced.
Soon
It
Is
hoped
to
obtain
information
In
regard
to
British
and
Canadian
soldiers
who
have
not
been
heard
from
since
Japan
took
over
Hong
Kong.
All
Information
available
will
be
sent
to
relatives
as
soon
as
possible.
NOltTIIERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
"PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
28,
1942.
TWO
MORE
SINKINGS
Crews
of
American
Tankers
Are
Landed
at
Delaware
Port.
LEWES,
Delaware,
Jan.
28:
Sinking
of
two
more
American
tankers
Pan
Main
and
Francis
E.
Powell
by
Axis
submarines
off
the
Atlantic
coast
,of
.the.
United
States
was
revealed
with
the
land
ing
of
the
crews
here
yesterday.
They
are
the
eighth
and
ninth
vessels
to.be
sunk
in
this
manner.
:
I
Big
Vessel
Torpedoed;
350
Missing
SAN
JUAN,
Puerto
Rico,
Jan.
28:
KP
Torpedoing
of
an
Allied
steamer
was
reported
today
by
a
ship
captain
who
announced
on
arrival
here
that
he
had
rescued
seventy-
one
of
the
crew
and
passeng-
ers
but
Indicated
that
more
than
350
persons
are
missing.
BATTLE
OF
AUSTRALIA
Information
Meagre
As
To
What
Is
Going
On
In
Islands
North
of
Commonwealth
MELBOURNE,
Jan.
28
There
Is
little
news
of
the
situation
In
the
string
of
Islands
guarding
the
entrances
to
the
north
of
Australia
which
have
been
attacked
by
the
Japanese.
It
was
reported
today
that
the
Australian
defenders
of
New
Britain
had
taken
up
new
positions
but
whether
this
meant
an
advance
or
a
retreat
was
not
made
clear.
Planes
of
the
Royal
Australian
Air
Force
have
been
pounding
the
Japanese
invasion
force
at
Rabul,
the
evacuated
capital
of
New
Over
Brest
and
Boulogne,
Planes
Return
Safely
LONDON,
January
28
Thtf
Ro-
lyal
Air
Force
was
over
Brest
and
Boulogne
with
its
bombers
last
night.
All
returned
safely,
EVEN
MORE
SHIPS
LOST
Batavia
Says
Eleven
Warships,
Seventeen
Transports
and
13
Planes
Destroyed
in
Straits
of
Macassar.
BATAVIA,
Jan.
28:
Eleven
Jap
anese
warships
and
nineteen
transports
have
so
far
been
sunk
or
damaged
and
thirteen
planes
were
destroyed
since
yesterday
by
American
and
Netherlands
sea
and
air
forces
in
the
Straits
of
Macas
sar
between
the
islands
of
Celebes
and
Borneo.
.
Thousands
of
troops
must
have"
been
drowned
in
the
sinking
of
the
transports.
A
large
Japanese
battleship
was
sunk
on
the
first
day
of
the
attack
last
Friday,
it
is
revealed.
The
near
destruction
of
the
convoy
Is
believed
to
have
upset
Japanese
invasion
war
plans,
causing
Tokyo
war
lords
to
revise
their
whole
South
Pacific
scheme.
RESISTANCE
IN
RUSSIA
Germans
Putting
Especially
Up
More
in
Crimea.
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
Fight,
MOSCOW,
Jan.
28:
In
the
Cri
mea
and
elsewhere
there
appears
to
be
Increased
resistance
by
the
Nazis
against
the
oncoming
Rus
sians.
They
are
endeavouring
to
consolidate
their
positions
in
a
new
defence
line.
Everywhere
along
the
1200-mile
front,
the
Russians
continue,
however,
to
drive
strongly.
There
have
been
new
landings
of
Russian
forces
near
Sebastapol
In
the
Crimea.
NEARER
TO
SINGAPORE
Battle
of
Malay
Peninsula
Now
Only
Fifty
Miles
Away
From
Stronghold.
SINGAPORE,
Jan.
28:
The
battle
of
Malay
Peninsula
has
now
reached
a
point
on
the
west
coast
fifty-eight
miles
north
of
the
stronghold,
It
is
learned.
On
the
east
coast
the
distance
is
eighty-
five
miles
north
of
Singapore.
The
nearest
point
Is
In
the
centre
where
the
British
have
made
an
other
withdrawal.
The
Japanese
are
receiving
constant
reinforcements.
Royal
Air
Force
planes
have
been
active
and
successful.
Japanese
planes
went
up
to
fight
the
British
and
lost
twelve
ships
as
a
result.
BELGIUM'S
MINERALS
Among
the
minerals
mined
In
Belgium
are
coal
lead
manganese,
zinc
and
iron.
,
11:35
a.m.
19.4
It.
Low
-
5:31
a.m.
95
ft.
18:21
p.m.
45
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
ion
More
People
Now
R.A.F.
FLYING
AMBULANCE
ASSISTS
WOUNDED
IN
LIBYA
A
wounded
Britu
soldier
shown
being
carried
.out,
of
a
frying
ambulance
at
a
British
base
airfield
In
Libya,
Latest
reports
from
this
embattled
Axis
stronghold
indicate
that
Derna
has
fallen
to
the
driving
power
of
the
Allies.
BOARDS
ON
WAR
NEEDS
Joint
Bodies
to
Deal
With
.Muni
tions,
.Shipping:
and
Haw
Materials
for
War.
LONDON
Jan.
28:
Three
joint'
war
production
boards
have
been
j
formed
between
United
States
and
Qreat
Britain
one
on
munitions,
another
o'n
shipping
and
the
third
7
on
raw
materials,
xnere
win
De
offices
in
London
and
Washington.
The
boards
will
deal
with
China,
Russia
and
the
other
united
nations
in
regard
to
their
needs.
Australian
In
War
Cabinet
BULLETIN
Substantial
Increase
In
Population
Shown;
Membership
Reduced
Number
of
People
in
Dominion
Is
Placed
at
11,119,89G,
Compared
With
10,376,786
Ten
Years
Ago.
OTTAWA.
Jan.
28:
(CP)
Canada's
nnmilatinn
nr.
June
2,
1941,
was
11,419,896
as
compared
with
10,376,780
in
1V6L
ana
redistribution
on
the
basis
of
1911
figures
will
reduce
the
House
of
Commons
membership
by
seven
members,
Hon.
J.
A.
McKinnon,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce,
announced
today.
Saskatchewan,
which
now
has
twenty-one
seats
in
the
House
of
Commons,
will
be
reduced
to
seventeen
and
Manitoba,
with
17,
will
be
reduced
to
fourteen.
MONSTER
0H)EEP
Queer
Creature,
Washed
Ashore
On
Orkney's,
Has
Head
Like
Cow
and
Hairy
Body
KIRKWALL,
Orkney
Islands,
January
28
A
sea
monster
about
twenty-six
feet
long,
having
a
head
like
a
cow
and
a
hairy
body,
has
been
washed
ashore
.on
the
Orkney
Islands.
It
has
been
sent
to
the
London
Museum
for
LIBERAL
OPPOSED
Ross
W.
Gray
Thinks
Government
Should
Have
Demanded
Legislation
Instead
of
Presenting
Plebiscite.
OTTAWA,-Jan.
28:
Ross
7.
Gray,
former
chief
Liberal
whip
and
member
for
West
Lambton,
disagreed
with
the
Mackenzie
King
government
yesterday
on
the
proposal
to
present
a
plebiscite
whereby
the
government
would
seek
release
from
its
commitment
against
the
conscription
of
manpower
for
overseas
service.
The
government
should
have
brought
in
an
act
providing
for
revision
of
the
conscription
policy
and
asked
that
parliament
pass
it.
This
could
still
be
done.
Wilfrid
Lacrolse,
Quebec-Mont-morency,
another
Liberal
member,
was
opposed
to
the
plebiscite
but
on
altogether
different
grounds
to
Mr.
Gray.
Lacrolse
believed
that
Canada
was
already
doing
her
full
share
and
that
there
should
be
no
conscription.
W.
Earl
Rowe,
Conservative,
(York-South),
accused
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
of
lack
of
leadership
and
suggested
that
he
should
resign.
DE
VALERA
INDIGNANT
Protests
Strongly
Against
Landing
of
American
Forces
in
North
Ireland.
DUBLIN,
Jan.
28:
Premier
Eamonn
de
Valera
protested
strongly
yesterday
at
the
landing
of
United
States
forces
in
Northern
Ireland.
Ireland
had
no
feeling
of
hostility
against
United
States
and
had
no
desire
for
conflict.
;
In
Belfast,
Prime
Minister
John
Andrews
of
North
Ireland,
said
De
Valera
had
no
right
to
protest,
declaring
that
his
refusal
to
grant
bases
had
cost
thousands
of
lives
In
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic.
SCOTS
WILVrS
THIS?
The
Romans
Introduced
the
bagpipe
into
the
British
Isle's.
4
f