Toddy's
War
Summary
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mmln
Tomorrow
sT
Ides
(By
Canadian
Press)
High
1:45
a.m.
21.3
ft.
(Australians
Have
Success
in-Malaya
Hronzcd
jungle-trained
Australian
troops
were
officially
credited
today
with
smashing
a
column
of
Japanese
tanks
and
infantry
in
their
first
engagement
with
the
Mikadp's
invasion
hordes
and
Hritons
in
Singapore
thrilled
to
the
hope
that
the
Malayan
retreat
was
now
finally
ended.
British
Far
East
headquarters
said
that
heavy
casualties
were
inflicted
on
the
Japanese
advance
and
described
the
situation
as
unchanged,
indicating
that
the
Japanese
had
been
checked
at
least
temporarily.
Evidence
that
Singapore's
aerial
defences
had
been
strongly
reinforced
was
reflected
in
a
British
communique's
report
that
large
forces
of
aircraft
were
slashing
at
the
invaders.
ussians
are
)masnmg
un
Masses
of
Russian
tanks
were
reported
smash
ing
today
at
the
gates
of
(Icrman-held
Taganrog,
forty
miles
west
of
Kostov-on-Don,
as
Marshal
Tim-oshenko's
Hed
armies
pressed
a
general
counter-
offensive
through
the
Ukraine
and
tightened
the
trap
on
100,000
Germans
and
Rumanians
in
the
Cri-imea.
Russian
troops
were
reported
fighting
the
invaders
also
a
few
miles
from
Simferopol,
the
German
capital,
forty
miles
north
of
Sebastapol
on
the
railroad
to
the
Russian
mainland.
On
the
basis
of
previous
reports
from
the
Soviet,
German
forces
at
Taganrog
had
long
since
been
isolated
by
Russian
columns
which
bypassed
the
city
in
pursuit
of
the
main
Axis
:;rmies
retreating
along
the
Sea
of
Azov
toward
Mariupol.
In
the
northeast
Ukraine
Red
Army
troops
were
reported
heavily
assaulting
Ger
man
forces
at
Kharkov
while
on
the
central
front
IJted
Army
spearheads
threatened
half
a
dozen
an-
Ichor
points
in
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
winter
dc-
fence
line.
ee
French
Help
itish
in
Libya
Free
French
forces
have
arrived
to
support
Rrit-
Ssh
troops
in
the
at
flick
on
'Axis'
liold-out
posffumTin
If
he
rocky
highlands
of
Halfaya
on
the
Libyan-Egyptian
border,
it
was
disclosed
today
at
Cairo.
lamburg
and
Emden
ire
Attacked
Again
.
.
.
London
reports
that
the
German
ports
of
Ham
burg
and
Emden
were
attacked
last
night
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
for
the
second
night
in
a
row.
OMPENSATE
CANADIAN
provinces;
acedead
tails
of
Arrangement
With
01-
i
Italians
Confirm
Wing
Command-
Jawa
for
Surrender
of
Income
(Tax
Rights.
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Jan.
16:
It
is
cost-
w
federal
covernment
$100.-
9.000
annuallv
to
rnmnmsiitP
nine
provinces
for
takinc
over
p
personal
Income
and
corpor
al
taxes
fnr
thn
rinrtiMnn
nf
wai
It
is
believed
that
everv
pvincn
will
sign
the
agreements
Pwing
approval
by
their
lesis-
ur
An
indefinite
period
is
Jcred
bv
the
nrrrppmpllt-
-thfi
tatton
of
the
war
and
one
year
or
followlne
are
the
amounts
th.it
in
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for
the
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and
corporation
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riuhts;
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Scotia
and
Prince
iard
Island
will
also
receive
Jcial
subsidies.
Fell
500
Feet;
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Is
Uninjured
Ire.
ine.
awosa,
Jan.
16:
-
Eric
pe.
student
pilot
from
York-
'(.
fell
500
feet
from
IIP
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l.li
t
SrpH
u
tu
ieu
aoout
it.
Lta
u
he
suffered
no
serious
in-
cr
Mark
Henry
Brown
Killed
in
Action.
CAIRO,
Jan.
16:
A
message
dropped
from
an
Italian
plane
over
British-held
territory
in
Lib
ya
,
confirms
the
death
in
action
of
one
of
Canada's
most
distin
guished
airmen,
Wing
Command
er
Henry
Brown
of
Manitoba,
who
had
been
reported
missing.
Tne
message
says
Brown
was
killed
In
a
crash
while
fighting.
He
was
burled
bv
the
Italians
with
full
military
honors.
Brown
went
from
Canada
to
England
In
1936
and
joined
the
will
receive
In
re-
Royal
Air
Force.
Early
in
the
war
surrender
of
their
,he
distinguished
himself
with
ex
ploits
in
righting
over
western
Europe
and
in
the
Battle
of
REICH
IS
CONCERNED
Shortage
of
Workers
is
causing
Some
Anxiety
in
Iteich,
Berne
Reports
BERNE,
Switzerland,
Jan.
16:
A
labor
shortage
is
causing
grave
concern
in
Germany,
according
to
reDorts
here.
Workers
from
occupied
countries
are
showing
more
and
more
re
luctanc
to
co
to
Germany.
Thi
crpatest
shortage
is
in
highly
skilled
labor.
There
are
twenty-four
million
war
workers
employed
in
the
Reich
outside
of
war
prisoners..
Germany
expects
to
benefit
somewhat
Irom
the
use
of
Rus
slan
prisoners.
She
VOL.
XXI,
NO.
13.
region
towards
Tripolitania.
WELLES
IS
OUTSPOKEN
Urges
AH
Western
Hemisphere
to
Cast
Off
Shibboleth
of
Illusory
Neutrality.
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
Jan.
18:-At
the
opening
of
the
conference
of
Pan
-
American
foreign
ministers
here
yesterday
Under
Secretary
of
State
Sumner
Welles
of
the
Unit-
(
ea
states
urgca
an
nations
oi
me
western
hemisphere
to
cast
aside
the
shibboleth
the
Illusory
flc-.
i
tion
of
neutrality
and
to
unite
against
the
Axis
nations.
It
was
an
issue,
Welles
declared,
of
the
power
of
evil
against
the
rights
and
independence
of
free
peoples.
Neutrality
only
meant
suicide.
It
was
not
necessary,
Welles
said,
to
engage
in
actual
warfare
but
certainly
steps
should
be
taken
to
drive
outAxls.aeenta.who.
were
carrying'bn
under
the
gms'e
of
diplomatic
activity.
There
was
not
a
Japanese
or
Oerman
consul
or
one
of
the
puppet
nations
of
the
Axis
who
was
not
reporting
to
his
superiors
all
ships
that
left
port,
the
Object
being
to
sink
them.
Ten
Pan-American
nations
nave
already
broken
with
the
Axis
and
of
the
ten
remaining
but
one
Argentina
shows
any
disposition
to
retain
a
position
of
neutrality.
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Five
Japanese
Ships
Go
Down
Before
Yanks
UV1V1V
A
UtlliU
J,
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
is
0)The
Asiatic
fleet,
has
sunk
three
enemy
transports
and
two
large
Japanese
cargo
vessels
In
the
Far
East,
it
was
announced
today.
The
sink-
lngs
announced
today
by
the
Navy
brought
to
twenty-four
the
number
of
Japanese
war-
ships
and
non
-
combatant
vessels
sunk
by
United
States
Navy
and
marine
forces.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
16,
1942
Two
natives
of
Malaya,
ratings
in
the
British,
navy,
are
shown
manning
'an
anti-aircraft
machine-gun
aboard
a
minesweeper
near
vital
Cingapore.
This
great
British
fortress
and
naval
base
at
the
cross
roads
of&he
world
is
now
menacpn
hv
tho
.iamni
ririr.
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,
WAR
IS
CLOSER
Another
Tanker
Is
Sunk
Off
Long
Island
Only
23
Miles
Off
Shore.
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
.16:
0
The
United
States
Navy
confirmed
today
that
another
merchant
vessel
had
been
sunk
yesterday
off
the
south
shore
of
Long
Island.
First
word
of
the
sinking
came
from
the
United
States
coastguard
which
said
that
an
unidentified
tanker
had
been
sunk
by
enemy
warcraft
23
miles
off
Long
Island
and
seventy-five
miles
east
of
New
York.
At
first
the
Navy
Department
said
it
had
no
information
but
later
it
confirmed
the
sinking.
This
attack
brings
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic
fifty
miles
closer
to
the
east
coast
of
the
United
States
than
the
sinking
the
day
previous
of
the
Panamanian
tanker
Nor-
ness.
Capt.
Harold
Hanson,
reporting
on
tne
sinning
or
nis
snip,
ine
Norness,
said
It
was
struck
by
without
warning
SUBS
WILL
BE
BEATEN
British
Convoys
Will
Continue
To
Sail
Atlantic,
Says
Canadian
Minister
of
Navy
OTTAWA,
Jan.
16:
Hon.
Angus
MacDonald,
minister
of
the
navy,
says
that
convoys
will
keep
on
sailing
the
Atlantic
supply
route
to
Great
Britain
in
spite
of
enemy
submarines.
There
might
be
several
u-boats
off
the
Atlantic
coast
of
Canada
and
the
United
States
now,
MacDonald
admitted.
The
minister
reiterated
the
nec
essity
of
holding
back
,
informa
tion
In
regard
to
successes
against
enemy
submarines,
the
final
de
feat
of
which
by
the
Canadian
navy
he
was
firmly
convinced
of.
L.
Hoist,
manager
of
a
summer
resort
at
Mlnakl
in
Ontario,
av
rived
In
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
this
afternoon
in
the
course
of
a
trip
to
the
Pacific
Coast
and
will
proceed
cast
on
the
evening
train.
REDS
MAKE
ADVANCES
Further
Progress
Being
Made
Russian
Forces
in
Crimea,
Ukraine
and
West
of
Moscow.
three
torpedoes
which
were
fired
lobject
being
once
and
for
all
by
MOSCOW,
Jan.
16:
The
Red
Army
Is
making
further
advances
on
three
fronts
Crimea,
Ukraine
and
the
central
sector
west
of
Moscow.
The
Russians
have
driven
their
deepest
wedge
yet
into
the
Nazi
lines
by
capturing
an
important
town
175
miles
northwest
of
Mos
cow.
ffn
the
Ukraine,
Soviet
forces
have
taken
a
number
of
towns
just
outside
of
Important
Karkov.
Additional
landings
of
Russian
forces
have
been
made
from
the
Sea
of
Azov
on
both
sides
of
Per-lkop
Isthmus,
thus
threatening
to
trap
Germans
and
Rumanians
in
the
Crimea.
Little
Finland
Is
now
being
buffeted
by
a
new
Russian
offensive
from
the
Karelian
Isthmus,
the
knock
the
Finns
out
of
the
war.
to
BULLETINS
EXPECTS
LONG
WAR
HALIFAX
Speaking
to
a
service
club
here,
M.
J.
Coldweil,
C.C.F.
leader,
said
leading
British
public
men
expected
the
war
would
last
from
two
to
five
years
longer.
He
suggested
that
Canada
restrict
its
consumption
of
concentrated
goods
so
that
more
might
be
sent
to
Britain.
LANDINGS
IN
PHILIPPINES
TOKYO
The
Japanese
fleet
is
reported
to
have
been
in
action
off
Batan
Peninsula
of
the
Philippine
Islands
where
fresh
Japanese
troops
are
said
to
have
been
landed.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Hagen,
who
operate
a
sawmill
at
Copper
River
near
Terrace,
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
this
afternoon
following
a
trip
to
Vancouver
and
will
proceed
,tp
the
interior
by
the
evening
train,
BLAME
PUT
ON
LONDON
Military
Leaders
at
Home
Responsible
For
Lack
of
Air
Power
in
Far
East,
Menzies
Asserts.
CANBERRA,
Jan.
16:
Former
Premier
R.
O.
Menzies
of
Australia
holds
London
military
leaders
responsible
for
present
lack
of
air
ower
in
the
Far
East
theatre
of
war.
Menzies
says
that
Air
Marshal
Sir
Robert
Brooke-Popham,
since
removed
as
commander-in-ihief
at
Singapore,
a
year
ago
pointed
out
to
the
London
authorities
the
need
of
more
air
power
here.
CONNAUGHT
PASSES
AT
GREAT
AGE
Former
Governor
General
Of
Canada
and
Last
Son
Of
Queen
Victoria
Dies
LONDON,
Jan.
16:
The
Duke
of
Connaught,
who
Was
Governor
General
of
Canada
during
part
of
the
first
Great
War
from
1911
to
1916,
died
this
morning
at
his
home
at
Bagshot
Park
in
Surrey
He
passed
peacefully
away
after
Atkins,
announced.
The
last
surviving
son
of
Queen
Victoria,
he
was
ninety-one
years
of
age.
His
last
official
act
was
the
inspection
of
two
Canadian
regiments
In
England
two
years
ago.
The
career
of
the
Duke
of
Con-naught
and
Strathearn
spanned
four
generations
of
British
royalty
and
touched
five
reigns.
At
the
first
of
the
many
ceremonies
of
his
long
life
his
christeningthe
same
Duke
of
Wellington
who
conquered
Napoleon
Bonaporte
held
him
in
his
arms
as
sponsor.
The
Infant
prince
was
baptised
"Arthur"
in
honor
of
the
victor
of
Waterloo.
The
babe,
born
to
a
queen,
on
May
1,
1850,
lived
to
see
his
elder
brother
become
Edward
VII,
his
nephew
take
the
throne
as
George
V
and
his
great-nephews
reign
as
Edward
VIII
and
George
VI.
He
was
Queen
Victoria's
third
son
and
the
seventh
of
her
nine
children.
To
her
he
was
always
darling
Arthur."
Americans
had
several
oppor
tunities
to
see
him
at
close
range
between
October
14,
1911,
and
Oc
tober
16,
1916
when
he
served
as
governor
general
of
Canada,
the
first
British
prince
to
hold
an
overseas
post
of
this
calibre.
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PRICE:
'
FIVE
CENTS
British
Open
Offensive
CLOSE
ON
HALFAYA
Axis
Forces
Are
in
Danger
of
Being
Trapped
in
Last
Frontier
Outpost.
CAIRO,
Jan.
16:
British
desert
army
forces
are
closing
in
on
Halfaya
Pass,
last
hold-out
outpast
of
the
Axis
in
the
Libya
-Egypt
frontier
area,
and
are
threatening
to
entrap
from
5,000
to
10,000
Axis
troops.
There
is
little
change
in
the
situation
in
the
western
Cirenaica
HELPING
TO
HOLD
SINGAPORE
AUSSIES
IN
MALAY
NOW
Their
Presence
May
Mean
End
of
Defensive
and
Start
of
Offensive
Tactics
Singapore
Attacked
Again.
NEW
CONTACT
MADE
RANGOON,
Jan.
16:
W
British
combined
headquarters
announced
tonight
that
British
troops
had
"met"
the
Japanese
on
the
Burma-Thailand
frontier.
SINGAPORE,
Jan.
16:
..Australian
troops
are
now
in
action
j
against
the
Japanese
in
Malay
Peninsula
after
having
been
held
for
the
past
five
weeks
In
reserve.
This
was
made
known
here
yesterday.
The
entry
of
the
Australians
will,
it
is
hoped,
mark
a
change
from
defensive
rearguard
fighting
to
offensive
tactics
against
the
enemy.
The
Singapore
radio
tells
of
plans
for
a
"grand
new
offensive"
by
the
Allies
against
the
Japanese
in
a
huge
circle
with
Burma
as
the
western
segment.
"A
great
concentration
of
nvan
and
air
power
will
sweep
aside
all
opposi
tion,"
it
is
declared.
Yesterday
there
was
only
light
fighting
due
largely
to
weather
conditions,
recent
rains
having
washed
out
roads
and
bridges
to
make
operations
and
transport
of
equipment
very
difficult
for
both
sides.
Singapore
was
subjected
again
to
a
heavy
air
raid
attempt
but
the
enemy
planes
were
driven
off
and
UilU
WrWW
several
were
brought
down.
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between
the
Celebes
and
Sumatra
on
the
east
of
the
Netherlands
East
Indies
was
subjected
to
a
heavy
enemy
air
attack
yesterday.
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Naturally
Allies
Have
Been
Heavier
at
Ottawa
he
made
his
only
visit
,m
Jhan
Axls
slnce
War
to
tne
unnea
states,
coming
un
officially
and
unaccredited
to
"see
the
sights
of
New
York."
He
was
accompanied
by
the
duchess
and
their
popular
daughter
"Princess
Pat"
and
after
several
days
in
Manhattan
went
to
Washington
and
called
on
President
Taft.
While
the
United
States'
later
became
accustomed
to
royal
visitors,
they
were
compartlvely
rare
In
Continued
on
Page
Two
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MCARTHUR
IS
LAUDED
Fight
on
Philippines
"As
Inspiring
as
Tobruk,"
Says
Melbourne
Newspaper.
MELBOURNE,
Jan.
16:
The
fight
being
waged
on
the
Philip
pine
Islands
against
the
Japanese
Invaders
is
as
Inspiring
as
To
bruk,"
declares
the
Melbourne
Herald
newspaper.
The
delaying
action
there
is
proving
of
great
value,
the
newspaper
says.
MALTA
IS
HEAVY
HIT
Never
Before
in
History
Have
a
Few
Square
Miles
Taken
Such
Heavy
Pounding.
LONDON,
Dec.
16:
The
great
British
naval
and
air
base
of
Malta
has
been
subjected
to
a
pounding
such
as
a
few
square
miles
never
in
history
before
sustained
but
it
still
survives
to
stand
the
principal
stumbling
block
to
the
Axis
powers
In
that
Important
theatre
of
war.
Since
the
war
began
Malta
has
had
1285
air
raid
alarms,
fourteen
in
the
last
twenty-four
hours.
SHIP
LOSS
ENORMOUS
Began
NEW
YORK,
Jan.
16:
Allied
shipping
losses
for
the
whole
war
to
date
have
been
three
times
those
of
the
Axis,
according
to
a
compilation
which
takes
into
account
only
verified
losses
and
not
unconfirmed
claims
of
either
side.
The
Allies
have
lost
nearly
six
million
tons
of
naval
and
merch
ant
vessels
in
two
and
a
quarter
years
of
war
and
the
Axis
about
two
million
tons.
Of
course,
it
should
be
taken
into
account
that
the
Allies
have
a
great
many
more
ships
at
sea
than
the
Axis
powers
which
are,tp(
1,
large
extent
bottled
up.
The
year
1941
was
the
heaviest
in
losses
owing
to
the
destruction
of
several
major
war
vessels
on
both
sides.
Sweden
has
been
the
heaviest
loser
among
neutral
nations
127
ships
for
a
total
of
300,000
tons.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
Mlninttun
19.
41.
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