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Close
to
Singapore
W
Baps
Spreading
Out
Japanese
invasion
noises
stormed
to
within
eighteen
miles
of
Singapore
today,
hurling
ninety
thousand
troops
mio
a
nioouy
cumaiic
assault
to
fnatch
the
Far
Eastern
stronghold.
As
the
battle
thundered
nearer
the
mile-wide
Johorc
Straits
separating
Singapore
from
Malay
Peninsula,
British
headquarters
indicated
the
gravity
of
the
situation.
A
communique
said
there
was
contact
with
the
enemy
about
Kului
which
is
on
the
broad
highway
leading
to
Singapore
gateway.
Across
the
South
China
Sea,
Netherlands
troops
were
reported
locked
in
hitler
combat
with
other
Japanese
invaders
in
four
zones
of
the
Indies
Archipelago
at
Italak
Papan
on
the
East
Borneo
coast,
above
Pentianak,
chief
port
in
West
Borneo;
in
Minehassa
Peninsula
on
northern
Celebes
Island
and
around
Kendari
in
southeastern
Celebes.
The
hard-hitting
Netherlands
East
Indies
also
reported
fifty-four
Japanese
ships
sunk
or
heavily
damaged
by
the
Dutch
Navy
and
Air
Force
in
fifty-four
days
of
fighting.
Mitler
Complains
As
uhiss
Victory
Scored
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler,
wth
his
battered
armies
;
in
retreat
over
the
frozen
Russian
steppes,
bitterly
assailed
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
today
and
harked
back
to
the
old
complaint
that
he
did
not
understand
why
Germany
was
being
fought.
Even
as
he
spoke,
the
Russians
announced
details
of
a
most
spectac
ular
Soviet
gam
in
the
Donets
industral
basin
of
the
Ukraine
a
93-mHc
drive
in
which
25,000
Germans
were
left
dead
on
the
battlefield.
On
the
North
African
front
Rritish
headuuart-
lers
said
that
Field
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
superior
had
recaptured
the
port
of
Bengasi.
A
communique
Iiorces
said
that
Rritish
troops
were
making
fresh
withdrawals
in
the
entire
combat
area
of
western
Libya.
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to
the
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was
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out
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HAVE
EDGE
IN
AIR
WAR
Despite
Heavy
Odds
Against
Them,
Allies
Are
Getting
Best
Of
It
In
Far
Cast
SINGAPORE,
Jan.
30:
An
en
couraging,
feature
of
the
war
in
I
he
southwest
Pacific
is
the
resurgence
of
Allied
air
strength
in
spite
of
heavy
odds
which
existed
against
it
at
first.
In
spite
of
other
reverses
and
heavy
odds
against,
the
scale
of
air
losses
both
over
Rangoon
and
Singapore
is
in
Allied
favor.
Since
the
start
of
the
war
the'
Japanese
have
lost
111
planes
in
Burma
with
remarkably
few
losses
for
the
united
nations.
VICTORY
OF
REDS
Scored
Heavily
Over
Germans
in
Ukraine
During
Fast
Ten
Days.
MOSCOW,
Jan.
30:
The
extent
of
the
great
triumph
of
the
Rus
sians
over
the
Nazis
In
the
Ukraine
has
been
disclosed.
During
ten
days
of
fighting
In
the
uoneis
Basin
four
hundred
towns
were
recaptured
by
the
Russians,
white
about
25,000
German
soldiers
were
killed.
The
Nazi
soldiers
In
the
Ukraine
were
under
orders
to
"stand
fast
for
the
Fuehrer
or
be
shot."
No
Whitewash
To
Churchill
Does
Not
Regard
Vote
of
Confi
dence
as
That
Says
Prime
Minister
LONDON.
Jan.
30:
Prime
Min
ister
Winston
Churchill
has
stated
that
the
overwhelming
vote
of
confidence
passed
In
him
yester
day
will
not
be
taken
as
a
white
washing
of
any
scandal,
mlsbe
haviour
or
shortcoming
of
any
members
or
officials
of
the
gov
ernment.
VOL.
XXXI.,
NO.
25.
fore
members
today
with
a
promise
from
Harold
Winch,
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
leader,
that
he
would
ask
such
a
meeting
unless
given
a
"satisfac
tory
reply"
to
questions
regarding
civilian
protection
steps
in
the
province.
Mr.
Winch
told
the
legislature
last
night
that,
on
the
basis
of
statements
made
to
him
and
"backed
on
factual
evidence."
he
had
written
Premier
John
Hart
and
General
R.
O.
Alexander
asking
for
information.
If
this
was
not
forthcoming
he
said
he
would
ask
for
a
closed
sitting
of
the
legislature
so
that
members
might
be
Informed.
"We
may
be
attacked
If
Singapore
goes,"
said
Mr.
Winch
in
the
course
of
a
speech.
RULED
NOT
ESSENTIAL
Those
Who
Drive
Rack
and
Forth
To
Work
Cannot
Have
Much
Gas
OTTAWA,
Jan.
30:
"The
Man
of
the
Street,"
he
who
uses
a
car
to
drive
back
and
forth
from
work,
will
be
rated
in
the
non-essential
category
under
the"
gasoline
rationing
regulations
this
spring
He
will
be
limited
to
a
gallon
of
gas
J
a
day.
The
preferred
group,
who
will
be
allowed
more
gas
than
the
minimum
will
Include
clergymen,
teachers,
farmers,
commercial
travellers,
doctors,
government
officials
and
A.
R.
P.
workers.
There
will
be
unlimited
supplies
for
commercial
vehicles.
DISPOSING
OF
MOATS
Terse
Report
,by
Airman
Is
Inter
esting
Illustration
of
Results
Being
Obtained.
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
30:
The
United
States
Department
of
the
NavV
announces
that
increasingly
effective
counter-measures
are
being,
taken
against
enemy
submarines
which
have
been
operating
off!
both
Atlantic
and
Pacific
coasts.
So
far
twenty
enemy
submarines
have
been
sunk
or
damagedfifteen
on
the
Atlantic
and
five
on
the
Pacific.
jit
Is
not
customary
to
announce
individual
incidents
of
submarines
being
disposed
of
but
yesterday
one
such
notaDie
case
came
io
hand
that
it.
was
decided
to
make
it
public.
A
United
States,
pilot
made
a
four-word
report
as
fol
lows:
"Sighted
submarine.
Sank
It."
Where
the
submarine
was
sunk
was
not
disclosed.
It
Is
officially
announced
that,
since
United
States
entered
the
war,
fourteen
Allied
vessels
have
been
sunk
off
the
Canadian
and
United
Stated
coast.
This
differs
from
an
extravagant
German
claim
that
U-boats
have
disposed
of
43
ships
totalling
302,000
tons.
GASOLINE
SHORTAGE
Situation
on
Pacific
Coast
Is
Becoming
Serious
Again.
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
30:
The
gasoline
situation
on
the
Pacific
Coast
Is
becoming
serious
again,
Secretary
of
the
Interior
Harold
Ickes
says.
The
threat
of
enemy
action
on
shipping
and
interference
with
deliveries
of
crude
is
having
somje
effect.
Head-On
Auto
Collision
In
Fraser
Valley
CHILLIWACK,
Jan.
30:
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
Adams
and
Henry
Smith
are
in
serious
condition
as
a
result
of
a
head-on
collision
between
automobiles,
the
crash
having
occurred
last
night
between
Langley
Prairie
and
Chilli-
wack.
Mrs.
Henry
Smith
Is
in
a
less
serious
condition.
BULLETINS
IX
MACASSAR
STRAITS
RATA
VIA
Forty-eight
Japanese
vessels
may
have
been
sunk
from
the
Java-bound
convoy
in
Macassar
Straits.
This
would
leave
an
estimated
65
ships
of
the
convoy
with
tome
150,000
troops
on
board.
HOLDING
IN
BURMA
RANGOON
Japanese
and
Thai
invaders
of
Burma
are
now
being
held.
Since
the
start
of
the
war
111
Japanese
planes
have
been
brought
down
over
Burma
with
remarkably
few
losses
of
united
nations'
machines.
BREAK
WITH
AXIS
UIO
DE
JANEIRO
Brazil
is
losing
no
time
in
breaking
oft
relations
with
the
Axis
powers.
German,
Italian
and
Japanese
diplomats
have
already
been
handed
their
passports.
NAZI
OVER
SCOTLAND
LONDON
There
was
a
single
enemy
bomber
over
a
northeast
Scottish
town
last
night.
It
caused
a
few
casualties
including
some
killed.
INITIATIVE
PASSING
MELBOURNE
Acting
Premier
Francis
Ford
of
Australia,
says
the
threat
of
a
Japanese
invasion
of
Australia
is
becoming
less
imminent
although
it
is
still
a
"logical
possibility."
The
initiative
in
the
South
Pacific
is
passing
from
Japanese
to
Allied
hands,
Ford
says.
PHILIPPINE
SITUATION
IUTAVIA
President
Manuel
Quisling
yesterday
issued
a
statement
expressing
confidence
in
final
victory.
He
said
only
one-third
of
the
Philippine
Islands
had
been
occupied
by
the
Japanese,
the
remainder
being
still
under
"constituted
authority."
NEARER
TO
SINGAPORE
Enemy
Only
Eighteen
Miles
Away
From
Stronghold
Today
SINGAPORE,
Jan.
30:
O,
The
fateful
Battle
of
Singapore
raged
only
eighteen
miles
away
from
the
stronghold
in
the
jungles
of
Southern
Malaya
yesterday.
A
British
communique
said
that
Japanese
vanguards
had
advanced
to
within
eighteen
miles
of
Johore
Strait,
separating
Singapore
Island
from
the
mainland,
but
declared
that
Australians
had
counter
attacked
successfully,
inflicting
about
two
hundred
casualties.
On
the
west
the
enemy
were
25
miles
away
while
on
the
Malaya
east
coast,
other
Japanese
columns
had,
apparently,
driven
to
a
point
forty
miles
northeast
of
Johore
Strait.
Strict
curfew
has
been
declared
In
Singapore.
In
the
Philippines
American
artillery
gunners
are
smashing
new
headlong
Japanese
Infantry
assaults
on
American
defence
lines
on
Batan
Peninsula,
Inflicting
bloody
losses
on
the
enemy.
Meanwhile,
the
Japs
launched
a
new
drive
into
Dutch
West
Borneo
and
the
Dutch
are
now
defending
on
four
fronts.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
SECRET
SESSI0N
C.C.F.
Member
Proposes
This
to
Consider
B.C.
Civilian
Defence.
VICTORIA.
Jan.
30:
Oi
Possibility
of
an
unprecedented
secret
session
of
the
legislature
was
be
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
30,
1942.
A.R.P.
REVIEW
EMERGENCY
PROTECTION
DISCUSSED
Local
Chairman
Appeals
for
Cooperation
in
Face
of
Dangerous
Situation.
At
a
largely
attended
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
Thursday,
J.
J.
Little,
after
an
Introduction
by
P.
H.
Llnzey,
spoke
on
Civil
Protection
Committee
(A.R.P.I
work
and
Its
organization.
Mr.
Little's
talk
was
arranged
under
three
headings,
Civil
Protection
organization
and
what
had
been
done
In
the
past,
what
was
being
done
at
present,
and
what
was
hoped
might
be
accom
plished
in
the
very
near
future.
An
organization
had
been
formed
around
January,
1940
and,
since
that
time,
meetings
of
executives
(and
other
different
branches
had
been
formed
into
a
skeleton
organization
which
was
gradual'y
enlarged
as
volunteers
were
available.
Mr.
Little
covered
the
excel-
I
lpnt
ti'firlr
rtf
tVo
firo
TirarHiiTic
tin
der
H.
T.
Lock,
fire
chief,
who
had
siven
of
his
timp
and
knowledge
in
giving
Instruction
to
his
volun
teer
firefighters.
The
work
of
the
special
police,
under
Inspector
Ernest
Gammon,
was
highly
commended.
This
force
had
attended
lectures
and
was
available
in
case
of
emer
gency.
These
men
were
sworn
liu
as
special
police
and
were
depur
tized
with
police
powers.
Under
the
heading
of
first
aid
and
nursing,
Arnold
Flaten,
with
the
very
able
and
valuable
assistance
of
his
first
lieutenant
-and
able
first
aid
instructor,
Angus
McDonald,
had
been
indefatigable
in
working
up
classes
from
a
known
twelve
certified
first
aid
workers
to
over
one
hundred
at
the
present
time.
J.
S.
Wilson
had
also
done
considerable
work
with
the
wardens
and
district
wardens
and,
in
con-Junction
with
the
teachers,
has
arranged
for
evacuation
of
the
schools
when
and
If
an
emergency
arises.
At
the
present
time,
under
F.
N.
Good,
studies
had
been
made
to
care
for
water
and
sewer
services,
demolition
and
gas.
All
these
several
members
were
meeting
weekly
to
consider
future
work,
working
out
or
arranging
operations
or
eliminating
those
found
Impracticable.
Danger
of
Situation
Mr.
Little
further
pointed
out
the
danger
of
the
present
situa
tion
In
the
Pacific,
quoting
dis
tance
and
facts
to
figures
quoted
ALIENS
TO
Low
Tanker
Still
Afloat,
Being
In
Good
Shape
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
30:
The
Department
of
the
Navy
says
that
the
tanker
Panmaln,
which
had
been
reported
sunk
by
an
enemy
submarine
off
the
Atlantic
Coast,
Is
still
afloat
and
in
good
shape.
EVACUATE
Removal
From
Defence
Areas
Western
States
Ordered
In
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
30:
At
the
instance
of
the
Department
of
War,
Attorney
General
Eldle
has
ordered
that
all
German,
Italian
and
Japanese,
enemy
aliens
must
leave
several
defence
areas
in
the
western
states
Including
Washington,
Oregon
and
California
by
February
24.
There
must
be
immediate
registration.
Los
Angeles
and
San
Francisco
were
the
first
evacuation
areas.
Plane
Crash
In
Newfoundland
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Machine
Wrecked
But
Crew
is
Alive
ST.
JOHN'S,
Newfoundland,
Jan
30:
Four
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
men,
who
had
been
listed
earlier
In
the
day
as
missing,
have
been
located
alive
although
their
plane
was
wrecked
near
Grand
Falls.
They
were
sighted
from
the
air
by
a
search
plane
which
dropped
supplies
but
was
unable
to
land.
Rescuers
are
been
sent
in
overland.
WILL
GET
NEW
POST
Lord
Beaverbrook
Expected
to
Made
Minister
of
Be
j
LONDON,
Jan.
30:
Lord
Beaverbrook,
it
Is
expected
In
political
circles,
will
be
given
the
new
post
In
the
cabinet
minister
of
productionwhich
it
was
Indicated
yesterday
by
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
would
be
created.
Sir
Stafford
Crlpps,
who
recently
returned
from
the
post
of
ambas-
substantlato
sador
to
Russia,
may
succeed
Lord
He
then
pleaded
Beaverbrook
as
minister
of
supply.
for
co-operation
of
all
those
present
In
offering
their
services
and
encouraging
others
to
do
likewise.
The
future
work
appeared
to
bo
Intensive
Instruction
by
means
of
the
press
and
radio
to
Inform
the
public
to
listen
In
on
the
radio
and
read
their
newspapers
about
any
matters
pertaining
to
the
A.R.P.
Each
business,
commercial
and
domestic
establishment
should
take
effective
steps
to
see
that
they
have
protected
their
own
premises
and
educate
their
families
what
to
do
should
an
emergency
arise.
The
controls
for
the
sirens
had
now
arrived
and
were
being
installed
rapidly
with
the
co-operation
of
the
Canadian
Corps
of
Signals.
The
principal
matter
now
for
the
A.R.P.
executive
was
to
tighten
up
the
organization
and
Mr.
Little
appealed
for
an
enlargement
by
the
enlistment
of
'
a
greater
number
of
volunteers.
Splendid
Work
Col.
J.
W,
Nlcholls
spoke
on
the
splendid
work
done
by
the
A.R.P.
organization
work
often
done
and
carried
out
under
adverse
criticism
and
with
little
outside
assistance
from
people
In
Prince
Ru-
LEADER
OF
0LDWEST
Sir
Frederick
William
George
Haultain
Dies
at
Age
of
Eighty-Four.
MONTREAL,
Jan.
30:
Sir
Frederick
William
George
Haul-tain,
aged
84,
who
was
chief
Justice
of
Saskatchewan
for
twenty-six
years
and
premier
of
the
Northwest
Territories
from
1891
to
1605,
died
today.
The
city
police
report
a
fur
ther
accumulation
of
found
artl
cles
Including
bicycles,
purses
and
watches.
Persons
who
have
lost
such
articles
as
these
and
others
might
do
well
to
Inquire
at
the
station.
pert.
He
commended
the
workers,
executive
and
Mx.
Little
fur
the-
splendid
work
accomplished
and
voiced
the
opinion
that
every
effort
should
be
made
to
give
them
support.
6:55
ajn.
19:29
pjn.
INVASION
7.9
ft.
2.9
ft
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Coast
Defence
Discussed
IS
LIKELY
Howard
Green
Thinks
Japs
Will
Come
Here
Liberal
Joins
In
Criticism
OTTAWA,
Jan.
30:
Howard
Green,
Conservative
member
for
Vancouver
South,
said
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
a
Japanese
invasion
attempt
of
Canada
was
probable.
Attacks
on
the
British
Columbia
coast
would
come
"sooner
or
later,"
by
way,
he
suggested,
of
the
Aleutian
Islands,
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
AlbernL
Defence
forces
of
the
Pacific
Coast
were
inadequate,
the
coast
was
insufficiently
armed,
detlar-ed
Mr.
Green
who
was
opposed
to
the
plebiscite
on
releasing
the
government
from
commitments
in
regard
to
conscription
of
man
power.
The
Vancouver
South
member
said
that
Canada
was
in
deadly
peril
with
her
only
protection
the
crippled
United
States
for
ces
on
the
Pacific.
Mr.
Green
suggested
that
the
Japanese
,
would
attack
United
States
Aleutian
Island
bases
and
then
Prince
Rupert
and
Port
Alberni
to
set
up
bases
for
air
raids
on
shipyards
and
defence
bases
about
Vancouver
and
neighboring
United
States
ports.
Green
said
that
some
men
In
Canada's
active
army
had
no
rifles
and
that
other
Canadian
soldiers
had
old
United
States
models
with
red
bands,
indicating
that
they
were
unfit
to
be
fired.
George
Cruickshank,
Liberal
member
for
Fraser
Valley,
said
the
plebiscite
was
necessary
but
agreed
with
Mr.
Green
on
the
slowness
of
government
policy
in
handling
the
Japanese
question
on
the
coast,
expressing
opinion
that
the
minister
had
been
poorly
advised.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
said
the
defence
of
the
British
Columbia
coast
was
being
treated
with
seriousness.
Col.
Ralston
said
that
rifles
referred
to
by
Mr.
Green
were
fit
to
be
fired,
Green
retorting
that
they
might
be
fired
a
few
times.
The
minister
of
national
de
fence
stated
that
a
"protected
area"
in
British
Columbia
would
be
announced
at
once.
Many
of
Those
On
Lady
Somers
Unaccounted
For
OTTAWA,
Jan.
30:
Two
hun
dred
and
lifty
passengers
are
now
conceded
to
have
been
lost
as
a
result
of
the
torpedoing
of
the
Canadian
steamer
Lady
Somers
in
the
West
Indies.
Seventy-one
of
the
survivors
have
been
landed.
Five
persons
died
in
the
lifeboats
before
being
picked
up.
Two
hundred
and
forty-five
are
unaccounted
for.
To
Discuss
Matters
Of
Importance
I
WASHINGTON,
Jan.
30:
IB
President
Franklin
D.
Roos-
velt
whose
sixtieth
birthday
it
is
today,
expects
to
tell
the
United
States
In
a
broadcast
around
February
22
about
the
progress
of
tho
war
effort.
The
WJilte
House
said
yester-
day
that,
by
that
time,
It
Is
quite
possible
ho
will
have
things
of
importance
to
say."
I.