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ETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1942

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REDS RETAKE SEVERAL DOZEN WIRE VILLAGES

TTwo-Ton Bombs‘ Smash Munich

Britain's Biggest Part In Raid,

Bombers Take

i MNDON. Dee. I —(OP)— Britain's biggest bombers ieeeed two- im "block-buster" bomb; and thousands of inooudisrieeiast night upon

Hitler's

‘creme espital of Munich in a IMO-mile round trip blow at

the railway fountsinhead for supplies shipped to Italy end Africa. From Mai-Gen. llnry 1'. Miller, new head of the United states Oonunsnd,

Army‘; sits Air Ioroo Service heavier blown. “An all-out

thereeensethepreinieeeistil

airofforsdvuegainsttheAsisfhbeingpreperollbythh

command. he said. and it “will be Iuedy to acconspilds can mission wlfliln

e very brief period."

Gen. Miller told a prose conference that there had been "a steady flow i: £10115“ an the United Btstos for tho big offensive."

B II ""1 11ml‘ four-ensured bombers, u» Lanoaltlw, for the fifth blow st Munich. all this was the I..A.I‘.'s second snooeeei

light sitsek on the Belch.

Garson New leader Gov’t In Manitoba a

immune. n». s: -wr> - lion. Stuart s. Gsrson today was unanimously named leader of the Manitoba Coalition Government at e general caucus of administration supporters.

The caucus voiced unanimous approval of continuation of cooli- lion and supper; of bidrfintiigsorls‘ es e successor on. o rsc en, iirewlvlecterll National tIlfiBCQI of . e rogress ve ve Perty u Premier of '

indiflgireesisreryfiicguloso, is ex: m"

pected to take over the prunier- ship early in the new year.

The caucus was attended by Lib- eral-Pmgiessive members. Oonser- Ylilvcs. socisi creditors end inde-

ndenis. all Allied with the ooeii-

Oh Bovernment.

"f want to commend the morn- W-i 0i 8-11 Bfwpe for their action in respect to continustion or me 90511000.” said Mr. Bracken lain Will'- “And for their choice of s man for the next Premier." .

Mr. Bracken said he would en for a short time before resigning "i! llremiershi . He ssid he would within t e next two or three

YACBTMAN DEAD

‘TORONTO, Dtc. 22 - (OP) -_ lX-commodwe George Horses Gwdiirhfl-m. '14. one of Oensde best known yachtsmon. ed at his b01116 here todgy,

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IDNDON. Dee. 22 --(CP)— ft. G. glsey. British Minister the

idols blast. leid in s BBO cast today that it grtml} bethwon from the die

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taming Events

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h0g0 tliuntnli forenoolzlordon n:

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td chickens end low‘. d? “anion market velue. We also ks end Geese. Island

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“m dimers

“Alliayintho rsoseof the 110111501." said one lancsster Bomb- lflilol‘. "I sew thick smoke looming

_ The fliers woru bothered with clouds over Munich, and this afr- mau said his plane circled over the city for about 15 minutes.

Gleweflfsnylfres

"Before wo left I sew the glow of many fires end colinnns of srnoke were spiralling up to m through the clouds. Then‘ sew many buildings were slight."

The Air ’ y announced that "e ‘greet weight of bombs" wss dropped on the birthplace of biasi- dom, end the German High Oom- mend acknowledged damage. Twelve British bombers were lost, suggesting tho raid we; in consid-

erable force. The Air Ministry news service slid Mllaich ves defendodwqsklv the ground, with on a’ few oearchlights and . muc enti- aircraft fire. but rman night fighters were up in strength. At least two enemy fighter; were de-

stroyed. it said.

Striking singly. out of low clouds. German pianos coined some ces- uslties in southern enli tern Bnglsnd during dsy light attacks.

Daylight Attacks

During the day, en sir ministry communique said, bomber command struck et railway and other targets in northwest Ger- many and the low countries. Fight- attacked seve gun poet; in Holland es wellnues bombin a train in Irance.

ue said e fighter and e bomber were missing from the operations. Pour persons were killed when bombs wrecked several homes st en inland town in southeastern mglend. six were killed and five injured seriously at an eest Amilisn

The LA.‘ downed one raider off the sout coest, end anti-sir- rreft batteries. whose crews in- cluded women "‘ of the euk- ilisry torriinrlel service. shot en- otherintothcsoe offtbe eest

coast.

objectives of the Munich reid would be the big sero and sub- marine engine plants. the hand ado factories and locomotive works there, end the vital nil

80 Fires In 60 llcurs In iiuchoc

QUEBEC, Doc. Z — ( ) _.. Quebec firemen answered their cell in less than 60 hours early to-

da wh lid ttof t hi.i..ér“.“.‘..°i..°“ i...‘§.“.ti.;'.'.‘3 orwwn 5t.

Finch Word. following e osi

Flames orifice in the basement of the United Cigar Stowe at the 2.°..".'§.'.°.{..’l‘- i... Lin“ four oommeras

J. Fur tore. Lsftose Beau and otverei offices and two mgiiilymu 1w b-chiod mo- cesue wessu o Drolet who collapsed elm ht fires since Sunday with ll lerest. The blase wee checked and br t under control st n

resid-

ougih con. 1mm firemen succeeded in isolating t adj which water

Damage (‘.7013 since .000.

oining Metwpo an Store suffered heavy smoke In

used n inQiitbfl “Binnie? night leeches

snug: “containing livvedesoeds!) — is!) — All"! ground troops in Buns area of New Glnnla ere I- siow advance throng intri- este snd thoroughly JprcPIIW positions" 6 10156:‘ Allied headquarters snnounc

810081401105. Doc. 30—(AP)—- Certain elements of Bwodioh troop! will be oailodup for drill because "sudden - are Possible 111 me war situation. s Sw h. com- unique said today.

OTTAWA. D00,- Ir-

‘Turkey will grace the ta lee in tho camps for enemy 0119""? of war across Canada on Christmas Day, it was learned today. The international Red Cross has s proprietor! s. sum of money vvt which i-Ilriwl’! are nrchased for the

camps, AWA. Dec. 22-(01113-5312: i‘...

0T1‘ Prices Board announced that maximum wholesale pr for carcssses, sides and quarters of

line wi. elated Oct. i2 lest. OTTAWA. Dec. 2$—(CP)- Ontario's move to obtain oom- tion from the Federal easury if the new liquor sale restrictions result in a provin- ciel deficit, as reported in a Toronto dispatch today, may be the first step toward n. Domin- icn-Provineiel conference on this question.

Ask Probe By Prices Board-

NEW WATERFORD, N.5.. Dec. 82 - (GP) — The Board of Trade hero decided today to ask the Wsr-. time Prices Boerd for en nvostigI-t» ion of commodity shortegee in Osipo

Breton.

Board officers said there bed been “flagrant diserimlnetion s- gainst the Island of C Breton with respect to the distr bution of first grade molasses" and added

lines linking southern Germany 31th ‘ftely through the Brenner us.

Three Briton

OHUTINKHIG. Dec. fl-(Ail- Three Britons who escaped altar s Jgpgng rt wee toepodoed end sunk Oct. l

nave leached Gsineanddosoribeee

ch and my I000 other gunners?! wer were echfinod w the Jepsoese. A British nnbessy release told wdey of their experiences. ‘me three. Warrant Officers J. 0. Iellsoo W. (l. J hnswne end A ours-awe. Dee.

‘ I-(Qi- The Isternei Affairs -

Depart

(litistmes d be A. J. W. 0f thO Bfitilh-All- ..... nrafismnramu ""- "rm “ififi l

were ensue in the htcr with virtual! een

whileybgine trans- ‘hi... eeid no ' ieionwesrnsde fof man vfll- Gnlfl lllff ffilli t- ry, "be? or di flierie.

there was reason to believe "sim- ilar conditions effect other ligieg;

s Describe

Jap Prison Transport

Conditions Appaling; Heavy Loss of Life When Ship Torpedoed; No Canadians Aboard.

,thoi.r blankets with e terpeislin to shelter them when it rained. They given sole but

ers on deck holds where they were forced to remain ell dey without food or

' night the hatch boards were BIOIQC llld Hi0 Gilli“ Oiiii COW! sndbeeilvwod to fell on the prison-

tches were lo bsttened ere was no ventilation in The only unitary gro-

visioin for the 400 men in the old three escaped men was a

Th0 lit lhllfltfikalllln mfl.

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The Japanese m abendoned m year's? Hillxéyfods of gisong into the ere and

squeeze, retrest

Accurate delineation of tho Don but“ basis of blind Soviet or Nssi official reports; but there seems no reason to doubt that this first dsy of his second was winter in Russia is ocu- fronting Hitler with even bleakes-‘proepocte then the first.

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t Nigt

(By Kirke 1. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst)

il impossible on the

There, es in North Afrios under the tightening Allied nut-cracker

, Inevitable before 1t is too into to salvage some

part of Hitler's threatened armies before Stallngr ’ in the Don loop. . .. Th.

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is the f‘ end lllil treat nssy be siresdy in ,. ,

ions bisckest hour was endured. l O O

to protection of his drive southward ed to thumb his

worse than those of a year ego.

By WILLIAM STEWART (Canadian Press Staff Writer)

A, BRITISH PORT. Doc. 22 -

(OP CABLE) -- Britain todav wel- comed hundreds of reinforce- e Canadian Army, gra- British G0mm0il1~ dining Plan, personnel for s. large Canadian hospital and the second contingent of the Can- adian Women's Army Corps. ‘The newly-arrived men and women disambarked at this wartime port soon after their slup‘: anchors were let go into the rirey water on which warships, srierc antmen and seaplenes rode in the distance.

Rough Passage

They had experienced a fast but ro h Atlantic passage which 0c- cas oned a few cases of sickness but apparently no injuries.

__A;Ti]a1s illc1\vri.'2d_ en oLQIgQLdg

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Persistent Iopflfie of breaking moreil among his satellite divisions in Russia, particularly Itfllan unite, come from many sources. By every available sign this Dec, 22 came for him under darker portents than a year ago when by his own word his prov-

m '-~—'-

In Insets this winter, bewover, litier has 10st s full month in futile efforts te take Stalingrad and consolidate his Don-Volga front, vitei

in the Caucasus. 1f he now is forc-

ies in the south back to s shortened end less ex- posed winter holding front as he did Nov. 29 last when he surrendered Rostov. the conditions of such n. winici- retreat must be immensu "‘

More Canadian Troops Reach Great Britain

Second Contingent of C.W.A.C., Airmen And Reinforcements For Army Included In Group.

Island Ministers To Graduate

MONTREAL, Dec. 22 —(OP) - The Presbyterian Theological Coll- ege, on affiliate of McGili Univer- sity announced ioduy that duo to an “extreme shortage" of Ministers throughout the country final year men will be graduated et Christ- mas. 'l"he normal term ends 1n May. The graduates will include Jmeph MacDonald of Pictou, NB... who is going to River John. Plctoi County, N.S.; Lloyd Henderson of Prince Edward Isiand to ‘frail, 13.0.; John Carson also of Prince Edward Island to Grand Prairie, Alta.

Included in e group of tough sappcrs and gunners, seasoned by months of training st Pei- awawn Camp, Ontario was Gnr. Chester You of Northern. P.E.L 11o told newsman he was a farmer in civilian life and left s. wife and child behind hips.

nance and Arm Service Corps, the Armored an Medical Corps, Artillerymen and Signollers.

Few of the Airmen were 0on-

adians. although almost all were graduates of Canadian Schools of the Commonwealth Plan. There were 69 fire-fighters who volunteered in Canada for d with Britain's Notional fire val-vice. A contingent o! men from Now- foundladid and recruits for the Royal Netherlands Army also were in the convoy.

As the disembarkation proceeded the soldiers glanced upward from time to time as swift British alr- ora-ft patrolling the harbor soared overhead. iAimong anti-tank men fo having a smoke in e. corridor were Gnrs. Gerald Joilimore of Halifax and Harold Gouriie of Toronto. There were representatives of ma units already well established i itain. ‘There were Lieuts. Clark Middlewn- or and Ilrenk Marshal, both of 0 tows. members of the Cameron Highlanders Ed Lamothc of Longueu . Que, Mau- rice Gravel of Montreal and J.P. Charlotte and B. Pharand. the last two Ottawa members of the Fus- iliers Mont Royal.

Wounded Man Back

Lleut. J.B.R.. Purcell of Toronto. a member of the Ontario Rciimefli who was with one of the lrst Can- adian overseas contingents. said ht hmd been waiting two months to re- tin-n to Britain after hovirll I0!"

hm“ w inned. “It was

,, a '.. a 1 ilgtlndgd-h e lotmhardgryw not‘; the wife f0!‘ rm; trip than for the l .' Members of the eager C-WAO- con ent wero the rst to dismi- bark. ollowed by a from» o! musing isicrs erism v Mmw m" it. Dick, former Matron of the Tor- onto Militdfl Hospital. '

ACCEPTED AS PILOT

MONTREAL. Dec. II ~40?)- Prof. John Culliwn. assistant W0- fessor of Economics st McGlll Univerei . was notified by the It. O.A.l". today that he had been ec- oe ted with the rank of Pilot 0 ricer snd was told to rein" It fachine Mannln Depot Dee. 29.

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CANAUA

p Long Gold Spell

In 11.8. Mid-West

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 —(AP) -Prlco Administrator Leon Hend- erson today gave a i0 per cent in- creuc in home heating fuel rations to 13 middle western states whore the weather has been abnormally

co . So far, Henderson said, the weather in the east I154 not been

my sufficiently cold for a prolonged

period to warrant an increase, but if’ the east should have such weath- er it too will get s. similar increase.

Increased Flow 0f Beef Cattle

UFTAWA, Dec. 33 —(OP)—Agri-

111141 culture Department figures indic-

ated today a smooth and increased flow of cattle to meet Canadian bee! requirements. in contrast to the limited marketing; which caus- ed local Qiortaggs a few weeks ago.

Shipments to plants and sales 1t public swckyards during the week ended Dec. l’! totalled 26,325 head against 25,544 in the some week last your. _

But totals for the year etiil re- flect the reduced deliveries during spring and summer months. Ship- ments to plants and soles for the first so weeks of 1042 totalled 1,143,- 798 head against 1.207.463 during the same period in 1041.

Des lie the increased beef cattle sales y famiers, practically sll the animals ere being bought for the Canadian market.

Shortage 0f Turkeys Seen

TORONTO. Dec. 22 -(OP)- A definite shortage of turkey wee re- ported today by the nomInlon de- partment of Agriculture. The supply of local turkeys is light. Some desi- ers expressed the opinion Ontario turkeys ere about cleaned up. With the buying price so close to the ceiling some dealers an not bid- ding or these bird, in e whoiesele wsy while others are buying only to supply re ler customers.

Oar lots o

Sinoniiisniiiriri [or MI yourBrikiriq Wi‘i>f"'i you usrt:

_ by four families was completely de-

turkcys roiling from gheaprsirie provinces have been de- ey .

Avalanche Wrecks Bus

ALIQUIPPA. PA., Dec. QF-(AP) —.A.n avalanche of rock 10o feet hish toppled onto e losdedwiii-issooseormoroot workers lonwnt, killing at least. e

wreckage. '5'?‘ Wiiwifiéié quiippe at 5.03 . - we the dlspoitimer saidxwes IMSYM! like “s. paper 50X.’ Ohlcf Jenkins

reported.

‘5 lileppo Heroes Are Rewarded

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UITAIWA. Dec. IL-(GH-Ibiui’ months after Canadian troops stormed the French coast port of Dieppc. the tangible rewards of gallantry in mat operation came today to five of the Dflllliilflidfi’! soldiers. with announcement by Dcfaime Minds of the sword oif e. Distinguished Medal and four Military Medals.

‘The D.C.M.. 13th awamdod in

coimcciio-rr with the Dieppe battle. went to Pie, Harry Wichtacz, Z1, of Shefifield, Ont" member of the Royal Harriilmn fight Infantry who lost s. leg diurisig the fightlsst Awust and who now is recuperat- ing at lids mother's home in Biref- field. Winners of the MM. k1 today's list were PSM. Ducien Adelacd Du- mais, 3'7, of Montreal; Pte. Gil! Joly, 2i. of Montreal; . Com-ad LBFlOlI. 26, of Albdtibd. Quo-

The citations for these lust four were not made public; A oheckpf official army casualty lists dmlos- ed that three of them. at least- m. Lasueur. PS-‘M. Duimiais and Pte. Joly were originally mootted misdrig sitter D1690? Wt ("I'm October were reportrd safe.

‘Fires At Amherst ‘And Stellarton

AMHERST. N.S-. Dec. 22 —(OP) --Two fires here caused damage totalling baout $00,000 early today.

‘Ikie large brick building of the Amherst Footwear company's jobb- ing plant was badly gutted, with its contents a total loss, The interior of the buiiding was e mass of flames by the time firemen were called.

Firemen John Fitzpatrick was in- jured when he fell thro h e flight of steps and was carrl from the building by 5am Fagan.

Damage was estimated unoffici- al'v at $15,000.

Between $4.000 and $5.000 loss WfLg caused in the second fire. st the grocerv store of IT. Hunter. Two families occupying apartments above the store were left homeless.

STELLARTON. N.S.. Dec. 22 — (CP)— .1. wooden building occupied

stroyed by fire here today, but none of the 21 persons in the building

Wle injured. Two of the famllips had six young cllidren apiece. but their

parents managed to get the young- sters out of the blazing structure. All the furniture was 10st.

Cause of the fire was not known. There was no estimate oftho dam- 8d!-

LUTON HOLDS ITS HATS

Losses,

today.

miles north of Rostov.

skirts the Ukraine border. _

The Russian offensive emioss the Don was beating westward toward the Ukraine, and also spreading southwestward toward Rnstov where seizure of that cit would out off the retreat, except sea, of ell the German troops stalled in the Oeu- casus and in the Don-Volga River pocket before Stalingrad for to the

east.

A total of 55,000 Germans have been killed or captured in this single offensive spurt since Dec. 1d. the communique said. Twenty thou- sand of these sus-rendeioed to the ad- vancing Russlans who were report- ed employing masses of t and infantry despite the heavy demands on two other offensive fronts - the central northwest of Moscow, and on both sides of Stalingrad.

In addition. this bootv was listed :1 captured in the seven-day-old

VOI—

One hundred. and eight Gecrman tanks: 1,637 artillery guns; 2,309 machine guns. 6.735 trucks. 5,500 horses, 82 asnmunition and supply

dumps. thA total of ‘L000 Germaine fell on

e snowy Don tcpipes yes- terday's operetioiis alone, the Soviet communique said.

Third Jan Raid 0n Calcutta

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NEW DELHI, Dec. B— (Wednes- daiy) - (C?) - A small number of Jfl-PI-Iiese Dlanes made s. short raid. on the Calcutta ares last night for

LUTON. England i-(O P)— This Bedfordshize town is to remain the, town of hatmakers. Rumors this centre of hat-cruising for 300 years would lose its industry in s shift north have been officially denied. I

Commandos

By JAME! I’. KING Associated Prose Staff Writer IDNDON. Doc. 22—(A.P)-Bi1t- ish and American pilots held aerial superiority over the Axis in Tunis- ia tonUlt but Alliodm -‘ troo who scouted e enemy's poeiacis u-p to the ewe of Bleeds retirned with a wemi _ that the Geflnsns were strongly erstrenched —"es we found out when webinnp- ed mm them." Both sides am sending out pa- ecsd moving up mern and e-

. quipsnent for a r ,. has. v lend fighting that will decide

e battle of Afrin. Far to the cost in , the 1gb omsmnd admitted

'l‘ripoll, another 280 miles boyond. It wee expected Runners even- iuel destination was Tunisia there to join Gen_ Walther N g's forces in e final effort in rctaki an Avis foothold in Africa. , The commando rsld in Northern [Tunisia emit to urlthin Ii

that. d

To Edge Of Bilzerte

‘undid sdirpsmr dmtcilined

the third successive night, but dam- age and casualties were believed u; be slight, a communique said to-

Eymli details are not yet available, but it is reported that only s. very few bombs were dropped." the bul- letin said. "Casualties and damage ere believed w ho slight."