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KIEV BULGE

Roosevelt tonight order-' fitirlgviéiytiment seizure of Urzlite Stiles

for Dec. 3o. isrences er ,

m President directed the szcre- The President said he had detnr- | advised by w“ mgbfllzgflqn drum.

w; oi war to take over the car- mined that five cents per hour ei- , o;- 5mm, (B ti.m_ A.D. factive immediately shall be Dilldflglgng conformed Wm. me national

m, at 1 pm. r: p ‘r.

railroads. threatened with a v way tra m, by three unions, scheduled President arbitrate their was that errand

The brotherhood oi locomotive nglneers and wruthernood of rall-

a dlf- | amont.

1-,) wday. He acteéid through an ex- as the equivalent of or in lieu of.

ecutlve order sign

an hour be- clalms for time and a half pav over, 40 hWrl (B W96!) 1°!‘ flwdhletaeinure oi the carriers was neces-

l 6- . orllthourrh two of the l.ve operat- wlfilxe‘ away from home.’

brotherhoods and l5 non-mill‘- nlm rail

unions had agreed to call over vacation

velt settled a dtspute

or]; strike set for Thursday, three that the employees are entitled to Dun-swig‘ brotherhoods had not ac- a week a year with pay at the bas-

[ed t e President's offer to ar- ic hourlv rate bi te ir

flerences with the

lieath Yesterday 0i Senator 0. llaoArthur m W

no Hon. Creelman MacArthur sled s4 his home in Bummersidn it 9.30 Monday morning after an

illness of several months. Bumrnersid .

_r\ot prejudice the right f ither inmen had agreed to let titer at any time to seekoa cieianac

lily by detenninlrll anger traffic. and supplies and iood

The President said the pev m- secutlon of the war

litialirLulri Europe __To_End In i944‘ U. S. Gov’t Seizes

WASHINGTON, Dec: 27-(APl-~i carriers.

Railroads‘

creases would be paid until the war ends and that the agreement would

s contract. Mr. Roosevelt. said he had been

P. Byrnea that his dec- stabilizatlon program.

of war, necessary pass-

for the armed forces and the civ- ilian population. and is otherwise essential to the successful pip-

Scliarnhorst N To Damage

Only Minor Damage British

l-ie Win born in June 12th. 1374- ‘h! 5°" °f 3"" voy upon vrhich she had sought to pr

miah and Ellan Donald MacAr-

thur. lie was educated at the 5'81“ home fleet cough

School and later entered Jnto business in his home town.

m one of the Islands, ableat bus- lness men. He was first employed lathe store of the late R. T. rlol man. later, after an interval of o‘ lew years spent. with o. hflfdwlfe firm at Vancouver, 13.0.. he re- wrnec‘ to Bummorsidc and again rntcred Mr. Holman’! ploy

he afterwards loin the firm ti Brace liiacKay s: Company. limited. of which he became vice- esident; on the retirement oi .John A. Brace, he was promot- ed w the position oi president. Af- te- fourteen years of successful presidency. he retired from the llrm in 1938. but maintained until his death a wide range oi business and public interests. both in this Province and elsewhere. lie was a director of Central Inist Company oi Canada, vice- llreslcent of M. F. Schurman C0,. United. an active member of the bimmerslde Board of Trade. and I trustee of the Prince County Ho: ital. if self an athlete oi prowess. lie was for fifteen years captain tithe famous Crystal Hockey team. It was a charter member. and Honorary President of the Sum- nerside Curling rid the

Ei-Coritlnued on page oi. 2) Escape When P. E. I. Express Wrecks Truck

sackvuszz, N- a. Dec. 2'!- iOPl-Three men escaped death tocav when the Prince Edward island express train. enroute to Ssckviile. struck and wrecked a truck near Ward's Sldinfl. 20 miles mm here. Two men were thrown slur of the truck, landimr in snow and the other occupant extrlcsted himself from the wreckage. Thev escaped without a scratch. but c hi! they were bringing to market wu decapitated

MINING EVENTS

~"Card Party and Dance- .. . December 30th. l2-2B-2l. a. was? °““o.°§'......"“‘i‘.‘ii.‘

. e , e r ‘ - inch served. u ia-its-ai.

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"Bingo and dance in 1-0! 55 llail. Tuesday, December 38. Good music. 11054310! sold. iflii-li.

“Retreat concert in French l-lver f-iall, dnesday. Dec. as. if W! line, Wednesday. 12-28-11.

"in at De l a a Qlfiay ‘garborvillcd-

w“ ru-sd Decehberutiirglfli, ionrfailheckfy‘ m ia-za-zlI

IOU l0 F! ‘ "helix. 4&3. “arnd Bélllgdnesdeg- court s: Son. ford. ll-an-fli.

"swirls Hospital, General Meet- ti i. s‘... "star" “rail-s

. l‘ “m. s "Az-Tl-Ti.

sew ' i‘? "emitting: buy ‘live andfieaséd

ow l I!!! M‘ lal-“ilrioea. Island Copliiy

“a meeting 1' th pr-icklev rt. "ruins Club 13in b: held Wed- y evening 9th. at Harold ma. iz-aa-il.

"Notice-Christmas week we will glmdlng live hw Davis 6i h W . at Albany ‘mlftcrnosu. raid Thursday r forenoon until ii o‘clock. NW if: week. Albany. Wednesday

in afternoon. 30th in ‘game until n o'clock. aimed -.°~ Given and A. 0- Green.

from radio France

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Weather Bad 0n Italian‘ Front; Airmen Active

AlfiIERB. Dec.

rain and mow turned the Italian front into a quagmire, restricting ground fighting and bogging neu- vy bombers, the deadly diversity oi the Allied aerial arm was dc- morlstrated in a series of attacks by two-engined bombers on Ger»- man communications in northern

tclv.

The- Allied comm id announced to ay tha the medium bombers spzashed tom runways in srrona’ force to blast railway yards along an important lateral "feeder"' line connecting the big inland lunction| ol Florence with the west coast; ris of Pisa and Leghorn. Thai attacks further crippled enemy rug-I Ely lines already badly damaged y

eavy bombers in assaults on the Brenner Pass route. , Waves of fast bombers hit rail- way yatds at Prato and Pistols, l0 and l5 miles northwest of Florence

to Pisa and Leghorn, and a on south branch line. A com-

said "good coverage" was on the rail _ards. Th v Allied bom rs smash- yarts at Pisa.

the air force was harassing the enemy rear Canadian 1st div- ision troops of the 8th army brought up reserves of tanks to aid in their house-to-house fiflht through the streets of Ortona on the Adriatic coast.

adlans had ooc led two more blocks in the nor west corner of Ortona, into which the bitterly-re- sisting Germans were pushed four days ago. A comm said the Nazis were being "driven out street by street." The Canadians entered Ortona a week ago. Indian troops captured the ril- lage oi Villa Grands, five miles in- land from ortona and a mile north

of the Ortona-Orsogna 105d. lh beat off two tank-led German

counterattacka.

Qt the 5th army front in west- ern Italv Ansel-icon trawl moved forward-

HALIFAX Dec. 2'1 — (OP) -- In one oi the greatest work stop- pagesever staged in Nova Bcotia. between 20.000 . mic»

"musty" torus-raw ago the partial shutdown of tho steel plant at ‘rrenton. N 3-

expected to include these INUDSI

,000; Trenton Bicel Workers. 000; Pictou BhlPylrd ln addition to thfle

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BINDIN

LONDON, Dec. fl-(AH-The admiralty announced tonight, that minor damage to two warships was the only cost to the home f-eet in the sinking of the 26.000-toil battleship Scharnhorst and that the cvn- Illtlers hlgn command admitted today that a, sunrise move bv the

t the Scharnhorst in her death trap to yesterday and at Algiers came s report that the Nazi pocket brutle- slnp Luetzow also was damaged in the naval battle off the northern UP The late Senator MacArthur of Norway. ____

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‘ ' - T;—_~~; on the non“ branch o! m: “fff: cffiontlnued on Page 5 Col. 3) poll. l0 miles southwest oi Florence‘

and . members are scheduledmto tab: a

j o Works-rs 2.000.

n labia- grou in the province. h"

ps5... é Big Convoy

Sustained By Two Ships.

ay escaped unmoles

The Acsziiralty communique said “It ll not yet possible to give a. de- tailed account of the action which the Scharnhorst was sunk.” But "the convoy was unmolested and only minor damage was sus- tained by two of His Majesty's u ..

s. ~ .

Admiral Otto Schnlawind. com- mander-in-citief of all German naval forces in northern waters. and members of his staff are be- lieved in have Derlshed with the Scharnhorst, the Drlly Express

d

Quoting a Stockholm dispatch. the newspaper said the assumption oi the Admirers death "seems cor- roborated by the fact that only two weeks ago Schniewtnd left the Tirpitz to make the schem- horst his flagship."

Berlin's acknowledgment that several German "surface units"— plumb-engaged in the prolonged battle indicated a possibility that Germany's last two remalnink cav- ital ships which are ln fighting trim the pocket battleships Admir- al Schcer and Luetmw, were the oblects of a Royal Navy chase.

First reports oi the battle as heard in Stockholm over- the Ger- man radio said the Schamhorst was disabled by a torpedo and then knocked out by salvoes from Brit- ish warships escorting lhe convoy.

Rommel To Lead Anti-Invasion Forces

Makes Flat

Dwight D. Eisenhogcrg new corn- de f the ma uropean n- The President said government T£T°,,'g?,m_ declared flatly and

Eisenhower

Prediction

without qualif

at a farewell press conference be-

1°Y° leavm“ 7°‘ final“ w m“ Allied use of the Murmansk route. once almost abandoned after heavy i

command c! the Invasion 0f HQ“. shippin losses. The Germans said the naval force was on a convoy ruill- PILOT or-"rtcsn JACK MACLEAN frontier aimed at trap- Oftreis 1mm ha] lng operation. It ls_nol surprising that the Murmansk route should be in - use no“ Winter brings long hours of darkness to hide convoy movelnentl. o] ghafloqemwn who is repel-red ping hundreds Of thou-

ler's lilnopean f west or north. Eisenhower declarad:— i

tries, to do his or her full dutv." Eisenhower declared in makini.‘ the prediction that the war in Europe would be won in i944 that the temptation always arose to ualify it. but that he was resist- nu this impulse.

In answers to questions whether he had been SBMSHBC with the progress of the war against Germ- any during 1943 and if the year had been up to expectations. the general said the best way to ans- wer that was for people in their own minds to compare the posi- tion of the Allies in October. 1942. with the position today.

The uneral then reviewed the changes. pointing out that last year, with the Germans almost at the gate; oi Cairo. Malta hunk by n thread. and submarine warfare was at. its height.

Cordell llull Backs Eisenhower Forecast

WASHINGTON, Dec- 2'7—'APi-- Close-Upped, cautious Cordell Hull. Secretary of State. today Joined with those forecastins Allied vic- tory in Europe, in i944 but. decla- red lt would need promotion of greater unity on the hOme front.

Hull surprised correspondents at his press conference by saying that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, newly named second front commander". was right when he told a farewell press conference m Algiers that the Earl against Germany might be won

944 . But that would be possible, he. said. only if there was .v will to; work and sacrifice nt home. and he

retard the war effort

New Dive Bomber

Gen. Eisenhower and vice-pres ident Henry aliace of the that victory over Germany ls within measurable time

to invade Hitler's European fortress from the west and south declares flatly "we will win the Euro can war in 1944."

months alter Eisenhower opens the new land front umela Germany come. up with a reallv effective secret weapon.

ALGIERS. Dec. 2'l—(AZ')—Cven. sumnbly must be predicated in on ormatlon not avalia le lo ihc

public-or the enemy There are, however, current an'd obvious factors which would appear to give force to their predictions. Look at a rnuple of today's headlines:

leation today that 1"" .

"g u, t i. ‘ , battle with British forces in the Barent S tb u h hich ih Al-

mq “not; e movamen or “oops ‘w. ym Wm the Eurupean w“ m lied. stfipply line loulrlurmanfiiir, Russia. ‘Fheegtldlflatgn geharnihhgt, s: far maul»... mo. we some» :..:....'r"l.':.in...'.:':1’...t.';:ri":."l.ii;raters-v'"" "n ""-

warned that over-optimism might’ in Uluted States steel mills un- the vast air superiority of the Al.

By Elton C. Fay. Associated Press War Analyst l

Swift and it develo mento give int to the {Jrddlctions of ' lllfld States

Eisenhower, the newly named supreme commander of Allied fort-es

Wallace saw German m litary power will be destroyed within u few

The optimistic views of the general and the vice-preni ent pre-

he Schnrnhorst. mighty German battleship, sunk it n. Il-lyll

The fact that the battle occurred off Norway's North Cape htdicaleu

Plunge Towards Vltumanian Border; ‘Nazis Worried I 1

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By JAMES M. LONG

y, i‘ . “ll LONDON. Dec. 27- Hw 4i (A_P)--Russia’s 1st Uk. v» lrame army plunged td ,vvithin 17 miles of the livltal Warsaw - Odessa‘ rail network today in a‘ =swift break-through to- ward the Rumaniari

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SZ-Even greater air war against the Nazi war zooda production missing while on operation“ “up sands of German troops

“Th0 only thing needed for us’ machine. There was one day last week when 4.000 Allied bombg were - .

to win the European war in 194i, ovrr openly targets. Bu! the appointment of LL-Gen. Carl spaatz ti: cflm- ',‘,,;',“‘§§.“'c’if§'.“,'.'"§i.$ he ih the Dnieper River ei- ls for every man and woman. all munder of all American strategic bombing. together with the expected h" been in ‘the R C ‘A Sh"

"a “more our terrace"; drums": “i = Sear" "tn"- °:“‘.‘“‘“.'."‘.~.i““‘°“n.‘..".'.' t... bow far w u. m.

- .' . - 'v . . v " ' . remcltest ham et o our o c s o a n y ores la owe s gr a er e l ope Eafuwzs Edi". Shaw M chap Moscow disclosed t o ‘

Simultaneous air attack on a specific target by Allied aviation launched from both the wesu and south now may be expected.

‘Iliese developments, of course. augment the already clear indication ln the appointment of part of the Allied invasion high command that the dav for the big push is getting close.

Enemy Air Power Mecl.‘Has xDeterioratecl

i Just returned from a tour or the

j other Empire ncwsmen, Allan Nick- descn in the following story tells ithc reasons for the German air- force decline in that area. He attic?) up the Opléiifllifi gs ‘eltpressid suntan Jil-IADQUARTI-JBS - e °°"'°5P°n ents y erah - Marines have pushed inland _ bmuwrlaflt '5 5' from their heacbheads es- meg!” snafu“ Canaan‘ Pr“; tablished u. the invasion of r u s Cape ulnuccster, Ngw Br]. tam, Sunday, Allied heari- quarters announced today.

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Lynn l-leinzerllng, Associated Press Tééooemitnnfirzgoeiggncaxgleae m?“ “fifijpgrnegmt w“? hm? Ham Mediterranean has deteriorated to WOmYI-d m {h Mt a “s t k °$h a hopeless state that is as avutcd while hi? v.:v...-...?f.'“..§‘.‘l-°§, .358 y,,,,=,;*gg,“§*ggr,.,<;‘ m = ‘grit gnona behind the rust Canadian n ‘v 0W0 omDany to enter _that seacoast f“; g5 the 89mm; 091mm o]

mun on the Adriatic end of the 315th Opel-nylon“ Mum“ and rink,

News Briefs

Bv ALLAN NICKLESON (Canadian Press War

Italian front. n8 ‘through an? harmywl :15 cer w w om ave e APITTSBURGH. Dec. ‘Z7 — durlrig a tour oi the Mediterranean gmfgifofhllf‘; lull-Jury. borer-e] wardthtestrgv with gnlpire ‘cones; , pon en s. e saw en y o Droo

Workers of America (L I 0.), m supper; m“

announced tonight he has asked "lull compliance" with a _war labor bouru directive ask- "lr "ninwrrllnled Production

Another Year It Europe Although the leaders agreed as w "l negotiations for a new con- lies in men. equipment and morale.

"will B" ilf-‘lf-‘Eflllly and finally they warned ainst over-optimism n” ved- as to when t e war in Europe

would end. The general feeling was NEW YCR-K. Dec. 2'1 — (C?) —[ that it would take at least unoi-her

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 — (AP) —A new navy dive bomber which flies as fast as e fighter, carries two bombs instead of one and can land on a- "baby flatwp" has been pressed into action in the Pacific with sensational results.

Berlin radio said today that Field “ ls Erwin Rommel and Karl Rudolf Gerr‘. Von Rundstedt had completed a second-front council of war at which Rommel “con- vinced himself of the preparedness for action of the western European area.’ It said that Rommel. whom Hit- ler i: reported to have placed over

commander-in-chiei. talked with local commanders and found de-

d fence installations "at the highest

technical pitch."

Von Runcstedt. is commander of German forces in western rrance and the West Wall defen- can

‘b05000 In Nova Scotia Plan “Holiday” Today

to be called in the province in ra-

'cent weeks. The first one was sol

|ior Dec. l, but only the Trenton 12a wheel o‘ his

and Pictou workers wok part.

bolt department

‘, Coal Oarpora on

u . m g A - company officials decland the Um‘ w" w“ ‘ ° mar‘ slum was dictated by financial

lca, II . win-kg". 4, ; Halli 1x Ind OOIIIIUIXI-l- ihrrhnoutlt

in the clos ._but a large numbe of these au uently were re employed in er plant depart

.500. mo“, might merits or elsewhere in the ‘Irenton tiring the total up to 20000- All new: in the pminae MI

area. The Nova

ll of the Nova Sootla may court la the oomminioner.

It lo the second such mailed?

Von Rundstedt as sdtl-irivaslon|

AJomlnion Steel and

About 1,000 men were displaced

tkilpl ha: otarted in unison rut: naked to 7k- l" V" u n “ri- v ~- door» “or sister. to?

The ship, remodelled iron.- the

l-DNDON. D"?- 27—(CP7-The|criglnal Helldlver with aea major;

‘changes, can keep pace with ilze Hellcais and Corsair pursuits. It can Vland on a. dime, because of special flaps and wing tips. A lot of the secret innovations are dive bomber “firsts?

It is the biggest and heaviest dive bomber ever used by either ,i.he United states Navy. the Army or the Marine Corps. | TRUCK CRASI-IES HOUSE i METHUEN. Mass, Dec. 2'l— fAPl-A town sanding truck skie- ided on a hill during a. sleet storm here today. crashed through the aide of a house and into the bed- ‘room oi a young couple. The (truck stopped with the hood of - the machine over the bed and the lcouple, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Earn- shaw. but no one suffered a scratch.

DIES FROM c5330}; MONOXIDE

DARTMOUTH, N.B.. Dec. 2‘! — (CP) —- David Boultler, 30, was found dead from carbon Monoxide

hi! 010590 Karage today behind l ling car. Beside him on the front seat were Christ.

“m!” up w m‘ ‘mum M u“ ma! presents lie had planned tak- proteet stop was the recent closing of 1 m hrs wue d l

the 53in; mills and the nut and Rfimn, a“ chldm‘ m . 0! the ‘Benton cidental death was given, was called by anjteel Plant. 0991M“! by a subsi- ~— =‘--—- " * “- lnlzr - union committee and ll- dill’! 0! u"! '

N.S. A verdict of ac-

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e BBC in a broadcast recorded year. by CBS today quoted ‘Gen. sir Ber-i By air and road the corres- Jlald L- Mvniaomerys mother as: pondcnts travelled through parts of hsayiniz his siellsvn. Lleut. Dick! Italy and North Africa as well as lcfliyel‘. has escaped from an enemy to Malta and Gibraltar on the in- ‘prison camp and now is am aide} vltation of the air y on sec de camp to the commander of the battle scenes at first hand. lBidtlsh 8th army, Lieut, Cnrveri |“'as l-Bkeh prisoner when servlng| The moat astonishing per- ; with the 8th army in Libya. sonai realisation of bow decad- ent the alr power of the en- i emy harl become came when drove toward the 8th army front h day and night to iuicrvl