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Canadian Operation Said Finest 0n Western Front ' Germans Advance

Gen. Montgomery Praises Clearing

OF $c|le|de Area

IIBTOANADIANARMYINH

OLLAND, Dec. 1d — (OP

W111i .0») - The month-long, nightmare battle fought by 1st Canadian

‘m; troops to clear the Bohslde estuary western front. some of the men who fought Field Marshal Montgomery.

m. flngst operation of the gwerc told today by

of f‘ his autumn was

The 1st Canadian Army had not received the credit it deserved for m. operation that made pclnible the use of the port of Antwerp, -i0 up; up the winding Scheldc, tho commander of the 21st Army group, g which the Canadian Army is a part. said after an hour-long investi- ous in the barracks theatre of a_town in the Canadian Army area. '

International- it A Glance

(By The Canadian Press) Western Front-German offens- in drives 18 miles into Belgium. sir reconnaissance shows. striking d; miles west of Maimedy; cen- swilip precludes details on rest lf front; Germans claim they are sirilin through Luxembourg to- sud he Ion border; undisclosed weapon used by enemy.

AeriaL-ILAJ-Z heavies fly 1.000 flit! to hit Gdynio. Polish Baltic psrtlfondsy nlght- U. I. hcavies suilsfioiosnc. Coblens. Mllllz in

hi‘. 95 enemy tanks, anlorcd in lmooked out over front.

laisn — Soviet troo enter brie-Slovakia on 10- e front. m! Slovakia border on BB-mlle

an seere

iiniisn-Newzeaiand forces mop

zbln Iaonsa; 8th Anny patrols

‘msorosa Salllo River nortmwrst y.

Burma-British fronts merged lat of Indsw on Mandalay-Myit- bins railway. clearing area con- ‘ialahlg 2.000 inhabited localities.

Philippines-Japan loses 142 air- Ilit. destroyed and damaged. dur- kg last week in Philippines; Min-

invaders report no resistance of

Ioouatered yet.

Pacific Aerial - Buperfortresses Nab Nagoya in Japan. liankow ta Iangtse River in Chins.

Coming Events

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concert. ‘rlliursday. Decembelr 21:: 12-19-11.

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t0 8:15. . 12-10-11

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can," from E2 u: a i "Ki at m: mo y 8f‘; n umu u o'er‘ . amid

l Austral an airman planes overhead made his ‘ th e to the

Field Marshal Montgomery was echoirg the alse of Prime Min- ister nurchl who told the House of Commons in London Nov. 20 that there had been approximate- ly 40.000 British and Canadian casualties in land from Belgium.

"In these operations, including the storming the (Schelde) isl- and of Wslcheren which contain- ed episodes oi marvellous gallantry and great feats of arms, the Brit- ish and Canadian forces suffered about 40.000 casualties," the Prime Minister said then.

Even before the Prime Minister's speech it had been widely stated that the present Allied West Front offensive was largely possible be- cause lst Canadian Army troop: succeeded ln clearing the coast of France. Belgium and southern Hol- land, thus opening up the vital ports and clearing a way for the use of Antwerp, most valuable of them all.

Gen. Crerars troops. including British Polish. Netherlands, Bel- gian. rcch and American units. were ordered to take control of the Schelde Estuary and a dirty battle developed in bad weather and over flooded terrain. Casual- ties were heavy but finally the German 64th and 10th divisions were smashed and the estuary was in Allied hands after the cam- paign in southwestern Holland ended Nov. 9.

British armored columns had taken Antwerp itself in September and 1n early October Canadians cleared the port area. be- tween Antwerp and the sea a force 40.000 Germans menaeed the waterway and big coastal batteries prtcvented ships passing up the

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es ary.

The troops fought over flood- ed dlkelande and the operations included costly amphibious land- ings on Walcheren Island in the Sc elde estuary.

Royal Navy Couunandos made gallant lsndin s on Walcheren and

leld Marsha eluded in his tribute to adians praise for British Infantry and Commando troops who par- ticipa..ed in the hard fighting. lie said 1e hoped his praise for the Canadians might be known in the Dominion.

Before he spoke. the Army Group Commander presented dec- orations to '10 officers and men of the 2nd Division of the 2nd adian Corps. Soldiers from a score of formations stepped smartly to the latform where Field Marshal Mon omery. wearing battledresa and his familiar black beret. spoke a few words to each and pinned ribbons on their tunics.

This was the first investiture for these formations and the decora- tions covered the period from tho D-Day Normandy landings to the end of the Schelde fighting.

Awards received included 10 Distinguished Service Orders. l7 ry Crosses, four Distinguish-

the Military Cross. Medals, three British Medals.

They weren't all the honors won

l) the ml , hOWBl/Ql‘. MARY others who received “ have lace ome casualties. One

to receive the

Sergeant scheduled Mil tary Medal was wounded only yesterday.

Australian Airman Escapes Jap Clutches

ADVANCED ALLIED BABE. scurc TIRN

NIZW G Dec. ficp-mutemil-ficld 1n west

l XLQQ l . " glgrirN-ew ulnes after s bombinir raid, t. Frank Brown. s you“! guided by Aus-

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coayst where he was poked up b)’ an Allied gunboat which used slxmnuns on the Ja anese as ho pa ed out to sea a dinghy.

SEAMAN DISAPPEAB!

in“ lilsoshi sari 1 rom y

mained miss toni ht after intensive scare . He ad left cabin to smut! I when" basket over the side of the docked vessel. ft is believed he may nave

ii d n the icy deck and fallen inppeth: halbo An obltct sim-

BINDIN“

r. liar to the basket was later seen floating. .

the drive into l-1ol- 1

UINIZA, - Crashing Thev

Bitter Foreign Policy Debate In Ii. S. Senate

h? JACK BILL

wssm crow, Dec. 15-mo- The United Btates Senate today debated In ‘ foreign policy Wiih a bitterness that spilled over into bipartisan condemnation of Britain's milit intervention in Greece and cri cism of Russia's role in the Balkans.

With six State Department no- minations before it as the excuse, the Senate furnished an hours- long preview of what might be expected when it receives a peace frosty. _, .. _

Otherwise loyal New Dealers cri- ticized the slatc of staff appoint- ments President Roosevelt had sent up. Republicans defended the President's right to pick the men he wants. Calls came from both sides of the chamber for an enun- ciatiorl oi American foreign pol-

cy.

Hiram Johnson. 78-year-old Col- ifcrnie Republican who fought the League oi Nations. raised a uav- erlng voice to urge the Sena e to

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Emergency Raids 0n iiazi Transport

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDON. Dec. lB-A strong force of perhaps 500 R.A.l=‘. Lan- casters smashed at German ship- ping in the b Polish port of Gdy- nls north of onslg tonight alter 1,100 British-based . American. bom- bers made emergency daylight at- tacks through clouds against three railheads used to supply the Ger- mans’ new western from. offexuive.

The R.A.F. heavyweights ranged 1,000 miles deliver a mighty blow estimated at 2.500 tons of bombs against the Baltic Ort-

This assault brought o more than 7.000 the number of Allied planes which pounded enemy tn:- gets with an estimated 14,000 P0115 of explosives in a furious 48-hour aerial campaign.

The American operation today struck at Cologne, Ooblenz and Mainz. three rail centres supply- ing the Germans’ stab into Bel- gium, with 2,000 tons of bombs.

Best And Least Liked At Hollywood

(B The Associated Press- HOL YWOOD. Dec. ilk-Nomin- ations were announced today for the Hollywood personalities best and least liked by the Hollywood Women's Press Club.

ings of the women writers are Maria Montez. Betty Hutton. Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart. Alan Ladd and Gregory Peck. They are eligible for the club's "Golden

Apple" award. _ Named in the "unco-op ' or "brush-ofl" category are Sonja

Henie, Veronica Lake, Betty Gra- ble, Lana Turner. Fred MscMur- ray. Errol Flynn and Walter Pid- goon.

iiazi Offensive ilit Weak Part 0f Allied Line

WASHJNUIYJN. Dec. 1B —- (AP) —'l‘he German counter-offensive struck the weakest part of the Al-

llno on the Westean ifront. war

p sources some - go R3310? conceded that some

A1- ts man get bottled up in the

howsv . these lo nllnlnllse n thrus

German defence ina. EH1“ the Germs

ltat Christmas t e with of "vic y.’

_ These sources clined to - ulate how far the German o sive 1115M carry. but said that it still d so a lot farther without causing serious damflka

Sask. lTérBiér sun Under Doctor's Core

RDGlNA.Deo.1I-(OP)- n - mier 'r.o. Doulial. who manned Rollins

rom Ottawa treatment for atom is still under e docto will not be slowed to receive vis- ors. actrls i

er M. Fines

said today. The Premier is not ex-

aetgted to resufi his s... rnment u les for at 1e a month.

home ii

-By Kl KB L. HUDSON (Associated Press War Analyst) The blackout on names imposed by both attackers and defenders

g War “Situatio

obscures the progress of the new “ pose sccms quite clear.

Judged by the nature of the terrain involved. between the Boer and‘ the Moselle. the timing of the counter stroke, the critical point reached in the iwln Allied offensivea which flank It and the amount of carefully conserved German air, armor and first-line manpower thrown into it. counter manoeuvre can only be set down as a delaying

the " action.

The enemy apparently is staking his last military blue chips in s. desperate gamble to bring the msoaive Allied winter offensive to a halt short of the Rhine. He is playing for time. hoping to stave off for some weeks or even months loss ofthe whole west Bhineiand bulge including the Cologne Plain and the Saar Basin. That he has any hope of really reversing the trend of the war against him is all but inconceivable. limited diversion purpose. the site of the German seems-well-suitcd. The terrain forthe whole indicated 80 miles width of the ‘ t Belgium to tho west is the most naturally forbidding for military opera- tions of the whole battle Ilnc west of tho Rhine. Forest lnrul. rugged heights, highland marsh areas and the lack of adequate east-west roads or rail lines render it unsuited to active winter operations.

it is a reasonable deduction that the initial dents the foe has man- aged to drive into the right wing of the American 1st Army are due primarily to the fact that this inhospitable the headwaters of the Itocr southeast of Aachen to the 1st and 3rd Army ‘unctlon point somewhere along the r ier northwest of Trier on the Moselle there has been nothing but patrol ' ’ “ ’ that area.

To meet the German push, obviously not designed as a break- through attempt but only to force Gen. Eisenhower to pull in reserves from both the northern and the aouthe n fronts, the Allied command- ers have far better communications available than those supporting In view-of that and of unquestionable Allied overwhelming numerical uperlority, dominating air power and prob- able availability to armor and artillery wholly outmotohlng snything= the foe can bring to bear, there seems no question but that the German i thrust can be and will be halted quickly. '

For that

ass

since

the German attack.

forces

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front into I 5 and

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Germans Hint A fyge Surpri

Sugar ilucta For Industrial Users To Be Reduced

Hotels, Regzfurants To Be Given Smaller Cut.

OTTAWA, D80. 1B — (CPl —The

Prices Board

announced

toulgl

hat the sugar nuotn for the more

t than 10.000 indv

lstziul ‘lsers in Cun-

ada will DP, reduced in the first quarter of 1945 frcm 80 to ‘i0 per cent of 1941 usnge

A corresponding l~cductlon will he

made in the caterers and hote

half-bound a week ration for ccu- d;

Don book holders.

uota for public

. with no sun- plementnw quotas granted. No change will be znade in the

Saving from (he quota reduction in Canada will amount to about l0.- 000.000 pounds a quarter the hoard

said. A similar

industrial

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out wns announced last week 1n the

United States

Industrial users were limited to

‘i0 per cent of thel

l‘

i941 usage in

1942 when sugar rationing was im-

f1

posed This was raised to cent in 1043 following similar lo m the United States.

per act-

The Board sold that manufac- turers of phmmaceullcal Droduz-ts

n“. (’&.hff..°.§‘...i“§.il.'.’;"i$.§‘.‘ o m» or» ~=--<»~.~»»=o y, qfie 9mm. admhflsuadon "n. ‘Hurther surprises’ mlullt be soluln: conunfiance u! t __ . 195ml 80 aunlrst the 81101511 forces in me

Der cent usage. but must drew that the suaar is going info the making

of bakery products. such as cturers drlnlm and candies. are ii

of

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mired t0

'10 per cent of their 104d usnRe.

Jap Plane Losses In Week Set At 740

(By The Aaaooia

MacABTI-IUEUS

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tod Press d HEADQUART-

ERS, Philippines. Dec. iii-Ques-

day) tots

1 of ‘H0 Japanese

planes have been destroyed or damaged in the Philippines during

were destroyed anti-aircraft.

w‘ the last week's stepped-up opera- tions. headquarters announced to- l

y. Forty-eight more enemy lanes

the Mndoro area by Navy fighter ships and

iiondltion 0i island Soupie is Unchanged

nsnmsx Condition of

Dec, 1B — (C P) — Mr. Ind Mrs. lid-

ridge Gallant. of Prince Edward Island who received sever; burns in

a house fin on Saturday moring,

Windsor rem sin

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Street un-

changed at Victoria General Hos-

pital tonight. Mrs remains on

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LONDON. Dec. 18 -— (CF) — German broadcasts. hinting at "more surprises to come." claimed

wdfly their counter-offensive 11nd Belgium on the north and across northern Luxembourg to near the Belgian border on the south.

‘Béfilll military commentators

tlon, but enemv oraoauandists cull- ed nll the stops in making the most of Held Marshal Van Runzlshcdls counter blow.

“Tnere is no cluster proof (mt Gel-runny vitality is unlroken than tins new 01181152116 at a time when 0w enémics ulnczlv are distributing erman Provinces." one propagan- lid broadcast declared

Tile German radio and press lrlndc no mention of .1 n-;-\v ULHEITEIJ wccucn reported bv American currvsaon-

dents. "The first

powerful used-alt has torn the Anlexlurl front open" Transncean ass (rd. "and Amen-

can resistance was smnaneri in hard frrhtinl! by German nriillery. (zml; visions parntrorm". rind cl-cna "(leis

and the Gennms ruptured as much ground in J6 hours as the 1st nd 0th United States. Armies did at Aachen in four zvrolzs " Berlin radio made specific geo- graphic cluilns. declaring: “The greater nurt --i northern Luxembourg already has been cross- ed oll a broad front nut. battles are npprcachins! the Luxembnur -.3el- lm- frontier. The Americans havr en making repeated attacks from. the southwest to .- l ihr German‘ 8111511109. but. in val ‘ ‘

a

north .

Peace Offensive?

IONDON. Dee. 18 -- (C P) — Berlin propagandists hinted today that Held Marshal Von Rundstedi/s counter-offensive might be a “pence offensive" designed. through ntirit-i 101i. to gain for Germany something better than unconditional aurren-i er. Dr. Karl Bchaflving. the German‘ radio's chief poll cal commeniator,| said: "In view of our offensive in the westGccmanymust force her enemies to go all out to such an extent that their difficulties m.‘ home, their losses at (he front and their general wear and tear will no longer warrant the value of their‘ political aims. We must‘ make the struggle ico costly for the enemy."

German propazandlsis also were using the counter-attack as an answer to the ‘where's Hitler?" mys- tery. The Navy military radio said: “We can fell you now whv Hitler has been silent. He is not ill but has been busy preparing 1.1115 new offensive down to (he minufest de- ta .’

V-WEAPONS ATTACKS

LONDON‘. . 1d — (CPi - The Germans renewed their V- wenoons attack on England last night. The Minister of Home

security said "damage and casual- ties were reported.‘

hrew in occasional phrases of cau- 191g

"The first strike fully succeeded .

Up To l5_Mi|es

ALLIED S UPREME

German counter-offensive, hammering a deep dent in United States

By GEORGE ‘TUCKER

HEADQUARTERS, PARIS, Dec. l8 ‘— (AP) — The great

1st Army lines,

plunged at least l8 miles inside Belgium today despite a stubborn ground defence and Allied air blows that knocked out 95 enemy tanks and armored vehicles and damaged

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Firsi indication of the extent of the (German drive came from the United States 0th Air Force, which announced that R. A. l". Typhoons had attacked 20 German arm- ored vehicles “west of Stavelot," which is l8 miles west, of the frontier- and 24 miles southeast of the fortress of Liege.

This lavas l5 miles from where the lines stood before the German

push began. Both (lle United States lst and 9th Army sectors were

bombarded day and night by a new German V-wcapon of un- disclosed nature. The front rocked to the plosions of the weapons and the thunder of American anti-aircraft fire. Flares lighted the night sky.

'l‘hroug1l heavy censorship of ground troop movements on the 1st Army front came reports of pilots participating in the greatest mass destruction of enemy armor since the battle of the Falaisc Gap in Normandy last summer.

United States fighter-bombers aiding ground troops. many of whom had their positions over- run, ripped up and doyvn the west- ern from, destroying an addition- ol 265 transport vehicles.

They also pounded German troops and gun positions, bombing and strafing. _

The German High Command hurled scores of thousands of crack troops and large numbers of tanks into thegreat fluid battle that may decide the course of the Will‘.

Once more the Germans threw their air force into the bottle. at- tacking up to 300 strong, but i5 of them were knocked from (hr. sky in swirling aerial dogfight: above thc battlefield.

Front line officers of the United States lst Army made no attempt (o minimize (he seriousness of this supreme effort to stall the Allied drive on the Rhine-a counter- offensive reminiscent of Luden- dorf’s final push in the spring of

At 4 p.m. an ironclad censor- ship of news was imposed on the entire length of the lat Army front. which earlier dis- patches had said was alive with German attacks of vary- ing strength from Duran. B0 miles south. to soutlher Lux- embourg. Disclosure of the enemy thrust to west of Stav- elot, however. indicated relax- ation of the clamp-down. at least temporarily.

More parachute troops in small groups were dropped Sunday night behind the United States 9t Army's lines to the north, where the new secret weapon first was