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rlllestroys 35,00 _ lllns 0f Fuel 0il

glrouo. Va.. Dec. 234a?)

y, n. the lernl-inal of the stand- , cqnpuny destroyed scene. *1... gallons of fuel oil in eight w- here today and for a _ spread to four e. few yards a-

, mubborn blaze Wes brought ill.

rol lifter two hours by

l

i (CP Cable) —- Total war has laid waste the battle around. won st considerable cost by the Canadian 1st Division, around the Ortona- Orsogno Road in a fashion which nan he described only by one word -—devastatlon.

Ortone. and extends beyond cross-road where

ADVANCE;

CKET-GUNQKREA B

_ _ Lays Wdstel attle Ground At Ortona

Houses, Trees And The Earth Itself Shattered

Torn.

WITH THE CANADIANS IN

Houses. trees and the earth ft.

self have bet-n torn and shattered lbv the explosion of thousands of anillery and mortar shells. Men have cierl and their simple grave; are surrounded by shell holes.

The battlefield begins at San

Leonardo. inland from the Adria- tic and about. four miles almos!

due south of the coastal town of the

the hiRhway'

w from San Leonardo meets the Or-

.. Oil. l... eolnoany was approxim-

i‘ limofli cars were being em- . .. oi their fuel oil content when l Mulught und sent flames end .. lliliowiilg hundreds of feet '.. me air. The fuel llii was b0.- - tank trucks at

‘ “Eiilclilis said they 11d not b8- ulvone had been lnlured.

1 llyo Prepares

E

YORK. Dec. 2S — (AP) - kyo dispatch broadcast by radio said tonight that eolficr-s are being transfer- ilvm Tokyo to the. provinces prong new buildings are be. levied for industrial workers

0

ed cans and blood-soaked remains of tunics.

tona-Oreolrna Road Around that cross-roads. Canadians and Ger- mmls fmlllht for two weeks There in evidence that. obcycd their orders to fight to the last man.

the Germans Not n l-Iouse spared

Not a single house has been

m snared across this roiliellz ground. k Life has been blasted from the trees which stand like scarecrow.

their trunks gnawed by

_ shrapnel and their branches de- nuded of twigs.

Over this whole ares. which is

more than 1.000 vards deep. there is not s. place ‘where s. man can _ _ lice wbith htllllligsté-etcheg Harms with- u uc r gobs. wo s e or mortar

ed-out Gennan

Burn trucks. tanks and motorcycles litter

th e

ground. There are scores of half- used cartridge cases. machine-gun

belts, shells, grenades and

wellpons which used them. Where men died or were wound-

there are torn boots. gloves.

the

This morning (Tuesday)

unis and §sewhere J _ h“... ..:.:.' r llrthquakelleeerded .' .~ l

l . —- . PASADENA, OeJiL, Dec H -- tiPlg-An earthquake of moderate lkllslil‘.

nlhmbie demote. wee recorded, n. the Seismological labor-y oi Califofnis Institute of ology. l‘ l it. Beno Gutenberg said the livels started at 9:04.43 A.M.. . a il-w seconds, and were lllnlaieli- to heve occurred in the In indies.

l, CLOSE cmllwllee wit! N. Dec. 33-(0?) —- Al! science churches in Hol-

y, Anete, reported today.

lolllllo EllEllTS

"last Royalty Rink. Christ- In afternoon. skate; night Royals ll- Dllnstarrnalze- 12-24-11

aggro. Delliloen (sit. Jtillfifll ' ‘J awn . a , cor e 0\\'l’l Mueller 27th. ls-zs-alf

"Dance nd Box Soci COITIII ‘in Mondlily, December ‘,3 m

-‘Dance. Newton Cross School. By. December 28th. If stoml . "m m» hum following. lll-M- .

“"0... Store wul close on OhrlM-_ kigfifirveaagd lmlfllih closed unltlii ‘My l . .D.J.RUE1§._E1£

"Wanted to buy ‘live nnd dressed

- kelu and few. P; in to:

awn Prices. nlllse Col s u!‘ IM- _ p”-

Emerald Hall. Monday, 27th. Sponsors Mrs. Emu Mrs. Leslie Trainer. .

124172144. ;

Livestock Marketing Board will“ 1108s at Remington every "lily until three pm. -wltil 9W1 and Moliwen in sharpie‘. 12-23- .

Board at Bummerside every "d". Hven em. to two p.m. location. Campbell and Mc- l" chores. " 12-2-8-21.

Dance bttembe M Clay:

e v ' - l ~—+-b firmswsglou" ‘t: “mew ,- d It A l '0 moon. . ereld i - renoon unt iildeioe . New hunk.- ‘ ednoeo ‘flora lie-sleek. m“ A' a G lain-ll. null!

Tonal-ow being clll-ln- ilwnsv there will be . issue of gtlle fluor-

V. The next. will be

lli If m. F“

.thelr stand, b“ “WW “will "i d°l nin post is still there but the en-

the dead were still there but the P‘ “ all

dsv to bury

them. ' In the fields. sheep and cattle by the score lie dead.

The only birds ere ducks and chickens-

and the Canadian soldiers guarding them carefully for Christmas.

I Below the cross-roads is the" izullv where the Gcrrnans made

A dug-in machine-

emv is dead or gone.

With the battlefield now in Cen- adiah hands. the troops are set- tinz up their camps in what re- mai s of houses or in German Dost ions themselves.

Germans To Try British, ll. S. Airmen

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 -—- (AP) -The German radio said tonight that British and American air- men held as prisoners of war ill Germany would be put on trial as "war criminals."

The statement was made in e special commentary by Edward Roderick Dietze. who said that qemmv thus would replv to what he termed Russia's "mock trial at Kharkov where three Germans end a Russian traitor were ex- ecuted nfter trial on charges 0! committing atrocities

Mouse Jaw Wins Victory Loan liontest

an communities for roost affective

ClIilpfl-llll.

tee announced today

000) - Moose Jew: 0108s

irles. Ont: 100.000) — sot. Ont. Joint synd-

Awards will be presented earl next your. and will be relief ehlei

. w 0v- uu mll in m signed

were wells

map; of the wu- fronte. Ail

teemewereo _ in

a” e-Adriatic coast

Dec. 3S - (CP) — Basin. captured ton test in

promotional idea produced in the Fifth Victory Loan the National War Fin-

30.

00.001 to 100.000) —- st. Cathar- Olesyl "B" (more than Winnipeg end Wind-

v d

emu th li of the blfllgltw nd fired?“ “m.

on beside largo sales New.

ta. mention

ull-Lut i“

1 l i

Charles lllunnerr. abovt. Nth Duke of llufland, h considered 3 likely

clnditlzlte for consort in Great Britain's Pril!‘ as: Elizllletll. hélffifif; to file throne, who reaches her! majority next April. The 24—ycfl|'-| old nobleman is n. lieutenant In the Grenadier Guards. (NEA Rllulophoto)

BULLETIN

LONDON Dec. 24- Friday) -(al=l-ll.ll.r. heflvy mam thundered out over the north sen from eastern British air- dromes at midnight lollowing British and American bomhini attacks yesterday on mylllrlit"! flu-get in the Pas De Calais ares o! France now termed the “rocket lrun coast."

F. struck tods in the Pas

The ro_ar of the yigrhomllvelllre

OMgED" Tllazi Talk 0f

Secret Weapon Said “llo Bluff"

e1 w. w. nneonen

maroon. Dec. 2s —(AP)— nu. bombers

at mysterious tarBBlB e Czllals arell of Frame blasting for the fourth 511009551“? day e strip of territory HOW Wm" ed the "rocket belief that it harbors installations of the vaunted new Nnzl “secret

officially silent on the nature of these raids. but the neutral resorts that the Cermsnbesseniinl- were installing rocket guns in this Aids territory closest ‘o England. hns informally named the lifter the high-pnwIre-d rocket. gun it. l3 said to shelter fnl- assault on Britain. R..A.F medium and ilbiht bomb- ers struck mrthern French tafflets including a camp near Melimont it was announced This is n coastal village Just so-wth of Etapies on the coast of the Pas de Calais area where the mystery tar are believed to be located The R A. F also ntts/okcci two railway junc- tions. One medium bomber is miss- ing from these operations

and United Stzvtrs

gun coast"

weapon."

‘The allies are

pondon press, on the bails

Be b in U l? tl States ;.,_,h§,§',,'°°$.,c-§,d ff importflnt _ ____..___.._______ WASHINGTON. Dec. 2a —_<AP) German s.lr base near the town of -President Roosevelt has OICGTSd

Gilze end Rijen in southern l-lcl-

land. , Amid gmwing sign; that the preparatory to the Governmentl

. taking over of United Stntes rail-

‘ugfl!’ "hum" mo" nun" ronds. now threatened with n na

are of greet importance. R.A.F.

many lagers. '

ALOIERS. Dec. 23—-(APl—Can- adlsul tanks and infantry. Ml" three days of house-to-house fight- ing, cleared the NET-ls from B-i but the northwestern corner of the town of Ortona. Al- llled hndquarters announced today. llnlnnd, United Stains troops 01 the Allied 5th army lfiiiim sheliingvic- ticuso. eight miles northeast 0X

assino. _ The German defenders of Ortollo. ancient cathedral towrl and MB-

grlmnlys importance to their winter e.

pm“; May Be Easier

lit Oto ‘ fall the Canadlaxu isydiktlislgmnfiightillg on she 118M flank of the British llth army. WM expected to cover the distance into Pezoara. eastern telminus of highway to Home. in a matter of

days-

' t lso ‘would cut lhgngltin‘ signing. “supply 111W W troops inland as well as alonll U“

coast.

sentod. a him stlgllvgegriyé ginigethereigfiliied village of Arielle. eight miles Wm lorwna. vrlgmifigm filliagffwei. IDTépBYCd to exact a price for every house and heap of stones

. 1 l lli f Vit- lano which [hcy captured ill a flanking move from the east-

! French Score Victory

I ~ti i ating ill the ' slgecfifo]; ‘lilslslffultjatin CCDRSSillO scored

function guar miles from Rome, now is wit lied artillery range from the south- cant, east. end northeast.

On the. 5th nfmy front. thfl Am‘ p‘

tlcll- first important strategic “C- 1 the Italinn culnilfliml ‘"15"-

after three days Mid nigh“ i‘! n"

ocious iishllnz. they Won WW"

TCoAntinued on pIeTlé.'_col elf’

Canadians Slowly Push l Nazis Out Of Ortona

sion of e. key mountain [pass new!‘ the site of the American advance“

assino. major highway and ding e. wide v W“

For a second day the hulk of

Allied air fleet, including hhllVY bombers. was tied down by the wea- destroyed drietic.

Gift float 00st: Plnty In lluty

BUFFAID. my. bee. 2a -—(AP)

-~M°1'Y° WW5 555mm“ m Paris ruido said tonight in a broad- i

D w‘ Magic Show. bald about» . ited- mnoum. Dec. 23—(CP)—Can- 01B.“ ‘duty today to claim her §§‘,Z§s‘°°°'d°d by m’ ‘Wm’ mm. mo Cross officials here said mink coat, one of six fur RM‘- todey men from Carlene. fisthtmB

ments given to ehowlzlris in troupe Merrickvliie. Ont. who has goin-

by

Upon entering the girls relinquished the

menis to customs agents for przllsal and payment of duty.

Two girls recovered their coats. one mink and an otter whfil ‘it ex-

was discovered they were cans. Custom; regulations mit non-resident; of the States to brim! in clothing their stav duty free.

Still in the customs office e. mink and two beaver coats.

3N5!

small

alloy 1o l

the United Staten!

United

Ilg Kirke L. Simpson. Associated Preee We: Andree

Hard-fighting Siberian elements of the let Beltle sun in lhuein ere reported knee ominous! It the northern one]: of, Vitehell, Nlll gateway fortress White Illll. Ito indies early fall would mean n clltlcal and wide hrenk in the vu ling " winter defense front In the last.

Rccalllure of Vlfebsk will set the vioto guns of Moscow rumbling anew And to the war-hardened fiople of OSCDW, that victory salvo will have a special moaning. They ve not forgotten that it was through

the Vltebflc atewev and the Napoleonic route to th outsider; of Moscow heel that Nul one stormed, or that it is Sfherlln troops - new with the let Baltic army which helper! fend off the Gennm threat

then. .

The fliberlnns are among the toughest winter fightors of the Red i annies. ’_l‘ile fact that they are said to constitute a large part of the 1st Balilt- army is additional evidence that the brittle of the Bulge and impending sic e of Vltebsk are the ‘preliminaries of the lrln- ter offensive toward vrh ch events In Russia ave been pointing since Hitler's army before Stalin ed was liquidated l; year ugo, m6 Astounding us have been Russian successes in the months of nev- er-clldinl: attacks that have swept the invaders back from the V0!!! t:- tlu- Dull-per nml beyond, there ls obviously worse in store fol- the foe now lhll‘ the climaxing winter offensive has been opened in the north.

Yet Ihe scope and direction of Russian blows to come on the flaltlc flank of the long battle line will be clear] indicated to friend and foe alike only after th- reduction of Vitehsk as been achieved.

Removal of Vitebsk and its garrison as n flanking threat l; clearly

of

I Russian advance elements at the depths of the Nevnl Bulge now are lwlfllin field gun range of Vlfebsk. The triangular rail and rond m-tlvnrk that llns incctl the nnrlh-crrltre and the northern or Baltic Gcrluun frtmts in liuusla together is toppling under the double lllrcai. Anll with its fall the Russians will have rlp open n gap nearly 150 mile.» wide from the Ol-shn llcnd urea on the nlcper tomorfil of tllc hloscow-Vt-lllti Luki-Rigl railroad through which to drive westward lllfo upper- Pollen and file Bnlllc states.

AAU.HS.A~Cov’t May Take Over Country's Railroads

Attorney General Biddle to pre- pare the necessary legal papers

News Brfefs

tion~v.'ide strike.

CHUNGKING. Dec. 23 — This was made known at the fAPi-LL-Gen. Adrian Carton White House tonight shortly af- De Wlart. V.C., Prime MIniS- tel" word was received that three ter Churchill's special military ‘of the five railroad operating "Dresentaflve here, predicted Brotherhoods had relectcd the

today that the war in Europe President's offer to arbitrate the

Wm ""1 In 1944- rail wage controversy and after --—- the President had explored e ON Dec. 28-(AP)-— similar dispute with representa-

WASHINGT ,

The White House disclosed toda that President Roosevelt ‘vanzs to labandon “new deal" as e slogan and lreplace it with "win the war"'or lscmething akin to that.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS

tivee of the 1o non-operating un-

ns. The rail managements and two opcrntinrz unions agreed to his arbitration.

It was emphasized that the or- der to the Attorney General only

mil

Al- NEW GUINEA’ 9”‘ mmrh ‘was to "prepare" the necessary agile‘; (Alflgv- Alli‘? ..r"°“.§§ papers looking to governmen! * me mute mm M” homhsppnn M“ seizure of the railroads. \

The move indicated the Presid- ent Wlls not. hopeful about the‘ situation after a day of confer-l enoes with the carrier; and the‘ Brotherhood chiefs.

Government operation wculdl

battered Cape Glllllccst , hey Japanese nirdmme and nu ply base on the western end of New Britain Island.

NEW YORK, Dec. 38 — (AP)

t th important. port 0 ooner _ m b 1 f b ‘t. mi... l. ma», our»; m» w... M,» we w>;\;;='°;§rg.,.§g"‘ ;‘.""'e...'.;:::':.=...%::f- 222mm. m....:.; i.‘°‘¥..°3‘.‘ii"i.2%°,..°’ .221 Wm‘ a fur-y cqmjnfillffiifiifi wl Two Allie Dime!» ' Duchess of Windsor today were l" 011""? 0f W?!“ during thl‘

chosen as the “best dressed wo- m?“ GT9“ W811

men in wartime" by 40 American fashion experts. Each received the same number of votes.

LONDON. Dec. H —- (CF) — Ortonn is a sea of flames and the 8th Army is pushing the Germans from the Northwestern Section of the town. the German-controlled

lied Gross Gifts To Fighting lllen

in Italy or in hospital have extra Cilristmas rations an a result of a $50,000 donation by the

m, Freighter Launched

_ ‘They h not t been report- ed international fame for society. Troops in Britain. sailors K9 m Beige,” Haiiquru" “om V“), m, at see and airmen on Adied bases blow‘ l“ I ' ' will also benefit from the don- ovaru“ bu‘ 9m“ M m” McLean gave the coats. three men . men nond show up well mink. two beaver and en otter. to mm Canadian .n hxmm m scattered serv- me 3m“ when m’ mow w“ En land. the Mediterranean area m“ l“ n“? 7m‘ m‘ l“ mvmlm- aying in Toronto last month. ____ Img on board me hésphal Sh“, my‘, m u, membgn o; m, My‘;

‘m’! PIGTOIJ. N- 5.. Dec. 2a-<ol=l—l1.1.1:?’522x013.“liflllleofieniclcttifi: w‘ [A Milli-ion freighter ccasucd down Emh swckum Wm mural“ egg“. the ways at the shipyards hCTB‘gt,1;e3, gum, a encll writing paper.

Public Economics. he of the permanent seven-man ‘Fed-

ebove tel for 1M4. De ertmeut of g n member

Stun fll, Switzerland's rm! m!

Dr. Welter

A! head of the

erlll Council, among whom the

presidency clr ‘ ‘

dl.

May Announce invasion Ohief

WASHINGTON. Dec. B —(QPl —Prlme Minister Churchill's ill- ness. which has prevented normal dav-to-dav communication! with President Roosevelt. is believed to hove delayed en official announce- ment on selection of e supreme commander for Allied operetionl aszninst the European continent.

This was the opinion expressed in well-informed quarters here to- dflV as Gen. George C Marshall United States Army C Staff, returned from the Pacific and went Lnto conference with the President.

it was believed possible the en- nouncement might be made bv Mr. Roosevelt in the speech he will broadcast to the world from Hyde Park tomorrow afternoon.

Decorations Won In Field By Canadians

llofilllzl OFFENSIVE

‘Fighting-0il Russian Front ‘Continues Heavy

l By JAMES M. LONG

LONDON. Dec. 23 — Russians

in German Vitebsk. gted tonight, while Mos- ‘cow dispatches said the ‘Soviet Baltic arnly had battered 1:0 within 12 lmiles of that Nazi fort- ress as its big winter offensive 12th day.

The Soviet enldnight communi- que made more modest claims as units of Gen. lye-n captured places and ad-

it reported that

Bani-union's forcfe had

several populated tslmei "ed

oees."

Pope Piust To Speak Today

;(AP) — The have forced e new breach lines before admit-

Berlin

entered

its

vank-agieous poaitdoxla" hvhrulldlred

Gicrm kil ed in the days which one unit cr0ssed e water barrier taking the surprise and eendins hasty retreat without their equip-

merit.

'I‘.he communique, recorded the Soviet radio monitor, also told of exceedingly bitter fighting" the Zhiobin area White

not

world at 12.15 pm. D.T., row. The address i; rxylc" < last about half an hour

The Vatican radio "' there will be no public Chl-i Eve Mess, as originally pin because of the 6 pm. Rome cur- few imposed by the Gmnans.

8.15 om ,

A.D

11015 Lighting

W0!‘

in

in

of southern Russia. where the Germans

achieve

i715 lli. Ti ‘

said

were oounber-sttocking- Fifty-six Guam: tanks and 1.500 Nazi sol- diers were killed and Greet numerical Geranium "did

"despite superiority"

thO

lllC-

The Pontiff will celebrate Mass (noon E.D.T.,

in private st s pm.

_ __ l .m A DT.). however, end ti! ngfilgfi’ 35°.” eniiomout- ‘I'm! r?“ {flu u standing service in the field won d b’ m‘ w“ by Canadian soldiers in Sicily and Italy Dflssed the ion-mark today with announcement of

rlwnkrsds to l0 officers and other

fill] .

Added to two previous lists ie~ sued since start of - oailm 1n eet awards raise the total to —16 Distinguished Service Orders, m Military Crosses. nine Dietin- imished Conduct Medlll and U lifllitlry Models.

‘Ibday’: net included time Die- tinzuished Service Orders. debt lidiiiitnry Models, - ed Conduct M06! and l8 Mili- tary Medals.

Edmonton Regiment. eight to the Royal Canadian Regiment. two to the West Nova Scot ent. two to the Royal 22nd Regiment o! Quebec. one to tho__ Hastings‘