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1152110111 llAZl PLANES usrn 1o FERRY iuyinsi

Britain To

German

Warned I

Watch For

Invasion

Churchill declares would be dis- aster to suppose danger has passed.

(By Hugh Wagnon. Associated Press Staff Writer)

LONDON Dw- 19--l-\Y)—Wlnston Churchill thi . . inls Wflfllllll i” m” filth“ ‘"531’: “Watch from 1101:‘: hoiir 52:11:21-

snd menace" of German Invasion.

"It would bo a. disaster if anyone supposed that th d 1h gupremc danger, the mortal dangers, are passed," he deeclariickillrettii Lin: H0050 0f Cflmmolli. rimming for the wartime holidays.

i/fhey are noti. . . the winter season offers some advantages to an

invader .

. . It would be a very great lack of prudence, a [Mk or pm.

denco amounting to l. crime, if vigilance were relaxed in our armies at

home."

The Prime Minister used this occaslo to h inn only a half-armed nation fighting nnrnnyitzif, ,,°,,",§,,:,h.§“w'::',§"f; i941 become well armed, with the help of America‘; one“ subpuun and W 4m" "w British conquest of the Italian armies of Egypt '

"The British army," h, “m, showing its quality."

"has at last had an opportunity of

Tho year 194i he predicted will 1; ".1 ' .. other theatres on ‘terms of modcrate effiiilltyninshnuythggs ,.',',',;“,°,:'°“ 1m merit, if not in defence of the British Isles themselves" m" p.

Admiralty Blocks plot By Italians

(By Harold Fair, Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Dec. Ill- (CF (‘ablel-Jlhe Admiralty tonight released a document found by British seamen in a captured Italian subrna :1!!! in which Italian su V ‘ command- m warp l trusted to attack “ci-rtaln Spanish merchant lliips without warning." Informed sources said Bri- tain thus had thwarted an Italian plot to stir up Spanish sentiment by placing the blame for such sinkings on Britain. 'l"iie Admiralty said the or- der was signed “Mario Fulan- olla, Vice Admiral command- llg submarines," and rend, as lrfinslatedt—- "Inform units under your command that ships flying the Spanish iia bciongingdo

In Particular, the Prime Minis- ter noted the slackening in Gei- man air attacks in the past few days——-e. slackening which, he 531d, 0118M Hilly be “in preparation for some other form of activity."

Our defence of the beaches 15 complete. From the north of Scot. land around the island, enormous masses of guns, machine guns, fortified posts and every device of defence have been erected and they are guarded by large bers of well-trained men."

But, he said, Britain will not; sit, coinplacently behind this fortified line of beaches as France sat be. hind the Maglnot Line,

Again, he warned: “Hitler-I should certainly deprecate any comparison between Hitler and Napoleon, I do not want to insult the dead-wields gigantic powers and is capable of wielding it in a

IilLlTl-

ruthless manner. .he has great need of doing something now. ur at any rote in the next two months.“

Churchill Cheered

Mr Churchill was cheered peatcdly.

In Egypt and Libya, he said. the British find Imperial army, con- tending with odds as high as five to one, lost less than 1.000 dead

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Tbarru and Pinllos , companies leaving or coming from Casablanca (Morocco) and sailing towards Lisbon must be attacked without warning."

The order gave details by which the ships could be iden- tified. Lloyd‘s register says Ybarra owns 21 ships and Plnlilos has nine.

Informed sources said an ef- fort to stir up the Spaniards was the‘ only possible explan- ation because these ships are 11:11 assisting the British war l .

These sources believe the It- lllans would have torpcdocd the ships without warning and then raised the cry of “Bri- tish war tactics."

Almost 103cm Canadian Military Vehicles in use

OTTAWA. Dec. l0 —-(CP) —Ma.j. M. M. Evans, technical staff of- ficer at national defence headquar- ters, ioid members of the Engineer- iil Institute of Canada today that "molt 10.000 units of the 4'7 types 0i military vehicles produced 111 Canada are in various parts of the

Wfllld. serving with the Empii-eb: mules. Mll- Evans added that many

more thousands are in service cllnfldfl. while almost 00,000 are on 0MB? for Bouth Africa.

Coming Events

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‘flhglo Plains Concert postponed . . mber 331d. ' L-5o7-i2-20-zo.

"Wm Ieightiaer co Water ltmt. " “ma. ‘gblllgfgzelrlféodfid poultry. all

. Trv us. _ L-751-1.'-23to Dec. ..i "Wloedowbaiuc School

WW. December 20. [1-197-12-9-31.

d"W¢ have advanced ices on "Md chldcen and fow, sell w In for satisfaction. H. L. Dlckieson.

11-036-12-18-31.

to

Concert.

"The Alberry Plains school Cen- mrt postponed till December 23rd. b009-l2-20-

“"11 meeting will be held at Rov "mans. Iiriday Dec. 20th. to ar- T"!!! about getting Pownel Rink l irted and management for seat!

L-

_And Collier

L-596-l2-20-2l. ,

»For decision

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ll. S. Battleship

in collision

mow YORIZ Dec. l9-tAP)—- The United states navys 28-year- old zdJOO-ton battleship Arkanfifli- carryiin 500 naval reservists, an? the out oumi colller Melrose. 5.14 tons. collided today off the New Jersey coast. the culller going t0 the bottom after a ill-mile YEW W a Brooklyn drydock.

The warship Pfvceeded w 1h“ Hudson River anchorage. mnlls only some paint and with e smashed lifeboat.

A naval boardof inquiry W35 chllcd to investigate the crash‘. which oxgurrred off sea Girl B11011 4 am. .

Capt. George E. Tobin o! N10 Melrose gave this version:-

"The s y was clear, the water smooth as silk. The battleships grey paint made it difficult to sec her. Before we knew it the Ark- ansas rammed our port aid!- ll must htave cracked our 015W im- dei" wa er."

The empty Melrose proceeded for drydock with the Arkansas following. Capt. Tobin said she rnn aground about half a mile from the dock and slink. Earlier reports snid she had been beach-

ed.

Youth waits

In slaying

nilrsnono. Kv. Diw- 19- (Anggms father dead from P0556‘ men's bullets. 15-year-old Cl-W" Buchanan. Jr._ waited in a jail cell tonight for [.he law to “$1351: whether it will Pm“ ' 1 m charge against lilm in the s3)’ of a constable and the wounding o twgcllngoxlsihty attorney waiter B- Smith said he would questionakthe (my ugaiil l"llll)i‘l‘0W befoie m J18 a decision. f: added yzung Buchan- an denied firing all)’ 83191-5 but

1i. “mi. he was armed when arrested

wt‘ i or Wheeler. ‘a. qiffilf lillllitklriflialéii rigtllll here. g-iniito led 50 armed offceis 11nd cliizrne who caflv 10118!’ Captured the youth's fatally wounded father.

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3. Clyde William Buchanan. 4i‘?-

I‘he Allied iorees Fihifiypt, inciuoin

Allies In Action Against Italians

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British

Italian

Thai hi... Make attacks

0n lndo-China

BANGKOK, Thailand. Dee. 19. — (AHJ- Thai warplanes ziieue dawn attacks Loony on seven points in‘ fwencn Inuo-Cniiizi. a cuiiiinunluuc snici, curiying “lCDl‘1s‘i\i" bcniulixgs deeper into Indo-Chiilese territory than at anv time since the 1on1:- standing border dispute entered the stage of intermittent hostilities in mid-October. _ l

The communique said besides bombing Vientiane, cunltal of Lacs State. and two other Mekong bor- der points. the planes raided Muanllseniz. an Annam protectorate town 85 miles inside the Indo-China border and onlv 160 miles south- west of Hanoi. and also three other, points at least 60 miles inside Indo- Chino.

The communluue indicated io-, day's raids were in retaliation for‘ ihree ejleged serial viontlons of the Thai frontier last Sunday when‘ Bangkck officially reported tl~e French Inrlo-Chinese dropped mCre than a score of bombs.

30,000 Italians Prisoners; British Lose 1,000 men

LONDON, Dec. 19 -(CP) —-War Secret y Anthony Eden announc- ed today at an otlrseas leaillle luncheon honoring officers of the Canadian forces that up to Dec. 16 at least. 30,000 Italians were tak- en prisoners by British forces 1n the western desert fighting with a 10m of only 1.000 British troops, killed, wounded and missing.

1M1‘. Eden said the number of It- alians listed by him as prisoner "is a conservative estimate."

He added that the “recent bril- liant victory" by Gen. Sir" Archibald Wavell, commander in chief in the Middle Bast, was a “simple lesson." that "given equipment and training there are no troops anvwhers in the world superior to those of the British Commonwealth."

Mi". Eden said the "Canadian forces in England have had to un- dergo a harder ordeal than any other troops in the British com- monwealth." lie added: "I feel sure that the Canadians will have their chance in bottle. but it would be foolish to speculate when and when . . . there can be no final victory without the army and the Canadians will prove worthy of the men of vlmy . "

.____....____.._ FATALY INJURED

GLACE BAY. N. 8.. Dec. 19 -- (GP) —Russell Petrie. 8i, of near- bv Dominion died in hospital io- nlght of s skull fracture suffered today when he lost control of an automobile in which he was dz-lv- tng to his work in a coal mine. The oar, skidding on

struck s telephone pol-

icy pavement... I

Prepa re

Last Heavy Blow In Libyan Sector

Move fresh T5355 forward for battle against trapped

army.

Biv Eric Bigio Associated Press Staff Writer

CAIRO, Egypt. Dec. l9—(AP)— The British command brought up new troops bfeore Bardia tcday for a 11st hfavy blew in that Libyan sector, and declared offic- inlly that the rear wing the Italian army trapped there is fac- in imminent, capture or annihil- ai an.

The road to the west toward the important Fascist bnse of Tobruk- the next objective of the desert offensive and lying 80 miles west 0f the Egyptian froniie was under intermittent bomb fire. and in the Mediterranean the guns of the Brlt'sh flzet commanded the route of retreat.

The Italian position in the whole

area was termed "precarious" by ‘.he Brl eh high command. . any Italians were cui off about Bardie was not stated of- ficially. save that their forces were described in o British general head- quarters communique as “numer- ically superior" to the lengthening columns which had boxed them in. and were believed by some to be perhaps two divisions.

The British list cf Italian cap- tive-, was lengthening. Thosesorted. counted and in hand a; permanent prisoners of war numbered 31.5%. said headquarters here. and to thzs number will be added the “several thousand" still being brought forth from the battle areas. Total Bri- tish loses-killed. wounded and missing-wars, cfficielly put at less than 1.000. _

Royal Air Fbrce reports indent- ed that the earlier heavy Italian flight observed toward Tcbruk had

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Firms may be Penalized for Abnormal bonuses

O/ITAWA, Dee. 19 -—(CP) Firms paying abnormal Chrisimas bonuses and deducting them from tax returns may have their deduc- tions reduced by the taxing auth- ority, according to provisions of the Excess Profits Tax Act, Finance Minister Ilsley said today.

'I'l"ie some is true in the case of lax-paying companies abnormally enlarging payrolls or spending ex- tra large suns on advertising. pro- motion or slmiliar endeavors as a means of reducing the residue of profits.

""11 "'9 l-di-efl b105, Ausiraiza, New Zealand, India, Poland "Id FT" French detachment!» I-re ridding Illllidly to their extraordinary captures in Egypt, Th; glzg or the Italian force defeated is indicated by the cspturg of a corps commander and [our commanders. Above is a picture of some of theIndian troops engaged, dashing t tt k d h _

ling difficulty, in keeping up with the fleeing Fascists. o a ac an w

,.

divisional

British bomb Nazi-Fascist Communications

May be Seeking Break Rail Tie Link- ing Axis Countries.

tol,

By ALFRED WALL Associated Press Stall‘ Writer

LONDON. Dec, l9.—-(AP)—In a British campaign which informed Loudoil quarters said wns intended to uestrov communications between Germany and Italy. Mannheim was bombed last flight and esirlv today in the third successive i1l2l1t1t~ as- sault while other pilots ranged to the south to strike at Milan and Genoa.

dustriiilly important soutliwesien I German cltv which lies ut the enn- iluence of the Rhine and Neckzzr 1 rivers, and is a kev iunciion of the, ‘river-rail routes to Italv for steel" from the German Ruhr and coal; from the German Saar-was offici- ally declared to have set off mam‘ new flies amid the smoking rubble left in previous raids.

The cltv said the Air Ministry, was under intermittent assault from earlv last 1112111 to the hours lust before dawn todav.

Among the results announced were these:_An oil receiving depot probably hit. a railway lunctkn struck bv an entire stick of bombs.

_ cause of the great

The attack on Manl1e1m-an ln- '

fires left beside a rollwnv station. direct hits on two warehouses and on industrial buildlnos in Ludwig- shefen across the Rhine. a bomb Ann-k and lr-fr erupting iii a suc- csajfljggf brilliant exclusions-

m, wig“, m jvotbillfb Irony. the

|set XUZLOIXSII’ a-mwe- s 1111;.‘ factory. the docks in fie- .noa. LIELV. an airdxame i“ '" "r

Italy. r-o 3;; Germlm .- - "iir base a1 UIH‘_Z3AV- Prat. < ‘ “Ed

among thy targets nit.

Four islanders To receive orders In Priesthood

HALIFAX. Dec. 19 —(CP) Thirty-two candidates will be rais- ed to various orders in the Roman Catholic priesthood here Saturday by Most Rev. John T. McNully. Archbishop 0f HB-lifflx-

Among those who will receive or- ders are:

Deaconship-Rev. Leonard Mc- Kenne, Central Bedequle, PEI; Rev. Eric Robin. Charlottetown; Rev. William Simpson, Johnstons River, PEI.

First minor orders-Rev. M18115- tine Kelly. Auburn, P. I. L; RW- Willuid O'Brien, Elmsdalc, P. El

._.__¢_-—-—-—— SEND FOOD T0 ITALY

TORONTO. Dec. 10.—(CP)—'I'he Crech Consulate here today Nflélvfld s, dispatch from the Cuchoslovak Press Bureau in London. stating that all cattle and plan reoulsitioned bv the Nazis in Moravia are belnk sent to Italy in an attempt to re- lieve the f shortage there.

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Buiunq Bricud

Ministgv d;\c_lv-"-"‘__a large area wosl

Rumored (iov’t ' Plans Minister For overseas

OTTAWA. Dec’. 19—(CP)-R.e- are current in Ottawa ma;

1e Government is considering the BPDOintment of a permanent min- ister for overseas, to be giahqned in London and to sit with the British Government ln dealing $3152)?‘ affairs concerning the

It is known, however, that Prime 1

Minister King has heretofore taken the stand that such a liaison is not considered necessary. as it

Huge Transports Rush Aid To

Albanian Front

Fascist lines still sagging as Greeks continue

was ln the First Great Wm", n¢_ zidvnncc- in‘ communication facilities since the: i time. I

Any minister so appointed would‘ have to refer to the home govern- ment for all expressions oi opln.‘ 11m or policy which he might make- . tothe British Government. 1

AY- Pfefient a consultation be- tween the British Prime Minister] or any of his cabinet colleagues fatn be arranged with Prime Min. s er _Mackenz1e King 1n a platter 0i 1111110385 by trans-Atlantic tele- phone. That was impossible in

The ‘dangers of (trans-Atlantic gm-‘Slngs. 11S Sharply emphasized y the narrow escape of Munitions Minister HOWe in the past week has brought to the forefront spec: "lfltion which started with the war on the appointment of a perman- ent; overseas minister in London.

Hon. Vincent Massey. Canadian High Commissioner in London, acts as the liaison between the Dominion and British Govern- ments but it ls rumored that since the incident of the Western Prince attention 1s being given (he m...‘ of maintaining a permanent min- ister in London in addition to M1". Maaey.

Veteran designer Suggests fleet 0f Cargo Subs

WASHINGTON, Dee. l9 (Al?) — Simon Lake, veteran l designer of submarines, said fo- l day that a. flrct of 10ft cargo 1 submarines could luml 51.001100!) ions of goods in Britain each year-and foil the German U- boat raiders. “ Nine-million tons. he said, ivas

lust twice as much its all the supplies shipped from the Unit- ed States to the British Isles iii 1938."

Lnke said in a statement that a submarine to carry 7.500 tons could be built "fit only slightly greater initial cost" than sill‘ face freighiers of the same ca- pacity and that the operation cost per ton probably would not exceed that of regular ships. Ilo estimated the rost of I00 such Submarines at 87.00.000.000.

Nazi Specialists

counter-invasio

Yugoslavia, lrciiiieifl. Dec.

STRUUA. Albanian —»1Vllli that

‘Al.

f eis of 111g Ilzillun reinforcements the Adriatic to lmillefrfint fis her hard-pressed ally. Concurrently, Greek

fightinu in cold so fierce hundreds of were reported found frozen death, were sulrl bv from patches to 111111‘

ATHENS, Dec. lliu-(AP)

The Italians have

Pull-rum is sitlliltl-‘il. in ri-tri-ut to (flilinziru, in lllllllii, a (inveriimf-nt 1111111 iiniiouiiccfl tonight. Ilc suiil the

and that the Italians [iuslieil oi‘ 'l‘cpclcni.

Pillvrlni» lliiy is north of the

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IQ-JAP‘ ' mUUlTIPS reported tonight Gemiun-plloted lJunkcrs zill- transports were ferry- across iiie Albzinlun Clr-rnu111y's aid to

lTo enlist

%,Enroute to lP.E.l.; Wants

that

abandoned Palermo Buy, on ivliich Porto - their Al- spokes-

Fascist-field town of Klisurn was under fire were |.l1\(‘i( to the outskirts

slrolriziv port of Santa Quar-

zinfi (Porto Edda) which

fell

to the Greeks several days ago. The Greek coinrnanfVs night- ll’ communique sziid that over

tho whole lighting flfff-"Titaiic of more prisoners hail been taken.

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21ml Pclermo.

The some advices said the Greeks fvllflvvd tlieii" customary tactics of uulil rlomin. , _ been ‘unnppcfl 11p, lost the Italian real"-

do 1:1)";

_ ; ocfupniion 111111;’ l '

4111s nearby"

hnfl

guurfl irm them, The nsslnnincnt

l1'ei1::p01"is

bun’ '

"Dill!" 11 of 1hr‘ troop monument usefl in

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4 Canadians

‘With R. A. F.

Get awards

LONDON. Occ. 19.——~(CP Cable)- wcrc named to- l list of awards to the Three received lilo lllriilllillllsilCfl flying cross and. the fourth the distinguished flying‘,

Foul" Canadians nlsht in a Royal Air Force.

111v’ 11.1. Tiler are:-

\Vinc-c01nmunder Joseph Cox. of

Arrive in Rome

LONDON. Dec. 19.—-(CP) — The British Broadcasting Qcrboration. Quoting a "neutral OUSQIVBF" in RQWP- 581d tonight lame numbers 0f German anti-aircraft gunners and other German armv units de- scribed ns "specialists" have arriv- ed in Rome.

Italian officers told tho pout-ya] observer. the BBC said that. ‘ihic-Jo arrivals‘ are the beginning of a Ger. man attempt to reduce Ifnlv the status of an allv to that; of a, vassal."

The B.B.C. also Quoted. Rome re- ports ivhich said the council of the Fascist militia today passed a re- solution calling on Italians "to form a bloc strong cnouali to meet all trials around 11 Duce. while one of the greatest crises in nlsinrv is nearing its conclusion.”

Former President 0f Finland dies; liad quit post

HEILBINKI’, Finland, Dec, 19_ (AI-‘l-Kyosti Kallio, former Pres. ldent of Finland, died nought of a heart attack a few hour after Risto Ryti had been elccted to succeed him. Kalllo was 6'7.

Finnish Republic. was brrn 10. 1877i, in the village of near ihc eastern cnasl of Bcthnin.

To him fell the prseldcnlial

guidance of the national recon- struction now under way Kallio suffered o

[acting president. Onlv

was named Prudent. bv

college. ital Hopi

Kili'o Had riled. biil. lat-er

from Helsinki said that. his

tion wiui considerably improved.

from ‘

Kalllo, fourth President of the‘ April Niemelfi.

Kyusmn. Ont. Flying-officer 111W» Cllviui. Vancouver "Pilot W" Toronto.

1's

IP11 C‘. Cox, (Tm-ion llle DFC ivci-e amn flefcrrcfl "Potions.

115+ which contained

Trvitilcnmln!

lNazis come

‘Back for

‘Brief raidsf

LONDON. Dec. ‘i9 ——(CP) —-Ge_1‘- czune back for a brief tonight alter ‘giving the city n 88-110m- respgz- £51m, John lillglll moss forays b60011 105'- 361)‘ [Charloggemwn

lmhli raiders Ills-adult on London

"the longest bonibless period

' i-PIIIUEI‘.

an

than 600

hanLn towns of Kllsura, Tcpeleni

of German to curry troops to Al- il‘Lli‘-—\'»'fll1id represent an technique of Poland,