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WAPANESE STRONGHOLD IS CAPTURED

g»?

mmecliate Repeal Of

Prohibition

oman Dies l Injuries

m, Allan Glilis, 80, of Bear Ri-

b tile St. Andrew's P; rlsh lll it tlle Onarlo tetown Hospital tnigllt. sre was fatally in] lrcd . an acc dent near her holra Sun-

i‘. With a r011, Jotelh Gillie, inc " driving ln a holse-dravln veh- whell a bolt rrolce in the run- .; ‘Ihe horse took fri ht .. bolt hrovrlng the driver and l. mother out. m gall was injured also and . b:ell llnriergong treatment at home glilolllh 1t was exp c ed . wills‘ be removed to hospital His mother was taken to erloltelowl by anllbularleerhort- cident. She s ' fred . .. es nnd so far as was did not regain (unaccus- . . Glllls and her son were ei- .. enroute to church or return- . Meg] church when the accident urr . lfrl. Glllls is survived a num- ol sous and daulzh ‘s. Her ard nrcfieceared her. He ton. . as the result of an oxidant,” recalled.

lattice , llillflilll g y

‘lilo practice blackout held last n was not quite so successful the city as the most recent ones vi been Several wardens re- dthat lights had been left on business premises. lone householders were slow 1n or gulllhlng light-I, one person re- to turn them out when re- ted by the warden. These cases with later. The 1- signal came over at 6.05 - evening and the ell-ens sound- lt 0:30 The blackout lasted for , hall hour. The Clvllinn Committee took up ll pmltlons in the elt tax l- Hze fighting equ pment taken from the city building placed in readiness for emer-

‘ille Chief of Police re rted t pedestrian and motor raffic formed 1o the regulations and no

of lnlldallsm were reported. 1t ltlonlnglle the blackout was percent according to word re- list night from local offic-

il sllmmerslde firemen had tlce wlth three incendiary ... The." arc o1‘ thc tvpe issued iuthorltlcs for practice pur-

. P. officials at the western lull said they were well Pleased r‘ leiDonse to the blackout ‘ ln onlV s... section of the “ _worr llqllts slow in being ex- '- l-tllcd and there citizens ccm- lled till-y lll

l‘ 5010's reports indicated the

dens w, » black slivgglspt in obeylng

liming Events

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"P" M1 Stewart. Thursday. 12-15-31

Concert,

13-14-21

It - ‘m

31s time Murray River, Friday. 13-15-21

"Chlll l l... Smus school Concert 1n

Stun Hall Dec. 23rd. 12-14-21

, __ _ I m. {Rmllllo Christmas

nc°Lifllllu nous every Friday. with Loslle McDowell, 5-l0-20-twtf

"come t i I” l‘ abacus); gtvghelgllllllllzt " “M01 concert. lz-ls-ai

o. r ~__._ llnloaamg car bulk wheat Tuesa

"fills-ally. December ls "IR bass. lr-ls-ai s unordm u‘? .. he Gripping Club . stilt? 5M5": "=- 0 Mmflyfiecyxloa n’ o n

" list ' llctoll

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H m- g,“','§§'t§lver stolen mm ‘

M‘ “m ‘saint

“All. “*- ilzelmlfiilflgmfgfll Kingston Parm-

- lngston Hall, l)”. “ "< "- ‘mlfllll l" - . w. —-—— .

ll. mblllllflallve dd - °.,‘,,°",§';;k:m {owl filly. $7;- h ""- "artist:

Secretary

Charles Dc Gaulle filmed l" 58' reement today for I French sovereignty over Marlowe‘ car.

provisional mili set u cupat on of the Island off South- east Africa would end with the ar- rival there of Gen. Paul be Gent- ilhomme, commander-in-chief of could not hem- the fighting French forces in Africa.

pointed by the French National committee and he w1ll reorganize the French military forces for de-

fence “against was announced. potential base for xagines and espionage, British troops first

May s. ‘Ihey cupation Nov. d.

N.Y. Papers Hit By Strike

, i RK,Dec. 14-01?)- Iléggpe December id for Bon- nfisfimfif.’ 5mm greatest con- ml c°"°"t- 1744'“ oentratlon of llaWBPB-Dfl‘ T9941"! "

millions of York's dailies - foamed today W710?- it is to be wiuloul. dolly new! v!

the world .

ward Tripoli and Allied planes were battering ‘Punisia for the radio. two afternoon MD"! and at racing publication, the new! wasn’

strike

and $1091.!“ deliveriegnulguigihma: lll-

lia era usoclatljon of New $3.: increase

a mdgqfile a ' n’ 2'” todayi mominugmeqfiona and con- lnued thrountl

cycle. note-acne MIRIOBIAL N - (GP) - Dame Mar.

A"? ‘h died last Cents-shim? o eas w o

lei: her LOW-acre estate at Poles: ‘hi. d f th . honeymoon. to the Nvtionoal ‘P191141. as a memorial to

Act Urged

gBy S’.S_'icle Town Council

A resolution asking for immediate repeal of the Provincial Prohibition Act and the substitution of some form of government control was passed last night by the Town Council of Summe side at its re- gular onontllly meeting.

Mayor W.J. Lldstone was in the chair and Councillors J.L. Gorrlll, HAL. Moltlson, T.D. Morrison and William smallman were present.

The resolution was moved by Coun. Mollison‘ and seconded by Colin. Morrison. asscd with Coun_ Gorrlll alone d enting. It reads as follows:

"Whereas the Premier of the Province, the Hon. T.A. Campbell, has asked the Town Police to give greater assistance to the R..C M. P. lll enforcing the Prohibition Act,

“And ‘whereas it would appear to be imposslbie to enforce this Act, providing the large lumber of the

R. O.M.P. have been sincere 1n their endeavours: “Therefore resolved that the

Town Council of the Town of sum- merslde at a regular monthly meeting hereby suggest to the Pre- mier and his Government that in order to better conditions in Sum- cnerside and throughout the Prov- ince, and to promote respect for our laws, they immediately repeal the Prohibition Act and put in force some form of Government sale or control as now in force other Provinces."

Coulr. Gorrlll in opposing the resolution maintained that while present conditions were not satis- factory, they could not be remedied by the Government bringing more liquor into the Province.

Coun. Morrison said the Pro- ‘llbition Act had been in force for thirty years and had been found wanting. In every other place, he said, it had been discarded. l On the passing of the resolution Mayor L-ldstone congratulated the Councillors "on their opinions and on their courage."

Al. P. REPORT

D.O. Stewart, secretary of the ARP committee was present and gave a report on the practice black- out. A resolution was passed giv- illg pclm1ss‘oll to the 1.0 D E hold tag days on Dec. l8 and l9

A resolution was moved by Colln-

:(5 ZFE'>:

Agreement Re Madagascar

Soviets Pushed Back Slightly

MfiCOw. Dec, 16—( _. (APJ-German troops 1.25:2: l)“; fllljward southwest of Stalingrac olced back Soviet defenders o "19 59516800 city and renewec counter-assaults on the centre front which were beaten back, the awn"! Y°P°Tl¢d Gilly today.

The Soviets said the Germans lost 1.000 men ln the lunge south. west of Blfllinzrad and 600 more 1n an attack near Voronezh and re. Filled B8105 by their own assault P0008 in the factory area of Btal. 108F011 and in general on the oth. er fronts.

Fbrt -t'wo German aircraft. 88 of "W" T105110“ planes. were down- ed Sunday. the Monday mid- night communique added. as the Germans continued bring up reinforcements bly alr- m gmnp, fightinqeln the b tier cold of 80v. let win

l‘.

At the cos of hea o Germans w re aokntiywllegéeleri a; have "succeeded in pressing back our detachments somewhat" in the counter-blows southwest of Stalingrad llsainst one ol-m or the Soyiet plnchers reaching out to ell HP 300,000 Gonna-us 1 at the Volga city. pound n8

l|.S. Fighters Blast Rommel

camo, Dec. 14 ._<a1=>)_ 0;... hundred United States ligh er planes laden wit/n b:mbs hamm r- ed Marshal Rommers retreatl g Axis forces yesterday 1n the El A- gheila sector in the greatest fight- er-bcmhsr olfcrlsve yet in Arr; a“ and presumably they wee ronin- 111.11g these purlishinv r-lows frnlght on the Germans and Itahans.

An fl-nnmmuemmt fom mad. quarters of the 9th Unted Sta‘es Air Force sad thcse 100 pilos fy- ms 3'4“ Diaries, had jolrei their Britsh and Australian comrades ‘n the big lleTilll o'fe"s‘v= that crack- ed the Axi= liws "ourlv: ex-lyos- ives at low lelel into enemy col- Umhs nn‘ sinfli g f e arid sup- ply dumrs.

The British Commtld eel-fer announce‘ the breaking of the '11- emyfis northern fark at E1 Brera "at lltt'e c"s“' and said "he ene- my is l'e’l‘efltl~n<r wes‘w‘r‘s. r le t- lesslv pursl-ei by the lea lng ee- meilts of our fares."

The orl-ptlc b-tlfe rerots gave no hint of the "ct ‘al ext/Wt of th- Bth Anny arlvmce rr de‘a‘ls of the Ffelltirg T“e H" 11v Rude mid Rnmme‘ had "rvltlliravrn n13 f-r- oes from the Fl A'h~‘la rxr-lton furthe" westvwrd" but ofFcflG-r- man and Ytaian communiules mentl0“'d rmly carol activitv and lively artillery erhanres.

At mid-my the reply w"s re- ported stll‘ in full reflect and no

IDNDON, Dec, 14—(CP)—Fore1gn Anthony Eden and 0611-

rte-establishing The agreement, provided that 0118

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tary a by Britain after the 00-

A high commissioner is to be ap-

or external OPPTBMOM the common enemy," it

king to eliminate Madagascar Axis sub-

landed on the Island completed the oc-

patrorls of most of New

Rommel was fleeing in Libya 1o- baeea, but excel”- around.

waq th re- ghee newsepaper

ttln The ak- ult of a

and other vote’;

the aftornoon new:

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9 l Dmkl l“! W slfihfiffetéor prices.

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.:'ldR]O'l‘ eng~g~mert had l-een ‘yin-

Reconnnisarco shall-oi to Arm retreat was or"c"_v and that R0"- mcl was "e"'ng out rill erythlng poss"b‘.e.

Big lure... In This Year’s Lobster Catch

OTTAWA, Dec. lib-UP —Can— adians wil le able to cat. 1-06 lobster in 1943 th n the co 1d ll 1942. Thfs y.ar's lose: o tch is ilearly llo ,0 o m“ d= I ea c1 ,1 than that of 1011.

In i011, f om .a ua y to Octo- ber, Atlantic lbetll- liz-tlerrncn - caught 23,541,081 lou do of _ 103- I eters for wh1'h they re eive $‘-~ ‘ 011.1009. The p 4k or canned lob- ‘ stern was 53.84 p use. _ _ y

the same 121100 :n l l2, appmxfmattly aziozol our-dc all lobsters were rauahi. slvns the flsherrrlen a revrn e of $9.”! 109 The pack for this ye r wll 1e a- I round 015500 pcuncs I

Before the war mcst of Jzia can- ned lobste‘ wouli h ve 'on~. to Great Britain. Nxw all of 1t ill'l'd in Canadl and ire unto-l S ~tes with the latter getting lh~ in for dlare.

lf. of 0. Men Lose Lives

OTTAWA. Dec. 14 -(0P)-'rwo numbers of the Knights of Col- umbus staff lost their liveg 1n the fire which dest a hostel op- erated b the Kn ghte of Columbus at it. ohn’s Newfoundland Bat- urday night, P N1... Phalan, Na- tional director of the Canadian Army huts aald today.

Mr. Phelan said the men. both natives of Newfoundland, were Mr. 5t. John and Mr Cor tt.

Mr. Phelan said he had been 1n-

that the government of instituting a

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Con“ summer _ Sear“; D1", French transportation facilities

Mallloll had nnlloullcefl that U1" i Federal GUY-Prlllllellt tllrounll the

War Situation Last Night

(I! William T. Peacock, Associated Press w“ Anglygt)

A considerable improvement in the general Alllgd fly 5111mm," h; Qlrlfll- "my hi! H" eflrly dividend to‘ the Allies‘ aide accruing from held Marshal Rommcfs latest precipitate retreat.

M‘ Having pulled out of El Aghella, Rommel hardly m“ “up ‘hm-g 0g aurata, come 300 miles away, for flier-e f; m, n"; ‘Md "mg" m. M, desert army and the fir'st terrain lending itself 1° flefencg, I C C I

A That minimum SOC-mile narrowing of the gap between the Anflo- merlcan forces in Tunisia and the British 8th Army pressing on mmmer‘ ‘"913 1091118 illlliflllalllly in the air warfare. wwklnt W"?! "I9 3"! Army is a formidable and numerous air firrce.‘ It includes large numbers of bomber: and its pilots, British and m" B". are a seasoned group who have won complete air mastery over Libya. s 5111067 lwlnbcrs have ranged far ahead or the 5th Army to bomb ousse, In Tunisia. and Palermo, Sicily. Once their bases of operations can -lle advanced 300 miles, these airmen may be oxpegled to incl-e“; '0'" "W's =1 Axis surely "n" "m" "ll: to Africa. The shortened bombing distance-GM miles for the round trip-w1ll mean leaa gas- ollne and heavier bomb loads on their foray! a o a a e ‘g

From R ‘s standpoint. his withdrawal means he has moved closer to his supporting air bases in Sicily and Africa,_But on the whole the advantages accruing to the Allies appear to he greater so f“ a; the air war is concerned.

whnh" mmmfl W“! “WEN to atop at Misurata seems open to doubt. A ‘IS-mile expanse of sand dunes and marshes Cxlenda from that oasis town toward El Agheila and would help somewhat In making a de- fcnelve stand there. It. is only about 15 miles lwide, however and could be easily by-passcd. '

4M1"? ll°5§|b|B storming place is Hams. about so miles farther toward Tripoli. A range of hills rising there runs seutl-lvvestward for several hundred mils. A strong defensive line possibly could be let up In these hills more easily than at Mlsurata.

To Cancel Four Local '

Dance Hall Licenses

Mayor Holman Announces Action At Meeting ._0f Gift’. Council; Fire Dangerremscussed.

international At A Glance

NEW GUINEA -- Allies take Bu- nu. last Jap stronghold on island.

NORTH AFRICA — Allied bomb- ers smash naval docks at Blzerte and Tunis; British 8th Army rolls forward in pursuit of Rommel forces retreating west of El Agllclla.

RUSSIA — Rods acknuwlfdgc German gain at heavy cost on Stal- ingrad front.

FRANCE - Eden and de Gaulle sign agreement t» turn adminis- tration of Madagascar over to French commission,

CANADA —- Canada. Britain, Ull- ited states agree on joint use of steel to further war effort.

Tile licenses of four tlity‘ _ dance hulls hill be tjtilihtiiéd Lousy ull- flll sum til: o as cliCy but tllell" pro- nllses ill a condition tllut wllfsat- 15w the requlrolllellts ul‘ the Lmef o; [he Fjyg pepllrtnlellt," lvfayi-ll‘ B~ Roy Holman announced at last night's regular monthly meeting of the Citv Uflllncli, ‘fills JCLlOll is be- jug taken, he said. ioliuwllll; ltll lll- spcctioll y8oLCl‘(ll-lv' by but‘ Y!“ Chief of the clsnt Public dame halls in Charlottetown.

The Mayor dld not specify the halls willlrll art‘ to be 010500. bu» said that three of them ale on third S.Ol‘€_';‘.< and the fourth is 011 a second sturdy. ‘P110 910N191“

had all been uarllecl by the l-lrc Chief that they must not use ‘in- tlnmmrllofy decorations at Christ- mas time. the Mayor stated.

Councillors

M a c Klnnon I 1111

changed if D100: nuflv to UiX-‘ll olll-

wards in case of a ium should a. file occur. Coun. MacKee drew the attention

local Govcrnlnent. would Day one half the salzlri" of a full time sup- ervisnr for local A.R..P. Work 1K1 am. mwn witll n population of l5.- 000 or ovrr if the Cliv Coumn would pay the remaining half of tlle salary. Coull. Chandler bCllCl/Bd Charlottetown needed such a suP- ervisor and asked the Colmcillfll‘! m consider the matter before the next meeting of the Council

(‘nun Chandler in submitting the nenort ol‘ the finance conllnittec said ihlat. the repérrtlforl llillSr yieag WES ll 111D?- fl lll) (‘.3 f‘ 0 11S _ . ' year's report. The receipts this kg°~fi\e‘n&flll‘fnig‘if fzisfiflzprzggalslofi v9“ w date were $287500}, wwge decrease compared with 1941- la“ year“ We?" 3291900- t’ e ' Oyibtzieflllls lll ltlllle 311st will fag F. "'1"- '" Mm‘: be r an those e wes.

i<7°nllmlf<i 0" 0B8’ '1» °°1 3* thgwMarittme Provinces 18.588 bar- rels of oysters were harvested this , year. Ln 1941 only 15,076 barrels WHO provided by oyster fishermen.

Oysters would have been a war- time casualty, llowevcr, in Eastern Canada, 1f it hadn't been for the foresight of the Dominion Depart- ment of Fisheries. Canada. has never been able to Produce enollah oysters for her own consumption. But. back in 1931 the Dominion GOV-

Proliucihn of oysters up In lllaritimes

OTTAWA, D00, ib-(CP) ——Can- adiall cplcures who enjoy We" oysters may have nunsry palate: l"

News Briefs

OTTAWA. Dec. lll-w?)- Prlme Minister Mackenzie etmmm; 5$afled m promote oygtgy- King will speak over the Nat- “mung 1n prime Edward 151mg iona network of the Cane and m9 Mglpgque . (Jggcuynpeque adian Broadcasting Corporation gad¥elflly night at 8 II. m.»

oyster farms were Ala-fled.

The farms followed methods of culture developed by the Fisheries Department Research Board and 1n 1932 oysters were planted in 110 sea acres. The new type of farmers sowed both tiny seed chatter: and spat, or infant o ers. is spat ls collected by imp emenfa resembling egg crates and covered with con- crete. The baby oysters attach themselves to this and are brought to the surface. taken to the farm: planted.

. (l0 p.m., A.D.T.,) on "temperance and a total war ef- fort,’ 1t was announced tonight.

OITAWA. Doe. li-(CH-Trans- ‘All i???“ “Willi t“ .°“é‘°§.“ appo n n o a . William James Balcom of Halifax, veteran master of the Canadian Qovernmmlt Steamer N. B. Mc- fl. as assistant to the senior sea tranaport officer.

and lc Through experiment a particul- arly ltardv type of oyster has been produced on Prince Edward Island. more than 2.000 sex-g

LONDON, Dec. ll-(CPJ- Scandinavian source: said to- il! that Russia's second winter comeback ha: given new morn- enhuu to peace talk in Finland, when the population is war

I60 and an cute manpower cheap prevail-l.

ANCHORAGE. ALASKA. Dec. f4 - (AP) -the Anchorage times says the reason the Ja cse sill! are at Kbh is because ey cannot get. of! the Island. Rovlewing events since the Japanese ooouoled the Aleutian Island. the newspaper asserts that all Japanese aircraft and more than 30 vcllcla have been destroyed.

planted. But oyster fishermen have to be tlflfll. for 1t will be five years fore the 1941 crop can be harvested. In the pioneering days of oyster farming more monev must, be spent than comes beck 1n pro- flts-but the farmers will make their profits from the oyster eaters of the future.

Oyster farming has lwead to Nova Scolia. New Brunswick and along the Gulf of St, Lawrence, un-

der Dominion Govenuntnt guidance

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Plane llere Chartered For Rescue

United States authorities ‘lave

chartered a skz-equpped pane of the Maritime Central Always here for e. rescue flight into an inacces- aable regon for injured members of the chew of a Douglas lrmbzr. The plaice, a twin-ornginrd Birk-

ley Grow, i: s"ld to b: the only a- sill-equipped plane Lit- able for the flight.

Extra gasolizzc tanks have been fitted to the plane and Captain Jimmy Wrde. a vetezan Maritime pilot. has voluntecred to ufliertake the Anzarious fllllt. Wih tPe extra. gasoline smrllna agree, the plane's rang? is increased to 1.4.0 miles, without refuelling,

Officials gal-e no details of We crash of the United Stairs c1 t. clor the number of men who a r- vived the crack-up. ‘The plane has been local/d, blt. only a skl-eqirp- ped aircraft can lard near ennui-lll to the scene to effect the resuc.

Capt. Wade is a native of Suaex. N.B., and hos i5 year's flying ex- pQTIlEIlCP. He served for a time with the ferry command ard de- livered three bomlrrs to Gwat Britain. He fs a rrgular plot with tlte Maritime Central Airways now.