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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 1944

Belgians Told Situation At Front Well In Hand

Thrown Sbct At By ‘Sniper

(By The Associated Press) ATIIEVS. Dee. 28—(Thursday) - time Minister Churchill was, shot It by an E-LAS. sniper ‘while ouaildie the British Em- aasy yea ay morning. The bullet hit a young wo- man 800 yards away. lufllliii on the lile of the Prime Minister was the llrst in the thousands oi miles he

lnterfist

of Allied solidarity.

Discusses Problems 0f Ghica

I yaw?" MONTREAL. Dec. 71 — ( ) — National uuitrv alone may helo China solve the "many" problems which now make the situation there “chaotic." Albe t C. Hall. co- .hairman of the Ch nese War Re- ief Fund. said here today in a press urterview. Mr. Hall recentlv re- urned from a trip to China on be- half of the fund.

"Lack of unitv has been respon- sible for conditions in China toda. Mr. Hall said. "Unless the differ-

ent parties get together all error-ts 5th

will amount to very little. "At the moment there are plans

being made to bring political groups t0

t . help considerably." . Mr Hall added that China's uro- f many kinda.“ "lir- led “lack of medical supplies. in-

flation. both price and currency. and the eat need of proper hos- pital i ties." I

i More Slimline. Less Monev

Sayinrrthat China was suffering from the Chinese individualistic at- titude. Mr. Hall added "one of the solutions of China's rzrave problems would be to give her more su-rroli-es. and less money. as there is always the problem of money going astray.’

He explained that rvrcdlcsl sup- Plies now reaching China had been ncreased from 30 to 60 tons a month and that, with the forth- coming opening of- the new Brurna lload. the amount would be further increased. '

Rate In Hospitals

Conditions in Chinese hospitals vrre such. Mr. Hall said. that rats were a common sight there. Little children had to be kept in cages t0 orotect them from the rodents.

As an example oi what tion has done to Ch

_000 in Chinese currency. an or- (ilnarv oil-stained locket for $35.- m. 086141 ‘a 1937 automobile for $1.-

gnubbed visitors who $10 in Chinese money. lu for timing. it came ldah and Mr. Hell said it. was necrsssrv to carrv thousands or Chinese dollars to oav out gratuities in restaurants and hotels

"eneralissfmo Chiunz Kai-Slick i" Mr. Fall that. China will nev- er forget what. Canadians did for h" owl that Canadian aid to Chi- rws "helped more than words can express."

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“gums: nnvvnv Ag RECUPFRATFNG‘ Runway n“ 7': My?) ._Pre- m'~~ TC "ouch" o‘ “asksil-he- P" ‘oft fil“‘|"'( the weir-end "'“' ti“ United Shier where he will recuperate from a severe stonwch Illness he developed while en route oversees in Nnvavnber. His destinat- ion was not rlierlnagd_ hut. he is ex- oected to return in mid-January.

Coming Events

has travelled in this war in the i

NDON,

bert Pierlot told the Belgian Par- liament today that "f have it on the highest Allied authority that the situation at, the front is well in hand." the Brussels radio re- ported

“The enemy's advance is being held and Allied counter-attacks are proceeding success uuy from both he south and west." the Premier said. "I have all authority to tell you" there is no reason for anxi- ey.

Quebec House To Open Feb. 7

.Dec

MO 2‘I—-(CP) - Premler lessis announced to- ht after a (1 1—2-hour cabinet

meeting that the first session of the 2nd Quebec Legislature would open Wednesday. Feb. '1. 1945. It was the4last meetinfl of the Cabinet for

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Mr D‘ ‘ ‘ announced t.\xt the cabinet- studied legislation which would be presented at the forth- oomirsz session and that it would be “made known in due course".

Nazis Attack ii. S. Front In Italy

ROME, Dec. 2'1 - (AP) —- The enemy has counter-attacked in the Serchio Valley sector of the Army front near the western end‘ of the Italian battleline and has forced United states outposts be withdrawn to prepared posi- tione. The enemy attack was made “in some__ strength," the daily Head- quarters communique said. It was launched both east and west cf the road town of Galiicanc. some i4 miles inland from the Tyrren- ian coast and along the Serchio River itself.

The British 8th Army sector at the eaetem end of the front gen- erally was quiet, although the Canadians still fanned out north- east oi newly-captured Rossetta. clearing out fortified buildings in a house-to-house advance.

Active Pat.-lling A 0n Ganuck Front

By DOUGLAS AMARON WITH THE 1ST CANADIAN ARMY IN HOLLAND, Dec. 27- (CP Cabin-Active patrolling is continuing along the chill 1st Can- adian Army front in Holland where the ground is frozen after four days‘ frost.

The Germans sent a platoon- ai-rensth atroi across the Moors River earl’ today but the enemy lwithdrew when engaged by arth- ery.

Yesterday 14 Germans were tak- en prisoner by troops north of Ni;- megen and Christmas night four members of a German patrol were killed in the same ares. Continued cold weather covered ponds and flooded ground with ice and Nctherlanders turned out in strength today for the winter's first, skating.

Pick “Going My Way” As Top Picture

Canadian HQ) Dec. 2’I—Premier Hu-

llxperlaaee with the two-day Bea

I It magnifies the difficulty In

troops at any particular time. materially.

on the llth day of the German Americana in the west, the crisis It was reflected In the tone of able developments in Even Berlin

moving under bright skies || Allied air power.-

Enough enemy of fuel to Justify Allied ment of enemy dends.

take effect.

h War Situatio

B; KIBKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

dquarters reports from the Belgian bulge battle fronts caution in appraising their significance.

the point reached in the titanic grapple between

Too many unknown factors prevail that even more up-to-riate hints in front line press accounts do not lessen

Nevertheless, and as of current i...

press bulletins from the front itself. in the walls of the German bulge flnn

The most significant item in the last official report as this was written was disclosure that the German bank of the Mouse near Dlnant had not ago. but had proved to be in light strength. It was apparently either in the nature of a feeler attack or possibly by capture the gasoline to keep going. equipment was found abandoned ior lack

staff belief that the sustained air bombard . .. i. . .

1f his fuel tanks are beginning now to run dry due to curtailment of his supply lines by Allied bombing attacks. the "erman commander's position in the Belglambuige is fast becoming critical. Above all the German fuel supply line for tanks and motorized equipment as they extended their penetration became the key to the situation in Allied eyes. That is the most vulnerable objective of any mechanized army. And the nerve centres of fuel supply lie well behind forward lines at rail Junction points where gasoline and oil comes up by rail. Allied planes have beaten a path to them. The indications are now, l1 days after the German surge got under way. that Allied air tactics are beginning to

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time lag imposed cu official

attempting '

German and American

tion official and unofficial bid to seize the initiative from the seemed close if not at hand. veiled expectancy of early and favor-

tlr to erusia

e . lly was under way. If'ao it ls . .. . o

tank thrust close to the east only been checked many hours

a desperate effort to obtain

to yield divs-

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However, the closin Nazi counter-thmst in German divisions whic and renenetratcd Belg! Too. there were tragic Allied European liberation.

Minister Churchill to c

the west. h plunged

Police liold Man In llrug Theft Probe

MONTREAL. Dec 2'1 (OP) — An unidentified man was held bv Royal Canadian Mounted Police to- dav following seizure of 2.000 pills containing morphine. part of a loot or $15,000 in drugs reported stolen {recently at Montgeol. Ottawa and w

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Police said the man was arrested when the morphine was seized and added that search was underway for a second man reported to have left sherbroolce. Que. for Montreal with . heroin and morphine pills in his possession.

Seaman Flown Home To Visit Ill Family

Ml GI-IAM. ENGLAND. Dec. fifiupyfceuters) — Leading Sea- man Le W oi Birmi

HISTORIC EVENTS BLAZE THE RECORD FOR INVASION YEAR

Allied"Offensives Drivé"1l‘lii’v‘vdi'ii' Tn Europe And Pacific In 1944: Greece And Italy Become Problems.

By HAROLD FAIR

(Canadian Press Staff Writer) ft was a. year of invasions, this "fortress Europe“ stormed, Allied armi year-end while in the Pacific. island Tokyo. already attacked many times g days of December also produced the first big

um to a depth of some 35 miles at one point. These produced a situation which led Prime

all for a meeting with Premier Stalin and Presi- dent Rmosevelt “at the earliest possible moment." ?"i*—' I

i944. With German-proclaimed a". were in Germany itself at the mopping shortened the way to by Superfortress bombers.

n. drive by an estimated l4 to 15 through American 1st Army lines

policy differences in the wake of

Mr. Churchill. the self-styled "wandering minstrel of diplomacy" was ready to go anywhere; he had seen Mr. Roosevelt at Quebec in September for their eighth war- tme meeting and a month later, mot Stalin in Moscow. But a “h1g1 three" meeting has not taken place since Teheran in 1943.

Mr. Roosevelt's smashing fourth- term election triusmph over New York's governor. Thomas E. Dewey, facilitated a new tri-power meet- ing but it was still somewhere in the future as (no year ended with such problems as Greece, Italy and Poland clamoring. sometimes with g'unf'ra of civil strlf" for solution.

1n British libs) ed fliwraae, Prcmier George Pr-jwrdreou‘. gov- ernment had British armed support against the equally-armed chal- lenge of (he leftist EAM (na- tional liberation front) which re- fused to di='"m its private army. ‘he E L A.S

Successive Italian governments of Marshel Pietro Bedoqlio and lvanoe Bonomi had been unequal to solve pi'0“lBil1s cf reconstruction, puree of Fascists and the role of the monarchy. Britain vetoed the presence of Count Carlo Sforra as premier or foreign minister in any new government - and that pro-

bointed up

fundamental diff-rences.

Allicd

Allied teaehur

assessment of

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ducecl an American declaration that, 0f

Lloyd George To iluit Politics

LLOYD GEORGE

LONDON. Dec. 2’1——(CP Reuters) —David Lloyd George. Prune Min- ister during the First Great War, has decided not to stand for re-

election to Parliament, acting on medical advice.

Mr. Lloyd George has been in Parliament for 54 years and ifagrer of the House." He is near- Y

.5.

The announcement was made in- day by E. P Evans, chairman of Caernarvun Boroughs Liberal As- sociation to a special meeting of the executive of the Association.

The Welsh statesman who led Britain to victory during (Lie First Great War is to retire from Par- liament after 50 years continuous service as Member o; Parliament for Caernarvon Boroughs.

’ Britairilad Gold Christmas

(By The Canadian Press) LONDON, Dec. 2'1—No\v it. can be told that Christmas, i944. W85 Britairfs coldest since 1872, the date that systematic temperature readings were begun.

Iondon was thc coldest spot. with the reading 13 degrees fah- renheit, but (Liere were record sales of ice cream. newly returned to the market after a wartime economy ban.

In one restaurant waitresses wearing overcoats sold out the ice cream stock in two hours.

PARIS, Dec. 27 - against both sides of the

ments.

(By The Associated Press)

WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN BELGIUM, Dec. 21-h:- turnlng fliers reported today that Gennan panzer troops were setting fire to their vehic- lcs in the Cellos urea at the point of the Nazis’ deepest penetration toward the Mouse River.

Decide 0n Regency For Greek Nation

(By The Associated Press! ATHENS. Dec. 27-The Greek all-party cczirerence-seeking a 5U- iution to the civil strife in this COl-mtry. has unanimously agreed "P"! ‘a Regency. it ~was learhed authoritatively tonight. _’I‘he only difference of opinion m the conference concerned the day which the Regency ‘should be eslabiishedit was said by an flush. vututlve source. with the majority urging that (he plan be effected immediately.

After the Regency decision had been reached. Archbishop Damas- kinos. the presiding ohicer, ad- journed the conference.

(The BBC said in London it had received a dispatch from an Ath- ens _ correspondent, John Nixon, quoting Prime Minister Churchill as tel ing a press conference in that city that he, President Roose- velt and Premier Stalin would re- view the Greek situatlon in a meeting soon. He added that if the Greeks did not solve their dif-

Supcrfcrts Iiaid Tokyo At Rush IIour

215T BOMBER COMMAND. SAIPAN. Dec. 2'1 - (API - Sup- erfortresses dropped bombs through

oloudless skies on Tokyo during the noon hour rush toda and ap- parently got a good crac at some choice industrial targets.

The first planes over the area reported "zero clouds" and good bombing. The arrived over the target a coupe of hours earlier

than usual .It was the fifth time in a little mare than a month that the B-29's d raided the enemy capital in force. Some returning pilots said ro- day's attack was the toughest of the ilve operations. The size of the force was not indicated in United States communiques. Groups 60 to 0 planes made the previous raids. (Tokyo reported 50 Superfcrts

ferences an “international trust might be necessary to rule the country?)

D1171“! the day peace proposal offered by the left-wing ELAB:

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German salient Zn enemy position to less than 20 miles in w of Bastugne, it was disclosed tonight in zr

Apparently getting into high gear for offensive caught them by surprise Dec. I6 the initiative and gained as much as five miles in

I These were the higiispsts:

Supreme Headquar; and flashes that the

Brussels

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militia of the E.A.M. (National Liberation Pronn Party—were de- clared unacceptable by members of

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the Greek Populist Party. How- ever, obher conference delegates agreed to reconsider the E.L.A.S. terms. The Populists are a ROY- allst, Conservative group.

De Gaulle Gets sou Vote Of Confidence

PARIS. Dec. 27—(CP Routers)»- The French Consultative Assembly ended a secret session today with a unanimous vole of confidence in l-he De Gaullc Government.

Tire debate. which was on nai-

active and the

Hubert. 15 ml Wsne. were

blow road blocks.

advancing.

setback"

lonnl defence. enabled delegates to hear from the Ministers of War,‘ the Navy and Air reassuring de- tails on the situation. ,

Delegates left the secret session, w_it_h _an_gp_timistic impression. i

Would Continue Present Type Nfld. Government

tor-blow w which coul News that

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had been relieved and the si

Germ“ bulge and besieged force spurned German demands for sur- render and had knocked out

were oi considerabl

reported Allied positions on orthern side near Lierneux.

Nazi Radio Less Cheerfvi

reported that ps were striking st

in some frontier sectors of the

The Germans claimed that“prgg.. ilflllly’ the whole 3rd American Army was counter-attacking in

the south and pdmlt

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an American divisi

grim counter-attacks" man right flank.

planes and artillery ful the German line

Nazi Drive Through? American artillery. aided

completely outwei Germs" gunfire. said this patch from Lewis Hawkins, A ciated Press war correspondent. said the Germans who took

ing bridges

Anomcr from dispatch said Aur- c-rican infantry and tanks had giv- en Von Runstcdt his since began and (hut

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northern

southern flanks of Field Mar.

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Luxembourg had to the Siegfried

ted this w- ‘corner German divL- the Snlm and Our-the

division had joined on from rticularly , on the Ger-

dlslmtch told of con- weather that gave 1 scope a- s in both Luxembourg. with the Air Command alone least 24 enemy tanks r vehicles destroyed.

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BATTLE TURNS IN BELGIUM

American fioops In Smashing Comeback

(AP) — American troops in a tremendous comeback offensive Belgium have narrowed the neck of the

ieved the beleaguered garrison announce-

the first time since the German counter- , the Americans have robbed the enemy of a day, these dispatches indicated

Freezing Rain Storni In Central States

cnrcsso, Dec. 2'1 ~ var; -- A freezing rain storm, descri

by weather bureau veterang as the most extensive in many year? glazed a wide central section o

to the Atianiic coast. with ioe which paralyzed traffic today _

Stretching ircm eastern Missouri to the middle Atlantic Coast, tho freezing rain belt brad offshoots muthward into Tennessee and North Carolin-a and northward into Indiana, southern lllrois. Olhio. and Pennsylvania. It moved into lwashington. D C.. Maryland. Vr- ginia, and headed for New Jersey, New York, and New England.

All New England awaited as much as a foot c-f snow minor-row in Maine. New Hiampshire Vermont. and turning to freezing ‘I'd-In in Massachusetts. Connecti- gut. and Rhcde Island late in the

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MARRIED BY MAIL

MYITKYINA. BURMA. Dee. 26 -~ fAPi-There was a wedding party

the bride t. Sgt. Robert Ster- uad of Cleveland was married by‘ mail and received his marriage cer- tificate in n letter as n Christmas present which arrived 11cc. 23 Thf

bride l5 Dorothv Marlet Cloyclzrud. The marriage by mm ‘rco; ("WI mouth‘; rf

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(lly The (Ianudiun Press) METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE.

‘Toronto. Dec. 27 ~ Minimum and nrnximum icmporilturcs: ‘

Vancouver 3:1. 4; Edmonton 4a. a; Regina 12b. 4; Winnipeg 6b. 4i Toronto 9, 24; Ottawa 16b. 6: Montreal zero, 11; Quebec 9b. 4; Saint John lb. l1; Moncton -. 9; lgalifax —. 20; Charlottetown A l .

rowan s'r. LAWRENCE: Stronl winds with snow.