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The People's Paper

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

WAI. NAVY POURS

, ere Will Big British Drive e Launched?

N ewsman discusses possibilities and selects Holland as

CORKY WAS SWiTCllED

.\'c foolln‘. this really is Corky. mascot, token overseas by the To- ronto Scottish a. year ago. Quar- iinilned by English laws regarding do; “imports,” Corky began to “waste away". Some of the boys got permission to take hlm special rations. Somebody found another airedale, somebody got hold of a skeleton key, a flashlight -- and Corky was free. Now buck in To- ronto, he posed with Col. Christo-

logical spot.

i} (Britons are talking of and build- {HIB B-Hd training for an invasion of Germany. Iyfltler himself referred ito the possibility in his speech last iTuesdny. 1f that blow is struck, iwhere and how will it come? med Tvaiidorschmidt, who has been in Britain. the Netherlands and France during the wur as an As- sociated Press correspondent, dis- cusses the possibility in the follow- ing story.)

(By Fred Vanrlerschmldt, Assoc-

iated Press Staff Writer)

NEW YORK, Dec. 15—-(AP)— "II she (England) wants to gain e foothold somewhere on the contin- ent. then we shall meet again. . . and I hope we haven't forgotten anything, and the British will re- member everything."

Thar, is Hitler speaking. It is further evidence that not only Bri- tons are thinking about when Britain will strike back ll‘ Europe. not probably, in 1941, but in 1942 or 1943.

Bilffiilgr the miracle of utter Ger- man collapse. Britain can not win this war without a fairly success- ful continental offensive.

But where?

France is not likely, for there Britain would find a hostile gov- ernment iii the unoccupied zone, a heartbroken. disillusioned people, an army of occupation operating from ivcll-ilrcparccl bases, and wide open flanks lroiii which their ex- 118111110113“; force might be squeez- e .

Belgium?

Again no protection on the flanks. a doubtful reception from the people and an unfriendly King lo deal with: ll. King who presum-

llhtr Thompson. 0.0.. of the rPsl-‘Lably sl-ill commands the confidence

ineni, who brought him home.

llo trace of two

ll.ll.A.F. Planes ‘

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TORONTO, Dec. 15.-lCP) -— A} search bv boat and plane for two, missing planes ol the Royal Canadi- sn Air Force was pressed wiilliout , let-up over the luke district 100 miles norlh of Toronto today. blitz darkness fell without any real cl-"c. to the fate of the machines and 1 their four men. l

'Ilie scarcii was concentrated - lrouud the southern pails of Lake ' Muskoka, c, spurseiy-sctileJ. region from where came two independent lcuorts late Saturday of two smiuos Eilglillil been seen to collide over ilic

.e.

'1 reports came from lrapllPfsl on both sides ol tiie lui-zc. First at- tempts to reach the spot whore: wreckage would hove falcn ii the; reports were correct were hamper» Qdiiv icc. thick enough to hold tie weight of men near the shore. but iiPLlChPIOllS and brckcn up Iurtiur ou

'lhe planes have been lost slim! Frlduv ivhcn they were cniiagctl themselves in searching for u ma- chine flown bv Lac. C. P. Hoptou of l Cabri, Sask“ who failed to return! 1° lilo Como Borden base from n 'roulmc lliizht Thursday. The wreck of Houtoirs plane and tlic nirmaiis budv were found in a swamp live , miles southeast cl Camp Borden oii Saturday morning,

As daylight passed today wiliiout success inthe scarchfi Ilope ivnnezi supcess in the search. Hone ivnncd heel of East Preston, Sussex. Eng,

L. Fran s. of Glamoriznu.

files. the pilots, and Lac. . S. Eater. of Guelph, om, and Lac. M. d 0. Warren. of Hampiitead. Lon- “?;lfiesEmu observers aboard the

Coming Events

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"Talkies-Mt. Btewfii-t Tuesday.

31B~12-14-3i.

"Come irmm] we mil’ viisonssaicilimobecogifiiiii ' L-m-IZ-lo-li.

“Ohnlstiriu Concert Glenflnnnn "col Wednesday, December 18th. L-QQO-lil-IB-li.

“Wt Royall-w Sch l Concert. I'm: Hall. Decemberoltilth. L-417-12l-16-Il.

"Qeorize Iklhtivel‘ co water st i‘ *- umi-gsirklaiéescrassed poultry. all

Trv 15s. _ Ll-‘lbl-ii-B to Dec. .1.

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. a. si ed Gite e °“""\@1'v- L-ag-ia-ia-ii-ie.

“Come w the Chri hnfl Con- “n it New London or? Tiiiirsday.

1 fast vcssi

of millions of his people, despite his czipituliilion iii the thick of the Flanders defeat.

Tho Allies lric-cl to find a battle- field in Norway. The result was disastrous.

If ilic coiubiiuilion of Britisri cllcnsivo successes iii the Mediter- Iilllltflll-vilfllld-iII-ilalld with the Greeks in Albania, and in the west- crii desert of Egypt—should knock Iliily out of the war. the British might go back to the 110m the south, through the Bal\

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Powerful new British ship ls launched

LONDON, Dec. l6 -lMonda.y) - (CP) - Tue Press Association aid today "a formidable addition" .o the Royal Navy was launch . i z-oiinlv.

'i‘lie

up wus reported to be a

not disclosed. a closely-guarded wartime secret.

Hon.

ship

lifting of Ban on Gaelic in Wire messages

______ N. 5., Decehlbt-(Ci?) ._. Ca Breton Go c oun a- tldiihgl a ifsoiii$ii today asked the federal government to lift its war- time ban oii the use of Gaelic in telegraph mcsslISPS-

The resolution tcnned the boll H! offence to "every true Bcottlah Hlglilalidfl‘, of which lliere are ap- proximately ssooo in cape BMW" alone." 1t said the inngllflll! 1-! 315' tinctly British, pointing out a simi- 1“; prohibition implying to the Can- adian Brondcxisling Corporation net-

BADDECK.

cHARLoFreTovvN, i“ labia‘, MONDAY, DECEMBER

Sees Action

Four Perish In Hospitinl Fire

Blaze sweeps Community Hospital at Bathurst, N, B,

Italian sub _ ls sunk by British ships

...§°§€°..‘?."i.i’if°i *5" i? ‘°i”“%‘"“' _ a su mar ne y a. British destroyer in operations off 1-119 Sldi Biirrmii-Bardia ballie zone ailllglhlfxféfifiilixfléinfi111101111031 tonight by he state: - t ‘ . submarine Iiakiiide fiiiqfillltlgliféfilttrltilliilx: terfere” with a nifinl. waiship bom- bardment of Bardia. Italian coastal

BATHURST. N.B.. D80. 15.—-(CP) —Bleckened. still smouldering de- bris that was once a. wnimunity hospital here hides the bodies 01's. woman and a baby who perished when the hospital was levelled by tire early this morning. 1n a near- by home lie the bodies of another woman and another baby, who died shortly after being carried from the flame-wrapped building.

‘I'll-e dead are Mrs. Robert Sealy, oi’ East Bathurst. B.N.. and her three-dav-old baby: Mrs. Peter Me- lanson. of Petit Rocher, N.B., and a child of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ar- seneuit. East Batliurst.

The fire is believed to have orig-, lnated from spontaneous combos-l tiodn from coal in the cellar. Flames 1 crept up the elevator shaft, accom-, panied bv clicking smoke that aroused Miss Anastasia Burke, sec- retary to-the doctor who operates

Within two days after he arrived

in England witlvthe first class of Clnadtans graduated under the commonwealth air scheme, Pilot Officer Arthur Snell took part ln a bombing raid on Boulogne.

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ENEOMY P0811 IONS

Fascists Seek Desperately to’ Prepare__Stand

British drive carries over Libyan borders; Hard pressed attacks keep Italians on move.

(JAliiU, Dru. lli-(Illoiiilayj- (Cr litutvlsl—rill m- ii long units oi lue Royal y. y have Dflifihpdtlfiiig halflsa Hill) enemy positions along tne {xorlh Afri-

Fine weather Allows Greeks

NEW TIMBER CONTROLLER

Loren L. Brown. vice-president;

Born in Toronto, Snell qualified as a navigator, bomb oimer, wire- less operator and gunner during training. Ills bomber started half a dozen fires to light the targets. then circled to unload its cargo o

bus ' v ., -- ,. the hospital. Dr. _W. H. Colfyn. and sunicilgxvLllsti-iasland W‘ "ii'“°"“i‘ v two domestics, Miss S, Chflmbfflfllil The Naimc (“swam =96 t ‘ _ and Miss A. Boudreau. They ran .13“. sm-facé “d Carrie“ 51 i?“ ‘it through the building, attempting to .ma|-VA ‘ S m‘ 1‘ "91": awaken the 12 patients. Smoke seep-l The naval nneramm; were sup

.- a. to :1: S? é '2 tr

.i_hlgh explosives.

. the dayi

in: through window cracks otlract- t f , , v . p ecl the attention of two men i-n the ‘ffj.,,v_.°,r_,,§i}jn“f,’c"f‘nncfil1‘"is "L-"illlb siiiffifil outside ‘They ioinccl fcrc s 55,11" Bflflsh (vars, q fiispprrpd 1

n m‘

with the secretary and two maids. i an Knack by 1mm,“ ..A4‘3snu,tq,.,or_ Rescue Squad Works Doggedly ibem boms‘

I A’. B. |apg1qixffelllltiliv0fihcvFlect Air Aarm_‘ Stumbling along smoke-filled cor- __~5’,,Mes.fJififlQiiifkgblilnTfi-falifle‘ , riders and indiscriminate walls of mmgm. no.1,‘ ,‘,.,',(,n four r110 m‘ s y gaging‘) $1151 riilgrgdrgkficidltib tiilismiflni bombs "-9.1.- drfinlocd and rlrlf.

' ‘year-o u mt‘ ‘e 6.5’ 1e “it 1111“ ""‘l'(‘rl on shins the Ail-i souad moved doggedly from icom mn-auv sum ~ v ~ to room until thcv had cleared the __ ' institution of its patients-all ex- ‘ "-

(A613 Mrts. lvfelanipn and tilde ilNlbY. P u iourz poice. reinen an a arge t k l B fllll 0B S Nazi move to

I . King George number of citizens of the town had

LONDON, Dec. 15.--(C_P)—It W115 reached the {ire scene by this time, announced tonight the K111i’! has Bl?“ fivrthei- rescue efforts were impos- prcveo the appointment OI Arthur sible.

. Purvis. Director ueneral of toe Mrs. sealv and her baby had been British Pilrchusiniz Commlsslfln 111 taken to a neighboring home. They the United States. as a member died there from burns received in

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and director of mhminiun Tm and‘ coil. cuss-i, ‘reports reaching

Chcmlcal Cm Monmmh has bran‘ liiteltuliyliuliu) .~...ii.i.

Qgilljloimfl‘ m ‘suauiuii n‘ R‘ “n” il'ii'(.li‘llli*lli' “klill.‘““l“ii‘i"i‘i'i§

ion ' t r -. 1 " ' i‘ “ ' “- "H. a

‘Canaan-ii "emhal; Hloliégnliélrnuiy: lo be coocivoriiil; kifillll-i- p

cunuunfl. h‘ ‘he dflmrtmvnl of mnye io ‘Llti-ilnlllli-iilltt UIEIIT tie.

munitions and simply Uiu-v‘ Juvel» u, §,,,,‘,’ff§,‘f{“f,,;",-§,',‘ '

giznxtfiwllllp;ufricfifi_¥v:;_h";!_ llie iiiiiu uliara. B)’ 11px Harrclson _ '

comm] |»,,;.-.y_ CAM‘) D C l5 ‘M11 Bu“ h .- soeiated Press Mail “rites A ~ , . . _ _ 5

u 1e icpcricu i-oingiit lo have A'1'1’11‘31\'5~ D‘ f- 15 "APl-Hhflll)" 1L‘.l' iigiiliiiug (iLSLil Of- 919d 191‘ 51ml?“ B W991i by i110“!

and rain. 1.3.9 Greek ceumer-lnvas-

. c . cvovsr the Egypuiii ironier _ 4 _ v _ '.. Inoyzi. ion of Albania is back in high gear I . l wail nigh impossible to under clearing skies. with gains all ' . ' ‘ ‘ .111 £lL'li"l'il3 zdca where the 310118 111° 111W- (1151111161195 "Om a‘ ir. t Lzie is. a, miixlary spokes- the front said toriiflhi- mun s.i.d. "but ii can be assiuncd The largest Grovk advances ‘AD- . 3mm some Blush to already neared to be on the northern In h;i\'0c1'i:s€-<l ti... bill from. bcvong Poizrodelz- where 13. or wind; (poled Bl;- wm, the Italian line runs along the t-l Yugoslav-Albanian fipnticr.

of du-l. us the Briiish mo- ‘ _ ~ M11 nymmcn ‘In in.» Yl0l"l11l".‘f‘l sector. as soon ~ as the weather mprovcd and snow

storms subsided." one d‘ alcli

LONDON, Dec. _ b, fii-“‘iéllli=.‘iiifiil“illi.a“likiifillf (X233 “1‘°"""“ “f M“ . . 1 “ ‘ ‘ ‘Stiff Er i.n IJi-ilziin last nigiu and early today. 1, ‘ up n

. .s—~b.ii.. fl litt- Rodclf Graz- * s iii ilieSrilum,

LONDON. 15—(CPl—

Reuters News Agency in a dis-

DEC.

. . . and Fari- Cnpilzzo areas on

\vilii uii cast il1llii1".1[i lU\\‘11 rc- ‘g

Ct‘i\li‘i" fill‘llvilVltsii\‘t.i\Cl{——CJll(:(‘i"l- i q . » . 1mm‘ "m" Ame“ Saki izuday lralwlb il"llli)illir of its industrial n {mm the tithing "m" “Mia” “°“‘°°mm'5§'°“"d ' ~ ' ~ ' arcc but, a communique officer; who surrmdcred in M.

{lYEEt that lasted sivt-riil hours. (.l\\'ll’i(li‘.‘d mid-

uni situation is “satis- baniu stated the Italian troops believe that Crown Prince Hum-

bert has been interned by the

Elsa-who're ilic raiding ‘cc lriiiioi‘ proportions before

mnflne“ ling Commission.

me l-rlvv Council.

, He is in London for a series of conferences wiiii the P.0V6v1'll111@l11 nelmfbllitllltfi with which his wrlork in New York brings him in t. use tou h

Mr. Purvis-wiiich carries with

was in recognition of m4: WOTK 111° lviontreal since the war bcgiiii iii clers far vast quantities anuise of a.i descriptions.

Upon the outbreak o. war. Purvis moved lo New Yolk aiio. witii Freticiic Bloch-name, rrcncn banker, set up the Allied Purchas- Upon the tieicat of France, Mi". Purvis oiganizaiiorl took over inc aciivities and orders of iiis rreiicii colieaiiucs.

Mr. Piirvis. who is m). was head of Canadian Industriesl Limited. from i924 until the outbreak of the war. except for p, period beginning _ in 194d. when he was chairman oi the Niltlilllili Employment commission iorinec bv toe Ottawa government

placing or-

‘l but its exact speed was roundqm of All other details “we the first purchaser of war material

work lied been lifted earlier s

. ~ 1D. If stormy. Friday. . L-fii-IZ-ifl-M.

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to deal with unemployment undre- heL

lie is a. native of London and. as a young man entered the services of Nobel Dynamite Trust Company. wliicn later became lmperialllnem- lcal Inousirles, a parent company of Canadian inoust ies. In 1914. though only 24. ie was such a. _re- couuized authority on Britalirsior- eign business that he was rushed to the United snnes to buv up iili the acetone for hliih explosives that ho cou.d lzet his hands on.

He spent $25,000,000 iii a quick tlie substance. and was

for Britain in the United States.

C. D. Howe Believed Safe fter Torpedoing

Canadian Minister and officials were enroute to Britain; Rescue expected to dock today.

Si‘ night that Munitions Minister Howe and three officers of his de- mnent were among those saved mm the 1h lnrpedoed earl e Irish coast.

400 miles off

Prime Minister Mnckensie King was advised that most of the pau- engen and crew aboard the liner had been saved, but. his infomui- tion did not name any o! the sur- vivors, his office said.

It was not expected any definite information would be received hero until after the survivors are "and- cd safely in Britain. Since the at- tack on the big liner occurred so in: from land. official reports were not expected until tomorrow,

later.

(In London. The Canadian Press heard reliably tonight that Mr. Hows was safe. ‘The Iiondon dis- patch said no statement was avail-

“o. .44".

Saturday morninii

"(Con

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Mr. Purvls will be sworn lnshori- were taken to nearby Dunn Hos-

iLiie honor extended bv_ tho Kin! ivcallng his name.

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the stye of “Right Honorable" ——i

inuustrienist has done |

of mcrch- l loss.

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ltlre upper floor of a two-storey. B5-

occupied bv Dr. Coffvn‘s consulta-

Coffvn. with J. Hairy Menhan drillrist.

the hospital. The other patient;

One of the two men who hull rushed to the help of the girls. \\'?S Jasper Cssbrisav. of Pctil Roche-r.

e couldn't. “see anv point" to ie-i

$45,000 Loss Approximately $45000 nus the figure estimated as the financial

_ There was some insurance. It ‘s expected there ivill be an in- ouest. The Gloucester hospital. as it was known. was operated bv Dr. Coffyn 20 vears ago. It comprised the c"-

foot loniz building autl was mcclcni- lv equipped. The lower stoivav was

tion rooms and optical department. Adloining this was the King st. Dr. "s Also on this floor was al lc-wellrv firm operated bv A. I Tnw- I

er. and the remaining space w; M-

curried bv the Notirino‘ Shoe Stores.

Grey's "esfeurant nnd denial offic- es cf Dr. E. J. Leger.

‘Pharmacy, also conducted bv

Adloivilnn the hospital biiilvlinv lgi

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The dental ~rrp= nIIQi-wirvur h‘<wf\‘fn "4 Wat” flamave es did the umoden hone. inc on the other side. owned by Philip Andrews. '

Asks for Immediate aid

NEW YORK, Dec. i5 —(APl -—- The British steamship Stornest flushed an SOS today that she had developed a. "serious leak" in mid- Atlantic.

"Doubt ll able to control. Request urgent assistance." the 42654011 vessel said in a message picked up here by MocKoy Rain.

Several hours later the Stornesl. reported her leak partly under coii- trol but "still request some y stand by.“

Her podtlon, approximately mid- way between St. John's, Nfld., and Ireland, was several hundred miles west of the scene of many recent submarine sinking». She left New York for England Dec. 4.

The Stornest. built in i921, is operated out of Newcastle by the Cliffside Shipping Company Limited.

SLIGHT DAMAGE AT MALTA

LONDON. DBO. l5.-—(CPl —R.eiit- ers news almncv reported that two formations of enemv aircraft caused "slight civlian casualties and little damage to pro rty" in attacks Sat- urday on Mal . Royal Air Force fliers "challenged both formations. but no encasement took place."

lllid Italians

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Passage to German Troops is lteruscd Through Unoccupi- ed France.

By Charlrs b’. Foliz Associated Press Stufi Writer

BERNIE, Sivizzcrlzviirl, Dec. (Monday! —\AP) A reaper-ed (lcrman atieinpi lo send Nazi troops through I" to help Ilnly wiQnou‘. dis

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dioppcci on nc

q sounds of aerial

night. it

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ierul n;

was bclicvcd iii Fr”

‘The n: idlriiitl

“IZXiUiIQYS rcporlcti

iiilack and air rziid warde

ltiicv ‘illliitfiS wen ii ‘a British fighter p

believed lildvilillt-{illll

l raider.

1s _ l lillQDll, [he w-avcs of r

,(-ii their usual iaciics.

Flying in with the rise

ilS Wt‘ PC

lliiit mist icc cut ilie gen- ilil‘ uctivuy sliurt.

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of

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lghbcriiig villages. hearing i Bl combat during ilie i us said i tracer I, i tlir sky were froml lane chasing a

the

illllllS follow- lii the mid- bombed with s. and liiisLlll- planes

Italian ilulllt‘ uioriilc was declared i\\'£‘1'<i ITDUIAPd W91‘ L1\'*‘1'lll>0i and H northwest towii. v London heard mill-aircraft

cday to have been rebuffed by France ivili u flat "no" from chic. of state Alursbal Philippe Petain.

Pezain and a majority of his min- lstcrs \\c;e S3111 iii atlvices from vmliy lo ciiplciuallc SOLIICUS izerc to have considered the move. reported made ihrougli Vice- Preiiiier Pierre Laval before lie was ousted last weck from the French government, as an axis attempt to

gain a foothold on the French Mediterranean bases. The Germans, it was reported,

was “N0 2 man" iii France, ill an effort to find mains of getting aid .to the Italians, hard pressed by British and Greek troops, without passing through Italy.

It “'11s feared. these reports said, that passage oi troops through Mus- sollni’s cc-untry to bulwark Italian forces in Greece and Africa would have a bad effect mi Italian mor. l9.

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ranezm port, where they would be picked up —apperenlly —by I‘. ian trans-ports

Nazis

British raid 0n Berlin

BERLIN, Dec. l6 -(Monday) (AP) — British planes Berlin overnight, a Nazi communi- que said early today, bill claimed most of them were driven off by heavy anti-aircraft fire.

The Germans claimed only a few plans managed to fly over s. suburb

Germany, ii was reported. want- i ed to send troops through unoccu- , pied Fririicc to a French Mediter-

Eiii the first raid ibut the firing su

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sounded out Laval while he still East Anglia n and western Eugl

i cirrlr

sounded a R01‘

_ , Aiili-Liircraft fire rumbled Gama“ many planes

were licard over a southeast ward the interior.

The raiders also were

have dropped a illllllbPl‘ of

iii the northern midlands oiiii- ‘ "alt lire. Ollicr 1

and towns in west

I tail i;

1-

iCaptured Fasci

of the capital. where a oommuni~ ‘

que claimed, they dropped propa- ganda leaflets.

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Nbeliva w ' the "nearest . “Xxx?! w ‘hen He?” 5cm on this ivmds; fair with not much change earthy i in temperature.

Nmelwa 1s a sn-omz desert, [Off/regs Svncpszs: The_ weather has been from which the Italians had inteiid- SHEFFIELD. Dec. ld-(Mondayl fair over Only?!) and somewhat

ed loosiiill the British lines in Earni-

It was takcri bv surprise. and from not the greatest in assault against lu Egypt. ivrs

what I liciir. wliilc Britain's smashing the Fascist troops

ijliiitihiiifisidllclelilixtiofiilliilciii‘gdolliillfdi Iilllv ct llicsv bur‘ alive lwad ‘and tomghi at “'39”

llvzl. i-ilt‘ ofieiisivo would have gone 101M111 l"‘11]"-'~_ifp‘1_1_\A1111“ 5m, gags -i,_.- fqflpyngny‘ M, 41g (mil was wbsolulolv necessary to r»- \"’,‘,,.,~,‘_. 3.7.1“, smgdhflz Sum and rises tomorrow morning at dute lilils‘ fortress lo permit thr- ‘ ‘- 1‘ Vi‘ 1"111'l"‘<1. _ 1 '32‘

British forms m m"? m, '0 s; t The iiunihri‘ of L‘l!.<lli\lll(‘§ ill the Last qmnupv mmm Doc‘ 2L a.“

Barraui on the cori allan advance bzisc.

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fire

iii nearly 2-1 hours bsidrd and the all prolonged

when

going

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reported to

bombs

despite

aidcrs ivcrc reported over south- and.

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DeclaresEgyptianp Battle was ‘Hell’,

—-—- _ . _ 1 i St v iiiuni and msxiulunl luiily>raiiii~osg

their first attack against

<l, the main I -

Nibciiva stands on n circular pin‘- cau. about one milc in rwimeli-i l-rs duo south nl Sldi Bari-sill rirtl ,w . sclcclcrl as the base from \‘-'i\l"','l

Gvii. Pietro Malctti‘: crack lrncos. ‘ csbeclrflv organized last Julv as the

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Fascists somewhere in northern Italy.

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‘ - v . ,A|rcraftsman Killed , "our units launched new attacks | __>___ __ and made gains equal to one 1 entire week's activity.

i “On the northern front, Greek troops succeeded in making a gen- erol advance over a wide area in o. mountainous region held by the enemy above Pogradetz where the Italians had concentrated all their reserves.

"Greek artillery, firing once-using- lv for three days, has succeeded in its mdain objective, particularly in .= -., v .;_ regal" to permanent enemy forti- ‘;§‘j‘,(,“,,;§,’.‘ ,_§“§,,{‘,‘,’“E_ fications along the Yugoslav-Alban- i » H\\‘l‘S'fi1lU\l1lI near Mgnh ian frontier and has smashed thi-‘m.

‘ ‘ ' "In this manner. the vray was op- ened for storry: charges by Greek

DUNNVILLE, Ont. Dec. 15- tCPi-Lcadizig Aircraftman J. D. cf Wcszmount, Qut., was

wiuan his Royal .~ iiuiining air- 1151C‘ _\'(‘:~l{‘i'(li\y

U011: LAC. 13.lkc_v was a si "out at N0. 6 52V‘. r- iii" training =chccl near

11-‘. hora and was Cl\‘.'l'_\‘l1l'1 out a routine

Continued on page 9, Col

MO $E §§"°5A§‘§

“WNGS PRESENTED

N.Dec.15.-\CP) \ ucie lli sauiotl vi-steiday W l a class 0i uir gunner s. , cziiiis oi 1 Llie itcva. Cllililiiidii Air rorco. The ‘ ceremony at ihe it-ACI“. airport

was iiie iifel. oi its kind iii the Muri-

times. x

Y AltikiOUddiv.

‘liie men rewiviiig their wings in- cludtkii A. W. Ryder. Si. Stcphell 1i" P J. Miller. hluiiiiilc, N.B lfiirrcslcfs Fol Quebec City. Ont.

T HE BEST Homo/w WREHTH is 0N5

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batlle which raged for an hour Maritime East: “Mina” m "H"

Sheffield ruins

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s lieavv German} bombarrlinciit of this liidusvrial

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THE (‘AR FERRY QHLINGS

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p p districts. it has lriciillul aivo toiiuzht from wrvckcd been generally fair throughout the $1101‘ ‘West and moderately cold iii Mozi-

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Siimmerslde tide lll minutes lat-

Leaves Bord 2n 9.45 AM. 1.00 PM leaves Tormentine 11.00 A. M...