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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Charlottetown Gunilla, Two dean.

lqpnln] Guardian, Ioundod Ill’!-

British

Forrnida

cantor-reruns, CANADA, TUESDAY; DECEMBER 24, 1940

Build ble New

ank Divisions

Italians claim Supplies taken To Africa

, Dec. 23—-(A.Pi—-Italian trgogyfnd supplies, the newspaper Ln Tribune claimed today. are b9- lng convoyed across the Mediter- rancun to reinforce Fascist leg- ion; against the British desert of- fenslve.

Italy's navy, a correspondent boasted, is "guaranteeing passage oi men and materials “to ports o! tiie fourth shore.‘ shore" is a common Italian ex- pression for Libya.

tBritlsh sources did not com- ment on this claim, although it was indicated an occasional ship might find a way thretisli the

naval blockade which Marshal Grazlanl. Italian commander in Libya, has indicated prevented

armored cars and other equipment from reaching his forces.)

Mussolinifis high command claimed the situation was un- chgnggd" m the is-day-old battle ol North Africa, where the sregcd Italian garrison at Bardia, officially descdribed as yowln to fight t0 the en .

(Cfllglt) clespaliches said the Bri- tish command was pilllililll will" forcements into the Bardla sector preparatory to an assault on the

ort.)

pFar-ranglnfl British bombers attacked in the Venice area for the first time in the war in a pie-dawn raid Sunday, the high command acknowledged, but claim- rd the bombs splashed hnrmlrssly in a lagoon. Flume, 130 miles cast, near the Yugoslav border, was also raided. _,

Coming Events

_0_- "Talkies Christmas night at Montague. L-72i-i2-23-2i. " alkies Christmas night at Souris. L-72i-12~'.‘.3-2'..

"Special skate Bedeqile Rink ~' Christians night. Admission only 20 rents. ' L-75tl.

"New Glasgow Christian Church Christmas pageant tonight at O'clock. If not fine, Sunday ulpli‘.

11-747.

“Bracklcv Point Drlvinfl Gilli intents holdlnu th-sii- first rave Thursday 26th. L-'l38-l2-24-ll.

“Londlniz Live I-lolzs Hunter Riv- er Friday, December 27th. Bulmari and Rav Barrnul’.

L-737-l2-24-2ll. -

"Buying live nous its usual for winter months. Albany Thursday afternoon. Emerald Friday until i1 o'clock AM. A. C. Green, Albany. G. C Green. Emerald.

“Gcorize Llelllhtlzer 00.. Water gjl-Yfct. buviniz dressed poultry. all nds. too prices. Trv ill. , b-7fil-ll-23to Dec. ..l

"Anyone wishln to contribute t0 the Children's Cliristmas at i-hf! tostant Orphanage mav barrels at I08 Prince Street. L-65D-i2-21-8l.

"Iosidl iiv M8 t Kenslng- ion Thunrgdayfbecfl: at 3 P-"h

My Bsgnall and Mervyn Bulman, Hunter River Friday till MtcEwen and Campbell.

noon. L-‘llii.

y Wednesday Being Christmas

The next Issue

of The Guardian will he Thursday, December 26

Mervcn ‘

By Drew Middleton Associated Press Stall’ Writer WITH THE BRITISH ROYAL ARMORED CORPS SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, Dec. 23 —(AP) _.. Thousands 0f tanks in an amazing- ly Isaac number of armored divis- ion: are Britain's answer to Gerr-

mmilis panzer divisions.

British officers confidently ox- poct these tanks —many of new and secret design to smash a. Nazi invasion attempt or deal a decisive stroke on the European continent at some future "day of revenge."

The British expeditionary force left 4'71 tanks and machine-gun carriers in France; but now, start- ing from scratch since the with- drawal from Dunkerque last spring, British designers have built up an entire new group of armored di- visions.

“Fear naught," the motto of the Royal Tanks Corps, has been bal- anced in the new construction with “get there fastest with the mostest men,“ with the new tanks emphasiz- ing speed and fire power as never before.

Army tanks are dvlded into two. cntclzoi-ios-tlie "I" tank for infan- try, which operates exclusively with foot. soldlrrs, mid the cruiser tanks which form the spearhead of the zirniorcd divisions.

Neither the small, puddle- jump- ing Whippet tanks nor the lumber- ing 50 and (lo-ton monsters belov- ed of newsrcels are in evidence. Both fypcs are out of favor in Brit. Inn's modern army: the light tank because tlzcy can't carry enough armor mid can't handle rough coun- try. and ilic big tanks because they are too sloiv.

The "I" tank is la formidable weapon, Its armor is so hcavy that in the Flanders campaign it look divert lilrq from German '7'1-mllli- metre field pieces with no effect save lllPfldvllllill; of its armor.

The "I tank's armament includes a small piln which can throw a IZ-pound shell 2,000 yards to pierce the armor of most tanks, and it has a Sfiflmldilfy weapon in the new Bc=a machine gun which fires at the rate of 750 rounds a minute.

SlYOCd is not essential to the ‘T’ tank, which precedes infantry in attacks and only occasionally fights independently, but it can swing n. long at close to 20 m. p. h. Its crew o! four gunners svireless op- erator, (ll‘l\".‘l' and commander are interchangeable.

Cruiser tanks are the darlings of the Rrival Tank Corps. As large as ‘the "I" tanks, they weigh much l "s and arc more than twice as inst. Tl‘~;_v can turn on n dlmg and the ova I roclc ill climbed hills, ‘lillll era-hing through underbrush a llllfl kllfll‘i("fl down trees a foct and

a ‘ a half thick with a terrible non-

(‘lIillllllFfH

Their armament is almost identi- ml with tile “l“ tanks, but the l'l‘ lloliclirl more on speed and euvrulizllij.‘ to resist enemy fire. As lllf‘ orlir-rnl tendency to- wards tanks of this size becomes more pronounced. llie British army ls developing newer, faster models which lilcrallr "tin drive circles a~ u" old-timers that appearance on the

B z‘ B“

,- Sorulre in 191

Newliovernor 0f Burma is Appointed

wnnon, Dec. 24-4010 —0ol- Sir Rmeluald Hugh Dormsn Smith. uiho was Minister of Asfiiillllruie 5" the outbreak of wu, was appoint Governor of Burma today‘ b? the

Ki .

git; Reginald is a fm-msr Well- dent of the national farmers’ un- ion and has represented the Paters- llrld division of Hams In the Home of Commons since i930. ‘He attend- ed Harrow and the tROYBl Mimi"?

l. S. dhurs .

Mlinislii? of Agriculture he launched Britain's drive for home gay-dens to help offset the island's dependence on sea-borne lwdsll-lils- He was succeeded l'n M! 1108i by Robert B. Hudson.)

Eire barricades Many main roads

N. Dec. 24 -('1‘uesday)- (clgrqiomlre military authorities nnvo placed barriers across many man. Lclmld roads and manned them with arlncd lflllild" lmllm N‘ 10 who fall to h

“m, il. was rwitflfld

here

shoot those challenges, todw.

ed fwm lnlll

Atlantic Ocean

PNIIQII

to aid Brita

now hold all French coastline

©

1,800,000 llanallians in War Industry

OTTAWA, Dec. 23—-(CP)-A oom-

pletc list of approxunateiy i,B00,0tl0 Canadians engaged on war time industry in wuat the gowrnment recognizes as “reserved occupations" will be delivered to departments concerned by the end of January. it was announced today. .. Hon. JO. Gardiner. Minister oi NatLzial War Services, said at a press conference the czm-pllizig oi information from last Augusta na- tional registration, "one cf the most stupendous Jobs ever undertaken in such. a. short. time,“ was being handled by the Dominion Bureau cl‘ Statistics.

I-Ie was rcplylng to criticisms he said had been made in szme news- papers during recezit weeks in con- nection with the Job of handling information from 8,000,000 relllslra- tLn cards.

Plans for the registration. includ- inn preparation of the queslinnaire fillld out by all Caliadfnrs l0 years old and over. were csmplrtcd by a; committee headed by Dr. R. Hm Costs, Dominion Statistician, he‘ sa‘

Dr. Goats asked the government what information was roquined from the cards and three depart- mcnts, Defence, Munitions and Labcr asked for the detailed regis- tration of those engaged in some 1,250 occupations considered to be “reserved occupations" entirely con- cerned with war time industries.

It does not necessarily follow that the workers will be exempt ry service and they are not exempt from compulsory training, Mr. Gardiner said.

French plan protest 0n New Year's Day

NEW YORK. Dec. 2o—(C*P>—A world-wide demonstration of pass- ive protest Frenchmen was an- nounced for ew Your‘: duly by General Charla Do Gculie, coder d b110, Free French forces, in s mndon broadcast heard here to-

il . til Bri- e npemmGuporiitlonk "Pies Fae the

rim, d "peaceful msnifectatlon" -would take the following form:-

“In non-cccupled fiance from i w 3 pm. on Jan. i. not a single Frenchman wlllstww himself on the “reel. or in a public place. In oo- cupied France, Frenchmen will manifest in the above wav from 8 to 4 9m..." '

tllh

removed from Gibraltar

may Mcdiforlonlon float

to hoe ships

Ahlcon forces, miglll In rumpled to dam

. mo boner In Albania h

bomb southern

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to T

Sun: Canal

British

Tlll ‘Ill, and Occupied Arson Franco and Colonic: Under Vichy Rulg i Fun Fnncli

i MYGI to Dc Gorilla

Alli d Arr lu i On lrnly u‘

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praclicully cut off from Italy by British or Cute

shipped up among Arabs and in Ens! victories

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Italian People

Advised

Rid of Mussolini

British Prime-Tlinister tells them only in first Stages of struggle; Will rip Italy’s Empire to shreds.

II)‘ lllvgli Iingllon Assuciuicrl Press Stall‘ Writer

DONDON. Der‘. 23 —<APi —Plltl'it? Minister Churchill appealed direct- ly to the Italian people tonight to cast off Br o Mussolini, "llie criminal" who .110!‘ ill year's of unbridled power" has lczi _\'(llil' coon- try to the horrid v "g0 of ruin."

Using blunt s in his broad- cast address. Mr. Ciiurchill sni<l:__

‘_‘We are only at the beginning of this somber talc Hpsesonliy‘ we

14 Paces

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nollvc revolt, attack Irlrlsli

I

dlan is reported

marine oil

man ramp. m-command or a M0101‘

boat which was

l

wan PRISONER Sulx-Lleui. flick Musman. a Cana-

serving with the Royal Navy. hold prisoner in a (Icr- Musman was second-I

lorpeu sunk by a su

the isle of Wilrht-

wa; at first reported mlssinl-

Business good

Across Canada

business

handled." Arrival

.mall at an port yeslerda

of harried

OTTAWA. Dcc. is always the best conditions past few weeks _ pro f businrss condit in Canada." a post; 013% K199i!"- ment spokesman said today.

He said the lire-Christmas rus mall delleveries this year greatest flood of mail we‘vc

of I. shlpload of British east coast Canadian added to the work tor rurtcrs. 12w ship hrougln 7.000 bags of mall, including 6,000 bags of letters It was the first reach Canada in two weeks.

2°“ Y’

barometer

we‘ve had plenty

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the Domini n by Christmas day.

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23—<OP>--Msll1 and "in the

of ions are alright

h of “the ever

‘British mail to The man of the Rowell-Sirois

LU§5U

CANADA

LDLIR

troopl lure, b, blockade, ub c longer

shall be forced to conic lo much, closer nrips. Surely the time linsl come when the Italian monurc; -‘ -:.nrl the people who guard in» 5M‘. red centre of Christendom should have a word to say IllW/ll these awo- . inspiring lsstlcs."

LONDON. Dec. ZIL-(APi _ The text of Prime Ililiiislr-l‘ Clillitlillle broadcast tonilzht follows;

Tonight I speak to the people. and I Imidoii, the heart -r~f the Islands. and of llie British

British

l Ilvery step of retreattaken by Italian troops across Libyan sands means increased power and prestige ‘for Great Britain. Map spots possibilities that may result from a partial or complete defeat o! Italy - - by Britain in Africa and in the Mediterranean.

Retreat puts Italians in Grave danger

23— (AP) —The

ATHENS. Dec. Greek army, headed northward along the Albanian coast toward the port of Valona, has captured the Fascist supply base of Chim- are. and is pressing home its ad- vantage against retreating Ital- rlans, it was announced tonight.

Premier John Metuxas made known the victory in the week long ‘battle for Chimara, less than 30 miles south of Valona, at a cab- iIiEt meeting. I-Ie added that fur- ther operations were developing

I From the Tepclcnl-Klisura sec- tor caine reports of contluuedl lgains against Italian positions ounded heavily by Greek artil- il ery. In the north. action was said b to be enlarging because of lmproir-

lie ed weather conditions.

The British Rciyiai Air Force command said at least eight Ital- ian planes were shot doyvn in nn air fight Baiurdzvv over Argirocas- tro, Albania, against a loss of two, British craft. It told of bombingl attacks Sunday on oil wells at‘ Kucova, central Albania. in which "all bombs fell in the target area."

At Cliiinara the 153ml battalion of Fascist milltla-800 men and 30 officers-was captured with all its

l equipment.

‘Joseph Sirois Dangerously ill

QIIEBBC. Dec. 23—(CPi-Rcla- tlves of JLse h Sirois said today the DO-year-ori chairman of the Dominion Unemployment Insur-

snce Commission and former chair- Royal

department SPOKQ-wlim 561d it Wllld Commission on D minion-Provinc- be “PlilI-‘ltifllly lm lblr" l0 dt- isi Relations, is "dangerously ill" llver it to dcstlna ions all acrm he“ in hogplml,

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satisfactorily and new decisive re-' faults could be expected soon. I

momv-ralth and Fmliire. I siJ vnu \\".lf‘.l tho cliiivriirifists call v of areal trulil and resiirwl, ,

We lire at \\.i:' ---- that. is a verv

ever lmalzlned until the mclancholv years that the _ and Italian not < would bc trvina‘ l0 destroy one n. icr? v We have always been friends. We were the champions of the Italian Risorrzlmcnto. Wr- wero the parti- sans of Garibaldi. the admirers of_ Mazzlni and Cmvour. All that izreat movement towards the unitv of the Italian nation which llahtccl l the 10th century was aided. anclvtls l hailed hv the British parliament; and nubile. , Our fathers and our c-randlathrrs ionized to see Ilalv frond from llie Austrian voke and in see all minor barrio s in Ital 1 s ' t wav no that‘

straiine and terrible lhrilltlit. wire-l’

(Continued on page i2. Col 6i

Gould bring revision 0f Bacon agreement

OTTAWA, Dec. ZF-(CPJ-A substantiul rise in the UIIIbPd states market. for pork products could bring about a revision of tlio Cnii- ariian 13116.3 agreement. with the United Kingdom. Auric Jul.- .\l‘.ll- isler Gfll'fllli(’l‘ said t ay.

PYOVl-‘ilftn for such rrvblon ill ‘lic event of important price is written

us? Army Prepares for . Bardia assault

CAIR/O. Elrvbt. Dec. 23.-—tAPi - The British and Imperial arniv of the Nile, with sonic 30,000 Italian prisoners already moved to the rear. poured l‘(‘llll(ll't1‘lll\‘lllS into slouo lines around Ilurdiu today, lll'L‘l)iIl'l‘i.l.0l'V to an zissnlill. on ils 20.000 (lCICIKlQTS. _

While the troops were llliISblllll outside the Libyan port, British artillery and naval izuns oumirccl shells into positions occupied iutiic town itself bv remnants oi llie Ital- ian 10th army trapped l.lIL‘I'(‘.

Raiilzinz far ahead of these oner- atlons. the Royal Air Force stalled new night raids on Italian bases along the arching Libyan Meditri- rancan coast us far as Benlrnsi, 300 air miles to the west.

Near Bonunsl. the nlr bases at Bcrka and Bciiiiin were raided Sai- urdav nllzlit and rciurniiilz pilots told of startinz tremendous and explosions. Often-bombed To- bruk. 80 miles west of the Eilvlllllill

border, came in for a new pound-- i

mitt was announced that 35.040 bris- oners, including 1,704 officers. had been moved to the rear since liar British offensive suiricd in the Sirli Barrani area. of llie Ecvutlau coast and that several thousand more still are awaitlnrr transfer.

Swift British uirr-liauizcd units which paced tho drive to Bnrclu were reported. to have struck still further wcstnnrit; lust how lar- “aw. not disclosed.

(British niiliiurv circles in Imi- (ion said Iiarlllli lirubnhlv hushed".- llv lovilllvd "in dviiili" mi the llllltl side and with coast deft-nu‘ uuiis to combat. offshore bonibsrdmcntsi.

Italian j speak to vou lromll

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MAXIMS

OIL

MERE MAN

God's Christmas tree h in the heavens with its trillions of tapers blazing.

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Annual Subscrip Delivered, $6.00. "J llallr P.E.I., 51.00; (‘unuda and 0.5. QQMJ

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Santa finds lllrplane igzs Drawbacks

To €et

-. 3.3 '1 i021‘ “U15 \\ll._ when lie stuck lo l‘ iounu‘ ioiiigiit trint lit

l. . , "s. combine two days’ work ill one

i. ii.il'0

tomorrow’ is‘. because he's be- Lfllllf‘ an .

‘nil: weather. coupled ' l_ii _' in the arrival of ils supplies, kept Edward ltoive Snow, Bcslons "Flying saute" from

rounding out the second leg o! m: three-day scheduled flight over New Eiiiiaiirl lighthouses. ivhicli he

‘ _ ' . _ "brtcnb-i" \\l'li packages of rolmggq Hl.‘().\dlv(l‘.v.1H1‘.?3>|——-l'lllC5(|lIy) and OlllPY Yuletide gifts. 1U '—l-HlJ-\1|llil\ir \'llt'll'§ so‘ His latest communique tonight

tutti-i‘ ‘lliall. i-innu nlurigugr tunic-hills slici-m lu Italy. and lll linrllriuiir in.» threat that uni IP11!‘ "_\‘llIII‘ African ' rt: in slim-ils anti tailors." \i'..~ one ul‘ llll‘ llfilfUhl cvrr n1.

said that lie and Mrs, Santa —\\‘ho spends 20 minutes “napping each bundle for the lighthouse boys -_. would have to work "overtime" to-

lthli uvrr ilic rnuiu by one rni- . t i. M" Sim" swim 29 (‘ll- inln in lrlioiliur. mic h l 011 191115.? illlill"‘f\ fill/l had Iii» nuns-ice uus brliutlcnsl re- lmmli°<l I1 comparative "off" day

for tomorrow; min pimp‘. o; Hm, for an attempt to reach Nantuck-

IN=~-_ "ii-v in iialy in laliiliish and ll-llliill in rlic hone that Italian;

might livur a d | . | |- et llgl ($11 - . . his‘ iiiiin lo (‘lliilliliv lii-‘iiaillirasidllb shoals‘ 42] bliiiiiilictidulililrissiiwnio m. fflfilll-lltll lli ital». voiid the extreme tip o?‘ her-i

_ llie slirwlr \\.i.~ stir-n by i||.. ilir-iivll uni-cs livrc us at purit-rit of suns-ailing vutlils in clllllt: in Hit‘ lilo l|ll'ill.l'L'S oi strut-Africa iilill Aliiliiilii-“lirrn the Italian; are playing a losing role, uiiillrnnct- oi‘ (hi: Prime s liiil to llnliuns to ti zslililii iflrcrliutinl was l, flit-sw- l'll‘f'|l‘.\ suirl, in pnxsiliiiilv that Mi". ( liurcliill might have tallcn the niirriigiliolir- “before the ricus

of Nantucket, But nmr, he doesn't know m n; trlnigyrslil even have to work on Christ-

Lb yiaffid AND HERE l ‘I

Iii-oaks“ ol Britain's war effort. lit-rm; thrown iliiu n faster gear.

Show sources expressed liclil-f

that iliosin-i-rtli, r-olltilr-rl with lll)ociiondoynullgit ~ l

_ rvceiiil)‘ iuzninst the Italians, inns an unmistnkcahle imii wlinn that Britain is ready fox-inst: Italy uitli the vast rvciglt of licr Imlitnrv ion-n if IlltlLllIn lull in lake airlvnlitnize oi’ .\lr._f innit-bill's rinmiuiicxllly- timed invitation to unit follow- Illl: hlussolrnl.

“oliib scores Direct hit on Bald shelter

A N0lt'l'l'l\\' ERN BRITISH GUY, Uttl. 2d.—-til.lvstla))—tCP)—-‘ A uncut bomb lnl. on a public sliel- tcr caused unuctcriiiiiied casualties- as German ‘\\rll'i)liliiL‘$ subjected this city Lu ‘cl-liiltllcl" iituli assault last maul. and t:.'ll'.\ lGIiuY. v

‘iiitls ucic .\ iiuiiinci‘ 0i Olllfff illiiilliic. nun ornjlill licrsolis ncre= tlnillluii in r-r-i dis nlncn their houses l .\'\flt.‘ tiulnciisilctl. _ '

time UiiLf unit- oi raiders drop-l l)\.tl ilrtli» LAUlJai-C-‘a. ziiiu an oli-, ‘ni'ltt‘i' ii. lilo lilmitatiiiiil: Elli‘ R'- ‘ -.....re nari. DCull terrific;

l’

l ufliniil and Alitiiciicsleiml tilt, noitrint-st. navel oriunuilil t.) 't;u\ciili.i"' lit-i

. rill.‘ last loo iiiitnlsl. , tuna: lniultiw alter. c: iaiuiiiu lnauisl

iitixlllitiir. A

, lfllli‘ um l... V ‘ioaltrr our .....ir nun lltdiltlxtll lll...liil‘.t~ i. iliuriiitlti o. iewi iLiCPliUiuIt n. iii Lilo Luliuun arcs, on. ....._. toiitiiiilctl on to ~~l*->~‘-~'>~ .. , , l,J “L. ,, __ “m, _ mnowro, Dec. zs-(cri-Min- ‘_)_:“'Ck',. Liinuon‘ mlimum and maximum temperatures: null-s tor... to bllt; iituuriiuuiii- _ nnn, n, ,.,...., unlr-niiciuit, uruo- 4: g ‘our. l. AL" iiitxbiltiilLlY oouius, out for ‘l. <. t unit ouslunu null-ii of Flflmimlfill 29 inc with 335m“ 19 3° ‘lncn \.\li1t' tiu- report that a Wllilllpel 3° 33 hon‘ rim. lnul instill mi n iiorth- Toronto 8'2 fi \\('.$Li1l'll out. time uiicr nave of gOttawa 8 ‘iniuirs ulromctl l.\.-\\ IZIVllUPJUlW.lNIOIIZYOIlI ‘.3 i8 niid UlJ.ii‘i\l 1.. in .i lit lilliUUli ix tiLV Quebec ‘l0 i6 anal llltri. lruzc iii-u UtUli ‘lorriiic SJJH John 1p g0 ..\'iii.,:-itiiis." ‘llaldfiix 19 25 inicilioo. iriiii Aiuiulicstcl‘ have Chm»; ileum-n 16 33 ,oeen siiisnil o... attic-iiv ior liei-l 'slslciit nliillt K m‘ "ha: t'Il0lll\ raiders. FORECAST iii ll\~1‘l.i\\i.~.r"lii lylllliillKl. i\1lillICil(‘b-‘ .<~l'v\\...> nnncntu ii\,l..iiV billltlii) ‘unrmmp Ea“: Fflsh wind“ ‘Hililiibt; ‘lliltl’ l'u"..-.i.'rll a Lilly ui al- mm"! m" 5nd ‘ma; scmiend most rrhmnliiv it‘... lnroi-ltiiorit Bin- “"““'rm"'°5 l" "M! Vwthm- niii trlliiin; ‘Jriihli .\i.iilc..ts.ii" nth.’ “Mu UV“ U: m’ Hum‘ mm m hm‘ qYlifl sis‘ The wcatwir has been *"°“ ‘l N“ “""“""‘u 2"‘ m‘. m“ tumors lyillll‘ in Ontario with a-