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Action from start to finish is unbound to be the order at the For-

uln lOlllgilt wnen Saints and ,1, Prince c. Wales clash in the 75 third game of tiie City Hockey

wf-Jeague Just naming the princip- als should b: enough to guarantee

-; the inns of the keenest of com- Qflxtlticn This ha; been so in the past and the rivalry of former ;_-years has been passed down to the sluzlentg cf the present day so =V__»_that the newest face on the line- ._ ups will have that urge t0 win

plantcd deep within him.

,, Trniglit the two rivals enter the .. game \v.th both being given an Cqlhll chance to cop the verdict. .31‘ is the opinion of the rail- ilil'( who have iuitclied them per- jouii ill practice sessions. but des- ~ pin» dlrsc CjJllllUllS the only way Ltic beater tcr;n will be proveu will be ou: on the frozen ice surface of

the Forum tonight . But bcore the winner is dec- ‘cl Wilt) ivitliess the Tll< wiuutrr likely have silt in on the

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id bit of the local licekcy season.

Both will go wide open from startlner; forwards. Berk, Nicolle. Rob-'

both have lct it be use their bod-

to finish and known that tllty will

‘(Acorn Trophy “Play Begins

Play for the Acorn trophies b‘:- glll last night at tho Charlotte- tmrri Curling Club vcith keen com-

" Tcnlwlit‘! Matches:

' '1 I'..\I. ' In" Nu. l A W. Hfllfifllilll vs. J. C. Mont- ‘lganleiiv.

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e No. - A. I... McicPherson vs. Chief Jus- .c T. A. Campbell

flee Ne. .1 Dr. H Pierce vs. P. S. Cobb ..

._' m x0. 4 J. J. Morris vs. f". R. McLaine

9 I‘. M.

ies freely whenever the opportunity presents itself and that will ilk- ely be often for players on both sides would rather skate right through an opponent than try to o round him; that is if they tthoug t they oould- But the game la bound to be a. fast, hard - bumping. knock - ‘em - down struggle all the way. Fans who have witnessed the two preceding clashes. have been well satisfied; attend tonight's encounter and will be dou- bly satisfied with the thrill and actions these two college teams will provide, P. C. seeking their second straight win and Saint: making their initial start. The game will get underway; at i745 sharp with a skate following tit." match Here are the lineups: ; Saints: Goal. O'Shczl: defence, "alclidani, McIntyre. McEntee, Pel- llrtier; foi-lvards, L. Lamontatgne. R. -Lnir.ontagnc. Morris, Mahar. Steele, Brrdlev. Cheverlo P. W C : Goal. Cantwell: do- -fence, Hodzrscn. McDan-ald. Well- trrtson, Baqnall, Morcsitle. Blan- - chard, Aftirphy.

Gives lliews o}. Minor Ball Leagues

. DURHAM. N.C-. Jan. l7—tAP)— |W G. Brallam, minor lea e base- ball's boss. suggested that private ownership of teams is pre- ferred to the farm system and that iww i5 the time to reviunip splowl- ing idle lcops into compact circulis.

Brahma offered his ideas in a typewritten statement that dealt with the sport's. post-war problems, a subject which a major-minor committee will study Ln New York 0n Feb. 5

He also repeated a previous sug- gestion that rehabilitation of base- ball start in the schools and that promotional work should strive for quality-not uantity-in the as- tabllsiunent o new loops.

Foreign or chain-store ownership is desirable only when it has been definitely determined at local ownership lacks cxylurience, finan- ces or would act wntraiiv to the best interests the sport. the statanent said.

Full consideration of the walr- tiine shift in emulation shoulc.‘ be given in reorglan zlng the leagues which have suspended for the dur- ation, Bi-ahsm said. ..

In uu-iting of the idle loops, Brn- ham w-arnco owners to keep their plants in shape for quick restlmp- tlcn of play and ilnmedllau re-em- ploynierut. of former tllayers dis- charged frcm the armed 561M005

Ice NIL I .l. A Fraser vs. W. W. L/ord.

Ice No. .\ .- P. W. Turner vs. Dr. E B. Gid-‘ ' dings. l; Iec No. 4 G. G. Hughe; vs. R. S. PfJar-

53...: 13-Year-0Itl “As Great Boxer

PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. 1'1—-(AP) ’ -Thc but lr-ft hand harnmerin‘ Henry A1" long has ever seen is ‘nn u 23-year-old boxer weighing ff onlv 90 pounds. ~ Henry. who should be an author- ity on such things, said he "like tn fell dead." when he first saw l‘ the youngster-Keith Nuttall—at. Salt Ltliti} City ‘ "The kid 113g absolutely the best. left hand I've ever seen. Ha can hook. cross. felnt. shift-do every- . tiling you could ask," said Arm- ustrong. "At l3. he's a finished box- .- and I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it. myself," Armstrong said that Keith. non ,_<it' an old-time fighter. has 16 . straight knockouts to his credit in _ amateur fights.

'S’side Bantam Team

Wins At Kensington -

Oil I-‘rirliiy last. n team of barit- ‘lilll licckcy players drove to Ken- flflLlldll and played a team fronl ...c llcnsington School The game resulted in n win for the Summer- Sidc boys by a score of 2 to i. sum- --mr>r.".lrlc‘s first goal was scored by Lul-tJli Schurman unassisted. Ken- singtonfls score ivas made by Ken- "iicilv from cQunicl. ReIrreesI

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“Larkiu and Kelly. The Summer- sldc team was handled by D. O. Stewart and the VKensington team _by lVIr. McDonald, principal of ; Kcnsington School.

The teams were as follows:

Summersidc: Goal, Callbeck and llforrisoii; defence" A. Stewart -McLell:ui. Pope, Arsenaull; for- irards, McKay. Schurman. Billy Stewart, Jr. Deighnn. S_ Deighari,

~. Grady.

Kenslngton: Goal. denncdy; d5. ‘IHICP. McMahon, Paynl.9r_ Sample’ 1i. Ponder-past; forwards, Kennedy lticQuaid. Woodlngtoil, Saundera, ftrlldwell, McLean, T. Pendergast.

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Nelson First In

.,-_llolf Tourney

w --—- SAN FR CISCO, ..lan. lL-(AP) _ -Byron Ne son of Toledo, 0., clin- . rhed first place in the $10,000 San Francisco victory open golf wum- pment today when he posted a final

l3 strokcs imder par fm- the Thu-ding Pin-k prilllc course. »' Nelson put t ether rounds of r18- 119-68 and 35-. -'l0. his last being z the least lmpremive - Nelson down first prim of

should the war end suddenly.

ZPte. Johnny Green Held Responsible

5T. JOHN'S. Que" Jan- 17"‘ (CP)—Pte. Johnny Greco, former world's lightweight boxing champ- ionship contender, was held crim- inally responsible tonight for the death of Pte. Romeo Dagenflls 01 Montreal, whose battered body was found on the highway close to the Farnham training camp early Sun-

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The Jury under Coroner N. A. Sabourin brought in its verdict af- ter an inquest that started this Bf- tcrnoon and was resuincd tonight. Greco did not testify at. the hear- int-

Broken Hand Holds llp Fritzie Zivic

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1’1—(AP)— Frltzle Zivlc, former walterwelaht champion. passed his final draft examination today but the United States Army deferred his induction for at least 30 days bowl!" 0i R broken hand suffered in his los- ing battle Friday night at Detroit with Jake La lviotta. n

Zlvlc, who said he was ready’ for

l the biggest fig‘ r of rny career. was

told to report to the induction cen-

tre in a montb to determine how his hand is healing.

Zlvic is married and the father of three children.

Wright Trophy

Two matches for the Wright Trophy were played last night at the Charlottetown Curling Club. Play will continue tonight. The re- sults were a; llows:

H. Pierce. f3; DI. H. Mc- Intyre, if.

Russell Spillett, B; Judge C. G. Duffy- '1.

Tonight's match:

B P M , ICE N0. B

oeifo. a. Full vs. Dr u. m. Tntyre.»

Angott Has lihance 0f Scrap With llogon

NEW HAVEN, COllTL. Jan. l’! -- tAPi-If Sammy Aiigott. the Na- tional Boxing Association's li ht- wolaht champion. wants to de end his title within a month, as order- ed by the N. B. A. Sunday, he can pick up 07.500 by opposing Julie Kogon of New Haven at the Arena

here.

Matchmaker Johnny Attell of the | Arena wday wired Angottvl mana- I gel". Charley Jones, the offer. . At the, same time. Attcll tossed $2.500 rlilarnntees at Lulu Constan- tino, Tippy Larkin and Ike Wil- llama to face Kouon here either l Jan. 24 or Jan. Zl-firat come, first

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NEWS

mgAction Assured In City "ifjiLefvague Encounter Tonight

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iFronch Countess Houdwinkell llazls To Reach Britain

' BY MARGARET ECKEB Canadian Troll Staff Writer LONDON. Jail. 1'1 —-(CP)— The best stories 0! this war are the one; you can't wrlto- 4n- llle one! you ave tn disguise heavily at the sacrifice of journalistic accuracy. f Take the story of hula ‘bunteaa. or . .. .

B 6 , l. have talked to me af- all if she'd known I Wag g reporter. But ahe met. mo at lunch at tau home of a. friend. a0. on, the friend's urging. She talked at lier adVf-‘ltuvel-

It. was a tale that made Etta shivel-‘s "Paris Underground." pale by comparison. Her aon was wounded and she got uvlay to England. But the Gestapos ring was closing around her and finally he herself wan forced to travel the under- grcund road. Her story. o! 0011119. is of the bloody trail die followed across France.

She told one awry of how she

In thc leading holes are Jack Besny and ._\:.i- Shérltillll. Benny

l5 311st, a5 t.» averiipe American big city dwel l". rcaie.‘ in cem- fortiibie apa tnzent hotels. whose wife, m} > antique hunter. carries mat‘. r. tco fa: when she;

.bilys a hcuse wilcre Gtozfi!‘ Wilh- lliigton was supposed to luvs slept.

Agnirst Benny's prulcsti. they move in to find the house in a =inte of dllaiftlation so advanced that it lea-is Benny to wonder lwhnis holding it up.

Fun is brovtird when they are

informed by ‘he lugubricoils care» taker, played by Periy Kllbride- that the well is dry, and ll. will be necessary to dig a new one. . In the midst of it all. the ro- Iverbvl rich uncle 1C‘ lcs ol- -burr.'s rolei PITIVES, u".'.l must be made comfortable and happy at all costs.

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able Khrllflfllllp for it. swallows re- pairs wlthou; showing signs ‘mpravement, cud the situation becomes more involved when the tnonev for the mortgage must be raised _ or else

When matte-rs close in on the couple and there's n0 quarter in sight. Rcmmie the dog. saves the situation in a laughter-provoking climax.

Only Civilians In Memorial, Allan Cup Play

O'1‘TAWA. Jan. 1'I—(CP)-Only |clvilian hockey teams are left in the running for Allan Cup and Memorial Cup competition this Iy/oar as a result ef today's annnun- Ieement that Navy teams and play- lers could not participate in inter- provincial playoffs.

The Navy announcement came more than a week after nrmy and air force players were told that they could onlly play in local garrison or defence leagues and in exhibi- tion amcs.

Un ke army and air force play- ers, the Navy men are not banned from any league in which compe- tition leads to the Allan or Memor- ial Clip playoffs.

A Navy spokesman said that a Navy hockey player could play in league and provincial laydewns but not in interprovinc al play- downs.

The spokesman said that Navy

znen were subject to instant draft- to any station and this consltleraq tionlntgtit easily break up a team; about to step into lnterprovineial, play. Hence, the ruling has been given restricting play within prov-l iIiCEs or district loops. l Five Navy teams and possibly n_ ‘few civilian teams with Navy men! iin their line-ups are affected by ‘the new ruling The Navy teams are in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Esquimalt. B. C

Burlington, Kilrea Tied For Top Honors

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Jan. i'1- (AP)—-Tom Burlington of Cleve- land and Wally Kllrea of Hershey kept pace with each other during the past seven days and for the second consecutive week share the American Hockey League's individ- ual top scoring honors today. Each has 45 points.

While Burlington was tallying two goals and picking up three as- sists, Kilron found the nets once and figured in four scoring sor-

ties.

The “liot.tcst" scorer in the eir- cuit, however. ii; Trudel of Cleve- ‘.‘and_ who slammed in seven points to bring his total to 43. Trudel has egistercd 20 points in three weeks n a drive that has upped him to third place.

S'sida Curling

Club championship games at the Sununelside Curling Rink on m- day and Saturday resulted ua fol-

Iowa: Horne. l0: Clark. '1. Carney. 5; Busby. l3. ' Allen, 4. B; Wlllet. '1. Mtnrphy, 4; Fe-athcrby, 12. Linklctter. 8; Hamilton. 7.

H. H. L. Schedule

Only om,- Niitional Hockey Lea- gue game is scheduled for ' ‘ . The Maple Leafs play the Bruins a't Boston.

REMEMBER WHEN

(By The Canadian Prela) l Eastern Big Four football of- ficials adopted a stopper to whole. Mlle lmllortntion of United Statel players to Canada eight year; ago today. They adopted the one-year residence rule. The Canadian

The house proves to be a verlt- d,

had smuggled u French officer out of home la the French equivalent of a, garbage can The "iestabo

came auspicious of the garbage

[collector and gave chase ‘m; man.

who W35 wounded, leaDffl over wall as the trill-k sped past. wound opened but he liianaged to elude the searchers in spite a trail of blood behind l-lln

Finally he 060E015 exhausted from the race that led him over walls, down alleys and even over rooftops. The door cf n idigc apart- ment block had been propped open and half fainting. he slipped be- hind it.

But his wound was bleeding pro- fusely and when the concierge came out a few minutes later she saw the trickle of blood frcni brl-dnd the door. Fortunately she us: a loval Frenchwoman and ane wok the officer to her uwn apartment where e ' until he was ltrong

I. is

hid hm enough to make another dash for the rder.

The countess had mar,- stories- - more exciting than this but they cant b9 writeii- -yet.

But she had words of optimism, "A man came to me the other day." the said. "He told me that France today is more united than ever be- fore. All classes. all religions. they are united for France and for freedom.

"The French army l3 not dead. ft exists stronger than ever pday. In central France. in the wlldzands, _ of soldiers, ragged. yes, but weil-disciplned. As soon as thp Alliesstep on Europ- ean soil they will maki- l‘ ‘ felt. They have planned exactly What they will do, every detail ls taken care of.

"I even Know the name of the brave 811'] who will command an ambulance corps in France. These people are trained. In srt-all groups menattend hidden training camps."

The countess and her friends are Optimistic about the second front.

"It should not be a difficult campaign." she raid. "From inform- ation I have received I know the fortress of Eturope is manned by old men and buys. They are poorly equipped. The Nazis in France are terrified. They are ready w ack up and min for Germany 0n t e first hint of invasion.

"But, that invasion must come soon, 'I‘lbe German propaganda machine fa extremely dangerous. They are cleverly atrirrina up dia- tnlst of the British. They may aougceed ii the blow doesn't come a n.’

TORONTO. Jain. I‘—-—(OP)—°0IL Saunders said today he will ask provincial authorities to cancel licences of Toronto theatres which “persist in Jamm “crowds into vestlbules and lobbies."

The statement was made at a meeting of Con. Saunders with fire Sinclair and‘: buildings oom-

llanalllan Alrmom Win High Praise 0n Many Fronts

BY LOUIS V- HUNTER Canadian Pr!“ Stall Writer N, Jan. l'I --(CP)- The Royal Canadian Air Ebro:- packed its mightiest wallvv in 1w At the end of the gear it: F overseas strength. spread over a vtudt- P!" o! the world but centred molt-l! in the Unltgd k- ‘ ., was half alain a; great as at the em of 1942. R.C.A.F. bnrriber strength, of course, was concentrated mostly on Germany and occupied countries of ,. . Squadrons b-ises in North Africa bombed targets ill Sicily and Italy. Canadian fighter squadrons were active in Elropean (skies. One fl hter squadron Went through the illan campaign in support of Canadian and other troop! 110W lbased in Italy. Canadian squadrons of RAJ‘. mental Ccnzmaiid patrtlled the sea lanes of the Atlantic and Mediterr- anean with increasingly notable succem in the war against sub-

Razzle

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number of trains.

The second R. O. A I-‘Jllhier Wing, in one four-month period. destroyed 43 enemy aircraft for the

lass of one pilot on operations. Nine of the aircraft were destroyed in a single operatlnrv oif the Netherlands Joust.

marines. There are hundreds of ‘Canadians in bomber and fighter aruadrons in India.

Statistically. this is who: overseas squa-clzons did during the YBBYI. They flew more that. l2,000.000| miles on OIZCYJZUOIIS against the; enemy. The .6 .l=‘. Bombers. dropped more il-an 13.300 tons of | bombs on targets in Germany.‘ occupied Europe and Italy. in addition to 3.0m tons nl’ bombs dro ped on targets in siclly and sou hern Italy by R. C. A. F. Wellingtons flying ircm North African bases. R. C, A. F. flflhifil‘ squadrons destmyed more than 1'10 enemy aircraft. for the loss of about 100 Canadian Spitfires ‘

The first bag event oi the year in the history of the It. C. A. F. overseas occurred at 12.01 am. Jan.

1943, when the Canadian Bomber Group officially began cperations. Bombers of the up made more than 1.000 indwi ual bombing and mfnelaylng expeditions. These figures do not include operations by Canadians in other Bomber Command uadlons. v

The first ailadian Fzgliier Wing. formed in the autumn of 1942. WM extremely successful in i948. For 1 _several months it led nit other Fighter Command Vlflngs in the number of enemy aircraft destroyed. ,The peak tas reached in Septem- iber when Canadian dav and night flighter, fighter reconnaissance and intruder squadrons deru-ryed 29 aircraft for the loss uf l0 of their own. 1n addition. fighter reconn- agsance squadrons shot up a great

Out Our Way

COME on -- 1.»! OFF ‘IHAT PARLIAMENTARV

I]. missionr 3.8. lilies.

Gillies said overcrowded theatre lobbies are "one of the moat dan- gerous and vicious" practices in the city

BRINGING UP FATHE

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Several new ncuadrons were inim- ed during the year. and it was ann- I cilnccd that the RC A.i-‘ in the autumn of 1943 had a total of 35 squadrons avers:i.s..Latei-. the Wild- cat Squadron, which had been serv- ing in Alaska. arrived in_ England trained and ieudy for nchon.

On May l. i943. Canada ass- umed full Llrlanclnl responsibilities for ii: R. C. A. F personnel and R. C. A. F units serving overseas. Previously Canadians solving on attachment to the R. A F‘. had been paid R. A. F. rates by the British government and the differ- ence in pay was made up by Canada.

In December. Air Marshal L. S. Breadner, D. s. 0., Chief of Air Staff at Ottawa. Arrived in London t0 take over from Air Marshal Harold Edwards 6.13. as air officer ccmmandlng-lrl-chief, R C. A. F. overseas. with film arrived Air Vice Marshal N. R. Anderson. Al: Mem- ber for Air Staff, who exchanged jobs with All‘ Vlcc Marshal W A. Curtis. C.B.i~f.. D.S.'I , and Bar, deputy air DIHCBI‘ commanding-in -chief. R.C.A.I". overseas