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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1942

AZI ARMIES SAID RETREATING IN DISORDER

lfiracken Against

i943 Draft iiuota 000,000 Men 2

OTTAWA. Dee 0i — (OI) - ‘Ihe Ottawa Journal said today in a news-page story, uotlng “a high oiiioial of the bol- De- partment's National Bclective Service,” that “the draft oi men ior compulsory military service was being based on the arm ‘s requirement. oi another I00, lnen in 194 "

The Journal story continued:-

“The draft was bei as- signed the mobllizinghof v far the largest part sf at 300,000 over all order. . . .

"To meet it the 104! draft quot-i.) this dr official de- clared. it. would be neceuary to mobilize married men in the samc age groups as single men have been called.

"That would take the a‘: limit ior married draftees to .

“Currently, men be- tween l9 and S5. and filial: menu to 40 are being drsi from t e ‘A’. sud ‘It’ medical categories."

OTTAWA. Dec. 21-401’)- Aniiur MacNsuiors director of national selective service. said today no consideration has been givcn to the calling oi married mm or to the age 0i 40 for eompu sory military service,

900 Italian Prisoners iiere

AN IABT OOABT CAN PORT, Dec. 2i -— (C?) - prismiers oi war, some 900 stronii. are now settled in Canadian intern- ment camps - the end oi 0119 1W1‘ ior these soldiers oi ll Duce lmtll tile end of the ooriliiot.

Quietly they tiled oii the HWY

ison ship that bimuoht them

om Britain to Canada. and. who watched these erstwhile dealt warriors said they had been as apeacei-ul as lambs," on the entire

p.

Majority oi the captives were men otptuzed at various times in the struggle in the Libyan Desert and they seemed quito content. that tiiweir lighting days were over. Clad in noii-(lescript prisoners Barb. 171101! were taken oif the trolispflft 0Y1 11

cold, w t ht guarded 10w oiesold ers with iixebd biwoiiets.

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Bil k1 in 0h Kill-PB 01

iigiliiitngiiey wtsnt directly to trainl

gluing to to-ke them to 011601 mp4.

There were no demostrations and they looked to be the model vil- toners ship-guards said they 110d been ior the entire trio-

_i.-_-€—--- CINEMAS LOSE SEAT!

IDNDON. — (GP) —— Best-alcoh- lnx in cinemas especially in IR‘- 118011 towns is causing 1011M? W Eillgalellii. owners and 001:‘ oi the; 1'11 r ulterior used to 01111141 0

teats have bee; stolen in hundreds.

0oming Events

"limiter River (Jhrisianas Ocnctrt tonight.

"Collect h mry nria . Ple- i “i grille IlcDo i, neiiireriotiiitw m- l-lfi-N-gtf.

“Donlt miss flarrinltm Qiflfl- "It Concert in the Hal - . Member 23nd. 1042- .

"Farmers

ahi hon advise l0’

Mefluigan andoloy ia-io to so "Christmas Ounce

Ellen school has?‘ heverllii" 1M- lrnc Dance after.’ iz-ii-

"We are buying live and cron-

ui chickens llld f ldll, s- "1111011 market "i3? w: hJrl- , than. ‘$0031.01: .022 hf." 11°11 Home. m. p dI-IB-tf "Noun-m Girlsimas New Yeai-‘a will 1.1"... v lllirdloalmaté” QnIGC-Iltl- a. M. uritii 11.80. . 0. ones‘ I114 A. o. Gavan iz-ai-si.

French Troops Battle

Warns Dangers

Of Bur_ie_cr_ucracy

Urges Establishment of Under- Secretaries To Federal Ministers During Wartime.

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WINNIPDG Dso 01- (C?) - Bon. John Premier oi Manitoba and newiivflwlbd 1W1“

the Progressive Conservative Pei-w oi Canada. tonight urged es- tablishment oi under-secretaries to ml biinlstera in the 11

during wartime. In a broadcast address ova‘ Q10 National Network cf the Canadian

as 1 iporati

th t war uia errllment had not daveloilvd d?“ lnooratic devices, but a bureaucra- scbninlstration. Mr.

to l the mean I VI maximum o co-operatloil 1n 1t! W" efforts.” To ay. 111. the P"- iiaimentcr oviwelflon 1111111 11"" in a for in satisfactory situation. "Under war pressure. the 8010111‘-

Iluga Bureaucracy

"It will be amnitted that man! oi these Ministers are work to the limit o: their ceaeeltv- But 1111 large pm oi their work beyond their capacity, the government by Omar-An " bu. delegated, in many cases without essential dem- ocratic restrictions and controls, to a huge and wi biueuucrsoy. "The resul is, t government appointees, who are in no demo a‘ tic sense responsible to the peo is oi this country, not only adm n- ister vast enterprises. but shim’- entiy w-mulato government policy, ly announce government policy; and in some cases this new order of civil servants even public- ly criticizes government policy. I scarcely need to remind you that the usurpation oi these powers by bureaucracy is the negation oi re- sponsible government." While admitting the difficulties oi war administration were great

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lioinan Catholic iihaplain iiies

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Mon , Guelph 0110.‘, mid Qt. '0 Gil- ehd was well

after graduating om Loyola

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Dining his career. he hold sever- al pants appointments, inchiding. one in Vancouver.

Ilinerel servtce vi be heidhfls a“ .. with biriel at Ouebii,

Strong Allied Attacks in iiew Guinea

HIADQUAITITERI A Dec 22—(CP)- (‘mesda )— e Allied attack a- gainst t two remaining J an- ese sfi positions in ‘than use l. steady Ilsa d the an- Qnys do-or lo was». t!" Ailed headquarters comm ue

today.

One of the main gierediome strips

sec has n captured. cnirn laid. ~ ...," o ccnumuii- d, "with the coordinated s oi ton and artiila and av ation, is ma steady -

way.

‘A sons of heavy bunker-type atron i . with supporting a d *:.*:.*:.'-:E°=€::i';si"v.s-c..v. and a "i3?! ti» en-

Seok To Block iionimeLs Arniy In Big Iietreat

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British 8th Army Within 280 Miles 0f Tripoli.

Iv James I. l Associated Press Staff rlttl

LONDON, Dec. II -—('I‘uesday)-- (Aib-Jrrench tnoo have with- stood a strong counter-attack less than 00 miles from the eastern Tunisian coast in their continuing eiiort to drive eastward and block Martial nommelb retreating forces being pursued westward toward Tripoli in Libya, dispatches from North Airlgii said early today.

The French troops withstood a “powerful counter-attack" oi the Ax1a west of Kairouan, presumably at the town oi Pichon which they captured yesterday in their advance toward Bousse, a French communi- que said. The R.A.F. lent strong support in this fight, it was added.

In Libya the British 0th Army advancing along the Mediterran- ean was within 250 miles oi ‘Ikipoli amid increasing signs that Rom- mel's fleeing troops tend to cross into ‘runisis ior a inal stand in the battle oi Africa.

The Morocco radio said the Axis desert ieadei’; forces already had reached Misiirata, only 100 miles from Tripoli. A Berlin radio broad- cast said Rommel was heeded "ior prepared positions," but gave no 3,1110 as to where these were likely

The indications were, however, that Rommel was going into Tri- poli, hencs the Allied-supported Ranch eiiort to head him oii by siriiroic mmlon southern mriisis toward the Bousse area. Improving weather in ‘hinlsis, the Hench said, caused a resump- tion oi widespread allied air act- ivity "in nil sectors," although the major British and American around troops in northern Tunisia still limited their action to patrols. The Axis viras re r d moving "1911 T111111 THDOU 0st lg Libyan base available to Rommel, ‘Tunisia. and cvcn withdrawing men and material from its im r- ilied Russian front in an eiior to hold the French roteotolato o - write Sicily and e toe oi Ita y. These moves followed an im- portant Axis strategy conference at Hitler's headquarters. The Axis concentration on Tunisia as o. ma or battleground appeared 10¢. ica becaues oi its proximity to Axis mainland bases in Italy.

Thus far the Axis is be- lieved to haw hp roxlniateiy 25.000 men in Tun sin, rein- "Nllll that total by air trans- of 8.000 troops weekly. A Daily Mail dispatch also said that. a convoy oi I50 French ships was in in Axria-ogcupied aiutherr: Prone}:

or an s cmpt o swe he Tunisian forces.

Such a nture would be ex- tremely ri _ because of British sea dominance in the Mediterran- ean, but observers pointed out

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10 Per Bent iiog increase Sought iiere

orrawa Doc. 21 -(OP)--Rfi- atchewan start. ivscamrielirn t0- inorrow to do its share to increase M. y; that Oliildl W111 be a le

mducts to Britain and vet glitz“; ficient for the domestic market, agriculture minister Gard- gfir aaigletgday on his return from

‘fllznhacon Board aims at havinl no; growers market 0,000, in 1948 compared with 0,250,000 1002 and to do that each prov- m“ has been given a uota. Bask- atohewsn has been es ed to in- ts production by ‘l0 per cent imni 081mb pigs to 1,000,000.

Mr. Gardiner raid the campaign in Saskatchewan would be through newspaper advertising and radio.

Alberta which supplied 2.206.000 1110s this year is asked to increase this figure by 20 per cent; Manitoba toad “percent boitsflgure oi 000,000; Ontario 00 per cent to i,- ifnm; Quebec as per cent to 000.- 010‘ New Bninswick to hold its own

.000: Prince Iidwsrd Island to add 10 per cent to MLMO: Nova Scotla l) per Columbia 00

cent to 6.280: British per cent to 37.000. TIXAI PUITED nooomu. nuns, bee. n-rai» state ill 1:010

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' Mai-Gen. Fleischer

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(Associated Hess Staff Writer)

NEW DELHI, INDIA, Dec. 21 — (AP) -- Japan's first raid on Cal.- cutta. last night, obviously in re- pi-isai ior the iiilwst 0i . Sir Archibald Wavelrs troops less than 60 miles from Aliyah, Burma, was a fiasco, British authorities said to-

Tho British troops had not yet faced Japanese opposition since ad- vancing 40 lanes alone; the Alluvial Coastal Plains cut h.’ dozens cf rivers and liberally carpeted with jungle _8.X1§l_lIl&_DBT0lI_E_ swamps, Lack

NIW YORK. bee. ll --(Al') —.Iapaucse planes raided Cal- cutta again tonight according to a. BBC broadcast recorded by Federal communications commission.

The first Japanese raid on the Indian city occurred Sunday ‘night.

Vichy-French satellites at their week-end conference, in the ' "‘

(By lirke 1.. llmpsou. Associated Press was Analyst)

llitler hid before his Italian and the eslential _. in North Africa.

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Thsrssrevarlvusviswsastswhatlsetplasost the esnfeluos. Obsrversstflsvnsthinkflitlsptsllfiuntfllanqllliusafanionthpi and Laval, French puppet, that Naai help in the south must be limited by conditions in the Russian front. Other reports indicate that he ord- ered an all-ant effort to hold the Tunisian bridgehead at sli costs. Thsre is no question, however, that the Allied flank attack in Africa

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0o some desperate action, and his

Bnssisn fess are making the most of their opportunity.

The Russian surge across the middle Don is the third or podbiy the icnrth major winter attach ivy Red Armies in quick succession on a iront tbst extends from lnkelliacn in the north 1,0 gouthwggf, 0| Stlliflsfld on the lower Don. Moscow claims it has been rolling vvest- ward at s. rate of close to t0 miles a day.

O I O O

A Naxi broadcast hinted d a possible explanation of the initial Russian successes. 1t said a movement to "shorten the lines" in the sector from Voroneah southward along the Don was in progress. Ii that means surrender oi s. wide stretch of the Don front that Illtier poured out German blood to reach, it malts s. grave deterioration in his eastern winter front positions. Only an urgent necessity o: transferring heavy iorocs from Russia to the Mcdlterrlllean theatre could account ior it.

Jap’s Calcutta Raid Described As Fiasco *

British Drive Into Burma Meets No Enemy

Three Missing in Montreal Tenement Fire

MONTREAL, Dec. 2l-—(CP)-— Three ilersons were missing and believed dead tonight and tilrce others were in hospital suffer- ing burns and shock after iii-a that iolioivnr; an explosion gutted nine iinls in a tenement district in the north-east section oi’ ‘Montreal.

‘lhose missing were Mrs. Jacob Crotoau, her ’ ughter Madeleine, 22, and Waller

“' emergency crew worker

oi loads and quick communications

facilities shrouded their progress. Reports from Calcutta to the cap-

ital said the nellai enemy put on "a

very poor show."

“ would. have thought the Japs would have made an effort do better in their initial attack." 01710 official said.

He reported that the raid failed to cause panic caning the people and that casualties were light. Cal- cutta. chic-i Indian industrial city and arsenal. hos thousands oi miles oi slit trenches. The raiders kept hilglh and stayed only about one h ihour

A few bombs were dropped also at Chittagong on the east shore oi the Bav oi Bengal about midway be- tween Calcutta and Ahab.

Blenheim bombers escorted by fighters attacked Magwe. 160 miles east oi and second only to that Bay oi Bengal port im- fiirtanco as a west Bumta air base.

any bombs burst on the IUTOIT.

autiior ties

runways and British said the results were "good

Dies At Ottawa

OTTAWA, Dec. 3i —(OP)— Ml].

Gen. Cari Gustav Fleischer, 00, coerunander-in-diiei oi the Nor- wegian iorces in Canada. died sud- denly at hi; residence here satur- day. Funeral services will be held in Montreal Wednesday it was announced at the Royal Norwegian nation today. A graduate of the Norwegian Mhitary Academy. Gen. Fleischer ha! been a member oi the general btlff Since 1000 and conducted the defence oi North Norway in i940. The a istancs, particularly in the Nnrvik area, was attributed largely to his skill, determination and de- termined pstriotian.

Gen. fleisuier came to Canada in August i940 to take over his duties as wmmsnder-in-chief of the Norwegian forces in this coun- try. In recognition oi his rvlcsg

to the Allied cause King p]; in 104i made bin a Knight and commander oi the Order the

Bath. Hc is survived by his wife, new residing in lhgland.

Less Non-Essential Travel Requested UPPAWA, Dec. flh-(CIU-Eflil- islet-ion oi civilian mrseflrgl and 011M111: events which can for railway trwvei is necessary to rc- love naively on: inn. Munitions Mkltstsr Howe d in a Itiatemcrt

Indlmtlom are that more than 00 pa omit ct Mierhiied conven- tions have been mar/rolled but even

with a recast ap- pal

of the Montreal Light ileat and Power Corporation.

1n hospital were Jacob Cro- the ber

cover irom burns and shock.

Croiosu was . scued from the basement oi tiic burning ten- ement block more than an hour after the explosion. i-‘iremcn used pneumatic drills cut. through debris to reach him and the rescue was made when he WM standing in water up to his hips after. it had poured down from streams oi water playing on the fire over his head.

Croteau, 05. was a former Montreal police and his Ion was one oi the esi who battled the flames.

The explosion was believed to have come from the Crotesn flat, with ilimies spreadlns from there to other ilats in the block. The fl were brought. under control more than three hours after the explosion.

While the blue in the north- east section was at ita height. a two-alarm outbreak took prac- tically all the reinalnl equip- ment available to a bu rllng at. the corner oi Dorohester and Essex Streets in tho central part sf the elty.

Piano With 13 Aboard Missing

VANCOUVER, Dec. Keen-eyed pilots, hampered by weather, cries-c s r118 coastal ares 00 miles wide b! miles deep ooda searching for ortdmisslng with 18 a . Bi ht planes took huh , their only clue th missing

Mleftilll request for ‘ ding

from interior Prince George, B.C.

co- ilot Cont. Bill Holland.

na Young ardess. mid l eel the list 0i those abblrd engers 08'

C: H. Stuart, Vancouver; it

compliance for elimination of non-essen- tial Havel is necessary, he saint

2l—(OP)— the Bed 60 a canadisn Psoif c Airlines trans- persons a-

in the s fact that aircraft had made ‘its n: structions as it soared over the tweaks oi the Cascades at an alti- ude of 14,000 feet Sunday night near the end oi a three-hour 1110110

ek, veteran north rind flier, and his

oi Edmonton. stew- pasnengers amiplsitl-

e plane. C.P.A. identified the pum- s. s. sinith. Btrawblirfy mu. i

Schroeder. Milwaukee. Wis: Jhmes J. Goyie. Seattle: Cont. Ker Beat-

eouver and RAd Bait-rt. Vancouver.

Axis Hear Tunisian Coast

Bad Fire In Quebec Gity

Flames Rage For

Hours; Five‘ Com-i merciai Buildings Gutted.

QUEBEC. Dec. zi-ICPL-Fire- men tonight were still fighting two tires that raged all day, one that broke out early this morning in loweniown St. Roch ward and the other at oidtown Abraham Hill burning during

were iiijilrtld.

ihat, began afternoon.

Ilievcn iirmien one Sfli‘i')ii'~‘i_\‘, lil the that broke out in a three-story building in lowertovvn Jacquel car- tier Parish around seven o'clock

this morning,

The iire, now under control, gutted five commercial buildings mid two houses and damaged 30 residential flats, The bulldin s housed Sico paint factory, Cyriic Rcbiinille furniture warehouse, the Frontenac shoe factory, Morriaet et Freres garages and the work- shop 0i Boner, ct this, wagon mak-

ers.

Sonic ‘*0 families were forced out oi tliei,» homes and left without lOtigiligy Militia was called out to k013i) order i-iffilllld the burning block, formed bv Caron, 8t. An- selmo L11, C~iiarii.ssaires and Prince Eciouz-rzi SiPIIZFiéT,

i-Iarniperod bv sub-zero temper- atures and hick oi water pressure, the whole iirc brighde was still righting the blaze this afternoon when another alarm was sound- ed in mid-town Abraham Hill. Firemen and equipment were rushed to check the second lire that was still ragin tonight. Flames originated in t- e Cleaners and quickly spread to the adjoining building, housing tihe Compagnie de Mnrbre et milles and two flats, and menacing n slid two four-storey

inorfoéiioir Praises Air Training Plan

OTTAWA, Dec. 21 —(CPJ—Prc- sident Roosevelt described the Brit- ish Commonwealth Air Training Plan as "one of. the grand concept.- ions oi this war, grand both in de- sign and execution," ‘in a. letter to Prime Minister Mackenzie King on the occasion oi the third nnnlver- Biiiy oi the signing of the British Commonwealth Air ‘Training Agree- merit.

Bbliowiiig is the text oi Mr. Roosevelt's letter, dated Dec. 16 and made public today by the Prilne Ministeri oiiice:-— My dear Mr. Prime Minister:- I have been requested to send s. word of greeting on the third an- niversary oi the slgnin! oi the British Commonwealth Air Train- ing Agreement.

This I um glad to do, ior this agreement embodied one oi the grand conceptions oi this war. grand both in design and execution. It is a privilege for me to pay iri- bute to Canada on such an occas- ion. for the plan has been to a great extent Canada's responsibility and Canada's achievement.

Before Pearl Harbor, hundreds of our American youth. eager to share in the fight against brutal aggres- sion. flocked to Canada. joined the R C.A.i=‘., went through your training plan and qualified as air-

crew.

Lest December, Canada. with gen- erosity and understanding. roads the way easv for the return of these fine young men to fight un- der their own flag. ii they so de- sired. But wherever they fight or whatever uniform they wear, they are ail playing a noble part in the common struggle.

May this great air training plan, which. as I once said on another oc- casion has made Canada the air- drome oi democracy. g0 from strength to strength.

May it continue to send into the skies thousands oi eager and cour- flieous young fliers. until the en- emy is swept from the nir and lies cnisherl on earth beneath the ruins of his own temple of tyranny.

Message From Defence Ministers

Biience grcetcd the CPA. c0n- joint Christmas message, Defence trol tower at Vancouver simort Mtln-iistor Poo-or and Navy Minister when it called back to vo in- Maflronnid in... exprhem mo“. 8011100911! l0 c l» Em" K115i“ eppmvciniinn io mr-miwrs oi Cam

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