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Allies Are Poised‘

For T|1r_e_i_e_ Drives

(B! James I. King, Associated Press ltsff Writr)

LONDON, Dec. ltl-MPI-Fighter planes urgently needed by the Allies to clear the skies for their final full-scale lunge against the Asia y, Tunisia were reported pouring into advance bases in “assembly u“, flylg" today, but heavy rains created a temporary lull in ground “min; in that sector, broken only by jabbing patrol action.

Dispatches said downpoura bad turned the winding mountain ma; west of Tunis and Diserte into yellow streams of mud, mlring mo- tor vehicles and further complicating the Allies‘ heavy supply problems.

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Allied forces had resumed the of fensive in the Tebourba - Mat/cur sector, but there was no confirmat- ion from Allied headquarters. Fight- tngpatrols and parachute troops “1“l.".i’°"‘§ “’ ‘i.’ "“".“.%‘.‘l.“ “"2 ccc. 1oug,an one e men ALLIED "EADQUARTERIL of Allied paradiutists was said to

IN have cut Axis supply routes south of rill» "-1" "s "W" '“"°" linlstfexrficiiiigggewitliiilei0ogitligrlpf Vi"! lddlmm“ Ax“ while" fine %apital city. . o

"n; reported today flying into central Tunisia in an effort to iloii the advance of United gum parachute troopathreat- wing to sover- Axis communi- cations between Tunisia and illn-

lig Guns Blaze icross Channel

LONDON, Dec. ll-(Frlti-‘lyi .-(Ci')-i!ig guns on both sides oi the English Channel opened lip early today for the second _ exchange of fire since nightfall.

The gunfire, beginning again at 1:30 1am. after a three-hour (liili, shook the coastal region. British guns opened fire at i5 o'clock last night and were ‘wered by German guns based rer a uide area along the- Frcncli Coast. The artillery duel was the first in nearly a month.

Thu exchanges was outinuous for ‘l5 minutes during which the Germans lobbed a number oi shells into the southeast coast area, vlhere ahelifire alarm was sounded,

llona Area ls Captured

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA. Dec 11 --(i"-'.1day>- (Gib-Collapse of a counter-at- kck by Japanese ground troops tripped at Buno and confirmation ol reports tlint the Allies have oc- cupied all of Gone on northeast ‘Nev Guinea's shore were announc- tti today in the Allied commands iloon communique.

0i Buns. where the Allies now Ill in position to throw strength hitherto divided between that point Irlli Gona some l2 miles up the “Si, the communique stated:-

a counw-attaclr by the enemy lo the Buns area collapsed under till‘ lire. Bitter hand-tc-hnncl “fifths ensued throughout _the {aostion iii s strugge for pillbox- 7P! tfltmv machlnegm. emplace- Ilenls 0111- air force continued in duct support oi‘ the action "

t)! Gone, it said:- “The Gciio area has been com-

"Y "scurried by our forces."

Coming Events

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German Claims

The Berlin radio. qllvtlmz “com- petent German military quarters." claimed that Axis forces had oc- cupied Tabarka, Tlmlsian seaport on the Mediterranean only l0 miles from the Algerian frontier and far into territory presumably cctltrolled by the Allies.

Allied headquarters said they had not heard anything about the le- port. Informed mllit sources said if it were true the would have had to land considerable forces by sen. to make the occupation ef- fective. To have l ached Tabarka by land, they said, an Axis column would have had to fight its wuy through strong Allied forces, and no such engagement had been re- ported on the north coast of Tun- is a,

The German news and propaganda agency D.N.B. also made an un- supported claim that the Axis had captured an important pass south- west. of Tebcurba, as well as two more hei his in the some area. and destroy 20 Allied tanks It said that all Allied counter-attacks on Tebourba had collapsed in the face of strong anti-tank and ack-ack fire and dive-bomber resistance.

French headquarters in North Africa reported through the Mor- occo radio that its "offensive le- connstssanoe movement continued according to plan."

8th Anny Stabs Ahead

Geri, Sir Bernard Montgomery's British 8th army, poised for an 5;. sault on the entrenched Germans at El Agheila in Libya, wag yo- ported in sharp preliminary stabs to fcel out t-he enemv fortifications, but at spolilresman said when sir Ber- nar rsa l l, "tn

secret aboilt it?“ are M" be no

Five Bodies Are Recovered

HALIFAX, Dec. IO-(CPl-Jltle R..C.A.F_ announced tonight the bodies of five of six armen tilled in a flying boot crash here yester- day had been lax-overeat. The body riot yet found was that of PO. J.G. MoMastxr of Port Perry, Ont. The twin-engined plane plunged to the bottom while taking off at Eastern Passage. Ore member of the seven-man crew survived. ‘Fhose killed, with their next-of- kin, were; F0. J.G. McMaster, Mrs. E. Mc- Master. Port Perry, Ont.

F0. R. A. Shannan, Mrs. R. A. Sharman (wife). Halifax. P0, E. S. Corbett. S. P. Corbett (father). Perlder, BC.

Sgt. J. Richardson, Mrs. ll. P. navtozi (motherl, North Bay, Ont.

cpl. E, W. Werrv. Mrs. E. W. Worry (wile), Halifax.

"Talkies SOLITL! Mbnday. n m m

"allislmas Concert, Fredericton

Beef Prices Reviewed

WASl-UNUION. Dec, i0-(APl— m an attempt to remedy mwirls shortages of beef in many areas of the United States. the Office of Price Administration tonight re- vamped wholesale rice celilnss to permit "moderate increases in som cases.

flie order sets forth specific dol- lars-and-cents ceilings for "mt

Reserve Dec. 22 for Christmas ‘mil 1n North Wiltshira r3111.“ a"

idey Lodge, N0. 27, 1.0.0.1". w-nlsht. Nomination of of- H-lidi

It lite loll.

"All! unloadin N ls t H b B o i cs a il-rcasrrr "r" "natal,-

"fifties o packers in i0 cones. The wit!!! blria...'t.l.lzar-..tztl"“z.. one-i». "from i» a I icy, “do,” reading scale accordlntz to "l6 zones’ distance from the basins

mint. Kansas Olty, Mo. Previous-

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“mills wishing to shi d ess-

‘i h"! Ind sows advise ‘iicrclui- m! Boyle. 1'.'-'l-'ll

each caoirewa ceiling was "and

Y... highest March 91'1"-

"Mlklloll meeting! Mall Couriers a 1 a I anon Italian Spy lilng

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Church m" “mildly. Dee. l2, syn u. ir-ii-al “W! "vs one dressed poul-

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daily. highest l: t -8erv' m“ "m" mo pa ammo, Dec. 1o- . r. i§°c',‘,',‘,'},§’§"§§§‘°f,_f_‘§§ (AP) - count Ddmondo Robilant.

h; 1 1 a large Italian spy ring ‘Sp-ital... in south America. and five of his aides were fenced

_ IIMRSO *—-—i-— . "imadre requested to rncet in u Security 'I‘rlbuna.l ic-

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g 1 _ _, w y ma National ‘ funeral of their-wists 5:0- _ Nicholson. li-il-ii

mil-n in prison.

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. - _ _ ‘I111 th mbe of the crew, ‘ . Tlmday. Dec. 22nd. i2 l1 i1 my esnri-‘zhte’; mfmedgvgukfl (fin an‘; ‘Res i Lawrence, whose e vea s rnirdrltivegélifigifi...nl§gncfflf Moncton-NB.

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Another Nazi General “Fircd" By Hitler

By E. C. Daniel Associated Press Staff Writer IDNDON. Dec. IO-(APJ-Geii. Kurt Zeltzler, 47-year-old "polit- ical general" who until this year was only a colonel and a personal friend of Nazi Gostspo chief Hein- rich Himmler. has become Hitters principal military aide, displacing Geri. Franz Holder as chief of the

German general staff.

The German news and props- ganda agency DNB announced the appointment today, thus confirm- tngrreports that have been current for some weeks.

Continental reports reaching Inrlclon have described Zcltzler as a "gangster" noted foi- nls 111th. ieasness in the Balkan campaign in i041 and for his knowledge of armored warfare.

The appointment constitutes a new recognition for the Nazi party's own arm within the German army -—the SS. which Himmler com- mands These brownshirtk have been strengthened as Hitler's breach with officers of the Prus- Slflil tradition has widened.

Holder was reported offered command of the operational divis- ion of the general staff undrr Zeit- zler, at least 10 years Holders 11m- iceréebut his decision was not known

At the time milder was dis. missed, the enraged Hitler was rc- wrled to have summoned him be- fore .the entire staff, bluntly ex- pressed his displeasure that Hald- er was unable to carry out Hitler's ideas about tile Russian campaign, and truftlv told him "you may go."

Charge 25,000 0e llaulllsts Are Imprisoned

LONDON, Dec. l0—(APl-The Fighting French charged tonight that thousands of Fk-endlmeri- possibly 25.0S0-have been impris- cried by Vichy as De Gaullists or as other foes cf Vichy and still are held in Nor in African jails and camps despite President Roose- velt's request for their liberation.

The controversy over Admiral Jean Dar-Ian's stewardship i; Afri- ca picked up further momentum when Gen. Charles De Gauile alle- goricaliy urged the Allies to aban- don Dorian as a "detour" no long- er needed and commms heard Prime Minister Church'ii state Britain's attitude toward Darlm.

Recalling that President Roose- velt 0n Nov. l’? recur-sled the re- lease of all political prisoners in Nc-rth Africa, the Fighting French said that their infest information indicated only one or narrows two prisoners out of about 23,Cf0 had been freed.

The exact number held is not known, the Fighting Frerlcli said. They added it Ls known that Vichy sent so mariv political prisoners to Morocco that the Jails wore over- taxed and concentration camps were built. Hundreds cf Army and Navy officers were said to have been jailed in Dakar and Marlin- lque for attempting to coritmue the war from those buses lone bc’ore the United States entered the ccn- flict.

Accuse Bolsson 0f Brazen Lie

NEW YORK, Dec. 10—(AP)—The fighting French radio at Brazza- ville, French Equatorial Africa, to- night sccused Pierre oisson, Gov- cf French West Africa, of telling a "brazen-faced lie" when he said Dakar had not been used by une Germans as a submarine baao or for any other

pin-pose.

For months there have been ra- ports that German submarines raided in soutn Atlantic waters with help from Dakar, which clams into the Allied fold this week agreement of Boiescn and Admiral Jean Dorian and Lt.-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Benson's denial yesterday that tho Germans had used Dakar was quickly challenged by the figfltinl French radio at Brazaaville in a broadcast heard hen by CB8.

Expect More Butter To Be Manufactured

UITAWA. Dec. 10-(0P)—.Di- version of milk into butter inan- {ifaeturins Is a result of the 010l- re

h faotn i Ml i0

.3: gilgetllilffflil ‘batch-magnifier.

the Dominion Bureau of St-ltiflfl be out

it total enamel’! induction of 10.000900 pou month owed an increase of

last year was only onwr cent.

ery gdzrtcltlion "in the ow n aar was . . molidd, co iii-es with 214,000,000

pmi ilnds in t e corresponding per- igii of i041, a decline of l.'l per

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War Situation Last Night

(By William '1‘. Peacock. Associated Press wai- Analyst)

With the complete occupation of Gena, Allied troops ara near their objective of throwing the Japanese in the Buns-Gena ares into the sea but much hard fighting undoubtedly lies ahead before the enemy can be cleared from the Papuan peninsula,

O O O O O O

Once the Japanese penned up in a narrow beacheahd about Buna are overcome, Allied headquarters presumably will turn attention to the enemy bases of Salamaua and Laa westward up the New Guinea coast from Buna.

Oiwlfltlorls against those two strong points would present great difficulties. There are no roads from Buna to the Salnmaua-Lae area and the intervening country is broken by mountains’ and swamps.

O O O O I O

At first glance, it would appear that any major attack against them would necessarily have to be sea-borne. That was tho opinion of many ob- servers, however, regarding Buns and Gona which are connected only by a ltlll-mile mountain trail with the Australian-American base of Port Moresby on the southern New Guinea coast.

Tl"! Japanese advance last August over this trail, which rises at some points to an elevation of 6,000 feet, failed lint only because of Aus- tralian-American resistance but also because of supply difficulties. Dispatches told of troops finding unmarked bodies of Japanese who apparently had died in the mountains of starvation.

O O O O O O

Nevertheless, means have been found to keep the considerable body of troops supplied when the Japanese were forccd back over this trail to the Dunn-Gena area, Reports from the fighting have not made clear liow this was done, but presumably air transport figured im- portantly. There have been indications, too, that in the latter stages of iiilt? ilmpalgn some supplies were brought by small boat. around the ,en nsu

Reds Beat Back Counter-Attacks

By EDDY GILMORE Associated Press Staff Writer

MOSCOW, Dec- ll —(l\-iday) —- (AP)— Thousands of German troops supported by score; of tanks charged from their ice-covered fortifications Thursday in sustained coirnter-attaoks on the central and Stalingrad fronts, but the Russians said they destroyed at least 3,500 Nasis and 50 tanks, and held firmly to the wedge they have driven into f‘ positions.

"At the cost of heavy losses the encmy succeeded in advancing slightly" in an undisclosed sector on t/he central front, the Thursday midnight communique conceded. But it added "all attempts by the Germans to develop their success were frustrated by our units."

uIn ‘hese engag('nents the Ger- .‘L_‘i

maéls suffered Qllfflt losses llndmen blrllrliexillilolitlztbnks wetisje lgiizpgye that: Collapses. I I While Speaking

ollwllle battlgfied Nine Gel-man

aircraft were shot down in air com- WINNIPEG, Dec l0 —((.‘P) Howard Green, candidate for

bats and two weze destroyed by the Conservative National lead-

onti-nircraft fire." The Germans used 60 tanks in ership, collapsed on the speak- ers‘ platform at civic auditori-

thls counter-attack and lost two- thirds of iiYvrl Presumably zhls strong Nazi effort occurred some- where between Rzhev and velikie Luki, the two points northwest of Mosccw where the heaviest fighting has been going on. Fheid dispatches ea:iicr had reported a Russian ad- yance Ff 1g 2 “miles ago titlifld cap- ll'€ o v ages. ut i not m; h he made his give the lcilgth of time this ad- flfimilflgn‘ grew“ u, ‘he N“. Vance Wfik‘ tional convention. $3235‘. ill“’“.l2“‘-ll°slfflhiilfill M“ “m” """ ""°“‘ “"“' ‘ “I: -° Y r" = wa thro h his speech when stubborn resistance the Red Army hcymmedutn hesitate, as i; a; is‘ erecting both on the Central a h“ m‘. ‘he right wont The“ fronts, and northwest and sotlth- he “opp”; “Hung aurogethgug west cfStalingrnd Observers he:e The chalmmn clued “Urdu... said this was certnill i0 9"“? a5 although there was no distur- itahe Red A my digs deeper into the lance’ appuemly “m, a New rtstling defences the Nazis have u, ‘Mug the spake, a chance to collect hi; thoughts Mr. Green attempted to con- tinue but his voice grew faint and, as his knees sugged, puple on tlhe platform rushed to sup- port him In a minute his tall, lean figure was stretched out on the floor- He was carried off, and

G0v’t T0 Unshackle War Prisoners Today

ggid was tn a survey of Novam- _

erected at al rear-line communic- li R Milner, Joint convention

ation points UITAWA Dec. l0—-(CP)-Prime chairman, announced Mr Green

Ministe Mackenzie King today an-

nounce at, _ l prqpgsgl from ,,,e'e§},?,°,§;°go,,‘l,,,§ had collapsed from the strain merit, Canada will abandon lu- of the moment.

Mr. Green's collapse will not affect his campaign for lead- ership of the Party, Hon it L Maitland of Vancouver, one of Mr. Green's ardent supporters said after talking with the Vancouver South Member.

Turin Hard Hit For Second Successive Night

m°YP°W flight the policy of shack- 11118 a number of German rison- crs of war adopted early 0c-

RS Peiirlsfll against similar treatment by Gemiany of Canad- ian and British prisoners.

fires were extensive. They said oss- ualties for last. nimlt were still un- counted but that for the previous

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Canadians on the Turin raid

LONDON Dec. 1o - (AP) -—A

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wtlvnfrrlc, Dec. l0 - (or) - A four-point conservative creed" ' —- a general summary of the pri11- copies for which the party will pledge itself to stand through the years-Aves approved today by tile 1 Coiiservathe National Convention, amid general applause.

‘tFreedolii, security, opportunity" and ldiitlsli paitiiersiiip" is the one- llrie title of the creed. its four posits appear under these four sub- ‘ headings‘.

Following is the text of the creed as drafted b the convention rc- soiutioiis an policy committee: ;

1_ Frecdoiri: Freedom is founded on a sense of responsibility toward bud and the belief that all men and W911i?“ hill/e lrcen endowed by i-liln ,- witirindivldual worth and dignity. 1

BB1": sown in inwortsnce before 1 3""- ihfy should be secured in’ equality 0i opportunity under the law and in the full Glmfclsggyf me

free melillfe Loon“: me heritage or 3- Stvuriti": Fre d . filial?‘ ‘when soclclesggillritlylll gridahrfi- _cllore become a fundamental §>PJOCUV6 of the nation, Freedom flllgné-Sggilxiiflllaxig fitnifgoln from m“ ‘ma, {aénuydnfel Di-ly and nor- flll an fear must b; banished ""1 Security bro m i reg‘; ofaalio Canadians?“ wmm h ~ PDortunity: The prosperity of the Canadian people depends on our Qefmyfl capacity, individual init- "mveqvur snei-sy. determination "ml “Hlulsncss w work. uanuui WfmPill-IQD for‘ all i5 a primary 9b- Jet-llve or Conservative policy,

We affirm our faith in the future 0f a United Canada. Our natural "sililmfli. uii-ccr progressive devci. “Pnlelli. can be made to provide g, lush SLflllClMd of living lcr all Can- actions and for a larger populatlgn drawn from people irrliose intel- Hkcnce and love uf freedom will ilt liicm lOl‘ a deriiccracy in the British

tradition.

o. 111v: British Partnership: We aitlrlri our loyalty to the “m; and our faith iii the British partnership. We accept the NSDOHSlDiUElCS to- gether with the benefits of this partnership.

The Bllflmrllce of freedom, security _ and opportunity for Canadians will! bzriound ll’! the strengthening of the British commonwealth, its closer association with the United States of America and our other fighting Allies, and iii the appllcgt- ion 0i the principles oi the At-

Small Packs Cigarettes And Tobacco Cut

OTTAWA. Dec. ltF-(Cfi- Small phckages of cigarels I110 dime packages of pips tobacco must go, the Prices Board ruled today. After April 30 next the smltlieSt package of cignrr-is made for sale in Can- ada will contain l8 cigarcts and no i-(llltzillicr of cut tobacco will hold less than l-l3th of a puullli

The restrictions nouuced by David Siin. Ad- ministrator of Tobacco. who with an advisory committee from the trade. has for Slime time been studying the poss- ibilities of conservation in packaging A number of plans ha", lm-n considered and some not now adopted may be in- troduced later, the board un- nouncemcnt said.

The order prohibits intro- ducticn of new brands of i0- bacco products and the sise, labelling and pricing of brands now sold is not to be "i103- Suvlngs in material and labor vvili assist manufacturers in meeting increased costs in raw materials

It is expected that the reg- ulations will assist in over- coming local shortages in 1h! supply of cigareta by enabling the operation of cigaret ma- chines at full capacity on standard packages.