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FRDIA SURROUND Ell. ITALIANS RETREAT

Newsman

Of Ordeal In

Drifting

Boats

Was passenger on torpedoed Western Prince; Saw Nazi

Sub from lifeboat.

French Ships Sail from ll. S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 18- (AP) — The French freighter Fort De France 4,279 tons, sailed for Mar- tinique today, despite an attempt

the British Ministry oi ship-

g to hold her in port. Also on the high seas, her des-

tination unknown, was the 'l.0l1-ton POE

French tanker Merope which lei

Phiiadeipilla. without cargo. Other M

French ships which have sailed from United States ports recently under sirniiar circumstances are reported to be aiding in the evacuation oi Frenchmen from the British Isles.

The Fort De France had been held in port by a federal writ of attachment granted Nov. 25 pending trial of a $145,000 libel brought by Britain for alleged failure of an- other French merchantman to de- liver a British cargo.

French line. officials quietly or- ranged clearance yesterday after- noon. Just before court closed, they deposited a certified ch ue for $155,487, covering libel an litiga- i1°l1 chuigfis. 8nd obtained an order vacating tha attachment.

PARIS. Dec. lit-fbelavedy-(Via Berim)—(AP)-'I'he universities of fills my closed after demonstra- tions by students on Armistice Day, wlil be reopened Dec. 20, the Ger- lnan military command has an- nounced.

Five of 1L9 students arrested dur-

flfll the demonstrations in the

01mm Elyaees will be tried before ll military court om charges of particularly serious acts," the command said.

Coming Events

. o "Tnlklcs-Sourls Thursday. il-allo-lz-ll-li.

‘qiaikles-Mflntague Friday alid laluiilay. Ll-aca-iz-rl-li.

"Buying poultry daily, dressed ‘my- W- 1- INWIIIIH. l-lunter Kiwi‘.

"Buying live hogs Friday, Dec. 10th. lueivin nulmau, may Bilg- Wil Hunter River. ll-biin-ll-lil-al.

'_'1'°"8 Creek Christmas Concert Pil-‘wtpolicd till Monday, pee, 2s. ll-abs-ili-lll-di.

‘ftlonle t0 Christmas Concert lii we“ novelty £01100! tonight. 14-570.

M"Marshiield School Concert at “Petunia nail r-rlday, uechzil. -nii7.

"Canoe Cove Si l i ‘i. Dec‘ mm cioo Colrlifg‘),

"or it . wubsnlliénrge-sc. Ciflnicert at North L-5Zi4-l2-18-2i.

lliloheny Valley School Concert in ‘l Wlilfflfly. uecemaer 21st. ll-ciu-lz-lil-ll.

"fflvhool colleen. Brookfieid Hail. rial. uecember 20th, L-aas-ii-io-il. w

"CW"? Concert Msrgaie Burldlool l-‘rldav evening. December ‘ lll-lfl-ifl-lil-ll.

"Vernon School Ch lstmas Con- “T Desi-boned till Decémber 23rd. L-bbl-ll-lil-ll.

“Wlhristmas Concert in Wheat- nihkivii’ Hill. Friday. December ' L-MO-IZ-IO-ll.

Pleasant Valley Sunday School c°"°°1'$l Monday. Dec. 23rd. L “a

"Smile Ini miner Water ltreet. buying grossed pgtlliltry all m" W» prices. Trv us.

to Dec. 21.

LJlfil-U- "Dvnt miss Brackley Poln mm] Concert 'I‘hu.rsday Decem- 19. If stormy Friday.

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(James Bon _ 1,0 d 1 the Manchesteti‘ Gugrcioignfcili tlilimfif Bei- on the British Luler wggeem Prince. wrpcdoed Saturday. today cabled the Baltimore Bun an eye- witness account of the disaster from a northwestern British port where survivors were landed. Bone, who had been sent to the United States by his newsvener to interpret tile American scene for British readers. W55 Teillmlnil to England on the Western Prince. l-iis story follows).

‘By JAMES BONE (Clliihlllzilt, 11140. Baltimore Sun). A NORTHWESTERN BRITISH T. Dec. 18.—(AP) --One hun- dred and forty passengers and crew the Liner Western Prince, tor- Dedoed in the Atlantic on Saturday. were landed here today from a can. E0 Steamship which courageously came to their rescue.

I-Ier name cannot be given at Dre.

sent. but it will always be remem- bered bv the rescued so long as they lllve. Nothing could exceed the ;skl_li, resource and complete hospi- itaiii-v which tlie captain. his offic- trs and crew gave us. The Western Prince was torpedo- ed about 6 o’c1ock in the morning darkness with strong seas running. The captain drove the engines as_ stern to relieve the pressure on the bu kheads. The torpedo started a red iziow. just before the ship plum:- cd. We heard two blasts on the whistle. "That's the 01d man's (Capt. John Rleedis) last words, goodbye to vou." said a sailor near me in lifeboat No. 3.

Six passengers and 11 of the crew are missing. including Captain Reed. a Scot 0i 56. heavilv built. de- liberate. with the lock of a man of strong resolution. It's not thought , bv his colleagues thathe intended to go down with the ship, but that events and his own sense of respon- sibility to others brought that end about.

Captain Charlton. a former cap- tain of the Furness Wiiliv Line. who payed a large part iii the ccn. duct of the departure and the res- cue, told me Capt. Reed had handed liim his overcoat and had told him in have a lifeboat around lam- C‘3Diilill_ Charlton thought Captain Reed's intention was to try for a boat or a iaft at tile last movrrmt, The second officer R. F. White. who remained with Cant. Reed. was rescued from a raft. bcfmv- the reg- cue shin vvns boarded, Lifeboat No. ‘3 tried to rescue White. but the one slipped and he was carrieci ow“ The thirll man who remain- ei silioard the Western ‘Prince was Franks. n steward. who had a ner- wonai attachment to the captain. Hie was seen by one of the last pas- sengers 0fi_i.l1e shin with the nur- sers kev going clown to get the Spit- fire Plaid raised bv the crew to briurz tn safety.

All boats were awav within ha‘! an hour. There was no rush nor

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London has long Raid free time

LGNDOl‘; Dec. l8—(CP)-B!;ntb- wise LIDnQn-AIJYJ went into them sec- ond succlesslve night without an alert tonight icr one of their long- est raid-free periods since Septem-

bcr.

Addin to ie my: of the lb-

sence o rai 5n was e fact that the Ciunnci was clear of lnlst for the first time in weeks, though the sky was cloudy. The Royal Air Force roared through last nights rain s ualis to blast the German industr al cen- tre of Mannheim for the second straight night. German-held Chan- nel ports and alrdromcs also were attacked. I An Admira‘. l. communique tonight Said l; British motor torpedo boat sank an armed supply ship of - t-llceu 6.000 and 7.000 tons oi! the Belgian coast early Tuesday. The government announced com- pensation icr all adult citizens kill- ed or injured as a result of “on- emy action." Sir Kind-ole? W006 Chancellor of the llbrchequcr, told the House of Commons the P1"! would apply to injuries already in- curred.

War — 25 Years Ago Today

By The Canadian Press)

of

DEC. l9. lbw-Main body Allied exprditlon in Galli 1i wilti- drawn from Anzac and livla Bay

two casualties and the gum, Connor's party Greek elections. sull-

with only

returned in

rters of Elcutlierios Venizeios

Tells i

were

more the number uf early

_Hcre is a where

of Tangier with a destroyer in hot

the scenes.

anutlo picture from the western end the British reported last month

is one of Mussolinfs tinfish which got away, pursuit. The sub was sighted first by

hastily submerged. When it came ulJ. the destroyer, tipped off by the sharp-eyed airman, was IBHZly on

Italian Subs Can Run, Too, Boy And How

of tho Mediterranean, they

over figures of

Tile Canadian Fur Auction Sales Cciiipaiii. 1a.... colic-lull... lls slllc of. §lftcf lox pelts at lllulllneul vt-scl- nay altelnucll. it hurl Cclllrlieucl-d on vveuncsuill" lnUAsllLlll llllu tlictl- icling coilslstca ol lzaloll skills. ouincclltluil was exllclilcw keen and advances lililgcflidiS llliLil as .3 pci- cent. collllialell nltll a vccr U11: lclvely L.\D~: oi skin. except S9i€~LGd hall and tlircc-uuarlei" si.\ci's. leg- lstsrecl advances, and tncv iicld their own.

Ovci- 11.000 oi the 12,000 skins foililci nan oiriiers. It was in nlany ways one c1 the nicst spectacular auctions hold in years and clcally shows the prevalent scarcity of sl - ver fox pelts as conloaled with a vear aeo.

Ranchers iiiroilullout the Domin- lnion of Canara. and particularly in this Island province. wi.i take new hzart from this report. For some time the Guardian has been chron- icling the upward trend of slivers and the lessened quantities avail- able as compared with other vunis. Reports published from Stockholm, Oslo and London nil showed higher trends: and now tlic principal Can- adian forum for furs registers the most encouraging kind of prices. Here are the details and compar- isons with a similar auction he‘d in Montreal a year s20. Thev were of- ficially released bv the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company. Ltd... Mcntrea‘. last evening.

Selected half and threc-uuar. tor silvers. 50 per ccni. sold: av- QIII€ 828.90: unchnnved.

Rcguhar wit‘ and three-quar- ter silvers. 05 oer cent. sold; ilV-

erairs 823.80: advance 53 per cent. Selected full slivers: 88 per

99M M“: avcrnrc 537.30; ad- vance 25 Mr emf.

Regular full silvers: 112 per "on! sold: averam- $27.55: ad- vance 3B ner cent.

Inferior-c. 95 nor cont. sold: average $19.10: advance 49 per cent.

Low grades. R8 nor cent. sold: average $8.21: advance 33 per

cent. Toinl offering, f" v-m- cent. sold at average of 822.36.

Irv conversation with Mr. "of/g- fl. Clark. president of of the Drivin- Edward Tala""l ‘Pur Prvll. Llmiief‘.

Hummer-side. the Guardian was told he was informed last QVPFWW George H Movers. Fraser and Hlitb of New Ycrk "wt

by of Y -a m psmo.

there was a "Nat. mare-lg“ n! an...“ fro: pelts l» new Vnrk an’! mar fhnv anxious for venom-meets. 11v- new ouora. msmittlne the im- Mmltin» p. 0.1,- rvl-ma fltohsq no 70.000 neih: 1mm Canada will Mo!

considerable her-Wit in remedying

the above condition. SCHOOLS CLOSE EARLY

MONTREAL. “cc. 18--(OP)— Thirteen schools in the Montreal district cirsed for the Christmas holidays ahead of schedule today in an effort to combat the current

outbreak of lnflpenri and grlppe.

The closings brought to nearly s shut-

gglitflllllllfl from voting. ‘

downs of schooll.

Montreal’ Fur Prices Develop Strong Advance

Some typesoLSilvers register ‘ as high as 53 per cent advance

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Spain plans to Rush Ships for Grain supplies

MADRID. Doc. ill —(APl — A plan to mobilize all available Span- ish cccan-gciug ships and rush them to Argentine for wheat and corn was disclosed today as an ur- gent step in the governments ei- iort to cope with the food short-

age.

Steamship owners ‘met at the navy ministry and offered all the ships at their disposal. It is hoped here titat the badly needed supplies will begin arriving before the end cf January.

Apart from the question of cred- its, British permission for ships to bring new supplies to Spain will he necessary for the success oi the negotiations.

Scarcity of wileat in Spain is so that a new stringent bread ...t?oning is about to go into effect.

Injured by Propeller of

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R.0.ll.F. Plane

HALIFAX. Dec. l8-—,(CPl—l.lAC. R. Lougheed of Toronto today sui- fcrod a fractured skull and serious scalp wounds when rVuck on the head by the Wllliill“? pxopellcr of a bomber at the East rn Passage station of the Royal Canadian Air Force,

Working under the bomber wh'ch was bc’ng prepared for a lake-off. Lcugher-d is believed to have supper}, falling against the propeller.

Hr was taken to hoipilsl. H's cgrlditiqn was not corlsidrred crit- ical.

llnrelil reported Great in Norway

LONDON. Dec. l8-(OP)—Unrest Lg so great in Norway tltat no Ger- man soldier there will be grant/ed Christmas ‘nave outside the country. the Bi’.ti=h Broadcasting Corpor- ation said tonight.

"The population of all the Ger- man-oocupled couzitriis are be- ccming morg and more resistive and anti-German incdents are occur- ring daily." the BBC added.

The BBO said that in Norway. llwo members oi s crow-d staging an anti-Nazi demonstration were slrtot and killed by German soldiers.

had sunk three undersea boats in rapid succession. This ducking around the breakwater and into the neutral harbor

graveyard of Italian subma mes.

‘Subs isllllillll 0f three craft; llazi Ship captured

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s _iai=l _ Submarines lurking in shipping lanes of the North Atlalntlc tor- podoed two tankers and a freighter today. On Britain's credit side was the reported capture of a German freighter. '

At the same time. New York ship- ping circles said the Belgian liner Ville D‘Arlon. the former American Traveller. of the United States lines, was more than a month un- reported and presumed lost. The liner had been ierrying food and war materials from New York to Britain.

In wireless messages plckeli up by MacKay Radio during a four- hour period, these ships reported submarine attacks:-

Napier Star, 12196-1011 British refrigerator ship used in cnrryinlg Australian and New Zealnnd heel. to Britain "iorpecioed at 1:115 GMT.‘ position 58.58 North, 23.13 West" (n- i bout 675 miles west of Scotland)

Dxliunn, Norwegian motolsiiiif tanker, 9.860 tons “attacked bv sub- marine, 58.27 north. 18.11 "wrsi, siisl plcious tanker flying Dutch flag in the vicinity."

Pendrecht, Netherlands tanker. 10.746 ions, completed last year.

an R.A.F. patrol plane and

lililiiiiilSn-lloifl Armies in Libya Fight fiercely

lB—(APl-Italiails were told today that. Marshal Grazianifis forces in Libya had filmed to tucilcs cf trying to “wear down‘! the pursuing British arm of the, Nile. _ . - The final victory, Virginie Gayda authoritative editor, assured his renders, ivonlt cicpcnd on who cc- cupies tlie must territory, but on who illlliCiS tile heaviest losses. The Italians, ilc cinimcrl.

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and resisting inch by lncil. and are far from bratcn.

1i Popolo di Roma marked the 1011i day of tiic British offensive with ihe declaration that Italian artillery and aviation had littered the desert battlefield with wrecks o.‘ ‘dozens’ of Britsih tanks and armored cars.

The high command. reporting on yesterday's operations, saw til

had slowed down their pressure.

Ii Popoio sought to reassure its readers with o picture of white Italian troops from the mainland. ivltii motorized equipment, fight- ing "the second phase" of the battle after Libyan infanirymen were overwhelmed in Egypt by the British forces and driven back from sidl Barrani.

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sriiisllflilanlll Leader appeals For prompt aid

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1B -(AP) - Germany has military resources “far trailscsnding" anvtlting Great Brit- ain can command, Sir Waiter Cit- rine, British labor leader, declaied today.

“We must have the means in the next few weeks of striking at Gcr- many's war production." he said in an address before rln- Cleveland foieign affairs ccuil, and the English speaking unit...

He appealed for “all ‘he bombers we can possibly gel from this coun- try and all other types of swift- striklng machines we can get- now."

Military barracks Destroyed by fire

GLACE BAY, N. 3.. Dec. ill - 1GP‘ — A newly-erected military barracks in this vicinity was de- stroyed late today by a fire that for s. time threatened other mili- iary buildings. The one-storey build- ing was not occuv"'i.

Soldiers alder’ pdremen and equipment from v Waterford fought tho fiamc- in near-zero

weather". Banned by l high wind. the fire raccd swiftly through the wooden barracks. It was brought under control about an hour after the ou‘bresk

There was no official estimate oi the demage, but it was said unoffic- lailv to be about $5000 Military "uthoriiics made no statement kn-

mediaualy.

dealing out "ruinous pilriislimsnt":l

i e British forces as “worn down" and. weakened by iosscs. and snld they‘.

"torpedoed by sub, position 59.05‘ north, 17.48 west." r

Eighteen minutes later the Pcrid- 1 reciit reported the loss of two iifc- boats, said s'*e had only one left‘ and needed immediate aid.

The attack came as United States shirrvards were being flcodcd wi'h ‘rush orders for tankers due to on acute shortage of the vessels.

More than 1C0 tnnkcrs-Britisil and neutral -— have been destroy- ed in the war. Tanker charter rates in American waters have increased four-fold in recent months because of tlie shortage.

The Pendrecht and Daifcnn were torpedced 350 miles off tlie Hebrides and about 60 miles from thc amlar» ent position oi the British passeng- er liner Western Prince when siie was torpsdocd Saturday. Both ships were taken over by Britain after the. fall of Holland and Norway. They were believed to be carrvulc

- ed and doomed to fail to the Bri-

WE S1 WARD

Fascist Troops

Imperille

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Giant ~ Pincers

Important base cut off by

British Mechani

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Trouble for I1 Duce in Ethiopia. y

CAIRO. ESSDI. D00. 18—(CPl-- All iliillali li:.i lit westward alum, the iliuyaii coast toward Derliu,

150 niiles within tlie colony, was reported today by Royal Air Force observers willie tlie British and Imperial army closed in on the Mediterranean port of Barula,

Libya. tlie easternmost base left to , -

tile [fascists iii_ iiicir disastrous Egypliilll campaign. . Bardia ilscli appeared surrounu- .

tisii forces whose armored cars were reported to have cut com- munications to the west. From the cast, thousands of fresh imperial troops ilfliiiilili in from Egyptian desert camps stormed the other end of a closing pincer which im- pcrlicd several Fascist divisions. Reports of British pilots drew a picture of Fascist flight over a vast lal'(‘l\~—ll‘(l!ll Bardiii to Tobruk, it- scif more than '10 miles from tlie

Egyptian frontier and tile strong- est Italian lanse in Libya, and on ti: the west from there toward Derna.

The Italian columns were r:- poried under machine-gun attack by British planes.

Willie the offensive of the west- erl; desert lhus proceeded, a Bri- fish feint into Italian East Africa was reported by general headquar- (TS.

Briiish forces operating from tlie frontier of the province of Kenya raided til" strongly-defended town- ship of El Wuk in the Kenya-It- lilian Somailiand border region, killing 50 oi flir- Italian garrison and capturing 120, along “iith war material.

aviation"oli and gasoline ‘from Cur- acao to Britain.

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By Douglas Amai on (Jailauillu Press Stall Writer

A BRITISH PORT. Dec. 1B (LP Liable) -—I<Ion. C. D. l-iowe. Canadian Munitions llzid Supply Niiiilster, today airnouiiced the death of Gordon W. Scott. Man- treai accountant and iinnnclal ad- viser to the miiiislry, wnzc was drowned when a iilelooat from tlie torpedoed liner Western Prince cah- sized at the sioe oi a rescue ship.

Mr. Howe, his cxccutivc assist- ants, Cal. W. C. Woodward. Van- couver. and E. P. Taylor. TuiTlil-O. and 50 othcr PZXS:CHK5YS, as well.

as 99 crew members -— a total oi 1 152 -i.ilided irnm the remue ship l at. this port.

At least 16 persons, six passeng- 1 crs and l0 members of the crew are believed Lo 11.3w: 10a‘. their lives. Capt. Joiin Reed of tlie W cm Prince went down with his ship, her whistle blasting a gallant faie- weil to those in iile iifelboats be- fore she disappeared.

Maj-Gen. A. E. MacRae, British technical expert assigned in Ottawa and a member 0i Mr, Rowe's party. was amnng those rescued. as was LL-Coi. J. l-I. Smith. another Brit- ish technical authority and a vet- eran of the evacuation of Dun- kcrque.

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Hon.C.D.Hovve-a-iiid three Mem- bers of Party land safely; Hon. Gordon Scott lost in

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SAID INTERNED

Reuters News Agency in a dis- patch from Athens says that Italian non-commissioned officers who sur- rendered in Albania stated thl Italian troops believe that (‘rwwn Prince Humbert has been interned by the maelsts somewhere in

nnrthcrn Italy.

100 Italian Planes Downed in Africa

NEW YORK, Dec. l8—(AP)—Tll0

British Broadcasting Corporation in a broadcast. heard by

tlie Colum-

bia Broadcasting System said to- night British airmen have sliot dawn or put out of action more

than 100 Italian planes doling the

Til? BBC added that niiilsn

losses were said to be probably "no more than five."

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