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Britain iioi: To Impose lling 0n Creeks

Controversy In Britain Based After Speech By "Foreign Minister Eden.

(By The Canadian Pres!)

JJJNDON, Dec. 20—Assuring the gnu“ oi Commons that British pyonots would not impose u kin en the Greeks, Foreign ry Idea toflitlht eased controversy W Britain's armed intervention ithe civil strife in that country. air, Eden, apparently giving up u; for an immediate meeting of

Bl! mhree-Prime Minister mrchill. President Roosevelt and

Iflilici‘ Stalin-but bent on find- h r method oi ellminatln fut- ng mlsunderstanfings, plea ed101- re-ettabllshment oi quartei-lymeet- n“ “between the Foreign Secre- taries of the great powers as we us: to have to deal with some of these matters."

His plea was entered only a few tours alter Mr. Churchill. in grim reference to "this dangerous and gomentous phase oi the war," palrltalned that Britain, Russia hd the United States were in

finish sip... itfCoi.‘ 11?;

Coming Events

Concert. Kinkora 12-16-20-111.

Pair-view ber 22nd. 12-21-11.

“luring uvo and dressed D0111- -p3Y1IlI ton market prices. Is-

Cold Storage Ltd. 1.1-1'1_-tf. "Bradalbaue V111 c School itucert in tho- Ha l, Dgreznliber

"Girls/mas lill. Dtcember 21st.

~u£owii¢en~

M. in Marshfleld 12-12-31.

"Card Party. Dance. Cardigan. Wednesday. December 27th.

""C'1\I‘15UI135 Concert. Deomriber h» at o r.

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"Christmas Concert. Springfield hi]. Lot 67. Thursday. Dfgdtéilibfil‘ . - l - .

"Christmas School Concert in Earth Wlltshire Hall, Thursday. her 21st. 12-21-11.

"Next shipment dressed hogs 09c. 21). Book. McGuigan dzlgriyllel. 1 - - .

I "Christmas Concert, H a z e l Clove School, Friday, December hid. 12-11-21

"Christmas Concert, West Roy-

Ilty School. Dec. 2i. 7:30 . ln. ‘ Z-ll-li "Christmas Concert, Frcncn

diver Hall, Dec. 21. Sale of candy. uke. Dance after . 12-21-11

"BTRAWK-Open to buy quan-

Dressed straw at once. Live- liotli Marketing Board.

‘ 12-21-21

- "We still have some 11oz Con- ‘me at reduced ‘or ces. a 200d his to stock up for winter iced- -_ Swift Canadian ConuCmhsrs-l

""'0rder volu- Bray Chicks now mount!‘ prompt delivery oi your .. ts breed. Special prices for 1w cockerels and outlets. c. i". ‘. "n. Emerald. 12-20-

“Unable to handle any more Poultry for this week, but will

= hlfldllnl live chickens and fowl l atelv aitcr Christmas. S. i, - Pendleton, Kenslnatorl. 12-31-21.

~~“Livestock Marketing Board _ ills hogs at Charlottetown t!‘ r forcnoou, December 119th. v _ hut market price paid.

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lnninu this week‘! will be ogs at Albany \8tation. 1st from noon until 4

G sen. p a-la-sl. . ,,

Producers of Good I-I s ~- zfmeflt grbu some younggsolvs reeding urooser. (‘uullnillr 01.50 per head olttra pre- unmon sows approved by the Dn- Dfiliartmmt oi Agriculture MWY- Livestock Marketing ‘ ' ' 12-21-

: “imi . 811 1'5 W9C 0 \" "P our hog load schedule

. than ed as f z All mini minis uaisuyolgiitilin; on

W," and January m? ' "dill? loadings will n t Qflgtvroed. Livestock mlriirgrliiigfi

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INDING

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2i‘ ltles, Foreign Secretary Eden said

Schedule

LONDON. Doc. 20 - (AP) —'I‘he Gordian radio claimed tonight that "several" Allied divisions had been rushed irorn the Aachen and Saar fronts to check Marshal Rundstedvs oounter-oiierlsive and boasted that "according to complete darts. three to iour American divisions either 2;? been destroyed or badly maili-

‘Ilie German daily war comm- unique claimed that 10.000 prisoners had been taken in the counter-oi- fensive .

‘racticsl reserves thrown in on tho right wing oi’ the United States 1st Anny ilINQ been engaged on beaten "in very heavy be. tles" dur- in: the last two days, Berlin claim--

ed.

While diving the names oi no towns. the Germans sold their Ar- dennes drive was "ahead of sched- ule and going strong" in it= fourth day. They claimed that German losses were "less than anticipated." The broadcasts said the drain of nzirlorcernenfs from the Aachen and Saar sectors had forced tho Amrioans to hal-t attacks on these

fronts.

Capt. Ludwig Sertcrius, German mfilnrv. commentator, n. u lng the offensive said:

“The German Command ior the last weeks and months only put into the field the number oi sol- diers necrssarv to prevent a major Aliflrd breeirtltmugii. We knew very well that the greatest concen- tration oi trcops and machines zvoould be need-ed on the decisive sec-

r.

". ....Ge1rnan leadership and German troops are iirmlv re- solved not to vielcl the newlv gained initiative to the enemy again.

"The uncertainty of the Allied news servkcs is significant. because today they well are violently guss- silig n5 to our sfiratevic plan. our ooerativ-e aims. im- strenglih nnd length oi the German cffelislv: front."

itlar’ Correspondent Back In Canada

(By The Canadian Pres)

OTTAWA, Dec. 20—Stralght from the battle fields oi Europe where he has been covering llle war for The Canadian Press, Ross Munro has arrived back ili Canada on leave aboard a, Canadian warship.

In his coverage oi war. the toll, friendly reporter made live land- ings with the Allied troops on en- emy soil-at Spitsbergen, Dleppe, Sicily. Italy. and in fiance on D-

day. It ls his first visit to land in two years.

Island South 0f Japan Bomhell‘

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WASi-IINGTON, Dec. 20- (AP); -— American Liberator bombersd striklns Iwo Jima in the Volcano, Islands 750 miles south oi Jdplliln Started 1811c fires a-t the enemy air strip there. l

The Navy reporting the Sunday. raid said other bombers followed up on Mcnda-y. pounding the r-ilemy island with 100 tons of bombs.

Rwtain, Ethiopia in New Agreement

LONDON, Dec. 20 -- (C P) - Brltaln has turned back to the Jur- isdiction oi Halle Selassie largo areal oi Ethiopia previously admin. istered by British military author-

iodav in outlining a new British. Ethiopian agreement.

"Sovereignty of the Emperor re- mains untouched by the new agree- ment." the Foreign Secretary told the House oi l‘ mmons.

Powerful Jap Lino Completely Smashed

(By Tho Associated Press)

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AD- VANCED HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 21—('I‘hursday) — The Ynrriashita Line. once powerful Japanese de- fence position in the Onnoc corri- dor oi northwest Leyte Island. has been completely destroyed, a heati- quarters communique said today. l

The United States 77th 12‘ ' advanced iour miles north of Vol- encifl. former Japanese headquart- ers whose ca ture was announced Wednesday. e 1st Cavalry Div- ision pushed three miles south~ of I-rbnoy. leaving u gap oi only-one mile between the two elements.

Headquarters reported counting another 1.541 Japanese dead Wed- nesday.

The enemy also has lost six months supplies to the Americans. making his lilpply problem more

(i at its base.

War Sitirwation Last

s Night i L ‘ _.

By KIRK!‘ L. SIMPSON (Associated Press War Analyst)

Deapltl I slight lifting of the Allied news blackout. the situation on the American lat Army right-wing front in Belgium I maiued too ab- scure at tho and nf the fourth day of the sustained l‘ counter- attaok to warrant. the conclusion that it had already run its course.

But pieced together, and based on negative rather than positive factors involved. the current battle reports indicate that while the enemy ' may not have been completely halted. his effort has been contained. The surprise effect is wearing off and there is no evidence that tho enemy has been able in consolidate his four thrusts iuto a single dangerous salient or begin a wheeling movement northward. w

An important fact in the present incomplete and scanty outline of the " " is - —' ' of M ' The town 1m with- lu the German border was vitally important to the Germans for pro- tection of the flank and roar of the indicated narrow salient reaching to the Stavclat area. Back In American bands it repr ‘ a potential counter-thrust lump-off site to strike that whale Stavclot‘ salient off

Latest field reports indicate there has been no ‘ ‘ change iu the situation at the apex of thejiermau Staveiot salient since It out the Aachen-Luxembourg highway and possibly the [liege-Luxembourg railway beyond it, both important communication ‘ for quick shifting oi Allied troops to danger paints. xffiSllflllbly it is upon the basis oi the over-running af one or both of those arteries Berlin founded its otherwise meaningless claim of having cut the lat Anny in two in Belgium. v

To effect a break-through of a critical nature. the German counter- attack must drive many miles farther westward. however, than it has yet reached or wheel abruptly north or northwest to outflank Allied Aachen communications. The 15-mlie gap between the Liege section nf the Mouse and the west end of IIurtgen Forest offers the only dia- cernible threat to rear communications via Aachen with the Allied front on the Rner.

fut to wheel that way the attackers need far more elbow room than they have yet gained. A turn north from the Stovelot area up tho Lux- emt-"urg-Aaelieu highway would merely expose another flunk danger ousiy to Allied assault from the west.

Circumstances still warrant the conclusion that the German oo- lsciivc is strictly limited, that the manoeuvre relied wholly upon sur- prise for any chance oi success. and that time is now running out against the foe with ever-increasing possibilities that another crippling German military disaster will be the ultimate result of so risky a venture.

Former Islander Gets ' New Post; At Ottawa

_ (By The Canadian Pros)" w: purchase" of - a home. furniture.

O'1"l'A\VA. Dec. 20-Veterans business. tools or instruments of Ministsl- Mackenzie announced tc- trade or profession, for repair or night the appointment. of Lt-Col. modernization oi a‘ home, to pro- J. H. Hogan of Prince Edward Is- vlcle working capital for a busi- land and Ottawa as assistant dir- ness, for purchase of Dominion ector of fie-establishment Credits Government insurance. and 1n cer- and Mal. E. A. Dunlop of Toronto, taln other ways uuich can be spe- a bllnrlcd (var veteran. as Chief oi claliy authorized. lllc Disability Training and Place- To assist veterans as to how the llient Branch. money may be spent most wisely,

"Payment of war service graiui- advisory committees will be sat up ties to discharged personnel will across Canada. the Minister said. be commenced soon after the first Col. Hpgan is a veteran oi this of the year and we are completing war and the First Great War. Af- our organization so that. we \vill tcr the last Wm‘ he 19111611 ti"? 150T" be ill a position to handle appllczl- mei- Department of Pensions and tlons quickly when they are re- National Health. ceived," Mr. Mackenzie said ln his Early in the present war he announcement. commanded tile 2nd Battalion of

“It. should be understood, liow- the Governor-Generals Foot evrr. that llie re-establishmellt Guards of Ottawa. anrldn 1912 he crcoit cannot be paid until the was sent to headquarters staff of discharged person has applied for M.D. 3, Kingston. Ont. ‘ his war service gratuity and has Dealing with Ma]. Dulilops op- l-ecclved a statement ofthe amount polntnient. Mr. Mackenzie declar- for which lie is eligible." ed:-

Tho Minister explained that the "I believe that a man who has rc-cstabllsltmsnt credit is an r.- suficred a disability. and has suc- niount equal to the basic gratuity needed in re-establishirlg himself, ._mng is. $7.50 for each 30 days‘ ls perhaps better quslifled to deal service ili the Western Hemisphere with the peculiar problems oi dis- and $15.00 foreach 30 days’ service nt-lecl veterans (nail those of us overseas. who have no personal knowledge

It can be used for certain con- oi what is involved." structlve purposes, such as the

Britain Revamps War Planes For Civil Use

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International At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

WESTERN FRONT - Germlns hurled l4 to 15 divisions against U. S. 1st Army in first wave oi counter-offensive and (throwing in more annor and infantry Wednes- day nlght; position described as “confused and serious"; bitter

my‘ JOIINTA-UPHINEE)

LONDON, Dec. 20-(CP (labial- When war developments permit Britain to start a drive for civil aviation supremacy. she will rely on iour types of aircraft converted from the present top-flight British bombers pending availability of up-to-date transport now being de- signed, 1t was understood tonight.

While these converted planes will not be as economic as modern Un- ited States transports, their stan- dard oi performance and comfort will be "excellent." one source saidid Igzewgis etsgimatleg thgyt wou a e car on a fighting reported around Stavelot ha]; u many 9355mm a; the i" 3' ll":- Mtiilltlh!" i" 6""? comparable American machines. any, w c , ____ — _ -~_—= full extent oi penetrations still (Continued on page 7, Col. 6) undisclosed. i- JtUSSIAN-Sovlet troops advance up to five miles, seize 1S towns southern f‘ ‘- Slovakia.

AEBlAb-Itsly-baoed U. S. bom- bers hit targets in Germany, Cecelia-Slovakia, Austria: waa- ther completei halts Allied 111p- port of har -prcsoed U. 8. 1st AmY- cnwurrn, Dec. 2o _ (AP) -

GREEK- ' ' ‘ ommander in British troops opening up two new Greeoc announces he'll use every drives 1n Burma have slashed l5 weapon available stlrtln Thurs- and 18 miles respectively through dc‘ to crush ILLAS. res tones in Japanese defences under strong At ans; Foreign Secretary Eden All ed air support, front dispatches defends British intervention ilcy disclosed todd In House of Commons in Inn a .

PHILIPPINES — Japanese resist- ance on Lcytc Island “drawing to an end" as Yaruaahita “hi des- troyed. r

BURMA-British 14th Army for- ces gain between Chindwin and Irrawaddy Rivers, on Kaieymo area, and on Arakan plain near west cont.

PACIFIC AERIAL-U. S. bomb- ers hit Iwo Jima in Volcano Isi-

British Troops Advance In Burrna

Y.

One column advanced 1s miles

utheast from the Gawlalk lector to the vicinity oi Pyingalng against negligible enemy resistance. This force is striking cast from the Kal- emzo area sou h of Tlddlm in the Ch Hills.

A second force is striking \outh from the town oi Plnlebu in the hills between the upper Chlndwin River and the Irrawaddy. It ‘was advanced l5 miles toward the road- liub town oi Shwebo, which is‘ i10-

~Eye And Leg In

Suffers Loss 0f Italian Battle

Headquarters said late tonig

divisions-are swarming into gium and Lux’enl_h_ou_1fg.__'t was

1705111311. News From Front Today

ALLIED SUPREME HEAD- QUARTERS. PARIS, Dec. '20 - (APv-As protests poured 1ll [film almost all the Allied world over the suppression of news of German

PTE. J. D SHEPHERD

fighting 0n the United States lst Army Fourltte" 1° flflfie" 69110311 divisions -nif which five or six are Panzer (armored) the Llnited States 1st Army’s lines in Bel-

"Were it not for blood plus-nu, I'd be a dead duck nolv." Pie. James I). Shepherd. crippled (var

gains on rllc Western Front. Sull- rerllc Headquarters tonight pulled the curtain aside partly and pro-

veteran, said upon his return to the City last night.

A sorl of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shep- herd, 61 Pownal Street, "Jimmie" enlisted on August ll, 1942. On June 11, 1943, lie went overseas

miserl a bigger view oi the situat- ion tomorrow.

The positlons of the German and Allied armies vrlll in the future be mode public ollco daily. it W35 ari- nounceo-ziftcr a sufficient lag to lllrizc sure the enemy reap nu benefit from the infer- liniloll.

This time lag is expected to be bctwcell 24 and 43 hours. Tomor- row's promised disclosures. fliGIC- fore. will be of positions as they

and after spending (Lire: lTlUlit s Af-

in England, landed in NOTE‘ rlca on September 24. A fcw . later he was transferred to 1.. and saw some of the fiercest iigli lng of the Italian campaign, llav- lng been prcscllt at the bnitlc of Oriana and atinc attacks on tllc 5mm Tu v or “may Gm-hic and HM" “"95- i The Eu; emc Headquarters’ Hi‘ received 111$ FWSL “mild ""1 swrr to critics of the news b“ MERE"! 22- 1944- b91111! 5l~nwk “'1 1i out liar; been that it was im flying shrapnel ol'er_the left - on illc b.1515 of opinions of gell- 011, flilEi-IEI Win10 iidmliW-IIB’ FY1118 rill "ting the fight and that “Kain-fit m0 61151113’ 110 59011990 011 tile situation was so-fluid tilrrt in- fl Si")? nliP-Q- forlmtioll of the WIIEYCEDOllYS of Gcrrllnn troops. cveil if i! were Iloys late, might llclp the enemy. George H. Lyon. United Santos Office of War Information repre- sclitzltivc at Supreme Headquarters said toililzllt (llal. llc had been try- fnr 43 hours i0 i101 (he army

Severely Wounded

"It. blew my right leg oil at the knee and turned my right eye into a bloody pulp,‘ lie explained. "I lay on the tlrld for about 111i Llou: illg

before n stretcher 0111118. But 1.1.0 lot tllc people know lvlial was 11118111110 Pain. I don't know rm 111p? ll on tile battlefield. but tllcr i fell asleep alter that (|l.\\'1l]i() much success

whether I passed out but I dial not, Lyon salcl he was leaving for

‘SlliIlQIOII Friday and would coll-

wake until next day. I guess I.W was in worse shnpc than 1' thought ii .ue there his campaign against but they began giving me trans- news suppression. He joined war fusions-plenty of them-and. well, correspondents at Tuesrlav iii-Jill's iiere I am." ;lll'£‘SS coilfercncc ill protesting a- "You urn take it from mo." he. gailist the lalackout.

added. “that hundreds of‘ our boys; i

will be coming back who would‘

have died on the field were it not‘

for the transfusions. I've only gut.‘

. . onedeye lncoyvrarlo‘ one leg but it's; oo o a lvc. l ~ I - :i.f.'§€a.§“f.f“ii2‘lfii~‘§‘. ‘lé€~..i3§‘~“i1i.‘.‘ii? Eillllllialts Blafikfllli. ‘ t In High-Speed Flying

the last fcw months. "My m:>:ll¢l-|

used to send me n thousand overt’; month but I never got them." ‘m, said. yiowever. things ,\vcre beuelw when arrangements were made sol we could buy tllcm ill Italy. we could get 300 for 90 lire. which is . al 90 nts of our f:§:;y_.fq“ ‘° °° horrawa. Doc. _2O—Al1- Fol-cc “Jlmmle" has a brother. Benny. Saqqhners m“ ‘light “lad” “WT utio also served overseas and WAS H“ “clans. of ‘m9 °f the beskkelll-l severely wounded. Hi5 father. lo . ‘fizi-rfls .0‘ m-c Wat-the Fnmksi knaws whm wounds me for he ,.e_ ling Sivlit \'.'lllC_11 eliminates bliiCib‘ “wed ‘our M [hem in me “s, olli in nigh-speed flying: war. Sevtn uncles of Jimmlas ‘Iltvamed i“ 1939 b3’ W111i! Cmiil» (his mother's brothers) also scl-v- lvmmm R" nlailksg O-B E» 0f TC- cd m the last wan gizlifgélgglgglflélly Oilrtthfi Uliiaivcrsitl’ i- aura. wlth- ' - “is 1 “S wl u lnfifngxggitt‘ ftcgrvgwetetllr? to b: fitted §§,§“'i§li‘§g iffléilwool "if o" Brit- wltli an artificial eye and leg. Sh)“ 1942. - < “that cam-E Dvvfloaerl by the trons-t and the Banting institute, Unllvel-sity of Toronto, the “F.F.S.", as ‘it i5. known in secret air force docu-i merits, prevents “blackout" in‘ lighter pilots. tlius giving Allled' air forces a tremendous tactical! fldvflniflge ill swirling dog-fights miles up in the sky. Salt-guarded against the “blackoufl hazard. they can turn faster than their adver- saries and get on their tails. l “Blackout" ls all r force term for temporauv blindness, sometimes leading to unconsciousness. caused‘ by the action of centrifugal force on the pilots of fast-manoeuvring aircraft. Abrupt c anges of direc- tion at high spe s greatly in.

iBy Tile Canadian Prcssi)

il-llay Veteran Back In City

Sgt. J. D. Murphy, 41 Elm Ave, was one of three wounded war veterans to arrive ln the City inst. night. He enlisted lri February 1940, and went overseas Juiy 6. 1941. On D-Day, he landed in France and saw plenty of action until he was wounded in the back

on Sept. 2'7. S t. Murphy served crease this effect. known in air with Capt. W11 lam Burnett, of force medical circles as "G." Charlottetown, in the North Nova By an ingenious adaption oi a.

scientific principle tlit upon by Dr. Franks back in 1911B. the S." provides ilrcssure against the pil- ot's body which automatically com- pensates for the internal forces set up by increased "G".

Columns of gas or fluid such as ulr or writer are contained in a rubber skeleton lining and held

Scotla Highlanders and stated that Capt. Burnett was "doing a filic job" over there.

While convalescing in England, Sgt. Murphy had an opportunity oi seeing at first hand the courage of the English people under con- tinual air attack and said “they had what it takes."

After spending a fcw wccks of comfortably close in the l)l10l'S well-deserved rest at home, Sgt. body from ankles to chest by non- Murphy will go to Halifax for fur- stretchable fabric. When sharp

turns athlgfi silccds build up "G" in the pilot's blood stream. a col-- responding force from the suit balances prrssllro inside and out and permits (he uorinnl flow of blood ill lilo brain.