.5 v A? He’; i’ fir; pa...“ f.

w“ n kerb 1Z7

Conquerors of Toronto Maple

nights. the Detroit

probably the hottest team iii the National Hockey League at pres- ent. meet the league-leading Cun- sdiells at Moiltreal tonlorrow night ill a ganle that likely all the X11115; Conch Hap Day who Said. “You ' can say the trade winds are blow- ing. Some of our boys wllo have been playing one-way hockey be‘.- ter start playing two ways or they'll be liioviilg out. I was not pleased with the way our boys

az-cund the clrctlit have been wait lng to see.

k a

By tiit-ir twin victory the Jack Atiiliils t-ouciled crew have pulled iiicnisslyes to within one point of thc ltlontrcalers. By a victoryi i)‘ they will automatically, tlkrl‘ first pillCf) in thc stand- 111".» but to do so they will lla c

Iiiu ta

lo but a ]ll\.\' thiit has been I lowing them since alvtiy bilck 19-12. - . .

It has been halfway through the

seast n cf i912 since ii Detroit. team

the .\I')l real club. Tlicrr has bcsn sivfilli draw games i. the interval but now with the league leadership

at stake it would be an opportune time for the Motor City squad to

conic through with a win. . . -.

Wlictiler or no; tiley can do it

lfilllflinl in bc seen. Ciinadiens lire always tough on home ice-Maple Le-fs deep in lht- third slot have proved to be all exception-and if lilt- Canuclcs call conic through Willi a victory tomorrow night they will increase their lcaguclcad to li1l‘(‘f‘ full points ill addition to having a gfillj‘ in hand. . - .

Here's a story we never heard before about Johnny Greco, Can- ada's top contender for the world's vcciterweight boxing championship

who added to his flstic nurse, if nut his fistic stature. by holding

Bobby Ruilln to a draw in New York recently. - O

At a time when Greco was a iitlle-knovvn boxer around his hometown of Montreal they had ovcr ill Halifax a scrilpper ilallied Ronnie McNeil. whom they were confident would one day be one of Canada's ring greats. He was the pride of Halifax. was Ronnie.

. .. -

Seeking all opponent for their plilf: iiild joy. Halifax promoters. for lack of a more worthy oppon- t-iit. picked on Greco. But the Halifax‘ boxing commission took one lock at Johnny and turned thumbs down on the kid. Greco was such a skinny little shaver they figured he would have no chalice against thc hometown won- clci- “he. only the iveek befortnhad knocked out an opponent twenty pounds heavier than himself.

. . .

Because Greco pleaded so hard, the commission finally agreed to look him over in the gymnasium. The fight, was off for that night, but tile mitt prcxy said that he might let him go the next’. evening if he was convincing in the gym.

- -

l No sparring partner was avail-

able. so the commissioner settled for shadow boxing. Johnny looked so good punching at the fellow who wasn't there that the official decided to take a chance. So the fight went on. Johnny gave Mc- Neill a sound sliellacking before knocking him out in the flftli round. - . .

“Mr. BasebalP-Connie Mack.

who was B2 last Saturday-leaned

back in the December sunshine

and told a reporter his Athletics might "surprise the splendid Phil- adelphia fans" hex‘. season.

. . .

His eyes twinkling, he added: "There are so many ifs in these

trying war times. but I'm hoping

the Athletics will shape up a little better next season." . - a

Despite tightening oi’ manpower

demands, the dean of majorleague

managers forsees larger crowds for all baseball leagues next year.

“Baseball will never ask any fav-

ors regarding deferments. but the

game will prosper despite threat- ened manpower shortages. Honor-

ably discharged servicemen. men

physically unfit for service, young-

sters and oldsters will supply the

play talent." . - . He grew mellow about the thought of reaching his 82nd year.

"Life seems such a short time as

I look back. However. I'll have to

admit. ouch year seems to slip by a little faster. Iii fact. the years fairly fly after a_man reaches 50."

H15 health? "It's been pretty

800d all my life and I am happy to tell you that now it is real good."

He and his wife. Katherine, are

wintering in Southern Califorlihu. . - O

His ‘memory remains undimmed ‘no flipughts of baseball thrills of long years tin continue as bright

as yesterday. His biggest thrills came in tile World Series of 1920, which the Athletics won.

. . .

"Tile whole baseball world was| surprised when I started Howard Ehmke in the first gamc. Previ-l

will.“ up with a victory 0V"i'

SPORTING NEWS

Toronto Leafs On Hunt’ For New Hockey Talent-

TORONTO. Dec. 26—\CP)-'I\vo-announced he is Drellared to announcements today from the ommenc’ of camp of the Toronto Maple Leafs indicate that the Purchase of Io:- Lellfs on Saturday alld Monday gfififllfgtagliifiilf;n“urlgoxé'nlglihgugg:

Wm“ step in a campaign designed to blllid a winning National Hockey Lwsue club both for the present vllllfi future seasons.

011G JIIIHOUIICQIIIBIIC came IPOIH

played in Detroit Monday night."

There are rumors that trad: talks may develop into something when Leaf officials hlivc a chance m. to t-oniernvlth tilc Rangers mall-

.il'_._Cll1i‘i1E iii New York WllEfC the iTurollto team plays Thursday tnight, and with Chicago Hawks |vyhen they come here for a game

this Satulday.

Day isn't saying who may g')t the axe but there has been consid- crable criticism ill the papers and, at Toronto games of the play of Waiter tBabe) Pratt, the towering defcnceman who won the Hart trophy last season as the most v.il-

tiabie player to his team.

The other announernlnlt came from Major Conn Smyttie. milling- ing director of thc Leafs. who still is convalesclilg at his home from wountk received in l-‘rnllcc. Smythc

cash for three players, two of, whom are now in the armed for--

He offers $25,000 for Maurice Richard, right wing of the Mont- real Canadiens, along with $1.000 for anyone-including sports writ- ers-who can swing a deal for the French-Canadian. He sziid he also is prepared to recom- mend an ofler of $30,000 the contract of centre ice player Milt Schmidt. now ov- $30,000 to New York e contract of centre is in the R..C.A.F.

Sinythe warmed up a bit to tli

nccdllllg his club has been getting . P. German of the Cana- "Gcrman has derided us as being advelrse to using Frlelnch- Canadlan payers." lie said. “ latsl v _ We'll use B1lY-rg00d-—Bnd I MOKTAGUE SAT‘ 7'“ mean good-habitant ti get, tience the offer I‘ni ‘for Richard. It's on the level. We don't, want iilly grcenlilzrns or ' \Ve've got cilnugli of them in the league right now.

But take a look at Gor- He is playing an Irishman ncinlcd Duriian in goal and leaving Blbratilt. a better custodian and n French-Canadian. cooling his heels on tile benches. If that isn't a rotten denll for the habitant people, I've never!

'll--

Men In Baseball

Blake Again Takes Over Leadership

(By The Canadian Pres-s)

Toe Blake added one assist sat- urday inght when Montreal Cali- udielis defeated Chicago Black Hawks 2-1 and recovered his lend M i-lle tel» of the National Hockey League individual scoring race. Blll Cowley o! Bruins. who had been deadlocked vrltli Blake for the 198d. was scoreless with Bos- ton idle during the week-end. Syd Howe made the greatest advance, coming from fifth to third place when he netted four points in two week-end Kames. Clint Smith of Chleaso. Mud Bruneteau 0r ne- troit and Gus Bodnar of Toronto are tied in sixtdplace with 24

points.

The leaders: G A Pts Blake. Montreal l5 19 3-1 Cowley. Boston 11 22 as Howe. Detroit 7 20 27 Laeh. Montreal 5 21 26 Richard, Montreal 19 6 25 M. Bruneteau. Detroit l3 l1 24 C. Smith. Chicago 7 17 ‘.14 Bodnar. Toronto 4 '20 2i

Tigers tlurlers Take American League Honors

CHICAGO, Dec. ‘b6 — (AP) ——

It's probably no surprise to base- ball followers, but the official word is out that those two De- troit hurlers irho literally tossed the Tigers to within one game of a world series bertli also took most

the American League's hurling

honors for 1044.

Official records released by the

League show that Paul H. (Dizzy)

Trout and Harold (Hal) Nerv- houser not only were the only pitchers of the Junior circuit to win more than 20 games. but they ran one-tlvo in the sill-important earned-run averages, and in

strikeouts

And between the two of them they won 56 games in their futile

attempt to edge out the St. Louis

Browns for the title—more than

any pair of pitchers on one team had won slncc 1904. when John D. Chesbrou and John Powell oi

New York turned in 64 victories

in i904

Altiibiigii neither led the league in percentages in the won-lost

columns of the final standings Newhouser won 29 games and iris: nine. and Trout won 27 and lost

14. Nels Potter of tile Browns,

who won i9 and lost seven, was the only ot. u" pitcher to near the 20- game mark in wins.

Trout. who worked 352 innings. more than any other pitcher in the League, came through with the remarkable earned run average

of 2.12 for top spot in this de-

partment. Newliouser was tcn points behind with 2.22. four points

ahead of Boston's Cecil (Tex) Hughson. who had 2.20 while win- ning 1B and losing five.

Hughsonfls won-lost percentage. 783. topped the League. He left

the Red Rox to enter the armed service in August

Newhouser led‘ the League in ously he had only pitched 55 lnn- strikeouts with 187, and Trout was

irigs. “Some folks thought I had second with 144. Louis iBuclzl lost my mind with such great plt- Newson of Philadelphia was third cliers on my staff as Bob Grove. was 142.

Rube Walbcrg. George Earnshaw and Ed Rommel. But Ehmkmwhom

I had secretly instructed two weeks]

Trout allowed the most hits for tile season. 314. but ilc also faced the most. batters, 1.323. Bill Diet-

beforo. scouted the Chicago Cubs,rlch of Chicago gave up the most so- well during our last westernlruns, 132. as lie won 16 and los‘. l7

swing that he struck out 13 bah.

ters, setting a new world's record.

for the White Sox. Altogether only 16 hurlers work-

up with an earned run average

and won 3 to 1 beating Charlie lng in 45 or more innings wound Root."

' Remember When

m The (Indian i-mn

sylvanus Apps. National Hockey: t for ‘Toronto Leafs.

league cen rc was acclaimed Canada's outstand- inn athlete of 1937 in the annual Canadian Press sports poll released seven years RRO today. The former Brit h Empire and Olympic Games

pole vaulter failed bv onlv one point,

to win the N H L scorinff title in his first pro season. 1900-37.

DOVER, England - (GP) _ A 845,000 plan fo increase Play. grounds and park space in this

southeast coast city is being con- 5160"“

under three. Last year, 20 were

under that mark.

For the fourth straight season. and forgthcjzridmtime i11__Iil_!i\_gl1f‘.\‘i81‘8 12 two-hit JQQS

Dec 28th.

ness to be transacted.

oi- itlie ycilr William Dewitt. General

ArMtARoss Moves To Strengthen Bruins

iSewcil. the Browns’ albnafler. Mar- ltlii Marion. siiortsmb of st. Louis

lCardinals. and Wish Man. Detroit. Baseball Scout.

(By The Associated Press)

ional moves to strengthen Boston National Hockey League Club were made today when Man- ager Art Ross announced the ac- quisition of goalie PaulBibe-ault on loan from Motitrczil Canadicnsandi the promotion of centre Gino 12.22‘ zini. a farirrhand who had been‘ playing for Boston Olympics m. the Eastern United States League.‘

Bennett. who joined from the amateur ranks this sari- son, ill tile Boston net ilerc’l‘hur"- day night; wli;n they engage Chi- "Jago Black Hawks. iill in for the veteran Art Jackson. sold to Toronto Maple Leafs last

Since receiving a medical dis- charge from the Canadian Army, _ thc seasoned Bibeault has played

with both rule Canadiens alld tlie

S

For the time being, Bennett will continue with the Bruins as a

Jockeys’ Reaction To Racing Ban

MIAMI. FLA. Dec. 26 — (AP Seine leadiritz jockeys plan to ride out the ilacin ban on horses thoroughbreds for

“What good could I do iri a war plant‘! demanded Bobbv Permane. who seemed to put into words the f most of the riders who

Maimi for the Florida ser- son. onliv to run into a szovernmv request for a racinz shutdown Ja .

“All I know is racing." continued Permane. the most successful of the . jockeys. "There isn't any- thing that I know how to do in a

TilEATRES

MICKEY JUDY

Girl Crazy

i JUDYS susr .4 pane . m Mickey's ARMSl

It's gal-carious fun! Mickey's a. riot as a rude dude who's a-gn

a Joy to ses and hear!

‘MONTAGUE-FRI. 8 EM.

AND 9.45

S”

Picks“ Leading

ST LOUIS. Dec. 26 — (AP) -— The Sporting Neil's. baseball week- lv. slilu today it lllis chosen as Mai-

Lcaziie baseball's leading men of

Manager of St. Innis Browns. Luke

Leading the Minor Leagues were ill m G. Mulligan, business Mltn- | alter of the Seattle Pacific Coast- Rainlcrs. Al Thomas. Manager of Baltimore International Orioles. and James (Rip) Colins. first BB-Sfi“.

man-Manor» of Albany in t e‘

EflSi/Bfll 138K119.

iliivlliiE

The Ringers defeated the Shoe! Hounds 2.281 to 1.877 in a regular game of the Brighton Horseshoe. Bowling Club schedule. Joey Mo. Donald had both high single, 258, and high three. 688.

Following are the results by Player and same.

RINGERS:

J. McDonald 25a 241 189 .1. Buote 169 15a 2oz A- Luild r 201 162 126 F. Scott 20o 180 20a

SHOE HOUNDS: I IA- Martin 124 171 22a .1. lvlcoqurt 12a 136 no 1» Phillips 15o 12s 101 W- Evans 1'12 lac 149-

FRIDAY AFTERNOON LADIES LEAGUE

“By time they could Lilain me. the emergency would be over and d returnto racing. I would be a waste of time for the war plant."

Don Meade apporcntlv is the on- jnckcv who mans to k0 to Mexico citv. \'.'i'1E1'0 thc horses still Will be runninq

Maxie Berger

Wins lltfiisifl" ‘lb All flflllilfliflllS

NEW YORK. Dec. 26 -— (OP) - of Montreal easily won the decision over Ernie (Cat) ROUillSiill. Jamaica, N. Y., eight-round boxing bout

Broadway Arcna in Brooklyn te-

Roblnson 14.9 1-2 Robinson held Berger even in the

rights to thc body and head. Ber-

a strong left hook and riglli 070$ to the Negros head in the second and third rounds The blows reek- czl Robinson whose wild swings dict

with left hooks rind rights to the

rounds. He continued his aggressive fighting in the sixth and next two rounds hit Robinson fle- quently but could not floor him.

CHILLY SWIMMING

VICTORIA. Dec. 26—(CP)—Snow and skim ice didn't stop 10 hardy swimmers flom takln8 the" "n" nual Yuletide plunge. The swiin- mers took off from a snow-covered briatnand splashed their way t0 i"

hit game on the records. Kramer of St. Louis turned in a one-hit performance.

CURLERS NOTICE

A Supper Meeting of the members of the Charlottetown Curling Club will be held at the Club Rooms at 6 o'clock on Thursday evening,

Election of skips and mates and other busi-

rm; 4 M. Cudmor 99 1 A. Howatte 130 1% fig‘ A. Starrett 97 131 L Callback 125 123 15,5 M. Matheson 111 we 16o, TEAM 2 . McDonald 96 213 151 G. Bilgnall 102 187 M4. 13 Saunders 101 118 78 M. McNelll 153 210 144 T. McKenzie 83 150 183 TEAM 3 N. McDonald 159 168 1B1 Roberson 152 82 145 L Bcilristo 173 1M 2C6 B Rogers 178 138 I23 TEAM 1 H, Montgomery 162 162 M5 E. Woolricr 80 115 196 J. McDonald 144 216 156 E. McDonald 13d 214 117

High Single. G. Bzicnall-264 High Three. M. Cudrnore-SQZ

King's Good lifishes

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA. Dec. 26—Tlie King's good wishes to all Canadians were expressed yesterday in ancxchsnge of messages between His Majesty and the Governor-General.

The Govemor-General cabled:

“On behalf of all Your Majesty's subjects I have thc honor to send to Your Mair-sly and to Her Maj-i esty thc ‘uecn our most respectful greetings and loyal good wishes for Christmas iind thc New Year.” i

The King replied from Bucking- ham Palace:

"Please express to all in Canada_ the hearty thanks of the Queen and myself for their kind Christ-i mas message and convey to them. our best wishes for the New Year."

ll. S. Army Probes Thefts In France

PARIS. Dec. 26 — (AP) —'I‘ho United states Army is investlgatfl lng the theft of mail in connection with black market activities as the result of finding 28 pouches and 56 sacks of mail along with other. Government property n an shan- doned Army truck located on tbs prgmiges gt is civilian home su ur an an es. ,

Also recovered were 4.950 cab‘ tons of ciglarettes. 150 gallons of gasoline. 2.0 0 empty cans - in- dicating at least 10.000 gallons o gasoline had been disposed of - and large quantities of army truck tires, food and clothin . i

'11‘: truck éiéiver. digesting three wcc , was covere adly Ln- Jured in a civilian hospital where he had been taken by civilians.

BRIGHTON, England — (OP)- Brlghton and adjoining Hove are starting a $450,000 fund to create a lasting memorial to their ser-

vicemen. home suards. Police and medical and nursing organization.

m»: _caet1stozo._tr0yy~ cvmlzlw

tended weste ‘i3 amault purl: i)

a i é 8

SOURIS-TIIUR. 8 P-M. i

l

I WITHIN 4 MILES

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a oiis place. but Von Ruiidstedt throw two more in their place.

The American salient at 8t. Vith

N or: "r “m” c" e "‘.°...i"lll: s -m1le a‘; asifherllhdcven dou depends on stocking

Dodout

G skull: front across Belidluli. orthwest

French frontier.

The Germans threw their new a Ifiafii.‘ llfellslligh Mwiid Azunorixfin ridqi the skies or stalks a] a u . lied air power vlrtiiblly lined) n3 tab mnm" u“ enemy tola standstil for two was.‘ but B doini; l real lob for the e

Two co uinns struck from area between R/oohfort and March . at the extreme point of the en- emy's oenetrati i; of Belgium. One

from the Mouse. The other thrust

tour miles 1N0} the city of Dinantr on the Mouse

Germans might have mode since Sunday night. in keeping with the tlmetle-g imposed on news from the ron .

Tranbed Force Holds Out

Several thousand American troops encircled at the important Belgian road hub of Bastoizne on the en- emy's southern flank continued to hold out valiantly against powerful

the south reached u lnoint onlv 4- c

ASIZORTIB _ lnitv _of Arsdorf and Esciidort. and ADIJHCZIII troops were reported t have gained some arouivl. includini! heights, \-~¢.u oi Eopeldorf, 4 1-2 nllits southeast of Dlekrich and tiiiec miles from the Gannon-Mix- enlibourx border.

Although the weather deteriorated somewhat today. swarms of Allied planes again were out over the bet-

I:

tic area. blasting at cllomv armor 5

and troops and engaging in swirl-l in: dozflghts "nth the Luftwaffe.

Directed By llitler .

It now is believed at Allied Head- quarters that Adolf Hitler person- itilv planned the German winte offensive. as the Nazis claimed cver since it began. and it no lon- ger can be doubted that the oli- sla ht has disrupted the schedule, of t e Allied drive on Gemiam’ |

A oualifiecl miiltarv expert. said

has thrown at least two seasoned armies into the great effort and probably a third. It Dreviouslvxlflwflfl

German divisions e 1 K M the United States imam-my and oi- cmepts of the 3rd Army.

Field dispatches indicated that voii Rundat-eot new was seeking to break throtezli toward the large Belgian citv of Namur rather toward Liege. 34 miles northeast o Nanlur. The enemy column which leached Oinev on Slmdalv was approximately 14 miles from Namluzl and was striking in that direction

It was disclosed ‘that. America-n forces which had held up the Ger- mali advance near St. Vith. foul‘ miles from the German-Kilian border. were withdrawn during the last. two 0r three days to avoid threatened entrapment. This ena- bled the two JlItWS oi a Geri-nan viii- cers to come together and wiped out what had been n troublesome sal- ient in the enemy's front.

The northern line o me (Elma-ll front now iiiiis from .v through Mamhe. Hot/ton and Grandmas: then nortmvcst of Lienwux to near

Stavelot then 14 miles east will

rocket bomb attacks.

i lmed r ii r In ixifstmcfin? Si.“ massed” Di- 11 tofMa v. a - ence ounc o e pa on o

5°“ 10m e5 a“ public, 0.0.0. pointed but

streak force lli-lflcilfifl Oll a lW-mlle, that little or no advance warning

is possibl . Ming: “The peubliic should realise the

gulizigen and on to Mortechau in i rmany. ' time Gemian attack near Bullin-i

ed Christmas eve. bdi. to the west a

front and tock Wlmliwv. ,

Enough has been learned of the; enemy's program to prove that the current offensive. which it. is_ believed was personally planned

‘by Hitler during a three-monthsi

period in ivhich he withdrew from other activities. was in its conception not merely a thrust tn relieve Allied pressure on Germany‘ but was an ambitious scheme to break through and roll up Elle.

entire Allied front in Belgium ontti H,“

Holland, the military expert quo ed above said.

It thus is a daring gamble to. inflict decisive defeat on the Ab; lies on the Western Front. |

Tile expert said that the Ger- mans liad failed to achieve all they planned in thc initial phases of the offensive and d beer eomipelled to revise their lam.

h ability of the erman forces to achieve anything like

Hitler's grandiose plan is high i If unlikely. but. there is no ones- ton that. lie already has driven a wedge which has compelled the Allies to drop their own win-

on coping with the enemy break- through.

In a delayed dispatch from tile Stavelot sector. on the northern flank. dated Dec. 25. Wes Gai-

lavher of thc Associated Press in

said "there is a feeling that nib tide of battle has turned in this sector after eight days of des- perate fighting."

He told of roads strewn with the wreckage of German tanks and vehicles after Monday's great Al- lied air attack and quoted an Allin- erican officer as declaring lvu

have given the German urizers glmoit“

their worst beating since t e Ar- gentan Gap debacle." He rtss- cribed German troops in the as- sault. as young and tough. Officers at Allied Headquarters‘ said the Germans might not begin to feel the full effect of the air blows of recent days for another 48 hours. Monday's attacks by more than 4.000 Allied planes were aimed mainly at sealing off th

c battle bulge from the Germans’ in

sources of supply.

'I‘licre was amost a complete blackout of news from the north- ern. central and southern sectors of e long front. A dispatch from the United States Seventh Army front near Wissembourg in the German Palatlnate said terse- ly that there was " othlng to rc-

rt" There was no indication

glzghghéalgitlgge Ftfiam $3? I Vice-President Of 1m e B TOWn D _ o in theoiireak in Allied lines the 5th Piwknrd C0. Resigns

badly decimated in fiance -1r.d probably has still another army st. his disposal. g

I-ic has some crock units tn these forces and also some Volks- greltadler uni-ts. far inferior to

Allied armies in training and not “d

well equipped.

the waging of war. lsngo thrown by tho Germans

Tlylcns flan lo

‘ . rungs, capturing ‘

UITAWA. D60. N -- (OP) - loo the’

not’ f bltifie’ lees were onlv eight miles 1201511 $0 iii‘ If‘ I

ROBIN-GARLAND l

o P‘, '0 Just ioicinl pret-

tmee. tmv ers are mode of nyl

force advancedo west and a lfttltow o north to reach Clney. nine miles l; n

fr m it. l. parachute bring boy safely to earth. ‘that was nylon savinz l. ii!

- The Nothing was avallabl t Allied m,‘ over the gals! only‘: iHc-adouarters on what gogrese the”! m”

ired 1 iunbrells. and “t3 $3M ling of“

DOW powder bags. Ammtmf

d by the enemy. not only saves one life. out scores of giiese supply palachutes are made

aQ ""“.'“°°"i. “and ' m yo” t map Lord Selborrle is Minister d? Econ-

we German pressure while an Amcr- and sabomgmtfnrfiufgam” “n”

iCflll relief force ilpllroacliini? iromlThese must be strong enough not to support a man but also his 5'90

ll. S.-Russia To Sign New Lend-Lease Pact

WASHINGTON. Dec t te Secretary Stettinlus said day that the Unzwd States is go- in to a new lend-lease pro-

tthe current war development

this o ot u probably lniow. tne pro-

ateral. We have steadily with the dom and Canada in

kod out our sche- Bovlet Government made certain further suggsstionsto

Voll Rliridstedt. who is briliiantlvwmlch "p," u now hem: mum

dimm“ ‘he smash “m” Bewm‘ siiioaiem of BUDDUN to the use.

1?... under the terms f e ed protocol has been continuing bnnotinceatliat between 13 a 15_ do xlhlilgbtemiillllflh ill

Canadian officials have not vet been advised of the terms of a

Canada and Russia signed about a

Give Instructions Re Robot Bombs

GIION. Dec. its-MP of Civilian Defenc

instructions for de- robot

The agency emphasized that it: action is purely precautionary. ._._

HALIFAX. Dee. 26 - O Mo]. OR. Crowell. director -Defenoe for Halifax, said today the fax Civilian Emergency COPpSIt been planning measures against robot bomb or rocket attacks ever since the possibility of their use against tlri; continent was recog- nzed

"We are not suggesting that is anv cause for alafln." Mai ro el "but it is the dutv of civilian defence workers. particul

' i til’ key entre. to pr are for n ogsi llitigs." W

ll. S. Steel Industry tei- offensive and concentrate

NEW YORK. Dec. 26 — (AP) - The United states steel industry 1044 established a production record with an estimated 89.400.- lngots and caatins.

r. President of tic American Iron and Steel Institute. said in a year-end statement to-

BY. This was B0 or cent above the

mt Great War and 1 1-2 times the pl bl 1044 production in enemy -

"Because of declining orc the last halt of 10404." said review. "the increase over the

sli ht battlewounds. was asked to atgend a Jan. 7 memorial cere- Elflll- _--

man-production was ruched in ordersandi production of steel de-

1944 were considerably lower in i940. despite higher aro- Tbtol earnings. af-

pemoetlme year, the steel of 3302000000

oed st the Coovocnv ovfvfic

It will become hefffitivs an‘ i

a c -

for wit}. bu? 512x212- stalls

Commanding the 0th Panzsri"‘—"-'-=-"-‘-==—i.— Army is Gen. Hasso Decal-d Von the United States 1st. ,whlch Manteuffel ‘b Devil Marl — l was bottl typical Junker officer from s River ens Pomeranian family whose main by business for centuries has been vulnerable spo e challenge is whatever else may be Meeting the desperate chat drawn from the seven armies un-

Rocr holding the Gflmlnl at. s weak

i

FEATHER YOUR NEST A

WITH HAPPINESS AND GOOD HEALTH

254W? ..'.°.. FORUM

THE

To Retain Mliistry

, 0f Economic Watrfare

wanes. Dec. 2e - ti 194w!!- '1‘ERS)— The slow-up in will“ 3f...“ Wt htasu "ibu- Bull-ll)“: IWIIIGII 0 16' margin-s Mindstrv- bi s anaemic

Saskatchewan

xxlflflfllit, originally set for" the end 558k

month

Ari annouricsmem toni it from I0 Downing Street said lat the date for the transfer of the re- maining functions of the ~_Ministl'y to the Foreign Office hnid “been

Postponed for the time belnx- omic Warfare. ~

All arrangements for the Minis- try's windutl were completed a short while ago includ ng some farewell

roomietil Wm"

WW0- P9 Prime Minister Churchill lllddenly decided on its contlriuanrll- Tile

Finance Ministe . . .. $aslmtehewfln fifrli; l-iffikgmbffi

to ree to the federal proposals f _ set no the 1938 seed °i'

Fines suggested he come.- Ilsley on details of settlement ..

gICJiiOOH-‘ZIIIIIES and political Con“; Mr Fines, saskatmgmn t

urbnstrali had itt '°"'

Dec. 20 aslgl wr en m

Intelligence Department wlreli for 51b, by

the last rive years has assert: Pd the German strength and rel ounces obviously is capable of dealili! with some of the problems o! the Jnewly- liberated countries and tli re are

a number of ftinctkms W1! ‘ch might, well carry on. ' There is no doubt howevu" that

led tn the decision to I‘€i’)2\1 i110 Ministry in something like itsu pres- ent form for the time belne

‘Royal Bank 0f

Canada Statcmctll:

MONTREAL. Dec. 2c - (r P) - Royal Bank of Canada in l . an- nual financial statement issu. i t0- day reported profits at $3.8 L104. equal to $1.09 per share on it: new

ggnoi- 96 cents in thewprkevicu s l2 moiiths on the same basis. Itsofit-s were exclusive of refundable nor» tion of taxes. Taxes were $2.1m .214 Bitlllrlst $2281.95}! After deductions the sum of $432,184 was carried. for- ward versus 5556mm. Profit Bfiih loss accounts untied m7 84.2 1.671

al assets reached the 1| ‘gh-

water mark of $1.790.25l.802 a not $1,509,091.57]. Deposits rose t .7.- 000.000 to the record figure of . $1.-

884506 Deposits by the public

67 . were $1.400.000.B80 an incrcase- of ximate '

l szsooooooo. . “Eixtila 8559b: were listed at alien.- MQ. versus 51.104.703.438 and the

bank's liabilities to the public were 81.62 peti- cent compared with ‘U00

per cent. . 09415 in Canada mm

Current l $N1,024.287 afainst 87174121207, a decrease o 6. . . Loans t it- si s Canada were 023.000.1100 hi: er

d at 879.1 17AM).

War Production g Plans In ll. S. ‘

PHILADELPHIA. — (AF i

Dec. 26 The United States War Pi-baucttth Board is operating now on the thu-

ar in Europe will H)

ory that this w on indefin tely. Chairman J A Krull told a press conference i161‘;

As an example. be said new fact-- tories have to be built to supply de- mands fo: trench mortars and tl-ro factories canmot go into production.

before next August. J

The factories will cost seine $300.» 000.000. he said. and if the war end s before August. a 800d deal of this money would be lost. but if the wa l!

have of

grain advances m i,

a naf-ionnl emerglelsicyiée iiinstigbifi

the Saskatchewan government "h

floated the solemn ma...“ .35 d Seskst.

Government with fifciilaigf-y

in iigaiaizdling seed grain in the 8pm! The letter was the latest move 1.. exotlctions of m. months following p" C 0.0". zovommdritu decision b settle with farmers for 50 poi- m. of the principal and seek iustmcnt on the debt with Federal Government \Vi1€l'1 the debt (m...

crnment could not mm, m

in the banks, wiiibii mama‘: guaranteed by the Dominion The Provincial Govemlment offend treasury hills for any smog...‘ p" Federal Government paid and to

the farmers. .

"We I001 confident that up; y. can work out. the details tn g mutually satisfactory manner," m, Fines said. vmrning that if Sadr.

seed grain debt 0n the but; at Mr. Ilsleye llwirosal the Provincial Government would be forces 111M 5 poswon where it would have "no altemative" but to default on it; bOgi/FICG l@ltifibt€tillile$ 1

T Byls ve-DO at brooms) stipulated that Saska-tdlelwiai troasurybills would b4- nccepted by the Dominion Government pwrided they carried interest st three per cent and fell due serially in equal

five yeam. soo-Fnroar SCIIOOL Honor roll for November slid

a. lvlaiw caiilll. Grade 1X ~ 1 Francis MCCGJTO? Grude VII—- l Calvin Wood. Blair Kelly 3. Gordlon Cooper.

Noreen MacPhei-son. Ti Lavwenw Cahill.

Gwen McCarron Grade v - 1. Leona Gallant. 2- J1me Phippey, 3. Inufse McCan-on Hlghwt averages: Edith Kelli 87.’ Oalvn Wood 05.4 l‘ 001W PRIMARY DEP RTMENT Grade V —~ 1. Joiin Ayiwaid. 7

Bmnllwood.

Grade III ~ l Shirley Smallwood. 2. Velma Wood- Ella Cflhill

Grad-o II (Sr) - l 500100 . Aylward. 2. Louis Gallant. 3 Dtlvld Llewellyn.

amab 1r (an — 1 Joseph

isn't over bv then "its it probabljl l Sniallwocd 2. Jackie McCarron.

won't.’ ‘the new plants will save many lives.

Before he left Washington this morninil. Mr. Kruz said. he received a. rush message from Gen. Eisen- hower skiniz for 6.001.000 yards of blimke material. Jackets and underwear. ordinarily eXDected to last a soldier five months. are be- ing worn out in half that time un- d1er the rigors of the present strutt- R G.

INVITE 1563C cowarm

NEW YORK. Dec. 20-'—(AP)— Noel Coward was invited to Briok- lyn today. The British author,- actor. who roused the boiollghs wrath with a published reference to Brooklyn boys "ln tears" ovcr

On the early ' of December 7'11‘ it WM new!!!“ W ‘e man across the Lamone river in Italy to f-Jfirid out _ n 1 csite DAL-i! in strength. t._It WM l “ma”

. t.

‘The forces fund here se ‘I leaving. serving in the d Iliist. a parcel in October. i942. all

. i3. H if": Mother in Cctiobcr. 19 new“, I

Grade I (A) 1. John Ile/vrcllyfl- -

. ff 3. Botf Aylward 2 Barbara Du y. yMadeum

Grade I rm - i Stewart. z. RBIYXIIODCi Taylor. 3-, George Tay r

Grade 1 (c) -l Kallwrll" Burris. 2 Claudia Robertson. 3-

‘. Betty Rogerson .

Highest. averages: Joan MW“

70 per cent. Katherine Burns. 87.!-

I tper cenlt _ r Total purchase of War Saline! .7.

Sfamrpo to date $40 81 f. Principal: Claude W ‘W05 Assistant: Margaret Donahue (Patriot Pe-se CCU)"

1 BASILDONEngland <<>

i ed themboth-ln Octobe

“d one if the Germans W":

in‘ fiffl

Charlie Chandler. Sydney. N.S., volunteered. Under the convefwlu-ble of ' u

and

he cro tsed the river. lfflllledmd. _ information, narrowly ewapsd German lhlind 811111595» ‘mfmmedhuty; way back to his own lines. Picture snnq i Pte. Chsndlltea m n” dQf um, Ihggfllowgg" summing, after his successful mission. (Canadian Anv Overseas P 0