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The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA,’ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22. 194a

VlTEBSK BASE MEN ACED BY

The practical effectmf a belief ls the real teat of lts soundness.

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800 Planes Level "Nazi

, Arms, Chemical Works

Enemy Fighters Lured Off By Feint Assault; Get Back Too Late.

Dhurohill llas I Haise For ll. A. F.

NDON. Dee. 2l-—(CP)—1m- pIOLVOQIDQIIt for the fifth successive dov in the condition of Brinia Minister Churchill. ill with p119"- monia somewh u in the Middle , was announced today and it disclosed also that he has been following closely tho recent RAF. raids on German cities.

A nniietln, signed by the doctors attending the prime minister and issued from 10 Downinit 5089i said: “The Prime Minister con- tlilllCS to improve The condition oi circulation is more satisfactory."

M. Churchill's Flong-‘gistance

l dit for the B..A. . ra s were Sigéitti by Bir Archibald Sinclair ccreta 0f state r 81'. l interns? to air chief Marhal Sir Arthur Harris. chief of the RA F bomber command.

sir Archibald advised the

who ha th

East was

bo b command chief ‘Ellie; prime inister.

a been receiving full details of e

.ecent operations. has asked me Ff

in convey his coniratulations to the crews who have taken part in the series of great battles over Berlin and Leipzig and in associ- ater. attacks."

sir Arthur replied:-

"Pleaae convey to the Minister our ilrfliitllde '01‘

Prime

E t.

. message and our heartfelt wishes

. (or his speedy convalucence and

return. His support." advice Mid uhfcilinll lament through four dark and strenuous years has been the mainsprinii oi our effort."

Originator 0f Who’s Who Dies

CHICAGO, Dec. 2i - (AP) - Albert Nelson Marquis, 89, the mini who was credited with sett- lug o. new definition oi "who's who" in Webster's dictionary, died Ii. his home in suburban Evanston.

Marquis was originator of “who's who iii America“, which began as B,ZClll1JllB.'vlOlI of 8.002 biographies in 1899 and grew to a tome , oi 32030 sketches in 1942.

According to its editors, "who's who" became so well known as o. k for ' prominent

oi pmminence" under ‘\- W's who“ in recent editions of the dictionary.

Marquis gave himself 26 lilies in "who's who", compared with 36 fcr Franklin i). Roosevelt, l7 for John D. Rockfeller, Jr, and the lamest. sketch in the book. Nich- olas Murray Butler's 129 lines.

RADIO "FATHER" NOW 9|

SIDMOUTH. mglanr. -(GP)-— Sir Ambrose Fleming celebrated his sltti birthday ‘.-y shopping in this Devon village. That is a daily habit oi the “father” of modern radio. the man who 40 years ngo invented the t-hrmiionic valve and made radio telephony possible

Ulllrllllll EVENTS

"Christmas Concert, Kinkora Hall on December 22nd. ‘iil-iil-Bi.

"Concert inv-fiiyerdale School. ‘Thursday. December 23rd. lil-22-li.

"Christmas Concert. It. Mary's

School. ict 22. December 12nd. 12-11-21-224“.

"Hunter- Rlver School Concert

Wednesday. Dec, 22. stormy Dec. 28. II-fl-ll.

“miristn-ias Cdnesrt and Dance in Bnyvale School, Wednesd . Decanter 22nd. ia- - .

"Concert and dance Seven Mlle Bay Hall Decsihebr l’ eds for Red Cross. starting D umél m

"lcadin hogs at Hunter- River

Thursday t l noon, Dec. as. instead It Friday. Bulman and a

"Wanted to buy liva afind dressed

By Gladwlu Ilill

wNDON, Dec. 21 - (A?) —A force of possibly D00 B. A. I‘. and R. C. A. vy bombers, guid-

, lttlckod the diemical and anmrncnt centre of Frankfurt last night with 1.000 will 01 0X- loaives and inoendiaries in one the heaviest raids of the war, pounding their target with relative ease after Nani fighters had been drawn off by a feint assault on the twin cities oi Mannheim and Ludwigshafen l0 miles t0 tho south. Busy 24 Ileana These attacks were the high- lights oi a. busy 21 hours of All- ied air activity. Britain based American heavy boomers attack- ed Bremen by daylight Monday as Mediterranean based American heavies were hittin! the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.- lrid an airfield near Athens. Greecal Monday night R. A. F. Mosquito bombers struck at Weatem Germany and Bel- igiiun, and today British am [Amencarrmadiim bombers raid- ed military targets in Northern

ance.‘

The United States 8th Air Force announced tonight that p.011 than 500 heavy bombers, with the lar- Ieet fighter escort ever used. W" in on the Bremen raid, and that they sent approximately 1,200 tons of bombs crashing uplm the Nazi port and U-boat base. The nun;- berdof fighters used was not spec- ifie - '

Reconnaissance photographs nahowedvaraat fires and columns of smoke rising from many parts oi Bremen.

Naai Fighters Too Lalo

The Mannheim - Ludw‘ ‘afen attack drew swarms of Nazi night fighters from defensive concen- trations around Berlin.

As the fliers turned home from the twin target they saw the Nazi fighters racing frantically back to the main target at Fr kfurt.

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Souttled German Fleet, llovl Dead

l LONDON. Dec. 21 - (C P) The German D- N. B. Agency said today that Vice Admiral Ludwig Von Tcuter. ‘I5, who ordered the

;scuttlins of the German fleet in

Scapa Flow in i919, died early io-

of heart disc

‘day see. I The Berlin broadcast was rec-

orded by the Associated Press.

'lleal llnder_ ¢Prioe Deiling

| OTTAWA. Dec. 2l—(OP)——'1'he ,Prices Board announced tonight tan order bringing veal under the ,piicc ceiling bycstabllshing stand- ard cutting anr. pricing for veal sold at retail-A policy already in effect for beef and lamb.

The new order. effective ncxt Monday. lists the cuts in whic veal may be sold at retail and sets the maximum price per pound for each cut in each oi the i6 zones in Cana .

Accompanying the order. which has been sent to retail meat deal- era lilfdln Canada. are a veal prio- ing chart and a cutting chart tn be displayed in stores and a. gen- eral letter oi instructions.

The Board said this was the first pricinl order touncluhdia ‘an

r a a s national Intel-melt not to retail at the ceilinl price. if they do not need to do a0. to maintain their gropggplarain of ration

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‘Yugoslav Partisans On Offensive On ,Wide Front

IDNDON, Dec. 2i — (A P) -

NEW ARTILLERY DIRECTOR

Col. W. E. van Steenburgh, of Havelocir, Ont... who has been ap- pointed Director of Artillery for the Canadian Army with headquarters at Ottawa. in civilian life he was a. esearch expert with the Ontario Dept. of Agricultu tCanadian Army Photo.)

London llas Alarm IDNDON. Dec. 31- (CP) — Air,

raid warning signals sounded in

London this ev . Heavy anti-

ening aircraft fire immediately follovicd the alert and shortly alarm b ls signifying raiders overhead were so ‘ -‘ in a number oi buildings in the cit z

y. The all clear sounded soon af- 1 ten-wards.

Ilorsemeat Prices Are Made llniform

UITAWA, Dec. 2i. — (G P) - The Prices Board announced to-

oirn prices for horsemest and horseliyers used by fur farmers to,

feed their animals. The order. effective Dec. 20 establishes delivered prices for

these products in various areas in

Ontario, Quebec and the Mari-i time Provinces- Maximum prices are fixed for

distributors and feeders but when a. feeder buys in carload quantitiesl he is entitled to the same price‘ as that set for a. distributor. The maximum price on sales to a- dintributor in Charlottetown, for example, is 5 l-Z cents per pound in 50 pound boxes and to a. feeder purcl-iasin small lots the ceiling price is i cent per pound higher.

Chinese lieoapture Four Stronghold:

CHUNGKING, Dec. 21 -— (AP) _(jhlnggg (x0013; have recaptured four importamt Japanese strong- holds north of Tungting Lake, the high command announced today. and apparently have regained con- trol oi the rice bowl region south of the Lin River except for a few isolated pockets of resistance.

Lihsien, Nanhéaa. Arisiang and Tsingshih. all cf which hiicl been used by the enemy as forward bases for the frustrated offensive against Changteh, were the towns

the Chinese reported retaken. All i d been under several days of t siege by the Chinese and repeated bombing by the United Silica ldf-h Air Force.

M373 QUISTIONID

OTTAWA. Dec. zl-(CPL-The Labor Department reported tn- night that up to Nov. 30 the ROY‘; al Canadian Mounted Police ques- tioned 39373 men during raids on, ooolrooms. beet- oarlors and’ elm-j liar establishment in their drivo-

‘ ‘ ‘ under Nation- al Selective Service demobiliza- tion regulations.

The department said the cani- onion il conti uing.

The Axis report, which had no

night an order establishing unif- t

Tells Off-Canadian Push

Enter Port O

llnder Dover 0f Barrage

"_‘ t. By WILLIAM srnwsiu"

WITH THE CANADIAN TROOPS IN ITALY, Dec. 2l—(CP)—-Cml- adisn troops under cover of a. terrific barrage and supported by tanks, blasted their way into the Adriatic port oi Ortona from two directions Monday and formec. a ring on the inland side oi the

town.

By nightfall these men. who came from Western Canada. and fought with other Canadian units on the right flank of Gen. S Bernard L. Montgomery's British 8th army, had brought up anti- tank guns. machine-guns and mortars ready for street fighting in the strategic town perched on

" “er 200 feet above the sea.

The Canadians approached Or- tona from the southwest of the lateral highway connecting the town with Orsogna. l2 miles in- lanc, and from the southeast along the coastal road.

Enemy Makes Last stand

While they were striking. a Maritime battalion. working in a long gully paralicllini; the Ortona- Orsognu highway. \vi\s seeking t0 drive from the road on enemy machine-gun force making ‘its last st

Ild.

The infantry started their march through a rolling. itreen area. thick with olive trees and dotted here and there with stone lions- es. Canadian tank gunners blasted thesis houses, normal hiding plac- es or cnein Wiuaclune-uunnes and snipers. Clzvering fire for tile advancing men Win provider. by a third western battalion located on high ground before the town.

The battalion moving in from the southwest reached the out- skirts at 2.0 pm. The attack was harassed by enemy shell and mor- BJ‘ fine from Tollo. three miles back of the German lines on a sec- ondary road parallelling the coast but the Canadians were on their objective by 3.20 p.m.. under fire of the Germans in the houses. Al- though German

the first battalion was on the ob- Jectlve, forward troops on the oth. er side entered the utheastern outskirts on the way in. This bat- talion. commanded by Maj. syd Thompson of Salmon Arm. B, 0., spotted a yellow German tank which opened fire near a church.

Tanks Follow lnfaniry

Tanks followed the infantry into the town and the two Canadian joined hands. Heavy fight-

1 Canadians took 11 prisoners. the remainder of a ZO-man enemy gun battery of which the other member had been killed by counter-battery work.

After repelling a German count- er-oittack to the southeast. the Canadians established themsel- ves amoniz the buildings and at the some time maintained con- tact with thc dug-in forces in the country behind.

2,000 Strike In Montreal

MONTREAL. Dec. 31-40!)- A strike of more than 2.000 mun- icipal clerks and stenogrnphers rounded out its first day with no sign oi a settlement tonight but with the possibility that meetings in Quebec tomorrow might bring a solution of the deadlock.

The white collar workers voted to strikc last night to back up dc- mands for wage increases rang- ing from $396 to 0500 a. year after turning down a provincial govern- ment suggestion that the WBRO problem be submitted w an arbi- tratlon board. At present. unmar- ried workcrs in the affected dc-

partments receive from H.020 yearly. and married employees from $1.200

The first day of the strike pass- ed quietly in Montreal. but there were increased indications that there would he activity. possibly leading to a ttlement, in Quebec

troops were in the town. the enemy carried outf

t the some moment. as‘

Into Ortona

Early Nani evaouat

in Moscow communique. '1‘ sy re rt Russian troops. "in"! "l!" I. M miles or Ion from

aizan from no Ilsa threatened points to the

verted. With the capture of Gorodok, l0 roatl to Novel. the week-old Russian open u gap nearly 100 miles wide at chcs from just north of Vltebslr to no with New" vlrtuull In the centre. llleslward the

Once the Vitebsk anchor the wai in northwestern Russ will undergo a ilraatlo change by ever South of Vitchak, the Nazi holdi

Napoleonic route to Moscow. serves

The loaa cast tin the Bereaina River valle

ern and of imuan result of reserve arm? capture a lizrlulg- Ianned (lermnn re rest Into on e

Union ’l‘urns Down

LONDON, Dec. 21 — (AP) - Tightcnlng of British and Ulalled States censorship to prevent leakage formation on the western in- vasion is being disc y censorship authorities of both countries in London.

LONDON, Dec. 21 — (GP Cable) —$gt Donald Mervin Cornish of Scout Lake, sank, has been awar- ded the Distinguished Flying Med- al for destroying two Nazi sub- marines in three nights. Before ltnis feat, Cornish had put in 40o .hours of anti - submarine patrols without sighting one.

OTTAWA, Dec. 21 — (C P) - Post war public works pro- Jccts now being prepared by federal, provincial and muni- cipal administrators ncrosg the Dominion possibly will he handled through a control “clearing house," a Public Works Department spokesman slid today.

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Enemy May Destroy Sections 0f Rome

NAPLES, Dec. 31 -- (AP) —The Germans, faced with a growing revolt in the occupied areas of Italy. were reported today to have evacuated large sections of Roms. apparently preparinz to deflvy these areas and perhaps eventu- ally to abandon the capital.

Trustworthy information resch- ing Naples today showed that all Northern Italy was aflame revolt against the German milit- ary con-mam and its puppet It- alian government, and that the situation behind the Gennan line

the European countries that are \_ eompllte German occupa- l On.

SAFETY CAItWAIGN

NICOSIA —(CP)- During a re- icent Safety First Week in Cyprm ‘s vi orous cam n was carried Wt 7 the Civi and Military auth- Mii-ifs in the island to reduce road accidents. Previously. it had been apparent that such accidents were on the increase.

tomorrow. a‘

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diiek _ h l liaison with Aii- nfirmation , nd waa not h d Insrk$pfi n?“ will, g pa? fi ini tgycrwraaantativaa the Elsewhere, said. Jaiee waa eaptliigd '4' ._.._.. "w Joli arosummto) lnonflulllgtl mlmriia communique fold of "Buying dressed poul Wad- today thapt it on the offensive widespread seizure of the initiat- "sdty o each week uni? further i against Nazis oreea - estimated ivc by his forces - carrying 0n a nouea. quigiay a Son. B izitafflasfl at i: German w‘ pstailiunflin- drive Obllipotehtlyultieloribe: here "-ialons--ons rona -asone0 gr cam s

., -— inl min Croatia southward to the war. p m ° h Notice-Christmas yoarvavi" bitdar roalon on m Partiaans. it can be mo “w” u" ‘l’ m"! a’ Serbia: definitely now, have an army of p, “mg-mug “fig?” ‘fionlght German and the 250.000 or more men regularly or- a“ gqmm‘ mm u “m: N" Asia controlled Croat radios heard ganiasd in divisions and corps but Y m, l.,,,--- an.“ r "*2 w.“ "' °' *"*:#r.»ii..?’.t ‘.‘..°i‘ni"t“°“’ - 0X10

$115 u; if“ , gggpurl as Wa headquarters. W4 "I!" of the ablostLmilitorY intcll ence

-Cnanand_A- -Gfeg-fl_u and hlswaoaerrikir-‘va mums fumioning in nil-ope. . . , pumps

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By Kinks L. Blrupaon. Associated Press War Analyst

_ of the critical Vltebsk an Iaor f th h II - nlnk of a German retreat from a-II northwest Ituaaiac, geek’: Ftruiitnfifiéa

Siberian

Vitebsk. and even closer on the eastern flank to the Vitebsk- rsna ts-

capc route. A step or two forward from either direction would bring Rus- uni. to hour and threaten entrapment of the Vltebsk garrison,

S ori. of throwing in heavy reserves that obviously cannot be Ipatefl

l M!‘ German retreat on a. wide front in upper White Russia can b; a-

eyei bulge tuna substantially I00 mile whole width, by available data, to threaten closel road licv to that segment of the German defence l e. olni does from cen

Dnlepei is keyed to a single road and rail crossroads, Minsk. That junc- tion city. less than 30 miles from the Russian-Polish border and un the

bastions, Olsha. Mo lev. Itogachev and Zlobin. of Vite Ir, and of Polotsk In its rear, would clpflse Minsk to Russian enclrclement from the north and northeast and from in; south-

The minimum effect of Nazl’ loss of the Vitebsk anchor would in n threat lo the Polotsk and Minsk keys of the entire Glfllllm behind-the- Iiner communications system north of the Pinsk m Lake Pelpus and the Psknov gateway to

fps-Odessa. short line fro: the Baltic to the Black Sea.

U. S. Faces Nation-Wide Rail Strike On Dec. 30

For Settlement.

' erdue increases

with W”!

was “more serious than in any of w"?

Sooro ls 20 Jan Planes, 6 Allied

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ALLIED HEADQUARTERB. NEVI GULNEA, Dec. 22—(Wednesdavi- (Ari-Air actions in which the Ja. esc lost. i) planes and pro- ba ly six more against six lost to the Allies were reported by Allied headquarters today

Most of the aerial activity occur- red in connection with attacks on shipping, a total of seven Japanese merchuntmcn bei hit and at least one sunk, whi e an enemy air fleet lost i4 planes and probably six more in attacking an empty Al- lied convoy off l-iuon Peninsula. NawlGuinea. sinking one ZOO-ten vesse .

units which are specialist; in the Vitebak-Polotsk railiva west of

south, there seems little chance that

miles north of vltebsk u the mi- offcnslve in that sector gag ripped the base of the Nevcl bulge. It rea- rth of the Velikie Lukl-Rlgn railway,

deep for lts the Po otsk rnil and

five way, thin whole pattern uf

... w... an... .. n. in... Sharp Increase lhglrlglrmtiogl-I the west bank ui‘ the - .ln Price 0f Silver Fox Felts

all remaining Nazi Dnlepap River

MONTREAL, Dec. 2l— (Spcflal to the Guardian-The Canadian Fur Auction Co. Ltd. sale of ailver fox pelts was concluded this afternoon with a large ttendan present and very keen bidding. Prices ruled high. in fact the averagJe of the auction was almost dou le that of

Here are thenigures for the var- ies‘. Se ted fufllu silvers regular u s vers

$49.19: inferior - $33.44; low grades,

0f the 10.000 pelts offered 9.031 were sold. There was s. large cen e of inferioirs in the tlou actuality numbered 3.060 while the low grs es numbered 4'10.

The grand average prim of the sale was $45.03. corresponding to an average oif 8B4! for the same sale one year ago.

The average price at the last sale of silver ox pelts. held by the com- pany in Eieptember. was . .

Silver is strong and prices will contznus to be firm.

(The above information was sup- ed by lilllr. George A. Callbeck.

Iiea to (h; south- .41l1ln‘"d, The max- i he the be nnlng of via for a f ital stand

of Vitebsk colll Poland and La

Roosevelt Suggestion

WASHINGTON, Dec. 34—,(AP) —Leaders of l6 non-operating rail- road unions. numbering 1.100.000 workers tonight set Dec. 30 at. 6 a.m. for a. nation-wide strike in the United States.

Th o ratl brothel-hoods. “p11 repregentirll: 3x000. already had mmalzer of the Fur Marketing Dc-

- m. “m, (“gm pariment, Canadian National ‘Fox lad wmge may related . mm Asoclation, Summoiside, put forward by r esident Rcoae- - - - volt as a basis for settlement of the wage dispute.

The l5 non-operating union chiefs said 9a per cant- of their membership had voted in

IIOBT LANDING

“m mow Ycmx, Dec. ai _ utm-

gfenagi-idksing to enforce their wage A Gemanémzls we‘? gdiuueg ' _ a report a. "arme . " o The heads of the non oporatlnl “Manned w “m” ‘D

unions (clerks. shopmen. etc.) ia- sued this statement:-

"Mom than one month I80 9' per cent of the 1.100.000 non-oper-

the Allies m India-ii on e near it in Yugoslavia, a BBC bircaidcaat recorded by NBC said