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g pfltlll view of the battleship Prince of Wales, which the Japanes sank iiucsday in Pacific waters. flagship of the British fleet in the Far East the battleship had arrived at Singapore only last week. 0a board this ship Prime Minister Churchill and I‘. iliarter. The ship was launched May 3, 1939.

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»‘-'»-- By Douglas Ame-run Canadian Press Stair’ Writer

LONDON, Dec. l0 -tCP Cable; -llriuui suffered I.er greatest '15.- ral Ibis since the battle oi Jutlnnzl, e Japanese oi tiie iiew- ci ill" ilccl, the 3.3.000-ioii r, ilixiig lire ling or Alli-hi .' in Phillips. and TIIE stout bit-tic cruiser Repulsc which iirtd some oi the last naval shots." in the \v.ir of ISM-lit

l ‘ uziiiouiicccl to a sol-ruin ll: cl commons; \v.ih.iui amyli Ilfdtltlll by PIllliL‘. Mzins "l" Cliurc i ill. for a moment stunned a Britiin long inurcd to the reverses of Ilr and accustomed to taking the Bod h the bad. cf the two mighty StiiiJ$ \\'ui'.=.l. single inrgrdy to b‘:- IlIi ilir it :11 Navy since the xvii:

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ittan. Nevertheless, it leaves Brn- ilii with at Least 19 battleships a- iitit or building.

The full story had not yet unfold- tiheie tonight. There was no Ll‘.- ltrmaticn as to row they lisd hm drstroycd aside from Japdiis thlm that they and gone tiowii rider air attack-an unprecedent- tlfeat, if true, recalling reports Iliit Japanese pilots have been mak- Iiil “human torpedoes" 0f thoms-‘l- iicstby diving headlong at the ob-

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News Briefs

WASHINGTON, Dec. l0—(AP)— GQI], Juhn J. Pershing, commander

of the American Expeditionary Force in the First Great War, oi- fered his services to his country again today to the "last ounce" of his strength. Pershing was 8i last sipltclniber and has been in poor lira ti.

WASHINGTON. Dec. IO-(AP) -'I‘he United States navy announ- ced today that Rear-Admiral

Isaac Campbell Kidd was killed lil action during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sunday. Kidd was flag secretary and aide on the staff of the commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, Admiral Husband Kimmel.

MANILA, 6:20 P. M., Dec. 10- (API-‘Pivo oi three Japanese bombers which flew over Baguio, north of Manila, late today were shot down by United states army filers. The crews of the downed planes took to their parachu and were captured. _

MOSCOW, Dec. l0-—(AP)--At least 14.000 more German troops have fallen on the snowy Moscow front and the advancing Red army has captured 10 or more villages,

the soviet radio announced to- night. WASHINGTON, Dec ioi-(AP)

—cPl'6SI(I€nt Roosevelt today sent a message of confidence in the outcome od the war tn Gen. Chiang Kai-Shel: of China.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—(AP)-— The United States today called upon its good neighbors, tho I other American Republics, to eon- sult on joint action for defence of the western hemisphere against the Axis. Date for the meeting II expected to be set Dec. l7

Fog adds Io B. 0. blackout

VANCfIOUVfiRE gemgw —(Cl:,iu;- Dense 0g w c un over - couver today slowed scanty traffic to s crawl and further crippled ser- vices already hampered b! wartime blackout restrictions.

Th, g _ which helped to black out the gI last nlrhi. delayed tie- liveries an workers who had hop- ed to make in early start at tli job; so they could leave work before dusk.

Many starting from their centres anyway. either slowed down by "it? 154ml” ari-hour speed linrt M90595 l" n“ ty during blackout hours or be- cause they delayed Betti“! “H? "Ti- til daylight to avoid tire biwkwefi

Despite the fog which shrew! the city only seven P911008 W"? m‘ jured in traffic accidents last night

delivery vans were late in

compared with 20 Monday nlgliz. t)‘ the

when blackout was in-Iiitliibii p ren -m .

ftoilf‘0fefgltl seven required hos-

p Police said only a few iwilifll

cases of robill’! W" "WIM-

‘erlck Falrl-ny c-f Port A.

Prince Of Wales, Rowe first RepulseAre Sunk

No details available —- Greatest naval blow of war — Premier Churchill makesannouncement.

Ganuck casualties At liong Kong

OTTAWA, Dec. 10—(CP)—'I‘h2 first casualties to be suffered among Canadian soldiers defending Bong Kong-the wounding of t-wo men- were announced late today by De- fence Minister Ralston.

The casualties were‘. Sgt. Ronald John Rcutledige of F: t M andfiignalman John Li

ernl, BC.

The Defence Depart-m iii un- nouncemen-t said the men were "slightly wounded."

Both men were members of the Rvyal Canadian Corps of Sig-rials.

The next of kin were notified before the names were ieleasxi Ill the form of an army casualty list wich follows.

Slightly wounded:

ROYriI Canadian Corps of Signals:

Rnutledge. Ronald John. Sgt. FY7541. Mrs. Dcrs-‘hy Mp;- 39119 Rnutleziac (wife) Forrest. Mm.

Fairlcy. Jchri Llflivd‘ Frrdrvfck, . K349i2. Jan: Young Fair- IQY (father) Port Alberni. 13.0.

German llcichsiag To meet today

LONDON. Dec. l1—(Thurrcl:iyi- {filers retro" a J11- oy rltish time (9 am. A-B-TJ. according to e. German radio announcement, Reuters News Agency _ ‘Tuesday it was reported that the Rfklisiilf! might meet Wednesday hi" illililiiieliily no meeting was gig‘. Nevetrltlieiessl rumorg “m; a m“ S iid be h id - 5mm! in Biimhwgwitmeriand. p“

Quebec Lawyer Becomes newt Justice Minister

(YITAWA. Dec. i0 —(OP) —One of Canada's most prominent law- yers, 59-year-old fouls S- Stat-aur- ent. of Quebec, was sworn in today as minister of justice succeeding Rt. Hon. Ernest Ilapolnte whose death left that portfolio vacant n. fort-

night ago. In nralr the appointment Prime Min ter- Mackenzie King

selecte“ for the senior portfolio in his cabinet a. man who has never been in politics although a life-long supporter of the Liberal party.

"I know nothing abcu politics," m. St. Laurent said at a. press con- ference iield in his office e. few hours after he was sworn in at Government House early‘ this af- ternoon.

The new minister will have to find a sect in the House of Oom-

eii- mono and probably will be asked

to become a candidate in one of the two Quebec seat-s now vacant- Quebec east which was Mr. - pointes riding, or Montreal-st. Mary's, left vacant by the death of Dr. Hermes Deslauriers.

There are two other seats vacant, Welland and York South, the lat- ter vacated by Maj. Aim Oockeraiu who resi ned to make way for Rt. Hon. Art ur Melghen, newly-select- ed leader of the Conservative par-

By-eiectlona in all four rkiings probably will be held on the same date early in the new year and an announcement is expected from. the government shortly

War Situation Last Night

(By KIRKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst) The Jimmie" NW5 P°|I¢d ill! fl l0lI~sided first-inning score in the battle of the Pacific but it is the score in the last inning that counts,

The addition of the powerful and the battle cruiser Bepulne t;

British battleship Prince of Wales the toll of Anglo-American Pacific

M"! iolm h a have setback. Obviously both London and Washing- "fl h"! "Mini"! huvlly anon their help to thwart the major purpolel

of a Japanese attack, isolation if not reduction of the

Singapore

5539!. Iilllture of the Burma. Road life-line for China and capture of

Burma's natural resources, including oil. O O l

Th‘ ""1 lhliil were lost ln Malayan waters.

o There em no

"liter be much doubt an to Japanese strategy. The bombing attach upon Pearl Harbor, Guam and other Pacific stepping stone‘, and n.

current attacks in the Philippines

were calculated to keep American

naval and all‘ ‘fifties in the Pacific on the defensive while the mniii

thrust centred against the British

forces in Burma and Singapore.

That strfl-WKY» implemented by cynical disregard of age-old con- ccpts of international ethics, has definitely scored initial successes. ‘Film i! no biinilins that fact. Yet if it falls to achieve u. prime

objective quickly, Japan is certain I U

to be hoist with her own petard. I I

h Tiiifilliraiezic design of Japan's attack is an open confession or er er teal weakness in war essentials. Shc lacks reserves of oil and

of war metals to maintain a. war

of the scope she has brought upon

lglrscif. Lacking, too, is Japanese industrial capacity to gain or main. n air and sea control in the Pacific, except momentum; and 10.

eaiiy.

Sooner or later Anglo-American assembly lines will provide the

weapons to deal with her by air

In double or treble measure. The

Iiliill-Iilfm Odds are all gaainst her, grim as have been both American

and British losses in the first clash. They have only

served to re-

dililble Anglo-American war efforts. First brushes with the British forces ashore in Malaya and on the Burma border or with American-Filipino defence forces rm Lrizon

leave tiic war score not completely

appear to be holding out. ltepulse

one-sided. The British forces of one Japanese sea-borne invasion

attempt on Luzon is reported from Washington,

Risk iéiino In Maritimcs Ottawa says.

Provincial Governments to be notified of desir- ability of developing air raid precautions.

OTTAWA, Dec. io—(CP') —\Vide extension of the Cairn- dian areas designated us SLlIl- ject to the hazard oi etieniy at-

tack, and consequent expa ii- sion ot air raid precautions, was announced h)’ PPnSififl-i

Xliiiisivi‘ hkiclrciizm: tonight. The Minister said lIlE joint staff committee of the three defence services had revised its previous findings ZiiVI HfIVI-Wd lIie Govuriimciii that the entire Atlantic coast south of Labra- dor and the entire Pacific coast south of Aiaslca were subject in the risk of enemy attack. Extension of the areas (It-sig- ilIlI(‘(I as suhjcct in IILlZZlILI was made by Clriler-iii-Council ap-

ILS. plans 1,000 Four - engined Bombers monthly

War Industries will go on 7 - day week.

By J. F. Sanderson Canadian Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—(CP)- The United States replied to Jap- anese riir naval successes in the Pacific today with a speed-up pro- grain in the aircraft industry with tiie object of producing 1,000 four- engine, long-range bombers n month,

Heraldlng n "work or fight" policy, lllililam S. Knudsen, liezrd of the Ofiicc of Production Man- agement announced the aircraft, “ip-buiirling, tanks, guns arid am- munition industries of the United States would go on n IGB-hour. seven-day week.

His announcement followed news of the lass of two of Britain's fn- est capital ships, the BSfOU-ton battleship Prince of Wales and the 32.000-icn battle cruiser Repulse. both sunk off Malaya, apparently by Japanese planes.

e 0PM. cfriief told a press conference that the 168-hour seven- day work week urged by President Roosevelt last night, must g1) to effect as rapidly as pzssible.

Told that Wheels by the War Department and the President had previously failed to bring about the ltiB-hour week and asked what further SIQIf) could be taken to achieve it. Knudsen said:-

“I think the Ja-ps have done it

for us." He added that construction of new plant facilities was essential

for heavy, long-range bombers and n d

for the production of TNT an powder.

New bomber plants. Klliklidll said, would be located far inland. out of range of Axis raiders. instead of being concentrated as most of them are now, along the Atlantic and Pacific shores.

National Sorrow

There was national szrrow in the United States over this severe blow

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Nazi wedges in Russian front are Being withdrawn

BERLIN, Dec. l0—(AP)—Ger- man troops are withdrawing from many of the offensive wedges they have driven into the Russian front, German mflitarydezpokesmen said today, but they cred the retirement was to winter podtionl for tactical reasons. ‘

The spokeunen acknowledged that ‘rikhvin, rail centre 100 in lee southeast of Leningrad which the Russians claim to have recaptured, may have been among the places

e rmsn vaggludbQ ush is through until spring, spokesmen indicated. declaring "Germany has no strategic ambitionrthis wlntl.”

$’sidc-huilt speed Boats in close call

MULGRAVE, N.S., Dec. l0- (CPh-Thrce new speed boats in n string of‘ ilve under tow by a tug broke away hi Northumbcr- innrl Strait during heavy weath- cr today but managed to make Bztiiantynds Cove, N.S., their own power.

Built In Summerslrie. P.E.I.. the boats were enrouie from there to Halifax. Tire tug brought the remaining two to Muigrave.

under

proved today. The order was based cm the advice of military

advisers.

Mr. Mackenzie said that previously the military advice had been that certain important ceri- tres on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts were subject to risk of at- irick and certain important in- dustrial centres in the were subject to slight. risk.

Under the new Order _ cll, risk on the west coast is con- sidered greatest at the vital rail- heads of Vancouver and Prince Rupert and on the lower end of Vancouver Island.

(The Royal Canadian Navy's mnlii ivest coast I)£l.'=8 is ut Esqui- inzilt, just outside Victoria on Vari- ccuver Island's southern tip. There is a Royal Canadian Air Force operational base at Patricia. Bay

Corvette lost In collision

OTTAWA. Dec. Minister Macdonaid announced today that I-IMESt Windfioweir, it corvette, had been sunk in a collision and 23 nieiribers of her crew were missing and considered lost at sea."

Mr. Macdonald said the vessel was lost while on convoy duty.

He said the next-of-kin of cas- ualties have been informed.

_ The Minister issued the follow- iiig statement:

“The Minlste" for Naval Services regrets to announce that H, M. c, S. Windflower, a. corvette, has been sunk in collision while on convoy duty_ ‘Twenty-three mem. bers of her crew were missing and must be considered ,0st at Sea, The next of kin have been m. formed."

(There were no Prince Edward Islanders serving on the Wind. OWEI.)

Await word To stage Trial blackout

His Worship, Mayor B. Roy Hol- man, announced last night that e practice blackout would be staged

in Uhlrllltioiliwn "RF iliiickil’ B! ble rrorvs. one pointing in the gcn- H t l r m _ | Pfififiible" alter pcrmisson from the eraindirectloii of Brciiicrton navy 12:‘ ‘;,‘§,",',‘_,f' ‘ms m“ n Provincial Govemlncn" had been Yud- ‘he WI" mwmd seatue- The Russian front; no more nffeiisives m

received. It is expected that such Authority will be stunted at the regular meeting of the Government today.

The city has been thoroughly or- ganized by the recently formed Air Raids Precaution Committee but before ing ahead authority from the eral Government was nec- essary. It is understood such per- mission was received early this week by the Provincial Government.

The sub-committee for the city has been working in close collabor- guon with the Provincial A.R.P. Committee heeded by Hon. H. H.

00x.

It is the desire of those in charge to have the cit! blackout simultan- eoualy with practices in other parts of the province.

However, last night Mayor Hol- man hesitated to make any definite announcement as to a possible date for the trial blackout. He expremd the opinion that "it is essential to bold e bhckout riaht away!‘

10—(OP)—~Navy t

"must be l

in the same area.) P. E. I. Included

On the Atlantic coast. in Cana- dian territory, the risk is consider- ed definite on the entire mainland coast of Nova Seotia, on Cope Breton Island and Prince Edward Island. lesser risk is considered io exist in Now Brunsivick and in Quebec along the banks of the St. Lawrence River as far as Mon-

real,

Slight risk is considered to exist in all the rest of Quebec and On- tni-lo as for west as the 85th de-

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Fifth Columnists Work near Seattle?

SEATTLE, Dec. 10 —(APl4 —Tw0 brush fires seemingly pointing the way to Seattle and Bremcrioii were disovcred by state patroimen last night.

In Washington the war depart- ment said a search was on for fifth columnists who lit beacons to guide enemy airmen to Seattle.

Ross Cunningham. assistant to tlie governor, reported that identity of the persons who set the fires was known but that so far as he knew no Arrests had been made. He gave this version of the incident:-

Brush fires were burning on the Olympic Peninsula yesterday. ct by persons clearing lniid. State pa- troirnen W. L. Lane and Hov/arcl Hupd, in the vicinity, noticed no significance to the blazes until they burned low.

Then the fires, on opposite sides of the highway, npnenred to resem-

pairolmen extinguished them.

ll. S. iiov’t seizes 2,303 enemy aliens

WASHINGTON. 10 - fAPi —-'1‘lie United states

initial program for such arres . Attorney-General Francis Biddle annouricin

ureau of investigation had

rest in the United Slates two liours after receiving its orders

In Hawaii the job was done within two youngsters.

three hours.

Those held include 1,201 Japan- going into the woods to fen-i i719" M!" 141 imam. rabbit snares. "Iii I-

009- 865 Germans and

ingeyior Bharu were battering vainly ag-

n-Couii-

government cold. has seized 2.303 enemy aliens since —-———--- simime Sunday, apparently completin its

the total today at n tCPl-Small streams were drugged ress con erence. said the federal and beaver dams were removed lo- ap- day to drain lands as search con- prehcnded all those listed for ar- within Mersey

.E. I. In Area 0f Possible Attack NvmbeWewued

Not Revealed; Fighting Rages British consol-id-zi-Ie positions

in Malaya; Japanese make. some gains; Invade Philippines.

NEW YORK, D01‘. 10—-(CP)--The BBC reported tonight that “bev- ere losses” were inflicted on Japanese ships taking part in the attack on Korigmoon. near Hung Kong. The Broadcast heard here by NBO also reported Japanese troops in that sector "suffered reverses."

SINGAPORE. Dec. 10—(CP)—-Cecii Brown of the Columbia Broad- rusting Syrstem and 0'Dowd Gallagher of the London Daily Express vrere rescued today after the sinking of the Iiallle cruiser iii-pulse, on which they had embarked as correspondents.

(By C. Yates McDaniel, Associated Press Stuff Writer)

SINGAPORE, Dec. 11—(Thursday)—(AP)-Several hundred survivors of the battleship Prince of Wales and battle cruiser Repuise sunk by the Japanese in the South China Sea were rescued by a destroyer and brought here today. Their number and the circumstances of the rescue were not disclosed. "

British land forces meanwhile consolidated their posi- lions along strong new lines in northern Malaya, where

ninst- strong British positions, it was announced.

the Japanese had driven a wedge across the frontier. The Japanese in their land — drive apparently had captured hotly contested Kota Bharu air- base. but elsewhere on the long peninsula lending to Singapore Brit‘ i defences were firm ' British and Indian troops be- formed and reorganized south of Kota Bliaru lafter heavy fighting n in the jurlg es just below the G Thrill border, and a communique said they were in excellent spir- zrs and their losses comparatively —%-— liglit. B _ Frank OTIaherty 'l.‘lie Japanese who landed at Cnna ran Press Stuff Writer Kuantan. on Malayan east coast about mo miles above Bing- QTPAWA- Dw- io-(Wl-Jeo- nporo and ioo miles below Kota gginfstiatigesagfqtsigegtrggyrgiamm t United States is considered funda- mentally defensive iii informed quarters at the notional capital, HONG KONG, Dec, 10 __(cp _ despite the violent oficruive form Two Japansee attacks on this crown 0f 0W1)’ JADE-Bede OPCTBFIOXIS- colony have been beaten off and the The edlate Japanese burrow situation has been stabilized, a Brit- is seen u the removal of the threat isli communique announced lat»: to- 350 Bitiflg lfiiiglfil‘ i-ijiiiigixillie 00011;!!- _n o ri ‘l ano ei-icnn r- Twn magmas o; Japanese M, ritory or damage to British and tempting to cross tide cove and land gglilerwan PTWxTIY- mini/ATV m‘ on the east shore were sunk by - British machine-gun fire and sur- thmfiB sgirlne til-i‘; tiéflsiswdof e q r rs by soun ed a note of caution against “playing the Japanese game."