MAXIMG .._ .__ ,-. -.-_-.,.-..- ...-..-..~.,..,..... M -.--.-~. -----.-» ‘ .1“.- ,v, fwcij o Y Maxims or a W A MERE MAN MERE MAN ‘III ilfiéitiihl-li-i" per "if Read by Everybody "i" f ‘ i Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew 7' Guardian Two Canto. "“‘"°""”::,,¢i..., Ilium m1. Iornlnl CHARLOTTETOWN, sinus; s ATuanAY, pecan/tackle, i§4o 12 EXPLCSICNS or BCMBSIN LCNIJCN Spanish Attitude ,Will i Influence Food Shipments Must adopt more friendly attitude to Britain and U. S. before shipments permitted. IllysteryRaider Shells tmy Pacific islet MELBOURNE. _.'raiia, Dee. g1__(c[') —A n._ srious sea. prowlor sailing under the col- ," of Japan carried the war today to s. tiny former German gtoli in the Western Pacific, hgavlly shelling the islet of Nau- ru at daybruak, the Australian government anllflllllflfid- The islet, almost exactly ‘"1 the equator and lying south of the Japanese- mandated Mar- shsll Islands, is mandated to the British Empire. Prime Minister R. G. Men- sics announced that buildings Ind a plant (perhaps a radio station) were Dollmled bfldlY. b"! there were no casualties. lie laid the attack directly to the "enemy" obviolmly mean- ing Germany, and said Nauru was completely undefonded and "the enemy knows this fact, which removes any justifica- iion for his action." Furthermore, he added, the stack ‘is s. greater crime he- cause it was made under neu- lrri colors. The raider attack- a! under a Japanese name and Japanese colors —thosc of o. country with whom we are at pence." tin London, it was said a German raider has been operat- ing in the Western Pacific.) Australian officials did not attempt to explain the raiders motive in shelling Nauru, afso known as "Pleasant Island." This 8 l-Z -mlle-iong, 5400-acre guanno atoll is, however, a con- siderable exporter of phos- phates. sending out nearly 1,- 000,000 ions a year. Face charges Under defence Regulations TORONTO, Dcc. 27 -(CP) - Jcserah Classcy, assistant Professor of aichnvology at the Royal On- tario Museum here. and his wife Jocelyn. a University graduate. were released on bail of $1.000 etch in court here today when they at.)- llrurcd for judgment on a oharre of breach of the Defence of Can- sda regulations. Judgment was deferred until Jan. 8 because of the absence through illness of both defence counsel and ire (‘roan prosecutor, " The clings against. them reads: Kllvlfllll! or having reasonable f"lll$r‘ to believe that Stanley Rvcr- sou. aims Robrrison. is gililly of an ollcn<e aoainst any of the Defence of Canada regulations, they gave the salrl Rverscn assistance wi‘l\ intent thereby to prevent. hinder or rrlicrlcre u'lih the apprehension trial or punishment of the said Merson." . - Island Native flies at liome In Sackville ___ (BACKVILLE. n. a. Dec. 21- wgfilrllr. John I-ledley Secord. 1M nown in New Brunswick and e Edward Island. died at his home o, ngcxaltgday after an illness on u. ' sackvlglelinrllangoo before coming to He is survi d b m dauflhklflvireney flrtflil0zig? and Coming Events —O-- "Oeor _"“' 51mph“ Iniilhtiscr co. Wafer m“ mgziggutlresg poultry. all I-v-Ul-Il- D00. Si. i WASHINGTON. Dec. 3'1—(AP) —United States food shipments to hungry Spain now depend, it was learned authoritatively today. on whether the Spanish Government, which has been collaborating close- ly with the Axis Powers. adopts a "more friendly" attitude toward ghf United states and Great: Bri- an. Definite progress has been made in negotiations under way in Washington London and Madrid for the inst four months. it ‘vas stated. but. a final decision may not be made unill Viscount Hall- fax. the new British Ambassador, arrives here soon after the New Year. Informed sources disclosed that discussions about food shipments have fluctuated from favorable to unfavorable with changes in the international situation during the lust four months-and still de- pend on the role spain assumes in threatening developments taking shnpe in the Mediterranean. Spanish officials approached Alexander Weddell, United States Ambassador to Madrid. early in September, it was learned, seeking an arrangement by which Spain. impoverished by the long civil war. could obtain American assistance in rehabilitating the country. (Secretary of State Cordell Hull has stated scvcrnl limos that the question of aiding: spaln involves only possible shipment-s of goods and thnl: the United States has never considered making a cash (Continued on page 3. Col 1) Believe pair Are victims 0f suicide pact CANNING. N. 5-. D96. 27—(CP) -Vicums of an apparent suicide jaact, Allison MacDonald, l9. and Mrs. Florence Steele, 38. both of nearby Scotis Bay, were found dead today of wounds inflicted by a single bullct fired from a rlflc by a string attached to the trigger. Royal Cnnudi-un Mounted Police who invcsgzlitd said the bodies wore disco -rcd in on isolated barn by a pussorby who intended to close the barn door. Police said cnch had left. signed notes to members of their families asking forglveircss for what they intend- ed lo do. ‘ Officials snlcl evidence showed lVincDonnld pllliflti the string‘ and the .303 calibre bullet passed firs‘. through Mrs. Steele's head and thcn his own. The shooting ap- parently occilrrcd inst night. Ail-Pl‘ a conference with other officials. Dr. M. R. Elliott of Wolf- villc decided an inquest would not be held Scotts Bav is on the Bay of Fundy shore approximately 12 miles from this Annapolis Valley village. ‘ 'I‘hr- scene of iilf‘ shooting was 1 l-2 miles from the Steele homo. where lhc Wfilllfili, mother of six children. lived with her husband and family. MacDonald's home is arcful prcpztraiions had been made fur the shooting. police in- dicnted. '1‘lit_v Sillfl MacDonald ap- peared to have placed the muzzle of the gun against: the womans back and braced the butt. A cord was tied to the tri ger and looped around the butt pate in such a way that the youth could pull it toward hlin while standlml 1“ on f tie woman. “Tlie obullet passed through both their hearts. Personal belongings or the PM!‘ hnd been stacked neatly on the barn floor. They included the wo- man's glasses, wrist. watch and jewelry and MacDonalds pipe. watch‘ and ollger effects. A flash- light nv near Y- Police declined to disclose the ivordlnq of the suicide notes. Dr. . l ti . and woman glilllbtiltlptiilqftiyd hniio btbldiril dead between 10 and l2 hOUTS- _,_._____i...__. Obstruction on Main rail line Causes no damage AMHERST. N. 5.. Dec. TP-(CP) “Police attempted to find the rsons responsible for plBCiuiI fl medium loading platform across the main iine of the Console" National Raihvain horn inst night. No damage was calmed when a freight train passed overna ‘the “('13: struction. grinding thl be: to bl ‘a gunner mile from the barn. 4 d I Ottawa Man Was victim in Halifax fire UITAWA. Dec. 2’i—(0P)—John Allan Snow of Ottawa said today he had received notification from naval headquarters that his son, Able Seaman Raymond snow, was the naval rating burned to death in a blaze that swept Halifax naval barracks yesterday. Yflllns Snow was born in Ottawa and. early in December had visit- Royal Canadian Navy last August. ed his parents. He olned the Royal Canadian Navy asl; August, Italians. Greeks Battle fiercely For Klisura By Max llnrrcison Associated Press Staff Writer ATIIENS, Dec. 2'l—(AP)-0n snowbound peaks, Greeks and Ital. 11115 Were lccked tonight in a furious battle for Klisura, fiercely defended mountain gateway flirugh which. the Hellenes’ right flank seeks to fight. into Tepelini and on to Valona in a cu-ordlnated drive with the coastal left, flank. In the Tepeleni area. a rvern- menl; spokesman said tonig t, the Fllficiiti had been driven frz-m sev- eral villages in battles on the high cold terrain. Their retreat east- ward from Chlmara cnilnued, rm added, and in that Greeks pressed advance. The capture of an unstai-ed num- bgr of Italian prisoners was clalm_ e an uninterrupted The importance of the Klisura Pass was emphasized by large re- inforcements the Italians were rc- poried to have concentrated there. Its couture would open the route to Tcpeleni, from where a road cm. tinucs north-westward to Valona, vital Adriatic port toward “ouch the Italians have been falling back under pressure of Greek advances 81008 the Albanian coast. "Realizing the crest importance of the pass," a Greek military ad- vlcs said. "The Italians concen- trated as many forces as they could in their determination t? frustrate at any cost the plans of the gen- ernl staff, "With each passing day, however, the battle is turning to the ad- vantage of Greek tmomno As the fight raged on an ever- brcaclcnlng scnlc, Greek forces to the IlTIiZli were reported to be threatening to cut the highway t. 391?". fiblchvc in the right. Hank's enczrclmg movement toward Valona, Despite fierce resistance and have captured addiflcm) prisoners and cohszdsrable war material, Gale moves Q Into Alabama MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 27-(AP)—~ Winds, of gale force, accompanied ‘by torrential rains. moved north- wcstward into Alabama tonight after killing l0 persons in Cuba. and one in South Florida and wreaking extensive damage to crops and beach property. Preakish winds. reaching a maxi- mum of 52 miles an hour at Hav- ana and Miami. stretched over an unusually wide area from western Cuba to Pensacola in the north- western tl of Florida. At widey separated places, the wind struck in twister style. One of these hit Fort Lauder- ale, where s. fallen power line elcctrocuted Robert L. Knight. 2B, a fireman for ll days. and serious- lv injured a companion. Homer G. Edenfleld, who sought to save him. ll. S. Plane Exports are Reported down WASHINGTON. Dec. 2'1—(A.P)— A United States commerce de- partment report disclosed today that aircraft exports declined last month as compared with October. and formed sources explained that, Nazi raids on shipping are hampering delivery of American planes to Great Britain. The report said all exports of aircraft and arts in November were valued a .738.000. compar- ed with $31,389. the month pre- vious. The bull: in both months went to Great Britain. Persons in close touch with alr- eraft exports said s. scarcity of shipping was a major explanation o: the decline. 'I‘hey pointed to the loll of shipping taken by Nest sub- marines. President Roosevelt said at his press conference. meanwhile, that serious consideration is being given a proposal ‘put forward by the Congress o Industrial Organiz- niinns that. the motor car industry be converted to plane manufac- ture with the aim of turning out 500 planes a dav. bitter cold. the G‘\9cks claimed ml ll Dace to hold British in Western Lib By Edward Kennedy Assooiat -‘ Press Staff Writer WITH THE BRITISH FORCES OUTSIDE BARDIA, Dec. 2'1 (AP) —A "sacrifice garrison" o! 20,000 Italians held this esieged port tonight while thousands of their comrades threw up additional fortifications for s. stronger stand at Tobruk, 50 miles to the west. Italians captured by British troops claimed an order by Musso- lini that. they be “ready to die" rather than give up Bardia was transmitted by Marshal Grnziani, North African commander now at Tobruk. Berti, Bardia Gen. Francesco commander, accordingly called an -iis men to rally and attempt to redeem the Italian army's prestige by blocking the British advance into Libya. Had it not been for I1 DuceLs or- der. one officer claimed. Bardin would have been abandoned short- Lv after the fail of Salum Dec. 16. Although determined to put up resistance the Italians apparently .do not believe they can retain Bar- sector the d", They removed all important mili- tary documents and some troops two weeks ago and since then have made no effort to reinforce the garrison except to send large air in; Building In London Shaken by bomb NEW YORK. Dec. 27-_—(CP)—Tl'le building of The Associated Press in London. in which are housed the offices of The Canadian Press apparently was shaken by a. blast tonight zluring the German re- lnewal of the air siege of London after the Christmas lull. ' Dispatches from London said merely: “A building housing an American firm was shaken, its windows were shattered, and con- |Sid€P€tlJi8 minor damage was caus- nd bv one blast. There were no casualties." Private information received by The Associated Press Canadian Press led to the however. that the building was that occupied bv the news service, sit- uated in ‘Tudor Street off Fleet Street, which was bombed prev- iously during last autumn’s raids on Britain. Tanker flying Flag of Panama ls sunk; 22 dead NEW YORK, Dec. 2'7 —(AP) —— The 8,982-ton tanker. Charles Pratt, carrying an American crew of t2. ,wns sunk Dec. 2i with the pro- bable loss of 22 lives, the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey an- nounced tonight. The ship. owned by the Panama Transport Company, s. subsidiary of Standard Oil. flew the flag of Panama. Company officials said they had received no details as to the locale or cause of the sinkinK. but assum- ed the ship must have been near Freetown, a British African posses- sion, where it was due the day it went down. There was always the possibility, one official said, that other surviv- ors might have been picked up by other vessels. The tanker was one of a group owned by Standard Oil that were transferred to foreign registry when the neutrality not banned United States minnow fran bellig- erent waters. She was the eighth vessel flying the Panamanian flag sunk since the war started. Several of them were Standard Oil ships. Built. in 1916 at Newport News, the Charles Pratt was named for a Standard Oil official. She was coo feet long and had a beam of 68 feet. NEWFOUNDLANDIRS TN U. K. IDNDON, Dec. 11-40? Cable) -A naval contingent from New- foundland arrived at a west coast port. toda to take up duties with the Roya Navy. It naval contingent to come here since the start of the war. The men were welcomed by I). J. Davis. Newfoundland trade in lnndon. was the 13b onor tanker announced sunk, with ll American Int. Plans To Sacrifice 20,000 Soldiers Defenders of lid-Ilia given orders while defences ya are rushed. Reveal identity Cf seven injured in Halifax fire OTTAWA. Dec. 2'l—(CP)-Navy headquarters tonight disclosed rhe names of seven men who were ad- mitted t: hospital after a fire levelled naval barracks buildings at Halifax early yesterday, claim- ing one life. The following six men were ad- mitted to Camp Hill Hospital:- OS. Allan Thompson, official number V-23067. inlury to second right toe. OS. John McLean, V-l7217. sec- ond burns. C00 Hugh Bunlevi, V-6657, sec- ondary burns. OS. Hugh. Bush, V-l7l64, so:- cndary burns. Writer (clerk) Douglas E. Sam- son, (official number unknown), secondary burns. OS. Willian '1‘. i-Iodgman. V- 17212, secondary burns. The seventh man, admitted to Royal Canadian Navy Hospital for obsc rva-tion :~ OS. Roland Leduc, V-23153, par- tial suffocation. Navy cfflclals said that home ad- dresses of the injured men and the names of their next of kin were not available in Ottawa. Death of AB. Raymond Snow in (he Halifax barracks fir was dis- closed today by John llan Snow of Ottawa. his father who receiv- quarters. Official investigatin of the fire opened at Halifax today. headed by S. S. Wright, Nova Scotia Fire Marshal. The hearing is being conducted in camera with RCN. officers and other wltncsses testi- fying. The fire wiped out three three- stcry wooden buJdings in a short time. The seamen. awakened by officers, marched out of the build- ing calmly or u ed r pc ladders to reach the ground. Their discipline was described as superb. The fire is believed to have started in the heating equipment, officials at Halifax said today, Contracts let lluring week UITAWA. Dee. 2'7 —(CP) —C0n- tracts awarded bv the Department of Munitions and Supply during the week ended Dec. 20 totalled 1_- 532 with a total value of 891109.538. algfinartment statement said to- n Contracts over $5.000 during the week included: Canada Packers Ltd, Sydney. N. 8.. $5.278: Boutillers Ltd. Haifax. $6.532: Canada Packers Ltd.. Hali- fax. $33,839: Canadian Canners Ltzi. Halifax. $6.625: oirs, .. Halifax, $13,113: Swift Canadian _Co., Ltd. Hadfax. $8.700. Clofhingz- Hastt Bool and Shoe Co. Ltd" Fredericton. $33.443. Personal Equipment:- . S. Simms and Co. Ltd" Ilint John. N. B.. $9.263. Ship Building:- Walter Pinaud. Haddock. N. 8.. Hardwas-e:—- Dominion Steel and Coal Corn. Ltd. Halifax $8 25. Lumber and building supnuei=_ Crane Ltd. Halifax. 8.045‘. Kins Wood Sales Lid. Mono n. season: Lockhart Woodworkers Lids Mone- fon. 817.316: Moncton (N B.) Mill- imr O0. Ltd. $5.419: Christie Wood- working O0. Ltd, Saint John. N. 3.. $6.009: Murray and Gregory Ltd. Saint: John. N. B. 87.9437: Ashley Cotter Ltd.. Fredericton. $17,820: Dsopaaéid Fraser. Plaster Book. N. 8.. International At A Glance LONDON Capital suffers heavy, brief. concentrated raid. ending three-day unofficial Chrilt- snu truce: RAJ‘. pilots strike at Nari lninnari bases at [orient and hit at Nani air-drones h Cer- rnui-held Brittany. MELBOURNE — sterlous sen prowler, sailing nn er Japanese colors. shells former German Atoll. y, now mandated to Empire. ATHENS — Greeks and Italians looked in furious battle for Klisura. NEW YORK tandnrd 0;; ed notification from naval head? Price of Butter ls pegged at Lower level . UITAWA. Dec. 27--(CP)-Can- adians were advised to eat less butter by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board today as it pegged the price of the commodity at a level which moans a reduction of about three cent-s a pound in the prevailing price. The board, guardian of Cana- dian consumers against undue price increases, ordered that the maximum wholesale price across Canada starting tomorrow be the highest wholesale price prevailinu on Dec. 12 in each locality. On Dec. l2 wholesale prices as collected bv The Canadian Press from various cities ranged from 32 cents at Regina and Saskatoon t0 35 1-2 cents at Victoria. The board's order gave no direction regarding retail prices but it urns learned the board expects the normal spread between wholesale agd retail prices to be maintain- e While the spread may varv somewhat across thr- counfrv at Ottawa the snrcnd is lhrcc cents a nounrl. Today fir" \v'r."l"<'ll" Dflcv was 30 can’: a vnun" and the rc- tell d". cents. On Dec. l2 the wholesale price was 36 cents and the retail 39. and under the board's order. prices tomorrow will revert to the latter level bringing a sav- ing of three cents a pound consumers. The board said present stocks of butter in Canada are below normal and noted a tendency to increase consumption clue to larger pay- rolls. In the face of this situation the board suggested individual con- sumers should avoid waste and un- necessary use of butter. “as a pa- triotic duty“ during the winter months. Normal Canadian consumption. according to the board. is four or five times the two ounces per people under rationing regula- tions. Wholesale priccs in Canadian cities on Dec. l2 as collected today were: Halifax. 3-5 cents: Saint John N. B. 33; FTedel-icton, 34: Chur- lcrtietolvn. 352 Shcrbrookc, Que. 34 1-2; Montreal. 34 5-8: Ottawa, 36; Bcllevllle, OnL, 34 1-2: Tor- onto, 34 1-2: Woodstock. Ont. 34 1-2; Port Arthur. Ont, 35; Will- nlpetl. 32 l-2: Retains, 32; Sash Moon. 32: Edmonton, 33: Leth- bridge. 32: Vancouver, 34; Vic- toria. 35 1-2. lslandvliathie is Herdsman in Far North i EDMONTON, Dec. 27--(CP)— Canada's reindeer herd. located River to supply food and clothing, to Eskimos, has increased to more than 5.000 animals despite an an- nual klll of one third of the na- ture increase, it: was reported in an interview here today by Par Hogan, assistant. foreman of the herd. Mr. Hogan, native of Prince Ed- ward Island, came to Eduiontoh for a vacutoln from the job. in took over in 1936. About a you. after the licrd had completed an epic trek across the dras from Alaska. The herd thou xiurnbcred 2.370 ilcad. il. S. Minister Amazed at _ Butterpegglng HALIFAX. Dec. 27 —<C1?> ——Th@ action of the wartime prices 011d trade board in ordering butter prices pegged was termed ‘amazing W‘ night, by lion. J. A. MacDonald. Nova Sootla Minister of ABYIQH" Lure. “It, is amazing to think that this action has been taken when 1e butterfat prices are really m» lush in comparison with the increased purchasing power of the consumer and the generally improved busi- ness conditions." Mr. McDonald said in a statement. r v "Farmers in the Marilunefi.’ hi’ added, "have been struggling un- dei- a great handicap with respect to their costs of production, which have been steadily rlsins while the DIlOBS for some of the products they have to sell, such as bacon. and now butler, have been pegged "Many representations have been made to Ottawa recently in this pegpect, pointing out. these inequali- fies under which the farmer is la- lower costs of feed. and eventually give up farming al- wgetil-ier." mvsmrvs swsnE-u materials and oroduetl. In person per week. allowed the Brl- - near the mouth of inc Mackenzie; Arctic tun- _ boring, and we have pleaded 'm' Unless we get some reduction in these costs. the situation in farming in this part of Canada will become such that many formers will be led to slaughter more of their livestock STDCKHOLM.~(CP\ - Sixum-il bv needs of warring Europe. neutral Sweden is producing plans to oro- ‘l duoe at least 30 new kinds of raw industrial ready- PAGES By lhlll 1 LONDUJI, DlC. 2'i—lCPl—R.oyul All‘ Force pilots, back on day and night honrblng ixssignlnents aft/er the Slfilllgt‘, short truce that Christmas brought, assaulted the Nazi submarine base at Lorient, France, today and attacked a ser- ies cf Ctrmnri-lrcld uirclromes in French Brittany. It was the srcond successive day of daylight action by the Royal Air Force. for on yesterday, and through last night as well, the (iBflIWll-llflifi busc of Bordeaux, lvrnnr ind tilt‘ port of Le Treport. wir.» u nckvri, along with several Gfilliiliil air bases. The Air Ministry‘ iinnuunced that ilxc attacks on Bordeaux were centred on an airdrolne. and those ni Le Trepoxt on shipping. orcrnmcnt rxnnounccd new us nu re-cxporl. to neutral of SUVCIWU vital commodi- ties which have to be brought ac- ross the Atlantic in ships protect- ed by British guns. A Netherlands naval off; 1r disclosed that sev- eral unfinished Netherlands war- ships brought across the channel w -n lllu Nazis struck at the low ‘ were lacing completed in iarbors and would go into <. n at Britain's side “soon? The Board of ‘Trade prohibited the cvpori. to Eire without licence of conic food. fertilizer. unmann- ‘ "are obncco. oranges. lemons l . in classes of tools. “l c number of new Netherlands 'ps to g0 into service-and .‘ _\' will be supplemented, it was said, with one of the destroyers o" i, received by Britain in the iraval base deal with the Uni- ted ‘lavas-unis not officially slz-‘url. ‘The Netherlands spokesman. however, said the greater part of the NPlllUYlfilldS navy’ escaped t0 the Urlilcd Kingdom at the time of the (‘rm-man invasion and that. in (he action of that time only three szunbouts and two minelayyers were lost in action. In 193E) the authoritative British Jinndbool; Janos’ Fighting Ships t the Netherlands had s ranging from nd three un- conqm-(llrliorl. two of the latter hcilv! 8,350 tons, and the other 3,- 350 ions. Aszdo from this the Netherlands in 1930 had eight. destroyers and four alauilriirls. 12 torpedo boats and 32 nbuilrllng. 21 submarines owl nine nbuilciing, and seven mats ahuilrllng. f“ yPaper sees oil Shortage felt OW, Dec. 27 —(AP) -Tl'ie _ newspaper "Red ‘red oodnv that an oil being "felt sharply by arll l . l .lrc German- campaign of i916 :1;,r.111is1. Iiumania as a preced- cnb for a " arch to oli,“ the army publlcatioli sald:— "The impossibility of carrying on war wilhonl fuel makes oil not; 0n- lv m: lrrip.“l'i_"illl moans of war but o (to nun o1 some special mill- operations. ho further development of mili- tary llviiltlfill. tho growth of navies and the expansion of mechanized Tirntirs are ' "nrnbly connected with tho inc and expemc of oil the shrrfhco oi which already is felt sharply bv all Iwlliaerenfs and many neutral countries." Conference of Mar. Premiers ls postponed HALIFAX. l)t(‘. 2T —tCP) Premiers of tho Maritime provin- ces will hold a conference shortly at. Monclon. N. 13., to ctonslder‘ the report. of the Royal Commission on Domininn-Provincial relations. The conicwnicc (vas to have been held ioznorroxv. hut it ivas postpon- ed lwcausc Premier" McNair of New Bruni-ivirk “"115 ill with influenza. Premier hlnchlillun of Nova Scotin l m Lmerside since Chrisvfnas.) Annual Subscription Delivered, I600. The Mohrtoir rnwting will be 1i Maritime prvlhriinar_v to the forth- coming Ottawa conference of fed- eral and provincial rcpwserltatlvcs. ‘ his horn at hi< h mc at Suin- PIJ" $4.0M Canada and U-I. 50.00 ENDS JRUGE 'Empire Capital Has Heavy Raid; British Active W airplanes blast Nazi Ports and airfields; ‘Complete Dutch Warships in Britain. l -~ "v .___.________, ____,_ _ 7_______ i (By Pat’ UssherfiCnlrladianfiPress‘ , Staff Writer) LONDON. Dec. ztk-(Saturday) f—(CPdCo3‘l;)—The German air orce um tons of e l ' 0n Llondon last night. in axp concentrated uiauck ‘during the early darkness, dramatically break- ‘; Silage-night Christmas per- Before midnight the raider-g- passed signal suddenly brought Si]. ence. The Press Association said 1119 raid was equal in intensity to sgmgorof the heaviest attacks on Flares, incendiaries and high ex- plosives were unloaded in many areas by planes which flew over the capital in. seemingly endless WEIVCS. From widespread areas there came the some story-flares, in- cendiaries, high explosives, in that; order. One woman victim was pinned "m" 9- 88$ stove m the debris of her wrecked home, while he; house burned around her. She joked with the firemen who extinguished the flames and with the ‘rescue squad that succeeded in freeing her after two hours of desperate torchlit work. Shortly after she was extrioated she died. A public shelter in CilStrlCf. was hit. and several casualties. A London hospital housi 700 patients was damaged by two high explosive bombs which fell nearby, but no one was hurt. ‘Through it all Londoners oar- rled on. buses ran. trains clanked and puffed into stations and main thoroughfares were never oom- rpletely deserted. While the raid lasted. planet were coming almost continuously over one southeast town, headed for London, and others—presum- ably British raiders-were heard firms toward the continent. For nearly two hours at th height of the raid there was scan cely a moment when the air was not full of the roar of London's guns about the city's outskirts. At times they seemed to be all firing at the same time. one London there were 5OMEFOLK% ‘Vt-tints ’APPLEsAucE l8 0051' A DESSERT TORONTO. Dec. 2'l—(OP)-Min- imu-m and maximum temperatures: “Dawson 26B 241B Victoria 4i iii Edmonton 2 l2 nnlrpeg l Torcnto ti) 40 Ottawa 81 i5 Montreal 29 3'! Quebec 26 3O Saint John 20 Si? ‘ Halifax 23 36 Charlottetown l4 30 FORECAST Maritime Provinoell Moderate winds; mostly cloudy and compar- atively mild: light rain or part snow in some districts. Synopsis: Light rain, with snow- flurrles in northern districts, ha! .c:urred in Ontario where it 00n- tlnucs mild. Light snow and sleet have fallen in some sections of the west. It has been comparatively mild in southern sections of the Prairie Provinces. said fcnzalrl n new date would be anglgtgniég‘; gizifiolaglinln“ M’ m” fixed when (no New Brunswick ' ' ‘ Prfml” "‘F°"""“d> Sun sets this afternoon at 4.23 and rises tomorrow morning at 7.38. New moon Dec. 2B. 4.56 pm. "It ls n gct-ioucthcr to see the position _io bc lukvn bv each of sumtnerslde Md‘, 18 mmutes ‘M; (no Ext-armor.- i’l‘(r\'lll{"<. who have cr than Charlottetown n vim] ("cal hi unnmoii. Premier M"- Mrllovl soul. I 1 1 I iPi-r-mzcr" (‘smurf-ll hat pnimu . _ . WM", H“, Fm,h,,.,,n,,,_ I, w,“ Till. (‘All FERRY RAILINGS i‘5ll of (“li-\r'l'r'lvfuvl'rl. Til." Pro- Lcavcs Bun’ n 945i A M 10f) PM Leaves Tormentins 1l.00 A. M. J 3.15 PM. ..¢ n. -au|mrwuw-- a’ arr-run Poi"- _;.._.~... .