or A. MERE MAN | l, to the com- miinlwrtdlmzgrthrorllh the sireetl on sundsy to the house of God. Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew It ll the religious duty of every man to be true to every ‘part of the nature God has [lven h m. MAXIMS OFA MERE MAN rlfnn, ‘III: Oentl- ¢""°'“'°““ Gm Founded uu. lflnml Glllliullo Iris Powers Are Not Going To Win oosevelt Says U. S. Presideii-t- declares His Country must be the Arsenal of Democracy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-—(AP)—- President Roosevelt told the coun- Raiders active r rc:e.r:l.".aiei Bare; i o ggiiidaiill ltiiiiaxrlig detcllilgapllixiltltolh: iii s s P f 1 l . . indlan Oceans United states "must be the great BHANGPIAI, Dec. 29.—(AN—- 0 arsenal of democracy." The President broadcasting over l t. .i e German ' iilsiid-glslclivitvn fildinv the Indian all major networks from the White House, expressed the belief that "the Axis Powers are not going to the Soirléh Paiclflc h Sat ay. aonl gilhhsgportirtehat trill Nazi mer- wln this war” and declared his as- sertion was based "on the latest and best information." He said that the United States has “no right or reason to encour- age talk of peace, until the day shall come when there is a clear chantmw WWW“ l" P" intention on the m of the a - gawk!‘ ‘ecenuy hi‘ Kim" h‘ rcsscrritmatgonsl t? tfilbafi agll - houg o omna ng or con- (Tfifilfmgvgnfignfifflfigfii quering thc world." lliistrgics rile» bombarded the MY- Rovsfivsli- who “veil/ed 513mb ‘SM o; Nauru m m, numerous suggestions regarding Pacific south of the Japlmega- his talk last week and re-drafted it mandated b “ Islands l-‘ri- seven times before delivery, de- clared that “if Great Britain goes down, the Axis Powers will control the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa. Australia. and the high seas_and they will be in a posi- liay. The ship flew the lawm- ese colors at first. but. ran up the Swastika lust before it op- ened fire. the Melbourne Navy Ministry announced Saturday). Small Nazi irtifihm‘! W" tion to bring enormous military Sillmlhfli i"! Wuk- ""95""? and naval resources against this with supplies for the German hemysphfl-e" raiders. niwfiifl‘! "m" “m”! Km‘: Would Live At Point of Gun gstilllqlht re rts that nlsiolrde at: l, orwcg an vessc s _ p m = w-c- a ..;;‘.* ti. ‘l? iii?" vessels attacked by raiders in the Indian Ocean. Between l-lonK Kent and In- llia. it was sal ritlsh ship grew; are getting war-time bon- uses as s result of this sort of lctlvlty. Passengers on the Canadian Pa- cific liner Empress oi’ Allin said the shin recently took fonr in- stead of the nonnal two days to et from Shanghai to Hung lfong. going far nff her course and zig-zagginx to avoid raid- ers. iiar- 25 Years Ago Today (By The Canadian Press) DEC. 30. i915 — British liner Rrsia torpcdced of! the island of Jreie in the Mediterranean with oss oi mcre than 300 lives. Cruiser yatal blown up in harbor b in- erilal (XIJiOSiJT. Enemy p hes. WW‘ bombed Salcnlka. (Continued on page '7. Col 4) ombs Thunder 100A Minute On Nazi-hey Coast British launch assault of unpre- cedented duration and violence. i would be living at the point of a gun-a gun loaded with explosive bullets. economic as well as mili- tilry. Saying that a British defeat would bring “a new and terrible era" for the svhole world. Mr. Roosevelt added that to survive in such a world "of brute force” the United states would have to be- come permanently a militaristic wer. "Frankly and definitely there is danger ahead-danger against uiiicli we must prepare," the Pre- sident continued. "But we well know that we cannot cseapc danger, or tile fear of it, by crawling into bed and pulling the covers over our heads." Declaring tlint. some European nations which liad non-interven- tion pacts with Germany had been "attacked, over-rim and thrown into the modern form of slavcr_v." the President added that “the fate of these nations. tells us what it means to live at the point Petain urges Teamwork in deconstruction VI PNHSHY- France. Dec. zo —(AP)- mg,’ PPM“ today urged all of q ' 90"“: men to abandon 1 structlve individualism" and czfglnifiamwork to reconstruct their u a ‘fl-l “B1106. he said, will flow- Pe h‘ i . .. . gllolutionlf Cvivliigit iile Lillzldllllntifillllfl "i0? of individualism was neces- °Y Pccoilstructfon. By GODFREY ANDERSON Asloclat -' Press Stuff Writer LONDON. Dec. 29.—(AP)— Brit- ls.i bombs thundered down al. e rate that reached 100 a minute on Saturday nlklit up0n the Nazi-held French coastal areas in an olfenBi-VB of unprecedented duration and vio- lence against the German invasion bases acres the Channel. This miglitv attack. which Wall directed also at Nazi bill Run posi- tions aiicl reddcncc the French coast for miles. capped e Serbs 0i Barium‘; in yggfieszsaslmost continu- ous v s nee . . But on the French side it was a vastly different story. Watchers on the coast reported that British bombers were attacking in a mass assault from Calais south to Bouiolznc. Tlie roar of heavy explosions rolled across the fol!- flddgn 59g, and flashes lit the skies. blazing near the Ger- "Bvgyy pmnchmen mu“ b 1 A fire was b i. ti i) C G118 Qfrlligtiéra hirnselL. he lied.“ "l figs? tiifi iiiiiescguillnfieamnagiiilnlv 5k you to shed your inde- ependence may be The through the foe. Royal Air Force struck first Cl-IARLOTTETOWN, CAN No negotiated Peace, Fascist Press declares ROME. Dec. 29—(AP)-The Axis Powers are deaf to any proposal of a negotiated peace and stand ready to strike back at the United States for any new aid to Britain which they might deem an act of war, the Fascist press claimed to- dayh e press claimed that Japan ls expected to 30in Berlin and Ger- many in any such reaction. Ii polo Di Roma claimed that United States talk of a negotiated peace was intended either to re- strain the wsr effort of the Axis 0r. if rejected. to “convince the reluctant American people that war had become inevi able." It was this pa er which assert- ed that the Axs is "necessarily deaf" to suggestions of a negotiat- ed peace. Its editorial. considered by usually informed Italian sour- ces to have been inspired b Fas- cist sources. contended tha such a peace would benefit the “pro- vocative democracies." In thi§ “Jar, it claimed. one “wins or es. Any United States aid to Bri- tain, by way of convoys to Eire, would bring immediate reaction, lislilisvliathey held, would be an act Strange Warpianc Flies over Eire DUBLIN. Dec. 29. —- (CP) -— A “multi-enalned military aircraft" flew over Dublin and the eastern Eire counties todav three hours af- ter an unidentified military plane was sighted over the Buncranlmand Loch Swillv coastal forts. the Eire Department of Defence announced tonight. Antialrcraft defences engaged the plane flying over the ports. mid it flew off in a norlheasterlv direction the Department said. _ _Antl-aircraft uurls south of Dub- lin fired on the p‘ane and an “in. _tcrcentoi' patrol"_look off at Q]‘\(_‘()_ “ The nlime illsann-eiired into n thick cloud. before she could be identified.’ the statement added. Two dead in Shooting affray liver Horse EGREMONT. Allie, Dec. 29. (CID-Two persons were dead and iwo others ' like Sllili lwlnrclitiv had stemiized iroiri tile recent shunting of a hofge in tilts district 50 miles north or Edmonton. P011“; in reconstructing the af. fair. said that Andrew Moskawy, 35. year-old farmer, shot and killed “We Andfuski‘. 4!. at lne lazlcrs iiirin licme l. .. v llllll her 16-year-old son Paul, went to the Andruskv barn and killed herself. Mrs. Andruskv. shot in the “ml; as slie colvered bcliiiid a cool; glgvg in her home. and Paill. wounded in iilc groin and shoulder. were T011911,- rl to be in critical condition in a hospital at nearby Radway. Police Sold it Was hard to say" whether elllgielii would live. o ce office aid ~ bccn shot in till: glstrlcnt Mcskolvv heard police liad ' ‘been tuld he had killed tllc anliiinl. Mos- koyvv b amed Aiidrllskl". and. both-c said it was probable he had invaded the Andruskv home seeking revenge, iAir Chief To Ottawa For Bonfcrence f oirrawa, Dec. no -—(OP) —Sll' Hugh Dowdlng. Air Chief Marshal and until recently commander-in- (hie! of the fighter command of the Royal Air Force. is expected to arrive in Ottawa tomorrow to hold conferences with Air Minister Pow- er. the Canadian air council and the United Kingdom air liaison mission. Pending Sir Hugh's arrival little information was available here as to the nature of his ' ‘ which a were iii critical c0ndl-‘ tlon iii hospital tonight as the re i slllt of a shooting afiray WillCll po-‘ R.A.F. Another liichy Shake-up is Seen possible BERNE. Dec.29— (AP) _.A shake-up in the Vichy Govern- merit would not be surprising. dip- lomatic sources said tonight. as part of the efforts of Premier Pe- tain to convince Germany he is willing to support French-German collaboration in all save military and naval affairs. Sources here said that one of those likely to be sacrificed in or- der to compromise on the Ger- mrin’s original request that Pe- tain reinstate Pierre Laval as Minister of Justice. Others whom the Germans would like to see at liberty from ministerial duties. sources here said. were Marcel Peyrouton, min- isier of the Interior and "strong man“ of the Vichy Government: Rene Belin. Labor Minister; and Pierre Caziot, Minister of Agrl- culture. It is not regarded as likely, how- ever. that Pcyrouton will go and Petain. indeed. has once refused to make such sweeping changes as the Germans were reported ask- ng. S. Author Makes plea iFor Britain MONTREAL, Dec. 29.-—(CP) - Alexnnder Woollcott. author and Dlaluvrilzht. (LOSBU the Canadian Broadcasting" Corporations “Lets F4112 the Facts" prcgraiii toiiiglh. wit.) a. plea to lellovr-Alrierlcails for! "sums and destlpyers and planes and pilots" for Britain "Tnere have been enough words to Eilglaiid." lie said in the last of the weekly series over the national ll(lc\\'l.l‘i€ of the C. . . "1 am one who would send ships aliu cosh-overs lllid planes. and. pilots. but no more words." He spoke at the invitation of H. G. Lash, Director of Pubic Informa- tioii at Ottawa. Mr. Wcallcott said he had refused \ an iiivitzitlcii to speak via short- ...'ive rudio to tile English people "has. iiiglil. “because oi embarrass-l innit.” | he told a story of the late Charles,- Cliapln. editor of the New York| Evening World. A reporter. seeking| an interview with a. cowboy who liad cloped with the daughter of a wealthy Colorado cattlemail. vxas thrown out of the cowboys room with the threat that if he came he would be “answered with ea ." The cowboy pulled a gun to make tllc point clear and the reporter 1'8- tlreil. to telephone his report to Cliniiin. Ciiaoin was indignant. "You go back to that house at olicc.’ he said. "You go Luck and acl iliatcowboy he can't intimidate ll " it‘. Mr. Woollcott said he had refus- ed tile invitation to speak to Enli- lailil because "trv as I would. I (llllifi not escape the paralyzing : tilULii-llli- that an American sDeliklnR i0 hug illld now might soluidailttie too like Mr. Chopin.’ The American writer told of how Julia Ward Howe of Boston had composed the words for "The Battle llymii of me Republic" on a No- vzliibcr night in i862. and 0f how lne scene had been re-enacted on it radio program earlv this month. "illut re-enactment. he said. had been for the special benefit of 90- rcnr-old Laure E. Richards. creator of “Captain January" daughter of Mrs. Howe. He. too, told of the great num- ber of telegrams of congratulation that had poured in on Mrs. Howe when she celebrated her 90th birth- day. and of her seven-word reply m all of them: "I march to the brave music still." "In every anxious American heart from coast to coast those words stir a oucstlon," he added. "Perhaps the ansivcr to that question lies ust around a bend in the road of ls- tory- Tile next few months may brim: the answer: Do we. in the “Do we? Do we? United Statesof i940 and 194i - do and t we march to the brave music still?" Vice-Premier wns Raphael Alibert. 5Q he bv aiding the allies ADA, Mowpiiv, centennial, 1940 l‘ AEAVY DAMAGE BY FIRE AND EXPLOSIO Contingent From i Arrives; Some To IiEJ. How. Canadian Press aff Writer) AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT. Dec. 29—(CP)——Ruyal Air Force men from the far reaches of the nnpire and from the contin- ent of Europe dispersed through Canada today after gathering to- gether the belongings they brought across the Atlantic. Canadians. Britons, South Afri- cans, Irishmen and three Poles were among the hundreds of ar- rivals who troo down the iiB-Yifllllflnk of a lner and aboard the train that will fake them to many parts of the Dominion. Few, except the Canadians. knew ‘Vii’??? W193’ Were going bllt they ‘V111 be ilflslcd at bases as far east (By Douglas St as Debsrt. N.S., and Charlotte- iOWn and as far w'\=t as Sask- atchewan. All w-lll fit into the plans for training the men who are to do battle with I-Iitlei-‘s skv armadas. ‘ The Canadians included wing Cmdr. Best of British Columbia, dn. Ldr. Keddle, Ottaiva, and Flying Officers Ken. Taylor, Porl Eigin. NB, Raymond Tuffcrd Hamilton. Ont, Everett Badoux Stcllarton. N.S.. Cameron McNeil, Calgary. J. s. Davies, a medical of- ficer from Toronto. Lee of Viln- cnuver and Flt. Lt. Angeli of Cal- garv. The three Poles, who declined to Several hundred Royal Air Force men arrived by train here last night in a pouring rniii and were taken by motor transport to a nearby airport. They will he stationed there for training. Wing Cmdr. Blake is in coin- mand. The arrival of the men will sec the beginning of training at the airport where construction of hangars. barracks and other buldings has been under way since last summer, The site is slated as a bombing and gun- neliruohool lls‘ flirt of therim- plrc Air Training Plan. but it is not expected to function in that capacity until Spring. The men arriving here were part of a contingent which landed recently at an East Coast Canadian port. give their names, were easily iden- tified by the tab on their arms -\vhich bore the name of their na- tive country. All three flow with the Polish air force in the brief but bloody war with Germany, then fled in civilian clothes before falling under the Nazi heel. They crossed Europe by differ- (Contlnucd on page 7. Col 3) La Guardia in Biting reply To Colleague NEW YORK. Dec. 29—-(AP)-— Mzlyor La Guardla. chairman the American section of the Uni- ted States-Canadian joint defence board, said Saturday that the com- mittee to defend America b_v_ ald- lilzz the allies "had better divide." in a letter to William Aiicu White. committee chairman, La Guardia said:__ "It occurred to me that the com- mittee had better divide. You could continue as chairman of the ‘com- mittee to defend America by aid- ing the allies with words’. mid the rest of us would join a ‘committee to defend America bv aiding the allies with deeds.’ That at least would identify the division which I am sure your statement will cause." White in a statement. copyright- ed by the scifpps-Howard news- paper alliance on Dec. 29 said the only reason he was a member of the committee to defend America was "to keep this country out of war." MONCTON. N‘.B.. Dec. 29.—(CP) —He.rld Daihi, reprieved from s firlnlr squad in Spain after his wife appealed to General Franco. is now an instructor with the Revel Cana- glen Air Force at a t-rainlnit school ere. shot down and captured after he went to Spain in flrrht for the bov- eliwts. Thhl was sentenced to death. Petitions for hs release were unsur- cessful. Fin sent an apnea. direct to Franco. ehclosnlr a nhotoa-racti cf herself. I-fis release followed and he returned to the United States. -.vlll take him to Washington after TémiTTfifiiTlTsTli“ imhjwulvligllléesiiresllred poultry. all [DNDoNm-ACP) . s. _ LJmhvagi-f) Dec- 31 -— German war "is ‘“‘“‘ [fl f ~ "lil‘ barbaric Muggyml‘ feeder pi of 80°‘! ‘liiilelill-iabl-ilniltcbriililloel in vl/llich i-lle NW hiesdgo so m“ 5 Mlmdiiiy Nazi mood lies self-exposed." com- m ‘ y DH?- 30 and 3i fit [penis a writer in tile News Cill‘0ll- lourlin . .. . use». lid-till‘... Zfiiiilmifisi‘: lifs.£f.’°'8鑧.l“ ‘liiléiiililii-i“ Sh‘; ‘- iiAre Firing Against Blliflnd-"i "n? lwmflmodatcd to di i - soon after dusk. and continued h n m“ 1n Ottawa bu; d“- m: ‘gilt individualism lnvn-isilbb "mm"- fl“ '"‘?"“"§§“ fynsrgfctg} 3.5a?” appearing in the United anarchy” hours Therehnas a truth: rhmrs 3.8m‘ pm“ indicated he m expect, i en "i" by i‘ e m5“; ° and than a ed to advise on aircraft produc- CO ' “i “flies ‘fimgt? vloiém “ha,” be. il0ll in the lrrlited States and Can- mu1g VEHIZS Z3?“ an lulu. particularly in regard to mn- Soon the skv above the French ament 53d the fighting quality of o ‘ ' '10s ___ d 7 Co] s) As the officer formerly respod ‘nsible " (c tlnue on page . f 0 at Britain's sr eences. usfiffig“ "While" vo- Water on ififwuii. it is expected m.- will be able to give valuable advice on li-iilnhlg and other problems coil- li'()l|i.ill‘! Canada and its expanding iiir activities. He also will have 'lle ,cnl)ortu':ill_v of golfing first lYlilfi l infgfmffllfi‘! from Crnliiilliiil air- ; men on ivlilier trnililrlg and the ex- pansion of the British wealth sir training plan. COnllflOn‘ L l LU? A B [JANA A FLCIIJR moidleuboxfiijzinqfiitieud snM French are Exhorted to Fight Nazis LONDON. Dec. 29—(CP)--Gen. Charles De Gaulle, leader c: Free French forces allied with Greet Britain, exhorted all Frenchmen Saturday to‘kcep up the fight ag- ainst Gemiany and to them a great triumph might be theirs. As De Gaulle broadcast his ap- peal-declaring that if North Af- rica, Syria and the French fleet were fighting for France the Med- iterranean battle would end promptly in vlctcry-reports cir- culzl-tcd in Lisbon that French naval forces may be gathering in North Africa. ‘Travellers from unoccupied France said they had been inform- ed reliziblv that French chief of LONDON, Dec. ' (Monday) - (AP via Thaiisatlanilc telephone)- Assnull Subscription Delivered, $6.00. B] Illll Pell- “.00! lls IN LONDON Enemy7lanes Strike In Of WorsiRaids Heroic Firemen battle towering flames in Empire ‘Capital; Spit- fire and Hurricane fighters attack bombers in firelight. Canada and U. ti. ".00 One sly his attractive wife , General , state Philippe Petain had ailtlior- ized some French naval officers to Sptllld "vacations" in North Africa and that several French units already have been dispatch- ed there from Toulon. They linked these moves what they called Petairvs "unabat- ed declslon to rule France liim- self. frcc from foreign imnositlons. (A broadcast from Nazi-occup- ied Paris. heard in New the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem. said General Auguste Nogucs. Governor-General of French Mo- rocco. and “his collaborators" had returned tn Casablanca. Morocco. from an official visit to Vichy. (In Budapest, informants said Petain had told the Nazis that if their terlns for a final peace were unreasonable he ivould cut North Africa loose. with Gen. Maximo \Vt"_\'i‘,flllti iflklll‘! a farce colonial army there over to De Gaullels Free French forces and moving against Italian Libya in co-or- riination with British action from EKYlJi-l Soutllwestilown yin England has lleaviest raid All London firemen aided by thou- sands of volunteers battled toil-er- iiig flames throughout the capital Urges Gov’t naval with York by . early today IOUOWlllI! one oi the most destructive raids yet locxsed by waves 0f German borrlbers in a pre- midnight raid Officials said ‘it ls safe to say that damage rims into millions of pounds.“ r-iid his readillrss "i0 become a ,. _,. prisoner llinl!~"if l'lllllf‘l' tiiaii give Cflslldiurs were believed extreme- in {q 59mg dg he cnnsidprs 3g- lyiiealqvais sweatingiivemeiubiltiled aim; {he interest; o; prancegi hundreds of fires llircughou. the capital arc-a. At- the height of the raid launch- ed by hundreds of German bomb- ers. ground workers puking des- perately to control flames saw squadron after squadron of Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes owe into the midst of the bombers un- der a roof of brightly illuminated clouds. The German raiders sought refuge iii those clouds. Nlcrciiul rniils it's-o swept in from across tlie “invasion straits" to aid the firemen fighting in ribble strewn streets timid tailglcs of fire hoses. fiancei Butter Price Fixing TORONTO. Dec. 29 --tCP) —H. H. Hannam, president of the Can- adian Federation of Agriculture, in a telegram sent to Ottawa Satur- day, urged the Dominion Govern.- ment to cancel its recent order set.- ting a maxtmlun price for butter. His protest followed the an- nouncement Friday by the svartimo prices and trades board p the wholesale price of butter at the maximum wholesale price prevailing in each locality last Dec. 12. The telegram was sent to Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister _of Agriculture and Hector McKinncn, chairman of the prices and trades board. Mr. Hannam said that on behail of the federation he was protests ing "the fixing 0f maximum price for butter three ctr four cents be- low current market prices when the farmer's price for butter-tat is still low in comparison with his rising Famous Church Burned One famous church designed by Sir Christopher Wren was smashed. _ " but scores of hastily recruited mes- “IQ-film? °°5l5 °Y PTWUNJOB- scnger boys and Janitors in the “YWY Bwfrmmfli Qiwbiifihfifl neighborhood dashed into the flam-Jgwboii? $618922 vwinl gfiine waxes .- iug structure and rescued many r011“; W85 whlchevfl 6E1 (it; Pr“: priceless relics just before the roof m ‘£8155. fl ed u gher. collapsed‘ . Gen beeggam con-nu . I you The firs; coukfi g6 seennfoé- miles gun: a fiae-Kgglduéirrgnfl; - at arso amesiaswept i355 thin clguds. illuminating the slry mloiewrle b39997‘ 1x109 17f MOT! Y-‘iibn clashes between the attacking and 4o Wm‘! l- Pa“!!! EST . .ENGLAND of people were left temporarilv homeless and a largo number‘ shops were wrecked by the 240th and heaviest of German air raics, on this particular" town diuinil Sai- . urdav night. The raid. though short, was‘ fierce, and hundreds of incendiary bombs were scattered over all parts of the town. High explosives. some ' of hclivv calibre. followed and fell; on ividsv separated areas. b l Al: one time more than 20 fires l were raging in different areas. All i were broillzht. under control before , midiiirrlif. _ g Casualties were light considering A HSOUTHW ‘TOWN. Dec. 29.—-(CP) - Hundreds{ said. were injured seriously. German Cruiser Request for Meetingdenied oirrawa. Dec. zm-(cri-cliiilr- man H. B. McKinnon of the War- time Prlces and Trade Board. said tonight he liad denied a request from the Montreal Produce Merch- ants’ Association for a meeting in Ottalva tomorrow. Mr. McKinnon received a felo- gram from the Association Sutur- day. asking that a meeting behold. The wire did not state what would be dlscuacd at siich a conference. Mr. McKliinon said. but presumablv butter prices would be the chief topic. “I can sec no advantage ill Sufi! a meeting." Mr McKiimon said, "and I have wired the Association requesting them not to send any members here." LONDON. Del‘. 20-40!" —- A communique issued today by lilo legation at. Cairo said a plot a1:- ainst King lbn Saud of Saudi Arabia had been discovered and that two persons concerned in it. llad been sentenced in death the ei. “llll- llalizlil riuiio her-nu in iii»- ii. 'l"iic.=c statements are, of course, fantastic." kin-c fili\ country of r-omywiiclii- in a l beacon fires. lin the capital were the struggling the severity of the raid. authorities i" Niiie bodies recovered lTOllll the debris of two homes brolilzht the l number of dead to l0. Some persons l‘ Flees Guns Enemy supply ship sunk in chase 0f Nazi; Engage- ment occurred Christmas day. British Brulldriletlilg (‘orpiunllon reported. "Even before news of this was‘ niulEl-qillillil” the put‘. cuiiliiiiill- defending flnnes. 59°75’ K053315411» President Miinv witlnessed this gripping bat- “he ma“ mflcha-YWS uflwifltiion tic despite the rain of explosive Canada» 531d the 011191‘ W55 “K115i? ‘bombs (lroppcd down toward the g3 Tgi-Elllfailgrwgmwdllqllti; 7-1;] bought at a much higher price than they were able to sell and the consumer had not been given sufficient information. Hon. P. M. Dewari. Ontario mini ister of agriculture. sold he could see "no sound reason" for thefed- eral government fixing tihe price. Across this fire-swept panorama shadows of the firemen and volun- lcers who were tossing hilfldNdS of rzcvscrs of writer and bags of sand on tlic flames. Water Goes Low But there were so many fires that the writer pressure went low liimiv extra pumps were rolled in- its". Cable communications from Lon- ‘THANK QOODNES f l CAN ACT NATURAL (Continued on page '1, col I) Raider Of. Berwick TORONTO, Dec. 29—-(CPi—Min- lrnum and maximum temperatures Dawson illll 3H Victoria ‘i3 ‘it lildmonton __';’ 14 LONDON, Dec. 2o --(CP) -A Resins ... ll British cruiser attacked and ches- Wifliiipefl a ed a, “powerful eiicmy surface rald- TOTO“?! m; u er" prcylng on a North Atlantic OWWB N 1M convoy Christmas momlng and. in Mmlgleihi i“ in tile pursuit, sank a German vessel Q“? m‘ ,_ L,‘ believed to have been tile raiders gillilfiqfio-"n ilépltléfiaghip, the admiralty disclos- Charimwmwn 32 m ' Tile cruiser, the 10.000 ton B6!- lvick, was damaged slightly. This FORECAST was the second time within a month “inflame Prmqmcs: rmemed vliot she bore the scars of a sea battle. The communique discloscd ‘that she iliifi been transferred from I~l=<lilcl'1"c1.1.ccr1. wl.v.i@c."sa1"~<i “- iily to convoy dlity in the‘ "Atlantic." Although the Bcrwlcl: lost the raldc-r- which may have been a ticiinrin pocket battleship-she sank the Gcrliiaii steamship Baden. an 8.024-tmi vessel. apmrcutly a sup- ply ship for the raider. which was said f0 have received at least one square hit itself. Tlic Baden was sunk lifter her crow fired the vcs- m‘. to scuttle licr. Tllc admiralty wild that. oilcsllip of ilic convoy “ .i. lllt. and receiv- ed slight. dauiiiirc“ before the British escort gave chase. (Sundirvfls German high command cnillmuiliqlic. aprxirently referring to l ilic Fflllll“ l-lle:iucli\(-iit_ cliiimilil C11" a lilliil .-iil. l‘(' \'>\'(‘i\‘ inlliillg li Norlli iAti nil» lullaby will. (irie- tiuilll-iull wluill ‘in lzv yiril iiihl Lurlieiiii fire illl'i 'l|\ u .‘i',‘l|i fiulli llii rlll-‘IIV tlllc‘ r l-wllriilg tile (‘!rll\(>_\‘ at,» hit with occasional rain; possibly part snow in New Brilnslvlck and con- siderable fog; winds increasing to fresh or strong at night. Synopsis: Moderate to heavy rain has occurred in southern and east- ern Ontario with sncwflurries in the far north. It lids been fiilr in most districts of tho west with s little lower temperature in Miln- ltrba and northern Saskatchewan. High tide today at 12.13 and to- night. at 11.40. -Sun sets this allorlron at 4.27 and rises tomorrow morning at. 7 First. quarter moon Jan. 5, 9.40 m lSilllllllffSiiié tide l8 mlnivr: lat- er than Cliarloiti-iowii. THE (‘AR FERRY SULNGQ a Leaves (Coiiiiiiucd on page 1, col 1) 3.15 PM. Leaves Him’ n 045 A M. T00 PM’. Tormeutlno 11.00 A. M, n; ncnuicnrvluw~iwv as: seer/a raa-"rr- .75" w...“ acumen.» -_ < lil>~bspi¥~fi 2:1‘ “.1... _- w ‘F’ .