e SUMSMSERSIDE AND (PRINCE COUNTY CHRO WESTERN GUARDIAN s. aoaNT8= Mm John Pond, u Church Street-Phone m summnusroe and enuwe oouwu n", Subscriptions. Advertising should be left with Mn. Pond. I, guardian may be bought daily Bakery, Water Street. Mark n; Guardian will be delivered i“ Boy at 2v ner "a: or 10c per week. Phone 2119 for this gervlcg ,- , your urder to the 00y responsible for deliveries on your route. o “any of the following new,“ Suuunerslde: y wkstnre. Water Street. Guurlies Drugstore, Wu" 5",", Tatum. Gill"!- 01 Grenville Street, to l!!! home in Summerside by ‘eolulnn le reserved for nevu cf Iulrrelt. but advertising of a q nature may he iulcrtcd II I u. ‘wed, ltrlrtly pnylhlo in m. |0COLAT11S in attractive first), Goutlies Rexall Drugs. L.58'I-l2-17-31. N's gift for a Maul Give d,“ 13410110101‘ Shaving let. ,r.ics Rcxall Drugs- L-587-12-l7-3l. mm AGAIN — The many , Louis Dystant are do to see him out again after e trucks illness-S. 4n; ll.\\'l-“. just received a strut oi Xmas cards, Our ‘k 15 still complete, Gourlies Bu Dyugs‘, L-587-12-l7-3i. 4;, N, QTSRYAN of HolLRen- w and Co. Montreal is buying 5 dmp, at office of Charles , ~ 5h merside. m’ m L-640-12-l8-tf. JENSINGTON and. ra town Ebyterlflli Churches. Mr, Inrne Kay will conduct the services of gap and preach the sermons as "ulksi liensmgton A. M. u 3 P. M. L-662-12-19-1i. SPOKE AT EDUCATIONAL JVENTION IN BOSTON- Miss m. ltlacFarlane, Educational tor cf the National Restaur- . Association was among emin- zctlticational speakers who ad- ssd a gathering last week of r5000 at Boston, Mass, during Convention of American Voca- alkts’ Association. Miss Mac- dane spoke on the training needs restaurant operators on a de- <2 economy. Miss MacForlane is edfiiljllllfl‘ of Mrs. Nathan Mac- rlane, S'side.—S. Personals MC. George Mulally. Trenton. is receiving a warm welcome n: re | to visiting his old home town m . Kensingtori. Miss Blanch I-Iogg is out and at again after her recent oper- ui and ls receiving a cordial ‘conic froth her many friends. lliss Helen MacEwen. student ytotint Alison University arriv- liome Wednesday to spend the dslmns vacation with her par. .1111. and Mrs, Arthur Mac- rn, summerside East-S. 111's. \Vm. Cascly and her hter-in-law Mrs. Leaman Iy and two children of Kelvin te takctt up their residence in » ezslde for the winter months. -llrs. John O'Connor, wife of it O'Connor is spending as nt her home in Freder- ., N. l3.—S. 'EWSMAN TELLS (Cont lnuocl__fron1 M page 41) more than worthy of his met- noticczl llze weather as an 1h- fenlng natural phenomenon l: rlrlirzg out of Moscow to- 'l thc front on a bright, crisp Toward nightfall the snow in and suddenly darkness came. (mung through blinding swirls mow in the pitch mack night, ca: tan slower and slower. The ldisaptie ‘ed under the drifts. ' lurgz-ci into a ditch ll inc. Tue uund screamed at doors and ow: and penetrated the car. _suow tlrl ‘Jul (‘I Pm ftsrl higher. The cold and closer. flay morning light fli- t! through the windows. An ar- "Illlflf Dlflwlllt! through the is came down ,1 c road. Troops ‘"1 us out of the ditch and It r Dath to the highway. “f, SPQQIHI nlilht was clear and by with the wind ripping snow ‘Ila r9111 and leavlnll a tat-rous- ccat of toe. Driving l0 a front-line town, we came I valley where the car could I er skid up lite hill ahead nor °t its path on the slippery behind us. There was nothing it but walk back four miles to M1111: over the ice, falling in snow we trudged along much lgllld German troops trying to f1 Wind stung our faces. snow ,1 tri at our feet and the star- ‘mwlfllltlht ominous shadows ‘ 1108c miracles from distant “we t» think what 1e t beehuueuehenedenggflh tlluglhe weather had been e- mxmmlflhs claim landing on _ Kong Island, but admit. stern ‘ ‘ resistance, 01mins ‘P01 men Acute I31 ("piano 5 ‘Ilhrmtrll 0) -uax1u.|. X11185 if Taylor Dru: 00.. Kgnst1'hg‘tr;n.damty' be-WWGS PARADE-There will N l- Wlllks parade this morning at °- 9 service Flying Training School at 7.30 local time-S.‘ —BEDEQUE s1: tin Rink 511111481’. Dec. 20th a? 8 pntoléxr‘: "W" meellns 7.30. L-638-12-18-3l. _—C0NG"ATULATI0N — 1- mg Officer Gordon A. smut; Esq MFS- Hart are receiving congratu- lations on the arrival ol a young awash "m" can HQ- Au-aaurvap IIOME—-Mr. Lloyd Aron, ion of Dr. and Mrs. Harry CA3: as arrived hOme for ma; tmas vacation, Lloyd was gne of the students who escaped drom the fire in the men's resi- erloe at Mount Allison Univcr. sltv- Lloyd 10st most of his be_ lvnslnes. but was not hurt. n18 madly friends are lad to see him b01116 5510 and well-s. —COIlNTY COURT Ellgdw in the county court on ‘$35’. n9 av cave Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $13.30 in a 9°“ “W- The Judze ruled that the defendant had not, bmugm l-his claim in the provisions of the Statute of Limitations and gave Jlldflment m: the plaintiffs-s, ssmn BOWLIN-G. R. C. A. F. League Type“:- J_ Kinnibaugh 14a 205 15g H. Potts 165 134 145 J. Incl-am 1111 169 1'19 A. Hassell 152 13c 152 H. R1050 163 202 186 807 846 824 Cookies:- Set. Kane 155 168 164 Beaudoin 328 169 167 Cpl. Craddock 205 197 156 I111 132 133 0P1. Cochrane 160 24o 260 Clpl. Belanger 125 977 899 880 Night Flyersz- Wilson 254 224 21a Morrlss 150 1:17 131 Rvscbrvzh 24s 194 22a Lawlor 178 167 213 Bratton 176 213 271 1012 935 1062 C. R's»- Bonln 128 210 182 Befltty 23a 221 222 Eaton 243 231 252 Allan 178 111 102 Couture 161 147 215 948 920 973 E 42's:-- Flt. Lt. W008 190 129 127 Sgt. Saunders 144 24.0 213 Cpl. Lot-anger 185 190 220 A0. Fields 249 179 154 AC. Winckler 194 220 239 989 958 L. P. 0‘s:— Kent 192 173 113 Monette 207 153 322 Sinclair 157 139 153 Underwood 175 168 163 Tally 185 1'14 151 916 805 808 Night Workers:_ McGill 173 251 182 Mellish 121 178 157 K. Beers 130 150 170 b. Imwery 152 183 1'13 AKWPW 86 153 150 Total~2389_ Rag Deniers:- F.-O. Hart. 207 201 142 Sim 162 125 212 lvlichaud 198 269 200 Sul‘ivan 177 229 218 Carmody a6 227 got; Total—290i). ADMIT BRITISH (Continued from page I) and shelled steadily. The landing was effected. the Japanese said, by army and navy {loaves "acting in close collabora- on. (British sources did not com- ment. immediately on the Japanese claims.) The Japanese Thursday acknow- ledged the loss of five "special type submarines" and 29 lanes in the attack on Pearl Har on the opening day of the war and they whlidrew a previous claim that. a United States aircraft carrier had been sunk there. i. Japanese destroyer also is missing. a wmmunlque said. The army division of Ja eee neral headtmartere claim that ir forces co-operetlon with the navy had received "important reinforcement in afi ‘beatres of operations," and new territorial gains in the Philippines were claimed but not elaborated upon. Japanese troop! which landed at Senggore and II. Kohte Bhuu were said to have destroyed British frontier fortifications on the Malay hineula and to have annihilated glltish motorized forces." "Aviation bombed airflelde in Burma and Malaya," the Japanese Other Japanese claims were:- Oll depots and militia facilities set aflre in ugly Konl nlr and artillery attac . An air raid on Penang off the west Malayan coast. sinking one rge British ship and several smal- transports. Destruction 0f nine British planes including two Buffalo (Brew- ster) fighters at Ipoh. Malaya; Destruction of military objectives at Kunming, the Chinese end of the Burma. roed. in air attach . .z.... "l-‘e a MADE IN CANADA Z5, 40, 60, 75, 100 WATT INSIDE FROSTED suarrrarn (Cotitinucdmfrgrrrjiage l1) there still are many more sfrong defences between 'I‘mim1 and n- gasl. The R. A. F. ls bombing th_s€ positions. Military ‘observers also said there was a possibility that Axis plane re- lnforcemutits sill] are crossing tho Mediterranean in an attempt to kocp the British troops n\\'."y from Bengasi, or Tripoli, lar to the west and next to Ffrcnch North Africa. If past British strategy is em- ployed some of the allied troops now will cut 50IllIlW8Sl. across the “hump of Libya." in an effort to p111 the Axis troops against the curving Lib- yan coast. One factor in this encircle-merit hich was reported three weeks ago have cut straight across the desert from Sidi Omar to a spot below Bengasi. British authorities have been silent. about what happened to this column after announcing l1 had reached the Gulf of Sirte. Today's communique credited In- dian troops fighting southwest of Gazala with checking a furious three-day German counter-attack while other armored units sped to the rear to out-flank the Axis sold- rs. Twenty German tanks were re- ported smashed. and a number of Axis planes downed before the ground forces brcke and r . _ _ Then. bouncing on retiring Germans‘ flanks and roar. the Brit- ish forcrs destroyed tvhoie columns of mechariicti transports iticltuliirg anniiional Nazi tanks, the com- munique said. (Informed sources 1n London were cautious about the triumphant Cairo communique, 133111111111 our that there was no indication that the British forct-s had mutiagorl to encircle the bulk of the rcilrllll! Axis troops.) BOMBER CREW 1> lllerated by clouds be ere the in- cendiarlcs could be unloaded. They were still over Germany when the plane wcs hit again and the sccond- plot. anduear gunner almost. sli11"l‘a' YODTII/"d fire, The p111‘ u . din!‘ l0- hind him an?! tho in cfagr was fiilrd with bhud g (Ill? 111g slTlfl-(E). Flames \\‘0l'e coming up hroutth the floor and were beginnzng to lick up the sides. lnccntli-‘fics Catch Fire The lnranrliafies 11nd cauy“t fire and, 12.000 fret up, the b'ntb"r was ablaze along the whole ierrzth o! its brmb ra'ks. a target for every gun witlrn range. Whitt- the gflot f‘cw on. the sec- (md tyilol w." it bro‘: to trvkl" the fire. emttlvlrt": the oxtnguishors 1111p it then 11=Iug “with quite a (‘e- cent effect" coffee frcm the therm- os fla . The fire still blazed‘ and an at- tempt to jettison the inoendiaries failed. Anti-aircraft batteries lrpt up a continuous barrage frrm the ‘ounrl. "You could hcar tho cramps all around us." the captain sad. "I can't. make out how ft was they didn't blow us out of the sky." The fuselage fabric burnt away for many fcct along both sides of the plane. but the second pilot 11:1- ully got the blam inside the air- craft, out. r1 ping down the side window curta ns and using them to beat out the flames. The fncendlarles were still blaz- ing, but the pilot found he could close the bomb doors-“or what was left of them"-and the fire died down for a minute. Flames had burnt awaypart 01f "-~ ("bro cf orc of Iho Whlls and the plane gradually 1 t h 1 W95 01111’ 1.000 feet citoieghbiti? whent it crossed the encm coast me lnoendiaries were stllI burn; Touch And Go “We knew ft was tzuch and go trylnz to cross the sea," the Cap- tain said‘. "But we thought. we would take the chance rather than come dflwn in enemy territory. 5g w, flew on." Twenty five minutes later. near. 1y three’ hours alter leaving Berlin, tie engines sputtered and failed, The gasoline had gOne, Everything had been made ready for a landlnz 1h the sea, but be. @911“ 0f damn-ire to the Aircraft the pilot was unable to get the tail down and the Wellington went, m. torthe wgterdnose down. wen un erneat fo- r its whole length, mlgn ‘tRe“°§§.‘§I¥ gasoline tanks in the Wings 110E993 1t- lo the surface again. A minute later it sank for good‘ m‘; 1n ma; minute the crew climbed out, mu got into the dinghy. all uninlurecl except the _p1lot who hurt his leg and cut his face when throw-n aghlnst his instrument panel, ‘We 111st sat in the dinghy wait. fng for the dawn to break," said the pilot. Paddle All Day. Night The crew paddled all that day and the following night, They ra_ ironed their food and drink for six days. not knowing how IQng U191’ might g0 before being rescued. Th‘? 59a was Tough on the sec- ond day and the _\\'intl came up (W011 sblvllflcr at night. The dinghy I191‘) 11D arid the crew kept 1t free from water by balling and passed the time discussing where they wzuld g0 on sick leave. When the sun came up on the third mf-"Tllllg. a buoy floattd bv 11nd‘ that "sort of bricked thims up." "'Thcn we saw l-he crust in the distance." the pilot said, “eve were afraid we were [wing to be carried past 1t so we paddled‘ like dingbats, VI/llelher II; did any good or not. I don't know, We were being taken 1n pretty fast. "After a time we could sre pen. pic. Then. as we not nearer. we waved. We cculzl sec than \\':vin". back. We paddled to within 20 yards of the shore and then a big sou more or less washed us up to the rescuers who had waded out." The? had reached the Isle of Wight. British fall Back before Japs in Malaya (By C. Yates McDaniel) (Associated Press Stuff Writer) sltxdnronn. l) . IB-AAPP-The Japancsc have pushed 100 tnil:s in- to Malaya in 11 days of attacks prosecuted with fanatical disrcgami of the constantly high death loll but have not yet managed to con- vert their jungle offensive into n major push, British authorities rc- portcd tonight as 111911‘ own mrin (lcfence lino was pulled back t‘) about 300 air miles north of vital Singapore. Malayns second city. Penang. and the mainland province of Wellcsry were isolated from the rest of fir.- pctirnsttla as British forces fell back from out- riwr to zrnother in the fluid fighting required by the ter- r um, Neither side has much air support because fliers can see only unbrok- en greenery below. Japanese bomb- ingr had slackened notably. he Japanese still are depending on many thrusts by small units which plunge ahead without regard for their lives, but they have yet to break a British stand in a mtllor battle. Penang. an island base 15 miles long and five miles broad off the northwest coast of Malaya, ls stra- tegically important to the defence of North Malava and is the tor- rninus for eight cables. British soil for 156 years, it still was believed British tonight, but how long it could Izold out was problematical. Singapore had heard nothing from the island for 24 hours and it was knoyvn the enemy was investing the ndlacent mainland. The British withdrawal was from the Mudn River. It left all of the big Thailand border province of Kcdah and the smaller" coastal pro- vince Wcllesloy opposite Penang to tho Japanese. and put H12 Brit- ish line in the wogt of Malaya a- bout 300 miles above Singapore. So far this line had not been attacked in strength, tonight's com- munique reporting "no enemy ac- tivity" in either the west or the east of Malaya, and little air ac- tion. ' It did, however, report that prior to Wednesday. night's withdrawal from the Muda. a strong Japanese force tried to storm Pekaka. Bridge. "This." it said, "was repulsed. the enemy being driven back across the river, leaving behind many clcad. The subsequent withdrawal was carried out unopposed." "During the night," another com- mllnlque said of the British with- drawal. "our troops in South Kedah and the province Wellesley success- fully discngagcd and now are re- organizing south of the Singei (riv- er) Krian. "Yesterday there was some fight- Take Risks To itgontinued from page 1) mans back 45 miles from Tlkhvin and freeing Leningrad from the threat of encircietuant. (British reports said that the Finnish line between lakes Onega and Ladoga. was smashed and that Leningradk 1,000,000 defenders had joined in the attack on the Finns.) In tlie southwest. B0 more settle- ments fell in the relentless push which bekan with the recapture of Rostov and has proceeded weat- ward above the shores of the Bee of Azov. (British reports said the Germans had lost 6,000 n of a Viennese infantry division in fight- ing near Kharkov, German-occu- pied steel centre.) Only on the extreme southern front, in the Crimea itself, were the‘ Germans holding the initiative. There the Russians reported they were checking violent assaul-‘s in the Sevastopol sector. and one re- port said 3,200 Germans had been killed in e battle of several days‘ duration. Red Star, the army newspaper, outlined the general plan of the Russian campaign as one to “en- circle and exicnninnte the enemy." Pointing ottt. that this is still a mobile campaign, with the Ger- mans sometimes sacrificing occu- ped territory to escape annihila- tion, it urged Red army command- ers to disregard frontal tssaults and take the risk of throrvltig out long salicnts to out off and wipe out. the enemy units. These tactics vrcre used at Shek- lno and Aleksin. in the Tula area, capture of which was announced early today, The German 296th infantry di- vision was reported destroytd at Shckino with all its material and 80 per cent o.’ its personnel. Aleksln, noruliwest of Tula. was token the same day. On the north of Moscow, a com- munique said the Germans lost 10.090 men in dead alone in the rout from Kallnin. 95 miles nor-‘lt- west. o1‘ tho capital. plus at least 191 field guns. 31 tanks and about 1,000 trucks. Believe U. S. may Blockade Japan WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 -(AP) _Ut1ilctl States stibmarincs, nroviirg with deadly effect into thc battle of the far east, have sunk a Jap- anese transport, and tirobably a destroyer as well. Word that American "pigboats" 115.11 reached tlxo tirea of action '2 rams yr=i:r:lity from the licatlqtrartcrs of Ad . as C. Hart. commander 1r. chief of the far eastern fleet, said iliat two of three submarine attacks had been succcs-zftll. 'I‘o:lav tho itavy sp. " ._ acicied the details of a transpor; sunk and a destroyer‘ probably at the bot- tom, but, following its usual course, made no mention of specific locali- ties or the identities of the slaips involved. The rlevelopnreht was \VILI"IV tak- on to mvan that an P1131 e bo- uinning Ililfl been tirade 2 estab- lishing a blockade about Jausm in- tenderl to snap the supply lines to her distant expeditionary forces. and cut off supplies of raw mater- ials and food. Escaped German Prisoner retaken MONTREAL, Dec. 18—(CP)—Ot£O Steinlulper, 22 year old German 8.1.1‘ force prlsoner-oi-war, was recaptur- ed tonight in the Canadian Pacific Railway Windsor station here. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that. a C. P. R. policeman had found Stcinhilper, who escaped last night. from an intorutuent camp at Bmvmam/ille, Ont, tied underneath a New York Central day coach. The coach was attached to a train ready for departure to New York. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that. a C. P. R. policeman had found the prisoner tied underneath a New York Central passenger cat‘, standing in the yard and presum- abh/ waiting to be shunted IIIID po- sition tc leave for New York. Police said that the prisoner told them he had tied himself to the car to assure he would not fall off if 11c became drowsy. Police would give no further de- tails on the prisoner’; capture. lng in the vicinity of Grik but no enemy activity in that area was reported this morning." In East Malaya, in the Kelantan area, "an attack on our position was driven off with heavy casual- ties to the enemy." The river Krian is one of the major streams in the state of Per- ak. Grik Ls in Perak east of Pen- ang. and the report of the fight- ing there indicated the Japanese already had begun to pierce tIie new frontier. CARE PREVENTS WASTE fake Care of Your far and fie/p Canada Conserve 0EPENDABIIITY HE TIMES DEMAND I'M [ro/zomy of Qua/fry P/oduc/x 1's a 60/20/00 Necers/ly ilussian events May change Course of war Washington O b s e r - vers See Three Pos- sible Campaigns‘ I Japanese Activity Philippines Open To Hitler. (By J. I. Sanderson. Canadian Press Staff WIN") WASHINGTON. Dec. 1B~(CP)-— After 10 days of intense absorption with the Far Bast. military and div,‘ tic agencies in Washington are beginning to realize that some- thing is happening on the Russian front that may alter the whole complexion of the war. Driving the Germans before them as they drove the ragged remnants of Napoleon's army in 1812, the Rumlans appear to have the Nazis on the run along prac- tlcally the whole 1,200-mile front. The retreat of the Gemlans in Russia, coupled with the success of the British drive In Libya ag- einst Lt-Gen. Erwin Rommel’: German-Italian force, has led to discussion here of three possible campaigns open to Hitler. Three Possibilities 1. A drive through Turkey in an attempt to block the allied supply lines through Iraq and Iran and seize control of the Suez canal, 2. A drive through Spain and Portugal to North Africa with the primary objective of saving the remnants of Rommefs forces but with the long-range objective of obtaining sea and air bases along with the West African coast, par- t-icularly Dakar. 3. A general attack on Britain ITHTIICUIZUIy an intensification 0 aerial assault, not only on British towns and cities but far out in sea in co-operation with submarine packs in an effort to break the British and Russian supply link with Canada and the United States. 0f these possibilities. it Is considered here that the most likely is a drive through the Iber an peninsula, which prob- ably would be a walk-over be- cause of the Axis sympathies of Spanish dictator Franco who owes his job to German anti Italian intervention in Spams civil war. Spain, controlling not only the European approaches to Gibraltar but. the African as u'c‘.l, due t0 Franco taking over control of the international zone of Tangier t1 your and a hall ago, is the most 11111-111111 stepping-stone to North Africa. Taking a long-range view, Hitler might consider it imperative for him to have a base of operations in North Africa. because, i1‘ occup. iedyentircly by thc allies, an in. vasiou of Italy might be possible at some future date and the Axis eventually shattered by striking at. its weakest link, If he could entrcnch himself In North Afrlca_ particularly if 11c could control Dakar 1'11 French (Vichy) Senegal and t11e Azores and Cape Verde Islands, Hitler would strengthen his position cm- Ilderably because he would have fairly effective control of south Atlantic srzpply routes linking the AIL-antic and Pacific zones. Failed in Russia Meflnwhile. It is en established fact that Hitler has failed on a colossal scale in Russia. a blow not only to Hitier but to Japan. Eventually. it may mean Russian intervention 1n the Pacific com- bat zone and Chinese sources say Russian large-scale manoeuvres a1. ready are being held near the border of Siberia and Japanese_ controlled Manchukuo. ‘Illcre can be no doubt that German losses in nranpower and machines also have been on a °°1°~°>W1 wille- Thflt math is a blow Rkainst Japan because these great btfttles of 311F009. Asia and Africa file Dart of the same war and a wtbllck in one area weakens the ‘Vhllle AXIS. and correspondingly strensthene the whole allied side. Tricked Japanese? Ill m")? quarters here, the Ger- man retreat in Russia is regarded as more than a strategic one and when the whole history of it 15 written it may be established that Hitler tricked the Japanese into declaring war by telling them Mos- cow was his for the taking. 0n Dec. 5, two days before the Javanese set the Pacific on fire, the Germans were within three or four miles of completing the en- clffilemellt or the Russian army defending Tula, near Moscow's southern approaches. To the north they were within 2o mlleg or the‘ Russian capital. The Japanese, it is assumed, decided Moscow was doomed and the time for them to mike had come. Then something happened, Rug_ sian counter-attacks, started Dec, B began to roll back the German invaders on the snOW-pnclted and b1°°dy P151115. From Rostov in the 90111.11, the 13“i1."’.'£i...§’.';..'“ if “'.’l"".“‘° , e uss hushed ahead, ans Today the Russian advance con- tinues and the impression has been formed here that what start- ed Be a strategic retreat m shorten communication lines and consult. date defensive positions for a static winter campaign has turned into something approaching a rout with the Russians applying too much pressure to permit the Ger- mans to make a determined stand, PILLS BY TIIE MILLION The Medical Section of the De- illrtment (f Munitlrns and Sup- Plv bought 17,290,520 pills of var. ious formulae in a three-month 1391106. tcway to the Cauf GUARDIA NICLE INSTEA OF l UXURIES GIVE WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES OR STAMPS THIS A PATRIOTICGIIFT Slight In Thirty enemy planes raid Island of Panayy Japs thrown back at Vigan Beachhead. mini (By Clark Lee) (Associated Press Staff Writer) MANILA, Dec. 19-—(Frlday)—(A P)--More than thirty Japanese planes have bombed the southern port of Iloilo on the Central Philip- pine island of Parlay in their first attack in that region, United States army headquarters here atmounced day. “Civilian casualties and property damage have been rePOTVKI. Bald a communique. The communique, issued by the headquarters 01 Lt.-Gen. Douklfl5 MacArthur, United States com- mander in the Philippines, saldv- “Iloilo City was bombed about 1.10 p. m. Thursday. More than 80 Jav- anese lanes articipated. Civilian casualt es an nwhcrtv damage have been reported." Press reports said the attack last- cd for about 30’ minutes. Iloilo is about 310 miles south and slightly east of Manila. l. stop on an airline running south to Davao. southern Philippine port. It ls an important port having a large trade with ltfanilol and other island tiorts as well as with forciun Many industries £111.!) are tinrls. v centred there. ClllPf exports are sugar. tobacco, rice, coffee. hides and hemp. Iloilo is the capital 0f the prov- ince of the same name, and has a potntlation of 20.000 Tho announconicnt followed 1n- duciion of the entire army 0f u)“ Philippines into the United States army of the Far East and other moves consolidating and enlng the American forces. The Japanese again apparently avoided any effort to extend their small and precarious footholds on thc main Philippine island on Lu- zon. At one of these doubtful beach- heads—about Vigan in the north- west on the island some Z00 mm! Begin Sllonference 0n Income Tax OTTAWA, Doc. 18—(CP)-—1f‘in- irttce Minister" Ilsicv said tonight that "gratifying and satisfactory progress" was made at today": conferences with provincial govern- ment dcltrdatintts on trarsfcr of iticomt- taxing atttnozity" oxc tsivo- to the Dominion for the wars duration. The Minister would not comment on the attitudes of the PFC/villi?“ but emphasized that there was a multitude of angles to the pro- posal and each province had opin- ions which it desired to discuss. In his budget address last spring Mr. Ilsley imposed record income tax rates and suggested the province; vacate this field in favor of the Dominion, accepting com- pertsation from the federal treas- ury which 11c estimated at about $10,000,000. Since that time there have been conference: with the provinces, in- dividually and collectively. The meetings opening today were de- signed to complete final drafts of agreements with each province for legislative sanction. Mr, Ilsley said he expects the negotiations will be completed to- morrow and that he has no reason to believe any of the provinces will fall to enlcr into the Ptoposal. Questions of amounts of com. pcrisntion and dates on effective- ness of the provinces‘ withdrawal and of the restoration of provin- cial ta-xing rights at the end of the war were among the particular questions under discussion behind the closed and guarded doors of the Commons railtvay committee room. Six provincial premiers are in- cluded in the delegations which aggregate 36 ministers and ad- visers. Ontario sent the largest party—11 delegates headed by At- torncy-General Gordon Conant and Highways Minister T, B, Mc- season in George Slrccl, undet- ih Johnston. Canadian Nati Marketing strength- t-ly MARKETING of FUKS Our Charlottetown Receiving Station operation at "Ford Breeders’ Association Fur SUMMERSIDE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND above Manila-it was disclosed, in fact, that the Japanese had been thrown back many miles in fightim on Monday afternoon. Nothing W81 said as to thc stibscqttr-nt develop- ments in that arc-a. 0110f" the JED- aticse aim 10st at. least 20 planes. The 11'.- tinc \i'l\S south of Vigari itself. (This suggested that. a Jup- anese attelllpt to push toward Man- iia had been smashed before it got started.) During the day the enemy at.- temptcd no blow save from the air. it unis announced in the afternoon communique from the headquarters of Lt-Gen. Douglas Alec/Arthur. and this was n raid on Nichols and Zeb- lan fields in which there was only light damage. No casualties were reported. The raiders. l2 In all as counted from the ground. flew so high in de- fcrcncc to anti-aircraft lire that it was difficult to soc them. , The consolidation of American and Philippine fighting forces Wu thus announced by Gen. MacArth- ur:-- "In order to amnlgamale all de- fence forces and clfcrttratc maxim- um rolrxsiorr and cn-ordination, (he entire Philippine army l5 being 1n- (iuclotl info the United States army forces in the Far East. The chief of state. Gan, Basilio J. Valclcs. of the Philippine army will continue to stcr his echelon." n as u-ell as military soli- darity was stressed by President ltfanttcl (Quezon of the Philippines in a. broadcast address to the coun- "We are resisting effectively on all fronts and the situation is un- der control," he cieclared. "Filipinos and Ame cans are fighting together \“i'.ll 515411.11 \ ' rttitlor tho com- llklllf) of LL-(ivn. Nlarlirthur. In whose cottraue and ability I have absolute faith... ." . J. Paltswso-p, of Sask- ‘ (.‘..-n‘,tlv I1 of .l .1121 ltlarMillan n thrir nun ' a Campbnil slstailts. REPofifiYiTsruE Continued fror-n‘ page 1) b: 1 (ix-op of w: or c111 1g the _ O11 one 01' the mils lhvre urn: 3i mun, one gallon of water and a can of soc biscuits. This was the only raft that had any provis- ions whatever. "The men told me how some of them had stayed on the raft for s couple of clays. than suddenly got up. said 'gootlb,\'e‘ and dove over- board." Brcsson said the seamen told him "there was time to lower only one boat" before the cruiser sank after the enemy submarines first torpedo struck. “Although it. was built to hold 50. in the rush 120 men got. into it with the result that it went right down." “A second torpedo," Bresson said he learned, “blew the stern of! the ship and set off its magazine and depth charges. "The last one seen to leave the ship was the captain. He slid down the side of the ship and was almost waliking on the bot-tom when it turned over and sank. (The Admiralty gave the captain's name as R. S. Liovatt, 0.133., ILN.) "After the ship went dovm the submarine surfaced. cruised around about 1t) tnlnutos, then submerged. leaving: t~t'cr‘\'ont~ to his fate,” Bros- son said he was told. RECRUITING DLEETING PLANNED MONCTCtN. N. B.. Dec. 18-40?) _—'I‘he first public recruiting meet- lll|Z hero since thc outbreak of war uill be hr-ld Sunday afternoon. DRASTIC CUT Only 20 to D6 wns of alruninum per month ls being used for mn- mercial purposes in Canada c m- pared to more than 1.000 t-czhs per mqnlin normal tlm-‘s. Is this Stiles," Great e management ofS. R. onal Silver Fox Department