...--—- s he n WESTERNGUARDIANl "w" “iiinihibsilfdd guhscri tiona. Ailvflllllfl I u- a. w" ",‘j,°‘§§§§§',“v@ll'ussi°r:ee Church Street — Ph PRINCE COUNTY o.“ u” llmIl-ld be left with Mrs. Pond. Guardian may be bonghst deliyuaitepny of the following stores. in Gourllee Drugstore Watc st t Mart Gendet 87 drenvlll: 51:3; . G erdian will be delivered to an home in Summer-iii by r 15.50;. at 20 In!‘ dlY- or me per week. Phone 289 for this service, n mn- order to the bo res naible for dcll_v§ries 0n your route. L eserved for new: "l,:.°.'“.’.'lb.;'.t,' but advertising d new“ nature may he IMQIEB i; cents a word. strictly Plylble h ‘dvnnce. {- ' DAKS for Christmas at Toy- firfig ca, Kensinllwn- LEY adjustable squares, planes. rules. etc.. sold H l, Brawn L-424-I2-l0-2i. 3G5 e now ready with jgflglck oafr Christmas glfts. us “pip you make pleasing gift , lions. L43‘- __ TCIIEI) skating outfits lad- ‘Afllllf fur-topped set $4.50. .5 5350 up. Boys $3.25. For L vflnms go to stron-gs. 14-437. " -,\ IIOODE. wool and ’PABI\I.IUIIVD and comfortable, W, "9 eiils and $1.00 at f‘ ‘ c 14-437. bring your pelts ‘fill oi‘ Holt, Renfrew H q Moi "cal at C. R. Rogers ,. , Canadian Baiik 0f Com- , e gnilding, Summcrside. You l not be disappointed with the , h; is offering. L-436-12-16-6l. tltNl-Il) T0 HOMES- A ‘Bllflllll who arrived gnmmsrsidc to attend the fun- of her mother. Mrs. J. F. malt, Central St.» left l0!‘ (m1 satin-day morning to re- , her duties with the Works Buildings Bvatich, R.C.A.F‘. No. mlnin command. Her sisters. t LOIESC Avsenault, R.N., of .- City. NCW Jersey. and Mrs n Connolly, wife of Lieut C e _ om. iider John Connolly Broflvesidiglt for their , the ! , 14.3.. who also til‘ mother's funeral left ..l.- hotncs earlier in L-S. ‘DEATH OF MR. HARVEY GE -1:i the death of Mr. Har- ybarge Control Lot l6 has lost . of lii oldest and best known Large passed away night after a long . “as eighty’ two years age and had resided in Lot for ntanv ' rs. He was a - esiiil farmer and was most 1 ly respected in the community. . leaves to mourn his wife and e son Roy and one daughter, ‘s5 Geririltic both residing at me, aka a sister Mrs. Alexan- rLarge of Tryon and two broth- Ariluir in Boston and Charles Winnipeg to nil of whom much atliy is extended. The funeral t place on Fridav afternoon from fflfldfllt‘? to the old Methodist met R Mr. Christie con- tcri tlie services assisted by Rev. .Co0k of Stimmerside. The pall- rs were Messrs. Percy Miller. yard hiilici". Wilfred Gamble, r; Ym. ‘William Miller, Sey- tltll ‘lllninpsoti. -—S. ess Hr ine weather (Continued f i-cin pa lntry iii this direction." Air C05 of b:th sides were ac- ve Italian raids over ue were acknowledged front tre front said avoided engaging 05k warplanes. Illinti ti Itryal Air Force com- -- Ique told cf two rads Saturday Valona. Albaniirs chief port. lll a ficre attack." it sa‘d. - bs lPll among military stores l motor transport pork. A col- iI-bln nicks was seen to frcai the mrtrzr transport mlraton and although. cloud: enicc lull observation on the N's ci lilt- bombing, army bar- hit. iiil nit-iv" an ifrdromc sb bed all bccnbs falling in * ll . . ‘cu arci enemy aircraft i l t0 liliff‘ cfl spun around on p WIIWI-ps and sttlplied. From lglffa ions our aircraft returned ltilinii res‘ T0 on the north- iraut. a: tetily sti-bborimwias iio b0 gviig wily gradually iii fare f a liurrird Greek flunk- cpciali l. ‘i- forces are ‘bonstani-Iy" ltig toward Valona, one report » and are converging into ll l line ln order to mop up arid i- ctipttircd territory. "Farther -BEF0RE YOU buy see our large display of Christmas gifts. Enman Drug Co. Ltd, surnmerside. 11-402-12-14-31. -LUNCII KlTs 1th i thermos bottles. sold agvBracgeggu m L-424-l2-I6-2l. —AN EASILY HEATED apart- ment in summersidc, available shortly to suitabe tenant. Present occupants leaving the ' Province. Write qr telephone H. K. S. Hem- ming I 00.. Charlottetown. 11-258-12-11-13-16. —ISLAND BOY INJURED IN ACCIDENT — Mrs. Elliott Wright of Kinkora. has received the sad news that her son Thompson, who is a gunner in the 2nd Medium Bat- tery was injured in u-n accident. in England. The message CHIIIC in a letter from his brother Arthur who is also in England. The accident happened on November 19th when a machine gun accidenilyi discharg- ed and struck him and broke both his legs above the knees. Gunner Wright went overseas last Jan-l uary with his battery and is sta- tioned in England. He is well lcnnwn both in Summerside and Charlotte- owri. He attended the Suirimerside High School Academy in 1937-38 and was a student at Priiice of Wales Colic-go frctn 1938 to 39. His many friends ivill loam with re- gret of the accident and trust that Mr. Wright wiLl soon be up and a- bout again. -S. British liner ls torpedoed; Howe 0n board NEW YORK, Dec. l5 (AP) —’l‘he British liner Western Prince, load- ed with a heavy cargo, includi J airplanes. and carrying Britisii ficiztls home for the Clirisin s lioii- days, was tovpedoed Satui". av about 550 miles northwest of lmndoiizlcr- ry. Eire. MtlcKay Radio here picked up an SOS call that the l0,92fi-toii ship had been "toi-pedocd" at 3: ‘ EDT. Nothing further w after the first call, rein ;: _ Port Patrick. Scotland. station. Fblniess, Withy and Cctiiiiany, managers of the Western Prince, identified one of the 6t) pnsscnzt-rs its Hon. C. D. Ilotye, Canadian l\ll'n- | ister of Munitions and Supply. (In London. the Caiifviltn P heard reliably that Mr. Howe was safe.) Also aboard was Captain W. A. Charlton. one-time master of iiic Queen of Bermuda. Tin-ship had a crew oi 80 when she left. lieie Dec. 6. John Gammie. associate d of the Cunard White Sini- passenger agents. said he had information" on the liner. "t 0i‘ time», "n0 II.-Duchess of Windsor suffers Slight relapse MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 15-tAPt—The Duchess of Windsor, who under- went n, major dental operation 13st, mesday, has returned to befl on her doctor's instructions. It was understood that the ex- citement of leaving 51- Fmnds Hospital at Miami Beach Satui- day and moving to a Coial Gables hotel caused a loosening of fl blvfld clot which forms after suCh 0W1" ailons. _ Considerable pain resulted and Dr. Horace L. Carter instructfd he! t lht to remain n_ ‘ ggtlggayz: ‘hours. Her condition, is not considered serious- Dlrive oul AFHEIS north. it said Greek attacks llmed at ktraicgically import- llflthts F held by the enemy." . W" dlsimtcn from the coast-l ltctor 5.0"‘ n large battle areal btfn "ablaze for several days" lllllllffl". moriar and mach-j ‘ ll and the ground has ‘bikini! from the salvos of; liURNlH 15. 40. Q0 Will’ INSIDE FHOSTEO t . SUMMERS AND PRINCE COUNTY CHRONICLE Sudden passing 0f J. B. llacPharson Games as shock Friends were shocked Int lnstolearnofthe suddempaeeing of John Crawford MacPhei-san of Summerslde. Mr. MaloPher-son was Only 32 years of age and had not been feeling well smce ‘Thursday. He became rapidly worse and pars- ed WW8? Saturday afternoon. I-Ie was not in very robust health and suffered from a heart ailment. Mr, MacPiier-son was eon of Mrs. MacPherson of Summerslde and i-he late George MadPhersou. for many years caretaker of the Siunmerside post office. “Craw- ford." as he was generally called. was of a genial disposition. Much sympathy is extended to his fam- ily in their sad bereavement. He leaves to mourn his wife. formerly Rita Tord of NortD-iam and one Ellie son. Jo-hri. his mother and the following sisters—Miss Dor- othy in the Civil Service st Ottawa. Margaret. Mrs. Denlson OM18. in the United States. Jean, Mrs. Charles MacNcill, in Erie, Ontario and Mil- dred. Mrs. John Currie izi Ontario. The funeral will take place on Tuesday at 2 p.m. frcm the resi- dence of his mother on Russell Street. 5- ltalian Officer (Continued from, page___l)___ vanguard of the Italian push. We!‘ to matte a dasii tor the Nce and Suez. Surprise Was Great element ivlien the British WOODS struck at clown last Monday that the tanks which formed an import- ant part ofttne Maetti unit never (win got ill 0 801.921. ‘llze British troops opened with n barrage 01 (SO-pound shells from tiie east. where the Italians had their stiongest fortifications. innit-S- iicd artillery and truckloads of 1n- idntry then moved swiftly in from the west. 'I‘he Italians turned their guns in that iilrecnon and tried vainly t0 halt the onward sweep of the at- tankers. Gen. Maletti. my informant told mo. rallied his men for a counter- atiack at tile British right flank. but icil with a Juliet through his clicst and diec‘ within a. few minutes alter British troops reached him. British fire was so heavy that Italian tank crews were unable to get away from their tents lo UIIZJ‘ tanks, s short instance aiiny. and as the British tanks llithf their ticuuly toll, me Itali- an tanks stood empty and ld.e. This apparently was one of the main ITZISOIN for the quick British victory. Despite the gallant attempt to lion‘ tin: fortress, first by Gen. Ma- lflLl and tiieii by his second in ccniinanti. Col. Carmen Giuflrida. with British tanks tearing around inside. and infantry fOllDWlIliZ them with machine-guns and rifle fire, and bayonets, ltalian surrender was iiirvittible. Ont-e the British troops were in- side. the Italians had only the pro- tection of their tents arid trenches and a few dugouts. A considerable number of Italians were ki.led here. 300 wounded and 2.000 captured. Not a man escaped. The full Maietti crack unit which t-xiniirisxi two battalions of Libyans. tank corps. motor transport corps, armored car corps. artillery and en- gineers, all Italians. were in the fortress at the time of the attack. British Move On Lralvinxz a small detachment be- hind. tlie British troops moved northward 10 miles to the east and west forts at Tummar where the Italians. now aware of the British drive. offered longer but no more effective resistance than the men at Nlbievya. The wav to Sldi Barrani was then open. Otiicr British units meanwhile llflfl gone along the coastline. and were batting at Maktila. l0 miles t-ast of Barrani. Two Biackshirt legions and s, Lib- yan tiivlsicn in Sidi Barrani thus. wot-c cncli-cucd by Monday nightqt some l2 hours after the fighting be-| bod i um‘ l t At Habsa. the British tanks sent n message to the Italians before at- tacking. demanding. their surrender zl-gttlie replv was that they would re- “Thev must have had their white i‘lli‘ll'l Iafter we had fired only a few ‘shots. a. British officer told me. some of the Nibeiwa. prisoners, p-specialiv Blackshirts. were crest. tfa len over their defeat and said lgitterlv thev wished thev had died t3ii§‘°'“§+ac€i鑧t1'$i§ii l§‘°"i.ll°‘“"‘ fifemed Iliad. n1 e ‘van!’ them. 'I‘he British moved the wounded in ambulances. leavin Blklltislrfllziilgaéillilent hospltp. Wvkeél ligizether. an 5mm‘ _ as s cks of food. including sev- illiiifmbefé i§f§2°€$'"f‘°"i“ “i N" orig‘? t eed he pris- e use ranches provided graves tit. you... at: our "-- fbgilgillgfll. m ' n‘ b” t- . l Only nsne ltliilimlvgfaocllei-tgevcuwgltili several which went thrpuqfh ‘mink geld werfi so little damaged that .icy c ed Mm qfllilllcklllrlemfirlt‘ to more fighting Soviets and Chinese sign Agreement NEW YORK. Dec. l5—(APi— The British Broadcasting Corpor- nlim] reported gaturday thflf. Chill! mid the soviet Union have sl d an agreement under which C Ina But so great was the surprise Egypt Reserves ROME. Dec. 15.-—(AP) — Italy's desert Mrions. beaten back into Lib- ya in the bloodiest hand-to-harid and. ciuunzedflstht-ing tbev have me known since the last war. drew to- counter-offensive. O ers in Rome. analyzlgf re- ports of the Italian withdraw . be- liuved that the tote of the Fascist African empire hung by the out- come of the war in the wasteiarids- a Week-old struggle between land. air and sea forces. Commuriiques indicated that the three-month-oid Italian invasion of Egypt had been turned into a de- fence of Italian-held Libya. at the sandstorm-swept northern Junction 0f the ElZyptlan-Libyan frontiers. The Italians acknowledged that a warship of “medium tonnage” had been hit by Royal Air Force bombs in one of three pounding raids Sat- urday night on populous Naples. but claimed "unimportant damage." Death or inJu-iy t0 50 crewmen ilycs gdgiltted. and iniurv to eight civill- Tlio candor of the high coni- mands commumques was unusual. The introduction of the main report of the war was on acknowledgement that Sidi Barraiii, once the advance base of the Italian expedition into . had been abandoned. Asun- piement calmed that “as always, our war bulletins tell the entire truth" in good as well as bad for- ne. The two reviews placed the main French (By RoberCStOkIn, Associated Press, VICHY. Dec. 15—(AP) —Coii- tlnuing the overhauling which be- gdri with the ouster of Pierre Laval ‘ as vice premier and foreign min- ister, tlie Vichy Government an- nounced today it soon would or- ganlze a consultative assembly to share “certain responsibilities" with Chief of State Marshal Pe- tain and his ministers. The Marshal's own creation. the assembly will act solely as an ad- visory body arid only when he asks for its counsel. Petain, it was announced. ex- pressed the thought that the mo- nierlt had come to submit many of the new state's reforms, already made. to the people. A statement creating the new body is expected to appear shortly in the official Journal. Now that the most essential re- forms, “which by reason of cir- cumstance could not easily have been submitted to prolonged dis- cusslon," have been made up by decree. it was said future prob- lems will be taken up with the assembly. It will function at least until a definite constitution has been drafted for France. Interior Minister Marcel Pey- routon. who made the announce- ment after u. cabinet meeting. told riewspopermen he could give no details of the make-up of the new assembly beyond representation in i1. of “political bodies which group leaders of all orders." He warned them to be careful rugs rcndy. however. as [jhgy wavedficizht appointed by the two minls-" p. u» sell $100,000,000 worth of tea to the ussa J since, he said, the present situation is considered delicate. Reorganization also hit the Com- agnie Generale fiansatlanilque which, as the French line, operated North Atlantic lines. ‘The president of the line will be named by the Finance and Naval Ministers who also will approve selection of its general director and his assistant. The members will form the ad- ministrative council of the line. ters and two by stockholders. All those chosen by the Government must be employees of the two rnfn- istrles and native Frenchmen. Another decree provided that fin-nu hiring labor must take on a percentage of tic-mobilized soldiers spector. Vichy’; political temperature had cooled dorwn after the emotional crisis Friday which edged Laval out of the government. Although it had a dramatic setting, the shake- up was claimed w be just a gov- ernment change made with pre- cautions. day on reserves to stem Britain's b aff Writer) ; f Italy Draws on to Stem British Drive Observers see-i-l-n-usual candor in official Fascist reports of African war. fighting 0n and within Libyan terri- tory. told of unalaekened British presure. claimed them was "bloody combat from dawn to sunset" on a battlefield "strewn with groups of ilrnmg enemy tanks and armored cars" arid boast of unceasinz Italian ogposition to the British in the a . “Aviation worked feverishly with admirable spirit of sacrifice which distinguishes it, bombing and fisiiting ceaselessly." said one mm. niunlque. The nigh command claimed tiu maelstrom of land attack and de- fence centred on the zone of Salum. Bardia and Fort Gapuzzo. Of - the three only Salum is in Egypt. Th; liuzn command contended that all speculations. enemy propa- ganda and guesses regarding the great battle in course on the Ciren- aican border (Cireriaica is part of Lubya) ' would “seem premature." “This battle will last several dayi yet. maybe even more than a. week. It therefore is necessary that calm, impartial observers reserve their Judgment for the final outcome.” it sai . - "It: is believed that Italian forces actually engaged in fighting and, those large numbers which are in reserve are more than enough to meet the situation." 0n Saturdav the Italians told the world through the Rome radio that "no peace offer will ever be forth- CClllIlli! from Italy," and refused m [acknowledge defeat bv Britain 1n _Africa._ Petain Continues To Overhaul l-Ie appointed another "appeasefl ormer Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandln. to be Foreign Minister, and informed Hitler that Flandln "Will be more apt to follow a pol- lCY of collaboration France and Germany.” Yet Petain explained to Frgncg that the "reslgnation” of Laval was essential for reasons of interior policy, for the country's unity, and went: on :-- "I remain at the helm! national revolution continues!" Trade Minister Still ill in Balboa Hospital BALBOA. Canal zone, Dec» 15- (CP)-'1‘he Canadian trade mis- sion tour Latin America. today postponed l departure from Lima. Peru pending results of a medical examination of Trade Minister J. A. MacKinnon who was admitted last week to Gorgas Hospital here. Mr. MacKinnon was taken ill during the mission’; flight from Kingston, Jamaica to Barranquilla, Colombia. 0n arriving in the canal Zone he entered the hospital for what he described as a “check-HP? The mission plans to proceed with its itinerary as soon as a de- finite report is available on Mr. MacKinr-icn’: condition- “Flu” outbreak General, report By The Caimdhn Press between The on a, current Outbreak of influenza across Canada. Ienerally Mfeed W- day that although the number cases in some centres is high. the disease is 0f a mild type. gird the situation gives no cause for a arm. fixed in each case by a. labor iri- 9° Medical health oiiicers. lepvrllnli {obtain information-the usually One death has been re- rted. In most places doctors fouéiodut-lié: al f bronchial Erbgllt ‘liggeill flu‘ the time of the yea-r. The outbreak generally hi8 1110M“ absence from school or business for only a few days. camps the number of cases l8 110i great. considering the lii-roe zwuvll of men at the 0am t In most military D8 The Canadian Car and Found!!! Laval was ousted followins hi! ‘plant in Montreal was closed Suri- continuecl efforts to link his de- feated country with the German- Italian Axis. . Even as he stripped Laval of his offices of Vice-Premier and For- eign Minister and disowned him as his political heir, the old chief of stow insisted that French relations with Hitler would remain un- changed. imnro CLICKS 0N sPl-INTEM Mormon, Dec. 15.—(CP)-A cor- respondent describes in the British Medical Joumsl how a radio sf’) can min surgeons detect small bo cr shell fragments in the skin. _'I‘i'ie radio is switched on to a spot “here no station can be heard and the volume control turned. to ll. few feet o! wire, ending in an in- mam Drape and attached to fig. flex-m geryntlngigl or socket. compe Any pltltluéi metal lii contact with the bodv should vlflld u when the brill"? lcllcm’ scratching noise on further hat. COII- l red In Montreal. City I-leaith Director. reported an unusualldnumger of cases of $2: iosnsialln ep demlc 0f bronchial trouble. Bight hospitals wok DR- cautions bv barring visitors except in urgent instances. ersl tiiroulziiout day in an effort to check the spread of colds among- the 2.000 employee!- Officials said it was the first, Sun- clay stoppage ‘in a 11ml lune’ The death from the disease occur- Dr. A. Groulx, com- lppe. He raid there Mild litiluenzs was reported ren- the Marltimes. Hundreds of school children were absent from classes in Nova 800th and Prince Edward Island. and in- dustry and business suffered. A similar situation had existed inNew A Brunswick. but authorities believed the peak had passed in that Dro- vince as the number of oases de- creased. About one-third of Charlotte- townb 2.200 pupils were absent. and dred out of 2.200 pupils were away in Bvdnav ‘Mini! ‘Prominent North Carleton farmer lliell Saturday mm sci/unis nmmlfitfililimfi“ c. ’ I it ma? Mr. Wright was 64 years of a end had been ill for some time. If: ‘was well and favorably known in the district end rnariy will learn with much Ngret of hi! - Ila wife Wed 1pm; ego end m leavee to mourn three eons. Wilbur on the home- aggm, of the Department Agriculture in Charlottetown, and Arthur in Ottawa. funeral will take place on Mon y from his late residence at 2 pm. to the wmflery at. cape Traverse. l. WHERE WILL (Continued from page l} ans or even through Italy. The Turks probably could be counted on to help. But such an offensive would entail tremendous movements of men. material and supplies over great stretches oi land and water. ' Holland Logical Place Even by the rocess of elimina- tion, and for o er reasons as well —that leaves the Netherlands as of Winston Churchill's mind. Is this fantastic, with Germany hOIdJIIg tightly to every inch of continental coastline from the north cape to the Bay of Biscay’? Holland forms the ‘ proper. Given air superiority in an offensive sense, operating from British bases scarcely 10o miles away. given continued protection on_ all sides by the Home Fleet. a British expeditionary force might strike at two or more points on the west coast of the province of North Holland. above Amsterdam. and gain a foothold. The North Sea. islands of Texel. Vlieiand. Ameland arid schiermonl- l-toog might be occupied by the fleet alone. These islands and wafers would protect the British left flank. one great dike bridges the top of the Ilsselmeer, or did if it isrrt al- ready blown up. it would be a set- up for British dive bombers to de- molish it and impede any German counterthrust from Flreslaiid to the east, across the inland lake. Once the foothold were consoli- dated. it probably would be the British strategy to cut east and south in a. wide arc. in the reverse direction of the German scythe which descended through the Lou'- lands at the beginning of last. springs invasion. That would be a question of planes. of many men. of much equipment. of engineering skill and of co-operation from the peo- ple on the ground. Britain Preparing Britain is training the men and amassing the e uipment. She can not expect to r se troops in num- bers to equal those of the Ger- mans; hence, their equipment must be superior. With United States help. the British are confident of eventuallv having air superiority in any offensive punch. It must not be forgotten that the Netherlands is o country which rises out of the sea. largely by grace of superb feats of engineer- ing. The dikes and canals of Hoi- land control waters which can help or hinder a military force. It seems logical to suppose that many o: the secrets of this com- plicated control over the inland waters of the Netherlands still are in the hands of the Netherlands emigre government and Queen ln London. The British and the Dutch Gov- ernment are in alliance to the fin- lsh.’ their resources. skill and know- ledge are in a common pool. It may be the Dutch people themselves upon whom the Bri- tish are counting the most. It is clear that the Dutch are not cooperating with the invader. the most logical bridgehead l'Ol 5 IDES ‘GUAR DIA‘ l 41rd Inthlan, British ambassador to the United Staten, a-nll greet friend of that nation, died early Dec. 12 in ‘f-‘uehhigton. llis death the "campglgng 01' 1942 and 1943" . followed a few hours after his address. challenging the people of he which are constantly in the back i United States to help Britain in tbs facepf ' brilliant ' rend for hlm in Baltimore. With such help Brflaln eon win "and dangers. had been win decisively in I942 it not before,” he declared. plenty for a century, the highest [standard nf living in Europe. 'I'hey believed in neutrality and fair, laloof dealings with both belliger- enis-until May l0 'I‘hey may be Britain's "fifth column" when the day comes to strike. Hon. B. B. Howe (Continued from page g) able from official quarters but there was every reason to believe information that the lvllnister is sale is correct.) Rulnoi-s circulated in Ottawa that Mr. Howes safety had been established definitely, but these could not. be confirmed. The Prime Minister's office said that no defi- nite information was received. Mi". Hcwc. who sailed frcm New York on the Western Prince Dec. 6. on an official mission t0 the United Kingdom, was iwccompaziied h vI-Ion. Gordon Scott, Montreal, by Hon, Cwordon Scott, Montreal. and E. P. Taylor. ‘Toronto. All thrcp are executives in the Depart- tzncnt of Munitions and Supply, No Information Released News of the torpedolrig i_y yesterday morning when Radio Corporation of New York lnu-rccpted a wireless message which said the vessel had been at- tacked 400 miiqs west of Ireland. As l5 customary in such 00-506. no information was released by the British Admiralty’. It was impossible for even the highest government officials here to obtain specific in- formation. It has been the British policy in sea warfare not to make known the details of attacks on lhlpping until the survivors are safe and the vessel attacked has been salvaged, if possible. Presumably. even authorities in London were riot advised 0f full details of the wrpedoizig otf ftiie Furness Ilirier. sLnce wireless mee- sages might disglose the posit-ion of rescue craft, and result in new et- tacks by the enemy. Like the Prime Minister, Mrs. Howe received news today file/t the bulk of those aboard the liner were safe, but there was nothing official to indicate what persons were sav- ed. (It was stated in Ottawa- today ihat Lord Beaverbrook, British Minister of Aircraft Production. had foriyarded information that Ml‘. Howe was safe. Subsequently, e Germans have had to adopt the most stringent measures. up, to the death penalty, to prevent- Dutchmen from aiding the British i British pilots actually have , ed in the Netherlands at night to Germans scknowled e this fact. The Ho anders are a. very logi- caLggle. They had peace and however. official sources at the capital said no survivors had been named 1n any communications re- ceived. and in London Lord land_ t Bcaycrbronkks secretary denied that , such a message had been sent.) Prime Mi: siei- Mackenzie King called on Mrs. Howe yesterday. soon after news of the torpedoing ream- ed Ottawa. With Navy Minister . Maedonald, acting B Mi in the absence of Mr. owe, made every effort to Oblflln definifl news. Mr. Howe, M years old. has boa a member of the government sin 1936 when he was elected to Parlia- ment for the first time as Llberall member for Port Arthur. Previously he had won an international repu- tation as a. construction engineer, particularly in the building of grain elevators. Minister of Transport for five years, he became Minister of the new department of Munitions and Supply last April. _hfllldllili§ the huge wartime spending pizogram of the Canadian and British govrrn- meni; and responsible for the tre- mendous industrial expansion of the Dominion to meet wartime needs. Mr. Rowe's purpose in making a trip to Britain at this time t '" to increase the extent of Can British co-operation in the prc tlon and shipment of war supplzes from the Dominion. Mr. Scott, former Quebec Pro- vincial Treasurer. has been as- sisting the government in his work since the war began. Col. Woodward. Vancouver de- partment store executive, has been engaged In procuring war ‘allppllel since the start, of hostilities. Mr. ‘Taylor, s. native of Ottawp but prominent in the bilsinees life o! mronto. is the youngest, of me party, a0. He has been serving as joint Director General of Muni- tions Production. Mr. Howe has a special, per-so interest in a vjsit to England this time. He said before lea Otta/wahgtwpedtooeehlsel’ son. William. a (mdet in training with the Royal Navy. Another son and tliu-ee daughtgo are here, sharing with their moths er anxious hopes for official new! o! Mk. Rowe's safety. Special Prayer For British People WAQDIIRGION. . IO-(APw A apeeia prayer for e embattlg people o1 Britain was offered b! Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman. Epic» copel Bish of Washington. at funeral serv ces today for the Mar- quess of Loihian. British Ambassa- dor to the United states, attended by high ofgwials of the Govern- ment and Washington diplomats. In the vaulted diinness of the National Cathedral, in which the ulpit stones comes from Lord ihian's homeland and are in- scribed with the first words of the .Magna Cnrta-"t-he Church of Fur;- land shall be frec—l3ishop Free. man prayed God to “strengthen and sustain" the British people “in this hour of their-unreal." ii map/um BY | WAFlfl/f’; ILA it" KT. if“ 6,, 0 hitting motorized columns which menu along the coastal told- rlrnvc along wm, 1mm zaooo to 34000 troops and inn-i- generals bottled up and captured by the British. Hall-an for“! ' ' . u » in Egypt yes-g reported retreating in disorder, Dee. ‘ii. vrhlled lllarltlz: liznllénullilr mrillnslna fI-rtcs ll (“I'd i I. Jidilhr. ‘was iii-nine uq q s their relentless combined at act s '1 l"’ll1l the coax‘ and up through the "am" ‘mu h “w yum‘- . hv RAJ’ homlirrs. Tlic Rm I Navy 1 d 1 k ‘schools in Baddeck. N.B.. closed this At the some time. 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