MAXIMS or A . MERE MAN m; llou absent. m. “gent mouse! w ____Z____~ gprioitetoll Imp" Guardian. Inhaled [III ALLIES MAKE BIGGEST DAYLIGHT RAID OF WAR m" com" comwarihabivayclfibdm qua-amp, Iwe Onto r%//’ The People's Paper . "ragga" Q“ r-----’ "“'-~vr-----\ Oovers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew criaaaorrarowri. CANADA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 213;; Read by Everybody MAXIMG OIA MERE MAN Th?" thilill are men most like- ly to be cheated in, g hnr-gg, g, wife and a person. iussians Knife Aheiid Despite Nazi Resistance ‘istArniyAwaits Reinforcemen ts Fight Bitter Holding Action While Preparing to Resume Offensive. .----— Nazis Planning To Evacuate llommePs Army‘! MOSCOW. Dee 6—(Al’i The Dioscow radio broadcast m, purpose of evacuating shai Erwin Rolrilllfll from Africa. “The commander of the "M! meis remaining armor befo his men.“ origin of the rflllflfl. mm; from Athens today that about 100 Axis transports were concentrated at Greek ports for Mar- forces “The u-gws consist chiefly 0| Germans." the broadcast Hid reliably stated to have receiv- ed an order to evacuate Rom- The broadcast did not give the TB rams SAVES BUTTS iinuno is so widespread midi portable bv the fact a in the country , _o_ Girzszmns Concert ll hall, Dec 22nd. i2 "Reserve Dec bink Christmas Concert. "llllllvieiv School Concert, til‘. Dovruibcr 21st, 1 "Loading fiery Tuesday’, till 1 p.m. J. hogs at. Bradalbane T LONDON-(CP) — The tobacco in Paris, aclording to reports reaching here. that the siuokng of cigarct ends has income fashionable. DUBLlN~rCP)—P€ODic of the lrish Free State are to have in- crciised ion ration for Christmas small reserve ilorl uf tea ha-s accumulated taming Events "Rescue Dec 21st for Cornwall 12-7-1i ".\il. Albluil (Zhrlstmas Concleil‘: 23rd for Meadow- 12-7-ii Mon- 2-7-ii fdiusci-vc December 21 for North Wili-‘loo CilllSLIIlilti Concert. 12-7-1i Somcrs, 12.7-11 "lit Meliick Christmas Con- ltii at Pownal Hall Deoembgr 23‘. 1 -'i-i "Reserve Dec. 21st for Christ- uar concert in Lot. 65 Hall. 12-7-12-18 "York lriall. Monday, National Him B0 ‘cl m pmviil . Free Sound Movies. i2-7-1l n'l'vill’lf‘l\' Concert in Cornwall “D” ‘ml-- by the Meadow Bank Womeirs Institute. “Warmers wishing_ to ship dre "ll and Boyle, "Afternoon t”, gm “PM Church Hall ‘Fhursd - l0 from 4-7. "I 'il ml ircip Plfkmflii. East Royalty. baza I2-7-3i SS- liocs and sows advise McGui- 12-7-7i El‘, 55'. 12-7-3i sell the balance of my implements privately. 13-7-11 "Hunter River- Potato starch i h" “an "ow receive ,. tatoes ei *- "lk live and dies d yvmilfiy- hllheiit markes: gr‘: Mtksgrvlce Mid satisfaction our 3g- ifl - 0G6 B. Conrad 6e Co, 13.4.31 “south Mil y“ ton School Concert, “diil- Dfliember 21st, 12-1-11 NU but I .A i. m yfon£iiagiells wheat a vffiwngl sc rt Ptfitlay, December “Mace ‘Irrhe i? Trdera] cmmu“ mQQV-Ylll 0! g; M" giéuglré-gn will be held i0. at 7 30 p “A tisc ti». ' Ciimmnv will b9 i, 1a f3“ Tmdflv. Dec. 0th rag a h "loading ca: wheat, bulk. “Mad igilcrnoon and Monday. °"- Redford Btu. fa-s-ai and bar- , Wed- i2-1-1i ay Ply- . P. J. Nov. i-Zfl-S-M-ti. the in on Thursday. M l2-7-2l on ,1?“ ""3308 of Cape ‘Ii-av- in at BY BLAKE SULLIVAN Associated. Preal Staff Writer LONDON. Dec. 6 —(AP)— The stalled British 1st Army with it; American ccmponenhs was report- ed fighting a bitter holding action in the face of daring German dive- bombin and tank attacks in the mounta around the Mateur- ‘rebourba-Djedeida Rim in North- ern Tunisia tonight while awaiting for important refnforcrrnents with which to resume its offensive. Whiie Allied bombezs struck long- range but sharp blows on Axis supply centres, a new threat to the Axis position in Libya was taking form in the direction of the Sah- ara, 850 miles south of Tunis. The Morocco radio, broadcasting a. corrmunique from the headquart- ers of French Gen. Henri Giraud said Mehari (native) compames had occupied heights on the Algeria- Tripolitania. frontier east of Djanet Djanet is in the southeastern cor- ner of Algeria. south of Tunisia and about 30 miles from the Libyan frontier. It is on the flank of a. possible route of invasion by Fight- ing French forces who might ad- vance from Fort Lrrny in French Equatorial Africa through southern Libya. Another Morocco radio report said other American and French uzfts slashing‘ across southern Tim- isia toward t e coastal road linking Axis positions in Trlpolitanla and Tunisia had occupied a new fort- ified position. Shililren Start $50,000 Fire HALIFAX. Dec. 6 — (CP) Children playing about floating oil on the shore 1100i‘ eastern passage Saturday started a file that caused about $50,000 dame. e in the little ptrnmunity across t e harbor from 10113. A match tossed on the drift oil touched off flames that. lea d a road and destroyed seven dwe ings, 10 fish houses, 10 motor-boats and a large amount of fishing equipment. A wooden highway bridge a'so bnzned down, cutting road traffic in the area. Also damazcd was a chugcu hall. Firemen frrm Dartmouth trying to stem the flames were handicap- ed by inability to draw water from tliile sea because of the coating of o . 4,700-Ton Camp Debert Launched EAST CANADIAN PORT. Dec. 0 —(OP)—-A 4.700-tOn steel freighter. the Camp Debert. was launched Saturday. The launching brought only a brief muse in the work of building other ships in the yard. Right after the ceremony. the clatter of hammers and rlvetera started up attain as employees went. back to the task of btiildlna sister ships that will soon be launched. Italians May Declare Rome An 0pen 0ity By Frank Brutto Associated Prtsa Staff Writer BEILNIL lwitaerland, Dec. 0 _(Ap).-A tcb from Rome Saturday night laid It wag "possible" that the Min- lat of efence and other de- par eats which could be considered military objectives l have been evacuated from home. ‘there was no official be ii inariea to the declar- iii-J‘... an “oflh any.” the device that saved Paris from deltrllotion by the Germans.) The Rome dispatch sell that In“? now palzlllllnd =- afnthe civilian“ fiend, en, ren f,” y Ytgtmbnt “other Inf‘;- matton waa considered to be of military ature and "author- ities ' ' ‘ bllca and pu tlona are obaervlng complete silence." It uld, however, that it ap- peared the verniaent a long time an foreseen the need for Dfilllrn for the evac- uation of the m latrlea. Another llama diapatob had said earlier that the Pepe ex- pected to remain in‘ the bu- lloa in the eeutre of the If bombing attacks IIQIIB. Advance is Slowed By Defences Heavy Fighting Re- ported From Three Sectors Of Front. MOSCOW, Dec. 7 —Monddyl '- (AP)— 5015111115 as many as 30 desperate German counter-attacks in one day, Soviet Russian soldiers captured four Nazi strongpoints west of Rzhev Sunday while their tireless ccrnpanions pushed ahead in the Velikie Lukl area and south- west of Stalingrad over the bodies of hundreds of Germans, the Rus- sian; announced today. The Sunday midnight soviet communique disclosed that the heaviest fighting yesterday took place southwest of Stalingrad and on the Velikie Luki and Rzhev fronts. west of Moscow. Northwest of Stalingrad fierce Gcnnan counter-attacks also were repulsed. and the men of one unit were said to have annihilated about 800 Germans. In another sector of that area 300 of the enirny were left on the battlefield, the Rus- sians said. In Stalingrad itself. the Russians said. the Rod Army destroyed four German gun em lacements and seven dugout; an silenced three artillery and six mortar batteries. A company of Germans was re- ported wiped out on the southern outskirts of the city. Thus the Russians found them- selves meeting more and mo:e Ger- man resistance to a'l of their offen- sives as they knlfed deeper int/o more elaborate German fortific- ations. News Briefs CAIRO, Egypt, (APl--A powerful armada g_ of four-engined United States Liberator bombers 3. " re the first American blow in his- tory at the Italian mainland yesterday and the smashing results included the sinking of a cruiser in the harbor of Naples, the crippling of a bai- tleship and square hits on a second cruiser WINNIPEG, Dec. 6_iCP)—Ad- vance Bt-oups of delegates to the National Conservative Convention on "leadership and policy" Dec. 9-11 were pouring in o Winnipeg today in readiness for committee meetings which start tomorrow. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIA, Dee. 6—(CP)— American airmen administered g heavy. demoralizing pasting to the entrenched Japanese at Buna today while Allied troops held expanding beach heads on both sides of Gena, companion enemy stronghold up the coast. MONTREAL. Dec. 6—(CPi—Bus schedules over routes through Montreals war plant were back to normal today after 40f) striking drivers and mechanics returned to work on the promise their plea for a “closed shop" agreement would be heard at a ‘Tuesday meeting oil union and management offic- ia s. Dec. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6- (CP) ——Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King and President Roosevelt concluded two days of steady conferences in the quiet of the White House when Mr. King left today for Ottawa. The Prime Minister said he found the conferences "prof- itable and stimulating" and admitted that he and the Pres- ident emphasised post-war problems In their- discussions. OVITAWA. Dec. 5——(CP)—D0fl~ old Gordon Prices Board Chair- man announced last night that reductions in the price of coffee, tea and orangeherranged through the governments new subsidy and tax-remission plan-will go into effect Monday, Dec. 7, and that. milk price reductions will be ef- fective "weli before the end of this month." Move tiivilians From Sicily? LONDON. Dee. ‘i-(Mondan- (OPh-Rveuters reported hearing the Morocco radio broadcast an announcement early foda Germans had ordered t. Italla high command to evacuate civil- ians from Sicily, strategic Mediter- ranean islsnd which might cm- eeivably be used by the Allies as a stepping stone in invasion of Itaiv from North Africa. The Morocco radio said, accord- ing to Reuters, that. a ltmng gar- rison under Gennan command won be stationed on the island. which lies between the Italian mainland and Tunisia. where the Allies and Axis have joined battle. There were more than 2,000 army wounded. Nearly 1,000 more I a The full story nf Pearl Harbor is for offensive, not defensive use. Even including those staggering And the fight has no more than O O O rrlcan action in the European war Blow at Pearl Harbor. WASHINGTON, D60. 6 —(APi-—- Tlic United States Navy, in lhc first iili. report. of 1L5 losses at Pearl Harbor last Dec. 7. revealed Saturday that the surprise Jap- anese bluw sunk or damaged every American battleship-eight in all- in the Hawaiian area, 10 other ships and u large floating drydock. Yet the job of raising and rc- palrlng these ships has been rush- ed at such a fur nus and successful Dace that more than half nave rejoined the fleet and on.y one, the torpedoed. bombed and buzhed battleship Arizona, is accounted a totiil loss. The Naiyls Pearl Harbor anni- versary summary divided the ships hit there into Lwo’classcs:—- Damaged hut Repaired Damaged but soon repaired and which rejoined the fleet "months 08 I- Battleships Pennsylvania, Mary- land and Tennessee. Cru sers Helena, Honolulu Ra eigh. Seaplane Tender Curtlss. Repair Ship Vestal. and Sunk or Badly Damaged Sunk or damaged “so severely that they would serve no military purposes for some tlme":~ Battleships Arlzona,. Oakland, Cilfliiilblllili, Nevada and West Vlr- nu Destroyers Downcs, Minelayer Oglala. Tarsat Ship Utah. A large Floating Drydock. A lumber of these vessels, the Navy said, "are now in full serv- ice bill certain others. which re- quired extensive machinery and in- trlcate electrical overhauling as wgll as reflecting and hull repair- Allies Make New Gains At Buna ALLIED HEADQUARTERS 1N AUSTRALIA, Dec. 7—(Monday)—— (AlW-Hard-fighfing Allied troops in New’ Guinea have penetrated t0 the beach cast oi Buna. isolating an enemy pocket of resistance, the high command announced today. Allied troops now have driven at least. three prongs through to the sea on the northeast shore of New Guinea, splitting the Japanese hold on the coast. Earlier oom- munitsues have told of the Allies exten ing- their beiwhheads both east and west of Gone. Shaw, Cassia and still are carried as ‘I U War Situation Last Night (By Kirkc L. Simpson, Associated Press War Analyst) Iii climmemorallon of the first anniversary of the Japanese sur- prise attack at Pearl Harbor which hurled the United States into the Wii‘. Washington has torn aside the curtain of secrecy to reveal in de- tail what happened on that “day of infamy" It is an appalling picture. Within minutes "every battleship and most of the aircraft in the Hawaiian area" had been put out of action. and navy dead and another 1.200 "missin_" on navy rolls. l An armada of 86 fighting lhlpa and auxiliaries had been all but eliminated u an effective force. Only a handful of planes remained. The great Hawaiian raimpart of American naval defence in the Pacific Iov ail but iroluloss. The enemy had paid for it only in the loss of 2a Illanes and three midget submarines-and in the instant response of‘ America to demand vengeance whatever the r-osf in life m" treasure. lluw overwhelming that demand still is, how effective "Veniuillly be l" "Si"!!! Vfineance upon not Japan alone hut upon the Whlilfi Axis fellowship, the events of the l2 months since that tragic day sufficiently reveal. Even Tokyo's war lords and their Nazi masters in Berlin can no longer doubt that Pearl Harbor was a mistake. I I it must o e o a tale of heroism as well as tragedy, of amazing pluck and skill not only at the guns but at the vital business of restoring the shattered fleet and the crippled base facilities quickly fleet and air casualties a year ago =11 PM“ "BT51". the attrition ratio ls running 5 to 1 against the Jiliinnesc in ships of sea and sky, It fr. far- gr-Qatgr- than (ha; y“ men started. a. The primary reaction of any thoughtful observer to publication of the complete Pearl Harbor attack story must be to set it down ,1, m, utter Axis failure in a strategic sense’ It served neither- to drive Am". ican power out of the western Pacific and coop ii, up in homc waters for llciomive employment. nor prevented formidable and effective Am- theatre. Cives Full Report 0f Losses Last Dec. 7 M .18 Ships Sunk or Damaged in Surprise Jap lug, are not. yet ready for baffle actcn." Besides ships, losses were given as 80 naval and 97 army airplanes and the following personnel traauulties; 2.117 cffmers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps kil.cd, 960 missing and 876 wounded who sur- vived. iTlie Navy lists as cloud only those whose bodies are recovered.) A my officers and men killed; 39G wounded "most of whom have new recovered and have returned to duty." 105 Jap Planes All lliese losses, the Navy esti- muted, were inflicted by 105 Al)- nnese planes ivhlch, flying from (rurricrs ht. sea. slipped under file easy peacetime Amerzeaii guard to make their tzea-iiiieroit and (iearlly attack at 7:55 8111., i-iawnli time- just as the watches were chang- ing on the flcct lillli-S and while many of the personnel were at clii:..rl1 Services. The Navy alone had 202 air- craft on the island and the Army additional numbers, but many were destroyed or disabled on the gouiid. Thirty-eight iinvnl planes ' got into the air. including l8 which took off from l'i carrier which arrived off Pearl Harbor ivliilc the attack was in progress. Four were shot. clown. was not stated except. that were "iew“ but. shot down than 20 Japanese planes." action, tiic enemy lost c and three small, two-man Sllilfllill‘ lnes. These submarines also took part in the surprise attack but are believed not to have inflicted any damage on the fleet. ('I‘he Azmy isuiou stairtnent on its losses or damage to they “tnore w. l no sena rate Pearl Harbor the cnemv references to_lt.) Baby Is Abandoned In Moncton Station MONUION, N.B._ Dec il—-(CP) —A fair haired blue-eyed babv bov was found abandoned in the rail- way station here over the week-end. Less than four wee the warmly clad infant lav on a bench in the women's waiting room for over two hours before being noticed by a worker of the travelers’ aid The child was taken to the child- ren’! home in this city, Local and C NR. Police are investigating the case. A Dllier bag filled with soiled baby clothes was found beside the in- an . 053D BL CANA A Smooth Saiiinq For Ail your Bokinq ‘ When you use 1m How many army planes got ifoftl Mid did not amplify on the Navy's v House Burned At Tyne Valley Fire early lust night destroyed the firm dwelling of Miss Rachael Grant at Tyne Valley. only a few articles weze saved frrrn the house. Loss was estimated unofficially at. be‘vveen $2.000 and $3.000. Neighbors Ziitliered quickly SLIVfKi nearby barns. Many church services to heln. Origin of tile fire was unknown. It began Mule Miss Grant's older sister, whose eyesight is failing, was alone in the house. It could not be learned whet-her there was insurance. “S. and left gSharp Increase jIn income From ‘Farm Produce OTTAWA, Dec. 6 --tCP)—SharP s eases “.2 Annual Iubaerlptlaa Delivered. “.00 I! Ilatln P. l. l. “.00: to other Provinces and I], I. A. $5.00 5'00 Planes In Smash At Axis ttWar Faitories German Airfield In France Also ' Hard Hit; Night Raiders May Be i Qver Germany. i i LONDON. Dec. 6——iCP)—'l'he Pleas Association said tonight i that today's raids over Europe were the illggflsi, daylight \I]i0r'l I bombing operations of the war. LONDON, Dec. 6—-(CP)—R‘A.P‘, and Firitcd States holniwrs pounded l the Lille locomotive works and an enemy air field at Abbeviile in raids upon northern France today, an Allied communique salii. Squadrons of ll..-\.F.. (lanadian, American and other Allied fighiera I supported these operations, in which seven enemy planes vr-cre dirslroyerl, One Allied fighter and two bombers are missing, It was the first combined Allied sweep over Praline since Nov. 23 ‘ when the Nazi submarine lair at St. Nazaire was bombed, After these raiders had returned, the Deutsclr Landsender, (irr- ncfp _.,-. m cash income from tlifi sale of Canadian _iarm product? durum r113 first liiiic lllfifliflg 0 ; this \‘\“.\i' was reiXllie-d [will by r - c ,‘ i. is.“.“;";ri2.r:.5rir:.r.1 saris. m2 irciiod at. $67l.400.il90—13~6 W cam higher than the comparative 194i iutiii cf $590r9O0§0U0' A s. d. "The arr-latest. increase ill that three quarters of V1942 oc- c... cci in the PYQVWQ": o‘ Omajm" although substantial increases iii-Bio also reported f0; Quebec, the arr-rushes and British Columbia- ‘Hie iflill(.‘"i'= estimates were m. .1 U. Nap, ... of nrirkctings and ' rel-rived bv ill‘Ill0i'S for the .1 ml farm ll1‘ill|l1"i5- Folrouing or fifilil“ w!‘ income from s" -: of fdiTll llrfldiic“ (hiring the first nine months of rhr-rycn-s. with i941 and mo iicuzosl q, lygnpki‘ , in Clint ordcr:—~_ 5 Prince Edward Island 55326-090‘ 154281.000. S-i.6,=.l,000l: NCva 500113: siiaiiaori, isiirvzooc. $9.128,000l2, New Brunswick 313340.000 -($9-135-'i 00.’), sanoaoooi; Quebec $114,748,000] f5 s79.400.Q00l: Ontariol <Sl94,'l'l3,000. 5160260-1 mini, anitcbo S56,18G.O00 ($49.- 830 '20. $4l,55l.000i: Saskatchewan 227,077.00?» iSl06.454.000. $94.21»- 000): Alberta $100,306,000 moo.- 245 00o, :11 948,C0Ol; British Colum- iliill $25,830,000 S(20,68i,000. $17871- G00!‘ Al CillTltiil $671,445,000 i$590rl 150.000, $48'r‘,(§lil§.000t. §Aoute Struggle For Support of French People LONDON. Dec. 6—tCP'i-—'1'1l€f three-way struggle for support} m my“ yywpig- by Admiral Jtali Dnrlun in North Africa. Goli- (jh-nrleg de Giiulle m Landon and inr- Lav-nl-Doriot-Dccbt cirque in Vighy QHQIPHFIIS is bccinnigirg mill‘; ; _- ‘ ic yea a . “w” 3* m. Wll/finlstcr Chinch- forecast by Prime ill, cirnws notif- The Vlrirv radio broadcast. an announcement today‘ that Admisiil Jcrin Dc La Horde who gave the order for the scuttiing of the French fleet at Toulon had been released by the trermans on he request of the Vichy government. There was no explanation, but observers guessed that the tempor of the French people as a result of the srubtinig necessitated some gesture of xippeasement by Pierre Laval, who is reported ncBotiatinB behind a German-imposed corn- munieiitlons barrier for the for- mmjgn n; a, 116W out-and-out Nazi govt nmcnt in Paris. rli.0.A.F. Plane Crashes In Maine started across the morning, in the Dover straits firs; mm i area, and continued for some time. Til“ "“-"'°“$° “w ° . s ft n r-sc f ti "minis OI .1940 i“. it b) the dirilxllbpcaaigld owl/Ber Fraiiceorlriiistgiii . Burma“ A‘ J71 piih UiiiLiIQI‘ in ail‘8\pl0siOns were heard from this n "Cilfil incline ‘s f provinces except f (wiflfivltlliliéflalzeifvfi side‘ .1 - {h income r ‘_ _ M N Edlaaigyv fewer bump (iuymg the Four motored Bombers I c u smne tictl oi 194.1,‘ the Bureau Ainoui the attacklns bombers were formations of four-motored Liborators, capabl: of carrying up lto 10 tons of explosives, They con- centrated their assault motive and carriage works at Lille. many’: principal radio station, went off the air abruptly Just after 3 ll-"l- i3 ll-m» E-D-T-l possibly indicating that Allied planes again were on the way. The announcer broke off in the middle of a sunl- cnce without explanation. .A____—_;~= Manpower The parade of Allied air might the Channel during WASHINGTON, Dev, li——LAP)-—— .~ iii fir: Ullllr s acre suwni cl by President Roosevelt Saturday. ox- oept ui special casts, and tile army and navy were lulici Lo itit flit-ii‘ le- cruiis henceforth ‘through me Selective Service system, unit-h \\ as placed under Paul V. McNuit. At. the same time the war depart- meu‘. called a halt to the induction of all nten over 38 and opened the way for the honorable flLzCilfllltfe of such men already in service ll ltlPy can serve the war eliort iX-ttel‘ as civilians. The President ecntive order which ervision of military on Abbe- vilh airdrome, which was the tar- get of two destructive raids by Flying Fortreses last. August. In icdays assaults fortresses were used against. the Fives Lille loco- where the communique said, "good results were seen." Nazis hit and run A few hours before the Allied craft swung across the Channel, low-flying German panes shot; up several villages in southeastern England. Sync houses were hit, imued ain a x- vcsied sull- procurement but no casualties were revortod- in McNutt as chairman of the uni‘ The iii-flick WM made bl’ Yo“! manpower commission, departments FMiw-Willf-IWT». which BPPKT- concerned with manpower and over ently glided across the Channel at a great height and then swooped low over the coast. The raiders swept back across the Channel as swift.y as they came. The days operations constituted a true United Nations air offensive, for among the fighter craft taking the practices of private industry. McNut-t was empowered to direct that the hiring of workers in any occupation or area which he might designate should be done through the United States Employment. scr- vice, and adjunct. oi his innniwuwer commission and ,0 i-liiimlvl tivoizk r5 part were those of Britain, Canada, into the most. essential jobs from Norway, Poland, fighting France, those less essential. New Zefllfllld. India and the United Mr. Roosevelt's order ending v01- S untary enlistments, a sten designed to bring military and civilian man- power DTOCiIWmCDt and disposal under unified supcrvision, applird to men 18 to (l8 The armed form-s thus might continue m receive enq llstments of various specialism above that age. And the nary was i enabled to continue ins ‘Jflffrlliiil tales. Pilots returning from the Lille raid said German fighters were ex- fremelv cautious in tackling the Ficrtresses and Libcrators. 1n all about s00 planes partici- pated, including between 100 and 200 bombers. The largest previous Allied dny- light, bombing foray was on Oct. of 17-year-old.» The irrmv enlisti- 9 when 105 big American bombers no men lrlow 1B and about 500 fighters made a ter- — I ~ ' rific onslaught against Lille. InteFnationaI At A Glance (Canadian Press) inclination‘ ~ i5 ALwAys I (loop But 1th: i ‘Firipirics’ ARE (ERRlBLE ~. WESTERN FRONT — Grelt Ai~ llecl bomber fleet sweeps enemy-i occupied northern Europe in wars reatcst daylight raid. smashiril, actorlcs, railways and nirfields. RUSSIA - Reds continue ad- vances on all frflnta against stiff- p ening Axis resistance AFRICA - Native French colnn- ial troops from Sahara occupy l heights on Algeria-Tripoliiania r frontier as Axla apparently re- l talns possession of Tebourba ruins. i NEW GUINEA -— Allies take Buna beach, pocketing isolated Jap defenders. ii.10 5.10 at liillri lllfl.‘ ..i.< l‘ and tonight at 10.42. Sun sets this afternoon at HOULTON. Me. Dec. B~(A'P)— The four members of the crew of a Royal Canadian Air Force plane were killed in a crash ‘Jib I-{ouiion air base Saturday. Names of the dead were not an- nounced, pending notification of the next-of-kin. A statement from the office of the base commander, C01. Jrimfls A. Ellison, said that the "accident happened after an attempt to 1min,‘ an engine apparently going dead as the plane returned for a second landing attempt. The Jolene crashed, exploded and burne . S MOSS FLOUR SFOCKiIOLM-(Ciitl-‘lhe Nor wegiiin Slate Grain Monopoly ha l decldd after experimenting ed in grain flour used for makin bread and up to 30 per cent moss flour may be used with snfetv. that l flour made from moss may be mix- and rises tomorrow morning i125 ‘New moon Dec. ‘I p.59 pm. Summerslde tide 18 minutes lab er than Charlottetown. CAR FERRY SERVICE DAILY EXCEPT SUNuAY From Borden-Leave 9.05 a-m u..o lam. 2.00 pm. mo p.m. m] p.m.. Leave Cape Tormentine -— 10.30 mm. 1.15 pm. 3.05 p.m., 5.45 p.m. , 0.15 pm. . , y SUNDAY SERVICE ‘ if‘ -. inlay z a. Dec. :1 inclusive) r ' Leave Borden 9.00 a.m.. 6.45 l‘: I Leave Tormentina 10.15 ml. . 7,041 Bags of Mail Damaged OFITAWA, Dec. G-iCPl-The Post Office Department, reporting that 7,041 bags of Christmas mall for the armed forces overseas has been extensively damagcd—purt.l_v destroyed-by fire aboard a ship at I Ell an Iijfistern Canadiinrport, appeal‘; pm. I ed t ay to Can..d ans not to son smwwg inflammable substances through "An-Y 5m “My; the mails. ‘EXCEPT s“ M ‘ "Here is another concrete i-X- gm urn-Summers e- s ample of something (ilspatchednby an“ laoncloll “ mail of an inflammable nature. I Leave Charlottetown 8.30 a. uh I statement said, "Again the prohi- 12.30 . me 4.30 ll- m- I l A vs (‘harl tie-town 1 s d thin! biiion is emphasized-sen no ““ I m" 7M p‘ m inflammable by mill-