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OSItlol
'nnada's
Railways
In
Dominions
War
Effort;
Hungerford
Reviews
Year
MONTREAL,
December
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ines,
iuuay
m
juviewiug
ihb
1
modem
mecnanizea
wariare
are
numerous
and
so
great,
the
cost
labor
and
materials
so
Immense,
L..
I
c
ro
fr.H
a
nrootl,,
In.
eased
demand
for
commodles
and
rvicpi
of
all
kinds.
The
Drescnt
nst
exDenslve
In
consumDtlon
of
aterlal
and
equipment
of
any
Uch
the
world
has
yet
known.
By
close
of
the
war
we
will
have
rne
nW
nnpu
lii
uui
uiaiiuiaLLui
co
u
a
jiiu
nf
items
which
a
vear
azo
were
ti.,i.,
rj.,
ctorlC3
and
mills.
.
,
,,
.
...
flat
llJtJ
an
commodity
production
which
u
i
i
ii..
...
n
UK
nial.K
111
tllC
LW
CllbV-llVU
tL'iilS
1
ji
mm
m..
11
-
-
-
.
ri.w
w
rcsent
expansion
In
our
produc-
vice
.
and
the
expansion
which
is
to
jw
!.:
v.u.iau.ai.
der
illwav
Svstem
ltx
22.000
miles
of
iai
-
-
a
tKAplnn
ljk
Mnat
n
n
F
Asnc-f
t
uo.iB
uic
iiuiuiciii
i-j.co
proximately
94
feet.
These
engines
?
tapping
the
mineral
riches
of
are
equipped
with
mechanical
stok-e
Canadian
Shield,
spreading
out
ers.
superheaters,
feed
water
roa
the
agricultural
areas
of
the
heaters,
and
roller'
bearings,
antrv
Rnrvlntr
pverv
nrinrlnal
lied
Frt.
of
the
Dominion
is
9
.
...
.
-
41..
i
.
I
i
.
...it
U
U.
.fUUH
.
iGspgrtauon
service
requuea
w
-feet
this
expaaslon
In
our
oroduc-
33
of
materials
and
equipment,
The
Increasing
demand
for
rail-
ay
service
is
reflected
In
.he
Can-
dian
National
Railways'
ODera-
Rxis
in
1910.
While
the
audited
re
not
yet
available,
carefully
es-
Imatcd
results
for
that
month
add-
fven
months
of
the
year
show
;at
the
system
had
In
1940
net
senger,
air
mall
and
express
ser-venue
of
$12,000,000
after
the
pay-
vice
was
provided
between
Mont-tnt
of
operating
expenses.
For
leal,
Toronto
and
Vancouver,
mak-
53R
1QTQ
10m
1940
1939
peratlng
tvenurs
$244,000,000
$203,820,180
202,000,000
1
82,965,708
$
20854,418
Net
.
.
Ratio
83.78
89.76
Forces
Are
Moved
I
The
safe
and
expeditious
hand-
of
special
wartime
movements
f
thousands
of
men
of
the
navy,(
At
sea.
the
vessels
of
the
Cana-lrmy
and
air
forces
has
been
the
dian
National
Steamships
(West
jotrcern
of
all
departments
of
the
lnadlan
National
System
rail-
car,
.steamships,
air
-lines,
Vpi-
1
.
..u
r
A.n1..
.
-
r-v
1
1
j
tH
n
the
pubjlc
eye
but
extremely
porcant
has
been
the
tasK
or
wing
thousands
of
tralnloads
of
j
onslructlon
materials,
machinery
na
equipment
to
the
new
manu-
acturlng
plants.
As
these
plants
re
completed
there
comes
the
ork
of
transporting
to
them
large
nnagcs
of
many
kinds
of
raw
materials,
and
carrying
to
ocean
"1
i
r
n
I
.
.
.
1
li
--
-kuik
uomts
me
uruuuuwun
ui
r
material
and
equipment.
Be
niccwng
"tne
iranspwuiuuu
rowing
munitions
industry,
the
country's
railway
transportation
3MHH
.
.
.
11.
t
.
"in
it'.H
iir
t
mnnr
ttik
w
ui.liii.
w
uiiMVii
vvmw,
ct-
r
Meeting
the
increased
demand
r
railway
transportation
service
it..
Lilt?
expansion
of
rolling
St
Art
and
other
facilities.
The
ftnadlan
National
early
took
steps
w
wiav
.
.
JVO
OUjiJ
...
Tlrl
.1
t
v
tolc
Its
shnn
tirnrrram
(Ml
i'tf
Plav
Part
27.
With
steadilv
increas-;
e
ItAiMm
C
J
1
io
uuiiiii
AciL
in
Hverv
nrmst
Ullll
LUllllllCI
I
1MI
1I
I
1
V
I
I
It
.
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...
.
m.
.
runway
year,
rne
needs
-
Pair
and
rehabilitation
have
brought
the
number
of
units
available
IOr
Service
tin
4n
a
von)
m&n
percentage
figure.
During
194-
2-0
new
box
cars,
500
flat
cars.
100
refrigerator
raw
imaii
I
egress
and
baggage
cars,
150
bal-.
""u
neavy
auty
"eam
'comouves
wefe
a(WeJ
to;
equipment
oi
tne
railway.
The
.
.
.
4tna
V
11
4
1
-
-
'
uon
-
au-wu
1DS-
loa
nlt,
similar
aim
equicmeni,
to
mnss
purcnuea
during
recent
years.
The
cars,
52
feet
long
and
125,000
tai
Itoit,
are
supplementing
fm
Patlfl(.
rftn,t
Mnm,,.
.f
.1-
-
.
.
"
l
"
x-v...iv.n.o
HuiLHaicu
me
oi
me
oiiw
class,
primarily
designed
for
freight
ser-
but
aiSQ
suiiSLhle
tor
heavy
pasSen?er
service.
In
working
or-
locomotive
and
tender
weigh
.
..
.
...
.
.....
.WJ13
uvcj-au
icnsfin
is
ap-
incrEased
traffic
du
to
war
vuiiuiwuiw
iutue
it
aavisauie
cer-
.
....
.....
Dy
-ay
of
passing
tracks,
sldlncs
anti
yards.
Fuither
additions
to
physical
faculties
are
under
study
and
consideration
to
meet
growing
wartime
demands
for
railway
transportation
service.
1940
has
also
seen
the
expan-
vice,
the
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines,
spanning
the
Dominion
and
form-
communicauons.
Acvaiuonai
pas-
I
ectlon.
There
were
also
inaueur-1
ated
services
between
Toronto,
London
and
Windsor,
and
between
Montreal
and
Moncton,
the
latter
connecting
with
planes
to
Prince
.Edward
Island
and
to
the
Atlantic
ports
of
Halifax
and
Samt
John.
Over
a
total
route
mileage
of
nearly
4,000
miles,
the
T.
C.
A.
iplanes
are
now
flying
15,000
miles
very
day,
carrying
passengers,
mall
and
express
in
regular
ser
vice.
Further
extensions
are
plan-
'ned
to
speed
up
the
commerce
of
'th
country.
Indies)
Ltd.
and
of
the
Canadian
Government
.Merchant
Marine
Ltd.,
are
doing
important
work
,m
the
Import
and
export
activity
carrying.
The
vessels
now
oper-
ated
by
the
C.
G.
M.
M.
Include
I
some
steamships
formerly
managed
by
French
and
Danish
Interests.
Engaged
In
the
naval
defence
of
the
Dominion
are
the
"Prince
Robert,"
the
"Prince
David,"
and
the
"Prince
Henry,"
formerly
of
the
Canadian
National
Pacific
Coast
Steamships
fleet.
Some
seventeen
hundred
em
ployees
of
the
Canadian
National
eyefcem
on
active
service
wun
Canada.
The
preservation
of
seniority
and
continuity
of
service
on
the
railway
for
these
employees
has
been
the
subject
of
action
by
th
Board
of
Directors.
On
land,
at
sea,
and
In
the
air
'ww
National
System
and
Its
personnel
face
the
tasks
which
He
ahead
with
confidence
and
with
a
determination
to
leave
.
nothing
undone
to
contribute
aj
maximum
of
service
to
the
nation,
Of
France
HIT
HARD
AT
NAZIS
Royal
Air
Force
Busy
Smashing
Away
at
Invasion
Attempt
1
LONDON.
Dec.
28:
(CP)
Continuing
the
vigorous
campaign
to
j
smash
an
invasion
attempt,
British
bombers
made
two
attacks
on
docks
of
Lorient,
submarine,
base
in
Nazi-occupied
France
today,
the
Air
Ministry
announced
today.
The
Royal
Air
Force
ha
been
hitting
hard
from
Norway
to
Nor-mandie,
attacking
such
places
as
Bordeaux,
Lorient,
LeIIavre,
Cher-
.
.
.
.
of
hnmh.
ha
hn
,,rnmwrf
nn
docks,
shipping,
guns
and
barracks.
Two
rtritish
planes
failed
to
German
Raiders
Are
Said
To
Be
Operating
Out
Of
Japan;
Travelers'
Tides
SHANGHAI,
December
28:
(CP)
Two
German
merchant
vessels,
equipped
as
raiders,
are
said
to
have
sailed
recently
from
Kobe,
Japan,
and,
it
is
believed
that
small
German
freighters,
which
left
Shanghai
last
week,
may
have
been
carrying
supplies
for
the
raiders.
.
t
u...
.
Travelers
.returning.
frpm(Hpng
Korigai6that
Nazi
raiders
had
sunk
more
than
twenty
Norwegian
ships
and
attacked
a
number
of
British
vessels
recently
in
the
Indian
Ocean
but
only
one
sinking
was
confirmed
independently.
Passengers
aboard
the
Empress
of
Asia
on
the
last
voyage
to
Hong
Kong
reported
that
the
vessel
took
four
days
instead
of
the
customary
two,
going
far
off
her
course
and
zig-zagging
constantly.
War
News
I
AMERICAN
TANKER
SUNK
NE
WIORK
Capt.
Er(c
R.
MomquUt
of
the
Standard
Oil
Co.s
Panama-registered
oil
tanker
Charles
Pratt
cabled
the
company's
New
York
office
last
night
that
only
two
American
seamen
had
been
lost
in
the
sinking
of
his
vessel
on
December
21
off
the
West
African
coast.
Sinking
details
are
not
revealed.
It
was
originally
reported
that
two
of
the
crew
of
forty-two
had
been
lost.
APPROACHED
DUNKERQUE
BERLIN
It
is
stated
here
that
British
war
vessels
approached
the
port
of
Dunkerque
but
were
forced
by
big
German
army
and
naval
guns
to
veer
off.
ETHIOPIANS
RISING
LONDON
A
dispatch
to
the
Daily
Telegraph
from
Nairobi
says
that
thousands
of
Ethiopian
reb
els
are
rising
in
guerrila
warfare
against
the
Italians.
Emperor
Hailc
Selassie
is
"extremely
active."
TO
LEAVE
TAMPICO
TAMPICO
One
German
and
nine
Italian
vessels,
which
have
been
in
refuge
here,
are,
apparently,
preparing
to
make
a
dash
for
home
against
the
possibility
of
being
seized
or
interned
by
the
Mexican
authorities
at
the
instance
of
United
States.
LOGGER
IS
ACE
LONDON
'A
British
Columbia
logger
who
joined
the
Royal
Air
force
in
1938
Is
credited
with
bringing1
down
eight
Italian
planes
over
Libya.
EIRE
IS
FEARFUL,
Special
Precautions
Ordered
By
Dt
Valera
As
Prospeci
Appears
Of
Being
Drawn
Into
War
DUBLIN,
Dec.
28:
',
With
the
Ithreat
facing
Eire
of
being
drawn
Into
the
war
as
a
result
of
the
American
proposal
to.
land
war
materials
there
Irom
United
States
bottoms
enroute
to
Eneland,
Pre-
mler
Eamonn
de
Valer
today
or-irecautlons.
dered
further
defence
Amcw
other
things
severe
limit-
ation
of
the
attribution
of
gasoline
'
has
been
decreed.
A
Dublin
newspaper
said
yes-
t
terday
that
Italy
had
assured
Eire
of
Italian
assistance
in
cas?
cf
British
aggression.
Native
Halibut
Fishermen
Fori
.Hi
New
Organization
i
PORT
SIMPSON,
Dec.
23.--A
halibut
fishermen's
branch
of
.tne:
Native
Brotherhood
of
BritlshyCoium-bla
has
been
organized
by
W.
R.
Sampson
of
Port
Simpson,
the
alms
being
to
protect
the
interests
of
the
natives
of
this
industry.
James
McKay
Is
president
and
Herbert
Bryant,
secretary.
Other
officers
will
be
elected
at
the
next
meeting.
Survivors
Of
Ship
Landed
Arduous
Experiences
by
Men
From
Freighter
Arakatakn
Suffered
Exposure
and
Hunger
I
LONDON,
Dec.
28
After
having
had
arduous
experiences
and
many
suffering
from
the
effects
of
hardship
and
exposure
as
a
lesult
of
having
been
on
the
stormy
and
wintry
sea
without
adequate
food
and
clothing
in
the
lifeboats,
survivors
of
the
British
freighter
Ar-akataka
have
been
landed
at
a
west
coast
port.
The
Akakataka
had
been
torpedoed.
Stock
Market
Tone
Is
Strong
Turnover
Heavy
But
Prices
In
New
York
Held
Up
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
28:
The
New
York
stock
market
was
strong,
in
tone
yesterday
despite
a
heavy
turnover
totalling
1,270,000
shares.
The
Industrial
average
at
closing
yesterday
wa3
129.51,
up
.49;
rails,
27.58,
lip
.26,
and
utilities,
19.75,1750.000
tons
of
up
,21.
More
Tense
Retain,
Still
t
n.
di
y:Jj
1
I
o
ue
riannmg
w
To
OFFENSIVE
AT
BARDIA
operations
Against
Beleaguered
iuuan
Port
proceeding
smoothly
."
CAIRO,
Dec.
28:
(CP)
British
general
headquarters
announced
:today
that
38,114
prisoners
had
been
taken
in
the
great
offensive
against
Italian
Libya,
this
number
having
been
officially
counted.
Authorities
added
that
"c,oncen-
tration
of
our.
forces
investing
Bard
la
Is
proceeding
smoothly
while
our
artillery
continues
to
harass
the
Italian,
garrison."
The
force
of
J0O00
soldiers
at
ixiraia
m
rcpuneu
vo
nave
retcivtu
a
"die
rather
than
surrender"
or-
der
from
Premier
Mussolini.
The
Italians
are
rushing
work
of
colonial
army
in
Africa
over
to
Gen-strengthenlng
the
fortifications
eral
Charles
DeGaulle's
"Free
at
Tobruk,
evidently
with
the
Idea
or
cstabiryning
a
second
line
or
defence
there.
:
TODArsSTOCKr
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Jtfineton
Co.)-
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
J0iy2
.
Bralorne,
10.50.
Cariboo
Quartz.
2
50.'.',
Dentonio,
.00
lA.
,
Fairview,
.008.
Gold
Belt,
.29.
Hedley-Mascot,
.56.
Noble
Five.
.00ii.
.
Pend
Oreille,
1.80.
Pioneer,
2.20.
Premier,
90.
.
..
.
Privateer,
.55A,,
.
Reeves.
MacDonald,
.15.
Reno,.
.13.
Relief
Arlington;
.02?i.
Salmon
Gold,
,02
'4.
Sheep
Creek,
.85.
.Cariboo
Hudson,
.01.
Oils
p:
A.
P
Con..
.08
Vi.
Calmoht,
.24.
,1
C.
&
E.,
158.
Home.
2.32.
Pacalta,
.04.
Royal
Canadian,
.09
&
A.
Okalta,
.70.
Mercury,
.06A.
,
Prairie
Royalties,
07'2.
Toronto.
Aldermac,
.15.
Beattle.
1.17.
Central
Pat.,
1.89.
Con.
Smelters,
ZSM.
.
East
Malartlc,.
2.85.
Fernland,
.05.
Francocur,
.45.
Gods
Lake,
.39
Hardrock,
1.04.
Int.
Nickel,
34.00.
Kerr
Addison,
3.95,
Little
Long
Lac,
2.05.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.26.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.63.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
150
Moneta,
.60.
Noranda,
56.
Vi.
Pickle
Crow,"
290.
Preston
East
Dome,
3.50.
San
Antonio,
2.62.
Shcrrltt
Oordori,
.82.
Uchl,
.32.
Bouscadlllac,
.0234.
Mosher,
.06'2.
Oklend,
.09.
Smelters
Gold,
.0H5.
Dominion
Bridge,
26.00,
SWEDISH
MINERALS
STOCKHOLM,
Dec.
28:
(CP)
Geological
surveys
In
Lapland
this
J
year
have
revealed
resources
of
(
zinc,
nickel,
copper
and
gold
ore.
One
section
would
yield
at
least
copper
ore,
the
.jsurvey
Indicated.
Defiant
Said
Africa
To
Warships
Already
Said
To
Colonial
Army
May
LISBON,
December
28:
(CP)
Travellers
arriving
from
unoccupied
France
reported
that
they
had
been
re-
iiaoiy
miormeu
tnat
rremier
retain
naa
autnonzea
a
numoer
oi
t
rencn
naval
oincers
to
spena
vacations
in
.North
Africa
and
that
several
French
warships
had
al-
'ready
sailed
from
Toulon
to
North
Africa.
Travelers
connected
these
moves
with
Petain's
"unabated
decision
to
rule
France
nimseu,
nee
irom
ioreign
imposi
-
tlons.
There
are
also
reports
that
a
'
German
ultimatum
which
gavei
France
seven
days
to
collaborate,
with
the
Axis
was
expiring
today
and
that
planes
were
in
readiness
to
fly
Petain
and
other
Vichy
govern-1
ment
leaders
to
North
Africa
in
the
event
of
Germany
marching
lnt0;Nafis
Poun
H8rd
At
ndon
Last
unoccupiea
r
ranee.
The
possibility
of
General
Max-,
ime
Weygand
taking
the
French!
French'
army
is
also
discussed.
I
Berlin
admits
a
deterioration
in;
negotiations
between
Germany
and
France
over
the
issue
arising
out
of
'
the
Nazi-demandtor'
reinstatement
of
Former
Premier
Pierre
Laval.
Resistance
.,'ln
Of
Fascists
Crumbling
ATHENS,
Dec.
28:
The
Greeks,
besieging
Tepllnl
on
t
the
middle
Albania
front,
are
reported
to
have
wrested
domination
of
the
town
from
the
Italians
with
bayonet
charges
and
shellfire.
Greek
dispatches
said
that
crumb-
ling.
Italian
resistance
had
brought
the
battle
to
a
de-
ctsive
sta?e.
Italian
artillery
is
said
to
be
withdrawing
from
positions
behind
the
town.
Bulletins
I
FORMER
CHIEF
DIES
'
VANCOUVER
James
Anderson,
who
was
chief
of
police
here
in
1921
and
who
retired
in
1929,
j
died
In
Vancouver
General
Hospital
last
night.
BULGARIA
STAYS
NEUTRAL
SOFIA
Foreign
Minister
ltan
Popoff
of
Bulgaria
says
that
this
country
intends
to
remain
neutral
and
continue
friendly
rela
tions
with
Greece.
Kin;
Boris
I
has
dismissed
Army
officers
who
insisted
in
co-operating
with
the
Axis.
Russia
and
Turkey
are
said
to
have
assured
Bulgaria
of
support
in
maintaining
its
neutrality.
SITUATION
IN
JAPAN
MOSCOW
A
serious
internal
situation
is
developing
in
Japan,
according
to
reports
given
out
here.
There
is
deterioration
both
In
domestic
and
foreign
affairs
and
growing
instability.
The
food
situation
is
also
bad.
MANCUNIAN
SPUDS
MANCHESTER.
Dec.
28:
(CD-
Industrial
Manchester
produced
more
than
400
tons
of
potatoes
last
year
cn
park
land.
icnarawai
Resist
Hitler
Have
Sailed
From
Toulon
Go
Oyer
to
DeGaulle
T
A
frIM
IKT
jjiijnj
FULL
FORCE
ONCE
MORE
Night
One
Of
Heaviest
Attacks
So
Far
In
War
SOUTHAMPTON
TODAY
j
LONDON
Bombs
were
dropped
on
Southampton
by
a
lone
raider
plane
this
afternoon.
They
caused,
"some
.damafjyheAir.;-Ministry
announced.'
LONDON,
Dec.
28:
Fast
flying
relays
of
Nazi
raiders
pounded
London
violently
last
night
In
a
resumption
of
the
aerial
warfare
the
Battle
of
Britain.
Other
areas
of
Britain
also
were
hailed
TTT
I
Vl
.VwM....
-
f
In
11
1
...
high
explosive
bombs.
Office
buildings
in
the
centre
of
the
metropolis
reverbrated
with
the
crash
of
bombs
and
antl-
aircraft
fire.
It
was
one
of
ths
worst
bombardments
to
which
London
has
so
far
been
sub-'
Jected.
Starting
early
in
the
eve-
nlng
it
tapered
off
and
at
11
p.m.
the
"all
clear"
was
sounded.
A
London
hospital
with
700
pa-
tlents
was
damaged
when
two
high
explosive
bombs
fell
in
a
nearby
field.
However,
there
were
no
casualties
in
the
hospital,
Many
houses
were
demolished
and
people
were
killed
and
in-
ured
In
various
parts
of
the
city.
'Rescue
workers
were
machine-gunned
in
the
streets.
In
one
large
public
shelter
dancing
was
going
on
In
the
course
of
a
Christmas
celebration.
The
showering
of
bombs
nearby
did
not
stop
the
dancing.
Many
windows
were
shattered
.and
fires
started.
The
Associated
Press
building,
also
containing
the
Canadian
Press,
was
hit.
One
southeast
town
was
heavily
showered
with
bombs
as.
the
Na2i
planes
passed
over
headed
for
London.
Funeral
Of
Mrs.
AVaiker
Is
Held
Many
Old
Friends
Gathered
This
Afternoon
To
Attend
Final
Rites
Many
old
friends
assembled
this
afternoon
at
the
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
for
the
funeral
of
the
late
Mrs.
G.
C.
Walker.
Rev.
H.
G.
Funston,
pastor
oi
First
Presbyterian
Church,
officiated
and
Mrs.
E.
J.
Smith
presided
at
the
organ.
Pallbearers
were
S.
E.
Parker,
Peter
Cravetto,
J.
B.
Mc
Kay,
J.
A.
Curtis,
A.
J.
Lancaster
and
r.
W.
Chandler.
400
NAZIS
DOWNED
LONDON
More
than
four
hundred
Nail
raiding
planc3
haje
been
brought
IJoVn
byHIghf
brer
Great
Britain
during
sli
months.