SIIEFw.
J
SINGLED
OUT
LONDON
Nazi
air
raids
on
the
British
hit,
during
last
night
centred
on
parts
of
the
east
Midlands
and
northeast
England
Industrial
areas
which
had
heretolore
been
largely
free
from
bombinj
attack-
The
world's
greatest
steel
production
centre
of
Sheffield
was
singled
out.
Heavy
damage
was
done
and
casualties
were
Inflicted.
London
was
again
under
alarm
during
the
night
and
there
was
intermittent
fire.
The
alarm
ended
before
dawn.
The
raids
on
London
were
sporadic
and
lew
bombs
were
dropped.
Other
parts
of
the
British
Isles
were
also
attacked.
During
Thursday
four
Nail
planes,
Intercepted
by
British
fighters,
were
brought
down,
three
off
the
Kent
coast
and
one
in
southwest
England.
TOO
MANY
PRISONERS
CAIRO
With
Italian
prisoners
falling
into
the
hands
of
the
British
by
the
thousands
as
the
Fascist
forces
continue
to
collapse
In
western
Egypt,
the
matter
of
feeding
and
transport
ing
them
Is
now
becoming
a
troublesome
problem.
The
number
0f
Italian
prisoners
Is
moderately
estimated
at
20.000.
Driven
away
from
the
coast
by
Naval
bombardment
and
harassed
lrom
planes
in
the
air,
the
Italians,
retreating
pell
mell,
are
being
pursued
right
into
Libya.
Rome
itself
admits
the
loss
of
Sidi
Barranl.
The
fall
of
Saloum
Into
British
hands
appears
COUNTER-ATTACKS
FAIL
ATHENS
Two
desperate
counter-attacks
by
crack
Italian
mountain
troops
In
Albania
failed
yesterday,
the
Fascist
forces
losing
their
original
bases.
Meantime,
the
Greeks
continue
to
move
steadily
up
the
Adriatic
Coast.
The
Italian
port
of
Valona
on
the
Albania
coast
has
been
rendered
completely
useless
as
a
result
of
aerial
bombardment.
The
Italians
have
abandoned
their
airdromes
at
Duraxzo
and
Tirana
which
were
two
of
their
principal
bases.
REPAIRING
DAMAGE
BERLIN
So
extensive'
Is
the
damage
that
the
Royal
Air
Forte
has
done
to
the
port
of
Hamburg
that
it
has
become
ncm-ary
for
Danish
labor
to
be
conscripted
in
order
to
institute
GERMAN
SUPPLY
SHIP
SUNK
LONDON
The
Admiralty
announced
today
that
the
submarine
Sunfish
had
sunk
a
German
supply
ship
of
about
four'
thousand
tons
close
to
the
Norwegian
coast.
SECRET
HOUSE
SESSION
LONDON
The
British
House
of
Commons
has
been
in
tecret
session
to
consider
the
question
of
shipping
losses
at
the
hands
of
enemy
U-boats.
WARNS
AGAINST
PEACE
TALK
LONDON
Military
authorities
warn
against
talk
of
Italy
mlng
for
peace
or
about
the
imminence
of
revolution
In
Italy.
It
s
regarded
In
Informed
quarters
here
that
II
Duce
still
has
his
country
well
in
hand
and,
in
spite
of
the
defeats
of
his
forces
in
Albania
and
Egypt,
he
still
has
great
military
forces
which
,contltue
a,
menace.
o
appeal
for
peace
from
Italy
would
be
entertained
unless
It
came
from
King
Victor
Emmanuel
and
Mussolini
was
"out,"
PURGE
IN
ITALY
ROME
A
sweeping
purge
of
dissident
middle
classes
Is
being
advocated
by
the
authoritative
Italian
press.
Virginlo
Gayda
talks
of
a
merciless
clean-up
of
traitors,
defeatists
and,
tuckers
and
warns
gosslpers
and
skeptics.
A
working
class
organ
ay
that
Mlhe
middle
class
has
again
shown
its
vile
face
Italians
are
warned
againsl
is
ati
enemy
to
the
Fatherland."
listening
u
British
and
American
radio
broadcasts
recording
Italian
military
reverses.
POPE'S
PEACE
PLAN
VATICAN
Pope
Pius
is
considering
a
new
approach
to
the
belligerent
nations
for
a
compromise
peace.
LOTHIAN'S
SUCCESSOR
Will
Be
No
Pelay
In
Appointing
New
British
Ambassador
to
United
States
LONDON,
Dec.
13:
(CP)-
The,
vltallv
Important
post
of
British
ambassador
to
the
United
States
will
be
filled
without
delay,
it
Is
learned
reliably
following
the
death
In
Washington
of
the
Marquess
of
Lothlap.
An
Informed
British
source
described
Lord
Lothian's
death
as
a
heavy
blow.
A
spokesman
added
that
"possibly
a
cabinet
minister"
will
fill
the
post.
Among
those
mentioned
are
Secretary
of
War
An-thonv
vrtcm
Rlr
Ronald
Campbell,
i
present
amoassaaoc
w
-
.
-
the
Duke
of
Windsor;
bora
w
borne,
Sir
Robert
Van
SUtart,
Six
Percy
Lorraine
and
Admiral
Lord
Chattleld.
.,
.
The
Marquess
of
Lothian
died
early
Thursday
from
uremic
poisoning,
He
was
58
years
of
tge
and
had
been
Indisposed
fpr
several
dnvs
On
Wednesday
night
Lord
Loth-Ian
cancelled
an
appearance
m
Baltimore
but
an
aide
read
the
speech
hlch
he
was
to
have
delivered
and
In
which
he
reiterated
hU
stand
that
Qreat
Britain
would
triumpn
In
the
war
If
given
American
aid.
rHF.MIF.il
KINO'S
MESSAGE
OTTAWA-rremlcr
Kin
yesterday
sent
a
message
to
King
George
at
Buckingham
Talace
expressing
regret
at
the
death
or
Lord
Lothian.
Oslof
jord
Goes
Down
NEW
York,
Dec.
13:
m
(c
P)
Authoritative
t
,t
shipping
circles
said
to-
gi
day
that
the
18,00U-ton
nnssenrrer
liner
Oslo-
fjord,
Norway's
largest
.
and
finest
ship,
sank
two
days
ago
off
New-
castle
in
the
North
Sea.
The
vessel
sailed
secret-
ly
on
October
26
last
from
an
East
Coast
flsinnrlinn
oort
after
having
been
tied
up
lor
'
months
at
New
York.
(The
Oslof
jord
was
well
bnnwn
to
manv
Prince
Rupert
Norwegians
who
used
ner
m
trips
to
and
from
the
homeland
before
the
war.)
STOUT
HOME
GUARDERS
LONDON,
Dec.
13:
(CP)-
The
War
Office
announced
that,
as
"the
physical
dimensions
of
a
propor
Hon
nf
the
Home
Ouard
are
great
...
.!,..
.nstomary
In
tho
nr
i
n
jlm
liiuoit
Regular
Army,"
uniforms
of
larger
size
will
be
provided.
HAS
HEARD
FROM
HOME
IN
NARVIK
Local
Lutheran
Pastor
Hears
From
I.
Relatives
After
Long
Silence
Rev.
J.
H.
Myrwang,
whose
37
year-old
mother,
brothers
and
sis
ters
have
their
homes
at
Narvik,
and
Immediate
vicinity,
received
a
letter
from
the
old
home
yestcrdiy.
I
j
He
had
heard
nothing
from
his'
'relatives
since
the
invasion
last-'
spring
and
naturally
had
been
deeply
concerned
about
them
since
that
time.
The
letter
that
now
arrived
was
written
by
one
of
the
brothers
who
for
many
years
has
been
In
the
service
of
the
state
railroad
system
with
station
at
Narvik,
but
having
his
home
at
Ankenes,
which
is
on
thf.
south
shore
of
the
harbor,
where
six
hundred
houses
were
destroyed
during
the
conflict.
The
letter
states
that
the
aged
mother,
who
lived
In
her
own
fam
ily
home
and
most
of
the
family
group
exacuated
from
place
to
place
three
times
during
the"
active
war-.
fare.
First
they
went
from
Narvik
I
and
Ankends
to
Haakvlkdalen,
a
valley
running
inland
between
two
I
mountain
ranges
close
to
Narvik,
to
tne
south,
in
a
short
time,
however,
the
small
Inland
lakes
in
the
valley
were
used
as
operating
bases
.for
the
war
planes
and
were
the
;
scene
of
fearful
bombardments.
So
(all
local
people
were
evacuated
in-
'Mai
The
'Narvik
harbor
ends
In
a
one
(Norwegian)
mile
long
narrow
fjo-d,
called
Belsfjorden,
running
Inland
between
Narvik
and
Ankencss.
At
the
end
of
the
fiord,
the
mountains
separate,
forming
a
beautiful
valley
where
a
great
deal
of
farming,
is
done.
The
community
is
also
dotted
with
summer
homes
belonging
to
residents
In
Narvik.
Whole
Family
Killed
One
of
the
oldest
and
most
substantial
farm
homes
at
the
end
of
that
fjord
belonged
to
the
oldest
living
aunt
of
Pastor
Myrwang.
She
was
now
96
years
of
age,
still
In
good
health
and
mentally
alert,
till
being
able
to
read,
without
asses.
One
day
she
and
her
grandson
and
his
family
were
gathered
in
the
house
while
an
air
battle
was
going
on.
A
bomb
fell
right
on
the
house.
The
old
lady
and
the
members
of
the
family
gathered
there
were
killed.
The
letter
to
Rev.
Myrwang
Is
written
very
carefully,
no
refenenc-
es
being
made
at
all
to
either
side
in
the
war.
The
letter
has
been
censored
and
marked
"Gepruft,"
by
the
"Oberkommando
der
wehr-macht."
These
marks
seem
veno
mous
to
the
local
pastor.
Other
wise,
I
the
letter,
which
came
through
the
United
States,
bears
the
Norwegian
pastage
stamps.
It
Is
a
four-page
letter,
each
page
being
marked
by
the
censor.
It
was
mailed
at
Narvlck
October
10.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
is
low
over
Southwestern
Alaska
I
LIBRAE
I
VICTORIA,
B.C
STILL
ON
RETREAT
Italian
Unable
to
Check
Greeks
Who
Are
Approaching
Chim-ara
and
Tepelinl
ATHENS,
December
13
(Canadian
Press)
Fresh
Italian
troops
thrown
into
the
battle
in
Albania,
are
reported
to
be
unable
to
halt
the
Greek
advance
against
the
heights
surrounding
the
coastal
town
of
Chimara,
north
of
captured
Porto
Edda.
The
Exchange
Telegraph
News
Agency
says
that
Italian
forces,
reported
to
be
suffering
losses,
have
started
(withdrawing
from
Tepelinl,
another
important
base
point
in
Albania.
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system
ma
aiso
cantor
at
the
local
church.
There
they
remained
until
the
struggle
was
over.
Now
the
old
mother,
who
Is
In
good
health
and
full
mental
vigor
s
back
to
the
old
home
place,
where
the
houses
are
being
rebult
So
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IRON
LUNG
IN
RUPERT
Question
Of
Assembling
And
Operating
It
To
Be
Discussed
With
Doctors
The
question
of
setting
up
of
an
Iron
lung,
gift
of
Lord
Nuffield,
English
manufacturer,
which
recently
arrived
here,
was
discussed
at
the
meeting
of
the
hospital
board
last
night.
There
will
be
a
and
Is
relatively
high
over
central
(Conference
with
the
medical
men
British
Columbia.
The
weather
has
of
the
city
on
the
matter.
A
room
been
fine
and
moderately
cold
I
for
the
instrument
would
have
to
throughout
this
province.
be
found.
Its
operation
would
be
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
very
costly
as
It
requires,
when
In
Moderate
to
fresh
east
winds;
use.
a
nurse
In
constant
attend-mostly
fair
and
becoming
milder,
ance
and
an
engineer
always
on
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-call.
A
letter
from
the
Brantford
lotte.
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
Hospital
in
Ontario
.told
of
two
southwest
winds,
cloudy
and
mild-
Iron
lungs
there
both
of
which
er
with
showers
towards'
night.
operated
very
satisfactorily.
News
He
Tomorrow
sTide:
High
:.
1:08
ajn.
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Bulletins
LASTING
FRIENDSHIP
BELGRADE
Foreign
ministers
of
Hungary
and
Yugoslavia
signed
a
treaty
of
friendship
here
yesterday.
It
will
become
effective
on
ratification
in
Budapest
questions
of
mutual
interest.
Now
it
is
reported
a
similar
pact
may
be
negotiated
between
Yugoslavia
and
Bulgaria.
HERTZOG
QUITS
HOUSE
CAPETOWN
General
J.
B.
M.
Hertzog,
who
advocated
at
.the
outset
that
South
Africa
stay
neutral
in
the
war
and
later
urged
withdrawal
from
the
conflict,
yesterday
resigned
his
seat
in
South
African
Parliament.
He
had
previously
given
up
the
lead-
.
ership
of
the
.Nationalist
party
li
had
1
rl
rl
disagreed
ici
rrAA,1
on
the
war
Una
issue.
...Hertzog
had
been
acting
as
Leader
of
the
Opposition.
EARTHQUAKE
IN
WALES
.
CARDIFF
North
Wales
was
-
shaken
for
thirteen
minutes
by
an
earthquake
during
the
night.
No
damage
was
done.
BUTTER
RATION
RIDICULOUS
branded
as
ridiculous
reports
that
butter
rationing
in
Canada
was
being
discussed.
There
is
a
shortage
at
present
but
this
can
readily
be
made
up
by
increased
production
by
the
farmers
or
importations
from
Australia.
j
REGRETS
STATEMENT
J
OTTAWA
Hon
Ian
Macken-I
zie,
minister
of
pensions
and
national
health,
has
sent
a
mes
sage
to
Alex
Walker,
Dominion
piesident
of
the
Canadian
Legion,
expressing
regret
that
a
statement
should
have
been
made
in
regard
to
the
rehabilitation
of
men
discharged
from
military
service
as
medically
unfit
at
a
time
when
the
government
was
taking
steps
to
rectify
the
situation.
win
DSOR
ON
MYSTERY
TLIGHT
MIAMI
The
Duke
or
Windsor
flew
from
Miami
hi
a
naval
plane
today
for
an
undisclosed
destination
amid
reports
that
he
would
confer
with
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
and
might
become
British
ambassador
to
the
United
States.
The
Duke
declined
to
make
a
statement,
remarking;
"I
am
in
the
hands
of
the
Navy
now
and
I
think
they
will
take
good
care
of
me."
President
Roosevelt
is
reported
to
be
at
the
Bahamas
in
the
course
of
his
Caribbean
cruise.
NAVIGATION
CLOSED
FORT
WILLIAM
Navigation
on
the
Great
Lakes
officially
closed
last
night
after
an
active
season
during
which
210,000,000
bushels
of
grain
was
shipped.
Sivteen
ships
are
now
loading
at
Fort
William
for
winter
RENT
BOARD
VANCOUVER
Judge
J.
N.
Ellis
John
V.
Walker,
well
known
rentals
manager,
and
W.
J.
Bart-lett,
former
president
of
the
Vancouver
Trades
and
Labor
Council,
comprise
the
Vancouver
rental
tribunal.
JUDGE
IS
DEAD
EDMONTON
Sir.
Justice
A.
A.
McGillivray
of
the
appellate
division
of
the
Alberta
Supreme
Court
died
suddenly
yesterday
from
a
heart
attack.
Former
prominent
Edmonton
barrister
and
one
time
leader
of
the
Conservative
parly
In
Alberta,
he
had
been
on
the
bench
since
1931.
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CENTtt
British
May
Invade
Liby
ow
m
Through
From
Egypt
Is
Seen
In
London
by
the
Hungarian
government,
i
ft
umber
of
Prisoners
Increasing
by
Thousand-!
With
This
latification
is
expected
to
be
given
immediately.
The
pact
provides
for
"lasting
and
eternal
friendship"
between
the
two
countries
and
consultation
on
all
Numerous
Dead
and
Wounded
Five
Generals
Taken
Booty
is
Heavy
ALL
SUPPLIES
SEIZED
LONDON,
December
13:
(CP)
British
forces
in
Egypt's
western
desert
were
reported
tonight
by
Reuters
to
have
seized
the
entire
stock
of
fuel
and
food
which
the
Italians
had
for
the
invasion
of
LONDON,
December
13:
(CP)
With
British
sea,
air
and
land
forces
combining
in
an
attempt
to
blast
the
Italian
exneditionarv
force
off
Egyptian
-soil,
British
sources
with
other
members
of
which
he
i
sai(j
today
that
the
offensive
might
be
turned
into
a
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rriusn
appear.
tu
'
be
turning
their
victory
into
a
complete
rout
of
the
I
Fascists.
Some
authorities
said
TRIBUTE
i
GENERAL
OTTAWA
Commerce
De-
Passing
of
Lord
Lothian
Unanl-
P.anrtJneJlt
anrln9Jrlies.
-i4aX
J
.
wousi
Regretted
in,
llnltfd
States
.
NEW
YORK,
December
13
(Canadian
Press)
Regret
at
the
untimely
death
of
the
British
am-bastador,
Loid
Lothian,
is
widespread
In
tha
United
States
and
the
press
Is
unanimous
In
praising
his
skill
in
handling
Anglo-American
relations.
The
newspapers
agreed
that
the
vacancy
would
be
.difficult
to
fill.
Most
newspapers,
In
paying
editorial
tribute,
touched
cn
Lothian's
tact
and
diplomacy
In
placing
Great
Britain's
position
before
the
Americans.
As
the
Boston
Herald
put
It
"No
other
English
ambassador
has
ever
understood
us
so
well."
The
newspapers
of
New
York
were
unanimous
In
praise
of
Lord
Lothian
as
"man
and
ambassador."
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
at
present
cruising
the
Caribbean
Sea,
and
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
both
sent
messages
to
the
British
government.
j
Ths
President
sa,ld
he
was
shock-led
beyond
measure.
"If
he
had
been
allowed
to
give
a
last
message,"
said
the
President,
It
would
have
been:
"The
great
effort
to
save
democracy
must
and
wlllsuc-iceed."
1
Secretary
of
State
Hull
called
at
the
United
embassy
yesterday
and,
In
extending
condolences,
offered
all
the
facilities
of
the
government
In
connection
with
the
funeral.
In
peacetime
this
would
Include
the
providing
of
a
warship
to
convey
the
remains
home
but,
In
view
of
wartime
conditions,
a
decision
in
this
regard
may
be
left
personally
to
President
Roosevelt.
What
Is
to
be
done
will,
of
course,
depend
upon
the
wishes
of
Lord
Lothian's
relatives,
including
three
sisters.
In
England.
WOLVES
ATTACK
DOGS
THE
PAS
Arctic
wolves,
starving
to
death
because
caribou
have
changed
the
route
of
their
trek,
have
attacked
sleigh
dogs
on
the
trails
north
of
here
ehroutc
to
Churchill.
Theolve's
arc
hunting
in
packs.
NOT
RECOGNIZING
VICHY
CANBERRA
The
government
of
Australia
has
withdrawn
recognition
from
the
Vichy
government
of
France,
Sir
Frederick
Stewart,
minister
of
external
affairs,
announces.
i
there
was
a
good
chance
.he
drive
(would
not
stop
"while
the
Fascists
i
are
on
the
run."
Having
idl
Bar
ranl
behind
them,
the
British
are
now
menacing
Saloum.
The
numbefof
Italian
troops
cap
tured
by
the
British
In
the
cam
palgn
on
the
western
dosert
-of
Egjpt
hasjeen
Increased
several
thousands-
to
well
over
twenty
thousand
previously
announced,
a
communique
today
said,
li
wa3
disclosed
that
five
generals,
including
two
more
since
yesterday,
were
among
the
captives.
There
Is
no
i
indication
as
to
how
far
the
British
command
Intends
to
press
home
the
advantage
but
British
fcrces
are
still
progressing,
taking
an
ever
growing
amount
of
material
and
captives.
More
than
one-third
of
Italy's
Libyan
army
Is
now
estimated
to
ba
out
of.
action.
Six
thousand
Italian
troops
have
been
either
killed
or
seriously
wounded,
One
'No
Man's
Land"
was
found
'filled.
with
dead.
General
R.
N.
O'Connor,
who
is
directing
the
British
campaign
In
Egypt.
Is
the
holder
of
an
Italian
silver
medal
for
valor
in
the
last
war.
DICTATORS
TO
MEET
Rendezvous
of
Hitler
and
Mussolini
at
Munich
is
Reported
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
13
(Canadian
Press)
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
and
Foreign
Minister
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop
h;we
left
Berlin
for
an
unknown
lestina-tion,
the
Columbia
Br
adcast-ing
Co.
reported
from
Berlin.
Earlier
dispatches
from
Berlin
had
reported
rumors
of
an
Imminent
meeting
between
Chancellor
Hitler
and
Prcmlci
Benito
Mussolini
in
regard
to
t
le
Italian
campaign
against
Gr
ccc
and
Egypt
and
the
possibility
of
Germany
giving
Italy
dirct
help.
The
meeting
place,
It
wis
suggested,
was
to
be
Munich.
First
reports
of
the
tendez-vous
between
Hitler
and
Mussolini
came
from
Berne,
CHANGE
HORSES
BALTIMORE,
December
.
3
(CP)
A
pair
of
binoculars
belonging
to
a
German
officer
In
tr.e
First;
Great
War
and
used
In
the
intervening
years
by
a
Baltimore
man
may
be
scanning
English
skies
for
German
raiding
cirplanes.
It
was
one
contribution
to
a
committee
collecting
lyeapons
for
"defence
of
British
homes."