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FAR
EAST
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
CANBEUKA-Premier
John
Curtln
-Uralia
yesterday
at
something
in
the
way
f
at
offensive
aeainsl
the
Japanese.
He
sa
d
that
he
was
;
.raged
with
-rowing
reinforcements
of
the
Allied
forc
V
CHRISTMAS'
LONDON
The
Royal
'Air
Fdf
c
t
Christmas
Eve
and
Christina'
night,',
incendiary
bombs
on
the
east
coast
damage
or
casualties.
The
",e
Red
u
army
has
recaptured
the
Red
counter-offensive
contin
ues.
The
Russians
estimate
that
S55
r.prman
nl.mes
have
been
brousht.
down
In
combat
and
by
nnfl-nlirroff
hatteriCS
Since
the
assault
on
Moscdw
commenced.
Tho
hiiriroxt
Hnv's
bae
was
47
on
v.
"'BO'"
J
-
October
29.
t
City
Is
Now
t
.
Paying
Back
The
city
of
Prince
Rupert
i
making
Its
first
repayment
to
,the
provincial
government
on
nrr.mint
of
moneys
bor-
A
.n.J
nn
nfcmint
tot
Unem-
nlnvment
relief.
In
session,
as
a
city
council
this
morning,
Cltv
Commissioner
D.
J.
Matheson
authorized
a
bylaw.
making
repayment
of
$17,-
496.22
which,
was
borrowed
in
1932.
from
Germany
raiders
dropped
causing
little
PETAIN
BROADC
-
VICHY-Marshal
Henri
Philiippe
P
-m
broadcast
a
Christmas
message
to
the
people
of
France.
He
gave
no
hint
of
the
resignation
as
chief
of
state
which
had
been
rumored.
FREE
FRENCH
TAKE
OVER
OTTAWA
Free
French
forces
have
taken
over
the
islands
of
St.
Pierre
and
Miquelon
south
of
Newfoundland.
A
plebiscite
of
the
inhabitants
was
taken
and
went
98
percent
in
favor
of
Free
French
taking
over,
only
ten
voting
for
Vichy
control.
The
British
and
United
States
governments
aic
not
pleased
at
the
move
In
view
of
possibility
of
disturbing
relations
with
Vichy.
MANY
AIRMEN
LAND
AT
A
imiTISM
PORT
The
biggest
contingent
of
Empire
airmen
ever
to
cross
the
Atlantic
arrived
in
Great
Britain
yesterday.
They
included
Canadians,
Australians
and
others.
There
were
also
members
of
other
services
in
the
convoy.
NEW
CREDIT
RESTRICTIONS
OTTAWA
Further
restrictions
on
consumer
credit
buying
af-1
fectlng
installment
purchases,
charge
accounts,
lay
away
plan3,
financing
charges
and
advertising
were
announced
yesterdty
by'the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
effective
December
23.
A
new
provision
is
that
trade-in
value
of
an
article
can
no
longer
be
considered
as
part
of
a
down
payment.
Nazis
in
Reverse
RUSSIANS
MOVE
ON
STEADILY
Red
Army
Continues
to
Slake
Crushing
Successes
in
Great
Counter-offensive.
MOSCOW,
Dec.
27:
New
successes
are
reported
by
the
Russians
all
along
the
Russo-German
battlefront.
Crawling
across
the
river
-
tec
by
night,-
in
-Reds
smashed
a
new
Nazi
defensive
line
across
the
Oka
River
and
captured
a
large
town
on
the
western
bank.
Ihls
Is
believed
to
have
been
Heluga.
In
addition
to
overrunning
Heluga,
the
Reds
spread
out
widely
on
the
Leningrad
front
nnrt
uprp
nttacklne
along
the
whole
Finnish
front.
Although
Moscow
admits
nutt-ine
with
stlffer
German
resistance
the
Red
Army
continues
to
ad-
j
vance
all
along
the
line
on
the
Russo-German
front.
One
hundred
more
villages
have
been
captured
by
the
Russians
west
of
Moscow
and
the
Soviet
forces
are
approaching
Orel.
There
Is
forty
below
zero
weather
and
the
snow
covered
fields
are
littered
with
Nazi
dead
and
booty.
Bitter
fighting
continues
In
Crimea
where
Scbastapol
Is
still
holding
out.
A
large
German
force
near
Leningrad
Is
now
In
danger
of
being
wanned
by
the
Russians.
In
the
Moscow
sector
and
elsewhere
the
Germans
are
still
being
thrown
back
by
the
Nazi
counter-offensive.
Even
in
the
Crimea,
where
a
set
was
being
made
on
Sebas-
tanni
fho
Mazis
have
suffered
a
setback.
DISPOSE
OF
No
SUBMARINE
Further
Torpedoing
Off
Coast
of
California
Since
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
37:
A
United
States
army
bomber
has
sunk
a
Japanese
submarine
off
the
California
coast,
it
i.f
announced.
No
further
torpedo
attacks
on
the
west
coast
have
been
reported
since
Wednesday.
A
5700-ton
steamer
of
the
Mc-Cormick
Line
was
reported
sinking
Wednesday
night
of
the
California
coast.
The
Varicouver
steamer
Rose-bank
has
arrived
safely
at
a
California
port.
No
reason
was
given
for
her
delay.
vprv
heavv
fighting
was
in
pro-
.-.
r
-
cress
southwest
01
tne
kiuwc
a-
capital.
Althoueh
Manna
naa
wtn
uc
clarecfjan
open
and
defenceless
Mtr
unrfpr
international
law,
Jap
anese
bombers
continued
to
pound
It
and
there
were
seven
alarms
onH
spvmi
bombings
msioe
oi
tPntv-four
hours.
Military
ana
nival
Torces
iliive
wes"
nA
ontl.sdrcraft
batteries
silenced
or,
Prpsident
Quezon
and
United
States
High
Commissioner
Francis
B.
Sayre
have
left,
tamns
tne
au
mlnistratlve
onices
witu
wwu
As
for
the
fighting
"north
and'
mm
VOL.
XXX,
NO.
301.
BERLIN,
Dec.
27:
There
was
a
serious
disturbance
here
on
the
arrival
of
a
hospital
train
with
wounded
from
the
Russian
front.
The
German
people
are
becoming
shocked
over
the
enormous
casualties
and
the
condition
in
which
the
wounded
arrive.
No
longer
can
such
matters
be
kept
from
the
people.
ARRIVES
IN
WASHINGTON
Canadian
Premier
Reaches
United
States
Capital
to
Meet
Roosevelt
and
Churchill.
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
27:
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
arrived
In
Washington
yesterday
afternoon
and
immediately
went
into
conference
with
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull.
Later
he
met
President
Roosevelt
and
Prime
Minister
Churchill.
The
crime
minister
left
Ottawa
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
action,
Death
and
Terror
In
Manila
Defenders
of
Island
Hard
Pressed
1
w-v
1
1
ft--
Stntiis
of
Oncn
C
tv
Is
Completely
Disregarded
uy
Enemy
Invasion
Reinforcements
ucing
Poured
Ashore.
;
ii
not
be
counted,
the
raiders
imy-more
yuk
V"
,nhm,t
nnnosition
for
two
thi.
Moscow
front.
Eisewnciei
...
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at
A
NTT.
A
rw.
27:
(CP
Japanese
bombers
blasted
death
and
terror
through
Manila
today
in
complete
dis-
i
t
tun,
niHr'a
nowlv
nrnplnimpfl
status
as
an
onen
.
-
.
1
'
1
.
-
1
1
1
.
.,fiHnnP
HTlfn
I
and
undetentlea
community,
ruuuig
many
pciouuo
viti
direct
hits
on
the
government
buildings,
a
church,
fire
station
and
college.
In
numbers
so
great
that
they
could
ai-
half
hours.
sinKinu
iwu
uiiu
--
'
-
freighters
In
the
bay
area
ana
then
turning
their
attention
to
the
helDless
and
dlsarmea
cny.
Brilliant
flames
shot
up
from
the
famous
old
walled
city
close
io
Fort
Santiago
which
had
not
been
used
for
military
purposes
for
years.
Thp
United
states
war
.Depart
ment
reported
today
that
fleets
of
JaDanesc
troopships
were
pouring
invasion
reinforcements
asiiuic
north
and
southeast
of
Manila
and
south
on
Luzon
Island
a
late
uni
ted
States
Army
communique
said
yesterday
that
"things
were
go
lnz
well
for
the
American
ana
Filipino
forces
on
all
sectors."
No
mention
was
made
of
fresh
land
ings
or
advances.
It
is
admitted,
however,
that
the
defending
forces
jit
ereaUy
outnumbered
and
that
the
enemy
for
the
time
being
at
least
have
air
supremacy.
Manila,
the
capital
of
the
Phil
innine
Islands,
was
aeciarea
an
open
and
undefended
city
Christ
mas
Day
but
Japan
woina
not
re-
camilze
the
claim
and
continuea
hnmhlne
it.
The
ZJnitea
btaies
forces
are
engaged
in
a
furious
as
sault
with
tanks
against
the
in
vaders
on
southern
Luzon
Island
and
General
Douglas
McArthur
Is
reorganizing
and
strengthening
his
defences
at
Llngayen
Bay.
The
position
of
the
Phlllppln
Islands
is
still
serious
with
fierce
ficrhtlnff
contlnulne.
There
have
been
some
successful
counter
attacks
bv
the
defending
forces
atralnst
the
invaders
who
are
be
ine
reinforced.
Seven
spearheads
have
been
started
by
the
Japan
CLEANING
Christmas
day
for
Washington
tolplete
rout,
take
part
In
conferences
between
.
fighting
URLIBYA
British
Campaign
Meeting
With
Swift
-Success
Out
of
Cire-naica
Into
Tripolitania.
CAIRO,
Dec.
27:
ft)
Axis
forces
are
still
being
pursued
by
the
British
west
of
Bengasi
with
fighting
now
centred
I
around
Barce.
Thirteen
thousand
Axis
prisoners
have
been
sent
td
the
rear.
The
threat
to
Egypt
has
now
been
removed,
a
Cairo
communique
said
yesterday
and
British
troops
can
now
be
released
for
mopping
un
purposes.
!
British
forces
have
occupied
Bengasi,
most
important
port
be
tween
Egypt
and
Tripoli,
thus
cleaning
up
thtj
campa'gn
in
Clrenalsa,
the
eastern
section
of
Libya.
Bengasi
isi
250
miles
west
of
Tobruk
and
its
capture
marks
an
advance
of
300
miles
wes
of
Egypt
for
the
British.
British
forces
In
the
Libyan
campaign
are
now
completing
a
swift
four
hundred
mile
drive
clear
across
Libya
to
the
Tripoli
border
with
a
view
to
knocking
Italy
completely
out
of
North
Africa.
British
forces
by!
last
night
had
chased
the
Axis
remnants
to
a
oners
have
been
capiurea
lajgeamnuUfjdum
ese
wno
are
also
continuing
a
fierce
air
assault.
The
military
situation
In
the
Philippine
was
made
still
more
critical
after
one
hundred
Japanese
transports
had
landed
invasion
forces
supported
by
strong
naval
and
aerial
co-operation.
There
has
been
heavy
bombing.
Malay
and
East
There
Is
little
news
from
the
fighting
in
the
Malay
Peninsula
but
the
Dutch
air
and
naval
forces
are
carrying
on
strongly,
sinking
another
Japanese
destroyer
and
transport
off
the
Borneo
coast.
Batavia
reported
today
that
the
largest
ship
in
a
Japanese
concentration
was
sunk
by
di-nct
hits
from
Netherlands
army
bombers
off
Kuching,
the
capital
of
Sarawak,
Island
of
Borneo,
and
a
lighter
ship
also
was
sunk.
A
Netherlands
comunique
made
this
announcement
today.
Fif
teen
enemy
ships,
at
least,
have
already
been
accounted
for
by
the
Dutch.
British
defenders
In
northern
Malaya
had
stemmed
the
Japanese
advance
Christmas
Eve
and
have
since
been
giving
blow
for
blow
against
the
Japanese
Invaders,
Althoueh
the
Japanese
drive
in
the
Malayan
jungle
Is
still
halted
three
hundred
miles
north
of
Singapore,
a
stronger
offensive
by
the
enemy
Is
expected
there
fol
lowing
the
loss
of
Hong
Kong.
One
million
Chinese
around
Sin
gapore
have
promised
to
give
full
aid
as
auxiliary
troops
to
the
Bri
tish
forces.
Landings
were
effected
by
the
Japanese
forces
on
Sarawak,
North
Borneo,
on
Christmas
Day;
The
landings
were
made
at
Kuching.
The
Japanese
are,
reported
to
have
landed
at
Kuching,
capital
of
Sarawak.
The
United
States
Navy
an
nounced
yesterday
that
forces
of
marines
were
still
holding
Mid
way
Island.
1200
miles
cast
of
Wake
Island.
Hong
Kong
Capitulates
After
a
week's
valiant
resistance
despite
a
position
which
was
ad
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE.
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
27,
1941.
mlttedly
hopeless,
Sir
Mark
Young,
governor
of
Hong
Kong,
took
steps
Christmas
Day
to
capitulate,
the
British
Colonial
Office
an
nounced.
Military
and
civilian
casualties
had
been
heavy
but
de
tails
are
not
yet
available.
The
besieged
British
garrison
at
Hong
Kong
held
out
valiantly
for
two
weeks
until
Christmas
Eve.
Artillery
from
Ameron
Hill
set
oil
tanks
in
Japanese-controlled
Kow-loon
afire.
There
was
a
spectacu
lar
conflagration
Wednesday
night.
Interior
Weather
Clear
and
Cold
Passes
Suddenly
Victoria
Man,
Employed
At
Seal
Cove
Air
Base,
Died
Yesterday
Patrick
Finnerty,
who
was
em
ployed
by
the
E.
J.
Ryan
Contracting
Co.
at
Seal
Cove,
died
yesterday
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Gen
eral
Hospital
after
a
brief
illness.
Deceased
had
been
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
for
two
years
and
came
here
from
Victoria
where
a
widow
and
family
reside.
The
remains
were
forwarded
last
night
to
Victoria
for
burial.
Mr.
Finnerty
was
a
son-in-law
of
F.
Hamilton
Harrison
of
Victoria,
purch-aiing
agent
for
the
provincial
government.
High
Low
The
residence
of
Lee
Dell.
304
Eighth
Avenue
West,
suffered
con
siderable
damage
from
fire
and
water
at
1:50
Christmas
afternoon
and
for
a
while
It
was
quite
a
spectacular
blaze.
Mr.
Dell's
water
pipes
had
become
frozen
and
he
was
usln,
a
blow
torch
to
thaw
them
out.
Oil
from
a
defective
outside
tank
connection
had,
evidently,
seeped
into
the
ground,
the
torch
setting
it
afire.
Fire
went
up
through
partitions
and
they
had
to
be
cut
into
by
the
firemen,
causing
further
damage
to
the
property.
The
furniture
to
a
large
extent
was
removed
before
it
suffered
damage.
There
was
insurance.
,owest
Thermometer
Reading
Of
VlpfrtVia
Rftv's
3
TlLlUIld
UUJ
Ten
Below
Zero
Is
Recorded
At
Smithcrs
Weather
in
the
Interior
has
been
clear
and
cold
over
the
Christmas
holiday
season,
according
to
reports
received
at
railway
offices.
Smithers
reports
the
lowest
thermometer
reading
with
ten
below
zero.
Patrick
Finnerty
Fate
Unknown
rrivate
Harvey
J.
Terry
Got
There
By
Stowing
Away
On
Troopship
VICTORIA,
Dec.
27:
The
fate
of
Private
Harvey
J.
Perry
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Army
Medical
Corps
who
reached
Hong
Kong
by
stowing
away
on
a
transport
ship
is
not
yet
known.
Perry
hailed
from
Victoria.
He
had
been
ordered
returned
home
from
Hong
Kong
but
whether
or
not
he
left
there
before
the
siege
began
Is
not
known.
Rubber
Goods
In
Canada
Being
Cut
Drastic
Curtailment
To
Be
Effected
After
First
of
Year
OTTAWA,
Dec.
27:
There
will
be
drastic
curtailment
of
rubber
goods
In
Canada
after
January
1.
Rubber
footwear
and
bicycle
tires
will
be
cut
down.
New
cars
will
be
allowed
four
tires
but
no
spares.
Golf
and
tennis
balls
will
be
out.
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ain.
22:39
pjn.
3:09
ajn.
16:33
p.m.
Britain
and
United
States
Map
19.1
ft.
18.4
ft.
9.5
ft.
7.1
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Strategy
Is
Being
Planned
GERMANS
SHOCKED
Disturbance
In
Berlin
On
Arrival
Of
Hospital
Train
Out
Program
Expected
To
Bring
Victory
Into
Sight
Next
Year
DARK
BUT
GLORIOUS
I'rime
Minister
ai.J
Minister
Of
Defence
Comment
On
Fall
Of
Hong
Kong
OTTAWA,
Dec.
27:
Hong
Kong
.vill
go
down
as
"a
sombre
but
ilorious
page
in
the
record
of
the
Canadian
army,"
declared
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
iefence,
in
commenting
on
the
fall
of
the
British
stronghold
of
Jie
Orient
In
the
valiant
defence
jf
which
the
Canadian
forces
played
a
prominent
part.
.
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Ma:kenzie
King
said
the
stand
at
Hong
Kong
might
have
an
lm-
point
ninety
miles'
south
of
Ben,
war
ta
,n
to
Far
East
thr0
n
gasi
and
only
eighty
mile3
from
the
border
of
Tripolitania.
To
effect
a
retreat
and
escape
com-
the
Axis
force
was
a
desperate
rearguard
of
Great
Britain
and
President
Several
hundred
jmore
Axis
pris-
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
.Mj;.Kng,J
accpmnanle.'ljjy,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence;
Hon.
C.
O.
Power,
minister
of
air,
and
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
navy
minister.
having
held
up
the
enemy
for
valuable
two
weeks.
NAZI
REPRISALS
DOVER,
Eng.,
Dec.
27:
After
and
a
,
British
bombers
raided
le
Havre
British
mopping
up
opsntlons
German
planes
bombed
the
town
south
of
captured
Bengasi,
British
and
killed
300
persons,
said
a
Brlt-
general
headquarters
at
Cairj
re-
ish
soldier
just
returned
from
ported
today.
occupied
France.
Concentrating
On
PhillSpines
Joint
Conference
of
Major
Anti-Axis
Powers
to
He
Next
Step
Following
Washington
Meet
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Speaks.
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
27:
(CP)
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
were
believed
today
to
have
reached
preliminary
agreement
on
broad
strategy
for
land,
air
and
sea
campaigns
calculated
to
put
the
Allies
on
the
high
road
to
victory
in
1943.
The
next
step
is
to
work
out
details
and
responsibility
for
execution
of
the
strategy
Churchill
To
Canada
OTTAWA,
Dec.
27:
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
will
srjend
two
days
in
Ottawa
early
next
week,
punctuating
his
visit
to
Washington
with
the
stay
in
Canada.
Next
Tuesday
Mr.
Churchill
will
address
a
joint
session
of
the
House
of
Com-
mons
and
Senate.
HAD
FIRE
'XMAS
DAY
Home
of
Lee
Dell
on
Eighth
Aven
ue
Suffered
Damage
As
lie-ult
of
Pipe
Thawing.
and
expectation
Is
that
this
will
get
under
way
almost
immediately
in
a
joint
conference
attended
by
representatives
of
the
major
Allied
powers.
In
working
out
broad
allied
strategy
Prime
Min
ister
Winston
Churchill
is
understood
to
have
proceeded
on
the
probability
that
Germany
would
continue
to
threaten
invasion
of
Great
Britain
in
order
to
keep
the
island
from
dispatching
men
or
material
to
other
theatres.
The
end
of
1942,
I
Udnk
I
can
quiet
definitely
say,
will
see
us
In
a
much
better
position
than
we
are
now
and
1943
will
enable
us
to
assume
the
initiative
upon
an
ample
scale."
So
stated
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
In
snealcl
n
a
vpsip
rri
iv.a
t
.
Wn
sh
I
no
t
ni
.
D.C.,
before
a
cheering
Joint
session
of
the
United
State
Senate
and
Hoiise
of
Representatives.
There
might
be
reverses
and
disappointments
which
would
cause
temporary
depression
but
H
was
better
to
know
the
truth
sombre
as
it
might
be.
The
task
which
faced
the
Allies
was
not
beyond
their
strength
and
endurance.
Mr.
Churchill
told
o!
mighty
strokes
that
had
already
been
delivered
against
the
enemy
the
rout
of
the
Germans
in
Russia,
the
crumbling
of
the
Axis
forces
In
Libya.
For
the
first
time
in
the
Battle
of
Libya
the
British,
equipped
with
British
and
Amer
ican
aircraft
and
tanks,
had
met
the
enemy
on
even
terms
and
made
them
feel
the
sharp
edge
of
tools
with
which
they
had
enslaved
others.
The
aim
was
to
completely
destroy
Axis
forces
In
North
Africa
and
there
was
good
reason
to
believe,
this
would
be
donei
"With
proper
weapons
and
with
proper
organization,
we
have
been
able
to
show
that
we
can
beat
the
life
out
of
the
savage
Nazis.
What
Hitler
has
got
In
Libya
is
only
a
sample
of
what
we
shall
have
to
give
him
In
every
quarter
of
the
globe
to
which
the
war
may
spread."
The
life
line
was
steadily
growing
in
the
Atlantic
in
spite
of
all
the
enemy
could
do,
Mr.
Churchill
said.
The
British
Empire
was
now
Incomparably
stronger
and
was
growing
stronger
every
month.
The
best
tidings
of
all,
however,
was
that
the
two
great
English-speaking
nations
were
now
united
as
never
before
In
drawing
the
sword
for
freedom
which,
he
predicted,
would
lead
the
subjugated
people
of
Europe
to
lift
up
their
heads
in
hope
instead
of
resigning
themselves
to
the
conqueror's
will.
As
for
the
war
in
the
Far
East,
Mr.
Churchill
predicted
the
ulti
mate"
Invasion
of
Japan
and
the
inflicting
of
a
defeat
on
that
na
tion
such
as
the
world
would
never
forget.
Prime
Minister
Churchill's
speech
before
United
States
congress
Friday
was
broadcast.
Such
an
address
was
not
without
precedent.
The
late
Prime
Minister
Ramsay
MacDonald,
during
a
visit
to
the
United
States,
aldressed
congress,