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VANCOUVER
SHIP
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SAN
FRANCISCO
Sudden
appearand
Axis
submarines
preying
on
Pacific
Coast
shipping
wa'
VAlay
by
anxiety
for
the
Canadian
freighter
Rosebank,
.
W-
than
twenty-four
hours
overduei
T!ieUiome.portof
v
s
Vancouver.
She
was
enroute
to
a
'California
'port
buv
TV
States
Navy
had
no
information
regarding
Iher
A
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PHILIPPINES
HARD
PR
MANILA
American
and
Filipino
defenders.
ington.
WASHINGTON,
"
D.C..
Dec.
24:-
JAPSL0SE
DESTROYERS
Transports
and
Tanker
Also
Sunk
Off
Sarawak,
Tokyo
Aanms.
TOKYO,
Dec
24:
Japan
admits
the
loss
pf
two
destroyers
off
Sarawak.
Three
transports
and
a
tanker
have
also
been
lost.
at
All
Costs.
ppine
Islands
are
laced
with
a
grave
new
invasion
thr
v
S
Ian-
ancsc.
Already
battling
with
strong
invasion
.
"
miles
north
of
Manila,
they
have
now
to
cope
with
a
ne
..nd
powerful
disembarkation
of
the
enemy
75
miles
southeast
of
Manila.
Resistance
is
being
continued
but
the
enemy
are
landing
more
and
more
forces
and
the
defenders
are
fighting
against
great
odds
on
both
fronts.
A
communique
today
was
far
from
optimistic,
admitting
that
the
Ameiican
forces
were
far
outnumbered
"and
that
the
Japanese
were
continuing
to
hurl
large
new
forces
ashore.
There
was
a
heavy
bombing
raid
on
Manila
today
and
the
defenders
were
considering
declaring
it
an
open
city
in
the
hope,
under
international
law.
of
saving
it
from
further
destruction.
HONG
KONG
HOLDS
OUT
IIONO
KONG
The
situation
at
besieged
Hong
Kong
was
little
changed
today.
If
anything,
news
appeared
to
be
a
little
more
hopeful.
The
British,
Canadian
and
Indian
garrison
was
still
holding
out
against
desperate
odds.
Pressure
of
Chinese
attack
from
the
rear,
it
appeared
possible,
might
be
having
some
effect.
Chungking
said
that
the
withdrawal
of
the
Japanese
to
the
number
of
some
three
or
four
thousand
had
been
forced
at
one
point.
RUSSIANS
PUSHING
WESTWARD
MOSCOW
All
the
way
from
Finland
past
the
Leningrad
and
Moscow
fronts
through
to
the
Black
Sea,
the
Red
Army
continues
to
push
the
Nazi
forces
westward
in
the
great
counter-offensive.
There
is
particularly
heavy
fighting
in
the
Crimea
with
the
Germans
renewing
their
attempt
to
capture
Sebastapol.
Further
important
points
have
been
recaptured
by
the
Russians
to
the
west
of
Moscow.
All
Russians
from
18
to
50
years
of
are
aie
being
registered
for
military
service.
They
will
be
used
to
keep
up
the
ofiensive
against
the
Nazis
with
the
object
of
inflicting
the
maximum
possible
losses
during
the
winter.
LITTLE
CHANGE
IN
MALAYA
SINGAPORE
Except
for
some
skirmishes
on
the
northwest
front
of
Malaya,
little
change
in
the
situation
in
that
area
is
reported
today.
ROYAL
AIR
FORCE
BUSY
LONDON
Britbh
bombers
attacked
the
naval
base
and
German
warships
at
Biest
and
objectives
at
Cologne
last
night,
it
was
announced.
CHURCHILL
INTERVIEW
MESSAGE
TO
WASHINGTON
j
John
Curtln
of
Australia
Joint
Press
Conference
by
Leaders
Premier
of
Two
Nations
at
Wash-
Says
Singapore
fliusv
is?
ueiu
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Dec.
24:
,...,
wtstnn
Churchill
'in
a
message
to
the
conference
President
Franklin
D.
Roose-
here
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
and
!
conference
yes-
Churchill
of
Oreat
Britain
-i
nd
It
uave
a
press
tPrdav
!
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
The
British
prime
minister,
the
United
States,
Premier
John
smoking
the
traditional
cigar,
did,
Curtln
expresses
concern
over
the
5moK.iiiB
aH
,ns
heart-
situation
in
Malaya
and
declares
cheered
by
the
two
hundred
or
that
Singapore
must
be
held
at
all
uy
v.ucvtw
ij
Atietralln
was
nrpnariner
to
so
xt-
newspapermen.
rh.,rrhlll
said
that
Gteatlsend
air
help.
"-
Britain
and
United
States
would
co-oneratc
in
defence
of
Singapore
until
naval
co-operation
plans
in
the
Pacific
were
completed.
Tho
British
nrime
minister
had
nothing
to
say
in
answer
to
questions
as
to
the
possibility
of
an
invasion
attempt
of
Great
Britain
next
year.
Mr.
Churchill
said
that,
while
internal
collapse
in
the
enemy
countries
would
be
welcome,
he
believed
victory
could
only
be
achieved
by
external
defeat.
LANDINGS
IN
PHILIPPINES
Japanese
Now
Putting
Heavy
Forces
Ashore
South
of
Manila
to
Split
Up
Defenders.
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Dec.
24:
Oi
The
United
States
War
Department
announced
today
the
appearance
of
enemy
troopships
off
Dif'irirr'lS
fill
the
southern
tip
of
uuvuitj'
,
tt
Luzon
Island,
about
sixty
mues
fmm
Manila.
Indicating
the
pos
sibility
of
a
new
thrust
In
that
region.
The
enemy
has
lanaea
a
neavy
force
near
Atinoman,
seventy-five
miles
southeast
of
Manila,
ana
hrpat
would
cive
the
Japanese
two
points,
apparently
trying
to
decoy
General
uougias
McArthur
into
splitting
his
defending
force.
MR.
PATTULLO'S
MESSAGE
nunTCTMAS
is
jiUvjivs
a
season
for
rejoicing
for
even
in
the
midst
of
distress
and
death
i-
urn
nn
in.
$?
there
is
ever
present,
a
great
"
Jil
'
mi1
of
vntinrtll.
spires
suicite
tiuvi
o,iw..b".
t
courtesy
I
wish
to
extend
M,
Through
your
5
Christmas
greetings
and
good
wishes
to
all.
T.
D.
PATTULLO.
VOL.
XXX,
NO.
300.
Is?-.
All
Strikes
Called
Off
t
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Dec.
24:0)
United
States
labor
and
management
representa-
tlves
agreed
today
to
forego
strikes
and
lock-outs
for
the
duration
of
the
war
and
to
settle
all
strikes
by
neaccfui
means.
.
ENVOYS
TO
WASHINGTON
Ralston
and
Howe
to
Represent
Canada
at
Churchill-Roosevelt
Conferences.
OTTAWA,
Dec.
24:
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
Is
expected
to
send
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
or
national
defence,
and
Hon.
Clarence
D.
Hnwe.
minister
of
munitions
ana
supply,
to
Washington
to
repre
sent
Canada
at
conierences
in
connection
with
the
visit
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
to
the
United
States.
BELIEVED
NAZI
RUSE
Nothing
to
Confirm
Invasion
Spain
Or
Resignation
of
Marshal
Petain.
LONDON,
Dec.
24;
)
A
For
eign
Office
commentator
today
labelled
rumors
of
an
impending
German
invasion
of
Spain
as
a
Nazi
ruse
and
said
there
was
noth
ing
to
confirm
either
such
a
move
,or
a
report
that
Marshal
Henri
Phlllippe
Petain
had
resigned
as
head
of
the
Vichy
government.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
EUPEIHVB.C,,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
24,
1041.
I'M-?:
TRIUMPH
OF
IDEALISM
WHEN
listening
to
the
radio
on
Sunday
night
and
wondering
what
message
there
might
be
for
Christmas
Day,
there
came
a
repetition
of
that
old
story
originally
written
by
the
editor
of
the
New
York
Sun,
answering
the
question,
"Is
there
a
Santa
Claus?"
It
brought
a
reminder
that,
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
we
are
living
in
an
ago
of
stark
realities
of
which
we
are
reminded
every
day,
it
is
also
an
age
of
idealism.
Men
fight
for
ideals,
women
suffer
for
their
ideals.
Our
best
thoughts
are
expressed
through
our
ideals.
Christ
died
for
an
ideal
and
thousands
of
others
have
died
for
aimilar
ideal.
Today,
Canadians
in
Hong
Kong
are
dying
for
the
ideal
of
liberty,
and
throughout
the
British
Empire,
the
United
States
of
America,
the
Union
of
Soviet
Republics
and
the
smaller
allied
nations
a
similar
ideal
is
.urging,
many
thousands
of
men
to
offer
their
lives
on
the
altar
of
sacrifice.
While
we
ceiebrate
Christmas
with
feasting
and
joy,
let
us
remerrjber
that
it
is
to
celebrate
the
triumph
of
idealism
over
materialism
the
triumph
of
the
Christ
Spirit.
;
.
;f.
.
'
'fv
r
REMOVING
PETAIN
IS
barriers;
quitting?
Two
Orders-In
-.Council
.Relaxing
Resigns
As
Chief
of
State
of
Customs
Duties
Between
Can
ada
and
United
States
France
Because
of
German
Treaty
Violation.
OTTAWA.
Dec.
24:
Hon.
J.
L.
VICHY.
Dec.
24:
In
protest
at
Ilsley,
minister
of
finance,
yester-!
German
violation
of
armistice
day
announced
two
orders-in-
terms
with
France,
Marshal
Henri
n..v..i
tn
fnpiiHaiA
tmiifl
hctwwn
nh
nno
Ppt.in
is
reoftriea
10
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.
.
1
-
.
Canada
and
the
United
States
and
'
have
resigned
as
chief
of
state.
Canada.
Admiral
Jean
uarian
una
uueauy
of
One
of
the
orders
suspends
taken
over.
It
is
said.
(The
Brit-
dumping
duties-on
fruits
and
veg-
iSn
Foreign
Office
said
today
there
etables.
Removal
of
trade
barriers
between
countries
fighting
against
the
Axis
Is
provided
for.
Salvation
Army
Previously
acknowledged
....$110.75
Acme
Importers
z.50
R.
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Creech
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Store
10.00
City
of
Prince
Rupert
20.00
Dr.
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-
10.00
Mrs.
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Smith
2.50
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Hall
2.50
Kelly.
Douglas
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Co.,
apples
Chess
Bros.
Ltd.,
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Total
to
date
5169.25
I
Send
$100
.
.
To
Britaia
I
was
nothing
to
confirm
reports
that
Petaln
had
resigned
or
that
a
German
Invasion
of
Spain
was
impending.
Rumors
of
a
move
against
Turkey
were
also
treated
with
reserves.
Such
rumors
were
Dossibly
being
spread
by
Germany
ril
.
p
Jj
j
in
a
typical
war
of
nerves.)
Vsiiribimab
i
uiiu
OCCUPYING
I
CIREMAICA
Mrs.
Adcock
.
2.00
'
Axis
Forces
Still
On
Run
In
Libya
Barce
Has
Been
Captured
By
British
cjairo.
Dec.
24:
B
British
forces,
rapidly
completing
the
occupation
of
Ciremalca,
have
cap
tured
an
Important
Axis
airdrome
twelve
miles
from
Bengasi
and
the
stronghold
of
Barce,
forty
miles
farther
east,
it
was
announced
to
day.
An
Imperial
headquarters
communique
indicated
that
the
Axis
army'
was
In
Jieadlong
westward
retreat
and
was
showing
signs
of
disintegration
The
local
Fish
Packers'
mell's
German
forces
southward
Federal
Union
last
week
cabled
the
sum
of
$100
to
Rt.
Hon.
Ernest
Bevln,
British
minister
of
labor,
to
assist
In
the
Dividing
of
Christmas
cheer
for
workers'
children
In
the
Old
Land.
4
from
Bengasi
Is
being
cut
off.
There
will
be
no
regular
editions
of
The
Dally
News
on
either
Christmas
or
Boxing
Day
Thurs
dav
and
Friday.
The
next
reeu
lar
Issue
will
appear
Saturday
afternoon.
I
Regain
At
Hong
Kong
I
OTTAWA,
Dec.
24:
O;
Some
ground
lost
by
the
Hong
Kong
garrison
Monday
night
was
recaptured
yesterday,
ac-
cording
to
report
received
by
the
Department
of
National
defence
today.
It
was
said
that
hard
fighting
continues
and
there
were
indications
of
increasing
Chinese
pressure
on
the
Japanese
rear.
IMESSAGE
ON
'XMAS
VATICAN!
CITY.
Dec.
24:
Pope
Pius,
in
a
Christmas
Eve
message
to
the
world
today,
declared
in
the
new
post-war
world
there
would
be
no
place
for
aggression
or
for
economic
advantage.
There
would
be
no
room
for
military
force
or
armed
persecution.
There
must
be
equality
of
rights
for
all.
His
Holiness
referred
to
the
grave
responsibilities
of
statesmen
today,
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FIVE
CENTS-
VANCOUVER
SHIP
NOW
OVERDUE
One
Tanker
Known
Sunk,
Three
Other
Vessels
May
Also
Re-Five
Attacked
But
Escape.
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Dec.
24:
IB-One
United
States
tanker
has
been
sunk
and
five
others
have,
been
attacked
and
escaped
since
enemy
submarine
activity
commenced
a
few
days
ago
off
the
California
coast.
Yesterday
the
tanker
Montebello
was
sunk.
The
Larry
Doheny
and
the
Idaho
were
also
attacked
yesterday
but
they
reached
port
safely.
The
Vancouver
freighter
Rose-
bank
Is
twenty-four
hours
overdue
at
San
Francisco.
The
tanker
Montebello
was
attacked
and
sunk
by
an
enemy
submarine
yesterday
off
the
Cal
ifornia
coast,
headquarters
of
the
Twelfth
Navy
District
announced.
Four
lifeboats,
carrying
survivors,
landed.
Reports
said
that
the
submarine
shelled
fishing
boats
trying
to
pick
up
survivors
.from
the
Montebello.
Shortly
before,
the
navy
had
confirmed
reports
of
an
attack
on
the
tanker
Larry
Doheny
which
subsequently
was
reported
to
have
arrived
in
Eetero
Bay
on
the
central
California
coast.
Later
It
was
learned
that
the
Idaho
had
been
attacked.
Capt.
Clark
A.
Farrow
of
the
tanker
Emidio,
which
was
torpedoed
off
Cape
Hatteras,
said,
on
landing
at
Eureka
the
day
before
other
explosions
were
heard
at
sea
off
the
.California
coast,
that
ttrflUhg.Anierlcan
'
.bombing
planes
may
have
damaged
or
sunk
the
big
enemy
submarine
which
attacked
the
Emidio.
Capt.
Farrow
said
that
the
United
States
planes
roared
to
the
attack
after
the
submarine
had
shot
at
the
tanker
and
then
sent
a
torpedo
into
its
stern.
Each
plane
dropped
depth
charges
and
the
second
"may
have
hit
her,"
the
captain
said.
Conference
On
At
Singapore
SINGAPORE,
Dec.
24:
-British,
American
and
Netherlands
representatives
are
meeting
in
Singapore
to
consider
the
situation
in
the
Far
East.
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
suggested
the
meeting.
AIR
RAIDS
EXCHANGED
Luftwaffe
Over
England
and
RAF
Over
France.
LONDON,
Dec.
24:
German
raiders
made
very
light
uttacks
on
southeast
England
coastal
areas
during
the
night.
There
was
also
an
attack
In
East
Anglla.
Damage
was
slight
and
casualties
neg
ligible.
The
Royal
Air
Force
raided
Dun-
kerque,
Calais,
Boulogne
ind
Brest
in
occupied
France,
also
Cologne,
and
other
points
in
western
Oer-
many.
OUR
MEMBER'S
GREETINGS
HANSON,
M.P.,
.extend?
:
to
the,,
people
of
OLOF
Skeena
riding
his''
sincere
best
wishes
for
c
Happy
Christmas
aGd
New
fear
'season.
We
are
now
on
the
"Front
Line"
but
we
have
much
to
bo
thankful
for.
Be
of
good
cheer
and
high
courage
1
We
shall
win
through
towards
lasting
peace
and
perpetuation
of
our
privileges
and
ideals.
OLOF
HANSON.
I