Axis
Retreavhya
Has
Become
wi'ut;
In
Philippines
Japanese
Effect
-Landing
on-
Island'-of
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
After
a
day's
silence,
a
message
came
tf'ough
today
from
Sir
Mark
Vcung.
governor
and
commander-m-emjf
at
Hong
Kong,
stating
that
'
operations
on
the
island
are
proceeding."
After
military
au-thmitips
herp
had
been
almost
ready
to
give
up
hope,
It
was
thus
Indicated
that
the
garrison
consisting
of
Canadian,
British
and
Indian
troops,
with
little
hope
(.f
reinforcement
or
retreat,
was
still
holding
out
against
heavy
odds,
persisting
In
its
refusal
to
surrender.
Tokyo
admitted
that
the
defen
ders
of
Hong
Kong
were
.
.
.
intr
to
offer
resistance
aiinougm
the
attackers
were
still
advancing
The
principal
defence
of
the
British
forces
appears
to
be
of
Victoria
city.
In
the
endeavour
to
relieve
the
siege
of
Hong
Kong,
Chinese
forces
were
reported
to
have
entered
Shumchun,
destroying
Japanese
defence
works,
blowing
up
the
railway
station
and
an
ammunition
dump.
In
British
Malaya
the
British
arc
making
a
new
stand
three
hundred
miles
north
of
Singapore
nftrr
hrinolntr
the
Japanese
to
a
ctnnricHIt
fnrtu
miles
SOUth
Of
UVUIlUOlilt
w
Penang
to
which
point
the
Invaders
had
advanced
up
to
yesterday.
launched
a
new
The
Japanese
Invasion
thrust
against
the
Philippine
Islands
today
when
four
Nipponese
transports
landed
troops
on
Mindanao,
the
second
largest
island
of
the
group,
picking
a
port
where
there
Is
a
predomlnanca
of
Japanese
residents.
There
was
a
new
enemy
bombing
attack
today
on
vital
points
in
the
Manila
area.
Major
-
Oeneral
Douglas
McAr-thur,
United
States
commander-in-chief
In
the
Philippines,
reported
to
Washington
that
there
had
been
increased
patrol
activity
by
the
Japanese
on
the
beachheads
of
Luzon
Island
where
previously
they
had
effected
a
landing.
SYDNEY,
I.V.S.W.,
Dec.
20:
0)
Ninety
percent
of
Australia's
supply
of
surgical
Instruments
and
hospital
equipment
are
now
manufactured
within
the
Commonwealth
ns
against
25
percent
he-fore
the
war.
KETCHIKAN
nemy
Not
Resisting
Derna
and
Mckili
Have
Been
Entered
Now
and
British
Are
Within
One
Hundred
Miles
of
Bengasi.
CAIRO,
Dec.
20:
(CP)
The
Axis
retreat
in
Libya
has
turnd
into
a
rout
with
Imperial
forces
chasing
General
Erwin
Rommel's
battered
army
and
British
air
blows
taking
a
staggering
toll
of
his
remaining
strength,
British
headquarters
announced
today.
The
chase
has
be-
ome
so
fast
it
was
said
the.Axis
is
offering
virtually
no
resiStance
anc,
tne
British
'have
Hong
Kong
Siege
GARRISON
KEEPS
UP
ITSHGHT
"Operations
Proceeding"
Says
Message
From
Governor
to
London.
New
Stand
In
Malaya
been
unable
to
make
contact
with
I
the
enemy
except
at
one
point
in
the
Cirenalcan
highlands.
Derna
on
the
coast
and
Mekill,
forty
miles
south,
were
entered
yesterday
and
the
British,
after
pushing
forty-five
miles
further
westward,
now
have
com
within
one
hundred
miles
of
Bengasi,
im
portant
Axis
advance
supply
port.
STRIKE
AT
JAPANESE
Netherlands
Fliers
Taking
Heavy
Toll
of
Nipponese
Naval
VesselsUnited
States
Sub
Hit
Transpoits.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Dec.
20:
0
The
Department
of
the
Navy
reported
today
that
United
States
submarines
had
sunk
"additional
enemy
transport."
There
were
no
further
details
but
earlier
this
week
it
was
announced
that
a
submarine
sank
one
enemy
transport
and
probably
a
destroyer.
From
Batavia
came
word
that
Netherlands
fliers
had
scored
direct
hits
on
four
more
Japanese
ships
two
cruiser3,
a
transport
and
another
warship
believed
used
as
a
plane
carrierin
fierce
attacks
on
naval
concentrations
of
Miri,
Borneo,
thls
bein
announced
today.
continu-
IS
COMING
High
School
Basketball
Team
Play
Series
Here.
to
Word
has
been
received
from
clarence
Hennlng,
principal
and
rnarh
of
Ketchikan's
Kayhl
High
School,
that
he
and
his
team
will
arrive
here
on
December
ia
to
Dlav
the
local
high
school
In
an
Inter-high
school
basketball
series
December
29
and
30.
When
Kayhl
disembarks
here
for
their
series
they
will
have
Johnny
Ellis,
all-Alaska
forward
and
high
scorer;
Howie
Mathle-son,
all-Alaska
guard,
to
pace
them
against
the
Bo-Me-Hl
squad.
The
members
of
the
Kayhl
Polar
Bears
are
Clarence
Hennlng,
coacn;
John
Ellis,
Ked
Hannah,
Joe
Llanos,
Don
Farstaa,
lorwaras;
ouivauui
del
Flerra,
Cliff
Homan,
conlres;
Howard
Mathleson,
Al
Ludwlgsen,
Stuart
Adams,
guards.
Thmieh
this
year
the
Ketchikan
High
School
boasts
of
a
powevful
Pnm.
the
local
mgll
scnooi
io
gu-
lne
to
be
hard
to
beat
on
their
spacious
home
noor,
me
wmmuuu
rrn
Tho
local
aulntet
has
an
nan.
.v
...
offensive
powerhouse
in
its
nign
scoring
and
hard-working
for
.ards.
Teddy
Arney,
Oliver
San
turbane,
Don
MacDonald
and
Bob
Long.
While
Sidney
Alexander
and
Bovo
Gurvlch
at
guard.3
are
h
stnlwarts
of
their
defenco.
Bob
v.irirnvleh.
substitute
centre.
Is
also
outstanding
for
the
locals,
SIGNAL
PRACTICE
rtw
ATTAGK
ON-IUJRMAR()AI)
&UJLS
.
,
CHUNGKING
Ten
Japanese
planes,
attemptin.tr
to
raid
Running
on
the
Bui
ma
mad.
were
heavily
engaged
for
the
first
time
today
by
an
international
air
force
and
four
of
them
were
shot
down
without
loss
to
the
defenders,
said,
reports
to
high
Chinese
quarters.
PACIFIC
COAST
DEFENCES
VICTORIA
Air
Vice
Marshal
L.
S.
Breadncr,
chief
of
staff
of
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
states
that
all
steps
ate
being
taken
to
effectively
protect
the
Pacific
Coast
from
attack.
The
air
forte
has
been
greatly
strengthened
in
aircraft
and
equipment.
CANADIANS
SCORE
HIT
LONDON
A
rvoyal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane,
manned
by
Sergeant
M.
S.
Schneider
of
Brandon.
Sergeant
B.
L.
Brice
of
Chilll-wack
and
Sergeant
G.
Savage
of
Toronto,
scored
a
direct
hit
on
a
German
waiship
at
Brest.
WITHDRAWAL
DEMANDED
LONDON
The
Portuguese
government
demands
that
British
forces
be
withdrawn
from
the
Island
of
Timor
northeast
of
Australia.
"We
will
not
budge"
is
the
authoritative
answer
here.
All
consequences
were
carefully
considered
before
the
step
of
occupation
was
taken,
it
is
stated.
AXIS
IN
LATIN
AMERICA
WASHINGTON
There
has
been
dangerous
Axis
infiltration
in
Latin
America,
says
a
special
committee
in
its
report.
Some
of
the
republics
arc
honeycombed
with
air
bases,
secret
radio
stations
and
war
supplies.
There
arc
five
Axis-controlled
air
bases
in
Guatemala
alone,
it
is
declared.
Also
in
Brazil
and
Chili
there
has
been
infiltration.
GAS
MASKS
FOR
STATES
NEW
YOP.K
Fifty
million
gas
masks
may
be
ordered
for
protection
of
people
on
the
Atlantic,
Pacific
and
Caribbean
Sea
Coast,
says
Ulayor
LaGuardia.
BETTER
ARMY'
UNIFORMS
OTTAWA
It
is
hinted
that
Canadian
army
uniforms
may
be
remodelled
to
provide
better
appearance...
A
better
material
may
also
be
used.
NAZIS.
IN
ESTUARY
Heavy
Anti-Aircraft
Fire
and
Ma
chine
Gunning
Heard
Along
Thames
Tonight.
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
O)
Heavy
anti-aircraft
fire
against
air
raid
ers
broke
out
along
the
Thames
estuary
early
tonight.
Machine
gun
fire
could
be
heard
plainly.
Miss
Averll
McKechney
of
the
Booth
Memorial
High
School
teachlne
staff
left
on
las;
eve
ning's
train
for
a
trip
t
Saska
toon.
,
King
Tq
Speak
Christmas
Day
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
tCB-Tho
King
will
broadcast
to
the
Empire
on
Christmas
Day,
starting
at
6
a.m.
ICELAND'S
FIGHTER
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
D
Iceland's
first
fighter
pllot,
who
came
to
Britain
In
a
trawler
to
enlist
in
the
R.
A.
F.,
was
posted
to
an
operational
squadron
and
his
first
sortie
was
a
flight
over
Northern
France
to
attack
barges
In
a
canal.
Weather
Report
4j:
Tomorrow
sT
ides
She
m
High
3:29
ajn.
21.3
ft.
Prince
Rupert
calm.
Cloudy
cool
and
15:15
p.m.
22.2
ft.
Low
9:24
a.m.
6.2
ft.
W
21:52
p.m.
1.9
ft.
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AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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I
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II,
NO.
297.
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
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jATugDAX
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PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
:l!fi
Desperate
Message
Goebbel
s
Sub.
Lieut.
O.
E.
Fenwlck
of
Montreal,
acknowledges
on
a
signal
projector
the
receipt
of
a
message
sent
to
his
ship.
Sub.
Lieut.
L.
F
Johnson
df
Ottawa,
records
the
message.
The
student
officers
are
from
a
west
coast
training
school
and
are
shown
durin?
one
of
-the
frequent
cruises
taken
by
naval
students
to
acquaint
them
fully
with
the
tasks
cf
the
men
who
will
some
day
1
serve
under
them.
War
News
BODIES
ARE
EXTRICATED
1
Koyal
Canadian
Air
Force
Plane
Gives
Up
Dead
at
Nanoose
NANAIMO,
Dec.
20:
Bodies
of
seven
members
of
the
lioyal
Ca
nadian
Air
Force,
whose.
Stran
i
raer
'Day,
noi
north
til
of
of
here,
here,
earlier
earlier
In
In
the
the
ANG0TT
IS
NOW
CHAMP
Issue
of
World's
Lightweight
Championship
Settled
Without
,
Doubt
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
20:
Sammy
Angott
won
the
undisputed
world's
lightweight
boxing
title
at
Madi
son
Square
Garden
last
night
by
winning
a
fifteen-round
decision
over
Lew
Jenkins,
Angott
had
been
recognized
as
the
champion
by
the
National
Boxing
Association
while
ielsewhere
Jenkins
was
called
the
champion.
There
was
no
doubt
of
the
Issue.
The
rugged
Angott
was
always
fresher
than
Jenkins
who
did
not
seem
to
have
his
old-time
zip.
He
hit
Jenkins
hard
with
flailing
rights
and
lefts
and
had
the
Sweetwater,
Texas,
boy
In
real
dis
tress
In
the
latter
rounds.
Jenkins
lost
the
fourteenth
round
on
ac
count
of
low
blows..
There
were
no
knock-downs.
NAZI
VENGEANCE
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
(&
Free
French
authorities
In
London
claim
that
the
Germans
bombed
a
public
alms
house
In
Brest,
killing
200
people,
as
a
reprisal
for
the
loss
during
a
British
raid
of
a
hotel
where
Germans
were
killed.
8
5
Only
3
Shopping
Days
Until
Christmas.
Nazi
Propaganda
Chief
Admits
Russians
Have
More
Men
-
Material
Appeals
by
Radio
to
German
People
for
Warm
Clothing
For
Hitler's
Soldiers
Great
Red
Countcr-Offcnsive
Continues,
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
(CP)
Nazi
Propaganda
Goebbels,
appealing
by
radio
to
the
German
people
i
today
for
warm
clothing
for
Hitler's
soldiers
in
Russia,
toitl
tnem
bluntly
we
are
up
against
an
enemy
superior
in
numbers
and
material"
on
the
eastern
front.
The
Soviet
counter-offensive
is
continuing
westward
without
let-up.
MARITIMES
KEEP
BUSY
In
Employmnt
Nova
Scotia
Led
All
Canada
In
September.
By
GORDON
McKEAN
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
HALIFAX,
Dec.
20:
tP)
Business
is
good
.
in
Canada's
Maritime
Provinces.
Indices
for
September
show
the
Marltlmes
at
183.9
Is
only
.6
behind
Quebec,
which
tops
the
Canadian
provinces.
Ontario
stood
at
173.6,
prairie
provinces
at
156.1,
and
British
Columbia
at
,1E2J)
-Xlic4ridtecs,.fxpn:ctha
Financial
Post,
are"
based
on
1926
equals
100.
The
Marltlmes
index
stood
at
u-nf.
kp.
Increases.
In
employment,
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
figures
show
Nova
Scotia
led
all
Canada
In
September,
with
181.9
against
the
Dominion
figure
of
162.7.
New
Brunswick
was
sixth
with
143.7
and
Prince
Edward
Island
ninth
with
130.2.
The
Maritime
figure
was
164.0
(1926
equals
100).
Seasonal
Decrease
But
even
with
these
high
figures
there
was
a
seasonal
decrease
from
August
In
Prince
Edward
Island
and
Nova
Scotia,
while
New
Brunswick
showed
an
Increase.
The
bureau,
reports
a
decided
improvement
In
manufacturing,
particularly
in
iron
and
steel,
with
smaller
Increases
In
pu'.p,
paper
and
edible
plant
products.
Log
glng,
transportation,
highway
con
structlon
and
maintenance
ser
vices
and
trade
all
showed
cur
tallment.
Various
retail
lines
also
showed
Increases
and
the
Mbritlmes
led
all
Canada
In
several
of
them.
De
partment
store
sales,
for
example
gained
31.2
percent
over
September,
1940,
while
the
Dominion
In
crease
was
21.8
percent.
Business
turnover
has
naturally
Increased
to
the
greatest
extent
In
and
around
military
or
Industrial
centres,
but
smaller
communities
are
receiving
Indirect
benefit
from
the
expansion
In
many
instances.
In
other
districts
enlistments
in
the
armed
forces
and
demands
for
workers
In
defence
Industries
have
caused
a
decided
Increase
Jn
population
with
consequently
lessen
ed
business
activity.
Good
As
a
Unit,,.
But,
as
a
unit,
business"'.'.
good
In
the
Marltlmes.'
While
the
last
figures
available
are
for
Septem
ber,
R.
M.
Hattle,
editor
of
the
Maritime
Merchant,
only
trade
Journal
In
the
three
seaside
provinces,
says
that
a
further
increase
will
take
place
with
the
closing
of
navigation
on
the
St.
Lawrence.
Dock
work
at
Halifax
and
Saint
John,
N.B.,
and
transportation
fa-
LIFEBOATS
DEFY
SEA
Dunkerque
Their
Great
Achieve
ment
But
They
Still
Do
Bis
Things.
LONDON,
Dec.
20:
0)
Night
and
day
around
Britain's
wind-lashed
coasts
the
men
of
the
lifeboats
are
ready
to
carry
out
their
work
of
mercy
and
rescue.
Their
great
est
achievement
was
during
the
evacuation
of
the
British
Expeditionary
Force
from
Dunkerque
in
the
spring
of
1940.
Nineteen
small
KfwtjJ
nonp
Inriupr
than
1
fott
nr
r'welgh'lng
more
thah'-27
'tons
with
crew
and
gear
aboard,
rescued
nearly
50,000
men
from
the
H7.3
in
sepiemDer,
iu,
ana
nas
slnce
the
war
beean.
morn
than
bomber
crashed
In
Nanoose
icnmoeaan
average
oi
uuee
puin4000
saliors
and
airmn
have
been
a
month.
Construction
shows
asaved
from
fg
SYilps
and
sir-
week,
were
removed
from
wrecK-:Bi
ui
i-.i
pcucm,,
cuum.
planes,
an
average
of
more
than
aee
of
the
machine
yesterday.
An
31.9
percent
ana
Duuaing
permits
35
a
we6k.
eighth
man,
Sergeant
J.
C.
Gunn
of
Scotland,
In
addition
to
those
already
named,
was
on
the
plane,
it
has
been
announced.
Into
the
making
of
lifeboats-sturdy
little
craft
able
to
live
In
seas
which
have
crippled
big
ships
goes
wood
from
many
paits
of
the
British
Empire.
English
oak
is
used
for
the
stem
and
stern.
Canadian
rock
elm
provides
the
framework,
white
deal
an
A
red
cedar
from
the
Dominion
the
vital
air
cases
and
Honduras
mahogany
the
decks.
Rights
Itself
Thanks
to
the
ingenuity
of
a
singing
teacher.
William
Wood-
have,
the
lifeboat
of
today
Is
self-righting.
Woodhave
was
awarded
a
guinea
($4.75
these
days)
for
his
design
a
century-and-a-half
ego.
As
a
result,
a
fully-manned
and
equipped
boat,
even
If
It
goes
completely
over,
will
come
right
way
up
and
empty
Itself
of
water
In
25
seconds.
A
heavy
keel
it
may
weigh
as
much
as
one-third
of
the
craft's
entire
weight
Is
the
main
factor
In
the
self-righting
principles.
The
keel
is
made
ofy
teak
from
the
forests
of
upper
Burma.
"There's
no
magic
about
a
lifeboat,"
said
a
skllledttoat-bullder.
"Her
vital
qualities
are
chc
power
to
empty
out
water
as
fast
as
she
ships
It,
great
buoyancy,
th
abil
ity
to
go
on
with
her
work
when
she
has
been
badly
damaged
and
enormous
strength
In
every
part."
Salvation
Army
Christmas
Fund
Previously
acknowledged
....
$48.00
O.
W.
Nlckerson
25.00
Paul
Olsen
1.00
Mrs.
Wicks
1.00
W.
O.
Fulton,
fruit.
cllitles
will
benefit
particularly
from
the
St.
Lawrence
closinR.
Regarding
business
In
general,
Mr.
Hattle
writes,
"Without
confirmatory
statistics
we
think
It
Is
safe
to
say
that
.
.
.
all
tho
fundamental
conditions
In
the
Marltlmes
(are)
In
a
still
further
improved
state."
its
m
w
r
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