Churchill
In
States
SS
CON.
ROOSEVELT.
MACKENZIE
iWITED
OTTAWA
Dec.
,25.
VvUlinister
Lyon
Mackenzie
Km,,
V.cuht
that
Presi
dent
I'ranKiin
L).
Roosevelt
WJ&b
him
an
invitation
to
go
to
Washington
v
there
ot
Prime
Minister
Churchill
of
-U
for
a
Avar
conference.
Premier
King
sa5
'ne
hoped
Prime
Minister
Churchill
would
col.,
to
Canada
during
his
stay
on
the
continent.
It
is
assumed
that
an
invitation
has
already
been
extended
Mr.
Churchill
to
come
to
Canada.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
23:
(CP)-Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain,
arrived
in
the
United
States
yesterday,
the
White
House
announced,
to
'discuss
with
the
president
nil
questions
relevant
to
concerted
war
effort."
The
prime
minister's
trin
hm
been
kept
a
closely
guarded
secret
until
his
arrival
was
announced
by
Stephen
Early,
the
White
House
secretary.
Details
of
the
trip
were
not
disclosed.
Mr.
Churchill
arrived
at
an
airport
near
Washington
where
he
was
met
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
Soon
after
he
was
ut
the
White
House
and
it
was
then
that
the
announcement
of
'his
arrival
was
made.
At
least
part
of
Mr.
Churchill's
trip
is
believed
to
have
been
made
by
warship.
The
primary
purpose
of
the
conference
between
Mr.
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
was
"the
defeat
of
Hitleri8nv
throughout
the
world,"
it
was
stated.
Grand
strategy
pf
the
Allies
will
be
mapped
out
and
discussions
preliminary
to
later
conferences
between
the
United
States
arid
representatives
of
Russia,
China
the
Netherlands
and
British
Dominions.
The
setting
up
of
a
Supreme
Allied
Council
and
the
formal
alliance
of
all
Axis
foes
are
aims.
Mr.
Churchill
and
President
Roosevelt
will,
it
is
said,
discuss
the
question
of
a
supreme
command
for
the
Allies
and
a
joint
ministry
of
supply.
The
first
formal
meeting
of
the
British
prime
minister
and
the
United
States
president
took
place
at
Washington
today.
It
was
stated
in
authoritative
quarters
that
tllere
would
be
a
seven-point
program
of
discussions'
i
including
the
following:
Obtaining
of
full
Russian
co-operation
in
the
war
in
the
Pacific.
Insuring
against
the
falling
of
the
French
fleet
and
North
African
bases
into
Axis
control.
Prevention
of
the
choking
off
of
Mediterranean
waters,
l.the.
Allies.
Obtaining
of
control
of
North
Africa.
Consolidation
of
British
.
gains
in
Libya.
,
Helping
of.
Russia.to
preparfi.againsUa4nc.w..German
drive5
'In"
the
spring.
The
British
prime
minister
is
accompanied
by
Lord
ReavorWok,
tile
minister
of
supply,
technical
staff
and
representatives,
of
various
war
departments
including
tho
three
services
navy,
army
and
air
force.
In
addition
to
Beaverbrook
there
arrived
with
Mr.
Churchill
Sir
Dudley
Pound,
commander-in-chief
of
the
British
fleet;
Air
Marshal
Sir
Charles
F.
A.
Portal
and
General
Sir
John
Dill,
former
chief
of
Imperial
general
staff
and
now
governor
of
Bombay.
They
were
to
meet
American
military
men
of
equal
rank.
The
New
York
Times
paid
tribute
to
Prime
Minis-
More
Axis
Transports
Sent
Down
I
LONDON,
Dec.
23;
ffl-Thc
Adml'raltv
announced
today
that
British
submarines
have
destroyed
six
more
Axis
transports
or
suodIv
ships
in
the
Mediterranean.
'.
"
4
4
CO-ORDINATE
PRODUCTION
United
States
And
Canada
To
Get
Together
In
One
All
Out
War
Effort
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
23:
President
Franklin
D.
Koose-
velt
yesterday
gave
full
approval
to
a
plan
for
complete
co-ordination
of
production
of
the
United
States
and
Canada
in
"one
all
out
war
effort."
Under
the
plan
all
legal
and
administrative
barriers
would
be
removed.
Resources
would
be
pooled
to
speed
up
production.
Hon.
Clarence
D.
Howe,
Canadian
minister
of
munitions
and
supply,
announced
In
Ottawa
today
that
Canada
and
the
United
States
were
entering
upon
a
joint
war
production
program
under
which
the
resources
of
the
two
nations
would
be
pooled
to
bring
about
a
maximum
output
of
war
materials
and
supplies.
Local
Officers
Are
Promoted
Crocker
Is
Major
and
Fitzgerald
Becomes
Captain
in
Searchlight
Battery.
Two
well
known
and
popular
officers
of
the
Second
Searchlight
Battery
here
have
won
promotion.
Captain
W.
XL
Crocker
has
received
his
majority
and
Lieut.
Cecil
Fitzgerald
becomes
a
captain,;
mu
VOL.
XXX,
NO.
299.
RED
DRIVE
MOVING
ON
Russians
Advance
Eight
To
Twelve
Miles
Per
Day,
Recapturing
Town
After
Town
MOSCOW,
Dec.
23:
The
Russian
counter-offensive
against
the
Germans
continues
to
roll
6n
westward
at
the
rate
of
eight
to
twelve
miles
per
day
in
the
Moscow
sector.
Town
after
town
is
being
re-occupied
by
the
Red
Army,
being
found
littered
by
Nazi
war
equipment
and
piles
of
German
dead.
War
industries
in
many
of
these
towns
will
b
restored,
some
to
full
production,
it
is
said.
There
are
indirations
that
Germans
are
endeavouring
form
a
new
defensive
line.
the
to
FOUGHT
TO
STANDSTILL
Americans
and
Filipinos
Giving
Good
Account
of
Themselves
Evacuee
Centre
Bombed.
MANILA,
Dec.
23j
0;
In
the
Philippines
an
army
bulletin
today
indicated
that
American
and
Filipino
defenders
had
fought
to
a
standstill
the
vanguard
of
powerful
sea-borne
Japanese
forces
which
landed
at"San(ortromay,
125
nvilesnoHrT
of
Manila.
Heavy
casualties
resulted
this
afternoon
when
three
Japanese'
planes
bombed
a
centre
reserved
for
persons
evacuated
from
Manila
and
other
towns.
Oscar
Hoff,
familiarly
known
to
many
friends
as
"Shorty",
and
a
resident
of
Prince
George
since
railway
construction
days,
having
operated
a
poolroom
on
George
Street
for
a
time,
died
at
the
first
of
last
week
in
Prince
George
Hos-
ter
Churchill
by
saying
lie
was
noi
oniy
a
great,
muit'pital.
He
had
also
been
engaged
bUt
a
good
man."
ln
the
ce
business.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
"
RBPBRT7
B.Ci
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
23,
1941.
Dominion
WAR
FLASHES
The
Ilong
Kong
garrison
is
still
holding
out.
The
Canadians
have
suffered
heavy
casualties.
Their
commander,
Brigadier
J.
K.
Lawson,
has
been
killed.
Fierce
land
fighting
is
going
on
in
the
Philippines
both
on
Luzon
and
Mindanao
as
the
Japanese
strive
to
establish
a
foothold
with
invasion
forces
which
were
landed
yesterday.
The
situation
at
Singapore
is
quieter.
Air
blows
have
been
exchanged
over
Malaya.
On
the
Malayan
front
there
is
no
change
in
the
situation.
A
Japanese
force
has
landed
on
Wake
Island.
United
States
navy
said
enemy
units
of
unspecified
strength
landed
this
morning
on
the
tiny
mid-Pacific
island
w.h
ere
marines
have
beaten
off
le-peated
onslaughts
by
enemy
aircraft
and
naval
units.
British
forces
in
the
Libyan
campaign
have
plunged
to
the
Gulf
of
Certe
and
are
moving
on
Bengasi,
the
cap-ita
of
Cirenaica.
On
the
Husso
-
German
front
;
thft
RfoW
Army
is
.may-..
nr
ahead
at
4he
rate
or
eijhf
t
twelve
miles
per'
day.
The
advance
continues
on
all
fronts.
A
statement
at
London
today
says
the
.reduced
level
of
shipping
losses
in
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic
Is
being
maintained
and
at
the
same
time
those
of
the
enemy
are
being
Increased.
Tonight's
train,
due
to
arrive
from
the
East
at
11
o'clock,
was
reported
this
morning
to
ba
on
time.
Where
Will
Next
Move
Be?
APPEAL
TO
CHURCHILL
Mine
Workers'
Union
Asks
British
Premier
to
Intervene
in
Klrkland
Lake
Dispute.
KIRKLAND
LAKE,
Ont.,
Dec.
23:
-William
Simpson,
president
of
the
United
Mine
Workers,
1ms
asked
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
now
in
Washington,
to
Intervene
ln
the
Klrkland
Lake
mine
dispute
as
a
result
of
which
there
has
been
a
five
weeks'
strike.
Mr.
Churchill
Is
asked
to
use
his
influence
w(th
the
Canadian
government
and
the
mine
operators
to
bring
about
a
settlement.
UNCLE
SAM'S
FIGS
Fig
growing
In
the
U.
S.
is
con-rined
to.
California,
Texas
and
Arizona.
Suffering
Reverses
On
Two
Fronts,
New
Thrust
Anticipated
Things
Still
Going
Badly
For
New
Commander-in-Chief
of
Reich
Another
Blitzkrieg
JMay
Be
Coming.
MARCHING
TOWARDS
SPAIN
BERNE,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
German
troops
were
reported
authoritatively
tonight
to
be
moving
through
western
occupied
France
to
the
Spanish
frontier.
Sharp
new
reverses
jarred
Chancellar
Adolf
Hitler's
invasion
armies
on
two
fronts
Russia
and
North
Africa
today
as
the
world
speculated
on
a
sudden
beserk
thrust
by
the
fuehrer
in
an
attempt
to
retrieve
his
tattered
military
fortunes.
European
observers
predicted
Hitler
in
his
new
rule
as
supreme;
German
warlord
would
soon
try
to
open
a
new
front
tin
regions
less
hostile
to
'blitzkrieg
than
winter-frozen
Russia.
Tup-key
and
the
Middle
East,
Spain,
Gibraltar
and
French
Africa
and
the
British
Isles
appeared
the
most
likely
targets
of
attack
as
Berlin
and
Rome
both
hinted
that
important
military
developments
were
imminent.
On
the
North
Africa
front
Cairo
headquarters
said
that
British
mobile
troops
had
reached
tho
coastal
plain
of
,th6i;Gutf
nt
Cirtevj
pouth
of
BengasMUri'
an
'
apparent
manoeuvre;
to
itut
off
main
Axis
armies
fleeing
southward'
from.
Derna
and
westward
from
Mekill
to
Bengasi
on
which
British
pics-
sure
was
steadily
increasing.
On
the
Russian
front-
countermarching
Soviet
armies
were
re
ported
to
have
driven
the
German
invaders
from
seventy-flva
more
at
villages
and
fierce
Russian
guerilla
bands
were
said
to
be-
blocking
the
Nazi
retreat.
Soldi
Another
American
Tanker
Target
fur
Japanese
Submarine
Off
California
Coast.
SINKING
TODAY
SAN
FKANCISCO,
Dec.
23:
0)
The
United
States
Navy
confirmed
today
that
an
enemy
ship
had
iired
on
the
tanker
Larry
Doheny,
six
miles
off
Estero
Day.
The
Larry
Doheny
reached
port
another
tanker
MontebeUo,
was
sunk.
There
were
reports
fiom
Estero
Bay,
unconfirmed
by
the
navy,
that
lifeboats
bearing
survivors
were
being
landed
on
the
.oast.
Sounds
of
gunfire
and
shattering
explosions
were
heard
at
Estero
Bay
and
Morro
Bay
on
the,
coast
off
San
Luis
Obispo
before
dawn.
Flashes
from
guns
could
be
seen
on
shore.
In
San
Francisco,
navy
and
army
spokesmen
said
at
first
that
they
had
had
reports
of
a
seiies
of
heavy
explosions
off
shore
on
the
Pacific
coast
today.
sixth
American
vessel
to
be
at
tacked
off
the
California
coast
by
Japanese
submarines,
the
tanker
rf.
M.
.Storrie,
was
the
target
for
torpedo
yesterday
north
of
San
ta
Barbara
two
miles
oir
tne
oast.
The
torpedo
missed
its
mark
and
the
Storrie
zlg-zagged
away
in
a
smoke
screen.
Ths
en
counter
could
be
seen
by
shore
watchers
who
believed
at
first
that
the
tanker
had
been
hit.
United
States
planes
took
to
the
llr
and
dropped
depth
charges.
Meanwhile
Capt.
Farrow
and
thirty-one
survivors
of
the
tanker
Emidio
which
was
attacked
and
crippled
off
Cape
Mendocino,
north
of
San
Francisco,
on
Saturday
were
landed
yesterday
at
Eureka.
Two
big
planes
dropped
depth
charges
soon
after
the
attack
on
the
Emidio
and
there
w$
some
reason
to
believe,
members
of
the
crew
felt,
that
they
might
have
taken
effect.
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83
Hazen
Hanklnson,
who
.'s
,
at
tending
the
University
of
Alberta
Edmonton,
Is
spending'
the
Christmas
holidays
with
his
par
ents,.
Dr.
and
Mrs.
criI..IIAnkln
son.
lers
Killed
BRIGADIER
LAWSON
SERVE
AT
HONG
KONG
Three
Foimer
Members
of
Local
Signal
Corps
in
"Hot
Spot."
Three
former
members
of
the
Ninth
Fortress
Signals
of
Prince
Rupert,
are
on
service
in
besieged
Hong
Kong
where
the
British
forces
are
admittedly
in
a
serious
position.
They
are:
Corp,
Donald
Alfred
Penny,
Vancouver.
Signalman
John
Taylor
Douglas,
Vancouver.
Signalman
John
Samuel
Little,
Terrace.
Penny
and
Douglas
came
to
Prince
Rupert
with
the
original
Signal
group
the
day
before
the
war
started
In
September,
193'J.
Little,
son
of
Mr.
nnd
Mis.
William
Little
of
Terrace,
join
ed
up
here
in
August,
1910.
Penny,
Douglas
and
Little
left
Prince
Rupert
only
in
August
of
this
year.
WARSHIPS
DAMAGED
Scharnhorst
and
Gneisenau
Again
Said
To
Have
Been
Hit
At
Brest
LONDON,
Dec,
23:i-As
a
result
of
last
week's
raid
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
onk-Brcst,
the
German
battleships
Scharnhorst
and
Gfiel
senau
have
again
been
bady
dam
aged,
it
Is
said.
Jack
Douglas,
who
has
been
manager
of
the
Prince
George
Hotel
for
some
time,
is
leaving
the
position
at
the
end
of
the
year.
He
will
visit
in
Vancouver
for
a
time
before
deciding
on
his
permanent
location
for
the
future.
TdmdrmwsTidei
High
:Yjf
;
Low
'
..
...
6:03
ajn.
195
ft.
18:00
p.m.
17.6
ft.
12:05
p.m.
8.2
It.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Hit
Brigadier
Lawson
and
Colonel
Hennessy
Killed
at
Hong
Kong;
Canadian
Casualties
Are
Heavy
ATTACKON
SIXTH
SHIP
British
Garrison
Still
Holding
Out
at
Besieged
Fortress
But
Their
Situation
Is
Officially
Announced
to
Be
Critical.
JAPANESE
THROWN
BACK
HONG
KONG,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
The
Japanese
attackers,
who
thrust
into
central
British
positions
at
Mount
Ameron,
were
overwhelmed
and
thrown
back
early
this
morning
by
a
determined
counter-attack.
OTTAWA,
Dec.
23:
The
Department
of
National
Defence
announced
today
that
Canadian
forces
engaged
in
the
defence
of
Hong
Kong
had
suffered
heavy
casual-
...
'
T"
1
T
Tf
T
ies.
.Brigadier
J.
.Lawson,
itoyai
Canadian
Rifles,
Quebec,
commander
of
the
Canadian
contingent
there,
and
Uol.
.Patrick
Hennessy,
D.S.O.,
M.C.,
Royal
Canadian
Army
service
corps,
senior
admin-
lstratlve
officer,
have
been
Wiled.
Last
night
Col.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
announced
that,
not
only
was
the
British
garrison
holding
off
the
attack
of
the
Japanese
but
one
Canadian
reglmtit
had
attacked
tlie
enemy
ffOirilthe
rear.
How
this
was
achieved
was
not
For
the
most
part
the
defence,
garrison,
estimated
to
number
20,000,
is
.operating
on
the
west-
errupart
othlsland
local
success
was
repoj
rted
on
IffS'
:
south
end.
There-
Is
fierco
fighting
all
along
the
line.
Two
Canadian
regiments
known
to
be
at
Hong
Kong
are
the
Royal
Canadian
Rifles
of
Quebec
and
the
Winnipeg
Grenadiers.
The
Quebec
regiment,
commanded
by
Lieut.
Col.
W.
J.
Holmes,
consists
largely
of
men
from
Quebec
City
and
the
eastern
townships
and
many
families
of
those
area3
have
men
serving
at
Hong
Kong.
Tokyo
claims
that
713
British
prisoners,
mostly'
Canadians
and
Indians,
have
been
taken
at
Hong
Kong.
Official
Announcement
Fighting
day
.
and
night
on
the
hills
and
streets
of
Hong
Kong,
Canadian
army
forces
have
suffered
heavy
casualties,
Col.
Ralston
officially
announced
today.
Brigadier
Lawson
was
believed
to
.
have
lost
his
life
and
Col.
Hennes
sy,
the
senior
stair
omcer,
was
killed
by
shellflre.
The
minister,
In
his
statement,'
said:
"A
situation
report
from
Hong
Kong
up
to
6
p.m.
yesterday,
received
through
the
British
,
Admiralty,
Indicates
that
the
force
generally
has
suffered
heavy
casualties.
The
only
particulars
given
of
the
casualties
was
the
regrettable
news
that
the
Canadian
commander,
Brigadier
J.
K.
Law-son,
is
believed
to
have
been
kill
ed
and
the
senior
staff
officer,
Col.
P.
Hennessy,
was
killed
by
shellflre.
The
enemy
has
succeeded
ln
landing
fresh
forces
and
has
been
attacking
our
positions
continuously.
Two
Canadian
counterattacks
had
not
succeeded
in
making
progress.
They
had,
however,
killed
a
number
of
the
enemy
although
at
some
cost
to
ourselves.
It
would
appear
that
the
garrison
is
stubbornly
holding
out
in
three
main
positions.
The
report
states
that
the
situation
Is
critical."
It
was
disclosed
last
night
that
the
men
from
the
Winnipeg
Grenadiers
and
Quebec
Royal
Rifles
were
under
Brigadier
Lawson.
'Salvation
Army-
Christmas
Fund
D.
Elio
$5.00
H.
S.
Wallace
5.00
Mrs.
Beverldge
2.50
George
Hill
2.00
Edward
Llpsett,
food.
B.
Burns
Co.,
meat,
Albert
&
McCaffery,
coal.
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