key
points
In
Tunisia
still
in
Axis
hands.
Yesterday
is
was
reported
there
had
been
further
Allied
advances
In
Tunisia
although
the
Germans
regained
some
lost
ground.
The
British'
Eighth
Army
has
captured
Sirtc
In
Libya
where
General
Erwin
Rommel's
Afrika
Korps
is
endeavouring
to
protect
his
remaining
army
of
45,000
men
from
the
British
advance
by
action
and
planting
of
land
mines.
SUBS
HIT
AXIS
LINE
Three
Merchant
Ships
and
Possibly
Destroyer
Sunk
LONDON,
Dec.
28
The
Axis
supply
line
In
Ihc
Mediterranean
toward
Tunisia
has
suffered
another
heavy
blow.
Three
Axis
merchant
ships
were
sunk
by
British
submarines
and
a
destroyer
probably
destroyed,
Hockey
Scores
SATURDAY
Toronto
7,
Boston
2.
SUNDAY
Rangers
3,
Toronto
1.
Montreal
4,
Boston
2.
Detroit
6,
Chicago
1.
01
FF.NCIXESS
PRISONERS
BEftNE.
Dec.
28
Between
!
000
and
1,200
Norwegians
are
at
present
interned
In
concentration
camps
In
Germany,
says
a
Stock
ii
i
hi
If
iiAriw
"
ii
mTvnBQ1nKffiB!IBnffl
She
NEW
DRIVE
ON
BURMA
British
Forces
Have
.Made
Fresh
Entry
from
India
in
Addition
Tu
That
on
Akyab
-NFW
DfcLlII.-DecV
28
A
new
district
of
Burma
has
been
occupied
by
British
forces
crossing
from
India.
Tills
is
in
addition
to
the
move
against
Akyab.
The
Royal
Ar
Force
attacked
La-shio,
Burma,
at
the
'
week-end
while
Japanese
planes
made
another
Taid
on
Calcutta
but
with
little
success,
one
of
the
raiders
being
shot
down.
RATIONING
CAN
FOODS
Canadian
Administrator
Non-Corn-mittall
About
Canada
Following
United
States
Lead
OTTAWA,
Dec.
28
KP;
Food
Ad-
rcarguard
I
mlnistrator
Taggart
says
It
is
1m-
POSSIOIC
10
prcaici
wnemei
tauura
and
dried
fruits
and
vesetables
will
be
rationed
in
Canada
although
it
Is
possible
It
may
become
necessary.
Taggart
made
the
statement
fol
lowing
the
announcement
in
Washington
of
Agriculture
Secret-
aty
Wlckard
that
all
canned,
dried
and
frozen
fruits
and
vegetables
in
United
States
will
be
rationed
as
soon
as
the
ration
machinery
can
be
set
up.
Wickard
said
the
reason
was
increased
requirements
for
military
purposes.
CHRISTMAS
WAS0UIET.
So
Say
Police
Although
Some
Citi
zens
arc
Not
Inclined
lo
agree
Although
some
citizens
were
not
inclined
to
agree,
the
city
police
said
that
the
Christmas
season
was
surprisingly
more
quiet
than
might
v,no
ihppn
exnected
here.
Some
people
complained
of
maudlin
and
disorderly
conduct.
Earlv
Christmas
morning
the
window
of
the
door
In
McArthur's
holm
paper,
adding
that
the
ma-
ghoe
Hospital
on
Second
Avenue
Jorlty
of
these
are
Imprisoned
was
smashed
and
entrance
made,
without
having
been
convicted
of
Tne
piace
was
ransacked
and
shoes
anv
offense.
strewn
in
the
street.
There
was
no
money
In
the
cash
drawer.
ihmtaiv
mil
SHORT
An
automobile
belonging
to
J.
E.
nifni
i
vio
ano-iiMzed
form
of
Morris
was
removed
from
In
front
t.hB
pWImI
name
of
England,
of
the
residence
of
Peter
DeJong
iif.i
j
o.n
nritnnnlran
nn
Fifth
Avenue
but
was
later
wait's
auu
OVUU
w.
-
-
.
Insufae.
recovered
undamaged
nearby.
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
28
0)
A
thin
film
of
oil
on
a
snow-covered
mountain
by
a
farmer
beyond
Cultus
Lake
In
the
Chllliwack
district
southwest
of
that
town,
has
led
the
search
for
the
Canadian
Pacific
Air
Lines
plane,
missing
since
December
20
on
a
flight
from
Prince
"corse
with
thirteen
persons
on
bbaid,
to
that
area.
Otherwise
there
Is
still
no
trace
of
the
missing
plane.
The
possibility
is
considered
that
the
lost
plane
may
be
covered
by
snow.
CALIFORNIA
RACE
RIOT
Two
Dead
as
Result
of
Trouble
At
'
Vallejo
Between
Negro
Sailors
And
White
Servicemen
VALLFJO.
Cal..
Dec.
23
Two
negro
-sallors
were
shot
by
marine
ind
military
police.
The
negroes,
some
waving
knifes,
charged
marines
who
opened
fire
with
tommy
guns.
Order
was
restored
by
service
and
military
police.
forces
close
further
In.
(
1..BFV
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow's
Tides
(Standard
Time)
High
5:41
a.m.
18.2
feet
Maximum
42
17:35
pjn.
17.0
feet
Mlnirrlum
355
Low
11:50
ajrt.
9.1
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXI,
No.
300
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
28,
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Rus
"y
l
Threatening
Nail
Doom
Rommel
lis
Still
Retreating
in
Libya
Axis
Forces
Fall,
mg
Back
on
Tripoli
and
May
Not
Stand
There
Sirtc
Falls
to
British
Eighth
Army
Which
is
Continuing
To
Rush
Westward
From
There
MANY
AXIS
PLANES
DESTROYED
'WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
28
(CP)
Allied
air
and
ground
forces
in
North
Africa
have
destroyed
277
enemy
planes
since
the
beginning
of
the
campaign
against
a
loss
of
111
Allied
craft,
fifty-nine
being
American,
the
United
States
war
department
reported.
LONDON,
Dec.
28
(CP)
Marshal
Ervvin
Rommel's
retreating
Afnkan
horns
was
ranidly
approaching
Misurata
today
and
there
it
must
decide
either
to
make
a
stand
or
give
up
all
of
Benito
Mussolini's
Tripolitania
and
join
the
Axis
forces
in
Tunisia
where
pelting
rains
are
keeping
Allied
and
Axis
armies
at
a
standstill.
Cairo
communiques
reported
that
the,
British
Eighth
Army
had
engaged
Rommel's
rearguard
In
the
region
of
Wadi
Bel
El
Chebir,
forty
miles
west
of
captured
Sirte
and
only
about
fifteen
miles
east
of
Bucrat
IBS
m
el
Haun.
The
Libyan
shore
bends
northward
there
toward
Misurata
and
forms
a
huge
hump
in
the
coastline.
If
Rommel
abandons
Misurata
positions
he
has
no
place
to
stop
short
of
Tripoli
and
even
there
he,
perhaps,
cannot
make
a
prolonged
stand.
Allied
patrol
forces
have
held
recently-made
gains
but
the
real
Dattle
of
Tunisia
has
not
yet
been
Joined.
Reinforcements
for
both
sides
are
beinir
gathered
In
might
and
a
large
Allied
drive
on
Tunis
and
DIzerte
Is
soon
anticipated.
Meanwhile
Allied
forces
arc
continuing
to
advance
upon
the
approaches
of
Tunis
and
Bizcrte,
OIL
FILM
IS
CLUE?
Search
for
missing
Plane
Concentrated
on
Cultus
Lake
Area
BATTLE
OF
N.
GUINEA
General
MacArthur
Sees
Heavy
Fighting
Ahead.
'Although
His
Forces
Are
Still
Closing
On
Japs
MELBOURNE,
Dec.
28
The
Americans
and
Australians
on
,
New
Guinea
have
driven
further
against
the
Japanese
whq
are
pocketed
near
Buna
Mission
..but
General
Douglas
MacArthdr
.
warned
that
much
more
heavy
'fighting
in
this
area
was
to
be
expected
before
the
enemy
are
iriven
out.
Flying
fortresses
tiom
Gaudal-canal
attacked
Rabaul,
New
Britain
and
scored
a
dlrejt
hit
on
a
large
Japanese
transport.
The
pocket
containing
entrapped
Japanese
forces
Is
becoming
gradually
small
er
as
Australian
and
American
Two
Japanese
planes
were
shot
down
over
New
Guinea
on
Saturday
and
three
ove;
New
Britain.
Timor
has
also
been
raided
again
by
Allied
bombers.
An
enemy
deatroyer
has
been
sunk
off
Salamaua,
New
Guinea,
while
off
New
Britain,
a
medium-sized
freighter
and
a
5,000-ton
transport
was
sunk.
CHANGING
PICTURE
IN
POLITICS
OF
CANADA
HAS
GREAT
EFFECTS
New
Faces
in
Dominion
Cabinet,
New
Senators
and
New
Party
Leaders
Shown
in
Review
of
Year's
Developments
By
C.
R.
BLACKBURN
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
OTTAWA,
Dec.
28
(CP)-j-Deaths,
resignations
and
transfers
have
brought
changes
each
year
in
the
cabinet
with
which
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
started
his
present
regime
in
1935
but
1942
saw
more
than
the
usual
number
of
hew
ministers
come
to
the
council
table.
Only
three
of
the
15
portfolios
existing
when
Mr.
King
tooK
office
in
October,
VJio,
remain
In
the
hands
of
the
minis
ters
to
which
they
were
then
entrusted.
They
are
External
Affairs
held
by
the
prime
minister,
Mines
and
Resources
held
by
Hon.
T.
A.
Crerar,
and
Agriculture
held
by
I
Hon.
James
Gardiner.
This
year
alone
brought
four
new
faces
into
tne
caDinet.
two
others
entered
at
the
end
of
1941
and
obtained
their
House
of
Com
mons
seats
In
February
of
this
year.
The
six
newcomers
were
Hon,
j
Louis
St.
Laurent,
Justice;
Hon.
'
'
Humphrey
Mitchell,
Labor;
Hon.
J
Ma.-Gcn.
L.
R.
LaFleche,
War
Services;
Hon.
Ernest
Bertrand,
Fisheries;
and
Senator
J.
II,
King,
minister
without
portfolio
and
gov
ernment
leader
In
the
Senate.
Premier
Mitchell
F.
Hepburn's
resignation
from
leadership
of
the
Ontario
government
was
the
outstanding
change
in
provincial
administrations
during
the
year.
After
holding
office
since
July
10,
1934,
Mr.
Hepburn
dramatically
handed
In
his
resignation
to
Lieutenant
-
governor
Albert
Matthews
on
October
21
and,
oh
his
nomination,
Attorney
General
Gordon
Conant
succeeded
to
the
premiership.
But
Mr.
Hepburn
did
not
resign
his
leadership
of
the
provincial
Liberal
party
and
the
situation
his
resignation
as
premier
created
Is
to
be
decided
at
a
convention
planned
for
early
spring.
New
Appointments
New
federal
cabinet
appointments
during
the
past
13
months
were
to
fill
vacancies
created
by
the
death
of
Justice
Minister
La-polnte,
transfer
of
Labor
Minister,
McLarty
to
the
department
of
secretary
of
state,
appointment
of
War
Services
Mln
ter
Thorson
to
presidency
of
the
exchequer
court,
resignation
of
Hon.
P.
J.
A.
Cardln
from
the
portfolios
of
Public
Works
and
T.ansport,
and
death
of
Senator
Dandurand.
Fisheries
Minister
Mlchaud
was
transferred
to
the
transport
portfolio
when
changes
were
made
late
this
year
to
bring
the
cabinet
to
full
strength.
Two
members
of
the
House
of
Commons
died
In
1942
James
S.
(Cnntxmipn
"'
loading
at
Almonte
station,
was
struck
from
the
rear
by
a
fast
troop
train
from
Petawawa
military
camp.
Three
cars
of
the
stationary
train
were
shattered.
Virtually
all
the
dead
and
injured
were
In
these
coaches.
The
troop
train
was
only
slightly
damaged,
BOMBING
0FITALY
Naples
and
Crete
Hit
During
Holiday
Season
CAIRO,
Dec.
28
Operating
across
he
Mediterranean
from
bases
In
orth
Africa,
the
Allied
forces
de-:vered
smashing
attacks
on
southern
Italv.
and
Greece,
including
Naples
and
Crete.
From
Britain
there
were
further
raids
over
western
Germany.
FAV
COMMISSIONER
DARLAN
IS
SUCCEEDED
BY
GIRAUD
Famous
French
Soldier
Takes
Place
Of
Assassinated.
Admiral
DeOAULLE
ACCORD
LONDON,
Dec.
28
General
Charles
'DeGaulle
and
General
Henri
Giraud
have
been
in
communication
for
the
past
48
hours
and
are
reported
to
have
reached
an
agreement
on
co-operation.
DeGaulle,
it
is
understood,
desires
a
new
French
government
In
Algiers
with
himself
as
a
mili-
a
ry
member.
He
would
repudiate
'
'M:A
'i'll'
fi'ce"
with
Germany"."
ALGIERS,
Dec.
28
General
Hen-"l
Giraud,
noted
French
soldier,
who
escaped
from
German
Imprisonment
in
two
wars,
has
been
ap-oolnted
French
High
Commissioner
In
North
Africa
In
succession
to
the
assassinated
Admiral
Jean
Darlan.
Never
active
in
politics,
Giraud
has
always
been
outspoken
In
his
dislike
of
the
Nazis.
It
Is
expected
he
will
be
able
to
do
much
toward
further
unifying
anti-Nazi
Frenchmen,
who
found
it
difficult
to
follow
Darlan.
Tie
twenty-two
year
old
assassin
of
Admiral
Jean
Darlan,
who
ad
mitted
the
killing
and
said
he
was
glad
he
did
It,
was
executed
by
a
firing
squad
Saturday.
The
execu
tion
almost
coincided
In
time
with
the
funeral
of
Darlan
which
was
attended
by
General
Dwlght
Eisen
hower
who
negotiated
the
deal
with
Darlan
by
means
of
which
North
Africa
went
over
to
the
Allied
side.
The
French
council
of
North
Africa
met
to
name
a
successor
to
Darlan..
Admiral
-Jean
Darlan
was
assassinated
in
Algiers
on
Thursday
af-'ernoon.
Three
bullets
were
fired
Into
his
body
by
a
twenty-two
year
old
youth
who
was
taken
Into
custody.
Darlan
died
in
ambulance
on
the
way
to
hospital.
The
assassination
Is
believed
to
have
been
Nazi-inspired
in
revenge
for
Darlan's
going
over
to
the
Al
lied
has
gone
definitely
antl-Axls.
Thirty-four
Killed
as
Trains
Collide
at
Almonte,
Ontario-Trooper
Strikes
Passenger
ALMONTE,
Ontario,
Dec.
28
(CP)
Death
struck
Inst
nieht
at.
a
hannv
throne
returning
home
by
rail
from
In
the
basement
of
Almonte
Town
Hall
were
twenty-eight
bodies
while
undertakers
In
Ottawa
said
three
bodies
were
taken
to
Ottawa
mortuary
from
a
train
which
took
almost
one
hundred
or
more
seriously
Injured
to
hospital
in
a
critical
condition
early
this
morning.
Great
German
Army
Is
Gravely
Imperilled
By
Converging
Red
Forces
Situation
Becoming
Gradually
Worse
for
Enemy
in
Soviet
Territory
Huns
in
Retreat
on
Four
Fronts
MOSCOVDec.
28
(CP)
Russian
troops
advancing
southward
in
the
Middle
Don
sector,
were
reported
today
as
being
only
forty-five
miles
from
those
striking
south-westward
fromStalingrad
and
thus
a
second
trap
threatened
German
forces
in
the
Stalingrad
area.
Should
these
two
forces
join
somewhere
on
the
lower
Don
and
the
noon
Soviet
communique
reported
they
were
moving
forward
strong
German
forces
at
Kotelnikovlski
in
the
upper
Caucasus
would
also
be
in
great
peril.
Capture
of
Birlukov
by
armies
of
the
Middle
Don
brought
the
two
massive
forces
near
a
juncture.
Russian
armies,
engaged
In
four
winter
offensives,
are
pursuing
every
advantage
night
and
day
while
Soviet
dispatches
picture
the
Germans
as
wasting
hundreds
of
lives
In
fruitless
coun
ter-attacks
at
some
points
and
abandoning
great
stores
of
equip
ment
in
their
haste
to
retreat
at
others.
The
Red
Army
has
advanced
to
within
om
hundred
miles
of
Ros
red
maintenance
and
renewals,
net
revenue
will
,
exceed
$85
mllllos,
an
all-time
record.
This
net
revenue
will
be
sufficient
to
pay
taxes
and
all
other
charges,
Including
Interest
due
to
the
public
and
to
the
Government,
and
leave
a
substantial
surplus
to
be
paid
to
the
Government.
The
following
tabulation
gives
a
comparison,
of
1942
Indicated
revenues
with
the
actual
results
of
the
year
1941:
1942
1941
Indicated
Actual
Christmas
gatherings
and
today
at
least
thirty-four
bodies
;
Reveunes
$370,000,000
$304,376,778
lay
in
this
town
and
at
uttawa,
tnirty-nve
muus
msiuia,
expenses
while
scores
of
others
received
medical
attention,
some
being
in
a
critical
condition.
A
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
train
from
Pembroke
to
Ottawa,
"
285,000,000
237,768,437
Net
rev'ue
$
85,000,000
$
66,608,341
Op'ng
ratio
77.02
78.12
It
Is
Interesting
to
note
that,
while
the
1942
volume
of
traffic
exceeded
that
of
1928
by
44
percent,
it
was
handled
with
8.6
percent
less
staff,
25
percent
fewer
freight
cars,
14.2
percent'
fewer
passenger
cars
and
6.0
percent
fewer
locomotives
than
In
1928.
in
eleven
days
of
fighting
on
the
central
front
60,000
Germans
have
been
killed
and
55,000
taken
prisoner.
Further
gains
have
been
made
by
the
Russians
over
the
Germans
In
the
central
front
area
and
in
the
Caucasus.
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
Christmas
Day
promised
the
early
and
complete
liberation
of
the
Ukraine.
Within
Stalingrad
another
ln-
I
dustrial
stronghold
has
been
re
captured
by
the
Soviet,
five
hundred
Germans'
being
killed.
With
the
Red
Army
continuing
to
smash
forward
on
four
fronts,
the
principal
drive
Is
that
In
the
middle
Don
although
the
Soviet
tov.
Southwest
of
Stalingrad
seven;
forces
have
made
a
twelve
mile
ad-Nazi
divisions
have
been
routed,
vance
In
the
Caucasus.
RECORD
YEAR
FOR
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
RAILWAY
SYSTEM
IS
REVIEWED
BY
PRESIDENT
The
upward
trend
of
the
industrial
activity,
which
began
with
the
outbreak
of
war
and
which
was
so
strongly
marked
in
1941,
continued
throughout
1942
says
a
review
for
the
vear
by
R.
C.
Vaughan,
presidpnt
of
Canadian
National
Raijways.
New
traffic
records
were
created
for
each
month
and
the
traffic
volume
for
the
year
exceeds
by
a
wide
margin
any
pre
vious
experience.
The
following
tabulation
shows
the
growth
of
traffic
since
the
outbreak
of
war
as
contrasted
with
the
pre-war
peak
year
of
1928:
Freight
Traffic
Pass'r
Traffic
in
millions
of
in
millions
of
Year
ton
miles
pass'r
miles
1942
32,000
2,650
1941
27,200
1,762
1940
21,532
1,125
1939
17,084
875
1928
23,041
1J541
The
traffic
figures
for
1942
are,
of
course,
not
final
figures,
but
are
closely
estimated.
Financial
Results
The
financial
results
for
1942
reflect
the
record
volume
of
traffic
handled.
Operating
revenues
in
1942
will'
exceed
$370
millions.
Af
ter
meeting
all
operating
expenses,
Including
equipment
depreciation
side
or
as
an
act
to
confuse
and
appropriate
charges
for
defer
the
situation
in
North
Africa
which
Moreover,
the
fuel
consumption
In
1942
was
less
by
45,000
tons
than
In
1829.
The-
Improvements
to
the
property
and
the
additions
to
Its
railway
rolling
stock
have
been
confined
to
improving
facilities
to
handle
war
traffic.
Deliveries
of
new
equipment
have
been
slower
than
anticipated.
During
the
year
70
new
locomotives,
46
passenger,
baggage
and
mall
cars
and
1,040
freight
cars
were
acquired,
and
there
are
on
order,
undelivered,
53
locomotives
and
5.250
freight
cars.
The
experience
of
the
Canadian
National
In
that
regard
parallels
the
experience
of
the
railway
In
dustry.
It
has
become
abundantly
clear
that
the
railways
are
the
only
agency
capable
of
furnishing
land
transportation
on
the
scale
necessary
to
support
the
war
effort.
So
far
the
railway
industry
In
Canada
and
the
United
States,
has
met
the
ever
Increasing
demands
for
transportation,
despite
Increasing
difficulties
in
obtaining
railway
supplies
and
equipment.
Tills,
however,
can
only
be
continued
If
the
railways
are
afforded
priorities
which
will
enable
them
to
secure
the
necessary
supplies
and
One
of
the
special
wartime
services
rendered
by
the
railway
is
the
movement
of
workers
to
and
from
Industrial
plants
In
special
workmen's
trains.
These
services
have
been
worked
out
co-opcra-tlvcly
with
the
Industries
in
cases
where
other
means
of
transportation
have
proved
ihcapable
of
handling
the
movements.
The
Canadian
National
operates
seven
services
of
this
nature,
and
each
day
transports
to
and
from
work
20,000
workers
In
such
special
train
movements.
The
railway
Itself
Is
actively
engaged
In
the
manufacture
of
munitions
of
war,
Including
guns,
giin
carriages
and
several
secret
de-
1
(Continued
on
Puye
Three.)