don.
General
Charles
deGaulle,
leader
of
the
Fighting
French,
paid
tribute
to
Gineral
Giraud
and
sug-Cfitcd
that
he
might
make
atrip
to
Washington
D.C.
soon.
This
trip
would
supposedly
be
in
connection
w
li
the
new
French
colonial
government
which
deGaulle
Is
understood
to
be
In
favor
of
setting
up
in
Algiers.
Meaivwhtle
In
Vichy,
Marshal.
Henri
Phlllippe
Petaln
criticized
French
leaders
who
had
collator-'
ated
wth
the
Allies.
The
French
citizenship
of
Giraud
In
Vichy
had
been
cancelled.
The
reason
for
the
slaying
of
Darlan
is
still
officially
unexplained
although!
Darlan's
assassin
was
executed
toy
a
firing
squad
a
few
hours
before
the,
naming
of
Giraud
a.s
his
successor
was
made
by
the
French
Imperial
Council.
SWEARING
INHELD
New
Mayor,
Aldermen
and
School
Trustees
Given
Oaths
of
Office
by
Police
Magistrate
Swearing
in
of
the
new
mayor,
aiderm'anlc
board
and
board
of
school
trustees
took
place
yesterday
afternoon
in
the
city
council
nhamber,
the
ceremony
being
conducted
with
the
taking
of
the
statutory
oaths
by
Police
Magls-'
ate
w.
D.
Vance.
Actually,
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
and
the
new
aldermen
and
school
trustees
will
not
take
over
their
new
duties.
until
January
1
when
the
retirement
of
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
Matheson
becomes
effective.
The
first
meeting
of
the
new
city
council
will
take
place
on
Monday
evening
of
next
week
at
which
time
announcement
of
the
standing
committees
of
the
year
ill
be
made
by
the
'
mayor.
On
Tuesday
night
the
Initial
meeting
of
the
new
school
board
will
be
held
when
the
chairman
will
bo
elected
and
other
Initial
formalities
gone
through.
GUERRILLA
DRUGS
One
new
Chinese
drug
laboratory
derated
for
guerrilla
bands,
employs
200
trained
technicians
and
chemists.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
29,
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CENT8
22
N
Divisions
Are
Surround
ed
POST-WAR
PROBLEMS
Maximum
Home
Kule
and
Minimum
Centralized
Authority
Advocated
by
United
States
Vice-president
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
29
O)
A
world
council
to
settle
postwar
problems
as
part
of
International
machinery
to
keep
peace
and
rehabilitate
'
the
world
was
proposed
here
last
night
by
Vice-president
Henry
A.
Wallace.
He
laid
down
the
guiding
principle
for
international
organization
after
the
war
as
thp
maximum
degree
of
home
rule
that
can
be
obtained
along
with
minimized
central
authority
that
must
come
Into
existence
to
give
necessary
protection.
GIRAUD
IS"
APPROVED
General
Eisenhower
and
British
Government
Are
Well
Satisfied
LONDON,
Dec.
29
Q
General
Dwi.ht
Elsenhbwer,
commander
of
the
Allied
forces
in
North
Africa,
expressed
delight
at
the
selection
of
General
Henri
Giraud
is
French
High
Commissioner
of
North
Africa
and
an
au'horitative
quarter
says
the
appointment
of
Olraud
by
thi
flench
Imperial
Council
as
suc-r
sor
to
the
assassinated
Admiral
Jean
Darlan
with
full
military
and
civil
powers
Is
entirely
satisfactory
to
the
British
government.
la
In
a
radio
broadcast,
Ircm
Lon
HOME
AGAIN
these
Russians
have
con.
,
to
th-
site
of
their
prosperous
collect
lve
farm
from
which
the
Nazis
had
been
driven.
The
enemy
left
It
In
ruins,
but
to
the
staunch
women
it
rpmalns
hnmp
nnri
thv
Viavo
mirnnAAneltf
r
mWi.
.i
t
Approach
t
I
To
Akyab
1
NEW
DELHI,
Dec.
29
(f
Ad-
vance
elements
of
British
forces
lashing
into
western
Burma,
have
reached
the
vicinity
of
.
Hathedaung.r
about
twenty-
five
miles
northwest
of
Akyab,
a
British
communique
report-
cd
today.
S0MALILAND
TURNS
OVER
Important
Fast
African
Colony
of
France
Joins
Up
With
Fighting
French
LONDON,
Dcrt
29
(CD
Fighting'
French
headquarters
announced
today
that
French
So-maliland
has
aligned
itself
officially
with
the
Fighting
French
and
that
the
flag
of
Lorraine
was
now
flying
over
the
capital
city
of
Djibuti
which
Is
of
strategic
importance'
as
a
commanding
point
on
the
Kcd
Sea.
There
was
a
minimum
of
resistance
from
Vichy
France
elements
against
the
taking
over.
The
governor
of
French
Somal-iland
says
everything
possible
will
be
done
to
assist
the
Allies.
FIVE
DIE
IN
WRECK
Two
Canadian
National
Trains
in
Impact
Near
Lake
Nipissing
NORTH
BAY,
Dec.
29
Five
persons
were
killed
In
the
head-on
collision
of
two
Canadian
National
Railways
freight
trains
yesterday
afternoon
on
the
North
Bay-Ottawa
line
Just
"east
of
nearby
Nipissing
Junction.
All
five
victims
were
members
of
the
train
crew.
Only
one
of
the
six
members
of
the
two
engine
crews
escaped
with
his
life
when
he
Jumped.
.
HELP
RUSSIA-FUND
;
":-
l''"v
"
j&-
I-
v.;
i
FIRE
CALLS
HERE
MANY
Ihis
Year
HasMlad
Greatest
Number
so
Far
Nothing
Serious
Over
Christmas
Prince
Rupert
has
had
117
fire
alarms
so
far
this
year,
the
largest
number
for
any
year
in
the
city's
history
and
considered
at
the
Firs
Hall
as
to
be
quite
expected
In
view
of
the
Increased
population
and
congested
living
conditions.
In
fact,'
remarked
Fire
Chief
II.
T.
Lock
this
morning,
"we
are
fortunate
that
we
have
had
no
more
serious
fites
than
there
have
been."
The
total
of
in
alarms
so
far
th'.s
year
compares
with
84
in
the
same
period
of
last
year
and
fifty-five
in
1940.
During
the
Christmas
week-end
there
was
only
one
fire
that
might
be
described'
as
having
been
in
any
way
serious.
This
was
at
4:5p
Sun
day
afternoon
when
an
upstairs
room
in
a
house
on
Water
Street
was
gutted
with
its
contents
largely
destroyed.
Children
had
been
playing
upstairs
and
the
fire
is
be
lieved
to
have
started
in
a
large
stuffed
chair.
Damage
amounting
to
about
$200
or
$300
Is
covered
by
Insurance.
The
only
fire
call
on
Christmas
Day
was
a
false
alarm
at
10:45
p.m
to
the
Canadian
National
Railways
general
offices.
At
4:23
aon.
Boxing
Day
fire
smarted
from
an
open
fireplace
at
the
home
of
A.
II.
Hill-Tout,
Fourth
Avenue
East,
and
burned
through
to
the
'basement,
slight
damage
being
done..
PARACHUTE
SUPPLIES
Unsuccessful
Attempt
Made
by
Japanese
to
Succor
Forces
on
Guadalcanal
Island
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Dec.
29
Unsuccessful
attempts
have
been
made
by
the
Japanese
to
land
supplies
by
parachute
,
for
harassed
forces
on
Guadalcanal
Island.
themselves
as
comfortable
as
possible.
This
Is
the
kind
and
the
calibre
of
people
who
are
helped
when
contribution
COninDUUOns
a
are
sent
sent
to
the
Canadian
Aid
to
Russia
Fund
t
Blow
At
:
Bangkok
I
NEW
DELHI,
Dec.
29
Kpi
Large
forces
of
United
States
four-motored
bombers
dealt
a
!
second
destructive
blow
at
Bangkok,
Japanese-occupied
Thailand
capital,
Satuiday
night,
smashing
the
naval
dock
area,
a
large
arsenal
and
powder
factory
and
airfield,
a
communique
announced
today.
f
All
bombers
returned
safely.
FIRE
HALL
STAFF
NEW
Three
Veterans
Retired
During
Past
Year
While
Six
New
Men
Joined
Force
Three
veteran
members
and
one
newer
member
of
tiie
city
fire
department
retired
during
the
year
1941
while
no
less
than
six
new
men
were
added
to
the
staff
which
now
consists
of
nine,
Including
the
chief,
whereas
there
were
seven
at
the
first
of
the
year
The
retiring
members
of
the
department
.were
Alex
Macdonald,
who
became
city
sanitary
inspector
for
a
time
but
is
now
in
the
service
of
the
United
States
government
here
as
a
fire
protection
officer;
James
Parks,
who
took
his
superannuation
and
Is
now
in
business
at
McNicholl
Creek
across
the
harbor,
and
Hugh
Smith,
who
also
was
superannuated
and
is
now
understood
to
toe
engaged
In
war
work
in
Vancouver.
The
newer
member
of
the
department
to
leave
was
Jack
Mowatt
who
resigned
a
few
months
ago
to
take
up
other
work.
Senior
member
of
the
fire
department
now
next
to
Chief
II.
T.
Lock
Is
Harry
Hill,
who
has
been
'with
the
department
for
three-
and-a-half
years.
Eric
Jackson
is
the
only
other
fireman
who
has
been
In
the
service
for
over
a
year,
the
new
members
of
the
staff
during
1942
having
been
Arthur
Klatt,
Harry
van
Birkel,
James
Hamilton,
Irvine
Smith,
Donald
Llewellyn
and
Robert
Hutchlngs.
AIR
LINES
GREETINGS
President
of
TransCanada
Felicit-tates
Employees
MONTREAL,
Dec.
29
In
a
seasonal
message
of
seasonal
greeting
to
all
employees,
J.
H.
Symington,
K.
C,
president
of
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
expressed
appreciation
for
their
excellent
work
In
maintaining
T.
C.
A.
fine
service
reputation.
He
also
emphasized
the
importance
of
Canada's
national
air
line
In
wartime
by
providing
speedy
transportation
and
thereby
accelw
eratln.?
the
nation's
war
effort.
In
the
message
made
public
Mr
Symington
writes
'It
is
again
my
privilege
to
extend
warm
seasonal
greetings
to
all
members'
of
the
T.
C.
A.
staff
and
to
express
to
them
the
appreciation
of
the
board
of
directors
and
myself
for
their
con-cientous
work
and
their
loyalty
and
co-oneratlon
during
a
difficult
year."
"1942
has.
been
marked
by
the
continuous'
growth
and
expansion
or
the
service
in
becoming
ever
more
vital
to
the
national
efiVrt
as
the
war
goes'
on
with
the
conse
quences
that
the
dally
task
of
each
and
every
one
of
us
Is
assuming
increasing
importance.,
"Eternal
vigilance'
and
careful
attention
to
detail
Is
the
price
of
our
good
reputation
and
I
am
confident
that
you
will
all
do
your
utmost
to
carry
on
and
so
not
only
maintain
but
enhance
the
remita-
tlon
of
T.
C.
A."
JAPS
SHELL
.
NEW
GUINEA
Buna
Village
Subjected
to
Bom-bardment
But
no
Damage
Done
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
Dec.
29
09
On
Tuesday
Japanese
warships
shelled
Buna
village
for
five
hours
before
daylight
as
Allied
troops
drove
deeper
Into
enemy
holdings
there.
Enemy
warcraft,
probably
submarines,
a
communique
said,
did
the
shooting,
adding
that
no
damage
was
Inflicted.
Allied
troops
drove
a
deep
wedge
Into
Japanese
troops
In
Great
Arc
of
Soviet
Steel
Drawn
Tighter
But
Battle
Expected
Further
Strategic
Points
on
Central
Front
Captured
by
Russians
in
Their
BiglWinter
Offensive
'ir-i
''-Af"1'
.uM?uSvC03
Dec'
29
(CP)'-Russian
armies
of
the
south
thrust
forward
today
along
a
300-mile
front
and
spread
fanwise
from
Nobaya
Kalitva,
just
south
of
Ross-osh
at
the
edge
of
the
Ukraine,
to
Kichkino,
deep
in
the
windswept
Kalmyck
steppes.
Where
thTMront
cuts
across
the
Stalmgrad-Tikhoretsk
Railway,
the
Russians
reported
Collision
Toll
.
"iT
kf
UlltariO
NOW
JsurBe
c!osed
In
from
three
sldes
ri
i
r
larPfl
if
hot
Kotelnikovski,
important
rail
1
ldlCU
Ul
OO
une
citadel,
and
stood
astride
some
ALMONTE,
Ont.,
Dec.
29
In
quest
into
the
deaths
of
thirty-five
persons
who
lost
their
lives
in
the
train
collision
here
at
the
week-pnrf
has
been
set
for
January
7.
SHOWDOWN
FOR
TUNIS
Indications
Are
That
Big
Battle
Is
Due
Allied
Blows
by
Sea
And
Air
LONDON,
Dec.
29
(CP)
Sharp
clashes
by
Allied
patrols
probing
Axis
positions
and
continued
air
assaults
on
enemy
bases
indicated
today
that
the
hour
might
be
approaching
for
a
military
showdown
in
Tunisia.
Torrential
rains
which
have
held
up
large
scale
actions
arc
reported
to
be
casing
up
although
the
ground
is
still
slippery
and
muddy.
Meanwhile
to
the
east
the
Bri-li'h
Eighth
Army
is
advancing
well
beyond
Sfrte
In
the
chase
of
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
Libyan
Army.
Allied
fighters,
driving
far
into
enemy
territory,
arc
disclosed
today
to
have
destroyed
twenty-one
ficrman
trucks
in
a
motor
convoy
thirty
miles
west
of
Tripoli.
The
Admiralty
announces
that
British
submarines
have
sunk
at
least
two
more
Yis
supply
ships
in
the
Mediterranean
and
have
probably
destroyed
two
others.
ROUND
UP
0FGANG
Now
Been
Accounted
For
Two
Ate
Slain
CHICAGO,
Dec.
29
B
All
seven
.
of
"Terrible"
Tuohy's
long-term
gangsters
who
shot
their
way
to
freedom
from
the
state
penitentiary
at
Joliet,
Illinois,
October
9,
have
uuve
now
iiuw
been
Dcen
accounted
accounted
for
jor
with
wun
the
slaying
of
two
and
the
capture
.
np
v.
r;
i
T
.i
chief
of
the
Federal
Bureau
pf
Investigation,
announced
today.
The
gang
was
rounded
up
In
raids
on
North
Side
apartments
eartly
today.
POPULAR
PARSONS
NORWICH,
England,
Dec.
29
WO
Rev.
Ernest
Hardy,
Methodist,
and
Rev.
Stanley
Baker,
Baptist,
"factory
padres,"
visit
war
factories
and
chat
with
workers;
they
sing
a
hymn
duet.
Their
visits
are
"booked"
far
ahead.
counter-attack
when
the
enemy
tried
to
break
out.
Meanwhile,
Allied
bombers
arc
reported
to
have
sunk
a
Japanese
cruiser
to
Rabaul
haibor.
smasning
mrougn
the
Nazi
outer
defences
to
capture
Nagolny,
three
miles
south
of
Kotelnlkovskl
where
the
Germans
Germans
are
are
braced
braced
for
for
a
a
ter
ter-
rlc
struggle.
The
Russian
on
hlghways
of
escape
at
the
rear.
Locked
far
behind
this
Russian
arc
of
steel,
some
twenty-two
Nazi
divisions
remain
surrounded
before
Stalingrad
within
encirclement
which
the
Russians"
dally
report
said
was
drawing
tighter.
This
huge
force
Is
still
capable
of
furi
ous
resistance
and
Russian
dis
patches
indicated
that
it
showed
no
signs
of
weakening
although
it
is
supplied
by
air
only.
It
is
estimated
that
21,000
Germans
have
been
killed
in
the
area
southwest
of
Stalingrad
since
December
12.
The.
RedArmy
has,
nw
eacjjed
a
point
within
100
miles
of
Rostov.
For
the
first
time.
In
weeks
there
has
been
activity
on
the
Russo-Finnlsh
front,
the
Soviet
forces
having
made
an
attack
on
Finnish
positions
In
the
Lake
Ladoga
sector.
FOUND
DEAD
LASTNIGHT
Halvar
Toftager
Succumbs
to
Natural
Causes
at
His
Home
On
Ninth
Avenue
West
Halvar
Toftager
was
found
dead
slumped
on
the
floor
in
an
outbuilding
at
his
home,
209
Ninth
Avenue
West,
about
9
o'clock
last
night
by
his
son-in-law,
John
Val-derhaug.
and
a
;
boarder,
Ernest
Artldies.
Death
was
due
to
natur-'
al
causes,
obviously
a
heart
attack.
Mr.
Toftager
had
complained
of
feeling
unwell
for
some
days
but
no
particular
alarm
was
felt
in
regard
to
his
condition.
He
left
the
house
at
4o'clock
yesterday
after-
noon
with
the
Intention
of
going
to
town.
Following
the
finding
of
the
bnrtv.
Tlr.'r!.
H
IlanHntnn
ruae
'
called
and
Intimated
that
death
1
hkJ
n
f
.
1
iiau
uuuiicu
a
icw
uuurs
pitrviuus.
Mr.
Toftager
was
seventy-two
years
of
age
and
a
native
of
Nor
way.
He
came
here
two-and-a-
half
from
Handon,
Sas-
"
years
ago
6
uw-
katchewan.
where
he
had
been
rn
en
rpH
In
fnrmlnrr
Members
of
the
surviving
famllv
are
the
widow,
two
sons,
Arthur
and
Howard
Toftager,
and
one
daughter,
Mrs.
Stella
Valderhaug.
There
is
a
sister
in
Norway.
Ftyieral
arrangements
are
in
the'
hands
of
the
B.C.
Undertakers.
.
1
Spokane
Mining
Man
Inspecting
Interior
Ground
Dewey
Bullock,
prominent
Spokane
mining
man,
who
has
been
examining
mining
properties
in
the
Stlklne
River
country
for
several
months,
is
now
.Inspecting
ground
In
the
Smlthers
district.