-w-
d
visions,
the
7th
and
,8th.
dc-:
r,-(J
primarily
for
the
defence
of
j
country
against
attack,
was
pushed.
Two-Corps
Army
The
midsummer
arrival
of
the
4h
ai.norcd
division
in
the
United
Kingdom
all
but
completed
the
rai
j
overseas
army
program
for
nc
creation
of
a
two-corps
army
a
hrcc
infantry
and
two
armored
..Liu
.
i
io,
pius
piua
two
bYvt
n
army
k
n
j
tank
v.
on
.
.
1
I
TTi4
.
8k
operation
between
forces
of
Canada
and
the
United
States
reached
new
marks
of
perfection
In
service
of
Canadian
soldiers
with
American
forces
defending
Alaska,
in
construction
of
the
Alaska
highway
by
U.
S.
army
engineers,
In
the
placing
of
United
States
parachute
tralnlnz
facilities
at
the
disposal
of
the
Canadian
army,
and
in
formation
of
the
combined
special
force
which
Is
training
at
Helena,
Montana,
comprising
equal
numbers
of
Canadians
and
Americans,
mm
nrtlvp
armv
reached
ww-w..0
strength
-
of
more
than
400,000
flur
-
.
gadc3
Lt-.-aen.
A.
a.
L.
McNaugh-
ing
the
year,
and
the
leserve
army,
nrtrl
tirltll
in.
i
t
AM..nn-iAnf
oc
actio
army
commanacr
wnn
garnering
new
chuVuiu.
..u
t
n,
it
i-
r
nwrar
tfnninir
nn
Intensified
training
program.
up
from
command
of
a
division
to
worked
steadily
at
the
business
of
command
of
a
corps.
getting
me
man
wuoauija
a""
Other
changes
In
commands
dur-
In
a
civilian
job
ready
to
fight
off
ir
the
year
saw
the
return
oi
invasion
Mai
Oen.
d.
Yl.
Pearkes
from
com
mand
of
a
division
overseas
to
head
'
ir
Par
;
fi,c
command
and
withdrawal
of
MaJ.-Oen.
C.
B.
Price
of
Montreal
from
command
of
a
division
to
become
overseas
commissioner
of
the
Canadian
Hed
Cross.
New
divisional
commanders
appointed
overseas
were
MaJ.-Gen.
II.
L
N
Salmon
of
Toronto
and
MaJ.-Gen
II.
F.
Li.
Keller
of
Kelowna.
II
'
Thr
August
19
attack
on
Dieppe
marked
the
first
malor
United
Na-
'.wns
thrust
at
the
strongly-defended
coast
of
enemy-occupied
Europe
and
the
Canadian
army
was
chosen
for
the
Job.
Casualties
were
very
heavy
during
the
nine-hour
attack,
with
more
than
3,300
of
the
5.000-odd
Canadians
who
took
part
the
raid
subsequently
reported
Tho
Militia
Uansers.
units
form
thp
west
coast
at
solated
communities,
represented
an
effort
to
put
trappers,
lumbermen
ana
miners
into
the
service
of
the
coun-trys
defensive
system.
On
the
east
coast
also,
reserve
army
unite
were
more
closely
Incorporated
Into
the
defence
system.
N
tr.iinlnc
centres
came
into
being
in
Canada
as
the
army
worked
to
keep
pace
with
the
demands
of
Its
advancing
formations
of
competent
officers,
non-commissioned
officers
and
specialists.
The
overseas
officers
training
scnooi
was
disbanded
and
all
overseas
soldiers
'recommended
for
commissioned
rank
now
return
to
Canada
for
courses
at
the
enlarged
officers'
training
schools
at
Brockvillc,
Gordon
Head,
B.
C.
Expansion
-
"
of
-
.these
two
schools
did
oraa,
wounaea
or
"-
i
.,h
thp
nped
and
SSonfcampsd,anS
omUs
'
at
Camp
Borden,
cSXu.
S.
Co-operate
were
established
and
Three
Rivers.
Quebec.
On
this
side
of
the
Atlantic
co-
Ontario,
TO
THE
ELECTORS
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
We,
the
candidates
of
the
Civic
Labor
Federation
desire
to
express
our
sincere
appreciation
of
the
support
accorded
us
at
the
polls.
T
II
SORBNSON
JL
M.
DAGGETT
T
KLLIOTT
T.
MORGAN
RLACK
W.
II.
BRETT
J
S.
J.
DEANE
G.
HILLS
T.
II.
LANG
RIDGE
This
picture
was
taken
during
the
U.A.F
bomb:
r
command's
daylight
attack
on
Milan.
It
shows
a
well
established
fire
burning
in
an
industrial
area
of
the
city
soon
after
the
attack.
The
picture
was
made
from
a
height
of
about
4,000
feet.
Observers
are
asking:
Are
the
British
softening
up
Italy
for
invasloa?
Continued
raids
on
Genoa,
Milan,
Turin,
Naples
and
Sicily
suggest
this.
WAU
IN
RUSSIA
STALINGRAD
AREA
STILL
UNDER
FIRE
German
Air
Force
.Trying
Desperately
to
Relieve
Hard-rressed
Nazi
Army
MOSCOW,
Dec
19
ff
Major
air
battles
were
fought
on
the
Stalingrad
front
today
as
the
German
air
force
sought
to
relieve
the
hard-pressed
Nazi
army
between
the
Don
and
Volga
rivers
with
mass
bombings
while
all
along
the
bat
tle
line
German
troops
were
re-
Dorted
counter-attacking
bitterly.
.
!
Near
Velikie
luki
on
tne
central
front
the
Russians
were
reported
to
have
taken
a
strategic,
height
from
which
new
operations
could
be
launched.
German
aerial
blows
failed
to
dislodge
the
Red
Army
from
posi
tions
and
ground
activity
resulted
in
heavy
losses
to
the
Axis
legions,
the
Russians
claimed.
Fiahtine
has
been
-particularly
heavy
southwest
of
Moscow
and
soi',vwcst
of
Rzhev
where
a
fierce
Nazi
.'ountcr
attack
was
repulsed.
There
have
been
substantial
gains
for
the
Russians
in
the
direction
cf
Smolensk
and
towards
Latvia
in
the
north.
Smolensk,
to
within
eighty-five
miles
of
which
the
Red
Army
is
now
reported
to
have
driven,
ap
pears
likely
to
now
become
a
key
defence
position
for
the
Russians.
Nlnetv-nine
German
planes,
In
cluding
eight
transports,
were
shot
down
in
Russia
yesterday.
A
maior
air
battle
over
the
Stal
ingrad
front
was
reported
In
pro
gress
today.
JEWS
ARE
DEGRADED
f
Further
Anti-Hebrew
I'ro'grani
is
Being
Planned
In
France
PARIS,
Dec.
19
A
million
and
a
half
Jews'
in
France
will
be
Involved
In
a
new
program
of
Nazi
degradation,
it
is
stated
'
there.
Smolensk
Is
ObiectiveOf
Russians
Now
t
t-
MOSCOW.
Dec.
19
The.
Red
Army
has
now
driven
to
within
eighty-five
miles
of
Smolensk
which
some
v:
f
-
vers
believe
may
be
definitely
threatened
with
Russian
re-
capture.
Smolensk
ranks
sec-
ond
only
to
Kiev
In
import-
r
ance
as
a
point
which
the
Nazis
hold
in
occupied
Russia.
'
.
SEVEN
JAP
SHIPS
SUNK
Further
Heavy
Blows
Dealt
In
Pacific
by
American
Submarines
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
19
0
American
submarines
have
sent
seven
more
enemy
ships
to
the
bottom
of
the
racific,
the
Department
of
the
Navy
announced
last
night.
They
included
a
large
tanker,
a
large
cargo
vessel,
a
medium-sized
tanker,
two
medium-sized
cargo
vessels,
one
medium-sized
transport
and
a
trawler.
This
makes
a
total
of
105
cargo
carriers
of
the
Japanese
known
definitely
to
have
been
sunk
with
the
possibility
that
there
were
twenty-two
others.
French
Admiral
Not
Co-operating
Commander-ln-Clilef
at
Alexandria
Refuses
to
Join
With
Allies,
Paris
Says
PARIS,
Dec.
19
The
Nazi-
controlled
Paris
radio
says
that
the
admiral
of
the
French
fleet
at
Alexandria
has
refused
the
proposal
of
Admiral
Jean
Darlan
to
co-operate
with
the
British
and
Umted'states
navies
In
the
ranean.
WARTIME
SCOTCH
LONDON,
Dec.
19
Vf
For
a
few
months,
at
least.
Scotch
whiskey
made
In
Britain,
is
going
to
have
a
snpr.ial
wartime
taste.
Many
distil
lerles
are
using
more
peat
than
usual
in
drying
barley
and
the
"Dpntv"
flrnor
will
not
be'
alto
gether
eliminated
during
'blending.
Tomorrow?
s
Tides
Local
Temperature
'
(Standard
Time)
High
0:01
ajn.
18.3
feet
...
11:53
pjn.
21.0
feet
Maximum
..k'W
ts
k
45
ill
Low,
5:50
am.
8.6
feet
M.nimum
k
36
18:34
p.m.
3.9
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBU'S
NEWSPAPER
WW
XXXI
No.
295
0.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
19,
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
British
Are
Moving
Into
Burma
UrriiiNDivjc
viuuk.
utura
CANUCKS
HOME
AND
AFAR
Vo-Corps
Army
Brought
to
Fighting
Trim
During
1912
With
Dieppe
Attack
Symbolic
of
Its
Strength
By
FRANK
FLAHERTY
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
OTTAWA,
Dec.
19
(CP)
The
Canadian
army
went
on
the
offensive
in
lv
lz.
I
he
bloody
battle
of
Dieppe
in
when
Canadian
Soldiers
came
in
crins
with
the
German
a
nense,
a
symbol
of
the
spread
of
the
offensive
spirit
tVirnnp-h
tho
whole
of
the
Canadian
militarv
historv
at
Ml
"
"
V
1
1
...WW.
jioine
'tiiiu
uvuiBt-iiB,
T.
-
saL
lt
was
in
evidence
In
the
ps
(-
training
fcf
the
"offence'
and
iri
the
fonmation
of
new
strlk-
1:
z
nrms.
like
parachute
units-and
V.:e
Canada-U.
S.
special
service
far--
Onnortunltles
for
offensive
ar'ion
were
still
limited,
however,
xr.d
'he
main
contribution
of
the
C
.z.'
an
army
to
the
maintenance
r-.i
niprovement
of
the
fortunes
,
the
United
Nations
was
in
de-
-
-c
l
!
Newfoundland
Town
Has
Fire
ST.
JOHN'S.
Newfoundland,
Dec.
19
Oi-
-Firemen
from
St..
John's
sped
to
control
a
fire
after
it
had
destroyed
a
hotel
T
.v
V.n
TTnitnrl
Iftntfrrlnm
tVia
armv
i
J.
n.
....
n
t
4
K
n
Kitcl.
fc
ew
m
nuirtoers
and
from
a
corps
(
ncss
section
of
the
town
of
b
-
c
a
two-corns
armv.
There
It
crrd
;
key
part
of
the
defence
f
r
:z
which
would
deal
with
an
r
:r
7:y
invasion
attempt.
I
Canada,
due
to
the
entry
of
JLrii
into
the
war
at
the
end
of
lDi
th"
military
defences
of
the
we
.
roast
were
strengthened,
c
.plc
ltion
of
the
organization
of
v
uaroonear,
sixty
mites
irom
t
here.
FIRE
DESCENDS
ON
MILAN
REPORTED
PRISONERS
Some
238
Men
Reported
Missing
After
Dieppe
Are
Alive
OTTAWA,
Dec.
19
O)
In
three
.multaneously
Issued
casualty
lists
'ia
Canadian.
Active
Army
last
night
announced
that
238
men
previously
reported
missing
after
Dieppe
battle
of
last
August
were
now
reported
prisoners
of
war.
AIR
FORCE
RECRUITING
Unit
Now
Here
Seeking
Girls
and
Air
Crew
Particularly
A
mobile
recruiting
unit
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
seeking
both
men
and
women
recruits,
Is
visiting
the
city.
It
arrived
yes-
iterday
from
Vancouver
and
is
re-j
turning
south
tonight.
More
par-1
tlcularly
ale
girls
and
air
crew
re-
icruits
desired
at
this
time.
Tne
I
recruiting
sessions
opened
yester-'
jday
afternoon
in
the
city
.council
chamber
and
will
continue
until
tonight.
The
recruiting
party
consists
of
Flight
Lieutenant
J.
C.
Hackney;
Flight
Lieutenant
Nell
Stewart,
medical
officer;
Flying
Of
ficer
R.
Williams,,
administrative
officer";
Section
Officer
L,
E.
Olenn,
women's
division
officer.
Aircraftsman
One
W.
Harbord,.
clerk,
and
uro.
K.
E.
Ilamjay.
weaieii
s
Jim-
Good
Response
Exceptionally
good
response
was
received
yesterday
by
the
recruit-.ng
parly,
according
to
a
statement
this
morning
.by
Flight
Lieutenant
Hackney.
Twenty-five
appli-n-
've
e
:u'bmltted
on
Friday
afternoon,
with
eighteen
local
lad.3
offering
their
services
for
flying
duties
and
seven
applying
for
ground
crew.
No
approaches
for
enlistment
in
the
women's
division
had
been
re
ceived
up
to
Friday
night
but
It.
Is
hoped
that
a
considerable
number
of
local
girls
will
offer
their
services
before
the
recruiting
unit
returns
to
Vancouver
tonight.
The
unit
is
prepared
to
accept
applica
tions
and
administer
most
oi
tne
tests
prior
to
enlistment.
4
4-
.
Kiska
Island
Bombed
Again
By
U.S.
Army
4-
19
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Dec
Oi
Heavy
United
States
Army
bombers
splattered
Jap-
an's
base
on
Kiska
island
in
t
the
Aleutlons
with
heavy
ex-
plosions
on
Thursday,
the
De
partment
of
the
Navy
announ
ced
todaV,
causing
heavy
ex
plosions
and
starting
fires.
4
PERFECT
STEWARD
LOMDON,
Dec.
'19
W
Arthur
Smith,
a
West
Indian
from
Barba
dos
and
a
former
dancer,
is
known
throughout
the
Royal
Navy
as
the
"perfect
steward."
Officers
say
he
has
never
spilled
a
drop
of
soup
or
tea,
no
matter
how
rougn
tne
weather.
VICHY
IS
CUTOFF
All
of
France
is
Out
of
Commu
nication
LONDON.
Dec.
19
The
whole
of
Vichy
France
has
been
cut
off
for
two
days
from
outside
communication.
There
are
many
rumors,
one
that
the
Petaln
government
Is
moving
back
to
Paris.
Japanese
Withdraw
as
Forces
Cross
Border,
Coming
Out
Of
India
Move
Follows
Recent
Heavy
Aerial
Bombardment
Initiative
Changes
Hands
For
First
Time
Since
Last
May
NEW
DELHI,
Dec.
19
(CP)
British
troops,
in
a
surprise
blow,
have
crossed
the
Indian
border
and
advanced
some
forty
miles
into
"Japanese-occupied
Burma
to
the
Manugdaw-Buthidaung
area
about
sixty
miles
northwest
of
-Akyab
on
the
Bay
of
Bengal,
the
British
command
announced
today.
The
advance
started
after
.
'A
1.1-
I
1
1
1
1
LL
OUT
BATTLE
AFRICA
WAR
TEMPO
NOW
MOVING
UP
lltihan
Cruiser
Hit
off
Bizerte
Afrika
Korps
Being
Hit
Hard
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NCRTH
AFRICA,
Dec.
19
O)
Hy
ing
Fortresses,
continuing
dally
at-taiks
on
Bizerte.
one
of
the
prin
cipal
Axis
ports
-in
Tunisia,
scored
a
direct
hit
and
set
fire
to
an
en-emv
warshiD
believed
to
be
a
cruis
er
off
the
naval
base
In
addition
tn
rntrlKfpriiTtr
niimprrms
ihits
nn
W:;Th?warshTp
is
believed-
to
have
been
an
Italian
vessel.
With
an
all
out
struggle
for
'
nnis
and
Bizerte
now
appearing
lmmlnfU.
the
tempo
of
land
and
air
fighting
in
Tunisia
Is
rising
rteadlly
in
every
sector.
Allied
aircraft
are
steadily
gam
ing
domination
over
the
Tunisian
war
front.
The
Axis
Is
rushing
In
t:oops
to
north
and
south
Tunisia
,
by
sea
and
air.
From
the
east
there
are
still
ln-llcaCions
that
Marshal
Erwln
Rommel
Intends
to
move
the
remainder
of
his
shattered
Afrtka
Korps
from
Libya
through
Trlpolitanla
to
Tunisia.
Radio
broadcasts
from
North
Af-ilca
say
that
one
British
column,
pursuing
one
fleeing
part
of
Rommel's
army,
has
reached
a
point
158
mlleswest
of
El
Aghella.
1
Another
trapped
portion
of
Rom-
mil
5
irmv
Is
hflncr
steadily
Dound-
ed
by
air
and
artillery
and
faces
inmhUation
or
surrender.
Chase
Continues
With
heavy
fightlngfc
the
British
Eighth
Army
chase
of
Marshal
Er-
win
Rommel
s
retreating
army
ni-
d
swiftly
westward
today
and
the
Morocco
radio
repoited
vanguards
if
pursuers
were
within
eighteen
iiles
of-Sirte.
155
miles
beyond
El
Aghella,
starting
point
or
tne
cur-
pnt
rMv
and
only
249
miles
from
Tripoli.
The
crushing
of
the
trap
ed
portion
of
Rommel's
army
con
tinues.
A
B:
ttish
communique
said
only
that
Axis
forces
continued
flight
yesterday
under
day
long
ground
ind
Ar
blows.
lerruic
aeiiai
uumuaiuuicut
.
m
Japanese
positions
between
the
In
dian
border
and
Akyab
and
was
made
without
opposition.
Japanese
forces
withdrew
before
the
approaching
troops,
a
communique
said.
CHECK
UP
ON
RADIO
Permanent
Committee
Is
Asked
Leader
of
C.C.F.
by
OTTAWA,
Dec.
19
M.
J.
Cold-well,
C.C.F.
leader,
has
asked
the
Dominion
government
to
re-ap-pcint
the
radio
committee
of
1943.
He
beliees
there
should
be
a
standing
committee
otf
radio.
GENERAL
GANONG
HERE
ntini.
ricinprnl
TTnrvpv
Nelson
avxujua
v...m
--
-
J
Canon,
general
officer
command
ing.
Eighth
Dvision,
is
paying
a
visit
to
the
city
In
the
course
of
one
of
hs
periodical
visits.
He
will
be
here
for
the
next
couple
of
days.
While
there
was
nothing
to
In
dicate
that
the
British
thrust
was
part
of
a
general
Allied
offensive,
the
action
did
put
initiative
Into
the
Allied
hands
at
least
temporarily
for
the
first
time
since
the
Japanese
occupied
Akyab
last
May.
The
British
forces,
which
have
advanced
thirty
miles
Into
Burma
on
a
thirty-mile
troni,
are
unaer
General
Sir
Archibald
Wavell.
BIG
FIGHT
.
ONGUINEA
Intensity
of
Battle
.Mounts
as
Allies
Close
on
Japanese
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
Dec.
19
ffi'
Tighten-'ri;
of
Allied
rings
about
trapped
Japs
on
either
side
of
Buna
village
erupted
Into
heavy
fighting
In
nnrtVipncK
Npw
Dninpa
tnriav.
Allied
planes
kept
up
Incessant
pounding
of
enemy
ground
positions.
The
JaDanese
staged
another
air
raid
on
Port
Moresby.but
with
little
serious
effect.
,
Allied
bombers
meanwhile
raided
enemy
installations
on
Portuguese
Timor.
Around
Burta
Mission
there
has
Been
particularly
heavy
fighting
with
artillery,
machine
guns
and
mortars
under
increased
air
acU-
vity
as
the
American
forces
steadily
close
In
on
the
enemy.
The
heavy
air
rald3
on
the
area
west
of
Buna
have
been
almost
continuous
during
the
past
week.
Hogs
Wanted
On
Vancouver
Mart
Watime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
at
Vancouver
Asks
Ottawa
to
Take
Action
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
19
The
local
office
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
has-asked
Ottawa
to
take
action
if
possible
to
get
hogs
back
on
the
market
here
with
a
iview
to
relieving
the
pressure
on
j
other
kinds
of
meats.
t
Tide
Turned
By
becret
Weapon
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
19
A
war
corresnondent.
returning
home
from
Africa,
says
that
a
new
secret
weapon
of
the
British
turned
the
tide
against
Mar-
shal
Edwin
Rommel
in
the
Battle
of
Libya.
It
was
a
pow-
erful
self-propelling
anti-tank
gun
mounted
on
a
tank
with
armor-plerclng
shells
which
ripped
open
even
the
most
nnwprfnl
tanks
of
the
enemv.
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4
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