Temperature
....,
(nirrlnn
hrarr
hnmhrrs.
In
hlr
thlrrf
ill
days,
bombed
eiern
Orrmanr
again
today
while
Ill
OVCrallunf
a
do-blr-hfadf
r
br
hatlrrlnr
air
northfrn
Francf,
Tnio.
,hl
attacks
made
it
the
r(
and
were
In
cy
"
A.
both
day
and
night
.
ii.
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.
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rx
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rui
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attak.
V
V
rnmnv
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V.
coi-it
last
nl(ht,
dam
iet
Part
T
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I
ir.
uui
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I.
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le
Canadian
Press
I
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WALKER
'
wn
uuardlan
a
v
t
rcnani
vessels.
EIGHTH
SLASin&
fitFRS-The
British
Eight.,
r
A
...
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IT
......
III.!..
.
V.
rl
T
of
thr
Italian
campaign
and
un'Mon
lockcra
for
!
j0
i
plant
is
in
opera-
f
r
"ward
Island
enllst-
sc
vice
forces
now
'2
000
of
which
9'
o-r
in
the
army.
ation
of
less
than
rrprescnts
an
enllst-
a
of
about
12
per
m
probably
the
f
.ir.ada.
In
War
I
andi'ri
In
the
R.C.
brcn
decorated
for
:
1
icrvlre
and
one
Lieut
Robert
Mac
r
:
bttetown,
received
!r
a-d
Bar.
Others
have
'
nrd
in
despatches
'
King's
honor
list.
r
in
this
war.
Capt
i
"narnton
Peters.
R.
'-'
:s
of
Charlottctown
"
I
a
former
premier
of
has
four
large
ng
centres:
A
mil
'val,
and
an
R.C.A.F.
'
Gummerslde.
lie
serious
situation
tv
a
jargc
exodus
of
i"
the
army
and
to
ide
the
province.
'ri
Increasing
cssen-3
production
by
roughly
""
this
year
over
1942,
'
the
province
achieved,
"her
things:
A
cream-
-.wn
uitii.njn:uvn
ivii
'
3
pounds,
or
about
5J
'v
tuiv
Alius
V
nov
'
oraductlon:
an
Increase
7r3.Cf5
to
1,000.000
In
.kiuii,
Him
uu
ca-
'
lirodictlon
rrf
over
'1
-i
mum
m
wiiivii
Edward
Islanders
are
m
r.ubscrlntinru
nf
nvpr
vw
ii
vir.inrw
liim
m.1
t
.
,.
Stamps
and
a
correspondingly
rlbutlon
to
Red
Cross
w.ir
relief
campaigns.
RI)
d
forward
be-
heaviest
air
V
advances
all
ll
tt
Ait
I
n
Ihr
milage
-sr-m
Iini1.ln.ltnil
that
the
I'Jjchlh
Army
had
raptured
Lanclano.
tlx
miles
the
Sanuro
and
only
about
eighteen
miles
from
Pencara.
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HKKLIN
TRAFFIC
IN
HA!)
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......
rr
.
.
I
I
I
I
.
.
I
.
ULl-
trauic
mi
oriumr
variously
impaired
as
a
re-
bomb
damage.
Only
a
handful
of
busses
and
street
cars
.
I
I
(k.
-
..
I
I
at
oprrauuii.
."
c
i.ukiji
air.
nonrTrr,
upria.ing.
'
it
Russians
to
t
(
a
Canadian
utlln;ng
the
nn
Canadian
of
Charlottctown,
Edward
Island
has
'"d
to
the
extent
of
f
in
the
Industrial
LTid
for
that
reason
.cm
no
considerable
reputation
or
a
turn-t
pniblema
in
these
x
ar
nH'txtrylnChar
that
of
Bruce
Stcw-:.
y
Ltd
.
now
em-200
men
and
en-
:a:.;"jnz
naval
ships,
Aid
Invasion
LONDON,
Dec.
1-
are
current
In
neport
military
quarters
here
that
Russian
forces
will
soon
Join
the
Drttlsh
and
Americans
for
4
an
Invasion
of
the
Balkans.
SHIP
OIL
THIS
WAY
Allrrnative
Plan
to
Canol
Was
To
Handle
It
To
Trlnce
Rupert
by
Sea
and
Thenre
by
Pipe.
WASHINGTON
DC
.
Decern
her
-t"-Arrontlror
to
In
formation
which
came
out
at
the
invest!
Ration
here
of
the
Canol
oil
project
In
northwestern
Canada,
.
i
i
i
i
i
i
.
i
intercept
the
Alaska
High-
much
farther
south
than
Whltehorse.
It
was
proposed
to
develop
fields
In
Alberta.
Saskatchewan
and
Manitoba
to
ropplcment
this
plan.
However,
according
to
evi
dence,
this
plan
was
discarded
because
of
supposed
danger
to
shipping
from
California
to
Prince
Rupert.
TERMS
ON
GERMANY
ArmMIre
Said
To
Have
Been
nirurd
At
Conference
In
Carlo
ANKARA.
Turkey.
December
l
The
Duroorted
conference
In
Cairo
of
rrlmc
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
United
States
and
Generalis
simo
Chiang
Kai-Shek,
of
China
jiy
the
perambulator."
He
child
ten.
Hockey
Scores
Boston
C;
Chicago
5.
lie
VENDOR'S
"HAS
BECOME
MECCA
Uke
Hfrthfa
Stop
at
the'Unwr
Store
Has
Become
an
Expe"
ence
For
All.
r,7V7
!
Evidently
the
most
popular
which,
lasted
the
pipe
.i
ine,
horse,
oil
would
have
been
piped
UUJB
llttO
VATCII
MIC
suillimn.ii.
liquor
store
with
the
lined
up
it
ima
rlitrftai
rtnrf
a
.
.
n
1I1UI
I
bl
l-l
1
1U
HW"
v
w
'
carao
ships
In
apltal
of
Prince
".aval
boat
arc
j-trd
and
a
large
door
swinging
up
and
down
the
'street
at
random
like
a
tall,
re
sembllng
a
huge
brlndle
ca;
crouched
In
splendid
comfofl.
A
feature
of
the
present
line
up
is
thai
me
proportion
ui
women
In
it
Is
higher
than
formerly.
The
"colonel's
lady"
and
"Jnriv
OGradv"
are
there
ini
good,
ratio,
doing
their
beverage
shopping
with
an
aplomb
and
patience
greater
than
i
sometimes
reserved
for
ordering
groceries.
One
young
matron,
having
left
her
child
in
a
carriage
when
she
entered
the
Hne-up,
emerged
carrying
a
case
of
beer
which
she
deposited
In
the
carriage,
upsetting
It.
The
beer
and
the
baby
landed
on
the
street,
neither
apparently
damaged.
After
some
consideration
and
effort
the
young
woman
lodged
the
beer
on
the
framework
un
der
the
carriage,
and
was
short
Joined
by
another
young
Is
said
to
have
discussed
me
woman
who
then
put
ner
ocer
armistice
terms
to
be
imposed
n
wth
the
baby.
With
her
was
upon
Oermany.
a
little
girl
of
about
four
years.
Churchill.
Roosevelt
and
Chi-
Most
of
the
merchandise
h
ang
arc
said
to
have
gone
on
to
carrled
away
In
the
arms
of
Teheran
to
meet
Premier
Joseph
me
purchasers.
Fortunate.
It
'talln
of
Russia.
seems,
Is
the
person
who
has
a
Rowevclt
and
Chiang,
the
lat-
car
or
can
get
a
taxi
to
trans-r
being
accompanied
by
his
;port
the
bulky,
heavy
beer
cases
Mte.
flew
to
Cairo
while
Chur-'homCi
lill
.went
by
ship.
The
reason
for
the
Increased
i
One
of
the
meetings
at
Cairo
nmber
of
nurchasers
Is
that
vas
held
In
a
I.nt
In
thm
VQ
.
I
link
.11
v..v
low
of
the
Pyramids.
IDEAS
ON
H0USIM5.
MANCHESTER.
England,
De
-ember
1
ft
Leonard
Cox.
new
Lord
Mayor
of
Manchester,
has
expressed
the
hope
that
In
postwar
housing
plans
attention
would
be
given
to
more
living
now
everyone
who
wants
liquor
i
must
buy
It
individually,
whereas
In
the
less
stringent
days
one
person
could
buy
for
several.
Liquor
coupons
arc
honored
only
when
presented
by
the
owner
of
the
permit
to
which
they
correspond.
Also
there
has
been
a
cer
tain
amount
of
repeat
business
tpace,
better
storage
uccummu-
by
wn0
bought
their
ni
dation
"and
for
the
Indlspcnsa-
before
November
22
and
ble
vehicle
of
social
stability
wnQ
nave
sjncc
trien
become
en
has
10
tltprt
to
an
extra
case
of
beer.
be
expected.
Mighty
Ration
of
Liquor
Is
Unchanged
VICTORIA,
December
1
(Canadian
Press)
The
llpuor
ration
for
December
in
British
Columbia
will
be
the
same
as
that
or-glnally
announced
for
November.
It
will
b
one
26-ouncc
bot
tle
of
spirits,
three
dozen
bottles
of
beer,
one
gallon
of
Canadian
wine
or
two
bottles
of
Imported
wine.
Liquor
Commissioner
W.T.
Kennedy
announced
Tuesday
night
On
account
of
shortage"
of
bottles
in
breweries,
there''
will
be
no
extra
dozen
pints
of
beer
allowed
permit
"holders
as
In
i
mid-November.
iiiric
mm
a
tuilC'ua
v
tension
of
time
Into
December
for
those
who
failed
to
obtain
;helr
November
allowance.
The
November
coupons
will
be
valid
until
December
3
because
the
late
November
rush
prevented
many
permit
holders
from
pur-
hasing
their
monthly
ration.
Next
year
liquor
purchases
wli:
be
made
by
Invoice
rather
than
by
coupon
and
purchases
may
p
in
two
loU
per
month
instead
'f
one
as
at
present.
The
1941
permit
will
be
a
book
containing
twenty-four
Invoices,
two
f
t
each
month.
Fight
Nazi
Ships
In
Aegean
Inlets
New
ALEXANDRIA,
Dec
1
O
Al
most
dally
the
Royal
Navy
creeps
Into
nooks
and
crannies
among
German-held
Islands
In
the
Aegean
Sea
to
harry
conw
munlcatlons
and
It
was
during
such
operation
that
the
destroyer
Hursley
emerged
successfully
from
one
of
the
most
remark
able
close-range
actions
of
the
war;
engaging
larger
enemy
ship
under
the-shadow
of
enemy
occupied
cliffs.
In
bright
moonlight
the
Hurs-Iey's
gunners
poured
hundreds
of
rounds
from
their,
four-Inch
guns
at
point-blank
range
into
the
enemy
vessel.
She
was
set
on
fire
and
later
was
sunk
by
the
Greek
destroyer
Mlaoulls.
Lt.-Cmdr.
W.
J.
P.
Church
of
the
Hursley
said
the
bay
In
which
the
battle
was
foueht
was
so
small
there
was
hardly
room
i
to
manoeuvre.
Bulletins
r.RirSHOLM
ARRIVED
NEW
YORK
The
Swedish
American
steamer
Gripsholm,
bringing
221
Canadian
and
1,200
American
repatriates
from
Japan,
arrived
at
Ambrose
lightship
last
night
and
moved
into
a
pier
here
today.
TANK
CARS
IN
HARBOR
,
VANCOUVER
Two
tank
rars,
one
laden
with
gasoline
and
the
other
with
fuel
oil,
fell
into
Vancouver
harbor
last
night
while
oil
was
being
transferred
from
barges.
EXPLANATION
ASKED
LONDON
The
British
government
takes
a
serious
view
of
"insulting
remarks"
in
regard
to
Britain
made
by
-a
Spanish
spokesman
and
are
demanding
an
explanation.
OPERA
IN.
KIEV
KIEV
Kiev
had
its
first
opera
performance
in
two
years
last
night
but
It
was
arcompanlrd
by
the
rumble
of
tanks
and
guns
In
the
Ribbentrop
Is
Being
Ousted?
INSTABUL,
Dec.
1
Franz
von
Papen,
German
ambassador
to
Turkey,
is
reported
slated
to
succeed
Joachim
von
Ribbentrop
With
the
beginning
pf
a
new
as
foreign
minister.
Ribbentrop
month
como
hew
stocks
of
Is
said
to
have
fallen
Into
dls-Uouor.
while
a
greater
variety
favor
with
Hitler
owing
to
fall-exists,
a
pre-Chrlstmas
rush
can
ure
to
keep
Axis
satellites
In
line.
Here
at
the
moment
of
fre
a
Canadian
25-pounder
near
Atella,
Italy,
blazes
away
at
positions
over
the
hills
fn
the
background.
Coal
Prices
Are
rue
in
Boosted
uuuMcu
l
c
t
OTTAWA.
December
1
0
-
The
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announced
on
Tuesday
night
thai,
inceasei
from
lOz
to
65c.
per
ton
in
the
prices
of
coal
pioduced
,
in
certain
areas
of
Alberta
and
BriUsh
Columbia
have
been
authorized
to
cover
re-
cent
wage
lijcjsaciwpjt
miners!
The
Increased
prices
will
be
reviewed
not
later
than
March
31.
JAPS
IN
CHANGTEH
'
'"HTINKING.
Dr-.
1
Wltlv
a
wild
battle
prevailing,
strong
Japanese
forces,
using
poison
gas
in
support
of
planes
and
heavy
artillery,
broke
Into
Changeth
through
northern
and
eastern,
.u
vrre
driven
out
today.
i
Taking
of
Changteh
would
open
the
way
for
the
capture
of
Chancsha,
capital
of
Hunan.
100
miles
to
the
southeast
I
Korosten
Loss
ils
Confirmed
MOSCOW.
December
1
A
re
treat
from
Korosten,
stragetlc
railways
JuncUon
in
the
Kleve
bulge
of
the
'
Ukraine,
by
the
Russians
before
the
Nazis
Is
now
onflrmed
following
anothetad-
vance
by
the
enemy.
Hua
ties
of
tanks
and
Infar.
Ix
e
thrown
Into
the
flghft
Germans.
i
?3
.
.
..
.
-"
'.,Ll.,
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
ITALY.
December
1
The
whole
high
ridge
commanding
the
San
gro
River
has
fallen
into
the
hands
of
the
Eighth
Army.
The
length
of
the
bridgehead
has
been
extended
to
fifteen
miles,
the
Nazi
winter
length
of
the
bridgehead
has
been
extended
to
fifteen
miles,
the
Nazi
winter
line
before
Rome
being
deeply
penetrated
and
the
flanks
Imperilled.
The
Germans
used
flame
throwers
but
could
not
"
British
and
Cana-
st
the
progress
of
X
Is
not
so
marked.
es
es
North-Africa
norm-Amca
Local
Tides
Thursday.
Dec
2
High
4:48
19.1
feet
10:25
205
feet
Low
10:39
8.4
feet
23:15
3.9
feet
ca
49
41
loum
.1'
MUhKN
AND
CKNTUAL
BRITISH
COLUfrjiHA'fi
NEWSPAPER
'
No.
280
II,
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
1.
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
KEEP
POUNDING
REICH
Blows
Coming
CANADIAN
25-POUNDER
BLASTS
AWAY
IN
ITALY
Final
Drive
to
Smash
fiermany
Is
Expected
As
Result
of
Parley
Solution
of
Post-War
International
Problems
is
Also
Believed
to
Have
Been
Discussed.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
1
(CP)
Mighty
new
blows
against
the
enemy
mental
as
well
as
physical
are
confidently
expected
from
epochal
conversations
now
reported
to
be
in
progress
among
highest
Allied
leaders.
Washington
authorities,
in
guarded
speculation
on
what
such
talks
might
accomplish,
em
POSITION
;
IMPROVED
,1
British
Eighth
Army
Continuing
I
To
Make
Rapid
Progress
North
,
of
Sangro
phasized
today
primary
concern
that
Churchill.
Roosevelt,
Stalin
and
Chiang
must
be
in
agreement
on
measures
for
winning
the
war.
Their
reported
-discussions
are
expected
to
tead&
to
closest
co-ordination
oifjtrategy
In
final
drives
to
smash'-O'er-
many
as
well
as
for
a
solution
of
post-war
International
prob
lems
untouched
by
the
recent
Moscow
conference
of
foreign
ministers.
ADVANCE
IN
SO.
PACIFIC
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
Dec.
1
The
Australians
have
captured
Bonga
on
Huon
Peninsula
of
;New
Guinea
without
opposition,
i
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
Bonga
Is
one
of
two
more
Important
Japanese
positions
on
New
Guinea
which
have
Just
fallen
to
the
Australians.
-
f
Allied
planes
have'beeji
heav-
Meantime,
further
gains
nave
i
tK,
.w
t--.
the
Gomel
area
of
White
Russia
"for
the
first
time
yesterday
as
and
at
Dnieper
Bend
where
al-
well
as
between
Ancona
and
most
four
thousand
Germans
i
Pescara
on
the
Adriatic
coast
were
killed
Tuesday,
Moscow
i
and
ports
along
the
west
coast,
announced
Tuesday
night.
Loss)
.
of
Korosten
came
eleven
days
after
the
retreat
f
torn
Thitomir.
another
railway
junction
in
'
Kiev
Bulge.
iDuCSSeldorf
Plant
Chan?ha
and
Even
Chunking
Would
be
Menaced
by
Enemy
I
Target
of
Attack
even
Chungking,
300
miles
away,
ito
return.
Fighting
Celt
Ready
For
More
I
LONDONDERRY.
North
Ireland,
Dec.
1
O!
"If
you
are
Irish
why
are
you
fighting
for
Britain?"
was
the
taunt
fre-
LONDON.
Dec.
1
Target
ofjqucntly
flung
at
Sgt.
Michael
United
States
.heavy
bombers,
OUara
of
Londonderry,
by
his
supported
by
British
fighters,
German
captors,
in
daylight
attacks
yesterday!
O'Hara,
repatriated
with
was
an
atmlanc
metal
works
British,
Canadian
and
American
of
a
suburb
of
Duesseldorf.
servicemen,
gave
his
answer
Seven
German
planes
which
when
he
was
met
at
London-rose
to
Intercept
the
attackers
derry
station:
"A1PI
want
now
were
shot
down.
Two
Allied
is
a
good
sleep
in
my
own
and
j
bombers
and
five
fighters
failed
house.
Then
I
am
ready
to
go
anywhere
they
want
me."
'GARIBALDI.
SLOGANS
SIGN
DEFEAT
OF
FASCISM
Following
the
Axis
troops'
evacuation
of
the
town
of
Aprlcena,
Italy,
the
Fascist
signs
and
emblems
were
removed
and
replaced
by
Garibaldi
slogans
as
pictured
here,
and
Judging
by
the
faces
of
onlookers,
they
were
pleased
about
it,
too.
Tokyo
reported
today
that
more
United
States
forces
had
been
landed
on
Bougainville
Island,
claiming
that
they
had
been
virtually
wiped
out,
ARE
NOT
TO
BE
TRAPPED
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
1
Viscount
Halifax.
British
ambassador
to
the
United
States,
commenting
on
peace
rumors,
said
that
the
United
Nations
would
not
be
led
Into
any
German
trap
for
a
negotiated
peace.
War
weariness
will
not
divert
them
from
the
objective
of
unconditional
surrender
of
the
Axis
powers.
There
could
be
no
mere
truce
with
'Germany
at
this
time.
If
there
were
such
the
whole
Job
would
have
to
be
done
over
again
In
two
or
three
decades.
Revenues
Are
Higher
.
Customs
revenues
received
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
during
November
reached
a
value
of
$59,840.14,
swelling
the
year's
total
so
far
to
$665,469.04.
Receipts
for
November
were
some.
$16,000
greater
than
the
previous
month,
when
$43,964
was
taken
In.
Greater
also
were
they
than
In
November.
1912.
when
$31,-141.80
was
received.
The
1942
total
to
the
end
of
November
was
$534,226.82.
Fines
Total
Rises
Attain
With
a
vigorous
Jump
back
vo
to
a
comparatively
normal
level
after
a
severe
drop
In
October,
the
total
of
police
court
fines
received
In
November
stands
at
$1,820.
In
October
It
was
$275.
DUTCH
BROUGHT
TEA
Tea
was
Introduced
Into
Europe
from
the
Orient
by
tho
Dutch
In
1645.
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