local
Temperature
,
-ihh
n
uw
ileitis
oi
war,
commerce
and
dip-ITr
ro
are
some
of
the
year's
highlights
in
the
jzumui
ns
a
nation:
armed
forces
In
V
ml
fuIly
lnaerndcnt.
Now
m
of
f
Jinnnnrmnnn
1
l0M?fi"0
that
Canada
has
an
ambasaa-
in
w
HalllUIlS
MKK-
.
ad
foodstuffs;
with
CKrcemcnts
veral
nation
and
rf
:
r-mrnui
pending.
.r
in
Canada's
dlp-
liolonx
abroad
and
nt
of
additional
for-"M
hero;
elevation
Tiadtan
Ic$JiUru
In
1
States,
the
Soviet
;
x
and
Brazil
to
n-
'
and
similar
action
'imtrles.
i
1;
In
.
at
Quebec
last
'ne
of
the
Churchill-war
conferences.
,
-hment
of
a
new
dec-the
Canada
Medal
-'
to
honor
Britons
ncr.
as
uell
as
Can-
Mi(lrprrad
Activity
,i
participation
in
the
:
i
Italy
campaigns.
In
"
x-rupation
with
United
'
'f4
of
Kuka
in
the
.n
the
vast
air
bom-
f
Hitler's
Europe
and
I
In
February.
1942.
there
were
six
foreign
diplomatic
missions
in
Ottawa
following
closing
of
the
Japanese
legation.
Now
there
are
14
and
this
will
be
increased
to
15
when
the
new
Turkish
minister
arrives
from
Washington.
Mmt
of
the
addition
come
In
1942.
but
the
Turkish
legation
was
added
this
year.
Canada's
missions
to
Moscow
and
Chile
date
from
Jan.
1.
1943.
never
ending
struggle
naaa
openea
a
con-
'
L
boat
brought
pride
uiau?-generai
in
new
yotk.
idlana
during
1943-
and
11
to
believed
In
some
quarters
erutioii
(rom
the
pro-
here
0111
lh
acUon
Ukfn
b
ic
United
Nations.
lhc
government
at
the
sugges-
(ipplies
sent
to
fhe
!llon
of
a
HoU5e
committee
in
nU.
Munition
Minister
crpat,nK
a
decoration
of
IU
own
iid
tn
a
recent
Montreal
1U
add
Canada's
prestige.
No
medals
have
yet
been
award-
w-clwnj
mutuailiTaVwinlbe
made
tn
the
KfrfsTI
e
:
nr-iTifw.r
ih
ranH
!
Years
Honors
1UU
'
Mieir
revue
at
a
time
lielp
was
sorely
needed
'
it
I
.
iv
that
mutual
aid
und
.nvestment
In
Can-'
r'ur"
iiiarkets
abroad."
'.tuflruts
of
lntirna-jw
ii
d
practice
In
Otta-ot
recard
the
elevation
LclKhton
McCarthy
Minister
Of
Defence
Is
On
His
Way
Home
.in
minuter
to
Washing-
the
rank
of
ambassador
C
any
great
consUtu-
OTTAWA.
Dec.
23
Hon.
J.
L.
.
nifu
anre.
they
do
say
Ralston,
minister
of
national
had
a
happy
rwcUon
defence,
is
on
his
way
back
to
'he
American
people.
Canada
after
a
six-weeks'
ab-
hw
clung
to
the
aencc
In
Britain,
North
Africa
r..j
.
ida
:
Mill
a
colony,
and
Slctly.
Lieut.
Oeneral
Ken-
"
aU
here
Tlie
fact
that
neth
Btuart.
chief
of
staff,
who
u'h
American
country
was
with
him,
will
not
be
re-
ambxNsador
in
Washing-
turning
for
a
time
as
he
is
still
..
Canada
was
repre-
confined
to
bed
after
being
'
b.
a
miuMer
tended
to
there
for
ten
days
with
Influ-
.!!
view
the
Dominion
enia.
LETH
AL
LOAD
OVER
BREMEN
'
An
unusuat
picture
made
from
an
Allied
bombing
plane
dur-"
the
raid
of
Flying
Fortresses
and
Liberators
on
the
Nazi
.:arine
yards
and
Installations
at
Bremen,
Germany.
Over
"
target
ihn
hnmh
uire
nlptured
dropping
swiftly
on
to
"round
below.
From
the
ground
hundreds
of
searchlights
plCtVn
tho
vlru
Ir,
nutria
anll.nlrrrnft
flrp.
-.J
V
f.4t,
.."
-
-
-
-'
NAZIS
ARE
COUNTERING
Have
Succeeded
In
Slowing
Great
Russian
Drive.
LONDON.
Dec.
23-The
Oer
man
have
launched
a
heav.
armored
counter-offcaslve
all
the
way
from
White
Russia
to
the
Ukraine
and
the
Russian
drive
has
consequently
been
dor.
It
was
ald,
American
may
lowl
"P
although
Red
lines
Canadian
dollars
to
are
holding
everywhere
come
rcgard
thu
count
R
'u
tur
for
Canadian
uinanun
n
Tn
tv,a
.,i,
n
.1.1
tt
lldMUIl.
I
II'JIWI
UUWldll
1M
Matter
of
I'ramotlon
troops
have
slipped
In
behind
In
regard
to
the
elevation
of
tnc
""man
line,
cutting
the
four
Canadian
legations
to
eneny
defences
tu.
pieces,
embassy
status
one
auUiorlty
aid
it
required
no
more
authority
to
appoint
an
ambassador
than
to
appoint
a
minister.
The
fact
that
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
K
1
n
g's
government
changed
the
status,
of
the
ministers
without
consulting
parliament
was
an
Indication
he
retarded
the
change
a
a
simple
promotion
in
the
diplomatic
service.
AWCIN6
AT
ARAYE
AUIEI)
IIEADqUARTKRS
IN
NEW
OUINEA.
De:.
23
The
Amer'cans
have
advanced
in
the
Arawe
sector
of
New
Britain
in
spit-
of
enemy
air
attacks
Allied
headquarters
announce-
tiday.
SUteen
Japane
plane
w?re
destroyed
in
th:ee
attacks
on
American
positions.
Allied
planes
In
tn
attack
on
'runny
shins
o
Kavleng.
Nw
It
land,
sank
two
nudtum-slzed
vessels
and
damaged
a
destroyer.
Not
Decided
Yet
On
Fourth
Term
WA8HINOTON.
Dec
23-Pres-
I
BOMBING
GERMANY
large
Force
of
American
Machines
Over
Reich
Yesterday
on
Both
Sides.
LONDON,
Dec.
23
-
United
Slates
heavy
bombers,
with
British
fighter
escort,
were
over
northwest
Germany
yesterday
in
large
numbers.
Thirty-eight
German
fighters
were
brought
down.
Twenty-one
of
the
American
bombers
and
four
of
trip
fighters
were
lost.
NO
OAS
FOR
TOURISTS
There
i.s
no
pleasure
driving
In
Britain
Only
those
with
urgent
necf-wlty
for
gasoline
are
allowed
coupons
HULL
HOTEL
Not
Known
Whether
All
Guests
In
Quebec
Hostelry
Escaped
Safely.
HULL.
Quebec,
Dec.
23
The
Central
Hotel
and
two
adjoin
amount
to
400.000
men.
The
forecast
appeared
to
con-
template
a
full-scale
assault
on
the
'European
continent
within
weeks
ana,
perhaps,
additional
smashes
at
Japanese
strongholds
In
the
P?e"i
-..
VICTORIA,
B.C.
SOME
PREFERRED
LIFE
TO
DEATH
'
'
'
'
'
'
'
'
'
'
'
'
'
''-
''''''
-'
Japanese
prisoners
taken
by
the
Marines
tn
Oie
f
jht
for
Tarawa
walk
along
the
beach
under
guard
of
their
captors.
J(hey
are
crouch
-.;
a
they
walk,
which
seems
to
indicate
that
this
stretch
of
beach
Is
still
u&Her
fire
Most
o!
the
prUoners
taken
here
were
Koreans,
forced
by
the
Japs
to
work
In
labor
Jjattallons.
Teason
Trials
Are
to
Be
Held
ALGIERS.
Dec.
23
The
trial
of
several
prominent
former
Frenchmen
on
charges
of
trea
Eisenhower
To
Ident
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
ni1
InVH?inn
not
yet
or
not
he
will
accept
candlda-tuie
for
a
fourth
term
as
chief
executive
I
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
Dec.33
1N
son
win
oc
neia
in
puDiic.
iney
Include
Former
Premier
Pierre
flandln
and
Pierre
Bouissant.
The
accused
face
the
possibility
of
death
sentence
for
treason.
It
Is
reported
here
that
General
Dwight
P.
Elsenhower
will
command
the
allied
forces
when
the
Invasion
of
western
Europe
commences
and
that
a
British
general
will
take
over
in
the
Mediterranean
area.
SLB-AKC1IC
CANOL
IS
NOT
DULL
(hut
Girls
Working
at
Cam?
Canol
ripline
Terminus
Find
Dolling
Up
Presents
Major
rroblfm.
By
STUART
UNDERBILL
'nidlan
Press
Staff
Writer!
"AMP
CANOL,
N.WX,
Dec
.23
1?
-II
Santa
Claus
wants
to
be
fl-piilar
with
the
100-odd
irls
who
work
at
this
eastern
term-
Mus
atthe
Canol
prpeUftf
he
should
take
each
one
a
oombln
ation
beauty
pailor
and
dry-leaning
establishment
compact
enough
to
stow
In
thexorner
of
a
cosy
prefabricated
"tgloo".
Dainty
frocks
aren't
.the
usual
wear
In
the
big
construction
ramp
five
miles
west
of
the
MacKenzle
River
and
Just
100
tied
up
provides
a
major
prob-J
lem.
However
most
"of
the
gltls
are
philosophical
about
such
drawbacks
and
"we
dont
feel
very
much
like
prisoners,
as
we
"7w
nave
running
hot
and
cold
i'.er
that
they
tell
us
will
be
vaUfcbSe
all
winter,
and
elec-
ridty,"
says
Margaret
Fleming
f
Victoria,
an
employee
of
Bechtelprlce-Callahan,
contrac-
-rs
for
the
pipeline
being
pu;
Ing
buildings
were
destroyed
by
it
trough
f
om
Norman
Wells
to
fire
early
today.
It
Is
not
known
vhlthcrse.
YT
TOKYO.
Dec.
23
Premier
yesterday
made
a
special
appeal
for
a
stepping
up
of
production
in
J.fn.
arrived
last
June
the
carcp
was
a
collection
of
tog
huts
by
the
river
side
and
bathing
facilities,
were
limited
to
little
tubs
about
14
inches
in
diameter.
"When,
sometime
in
August.
we
had
showers
installed,
most
xf
the
elrls
caught
cold,"
she
real's.
"Now
we
are
in
quarters
we
expect
to
occupy
or
the
winter.
We
live
in
'Igloos'
with
r'-tne-shaped
walls
and
roof.
Feme
of
the
girls
who
have
written
home
mentioning
the
Igloos
have
been
amused
.
and
surprised
when
they
were
ask-
'd
hy
their
friends
if
they
were
really
built
oi
ice.
and
11
ws
had
to
crawl
into
them."
.
.
.
,
,
.'
.
Huts
Well
Equipped
"
girls
huts
are
equipped
with
big
cupboards
and
dress-
mg-uojes
and
connected
by
a
are
held
to
the
tunes
of
a
Juke-box.
There's
no
dearth
of
partners
with
2,000
men
In
camp.
Virginia
Teller
of
Minneapolis,
who
believs
she
Is
the
norAern
most
female
switch
board
operator
in
the
world,
hares
these
views
and
says
"probably
the
rest
of
the
world
thinks
that
the
poor
isolated
.people
at
Canol
have
nothing
to
do
in
their
spare
time,
but
this
is
far
from
being
true.
"Keeping
clean,
washing
and
ironing
and
.keeping
up
with
one"?
correspondence
is
almost
whether
all
the
thirty-five
Miss
Fleming
speaks
authorHy
I
enough
to
fill
up
all
the
time
guests
In
the
hotel
escaped
lor
she
was
one
or
the
tirst
sir
after
wo:
king
hour-
Besides
safely.
i-irKs
at
Camp
Canol.
When
she
dolirg
the
things
that
must
b?
HOPE
FOR
SETTLING
ROOSEVELT
TO
MEDIATE
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Dec.
23
The
Brotherhood
of
Kail-way
Employees
today
accepted
an
offer
of
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
to
arbitrate
the
strike
dispute.
The
President's
offer
was
made
on
the
understanding
that
his
decision
would
be
accepted
as
final.
WASHINGTON.
Dec.
23
-
1
.
.
r
Americans
Break
Up
Organized
Resistance
of
Nipponese
On
New
Britain
Island.
WITH
THE
AMERICANS
ON
NEW
BRITAIN,
Dee.
23
(CP)
Organized
ground
resistance
in
the
Arawe
sector
of
New
Britain
has
been
smashed
and
American
patrols
are
enlarging
the
outer
perimeter
of
their
eight-day
old
invasion
front
virtually
unmolested.
The
main
beachhead
.consists
of
Arawe
Peninsula
from
Cape
Markus
to
a
position
a
few
miles
inland.
Patrtls
are
digging
Into
coral
caves
along
the
beaches,
killing
the
few
Japanese
stragglers
still
left
la
the
WOULD
AVOID
DEPRESSION
WELLINOBOROUGH.
Eng.
01
Postwar
depression
in
Germany
latter,
a
three-storey,
steam-
"e
aaaea
urn
economic
depres-
heated
structure,
itf
the
centre
s,?n
was
one
reason
for
the
rise
of
social
activities."
lor
here
of
National
Socialism.
V
miles
south
of
the
Arctic
Circle,
movies
are
shown
and
dances
But
comes
the
time
for
dancing
and
parties
and
getting
preU
done,
we
have
various
diversions,
such
as
reading,
praying
cards,
dancing,
going
to
the
movies
and
dating."
Another
enthusiast
for
life
at
Canol
is
Olga
(Tiny)
Lewko
of
Edmonton,
who
like
most
of
the
j
girls
admits
that
two
things-adventure
and
money
lured)
her
Into
the
northfetnd.
Her
I
only
complaint
is
that
-mail
Isn't
received
often
enough.
The
girls
are
employed
chiefly
as
office
workers,
though
and
laundresses.
But
work
the
same
hours
men
seven
days
a
week
and
cften
10
to
11
hours
a
day.
GREAT
ALLIED
OFFENSIVE
DUE
Tito
Denounces
Slav
Boy
King
LONDON.
Dec
23
-
Marshal
Tito,
on
behalf
of
the
Yugoslav
council
of
national
liberation
which
he
has
set
up,
has
denounced
the
povernment
In
exile
of
the
young
king
Peter
In
Cairo.
No
Statement
On
Shelling
VANCOUVER
Dec.
23
Naval
headquarters
here
have
no
definite
statement
to
make
as
yet
regarding
the
mysterious
shelling
of
last
Saturday
night
off
the
west
of
Vancouver
Island.
An
Inquiry
Is
proceeding.
Hockey
Scores
Chicago
7,
Detroit
1.
Heavy
Casualties
For
Americans
Within
Next
Few
Weeks
Are
Hinted
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
23
(CIM
Hinting
at
offensives
far
greater
and
more
costly
than
any
yet
undertaken
i)y
Anglo-American
arms
one
of
the
United
States
government's
highest
executives
predicted
Wednesday
night
that
American
battle
casualties
in
the
next
ninety
days
would
more
than
triple
the
total
for
the
two
years
of
war
to
date
It
was
forecast
that
casualties
T1
A
1
In
the
next
three
months
might
010
APPealS
For
Planes
Wodehouse
Is
Defended
By
Leslie
Henson
LONDON,
Dec.
23
Leslie
well-known
British
producer,
objects
to
come
There
appears
to
be
a
ray
of
have
not
been
of
his
own
free
hope
for
settlement
ot
the
rall-wHl-
way
strike
which
has
been
set
.
.
.
.
DIES
ON
WEDDING
DAY
t.
v
tt
i
for
December
30.
Union
leaders
DUBLIN
-Three
hours
after
announce
that
the
wage
in-her
marriage,
Mrs.
Mary
OToole,
crease
demand
has
been
scaled
23,
fell
down
stairs
on
the
way
down
from
$3
to
64c
per
day.
to
her
wedding
party.
Her
hus
A
four
cent
an
hour
had
been
recommended
board
of
arbitration.
lrrt-pn
band
who
had
returned
irom
y
a
wedding,
found
her
dead
In
her
bridal
clothes.
Local
Tides
Friday,
Dec.
24
High
11:06
21.0
feet
Low
4:50
8.4
feet
17:50
4.7
feet
4S
42
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSF
TER
XXXII,
No.
239
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
23,
1943
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FIVE
CENTS
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in
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0r
War,
CoL.ncrce
And
Diplomacy.
Hy
H.
K.
CARNEGIE
f
anadian
Press
Staff
Writer
OTTAWA,
Dec.
23
(CIM-Canada's
place
among
I
r
'cd
Nations
has
been
pointed
up
during
1043
important
v.nanqes
in
Pattern
of
Air
War
On
Western
Europe
Targets
of
"Great
Importance"
Are
Marked
for
X)
struction,
it
is
Evident
Attack
Kept
up
Day
and
Night.
LONDON,
Dec
23
(CP)
British
and
American
bomber
forces
have
been
thrown
into
attacks
against
the
"rocket
gun
coast"
of
France,
it
was
disclosed
today,
with
Royal
Air
Force
heavy
raider
fleets
for
the
first
time
diverted
from
such
targets
as
Berlin
for
smashes
at
Northern
France.
The
Royal
Air
Force
Uaps
are
blow
against
ine
coastuast
mgm
made
it
evident
thaY
targets
ol
(great
Importance
had
been
spot
ted
and
marked
for"
destruction
in
'northenf
France
and
along
the
coast.
Today
a
big
force
of
high-fly
ing
bombers
crossed
the
British
southeast
coast,
apparently
bound
for
daylight
blows
at
ths
same
targets.
Canadians
In
Thick
OH&tie
BY
WILLIAM
STEWART
Canadian
Press
War
pondent
wiiti
int.
iuiAuiAns-ariVA-
ALY.
Dec.
23rwdtans
gem
pleoT'the
southeastifrrr
TifflT'cT
.
Ortona
on
Wednesday
after
an
all-day
battle
with
German
paratroopers
established
with
Is
undesirable.
Dr.
Jareslav
m,.him,
.n.n.
in
cniM
h,,iMm
covered
ramp
to
the
otticea.
biransxy.
member
or
trie
czecho-1
oi
tne
pelChing
on
a
two-post-office
and
mess-hall.
The
Slovak
government,
said
hers,
j
hundred
foot
shoulder
above
the
Adriatic.
Western
Canada
troops
cleared
much
of
the
town
of
the
enemy.
The
Natl
paratroopers
fought
fanatically
few
surrendering,
and,
at
the
end
of
the
day.
the
Canadians
had
taken
only
ten
prisoners.
Vancouver
and
Victoria
.
troopa
are
among
the
Canadians.-
-
Ortona
has
been
the
main
objective
of
the
Canadian
Ftr
Division
and
Its
capture
would
clear
the
way
for
a
dilve
to
ward
Pescara,
eleven
miles
-
to
the
northwest
and
eastern
tfc-minus
of
an
Important
hign-way
running
across
the
ftfiOUf
i
sula
to
-Rome.
some
of
them
aie
waitresses
were
Canadian
tanks
and
infant""
fighting
;bltterly
in
t
all
the
streets
of
Ortona
for
the
thl
as
the
straight
day
today
with
-l
German
forces
who
were
tufn
lng
the
tiny
Adriatic
port
In;:
a
miniature
Stalingrad,
Allied
headquarters
said.
-
-
Whlie
the
Eighth
Arary
-sain-palgn
now
centres
on
Ortom.
the
Fifth
Army
to
the
west
k
Inching
forward
with
Catstac
as
Its
Immediate
objective
to
the
road
to
Rome.
Mountain
strongholds
of
the
enemy
r
being
stoimed.
The
latest
report
from
the
i
Fifth
Army
front
today
was
that
American
troops
had
captured
i
snow-covered
Mount
CavaUo,
j
three-and-a-half
miles
northwest
of
Venafro
and
near
VfH-cuso.
French
forces
advanced
U
a
mountain
pass
where
-tft
.struggle
has
raged
for
sevar
dies
of
P.
G.
Wodehouse
being
days.
banned
by
the
British
Broad-
casting
Corporation.
Hanson
P.--,
!,,
I
says
that
broadcasts
which
llTCmiCr
IS
Wodehouse
has
been
making
i
w
,
from
Germany,
where
he
has
inJDrOVinP
been
since
the
outbreak
of
war,
LONDON.
Dec.
23
No.
It
Downing
Street
today
report,
continued
Improvement
In
thi
condition
ot
Prime
Mmktfe
Winston
Churchill.
The
adult
population
of
Britain
Is
rationed
on
meat,
rafHt
eggs,
butter.
maigariiHk.
cooking
fats,
bacon,
ham,
sulfar,
tea
preserves,
sweets
and
chaookrt
r.
;
I
I
li