ONG
SERVICE
IEN
ARE
HOME
Canadian
Soldiers
from
Ovcr-wai
Here
for
First
Christmas
in
l
ive
Years
TORONTO,
Dec.
18
Qi
Many
i
1
th:
Canadian
soldiers
who
re-d
to
Canada
at
the
end
of
crek
from
overseas
on
soc-
ki
leave
have
been
overseas
for
'nan
five
years
and
the
!:
!i",h
means
for
many
of
Km
that
they
will
be
spending
'f
fir
Christmas
at
home
since
'e
war
started.
Many
of
the
men
will
return
1
the
battle
lines
when
their
30
fay
furlough
Is
completed.
Some
of
them
had
fought
with
N
Canadians
in
Sicily,
Italy
and
ranee
and
a
few
In
all
major
anadian
campaigns.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
40
Minimum
31
have
been
driven
back
several
south
of
Aachen.
Several
frfc
thrown
into
the
fight
and
the
O
action
again.
In
Luxembourg
r.tk
forced
back
for
three
miles.
'To
th
nas
naci
beller
success
and
has
ad
V-
further
into
Germany,
taking
a
few
m
MORE
JS
iMm
SHOPPING
I
Include
.
THE
VARIETY
STORE
IN
YOUK
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
TOUR
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A
m
ONLY
DAYS
TILL
i
m
tacks
have
been
i
Armies
wrdch
irty-miie
front
is
have
been
e
is
back
in
,have
been
"nth
Army
of
miles
Siege
of
Budapest
MOSCOW
The
Battle
of
Budapest
has
entered
into
the
phase
of
a
siege.
The
Soviets
are
attacking
very
heavily
but
Hie
Nazis
have
been
able
to
balance
the
scale
and
the
Russian
'High
Command
announces
that
no
further
progress
has
been
made.
New
Zealandcrs
Take
Faeriza
KOMK
New
Zealand
forces,
after
several
days
of
bitter
fighting,
have
captured
the
important
German
stronghold
of
Faenza
on
the
Italian
front
and
have
advanced
three,
miles
on
towards
Bologna.
Supply
Road
Cleared
ATHENS
British
attacks
have
resulted
in
clearing
the
supply
road
between
the
port
of
Piraeus
and
Athens.
Fighting
continues
although
on
a
reduced
scale
following
rejection
by
the
British
of
the
Leftist
offer
to
withdraw
from"
Athens
and
Fireaus
if
they
are
not
required
to
lay
down
their
arms.
New
Landing
Progresses
WASHINGTON
United
States
forces,
following
their
landings
on
Mindoro
Island
in
the
Philippines,
have
driven
seven
miles
inland
to
capture
the
town
of
San
Jose.
The
American
air
force
has
destroyed
440
Japanese
planes.
Eight
Japanese
ships
have
been
sunk
and
seven
damaged.
Ulm
and
Munich
Bombed
LONDON
British
night-shift
bombers
worked
overtime
last
night.
In
their
first
assault,
the
British
heavyweights
struck
at
the
industrial
centre
of
Ulm.
The
second
blow
was
aimed
at
Munich.
Still
Fighting
in
Greece
ATHENS
Fighting
in
Greece
continues
today.
British
troops
aie
engaging
in
a
house-to-house
drive
against
Left
Wing
elements
in
the
eastern
sector
of
the
Greek
capital
of
Athens.
Armored
forces
as
well
as
infantry
are
being
used
in
this
new
drive
to
wipe
out
E.L.A.S.
resistance.
Nagoya
Is
Again
Target
WASHINGTON
The
Japanese
radio
tills
morning
has
announced
sighting
more
B-29
superfortresses
over
the
Japanese
homeland.
According
to
the
Japanese,
Nipponese
fighters
and
anti-aircraft
defences
swung'
Into
action
when
the
blgT
planes
were
sighted.
There
has
as
yet
been
no
indication
where
the
big
bombers
are
operating
but
there
are
signs
that
the
industrial
city
of
Nagoya
has
been
picked
as
a
target
once
again.
This
city
was
blasted
yesterday
during
one
of
two
raids
carried
out
by
the
B-29's.
The
other
attack
was
carried
out
in
the
area
of
Hankow,
China.
The
Situation
in
Burma
CALCUTTA
The
Allies
are
consolidating
positions
in
North
Burma.
A
juncture
between
the
Royal
Scottish
Fusiliers
and
the
British
Fourteenth
Army
is
near.
United
States
infantry
and
artillery
is
also
there.
More
Jap
Ships
Sunk
WASHINGTON
The
Department
of
the
Navy
announced
today
that
American
submarines
have
sunk
33
more
Japanese
vessels
12
of
them
warships
in
the
Pacific.
Hockey
Scores
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
Saturday
Detroit
1,
Toronto
14
Boston
5,
Montreal
8.
Sunday-New
York
1,
Montreal
4.
Chicago
2,
Detroit
1.
AMERICAN
LEAGUE
Saturday
Pittsburgh
6,
Buffalo
3.
Cleveland
3,
Hershey
3.
Sunday
Buffalo
4,
Hershey
2.
Cleveland
6,
Providence
5.
SEATTLE
MAN
FINED
HERE
ON
CUSTOMS
CHARGE
Lcland
D.
Klsh
of
Seattle
was
fined
$50
and
costs
under
the
Customs
Act
In
police
court
Friday
when
he
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
being
In
Illegal
posses
sion,
of
American
liquor.
He
was
also
assessed
$108.73,
the
appraised
value
of
13
bottles
of
whiskey
found
on
his
yacht
when
It
was
visited
by
R.C.M.P.
officers
on
November
20.
The
boat,
the
50-foot
yacht
Mystery
of
Seattle,
was
seized
by
customs
authorities.
Police
said
ithcy
searched
Klsh's
boat
after
they
learned
that
It
had
been
In
port
from
Ketchikan
36
hours
without
be
ing
declared
at
customs.
Premier
Churchill
To
Speak
Thursday
LONDON,
Dec.
18
Prime
Min
ister
Winston
Churchill
did
not
make
his
expected
radio
speech
to
the
nation
yesterday.
He
will
make
a
statement
to
the
House
of
Commons
Thursday
on
foreign
affairs.
New
Westminster
Greets
Mahoney
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Dec.
18
Major
Jack
Mahoney,
New(
Westminster's
Victoria
Cross
winner,
returned
home
yester
dav
from
overseas
to
receive
a
great
welcome.
Streets
were
specially
decorated.
A
civic
welcome
was
formally
tendered
today.
IAl
PAGE
THREE
Wcathei
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
LVS
NEWSPAPER
Til
B.C
qUCC7
charlotte
-Islands
and
I
jjurtli
Coast:
Light
to
moderate
Tuesday,
Deal
w
'
cloudy
and
little
change
Iligh
temperature.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
18,
1944
prt
r
,
i
low
rrencn
anucks
In
aly
Feel
jbiiik
that
Soldiers
in
Canada
khoulil
S
Overseas
ONI
'EVL,
Dec.
IB
ff
A
.
:
;ion
of
the
French-Can-o
Idlrr.-.
going
home
on
c
(r
m
Italy
has
been
lntcr-
b-
a
Canadian
i'ress
war
.
i
r
t
r
1
i
t
"'..luCni.
lAJUg
I1UW,
WJIU
IS
litu
way
bai-k
from
the
:
;:
Speaking
seriously
i-li
1)
much
thought,
they
cx-1
rr;rct
that
the
Cana-,
i
wa
races
at
home
can-,r
on
their
share
of
the
-
;rs
with
the
same
unity
li
Canadians
of
two
races
e;r!uevcd
ovcr?as.
i"
y
Serjeant-Major
Jos-Armand
Boucher
of
Mont-f
ir
his
comrades
when
:::me
ol
the
boys
want
to
J
French-Canadians
or
;
C
nartians.
They
arc
all
As
far
as
conscrlp-i
.erned,
he
knows
there
br
i-r
iifcrcements.
When
i
n.
fellows
started
for
m.
Irave
at
home,
they
tt.iind
them
many
others
:
l
-J
not
been
home
since
3,
E;
ucher
said,
and
those
h
agreed,
that
soldiers
In
';
;houli
go
overseas.
-
tiiry
re
drafted
or
vol-
ARSON
HEW
MBASSY
HEAD
I
WASHINGTON
I
OTTAWA,
Der
18
'
Appolnt-
r
Hon,
L
B.
Pearson
as
.r.
Ambassador
to
the
States
was
announced
'
.'
by
Prime
Minister
Mac-;
King
The
new
ambas-
L
-i
present
holds
the
post
!'
iter
at
the
Canadian
em-;r
in
Washington.
He
suc-;"'
the
Hon,
Lelghton
Mc-:j
75,
who
has
resigned.
"
WAR
NEWS
Nazi
Counter-Offensive-.,-
LON'linV
Sirnn.
r.m
A
made
against
the
American
Germans
Are
SulletiHA
PKEMILR
KING'S
(BIRTHDAY
,
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Kins
was
70
yesterday
and
lie
I
was
honored
last
night
at
a
!
dinner
given
him
by
the
correspondents
of
the
parliamen
tary
press
gallery.
At
one
time
Mr.
King
was
a
reporter
himself.
Yesterday
members
of
the
cabinet
presented
Mr.
King
with
a
silver
framed
photograph
of
the
Earl
.of
Athlone,
President
Roosevelt,
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
Mr.
King.
It
was
taken
during
the
(Quebec
conference.
ELEVEN
MILES
INLAND
ORMOC,
Leyte
Allied
tiwops
are
making
good
progress
in
their
invasiop
of
Mindoro
Island
in
the
Philippines.
The
Allies
now
are
eleven
miles
from
the
beachhead
which
they
established
at
dawn
last
Friday.
Up
to
now
only
scant
enemy
resistance
has
been
encountered.
IS
FULL
UNIVERSITY
TORONTO
The
Ontario
Agricultural
College
is
going
to
be
given
the
status
of
a
full
univcslty
and
will
be
removed
from
political
control
Ontario
Agriculture
Minister
T.
L.
Kennedy
says,
that
legislation
to
this
effect
will
be
introduced
at"
the
next
session
of
the
Provincial
Legislature.
O.A.C.
will
thus
become
the
first
agricultural
university
in
the
Dominion
and
the
sixth
university
in
Ontario,
the
others
being
the
universities
of
Toronto,
Western
Ontario,
McMaster,
Queen's,
Victoria
and
Ottawa.
The
new
higher
learning
Institution
may
be
called
the
University
of
Ontario.
Dr.
G.
I.
Christie,
principal
of
O.A.C.,
will
be
made
president
of
the
new
HELP
SERVICEMEN
TRAVEL
OTTAWA
The
federal
government
has
cased
its
restrictions
on
inter-urban
bus
travel
for
the
Christmas
holidays.
The
new
mling
is
to
help
servicemen
and
women
get
home
for
the
Yuletide
season.
The
Defence
Department
said
that
but
operators
on
routes
still
in
operation
may
suspend
the
curtailment
regulations
from
December
21
to
January
4
for
any
navy,
army
or
air
force
personnel
as
well
as
properly
Identified
merchant
seamen
and
members
of
the
R.C.M.P.
MANY
VETS
HOME
TORONTO
The
largest
contingent
of
Canadian
veterans
to
return
to
the
Dominion
since
the
stait
of
the
war
have
poured
into
the
Toronto
district
on
Christinas
leave.
For
some
of
the
eight
hundred
men
who
came
home,
it
was
the
first
time
home
in
five
years.
Some
of
the
soldiers
paid
two
visits
to
Europein
1910
when
they
were
pushed
off
and
again
this
year
after
I)
-Day.
Under
the
rotation
leave
plan,
men
who
have
served
five
years
arc
given
thirty
days
furlough.
LIKE
VOICE
FROM
PAST
LONDON,
Dec.
18
0)
The
familiar
but
now
subdued
voice
of
Benito
Mussolini
was
heard
Sunday
speaking
from
Milan.
He
complained
bitterly
at
the
"unbelievable
and
ever-Increasing
difficulties"
facing
his
regime
and
begged
support
for
his
Fascist
puppet
government.
Launchiit)
4
Big
Counter
-
Offensive
No
Early
Conference
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
18
0
There
wil
be
no
Churchlll-Roosevelt-Stalin
conference
before
the
end
of
January,
it
was
learned
at
the
week-end.
Despite
reports
to
the
contrary
and
problems
In
need
of
adjustment,
February
Is
probably
the
closest
that
the
big
thre
eof
the
United
Nations
can
assemble.
This
is
the
present
Judgment
of
the
State
Department
and
British
spokesmen
In
Washington.
It
contrasts
with
London
talk
of
an
Immediate
meeting.
The
possibility
of
a
Churchlll-Roosevclt-Stalln
conference
looms
after
a
speech
in
the
British
House
of
Commons
yesterday
when
.Prime
Minister
Churchill
stressed
its
desirability
as
he
enunciated
new
British
policy
In
regard
to
Russo-Pollsh
negotiations.
The
Prime
Minister
expressed
dlsappoinment
that
It
had
been
found
Impossible
to
arrange
any
meeting
of
the
three
great
powers.
Churchill's
address
brought
from
Henry
Ralkes,
ponservativc,
comment
that
the
Atlantic
Char
ter
has
become
a
ghost.
The
Prime
Minister,
critical
of
American
failure
to
be
as
precise
as
Britain
on
the
Polish
problem,
said
that
President
Roosevelt
had
been
Informed
of
Russo
-British
decisions
on
Po
land
6ut
"find
great
difficult
In
discussing
these
matters
because
the
attitude
of
the
United
States
has
not
been
defined"
with
precision.
However,
he
added,
"the
President
is
aware
of
everything
that
has
passed."
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
Poland
would
be
compensated
for
the
sacrifice
of
Lwow
and
territory
near
the
Ukraine
by
tacts
of
East
Prussia
and
Danzig
to
be
wrested
from
Germany.
TRADES
COUNCIL
SCORES
BRITISH
GREEK
POLICY
The
Prince
Rupert
Trades
and
Labor
Council
met
in
regular
business
session
last
Thursday
with
a
fair
turnout
of
members.
President
A.
Wallln
was
in
the
chair.
'Among
correspondence
dealt
with
was
a
letter
received
from
O&f
Hanson.
M.P..
renortlna
thfot
arrangements
had
now
been
made
whereby
wartime
houses
would
be
rented
to
the
general
public
in
Prince
Rupert.
This
Information
was
received
by
the
delegates
with
satisfaction
but
it
was
still
felt
that
for
single
men
and
women
In
this
city
there
was
a
serious
lack
of
suitable
accommodation
and
consideration
is
being
given
this
question.
J.
S.
Blade,
delegate
to
the
recent
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
convention
held
In
Toronto,
gave
his
report.
Arising
out
of
this
report
a
motion
was
passed
deploring
the
use
of
Brit
ish
troops
against
the
natives
of
liberated
countries.
It
was
ordered
sent
to
Congress
head
quarters
in
Ottawa,
hoping
that
by
so
doing
the
strength
of
or-
gahized
labor
would
be
able
to
avert
conditions
similar
to
what
happened
in
Russia
after
the
last
war
and
that
the
liberated
countries
would
be
left
free
to
elect
democratic
governments
without
ouade
interference.
-Ste'executlvc.
was
Instructed
to
again
take
up
the
question
of
future
dry
dock
shipbuilding,
as
previous
answers
to
communications
sent
could
not
be
accepted
as
satisfactory.
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announces
the
following
ceiling
prices
for
turkeys:
Grade
A,
45c.
Grade
B,
.
Grade
C,
39c".
Most
Decisive
Battle
of
War
May
Be
Joined
on
West
Front
Situation
Is
Very
Liquid
Americans
Being
Driven
Back
Into
Luxembourg
and
BelgiumLuftwaffe
in
Action
Again
PARIS,
Dec.
18
(CI)
The
American
First
Army
struck
back
advancing
Gernlans
in
lielgium
and
Luxembourg
today
in
a
fierce
battle
which
may
prove
to
be
one
of
the
most
decisive
of
the
war.
The
situation
at
the
front
was
reported
to
be
extremely
fluid
and
for
this
reason
Supreme
headquarters
decided
upon
a
strict
blackout
on
detailed
information
concerning
the
extent
of
enemy
advances
and
counter-moves
of
the
Americans.
Berlin
claimed
that
the
Germans
had
crossed
the
northern
port
of
Luxembourg
on
a
broad
front
and
were
ncaring
the
Luxcmbourg-Iklgian
border.
The
Allied-controlled
radio
station
at
Eind
hoven,
Holland,
went
abruptly
off
the
air
without
explanation.
The
Germans
have
temporarily
thrown
the
fighting
along
the
western
front
into
revers.
Counter-attacking
along
an
eighty-mile
front,
the
Nazis
have
dented
the
American
First
Army
lines
and
have
re-invaded
Belgium
and
Luxembourg.
In
one
sector,
the
Nazis
have
pushed
the
Americans
back
four
miles.
In
his
order
of
the
day
to
his
troops,
German
Field
Marshal
Karl
Von
Kundstedt
declares:
"Strong
attacking
armies
arc
advancing
against
thq
Anglo-Americans
T
don't
ne?d
to.jwiy
mprQ-to
you.
Bear
in
yourselves
a
holy
duty
to
give,
everything
and
achieve
the
superhuman
for
our
Fatherland
and
our
Fuehrer.
Everything
is
at
stake.
Your
hour
has
struck."
It
was
suggested
the
Germans
would
be
back
in
Paris
by
Christmas.
The
exact
location
of
this
enemy
counter
thrust
has
not
been
disclosed.
But
it
is
known
that
the
German
drive
extends
along
the
eighty-mile
front
southward
from
the
key
base
of
Dueren
on
the
Boer
River.
What
appears
to
be
the
main
German
thrust
has
carried
to
within
ten
miles
of
the
Belgian
city
of
Malmedy.
For
supporting
their
ground
troops,
the
German
Air
Force
is
paying
a
heavy
price.
In
the
first
thirty-six
hours
of
their
counter-attack,
the
enemy
is
known
to
have
lost
one
hundred
and
ninety-four
planes.
Allied
aircraft
losses
up
to
nightfall
last-night
totalled
thirty-three
fighter
planes.
Elsewhere
on
the
western
front,
the
Third
Army
continues
to
advance
into
the
Saar
Basin,
and
the
Seventh
Army
has
reached
the
Siegfried
Line
beyond
the
captured
town
of
Wissembourg.
Reports
from
the
British
Second
Army
front
said
that
German
fliers
in
the
greatest
strength
since
I)-I)ay
had
appeared
along
the
Aachen
sector
with
many
reconnaissance
aircraft.
While
the
enemy
counter-offensive
appears
to
be
spreading
to
other
sectors,
an
Allied
statement
today
said
that
necessary
steps
were
being
taken
to
deal
with
it
and
there
was
no
cause
for
alarm.
SHOULD
HAVE
GREATER
SAY
C.C.F.
Leader
not
Satisfied
With
Dumbarton
Oaks
Conference
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
18
W
M.
J.
Coldwell,
C.C.F.
leader,
told
the
American
Labor
Conference
on
International
Affairs
here
Satur
day
that
Canada
and
other
peace-loving
nations
of
her
sta
tus
should
be
given
greater
authority
on
the
world
security
council
proposed
at
the
recent
Dumbarton
Conference.
'
Coldwell
said
under
present
proposals,
Canada
might
be
dir
ected
to
sever
trading
relations
with
or
supply
armed
forces
to
fight
against
some
future-aggressor
without
having
had
the
op.-portunlty
of
participating
In
the
decisions
reached.
C.
C.
Ketchum,
well
known
local
logging
operator,
has
been
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
NEW
WEAPON
BEING
USED
BY
GERMANS
WITH
THE
AMERICAN
NINTH
ARMY
IN
GERMANY.
Dec
18
0
-The
Germans
have
launched
a
new
"V"
weapon
on
the
western
front
and
are
bombarding
rear
areas
with
it
night
and
day.
A
cuspaicn
gave
no
details
concerning
the
weapon.
The
Germans
have
already
used
weapons
V-l
and
V-2
against
troops
be-hlud
the
front.
Premier
Douglas
Back
In
Rcgina
REGINA,
Dec.
18
Premier
T.
C.
Douglas,
after
having
been
111
fnr
spvrnt
wplre
in
Hrcnlfn1
i
Hospital
for
the
past
few
days,
return
to
work
ATHENS
SIEGE
NEARLY
OVER
ATHENS,
Dec.
18
O)
The
British
launched
a
full-scale
drive
against
leftist
forces
in
Athens
today
and
it
appeared
to
be
only
a
matter
of
hours
before
the
siege
of
the
capital
Is
lifted.
General
Mark
Clark
In
Italy
Command
ROME,
Dec.
18
Lieut.
Gen,
Mark
Clark
has
assumed
command
of
all
Allied
land
forces
In
Italy
succeeding
Lieut.
Gen.
Sit
Harold
Alexander
who
is
now
Allied
commander-in-chief
.
in
,
the
Mediterranean
area.
VANCOUVER
v
FOG
LIFTS
1
Downtown
Has
First
Clear
Night
In
Eight
Higher
Tarts
Still
Misty
,
yANU,
T;.i8ifcTh
second
fdg'ooaha'
week"
staned
Tor
Tfew
Westminster,
Burnaby
'
and
other
suburban
points
while
the
downtown
Vancouver
area
with
the
lower
levels
escaped
and
had
their
first
bright
night
in
eight.
A
pall
of
fog
hung
five
hundred
feet
over
the
city,
af-
f
ectlng
only
high
ground
in
Van?
.
couver
proper.
At
least
four
week-end
marine
acefdents
were'
reported
In
the
.
harbor
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
marine
traffic
has
been
cut
to
only
essential
vessels
being
al
lowed
In
and
out
of
the
port.
Traffic
accidents
were
so
numerous
that
police
have
noti
been
able
to
sort
out
the
record
of
them.
There
have
been
at
least
100
minor
accidents.
Traf
fic
had
been
clowed
to
a.
snail's
pace.
TransCanada
Air
Lines
planes
continue
to
by-pass
Vancouver
and
land
at
Victoria
instead.
Vancouver
passengers
are
carried
between,
here
and
Victoria
by
boat.
Bootleg
Booze
Is
Dangerous
OTTAWA,
Dec.
18
Commissioner
S.
T.
Wood
of
tine
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
has
issued
a
warning
against
purchases
of
alcoholic
beverages
at
other
than
government
liquor
stores.
There
had
been
many,
deaths
last
year
from
bootleg-
lar
danger
from
Industrial
al-
rj
rnhnl
INSIDE
WORK
ON
INVASION
Valuable
Tasks
Performed
In
Enemy
Territory
Before
D-Day
by
French
Speaking
Officers
Toionto,
Dec.
18
Ofr-Seires
of
young
French-speakliijr
officers
of
the
Canadian
Army
parachuted
into
France
before
D-Day
un
June
6
to
lead
(croups
of
niaquis
in
special
tasks
which
the
High
Command
required
to
be
perfected
before
the
main
invasion
blow
was
struck,
it
was
disclosed
Saturday.
The
men
were
all
volunteers
and
were
picked
,
.
.
.
'
by
inspection
of
battle
records.
In
has
returned
j
to
Ottawa,
Re-
,n
Some
had
spent
months
glna
but
it
will
be
another
enemy-octupled
country
before
month
before
he
will
be
able
to
the
invasion.
t':i.
1