Weathei
(period
up
to
6
pjn.
tomorrow)
Queen
Charlotte
Light
to
moderate
winds,
cloudy,
not
much
change
In
temperature.
North
Ccat
Partly
cloudy.
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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Site
Wednesday,
December
20.
1944
High
4:47
19.0
feet
16:26
19.9
feet
Low
10:33
8.1
feet
23:08
4.0
feet
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
19,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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War
Prisoners
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Death
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miles
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attack,
however,
Is
cost-
thc
enemy
most
heavily.
it
the
Allies
have
knocked
liinc'y-flve
enemy
tanks
and
Hired
vehicles
and
damaged
.
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others.
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planes
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that
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disclosed.
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troops
and
tanks
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firmnr
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the'
imposl-ii
of
of
a
security
sileiae
on
the
Fir,
Army
dhrpatch
said
that
"
German
tank
thrust
south
Mon.schau
had
some
success
c
Allied
and
German
planes
Allird
fighters
knocked
out
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destroyed
or
damaged
on
The
German
onslaught
was
iwerrd
by
mass
reserve
and
"upportcd
by
the
new
ven-"fancc
weapon
of
undisclosed
Supreme
headquarters
was
'lent
on
the
details
of
the
bat-
it
The
German
High
Command
"aimed
that
Nazi
tank
forces
lave
broken
through,
smashed
Jnd
dispersed
units
of
the
Am-"lean
First
Army
deep
Into
the
c'icmy
rear","
'
A
Nazi
bulletin
claimed
that
Little
information
is
being
commons
tnis
morninp
.
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jig
UIU
ALLIED
BOMBERS
KEEPING
ACTIVE
LONDON,
Dec.
19
Night-
shift
Allied
bombers
based
in
Britain
were
active
again
last
night.
As
yet
no
targets
have
been
announced
by
the
air
ministry
Earlier,
500
British
bombers
.
.
1
i
i
au.
up
vjciiuuii
stiipiping
in
me
Polish
port
of
Gydnla.
Churchill
to
Speak
On
India
Wednesday
LONDON,
Dec.
19
Ot
It
was
announced
in
the
Commons
this
morning
that.
Prime
Minister
Churchill
will
tomorrow
address
llousfi
on
the
welfare
conditions
In
India,
and
In
the
Southeast;
Asia
Command.
STATEMENT
ON
POLAND
Made
by
United
States
Non-Committal
Declaration
is
Secretary
of
State
WASHINGTON.
D,C
Dec.
19
Secretary
of
State
Edward
Stettipius
announced
yesterday
that
the
American
government
will
have
no
objection
to
an
agreement
"on
future
frontiers
Poland"
if
the
United
Nations
concerned
are
agreed
upon
them.
CANADIANS
LEAD
DRIVE
Making
Headway
Despite
Strong
Enemy
Forces
In
Naviglio
Canal
Area
ROME,
Dec.
19
Oj
Canadians
arc
still
spearheading
the
drive
in
Italy.
The
Canadians
are
engaged
in
operations
driving
out
of
their
hard-won
Naviglio
Canal
brldeghcad
positions
but
the
task
is
difficult
for
the
enemy
forces
In
the
area
are
strong.
The
centre
of
the
battle
Is
the
town
of
Bag'navacallo,
about
10
miles
northeast.
West
of
the
Canadian
positions,
Polish
troops
are
finding
the
going
slightly
easier
around
the
Senior
river.
twenty-four
aircraft
were
shot
down
by
German
fighters
and
bombers.
If
I
NLY
I
I
MORE-
I
M
,
SHOPPING
t
(feW-rI
DAYS
TILL
M
Include
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THE
VARIETY
STORE
ffi
IN
IN
YOUK
YOUK
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS
SHUrriNU
SIIUlTlNU
mutt
iuuk
ra
Major
J.
K.
Mahoney
(New
Westminster,
B.C.)
outside
Buckingham
Palace
after
being
decorated
by
the
King
with
the
Victoria
Cross.
Mahoney
returned
home
to
New
Westminster
Monday
to
receive
a
rousing
welcome.
(Canadian
Army
Radiophbto).
JUDGE
ACCEPTS
APPLICATIONS
FOR
RECOUNT
OF
ALDERMANIC
VOTES
Application
for
a
recount
of
votes
cast
in
the
aldcrmanic
elections
Thursday
was
granted
yesterday
by
County
Court
Judge
E.
XV.
Fisher
on
an
affidavit
by
XV.
M.
Watts.
The
recount
will
be
held
in
the
Court
House
Friday
morning
at
10:30.
Basis
of
Judge
Fisher's
agreement
to
a
recount
was
a
stale,
mcnt
contained
in
.Mr.
Walt's
affidavit
which
said
that
on
one
occasion
at
the
time
of
the
original
count
he
was
standing
behind
a
deputy
officer
"and
noticed
that
she
did
not
write
down
a
vote
announced
by
the
returning
officer
as
having
been
cast
for
Clifford
G.
Ham."
In
the
original
rount'Mr.
Ham
received
527
votes,
one
less
than
Alderman
Alex
Sinclair,
who
was
announced
returned
to
office.
SUGAR
QUOTA
IS
BEING
CUT
Industrial
Users
and
Caterers
Affected
but
Not
Domestic
Users
OTTAWA,
Dec.
10
The
federal
government
is
going
to
cut
the
sugar
ration
for
industrial
users
In
Canada
during
the
first
quarter
of
1945.
The
10,000
in
dustrial
users
wilt
be
cut
from
80
to
70
percent
of
the
1941
ra-
i
tlon.
A
similar
reduction
will
be
I
made
in
the
quota
for
public
I
caterers
and
hotels
with
no
supplementary
quotas
granted.
No
change
will
be
made
in
the
half
pound
a
week
ration
for
coupon
book
holders.
The
prices
board
says
that
the
reduction
will
save
about
10,000,-000
pounds
In
three
months,
The
United
States
cut
its
Industrial
sugar
ration
last
week.
RAID
MADE
ON
JAPAN
Supcrforls
Out
Again
Over
Nippyncsc
Mainland
Omura
Is
Target
WASHINGTON,
Dec'
19
Kh
An
announcement
from
the
United
States
War
Department
this
morning
says
a
superfortress
raid
against
the
Japanese
mainland'
was
carried
out
today
in
medium
strength.
About
40
bombers
are
(believed
to
have
taken
part
in
the
new
assault.
Today
the
B-29's
struck
at
objectives
on
the
island
of
Kyushu.
The
Tokyo
radio,
meanwhile,
admits,
that
between
30
and
40
B-29's
bombed
the
city
of
Omura,
a
city
hit
last
November
11.
NO
WORD
OF
SPEECH
YET
LONDON,
Dec.
19
ffi
A
spokesman
at
10
Downing
Street
said
Monday
tiiat
nothing
had
been
decided
as
to
whether
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
will
make
a
broadcast
review
of
the
war
and
the
political
situation
"within
the
next
few
days.
REDS
CROSS
CZECH
BORDER
MOSCOW,
Dec.
19
Russian
troops
have
crossed
the
Chechoslovakian
frontier
from
eastern
Hungary
on
a
widening
front.
There
is
no
word
concerning
the
fighting
around
the
Hungarian
capital
of
Budapest.
Mystery
British
In
Control-
Situation
In
Greece
s
In
Hand
Churchill
Challenges
Parliament
to
Another
Vote
of
Confidence
LONDON,
Dec.
19
(CP)
Prime
(Minister
Churchill
told
tjic
House
of
Commons,
this
morning:
that
the
situation
in
Hrcecc
was
much
better.
He,
in
effect,
challenged
his
heckling:
opponents
to
force
A
new
Tote
of
confidence
in
his
government
if
they
wanted
another
showdown
Vn
Britain's
policy
toward
the
'.liberated
countries
of
Kuropc.
lii
Greece,
meanwhile,
British
troops
arc
continuing
to
push
ahead
in
ithcir
drive
to
clear
tlic
left
wing
E.L.A.S.
from
the
capital.
The
British
apparently
How
have
the
situation
well
iri
hand.
'
'
TO
ENFORCE
BUILDING
LAWS
Protest
that
Hans
Antonsen,
338
Eight
Ave.
E.,
is
building
a
second
house
on
the
lot
at
that
address
without
obtaining
a
(building
permit
fjrom
his
office,
was
made
to
city
co'uncil
last
n..ght
by
City
Engineer
G,
S.
Hanes.
Describing
the
procedure
as
"absolutely
Irregular,"
Mr.
Hanes
saj
that,
Mr.
.Antonsen
was
DreaKing
ine
law
Dy
rauing
io
take
out
a
permit
and
by
build
ing
a
second
house
on
one
lot."
When
he
visited
Mr.
Antonsen
lie
had
been
told
that
"maybe
the
old
house
would
be
torn
down"
but
had
been
given
no
definite
assurance,
the
city
engineer
said.
He
gave
council
a
copy
of
a
letter
sent
on
December
13
to
Mr.
Antonsen
advising
him
that
he
was
breaking
the
law.
No
reply
had
been
received,
he
added.
The
old
Jhouse
stands
at
the
front
of
the
lot.
The
new
one
is
being
built
behind
It.
Council
moved
that
Mr.
Antonsen
be
forced
to
abide
by
the
building
laws.
"We
must
either
enforce
the
building
bylaw
or
scrap
it,"
Alderman
Rudderham
observed
in
making
the
motion.
Mr.
Hanes
was
not
sure
of
the
status
of
the
new
building
under
the
zoning
.regulations.
,
"However,
the
thing
is
absolutely
irregular.
It
wouldn't
be
right
to
let
it
go
on
or
eventually
it
would
spoil
all
the
streets,"
he
declared.
JAPANESE
GIVE
NO
OPPOSITION
ORMOC,
Leyte,
Dec.
19
The
Allies
are
driving
northward
on
the
island
of
Mindoro,
meeting
no
enemy
ground
opposition.
One
correspondent
says
the
invasion
Is
Eoine
faster
than
had
been
expected.
Balloon
PRIVATE
"SMOKY"
SMITH
WINS
SECOND
V.C.
FOR
WESTMINSTER
OTTAWA,
Dec.
19
New
Westminster,
British
Columbia,
has
another
Victoria
Cross
winner.
He
is
Private
Ernest
Alvia
(better
known
as
"Smoky")
Smith.
He
has
been
awarded
the
highest
military
decoration
for
establishing
a
bridgehead
across
the
Savio
River
in
Italy
single-handed
against
German
tanks
last
October.
He
knocked
out
a
tank
with
his
gun
and
ten
Nazis
came
forward
to
attack
him
with
guns
and
hand
grenades.
He
killed
four
of
them
and
drove
the
rest
back.
Smith
is
the
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
A.
Smith
and
his
home
is
on
the
same
street
in
New
Westminster
as
that
of
Major
Jack
Mjahoney,
the
town's
first
Victoria
Cross
winner
who
was
given
a
great
civic
welcome
bn
his
return
home
yesterday.
Smith
belongs
to
the
Scaforth
Highlanders.
He
has
been
wounded
twice
once
in
Sicily
and
once
at
Ortona.
Smith
received
the
award
Monday
from
the
King
at
a
private
Investure
at
Buckingham
Palace,
it
was
announced
tonight.
He
Is
Canada's
eighth
Victoria
Cross
winner
in
this
war.
AMERICANS
MASSACRED
Another
Arocity
by
Germans
Is
Disclosed
LONDON,
Dec.
19
CB
A
front
line
dispatch
has
disclosed
another
German
atrocity.
This
report
tells
of
a
German
tank
force
which
poured
machine
gun
fire
Into
a
group
of
about
150
Ameri
can
prisoners
of
war.
The
Am.
ericans
had
been
disarmed
and
herded
Into
a
field
In
the
open
ing
hours
of
the
German
counter-
offensive.
Les3
than
20
Am
erican
soldiers
survived
and
these
escaped
only
by
pretending
to
be
dead
after
the
burst
of
German
gunfire.
RIPE
SEWAGE
BRINGS
ACTION
Complaint
of
Dr.
R.
G.
Knipe
that
a
sewer
outfall
at
the
foot
of
McBride
St.
is
creating
a
nuis
ance
on
the
waterfront
was
re
ferred
to
the
Board
of
Works
fori
corrective
action
by
city
council
last
night.
Correction
involves
the
addition
of
30
feet
of
pipe
to
the
outfall
so
that
it
will
remain
covered
by
water
at
low
tide.
However,
council
denied
that'
the
sewer
outlet
was
even
for
the
most
part
responsible
for
the
nuisance
created
by
the
sewer.
"A
leaking
sewer
built
by
the
Navy
has
built
up
a
pool
of
sewage
beneath
the
overhead
bridge
which
is
the
worst
I've
seen
in,
'.this
city,"
Alderman
Rudder-ham
said.
City
Engineer
G.
S.
Hanes
agreed
that
a
bad
condition
exlsltcd
there.
"Let
us
get
our
part
of
It
fixed,
then
we
will
be
In
a
better
posl
lioirtd
gd-tirterlhelh.'We-rMtn
Arnold
urged.
Bracken
Criticizes
Closing
R.C.A.F.
Lab
OTTAWA,
Dec.
19
W
Progressive
Conservative
Leader
John
Bracken
last
night
criticized
the
federal
government
for
closing
the
R.C.A.F.
nutritional
laboratory
in
Winnipeg.
He
said
the
closing
of
such
desirable
units
Is
an
example
of
"lack
of
planning
structive
approach
to
the
tran-
sltion
frcm
war
to
peace,"
JAPANESE
RETURNING
SAN
FRANCISCO
Japanese
removed
from
the
Pacific
Coast
early
in
the
war
will
be
permitted
to
return
to
their
former
homes
in
California,
Oregon
and
Washington
after
January
1..
The
removal
order
has
been
lifted
because
of
the
favorable
progiess
of
the
war
in
the
Pacific
as
well
as
other
developments.
The
American
Legion
at
San
Francisco
and
civic
authorities
in
Portland
fear
disorders
as
a
result
of
the
return
of
the
Japanese
and
possible
reprisals
against
American
prisoners
in
Japan.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
36
Minimum
31
Found
In
IJapanese
Incendiary
Device
In
Mountains
Alight
Have
Been
Wafted
In
From
Sea
Is
Dated
October
31
of
This
Year
KALISPELL,
Dec.
19
TO
The
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
announces
that
a
paper
balloon
33
Vz
feet
In
diameter
bearing
Japanese
characters
has
been
found
In
the
mountain
region
near
here.
The
balloon
had
an
incendiary
device
attached
to
the
side,
apparently
intended
for
the
destruction
of
the
bal
loon.
The
bolloon
had
a
gas
Brutal
and
Inhuman
Treatment
of
Labor;
25,000
Succumb
MORE
HONORS
FOR
AIRMEN
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
Awarded
to
Five
More
Canadian
Heroes
OTTAWA,
Dec.
19
(TO
Five
Canadian
airman
have
been
awarded
new
honors
for
their
services
overseas.
The
officers
have
all
been
given
the
Dls-i
tinguished
Flying
Cross.
Two
of
the
heroes
are
from
"the
Marl-times,
on
Is
from
Montreal,
and
two
are
from
Ontario'.
The
awards
go
to
Flight
Lieutenant
J.
E.
MacAlllster
of
Mill-town,
New
Brunswick;
Flying
Officer
R.
M.
Fleming,
of
253
Portland
St.,
Dartmouth,
Nova'Sco--tia;
Flying
Officer
H.
K.
Knobo-vitch
of
4518
St.
Urbain
St.,
Montreal;
Flying
Officer
J.
T.
Barlow,
54
Walnut
St.,
Paris,
Ontario,
ancf
Flying
Officer
J.
A.
Wlr,
1328'
Elsmere
Ave.,
Windsor.
Ontario.
ALDERMAN
URGES
STREET
LEVEL
VOTING
PLACE
The
probability
that
perhaps
an
even
greater1
number
of
people
would
have
&ted
at
the
last
efo-tlotdraig?
had
hoVbeen
City'
Hall
stair&to
reach
the
poll-
j
Ing
station
was
presented
to
city
council
last
nilht
by
Alderman
Norah
E.
Arnold,
who
Urged
that
next
year
the
polling
station
be
at
street
level.
"I
believe
that
there
are
quite
a
number
of
elderly
people
and
people
in
poor
health
who
would
have
voted
If
they
did
not
have
to
labor
up
that
difficult
stairway1,"
she
declared.
Alderman
Rudderham
not
only,
joined
the
incipient
crusade
but
r
Ml
(Utt
''
It
would
be'
a
good
idea
to.
have
not
one,
but
two
polling
stations
next
year,"
he
said.
One
hi
the
east
end
and
one
down
town."
He
favored
having
both
at
street
level.
Alderman
Arnold
considered
that
a
good
Idea.
This
posed
the
problem
of
di
viding
the
voters'
list
into
two
ports'
in
a
manner
cdnvenient
to
the
residents
of
the
different
districts.
"One
thing
about
having
the
polling
station
in
the
city
hall
Is
that
the
city
records
are
al
ways
handy,"
City
Clerk
H.
D.
Thain
commented.
"If
a
voters
qualifications
are
in
doubt
you
can
quickly
check
the
records."
Mayor,
Daggett
.
favored
the
suggestions
of
the
two
aldermen.
"It's
a
good
idea
and
I
hope
that
next
year's
council
gets
busy
at
It
early
in.
the
year
so
that
it
will
be
worked
out
by
voting
time,"
he
approved.
Montana
capacity
of
more
than
18,000
"cubic
feet
and
a
carrying
cap
acity
of
at
least
800
pounds
net.
Characters
on
Us
side
Indicat
ed
that
the
bolloon
was
manufactured
on
October
31,
1944.
It
might
have
been
blown
In
from
far
out
at
sea.
MRS.
BRACKEN
DIES
SASKATOON,
Dec.
19
)
-
Mrs.
Bracken,
mother
of
John
Bracken,
Progressive
-
Oonserva
tlve
leader,
died
here
today.
Forced
LONDON,
Dec.
19
SB
The
t
British
War
Office
asserted
to-
!(
day
that
the
Japanese
were.
working
more
than
sixty
thous
and
white
captives
under
such
1
brutal
and
Inhuman
conditions
I
that
24,000
or
them
had
died.
The
War
Office
said
that
the
j,
Japanese
themselves
had
erec
f
ted
a
memorial
to
25,000
men
who
had
died
In
building
the
M
Thailand-Burma
railway
and
j
road.
Of
the
25,000
men,
the
War
Office
reported,
fewer
than
4
one'
thousand
were
Japanese,
The
remainder
were
English,
yij
Australian
and
Dutch.
1
C.C.F.
Leader
Fearful
Of
i
World
Chaos
Coldwell
Speaks
in
New
York-Talks
of
RoVket
Bombs,
Greece
and
Other
Things
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
19
(R-k
J.
Coldwell
addressed
the
New
York
School
of
Social
Science
last,
myiilt
aim
tuc
iiaHunai
lauct
Ui
the
C.C.F.
party
said
there
must
be
either
rapid
prpgreSss
to
a
better
social
arid
economic
order
or,.
the
forces
1$
loose
by
the
war
dlctators.rio
oppress
the
world.
Mr.
Coldwell
said
that
tha
threat
of
the
rocket
bomto
leaves
no
part
of
the
world
safe
from
attack
and
thus
labor
has
a
vital
Interest
in
removing
war
causes.
He
added
that
labor
no
longer
can
content
Itself
only
with
domestic
problems
mainly
concerning
working
conditions.
At
a
press
conference
earlier
yesterday,
Mr.
Coldwell
outlined
his
stand
on
the
Greek
civil
war.
He
said
he
is
1a
favor
of
the
position
taken
by
British
labor
groups
as
agalntVthe
lnterven
tlonist
policy
of
the
British
gov
ernment
In
Greece.
The
C.C.F.
leader
said:
"We
realize
the
tre-
;
mendous
difficulties
which
exist
,
In
a
country
Just
liberated.
We
think,
of
course,
that
the
people
of
a
liberated
country
should
be
given
the
right
to
choose
their
own
government
as
soon
as
possible."
And
he
concluded
"We
are
most
anxious
about
the
situation.
Apart
from
the
immediate
situation,
there
seems
to
be
an
indi
cation
of
sipheres
of
Influence
agreed
upon
In
Europe."
BE
CAREFUL,
1
SAYS
CHIEF
Warns
Against
Possibility
of
Fire
at
Christmas
j
Christmas
trees
with
their
decorations
bring
an
added
risk
of
fire
during
the
festive
season,
says
Fire
Chief
H.
T.
Lock
who
uggests
that
lighted
candles
should
never
be
used
In
tree
decoration.
The
tree
should
always
stand
In
a
container
of
water.
This
keeps
it
green.
With
each
gallon
of
water
nine
ounces
of
bor-
ls
dissolved
with
four
ounces
of
baric
acid.
This
renders
tlr
tree
much
less
Inflammable
than
It
otherwise
would
be.
All
paper
decorations
should
b
sprayed
with
a
similar
solution.
This
Is
a
simple
and
inexpensive
method
of
flameproofing.
All
operators
of
public
halls
are
advised
by
the
chief
that
al
flammable
decorations
must
be
kept
six
feet
from
the
floor
or
stairways,
away
from
the
reach
of
a
lighted
cigarette.
"No
kind
of
Christmas
party
can
Justify
the
unnecessary
risk
of
fire
so
don't
spoil
your
Christ
mas
season
by
frantically
calling
r
50.'
"
i