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Standard
Time)
Moderate
winds,
cloudy
Friday,
December
29,
1944
and
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occasional
light
rain
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High
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XXXIII.No.
302
PRINCE-RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
28,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS!
Budapest
Reds
Drive
Into
Capital
German
Defenders
Having
Bad
Time
in
Hungarian
Capital
NAZIS
FALLING
HACK
LONDON,
Dec.
28
(CP)
German
iraiisuccan
Agency
aid
todiiy
(hat
the
Nazi
gar-(jsini
at
Budapest
has
wilh-dtann
t
an
"inner
defence
tint,
lYlranvvhilc
(lie
Mos-tn
radio
said
tliat
(lie
(lor-mans
arc
employing
leu
thous-
iiid
uiKrrj
to
fortify
(he
luslriaii
frontier
against
Kus-
Ljan
foics
now
driving:
across
Huiijary-
Other
strong;
Soviet
toes
liiave
by-passed
Biula-
Mil
and
arc
only
55
miles
from
the
Austrian
Jiurtlcr.
n;f'rW
rirf
M
ft)
-
Tho
-M
-
...
tattle
lor
tnc
Hungarian
capital
olBudapc
st
continues
today
with
He
Germans
losing
heavily
In
Mhmen
and
materials.
The
Russians
have
driven
jjo::
the
eastern
branch
of
the
sinube
rx
a
bold
crossing
north
(the
cty
and
have
driven
a
i
rtdgc
la
to
Oerman
and
Hun-
jarlan
farces
holding
out
in
the
sclent
capital.
Red
Array,
troops
are
cleaning
.j
block
after
block
of
the
city
isd
part
of
the
enemy
garrison
been
chased
Into
a
wooded
1,115
ria
nortli
of
the
city
while
an
ther
force
Is
entrapped
inside
Budapest.
Goverximent
Takes
Montgomery-Ward
CHICAGO.
Dec.
28
CTi
Major
General
Joseph
Byron
was
deslg-
isted
by
the
War
Department
liday
to
clzc
properties
of
Mont-;mpry-'Ward
and
In
seven
cities
:dcr
presidential
order
in
a
iowdowrx
ofj
the
company's
retell
to
comply
with
War
Labor
iard,
dlrcctlKca-
,
,
.
.
-
i
'
In
Jap
Waters
US.
Ships
Near
Nippon
EAU'VTf
Dec.
23
0)--
Fcnctrat-ii:g
far
Into
Japanese
home
wat-trs,
Amorlcan
warships
have
for
the
third
time
this
month
steamed
!o
wl
t
liln
750
miles
or
the
Japanese
home
Islands.
Before,
the
battlcwa-gons
of
the
American
Pacific
Fleet
bombarded
two
Islands
In
the
Volcano
group.
At
almost
the
same
time,
a
Japanese
naval
task
force
was
being
frustrated
in
an
attempt
to
hamper
Allied
grtfund
action
In
the
Phillnnlnns.
The
Japanese
ships
sriellcd
Mi
ndora
Island
but
sulloreri
ths
lass
of
three
des
troycrs
nd
damage
to
one
bat-tlcshln
inH
nno
cruiser.
Land-
based
AJlled
bontfoersstruck
the
telllne
blows.
Mean-while.
American
pilots
who
yesterday
attacked
the
Jap
anese
capital
have
reported
gooa
results.
With,
thoroughness
and
precision,
the
huge
B-29's
dropped
their
tombs
In
the
centre
of
the
Inrl
t
ixtrlnl
.unction
of
the
Cap!
talihrT-f
nn
missile
could
fall
to
hit
a
target,
One
superfortress
was
lfst
in
the
assault.
Orcat
fires
srirann
un
In
the
city
and
the
smoke
could
be
seen
rising
high
In
to
the
air
as
the
bomocrs
turned
homewards.
American
superfortresses
had
made
a.
Christmas
Day
attack
on
Tokyo.
Yokohama
and
Shidzu-cko
Island
or
Japan.
American
naval
and
air
forces'
combined
for
a
"bombardment
of
Bonnln
Mands,
750
miles
from
Japan.
The
attack
lasted
for
two-and-a-half
hours.
FJockcy
Scores
National
Toronto
8,
New
York
2.
American
Cleveland
5,
Hcrshy
0.
CHURCHILL
RETURNING
ATHENS
Prime
Minister
Churchill
and
Foreign
Secretary
Eden
arc
on
their
way
home
to
Britain
hopeful
that
they
-will
be
able
to
persuade
Kliifr
George
of
Greece
to
accept
a
regency.
It
is
reported
that
Premier
Papandrcau
has
resigned.
Eisenhower
Hitting
Back
Strongly
l
II.
I
!
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p
II
I
....y
J
.
FRENCH
SOLDIER
TAKING
A
PRIZE
NEAR
BELFORT
A
French
soldier
makes
a
cautious
approach
to
a
German
officer,
who
lies
in
a
ditch
wounded
after
French
machine-gun
fire
wrecked
his
car
(background)
near
Belfort,
France,
where
the
French
First
Army
made
the
sensational
breakthrough
to
the
Rhine.
There
were
three
dead
Germans
in
the
car.
No
Truce
Is
Given
But
Germans
riayed
Carols
To
Canadians
at
Front
PAKIS,
Dec.
28
(CP)
Here's
anJnterMynj;
sidelight,
on
the
fighting
on
the
western
ironi
in
Europe.
Canadian
Press
war
correspondent
Doug
Amaron
reports
(hat
the
German
(roops
facing
the
Canadians
In
the
north
asked
for
a
Christmas
period
truce.
The
Canadians
replied
with
withering
mortar
fire.
The
memv
reauest
was
broad
cast
over
a
nubile
address
sys-
stcm
from
German
positions
and
this
was
followed
with
a
recording
of
"Silent
Night."
At
another
point
along
the
front,
die
Germans
played
carols,
and
a
western
Canada
highland
unit
was
serenaded
with
a
gutleral
version
of
"O
Physical
Training
Instructor
Is
Here
riiinf
Pcttv
Officer
James
Wardell
or
Toronto
has
arrived
in
rrinrp
llunert
to
take
up
the
duties
of
physical
training
in
structor
-at
IIJW.CS.
unamam.
np.o.
Wardell
has
spent
nine
of
his
31
years
in
the
navy
and
was
on
sea
duty
In
the
Atlantic
iui
nine
months
previous
to
his
drafting
horc
Former
P.T.I,
at
"King's
College,"
west
coast
offi
cers
training
ship,
Chici
warncu
has
directed
various
atnicuc
activities
and
will
be
a
valuable
addition
to
the
Chatham
base.
Former
Steamship
Inspector
Passes
vrrrroRIA.
Dec.
28
(CP)
John
Thomas
Edmond,
aged
64,
former
steamship
inspector
of
Vic
toria,
died
Saturday
ana
buried
yesterday.
He
came
to
Canada
from
his
native
England
in
1912
and.
for
some
years
was
chief
engineer
of
vessels
trading
on
the
west
coast
oi
iwexitu.
i.
was
superintendent
of
North
Vancouver
city
ferries
from
1918
io
onri
.-iteamsniD
inspecwu
here
until
his
retirement
last
May.
NEW
ROAD
TO
CHINA
CHUNGKING
General
Wedemeir
announces
that
the
new
land
supply
route
from
India
to
China
is
almost
clear.
FIELD
MARSHAL
SUICIDE
LONDON
The
former
field
marshal
in
command
of
the
western
front
for
the
Germans
has
committed
suicide
in
despondency.
NEW
FISHING
INDUSTRY
COMES
HERE;
B.C.
PACKERS
START
CLAM
CANNERY
Tlin
rrrnfltpr
abundance
of
clams
in
the
coastal
Rouhdlng
out
a
quarter
of
a
centurv
of
service
between
Can
ada,
Bermuda,
the
British
West
Indies,
British
Guinea
and
British
Honduras,
the
Canadian
National
Steamships
continues
tn
be
an
important
factor
in
the
war.
It
was
assigned
specific
West
Indian
zones
and
was
en
trusted
with
the
operation,
in
many
parts
of
the
world,
of
ships
taken
over
or
seized
by
the
Canadian
government.
Its
freight
ers
ply
the
Seven
Seas
in
tne
service
of
the
United
Nations.
One
of
the
West
Indies
liners,
the
Lady
Nelson,
is
now
Canada's
senior
hospital
ship.
Another,
the
Lady
Rodney,
Is
an
armv
transport.
Two
snips
fnrmerlv
in
the'
Alaska
service,
the
Prince
Henry
aud
the
Prince
David,
are
doing
duty
as
combined
operations
cruisers,
and
the
Prince
Robert
is
an
anti-nlmraft
cruiser.
All
three
were
given
important
tasks
in
the
in
vasion
of
Europe.
National
Railways
Munitions
Limited,
a
subsidiary,
and
the
company's
own
shops
have
con
tlnued
the
manufacture
of
naval
gun
barrels,
field
artillery
car
riages
and
naval
mountings.
First
Concern
Is
Winning
War
"The
first
concern
of
the
Canadian
National
system,
in
all
its
ramifications,
is
the
winning
of
the
war.
At
the
same
time,
we
are
giving
close
attention
to
the
Continued
on
Page
2
Local
Temperature
nro-.i
print!
minus
tn
Prince
Runert
than
on
the
Low-
....t,r
4
ir
Mil
nlnnr
around
Vancouver
has
caused
tne
u.u
Packers
to
close
down
the
Clover
.
Leat
clam
cannery!
tions
to
Port
Edward,
industrial
.
suburb
of
Prince
V
T
I
I.
..!..
.1
15
Vessels
Built
Here
Many
Ships
Handled
at
Local
Dry
Dock,
Says
C.N.R.
Report
MONTREAL,
Dec.
28
The
Prime
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyard,
a
subsidiary
of
the
Canadian
National,
carried
on
its
program
efficiently
during
the
year,
says
the
annual
report
of
R.
C.
Vaughan,
president
and
managing
director,
Canadian
Naiional
Railways.
To
dale,
it
has
constructed
four
minesweepers
and
eleven
tcn-Uiousaml-ion
freighters.
Since
the
outbreak
of
war,
the
20.000-tou
floating-
dry
dock
has
handled
815
ships
and
repairs
liavcbecn
effected
on
2,280
floating
craft
of
all
sizes.
uupen.
using
prcinisus
uutauiuu
in,
the
lower
portion
of
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.
salmon
and
herring
cannery
at
Tort
Edward,
the
B.C.
Packers
has
now
completed
installation
of
machinery
and
has
the
plant
ready
to
run.
It
Is
expected
that
the
supply
of
the
clams
will
be
organized
and
packing
of
the
clams
star.tcd
by
mid-January.
It
will
be
the
first
time
in
fifteen
years
that
clams
have
been
canned
at
or
near
Prince
Rupert.
One
of
the
principal
areas
of
Liaiu
ouppijf
iui
nc
ijlv
inward
plant
will
be
large
beds?
near
Kitkatla,
a
distance
of
twenty
or
so
miles
down
the
coast.
The
company
will,
however,
send
its
packers
to
other
clam
digging
point
where
the
volume
of
supply
justifies,
uams
will
also
be
brought
to
Port
Ed
i
ward
from
as
far
down
the
coast
i
as
Namu,
some
200
miles
dis
tant.
Formerly
clam
meat
was
taken
by
B.C.
Packers
from
the
north
coast
to
the
Vancouver
plant
but
the
nectar
could
not
be
moved
such
a
great
distance
and
one
of
the
considerations
in
deciding
to
can
the
clams
at
Port
Edward
was
that
this
nectar
might
be
available.
The
entire
operation
from
the
raw
clam
to
the
finished
and
cased
product
will
be
carried
out
at
Port
Edward.
The
clams,
on
delivery
from
the
packer,
arc
put
through
the
steam
box
cooker
for
twenty
minutes.
The
shells
arc
thus
opened
and
the
dropping
nectar
la
caught
under
-the
cooker.
Thence
the
clams,
shells
now
open,
go
on
to
the
shuckcr
where
shell
Is
removed.
The
meat
Is
then
washed,
some
going
on
-whole
to
the
canning
lines
and
some
minced.
By
this
time
the
nectar
has
been
boiled
to,
be
poured
into
the
cans
with
the
meat
and
thus
provide
the
vacuum
on
sealing.
The
next
step
Is,
of
course,
through
the
retorts
for
the
final
cooking.
The
canned
clam
produpt
will
be
turned
out
In
gallon
cans
and
pound
tails
minced
or
whole.
The
clam
canning
operation
will
employ
ten
or
fifteen
men
and
about
twenty
women.
Operations
at
Port
Edward
will
be
dir
ected
from
the
company's
Prince
Rupert
headquarters
where
Douglas
Soutar
Is
at
present
manager
In
charge.
Maximum
38
Minimum
32
Churchill's
Escape
Bullet
Near
Hit
Premier
Making
Progress
in
Athens
Regency
Agreement
Meeting
Planned
ATHENS,
Dec.
28
British
Prime
Minister
Churchill
yes
terday
narrowly
missed
death
'from
an
assassin's
bullet
as
lie
stood
outside
the
British
embassy
In
Athens.
The
bullet
cut
the
air
close
to
the
Prime
Minister,
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
and
Ambassador
Rcginal
Leeper
'and
struck
a
young
woman
several
hundred
yards
beyond.
The
young
wor
'man
may
die.
:
Despite
this
sign
of
disapproval,
the
prime
minbter
seems
to
have
made
headway
in
his
attempt
to
bring
peace
and
order
to
trie
country.
The
warring
factions
have
agreed
upon
a
regency
as
the
first
step
in
restoring
peace,
and
one
account
has
it
that
Premier
Geo-mu
has
offered
to
resign
if
tht
would
aid
in
the
establishing
of
regency.
Incidentally,
the
British
1'rime
Minister
has
announced
that
he,
President
Roosevelt
knd
Premier
Stalin
will
talk
over
the
Greek
situation
at
a
meeting
to
lake
place
soon.
MANCHESTER
V-BOMBED
Either
Pick-a-Back
Tactics
Jlcing-
Followed
or
Range
Has
Been
Extended
,
LONDON.
Dec.
23
OO
Berlin
said
yesterday
that
Manchester
was
struck
by
V-l
bombs
lndieat
Ing
either
Nazi
pick-a-back
planes
were
making
darln
sweeps
toward
northern
England
or
an
Improved
type
of
V-l
had
longer
range.
Censorship
has
not
permitted
British
correspondents
to
comment.
There
has
been
some
damage
but.no
casualties.
BOMBING
KEPT
UP
Allied
Planes
Maintain
Strong
Support
to
Tioop-Reslsting
Nazi
Counter-offensive
LONDON.
Dec,
28
(TO
Cana
dian,
British
and
American
heavy
bombers
flew
from
British
bases
yesterday
to
pound
again
at
German
positions
In
the
sec
tor
of
the
Nazi
offensive
into
Belclum.
Aided
by
favorable
weather,
Allied
planes
based
In
Belgium,
Holland
and
France
Joined
in
the
attacks.
fiaimriinn
YTa.llfn.xts
2ave
close
support
to
Allied
troops
facing
the
German
thrust
towards
Meuse
River.
Targets
were
Nazi
concentrations
In
St.
Vlth.
Sev
eral
Canadian
crews
claimed
the
targets
were
wiped
out
and
no
enemy
.fighters
were
countered.
For
several
straight
days
weather
was
good
for
Allied
bombers.
Hundreds
of
United
States
bombers
and
fighters
were
out
to
attack
enemy
rail
wavs
and
transport
centres
near
the
fighting
front
on
Monday
and
Tuesday
following
up
Sun
day's
great
aerial
attack
of
seven
thousand
planes,
as
great
as
ever
made
In
the
war.
Meanwhile
the
Royal
Air
Force
delivered
a
bomtolng
attack
on
robot
bomb
bases
of
the
Nazis
In
western
Europe.
Alderman,
Trustee
Are
Sworn
In
Germans
Retreating;
Burn
Equipment
In
Falling
Back;
While
Americans
Relieved
en
Alderman
Robert
McKay
and
school
trustee
Dr,
R.
G.
Large
have
been
sworn
In
as
members
of
city
council
and
the
school
board
respectively.
Other
new
members
are
expected
ta
be
sworn
In
at
intervals
this
week
Brazil
has
21,242
miles
of
rall:
i
ways.
Battle
of
Italy
Fifth
Army
Falls
Back
May
Lose
IVarga
Canadians
Are
Holding
On
ROME,
Dec.
23
O)
For
the
second
day
running,
Allied
head
quarters
in
Italy
admits
Fifth
Army
withdrawals
in
the
face
of
strong
German
attacks.
The
Nazis
are
counter-assaulting
in
a
six-mile
front
along
both
sides
of
the
Serchlo
river
and
this
at
tack
has
enveloped
the
town
of
Barga,.
about
15
miles
north
of
the
city
of
Lucca.
Barga
had
been
in
Allied
hands
for
a
month.
The
news
from
the
Canadian
sector
is
better.
There
the
Cana
dians
have
cleared
the
Germans
from
the
cast
bank
of
the
Senio
river.
ALLIED
BOMBERS
OUT
LONDON
British
Lancaster
and
Halifax
bombers
poiind-a
railway
centre
twelve
miles
from
Cologne
last
night
and
United
States
superfortresses
were
out
over
eleven
railway
targets
in
Germany
back
of
the
western
front
lines
today.
AIR
TRAINING
CEASES
OTTAWA
Air
Force
headquarters
announces
that
the
university
air
training
plan
will
stop
at
the
first
of
the
year.
R.C.A.F.
officials
say
the
scheme
is
being
discontinued
in
line
with
a
general
reduction
in
training.
Under
the
plan,
men
were
trained
as
potential
air
crew
and
officer
material,
a
parallel
to
army
of
ficers'
(raininc
corns
at
univer
sities.
Students
could
choose
between
the
C.O.T.C.,
the
Air
Force
squadron
or
a
Naval
training
division.
SASKATCHEWAN
LEGISLATION
,
REGINA
Speaking
of
Saskatchewan,
Provincial
Labor
Minisler
C.
C.
Williams
announced
in
Regina
yesterday
that
a
seven-member
labor
relations
board
will
be
set
up
to
a
d
m
i
n
1
s
ter
Saskatchewan's
trade
union
act.
The
act
will
be
proclaimed
early
in
1915.
Mr.
Williams
said
the
government
has
considered
the
possibility
of
utilizing
the
federal
Labor
Relations
Board.
But
lie
said
this
idea
was
finally
abandoned.
Another
act
which
will
be
proclaimed
early
in
1915
is
the
vacations
with
pay
ruling.
The
act
has
been
sent
to
the
Dominion
Labor
Department
to
find
whether
its
provisions
conflict
with
the
federal
wartime
wage
control
order.
H
provides
that
employees
must
be
given
two
weeks
annual
va
cation
with4pay.
TEACHERS
NOT
AFFlLIATlNt!
REGINA
The
Provincial
Council
of
the
Saskatchewan
Teachers
Federation
announced
yesterday
that
it
has
decided
to
shelve
a
proposal
that
the
Federation
affiliate
with
organized
labor.
The
council
decided
to
wait
until
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
and
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
"settle
their
differences"
in
Saskatchewan.
However,
the
executive
went
on
record
as
being
"sympathetic
toward
the
labor
cause."
Berlin
Admits
Grim
Counter-Attacks
Being
Made
Strange
Type
of
Patrol
Action
ENEMY'S
VICTORY
BID
SAGGING
?
PARIS,
Dec.
28
(CP)
Field
reports
today
in-,
dicated
that
the
Germans'
whole
southern
flank
for-thirty-five
miles
back
to
the
German
border
was
sagging
under
infantry
and
armored
attack
menacing
the
Nazi
bulge
into
Belgium.
Americans
had
.
crossed
the
Sure
River
at
four
places
by
Wednesday
dawn
and
were
holding
a
narrow
but
firm
relief
corridor
to
the
garrison
of
Bastogne.
The
Germans
struck
across
the
Meuse
River
in
northwest
Holland
but
all
attacks
were
beaten
off.
Allied
forces
north
and
south
of
the
Nazi
saljcnt
in
Belgium
were
within
twenty
miles
of
a
junction
which
would
cut
off
the
enemy
head.
There
were
clear
indications
that
the
bold
German
bid
for
a
great
December
victory
hnrl
hnttnrl
into
spriniis
trouble.
The
Nazis
hail
been
held
for
more
than
18
hours
up
to
Wednesday
dawn
without
significant
gain,
There
were
reports
which
might
indicate
that
Nazi
advance
formations"'
were
abandoning
equipment
and
retreating
over
the
hills
back
into
the
centre
of
the
breakthrough
PARIS,
Dec.
28
(CP)News-frmn
the
we
lruilL
IS
UUllIHtUlV
uutl-ci
tuua.v.
aiiicusou
icmi;
yui
'
V
mander.-Ueneral
uwignt
&isennowerynas
Degun
nife
mer
blows'
which
are
growing
rapidly
into
the
form
ot
a
stunning
punch.
A
late
bulletin,
tins
morning
tens
or
I
1
SulUtin
STRIKE
IN
WINDSOR
WINDSOR,
Ontario
Five
hundred
and
fifty
employees
of
the
Kelsey
Wheel
Company
in
Windsor
are
still
idle
today.
The
strike
started
two
weeks
ago
and
there
is
little
possibil
ity
that
the
United
Automobile
Workers,
a
C.I.O.
union,
and
the
company
will
be
able
to
settle
their
difficulties
soon.
The
workers
quit
after
the
union
chairman
and
12
other
workers
were
discharged.
Government
conciliation
efforts
have
brought
no
results
as
yet.
DOUGLAS
IN
STATES
OTTAWA
Saskatchewan's
C.C.F.
premier,
T.
C.
Douglas,
is
now
recuperating
in
the
United
States
after
a
serious
Stomach
ailment
which
struck
him
down
in
Ottawa
some
weeks
ago
while
he
was
en-route
overseas.
JUr.
Douglas
left
Ottawa
recently
for
the
United
States
and
will
likely
return
in
Saskatchewan
in
January.
SEATTLE
DESTROYER
LAUNCHING
SEATTLE
U.S.
S
Rowan,
2200-ton
destroyer
and
fourth
vessel
to
honor
the
name
of
the
late
Vice
Admiral
Stephen
Rowan,
will
be
launched
tomorrow
at
the
Todd
Shipyards
here.
Rowan
distinguished
himself
in
the
Civil
and
Mexican
wars
and
in
the
acquis!-:
tiou
of
California.
GOING
TO
SEATTLE
VANCOUVER
Boeing
Aircraft
officials
say
that
21
highly
skilled
prc-flight
men
have
been
chosen
from
among
more
than
150
applicants
for'
wmk
In
Uoeinir
factories
in
Seattle
and
Kenton
as
soon
as
Selective
Service
and
United
States
immigration
authorities
sanction
is
obtained.
No
women
workers
will
be
sent.
8,000
BRITONS
KILLED
LONDON
Eight
thousand
Britons
have,
been
killed
and
28,000
Injured
by
enemy
bombs
and
robot
bombers
during
the
first
eleven
months
of
this
ear.
tne
American
xorces
in
ijuxem,-
bourg
resuming
tneir
aavance
Infrainst
the
German
.satient
nach.
This
dispatch-
says
the
Yanks
have
.
crossed
the
Sure
River
at
four
places.
al
To
the
north,
a
dispatch
from
l,
I
1
1
L
me
eiaveiob
seciin;
ui
oeigiuuiK,
tells
us
that
the
Germans
vif-f
tually
have
made
no
progress
in
any
sector
In
the
past
twenty-
four
hours.
There
are
indica
tions
says
this
report,
that
the
Nazi
advance
units
are
abandon
ing
their
equipment
and
retreating.
Allied
pilots
say
they
have
seen
the
Germans
setting
fire
to
their
tanks
and
other
equip-.
ment
in
the
Celles
area.
Celles
is
the
highwater
mark
of
the
enemy
penetration.
Previous
dispatches
told
of
Germans
ab
andoning
their
equipment
be
cause
of
lack
of
gasoline.
.
Especially
good
news
for
Am
ericans
Is
the
official
report
that
the
American
garrison
at
Bas-
togne
which
held
out
against
the
worst
the
Germans
couiuj
rllcli
rmt
-hao
nrvor
hppn
rpllevpli
I
after
a
week-long
siege.
Commenting
on
the
battle,
tha
German
radio
asserts
that
a
British
division
johied
with
anf
American
division
witnarawn
from
the
Aachen
front
in
mak
ing
what
are
described
aa
par-
tlcularly
grim
counter-attacK3
In
the
north
but
as
yet
there,
is
no
word
of
such
action
from!:
Supreme
Headquarters.
:
:
A
late
dispatch
Just
In
tells
of
strange
action
aiong
tne
oan-s
ninr.
n
m
A
tarltlcr,
t(vtrirc
rf
t.nftu
auiau
pirn
u.v.ja.
wvvvw
western
front.
An
Associated
Press
correspondent
says,
In
hts
own
words,
"A
strange
series
oh
German
patrol
thrusts
top
strong
for
normal
rcconnais-
sance
and
too
wary
for
lighting
patrols
has
erupted
against
the
British
and
Canadians:
BARGE
TOLM.IL
WRECKED!
VICTORIA
The
S.
F.
Tol?
mic,
Victoria
barge,
ended
its
career
last
night
almost
within
sight
of
the
place
of
launching
21
years
ago
as
the
four-masted
baiketine
was
reduced
to
splintered
timbers
by
a
gale,
battering
waves
and
Jagged
rocks
of
Macaulay
rolnt.
Vancouver
had
a
fifty-mils
gale
last
night
which
rocked
buildings
and
blew
down
telephone
and
electric
light
lines.
Delta
was
without
light
for
twelve
hours.
i