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23,
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22,
1944
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nnrt
nrllich
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crc
out
over
Germany
again
night
The
assaulting
forces
struuk
at
freight
yards
at
Col-r
n.e
and
Bonn.
The
Germans
also
continued
"ielr
V-Bomb
attacks
on
south-
n
England,
causing
some
and
casualties.
KILLED
IN
AIR
CRASH
T
RCNTO.
Dec.
22
Toron
to
poilce
reported
last
night
that
a
tc
t
pilot
Und
a
flight
observer
of
DcIIavllland
Aircraft
were
Wiled
when
their
plane
crashed
near
Fisherville
in
North
York
wwn:;hlp.
The
pilot
was
Identity
as
J.
E.
Rogers
of
Toronto,
and
the
observer
was
Arthur
"
Codd
of
Picton.
Ontario.
The
flier.
were
on
a
routine
flight
and
were
approaching
to
make
a
landing
at
the
company
air
Port
when
the
plane
plunged
to
ine
ground,
A
SPOT
OF
TEA
IN
HOLLAND
Using
an
old
steel
helmet
for
a
tea
kettle,
this
trio
of
Canadian
soldiers
In
Holland,
brew
themselves
a
spot
of
tea
Just
back
of
the
front
lines.
They
are
left
to
right:
Pte.
Roy
Saunders,
Nanaimo,
B.C.,
Pte.
Don
Angus,
Penticton,
B.C.,
and
Pte.
Harold
Bailey,
Grand
Forkes,
B.C.
.Canadian
Army
Overseas
Photo).
LINING
UP
BY-ELECTION
Three-Cornered
Fight
In
Federal
Ity-Election
of
Grey
North
OTTAWA,
Dec.
22
Q
Thi;
campaign
pattern
for
the
Im
portant
federal
by-electlon
in
Ontario's
Grey
North
constituency
Is
virtually
complete
today
with
representatives
of
the
three
malnr.nolltlpaLnartles
all
Jn
the-
field.
Defence
Minister
Mc-
Naughton
Is,
ot
course,
the
Lib
eral
standard
bearer.
Mayor
Gar
slve
Conservatives
and
the
C-CJ".
has
also
announced
it
will
contest
the
election.
From
Toronto
comes
word
that
the
Ontario
C.C.F.
executive
has
commended
the
North
Grey
C.C.
F.
association
for
Its
decision
to
contest
the
February
5
by-elec
tion.
The
executive's
statement
said
in
part:
"The
voters
of
North
Grey
would
find
little
to
choose
between
the
planless
drifting
of
the
present
government
and
the
reckless
political
opportunities
of
the
Progressive
i
Conservative
Party.'
.
It
added:
"The
C.C.F.
will
fight
this
campaign
on
its
prb-cram
of
making
all
members
of
!
the
armed
forces
immediately!
available,
without
discrimination,
for
general
service,
and
national
Dlanninx
for
full
employment
nnrt
social
security
after
the
i
war."
HARBOR
FOR
IIITLEDITE3
MOSCOW
Newspaper
Prav-da
today
charged
Argentina
with
being
a
"harbor
for
Hitlerites."
i
ONLY
"
l
t!
MORE
.
,
I
m
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m
shopping
s
B
DAYS
TILL
i
I
CHRISTMAS
Include
...
THE
VARIETY
STORE
t
IN
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
TOUR
Hon.
H.
G.
Perry
Appeals
For
Real
Unity
At
Critical
Time;
Discloses
Realistic
Postwar
Planning
"Never
before
was
there
a
moment
when
it
was
so
.
nweggiaroKhiftPopijnipniQ,
y.nitein.
taking.
mace
as
a
trreat
nation
wnnin
me
unusn
vjuiiuuuh-
1
wealth
of
Nations
and
the
democratic
nations
of
the
ENGINEER
APPOINTED
Conferring
with
a
departmental
post-war
rehabilitation
committee
yesterday
when
he
detailed
the
provincial
postwar
rehabilitation
cabinet
committee's
plans
for
regional
planning
of
the
province
with
separate
departmental
committees
for
each
region
sifting
out
and
tabulating
various
projects
which
have
been
suggested,
Hon.
II.
G.
Perry,
chairman
of
the
cabinet
committee,
an
nounced
the
appointment,
of
Andrew
G.
Graham,
former
city
engineer
of
Nanaimo
and
recently
discharged
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
officer,
as
chief
engineer
of
the
bureau
which
will
supervise
the
regional
planning.
Mr
Terry
announced
that
Mr.
Graham
would;
take
over
his
duties
at
the
first
cf
the
year.
Mr.
Perry's
ssesion
wilh
the
local
deparlmentmental
committee
on
postwar
rehabilitation
was
to
instruct
it
in
coordination
of
its
efforts
with
those
of
community
bodies
on
the
same
subject.
Its
duty
will
be
to
dral
with"
recommendations
and
Information
arising
in
the
area
and
prepare
same
for
submission
to
the
regional
planning
bureau.
It
was
an
Informal
meeting
of
the
local
departmental
committee,
those
present
being
'Government
Agent
Norman
A.
Watt,
inspector
Ernest
Gammon,
lllstrict
Forester
It.
C.
St.
Clair,
inspector
of
Mines
C.
J.
Graham,
Dr.
K.
G.
Knipc,
Collector
Forbes,
School
Inspector
II.
Thorstclnsson,
District
Engineer
J..
C,
Brady
and
Registrar
Andrew
Thompson.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
40
Minimum
20
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
1
NEW
WESTMINSTER
illugh
Murray,
88,
who
drove
"one
of
the
first
stages
from
'New
Westminster
to
Gastown
(
(now
Vancouver),
is
dead.
i
an.
illuminating
and
comprehen
sive.address
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club,
yesterday.
"Never
was
there
a
moment
when
there
was
,
a
more
serious
threat
tovthe
breaking
up
of
the
Dominion."
To
face
up
to
the
great
task
of
post-war
reconstruction,
Mr.
Perry,
who
spoke
on
post-war
problems
and
steps
being
taken
to
meet
them,
appealed
for
unity
not
only
In.
economic
and
physical
things
but
..what
was
more
Important,
In
a
spirit
of
determination
to
maintain
liberty
and
friendship
not
only
within
Canada
but
among
all
the
peace
and
freedom-loving
nations
of
mankind.
Speaking
of
a
forthcoming
Dominion
-
provincial
conference
on
post-war
problems,
Mr.
Perry
said
ho
was
looking
for
ward
to
a
gathering
that
would
Clearing
Of
Athens
City
Itritish
Troops
Making
HeadwaySteps
Taken
to
Take
i
Care
of
Populace
;
ATHENS,
Dec.
22
British
j
troops
have,
made
further
gains
;
in
their
jcampaign
to
clear
the
left
wing
E.L.AS.
forces
from
the
Greek
capital
of
Athens
and
'
the
port
city
of
Piraeus,
j
A
British
communique
says
!
that
civilians
in
the
cleared
areas
1
have
received
the
British
troops
j
enthusiastically
and
that
more
ithan
100,000
meals
were
served
;
yesterday
to
civilians
living
in
I
the
controlled
zones.
1
Yesterday
British
tanks
and
planes
began
shelling
E-L-A-Ss
concentrations
north
of
the
capl-:
tal
upon
the
expiration
of
an
j
ultimatum
In
which
the
British
j
Commander,
.Lieut.
Gen,
Ronald
:
Scofoie,
warned
the
Greek
rebels
Jhe,-would
use
.every
available
fwpapon
to
restore
order.
i;lhS
British
communique
says
jitiso
that
a
large
delegation)
J
headed
by
the
mayor
of
Piraeus
visited
British
authorities
and
tendered
their
thanks.
Lieut.
Gen.
R,
M.
Scobie.
Bri
tish
commander
in
Greece,
had
announced
that
at
9
a.m.
Wed-nWay,
Athens
time,
any
leftists
still
firing
in
Athens
or
Piraeus
would
be
attacked
with
all
the
arms
at
my
disposal.'
Meanwhile
transmission
difficulties
apparently
delayed
despatches
from
Athens.
Northern
Front
Is
Livening
Up
kDNpQN,
Pec2i
Berlin
J
radio
said
today
that
tne
f
ians,
In
a
new
attack
on,
the
Yam.,
iiu-v
nombs
Dropped
:
"50f
o,'
Sd
win
'
world,"
declared
Hon.
H.
G.
T.
Perry,
minister
of;
had
huried
27
divisions
against
In
Itrilain
c
carry
coors
0,
the
progres-
I
education
and
chairman
of
the
British
Columbia
post-;
the
Germans
on
a
twenty-two
war
renaouuaiion
committee
i
mne
ironi
in
r-ist
rrussia,
FOSTER
GETS
NEW
COMMAND
Officer
Who
Led
Campaign
Against
Japs
in
Aleutians
Takes
Over
First
Canadian
Division
ROME,
Dec.
22
O)
General
succeeds
General
Christ
Vakes
of
Winnipeg
and
Ottawa
In
regard
to
whose
new
post
there
OVERSEAS
SINCE
AGE
14
RECORD
NELSON,
Dec.
22
?)
Overseas
since
the
age
of
14
Is
the
record
of
.
Gunner
James
Norman
Ackley,
formerly
of
To-field,
Alberta,
and
Nelson.
Using
his
sister's
registration
card,
Ackley,
now
19,
enlisted
In
1939
and
went
overseas
the
same
year.
A
veteran
of
the
Sicilian
campaign,
he
is
now
serving
in
Italy.
r
WOULD
HOLD
KING
BACK
LONDON,
Dec.
22
V
A
member
of
the
House
of
Commons
sought
without
sucgess
Wednesday
assurance
from
the
British
government
that
it
would
ask
the
Greek
King,
now
In
London,
to
remain
here
until
the
Greek
people
decide
whether
they
want
him
back.
Is
Victim
Of
Hit-and-Run
Long
Session
of
Inquest
Xcs"
tcrday
Verdict
(Names
No
One
George
Henry
Ross,
67
vear
old
civilian
guard
employed'
by
the
American
Army,
died
last.
Wed
nesday
the
victim
of
a
hlUand-
run
driver,
a
coroner's
jury
decided
yesterday
after
hearing
many
witnesses
In,
a
five-hour
session.
S
Ross
was
struck
d6wn
at
11:20
p.m.
on
Second
Avenue
near
3ighth-Hjr
tin;Al!fcH5cpart-ment
light
plck-upf
car
driven
by
an
unknown
person
who
"showed
gross
negligence
In
fall
ing
to
stop
and
return
to
the
scene
of
the
accident
to
find
out
what
damage
had
been
done,"
the
jury
found.
Cause
of
death
was
shock
Induced
by
a
severe
skull
fracture,
Dr.
R.
E.
Coleman,
hospital
pathologist,
testified.
Death
occurred
while
Ross
was
being
rushed
to
hospital
at
Port
Edward,
Lt.
Sprlty,
U.
S.
Army
doctor,
said.
Miss
Pearf
Sherman,
a
clerk
employed
by
the
Americans,
testified
that
she
was
standing
in
I
front
of
the
women's
civilian
I
barracks
sometime
after
11
Harry
Wlchshlre
Foster,
who
oUofck
when
a
light
truck
drove
commanded
the
Canadian
-Am-Up
and
Miss
Ruth
Matzik,
who
erican
operation
against
Kiska
;
lived
in
the
women's
barracks,
in
the
Aleutians
In
1943,
has'
got
out-
mss
Matzik
acted
"as
been
named
commander
of
the,"1?
VMtnSE
,
,
,
,
drinks
and
spoke
Indistinctly
First
Canadian
Division
now
lnjabout
hlttlng
body
and
not
the
front
lines
in
Italy.
He
(
stopping.
"She
then
asked
where
her
room-mate,
Ida
Wilson
was,
and
went
down
the
path
to
the
Am-
.
i
)
I
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I-
Jl
.
!
'
I
I
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U
A1..U
l
f
I
-
hn.
I'
,
,
.o
I
me
no
iiiiiiiuuicii;
uiuiuaiiuiia.
eucuu
uiviuuu
uiixu
iu
uuu
uti.
effect
the
destiny
.,
of
thjt
n-
j
Foster,
aged
42,
is
from
Winnl-I
Miss
Sherman's
companions.
.
,:-,.
r
'
Ta
Peg
and
Ottawa.
I
Continued
on
Page
2
trusted
that
the
men
who
would
meet
at
that
conference
would
'
be
Imbued
with
a
sincere
spirit
of
goodwill,
tolerance
and
understanding
with
due
regard
to
the
rights
and
distinctiveness
of
each
province.
He
looked
for
ward
to
a
gathering
of
men
who
would
meet
the
problems
tq
be
discussed
with
full
realization
of
their
responsibilities
as
Canadians.
His
subject
"Postwar
Realities
in
British
Columbia,"
Mr.
Perry.
In
opening,
referred
to
the
essentiality
of
preparedness.
This
was
especially
so
In
places
like
Prince
Rupert
where
war
economy
was
playing
such
a
vijal
part.
The
problem
was
one
of
pro
viding
occupational
opportunity
for
returned
men,
war
workers
and
youth.
Irresponsible
people
might
talk
of
some
ready-made
plan
of
post
war
economy
to
be
provided
by
government.
The
fact
was
that
no
such
ready-made
plan
could
be
evolved
In
a
democracy
where
there
was
to
be
freedom
of
lndi
vldual
choice.
The
speaker
ad
mitted
that
there
could
be
.
i
ready-made
plan
If
every
person1
was
prepared
to
be
ordered
wha
he
was
to
do
and
where
he
was
to
go
without
having
any
choice
In
the
matter
if
democracy
was
Continued
on
Page
6
WAR
NEWS
Great
Offensive
Slows
Down
PARIS
A
late
bulletin
from
the
western
front
says
the
gieatcr
part
of
the
German
offensive
on
the
western
front
appears
to
have
been
temporarily
slowed
down.
This
dispatch
says
the
Nazis
have
been
forced
to
turn
aside
In
some
sectors
and
proceed
more
slowly.
Mopping
Up
On
Leyte
ORMOC
Mopping
up
operations
on
the
Island
of
Lcylc
in
the
central
Philippines
continues,
while
Allied
planes
are
already
making
use
of
the
airfields
on
Mindoro
Island,
less
than
one
hundred
and
fifty
miles
south
of
the
Philippine
capital
ot
Manila.
On
Mindoro,
incidentally,
no
major
ground
action
has
yet
developed.
Reds
Advance
On
Budapest
'MOSCOW
Berlin
reports
today
that
100,000
Russian
hoops
have
advanced
on
a
forty-mile
front
southwest
of
the
Hun.
garian
capital
of
Budapest.
The
Germans
say
the
Soviet
offensive
is
aimed
at
taking
the
capital
from
the
rear
and
opening
the
most'
direct
invasion
route
to
Vienna.
Other
Russian
fo
ccs
have
driven
to
within
fourteen
miles
of
the
big
Czccho-Sfivakian
rail
city
of
Losonc,
and
they
have
taken
thirty
r
ore
communities
in
this
area.
Caniicks
Take
Bagnacavalla
ROME
Canadian
units
fighting
with
the
British
Eighth
Army
in
Italy
this
moining
captured
the
village
of
Bagna-cavallo
on-.the
road
to
Bologna.
This
enemy
stronghold
had
been
under
heavy
Canadian
fire
for
several
days,
and
its
'
capture
nepreents
a
new
success
in
a
campaign
that
began
December
4th.
American
First
Army
Yields
Much
Ground
Weather
Is
Greatly
Aiding
Germans
Snojv
and
Fog
Rule
Out
Allied
Aerial
Support
For
Ground
Forces
J3NEMY
THRUST
BLUNTED
TODAY
PARIS,
Dec.
22
(CP)
The
main
force
of
the
'
German
thrust
deep
into
Belgium
has
been
blunted,
field
'dispatches
announced
today,
and
General
Dwijjltt
P.
Eisenhower
called
upon
the
Allied
Annies
to
swing
into
action
and
destroy
the
enemy
by
turning
Hitler's
greatest
gamble
into
his
worst
defeat.
A
dispatch
from
Twenty-First
Army
group
headquarters
-said
the
German
offensive
had
penetrated
forty
miles
at
the
point
of
its
greatest
depth
but
had
lost
a
great
amount
of
its
momentum
in
the
last
forty-eight
hours.
The
Allied
situation
is
improved
but
still-confused
with
the
initiative
still
in
the
hands
of
the
Nazis.
The
British
and
Canadian
front
remains
quiet.
PARIS,
Dec.
22
(CP)
A
front
line
reporter
says'
jl
thfl
situation
on
the
western
front
has
reacheduii
critical
stage.
It
is
not
disclosed
just
how
farrthV"!
enemy's
main
forces
have
managed
to
penetrate
into
.
."I
.
t
.
i
...
1
At.
iselgium
and
LAixemoourg,
Dut
ic
is
Known
umi
wiu
United
States
First
Army
has
been
forced
to
yield
1UU1.11
glUUUU
HtawiVi
AO
fa
.
ly
aiding
the
Germans
and
great-1
ly
handicapping
the
Allies,
-gp3
ways
counted
on
heavllyM
Allies
has
been
the
air
n
K'
ity
they
have
enjoy'et
snow
and
fog
have
made
-V.
but
Impossible
for
ground
sup
port
action.
Supreme
Allied
Headquarters
have
revealed
that
up
to
noon
Tuesday
the
Germans
had
driven
two
deep
wedges
Into
American
First
Army
lines
and
Tiad
cut
an
important
Allied
supply
hlgh-
Liege
to
Bastogne
and
Arlon.
German
paratroopers
have
JAPAN
IS
HIT
AGAIN
Superfortresses
Hit
Home
Island
of
Honshu
Nagoya,
Shizuoka
and
Osaka
are
Targets
SAIPAN,
Dec.
22
.
Again
huge
B-20
.
superfortresses
have
cast
their
shadows
on
Japan.
Today
the
big
fellows
attacked
the
Japanese
home
Island
of
Honshu,
and
the
communique
says
the-
assault
was
carried
out
by
a
considerable
number
of
planes.
Full
details,
however,
have
not
been
released.
Tokyo,
meantime,
Identifies
the
main
target
hit
by
the
bomb
ers
as
the
Industrial
centre
of
Nagoya.
Other
targets,
Tokyj
adds.
Included
Shizuoka
and
Osaka.
Up
to
60
superfortresses
of
the
Twentieth
Bomber
Command
participated
in
the
daylight
blow
against
the
Japanese
dominated
puppet
state
of
Manchukuo
yes
terday.
MEDICAL
MEN
ARE
BAFFLED
Cannot
Understand
Case
of
Rrfcky
Mountain
Spotted
Fever
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
22
W
Dr.
Stewart
Murray,
city
health
of
ficer,
has
reported
the
first
case
of
Rocky
Mountain
spotted
fever
ever
recorded
In
a
coastal
area.
The
victim
was
a
young
married
woman
residing
In
Vancouver
s
downtown
district,
who
has
re.
covered.
The
cause
of
the
disease
has
baffled
medical
authorities
here
as
the
woman
had
not
been
away
from
the
coast
and
lt
is
usually
understood
that
the
fever
a
form
of
typhus
Is
contracted
I
through
wood
ticks
found
In
the
interior
of
British
Columbia.
:JU
lletins
POSTMASTER'S
APPEAL
"Announcing
that
general
delivery
and
parcel
wickets
at
the
Post
Office
would
be
open
from
7
to
9
o'clock
tonight
and
Saturday,
Postmaster
J.
It.
Morrison
today
appealed
to
citizens
to
'clear
their
Christ-mail
as
early
as
possible
to
traffic.
Op
Christmas
,DajrS
the
Post
Office
wickets
will
landed
at
Habiemont,
a
Belgian
j
be
open
from
8
a.m.
to
noon
village
thirteen
miles
west
of
the
German
border.
Meantime,
Swiss
observers
believe
the
German
counter
thrust
Is
merely
a
desperate
German
gamble
to
stave
off
defeat.
These
observers'
believe
that
nothing
can
alter
the
outcome
of
the
war.
and
the
lobby
from
7
a.m.
to
6
p.m.
FATAL
WINNIPEG
FIRE
WINNIPEG
One
man
was
dead
and
three
in
hospital
suffering
burns
and
other
in
juries
following
.a
fire
which
r
swept
thtough
Linden
Lee
,
Court
in
downtown
Winnipeg
today.
Occupants
look
to
the
'
streets
in
night
attire
In
subzero
weather.
The
dead
man
is
Harry
Wickey,
53,
believed
to
have
given
his
own
life
to
save
that
of
his
wife.
ASHCROFT
TRAGEDY
VICTORIA
Two
small
boys
died
and
a
third
is
in
serious
condition
in
Ashcroft
Hospital
and
a
baby
girl
is
ill,
iii;'a
tragedy
which
struck
the
Hew-litt
family
at
Spatsum
In
the
central
interior,
provincial
police
reported.
A
radio
message
from
Katiiloops
told
of
the
death
of
the
two
boys
and,
pending
post-mortem
examination,
to
determine
the
nature
of
a
mysterious'
illness
which
struck
the
children.
Provincial
police
are
at
the
Hcwlitt
home
to
investigate.
CALLING
MORE
MEN
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
announced
today
that
250,000
niorc
men
arc
lo
be
drafted
into
the
Army
than
was
originally
planned.
HARRY
LANUIION
DIES
HOLLYWOOD
Harry
Lang-don,
60,
poker-faced
comedian
ot
the
old
slapstick
days,
is
deact
here.
ANOTHER
ADMIRAL
DIES
TOKYO
Another
Japanese
Admiral
is
dead,
the
eighty-first
since
May
1.
FATAL
SLEIGIIIN.G
ACCIDENT
LUMBY
Walter
Manning,
11,
was
fatally
Injured
while
sleighing.
His
sleigh
crashed
into
a
truck.
NEW
SOCIAL
SERVICE
REGINA
The
Saskatchewan
government
will
provide
free
medical
and
surgical
services,
hospital
services
and
drugs
required
by
old
age
pensioners,
recipients
of
mothers
allowances,
their
dependents
and
the
blind,
starting
January
1,
Health
Minister
Valleau
announced
today.
Some
25,000
persons
will
benefit.
I
let
1