Weather
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tides
period
up
to
6
pjn.
tomorrow)
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
Charlottes
and
North
Coast:
mln
Thursday,
December
21,
1944
li
to
moderate
winds,
fair
High
5:44
18.9
feet
and
cool
today
and
Thursday.
17:30
18.7
feet
Low
11:39
82
feet
.
XXXIII.
No.
297
W
ACTIONS
IN
PACIFIC
WAR
MINED
BY
FRASER-NIMITZ
l'KAKii
MAKuuu,
uec.
zu
lUi')
Indications
arc
i
new
actions
are
being
planned
in
the
Pacific
war.
commander-in-chief
of
the
new
Pacific
fleet
niral
Sir
Hruce
Eraser
has
been
conferring
with
In
the
nmippines,
meantime,
the
Allies
Allies
it
nunc
nome
test
VX.
inner
Is
eturninq
TTAWA,
Dec
20
(Pi
Canada's
man
army
-Private
Ernest
ok;
Smith-
-will
be
home
;cw
Westminster.
British
Col-
in
uir
Vjiu
iauii(U
i
1st.
i
Z
the
Victoria
Cross.
The
:
cast
soldier
will
probably
vc
at
Dorval,
Quebec,
by
air
,v
cp
tomorrow.
.Tilth
won
the
V.C.
for
al-
;
ngle-handedly
holding
a
Ibllan
bridgehead
against
.v;
tanks,
.
self-propelled
i
and
infantry
on
October
Cnuln
Diiin.
Arm,.
rf
,
1
.
II
-.1.-1
j
Lata
ms
ucuuu
was
viuti
.;
capture
of
Cesena
and
the
on
the
Ronco
River.
utter
contempt
ior
nrmy.
the
dark,
short
and
.pcicried
soldier
stood
at
a
;c
of
thirty
feet
from
the;
-ay
and
knocked
out
a
Pan-tank
with
a
blast
from
his
I
run
lr-
'll
0
i.nii'nlinrliwl
In
fhn
i.
.
.
nod.
uunuuiiuvu
n
v...
although
he
had
been
i;:d
twice
before
during
his
?"r,
month
service
in
Italy
ihas
served
five
years
bver-
id
was
given
the
V.C.
by
prklngham
Palace
Monday.
.
n
u
iKi
n
i;i
r
i
hi
win
li
it;
:na
Cross
in
this
war
and
first
private.
His
fellow
i
m
n
ll..
.
rvi
n
inr
.i
rin
n
rvrt
irr
ihony
Is
now
in
New
West
er
on
leave
after
winning
l-
v
last
May
at
mic
ivii-uu
U3I-YY;K
I
III
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
20
ff
:l
an
inlniulnii
llvnt
i1m
mincllnn
i
nil
r
nra
rMi
ifiAmDniD
inr
nri.
e
British
Columbia
steamship
wai
inzr.vb
icd
at
tnc
uana-
wn
onipDuiiarri
ana
tnip
He
ist
MmnlptprI
nt
Ottawa.,
ue-
ui
mc
coiiiereiiuu
uuuiu
hui
flivuiTTpri
fnr
spcuritv
reasons.
Local
Tcinpcraturc
"ixinium
3u
-"nimum
31
are
ad
vancing
without
ground
opposl.
tion
on
the
island
of
Mlndoro,
And
today's
Allied
communique
says
thirteen
Japanese
planes
have
been
destroyed
in
an
at
tack
on
Allied
positions
on
the
island.
To
the
southwest,
Allied
troops
have
captured
the
Japanese
base
of
Valencia
on
Leyte
Island.
REMNANT
OF
NAZI
FLEET
Was
Target
of
.Royal
Air
Force
Heavy
Bombers
at
Baltic
Port
Of
Gdynia
LONDON,
Dec.
20
Q
German
,
warships,
sheltered
in
the
Baltic)
port
of
Gdynia,
north
of
Danzig,
were
attacked
Monday
night
by
some
500
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
while
other
British
heavies
struck
at
Nurnberg
and
Mun
ster.
One
enemy
plane
was
destroyed
in
night
operations
which
included
attacks
on
airdrome
behind
the
German
lines.
Five
British
planes
were
missing.
The
British
planes
made
a
round
trip
flight
of
1600
miles
in
the
attack
on
the
greater
part
of
wuai.
remains
oi
iiie
rtazi
suriace
fleet
the
pocket
battleships
LUtzwow
and
Scheer
and
four
cruisers,
FLYING
FORTS
BOMB
BACK
OF
GERMAN
LINES
LNDON,.
Dec.
20
Three
flyfng
fortresses
spread
nearly
1000
tons
of
explosives
on
Ger-.
man
supply
lines
Immediately
behind
counter-attacking
German
troops
yesterday
in
the
first
mission
of
its-
kind
In
the
European
war.
HESS
HURT
IN
BRAINSTORM
llillf
r's
Deputy
Broke
His
Leg
When
He
Jumped
Over
Bannister
While
Mentally
Deranged
,
LONDON,
Dec.
20
0,
Rudolph
Hess,
Adolf
Hitler's
deputy,
who
has
been
a
nrlsoner
in
Britain
atn
ui
i5incc
inii
Drone
1110
n-s
wnc
c
jumped
over
a
bannister
during
a
"brain
storm,"
It
was
disclosed
yesterday.
His
mental
and
nervous
condition
has
deteriorated
in
the
last
few
months
and"
he
has
had
frequent
brain
storms.
NORBURY,
Eng.,
The
British
Legion
Is
bound
It's
going
to
have
an
Armistice
celebration,
A
branch
in
this
Surrey
town
has
booked
a
hall
for
one
night
each
month
during
the
next
six
months
in
readiness
for
a
victory
dance.
A
i
ONLY
3
MORE
SHOPPING
DAYS
TILL
CHRISTMAS
Include
.
.
.
THE
VARIETY
STORE
IN
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHUIT1NU
iuuk
l"Vrv
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
today
urged
a
quick
re-establishment
of
face-to'-face
contact
between
the
foreign
ministers
of
Britain,
Russia
and
the
United
States.
Eden
said
that
the
only
way
Britain
may
have
erred
in
Greece
was
in
falling
to
take
troops
of
tM
other
allies
along
with
the
Tommies.
Opening
the
government's
de
fence
in
the
face
of
bitter
Labor-Liberal
attacks
on
the
British
policy
in
Greece,
the
foreign
secretary
denied
the
Implication
that
British
policy
was
dictated
by
sphere,
of
-influence
plans,
and
said
that
Britain
was
"seeking
nothing
for
ourselves
in
Greece
neither
strategic
ad
¬
vantage
nor
economic
advan
tage
or
any
advantage
of
that
kind
at
all."
Churchill
Silent
On
Western
Front
LONDON,
Dec.
20
0)
Prime
Minister
Churchill,
merely
telling
the
House
of
Commons
yes
terday
that
a
great
battle
was
proceeding,
maintained
the
ne'ws
blackout
on
the
western
front
when
requested
for
a
general
war
review.
FELTHAM,
Middlesex,
Eng.,
W
A
farm
worker
was
ordered
to
pay
$1
court
costs
for
driving
black
cows
In
the
blackout
without
UghU
on
a
country
road,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
20,
1944
WAR
NEWS
On
Italian
Front
ROME
Polish
and
Indian
forces
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
in
Italy
have
cleared
enemy
resistance
from
the
area
south
of
the
Senlo
River.
This
area
has
been
the
scene
of
heavy
fighting
for
several
weeks
now.
The
Germans,
too,
arc
striking
haid.
latest
reports
tell
of
the
Nazis
throwing
heavy
punches
at
British
lines
near
Faenza
and
forcing
Tommies
to
fall
back
slightly.
Greek
War
Keeps
Up
-,-
-
-t-f
ATHENS
The
Greek
capital
still
rings
with
the
sounds
of
war.
The
Left
Wing
E.L.A.'s
forces
have
set
up
positions
in
the
city
prison
which
they
forced
from
the
British
the
oilier
day.
Incidentally,
the
civil
strife
in
Greece
has
made
it
necessary
to
evacuate
a
substantial
part
of
the
United
Nations
relief
mission
to
the
country.
To
date,
several
members
of
the
relief
staff
have
been
wounded
In
the
course
of
their
duty.
On
Eastern
Front
MOSCOW
The
Moscow
bulletin
this
morning
tells
of
an
advance
all
along
an
eighty.milc
front
in
southern
Czechoslovakia
and
northern
Hungary.
Soviet
forces
have
broken
into
strong
enemy
positions
within
nine
miles
of
the
Slovakian
communications
city
of
Kassa.
Budapest
is
virtually
surrounded.
.
Tokyo
Hit
Again
sK
I
PAN
Three
American
superfortresses
bombed
Tokyo
shortly
before
dawn
today.
t
EDEN
DEFENDS
GREEK
ACTION
BEFORE
HOUSE
No
Jap
Regard
i
For
Human
Life
LONDON,
Dec.
'20
In
announcing
brutal
and
inhuman
treatment
to
which
thousands
of
white
captives
have
been
submitted
on
forced
labor
by
the
.
i
Japanese,
the
British
War
Of-LONDON,
Dec.
20
CT-6tand-.
t
ficc
sajd
yesterday
that,
in
the
ing
pat
on
Britain's
armed
in-!uree
for
SDecd
tne
Janancse
terventlon
in
Greece.
Foreign
j
dlsrcgaraccl
the
Cost
of
human
life.
Sick
prisoners
were
carried
to
work
on
stretchers.
Severe
beatings
were
administered
to
officers
and
men.
There
were
cases
of
torture
and
killing.
All
American
Planes
Back
Safe
to
Bases
WASHINGTON.
D
C
.
Dec
20
C
It
is
announced
that
all
Ameri
can,
superfortresses
whlcih
raided
Nagoya
on
the
principal
Japanese
home
Island
of
Kvushu
and
Hankow
returned
safely
from
the.
twin
smash.
Ormura,
.Japan.
Shanghai
and
Nanking
in
China
were
also
raided,
curacies
notwithstanding,
a
talk.
on
Prince
Rupert
given
over
the
radio
from
Winnipeg
last
night
by,
Mrs.
Dorothy
Garbutt,
former
Y.W.C.A.
War
Services
hostess
here,
proved
of
considerable
Interest.
Mrs.
Garbutt
had
some
pleasant
things
to
say
about
Prince
Rupert
even
if
she
did
al
lude
to
the
rain
and
muskeg
here
I
and
drew
a
few
far-fetched
word
pictures.
"What
If
it
does
rain
a
lot?"
she
remarked,
"At
least
there
is
never
zero
weather."
Mrs.
Garbutt
talked
of
the
"hump"
between
the
(business
HOW
IT
FEELS
TO
BE
HERO
Major
John
Mahoney
V,
C.
Wishes
War
Were
Over
and
His
Comrades
Were
Home
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Dec.
20
tt-
Major
John
Ksefer
Mahoney
V.
C
facing
3500
cheering
fellow
citizens,
told
them
in
an
informal
arJress...hpw
it
fetls
,
to.
.came
back
to
one's
home
town
a
nero.
"I
am
not
as
nervous
as
'.
thought
I'd
be,"
he
told
a
gath
ering
at
a
formal
reception.
Turning
the
spotlight
from
himself
to
comrades
on
the
battlefront,
Major
Mahoney
said
"I
only
wish
this
awful
war
were
over
and
that
tribute
were
being
paid
to
them
here
tonight
that
they
were
sitting
here
on
this
platform."
Four
Victoria
Cross
winners
of
the
first
Great
War
Lieut.
Col
John
McGregor,
Lieut.
Col.
J.
R,
Strachan,
Lieut.
Commander
R
Bourke
and
Lieut.
Robert
Hanna
were
on
the
platform
and
also
Mrs.
Cecil
Merritt,
wife
of
Col.
Merrltt
who
won
the
Victoria
Cross
at
Dieppe
and
Is
now
a
prisoner
of
war(ln
Germany.
FARM
TRAINING
HAMILTON,
Bermuda,
ffii
Scholarships
have
been
estab
lished
in
Bermuda
to
provide
training
for
young
men
and
women
interested
In
farming,
with
a
view
to
Introducing
more
modern
and
efficient
methods
in
the
colony.
section
and
the
Norwegian
colony
and
seemed
to
have
been
intrigued
by
the
use
of
the
words
"blue,"
"green,"
"black"
and
"red"
in
designation
of
party
line
telephones.
The
former
local
hostess
was
not
so
accurate
In
her
local
history
when
she
told
of
the
town
starting
when
the
railway
pushed
through
in
1908.
Listeners
were
amused
when
Mrs.
Garbutt
declared
that
the
school
board
had
held
a
special
meeting
to
declare
a
school
holiday
when
a
horse
haippened
to
pass
through
Prince
Rupert.
Mrs.
Rochester
was
probably
not,
very
pleased
with
the
disclosure
that
REBELS
TAKE
OVER
PRISON
Leftists
Establish
Themselves
In
Captured
Jail
in
Athens
ATHENS,
Dec.
20
O;
Leftist
forces
have
established
them-j
selves
firmly
In
the
Averof
f
Prls-ion
which,
with
a
strong
attack,
I
they
forced
the
British
to
aban-don
yesterday,
allowing
the
quis
ling
Former
Premier
Hallls
to
escape
In
so
doing.
The
British
staged
a
counter-attack
and
successfully
rescued
policemen,
staff
of
British
soldiers
and
some
political
prisoners.
The
lelftlsts
then
began
to
fortify
the
prison.
Aircraft
today
dropped
leaf
lets
containing
a
warning
from
Lieut.
General
Ronald
Scoble,
general
officer
commanding
in
Greece,
to
civilians
in
and
around
Athens
and
Piraeus
that
rebel
guns
still
firing
after
9
o'clock
tomorrow
will
be
at
tacked
"with
all.
arms
at
my
dis.
posal."
x
WEST
COAST
INFANTRYMEN
GAIN
GROUND
WITH
CANADIAN
TROOPS
ON
THE
ADRIATIC,
Dec.
20
O
West
Coast
and
Ontario
infantrymen,
on
the
right
flank
of
the
Canadians'
Navlglio
Canal
brigdehead.
gained
a
narrow
foothold
over
Munio
Canal
be
tween
the
Navillo
and
Senlo
Rivers
Saturday
while
troops
on
the
left
flank
scored
a
500-yard
gain.
INTERVENTION
DEFENDED
LONDON,
Dec.
20
0)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
defending
Britain's
armed
intervention
in
the
Belgian
disturbance
last
month,
told
the
House
of
Commons
that
"we
were
acting
under
American
instructions
when
we
did
that."
CANADIAN
POLITICAL
LEADERS
SAY
NEWS
FREEDOM
ESSENTIAL
OTTAWA,
Dec.
20
)
National
leaders
of
four
major
political
parties
in
Canada
hold
the
common
view
that
worldwide
freedom
of
exchange
of
news
is
essential
to
the
well,
being
or
mankind.
In
positive
terms
the
four
leaders
made
known
their
stand
in
statements
to
the
Canadian
Press
released
today.
The
four
leaders
are
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King,
Liberal;
John
Bracken,
Progressive
Conservative;
M.
J.
Cold
well,
C.C.F.,
and
John
Blackmore,
Social
Credit.
Mackenzie
King
said
that
the
matter
of
protecting
news
freedom
by
International
compact
Is
receiving
careful
attention
from
the
government
and
is
also
under
examination
by
other
Allied
governments.
A
LITTLE
FAR-FETCHED,
YET
INTERESTING
Some
exaggerations
and
inac
the
Prince
Rupert
Hotel
had
one
bridal
suite
with
a
bath
and
also
public
baths
on
each
floor.
Another
revelation
was
thai
everybody
in
town
went
down
to
the
docks
each
morning
to
see
the
fishing
boats
leave
for
the
banks.
It
was
also
interesting
to
hear
how
the
Indian
women
dressed
up
In
full
gaze
of
anyone
who
wished
to
sec
as
they
ap
prbached
iport
in
their
boats
for
a
visit
to
town.
.
Mrs.
Garbutt
concluded
by
de
scribing
Kalen
Island,
so
named
.because
the
shore
lines
were
white
with
seagull
fertilizer,
as
"the
most
incredible
island
In
the
world."
twenty
miles
into
American
lines.
German
lmantry
pusned
wed-'
nesday
behind
swift
Nazi
armored
columns
advancing
more
I
than
twelve
miles
into
Belgium
but
American
tanks
and
troops
were
holding
firm
in
some
sec.
tors
of
the
enemy
breakthrough
channel.
One
front
line
dis
patch
said
the
American
First
Army's
situation
was
officially
termed
"definitely
better"
last
night
with
hardening
of
American
flanks
north
and
south
of
the
four-pronged
German
coun
ter-attack.
Supreme
Headquarters
having
disclosed
that
the
Germans
had
smashed
five
to
28
miles
ahead
by
Monday
noon
in
four
columns
driving
into
Belgium
and
Lux.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
L
cmy
Advance
Revealed
-
v
4
,
SS
NEW
CORPS
COMMANDER
IN
ITALY
This
is
the
first
photograph
taken
of
Lieut.-General
Charles
Foulkes,
with
troops
of
his
new
command,
since
his
elevation
to
command
the
First
Canadian
Corps
In
Italy.
He
is
seen
here
chatting
with
Capt.
W.
W.
Leach,
Orangeville.
Ont.,
and
Pte.
M.
B.
Pindar,
Oshawa,
Ont.,
"somewhere
in
Italy."
General
Foulkes
is
from
London,
Ont.,
and
Victoria,
B.C.
(Canadian
Army
Overseas
Photo),
1
Howard
Frizzell
Due
From
Overseas
Direct
from
Italy
after
having
been
in
service
with
the
United
States
Navy
for
the
past
three
years
in
Mediterranean
and
other
European
waters,
Quartermaster
First
Class
Howard
Frizzell
will
ar.
rive
in
the
city
Friday
morning
on
the
Prince
George
to
spend
Christmas
with
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
Frizzell,
Summit
Avenue.
One
of
Prince
Rupert's
best
known
pioneer
boys,
Howard's
visit
will
be
looked
forward
to
by
his
numerous
friends.
Have
Brokeo
Across
Belgium
-
Luxembourg
Five
to
Twenty
Miles
!
Hard
Fighting
Continues
Willi
Both
Sides
Suffering
Heavy
Casualties
Air
Force
in
Action
PARIS,
Dec.
20
(CI')
American
troops
have
recaptured
the
German
town
of
Monschau
and
in;
"
fierce
fighting
have
checked
the
initial
impetus,
of
the
powerful
German
counter-offensive.
The
front
was
still
unstabilizcd
tonight.
PARIS,
Dec.
20
(CP)
The
Allied
censorship
blackout
of
action
along
the'western
front
has
been
:
'lifted
slightly
to
reveal
that
German
tanks
and
infan-.?
try1
'columns'
have
broken
across
the
Belgian
and
Luxembourg
borders
at
four
places
and
driven
five
to
,
For
soidiers-
VrJ
Beer,
Girls
And
Smokes
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Tells
of
Steps
to
Make
Life
More
Pleasant
For
Soldiers
LONDON,
Dec
20
(CD-Christmas
present
to
the
men
'
serving
in
InuU
and
Burma
was
promised
today
by
Prime
Minister
Winston
ti;
archill
embourg.
on
Wednesday
the
Ger-1
who
said
beer
and
cigarette
man
armored'
columns
struck
rations
will
be
increased
soon
deeper
into
Belgium
which
would
put
them
even
more
than
28
miles
Into
that
country.
The
deepest
disclosed
penetration
was
at
Stavelot,
only
22
miles
from
Liege.
Precise
details
were
with
held.
The-
German
cloumns
were
obviously
in
quest
of
American
supplies
but
were
meeting
with
little
success.
One
American
First
Army
officer
said
the
enemy
had
drained
troops
from
other
sectors
for
a
bold
move
and,
if
the
tounier.offensive,
were
crushed,
"the
war
can
be
won
riglit
here."
.
American
anti-aircraft
gun
ners
claimed
more
tnan
zuu
plailes
were
destroyed
in
three
days.
A
dispatch
from
the
British
Canadian
front
said
that
a
sudden
burst
of
enemy
patrol
ling,
accompanied
by
a
violent
Increase
in
mortar
fire,
erupted
Wednesday
in
the
Geilenklrchen
sector
of
the
long-stajled
flank
of
the
western
front.
The
significance
of
the
stepped-up
ac
tivity
was
not
immediately
apparent.
Earlier,
a
dispatch
from
Paris
said
the
Americans
were
holding
their
ground
on
the
flanks
of
the
enemy
counter-offensive.
A
German
dispatch
to
a
Swiss
newspaper
meantime
says
the
German
High
Command
has
in
creased
the
strength
of
its
of.
tensive
in
a
gigantic
effort
to
throw
the
Allies
out
of
Germany.
The
German
High
'Command
declared
today
that
more
than
ten
thousand
prisoners
were
taken
In
the
German
counter-offensive
on
the
western
front
and
said
that
spearheads
were
still
advancing.
A
Berlin
com
munique
said
that
200
American
tanks
were
destroyed
or
cap
tured
and
124
planes
shot
down.
The
communique
said
that
American
pressure
in
Aachen'
and
Saar
areas
has
One
dispatch
says
the
Ameri
cans
have
succeeded
in
halting
the
enemy
advance
jn
an
area
south
of
tht:
German
town
of
Monshau
but
hard-
fighting
continuing
in
this
area
and
both
the
Germans
and
Americans
are
understood
to
have
suffered
heavy
losses.
Yesterday,
a
large
force
of
Allied
heavy
bombers
came
on
the
run
to
an
emergency
call
to
spread
two
thousand
tons
of
bombs
on
enemy
positions
Immediately
behind
the
enemy
front
lines.
Canadian
airmen
are
also
taking
part
in
striking
back
at
the
enemy.
Canadian.
ami
theyVmay
hive,
"a"r
:Whcet
shortly
to
meet
some
women
front
home.
Steps,
the
Prime
Minister
said,
are
being:
taken
to
make
life
more
enjoyable
for
the
men,
many
of
whom
have
been
away
from
home
for
more
than
three
years.
CHALLENGE
TAKEN
UP
British
.House
in
Debase
Today
n
Government's
Foreign
Policy
LONDON,
Dec.
20
O
A
debate
jn
British
foreign
policy
has
Just
opened
in
the
British
House
of
Commons.
The
Daboritas
were
challenged
by
the
Prime
Minister
to
of
far
a
vote
ot
censure.
The
Prime
Minister
has
told
the
House
that,
although
the
three
great
powers
are
in
agree
ment
about
generals
a'vns,
complete
agreement
on
every
aspect
of
those
matters
is
another
ques
tion.
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Greenwood,
leader
of
the
Labor
opposition,
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
there
is
greaperlur-batlon
in
the
minds
of
millions
in
this
country
and
Uie
Allies
as
to
the
situation
in"
Greece.
Greenwood
said
this
is
not
the
occasion
for
a
vote
of
censure
and
there
is
no
challenge
to
the
government,
He
ad,led
"the
Prime
Minister
has
D9V
handled
this
situation
In
the
way
It
should
be
handled."
Speculation
On
Mystery
Balloon
KALISPELL,
Mont.,
Dec.
29
0
There
Is
still
much
specula
tion
about
the
Japanese
marked
paper
balloon
which
was
found
in
the
mountains
near
here.
No
determination
has
been
!
made
of
.the
.
use
for
which.
It
was
Intended.
Indeed,
there
aro
some
who
are
inclined
to
be
lieve
it
may
have
been
a
hoax.
Prevailing
winds
for
several
weeks
past
could
have
blown
the
balloon
In
from
a
long
distance
out
In
the
Pacific.
Mosqultos
are
providing
an
aerial
umbrella
for
the
hard-pressed
American
ground
troops.
Elsewhere
on
the
front,
the'
American
Third
Army
has
pushed
ahead
Into
the
Maglnot
fortifications
capturing
forty
pillboxes
and
fortified
houses.
'Hi