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hi
cn
the
ground
to
L
invn
inn
forces.
A
ji
ites
iplaved
to
Uer-
eai'-er
quoica
mc
lunuct
it
pliiuppinc
as
saying
It
be
takc.i
for
granted
that
;?p:nr:e
Navy
now
will
go
e
Berlin
radio
quoted
a
j....
tnr-Pi
nlrradv
landed
if
Ur.raven
area
In
Luzon
led
about
60.000
men.
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iwi
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V
JM
i
i
iiiiHi
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n
m
i
urn
ii
u
mii
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'
'
ext.-a
pa;
ollne
to
trans-
workcrj
to
essential
war
and
buuncsses
In
west
'
f.lir
where
transporta-
flelm
thmi,.U
1.11.
1
.
.
:s'una:jn,
reelonal
transit
rn
of
i
.
mi
4
aniiuuncta,
Aaamon-
"
-.le
will
hn
omntAH
fnr
W
far
to
transnort
fel-
'
ker.
to
place
of
einploy-
me
order
will
apply
to
V'xti
public
utilities,
hos-
"
bread
and
milk
producers,
;nm-nr.
agencies,
banks
and
f
r
il
1
.i
a
'He
circet
cars
tied
up,
p
aut
.mobiles
arc
seen
on
;'fee
than
In
manv
a
dav.
'"e
appears
to
be
no
serious
'Ptlon
of
business
and
ln-
au
a
result
of
the
strike.
Ca!;
Bh
chu
triors
rrnnrt-
kw
.f.i.
oi
ineir
employees
orlc,
North
Vancouver
80
Put
aW
uurrard
South,
70
ent
Vf.
y
or
-atc
Siting
Coast
iiNWjUVEn.,
Jan.
in
n,-Rcc-
'
w
oia'e
Norman
McLartv.
r,
iu
aays
in
Vancouver
rc
'caving
for
Victoria,
sld
;
,"
"t-paumcntal
business
"t"u"ll'o.
ne
could
not
dls-
'e
matter
further.
Sullet
BLUE
BUS
MAY
GO
ON
STRIKE
May
Join
With
Vancouver
Island
Coach
Lines
in
Asking
Higher
Wages
VICTORIA,
Jan.
10
0i
Blue
Line
bus
drivers
of
Victoria
and
Nanaimo,
meeting
here
yester
day
afternoon,
considered
going
on
strike
for
higher
wages'
and
improved
working
conditions.
ThLs
would
affect
30
drivers
in
dreater
Victoria
and
10
In
Nan
aimo.
The
basic
wage
of
drivers
of
the
Blue
Line
Is
65c
an
hour,
the
same
as
the
Vancouver
Island
Coach
Lines.
Former
Air
Vice-Marshal
Named
Shelter
Chief
OTTAWA,
Jan.
10
Air
Vice-Marshal
L.
F.
Stevenson,
recently
rcUrcd
from
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
has
been
appointed
administrator
of
emergency
shelter
In
Vancouver
44
llnrl.
DISTRICT
.
.
LOG
SCALE
HIGHER
"s
rnuiucru
It
nn
.
Pfoauctlon
totalling
!
51
ard
feet
In
1944
in
,rri"ce
rtupert
forestrv
rils.
L
U'm
IU-
.
.
.
'
-
u.c
nignest
in
the
ast
year,
Ifompanying
the
a
aw
log
'
wa
production
of
1,080,913
'
Icct
of
rjolpH
"d
mainly
by
the
camps
of
e?Hvenr,n
thcDulklcy
ad
'
"eirrihor'.
.
o
suwiog
scale
was
10,038,078
board
rcct,
and
the
pole
and
piling
total
was
241,-789
lineal
feet.
Production
in
December,
1043
was
37,415,820
board
foot
of
logs
nnd
112,179
feet
of
poles
and
piling.
Sawlog
production
for
the
whole
of
1943
was
244,774,230
board
feet,
and
the
scale
of
poles
and
piling
for
the
same
period
was
1,770,700,
slightly
higher
than
In
1944.
Greatest
part
of
the
December
log
scale
was
cedar
with
spruce
and
hemlock
following.
vs
V'
O,
Roosevelt
Congress
t
4
,
asked
x.
Ann
nnn
nnn
I
,
V'JfVVV
for
Hie
fiscal
,
ar
ending
June
30,
19IG,
but
warned
that
battle
developments
might
make
Hie
sum
Inadequate.
A
liudgct
climated
at
$70,000,009,000
will
be
jirrdrd
for
war
purpo.'tcs.
Tlie
President
declined
to
comment
on
the
possible
length
of
the
war
but
said:
''My
only
prediction
is
that
our
enemies
will
be
totally
defeated
before
we
lay
down
our
arms.''
No
substantial
tax
changes
are
proposed
In
the
budget.
.MRS.
RING
CROSBY
IlKTTEIl
HOLLYWOOD..
.Mrs.
Bing
Crosby,
the
wire
of
(he
famous
crooner,
is
reported
to
be
in
an
"improved
condition
at
a
'Hollywood
hospital
thi.s
morn-
ingMrs,
Crosby,
the
former
Dixie
Lee
of
the
cinema,
was
placed
under
an
oxygen
lent
for
a
while
last
night
hrrause
of
a
threat
of
pneumonia.
NEW
AIR
SPEED
RKCOKD
WASHINGTON
A
new
transcontinental
speed
record
apparently
has
been
set
in
the
United
Stales
by
a
huge
transport
plane
known
as
the
C-97.
The
double-decked
plane
in
the
transport
version
of
the
B-29
Superfortress.
The
big
air
craft
flew
from
Seattle
to
Washington,
D.C,
In
just
over
six
hours.
The
distance
flown
was
between
2300
and
2100
miles.
EX-SERVICEMEN'S
CIM
KSK
TORONTO
The
University
of
Toronto
is
starting
a
new
10-monlh
course,
for,
ex-servicemen
and
women
in
business
practice.
The
rourse
will
probably
open
February
fifth.
RARE
R.OA.F.
HONOR
LONDON
A
rare'distlnction
has
been
conferred
on
an
II.
A.F.
man.
Wing
Commander
John
Brian
Tail
lias
been
awarded
a
third
bar
to
the
Distinguished
Service
Order.
This
has
occurred
only
two
or
three
times
In
the
Navy,
not
at
all
In
the
Army
and
for
the
first
time
in
Ihe
Air
Force.
Tait
was
the
leader
on
three
occasions
of
attacks
on
the
German
battleship
Tirplti.
Internal
German
Trouble
BERNE,
Jan.
9
(CP)
Thomas
Hawkins,
Associated
Press
staff
writer,
reports
from
Switzerland
that
new
and
possibly
significant
signs
of
anti-Nazi
resistance
appears
to
be
springing
up
In
Germany.
Due
allowance
must
be
made
for
the
possibility
that
reports
on
conditions
inside
Germany
are
colored
by
enemy
propaganda
hut
usually
trustworthy
private
channels
and
German
newspapers
themselves
indicate
the
Communists
arc
best
organitcd
and
the
most
persistent
clement
working
for
the
overthrow
of
the
Hitler
regime.
Canadians
Make
Gains
In
Italy
ROME,
Jan.
10
Q
The
Canadians,
in
driving
to
the
Adriatic
Sea
coast
at
a
point
nine
miles
north
of
Ravenna,
pushed
the
Germans
out
of
50
sauare
miles
In
four
days.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
47
Minimum
42
Rainfall
for
the
24-hour
period
ending
midnight
Tuesday
was
.43
Inches.
Ass'd
Boards
Meet
May
3
Organization
to
be
Revived
Then
at
Interior
Town
of
Vanderhoof
The
date
for
the
convention
at
which
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Colum
bia,
which
has
been
dormant
for
sme
time,
Is
to
be
revived
has
bsen
set.
It
will
open
at
Vander
hoof
on
May
3,
Arthur
Brooks
bank,
secretary
of
the
Associated
Boards,
announced
today
follow
ing
receipt
of
advice
from
II.
V
Taylor
of
Vanderhoof,
president
of
the
Associated
Boards,
that,
in
the
opinion
of
the
host
Van
derhoof
and
District
Boards
of
Trade,
this
would
be
the
earliest
suitable
date.
Organization
preparatory
to
the
holding
of
the
convention
will
commence
at
once.
This
will
include
the
get-tins
out
of
notices
calling
for
resolutions
on
matters
to
be
tak-
cnup.
The
letter
from
Mr.
Taylor
conveyed
the
opinion
of
the
Vanderhoof
Board
that
It
would
not
be
possible
to
hold
a
convention
In
January
as
some
had
suggested.
Delegates
who
would
come
Tjy
car
would
have
better
weather
and
road
conditions
In
May.
There
would
also
be
some
members
of
the
-
'Associated
Boards
who
would,
ber-attending
the
session
of
the
Legislature
which
would
be
opening'
at
the
end
of
this
month
and
would
last
for
six
weeks.
Appeals
To
Employees
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell
Speaks.
in
Connection
with
Vancouver
Street
Car
Strike
OTTAWA,
Jan.
10
O
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
or
labor,
appealed
to
striking
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New;WestV
minster
street
rallway'emplbyees
1
to
return
to
work.
The
appeal
to
reutrn
to
work.
Tlie
appeal
has
been
rejected,
The
Dominion
minister
of
la
bor
at
Ottawa
declared
the
strike
illegal,
having
taken
place
in
spite
of
offers
of
mediation.
The
government
could
appoint
controllers
to
take
over
operation
of
tlie
street
railways,
ordering
the
strikers
to
return
to
work
on
penalty
of
going
to
jail.
The
strike
might
well
Inter
fere
-with
war
production.
At
Vancouver,
W.
O.
Murrln,
president
of
British
Columbia
Electric,
said
the
nompany
could
do
no
more.
The
Issue
was
now
between
the
men
and
the
federal
government.
A
union
spokesman
said
the
union
was
ready
and
anxious
to
reach
a
settlement.
Last
minute
efforts
to
avert
the
strike
pf
the
street
railway
men
broke
down
at
a
meeting
cf
company,
union
and
regional
war
labor
board
representatives.
M.
H.
McOeough,
.administrator
of
the
regional
board,
termini
the
meetlns
a
failure,
said
he
had
offered
the
men
a
raise
of
4'2c
per
hour
with
company
and
national
board
approval.
The
of
fer
and
pica
for
48
hours
delay
had
been
rejected.
Mayor
Cornctt
of
Vancouver
sent
a
wire
to
Ottawa
pointing
out
tht
the
Dominion
government
was
being
blamed
for
the
strike
because
of
the
long
delay
of
the
National
War
Labor
Board
In
making
a
finding.
OLOF
HANSON
BACK
IN
CITY
Olof
Hanson,
MTV,
arrived
In
the
city
this
morning
from
Vancouver
where
he
stopped
for
two
weeks1
after
leaving
Ottawa
at
the
close
of
the
parliamentary
session.
Mr.
Hanson
said
that
his
wife,
who
suffered
a
fractured
fore
arm
when
she
slipped
and
tell
on
the
train,
Is
recovering
favorably.
The
accident
occurred
near
Moose
Jaw.
American
Spearheads,
Led
by
Tanks,
Speedy
Progress
After
Landing
On
loons
to
nmM
ARRANGE?
TOUCH
OF
HUMOR,
FRONT
LINE-
Here
is
one
of
the
humorous
road
'signs
that
were
erected
near
the
fighting
front
in
Holland,
igtvlnis'many
an
Allied
soldier
a
laugh
as
they
passed
along
on
their:
way
Into
action.
This
sign
Is
near
the
sector
recently
captured
by
Canadian
forces.
Tory
Organizer
Is
Coming
to
Province
CRAHBTtOOK,
Jan.
10
Q-
James.'
M.
MacDonnell,
.who
as
sMe'tfJoh
n
lift
cken
In
reorgan
-'
izatlon
of
the
Progrsslvft-Wif-N
servative
party,
will
arrfve
Here
January
19
on
a
tour
of
British
I
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
per
Columbia.
Chairman
of
the
party,
MacDonneU
will
speak
at
Kootenay
East
nominating
convention
January
19.
!-
f
AIRCRAFT
IS
MISSING
OVER
VANCOUVER
IDr
I
;
Y
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
10
Eleven
ibrinel
are
missing
over
Van
coiiver
Island
or
Western
Wash
ington
fn
a
plane
which
has
failed
to
report
since
last
night.
WAR
NEWS
Germans
in
General
Withdrawal
PARIS
The
Germans
have
begun
to
withdraw
from
the
western
tip
of
their
salient
in
Belgium.
In
a
front
dispatch,
Associated
Press
war
correspondent
Roger
Greene
quotes
an
Allied
staff
officer
as
saying
von
Rundstedt's
forces
have
retreated
a
mile
or
more
on
a
five-mile
front
In
the
initial
stages
of
the
withdrawal.
Troops
of
the
American
ITrst
Army,
moving
down
from
the
north
have
pushed
ahead
to
within
less
than
one
mile
of
the
the
communications
hub
of
Laroche.
They
are
within
four
miles
of
a
highway
leading
to
St.
Vith
in
eastern
Belgium
and
the
evering
of
this
road
would
m
all
-German
forces
to
the
west
In
a
precarious
position.
,W1uIef
the
fighting
is
going
well
for
the
Allies
In
Belgium,
one
Allied
staff
officer
has
warned
against
over-optimism.
He
points
i
.out
that
the
Nazis
will
still
have
the
use
of
secondary
roads'
v
if
their
main
escape
route
from
the
western
sector
is
hit.
Canadian
infantry
slabbed
at
German
positions
eight
miles
southeast
of
Nijmegen
Tuesday,
advancing
one
mile
on
tank
carriers
under
a
fierce
artillery
barrage
that
blasted
enemy
trenches
to
dust.
The
Canadians
jumped
from
their
tanks
and
fought
the
Germans
hand-to-hand,
leaving
more
than
twenty
enemy
dead
on
the
snow-covcred
battlefield
after
a
bitter
hour-long
fight.
Plane
Losses
In
Tokyo
Raid
WASHINGTON
The
Tokyo
radio
claims
without
confirmation
that
twenty-nine
superfortresses
were
shot
down
or
damaged
in
yesterday's
B-29
raid
on
the
Tokyo
area
on
Honshu
Island,
principal
island
of
the
Japanese
homeland
and
very
heait
of
tlie
enemy's
industrial
Empire.
On
the
other
hand,
the
enemy
broadcast
admits
the
loss
of
five
Japanese
interceptor
planes.
The
latest
official
word
on
the
raid
tells
of
great
fires
left
in
the
Japanese
capital
In
the
wake
of
the
bombings.
Tokyo
was
the
main'
objective
of
yesterday's
raid.
Bad
Weather
Slows
Battle
HOME
Activity
all
along
the
Allied
front
in
Italy
is
at
a
minimum
today
because
of
bad
weather.
Last
night
troops
of
the
First
Canadian
Corps
were
reported
confronting
dug-in
German
positions
along
the
southern
bank
of
the
Reno
River
about
six
miles
northeast
of
fallen
Saint
Alberto.
The
German
attempt
to
halt
the
Canadians
Is
the
first
stand
made
by
the
enemy
in
a
four-day
retreat.
Sharp
enemy
patrolling
Is
reported
along
the
Allied
Fifth
Aimy
front
to
tlie
west.
Russians
Winning
Budapest
MOSCOW
The
Russians
are
slowly
but
surely
winning
the
battle
for
Budapest.
Dispatches
from
that
area
indicate
that
the
core
of
enemy
resistance
within
the
Hungarian
capital
now
is
beginning
to
crack,
Soviet
troops
have
captured
more
than
2300
of
the
4500
blocks
in
the
cjty.
German
relief
columns
have
failed
In
their
attempts
to
bleak
through
to
the
besieged
Axis
garrison
in
Budapest.
Moscow
says
the
Nazis
How
are
bringing
up
fresh
troops
to
plug
the
gaps
left
by
the
Russian
fire.
Cutting
Off
Overmans
Situation'
'Continues,
to
Improve
for
Allies
on
Western
Front
YANKS
TAKE
TOWN
PARIS,
Jan.
10
(CP)
The
United
States
Second
Armored
Division
captured
Samree,
three
miles
northeast
of
Laroche,
today
after
thirty
hours
of
violent
tank
battle
on
the
northern
flank
of
the
Belgian
bulge.
The
American
Third
Army
advanced
along
a
20-mile
front
from
north
of
Bas-togne
to
cast
of
Wilyz
on
the
southern
flank
of
the
bulge,
scoring
gains
of
a
few
yards
to
a
mile-and-a-half.
Another
dispatch
said
that
Canadians
stabbed
at
German
positions
eight
miles
southeast
of
Nijmegen,
advancing
one
mile
on
tank
carriers
under
fierce
artillery
barrage.
The
Can
adians
jumped
from
tanks
and
lougni
me
uermans
iianu-iu-
hand,
leaving
more
than
twenty
enemy
dead
on
the
snow-covered
battlefield;
f-.
PARIS,
Jan.
10
W
Americans,
driving
through
a
blinding
blizzard
Into
the
northern'
flank
of
the
Belgium
bulge,
reached
a
point
yesterday
less
than
three
miles
from
Saint
Vith-IIouffal-
lze
road,
the
last
lateral
supply
and
escape
artery
in
the
salient.
The
Oermans
were
pulling
back
from
the
western
tip
of
the
salient
as
the
BrlUsh
advanced
south
of
Marche.
The
latest
dispatch
from
the
front
says
that
Allied
forces
are
continuing
their
heavy
assault
on
Nazi
positions
In
Belgium
this
despite
the
worst
blizzard
of
the
year.
Troops
of
the
American
First
and
Third
Armies
are
converging
on
enemy
lines
from
the1
nqrth,
and
south
while''
British
forces,
Jijve
gained
more
than
one
mile
at
the
western
end'
of
the
froutr
'
A
late
vbulle
tin
says
American.
tanks
and
Infantry
smashed
for
ward
to
within
one
mile
of
the
key
road
junction
of
La
Roche.
There
seems
little
doubt
that
V
Weathei
NoATHSRN
AND
CimilAt
BKlH.qptUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tides
,
ih
coast
and
Queen
Char-N?
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
.Moderate
to
fresh
winds,
,-r.al
increasing
to
O.E.
law
Thursday,
Januauxy
U,
1945
i,
in'
exposed
areas
late
af-
t
High
-
11:
L5
20.3
feet
Cloudy
and
mild
with
-Jn
Low
5:04
9.5
feet'
Intermittent
rain.
18:06
4.6
feet
XXXIV,
No.
8
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
10,
1945
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FIVE
CENTS
acARTHUR
LEADS
LAND
FORCES
TO
MANILA
pposition
,
nil
m
I
i
II
I
VjI
tested
That
Japanese
uilt
Co
Into
Action
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fr,m
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today
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offered
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Jan
10
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and
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rovcrnmcnt
ufr
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diseased
today.
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other
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to
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fuiure
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stated
yester-
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n..
Mil.
BRACKEN
.SEES
I'AHIS
PARIS
Progressive
Conservative
party
leader
John
Bracken
says
he
has
been
greatly
impressed
by
arrangements
In
Paris
for
tlie
reception
and
entertainment
of
Canadian
troops
on
leave
from
the
fighting
front.
The
former
Manitoba
premier
spent
yesterday
afternoon
touring
hotels,
rest
centres,
and
clubs
maintained
in
the
French
capital
for
Canadian
troops,
lie
spent
the
evening
with
.Major
Ceneral
Georges
IV
Vaaler,
the
Canadian
Ambassador.
.Mr.
Ilracken
will
return
to
Britain
from
I'aris,
and'then
proceed
to
the
.Mediterranean
to
see
Canadian
forces
in
Italy.
COMPULSORY
TRAINING
OTTAWA
Observers-
in
.Ottawa
say
compulsory
military
training
after
the
war
is
becoming
a
subject
of
Intense
discussion,
even
though
there
has
not
yet
been
any
indication
of
government
policy
in
that
direction.
The
Canadian
Legion
recently
went
on
record
as
favoring
a
preparedness
plan.
HANGERS
BEAT
MAPLE
LEAFS
TOItONTO
The
New
York
Hangers
upset
the,
.National
Hockey
League
applecart
Ui
Toronto
last
night.
The
lowly
Blue
Shirts
uncorked
four
third
period
goals
to
down
.Maple
Leafs
5
to
4.
TARMACS
IN
BRITAIN
LONDON
The
colorful
Tarmacs,
the
R.CA.F.'s
elght-man
entertainment
troupe
are
bark
in
Britain.
They,
hafejust
finished
a
lour
of
fighting
arras
In
France
during
which
they
played
65
performances
to
more
than
23,000
Allied
service
personnel.
PUNK
MISSING
DOWN
COAST
VANCOUVER
A
four-engined
Liberator
bomber
with
U
Royal
Air
Force
crew
members
aboard
is
missing
on
a
routine
flight
from
a
west
wnirvro
t.
.n
u
I
rnast
base.
An
announcement
iuh,
iu
r
uic
i
of
Munitions
and
from
the
Western
Air
tom-
mand
says
an
extensive
searcn
of
the
coastal
area
is
under
way.
The
plane
was
on
a
navigational
flight.
O,
ROOSL
WASH
IN
A
4
rGET
''Jfnt
Convention
Datt
Hake
Luzon
Invasion
Was
Successfully
Begun
Wit.lt
Support
of
Tremendous
Naval
an3
Air-
BarrageAdvance
More
Rapid
Than
Expected
GENERAL
MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS
IN
LUZON,
Jan.
10
(CP)
American
infantry
ha3
landed
in
strong
force
in
Lingayen
Gulf
on
the
western
part
of
Luzon
Island,
the
most
important
island
in
the
Philippines.
Enormous
quantities
of
mechanized
equipment
Jiave
been
sent
ashore
in
an
area
less
than
120
miles
nortli
of
Manila.
General
MatrArthur
has
landed
with
his
troops
and
has
established
his
"base
or
operations
somewhere
on
Luzon.
American
spearheads,
led-
by
tanks,
already
are
driving
south
towards
the-
capital
city
of
Man
ila.
There
seems
little
doubt
that
the
most
lm-pjortant
battle
of
the
Philippine
campaign
now
Is
shaping
up.
An
AssocLated
Pres3
war
cor
respondent
notes
tliat
the
Jap
anese
offered
amazingly
llRht
opposition
to
the
American
landing
parties.
The
invasion
was
begun
yes
terday
alorj.g
15
miles
of
Lingayen
Oulf
with
the
support
flf
a
tremendoxxs
naval
and
air
bar
rage.
The
lneavjr-
Founding
Just
about
cleared
the
reaches
of
de
fending
Japanese
and
the
Am
ericans
had
little
difficulty
in
establishing-
their
positions
te-
fore
pushlnjg
Inland.
Fully
3000
small
amphibious
craft
took
;part
in.
the
landings,
which
apparently
caught
the
en
emy
by
surprise.
It
is
Oerxeral
MacArthur's
op-
did
not
ejcpcci
tbxe
Invasion
in
the
lingayen
sector.
With
foixx
beaclnheads
solidly
established,
the
town
of
St.
Fa
bian
takea
and
his
forces
moving
rapidly
inland.
General
Mat---.
Arthur
saixi
today
that
better
progress
was
being
made
than
had
been
eocpected-
t
Shipbuilding
Near
Over
Statement
Is
Made
By
Minister
ollrade
and
Commerce
J-
A
McKinnon
OTTAWA.,
Jan.
lO
M-The
construction
program
of
oceangoing
mercjiant
ships
In
Can-ada-Twill
iiave
been
completed
within
a
f
ewmonth3
except
for
a
few
shlpxs,
said
Hon.
J.
A.
Mc-Kinnon,
'minister-
of
trade
and
commerce,
last
night.
He
said
that,
by
"the
time
the
war
is
over,
Canada
will
have
six
or
seven
times
the
forty
oceangoing
merchant
"vesseU
she
had
leocf
or.ni
nf
th
nprman
i
when
war
started.
troops
In
Belgium
find
them-
United
Slates
at
the
start
of
kpIvpr
in
a
nrpcarlous
Dosltion
'the
war
tiadl5
percent
of
the
The
latest
Allied
advances
have
.world's
merchant
shipping.
Now
compressed
the
middle
of
the
German
line
to
a
width
of
Just
10
miles.
Many
Nazi
positions
now
are
within
easy
range
of
Allied
artillery.
The
enemy
is
facing
a
major
supply
problem,
since
his
nor
thern
supply
route
is
under
Allied
control
for
at
least
one
15-mlle
stretch.
To
the
south,
an
other
highway
has
been
cut
near
Bastogne
by
advancing
Third
Army
troops.
Some
secondary
roads
are
being
used
by
German
troops
retreating
eastward
from
the
western
and
central
part
of
the
Belgian
front.
There
Is
some
belief
in
Paris
that
the
German
high
command
now
is
preparing
for
a
strong
stand
at
Balnt
Vlth,
a
Belgian
town
Just
four
miles
from
the
German
frontier.
The
Germans
claimed
the
recapture
of
Hemmen
In
Holland,
northwest
of
Nijmegen.
The
Germans
said
the
Canadians
had
taken
Hemmen
on
January
4.
In
Holland
a
German
bridgehead
across
the
Meuse
north
of
Venlo
held
firm
against
Allied
attacks.
It
had
fifty
percent.
The
United
Kingdom
and
Scandinavian
countries
liad
lost
much
of
their
merchant
shipping
from
enemy
action
du.rlng
the
war
and
had
not
been
able
to
replace
It
with
new
building,
MORE
THAN
HALF
ROYMAIR
FORCE
IS
NO
WANADIAI
LONDON
lan-
10
(SCD-It
has
brex-
disclosed
that
more
than
haTlo!
the
Second
Tactical
Air
Force
of
the
RAF.
now
is
Canadian.
There
are
two
all.
Canadian
Spitfire
wings
the
force
and
another
wing
of
Typhoons
also
manned
by
Canadians,
W.
R.
X)evenlsli,
vice-president
In
chargre
ot
Canadian
National
Railways
western
lines,
Winnipeg,
and
W,
T.
Moodle,
general
superintendent,
Vancouver,
are
expected
to
arrive
in
the
city
by
train
-tonight
on
an
Inspection
tour.