Weathei
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Tides
w-rth
Coast
and
Queen
Charge
(Paclllc
Standard
Time)
to
fresh
winds,
-Moderate
rca:
t
and
cool
with
light
rain.
Thursday,
January
4,
1945
IL
0v
-lay
moderate
winds,
over-ear"
High
5:20
18.6
feet
and
fool
with
Intermittent
17:06
17.2
feet
Low
....
11:21
8.9
feet
light
rain,
23:34
6.2
feet
ipl
XXXI
V,
No.
2
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
3,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
AMERICANS
FIERCE
Nipping
Off
(azi
Bulge
n
I
n
Belgium
Canadian
Army
Gets
Into
Action
for
First
Time
in
Six
Weeks
YANK
SEVENTH
HOLDING
PARIS.
Jan.
3
CP
N
rar
i
i.
..i.i
lie
American
lines
arc
mmi-
i;
the
(ierinans
to
limited
;iinj
in
tl'cir
new
offensive
ijainst
the
Seventh
Army
but
h,
tnrmy
arc
still
striking
all
ilonj
a
to-milc
deep
and
five
Tiilf
lour
dent
southeast
of
httsrhir.
Hie
Nazis
have
also
iriun
a
bride
ehcad
across
the
Hies
river
east
of
Saargue-
mines.
Inclination
is
to
treat
iht
Orrman
jabs
alone
the
haar
and
to
the
Rhine
as
local
attacks.
A
(Herman
communist
avserted
today
that
right
American
divisions
were
hurled
into
a
supreme
effort
to
encircle
I
Nail
xsitions
east,
IsouthraM
and
west
of
lUstogne
land
American
casualties
since
lOfccmber
1G
"far
exceed
Tlf)T(
T
.
O
'V
flirt
Atvint-I-
(AHA
'
4IIV
4111IW-
:.i.;r
arrowhead
point
I
.
;
ow
waist
of
the
Be.
a;,
bulge
north
of
u
bat
Ut
to
split
the
:vr.v.
...
i
:.urcd
up'
ontic
'
Army
front
In
and
for
the
first
nan
six
weeks,
itches
said
Cana-
pulscd
German
f'f
!):
:-
;uns
which
the
;
:
ird
across
the
uurkness.
Ai.:c
,
uitry.
tanks
and
3:1".
L.ive
rx:irtH
n
irrpat
loll
if
ri;
.
.1
in
thp
nelzlan
Ti
Germans
lost
110
ai.d
urrri'ired
vehicles
and
!08
.;:r
''.it
of
Baitounc
Oeneral
ii
w
dened
to
six
miles
the
c
!
:.
-i
,,
.
hS
man
0ffen-Jlve
threat
by
capturing
Hou-"i"'1'-
and
C
hcnonire.
At
last
re-
!rt
'lir
Third
Army
was
less
12
m;ir-
from
the
American
F1w
Ar;i;y
flanking
the
north
M
if
the
bulge.
Z
7)
s't
i
k
alons
thn
Seventh
Aiiay
(Mi.
u
nitchc
and
cast-upper
:d
in
preliminary
jpprau)
t
,
have
netted
little
....
Of:
Mil
...
U
cilll
WirrvtulnM
a...
a
vti.untii()
I1
m;
r
hi
strenclh
Into
the
i
ill
by!
Te
Amc:
leans
made
small
in
their
first
attacks
along
me
r
a;
n(V
Ule
Nazl
Ueccm.
I
hK
h
.
APPROACH
NANDALAY
.
SANDY
.vuiwi
lungle
t
swcenlnc
,,
;ppcr
nufnu
virtually
un-JPPwa,
have
entered
Ycu.
tcr-J"nu!
l
the
railway
to
Manda-
ri'iinV,
Mona
on
the
lower
wand.,,,
it
VM
anm)UnrCfl
of.
S?nesda-
"
hM
been
'.trd
that
the?
Japanese
may
N,,.lldraw
altogether
from
XT?IA
BRINGS
rVOUNDED
HOME
hospital
ship
Lctltla
arrlv-
ay
aUcr
her
sccond
W
Wage
from
fr
dian
overseas
with
Cana
Wh
Tnc
vessel
"WW-
....
m
7nn
,,.i,,..
Whom
Y.
ii
vuourtiiies
aoi
S;
Varl0Us
n!a,k
them
10
their
homes
Parts
otcanada.
tuilav
"4At
work
as
usual
inwZC
Mfn,4rd
Shaw
rmorJi
i
,
?ulries
as
10
l
I?
U
,aSl
n,ghl
lhat
P0rt
,va"
cxasgeratcd.
ATROCITIES
BY
GERMANS
Club,
Shoot
and
Hum
to
Death
Belgians
Without
Cause
STAVELOT.
Belgium,
Jan.
3
Oi
Army
officers
estimate
that-fanatical
Nazi
elite
guard
troops
slaughtered
without
provocation
at
least
100
Belgian
civilians
during
the
first
few
days
of
the
recent
German
breakthrough.
Acting
mostly
under,
direct
orders
from
German
officers
to
kill
all
civilians
encountered,
the
Elite
Guards
shot
and
burned
to
death
men,
women
and
children
without
cause,
It
was
reported
by
Hal
Boy,
Associated
Press
war
correspondent.
CHARGE
IS
WITHDRAWN
Allegation
at
C.C.L.
Convention
Taken
Bark
by
Its
Maker
TORONTO,
Jan.
3
O
A
charge
levelled
at
the
Canadian
Con
gress
of
Labor
at
the
organization's
October
27
convention
has
been
withdrawn.
At
the
time
of
the
conference,
President
C.
S.
Jackson
of
the
United
"Electrical
Radio
and
Machine
Workers
charged
that
a
vote
taken
for
partlzan
political
action
by
the
C.C.L.
did
not
reflect
the
opinion
ui
inc
inajuruy
oi
me
wuimts
oi
Canada
who
arc
members
of
Congress
affiliates.
Mr.
Jackson
charged
that
the
difference
In
the
number
who
voted
for
non-partlzan
political
action
and
those
who
voted
against
It
was,
In
the
main,
made
up
of
paid
officials
Instructed
how
to
voU?.
He
declared
that
these
officials
were
threatened
with
loss
of
their
positions
if
they
failed
to
carry
out
Instructions.
However
the
union
president
has
fully
withdrawn
his
charge.
In
Toronto
yesterday,
he
said
the
statement
was
not
In
accordance
with
the
facts,
and
was
wholly
unwarranted.
The
C.CXi.
convention
voted
to
support
the
C.C.F.
party
politically.
Bulletins
C1IKCK
ALL
CiUEKN
CARS
VANCOUVER
Police
have
bfRun
a
check
of
all
urecn
coupes
In
Greater
Vancouver
In
an
attempt
to
break
the
Jennie
Conroy
murder
case.
Chief
of
Police
Charles
Hailstone
of
West
Vancouver
said
an
autopsy
revealed
some
liquor
In
the
slain
girl's
stomach.
whom:
crew
perished
VANCOUVER
Discovery,
of
the
body
of
Capt.
Henri
Stradlotll
on
the
shore
of
Savary
Island
In
the
Gulf
of
Georgia
following
the
foundering
Friday
of
the
fish
packer
Carolina
Maria,
led
police
to
bellvc
lhat
the
four-man
crew
of
the
boat
all
perished
in
the
accident.
The
crew
Included
William
McKay,
engineer,
Colin
Lowi
deckhand,
and
Jack
MacLeod,
all
of
Vancouver.
HEAVY'
ONTARIO
SNOW
TORONTO
Heavy
snowfall
continues
in
southern
Ontario,
keeping
roads
blocked
and
piling
up
as
fast
as
it
can
be
ploughed.
There
is
sub-zero
weather
In
central
United
States.
TITO
TO
BE
PREMIER
LONDON
-
King
Peter
of
Yugoslavia
Is
expected
to
agree
to
the
establishment
of
with
Marshal
government
a
new
Tito
as
Premier
within
4H
hours.
Peter
may
a,s0
agree
to
a
recency.
'b.
,
ATTLE
Driver
Blameless
Probe
Reveals
The
ambulance
committee
found
no
evidence
of
lap.se
of
duty
on
the
part
of
Ambulance
Driver
W.
Bcrgcy
when
It
Investigated
complaints
that
Mr.
Bcrgcy
had
failed
to
respond
to
two
calls
some
weeks
ago.
Alderman
George
Hills,
committee
representative,
reported
to
city
council
last
night.
Misunderstanding
of
telephone
conversations
were
the
causes
of
difficulties
which
arose
on
both
occasions,
the
committee
decided.
Alderman
Hills
rqportcd,that
Mr.
Bergcy
had
aranged
.
to
take
training
In
flrnjt
aid
and
probably
would
have
a
,
certificate
within
two
months.
Took
Leading
Part
In
Allied
Landings
PARIS,
Jan.
3
O
It
was
Admiral
Sir
Bertram
Ramsay,
aged
01.
killed
yesterdaywho
panned
naval
phases
of,
the
landings
In
western
France
at
D-Day
.as
well
as
North
African
and
Mediterranean
operations.
He
also
took
a
leading
part
In
the
Dunkerque
evacuation
In
1940.
Ramsay,
Al
lied
naval
commander
on
the
western
front,
was
killed
"In
an
accident"
while
flying
to
a
con
ference
in
Belgium,
Supreme
Headquaters
announced.
Sir
Bertram,
the
man
who
brought
the
British
Army
from
Dunkerque
and
then
four
years
later
landed
them
back
again
on
European,
shores,
is
the
second
Invasion
commander-ln-chTef
to
be
killed
since
June
6.
Air
Vice-Marshall
Leigh
-Mallory
was
lost
enroute
to
the
Far
East
a
few
weeks
ago.
TANKER
IS
BLOWN
UP
Two
.Merchant
Marine
Seamen
Killed
and
Eight
Missing
LEONARDO,
New
Jersey,
Jan.
3
0
Two
merchant
marine
seamen
were
killed,
six
injured
and
eight
listed
as
missing
In
an
explosion
and
fire
aboard
the
Sun
OH
Co.'s
tanker
Sunoco
off
the
New
Jersey
coast
yesterday.
Hitler
Refuses
To
Save
Vienna
i
LONDON,
Jan.
3
CM
The
Paris
radio
said
today
that
Adolf
Hitler
has
refused
an
appeal
by
Vienna
to
declare
Vienna
an
open
city
to
spare
It
the'
fate
of
Budapest
and
has
ordered
the
evacuation
of
the
civilian
population.
PERRY
OPENS
NEW
SCHOOL
Minister
or
Education
Officiates
at
Inaugural
of
Fine
New"
Structure
PRINCE
GEORGE,
Jan.
3
Prince
George's
$150,000
model
Junior-Senior
high
school
was
officially
opened
by
Hon.
Harry
O.
Perry,
provincial
minister
of
education,
at
a
ceremony
held
Tuesday
afternoon.
Along
with
other
schools
In
the
province,
the
fine
new
building
opened
for
classes
today.
In
the
presence
of
a
large
number
of
the
city's
student
and
adult
population
Mr.
Perry
presented
a
flag
for
the
new
school
to
Mavor
Jack
Nicholson,
who
Is
also
chairman
of
the
1045
school
board.
Following
the
ceremonies
in
the
auditorium
the
public
Inspected
the
school
under
the
guidance
of
teachers.
The
old
high
school
building
will
be
remodelled
to
accommodate
the
home
economics
and
Industrial
arts
departments
of
the
school,
at
present
housed
In
another
building.
IN
COUNCIL
BACKS
MOVEMENT
FOR
HOTEL
HERE
I
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
campaign
for
better
hotel
accommodation
in
the
city
received
unanimous
support
from
city
council
lat
night
when
aldermen
moved
endorsation
of
a
letter
sent
by
the
chamber
to
R.
C.
Veughan,
CN
R.
president.
The
letter
commented
on
the
superiority
ol
hotels
In
Ketchikan
and
Juneau
and
asked
the
revival
or
Improvement
on
the
hotel"
p'.anned
for
Prince
Rupert
by
the
railway
company
In
1929,
and
later
dropped.
"Hotel
accommodation
Is
certainly
a
disgrace
here
at
the
present
time."
Alderman
Brett
commented
as
aldermen
voted
support
of
the
chamber's
move.
STRIKE
IN
VANCOUVER
J;h'
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
3
The
threat
of
a
strike
among
street
car
and
bus
operators
In
three
west-coast
Canadian
cities
Is
scheduled
for
consideration
today
by
senior
labor
department
officials
In
Ottawa.
Involved
In
the
strike
arc
2600
members
of
the
Street
Rallwaymcn's
Union
local
in
"Vancouverf
VlcWrhv
and
New
Westminster.
Today's
discussions
will
feature
a
request
by
the
union's
advisory
board
for
a
commission
to
reconsider
the
union's
request
for
wagfi
Increases
and
Improved
working
conditions.
The
National
War
Labor
Board
has
rejected
the
wage
demands.
There
has
been
some
unofficial!
suggestion
that,
should
a
strike
occur,
the
government
would
follow
the
precedent
set
In
the
Montreal
tramways
strike
last
fall
of
taking
over
control
of
the
transportation
system.
However,
officials
say
there
Is
a
distinction
between
the
Montreal
strike,
and
the
threatened
work
stoppage
on
the
west
coast.
One
authority
declares
that
the
Montreal
strike
was
a
legal
one
whereas
a
Pacific
coast
tramways
strike
would
be
against
the
government's
Wartime
Wage
Control
regulations.
The
strike
Is
scheduled
to
start
with
January.
9,
unless
some
understanding
is
reached.
In
Vancouver
Charles
M.
Stewart,
chairman
of
the
advisory
board
of
the
Street
Rallwaymcn's
Union,
American
Federation
of
Labor,
locals
In
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster,
announced
that
the
union
would
begin
a
strike
January
9
In
protest
against
an
adverse
decision
from
the
National
War
Labor
Board
on
workers'
demands
for
wage
Increases
and
Improved
working
conditions.
Stewart
issued
a
statement
saying
It
was
the
cm
ployces'
decision
to
strike
as
there
was
no
other
recourse
left.
Some
2600
workers
on
street
cars
and
buses
In
the
three
cities
will
be
affected.
Union
officials
said
today
that
there
would
be
no
strike
action
if
the
federal
government
would
order
a
review
of
the
decision
of
the
National
War
Labor
Board.
The
threatened
strike
would
not,
Involve
the
Pacific
Stage
Lines
drivers.
TURKEY
BREAKS
OFF
WITH
JAPS
LONDON,
Jan.
3
(CP)
Ankara
radio
announced
today
that
the
Turkish
Grand
National
Assembly
had
voted
to
break
off
diplomatic
and
economic
relations
with
Japan
effective,
Saturday,
CANADA'S
NEWEST
V.C
HOME
Marking
the
first
time
he
has
set
foot
on
Canadian
soil
in
four-and-a
half
years,
Ptc
Ernest
A.
"Smoky"
Smith,
V.C.
of
New
Westminster,
is
snown
with
his
decoration
as
he
arrived
home.
First
private
to
gain
the
highest
decoration
In
the
British
Empire
during
the
present
war.
"Smoky"
arrived
home
late'
Christmas
Day".
Last
Friday
his
liome
town
gave
him
a
great
public
reception.
WAR
New
Nazi
Drive
Turned
Back
PARIS
On
the
western
front
this
morning,
American
troops
have
stopped
a
powerful
new
German
counter-offensive
against
the
Seventh
Army
in
the
French
Saar,'
The
enemy,
eounler-drlvc
thrust
into
iht
Lower
Vosges
Mountains
for'
as
much
as
two
miles
before
it
was
brought
to
a
halt.
Striking
with
the
same
fury
that
characterized
th'e
Nazi
drive
in
Belgium,
tank-led
columns
rolled
back
the
Americans
along
a
five-mile
front,
hammering
a
sizeable
dent
in
the
.Seventh
Army
line.
However
the
Nazis
apparently
misjudged
the
weather.
Clear
skies
have
enabled
fighter-bombers
to
conic
to
the
aid
of
ground
troops.
In
Belgium,
Third
Army
troops
have
advanced
beyond
Ilastogne
by
a
distance
of
three
miles.
Canadians
Forging
Ahead
ROME
In
Italy,
Canadian
forces
are
still
forging
ahead.
Latest
gains
are
revealed
by
this
morning's
Allied
communique
which
says
the
Canadians,
striking
for
the
road
hub
of
Al-fonsine,
have
advanced
between
the
Senio
River
and
the
Fossa
Vccchio
Canal.
The
gain
was
registered
against
stiff
German
opposition.
Major
Air
Blow
at
Japan
SAIPAN
In
the
Pacific,
superfortresses
have
unleashed
their
first
major
blow
of
the
New
Year
against
the
Japanese
homeland.
An
American
War
Department
communique
says
the
Saipan-based
super-bombers
hit
industrial
targets
on
the
island
of
Honshu
by
daylight
today.
An
undisclosed,
number
of
bombers
took
part
in
the
attack
their
first
blast
against
the
Japanese'
homeland
since
December
tweiifjfseVeh'thv
Air
Offensive
Stepped
Up
LONDON
In
the
air,
Allied
warplanes
have
stepped
up
their
clay
and
night
offensive
against
targets
Inside
Germany.
During
the
night
more
than
one
thousand
R.A.F.
bombers
dropped
six
thousand
tons
of
bombs
on
Berlin
and
the
industrial
ccnttes
of
Nuremburg
and
Ludwigshafen.
Annihilating
100,000
Nazis
MOSCOW
On
Hitler's
eastern
front,
it
now
is
estimated
that
from
57,000
to
100,000
German
troops,
face
annihilation
in
Budapest.
The
estimate
is
given
by
the
minister
of
defence
for
the
new
Hungarian
provisional
government,
Colonel
,
General
Janos
Voros.
The
Russians
now
ho!d90u
city
blocks
in
Budapest,
after
violent
hand-to-hand
fighting
in
houses,
courtyards
and
cellars.
There
is
no
confirmation
of
a
report
that
Pope
Pius
has
appealed
to
both
sides
to
stop
the
battle
and
save
the
city
from
total
destruction.
LEGISLATURE
FEBRUARY
6
VICTORIA,
Jan.
3
The
Legislature
has
beer,
called
into
session
by
Premier
John
Hart
for
February
6.
Members
of
the
cabinet
are
now
preparing
legislation
and
estimates.
It
will
be
the
fourth
session
of
British
Columbia's
twentieth
Legislature,
the
fourth
for
the
coalition
government
since
it
was
formed
in
December
1011.
It
Is
expected
to
be
the
last
before
a
provincial
election
which
will
probably
be
called
before
next
summer,
dependlnj
on
the
time
of
the
federal
general
elec'tlon.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
42
Minimum
2
NEWS
Essington
Coy
First
Recruit
First
recruit
ot
the
year
to
enlist
from
Prince
Rupert
in
the
Canadian
Army,
Donald
Joseph
Roberts
left
yesterday
afternoon
for
Vancouver.
Eighteen
years
of
age,
he
is
the
soil
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Joseph
Roberts'
of
Port
Easing
-ton
apd
has
been
employed
in
Brown's
Sawmill
there.
Mrs.
Hanson
Breaks
Her
Arm
in
Train
Mrs.
Olof
Hanson,
on
her
way
out
from
Ottawa
to
Vancouver
prior
to
Christmas,
hadthe
misfortune
to
slip
on
a
rug
In
the
train
and
broke
her
right
arm
fn
falling,
according
to
word
which
has
been
received
In
the
city.
DERAILMENT
DELAYS
TRAIN
TWELVEHOURS
Derailment
of
an
easlbound
fsrlyht
ltn
near-
Vaaderlvjof
Sunday
was
responsible
for
a
12-hour
delay
in
the
arrival,
of
the
C.XR.
passenger
train
scheduled
to
arrive
at
10:45
last
night.
The
train
brought
Its
passengers
in
at
11:25
today.
East
bound
and
westbound
passenger
trains
arrived
at
the
scene
of
the
derailment
two
miles
east
of
Vanderhoof
almost
simultaneously
yesterday
and,
since
they
were
unable
to
continue
on,
the.
exchanged
passengers
and
returned
in
the
direction
from
which
they
had
come.
The
12
derailed
freight
cars
were
put
back
on
the
track
by
six
o'clock
last
night,
the
Daily
News
learned.
No
one
was
injured
in
the
mis
hap.
BOMBING
OF
JAPS
Three
Warships
and
Five
Cargo
Vessels
Are
Sunk
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC
AD
VANCED
HEADQUARTERS,
Jan.
3
0)
American
bombers,
twice
raiding
Luzon
Island
in
the
Philippines,
sank
three
Japanese
warships
and
five
cargo
vessels.
Warehouses,
railway
lntallatlons
and
power
plants
were
also
at
tacked.
The
Japanese
appeared
to
be
preparing
a
counter-offen
sive
against
American-held
Mln-doro.
About
10
superfortresses
raid
ed
southern
Mindanao
Island
In
the
Philippines
Saturday,
the
Tokyo
radio
said
yesterday,
there
being
no
Allied
confirmation
however.
.
',
A
smashing
.New
Year's
Day
bombing
of
Manila's
Clark
air
field
by
Leyte-based
Liberators
Was
reported
today.
Despite
fierce
flak
all
the
bombers
returned
safely.
Tokyo
radio
said
today
that
about
90
superfortresses
bombed
the
aircraft
centre
of
Nagoya
and
neighboring
Industrial
cities
ot
Osaka
and'Hamamatsu
today.
Tills
Is
the
largest
number
of
superfortresses
reported
by
the
Japanese
as
-ever
toeing
over
Japan.
Hockey
Scores
MONDAY
Detroit
4,
Toronto
2.
TUESDAY
Montreal
6,
Boston
3.
NeW
Greek
Premier-f-
Plastiras
In
Charge
Expected
to
Restore
Order-Meanwhile
House-to-House
Fighting
Still
Rages
in
Athens
ATHENS,
Jan.
3
In
Greece,
General
Nicholas
Plastiras
has
agreed
to
become
premier
and
form
a
new
government.
Plastiras
is
understood
to
have
acceded
to
the
request
of
the
new
Greek
Regent
Archbishop
Damaskinos
to
accept
the
post.
Observers
express
the
hope
that
his
efforts
will
end
the
armed
conflict
which
has
plagued
the
country
for
weeks.
Mearwille,
house
-
to
-
house
flghtinliaged
in
Athens
today
with
theTtijitlsh
fanning
out
from
thej
centre
of
the
city
against
leftist
resistance.
The
British
toy!;
seventy
prisoners
in
.
capturing
Neapolls
and
removing
t,
the
threat
to
the.
heartfe'of
Athens.
.
VOLUNTARY
RECRUITING
Response
is
Much
Greater
Than
it
Was
Previously
MONTREAL,
Jan.
3
OS
Defence
Minister
McNaughton
has
disclosed
that
the
present
figures
for
voluntary
recruitlhsr
are
much
fiigher
than
those
for
the
corresponding
period
last
yeat.
The
defence
minister
says
that
In
November
figures
for
voluntary
enlistment
were
higher
than
at
any
other
time
since
D-Day.
Oeneral
McNaughton
inspected
the
ordnance
depot
at
Longue
Point
while
he
was
in
Montreal.
OFFENSIVE
IN
AIR
KEPT
.UP
Many
Enemy
Tlanes
are
DestroyedGermans
Claim
Allied
Machines
Destroyed
CARRIED
ON
TODAY
LONDON,
Jan.
3,
(CD
Hundreds
of
American
bombers
streamed
across
the
Straits
of
Dover
in
daylight
today.
The
American
raiders
were
on
their
way
to
blast
the
Reich
for
the
twelfth
consecutive
day.
They
took
an
hour
and
a
half
to
pass
a
given
spot.
One
Canadian
plane
was
lost
in
night
raids
on
Berlin,
Nurnberg
and
Ludwigshafen.
LONDON,
Jan.
3
05
The
Allied
aerial
offensive
on
German
supply
lines
was
continued
yester
day
by
escorted
American
bombers
and
last
night
1000
Royal
Air
Force
machines
dropped
6000
tons
of
bombs
on
Nurnberg,
Ludwigshafen
and
Berlin.
Revised
totals
show
atleast
221
German
planes
wrecked
in
Mon
day's
widespread
combats
when
the
Nazis
showed
sudden
aerial
strength.
Berlin
claimed
427
Al
lied
planes
were
destroyed,
most
of
them
on
the
ground.
Thirty-five
German
fighters
fell
to
Canadian
fighters.
Allied
announcements
listed
27
fighters
and
two
bombers
were
lost
Monday
In
addition
to
eight
bombers
missing.
NEW
YEAR'S
HONOR
LIST
Eight
Hundred
and
Fifty-Nine'
Canadians
Included
-
OTTAWA,
Jan.
3
Oi
The
King
in
issuing
his
annual
New
Year's
honor
list
honored
859
Canadians.
Canadians
included
In
the
lists
are
all
servicemen
except
for
14
members
of
the
Merchant
Navy.
The
Canadian
government
makes
no
recommendations
to
the
King
for
Canadians
Involving
titles.
Accordingly
the
highest
award
In
the
special
Canadian
list
is
a
Companionship
of
the
Order
of
the
Bath
bestowed
on
three
Army
officers
and
three
R.C.A.F.
Air
Vice-Marshals.
The
top
award
to
Navy
personnel
Is
officer
of
the
Order
of
the
British
Empire.
NEWSPAPERMAN
EXECUTED
PARIS
Another
French
newspaper
editor
was
executed
at
dawn
today
for
having
collaborated
with
the
Nazis.
it
I
.
M