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All army spokesman said no re- ports hartbecn received from Da- rio on Mindanao Island’ about the plflfiftSS of the fighting there.

The prolonged silence about the irrsoiitlicrii lhcatre indicated tire oniniuiizczitioiis may have been it.

A score or more of Filipino army

recruits under training at Camp iirphy “We reported to have .- killed by Japanese air bombs. rem rcorc were injured. news- iier dispatches said.

Gen. MacArthurs communique ie yesterday said that the ground orces in the Lingayen area “more than held their own." and the gen. l srltisd "our troops are behav-

ll well." _

lire assailant trad appeared in avy force iii 80 transports (with . force estimated in Washington H3000? to 100.000 menl, but not ‘I of his marauders had even leached the shore, for in at least ircsrea Japanese destroyers and m0 filriis wsre put to flight by tiie__iieni'_i' American guns and that liriring iras thus prevented.

BRITISH MOVE

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lie pi‘(i‘.lll(l, dumps of petrol and rubs vrri-e demolished and the "ll" gflrison which outnumber- d the raiders by six to one w“ recounted for."

This action put the British for- s 450 mllcs beyond the Egyptian

ntier rind almost half way to livll. the main Axis Libyan base cs: ciioiiirc would be a death

‘i to Musso‘ini's shattered em-

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Despite bod flying weather the rial Air Force also was stated to

"rennin! a rich reward" in low- e! attacks on the fleeing Axis ~ ceiitrations."

(Berlin dismissed the African - aliens by claiming "no major rations took place" but the ‘i lltins showed open concern. (Virginia Gayda. Italian com- stator, said neatly all of Italy's ed forces had been thrown into i- conflct in an effort to stop -- imperial army. The battle iild decide all Italy's fate, he - ilted bluntly.)

Santa Glaus in lacon campaign.

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Turbaned sons 0i India play Important role

By Harold Fair Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON. Dec. 22—-(CP)— Wherever Britain fights-on land, set. or in the air-turbaried sons of India are playing their part.

Indian troops, helping m protect the long line of outposts from China to the western desert, fig- ured in some of the hardest fight- ing in the Middle East. Royal In- dian Navy units fro-operate in the battle of the Atlantic and many Indians serve in the Royal Air Force.

Although constitutional difficul- ties complicate the political scene, the India Office reports that 50.- 000 men join the Indian Army monthly. Gen. Sir Archibald Wav- elil, Commander in Chief in I-iidia. plac"d the number of Indians serving abroad atmcre than 100,000 and forecast India soon would have more than 1.000.000 fully-equipped fighting men.

In Malaya, the large Indian force ls ccmrnerisurate with the British and Australians. Indians are to be found in Burma. Iran. Iraq. Palestine and various Afrlcan fronts. 'I‘hey aided in the Syrian campaign, the. Iraq revolt, the Ir- anian struggle-arid a long list of gallantry awarde testified to their valor

As the horse and mule gave way to armored fighturz vehicles. the Indian soldier prcved-his adapta- bility and famous cavalry regi- ments. now for-mi the Indian iii-- mored corps. eddc to their laurel: in the Middle East.

A specderi-up system of officer training will make leaders available for the expanding army. Authori- ties vision a yearly flow of 2.000 officers from schocls where Bri- tish and Indian cadets train side by side

In the eight-year-old Royal In- dian Navy. the war also produced an expansion rcgram that saw the number of officers increased 50 per cent durfri the year and rat- ng etrenIl-h cable itself. Indian craft, which carry out various du- ties ln the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf, played an im- portant part in the Iranian cam- paign by landing troops.

An enlar ed construction pro- ram and ncricaee in naval train- ~ig establidhments paced the growing see force. More than ‘I00 merchant ships have been refitted aaid repaired, some beina converted into armed cruisers. transports and minesweepers.

Although the nlne-year-old In- dian Air lie‘ still indithe twig- 118 staze eiflfml XII I'll/Pl - ly. Ite duties are lo aid the Royal An- FONQ, still primarily respon- sible for India's air defence, cm the wild north west frontier and combine with other defence arms in event of invasion.

India's contribution has not been confined to the combat side, how- ever, there are at least 40,000 In- dians in the British merchant marine.

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It was the first time the Prime Minister and _Presldeiit had met since the United states entered the war although they have been 1n constant touch with each other by telephone and wireless. The last time they met was in mid-August when lnéy signed the Atlantic charten the eight-point declnrn. ilon that resulted from their con- ferenre on the batt eshlp Prince o! Wales, sunk recently of: Malaya,

The identity of the technical staff that accompanied the Prime Minister was not disclosed but it was understood the army, navy, m!‘ 10TH‘. foreign office and other departments were represented.

That much was inferzed from the White House statement which referred to conferences between the two men “and the respective Staffs of the two countries." "

Here is thc text of the White House announcement:

"There ls, of course, one m1- marry objective in the conversa- l-loni t0 be held during the next few clays between the President and the British prime minister and the respective staffs of the tam countries. Tliat purpose is the d‘:- fezit of I-litlerism throughout the world.

"It should be remembered that are engaged today in this common task. There- fore. the prc=cnt conferences in Washington should be regarded as preliminary to further conferences which will officially include RT;- sia, China, the Netherlands and the Domiiiioris. It is expected that there will thus be evolved an over- all uriity in the conduct of the war. Other nations uili be asked to participate to the best of their ability in the over-nil objective.

"It is probable that no further announcements will be made until the end of the present conferences. but it may be assumed that the other interested nations will be kept in close tourli with this pre- liminary planning."

Stephen Early, presidential press secretary, gave out the dramatic news of the second meeting of the President and Prime Minister in less than six months. They con- ferred somewhere at sea last Aug- ust, when they drew up the eight- potnl; "Atlantic charter" outlining their objectives and post-Ivar aims.

Tire entire personnel of the Brit- ish mission was not immediately announced. Lord Bcaverbrook, it was recalled. headed the British delegation in Moscow at which plans for Anglo-American aid to Riisxla were drafted this fall. '

Whether Mr. Churchill and his party made the entire trip by plane was not revealed. Early said mere- ly that the Prime Minister had a!‘- rived in Washington bv air and was met at a nearby airport by the Pl‘f‘°‘lf'l€llI.

This meeting apparently tool: place in mid-cftemoon, as was iri- dicatecl by activity around the White House.

But an announcement was vidth- lield iintii tonight. when word of Mr. Churchill's arrival was releas- cd by Early in one White House. office while Sir Gerald Campbell, director general of the British in- formation service in iltc United States, in another White House cf- fice. wrs flashing word to London by transatlantic telephone.

The meetings betiveen MnReose- velt and the Prime Minister are expected to be the first step in drafting unified war strategy for the allies battling the axis powers.

The l/Vhite House had announc- ed Britnrdav that joint planning for unity of action had been under- wav for some time with the British arid would be extended to Russia. China, the Netherlands and other governments engaged in the coin- mori cause of defeating the axis.

Rumors had circulated for a week that the ctr-ordination of war efforts probably would bring Mr Churchill and a staff 0f experts fe Washington. The Prime Minister had been missing from London for some days, as he had been prior to his other momentous meeting with the President on United States and British battleships last summer.

Tonight, Mr. Churchill was the

est of the President 1n the White

ouse. It appeared likely that for the time being the chiefs of m- ernment. of the two greet Engl - speaking nations. allied in a wur for the second time in a Filer-T- tion. would carry on their converse-- tions alone. Just when their staffs would be brought in was not read-- ily apparent.

During the Atlantic conferences last summer, American conferred individually and in groups with corresponding British officials. and was considered likely a similar pattern mieht be followed lsain.

‘Hie way had been paved for Mr. Churdiilrs arrival in recent meet- ings between Mr. Roosevelt and the British ambassador Ierd Halifax.

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One player stands at one 03rd oi the room and the others c e up and ask him: “when is your birth- day?“ He gives any date he likes each time until he suddenly cries instead: "To-day."

Every player then rushes to the opposite wail pursued bv the one who made the reply. If he captures anyone before the wail is reached it la the caught one‘; turn to choose the date of his birthday. If’ he captures more than one. it is the one who was last caught that takes up his position at the other end of the room.

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British Stage Some-Back

liaii Through 1941

Cinema in Good Fettle, To0—Some Productions Have Run Two years and Still Going Strong.

l‘ Staff Writer) NDON. Dec. 22—(CP)-Thou h war-time restrictions have shorn tIie British stage of some of its lllamor and glitter, theatre men coud look back today on s sue iil fall ses- son with smiles that were conspic- lously lacklns a vein- ago.

More than a score of London's West lihid theatres are open. most of them drawing capacit audiences. Throughout the pro aces. too. drama was in more flourishing con- dition than at any time since the

war .

Stage managers could afford to smile when they recalled conditions at the close of 1940. Then the llfe-

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The Windmill ‘Theatre, home of light variety shows presenting girls in various stages of undress, proud- ly emphasizes to its patrons it has kept open continuously throughout the war. Its doors never closed even girlie London wan under serial

ege.

Po ular straight pla a in the cap- ital nclude "Distant olrit," by the Russian dramatist Alexander Afiri-

ogenov, killed in an air raid on Moscow, A. J. Cronin’: ‘ upiter Lau ha,’ Noel Coward's sperkl satr cal comedy. "Blithe S irlt," 5am Behrmanb "No Time for Comedy"

The liYOylv Carte Opera Comp- any had a successful season this

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Declares Russia

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merit said.

In one sector of the Kaliriin front, 9i) miles northwest of Mos- cow, a guerilln. unit was credited with killing 22S German officers and men with machine-guns and trench mortars set up 0n the Nazi line of retreat.

"The Fascists, falling back under blows of Soviet troops, scattered in panic when the guerlllas opened fire and were unable to put up ized resistance," the of-

frozen Nazi dead and abandoned war equipment came back under the Red flag, the Moscow commit- tee of the Communist party began lane for restoration of industries n the moccupied area and map- ped s spring planting program for fields now rutted from battle.

0n the northern front, the Rus- sians reported clearing s. 50-mile

blood had almost ebbed from tire summer in Iioridon and is now tour- stretch of highway between Tikhvlri

theatre because of nightly air raids.

Serious handica s of 1941 have been the introduc on of clot-hes ra- tioning - which allows reducers only a limited number 0 coupons for their shows, growing scarcity of stage material, and an increasing shortage of erformers. Many act- ors have exc anged stage costumes for service uniforms, many actresses have gone into war work. One was Sarah Churchill, daughter of Brit-

in the provinces. The Sadlers wells ba let company has been tourina steadily since the war started.

Light-Stuff Favored

Iifghl; entertainment tops the bill with the average war-time playgoer. Audiences want “something between a musical comedy and a variety show," said the Coliseum stage manager. Preference is for "some-

and Volkhov southeast of Lenin- grad, by wading knee-deep in snow through s Iwunpy forest and en- circling the 21st German infantry division.

‘Thousands of Germans were killed and l2 villages were recap- tured in the encirclement, dis- patches from the front said,

On the Moscow front the Ger- B18115 were reported being hurled

ain's Prime Minister and wife of thing intimate with the cast coming back eight to 12 miles a day west

comedian Vic Oliver.

Theatre men say these handicaps have meant a large amount of im- provising, less lavish reductions and a tendenc to quest on all ex- penditure close y.

Long Runs

A contrast with peace-time con- ditions was provided by the stage manager of the Coliseum Theatre. Pre-war auditions drew 100 or mere candidates. Birgit people arrived for one audition eld recently and l1 for another.

But the show goes on. In London several productions have

down off the stage and mingling with the audience."

Musical Shows Popular

spokesmen for the Theatrical Managers’ Association and British lslquity also agreed musical shows were most popular with everybody. including the fighting forces and the “home front” as well.

Ballet is popular too and five companies have been touring Brit- ain steadily throughout the war. Straight plays haven't the same mass attraction but there's still a good demand for them.

of Kiln and beyond Voiokolamsk.

Toss declared that the Red army was encountering stubborn Ger- man resistance near Maloyaros- laveta 65 miles southwest of the capital, where it said "the enemy has gathered all hi; forces in order t0 repel our attacks and is holding strongly fortified positions."

Tass said, however, Russian at. tricks had pierced the German de- fences, driving from 2 1-2 to four miles into the German lines.

Pravda reported that on the bit- terly-coritested Moscow front alone the Germans lost more than 117.-

cnloyed It has been a bumper year for the 009 dead from “(up 16 to Dec_ 2Q

runs of around two years-with in- cinema as iveli. Wait Disney's “Fan- 1n addition the communist party

terruptions during the

raids,

“Up and doing," a revue has been playi two years, either in Inndon or in he provinces when the Lon- don stage was almost at a stand- still, “Chu Chin Chow." a hit show of the First Great War. has been revived successfully. "Black Vani- ties." a musical show roduced by George Black, is well nto its sec- ond year and another George Black production. “Apple sauce." has been packing the Palladium for months.

tures of 1941, playing for several months at a West End house. "Gone With the Wind" is in its second ear of continuous performances in n- dori. Other outstanding successes in- clude “49th Parallel,“ an adventure movie with an all-Canadian setting produced with the support of the Ministry of Information, and "Tar- get for Tonight", a straight-for- ward portrayal of a night bombing raid on Gennany, filmed by an M. 0. l. unit.

British Bombers" Aid Russians

LONDON, Dec. 22-40? Cable)-

The Su ply Ministry announced to- Deputy Minister o1 all 9- 1am‘? numb" °l Bill‘ and colonization and former Muni- llnd Mallldli lobe deputy minister of agriculture

night ish-built. Valentine tanks is being used in the Russian drive against the Germans.

The ministry said the Rimsinns were especially pleased with the Valentines whose tracks and steer- ing gear are standing up splendidly to the hard ground and the extreme winter condi ions.

"In some of the fierce battles which hurled back the German ar- mies from the a preaches to Mos- cow Valentlnes elped spread de- etructlon and confusion among the enemy," the minis statement said.

The Valentines. w ose two-pound- ers are said to be able to penetrate the armor of the German tanks, “have picked their way among Ger- man positions. doing much damage to German tanks, smashing up strong points and clearing the way for Russian infantry."

The tanks thick ermor—thlcker than that of any other tank of sim- ilar weight-enables it to withstand terrific punishment and in ropor- tion to the number of Va eritines

the losses are described as "amazingly small." The. ministry added that reports received from ualifled sources in Moscow show ‘that presence of British tanks at the front came as a surprise to the Germans.

New positions Hold firm in Malayan area

(By C. Yates McDaniel Associated Prue Staff Writer)

SINGAPORE. 32—.(AP)-— British Malayan infllcltd heavy casualties on the Japanese in another sharp jungle fight

about 330 miles above Singapore. and the Royal Air Force smashed nine Japanese planes in two air actions, it was announced tonight.

The British forces are holding firmly in new positions anchored apparently in tiie west at Kuala Ksngsiir, 20 miles north of the tin mining centre of Ipoh, and ex- tending castward to a point some 45 miles south of Kota Bharu where the Japanese made their first landing on the peninsula Dec.

The new engagement occurred yesterday on the Krik-Kuala Kang- sar highway in an area where British headquarters said the Jap- anese are using rafts to ferry re- inforcements down the Pei-air river from the north.

British defences apparently rim irregularly through the swamps south of the Persk river- and over the mountains to the east.

While Ipoh is only about 20 air miles from Kuala Kangsar, the road and rail route between the two points is 50 miles.

British planes attacking a Jap- anese airfield in the north put six enemy aircraft out of commission.

‘Three other planes were shot down in a Japanese attack on Kuala Lumpiir. a railway point be. tween Iooh iii-id Singapore.

The R. A. F‘. lost three p‘anes in this second fight, the communi-

que said.