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Churchill Gets Rousing Welcom

e To Can.

Takes-literal Probe Upens Into CarFerry Sinking

Capt. John L. Read gives evidence of events leading up to loss of S. S. Charlottetown.

By storm; To Speak e today

(By C. R. Blackburn, Cana- dian Press Staff Writer) (JTTAWA, Dec. 29»(CP)

.- Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with his smile of courage and confidence, his jutting cigar, and fingers raised in the “V for victory” sign, made a one-man con- quest of Canada's capital today.

To government leaders he gave this message:-

He believed that the sal- vation of the world lay in some organization which would have as its core the English-speaking peoples.

Ottawa's capitulatlon to Mr. Churchill was complete. Thousands stood in the sunny but stinging-cold win- ter air to cheer and warmly acclaim the British war leader at every appearance from the moment he stepped from the special train which brought him from Washing- ton overnight.

At a privatc luncheon by Minister Mackenzie King. Mr. Chur- chill said he could not return to England without having visited

Canada to personally empress his appreciation of the part played by the Domini war

Bo will deliver an address in Canada in the House of Commons Chamber toinorrowsaficrnoon.

Mr. King Introduced his dis- tinguished guest as “the cin- bodiment of the determination ind courage of the British people." Ho pl ed that Canada would spare not ing in the ef- forts to achieve victory.

Britain felt aiticulorly abefui to the Dom ons. Mr. C urchlll said. because there was one dark period-presumably after Dunkerquc -—when their help and encourage- ment wers the mainstays which enabled the British Isles to carry on the struggle.

Newspapermen did not attend the luncheon meeting but through official channels a few brief notes on the Prime Minister's speech were

Prime

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Eden returns From Moscow

Dec. 30-(Tuesday)— secretary Anthony Inndon early to- oi Moscow Britain and

IDNDON. (CD-Foreign Eden returned to day from two weeks conferences at which Russia came to complete agree. ment 0n conduct of the war.

"Our talks in Moscow were full, frank and sincere" Eden said in a statement.

"I was lucky enough to see some- thin of the mllital-v performance of t e Russian arm cs, which are truly magnificent."

Coming Events

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"Bhow Sourls Thursday l. L-261-l2-S0-2i.

"Show Montague saturday 3. L-232-12-30-3l.

.____ "Como to the dance in Graham's Road Hall tonight. Dec. 80. L458.

"Wanted to Cl lcken. Fowl. Island Cold siorKEé. i-sio-v-o- .

"Buying pigs Friday at market Iquare, Ohmlottetown. Knud Jor- genaon. L-269.l2-30-8i.

"klnkora Hail Bingo and dance postpones until hiday nlghLL m

“Receiving live pgntlu as usual.

ursday aftcm 41v A. M. until l1 A .0. Green. Albany liners-id.

"loading hogs at Bradalbans today until 2 o'clock, also buying Mung pigs. paying $7 a pair for Pills over no lbs each. Knud Jor- enson. L468.

"On account of New Year's ~oom on Thursday will receive hos: at Kenslngton nidoy. Jan- “bfy I till s p.m. Bulman and Blknall. Hunter River and North Wiitshim mas till noon. Arthur Rlllam. Br one Friday after-

noon. Mclwcn and Campbell. - . L-fll-ifl-SO-Zi.

3 R.G.A.F. planes Forced down

NEW GLASGOW. N. 5-. Des. 29 —-(CP)—-Three Royal Canadian Air Force planes from the elemen-adry flying training school at Stanley, N. 5., were forced down today at Mollison airport near here when lco formed on their wings.

None of the machines were dain- aged. The instructors intruded Don Malcolm of Saint John, N. B. The students’ names were not disclos-

Japs advance 0n west end of Malayan front

lily C. Yates McDaniel Associated Press staff Writer

SINGAPORE. Dec. Isl-MP)- The Brltish defends

0f 81385‘ poi-it's approaches fought back strongly wday I-Nlrist a Japanese

penetration south of Ipch. tin and communications centre, in western Malaya. but the invaders’ comple- mentary drive along the cast coast apparently made no progress.

The fall of Kuchlng, capital o: British-protected Sarawak on the Island of Borneo, vnhere the Jap- anese seek a lcdgement in such force as to threaten British-Amer- ican communication with the a1- lled Netherlands East, Indies, was conceded. Kuchlng lies 4'15 miles due east of Singapore.

As to the Malayan Peninsula it- self. the heaviest flghifng was in progress in Pcrak State (presum- ably in the c:o.slal areas above the Perak River) to the szuth of Ipoh which itself is 290 miles north of Singapore and Just at the edge oi the harsh mountain range which flanks the western ccastal plain.

Here, said p. British headquarters communique. "our forczs are close contact wiih the enemy."

Elsewhere in Malaya, it was add- ed. the situation was unchanged Enemy air attacks on British east coast pzsltiozis abount Kuantan were reported. but caused neither damage nor casualties.

At the same time, the Royal Air Force was in heavy action against the Japanese operational bases to the north. Hard hit was the Jap- anese sir base at Sungei Patanl, up the west coast from Ipoh . where British bombs left fires and ex-l, plcslons. ‘Iliis was on Sunday night.

Head uarters’ only reference to Medan n the Netherlands Sumatra was a report that enemy planes raided the town.

(As to lpoh, the BBC pointed out that the announcement oi fighting sout of Ipch did not nec- essarily mean that the town itself had been lost. since it might have been by-passed by the Japs.)

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Gurtin seeks to Gool criticism

CANBERRA. . 29

Dec CP) - a.‘ Prime Minister John Curtin tonight

sought to cool critics of his Ame ca"

Empire is more steadfastly dolor- mined to maintain the Elnplrc than Australia."

The Prime Minister sail in In article he wrote for the Melbourne Herald that Australia refuses to re dthowarinthcPaclficsaa sl c-ahow to tbs war in Bumps and that she places hcr chief reliance in

the United statements ct

states. The article brought i-otests from the political opposit- on and from some newsgiapgs. Former Premier Robcr ndcs will“ syliilleydcm-if’ $1.193: ‘h’: hi‘: ins a un r ties ggtwcen Australia anduhritaln are merely traditional. Mr. Menzies

declared:-

"If the people of tho Uni Kin dom were our only colleagues in e war. we would fight by t eli-

the end. The tea between and Britain are real and

*‘““'°'i.i'.i"‘ii’. that Australia was

to the rather than ‘Brit-

. rs “It doesn't matter w . Hughes says. Australia, as an integ- ral ant of the Empire. stra glcal problems of its own dc- fenos with sheer realism."

m. ed BlillIddhI-lflltlm/B

HALIFAX. Dec. 29—(GP)—Cap- tsln John Lt Read. master of the fouridered carfei-ry Charlottetown. testified before the Court of Wrecks Commission here today that failure of tugs from Halifax to arrive in time and lnadequstengotection for the ships settl ta contributed to the loss of t e vessel off Nova. Scotia last Juno 18. The hearing was resumed today before Mr. Jus- tice M. B. Archibald.

Captain Read, on the stand throughout the day, gave evidence from his log book and charts and disclosed technical details of the Charlottetown’; navigation equip- ment under questioning of J. Gor- don Fogo, representing the Domin- ion Department of Transport.

When the craft struck a. shoal. Capt. Read said, the engines were began

under steam. he said.

The skipper stated that a double bottom on the vessel would have protected the settling tanks.

He ave a detailed account of all that appened from the June it! when the big ice-breaking ferry was ordered to proceed to Saint John. N B, from Borden, P. E, I vi grave. N. S, until she 7.07 p. m. June 18.

Shortly alter leaving Mulgrave, they ran into a heavy fog and the following morning the course was set for thepgambro Llghtships off Halifax. The fog signal o the llghtship was heard early in the evening and the course was changed for the Little Hope Gas ~ tlc

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19 survivors Reach ii. S. port

SAN FRANCISCO, (AP)—Ninetcen survivors of the torpedoed freighter Maninl, sunk Dec. 1'1, were picked up today the 12th naval district announced. This accounts for all but two of the 33 men On the ship,

The navy disclosed no details of today's rescue, but said all the rescued men were safe.

Twelve men in two llfeboats were picked up Saturday after nine perilous days on the Pacific Ocean.

The 6.00(i-ton Matson freighter was sunk at the same time as the VIiOO-ton Prusa of the Lykes Bro. thei-s lines. Thirteen of the Prusa’: crew of 34 were saved.

Japs open up 0n fortress Guarding Manila

MANILA. Dec. Bil-Cruesdayl-(A Pi-‘rhe opening salvoes of w may be a long and dramatic siege of the Corregidor Island fortress whose powerlul guns stand atnwait the sole seaway approach to Manila were fired. ycsvcrciay when Japanese planes roared through an earth-

barragc w blast the citadel for two hours.

The Japanese lost planes to the fortress gunners. Four were shot out of one formation oi’

i la, ard-

DBC. 29-

I norlng undefended Man w ch had been savagely bomb

unday, raid- ers circled

or Oorrcgldor un- loading their bombs.

‘This first officially reported lul- talned attack upon the heavily for- tified little Gibraltar of the Philip- tho invaders landed now land forces when island defenders wet-cm

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ltlhnffioi-thcrn, fronts tbs situation

was little changed.

Reserves decision

.ln manslaughter

Gil-AGE BAY. N. 8., Dec. i! — (CPh-Magistnts C. reserved

H. McDonald decision today in tho ge- lintlnuy hear of Sgt. Pilot b- ert Parker of with manslaughter

mgif‘ “at: dealt; of m. n. ft of Gllllilby, Ont.

in hero Aug. 24 and car driven by Parker. Huthcots was riding, crashed a parked truck.

B or in prospect that could hel

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"a number" of of

in Southern Luzon be.

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War Situation Last Night

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(By KXBKE L SIMPSON, Associated Press Staff Writer)

Disclos‘ v of Russo-British sgategy talks in

Roosevelt-Churchill conf for Tokyo.

At what moment Britain's B. Pacific war to alter the

est authority in the an l-Axia camp knows. crisis in the Far East, involving the linmcd

Singapore, concerned the Moscow Washington. O

The twin meetings to rally ma a co-ordlnated war effort a dou ted. The Singapore base an ant that Joint measures to render on the Moscow agent.

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Moscow paralleling the must be ‘ news

a hand in the

usalan ally may take ttorn of the Chin; Sea struggle only the high- lt seems certain that a face of both Manila. and as much as it did those in

Amerlcan-Britlsh-Russian resources and nchronized too closely for its Philippine out ut are so both secure must

that to be irn ort- avc been hlg up

The com letc accord reached between the Britons and the Russians

in Moscow g

ves virtual assurance that at the Russians will fall on Japan's flank. The timing is apt to be influenced by developments both in the

SDIIIQ

predetermined moment of such an attack Philippines and m:

thc Malayan Peninsula within the‘ ne-xt ‘few: days or weeks.

The rave menace on Luzon confrontln es is conceded. shorter lines north of Manila, where Linvaycn Gulf landings now is fully

nurnhere American-Filipino arini

critical phase of the battle for

the main

g Gen.

MacArthufs out- llis withdrawal to Japanese attack from

developed. indicates li-at the first Manila is expected there.

The wai- is more than three weeks old. Fill ino stand on Luzon has gained time enough

American- for American naval

on t from Hawaii or from the Pacific Coast to cover the-long distant-o

to Transport and supply

the main some of lOfl0fl.I-I‘2Ill1’il Luzon.‘ fleets If the size needed to carry and main-

tain such a force as the Japanese now have assembled for the main n

drive at Manila are an open

aircraft. Washington has given assurance that the navy ls declining to reve capture of Luzon.

the Japanese on Luzon. however. and the surprise now ls exhausted as the

that struggle, although naturally The odds of anpowe s

The time factor or the element on w

pino troops already battle-proven.

avert Japanese ill heavily favor struggle is changin . hlch Tokyo counted above s. first major and critical battles shape up no American-picked long ago and bravely manne

l rth

vitation to submarines and raiding naval

not idle in al the steps taken

of Manila on grouvr‘.

d by American and Fill-

Russians Smash Nazi

Try

Moscow and Tula freed of immediate threat of capture by westward rolling Red Army.

MOSCOW, Dec. 29—(AP)—'Ifhe westward rolling Soviet offensive smashed German attempts to hold new defence lines on several sec- tors oi the from. today and the un- interrupted Red Army advance rc- oocupled a niimbe“ of additional vflrt-ges, the Russians announced tonight.

"The enemv is suffering heavy losses," added the SOVZEZ informa- tion buiesus late nlgnt communi- que. in a burst of aerial activity. the announcement said. 28 German pomes were destroyed veiiflrdoy against only six Russian losses.

‘Il-ie Russian Army newspafler Red Star said Soviet parachu‘. is landed in the rear of the retreat- ing Germans blew up 29 bridges, killed 400 German oflioers and men. burned quantities of equip- ment and then rejoined their de- tachmenta.

While battle llne correspondents told of still other successes in every one of the main fighting sectors, the Russian press hailed the Sov- let-British accord on antl- bomis of

strategy and declared the the two na-tions have been "strengthened by the flames of

war.”

Izvestla. the government news- paper. declared there is no doubt the copies of both Britain and Russo would receive with great satisfaction the announcement that as a maul-t of“the visit of Eiodelgn secretary Eden to the Kremlin the two countries are in agreement on policies cf defeating Hitler and preventing a repetition of German

aggression. gamer stressed the view that the main enemy, and that the anti-Hitler coilivon "now joined also by the United states with its rrrmendouns resources," would need to exert all its efforts to beat him and his allies. rts broadcast 0n the d Tula. reed danger crushing defeats the Germans on both Moscow flanks.

liraw noose Around Axis Troops in Desert

CAIIRD. Dec. 29—(AP) -British mobile columns drawing a noose around the main Axis forces at Agcdsbia, so miles south of Ben- announocd tonight m have smashed six tanks in a prelude to the big conclusive bat e of Clrenaica.

into vast mud fields and made around operations difficult. but the . A. l‘. still sprayed explosives on the tattered German and Italian columns which had escaped into Trlpoiltanil. via the Bengal-Aged. abla coastal road. Official dispatches established that the Axis concentration in the dabis ion is not a men cov- e ng force ut embodies the main Erwin Rom- mel's African tank corps along with Italian contingent.

Axis said each

To Halt Retreat

Ganuck Nurses Arrive in

South

CAPE TOWN.

Africa

29- (CP

Dec.

Cablei-Elfty Canadian nurses, the

first oontln African m

nt to join the south tary nursing service.

were welcomed here today by the

Mayor at th Thanking

e City hall. the nurses for making

the long tzip, the mayor said all admired their pluck m responding

to the appeal for

from home

service so far

and their loyalty to

the commonwealth in offering to serve wherever they were most

needed. The nurses‘ leader, Miss Mac- Donald thometown unavailbaiei

receive on

ter of welcome

felt greatly honored to landing a personal let-

from Prime Minis-

ter Jan smuts. The nurses will be stationed in South African military hospitals.

Gives

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To questions

From

TORONTO

Retailers

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, Dec. 29

Twenty-one questions from the Oa-

retall federation

asking

n

clarification of problems encounter- ed under the wartime prices cell- lrtg were answered today by Edgar Burton, retail administrator under

the wartime

One question was from a

who said his

prices and trade board. butcher wholesale meat supply

rnb

house had refused to se

ll. rued that the butcher would have

t0 pay 20 1 that

-2 cents s pound. the prevailed generally

rice rhroughout the trade in the basic

period.

Aretalldiccshn

PIODPIOMI’ Ill

i! informed that ha cannot raise the

price of a petlwi- sel

A clothler was told he must .se

spring suits he sold at

roduct to that of s com-

g a similar nroduch and costs at the price lsst spring. not the

price prevalent in tho basic period

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(By Th

DBO. so. German pe

ace ovc communicated to Uni-ted

s Canadian Press)

fold-Allies rejected in note

eminent roposala d lagtm

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gummy and insincere?’ safe- agalmt Mun

Report Ganada To cancel debt Owed by Britain

TORONTO, Dec, 30 — (Tue-t- day) — (CP) — The Globe and‘. Mail in a special dispatch tcduy from Ottawa says it is learned from reliable sources that “one of the magnificent gestures of the government of Canada dur- ing Prime Minister Winston Churchill's present. visit to O.- tawa will be an announcement Ly Right Hon. Mackenzie King that the Dominion will cancel the $1.- 500,000.000 debt which is owed to Canada by the British govern- merit."

The dispatch adds that the, announcement is regarded as certain to receive "enthusiastic approval" generally "not only. because it represents real and cf- fective aid to the Mother Colin-i try in the present emergency but also because it will convince skeptics and former lsolzitionists in the United States that Can- ada. is not now and never has been demanding 6M1} ‘on the barrel head’ for war materials which have been shipped to Britain."

Beaverbrook Remains in Washington

UITAWA. Dec. 29-—<GP)—Lord Beaverbrook, British Minister of Supply, failed to arrive in Ottawa tonight as had been expected, and later there were conflicting re- ports on when he will come here from Washington.

Lord Beaverbrook was ex- pected to reach here by plane at 9:15 pm. AS.T.. accompanied by W. Averill Harrlmarr United States lease-lend co-ordlnator in Britain. Not until after the plane arrived was it learned that the British minister and others in the piarty had cancelled their reserva-

ons

Tonight, reports on his new ar- rival time ranged from "sometime tomorrow" and "Wednesday morn- lng" to rumors he was so busy in Washington that he will not come at all.

A large group of newspapemien and camernmen were on hand at the air port when the Trans-Can- ada Air Lines plane came in rrom New York-without tne men they hoped to interview and photo- graph.

Earth tremors in India and ll. S. .

QUIYITA. India. Dec. $—-(OP)_ Quetta, scene in 1935 of one o: the mo“ desifllfiilve earthquakes tn modem times. was shaken twice by mzderate earth shocks tcdny.

The first was early in the day, and the second at 2:10 m. build. ings were shaken he3v‘y by secsnd quake, but. no 105s of was reported. More than 20.000 Persons were killed in the 193a quake,

PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 2Q—(AP] —A rlnsie earl-h trcmo“. believed local in origin, sticok ITWCI’ Co]. umbla River towns today but caused no impirt-ant damrge

Situation in Philippines Grows grave

By Frank Ewing Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29—~(APi-- In a terrific effort to soften up the coast defences of Manila Bay a huge force of Japanese bombers blasted at them for three hours, the United States war department reported today: Anti-aircraft fire brought down four of the enemy craft.