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Envy Minister Announces l‘! Officers Promoted

Reds Advance , I03 Miles In 8' Days 0L Drive

(By Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press Srtaff Writer)

MOSCOW, Dec. 2%(Thureday)-(AP)--The Red Ar- ly has beaten forward across the middle Don plains for gains of 72 to 103 miles in eight days, the Russians announ- ced early today, on a continuing and massive offensive which has cost Hitler upwards of 80,000 killed or captured in that sector alone.

A special communique said the Germans were sent reeling back for another 12 to l8 miles yesterday and that in the day's fighting 8,000 Nazis were slain and 16,400 taken prisoners.

This brought the prisoner total in the eight-day period ti}: Sthgtpdoyjrhile the nuatbor sf dead Nasis numbered more

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Canadian Navy And .’l‘o R.(J.N.V.R. OTTAWA, Dec. fi—(CP)-—Nsvy Minister Mentions-id announce - night thlt 11 officers 0X lhl Jill Caitaldlan svy eight of a1 Canadian av Reserve and 1d of

the Roy Volun- teer Reserve have been given "act- ing rank” promotions while - r , ‘ appointments. promotions effective from Disc. it, cover s w range of sis‘- v ce.

to acting Ol/Dtain

tenanoe Avalon, Newfoundland. Also promoted in acting Captain

‘(mm “we,” ‘mlflfl WWI o1: (engineer) is Cmdr. W.W. Portcous, relatives-lo that towns I/hd vi - f3“ l"! “Wild 0nd f", “fall; _ by the dccens were liberated 'llx“'l'l°l°l" "l l" Leave by the “my well nmm on the west coast. um “Hawk” a our m WMIO 511212198111 hi8 fill/ll hfltlhlllfl the llltddleucoléu-t; or e ma“: "tgifltherxlligfitgr vi- m} lieu gully ' ' l‘ ‘nava ra gat 1.8-?- LONDON’ om u __ (Thum ‘wvirlllmmlly also’ lied by themfiagillt milsgflllcmlitg rank. “Wrightophas ‘Wl-lcll-Tllr l-"llitm Pr" cent of uullol-ovo One- sovm m° , “f5” mfnmi; “upfmmafoi, “ml "l" "l"! l" l "W"; s - had driven to aermi digs 3dr w n’ toftn na with dated from ‘the German Wm m, 1 m“; n“? u“. “rm Ottawa‘! W’ F""‘“°"' m“ “l” """ l“ northwest of Millerovo Gian the rank of acting Captain "‘° "‘“"“'Y l'°""°" l" W" Another thrust had reached and n c N a ar ohm lA l-loonen’ §‘,fjn"':,§§‘,‘:,._°"f,jf' ‘flvfl 2:; liberated tho town of Voloshiltla, as of dttiiwé,‘ s ietoronoi tho Royal l» ~v=~m vv- "“.......l=z...u".zl..."”lszzlz- ma: €i.l.’..“s.o*?“o§.'ili£'§i“vl‘it€lot2§ stat-uphold‘: military headqusrt- 3013M 12M “mung” ‘om?’ w? mo“ m Vancouver.‘ rn — u would or. . whorl-h o . = ' _ novflololtlTtnhi- units adtll and nonunion. a’! miles to the w§“°’,',“g'f,l',§"§°'-,§'c-,Q;m, , a non month. southeast. naval lionnfoincélts formation has -—--—-—-—— This powerful drive toward Hoa- been mmmdw m m rd, o, . ' . ‘ tcv was declared flu-thei- in unof- P, lag“ mpwmf w l‘ Britain; To Buy 63 flcisll quarters to have regained 5;“, mm, m “w m,“ m Molli Kill 1B0 miles OI railway in “l0 “w 12st w“ ' m’ Royal Navy‘ l lllll D019" E88‘! "WW W1" "'10" l" “l” ll" serving with the seni naval officer invader from Southern Rwsll- at Invergordon, at e Aldmilralty c lllwlfli llllllfllll l°ll°ll°ll l and in H.M.6. Lancaster. Lent to

‘PTA A, .29--(OP) -’I‘he rcslulwr communique chronicling Aigicultuvlyc still other brilliant Red Aimlo’ eulo- to iht th t bh i ceases.

£g0d nofomia t; from Col-Gen it. r_ vewtin-o more

main lotaupu instdethseasternrunofifie tons of dried Ukraine within 150 miles of the mt to 63,000. osen shell key enemy position of Kharkov to “UlldBf this agreement shel east m; west, while his main bodies Wlllbe purchased by the svwlll muss deroueiy down upon Ros- wdllm bowl at brim F-°-ll- m miles 0t! that objec- from u "to 31 wh would out depending mgr? ‘it elf o’ , "1"," m“ year," the %:rtl'llefit ill - tween b; Dmffid vote; Rwgf; e and about Stalingrad. Complaints Butter Ration Too Small

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Ii special committee of the Van- were siriielde a oomlllnlllliwlllllfll- couver labor council will irlvesti- ‘Ihey had out the main Moscow- gate complaints that the new but- mstov railway at several points in ler ration u too small for working the vicinity or the function of Mll- men. The uouncil made this decis- lerovc and at several towns taken lcn last night after two shipyard were aifliulds fmm

delegate; claimed the ration of me llflli pound per person per week ls not enough to permit men to take

mo‘ lied “rem! Russians an reinforced his 101068 irl iihe Stalingrad area.

German counter-attacks werebe-

broiler lunches to work. m‘ thrown in ‘£1321 the help mo: I foifinfanmfiaowhno hatdpihey Ill-lt- Bomlng Events on, mm“ o-c- W (The Gel-main hi!!! Qlllllfilllldl poo- “ported "Iflléwtd lYiift ___ attacks" by the missions bedtime‘ "Talliies-Sourls Friday. tlifjrtoleemrpél] ‘meg; “Play-lit. Stewart ‘mursdey. ttciwtlne ll ma)“, " lllflfgg ___. are; INN” "$1 “Wm,” fin too” nt sternum. gm ‘Unloadin Old s dney Bcr n f butter hol M w 0M1. ac. olnmynuton. e‘ .'.';.‘.%"oi..‘o.. main “idol. has __ m --..-:l*"ll:r..-l.;.h..c~ "unhol- x c n: ‘a’ m‘ ' ° tn - Wednesdlyavéililngndmbm fig of ee “"""' omian b a 11W"? Mnhrmmvfia angling: ‘lggroifi up rsp-txe cfpersieteht German "Ooenl ante met Ronni Link Xmlajs‘ afternoon. i2- Jl To Grad‘}a%? ., -— Ahead 0 me wedliirlkonemsa ngiflaigogger t ___... who»: "' " ooh-l ....&_ v Pr horns ___. o, an," mum _ altif-‘ti fit» on» woo-M _ ‘in u. students n tn g...§°",.$"'"‘ ‘:34 an‘, year at the college V? inmate llflne ill-write for prices. land e llllll Ill?" ° “mt” Cold Storage, ma, lr-le-tl e “tau; med-kn gm h"

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of The Gtlsflisl will be Saturday, bee. 20.

the Royal Naval Air Service. he was transferred to the R..A.l". and was mentioned for meritorious services. In peacetime, Cspt. Pennington an comptroller of expenditure for he lnce oi’ British Columbia. a c ra. . 'l'hree Benlor Medical Officers of the R..O.N.V.R. at Newfoundland, Halifax and Victoria have been . oted to acting surgeon Ca tain. ey are: Former Blurseon A]... Anderson of New GlaslW. N. 5.; iomler Surgeon Omdr. D.W. Johrlstorle of lf-lalifax and former Omdr A.Cv. Laroche of Vancouver. Promoted to acting Paymaster Commander is the superintendent of

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Aerial Blows 0n ilazi Targets Are Continued

N. Dec. 38-(AP)—l1lc- newim the almost continuous as- mrlt upon Nani objectives, RAJ‘. bombers crowed the channel in strong force today in the wake of heavy and widespread overnight attacks by fighter-bombers on Cler- mc/n railway transport in France and the Low countries.

Iicst night's sweeps, aluihortts- tlvely declared the strongest of their kind in weeks, left many loo. oinotives disabled. much tracker twisted amd other transport faci -

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‘they were nried mt Hurri- bcmbera, whiglwinds alndwboetons. silueedrlowseintnldel-eraftfor

dupe were eat aflsme, A dngle British plane was iostin these operations.

Pelt Prices 10 . _ T050 P.C. Higher

WINWTFEO Dec. 23 -- (GP) - w the: 106000 “melts we sold at

Q I sol llereyw t“ ‘$193; renfiagfi to net cent - er than a lnilaraal _ . Beaver sold up to - In Id- vance of lb per cent. and Red ‘lg

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(Iy lirks l- llmpseu, Associated Pr“; war Analyst) ltreng British naval-sir levees again are operating h the lay of

Bflllll to lmllh st Japanese protective bales in the pawn mill" lllflllllls the Malacca strait passage front the China Sea. to the Indian Ocean. Coupled with Gen. _Bir Archlbald waveiPs push into western Burma. from India, the Brit earner-launched bombing attack which brill-silt the wol- beck to Bummatra throws out s widening lf ltlll pro- llminsry Allied challenge, I O I 0 e

Th“ M"! olwrltlont are I! yet vllflltlelly defensive gnes without llillll- The day still seems distant when Allied offensivelt can be mount- “l "m" ll" Blllll. south and west alike to squceze Japan of her ill-gotten territorial booty in the China sea as her German and Italian aceomp. iices arc being squeesed out of North Africa.

British aggressive moves ashore and afloat In the lsy cf Bengal WI!‘ lltlflmlllfl‘. llowtvtl‘. are obviously as Integral s part cf grand Al- llcd ltratery as tho double-headed attack from east and west in North 5M0!» the battles of the Solomons and New Guinea and the unabatlng sir attack from Britain on critical Axis targets on tile European con- tinent. They are curtain l-ailcrs M future major offensive actions on every front,

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M the moment. nevertheless. the grlnlnelt prion ef that battle to wear the enemy down still is ill ltussfs. It la there, westward of lllt. let's badly-breached Don lwinter line, that Moscow reports, virtually "lllll-‘fllrll by Berlin. alotul-o new Red army successes fraught with lull" Wllllllllllfl 0f lllllllcr for Hitler than was Nspoleorra gotrgat from Moscow

Farm Wages High But Labor Scarce

OTTAWA, Dec. !3-—(ClP)—<1-l.igh- er ‘wartime wages have come in the Canadian farm laborer whose ll.- ooolte now is at the highest level ever reported in WNW W"! 01 Canada, but in spite oil s. demand which has led farm workers to dc- nland $10.) a month from British oolullnbla dallly farms, the BUPiJlY of W0l'l'-"“5 is s thin across the Donllclilorl.

Govemlulent officials ssid today that surveys indicate that M1000 tnale farm workers, paid help and f-anlliyl members, left Canadian farms between Jan. l, 1940, and August, 1942. Since last Match, nllanpower regulations have sought to keep essential farm work.- ells on the but there has been. no reetric/olorl against than joining the forces. and the total who have left during the last six morlths is believed to be substantial.

‘Ihe farm laborers who have stayed wilth the land are leoelvllrl! their reward, official records indi-

It is difficult ts define the actual Itustion sn s wide stretch sf what Moscow calls the "middle Don" front. Without a detailed map cf that great segment of ltuasivt between the Don and Dong“; 114"", g vast badlands so far as road and rail communication go, even Rugglan revelation of a list of recaptured major towns along the Vcroneah- Rostov railway and west of it can mean little.

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It in significant tnattowlrnaaieo for places recaptured amt or the D0" W9" if"!!! "l" ll! MQMOW. Experience sanctions the conclusion that no momentary advantage is involved. Red troops pfnblbly h“; not only occupied the towns mentioned but pushed on beyond them,

ll’ "l" l! "l": l"! Orldinal Russian break-through ant-pg, e1“ 13m, some (l0 miles wide nolw is nearly double that width. That vital north- Ionth rail artery, the voronellh-ltoatov railroad, QQBIflI to b, in n“. sllrahharlds from Popovtta in the north to Mllerovda environ; 1n the son . '

British Christmas _ _ rifles Skyrocket

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N. -'l'hls Chrlsuilas will be remember- In Tough Spot l

ed as Britain's most expensive lll history,

Prices have sky-rocketied to new heights for articles in which even

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ALLIED HEADQUARTEB-l ested but were forced to take Li IN AUSTRALIA, Dec. 24 -— they really Wdllifld something.

(Thursday -- (C?) - Japanese Many shop aasistaulls hpologlzcd

enemy for iilca ions have been for unelr prices. one instance was a

young W.A.A.Iv'. purchasing a single sprig oi" mistletoe for cents. it was not as though airwoman really needed it to taln a holiday

n-eachcil in malty places in the Buns area of New Guinea by Allied troops, Allied headquart- > crs announced today.

‘Many hundred of his (the Japanese) dead are bcinfl lillllllll by our troops," the nncn com- munique said.

"ills situation must now be regarded as desperate.”

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Expect llonors For Canadians

OTTAWA. D60. 23—-(GP)—6in0e the we now is open for Canadians to rece ve orders of chivalry which do not carr titles, it is expected the King's ew Year's Honor List will confer decorations oil a coll- aitleralble number of Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen, in- cluding senior officers respon- sible or brinfll-lll tll9 W“! ‘l9 their present strength and effic-

fency.

Thus Canadians who have giv- en efficient eel-vice mey receive such decorations ss atider of the Orders of ghthood. EH1 would have the ri t to lacs ter their names letters sign ylng the decorations, but they would not get titles.

The inclusion of Canadians the honor’; list would be a res

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Tile old llllSllltaS of "Joe sent rns" was worth nothing ill purchasing wine and s irlts. Alt most places be- ing a re er customer made tile shopper elisibls for a small share of the stock which dealers were hold- ing out on a closely-rationed basis at regular prices of $5 a bottle.

Eilsewhere champ%ne was at $18 a bottle, brandy $ and liqueur whisk

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Holly is scares except in tbs country and was retailing west- end London at a few twlss or eo cents. Roses were around $12 a damn and Slllilll Christmas trees around $5 to $6 each.

Street llawkers carried out a

TifTaTllTiTéolTa> B.C. Airliner Still Missing

CHIIHWA B.C.. Dec. ll — (0P)-—A lwyal adian Air Force, reconnaissance plane cruised over the southwestern British Columbia mainiand tonight in search of s flare or campfire that might dis- close the whereabouts oi a Oanad- ian Pacific Airlines transport un-

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For the Dominion as s whole. the average farm laborer at. Aug. 15, i942, was receiving $2.50 a day and lxallril, eolnpared with $2138 at tile same dale last year and $1.52 in 1940. ,

Paid m s morlthw use. the ilarm worker averaged $443.82 with board. compared with $35.64 in194i alnd $27.76 in 1940. On a yearly basis, ills 1942 income would aver- age about $561 pllus board. This figure compares with an swig: of $195 kl 1914. $643 in 1920. in 1030 and $916 in 1M9, ~

"Rlerports from farm cor-remand- ents enlpl-laslze the absolute short- age of farm laborer; regardless of wage rates," said Bureau of Statis- tics reports.

'Ilhls yea-r the highest wageawere being paid in British Columbia. where the farm laborer at, Arug. 16 averaized $2.95 a (lay and board. At (the other end of the scale was Prince ‘lodlvvc/lrl Island, where the sivemg! was $1.64.

Other average 9007mm! l7! ‘M0- vlrlces were: Nova Beetle. $2.10. New Brunswick $2.36. Quebec $2.01. Ontario $2.71. Manitoba 82.79. FM-

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g} fllgfimtlgl; 15.5,? §{',,',,,,“““$ reported since Sunday with i! Commons an honors nd decor- P6190118 ll” -

mo,“ Th” mnmm,“ "y! q The ground search is being con- the situation which resulted mu centrotrd ln the mountains north a 1910 resolution of e blouse of this Fraser Valley centre on the l under which Canada abolished basis of reports indicating the gltlca, plane Wig last heard in that area. l

katchewnrl $2.60 and Alberta $2.62.

One Dead In Winnipeg Fire

WINNLPEG, D00. 2B -—- (GP) -- Miss Clllullia Pearson, 64-year-old tools, pied iaxiy (today from £2

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hul luliUWillg a ill-e in tllc Joy g/femorlal Nursing Hollie in 51m- urban Bt_ Vital last night. LoTltlaee plflthose in hmplwl. Mil-ll: stllnulmid, oi-iéorlotor of the home, and Mrs. A. eilavls, all of Win- nipeg. were in "poor" condition. The flllfifS siufierlrlg msiiahoxclk 33d ~ nt on. w r . - llnaoc of lgllBlpQK; Thomas Scott of st. vital, Roxie Hall, 4o, of Re- mafi ‘flgaautilléey Maylove (home-

Flrelnen rescued eight N011! ill! “§l‘§ok°'g1<'>§doo'“-l1~'ll§"§l§o lnutge 531d:

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Activity Increases On Tunisian‘ Front,- Weather Still Bad.

_ (By Noland Norgaard, Associated Press Staff Writer)

ALLIED FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Dec. 23—(AP)—French soldiers attacking s position held mostly by Italians near Point Du Fahs, 8t! miles south of Tunis, captured a number of prisoners and some equipment. today, an Allied Headquarters spokesman said tonight. ddiéwo armored» cars were eapiwred by the French, b0 a e . .=

0a the British and American sectors of fie front, psi-t’ roi activity by both the Axis and Allied forces incl-easel in intensity and the Germans shelled Allied positions on

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signalize an early resumption of ICA, Dec. United Stain troops new sre i

heavy fighting. The headquarters spokesman said Dakar, nerve centre ef a French West Africa and the

that a stepping-up of col-mun gort which repulsed a com- iliell British

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patrolling over preceding days was especially noticeable and that two Allied patrols had encountered sm- bushes. Earlier military circles said the 909ml’ Was most active at three Dolnis from nine to l4 miles from MBdJez-El-Bab. 35 miles southwest and‘ fighting g-‘iealch attack in Aeptemller, The American. arrived quirk‘ l!‘ and went to work bseiilb t eh- new French Allies wlthd out waste of time. They oamc by plane and ships and in one case by jeep.

of Tunis, on an are fanning ollt to

the east of that ilnpmtgnt, my]; Notable demonstrations greeted Ileir arrival.

The Hench yesterday repulsed fresh counter-attack; aimed tfgainst l>°5lll0fIs they had taken in preccd. The attitude of French pubhe official; and army and navy Officers seems to he to receive

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yesterday’: dead. ____._____.____ During the year 194i, the swine Mullnm Ann“ In, induotry in P.E.l. has shown tile remarkable increase of about ‘so per cent over the number ol head produced in filth-reports Mr. l-LW. Clay, live stock products grader, Dominion Department of Agricult- ure. Estimated on the basis of pounds of pork, this increase would be much greater, for in 1942, hogs were marketed at s. higher aver- age dressed weight. With this in- crease in volume, there was a sim- ilar improvement in quality or grade. The percentage of A grade in 194i Wfls about 32 percent. In i942, this percentage rose to almost 40 percen. Prices rose to higher levels while purchased feed re- mained st about the i941 level. ‘Iklese two factor resulted in mak- ing 1943 one of do most profitable years for swine producers. Although P.E.I. farmers have marketed upwards of 55,000 hogs through inspected packing plants in i942. this volume is by no means the maximum possible production, Mr. (ilay roedportstgf every district were o pr uce e same num er of hogs as are now produced ln thei A XMAS CARI“. area between Kcnsingtcn and

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EDMONTON, Dec. I8 —(OP) Mrs. Mary Btecyk, dl, was f dead from gunshot wounds in pathway of her suburban Beverle .

ome today and her husband, Mi Stecyk, 45-year-old coal miner, w taken to llnspltlil in It critical cone- dition from gunshot and knlf wounds in what Poiire said was a apparent case of murder and ab- iemptcd suicide.

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Akyab in softening-up raids ahead at British troops moving down the coast while carrier-borne British naval planes assaulted the

. _ llrm-y air force lwtllllpidfltl‘! announced that in two goon

Sundav and a third yesterday st- were two enemy

and the British naval craft and tonight st l Sun sets this afternoon at b. and rises tomorrow morning at 8.8 Last quarter moon Dec. 2

fighters met little or no opposition in their attack Sunday night. on the Jap- snesc oil and supply base at Babllng, 0h the Illlll Island of We off the northern tip of Sumatra in the Netherlands Fast Indies. There wfls eculatlon. but. no confirmation, at the Babang raid was made by lanes launched from the 23,000- n garter Ilgousgréioils, reg rted tau men ago opera in s Ba" of Bengal