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The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • Page 3

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9 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1943 (By Th Awoclated PrMiJ i CHUNGKING, Dec. 1 Ameri can and Chinese planes, providing: "brilliant air cover," helped Chi 1 liese troops drive the apanese from Changeth, the gateway to Changsha and the vital rice area, Gen. Chiang Kai Shek's headquarters announced tonight, Japanese forces had entered the city Monday. The Chinese also claimed the recapture of Tehshan on the highway between Changteh and Chang sha in Hunan province Pte.

Esficld Wolfe, 43, of 290 Ferry road, St. James, veteran of both the Creat War and present war, died Tuesday in Deer Lodge hospital. Pte. Wolfe enlisted in Winnipeg In July, 1940, with the Royal Canadian Army Service corps and had served three years In England, returning to Winnipeg month ago. Born in Iceland, Pte.

Welfe ramo to Canada with his parents when a baby. He had lived at Keewatin, until enlisting In the present war, when he and his wife moved to St. James. Pte. Wolfe was a former member of the Army and Two Chinese columns, by paii Ing Changteh with the intention of surrounding the invading forces, converged on the ighv town of Llnli, 20 miles north Changteh.

A major portion the apanese troops there withdrawn. Earlier, the Chinese high command disclosed that the city was "still firmly in Chinese hands," indicating a general Improvement in llae fighting In northern Hunan province. Pte. E. Wolfe, Veteran of 2 Wars, Dies Wolfe had been employed at the Lake of the Woods Milling Co.

prior to enlistment In the present war. Besides his widow, Mrs. Olga Wolfe, whom he married in 1923, he is survived by his other, Mrs. Johanna Wolfe, Edmonton Winnipeg, and 'a sister, Mrs. William Corbett, Winnipeg.

Full military honors will be ae the Rev. C. Carruthers, chaplain, will officiate and burial will he In the military plot in Brookslde Navy Veterans' association. Pte. cemetery.

fOft EVERY WAR JOB! WHATEVER your lighting problem In office or workshop for close work or general Illumination Edison Mazda Fluorescent Lighting Is probably the ideal solution. It provides coo, glare frie, shadow' tree, economical "indoor daylight" makes production faster by making seeing easier. EDISON MAZDA FLUORESCENT LAMPS MADl IN CANADA ongHflM ami Gfr Edison Mazda Lamps (15 to 60 Watts) 15c each Eight lor $1.20 Scat CO D. er Charged en Light Bill CITY HYDRO Boyd Building, Portage Avenue The Invigorafing goodness of HOT BOVRIL makes you glow from top to toe I Its rich, beefy flavour temps your appetite and stimulates a grand feeling of well being. When you feel cold or chilled, Phone 848131 Buy a Carton 8 for $1.20 (25 40 60 Watts).

Charge to Your Light or Cas Account. OR ORDER FROM YOUR METER READER ymrHPECELECTRICtCOMPAMY Power Bldg. Showrooms PHONE 904 321 Portage end Vaughan 'ffl is in ay I of A. 4 was i i i wrrma SGT. ALEX.

SUTHERLAND SUTHERLAND FAR FLUNG FAMILY the start of the trin home." (father) 4410 Angus Drive, Vancouver, B.C. iMOLNAR, Gregory, R173948, Hamilton. Duncan McNaught, J12811, Edinburgh, Scotland. ROWE, Ernest Frederick Alan, F.S., R154101, Chateauguay Basin, Que. TITOF, Leon Abraham, J26842, D.

A. Titof (father), Ostry block, Flin Flon, Man. PREVIOUSLY MISSING ON ACTIVE SERVICE, NOW REPORTED PRISONER OF WAR (GERMANY) EWANKO, William, R1408O7, Peter Ewanko (fathef), 503 Gar lies Winnipeg. COLEMAN. William Carlton, FO, J14189, William Coleman (father), 2047 East 33rd Vancouver.

m3 warm up with a cup of delicious HOT BOVRIL Made in a jiffy just a spoonful of BOVRIL or a BOVRIL CUBE stirred In a cup of steaming hot water. Take a cup of BOVRIL regularly every day. This winter warm up with COHFOr CUP' THE WINNIPEG TRIBUNE PAGE 3 Japanese Are Driven Out Of Rice Bowl Area Gateway To Changsha Retaken By Chinese SPR. ROY SUTHERLAND LCPL. ALISTA1R SUTHERLAND corded when the funeral scivice is recent arrival In Italy.

Speaker was Sgt. Alex. Suther noin inursaay at i p.m. in me i. tnn fL wilh Sn Rov an(j i Cni Alistair.

enlisted in Sen Thomson's funeral chapel. Maj. tember. 1939. He in the engineers.

LAC. John, below, was in the Camcrons' reserve regiment until 1942, when he enlisted in the R.C.A.F. He is stationed now in Edmonton. The father, J. S.

Sutherland, served with the famous Black Watch and Roal Engineers in the last war and is now a member ol the corps oi commissionaires, since tneir arrival overseas, Alex, Roy and Alistair have all married English girls and two of them have become fathers. Alex, 33, and John, 30, were born in Dundee, Scotland, but Roy, 24, and Alistair 21, were born in Winnipeg, where all four were educated. The family home is at 220 Aubrey st. Casualty List R.C.A.F. By Tilt Ctnidlan Preu OTTAWA, Dec.

1. The R.C.A.F. Tuesday issued its 741st casualty list of the war containing 40 names, including two killed on active service overseas, 13 missing on active service after overseas air operations, and one killed on active service in Canada. Following is the latest list of casualties with official numbers and next of kin: OVERSEAS KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE LONG, Norman Earl, J20615, Toronto. McCRUDEN, Robert James, J21389, R.

M. McCruden (father), Pointe du Bois Man. MISSING ON ACTIVE SERVICE AFTER AIR OPERATIONS BONESS, Herman I Peter, R130722, O. C. Boness (father), 10730 126th Edmonton BUTTS, Nolan, D.F.M., F.S., R88361, Mira Gut, Cape Breton, N.S.

DAVID, John Martin, J13085, Hamilton. GOULD, Howard James, PO. J21429, Howard Gould (father), Maryfield, Sask. i HEALEY, Joseph Patrick, R179472, Cartiervillo, Que. HULKE, Cecil Walter Lloyd C3171, Mrs.

C. W. L. Hulke (wife), 3 749 McClure Victoria, B.C. LE BROCK, Joseph Willy Odessa Roger Garry, F.S., R12018S, Outremont, Montreal.

MacKINNON, John Allan, FO. J13793, Coleman, P.E.I. George Hudson, MEYERS, Adam J14168, Toronto. Henry, FO, TURCOTTE, Joseph Francois Emi lien, J14224Miss Laurette Turcotte (sister), Kapuskasing, Ont. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISS GRIMES, Ronald Ross, J16373, Mrs.

R. R. Grimes (wife), 31 Cline Place, Sunlerland, Co. Durham, England, B. H.

Grimes 31 Cline Place, Sunderland, Co. HARDY, John Edward, J22551, J. H. Hardy (father), Twin Butte, Alta. LEMON, John Harold, R85651, Toronto.

MANSON, William MacKenzie, R112619, Mr. W. M. Manson (father), 163 Garfield Winnipeg. MAUNDER, Clifford Leigh, J18269, Oshawa.

McCALLUM, John Franclj, R75315, Andrew McCallum (father), 412 7th Saskatoon. McGEE, Lawrence Edward, R89530, Mrs. L. E. McCee (wife), 588 Stockport Manchester, Mrs.

S. G. McGee mother), 221 Mary Hamilton. J17D44, Mrs. G.

H. Markle (wife), jMcGRATH, Francis Gerard, 31 Nnnmntnn Ti rrarp l.nnrlnn nuimni, Nl, England; G. W. Markle' MURRELI Sidney Leon, D.F.C., J16203, Gainesville, Texas. NELSON, Gordon Arthur, R105321, Mrs.

G. A. Nelson, Reid, John Bertram, R114641, Charles Reid (father), Dilke, Sask. REYNOLDS, Fred Albert. J9637, Mrs.

F. A. Reynolds (wife), 1571 Cameron Re ROBINSON. Ralph Lavis, 8142A, Montreal. STINSON, Lloyd Albert, PO J17695, R.

A. Slinson (foster father), Melita, Man. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISS ING ON ACTIVE SERVICE NOW FOR OFFICIAL PUR POSES PRESUMED DEAD. TL'RNBULL, John James Herbert, J16.360; Frederick Turn bull (father), St. Albert, Alta.

CANADA KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE THOMAS, Yestyn Llewellyn, J27202, Whitby, Ont. NAVY By The Canadian Prnl OTTAWA, Dec. 1 Engineer Suh Lt. Francis William Carson whose father, George Edmund Carson, lives at Saskatoon, was killed on active service Nov. 18 Naval service Headquarters an nounced Tuesday night In the 215th navy casualty list of the war.

The list contained only the one name. ilO000 Shells An Hour Fired At Nazi Lines By The Canadian PrewJ NEW YORK, Dec. 1. Shells were hurled at German positions on the Sangro river in Italy "at the rate of nearly 10,000 an hour" during the barrage that preceded the British 8th Army's capture of the German held ridge along the river, the B.B.C. said Tuesday night in a broadcast recorded by C.B.S.

German snipers and machine gunners had to be pried out of almost every house in Mozza grogna. one of the 11 towns captured by the 8th Army, the B.B.C. said. One correspondent said that In the fight the Germans used flame throwers which hurled 60 foot Jets at the advancing troops. LAC.

JOHN SUTHERLAND Ottawa Plans Works Program For After War ING ON ACTIVE SERVICE. NOW victoria FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES PRE SUMED DEAD BISHOP, John Philpott, R133344, J. A. Bishop father Vernon, B.C. BLAKE, Richard Barnett, 9529, Ottawa.

BUICK, John Albert, R87708, Samuel Buick (father), Waskada, Man. CLEMENT, Harry, R172270, Mrs. Ernest Carlson (mother), Armstrong, B.C.. COATES, Eddie Donald, R73428, Amherst, N.S. OTTAWA, Dec.

1. Technical men in the public works department are preparing detailed plans so that when the war ends the department will be able to go ahead with a works We're clad to get moving at last. It's program with almost no delay, These words were spoken by one of three i Works Minister Fournier said Tues day. "I don't want to Rive the Impression we think the war is about over," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press "But our skilled officials are (jetting the plans so well advanced that when peace doe come we wilt, in many cases, be able to call tenders within three or four weeks after the government decided to go ahead with a construction project." These Fourner, preparations, said Mr. Lecture Thursday at 8.15 p.m., In the lecture hall of Knox United church, Dr.

F. A. Robinson, of Toronto, B. Grunert, pianist, will assist. Mountbatten Ready For Burma Drive By A.

C. CUMMINGS I From Th Trlhum London Burpli Copyright by Ttn Bout ham Ltd 1 LONDON, Dec. 1. Japan is awaiting Lord Louis Mount batten's big offensive in Burma, according to Tokyo and Berlin, whose radios today say that the British preparations have "taken a big leap forward recently." There is nothing surprising In this because the first thing Lord Louis did when he renched India after his appointment as com mander in chief by the Quebec conference, was speed up preparations to take advantage of the ending of the monsoon, It was necessary to secure China's close military co operation, hence his' visit to General. Iislmo Chiang.

Kal Shek at Chungking. Elaborate preparations for jungle warfare In Burma had to be made and plans for the invasion of Japanese held territory to be completed. Naturally this took time. however, more than three months have now elapsed since Lord Louis took charge and he is not the man to waste a minute, It can be are not confined to Ot a.sumed things tawa. The department has resi 1 moving on the repairs have been put off.

Public buildings In many parts of Canada are greatly In need of repairs and new buildings will be required in scores of cases, said the minister. There will be a big job repairing and enlarging aids which the department provides for the fishing industry on both coasts. Mr. Fourner said activities of his department, even if they entailed the spending of $100,000,000, would only be a small part In meeting the post war need of employment; but it would help. Veteran Railmen Of Kenora Retire Special to Th Winnipeg Tribune KENORA, Dec.

1 Two veteran C.P.R. men, Thomas Degere and Frank Walton, ended long periods of service when they arrived here Saturday on their final runs. Legere, conductor on the Fort William Winnipeg run, has completed 40 years with the railway. Walton, conductor on the Kenora Ignace local, came here lonfi, joining the C.P.R. as trainman, and was made conductor in 1912.

OLD CHURCH San German, Puerto Rico, boasts the first church built in anv tcrrl (wife), 129 Pelsall Lane, Rushall tory of the New World now under near Walsall, Staffs, fcngland, A. the American flag, erected In 1511, H. Nelson (father.) Order now will shortly be south east Asian dent engineers ancl arcnuecis across front. the country, with local headqunrt i ir nt HnlifBx. Snint In a survey of the general mill Rimouskl, Quebec, situation confronting Lord Toronto.

London, the Lake The Times' special corre head, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Cal jspondent says the army and air gary. New Westminster, u.t, 01 ine Burmese Dorncr ana me niRn At each headquarters plans to command is studying big scale meet the needs of one district are, maps of the Burmese coasts, being worked out. Japan, as The Times' corre Since hostilities broke out, nnn )Sp0mtent emphasizes, has been war construction has been reduced forcea t0 defensive war like Ger to the minimum so as not to inter mnnv Bnd Tokvo war leaders are fere with the war effort. Even uar.ui.nri. Iness In Europe after Germany is I beaten to give them the chance of compromise peace with a big share of the loot already secured.

THERE'S STILL TIME TO ORDER YOUR fy PHOTOGRAPHIC VLHristmas before the late rush. Bring In a favorite negative or two choose from our amart new tytcs and let ua make up batch of snapshot greeting cards. Moderate prices. EASTMANprKlcLIMITED 3S7 POMTACC AVfNUI INVITED OUT Canadians fl well known In Canada as an inter I 'i roPuiar overseas iWanted! Men And nmnhi AmnnH lha A7nrM Mice I umphs Around the World. Miss C.

i dlan army recreational centrei has done much to cement this friend ship, the report says. Canadians overseas are popular. A Who ArO According to a report from the director of army auxiliary services! from the Knicht nf rnlnmhus Hard Of Hearing I To mike thit ninpif, no nik bearing Army Huts overseas, more thnn'ttn. if you re temporarily neaienea. tw ringing, mizzing head noli 41,000 have been invited to sponri due ,0 n.rdfnm or coacuiand wai icaru eir furloughs at British The attendance of British civ lrTilx 'Z tans at concerts, dances, movies I money back at onra.

Ak about Aurlna i Rs'i'am today at Roherti Drug Btoraat and other social affairs In Cana Licreti and an good drumruti. Advt. Bitemm sums GINGIVITIS liSti 4 OUT OF 5 may aet lt Often Leads to Pyorrhea Healthy, handsome looking teeth require firm gums! And the most common gum inflammation and an enemy of healthy; teeth and gums is Gingivitis. Some of the first signs to watch for are gums that bleed a little when you bniah your teeth or are tender to touch. Neglect of Gingivitis often leads to dreaded Pyorrhea, which only your Dentist can help.

See him every 3 months. Then at home here's one of the very best ways to help guard against bleeding gums of Gingivitis Why You Should Us This Forhan Method Manage your giimn and briiMi your terth twire daily with Knrhan'a Tonilipaile made tspccially for niauMKing and rlranin(. Jint nnlire how refreshed and atimulatrd your fiimt frrl how rlran and naturally hritlit anil parklinn your tcilh look. Forlian'i alo hrlp remove arid film that no oftrn Marti lootli drray. tube of Forlian'i today.

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