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'v IB VOL. LVl! No. 300. 'J f'. 82 i i i th Costs Own Cruiser.

Gets Raider Which Sank Nine Ships LONDON. Dec. 2, (CP) 4. The" 6,830 ton Australian cruiser Sydney has sunk one 'Germany's most dreaded sea raider's of thij war, but ah official announcement today said, she apparently- paid" for Iriumph with her own life arid the lives of the 42 officers and 603 men aboard her1. She fought her' last fight with the heavily-armed, German Steiermark some vhere off Australia, probably not k.

far from the Cocos Islands, where her pre decessor-namesake sank the Kaiser's raider Emden in the last war. The Steiermark," known to Brit-f ish naval men as raider No. 41 and wiling under the name of Kormoran, had sunk nine Brit- r. ish, allied- or neutral -ships "la three oceans before the Sydney came to mortal trips with her: The Steiermark's survivors told the of the combat' None of the Sydney's men were found and the Australian Government, after- scouring the battle, area with 'planes and ships, announced: "It must be presumed that she has been GnnTlre Sinks Raider. A statement issued by the Australian Government and released by the Ministry of Information said: has been received from the Naval; Board that His Majesty's' ship Sydney' has been in action with a heavily armed merchant raider, j-which she sank by gunfirel 1 fv.

information was pbtalned from survivors from the enemy snip, who were picked some affcr the action. j- "No subsequent communica tion has ibeen- received froml HHU.S, Sydney, and it must be presumed that she has been lost An extensive search by. air -and surface units to locate survivors continues. 1 "Next of kin. to whom the Gov ernment and Naval Board extend deepest snpathy.

were Informed on Wednesday, Nov. 28. "For.strategic reasons it was not desirable to publish information earlier than The Govern- rnent arid Naval Board have, how- ever, kept the press informed of developments as information was received, and are sensible of the co-operation of the.press in withholding "While regretting the loss of this fine ship and her gallant com--plement, the people of. Australia will be proud that she and they upheld-the traditions of the Royal Australian) Navy and completed a glorious career in a successful action against the enemy." -Sydney's Glorious History. The Sydney, a vessel of 6,830 tons, "was: completed in 1934.

She was a namesake of the Australian vessel which sank the famous commerce raider of the German fleet, the Emden, off the Cocos Islands during the First Great War. -1 With a destroyer, escort, the latest Sydney was the victor In -battle' in the Mediterranean, on July 19. 1940. in which the Italian fight Vruicr Bartolomeo Colleoni sent tty the bottom. On that occasion the Sydney i.

and her accompanying destroyers became engaged with -two Italian cruiseH northwest of Crete. one was sunk, the other quickly withdrew, i Concluded on Page 12. CoL 4. IN THE. JOURNAL TODAY Amusement Ads.

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23 w.alier L'ippmann Pise Why Crow Old? Your Hwoop Is' plae 1" Pag II Paf 11 si. uccess I Australian Sloop L6stVith 1411 lijw Australia, Dec. 12.4-(B4JJ.) Parramatta, one of the; most modern sloops in the Ausi tralian Navy, has been; tor pedoed and sunk with a loss of 141 of its, complement of 181. it was announced today. The vessel joined the British Mediterranean fleet last May.

The Paramatta, of 1.060 tons, was; laid down In 1939 and completed in 1940. UAIBO, bee -ltfV-The Germans Have succeeded in joining their two armored divisioni iiji the fighting in the Libyan desert by; cutting through the British corridor to Tobrukj and the British forces have; lost Rezeeh and Bir El Hamed in the battle, the British Command said to- (An. authoritative source in London said the success of a part of German General Rommel's forces in driving through the British' lines 'from the west 'probably means the combined force now hemmed in along the coast east of Tobruk can break the encirclement and Escape again to the west "if 4hey wish to do A British jspokesmaa here said the Joining of the 15th jtnd 21st armored divisions bad hot in any way 'impaired British confidence. He said the link with Tobruk was rtot broken despite the Axis thrust: and British forces retained lair superiority for blasting Axis Wm. I .1 1 I .1 j.

May Mean 8horJ Delay. "It may jdelay matter for a few. days he addetL "It was just a down in an up-and- down flghtl "The Germans nipped off the very end of the appendix barred their way westward and made a Junction in the Sidi Re-zegh-Bir el Hamd-Zaaran the spokesman said 'in describing the It could be termed a local -Ger man success! he said. Concluded en Pace 19. CoL, 8.

SHANGHAI Dee. Z-fPh-- The British Admiralty was reported by Informed sources tonight to have ordered all British China coast shipping i ta proceed Immediately to the. pert ef Bong Kong. j. British Fleet Prepared, SINGAPORE, Dec The new battle-shipr Prince 'of Wales steamed into the great Singapore naval' base today at the head of a flotilla of advanced, units of the Royal Navy's newly-created Eastern Fleet I The' Prince of Wales, which took a.

major role in the sinking of the Bismarck last May, flew the flag of the new commander of the pastern Fleet, Phillips. Admiral Sir. Tom InRezegh Desert Area Prince Eastern Fleet Flotilla i Concluded on Page It, CoL TV L' Burrows Instantly Killed; Fireman Scalded One man was killed, 14 were admitted to hospitals, and 15 other pe 'sons suffered minor in a train wreck at Hurd nan's Bridge at 7.10 a-m. Da; flight Saving Time today. The wrecked train was ene of the ever-night pool trains from The engineer, F.

L. Barrows.) of Smlths-' Falls, was, kilted Instantly when the locomotive jumped the tracks en alsharp enrre, Jeaped av 19-fooi deep ditch and came to rest on Ita tide i crossing set of rails. Thi sealed express, imme diately behind th tender, was sheared through the centre as It ripped, itself throuKthe engine. A day-coach, in "which. 40 persons were rjding, followed the express car from the rails and dropped Into the ditch on itt side.

-Two sleeping ears, to the rear of the day poach, were derailed, but not pver-tumed. Majority of th Pullman sengers were i asleep Ume andl were Jolted from their beds. The engineer waai pinned be aeath the wreclUgc ef the locomotive and it wsj at an til early afternoon that his 1 odr could be extricated by -crew ef wrecking trains, which hurried to the scene. Steam which eeaid from the twisted wreckage the boilers resulted In the flresoan, JC. J.

Le- clalr, of Smiths Falls, receiving serious I Practically all th other injured were occupants bf the day coach, although a few.wejre in the first two sleeping cars Which left the rails. Cab Catches Ion Fire. The crash- was if allowed by fire in the Jecomotive I cab and the wreckage of the express blaze was extinguished' in quick The scene of the crash was 100 yards, north of the C.PJL Hurd- man Bridge swiuhr tower. The train had just passed the tower and the locomotive lefi the rails just before was to cross another set of tracks on a cury sweeping to the west and leading to a railway bridge across the Rideau river. The.

engine, leaping 40 feet across the ditch rilled up on another CJJC line, which runs east and west The othjer set of north-south tracks on the siding line were ripped up the careening express and Pullman cars. Some sections of track 'f'ere hurled 30 feet Conciuoed on Pag CoL J. turns LAST LONDON, CHANCE. 2. The News Chronicle reported today that the Government had -given Finland "one very last expiring Friday, to explain ita position as an ally of Germany against Russia.

ice By M. GRATTAlV O'LEARY. i The Sunderland I flying boat which was taking jus i to XJsbon, dropped down unexpectedly' at Foynes, which Is Ei e's airport In the estuary of the shannon. Our skipper told us (s wuld have to wajt two days for lother 'plane, that meanwhile we vould stay at a little hunting inh a the, village of Adare, 28 miles ii the country, near Limerick. after the Irish customs offlclali had marked our, baggage with nolmore than a glance at It (pass you on Engineer I SI c) Into your flame, sir one jnf them said to me) we got a puk and drove ON OTTAWA, TUESDAY, Junk Pile Made Leaving the rails, swocrmfl! around 4ii a.

sharo curver this morning, the Toronto me engineer ana "injuring over what was. left of thel plowihg through locomotive. I Thel tender, tom frpmthe engine, can be seen behind me liner noie. umer nictures LONDON, Dec. 2.

(CP) Prime Minister Churchill to: the House of Commons today "a crisis of; manpower and womanpower win.Kiomjnate the year 942' for, proposed that military (conscription age limits be lowered to 18 1-2 and raised to 50 and warned1 that eventually meh of 60 might be; called. j. Powers to compel unmarrid women between the ages of "20 and 30 to join the uniformed forces also will be sought hejj said, although only volunteer women wilt be assigned to "lethal or com batant iThe present conscription lim! for men Is 19 to 41. I Manpower. Not Equipment Declaring to a.

solemn, and crowded House that (Britain's "crisis of equipment is'j largely oyer, and an ever-broadebing flow Is now partly because ol United States aid arid partly because of newly completed British Empire factories, he said the drain Britain's manpower, was aris ing from five causes: 1 The necessity xt staffing the factories. i i oneladed en Page 19, CoL 2. pakt the low whitewashed farm houses of the Irish; countryside to Adare, the most enchanting vtl lage I have ever Soon, we found ourselves signing-the rcg Istcr at th "Dunraven Anns' with a peat fire glowing in its rotunda, and a black -haired Irish behind the desk, welcoming ul as uiougn we were inenas wno had'just "returned from was of Adare that Gerald Griffin wrotef I- "Oh! sweet Oh lovely vale 5ht soft, retreat of sylvan; splen-t Summer sun nor morning gale: er hailed a tender" scene softW Churchill Askis Wider Conscription a Ruined 18 DECEMBER 2, 1941 Front End of Toronto Express 11 tl express pool train piled tip along the right of way; killing score i otner people, nere is splintered express car which on mace u.i pprove Spending iof Million or udrt ief qu It was learned today that the biggest single wartime construction fcdditipnal space urgently required, ure or arounq Plans now are being rushed hn Cartier Square, fronting on beyond the. line extending Irom Lbuildihr. with 150.000 square feet, ig inl the If will be for BulldlAg for.

Air Force. Theh for, She Air Force another mporary building with 00,000 feet of space is to be erect the lind at the rear of the Normal-Model Schools, on street now the Cartier occupied byi the Dc- tartment of Mines and Resources. Ths site was the one chosen for rekldehce of the Grade 1 girl erics of the Civil Service. sThe efente Coiincll feel that the Air needs the Site and' the' pro large building more urgently is required housing Conbluded Page 12. CoL 8.

H.M Sydney $10,000,000 SYIrEy, bee. (Wfcdnesday) The Lord Mayor nf Sydney, Auatralia. has opened a fund Irtr the purchase of a new Jf.MAlS. Sidney, which would qbst in) Uie vicinity of Jio.ooo.ooo. 'i RECORD BIRTH RATE.

SYDNEY; N.S.Wv Dec. 2. A hationtjwide Survey indicated to day thkt 1941 would be a record year ul number of births in Aus Walia. dral at That after dinner, we main road of the whlked down he Plage with its! thatched roofs. and a Uiolic church that hid been built in the 12lh cen tury, partially destroyed, by Crom- wbll, ahd theh Restored with iU bittlemfcnted lowers by the Earl of! Dunraven.

Adare, with the liibta ini its cottage windows, its old stone its' stone walls and hedges, ahd the ruins, of its mpnastdries arid castles rising faoonlight 'that flo6 ough soft Briah skies, made 'a ture. that wis truly enchanting. Purposes. 1 the 1 Concluded oh Page Col. J.

1 a -a ra ir near-HUrdfflan aay-coacn. up-enaea shattered itself to matchwood i re Bui Id i Defence (Council has! approved the program-in Ottawa to provide the involving sn estimated' expendl- 1 1- i I for a large building Ito be erected Elgih street, find extcriding back! to Roxborough Apartments. This will be the largest wartime build- the Naval Services, I 11 THOMAS BRETHOUR, former OtUwa who died sud denly this afternoon Australians Favor Government Lotteries ilELBOUBNE, Decl 2. More three tout of four Australian's favor government lotteries according Jio ithe an Australian public oplriion, poll on' the Gallup method Just completed. The, poll ishowed .77, percent, jrl favor of lotteries, 17 opposed and six 1 Weather If Ottawa and Upper St.

Law rence Valleys 2 Moderate winds; I partly cloudy and milder tonight and; Wednesday. It (See Also Pace 18.V Enticing! Items Prim today's Want Ait. A Good 800 18 Used tires are for Hie. 1 Lout A number of articles. Se ''Loil fnd round For Chritma VKe'ton we 3he ClaMtfled Gift Guide.

Gift lor HI -n DIES SUDDENLY I 4.. i i I 1 l(S, 1 1 11 i .1 very membar ol Uit Umilyl CI 29 Casualty Lis Train Wreck 1 eaa ana uuureq in wreck at Hurdman's rank Ii Burrows, ilH-V'- er, or smiths rails. Injured. Ottawa General Hospli Leclalr, fireman Beck with street. Smiths Fills, snf ferlng from serious -barns to the face and ler.

shock and bruises, At CI VK MOSPIUL Iran Harris, trainmanJ Smiths Falls, crashed foot, not believed serious.1 fcdward Wade, sleeping jcar poller, of Toronto, sprained If. A Rideaa MlliUry HosplUI. lergeant 1 Borden McCul- loch, Cameron Highlanders. OtUwa, suffering from con- ctlipion and shock. L.

ti Sapper i Hugo Christian, PeUwawa. I ,4 lanner Victor SUrkovlts. 1 rperaL.i. A. Clark.

Ca-- alian Postal Base 1 Pogt Office, Concluded na Otawa Escape Serious iences le the engineer lost his nd the fireman was severely, Ottawa pas aboard the Toronto escaped serious iinxl hen the pool train left acks hear Hufdman's early this mornini. Arthur Ames, 184 Holmwood avenue, prominent Ottawa busi ng member of ithe Public Board) and former pesi-f the Kiwanis Club Here, hrough the smash-up in luxurious Minute Decision. 1 oronto last night he de-t the ast. minute to. lake instead of a 'leeper berth.

as In on ond lakt car of; train when pie" engine left the' tracks "I Ws up and dressed'V he related, just finished having put on myf tie when the crash The bid was behind me, and the 1 A 1. I 1 It was rather-easy fall. Had She crash come a few nitn utes earlier, Ames might not have been so; fortunate. He shaves with alstraight Conauded.oji Page y. Col.

Claim 59 Ships urina Month IN, Dec. lv-(ff-rThe High Command today 48 merchant ships total- 870 tons and 1 1 naval ve been sunk avy arid- air force in the against Britain in Novem- DEATHS. I GILLESPIE At local hoaplUl. on TuadaV. Dfcmibw J.

1841, Sarah A. Graha. widow ot Georfe A. Glllea-pla, lig ner SSth year. Reatlna at Hula and PlayUIr Ltd 318 -McLeod street.

BWhara aervlca will held In th chapel on Thursday, the 4th at S.l.&a, pjn. Interment in Quebec -l OLMSTKt) On Tuwlay. Decemberl 1841. after a lonf Ullncsa, 'Mabel Olm-ated. daughter of the late Charles Olmatrg and Drtanah CamDbell Funeral from the! Parlor Geo.

fi noeen 1 173 In atreet. Thuradly. the 4tri to St. M4 i. thew-a KThtireh for aervlce at 3 phi.

Interment Beectiwwod cemevcry. Pfionte IrijpljWfeck; A thur J. A id Others Describe Exper -f- r- 'J life scaldd seneers express jurylv the Ir Bride School dent went ratherf Las cided a rbonf and the sec Sunkp BEnt Germafl claimei ling craft many'sln sea waff I i I' pr CE THREE Russ VicloVy. BeflinClai nans Hove ore Moscow i i i I By Th ttiudlaa Fr, Sovitet 'despatches kiied today that retreat! 61 itlet's jUkrairie am on-Don hac iiestfrm becotnc stov-. iroltt.

with tine Nazis fleemb Ward ilong the shbrerjof jtpe-. Azov aea aiwr a aeieat ''puts bn end to tales a' the invincibility 61 th rnen Red ArAi airymen anq guerrillas wi adding Ate German fusion in the- -Dohta and southwestern jt Hun Lose S0O.0OA $oyiej Vice Commiisat lozovsny wasi quoted I at that "the latdst attempt! ..1 it 'A A Ti uuinans 10 use xnoscow them SOD.OOO if Lozov Ky aeciared it conference tha Kleisfs end' to' 1 i. army ptits Stales ibout the ilhvihdi-' biilty bars the vahve-of arpv aiid i-way'Jfor. a lurthr the invader, i- "This ils not the first and not be the. last by far.

be devastating blows dca German Ii Fleeing In Snow. i a i I Soviettdespaqches reppi II 4 beside the German defeat lat'R tov. Red LArmy troops had also pi the Germans flieht thriu: deep driffe- around sUjilnoi gnrsk, 12p mllesl southeast jfl Mo cow. i AdviceM reaching iJpnadni saq the Gernian, southern fptcek con manded I by Gen. Kwald Klcist, were- heading Lbtck Marivpoll 100" miles west fio toyi to.

ake.a hew stolid iarouno that cW whWh thej capture Oct 7 i. The Genrfahl Coiniman said bittr'flghlng wasi chtlUnur ingjou gave no aeiaus. Concluded on Page 12, 'Toni'B 'tr 1 i ii tx-Lontroiie Sudden! Dies Suddenlyi O'C ock Edition Sen-lee Thorn; Brethoi fpr: ea. mei controller and aldermari die suddenlj of while sil ting the! Windsor i heart, iitta the loHby Hole! lat 2A: o'clock this jkfteruMn was years pi age. I Known to! Tbousandi Thousartds of fciuzehs; nf an liked "Phi" Brthouri a- he wi known to most.

I lie a mar of; rUBKcd individualisrn, acicristic Jthatjjjiarked his Veari in nvir ihnlitirsl He 1wa imimatelyTknowa in Rldeaui mor where he lived most of thel i Vs a citizerl and which: robresenttHtl in.VCity Counqtlifn: 11 j. First tlKied lor 191? he jji-jm reelected for I9H. 1 19IS 198j agnCn for l2i. for 1928 tcJ 1932 jnclutiin-f-. fi anrtl anrt AftervtKp.sc-yekrs as an hMrr- man.j a seat on Bdird-of IControJ.

Hr' was nt successful asi a candidatj for oui lie wort nanusomciT th campaign of 1934, heading the Board of Control poll a record vol! of fnore than! 19,000. Hei was uiisucceful lrjr bids) for re-election in succeeding yeses. 'In i circle's bestj familiar I with muaicipai nuesuons "iom thouri was! rated; as possessing a fine gras of. tfie function! powers of a muncipa! jcoL When he 1 irst eiitercd IriMq pnd Uiicil. life he devoted 1 time a.5tudvi cl the Municipal.

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