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PAGE TWO SASKATOON STAR-PIKENIX SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1943. Slippery "Lookit!" nnnnnn; Charge Theft Of Cannon No Dai? to Enttcuinc Mouse Canadian Corvette Rescues 1 94 From Torpedoed Vessel 36 Women, 14 Children Among Passengers Saved at Sea; Crew Even Able to Meet Call for Diapers, Pins Jap Can't Eteoals Tfrap Canadian Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS fN AUSTRALIA, Dec. 12. Re-pulse of Japanese counterattacks at Sanananda, between Gona and Buna on the northeast New Guinea coast, waa announced by the high command today. BLOODILY REPULSED" "South of Sanananda the enemy repeatedly counter-attacked but was bloodily repulsed," the noon communique reported regarding the showdown battle for control of all northeastern New Guinea.

In the Buna area, anti-alicraft and machine-gun positions of the trapped Japs were silenced by Allied artillery and mortar fire. In the final stages of the battle which resulted in the Allied conquest of Gona, 12 miles up the coast from Buna, at least 440 Jape were slain, with other dead yet to be counted. Sixteen were taken prisoner. The failure of the Japs to break out of entrapment was the second such reported In as many days. Friday's communique told of the repelling of counter-attacks in tbs Buns sector.

and turned pop bottles Into feeding bottles. FOOD HOLDS OUT For a wonder, the corvettes food held out, with stew as the steady diet for the adults. But when the vessel reached port there was only 20 pounds of meat left. Our men gave up their quarters, sold Limit. O.

W. Haslam, It.C.N V.R. of Toronto and St. John, the Mnrdon's executive officer. "They slung their hummock wherever they could find apace.

In passage ways and all over the place. There were 66 from the torpedoed ship In the stoker's mess. This is what one of the passengers had to say: "It was a great display of seamanship by the merchant navy and the Canadian Navy alike. Tha crew of our ship got away every boat without a hitch and the corvettes crew shared everything with us including their clothing. Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-Doc, 12.

A grand larceny charge was llled Friday night against the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial page and two other St. Louisans as a sequel to an unsuccessful attempt to haul away an orphaned Tupltnl cannon and end It off to war as scrap. The charge ugalnst the editor, Ralph Coglilan, and the two men who tried to carry out his editorial suggestion for scrapping the Mexican war relic was filed at the close of a tempestuous day around the Missouri Capitol. The other St.

Louisans Identified themselves us Sidney 4V. Steurnes and Ross William Kiley. They tried to haul the cannon away at midnight. Gov. Forrest C.

Donnell who prevented the cannon on the Capitol grounds from being scrapped in the first place was most Indignant of all State officials. FAINTS AT RALLY Drapeau, Who Ignored Call for Medical Examination, Drops During Talk QUEBEC, Dec. 12. Jean Drapeau, young unsuccessful anti-con scriptionist candidate the recent Montreal -Outremont by-election, who failed to report for a military medical re-examination at Montreal Friday, during a speech here In the evening. Special speaker at a Lique Pour la Defence du Canada rally at midtown Palais Montcalm to mark the 11th anniversary of the passage of the Statute of Westminster, Mr.

Drapeau had just finished saying tha statute had confirmed the Independence of Canada when his knees sagged and he fell to the floor, John Boucher, Quebec lawyer and chairman of the meeting, called for a doctor. After Mr. Drapeau had received medical attention and had been taken from the hall, Mr. Boucher announced that "the strain of the recent political campaign In Outremont has proven a drain on Mr. Drapeaus health and he will not be able to carry on his address.

FUEHRER ADDS TO POWERS Places Own Men In Commanding Positions By ERNEST AGNEW Associated Pres Staff Writer LONDON. Dec. 12. Hitler carried the policy of Nazi party domination over Germany a stride forward today following the shake-up of the high command which has made Gestapo-trained General Kurt Zeitzler the chief of the General Staff. PREPARING FOR REVOLT A decree broadcast from Berlin by D.N.B.

said gaulelters, heretofore simply district party leaders, henceforth will have the authority of district defence commissions. As such they are responsible to no one except Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo. London sources drew these com elusions from the decree, the shakeup In the high command and related 1. Hitler Is giving more and more power to those he can trust as a possible preventive against an in-ternal uprising and a repetition of the 1918 collapse. 2.

The Fuehrer 1 committing himself more and more to a defensive policy. CHALLENGE TO JUNKERS 3. He Is throwing down another challenge to the German Junkers. Among recent appointments of men whose chief claim to office waa outstanding In the S. S.

are Otto Georg Thlerack, an S. S. brigade leader, who has been made Reichsmlnister of Justice with power to alter existing laws. Albert Speer, minister of production and armament who apparently ha taken over a huge slice of the former authority of Reichsmar-slial Hermann Goering aa economic dictator. OTHER CHANGES LONDON, Dec.

12. After announcing the appointment of Gen. Kurt Zeitzler as chief of the general staff of the German Army, the Berlin radio disclosed In offhand fashion Thursday that two other comparatively little-known men are holding the positions of chief of staff In the German Air Force and Navy. The two were Identified as Hans Jesaohonnek and an Admiral Frlcke, both of whom apparently have had meteoric careers under Hitler. The broadcast did not say when Flicks had taken over the post of naval chief of staff.

Bo far as waa known here, Rear Admiral Otto Schniewind waa serving In that capacity when the war broke out and a German announcement of his appointment as fleet commander on June 11, 1941, made no mention of his having been relieved as chief Of staff. NEW AIR BOSS The Dally Herald reported without Indicating tha source of Its Information, that Maj-Gen. Adolf Galland, 30, Germanys leading air ace and youngest general, has been appointed Inspector-general of German fighter-plane Galland, credited by the Nazi with destruction of 94 planes up to last January, fought with the Condor Legion in the Spanish civil war, headed a fighter formation In the Polish campaign and commanded a squadron In tha Battle of Britain. Queens Fund MONTREAL, Dec. 12.

National total of tha Queen's Canadian Fund waa announced Friday at compared with $1,212,824 a week ago. Canadian Press OTTAYA. Dec. 12. Prime Minister Mackenzie King made clear in a statement Friday night that the Government would place no obstacle in the way of Conservative Leader Bracken's entry into the House of Commons.

MUST BE ELECTED It will, of course, be necessary for Mr, Bracken to be duly elected to the House of Commons before he becomes the leader of the official Opposition, said Mr. King. "While not wishing to Interfere in any way with the rights of the electors of any constituency to select candidates of their own choice in any by-election, because of the necessary procedure, to delay In any way Mr. Bracken's pos slble entry Into the House." Mr. King said he thought it would be well" to reserve any comment on Mr.

Brackens election or the other proceedings of the Conservative convention Jn Winnipeg until Mr. Bracken has been eleoted to Parliament and duly Installed as Opposition leader. Knowing something of the responsibilities and burdens inseparable from leadership of a political party, especially In these times, Mr. Bracken Is to be congratulated upon having received so marked an expression of confidence from the representativee of the party he Is to lead. personally, hope that he may be afforded the health and strength so greatly needed In the discharge of the duties and responsibilities of the wider arena of public affairs hs has entered today." Meanwhile, the election of Mr.

Bracken and the alteration of the party's name to "Progressive-Conservative" was the chief topic of conversation in Ottawa. Speculation arose at once over the possibilities of his early appearance in the House of Commons aa leader of the official Opposition. Mr. King could facilitate Mr. Bracken's election by railing an immediate by-election In Selkirk, which had been vacant since the resignation of Hon, J.

T. Thorsnn, former war services minister, who was appointed president af the exchequer court of Canada. Election of Mr. Bracken to succeed Rt, Hon. Arthur Meighen as leader of the old Conservative Party was generally expected by observers here, and Selkirk Is the riding most frequently mentioned as scene of his candidacy for a scat In Parliament.

A year ago, when Mr. Mclghcn was selected national leader, a seat was opened for him by resignation of Colonel Alan Cockeram, Conservative member for York South. The Liberal Party did not contest the seat, but Mr. Meighen was defeated by J. W.

Noseworthy, C.C.F. candidate. That riding, In the 1940 general electlone, had given Colonel Cockeram 15,348 votes to 12.864 for the Liberal candidate and 6,572 to the C.C.F. Selkirk, In the last general election, gave Mr. Thorson 11,023 votes over 6,869 for the C.C.F.

candidate, and 3,890 for the National Government candidate. Mr. Thorson ran as a Liberal-Progressive. Adjourn Dec. 17 WASHINGTON.

Dec. 12. Democratic and Republican leaders were reported authoritatively to have agreed informally to adjourn the 77th Congress finally December 17. CANADAS Canada VITH never a slip, Britain's Prime Minister his way up greasy logs which are part of battle course on which he has been watching infantry troops train. (Passed by censor.) MAY G0ABR0AD Smuts to Ask South Africa To Allow Volunteers to Serve Outside CAPETOWN, Dec.

12. Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts today ruled out the possibility of conscription for military service, but announced bis Intention of asking Parliament to approve sending South African troops out of Africa, "When the task of cleaning up Africa Is completed, I am certain our boys of the 1st and 2nd Divie-lons-of the whole army-will eay onward," the Prime Minister declared. This, of course, will be volun tary. I stand by that, principle. None will be compelled to go out of Africa, even out of tha Union.

RAISE BUSH PAY Alberta Lumbermen Allowed To Offer $60 a Month With Board EDMONTON, Dec, 12. The Re glonal War Labor Board for Al berta has granted timber operators in tha Province permission to increase their wage scales to $60 per month In an effort to meet a labor shortage In the lumbering Industry The board issued an appeal to all available farm boys to enter the lumber camps after the harvest to assist In increasing production of products so essential to the war effort and particularly to coal mining at this time." The minimum wage for lumbermen In 1941 was $40 a month and board, but lumber companies found It difficult to Induce men to go Into the lumber camps on this basis because of the labor shortage and the resultant higher wages In other fields of similar labor. EDMONTON, Dec. 12. The 970 graduates and former students of the University of Alberta now on active service are going to get Christmas cakes and cigarettes from the University Alumni Association for the second straight year.

So much appreciation was shown for the gifts last year, that it was decided to send the parcels again this Christmas. Deaths By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA, Dec. Canadian corvett Mortlen has brought safely to port 194 men, women and children rescued from a Canadian merchantman torpedoed 'n the Atlantic, tha Navy announced Friday night In a press release which told how the corvette crew pitched in to help the survivors even to meeting requests for baby diapers, safe ty pins and tasty chicken sandwiches, The announcement enld without further Identification that the survivors had been landed at u'ivet ern Atlantic port." The 194 the entire ship's company included 89 passengers, of whom 88 were women, 14 children and nine men. The youngest was a seven months-old hubyi the oldest waa 83. All were transferred at aaa from the sinking ahlp to ths corvette and a check-up showed only two casualties one passenger from shock and a diabetic in need of Insulin, Thus was recorded another stirring chapter In the history of Canada's growing naval force a chapter which brought congrat.dstiors from both the Navy and tfiiTuIer-chant Marins to ths lemtte captain, Lieut.

J. J. Hodgklnson, R.C. N.R., of Montreal, and hla resource ful crew. The U-boat struck at dusk.

But let tha master of the merchantman, who remains unidentified for security reasons, tell ths story of the sinking: The torpedo struck tha ship on tha starboard quarter. The steering gear was damaged and tha after hold Immediately filled, causing the ship to sink rapidly by the stern, I stopped both engines, made signals that I had been torpedoed and waited for report from ths chief officer and tha chief engineer, The chief officer reported the damage to the starboard quarter and tha chief engineer said that tha propeller shaft tunnel was flooded and that water waa leaking into the engine room. In view of the chief engineers' opinion that the engine room was flooding, of the fact that a great proportion of the passenger consisted of elderly men and women and several small children; and considering the condition of the weather, I decided to remove the passengers to a place of safety. "I gave the order 'abandon ship. The operation was effected without a hitch.

There was no indication of any panic or alarm amongst the passengers and we got them all away without any accidents." The moonlit seas were calm as they began to abandon ship but as tha lifeboats pulled away the wind developed into a freeh breeze with a considerable sea running and a heavy swell. SEA GETS ROUGH By the time the Mordon, which had steamed up In answer to the stricken vessel's signal, began to pick up the passengers from the lifeboats, the aea was worse. The tricky Job went on for more than an hour but waa accomplished without mishap. First to go aboard the corvette was aeven-mnnths-old Busan Alexander. The infant was passed In a bundle and landed In the arms of Able Seaman Eugene Brochu of Montreal.

I didnt know at firsl that the bundle had a baby in It, Brochu said later. "Then the bundle, she cried. I handed it to one of the other hands and he took It down to the wardroom." Second person to be transferred to the Morden waa the oldest of the merchantmans passengers, an 83-year-old woman who was lifted to the deck Into the arms of Stoker Petty Officer Harvey A. McLeod of Verdun, And planted a kiss on his grimy cheek. The navy men cut up the ship's towels to make the baby'e napkinB DR.

J.M. ROBB DEAD Former Ontario Minister of Health Under Henry Was 66 Years Old BUND RIVER, Dec. J. M. Robb, former Ontario minister of health In tha Henry Conservative Government, died Friday at his home In Blind River, Ont.

Ha waa 68. Ha was first elected to the Provincial Legislature for the constituency of Algoma In 1915. Defeated In the elections of 1919 and 1923, he was elected In 1926 and again in 1829. The following year he was appointed minister of health for Ontario. Well known In Conservative circles, Dr.

Robb waa organizer for tha national Conservative Party from 1938 to March, 1910. Ha Is survived by hla widow and two eons. The Weather gutuntny, llrrtnhtr It, 14 lt-R-Tk TTITLER'S picture waa among the "prisoners" put behind bars by ths British fighters, along with thousands of Germans In ths flesh," A British tommy Is shown appraising ths arch-enemy of all fighters for ths causa of freedom. Interpreting Today's War News By KIRKE L. BIMPdON Associated Press War Analyst It Is a moot- question whether Hitler's most recent High Command shake-up in dus exclusively to disappointment In Russia or partially to fear of mors sinister circumstances brewing for him at home.

There is no doubt, however, that his present hand-picked army boss, ths politico-militarist Gen. Kurt Zeitzler, Is on a hotter seat than any of the piedecessors picked by Hitler. Zeitzler took over two months or more ago although his elevation to chief of the general ataff to sue ceed the dismissed or demoted Gen. Haider of ths old German army cast I only now confirmed by Berlin. At the time of the change In command, things were going none too well for Hitler In Russia.

A row with his chief generals for projection of the Stalingrad attack into tha winter aeemed to be the occasion for the switch. Events In the Stalingrad zone since then have well proven the' generals sounder in military Judg ment than either Hitler's military Intuition or his "yes-man" Zeitzler. Stalingrad has not yet been taken. It Is tha besieging Axis army In the Stalingrad salient, Itself under Russian near encirclement siege, that now Is in peril. FORTRESS OF RUINS It can be assumed that Zeltzler's assignment was to liquidate the Stalingrad situation quickly in Hit lers favor.

To do that, by Hitler's own pronouncement to his people, he had to take tha ruined city that became a Russian fortress. Hitler had said lta occupation was vital to his whole war problem In Russia and that ths objective had been achieved except for a few points of continued resistance. He could not repeat that today with much hope of foolng even German Zeitzler task has become the liquidation of what could become a disastrous Nazi defeat, not a victory. He must wonder whether his master is not already eyeing him as a futur sacrifice. In addition to the Russian campaign muddle, he now haa the Allied second front in Africa to vex his slumbers.

That developed after, not before, Zeitzler took over. It takes no great stretch of Imagination to sea Haider and Von Brauch-itech, who stubbed his toa In Russia last year, and all ths rest of the out-of-favor Prussian military hierarchy laughing In their sleeves at their up-start blackshirt rival. He haa the woret men on his hands of any German general of this war. solved, It's no trouble at all, and takes but a moment. No cooking needed.

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Some German aerial activity was reported during the night over coastal areas In Northeast England where bombs fell at several places. The raids apparently were not on a large scale. Some casualties. Including several deaths, occurred in one industrial town which was subjected to a ahort but sharp attack. Two fatalities were reported In a mining village, In one house, a whole family of six was killed.

Tha German communique mentioned Sunderland, on the English northeast coast, among the bombed towns but British authorities did not Identify them. SWISS REPORTS Associated Press BERNE, Switzerland, Dec, 12. Unidentified planes dropped explosive and incendiary bombs Friday night on Swiss soil In the vicinity of the famed Ootthard rail line, one of the principal supply arteries to Germany and Italy, tha Tribune dr Lausanne reported today. The newspaper said that while no communique had been issued at the lime. It appears that explosive bomba fell near Rotkreuz, on the Ootthard line, and.

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Roaming Roosters Race in Roundup EDMONTON, Deo. 12. Edmonton police revqrted from their usual role of chasing criminals to chase roosters for a while Friday when a damaged crate of the birds was found on a city street, apparently dropped, from a truck. Some had escaped, but policemen rounded them up, took them to headquarters in the station wagon. EFFORT TC4M NATIONAL AIR SERVICE For Bad Winter Coughs, Mix This Syrup at Home is Only One Day Wide need is not just to produce, but to produce faster.

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