The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 2

Air School Graduates Amazed Hearing They Were Sunk A Sea business PO London Nov 25 (CP) Eager to take a trip to The first con ingent of a a i a graduates the empire air training scheme arrived in London to dav in the con tingent was Pilot Officer Alex ander of Lon don Ont sooner they let us visit Berlin the better Sergt Herb The air min new arrivals Alexander like said Euston of Winnipeg istry announced the would be posted shortly for active service in the Royal Air orce 1 The Canadians are the vanguard of the empire scheme graduates rom now on pilots observers and air gunners will arrive at fre quent intervals in ever increasing numbers Sgt Jack Smith of Toronto said he understood the Germans claimed PO Gellner they had sunk them en route and that they had been taken prisoners an say safe and you can say the same thing after the first flight to Ber Smith added The party was in charge of Pilot Of ficer John i Gellner a Czechoslovakian who went Canada after the outbreak of war TORONTO DAILY STAR MONDAY NOVEMBER 25 1940 2 MUST SPEND MORE PARENTS COMPLAIN at in 50 BRINGS RESIGNATION MAJOR A WHITE EW CASUALTIES midnight last said Bristol and fighter through be MAJOR A GORDON WHITE one of ex Wee Ship Braved Cyclonic Seas Seeking Survivors of Bras RACE SCRATCHES STOKER MUSTARD bombers western Mustard was a sea cadet and later went through the RCNVR with Clifford Petts Toronto man lost aboard the destroyer Margaree the the the 1914 another trainee a chum of her told her Murray was sick telephoned to the Mrs Cohen asked what the matter A woman atten get a bath A sister said get a and he walked the annex from the main and got a bath" in of WATCH YOUR MOTORS COLDER TONIGHT BOY 15 IS CHARGED WITH HIT RUN DEATHS 2 POUNDS AT BIRTH INANT IN INCUBATOR While the west swelters in near summer temperatures Toronto is due for the coldest night to date this fall when the temperature is expected to tumble to 10 degrees above zero Motorists are warned to check their anti freeze radiator solutions Jack rost nipped Toronto last night for 10 degrees It was the coldest touch of the season and a tenth of an inch of snow accom panied it SLIDES UNDER AUTO BOY HURT SLEDDING The Ontario provincial winter fair will be held this year at the Union stockyards Toronto from Nov 28 to Nov 30 it was announced today by the provincial department of agriculture This will be the second year for this show which is aimed to take the place of the provincial winter fair at Guelph and the Royal Win ter air at Toronto which will be closed for the duration of the war The aim of the provincial winter fair at the Union stockyards is to bring together the Ontario breed ers who have priz? beef sheep and hogs and the men Who want to buy them especially for the Christmas season or this show and a grain show in the spring the government gives $2500 grant MRS DAVIS DIES IN HER 87TH YEAR Ottawa Nov 25 (CP) Hon Gardiner war services minister said today that leet Aircraft Ltd of ort Erie Ont is the only indus try which complained about its em ployees being called for compulsory military training The minister said that in com mon with other industries leet Aircraft was asked to submit a plan by which those of its em ployees eligible for training could be called without interfering with production The company he said did not submit a plan but sent a letter stating that the danger of retarding production of aircraft by calling up men was great Mr Gardiner said 23 men from the plant had been called for the training period starting Oct 9 On Oct 6 the company asked for post ponement for all these men and it was granted Oct 8 or the second training period starting Nov 22 26 leet employees were called and the department received a letter Nov 7 requesting postponement for them Sanderson president of the company appeared before the board on Nov 11 the minister said and was told to select 20 men who could be spared for the November train ing period and to advise the board of their names by Nov 13 On Nov 14 a letter was received from Mr Sanderson stating none could spared Mr Gardiner said volition Murray the first group MARY LETT DICKSON BEQUEATHS $86952 JERVIS BAY HERO HOME Able Seaman Walter Darnbrough of Toronto wounded when the Jervis Bay was sunk in its glori ous engagement with a German pocket battleship today greeted his father Darnbrough Colum bine Ave Toronto He joined the navy one hour after war was declared He is 21 resigning congrega of which has been 'land I London Nov 25 (UP) The war is taking $36400000 daily from the British exchequer and a still greater outlay must be expected Sir Kings ley Wood chancellor of the ex chequer said today in a speech at Glasgow Sir Kingsley said the world's most costly war had drained approximate ly $21200000 daily from the 'British exchequer during the first year and had averaged $36400000 daily for the first 77 days of the second year He forecast a greater outlay and said it would cause dismay if this expenditure did not increase further provided always the in crease means output and not merely a senseless increase in prices wages or wasteful use of our can look forward to the future with confident Sir Kingsley said He said that the gap between income and expenditure was bound to persist regardless of future taxes The answer he added must lie in savings loans to the government by the people He promised that the government intended to prevent increased in NOV 28 TO 30 DATES OR PROVINCIAL AIR terest rates such as occurred during the world war have much to be thankful for" he continued country has not been starved into surrender and indiscriminate air attack has clared himself as favoring being preached Mr Toye A commission appointed by To ronto East presbytery to investigate the situation at the church reported to a presbytery meeting in ebru ary 1939 Special to The Star Brantford Nov Ronald Sayle 15 year old star backfielder of the Brantford collegiate senior football team was charged here today with manslaughter He was allegedly the driver of a car that collided with and killed three Toronto youths Ross Stevenson Kenneth Ness and Garnet Skirret Oct 14 The National Trust Co and Leo pold Macaulay are applying for probate of the will of Mrs Mary Henderson lett Dickson formerly principal of St Margaret's College Toronto She died Oct 18 1940 The estate which totals $8695212 includes: bnods $4945643 stocks $1505210 real estate $8500 mort gage $78411 cash $326107 house hold and personal effects $4543 and miscellaneous $535541 Cash legacies are given as fol lows: Robina Dickson Mutch niece $3000 Annie Courtenay niece $3000 lorence lett cousin $5000: Isabella Davidson $2000 and David Smith $300 William lett cousin George nephew and Jessie Dickson niece share equally in the proceeds of the real estate The congregation of Kingston Road United church voted yesterday to accept the resignation of the pas tor Rev Harold Toye and asked the official board to appoint a com mittee to recommend a successor The pastoral change will take effect next June at the latest Mr Toye's action in comes two years after a tional dispute as a result he said reputation besmirched across the know my future has been completely jeopardized I've come now to the place where convinced my use fulness to the congregation has come to an end I suggest a change in pastorate not later than June: for me the sooner the Harry Sanders superintendent of the church school presented the resolution asking the board's committee to seek a successor The congregation met after the regular morning service to hear the resolu tion Change His Mind want to seem un Christian or undemocratic but 1 ask that there be no discussion My mind is made up I especially wished this meeting to be held on Sunday so as to avoid lengthy discussion I sympathize with you who wish to ask questions I know that this has come to some of you as a great surprise But the men who have put forward this motion were leaders of a campaign two years ago which sought to prevent my doing this very thing This should convince you that there is no pos sibility of my changing my the minister said11 am opposed to this motion very declared Miss Muriel Ogden superintendent of the CGIT think it is the feeling of the congre gation that the minister should Mr Toye in giving his reasons for wishing to resign referred to who unfortunately withdrew from the church who have made the boast that the congregation would be forced to admit the mistake it The resolution passed by the meet ing which was called by the pastor with the permission of the board read as follows: that the request for a change in pastoral relations be referred to the official board and that they appoint a committee to investigate and re port to the congregation on a suc Six Asked Resignation The original trouble in the Kings ton Road congregation began in January 1938 At a congregational meeting called Jan 26 Mr Toye reported that a hurried meeting of which I was not fore warned was called by several mem bers of the board of stewards At that meeting some five or six mem bers asked me for my resignation I declined as only the congregation could ask for This had resulted in the calling of the Jan 26 meeting at which a resolution approving of the relationship of Mr was up held 283 to 153 This resolution was moved by Porter and seconded by Mr Sanders who de the by Teddy Evergray 10 of Glenholme Ave York township was takem to Toronto Western hospital today after his sleigh was in collision with a car in front of his home at noon He suffered a fractured skull York township police said the sleigh slid under a car driven by Isaac Stein of Whitby The boy was dragged under the car for a considerable distance before the car could' stop on the icy 'pavement police raid Murray Cohen possible was lorence lett cousin Ashley Bruce Dickson London Nov 25 (UP) German planes returned today to the vicinity of the same western British town which was attacked for many hours last night and early this morning (German dispatches identified the town as Bristol) LEAVES OR THIRD WAR Corley senior postal official was wounded in the Boer war and again in the last war He leaves his home today for eastern Canada to proceed soon to England He' will serve in the Canadian army postal service ONLY ONE COMPANY PROTESTED TRAINING MRS EMILY DAVIS Mrs Emilia Casper Davis the oldest members of Jewish community died Saturday in the Private pavilion Toronto General hospital in fier 87th year Mrs Davis was one of the first presidents of the Local Council of Jewish Women and was widely known in social and benevo lent circles having been for many years secretary of the Toronto Jewish Benevolent society She was born in London England and came to Toronto 60 years ago Her hus band the late Henry Davis was connected with the Henry Davis and Co woollens Mrs Davis was a life long member of Holy Blossom synagogue and is survived by three sons Arthur now in California Lionel Davis KC and Bertram Davis of Toronto also one daughter Miss Violet Davis of Kendall Ave The funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from Mrs home Kendall Ave with interment in Pape Ave cemetery Rev Eisendrath will officiate Of his own Cohen trainee Long Branch military training camp took a shower while feting from bron chial pneu mo i a Dr Thomas Car son chief medical offi cer at Chris tie Street hospital said today Cohen died yester day of pneu monia ihinsr humanly done Cohen was given an oxy gen tent and a blood transfusion and dagenan was administered until the consultant Dr Cooper Cole decided the patient would not be able to stand further said Dr Carson No intimation that they thought Cohen was being neglected was given by relatives to either the dis trict administrator the hospital matron or to himself Dr Carson stated In reply to charges by the parents that Cohen had been forced to walk to the annex the doctor stated that the patient did not have to do this unless he was in con dition to do so Dr Carson stated that Cohen had been admitted Nov 6 and the diagnosis showed him to be suffer ing from influenza A few days after being admitted the doctor added Cohen developed bronchial pneu Took Chill After Shower The patient was ordered to re in bed for at least two weeks according to Dr Carson and was making a fair that time was the chief medical officer said who was per fectly rational mentally walked 25 to 30 yards to the shower room and (took a shower Returning hetook a chill Pneumonia returned and spread fast We are definitely of the opinion that this act aggra vated his condition "Christie Street hospital does not notify next of kin Dr Carson stated a patient is placed on the seriously ill list mili tary authorities are notified and they in turn communicate with the next of Dr Carson produced a copy of a letter sent to the district medical officer on Nov 9 which confirmed a telephone conversation notifying him that Cohen was regarded as seriously ill Dr Carson stated that it might be that the patient was first put in a 1 ward with four other patients who had the privilege of smoking as the parents alleged Dr Carson said it was untrue as had also been said that Cohen had later been placed in a ward with a man suf fering from an infectious disease To Mrs claim that she had been told by hospital sisters have more important things to when she called to inquire after her son tDr Carson stated that none of the nurses in charge of the case had any recollection of making any such statement hospital record indicated that after his admittance to the hos pital he had shown gradual im provement and until Nov IT had been regarded as much better Dator the chart showed a bad decline with a temperature rising as faras 106 degrees Started Too Late Says ather "The machine started to' work only last Thrsday when my brother in law threatened to go to Sal Cohen the father said today did everything humanly possible' then to save my boy but my contention is that if they had done one quarter as much before that he would be alive today My son seemed to be caught in a web of red tape and people had too much to do 1 we wanted to get my son to the Toronto General hospital or some other civilian hospital where we could have given him every care the army red tape interfered They seem to have the answer to that The point was that he was really out of the army then He had completed his 30 days the day he got Says Sister Ordered Bath matter what anybody says at the hospital my son with a high temperature of 104 degrees walked to the annex when he came to the hospital on Thursday Nov 7 at one am to and over to hosnital It was the day her military service should have been over that she first knew he was sick Mrs Cohen said That was Nov 7 She had prepared a dinner for him and could not understand why he come when she had seen other young men down the street who had returned Then the telephone rang and son said was dant said' has a When I asked her why I notified she sa'i: have more important things to do than Waiting for the body of their son Mr and Mrs Cohen told of their attempt to get him to another hos pital WEEK END QUIET BUT WESTERN TOWNS HIT Rev Harold Toye Said Two Years 'Ago His Repu tation Besmirched Story of how a small converted patrol vessel in peacetime a plea sure launch brayed Atlantic storms for 15 days in an unsuccessful search for survivors from the Bras was told today by irst Class Stoker Cecil The Toronto man is home on leave The Bras a Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper disappeared several weeks ago enroute from a Quebec port to the' maritimes? i had just returned from a patrol: when orders came through to go on the search It took less than half an hour from the time we got into port to stock up with pro visions and make for sea Stoker Mustard related as he caught a quick breakfast at the station be fore going home was a hard south wester blowing and we had a tough time of it Our ship was much too small for that kind of weather The waves were huge 'and' when we looked down from the crest' of one to the trough below there were hundreds of times when' it seemed like we would never see it through but I guess we were the lookout reported he sighted wreckage on the horizon It took us two days to get to the spot but what we hoped might be the remains of the Bras was only an abandoned dory That was a great He has been a sailor for seven years" irst he joined the' Navy League sea cadets where' he re ceived his first training then he joined the RCNVR When war broke out he was placed on the reserve and nine months ago weyit on active service He wears the first class stoker's badge and a four service stripe Berlin Nov Approxi mately Germans be the food rationing system today When a truck spilled 200 apples on Berlin main' street hundreds of pedestrians ran into the street and scrambled for the frtiit Some got three or four apples Some got one or two An Associated 1 WOC qmnnp who and got none entered the employ of the Hydro? Major White served all through the last war He enlisted with the hjounted Rifles and while in rance was connected with the engineers Much of the territory he traversed had been trod by his great grand father who fought under Welling ton At the time of his demobiliza tion he was brigade major of the Third Brigade of the Second Divi sion On his return to Canada Major White continued with the Hydro as engineer on field and construction work Curling was his chief hobby He is survived by his widow the former Helen Munro of Port Arthur whom he married in 1921 two sons Sandj and his mother Woodstock two brothers A White and Dr White Washington four sisters Miss White Toronto Mrs Langley Toronto arid Mrs White and Mrs Wilkinsn Woodstock BOWIE irst race Berserk Shanteb Praetor Ruwged Rock Sour Cherry Veritas Second race Tetra Rock Two Kick Babble Lil Long Lane Bettie Kux Goober Lad Third race Silver Rocket Golden Hour Briargo Jump Bid Detroit II Quintillian ourth race Good Conduct ifth race Eouistar Oasis Sixth race encing" Seventh race Love Mark? Brown Knight Sealoch Agnes Knight Dark May Ace Call 1 Weather clear track good SICK TRAINEE TOOK SHOWER GOT CHILL DOCTOR ASSERTS Joan Eileen Whitaker is just two weeks old and she lives in an incu bator at Toronto East General hos pital probably be there for a couple of months yet When she was born she weighed just two pounds twin brother lived only one day They were the first chil dren of Mr and Mrs Edwin Whita ker Hemlock St The father is tenor soloist at Eglinton United church and is frequently hdard on radio programs baby is doing well said the proud father weight went down from two pounds to one pound nine ounces shortly after she was born people at the hospital have done a grand job in saving our baby and we are very he said are calling her Joan Eileen after her mother whose maiden name was Eileen Girl Baby Dropped to Pound Nine Ounces Was One of irst Jewish Council Heads BRITAIN SPENDS $36400000 EVERY DAY TO BEAT HITLER Most Daylight Raiders Beaten Back Break Through at Night Everything Possible Done for Murray Cohen Says Hos pital Official Major A Gordon White field engineer for the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission died in the Toronto General hospital Sun day at the age of 53 He suffered a heart attack following an operation Son of Mrs Dorothy Jessie White and the late James White he was born and received his early educa tion at Woodstock He graduated in mining engineering from McGill university in 1911 He jomea International Nickel Co and in HUNGRY BERLINERS IGHT OR APPLES 1 LIKE STREET ARABS Heart Attack After Operation Causes Death at Age of 53 Gardiner Says leet Aircraft Asked Postponement for Its Employees NAZIS RENEW RAIDS ON London Nov 25 The capital had one of its quietest week ends since the air siege began but a com munique today said one section in the west of England was attacked heavily with damage to buildings and some residents killed and in jured from dusk to night (Berlin dispatches was attacked) Anti aircraft fire plane patrols beat back many of the German and Italian planes which attacked Britain in relays yester day but the raiders broke after dark Continuous relays of concentrated on a town in England where a home for the aged two churches two theatres and sev eral shops were among the build ings hit Townspeople Look it Over When the attack dwindled near midnight townspeople toured debris strewn streets to view damage A communique said: High plosive and many incendiary bombs were dropped and houses and com mercial buildings were damaged by fire and blast Some persons were killed and others Elsewhere the communique added as a whole were few although a small number of persons were The raiders flew in single file across England presenting targets like moving ducks at a shooting gallery to anti aircraft gunners who challenged them all the way Two were shot down one in the sea off almouth another off the Isle of Wight Three others had been shot down during the day The first raiders early in the evening dropped flares and incen diary bombs starting fires that marked the western town for suc ceeding planes In London a club was bombed and there were some casualties some fatal One bomb killed three persons in a road There were other casualties in several London dis tricts On South Coast Saturday night the German attack was concentrated on the south coast Extensive damage was caused and there was a considerable number of casualties (Berliit said the attacks were directed at Portland South ampton and Portsmouth) In a partly wrecked church its pews and floors still littered with the rubble of the raid a congregation of about 50 gathered in a south coast town for Sunday morning worship The congregation could be seen by passers by through a gaping hole in the wall It was the heaviest raid of the war The casualties included several firemen air raid precautions workers and members of the home guard Bombing Indiscriminate The bombing planes passed over in continuous waves They dropped flares by the hundreds along with incendiaries preliminary to an in tense and what officials called in discriminate bombardment with high explosives Hardly a district of the town escaped unscathed Hundreds of homeless and scores of business and commercial establish ments were destroyed One whole block of buildings was gutted An incendiary bomb hit a fire en gine being sed to combat a large fire in a 'sports club Another town on the south coast had its longest aerial bombardment of the war which it countered with the most intense barrage yet put up by the ground defences Residential and business sections were bombed for several hours Damage to and water mains was heavy but casualties were relatively light Two 18 year old students Mary itzgerald and Edith Lucas were killed by a bomb as they were entering a college shelter To Be Grateful Sir Kingsley Wood Says R': s' ON Eh' ilH WM s' i 1 Yv: 25 MONTHS' PLANE OUTPUT COMPLETED IN 10 MONTHS Next Month actories Can Take on Advanced Type of Aircraft i BUY SMALL CRAT By ARMSTRONG Ottawa Nov Deliveries of single engined training planes for the empire air training plan will be completed about 15 months ahead of schedule Hon Howe minister of munitions and supply announced today Instead of 32 a month the leet and De Havilland plants have been turning out 83 a month since last April 10 the min ister stated with the result that production which was expected to take 25 months' will be completed jn io two and a half times faster than the original schedule In ebruary both these concerns will be able to devote their entire facilities to the manufacture of more advanced types of aircraft Mr Howe stated His department or dered 808 trainers from leet and De Havilland delivery to start April 10 and 595 have been delivered to date The "balance will be in the hands of the air authorities by the end of January production rates now tripling the original schedule At the same time Mr Howe re vealed that orders are being placed immediately for 40 more craft in the government's small boat construc tion project Already more than 350 small craft have been ordered for the three fighting services of which more than 175 have been completed and delivered Smaller craft already delivered or on order include 79 foot' ammu nition lighters 85 foot rescue launches 70 foot crash boats 55 foot provision lighters 32 foot cutters 95 foot Diesel target towing tugs 108 foot battle practice tar gets 27 foot whalers 84 foot supply and salvage boats of the Seine type steel launches bomb loading dinghies and other types' Exceed ull Output program has developed so rapidly that produc MRS JAS CAMPBELL COUNTY P0WNER DIB Came to Toronto in 1912 Son Overseas v' Mrs Mary Ree Campbell 63 wif of James Campbell Ave' died at her home Saturday Born County Down Ireland she came Toronto in 1912 She was a mem ber of the Sons and Daughters Ireland Gilmore lodge and tended Royce Avenue Presbyterian church Surviving are her husband three sons James overseas on at five service: Robert and Alexander who is serving in Toronto with th Guard of Canada and five daughters Jennie Eileen Mrs Archie McKinnon Mrs Robert er guson and Mrs William Smith funeral service will be condtwj Tuesday at 3 pm at the residence with interment in Prospect rmT tery tiori of both high explosive propellants now exceeds one of the ull output which win be attained about the middle of nex year Mr Howe stated 4L in nrn Mine tudii wen art Brti employed on building 15 plants for manufacture of war chemicals anij explosives in the Dominion the minister stated One TNT plant is nearing its peak output and su ficient rifle cordite is being to meet present needs Production of cannon cordite starts in January A new Quebec plant making a' chemical for making smoke screens startedproduction last week By July next Canada ing all explosives fuses etc neces sary to fill all shells bombs and mines to be made in the Domini as well as to export substantial quantities to Britain and the Unite States Total investment in the factories is $80000000 most which has been financed by Great Britain and control of all these fac tories is in the hands of the allied war supplies corporation owned and operated by the crown Several of the mew plants compare in size and capacity with any in the empire 50 of Whippets Routed on Desert HUSSARS TRIUMPH a six CONCHIE IN HOSPITAL HERE AND THERE ON THE WEATHER MAP tiom 36 put it miles in of Brandon Calgary Charlettetown Dawson City Doucet Edmonton ort Simpson ort Smith Halifax Huntsville Jasper CANADIAN AB LOST IN CONVOY BATTLE Special to The Star Ottawa Nov 25 Able Seaman Sidney Bateman of ITALIAN TANK LEADER RUNS LEAVING MEN TO ACE IRE 35 ii 13 cc so 1 10 fi 30 10 8 15 46 13 The following are the temperature and humidity records at the Toronto observa suite uvon yesieraay Pm yesterday pm yesterday Pm yesterday am today 38 15 43Iff 3 70 45 78 40 41 SI 65 SO 48 68 33 64 fi? 78 52 Sidney Bateman ares by two hours was held up by a bombing father Arthur Bateman said today The City of Benares was sunksa that voyage and 60 British childra lost their lives Able Seaman Bateman had served on convoys since he enlisted last April He had been a member of the RCNVJl six years Born in Ottawa 25 years ago he was in employee of the post office depart ment before the war His father if on the staff of the motion picture division of the national parks division I Ottawa report ed auaing believed lost in tttian is thought tote another ualty in the Jervis Bays 23 35 40 8 45 30 38 10 35 s2 43 47 51 18 61 55 25 23 5 53 65 30 50 JO 48 40 Low 6 10 32 5 5 4 0 8 36 26 plained bitterly that their coe manding officer fled leaving than at the mercy of the British fire shell struck our truck wound ing the driver who was carried back to the Italian pris oner told me stayed tryirg to make the truck run when an other shell hit it and knocked it out for good had instructions to destroy a truck iq such a case so we thre hand grenades into it But it didn't explode Then there was machine gun fire jumped under the truck and before we knew it it looked though all England was on He is be 1 i to have been killed Nov 5i when the nv oy on which he was serving was attacked missed sailing on the City of Ben when his te By EDWARD KENNEDY With the British Desert orces Egypt Nov 25 (AP) Officers a famed British Hussar regiment have brought back a spectacular account of how an Italian column of 50 tanks was routed in hour battle The as they took place Hilquit 15 south of Sidi Barrani in the 70 mile wide no man's land between the Italian and British lines The fight started at 8 am when Italian planes dive bombed and machine Tgunned one of the Hussar patrols in the area As such attacks usually precede ascist land move ments British headquarters upon hearing about it by wireless imme diately sent out more patrols sighted an enemy column of 50 tanks and other re counted a Hussar officer who now rides to battle in tanks instead of on horseback gathered full forces into the region the Italians opening fire when they saw our movements Trucks Go Sky High colonel gave the order to attack One squadron of our tanks darted around the enemy's left to cut off retreat while the rest of our force closed in to within 200 yards of the ascist vehicles heavy fire we disabled several of their tanks and sent two ammunition trucks sky high when their cargoes exploded' tanks which had" closed around their rear inflicted heavy damage on the Italian light tanks because they have less armor in the back the land battle raged 17 Ital ian planes appeared overhead The Royal Air orce charged into the enemy formation shooting down three of their planes at the first crack The remainder took flight One of our planes was lost another was forced down but the pilot was safe As additional British tank patrols came into sight at 2 pm the Italian column beat a full retreat abandon ing three heavy trucks five tanks and some guns which had been dismounted from trucks during the battle Nine Italians Dead Hussars remained on the spot to blow up disabled tanks while the Italians from a great distance took pot shots at them Italians left nine dead in the desert We took 10 prisoners and suffered only two casualties visited the prisoners in a camp behind the lines Two of them com Held Ont Against Donntaf 48 Hours A recruit at Newmarket training centre who refused on an army uniform because he he was a conscientious objector ar spent his first 48 hours of in the camp brig is now in hospi is nothing said tap Eh Dodgson today The explained that Sunday the developed a skin disease and transferred to Toronto Military pital Until the transfer still a holdout and refused to khaki 8 8 Noon today snosi: The weather has turned colder2 Pntrio and continues moderately cold the western provinces with light snow in some districts and coId todr and freshu Wind today wJru northeast and east on Tuesday dav Jurfj air ioday and Tues day decidedly cold tonight JjDpcr st Lawrence 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