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CHRISTMAS CAMP LEAVES UNLil
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New RfxHictioni on Te*, Coffee, Milt, ;;priuifei " Helps Budget.; Pfpfcleih V
On All EvAcuee*' Property
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An
'':� Tht! decisive^ >at itle -f or^ �iraf egiij
Tunisia ; , moijiiie^^^
�week,' as;- ^tronglyyVolsteved ;:Axi^-;
Uii iinU ^?peai%Kf\aUe(i b^ amiouretl iis," clatsixed fiercely; ^vit;h:tUQ
esv Vb �; the ;;xiefeijce
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If iii^i n o(r , v � SI; i j i te t tf v 1 1 s lo y �' s ;
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taking at<iw;;lrt;�^u^
of; ailvproporty; |cf( j^-:-
mnw^ffrfiw^ --V: :T. K V11 ,UKU
thiv coaislai ;j
r In nevvapajitr HOlices; %ll per- : ' sfms;;>vhp^^
�' ^v^.f v.oiv J*ha if of /any ;j^r* .;'.. :
S^jt ;of \tile ^^
f jf om< j. I '
1 ments � f or;'. post wjif ~ VONS jderjiiion �'.-�: ; � ��-�'�' - � ^ ' :''.;- � ";
�~r'-''r^iii^"''"- -'A.'"'-* '�-'.- -�� .-.' 'r>-'V:'i;vL;;i'' '� '� - T A-'^-lT '-'f Tfr'Di oi � Japanese eyitcjueiss' aiiq;. IhtMr �� I A'^IL :>j' I t v i
. disposition��;' irt -,th^- districts- in ': � � V; �� v-i "-;-� ;V :
; v;iti; '
%rc-;of JSi^^
'' :Ai;moUrQd coiuihns, bombers add;
:figliti|ig ;pia"^e;sj ground; tro6psrarid �n^val ::stn>f ac � iitri;t; ^jLi nUev?ea iniit^
are* al]i engaged; in^ thestruggle ra^ pidly mounting; iiv intensity �� both sides-continufe, to' pour in: the :YQ-ihforcenilints which;rnay ^determine the. :p'ossession of;.the.vc6iii;try^corn^ manding- thev ^Mediterranean'-: vihr-
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11 m vgiiis v'iii v >IVc:i?'!t vfe. aicl; 't lie "� ^
X''ot).siuiVcr;. VJiriui us^ ax* o;tl. ;
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()c\vs, to '�"ii'iostevJii'-fianosC fu- -:
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VHi; 'Cy\; aifc reqVjired^ to ifurmsh . ��_ ^'fiill^UiU'ticulars^invwi:itin|f'?:io .!� ^lhO:,C;u^tadiau-i(�� (hiji hivs inol ,'jii*. ,!' :'i;eiiitfy ;^been doive; Vpecehib^i li), '^ �^t^J2 ii$ >i>;iVas; Ihe dcjvdlifte. ; ^ v v v'l'his (fpaOlini^ is-also posivtl for
;criedHors (^ lay ^cluims ;again:?l '' ' of Ova
� - ^!;v u-ijit "heljif' our budget,";; >va� thu ; genera), i'eaetit)ii aiiuxng "both :i-anvilies steer ing;;a ^iglit^poiirse' on1 maintciiancQ^ailpvvanctJSj aiid .those dejiehdent: upoiv the; -;low wagd
Meanwhile further::E a's\t.'.w a r d
Rommel was' reported to' -have brougiit hisV900-mile retreat to an enci^nnd: halted .in Ore'Kl Ag}\e;ila. defiie, t^ere to re-organiKe '''his". Shattered corps for a last-ditch de-feiise of Libya;: ;;
The air � pffensive against the Axis, Germany)�the occupied countries, and Italy�was being stepped up-top,- and a report said tliat the Italians might declare Rome an open city to save it from the raids
es/paid in the rnterior hpiising/pi'o-'
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in a^'d Naples. ; > : ,
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Counter and Counter-Counter Attack, and counter-attack raged
on the Russian front, as stiffening Nazi resistance was; reported to ha'yp sloA^d the Red drive on both the �central Moscow section ami the Stalingrad salient, Where German: troops are still; clinging-to positions :'.in-: the- city t^ey wpno:so; � dearly in'onths ; ago. r Air)joriip>vreinforce-ments^ as in Tunisiii, niade it clear that dislodging 'the 'Nazis was not going to be easy. ;
��',-. The goyernnieni's plan. to. relieve [�'-.;t.lic ,;"trciuendous pressure' -"on /Jip". price ; ceiling'., and' to bring fhe cost.--.. � ;:.of>liying index down :oalls for (1) Reduction in the price Qfcoffee by 4c a pound, (2) Reduction in tlie
j>rice ^)f tea.by lOc. a pound, (3); Re-ductibn in the pi-ice of oranges to levels of September :. and- Qclober, 1041, _ (4 ) .A general objective <fof .cutting >nilk prices 2c a quart to the coiisumer,- aiid. ( 5) Reduction of pi-of it-- -margins^ pn b^ef,� Ayhere, these Jiave .been too high, to "reasonable-limits." -
Statisticians estimate, an. average Ciinadiaii family of. 4.6. persons will benefit by saving. 33c per week. At maintenance rates, this woujd amount to about ii 4 per cent of weekly income. ,;r ;,
�. '�-�� Control of ^ al ; ; vpor.ty .auiomatfcaiiy >passed - the ^; hands vofV the ! ;Custiklia|y: afo .soon as i'/the;- oyviier left; th^ pro- �'�-.. VoaV oveii ff it -Xas not ;
, aivd eiitrustod ^ only :(6 e ciire; pf.^:Ugchts'- 6r-f riehds,l-i-; dev the t�?f nis jpf tho " ijplice, the Custpdiair ' is iiow checking � lipon such property. ; ;
p�^wi(^1V!v^-jb$e)^:j^ bo|f;pf ^cya(fu|nV; iii
not/'re^iding^ jii veyaeua;i.ipn^ ^ lo ;go a(o woVk in HI^: log
��rhejjc* permits^proyide for the emT ' o rinf irtii ^�>i^ V-iH;><-
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,�--��-/".� ;; �-^ �>.�:�',.�.-..''- �.' -: *}:.r- :.. vid.od iirito .three../( nous- self-sunuortin^ nroiects sn^li ; "l_:"i:/V..,:� ..\:>ti-\,:i
.,� � . �_-.� . � , �. '�- '� ..-� -' � .�. �.��*��:�� - �:��-: .� !..--� -.. .T i\i.yu mi IF . � III vt: -.t.\
ipusv.self^apportui^ Orojoets^;^�clr ;v;; conVmifM-wlll^v
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^tyHoo�t;:;b.r>j^
jects. as ''-.All West wold as thev �-'�>vish '.""� ,n, : : - v ;: . �>;/.�
^mr^^i>^^
nii^v^rtW^ f^S- iiuv /in,:ni;A,;- ;; :.-:mu)iic;.i>a ities; w,tlu.!
the duration.' '� - >; ...,-.,��- .�,,./..-.� -�* ''�-: i ;,;:-':* S-""- :: v serve :0n lhe;;
consideratioj
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tbo-
Manager On Insiiectioh Tour
. W; Alec Kastwood; generaV man-. �ger of (he British Columbia Security " Commission, is...'-making an inspection trip through the interior towns this week. Accompanicfl by E. L. Boultbee^ general manager of interior housing, and D. W. Suii-ni6ns,-;chief - accountant"T:for^ the Commission, Mr. 'Eastwood'.- visited ,Gi'eenwood Jast Monday, Kaslo .a.id Saiulon Tuesday,- proceeding i'rom there to New Denver, Rosebery ami �Slocau."".� �";-, .-.'�'. :
Opening of the new,..modern hos_ pita I -in,. Tashme will take plac^j on Decernlyer 20,; Mr, Eastwood said!
leayeFt would; be graiited :to 'Nisei/-",;.?0c:'?":'!>' ^pinmittce, and naturali^d::i�en;:AVorking- : mr:: acloptod ;a: very ,cai
njnous highway would lie niade by the Department :of Minos and Resources, which operates t h.e s e �camps:.-." ��'< �.'�.�'�';,'"'.'�"�:� �'�.:;' -��'� �'.-..','�' '�'.'.'.. Over a month ago the men in ; this section, niimberin^ about S70 ahcJ comprising? for the most part � unmarried Nisei in .their > late .
caii
from 01
',...-. Ho. sai(i that a '. commi t tee . of grow y.one will form a: committep,. which w agreenicnt from I he eminent -that' any Ja into llit Valley->.nji
Vanfouyer^ Mayor Plugs PbstWar Depprtatidn of Nisei
/ Th(? i IpchT battle^ in i Now 'Guinea itill Iteld-. the^;Pacif ic; stage cent rcy where". "
:>Iayor('orhettw.as re-elected to 'his secoiid term la'st We;lnes-day,1 dec.isiyely cdc'fciitjng- his- op;-; pohent, Dun Brown, : ;; :;\; ^ v
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hig : stubbornly to :Buha - werec te^ %iTia^iTe;d -;by ; ^Ahicrjcan ; air Cpun^i^j^^und^aJ ^Bataan-ized t!o
<lustry -will be.making- other .jobs for themselves. -'";; . .�'�- : -; ~r-"I^is-tnte-that; our:;Japanese: ;
might: fin?t it hard ^to; ease them- ;
sclvi6i|.back!mtoi:thei land of;.tti�?ir'.o X'vritciaJ ;origin. J **^|d;^ynipathi7e :; with them .for ihati esp^ciany'
withytljQSfc w'n&' vicfc Jborrtvhcrei "; IJu1:tHey i>a\e proyeh Xo us :tivat\ t :v-by^. Ji^yor^^^W^Cpriibt^
sented a petition to the Securiiy ; Comhiissrbn asking leave to visit " their f a mil i es in eyacuation towns at the holiday season.
It is; intimated that the Mines P'epartmeiit is anxious to: keep the camps open, since important rock work on the -highway :is going' ahead. Married men returnitjg froiri:. the c;imp$ ;haVe -jreportcd-ihiit offi^:v cials hope to buiUI up the CiVmp personhel ^tb';' full- streiigtli,^which ;'� would ' ret|Uire over one hund^o;! nlpre men. -;:-> "-� ��.''-.�-' ..'�; . .--^
It is- r'eporled also that the rail-1 .Tay company-feels.:-its facilities are
tlie war./: ;�:���.'"�:�'�'��'. �:'t- Co-ordinating co bers are:' Sputh O'n E, A. Titmarch, T ^I'oogopd, Suntmerla IMndy, 6l ivcr; Cent G; ;A^Barrat,�;� j. St,i A. ';l-j. Baldpck, V;j.J Okanagan --- P. '/>. ^Ca)n e ron,: G, i\I � \Va
^:::Si:
way
-likely tp^bc iaxed^o-t ha JiiVi]t.vUh : the; >regulivr .�'�;"sfoii�iYdl;;V^
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>yapn;u pf^all: jjei;Aohs; of Japanese :aiic^stry- >vas/ai .ftihief: pja)ik ntiilbd iiitovhiji^election: Jpitalfprm :las;t: ;week;
awtiiiate-^aiX <�con)in^(i;itijc>iY;Jt.;vJs.';;\ added that� authbrUies'~lii\ the-.vtovS'n's .. art -. :jlot sure v that;- jpOce c;^t"ani^d ^
vjSALTjljAlvE' e);I ty^ ici/reseiitati vc- \l_t
n in
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..^�; itttjefesr wa^;; greater. in \t he ^uiflr � linng ;ttp of i;:y;ear ;of: Pacific; Wdf
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- Se^rei^ry ; Fratiik- ; Knox j=ni(h /Ja^
pa]??s loss" of �': warshipV^arS^ v^?~: sf-ls '"an'.! Jropp vl ranspc>yt s ^is �i*V". :jir�h1njgt0
ami in-jperinin^ the; securitv -->>f ;hcr f a v^fluftg- pacific bases. :.;/, ^
( )if f icia I a mi buncefn cj h t s f ro^i 4 1 -liejd. headquarter;? inclicate^that ;Ja- -"pan 'had lost 3P4 ?Kip?;.in?lu(inT5r;
� tv:p:.bh"ttle?hips ami six: '-cati ie" ?, ay coTitrn^leii to vhe;;U.S; total oi'fO.; K?timat05":of -Japanese/ caaUAliieiv
: ran io ^op.OOO-kin. 4" or AV-vu^.tod.
thV-AJP, rtiporte<l"haTar spokesman Cap'iin Hideo H-iraid? b Dec. 7tH broad�i?t� c'a^^d th^i a "^F-
? :rhe ;;Vivjv\;or: bega>i V scttiiig:: the; stagt>; 'fo^this'^eiestj^i jssu^ early; la^Se^mber^^eiLheJn^roducea^ a -r�?s^lt^iQJi: befor^ thVe.lt.y- council i?rguig;^ the; Doftiijiroiir j^>yer:T:nfent to-.w;Oik for rop>^a-ii jn ;of ;slV PAr^/. Ppiis �" of '�"" Jaysne ^^ r&ce �."S f t-cr ^ :thO: -�
�war. .�;-.' �'.: -. �_." '�''�'-':-:''-':_-''- ''�:.-�:*'''��-v {-Riib^;<*^5n;ly � th^.res^lutioli -was .rsioriiriod hy. the City/CoVjficjJ,' which" -^v^ci'-'.nvo-SivJcii" thl*- contiiuied reM: / ��Ici'tce of Cana;iia:;-b^rn^JauanprC
- be
>cri
i. ri<h jr/f: them we^ nvay never ;haye^
-iinotheiri1'' -.:^^:'. '�'^�_'^-:/':- :-i-:."'-;."� '�'-:;-.;-';
V^^\-^Ojne^vha't^niorc--JH-o;i<r.^/iv^-.JL-'e:-:
�,:-s.f"a|id is iake;i by:"_thi?: -^laypr, hi a ;
':--; ^ ':':. vj;:-. -^- ^ 'authorities ^.'asking t on the rnpve; , r ; or ;^apa iresej ancesti
tidn' intoVtne.
^ If .you haye moved .or ai;c mr>v-
n
u'ikin throughvuL Canada),
: Bn'ti^h 'Columbia -if ]tl]'':Japanese'"-"
r.e^ident;in ;the.i>rov!Kcc ba rep'ulvi--"�-a-ed.-aVrer ".the. ^var.'!. -.'�_�'-.".. -.:".':�":.". :-: - !'I thi.itk i H is too /ilangerou^ to p'tnTOH. 2!,000 Japanese to n;n\ai.n' in tiii^ !)!ovj?ic<% n: large p"?ixeni^j;.3 " :of thp;r> Jn; Vanoouvtir.. Thna" may �"!n1rt"ii*'>ize;'th"is -t{aneerv but- f<)r.th"-.. . Iiro.-cn; -'oir po-lky' sh.ouhl\ bfj one "
�of address-lo ihe v'frculatirin' Dc--partliVent of this ".iui'ft>:j�apeir, so >*o ea� keop up to you-'as" rapiiHy as! possible. : fn^ .gfvirip u^ a'
";.plcasv he >Ure io:;:-:"'nd;ih yV;ur
I^/ ^ li ^ � f"* r% 4 � W* ^ *? 'f * ' i"* "� * * * j ' * '
f)R>ir>K ..AI)iJrih>S, since it is
needt^ f�ir oar Hibscripti.oniifiles, '"A special requo^t -go-:> r;ut ,to
rc-
sjjy for ; in Vhe nation's ;;tr"m basis frir:^{K)|siwar and Ih? pctrC-war prt-crvation of "civ -; Tho coiifcrejicjC!. < ploretl; the. prL.sc-rit ::-
laJn, fliinioer of . r'hip?" and - unique, rifrw aircrati.
mission. �Admitte-i - naval lo?^-
men, inctwiinjr.si capital ve>-�e: and three carrier*. :*r.d ->V> arrvTaTt-
_____ casualties up. to Nov. 1
exchadin^ the fi^^nft ifl Chi-
;^a? lt?fl- ifr for the interior sdltle- :- }r. T;>r:hec'tr fi with" other malt^ry,
-s::o:"it? 7�ii-i- inter^iii^iu-^aivip?.1'- t!;c '� � t;>^. ;' -Mrt'yor ft^cKire^ in b^lH fac-
-^/>r <a!vi 'in a vsd^-a-inrcs? l^V-;-type. -I. :^;ish. to eniphalically;,?ay
Wt-?.x'; "we -ha\y: *:.^- th^: we <o-jl(i thl^: A= far a? I,s�*ri co/vcerht'l, I
i-ro-ir fi?h-^i?r .nn=i O.IT conim^vc;^;: " w:il .n^x-r .favor property t:^>". .-?�_."
at hcrinvs in the "toistal pnKfc.led ar�. Some ,of - .you. have. n�-glrct�I t� inform u� f�f-
ti;c-�- t/> the <r^ !ilK}riki of ihe-XiH(:: wa f t j t no re? 1 rict i ^ >. s. Del^gat^ from'tl' t ion tl'e;; I re*. re }if i: tf �
u Tre - cculd ;-a^^rb-. :H?m
"'^'T'i""*^ Vritl"^ �~>1;-it 3 ^r'V-TT"'* rfi .CS
civilian life we."wit1.1** s "tr. within a f HARD IN
Victoria. � Mayor Andrew. Mo-Gavfn was "eterte^ mayor by accfa^ nation" for the seventh coa-<ecuuv>-tirtw. Jtaj-or McGarin in October.
tA
copy to >*a, even
may be paid la
t'4 fifce pairfn wk� wet* ^r Che Pana S Faroe Ca�p� � OnUria to
-Pti .nr.ingm - ;<
.J>r,
th*? Northern Calif^ for Fa:r Pray, tnW :hai the War .Beioci is trying lo resettle coees fr*>m lh*� relo
