Gleaner, The (Newspaper) - December 23, 1942, Kingston, Kingston J CAPTURE LARGE TO WN IN DRIVE ROSTOV Soviet Legions Roll Back Hitler's Hordes Send Them Fleeing i STALINGRAD ANEW AS FOE INCREASES PRESSURE RUSSIAN LEGIONS commanded by General bore down through the middle corridor toward Rostov smashing to drive the Germans out of a large populated place the night's fighting Although the Russians did not identify the it was believed to fot a key junction point on the railway There has been great onto ng Nazi troops CHARLEY'S RUMS The Rums of Real Beverage Quality RUM Vol No 336 PENNY m other sectors of the front with tiie enemy in dis- Along the central troops were ing their positions Germans were Southwest Qf but late dispatcher to Moscow said the Soviet lines were holding Arm A dispatch to Communist said the weather was warming on the steppes and the feeling in cow was that Germans may attempt a stand of Rzhev the Russians rolled back three in one sector and two in another i GERMANS RESERVES CO MIDDLE DON Dec marked by increasing stiffened against the Red in the middle Don drive which the Russians reported resulted In the of a large town as they smashed on southwestward toward the Soviet midday communique did not name the town taken byi t the next populated in the path of the Russians was important railroad junction 120 miles from have been rushing re- serves to the middle Don front in an attempt to halt the swift of Col General N F stormed to within twenty miles of yesterday The front southwest of No changes from either grad was also boiling anew in a were reported in early dis- fierce struggle as the German patches Fighting was still heavy bolstering reserves with large on central especially brought heavier an unnamed but surrounded sure against the Russian thrust Wireless and Cable down along the steppe Increasing tempo of the German resistance foreseen here once EEDS NOT LOSING Dec BBC Axis troops found a place that though the Germans they would be allowed to stand and reeling back they are not doing fight The communique without putting up a tough fight k m m edged stiff defence at wLat it called a populated on middle Don Iront Although falling slowly back om all sectors of the middle tye Germans increased their counter attacks indicating they will make a determined effort to along a fixed hne advances been so the been unable to stand and cept at a to stem the Russian advance respondents mention a definite fening of German but they say at the same time that the Russian drive no sign of losing either force or speed The Germans are doing all they can to sen as one cor- Russian dispatch reported rising temperature across Cossack steppe made fighting what easier lor the Red Arra men A dispatch from the ern front said advancing Soviets are finding roads and ditches Uttered with cunt and blasted tanks vehicles Numerous rifles and the Russians the threw them down in waeir flights Big i to keeping up with advance Whenever the Bed A Jiny fortified lines is reported in hand quickly into tion All from the Middle pon that German reserves were to halt the Red Army advance More tions are found daily that the mans planned to spend the winter in this the Don More t and more food depots arc as well as trucks and other machines Two trucks were taken at one place yesterday Thirteen mses with stores were at a settlement tured in the last few hours Izvestia said guerillas of the Red Army in- the middle Don offensive were cutting otE ways of retreat at a number of places as the Germans sought to fall back from the first violent shocks Guerillas killed a hundred near a large village tics of seizing are having a deadly fect and the German supply system in the middle Don is bad way As they fall back the are now burning and vinages the usual sign that they don't ex- to be coming back for some time The strength of the new Russian offensive is shown by the that some units have advanced as much as 100 The news indicates that the left Boo week ago the strong fortified line along the steep right bank of the river It is reported that Germany's foremost air General has been transferred from the Mediterranean to the Don front If this news seem to confirm reports of test tew days that all was far from well with the luftwaffe on the Russian front Besides the loss of important airbases the tell of enemy aircraft shot down is Increasing so so that the power of the luftwaffe might be seriously blunted on the two main fronts Enemy losses in transport craft have been particularly serious and their effects is already being felt by the German forces fighting for survival in the Stalingrad pocket Considerable fighting is still going on before the city to the southwest but all re- ports say that our Allies are still masters of the situation in the town itself and to the northwest of the British Advance In Burma t Opp WAVELL'S S NOW 45 MILES FROM ATTACK ON JAP TARGETS THERE Dec forces continuing their ad- vanice Burma occupied eleven miles soUth of Allied Headquarters ia India declared today The advance was made without opposition from the Japs The British are now miles from Akyab Japanese planes attacked Calcutta again early this morn ing but preliminary reports indicated the damage was slight Yesterday a formation of Royal ESTABLISHED 1834 JAMAICA DECEMBER 1942 TEN PAGES Matured and Bottled in Bond by FRED L MYERS SON LTD Kingston v j p NEW RAIDS ON JAP POSITIONS IN SOLOMONS AND I Tunisian Territory Explor Dumping Of Yams By Marketing M A wrong impression regarding the dumping yams by the Marketing Department has become ly within the past couple of days Actually the Marketing ment has at times dumped but the discarded victual is the waste of yellow yam which be- comes unfit for and which ed so as to avoid the possibility gf it being thus upsetting the whole marketing organisation of island Under government's food duction policy which is to achieve self the Marketing Department is obliged to purchase all the foodstuff ed by growers throughout the land at guaranteed ed it is of fair and of the guarantee are complied with No matter what the state of the market is in the Department purchases the foodstuff involving an expenditure of between and per week food is brought to the Department's wholesale depot the Coronation Market in from Which it is dis- through the normal in these Department often times has food on its hands with no outlet When these articles rot and there is they to the poor through the recognised such as the Board of Super- vision and the Kingston Charity U.S Army Navy Westward In Aleutians Organisation and tion is also made to persons en- gaged in the pig industry to-be used as pig feed NOTWITHSTANDING these there are at large quantities rotting yams still remaining If tote were to some portion of it its way into the thus upsetting the ing and the department has effect destruction of the Corporate Area It happens that the De- to sell foodstuff at much lefts than the figure at which it purchases so as to keep the ket and the deficit up by Imperial Government in Every effort has be made to see that re- stuff and sweepings are not get info the hands of traders who use them to depress the market and send down prices as eventually this would a revision of the prices guaranteed by government Just mow Yellow Yam son is and larger quantities than can be sold in the markets are be- ing into Kingston Prices are now at the and every care hsts to be taken to prevent a complete collapse of the market Chur Greetings To Stalin LON December sent to Premier Stalin yesterday He accept my best wish es and warm personal regards fm your We watch with admiration the Air Force fighters made a c arm on and attack enemy objectives in Akyab area Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire F our fighters inflicted damage Akyab a and good sized river steamer in Other fighters on an offensive patrol encountered a aircraft off the African coast and shot it down in names into the sea From these operations two of our aircraft are missing A force of American bombers carried out an attack on the town of Lashio in Burma American aircraft based in China have bombed the Japanese base at in southern Yunnan province All the American planes got back and Cable THIRD RAID December cutta has had its third successive night raid New Delhi communique said that a few were dropped but that casualties were slight and damage Nazis Charge Slovak Govt Large Sum For Ridding Country of Jews Dec circles said Germany handed a amounting to ty million to Slovakia for the of and said the Slovak Government authorized the Minister nance ta pay it Slovak papers expressed the hope the Amount could be met through and of Jewish property Czech Government said the included ses for deporting some Jews and in eastern Mr Stalin sincere thanks for your congratulations good TO STAND JAPS PUPPET PREMIER BECOMES KILLER AND SUICIDE Dec Chinese High Command said C Ching all the of his shot and nis Japanese and five igh ranking officials of his government and then com- suicide Said the am unable to stand any longer Japanese The High Command attributed the a Chinese intelligence re AND SUBMARINE BASE ATTACKED Wa r Of Patrol Continues Troops Storm More Enemy Strong Points In New Guinea the South Flying For- Dec commando raid on Tunisia in tresses have struck at more which Americans were reported to have participated Japanese island bases r r On North African Fronts stabbed within five miles of Bizerta in a hit-and-run foray New Georgia Island they bomb weekt A dispatch datelined Lieutenant General said the landing that the Commandos have just 1 J I ed toe Munda airfields Off Kenneth A N Anderson's Army in the coast of _-- in heavy Army and Navy forces new bases in the An- group of the by scout a conVoy transported facilities and supplies without J V Japanese opposition Bombers were attacking the 200 miles away part the islands in the five fighter planes and base at less than ces make a landing on one of land Flying Fortresses returned to their tacked two Japanese cargo One group of raiders jot within ships They hit of the five miles of but were very Sels and later saw it settling tired and the Commander down bu the stern the hills with a view to NX troops have stormed several laore rH nv that while on high ground they the not within ot so the Commander a ace the sent Dec made a Allied air headquarters in Australia disclosed today the have been using aerial a force bombs in combats with United compelled to States Fortresses in an fort to overcome the big bombers 1 but with light superior firepower Lieutenant General George Commander of Allied Air in the South said PURSUIT OF BATTERED AXIS COLUMNS BY THE BRITISH CONTINUES i Surprise Air Blows On Enemy Airfield losses compared to those inflicted on the foe JING UNOPPOSED Deer strong raid last night on the city of Munich in ern Germany incidents have Both wer declared He made use of the pursuit of battered Axis columns of Marshal the Losses were light only because British Army continued of un- army was said now commanding officer said We to be well west of Sirte Advance three-inch mortars which Of Rommel's forces were re- In spite of much cloud the route and ovet aerial bombs for the first Munich our aircraft agreat weight of and many large fires were started There were several counters with enemy tit battle and we destroyed at Solomons Seven least two of them which is in e S the when we caught some mans passing along the road we got i ported to be only ion miles east of Tripoli There may has a population of just under one million and it is the original home of It is also a big centre of German war industry This is the fourth night raid on the last one in w a stand at Misurata A surprise air blow on the Axis up II we had the airfield at caravan trail mortars we could set out ished ers tions While three of the fighters sand foot Above and then loosed five of bombs which the North American The nude I a British communique fliers said burst and fell a our way without much difficulty to I Ot the pursuit of Rommel it re- streamer effect with small red fires point near where ported only that throughout MM ai caravan have m the in- to explore for iand the of Sirte ished seven of eleven parked enemy planes and damaged the i i i Twelve ot return from last night's raid Air crews which took part hi the raid said that had good flying weather on the way out over the target there was some cloud They described nich as being weakly defended with only a few searchlights and not much anti-aircraft but the plenty night fighters the clouds and in the bright moonlight there were many dogfights A bomber in a Lancaster said that as the plane in which he was circled over the city he could see many fires and thick smoke com- ing up bomb r 1 closed in on Council ta amend the tariff 1 Fortress and opened Then on the cotton piece which a while the other four deputation was to under- down parallel with the stand might have been done at the bomber performance was session of Council which met last I fight lasted forty minutes One Japanese fighter will recollect one possibly de- that in July the Council passed on and one The amendment under a Fortress fired a thousand rounds sion were bringing re- and escaped burst on Twelve tish were lost Two German were shot down NAZIS The luftwaffe sent hit-and-run raiders to attack several towns in to-day They came over one at a time under cover of low clouds Our defences were ready and two German aircraft were shot down helped to roag ot them as part of a mix RAF second anti-aircraft ers accounted for enemy raiders off the south coast Cable FATAL ACCIDENT GOLDEN December our While walking in front of a motor own ed by Mr S M ancT driven by Egbert John a 54 year old East was ently scared by a dog and with the front side of the bus He died in fifteen and before medical aid reached him MIDDLE EAST SITUATION Dec Grett Britain's r of State in the Middle Mr R G Casey has given a review of the situation there in a He dfc scribed the Middle East as a from which the war can be and where if had gone badly it have been lost is less than a fortnight Mr came bwk from a tour of the Middle East He was behind the at El when the Eighth Army first b roke through the German He i and the Army achiev ed a degree co-operation I don't has ever been reached be- fore The support the airmen gave to our m sn on land during recent will be ss a model for the future KING SEES PREMIER Prime Minis Mr was re- 1 today at Buckingham ace by His Majesty the King and to lunch with ing assigned this time to Kingston where he is now attached to the local Consulate Seen by a representative of this Mr Williams said that he is very impressed with what he has seen of the island and is en- over his new post to the poorer classes of in the cost of T Japanese used aerial bombs goods After the measure had be- P occasion against a come Law it was discovered that ator in confusing lineal measure with lth along toe New POW re- yarc the cost in OneZero was down into and consequently sale price of the cloth was increased instead of took amended tariff wow hardship on the and the deputation work of Council have been brought to attention of Government sea in this RAID ON KISKA A United States Navy disclosed today that bombed area and sub- at Kiska in the ships le On American carried out a on bombing and strafing anese facilities causing i ha the Evidently what the Col- General is losing sight it is pointed word yard Xor arriving at duty purposes POINTS STRESSED One merchant the cheapest line of cotton that can be imported of say 25 to 26 inches is almost around per yard loco British Eighth Army s j Offensive In Films Dec is an- that feet of films taken under fire are being made into a picture story of the British Eighth Army's drive from to most graphed British offensive in history The Officer commanding the film photographic unit in the Middle East told the tale how films were taken and disclosed the tures will be released ruary p HERE TO JOIN THE US CONSULATE Mr Charles H Williams who saw several years of service in the Far East as a member of the Uni- ted States has been transferred to Jamaica anpl is now attached to the American ate here Mr Williams served for over 20 years in his last post being Shanghai where he was at the out- break of the war He was ated by the Japanese authority during the year Leaving China on the diplomatic exchange ship together with the personnel of all embassies and Con- in the Far East a vacation in and took up duty as practically in short the American Foreign Service be- to On Sunday and Monday Army made new at- Munda at New Georgia Island attacked two Jap cargo one hit and Com- several of the cargo has made on i vessel was left in a sinking con- difference between 10 bnd f T if 30 per cent on cotton which Ration THOUSANDS FEARED DEAD IN VIOLENT QUAKE IN TURKEY Dec Ra dio was feared that thou including High in a vio in Northeastern Turkey said authentic of days we war unique said longrange back en knocked down a Nazi bomber of country The flying toward mans held very strong yesterday and bombers set large posts as we found out when fires on two Tunisian into them We under Wireless Cable fire from these but we also ed in killing a number ot Germans The Germans however showed no inclination to come but eren when they had shot us NO LAND ACTION ft Yule The said that there is no Railway Cope With news of important land fighting at either of the North African in ft at the moment both readers may observe by Government Railway no- these past few days that the l General Manager is trying his best to and with the lor passenger also by the advancing spearhead accommodation during the Christmas in Tripolitania season Contrary to a rumour that The following is what Godfrey the General Manager has recently correspondent said been the passenger about campaign just now coaches asking passengers why they is not only one of chasing enemy but and been communications It is a war whose on the in heroes are signallers and the limited supply of fuel at the dis- though things are still lively and of on the Axis gof a shock when British I to counter- for at if one would stop to think of and wounded were that when ibis 25 to 28 inch cloth lnot Is carried up to square yard for the purpose of ascertaining the valut collection of duty it PARTY comes within the category of the RENEWS APPLICATION 30 per cent duty they will have an idea of what are no consideration was given the matter at last week's the Labour of fighters suddenly appeared over one of their airfield at Harrim in Tripolitania This airfield is on a flat oasis in the hills 150 miles I tons of south of Sirte Eleven Axis aircraft daily Incidentally all trains are were on the ground there when as in view of the British fighters roared out of the of parts for blue Seven of them were repairs there must be ed and others Further UP north off the coast British long range fighters caught a single Junkers flying south They made 1 booh to the trading short Allied Middle East bombers at- tacked in Tunisia again Sunday night They fires burning at Tunis and La Bouillet In all these air operations three allied lost On land in Tunisia dents said that both sides ope r n building up supplies as fast as they For Post can for the clash that is bound to come soon Allied patrols In Tunisia have brought in some German prisoners In the last few days These men say they were in Rossis not so Traffic Super- of the Railway returned a after a well Reconstruction December D 4 They volunteered for service In In the hope of caping the German Winter Instead of Libya they found themselves tn Wireless and Another ing community flays his followers would man lor the royally out of the as Quite a labour conferences and assert few merchants have been made to that that there is tremendous part rt winning of any 36 inch goods coming I e war and the reconstruction after down in there is in- formation that the widths will be not dealt with last more or less round 27 ting it so arf they ex- hardships will still be very much that within a short while some ils coming and this will either mean that such goods must be duty paid at the higher rates and be subject afterwards to a rebate if mertt then deem fit to amend the or the Competent Authority will in turn be calculating his con- trol prices at the ruling rate of duty while every item that one can im- port in cotton goods will under the 30 per cent duty instead of 10 per latter was the evident intention of ment when they introduced the amendment -in July That the traders are very much disappointed that the matter was APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE said he Mr immediate of Mr be to draw vp a plan for post war re- construction along the principles of the Atlantic Charter in Australia is that of Mr Sculley Government's Apprenticeship Com as Minister of Agriculture as well are now inviting evidence representatives of employers Australia is one of the first and workers and all other nations to appoint a Post-War ed parties apprentices Reconstruction Minister and in industrial and technical occupations This dence may be given in the form of 1 JUNCTION ROAD OPENED brief written statements and later BUFF December tele 11 I tr by personal interviews graph from our It be stressed here that the road through New Castle to Kingston terms of reference of the tee include professions en to but to proceed f 7 and occupations of an industrial or The Spring main technical but do exclude agricultural field operations dence must reach the secretary of the Mr F A I of The Labour later the U intensified A than the 1943 el kerosene oil
