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LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter)-This is the first time in the đây sert that we have had equal equipment and we are still only a half-armed nation fighting a fully-armed nation which has klready passed the maturation point in its armaments. But dur- Ing* 1941 we shall become a well-armed nation too. It takes three to four years to put the industries of a country on a war basis, said Mr. Winston Churchill in the House of Commans yesterday.

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SQUADRON NO. 74 "Let the members now returning

LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter) to their constituencies use theth influence to help the good work The No. 74 Squadron of the RAF of sustaining morals, that is is again well represented in the necessary. and speeding up. the wards list a Squadron Leader, work of production. We are by two officers and one sergeant re- tno mcana content. We must celving decorations.

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never be content (Cheers), wal It was the officers of must continue to strive to do our squadron which, by itself futmost to see that our men have destroyed at least 84 enemy at. weapons worthy of the task they craft and who attained the 600th are to perform.

success for the station from which the squadron operates.

FOOD PRODUCTIUN

Pilot Officer Stephen, DFC.. "What I say in respect of muni- who with a Flight Commander tions applies with equal force to while on voluntary patrol per- food production in all its forms formed this feat, received the

In the south Greek artillery is When I make recently of the Dso. pounding away at the coastal Years 1943 and 1944. I did not Ha has brought down 19 enemy town of Chimarra and are also mean that I believed that the war machines. hammering away at Tepelu would continue until then, but in

BRILLIANT LEADER matters like agriculture and ship- Squadron Leader Adolph Malun, There are many reports of bit building, wou have got to Jonk D.F.C. also receives the D.A.0. zards. One message' says that ahead

This officer has commanded the Greek troops found the bodies of "If you die not work plans un No. 74 Squadron with outstanding Italian omcers and men who died, that scale, You won'a not even success over an intensive period of hunger and exposure when get the first fruits that come for of air operations and his brilliant they laid down in the snow dur-ward in good time. Anything leadership, skill and determination that can be done to increase the contributed largely to the suc- Valona was raided by the R. volume of food production would cesses obtained.

ing their retreat.

Public School, has himself des- troyed 18 enemy aircraft and pos- sibly six more.

A. F. on Wednesday the attack be the wisest insurance for the Malan, who, is a South African being directed against the sea- later years of this war. assuming from the town of Wellington and plane base, docks and warehouses, that it should be prolonged for was training on the ship "General All bombs fell on the target and such a period, which is Dr Du Botha" after he left Wellington a warehouse was scen on fire.-means impossible. Italian Aghters put up a stiff op- UNRELAXED' VIGILANCE .. position and during a 20 minute combat at least one is believed to one supposed that the supreme whose names are in the list in- "It would be a disaster it anv Other members of the squadron. have been shot down. One of our mortal dangers are passed. They clude one pilot officer, Bryan Bre not here re dangers of a Draper, who is awarded the DF.C prolonged-deadlock, but there may and Bergeant Wilfred Skinner, who base but all the rest got home be also more immediate dangers receives the DF.M. safely...

machines had to make

forced 8

landing while returning to

GREEK ORDER OF DAY LONDON. Dec. 20

"The winter sessua' will offer some advantages to the invader (Reuter) In counter-balance to those which "Victory will be ours and, it will belong to the summer season. It

be the most glorious victory ofwill be lack of prudence amount

FREE AUSTRIAN MOVEMENT

TORONTO, Dec. 20 (Beuter)-

our history." declares General ing to a crime if vigilance were The formation is announced here. Papagos. Commander-in-Chlef of relaxed (Cheers). We must watch of a Free Austrian movement, the Greek Army, in an Order of from hour to hang the menace under the chairmanship of Dr. the Day, according to Athens which still exists in full force so Bchuschniggs" and ex-Minister radio last night.

short a distance Way-

anti-Nazi and anti-Fascist Aus-

Addressing his officers and men

"I may say that the defence of, trians throughout the world are he says: "All Greece is proud of our shores a complete rom invited. you and grateful to you, and the North Scotland round Ireland,! whole world watches you with enormous masses of guna 18: admiration.

chine-guns, fortifled posts, and

You have not. ceased to repulse every defence device are erected the aggressor, to dislodge him and are guarded by large num- successively from all his fortified bers of ardent and well trained positions and afterwards pursue men, but we are not making the" bim continuously without respite, mistake which was made by the "The blows you have dealt have French General Staff when they placed the enemy in R very thought that the Maginot Jins dimcult position. A great part of was all that was necessary. his forces are dispersed and de- moralised

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"The enemy is giving way be- fore you and to Africa before the

British."

General Papagos expressed the certainty that the enemy would be hurled back into the sea.

CONFIDENCE IN POWER

"We have now got a very large move to any army which can {place with great rapidity and can 50 into action in a strong counter offensive. Therefore, we may have good confidence in our power to beat the enemy supposing. "that The should mcceed in setting

LITTLE ENEMY foot in any strength on these

AIR ACTIVITY

ONE. NIGHT ALERT IN LONDON LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter) Little enemy air setivity occurred over Britain during daylight yes-

EIRE PORTS UNDER terday and no burbs were drop MILITARY CONTROL ped in any area.

ahores.

"Nevertheless! we must remeIN- ber that Hitler---I should certainly ¡deprecate anyfiy mparison between |Hitler and⋅ Napoleon because I do not want to fault the dead-- wields gigantic power, and he has great need of doing something in the near future."

Sudden Death Of Finnish President

A pilot of the Fighter Commatid LONDON, Dec. 2 (Reuter) squadroh #hich helped- to SAVE The ports of Galway and aligd the destroyer Javelin from bomb- inn the west coast of Eire are ing attacks when she was recent 'placed under total military com-ly disabled by enemy' setion; shot TOKYO, Dec. 20 (Renter-The trol by an order made yesterday down a Dornier-17 bomber over Ambasador, who recently stated by the Minister of Defence. In an interview that friendship The step appears to be the con-

the West Country, t

The London area had its first Kyosti Kallic, Finland's 66-year- between derdikdy and the Barlet intiation of the Elrean polley of alert last night since Monday old President, died in dramatic could not last has been re-appoint preparedness against an invader. night but it was of comparative- circumstances yesterday, within

ed Ambassador to Berlin. **

Special defence measures have ly short duration;gt

A tow high explosive:=and one London are

LOND

LONDON, Dec 20 (Reuter)

He is Lieutenant-General O been in operation since the capl hima, who was Ambassador i tulation of France and since cendiary bombs were dropped in duties Berlin until November, 1939.

The Government has decided to aly, the ports of Dublin, Cork, recall the present Ambassador Kingstown, Bantry Bay and Longh willy have been under military

Mr. Kurusu, and re-appoint Lien- tenant-General Oshima, and the German Government has agreed to this move that

direction.

a few hours of the election of a new president to take over the which ill-health had prompted him to renounce.

The outgomg President drovu CHICAGO, Dec 20 (Reater) through the crowded streets of The seizure of the records of the Helsinki past lines of youthgal German-American Bund here and torch-bearers on his way to re- the Tentonia Publishing Company, tirement to a farm in the country. I was in an interview with a cause Russia is a Communist coun- has been ordered by a judge of the At the station he was received Japanese newspaper last July that try but because Hitler believes Municipal Court ord by a Guard of Honour. As he was Oshima declared: "Hitler has con- that the Blay race is impeding Bath - concerns are being sueagging along its ranks, he sudden- firmed the opinion that Russia the development of the German for non-payment of personal bro. ly collapsed with a heart must be defeated in war, not be people.”

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