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* HUNGARY CALLS UP ADDITIONAL MEN ?'.m A?’P?:?? ‘T’%fli n y - w5 , ',,( « o C# 4B hk ® ¢ rWO m.&'é‘ c I,i‘“:w) ; LONDON.â€"The Dublin corres?ondent of The London Daily Mail “epoflod today that the Rome radio had offered full Axis support of « Fire in the event of "British aggression". {' <This was the broadcast statement according to the correspondent: M Should the Irish people be forced to defend themselves against O mkan aggrxssionpthey cam ass:;'red ;)‘!ilhehfiill .hned wholeâ€"hearted Di the Axis Powers. es the mitiary help the whole 'd‘wnuld be on their side." P Catholic "s ‘ (Continued on Page 8) LONDON.â€"AIl London firemen aided by thousands of volunteers battled towering flames throughout the capital early today following one of the most destructive raids yet loosed by waves of German bombers in a preâ€"midnight raid. oa.qL said "it isâ€"safe to say that Jamage uns 5 miflfcns- & pounds.". Casualtcies were believed ext ely heavy as sweating firemen battled lln‘ur:‘dret;l‘s o‘f fires throughout the capital arca.. \ se SE e o e aig Nt T 1P F Flares incendiaries ;r:'l-l‘l’lj areas by planes which flew over CONCENTRATED ATTACK ON LONDON LONDON.â€"The German Air Force London last night in a heavy concentrate n‘e”,!nmatically breaking a threeâ€"night fore midnight the raiders-passeg B The Press Association said the raid was the h>aviest attacks on London. EIRE GUARANTEED "AXIS SUPPORT _ _ Gen. Franc;‘scoBe;tl.é;rd;;c‘(')‘r’l.l.r.l.\.:;l.l his men to rally and attempt to redeem the blocking the British advance into Libya. Ila'l'i';ifisâ€";‘a'fit'l.;ruoév h:'.‘B:i;;;fi troops claimed that they be "ready to die" rather than give up by Marshal Graziani, North African commander §aturday "SACRIFICE GARRISON" HOLDS PORT WITH THE BRITISH FORCES OUTSIDE BARL garrison" of 20,000 Italians held this besieged port w their comrades threw up additional fortifications for at Tobruk, 50 miles to the west. LONDON.â€"A British cruiser attacked and chased a "powerful enemy surface raider‘ preying on a North Atlantic convoy Christmas morning and, in the pursuit, sank a German vessel believed to have been the raider‘s supply ship, the Admiralty disclosed today. The cruiser, the 10,000â€"ton Berwick, ‘was damaged slightly. This was the second time within a month that she bore the scars of a sea battle. The communique disclosed that she hai been transâ€" ferlred from Mediterranean service against Italy to convoy duty in the Atlantic. t CAIRO.â€"British guns poured shells into the Italiar Bardia today in continued preparation for a final attack stronghold in Northeastern Libya, 15 miles from the Egy British authorities saig‘ their guns met "comparat: sponse from the Italian gatrison." 600,000 NAZIS MOVE ACROSS HUNGARY POUR SHELLS INTO BARDIA "FOOD DICTATOR" IN ITALY ' ROME.â€"Italy set up a dictator of the dinner table today with absoâ€" lute control over the appeasement of the national appetite. . The man, chosen by law to regulate the production and consumption, exportation and importation of food for civilians and fighting forces alike, was the minister of agriculture, Giuseppe Tassinari, 49, perhaps Italy‘s foremog-t authority on agricultural economy. ‘ NC I0, vafabeiieor o hoi Ap dn t nb harte: 2 hi in hofiA ‘At the height of the raid launched by hundreds of German bombers, ground workers, working desperately to control the flames‘ saw squadâ€" ron after squadron of Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes dive into the midst of the bombers under a roof of brightly illuminated clouds. The German raiders sought refuge in those clouds. The fate of small nations in Europe " at the point of a Nazi gun." TOWERING FLAMES IN LONDON Saying that if Britain were defeated the United States " living at the point of a gun," Mr. Roosevelt said "we must be arselrfnal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as seriou itself." _ In a "fireside chat" from the networks, the president said th Great Britain and "no dictator, n "r?ca‘ oritain and "no dictator, no combination of &cfifi;l;,-;n‘l-i‘-w:al;; that determination by threats of how they will construe that deterâ€" mination." WASHINGTON.â€"President on the "latest and best inform believes that the Axis Powers declared the United States has of peace." AXIS POWERS "NOT GOING TO WIN®" I a t ATHENS.â€"Italian troops in Albania took to skis today to meet| ou the counterâ€"invading Greeks, but the Greek high command announced|he that the experiment collapsed when the Fascists kicked off their".he runners and scattered. 1. mang oipoj2, . @ _ _ _ jb feceived enthusiastically by Turkish Governâ€" ment circles, press and the general public today and the official Ankara radio,said it constituted a "major turning in txe war." A spokesman in Government quarters termed the speech "extremeâ€" ly promising for the outlook of democratic powers and their friends. It made an excellent impression in Ankara." \ ITALIANS "TAKE OFF" ON SKIS ISTANBUL, Turkey.â€"President Roosevelt‘s call States aid for Britain was received enthusiastically by ment circles, press and the general public today and t] radick saidbit constgtu’tsd a "major turning in d‘L war. TURKEY PRAISES F.D.R‘s SPEECH As the night went on without air raiders be part of the United Kingdom, the theory was advan was responsible for the respite. I Surae s20rfic § . 00. C410 0006 HFC PBHICTS and ar aircraft g&awas mobilized last night to combat any renewal the Nazi ult of Sunday but the usual hour of the night ra came and passed, without an alert from the city‘s hundreds of sirens. Ac a late hour quiet reigned over scarred London. As the night went &n without air raidams Rui2 c 20c ccuca in PERMIT TO BE "STRICTLY ENFORCEDr â€" â€" ‘ & AlIUVUC OTTAWA.â€"New regulations under which all residents of Canada must obtain a permit from the Foreign Ew Control Board before| Waterioo Coun le-vinstbe country will be "strictly enf when they come into Reâ€"elected by A eflect,muaryl,theboandnidinlmtementmht. ~ Township Hall Filled, Permits will be n whether or not the resident wishes to But take money out ‘: Cm him, the statement, said. Up to now Quiet Meeting. no ren_nit has beé re%nrd unless the resident was farrying Canadian m or foreign cash og traveller‘s ghecks. J € (By Staff 'm-'r!),' . ENTREVILLE â€" LONDON PREPARED, BUT NO RAID Waterloo Township t'Jolmdlu LO] :â€"The full power of London‘s fire fighters and antiâ€"|reâ€"elected by acclamation at aircraft ‘was mobilized last night to combat any renewal of|annual nomination _ meeting the Nazi ult of Sunday but the usual hour of the night raids Monday ‘afternoon. Only the came and nnseerl urifhang as td a n t t PE mt e o eoie wmwww war minister, maNewammtbhuumwmmmb “myonthe)obnndawaitordenmm% "Nineteen fortyâ€"one will be a year of n, and conflict in Meummmmmmmwmmum for the to re " he said. ; Wedm.gfl’ Ifl fi to the‘ nation by radio on y. *"*"a.____,, ____"",Of aby other outbreak in the Balkans Simul: . reports Balkans. "'“’meummuw: 'fi"'uamn section of Rumania near the disputed Danube River mouth, as â€" BUDAPEST, Hungary.â€"With Germany pouring soldlers into Ru mgtwmmmmmr%m%fi parations for war or any other outbreak in the Balkans. | i e Chronicle} "POWERFUL ENEMY RAIDER»r nited States has "no right ‘;;;éa's:m"t-; t;;l.;ou;a“g-e t.;luli:‘ de chat" from the White House, broadcast over all major president said the United States is determined to aid Se h Bd 404 02 mss s oc TON.â€"President Roosevelt sayi:ig his opinion w;s based |:‘md"‘bgst “i‘r‘\fonna‘!.ion,’: told the United States that he 1eC)._ For us this is an emergency as serious as war sraall_nations in Europe "tells us what it means to live n h1 meresc N 1 German Air Force dumped tons of cx 1 s M plosives on a heavy concentrated attack durimg the carly dark. ports from Sofia, Bulgaria ?Emfb!wbqwhgng ue t OOOC OOE VEW COOVCS INAT HC P°“'f'3 "are not going to win this war" and "STAYLON THE JOB" » Saturday ’G Prime Minister Churchill and General s» raziani have just collaborated in writing one N" HOLDS PORT 'of history‘s regretful pages. The Graziana conâ€" l-;(gfiicg‘sis%ev;li‘f:&t:pggnb'}:?. I{;‘ "sac;iflcef tribution is in the form of a report to II Duce, C while ousan i i pha mn doriihications for in stromate staoe Ttovane 16 aares "of ChorERNITS en 1y h itish troops claimed _an order by Mussolini radio speech to Italy that told how hard Britain rxtfl;iecra:‘hg‘r; mgr,rr: \(;sanardia tw'le.b"al'(‘m““di had tried to avoid that necessity. C a ow at Tobruk,. The "appeasement" of Premier Mussolini >lt; at::dgd?;:fi;:dfgbyiflg:;fiypflg by began before that of Reichsfuehrer Hitler. But e into Libya. it was as fruitless. Now Mr. Churchill promises ACK ON LONDON ithe use of 9ther methods to bring Faseirts oo e e e e eemen mmmee PEOITRU DC * Mr‘: Roosevelt said "we must be the great en ppa Sn Oe en ie T F shores of the o e mg mt ald CAE m threeâ€"night Christmas period of peace. ers-passeg signal suddenly brought silence. e _raid was equal in intensity to some of lon. | high explosives were unloaded in many rer the capital in seemingly enkiless waves. [ NB it Csniidate ons Li d 1 M . L o d o9 ibya, 15 miles from the Egyptian border. qy ds 0 e e tenten t T lt‘s News at a Monday into the Italian base town of ‘comparatively little 1 Reeve Lorne B. Weber pointed c _ to skis today to meet out in his nomination address that igh command announced|he was first clected to council in ascists kicked off their,the postâ€"war period which folâ€" lowed the first Great War, and noted that "Waterloo township has not fallen down any in the %o.& , F.D.R. cution of this second Great War". , SAYS F.D. Citing an cxample of Waterloo ng his opinion was based Township‘s patriotism, the reeve > United S‘Eates t'lgnt h: declared that the township ~"is roino win thic wa o nc p e 2e un1 2 R CoLas on the Fascist would be ther | Deputy The county three years ago purâ€" chased a new snow plow, and beâ€" cause the Highways Department pays 50% on the lowest tenderer, they purchased the cheapest plow. Reeve Milton A. Schmidt revealâ€" ed the following: BADEN.â€"That the county counâ€" cil possesses some of the country‘s best "horseâ€"traders" was evidenced at the township nomination meetâ€" ing here Monday afternoon. \ Someé of Best "Horse Traders" Are Waterloo Council Men es of 4;wnship lzor;d were taken er by the county, during 1940, and that e would attempt to see in the near future that two addiâ€" tional roads were ‘taken over. _ On the ‘b)ect of snow removal proud of Bridgeport, which has conu'ibutt;d more ual:;ive servwem men to the cause any o place iubgize in the Dominion:;m Describing agriculture as * second line of defence", Reeve Weâ€" ber remarked that the federal govâ€" ernment‘s pegging of butter at 34 cents “tlex the farmer just what he is going to get for the product, but it does not tell him what it is going to cost him to produce it". But they fpund the -plov;v was made to name opposition. . Reeve Lauds Township Patrictism WATERLOO TOWNSHIP THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT IS IN VERY POOR CONDITION Praise Tp. As Patriotic Contests Seen In 2 T owns,kf‘ffif -fig Waterloo Council Acclaimed The Chronicle Carl Ellis (acel.) Artiur Hachborn (accl.) Lonné Johannies (accl.) Lorne B. Weber (accl.) Robert E. Cowan (accl.) Vol. 44, No. 1 (Continued on Page 8) township clerk considerably e the two o‘clock deadline reached, but no move was (By Staff Writer) iani and Churchillâ€" to Italy QUALIFICATIONS FOR TBE FIVE 1941 TOWNSHIP COUNCHS the es EDITORIALS Then they immediately bought it back for $50. AND THEN they turned around and sold it for $5001 (P.S.â€"The last purchaser got a bargain . . . they wanted to mount the heavy old plow on a caterpillar tractor for snow removal! % They traded the old &ow in on a new plow and got $300 for it. So the county this year decided to buy a new plow. _ _ much too heavy for the county truck. The plow damag‘ed the frame and the springs on the truck of Waterloo, the pilot, and L.A.C. Henry Levy, 21, of Toronto. The two received their winfi a few weeks ago and were to posted for new duties on Monday. Wreckage of their plane indiâ€" broke in two. mfiofi}iflt'&'fi foot nrpugty ihe "g to lana oithin stariding in her back yard. _â€" â€" _ _ The victims were identified as & stone house at West Brook, and broke in two. ’Bre.vgtpr shot 300 WELLESLEY Local Airman Dies In Crash On Final Day of Training while Edmund S&hwindt qualified '0" Monday. Five men were nomâ€" inated to the three council seats. In his nomination address, Reeve Schuett spoke of the twoâ€"year term issue upon which Woolwich will vote. He saw good points on el'-he';d side of the question, but poin out that a $200 saving would be affected by the township if the twoâ€"year term were adopted. tions before the de@dline Tuesday nlgt. rennn&tneerhin Y the two men named far Ae. W ikngs as (By Staff Writer) m e ts Th omm ve posts of Woolwg township counâ€" cil, at the nomifiation meeting on Woolwick Meeting Nominates 10 Men Amos Wilkinson Hugh Chalmers Herbert Schnar Victim Is George D. Lowe of Waterloo, 22â€"Yearâ€"Old Leading Aircraftsman of R.C.A.F.; ‘l:._A.C. ‘l'klry mi:evy, 21, Toronto, Dies With Him; Lx wrll_ uta l the two men named for deâ€" reeve, the dégision of Norman ts o * The Week in Pictures Huehn .â€"On‘ their last day 0 airmen died on their plane struck Duce for the y«licy that has brought British fire on Italy, G c:al Graziani in effect blames the hom%fl_tmgt. chich is under Il Duve‘s inâ€" from British sources match Ge;ne:arlm(".r:;l:;;s in depicting the brilliance and power of the British drive. \.nd as Mr. Churchill blames 11 In ordinary circumst-ances, Mr. Churchill‘s address might have been "bad psychology." But its tim__ing.is_ remarkable. Few news stories even, AoAintinit‘s. 2 einirniaie retatncdacdo ced 0 2 M . 1. hn making dictator it must face destruction of its Empire under.British guns, Mr. Churchill imâ€" plies. And General Graziani‘s report, published in the Italian press, should assure ‘the Italian people that this is quite possible. their senses. Unless Italy rids itself of its warâ€" ‘ tohatinged on Page 8) AterLoo, Ontamio, Wrepnesoary, Januazy 1, 1941 Bay went, into ok'aP tion. _ They were members of theâ€"first class of pilots at the Collins Bay school to receive their wings, three weeks ago. The airdrome is No. 31 seconâ€" dary flying training school. L.A.C. Lowe was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lowe, 62 Allan St. West, Waterloo. He ?ent Christmas was his parents and reâ€" turned to Kingston over the weekâ€" end. He was educated at Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo collegiate and had been employed as a clerk in the office of the Mutual Life Assurance Comâ€" pany, Waterloo, until a year ago when he joined the RC.A.F, There survive, in addition to his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lowe, Waterloo, and a sisâ€" ter, Betty, at home. The men were on a practice flight and were less than five miles from their home port. The crash was the first fatal accident since the Norâ€" man Rogers‘ airdrqme at Collins P‘ane ‘ore away Hydro and teleâ€" }mph lines, bounced over the highâ€" way and crashed into the hm | iMfi.fi‘:langM l'aeculi,n:-he nolle. ln(.l plane ng a saw it dive into a clump of trees and disappear. A few seconds later she heard the crash and saw the plane hurtling toward her house. She had moved about 20 yards toâ€" ward it when the motor crashed almost on the spot where she had been standing when she first heard‘ the plane. cated it struck at high speed in a field of, trees andhgrubs on the south side of the highway. The plam‘e_ _tgrg away Hydro and teleâ€" Council Witzel. Councillors Gordon B. Hallman and John Hohl will battle it out ‘for the office of deputy reeve. ' At press time there appeared to be a fight for the three council seats. Exâ€"Deputy Reeve Simon Ditner and a newcomer Henry Bowman had qualified, while presâ€" ent Councillior Conrad Rueffer, and exâ€"Councillor Alfred E. Kerr, along with Edward Klinckman and Willard Witmer were expectâ€" ed to sign the qualification papers 6th, nominees for the various township offices announced an allâ€" round fight for the posts. Reeve Milton A. Schmidt will be omed for the chief township chair by Deputy Reeve William electors were assured of a municiâ€" pal election next Monday, January Wilmot Township Electors Assured of an Election of Largest Nomination Meeting; Anticipated ‘Stormy Session‘ Is a Quiet Meeting. DEPUTY REEVE WITZEL l TO OPPOSE SCHMIDT Best Crowd In History Wm. R. Snyder Eamund Schwindt (Continued on Page 6) ery Happy New Year of the Week (By Staff Writer) SHiP Waterloo Hospital Both (By Staff Writer), Hurled through the window of his father‘s car to the pavement, a oneâ€"yearâ€"old baby is fighting for his life in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo hosâ€" pital today. . Child Hurled Thro‘ Window Of Father‘s Car, in Crash terloo Coung. at Wellesley Vilâ€" lage, Jan. 7 The one month‘s course ends on Jan. 3ist, 1941. It will‘be under direction of agriculâ€" k..u~ ED SVopveo ced _ C eP raful slt aublit sine 9i tnd talnt Sndurt c drins Li is .20 sored by the Ontario Department of Agriculture commence in UWa_ of Agriculture co terloo County . at County Short Courses Begin â€" At Wellesley, on Jan. 7th â€" Mrs. to collaborate . mil a nomination slip in his favor. ReeveAflhmdenflhmlywith road and bridge work done in North Dumfries, in his nomination reâ€"election. N..G. McLeod requestâ€" ed his mover and seconder to keep Aheir seats when they rose to subâ€" mit a nomination slip in his favor. at in »ouee m feoe ipnind at mee would, enâ€" o"f'ffoe council would be acclaimed to John Taylor was also named for deputy reeve, but announced at 3.30 p.m. that he entertained no inâ€" tention of running, and withdrew in favor of Deputy Reeve Sudden‘s As The annual short Expect One Month‘s Agricultural and Home Economics Courses Will Be Well Aitended. WILMOT TOWNSHIP Henry B. Bowman Simon Ditner Gordon B. Hallman John Hoh] M. A. Schmidt Wm. Witzel Infant Suffers Fractured Skull and Severe Facial and Bbdy Lacerations; Is Removed to K.â€"W. Hospital, Together With Parents; Crash at Victoria and Pjirk Ste. representative E. I Mcâ€" _ i UPOLOD RDCC* MID ROLJ CISNUS BC tween Reeve Huchn and exâ€"reeve S“d!’en»‘mefmf'nmr.ndmd-a- agmuttmcom-,beu and members of the large the meeting |audience, but for the most part, e by the departâ€" the meeting was orderly. agriculture and > mmmpfi‘wum.mcm _a scheme ‘ _ ‘"I wasn‘t even goi ther )1 vouth 1n 5 auf ‘ . .. . umt even going ‘to bother in Waâ€" ing attended by Dr. Stanley. FA*2.}: Leavine, who said exanmiination â€" revealed Mrs. Coles to be suffering from a compound fracture of the nose, a fractured rlb and injured shoulder. Both were "dangerousâ€" ly injured" he stated. Coles, withcut mentioning any injury to himself assisted police *courses have been held in differâ€" ent districts of the county, and judging by support received this season in connection with the course, the classes should be a success. Officials point out. howâ€" ever, that success of the venture lies entirely in the hands of the The courses are free, but each student is required to deposit a contingency fee of 50 cents to coâ€" (Continued on Page 4) â€"â€"*~~ young men and women of the disâ€" trict, who are requested to be in attendance at the classes, regularâ€" 1.0 NORTH DUMFRIES John W. Burnett, who was noniâ€" nated for the deputy reeveship.‘ quent Brict but hery sioanes he. tween Reeve Huchn and exâ€"reeve Wagner, and between council memâ€" Nominated for dqfl reeve and council, John Beggs even attend ‘the meeting. Netther " did assured in Wellesiey township. Defeated by Reeve Huchn last year, exâ€"Reeve P. A. "Pete" Wagâ€" ner was nominated for the reeveâ€" ship again this year, but told the large crowd which filled the townâ€" ship hall at Crosshill that he had no intention of entering the field. Nominated for Wm. Gme?ie (acel.) Elwin G. Hall (accl.) W. J. Kinnaird (accl.) Ford Sudden (accl.) T o wl C f.élt'}f 3e 6 ns w 3 ~"