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"That sweater has sure advertised Linwood teams around the world," ; he laughed. "It‘s heen in practicâ€"; ally every country in the \-vorlri.~ The boys used to get quite a kick / out of the bright colours. 1 When he was at home. working with his father on the farm, the young seaman was accustomed to wearing a red, white and blue striped sport sweater, the type chosen by village hockey and softâ€" ball teams. world. In addition to Australia, he has seen New Zealand, England. Scotland. South Africa, South America, Cuba and sailed the has seen Ne Scotland, _ S America, Ci Indian Occan « Dial 2â€"0618 Victor Mature â€" Lucille Ball § Clark Gable â€" Rosalind Russell MON. â€" TUES. â€" WED. i Revival Your Evenings "At Home" Are Dates With Books ZP@Y’S Leave § They Met in Bombay Now is your chance to read ail those books you‘ve never had time for before! Histories and bi@graphies, eic. . . . But it doesn‘t matiter what you read. you must remember your eyes. Glasses expertly fitted by Gordon‘s will save them and keep them fit for wartime duties! 49 Ontario St. HERE‘S A SINCERE WIsH FROM ts Tto yor HEALTH, HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY IN 1943 GORDON‘S GOOD GLASSES (Continued from Page 1) SWEATER Ring Special street car service after the revival DPE "Follow The the Old S n o x e | I Cleaners Opposite Post Office KITCHENER * x0 35 â€" uAPPY NEW + YEOR > Wear {__Fire Chicf Harry Guerin said that (his department hadn‘t a single cull, J\vhi(‘h is in sharp contrast to the previous weekâ€"end when six calls were answered. Safte Way" department, which never closes down, was open throughout the holiday. In this regard. Chicf Constable John Hicks praised the public and particularly motorists on their orderly observance of the|by Al threeâ€"day holiday. He said lhat] ‘The despite the fact roads Saturday | Paul night and Sunday were so treacherâ€")clusec ous all busses had to be called off | the W their schedules, the few collisions |prese which did occur were of "very | tenda minor" importance, Femnre Fred Schlot (Continued from Page 1) TWIN CITY‘S Tues. 10.45 p.m Phone 2â€"4237 11@ Albert St Ring the WATERLOO In sions presented with Bibles as they are very |tendance and *memorizing of the ‘Golden Texts during the year. L. that , Martin. _ Doris â€" Bearinger, â€" Carl call, Shantz, Billy Ermel, Clifford Haâ€" the macher and Gerald Ermel were calls (presented with iBbles as they are entering the Senior Department of â€"â€" the Sunday School. Rev. Martin Bb ithen delivered a short‘ message. puman o Tss hass eR "C Mn ds ooo oi en ‘s Miss Norma Cressman. Kitchenâ€" cr, Miss Lorraine Gies, Waterloo, with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cressâ€" man, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Feick and Ronald. Kitchener, with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Feick. Friends of Mrs. Cornelius Nickel will be sorry to learn she underâ€" went an operation at the Kâ€"W Hosâ€" pital on hgo_qday. Mr. and Mrs. Urias Snidet, Arâ€" Iin and Twilah Snidet, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Snyder of Hespeler on Sunday. Nuss Patricia,Cressman of Kitchâ€" cner with Mrâ€" and Mrs. Robert Cressman for the weekâ€"end; Mr. and Mrs. Curric Shoemaker, Waterloo, with the latter‘s parents, Mr. _ and Mrs. Edmond Otterbein on Christmas day; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Snider and James of Winterbourne and Mary of Blair with Mr. and Mrs Henry Feick on Christmas day; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shereskic of Preston spent Christmas Day with his mother, Mrs. N. Shereskie. Other Visitors Include: Miss Patricia Cressman of Kitchâ€" cner with Mrâ€" and Mrs. Robert Cressman for the weekâ€"end> Hoffman, Wellesley, Misses Elsie and Violet Martin, | nursesâ€"inâ€"training | at St. Mary'sl Hospital spent Christmas at the | home of their parents. Rev. and | Mrs. Simon Martin + ‘ Mr. ind Mrs. George Bartholoâ€"‘ mew spent Christmas Day with | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Becker of the Plains. Mr. and Mis. Tom Sheresitic af ngor ol Parkway on Christmas . the provincial police, have been evening. During the evening Alâ€"| sent to Almonte to take charge of meda Bearinger read the scripture. â€" the investigation for the province. Violet Martin led in prayer and At Ottawa, the board of transport Ruth Feick read a poem. "Major Commissioners also ordered an Jonesâ€" Christmas Present‘; Elsic nquiry. * Martin sang a solo "Silent Night". lane E‘ai : ant ‘ cthers who took part were Arlin iRuSS'a“‘t’ Gain on Six F'on‘s'. Snider. James Martin and Leonâ€": Close Pincers on 300,000 Nazis ard Smider. During the cvoning{ MOSCOW.â€"Russian troops in a many Christmas _ Carols _ were ‘wild night of fighting from the sung, after which a number of‘central front to the Caucasus made J;’ll‘i\ served apples, popcorn, cookâ€" new gains on six separate fronts, lies and coffec were served. the noon high command communiâ€" Special Christmas Day services |que suid today. â€" were held at the Weber Megnonite | The Russians advancing southâ€" |Church on Christmas Day. Rev. ward in the middle Don sector were Rimon _ Martin _ preached _ the |reported only 45 miles from those: Christmas message. striking southwestward from On Sunday morning the Primary |Stalingrad and thus a second Rusâ€" and Junior Department of thesiin trap threatened the remains !Sunday _ School â€" presented |hen~’uf 22 German divisions, originally [Christmas program. Lconard Sniâ€" |ubwards of 300,000 men, in the ‘der, superintendent of the Sunday ‘Stalingrad area. § 7 School presided and the program Nazi Force in Peril tions, "A Little Man", by James Martin and "Jesus" by Lawrence ‘Martm; scripture reading, Isaiah 9:1â€"7 by Carl Shantz; "Pray". by Arlin Snider; song, "Away In a Manger® by Primary Class; exerâ€" cise, "Rejoice", by Grace Weber‘s c‘ass; song by pqgils. "Dear Little Stranger"; "The Christmas Story" by Aimeda Bearinger‘s class; poem ‘The Brightness of His Glory" by Paul Martin. The program was clused by the singing of "Joy to the World". The pupils were then Szhoo]'prvsided and the p;(;grâ€"avr;l opened _ ‘I_)y _ pupils singing, "O Ald. Brown will represent counâ€" cil on the county board of audit in place of Ald. Sturm. The young people of the Weber ‘Viennonite â€" Church met at the home of Mr.und Mrs. David Bearâ€" Ald. J; W. Washburn was apâ€" pointed to replace Ald. Sturm on the sports committee, while the housing committee of Ald. Mustin, Ald. Cundick and Ald. Brown was left unchanged. _ In boards and commussions, sevâ€" eral changes were made. Edward F. Donahoe, retiring as chairman of the board of health, due to a recent appointment as registrar of the Surrogate Court, and Ald.â€"elect Stanley Leavine, will be replaced on the health board by J. E. Motz and Ald. Sturm. The third member of the board is exâ€"Ald. Ivan Shantz. Council appointed Ayrton Dahmer, defeated labor candidate in the civic clection, to replace Ald.â€"elect Kartechner on the Famâ€" ily Relief Board. Mrs. Mabel E. Fraser, who is reâ€" tiring from the library board after six yeurs‘ service, is being replaced by Mrs K. Stacbler. Christmas Eve Marked by Y.P.S. Ald. Brown and Ald.â€"elect Stanlez F. Leavine replace Ald. Cundic and Ald. Alex. Schafer, retiring, on the fire and light, market and city hall and office committees. Ald. Leavine will also replace Ald. Sturm, defeated mayoral canâ€" didate, on the industrial committee The public service and workmen‘s grievance committees will remain unchanged â€" â€" The committee for consolidation of byâ€"laws was eliminated, but an agricultural committee, comprising Ald. Irvin Bowman, Kartechner dnd Brown, was set up. Before the appointments become official, however,. they must be ratificd at the inaugural meeting of the 1943 city council. All ~frills" which arecustomary ut inougural meectings are "definiteâ€" Iy out" for the 1943 session, Mayor Memz/inger stated. ‘The meeting will be held in the evening rather than in the atternoen. as usual. he added replace Ald. Henry Sturm, rveunnf on the works and uniulla commitâ€" tee. Aldâ€"elect William rtechner replaces Ald. Mustin on the sewer and cemetery committee and the railway and traffic committee, while WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES Regularly ome All Ye Faithful"; Recitaâ€" (Continued from Page 1) STRASBURG By Miss Doris Feick (Chronicle Correspondent) TEs w CUNDICK Buy ay . w1 French _ troops _ guarding _ the southern Allked flank were reported to have made an important advance south of Pountâ€"Duâ€"Fahs, some 30 miles south of Tunis An â€" Italian communique_ today claimed Alhed attacks on advanced Axis positions had been repulsed. _ While increased acrial actiities 'indxca(t-d it break in the heavy rains, most of the Allied ground forees appeared to be still bogged down in yellow mud, although the Vichy radio claimed there had been violent fighting in the Medjezâ€"Elâ€" Bab sector, 27 miles southwest of Tunis. |_ The capture of Biriukov by the Russian forces southwest of Stalinâ€" grad and the seizure of Solonetzky northeast of Biriukov by the armies of the middle Don brought the two ifnrccs near a junction. Allies‘ Planes Soften Up _ > , Axis in Tunisia Battle _ LONDON.â€"Flying Fortresses and the newest, deadliest Allicd fighting planes were believed engaged today: in a supreme offensive to utterly wreeck Axis communication Iinos‘ and transport in Tunisia. ( Should these two huge Russian [fr»rcvs join somewhere on the lower Donâ€"and the midâ€"day Soviet comâ€" imuniquv’ announced they â€" were moving forward â€"the strong Gerâ€" man forces at Kotelnikovski in the upper Caucasus also would be in great peril. â€" | (Engine Plows Through | Three Packed Coaches, Spreads Death, Injury ‘ Smashing into the rear of an Dr. Smirle Lawson, supervising coroner for Ontario, and Inspecâ€" tor A. F. Grant of the C.LB. of the provincial police, have been sent to Almonte to take charge of the investigation for the province. At Ottawa, the board of transport commissioners also ordered an inquiry. â€" Russians Gain on Six Fronts, Free Parking corner Duke and Ontario Streets. Bruce Bennett â€" Leslie Brooks Underground Agent Jerry Colonna Johnnie Johnston â€" Vera Vague "Priorities On Parade" Craig Stevens â€" Faye Emerson Preview Sunday Midnite 12.05 and Mon. â€" Tues. â€" Wed. Kathryn Grayson â€" Van Heflin Marsha Hunt Roger Touhy, the gang chief, and Basil (the Owl) Banghart, his lieutenantâ€"who had been described as savagely desperate menâ€"were captured this morning in an apartâ€" ment on the north side. With them was Edward Darlak, 32, serving 199 years imprisonment for the murder of a policeman. P ‘Seven Sweethearts‘ Shot by Gunmen CHICAGO.â€" All seven of the "terrible" Touhy longâ€"term gangâ€" sters who shot their way to freeâ€" dom from Stateville penitentiary at Joliet, IIL, Oct. 9, have been accounted for with the slayin‘g of two of them and the capture of the other five. J Edgar Hoover, federal bureau of investigation chief, anâ€" nounted this today â€" â€" victims of German war criminals inside Germany alone for whom the Germans would have to answer to the Allies in addition to those in occupied countries. SPECIAL NEW YEAR‘S EVE MIDNIGHT SHOW Doors Open 11.30 p.m. Trickets now on sale Ann Miller "Terrible" Touhy Gang Seized; Two of Them Thursday â€" Friday â€" Saturday CAPITOL THE WORLD‘S WEEK Dedaer said there were from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 potential (Continued from Page 1) 10,000,000 Potential Victims Women screamed and men fought to free themseives from the wreckage, as passengers on the second train and hundreds of Almonte residents who had been at the station rushed to the resâ€" cue. The Almonte town hall was turned into a temporary morgue, with bodies being taken there to await identification. Ottawaâ€"bound train laden with Christmas celebrants, at Almonte, a Canadian Pacific Railway troop train last night caused one of the worst railway wrécks in Canada‘s history. Thirtyâ€"six persons are known dead and possibly as many as 200 were injured, some seriâ€" ously. The wrecked train was standâ€" ing at the Almonte station, ready to leave, when the second train plowed into it. Many of the inâ€" jured were standing in the aisles of the packed train. Some were thrown through windows and roofs of the wrecked cars; others were hurt by the concussion and Aying wreckage. The First Big Swing Show of the Swing Shift "Secret Enemies® Added Attraction Added Feature MONDA Y Betty Rhodes Negotiations were now centred on arrangements for an carly meetâ€" ing between DeGaulle and Giraud in Africa, and it was believed in some quarters that it might take place in the next 10 days. There were unconfirmed reports place in the next 10 days. There were unconfirmed reports that De Gaulle also would go to Washington to confer with Presiâ€" dent Roosevelt and might be acâ€" companied by Gen. Georges Catâ€" roux, Fighting French leader for the Middle East. LONDON. â€" Gen. Charles De Gaulle, Fighting French leader, and Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, new French chieftain in Africa, have been negotiating for 48 hours on unification of all French empire forces. They have already pledged their mutual willingness to coâ€" aoperate with one another, reliable informants said today. Giraud, De Gaulle Already Pledged To Fight As One Bette (irable Added Attraction Seas Ablaze GALA New Year‘s Eve SHOW fdtw .", 4 o KA ". ‘-t ’\ Govoies Derpartment Store THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31< Commencing 11.45 P.M. "SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES" Thurs. WITH ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE: . . . and fraught with treachery and peril! DA YS â€" Starting Wednesday, Jan. oth ‘} A DPappy and §| Victorious â€"Rew Dear! ADDED ATTRACTION lohn Payne UNTIL MONDAY MORNING If wishes come true the readers of this paper will have the happiest New Year ever‘ To all our friends and customers, we offer this message of cheer with the underlying hope that the year 1943 will prove to be a victorious one for our alliecs and our boys who are far from home.‘ Depend on this shopping centre to give you the best service possible in proâ€" viding under adverse conditions your home needs and wear needs, while we are all striving for, and making sacrifices for, THIS 1943 VICTORY. CLOSED NEW YEARԤS EVE THURSDAY., AT 6.00 P.M. (ALL IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOR) King And Queen Streets â€" Kitchener _ Irving Berlin‘s Christmas hit, as a matter of fact, even broke the long standing sales record of the famous "Hut Sut Song", which for years has held the lead. Probably the next most popular this Christâ€" mas, they said, was "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition". although the latter hit was popular Dealers felt the war might have something to do with its amazing popularity, but contended the song "fitted the average home this Christmas®". "White Christmas" Is Favorite Melody That sentimental Yuletide melâ€" ody, _ "White _ Christmas", . first brought to the silver screen by "Bing" Ctosby, broke all standing records of sales in Twin City music shops, this Christmas. Fri. AT 9.00 A.M. Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero A WEEK oF SMASH HITS ROBERT STACK in "MEN OF TEX As~ Sat, Harry James and His Band | chiefly with the younger clement Did You Buy YOUR War Savings Stamp Toâ€"dayt Through â€" the _ years however, Kitehener and Waterles, long reâ€" garded n,\'\(ht music centre of the Dominion, Qave,. for the most part, favoured agsical _ and __ semiâ€" classical recuKgings. and with the exeeption of "White Christmas®", sales of the latter type are far in the lead. John Beal A T en * so Aeaty .. 28. usih ”7"/‘..{’ MON. & TUES. ADDED ATTRACTION with usth with Virginia Field a i, i q_g} ‘ / n'fl $