Page Six THE PEGPLE’S ABBY GCA TE January 6, 186 Bakery Placed FRANCO'S DRIVE BREAKS AGAINST LOYALIST LINES Italian Losses Are Heavy; Extensive Use Of Artillery BARCELONA, Spain—After two weeks of intensive fight- ing in which the Italian army has thrown everything it has in troous, tanks, artillery and avia- tion, the fascist offensive appeared to be wearing itself out this week against government defense lines. Tboyalist forces are now counter— attacking with increasing strength everywhere. - Five Italian divisions and the fourth INavarrese division, thrown into action jJast week, were still held up along a line marked by the villages Aspa and Bobera. The fact that Ttalian divisions have been held up after a nadvance which is nowhere more than 20 miles in depth gives some idea of the strength of Republican resistance. Perhaps the seventh and final push on the Exbro front saw the greatest use of artillery until now. Volunteers of the 18th Brigade had some experience with fascist shell- ing on September 23, but the artl- lery barrage to which Republican lines have been subjected during the past two weeks is five and six times more intense than anything known in the Ebro battle. Every. gun the Italians have has been kept at it every day for six to seven hours on end, often through the night. Then behind the artillery, come the tanks. After the artillery barage was lifted on the lower Segre front, Ita- lian aviation and tanks attempted to blast their way through Repu- blican lines for an advance—with- out success. In one week’s offensive the Ita- lians have lost between six to eihet thousand kKilld, wounded or taken prisoner. Hrom italy has come word that fascist newspapers were giving prominence to the participation of Italian legionnaires in Franco's latest offensive. Et is stated there are no less than 50,000 Italians in Hranco’s front lines. In addition, the Italian press reports that hun- dreds of Italian airplanes are flying for the Spanish fascists. Continued TELFORD could become self-supporting through cooperative undertakings. “Every effort should be made to further a concrete and prac- tical housing plan. Slum condi- tions existing in our city are de- plorable.”’ Recognizing the majority de- mand for improved recreational facilities, the mayor's program out— lined a proposal for “community cultural and recreational centers throughout the city.”’ “During these trying times such centers are a vital need of our people,” he said. Other major points referred to in the address included industrial and trade expansion, protection of the city’s grain trade, a civic paving plant, lower gasoline prices, im- proved inspection of foodstuffs and disposal of refuse and gparbage. The inaugural address, greeted by citizens as a program which would bring lasting benefit to the city, was broadcast from the coun- cil chambers through station CK MO and heard by thousands. First official act of Mayor Tel- ford at Wednesdays ceremony was Woman’s Bakery Strike Strengthened By Action Of Council Executive air ’ List ¥ the Woman’s Bakery on their Mac-Pap Campaign Speeded Trades Council Endorses Drive To Aid Vets Endorsation of the campaign to assist Canadian veterans re- turmed from active service in Spain to reestablish themselves in civil life was given by the Trades and Labor Council on Tuesday night when delegates adopted a motion of Charles Stewart, delegate from Division 101, Street Railwaymen’s Union. ; Stewart prefaced his motion with the remarks that a campaign had been started and since the Trades and Labor ongress and the council had on more than one oc- easion voted support for the Span- ish government, it was more ne- eessary now to support this cam- paign to aid the returning men, many of whom had been good trade unionists and would continue to be. Local unions were also urged to support the campaign for $2000 which the local office of the Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Batta- lion has launched as British Co- lumbia’s share of the national eaimpaign for $10,000. Lieutenant William HKardash, 2 volunteer fighter who lost his leg while defending his tank on the Aragon front, and Beckie Bu- hay, national organizer of the Friends of the Mackenzie-Pap— ineau Battalion, are starting on a tour of the Dominion which will add stimulus to the campaign. Kardash, who has written the pamphiet “I fought for Canada in Spain,” was the only Canadian in the Loyalist tank corps, and is ex pected to spend ten days here and on Wancouver Island along with Beckie Buhay who is well-known to Vancouver aiidiences. Many people of note in public, trade union and religious affairs have lent their support to the cam- paign to provide each wounded vet- eran with medical and surgical treatment, Since a number of them will require hospitalization and operations. Of the local men now returned one has already undergone an oOp- eration on his arm while another— Marcus Haldane—is in need of an artificial limb to replace his leg lost at Caspe. An operation will first be necessary before he can be fitted. the presentation of bravery awards r= to the six tugboat men Theodore Warne, whose heroic ac- ¢ion saved the lives of three fire- men during the Pied D fire last summer. —=e ee READ ‘THE FISHERMAN’ The Only Trade Union Paper in the Fishing Industry Published every other Tuesday by Salmon Purse Seiners Union and Pacific Coast Fishermen's Union. Rates: $1.00 Year — 60c Six Mos. 164 East Hastings Street of the;: 445 Gore Ave. Sey. 3038 Hotel East PURE Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince FCOD PRODUCTS Rupert, New Westminster, Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton Kelly Douglas Co. Ltd. Vancouver : Protracted strike of union bakers was strengthened this week when the Vancouver Trades Council executive decided to place Humphreys, business agent for Bakery and Confectionery Work- ers’ Union, local 468, told the Advocate. The strike which is now in its eighth week started when J. C. Brault, manager for the bakery, refused to abide by the majority award of an arbitration board on October 17 which acceded to #all “we do not patronize’ list, J. the demands of the Baiers’ Union. Upward revision of bakers wages and employment of one apprentice to every 12 bakers were some of the chief awards handed down by the board. Shortly after the award was ren- dered the union was forced to call a strike when the management failed to agree to the government ruling. Since that time pickets have patrolled the premises of the vari- ous shops throughout the city with slogans advisine the public to help them maintain the arbitration award. During the last days of Novem- ber, Hugo Ray, counsel for J. C. Brault, threatened to apply for a writ restraining the union from further picketing of the premises by December 1 and claim damages for loss of business, but no action was taken since the union replied that pickets were not molesting: anyone on the streets, Peaceful picketing was upheld by Magistrate Gillies when W. Gilbert mras convicted of attacking Wom- an’s Bakery pickets with an axe last Wovember. WILL FEATURE » LEADING SINGER Featuring Allan Watson, gifted Canadian baritone, Vancouver Sym- phony Society’s first concert of the New Wear, to be conducted by Al- lard de Ridder in the Orpheum Theatre Sunday, January 15, at 3 p-m., promises to be exceptionally interesting. Since leaving his home in New Westminster some years ago, Mr. Watson has had a successful career in the larger Pacific Coast musical centres, where he has appeared in concert, oratoria, opera, radio and on the screen. As evidence of Mr. Watson’s capable artistry and yo- cal powers, the critic of the Los Angeles Herald-Express wrote: “Fe possesses a very mellow and expressive baritone voice, the vi- brance of which he controls delight- fully in unusually fine effects.” Among others, Mr. Watson has appeared on the screen in “Rose Marie,” “Prince and the Pauper,”’ “Alexander's Ragtime Band,’ “The Great Waltz,’ and ‘‘In Old Chicago.” In December he sang in three per— fonmances of HMandels “Messiah,” and in Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio~”’ Tickets for this attractive con- NEW STRATEGY QUTLINED FOR CHINESE TROOPS Karo S. Alabian, associated with Boris M_. Tofan as architect for the Soviet pavilion at New Work Wold’s Fair, photographed with Virs. Alabian as they arrived in New York. Ald. Stewart Reelected In Smith Toronto Special to the Advocate. TORONTO, Ont.—Faced with an unprecedented campaign of reaction and red-baiting and the expenditure of thousands of dollars by the Tory machine controlling the City Hall, a number of Toronto labor-progressives just failed of election to city coun- eil and board of education posts? in the annual civic contest here Monday, January 2. Only labor-backed candidate to win a position on the city council was Alderman Stewart Smith, re- elected for his third siuwecessive 2} term in Ward 5 with a big major- ity. Wis running mate, Alderman J. B. Salsberg, was defeated in Ward 4 by a close margin after Tory reactionaries and Trotskyite elements combined in a campaign which confused main issues of the election. Jobn Weir associate editor of the Daily Clarion and for two years a member of the board of educa- tion, was also defeated when the progressive vote was split by Her-— bert Orliffe, provincial secretary of the CCE, who openly backed a reactionary candidate. Salsberg s defeat was also partly attributed to Orliffe’s support of the red bait- ers, though he was repudiated in his action by GCE clubs in the ward. Tim Buck, general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada and people’s candidate for the board of control, imereased his vote to some 45,000, a boost of elose to 1000 over the previous year when he failed of election. by 258 votes. Voters’ interest in the election of laborsprogressives combined with the extent of the campaign waged by reactionaries to defeat their bid was seen as the reason for the re- eord poll of 146,425, larger by 20,- 000 than the previous total. Defeat of Tim Buck and other cert can be obtained at the M. A. Kelly Co., 659 Granville street, and to avoid disappointment patrons are urged to make reservations im- mediately. labor candidates was largely attri- buted to the red-baiting as well as the disfranchising of some 4000 re- gistered voters through a techni- cality just prior to the election. Continued Woodworkers Open Drive On ‘Closed’ Camps intense organization, and pense. | strengthening of their political arm to bolster the work of the economic arm. “The day is past when workers ean merely listen to pep talks,’ he asserted, “and every delegate here should go back to his union with the resolution that he per- sonally will see that rank-and- file committees will take tmmedi- ate action on the program laid down here.”’ This would mean immediate at tention to organizational problems throughout the entire district, he said, and a reawakening among BC workers of their political strength. “The way to save democracy,” he declared, “is to use it at the polls. By this system the TWA has 192 functioning local unions, each vit- ally concerned with the problems of the community, state, and na- tion. “The interests of the workers,” he explained, “are also the interests of the shopkeepers, the professional workers, and all the small business men, who are being squeezed out of existence by big business.” Grant MacNeil, CCE-MP, progres- sive member for North Vancouver, addressed the convention and pledged the support of the Co-oper- ative Commonwealth Federation in the cause cf workers. “J propose there should be an amendment to Section 387 of the eS Blubber Bay riot last summer,” declared MacNeil. Don Helmick, IWA executive board member of the Columbia River district, brought greetings and described the similarity of prob- lems on both sides of the line. Ted Dokter, president of the Grays -Willapa Harbors district council, stressed the international solidarity of the lumber operators, whose names are the same on both US and Canadian timber operations. ‘But the lumber operators want that boundary line a mile high where the workers are concerned,” he said. “They want to see us fighting each other in a battle in which they will be the winners.” W. J. Baker, president, and Louis Lamp, executive board member of the IWA plywood council, spoke on the need for conservation of forest resources and the need for coopera— tion of workers in both countries. The convention heard reports from Editor George Brown and Business Manager H. Lundgren of the BC Lumber Worker. The im- portance of the paper a5 an organ- izer was stressed, and the coopera-— tion between the BC Lumber Worker and the Timber Worker were brought out. Editor Louis R. Ruber and Busi- ness Manager Bert Dietz spoke briefly on the role of the labor press, and pledged cooperation with the organizational in BC. The convention week concluded with the annual woodworkers’ ball and political drive Criminal Code, which allowed the provincial police to perpetrate the at the Palomar Thursday night. ~— aN ALD. STEWART SMITH Cumberland Council Reports CUMBERLAND BC, Jan. 5—A year without a single fire being re— ported within the city limits was contained in a report of Ald. Ban- nerman at the last meeting of the 1938 council. Thanks to the coun- eil for its support and cooperation was extended by the alderman in Chiang Kai-Shek Cleans Traitors From Government Ranks CHUNGKING, China — China’s armies of liberation must take an increasing offen- Sive against the Japanese in- vaders while avoiding large scaie frontal battles) General Chu Tek, commander of the Eighth Routes Army, told superior commanders of Shansi and Suiyan troops in = report Made public here. Stressing his confidence in vic- tory over the Japanese, the Com- munist military leader laid before the high command a series of new tactics to nullify Japanese techni- cal superiority by guerilla opera- tions both at the front and on the flanks. “Experience has taught us that defense is a bad way of fightin= a war,’ Chu Teh declared. “We must attack the enemy when he does not expect battle, sidestep his See when he takes the initia- ive.’ (Continued on Page 3) The Highth Route Army leader's proposals for strengthening the military front against the invader followed closely on recent clean- ups behind the lines of traitorous elements within the Kuomintang. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has taken personal charge of a drive to strengthen the government by eliminating weak elements who have shown Signs of capitulating te Japanese fascism. The drive has been accompanied by an enormous strengthening of Civilian morale. Meanwhile Chinese guerilla armies have slashed and jabbed at Japanese positions on every battlefront in a running series of attacks during the last few days. Im Manchuria, Japan’s base for invasion of Worth China, military dispatches told of relentless Chin— ese warfare against the Nipponess army of occupation. Japanese punitive expeditions sent out to “mop up’ the guerilla bands have been cut to ribbons by the swift-striking, hard fighting campaigners of the mobile Chinese columns ranging far and wide throughout Manchuria. During the past three months alone in the Hsinking district there were 321 small-scale battles be- tween Chinese partisans and the Japanese, in which 20,000 Chinese troops were involved. There were more than 1000 anti- Japanese operations in Hsinking during the same period. Injunction Hearing Again Postponed Hearing of an action brought by seven oil companies and two retail sales outlets against an order of the provincial government Ehuei Board was adjourned in Supreme Gourt again Thursday to Jan. 16. The adjournment was geranted with the consent of both parties te the action. reporting for the fire warden. Council’s suggestion of making Third street a secondary highway instead of Fourth street is being considered by the Department of Public Works according to a letter to the council. One vacancy on the Parks Board was tabled until the next meeting of the council on Ald. Robertson’s motion. J. R. Watiker, former sec- retary, had been approached to serve another year by some of his associates, the council stated Walker was not anxious to serve again. ARMS FOR SPAIN but other members of DONOVAN Typewriters CASH REGISTERS, All Makes ADDING MACHINES Terms 4f Desired 608 W. PENDESR ST. 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