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JIOST SERIOUS I
CABINET CRISIS
IN 20 YEARS
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OTTAWA, Canada, Nov. 24. —
(AP)—Prime Minister MacKenzie
King, struggled to hold his Can
adian government together in the
^most serious cabinet crisis in
twenty years. Parliament was
aroused over the anticipated anti
conscription demonstration in the
French speaking province of
Quebec.
The disturbances were remin
iscent of the rioting during the
last war.
The trouble broke out last night
after the government had ann
ounced that it would adopt a par
tial conscription measure to meet
the urgent need for reinforce
ments on the Western Front.
Youths in their late teens and
early twenties paraded by hun
dreds, paraded through the Que
bec streets, shouting against con
scription.
The crowds smashed windows
in the English Language chron
icle building, and stormed the
Army recruiting office.
Police prevented their entry in
to any of the buildings.
Prime Minister King’s liberal
t party seems to be crumbling un
der the impact of conscription,
as half of the 60 odd liberal mem
bers from Quebec are reported to
be planning to withdraw their
support to the government.
One Cabinet member of the
Quebec English speaking Air Min
istry in power has already resign- |
ed.
Prime Minister King declared
last night that he will seek to
avoid a general election this time
but it appears that things are j
moving too fast for him to dic
tate acourse on the government’s
new policy.
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16,000 CANADIAN
DRAFTEES FOR
Foreign Service
OTTAWA, Canada, Nov. 24, —
(AP)—The Canadian government,
after fighting five years of war
with volunteers only in foreign
service, today abandoned that pol
icy in a tense Parliament session
as a tidal-wave of opposition
^ threatened to sweep the Prime
Minister MacKenzie King, clear
out of office.
They are faced with a dire
need for reinforcements in Eur
ope, and apartial conscription
has already been ordered to make
16,000 men available immediately !
for foreign service.
SOUTH PACIFIC D A WN—The break of dawn over
the South Pacific reveals Coast Guard landing barges operating
between vessels identified as combat cargo transports.
NINTH FLEET
AGAIN SHELLS
MATSUWA BASE
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U. ' S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov.
24. —(AP)—The U. S. Ninth
j fleet of warships shelled Matsu
wa, the Japanese Kuriles base in
an unopposed strike Tuesday^
within 600 miles of the home is
land of Hokkaido, Admiral Nim
itz announced in a communique.
No American; shiph were dam
aged.
Large fires were started and
terrific explosions werl observed
during the bombardment. The
Japanese batteries remained si
lent. This is the third naval
attack on Matsuwa. The last time
it was made as a feint before the
landing on Saipan.
S O P R A N O—Prima donna
Rosemarie Brancato will play
part of a prima donna in Broad
way musical opening soon.
Eveyone reads The Nugget.
LIMON TAKEN |
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AND JAP FIRST
DIV DESTROYED
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GEN. MacARTHUR’S HEAD- 1
QUARTERS, P.I. Nov. 24. —(AP)
—Rain pounded the American in
fantrymen as they stormed and
took the Japanese bastion of Li
mon in a sudden upsurge in a
battle which practically the en
emy’s First Division, the commun
ique stated.
Headquarters reported today
that the ertire 32nd Division
plunged through shell shettered !
Limon Wednesday, in the biggest
advance in more than two weeks. |
The full length of the Yama
shita line which the Japanese had
depended on to defend their toe
hold on Leyte, is in danger of be
ing rolled-up.
The communique added that
heavy rains continued to lash the
battlefronts as Yankee infantry
men drove through the mountains
and villages to the naerby Leyte |
river.
General MacArthur had identi
fied Limon as the apparent site
for the major Japanese defensive
battle to protect the vital Ormoc,
corridor. The capture of the
town means the Nipponese have
lost their critical defense line
NATION-WIDE
PHONE TIE-UP
AVERTED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, —(AP>
—Th enation breathed with re
lief as its telephones werQ spered
the threatened widespread strike.
This strike could have tied-up
communications, so vital in war
time.
Telephone operators who left
their jobs,in 29 Ohio cities, Wash
ington, and Detroit, went back
to their switchboards today. ,
I twill now be up to the War
Lobor Board to adjust the differ
ences between the ex-strikers and
their employers.
Their expressed targets are the
operators who were brought in
i ijrom other districts and given
their living expenses, when bonus
es were not received by the res
idents
Union leaders said they antici
i pated fair treatment in a peace
! able settlement, end showed no
! signs that they had lost in the
j contest.
Placer Location Notices now on
• ale at The Nome Nugge*.
TOKYO, KOBE,
AND YOKOHAMA
TAKE BOMBING
AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS
PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS, Nov.
24, —(AP)—Four large forces of
B-29’s, probably the greatest num
ber yet to attack Japan, bombed
industrial targets in Tokyo as a
20th AAFS Thanksgiving day
message to Japan, the commun
ique said.
Lt. Gen. Millard F Harmon,
deputy commander and Gen. H.
S. (Hap) Arnold in Washington^
Announced the strike simutan
eously in a genera statement.
It is thought that Yokohama
and Kobe were also targets of
the big bruisers.
The Washington report stated
that the newly established 21st.
Bomder Command was stationed
in the Mariannas, with Gen. H.
S. Hansell incommand.
Brig Gen. Emmett O’Donnell,
of Jamaica, New York, age, 38,
former West Point football coach
led the histroy making daylight
assault on Tokyo.
The first official announce
ments merely said that a sizeable
task force attacked industrial tar
gets in Tokyo.
Tokyo acknowledged the ass
ault nearly four hours after its
announcement by the United
States, saying that 70 Superforts
scored hits in the northern part
of the Capital but faied to hit
any military or industrial targets.
Tokyo claimed 3 forts down
ed.