SUBMARINE
WAS
SUNK
General
Among
Those
Lost
When
Italian
Undersea
Craft
Lost
in
Mediterranean.
LONDON.
Dec.
17:
CP
An
Italian
submarine,
carrying
an
Ital
nounces.
The
general
was
among
fifty-three
survivors.
SALVATION
ARMY
RELIEF
Following
amounts
have
been
contrihiitprl
to
the
Salvation
Ar
my
Christmas
cheer
and
winter
relief
fund:
T.
D.
Pattullo
$20.00
Kincollth
Preceptory
5.00
PATTULLO
Local
Liberal
Executive
Passes
Vote
of
Appreciation
to
Retiring
Premier
Delegate
Presents
Report.
Last
evening
in
the
Metropole
Hall
there
was
held
an
historic
meeting
of
the
executive
o
the
Hf-reWviet
di8paUhesii.phi.ce
RupVrt
lba'i
Association.
"vea
inc
uennaus
in
ucauiuus
ht
with
R
Moscow
communique
d
'
la-itif
the
fleeing
enemy
was
t
tn?
pursued
and
annihilated.
P1-;'
Armv
soldiers
who
recaptured
;
air-(?ic
Kalinin.
95
miles
north-w
of
Moscow,
said
they
found
;
Motions
that
the
Germans
had
CL-nned
to
spend
the
winter
there.
The
Russians
are
back
on
the
Karelian
Isthmus
of
Lake
Ladoga
nrar
Leningrad,
ar
claimed
by
been
destroyed.
The
meeting
passed
a
unanimous
vote
of
thanks
to
T.
D.
Pattullo
for
Ills
services
to
the
province
and
to
Prince
Rupert
and
expressed
the
hope
that
he
would
continue
to
serve
the
constituency
until
the
end
of
the
present
legislature.
The
main
object
of
the
meeting
was
to
receive
a
report
from
thi
nffirlal
riplppat.p
to
the
Liberal
Six
Nazi
divisions
conventlon
at
Vancouver
heid
Just
Moscow
to
have
prior
to
the
opening
of
the
legislature.
Arthur
Brooksbank
gave
a
very
complete
account
of
the
proceedings
In
which
he
mentioned
that
Mr.
Pattullo
was
the
last
speaker
prior
to
the
mover
of
the
resolution
favoring
the
coalition.
Mr.
Pattullo,
in
explaining
his
stand,
stated
that
he
felt
this
sit
uation
would
never
have
occurred
had
the
action
taken
two
or
three
years
ago
In
the
stabilizing
of
the
Drice
of
gasoline
and
the
compell
ing
of
the
oil
companies
to
call
off
their
strike
not
taken
place.
He
also
said
that
the
pro
vines
at
the
ian
'leneral.
and
nineteen
other
nresent
time
owned
valuable
returned
to
'in
a
coalition
Mrs.
R.
M.
Winslow
the
city
on
the
Prince
George
this
morning
from
Vancouver,
accompanied
by
her
daughter,
Miss
Anne
Winslow,
who
has
been
attending
xhool
In
Vancouver.
Booth
Memorial
High
School
CHRISTMAS
PLAYS
"The
Christmas
Carol."
"The
Cousin
From
Sweden"
Tonight
(Wednesday),
and
Thursday
Admission
-
35c
oil
military
officers
from
Libya
to
fldds
ln
the
Peace
River
district
Italy
has
been
sunk
in
the
Medl-
and
had
been
adamant
in
its
de-terranean.
the
Admiralty
an-1
termination
to
prove
out
these
oil
fields
in
order
that
the
proving
mitrht.
obtain
the
full
bene
fit
of
this
valuable
asset.
Mr.
Pattullo
explained
that
his
intention
was
to
endeavor
to
carry
on
a
Liberal
government
with
the
twenty-one
members
elected,
as
he
felt
that,
if
the
Liberal
government
accepted
inability
to
carry
on
at
the
present
time
and
alii
itself
with
the
Conservative
In
order
to
function,
It
would
prove
the
death
knell
of
the
Liberal
party.
It
was
found
Impossible
for
the
Liberals
to
carry
on
after
an
attempt
had
been
made,
he
would
then
be
prepared
to
Join
The
vote
taken
snowea
u
m
mi.
.
i
on
favor
of
the
coanuon
ana
on
israinst.
All
the
speakers
at
the
convention
spoke
most
highly
of
the
retiring
premier
as
a
ousiness-
man,
government
head
ana
nis
qualities
In
general
and
regretted
that
these
services
wouia
oe
no
longer
available
to
the
province.
Mr.
BrooksbanK
conciuaea
oy
saying
he
went
to
the
convention
with
a
mandate
to
support
the
premier
and
that
He
naa
aone
so.
However,
in
view
of
the
action
of
the
Liberal
caucus
held
in
Victoria
the
following
day
at
which
verv
Liberal
member
voted
m
xa-
vnr
nf
coalition
he
felt
li
would
Wide
Variety
of
Metal
LONDON,
Dec.
17:
FORMOSA
EARTHQUAKE
TOKYO
The
island
of
Formosa
yesterday
had
its
worst
earthquake
since
1930.
Killed
numbered
190
and
101
injured.
Six
hundred
homes
are
deployed.
Railway
and
communication
lines
are
damaged.
CHARGED
WITH
MURDER
VANCOUVER
George
Sidney
Young,
former
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police
officer,
who
Has
arrested
at
Prince
Rupevt
November
28
after
a
long
hunt
which
extended
as
far
as
Toronto,
was
formally
chained
yesterday
with
the
murder
of
F.
V.
Fawcett
in
a
drugstore
hold
up
on
Oak
Street
several
weeks
ago.
He
was
brought
from
Okalla
where
he
was
awaiting
being
sent
to
New
Westminster
penitentiary
to
serve
fifteen
years
on
hold-up
charges
to
which
he
had
pleaded
guilty
since
his
return
from
Prince
Rupert.
LABOR
PEACE
LOOMS
WASHINGTON
In
view
of
the
present
national
emergency,
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
offered
yesterday
to
make
peace
with
the
Congress
on
Industrial
Organization,
fherc
was
no
place
at
this
time
for
labor
disputes,
said
a
statement
favoring
a
no-strike
policy.
The
CIO
promised
to
outline
its
position
today.
A
conference
is
I
called
for
today
by
President
I
Roosevelt.
TYING
UP
PRODUCTS
Banned
Bakery
Lines
Restrict
ed
Pig
Tin
Frozen.
OTTAWA,
Dec.
17:
Pj
Supplies
Controller
Williamson
today
ban-
ranging
from
children
s
toys
to
electrical
equipment,
furniture
and
coffins.
Curtailment
of
bread
deliveries
to
three
days
weekly,
elimination
of
some
varieties
of
bread,
cakes
and
bakery
products
and
biscuits
and
simplification
of
wrapping
and
packaging
were
forecast
in
a
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
statement
today.
All
stocks
of
pig
tin
are
being
frozen,
the
minister
of
munitions
and
supply
announced.
Hockey
Scores
Brooklyn,
2;
Rangers,
3.
Caandiens,
0;
Boston,
4.
1
Libyan
Battle
Goes
On
Well
the
North
African
front
Brit-
lsh
headquarters
announced
today
that
heavy
British
pres-
sure
was
being
maintained
on
the
left
flank
of
Hitler's
bat-
tered
desert
armies
and
new
progress
was
registered
des-
plte
sandstorms.
Squadrons
of
heavy
cruisers
and
destroy-
ers
drove
off
an
enemy
dive-
bombing
attack
on
the
Libyan
coast.
I
Naval
College
t
I
Opening
Soon
I
I
OTTAWA,
Dec.
17:
P)
Min-
ister
of
the
Navy
Angus
Mac-
Donald
announced
last
night
that
the
Royal
Canadian
Na-
,
val
College
at
Hatley
Park,
'
Esquimau,
will
open
Septem-
i
ber,
1942
with
a
two-year
1
course.
Students
must
pos-
sess
physical
qualifications,
j
On
be
the
best
thing
to
get
behind
that
type
of
government
and
support
it
in
'
order
to
malutaln
as
great
unanimity
as
posslbl
curing
these
perilous
times.
junior
matriculation
certifl-
cates.
be
between
sixteen
and
seventeen
years
and
eight
months'
old
on
July
1
of
the
year
of
entrance.
i
SAFE
OVER
ATLANTIC
First
Vessel
Since
Declaration
j
War,
Arrives
in
New
York
From
Euiope.
f
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
17:
First
United
States
passenger
Ehip
to
arrive
from
Europe
since
this
country
went
tb
war,
the
American
Export
liner
Excalibur
arrived
yesterday.
The
vessel
had
191
passengers.
The
.yoyage
ws
made
under
blaclcoutatfdTmderfull
'wartime
regulations.
Millionths
Inch?
Tis
Woman's
Job
OTTAWA,
Dec.
17:
CP)
Precision
in
her
forte
and
so
Mrs.
Con.scance
E.
Arregger
has
been
called
in
to
aid
the
Canadian
war
effort.
Products
!
,A
metrologlst
in
the
pnys-.cs
di-
vision
ui
uie
nauunai
nee.-ui;:i
Council
Laboratories,
Mrs.
Arreg-ger
Is
a
British
mother
who
left
England
with
her
three
children,
John,
12;
"Marion
11,
and
Susan,
7,
ln
July,
1940.
Sne
has
a
M.Sc
I)
111
V
M
J
,
MtSV,
ilW
t
lAh
ned
.
for
the
.
,
duration
,
of
the
j
I
...
war
a
degree
from
Unlverslty
of
Llv
Wiae
variety
01
menu
iiujuvw
erpool,
England,
and
was
Awarded
the
Sir
Oliver
Lodge
Fellowship"
for
research
work
in
magneto-optics.
Now
in
the
metrol
ogy
"lab"
of
the
National
Research
Council,
this
tall
fair-haired
woman
tests
down
to
millionths
of
an
Inch.
She
works
on
standards
of
time,
length
and
weight
in
munitions
guages.
AIR
RAIDS
EXCHANGED
British
Hit
Heavily
at
Nazi
Naval
Base
Few
Enemy
Over
England.
LONDON,
Dec.
17:
The
bomber
command
made
a
heavy
attack
on
the
German
naval
base
of
Wll-
helmshafen
last
night.
Bremen
and
other
points
in
northwest
Germany
as
well
as
in
occupied
France
were
also
bombed.
A
small
number
of
enemy
aircraft
were
over
southeast
and
southwest
coastal
England
last
night,
doing
some
damage
and
causing
a
few
casualties.
C.N.R.
s'teamer
Prince
George,
Capt.
Edward
Mabbs,
arrived
in
port
on
good
time:
at
9
o'clock
this
morning
from
Vancouver,
Powell
River
and
Ocean
Falls
and
will
sail
at
3
o'clock
this
afternoon
for
Ketchikan
and
Stewart
whence
she
will
return
here
tomorrow
evening
southbound.
She
brought
north
a
fair-sized
list
of
passengers
and
considerable
freight.
Passenger
bookings
south
for
the
vessel
tomotrow
night
are
heavy.
Weather
Report
wml
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
1:10
ajn.
21.1
ft
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy
cool
and
calm.
12:59
p.m.
24.0
It.
Low
7:00
ajn.
6.0
ft.
19:40
pm.
02
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
XX,
NO.
294.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER
17,
1941.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
J
Battle
Rages
In
Malaya
Nazi
War
atement
Berlin
High
Command
Admits
Battle
Tide
In
Reverse
Today
People
Are
Given
an
Inkling
at
Least
of
What
Is
Going
On
Huns
Are
in
Headlong
Flight
Before
Reds.
LONDON,
Dec.
17:
(CP)
Russia
proclaimed
a
series
of
smashing
new
victories
in
the
war
with
Germany
today
and
for
the
first
time
the
German
High
Command
admitted
German
invasion
armies
were
"shortening
their
lines"
along
the
Soviet
front
and
were
hard
pressed
on
the
defensive
in
North
Africa.
In
perhaps
the
gloom-
te
t.
communique
of
the
entire
war,
c.vlng
the
German
people
at
least
rnf
j
1
'KTF'ri
en
inkling
that
the
tide
of
con-
I
H
A
M
l
.
1
III
ommand
reported,
"in
the
course
transition
from
aggressive
op-
ruUons
to
stationary
warfare
for.
:i
winter
months,
necessary
lm--ovenvnU,
involving
shortening
:
lines,
ate
now
being
nystematl-'!..
undertaken
on
various
sec-j
c;
trie
eastern
front."
I
Evrrythlng
would
have
to
be
.
r.ficed
to
keep
the
army
."-l.
"Unthinkable
dltficultles
-r
.',
eferred
to.
Bulletins
T
Gloomy
Japan
Endeavouring
To
Knock
Out
British
Strongholds
And
Assume
Control
of
China
Sea
WORKLESS
INSURANCE
DISCUSSED
Local
Manager
Of
Unemployment
Insurance
Commission
Speaks
To
Gyro
Club
"It
Is
vitally
important
that
employers
of
labor
utilize
the
service
i
ih2
emp4omem
office
In
their
.ommunlty
as
it
is
essential
that
the
employment
and
claims
office
have
information
of
all
vacancies
occurring
in
the
area
which
they
serve,"
E.
Victor
Whiting,
mana
ger
of
the
unemployment
and
claims
office
here
of
the
Unemployment
Insurance
Commission,
told
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
j
uucneon
audress
today.
''It
must
be
remembered
that
when
an
unemployed
person
applies
to
us
for
benefit,
there
are
two
things
,
.aa.
Ww
.an
do
twenty-five
years
of
Unemployment
Insurance
operations
in
Great
Britain
where
It
has
been
proved
to
be
one
of
the
most
islatlon
ever
passed.
One
thing
that
this
enactment
will
do
if
nothing
else,
will
be
to
eliminate
the
humiliation
of
the
skilled
and
willing
worker
when
he
Is
unemployed
to
,be
forced
to
apply
for
relief.
Under
this
Act
he
receive
an
insurance
benefit
to
which
he
has
contributed
and
Is
.under
no
more
obligation
to
the
public
than
if
he
made
a
claim
on
a
commercial
insurance
company
to
which
he
had
paid
premiums.
"As
you
are
aware,
the
federal
government,
by
consent
of
the
provinces
and
by
amendment
to
the
British
North
America
Act,
was
given
power
to
put
an
Unemployment
Insurance
Act
into
force
which
covers
the
wnole
of
Canada.
This
was
accomplished
by
the
passing
of
the
present
Act
ln
1940.
It
was
essential
that
this
function
be
exercised
by
the
Dam-
tlcal
in
practically
every
respect
by
the
nine
provincial
legislatures
in
Canada
and
insure
that
any
changes
would
be
made
simultaneously
by
the
various
legislatures.
If
some
provinces
enacted
legislation
appreciably
more
favorable
than
other
provinces,
this
would
inevitably
interfere
with
the
mobility
of
labor
and,
as
a
result,
employers
would
be
reluctant
to
establish
business
where
the
heavier
contributions
were
exacted.
Matter
of
Discussion
"Unemployment
Insurance
became
a
matter
of
public
discussion
Immediately
after
the
passing
of
the
British
Act
in
1911.
In
April
1919,
when
Canada
was
suffering
from
the
after-effects
of
the
last
war,
a
Royal
Commission
was
ap
pointed
to
investigate
Industrial
conditions
as
they
then
exlsited
and
to
report
at
a
date
not
later
than
June
1,
1919.
The
head
of
this
commission
was
the
late
Chief
Justice
Mathers
of
Manitoba.
On
June
28
they
reported
and
recommended
to
the
government
that
some
provision
by
a
system
of
state
social
Insurance
be
made
for
those
who,
through
no
fault
of
Enemy
Lands
on
Sarawak
Within
Easy
Bombing
Range
of
Singapore
Which
Appears
to
Be
Main
ObjectiveHong
Kong
Is
Still
Holding
Out.
LONDON,
Dec.
17:
(CP)
British
headquarters
in
Singapore
announced
today
that
Japanese
troops
had
landed
on
Sarawak
on
the
northwest
coast
of
Borneo
within
easy
bombing
range
of
Singapore.
Japanese
warships,
bombers
and
land
batteries
also
were
reported
pounding
Hong
Kong
and
a
Reuters
dispatch
said
that
IVLO.'S
MUST
KNOW
JOB
Medical
Corps
'Members
Must
Be
Experts
in
Many
Branches.
By
WILLIAM
STEWART.
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
Dec.
17:
P
The
ideal
British
army
doctor
Is
a
jack-of-all-trades
and
master
of
one.
He
Is
a
"specialist
who
can
turn
his
either
find
him
hand
to
anything,"
said
i
leading
u
Job
or
pay
him
a
benefit.
There-
army
doctor
explaining
the
aim
of
fore,
the
Commission
alms
to
give
training
the
British
army
gives
its
u.
fusi-ciass
service,
whether
a
medical
officers,
lawyer's
clerk,
stenographer
or
i
The
training,
based
on
experl-a
laborer
needecwe'fice
to-
be
"ence"ofwar!are
in
France,
'Greete,
able
to
accomodate
both
employer
Crete
and
the
Middle
East,
is
de-and
employee.
signed
to
produce
doctors
who
can
"W
aie
utilizing
as
much
as
we
look
after
the
welfare
of
British
can
t
n
e
experience
g
a
l
n
e
a
in
soldiers
unaer
any
conditions
in
any
climate.
More
than
1,000
medical
officers
have
been
trained
to
deal
with
casualties
of
chemical
warfare
and
one
officjr
in
Important
measures
of
social
leg-
every
field
medical
unit
has
been
trained
in
blood
transfusion.
Special
attention
has
been
given
to
the
organization
of
mobile
medical
units.
Equipment
now
can
be
transported
by
motor,
mule,
camel,
sled
or
even
dropped
from
the
air.
A
hygienic
directorate
works
out
problems
of
keeping
soldiers
fit
and
problems
of
food,
water-supply,
living
conditions,
clothing
an
deflects
of
climate.
Some
5,000
medical
officers
have
taken
cour
ses
ln
army
hygiene.
For
Convalescents
An
important
development
in
army
medical
treatment
has
been
the
establishment
of
convalescent
depots
devoted
to
yie
physical
rebuilding
of
soldiers
whose
health
has
deteriorated
either
as
a
result
of
wounds
or
Illness.
At
the
depots,
the
men
are
given
graduated
physical
training,
electrical
treatment
and
occupational
inlon
government
for
one
reason
therapy.
Most
of
the
centres
have
alone
as
It
would
have
been
dlffl-
'small
farms
and
some
operate
aits
cult
to
enact
nine
measures
iden-
I
and
crafts
workshops.
Shortly
before
the
war,
the
established
two
physical
de
velopment
centres
for
men
below
service
medical
standards.
The
value
of
the
centres
was
shown
by
a
check
of
the
records
ol
100
of
the
men
put
through
the
build
ing-up
treatment.
Ninety
seven
of
the
group
later
passed
medical
examinations
and
were
admitted
to
the
army.
One
got
a
commis
sion,
t
Similar
work
now
is
being
done
with
men
formerly
classed
low
medically.
The
army
expects
to
be
able
to
raise
the
categories
of
75
percent
'of
them.
JEWRY
AT
CAPE
CAPE
TOWN,
Dec.
17:
'Kb
Cape
Town
Hebrew
congregation
has
celebrated
Its
centenary
of
the
first
Jewish
Day
of
Atonement
their
own,
were
unable
to
obtain
work,
from
lack
of
opportunity,
sickness,
invalidity
or
old
age
In
order
to
remove
the
spectre
of
fear
which
now
haunts
the
wage
earner
and
make,
him
a
more
con-(Contlnucd
on
Page
Six)
Japanese
lorces
had
seized
the
Portuguese
island
of
Macao,
45
miles
southwest
of
Hong
Kong.
On
the
northwest
Malaya
front,
where
the
Japanese
are
throwing
themselves
into
the
teeth
of
British
fire,
Is
being
fought
perhaps
the
heaviest
battle
of
the
Far
East
theatre
on
the
outcome
of
which
the
fate
of
the
area
may
depend.
Smashing'
forward
in
a
drive
aimed
at
Singapore,
the
Japanes3
are
fighting
like
fanatics.
With
the
Japanese
throwing
land,
sea
and
air
forces
into
a
spreading
offensive
around
the
(South
China
Sea,
military
experta
lnlH
tVlnt
TrVvr
xxran
Btraf.fr
urn
a
evidently
aimed
at
a
quick
knockout
of
the
British
and
Netherlands
strongholds
and
control
of
the
sealanes
by
which
reinforcements
fcould
reach
the
Allies.
.
In
order,
it
is
believed
in
Washington
to
divert
British
and
American
naval
forces,
attacks
have
been
made
on
Pacific
Islands
by
the
Japanese.
On
the
Philippine
Islands
the
Invaders
have
been
fought
to
a
standstill
everywhere
and
there
have
been
no
new
landings
although
another
major
landing
attempt
may
be
contemplated,
It
Is
believed.
Tokyo
stated
today
that
American
submarines
were
in
waters
off
the
Japanese
coast
and
warn
ed
shipping
to
be
watchful.
Admiral
Sir
Thomas
Hart
announced
that
two
successful
attacks
had
been
made
on
the
enemy
by
United
States
submarines.
This
is
the
first
United
States
submarine
activity
to
be
reported
in
this
war.
A
Netherlands
bomber
Is
reported
to
have
scored
a
direct
hit
on
a
Japanese
destroyer.
Terrace
Elects
New
Commissioner
ii.
II.
Oliver
Temple
On
Replaces
Gordon
Village
Board
TERRACE,
Dec.
17:
The
municipal
election
on
Thursday
.was
'held
In
conformity
with
the
Village
Act.
Under
the
changed
ruling
the
commissioners
hold
office
in
the
same
way
as
school
trustees,
one
of
them
retiring
each
year
calls
for
the
election
of
one
commissioner
Instead
of
three
as
formerly.
The
retiring
commis
sioner
this
time
was
Gordon
Temple
and
he
was
replaced,
after
fx
very
close
poll,
by
H.
H.
Oliver.
The
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
15
arrived
In
port
last
night
from
the
south
with
Constable
Fred
Brooks-bank
ln
charge.
Only
6
Shopping
Days
Until
Christmas.
n