Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
southeast
winds,
becoming
southwest
In
afternoon.
Overcast
and
mild
with
light
to
moderate
rains.
ULTIMATUM
FROCITAIN
LONDON
Great
Britain
has
sent
notes
to
three
nations
fighting
beside
Germany
against
Ilussla
Finland,
Hungary
and
Rumaniain
what
authorized
sources
declared
was
a
"final
British
tifort
to
stabilize
relations."
They
have
been
given
until
midnight
to
answer.
The
content
of
the
notes
was
not
revealed.
AUSTRALIA
GLIDING
DEFENCES
MELBOURNE
Important
defence
decisions
were
taken
at
a
meeting
of
the
Australian
war
cabinet
today
but
the
nature
was
not
revealed.
MORE
AXIS
ATTACKS
CAIRO
Thiee
separate
Axis
attacks
to
widen
the
breach
in
Britain's
Tobruk
corridor
were
repulsed
in
bloody
succession
at
LI
Uuda,
the
British
Middle
East
command
announced
today,
while
British
air
and
land
patiols
roved
the
whole
Libyan
battle
area
in
harrowing
assaults.
SUPPLIES
BEING
DESTROYED
ABOARD
THE
FLAGSHIP
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
WITH
THE
KKITISH
.MEDITERRANEAN
FLEET
The
Royal
Navy
and
Air
Force
are
destroying
or
damaging
more
than
sixty
percent
of
all
fresh
supplies
and
troops
which
the
Axis
powers
are
desperately
trying
to
deliver
to
Libya,
it
was
announced
today.
STILL
ON
RETREAT
Mozhaisk
Is
Still
Danger
Point
To
Moscow
Although
Soviet
Holding
Initiative
Elsewhere
WIN
BACK
4000
MILES
MOSCOW',
Dec.
5:
Vi
The
a
Moscow
radio
declared
today
that
the
Russian
army
had
re-won
four
thousand
square
milts
of
teiTitory
in
the
Rostov-Donets
Basin
from
where
it
was
reported
the
Germans
ate
concentrating
offensive
power
in
a
new
onslaught
northeast
of
Mos-
.
-
t
l
t
1U..
L-
4U.
Sol-
neifcchnorEorski
itchnorgc
sector
toward
i
Dimitiov.
40
miles
north
of
the
capital.
MOSCOW,
Dec.
5:
News
from
the
front
is
he
brightest
In
weeks
(or
Russia,
"Nazi
forces
all
along
th;
Russo-GeV'man
front
are
In
rr.reat
of
lesser
or
greater
degree
before
the
great
new
Russian
counter-offensive.
As
they
are
be-driven
back
the
enemy
Is
suffering
heavy
casualties
and
losing
much
fighting
equipment.
There
is
stll)
one
danger
point
for
Moscow
in
(ha
Mozhaisk
sector.
The
defeat
of
the
Germans
In
the
Donets
River
basin
Is
likentd
to
Napoleons
retreat.
The
Nazis
are
fail-tns
completely
to
stop
the
Russian
counter-offensive
.along
the
Sea
of
Azov.
In
recaptured
Rostov,
the
Soviet
municipal
system
Is
being
restored.
In
spite
of
the
efforts
of
the
Germans
to
destroy
everything
ts
they
departed,
they
did
leavebe-hlnd
considerable
food
supplies
'hich
they
had
pillaged
on
entering,
y
I
Province
Has
t
Good
Surplus
VICTORIA,
Dec.
5:
0)-Sur-
0111s
on
current
account
of
$8,600,772
after
deduction
of
"xpendltureof
$29,653,164
"-om
revenue
of
$36,253,936
was
shown
In
public
account;
(or
th
ftoal
vnr
nrtlnc
March
31
last
which
were
tabled
In
the
Legislature
yes-
wrday.
3
Only
Shopping
16
M7
A
Hays
Until
Chrlstma.
6
WE
jr.
-t.
.
-niooiiaooomiocioa
i
POLES
AND
RUSS
SIGN
I
Stalin
And
Sikorsky
Resolved
To
Continue
Fight
Until
Hitler
I
F'inally
Defeated
MOSCOW,
December
5:
Pre-
mler
Joseph
Stalin
and
Premier
i
General
Sikorsky
of
Poland
signed
mutual
assistance
pact
yesterday
based
on
the
resolve",
with
the
aid
of
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States,
to
fight
on
until
Hitler-
ism
Is
finally
defeated.
General
Sikorsky
declared
that
no
compromise
with
Germany
would
ever
be
accepted.
Poles
are
already
fighting
side
by
side
with
the
Russians
against
MOTHER
OF
BABES
DIES
Mrs.
Henry
Friesen,
W
h
o
Birth
to
Triplets,
Passed
Away
This
Mornin-.
Mrs.
Henry
Friesen,
who
gave
birth
to
triplets
a
week
ago
last
night
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
passed
away
there
at
8:30
this
morning.
Her
condition
had
been
serious
since
the
births
and
took
a
bad
turn
during
the
night.
Her
death
will
be
a
matter
of
regret
for
many
friends.
The
late
Mrs.
Friesen
was
the
former
Miss
Ruth
Scherk,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Dan
Scherk,
well
known
pioneer
citizens.
She
was
thirty-one
years
of
age
and
had
lived
here
all
her
U.
Khe
was
a
prominent
memter
and
pianist
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gospel
Tabernacle.
In
addition
to
her
parents,
the
widow
and
the
two
remaining
triolets,
deceased
Is
survived
by
a
sister,
Mrs.
J.
Beesley
of
Kamloops,
and
five
brothers
Reuoen,
kus-
srll
Rav
and
Vernon
In
Prince
Rupert
and
Rex
of
H.M.C.S.
Venture
at
Halifax.
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
iiHAZELTON
OVER
TOP
The
War
Savings
Committee
of
Hazelton
area
reports
tnai
ior
both
September
and
October
me
district
went
over
the
quoU
allot
ted
to
the
area
and
it
was
expected
that
November
would
also
go
over
the
top.
Sometimes'
some
buy
a
considerable
number;
of
certificates
at
once.
,.,.
Union
steamer
uaraena,-
.
uapu
John
Boden,
Is
due
in
port
at
5:30
tomororw
morning
from
Vancouver
and
will
sail
at
9
a.m.
on
her
return
to
Vancouver
and
mmln
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High
2:49
a.m.
195
ft.
14:29
pjn.
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It.
Low
8:36
a.m.
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Pacific
Situation
Is
Tense
To
Stay
in
House
PATTULLO
RETAINING
HIS
SEAT
John
Hart
Pays
Tribute
To
Retir
ing
Premier
Coalition
Plans
VICTORIA,
Dec.
5:.
Although
resigning
as
Premier,
Hon.
T.
D.
Pattullo
declared'
yesterday
his
Intention
of
continuing
as
Member
of
the
Legislative
Assembly
for
I
rlnce
Rupert.
John
Hart,
who
Is
expected
to
become
Premier
in
succession
to
At.
Pattullo
as
tlfe
head
of
a
coalition
government,
in
a
statement
expressed
admiration
of
the
record
of
Mr.
Pattullo.
There
had
been
no
quarrel
with
the
"old
thief"
Is
and
he
hoped
for
his
continued
co-operation
and
friendship.
Premier-designate
Hart
and
R.
L.
Maltland
K.
C.,
Conservative
leader,
conferred
yesterday
on
icoalition
plans.
Mr.
Hart
does
not
'agree
with
Mr.
Maitland
s
pro
posal
mat
conservatives
snou.a
have
fifty
-
fifty
representation
with
Liberals.
There
is
speculation
as
to
the
composition
of
the
coalition
gov
ernment.
It
is
generally
believed
that
Mr.
Maltland
will
be
Attor
ney
General,
Herbert
Anscombe
minister
of
finance,
and
G.
S.
Pearson,
minister
of
labor.
As
for
the
other
portfolios
there
is
much
uncertainty.
,
.
r
Negotiations
to
form
a
coalition
government
for
British
Columbia
were
expected
to
continue
here
today
as
an
outcome
of
the
brief
session
of
the
Legislature
yesterday
which
Premier-Designate
John
Hart
promised
to
consult
leaders
.of
the
Co-operative
I
wealth
Federation
and
Conserva
tive
parties
regarding
their
participation
in
a
war
government.
Mr.
Hart's
pledge
was
given
In
response
to
an
appeal
for
a
three-party
union
by
Conservative
Leader
R.
L.
Maltland
made
to
the
Legislature
after
Premier
Pat
tullo
announced
he
would
"relin
quish
the
reins
of
office"
next
Tuesday
and
then
moved
for
adjournment
of
the
House
until
Jan
uary
8.
Mr.
Maltland's
statement
on
coalition
government
drew
from
Harold
Winch,
C.C.F.
leader,
comment
that
he
had
no
understanding
statements
on
policy
or
positions
were
to
be
given
during
the
course
of
afternoon
procedure.
He
promised,
however,
that
ti
e
C.C.F.
would
reply
fully
when
If
had
received
official
communication
from
Mr.
Hart
regarding
coalition
plans.
During
the
meeting
of
the
House,
Mr.
Winch
and
Mr.
Maltland
rose
to
pay
their
compliments
to
the
retiring
premier
who
will
occupy
a
private
'member's
seat
for
the
first
time
since
he
entered
the
Legislature
twenty-five
years
ago.
Mr.
Hart
did
not
amplify
his
statement
regarding
"w
a
r
1
1
m
e
government"
beyond
saying
he
would
invite
C.C.F,
and
Conservatives
to
Join
his
government.
He
gave
no
Inkling
of
whom
he
planned
to
ask
Into
the
cabinet.
Another
Nazi
Officer
Shot
VICHY,
Dec.
5:
O)
A
Gec-
man
major
was
wounded
se-
rlously
today
by
two
pistol
shots
fired
by
a
cyclist
in
Rue
de
Seine,
the
Latin
quarter
of
Paris,
where
antl-Nazl
attacks
flared
anew.
The
cyclist
es-
caped.
And
His
Name
Is
Adolf
1
"
i
In
case
you
seelany
resemblance
between
the
abovj
cat,
owned
by
Walter
Witt
of
(Jhlcago,
and
a
certain
Fuehrer
of
a
country
at
war
with
England
and
Russia,
It
purely
coincidental.
Witt
won't
say
why
he
namedlthe
cat
-'Adolf."
of
Bulletins
WARNS
JAPAN
BRISTOL
Rti
Hon.
A.
V.
Alexander,
First
Lord
of
th
Admiralty,
speaking
here,
warned
Japan
that
jggression
in
the
long
run
do
not
pay.
"The
threat
has
not
abated
and
aggression
may
be
imminent,"
declared
Mr.
Alexander
in
commenting
on
the
Far
East
situation.
T
hitler"anVpetain
VICHY
'Marshal
Goerin?
is
reported
to
have
demanded
of
Marshal
Petain
that
France
give
over
naval
and
air
bases
as
well
as
the
French
fleet
to
.Germany.
Petain
is
agreeable
to
givin?
the
bases
but
not
the
fleet,
it
Is
said.
BOY
KING
IN
CUSTODY
BELGRADE
King
Michael
of
Rumania,
is
reported
to
have
been
taken
to
Florence
in
view
of
a
erious
anti-Nazi
situation
in
Rumania.
Michael
is
said
to
be
connected
with
the
anti-Nazi
movement.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wendell
Craig
Nixon,
who
were
married
last
Saturday
evening
In
the
chapel
of
St.
Andrew'?,
Wesley
Ch'irch
at
Vancouver,
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
to
take
up
residence.
The
bride
was
formerly
Miss
Phyllis
Meba
MacDonald
of
Vancouver.
ENGLISH
WEATHER
IS
FINE
Finest
October
Since
19J1
Ij
Culmination
of
Meteorological
Abnormalities
This
Year.
LONDON,
Dec.
5:
Many
ptaces
in
England
and
Wales
enjoyed
during
the
first
half
of
this
month
the
most
genial
spell
of
October
weather
since
1921.
In
;
addition
to
the
long
.spells
of
brilliant
sunshine,
temperatures
on
two
occasions
rose
to
exceptional
levels,
exceeding
thj
aver
age
figure
ior
miasummer.
Normally
October
is
oni
of
the
wettest
months
of
the
year
over
a
wide
area.
Thus
Is
added
another
term
of
freakish
weather
to
the
long'
list
of
weather
abnormalities
this
year
heaviest
January
snow
for
50
years,
sharpest
spring
frosts
for
seven,
brightest
late
June
since
1933,
the
highest
number
of
rain
days
in
July
and
August
for
several
years.
FINAL
MEET
BEING
HELD
General
Belief
Is
That
United
States-Japanese
Negotiations
Are
Collapsing
REPLY
DELIVERED
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
5.
Oi
Japan's
envoys
delivered
to
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
to-day
their
government's
reply
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
question
as
to
why
Japanese
troops
are
being
massed
in
French
Indo-China,
but
they
did
not
reply
to
Mr.
Hull's
note
o.-
.November
2C
in
which
he
outlined
basic
principles
considered
vital
for
a
peaceful
settlement
of
Pacific
problem;.
The
envoys
declined
to
go
into
details
concerning
the
communication
they
gave
Mr.
Hull
for
the
president.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
5:
Vith
Japan
formally
rejecting
Jnited
States'
demands,
Secretary
State
Cordell
Hull
and
the
Japanese
envoys
are
meeting
again
today
in
what
is
generally
ex
pected
will
be
their
final
confer-
1
10
"Snien
up
nere
in
me
morn-nce.
The
general
belief
is
thatjn&"
observed
Col.
Manion
as
he
negotiations
over
the
situation
1
glanced
at
the
lowering,
cloudy
win
collapse.
Indeed
nothing
what-!skies
wWcn
were
soon
w
burst
ver
appears
to
have
been
accom-
jorth
into
another
deluge
of
rain
dished
to
imcrove
relations
as
a
i
esult
of
the
parleys.
Meanwhile
from
Tokyo
came
word
that
repatriation
of
Japanese
is
nationals
from
strategic
areas
In
and
along
the
Pacific
gained
ominous
pace
today
amid
signs
of
deteriorating
relations
with
the
United
States
and
associated
powers,
including
a
new
skirmish
with
Jtae-Rjssians,ap
the.iManchoukua
Iron
tier:
The
Japanese
minister,
to
Mexico
Yushaiki
Miura
has
been
or
dered
home
at
once
for
consultations
on
the
"actual
situation"
in
Mexico.
A
government
spokesman
said
that
Japan
was
amazed
at
United
States
"misunderstanding"
of
Japan's
Far
East
politics.
Emperor
Hlrohito
received
Mar
shal
Sugeama,
Japanese
military
commander-in-chief,
and
members
of
the
general
staff
in
audience
today.
Premier
Tojo
was
also
in
attendance.
Appeal
Made
to
Native
Visitors
to
Exhibit
Art
Work
Building
to
Have
New
Roof
Before
Exhibits
Are
Moved
to
New
Location.
At
a
meeting
of
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Museum
Board
held
in
the
City
Hall
last
evening,
N.
Mussal-
lem,
presiding,
Dr.
J.
T.
Mandy,
on
behalf
of
the
building
commit
tee,
reported
that
the
provincial
public
works
department
was
preparing
to
put
a
new
roof
cn
the
building
prior
to
the
museum
col
lection
oeing
moved
to
tne
new
location.
Mr.
Mussallem
issued
n
general
Invitation
to
the
natives
now
In
the
city
to
visit
the
museum
and
see
the
collection.
He
suggested
that,
if
each
village
would
appoint
a
representative,
he
would
be
given
a
membership
ticket.
He
pointed
out
the
value
It
would
be
to
the
natives
to
have
a
place
where
samples
of
native
arts
could
be
on
display.
The
name
of
each
donor
would
be
attached
to
each
article
and
the
name
of
the
village
from
which
it
came.
This
would
be
a
splendid
record
of
the
native
arts
for
all
time
to
come,
something
in
which
the
whole
native
people
could
take
a
pride.
W.
E.
Walker,
manager
of
Ar-randale
cannery,
sailed
last
night
by
the
Prince
George
on
his
return
to
Vancouver
after
a
brief
visit
to
the
plant
on
the
Naas
River.
DR.
MANION
IMPRESSED
Prominent
Figure
in
Canadian
Public
Life,
Now
in
Army,
Completes
Visit
Here.
CoL
R.
J.
Manion,
former
minister
of
railways
and
also
a
former
Leader
of
the
Opposition
In
Canadian
Parliament,
for
years
one
of
the
most
able
and
popular
figures
in
Canadian
public
life,
was
strolling
around
Prince
Rupert
streets
early
this
morning
waiting
for
the
post
office
to
open
In
the
expectation
that
he
would
be
receiving
a
letter
from
his
family.
Met
by
a
Daily
News
representative,
the
genial
doctor
um-mented
on
a
number
of
things
including
the
weather,
the
news
papers
here
and
his
impressions
generally
of
Prince
Rupert.
It
was
the
first
time
he
had
ever
been
here
and
he
seemed
to
be
a
favorably
impressed.
"It
certainly
takes
a
loig
time
"But
I
nave
neard
mat
you
iave
grand
summers
and
as
much
daylight
and
sunshine
then
as
there
darkness
and
rain
now."
He
commented
on
the
fact
that
there
were
two
creditable
daily
newspapers
here,
observing
that
they
are
bigger
than
In
London
during
these
war
days.
It
is
not
long
ago
that
Dr.
Manion
was
in
Lon-.j
a.
Col.
Manion
has
been
here
for
the
past
three
days,
this
being
his
last
stop
on
a
tour
which
has
taken
him
across
Canada
from
the
Atlantic
to
the
Pacific
coast,
making
a
survey
of
the
auxiliary
services
of
the
army
on
behalf
of
the
government.
He
spoke
highly
of
the
work
that
was
being
carried
out
by
Young
Men's
Christian
Association,
Canadian
Legion,
Salvation
Army
and
Knights
of
Co
lumbus
in
Prince
Rupert
as
well
as
throughout
Canada.
Col.
Manion,
who
served
with
the
Canadian
Army
Medical
Corps
In
the
last
war
and
has
been
In
uniform
since
the
early
days
of
the
present
war.
leaves
on
this
evening's
train
for
Ottawa.
He
is
the
smiling
officer
with
the
red
band
around
his
cap
whom
a
good
many
local
people
may
have
observed
during
the
past
few
days.
Although
he
is
"in
the
army
now,"
Col.
Manion
Is
still
keenly
interested
in
political
affairs
and
was
anxious
to
hear
the
latest
that
was
going
on
both
nationally
and
provincially.
Among
other
appointments
CoL
Manion
had
while
here
was
the
addressing
of
the
garrison
officer's
mess
at
dinner
last
night.
Mrs.
Ray
Baker
and
daughters,
Dorothy
ana
baroara,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
Vancouver
to
take
up
residence,
Joining
Sergeant
Baker,
who
recently
becam-j
chief
of
city
police
here.
TELLS
OF
WARTIME
HOUSING
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
Hears
Address
on
Matter
of
General
Interest.
The
working
out
of
the
federal
housing
scheme
as
being
carried
out
by
Wartime
Housing
Limited
was
described
yesterday
by
N.
B.
Robinson,
the
British
Columbia
representative
of
the
company,
at
the
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Ru-.
pert
Rotary
Club
yesterday
afternoon.
There
were
a
number
of
visitors
present
including
William
F.
Eve,
the
local
administrator
of
the
scheme.
Mr.
Robinson
told
of
the
shifting
of
population
as
a
result
of
the
war
effort,
which
brought
congestion
in
some
districts
with"
consequent
great
shortage
of
housing.
Governmental
action
became
necessary
with
the
result
hat
in
February
of
last
year
the
ompany
was
formed
and
as
early
is
March
10
trie
work
of
relieving
he
situation
commenced.
It
was
not
the
Intention
of
the
.ompany
to
go
Into
the
real
estate
justness
but
simple
to
provide
lousing
at
the
various
centres
where
the
stress
was
greatest.
The
work
commenced
at
Halifax
and
tarried
through
the
various
prov-nces
until
it
reached
British
Col-imbla,
there
being
at
present
75
louses
at
Esquimau,
151
at
Prince
Rupert
and
a
larger
number
at
North
Vancouver.
The
rent
re-
ciured-Hwassuch,4hat
amortized.
at
four
percent
the
total
-
cost
would
be
cleared
off
in
from
17
jo
19
years.
The
staff
houses
will
be
all
eady
for
occupancy
very
similar
a
any
hotel.
All
buildings
follow
he
design
of
one
master
plan
and
ire
suited
to
the
Climatic
condi-Jon.
In
Vancouver
there
has
been
criticism
of
the
staff
houses
but
it
w"as
found
that
the
criticism
was
mfounded
and
the
critics
were
urprlsed
to
find
that
there
was
lothing
to
Icrlticize.
The
shipyard
workers
were
a
fine
lot
of
men
jid
proved
a
great
benefit
to
the
city.
While
the
houses
are
not
taxable
Jie
buildings
may
be
sold
when
me
purposes
for
which
they
were
)uilt
ends
and
they
will
then
be-.ome
taxable
immediately.
While
the
administration
will
be
n
th?
hands
of
William
F.
Eve,
there
will
be
an
advisory
committee
consisting
of
T.
W.
Brown,
R.
M.
Burnett,
R.
G.
Hopkins
and
W.
M.
Watts.
An
office
for
Mr.
Eve
will
be
opened
in
the
Besner
Block.
British
Columbia
Gasoline
Bill
In
October
Lighter
VICTORIA,
Dec.
5:Dr.
W.
A.
Carrothers,
chairman
of
the
Fuel
ind
Petroleum
Board,
states
that
the
bills
of
British
Columbia
motorists
for
gasoline
were
cut
by
twenty-five
percent
this
October
as
compared
with
last.
i
Gift
Subscriptions
j
Nothing
better
can
be
given
for
Christmas
i
than
a
Subscription
to
The
Daily
News.
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Any
person
who
has
recently
mpye
away
from
the
city
would
particularly
appreciate
g
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such
a
gut.
g
Special
price
this
year
on
Gift
Siibscrip-
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$2.00
to
any
point
in
Canada';
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or
east
of
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