;tric T ill Endeavor to Encourage Enlistments on Voluntary Basis Serious Business at Victoria Gathering. a. . t'harged with the duty of exercising efforts to en- ourajre voluntary unusimem in tne Canadian Army, Jarui-ularly with a view to providing reinforcements for Overseas services which would soon be in requirement of jucb bolstering should the army now in Britain become L,rp actively engaged, members of a civilian recruiting rss representing prince itu- - r' tL. . t.: h i . . I 'lot n-r :tr. :r centres in tms ciis- culmination was agreement that ir.ro to the city on the while all were ready and anxious frtoc Rupert yesterday afternoon to do everything in their power c:s venria wnere m e y were cuwuiubu a greater response ijallca "-'- aucna a conierence on l" " appeal ior voluntary en- iMcr.da1 ' "ilS wees, in cnarge nswiems in view oi tne critlcai m ;ap' W H Crocker, local re- state of war, the question of more ff tfi.f fha n Q r t II Via rl pflPTtlVP TnnhUiaa rn nf Pn nr See;, .. lust one week. Those manpower on a compulsory selcc-tturr.:.:i vesterday were Capt. tlve service basis, including the Crc:fc: - J Little and G. A. requirements of the army over-Bur.if ot Prince Rupert; John should be seriously consider-thaK!:: ot Stewart, Will Rob- ed without serious delay. fcsos o Tcrrai:c, James Turnbuu " a "rea dui aeepiy un-f Hzzc ::.) and L. H. Kenney of Pressed group of men, a large prc- &t r.c . O G Borland and Alex pwuon ui wnom were veterans of ifcKc-::- othnr Prince Rupert "ie iat war ana wno saw army jttur m tne soutn on tne t was a quarter oi a r.:: ocd: c next weanesaav. "imj ugu, wjju revurnea to tne av.:a jped over lor a few cltv 01 Victoria Monday night to Bleach ; Vancouver. Harry Grif- muse preparations to disperse to Li o Or.na- Falls was another tnelr respective homes. ... . "a i : . ese o -.c committee irom 0161111115 uuiauy u Lv he having returned A rar as the local committee Is 0.f r;.pcr town on the Prince concerned, its iirst meeting lol i-r-- it lilght. w. .1 some 150 delegates j ix.t parts of British a 0 a representative way, oarjnunity leaders bc- li::-' Nelson, members ofr"""!"" luPJV. w uiB. a I itA aniiAiiftMinl'litAii pi- , - . flc. . a.y quipme lies ctr?v and 1 v ..Vv--. . . . . . . 1. ivi nn i i w j i i II-. U . . . I E2LL11. Ul U1C : iii victoria on Mon : .y morning until late Tin r c c-1 Camps Visited. It was a nu bacwvii Ait lui uu, .... , i i r a t i r at, ..... .. . l wnv t i-mpamr of the Dufferln-Haldi C:ratPd Uflth nrnntiPiil uc- o transport, small arms, 'pry and mechanized 'He Jlre:-t.nm iJ 1j Htr,... ' ul UI1U 111- lowing the conference was held Thursday afternoon aboard the steamer Prince Rupert while steaming up the coast for prelim-J mary organization while the district representatives were still to- The local Prince Rupert I Irnnnr AnriA That r n e hAOM 1 r- t-o rt ea to inem trie various members of the committee, both city and iiuuis x.ii. jdlstrlct be prepared to to lectures on var-" . X. - R. O. Alexander.! .-. Um Pacific militarj-.-coided, and the prin-mcluded Col. H. E. .:rf recruiting officer: . command, and Coi.. .1 Toronto, who only1 recruits who -'refnH '.nZtlnfc'and do what they can to encour- :;icahnas rodoffTiae on avoluntar basis- IF0LL0WING UP DRIVE o pressed Into service! urcctor of recrultti:? Junior Chamber of Commrrce Col. Mess made an Urges That Further Civic Cen-address in expressing tre Canvass Be Made. r.::e that, if once thei 1 mes of Canada could be I A follow-up canvass on the re- ir,ade id rcauze the seriousness of i cent drive for subscriptions for mfVA ... 111 uxlnnt (m Dllrif(i tc uti w onn fno roni nppn i inp rivir. rrriLrp uivicub ui riuivt C. -s would be a ready and Chamber of Commerce at its - punse to the appeal monthly dinner meeting lasfnlght oa a voluntary basis, after Gordon uerman, ireasurei ui ne iK-urr were held in the Em-, the campaign, expressed tne opin- '3 Hdi- Crystal Ballroom, scene 'ion that only about fifty percent (maiiv a , -iv cathprln?. but there: of the peonle of the city had been sphere of frivolity or contacted, a variety of difficulties having been responsible for this, one of the principal handicaps being a shortage of canvass workers. .T1m The view tilAm TT" was n t expressea ovnrnEKMii mai L 11M k t a . . i I Lit- ULJMllllCrU WJ r OOlwooa ... A!inc nf rarrvlne out iiaja auu iuvi.u v o Mr. Gordon reported triat tac r .meat were visited, ? had been instrumental in " a --Dicai armv reciment .unt t;nnn in o y..,ea, proceeding irom nr,H hnnse-to-housc u Gordon Head, all hrinclne the total to activities of officers in d t bout $23(ooo. a typical cadet camp Bill Fisher to Get Commission 8oe on in an up-to-date and I Son Of Local Judge finbhlnB Up lH"y veruatiiP nrm t?nr, I offlrprs' Tra ning At Mctona Tho J i. ... .it, LiA.ii. i ter '--j .iciui-u uviiig quax- tai nArmv kltchens, field hospi- Sergeant William Fisher, son of nr r rMcVior if Prince RUD- , .uucumngiea witn a line juwsc w. - oi roung cadets, the cream1 ert and until recently with the ae-o Canada here, Is now tak-'fiai units, for a 102nd Battery armv ninn.. ...ui.u j -u fiort' trainlne at me Hfl iiici Wiutu Hiauc Ulg 1UO Ul"Vli ' an hichipiaWe diverslon In a day j Gordon Head cadet camp near tC, had Proven quite Victoria where members of the Nw 'U: 'local civilian recruiting committee "e whwl 1 the conclusion for met him. He expects to be fln-(asiMy Qf delegates uhed in about five weeks with the -amn ,.lln the evening In' the inin- ipdlnc to the granting 'i0Rs and 2' fla?k q.U6S" of his commission and then he will The dis?, Pi!" their. vle' h wimr eastward with a view - J .1 was wns iree IfOO onri rinnU1 " 1. and frank, rw "T. ... .ih reinforce 'med with thP !r,PPrp '10 going uveia .-..il-. ... ....j tni 01 1 T acoomplUhing the reier Fisher, Is already prater enlistments. The East. Bulletins SHANGHAI IS WORRIED SHANGHAI Some concern has been caused in Shanghai b.r the statement of President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States that American marines are being withdrawn from China. NAVAL BILL PASSED WASHINGTON The United States senate by a vote of 50 to 37 yesterday passed the Conway Bill providing for the arming of United States merchant ships and allowing their entry into war areas. U.S. BASE IN ICELAND WASHINGTON Establishment of a United States naval operating have in Iceland it announced bv Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. It will be used in connection with the Atlantic fleet. Reai Admiral James L. Kaufman has been appointed to command. PAPER MILL EXTENSIONS riant, Costing $200,000, Most Important Of Several Projects While the PacifU Mills pulp and paper plant at Ocean Falls continues operations on a twenty-four hour full time basis, a substantial plant extension program still goes on. The major extension project at the present time is a pulp bleach plant ize its which h beins.p.ut. l local activities immediately! .an,es" on the return to the delegates who' " ., " new departure as Pacific Mills has never before bleached, it?, own pulp. Two other plant extension projects at Ocean Falls are a new screen room In the main plant and a 1000-foot chip flume between sawmill and sulphite plant. This makes a second flume. Further than these plant extensions, Pacific Mills is now putting In a third new apartment building at (l:ean Falls. j This structure will have twenty fcur apartments. Ihe two other new apartments built during the past year have been 42-suite structures. Apart from pulp and. paper production, Ocean Falls, from its sawmill, is turning out airplane spruce for use in wartime airplane construction on the largest scale of any single plant in the British Empire. A scowload of about 220,000 feet of airplane spruce per month is being shipped. Japs Protest TOYS GETTING SCARCE LONDON, Nov. 8: tt Toys will be scarce In Britain this Christmas and by Christmas 1942 there will not be any new ones at all. Licences to manufacture have been withdrawn and supplies of material cut to 20 percent of normal. Mrs. Verne Daly, who has been' visiting for the past .couple of mi. kmt:hor. Lieut. 'months In Vancouver, returntd to. in the i the- city from .the south RAF Active on Large Scale All the Way From Norway to Italy. , BERLIN, Nov. 8: O) Berlin, raid-free since September 20, was' bomibed for hours last night in what was perhaps the Royal Air Force's heaviest offensive as mammoth new bombers stormed the continent Irom Norway to France while raiders, in a synchronized ascault from African"bases, pounded 3uthein-most Italy. The raid came on the heel oi Premier Joseph Stalin's implied demand for the opening oi a second land front to ease German pressure on the Red Army. i, 1he full uncasure of the attack, in which possibly .Jiundreds of planes carried the war to the German capital lor the? thirty- tliird time, was seen in trie announcement that thirty-seven new type bombeii, including four - motorod SUrlings and Halifax'es, were lost over Germany alone and, with them, possibly two hundred flierj. Ihis is said to have been the highest loss ever announced by either side as the cost of a night bombing raid. Paradoxically, the Germans listed only twenty-seven British planes as being brought down. In a co-ordinated attack by the British air forces of.: the Middle East, Italy's big Adriatic port of Brindisl was bombed for hours in an attack comparable to the five-hour battering given. Naples tn October 21. POPPY DAY TAGGING ON Annual Street Canvass By Women's Auxiliary Of Canadian Legion After the (Jie last few NOTICE t Weather Forecast Tomorrow sT ides pr nee Rupert and Queen Charlie "'islands Light to moderate Oa0iwcst winds, partly cloudy and High . 4:25 a.m. 17.9 It or intermittent u-arm showers 16:01 p.m. 18.3 It. ,!- m prince Rupert district. Low 10:13 am. 9.4 It. 22:55 pjn. 5.8 It. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER After Stalin's Demand KroowTOooooMHat HEAVIEST AIR RAID ON NAZIS tlon to assist the Salvation Army- - - lamp siaiiaariui ui me uuumju dawned with somewhat clearer .,rfWtc .-ith Pvprrrppns rinrin? fhel skies today, heartening .the poppy yuletide season. I sellers who were on the streets at Last year the sum of $345.32 was! 8:30. The Canadian Legion, with realized from the radio broadcast,' co-operation of its Women's Aux- it was reported. Before arrange- illary and of the Imperial Order ments are definitely made this Daughters of the Empire, Is hold- year, the Salvation Army will be tag another Poppy Day, In mem- consulted with to determine tUe ory of the men who served and need. A committee consisting of Robert Parker, E. G. Southby and suffered in the last Great War and their gallant comrades who 7ted tht CUff LisUe of tte still wear their wounds and scars Y-0-Ai had already offered mix-also to relieve those of them and ltary talent for tne broadcasts, their dependents who are In need. Tne possibility of some form of Mrs. William Rothwell, president illumination for the Christmas of the Canadian Legion Women's evrereens to make them more at- Auxlllary, was in general charge. , tractive during the long nights Those assisting at headquarters was suggested. The importance in the Legion Hall were Mrs. of proper arrangements for taking George Abbott, Mrs. William Brass, down the trees after the season is e ir r. m it -m nmt,. over was also mentioned. A com- lesby. Mrs. H. Smith, Mrs. Boulter S2S51(Sj It sr., Mrs, D. C. Stuart. Mrs. G. E. "...p, , t Aiinn Panama Move Cullin and s A Klel- Those tagging were: Mrs J. A. TOKYO, Nov. 8: The Japanese Teng and Barbara Teng, Mrs. government today officially pro- William Rothwell, Mrs. John Law-tested the decision of the Panama rie, Mrs. C. V. Evitt, Mrs. Maugh- government to bar Japanese com- an, Mrs. C. Oland, Lorraine and merclal establishments from Pan- Nina Youhgman, Norma and Lydla ama. Hawthorne Graham and J. C. Gil- ker were named. Russian Freighter e0L XXX "' Mil LOCAL ClVVf RETURN FROMEDUCA? VISIT TO ARMY HEADl BARTERS PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1941. War News BEAVERBROOK ON RUSSIAN SUPPLY MANCHESTER Lord Beaverbrook, minister of supply, speaking to munitions factory workers here today, replied directly to criticism of amount of aid being given by Britain to Russia. With the support of the workers, full quota requirements to Russia would be met every month henceforth as had been done in October, Beaverbrook told his listeners. "If there is any failure," he said, "it will be my failure but, please God and with your help, there fchould be no failure." RUSSIANS HITTING BACK HARD LONDON With the Soviet air force playing an active part in attacking Nazi mechanized equipment, fierce Russian counter-assault- against the Germans continue all along the front with particular intensity In the west and northwest sectors, according to Russian advices today. The Nazis appear to be falling back generally except around Talinin where bloody street fighting goes on with stif. German resistance. In the siege of Leningrad 350,000 Germans have been slain, according to Soviet estimates. Berlin" claim? fuithci advances by German and Rumanian forces in the Crimea. HEAVY ATTACK ON BERLIN LONDON Huge squadrons of British bombing and fighting planes attacked Berlin and points in the industrial Rhineland last night. It was the first attack on Berlin since September 20 and cnt of the heaviest so far in the war. Hundreds of Royal Air Force planes toak part in the attack which lasted for hours. Thirty-seven British planes with some 200 fliers failed to return, the Air Ministry stated. Meanwhile, Royal Air Force planes operating out Df North Africa pounded Brindisl in Italy for hours, the Italian High Command admitting that explosives and incendiaries had caused "serious damage." The Luftwaffe was over England and caused some casualties and damage in Sunderland shipyards and elsewhere. CHRISTMAS I Is Claimed Sunk CHINA'S YALE Changsha, China, is the home of a college for Chinese maintained uiuuan, , mv. o. ueimu Yale university, sources today claimed the sinking; ' of a British destroyer in tne orin i Sea. I Gunner Charles Whatman, who is now stationed with the Royal Canadbn Artillery at Victoria, arrived in the city on the Prince n,. krMM thrmmh Mn. Rupert yesterday afternoon to jliO , - - - , ..v "-v. r,- . T. ! j . i ..H4.l ,.JU I Prinie-Rupert yesterday on me.ciymont Park will be closed until .spena a ween a iwve viin.ui afternoon. ernoon.! Saturday, Nov. 15. Ihis mother, Mrs. Ernest Warren. IS IN THE AIR : TV , . I Junior Chamber to Have Radio Auction and Will Decorate Stieets as Usual. rVit cfmne o t rt Ttta nit O InO I io Leaa rany OTTAWA. Nov. 8: two-day conference Dominion 0) A "CY" PECK ARRIVES Hearty welcome is being by many old friends, partial- 1nl Mint ri,rr nv.comrliA mon Tint Vl whom he Is so popular, to Ool. C. W. Peck V. C, D. S. O., officer nnm-m n ti H 1r tr nvprcpn v ri trrl nff t:hp First Great War of the Sixteenth j C. M., and officers of .the Cana dian Scottish. Gregor will be the two outstand ing guests of honor of the Legion on. Armistice Day, Tuesday. Col. Peck Is looking exceedingly fit and says that he Is feeling quite as well as he looks. The great tradition established by "Cy" in the last war is being ably carried on by his son who is an officer in England with the Royal Canadian Artillery. Capt. Ludwig of the Royal Canadian Army Dental Corps, arrived in the city on the Prince Rupert yesterday from Victoria, having been transferred here. PRICE: FIVE CENTS ENLISTING IS NEEDED Voluntary Policy Is "On Spot," Junior Chamber Of Commerce Is Told By Newspaperman Delegate The policy of voluntary enllst- .ment lor overseas service is "on . the spot" in Canada today and, 'unless there is an early and de-j elded Impetus to army recruiting, public opinion, at least as far as I indications in British Columbia !are concerned, may force the application of compulsory selective service to Canada's manpower. 'Such was the opinion expressed 'by G. A. Hunter before the Junior Section of (the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last evening on being requested to make some comments on ithe recent civilian recruiting conference at Victoria from which he had returned a few hours earlier. I The need for mofe men In Canada's army to meet reinforcement requirements which would inevitably ensue once the Dominion's forces overseas got Into action was impressed upon the conference, Mr. Hunter said. The object of the conference, he said, had been to place the situation squarely before a representative gathering of citizens with a view to enlisting their aid In "selling the army." After a busy session of ileotures, one hundred and fifty delegates from all parts of British Columbia had been given a picture of army life through visits to training establishments at Col- wood and Gordon Head where there had been demonstrations of what the army was doing and what U had to offer. While there had been a definite of the and unanimous expression of opin- Conservatlve Asso- ion that the only effective means 1 "be a -!f and Prince Rupert Chamber or coir.-, . titton to take over . "Z JT r," . rrterce. It was decided to proceed . 71. '. .j ui .K.i'""'!"' acmuic ocivite, me with the holding of a radio auc party. The invitation will be delegates at the conference had pledged themselves to continue It. l UiSSS I to ' blustering weather of a T' VT w to decorate tlitee. untary enlistment for oversea overseas w davs Poddv Day service until suph time (Policy was replaced by as this that of conscription. Reference was made to the serious attitude of the delegates at the conference. As soon as all delegates to the conference had returned to the city, such steps as could be taken with this end in view In Prince Rupert would be iconsldered, Mr. Famous Prince Rupert Officer Of Hunter informed the Chamber and First Great War Being Given its assistance would probably be Hearty Welcome .enlisted. JR. CHAMBER COMMITTEES Canadian Scottlsn, who arrived in , Appointments of Junior Chamber the city on the Princess Aaeiaiae, Workers for Year Announced yesterday from his home at Sid-, ney, Vancouver Island. He is herei for the special purpose of at-! tending the annual Armistice Dayj By President. Standins committees of the Ju- celebratlon of the local Canadian ni0r Section of the Prince Rupert Legion next week. Chamber of Commerce for the en- The ..Canadian ..Scottish ..Pipe suing year were announced as fol-Band was on the wharf to pipe lows by President Alt Rivett at Col. Peck off the ship where he t the regular monthly dinner meet- received oy ueut. uoi. a. u. b . Ruth Walton, Dorothy Ker-, jWatti gin, Elspeth MacKenzle, Billy, I BERLIN, Nov. 8: 0 - Gerrnan!johmton, M. C, V. D., Area Com- TA"dcee-Bnice Stevens and 5L . j . ' nianes are claimed to have sunk a .Tarir pww. psHpnt w- wenry. fitonnie ana uaraon itwnwen, reg- zr . , , u . , iu tjIov e. """"""i ""w civin rpntre C Ci Ham Oc !W Betty Pullen, Molly lon do German and Gvin Hume ;itoie IMarie Udc, Lock. Georce Oeore. Good. Good. Heao Eleanor "I .f."?1:." wSA r. numocr John MacGregor, V.C., M.C., D. Entertainment tprtanrnpnt.rnmn Collin McCar M-Pfl OU H VJ hHI I I I H I I Thaln, Margaret and Betty Wide, LliXLl VV 1 UI BUCHAREST, Nov. persons, including five Jews, were executed by the Nazi authorities yesterday for alleged sabotage on behalf of Soviet Russia. Dtivld Smith and BUly Watts, Audrey Hunter. Glenna Moore. 8: 0) Six i Mrs. Frank Ellison, Mrs. L. Wide, Nazis Claim Destroyer Of Britain Sunk WEST INDIANS' WELFARE LONDON. Nov. 8: O) L. N, Con- Jackie Finlayson and Jean Smith. Istantlne, West Indies test crick eter, was appointed by tne- Minis try of Health to take charge of welfare arrangements for the' hundreds of West Indies engineers In England to aid war output. thy and Ted Smith. I War Ravine T. W. Henrv. Col. Peck was escorted to the Archie Sloan and T. J. Williams, officer's quarters of the Canadian Carnival G. L. Rorie, Cliff Gil-Scottish where he was warmly 'ker, T. Norton Youngs and Bob welcomed by President Jack Pireece Parker. on behalf of .the Legionaries. Traffic Gavin Hume and Bob Colonel Peck and Major Mac- Paricer. Membership Gordon German and Doug Stevenson. F.A.C.S. Is Conferred On Local Doctor BOSTON, Nov. 8: Fellowship of Ihe American College of Surgeons has been conferred upon Dr. R. G. large of Prinse Rupert who was here personally for the ceremony.