Weather
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
tj
occasionally
fresh
northwest
winds.
Partly
cloudy
and
cool
with
scattered
showers
this
afternoon.
CANADA
GREAT
BATTLE
Wartime
Housing
and
Earth
Out
10,000
Miles,
It
Seems.
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
2:
if)
The
J.
sun's
dlstancp
from
earth
has
been
i.roo
$2,000.
Eyolfson,
1
AGAINST
INFLATION
IS
UNDER
WAY
FROM
TODAY
Biggest
Domeslic
Offensive
Commences
With
Every
Person
in
Dominion
Directly
Affected.
OTTAWA,
Dec.
2:
In
a
business
block
on
Sparks
street
here
final
plans
have
been
worked
o
u
t
for
the
war's
greatest
domestic
offensive.
It
is
an
immense
planning
against
time.
The
zero
hour
was
yesterday
for
all
to
go
over
the
top
against
rising
prices.
For
every
per-1
son
in
Canada
will
be
in
this
fight
to
beat
inflation.
It;
I
Conscription
I
In
Britain
LONDON.
Dec.
2:
Speaking
before
the
House
of
Commons
today,
more
particularly
in
regard
to
manpower
for
war.
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
announced
compulsory
service
for
all
men
between
eighteen
and'
sixty
years
of
age
and
also
for
single
women.
TWO
SHIPS
WERE
SUNK
is
a
fight
that
we
Canadians
must
win
for
ourselves
and
over
our-1
selves.
We
must
win
It
by
severe
discipline.
We
must
win
it
by
changing
business
practices.
We
must
win
it
by
turning
our
backs
;
on
old
habits.
We
must
win
it
by
beating
greed.
That,
men
say
here
at
Ottawa
headquarters,
1st
ihe
only
way
it
can
be
won:
by
each
man
making
himself
his
own
Judge
and
his
neighbor's
keeper.
It
cant
be
won,
they
say.
by
the
government.
It
can
only
be
won
by
the
people
themselves,
by
you
and
me
determining
not
to
chisel
or
cheat.
By
you
and
me
foregoing
the
temptation
of
an
immediate
seeming
profit
lest
It
be
one
of
a
hundred
thousand
such
profits
that
will
bring
ruin
in
the
long
run
to
us
and
all.
This
offensive
is
being
planned
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
under
Donald
Gordon.
It
This
Is
to
be
no
sudden,
sharp,
exhll-
Iratlng
attack
at
dawn.
Today
East,
one
room
cabin,
$450.
G.
V.
Hanley,
Alfred
Street,
frame
building,
pile
foundation,
'....$1,600.
I
L.
Karsen,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
frame
building,
pile
foundation,
$2,000.
:
I
O.
Guelpa,
Third
Avenue
West,
frame
building,
pile
foundation,
measured
and
is
found
to
be
l.
Jensen,
Sherbrooke
Avenue.
83.005.Oon
miipc
save
Howard
fmmp
building,
pile
foundation,
Blakeslee.
A.P.
science
editor,
This
Is
between
100,000
and
200,-"00
miles
further
than
previous
Measurements
which
were
the
result
of
centuries
of
careful
work.
The
announcement
Is
from-
Dr.
Spencer
Jones,
astronomer
royal
of
England,
made
in
"Monthly
Science
News,"
a
new
Rrltish
Publication.
$500.
WESTERN
DESERT,
Dec.
2:
0)
Officers
messes
of
tne
ti.
a.
r.
fighting
squadrons
have
been
replaced
by
the
"pilot's
mess"
where
sergeant
pilots
ana
mcu
vumm-Mn
rnilpazues
live
and
eat
to-
,row
as
they
do
ln
the
South
African
Air
Force,
D
I
ll
r
p-
Hanson-
Sixtn
Avenue
West,
Sween
was
appointed
to
work
with
KeDreSentatlVc
general
and
roof
repairs,
$200.
tne
statlon
ln
arranging
for
and
r
W.
J.
McCutcheon,
Third
Avenue
dlrecting
the
programs,
and
f
ur-
'West,
built
small
shack,
$200.
ther
ann0Uncement
will
follow
W
F.
Eve
Of
This
City
Has
J.
Redpath,
Sixth
Avenue
East,
5nortly.
Received
Federal
Appointment
addition
to
present
building,
$400.
Rgv
j
Myrwang
read
a
care-Here
J-
8.
Greer,
Sixth
Avenue
East,
fuUy.
prepared
paper
which
brought
I
frame
building,
concrete
founda-
fQrtn
much
llveiy
and
interesting
W
F.
Eve,
who
returned
to
the'tion,
$1,000.
discussion
among
those
present
cuy
yesterday,
has
been
appointed1
Jon
Jonsson,
Atlin
Avenue,
taia)
representative
of.
Wartime
irame
ounaing,
yue
"""'"""""
Housing
and
is
now
being
installed
$2,500.
n
his
duties
by
N.
B.
Roffinson
of;
L.
Yon
Kok,
Third
Avenue,
gen-Van
'eral
repairs,
$1,000.
I
nnP
v.
Ttrituh
Columbia
fppre
xntaUve.
Just
One
Little
Celestial
Error
I
C?lv4h
Avanna
.
i-i
...
Sixth
Mrs.
v.
reeney,
oiaui
,
ORGANIZING
CARPENTERS
American
Federation
of
Labor
Becoming
Active
in
Prince
j
Rupert.
I
harbor
of
Rlo.de
Janeiro.
'
Is
Organizing
of
carpenters
and
.shlnglers
under
the
banner
of
the
Avenue,
irame
iviiici,ni
i
iut.v.u.
.
.
J.
Deane,
Ambrose
"nnn
proceeamg
uere.
wmum
6c
Ambrose
Avenue,
neaa
uuice
tcpicsciiMuvc
ui
the
Carpenters'
Union
from
Vancouver,
Is
here
in
that
connection
and
spoke
at
a
well
attended
meeting
in
the
Carpenters'
Hall
Sunday
afternoon.
J.
S.
Black
was
also
a
speaker
and
S.
A.
Bird,
president
of
the
Carpenters'
Union,
was
in
the
chair.
Mr.
Page
will
be
the
city
all
week.
HARBOR
OF
ISLANDS
in
There
are
160
islands
within
the
Into
the
treasury.
The
income
tax
and
the
national
defence
tax
were
increased.
A
federal
gasoline
tax
was
imposed,
levies
were
made
on
rail,
ship,
bus
and
air
line
passenger
tickets
and
on
amusements.
On
Top
of
Existing
Taxes
The
excess
profits
tax
was
re
vised.
-The
application
of
the
sales
tax
was
widened.
A
new
levy
was
imposed
on
soft
drinks.
New
ground
was
broken
when
the
federal
government
Imposed
a
succession
duty
on
top
of
the
ex
isting
provincial
levies
on
estates
of
deceased
persons
and
this
was
stated
to
be
a
permanent
and
not
lze
its
application
ln
all
parts
of;
THE
ATLANTIC
IS
DUE
FOR
INTENSIFIED
WARFARE
Budget
Provided
Various
Means
for
Levies
to
-Meet
Growing
Costs
of
Canada's
Effort.
;
1
Numerous
and
far
-
reaching
measures
having
the
force
of
law
were
passed
by
order-ln-council
under
the
powers
conferred
in
either
the
War
Measures
Act
or
the
National
Mobilization
Act.
These,
however,
are
of
a
tempor
seas
in
the
necessary
volume.
Under
the
National
Resources
Mobilization
Act
two
measures
relating
to
compulsory
service
were
taken.
First
the
period
ol
compulsory
training
was
extended
from
30
days
to
four
months
and
then
it
was
ordered
that
all
men
'called
up
for
training
should
be
9bJ
Tomorrow
sTldet
mi
High
1:06
a-m.
102
ft.
12:54
pjn.
21.4
ft.
.
Low
6:56
ajn.
8.1
ft.
19:34
3.4
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
pm.
vol,
xxx..
no.
281.
-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
2,
1911,
nlfg5
4.
Lyan
Situation
Is
Not
So
Good
-
-
.
;.-
This
picture
map
shows
you
the
gigantic
arena
where
the
Baitis
of
the
At'ianuc
Is
be.ng
fought.
With
repeal
of
the
Neutrality
Act,
American
merchant
ships
can
be
armed
and
.
?nt
to
belligerent
ports
thrcugh
combat
zones.
Berlin
predicts
"a
sea
of
incidents"
because
German
warships
"obviously
will
be
obliged"
to
fiie
on
Amerl.v
u
ships
carrying
munitions
to
Britain
or
Russia.
Henceforth
American
armed
ships
may
be
attacked
anywhere
on
U;s
broad
Atlantic.
STOP
USE
OF
LIQUOR
Is
Urged
by
Prince
Kupert
Ministerial
Association.
-vou-
don't
hear
thewhisles
btow.
The
'rnmftterS
bf
tht?
iifv
trath-
1LM.A.S.
Sydney
Lost
in
Disposing
naffs
fly
It
just
another
ering
in
First
Presbyterian
Church
of
Axis
Kaider.
CANBERRA,
Dec
2:
The
Premier
of
Australia
made
tn-nountcnicntt
today
of
a
naval
battle
in
which
the
Australian
cruiser
Sydney
and
the
armed
German
raider
Cjermark
were
boih
sunk'.'
The
enthe
trew
of
550
officers
and
men
of
the
Sydney
are
believed
lost.
Some
of
the
400
officers
and
men
of
the
Cyermark
were
saved.
The
fight
took
place
November
26.
The
Sydney,
a
vessel
of
6830
tons,
was
built
in
1934
and
was
well
known
Uirough
cruises
to
all
parts
of
the
world.
The
Cyermark
is
believed
to
have
been
preying
on
shipping
in
the
Indian
Ocean
and
othrr
waters
for
months.
day,
with
little
visible
change
in
yesterday
at
the
regular
monthly
our
way
of
life.
But
a
long,
slow
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Min-ponderous.
unrelenting
pincers
lsterial
Association,
concurred
in
Continued
on
PAGE
FOUR
NOVEMBER
BUILDING
Permits
for
This
Year
Continue
to
Show
Substantial
Gain
Over
,
Year
Ago.
Building
permits
In
Prince
R
pert
for
November
this
year
to
a
resolution
deploring
the
widespread
use
of
intoxicating
liquors,
at
the
holiday
season
and
asking
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
to
eliminate
the
use
of
alcoholic
beverages
during
the
holiday
in
view
of
the
significance
of
the
Christmas
season
and
also
in
view
of
the
national
emergency.
Attention
was
also
drawn
to
the
forthcoming
observance
of
the
Week
of
Prayer
In
which
almost
all
denominations
in
many
nations
unite
annually.
It
was
unani
mously
agreed
to
ask
the
churches
tailed
$16,000
as
compared
with
Mnna
M
this
ritv
tr
loin
In
$12,550
in
the
same
month
last
o5serving
the
Week
of
Prayer,
year,
bringing
the
total
for
the
January
4
to
11.
present
year
to
date
up
to
$172,-
Arrangements
are
bein?
made
189
as
against
$53,469
in
the
first
to
proceed
wltn
the
presentation
eleven
months
of
1940.
of
a
Sunday
afternoon
devotional
Permits
Issued
in
November
were
servlce
ln
co-0peration
with
Ra-
as
follows:
dio
station
CFPR.
Rev.
A.
F.
Mac-
WAR
TAXES
MAKE
1941
PARLEY
IS
HISTORIC
OTTAWA
YEAR
PROCEEDING
United
States
and
Japanese
Rep
resentatives
Meet
Again
,
Tpdajr....r,.,.
-
.?J"
OTTAWA,
Dec.
2:
(CP)
Taxation
laws
were
the
Washington
Dec.
to
the
principle
of
the
costof-liv-
'
,
.
,
After
,ttar
conference
of
,
..
,
a
over
sn
"3-.;
the
Japanese
envoys
ln
living
costs,
Other
such
measures
were
designed
"
to
conserve
essential
materials
for
war
production
by
lim-
yesterday,
Secretary
of
State
Cor-
dell
Hull
proceeded
to
the
White
House
to
report
to
President
Roos
evelt.
J
A
commonly
held
expectation
here
1Ww5
U1u
touui.wuu
ui
uuiu
,
Tanan
will
mnk
cnmn
mit.l
ary
character
and
are
destined
to
1'
J
UJ
on
Pleasure
den
military
move
without
the
disappear
when
the
war
emergen-
rlvlnK.w
help
to
meet
a
gasoline
formality
of
any
declaration
of1
cy
passes
ana
tne
acts
under
wnicn
1
J
,
.
w
war
they
were
promulgated
cease
to
J""""
Vvfl
ffvt
ico
iii
uiuci
mj
uiaR-c
sure
mat
ThP
1941
hiirin.
hronaht
Pvt.Pn
-'
IOOQ
anQ
ine
supplies
requirea
slve
clianges
n
the
tax
laws,
all
b
Great
Britain
were
moved
ever-
calculated
to
bring
more
money
BRITISH
REVERSE
Axis
Forces
Break
Through
Trap,
in
Libya
Fighting.
CAIRO,
Dec.
2:
Nazi
forces
have
succeeded
in
breaking
through
the
British
ring
which
threatened
to
entrap
them
south
J
of
Tobruk.
I
Two
important
towns
Sidl
Re-zegh
and
Bi-El-Hamed
have
bsen
recaptured
by
the
Germans
and,
a
New
Zealand
general,
Brigadier
Reginald
Myles,
and
nlna
thousand
Britishers
are
said
to
have
been
taken
prisoners.
Rome
claims
that
a
British
cruiser
has
been
sunk
outside
NAZIS
IN
DISASTER
Powerful
Russian
Counler-Offen-sive
Meeting
With
Success,
Particularly
in
South.
MOSCOW,
Dec
2:
An
entire
German
army,
in
wild
retreat
and
pursued
hotly
by
Russian
forces
in
their
counter-offensive,
is
threatened
with
annili-hation
on
the
southern
front
west
of
Rostov.
Violent
new
German
attacks
,1
hammered
back
by
the
Red
ar-
I
my
with
heavy
losses
to
the
en-I
The
possibility
of
a
Russian
attack
on
the
Germans
from
the
An
innnrrjinf.
mpnsnrps
nrlrlpr
rn
flip
stntnf-p
Innnkc
nf
Pan.
other
nnnfprpnrp
nf
.Tsnanou
en
'
'ear
is
discussed.
ida
in
1941.
With
the
government
clothed
w
h
wee
ls
th
secretary
of
state
cor-1
ent
Jf'
del1
Hul1
was
to
be
held
,between
Germany
flnd
Russla-
powers
nnu-Prq
tn
to
make
rrnb
anv
any
regulations
rpmilntinn?
nPpP,nru
necessaiy
fn
to
trio
the
omrhirt
conduct
Japanese
government
today-
has
Fifty-nine
German
planes
were
01
the
war
by
order-in-COUncll
and
With
parliament
COn-
not
yet
presented
its
reDl7
to
the
brought
down
Sunday
with
the
l
j.j
-
ii
i.:
j.i
ii
i
!
..
.
s.
.
T-i
i
i
t
,
eniraung
us
atieiaiun
un
warruiner
man
on
domestic
united
states
terms
for
peace
in
iu;iub
uukwcu.
matters
the
meetings
of
parlia
ment
during
the
year
were
re
.
.
.
.
..
,
the
Pacific
but
has
asked
for
fur-!
prices
and
at
levels
wages
existing
thp.
ther
MaHfltin
clarification
of
America.!
markable
for
a
dearth
of
general
fh"
Sivne
universal
application
proposals
legislation.
SINKS
BUT
SALVAGED
Greenville
Boat
Brought
Into
Port
After
Being
on
Kocks
Four
Days.
if
they
did
not
volunteer
for
over-
controlled
territory
last
nieht
a
distance
of
two
miles,
to
obtain
seas
service.
MEIGHEN
OPPOSED
merely
a
wartime
measure.
In
Increasing
the
income
tax
Not
Allowing
Acclamation
for
New
the
government
sought
to
eaual-i
Leader
of
Conservative
.
Party.
Canada
by
inducing
the
provin-;
cial
governments
to
withdraw
from
!
TORONTO,
Dec.
2:
The
Co
taxation
of
private
and
corpora-
operative
Commonwealth
Federa
tion
Incomes
for
the
duration
of
Hon
nominated
a
candidate
last
the
war,
accepting
Instead
a
sub-
night
to
oppose
the
election
of
!
sidy
equivalent
to
their
returns
Senator
Arthur
Melghen,
the
new
from
those
tax
sources
In
the
last
,
Conervative
leader,
to
the
York
year.
As
tne
year
drew
to
a
c:ose
,
south
seat
m
the
House
or
com-
agreements
under
which
the
provmons.
In
view
of
this,
It
is
now
inces
were
to
accept
this
arrange-.thought
possible
that
the
Liberals
ment
were
in
the
process
of
con-;
also
may
nominate.
The
Liberals
elusion.
ihad
at
first
considered
not
oppos-
The
outstanding
developments
ing
Senator
Meighen's
returns.
in
the
field
of
wartime
legislation
by
order-ln-councll
were
the
establishment
of
price
and
wage
control
measures
late
Jn
the
year.
They
were
designed,
to
stabilize
MIRRORED
LIGHT
RAIDING
IS
EXCHANGED
Koyal
Air
Force
Active
Over
En
cray
Territory
and
Luftwaffe
Over
South
England
and
casualties.
Australian
War
Cabinet
Meets
Session
Called
for
This
Thursday
to
Consider
Situation
in
Pacific.
CANBERRA,
Dec.
2:
The
Australian
war
cabinet
will
meet
on
Thursday
to
consider
the
situation
in
the
Pacific
in
relation
to
new
developments
arising
out
of
American-Japanese
relations.
VICTORIES
ANYWAY
There
was
no
"V"
in
th3
Greek
Snow
reflects
about
70"
percent
or
Roman
alphabets,
"U"
took
its
of
the
sunlight
falling
on
it,
,
place.
Salvaged
after
having
been
on
the
rocks
off
Ryan
Point
in
a
sunken
condition
for
four
days,
the
packer
Kisiu,
belonging
to
'Samuel
Grey
of
Greenville,
is
In
I
port
at
the
Cow
Bay
floats
awalt-ing
arrangements
for
repairs
to
damage.
.
While
coming
ln
from
Mill
Bay
I
to
Prince
Rupert
with
Mr.
and
'Mrs.
Grey
and
three
children
and
!
Milton
Clark
on
board,
the
Kisiu
(Stranded
last
Wednesday
night
l
during
dark
and
snowy
condlticns.
T
ovnnv
rw
9-
Th
t?
rival
'
By
means
of
a
small
boat,
those
jkept
in
the
forces
for
the
duration
Ajr
porce
continued,
its
bombing
on
bard
made
shore
safely
and
of
the
war,
for
service
in
Canada
nr-tivities
over
enemv
and
enemv-
clark
set
out
afoot
for
Met'akatla,
reaching
as
far
as
Kristlansund
in
helP-
,
.
.
Norway
where
docks
were
bombed
I
Greenville
was
communicated
wlth
by
radio
broadcast
from
and
set
afire.
There
were
scattered
German
Prince
Rupert
and
two
boots-be-ralds
last
night
over
the
British
1
longing
to
Fred
McKay
and
Kelly
south
coast
with
some
damage
owvbi-m-uui
uuu
M
cue.
sunaay
mornmg
uiey
man
aged
to
pull
the
Klsiu
off
the
rocks
and
started
into
port
with
her
ln
tow.
Only
two
empty
tanks
kept
her
afloat,
It
Is
believed.
Sunday
afternoon
arrival
ln
Princa
Rupert
was
made.
A
Port
Slmpon
boat,
coming
ln
with
Alfred
Wesley
and
Ambrose
Reld
on
board,
saw
the
difficulty
and
also
gave
assistance
in
towing.
The
Klsiu
is
a
forty
foot
boat
with
20
h.p.
Vivian
engine.
WHERE
MUCH
DEPENDS
LONDON,
Dec.
2:
O)
Somewhere
on
Liverpool's
Merseyslde,
ln
sec
ret
underground
offices.
Britain's
naval,
shipping
and
air
chiefs
direct
convoys,
warships,
catapult
ships
and
long-rango
flying
boats
in
outwitting
German
u-boats
and
Foake-Wulf
bombers
ln
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic
it
'
gw
f
-iir
-rmin
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