PAOITTWO TBI EOTEY 1TBW1' J, Wednesday, April BELFAST AFTER AIR RAID THAT TOOK 500 LIVES I Glean-Up Paint-lfo 'CAMPACS Make I Repairs, The finest crepe sole summer stfocs on the market in little gents, hoys and mens. Priced from 31.50 T0 $3.95 Family shoe store ltD. The Home of Good Shoes Buy War Savings Certificates THE DAILY NEWS. PRINCE RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday, by Prince' Rupert Dally News, Limited, Third Avenue H.F. PULL EN - - - Managing-Editor EDITORIAL Pay And Then Pay Some More - - The new budget presented to Parliament at Ottawa yesterday provides for a number of tax increases: The gasoline tax of three per cent will affect a good many people but the really low income people will not be affected. Most DeODle can use their cars less if thev sri wish A most severe feature of the federal taxation system is the present system of double taxation, especially on those COnductin tr -n fnrnilv Hncinpsa TTnrlov tVio -nam mil. ing an incorporated company must pay forty' per cent of ifo- -mv-lfff O f fUn A 1- -U 11.- 1 - juniq iu Hie ftuvcxiiiiiciiL aim, snuuiu a uiviuenu ioe declared, the recipients must pay another heavy tax, the double tax amounting to a very large percentage of the whole. Troops For Canada - - The visit Of Prime' Minister 'MnoVonvia Vine f Wool, ington seems to bave been helpful in connection With the war effort. One thin? th.it , uuiteu oiui.es soioiers- must be prepared for service in many parts of the world. Tho.se vho heard him evidently had their minds set on the Mediterranean' countries and the Far East, including the Phillipines; However there was nothing in the speech to indicate that Arheri' can forces might be sent there soon. ' Communists Puzzled Canadian Communists, who have been secretly supporting the Axis because they were ordered to do so, are now rather puzzled what, to do. Russian support ta Germany has cooled off and supplies to-the mechanized army LrVd J f,allen off However, we have not heard that the local Reds have received orders for full co-operation with the government in its war" "effort. They may yet receive those orders, fn- the meanfinte their number lerence. Their-organization--is illegal and any outspoken comments would verv snnn Innrl th Salvage workers move through the wreckage of homes in Belfast, Northern Ireland, after the German air raid April 15th, that took at least 500 lives. Bodies are still being recovered from the wreckage. A British flag flies from the facade of a building on the left. 'FLEET ST.' GRADUATES Well Organized Service Reports Daring Deeds of Airmen By LOUIS V. HUNTER Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON, April 30: (CP) The Air Ministry News Service, a government agency that operates like the big press association of the world, is the voice of the. Royal Air Force. The news service follows the f 1 i a r S wherever Ihey go at home or abroad, If t.hprp is a (rnnri story tjo feUtpUS V. HUNTER (and there's .. 'hardly a day without at least one tale of amazing daring) of the feats of the .brave British airmen, the news service reporters are there to turn up the facts and whip them imio snape ioc aisiriDuuon 10 a mi , . ,, , ,. line cost of living taxes , have, apparently, not been'news-hungEy world, affected to any great extent. On the whole everyone will' since the start of the war more have to pay a little more and the higher income' people a'than 3'000 stories nave been icleas" great deal more. High taxes are the price of war in this'e.d ,foLpublicatlon' most 01 them Case the nriee n' frpwlnm Tha nnltV thlngto V? i (1 f 1 1 . 5lnce tne gallaDt &art ln-tne lnnl7 t? u?u 13 Battle of BrLtain,last fall. Security and W look pleasant. f It might have been worse. . 'reasons, have held in .,. . til after the war probably as many 'more articles. The news Service was organized two-and-one-half years ago. be cause it was felt that if the R. A. P. ever went into action a carefully plannfed news service would be De needed neeaea to no unfold unroia to to itn .the world world v" "-if onvtui", a t?C , h?"ge rate . i between ; the two countries. ThatRhe activities of the airmen. The Will' enable the nennle nno onuntwr fn nAnn onthnrlMoK! folt tnn., 4Viot; am . L wnv. J bu Ul UU UUUUJ5 1 1 UII1 1 niu nil wu- tne'nrnor MMfVlAllf' fnnVC n..,1,l. -1 i. .- ,l I i . Ilmwrl unuea nrocsnrs presence nf of civilian li,IHo nimuuu j.cai ui u suuuun enange wnicn mitrnt result m a considerable loss. It is also, stated in United States publications that the possibility of American troops replacing Canadian troons when tanadians- were sent overseas was discussed; That forcc might result in Prince Riihert h encan troops m place of Canadian in the1 local barracks uairdCKS. l41' "ews-gatherers m It is onlv i utrmfeb. htif Jf vi il trained newspapermen graduates q m the realms of P,fcet nossibS 0f S6'ee wh0' on thttr aP" 4 -j . The close co-operation of American and Canadian warships with the use of naval bases is no new policy but it seems to have been further considered at the conference if American publications are to be believed Stimson's Hint - - Secretary of War H. L. Stimson, discussing activities before a committee of the Senate, told them re porters, however unauestidnable . .their integrity, would be undesir able. So hand-picked, men were chosen and taken into the air Trained Tews" Men pointment, are1 commissioned in the- R. A. F". VblUnteer Reserve. They join as pilot officers and so through a short period of training with a disciplinary course. Eventually they are sent .to various' com mand1 headquarters and if they are satisfactory are promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant. ' These officers, are at work wherever there are Important com mands or groun . Some are at Singapore, in the Mediterranean and the Middle Bast but the majority are attached to home bases of fighter, bomber and coastal commands. Whenever possible thev interview nilots Whn havp hfpn bombing Germany or shooting aown Messerschmltts so the world in general can read of the ex ploits. It is not an easy Job even to men trained In handline: news stori:. British: airmen-and" the same goes for the Canadians serv ing in ,the R. A. F, are modest about their achievements. The Interviews and stories encouracp the I people at home and in ithe Empire ana neutral countries their propaganda value Is Incalculable. How Distributed ; 'The Ministry of Information In .London acts as distributor for the news service. ,Subscribe;n; to. the M. O. I. teletype service have the camp if the comments tended to interfere in any wav with material 2 If11 delivered over ?ver th the wire wlxe y the condiiet nf f he umr Way WItn,to editorial desks. It is In this 'way thait The Canadian Press re jcelves the stories, which it rewrites j for cabling to Canada. I There is a service press officer at each of the commands and he base. Iris bulletins principally on Intelligence and operational re. ports. The press officer at the giOup concerned follows up with .stories and amplifies them later, generally with interviews. Group press officers have a wide variety 'of duties whifch only trained newspapermen could b trusted with. They arrange and conduct visits of newsmen, write radio scripts and feature articlei. The man with the group is working under conditions similar to those of Fleet Street itself. If he hears of a good "yarn" he rushes off and sometimes uses an airplane to get there fa.-i'er if the story is a "hot" one. He has practically a free hand in his news gathering but it is usual for all (tories to be approved by a high officer of the command before it hey are sent to the ,Air Ministry for final scrutiny! Man in the Moon "Pay, pay, pay!' says Mr. Hsley and the people smilingly pay. What I don't like Is having to pay somebody to find out how ;'much I owe at the end of the year. j We rather like Win, ton for say-jlng "no" or "yes" promptly with out consulting anybody. But If there was no war n, we should be likely to1 say- "Please' steD down i Winston. We want to argue." The Germans have invaded Britain and. were driven back. What will be the next move? . . One Viennese to another: "How are- you old chap?", . v 4 "Marvelous, thanks.'i.,!., . . : "It's quite all rlghlv we, are?, not on the telephone, you can tell' me the truth." i ''t : i Hubbv: "What arS w hfivinn for dL'jne'r?"' v V' ' ' , Wife: "SDonwp rJltp- sporlged the eggs. from. Mrs. Jones,,' .the flour from Mr'srown and' the milk from MrS. Smith." "Does your father" aiked the caller of the minister's.littlfidaugh- ter, "ever preach the same ser-1 mon twice?" "Yes",. I think he does," was the. reply, "but he talks ldud' and soft In different places eah, time so it doesn't so'urid the same." A social climber is a person who spends money he hajn't got to buy things he doesn't Tequire lb Impress people he doesn't 'like. I - NORTHAMPTON; April 30: (CP) Henry Newton, 69, was fined 40 shillings or a month n ijail on-his Wist charge of travellinsr on a train without paying his fare. Announcing Arrivals : at the Varity Store Infants. 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