TALK
WITH
One
;
PRESIDENT
l
:
l
Sistn
thief
of
Staff
and
l.-ad
Administrator
In
Lcng
Conference
Alia
N
DC.
April
21
-
return
from
Brt-Oeorge
C.
Marshall.
:
the
United
States
rry
Hopkins,
taute-
.ttor.
were
In
con-
-anda-half
hours
President
Franklin
Secretary
of
State
'ack
at
work
after'
ami
John
O.
State
ambassador
BEAR
CATS
WIN
GAME
u
Cun
Final,
n.
Vlr-
fT
Oier
Ottawa
Flicr
'
M
April
21
-
Port
1
"
CaU
turned
the
Ottawa
Filers
in
Uio
"
of
five
game
Allan
nes
last
night
by
3
to
1
victor.
Hip
'
'ii
the
first
two
gamo
v
it
ouUkated
and
out-
'Kht.
The
next
game
'
d
In
Toronta
where
Jiecossary.
will
also
Baseball
Scores
National
League
llrooklyn
0.
0,
New
York
o.
Pittsburgh
2.
American
League
3
Cleveland
I.
i
Chicago
3.
"r-
10.
Boston
4,
MALTA
IS
ATTACKED
"r,"J
Plane
Is
llrouKht
Down
"'"i
I
wo
Damaird
VAt.ErTA
MU'
k
fc.
x,
April
21:
Qerman
'-"'d
another
attack
on
,:'d
no
damage
although
1
a
few
casualties.
One
i.v
planes
was
brought
She
COMPANY
DIMMED
WASHINGTON
Congrw.
slonal
Inquiry
into
the
fire
on
board
the
Franrh
liner
Norma
n-dle
at
New
York
in
February
has
placed
full
responsibility
on
the
company
at
Brooklyn
where
the
work
of
converting
the
gteat
vessel
to
an
aircraft
carrier
was
being
carried
out.
A
si.it
far
damages
Is
recommended.
HELPED
NAZI
ESCAPE
DETROIT
A
Detroit
cafe
owner
a
naturaliied
American
of
Gciman
birth,
has
been
charged
with
aiding
the
escape
of
a
German
prisoner
of
war
from
a
Canadian
camp.
RECRUTING
CRITICIZED
.
OTTAWA
Following
the
reopening
of
Parliament
yesterday
after
the
Easter
recess
Hon.
R.
!L
Hanson
and
Angus
Mac-Innis
criticizzed
methods
bring
employed
in
army
recruiting.
YVONNE
IN
HOSPITAL
NORTH
RAY
Yvonne,
one
of
the
Dionne
quintuples,
is
in
hospital
here
recovering
from
a
minor
ear
operation.
NLWSPAPLR
PI.rDS
GL'ILTY
VANCOUVLi:
Tlie
Vancouver
Sun
pleaded
guilty
yesterday
to
Canada
regulations
In
repaid
to
publication
of
military
information.
Five
other
charjes
are
withdrawn.
ISLAND
JAPS
MOVLO
VANCOUVER
One
thousand
Vancouver
Island
Japanese
aie
moving
to
llastlni
Paik
pool
preparatory
to
being-
sent
out
of
the
coast
defence
area.
They
are
coming
by
boat
Cii
from
Chemalnu
today
and
300
from.
Victoria
tomorrow,
VETS'
LAND
SETTLEMENT
New
Assistance
Plan
Placed
Re-fore
Parliament
by
Minister
of
Pensions
.Mackenzie
OTTAWA.
April
21:
-A
war
veterans'
land
settlement
act
designed
to
settle
25,000
men
on
the
land
at
a
cost
of
$80,000,000
was
laid
before
Parliament
lat
night
by
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie,
minister
of
pensions.
Tf
.
nrnnnvrl
to
adVallCC
SCt-
!
tiers
up
to
fifty
percent
of
the
total
cost
of
their
holdings
anaj
equipment
as
outright
granus.
The
settler
must
advance
ti-n
per
cent
cash
of
the
land,
lmnrovcmcni
and
building
valuo
so
he
win
nave
n
personal
stake
In
the
enterprise.
Tim
nnnnnt
maximum
payment
from
the
settler
will
be
tH4
which
Includes
taxes.
Great
Britain's
former
output
of
ia.o0o.Mn
wisM
of
Scotch
whisky
tt
lQ
l
others
damaged.
.
annually
has
been
cut
to
5,400,ouu
becomes
Ins
the
HEAVY
NAZI
AIR
IOSSES
j
MOSCOW.
April
21:
Ihe
German
air
foice
has
been
suffering
heavily
in
the
air
war
over
Russia
which
has
been
increasing
in
intensity
all
the
way
from
Murmansk
in
the
far
north
to
Crimea
on
the
Rlack
Sea
to
the
south.
From
March
1
to
April
15
it
is
estimated
that
no
less
than
1500
Nazi
planes
have
been
brought
down,
one
thousand
of
these
in
March.
Yesterday
It
was
reported
that
fifteen
of
an
attacking
force
of
seventeen
German
planes
at
Murmansk
had
been
brought
down
while
in
the
Crimea
eight
enemy
machines
were
bagged.
LONDON.
April
21
Canadian
Press)
Soviet
long-range
artillery
Is
reported
to
be
drawn
up
within
range
of
Smolensk,
greatest
Ger
man
military
base
in
Russia.
230
miles
west
of
Moscow.
Furious
new
1
Russian
attacks
are
also
reported
to
have
been
launched
along
the
Volkhov
River
front,
south
of
Len
ingrad,
and
against
the
Finns
on
the
8vir
River,
between
Lakes
Ladoga
and
Onega.
The
Germans
are
reported
to
be
throwing
all
available
micM
of
counter-attacks
to
prevent
the
tied
Army
from
gaining
a
solid
.it,
t
a.
&s
vi.s
.
ore
uk
ice
mens
ana
tae
stream
.r.,
ij
provincial.
Jr"
.
.
.
",c
not
be
boosted
,u
-i.
old
Caarist
capital.
Seventeen
Ger
man
'strongholds
west
of
Leningrad
have
been
captured
by
the
Russians.
Soviet
paratroops
have
been
landed
in
the
rear
of
German
lines.
The
Russians
claimed
W
have
advanced
tw0
miles
against
the
Finns
at
one
point
after
battering
down
new
defence
works.
Both
Russians
and
Germans
arc
silent
about
the
precise
position
in
the
Smolensk
region
but
Reuters'
dispatches
said
that
General
Gre-gor
Zhukov's
troops
were
advancing
from
the
northeast
and
LONDON,
April
21
0
Air
wardens
absent
from
their
posts
while
on
duty
may
be
jailed
In
future
warned
a
Burton
magistrate
fining
two
A.R.P.
men
who
had
"just
gone
for
a
drink"
10
($45.00)
each.
VOTE
"YES"
HE
URGES
Hon.
R.
It.
Hanson
.Makes
Plea
For
Affirmative
Side
In
.Manpower
Plebiscite
OTTAWA,
April
21:
ll"n.
R.
B,
Hanson.
Conservative
leader,
calls
on
Canadians
to
vptc
'
Yes"
lp
the
manpower
plebiscite
licxt
Monday,
lie
urges
the
ability
and
nivMisltv
of
Canada
playing
her
full
part
In
the
war
effort.
Every
community
In
the
Dominion
should
organise
for
a
"Yes"
vote,
he
declares,
warning
against
the
danger
of
Indifference
on
the
part
of
those
in
favor
of
the
affirmative.
SHIP
OF
PANAMA
vivors
Landed
WASHINGTON,
D,
.
April
21:
0
The
United
States
Navy
le-ported
today
that
a
medium-sized
Panamanian
merchant
ship
has
been
torpedoed
off
the
Atlantic
coast
and
the
survivors
landed
at
east
coast
ports.
Rail
Rates
To
Remain
Same
OTTAWA,
April
21
(Cana-
nounced
today
that,
while
it
in-
railway
rates
on
in-
ternatlonal
transportation,
the
purely
domestic
rate
structure
JAPAN
HAS
AIR
ALARM
Another
Alert
This
Afternoon
Government
Gets
Report
On
Saturday's
Raids
BERLIN,
April
21
(Canadian
Press
l
A
Japanese
dispatch
said
today
that
an
air
raid
warning
were
within
eighteen
miles
of
the
sounded
in
west
and
central
Ja-clty.
pan.
The
Berlin
radio
said
that
Kuibyshev
reported
today
that,
the
alarm
was
sounded
In
the
af-
wlth
the
front
a
morass
of
mud
and
slush,
big
armies
nf
Russia's
western
front
continued
local
op-
JeraUons
today
without
appreciable
change
in
positions.
Alter
the
spring
thaw
comes,
it
Is
admitted
the
Russians
will
be
at
a
WARN
AIR
WARDKNS
ternoon
and
was
lifted
In
central
Japan
by
the
all
clear
at
5
p.m.
Japanese
time.
There
was
no
confirmation
In
United
Nations
Meanwhile
Uie
Imperial
govern
ment
at
Tokyo
today
received
off!
dally
from
the
Minister
of
State
details
of
the
damage
to
which
Tokyo
and
other
Japanese
titles
were
subjected
to
by
the
raid
of
United
States
bombers
last
Saturday
afternoon.
Five
flights
of
Jaapanesc
bombing
planes
have
raided
Chinese
air
fields
In
Changshu
Province
of
China,
one
thousand
miles
aaway
from
Japan,
where
It
Is
suggested
the
American
planes
might
have
come
from
on
Saturday.
In
Rome
It
Is
suggested
that
the
attacking
planes
might
have
come
from
bases
In
Russia.
II
RAVI
LR
PENALTIES
LONDON,
April
21
fJ
Racke
teers
laugh
at
the
present
Inadequate
penalities
for
"black
mark
eting"
says
a
London
newspaper
K11J.ED
HIMSELF
BRISTON,
April
21
O)
While
military
police
were
questioning
him
as
to
being
a
deserter
a
Royal
Army
Service
Corps
corporal
stepped
over
to
the
other
side
of
the
room
and
shot
himself
through
the
head.
Local
Temperature
$k
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
I,
I'll
High
5:00
a.m.17.1
feet
50
WW
ftf.Mfiium
18:35
pjn.
159
feet
Minitiium
33
Low
12:06
pjn.
C.6
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
v
:
xr.xi
No
93
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
21,
1942.
Death
of
Mrs.
William
Wood,
Former
Winnifred
Dibb
R.
N..
Comes
As
Shock
To
Family
And
Friends
Many
friends
of
the
family
In
Prince
Rupert
have
learned
with
feelings
of
deep
regret
of
the
death
which
occurred
suddenly
at
her
home
in
Brooklyn,
New
York.
at
midnight
Saturday
of
Mm.
Winnifred
Goldsborough
Wood,
wife
not
been
in
good
health,
for
a
year
following
illness
with
double,
pneumonia.
j
Deceased
was
thirty-six
years
cf
age
and
was
born
in
Leeds.
England.
She
was
brought
to
.
Canada
at
the
age
of
sir.
months,
coming
to
Saskatoon
in
1907.
Later
she
was,
with
her
family
at
Calgary,
Moose
Jaw.
Kelowna
and
Vancouver,
arriving
In
Prince
Rupert
In
1921.
She
completed
her
schooling
here,
taking
senior
matneuiation,
and
then
went
in
train
in?
for
a
nurse
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
After
graduation
,
she
engaged
In
private
nursing.
In
1931
she
was
married
at
the
LitUe
Church
Around
the
Corner
In
New-
of
the
Canadian
Fish
it
an-
Cold
Storage
Co.
Later
they
mov-
ed
to
Chicago
and
then
to
Brook
lyn.
Besides
her
mourning
husband
Vancouver
Grand
view
11
Bralorne
7.00
Cariboo
Quartz
1.06
Hedley
Mascot
(xd)
Z
Pend
Oreille
1.15
Pioneer
1.40
Premier
Privateer
Reno
Sheep
Creek
Oils
.40
.30
.03
..03
Calmont
11
C.
&
E.
:
.90
Home
2.40
Royal
Canadian
.03
Toronto
Beattlc
.58
Central
Pat.
.85
Cons.
Smelters
...
33.00
Hardrock
JO
Kerr
Addison
3.30
Little
Long
Lac
92
McLcod
Cockshutt
1.03
Madsen
Red
Lake
.33
McKenzie
Red
Lake
.52
Moncta
-23
Pickle
Crow
.
1.50
Preston
East
Dome
1.79
San
Antonio
1.45
Shcrrltt
Gordon
.70
Temperance
Union
ana
uic
prospects
are
uiai
mucm
v-
i
r
1
heavlcfpunlshment
will
bo
pro-j
PuSllCS
KeSOlUtlOn
V1UVU,
ACCUSED
Of
Local
Rotary
The
Canadian
Temperance
Federation
of
Toronto
has
taken
up
the
resolution
recently
passed
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
In
regard
to
curtailment
of
liquor
use
and
Is
seeking
cndorsatlon
for
It
In
other
communities,
Nine
Japanese
heavy
bombers
attacked
Port
Moresby
on
New
Guinea
Island
today
but
the
formation
was
broken
up
in
dthere
and
parents.
Mrs.
Wood
is
s
.rvtved
I
was
no
report
of
damage
or
casu-by
a
little
daughter,
Frances,
aged
'
altles.
seven.
George
Dibb,
In
tne
naval'
service
here.
Is
the
only
brother.
Deceased
was
a
member
of
the
Order
of
the
Eastern
Star
and
was
active
In
United
Church
work
In
Prince
Rupert.
Last
summer
Mrs.
Wood
paid
a
visit
here
and
to
Victoria
In
the
course
of
a
trip
to
the
coast.
TO
DAY
'b
STOCKS.
Coo
utnrntujfyc
Q
S
iswjjnooJ
Churchill
Favors
t
I
Single
Command
LONDON.
April
21:
It
was
revealed
here
today
that.
Prime
Minister
W.
1
n
s
t
o
n
Churchill
had
approved
a
plan
to
organize
combined
op-
cratlons
of
staff
which
would
Integrate
Britain's
a
r
m
y.
'
navy
and
air
force
as
one
huge
combat
team.
Still
1
"FOOT-SLOGGER"
OUT
Cape
Town,
April
21
0
Speed
In
war
can
only
be
attained
by
mechanization
and
the
foot-slogger
Is
a
thing
of
the
past,"
said
Capt.
Lukas
Meyer
In
an
appeal
for
recruits
for
the
South
African
army.
1R0MMEL
is
MOVING
UP
Looking
For
Nazi
Offensive
On
Libyan
Desert
CAIRO.
April
21:
General
Er
win
Rommell
Is
moving
up
new
tank
columns
on
the
Libyan
Des
ert
as
a
prelude
to
what
Is
expect
ed
will
be
a
Nazi
offensive.
Ger
man
planes
are
being
replaced
by
Italian
hi
Axis
ypcratlons
oyer
Libya.
George
E.
Windsor,
manager
of
Wales
Island
cannery,
and
Mrs.
Windsor
arrived
at
the
Naas
River
salmon
canning
plant
yesterday
to
6pend
the
season.
They
came
north
from
Vancouver
at
the
end
of
the
week
and
left
here
Sunday
night
on
the
Catala
for
Wales
Island.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Victory
Scored
In
Burma
By
Allies
LAVAL
OUT
FOR
NAZIS
rrrnch
Must
Accept
Collaboration,
St
Premier
Declare--Bitterly
Assails
Great
Britain
A,
21
Premier
Pi-
n
a
broadcast
last
:n'
French
people
that
accept
collaboration
v
He
bitter
iy
at-Britatn
which
he
ac-img
France
into
bat-deserting
her.
Now.
frrrinf
U
British
air
upled
France,
she
the
detraction
of
influence,
declared
swerve
him
from
.
i
HlUert
new
order,
i
nit
be
completely
Europe.
a
ration
of
war
agin
low
Laval
de-rtme."
mention
the
United
'
"urw
-V
his
broad
-
ftrat
triune
to
:
-rrea.
Admiral
Jean
J
can
rely
upon
you
'
v
upon
me
to
con-on
the
path
of
BULLETINS
ATTACK
ON
SIKLKIA
LONDON
There
are
still
u?-tt
tlonj
of
a
Japanese
attack
ujon
SoTlet
Russia
In
Siberia.
Japanese
forces
In
Mongolia
are
reported
to
hare
been
heavily
reinforced.
ELIZABETH
SIXTEEN
LONDON
Princess
Elizabeth
l
sixteen
yean
old
today.
She
made
a
public
appeaiance
by
in-ipectlnr.
the'
Grenadier
Guards.
RATIONING
IT
EL
LONDON
Fuel
of
all
kinds
Is
to
be
rationed
In
Britain.
A
saving
of
millions
of
tons
of
coal
in
civilian
consumption
Is
required.
WESTERN
I'KONT
qiJILT
LO.VDON
Unfavorable
weather
kept
both
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
the
Luftwaffe
grounded
last
night
Kusso-Gcrman
War
SMOLENSK
IN
RANGE
!:
OF
REDS!:
Furious
New
Kussian
Attacks
To
South'
of
Leningrad
and
Also
Against
linns
n
i
ti
.
British
Threat
Germany
is
Not
t
So
Hopeful
Now
4
KUIBYSHEV.
Russia,
April
21:
f
A
captured
German
major
is
reported
as
saying
that
a
British
threat
u
hang-
ing
over
Germany
tn
the
west
and
hopes
are
not
high
among
German
officers
for
a
spring
offensive.
PASSES
IN
NEW
YORK
Yenangyuang
Capture
Considered
Important
Mopping
Up
Japanese
British
Tanks
and
Chinese
Infantry
Co-operating
London
Warns
Against
Undue
Optimism
In
Philippines
and
New
Guinea
LONDON,
April
21:
(CP)
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of
the
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armored
unit,
;
was
confirmed
U
by
iDibb
of
this
dty.
she
succumbed1
a
British
communique
issued
at
New
Delhi.
With
Chinese
i
in
her
sleep
to
a
heart
attack
af-1
infantry
and
British
tanks
co-operating,
this
represents
Iter
several
days
of
illness.
How-,
the
Allies'
first
important
victory
in
Burma.
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end
was
so
near
and
advice
of
her
IkJ
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VJl
passing
came
as
a
severe
shock
to
I
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Viot-n
1r
A
Vessel
Torpedoed
Off
Atlantic
Coast
of
United
States
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a
great
barrier
protect
-flank
and
the
rear
of
Prices
and
Trade
Board
discount
undue
optimism
unless
air
supremacy
can
be
definitely
established.
Heavy
rains
within
the
next
three
weeks
or
so
in
Eur-ma
will
probably
make
i?nd
fighting
almost
impossible.
Heavy
fighting
meanwhile
continues
to
go
on
around
Yenangyuang
with
the
British
tanks
and
Chinese
forces
seeking
to
mop
up
Isolated
Japanese
troops
which
have
been
cut
off.
Chinese
forces
are
reported
to
be
still
retiring
slowly
150
miles
from
Mandalay.
There
were
no
reports
of
activity
today
on
the
Solleln
and
Slttang
Rivers.
In
the
Philippines,
the
Japan
ese
have
brought
dive
bombers
in
the
American
defenders
of
Corre-
gldor
fortress,
the
big
guns
of
York
City
to
Mr.
Wood,
then
sta-
wJucn
uaYe
Dcen
miun3
Japanese
snore
oavienes
ana
enemy
troops
on
Bataan
Peninsula".
NATIVES
TO
COOPERATE
Are
Desirous
of
Seeing
Conditions
Improved
in
Prince
Rupert,
Particularly
In
Regard
to
Liquor
Situation
Native
men
and
women
of
this
;
district,
at
a
well
attended
meet
ing
in
the
Metropole
Hall
on
Sunday
afternoon,
manifested
their
Interest
in
the
maintenance
of
law
and
order
In
Prince
Rupert
and
'
the
desire
to
to
play
for
the
first
time
against
expressed
co-operate
In
every
way
possible
with
the
au
thorities
to
this
end.
The
meeting
was
presided
over
by
the
Indian
Agent,
James
Glllett,
and
speakers-Included
RtRevtfO,-A,
Rut.
D.
D,
Bishop
of
Caledonia;
Brigadier
J.
T.
Gillingham,
divisional
commander
of
the
Salvation
Army
for
Northern
British
Columbia,
and
Rev.
James
A.
Donnell,
pastor
of
First
United
Church
here.
Speak
ing
from
the
audience
on
behalf
of
the
native
peoples
were
Alfred
Adams
and
William
Matthews
of
Massett,
George
Stewart
of
Kinco-lith,
Johnson
Russ
of
Greenville
and
David
Wells
of
Kitwanga.
Various
phases
of
the
liquor
situation
were
dealt
with
by
the
speakers
from
the
standpoint
more
especially
of
the
welfare
or
the
natives
now
resident
In
the
city.
The
effect
of
liquor
on
morals
generally
was
brought
out
and
strong
feelings
were
expressed
In
regard
to
the
supplying
of
liquor
to
Indians.
On
being
given
the
opportunity
to
express
their
views,
the
native
speakers
appealed
to
their
people
to
realize
the
seriousness
of
the
situation
and
do
everything
In
their
power
to
improve
existing
conditions.
WALK
OFF
TROOPSHIP
Canadian
Soldiers
Wanted
"Last
Fling"
Itefore
Leaving
For
Overseas
AT
AN
EAST
CANADIAN
PORT.
April
21:
?
Several
hundred
soldiers
walked
off
their
ship
a
few
hours
before
she
sailed
when
the
latest
contingent
left
this
port
Tor
Britain.
Soldiers
said
the
men
were
apparently
dissatisfied
with
food
and
quarters
but
the
only
Idea
of
walking
off
was
to
have
a
"last
fling"
ashore
before
sailing
for
overseas.
Dominoes
Win
Oyer
Winnipeg
First
Game
In
Western
Canada
Series
Basketball
Final
WINNIPEG,
April
21:
Victoria
Dominoes
defeated
Winnipeg
Commandos
43
to
39
last
night
In
tho
first
of
a
three
game
scries
toe
the
Western
Canada
men's
senior
basketball
championship.
Tho
second
game
will
bo
played
tomorrow
'
night.
.