LOAN
NEAR
ITS
QUOTA
lp
to
Last
NJ't
WU00
Had
Been
Subscribed
In
I'rinre
Itupert
'1
Y
T:
A:
B
Mdays
Victory
Loan
sub-on
ii.
Prince
Hujiert
totals',,
AM),
bringing
the
cumula-J
a
to
date
up
to
$04.300
or
.
nt
of
original
quota
of
Building
Permits
For
Past
Month
Total
Value
Wai
$WW
Three
Frame
Building
Included
In
LIU
,
Kuy.
permit
tn
the
city
for
'.
tailed
fiW
In
value
.
,
t
id.
frame
baUding.
Sher-
k,
Avnue.
$I.7S0.
Frh.
frame
buuVdtng.
Sher
...
,.,,....
ti
ion
A"
-
hraruiK
-
a
letter
from
the
dran
of
St.
Andrew's
Anglican
4
t
i'liedral.
Is
advised
that
his
m
f
iMt
limu
llpnrv
fllta-
V'J'.
H
lilt.,
n
n
is
misslna-
while
on
scr-
v!
wuh
the
Royal
Army
M
heal
corps
In
the
African
:
rt.
Capt.
Olbson
enlisted
m
1038
and
has
seen
much
rvicc
In
the
Middle
East.
He
was
at
Crete
and
was
later
wounded
at
Tobruk.
In
addl-
'ion
he
served
In
British
So-
mallland.
"
,
BATTLE
OF
M-tHMMll.
frame
building.
!
ene.mjr
-e
Avenue.
$223.
i
.
v
addition.
Sherbrooke
.
$iv
:
u
.
foundation
repair.
t
$100.
TWO
CLUBS
GET
MONEY
Rolsrr
and
Gyro
Being
Repaid
Bent
Whleh
Weie.
Ied.
-
During
Depression
Tor
Ilellef
Purpose
r
-
t
or
am
to
the
r
i
u!rrt
RoUry
Club
and
t
the
Prince
Rupert
Oyro
'
which
were
loaned
to
,r
rnlif
nurnoaea
during
ion
yenra.
waa
autnor-
.
f;iv
Commissioner
D.
J
'.
.
this
morning
when
in
his
caDacity
aa
a
city
r
"iit
waa
alio
authorised
r
r!iur'
Rupert
Roys'
Club
'
,
..I
$3M
which
the
club
onnectlon
wKh
bulld"
Third
Avenue
at
the
cor-'
F-
uhth
8tet
in
which
it
.n-mtxhed
rights
This
;s
li
be
invested
in
Victory
r
'
l
placed
in
the
civic
'..
d.
Rehabilitation
Council
Should
Pay
Visit
Here
IRONICAL
WASHINGTON,
DC,
Nov.
3
(CP)
Sinking
of
two
additional
Japanee
cruisers
in
the
South
Pacific
Mai
reported
today
by.
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
who
coupled
with
the
news
an
admonition
against
"grow
Ing
too
optimistic"
about
the
Solomons
campaign,
lie
said
that
the
Japanese
hate
a
fleet
of
formidable
proportions
left
and
"we
haven't
any
doubt
they'll
come
bark."
Secretary
Knoi's
rrpoit
of'th
tlnkinr
of
the
two
more
encm
cruisers
waa
based
on
late
Infor
mation
from
Vice
Admiral
Hob-
j
rrt
I.
Ohormley,
now
back
from
i
his
former
command
as
chief
of
j
Pacific.
Cfhormley's
account
of
naval
opeiations
in
the
South
'
the
battle
off
Savo
Island
on
the
j
night
of
October
11-12
listed
five
destroyers
and
three
cruisers
as
sunk,
said
Knox.
A
communique
yesterday
said
that,
in
addition
to
other
recent
sinkings
In
the
South
Pacific,
United
SUtes
submarines
had
sunk
one
large
passenger-cargo
ship,
damaged
and
set
afiie
a
converted
carrier
and
damaged
one
destroyer
and
a
medium-sized
tanker.
As
a
result
of
a
devastating
battle
on
October
26,
In
which
the
Japanese
are
reported
to
base
suffered
damage
to
seven
bljChlps.
and
.between
100
and
150
planes.
United
Mares
lorcrs
for
the
time
being
at
least
appear
to
have
control
of
the
waters
around
Guadalcanal
Japanese
waishlps
listed
as
damaged
In
the
battle
east
of
Stewait
Island
include
two
aircraft
carriers,
two
battleships
and
three
crullers.
This
added
one
battleship
and
two
heavy
cruisers
to
the
score
previously
reported.
The
United
States
lost
In
the
engagement,
It
Is
announced,
one
carrier
as
yet
unidentified
(possibly
U-S.S.
Hornet
and
the
destroyer
Purler
with
other
ships
reporting
levser
damage.
AT
RADIO
Nobody
Getting
Anything.
Cham
ber
of
Commerce
Agrees
D
c.
McRae.
chairman
of
the
radio
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
was
asked
at
last
night's
meeting
If
:
..
.
-nftiiint,
npw
in
me
ui-
postwar
Rehabilitation
j
wc
,.
,,
..
rart
n
situation.
llngcoTr
:
a7yoU
anything
new
in
connection
with
l
nac
yo
w
"
heard
'
.
'
,-t.o...
the
Prince
Rupert
on
the
radio?
wa
J
the
"f
.
Arnold
Flaten
put
que
rT
of
Commerce,
at
Us
!
dent
inst
night,
decided
to
of-
Uon.
.
.nm.rlon
tn
the
COUHCll
i
"O,
;-
pimrr
Rupert
was
a
place
or
I'Tit
importance
to
warrant
mnnl
holding
a
session
here.
Dean
Gibsons
Son
Missing
t
Vrrv
TIpv
Jnmes
IV
Qlbson.
An'rt
neither
has
anyone
else,"
added
Joe
Scott
tartly.
Air
Force
Goes
Over
Top;
Puts
Up
For
Bonds
dnTaian
Air
Force
The
Royal
station
here
has
exceeded
by
$2,000
Ita
objective
for
Victory
Loan
subscriptions,
a
total
of
$11,400
hav-lng
been
subscribed.
returned
to
the
T.
J
Williams
.i...
im
fmm
a
trip
to
Van-
with
hs
en
couvcr
In
connection
llstment.
He
Is
not
yet
decided
a
to
whether
he
will
Join
me
wiyu.
Canadian
Air
Force
or
the
Army.
Meanwhile
he
Is
back
on
the
Job
again
with
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.
accounting
department.
:
Nalchik
Fails
:
SOLOMONS
"tTXce
:
lapanese
Suffered
Heavy
Losses
Hut
Nary
Secretary
Wain
Against
Undue
Optimism
MOSCOW.
Nov.
3
-A
force
of
fifty
thousand
German
and
Rumanian
mountain
infantry.
armored
troops
and
sailors
j
edged
forward
In
a
narrow
sector
southeast
of
Nalchik
but
the
enemy
was
reported
on
the
defensive
in
other
parts
of
the
flaming
Caucasus
battlefront.
The
main
Nazi
thrust
forced
the
Red
Army's
withdrawal
from
Nalchik
It-
self.
-
QUESTION
OF
HELP
Chamber
of
Commerce
Aroused
Orer
Disturbance
Caused
By
Large
New
Employers
Here
The
question
of
wage
and
salary
competition
tn
Prince
Rupert
by
which
large
contracting
organizations
coming
into
the
city,
some
of
them
operating
on
cost
plus
i
basts,
were
of
ferirsg
fabulous
wages
thus
making
it
very
difficult
for
;
the
regular,
permanent
local
em-
ployers
to
keep
their
help
was
air-1
ed
at
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Af
ter
stxite
discussion
it
was
decided
to
take
the
matter
up
with
the
National
Labor
Board
to
ascertain
if
some
control
could
not
be
af
fected.
It
was
felt
that
it
wali9;.
fair
7or
these
large
outside
em-oloyers.
operating
under
special
advantages,
to
come
here,
the
charge
being
made
that
some
ot
them
had
actually
solicited
certain
employees
to
leave
their
regular
Jobs.
The
feeling
was
expressed
that
regulations
which
governed
the
permanent
local
employers
In
regard
to
the
remuneration
and
movement
of
help
shoujd
also
be
applicable
to
these
concerns.
MAIL
FOR
EAST
END
New
Pot
Office
to
be
Established
Just
Across
Hays
Creek
A
post
office
tor
the
eastern
Industrial
section
of
the
city
Is
to
be
opened
in
a
new
building
be-lnr
erected
by
Ed.
Paulson
at
the
comer
of
Sixth
Avenue
and
Hays
Cove
road.
Post
Office
boxes
have
nlrwidv
been
received.
The
new
post
office
wui
oe
oi
oartlcular
service
to
the
popula
tion
tributary
to
the
local
IS
NEARING
OBJECTIVE
Victory
Loan
For
Canada
Has
Now
Reached
Total
of
$G61,Z81,700
OTTAWA.
Nov
3
T
Victory
Loan
subscriptions
up
to
the
close
of
business
yesterday
totalled
$661.-281,700,
it
was
announced
today.
1
Victorv
Loan
Subscriptions
Venture
Exploration
Co.
East
Africa
i
Ltd
$
10,000
Robert
D.
Crulckshank
50
nnmlnlon
Hotel
250
Premier
Oold
Mining
Co.
150,000
SUbak
Premier
Mines
Ltd.
100,000
Cecil
Brlnd,
district
manager
of
the
Imperial
Oil
Co..
Is.
sufferlm
from
an
attack
of
pneumonia
but
rted
to
be
making
satisfac
tory
progress
toward
recovery.
PROVINCIAL
Bulletins
MELBOURNE
Australian
forces
on
New
Guinea
Island
have
recaptured
Kokoda
from
the
Japanese
and
are
now
but
60
miles
from
the
important
landing
point
of
Buna.
A
convoy
containing
an
estimated
7,000
Japanese
reinforcements
for
Buna
has
been
dispersed
by
Allied
planes.
UNITED
STATES
ELECTIONS
WASHINGTON
General
congressional
elections
are
on
throughout
the
United
States
today.
There
is
also
voting
for
a
number
of
state
administrations.
CYCLONE
IN
BENGAL
LONDON
An
estimated
11,000
persons
were
killed
and
wide-
niil
ilimirr
n
done
bv
a
-
cyclone
which
swept
the
Be
coast
of
India
on
October
MEAT
RATIONING
OTTAWA
Meat
rationing
In
Canada
may
be
necessary,
Food
Administrator
Taggart
says.
Canada
has
failed
to
fill
a
600.-
000,000
pound
pork
product
order
lor
Britain.
DIRECTING
-
rel.
D.F.C..
veteran
northern
pilot
Five
airports
at
Orand
Prairie
Vort
St.
John.
Fo-t
Nelson.
Watson
take
and
Whitehorse
come
under
Farreirs
Jurisdiction.
He
has
al
ready
established
his
headquarter
n
Edmonton,
directing
work
fro
hls
office
here.
He
makes
the
odd
flight
to
see
If
things
are
goini
right
The"
Arctic
Eagle."
as
he
once
was
nicknamed,
acts
as
a
liaison
officer
between
the
United
States
Air
Force
and
the
R.C.A.F
..
too.
Pmbablv
no
other
air
force
of
fleer
U
better
equipped
for
the
Job
than
"Con"
Farrell.
The
northland
has
been
his
backyard
for
man?
vparshe
has
flown
In
the
blacK
nn
nf
the
nleht.
tn
sub-zero
weather.
In
the
bleakness
of
fog
during
his
bush-pllottng
days,
rinri.
he
was
lost
for
11
days
when
his
plane
was
forced
down
In
the
far
north.
He
was
rescued
by
a
fMlnw
nilot.
Matt
Berry.
Farrcll.
who
received
the
DF.C.
during
the
First
Great
War.
was
born
in
1898.
He
started
flying
at
Camp
Mohawk
and
Camp
Borden
In
1917.
Although
he
says
he's
got
"nothing
to
report"
on
his
activities
overseas
In
the
last
war.
"It
Isn't
Just
a
rumor
that
he
shot
I
down
13
planes
and
saw
Rtcht-j
hof
en,
the
Oerman
ace.
In
his
last
!
dog
fight
To
Conduct
Civic
Poll
D.
V.
Smith
Annointed
Returning
Officer
For
Election
Next
Month
D.
V.
Smith
has
been
appointed
returning
officer
for
the
forthcoming
civic
elecUon
to
be
held
Decem
ber
17.
The
appointment
was
made
by
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
Matheson
when
sitting
as
a
cuy
council
this
morning.
TOLICE
COURT
FINES
Cltv
nolice
court
fines
for
Octo
ber
this
year
totalled
$1,095
and
for
November
$975.
EDMONTON.
Nov.
3
O
The
administration
of
all
airports
tn
the
Canadian
end
of
the
Alaska
air
loute
by
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
and
the
detailed
task
of
carrying
this
out
has
been
given
to
wintr
Cmdr.
C.
M.
O.
"Con"
Far-
Twenty-one
Yar
OM
Merchant
Seaman
Put
to
Death
For
Aiding
Enemy
i
LONDON.
Nov.
3
(CP)
Dun-'
can
Alexander
Cioall
Scott-FoH,
21-vear
old
British
merchant
seaman,
was
executed
to-
dar
in
Wandsworth
Prison
for
treachery.
A
Home
Office
announcement
said
that,
while
In
Lisbon,
Scott-Ford
supplied
for
$72
secret
Information
concerning
the
merchant
fleet,
eonVwy
movements,
aircraft
protection,
weather,
etc.,
and
promised
additional
date.
CITY
SELLS
MjRE
lots
rramft
r
of
a
Number
of
Properties
Authorixed
at
Meeting
This
Morning
The
followlnz
tax
sales
proper
ties
were
authorized
sold
by
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
Matheson
when
In
session,
this
morning
as
a
city
council:
Mr3
Jeannie
Robertson,
lots
51.
2
and
53.
block
30,
section
8,
$120.
Mrs.
Nellie
Beveridge,
lot
13.
lock
section
1.
$400.
Charles
C
Mills,
east
half
of
lot
15,
block
13,
section
5,
$132.50.
Ben
Sampson,
lot
4,
block
22.
section
5.
7
and
8
were
turned
over
to
Wartime
Housing
In
connection
with
the
local
construction
LOYALTY
OF
NAAS
FOLK
Organize
200
Strong
In
Pacific
Coast
Rangers
Subscribe
to
Victory
Loan
Gifts
For
War
Capt.
O'Orady.
field
supervisor
of
the
Pacific
Coast
Rangers,
and
staff
Sereeant
Martin
are
back
from
a
trip
to
Naas
River
villages
with
Indian
Agent
James
Oillett-
With
a
total
of
some
200
volun
teers,
comnanies
have
been
organized
at
Klncollth.
Aiyansh,
Greenville
and
Canyon
City.
On
the
trip
north
Victory
Loan
subscriptions
were
also
received
totalling
$200
from
Annlq
Stevens
Tomorrow
sTides
1
(Standard
Time)
High
10:24
am.
18.8
feet
22:44
pin.
18.0
feet
Low
3:50
ain.
7.1
feet
16:32
pjn.
US
feet
Local
Temperature
1
.
Maximum
39
Minimum
33
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXI
No.
255
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
3,
1942
PRICE'
FIVE
CENTS
BattlOf
'
Egypt
Is
More
Intense
FiremenTake
B
Tank
Fisht
Now
Ofl
Over
Running
:
With
British
evidently
ir
i
rnniii'jurM
j.
i
-
Just
as
the
hospital
author!-
ties
were
about
to
abandon
ambulance
service
owing
to
Inability
to
obtain
any
per-
V
ion
to
operate
the
ambulance.
v
men
of
the
city
fire
depart-
rocnt
came
to
the
rescue
and
volunteered
to
operate
the
V
pmbulance.
Now
the
ambui-
'
rtve
be!n
rerUd
to
this
y
way
and
during
last
night
it
viz
turned
out
for
no
less
t:in
three
calls
tn
connection
with
the
handling
of
medical
'
news.
Th
tisail
fee
will
be
e
Elected
for
the
service,
this
t-
eo
towards
maintenance.
T
iTRAITOR
AIRPORTS;
Veteran
Wing
Commander
To
Administer
Happy
Landing
Wg
-Highway
rt
.-lct
EXECUTED
vjettmg
best
f
N
azis
Important
Advance
Made
Against
Marshal
Erwin
Rom
mel
s
Delences
With
3iany
prisoners
laken
v
-
PATT?D
Nnv
3
Cf!Pl
A
f
rpr
rnntiniia
nrnhino"
hv
in-
fantry
and
artillery,
Lieutenant
General
B.
L.
Mont-;
jomcry
has
unleashed
a
considerable
portion
oi
his
armored
forces
against
those
of
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel
and
the
most
violent
tank
battle
of
the
twelve-day
old
campaign
has
broken
out,
the
Allies
scoring
an
important
idvan'je
near
the
centre
of
the
El
I
"
Alamein
line.
It
was
Indicated
to-
Til
T
T
V
C
f
day
that
heavy
fighting
also
raged
xJJ
X
L
IU
in
the
north
coastal
area
where,
.
tank
and
artillery-stiffened
Infan-
IL
I
A
Y
L
1
1
try
had
penned
a
sizeable
Axis
lJuJjJrkJUL
force
and
successfully
fought
off
desperate
Axis
counter-attacks.
Collector
From
Craig,
Alaska,
This
pocket,
formed
by
Australian;
Passes
Through
Winnipeg
1
infantrv.
was
believed
to
be
about
i
eight
miles
long
between
Tel
el1
WINNIPEOv
Nov.
3
Duty
regu-
Elsa
and
Sldi
Abd
el
Rahman.
lations
between
tne
uniiea
iiaies
Today's
communique
said
that
a
and
Canada
have
been
consider-,
new
wedge
was
driven
In
Axis
ably
relaxed
In
Alaska,
said
James
positions
near
the
centre
of
the
:
Brown,
deputy
collector
and
United
of
infantrv
oario
vpsterdav.
It
States
commissioner
from
Craig
was
termed
an
important
advance
Prince
of
Wales
Island,
who
passed'
in
which
many
prisoners
were
through
Winnipeg
enroute
to
taken.
COMPLAINTS
AVED
DENTQ!
V
Y
JU1V
1
LAJ
V
finit
and
final
action
It
wouia
d?
necessary
to
take
the
questions
up
vith
Ottawa.
James
Nlcholls,
secretary
of
the
ocal
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
union,
under
auspices
or
which
the
meeting
was
held,
presided
and
.eslie
Vtpond
Introduced
Mr.
Al
len
and
Mr.
Eve
after
which
a
eneral
discussion
on
the
various
latter
followed.
The
officials
In
ima
ted
that
shortage
of
labor
ws
holding
up
the
finishing
ancimain
pnnnr.p
nf
hOUSfiS.
a
formal
resolution
was
latr
mtwH
renuestinz
an
equalisation
of
the
rents
here
as
compared
with
nrv.miver.
Among
the
complaints
was
one
hat
men
enaazed
In
war
work
here
here
were
were
unable,
unaoie.
owing
f
to
w
the
"
of
Greenville.
$200
from
Anthony
made
to
facilitate,
the
cashing
oi
.
-
-
.
.h.lr
nf
.
maw
morv
who
rVi
H?TI
WerC
lit!
Uh
Adams
of
Aiyansh
and
$100
from
E.
I.
Oosnell
of
Canyon
City.
Aiyansh
people
have
alsojmt
up
...
m
tnm
lU
a
casn
gut
oi
susa
lor
uic
war
effort
and
the
people
of
Canyon
City
$20.
ONTARIO'S
WHITE
ITSH
Whlteflsh
represented
38
percent
of
the
total
marketed
value
of
Ontario
fisheries
products
in
1941.
able
to
get
up
to
the
banKs
aurinj
working
hours
to
cash
checks.
SAFETY
DRILL
rnNDON.
Nov.
3
W
The
Royal
Society
for
the
Prevention
of
Ac
cidents
advocates
that
peaesinans
use
this
simple
"kerb
drill"
In
the
Interests
of
safety:
1.
at
the
kerb-halt.
2.
eyes
right,
eyes
left:
3,
if
all
clear,
quick
march.
Kansas
City.
j
Labor
is
In
demand
to
operate
,the
many
new
camps
which
have
I
been
ooened
un
by
the
United
States
government,
he
said.
Much
of
Alaska's
gold
wilTbe-remaining
In
the
ground
until
Jalter
the.
wjwejtbe.
labor
Ujs,
being
uuittea
ror
more
essenuaj
this
is
Among
Matters
Dealt
With
Industry.
Mr.
Brown
said.
,
A
At
Conference
Sunday
Night
j
Mr.
Brown,
who
is
travelling
Equalization
Sought
I
with
his
daughter,
Mrs.
Ethelym
'Anderson,
to
Kansas
City,
said
Alleged
inequitable
rente
for
,
the
temperature
in
Winnipeg
was
.Vartjne
Housing
dwellings
here
Scolder
than
Craig
in
the
mlddla
as
compared
with
Vancouver,
the
!
of
winter.
Warmed
by
the
Jap-eneral
condition
of
the
rnuses,
anese
Current,
the
mercury
set-Tack
'
of
sidewalks
and
playgrounds
dom
drops
below
18
degrees
abov,
in
the
new
housing
areas
and
lack
j
he
said.
'
of
telephone
service
were
among
.
the
subjects
discussed
sunoay
evening
at
a
largely
attended
open
conference
In
the
Oddfellows'
Hall
ot
local
diy
dock
worsers
wiui
Bernard
Allen,
general
superintendent
or
the
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock,
and
W.
F.
Eve.
local
Wartime
Housinz
administrator.
The
irai
ofl
tela
Is
answered
numerous
questions
which
were
put
to
them
but
It
was
agreed
tnat
to
ger,
ae-
LOG
SCALE
FOR
MONTH
Sawloe
scale
in
Prince
Rupert
district
for
the
month
of
October
was
22397.127
board
feet
consisting
of
35.362
board
feet
Ilr.
391,402
board
feet
cedar.
11,134,308
board
feet
spruce.
6.828,619
board
feet
herqlock.
649.780
board
feet"J-sam
and
389.656
board
feet
:fack-plne,
according
to
official
figures
of
the
Forest
Branch.
Pole
and
piling
production
for
the
month
amounted
to
636,778
lineal
feet
487.054
lineal
feet
cedar,
45,166
spruce
and
104.558
mis
cellaneous.
-
A
total
of
1,193
Jackplne
'ties
were
recorded
and
1,33$
cords
ot
wood
were
cut
t
For
keeping
liquor
for
sale,
II.
J.
Hanson,
fisherman,
was
fined
$300.
with
option
of
three
months'
Imnrisonment
In
city
police
court
yesterday.
The
fine
was
paid.
Also
of
housius.
to
bring
the
.
ac
lttnt(,
w.
D.
Vance
In
to
the
city,
this
maK.n
i
families
,
"7nrt
VWiterdav
ritv
nollee
court
yesterday
Wer.
wers
necessary
for.
them
to
maintain
two
homes.
The
question
of
authority
as
be-tawn
thP
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
and
the
Wartime
Housing
was
another
matter
discussed.
Still
another
topic
to
be
brought
up
was
in
connection
with
the
DOMfbllity
of
arrangements
oem
four
drunks
who
were
each
fined
$25.
with
thirty
days'
option,
and
some
Indians.
t
Hcrrinsr
Price
Agreed
Upon
-
VANCOUVER.
Nov.
3
W
Herring
fishermen
of
the
United
Fishermen's
Federal
Union
have
accepted
$5
a
Unj.'
for
herring
for
canning
and
$4
50
for
reduction.
A
straight,
$6
had
been
asked
whereas
the
canners
had
offered
$4,75
and
$4.
4
mi
!
'1