il"
Ac:
o.s
m1
other
hand.
ire
as
a
result
.ulor
to
IUm-'
i
by
his
re-'
the
cabinet
S-al
Parties
ii
of
an
op-Pa
1
1
lament,
as
1
irec
of
this
iir
more
1m-.'wcndi
party
,
'
M'Um
w
Mr.
.is
lied
prlmar-
V:
nice
of
Wales
Majaya
after
as
v.
the
big
war-ndlfferent
air
v.a".ors.
'
cJ
Beaverbrook
1
ii
he
allegedly
services
and
Minister's
exer-urt;ment
In
con-
Brett
Is
Dead
in
South
l-rcaldeiit
of
crp
Sea
Away
Aflrr
l.nr
H.
J
H.
Hi
k
Mi
tK
nf
tt
Illness.
Urctt.
wlfn
nf
'
prrsldcnt
of
the
iri'men's
Union
at
passed
away
In
Saturday
after
io
funeral
taking
ouver
Wednesday
Kcv.
J.
W.
Mclvln
urctt
was
fortv-
n'"ny
friends
who
y
to
learn
of
Mrs.
Vancouver
and
waypolnts,
KiN.
March
18:
(CP)
Marshal
Timoshenko's
,'
'if-rn
front
onslaught
with
perhaps
ninety
divisions
was
reported
today
to
have
beaten
j
the
punch
in
the
nre-spring
offensive
for
Donets
Hasin
and
the
road
to
the
Cau-tockholm
conies
word
that
the
Germans
1
tumors-
:wpps
MAY
Bl
PREMIER
OF
BRITAIN
Kald
To
Be
Not
.1
Yrl
Willi
lliangw
in
Adtrmu-.tralioii
13
O
-The
.
.
that
an
ex-r
ll
-informed
umenUng
on
'.
recent
eab-'.
public
and
in
of
the
,
,
,.
vat
rvery
.::
ird
Ciipps
I
i
Churchill
mi
far
as
to
Mil.
WtlOlt
tain
twnjher
i
of
'fftto
an
the
modem
m-v
would
be
month.
r-ccnUy
am-.
entered
the
Lord
ITivy
in-
Home
of
?
Crete
..:nmtafy
de-..ii.i.sixcd.
the
that
while
.v
ipular
In
have
been
forced
to
dip
anw
Into
reerves
trained
for
her
own
prtng
offensive
and
are
still
unable
to
stem
the
new
power
drive
by
Soviet
forces.
VESSEL
IS
ABANDONED
No
Casualties
in
Mount
.McKin-Iry
Stranding
Captain
and
Some
of
Crew
SUml-Int
Br.
St.TTI,i;
March
II:
O
Thirteenth
Naval
DMrict
Headquarters
announced
today
that
all
patenter
and
all
hut
fifteen
members
of
the
crew
and
the
captain
of
the
slcarmhip
Mount
McKinley,
aground
in
,lakan
waters,
have
been
removed
by
a
coatlcuaid
cutler
which
aKo
took
off
the
mall.
The
statement
said
that
there
Mere
no
casualties
and
It
was
hoped
the
captain
and
remaining
members
of
the
crew
would
be
taken
off
in
the
nest
tvtehe
L.liutir
as.
lha
slUp
Mould
have
to
be
temporarily
abandoned.
More
Scrap
Is
Shipped
South
Two
Uits
Forwarded
To
Vancouver
This
Week
by
Red
Crow
Two
lou
of
salvage
scrap.
Including
scrap
Iron,
aluminum
and
has
Steadily
'
ooines.
xre
aniwcu
wj
iww
ins
hold
on
Wednesday
of
this
week
by
the
me
the
fall
lTOgc
department
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society.
One
lot
was
taken
by
Capt.
Chris
Jensen
on
the
fishing
boat
Ivana
and
the
other
went
by
the
steamer
Ca
mo-sun
The
Northern
Enterprise
!
Transfer
hauled
the
scrap
which
went
on
the
Ivana
to
the
dock.
a
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(OmirUy
8.
l.
Jultnakm
CAM
Vancouver.
Grandvlew
H'4
Uralornc
730
Cariboo
Quartz
1.10
Hcdlcy
Mascot
Pioneer
Premier
.
Privateer
Reno
Sheep
Creek
Oils
.41
.34
.19ViU
.75
Calmont
.IS
C.
ii
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-
1.00
Home
231
Royal
Canadian
05
Toronto
Beattle
73
Central
Patricia
1.01
Consolidated
Smelters
37.25
Ilardrock
-
Kerr
Addison
3J5
Little
Long
Lac
McLeod
Cockshutt
-
131
Madscn
Red
Lake
30
McKcnzle
Red
Lake
.
.71
Moneta
.24
Pickle
Crow
2.Q1
Preston
East
Dome
2.38
San
Antonio
1.60
Shcrrltt
Oordon
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Ill-XL-BOTTOM
EI)
SLACKS
LONDON,
March,
13:
0
Members
of
the
.Women's
Royal
Naval
Service
engaged
on
outdoor
work
have
been,
given
bell-bottomed
trousers
similar
to
those
worn
by
naval
ratings,
and
a
new
bcrct-llkc
cap.
C.P.R.
steamer
Prlnce&J
Adelaide,
Capt.
John
Williams,
arrived
in
nort
at
1
o'clock
this
afternoon
from
the
south
and
will
sail
at
10
o'clock
tonloht
cm
her
return
to
Commanders
of
the
A.iHi!
:
In
the
Netherlands
East
I:,di
-s
their
arrival
at
a
Dutch
air
b:..,.
consul-general.
II
F
t'
WaM..
Hrltlsli
loans
and
gwa
usecno-
Slovakla
deposited
in
England
be
fore
Uie
war,
Is
concerned
chieny
with
the
maintenance
of
Uc
army
and
the
direction
of
the
subversive
war
Inside
Czecho-Slovakia.
In
addition
to
the
Czech
army
in
Groat
DriUiln.
another
army
is
formed
in
Russia.
There
is
nh
unit
In
the
Far
East
and
nnnih
took
nart
In
the
heroic
defence
of
Tobruk.
-rhn
pmundworK
01
a
twuei.
oo
A..V
D
.
.i...
Hint
now
emuraccB
umunn
cici.;
.
.
.
...
...
the
whole
nation
wtw
u
uj
ncnes
before
he
left
the
country.
Today
the
society
not
only
circu
latea
propaganda
but
airccw
passive
resistance
and
sabotage,
at
which
the
Czechs
are
past
masters.
Centres
of
armed
resistance
r-
.-
ii.
i
he
wuthwest
Pacific
jupi
:i.nt;y
Th.s
photograph-
shows
From
left
to
right:
The
British
Kir
Archibald
Wavcll.
Lieutenant-
Oeneral
II
tei
Pirt-ii.
i
oiiiw.
u.dt
r-in-i
Incf
of
the
N.E.I.
anny.
CZECHS
SCHEME
TO
RID
NATION
OF
NAZIS'
YOKE
Their
(Jovernmenl
in
London
Headed
by
Dr.
Honrs
With
a
Roman
Catholic
Prelate
as
Prime
Minister
Now
Operating
From
London.
By
LOUIS
HUNTER
Canadian
-Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
March
13:
(CP)
In
the
forefront
of
the
fight
for
freedom,
subjugated
Czecho-Slovakia
is
waging
a
bitter
struggle
to
throw
off
the
yoke
that
embraced
it
when
the
Nazi
hordes
started
their
triumphant
sweep
across
Europe
three
years
ago.
Czech
resistance
is
di
rected
by
a
provisional
government
established
in
London
under
trie
leadersnip
or
aiftnuiea
Dr.
Edouard
Denes,
the
president
and
a
Roman
Catholic
prelate.
Mir.
Jan
Sramek.
who
Is
prime
minister.
Denes
left
Csecho-Slo-vakla
after
the
Munich
coherence
of
1938
and
the
71-ycar-nli!
clergyman
,s-caped
into
P
land
In
a
freight
tram
The
conn
try.
with
a
population
of
o
'.;
15.000.000.
lia
contr
i
b
u
t
heavily
to
the
-
'V'
Allied
v.ur
effort.
At
l
umcWUii
the
Czechs
are
V.
UUXThR
fighting
a
fierce
undcrnround
war
and
many
of
their
2.000,000
fellow
countrymen
who
live
In
the
free
world
have
been
organised
into
army
or
air
force
uillta
serving
with
the
forces
of
the
llrltlsh
Em
pire.
rinaiucil
by
IliilMi.
The
government,
financed
by
I
r
Gneisenau
Hit
In
Kiel
Raid
IjONDON.
March
13:
"
The
Royal
Air
Forcr
bombed
the
German
battleship
Oneis-enau
and
set
naval
installations
on
fire
at
Kiel
base
In
continuation
last
night
of
the
Rreat
spring
air
offensive
begun
last
week-end.
Eight
planes
were
lost.
Vichy
quarters
reported
the
Royal
Air
Force
over
Uie
Paris
area
again
today
but
there
were
no
immediate
Indications
that
bombs
were
dropped.
have
been
prepared
and
stocks
of
weatXHU
SPcrAteri
nu-nv.
0vh
fur.
mcrs
have
their
scorched
earth
policy
and
laborers
have
slowed
the
wheels
of
industry.
l'au
Reconstruction.
Government
departments,
scat
tered
m
fashionable
apartment
blocks
In
London's
West
End,
arc
preparing
plans
for
the
reconstruction
of
the
country
after
the
war.
Jaromlr
Nccas.
minister
for
economic
reconstruction,
Is
collecting
through
secret
channels
data
on
destruction
caused
by
the
Germans.
Plans
are
being
prepared
too
for
future
collaboration
with
Poland,
which
has
agreed
to
form
a
postwar
confederation
with
Czechoslovakia.
While
the
two
countries
will
retain
their
respective
Inde
pendence
and
sovereignty
they
will
co-ordinate
their
political,
ec
onomlc,
social
and
cultural
life.
)cal
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
.
(Standard
Time)
High
11:30
a.m.
205
ft.
41
31
Low
5:39
a.m.
65
ft.
Mi
18:10
pjn.
3.1
ft.
NOKTIIEKN
AND
CENTRAL
JSIUTJSH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
?u
6i
Sssians
Beat
Nazis
b
Draw
In
Offensive
owards
Caucasus
tis
Forced
to
Dip
Deeper
Into
Reserves
and
Are
Even
Then
Unable
to
stem
New
Soviet
Power
Drive.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
IiC
FRIDAY,
MARCH
13,
1912.
The
United
States
Army
trans
port
Kvlchak,
which
was
wrecked
over
a
year
ago
at
the
north
of
Miibank
Sound,
being
raised
after
she
had
sunk
and
brought
Uri
Prince
Rupert
for
extensive
hull
repairs
In
the
local
dry
dock,
will
soon
be
back
In
service
as
the
I
Houston,
one
of
the
latest
and
I
most
up-to-date
transport
vessels
.
alter
almost
complete
rebuildinK'
at
a
cost
of
(350XN.
The
battered
1
Kvlchak
was
recently
taken
irom
Prince
Rupert
to
Seattle
to
com-
much
of
the
Job
had
been
done
here.
When
the
new
Houston
goes
to
sea.
she
will
be
a
staunch
monument
to
the
fine
work
of
the
Ar-
i
mour
Salvage
it
Towing
Company.
Capt.
Paul
Armour
took
over
the
salvage
Job
when
other
experts
had
given
the
300-foot
steel
transport
up
as
a
total
loss
following
Ihelr
lives.
Ihe
wreck
occurred
on
January
27,
1941.
and
the
salvage
Job
took
six
months.
When
others
gave
up.
Capt.
Armour
and
his
crew
thought
there
was
still
a
chance.
Then
winter
gales
swept
the
shattered
hulk
off
the
reef
Into
90
feet
of
water.
The
ship's
bottom
was
ripped
out
in
the
process.
Even
this
didn't
stop
the
Armour
crew.
They
went
to
work
with
divers
who
found
the
Kvichak
1
lying
against
a
submerged
cliff.
I
Thcv
rlirirryi
cable
slinirs
and
that
was
the
tough
part
of
the
Job.
It
took
30
men
ten
days
to
rig
one,
although
.
on
some
days
they
were
able
to
rig
three
or
four.
Then
they
lifted
the
transport,
using
four
big
barges,
took
her
to
a
nearby
beach,
lifted
the
ship
until
she
was
drawing
only
36
feet
of
water,
then
towed
her
to
Prince
Rupert
After
all
that,
the
Houston
will
sail
again.
POIl
lOKKUi.N
TOMiltKS
LONDON.
March
13:
O
The
Board
of
Education
has
announced
the
50
scholarships
15
for
the
study
of
Japanese,
10
for
Chinese,
20
for
Turkish
and
five
for
Persianeach
valued
at
$900.
have
been
opened
to
boys
17
years
of
age
leading
to
government
HOME
GUAM)
ON
SKIS
LONDON,
March
13:
B
During
a
heavy
snowstorm
a
member
of
a
Home
Guard
unit
aressea
in
white
overalls,
strapped
on
skis,
slung
his
gun
over
a
shoulder,
and
quickly
and
silently
patrolled
his
area.
C.N.R.
steamer
Prince
Gcoigc.
Capt.
Edward
Mabbs,
arrived
ii
port
at
8:45
this
morning
from
Vancouver
and
Ocean
Falls
and
will
sail
at
3
p.m.
for
Ketchikan
and
Stewart
whence
she
will
return
here
tomorrow
evening
southbound.
The
vessel
brought
In
a
considerable
cargo
of
freight
and
a
fair-sized
list
of
passengers.
for
a
prospective
lunge
at
Aus-!
tralia
or
actually
a
thrust
towards
the
New
Hebrides
and
New
Zealand
along
the
Island
chain
pointed
at
the
United
Nations
sea
route
to
Australia.
In
the
second
chief
theatre
of
the
Pacific
war,
British
md
Indian
forces,
withdrawing
north
of
Rangoon,
have
Joined
Chinese
troops
in
attempting
to
consolidate
a
front
sixty
to
eighty
miles
to
the
north.
SKILLED
IN
DIPLOMACY
Senator
Itamluiand
I'.xercisert
flurnfc
in
Canadian
and
International
Affairs.
MONTREAL.
March
13:
-Ai
keen
student
in
international
and
domestic
politics.
Senator
Raoul
Dandurand.
who
died
in
Ottawa
Wednesday
and
whose
funeral
takes
place
in
Montreal
tomorrow,
for
almost
half
a
century
exerted
a
very
great
influence
on
Darlia-
thc
wreck
In
which
three
men
lost
I
mentary
life
in
Canada.
A
stout
defender
of
the
League
of
Nations,
he
represented
his
native
country
in
several
of
its
meetings
and
was
president
of
the
sixth
assembly
of
the
League
at
Geneva
in
September.
1925.
During
the
many
years
he
was
a
Liberal
member
of
the
Canadian
senate.
Senator
Dandurand
added
j
much
In
color
and
Information
to
the
debates
of
the
upper
chamber.
He
had
a
very
engaging
presence.
I
Of
less
than
medium
height
he
was
on
all
occasions
immaculately
dressed
and
gave
the
impression
of
vigor,
alertness
and
even
restlessness.
His
white,
square-cut
beard
and
abundant
white
hair
lent
further
distinctiveness.
The
senator
spoke
with
equal
fluency
In
both
French
and
Englisn,
using
carefully-chosen
words
In
cither
language.
In
1898,
two
years
after
Sir
Wilfrid
Laurler
came
Into
power,
he
was
appointed
to
the
senate
and
when
the
Liberal
government
once
again
took
over
the
reins
of
office
In
1921
under
Rt.
Hon.
Mackenzie
King,
Senator
'Dandurand
became
a
member
of
the
ministry
as
secretary
of
state
and
also
government
leader
In
the
senate.
He
continued
to
be
leader
In
the
up
per
chamber
until
the
Mackenzie
King
government
was
defeated
In
1930.
He
was
opposition
leader
in
the
senate
till
1935
when
the
Liberals
being
returned
to
power
he
again
assumed
the
government
leadership
In
the
upper
house
and
was
appointed
minister
without
portfolio
In
the
Mackenzie
King
government.
Senator
Dandurand's
life
was
conspicuous
for
the
vigor
with
which
he
espoused
the
causes
which
he
believed
to
be
to
the
gen-(Cuntinucd
on
l'ayo
Four)
CANT
HEAT
THE
DUTCH
LONDON,
March
13:
0
Lt.
Etlcnne
Larlve,
a
former
member
of
the
Netherlands
Navy
imprisoned'
when
Germany
Invaded
Hol
land
escaped
from
Internment
camp
after
four
attempts
and
made
his
way
to
Britain
where
he
rejoined
his
ship.
PRICE:
FIVE
'CENTS
Veering
To
New
Zealand
ALLIED
COMMANDERS
MEET
IN
N.E.I.
TO
CONDUCT
Japanese
Offensive
PLEBISCITE!
c...
i
r.
T.
W.
Brown
Named
Returning
Officer
for
Skeena
and
B.
O.
Parker
for
Cailboo.
OTTAWA.
March
13:
0
T.
W.
Drown,
Prince
Rupert
barrister,
has
been
appointed
returning
of-i
ir".r
lor
Skeena
in
connection
with
the
forthcoming
plebiscite
on
:
Aj.nl
tl
through
which
the
gov-I
crament
will
ask
a
'release
from
)it.s
pledges
against
conscription
'
for
overseas
service.
B.
G.
Park-er.
Prince
George
merchant,
is
reaming
ofiicer
for
Cariboo.
KVICHAK
IS
NEAR
READY
Will
do
To
Sea
Again
As
Houston
Her
Salvage
Was
Notable
leal
swings
in
Lireccion
Of
Solomon
Islands
Hritish
and
Chinese
Forces
Join
Up
North
of
Rangoon
in
Attempt
to
Consolidate
New
Hurman
Front.
CANHERRA,
March
13:
(CP,)
Japan's
offensive
against
Australia,
still
taking
form
in
the
welter
oMs-lands
along
the
northern
shore
of
the
continent,
has
speared
off
in
a
tangent
of
naval
penetration,
of
the
Solomon
Islands.
The
Japanese
Solomon
Island
move
is
evidently
either
a
feint
to
distract
attention
from
the
establishment
of
New
Guinea
bas?s
MAKING
OF
TRUCKS
IS
PROHIBITED
This
Type
of
Vehicle
for
Civilian
Use
in
Canada
Is
No
Longer
to
Be
Made,
Ottawa
Ittite
OTTAWA.
March
13:
Q
Hon.
Clarence
D.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions,
announced
today
that
no
further
manufacture
of
civilian
j
trucks
of
any
kind
will
be
pcrmlt-
uea
m
uanaua
aiicr
tomorrow
ex
cept
by
permit.
"The
United
Nations
new
can
absorb
all
the-trucks
we
can
make
and,
to
meet
these
requirements
and
conserve
raw
I
materials,
production
of
trucks
for
civilian
use
must
cease,"
Mr.
Howe
said.
All
trucks
manufac
tured
In
future
will
be
designed
for
military
purposes.
THEFT
AT
KITIMAAT
Horace
Bolton
To
Stand
Trial
For
Takine
$1G0
In
Cash
.
From
Store
The
provincial
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
15
returned
to
port
last
night
after
a
trip
to
Kltlmaat
with
SUpendiary
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance,
Provincial
Police
Constable
C.
F.
Oland
and
W.
O.
Fulton
in
connection
with
the
trial
there
of
Horace
Bolton,
native,
who
Is
charged
with
theft
of
$160
from
the
Kltlmaat
co-operative
store.
Entry
was
made
to
the
stores;
by
breaking
a
window
and
reaching
In
to
turn
the
latch
of
a
Yale
lock.
The
money
was
taken
from
the
cash
register.
The
police
were
notified
and,
as
a
result
of
Investigation,
Bolton's
arrest
followed.
As
a
result
of
the
preliminary
hearing,
Bolton
was
balled
In
the
sum
of
$400
to
stand
trial
and
will
appear
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court
hero
at
a
date
to
be
arranged.
Tulsequah
Sends
$7000
In
Victory
Loan
Applications
The
little
mining
district
of
Tulsequah
has
sent
In
applications
for
$7000
of
Victory
Bonds
which
Is
considered
an
excellent
showing.
There
was
one
slnglo
application
or
$1000
from
an
individual
workman,
Chris
Popovlch,
a
Jugo-Slav,
at
the
Polaris
-Taku
mine.
.
.
NEW
PARTY
AT
CAPE
CAPE
TOWN,
March
13:
B
A
third
opposition
party
for
all
practical
purposes
came
into
existence
in
tho
South
African,
Parliament
with
the.
decision
of
tho
so-called
"New
Order"
group
to
break
away
from
the
Herengde
Party
caucus.
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