SUBSCRIPTION RATES Subscription Rates in City Per Year. $5-00; Half Year, $2.50; One Monta, 50c; One Week, 12c. Outrof-Town Subscribers by Mall, $3.09 a Year. MEMBER OF TJIE CANADIAN PKES The Canadian Press Is exctu&lvrly rttlUed to use for publication of all nw tieap&lcaea credited to It or to tfte Associated Pro In this paper and also the local news published therein. All rijrhU oi republication of special despatches therein are also reserved Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Advertising: and Circulation Telephone 98 DAILY EDITION WEDNESDAY. FEB. 18, 1942. Defeat Means Determination . f . To British people defeat means determination tp succeed in the future. We are not a spineless people. There may have been blundering at Singapore. There may not have been but we are assured that the garrison fought as became the people of the race. There was np white feather exhibited. They were even complimented by the enemy. While we deplore the losses we are proud of the way in which they fought until their leader found they were in an impossible position and felt bound tp avoid further loss of valuable lives. Western Hemisphere Attacked . , . The raid on Aruba, Dutch oil island in the West Irr dies, is an example of how a surprise hjt and run attack might be made. This was the first attack of the war made on a land objective in the western hemisphere. More such raids will, doubtless, be made. Nor is there any reason to expect they will be confined to the Atlantic area. It is just another reminder that we should always be on the alert and doing everything possible to prepare our defences. The Next Blackout . . . LI 1 i. 1 1J v li i i , ii it macKuui snoum De caiiea loniirnt we wonder how many people would be ready to respond. we are wen aware mat many have made preparations so that the blackout will be a genuine one and that it will not be a danger to the rest of the community. There seems tp have been a slackening in the observance of the regulations of late just at a time when they may be needed more than ever. Be Not Deceived ... When you hear a polite English voice on. the radio it is not necessarily from England. That is the sort of voice that is often heard from Tokyo and it makes some such lying statements as that the British Empire, like the old Roman Empire, is breaking up. Also it gives onesided accounts of military and naval actions. There possibly is no harm in listening as long as it is always remembered where it comes from and that it is probably biased. ' Direct From Moscow . . . An interesting broadcast on the radio was one direct from Moscow by a lady in good English giving the official report of the news of the day. It came through clear as a bell, but the names of towns and cities and districts in Russia are usually difficult even when pronounced by an English person. Blunt Refusal . . . According to dispatches received yesterday from England, Prime Minister Churchill has no intention of resigning either as head of the government or as head of the department of defence. He feels that he is the best man for the job and offered to leave it to parliament to say what he should do. He is confident that he has done the best possible job even though it has not been altogether successful, ft would not be good policy to make changes at this time. The prime minister is confident of eventual victory although he admits there is a great struggle ahead. When asked if he intended to resign from the defence portfolio he answered a blunt "No." An Egg a Month Word received from England is that the nennln tWo are allowed only one egg a month. In a place like this most people have all the eggs they wish for and they are not very expensive. What a treat it would be for most of those people in England to get a good breakfast of hani and eggs? They are not hungry but some of them are hungry for eggs and cannot tret them and thpn hv the time they get tjiem.lhey have almost forgotten what iney lasie hkc. J. W. Rpgcrson Wishes to Announce That the New Store, the MIDWAY GROCERY at thp Lower Corner of Sixth Ave. and Ambrose, is Now Completed and Open for Business. Our prices are right, our service unequalled. Visit our store and settle your Grocery probem. PHONE BLUE 285. WOMEN AND MEN EQUAL IN RUSSIA They yle. pjay apd Enjpy Mf Privileges of Men But Must Work for Them. TORpjJTO. Feb. 1: tf-Wpirtf" of thp Upion of Soviet Socialist RepubJJcs have payed a fprrnidT able role In the Battle of Russia, said a writer wfio spent, years In that poiintry. That must be assumed as under he provisions of the Unions constitution the status "of men and women have been equallreii to an extent probably not known n any pther land. They enjoy he same privileges but accept the same responsibilities as their menfolk. They vote. They play, dance drink, smoke, go to the theatre af. the expense of the state and when they give birth to children Uu state looks after mother and child. But they must work. is' i WEDNESDAY From PAGE TWO THE DAILY NEWS THE DAILY NEWS. PRINCE RUPERT. BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by Prince Rupert Daily News Limited, Third Avenue. H. F. PULLEN, MANAGING-EDITOR Work Or Perish Russia being a socialized staU has long adopted as one of it many national slogans: "He w'.w would live must labor; he tor she who would idle must perish." Sta-lln enunciated it some years ago with the advent of Russia's cojos-sal First Five Year Industrial Plan. Hundreds of thousands of able-bodied Russian men and wor men were without employment when that program ppened. Within a few months of the declara? tlpn of the new national employment policy only a few thousand citizens mostly misfits were it usefully employed. Work Side by Side Thus you will see anywnere and everywhere you travel In the U.S. Sjt. men and women working sme by side, in factories, workshops, ol flees and on the collective farm lands. As a rule girl? receive pay equal to that of their menfolk. They belong to the same communal club as. their rhusbAndstbeir, brothers and' their" saris. 'THey-Vi-' joy seme latitude in selecting fie types of labor or employment best suited to their capacities and are almost Invariably assigned to lighter tasks than those shouldered by men unless they volunteer for heavier work which frequently happens. Otherwise, there Is complete equality. Women workers are prominent in the large state-controlled factories created under the terms of the first Five Year Industrial Plan, the replica of Ford's motorcar plant at porky, at another point on the Volga, and other factories working full-time with three shifts a day. One sees women, young and old, perched precariously atop scaffolding, swinging steel cranes, bearing molten metal amid the roar of 'tlazlng blast furnaces. They place wheels on tractors, fit ball-bearings Into mechanical devices of motor-cars, making, packing cases, shoes, haberdashery. In Agrictullure On the large collective or cooperative i state owned) farms, organized under the provisions of the first and second Five Year Plans women and girls work In the fields, tilling the soil, gathering potatoes, fruit and all the products of the farmland. Likewise In offices they are to be found in every sphere of he state's clvjl or clerical service. Many women are delegates and thus members of the Supreme Soviet or National Union parliament of New Russia. They are members because they haye been ej ected under the universal suffrage system with the secret ballot In the same manner as their menfolk are elected. They hold high pf-fjces high executiye offices In Russia, such as deputy-commis sar. They control trusts, which. paradoxically perhaps. Is an oft-used word in the Soviet Union. They manage departmental (state controlled) stores, banks, factories, all sorts pf branches pf the Pom-missariates or Administrative They even serve as skipper of sriips and assume eyery post known to men of the merchant services In other lands. An attitude of mind of Russia's leaders that has caused the Union's vast populace of women tp work Is that It confers upon them the fullest measure or freedom and Independence. Working women are said to be independent financially, economically and socially Advertise In The Dally News. Phone 98 IS READY FOR RAID Nurses and Staff of Vancouver Institution Pr!lrd For Any Event of t VANPOWH. Feb- 18: fh- Ow?-frpnd .sjik tfv responsibility of safeguarding hundreds of patients, ' Vancouver St. Paul's Hospital has forged ahead rapidly wuh A. Raid Precaution preparations and today stands fully prepared to face any wartime emergency that may arise in this Pacific Coast port. St. Paul's has a nursing saff qj 500 with ,300 other employees eacl) j of whom has been assigned spssia ' duties imirevent of an air raid or o:her wlrhazards. These duties include bojn spotters, fliefighters. stretchertearers. orderlies and all other nect&iry capacities. Construction of an emergency hospital fljja; huge subterranean tunne ibeneath the main building apd Ijistajation pf effective A. R. P. equipment Jias been completed PQinplej' In every detail, the em- , ergencypperating room and mat- i ernlty section, protected by several ! fee of cement In the underground ! compartment. Is adequately equipped for maor pperattons. Miles of Black Paper To comply with blackout regu lations, hospital authorities report j more than eight miles of black I building paper, in addition to great quantities , of black paint, yards 6T-dar drape material and ! 63,000 thumbtacks were used U , cover all windows and doors. New A. R.P. trucks have been installed, twfo' of which are sta- I tloned onJeach floor of the hospital as well .'SiT in the nurses' home and convpt building. These truck can bgpu'shed by hand and each contain 50 feet of liose with a double nozzle, a stirruD duuid. an axe, rake,Eraer. two palls and 24 sana oagsj txira strewners ana cots have also been provided as well as flashlights and candles. Quantities of first aid equipment have been made into separate units and distributed at jyarlous intervals throughout trjewiospital and an auxiliary liaif rrtservice has'been Installed. X r etter box LOCAL A. It. P. Editor. Dally News: May I use the columns of your newspaper to voice a few words in connection with A. R. P I have for some time been trying to raise Interest In regard to our telephone system In case of an air raid but to no avail. I suggest that there should be a section under the C.P.C. iA.R.P Some people say that this system would be put out of communication Immediately If there was an air raid. How do we know what or who would be hit? If the system were put out of commission it would have tp be repaired as soon as possible. Some of the operators may be l)urt going to or from work. I for one would like to see the women with operating experience but not now operatlns organized under the A.R.P. so as to be available in case of an emerg ency since I am a former operator myself. Every other utility dc-partmen has its auxiliary organized under the A.R.P. I would like to hear what some of he former operators have to say about It.. and the C.P.C. I, thank you for this valued space. 'Mrs.) Elizabeth Mackenz MRS. ELIZABETH MACKENZIE SHE'S ALL-YEAR SANTA LONDON, Feb. 18: Q Mrs. Alex Tpwnsend writes 25 letters a day to members of the Allied forces serying In all parts of the woiid. She sent 80 Christmas parcels to servicemen statioped In the United JfingiJj!jn and cables to many others abroad. ACHEY JOINTS? Gin PiUi, for the Lldneyy, help remove pjflauiin toxin's that are often the cauii of rheumatic twinges and achey Joints. .Monry back if not tatiifod. HvUr tlu, U nil. Urt , M MM (la lU U.I. Mk for "GIm PUli") V IG 10 IL 5 A 5 L UNUSUAL BANKING IN THESE UNUSUAL TIMES As Canada's war efforts gain length of stride and tpml of step, businew in general reflect! added activity and increaves in volume. A$ business increases, banking activity ato increase. Our service keeps pace with the rriuirtfiaHi of o cutfomm, albeit occasionally they may epetfc dipht Way4, mttag to war-time depiction of our staff. (More than sis homlrnl members of our staff are already in the I'mpire's forte.) 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