1
K
:
T
r
m
ten
year
On
Jan-the
city
emeries
from
of
commlsionershlp
,
kruptcy
en
forced
upon
.t
ago
this
coming
May
.
t
.
m
lit
hmnu
phUf
map.
r.iHinr
or
a
eoanetl
!
,
Mermen
to
be
elected
thirteen
nominee
wo
'
heir
papers
up
to
2
afternoon
when
nom-rre
declared
cloned
by
officer
D.
V.
Smith
Mr.
,'!,
was
the
only
one
j
or
the
mayoralty.
Five
.
tees
are
to
be
elected
d
of
six.
rmnle
election
Involves
on
Thursday,
when
the
ki
,
place,
between
nom-
f
Prince
Rupert
Rate-a
nation
and
of
organ
-
..-v.
;t
for
council
are
r
Mortimer.
Joseph
E.
:
E
Arnold.
A
D
Rlt-
VJ
U
UreU,
II.
M.
Dateti,
H
BltotL
T.
O.
Morgan.
it"
-
rruaen.
James
Bi
Dtock.!
!?
:
Oeorge
B-
1
fills
and
M
Kay
!
trustees
the
nomtn-
'.
E
Madison.
Kathleen
F
J
Smith.
C
G.
Ham.
3
H
Dean
and
J.
T.
of
nominees
U
as
foi-
For
.Mayor
y-r.
Milne
Watu.
merchant-iiv
O
W.
Nickeison.
sec-
''
P
II.
Unary.
For
Aldrrmen
F
:id
E.
Mortimer,
broker.
J
IV
Cade,
seconded
by
T
',
r
r(rin
"
'
E
Jack,
millwright,
pro-s
E
Parker,
seconded
by
I!
V:-
Ootdon.
'
F
Arnold,
widow,
proposed
'
t
t
.i.rifr
MacKensle,
seconded
"
W
Ntrkeraon.
'
Donald
Ritchie,
account
"ed
by
Robert
Gordon,
by
Dr
C.
H.
Hanklnaon
V.
1
It
UreU.
fisherman,
pro-
W
J
H.
Deane.
seconded
f
I
zgerald.
Mark
Daggett,
carpenter,
t
by
O.
W.
U
udder
ham.
!
h?
Thomas
O.
Morgan
T
H.
Elliott,
flah
packer.
by
George
HI1U
im
H.
Hrctt.
seconded
T
:
at
O.
Morgan,
charge
hand
d
by
II.
M.
Daggett,
aec-
tv
Tage
Sorensen.
T
-i
K'jrrnsen.
store
manager.
1
by
Alexander
Sinclair.
(i
by
Mary
C.
Vlercck.
f
.:
Hills,
painter,
propowd
h.v
r
E
Oiske.
seconded
by
Daniel
"
"alison.
'
8
niaik.
caroenter.
pro-t
:rd
by
Tliomas
H.
Elliott,
sccond-f1
'
George
Hills.
-R
uck
A.
McLeod.
foreman.
P.
sed
by
J.
J.
T.
Collart.
sccond-f!
W
J
Bcott.
R
bert
McKay,
dairyman,
pro-P
-M
by
Frank
Dlbb.
seconded
by
E
J
Smith.
For
School
Trustees
"-don
E.
Madison,
sheet
metal
"
proposed
by
John
Gurvlch.
urtod
by
J.
J.
Collcrt.
Ka'hleen
Marv
Hill,
housewife
1'
osed
by
Alexander
MacKenzle.
5!
mded
by
George
Hill.
'whp,
t.
Langrldee.
electrician.
j;r
nnsed
by
Frank
Dlbb,
seconded
"y
J
8
Black.
Cliffnrt
n
TrM
inlaiman
nrn
tjod
by
d.
C.
McUae,
seconded
by
Arlur
Drooksbank.
HHam
J.
H.
Deane,
secretary.
P'mce
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-op-trUve,
proposed
by
Thomas
11.
El
unc
planet.
Including
American
machine,
machine,
gave
gave
war
wr
industries
umusums
and
ano
terday.
The
communique
gave
no
de-
talk
of
the
sinking
or
the
number
of
casualties.
PASSING
OF
Well
'PINKY'
ROSS
Knowd
Formtr
IKal
IUII-wajman
Dies
Suddenly
Brvre
MrGill
'Pinky
Ross,
for
mer
well
known
local
railwayman,
for
twenty-nine
years
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert,
passed
away
Saturday
nWiht
after
a
brtei
m-
mm
at
the
home
of
his
sUter,
Mm.
J
O.
Anderson.
Hlth
Avenue
WeL
(
Mr.
Rosa,
who
made
his
home
on
j
First
Avenue,
was
norn
m
ocu-land
and
was
forty-six
years
of)
age.
He
had
been
formerly
a
fire-
j
man
with
the
Canadian
Nauonai
Rllwaya
on
the
local
line.
He
was
unmarried.
Son
of
the
late
Mr.
and
Mr.
James
Ross
of
Prince
Rupert,
de-
1
1.
mrvivfxt
bv
three
sisters
Mrs.
James
(Minnie)
Durran
01
Vancouver.
Mrs.
J.
O.
(Eiaoeini
aiwi
Mrs.
Victor
(Jeanl
Mensles
of
Prince
Rupert
and
two
1
H.nnavid
Ross
01
Vancou
ver
and
James
Row
of
Prince
Ru-
.
......
TS.nM
wu.
f.irtaral
Mill
UIKL-
lw
day
alternooa
Irom
Grenvlllc
Court
Chapel
of
UC
unoerw..
Sneaker
Passes
mrrnPAl.
IlOC.
14
Q
.
nuvroP
I'iilf
Ilk
wr
uvvibv
i
speaker
of
the
Senate,
u.ra
3uu-denly
today.
llott.
seconded
by
George
IH1U.
Edward
J.
Smith.
saleaman:
pro-rxed
secoded
by
by
W.
M.
WtU.
Alex
Finnic
.
.
fnr
Tlie
mayor's
term
01
ou.v
or
year-
HMte
The
four
alderman
v
-
-i-.i
VilnhML
receiving
wc
.
The
four
serve
for
two
year
terms.
.
...ill
u
n
u
nti.VMr
tl'lli'
next
wm
.-v
-
,rl,.tpM
iu.
fi
u-hool
trustees
and
two
lor
will
serve
for
two
years
an,-
nv
oiortpd
civic
admlnU-
tratlon
will
Uke
office
January
....
.1.
..ninff
of
the
civy
wun
"".
-
Mondav
in
councu
on
vne
i
;
-
.
January
January
and
and
the
the
flrtt
flrtt
mating
"MU"'
of
HOTEL
HAS
I
FATAL
FIRE
Well
Known
Hostelry
in
Interior
Destroyed
With
Loss
or
One
Life
The
Hotel
Fort
St.
James
at
Fort
t.
James.
In
the
interior,
a
well
known
and
popular
with
the
insurance
i
Destroyer
of
:
SMITHERS
British
Lost
MAN
MlFS
LOKDOW.
Dec
HO
The
j
Admiralty
announces
the
toss
of
the
new
destroyer
Penylan
St
1
jurmM
Dsvirl
Jones
Was
Carpenter
and
Undtitskrr
In
Interior
Town
David
Jones,
carpenter
afd
un-derUker
M
the
Interior
town
of
Smlthers.
passed
away
there
yesterday
morning.
The
late
Mr.
Jones
was
a
native
of
Aberstwyth.
Wales,
and
had
had
been
a
resident
of
Simmers
twenty
years.
He
it
survived,
by
idow
and
several
children.
.
Th.
funeral
u-tll
take
mace
in
Smlthers.
BUILDING
Hall.
INCREASE
Value
So
Far
This
Year
In
Interior
Town
is
$7I4J5
PRINCE
GEORGE.
Dec.
H
New
construction
and
Improvements
carried
out
In
Prince
George
dur-
Sl
rrt
n
Ing
the
past
11
monwia
iram
wain
of
J74.M5.
according
to
the
building
permit
records
at
the
City
xhu
is
$56375
more
than
tne
total
for
the
same
period
in
1941
Value
of
permits
wsued
ias
month
for
new
construction
ano
improvements
was
$2,900.
Permits
were
Issued
to
me
iouowins.
ow
Roberts,
small
dwelling.
$400:
Pearl
Smith,
improvements.
$400:
J.
Nov-
akowskl.
dwelling.
$400;
Fred
lock-.r
hMt
$100:
James
McLean.
hulldlnir.
$300:
Bank
01
Monurai.
itrainn
$500:
Mrs.
Alice
Pax-
tnn
rta-Mllnc
$500:
A.
B.
Moffat,
store
dwelling,
$300.
BIG
BAGS
nriiui.
ilmlrrsea
Craft
Having
Good
Hunting
Against
axis
In
Mediterranean
tindoN.
Dec.
14
British
sub
marines
arc
still
having
good
hunt
lng
or
Axis
craft
In
the
Meaner-
.
ranean.
An
armed
merchant
cruiser
and
a
medium
supply
ship
have
been
torpeaoea
anu
kuuuki
supply
ship
bombed,
these
being
among
a
week-end
bag
of
four
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
lit
,
fc
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow's.
Tides
She
(Standard
Time)
mm
High
7:45
ajn.
19.0
feet
43
.
20:00
p.m.
17.0
feet
Maximum
-
'
Low
-0:54
ajn.
62
feet
42
Minimum
13:50
pjn.
8.4
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
2290
DECEMBER
14,
1942
PRICE
FIVE
CENT
8
XXX
N
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C7
MONDAY,
n
II
Jk
I
HI"
Li
snai
iommei
s
nrmy
in
riigm
WILLIAM
WA
i
o
ELECTED
MAYOR
BY
ACCLAMATION;
j
CONTEST
FOR
ALDERMEN
Thirty-nine
Year
Old
Prominent
Ical
Business
Man
to
Re
First
Chief
Magistrate
Here
in
Ten
Years
Thirteen
Seek
Eight
Aldennanic
Seats
T
irty-nine
year
old
William
Milne
Watts,
native
of
i
:r,r,
Knjjland,
who
came
to
Canada
at
the
age
of
r,irs
and
has
lived
in
Prince
Rupert
since
he
wag
r
prfprc8iriK
from
the
job
of
a
warehouse
hoy
on
:
al
waterfront
to
the
status
of
one
of
the
citv's
mot
-
-
nf
nt
.....
young
businessmen,
today
was
declared
elected
r
A.
n
....s
KUUtlN
lb
ATTACKED
French
rrnrh
Industrial
City.
Workinc
For
Nails,
Target
for
Royal
Air
Force
LONDON.
Dec
14Allled
bomb-
ravelling
public,
was
completely
destroyed
by
fiie
about
one
o'clock
on
Monday
morning
last
which
claimed
one
life
and
resulted
in
'injuries
to
three
other
persons.
William
T.
Hughes,
age
about
27
whose
parents
live
at
Wells,
nr.
was
burned
to
death,
and
thre
soldiers
were
injured
when
they
jumped
from
th
unne:
floor
Tn
names
were
not
released.
bwi
Lieut
-Colonel
suffered
a
broken
ankle,
one
enlisted
man
with
a
broken
shoulder
and
another
es
caped
with
bruise.
Other
guests
Mpaned
In
Heht
nlht
attire,
los
ing
all
their
personal
effects.
The
hotel
was
built
by
the-
laie
Bd
Forfar,
and
of
recent
years
was
w
b
M
B
J(m.
The
oil
reltnedcs
of
the
Axis
at
Rouen
wrtjmated
at
about
in
France
a
heavy
pounding
yes-
tAnnn
mri
m
which
iii
covered
bv
'
NAZIS
LOSE
HEAVILY
REDS
ON
GENERAL
ADVANCE
Germans
Suffering
Enormous
Cas
ualties
as
Bed
Army
Moves
Forward
Everywhere
MOSCOW.
Dec.
14
There
has
een
another
general
advance
or
he
Red
Array
ajralnst
the
Nazis
in
insula
Between
November
19
and
WniWr
.ll..
It
was
amiuuiivcu
today.
24
JJW0
Germans
were
killed
v
captured.
The
Nazis
have
lost
31
planes
during
the
last
five
ays
In
desperate
efforts
'to
reinforce
themselves
in
Russia.
No
!es
than
38
large-
transports
were
brought
down
yesterday
alone.
Since
the
Russian
counter-offensive
started
175
.000
Axis
troops
have
Bulletins
BURMA
IS
BOMBED
NEW
DELHI
Royal
Air
Force
planes
have
hit
heavily
again
at
Japanese-controlled
railways
in
Burma.
Mandalay
was
also
hit.
OFFICERS
FRILLS
OUT
OTTAWA
A
new
order
of
the
Wartime
Trice
and
Tiade
Board
does
away
with
frills
and
fripperies
on
Canadian
officers'
uniforms.
Pleats
on
pockets
and
trousers
are
eliminated.
IN
CHARGE.
OF
JAPS
OTTAWA
George
Collins
of
Winnincr
is
named
as
general
supervisor
of
Japanese
re-allocation
in
Canada.
BARGAIN
SALES
OUT
VANCOUVER
Bargain
sales
have
been
ruled
out
ror
the
duration
of
the
war
by
Vancouver
department
stores.
SHIPPING
SEASON
OVER
TORONTO
The
shipping
season
on
the
Great
Lakes
will
close
tomorrow.
Traffic
this
year
reached
an
all
time
high.
JAP
CONVOY
SMASHED
WASHINGTON
Another
Jap
anese
ronvoy
'attempting
to
land
reinforcements
on
Gaudalrtinal
In
the
Solomons
has
been
broken
up.
A
Japanese
destioyer
was
sunk
when
American
dive
bombers
attacked
warships.
Street
Railway
Strike
Looming
Vanrnuvr-
and
Victoria
to
Have
Tie-up
Unless
Living-
Cost
Bonus
Paid
VANCOUVFJt.
Dec.
14
Street
-aiiwnv
employees
of
Vancouver
and
Viotorla
will
go
on
strike
at
4
clo-k
Friday
morning
of
thla
wpek
unless
a
cast
of
living
bonus.
to
be
made
retroactive.
Is
paid
them.
Assistant
Director,
Selective
Service,
Resigns
His
Post
OTTAWA.
Dec.
14
CM
Austin
Wright
of
Montreal
has
resigned
nx
assistant
director
of
national
Kathleen
Lillian
Nlckerson.
selective
service.
He
advised
Hon.
dSter
Miss
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
F.
Humphrey
Mitchell
minister
of
'.
4ui.
-u
i
luted
labor,
that
he
feels
he
should
oi
ma
wj,
-
Nlekerson
.
.
n
ihf
rMiime
h
s
former
nosltlon
as
scc-
nmone
iaiei
it"""-
v..
.
'
Division
of
the
Royal
retary
or
me
tngmrcruiB
thehoardof.iehooUrusteesonthej
AlfForce
0f
Canada.
first
Wednesday
In
January.
I
CONFESSES
i
BURGLARY
Soldier
Is
Under
Arrest
Two
More
Breaking
and
Entering
at
Week-end
Private
Albert
Servant,
local
soldier,
confessed,
following
his
ar
rest
at
the
week-end.
to
breaking
and
entering
Miller's
Cigar
Store
on
Second
Avenue
and
the
Smile
Cafe
t
the
waterfront.
He
is
under
arrest
of
the
city
police.
Th
burglary
of
Miller's
Cigar
Store
took
place
lat
week
when
cushion
covers,
rlaarettes
and
a
small
amount
of
cash
was
taken.
Entrv
being
mde
by
breaking
a
window,
the
Smiles
Cafe
-as
enter
ed
earr
Saturday
mo.
nlnz.
Cigar
ettes
were
taken
and
$20
in
nickels
from
an
automatic
record
player
During
last
nieht
the
Three
Sis
ters
Cafe
on
Third
Avenue
was
en
tered
by
way
of
th
skyl'-iht
The
cash
reeister
was
tampered
wttn
central
fronts.
DUt-
50
far
35
known-
nothing
Corpses
of
hundreds
of
German
taken.
dead
are
frozen
like
grotesque
statues
in
the
batUefields.
TO
FIGHT
FOR
HUNS
:
Urshsl
Pelaln
Auees
to
Raise
Army
for
Germany
vt"wy.
Dec
14
Marshal
Henri
fhllllppe
Petaln
has
agreed
to
raise
x
new
French
army
to
fight
lor
Germany.
At
the
same
time
It
It
reported
'hat
400JDO0
more
Fren-h
workers
-,.ve
Veh
An!rttted
fr
setvfe'e
,
-rany
In
return
more
French
Prisoners
of
war
are
to
be
released
AIR
BLOWS
IN
AFRICA
Widespread
Operations
by
Allied
Bombers
Aralnst
Axis
Rommel
To
Withdraw
Further
LONDON.
Dec.
14
The
Allies
are
continuing
their
aerial
opeatlons
j
against
the
Axis
In
Tunisia
with
i
good
effect
over
a
wide
area
both
i
Inland
and
along
the
coast
with
land
fighting
still
on
a
small
scale.
There
have
been
further!
raids
on
Blzerte
and
Oabat
as
well
as
docks
at
Tunis.
The
British!
F'-rht
Amy
Is
htttiru;
again
at
j
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
forces
at
El
Agheila
In
Libya.
There
are
some
signs
that
Rommel
may
be
plan
ning
to
withdraw
without
making
a
stand
on
the
Gulf
of
Slrte.
Allied
righter-bombers.
opera-
tine
on
an
unprecedented
scale.
were
totally
IneffecUve
in
prevent
ing
these
operations."
-said
tne
British
communique.
London
military
quarters
ex
pressed
the
opinion
that
Rommel
fell
back
without
making
tne
siuo-
born
fight
expected
because
ne
came
to
Uie
conclusion
that
he
was
In
for
a
beating
If
he
stayed
at
El
Agheila.
Meantime
the
Allied
air
attack
on
Tunisia
continues
without
letup.
the
plan
evidently
being
to
soften
up
the
enemy
for
the
land
drive
against
Tunis
and
Biazerte.
FEW
DIED
IN
RAIDS
Toll
Limited
to
24
Dead
or
Missing
And
Thirty-eight
Injured
Last
Month
in
Britain
LONDON.
Dec.
14
O)
Twenty-
fnnr
nersons
were
killed
or
re
corded
as
missing
and
thirty-eight
were
Injured
during
Oerman
air
raids
upon
Britain
'
In
November,
the
Ministry
of
Home
Security
announces.
Strongly
Fortified
El
CAIRO,
Dec.
14
(CP)
The
British
Eighth
Army
has
tVii-mvn
ATsrsJinll
Rni'in
ftnmmpl
Africa
k'nrns
niit.
nf
strongly
fortified
El
Agheila
line
and
the
"enemy
is
re-
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i
ireaimg
weswara,
reienny
pursuea
rjy
leaaing
elements
of
our
forces,"
British
Middle
East
headquarters
announced
today.
Resuming
the
Libyan
drive
after
a
three
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sm
A
rirra
Agheila
Abandoned
In
Face
of
British
Drive
Enemy
on
Retreat
Westward
Before
Relentless
British
Advance--German
and
Italian
Air
Activity
Totally
Inaffective
4
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Yanks
Bomb
Kiska
Isle
WASHINGTON.
t.C.
Dec
14
United
States
bombing
Terible
Holacaust
Saturday
Night
In
St.
Johns,
Newfoundland
ST.
JOHN'S,
Newfoundland,
Dec
H-i-When
a
terrible
fire
swept
a
service
men's
dance
hall
of
the
V
nl
Columbus
here
Saturday
night,
160
persons
lost
their
lives
by
beinr
buined
to
death,
suffocated
or
trampled.
The
next
of
kin
of
the
few
so
far
identified
have
been
advised.
Many
victims
were
Canadians.
Some
102
persons
were
injured.
Weather
was
bitterly
cold,
making
difficult
the
task
of
fire
fighters.
The
fire
was
the
worst
rrom
the
standpoint
of
loss
of
life
in
the
history
of
Newfoundland
although
there
was
a
larger
fire
many
years
ago
vhen
1800
bnlld-Ings
were
destroyed.
Searchers
rested
today
after
the
last
remaining
bedy
had
been
removed
from
the
charred
ruins
of
the
hostel.
The
resort
was
swept
by
the
flames
as
a
weekly
barn
dance
was
in
progress.
Many
of
the
victims
were
service
men.
It
was
at
first
believed
that
110
died
in
the
fire
but
later
counts
scaled
down
the
death
toll
McBride
Paper
Is
Suspending
nullelin
Will
Cease
Publication
at
End
of
This
Week
McBRlDE.
Dec.
14
The
Mc
Bride
Bulletin
newspaper
will
cease
-ntllcatlon
at
the
end
of
Decem
ber.
James
MewhoPt.
publisher,
an
nounced
t
a
recent
meeting
oi
tne
McBride
and
District
Board
of
Trade.
Increasing
work
and
impossibility
of
carrying
on
without
help
-ere
given
as
leasons
for
discon
tinuing
publication.
Mr.
Mewnori,
who
Dubllshed
the
newspaper
for
the
laat
10
years,
said
he
would
not
be
leaving
the
district
hut
would
carry
on
his
book
and
magazine
business
and
act
as
news
correspondent
and
advertisement
representative
for
the
Prince
Oeorge
Citizen,
which
would
carry
full
coverage
of
McBride
and
district
news.
Tn
nrfriitlnn
The
Citizen
will
fill
remaining
unexpired
subscriptions
to
The
Bulletin.
A
motion
by
V.
A.
E.
Wall
that
hoard
members
lend
all
assistance
in
tht-
new
program
was
ear.ied
unanimously.
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DnmmAl'a
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CLLLiy
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kVUiUlb4
sv
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ftsrV
vsctsrrfa
of
RrAtri
on
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planes
again
attacked
Japan-
4
ese-occuDied
Kiska
Island
in
the
Aleutians
at
the
week-end
4
with
results
that
were
not
4
4
immediately
disclosed.
4
4
4
44444
FIRE
TOOK
100LIVES
approaches
to
the
forty-mile
El
Agheila
defile
and
a
British
war
bulletin
said
the
enemy
was
put
to
flight
at
little
cost
to
attacking
1
units.
SEAT
FOR
BRACKEN
3y-elecUons
to
be
Held
In
Mani
toba
and
Saskatchewan
Soon,
It
is
Expected
OTTAWA.
Dec.
14
O
Early
ac
tion
by
the
Dominion
government
to
fix
the
date
of
by-eieexions
in
Selkirk,
Manitoba,
and
Humboldt,
Saskatchewan
4s"
-expeAed..
this
week,
primarily
to
make
it
possi
ble
for
Hon.
John
Bracken,
the
newly-elected
leader
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
party
leader.
to
seek
a
seat
In
tne
House
oi
Commons.
BOMBING
IN
PARIS
One
Hundred
Nail
Officers
Men
Lose
Their
Lives
in
Theatre
QUISLING
and
MOSCOW.
Dee.
14
r
The
radio
said
today
that
more
than
one
hundred
German
officers
and
men
were
killed
when
a
time
bomb
exploded
in
the
Rex
Theatre
In
Paris.
0FDUTCH
Chief
of
Nail
Party
Designated
by
Hitler
as
"Leader
of
Netherlands
People"
LONDON.
Dec.
14
B
Chancellor
Adolf
HlUer
today
appointed
An
ton
Miunssert,
chief
of
tne
uuwn
Nazi
party,
as
"Leader
or
the
Netherlands
people."
Some
observers
predicted
tnai
Mussert's
first
task
would
be
to
raise
a
duty
army
to
fight
for
the
Axis'.
KEEP
UP
AIR
WAR
Occupies
Centre
of
Stage
in
South
Pacific
Americans
Active
From
(laudalcanal
WASHINGTON.
Dec.
14
The
war
tn
the
air
holds
the
centre
of
tne
stage
In
New
Oulnea.
Salamaua
and
Lae
on
New
Britain
were
bombed
yesterday
by
Vnlted
Nations
aircraft.
Heavy
rain
has
been
hindering
land
fighting
on
New
Guinea
where
the
Allies
have
the
Japanese
forees
trapped
In
a
small
area
around
Buna.
On
the
nossible
Solomon
Islands
United
States
planes
bombed
a
Japanese
air
field
150
miles
north
of
Oaudaicanai.
m
mi
I