J
Plane
Crash
In
Street
At
Whitehorse
t
il'
'?B.
Yukon
Terrl-
-
7
0
Pilot
Leslie
..
id
Mechanics
Donald
Kenneth
McBean
t
.i'-d
in
the
crash
of
.nf
an
the
street
here.
stiuck
a
telephone
r
the
engine
had
SIR
JOHN
DILL
MOVES;:
'of
rifM
Marshal
Sir
John
IHII
Takes
Important
Post
In
United
States
Dec
7
4
Te
IadU
Marshal
Sir
John
Oreer
.iprminuaent
as
gover-.atr
of
Bombay
"because
ih
importance
for
eon-
!'.
ar
of
Bis
duties
on
turfs
of
staff
lungton.
i
ii
is
succeeded
as
gov-'
.rnbay
by
Col.
David
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
A.
Il
i.mirv
for
Nearly
(Juarter
of
Century
Etprc
Agent
Here,
Succumb.
C
M:
i
of
Prince
Ilupert's
es-ptoneer
cltiaetu
passed
o
30
yesterday
afternoon
i"-ism
of
Angus
GlUles.
who
!i.nn
Winnipeg
to
rnncc
n
1914
to
become
the
first
the
Orand
Trunk
Pacific
t
here,
continuing
in
"f
the
service
uiKUt
five
April
2
when
he
letlred.
iiKf-r
his
retirement,
his
b
-van
to
fall
and
for
the
ar
he
had
been
in
a
very
ndiUon.
A
week
ago
today
'iiird
a
stroke.
Gillies
was
born
In
1812
In
any
County.
Ontario.
He
was
iast
surviving
mcmlber
of
a
r
.v
of
four
brothers
and
five
..l
.
fl"
a;ed
la
survived
by
two
u
i
.
r,
..
Mrs.
Harry
muthi
G:
:do
i-rindlay
and
Mrs.
David
t-'na
Fowler
and
one
son,
Oun-;f
Hdlph
Olllles
of
the
102nd
8j
ri
v
The
bereaved
will
have
the
!
re
sympathy
of
many
friends
will
regret
the
death
of
Mr.
A
devout
member
of
the
Roman
r
''lie
Church,
Mr.
Olllles
was
f
:
pycral
years
Grand
Knlgljt
of
ioral
Knl6hts
of
Columbus
and
also
the
treasurer
for
some
Tli'1
funeral
will
take
place
Wed-11
day
morning
with
high
requiem
""s
from
the
Church
of
the
tion!
wilt
oc
eiiecuve
wen
do
i
ore
the
end
of
thU
month."
The
price
reduction
of
oranges
U
estimated
at
approximately
seven
to
ten
cent
a
dozen
from
the
prices
charged
at
the
beginning
of
the
month.
The
tea
cut
Is
at
least
ten
cents
per
pound
and
half-pound
packages
and
slightly
less
for
smaller
i
tlx
nackaaea.
The
retail
coffee
price
Is
cut
at
leasi
four
cents
per
pound.
The
Board
la
preparing
an
order
"fixing
authorised
profit
margin
lor
wholesaler
and
retailer"
These
food
cost
reductions
were
announced
last
week
by
Finance
Minister
J.
L.
IUley.
Mr.
Gordon
said
at
that
time
that
they
would
be
made
effective
in
a
matter
of
cfays.
poMibly
over
the
week-end.
if
the
HO&JQjm
subsidy
and
tax
remission
plan
works
out
effectively.
Mr.
Gordon
said,
the
cost
living
index
on
January
1
should
not
rise
over
the
November
figure
of
117.7
percent
of
the
pre-war
leveL
i
In
effect
Mr.
Haley
opened
a
new
front
in
the
battle
against
Inflation
when
he
announced
that
the
government
was
taking
steps
ito
retell
the
cost
of
five
popular
'
foods.
7be
price
cuts
which
Mr.
.
Mjttt
outlined
would
reduce
the
prices
of
coffee
four
cents
a
pound,
tea
ten
cent
a
pound,
oranges
to
"about
the
level
of
September
and
October.
MM
I."
the
price
of
milk
general
objective
being
two
cents
a
quart
to
the
consumer
wniie
:
profit
margins
on
beef
taken
oy
i
some
retail
dealers
were
to
be
Urn-1
I
ted
"to
reasonable
limits"
j
A
later
statement
said
that
the
j
reduced
prices
on
milk,
tea.
coffee
j
and
oranges
would
be
soon
apparent
In
prices
cheaper
by
two
cents
,
per
quart
on
milk,
ten
cents
per
pound
on
tea
and
four
cents
a
pound
on
coffee
although
the
full
amount
of
the
orange
reduction
might
not
be
apparent
for
a
week
or
ten
days.
BIG
RAIDS
BY
R.A.F.
MIMION,
Dec.
7
(CI")
Hundreds
of
British
and
American
bombers
and
four
hundred
fighting
planes
swept
over
western
F.urope
In
a
day-long
Sunday
of-fenive.
the
greatest
Allied
air
daylight
operation
of
the
war.
Tons
of
explosives
were
dropped
on
Lille
locomotive
works
and
Abbeville
airdiome.
A
total
of
about
six
hundred
planes
particl-nalfd.
seventeen
falling
to
re
turn.
Last
night,
at
a
cost
of
nine
planes,
the
Royal
Air
Forces,
with
two
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
squadrons
participating,
bombed
targets
In
southwest
Germany
which
Berlin
Identified
as
Kailsruhe
and
rfonhelm,
neighboring
communications
and
war
factory
centres
on
the
most
direct
route
from
Germany
to
Italy.
Hockey
Scores
Saturday
Canadlns
1,
Toronto
9.
Sunday
Boston
5,
Rangers
4.
Chicago
5,
Montreal
2.
BATHURSJ.
.
,
mJ?
sr
DAKAR
V
'
V.
too
:oo
Even
Stlfter
Cunler-Atttk
Fail
To
Stop
Great
Russian
Drive
MOSCOW.
Dec.
7
German
resistance,
stiffened
by
airborne
reinforcements,
was
growing
on
the
central
front
west
of
Moscow-today
but
the
Ruvians
announced
they
had
battered
down
twenty
counter-attacks
west
of
German-held
lUhev
and
killed
one
thousand
Naiis
in
n
three
day
advance
along
the
important
Rihev-Vyaima
railroad.
The
Russian
offensive
gained
ground
both
on
the
central
front
and
southwest
of
Stalingrad,
it
was
leported,
although
the
Germans
were
bursting
out
of
positions
In
desperate
counterattacks.
Northwest
of
the
Volga
stronghold
the
Red
Army
was
reported
tightening
its
hold
on
both
flanks
of
the
Don
River.
Two
Prisoners
Make
Getaway
Germans
Escape
From
Internment
Camp
Near
Sherbrooke,
Quebec
SHERBnOOKE,
Quebec,
Dec.
7
Two
prisoners
or
war,
both
merchant
sailors,
have
escaped
from
internment
camp
near
here.
SHIPYARDS
HAVE
MEN
No
Demands
at
rresent
In
West
Coast
Hants
Vancouver
hland
Needs
Coal
Miners
day
that
there
is
no
particular
de
DABOJ
f?
FREETOWN?
OTTAWA,
Dec.
7
The
Depart-
mand
for
labor
now
in
me
snip-yards
of
the
Pacific
Coast
and
those
who
go
there
seeking
work
m&v
be
disappointed.
However,-there
Is
a
demand
for
men
in
the
coat
mines
of
Vancouver
Island.
FRENCH
SUDAN
v
iir
r
'
'fr
I
bafulabe
-
)
BAMAKO.:
FRENCHJ5-01NEA
j
.(
Kankany.
SIERRA
IE0NE',
KERUANE
i
300:
am
I.J
.
X
i
i
s
rr
:
A
ji0u
Robertsport
yO
Miles.
2AOBA
MONROVIA;
fatbtfy
GREENVILLE
tXbiji
M.P.34.
WEST
AFRICA-Liberia
to
Dakar
(cown
coryKiwr)
An
area
which
is
of
particular
importance
in
relation
to
Western
Hemisphere
N
A
715
ARF.
LOSING
OUT,;
CorPr
,s
the
Coming
Here
'
Hon.
C
D.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions
and
supply,
ad-
vises
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
Matheson
In
a
telegram
today
that
the
federal
power
con-
troller
has
been
asked
to
In
vestlgatc
the
power
situation
at
Prince
Rupert
which
has
reached
a
critical
phase.
The
power
controller
is
expected
to
be
here
shortly.
Fknry
Armstrong
Defeats
Jenkins
i
Technical
Knockout
on
Friday
Night
as
Former
Champion
Continues
on
Comeback
PORiLAND,
Decv
7
V
Henry
Armstrong
continued
on
the
comeback
trail
here
Friday
night
by
scoring
n
technical
knockout
over
Lew
Jenkins
In
the
eighth
round
of
a
scheduled
ten-rounder.
U.S.
Football
Great
Lakes
13.
I'otre
Dame
13.
Rice
13,
Southern
Methodist
7.
.
Texas
A
and
M
21,
Washington
State
0.
vyilllam
and
Mary
14,
Oklahoma.
7.
Missouri
7,
Iowa
Prefllght
0.
Mississippi
State
19,
San
Fran
cisco
7.
University
of
California
at
Los
Angeles
40,
Idaho
13.
California
12,
St.
Marys
Prefllght
6.
Southern
California
33,
Montana
0.
Second
Air
Force
Bombers
27,
Arizona
13.
FASTER
AND
BIGGER
The
average
freight
train
today
runs
56
percent
faster
than
In
1920
merit
of
Labor
announced
Satur-'and
carries
40
percent
more
freight.
It
WHAT
JUST
A
WORM?
Is
believed
that
the
"fiery
local
Temperature
Tomorrow?
s
Tides
(Standard
Time
High
1:2
ajn.
21.0
feet
38
13:11
pjn.
23.9
feet
?"
mum
Low
7:14
a.m.
6.1
feet
19:55
pm.
0.8
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CEMSiTWFHibLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I
No.
284
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
,1,
K)42
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
One
ear
Si
ince
Pearl
Harbor
TEA,
COFFEE
AND
ORANGE
PRICE
REDUCTIONS
UNDER
GOV'T
SCHEME
EFFECTIVE
.Milk
Cut
to
be
'Operative
"Well
Before
E
Profit
Margins
of
Wholesalers
and
ml
To
he
Fixed
ml
of
.Month'
Retailers
OTTAWA,
Dec.
7
(CP)
Reductions
on
prices
oi
,
fin
ta
and
oranges
under
the
new
plan
of
the
gov-f
'
r:
r,t
to
reduce
the
cost
of
living
are
effective
as
from
.
u
Donald
Gordon,
chairman
of
the
Wartime
Prices
i
-
j
Trade
Board,
announced
today.
Milk
price
reduc
Strategic
War
Area
War
News
BATTLE
OF
TUNISIA
LONDON
Heavy
reinforcements
of
tanks,
guns,
men
and
planrs
are
being
rushed
by
the
Allies
to
the
Tunisian
front.
General
Eisenhower
is
marshalling
tank
foices
for
an
attempt
to
recapture
Djeireida
north
of
Tunis.
Despite
heavy
attacks,
the
Nazi
forces
have
been
unable
to
crack
British
line-
further
during
the
past
twenty-four
hours.
NfW
GUINEA
FIGHTING
Mr!
BOURNE
Heavy
fighting
continues
on
New
Guinea.
While
tht
F'jrt
of
Buna
and
the
gradually
shrinking
area
controlled
by
the
Japanese
continue
to
be
heavily
bombed
by
Allied
air-"
craft,
the
carefully
planned
ground
campaijn
of
the
Australians
and
Americans
makes
slow
but
steady
progress.
Unable
to
bring
up
surface
craft
because
of
increasing
United
States
air
activity,
the
Japanese
have
resorted
to
landing
reinforcements
by
air.
EVACUATION
OF
ROME
LONDON
It
is
reported
that
the
Italian
government
is
preparing
to
remove
the
ministry
of
defence
from
Rome
and
exacr
uate
other
military
establishments
so
that
the
ancient
metropolis
may
be
declared
an
open
city
with
a
view
to
saving
it
from
attack.
RED
ARMY
MOVES
ON
MOSCOW
The
Soviet
offensive
against
the
Nail
Invaders
continues
to
press
on
relentlessly,
concentrating
on
seven
sector
of
the
gTeat
front.
Furious
activity
is
reported
from
the
Leningrad
and
Caucasus
areas,
five
thousand
Nazis
having
been
killed
ore
Saturday
alone.
Three
new
bridgeheads
have
been
established
across
the
Don
River
west
of
Stalingrad
by
the
Russians
and
the
Germans,
despite
orders
from
Adolf
Hitler
to
stand
firm
at
all
costs,
are
retreating
in
disorder.
There
has
been
a
new
advance
by
the
Red
Army
In
the
Rihev
area
with
the
attack
being
carried
almost
to
the
vitally
important
city
of
Smolensk.
CRUISER
WAS
SUNK
LONDON
It
is
now
announced
that
one
cruiser
was
sunk
and
one
oaiwcsnip
anu
one
nu,,
heavily
damaged
in
the
Royal
Air
Force
attack
of
Friday
night
on
Naples.
FRENOH
SUBS
MISSING
PARIS
Four
French
submarines
which
took
part
in
the
defence
of
North
Africa
against
the
Allied
occupation
have
not
been
heard
from
since
November
9
and
are
believed
to
have
been
.sunk,
according
to
a
statement
made
here.
NO
MORE
VOLUNTEERS
WASHINGTON.
D
C.
There
will
be
no
more
voluntary
enlistments
for
either
army
or
navy
and
no
men
over
thirty-eight
years
of
age
will
be
taken
for
active
4er
c
unless
in
special
capacity,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
announces.
Hurricanes
Win
Official
Announcement
of
Losses
That
Fateful
Day
Made
By
Navy
Most
of
Damaged
Ships
Are
Back
in
Action
and
Strength
Has
Reen
Vastly
Increased
Since
Then
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
7
(CP)
The
United
States
Navy,
in
its
first
full
report
on
Pearl
Harbor
losses
last
December
7,
a
year
ago
today,
says
the
Japanese
sank
or
damaged
every
American
battleship
in
the
Hawaiians
eight
in
all
ten
other
ships
and
the
large
floating
dry
dock.
More
than
half
the
ships
have
been
repaired
and
are
now
back
with
the
fleet.
Only
FARMHOUSE
CONFERENCE
PLANS
FOR
TUNISIAN
CAMPAIGN
Heavy
Fighting
Still
Rages
in
Tunisia
With
Strong
Axis
Points
as
Principal
Attack
Toints
LONDON.
Dec.
7
f
Allied
commanders
were
reported
today
to
have
"laid
plans
for
the
final
phase
of
the
Tunisian
campaign"
at
a
candlelight
conference
in
a
farmhouse
kitchen
late
yesterday.
Heavy
fighting
rages
In
the
Te-
bourba-Mateur
sectors.
Heights
dominating
Tebourba,
strategic
communicaUons
centre
west
of
Tunis,
are
securely
held
by
the
Allied
troops,
the
Morocco
radio
kSid.
and
Allied
fighters,
although
rrarnheapped
by
lack
of
advance
air
fields,
are"
declared
to
be
attacking
Axis
positions
continually
while
bombers
pound
Tunis,
Bizerto
and
Tripoli.
Evacuate
Sicily
Reuters
reports
a
Morocco
radio
broadcast
of
a
German
order
to
the
Italian
High
Command
to
evacuate
civilians
from
SicUy.
A
strong
garrison
under
German
command
Is
said
to
be
stationed
on
the
island.
A.R.P.
Broadcast
From
Pr.
Rupert
First
of
Series
to
Commence
Tomorrow
Night
Sponsored
by
the
advisory
of
the
Provincial
Civilian
Pro
tection
Committee,
a
series
of
ten
dramatized
radio
broadcasts
on
Ait.P.
will
emanate
from
Station
CFPR
Prince
Rupert
commencing
on
Tuesdav
of
this
week
from
10
to
10:15
pjn.
The
Drograms,
somewhat
In
the
the
battleship
Arizona
was
a
total
loss
although
the
batUeshlp
Oklahoma
was
capsized
and
may
not
be
salvaged
until
after
the
war.
The
eight
battleships
were
nearly
half
the
United
States
Navy"
strength
in
category.
Ninety-seven
Army
and
eighty
navy
planes
were
destroyed.
More
than
two
thousand
officers
and
men
of
the
Navy
and
Marine
Corps
were
killed,
more
than
nine
hundred
are
missing
and
more
than
eight
hundred
were
wounded.
Today
on
the
anniversary
of
Pearl
Harbor
a
new
battleship,
New
Jersey,
was
launched
as
well
as
the
Bunker
Hill,
a
new
aircraft
carrier
and
other
naval
vessels
were
launched
In
various
parts
of
the
United
States.
The
aircraft
carrier
Baillieu
Wood
was
launched
yesterday.
Tomorrow
the
cruiser
Miami
will
be
launched.
COMMANDER
DECORATED
Members
of
Crew
of
H.M.CJS.
As-siniboine
Are
Honored
OTTAWA,
Dec.
7
W
A
list
of
naval
awards,
including
the
Distinguished
Service
Order
to
Acting
Lieutenant
Commander
John
Hamilton
Stubbs,
commanding
officer
of
the
destroyer
Asslnibome,
was
made
public
tonight
in
an
extra
addition
of
the
Canada
Gazette.
The
list
contained
twenty-one
decorations,
all
to
members
of
the
crew
of
the
Assiniboine
which
rammed
and
sank
a
submarine
in
the
AUantic
after
a
hot
exchange
of
gunfire
at
close
range.
SERVICES
FOR
NATIVES
HERE
Important
Development
Yesterday
Arrangements
for
Permanent
Feature
lighter
vein,
are
good
entertain-
Marking
an
Important
development
and
provide
the
necessary
ment
ln
community
Ufe
of
the
.
.
.
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1
I-V.
I
turtnerance
oi
me
message
wiucu
nattVes
now
residing
in
the
city,
a
they
were
designed
to
put
over.
meeting
was,
held
yesterday
at
ter-Ihe
broadcasts
are
not
alone
noon
at
the
Salvation
Army
Citadel
for
the
A.R.P.
personnel,
but
forunder
the
auspices
of
the
Prince
the
public
generally.
Rupert
Ministerial
Association.
The
scripts
were
written
by
There
was
a
good
and
representa-Davld
Savage
and
Bernard
Bra-
t;ve
attendance
of
local
natives
den.
The
dramatizing
was
under
and.
after
divine
worship
conduct-oroducer.
Roy
Dunlop.
of
the
cd
by
Indian
Agent
'Rev.
James
C.B.C.
staff.
The
cast
includes
GUlett.
assisted
by
Adj.
E.
A.
Bruns-
Frank
Vyvyan.
Miss'
Clare
Murray,
don
and
Rev.
A.
F.
,Mac8ween,
ar
Bernard
Braden,
Al
Pearce
and
Cpl.
D.
W.
Taylor,
chief
Inspector
or
the
British
Columbia
Police
division
or
Civilian
Protection.
Cpl.
Taylor
Is
well
known
ln
Prince
Football
Titled
havlnB
sta
,
tloned
here.
Toronto
Defeats
Winnipeg
8
to
In
Dominion
Rugby
Final
TORONTO,
Dec.
T
Toronto
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Hurricanes
won
the
Dominion
rugby
football
title
here
Saturday
by
defeating
Winnipeg
Royal
Canadian
serpent"
of
the
Old.
Testament
Air
Force
Bombers
by
a
score
of
was
the
guinea
worm,
ah
Oriental
8
to
5.
A
crowd
of
fourteen
thous-paraslte.
and
fans
saw
the
game.
NATURAL
STADIU.M
If
the
famous
Meteor
Crater
ln
Arizona
were
an
athletic
stadium
It
has
been
estimated
It
would
seat
2,600,000
persons.
SAVING
EVAPORATION'
A
new
method
of
loading
tank
cars
salvages
large
quantities
of
oil
usually
lost
through
rangements
were
made
for
the
holding
of
regular
services
each
Sunday
at
the
same
place.
A
committee
consisting
of
Alfred
Adams.
Massett,
William
Harris,
Kitwanga.
and
Peter
Nyce,
Canyon
City,
was
appointed
by
the
natives
present
to
meet
with
the
ministerial
committee
and
complete
arrangements.
It
Is
understood
that
the
services
will
be
conducted
by
the
native
leaders
as
ln
their
own
villages,
assisted
by
members
of
the
local
clergy.
Mr.
Adams,
supported
by
Mr.
Harris,
spoke
of
the
need
for
such
services
and
voiced
the
deep
appreciation
of
the
natives
to
the
Ministerial
Association
for
Its
Interest.