1.
ell
Hi
-
-
ir
z
Va
VNKAIIA
The
expected
spring
offensive,
I.
XLJl
not
tel
under
way
unlit
May.
Sprint
is
latt
St
K?
,est
Europe
thU
year.
Also
the
Nails
are
havh..
difficulties.
iiv,
.
Hi
it
..
1
Mi
:fc;-
Ike
ALARMS
IN
BULGARIA
HKSKItVKS
MAY
PiniiT
ROTTLE
OFFENSIVE
nn
Uirouing
.millions
of
Troops
Against
Nails
"
Siicre'isri
In
Counter-
Allarks
Claimed.
il
r.i
16:
The
Hus-
".ed
to
be
moving
I
several
million"
jb
-uuma
Into
thaw-
front
Leningrad
-
,i.
in
a
fierce
effort
'
German
offensive
and
German
n
what
tooth
des-
r
-attacks."
'
latm
further
tuc-v
iy
from
Murmansk
:
,i
Bryansk
is
un-
and
several
vll-lerwk
section
have
'f
Naif
have
ben
'
tral
front
west
of
i
March
27
ami
DIES
ON
ISLANDS
Annie
UhIm;
Itlcliarilso.-i,
One
111
(larlutte'K
Mint
lllrlilv
Litcemrd
Figures,
Die.
Richardson,
one
of
C
harlotte
Island;
most
res.
U
dead.
Local
vd
word
of
the
inmg
In
Queen
Char-
HoNpltal
of
Mrs.
Annie
II
ardson
of
Tleil.
She
'
j
known
and
highly
cs-
Numcrous
are
those
who
-
hrr
passing
and
hasten
a
rondolcnces
to
the
pioneer
Island
family
was
the
senior.
For
-!
s
deceased
was
an
ac
in
the
life
of
the
Queen
fl.
hardson,
who
had
been
iderable
Ume,
was
born
elghty-flvc
years
ano
:
J
at
Tlcll
ln
1019.
il
i,s
survived
by
four
E-i
Kenneth
and
Da.sll
at
-
Percy
in
Albcita.
tnd
CuuGluers.
Mrs.
M.
Hclawell,
Mr
Sybil
Dc
Ducy,
Lawn
-
id
Mrs.
Dorothy
Stewart
ln
la
There
nri"
kovitb!
arund.
llu,r
and
five
great
grandchll-
1
!
date
ahd
place
of
funeral
or
announced
later.
apal
Envoys
To
Warring
Nations
rWA.iIHNCJTON.
D.C.,
April
0:-"c
'dent
Franklin
n.
Rnnscvelt
IfVcaled
at
a
rirrvi
rnnfprene.fi
"day
that
he
had
been
in-
lontifd
that
Pope
Plus
was
con-
Mi
smininit
rl
nlnmnl
a
rrn-
UlUlWlllUbiVi
1
L
U-
tSentatiVCS
Of
th
Vntlmn
In
hnt.li
iFan
and
China,-'
.
BUILDING
liundred
J.
.
In
porta-
tSUlTA
There
ucre
air
raid
alarms
In-several
Bulgarian
(owns
irday,
I'lanes
passed
over
but
no
bombs
were
dropped.
AXIS
PLANES
BROUGHT
DOWN
iVUETTA
Seven
Axis
planes
were
brought
down
ln
the
course
Ivaults
on
.Malta
during
the
week-end.
Four
were
brought
br
anli-aircrau
lire
ana
uiree
by
lloyal
Air
Force
fishtfrs.
SOME
SHIPS
MADE
IT
LONDON
Some
of
the
Norwegian
ships
which
late
last
week
it
a
dash
from
Ooleborg,
Sweden,
have
arrived
safely
in
Hi
it-
J
polls,
It
Is
announced,
r.ieven
ships
in
all
made
the
attempt.
were
sunk
and
some
were
damaged.
Others
were
turned
TANK
COLUMN
WITHDRAWS
(
IKO-
British
forces
have
nude
an
Axis
tank
column
with
in
on
me
i.mjaii
ucsrn.
inc
uoyai
Air
I
orce
has
bombed
Bin.
Drina
and
Martuba.
PASSES
IN
VANCOUVER
John
Grddes
Succumbs
Suddenly
Afler
Illness
of
Two
Years-Member
of
Well
Known
Ioral
Family.
parents-and-
to-
brMhwr-WltlMm
and
George
Geddes.
both
of
this
dty.
The
homr
remains
are
being
brought'
from
Vancouver
on
the,
Prince
Rupert
and
the
funcrut
will,
take
place
here.
Y.M.C.A.
To
Build
Here
The
Young
Men
s
Christian
Association
war
services,
It
has
been
learned.
Is
planning
the
construcUon
of
a
$35,000
building
for
use
In
connec-
tlon
with
Its
acUvitles
here.
The
site
would
be
at
the
cor-
ncr
of
Second
Avenue
and
McDrlde
Street.
i
;
!
:
i
naval
vessels,
Including
corvettes,
minesweepers
ana
oiner
type
of
craft,
as
well
as
many
freighters
are
under
construction
In
India.
Former
President
Of
Norway
Coming
Carl
J.
Iliimlirn
lo
Be
Here
Independence
!?
VOL.
XXXI.,
NO.
80,
for
C4rl
J.
llambro.
former
presi
dent
of
.tho
Btorthlng,
Norwegian
Parliament,
will
be
ln
Prince
Rup
ert
for
Norwegian
Independence
Day,
May
17,
It
Is
definitely
announced.
He
is
expected
to
arrive
May
15
from
Eugene,
Oregon
and
will
remain
until
May
19.
He
will
make
a
number.
p(
addresses
here.
New
development
have
arisen
U'htah
tt.
im
ulfvA
mnv
nilo
nut'
omWA-.MaJor
General
ft.
W.
Browne,
officer
commanding
Ith'
V1
of
cMc
centre
'
r.
...
i
nrniNi
n
ra
rvrtinir
n
rrv
on
n
wn
t
n
nauas
rcsmc
army,
ays
ine
reserve
army
may
have
to
fight.
ns
are
being
maue
10
train
them
as
rapidly
as
possible.
Forty-i
nl;hU
a
year
will
be
required
of
privates
with
an
additional
officers
and
non-commissioned
officers.
project
here
being
proceeded
with
while
the
war
Is
on.
However,
the
central
committee
is
working
on
a
plan
by
which
it
would
be
possible
to
erect
a
building
which
would
be
used
for
war
activities
and
be-;
come
available
for
the
civic
centre
function
after
the
war.
The
committee,
at
a
meeting
yesterday,
delegated
the
chairman.
Dr.
R.
O.
Large;
secretary,
C.
O.
Ham,
and
1
treasurer,
O.
T.
German,
to
con-
linue
negotiations,
a
statement
on
i
which
will
be
forthcoming
shortly.
Meanwhile,
the
charter
of
the
;
Civic
Centre
Association
of
Prince
j
Rupert
has
arrived
here
from
Vlc-Itona
and
the
provincial
archl-
tot's-
department
In
Victoria
has
.
,
Although
AiLhnuith
he
i,
hA
had
i
been
111
for
two
.,.7-.
,.
M.
K
year,,
new,
of
the
deatn
at
l.rtl
'"5
?'
Jn
O1"
f
'member,
of
the
AssoclaUon
wfll
be
'
OK,dM,aml
held
within
the
coming
month,
member
of
a
well
known
local
,.,.
.7.
family,
comes
as
a
great
shock
to
U.
nrmnor,
and
a
offered
ffi
.
many
friends.
Deceased
was
born
at
Peterhead.
acouana.
iweniy-nine
-ears
and
came
here
as
a
small
boy
with
his
family.
He
received
his
schooling
here
and
became
a
shipwright
at
the
local
dry
dock.
H
Is
survived
by
his
widow
and
vlx-yeat-
old
daughter.
Joan,
as
well
as
his
.
prepared
to
public
so
that
all
will
have
the
opportunity
of
taking
part
In
the
aKj
annual
meeting.
WORKLESS
BENEFITS
Machinery
of
Adjudication
Explained,
the
court
of
referees
may
be
made
o
the
umpire
by
an
Insurance
of
ficer;
by
an
association
of
employed
persons,
of
which
the
claimant
Is
a
member
In
good
standing
on
tho
date
when
the
claim
was
made;
or
by
the
claimant
himself
if
the
decision
of
the
court
of
referees
Is
not
unanimous
or
'with
the
permission
of
the
chalr-Iman
of
the
court
ln
any
other
!
case.
An
appeal
to
the
umpire
must
be
brought
within
six
monuis.
The
decision
of
the
umpire,
Hon.
Mr.
Justice
Luclcn
Cannon,
will
be
final
in
all
cases.
The
proceedings
before
the
court
of
referees
and
anv
appeals
arising
therefrom
"to
the
umpire
will
bo
kept
as.lnfor-.
inai
as
possible.
No
expense
neca
be
incurred
by
a
claimant
or
LOCAL
TKMPKItATUKi:
Maximum
57
Minimum
38
J
p,'.OV!NCfAU
UBRARY
ve
in,
WAR
War
TSl'Q
Tomorrow
sT
ides
(Standard
Time)
High
5:17
a.m.
19.5
feet
18:40
pan.
17.0
feet
Is
uertam
uncmpioyea
insurea
persons
who
have
applied
for
ben-
Icftt
have
been
under
the
lmpres-
vkm
that
the
Fanployment
and
Claims
officer
makes
the
decisions
as
to
whetlier
they
are
entitled
to
'
benefit.
Tills
Is
Incorrect.
All
claims
for
benefit
are
passed
in
to
the
adjudicating
officer
stationed
at
each
of
the
nine
regional
and
district
offices
across
Canada.
It
Is
the
duty
of
these
officers,
known
as
'insurance
officers,'
to
consider
all
Uic
evidence
presented
with
each
application.
The
duty
of
the
Insurance
officer
Is
to
review
the
claim
and,
If
for
some
I
reason
he
cannot
pass
It,
to
notify
the
claimant
that
he
Is
of
the
opinion
the
claim
is
not
allowable
but
that,
If
the
person
concerned
is
dissatisfied
with
the
decision
I
given
by
the
insurance
officer,
he
'may
appeal
to
the
Court
of
Rcf-'erees,
consisting
of
an
Indepcn-
cnairman
appointed
by
the
If
TIP
dent
,1T
4
n
ni
AJ
A
t
SH
I
PS'governor
,n
council
Aether
with
II
1JL.1VU1
111
J
one
representative
of
employers
and
one
of
insured
persons
who
arc
selected
from
panels
that
have
Much
Activity
Is
doing
on
In
This
been
set
up
under
the
act.
The
Way
Small
Naval
Vessels
and
claimant
has
the
right
to
appeal
FrclRhtew
llulldlng.
j
to
the
court
of
referees
within
21
days.
NEW
DELHI.
April
0:
Three
An
appeal
from
a
decision
of
Busy
There
were
thirty
prisoners
In
the
city
jail
this
morning
as
police
court
went
into
session
before
.Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
I
this
morning
in.
an
endeavour
j
to
dispose
of
some
of
the
cases
and
relieve
the
congestion.
This
.
was
the
sequel
of
what
the
police
conceded
was
one
of
the
wildest
Saturday
nights,
on
the
eve
of
Caster
Day,
that
Prince
llupcrl
has
seen.
No
less
than
twenty-two
arrests
were
made
and
double
that
-
number,
the
police
say,
could
have
been
brought
In.
Drunkenness
was
the
main
cause
of
disorder
and
there
were
fights,
uproar
and
general
pandemonium.
One
incident
was
the
smash
-irtg
of
a
plate
glass
window
in
I
IMIbrnner's
store
and
the
I
snatching
of
four
watches.
The
snalcher
was
immediately
pur-
,
sued
and
the
watches
were
re-
'
covered
from
him.
i
Liquor
sales
Saturday
night
'
compared
in
volume
with
those
of
Christmas
and
New
Year.
Captain
of
Francois
lake
.-
'
llaVk
Narniwt-vc(c
TRAGEDY
i
AVERTED,
Ferry
FRANCOIS
LAKE.
April
0:
'Spe
cial
to
Dally
Mews
Capt.
A.
Mac
Kinnon,
skipper
of
the
Francois
Lake
ferry,
narrowly
escaped
drowning
while
returning
home
after
attending
his
daughter's
wedding
in
Vancouver.
The
captain
was
walking
on
the
rotting
ice
of
Francois
Lake
following
a
boat
on
a
sleigh
filled
with
mail
and
baggage.
All
broke
through
the
ice.
The
mall
was
kept
dry
ln
the
boat.
The
captain
managed
to
swim
to
the
boat
and
also
dragged
Chansr
and
Extension
of
Canadian
Administration
Overseas
Officially
Announced
at
Ottawa.
OTTAWA,
April
0:
0
Formation
ln
Great
Britain
of
headquarters
for
the
first
Canadian
Army
under
Lleutenant-Oeneral
A.
O.
L.
McNaughton
was
announced
today
by
national
defence
headquarters.
Acting
Lieutenant
General
II.
D.
G.
Crerar.
acting
corps
commander
ln
Britain
during
McNaugh-ton's
recent
trip
to
Canada,
has
been
named
commander
of
one
of
the
new
arrays
two
corps.
The
commander
of
the
other
corps
has
not
yet
been
named.
Gas
Consumption
In
Cuba
Is
Cut
People
of
I
s
I
a
n
d
Republic
Will
Have
to
del
Along
Willi
Half
Quantity
F.xport
ot
Beef
Banned.,
il
HAVANA,
April
6:
A
fifty
icr-ccnt
cut
In
gasoline
consumption
has
been
decreed
In
Cuba
owing
to
the
difficulties
of
sea-borne
delivery
of
fuel.
Export
of
beef
from
Cuba
has
been
banned.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
"APRIL
6,
1942.
Red
Cross
Head
MISS
MAKGARET
PALMER
New
Junior
Red
Cross
supervisor
1
rtM-
.
.
i
v
x
ttmitri
iui
suuie
jctis
lias
utreii
teaching
school
at
Vernon,
where
'
'he
became
keenly
interested
in
Junior
Red
Cross
work
and
was
instrumental
In
stimulating
activl-
Ues
of
the
20
branches
in
the
elc-
isuwii"
juc"
4
monthly
quota
of
'$50.6
and
peacetime
projects
tor
war
REPORT
IS
DEBUNKED
Japanese
Landing
at
Akyab
on
Coast
of
Iturma
Described
As
Axis
Propaganda.
LONDON,
April
6:--Reports
of
a
Japanese
sea-borne
landing
at
the
Kathcrine
Mohr
out
of
the
water.
'
Burmese
port
of
Akyab
have
been
"debunked."
They
are
now
said
FIRST
ARMY
IN
BRITAIN
to
have
been
merely
Axis
propaganda.
The
posiUon
of
the
fighting
in
Burma,
which
has
not
been
going
so
well
for
the
Allies,
appears
to
be
obscure.
EASTER
IS
OBSERVED
Spdal
Services
In
City
Churches
"Seven
Words
of
Christ"
At
United
Church
In
First
United
Church
Easter
Sunday
morning
there
was
a
large
congregation
to
hear
an
Impressive
address
by
the
pastor.
Rev.
J.
A.
Donnell,
on
the
significance
or
Easter.
It
meant
a
fuller
realization
of
the
existence
of
the
Risen
Christ
here
and
now.
Certain
secular
customs
had
become
associated
with
the
Easter
season
but
Mr.
Donnell
stressed
the
vital
importance
of
people
recapturing
the
ex
perience
of
knowing
the
Clirlst
who
had
risen
from
the
grave,
Various
suggestions
were
made
as
to
how
this
might
have
been
done,
based
on
the
text:
"He
goeth
be
fore
you
now
Into
oaiiuce.
Tne
Junior
Choir
sang
feelingly
an
anthem
.from
the
cantata:
"Olivet
to
Calvary."
At
the
evening
service
there
was
,
a
crowaeci
cnurcn
w
near
wc
Union
steamer
Catala,
Capt.
Er
nest
sheDnard.
arrived
ln
port
at
EXCHANGE
PRISONERS
j
Sick
and
Wounded
Are
Being
j
Traded
Between
dreat
Brit,
i
ain
and
Italy
at
Smyrna.
LONDON.
April
6:
O
Great
Britain
and
Italy
begnn
yesterday
exchanging
their
sick
and
wounded
prisoners
of
war
yesterday
when
ships
carrying
men
met
at
the
western
Turkish
port
of
Symrna.
AIR
RAIDS
ARE
HEAVY
Three
Hundred
Koyal
Air
Force
Planes
Hit
Hard
At
Objectives
In
Enemy
Territory
LONDON.
April
6:
0
More
than
three
hundred
Royal
,Alr
Force
bombers
smashed
hard
dur
ing
the
night
at
the
German
arms
industry
in
th
Rhlneland
and
Paris
areas,
it
was
reported
auth-
orltatlvely
today.
Cologne
was
one
of
the
main
targets
-but
the
Royal
Air
Force
also
attacked
the
Gnome-Rhone
works
at
Gennevilliers
about
three
hundred
miles
from
Paris,
which
Is
making
aero-engine
parts
for
the
enemy.
WORK
FOR
AGREEMENT
Nothing
Definite
Yet
Reached,
However,
in
Sir
Stafford
Crlpps'
Negotiations.
NEW
DELHI.
April
6:
Negotla
Hons
with
a
view
to
arriving
at
an
agreement
on
future
India
pol
Icy
are
being
continued
here
hy
Sir
Stafford
Crlpps
on
behalf
of
the
British
government
but
still
nothing
definite
Is
being
announced
as
to
their
progress.
,
A
reply
by
the
All
India
Con
gress
to
a
compromise
proposal
is
expected
tomorrow
by
Sir
Stafford
1:30
this
morning
from
tne
soutni
Crlpps
and
wui
De
piacea
uexore
and
sailed
at
5
a.m.
for
Port
Simp-
the
wpr
cabinet.
An
Indian
de-son
and
Stewart
whence
she
will
I
fence
minister,
It
Is
believed,
Is
be-rotnm
here
tomorrow
mornlne
Ing
asked
so
that
India
may
have
southbound.
a
greater
voice
ln
its
own
defence.
Low
.12:09
pjn.
4.8
feet
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
India
Proper
Now
Raided
PROJECT
DELAYED
Uoks
Like
There
Will
Be
no
Civic
Centre
During
War
Though
Building
.May
He
Erected
WILD
NIGHT
FOR
EASTER
Was
Occasion
And
General
For
Drunkenness
Are
Kept!
DisorderPolice
Allied
Resistance
In
Air
Is
Becoming
Stiffer;
Jap
Drive
In
Burma
Strong;
Planes
Down
Assault
of
Enemy
on
Ceylon
Sunday
Proved
Iioomcrang,
Costing
Them
Fifty-Seven
Air
Machines
Destroyed
Or
Damaged.
India
-stood
out
today
as
the
probable
objective
of
the
next
major
Japanese
drive
instead
of
Australia.
Nipponese
bombers
carried
the
war
into
India
proper
today
with
raids
from
an
aircraft
carrier
on
two
coastal
cities
north
of
lladras,
Nizampatam,
which
was
attacked
twice,
and
Cocanda.
Both
towns
lie
between
Madras
and
Cal
Detroit
Wins
Opening
Game
t
TORONTO.
April
6:
Q
De-
trolt
Red
Wings
drew
opening
blood
Saturday
night
At
the
Maple
Leaf
Gardens
in
the
starting
game
of
the
best
four
out
of
seven
game
Stan-
ley
Cup
series.
It
was
a
close-
Is
MUs
Margaret
Palmer,
daughter
i
Mnn
rmi,H
wWtl
fin-
0L'
P,aTrDr
PTe
RY
capacity
ol
the
big
"
arena.
nrnl
the
late
P.
I.
Palmer.
Mlssi
cutta,
stiffened
resistance
of
the
Allied
Nations
ln
the
commonwealth
cost
the
Japanese
at
least
ninety-one
planes
destroyed
or
damaged
during
the
week-end.
The
Japanese
are
relaforcini
an
already
strong
unit
In
Burma
and
are
putting
on
steam
for
a
drive
up
the
Irrawaddy
River
pointed
directly
at
the
rich
oil
fields
of
northern
Burma
and
the
gateway
to
India.
The
Japanese
are
also
more
active
In
the
Indian
Ocean
and
the
Bay
of
Bengal,
assaulting
Ceylon
from
the
Andaman
Islands
on
Sunday
in
an
air
raid
which
boom-eranged,
costing
them
fifty-seven
planes
destroyed
or
damaged.
Only
slight
damage
was
done
to
Colom
bo.
A
hospital
was
deliberately
bombed
and
some
casualties
oc
curred
there.
Allied
planes
staged
a
heavy
bombing
raid
on
Japanese
bases
-
i
-
at
Rangoon.
The
Japanese
again
raided
Timor
and
New
Guinea.
A
small
force
of
enemy
planes
bombed
Port
Moresby
at
noon
today
but
no
damage
or
casualties
of
Importance
were
reported.
Australians
and
Dutch
are
still
fighting
against
the
Japanese
in
Java,
using
stores
of
food
and
supplies
which
had
been
concealed
before
the
occupation
by
the
en
emy.
The
Japanese
have
again
at
tempted
to
land
on
Bataan
Peninsula
In
the
Philippines
and
fierce
fighting
ensued
as
General
Yam-
ashlta
still
endeavored
desperate
ly
to
oust
General
Wainwnghfs
forces.
ACTIVITY
IN
A.R.P.
Meeting
of
District
Wardens
Held
Need
of
More
Workers
Is
Still
Felt
A
meeting
of
the
district
war
dens
of
the
Civilian
Protection
Committee
ARP)
was
held
at
the
week-end
with
J.
S.
Wilson,
chief
warden,
presiding.
Steady
and
progressive
activities
were
report
ed
by
J.
Mcintosh.
J.
H.
Mac-Glashan,
J.
E.
Boddle
and
O.
T.
German.
The
realistic
exercises
carried
out
by
the
A.
R.
P.
teams
arc
indicative
of
the
seriousness
with
which
these
people
take
their
res
ponsibilities.
In
addition
to
prac
tices
that
have
already
oeen
reported
in
the
press
there
were
accounts
of
practices
with
oil-bombs
and
fires,
when
fires
were
extinguished
within
two
and
a
hall
minutes
of
their
being
reported.
First
aid
demonstrations
were
also
carried
out
and
valuable
Tcsults
are
being;
obtained
as
a
result'j'of
the
actual
experiences,
it
is
point
ed
out
that
only
by
steady
and
progressive
action
that
all
phases
of
the
A.
R.
P.
work
can
be
made
to
function
effectively.
There
Is
still
a
lack
of
Interest
among
many
of
the
public
and
a
need
for
more
helpers
is
a
matter
of
concern
to
thoso
In
charge,