ST.
NAZAIRE
IS
BOMBED!;
Fifteen
Lnrmy
rianes
Shot
lown
Ar.d
Ilrlthh
!oe
lour
'
"
V'N
Nov.
24
The
Boya'
f
I
t
lacked
the
Naai
sub-of
8t.
Naaalre
on
the
F
last
night.
Fifteen
i
were
shot
down.
F
-
C:
planes
failed
to
re-
RULES
OF
MILITARY
NitionM
Selective
Service
Will
HaTe
to
See
That
Job
Seekers,
Comply
With
Seivlce
Itegulations
n'A
Nov
24
Ot
Seekert
vmrnt
through
national
e
set
vice
will
have
to
,pror
I
l
that
they
have
com-
v
i)
all
the
regulations
deal
v.
b
romnulaory
military
Hon
Humphrey
Mitchell
"
or
labor,
announced
to
V
will
be
an
additional
duty
selective
service
offices
to
-
'
2
this
Is
done.
Employer!
bo
held
responsible
to
sec
that
:
'
employees
have
compiled
'
'
ic
rcRulatlons.
Solomons
Score
Officially
Given
i
llHrd
Stales
Iot
Nine
Ships
to
Twenty-eight
For
Japanese
WftllllNaTON.
D.C..
Nov.
24
It
r
tally
stated
that
nine
United
r
-f
naval
vessels
were
destroy-ri
i.v.f.
another
damaged
while
Japanese
lost
twenty-eight
k
l
ic
ten
damaged
in
the
re-aerie
of
naval
battles
off
w
Solomons.
I
Tighter
Grip
Un
Business
STATUS
OF
MARTINIQUE
Occupation
by
United
States
Forres
Will
no
Lonter
be
Necessary
WASHINGTON.
Nov.
24
An
agreement
has
been
reached
whereby
the
further
occupation
of
the
French
island
of
Martinique
by
United
States
forces
will
be
no
longer
necessary.
Being
Taken
OTTAWA.
Nov.
24
O
-Ex-
tension
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
authority
to
accomplish
the
release
or
manpower
from
non-essential
industries
and
control
busi-
4-
ness
undertakings
and
actlvl-
ties
in
the
national
interest
is
contained
in
an
order-in-
council
made
public
today.
The
board
is
given
power
to
prohibit
"formation,
com-
mcneement,
operation,
amai-
gamatlon.
merger
or
trans-
fer"
of
any
business
or
under-
taking."
Any
person
engaged
In
business
may
be
required
to
discontinue
or
limit
such
business
or
undertakings
In
whole
or
part
.
4
RETREAT
IN
LIBYA
OTTAWA.
GOES
ON
:
Anglo-American
forces
tournil
'y-
that
Hon.
with
the
collaboration
of
the
Fighting
French
continue
to
move
towasd
Tunis
and
Btzerte
where
heavy
resistance
is
expected,
the
British
Eighth
Army
in
Libya
to
the
east
has
now
advanced
to
a
point
thirty
ntles
beyond
El
Aghella.
It
had
been
at
first
thought
that
Marshal
Erwln
Rommel
would
make
a
stand
at
El
Agheila
but
it
i
evtdent
Uat
the
Afrlka
Korps
is
now
continuing
its
retreat
towards
Trinl"
RETIREMENT
SUGGESTED
Minl.ttr
of
National
Defence
May
Heroine
C
hief
JuMire
-t
Canada
Ottawa
Taper
Says
xton
mav
retire
as
minlrter
of
national
defence
to
twrome
chief
Jus-tire
of
the
8upreme
Court
of
Canada.
The
ncwapavJer
"made
this
suggestion
in
connection
with
the
report
In"
of
a
dinner
at
military
,
headquartf
rs
for
C1
Ralston.
PROBLEMS
0FT0RIES
National
Government
and
Left
or
flight
Swing
Will
Come
Up
At
Winnipeg
OTTAWA.
Nov.
24
The
question
of
national
government
may
be
the
keynote
of
the
speech
of
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Meighen
at
the
National
Conservative
convention
in
Winnipeg
next
month.
Another
question
which
the
Conservatives
will
have
to
deal
with
will
be
whether
there
Is
to
be
a
turn
to
the
right
or
a
turn
to
the
left
In
policy.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
mftih
Death
sentences
For
Treason
In
I
Chicago
Trials
I
CHICAGO.
Nov.
24
r
Three
-
i
men
convicted
of
treason
Hommel
Has
Now
Fallen
Back
To-
were
sentenced
to
death
today
ward
Tripoli,
Passing
K
Aghelia
and
their
wives
were
each
No
Change
in
Tunisia
sentenced
to
twenty-five
years'
Imprisonment
and
fined
$25,-
LONDON,
Nov.
24
While
the
000.
Judgment
Given
Judgment
with
costs
has
been
entered
in
Supreme
Court
here
in
the
case
of
OtKr
Bewier
vs.
R
L.
McLennan,
the
action
being
for
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow
sT
ides
,
(Standard
Time)
High
2:46
ajn.
19.5;
feet
14:29
p.m.
21.1
feet
Maximum
Low
8:36
a.m.
8.0
feet
jXulmum
21:12
pjn.
22
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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PRINCE
PRINCE
RUPERT.
RUPERT,
B.C..
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
24.
24,
1942
1942
"
"
PRICE-
racEnvEcarra
FIVE
CENTS
French
West
Africa
Under
Darlan
SLASHING
REDUCTIONS
IN
RENTS
ARE
ORDERED
HERE;
ROOMING
HOUSES
AFFECTED
Hates
Drastically
Cut
by
Rentals
Commission
at
Instance
Of
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
slashing
reductions
in
rents
have
been
ordered
at
Pr
j'c
Rupert
following
two
hearings
presided
over
by
j
re
W
E.
riahcr,
sitting
as
a
rentals
committee.
Ap-
V
t
s
V
.
x
mately
300
units
of
accommodation,
chiefly
room
arding
houses,
have
had
the
rates
reduced.
The
War-
Prices
and
Trade
Board
has
made
exhaustive
en-
u
the
Prince
Rupert1
nation
and
the
reduc-inrpd
are
the
result
Km
Oeorge
Hotel
rooms
d
at
SI
and
$150
a
be
cut
to
29.
35c
and
.
V
monthly
rates
of
$10
frriured
to
$5.
$7
and
$8.
Dominion
Rooms,
the
;8
room
renting
for
$14
u
month
for
one
per
son
1
:.;.d
$20
for
two.
are
re-$12
and
$14
respectively.
E.icle
Room,
rates
have
-a
from
W
to
$4
a
week
i-
Rooms,
wtiteh
were
transients
at
rates
of
:
:0
a
night,
have
been
-
a
night
for
one
person
:
two
York
Rooms
have
:.
v
rates
cut
from
$12
$10
and
$12.
.it
the
Tassie
Rooms
;
wered
from
$16
and
it
n
$12
and
$14.
-
ordered
are
the
Bay-Vfthobne.
Regent
and
lit
were
Slashed
from
,.nd
120
a
monUi.
to
50c
$10
a
month.
nig
was
cut
from
$15
a
15
War
In
Africa-
:
THREE
DIE
IN
STORM
Five
Feet
of
Snow
With
Forty-Mile
Gale
at
Edmonton
EDMONTON.
Nov.
24
There
were
three
deaths
of
a
recent
heavy
snow-storm
which
piled
up
snow
to
a
depth
of
five
feet
In
the
streets
of
this
city.
There
was
a
forty-mile
gale
with
the
blizzard.
One
Cup
Of
Coffe
n
ieror
U.S.
People
Radio
Engineer
Here
To
Iake
Arrangements
To
Set
Up
C.B.C.
at
Pr.
Rupert
While
t$lc
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
will
side
point
to
pkk
up
up
enner
tne
National
Broadcasting
Co.
or
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corpora-
j
tion
network,
it
was
stated
this
i
afternoon
by
N.
R.
Olding.
regional
engineer
for
the
C.B.C.
from
Vancouver,
who
arrived
in
the
city
last
night.
With
Mr.
Olding
arrived
P.
A.
Field,
chief
technician
from
Montreal,
who
will
be
here
for
some
time
in
connection
with
the
carrying
out
of
the
many
technical
matters
which
will
be
required
In
connection
with
the
taking
over
and
the
establishment
of
the
permanent
C.B.C.
service
out
of
nere.
Mr.
Olding
will
have
to
return
to
Vancouver
soon.
Mr.
Olding
made
it
clear
that
the
short
wave
link
for
connecting
up
Prince
Rupert
with
the
national
network
Is
experimental.
Should
it
prove
fairly
effective,
the
short
wave
connection
may
be
retained
ultimate
plan,
however.
Is
to
bring
in
the
full
time
C.B.C.
program
.
service
into
Prince
Rupert
by
a
j
land
line
circuit
from
Prince
j
George.
j
The
power
of
the-
local
station
will
be
increased
from
the
present
100
to
1000
watts
to
give
a
more
adequate
coverage
of
this
territory
so
that
points
such
as
Terrace
that
do
not
consistently
receive
Prince
Rupert
will
be
able
to
do
so.
The
engineer's
immediate
task
will
be
to
make
tests
of
receiving
and
transmitting
sites.
There
Is
much
preliminary
work
to
be
carried
out
before
exact
future
plans
can
be
detailed.
Ptatls
of
permanent
future
transmitting
arrangements,
including
personnel,
are
matters
which
Mr.
Olding
felt
it
a
little
premature
to
hazard
any
state-
for
the
duration
of
the
war.
The
ment
upon
at
this
time.
Dakar
Is
Reported
To
Have
Swung
to
Allied
Side;
Forces
in
Doubt
Whole
Issue
of
What
Has
Happened
There
Still
Appears
To
Be
In
Question
OTTAWA,
Nov.
24
(CP)
French
West
Africa
has
placed
itself
under
the
orders
of
Admiral
Jean
Darlan,
the
Admiral
declared
in
a
broadcast
over
the
Algiers
radio
iht
night.
Previously
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
listening
post
at
Ottawa
heard
the
Dakar
radiopmake
similar
announcement
in
the
name
of
the
Dakar'
government,
it
was
Inti-:
mated
that
Dakar
had
been
swung
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Nov.
24
over
to
the
Allied
side
by
Admiral
$1900
on
a
claim
for
office
rent.
Coffee
rationing
will
start
In
the
Darlan.
It
was
uncertain,
however,
T.
W.
Brown
acted
for
the
plain-
United
States
next
month.
There
as
to
the
disposition
which
was
,
tiff.
The
action
was
undefended.
w;ll
be
one
cup
of
coffee
per
day.
made
of
strong
military
and
air
forces
which
are
concentrated
there
additional
to
a
substantial
naval
force.
WALK-OUT
,
,,
...taKe
Over
Ull'On
U'rn
in
t'nnfe
tJineri
as
irom
Le-
Day
Shift
Employees
at
Ford
Nov.
24
Ottawa
I
.
-Tne
,
-
m
t.
ii
i.
i
t
t
f
oi.
1
ll'lliuci
A.
ci
eti
n.f
itj
ir:
ninuini
'i
inav,
id
nun
i
wwn
.umKinit
uirt
oticu
leing
iriven;vll
be
continued
lor
the
time
being
with
some
time
extension
and
possible
program
improvements
untiia
sbarUvayet
Jinji
cajiJbe.cstablilhfip!
'ithsflme
out-1
Thousand
on
Strike
WINDSOR-
OntNov,
24
ICP)
Day
shift
variously
estimated
at
between
7.090
and
8.500
went
on
strike
at
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
of
Canada
plant
here
today
and
it
was
reported
that
another
4.-593
workers
on
two
later
shifts
would
also
quit.
The
walk-out
was
caused
by
recent
action
of
(he
company
in
employing
women
at
less
pay
for
jobs
formerly
done
by
men.
Better
Labor
Policy
Urged
OTTAWA.
Nuv.
24
The
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
Is
urging
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
to
revise
the
labor
policy
of
the
government
to
fit
better
in
with
the
needs
of
Canada
In
the
war
effort.
Plenty
of
Beef
for
World's
Best
Fed
Army
AMERICANS
ADVANCING
Marines
Are
Herding
Japanese
To
North
of
Guadalcanal
Island
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
24
(?)
United
States
ground
forces
are
advancing
slowly
despite
stubborn
?nemy
resistance
on
Guadalcanal
Island
of
the
Solomons,
the
De
partment
of
the
Navy
announced
today.
The
Marine
are
slowly
herding
the
Japanese
to
the
north
of
the
island.
BUNA-IS
ON
SPOT
Australians
and
Americans
Approaching
From
Different
Directions
MELBOURNE,
Nov.
24
A
column
of
Australians
has
entered
the.
town
of
Gona
and
Is
advancing
toward
Buna,
twelve
miles
distant,
to
effect
a
juncture
with
American
forces
who
ate
approaching
that
important
Japanese-jeeupied
base
from
another
direction
and
are
now
but
one
mile
distant.
The
position
of
the
Japanese
at
Buna
continues
to
become
more"
critical
as
they
are
faced
with
tfcT"
';,
'iu
prpat
aimi
ranches
of
Western
Canada
which
help
supply
the
men
of
the
grc
Here's
one
Q
t(jng
of
R
year
u
ig
of
Canada's
fightnig
iorejs
Company
with
an
area
of
500,000
acres.
It
was
founded
in
188G
and
is
the
largest
privately
-owned
ranch
in
Canada.
It
has
a
normal
staff
of
250
but
veterans
like
G3-year-old
Joe
Greaves,
(inset)
do
most
of
the
riding
now.
Younger
hands
are
riding
motorcycles
and
tanks.