WAR NEWS CHINESE BOMI VNOI milNGKING Fifty-seven Chir io, 'A - . . . l TJ . . ...... fl.hfa hnmhail 4e "J 1'nited Dians nort of Hanoi. No resistance wat. the attacking planes returned sat REDS ADVANCING MOSCOW The lied Army is advanc. MINERS IS DISCUSSED nrinnint nf Orranixed Labor Is stnted at Public .Meeting-Collection of $303 he Kirkland Lake mine strike ation was presented from the :mi.i'u iiiuui abuiiuuuiiiv at u lit- meeting in the Oddfellows' 1 last night Principal speakers rv of thf American Mine, Mill Smelter Workers' Union at land Lake, and Alex McAus-of Vancouver, vice-president ht Canadian Congress. oLLab- Harrv Ramus, business agent he Prince Rupert Labor Cotm-ted a.- chairman. Others on platform to express them- i' a.- sympamizers wun inc Riauu L4Ke sinne were James la 'k secretary of .the Carpcn-Union and Rev. James A. nen pastor of First United rch A collection was taken up thi Kfkland Lake strike fund the substantial sum of $303.70 thu.' realized. i"rv Sefton declared that the iwauo unce siriKc nrcscntea an ? ha' affected all organized ker m Canada. It was not Just men strike but was the cul- nion of the laziness of work-getting organized into C security If thr fnrts In rnn. Uon with the strike were fully there would be a rising protest insisting that the trnment enforce principles In imiivupd on Vaye Four) M1NLI rUK SMITHERS liusmess Place and Home Heady to Combat Incendiary Bombs. """"is at Bmitners held b. "'in a lew nights ago under chairmanship of Chief War- 01 handling Incendiary bombs demonstrated the nrocedurc T MP tVIAAMn- 111. 1 1 a pall of sand. UIllT mr tha rial uanr tsv Ar n in1 i i f a pall of drv sand and tliis on Saturday afternoon so that are now temnomrllv eoulDnetl uk Duuaings at tmuners. "'lam, Bremnerr after spend-a week on leave from1 his na-dutles with his parents. Mr. Mrs, John Bremncr. Filth "ue aast, sailed last night by Prince George on his return "ona. He will be leaving TU? for St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, -uhh ms tion, petty officer's exam- ... s, I including fifteen V Oit Japanese and all 8 ,m miles per day on me central lro q 11.. O la Ck 9. French Indo-China Moihaisk. Touay me nuvicv iorces were rep V the retreating Nazis twenty-three miles west , TODAY'S (OourtenJ S. D. of six or 'aptured heels of ,sk. AXIS RECAPTURE AGEDAMA CAIKO Axis fores, moving under cover of a sandstorm, have rMiccupied Agedabia in western Cirenaica. In spite of the unfavor ed. ...-ilhpr. however. British bonihlnr nlanes. nit hrvlli auic ' - : f - ...... ta.j IIIIU Inwl fnrres. Till" renrrnn.l (Inn of AvuHahl k .. me 11 u. -n ... i, j iut tiivmj .nnAiinrh innav iuiiuwiiir rrnnrLS nipnr uh hii oi.i . 1. I . I I 111,111 ..111.1 1 1 1 ... I . . U U .1 U . . V. . LU U 1111 111 I I llllll H IllllllUllllr . .. ..ikiiipp in iru luuca. JAPS EXTEND INVASION MELBOURNE The Japanese extended their invasion to the i In ! -l 1 ! vj trmnflmi Allitfrl iintin4p.nft....l.. jn (W0 nays oy mc wmiurawai py me urnish is of Rangoon. It is admitted that the situation in the southern 'acme is, u J ( uv.iu.ii, ma.,, i. n a icw uays aeu. v:.i.iihi PORTUGUESE TAKE OVER Decision to Garrison Island Timor Is Announced STOCKS Johnston Co.) of LONDON, Jan. ,23: Confirmation has been received here that the government of Portugal has decided to .garrison the island of Timor north of Australia. The decision is described as an Important victory for British diplomacy. The British had recently occupied Timor with the undertaking to withdraw should the Portuguese send a garrison. The Portuguese garrison will be sent to Mozambique and will be I convoyed by Portuguese naval ves sels with the possible assistance of Allied warships. AIR RAID SHELTERS Side of Graft Hill From Third Avenue Considered Admirable Site A visitor to the city who has experienced bombing attacks believes that Prince Rupert has an admirable naturar site for the establishment of air raid shelters with a minimum of trouble and expense. Tunnelling from' Third Avenue in to the side of Graft Hill would readily provide most effective shelters under a depth of some sixty or seventy feet In solid rock. The heaviest bomb has not been known to penerate more than fifty feet into rock. Vancouver Grandvlew, .15. Bralorne. 9.00. Cariboo Quartz, 1.70. Hedley Mascot, .31XD. Pend Oreille, 1.60. Pioneer, 1.90. Premier, .55. Privateer, .45. Reno, .15Vi-Sheep Creek, .78. Oils Calmont, .1G. C. & E., 1.14. Home, 2.55. Royal Canadian, .04. Toronto Beattle. .93. Central Pat., 1.10. Cons. Smelters, 38.50. Hardrock, .48. Kerr Addison, 3.95. Little Long Lac, 1.31. McLeod Cockshutt, 1.58. Madsen Red Lake, .92. McKenzle Red Lake, .92. Moneta, .27. Pickle Crow, 2.25. Preston East Dome, 3.05. San Antonio, 1.85. Sherrltt Gordon, .86. WAS COLONIAL GOVERNOR LONDON, January 23 (CP) Sir Hugh Clifford, distinguished ad minlstrator of Britain's colonial rule, having served in the Feder ated Malay States, Straits Settlements,, Gold Coast, Nigeria and Ceylon, Is dead at 75. VOL. XXXI, NO. 19. Expenditures Cut REVIVAL IN RECRUITING Quite a Number of Men Have Been JAUejtcd. in. Army. Here of Late- Party Away Last night. There has been a revival of army recruiting in Prince Rupert recently, It is reported, although quite a number of the volunteers !have been rejected as being med ically unfit. Recent attestations have been as follows: Marcel Arnold Montgomery, Prince Rupert. Fred Roblson, South Hazelton. Lester Eugene Shaw, South Haz elton. Aime Paul Dlonne, Prince Ru pert. Ernest Irvine Moore, Burns Lake. Irving Pennington, Burns Lake. Maxwell Anderson, Burns Lake. Roy Henry Jewell, Burns Lake. William Duncan Smith, Stewart. Thomas Everett Presby, Terrace. David Gerow, Burns Lake. Thomas William Graham, Prince Rupert. Douglas Haig McLeod, Ocean Falls. Raymond Prince, Fort St. James. William Duncan Smith, joining up wun me oranance service; Thomas William Graham, going to the Royal Canadian Army Service Corpa, and Thomas Everett Presby and David Gerow, reporting to depot, sailed this morning on the Prince George for Vancouver. Douglas Halg McLeod also sail ed on the Mnce George last night but has been granted a month's leave to clear up his undertaking business at Ocean Falls before taking over duty with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Raymond Prince was sent to the Canadian Scottish here yes terday. IN FROM FAR EAST WASHINGTON, Jan. 23: Skippered by a Russian and manned by Chinese, a Dutch merchantman has docked from" the Far East at a west coast United States port. The vessel, zigzagging her course and otherwise maneuvering cleverly, was able to shake off Japanese submarines which had pursued her. Mmln 10NDON, January 23 (Canadian Press) Royal Air Force bombers carried out a concentrated attack on Muenster last night, leaving large fires burning. Enemy airdromes in the Nether- surren- i lands and docks at Dunkerque derlng to the Dominion personal were also bombed while mines were income and corporation taxes end ! iaia enemy waters, the Air Min- certaln licences under the Fisheries Act. Expenditures for 1942-43 were estimated to leave $60,000 surplus. The aggregate $800,000 reduction In expenditure estimates is due principally to a material reduction in the public debt. istry said. AXIS TURN IN AFRICA Have Recaptured Agedabia In Forward Movement, Which Is Continuing Today CAIRO, January 2.1 (Canadian Press) The Axis mechanized desert 'army, apparently making a desperate new bid ,for Axis re-conquest of Eastern 'Libya, has recaptured Agedabia in a thrust ninety miles northeast of El Agheila where Axis forces have made a new stand, it was announced today, Indicating strong reinforcements had bolstered the Axis counter-attack, a bulletin said the Axis advance was strongly covered by German-Italian bomber aircraft with fighter protection. The communique said that the Axis movement was continuing. Burial of Duke Of Connaught at Windsor Simple WINDSOR, Eng., Jan. 23: With simple ceremonies, th'e Duke of Connaught was buried today in St. George's Chapel. The King and Queen attended and the kings of Greece, Norway and. Yugoslavia. Seven field marshals act ed as pallbearers and the casket was carried by a party of Grenadier Guards. On the casket were the duke's field marshal's plume, his sword and a single white lily from his daughter, Lady Patricia Ramsay. Mrs. Collison Laid At Rest Funeral on Tuesday Was One Largest in Long Time at Smithers. of SMITHERS, Jan, 23: The fu neral of the late Mrs. Reg. Collison was held from the Anglican Church Tuesday afternoon and was one of the largest, funerals seen In Smithers in a long time. The church was filled to overflowing and many cars filled with friends of the deceased and the bereaved families attended the service at the cemetery. There was a profusion of floral wreaths. The service was conducted by Rev. J. E. Blrchall. Pallbearers were A. C. Fowler, O. H. Hosklns, Shirley Preston, A. O. Ford, A. Dando and L. H. Ken-ney, while H. F. Noel and Mr. Ed-geley were ushers. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER BRINGS IN BUDGET TO B. C. HOUSE Increase in Old Age Pensions $25 Is Interesting Feature of Financial Document. to VICTORIA, Jan. 23: Premier John Hart, presenting his budget to the legislature today, announced wartime reduction In expendi tures of more than $800,000 and forecast pension increases to .bring old age pensioners generally up to $25 mpnthly. Mr. Hart said that revenues for 1940-41 were the highest on record, totalling $36,253,936, leaving a surplus over expenditures of $4,-084,755 which was applied to repay part of provincial debt maturities falling due in 1941. Assets, the premier said, were $273,000,000 at March 31, 1941, against liabilities of $248,000,000. The budget estimated re'venues for 1942-43 at $33,000,000, taking into account of a drop in revenue I of $3,000,000 involved in PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1942 CAMPAIGN GOES OVER Good Response to Appeal of Red Cross for Scrap Materials More Workers Needed. The salvage committee of the Prince Rupert branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society reports a continued and Increasing response to the appeal for old materials in connection with its drive. There is still a need for volunteer workers in connection with sorting and packing. MUENSTER ATTACKED This Was Principal Target of Royal Air Force Last Night Other Points Also Hit ELUDES POLICE Another Gun-a-Noot Is Now Object of Search Made Getaway From Train In Interior Provincial police officers are on the look-out for Phillip Gun-a-Noot, grandson of Simon Gun-a-Noot, who eluded the police for thirteen years in the British Columbia wilds twenty years ago when he was wanted for murder. Phillip escaped from police custody on Tuesday near Bed-nesti, a railway station west of Prince George, when he Jumped from a passenger train while enroutc from Kamloops to Smi-Ihers to face a charge of theft. Gun-a-Noot is believed to have boarded a Cariboo freight truck in an attempt to reach HEPBURN CRITICAL'; Manpower Plebiscite Proposal Described as "Dastardly, Contemptible and Cowardly." ST. THOMAS, Ont., Jan. 23: Speaking on the subject of the plebiscite on conscription as pro posed in the speech from the throne in parliament yesterday at Ottawa, Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario declared that all Canadians should protest at such a proposal. "It is a most dastardly, con temptible and cowardly thing ever subservient membership," Mr. Hepburn asserted. LEFT PLANS IN FLIGHT Nazis, Although Alarmed and Confused, Still Fighting Stubbornly In Russia MOSCOW. January 23 (Cana- Idian Vress) NewsDanpr Prnvda said that the Germans, in abandoning Mozhaisk, left extensive strategic plans in their haste to get away but front dispatches said that, while there was still alarm and confusion among the retreating Germans, they still fought stubbornly In many sectors. Russians, pursuing German forces in their flight from the Mozhaisk salient before Moscow, have pushed twenty-three miles west of Mozhaisk, establishing a rate of advance of from six to seven miles dally since Mozhaisk was taken. WILL VOTE IN SPRING Plebiscite on Conscription to Be Taken Around End of March Or Early in April. OTTAWA, Jan. 23: Details of the plebiscite in which it Is proposed to ask the people to release the government from commitments in regard to mobilization of manpower for military service are expected to be revealed to parliament next Monday by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. The plebiscite Is expected to be held about the end of March or early in April. The proposal to hold the plebiscite had the approval of leading members of both senate and house, Mr, King said. Speaking yesterday following the introduction of the speechTfrom the throne, the prime minister an-nqunced that a special committee was to be appointed to Investigate the manner in which Canadlau troops had been sent to Hong Kong. Hon. R. B. Hanson, acting house leader of the Conservative party, agreed that the responslbll lty for sending these troops with out adequate equipment certainly be fixed. WINNIPEG, Jan. 23: A much- trnvpllpri pnmpra shnrt.pri tnrliv nr perpetrated on a dignified nation jthc la5t j of a Jo wcn by inef icient and an bungling ;nd began in westem Canada wiu end "somewhere in England." Last June, when a Canadian National Railways coach was be4 ftng" cleaned in EdmontonVa' val uable Leica camera was found. It was immediately turned over to the representative of the sleeping and dining car department at Edmonton, who started the hunt lor the owner. The coach had last been occupied by a group of Royal Canadian Air Force boys who were being transferred from a western Canadian station to Rivers, Man. A wire was immediately sent to the Canadian National agent at Rivers, advising him that a camera had been found which was believed to be the property of one of the air force boys who had Just been posted to that station and, if any enquiry were made, he should inform the owner that the camera would be along on the train the following day in care of the conductor. As no enquiry was forthcoming, the camera was brought into Winnipeg and turned over to the regional office of the sleeping and dining -car department a n d the search continued. Through the agent at Rivers it was finally ascertained that a Sgt. R. J. Metheral, R.C.A.F. had lost a valuable pamera but by this time Sgt. Metheral was at an east coast station so ine camera was carefully packed and sent along to Halifax for delivery. When the camera reached Halifax, Sgt Metheral could not be found and back the camera came to Winni peg. Still the search continued and, through -the Department of Na tional Defence air service, it was finally learned that Sgt. Metheral was overseas. Another letter was written and dispatched to Sgt. I Metheral and just a few days ago, word camje back from Sgt. Metheral, giving full particulars of the camera including serial number of both camera and lens, and proving beyond doubt hat he was the rightful owner. So once more the camera was carefully packed and, more than seven months after It was lost, was speeding on its way to its rightful owner. SIR GEORGE AGNEW DEAD BURY ST. EDMONDS, England, January 23 (CP) Sir George Ag-new, Bart., a grandson of the founder of the famous art firm of should Thomas Agnew and Son, died here at 89 years of age. Tomorrow sT ides High 7:00 a.m. 18.3 ft. 19:38 p.m. 15.2 ft. Low 0:15 a.m. 8.0 ft. 13:25 p.m. 8.1 ft. PRICE: FIVE CENTS SITUATION IN SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS NOT SO GOOD; AUSTRALIA IS MENACED Americans Reported to Be Pouring in Reinforcements-Dutch Keeping Up Attack Against Japanese Naval Forces. MELBOURNE, Jan. 23: (CP) Japan's march of conquest struck directly toward Australia today' as seaborne Japanese troops landed in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in a sweep jeapordizing not only the land "down under" but United States routes to the war zone. At the nearest point New Guinea is only .one hun- I Jap Naval t Base Raid 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 23: CAMERA IS Iff) The British Broadcasting Cor- poratlon relayed reports to- dav that Chinese euarillas had crossed the Yellow Sea and stormed Jananese naval 4 headquarters on Yoko Island off the coast of Korea, TRAVELER Starts Trip in Canada and End in England. Will Tarea mues across Torres Straits from Cape York, northernmost tip of Australia. From bases in New- Guinea and the Solomon chain, Japan may now command vital Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea, forcing Allied shipping into a long detour south ' of the Australian mainland. In general news from other Pa- clfic fronts was dark, relieved only by word from Washington that the United States was beginning . I to pour a stream of reinforcements Into" what up to now has been a lobsided struggle. .Heavy Netherlands bombers and fighters lashed at Japanese invasion hordes swarming into the South Sea Islands, scoring twelve direct hits on eight Japanese warships and transports. The Jap-, anese flotilla included one cruiser. Dive bombers also attacked a de stroyer and three transports at another point. These convoys off Borneo and the Celebes Indicate further invasion plans f the enemy for the Netherlands East Indies. As tor the Malayan front, the Melbourne radio broadcast a mes sage from the Australian commander, Major General Gordon Bennett frankly conceding that thesjtuatlon is "if an.jtJrrojg,, serious' than a few days ago. Women and children were removed from the island of New Britain, in connection with the evacuation there, by a fleet of Australian airplanes, the last plane having been at Rabaul even as the enemy were landing. TLELL LADY DIES HERE Mrs. Eric Richardson Passes Away In Prince Rupert General ( Hospital Mrs. Marion K. Richardson, wife of Eric Richardson of Tlell, fisher ies inspector for the Queen Charlotte Islands, passed away Wed nesday afternoon at the Prince Rupert General Hosyltal after a lengthy Illness. The remains are resting at the funeral parlors, of the B, p. Undertakers and ar rangements will be announced la ter. Born in England, the late Mrs. Richardson had been for twenty-two years a resident of the Queen Charlotte Islands. She was well known and highly esteemed by many friends who will regret, in deed, 'to learn of her passing. Besides the widower, deceased is survived by a son, Francis, and two grandsons at Tlell and a daughter, Mrs. Doris Leary, and granddaughter at Port Clements. The bereaved will have the sincere sympathy of many friends. Local Temperature Maximum 54 Minimum 39 TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Changes or New Listings for next issue of Telephone Directory to be made lit writing to Telephone Dept., City Hall, not later than February 2.