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T-.XI.
No
291
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rf-'t.
Man
Since
Dsys
ItOjIllHMl
Milne
WatU
U
the
or-elect
Prince
Ru-i
had.
At
the
age
of
he
came
to
Prince
!'.
narenU.
Mr
and
;.
Watt,
who
moved
..
ciiy
tong
since
and
,.'
Klso.
Washington
wu
known
then
and
!
t
ed
famlhJ
oT
(irtsun
aloni;
the
Ptmee
Rupert,
was
al-
it
us
boy
when
lie
came
'
Mr
had
choten
not
'.'if
footsteps
of
hU
a
builder
and
con-
.id
early
devaloped
ai''''""
me
'.
hi
romtng
here
wax
'
U
nit
ship
chandlery
waterfront
After
fife
U-ere
he
u
placed
he
office
of
0Wt
"
shop
iinrt
stayed
'
."ii
a
couple
f
years,
if
went
lnl
bustnet
ikum
ow
NteMeek-ore
lie
followed
the
line
tor
eight
year,
u
secood
cah
and
;
addition
to
the
ec
'
WatU
aaw
an
oppor-nrn's
furnishings
tine
f
the
grocery
badness
u.unhip
wih
A.
8.
.ibltAlted
the
firm
of
k
:
mu
which
expand-.i
rruiple
of
years
aar
.:
the
large
jkneer
tKorge
Bryant.
There
"
led,
mayor
has
car-
ssfully
crer
since.
was
bom
thirty
-
in
Conventry.
Ena-
'
(he
ace
of
five
came
iiu
to
Lethbrldge,
Al-!
mr
years
waa
spent.
n:!v
moved
to
Vancou-hey
remained
for
.ill
where
the
now
"f
Prince
Rupert
had
as
an
office
boy
I
MMi
Columbia
Tele-
MIGHT
IS
GROWING
Churchill
IteveaW
Weakness
of
191b
.Many
Tank
Now
Anti-Sub
Weapons
LONDON,
Drc.
15
CP
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churrhill
told
the
lloue
of
Commons
today
that
the
British
Army
had
only
one
hundred
tanks
in
June
1310
to
fare
the
threat
of
a
German
Invasion
after
Hie
fall
of
Trance
The
Army
now
has
between
1000
and
2000
tanks
he
said
In
a
statement
on
the
value
of
the
present
heavy
tanks
which
bear
his
name.
Mr.
Churchill
alv
intimated
that
Britain
Is
devrtplnT
Important
new
air
weapons
to
com
bat
submarines.
A.
KING
WOULD
j
CO-OPERATE
Minister
Appears
Disposed
;
To
facilitate
Mr.
Bracken's
F.ntry
Into
House
of
Commons
OTTAWA.
Dec.
IS
t
-
Prime
Minuter
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
Ktn
announced
teat
night
that.
If
Piemler
Bracken
of
Manitoba
desires,
the
government
la
prepared
to
have
a
writ
Issued
immediately
for
a
by-elecUon
In
Selkirk
atoaUUteocy
to
afford
Mr.
Brackan
"the
earttaM
posatbie
opportunity
to
teek
election
to
the
House
of
'
"
(nmtttotnf
Mr.
Bracken,
recently
chosen
head
of
the
Conservative
party
which
changed
1U
name
to
Pro-freaalve
Oonaervatlve.
will
need
a
eat
In
the
I
loose
before
he
can
become
official
Leader
of
the
Opposition.
More
Axis
Ships
Sunk
By
British
Several
Vessels
Are
Sent
Down
Off
Italian
Coast
by
Allied
Undersea
Craft
LONDON.
Dec.
15
&
British
submarine,
stalking
Italy's
coastal
waters,
have
sunk
two
more
African-bound
Axis
ahlps,
includ
ing
an
armed
merchant
cruiser,
m
inner
but
a
hard
scored
three
hlU
on
others
and
.nvlentlous
in
pub-
nk
twt)
other
supply
vessels
off
his
private
under-
Libya.
WatU
has
the
happy
ir
liking
and
keeping
v.iMieral
ealeem
In
Ur-ld
Is.
doubtless,
re-the
fact
that
Prince
were
able
to
unanl-uiwi
him
to
be
their
ii
ten
years
of
com-D
and
during
the
try-4'
lie
ahead,
u
not
without
consld-
j
:
ihve
experience
In
pub-"
i
public
affairs.
He
has
K
sidcnt
of
the
Prince
r
Camber
of
Commerce.
1
i
t
Ratepayers'
Awocla-T
iiice
Rupert
Gyro
Club.
'
v
active
In
the
organl-Vtctory
Loan
and
War
tUficatc
campaigns.
He
m
of
the
local
federal
:
committee
ht
the
prcs-
und
Is
chairman
of
the
Marketing
Board
of
Brlt-nibla.
He
has
also
been
"
1
1
i'ldpo
rnrlr.
d!
i'
ally,
the
ncwly-clecled
r
i-
'he
only
remaining
mem1-'
1
family
to
stilt
reside
1,!
parents,
as
said
before,
r
fa
nt
Kelso,
Washington,
'stcr.
Mrs.
Lloyd
Kclscy,
'
Ml.ss
Trl
WnlU.
a
crad-
of
the
Prince
Rupert
the
Philippines.
One
John.
rilrlr
in
B.-in
Prnn-
and
another,
Frank,
who
was
r
r
,
hffp
Is
overseas
with
tho
'i
r
ii
i.
t
r
ill
I
iiji
mnvnr.iirL
i
c'i
kjiown
and
popular
pioneer
She's
a
Guider
So
She
Escaped
t
a
i
Polish
Girl
Arrives
In
inRianii
After
Thrilling
Trip
from
Native
Country
LONDON.
Dec.
15
OWere
It
not
for
the
fact
she
was
a
girl
guide
Annas
Boriek.
a
role,
would
never
have
reached
Britain
to
carry
on
the
fight
for
Poland.
"I
am
a
PnlUh
Raider
and
that
Is
why
I
am
here."
she
told
a
Girl
Guide's
rally.
"In
the
guides
I
learned
the
things
that
helped
me
escape.
I
learned
to,
stalk,
to
move
quietly.
In
that
way
I
crossed
tnrce
irw-tlcrs
In
the
snow,
wrapped
In
a
white
blanket.
I
finally
reached
Rumania
whence
I
came
to
ANOTIIKIt
PAUKTOWN
CAPE
TOWN,
Dec.
15
O
HU
Majesty's
South
African
Ship
Sudc-roy
has
been
rc-chrlstencd
H.M.S.
A3,
Parktown
tc
commemorate
the
Milp
of
the
latter
name
lost
during
the
evacuation
of
Tohruk.
girl,
the
former
Miss
Alice
Nelson,
also
a
graduate
nurse
of
tho
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
They
have
a
family
of
one
daughter
and
three
sons,
She
Helped
Solve
Crime
On
Prairie
Krglna
i:pet
Ha
Testified
In
Many
Prominent
Cases
In
the
West
REGINA.
Dec.
15
Dr.
Frances
O.
McOtll.
affectionately
called
"Doc"
by
scores
of
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police,
who
recenUy
resigned
her
post
as
Director
of
the
Saskatchewan
Laboratories
Is
a
gold
medalist
and
honor
graduate
of
the
University
of
Manitoba
and
entered
Saskatchewan
government
service
in
1918
as
provincial
bacteriologist.
In
addition
to
her
laboratory
work
she
did
a
Rreat
deal
of
medico-legal
work,
for
the
R.C.
MP.
She
aays
she
has
testified
at
more
Inquests,
preliminary
hearings
and
murder
'trials
than
she
can
remember.
Gifted
with
keen
powers
of
deduction
and
Insight
Into
human
nature
she
was
instrumental
In
solving
many
crimes.
Her
work
often
took
her
into
re
mote
parts
of
northern
Canada
She
travelled
by
plane,
freight
car,
boat
and
dog
sled.
Dr.
McGlll
found
her
work
so
engrossing
that
she
passed
up
10
weeks
of
holidays.
Her
favorite
hobby
U
rjdlng.
JUST
Y12AKLY
COUPONS
JOHANNESBURG,
Dec.
15
05,
"For
the
convenience
of
-the
small
Investor,"
Interest
on
the
New
South
African
war
bond
Usue
of
Janua:y
15
Is
to
be
payable
yearly
Instead
of
half-yearly
as
on
previous
issues,
PROViNCiAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Local
Temperature
he
ROMMEL
DISORGANIZED
SSSSSst-
iBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSrPVBSSSSa
t9lsBssssssssssssssssssssssl
XSwsssssHssss.
v
ssssssssfflssssssssssssssss
Thi
is
a
liidmpho'c
from
Cairo
RA.F
ground
crew,,
advancing
to
t;ikr
over
captured
airti'ldi
found
the
wreckage
of
Nazi
airrrlt
.strewn
about
British
numbers
caused
this
havoc
at
the
start
oi
'he
advance
winch
may
yet
catch
Rommel's
disorganized
forces
In
a
nutcracker,
one
end
of
which
would
be
pushed
by
the
US.
forces,
who
have
landed
m
North
Africa.
Allied
Air
Power
Now
'
Tips
Scales
Against
Axis
in
North
Africa
LJ0NDQN,
Dec
15
(QP)
-
Allied
injiowex.
grolPn
to
siicn
strength
that
bombers
coursed
over
Tunis
for
four
hours,
was
tipping
the
scales
against
the
Axis
today
in
the
Battle
of
North
Africa
as
Marshal
Envin
Rommel's
Libyan
Army
retreated
from
the
Gulf
of
Sirte
coast
in
central
Libya.
The
pace
of
the
British
Eighth
Army's
pursuit
of
Rommel
was
not
disclosed
but
some
estimates
placed
the
British
advance
forces
in
Tripolitania
beyond
the
Marble
Arch
air
field,
forty
miles
west
of
El
Aghcila.
Military
observers
were
surprised
at
the
weakness
of
the
Axis
stand
on
the
El
Agheila
line,
saving
that,
even
after
the
defeat
in
Egypt,
Rommel
should
have
been
able
to
muster
sufficient
force
for
a
more
spirited
defence.
,
PROBING
!
SINKING
Thorough
Investigation
Being
Made
by
United
States
Navy
Department
Into
I.oss
of
President
Coolidge
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Dec.
15
T
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
said
today
that
a
naval
board
of
inquiry
Is
making
a
thorough
in
vestigation
into
the
loss
of
the
liner
President
Coolidge
while
operating
as
a
United
States
army
transport
In
the
Solomons
area
recently
when
all
but
four
of
four
thousand
men
on
board
were
saved.
Woman
Veteran
Husband
Buried
In
Frame,
Son
Near
Suci
and
Daughter
Serving
in
England
WINNIPEG,
Dec.
15
ff
"I'm
not
through
with
them
yet,"
says
Mrs.
Nellie
Bourns
who
recently
spent
two
days
at'
Fort
Osborne
barracks
trying
to
enlist
In
the
Canadian
Women's
Auxiliary
Corps.
Her
husband's
grave
In
France
is
one
of
many
marked
"Known
only
under
God.".
Her
son
lies
under
a
white
cross
at
Suez.
Phyllis,
her
daughter,
Is
doing
wbrk
in
England
and
Mrs.
Bourns
herself
drove
an
ambulance
for
the
last
two
years
in
York
and
Leeds.
Mrs.
Bourns
says
she's
"not
too
old
to
serve."
NOKTIIKKN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRlKCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
15,1942
una
las
Been
Taken
UUNbLM
MAYOR
OF
THIS
CITY
:sn
as
Conscientious
Young
'
CASK
OF
LABOR
ISSUES
OF
CITY
ARE
DISCUSSED
Public
Meeting
for
Labor
Candi-
dates
Last
Night
Views
on
Variety
of
Subjects
Aired
Labor
presented
Its
municipal
elections
case
at
a
public
meeting
last
night
In
the
auditorium
of
Booth
Memorial
School.
The
attendance
was
not
large
but
-the
audience
was
rcspo
nMve.
Geore
W.
Rudderham,
veteran
labor
alderman
of
former
days,
was
In
the
chair
and
the
speakers
were
T.
II.
Sorcnsen,
W.
II.
Brett,
J.
S.
Black,
T
II.
Elliott.
II.
M.
Daggett
and
George
Hills,
civic
labor
federation
aldermanlc
candidates;
J
T.
Lang-ridge
and
Jack
Deane,
candidates
for
the
school
board,
and
Bruce
Mtcklcburgh,
Labor
campaign
manager.
Co-operation
Needed
1
T.
II.
Sorenssn
asked
if
the
electors
would
put
into
municipal
of-i
flee
on
this
occasion
the
same
class
,
.
j
of
people
who
had
got
the
city
in
-
;
a
men
ueiuie
ur
mrii
wtiu
icpie-
sented
the
masses.
He
condemned
j
?
1
the
nresent
form
of
civic
admlnis-
i
w
-
.
-
-
tratlon
and
held
that
co-operative
effort
was
ieedfj
If
elected,
he
would
do
all
he
could
in
the
uv
terests
of
right-thinking
citizens."
W.
IL
Brett
deplored
the
Indifference
of
the
working
class
In
falling
to
register
for
the
election.
In
fairness
,ta4betoysiwb.v'fct
-
away.
It
was
a
duty
of
the
people
who
stayed
at
home
in
the
war
to
make
some
effort
to
improve
conditions.
This
was
where
the
clvfc
election
was
a
matter
of
Importance.
The
waterfront
sltuaUon
Mr
Brett
described
as
serious.
J.
S.
Black
charged
that
the
Ratepayers'
Association
candidates
did
not
really
represent
the
ratepayers
as
a
whole.
There
must
be
good
lcoal
conditions
If
there
was
to
be
a
-full
war
effort.
Decent
homes
and
wages
were
necessary
Mr.
Black
stressed
the
necessity
of
looking
after
the
youth
of
the
country.
They
were
the
backbone
of
the
nation.
He
urged
the
people
to
vote
for
policies
and
not
for
personalities.
T.
II.
Elliott
said
he
considered
it
his
duty
to
run
for
alderman
since
he
had
already
been
an
acUve
critic
of
the
commsslonershln.
He.
referred
to
the
"disorganized
condition"
of
public
works
including
roads,
sidewalks,
sewers
and
wajert
(Gontinucd
un
Page
Six)
Study
Groups
Plan
For
Reconstruction
'Fighting
French"
Woman
Tells
of
France
Looking
to
Future
of
Nation
WINNIPEG.
Dec.
15
-r-
Plans
for
post-war
reconstruction
are
being
formed
In
France
tdday
by
secret
study
groups,
Mtss
AUne
Chalufour.
a
member
of
the
Fight-
alii
5
nPrVJTP
W
French
headquarters
in
Ottawa
j
recently
told
a
Winnipeg
audience.
Many
years
will
be
required
in
which
to
rebuild
the
health
of
the
people,
suffering
from
malnutrition,
She
said.
Rese:vcs
of
food
have
been
exhausted.
Medical
supplies
are
lacking
and
operations
are
often
performed
without
aenca-
thetlc.
The
danger
of
tuberculosis
spreading
Is
furthered
by
measures
on
the
part
of
the
Germans
to
appropriate
the
pensions
of
tuberculosis
victims
and
to
promote
the
Idea
that
tuberculosis
Is
not
contagious
and
that
patients
can.
without
danger,
live
with
their
families.
Resistance
Is
found
mostly
among
the
laboring
classes
and
students.
Miss
Chalufour
said.
Big
business
men
have
coll;")orated
with
the
Germans
to
a
great
extent.
OTTAWA.
Dec.
15
&
Flight
Sergeant
Georee
Thomas
Camfcli.
whose
wife
lives
in
Prince
Rupert
is
listed
as
kill-
ed
on
active
service
in
a
Royal
Canadian
Ah
Force
casualty
Hat.
-
t
Tomorrow's
Tides
(Standard
Timet
High
8:40
a-m.
195
feet
21:18
p.m.
17.0
feet
Low
1:55
ajn.
7.4
feet
15:05
p.m.
7.7
feet
4
CANADIANS
ARE
HEROES
Acts
of
Gallantry
as
Service
Men
Gave
Their
Own
Lives
in
St.
John's
Fire
to
Save
Girls
ST.
JOHN'S,
Newfoundland,
Dec.
15
O
Eye-witnesses,
who
stood
helpless
while
flames
roared
through
a
Knights
of
ColumbU3
hostel
here
Saturday
night,
told
how
gallant
Canadian
service
men
forfeited
their
chance
of
escape
from
the
burning
building
to
help
their
girl
companions
to
safety.
One
unidentified
spectator
of
the
fire,
which
took
ninety-nine
lives
and
Injured
109
persons,
said
that
two
sailors
stood
in
windows
Of
the
hostel
and
kept
passing
the
girls
to
safety
until
they
could
no
longer
stand
the
savage
heat.
One
wai
rescued,
but
the
other
perished
n
the
flames.
The
fire
raced
through
.the
hall,
trapping
scores
within
sight
of
exits.
Tom
McRostie
Passes
Away
Veteran
Anyo
Mining
Man
Dies
Here
After
Having
Been
in
Falling
Health
for
Some
Time
rag
man
of
this
district,
having
been
located
for
many
years
at
Anyox
where
he
still
has
property,
oassed
away
this
morning
In
the
Frlnce
Rupert
General
Hospital.
He
was
a
well
known
figure
In
Prince
Rupert
and
had
many
friends
here.
The
late
Mr.
McRostie.
who
was
nome
seventy
years
of
age,
who
had
been
in
falling
health
for
some
time,
was
unmarried
but
is
survived
by
a
sister
in
Ottawa.
She
Is
being
communicated
with
pending
the
making
of
funeral
arrangements.
Mr.
McRostie
had
for
a
long
time
made
his
home
at
the
Savoy
Hotel.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
11
o'clock,
was
reported
this
afternoon
to
be
one
hour
and
twenty
minutes
late.
PRICE-
FIVE
CENT8
Alii
ies
mportant
Base
on
New
Guinea
has
Been
Taken
By
Allies;
Jap
Landing
Further
Forces
Are
Put
Ashore
by
Japanese
With
Bombers
Smashing
Away
at
Invaders
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
Dec.
15
(CP)
Allied
jungle
fighters
stormed
into
Buna
vil-age
yesterday
and
heavy
fighting
raged
about
the
Japanese-held,
Buna
mission
to
the
east
today.
Meanwhile
Allied
bombers
smashed
at
new
enemy
invasion
expeditions
put
ashore
by
a
strong
cruiser
and
destroyer
force
at
two
points
tanner
norm
west
1
on
the
New
Guinea
coast.
The
Allies
slashed
their
way
into
Buna
five
days
after
the
capture
of
Gona,
twelve
miles
to
the
northwest.
Buna
and
Oona
were
the
main
bases
of
a
foothold
established
by
the
Japanese
last
July
in
a
thrust
toward
Northern
Australia.
H
V
Killed
In
Air
Force
BATTLE
OF
RUSSIA
ADVANCE
OF
NAZIS
ISENDED
Offensive
of
Enemy
Yesterday
Was
Only
Momentary
Russians
On
Move
Forward
MOSCOW.
Dec.
15
W
With
dive
bombers,
tanks
and
Infantry
attacks
sprung,
out
of
rolltag
fog,
the
Germans
have
sefzed
the
offensive
momentarily
southwest
of
Stahn-rad
hut
the
Russians
declared
today
that
the
attacks
which
cost
the
Nazis
1600
men
were
checked
after
.lntlal
gain.
On
the
battlefronis
northwest
of
Moscow
the
Red
Army's
attacks
rolled
on,
overrunning
the
German
trench
line
west
of
Rzhev
and
capturing
a
hill
near
VeJIkie
Lukl
despite
pressure
of
German
Montreal
Mayor
Is
Re-elected
Adhemar
Raynault
Continues
As
Chief
Magistrate
of
Canada's
Greatest
City
MONTREAL,
Dec.
15
f
Adhemar
Raynault
was
re-elected
mayor
or
Montreal
yesterday
by
a
sweeping
majority
over
three
competitors
in
light
ballottlng.
NAPLES
IS
AIRRA1DED
Allied
Bombers
Are
Also
Active
Over
Palmero
in
Sicily
ROME,
Dec.
15
Naples
was
bombed
again
last
night
by
raiding
Allied
aircraft.
Dozens
of
bombs
were
dropped,
the
Italian
High
Command
admits,
but
no
statement
is
made
as
to
damage
or
casualties.
Palmero
in
Sicily
has
also
been
bombed
again.
Thomas
McRostie.
veteran
min-;
Sugar
RoblllSOIl
Winner
of
Fight
Scored
Technical
Knockout
Over
Al
Nettlow
in
Philadelphia
Bout
PHIIADFT.PHIA.
Dec
15
W
Ray
"Sugar"
Robinson.
Harlem
welterweight.
batteredAl
Nettlow
at
will
last
nlEht
to
score
a
three-round
technical
knockout
For
shoplifting
from
the
Variety
Store,
John
William
Trayllng
was
sentenced
to
ono
month's
Imprisonment
In
city
police
court
this
morning.
He
was
caught
red-handed,
police
officers
flndlnpt
stolen
articles
on
his
person
after
they
had
been
called.
Mike
Durban
wai
similarly
charged
but
his
case
Is
not
yet
concluded.
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