inndoii
Admits
That
Ulirrte
and
Tunis
Will
ambulance.'
So
Easy
4.
ied
The
two
men
were
thrown
CRASH
AT
HALIFAX
HALIFAX
Two
girl
and
three
men.
taking
a
flight
in
a
bomber
as
a
priie
in
connection
with
the
Victory
Loan
campaign,
were
killed
when
the
plane
crashed.
N
OTHER
NORTHERN
ROADS
IOKT
WILLIAM
J.
Pierrepont
Moffatt.
United
States
minister
to
Canada,
speaking
here,
said
thst
other
connecting
roads
would
be
considered
on
cornple-tiou
of
the
main
highwsy
through
Canada
to
Alaska.
CANADIANS
DECORATED
OTTAWA
In
an
Investiture
In
the
ballroom
at
Government
Home
yesterday
the
Govrrnor-nnrrl
presented
honors
and
decorations
to
sitty-right
Canadian
for
valor
in
the
war.
It
"was
the
largest
Investiture
ever
held,
In
Canada.
Some
of
the
awards
were
posthumous
and
were
presented
to
relatives.
MAY
UK
LEADER
WINNIPEG
John
Diefrnbaker.
well
known
Saskatchewan
member
of
parliament,
has
announced
that
he
will
be
a
candidate
for
leadership
of
the
Con-rrrvatlve
party
If
it
U
offered
to
him
at
the
forthcoming
convention
here.
COMPULSORY
UNNECESSARY
EDMONTON
Major
General
II.W.
Hrowne,
head
of
Canada's
Reserve
Army,
does
not
believe
compuWon
will
be
necessary
for
the
reserve.
The
reserve
army
has
a
definite
job
to
do,
Browne
declared.
NEW
X-RAY
UNIT
ASSET
Medical
and
Hospital
Service
Greatly
Enhanced
by
New
Installation
The
PTln'ce
Rupert
General
Hos-
s
i-l
nltal.
as
a
result
of
a
new
insuu-
.
r.
...
;
.
..
i.i.u
v.n
-
(net
HpAn
initl
!
in
into
lumber
ana
tocks.
mujr
iawon
iw
ttrrc
removed
to
the
hospital
by
j
pieted.
Is
In
possession
of
an
X-ray
me
and
was
given
ursi
am
diagnostic
wwk.
-v...,
.
.
i
treatment.
AXIS
LOSING
MORE
SHIPS
Two
Merchant
Vessels
Are
Sunk
Hy
Allied
Aircraft
Off
Tunisia
CAIRO,
Dec
4
W
it
Is
announced
that
Allied
aircraft
sank
wo
more
Axis
merchant
ships
In
Rn
attack
on
a
squthbound
convoy
off
tho
coast
of
Tunisia.
Hockey
Scores
Toronto
2;
Montreal
4.
New
York
1;
Chicago
3
control,
better
quality
ana
ww
rrUIlLU15
LiUtVC
nintr
from
a
raaiograp"";
um
X
-
:
.
i..
uiiirh
will
be
a
,ipni
nnd
hospital
service
here.
The
new
unit
is
one
hundred
percent
shock
proof,
eliminating
entirely
any
possibility
of
high
tension
shocks
due
to
high
voltage,
n
also
nrovldes
the
"spot
film
technique
combining
fluqrscopy
and
radiography
to
make
a
per-
nnnt
rPCOrd
Of
flUOTOSCOplC
DIHIIVil
-
ItrlfitrP
C-.C.
MacKcnzie
oi
u
v.tv
romnrntion.
who
has
been
here
here
this
tms
week
wcck
cu.-5
carrying
out
the
-;;'
the
ehurch
to
1W1,
SDoke
tojhj
three
United,
Rations
vessels
Jn!
Ferry
Grounds;
Capt.
Jark
Nicholson
Does
Itetuhn
Good
Act
l
or
Capt.
SlcKinnon
FRANCOIS
LAKE,
Dec.
4-The
Francois
Lake
ferry
ran
aground
east
of
the
north
side
ferry
landing
on
Friday
last
in
heavy
fog.
Captain
Jack
Nicholson
was
speedily
on
hand
with
his
powerful
tow
boat
and
pulled
the
loaded
ferry
Into
deep
water
undamagea.
VANCOUVER.
Dec
4
With
the
Christmas
season
approaching.
the
services
administration
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
notifies
operators
of
restaurants
that
they
are
permitted
to
offer
the
same
special
Christmas
menu
as'
nrovided
in
their
establishments
last
year,
the
prices,
however,
must
not
exceed
those
of
a
year
ago
andVthe
quantity,
quality
and
service
must
be
maintained.
Before
new
Items
are
offered
on
the
menu,
whether
in
a
special
dinner
jor
otherwise,
the
prices
of
such
items
must
have
the
approcal
of
the
Board.
Applications
for
new
Christmas
sneclals
should
be
made
early
to
the
Services
Officer.
Wartime
Prices
nnd
Trade
Board,
"Marine
Building.
Vancouver.
The
services
administration
also
informs
restaurant
operators
that
it
Is
quite
in
order
to
advise
the
public
that
tea
and
coffee
will
be
served
with
meals
only.
The
ration
and
service
depart
leave
it
to
the
restaurateur
determine
what
constitutes
a
l
meal
If
any
restaurant
operator
Is
unabie
to
serve
tea
or
coffee,
re
quested
by
the
-consumer
with
meals,
the
operator
must
reduce
price
,
of
the
meal
proportionately.
The
minimum
should
be
a
rcauc-tlon
of
5c
In
listed
price
of
the
table
d'hote
meal.
TO
SAVE
THEIR
BIKES
STOCKHOLM,
Dec.
.4
w
cui-
i...hed
said:
he
for
.He
a,
1
installatlon.
left
this
morning
mB
f0r
this
chance
erlands
who
take
lessons
in
the
a
t
.
4
l.
1
VIS1L
llUl.lt'
-
i
....mhIaI
ton
interior
mm
""-
me
oerman
language
are
excmF."
.
smlthers.
Vandcrhoof.
",,',
Prince
a
Sklppe
Qvinner
r
M
McKlnnon
puled
George,
McBriae.
Wells
on
his
way
couver.
.
,
ouesnel
back
to
Van-
the
first
chance
I
ljave
had
to
Itloned
by
the.
German
authorities
according
to
word
reaching
here
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow's
Tides
it
i
Standard
Tlmej
High
11:04
ajn.
21.4
feet
Maximum
33
23:50
pxa.
19.3
feet
!
I
Minimum
-
....
33
Low
4:44
ajn.
7.2
feet
17:36
pjn.
4.4
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CliNTRAlTiJRlTISII
COLUflIBIA'8
NEWSPAPER
XXXI.
No
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
4,
1912
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
f
LN1KL1
SHOWDOWN
FICJ
I
IT
LONDON,
Dec.
I
(CP)
Allied
troop-
mavsed
for
a
nrw
showdown
with
Asis
form
in
Tun
Ma
today
aflrr
a
bitter
48-hour
bat-tic
ii
recapture
key
poinU
on
the
approaches
to
TunU
and
Rlirrle.
,Vlied
spokesman
said
that
looses
In
the
lat
two
days
were
heavy
on
both
sides
and
the
edge
In
an
Impending
test
"wilt
to
to
the
one
who
retain
his
strrngth
more
quickly."
The
s'tene
of
action
Is
a
triangle
formed
by
the
town
of
Tebourba,
DJeldelda
and
Mateur.
situated
astride
the
vital
railway
between
TunU
and
III
crte
t
DON
Dec.
4-Brtttoh
mili-,'iihorlUes
admit
that
Axis
.-
have
been
successful
In
en-iiiin
themselves
in
the
B-j
TuniH
area
to
such
an
ex-hul
the
capture
of
those
Tunisian
strongholds
will
be
jlrmbly
"delayed."
WUh
ae-ovcrhead
greatly
Increased
!,
Hides,
the
Allies
have
alio
i
sully
tost
their
control
of
,
althouch
eight
Axis
planes
nut
down
uid
fifteen
dam-yesterday
with
no
Allied
The
battle
for
Tunisia
was
.bed
as
being
in
a
"Stat
of
:
has
been
a
trace
tank
bat-which
both
suffered
.
iue.s
HUa
enKnvent
took
t
fteen
miles
west
of
Tunis
i-lfd
through
two
days
and
.his
United
States
and
Brit
-r
rs
are
now
regrouping
for
.
battle.
Radio
Director
Is
To
Be
Heard
Ira
Dllworth
to
be
Ourst
Speaker
At
Chamber
of
Commerce
j
Dinner
;
I
kuiK
over
of
radio.
sUUorr
TTi
by
the'
Canadian
Broadcast
-.
i
r
puratton
next
week
will
be
l
by
the
Irtne
Rupert
i
mbcr
of
Commerce
which
ha
Ira
Dtl
worth
of
Vancouver.
n;
director
of
CDC.
to
be
i
t
a
an
honored
guest
and
krr
at
the
regular
monthly
tin
next
nday
night.
Mr.
;
!th
la
coming
north
from
t
'ivrr
In
connection
with
the
X
i
vcr
formalities
and
will
be
for
a
few
days
Two
Hurt
Here
When
Scaffold
Has
Collapse
Hirrv
HaUtday
Is
a
patient
in
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospt-Mifferlng
severely
from
shock
'
William
Filyk
is
also
beta
'p.ited
there
for
broken
toes
and
aiirt
Injuries
as
a
result
of
an
:
.
:dcnt
at
the
local
dry
dock
this
:
rintt
when
a
scaffolding
col-
I
Paper
Late
t.
Because
of
Difficulty
t
Due
to
mechanical
difficul
4
ties,
the
Dally
New
was
latr
yesterday
and
may
be
late
again
today.
Thu
ha
affected
the
delivery
sys-
tern
and
we
request
the
!
pattenee
of
our
ubacrlb-
ers.
assuring
them
that
every-
possible
Is
being
done
to
re-
4-
store
the
normal
service
as
speedily
as
possible.
4
Bulletins
OTTAWA
The
Wartime
Trice
and
Trade
Hoard
has
no
objection
to
Krocrrs
limiting
their,
customers
to
one
pound
of
butter
with
$1
worth
of
groceries.
Sank
Nazi
U-Boat
Members
of
the
crew
of
a
Royal
'Canadian
At
Force
bomber
from
an
East
Coast
squadron
who
are
credited
with
a
successful
attack
on
a
Nazi
U-boat
in
the
North
Atlantic.
LETT
to
RIGHT
they
are
Pilot
Officer
J.
Leigh,
Toronto,
the
second
pilot;
Flying
Officcrjt.
B.
Martin.
Toronto,
navigator;
Flying
Officer
D.
F.
Raymes,
Toronto,
captain;
and
Pilot
Officer
J.
8.
Johnston.
Ottawa,
wireless-operator-air
gunner.
Two
other
wireless
operator-air
gunners,
Sergeants
J.
J.
OlWttUn
and
F.
II.
Be
bee.
participated
in
the
attack
but
were
not
present
when
the
photograph
was
taken.
Church
at
Burns
Lake
Is
Twenty-One
Years
Old
BURNS
LAKE.
Dec.
4
On
Sun
day
evening
the
United
Church
at
Burns
Lake
celebrated
its
twenty-
first
anniversary.
During
the
service
Fred
84
oyer,
who
took
pert
in
the
erecting
of
AXIS
SINKS
TRANSPORT
Party
of
South
Africans
Believed
To
Have
Suffered
Heavily
Three
Shipe
Cone
LISBON,
Der.
1
CP
Dis-tbes
from
Lourenco
Marques,
Portuguese
East
Africa,
said
today
that
Axis
submarines
sank
SCALING
OF
LOGS
So
Far
About
Same
as
Last
Timber
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
forest
district
for
1912
has
reach
-
i
ed
an
aggregate
of
218330,079
board
"
'
rrV.
na
-,
Innom
trati
the
various
steps
taken
in
the
building
of
the
church.
He
noted
the
many
changes
that
had
taken
place
and
paid
tribute
to
Its
uplifting
influence
in
the
community.
Mrs.
James
Clark
sang
"The
Church
in
the
Wild
wood'"
and
Miss
Colleen.
Zielke
sang
"Daily
Build-i
ing."
Rev.
Adam
Crisp
spoke
on
"The
Stability
of
Uhs
dhurch."
j
The
Air
Force
concert
party
The
TalUplns."
did
not
get
away
from
Rupert
as
they
expected
on
Monday.
However,
they
took
advantage
of
every
spare
moment
while
here
and
on
Monday
put
on
concert
for
the
Midlands,
on
Tuesday
for
the
Orenadiers,
and
on
Wednesday
at
Seal
Cove.
All
concerts
were
well
attended
and
most
-innreclated.
We
hope
they
will
be
back
this
way
again
soon.
TEA
I
OR
CHRISTMAS
DUBLIN.
Dec.
4
0
People
of
the
Irish
Free
State
are
to
have
Increased
tea
ration
for
Christmas
made
possible
by
the
fact
a
small
rpsrrve
no61
of
tea
has
accumu
lated
In
the
country.
WOMEN
PART-TIMERS
LONDON.
Dec.
4
f
It
is
conservatively
estimated
now
that
has
300.000
women
In
part-timp
inhx
Milnlv
they
are.
In
the
I
plant
such
as
only
the
larger
cities
(
Mldlands
and
the
London
area.
A
third
man
sustained
minor
in-
boasts.
Of
particular
advantage
in
I
J
1.
IS
MwntilrlAe
KfT
I
fT
.
a
eluding-
the
10.000-ton
British
liner
Llandaf
Castle
reported
to
have
been
carrying
one
thousand
South
African
tioops
toward
Durban
on
leave.
Dispatches
said
that
only
forty
survivors
arc
known
t
have
been
landed.
MAY
SERVE
XM
AS
MENU
But
rrtaiirsnts
Must
Have
Permission
to
Serve
New
Items
Totals
-
..
20,268,325
Forest
Products
The
scale
of
forest
products
such
i
as
poles
and
piling
continues
light
this
year.
The
total
this
November
was
'5576
lineal
feet
27590
linel
feet
cedar
and
47.986
lineal
fee'
spruce
as
compared
with
364.046
feet
in
the
same
month
last
year.
The
total
production
of
poles
and
piling
this
year
to
date
stands
at
712.754
lineal
feet
which
is
a
large
decrease
from
3,577.578.
lineal
feet
In
the
first
eleven
monj.ft
of
1941
The
tie
count
this
November
was
1.286
pieces
an
jac
spine
compared
with
3
pieces
last
No
vember.
,
A
total
of
222
cords
of
wood
was
recorded
this
November
as
against
265
cords
in
November
last
year
NAVAL
WIN
FOR
YANKS
Scored
Decisive
Victory
Over
Japanese
in
Solomon
Islands
MELBOURNE.
Dec.
4
Japanese
forces
on
New
Oulnea
Island
have
been
divided
Into
'
three
groups
each
of
which
Is
surrounded
by
Australian
and
American
forces.
Nevertheless
the
enemy
are
put-ing
up
stiff
resistance
agalrist
the
slow
but
steady
Allied
advance.
Twenty-one
Axis
planes
were
destroyed
In
an.
Allied
air
attack
on
Timor
Island.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
SeverinolDomlnato
PLAN
FOR
REDUCTION
OF
FOOD
COSTS
BY
SUBSIDY
IS
ANNOUNCED
BY
ILSLEY
Coffee,
Tea
and
Oranges
Among
Commodities
Listed
Under
Scheme
to
Relieve
Cost
of
Living
Speaking
from
Ottawa
last
evening
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
minister
of
finance,
made
several
statements
on
behalf
of
the
government
relating
to
further
control
of
the
rising
cost
of
living
in
the
Dominion
of
Canada.
He
announced
plans
to
reduce
the
price
of
coffee,
tea
and
other
food
commodities
by
subsidy.
Mr.
IWey
stated
that
the
govern-
ment
realized
the
difficulties
en--ountered
by
the
producers
of
the
Dominion
and
said
that
the
new
nolicy
which
would
shorUy
be
announced
In
complete
detail
would
tak"
these
conditions
into
consideration.
The
new
policy
'will
be
based
upon
a
system
of
subsidy
snd
reduction.
He
quoted
as
in
stances
that
the
Trice
of
coffee
would
be
reduced
by
four
cents
by
subsidy
and
in
a
similar
manner
that
of
tea
would
be
reduced
by
ten
cents
a
pound.
By
reduction
of
duty
oranges
would
be
restored
to
their
price
level
of
September-Oc
tober,
1941
In
addition
to
tea,
coffee
and
oranges,
there
will
be
reductions
in
the
prices
of
fluid
milk
and
beef
The
consumer
will
pay
2c
a
quart
less
for
milk
and
the
profit
mar
gin
on
beef
will
be
taken
by
some
retail
dealers
"to
reasonable
lim
its."
In
conclusion
Mr.
Ilsley
stressed
the
fact
that
the
government's
j
policy
was
to
reduce
cost
of
living
I
lor
all
and
not
lor
tne
tew.
He
also
stated
that
profit
gins
on
many
commodities
would
FrHuction
in
District
This
Year
;
be
reduced
and
that
this
wnuld
contribute
reduction.
greaUy
to
the
general
In
his
fifteen-minute
address
feet
which
shows
a
minimum
olMr
lWey
summarized
the
first
Mansion.
VstnrAK
to
remembrance,
ih
Indian
Ocean
this
week
in-
.
.
.r
.
'
iaer
me
wartime
rfren
uu
iuC
The
scale
for
this
November
was
,
Hg
po5nt
out
that
during
2U.zoe.J23
Doara
ieei
cwnpaicu
i
thll
mnnth
neriod
an
in-
with
15338.643
board
feet
in
the
same
month
of
1941.
Timber
scaling
per
species
this
November
was
as
follows:
Fir
-
705.144
Cedar
Spruce
Hemlock
Balsam
Jackplne
Miscellaneous
1
.992.405
9.794.731
575.460
858.617
94.944
47,024
crease
in
cost
of
living
of
two
percent
had
been
registered
as
against
twenty
percent
increase
during
a
similar
period
in
the
war
of
DR.
MANDY
WAS
HEARD
Anglican
Y'oung
People's
Associa
tion
Is
Active
A?ain
On
Wednesday
evening
the
newly
reorganized
Anglican
Young
People's
Association
of
St.
An
drew's
Anglican
Cathedral
held
Its
NAZIS
ARE
IN
DANGER
Still
Beinr
Hard
Pressed
by
Rus
sians
Who
Are
on
the
Make
Everywhere
NAZIS
ARE
HARD
PRESSED
MOSCOW,
December
4
The
Germans
are
reported
to
be
rushing
ill-trained
reserves
into
action
on
the
central
front
east
of
Velikie
Luki
and
west
of
Uzhev
today
in
a
desperate
effort
to
stop
the
Russian
offensive
knifing
deep
into
Nazi
lines.
Front
line
dispatches
said
many
of
the
German
infantry
units
were
hastily
formed
from
technicians,
engineers
or
air
force
ground
crews
and
were
led
by
pupils
and
teachers
from
officers'
training
schools.
The
noon
communique
of
the
Soviet
information
bureau
said
the
Germans
were
launching
repeated
counter-attacks
on
the
central
front
but
declared
that
all
were
repulsed
and
the
Red
Army
offensive
was
continuing.
MOSCOW.
Dec.
4
The
entire
This
new
policy
-will
be
costly,
its
German
position
in
the
Don-Volga
actual
cost
to
the
treasury
may
exceed
forty
millions.
corridor
has
been
undermined
as
a
result
of
further
reverses
suffer
ed
by
the
invaders
at
the
hands
of
the
Red
Army
as
the
Russian
coun-
A
railway
station
wast
of
Rzhev
has
been
retaken
by
the
Russians.
South
of
Stalingrad
the
Soviet
forces
have
taken
another
important
position
while
within
the
city
itself
the
defenders
have
taken
back
several
streets
and
buifdlngs.
Forty
big
Nazi
transport
planes,
endeavouring
to
bring
airborne
troops
in
as
reinforcements,
have
been
destroyed.
U.S.
WINS
SEAFIGHT
Another
Naval
Battle
Off
Solomons
Enemy
Lost
Many
Ships
weekly
meeting
In
the
cameciran
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Dec.
4
Hall.
The
United
States
Department
of
After
a
short
devotional
service
tne
Nary
8nnounces
another
naval
conducted
by
Dean
Gibson,
the
0
f
y,e
Solomon
Islands
With
president,
Bert
Allen,
made
a
few
Americans
scoring
a
decisive
announcements
regarding
furtner
victory
in
breaking
up
the
attempt
work
of
the
organization
and
in-
Qf
a
large
ronVoy
to
land
retnforce-troduced
the
speaker
of
the
eve.
menta
on
Guadalcanal
Island.
Thl3
nlng.
Dr.
Joseph
Mandy.
t
battle.
Just
revealed,
took
place
Dr.
Mandy
gave
the
Ilrst
ln'a
se-
tnr0aghout
Monday
night.
ries
of
lectures
accompanied
by
movies
on
the
subject
of
geology.
It
was
a
most
Illuminating
evening
for
the
members,
many
of
whom
have
seen
little
of
the
.Pacific
coast
which
was
so
beautifully
and
accurately
illustrated
"
in
Dr.
Mandy's
excellent
moving
pictures.
It
was
an
education
to
all
the
group,
even
to
those
of
the
members
who
have
lived
here
for
many
years.
Tne
comparison
wiui
pre-war
Prince
Rupert
and
the
present
day
city
was
immensely
interest
ing.
Fbllowtnn
the
lecture
the
presi
dent
conducted
a
quiz,
contest
upon
many
and
varied
subjects
until
the
refreshments
were
served
by
Miss
Margaret
Smith,
assisted
by
her
able
refreshment
committee.
The
meeting
closed
with
community
singing.
The
fellowship
hour
after
the
evening
sevlce
on
Sunday
night
will
brln
the
members
and
their
friends
together
again.
ALASKA
WARM
SPOT
Sitka.
'Alaska,
never
has
ex-
The
result
of
the
battle
was
that
the
Japanese
lost
nine
ships
sunk
four
destroyers,
two
cruisers
or
possibly
large
destroyers,
two
transport
ships
and
one
large
ves
sel.
One
United
States
cruiser
wa3
sunk.
The
position
of
the
United
States
narlnes
on
Guadalcanal
has
been
Improved.
RAID
UPON
CHERBOURG
Royal
Air
Force
Makes
Anotner
Daylight
Foray
to
Northern
France
returned
to
the
city
this
morning
perlcnced
weather
colder
than
five
land
another
visit
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
degrees
beiow
zero.
rogm.
LONDON,
Dec.
4
British
bombers
and
fighters
made
a
daylight
foray
yesterday
over
Jhe
Cherbourg
Peninsula
area
of
France,
attacking
and
damaging
Axis
shipping
in
that
region.
The
daylight
activity
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
followed
night
raid
ovev
Frankfurt
Wednccday
to
Italy
last
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