W OODTOi.' NEW VOGUE of Other Toys of Wood Will promlne nt in Parade Hill Wartime Christmas Iff r 11 B JAMES McCOOIC -' i Prr.s Btaft Writer Id! far Utn, paint sU. liubble sets, neck- t.v serving kitchens !ies are coming Into Ahrm the Tax antquc liad a note of Chrlstmaa buyer, it 1 k ep In mind a little tir excise tax wtilch r rrnt additional on t. unilar non-essential ' juvenile faced with af pleasing grown-ups P-.ile bulletlii had the iipws that while i be sliort their arc fascinating wooden .i id other ornament :.i a shells and mar wn-e for silver, pla.tlc w coming to be a '.van. Of course. tn1 i ;tira. Uie supply of unit leas and lumber Is v: (r commodity. RestrlP ni!y to it as to almost else a person wants al Hut Informed sources i work is well-advanced v and there should be P" 1 J merchandise for Christ C aua nostal dcoartment 1(1 ' Christmas mall should be I" a buy. but no llshter this r Wur regulations decree that ' nt card may be manu-1 or finished which will b: retail for more than 25 i ""hiding envelope, except ( manufactured with -mission, special greeting or personal greeting cardi. all the administrators, co-deputies and dollnr-a-n said Santa was a fine llOW rl KruvVl.tf I n fHllr 10 . r :hhln,n.H .Itntinn 4 .'IIIMUiltM Uii.lrtUi, oorted today In Soviet military dtaoatches which noted that the Vszis were using outdated planes and dropping only small bombs. This, it was thought, might Indi cate the shifting of first line unite to other fronts, peihaps to south ern Europe. CALLS UPON FRENCHMEN All Worthy of Name Should Kail To Allies, Says Churchill LONDON. Nov. 12 O Prime Minister Winston Churchill called upon "all Frenchmen worthy of the name to stand together' at a moment when their nation had been struck down by its "Oerman taskmaster." CRUISER HIT H.M.A.S. Canberra Australian cruiser, burns after belnff mortally hit In the Solomons area. An unidentified destroyer stands by the stricken vessel. This cruiser participated in the American offensive on the Solomon Islands early last August. Her loss was announced prior to release of this photograph. PURCHASE OF BONDS i Canadian National Employees Doutlit More This Time MONTREAL. Nov. 12 Increases in the dollais value of subscrip ts, and in the number of indl- ,irijiaJ purchasers of Third Vlc-itmflan bonds are shown in the list enumerating laese iransacuon? among employees of the Canadian National Railways issued yes terday by D. C. Grant, vice president )n charge of finance for the sstem The total amount of bond pur chases by employees in the campaign Just ended was $4,642,250. as corqpared with a final total of $4,378,500 obtained during the second Victory Loan campaign total may be increased by reports from remote areas. As the solici tation throughout the system was carried out according to the re gional areas set up for operation purposes, there are distant places from which reports are delayed in reaching regional headquarters in Winnipeg. Toronto and Moncton. i After that the report are forwarded to system headquarters in Montreal. In the third campaign the total number of individuals subscribing through the National system was 51&SS. During the second cam paign the total number of Indi vidual employee subscribers was 46,311. The amount of $4,W2J60 of bonds purchased by Canadian National employees U in addition to and oulte anart from a subscrip tion of $10,852,600 effected offici ally by the Canadian National Railways. Including bonds pur chased for the company pension and Insurance funds. BELLS TO BE RUNG I'eals to be Heard Next Sunday in Celebration of Victory LONDON. Nov. 12 Q Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced yesterday that church bells would be rung next Sunday throuhout Britain to celebrate "our victory" In Africa. It will be the first time In two years that lurch bells have rung in England. The Prime Minister said he had instructed chiefs of staff to-dU-i-ciurd "public clamor" In plannlns future operations. BLOCKING JAPANESE Kttreat to Buna Made Difficult By l.i ml and Air Attacks Mrt.noilRNE. "Nov. 12 The Australian forces are blocking the retreat of the Japanese to Buna on New Guinea Island. miivi nlanes operating irom raotured Kokoda are blastlnj the Nipponese on the Jungle trails, PROVINCIAL LIBBARy victor L3E Tomorrow sT ides local Temperature 4W w A Che (Standard Time) fill stop Hlgtv 4:45 a.m. 19.1 feet 16:29 pjn. 203 feet 43 v-x x um Low 10:40 ajn. 8.1 feet " Tj um 44 23:20 pm. 4.0 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 263 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, "NOVEMBETTlg, 1942 PRICE- FIVE CIJNT8 m Bombers Strike Tu nisia ' 1c it in i li "J A, Niv 12 The big i" Christmas buying that Santa Claus ' Ik yule log for toya. r ' .lotions on the Mi n-tmas trees and rulnty there will , .v as In the -past. ther regulations .. drums Into bren ' vies Into tanks, ii lo appear In the r mas picture, r ' Ilard aakd It won't i it sounds. Santa . ye on the list of 'ram the Munition ir Prleea Hoard. Sel r National Defence, i ; and a couple of ' ' a tors, wm awtng ' ny In brief, said w uld be a wooden-b'jt what toya. Wood and Wood i mn Ottawa give the parade of will only be the u : be supported by universal carriers. : t e r s, battleship, rovers, submarine, . ir$ and automatic i of woods teaa mmntrue front headquarters goes v Vhts: oeinc made on all rvw of wood, i paper called Into iter extent. Jigsaw strong. history, aortokntv i.nes and sclenc ;'nong the thlic v. i it Boots mav v um they are opened .r!ue supplies an nienta are as good Jglitening Up On Liquor In Alberta Now EDMONTON. Nov 12 New liquor regulations In Alberta make a limit of a 40-ounce bottle per person a day and one gallon ol 1ne. The new closing time of beer parlors is 10 pin. t Smuts Speaks t Of War's End4 r LONDON. Nov 12 r -Field Marshal Jan C ttmuis. I'rime Minister of S-.iuth Africa, to- day called the Anglo-American 4 pincers movements In North Africa as "the most amazing transformation in the short- est possible time" and dec la r- ed that. If this offensive do!- Icy is resolutely followed, the African victory may yet be- come a prelude to th end." 1 ASSAULT 4 LESSENED iharp Induction In Gtrm.in Air Activity in Ituwlan I lrt Unr Units Believed Moved MOSCOW. Nov. 12 Sharp i$ Mosquito Bomber The new type of assault aircraft which has proven so in u.se by the Royal Air Force against enemy territory. tr -the 8h.Unerad-- front wO--" W- loa" ARMISTICE DAY HERE Three-fold Observance by Canadian Lejion Last Evening Armistice Day was observed by i the local branch of the Canadian ! Lesion in three-fold manner last evening, tribute being once agam j paid to the memory of departed comrades. First there was a parade of members of the Legion, under President Dr. R. C. Bamford, and members of the Women'3 Auxiliary, under the president, Mrs. Wii - liam Roth well to the cenotaph fo. . . a t i A me raying or reams, men mere was a banquet in the Commodore Cafe with about eighty veteran. In attendance' after which an In formal gathering appropriate the occasion Jook place In th' Legten Halt In addition to the Legion organ Izations, wreaths were placed or the cenotaph by the Imperial Order. Daughters of the Empire Oddfellows and private parties There was prayer by Capt. Stewart! padre of the Midlands. At the banquet Capt. Stewar said Grace and there was a period of silence in memory of the war dead. Arrangements for the entertain ment following the banquet had been made by an efficient committee. The evening went very quickly with songs that everyone knew and rendered by very good talent. Among those contributing to the success of the evening were Chief Yeoman Brown, S. McPherson, J Salter, Bob James, Bert Teng ant others. Claire Davis and Syd Thomson provided the music on this occasion. George Crlpps gave a short and humorous talk anr Lt. CoL Evltt took the opportunity of thanking the Legion for all that they had done for the service boy in the past. Tli? evening came to a close in due time, all hoping that, before the -next occasion came round t celebrate the Armistice, it would be posslbl to observe lt with peace once again on earth. FIRE LOSS N0THEAVY Alarms In Prince Rupert So Far This Year Have Totalled One Hundred and One Durlne the month of October the city fire department here re-"oonded to nine larms. bringing he total of alarms for the first ten months of H2 to nlnetv-seven as compared with sixty- two in the corresponding perlc .' of last year. Since November 1 there have been four alarms. There was no damage of consequence from fire in October nor has there been so far In HOT AND OFTEN A volcano In the New Hebrides is generally in eruption every three or four minutes. Allied Troops Are Speeding a as a Across Algeria -Hitler bavs Toulon Not To Be Occupied AXIS MOVE TO AFRICA ichy Hears That Turkey is Girding Herself Ajainjt Withdrawal from Russia LOWL H, Nov 12 The Vichy -e.dio ws that all soldiers, sailors and airmen of Turkey have been rdered to Join th-it units. This report coincides wjth others to the effect that one-quarter of the Naz: fire are being withdrawn from Ruvsia and being crowded nuthward through the Balkans towards No th Africa. NEWS FROM ALEUTIANS even Zero Keporel Destroyed At Attu Jap Merchant Ships Hit WASHINGTON, D.O, Nov. 12 The Department of the Navy announced that seven Japanese 7,o ihter planes had been detroyed !ri an attack" on Attn Ubnd at the Ho of the Aleutians. It had been reported In September that the Japanese had withdrawn from there. Two Japanese cargo ships have also 'jeen attacked in the Aleutians by Uni'ed States bombers. MIGRATION FORBIDDEN Movement of Workers From City To City Banned A new regulation forbidding movement of workers from city o cltv except by permit. Is being nforced bv Selective Service. The teeulatlon is designed to give Se 'eetlve Service tight control oi he dwindling labor supply throughout Canada. No worker may now leave one -ity to go to another in search of vork without first getting i RommelFs Routed Forces Have Now Retreated to Well w:i,: t :t,- : rri,: rr ii cts.lj t i m uiiiii Liiuja i:i iiicn uvuuiuilg rug 11 1 uelin Claims British Naval Losses and Queen Elizabeth Torpedoeing LONDON, Nov. 12 (CP) British bombers were rer ported to have struck the first blow today in the battle a uiuuiu vim luuutf obkctvmitg an aiiuiuiiic ileal Tunis where Axis airborne troops and planes were said it t ii- . t uj ue massing as Anglo-American soiaiers racea lowara the Tunisian frontier frnm tho west.. Tnniftin. a Frpnpfi n.ntMtnM(a la I . - A - ft.. I iwKwwiaic, v a uuiiri abate irz tween American-occupied Algeria and Italian Libya. Adolf Hitler's High Command claimed that Axis planes had bombed Algiers and scored hits on two aircraft carriers, two cruisers. two destroyers and a big merchant ship, also asserting that the huge British liner Queen Elizabeth had been torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Allied troops were meanwhile reported speeding across Algeria to combat any Axis attempt to seize Tunisia and to help trap Axis armies retreating from Libya. A Brtush communique said tnat the mass of Marshal Erwln Rommel's tattered Africa Korps had reached a point between Bardia and Gambut, well Inside Libya, i under violent attack by Allied air craft. The -French Fleet-1-" While Hitler Uehtened his grip on southern France. Italian troops occupied Corsica. The German ra dio said that three Nazi armed di visions had reached the French Mediterranean coast but a cau tlously worded broadcast from Vichy said that the Germans, by decision of Hitler, would not oc cupy Toulon, home of the French Mediterranean fleet, because Vichy Navy commanders there had pledged themselves to resist "all aggressors." Although this Indi cated the Germans were satisfied Vichy could take care of Toulon itself if the Allies attacked, the report could also be interpreted to mean that French sailors were determined to fight the Germans' if they attempted to enter. i There is still some confusion as to the position of Vichy France in regard to the campaign in norm Africa. While Algeria and Morocco have surrendered at the order of Admiral Jean Daflan, Marshal Pe-taln is said to have ordered the French colonies to fight on. Casa- mlt from the Selective service - ---- --- Alglers bureau in the city in wmcn . .side, If permtor , is granted , command In Nor iertive Service officials at the, the Ames, ew Slnt ImSdStely on arrival The Germans have control In Vichy includ- complete That means that if a worker in mtori tr, to ing the radio station. Vancouver for a Job. he would en-lulre if there was work available for him In Prince Rupert. If there vas, he would be refused permission to move. If there was not. h tt-nnld be elven a permit and told to report to Selective Service in Vancouver. The idea is to plug loopholes in the loss of manpower caused by workers being Idle while they drift from city to city. Another problem with which Se lective Service currently is grappling, is absenteeism, "the curse of war Industry at preent. and workers who quit their lobs before their seven-days' notice period has expired. GERMAN IMPORT LOWER. STOCKHOLM. Nov. 12 0) Amount of iron ore exported to Germany so far this year Is ap proximately 6,000,000 tons. Amount in 1933 was 9.872.UUU ions; COLLIERY SLOWDOWN Department of Labor Spokesman Sees This at Cumberland OTTAWA. Nov. 12 A spokes man of the Department of Labor said yesterday that lt was known miners of the Canadian uomenea nt Cumberland. Vancouver Island, have begun a slowdown which has reduced the output to 85 percent. The slowdown has followed tne flndinsr of a war labor ooard against an Increase' in wages. COURT FIGHTERS a fondness for litigation, as well 1940, as for war, was 'characteristic of 9,285,000 tons; 1941, 9,477,000 tons, the Normans. V Air Force, the other with the Royal Canadian Artillery. Now the daughter, Edna May Col- lins, aged 18, has also enlisted in the Canadian Women's Army and is already in ssr- vice at Vancouver. Whole Telkwa t r? i iir rannivinwar The familv of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Collins of Telkwa con- sists of two sons and one daughter. The two sons are already on service overseas one with the Royal Canadian AMBULACE IN DEMAND Members of Fire Department Are Rendering Valuable Voluntary Function Since Taking Over Members of the Prince Rupart Fire Department have been quite busy operating the ambulance of th Prince RuDt General Hos pital since recently having taken orer this service on a voluntary basis. On one single evening there were no less than three calls. Also within two days there were four calls. Now the men of the Fire Hall are working on the problem -of obtaining necessary equipment for the comfortable handling of MEETING OF WATER NEED Booster Pump Being Installed and Level of Woodworth Dam Raised To meet a water shortage which has developed in the ctty owing to greatly Increased demand, installation at ShawaUans Lake of a booster pump and the raising of the Acropolis Hill reservoir by two feet are projects which are about to be proceeded -with. The booster pump win to nnaneeo Dy me government and the raising of the reservoir will be carried out by the city. Only delivery of the booster pump Is being awaited. Meantime, as a temporary meas- . . ure to meet tne emergency, ins Mount OldfleW dam is being drawn upon to augment the suoply. It is being chlorinated pending Its purity being established. One of ihe reasons for the running down of the Acropolis Hill reservoir, lt was learned today. Is the Increasing drawing upon Woodworth Lake by the Shawat-lans Lake hydro-electric plant. MOVING CAPITOL PARIS, Ndv. 12 Radio report heard hi London said the French government would be removed by Hitler from Vichy to Versailles.