i
I
ii9
victims
wte
women.
,.
left
Salt
Lake
City
a:
after
IS
o'clock
noon
rash
occurred
twenty
i''T
Br.rrnt
go
i;sy.
hoys
:
h
v
Dec.
16
0
iomebody
Briush
airmen
that
,-rt
treasure
Inspired
Milton.
Tennyson
and
Enemy
llrlnforceme
nfs
Landed
on
New
Guinea
Having
no
Easy
Time
MELBOURNE,
Dec.
10
The
United
Nations
aircraft
are
pounding
hard
at
Japanese
rein-foremmU
which
were
landed
by
two
enemy
crniaers
and
three
destroyers
forty-four
miles
northwest
of
Buna
on
the
New
Guinea
coast
yesterday-
Many
of
the
Japs
were
unable
to
make
landings
at
all
and
others
were
wiped
out
soon
after
getting
ashore.
ATTACK
ON
CONTINENT
Air
Mows
ItrtHren
llrilMi
and
Nails
Are
Eichangrd
LONDON.
Dec.
16
Enemy-held
1
railway
centres
in
France
and
Belgium
were
the
objective
of
Royal
Air
Force
bombing
attacks.
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in
Civic
Affairs
...
i
"
.....
P
gratifying
to
see
that
there
was
suincicni
un.ui-
of
the
election
by
acclam-'
in
civic
affairs
to
permit
on
Monday
of
William
M.
Watte
as
mayor-of
I
nnce
!
vt
Whiln
diroctlv
snonsored
by
the
Prince
Rupert
L.
i,
,..,1
A-nnintinn
Mr.
Watts
enjoyed
contidcnce
r
I
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in
measure
sufficient
enough
that
that
organi-
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111
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meiits
t
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f
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Vnt
that
the
young
mayor-elect
well
ruination
that
bns
been
accorded
him
and
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punfuipnce.
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NOKTHEKN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
16,
1942
STAR-SPANGLED
ZERO
Bearing
United
States
Stars
in
place
of
lis
original
red
discs,
a
Japanese
Zero
fighter,
downed
with
but
slight
damage
In
the
Aleutian
islands,
is
shown
during
one
of!
its
test
flights
conducted
by
VS.
naval
authorities.
Most
of
Its
'fast,
manoeuvr
able
features
are
copied
from
American
aircraft
but
its
sacrifice
of
protective
armor
make
It
highly
vulnerable
to
the
concentrated
machine-gun
and
cannon
fire
of
US
fighters.
WASHINOTON.
Jec.
16
Elmer
Da
via,
director
of
the
office
of
war
Information,
said,
today,
that
chaos
in
Increasing
in
Italy,
but
that
advlc.es
to
this
government
Indicate
there
arc
no
immediate
..tc
nf
revolution
by
the
w
vi.m
-
-
-
.
JJl
VfTJX
Italian
people
against
their
Ger
man
war
allies.
in.
mlrl
at
a
press
conference
tht
the
United
States
In
Its
broad
casts
to
the
Italian
people
was
urging
passive
resistance,
but
not
revolution.
"Things
are
Rolng
to
pieces,
dui
there
is
no
prospect
of
any
immediate
revolution."
he
said.
"There
may
be
local
riots,
however.
War
weariness
and
lack
oi
symjwwiy
mr
thi.
Germans
will
play
an
lm-
fportant
part
in
the
whble
plc-
He
said
he
was
confident
that
the
government
Is
receiving
accurate
Information
about
internal
.nnHiiinn.i
m
Italy.
He
added
that
he
could
not
shed
HRht
on
reports1
that
Mussolini
Is
seriously
in.
HACK
IIOMK
TO
LKAHN
PRETORIA,
Dec.
16
0i
Many
young
officers
and
men
who
have
had
grim
experience
In
the
desert
fighting
of
North
Africa
have
returned
here
to
lake
specialized
tank-trnlnlng
courses.
SS.
Elite
Ouardi
gave
the
first
in
dication
that
Nazi
officials
were
becoming
uneasV
over
the
pres-
nrn
in
nrmanv
ot
millions
ox
....
nrrten
workeES?
drafted
from
"m
oc-
-urJWT
Wrorh?Sffi5trie.
The
naper.
according
to
the
Lon
don
radio,
pointed
out
that
the
foreltn
workers
owe
no
allegiance
to
Hitler,
and
therefore
not
every
crack
in
Germany's
borders
is
sealed
against
enemy
countries.
The
despatch
coincided
with
re1-
i
ports
of
new
unrest
and
further
j
restrictions
In
occupied
Europe.
I
In
Poland
a
Oerman
troop
train
areb.
Yugoslavia,
and
blew
up
stations
In
the
line.
In
Danzig
and.
Gdynia,
inhabitants
were
asked
to
surrender
small
arms
and
soorUng
guns
as
well
as
ammunition.
A
similar
order
has
been
Issued
In
France.
The
Narl-controlled
Norwegian
Vwspaper
Arbetaren
reported
that
a
new
wave
of
antl-Nazl
demonstrations
In
Oslo
suburban
trains,
resulted
In
an
order
that
civilian
policemen
would
Inspect
all
trains.
The
Stockholm
newspaper
Nya
aelitt
Allehanda
claimed
that
German
secret
police
were
black-
nalllni?
Inhabitants
of
Akslm,
Norway,
on
the
pretext
they
were
reading
illegal
newspapers.
LAVAL
SEES
NAZI
CHIEF
I'rrnth
QuMinc
Off
tn
Ilrrlln
to
Receive
Further
drdtrs
From
Hitler
VICHY.
Franre,
Dec.
16
Pierre
Laval
is
off
to
see
his
master,
Adolf
Hitler,
In
Berlin
as
well
as
Joachim
von
Rlbbentrop.
Laval
Is
expected
to
concur
In
further
humiliating
demands
from
the
Fuehrer.
One
of
these
demands
Is
said
to
be
for
the
moblllzaUon
of
a
German-con-
trolled
French
army,
another
for
the
appointment
of
Nazi
civil
advisers
for
all
French
departments.
Lavall
Is
said
to
be
very
anxious
to
please
Hitler
who
Is
said
to
be
not
entirely
satisfied
with
the
measure
of
collaboration
of
France
and
may
replace
him.
MOSTLY
WATER
Cabbage
contains
from
10,
to
15
pounds
of
water
for
each
pound
of
dry
matter.
KAPH)
RETREAT
AXIS
ARMY
,
FALLS
BACK
PELL-MELL
Question
Whether
Rommel
Will
Make
Stand
at
Tripoli
or
Tunica
Allied
Bombers
Hiltinr
Hard
LONDON.
Dec.
16
OV-Britain's
-iRhth
Army,
paced
by
Allied
air
leeta
which
littered
the
road
to
Tripe''
with
wrecks
of
Marshal
Knuln
Rommel's
transporU
.was
reported
today
as
probably
ap
Droachine
Zauta
en
No
f
Ilia,
one
hundred
airline
miles
west
of
Q
Aghelia
and
three
hundred
miles
east
of
Tripoli.
This
report
indi
cated
that
the
rate
of
advance
was
exceeding
that
of
the
army
afier
it
cracked
Rommel's
El
Alamein
line
in
Egypt
On
the
opposite
side
of
the
Allied
squeese
in
Worth
Africa
other
strong
forces
of
British
and
United
States
planes
struck
heavily
at
the.
I
enemy
in
Tunisia
while
winter
rttns
and
mud
mlrerf
the
land
front
into
relative
quiet.
The
country
is
a
virtual
quagmire,
naktnf
it
practically
Impossible
to
move
mechanised
equipment.
The
tepped
up
air
attacks
of
the
Allies
have
Included
heavy
blows
at
Blzerte.
Tunis.
Sfax
and
Gabat.
For
the
British
forces
in
Libya
it
is
a
desperate
race
to
clear
out
mine
fields
in
order
to
get
at
the
rear
tbP-'11"""
derailed,
derauea,
causine
causing
more
more
man
w
forces
which
are
evidently
running
for
Tripoli
with
the
weakest
of
icsistance.
the
mine
fields
being
evidently
largely
depended
upen
for
defence.
Some
observers
are
of
the
opinion
that
Rommel
may
endeavour
to
pass
up
Tripoli
altogether
and
withdraw
Into
Tunisia
for
a
last
lleht
to
the
death
stand.
There
are
already
reports
of
heavy
Axis
STOCKHOLM.
Dec.
15-There
is
was
.
movemente
into
Tunisia
that!
casualties,
while
guerrilla
v
denial
in
official
circles
here
300
Finland
has
requested
the
Swedish
i
lorces
cm
me
railway
ime
w
government
to
act,
as
an
interme
diary
In
peace
negotiations
Between
Finland
and
Russia.
Nothing
is
known
here
of
such
overtures
on
behalf
of
Finland.
ITALY
IS
IN
CHAOS
nut
U.S.
Director
of
Information
Does
Not
Kxpect
Hevolution
TRAPPED
IN
HALL
Exits
Were
locked
in
Knljhts
of
Columbus
Hostel
at
St.
John's
Where
Disastrous
Fire
Occurred
ST.
JOHN'S.
Newfoundland.
Dec.
ir
a
Trannfd
merrymakers
in
the
blazing
Knights
of
Columbus
hostel
here
Saturday
night
had
to
batter
down
locked
exits
in
or
der
to
reach
safety,
from
the
dance
hall
fire
that
took
ninety-nine
lives,
two
young
survivors
related
today.
Hedley
Tuff
Jr.
and
Douglas
""umeaux.
both
of
St
John's,
said
hat
one
group
smashed
through
he
ballroom
door
to
get
outside
s-hlle
another
crowd
broke
through
i
second
door
In
another
part
of
he
auditorium
only
to
find
an
other
exit
that
had
to
be
ham
mered
down.
WATER
PROBLEM
The
chief
health
problem
In
the
North
African
war
zone.
Is
the
procurement
of
water.
British
Sub
Bags
Twenty
I
LONDON,
Dee.
16
The
Brit-
lsh
submarine,
H.M.S.
Truant,
has
returned
to
England
after
a
lengthy
and
adventurous
voyage
during-
which
she
sank
no
less
than
twenty
axis
&ntps.
WILL
CAEt'
MORE
MEN
Tho
B'tween
Nineteen
and
Twenty-five
lo
be
Liable
for
Compulsory
Service
OTTAWA.
Dec.
16
T
Married
men
between
the
ages
of
nineteen
and
twenty-five
have
been
made
subject
to
call
for
compulsory
military
service,
it
was
announced
officially
yesterray
by
the
Department
of
Labor.
At
the
same
time
pU
single
men
in
age
classes
pre-'vlously
subject
to
call
who
have
i
not
received
call-up
notices
or
who
I
have
received
such
notices
and'
have
not
reported
are
notified
by
I
proclamation
to
report
by
filling
out
special
forms
wnich
win
oe
avnila'ble
in
all
post
offices.
It
is
not
expected
the
married
men
will
be
called
out
for
-service
for
a
couple
of
months
yet.
Notices
arc
expected
to
be
Issued
after
the
first
of
the
year.
RUSSIANS
SLOWED
UP
Stronger
Resistance
Being
Shown
By
Geimans
West
of
Stalin-
grad
Elsewhere
Beds
Ailvajvte
MOSCOW,
Dec.
16
German
inlts.
slarhlns
at
the
left
wing
of
;he
Red
Aimy
southwest
of
Stalin
grad,
were
reported
today
to
have
irlven
an
armored
wedge
Into
Rus-
tan
lines
after
mounting
full-scale
lttacks
had
been
bolstered
by
tanks
and
planes.
The
Russian
ounter-offeruive
was
consiaeraDiy
ilowed
up.
Red
Star
newspaper
said
the
Germans
struck
heavily
and
repeatedly
at
positions
occupied
only
-ecently
by
the
Russians
wno
naa
no
time
to
consolidate
them.
Front
line
.
dispatches
Indicated
the
enemy
had
advanced
toward
a
water
line
and
along
an
Important
road.
On
the
central
front,
however,
the
Soviet
offensive
rolled
steadily
through
snow-covered
forests.
Two
towns
west
oi
Rzhev
have
been
recaptured
by
the
Russians
lit
fierce
flghany
in
freezing
weather.
PRICE
FIVE
CENT8
New
Leal
For
Canadian
Soldiers
SEVENTEEN
ARE
DEAD
IN
CRASH
tlr
I
inrt
Trinttxirt
Vltnf
Meets
With
IMaWr
Near
Salt
Lake
City
KUX
Utah.
Dec
16
9
lrsona.
Including
four
:
the
crew,
were
killed
In
f
a
Western
Air
Line
,.jii-
yesterday
near
this
ii
is
twenty-live
miles
,!
Salt
Lake
Ciiy
The;e
!i
xunrlvors.
they
being
.spital
seriously
Injured,
turn
saved
their
Uvea
l'-y
had
tattooed
their
POUNDING
i
JAPANESE
i
Italian
Minister
of
ion
we
conuneni
yesteroay.
wngie
,
ii,
t
i
mmbiiiini
that
enemy
atones
attacked
points
on
j
!h
had
damaged
art
the
east
coast
of
Britain
yesterday
u.d
statnary.
doing
some
damage.
EDITORIAL
Get
Out
and
Vote
.
.
.
Vr
would
urge
all
who
ar&qualifletlto.doo
to
JUirn
.
i
te
at
tlu-
civic
election
tomorrow.
It
is
the
aus-
KTHsion
of
the
firnt
time
in
ten
years
that
the
f
Prince
Rupert
have
had
the
privilege
of
voting
ii
civic
government
It
would
well
behoove
them
,.v,.i-11,
tiiia
ilpmf
rritif
tirivileue.
If
for
no
ysun
than
that
they
are
interested
in
demon-tUir
favor
for
the
protection
in
perpetuity
of
'
iv
ilege
they
should
make
an
effort
to
vote.
i
.
,
t,.,a
iw.n
si
ilpnlnrnblo
anathv
as
regards
'I
municipal
of
late
and
we
do
not
think
it
speaks
the
people
True
there
is
a
great
war
going
on
.-iv
world-shaking
events
command
a
large
mom-our
attention.
Nevertheless,
we
have
a
duty
to
ir
homos
in
order
as
long
as
we
maintain
them
and
So
nup
mtmmtinttv
homo.
tt.i,r
fnii
tn
vnfn
now
will
have
little
valid
for
complaint
if
things
municipal
do
not
go
.to
ing
later.
They
will
morally
have
no
right
to
com-.bout
the
work
of
those
who
they
were
not
even
-
d
enough
to
help
to
choose.
i
a
long
time
since
we
have
had
the
opportunity
municipally
and
have
a
say
in
choosing
those
who
We
should
ho
pleased
and
i-ovem
us
in
this
sphere.
to
vote
rather
than
have
to
be
admonished
to
4
More
Uead
At
Dieppe
OTTAWA.
Dec
1
0
-
Thr
nigra,
announced
the
names
of
t
night
annohnced
the
names
of
another
sevewy-rzhl
Can?-
dian
soldiers,
tncludtnc
eleven
'
officers
and
sixty
-seven
other
e
ranks,
previously
reported
as
missus,
now
reported
killed
f
In
the
Dieppe
raid.
No
British
Columbians
are
Intruded
e
bfcfctM
-V
in
No
Word
Of
Peace
Asked
By
Finland
:RF.ICHIS
WORRIED
Vail
Uneasy
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Dubllcatlon
of
the
Higher
Rates
of
Pay,
Living
Cost
Bonuses,
.
Increased
Allowances
Important
Announcements
Are
Made
by
Department
of
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Features
of
New
Plan
OTTAWA,
Dec.
16
(CP)
Higher
rates
of
pay
for
Canadian
soldiers,
payment
of
cost-of-living
bonuses
to
families
of
all
Canadian
service
men
and
boosting
of
dependents'
allowances
to
the
highest
scale
in
the
world
ire
announced
today
by
the
Department
of
Natonal
De-
lence.
increases
lilting
tne
pay
01
private
soldiers
to
$i.ou
Japs
Have
No
Chance
On
Kiska?
ANCHORAGE.
Dec.
16
The
Anchorage
Daily
Times
says
that
the
only
reason
Japanese
forces
still
remain
on
Kiska
Island
is
that
they,
have
been
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of
the
United
States
naval
and
4-
air
oatrol.
If
tnev
could
Eet
V
a
few
boats
they
would
evac-
I'
uate
tn
a
hurry,
says
the
oaoer.
but
the
garrison
is
ac-
tually
without
transportation.
per
day
were
announced
by
Hon.
3.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
while
payment
of
the
bonus
and
allowance
increases
were
disclosed
In
a
Joint
service
Features
of
the
announcements
are:
(1)
Mothers
and.
other
depend
ent
relatives
will
be
auowed
to
earn
up
to
$40
monmiy
witnout
.loss
of
their
allowance
instead
of
$20
as
at
present.
f2t
A
dependents'
board
of
trus
tees
is
being
requested
to
Inves
tigate
the
possibility
of
assisting
service
men's
famines
who
wish
to
move
from
high
rent
to
low.
rent
areas.
(3)
Allowance
will
be
provided
for
as
many
as
six
children
instead
of
four
for
men
and
two
for
offi
cers
as
at
present
(4)
The
new
allowances
and
cost
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1
with
assigned
pay
increases
effective
February
1.
The
raje
of
pay
for
privates
will
bT'increased
from
$1.30
daily
to
$1
40
after
four
months'
service
and
$1
50
after
six
months'
with
pay
of
lance
corporals
and
bombardiers
raised
from
$1.50
to
$1.60.
SMITHERS
iJl
1
HAS
FIRE
Damage
of
$1,000
Done
to
Canadian
Legion
Building
SMITHERS,
Dec.
16
Fire
broke
out
In
the
Canadian
Legion
Club
building
In
Smlthers
at
about
10
o'clock
yesterday
morning.
Considerable
damage
was
done
to
the
building
and
furniture
before
the
fire
was
finally
extinguished
by
the
chemical
engine
and
a
bucket
brigade.
Damage
was
confined
to
the
lower
floor.
The
Canadian
National
Railways
fire
hose,
together
with
the
forestry
hose,
was
strung
to
the
premises
but
was
not
required
as
the
fire
had
been
put
under
control
by
the
Ume
It
reached
mere.
Loss
will
reach
nearly
a
thousand
dollars
but
is
corned
by
in-
surance.
The
premises
had
not
yet
been
cpened
and
there
was
no
fire
in
the
furnace.
Yesterday
from
the
location
of
the
seat
of
the
tire
It
would
appear
that
a
cigarette
butt
had
ben
dopped
In
an
upholstered
couch
the
evening
before
which
had
smouldered
all
night.
Mayor-Elect
Is
Congratulated
Syro
Club
Takes
Cognliance
of
Honor
Conferred
on
Member-Lieut.
Stuart
Speaker
President
W.
J.
Scott,
at
today's
luncheon
or
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club,
congratulated
W.
M.
Watts,
prominent
member
and
past
president
of
the
club,
on
having
been
elected
mayor
of
Prince
Rupert,
Mr.
Watts
replied
briefly
The
luncheon
speaker
was
Lieut
Orme
Stuart,
another
of
the
Hub
members,
who
us
home
m
leave
from
the
naval
war
&bi
ad