British
and
Australians
Are
Drowned
CHUNGKING,
Dec.
23
Be-
f
ween
500
and
1,000
British
and
Australian
prisoners
of
war
were
lost
when
the
Jap-
ancse
steamer
Lisbon
M?ru
was
torpedoed
and
sunk
off
the
coast
of
China
In
October,
t
according
to
word
received
here
It
was
at
first
believed
that
Canadians
were
aboard
the
vessel
but
this
was
later
denied.
,
CLOSING
ON
JAPS
American
and
Australians
Continue
to
Make
Progress
on
New
Guinea
Island
MELBOURNE,
Dec.
23
The
American
and
Australian
forces
an
'w'lnuinf
t.o
steadily
close
in
on
the
remaining
Japanese
forces
on
New
Guinea,
particularly
around
Buna
Mission.
The
Americans
and
Auj'-allans
have
reached
points
but
a
mile
and
a
half
near
Buna.
A
Japanese
cargo
ship
has
been
destroyed
by
Allied
aircraft
off
N'ew
Britain
and
Tunor
has
been
bernbed,
READY
FOR
OFFENSIVE
Land
FIhHnr
in
Tunisia
ia
Spile
Of
Rain
Air
PUIiling
Lightens
Up
t
ND"V
rc.
2T--In
spite
of
'""pntlal
rain,
land
action
concur
nlon
the
Tunis'an
front
as
Allies
a"',a'
to
be
preparing
'
'
an
offensive
against
Blzerte
and
Tunisia.
Air
action
has
been
light
owing
to
the
bad
weather.
Committees
Of
Gyro
Club
Mfmbers
Assigned
to
Duties
For
Year
by
President
V.
J.
Scott
S'anding
committees
of
the
Prni-R
Runert
Gvro
Club
for
the
"omiriT
year
have
been
appointed
tv
President
W.
J.
Scott
as
follow:
Playgrounds
Frank
Skinner,
L.
R
Lamfoly
and
W.
D.
Lamblc.
Program
G.
A.
Hunter
Snorts
and
inlerclub
O.
L.
Roric
and
Harry
Brook.
Civic
Relations
Dr.
It.
G.
Large.
Arnold
Flaten
and
Frank
Dlbb.
Entertainment
W.
F.
Stcne.
Dr.
Jem
Munthe,
Dr.
John
MacDonald
and
Jack
Ray.
Membership
William
Crulck
shank
and
W.
M.
Watts.
AUendance
T.
W.
Drown
and
Gordon
Bryant.
Bulletin
Dr.
It.
G.
Large.
War
Activities
D.
O.
Borland
and
It.
a.
Gibson.
LABOR
DEP'T
IS
CHANGED
Inportant
Reorganization
Move
Announced
by
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell
OTTAWA,
Dec.
23
Hon,
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
announces
that
therq
will
be
a
complete
reorganization
of
his
de-Partmeht.
Nine
branches
will
,bs
formed
and
there
are
to
be
a
number
of
new
official
appointments.
"
-
She
Sails
AIRMEN
EVERYWHERE
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow's
Tides
(Standard
Time)
High
2:30
ajn.
19.6
feet
P
i
Maximum
.
.
37
14:09
pjn.
21.2
feet
!!
!
Low
8:20
a.m.
8.1
feet
20:54
pjn.
3.0
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
IjlilTlSH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXI,
No.
298
'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
"WEDNESDAY,'
DECEMBER
23,
1U
12
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
G
crans
I
n
Headlo
IIS
Retreat
!
I
They
'serve
at
home
as
coasts,
too,
must
be
and
their
pilots
at
UNABLE
TO
BREAK
TIE
Boston
Rruins
and
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
Play
to
Four-all
Deadlock
BOSTON.
Dec.
23
The
position
of
Boston
Bruins
and'
Toronto
Maple
Leafs,
leaders
and
runner-up
In
the
National
Hockey
League,
remains
unchanged
as
a
result
of
last
night's
crucial
game
here
when
the
teams
played
to
a
four-all
draw.
They
had
already
played
a
draw
In
Toronto
last
Saturday
night.
On
Saturday
night
they
will
meet
again
in
Toronto.
Christmas
night
games
will
be
Chicago
at
Montreal
and
New
York
at
Detroit.
Thousands
Dead
In
Earthquake
lull
Details
of
Catastrophe
in
Turkey
Are
Slow
in
Reaching
Outside
World
BERLIN,
Dec.
23
W
Berlin
ra
dio
now
says
that
It
is
reared
thousands
of
persons
perished
In
a
violent
earthquake
in
northeastern
Anatolia,
Turkey.
Full
de
tails
of
the
catastrophe
are
slow
ted
in
reaching
the
outside
world.
to
Coastal
Ships
Get
Gifts
Of
Navy
League
Ditty
bags
containing
such
welcome
articles
as
socks,
scarves,
gloves,
sweaters,
smokes,
candies
and
articles
which
the
Navy
League
of
Canada
Is
responsible
for
distributing
among
men
of
the
navy
and
the
merchant
marine
at
this
season
have
been
delivered
to
British
Columbia
coasting
vessels.
One
captain,
arriving
In
port,
reported
that
these
welcome
gifts
covering
every
member
of
nis
crew
arrived
and
much
ap
preciation
had
been
expressed
by
all.
Lieut.
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston
M.
C,
V.
D.,
commanding
staff
officer
of
fixed
defences
at
Vancouver
and
former
area
commandant
at
Prine
Rupert,
arrived
In
the
city
this
morning
from
Vancouver
to
spend
Christmas
on
leave
visiting
at
his
home
here.
-
"
-
,
CANADIAN
well
as
overseas.
Canada's
well
protected.
Kittyhawks
a
coastal
fighter
station
Jap
Sub
Is
Sunk
SEATTLE,
Dec.
23
Cana
dlarj.,
fighting
aircraft
and
United
'
States
haval
vessels
are
reported
to
have
disposed
of
Japanese
submarine
off
the
Aleutian
Islands.
A
Can-
adian
bombing
plane
damaged
the
undersea
craft
and
Amcr-
lean
naval
vessels
came
up
and
finished
the
submersible
off.
The
bombing
had
made
it
impossible
for
the
enemy
ves-
scl
to
submerge.
4
4
TO
BOLSTER
UP
GERMANS
found
Necessary
for
Dr.
Ooebbels
And
His
Satellites
to
do
Sonic
Explaining
LONDON,
Dec.
23
Minister
of
Propoganda
Joseph
Goebbels
and
parties
of
his
satellites
are
to
tour
the
Reich
for
the
purposes
of
explaining
recent
Nazi
reverses
on
the
various
war
fronts.
It
is
decm-
ncccssary
to
do
this
In
order
maintain
morale
which
has
been
deteriorating
of
late.
Pittsburg
Bus
Hit
By
Slide
At
Least
Twenty
Persons.
Arc
Known
to
be
Dead
as
a
Result
PITTSBURG,
Dec.
23
At
least
twenty
are
known
dead
as
a
result
of
a
.bus
heavily
laden
with
passengers
having
been
caught
under
a
slide
on
a
road
near
here
and
virtually
flattened
out.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Arthur
Mlnnls
of
Victoria
arrived
in
the
city
this
morning
to
spend
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
season
here
visiting
with
their
son-in-law
and
daugh-
ter,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Earl
Eby.
Mr.
Mlnnls
is
manager
of
the
well
known
Terry
drug
store
and
res
-
iaurant
business
;in
Victoria
arid
is
.
.
1
1.
r
(1.
nii.k
1.
past
presiuent
01
me
ujiu
wuu
there.
.
are
constantly
ready
for
Instant
action
at
any
hint
of
enemy
activity.
t
They
also
fly
regular
"sweeps"!
hunting
U-boats,
protectine
shipping.
ORGANIZING
OF
RESERVE
ieut
Col.
O.
C.
Oswell
to
be
Administrative
rVinnMniirr
of
Local
Militia
Unit
Lieut.
Col.
a.
C.
Oswell
of
K1-owna.
fnrmer
offVfr
romtnaid-in
n
the
IH'Kh
CnlnmhU
Dra-"0ns
(now
the
Mnh
Armored
Raiment)
of
Kamioors
pr
more
recently
area
-nmn
commandant
n
Vi"oH.
his
Hn
potnt"f1
adminhirative
rmni"n,r
f
Uie
local
reserve
unit
whirh
is
helm
orfant7d
under
Co'.
J.
W
Nich-lls.
if
is
announced.
Wih
the
arrival
here
at
thn
start
of
the
ypar,
recruiting
and
full
onr
nidation
of
th!
local
reserve
unit,
to
he
known
as
the
Trince
Rupert
Machine
C.'in
Reciment,
will
proceed.
H
wilt
be
of
full
battalion
frrn-i
and
it
win
he
trained
and
fully
en
u'pned
with
nowerfnl
armament
for
fuhtin?
only
in
Prince
Hijncrt
If
neccsfary.
The
full
time
staff
f
the
new
Mai
unit
will
consist
of
two
officers
and
three
non-commis-s'onerj
officers
The
rest
of
the
personnel
will
he
merelv
of
militia
stitus
althnih
fn'ly
uniformed
anH
ennineci
There
will
he
th
regular
mili'la
form
of
training.
Whinoinq
Cream
Is
Beinfl
Banned
All
Sa'es
to
e
Prohibited
After
January
1
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
23
Alt
.sales
nf
vhiininrr
cram
to
consumers
must
b?
discontinued
as
from
January
1.
1043.
it
is
announced
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trad?
B(ird.
This
will
not
aonly
to
sales
by
a
primary
producer
to
a
dairy,
creamery,
milk
distributor,
or
anv
industrial
user
of
cream,
or
to
sales
of
cream
from
one
milk
distributor
to
another
milk
distributor
or
manufacturer,
Found
guilty
on
a
shoplifting
charge
In
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance'?-court
Monday
afternoon,
August
Harryluk
was
fined
$50
or
thirty
day3
in
Jail.
Harryluk
was
arrested
hv
local
milce
after
taklw?
several
(pieces
of
merchandise
from
the
Variety
-Store.
When
apprehended
the
stolen
articles
were
found
in
his
possession.
CANADIANS
IN
BRITAIN
Inother
Convoy
Reaches
OU1
Country
Safely
'Various
Services
.
t
Included.
LONDON,
Dec.
23
Another
con
-ov
of
new
Canadian
forces,
in--
hiding
soldie-s,
sailors,
meraber-nt
the
Canadian
Women's
Army
Corps
and
a
full
army
ihospitai
unit,
reachrd
Britain
yesterday.
SHIP
NO
POTATOES
Lower
Mainland
Farmers
Decide
To
Hold
Out,
liven
on
Ooveinmcnt
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
23
Two
thousand
farmers
of
the
Lower
Mainland,
meeting
here
last
night,
decided
to
halt
all
further
deliv-
1
,
,
,
.
.
.
.
1
.
WVVll
LVUVVWUUV41lli
ill
Ult
Willi
erles
to
market
including
those
to,,
RcslAen
there
the
Department
of
Munitions
and
Supply,
after
January
1
unless
some
action
is
taken
to
review
the
prlcc
situation.
The
farmers
are
insisting
on
a
minimum
price
of
$48
per
ton.
PLEADED
GUILTY
Private
Albert
Seivant,
local
soldier,
having
been
committed
for
trial
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
city
police
court
on
charges
of
breaking
and
entering
Miller's
Cigar
Store
and
the
Smiles
Cafe,
ippeared
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
In
County
Court
and,
pleading
jullty,
was
remanded
for
sentence.
Miss
Elspcth
MacKerizie,
who
is
attending
Crofton
House
School,
ind
Hugh
MacKcnzie,
who
15
studying
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
arrived
In
the
city
this
morning
from
Vancouver
to
-pend
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
holiday
tcaaon
with
their
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Alex
MacKer.zic.
'
Mis.?
Margaret
Lamb,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M.
M.
Lamb,
arrived
in
the
rity
this
morning
from
her
studies
at
the
Ualverslty
of
British
Columbia
to
spend
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
holiday
season
with
her
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs,
M..M.
Lamb.
Main
Action
In
Russia
Is
Centered
in
Region
around
Don
River
Bend
Nazis
Continue
Falling
Back
in
Direction
of
Rostov-More
Towns
Liberated
and
Thousands
of
Enemy
Killed
and
Captured
MOSCOW,
Dec.
23
(CP)-Main
action
on
the
Russo-German
front
is
reported
today
in
the
Don
River-
bend
area
where
the
Nazis,
"beaten
and
falling
back
in
disorder,"
are
retreating
as
rapidly
as
possible,
fighting
only
rearguard
action.
The
German
retreat
is
in
the
direction
of
thn
important
city
pf
Rostov.
Several
dozen
more
townj
have
been
liberated
and
13,-,'
.
vuu
enemy
soldiers
nave
been
kill-
j
eri
or
captured.
German
resistance,
which
had
been
marked
by
increasing
counter-attacks
stiffened
for
a
while
yesterday
against
the
Red
Army
but
the
Russians
are
again
making
headway
lp
the
middle
Don
drive
which
has
resulted
in
the
capture
of
another
large
town
in
the
smash
on
southwestward
toward
the
Black
Sea
pbrt
of
Rostov.
The
name'of
the
town
was
not
named.
Yesterday
trie
capture
of
Mlllerovo,
important
railway
junction
120-odd
miles
from
Rostov,
was
reported.
The
Germans
are
rushing
reserves
to
the
middle
Don
front
in
an
attempt
to
halt
Russian
legions
which
have
stormed
to
Mlllerovo.
The
front
southwest
of
Stalingrad
Is
also
boiling
anew
as
the
Germans
bring
heavier
pressure
f
?a!nst
a
Russian
thrust
along
the
Kalmyck
steppes.
PLANE
IS
UNF0UND
Suggestion
That
Canadian
Pacific
Transport
May
be
Down
in
Mountains
Near
Chilliwack
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
23
In
spite
of
a
continuing
widespread
search
by
air
and
land,
the
Canadian
Pacific
Airways
transport
plane,
which
disappeared
Sunday
evening
while
nearlng
Vancouver"
on
a
flight
from'
Prince
George,
is
still
not
found.
There
were
three
crew
members
and
ten
passengers
on
board.
The
search,
in
which
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
and
soldiers
from
Chilliwack
are
taking
part,
terday
reported
having
seen
w,hat
they
thought
was
the
outline
of
a
plane
on
a
slope
of
the
Elk
Mountains
south
of
Chilliwack.
What
might
have
been
signal
fires
were
also
suggested.
King's
Christmas
Day
Address
Will
Be
Emitted
Here
There
will
be
special
rebroad-casts
of
the
Kind's
Christmas
Day
address
to
the
Empire
over
station
CFPR
of
Prince
Rupert
at
1
o'clock
Christmas
afternoon
and
10:05
In
the
evening
it
Is
announced.
The
original
broadcast
will
be
heard
at
7
a.m,
Pacific
Standard
but
will
not
be
heard
over
the
local
station
at
that
time
Miss
Gladys
Gammon
arrived
In
the
city
this
morning
from
Kam-loops
to
spend
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
holidays
visiting
with
her
parents,
Inspector
and
Mrs.
Ernest
Gammon,
Mrs.
William
Spalding
of
Ketchikan,
who
has
been
spending
some
time
in
Seattle,
is
here
today
going
through
to
her
horns
In
Ketchikan
to
spend
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
holiday
scasori.
T
TTinx
ON
DOCK
W.
Jackson
Loses
His.
Life
At
Local
Shipyard
Tuesday
Afternoon
C.
W.
Jackson,
28,
foiiner
resi
dent
of
Saskatoon,
lost
hLs
life
Monday
afternoon
as
the
result
of
a
fall
-while
working
at
the
dry
dock
here.
Although
a
coroner's
inquiry
has
not
been
held,
Jackson
Is
be
lieved
to
have
drowned.
The
accident
occurred
when
Jackson
slipped
on
a
pile
of
wet
boards
and
fell
15
feet
Into
the
water.
The
body
mis
recovered
tjy
fellow
workmen
-within
a
few
minutes.
Efforts
to
revive
the
victim
with
the
aid
of
an
lnhalator
were
unsuccessful
although
members
of
the
fire
department
kept
trying
for
an
hour,
and
fifteen
minutes.
Jackson
leaves-
hlr
father
nd
younger
brother,
both
living
in
Prince
Rupert.
Members
of
the
dry
dtfek
staff
who
jecovered
the
"body
from
.the
water
and
aided
in
the
attempt
to
revive
the
victim
were
D.
S.
Neg-rlch,
II.
J.
Graham,
Thomas
Boulter,
Lloyd
Stevens
and
Alfred
Stanley.
The
coroner's
Inquiry
was
expected
to
be
completed
late
this
afternoon.
Newspapers
To
Be
Published
On
Boxing
Day
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
23
W
The
newspapers
will
take
the
usual
Christmas
Day
holiday
this
Friday
but
will
publish
on
Saturday,
Boxing
Day.
Y.C.
Prisoner
.
Tells
of
Life
Among
Other
Thlnes
There's
Naval
nra
Band
for
Entertainment
LONDON.
Dec.
23
0
Ltr
Cmdr.
S.
H.
Beattle,
who
won
the
Victoria
Cross
in
the
combined
oper-atlos
on
Rt
Naalrc
last
March,
has
described
parts
of
his
life
in
a
net-nap
prison
camp
in
letters
to
his
wife.
Cmdr.
Beattle,
who
commanded
the
destrover
Campbelltown
which
rammed
the
dock
eate
at
20
knots
with
its
bow
filled
with
high
explosives,
wrote
that
apart
from
musterinn
three
times
a
day
the
time
of
the
men
in
the
camp
13
their
own.
"I
anuenjoylng
myself
here
a
lot,"
he
wrote,
"smoking
like
a
chimney
and
eating
yery
well.
Plenty
of
parcels
seem
to
get
through.
My
chaps
have
formed
a
naval
brass
band
and
play
in
the
evenings.
All
sort
of
home-made
Instruments
have
been
Invented;
there
is
only
one
mouth-organ,
but
that
is
only
what
you
might
call
'outside
influence.'
"
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