IMl
vm
in.
ON
NAZIS
IN
RUSSIA
.
.
.
.1
Tvlttltiv
.
aiiu
.......
Inio
MiHUry
Service
"rui
Adtanre
Slowly
L,f.,.
9
Thr
Ocr
rMiig
desperately
t
,
of
8tallngrad
b
u
pressing
ma
,,,
mg
ship
Into
ser
.
f
mpt
to
bolster
their
'
r.fs
with
reinforce
ryjvict
newspaper
Red
1
txlay
The
Red
Air
d
wned
sixty
Oerma
j
hree
day.
Red
8'ar
..i.e
are
bringm,;
u,,
far
m
Oermany
k
along
the
Russian
win
fierce
German
Kv
hampered
the
of-
y.ums
of
the
Red
iound
yesterday
but
.(
said
their
troop
-ad
in
alow-gotng
i
j.
rmau
for
UtlcatKXis
DRAFT
AGE
LOWER
NOW
iK'.h'
t
;;Mefn
Yean
May
Ui
In
Rrllaln
llul
Not
Sent
Orfnea
Until
Nineteen
v
c.
VICEROY
STAYS
ON
lord
l
inllllnow
to
Continue
In
In-di
Alter
llavlnc
been
There
For
Six
Years
O'.DON
Dec
0
O
-Lord
Lin
-
as
agreed
to
continue
as
!
r
India
for
an
additional
r
-i
.intii
nclihpr.
1043.
It
i
-urced
yesterday
from
the
M!
'.Lster's
official
residence.
3W
viceroy
since
1936,
has
had
his
term
extended
RADIO
FOR
PR.
RUPERT
"Special
Facilities"
to
lc
I'rovlded,
CIIC
Hoard
of
Governors
Announces
fTAWA.
Dec.
9
Oi
The
Cana
'''n
Broadcasting
Corporation's
b:
"3
of
directors
announced
last
r.
Si
ininir
nf
Iho
rnrllo
sta
11
a
Prlnco
Rupert
to
provide
vty
fullest
radio
facilities
pos-'
b!'
particularly
for
the
benefit
Of
hr
nrmf
tnrfnt
"
The
announcement
said
that
tne
nanii
Em
tlon
Difficulty
With
New
Formal
Opening
Ut
Night
StaUon
CFPR
came
under
the
aetdt
of
the
Canadian
Broaden
sting
Corporation
at
7:30
yesterday
mornuu
with
the
formal
opening
when
there
were
a
num-...
last
night
Ernest
iwr
B
rj-
llon
of
labor,
announced
ber
of
interviews
wnducj
ted
by
aovernment
Announcer
ujcs
.
.t
the
;LXJSL
nd
mlllUry
and
civic
offlei.
Reon-.
Dl
worth
.resident
in
the
al
RepresenUUve
Ira
wltWn
the
scope
also
taking
part.
The
other
speak-U.ml
rvtce
acta.
era.
all
making
comment-
approve
to
the
occasion.
.ere
C.
ty
In
moving
the
prute
D.3.
M-escn
Ar-,.ft
of
bill
pegging
Commlarioner
ni
a
of
Com-riard
al
eighteen
noW
Oaten.
Chamber
age
D.
M.
htar-
Col.
present.
he
toW
the,
mere
that
men;
tin
and
C.
II.
In.ul.nder.
.
to
have
broadcast
bp
sent
oversea,
until
A
news
after
the
tax
ng
ncteen
but
exprewed
;
been
presented
larked
training
would
over
I-nl.y
on
bJ
conditions
by
radtoteie
.rut
rfit
the
tne
)ouw
youths
eon-
mlatlon
nol
auspicious
and
it
I
.
i
nrkiek
in
the
afternoon
be
fore
It
was
possible
to
bring
the
throuah.
Then
me
qunmj
......
nn
u
aood.
However,
there
has
been
some
Improvement
since
!
IMV
n,t
listeners
were
particularly
....,.v
in
their
receivers
aun
yesterday
in
view
of
the
change.
MEET
MAN
SHORTAGE
Cold
Storage
at
Seal
Cove
Using
Women
to
Good
Advantage,
Also
.Men
'
Air
1
one
m
Sparc
Time
.
.
nf
women
ana
.ond
their
hours
of
leave
arc
means
thai
inc
i.
nnA
ainraac
Co.
mve
re-
sorted
to
in
order
to
meet
the
man
power
problem
at
the
Dig
ih
at
Seal
Cove.
,
In
employed
Women
arc
being
the
company's
fish
paean
B
u,hprp
nround
the
plant
ao-
ing
such
Jobs
as
fish
dressing,
cut
ting
and
filleting
wmcn
been
considered
a
mans
J-
their
hand
at
fish
are
also
trying
packing
and
their
work
on
certain
jobs
Is
considered
quite
as
satisfactory
as
could
be
done
by
men.
The
Air
Force
men
appreciate
the
work
In
.
their
spare
r.---
time
as
t:ira
afa
cave
twoPS
"Drolongea
mr-etlng
cons.aerii--mc
which
gives
them
extra
cash
and
he
pgto
some
"d'd
with
th-
dwlslgn
yesterday
keep
their
time
o-uoled
-
"
provld-
"special
radio
facilities
thing
that
ll
often
a
bit
of
a
proo
'or
Prince
Rupert."
lem
In
Prince
Rupert.
liter.
'it'll
JAP
CONVOY
BROKEN
UP
Another
Desperate
Attempt
to
Land
Reinforcements
on
New
Guinea
is
Foiled
ALLIED
UBADQUART318
IN
AWJTRALIA,
Dee.
0
A
fifth
frantic
attempt
of
the
Japanes
t
rush
warships
to
th?
aid
of
thei-faltering
forces
pocketed
at
Buns
and
Gona
on
the
coast
of
northea
New
Guinea
has
been
repulsed
by
Allied
planes,
the
High
Command
announced
today.
A
communique
said
that
Japanese
destroyers
in
convoy
were
Intercepted
by
heavy
bombrs
which
vmrtA
two
direct
hits
on
the
lead
ing
destroyer
which
burst
into
flames.
The
remainder
then
fled.
WARRING
ON
BLACK
MART
Fire
Government
Takes
Action
on
Illegal
Trade
Conditions
although
It
was
again
impose
,
to
get
the
news
through
this
mom-
DUDUN
Dec-
9
rThc
govern
ing.
.
.
.
i
Mtt
b
eracklnK
down
on
nc
"
KiAik
market.
The
supplies
minis
.
mac
ter
haa
been
armed
-with
powers
enabling
him
to
place
an
embargo
on
trade
and
to
conriscaic
gooas
believed
destined
for
sale
at
over-the-market
prices.
Enforcement
officers
have
the
.iv,.
nf
irrh
and
where
goods
are
found
which
are
likely
to
.be
used
in
black
market
opcrauuus
iu.
,inLttr
has
oower
to
Issue
a
stj.ndstlll
order
which
prohibits
thrlr
removal.
Where
sucn
acuim
i.
toVo
the
mtnlster
has
two
sub
.,o
nnM
of
action
open.
In
CVl(Ul...
cases
where
suinciem
cviu.w
-obtained
to
sustain
a
prosecution
.u-
u
mnuested
al
me
urae
IIIC
WU"
-
.
of
prosecution
to
make
an
order
confiscating
inc
goou.
.u
icnsrrt
nf
bv
the
minister
and
the
moneys
so
derived
are
paid
Into
the
exchequer.
t
h
r.isn
of
coods
where
in
sufficient
evidence
Is
obtained
to
sustain
a
prosecution
ior""
r..h!rfinff
or
Dreut"
ui
-
Honing
orders,
but
where
the
sup-
t..
minct.pp
is
saiisnca
sucn
,.inr
used
for
the
purpose
of
making
excessive
profits,-
a
direc
tion
for
sale
is
served
on
me
son
holding
the
goods.
Tms
requires
such
person
to
sell
the
goods
to
a
person
or
persons
nami-u
.
at
,
agreed
.
price.
the
the
direction
curvcwwi
an
o--
KNOCKING
ITALY
OUTii
Royal
Air
Force
Delivers
Another
Heavy
Blow
at
Important
Industrial
City
of
Turin
t
fmmw
rw
a
li
The
Rova
.f
f-
.AIr
Force
te
eonHnS'rtvg
its-offer
to
knock
IUly
out
of
the
con
fiict.
Last
night
bombs
of
the
heav
lest
type
were
dropped
as,
the
Air
"brce
blasted
the
great
northern
industrial
city
of
Tuiln
with
an
other
knockout
blow
for
the
third
taie
in
two
weeks.
The
results
are
HHfvMt
to
have
been
"aood."
One
British
Plane
failed
to
return.
Tills
latest
attack
on
Turin
came
within
forty-eight
hours
after
.
Uromr
force
of
B.ltish
and
Ameri
can
airmen
carried
out
the
biggest
layliRht
bombing
assault
ever
dlr
pctpd
aealnst
the
continent
At
tacks
are
now
being
concentrated
on
the
bottleneck
In
a
rail
system
'hrouzh
which
the
Nazis
sustain
'heir
weaker
partner.
AVERAGE
WEATHER
Precipitation
Considerable
With
Fair
Amount
of
Sunshine
lor
Month
of
November
With
12.15
Inches
of
precipitation
and
57.9
hours
of
sunsnine,
me
month
of
November
might
be
de
scribed
as
having
been
quite
av
erage
for
weather
In
Prince
Ru
pert.
The
precipitation
compared
with
18.07
inches
in
ine
same
month
last
year
and
the
sunshine
with
39.5
hours
In
November.
1941.
So
far
this
year
there
has
been
fntnl
nf
75.04
inches
Of
predpl-
tation
In
Prince
Rupert
as
against
mm
Inches
in
the
corresponding
ncrlod
last
year.
The
sunsmne
lor
mi-?
tr
rtnte
has
acgreealed
Idiu.i
hours
as
against
1125.4
nours
in
the
first
eleven
months
of
1941.
The
weather
summary
for
No
vember,
1942,
as
officially
announced,
was
as
follows:
Maximum
barometer
reading.
30.13
on
November
6.
Minimum
barometer
reading,
28.89
on
November
28.
Maximum
temperature.
52
November
11.
Minimum
temperature,
25
November
19.
Mean
temperature.
39.2.
Precipitation,
12.15
inches.
sunshine.
57.9
hours.
Tomorrow's
Tides
local
Temperature
(Standard
Time)
High
2:55
aJii.
212
feet
14:40
p-m.
233
feet
Low
8:46
ajn.
6.2
feet
21:24
p.m.
0.9
feet
r-A.
N0KT11KKN
AND
CKNTKAL
HKiTlSjl.
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NEWSPAPER
'
WEDNESDAYrPECEMBER
1942
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
PRINCERUPERT,
B.C.,
9,
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v,
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HERE
Station
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t'nder
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Opera-
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Tue
ra:u.
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iiT
mar:
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oai:K
o
ne
unnsn
amca
m
rp'ruiid
is
a
S-ottbh
"Tams
"trig-mark"
denoting
an
on
the
prisoners'
escorts.
REASON
OF
SUBSIDIES
Further
Explanation
.Made
By
Ottawa
of
Foodstuff
Price
Reduction
Measures
OTTAWA,
Dec.
9
The
price
reduction
measures
on
such
foodstuffs
as
tea.
coffee,
milk,
orange
and
oef
which
have
been
put
into
effect
by
the
federal
government
have
been
made
necessary
because
j!
ii
.iteued
increase
In
living
.!
.
r-.c.unt
of
increases
in
h
pri-
us
of
ccuimodities
not
un
Work
ceiling,
it
is
explained
by
iM
WiUlme
Prices
and
Trade
.;oaii.
in
increase
in
the
average
ti
budzet
has
been
largely.
due
to
hteher
food
costs.
An
fcrxeaie
in
the
cost
of
yjP5
Tonus
tifould'
fuither
lncrease1t
manufac'.ur
njt
costs
and
only
mak?
ihp
sKaa-lon
marc
acute
besides
giving
no
hel?
to
the
dependents
of
service
men,
pensioners,
farmers,
professional
people
etc.
Therefore
the
decision
was
made
to
stabilize
hving
costs-at
the
Nov-
emoer
1
leve.
by
reducing
tne
.
dies
on
milk.
on
on
Maximum
muiMiuiii
wind
velocity,
.
v
.
.j
.
south-
or
a
price
determined
by
the
mln-iCast.
44
miles
per
hour,
November
.20.
The
profit
of
distributor,
whole
saler
and
retailer
remains
me
r
fit.
jme.
cniy
tne
consumer
Deneui.
The
Increased
cost
of.
producing
food
is
a
wartime
fact.
It
can
ds
paid
by
the
consumer
in
taxes
and
subsidy
o:
in
a
bonus
to
the
wage
arner
which
results
in
increased
.osts,
leading
to
lurther
Increases
The
subsidy
method
benefits
all
hilp
Lhe
cost
of
living
bonus
pene-
flts
only
certain
salary
and
wage
parnprs
The
subsidy
methods
also
holds
ruduciion
costs
down
Thp
milk
suo3idy
will
be
paid
jnly
on
fluid
milk
for
human
con-
iiimntlon.
not
on
milk
lor
oiner
dairy
products.
Milk
subsidies
are
already
in
effect
In
some
districts
tr,
sfimnlatp
oroduction.
These
ais
trlcts
are
not
affected
by
the
new
measure.
It
will
now
be
possime
familv
to
save
$11
a
year
on
milk
or
buy
one
hundred
pxtra
Quarts
Thp
new
tea
and
coffee
prices
are
welcome
particularly
on
th
j
farm
because
they
reduce
the
cash
outlay
for
foods.
The
ration
prevents
an
Increase
in
sales
of
tea
and
coffee.
The
orange
price
reduction
Is
be-in.-:
accomplished
by
a
seasonal
removal
of
import
duty
and
the
removal
of
war
exchange
tax
effective
December
1.
ThP
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
noWrrt
is
slmDlifying
Its
procedure
so
that
subsidy
claims
can
be
paid
nromntlv.
-
.
-
.
,
DPtailpd
fact
sheets
rtrc
oeing
Issued.
FRANCO
IS
WITH
AXIS
Dictator
of
Spain
Reaffirms
ills
Solidarity
With
Germany
and
Italy
affirmed
the
solidarity
Heavy
Artillery
and
Air
Attack
Softening
Axis
for
Early
Drive
Heights
Overlooking
Key
Town
of
Tcbourba
Are
Under
Allied
Control
Acquisition
ot
uanar
seen
As
Beneficial
LONDON,
Dec.
9
(CP)
Heavy
artillery
and
stead-ly
growing
fleets
of
planes
were
reported
softening
the
Avici
in
th
Tohniirhn
nrpn
tnrlnv
as
thp
AIHps.
KPfMirerl
by
the
repulse
of
the
enemy's
efforts
to
recapture
heights
t
.-
l
i
m
:
r
..ii
n,
eiUi
ii
KnM
..nnrtaH
frnm
AlHpH
lpar1-
prices
of
four
widely
used
foods
wiNNIPEO,
Dec.
9
Replacing
tea,
coffee,
oranges
and
milk
te-
men
gone
mto
active
war
service,
sides
i
egulatlng
the
beef
price.
!
about
1,000
women
have
been
The
government
will
pay
uo-
taken
on
on
the
the
staffs
staffs
tea,
coffee,
oranges
and
l
WOMEN
TAKE
I
MEN'S
JOBS
About
Thousand
In
C.N.R.
And
Roundhouses
Shops
of
Canadian
National
Railways
shops
and
loundhouses
in
the
past
four
or
five
months
and
more
will
nkeiy
oe
added
in
the
near
future.
This
statement
was
made
here
this
morning
by
E.
R.
Battley,
Mont
real,
recently
appointed
chief
of
motive
power
and
car
equipment
for
thp
svstem.
In
WinnlDez
on
tlonalJy
well."
said
Mr.
Battley
"They
have
surprised
us
by
what
thev
can
do
and
how
quickly
they
adapt
themselves.
At
present,
most
of
them
are
employed
in
the
heav
ily
industrial
areas
or
Ontario.
tt-here
where
men
men
have
have
gone
gone
into
into
war
war
as
as.
and
car
cleaning,
in
sweeping
and
gathering
scrap
and
also
in
hand
ling
supplies
In
the
commissary,
under
the
stores
department.
We
may
have
to
employ
tnem
to
run
some
of
the
macmnes
in
Ahe
shops,"
Mr.
Battley
said,
"and
we
don't
anticipate
any
dlllicuity
In
getting
all
we
need.
We
have
been
deluged
with
applications
for
work.
Many
of
the
women
nave
been
working
on
broken
shifts,
cleaning
offices,
and
they
appre
ciate
the
eight
hour
day
in
rau-wnvs
sprvice."
ThP
railwav
was
not
sulienng
from
anv
shortage
of
equipment
Mr.
BatUey
said,
"we
are
aouig
lots
of
business
and
we
are
able
to
handle
it
successfully.
Before
the
war,
we
took
good
care
oi
what
we
had
and
we
are
using
everything
to
the
best
advantage.
We
build
cabooses
and
other
equipment
and
do
a
great
deal
of
conversion
work
In
our
shops
and
we
have
on
order
35
northern
type
locomotives,
300
all-steel
50-ton
flnt
cars
15
baggage
cars
and
iw
all-steel
70-ton
Gondolas.
Much
of
iki.
-niiitT
siivif
has
already
been
LONDON.
Dec.
9
0)
-
General
-
:
Francisco
Franco
yesterday
re-,
mornine
Mr.
Battley
con-
of
Spain
.
...
peneral
su-
JtJ
lUIll'U
wivi,
w.
'
o
.with
Germany
and
Italy
but
did
Jntendent
motlve
p0wer
and
not
say
that
Spain
would
abandon
v
,
f
th
western
rC-
lts
neutrality.
Franco
made
a
du
In
the
broadcast
reamrming
nis
solidarity
with
Oermany
and
Italy.
Franco
referred
to
a
struggle
against
what
he
called
liberalism
and
"capitalistic
Imperialism."
In
an
address
to
the
Falange,
Spain's
state
party,
Franco
declared
that
the
systems
of
Mussolini
and
Hitler
'represent
a
new
faith
and
revolt
aealnst
the
old
liberal
1
world
we
knew
In
our
youth."
VM
1
,
ter
attack
on
communism
and
ex-
n.
p
.,
make
a
thorough
the
opinion
that
the
Axis
shops,
pressed
ln
tlon
of
the
railways
nnti'or:
nnwprs
tt-nnH
would
u-ln
win
the
the
war
War.
I
..
i
vnrrt
rounonouses
anu
cai
i"'
j
NEW
MAYOR
DROPPED
DEAD
LEEDS.
Eng.,
Dec.
9
W
A
few
minutes
after
being
chosen
ura
Mayor
this
Yorkshire
city
Artnur
Clarke,
62.
collapsed
ano
aiea.
Hockey
Scores
Chicago
6.
Boston
9.
illg
WOO
A.vu.
quarters
In
North
Africa
which
said
that
activity
In
the
forward
area
yesterday
was
limited
to
patrolling.
The
Morocco
radio
broadcast
an
Allied
communique
saying
that
Axis
forces
in
Tebourba
area
were
shelled
by
heavy
artillery
after
successful!
Allied
counter-attacks
and
that
the
Allied
high
command
was
completing
Important
land
and
air
force
concentrations
in
that
sector.
Earlier
reports
covering
yesterday's
fighting
reported
Allied
forces
holdlnz
solidly
on
the
heights
dominating
Tebourba
while
tanks
battled
for
the
third
succes
sive
day
in
"No
Man's
Land."
south
of
the
Tunisian
town,
key
to
the
approaches
to
Bizerte
and
Tunis.
As
both
sides
struck
heavily
in
it.
-
n
a
4U.
A
lit
am
fro
Innfl
n
m
1
I
Of
his
initial
inspection
trip.
L,.'
,
.u
wtip
nf
n-
-The
w1left,redoiri
excep-JnI.-.
plies
hv
by
the
acquisition
i-niaUon
of
of
Dakar
Dakar
as
a
United
Nations
port
by
agreement
between
Pierre
Boisson,
Governor
General
of
French
West
Africa,
who
nlaced
himself
under
Ad
miral
Jean
Darlan
and
Lieut.
Gen-
eral
Elsenhower.
commander-ln-
Affica
well
as
into
the
armed
forces.
They
...
.
are
to
be
found
chiefly
in
such,D""rr
"
ZiTJa
ahV
centres
as
Toronto.
Sarnia,
Wind-i
sor.
London
and
Niagara
Falls.
anda"
"
in
Montreal."
The
majority
of
the
women
workers
he
pointed
out
were
mar-
i
ried.
some
of
them
widows,
some
with
husbands
in
the
services.
They
were
engaged
In
locomotive
Radio
Is
Now
Available
For
Raid
Warnings
Radio
stations
in
this
province
are
now
ready
and
available
as
an
addition
to
the
established
air
raid
warning
system
of
the
province.
Warning
messages
to
oe
given
over
these
stations
wiu
indicate
which
blackout
area
or
combina
tion
of
areas
are
affected
and
the
type
of
warning.
As.
it
may
not
be
possible
to
use
the
radio
in
every
case,
careful
attention
should
be
paid
to
the
existing
alarm
system.
CONVENTION
UNDERWAY
Important
Conservative
Gatheiing
At
Winnipeg
Gets
Started
Today
WINNIPEG.
Dec.
9
The
Conservative
national
convention,
which
will
have
the
Important
task
of
naming
a
national
leader
and
fnrmulatlne
a
new
national
policy,
opened
here
today.
The
resolutions
and
policy
com
mittee
demonstrated
support
for
maklne
Canadians
liable
for
com
pulsory
military
service
anywhere
in
the
world,
It
was
announced
last
nleht.
At
present
compulsory
ser
vice
is
limited
to
Canada
and
ter
ritorial
waters.
A
Conservative
committee
mem
ber
said
that
a
resolution
for
com
pulsory
service
anywhere
which
would
be
presented
to
the
convention
Thursday
received
"predom-
Unant"
approval
of
the
delegates.
!
1