ir:
tor
In
-,
rtiwntrr
attacks
which
cost
Nails
"100
men
In
a
desper-
aitcmpi
to
regain
lost
.
i
Br
ra
Hit
r
::vj
NO.
n
ritish
ZI
HORDE
FOR
RUSSIA
I
our
Million
Soldiers
Being
.
rtl
lor
I'rlvf
Through
Southern
Russia
Into
Caucasus
.
....
.
Mill
C
III
Ml.l
ill
'!'"
rnii.i
...Mr
annnuiirrii
loiiiv
the
Russians
who
a'U
they
forted
the
Germans
bark
retook
three
town.
Tav
Atrncv
Mid
the
Grimans
.
m
f
.
II
,
in
vain
clforts
In
rapture
ltu
k
Sea
base
of
Scbasta-
(Tland.
April
l
:
,.f
ItlUer
is
moving
Null
divisions
Into
great
sprnf
btUeved.
has
the
ve,
ef
driving
into
ii
fields
ttuoufh
he
southern
front,
-nsivt
will.
It
Is
.
o
i
Ord
and
ex-
upcl.
..rpa
ljr
1.700.000
Oer-Ru
Hta
and
the
one
dvWons
UI
In-imtatr
V
4.200.00.
-tnutod
wtll
pro-M)ltifv
Ur
Hitler.
i.oqh
und
Hungary.
.
.s
ti:r
.-.Mil
holding
.u
UJ1MlC
-with
-
:iutng
to
push
for-
I'nlngrad.
Smolensk,
-:na
and
other
sec
in.
eciai
naster
iPTf
:
i
ii
ii
v
it
ire
"T'J
AorU
1:
The
Cana
!
Message
Service
ilar
-
Krn
ire.
Are
Ij
r
t
Ir
nla
r
t
v
iph
Companies
are
i.k
available
to
the
i
rate
numbered
text
iturlng
Raster
'i.mge
between
alltele-
".
throughout
Canada
r
:cd
States.
The
popu-i
h
messages
Is
cvld-tremendous
Increase
'
iio
of
these
telegraphs
ind
Uitl
season
tele-
s
expect
a
very
de-r
In
the
number
of
"
metwges.
Tills
Is
to
th
fact
that
to
ir
men
and
women
who
x
ated
In
military
camps
"
home
will
desire
to
uh
honuj
while
their
friends,
likewise,
will
nd
greetings
to
them
amps
during
the
fkwter
i
itlar
exctlithimry
fornr
ivirp
is,
of
cx)iirio.
uvaJl-
irrtlng
lelegrttms
to
the
an
but,
becauc
of
pros
ii
uons,
it
Is
dwlrable
for
wish
to.
tend
greetings
'o
send
them
early
to
cn-vri
v
on
time.
''OI.ICi:
COURT
FINES
'Clitic
court
fines
for
the
March
Uls
year
totalled
Tui.s
represents
the
amount
Uiir
ataually
paid
In.
Iulinnnfnn
Rnfn
31
tin:
-VII
For
Year
Is
Set
;
Ldmonton
city
council
has
'ax
rate
for
the
year
at
Jl
ills,
the
same
as
during
the
(
'wo
years,
Aid.
Douglas
alono
d
the
51
Vi
mill
rate,
hold-Dul
for
a
ten
percent
cut
In
ttttc
and
a
rate
of
fifty
mills.
V
7
Selective
Service
Is
PRESIDENT
In
Effect
:
4
OTTAWA,
April
1:
C.
'IP-j
government's
new
selectlv;
service
program
will
be
In
op-
era
lion
within
the
next
few
day
with
unemployment
In-
urance
officials
acting
as
temporary
selective
service
officers.
Elliott
M.
Little,
dl-
-
rector
of
National
Selective
Service,
said
today.
I
LEAFS
AND
!
REDWINGS
IN
FINALS
To
Play
for
Stanley
Cup,
Starling
Deciding
Series
Tonioriovv
Mlht.
1
Toronto!
TORONTO.
April
1:
-
Xtsple
Leafs
and
New
Yo-k
Rank-1
ers
will
meet
In
the
finals
of
the
Stanley
Cup.
emblematic
of
world'
I
professional
hockey
championship.
I
The
Maple
Leafs
defeated
New
York
Rangers
3
to
2
at
Toronto
I
last
night.
It
took
them
lx
games
to
win
the
required
four
victories.
I
At
Detroit
Uie
Red
Wings
won
I
3
to
1
to
eliminate
Doston
Uruinv
!
The
lbuilsbet
isur
out
of
seven
games
will
commence
on
Thursday
night.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Oburtrvv
S.
U.
JuhMMan
Oo.)
Vancouver
Orandrlew
.14
Vi
Ilralorne
70
Cariboo
Quart
1.10
Hedley
Mascot
Pend
Oreille
115
Pioneer
-
MO
Premier
Jt
Privateer
-
M
Reno
-
JOVk
Sheep
Creek
.
.
.75
Olli
Oalmont
10
C.
&
E.
..-
3$
Home
230
Royal
Canadian
-
.04
Toronto
Ucattle
TO
Central
Pat
,
Stt
Cons.
Smelters
.38JX)
Hardrock
-
-38
Kerr
Addison
3-30
Little
Long
Lac
5
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.25
Madsen
Red
Lake
42
McKciuie
Red
Lake
.70
Moncta
-
25
Pickle
Crow
185
Preston
Ea.it
Dome
188
San
Antonio
1-55
Sherrltt
Oordon
-72
OF
N0RYAY
Carl
J.
Hambro,
Head
of
Storthing,
to
Be
Here
on
May
17
Or
Soon
Thereafter.
Carl
J.
Hambro,
president
of
the
Storthing.
Norwegian
Paillamcnt,
will
arrive
in
Prince
Rupert
on
May
17,
Norwegian
Independence
Day,
or
Immediately
thereafter,
according
to
word
received
here.
He
will.
.spend
two
or
tlwcc
days
here
and,
a
number
of
engagements
arc
already
being
planned
In
connection
with
his
visit.
J.
H.
Schoflcld,
chief
architect
for
the
Canadian
National
Halt-ways,
Is
paying
his
second
visit
to
Prince
Rupert
within
a
month.
He
flew
out
from
Montreal
and
arrived
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
Vancouver.
'
PROVINCIAL
l
I
IDDAOV
given
.effective
support
by
Amer
ican
flying
fortresses.
Dogugnu
at
high
altitude
have
been
disas
trous
to
the
Japanese.
The
Japanese
staged
"twxi
more
air
raids
on
Port
Darwin
yester
day
and
one
on
Port
Moresby,
but
damage
and
casualties
wen
quite
inconsequential.
MS
SILENT
SERVICE
l'tfl
MUSI
'1
lit
J.
Hug.,
April
1:
r
Tlte
school
buy
in
this
llauu-slilre
village
didn't
win
the
prize
in
warship
week
for
the
best
story,
not
exceeding
750
words,
on
"What
the
Navy
is
doing
to
win
the
-war,"
but
judges
admitted
hi
submission
was
to
the
point.
His
essay.
eight
words,
said:
"What
the
Navy
Is
doing
Is
a
secret."
Building
Permits
Here
Last
Month
Principal
Item
$rH0
Residential
I'roprrty
n
Fiilli
Avenue
for
John
Gurvich,
Building
permits
In
Prince
for
the
month
of
March
numbered
ten
and
represented
a
total
value
of
$8500.
The
principal
Item
la
a
$3500
residential
structure
on
Fifth
Avenue
West
near
Borden
Street
for
John
aurvicn.
if
WIELDS
MACHINE
GUN
TO
WIN
D.S.M.
W,.
.1
St
iTfi.'''
Mcai
S;-;
.ilman
Hueii
hi..;
.
-...iuiit-.-r
navy
wa.s
commended
ior
his
steadiix
-a
i
,i
'i.'
inb'
i
o,
t..t-
boarding
party
from
the
cor.
cite
Chambly
which
desUoyed
U-Uat
501
and
captured
its
cnw.
8ig-nalm.
n
TUiui,
ai.uwn
tier
WiW
signal
lamp,
held
the
German
crew
at
bay
with
a
machine
gun
while
it
was
being
captured.
AUSSIES
HIT
HARD
K.A-
I'.
Smashes
Knemy
on
2Ul
Itlrthday
Ameriran
11
In?
f
ortresses
Help.
HAMMER
NEW
GUINEA
MELBOURNE,
April
1:
United
States
a
n
d
Australian
fliers
hammered
again
today
at
Salamati,
New
Guinei.
Direct
hits
were
scored
on
the
airdrome
runway
in
what
was
described
as
a
strong
attack.
All
planes
returned
safely
through
a
trop
ical
storm.
MELBOURNE,
April
1:
-
The
Royal
Australian
Air
Fwce.
celebrating
the
twenty-first
anniversary
of
1U
founding,
subjected
New
Guinea
and
Timor
to
neavy
awacK
yesterday.
Several
enemy
planes
were
destroyed
an1
base
installations
were
wrecked.
The
Australian
planes
liave
been
MET
WITH
nrnl
TemDcralurc
Tomorrow
sT
ides
-
-
A
(Standard
Time)
High
1:44
a.m.
22.2
Icet
07
14:09
p.m.
21.7
feet
ti
'I'M
40.3
Low
8:04
a.m.
2.6
fect
20:17
p.m.
3.3
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
imiTISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
""APRIL
1,11)42.
Ian
For
India
Unacce
f.I.OSE
TO
.Matter
of
Days
Should
See
Issue
Decided
In
That
Far
East
Country
TOUNCOO
ABANDONED
U1TII
THE
CHINESE
ARMY
ON
THE
TOUMIOO
FRONT,
April
1:
0
Toungoo
was
abandoned
today
by
the
fierce
fighting
remnant
of
the
Chinese
garrison
which
held
nut
there
through
five
days
of
terrific
air
and
ground
assault
and
then
battered
their
way
over
fields
of
Japanese
dead
to
rejoin
troops
led
to
their
relief.
They
crossed
the
Siltang
Kiver
under
almost
point-blank
fire,
cutting
a
blood)
swathe
through
the
invaders'
lines
and
scattered
to
wooded
hills
northeast
of
the
town.
;
MANDALAY.
April
1:
With
the
Japanese
continuing
to
pound
hard
at
both
ends
of
the
line
protecting
the
Irrawaddy
oil
fields,
a
large'
proportion
of
the
native
population
of
Burma
appears
to
I
have
gone
over
to
the
Japanese
isWe.
I
A
London
source
said
that
the
Battle
of
Burma
depended
on
air
superiority,
which
the
British
did
not
have.
The
issu;
there
would
,be
settled
not
in
a
matter
of
weeks
and
months
but
in
days.
The
British,
owing
to
lack
of
air
support,
are
falling
back
in
the1
(Prome
area
although
the
Chinese
I
are
said
to
nave
sngntiy
unproved
MINISTERS::":
rr"7
,i
Local
Drfence
Problems
Discuvcd
at
Conference
Yesterday
Afternoon
With
Col.
J.
I
Ralston.
I
During
his
visit
to
Pritier
Rupert
yesterday.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
had
a
conference
with
City
Commissioner
D.
J.
Matheson;
Arnold
Fla-tcn,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce;
J.
i.
Little,
chairman
of
the
local
Civilian
Protcctifin
Committee;
W.
R.
McAfee,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Red
Cross
Society,
and
Col.
J.
W.
Nicholls
In
regard
to
local
defence
matters
and
losal
prob-,
lems
arising
directly
therefrom.
Col.
Ralston,
who
w.is
accom-'
panted
by
Major
General
R.
O.'
Alexander
of
Victoria,
and
Col.
S..
D.
Johnston
of
Prince
Rupert,
had
aked
for
the
meeting
and
cx-l
pressed
his
desire
to
know
exactly
what
local
views
were
and
how
it
was
felt
he
and
his
department
could
co-operate.
The
minister
was
very
sympathetic.
Domestic
Help
In
Australia
Juke
Ail.
of
Jot)
Without
Work
Taken
Seriously
"Down
Unden
ts
MELBOURNE.
April
1:
9i-Ttrrd
of
trying
to
obtain
domestic
help
as
follows:
"Wanted,
general.
Beautiful
home.
Small
family.
No
work.
Wages
2
($7.16)
a
week."
Seven
applicants
took
It
seriously.
rnltl
i
I.
-
tA..
;.t...
r
week.
The
help
shortage
falls
hardest
on
the
family
of
four
or
five
or
more.
It
ls
difficult
with
all
their
expenses
for
them
to
pay
the
wages
demanded
so
they
have
i
to
go
without.
Customs
and
Excise
Here
I
Is
Away
Up
I
at
Prince
Rupert
for
the
riscal
year
1941-42
ending
March
31
totalled
$620,531.75.
being
an
Increase
of
$378,303.51
over
the
fiscal
year
immediately
preceding,
J.
II.
McLeod,
col-
lector
of
customs,
announced
this
morning.
The
Increase
for
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
.
i
...
cti
i"
r..M
-i-
it
aiiHie
was
ooiiuj.
vui-
-r
toms
and
excise
revenue
for
the
month
of
March
ths
year
amounted
to
$57,323.70.
CANS
ARE
GOING
OFF
Severe
Kestrirtions
In
I
ood
Thus
Packed
Will
Soon
Be
Felt
Here
The
effects
of
severe
restrictions
being
Imposed
on
canned
goods
due
to
the
tin
situation
will
soon,
be
fully
felt
in
Prince
Rupert,
flic
principle
henceforth
will
be
that
any
product
which
It
ls
possible
to
handle
In
containers
oilier
than
tin
will
not
get
Into
cans.
Small
tins
will
be
dropped
altogether
with
20
ounces
the
smallest
tin
containers
henceforth.
Pineapple
will
soon
be
dlsap
a
Melbourne
housewife
advertised
Pf"1'
"
aoic
now
ui'iug
uiuw
ui
wic
uuuua
of
the
retailers.
Canned
salmon
ls
becoming
increasingly
hard
to
obtain.
The
tea
situation
ls
uncertain.
um"s
l:
Supplies
arc
now
being
rapidly
.
.
m
:
lice
proprietress
said
It
showed
,
used
rf
how
far
the
pendulum
had
swung
since
the
days
when
general
servants
were
expected
to
do
loo
much.
Common
stipulation
now
are
for
no
washing,
no
ironing
io
scrubbing,
no
heavy
work,
plenty
of
lime
off.
Parlor
maids
U
any
up.
The
price
of
eggs
Is
low
at
present
and
they
arc
quite
plentiful.
With
abundant
supplies
on
hand,
oranges
have
taken
a
slight
drop
in
price.
The
quality
Is
very
good.,
uanana
supplies
arc
very
irregular
and
prices
aro
quite
firm.
Annlivc
nrn
rnw
down
tti
twii
get
2
($7.16)
a
week
with
keepvarietics,
yellow
Ncwtons
havo
and
COOkS
UP
to
4
($11.32)
a
Kr
rlMn(-H
tin
.xrnt.
fop
siioh
supplies
as
are
in
the
hands
of
the
retailers.
Potatoes
are
still
being
brought
in
from
Ashcrott
and
Edmonton
and
the
prices
are
consequently,
quite
high.
cunurnnurvi
Wartime
Prices
I
onuuurn!aildTradeBoard!
I
Office
Opening
I
-
VANCOUVER.
April
V
Oi
A
sub-regional
office
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
will
be
opened
shortly
at
Prince
Rupert
in
charge
of
J.
W.
Scrivener,
it
is
announc-
ed
at
the
local
office
of
the
board.
!
BULLETINS
KA.F.
RESUMES
ATTACKS
AT
A
SOUTHEAST
COAST
ENGLISH
TOWN
The
Royal
Air
Force
resumed
attacks
on
Nazi
bases
in
northern
France
today.
Bombers,
with
fighter
,
escorts,
were
seen
winging
their
way
towards
Calais.
One
or
two
German
planes
were
over
the
southeast
coast
of
England
last
night
but
no
damage
was
done.
ANOTHER
LAUNCHING
AT
A
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
PORT
The
launching
of
another
10,000-ton
freighter,
the
Fort
McLachVin,
took
place
SIKORSKY
IN
CANADA
General.
Sikorsky,
Poland,
arrived
in
Ottawa
yesterday.
He
was
met
by
Prime
.Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King.
SUPPORT
PLEBISCITE
OTTAWA
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Mrighen
calls
on
all
Canadians
to
vote
"yes"
in
the
forthcom-
inr
Prinarlian
mannnu-rr
nlhi.
Customs
and
excise
revenue
,
cite
It
ls
a
disgraceful
thing."
Mr.
Meighen
said
in
regard
to
the
plebiscite,
"but
we
have
to
consider
the
consequences
of
a
'yes'
or
'no'
vote.
A
'no
vote
would
be
disastrous
from
every
standpoint."
PENSIONS
HIGHER
VICTORIA
Old
age
pensioners
after
April
1
will
find
an
extra
$5
on
their
monthly
checks.
An
old
age
pensions
commissioner
will
be
appointed
within
the
next
few
weeks.
PRESSURE
ON
PETALS
VICHY
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
is
increasing
the
pressure
on
Marshal
Henri
Philippe
Petain
for
all-out
collaboration
by
Vichy
France
with
the
Axis.
SIXTY-THREE
YEARS
OLD
VICTORIA
Premier
J
)hn
Hart
celebrated
his
sixty-thiul
birthday
yesterday.
INCREASE
CONVOY
STRENGTH
LONDON
The
slreiuth
of
the
British
navy
convoy
to
Russia
has
been
increased.
ARMY
IN
SIBERIA
MOSCOW
Russia
is
restoring
(he
strength
of
the
army
in
Siberia
to
almost
one
million
men,
well
equipped.
The
Soviet
la
"watching
Japan
carefully."
TAKE
IT
SERIOUSLY
BRISBANE.
Australia,
April
1:
Oi
Rejected
when
he
offered
to
enlist
for
military
service,
a
milk
man
went
home
and
hanged
him
self.
Another
rejected
Jumped
from
a
tram
and
was
seriously
injurccd.
Incorporation
of
the
Civic
Centre
Association
of
Prince
Rupert
under
the
Societies
Act
and
the
Massctt
Co
-operative
Association
of
Massett
under
the
Co-operative
Associations
Act
ls
announced
In
the
current
issue
of
the
British
Columbia
Gazette.
PRICE?
FIVE'
CENTS
otable
SCHEME
REJECTED
British
Proposals
To
India
For
Independence
Fail
To
Find
Favor
THUMBS
DOWN
NEW
DELHI,
April
1:
India's
leaders
are
expected
to
turn
thumbs
down
today
on
Great
Britain's
all
or
nothing
offer
of
Dominion
statu.
after
the
war,
primarily
because
of
the
requirements
that
Indian
wartime
defences
be
left
in
British
hands.
NEW
DELHI,
April
1:
There
appears
to
be
increasing
reason
to
believe
today
that
Britain's
offer
of
independence
to
India
-will
be
rejected.
The
betting
in
London
is
two
to
one
that
Indian
leaders
will
turn
it
down.
The
working
committee
of
the
All
India
Congress
todaj
gave
a
memorandum
to
the
special
Bri
tish
envoy.
Sir
Stafford
Cripps,
stating
that
the
proposals
contained
in
the
British
plan
are
not
acceptable.
Objection
is
because
i
Britain
insists
on
directing
defence
'
T
1
;
i
.
1
Mahatma
Gandhi
came
out
against
the
British
plan,
declaring
that
it?
was
"unworthy
of
Britain
and
unworthy
.
of
acceptance
by
India."
The
sikhs
are
rejecting
the
British
plan
because
it
would
put
them
in
a
minority
in
Punjab.
DEATH
FOR
TWO
WOMEN
Extreme
Penalty
Imposed
in
Ger
many
for
Hoarding.
BERNE,
April
1:
Two
women-
nurses
in
a
children's
home
have
been
sentenced
to
death
In.
per-
many
for
hoarding
sugar,
candy
and
soap.
It
is
the
first
time
that
extreme
penalties,
have
been
im
posed
for
hoarding.
TO
EXPAND
COAL
MINE
Avcling
Properly
At
Telkwa
To
Produce
Fuel
For
Reopening
Anyox
Plant
Major
George
Yardley
and
A.
C.
Brand
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
Vancouver
and
will
proceed
by
the
evening
train
to
Telkwa
to
pay
a
visit
to
the
Avellng
coal
mine.
They
will
return
to
Vancouver
via
the
Interior.
The
object
of
the
trip
north
ls
to
make
an
Inspection
of
the
well
known
coal
property,
the
output
of
which
ls
to
be
materially
in
creased
in
order
to
supply
fuel
for
the
new
Iron
and
steel
plant
which
Ventures
Limited
Is
to
in-stal
at
Anyox.
This
will
involve
a
good
deal
of
expansionary
work
including,
among
other
things,
the
putting
in
of
a
new
railway
spur.
Mr.
Brand,
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert
from
the
very
early
days,
having
been
for
years
identified
with
the
Royal
Bank
of
Canada,
ls
planning
to
enlist
In
the
antiaircraft
service
following
his
return
to
Vancouver
after'
this
trip.
With
a
heavy
list
of
passengers
and
large
freight
cargo,
C.N.R.
steamer
Prince
Rupert,
Capt.
Nell
i
McLean,
arrived
t
In
jnorc
at
IDiS
IT
I
this
morning
from
Vancouver,
Powell
River
and
Ocean
Falls
and
will
salt
at
11
o'clock
tonight
for
Ketchikan
whence
she
vlll
return
here
tomorrow
night
southbound.
C.P.R.
steamer
Prlncc&s
Norah,
Capt.
Wiliiam
Palmer,
Is
due
in
port
at
8
o'clock
tomorrow
morning
from
Vancouver
and
Is
expected
to
sail
an
hour
or
eo
later
In
continuation
of
her
Tegular
voyage
to
Alaska
points,