Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Max
mum
41
"
'Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Mlr,fw
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
f
Par,
4
VOL
X.
e,
War
SETTLE
ON
SALARIES
School
Hoard
and
Teachers'
Federation
Is
Agreed
on
New
Scale
The
question
of
a
pew
schedule
of
salaries
for
teachers
of
city
schools
was
finally
settled
at
last
nlghfs
meeting
of
the
board
of
school
trustees
with
agreement
between
the
board
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Teachers
Federation.
The
schedule
calls
for
salaries
this
year
totalling
$53,998
as
compared
with
$52,647
last
year.
Under
the
new
schedule,
developed
by
Trustees
J.
T.
Langridge
and
Mrs.
Oeorge
Hills,
elementary
teachers'
salaries
range
from
$1100
to
$1800,
Junior
high
teachers
from
$1300
to
$2250
and
senior
high
teachers
from
$1400
to
$2600.
The
annual
increment
Is
to
be
$S0
and
1
$150
bonu-i
for
vice-principals
is
i
provided.
Teachers
at
present
receiving
more
than
would
be
their
I
due
by
the
new
Increment
plan
I
will
remain
as
they
are
until
the
Incremcrvt
is
caught
up.
Sufficient
'
elasticity
Is
allowed
In
the
new
scale
to
permit
of
high
salaries
for
specialists
eic.
The
board
agreed
that
elementary
school
teachers
should
not
be
penalized
If
they
continued
in
elementary
grades
after
quallfyinj
for
high
M'hool
work.
Tlie
new
salary
schedule
It
was
fe't
by
Truftoe
Langridge
was
quite
reasonable
for
Pilnce
Rupert.
New
Janitor
For
School
Is
Named
J.
Clark
Appointed
as
Successor
to
J.
II.
Morrison
at
Kins
Edward
School
J
Clark
was
appointed
janitor
of
King
Edward
School
by
the
board
of
school
trustees
last
night
in
succession
to
J.
It.
Morrison,
resigned.
Steps
are
being
taken
to
secure
a
special
permit
for
Mr.
Clark
who
Is
not
a
qualified
engineer.
It
was
reported
that
arrangements
had
been
made
to
secure
a
man
from
the
dry
dock
for
duty
as
furnace
fireman
at
the
schools
in
the
event
of
emergency.
J
E.
Unwin
was
on
occasion
relieving
as
Janitor
at
Borden
Street
School.
The
maUcr
of
more
convenient
coal
handling
facilities
at
King
Edward
School
and
some
changes
In
the
heating
plant
at
Booth
Memorial
School
was
discussed
ar.d
was
left
In
the
hands
of
Trustc:
E
J
Smith
to
Investigate.
,
Contractors
To
Receive
Notice
Must
Remove
Shacks
and
Lumber
I'roni
School
Grounds
on
Penalty
of
Iking
Prosecuted
The
board
of
school
trustees
decided
last
night
that
Wartime
Housing
contractors
should
be
required
to
remove
old
buildings
and
lumber
piles
from
the
grounds
of
Hooth
Memorial
School
and,
If
It
failed
to
do
so,
should
be
prosecuted
for
trespassing.
Wartime
Hous-
ig
will
also
be
required
to
restore
a
pathway
leading
through
from
the
easterly
side
of
Hays
Cove
Circle
at
the
junction
with
Sixth
Avenue
to
the
school
as
well
as
to
fill
In
holes
,ln
the
grounds
caused
by
traffic
of
heavy
trucks
used
in
connection
with
construction
work.
for
some
time
there
has
been
restlessness
over
the
manner
In
hlch
the
school
grounds
have
bm
used
in
connection
with
the
wartime
Housing
work.
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ilUIFUJ
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UH
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4
NCK
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
11,1943
-
prHve
Review
BULLETINS
CHURCHILL
SPEAKS
LONDON
1'iime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
declared
today
that
the
Allies
had
landed
nearly
half
a
million
men
in
Africa
and
planned
an
offensive
campaign
during
the
next
nine
months
with
the
goal
of
engaging
the
enemy
"on
the
largest
possible
scale
and
at
the
earliest
possible
moment."
RUSSIANS
ADVANCING
MOSCOW
Capturing
settlements
between
Oelgorod
and
Chuguyev,
the
Red
Army
formed
a
fifty-mile
long
assault
from
just
east
of
Kharkov
today
and
fighting
was
reported
mounting
In
other
sectors
of
southern
Russia.
RRITISII
SUIJ
LOST
LONDON
The
Admiralty
announces
that
the
submaric
P18
is
overdue
and
presumed
lost.
NORTH
AFRICA
QUILT
LONDON
There
arc
no
new
developments
today
in
the
North
Ai'rican
military
situation
where
there
are
still
indications
that
the
Rattle
of
Tunisia
is
about
to
be
joined.
WATER
IS
DISCUSSED
Report
on
Whole
Matter
Prepared
Hy
City
Engineer
F.
N.
Good
City
Engineer
F.
N.
Oood.
In
a
report
to
the
city
council
on
the
water
shortage
situation,
ascribe
as
the
cause
of
the
shortage
unforeseen
accidents
on
the
power
supply
line
making
it
necessary
to
use
the
full
capacity
of
the
Sha-watlans
Lake
power
house
and
Ihus
taking
water
out
of
the
mains
which
carry
water
to
Acropolis
Hill
reservoir.
The
proposed
booster
pump
would
remedy
the
situation
providing
there
were
no
further
demands.
The
engineer
also
holds
the
present
water
main
pipe
capacity
to
be
Insufficient.
The
engineer
sums
up
the
waf
er
situation
as
follows:
First,
there
Is
no
shortage
of
water
in
Woodworth
Lake.
Second,
there
Is
Insufficient
pipe
capacity.
Third,
the
present
city
equip
ment,
including
the
stand-by
steam
plant,
cannot
be
used
to
greater
slflciency
than
at
present.
Fourth,
the
only
possible
Improvement
is
a
reduction
In
the
personal
consumption
of
water.
Fifth,
the
present
lay-out
means
that
a
power
shortage
always
:auses
a
water
shortage.
The
city
engineer
adds
to
his
report
that
he
has
good
reason
to
:elieve
that
the
power
demand
111
decrease
inside
of
two
months
vhlle
there
will
be
an
increase
in
ower
output.
A
suggestion
is
made
that
the
umplnf;
station
at
Shawatlans
Lake
might
be
put
into
operation
,o
help
fill
the
Acfopolls
Hill
reservoir
until
the
booster
pump
Is
installed.
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
explains,
however,
that
this
would
not
be
practicable
since
the
shortage
of
water
was
caused
by
the
removal
at
the
Shawatlans
Lake
power
station
before
reaching
the
pumping
plant.
Aid.
Elliott,
chairman
of
the
utilities
committee,
reports
that
objection
had
been
taken
by
the
dry
dock
management
at
ine
suggestion
that
excessive
consumption
of
water
by
the
dry
dock
during
the
cold
snap
might
have
made
the
general
shortage
more
acute.
Aid.
Robert
McKay,
tells
of
an
observer
noticing
that
the
general
water
supply
of
the
city
was
better
when
the
dry
dock
water
was
turned
off.
Aid.
Elliott
suggests
that
the
whole
matter
of
water
shortage
might
be
put
up
to
the
government
which
was
responsible
for
it.
NU
T
EKN
AN
TKNTKAL
T
SH
rni
lTMniA'C
wpwodaulmi
New
Gas
Rations
OTTAWA,
Feb.
11
New
gas-
ollne
rationing
regulations
were
announced
this
after-
noon
by
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
min-
ister
of
munitions
and
3up-
ply.
The
new
basic
ration
ef-
fectlve
April
1
is
120
gallons
for
non-essential
drivers.
There
are
new
restrictions
for
both
commercial
and
non-
i
commercial
vehicles.
Fines
in
Police
Court
Are
Higher
Amounted
to
$816.25
This
January
As
Compared
With
$200
In
Same
Month
Last
Year
Ppllce
court
fines
In
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
January
this
year
totalled
$846.25
as
corn-rated
with
$200
in
the
same
month
last
year.
Coastal
Command
Eyes
Of
The
Navy
In
Bismarck
Hunt
Story
of
Sea-Going
Aircraft's
Part
in
Great
Naval
Battle
Told
in
Air
Ministry
Publication
By
SCOTT
YOUNG
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
Feb.
l'l
(CP)
The
Coastal
Command
aircraft
ranged
far,
over
the
coast
of
Norway
that
day
stooging
along
between
the
fjords.
Its
pilot
couldn't
have
known
that
he
was
the
first
link
in
the
chain
that
led
to
the
most
spectacular
Atlantic
naval
battle
of
the
war.
Near
Bergen,
reconnoitring
the
approaches
to
that
port
he
saw
two
warships,
one
large,
riding
at
anchor.
He
circled
took
his
photographs,
looked
closer.
Then
he
turned
and
thundered
homeward.
He
had
an
Idea.
He
talked
cautiously
of
it
to
the
Nation
intelligence
officer.
While
they
were
talking,
wot
photographs
of
the
reconnaissance
were
brought
In.
Th?
Intelligence
officer
looked
them
over,
reached
for
a
phone
From
the
phone,
from
Coastal
Command
headquarters,
came
an
'irgent
voice:
."Bring
those
prints
to
me
at
once."
The
pilot
was
tight.
The
warships
were
he
German
battleship
Bis-narck
and
cruiser
Prlnz
Eugen.
He
vas
so
sure
of
this
discovery
that
vhen
It
was
discovered
no
other
alrpraft
was
available
to
take
the
prints
to
hearquarters,
h?
took
'nr-n
himself
In
the
plane
he
had
used
earlier.
Dash
Through
the
Night
He
ran
out
of
fuel
at
Nottingham,
his
hom
town.
He
left
the
plane
at
an
airdrome
and
found
a
friend
with
an
automobile.
Through
the
night,
this
pilot
who
had
seen
Norway
that
day
sped
southward
deep
into
England.
He
delivered
his
prints
at
1
a.m.
Early
that
same
morning
the
Bismarck
and
Prinz
Eugen
were
at
tacked
by
six
Whltleys
and
six
Lockhead-Hudsons
of
Coastal
Com
mand.
That
is
the
story
given
by
the
Air
Ministry's
new
publication,
"Coastal
Command,"
of
the
beginning
of
the
running
battle
across
the
North
Atlantic
during
which
the
H.
M.
S.
Hood
and
the
Bismarck
were
sunk.
That
first
attack
was
on
May
22,
1941.
The
story
af
that
action
alternately
appalled
and
thrilled
the
entire
Allied
world.
The
Bismarck
,
craft
left
Norway
and
headed
out
(into
the
Atlantic
to
raid
convoys.
ine
miusn
sent
a
strong
navai
By
REDS
ARE
ADVANCING
Evacuation
of
Kharkov
is
Said
to
Be
Impending
NDoi,
LONDON,
Feb.
Feb.
11
11
(CP)
Cap
ture
of
Chuguyev,
22
miles
southeast
of
Kharkov,
and
Volchansk,
36
miles
northeast,
was
announced
by
the
Russians
early
today
and
a
dispatch
to
the
newspaper
Pravda
in
Moscow
said
that
the
Red
Army
continued
lis
advance
westward
after
taking
the
two
towns.
The
Russians
are
now
but
six
to
ten
miles
from
Kharkov
and
are
at
the
gates
of
Rostov.
The
Stockholm
coirespondet
of
the
London
Daily
Express
today
reported
that
the
Germans
are
evacuating
Kharkov
and
Berlin
has
declared
that
the
"Russians
are
increasing
pressure
considerably
with
the
obvious
intention
of
encircling
Kharkov.
force
after
them.
They
met
in
battle.
The
battleship
Hood
went
down.
The
battle
continued,
then
the
Germans
escaped.
For
Mility-on
and
a
half
hours
their
position
was
unknown.
When
the
Bismarck
was
found
again
(the
Eugen
had
changed
course)
it
was
by
Coastal
Command.
Shadowed
From
Air
The
Catallna
was
above
the
Bismarck
before
the
It.
A.
F.
crew
sighted
her
through
the
haze.
The
Bismarck
sen.',
up
heavy
fire.
One
piece
of
shell
passed
upwards
"Vouch
the
floor
between
th1-!
two
!l-its.
There
were
only
two
casu-iM'es
In
that
phase
of
the
action,
neither
of
''.hem
human
down
In
h"
C'allna',
galley
one
of
her
crew
dropped
and
broke
two
plates.
From
'then
on,
Coastal
Command
rli're
shadowed
the
German
battleship.
They
helped
slow
hex
down
with
constant
attacks,
were
In
on
the
kill
when
torpedoes
from
British
ships
administered
the
coup
de
grace
cm
May
26,
five
days
after
Min
Coastal
Command
pilot
brought
back
the
news
that
the
Bismarck
and
the
Euen
were
on
the
loose.
That
Is
Just
a
spectacular
example
of
one
of
Coastal
Command's
many
duties.
The
Whitleys,
Weir
llngtons.
Liberators,
Catallnas
and
Sunderlands
are
always
on
the
prowl.
Two
days
after
the
Germans
marched
Into
Russia
Coastal
Command
took
an
official
British
mission
to
Archangel,
cutting
crew
to
carry
officials
so
that
a
general,
an
admiral
and
an
air
commodore
manned
the
guns
during
the
trip.
During
the
days
of
France's
fall,
Coastal
Command
took
Lord
Gort
to
'North
Africa
to
'talk
with
French
officials,
on
the
possibility
of
carrying
on
the
fight
from
there.
They
go
out
by
daylight
and
by
British
Churchill
Fighting
Spirit
In
His
Speech
To
British
House
FINISHING
ESTIMATES
.
School
Expenditures
for
Coming
Year
are
Tentatively
Placed
At
$107,000
The
board
of
school
trustees,
at
its
'-"tin?
lat
night,
Teached
a
tentative
-total
of
approximately
s.t
07X30
on
oidina:y
estimates
for
the
year
1913
a:
compared
with
184,017.88
actual
rchool
expenditure
In
1911.
As
:he
city's
financial
'ptement
is
no,
ynt
completed,
figures
on
actual
school
ex-endturpt
for
1942
are
not
ye
available.
Tha
board's
estimates
committee
consisting
of
Trustees
C.
G.
Ham
and
J.
T.
Lamrdlge
wae
relegated
to
continue
Its
work
of
finally
correlating
the
estimates
with
a
view
to
having
Uicm
ready
fot
presentation
to
the
city
councilliext
week
The
1943
estimates
contain
an
Hem
of
$10,000
for
six
extra
teachers
and
a
Janitor
which,
It
Is
anticipated,
will
be
required
to
handle
new
children
resulting
from
In-
9i
in
lndu'frial
populaUon.
"to-vever.
nr'hlnsc
ie
bslng
a&ked
yet
ordina'y
estimates
for
a
new
school
.
bu'ldln
since
H
is
hoped
Wartime
jTo.ic.tn
piv
PS-sump
some
responsibility
in
that
regard.
Some
of
the
more
Important
items
In
the
estimates
this
year
are:
Toners'
salaries,
$&3,993.
.
Additional
teachers'
and
Janitor's
salaries,
$10,000.
Jan
'tor's
salaries,
$5,550.
.""cetary's
salary.
$600.
Maintenance
and
repairs,
$10,000.
Interest
on
bonded
indebtedness,
$13,423.
Supplies,
$10,332.
Superannuation,
$3,700.
Medical
inspection,
$630.
School
Inspector
At
Board
Meeting
Mr.
Thorsteinssen
Present
and
Gave
Advice
at
Last
Night's
Session
B.
Thorsteinssen,
inspector
of
I
schools,
was
present
for
the
first
time
last
night
at
a
meeting
of
the
board
of
school
trustees
and
I
took
an
active
part
In
the
proceedings.
Mr.
Thorsteinssen
congratulated
members
of
the
board
on
election
to
office
and
told
the
board
that
If
he
could
be
of
assistance
at
any
time
they
should
feel
free
to
call
upon
him.
Chairman
Jack
Deane
felt
that
the
board
might
often
be
able
to
secure
helpful
Information
and
advice
from
the
Inspector.
Mrs.
H.
Perkins
has
taken
over
the
duties
of
assistant
janitor
at
Booth
Memorial
School.
Mrs.
G.
B.
Casey
had
been
appointed
but
she
stayed
with
the
work
only
one
day,
finding
that
it
was
too
heavy.
night,
dropping
out
of
the
clouds
for
photographs
of
German
ports
at
500
feet
with
flak
throwing
up
solid
walls
of
death
around
them,
skimming
the
water
unseen
along
the
path
of
the
moon's
reflection--"flying
up
the
moon,"
they
call
it
to
take
enemy
shipping
by
surprise.
Coastal
Command
is
the
eye
of
the
navy,
and
part
of
its
fist.
Premi
Vibrant
With
Discloses
Plan
of
Complete
Action
for
Next
Nine
Months
Against
Axis
Various
Phases
of
Program
Described
LONDON,
Feb.
11
(CP)
In
a
war
review
vibrant
with
fighting
spirit
and
optimism,
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
brought
back
to
the
British
Hou'se
of
Commons
today
from
the
Casablanca
conference
with
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States
news
of
a
new
(rffmsivc
campaign
for
the
next
nine
months,
of
new
Wartime
Housing
Gets
Ultimatum
City
Council
Decides
It
Must
Clean
Up
Kushbrook
Heights
Sewerage,
or
Else
Unless
Wartime
Housing
takes
immediate
titeps
to
remedy
the
sew
erage
disposal
situation
In
the
Rushbrooks
Heights
area,
the
city
council
will
recommend
to
the
at
torney
general
that
action
be
In
stituted
for
redress.
Tills
Is
re
commended
by
the
co-ordination
committee
of
the
council.
Meanwhile
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
min
ister
of
munitions
and
supply,
.has
advised
the
council
that
a
new
sep-
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which
is
expected
to
take
care
of
the
requirements
adequately.
To
Help
Teachers
Find
Rooms
Here
School
Board
Decides
it
Should
Assume
Some
Responsibility
The
board
of
school
trustees,
at
last
night's
meeting,
took
the
view
that
It
should
assume
some
measure
of
responsibility
In
the
matter
of
finding
living
accommodation
for
teachers
In
view
of
the
present
shortage
of
such
accommodation.
There
had
been
considerable
difficulty
in
this
regard.
Accordingly,
the
board
authorized
the
secretary
to
advertise
'In
the
press
for
accommodation
for
two
teachers
now
requiring
rooms.
The
board
is
also
following
up
the
Idea
of
making
arrangements
with
Wartime
Housing
for
the
obtaining
of
a
house
for
the
accommodation
of
teachers
although
some
doubt
was
expressed
as
to
whether
such
an
arrangement
could
be
ef-,
tected.
School
Inspector
B.
Thorsteins
sen
expressed
gratification
at
the
'
Ltand
the
board
had
taken
In
this
i
matter
and
hoped
that
It
would
I
prove
helpful.
Incinerator
Is
Proposed
Department
of
National
Defence
Would
Erect
it
With
City
Doing
Operating
A
proposal
from
medical
health
officers
or
the
Department
of
National
Defence
that
an
Incinerator
be
erected
for
the
disposal
of
garbage
is
before
the
city
council
and
has
been
referred
to
the
utilities
committee
of
the
council
for
report.
The
proposal
Is
that
the
Department
erect
the
incinerator
and
that
the
city
be
permitted
to
operate
and
use
it.
Aid.
Robert
McKay
Is
somewhat
skeptical
about
the
whole
undertaking,
feeling
that
operating
rather
than
building.
Is
the
big
thing
about
an
Incinerator.
7:09
pjn.
to
8:41
ajn.
unincauon
or
command
in
North
Africa
and
a
pledge
that
Europe
would
be
invaded
as
soon
as
the
United
Nations
are
ready.
High
points
of
the
address
to
the
cheering
House
were:
1.
As
the
British
Eighth
Army
moves
Into
Tunisia,
the
North
Africa
command
Is
unified
under
the
American
commander,
Lieut.
Gen.
Dwlght
D.
Elsenhower,
with
General
Sir
Harold
Alexander
second
in
command
and
with
the
Mediterranean
air
forces
under
British
Air
Vice-Marshal
Sir
Arthur
Tedder
and
sea
forces
under
Admiral
Sir
Andrew
Cunningham.
2.
The
Allies
are
more
than
hold
ing
their
own
In
U-boat
warfare
with
1550,000
more
tons
of
ship
ping
available
now
than
six
months
ago
while
losses
of
the
past
two
over
a
year
with
the
best
rate
of
U-boat
sinkings
so
far
In
the
war.
3.
Prime
Minister
Churchill
will
meet
again
with
President
Roosevelt
in
the
next
nine
months.
He
disclosed
that
the
President
had'
been
willing
to
go
as
far
as
Khartoum,
Egypt,
to
bring
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
into
the
January
conferences
but
Stalin
was
too
en
gaged
with
Russia's
mighty
winter
drive
to
leave
the
country
for
even
a
day.
4.
British
Field
Marshal
Sir
John
Dill
and
American
Lieutenant
General
Henry
H.
Arnold
have
con
ferred
at
Chungking
with
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
who
expressed
satisfaction
at
plans
for
glvig
China
additional
help.
5.
Great
Britain
has
offered
to
embody
Into
a
special
treaty
her
pledge
to
help
carry
the
war
against
Japan
to
unconditional
surrender
but
Roosevelt
answered
"the
word
of
Britain
was
quite
enough
for
him."
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
a
complete
plan
of
action
for
the
next
nine
months
had
been
arrived
at
and
at
the
end
of
that
time
he
and
President
Roosevelt
would
meet
again.
"The
days
of
Improvised
strategy
and
delayed
action
are
over,"
said
the
Prime
Minister.
The
Prime
Minister
Indicated
that
a
major
battle
was
impending
in
Tunisia
with
250,000
Axis
troops
and
500,000
Allied.
The
Allies
held
two
to
one
air
supremacy.
Local
Tides
Friday,
February
12
High
7:05
18.2
feet
20.00
15.3
feet
Low
0:25
8.4
feet
13:39
7.5
feet
At
4:20
Tuesday
afternoon
an
ambulance
of
the
B.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.
and
the
truck
of
Gordon
Ronson,
handyman,
were
in
collision
at
the
corner
of
Sixth
Avenue
and
McBrlde
Street.
Both
vehicles
sustained
considerable
damage
but
no
one
was
hurt.
Lawrence
Fulcher
was
driver
of
the
ambulance
which
was
of
the
sedan
type.