VOL.
l,
T
WEST
OF
KHARKOV
This
is
Where
Most
Spectacular
Land
Fighting
Has
Item
Raging
in
Kusso-Gcrman
War
NAZIS
HUMMED
IN
LONDON,
Feb.
26
(CP)
Closing
a
trap
a.'ioul
remnants
of.
the
German
Caucasus
army
huddled
in
N'ovorosslsk
and
weuged
against
Kerch
Strait,
the
Bed
Army
smashed
into
the
railway
town
of
Angelinskaya,
about
sixty
miles
northeast
of
Novorossisk,
and
then
took
a
town
a
few
mjlcs
to
the
south,
the
Soviet
radio
said
today.
MOSCOW,
Feb.
26
O)
Most
spectacular
fighting
on
land
In
the
Russo-German
war
has
been
In
the
area
west
of
Kharkov
where
the
Russians
announce
the
taking
of
two
large
towns
within
twenty-four
hours.
West
of
Taganrog,
Orel
and
Kursk
as
well
as
In
the
Donets
Basin
the
Russians
have
overrun'
several
German
positions.
It
has
been
announced
that
the
Maikop
oil
wells
are
In
production
again
for
the
first
time
in
seven
months.
Northwest
of
Moscow
a
new
German
drive
has
started
to
cut
the
road
between
Moscow
and
Smolensk
and
leading
toward
Poland.
IN
FITTING
EMPLOYMENT
Itehabllitation
Committee
or
C.N.R.
Is
Doing
flood
Work
MO
NTREAL,
FCb.
26
Re-establishment
in
gainful
employment
of
nvn
who
have
become
industrial
casualties
is
the
function
of
the
rehabilitation
committee,
Canadian
Nat.
tnal
Railways.
The
committee
recently
met
here
with
E.
P.
Mal-v
man.
presiding,
and
data
s-.-r.'-!
'i
l.o:n
the
minutes
was
made
public
today.
Ihc
committee
nas
been
In
existence
uiv.e
Ocluojr
1031,
succeed
ing
the
committee
on
physical
re
qulrcmcnts
which
had
been
In
existence
for
some
years.
The
prcvl-
ou;
iiimittec
had
been
set
up
tj
determine
the
type
of
work
which
an
injured
employee
should
undertake
Later
this
was
extended
to
include
all
employees
who
became
phyalnally
unfit
because
of
injmles
:
wiyslna)
disablement.
The
committee
also
undertook
the
duty
of!
rehabilitating
these
men
at
employment
suitable
to
their
reduced
capacities
within
the
service
whei
possible.
During
the
twelve
years
which
have
elapsed
since
the
organization
of
the
rehabilitation
committee,
1142
Individual
cases
have
been
reviewed,
Of
the
total
number
of
individual),
399
retutned
to
their
former
work
to
continue
under
Proper
safeguards
and
475
lndlvld-ua
were
re-established
.
In
work
suitable
to
their
reduced
physical
apabilltles.
Thus,
874
Individuals
or
76
peicent
of
cases
presented
for
consideration,
have
been
placed
m
gainful
employment.
The
rehabilitation
committee
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
Is
composed
of
representatives
of
management
and
labor.
The
mem
bers
of
the
committee
arc
continu
ously
on
the
lookout
for
positions
which
can
be
filled
by
employees
who,
through
misfortune
by
accl
dent
or
ill
health,
find
themselves
unable
to
carry
on
at
their
regular
work,
In
this
plan
for
rehablllta
uon
the
committee
Is
receiving
0
ip'.'te
co-operatlon
from
the
prnillovlns
nfflrprs
In
nil
rienart.
ments
of
the
national
railways
and
from
the
representatives
of
the
'airway
labor
organizations.
ONE
WRITTEN
CHINESE
Although
many'dlfferent
dialects
are
snoken
In
China,
the
written
'n
Should
Be
I
Equality
-
OTTAWA,
Feb.
26
Oj
John
Dlefcnbacker,
Progressive
Con-
servatlve
member
for
Lake
Centre,
Saskatchewan,
said
In
the
House
of
Commons
that
the
Opposition
would
Insist
on
4-
equality
of
service
In
all
parts
of
Canada.
He
quoted
figures
provided
by
the
government
showing
percentage
of
enlist-
ments
to
total
population
4-
ranged
from
37.9
in
Nova
Sqo-
tia
to
9.6
in
Quebec;-
AN
APPEALS
BY
MAYOR
Importance
oi
Reserve
Emphasised
Will
Enlist
Himself
at
End
Of
Term
Addressing
a
statement
to
the
men
of
1'xinre
Rupert
between
the
ages
of
18
and
50
years,
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
said
today:
"To
you
will
fall
the
task
of
defending
this
port
in
the
event
of,
anv
attempted
invasion.
"Individual
effort,
although
ad
mirable,
is
of
little
avail
in
such
an
emergency.
"A
trained,
well-armed
force
is
vitally
necessary
if
we
are
to
have
any
defence
worthy
of
the
name.
"Such
a
force
Is
being
organized
the
First
Reserve
Battalion,
Prince
Rupert
Regiment.
If
you
are
in
reasonable
health
and
can
possibly
spare
two
evenings
per
week
you
should
join
this
unit
now.
The
training
is
interesting
and
offers
the
best
opportunity
of
meeting
our
obligation
to
the
community.
"Ml
be
with
yon
when
my
term
expires."
STALIN
IS
OPTIMISTIC
I
Tells
Sikorsky
That
Enemy
Will
Soon
be
Driven
Out
of
Both
Russia
and
Poland
MOSCOW,
Feb.
26
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
has
sent
a
message
to
Premier
Sikorsky
of
Poland
declaring
that
the
time
is
not
far
distant
when
the
hated
enemy
will
have
been
driven
out
of
both
Russia
and
Poland.
NUREMBERG
IS
RAIDED
Royal
Air
Force
Keeps
Assault
Going
With
Daylight
Attacks
on
Germany
Today
LONDON.
Feb.
26
tt)
Allied
bombers
kept
up
their
air
offensive
against
Germany
going
today
...
j
ii-i.
i
-tinilr
nn
tho
nnrt.h
wun
a
aayiisk
v"
German
coast
after
a
devastating
i1if
mi
Nnrmbem.
far
I
assault,
liiaw
ins"
In
central
Germany.
The
German
description
of
the
daylight
raid
gave
the
Impression
that
It
was
in
force.
The
Air
Ministry
announced
that
the
Nuremberg
Foray
cost
nine
planes.
Civilian
Nazis
11
ELcr-icfe
ArP
I
UlU
rdbClOlo
nlC
To
Leave
Greece
rownoM
Feb
26
All
German,
'and
mill
Italian
ikntinii
civilians
have
been
or
i
Local
Temper
vire
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Maximum
&
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
V
7:39
p.m.
to
8:08
ajn.
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-
XXXII,
oN.
48
,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
26,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
1
i
Allies
Wi
in
Ka
ssenne
21
SS
LLIED
BOMBERS
YANK
RAID
ON
NAPLES
Bombers
Based
on
North
Africa
Attack
Important
Italian
Ports
CAIRO,
Feb.
2Ct
UnltedStates
bombers
of
th
Middle
East
command
raided
the
Italian
harbors
of
Naples
and
Crctone
again
last
night.
INITIATIVE
IS
Regiment
Padre
Questions
Feasibility
of
Schemes
to
Meet
Post-war
Problems
Post-war
problems
and
some
of
the
projected
plans,
such
.
as
the
Bevcrldge
Plan,
which
have
been
'
advanced
to
meet
the
reconstruc
-
;
Hon
period
were
discussed
by
Capt.
W.
R.
Hullin,
paarc
oi
a
MannoDa
regiment,
In
speaking
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
at
luncheon
'
yesterday.
The
padve
questioned
the
feasibility
of
the
most
of
these
plan?
because
they
took
away
Individual
initiative
which
he
considered
necessary
to
the
development
of
any
person
or
nation.
He
mentioned
several
community
schemes
which
had
been
essayed
In
Canada
and
United
Stales
without
successful
results.
George
C.
Mitchell,
president
of
the
club,
was
In
the
chair
nnd
there
were
a
number
of
guests
as
well
as
a
good
attendance
of
members.
The
winner
of
the
Queen's
Fund
raffle
of
a
war
savings
certificate
was
Thomas
Troticr.
Court
of
Revision
Iir
1
r
111
Work
M
IS
IO
LOnClUdCd
vuuuuuvu
Municipal
Assessment
Roll
for'
Year
1913
is
Finally
Approved
This
Week
The
court
of
revision
on
the,
municipal
assessment
roll
for
the
year
1943
concluded
Its
work
this
week,
the
roll
being
finally
approved
after
some
further
properties
had
been
added.
Gerald
Dllley,
after
a
month's
visit
at
Blllmor
with
his
uncle
and
aunt,
Mr.
and
Mrs,
B.
F.
Mon;an.
left
last
night
for
the
south.
He
is
returning
to
his.
home
at
Mliv
...
.
.,
STRIKE
VT
SOUSSE
i
This
official
US.
Army
Air
Force
photo
;hows;
Alrview
of
Sousse,
important
Axis-held
Mediterranean
seaport
In
Tunisia,
after
a
visit
from
U.S.
Air
Force
bombers
recently.
Smoke
rising
from
bombed
objective
at
LEFT
casts
a
shadow
over
section
ct
Sousse,
while
at
LOWER
LEFT
direct
hits
on
pierhead
were
made
with
telling
effect.
AIR
FORCE
B
AD
NIGHT
9
j
Four
H.
C.
L.
F.
Men
Killed
and
Three
Missing
From
Same
Squadrlm
on
Fast
Coast
.
.
.,
,
.
HALIFAX,
Feb.
26
H.
-Fow
V
Canadian
Air
Force
fliers
were
killed
and
three
ae
missing
following
crashes
Wednesday
night
of
two
bombers
from
Dartmouth
air
station,
it
wag
announced
today.
One
aircraft
released
a
depth
charge
?iear
Charlottetown
when
It
ran
into
difficulties,
causing
an
explosion
which
shook
the
city
and
broke
windows
but
caused
no
injuries.
The
plane
later
crashed
after
three
members
of
thp
crew,
now
posted
as
missing,
had
parachuted.
Another
plane
from
the
same
squadron
of
four
crashed,
killing
all
four
members
of
the
crew.
Two
remaining
on
the
aircraft
landed
safely.
T)
IP
X
Iftf
ATf'
C
Ijjjj
W
fillVJU
LOSE
GAME
Detroit
Unable
to
Capitalize
on
Opportunity
to
Take
Hockey
Leadership
DETROIT,
Feb.
26
Vf
Detroit
I
Red
ed
Wings
lost
to
Montreal
Cana-
dlens
In
a
National
Hockey
League
!
fixture
here
last
night
and
Te
maiiied
In
a
tie
with
the
Idle
Bos
ton
Bruins
for
first
place
In
the
standing.
The
Canadlens
crept
up
to
within
one
point
of
the
fourth
place
Chicago
Black
Hawks
who
lost
to
New
York
Rangers
In
Chicago.
'
.
The
week-end
schedule
is
as
follows:
Saturday
Chicago
at
Toronto,
New
York
at
Detroit.
Sunday
Toronto
at
Montreal,
Dckolt
at
New
York,
Boston
at
Chicago.
Last
night's
scores:
Mussolini
Does
Not
Trust
Own
Followers
Now
ROME,
Feb.
26
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
so
distrusts
even
his
own
Blackshlrts
that
he
has
posted
a
guard
of
six
Germans
around
his
palace
In
Venice.
JI.RSKY
LARGEST
The
larrestof
the
Isl-
.
-,
...
Channel
.
.
.
Greece.
The
s
gnlfl-
neapons
oy
way
oi
Vancouver
,na,
anas.s
wnh
a
total
popu-Hons.
leave
Juase
the
same
i
all
dered
to
Jersey
I
pnnre
0f
the
order
Is
not
explained.
Seattle.
.
latlon
of
50,400.
.
CHURCHILL
IMPROVING
Prime
Minister
is
Still
Getting
Iletter
Idea
of
Small
War
Cabinet
Persists
LONDON,
Feb.
26
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
who
had
been
previously
described
as
suffering
from
acute
catarrh,
and
whose
illness
has
now
been
reported
for
the
first
time
as
being
pnelvnonia,
is
continuing
to
im-
I
nrrvf
A
critlciof'Mr.
Churchill
has
indicated
that
he
will
raise
in-
the
Hour
i
of.
Commons,
the
suggestion
;
that
a;
small
office
of
war
cabinet
;;houlJ
bwcstablished.
It
has'
been
jarguediithat
if
the
Prime
Minister
had
been
ill
for
a
long
period
it
would
have
been
"of
utmost
lm-!rort?nce
that
such
a
war
cab
inet
should
be
ready
to
take
over
the
reins.
A5RTRAFHC
IS
GREATER
!
M-
Mail,
Express
and
Passengers
Being
Carried
by
TransCanada
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
26
Twice
as
much
air
mall
was
carried
by
transCanada
Airlines
last
month
as
in
January,
1942,
and
more
than
three
times
as
much
air
express.
Figures
released
by
O.
T.
Lar-
scn,
vice-president,
show
the
mall
volume,
as
-278133
jxjunds
a$.
com,-
pared
with
128,103
pounds;
ex-
picfcs,
47,289
poinds
a3
compared
with
13,564
pounds;
8,003
passen
Ria
were
carried
as
against
5,811,
in
Increase
of
2,192.
JRGET0
PATRIOTS
French
and
Belgians
Urged
to
Refuse
Co-operation
to
Enemy
Invaders
LONDON,
Feb.
26
Leaders
of'
two
Allied
governments
In
cxils
I
have
sent
messages
to
their
p?o-
pie
urging
them
that
now
Is
the
time
to
refuse
all
co-operation
to
the
enemy
Invaders
and
do
everything
in
their
power
to
harm
them.
Such
messages
were
sent
by
General
Charles
DcGaulle,
leader
of
the
Fighting
French,
and
by
the
exiled
leader
of
the
Belgian
government.
SnvinO'
ifl
U1&
V'"'
fllTIPQ
To
Kitwanga
Some
of
the
Old
Timers
Say,
How-ever,
That
There
May
Still
Be
Snow-
KITWANGA,
Feb.
26
Spring
weather
has
arrived
two
months
ahead
of
time
In
the
Kitwanga
district.
This
is
the
earliest
It
has
come
in
the
memory
of
the
oldest
Inhabitants.
Salmon
are
being
caught
In
the
Kltwancool
River
and
black
bar
are
to
be
sighted
on
the
side
hills
at
the
back
of
the
village.
Wood
peckers
are
In
evidence.
Thp
sun
has
been
verv
wirm
and
the
ground
Is
almost
bare.
Ilowever.
some
old
timers
sav
that
there
will
be
more
snow
yet
and
that
It
may
be
deep.
NEW
S.
A.
JUDGE
H.
A.
Fagan
has
been
appointed
Judge
of
the
Cape
Division
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
South
Africa
In
succession
to
Justice
R.
It.
Howes
who
has
retired,
SMALL
CdUNTRY
An
automobile
driven
at
60
miles
an
hour
could
cross
the
Duchy
of
Luxembourg
In
34
minutes.
British,
Americans
and
French
Still
Drive
On
In
Tunisian
Campaign
Have
Assumed
High
Ground
in
Important
Gap
With
Gains
Elsewhere
Under
Great
Air
Support
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Feb;
26
(CP)
Allied
troops,
pushing
a
counter-offensive
in
Central
Tunisia,
have
recaptured
Kasserine
Pass
and
high
ground
on
both
sides
and,
follpwing
up
Marshal
Er-win
Rommel's
withdrawal,
also
have
advanced
ten
to
fifteen
miles
in
the
Sbiba
area
to
the
northeast,
Allied
IBULLfcMWb
!
CHARGES
LAXITY
VICTORIA
OnDositinn
.Leader
Harold
Winch
charged
in
the
Legislature
yesterday
that
"ex-
ti'aordinary
laxity"
had
been
shown
in
the
British
Columbia
government's
purchasing
system
and.
demanded
an
inquiry
into
the
system
with
"full
information
as
to
whether
money
was
bcinv
spent
under
political
machines
with
possibility
of
a
rake-
off
'to
the
machines."
THRONE
SrEECH
ADOPTED
OTTAWA
The
Throne
Speech
debate
ended
in
t'le
House
of
Commons
Thursday.
A
Progressive
-
Conservative
amendment
was
defeated
150
to
45.
Finance
Minister
llsley
tabled
estimates
for
the
fiscal
year,
beginning
April
1
calling
for
non-war
expenditures
of
$610,880,191.
ROOSEVELT
NOT
WELL
WAS
II
I
N
GTON
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
is
slightly
indisposed
with
an
intestinal
disorder.
NEW
DEPUTY
STEAKER
OTTAWA
J.
A.
Bradelte,
member
for
Cochrane,
Ontaiio,
was
yesterday
elected
deputy
sl'eak
f
Parliament
In
succes-
sion
to
Thomas
Men
who
has
been
appointed
to
the
Senate.
MORE
WAGES
SOUGHT
SEATTLE
Workers
of
two
large
flying
fortress
factories
tcok
three
hours
off
yesterday
to
vote
for
an
increase
in
basic
wage
rate
from
62
M
to
90c
per
hour.
RABAUL
HIT
AGAIN
.MELBOURNE
Allied
planed
for
the
fourth
successive
night
attacked
Rabaul,
New
Britain,
with
good
effect.
An
8,000-ton
aiicraft
tender
was
sunk
or
damaged
and
three
cargo
ships
damaged.
No
Change
In
Gandhi
State
Indian
Nationalist
Leader
Nearing
End
of
Twenty-one
Day
F'ast
Period
BOMBAY,
Feb.
26
CP
An
official
bulletin
today
said
there
was
no
change
m
the
condition
of
Monandas
K.
aanani
on
tne
sev-
cnieenth
of
nis
twenty-one
day
fast.
Attendants
of
Gandhi
now
believe
that
he
will
survive
the
fast."
BANK
CLERKSAT
WAR
Two
hundred
branches
of
Australian
banks
have
been
closed
to
release
manpower,
and
300
more
are
to
follow.
LONDON
FIRST
The
London
tube,
opened
in
1863'.
was
the
world's
first
subway
system.
headquarters
announced
today,
Sbiba
Is
thirty-three
miles
north
east
of
Kasserine
and
advance
of
Allied
patrols
in
that
sector
threat
ened
the
Axis
line
of
retreat
through
Sbeitla
and
Faid
Pass.
At
the
same
time
the
Allied
forces
made
a
successful
raid
fur-
ther
to
the
northeast
In
Bou
Arada
hrea
and
Allied
air'
forces
ranged
the
Whole
battle
zone.
ASKING
FOR
ROAD
NORTH
Mark
Connelly
Seeks
Connection
In
Speaking
Before
Legislature
VICTORIA,
Feb.
26
W
Mark
Connelly
Liberal
rognber
for
Om-Ineca
in
the
Legislature,
urged
completion
of
the
Manson
Creek
route
from
Flnlay
Forks
to
Gold
Bar
to
connect
with
the
Alaska
Highway.
Completion
of
the
road,
involving
one
hundred
miles
of
construction,
would
connect
with
some
three
thousand
miles
of
road
systems.
Mr.
Connelly
said
that
British
Columbians
living
In
cities
are
Indifferent
to
problems
of
the
north
country.
SEARCHING
FOR
PLANE
Details
of
What
Happened
to
United
States
Aircraft
in
North
Not
Known
Yet
EDMONTON,
Feb.
26
Q)
Pilot
John
Hart
of
Minneapolis
and
Copilot
Kenneth
Jones
of
Ellda,
Ohio,
both
civilians,
were
killed
in
the
crash
of
a
United
States
Army
plane
which
had
been
missing
In
jthe
north
country
since
Febru-
ary
5.
Found
at
the
scene
of
the
crash
after
nineteen
days
were
Staff
Sergeant
Edwin
Wllczynskl
of
the
United
States
Army
Air
Corps
and
Rupert
Alexander,
civilian,
whose
address
Is
unknown.
No
details
of
the
crash
or
rescue
are
available
and
the
search
Is
continuing
for
another
plane
missing
in
the
same
region
with
eleven
on
board.
Canadians
And
Britons
Leave
Two
Thousand
of
Them
Said
to
Be
on
Way
From
Japanese
Imprisonment
in
Orient
LONDON,
Feb.
26
The
London
Daily
Mall
reports
that
two
thousand
Britons
and
Canadians
who
have
been
prisoners
of
the
Japanese
in
the
Orient
are
now
on
the
way
to
Britain.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
10:30,
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
four
hours
late
which
would
bring
It
In
at
2:30
tomorrow,
morning.
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