lie
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
49.5
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Minimum
32
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
9:32
to
5:4'
pjn.
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
97
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
APRIL
26,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
.A
Tu
iftn
Withdrawal
Conti
nuing
-J
Province
or
Dntisn
Increases
Purchases
of
Bonds
To
Six
Million
Dollars
Hart
VICTORIA,
April
26
Once
again
increasing
its
subscription
the
government
of
British
Columbia
has
subscribed
$6,000,000
in
Canada's
Fourth
Victor
Loan.
This
was
made
known
Saturday
by
Premier
John
Hart
after
receiving
a
visit
from
Senator
G.
H.
Barnard,
J.
W.
Rug-gles
and
F.
E.
Wihslow,
of
the
special
names
committee
'
1
1
'flf
thP
Vltnrv
T.non
fomnn
rt-i
TUa
MEATLESS
TUESDAYS
Order
Effective
May
4
Is
Announced
by
Wartime
Prices
Hoard
OTTAWA,
April
16
(CD-Meatless
Tuesdays
will
stall
in
all
Canadian
public
eating
places
on
Tuesday,
May
4,
the
War
time
Prices
'and
Trade
Hoard
announced
today.
The
ban
on
meat
will
apply
each
week
from
midnight
to
midnight
Tuesday.
"Meat"
Is
described
in
the
announcement
as
"any
edible
product
from
cattle,
calves,
sheep,
lambs
and
hogs."
Milk
and
milk
products
are
exempt
and
fish
and
fowl
may
be
served.
Dining
rooms
in
industrial
ramps
where
employees
doing
manual
labor
regularly
get
all
their
meals
are
exempt
from
the
order.
1
PROBING
DEFENCES
Luftwaffe
Tiansfers
Its
Activities
From
Heavily
Fortified
South
or
Hritaln
LONDON,
April
26
O)
Nazi
bombers,
apparently
probing
defences
around
Britain,
switched
their
attack
last
week
from
the
strongly
defended
southern
region:
to
Scotland
and
in
a
raid
caused
heavy
casualties
among
the
civilian
population
of
one
Scottish
district.
An
Air
Ministry
communique
merely
referred
to
a
Place
In
northeast
Scotland.
The
deen,
fourth
largest
city
of
Scot-Oermans
said
the
target
was
Aber-iand,
Island
Logger
Loses
His
Life
Elno
Sutelo
died
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
last
week
from
Injuries
sustained
when
he
was
struck
by
a
sapling
In
con
section
with
logging
operations
on
the
Queen
Charlnttn
Islands.
An
inquest
was
opened
before
Car-one)
Dr
R.
J.
MhcDonald
and
was
adjourned
for
a
week
pending
arrival
of
witnesses
from
the
Islands.
Sutelo
came
from
Edmonton.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Cascade,
10,500,
19.10c
and
17c,
Atlln.
Eileen,
50,000,
19c
and
17c,
Pacific
Atlas,
40,000,
19.10c
and
17c,
Whiz.
Chum,
10,500,
15.30c
and
17c,
Atlln.
Canadian
Skeeha
M.,
10,500,
20C
and
18c,
Storage.
Toodle,
14,000,
20.10c
and
18,
Booth.
Rellef,
18,000,
2t)c
and
18c,
Stor
age.
Tramp,
2i,ooo,
20c
and
18c,
Stor
age.
Percy
w.,
8,000,
20.10c
and
18c,
uuri,
bia
..urn
'
f
frn
rn
i
i
u,uuu,wu
wnicn
me
province
na3
subscribed
represents
a
substan
tial
Increase'
over
its
previous
sub
scription;
-On
eaeri'
of
the
last
two
occasions1
the1
government
In
vested
$5.0oo;ODO'so
that
with
the
miesi
suDscnnuori
trie
eovern-
ment
will
hold
$1,000,000
In
Vic
tory
Bonds
in
its
various
forms.
"This
Is
our
answer
to
the
appeal
made
by
the
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley
to
dig
deeper,"
Mr.
Hart
asserted.
"British
Columbia
is
Justifiably
proud
of
the
part
she
plays
In
the
nation's
war
program,"
Mr.
Hart
said.
In
each
successive
cam
the
people
of
this
province
been
foremost
among
the
other
provinces
In
subscribing
to
the
various
loans,
and
Mr.
Hart
felt
that
leadership
in
this
connection
should
come
from
the
government.
Consequently,
when
B.C.'s
quota
was
Increased
it
was
fit
and
proper
that
the
government
should
be
the
first
to
express
willingness
In
meeting
the
new
demand.
"As
the
war
progresses
the
needs
of
the
nation
become
more
pressing.
As
we
gather
our
strength
to
face
the
crucial
ordeal
the
need
for
reserve
strength
bEcomeaxevcrt.
greater,"
Mr.
Hart
pointed
out
in
a
general
appeal
to
citizens
to
Increase
their
subscriptions.
"During
the
last
three
and
a
half
years
the
dominion
has
been
building
up
its
navy,
army
and
air
force
against
the
time
when
the
decisive
offen
sive
would
begin.
In
the
meantime,
the
enemy
has
been
engaged
wherever
the
opportunity
presented
Itself.
"To
day,
however,
our
forces
have
changed
from
the
defensive
to
the
offensive.
Today
we
have,
a
strong.
highly
trained
navy,
army
and
air
force
awaiting
the
signal
to
leap
Into
action
In
the
establishment
of
a
second
front,"
Mr.
Hart
con
tinued.
"We
at
home
should
be
prepared
to
open
the
third
front,
the
frbnt
that
will
pour
into
the
coffers
of
the
dominion
treasury
millions
of
dollars
with
which
to
maintain
the
reserves
upon
which
our
forces
must-
draw
heavily
dur
ing
actual
combat.
"The
command
has
been
given
to
conduct
the
offensive
on
the
third
front,
and
I
am
sure
that
each
and
every
citizen,
that
every
corporation
and
firm
and
all
organizations
having
money
to
Invest
will
get
behind
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
campaign
and
put
It
over
the
top
Just
as
our
own
fighting
services
are
prepared
to
go
over
the
top
when
the
zero
hour
appioachcs,"
the
premier
declared.
We
have
been
warned
mai
me
signal
may
be
given
to
our
men
and
women
In
the
services
almost
any
time
now.
'Let
us.
then.
oacK
mem
up
with
all
we
have.
Let
us
Increase
nur
subscriptions
to
the
Victory
..
.
.i
-.t.t..M
..rill
nnt
Loan
so
tnat
me
uujrtvivu
i
only
be
reached,
but
surpassed..
TOO
STRONG
FOR
ATTACK
Tokyo
Speaks
of
Its
Defences
In
Aleutians
ana
soiomoiis
TOKYO,
April
20
A
Japanese
government
spokesman
says
that,
as
a
result
or
mcasuies
the
Aleutians
and
Solomons,
the,
defences
are
so
strong
that
enemy
attack
from
those
quarters
Is
not
now
feasible.
PURCHASES
FIRST
BOND
Bruce
Mickleburgh
Staits
Victory
Loan
Purchases
The
first
Fourth
Victory
Loan
bond
sold
in
Prince
Rupert
was
to
Bruce
Mickleburgh
who,
on
the
eve
of
his
departure,
lodged
'his
Application
at
unit
headquarters.
First
Chinaman
on
the
Canadian
National
system
in
this
division
to
purchase
was
J.
Lim,
steward
on
the
superintendent's
car,
who
pur
chased
$200
worth.
Early
reports-
from
the
services
and
the
civilian
population
show
gratifying
response
on
the
opening
day.
The
Air
Force
achieved
Its
quota
53
minutes
after
books
"d
William
C.
Behnsen
was
the
first'
purchaser
at
Stewart.
Calling
Up
Old
Men
and
'Young
Boys
BERLIN!.
April
26
Germany
is
calling
up
veterans
of
the
last
war
and
young
boys
for
military
training
to
provide
reinforcements
for,
the
Nazi
army.
Kiska
Is
Attacked
"r
;
WASHINGTON,
D.C
April
26
A
United
States
Navy
communique
reports
renewed
hnmhlmr
of
Klska
In
the
Aleu-
JOHN
W.
BEATON
Senior
Secretary
of
Y.M.C.A.
war
services
at
home
and
abroad
'
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
on
Friday
on
Inspection
and
will
leave
Tuesday
for
Terrace.
FIGURES
ON
SHIP
LOSS
NOT
RIGHT
.
Secretary
of
ttavy
Knox
Denies
That
Allies
'Have'
Been
Losing
Million
Jtons
Monthly
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
April
26
O)
,
e-
4Via
M,vv
.
Frank
otuicai
jr
"
'
j
1
Knox
declares!
that
there
Is
obvi-
.ous
error
in;
jne
benai
commu-
tee's,
report
c.Rhlpbuu4ing
and
heavy
ship
losses.
Mr.
Knox
said
j
that
Allied
ship
construction
In
1942
actually
exceeded
sinkings.
some
"unauthorized
and
uninform-
cd
source
because
the
true
figures
have
never
been
given
out."
NEWS
tlan
islands.
No
details
are
1
The
sinking
loss
figure
of
one
given.
Bombing
attack
on
the
million
tons
per
month
given
In
Japanese
base
at
Munda
in
the
the
committee
report
was
Mran
firp
bribed
bv
Knox
as
coming
from
and
caused
a
heavy
explosion.
.
WAR
T
LEADER
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
Pushing
the
Germans
back
six
miles,
the
Americans,
with
the
Fighting
French
co-operating,
have
.launched
an
offensive
on
the
northern
front
in
Tunisia
after
marching
through
the
rough
mountain
country
from
the
central
front
where
the
British
First
Army
hasjipw
taken
over
and
is
also
pressing
on
the
Axis
forces.
With
the
Allies
on
the
attack
everywhere
in
Tunisia,
the
Eighth
Army,
advancing
another
seven,
miles
from
En-fidaville,
is
also
pushing
ahead
from
the
south
to
complete
the
ring
designed
to
force
the
Axis
out
of
North
Africa
into
the
sea.
General
von
Arnim
has
succeeded
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel
as
commander-in-chief
of
the
Axic
forces
in
North
Africa
and
special
relief
forces
have
arrived
from
Germany,
indicating
hard
resistance.
BRITONS
EXECUTED
LONDON
The
execution
of
United
Spates
airman
in
Japan
has
been
paralleled
by
the
slaughter
in
cold
blood
of
British
prisoners
taken
by
the
Japanese
in
Burma,
it
has
been
revealed
in
London.
TWO
ADMIRALS
LOST
WASHINGTON
It
has
just
been
revealed.that
two
Japanese
admirals
were
filled
in
the
Battle
of
Midway
last
summer
when
an
enemy
aircraft
carrier
was
destroyed
by
the
United
States
Navy.
RUSSIAN
AIR
BATTLES
MOSCOW
Principally
air
battles
were
reported
from
the
Russian
front
at
the
week-end.
NAZIS
OVER
ICELAND
,
REIKAVIK
A
Qerman
plane
was
shot
down
off
the
coast
of
Iceland
Saturday
as
the
capital
"city
of
Reikavik
.had
a
twenty-five
minute
alarm.
NAPLES
IS
BOMBED
AGAIN
CAIRO
Naples,
important
southern
Italian
sea-nort,
has
been
bombed
again
by
the
Royal
Air
Force,
shipyards,
steel
plant
and
railway
station
being
struck.
BULLETINS
BREAK
WITH
FINLAND
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
"There
is
no
information"
at
the
State
Department
as
yet,
it
was
stated
today
in
regard
to
a
report
from
Stockholm
that
United
States
was
about
to
break
off
diplomatic
relations
with
Finland.
SWEDEN
RESISTS
GERMANY
STOCKHOLM
The
Swedish
government
has
warned
Germany
that
it
Will
strike
back
if
its
neutrality
is
not
icspected.
A
second
protest
has
been
sent
to
Rei.m
against
the
attack
on
a
Swedish
submarine
as
well
as
ajainst
the
sowing
of
mines
by
Germany
in
Swedish
territorial
waters.
EASTER
IN
MOSCOW
MOSCOW
Itussian
women
shopped
in
Moscow
stores
Saturday
for
extra
supplies
of
flour
and
sugar
for
Easter
cakes.
Churcher
were
crowded
for
the
Easter
services.
However,
the
icalities
of
war
were
not
overlooked
and
there
were
extra
air
raid
r
recautions
while
gas
masks
were
being
checked
up.
CANADIANS
FROM
RUSSIA
i
LONDON
Canadian
airmen
ate
back
in
London
after
service
in
Russia
with
the
Royal
Air
Force.
They
aie
loud
In
their
praises
of
the
Russians
as
fighting
men.
SHir
SINKS
AT
NEW
YORK
KT.W
YORK
A
large
merchant
.
vessel
was
sunk
in
Jn'e
w.
-A'ork
harbor
after
having
taken
fire.
For
a
time
it
was
feared
it
would
blow
up
as
it
was
loaded
with
explosives.
,
TO
RELEASE
LUMBER
OlTAWA
Supplies
of
lumber
for
private
building
in
British
Columbia
will
be
hade
available
May
15,
the
Department
of
Munitions
and
Supply
announces.
COMPLETING
HIGHWAY
EDMONTON
Brigadier
O'Connor
of
the
United
States
Army
announces
that
the
Alaska
Highway
will
be
completed
this
summer
including
the
gravelling.
Traffic
has
been
moving
over
the
road
for
some
time.
STAYING
WITH
STRIKE
DRUMHELLER
Miners
in
the
Drumheller
coal
mine
voted
515
to
294
yesterday
against
returning
to
work.
LOS
ANGELES
ALERT
LOS
ANGELES
Los
Angeles
had
a
56-minute
air
raid
alert
from
8:30
to
9:26
last
night.
The
all
clear
was
given
after
targets
had
been
identified
as
friendly.
EFFICIENCY
QUESTIONED
VANCOUVER
"Inefficient
management"
is.
charged
by
2,500
employees
of
the
Boeing
aircraft
plant
heie
who
have
asked
for
a
royal
commission
to
investigate.
STRIKE
IS
NOW
OVER
Work
Resumed
at
Ford
Motor
Co.
Plant
at
Windsor
WINDSOR,
Ont.,
April
28
KB
Shutdown
of
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
plant
which
tied
up
five
Industries,
causing
unemployment
of
about
17,00d
workers,
was
ended
Sunday
when
five
thousand
members
of
the
United
Automobile
Workers
of
American
(Committee
on
Industrial
Organization)
voted
to
return
to
work.
The
comkpany
agreed
to
company
terms
of
immediate
arbitra
tion
of
grievances.
Axis
Still
in
Retreat
All
Over
North
Africa;
von
Arnim
Fighting
Out
Evidence
is,
However,,
That
it
is
Only
Delaying
Action-British,
Americans
and
French
All
Moving
Ahead
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
26
(CP,)
Axis
tyoops
were
reported
in
retreat
today
on.
the
northern
section
of
the
Tunisian
front
and
there
were
indications
that
the
mountainous
west
wall
was
finally
'giving
way,,
Even
as
a
field
dispatch
said
that
mc
yjmiqjio
;4iayi
tucfeUU
WlUlUIrtWUlg
lTUm
pOSlUOnS
DC
'
lore
Old
Aircraft
Carrier
Sunk?
NEW
YORK,
April
26
OO
The
German
radio
claimed
Sunday
night
that
the
14,500-
ton
American
aircraft
carrier
Ranger
was
sunk
by
a
.Ger-
man
submarine
in
the
North
Atlantic.
There
was
no
con-
flrmatlon
from
any
Allied
sources.
The
Ranger
Is
one
of
the
older
type
of
aircraft
car
riers,
having
been
commissioned
:
in
1923.
:i
WAS
LARGE
I
fm
ftlwy
4
f
T
TSi
Great
Tarade
Ushers
In
Victory
Loan
Campaign
Largest
spectacle
of
its
kind
ever
held
in
Prince
Rupert
was
the
i
military
parade
yesterday
-afternoon
which
ushered
in
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
drive.
All.
the
local
services
were
well
represented
and
there
were
two
regimental
band3
and
two
bugle
bands.
Large
crowds
lined
the
streets
on
the
line
of
march.
The
Sea
Cadets
band
led
the
parade
which
included
representation
from
the
United
States
Army
as
well
as
the
Canadian
Navy,
Army
and
Air
Force.
The
local
Sea
I
Cadet
Corps
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Machine
Gun
Regiment
participated
and
made
a
good
show
ing:
11
An
"Interesting
feature
were,
the
floats
which'
included
one
by
the
B.C.
Bridge
'and
Dredging
Co.
de
picting
Hitler,
MMssolinl
and
Hlro-jhlto
suspended
frdm
jlbbets,'
the
'
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
illustrating
shipbuilding
Industry,
the
Red
Cross
Women's
Corp
showing
hospital
service
and
the
Prince
Ru-jpert
Chinese
Association
with
a
patriotic
float.
.There
was
a
March
Past
the
Federal
Building
where
Group
Captain
W.
D.
Gordon,
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
took
the
salute.
The
saluting
officer
was
accom
panied
by
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts,
Col.
W.
Nlcholls,
chairman
of
the
Victory
Loan
Committee,
and
officers
commanding
various
services.
Oeorge
W.
Crlpps
was
parade
chairman
and
Capt,
John
James,
parade
adjutant.
May
Close
Down
Aircraft
Plant
Unauthorized
Rest
Terlods
of
Stoppages
Not
to
be
Permitted
In
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
April
26
Notices
have
been
posted
at
the
Boeing
aircraft
plant
stating
that
it
will
be
closed
on
instructions
from
Ottawa
If
unauthorized
rest
periods
or
stoppages
continued.
United
States
forces
this
morning,
headquarters
announced
that
French
forces
between
the
First
and
Eighth
British
armies
had
won
five
mountains
without
heavy
opposition
and
wiped
out
a
German
salient
that
poked
dangerously
into
Allied
lines.
A
military
spokesman
said
that
Colonel
General
von
Arnim
wa3
known
definitely
to
have
committed
most
of
his
armor
to
fight
it
out
against
British
tanks
which
penetrated
a
narrow
plain
east
of
Goubellat
between
the
French
and
American
sectors.
The
spokesman
Said
that
this
wa3
a
"vital
area."
The
possibility
of
a
British
breakthrough
in
the
Goubellat
sector
which
slash
a
path
between
the
Tunls-Bizerte
area
and
tha
Axis
secondary
southern
defence
line
based
at
Pont
de
Fans,
Zoug-r
han
and
Bou
Flcha
may
have
ln-lluenced
von
Arnim
to
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LONDON,
April
2G
(CP)
Russian
troops,
taking
the
offensive,
have
seized
mountains
rimming
Novorossisk,,
last
major
German
base
in
the
Caucasus,
the
Berlin
radio
acknowledged
Sunday
night
and
Russian
communiques
said
the.
the
Red
Aimy
had
Improved
its
positions
In
the
Caucasus.
Eighteen
German
planes
were,
destroyed
in
combat
over
the
Caucasus.
Soviet
ships
operating
oft
the
Caucasian
coast
sunk
a
Nazi
submarine.'
Banks
and
Offices
Stay
Open
Today
A
precedent
was
established
by
the
banks
today
by
being
open
for
business
on
Easter
Monday.
Government
offices
are
open
today
as
Is
also
the
iCty
Hall
which
took
both
Friday
and
Saturday
as
holidays.
Stores
of
the
city,
with
the
exception
of
butcher
shops,
are
closed
today.
BASEBALL
SCORES
SATURDAY
American
League
Chicago
3,
St.
Louis
1.
Cleveland
3,
Detroit
2.
Philadelphia
7,
Boston
6.
New
York
1,
Washington
National
League
St.
Louis
2,
Cincinnati
1.
Brooklyn
11,
Philadelphia
4.-
New
York
4,
Boston
3.
Chicago
6,
Pittsburg
3.
SUNDAY
American
League
Cleveland
4-1,
Detroit
1-4.
New
York
7,
Boston
1.
St.
Louis
5.
Chicago
1.
Washington
12-5,
Philadelphia
2-0.
National
League
Pittsburgh
6,
Chicago
2.
Boston
8,
New
York
3.
St.
Louis
1,
Cincinnati
0.
'
Philadelphia
3,
Brooklyn
2.