Local
Temperature
ATLANTIC
AIR
ALERT
NEW
VOUK
The
Eastern
Defence
Command
Christmas
mint
nui
me
Alianilc
roast
on
an
alert
for
a.rrl
hnttra
lnt
at
II
III,
a
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IllUllj
-,
illlliai
aalgMt
Will
11
U
IU
not
materialize.
TO
TRY
HITLER
-
LONDON
Arrangements
aire
already
being
made
for
an
In
ternational
court
which
will
try
Adolf
Hitler
and
other
war
criminals.
The
English
langnage
still
be
used.
COMMANDO
RAID
BROKEN
UP
I,
Kit
LIS
It
Is
stated
here
that
a
British
commando
raid
on
the
French
coast
was
broken
up
with
the
killing
off
all
the
soldiers
who
participated.
ENORMOUS
BOMB
WEIGHT
LONDON
Two
hundred
thousand
tons
of
bombs
have
been
dropped
on
Germany
since
the
war
began,
100,000
In
the
last
seven
months.
PARTIZANS
PIERCE
RAILWAY
LONDON
General
Tito's
partlian
Yugoslav
forces
have
penetrated
the
Zagreb-Belgrade
railway
at
several
points.
NEW
BOMBING
DEVICE
LONDON
The
United
States
Eighth
Army
force
announces
that
It
has
developed
a
new-
bombing
technique
which
permits
accurate
bombing
on
objectives
even
In
the
thickest
of
visibility.
nearly
indicated
by
a
Dally
N'f
s
survey
of
representative
r
'
stores
Just
before
the
close
?
'he
pre
-Christmas
shopping
r
was
the
fact
that.
In
spite
(
f
aMemnJpfl
onvprnment
curbs.
nnhlln
Kivnl
mnre
monCV
I
year
than
it
did
last
year,
f
more,
the
public
was
in
od
o
spend
an
even
greater
if
there
had
been
goods
'
pend
it
on.
1
The
survey
also
revealed
that
the
public
taste
hail
wunjr
away
from
the
usual
'un
of
Christmas
fripperies
and
had
focuv.cd
on
more
expressive
articles
designed
for
durability
and
utility.
The
good
Incomes
which
were
id
by
most
families
dur-!r"
'he
last
year
are
credited
by
rchanta
as
the
factor
causing
thf
accent
on
quality
rather
115
n
price.
Nfost
people
have
managed
to
P'J
themselves
on
a
sound
;
In
the
past
year
and
they
!l
taken
this
opportunity
to
"n
things
that
they
really
'
led'
was
the
way
one
store
ironis
excep;
around
Jovtn
tn
White
Rasala
whete
the
Nazi:
are
making
repeated
counter
attack.
In
the
area
of
Kiev
a
fierce
battle
of
tanks
U
going
on.
The
Soviet
forcea
are
proceeding
with
their
enclrclemenf
of
the
Important
railway
town
of
Vitebsk.
The
Russians
have
forced
a
new
breach
of
Oerman
lines
before
Vitebsk,
Moacow
dispatcher
saying
the
Red
Army
had
bat
tered
to
within
five
miles
of
that
much
assaulted
foi
tress.
The
Red
Army
is
also
mena
cing
the
two
important
cities
of
Zhitomir
and
Korosten
after
having
made
an
iirroortant
breakthrough
in
the
Ukraine.
advancing
twenty-five
miles
In
a
single
day
and
fifteen
the
next.
The
Soviet
forces
are
only
ten
miles
from
Zhitomir
and
have
broken
the
Zhitomir-Odessa
railway
line
In
the
Kiev
area.
A
Iletce
battle
oi
tanks
is
going
on.
The
Nazis
have
been
counter
attacking
southwest
of
Jovln
in
White
Russia
but
have
been
held
by
the
Russians.
Cairn
Unveiled
In
Memory
Of
Private
Olsen
In
the
pretence
of
member
oi
an
unvario
umi
uic
ttnn
mandlne
officer
unveiled
a
cairn
to
the
memory
of
Ptc
Olson
who
was
killed
on
November
5,
1042.
The
calm
Is
situated
one
mile
south
of
the
Eleventh
Avenue
on
the
Oalloway
rapids
road,
rte.
Olsen
met
his
death
at
this
point
when
the
carrier
that
he
was
driving
left
the
road
and
went
over
the
embankment
.into
the
creek
at
tbc
narrow
bridge.
The
service
of
dedication
was
conducted
by
Oapt.
J.
W.
Sei-bert.
The
cairn
was
erected
by
non
commissioned
officers
and
men
of
the
Unit
at
their
own
expense
and
in
their
spare
time.
The
simple
but
beautiful
service
of
dedication
was
a
symbol
of
the
comradeship
that
exists
between
the
men
of
his
Majesty's
Forces.
CHRISTMAS
BUYIN
G
WAS
HEAVY;
QUALITY
DEMANDED
YuUtlfU
itiitlii
shnurd
In
crease
In
Spite
of
Many
Shortai.es.
keeper
analyzed
the
trend,
Increase
In
business
but
it
was
The
surge
toward
quality
buy-
not
that
great."
the
proprietor
lng
was
Impeded
by
ever
in-
of
one
store
stated.
"However
creasing
scarcities
and,
Indeed,
!
the
public
seemed
to
appreciate
It
could
not
have
enlovcd
UiCiBood
aualltv
this
year
while
scope
In
quantity
and
variety
which
has
existed
had
not
prudent
merchants
held
back
arti
cles
for
several
months
to
allow
something
extra
for
Christmas.
The
operator
of
one
clothing
store
said
that,
since
as
far
back
as
August
he
had
been
reserving
stock
In
anticipation
of
Christmas.
I
"It
was
a
good
thing
too
for,
without
the
extra
stock,
we
mloht
not
have
been
able
to
sjitisfv
nil
nur
customers."
he
said.
"As
It
was,
I
do
not
recall
ji
seeing
anyone
go
away
P-U,..
pard.
rprnrri.
ttnd
naDcr
Minted.
If
we
did
not
have
ex-,
,
u
ji
u.t
.nnH
fhov
precis
wua
0.wu
ilLklJ
Milan
ntaaivxu,
found
something
else
that
satis
fied
them."
He
said
his
business
was
almost
double
that
of
last
year.
;
Jewelry
stocks
were
said
to
.
.
.
.
I.
t
1
It
a.
j
they
could
afford
It.
The
Increase
In
the
sale
of
fur
garments
which
began
about
two
months
ago
was
said
to
have
taken
no
sudden
Jump
during
the
immediate
prc-Chrlstmas
buying
but
It
did
remain
steady,
with
sales
ranging
from
small
fur
pieces
to
expensive
fur
coats.
Shortages
In,
Christmas
decorations
and
the
complete
absence
of
mechanical
toys
were
reported
In
the
novelty
line.
A
leadlnE
store
which
sells
about
15
per
cent
mote
business
than
last
year.
They
had
ordered
double
the
stock
of
a
year
ago
and
had
received
less
than
half
what
they
ordered.
Lack
of
appealing
variety
was
their
dlf-
pcclally
silverware
and
china,
lltu,l-
with
wrist
watches
and
rings
the
"People
came
In
expecting
to
biggest
sellers.
One
store
had
or-
spend
$5
on
goods
and
left
dered
stocks
double
that
of
last
.
hay.
ht
about
50
cents
year
but
had
received
about
40
per
cent
more.
.
"We
figured
on
a
50
per
cent
.summed
up
by
the
manager.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
Dec.
29
Maximum
44
High
2
57
203
feet
14:40
23.0
feet
Minimum
38
Low
8:49-
8.7
feet
21:21
1.0
feet
,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No,
301
i
i
in
1
1
i
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
28,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
roL
U
-
-
i
WAR
NEWS
NAZIS
LOSE
BATTLESHIP
LONDON'
The
Admlraltr
annnunr
thai
k-
9aivaa.imm
m
fcu,vv
v
"ivu
littlethlp
Scharnhornt,
long
retarded
at
a
menace
to
shipping
In
the
North
Atlantic,
has
been
tttlon
b
the
Home
Fleet
while
protecting
nvoy
Sunday
af-
Irrnuvii
"
uu
ouu4j
nijin,
ine,
n.
ne
Seharnhorit
i
-
i
.
ii
.
-s.
r
sow.
tuiiiniiiru
in
i.rrnn.
ine
y'..
place
off
the
(,M
,orlh
t
ape
of
Norway.
Mot
of
the
p
fty.
-0
men
Ii
be-,fud
to
have
pcrhhcd.
Two
Hritlth
red
minor
fiEN.
MrXAITr.HTOV
Arm
in
command
nf
the
Canadlai
TON
I
I
?5i
BVX
A.
C..L
,
hat
an
overseas
ar.
A.
f.rt
account
of
re.
Ii
toon
he
Is
fit
to
travel,
he
will
return
to
?j?
4tieut.
.--
...,
tmn
ui
tii
ui
wir
v
Army,
trriici.
ill
iurcced
General
.McNauchton
uiih
iitar,nini'r
in
iin.
Hon,
General
.McNaufhton
Is
flfty-ilx
year
of
ate.
EISENHOWER
SUPREME
COMMANDER
LONDON
Announcement
Is
made
that
General
Dwltht
C
iittnhower
will
command
the
Allied
forces
being
massed
In
f.rltaln
to
attack
Germany
from
another
quarter
and
complete
be
encirclement
ef
the
Itelch.
Air
Chief
Marshal
Sir
Arthur
redder
has
been
appointed
deputy
to
Usenhower
as
command-r
in
thief
of
the
Allied
second
front
armies.
General
Sir
Ber-istd
Montfomery
will
command
the
British
forces
on
the
new
xeitcrn
front.
General
Sir
Henry
Maltland-Wilson
will
succeed
fitenhower
as
commander-in-chief
in
the
Mediterranean
and
irneral
Sir
Harold
Alexander
will
lead
the
Allied
armies
in
lily,
POUNDING
TRANCE
AND
GERMANY
LONDON
Three
thousand
Allied
planet
enrated
in
a
dav-
ilht
bombing
assault
of
Northern
France
and
Western
Ger-nany
Friday
follow
Inc
up
the
treat
raid
on
Berlin.
NAZIS
LOSING
IN
ITALY
A
Ui
I
FKS
Flchtlnr
In
snow
and
rain,
the
Flrhlh
Arm
In
1
talr
has
driven
forward
and
rinturrH
th
Hiiro
r
Vmml
three
miles
soulhnest
or
Ortona
and
the
rimri
m
rln
rtUI.
,
fa,
at
.
.
...
.
.
.
....
mn
11
nitrinr
in
uti
iarman
nut
nf
ii.inn,
taifk
ha.Kn.ii
it
Is
anoutired,
Ortona.
where
f'anad
am
and
r.rrmim
at
n.
raira
in
tireei
10
sireei.
nouse
10
house.
Is
the
centre
or
the
bom
sanguinary
ntniint
in
i
my.
ine
Canadian
are
driving
the
enemv
from
firmlr
entrenched
noiltlon
with
rlflM.
himn.
en.
nana
iirniari
ana
ininr
inrnurrt.
nrrnn,r
!
rn-av
-
"
lines
have
been
hcavilv
attacked
from
the
air.
End
of
European
War
By
1944
BATTLE
OF
RUSSIA
RED
ARMY
MOVES
ON
EVACUATING
ZHITOMIR
MOSCOW
The
Germans
have
commenced
the
evacuation
of
Zhitomir,
It
was
announced
today,
MOSCJW.
Dec.
28-The
Red
Army
la
driving
forward
on
all
BRITISH
TROOPS
MOVE
UP
IN
ITALY
'2X4XZZ?liiK--Zr
;-Wt
-AT..
-w
.
British
infantrymen
go
forward
on
a
road
north
of
Rlnero,
Italy,
getting
nearer
to
the
Sangro.
Oerman
winter
line
which
was
smas
;d
by
the
Eighth
Army
of
General
Bernard
L.
Montgomery.
CHRISTMAS
MESSAGES
KING
GEORGE
LONDON
In
a
Christmas
Day
address,
King
George
warned
the
British
people
of
harder
working
and
harder
fighting
still
to
come.
There
should
be
no
dreams
of
an
easy
victory.
;"
HIESIDEXT
ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON
In
a
Christmas
Day
broadcast,
President
Roosevelt
said
that
victory
for
the
forces
of
Peace
on
Earth
and
Goodwill
towards
Men
was
now
assured
but
there
would
be
long
and
hard
fighting
and
the
end
was
not
yet
in
sight.
pope
rius
LONDON
Pope
Pius,
in
a
Christmas
message
to
the
world,
prayed
that
"this
will
be
the
last
Christmas
of
the
war"
and
appealed
to
mankind
to
begin
planning
the
world's
reconstruction
and
a
peace
of
"Justice
and
honesty."
Hockey
Scores
Saturday
Montreal
S,
Chicago
1.
New
York
5,
Toronto
3.
ljundajr
Doston
4,.DettoU
New
York
7,
Chicago
6.
Paddy
Palner
Is.
Lieutenant
J
Mrs.
p.
I.
Palmer.
Fourth
Ave-nue.East,
is
feeling
very
pioud
,
odaj(
after
receiving
a
telegram
(tha
her
son
Patrick,
better
;
known
to
his
many
friends
as
rTajrtdy",
has
received
his
commission
in
the
Royal
Canadian
1
Navy
In
which
he
has
served
fnr.
seven
vpars
iJeut.
Paamer
Is
now'"6n
HftH
way
from
Halifax
to
Victoria
where
he
will
spend
three
days
visiting
with
his
wife
before
pioceeding
to
sea.
Germans
Using
Flame
Throwers
Against
Canucks
ALGIERS.
Dec.
28
O)
The
Germans
were
reported
today
to
have
turned
flame
throwers
on
Canadian
troops
of
the
Eighth
Army
who
were
battling
their
way
ai
bayonet
point
through
the
streets
of
Ortona.
(Subsequent
Oerman
Transocean
News
Agency
reports
said
that
the
Germans
had
evacuated
the
Adriatic
port.)
R
Edith
Mutrie
Is
Back
In
England
LONDON,
Dec.
28
0
Lieut.
Edith
Mutrie
of
Prince
Rupert,
daughter
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
L.
W.
Kergin,
was
among
39
nursing
sisters
who
have
returned
to
England
from
serving
in
the
rpntral
MpnltrranMn
iraf
th-
Slre.
They
wdaxoitrthelr
experiences
to
hospital
staffs
in
preparation
for
the
western
Sudden
Death
Of
Infant
Boy
The
tieath
occurred
suddenly
yesterday
afternoon
at
the
home
of
the
parents.
Fourth
Avenue
East,
of
John
Blake
Gibson,
Infant
son
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
J.
J.
Gibson.
The
child
was
nearly
four
months
old.
Dr.
and
Mrs.
Gibson
will
have
the
deep
sympathy
of
many
friends.
WHERE
ALLIES
MUDGEI)
THE
SWIRLING
VOLTURNO
'
X
.a-
?Wl'
.
.
-T;
rjgfr
A
view
of
the
Volturno
river
In
southern
Italy
where
the
swirling
muddy
waters
sweeping
past
the
two
pontoon
bridges
that
were
thrown
across
the
flood
swollen
stream
by
Allied
engineers
during
the
victorious
drive
of
the
Fifth
Army
against
the
Nazis.
The
dynamlte-shat
tercd
arch
Is
all
that
remains
of
one
of
the
rlv
er's
main
bridges,
blown
up
by
the
retreating
Germans.
Nevertheless
the
Allied
armies
get
across.
General
Eisenhower
!s
Optimistic;
Gives
Statement
For
Press
ALGIERS,
Dec.
28
(CP)--General
Dwight
Eisenhower,
newly
appointed
Allied
commander-in-chief,
made
the
prediction
yesterday
that
"we
will
win
the
European
war
in
1944."
He
emphasized,
however,
the
necessity
of
every
man
and
woman
from
front
line
to
tiny
hamlet
doing
his
or
her
utmost
duty
in
the
the
statement
In
a
farewell
press
conference
before
leaving
North
Africa
for
Oreat
Britain
to
make
his
new
headquarters.
AMERICANS
GO
ASHORE
Full
Scale
Invasion
of
Britain
is
Under
Way.
New
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
Dec
28
Unlter
States
forces,
heavily
supported
by
air
power
after
repeated
destructive
bombing
assaults,
made
a
full
scale
land
ing
on
Cape
Gloucester
of
New
Britain
during
the
Christmas
week-end
and,
at
last
reports,
were
advancing
into
the
Jungle
towa.d
Rabaul
against
limited
Japanese
resistance.
The
bombing
attacks
continue
without
let-up
as
the
parlnes
move
inland.
Light
and
medium
tanks
are
concentrating
on
Target
Hill.
In
an
aerial
battle
which
tock
place
during
the
landing
of
the
American
forces
on
New
Britain,
sixty
one
Japanese
planes
were
shot
down
with
the
toss
of
eight
American
mach-
says
that
a
destroyer
and
a
coastal
ship
were
lost
duiing
the
landings.
There
was
another
heavy
bon.olng
raid
by
United
Nations
planes
on
Cape
Gloucester.
New
Britain,
Christmas
Eve.
In
an
attack
on
Rabaul,
Allied
planes
shot
down
thirty
of
sixty
Japanese
interceptors.
Two
to
three
hundred
Japanese
barges
had
been
sighted
at
Rabaul.
Usk
Pioneer
Passes
Away
William
H.
Wilson,
a
pioneer
of
Usk,
who
had
been
in
the
employ
of
the
United
States
En-
i
glneerlng
Department
here,
died
this
morning
In
the
Acropolis
Hill
HospitaL
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SEASON
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7
Police
Report
Conditions
SatisfactoryOnly
a
Few
Drunks'
But
Three
Prisoners
in
Jail
City
police
report
one
of
the
quietest
Christmas
seasons
in
Prince
Rupert
There
were
jolly
crowds
on
the
streets
Christmas
Eve
including
a
few
inebriates
but
there
was
little
serious-
disorder.
Such
drunks
as
needed
attention
were
not
taken
Into
custody
and
there
were
only
three
prisoners
in
Jail
over
the
holiday.
The
police
authorities
admit
that
the
restrictions
on
sale
ot
liquor
and
beer
doubtless
had
a
beneficial
effect
on
maintaining
law
and
order.
Only
one
beer
parlor
was
open
Christmas
Eve
and
It
was
doing
business
only
for
a
couple
of
hours.
NoYuletide
Babies
Born
.
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i
-kU.
taVL.'.Maa
there
during
the
week-end,
the
symbol
of
the
manger
Bethlehem
went
unfilled
in
acuallty
duiing
the
Christmas
season
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hos
pltal.
Nor
was
there
any
other
emergency
to
mar
the
smooths
ness
of
the
routine
of
the
institution,
according
to
Mlsf
Odean
TambHn
RU.
superintendent.
The
hospital
had
a
Christmas
atmosphere,
howeyef
with
pretty
decorated
trees
-kt
wards
and
corridors
and
'gttts
for
patients
and
staff.
This
state
cf
affairs
allowed
the
staff
a
degree
of
freedom
frcm
anxiety
which
increjf.jsd
their
enjoyment
of
Christmas,
Miss
Tamblln
said,
and
shejfcd-ded
that
the
staff
hopes-for
a
continued
state
of
well-bein?
among
the
population
during
the
New
Year's
holiday.
oosevelt
Seizes
Railroads
Transportation
System
of
United
States
Given
Over
to
War
Department
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
23
(CP)
The
Army
took
possession
of
the
vast
railroad
system
of
the
United
States
Monday
night
after
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
ordered
the
seizure
so
that
j
transportation
of
war
materials
could
continue
irj
the
face
of
the
strike
threat.
The
President
ordereq
the
seizure
as
a
move
essential
to
the
prosecution
of
the
war
rates.
starting
immediately,
they
even
though
seventeen
of
twenty
wiu
get
a
nve
cents
an
hour
In
railroad
unions
had
abandoned
crease
In
addition
to
four
cent
plans
for
a
strike
December
30,
The
operation
of
the
railways
has
been
placed
In
the
hands
of
tlje
Secretary
of
War.
The
President
gave
immediate
wage
Increases
to
two
union
brotherhoods
of
locomotive
engineers
and
trainmen
and
awarded
them
a
week's
vacation
each
year
with
pay
at
basic
per
hour
Increase
in
basic
wages
previously
awarded
by
emergency
boards.
Philip
Murray,
president
of
the
United
Steel
Workers
of
America,
yesterday
called,
off
the
steel
workers'
strike
ori
the
understanding
that
any
'wige
adjustments
would
be
made