local
Temperature
ro
XXXII
No.
z
ONE
TASK
DONE
47
37
Army
as
a
Vholc
the
rkrd
passing
of
the
,n
stage"
and
a
coiue-nkmg-down
and
read-
of
organisation,
a
two-corps
army
of
'antry
divisions,
two
ar-
-Ions
and
two
army
wo.
in
order.
That
u.
gradual
lowtng-down
.pcrnUoM.
Men
will
p.
dM
t
replace
battle
.
and
those
who
drop
ugh
age
sickness
and
but
not
to
nil
new
dl-;.;:d
formations.
Inductions
at
Home
:
proved
war
outlook
also
-.
4ble
reduction
In
the
war
establishment.
The
fl'h
rtivi.-.f-ns
were
dls-
i
und
the
6th
was
rcor-
into
three
brigade
apabie
of
independent
These
change
threw
'
r
into
the
relnforce-
rcam
for
overseas
and
'
ompenxatc
for
a
gradual
ir
recruiting
since
the
'he
year.
i
of
men
under
the
Na
Canadians
In
Streets
Of
Ortona
Monday
following
heavy
arUllery
bombardment
and
supported
by
tanks.
Better
Lights
Around
School
The
city
council
Monday
,
frkjadea
OTerseaa
toe
au
tvtfM.
ulUfr
same
dteetassien.
re?
dc
mod
no
runner
ex-
ferrrd
to
rht
utilities
committee
with
power
to
act
the
matter
of
mine
tag
for
the
pulling
in
cf
better
lighting
aiound
the
premise
of
Booth
Memorial
School.
A
better
from
the
board
I
of
school
trustee
suggested
that
ti
the
expenditure.
CRASH
OF
AIRCRAFT
Resources
MobllUaUon
i
'
ued.
the
only
change
official
Statement
Regarding
a
lowering
of
the
callable
Accident
Sunday
Night
13
and
Inclusion
of
mar-;
up
to
30,
In
the
crash
of
an
aircraft
in
b:iis
of
cxpertem-
and
prince
Rupert
harbor
last
Sun-
n
the
civilian
man-
day
evening,
Pilot
Officer
E.
J.
ortage.
the
army
late
Fereday
JZ7l8l).
lost
nis
me.
ar
set
a
top
limit
of
The
other
members
or
;irw
recruits
except
for
crew
of
the
aircraft,
were
ussians
Are
inadian
Army
Gets
Into
ar
on
Two
Fronts
Now
Lations
in
10
W
Marknl
by
Activities
in
Europe
And
Pacific
i
ear
of
Readjustment.
By
FRANK
FLAHERTY
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
i
TTAWA,
Dec.
22
(CP)
-
The
fourth
year
of
the
Canadian
Army
concrete
results
to
or
hrce
years
of
mobilizing,
training,
wait-r
a
sing
men
and
materials.
The
results
in
i
army
shared
glory
and
sacrifice
vi'h
id
American
forces
were
the
conquest
oi'
render
of
Italy
and
:if
a
large
part
of
mainland,
and
occult
;ka.
last
Japanesc-
on
the
American
Pacific.
f
the
lit
division
In
z.
:
'he
British
8th
Army
1
opening
of
long-hw.
vale
offensive
op-'
i
the
Canadian
Army.
,
had
been
training
tbilizatlon
In
Bcptem-b.it
the
fortune
of
rV
iMons
of
the
high
'
aligned
ltrith
the
.
,idian
Army
growing
to
a
defensive
role
K
ka
ftperatlon
unlU
r
it
ir
command
lolned
ran
troops
They
en-'
no
opposition
because
sr
had
slipped
away
r
of
fog.
but
the
oped
Auuka
and
North-ida
from
a
danger.
Vngeance
On
Anglo-Saxons
LONDON,
Dec.
22
O
The
Berlin
radio
declared
today
that
as
a
result
of
the
Khar-
kov
trials,
"German
military
courts
presently
will
deal
,
with
Anglo-Saxon
prisoners
who
are
accused
of
having
committed
grave
violations
of
International
law."
NAVY
LEAGUE
DRW
!S
ON
Ticatiire
Chest
Camnalcn
Now
Centred
In
Prlnre
Itupert.
Bv
LIEUT.
DON
ADAMS
Never
before
In
thehUtory
of
the
maritime
world
has
a
Navy
grown
so
rapidly
as
that
of
ALOIER8.
Dec.
22
O
Cana-
Canada,
dlan
First
Division
troops
of
Never
In
so
short
a
period
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
yes-
existence
has
a
young
Navv
terday
slugged
It
out
with
Oer-
achieved
such
a
reputation
for
mans
In
the
streets
of
Ortona,
efficiency,
small
Italian
port
on
the
Adri-
when
thla
war
broke
out.
atlc.
Allied
headquarters
an-
Canada's
Navy
consisted
of
six
nounced
today.
destroyers
and
half
a
dozen
The
Canadians
entered
the
other
small
cralt.
Today
her
port,
eastern
anchor
of
the
Oer-
mnM
are
manning
more
than
500
man
line
guarding
Pescara.
on
ships
and
there
are
some
70.000
of
them
In
the
service.
I
Taking
no
small
part
In
the
building
of
this
fine
Navy
is
the
Navy
League
of
Canada
which
sponsors
the
maintenance
of
Sea
Cadet
Corps
across
Canada.
8tarted
in
1918
to
perpetuate
the
traditions
of
the
Navy
and
merchant
service
by
giving
elementary
training
to
Canada's
youth
the
Sea
Cadets
have
come
a
Jong
way.
Slnre
then
nearly
30.000
bovs
have
passed
through
the
corps
and
emerged
competent
seamen.
This
year
some
5.-000
ex-Sea
Cadets
are
on
active
iservir.
Stil
rarrv
on
tht
snlendid
work
the
and
a
he
trimmings.
For
sup-
thu
be
done
as
a
deterrent
to
!
Navy
League
is
making
a
special
per
turkey
and
creamed
toast.
a
wave
of
window
breaking
and
j
membership
drive.
!
juiglartilng
whlnh
has
been
!
Tonight
at
the
Capitol
Thea-
n
D
f
going
on
at
the
school,
the
sur-
;trc
between
the
regular
feature
TOmier
I
rdMCr
01
roundln
of
which
are
now
prcentaUon.
R.
M.
Wlnslow,
1
i
rather
dark.
AW.
McKay
nd
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
h
mtlPP
lmniKnnPf1
AW.
Elliot
would
have
had
the
Navy
League
wtlllntroduce
Com-
1
1
am-c
iOUHCU
matter
icferred
to
the
commit-1
mandcr
C.
M.
Crce.
naval
officer
Tom
Howarth,
who
Is
person
nel
manager
for
the
Burrard
Shipyards
In
North
Vancouver,
will
also
be
present.
Mr.
Howarth
Is
taking
time
off
from
his
regular
duties
to
make
a
tour
of
Uie
province,
accompanied
by
two
naval
ratings
lent
by
H.M
CS.
Discovery.
He
has
aVranged
to
have
the
famous
mystery
ichent
displayed
on
the
stage.
(This
chest,
which
actually
con
tains
items
to
the
value
of
$15.-
ine
TOO
is
the
first
prize
to
be
drawn
by
someone
who
has
lolned
th"
3
s
ncfore
that
vol-
Sgt.
R.
O.
Duckwortn,
tj
w.
iPacuc,
other
priies
uos-
fTAn
pltal
or
the
Prince
Rupert
Mill-
U
ftU
J
(Jf
tary
jiosjjiuu.
The
next
of
kin
have
been
1
advised.
i
Are
Charged
With
Robbery
Thomas
Scully
and
William
Ryall
appeared
before
Magls-t:nte
W.
D.
Vance
In
city
police
court
this
morning
for
prelim-
BOMBINGS
totalling
bad
been
accepted
up
M.
Oarnett.
WOZ
J.
Kanonowicz.
$500o
will
be
offered.
1
-inple
men
had
been
,
PO
J.
S.
Lindsay.
FO
II.
W.
Mc-'
standing
guard
by
Uie
chest
"
tip
to
40.
jCallum.
Sgt.
J.
C.
Skelton.
FO
wm
ordinary
Seaman
Dour
In'roductlon
of
the
"Pul-
D.
K.
Smith,
Sgt.
J.
W.
Spratt.
la!(
Robertson
and
Ordinary
Sea
iMc"
system
of
medical,
it
Is
believed
that
the
Injuries
man
Don
Woodruff
as
well
as
a
more
accurate
meth-jot
these
personnel
arc
very
a
DeVy
of
attractive
Pirate
'sng
physical
fitness
"i
slight.
Some
have
been
released
GtrjSi
adopted.
Now
men
arc
'
from
hospital
and
otners
are
in
l
on
seven
counts
and
cither
cither
the
the
R.OA.F.
R.ujv.r.
Station
station
Hos
rate
grade
2
on
all
to
ptablc.
In
divisional
com-nvrrseas
and
In
some
mmands
In
Canada
oc-The
most
notable
was
?
of
MaJ.-Ocn.
Guy
SI-S'
to
an
armorci
division
m
.bly
the
5th
Division
fading
the
1st
Division
;
Sicily
and
into
Italy,
r:
motion
of
youthful
Brig.
V'.ikex
of
Kingston,
Ont.,
-i
the
1st
DlvUlon
with
;
of
major-general.
Kound-the-Clock
Offensive
Being
Maintained
by
Royal
Air
Force.
LONDON,
Dec.
22
?
Royal
Air
Force
mosquito
'bombers,
maintaining
the
round-the-clock
mm
1
1
L
.
T
1
-
inary
hearing
on
a
charge
ot
oncnsive
against
mc
nam.
robbery
w)th
violence.
It
Is
al-
j
blasted
uiwpecifled
ogjcctlves
In
legtd
that
they
took
a
poem
western
uermuny
last
hih.
'he
conclusion
of
the
Afrl-W
contain!
a
sum
.1
'
mon-
Air
Ministry
announced,
and
from
Jonn
wcric
an
n-'id.
ampalgn.
Winston
Chur-
ey
"One
continent
atployee
cf
the
Northern
con
a
1
ha
been
cleansed
and
structlon
company,
late
Tuesday
'1
1
I
fi
tnm
m
T-t
I
t
affArnnnn
fill
Second
Avenue.
yn
pvpr
i
mm
riisrit
nit
v..
r
Nuzl
tyranny."
The
hearing
b
proceeding.
shortly
after
daybreak,
new
streams
of
Allied
planes
headed
across
the
Channel
in
the
direction
of
Northern
France
for
the
third
consecutive
dayj
charge
of
treason.
ers.
I.ISRAHY
CANADIAN
SOLDIERS
WATCH
FOR
HUNS
Canadian
anti
lank
gunucrt
are
iiuw:i
italv
on
uir
alert
.test
alertness
oi
coast
aeiences.
for
word
and
sight
of
German
armored
vehicles.
Infantry
were
about
to
advance
along
the
road
on
the
ritht
toward
German
position?
on
the
first
hill
In
the
background.
Germans
were
also
in
position
among
the
cluster
of
It&ilun
larm
nomes
at
the
bottom
of
the
hill.
!
Turkey
For
Army
Fatal
Crash
In
On
Christmas
Day
Skeena
River
CHICAGO.
Dec.
22-rAmerican
otc
U.C.A.F.
Man
Killed
Near
soldiers
In
training
camps
and
at
the
front
will
have
35
million
pounds
of
turkey
for
Christmas,
reports
Colonel
Henry
R.
Mc-Kenzle.
director
of
the
army
quartermaster
depot
here.
The
master
menu
calls
for
To
ri
fnrii
in
order
to'
Christmas
dinners
with
turkey
JIaitltoa
rlan-
From
Smith!
tee
for
report
to
the
new
city
:m
charge
of
the
Prince
Rupert
ALGIERS,
Dec.
22
Pierre
test
against
a
decision
to
accept
ronncll
without
committing
it
arca
who
will
speak
briefly
on
Flandln,
a
former
Premier
of
a
seat
on
the
council
of
the
Gen-
behalf
.of
the
Royal
Canadian
France,
nas
been
piacca
in
mm-
erai
Assemoiy
oi
unitarian
Navy.
itary
prison
in
Algiers
on
a
Churches
and
thus
become
a
denominational
college.
CANADIANS
EXAMINE
GERMAN
RUN
NtiRTJILRN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
CQLpi
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
R1NCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
WEDNESDAY)
fliMijER;
j943
eaaM
Hi
ii
mi
inn
e
-e!fmi,JLiini
i
tx-iij
IJ
p.
j-e
i
urging
Mr.
Maynew
said
mat.
Que
to
conflicting
reports
concerning
J
the
shelling
by
a
vessel
of
Canadian
registry
which
caused
a
J
twenty-rour
alert,
he
win
ass
the
Department
of
National
De
fence
for
an
official
statement
to
clarify
the
situation.
Military
authorities
have
de
clined
to
name
the
vessel
which
In
target
practice
threw
shellf
within
one
hundred,
yards
of
a
military
Installation
on
Van-
ftpwrt
r.finfi
-
-
-
Meanwnue
mystery
in
connecUon
with
the
of
the
west
coast
of
Van-
HAZELTON.
Dec.
22
A
plane
couver
l8iana
when
the
master
from
the
Smlthers
airport
crash-
0f
the
coastal
vessel
which
was
ed
In
the
Skeena
River
near
j
eenerallv
suspected
to
have
been
?.
Car
cf
the
Royal
Canad-
the
one
involved
denied
respon-in
Air
Force
men
on
board
was
slbllity
in
connection
with
the
billed.
!
shelling
and
said
there
was
no
'
gunnery
practice
from
his
ship
RESIGNS
AS
TRUSTEE
at
the
time
the
shells
fell.
-
I
The
matter
Is
being
further!
investigated
and
It
is
learned:
i
OXFORD.
Eng.
O-Dr.
L.
P.
Jacks,
83.
former
principal
0i;'ii'v'
Manchester
College
here,
has
i
w
aPPr
b,efore
a
naval
board
resigned
as
a
trustee
as
a
pro-
!of
investigation.
BIG
STRIKE
IS
LOOMING
Still
No
Success
in
Reaching
Settlement
of
Dispute
Which
May
lead
to
U.
S.
RaU
Tie-Up
Local
Tides
Thursday,
Dec.
23
High
10
21
20.1
feet
23:11
17.6
feet
Low
3:51
8.8
feet
17:01
6.0
feet
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Forward
arNi;;;Xr'
Baltic
Army
Is
I
Percent
Of
t
Taxes
Paid
Test
Defences,
4
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
an-
t
nounced
to
the
city
coun-
cU
a?
its
meeting
Monday
night
that
city
tax
collect-
ions
for
the
year
to
date
had
reached
ninety-five
percent
of
the
total
levy
This,
the
mayor
commented
was
a
very
satisfactory
state
of
affairs.
A
EXPLAINS
MYSTERY
Unchecked
By
Nazis;
Approaching
Vitebsk
S
Ality
of
Entire
Line
is
Threatened
More
Than
One
Hundred
More
Populated
Places
Captured.
LONDON,
Dec.
22
(CP)
The
Russian
Baltic
Army,
surging
forward
unchecked,
has
advanced
another
five
miles
and
now
stands
fifteen
miles
from
the
Nazi
fortress
of
Vitebsk,
Reuters
reported
today.
This
thrust
and
a
companion
drive
toward
the
important
railway
junction
of
Polotsk,
sixty
miles
to
the
west,
has
threatened
the
stability
of
the
entire
German!
A
J
f
line
defending
the
Baltic
States,
i
AnflrCW
UeOrge
Last
night
the
Russians,
storming
toward
the
Vitebsk-
Propolsk
railway,
had
captured
Coastal
Vessel
Shelled
West
more
than
one
hundred
popula-
t'oast
of
Vancouver
Island
to
ted
places,
killed
1,600
Germans
Passes
Away
viiniiHiA.
ner.
-zz
r
in
within
twentv
miles
of
Vitebsk.
Mr.
Oeoree
was
a
shipping
agent
VICTORIA.
Dec.
22
cK
R.
W.
the
German
defence
bastion,
at
Prince
Rupert
before
oper.-
Mayhew,
Liberal
member
of
par-
This
was
announced
from
Mos-
ating
an
insurance
and
broker-
iiament
-lor
Victoria,
said
last
cow.'
'
age
business
in
Vancouver.
night
that
he
had
received
In-
,
formation
unofficially
that
the
.helling
by
a
steamer
off
Vancouver
Island
last
Saturday
evening
was'
arranged
to
permit
a
muster
of
services
personnel
and
WAR
NEW
GENERAL
MARSHALL
HOME
SAN
FRANCISCO
General
George
&
Marshall,
United
States
chief
of
staff,
Is
back
In
the
United
States
from
the
Cairo
and
Teheran
conferences.
He
travelled
by
way
of
India,
Austialia,
New
Guinea,
the
Solomons
and
Hawaii,
conferring
with
General
McArthur
on
New
Guinea
and
with
Admiral
Nimiti
at
Pearl
Harbor.
NAZI
VESSELS
SUNK
LONDON
A
small
British
torpedo
boat
ha?
sunk
two
German
merchant
vessels
off
the
.Yugoslav
coast
and
captured
the
nllr
4rw
nff
twittl.
'
JAPANESE
CLAIMS
TOKYO
It
is
cleamed
that
Japanese
bombers
sank
two
Allied
cruisers
and
nine
merchant
vessels
off
New
Britain.
PARTIZANS
ON
OFFENSIVE
LONDON
Marsha!
Tito's
partizans
are
reported
to
be
on
the
offensive
against
the
Nazis
everywhere
in
Yugoslavia.
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
'
WASHINGTON
United
Nations
bombers
have
given
Capo
Gloucester
another
heavy
pounding
following
the
record
411-ton
bombing
of
Monday.
A
6,000-ton
enemy
freighter
has
been
sunk
off
RabauL
ISTANBUL
IS
NERVOUS
ISTANBUL
A
war
scare
has
hit
this
Important
Turkish
city,
and
many
people
are
leaving
for
Turkey
in
Asia.
P.T.A.
Taggers
Realize
$322
WASHINGTON
.
D.
C.
Dec.
22
Th.
Parent-Teachers
Assoc-
Leaders
or
fifteen
non-op-
iation
tag
day,
held
on
Satur-
eratlng
American
railroad
un-
rjay
very
successful.
It
was
ions
numbering
1,100.000
work-
indicated
by
the
returns
as
an-
ers
on
Tuesday
set
December
3
nounced
tcday.
A
total
of
$322.-
for
the
nation-wide
strike.
94,
vras
taken
in
by
the
40
Operating
brotherhoods,
rep-
young
taggers
who
went
onto
the
resenting
350,000
workers,
al-
streets
under
the
direction
of
ready
had
called
a
strike
for
the
Mrs.
George
Hills,
piesldent
of
same
day
and
Tuesday
night
the
P.
T.
A.
Mrs.
Roy
Becker,
they
rejected
a
plan
put
for-
secretary,
was
In
charge
of
the
ward
by
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
for
a
settlement
of
the
wage
dispute.
The
President
yesterday
appealed
to
the
patriotism
of
Uie
workers,
saying
tltat
a
general
.
.
II
I
1
I
1
I
1
J
1
railway
sinne
at
uus
nine
wuuiu
be
"the
most
serious
blow
that
could
be
delivered
against
the
r
regress
of
the
war.
There
was
to
be
another
njeetins
today
by
Mr.
Roosevelt
with
union
and
company
leaders.
Million
Dollar"
"
Fire
in
Round
House
of
C.P.R.
POINT
TUPPER.
Nova
Scotia.
Dec.
22
Damage
unofficially
es
timated
at
$1,000,000
by
fire
A
captured
German
machine
gun,
with
ammunition
belts,
is
which
swept
the
Canadian
Pa-examlned
In
Italy
by
Pte.
A.
R.
Meyer,
of
Edmonton,
right,
and
Clflc
Railway
roundhouse
here
Pte.
R.
O.
Watson,
of
Wctaskiwln,
Alta.
Shell
holes
In
the
build-
early
this
morning.
Five
locoing
came
from
Canadian
artillery
while
a
German
unit
used
It
motives
were
included
in
the
as
its
headquarters.
loss.
funds.
Names
of
the
taggers
are:
l
arna
Howe,
Mary
Strachan,
Nancy
Hill.
Maxlne
Morse,
Le-shka
Penoif,
Gordon
Dixon.
Dorothy
Stacey.
Tom
Holt,
Ethel
Moorehouse,
Geoige
Pick,
Joy
Andrew.
D.
Hutcheson,
Robert
Smith.
Joan
Shelton,
David
Jlackhall.
Patricia
Smith,
Dor
hy
Jonsson,
Gloria
Saw
Diane
Gllker,
Jean
Cald?rwood,
.Aarle
Lavigne.
Gerald
Bruce,
Larry
Valentin,
Mona
Ikegard,
Donna
Petroff,
Ernie
Elliot,
ianat
Valderhaug,
Shirley
Saun
ders,
Gladys
Breimo
Gill,
Florence
Starr,
Jacqueline
Ratchford,
Arthur
Aikens,
LLoyd
Federson,
Margaret
Brown,
Alan
Mostad,
May
Ingham.
Dale
Laird.
Dick
Edgar.
JLYLTESE
BUSY
AGAIN
Two
Scotch
Bulls
Land
m
EAST
COAST
CANADIAN
PORT.
Dec.
22
Two
tanwtant
visitors
who
should
and
much
to
Canada's
agricultural
development
have
arrived
at
this
pert.
They
lelt
on
the
"ocean
limited"
of
the
Canadian
National
Railway
yesterday
tin-route
to
Vancouver
where
thjSr
will
make
their
headquartew.
They
are
two
pedigreed
bulb,
Sugwas
Chieftain
and
Lkmheatt
who
came
all
the
way
fibm
Scotland
to
augment
hords
tn
Canada.
They
seem
to
nave
the
sea
voyage
well
and
appeared
quite
contented
in
their
cjitart
ers
in
a
Canadian
National
express
car.
5
Hospital
Being
Opened
Thursday
The
Prince
Runert
f(nr.il
Shirley
Hospital,
which
has
been
closed
to
visitors
for
the
past
week
during
the
prevalence
of
Influenza,
will
be
reopened
at
tf$m
tomorrow.
The
closure
Is
-still
effective
today.
LONDON
O)
Chief
Inspector
William
Salisbury
of
the
murder,
VALETTA
Relieved
of
air
squad,
one
of
Scotland
Yard's
attacks,
Malta
Is
resuming
her
greatest
detectives,
has
retired
normal
activities
as
far
as
pos-1
because
of
ill-health.
He
Hav
slble.
The
hide
industry
will
soon
i
been
active
In
black
market
In
ship
hides
to
Great
Britain.
vestlgatlons.
4
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t