HOLDING
LONDON
The
Axis
advance
lias
been
effectively
checked.
In
bjJhwHttanToJfo.uUlS
been
Held
back.
Alter
weeks
or
strong
tierman
attacks,
me
nrnisii
First
Army
had
abandoned
Scdjanane
Friday,
falling
back
seven
miles
to
higher
ground
at
Tain
era,
it
was
announced
today.
Later
the
Germans
were
stopped.
The
British
withdrawal
gave
the
Germans
a
total
20-milc
advance
along
the
Illscrtc-Maleur-Tabarka
coastal
load.
i
REDS
MAKE
HEADWAY
MOSCOW
The
Russians
arc
still
making
headway
along
the
entire
long
front
against
the
Nazis
despite
efforts
of
the
latter
at
increased
resistance.
Beyond
Vyasma
and
towards
Smolensk
particularly
swift
progress
is
being
made.
.
MORE
JAP
SHIRS
SUNK
WASHINGTON
Most
important
news
from
the
southwestern
Pacific
is
the
announcement
of
two
large
Japanese
destroyers
having
been
sunk
in
a
sea
battle
last
Thursday
in
the
Solomons
Islands
area.
No
United
States
vessels
were
lost.
This
makes
62
Japanese
war
vessels
that
have
been
so
far
lost
in
the
fiolomons
alone.
Straggler
groups
in
lifeboats
of
15,000
Japanese
ti
oops
spilled
into
Bismarch
Sea
by
the
sinking
of
a
22-ship
convoy
have
been
mopped
up
by
Allied
planes,
the
High
Command
announces.
Long
range
fighters
swept
the
entire
area,
completing
the
mopping
up
of
barges,
lifeboats
and
rafts
from
sunken
ships.
A
communique
reported
there
was
scarcely
a
survivor
as
far
as
was
known.
MORE
BEER
IS
WANTED
Ioeal
Union
of
Machinists
Opposed
To
Restrictions
At
the
last
meeting
of
the
local
National
Union
of
Machinists,
Fitters
and
heuners,
the
membership
expressed
itself
as
opposed
to
the
present
restrictions
on
beer.
It
was
felt
that
beer
required
nonessential
war
material
and
no
great
amount
of
tabor
In
its
manufacture.
Beer
was.
not
in
the
same
category
at
all
with
distilled
liquors,
which
used
materials
needed
in
the
manufac
ture
of
synthetic
rubber.
Further
It
was
felt
that
unnec
essary
strong
restrictions
on
beer
were
bound
to
create
opposition
among
many
conscientious
and
capable
workmen.
Beer
had
always
been
regarded
as
the
people's
drink.
Canada
would
do
well
to
remember
how
In
Britain
It
has
been
consid
ered
as
such.
Any
small
saving
in
materials
and
labor
that
might
re
sult
from
over
curtailing
the
use
of
beer
would
'be
offset
by
the
nega
tive
effect
on
morale.
PEANUT
FIRE-FIGHTING
Fire-fighting
foams
are
extracted
from
peanut
shells.
CONFERENCE
NEWS
IN
TUNISIA
alone
thet
coast
In
northern
Tunisia
central
Tunisia
there
is
little
change
INSURANCE
COMMITTEE
Social
Piotcclion
Plan
to
be
Studied
for
Canadian
House
OTTAWA,
March
o
J
The
House
of
Commons
approved
a
mo
tion
to
set
up
a
house
committee
to
study
a
plan
of
social
insurance.
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Macken
zie
King
concluded
debate
on
the
motion
with'
the
statement
that,
If
amendment
of
the
British
North
America
Act
were
held
necessary
to
make
the
scheme
effective.
could
be
obtained
quickly
from
British
Parliament.
Canada's
Work
Unsurpassed
LONDON",
March
8
m
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
told
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
that
when
victory
Is
won,
Canada
"will
lDe
able
to
look
back
with
Just
pride
upon
a
record
unsurpassed
by
none."
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
46
Maximum
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
,i231
'6.
v.
8:00
pm.
to
7:43
pjn.
..
..
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMHIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-
-
-jr
-
jr
r
i
XXXII,
.
No.
56
'
v,-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
8,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
c-
ritis
North
Afri
ca
VOL
-
AIR
FORCE
IS
WINNER
At
last
Takes
a
Game
in
Final
For
Hrillsh
Columbia
Senior
Hockey
Title'
VICTCttJA,
March
8
0
Vancouver
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
defend
Victoria
Army
four
to
three
tn"the
fourth
game
of
the
best
or
seven
British
Columbia
senior
heckey
finals.
The
Army
had
won
three
previous
games.
NO
NEED
OFROAD
1'nilrd
States
War
Department
Thumbs
Down
on
Second
Project
Nojthward
Through
'Canada
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
8
(CP)
The
United
States
War
Department
does
not
consider
the
construction
of
another
$25,-COO,000
military
supply
highway
to
Alaska
through
Canadian
territory
either
desirable
or
a
military
necessity,
Secretary
of
War
Henry
L.
Stimson
advised
the
chaiiman
of
the
House
of
Representatives
road
committee.
It
had
been
proposed
to
build
a
road
north
from
Prince
George.
Mr,
Stimson
said
the
Alcan
Highway
was
being
improved
to
provide
a
suitable
military
highway,
Giving
To
Red
Cross
Mi
r;;t
tcnuzzo
!
5
Mi
J
Jucle
5
Mi
Jauice
Knealc
,
5
Mi
j
E
J.
Smith
5
Mr
and
Mrs.
P.
Beig
5
Mi
C
Bennett
3
Mi
R
S.
Stewart
5
Mi
11
M.
Foote
5
Mr
j.
Ca.rr
S
Mi
J
Boyd
5
Mm
V
Basso-Bert
5
Mi
T
Coliart
7
W
E
Fisher
-Mi
10
j
Payne
10'
Mrs
J
Q.
Steen
10
Mi
u
A
Mrs.
R.
O.
MacDonald
'si
Mi
and
Mrs.
Nels
Luth
B:a::t
Gtcvens
5
Mi
cad
Mrs.
Vic
Menzles
5
Mr
j
R.
Reynolds
5
B.
R
Oodds
5
DeJoir
o
Grocery
10
Mi
Oi
oruo
Wilson
10
Mi
and
Mrs.
Sid
Elklns
10
Ml:
M
McDonell
10
Mrs
George
Mitchell
5
The
Mi
.s..-s
II.
and
L.
Lakles
5
Mr;
O
R.
Kelsey
5
Mi
mid
Mrs.
John
Bremner
5
Mr
Mr
Jensen
5
Mr
r
Laklc
5
Mt
and
Mrs.
John
Watson
5
Ml:
Kay
Watson
5
Sneddon's
GroccrV
15
Mi
and
M;s,
A.
Sinclair
5
Mr
T
M.
Spencer
.
5
Mr
Wm.
King.
5
Mr
J
Deane
5
Mi
V
King
5
D.
Chartad
5
Mrj
Capstlck
5
Mr-
A
Halg
o
A
C
Ramsey
5
Mr
and
Mrs.
II.
M.
Newell
Mr
and
Mrs,
J.
w.
Itogerson
10
Atne
Eyolfson
5
Mr.
V
Grlmsson
5
J
Corrlcnn
ow.
5
Women
..
Aux.
Canadian
.Legion
25
w
P
Herman
5
Hockey
Scores
Saturday
"ftrolt
5,
Chicago
0.
Montreal
2,
Toronto
2.
Sunday
Jelrolt
3,
Chicago
3.
Toronto
5,
Rangers
5.
HUSH
HUSH
STUFF
Many
secret
war
products'
are
maIe
from
glycerine.
CASARLANCA
The
momentous
meeting
between
Prime
Min
.-
W5nc.on
Churchill
end
President
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt
was
held
in
Casablanca,
N
-r
Africa,
pictured
ABOVE.
Protecting
Allied
fighter
planes
like
these,
roared
overhead
throughout
the
10-day
conference
held
In
a
closely-guarded
hotel,
surrounded
with
barbed
wire.
I
'
rb
picture
ABOVE;
taken
before
the
conference,
natives
of
Cacablanca
line
the
broad
main
srft
as
French
and
VS.
troops
pass
in
ftview.
RED
ARMY
MOVES
ON
Fresh
Soviet
Iroops
are
Pouring
Into
Gaps
in
German
Lines
on
Drive
Towards
Smolensk
MOSCOW,
March
8
0
The
Red
Army
rolled
on
westward
today
with
f:esh
Soviet
troops
pouring
into
gaps
in
the
German
lines
far
west
of
Gzhatsk
and
south
of
Ole-mino
where
two
Russian)
columns
apparently
are
planning
the
doom
of
the
important
German
base
at
Vysama,
35
miles
west
of
Gzhatsk.
The
capture
of
more
than
one
hundred
more
settlements
was
reported
in
the
'last
twenty-four
hours
while
numerous
others
are
.falling
continuously
and
still
others
blockaded
by
the
Red
Army
are
on
the
verge
of
falling.
FUND
IS
GROWING
Red
Cross
Drive
Now
cii
uver
Onc-lhlul
of
Objective
of
$13,000
With
many
more
donations
yet
Ui
he
acknowledged,
the
Red
Cress
campaign
in
Prince
Ittipcri
nas
reached
$1,610
of
the
objective
oi
$12,000,
It
is
announced.
Word
has
been
received
to
the
effect
that
Hugh
Forrest
of
this
city
has
been
promoted
to
riyins,
Officer
in
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
He
is
in
England
now.
CLIMATE
OF
VLNUS
The
planet
Venus,
which
like
Mars
is
thought
to
be
capable
of
supporting
life
probably
has
a
moist,
warm
climate,
according
to
scientists,
Forty
Ounces
Not
Promised
VICTORIA,
March
8
An
of-
Control
nn,rH
said
today
that
the
government
made
no
guraan-
tec
that
forty
ounces
oi
miuui
4
,rmiH
hp
available
for
each
.
-V,
mnnlh.
It
WOUld
only
undertake
to
obtain
as
j.
oMniiohiP
a
distribution
as
possible
of
small
quantities
of
liquor
available.
.
SCENE
OF
ALLIED
WAR
WAR
PAID
VISIT
TO
LONDON
Only
One
Nazi
Bomber
Able
To
Gel
Over
Metropolis
Incendiaries
In
Counties
K.
A.
F
Raid
LONDON,
March
8
tfc
London
had
another
half
an
hour
air
raid
alarm
but
only
one
enemy
plane
actually
reached
the
city.
Incendi
aries
were
dropped
on
fouf
places
on
the
southeast
coast
and
the
Home
Counlies.
Three
Nazi
planes
were
.-hot
down,
ono
a
four-motor
ed
b.
o?r.
Nd
bombs
were
dropped
on
London.
"
Lot
-cm
and
Brest
"were
bombed
fevilnht
Saturday-toy
the
Royal
Air
Force
which
was
over
occupied
"ranc
again
yesteiday
and
over
Heligoland
last
night.
IP
YOUR
UP"
NOW
Security
Campaign
Is
Being
Com-mtneed
in
Prince
Rupert
This
Wednesday
local
Civilian
Protection
on
CommitCe?
(
A.H,
Pi
authorities
are
joining
with
the',,
.inn;d
forces
In
launching
a
"Zip
Your
Lip"
campaign
In
Prince
Rup
ert
area.
The
campaign
will
stress
the
part
every
civilian,
war
worker,
sailor,
soldier
and'
airman
can
play
n
defeating
the
Jap
and
the
Ger-
"sn
bv
drsnrin
them
Information.
'ra'e
to
the
fullest
extent.
RULES
ON
DIM-OUT
"Dim-out"
regulations
affecting
this
area
have
been
amended
in
accordance
with
the
fol
lowing:
1.
Iiy
striking
out
Order
30
and
substituting
the
following:
"30.
HIGHWAY
TRAFFIC
Where
a
person
drives
a
motor-vehicle
upon
a
highway
or
open
place
in
Area
"A"
or
in
Area
"II,"
if
the
hcarlights
are
visible
from
the
open
sea
he
shall
extinguish
the
headights
and
in
lieu
thcieof
shall
light
the
cowl
lights
or
parking
lights;
and
he
shall
not
drive
at
a
greater
speed
than
fifteen
miles
per
hour."
2.
Ry
striking
out
Order
31
and
lubstituting
the
following.
"31.
niCYCLES
No
person
shall
operate
any
bicycle
in
Area
"A"'
or
Area
"IV
unless
the
bicycle
Is
equipped
with
a
lighted
front
lamp
the
light
rays
of
which
arc
directed
downwards."
3.
ISy
striking
out
Order
33
and
substituting
the
following.
"33.
PARKING
No
person
shall
Jiave
any
motor-vehicle
parked
or
standing
stationary
in
Area
"A"
or
Area
"IV
from
which
the
headlights
or
the
reflexion
of
the
headlights
are
visible
from
navigable
waters.
This
amending
Order
shall
come
Into
force
at
twelve
midday
on
the
1st
day
of
March,
1913."
Controller,
C.P.C.
(A
II
P.)
Noith
Pacific
District.
Burma
Still
Being
Bombed
-
"
Further
Successful
Raids
by
Allied
Planes
In
'-That
Area
NEW
DELHI,
March
8
There
have
been
further
successful
raids
by
both
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
United
States
bombers
over
objectives
In
Burma
near
Akyab,
Man-dalay
and
elsewhere.
Rommel's
Smashes
Failed
And
His
Retreat
To
Thirty-three
German
Tanks
Destroyed
With
British
Losing
Not
One
Single
Machine
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March-
8h(CP)
Marshal
Rommel's
initial
smashes
at
the
British
Eighth
Army
have
completely
failed
and
"Round
One"
i
over
with
his
tanks
and
infantrymen
in
retreat
toward
the
Mareth
Line
positions
north
arid
northwest
of
Medinine,
a
competent
military
source
said
today.
uencrai
air
Bernard
Montgom
ery's
men,
after
stopping
two
German
attacks
Saturday
morning,
disrupted
four
more
thrusts
In
the
course
of
the
afternoon
and
forced
Rommel
to
withdraw
into
the
hills,
it
was
announced.
Thirty-three
German
tanks
'were
destroyed
while
not
one
'British
tank
was
knocked
o.ut,
It
was
disclosed.
UP&SSlng
Of
t
i
r
.
.ur.
Lggert
Manv
old
friends
in
the
city
will
learn
with
feellnes
of
re-
gret
of
the
death
in
Vancou-
ver
today
of
Dr.
Charles
A
i-
Eggert,
pioneer
physician
and
b
cnrcrern
ef
thlc
niv
uYn
fr
.
.
...,
...
...j
.
v
10
nve
in
retirement.
lie
nau
t
practised
in
Piince
Rupert
from
the
early
days,
having
moved
here
from
Atlin.
He
wa3
Stvls
by
birth,
having
lived
as
a
boy
at
Atlin.
He
is
survived
bV
his
widow
who
for
many
years
was
a
social
leader
here
:
i
and
to
whom
sympathy
will
be
extended.
VICHY
IS
REJECTED
General
Henri
Giraud
is
Removing
Influence
in
North
Africa
cBltcr
Treatment
for
Jews
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
8
CR
General
Henri
Giraud
has
suppres
sed,
the
Vichy,
government
bureau
'which
had
been
admlnlstreing
Nazi-dictated
anti-Jewish
restrlc
aons.
The
step
Is
In
line
wltn
a
iteady
progiam
by
Giraud
to
re
nove
lingering
touches
of
the
lchy
Influences
in
this
territory
now
in
the
Allied
camp.
The
antl-
Tewish
bureau
director
Jias
been
removed
from
office.
MINISTER'S
-
CHALLENGE
Hon.
Angus
MacDonald
Wants
Member
of
Quebec
Legislature
To
Prove
Statement
Regarding
St.
Lawrence
Sinkings
HALIFAX,
March
8
1
Minister
of
the
Navy
Angus
Macdonald"
has
challenged
the
claim
oi
a
Quebec
Legislature
member
that
more
than
thirty
sinkings
had
taken
place
In
the
St,
Lawrence
River""
and
the
Gulf
last
summer
and
offered
to
have
a
committee
set
u
reinvestigate
the
sinkings.
"
"
Declaring
that
the
Navy
knew
of
only
twenty
ships
lost
last
summer
In
the
area,
Mr.
Macdonald
asked
Onoslme
Gagnon,
Union
Nation-ale
member
for'Matane,
to-speficy
"upwards
of
thirty"
sinkings
he
claims
took
place.
Have
Forces
Mareth
Line
MORE
FOOD
OR
STRIKE
This
is
Ultimatum
of
Colliery
Men
In
Nova
Scotia
GLACE
BAY,
Nova
Scotia,
March
8
(CP)
A
conference
of
'
delegates
from
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
locals
in
Cape
Breton
decided
to
recommend
a
general
strike
at
all
Cape
Breton
collieries
Thursday
unless
larger
supplies
of
butter
.
and
other
essential
commodities
are
made
available
to
miners
on
Wednesday.
Such
a
strike
would
involve
ten
thousand
men
employed
in
twelve
collieries.
Speakers
said
that
the
men
r
wereiousTooTiiinue
Wrkf-
"
but
would
be
unable
to
do
so
unless
they
got
what
was
described
as
adequate
food.
PASSING
OF
BANDMASTER
Robert
Greenfield
Dies
in
South
.
After
Illness
There
of
Two
Months
Robert
Greenfield,
who
resided
In
Prince
Rupert
for
nearly
twenty
years
and
who
for
a
long
time
was
bandmaster
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Boys'
Band,
passed
away
on
Saturday
at
hospital
in
New
Westmins
ter
where
he
had
been
a
patient
for
the
past
two
months.
The
remains
are
being
biought
back
to
Prince
Rupert
for
interment
and
the
funeral
will
take
place
next
Sunday
afternoon.
News
of
his
passing
will
tie
regretted
by
.many
friends.
The
late
Mr.
Greenfield
was
fifty-seven
years
of
age
and
was
born
at
Newcastle,
England.
He
came
to
Canada
about
-1903
and
followed
his
trade
as
a
carpenter
and
cabinet
maker
at
Edmonton
tuntll
the
ou'tb&ak
ttl
the.
First
Great
War
when
he
enlisted"
In
the
eeletorated
forty-Ninth
Edmonton
Regiment.
He
served.
in
France
as
"
WiJr
ne
gunner,
snipe':
and
bands-
f.mai;
seeing
service
in
such
battles
as
Paschendaelle
and
Vlmy
Ridge.
-Returning
to.Ca'n&da
ho
-was
for
a
jme.
..at-
Edmonton
and
Winnipeg.
A
talented
cornetlst,
he
was
one
cf
,y,two
members
oi
tne
famous
reat
War
veterans
Dana
wnicrr
spent
eighteen
months
touring
'
.
Canada
and
the
United
States.
'
Coming
to
Prince
Rupert.
he
late
Mr.
Greenfield
was
for
a
time
a
member
of
the
old
Westholme
Theatre
Orchestra.
For
many
years
he
was
bandmaster
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Boys'
Band.
Mr.
Greenfield
Is
survived
by
his
widow
In
Winnipeg
and
one
son
Corp.
Thomas
Greenfield
who
Is
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Artillery
here.
There
are
also
two
grandchildren.
PHOENICIANS'
TRIPOLI
Tha
city
of
Tripoli
Is
believed
to
have
had
Its
beginning
as
a
trading
post'of
the
Phoenicians
long
before
the
Christian
era.
.'
I