IURGLARS
&RE
BUSY
lundreds
of
Dollars
Are
Taken
in
Sale
uracKings
There
was
an
epidemic
of
bur-
haries
in
Prince
Rupert
during
night
including
two
sale
Pturday
acklngs
in
both
of
which
a
con-
ftderabie
amount
oi
casn
was
token.
McKae
uros.
ana
me
rarlety
Store
were
me
suuerers.
lit
was
at
10
o'clock
yesterday
iornlng
that
C.
G.
Ham
dlscover-d
that
the
store
of
McRae
Bros,
ad
been
robbed.
He
found
the
lie
door
had
been
cracked
open
y
punching
and
removing
the
Hal.
A
cash
drawer,
containing
,bout
$900
had
been
taken.
Entry
m
made
by
Jimmying
the
window
11
a
washroom
ana
lorcm?
on
a
bar
and
ciimoinz
in.
I
while
the
Dollce
were
lnvestl-
the
M:Rae
Bros,
entry,
they
ere
called
to
the
Variety
Store
IUing
here
some
$600
or
$700
had
been
moved
by
removing
the
dial
and
jening
the
door
by
the
"can
ner"
method,
knocking
off
the
oor
plaster
Entry
had
been
made
y
springing
the
front
door
lock
fith
celluloid.
Exit
was
made
by
leaking
a
back
window.
The
bur-lary
was
discovered
by
the
pro-rietor
Gordon
Bryant.
The
Three
Sisters
Cafe
was
also
ntered
Saturday
night
by
break-
ns
window
glass
ana
uniatcning
he
lc-!k
by
reaching
in.
The
police
hemsclves
discovered
this
entry
n
which
only
some
cigarettes
were
aken,
Attempt
was
also
made
to
jitcr
the
Overwaitea
store
by
jim-jylng
a
door
and
window
at
the
Mr
hv
thv
wre
so
strongly
bared
that
entrv
could
not
be
made.
SThe
two
major
burglaries
snow-
id
all
siRns
of
being
me
worK
oi
Experts.
M
in
Rector
Flown
South
Spy
ll,
r.
Graham,
iserwusiy
in,
U
Taken
by
Plane
to
Vancouver
Aiiln
April
12
Seriously
111
with
remlr
poisoning.
Rev.
R.
P.
Ora-
him
rector
of
the
Anglican
Church
here,
was
flown
at
the
end
f
ihe
week
to
Vancouver
ior
nos-
tai
'
ca'tnent,
Mr.
Graham
nas
pn
rtatinnrd
here
for
some
time
Ind
was
formerly
located
at
Mas-ktt
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
A
fine
of
$100
was
Imposed
on
i
Prince
Rupert
landlord
recently
for
violating
rentals
regulations
of
th?
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
rp-r.A
r-ViIn
linrtlnrrt
nf
thp
Kin.
SfaH
maximum,
fixed
by
the
board.
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
heard
the
case.
T.
W.
Brown
appearea
on
nena.ii
ui
the
board.
Sullet'mA
CLOSING
IN
ON
ROMMEL
AFKICA
-
The
Allied
NORTH
AM.H
n
IIKADOUARTEHS
IN
offensive,
in
Tunisia
is
still
moving
forward
with
bicakneck
speea.
The
,
Brit
sh
L
ghth
has
crumbled.
All
Axis
resistance
south
of
Sousse
Sfax
in
a
single
miles
beyond
Army
has
pushed
forward
twenty-five
from
tlic
west
to
forces
arc
drivinc
on
day
American
and
French
keep
pace.
The
British
First
Army
Is
also
movinB
steadily
down
from
to,
get
out
the
NoUh.
Marshal
Erwin
Hommel's
army,
endeavouring
of
the
trap,
is
being
mercilessly
pounded
from
the
air.
r
iity-eigiu
Axis
planes,
including
some
large
transport
machines,
have
Deen
shot
lou
within
two
.lavs.
Onlv
three
Allied
planes
were
lost.
Rom-.
'
i
.
r
f
.
niiit
I
IIV
.
.
.
t
a
i
...
inn
m
An
nnriii
in
nidA
nu
niri
m
'm
v
m
i
un
mic
i
n
kimi
ii
iiiiuui
aw
ih"h
.......
miles
from
Tunis.
United
States
planes
have
delivered
a
ncavy
oon.u
ing
attack
against
Sardinia
and
also
Naples.
LULL
ON
RUSSIAN
FRONT
mncrnu'
ti..
i.
n
nminnn
lull
all
over
the
Russian
front.
Ihe
Hermans
arc
wheeling
up
huge
reserves
and
have
increased
the
tempo
of
their
air
attack,
With
little
new
activity
on
the
ground,
me
Russians
have
been
able
to
hold
back
such
attacks
as
the
Germans
have
made.
JAPANESE
BASE
HIT
Aii.irn
ni-iww!Ai!THt4
IV
AUSTRALIA
Allied
bombers
have
made
a
heavy
attack
on
Wawak,
Japanese
base
on
New
Guinea,
hocks,
oil
supplies
aiid
a
large
ammunition
dump
were
hit
and
set
"lire.
There
have
also
been
raids
on
the
enemy
on
New
Ireland
and
Timor.
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
SI'EAKS
LONDON
The
Importance
of
maintaining
truly
Christian
homes
with
famllv
Ideals
was
stressed
by
Queen
Elizabeth
In
a
radio
"Idrcss
to
the
Empire
today.
She
referred
to
the
great
part
women
lul'l
Play
the
war
In
supporting
the
fighting
men.
'"God
guide
r
people
both
at
home
and
abroad
and
lead
us
forwaru
io
vil;
and
peace,"
Her
Majesty
concluded.
VICTORIA
IS
WINNER
UlNNirEGVlctoria
Army
defeated
Winnipeg
Royal
Canadian
A
r
IVre
7
to
4
at
Winnipeg
Saturday
night
lo
win
the
western
Can-fla
wnior
hockey
championship
final
In
the
Allan
Cup
scries.
ic-l0ia
Army
will
now
,nect
Ottawa
Commandos
or
Ottawa
Royal
Can-"'"an
Air
Force
in
the
finals.
MONUMENT
TO
A
GREAT
JAPANESE
DISASTER
Once
a
proud
liner
of
the
Japanese
mercan
lc
marine,
the
Kinugawa
Marujlies
beached
at
Guadalcanal,
a
costly
monument
to
the
Japan
e
failure
to
hold
the
strategic
island.
The
Kinugawa
was
part
of
the
invasion
fleet
cut
to
bits
by
U.S.
Warships
in
the
Solomons,
in
the
battle
that
raged
from
Nov.
12
to
15.
Only
Japs
on
G
ladalcanal
now
are
dead
and
underground.
TO
MEET
INVASION
Hiller
Announces
"Complete
Agreement
with
Mussolini
Following
Conference
LONDON.
April
12
PChancel-lor
Adolf
Hitler
and
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
are
reported
by
the
Berlin
radio
to
have
met
from
last
Wednesday
through
to
Saturday
and
speculation
in
London
was
that
the
coming
Allied
invasion
of
Knronp
was
the
chief
tonic.
.
Announcement
from
H
1
1
1
e
r's
headauarters
said
that
"complete
agreement
was
reached
on
all
measures
to
be
taken
In
any
res
pect."
.
.
.
......
-.
-.-
HIS
OWN
BELL
TOLLS
PLYMOUTH,
April
12
George
Hnombes.
believed
to.
be
Biltaln's
oldest
bellringer,
died
at
Ryde,
Isle
of
WiRht,
within
a
fortnight
of
his
100th
birthday.
Fire
Pictures
Shown
to
A.R.P.
Demonstration
of
Extinguishing
of
incendiary
Uoinbs
Also
Interesting
Moving
pictures
dealing
with
the
causes
ot
fire
generally
and
setting
torth
methods-or
dealing
with
various
types
of
fires
in
inaustiial
premises
as
well
as
in
buildings
generally
proved
of
much
interest
to
a
gathering
of
Civilian
Protection
Committee
(A.RP.)
workers
in
Booth
Memorial
School
last
Friday
evening.
Later
there
was
a
demonstration
in
the
school
grounds
of
latest
methods
In
dealing
with
incendiary
bombs.
.
Xhere.wa
a
fair
attendance
and
Fire
Chief
II.
T.Lock.
vice-chairman
of
the
local
A.
R.
P.
organization,
was
In
the
chair,
also
directing
the
incendiary
bomb
demonstration
with
the
assistance
of
local
A.
R.
P.
fire
fighters.
The
pictures
were
shown
by
C.
A.
Brind,
local
manager
of
the
Imperial
Oil
Co.
Fire
Destroys
Use
of
Oil
to
Kindle'
Stove
Starts
Flames
Which
Wiped
Out
Small
Dwelling
A
small
dwelling
on
the
water
front
near
the
fishermen's
floats
occupied
by
William
McLeod
and
family
was
destroyed
by
fire
Just
before
noon
on
Friday.
The
fire
started
by
Mr.
Mc-Leod's
daughter
using
oil
to
start
a
fire
in
the
stove.
This
generated
heat
which
set
the
walls
on
fire
and
soon
the
whole
sttucture
was
in
flames.
All
the
fire
department
and
a
naval
barge
could
do
was
to
prevent
spread
of
the
fire
to
adjoining,
premises.
Was
School
Dog
For
Eight
Years
VANCOUVER,
April
12
&)
For
eight
years
Paddy
never
played
hookey,
never
missed
a
single
day.
The
record
made
him
the
only
dog
In
British
Columbia
perhaps
In
all
Canada
to
get
an
honor
roll
i
certificate
for
perfect
attendance,
j
He
died
recently
at
17.
In
1937
they
gave
him
the
document
that
earned
him
headlines.
Thp
sehool
mascot,
he
was
pals
'with
teachers
and
pupils
alike.
He
had
a
doabtful
ancestry,
out
nis
vounc
masters
claimed
he
was
a
sheepdog
FIFTH
AVENUE
EAST
PROPERTY
CHANGES
HANDS
The
residence
of
J.
Larussen
on
Fifth
Avenue
East
has
;been
sold
to
Jens
Moen.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Moep
have
moved
in,
taking
the.
portion
of
the
m-operty
formerly
occupied
by
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Bud
Daly.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Larussen
remain
in
residence
there.
w
II.
Fawcett.
formerly
In
.vrcro
nf
the
nower
nlant
at
Wll
liams
Lake
in
the
Cariboo
district
Is
now
here
directing
tne
insiai
latlon
of
new
generators
In
con
ncctlon
with
local
undertakings.
NIP
PLANES
SHOTD0WN
Baid
on
Oro
Bay,
New
Guinea,
Proves
Costly
for
Oriental
Enemies
ALLIED
HEADQUA.RTFR3
IN
AUSTRALIA,
April
12
(CP)
Twenty-three
Japanese
.bombers
and
fighters
were
shot
out
of
action
in
an
air
battle
nver
Oro
Bay.
New
Guinea,
on
Sunday,
the
Allied
command
reported.
Raiding
Japanese
manes
dropped
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Tcv,
(Half
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
Maximum
J
615
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
9:06
pjn.
to
6:19
ajn.
X
3fc-
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
&OL
XXXII,
No.
86
PRINCE
RUPERT,
BfC,
MONDAY,
APRIL
12,
1943
PRICE;
FIVE
CENTS
ousse
Is
Taken
Over
Britis
h
Tobacco
Beer,
Liquor-
anci
Entertainment
Taxes
Are
Increased
In
Great
Britain
LONDON,
April
12
(CP)
Sir
Kingsley
Wood,
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
today
announced
in
the
budget
address
that
there
will
be
an
increase
in
taxation
on
tobacco,
beer,
whiskey,
wines
and
movie
and
theatre
seats
but
no
increase
in
the
income
tax.
He
said
that
total
revenue
in
the
last
financial
year
amounted
to
2,595,000,000
($11,547,950,000)
against
a
total
expenditure
of
5,67,000,000
and
said
that
revenue
had
been
193,000,000
more
than
estimated.
Expenditures
had
been
351,000,000
more
than
anticipated
and
borrowings
340,000,000
more
than
had
been
planned.
;
The
tax
on
beer
is
increased
a
penny
a
pint,
making
the
total
tax
four-pence.
The
tax
on
pipe
tobacco
is
increased
by
4V2
pence
oi
five
pence
an
ounce,according
to
quality
and
the
whiskey
tax
is
boosted
1
per
gallon,
the
equivalent
of
two
shillings
four-pence
a
bottle.
Cigarettes
now
costing
nine-pence
for
ten
will
be
increased
to
ten-pence
half-penny
and
those
selling
at
ten
for
a
shilling
will
be
increased
to
a
shilling
ten-pence.
WAR
SAVINGS
IN
DISTRICT
Tow
Communities
in
North
Are
Pmschasing
Certificates
During
the
months
of
January
and
February
War
Savings
Certificates
as
follows
were
'bought
by
communities
In
the
Noithern
B.
C.
area:
Jan.
Barkervllle
$
204
Burns
Lake
200
Fort
St.
James
56
Fraser
Lake
180
Glscome
288
Hazelton
700
McBrldc
212
Plnchl
Lake
244
Premier
.
392
Piince
George
1408
Prince
George
district.
732
Prince
Rupert
3540
Prince
Runert
district
680
Ouesnel
Shelley
Sinclair
Mills
Smlthers
TpTrrraoh
Creek
Terrpe
Vanderhoof
Wells
'
Williams
Lake
Willow
River
456
128
144
7?S
M
76
224
02
864
132
Feb.
$
248
384
32
96
256
144
272
343
236
1243
616
3224
572
384
32
156
344
164
588
544
j
Strolling
Through
Railway
Yards
and
Docks
to
be
Ended
Axis
Forces
In
North
Africa
Are
Still
Reeling
In
Retreat
Towards
Ridge
For
Last
Stand
NAZIS
ARE
Weak
Air
Itaids
on
'Britain
Kus-siais
Sweep
Into
Germany
By
Air
and
Altacjt
Koenigsbcrg
LONDON,
April
12
0J
At
least
three
Nazi
planes
were
shot
down
over
coastal
districts
of
England
last
nhht
as
th-
Ge.mans
attemnt-
a
weak
reprisals
for
heavy
Allied
week-end
attacks
in
which
Russian
planes
swept
Into
Germany
for
the
first
time
in
months
to
hit
at
the
Fast
Prussian
supply
Junction
of
Koenteijerg
Saturday
night.
.
Royal
Air
Fo.ce
oomibers
did
not
ie;
ume
raids
last
night
but
bomber
command
aircraft
laid
mines.
TP
STANPAIJD
TIME
CAPE
TOWN,
April
12
O)
It's
auwu.nn
in
Souih
utiica
and
clocks
have
tocen
put
back
one
hour
to
standi
d
lime
which
is
seven
hours
thcad
cf
Canadas
eastern
standard
lime.
M
s.
Dorothv
Gal
butt,
local
Y.
M.
Heavy
Allied
Blows
Being
Struck
From
Ground
and
Rained
From
Skies
Enemy
Falling
Back
With
Heavy
Losses
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
12
(CP)
The
British
Eighth
Army
entered
Sousse
today
in
a
rapid
push
northward
along
the
Tunisian
coast
while
r
irst
Army
units
knocked
out
armored
rem
nants
of
the
German.
Afnka
Korps
on
a
plain
northwest
of
Kairotian
after
occupying
that
city
yesterday.
Mar
shal
Erwln
Rommels
men
were
reeling
under
heavy
blows
from
both
ground
and
air
forces
and
offered
light
opposition.
The
Kair-ouan
plain
engagement
took
place
as
German
tanks
were
Intercepted
while
attempting
to
escape
northward.
Ten
were
knocked
out.
Allied
air
forces
are
striking
terrifically
again,
leaving
scores
of
enemy
vehicles
scattered
In
wreckage
or
in
flames
and
shooting
down
a
total
of
forty-one
enemy
planes
yesterday
against
a
loss
of
lourteen
oi
tneir
own.
The
Americans
took
Faid
Pass
without
opposition,
adding
another
avenue
through
the
central
Tunisian
mountain
wall
to
the
coast-
Lai
plain
penetrated
Saturday
through
Fondouk
Pass,
The
Eighth
Army's
aavance
or
last
nig'ht
from
Victoria
where
she
125
miles
In
six
days
was
slightly
attended
a
Young
Men's
Christian
iimncaea
Dy
nemouuons
ana
ami
twenty-five
tons
of
bombs
and
one
Association
auxiliary
services
con-cult
country
but
vanguards
devel-
2,000-ton
me'shnt
ship
was
hit.
ventlon.
oned
little
fighting
In
the
Sousse
i
area.
The
enemv
had
already
pull-
jed
back
towards
the
ridge
inland
rfrdm
EnvidavhTe'
27
miles
to
the
north
of
Sousse.
Well
Known
Local
Woman
Succumbs
iMrs.
George
Weightman
Tasses
Away
After
Nine
Months
of
Illness
Mrs.
George
(Myrtle)
Weight
man,
who
resided
In
the
sunstana
i
Block
and
had
lived
in
Prince
Rupert
for
many
years,
being
quite
well
known
In
the
city,
passed
away
at
4
o'clock
yesterday
morning
In
the
Prince
RuDert
General
Hospital.
She
had
been
In
falling
health
for
the
past
nine
months
and
was
a
natient
in
the
hospital
for
three
weeks
before
death
came.
Recently
she
had
made
a
trip
to
Vancouver
far
treatment.
Mrs.
Weightman
was
born
In
the
United
States.
Except
for
the
widower,
the:e
are
no
surviving
relatives
in
this
part
of
the
country.
DATE
IS
HONORED
Rccoenition
of
Resistance
and
Suffering
of
Norwegian
Teople
Marked
at
Special
Service
Larcre
and
representative
was
the
congregation
which
attended
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church
last1
night
when
a
special
service
was
held
to
commemorate
the
third
anniversary
of
the
Invasion
of
iNorwav
and
pay
tribute
to
the
iDeonle
of
that
nation
in
their
re
sistance
and
suffering.
There
was
lonpSrt
sSndayPX
noeonVmong
the.Col.
G.
Bartram
Woodruff,
emln-wharves
and
railway
yards
to
see
ent
American
lawyer
soldier
and
what
is
going
on
there.
Such
has
public
speaker
who
dwelt
on
the
Ion"
been
an
accustomed
practice
Norway's
exampllflcatlon
of
an
here
but
Prince
Rupert
is
becom-
ideal
system
of
freedom
and
gopd-lng
more
modern
and.
in
rcgulat-
will
which
had
been
so
rudely
lng
pedestrian
traffic
through,
the
shattered
by
the
Nazis
and
for
terminal
facilities
excent
on
busl-
whose
liberation,
like
that
or
ness
Is
merelv
following
the
ex-'other
nations
which
had
become
ample
of
other
Important
cities
and
the
victims
of
the
aggressors,
the
nnrte
Allies
fnucht
today.
It
was
an.elO',
'
quent
and
inspiring
address
which,
TYPEWRITER
THEFTS
.stirred
the
congregation'.
Acting
Mayor
W.
'If;'
Brett
LONDON,
April
12
Thefts
of
'brought
the
greeting
of
the
city
to
typewriters
has
presented
police,
the
gathering
and
Arnold
Fiaten.
with
a
new
prooblem
in
Britain.
I
president
of
the
local
branch
of
During
1942
more
than
645
mach-
the
.Canadian
Red
Cross
Society,
lnes
were
stolen,
coompared
with
also
spoke
briefly.
501
the
previous
year.
i
The
musical
program
featured
.
,
appropriate
selections
by
the
De
Mnvnr
w.
M.
Watts
left
at
the
Coursey
brothers
James,
violin
v..
...noV
rnr
o
Virlnf
V.,,
o
i
vlrt
nnsn
n
nrt
Jtainn.
Pianist.
I
Large
Italian
Cruiser
bunk
lan
cruiser
Trieste
was
sunk
'by
American
Navy
heavy
bombers
in
attacks
on
the
Sar-
dlnlan
harbor
of
Lamaddalena
Saturday.
The
cruiser
Oorlzla
was
badly
damaged.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA.
April
12
CDThe
ten
thousand
ton
Ital-
LOGGING
IN
INSURANCE
Plan
is
Beimr
Sludied
by
Federal
Official
Now
on
Coast
VICTORIA,
April
12
OT
Feasibility
of
including
the
British
Columbia
logging
industry
under
the
Unemployment
Insurance
Act
is
the
obiect
of
a
survey
now
being
con
ducted
by
E.
Stangroom.
chief
ln-
snector
of
Insurance
revenue
ior
the
Unemployment
Insurance
Commission.
Because
lCTrin;?
is
a
seasonal
in
dustry
elsowhere
it
was
not
Includ
ed
under
tne
act
passea
in
iu.
UNABLE
TO
BREAK
RUSS
Fierce
German
Efforts
to
Break
Soviet
Line
on
Donets
Still
Meet
With
Failure
LONDON,
April
12
Fierce
new
German
attempts
to
crack
the-Soviet
defence
lines
on
the
western
bank
of
the
Donets-
River,
south
of:
Kharkov,
have
been
broken
with'
tremendous
losses
to
the
Nazis,"
Moscow
announced
today.
There
were
no
major
developments
In
bther
sectors
of
the
Russian
front.
Indications
prevail
that
the
Germans
are
bringing
un
fresh
material
and
reserves
for
summer
fighting
which
mav
be
launched
In
May,
a
month
earlier
than
usual.
Boys
Phone
Home
On
Pool
System
Troops
at
Kingston
Have
Economy
System
lor
ineir
lains
KINGSTON,
Ont..
April
12
Ot
Soldiers
stationed
at
nearby
Bar-riefield
can
send
long
distance
telephone
messages
to
Toronto,
Hamilton
and
Montreal
at
a
fraction
of
the
normal
cost.
Under
a
pool
system
lnagurated
by
D.
Murray
Dry-den
of
Hamilton,
YM.CJi.
camp
supervisor.
At
least
six
messages
can
be
transmitted
in
three
minutes.
Every
evening
a
call
Is
placed
to,
each
of
the
three
cities
where
messages
are
taken
down
in
shorthand,,
by,
appointed
operators
for
relay
later.
,
Robert
Gibson,
Jack
McClelland,
Ivan
Mallett,
Gordon
Webb,
Ed,
Selyan.
John
Gray
Arnold
Ducklln
Percy
Bolton,
Joseph
B.
Terry,
Ernest
Teaeen
and
James
Cotlett
re
turned
to
the
city
Saturday
after
attending
a
provincial
conference
inpes
Vin
tn
Wells
In
the
Cariboo
Rev.
Magnus
B.
Anderson,
pastor
of
the
Young
Men's
Christian
As.
S.
'1?I:l
S.h
fl
22
f
th
rh.?rh
nreslded.
reading
soclatlon
In
Victoria.
Breen
Melvln,
412
1
city
In
'a
few
days.
Aid.
W.
H.
Brett
the
opening
scripture
and
leading
Frank
Ryan
and
Hector
MacKenz'n.
364
Is
acting
'mayor
during
his
absence..
In
prayer.
will
be
returning
later.