'I1 Bi Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON, Dec. 11 (CP) . - The ..... year 1913 s3w f r ! (I ........ " I. ti LUAL' liii-ii 1 1 .1 - Allied battle line and camnaicn from Rummer fin'cr along dust-choked roads of Sicily and f, mountain passes oi uaiy. it has been a year jr ph for the 1st Canadian Infantry Division Canadian Army 1 & two formations i TrpoU uungle and 200H8hlps i i! the tremendous nd crafi eamr, th. atv. -.,, oada which struck h dawn hours of f adlans. joining the i d making a detour ,-i o Derlln by first ad to Rome, prov-u' ability beyond ;n buter battle In y aad up the' spine T -y proved, too. In the ; 'hiough the moun-f.hey had Spartan en-tnd could meet the , heartbreaking cam- f rmance of these u 'he confidence and r the cent:ai Medl-,tv leans who know at faced formations 'tip line for the first a long period of I: the central eMdl-hratre. Generals f: Eisenhower. Btr Harder and Sir Bernard j all had encourag-f r the Canadians. - them for the wv d out their battle Had Good Training Of A.OX McNaugh-r "f irmance of his Ca-tonnations provided evidence that the in England had been directed and carJed tliii planning, shrttftf' ,r j and good leadership '-a-r.jng found Its re-6U::cvc-. in hard bat-z Lc3'J"i-tc. Aglra and ( i ana .n ovcrwneimingiy r-mb:ned operations a Pachino and Reg- . j. campaign gave a major-general, Ouy o.mond.v his big op- a d the commander " dPatch division cm- ",c of the ouUlandlng leadcis of the cam- ( anadlan formations .h intensive training . stations for the Slcll-a.Ti during the spring. Harry Salmon was. ' r;3 the division then ' take It to the Mcdl I 1 7th armies got Into position for tne night run to Pachlno Pen- iniula and Oela From the start the Canadians had one success after another. For 30 days, from aipractlcally-unopposed landing on July 10 until Aug. 7, they were constantly on the move, thrusting to Enna In cential Sicily and then out ne was mnca in m TlI ,1 1 il a, whuc flying out toi jo Metlakatla umonas succeeaea mm. landing manoeuvre led out In Scotland Jane In the final phase Z and in late June the , sailed with all Us rr.d equipment. Massed Off Sicily iille an American ln- i , ,ion, the 43th, sailed N( w York for this long-r1 :nblncd operation and ar.d American divisions " i .ng on the North Af-; ...sre. submarine attacks ' only thing that marred ' 3;o of the Canadians. K.j 8-0 the various con-' in the Tunis-Malta' eV Hncnifnl I I I II" ST 1 II II ST1 UW1 s m. , "ut ii i :im i n in viirrrrn M Mabel Faust Here. Odran Tamblln lilt., mrmber of the staff as superintendent, has ' Pointed lady supcrlnten- or tno Prince Rupert Hos 'UCCesslon in MIm M.i. "J., resigned, miss Hn has been In Edmonton ' -ving here earlier In the Jr The change of lady'su-'"Aidents comes Into effect ..nDcr 15, Vice-Regal Gift Interesting Ceremony at Neigh boring Village With Bishop Participating . On Sunday last Right Rev. G A. Rlx, DD., Bishop of Cale rinnla nulsteri bv Rev. II Shear Eli: eastward to Mount "Enna. They Hills, seconded by partment manage, proposed by David Crocker, seconded by Edward Green. Doris EHrcda Teng. housewife. proposed by William M. Watts; seconded by Edward J. Smith. JUVENILES IN THEFTS Nine Boys From II "to Y7 Year Of Ae Under Arrest Nine Juveniles ranging In age from 14 to 17 years old are under arrest In connection with a series of recent housebreakings, shop breakings, thefts and purse snatching. Five of the boys are held In connection with a number of acts In the Cow Bay area, four of them being picked up by the police at Kamloops and Hazelton and one In Rupert. The other four. Into custody here, are held for more recent violaUons. Included In the charges against them are the breaking Into the residences of M. Oray. Sixth Avenue. R. M. Winslow. Fourth Avenue, James Park. Ambrose Avenue, the Chandler Photograph studio, the Borden Street school, and ransacking the car of John Garofanl. Some of them are alleged also to have committed a purse snatching. It Is stated that most of the goods and money taken were found In the possession of some of the boys and recovered by the police. They were said to include bicycles, a camera, man, conducted the morning q.ur. waicnes, rings ana omcr service at Metlakatla. Following the sctvlce. thecon-gregaUon adjourned to the Indian Day School. A beautifully framed picture of their Majesties King Oeorge VI. and Queen Elizabeth had been received from His Excellency, the Oover-nor-Oeneral, the Earl of Ath-lone, and Princess Alice, In memory of their visit to the Reserve on September 9, when they Were touring British Columbia. The school was filled with parents and children. Guests were Mr, Mrs. and Miss Gillctt, Lieutenant Laird R.C.N., and Mrs. B. Shearman. "O Canada" was sung, Then the Bishop gave an Interesting address on the Ro yal Family and called upon Mrs. B, Shearman to unveil the picture, which was greatly admired, Singing of the National articles. Investigating the cases were police constables Sam Ferguson and G. Brothcrston, acting' under Staff Sergeant F. W. FOLLOW UP HEAVY RAIDS Mosquito Planes Spatter Germany Following Heavy Attack by Big Bombers on LONDON, Dec. 11 Q In a convincing demonstration of air superiority, Royal Air Force Mosquitoes raided northwest Anthem . v. and Ln i nf; Blessing i. hv by The The, Germany . ' last . night on . the heels yesterday's blow at Sofia ,n In Bishop completed the ceremony. V LEGATIONS RAISED OTTAWA Canadian legations to China, Russia and Uracil have been raised to the status of embassies. of Bulgaria by heavy bombers in the Mediterranean theatre. Both Allied raids were carried out without a single loss. Today American heavy bombers attacked targets In northwest Germany, local Temperature Local Tides She ail Sunday, Dec. 12 49 High 1 49 20.1 feet 43 .. 13:31 22.3 feet ORIA, B. Low 7:39 7.4 feet 0:15 1.9 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH CULUMMA'iJ EWSPAPER XXXII, No. zu PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1913 PRICE FIVE CENTS' . Had flood Year- NUCKS ENHANCE PRESTIGE THEIR AS FIGHTERS Nazis Retreat Everywhere Iff - - - - w - v m T mw . j m M J . t m w tv m m m Dy ROSS MUNRO - 0,., . played the role the New Zea- landcrs had In the descrtthe "left hook" of the 8th Army. Then, having made their valiant contribution to victory In Sicily, they were taken out of the line to rest and prepare for Italy In the early morning of Sept 3 the Canadians crossed the Messina straits, landing on beaches Just north of Regglo, This was the Invasion of F.uiope. achieved by the Canadian division and a British division with the support of 400 guns on the Sicilian shore. The initial landing was a J mangntf (cent piece of deception which fooled the enemy completely. If the Oermans had ; known there were only two dl-; visions going in. they might ' have stayed In Calabria to fight. Oermans Pulled Out . There were two German di visions In the toe of Italy, but they pulled out rapidly ahead of tbeiQanaalan-Brllh advance through the mountains. Demolitions coyered the retreat and they got away to southern and central Italy practically intact. As the two leading divisions of the 8th Army pushed northeast Into Italy, the 5th British-American army landed at Barer no Bay It was an unopposed landing and for days the de cision hung In the balance. For a while It seemed the Germans would break through the bridgehead and throw the Allied force back Into the sea. But the 8th Army was coming up fast. The 5th hung on determinedly and fought back yaid by yard around Salerno Bay. Then the Ca-(Contlnued on page two) H. Brett. nts for Honors In Election Net Week ;d. One more candidate for mayor, two more for two-year alder- manic terms, one for a one- year term and two for one-year school trustee terms have been nominated since yesterday for net week's civic election These have been as follows: For Mayor , Harry Mark Daggett, carpenter, proposed by George W. Rud-derham, seconded by William H. Rrett. For Aldermen (Two Year Term) George ,W. Rudderham. mach inist, proposed by George E William II. Tage H. Sorensen, storeman- ager, proposed by Alex Sinclair. seconded by Mary Vlereck. For Alderman (One Year Term) Alexander Sinclair, office man ager, propofd by George W Ruddcrharr)", seconded by John L. A. Murray. For School Trustee (One Year Term) Norman Bellls. hardware de VICTORIOUS RED ARMY ROLLS INTO KIEV ' WTgT'TTirMr 'llt ft. JsssssssssssssssssM -M0 Tanks, manned by members of the Russian Army, roll throughthe Kiev street of Kresh-chatik after the Ukraine capital was recaptured. Kiev, the third largest Russian city has been held by the Oermans since September of 1941 The ruins seen In above photo, radioed rom Moscow, bear evidence of the fierce struggle that preceded the Red's entry. NATIONAL LEADER ON Watchwords Should. Be Decen tralization, Co-operation, Production and Wide Trade. HAMILTON. December 11 Premier John Bracken. In an address Friday night on the first anniversary oi his election as- Progressive ConservaUve na tional leader, said government In Canada must be decentralized to bring It more directly under control of the people- Mr. Bracken said that Canada Hftcdi.rationalt,referrj'ani jug gested four watchwords for the future decentralization not centralization, oo-operatlon and not state dictatorship, expanding oroductlon and not scarcity and widening areas of trade, not re- I strlctlve practices. Mr. Bracken warned against r party which offered blandishments of security and prosperity j without personal eftort. a party which would destroy the good with the bad. State Socialism Prince ' cou not brk opposition and taken wouia ,eaa 10 aicwiorsnip. uanaaa, me leaaer saia. naa three political alternatives a piecemeal policy leading to re- ( action, socialism or a constltu-1 tional system of rational reform Continued regimentation chaos were the alternatives which his party had to offer." declared Mr. Bracken. PUSH NEAR KRIVOI ROG LONDON, Dec-11 W Soviet troops were hammering their way across the south Russian steppes today toward Krlvol Roe and Klrovograd, the two last Important German strong I Moscow admitted serious reverses, however. In the Kiev bulge 2Q0 miles to the northwest, where German armored forces had driven the Russian forces back to the area south of Malln, only 55 miles west of Kiev. New Recreation Hall Is Opened Described by Group Captain Foss as "one of the first I've seen," a new recreation hall at Group Headquarters. Royal Can-ndlan Air Force, was opened with a dance Thursday night. Under the leadership of Bandsman George Arlss, the Royal Canadian Navy dance band provided excellent music for the occasion. The fine voice of Prob. Bandsman George Korlett was heard in a number of pieces. High-ranking officers of the services were In attendance. .MKET CIILKLIIILL CAIKO Premier Winston Cfaurchiil is still in Cairo. He 'had a forty-minute session with nevtsiiauetinen yesterday and also meOKing Peter ' of Yugoslavia and the Emir' of Iraq. f KING IS BETTER I LONDON King George has Recovered from his attack of I ri . . imiuriiia ana was sdic 10 pre- ROOSEVELT IN ITALY LONDON Berlin reports that President Franklin D. Roosevelt is on a visit to the frwnt in Italy. The President is known to have been in Carthage, North Africa, conferring with General Eisenhower. MORE CANNED VEGETABLES OTTAWA Fifth per cent more canned vegetables will be available in Canada next March and Apiil, it is said . CHCIA K BULLETINS blasted Allied Planes Blast Capital of Bulgaria, Railway Yards Being Target. L. BERN, Switzerland. Decem ber 11 (Canadian Press) Several waves of Allied planes blasted Sofia, Bulgarian capital, for one hour and forty-five minute Friday afternoon, causing grea: destruction and killing man: persons, -the Sol la radio said The' target was a railway yard , . .v lone raiiajiay irom tne-rarita- was disturbed, 'Liquor Made In "Driblets" : OTTAWA. Dec. 11 & Cana dian distilleries are now being I allowed to make beverage alcohol In "driblets" for civilian 'consumption after more than a year of operation under the wartime iundustrial alcohol program aimed at taking their entire supply, it was confirmed , today. Jjj ALLIED CHIEFS MEET IN CONFERENCE Present at a conference of Allied chiefs of staff In North Africa were these ranking men on land, on sea and in the air. Left to right. Admiral Sir John Cunningham, commander In-chief of the Allied fleet In the Mediterranean; General Dwlght D. Elsenhower, commander-in-chief of Allied forces In that theatre, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder. Allied Italian Armies Are Pushing Northward Towards Roman Capital ALGIERS, Dec. 11 (CP) The Germans are in retreat from end to end of the Italian front. British Eighth Army troops,' spearheaded by Canadians, slugging throughbitter German counter-blows, have ' seized the Adriatic coastal road town of San L6onar-,do, four miles southwest of Ortona, and another I bridgehead has been flung over IMACTUD AC PR. RUPERT Capt. Ernest Caldwell Given Command of C-N.R. Vessel. After a marine career of 29 years, which he commenced w a seaman in British Columbia coastal service. Captain ErJTest B. Caldwell, of Vancouver, has been given command of the Canadian National steamer Prince Rupert on which he has recently served as first officer. His promotion comes through he retirement of Captain D. W. Graham, master of Prince Capt. Caldwell PEtiiSS?-siil. New master of steamer Prince Rupert George who has joined the government's navigation school at Vancauver. Captain N. MacLean, commodore of the CJiSJS. line (Paci-f ic . who has been commanding Prince Rupert, Is now master of S.S. Prince George. Captain E. B. Caldwell Is well known In marine circles and has seen service all over the world. He joined the Canadian National Steamships as quartermaster of Prince Charles in January. 1925, became third officer in May, 1926, and subsequently served on various Canadian National ships as second and first officer. He has held his master's certificate since February. 1935. Previous to joining the Canadian National, he was on Canadian . Government Merchant Marine vessels plying between British Columbia and California. From 1916 to 1920 he was England with the Admiralty Transport Service and later on American ships sailing out of Philadelphia in Atlantic Coast Service. W. T. Moodle, general super Intendent or Canadian National Railways for British Columbia with headquarters In Vancouver, left this morning via Jasper on his return south after a brief visit here in the course of a trip over the line on official duties. the Moro River four and a half miles farther inland in a night attack, it was learned today. Accompanying the Eighth Army advance In eastern Italy,. 'Fifth Army forces punched .a mile" ahead west, of Illgnano toward the Nazi stronghold of Casslno. Allied headquarters .said a bat tle was raging for San Pletro; seven miles southeast of Casslno. Italians are now In action against the Germans lrr the Fifth Army sector, It was atf-nounced Friday night. No details were divulged. Police Heads In Interior SMTTHERS, Dec. 11 Coram Is-: sloner of Provincial Police T. W. S. Parsons, accompanied by In- spector Oammon of Prince Ru pert, mads a visit to the various police detachments of this district during the past few days and left for Hazelton on Thursday enroute to Prince Rupert. . . ComTqstoneParsons and jri--t j epector iGnrnmqn are always .: 2"sitt'.jh iirtoss MfXazh-r. thliv -part oltfie North country as both of the officers served as police constables in Hazelton, Terrace and other local points during the early days of these districts and are very well known by the old timers who are always pleased to meet then) again. . Passed Away At Pt. Edward The death occurred yesterday at his home at Port Edward of Felix Johnson Parnell In his thirty-fourth year. Deceased, who followed Jhs occupation of fisherman";, .'ma's born at Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands. He was a native. Surviving are his wife and one child. The funeral will take piles tomorrow afternoon from the Grenvllle Court chapel, the Rev. E. W.Scott officiating. New Volume of Logging Rhymes "Rhymes of a Lunmberjack," a second book of verse by Ro-btrt E. Swanson, well known in the logging camps of this district and at present In Prince Rupert, has just made its ap- ln 1 cearance on the bookshelves. The "rhymes," to large extent are in keeping with the popular conceplon of logging life although some strike a somewhat higher plane. They are varlejl in theme and construction. Illustrations are by Bert Bush-ell. . Thomas Allen Limited of To ronto are publishers. Local dealers report good sales response to "Rhymes of a Lumberjack" as was the ca Rambler" and "Rhymes of - a. ' Western Logger." Labor Has No Axe To Grind PRINCE RUPERT CIVIC LABOR FEDERATION