NAZIS
ARE
READY
FOR
SURRENDER
Complfttly
Cut
Off
On
Cap
Bon
French
Take
Unconditional
Bag
a.
r'
4
Tl'T
I
'
I
I'
T
LONDON,
May
12
The
capture
o(
Colonel
General
von
Ar-nira,
German
commander-ln-chitl
in
North
Africa,
on
Cap
Eon
Peninsula
was
reported
AMIED
HEADQUARTERS..
..IN
rmni
AFRICA.
Mav
12
CP)
Ar-
-bTTnFlfrtfrslfFfrsT
Am;-
moving
rapidly
along
coastal
both
sides
of
Cap
Bon,
.
i
ll
Nazi,
in
the
Caucasus
In
two
Mreetloiu
on
NovorossLsk
and
to-ds,
the
Sea
of
Azov.
With
the
Indians
holding
the
Initiative
ev-"ywhere
there
Is
Increased
actl-in
'.he
Leningrad
area,
west
of
"I
Moscow
and
In
the
Ukraine.
Newjpapcr
Izvastla
says
the
Rus-
so-Gciman
war
has
reached
the
"ive
stage."
'"ty-six
German
planes
have
brought
down
In
the
Kuban
m
'wenty-four
hours.
HOYS
WIN
QUIZ
.
reward
School
boys
won
ruurth
Victory
Loan
radio
t.cr
girl3
last
night.
Score
as
H5
to
230.
The
BY
ANOTHER
NAME
hut
'"uutain
goal
is
not
a
gout,
Ul
a
hare.
Lord
Beaverbrook,
London
pub-
minister,
also
arrived
but
he
was
although
he
will
attend
confer
ences.
A
British
source
in
London
said
he
current
Churchill
-
Rossevelt
conference
was
suggested
by
the
President.
HOUSEWIVES
IN
Playgrounds,
Coal
Situation,
Transportation,
Bread,
Housing
Discussed
The
Housewives'
League,
meet
ing
lastrrfghtf
decided
iooAn
joint
action
committee
consisting
of
representatives
of
various
or
ganizations
in
the
city
with
a
view
a
many
uerai.
to
working
"
on
the
matter
of
play-
"
the
Germans
;r
are
that
A
it
cmarlns
for
wholesale
surren
i.
t".
n.iitntA
f
r
ho
frrnn
a
K!fl
-
nnrin
a
via
snlHIprs
re-
i-
1
1
i
-.
-
i.nA.
Ann.
ground
facilltlcs.in
,.!,
,
tv,
the
city.
,.
As
fnr
for
playground
in
the
Wartime
Housing
area
across
Hays
Creek,
there
had
been
an
interview
with
lingness
to
co-operate
were
It
pos-
sioie
ble
to
to
find
una
a
a
suitable
site.
-
The
i
iil
coal
vwa.
situation
was,
discussed,
SHIP
WAS
NOT
SAFE
FOR
TRIP
hatches.
Jurors
Sleep
In
American
Cots
r
-air
.and
and
sea
attack
and
officials
who
had
expressed
wll-
preme
Court
Assizes
now
proceed
A(
ar
nz
ltrm
the
Hamman
Lit
...
.
u
.
H.
nr
mo
i:nii
B..
..
.,.
a
,rnc:M
It
brlnj
reported
that
the
dlffl
ol
ii.
i.ne
run
v.--
u,.ii
i
,
"5
to
the
cuity
exea
ui
,.....
.
-
ba:
of
the
peninsula
'current
needs
much
less
storing
up
south
:
sirs
of
Hanunet
on
the
'J?
and
Uok
Soliman.
Grombella
for
the
coming
winter.
Court
of
Investigation
Makes
Its
Finding
in
Case
of
Freighter
Northholm
OTTAWA,
May
12
P
The
steamship
Northholm,
wrecked
January
16
with
loss
of
15
lives,
was
"not'
In
fit
condition
to
proceed
on
the
contemplated
voyage"
when
it
left
Port
Alice
for
Vancouver,
It
was
found
by
a
court
of
Investigation
which
issued
Its
report
yesterday.
The
court
attributed
the
ship's
condition
to
the
way
cargo
was
loaded
and
said
thb
was
"at
least
a
contributing
factor
to
the
disaster
that
followed."
The
court
was
also
of
the
opln-
Port
Alice
with
practically
440
f
fin
e
rf
f
rot
ohf
K
Intir
onH
mnvo
net
a
member
o
the
official
party
thjm
35
tQng
of
Qn
deck,
she
did
not
have
sufficient
margin
of
stability
and,
during
the
rassagc
to
Cape
Scott,
the
con
dition
was
aggravated
due
to
water
finding
Its
way
through
ni
!
-hatch
coverings,
saturating
deck
cargo
and
percolating-
into
the
hold.
This
resulted
in
increasing
a
list
which
eventually
caused
the
vessel
to
founder.
The
court
de-
preclted
a
practice
apparently
Accommodation
Has
to
be
Improvised
in
View
of
Lack
of
Hotel
Facilities
Members
of
the
jury
in
the
murder
trial
at
the
session
of
the
Su-
ing
here
were
accommodated
at
the
Eagles'
Hall
last
night,
cots
loaned
by
the
United
States
Army
being
used.
No
hotel
space
being
available,
witnesses
brought
from
Atlin
were
put
In
the
bunkhouses
of
the
B.C.
and
Mensel
Bou
Selfa
In
the
centre,'
A
committee
was
miu
wU.m6
Bridge
ana
ureagmg
uo
the
mailer
of
bus
transpwta-
--
i-
nmuntque
announced.
,on
Brit':h
naval
forces
continue
tion
from
mc
ceue
.
si
n
arby
waters,
mopping
,
to
the
calt-and
which
was
still
..
.....
..'
n
JIM..
i.,n.iMinii
nnval
Canadian
Air;
a
-in
nan.ies
anempiuiij
-",j'
iiwui4u.
j
-
.
authorities
will
be
seen
niwtc
ape.
'Forces
Yr
irrday
for
the
first
time
In
with
a
view
to
arranging
for
air-th'
u
r.r,,r,
tmnn
surrender-
mpn
to
be
carried
by
their
own
(dur-
adUionally
to
French
forces
transport
If
possible,
thus
leaving
rurrin?
on
tne
soum
ui
avanauie
muaij
Ben
the
French
then
moving
on
juans
on
the
public
dus.
o
the
sea
RUSSIANS'
Thpro
was
discussion
of
the
mat
ter
of
Canada-approved
Vitamin
B-l
flour
bread
which
was
not
available
In
Prince
Rupert.
Thero
WILL
SEND
RUSSIA
AID
Agreement
Being
Negotiated
Between
Canada,
Britain
and
United
States
OTTAWA,
May
12
Prime
Mln-
was
difficulty
In
obtaining
vitamin
ist,er
willlam
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
U-l
flour
which
was
being
much
announced
yesterday
In
parlla-
advocated
by
the
government
au-
mcnt
that
an
agreement
was
oe-
thorities.
'
mf?
negotiated
Dy
uanaaa
wun
vnc
t.,
interview
with
Wartime
soviet
Union,
Great
Britain
and
r
in
That
Area
Said
To
Be
De-
Il0Uslng
officials
it
was
indicated
tfclve
Stage
Willi
Soviet
At-
i
that
no
revislon
of
the
rental
scale
tacking
Everywhere
nerc
was
to
be
antlclpatca
m
view
I
of
local
building
costs.
Nor
could
obtained
I
as
.to
be
MOSCOW,
May
12
-
The
Red
j
any
assurance
supply
and
such
matters
as
water
y-mtlnues
Its
attacks
against
rfppnrnf
Ion
Study
of
the
cost
of
living
uiue
In
'view
of
conditions
actually
existing
here
was
suggested.
Wave
and
means
oi
huruub
o7
cial
affairs
to
raise
funds
will
be
lnti.
nruce
MlCKlCDurgn
being
Invited
to
speak
at
the
next
meeting.
MILLION
ORPHANS
cvnwrv
M
s.
W.,
May
12
P
1.000.000
chll-
There
are
more
than
drcn
in
Europe
wim
---cnts,
'
It
was
stated
at
a
British
Or-
.
A,winn
Society
Council
meeting
which
passed
a
resolution
Mrpr
of
orphans
from
Britain
and
Europe
to
Australia
for
adoption.
TnvKt
FOR
DEAD
Ancient
Incas
of
Peru
honored
,ui.
with
terrace
gardens
rather
than
with
decorative
tombs.
Greatest
Blow
at
U-Boats
LONDON,
May
12
The
British
Navy
has
scored
its
greatest
success
of
the
war
against
the
German
undersea
fleet.
It
was
announced
tonl'ht
that
four
enemy
submarines
had
been
destroyed
and
six
probably
destroyed
in
a
fight
between
U-boats
and
a
westbound
Atlantic
convoy.
STUDENTS
SUCCEED
In
Results
Announced
Last
Night
PASSES
WITH
HONORS
VANCOUVER,
May
12
(Canadian
Press)
-P-
Albert
O'Neill,
Prince
Rupert;
won
first
class
hontus
in
"chemistry,
arts
and
rtlence
in
the
1913
graduating
class
at
the
university
of
British
Columbia,
it
vas
announced
last
night.
j
VANCOUVER'.
Mav
12
W)
Unl
SCHOOL
HAS
CLOSE
CALL
Prompt
Action
of
Boys
Saves
Destruction
of
Building
From
Spontaneous
Combustion
Promot
action
of
two
bays
Wilfrid
Prince
and
Dick
Ormlston
in
tu
nln?
n
an
alarm
from
a
nearby
fire
box
probably
averted
a
-erlous
fire
at
8:45
last
evening
In
King
Fdward
School
on
Sixth
Av
enue
East.
Flames
were
seen
by
the
boys
Is
suing
from
a
second
floor
classroom.
The
fire
department,
arrlv-
Local
Temperature
mm
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Hall
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
Maximum
-
63
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
37
10:03
pjn.
to
5:11
ajn.
N0RTI1ERN
AND
CENTRAL
HRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
XXXII,
No.
Ill
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
12,
1943
PRICE;
FIVE
CENTS
'
'
V.
i
i
i
i
i
-i-
,i
ii
ii
n.
1
1
aa
1
1
i
i
i
-
urcK
J
Is
Back
In
Washington
British
Premier
In
Session
Again
With
President
Roosevelt
fnnference
Comes
Incidental
to
Victory
in
Tunisia
and
Gentian
juiers
in
r-iiiruuc
im-uuug
ougKUMVu
uy
U.S.
Executive
WASHINGTON,
May
12
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
arrived,
in
Washington
Tuesday
night
against
a
background
of
Allied
victory
in
Tunisia
and
German
jitters
over
invasion
for
more
war
talks
with
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
Mr.
Churchill
was
accompanied
by
a
staff
of
military
and
naval
experts.
It
is
the
Wtn
Churchill-Roosevelt
parley
within
21
months.
MARK
NOT
YET
MADE
Prince
Rupert
Has
Yet
to
Put
Up
$150,000
to
Go
Over
Top
in
Victory
Loan
Prince
Rupert
has
reached
a
cumulative
total
of
$600,500
In
subscriptions
to
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
campaign,
leaving
$149,-500
to
go
In
the
next
four
days
to
achieve
the
objective
of
$750,000.
Prince
Rupert
has
never
failed
yet
In
such
a
campaign
and
It
Is
con
fidently
expected
that
It
will
be
Lawrence
V.
Hankinson
$
200
Prince
Rupert
Club
500
!.
Wlniow
250
Leonard
Jone3
300
Roy
Dwelle
(Shames)
500
Mrs.
Florence
E.
Phllllpson
lpO
,Mrs.
Chilstlna
Yule
50
Stanley
Zulawlnskl
(Kwlnilsa)
100
Damlan
Ohrenchuk
(Kwlnltca))
100
Robert
McLean
(Haysport)
100
John
McLeod
100
Daniel
Drummond
(Remoi
Charles
Rufus
Sawyer
(Remo)
Joseph
Hudson
(Copper
River)
followed
for
many
years
of
not
yerslty
ot
British
Columbia
results
William
Taylor
Morris
properly
battening
down
the
released
last
night
Included
the
(Salvus)
following:
;
uwynn
"oimy
First
year
with
supplementals
miss
Monica
HoitDy
WlUiam
E.
Bond
(French
I),
Dun-
uusiav
uunaerson
pan
Annettes
Lames
wsar
supplementary
Spencer
R.
Davies
Mr,
Lewis
iienry
bcon
!
(Civil
Engineering
30).
(Haysport)
50
I
Fourth
Year
Electrical.
Engin-
Richard
Moxiey
look
perlne.
Clamt
TtMalcnlm
F.
Wifd-
(Smlthers)
ing
(Grade
list
later).
Mrs.
Fred
Rosberg
(Evelyn)
Smlthers
Lumber
Yard
(Smlthers)
100
Mrs.
Dora
Lewis
(Chilllwack)
150
Sergt.
David
Willlngton
(Vanderhoof
)
100
Mrs.
O.
C.
Gerhardl
(Fort
Fraser)
200
Miss
Edna
A.
McLellan
30'
Walter
Augaltls
(Haysport)
100
Peter
Yuroczko
(Kwinltsa)
500
Charlie
Denison
(Hayspart)
500
Cpl.
B.
Fugler.
500
Mrs.
Nellie
Beverldge
1,000
Erling
Jrlstlnd
109
INVASION
LOCOMOTIVES
LONDON,
May
12
(CP)
British
railways
now
are
using
austerity
engines
and
the
country's
big
locomotive
firms
are
building
large
numbers
of
them
for
the
lug
speedily
In
response
to
the
call,
sond
front
The
engines
have
made
ladder
entry
Into
the
burning
been
specially
made
to
pull
all
classroom
and
soon
had
the
fire
types
of
rolling
stock
on
any
4-foot
under
control.
8-lnch
gauge.
The
damage
was
not
extensive.
'
The
fire
was
caused
by
spontan-1
JURY
r
RETIRES
the
United
States
for
the
sending
eous
combustion
of
oily
rags
for
ie
jury
in
me
auhi
muruer
of
substantial
war
supplies
to
furniture
cleaning
being
placed
in
trial
retired
at
1:03
this
after-r,io
nmhnsrrf.
noon
to
consider
its
veidict.
CANADIAN
MUNITIONS
SERVE
ON
ALL
FRONTS
ports
l
the
Mori
J.
Aljp
shows,
wide
dis-
v
jr
triliutinn
nf
CiiuJin-made
equipment
which
gc
lu
more
than
50
world
destinations.
War
News
HITLER
MOVES
WEST
LONDON
A
German
broadcast,
recorded
by
Reuters
Tuesday
night,
tald
that
Adolf
Hitler,
whose
headquarters
have
been
described,
as
on
the
eastern
front,
is
now
at
an
unspecified
point
in
the
west.
There
was
no
Immediate
elaboration.
RAIDS
OVER
ENGLAND
LONDON
German
daylight
tM
wer
"peated
today
or,
the
thel
over
the
top
by
the
end
of
s
!"
East
An"icn
week.
Subscriptions
yesterday
?ast
cof
'
fn
amounted
to
$41,750.
Following
are
listed
further
re
cent
subscribers:
killed
and
others
were
trapped
in
buildings.
Two
other
places
weie
raided
on
a
light
scale.
REGIMENTS
HAD
FIGHT
Minister
of
National
Defence
Makes
Statement
in
Regard
to
Military
Camp
Incident
100
OTTAWA,
May
12
(Canadian
100
1
Press)
Cordial
relations
between
ja
Quebec
and
Ontailo
regiment
at
100
Camp
Sussex,
New
Brunswick,
sud
denly
were
disrupted
late
Thursday
inn
when
two
comparatively
small
100
groups
became
engaged
In
an
al
100
tercatlon
which
led
to
the
death
50
of
one
man,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
i
nnn
minister
of
national
defence,
told
L"
Mr.B
C
ITT
(Frhnmnirs
I
l).
,
I.
Jnroh
Conner
cWtWbrt
Wuto
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
.
nJU"'
7n;7a
Tnrnp
4no
The-minister
.
said
the
Incident
t-assea
Margaret
m.-
Lama.
"
-
Agriculture.
First
Year,
Class
I
Prt
100
Anne
V.
Wlnslow.
George
Someryllle
(Copper
Applied
Science,
Second
Year,
River)
300
50
50
1
The
woups
Involved
were
from
Les
Voltigeurs
de
Quebec
and
the
Duffprin
and
Haldlmand
Rifles.
Prlvat;
D.
M.
Bennett
of
Mc-Kella
.
Ontario,
died
in
Camp
Sussex
HomUal
Saturday
as
a
result
of
the
fracas.
ORGANIZER
OF
POLICE
Col.
McMullin
Was
Given
Credit
For
Organizing
B.
C.
Force
On
Present
Basis
VICTORIA,
May
12
(Canadian
Press)
The
late
Lieut.
Col.
J.
H.
McMullin
former
commissioner
of
provincial
police,
who
died
suddenly
here
yesterday
at
the
age
ot
severity-five
years,
was
ciedited
largely
.with
organizing
the
British
Columbia
police
on
Its
present
ba
sis.
Former
government
agent
at
ATLIN
TRIAL
ACCUSED
ADMITS
KILLING
But
Contention
is
That
it
Was
Case
of
Manslaughter
and
Not
Murder
The
defence
In
the
case
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
of
Willlam
Murray
Scott,
charged
with
.the
murder
of
John
Clee
at
Spruce
Creek
mining
camp
in
the
Atlin
district
on
August
4
last,
admits
responsibility
for
the
killing
but
pleads
that
It
was
not
a
matter
of
murder
but
manslaughter
since
Scott
had
no
recollection
of
any
of
the
events
which
transpired
between
the
time
he
drank
gin
and
punch
at
a
birthday
party
until
he
came
to
his
senses
In
Jail-
He
remembered,
accused
said
on
tak
ing
the
stand,
nothing
whatever
of
what
happened
that
night
at
the
home
of
Alfred
Vlck
where
he
shot
and
killed
Clee.
There
was
no
Intention
to
kill
any
one,
nor
was
there
any
object.
The
case
reached
the
stage
of
jury
deliberation
this
afternoon.
Scott,
giving
evidence
in
his
own
behalf,
said
that
he
lived
with
his
family
at
McKee
Creek
south
of
Atlin
where
he
engaged
In
trap
ping
and
hunting.
He
had
been
working-
at
Nolan's
camp
at
Spruce
Creek
and
was
about
to
leave
for
home
at
MfcKee
Creek
to
hunt
moose.
He
had
contributed
$2
to
a
fund
to
purchase
liquor
for
a
blfithdai',
party
iadrJiad-beeniper-
suaded
to
go
to
the
party.
He
had
had
several
drinks
of
punch
and
some
gin
and
that
was
the
last
he
remembered.
He
had
been
previously
affected
In
a
similar
man
ner
by
drinking,
particularly
rum.
Once
after
drinking
he
had
found
himself
In
the
mountains
and
had
had
to
climb
a
tree
to
get
his
Accused
said
he
was
born
Ix
Edinburgh,
Scotland.
He
had
join
ed
the
Navy
In
the
first
Great.;
War
as
a
boy
of
16
and
became!
a
wireless
operator.
He
had
served
:
in
the
Battle
of
Jutland,
threa
months
later
his
ship,
H.MJ3.
Not'
tlngham,
had
been
torpedoed
and"
sunk.
After
spending
a
long
time"
In
the
water
he
had
been
picked-
up.
Later
had
followed
service
out
of
Malta
on
minesweepers,
In
the
Dardanelles,
Adriatic
and
Black
Sea
on
destroyers
and
then
-In
Finnish
waters.
In
1919
accused
said
he
had
come
to
Canada,
working
for
a
while
Tn
the
East.
He
had
been
employed
In
mines
but
found
that
blasting
and
powder
affected
him
adverse-
Prince
Ruoert,
Col
McMullin
was
ly
so
he
had
come
west
and
gone
-unerlntendent
of
recruiting
In'
trapping
so
as
to
have
a
quiet
Northern
British
Columbia
during
life.
From
1923
to
1936
he
had
been
he
First
Great
War.
Sporls
Day
At
Kitwanga
Boxing
Bout
Yields
Technical
Knockout
KITWANGA,
May
12
A
sports
day
was
held
here
recently
under
the
sponsorship
ot
the
Kitwanga
Field
Athletic
Club.
Highlight
ol
he
day
was
a
scheduled
ten-round
boxing
bout
between
Dicky
Mor
gan
and
Lenny
Bright.
The
bout
ndcd
In
the
anticlimax
of
a
tech
nical
knockout
after
38
seconds
of
the
first
round
when
Lenny
Bright
received
the
decision
over
Mor
gan.
In
the
seml-wlndup
Larry
Morgan
fought
Barney
Morgan
Jr,
in
a
four-round
no-dcclslon
The
three-mile
race
was
won
by
Willie
Bryant
with
William
Smith,
Kltwancool,
second,
and
Mbrrls
Patrick,
Smlthers,
third.
Prizes
were
awarded
to
the
win
ners
and
$11
was
turned
over
to
R.
CamDbell
in
aid
.
of
the
Red
Cross.
A.
In
the
Naas
and
Uunk
River
coun
try.
Then
he
went
to
the
Atllri
district.
Occasionally
he
went
to
work
In
the
mines
but
always
with
111
effects
on
nerves
and
physique.
He
had
been
addicted
to
liquor
and
for
ten
years
had
drunk
very
heavily,
trying
of
recent
years
to
cut
it
out.
Under
cross-examination
by
the
attorney
general
and
prosecutor,
Hon.
R.
L.
Maltland,
Scott
persisted
that
he
could
remember
none
of
the
events
surrounding
the
Mrs.
Marina
Eastman,
who,
af-
ter
attending
the
dance
with
her
husband,
had
gone
home
and
re-.
tired,
told
of
being
awakened
early
In
the
morning
by
two
young;
women
who
excitedly
told
of
the
shooting.
Later
Scott
had
appear
ed
on
the
scene.
He
was
very
Intoxicated
and
agitated
and
talked
bf
committing
suicide.
He
asked,
the
special
policeman
to
give
him
15
minutes
to
do
away
with
him
self
and
thus
save
the
government
the
expense
of
a
trial.
James
Henry
Eastman,
mining
operator,
gave
evidence
similar
to.
that
of
his
wife.
(,
Gordon
Allan
told
of
giving
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