ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
1
Six
separate
assaults
were
made
over
the
wrek-end
by
Axis
roconnais-sance
units
In
feeling
out
the
Allied
lines
In
northern
Tunisia
aiong
the
Mediterranean
coast.
One
of
the
attacks
was
by
an
Italian
unit
and
the
five
others
by
Germans,
All
Axis
attacks
were
re-uulsed
with
casualties
and
equipment
losses
for
the
enemy.
Axi:
forces,
after
showing
signs
increased
resistance,
arc
relating
again
in-
the
Kasscrlne
section
In
the
central
section
of
he
Tunisian
battlcfront.
The
enemy
withdraws
with
the
United
Stales
forces
In
pursuit.
To
the
south
British
Eighth
Army
patrols
have
been
contact
?
the
enemy
around
the
Mareth
'ine
with
one
enpagement
near
hc
'"wn
of
Mareth.
One
report,
v.
as
mat-
the
Ilrltislv
had
started
a
full
'intensive
and
that
the
Mareth
line
ad
been
pierced
at
one
point.
Although
bad
weather
restricted
ui
operations,
Allied
fliers
hold
e
initiative
all
over
the
Tunisian
area,
striking
at
numerous
ob-lectivcs.
Eleven
Axis
aircraft
were
brought
down
with
the
loss
of
two
Allied
planes.
Stalin
Hails
Malta
People
Message
Sent
From
Russian
Dictator
to
General
Gort
VALETTA,
Malta,
March
1
In
a
"ic'
age
from
Premier
Stalin
of
u.:sia
to
Lord
Gort,
governor
of
Malta,
congratulations
are
extend
l
y
the
Soviet
dictator
on
"the
Sallant
defence
of
Malta."
To
the
People
of
Malt.i
thn
ftehtlnt
ur-ppt..
l"Bs
of
the
Russians
were
extend'
ed.
e
FINLAND
WARLIKE
Col.
Johnston
Now
in
-Britain
Beginning
today
British
Columbia
liquor
permit
holders
will
be
restricted
to
forty
ounces
of
spirits
and
one
gallon
of
wine
monthly
with
only
one
purchase
monthly.
Previously
this
had
been
the
weekly
quota.
The
malt-beer,
stout
and
ale
quota
remains
unchanged
at
two
WAR
IN
TUNISIA
BATTLING
IN
THREE
SECTIONS
Allied
Forces
Still
Hold
Initiative,
Particularly
in
the
Air
AXIS
FORCES
ADVANCE
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
1
(CD-Axis
attacks
towards
Ileja
in
northern
Tunisia
were
disclosed
today
to
have
processed
three
miles
beyond
Sid
Nslr
which
is
fighltcn
miles
northeast
of
Beja
and
forty
miles
west
of
Tunis
despite
great
losses
inflicted
by
Allied
R.'ound
and
air
forces.
This
disclosure
came
shortly
after
an
Allied
headquarters
communique
announced
enemy
attacks
in
the
north
were
generally
on
a
reduced
scale
but
that
northeast
of
IJeja
the
Axis
threw
tanks
and
infantry
into
an
all-day
effort
to
pierce
Allied
dozen
pints
weekly.
Purchases
of
spirits
may
be
made
In
any
division
desired
providing
the
forty
ounces
is
not
exceeded.
For
instance,
a
person
may
buy
cne
forty
ounce
bottle
of
any
variety.
Another
Instance
might
be
a
mickey
thirteen
ounces
each
of
jin,
Dranay
ana
rum
in
me
one
purchase.
The
Idea
Is
that
the
forty
ounces
Is
not
exceeded
and
that
there
Is
only
the
only
purchase
per
month.
The
wine
must
be
purchased,
at
the
same
time
as
the
spirits,
being
Included
In
the
single
purchase.
Meanwhile,
the
local
liquor
store
Is
empty
entirely
of
all
goods
There
Is
not
a
single
bottle
In
ths
place.
Albert
Deildal,
the
vendor,
stated
this
morning
that
he
did
expect
nyplrits
5
,.wn,s
or,
some
time.
There
may
be
a
little
beer
later
In
the
week.
There
was
a
crowd
possibly
of
two
hundred
or
so
persons
lined
up
at
the
liquor
store
this
morning
before
the
opening
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
the
"Sold
Out"
sign
was
still
'posted.
The
,vendor
appeared
on
the
scene
at
the
opening
hour
to
Inform
the
would-be
purchasers
that
there
was
nothing
for
them.
Throughout
the
day
people
have
been
calling
at
the
1
store
to
find
the
doors
locked.
Peace
Talk
Appears
to
be
Spiked
Ry
President
Ryti
at
Inauguration
for
Second
Term
HELSINKI,
March
1
0'
President
Rlsto
Rytl
declared
today
at
the
Inauguration
for
his
second
term
that
"we
cannot
see
any
signs
if
th
end
of
the
war"
and
called
upon
Finland
to
continue
every
effort
In
the
fight
she
has
waged
as
a
partner
of
Germany.
Rytl's
statement
followed
recurrent
rumors
that
Finland
was
ready
for
separate
peace.
Former
Local
Area
Commandant
Has
Arrived
Overseas
Word
has
been
received
in
the
cttv
of
h
recent
arrival
in
Bri
tain
Of
Col.
H
U.
jonnaum
m...
VD
former
area
commanaaiu
in
Prince
Rupert
who
was
transferred
south
from
here
several
months
ago.
CAUGHT
ON
BOUNCE
MARCELINE,
Mo.,
Mar.
l.O)
The
young
fellow
in
city
court,
charged
with
passing
wormier
checks,
was
fined-
$n.a.
ue
nana-
ed
the
Judge
a
worthless
cnccK.
u
bounced,
too.
FIRST
ILLNESS
AT
78
CENTRAL,
S.C.,
Mar.
1
0-Mrs.
J
A.
Hunnlcutt,
78,
regretted
calling
the
doctor
about
as
much
as
she
regretted
becoming
111.
It
.
was
the
first
time
she
had
ever
had
medical
attention.
FIKE
PROTECTION
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Hair
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
Maximum
46.5
-
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
29
7:45
p.m.
to
8:01
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXII,
No.
50
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
1,
193,
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Japs
Are
Looki
119
Ausfr
alia
Liquor
Purchases
Cut
Drastically:
No
Goods
Of
Any
Kind
In
Rupert
British
Columbiaus
Will
Have
to
Get
Along
With
Forty
Ounces
of
Hard
Stuff
Monthly
and
Must
Get
it
All
at
One
Time
REVENUE
DOUBLED
Customs
and
Excise
Collections
at
I'rince
Rupert
Away
Ahead
of
Last
Year
Customs
and
excise
revenue,
at
the
port
of
Prince'
Rupert
so
far
this
calendar
year
is
running
more
than
double
cf
a
year
ago.
The
collections
this
February
totalled
$42.-364.30
as
compared
with
$16,529.05
at
a
corresponding
date
last
year.
For
the
first
two
months
of
this
year
ithe
total
has
been
$127,118.24
as
aealnst
$52,944.09
In
the
same
period
a
year
ago.
L
LONDON,
Mar.
1
O
Viscount
Falmouth
hinted
at
the
Institution
of
Civil
Engineers
thV-
developments
have
been
made
In
fire
research
and
fire
protection
which
1
cannot
be
disclosed
until
after
the
j
war.
He
stressed
that
nothing
spec
tacular
could
be
expected.
ST.
NAZAIRE
IS
TARGET
Nazi
Submarine
Rise
on
French
Coast
Heavily
Hit
by
Britons
And
Canadians
LCNmN,
Marrh
1
W
Royal
Air
Fotce
bombers
smashed
very
heavily
at
the
submarine
base
at
St.
Varslre.
Frarj:e,
and
attacked
targets
In
western
Germany
last
night
It
was
announced
today.
More
thar
t
thousand
tbns
of
explosives
were
said
to
have
been
loosed
on
the
-
jbmarin
ib4se
in
a
thirty-minute
at
tuck;
sTanipini
the
defences.
Canadians
helped
the
Royal
Air
Force;
t3
carrjy
th
snrin?
offensive
into
the
newponth
and
five
bombers
are
missing,
two
of
which
were
from
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
group.
RENNKLL
ISLAM)
Rennell
Island,
110"-
miles
south
of
Guadalcanal.
1
the
southernmost
tip
of
the
900-mile
Solomons
chain.
Upper
Half
Of
Continent
Down
Under
Is
Enveloped
By
Nippon
Reinforcements
X
Red
Army
I
Moves
On
I
-
...
LONDON,
March
1
(D
A
des-
perate
German
effort
to
stave
off
further
disasters
in
Russia
apparently
has
checked
the
forces
of
General
Vatutin
In
the
Donets
Basin
but
the
Rus-
slans
reported
today
that
the
Red
Army
Is
continuing
to
grind
forwaid
west
of
Kharkov..
toward
th?
rail
junction
of
the
Poltava
and
Dnfeper
Rivers.
SIDE
BY
SIDE
OLD
ALLIES
FIGHT
AGAIN
Not
since
Dunkirk
have
these
well-known
French
helmets
been
seen
alongside
the
famous
British
"tin-hats."
The
French
machine-gun
c.ew
s
protecting
a
British
Bofors
anti-aircraft
gun
unit
from
possible
ground
attack
during
op
"rations
against
the
Axis
forces
in
Tunisia.
LESS
SEATS
IN
COMMONS
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan
Out
Under
Redistribution
Lose
OTTAWA,
March
1
On
the
basis
of
the
1941
census,
there,
will
be
a
total
of
238
members
in
Parliament
under
a
new
redistribution
bill,
It
Is
announced
by
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics.
"The
reduction
In
number
of
members
from
45
is
accounted
for
by
two
provinces
three
less
In
Manitoba
and
four
less
In
Saskatchewan.
Other
provinces
retain
their
present
number
of
representatives.
By
provinces
the
members
will
be
as
follows:
Prince
Edward
Island
4
Nova
Scotia
12
New
Brunswick
,
10
Quebec
63
Ontario
-
82
Manitoba
14
Alberta
17
Saskatchewan
.....
17
British
Columbia
1G
Yukon
1
Hockey
Scores
Saturday
Chicago
4,
Toronto
1.
Detroit
7,
Rangers
1.
Sunday
,
Detroit
5,
Rangers
1.
Toronto
4.
Montreal.
2.
Boston
4,
Chicago
4.
BULLETINS
RUSSIANS'
SLOWED
MOSCOW
A
stiffening
in
Axis
resistance
on
all
fronts
and
an
ealicr
thaw
than
usual
is
slowing
up
the
Russian
advance,
against
flic
Nazis.-
More
populated
places
have,
however,
been
taken
by
the
Russians
after
fierce
fighting.
NAZIS
TOWARD
SPAIN
V1CHV
rc'iimptinn
of
German
troop
movements
through
France
fa
the
direction
of
the
Spanish
frontier
is
reported.
LIMIT
SPANISH
OIL
WASHINGTON
Only
oil
for
essentia,
purposes
will
be
sent
from
tlic
United
States
to
Spain
and
supplies
will
he
limited
to
two
months
requirements.
Dean
of
Priests
Is
Dead
-f
SMTTHERS,
March
1
(Special
to-
Dallv
News)
Father
Coc-
cola,
veteran
British
Columbia
priest
and
for
many
years
lo-
cated
in
the
Bulkley
Valley,
having
resided
here
for
con-
slderable
time
In
retirement.
nass'-d
away
this
morning
at
"
v
the
S-n'i'hrs
Hospital.
He
was
ninety
years
of
age.
SICILY
IS
HARD
HIT
United
States
Flying
Fortresses
Continuing
Heavy
Attacks
on
Italian
Ports
CAIRO,
March
1
fc
Bad
weather
restricted
air
operations
in
th
Mediterranean
theatre
yesterday
but
United
States
flying
fortresses
carried
out
one
of
the
heavies
raids
of
the
campaign
on
the
Sicilian
supply
pott
of
Cagllarl
where
four
ships
were
reported
hit.
Drumhead
Service
Held
on
Sunday
Large
Procession
from
Court
Houm
Grounds
to
Acropolis
Hill
One
of
the
largest
military
parades
ever
seen,
in
Prince
Rupert
was
that
yesterday
morning
for
a
drumhead
service
at
Acropolis
Hill
giounds.
The
line
of
procession
wa3
from
the
Court
House
grounds
to
the
Acropolis.
Navy,
army
and
air
force
took
part
and
there
wers
military
bands.
Capt.
Henry
Doiron's
hallbutter
Sea
Maid
was
In
port
at
the
end
of
the
week
with
dogfish
and
mixed
scrap,
livers.
For
the
dogfish
livers
28.6c
per
pound
was
paid
by
the
J.
II.
Carson
Co,
while
$1
per
pound
was
the
price
for
the
mixed
scrap
livers.
These
prices
are
a
far
cty
from
a
few
years
ago
when
5c
per
pound
was
paid
for
dogfish
livers
and
are
double
that
of
a
year
ago
when
the
price
was
13c.
May
be
for
Offensive
or
Defensive,
Spokesman
Says
Commonwealth's
Statesmen
Are
Underscored
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
March
1
(CP)
The
Allied
Command
announces
that
the
Tapanese
are
constantly
reinforcing
troops
in
a
two
thousand
mile
perimeter
"enveloping
the
upper
half
of
Australia,"
indicating,
that
the
enemy
is
"taking'
up
a
position
ot
readiness.
A
spokesman
said
the
readiness."
Involving
largest
forces
ever
gath-'
ercd
in
the
area
north
of
Australia,
could
be
either
for
an
offen
sive
against
Australia
or
a
defen
sive
fight.
The
reinforcements
In
clude
ships,
troops
and
planes.
The
statement
on
continuing
Tapanese
threat
to
Australia
un
derscored
repeated
official
warn
ings
by
Australians
that
dangers
to
the
continent
was
still
real
in
spite
gf
Japanese
reverses
In
the
Ccral
Sea
and
on
Guadalcanal
and
New
Guinea
Islands.
jectives
In
Sicily
Hit
By
n
',
1
n
1
imusJLiJomDs.
CAIRO,
March
1
British
planes
Jjased
on
Malta
renewed
their
at-'acks
on
objectives
in
Sicily
at
the
week-end
including
Syracuse.
GIVE
MORE
THIS.
TIME
Tendency
is
to
Make
Red
Cross
Subscriptions
Larger
Than
1
Ever
Substantial
subscriptions
mark
the
opening
of
the
national
drive
for
the
Red
Cross
In
Prince
Rupert.
In"
view
of
the
anticipated
increased
need,
the
general
attitude
appears
to
be
in
the
direction
of
making
larger
subscriptions
on
this
occasion.
Every
indication
Is
that
the
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
will
be
giving
.
more
generously
than
ever
on
this
occasion
so
that
there
may'
be
no
doubt
of
the
local
objective
of
'$12,000
being
reached
and
oversubscribed.
Following
is
the
initial
list
of
subscriptions:
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
.
Co.
Ltd
$400.00
N.B.C.
Tower
Co.,
Ltd
175.00
Ormes
Limited
125.03
Kelly
Douglas
Cor
Ltd
100.00
Watts
&
Nlckerson
100.00
Gordon
&
Anderson
100.00.
William
Stone
'.
100.00
Capitol
Theatre
Famous
'
Players
Can.
Co.
100.00
Max
Heitbroncr
100.00
Savoy
Hotel
100.00
Philpott,
Evltt
&
Co.,
Ltd.
75.00
John
Denis
25.00
McRae
Bros.,
Ltd
25.00
COLOGNE
IN
B
AD
SHAPE
Recent
Raids
Constituted
'
Front
Line
Experience"
Real
COLOGNE,
March
1
In
reference
to
the
heavy
raid
by
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
this
Important
German
city,
a
war
correspondent
writes
that
it
was
a
"real
front
line
experience."
Streets
are
littered
with
debris
and
the
ruins
have
made
It
necessary
to
rope
many
of
them
off.
12.000
ON
RATIONS
IN
PR.
RUPERT
This
is
Number
of
Books
So
Far
Taken
Out
In
This
City
'
Over
twelve
thousand
of
the
new
ration
books
have
been
taken
out
in
Prince
'Rupert
and
it
is
estimated
that
53,000
have
been
issued
in
the
entire
area
of
northern
and
central
British
Columbia
of
which
the
local
ration
office
is
the
centre.
The
local
area
includes
all
of
the
nn-ovinVe"Slortnof5riJhe
which
runs
roughly
from
the
south
end
of
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
through
Woodpecker
between
Trinre
George
and
Quesnel
and
on
to
the
Alberta
boundary.
Others
of
the
more
populated
centres
included
in
the
district,
besides
Prince
Rupert,
therefore,
include
Prince
George,
Ocean
Falls,
Vanderhoof,
Premier,
Stewart,
Smlthers,
AIcBride,
Burns
Lake,
Terrace,
Hazelton
and
Port
Simpson.
60
HAVE
PERISHED
Little
Hope
for
Men
Still
EntombeJ
In
Montana
Coal
Mine
BEAR
CREEK,
Montana,
March
1
m
Little
hope
is
held
out
for
the
survival
of
'sixty-nine
miners
entombed
in
the
Smith
coal
mine
since
Saturday
forenoon
following
a
blast
which
killed
five
men.
The
rescuers
are
still
working
to
reach
the
men
in
spite
of
official
view
that
their
survival
Is
"almost
beyond
'hope."
DEATH
BY
DROWNING
This
is
Finding
of
Coroner
in
Case
Of
Donald
Robinson
Whose
Body
Drifted
Fiom
Vancouver
Island
Death
by
drowning
was
the
find
ing
of
Coroner
Dr.
R.
J.
MacDonald
in
an
inquiry
on
Saturday
Into
the
case
of
Donaia
Alexander
Komn-
son
of
Calgary
who
was
one
of
the
crew
of
the
coast
freighter
North-holm
which
foundered
January
16
last
off
Cape
Scott,
Vancouver
Island,
and
whose
body
was
found
washed
up
on
Langar
Island
cn
the
northwest
of
Graham
Island
last
week.
Fifteen
members
of
the
crew
were
lost
and
there
were
only
two
survivors
in
the
sinking
of
the
Northholm
in
a
storm.
WITHOUT
CONSCRIPTION
India's
peacetime
army
of
has
grown
to
more
than
without
any
form
of
1
6
"
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