Local
Temperature
Maximum
A
59
Minimum
Kv
5
Koenigsberg
Is
Hit
Again
Russian
Bombers
Deliver
Another
Heavy
Atiack
on
East
Prussian
Industrial
Centre
MOSCOW,
April
14
Russian
bombers
made
a
second
,heavy
attack
on
the
East
Prussian
Industrial
'city
of
'Koenigsberg
Monday
nipht
Direct
hits
were
made
on
industrial
plants,
power
plant
and
airdrome.
airdrome.
Monday
night's
attack
M
the
spconrl
raid
within
four
Canada
To
Send
Grain
to
States
Guinea
coast,
left
sinking
a
ten
At
Washington
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
said
mere
was
no
sign
of
particularly
heavy
enemy
naval
forces.
BOMBING
RESUMED
-
Royal
Air
Force
Active-
by
Daylight
Over
Enemy-occupied
Territory
On
Continent
LONDON,
April
14
The
Royal
Air
Force
resumed
daylight
raids
yesterday
on
Nazi-occupied
terri
tory
from
Holland
to
Brittany,
nil-ting
at
enemy
Installations
and
bases
at
such
points
at
St.
Omer,
Abbeville
and
Brest.
Enemy
ship
ping
off
the
coast
of
Norway
was
also
attacked.
The
daylight
raids
yesterday
followed
two
successive
nights
of
Inactivity
over
the
continent
by
the
Royal
Air
Force.
George
Mclvor,
Chairman
of
Wheat
Board,
is
on
Visit
to
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
April
14
i
I
n
-
r
r
!
nn
ripnrop
MClVOr.
Clttiunittii
ui
Canadian
Wheat
Boara,
is-
puyms
vuit.
t.n
Washington.
He
Is
here
TWO
MORRISONS
LONDON,
April
14
.-There
are
two
Morrisons
in
the
British
National
War
Cabinet,
Herbert
Mor
rison
(Lab.)
home
secretary
a
m
minister
of
home
security
and
W.
S.
Morrison
(Con.)
postmaster-general.
GOING
IN
FOR
ANTI-TOXIN
.
.
vmntxrd
acalnst
on
Kocnissoerg.
rive
pianes
r,rtw
districts
district
of
Northamp
county
n
a
Nazi
airdrome
were
destroy-
the
cd,
jtonshlre.
-
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRTNm
PRINCE
RUPERT,
RUPERT.
'
B.C.,
B.C..
'
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY,
'
APRIL
APRTL
14.
14,
1913
1043
If
these
Allied
troops
keep
their
heads
bowed
It
is
not
out
of
reverence
for
the
Japs,
although
It
does
imply
a
healthy
respect
for
a
stray
Jap
sniper's
bullet
that
would
undoubtedly
be
winging
its
way
at
any
pate
that
showed
It
fit
above
the
line
of
concealment.
It
was
the
duty
of
this
squad
to
flush
a
certain
Jungle
ar
'a
of
Jap
snipers
after
a
United
Nations
victory
against
the
main
Jap
forces
in
the
Battle
pf
B'ina.
i
Service
Men
to
Vote
for
Parties,
Not
Individual
Candidates
this
country
with
a
new
system
thousand
JaDanese
snip
ana
set
,u-ru
Fi.o
mn
nvnrcpoo
and
afire
an
eight
thousand
ton
ship.
,
s
Africa
must
vote
for
par-
ties
Instead
of
individuals.
It
has
been
decided
that
in
view
of
the
diverse
home
addresses
of
men
making
up
various
units,
the
normal
system
of
balloting
for
individual
candidates
will
be
Impos
sible.
Soldiers,
sailors
and
airmen
will
be
given
a
ballot
paper
containing
the
names
of
all
parties
and
Independent
candidates.
This
will
be
marked
with
the
full
name,
date
and
birthplace
of
the
service
men
voting.
The
envelopes
will
then
be
despatched
to
the
central
electoral
bureau
in
Pretoria.
By
means
of
a
file
Index
system,
the
votes
will
be
endorsed
with
the
constituency
wherein
the
soldier
was
registered.
After
the
party
Is
demanding
several
Nationalist
scats
and
Oswald
Plrow.
Nationalist
leader,
is
represented
as
"not
interested
in
democratic
government
and
the
parliamentary
system."
The
Labor
party
Is
claiming
six
United
(government)
party
seats
and
planning
a
big
offensive
acalnst
the
"domlnlonltes"
en-
In
connection
with
a
plan
whereby
,
gazettcd,
helped
by
feed
grain
Is
to
be
sent
by
oanaaa
to
the
United
States.
WAR
Two
Convicts
Are
Dead
From
t
Break
Attempt
sunk
in
the
bay.
Floyd
Hamilton,
a
member
of
the
Bar
row
gang,
which
terrorized
southwest
United
States
a
decade
ago.
was
believed
wounded
and
drowned.
NEWS
ITALIAN
NAVAL
BASE
HIT
LONDON
Bi
Ham-based
bombers
heavily
attacked
Speiia,
naval
base
in
northern
Italy,
last
night
and
it
was
announced
today
that
.Royal
Ar,
.t'Sce"
bombers
from
the
Middle
East
blasted
Talermo
and
JMessina
harbors
m
Sicily
on
Monday
nigbt.
Spczia
is
on
the
Ligurian
Sea
about
fifty
miles
southeast
of
Genoa.
Three
bombers
are
missing
Ironi
(lie
1,500-mile
ioind
trip
and
from
other
raids
on
northwestern
Germany.
None
were
lost
in
the
attacks
on
Sicily.
GERMANS
LOSE
NEAR
SMOLENSK
LONDON-x-The
Russians
dislodged
Germans
from
fortified
positions
of
great
importance
on
the
Smolensk
front
Tuesday,
Moscow
reported
today.
On
the
Leningrad
sector
the
Soviets
turned
back
an
outbicak
of
Nazi
tank
and
infantry
attacks
with
heavy
losses'
to
the
Germans.
Fierce
fighting
continues
in
the
Donets
Valley.
count
is
taken,
electoral
officers
Alcatraz
Island
prison'
yes-
In
constituencies
will
be
Instructed
j
f
day.
The
spectacular
break
u..
(t..oi,
tn
nrM
tn
manv
vnfn
h
frnm
thn
rnrkhniinri
npnlten-
iu
..-
...
-
---
uy
i.ri.k'"F"
to
those
given
for
various
party
t-
tlary
failed
for
all
four.
It
cost
candidates
in
their
constituencies,
i
two
of
them
tneir
lives
ana
Opposition
Claims
L
the
other
two
were
back
in
Opposition
groups
have
not
yet
,
custody
last
night.
Harold
:
Fined
$300
For
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
14
i
cp
Four
convicts
made
a
des-
pcrate
attempt
to
escape
from
managed
to
arrange
a
unifying,
Brest,
Pennsylvania
oanK
roD-
v
group
program
as
the
Africaner
'ber,
was
shot
and
his
body
Keeping
Liquor
Ernest
Fred
Jabour
Pleads
Guilty
To
Bootlegging
Charge
in
City
Police
Court
Ernest
Fred
Jabour
of
the
Do
minion
Rooms
was
fined
$300,
with
option
of
three
months
Imprisonment,
in
city
police
court
this
morning
for
keeping
liquor
for
ale.
He
pleaded
guilty
to
the
charge.
Police
had
found
a
.considerable
amount
of
liquor
in
his
quarters.
Staff
Sergeant
F.
W.
Gallagher
prosecuted
and
W.
O.
Fulton
acted
as
defence
counsel,
Omaha
Air
Field
Is
Under
Water
Dykes
of
Missouri
River
Break
Under
Weight
of
Flood
irnnrhPrt
in
the
Durban
area.
lsed
tne
Assemoiy
mere
win
pe.
0MAHA,
April
14-The
Omaha
Minister
of
Railways
F.
C.
Stur-
a
thorough
public
Inquiry
Into
al-
air
field
Is
under
six
feet
of
water
Got
Second
Liquor
Permit
By
Giving
False
Information
Roscoe
W.
Morrow,
a
United
States
citizen,
was
fined
$50
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
city
police
court
yesterday
for
having
ilven
false
Information
In
order
to
;ecure
a
second
permit
at
the
gov
ernment
liquor
store.
He
obtained
i,he
second
permit
by
saying
that
ie
had
not
already
had
a
first.
He
-leaded
guilty.
TALKS
ABOUT
IRISH
BASES
Thomas
L.
Church,
Toronto
Member,
Indignant
About
Use
Being
Denied
to
Allies
OTTAWA.
April
14
Thomas
L.
Church,
Conservative
Progressive
member
for
Toronto-Broadvlew,
speaking
yesterday
in
the
House
of
Commons,
again
referred
to
the
fact
that
the
Allies
were
being
de-'
nied
the
use
of
naval
bases
In
Eire.
I
He
expressed
Indignation
that
such
a
situation
should
continue
when
bases
there
could
be
of
such
protection
to
Allied
shipping
against
enemy
submarine
warfare.
ALL
OUT
FOR
WAR
Housewives'
League
in
Favor
of
100
I'ercent
Effort
.Milk
Supply,
riajfiroiinns.
coal
iveigni.
Prices
Discussed
The
local
branch
of
the
Housewives'
LeaRue,
meeline
last
nlcht
at
the
East
End
Hall
with
the
pre
sident.
Mrs.
J.
R.
Blakey.
In
the
chair,
went
on
record
as
being
one
hundrsd
percent
behind
the
war
effoit
and
willing
to
do
everything
in
its
power
to
further
it.
A
variety
oi
dher
matters
was
discussed
at
the
meeting
which
was
well
A
committee
consisting
or
Mrs.'
Stanley
and
Mrs.
Allen
reported
on
I
the
milk
situation.
There
had
been
t
an
interview
with
the
local
officer
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
and
assurance
came
from
that
quarter
that
the
situation
i
should
be
relieved
soon
with
enough
canned
milk
for
all.
It
was
decided
t"
follow
'the
matter
up
further
with
Ottawa,
pointing
out
how
t'nnce
Kupe.t,
with
little
fresh
milk,
was
so
dependent
upon
the
canned
product.
A
committee
consisting
of
Mrs.
Creak,
Mrs.
Gomez,
and
Mrs.
Blakey
was
delegated
to
go
further
Into
the
matter
of
children's
play-nounds
for
whlrh
It
was
felt
there
was
a
great
need.
1
here
will
be
a
check-up
on
coal
deliveries
to
ensute
that
full
meas
ure
is
always
given.
Grocery
bills
will
also
be
checked
to
ascertain
that
price
ceilings
are
not
being
encroached
upon.
Kay
Kayser
Is
Rejected
For
Army
Service
HOLLYWOOD,
April
14
Kay
rock
has
assumed
control
of
alllcged
riots'
-in
Lalngsburg,
Cape
owing
to
Missouri
River
floods.
It
physically
unfit,
motor
vehicles
under
regulations
Province,
where
as
a
train
full
of
Is
feared
that
runways
are
so
an
advlcory
non-European
(negro)
troops.
Daaiy
aamagea
wai
wie
miuu
committee
of
nine
Including
con-
drew
into
the
station
a
number
of
'may
have
to
be
moved,
Dykes
were
,
InVftSllLUreS
1
0
trollers
of
rubber,
petrol,
oil,
and
them,
vehicles,
representatives
of
rail-
liquor,
ways,
road
transportation
board,
municipal
passenger
services,
private
passenger
services,
and
military
forces.
An
executive
council
of
three
Is
being
formed
by
the
under
the
Influence
of
alighted
and
threw
stones
and
fruit
at
civilians.
In
.
Port
Elizabeth
district
a
major
step
In
the
emancipation
of
natives
Is
being
tried.
At
a
New
Brighton
native
village
the
post
minister,
who
hopes
to
drastically
of
medical
officer
has
been
filled
curtail
all
transportation
Including
by
the
appointment
of
a
native
use
of,
private
cars.
-
.doctor
with
a
salary
of
360
a
Armed
Politics
year,
plus
free
housing.
What
Is
described
as
"political!
Wartime
trade
across
the
South
robbery"
by
an
anti-war
organlza-
Atlantic
Is
increasing.
In
the
first
.
.
I,
4,
tinn
it.no
rnn
iinni-un
hum
i
h
l
ill
Tii'n
m
n
n
r
n
v
mt
i
Nn
un
ftyriffn
taavfmttiv
Encianq,
April
n
"'
.....v..
D
.
than
36.250
12,000
(64,000)
by
armed
men
In
Jumped
Into
third
place
for.
ex-
children
broken
by
the
flood
waters.
HOME
LUNCHES
O.K.
VANCOUVER,
April
14
W
rationing
has
no
effect
on
the
Kayser,
famous
orchestra
leader,
was
rejected
for
Army
service
yesterday
on
the
grounds
of
being
Be
Made
at
Govt
House
This
Week
home-made
lunch
business
here
a
.
..
local
survey
has
proved.
Eighty
per
OTTAWA,
April
14
One
hundred
cent
of
Vancouver's
shipyard
,
and
forty
investltures
will
be
car-workers
are
still
carrying
lunches,
rled
t
and
Saturday
me
remaining
m
i
-'
,
afternoons
at
Government
House
der
15
have
been
im-
military
uniforms
at
Johannesburg
port
from
the
Argentine.
Argentine
wcgians
have
been
aTrested
emuwu.
......-
.
""h'-
....
..
dlDtntncria
in
;
forced
to
surrender
the
money.
nearly
nine
times
greater
than
Prime
Minister
Smuts
has
prom-
last
year,
yard
canteens
or
nearby
restaur
ants.
NORWEGIAN
HOSTAGES
LONDON.
April
14
Six
Nor
bomb
a
German
Trondheim
harbor.
transport
as
to
in
by
the
Governor
General,
the
Duke
of
Athlone.
Names
of
the"
recipients
have
not
yet
been
made
pub
lic.
ABOUT
PEEP-JEEP
In
the
U.
S.
Army
at
Fort
Knox,
Ky..
a
ceen
2.800
pounds
Is
the
son
of
a
Jeep,
5,950
pounds
both
autos.
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
9:10
p.m.
to
6:14
ajn.
VOL.
XXXII,
No.
88
&
PRICE:
PRICE:
FIVE
FIVE
CENTS
CENTS
!
Allied
Approach
Tunis
and
Bizerte
PLANNING
TO
LIGHT
UP
FARMS
Special
Committee
on
Itural
Electrification
Formed
by
VICTORIA,
April
14
A
special
hydro-electric
committee
to
study
the
feasibility
of
rural
electrification
was
yesterday
appointed
by
the
executive
council,
It
was
announced
by
Premier
John
Hart.
Dr.
W
A,
Carruthers,
chairman
of
the
public
utilities
commission,
will
be
the
chairman
of
the
new
commit
JAPS
IN
CONTROL
General
Douglas
MacArthur
Makes
Grim
Statement
Regarding
Situation
in
South
Pacific
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
April
14
General
Douglas
MacArthur,
commander-in-chief
of
the
Allied
forces
In
the
southwest
Pacific,
today
Issued
a
stern
warning
to
the
United
Nations
that,
barring
Allied
submarine
activity,
the
Japanese
had
complete
naval
control
of
the
sea
lanes
in
the
western
Pacific
and
the
outer
approaches
to
Australia.
If
the
enemy
can
win
control
of
tee
with
Major
J.
C.
MacDonald
of
the
air,
Australia
can
be
attacked
the
public
utilities
commission
and
E.
Davis,
comptroller
of
water
rights,
members.
"The
committee
has
been
ap
with
ease.
"If
we
lose
control
of
the
air,
naval
forces
cannot
save
us,"
MacArthur
declared.
"The
pointed
to
secure
reliable
lnforma-,'
bomber
force."
tion
In
connection
with
electrification
of
rural
areas
and
to
report
first
line
of
our
defence
Is
our
General
MacArthur,
whose
planes
have
blunted
two
big
Jap-
upon
the
extent
and
condition
of
ancse
aerlal
thrusts
at
New
Guinea
electrical
services
In
the
province
with
particular
reference
to
the
service
of
rural
areas,"
the
Premier
stated.
The
order-ln-councll
appointing
this
committee
makes
provision
for
the
necessary
expenditures
in
connection
therewith
and
sets
out
the
work
to
be
surveyed
and
reported
upon
as
follows:
1
Rural
areas
In
which
electrical
service
Is
now
available.
(a)
The
sources
of
electrical
energy
and
the
terms
and
conditions
under
which
the
seivice
is
furnished.
(b)
Numbers
of
consumers
presently
served.
(c
Numbers
of
potential
consumers
not
presently
served
and
the
reason
therefore.
(d)
Methods
of
Improving
the
supply
and
availability
of
electrical
service.
2
Ru:al
areas
in
which
electrical
service
Is
not
now
available.
a-
Number
of
potential
customers.
b)
Potential
sources
of
electrical
energy
for
such
rural
areas.
id
Proposed
methods
of
furnishing
service.
3,
The
feasibility
of
supplying
numbers
of
presently
Isolated
com
munltles
from
"grid"
transmission
syntems
and
central
production
plants.
4.
Preliminary
estimates
or
the
capital
cost
of
works
proposed
for
increasing
the
supply
and
availability
of
electrical
service.
5.
Estimated
rates
under
which
electrical
service
may
be
furnished
under
proposed
plans.
8.
The
financial
problems
Involved
in
furnishing
electrical
service
including:
a
Whether
financing
of
extension
piojects
can
be
handled
by
existing
utilities.
'b)
Whether
rates
pursuant
to
extensions
could
be
carried
by
new
consumers
without
concurrently
increasing
unduly
costs
to
existing
consumers.
(c)
If
projects
cannot
be
on
a
self-sustalnlnc
basis,
how
could
they
be
financed?
7
Any
other
technical
and
economic
Information
in
respect
to
rural
electrification
within
the
pro
vlnce.
by
shooting
down
seventy-six
of
the
enemy
planes,
warned
that
powerful
Japanese
naval
forces
are
within
striking
distance
of
Aus
tralia
and
can
be
held
off
only
If
the
Allies
keep
command
of
the
skies.
General
MacArthur's
statement
ALLIED
TROOPS
FLUSH
NEW
GUINEA
JUNGLE
OF
STRAY
JAPS
came
on
the
heels
of
a
warning
"''rr'
"TiT
by
Sir
Thomas
;
Blaney
commander
,
1
lUPl
oi
Australian
jurces,
uiai
me
Japanese
have
massed
two
hundred
thousand
first
line
troops
In
the
arc
of
islands
north
of
Australia.
Meanwhile
an
Allied
communi
que
showed
that
the
Allies
noia
me
CAPE
TOWn,
April
14
ttrr-South
aerial
initiative,
uomoers.
m
a
ram
kArrt(a?at
thetonTrng-'general
elec
on
Hansa
Bay
on
tne
norm
wow
.
k
eiccton
history
for
TIGHTEN
UP
UPON
MIS
Are
Being
Pushed
Into
Smaller
Area
In
Northern
Tip
of
Tunisia
ENEMY
HARD
PRESSED
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
14
(CP)
Allied
forces
in
Tunisia
have
driven
up
to
Axis
mountain
defences
ringing
Tunis
and
Bizerte,
an
Allied
communique
said
today,
and
British
and
American
aircraft
have
destroyed
eighty-four
more
Axis
planes.
The
mass
destruction
of
Axis
aetlal
strength
was
led
by
flying
fortresses
which
destroyed
seventy-three
planes
In
two
raids
on
Sicilian
air
fields.
The
British
Eiith
Army,
continuing
to
press
the
Afrikan
Korps
northward
from
Sousse,
ran
into
Marshal
Rommel's
prepared
positions
between
Enfidaville
and
Djebel
Bou
Hadjar,
a
communique
said.
This,
apparently,
is
a
mountain
defence
line
upon
which
Rommel
has
fixed
for
his
main
stand.
The
British
First
Army,
exerting
steady
pressure
from
the
west,
also
pushed
the
Germans
back
along
Beja
ioad
north
of
Kedjez-el-Bab
to
within
three
miles
of
Sidi
Neir,
about
forty
miles
west
of
Tunis.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
14
D
Allied
forces
have
pushed
the
enemy
Into
a
further
contracting
areu
In
the
northern
tip
of
Tu-ntslat
gaining
nev:gVound
north
of
Sousse
and
Kalrouan
on
the
southern
side
of
the
Axis
box
and
in
the
MedJez-el-Dab
sector
on
the
northwest,
Allied
headquarters
announced
yesterday.
There
are
conflicting
reports
as
to
ihe
taking
by
the
British
of
Enfidaville,
27
miles
north
of
Sousse,
there
being
no
official
confirmation
of
the
reported
capture.
CHAPLAIN
Rev.
Ivan
Edward
Tells
What
He
Thinks
Church
Should
do
for
Better
World
A
very
Interesting
evening
was
'
enjoyed
by
the
members
of
Prince
Rupert
Group
Toe
H
at
the
semi-
montniy
meeting
Monday,
neia
in
the
Toe
H
Rooms
on
second
Av
enue.
Rev.
Ivan
Edwards,
naval
chap
lain,
spoke
on
what
the
churcli
snouid
do
to
neip
Duiid
a
Dett-er
world
after
the
war.
Faith
was
the
foundation
of
all
beliefs
and
pro
gress.
Tne
true
Christian
had
faith
,n
Christ
ana
the
cnurcn.
rue
atheist
and
agorostic
had
faith
in
his
disbeliefs
and
doubts.
Even
the
Nazis
had
faith
in
their
c:eed
as
the
Allies
had
faith
In
Democracy
hence
the
present
war.
To
fulfill
Its
duty
the
church
must
be
international,
not
national,
it
must
not
be
tied
down
by
state
aid
or
government
control
or
national
boundaries.
The
church
must
move
forward
and
seek
adventure
In
the
spit
It.
ceasj
to
look
back
to
Its
past
glories
of
masterpieces
of
architecture
and
beautuui
arche3.
It
must
be
independent
in
its
faith
In
Christ
if
it
was
to
tead
in
building
a
better
world.
'"We
cannot
build
a
better
material
world
without
a
firm
s
iritual
foundation
laid
In
the
light
of
Christ,
which
must
be
kept
brightly
burning
by
the
church,"
declared
the
chaplain.
A
brisk
discussion
by
members
followed
and
many
Interesting
viewpoints
were
brought
out
with
benefit
to
everyone.
tvc
out
or
town
members
were
nrcsent,
including
Lleut.-Com.
Leslie
Harrison
R.
C.
N.
of
Kelowna
and
Lieut.
John
Osborne
of
Toronto.
Coldest
Winter
Since
1916
On
Q.C.
Islands
SKIDEGATE,
April
14
The
past
winter
and
spring
were
the
coldest
that
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
have
experienced
since
1916.
V;'
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