AIIVIDA,
Quebec,
April
16
CO
A
threatened
strike
in
the
vital
plant
of
the
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
Limited
was
averted
Thursday
night
when
the
International
Union
of
Aluminum
Workers
(American
Federation
of
Labor
i
acceded
to
a
request
of
a
federal
mediator
to
defer
the
.strike
ultimatum
pending
further
ne2otlatlon.
The
Union
announcement
that
it
had
agreed
to
the
suggestion
of
a
cSncillator
came
an
hour
after
the
deadline
for
a
strike
the
union
had
set
If
the
company
did
not
agree
to
vote
to
determine
which
of
two
unions
should
act
as
sole
bargaining
agency
for
the
plant's
eleven
thousand
workers.
The
company
claims
that
the
National
Syndicate
of
Aluminum
Workers,
with
which
it
has
a
collective
bargaining
agreement,
still
represents
most
of
the
workers.
Woman's
Body
Is
Found
In
Water
Badly
Decomposed
Remains
Wash
ed
Up
at
Vancouver
VANcntrvKii.
Anril
IB
The
bad
l.v
decomposed
body
of
a
woman,
SO
tar
lllllrlrvntlflnrl
uinc
frninrt
In
the
water
off
the
Indian
reserve
at-
the
foot
of
Crown
Street
last
evening.
It
is
believed
to
havo
been
in
the
water
five
or
six
months.
Axis
Peace
Offer
Made
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
April
16
What
was,
believed
to
be
an
Axis-Inspired
peace
offer
came
from
the
foreign
secre-
t
tary
of
Spain
today.
He
of-
fcred
"Kls'services
as
mediator
to
end
the
war.
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
said
there
could
be
no
peace
without
the
r
unconditional
surrender
of
Germany
and
her
Junior
Axis
powers.
PIGEON
GETS
LEAVE
She
Funeral
of
Mrs.
Weightman
Held
Many
Friends
Attended
Final
Rites
for
Local
Woman
Yesterday
Afternoon
Manv
friends
attended
at
the
chapel
of
the
B.C.
Undertakers
at
Grcnvllle
Court
yesterday
aiter-noon
for
the
funeral
of
the
late
Mrs.
George
Weightman.
The
service
was
conducted
oy
Rev.
C.
A.
Wright,
pastor
of
First
n.intist
church,
and
Mrs.
Lois
Vaughan
presided
at
the
organ
to
accompany
the
hymns
wnicn
were
"Lead
Kindly
Light"
and
"floiae
With
Me."
Pniiowlne
the'
chapel
service,
m-
tprmpnt
was
made
In
Falrview
Cemetery.
The
pallbearers
were
unaries
Atkins,
Martin
Johnson,
George
Walker,
B.
J.
Bacon,
A.
K.
Nelson
and
Earl
Eadle.
Many
beautiful
floral
offerings
adorned
the
casket.
LONDON,
April
16
tf
"Bronzey"
a
five-year
old
pigeon
who
has
flown
160,000
miles
with
the
It.A.F.
has
been
given
two
weeks'
leave
because
she
was
suffering
.from
shock
after
a
fire
In
the
bomber
In
which
she
had
been
serving-.
WATER
in
the
city
Any
person
drawing
water
from
any
connection
between
4:30
p.m.
Saturday,
April
17th,
and
8:30
a.m.,
Sunday
April
18th.
will
be
committing
a
serious
offence
against
trie
safety
of
the
whole
community.
There
will
be
water
in
the
nyams
but
it
Is
absolutely-
essential
to
retain
this
for
fire
protection.
A
sufficient
reserve
of
water
to
carry
over
this
period
must
oe
drawn
off
in
containers
and
If
this
Instruction
Is
not
honestly
carried
out
by
everybody,
the
period
of
shut-off,
due
to
alterations
In
the
water
system,
may
have
to
be
extended
at
leas,
twelve
hours.
F.
N.
GOOD,
City
Engineer.
JAP
SHIPS
ATTACKED
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NO
III
II
AUSTRALIA
Three
of
six
Japanese
ships
were
heavily
damaged
in
an
attack
by
Allied
planes
on
shipping
at
Wawak,
New
Guinea.
AUSTRALIA
MENACED
MELBOURNE
The
Australian
Minister
for
air
sees
impending
menace
to
Australia
in
a
great
conflict
now
.
looming-
in
-
the-South
Pacific.
'The
Commonwealth
is
definitely
in
danger,
the
minister
said.
UNDER
MARTIAL
LAW
MOSCOW
Owing
to
activities
of
a
minority,
all
railways
in
Russia
have
been
placed
under
martial
law.
CRISIS
IN
FINLAND
STOCKHOLM
There
is
a
political
crisis
in
Finland
and
a
new-cabinet
may
be
formed.
.OAKLAND
(UAKES
OAKLAND
Oakland
had
a
series
of
ten
light
'quakes
yesterday.
Patients
were
removed
when
walls
of
a
hospital
cracked.
TO
USE
CONCHIES
OTTAWA
Conscientious
objectors
in
Canada
arc
to
be
put
to
work
in
war
industries
or
In
service
camps,
They
will
receive
$23
a
month,
surplus
of
earned
wages
to
go
to
the
Red
Cross.
WESTMINSTER
MAYOR
HERE
William
Mott,
mayor
of
New
Westminster,
Is
a
visitor
In
Uie
city.
Here
'on
private
business,
he
arrived
this
morning
from
the
south
and
will
return
home
tomor
row
night.
(Three
Generals
Visiting
City
Murchie,
Pearkes
and
Ganong
Are
In
Prince
Rupert
on
Inspection
Tour
Major
General
J.
C.
Murchie,
vice-chief
of
general
stafr
or
tne
Canadian
Army;
Major
'General
Guy
S.
Pearkes,
general
officer
commanding.
Pacific
Command,
and
Major
peneral
II.
N.
Ganong,
are
visitors
in
the
city
today
In
the
course
of
a
general
inspection
tour.
..
LIVED
AFTER
BRALN-STAB
CAPE
TOWN,
April
16
)
A
native
suffering
a
stab
wound
that
passed
through
his
skull
and
pene
tratcd
the
brain
carried
on
a
normal
life
for
11
days
before
he
died
a
unique
case
the
post
mortem
report
said.
'
t
PROVINCIAL
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
Maximum
-
52
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
37
9:14
p.m.
to
6:09
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
vol.
xxxu,
o.
w
A
PRINCE
PRINCE
RUPERT.
RUPERT,
B.C.,
B.C..
FRIDAY,
FRIDAY.
APRIL
APRIL
16.
16,
1943
1943
.
PRICE:
price:
five
FIVE
cents
CENTS
1
.'A
.
"
'
Fierce
Fighting
In
Tunisia
Now
FIGHT
IN
CAUCASUS
Another
Strong
Point
Taken
From
Germans
by
Russians
on
Smolensk
Front
LONDON,
April
16
&
Red
Army
troops
have
captured
another
Ger
man
strong
point
in
renewal
oi
active
land
fighting
in
the
Kuban
Delta
of
the
Caucasus,
a
Russian
communique
said
today.
Both
the
Rurclans
and
Germans
have
re-
portca
rcsunipnuu
ui
a
oinnuu
battle
in
the
area
north
of
the
German
foothold
at
Novoroslssk
on
the
Black
Sea.
The
Russians
said
that
the
Germans
tried
to
recapture
a
position
taken
Thursday
night
by
the
Soviet
but
the
Nazis
suffered
great
losses.
On
the
Smolensk
front
the
Russians
are
continuing
to
Improve
their
positions.
Prairie
Floods
Delay
i
rains
Traffic
Over
Hallway
Into
Prince
Rupert
Running
Over
Day
Behind
Schedule
Flood
conditions
on
the
prairies
are
responsible
for
delays
to
trains
arriving
In
Prince
Rupert
from
the
East
Hie
train,
which
was
due
at
7
o'clock
last
night,
will
not
be
in
until
8
20
this
evening.
The
train,
due
tonight
at
10:30,
will
be
at
least
twelve
hours
late.
STRIKE
IS
HELD
OVER
Amrrlran
Federation
of
Labor
Airees
to
Further
Negotiations
With
Aluminum
Company
SABOTAGE
ADMITTED
American
Workmen
Built
Ships
Defectively
Merely
for
Reason
Of
Earning
Wages
More
Quickly
WASHINGTON,
April
16
(CP)
J.
Edgar
Hoover,
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
chief,
announced
today
the
arrest
of
seven
men
formerly
employed
as
welders
on
a
charge
of
sabotaging
liberty
ships
being
built
at
th!
Bethlehem
Fairfild
(Maryland)
Ship,
yards.
Hoover
said
that
the
men
"have
admitted
performing
faulty
welding
in
order
to
finish
the
work
In
a
hurry
and
earn
more
money."
He
added:
"'There
was
no
evidence
of
any
Axis
direction
or
sympathy
on
the
part
of
the
welders."
Hoover
said
that
the
full
extent
of
the
damage
was
not
yet
known
but
many
structurally
,
weak
ships
would
have
gone
to
sea
if
the
defective
welding
had
not
been
dis
covered.
,
.'Many
improper
welds
were
in
vital
parts
of
the
ship
and
were
only
discernible
through
the
use
of
x-ray.
Secretary
of
War
Pledges
Adequate
Aircraft
Supply
And
Other
Australian
Aid
WASHINGTON,
April
16
(CP)
A
constantly
increasing
flow
of
aircraft
and
other
military
supplies
was
promised
yesterday
by
Secretary
of
War
,
Henry
L.
Stimson
for
the
Allied
forces
in
the
South
Pacific.
,
Taking
cognizance
of
recent
pleas
from
Australia
for
additional
planes,
Stimson
told
a
press
conference
that
"we
will
keep
our
American
and
Australian
fliers
supplied
with
sufficient
planes
not
only
to
replace
our
losses
but
to
build
up
our
aircraft
to
counter-increasing
the
enemy
strength."
BULLETINS
LONDON
HAS
ALERT
LONDON
London
had
an
air
raid
alert
today
as
two
enemy
planes
came
in
from
across
the
Channel
and
headed
inland.
BIG
RAID
ON
KISKA
All
Records
Broken
for
Intensity
Of
Attack
WASHINGTON,
April
1G
(CP)
The
Aleutians
Air
Force
Command
bioke
all
previous
records
'or
number
of
attacks
on
Kiska
In
a
single
day,
the
United
States
Na.vy
reported
yesterday,
when
the'cnemy-held
island
was
raided
ten
times
on
Tuesday
by
both
heavy
and
medium
bombers.
;
The
raids
exceeded
even
the
total
number
of
attacks
in
the
entire
morTth
of
February.
On
Wednesday
there
were
.
eiKht
.
morp..
raids
oil
Kiska
and.
considerable
damage
was
done
to
the
enemy
installations,
fires
being-
left
burning
in
barracks
and
elsewhere.
ALLIED
AIR
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
April
16
Lieut.
General
George
Kenney
has
taken
over
personal
command
of
Allied
air
forces
In
New
Guinea.
He
says
that
Allied
planes
are
outnumber-
ULTIMATUM
FR0MG0VT
Premier
Godbout
of
Quebec
Demands
That
Newsprint
Company
Settle
Strike
in
Its
Plants
QUEBEC,
April
16
00
Charging
Price
Brothers
and
Company
Limited
with
attempting
to
"starve"
the
population
of
Quebec's
Lake
t.
John
district.
Premier
Adelard
..odtout
on
Thursday
night
issued
an
lUlmatum
to
the
firm
to
meet
i
he
'lovernir.ent
today
to
reach
a
settlement
of
the
strike
In
three
of
ts.e
company's
newsprint
mills
in
tiiat
area.
Otherwise,
Godbout
said,
the
government
would
introduce
legislation
to
settle
the
dispute
arising
from
union
troubles.
The
Premier
did
not
say
how
the
government
would
settle
the
diaoute
but.
curing
a
statement
in
the
Legislature,
Godbout
waved
a
copy
of
legislation
which
he
said
he
would
ask
the
Legislature
to
pass
if
the
company
did
not
heed
the
government's
invitation.
Rental
Cases
In
North
Are
Heard
Convictions
Are
Registered
at
Ter-lace
and
in
Prince
Rupert
George
Little
of
Terrace
appear-
.
ed
before,
Magistrate
Will
Itobin-
son
at
Teirace,
on
two
charges
laid
by
he
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
of
violating
the
rental
regu-
:
.
On
Lhe-
f,rst
charce.
aecus.
crd
charge;
he
entered
a
plea
of
guflty.
He
was
found
guilty
in
both
:nscs
and
giv?n
suspended
sen-"ns.
T.
W.
Brown
appeared
on
behalf
of
the
board.
Fonk
Shlek
Tun,
B34
Second
Avenue
West,
Prince
Rupert,
pleaded
guilty
in
Prince
Rupeit
police
court
to
a
charge
laid
by
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
of
charging
a
rental
in
excess
of
that
fixed
by
the
rentals
committee.
Outnumbered
by
Enemy
in
South
Magistrate
W.
u.
Vance
imposed
a
Pacific,
General
Kenney
fine
of
$50
or
in
default
one
States
imonth's
Imprisonment.
T.
W.
Brown
appeared
on
behalf
of
the
board.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
CORN
'
PRETORIA,
Apiil
16
(CB
South
Africa
now
expects
maize
crops
of
23,000,000
bags
which
is
1,000,000
hnes
more
than
exDected
national
d
in
the
area
and
are
far
from
rnnslimriHnn
an(1
Anonnno
baes
reinforcements
and
replacements.
more
than
prewar
consumption.
GREAT
COUNTRY
The
name
of
Alaska
was
derived
from
the
Aleut
word
meaning
?rept
country
.''
.
HALF
ALIVE
,
The'
sponge
was
once
believed
to
be
a
combination
of
both
plant
and
animal.
NIP
SHIP
TIIAT
CAME
STAY
This
Japanese
troop
transport-
the
Yamazukl
Maru
was
found
by
army
troops
when
they
reached
the
north
coast
of
Guadalcanal
on
a
clean-up
expedition.
The
big
transport
had
been
destroyed
by
U.S.
aqtlon
while
attempting
to
land
Japanese
relnforcemente.
The
ship
was
burned
and
beached.
All
Canuck
Squadrons
I
Took
Part
LONDON.
April
16
O)
.
was
disclosed
.
yesterday
I
'
-
It
that
.
every
squadron
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bomber
group
in
Britain
flew
with
the
great
raid
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
on
Stuttgart
Wednes-
f
day
night.
Tremendous
fires
were
left
roaring
throughout
the
city
and
a
dense
pall
of
smoke
shrouded
it,
MUSSOLINI
IS
NERVOUS
Declares
Sicily
as
Military
Area
Against
Possibility
of
Invasion
And
Sabotage
CATANIA,
PALERMO
BOMBED
CAIRO,
April
16
(CP)
A
Cairo
communique
today
said
that
American
heavy
bombers
successfully
raided
the
Sicilian
harbors
of
Catania
and
Palermo
by
daylight
yesterday.
LONDON,
April
16
B
Premier!
Benito
Mussolini
is
reported
by
;
the
Berlin
radio
to
have
declared
Sicily
an
area
of
military
opera
tions
In
an
apparent
move
to
throw
up
defences
hastily
against
expected
Allied
attack,
NEWTOWN
IS
TAKEN
British
pledrJ!HOffTrlM'-1
-ifflstfoTT
TOsrec'eded
byRoyal
shake-up
of
the
Italian
police
which
some
observers
saw
as
an
attempt
to
deal
with
potential
impair
the
defence
of
Italy.
Naval
Clash
:
Off
Sicily
LONDON,
April
16
Early
reports
of
a
clash
between
British
and
Italian
destroyers
off
Sicily
today
said
that
two.
Italian
destroyers
had
been
sunk.
There
Is
no
official
statement
as
yet.
'!
SOCIALLY
CHANGED
Judy
O'Gradies
and
Colonel's
Lady
"All
Out"
in
War
in
Britain
By
LEO
BRANHAM
(Associated
Press
Staff
Writer)
LONDON,
April
16
War
has
brought
about
some
remarkable
changes
In
the
social
delineations
t
DrKnln
A
rlct
rrrr
f
rr
filohl
n
f
nn
government
war
services.
Their
ladles
are
doing
their
bit,
too.
Some
of
them
went
so
far
as
to
from
the
East
Side
London's
"wrong
side
of
the
tracks"
are
working
side
by
side
In
the
women's
uniformed
services,
the
Red
Cross
nt
nf
Vi
At
eovrf
A
ft
rron
rtloo
Armies
Still
Advancing
in
Tunisia
LONDON.
April
16
O)
The
British
First
Army
has
captured
the
town
of
Haidls,
twenty-six
miles
west
of
Tunis,
although
the
enemy
are
still
holding
out
In
the
hills.
The
Eighth
Army
has
made
further
advances
fifty
miles
south
around
Enfldaville.
An
Allied
communique
today
announced
that
a
series
of
violent
all-day
battles
raged
on
heights
north
of
Medjaz
el
Bab,
thirty
miles
from
Tunis,
as
the
Germans
lashed
out
in
vain
counter-attacks
to
regain
ground
won
by
the
British
First
Army.
Dispatches
said
that
First
Army
Infantry
had
driven
to
within
fifteen
miles
of
Tebourka,
key
road
Junction
only
eighteen
"miles
west
of
Tunis,
in
some
of
the
fiercest
fighting
of
the
campaign.
Other
reports
said
that
the
Eighth
Army
was
bringing
up
big
guns
to
blast
through
Marshal
Erwln
Rommel's
main
defence
bulwarks
at
Enfldaville.
A
French
communique
said
that
French
troops
captured
over
one
thousand
prisoners
and
killed
nearly
one
thousand
more
in
attacking
the
western
flank.
MAINTAIN
OFFENSIVE
Arf
"f
orce
Sweeping
"6iit
From
Britain
Over
Continent
By
Djy
and
Night
LONDON,
April
16
H
Allied
planes
crossed
the
southeast
coast
of
England
this
morning
and
headed
foi
France
to
continue
the
daylight
air
offensive
against
the
Continent.
The
foray
followed
a
series'
of
night
sweeps
by
mosquito
bom-
ibers
and
whirlwind
fighter-bom
bers
over
northwest
Germany
and
France
to
shoot
up
enemy
rail
transport,
airdromes
and
small
coastal
ctaft.
IS
HEADING
FOR
ORIENT
Capt.
Albert
Mali
Has
Joined
Up
With
United
States
Air
Force
hoping
to
see
service
soon
in
China
and
Burma
with
the
famous
"Flying
Tigers."
Capt.
Mah,
after
graduating
from
a
United
States
aeronautic
one
over
here
now
is
too
good
to
j
'
,
mT2
k
la
succession
of
splendid
records
in
in
birth'!113
Wn
career
leading
up
to
his
The
eligible
men
of
noble
are
in
the
armed
forces
or
various
Captain
Albert
Mah,
well
known
Prince
Rupert
bom
Chinese
boy,
son
of
a.
pioneer
merchant,
founder
of
the
present
Sunrise
Grocery
Co.
Ltd.,
has
joined
up
with
the
United
States
Air
Force
and
Is
becoming
an
instructor
In
air
observer
school
in
Quebec
for
the
past
two
years.
Transfer
of
Capt.
Mah
to
the
war
theatre
of
the
Far
East
would
I.
,
.
.
,
,t-.
be
of
great
value
to
his
fellow
me
uigu-uurn
peeicss
aim
uie
riii
.
.
Chinese
airmen
as
he
speaks
Chinese
fluently
and
has
high
knowledge
as
a
flying
Instructor.
Capt.
Mah's
youngest
brother,
Cedric,
is
also
a
flying
Instructor
Probably
the
most
outstanding
"vw
'
"
example
of
a
titled
woman
forsaking
the
whirl
of
society
such
as
it
is
in
wartime
is
Lady
Sarah
Churchill,
22,
eldest
daughter
of
the
Duke
of
Marlborough
and
a
cousin
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill.
Known
familiarly
to
.
her
coworkers
as
Sally,
Lady
Churchill
labored
for
a
year
In
a
munitions
factory
before
taking
a
job
as
an
Inspector
for
a
firm
which
manu-(Contl'nued
on
Page
Four)
Hitler
To
Speak
On
Tuesday
Next
ZURICH;
April
16
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
next
Tuesday
will
address
a
special
session
of
the
Reichstag.
He
will
outline
plans
for
a
European
charier,
It
Is
said
here.