TORONTO,
April
28
.George
Formby
and
Noel
Coward
have
been
Invited
to
tour
Canada
under
the
auspices
of
the
Navy
League
of
Canada,
CARIBOO
MURDER
Williams
Lake
Native
Couple
Chanted
Wilh
Slaying
ot
"
Wells
Man
WILLIAMS
LAKE,
April
28
O)
Mr
and
Mrs.
Michael
Maurice
Sel-(ars,
Wilitams
Lake
Indians,
are
in
custody
on
a
charge
of
murdering
Joseph
Mlchaud,
aged
54,
of
Wells.
The
head
was
missing
from
Michaud'i
body.
DIES
IN
VICTORIA
John
O.
Williamson,
Former
See
retary
of
School
Hoard
Here,
Is
Dead
John
Occlcston
Williamson,
well
known
pioneer
of
the
north
coun
ty
tor
several
years
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
and
at
one
time
secretary
of
the
board
of
school
trustees
here,
passed
away
at
St.
Josephs
Hospital
In
Victoria
on
Tuesday
o)
last
week(
The
funeral
took
Place
(rem
St.
Matthias
Church
in
Victoria
on
Saturday.
The
tate
"Billy'
Williamson;
as
he
as
familiarly
known
to
many
friend:,
thrbughout
the
province,
was
about
llf
ty
years
of
age.
Before
coming
to
Prince
Rupert,
he
had
been
at
Prince
George
and
was
for
a
time
in
newspaper
work
there.
For
the
past
few
years
.he
had
re
sided
at
50
Beach
Avenue
in
Vic
toria
Fo:
some
time
he
had
been
to
very
poor
health.
In
addition
to
his
widow,
Mr
limit
"wiamson
Is
survived
by
a
son,
ill
who
Is
In
the
Royal
Cana
dlan
Air
Force.
.
STAND
I'RLSSUKE
Sponge
divers
of
the
Docccanese
elands
without
diving
suits
can
withstand
pressures
at
depths
of
mwe
than
200
fect.
Allan
Cup
Is
Decided
CALGARY,
April
28
Hi
Ot-
wtuuauuuii
nun
-
Canadian
senior
hockey
title
A
7
defeatinc
Victoria
Army
o
to
nothing
Tuesday
night.
Ottawa
won
three
games
and
V
Mrvl-
.....
....
.
-v.ia
one
in
uie
iDest.
or
live
t
J
A11an
Cup
finals
RETURN
OF
JAPS
HOME
Conservative
Progressive
Party
of
British
Columbia
Insists
On
This
VANCOUVER,
April
28
The
executive
of
the
Conservative
Progressive
Association
of
British
Columbia
has
passed
a
resolution
in-slstln
ttiat
there
be
no
peace
with
Japan
"until
arrangements
have
been
made
for
the
return
of
all
people
of
Japanese
origin
to
Japan.
Victory
Loan
Saleswomen
and
Salesmen
Here
The
following
are
the
sales-saleswomen
and
salesmen
for
Fourth
Victory
Loan
bonds
in
Prince
Rupert:
Women
Mrs.
S.
A.
Kellback,
Mrs.
D.
C
Stuart,
Mrs.
J.
A.
Teng,
Mrs.
D.
P.
Millet.
Mrs.
Sam
Jur
malne.
Mrs.
Maughan,
Mrs.
E.
T.
Applewhalte.
Mrs.
Denison.
Men
Oscar
Haveroy,
D.
P.
Miller,
R.
E.
Mortimer.
T
W.
E.
Henry,
Rev.
E.
W.
Scott
and
Earl
Man.
LOAN
WELL
UNDERWAY
Initial
Subscriptions
in
British
Columbia
Well
Ahead
of
Last
Year
VANCOUVER,
April
28
On
the
ooenine
day
of
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
drive,
Brltlsti
uoiumQia
suo-sctlptlons
totalled
$2,250,000,
half
n
million
dollars
more
tnan
on
me
first
day
in
the
last
loan,
mere
wpro
500
annlicatlons.
The
quota
for
British
Columbia
and
the
Yu
Vnn
u
$110,000,000.
Mayo,
Whltehorse
and
Powell
River
were
the
opening
leaders
In
British
Columbia
and
Yukon.
ATTACKS
ON
INDIA
Calcutta
and
ChittaRong
Heavily
Hit
by
Japanese,
Berlin
Claims
BERLIN,
April
28
-
The
Berlin
radio
claimed
yesterday
that
Jap-
anese
bombing
planes
naa
Vino
irtf
nttnrks
on
caicuuu
uuu
Chlttagong
in
India.
In
Calcutta
two
munitions
plants
It
was
said,
:.
hit
ond
26
British
planes
were
destroyed
on
the
ground.
DRUMHELLER
STRIKE
OFF
Big
LIBRAttY
ORlAj
B
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
I
II
II
q
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
Maximum
6'
naif
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
-
9:36
pjn.
to
5:42
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-
v.
-
VOL
XXII,
No.
99
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
28,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Jap
Expansion
In
Pacific
Checked
DIPLOMATIC
HEADACHE
prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
lias
Conferences
on
Itusso-I'otish
Crisis
LONDON,
April
28
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
called
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
Into
conference
yesterday
to
discuss
the
Busso-Polish
crisis.
Premier
General
Sikorsky
of
Poland
also
met
the
Prime
Minister
and
later
J.
G,
Winant.
United
States
ambassador
to
Great
Britain,
was
at
No.
10
Downing
Street.
The
Russo-Polish
situation
Is
admittedly
serious
but
It
is
not
expected
It
will
affect
the
general
solidarity
of
the
United
Nations.
Are
Invited
To
Tour
Dominion
George
Formby
and
Noel
Coward
Get
Hid
to
Come
Over
Boeing
Aircraft
Plants
Closed
As
Employees
Take
Unauthorized
Rest
Period;
Federal
Order
VANCOUVER.
April
28
(CP)
The
Vancouver
and
Sea
Island
Plants
of
Boeing
Aircraft
of
Canada
Limited
employing
some
7,800
workers,
were
closed
down
today
when
employees
took
unauthorized
ten
minute
rest
period.
The
employees,
protesting
refusal
by
Ralph
P.
Bell,
director
of
aircraft
production;
to
permit
institution
of
rest
periods,
quit
work
at
10:00
a.m.
and
ten
minutes
later
the
power
was
6liut
off
and
the
plant
whistles
blew,
signalizing
shutdown.
The
plant
foreman
told
the
workers
that
the
company
had
no
option
but
to
follow
the
orders
of
the
federal
authorities
who
last
week
warned
that
the
plants
would
be
shutdown
immediately
if
the
men
insisted
on
taking
rest
periods.
Labor
Department
officials
claimed
that
rest
periods
were
unnecessary
for
eight
hour
shift
workers.
HULL
LEADS
ALL
CANADA-
Tops
Canadian
Cities
for
Early
Response
in
Virtory
Loan
Drive
OTTAWA,
April
28
O)
Hull,
Que
bec,
led
Tuesday
night
In
the
race
among
Canadian
cities
toward
at
taining
respective
Victory
Loan
quotas,
the
Natiojrial
War
Finance
Committee
r
e
p
or
t
e
cCcanadlans
subscribed
more
than
$63,000,000
In
the
first
day
of
the
three-weeks
campaign.
The
minimum
objective
is
$1,100,000,000.
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
84,500
pounds,
17c
and
15c
to
17.2c
and
15c.
Canadian
190,000
pounds,
18c
and
16c
to
18.1c
and
16c.
American
Delight,
17,000,
17
and
15c,
Constitution,
50,000,
17
and
15,
J
Storage.
Sherman,
17,500,
17.2
and
15,
Stoiage.
Canadian
Oony,
14,500,
18.1
and
16.
Booth.
Edward
.Llpsctt,
14,000,
18
anil
16,
Storage.
Parma,
25,000,
18
and
16,
Storage.
Ingrld
H.,
14,000,
18.2
and
16,
At-
lln.
Borgund,
10,500,
18
and
16,
Royal.
Lorna
M.,
16,000,
18
and
16.
Atlln.
Gulvlk,
14,000,
18
and
16,
Atlln.
Fredella
III,
20,000,
18
and
16,
Storage.
Quinlmass,
8,000,
18
and
16,
Stor
age.
Bug,
3,000,
18
and
16,
Storage.
Intend,
10,000,
18.1
and
16,
Atlln.
Anchor
A.,
14,000,
18.1
and
16,
raciflc.
Embla,
18,000.
18.
and
16,
Storag
North
Forland,
9,000,
18
and
16.
Storage.
Alberta
Colliery
to
Get
Back
To
Work
Again
Tomorrow
DRUMHELLER,
Alberta,
April
28
O)
The
twelve-day
strike
of
2,015
coal
miners
In
the
Drumheller
Valley
was
settled
Tuesday
night,
The
men
will
return
to
work
Thursday,
The
strike
was
precipitated
by
refusal
of
operators
to
re-htre
a
worker
and
was
settled
by
his
employment
at
another
mine.
ANCIENT
FRUIT
Apples
have
been
cultivated
in
Great
Britain
slnf
e
the
Roman
oc-.
cupation.
AXISFALLS
BACfOFAST
Are
Leaving
Dead
Unburied
Behind
Them
and
Losing
Large
Quantities
of
Mechanized
Equipment
ALLIED
.HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRCA,
April
28
French
forces
have
breached
Axis
lines
at
three
points
land
are
advancing
:apidly
in
the
Pont
du
Fans
area
sector
of
the
Tunisian
front
in
face
of
fierce
enemy
resistance.
With
the
Allied
forces
closing
In
on
Tu
nis,
the
British
Army
has
reached
a
pcjnt
twenty-one
miles
from
that
Important
city,
having
Advanced
eleven
miles
in
one
day
from
Medjezel
Bab
toward
Tabur
ba.
!
The
next
forty-eight
hours,
it
Is
said
by
somej
may
be
decisive
the
Tunisian
war.
REPRISALS
DEMANDED
in
Intensive
atrial
activity
is
back
ing
the
Allied
advance
all
alon
the
front.
Cool.
General
van
Atnlm's
forces
are
falling
back
so
rapidly
that
I
they
are
leaving
their
dead
un
buried
behindithem.
Eighty
tanks
were
lost
by
.the
enemy
yesterday
alone.
Italian
Newspapers
Unhappy
Over
Raids
by
American
Fliers
ROME,
Apr!)
28
Rome
news
papers
yeitercfoy
were
deiriahdin;
reprisal
raids
on
United
States
in
retaliation
for
large
and
damaging
raids
by
American
bombers
on
important
Italian
cities.
NEW
GAINS
BY
SOVIET
Red
Army
Scores
Over
.Nails
to
South
of
Leningrad
in
Valkov
Area
MOSCOW,
April
28
New
gains
by
the
Red
Army
south
of
Leningrad
have
been
the
principal
fea
ture
of
the
fighting
on
the
long
front
between
Russia
and
Ger
many
during
the
past
day.
The
Reds
are
reported
to
be
In
Nov
gorod
In
the
Valkov
sector.
Aerial
activity
in
Kuban
Penin
sula
is
reported,
21
Axis
planes
be
ing
brought
down
by
Russian
aircraft
and
six
shot
down.
"Minor
local
engagements"
were
given
as
describing
today's
fighting.
SOME
ICE-BOX
Enough
ice
exists
In
Antarctica
to
encase
the
entire
earth
In
a
layer
120
feet
thick.
Franco-Swiss
Border
Closed
PARIS,
April
28
The
border
between
France
and
Switzer-
land
has
been
closed
at
the
or-
'
der
of
the
Italian
authorities.
This
applies
to
railway
and
all
other
traffic.
HOUSEWIVES
IN
SESSION
Various
iMaM'tvi
o'
Community
Interest
Taken
Up
at
Gathering
Last
Night
.
The
milk
situation,
bus
transportation
to
oal
Cove
and
playgrounds
were
among
subjects
discussed
last
night
at
a
meeting
of
the
local
Housewives'
League,
with
the
president,
Mrs.
J."R.
Blakey,
In
the
chair.
The
meeting
.was
well
attended
and
several
new
members
were
enrolled.
The
executive
of
the
league
re
ported
having
endorsed
a
resolu
tion
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Parent-
Teachers'
Association
seeking
gov
ernment
action
in
making
avail
able
a
more
adequate
supply
of
canned
milk
fot
babies
here.
A
re
solution
seeking
return
of
proper
ties
to
the
Ukrainian
Farm-Temple
organization
was
also
approved.
The
object
of
the
discussion
on
bus
transportation
to
the
east
end
was-wilh
a
view,
iajabtalnlng
ac-
tremmcdation
for
women
of
that
-.rt
rf
town
who
often
find
it
difficult
to
get
transportation.
It
was
felt
that
the
Air
Force
might
make
some
arrangements
of
its
own
for
transporting
Air
Fprce
men
who
were
crowding
civilians
off
the
buses.
In
regard
to
playgrounds,
It
was
decided
to
get
in
contact
with
other
organizations
interested
in
playgrounds
with
a
view
to
forming
a
central
committee
which
it
was
felt
might
be
more
effective
In
getting
action.
J.
Nlcol,
secretary
of
the
Boilermakers'
Union,
was
In
attendance
at
last
night's
meeting
and
offered
the
co-operation
of
his
organiza
tion
In
league
activities.
He
gave
a
talk
on
union
affairs.
Cleaners'
Shop
In
Vancouver
Is
Robbed
of
Cash
VANCOUVER,
April
28
A
lone
gunman
held
up
the
Sanitary
Cleaners
at
624
Howe
Street
at
4:20
yesterday
afternoon
and
got
away
with
$3,500.
WAR
NEWS
ALLIES
FORGING
AHEAD
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
AT,TnA
American
troops
stormed
three
fiercely
defended
hills
straddling
the
road
to
Mateur
and
Bizerte
and
the
British
First
Army
battled
for
a
commanding
height
at
Medjerda
village,
21
miles
northwest
of
Tunis,
it
was
announced
at
Allied
headquarters
today
as
Allied
forces
hammered
against
a
tenaciously
defended
but
weakening
Axis
bridgehead
in
Tunisia.
The
British
First
and
Eighth
armies,
the
second
United
States
Army
Corps
and
the
French
made
"steady
progress,
an
Allied
communique
said,
but
it
was
by
dint
of
hardest
fighting,"
especially
in
the
Medjez-el-Bab
sector
where
Allied
attacks'
were,
followed
by
counter-attacks
all
dav
vsterday.
Royal
Air
Force
heavy
bombers
raid
ed
the
Italian
port
of
Barf
Monday
night,
following
up
a
daylight
raid
by
United
States
bombers.
SINKING
OFF
NORWAY
LONDON
A
medium-sized
German
cargo
ship
was
sunk
off
the
Norwegian
coast
yesterday
by
British
bombers.
Submarine
Menace
In
Atlantic
Soon
To
Be
Under
Control
--
King
Commander-in-chief
of
American
Fleet
Makes
Statement
Nipponese
Having
Trouble
With
American
Subs
And
Are
Pinched
tor
Ships
NEW
YORK,
April
28
(CP)
Admiral
Ernest
J.
King,
commander-in-chief
of
the
American
fleet,
declares
that
expansion
of
Japanese
forces
in
the
Pacific
has
been
checked.
Admiral
King
expresses
the
belief
that
the
submarine
menace
in
the
Atlantic
should
be
under
control
within
the
next
four
or
six
months.
He
added
that
the
I
Up
to
Churchill
And
Roosevelt
LOSS
IN
SHIPPING
TALKS
ABOUT
NEW
ZEALAND
Lieut.
LONDON,
April
28
R
The
Polish
government
may
ask
Prime
Minister
Winston
Chur-
chill
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
to
intervene
per-
sonally
in
the
crisis
with
Russia,
tll'i'ed
Nations
Lost
Million
Pounds
More
Vessels
Than
They
Built
In
1912
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
April
28
IP)
To
clear
up
divergent
statements
on
the
subject,
the
United
States
Wavy
has
Issued
a
statement
which
says
that
in
1942
there
was
a
net
loss
nf
mnrp
than
nnp
million
figures.
new
construction
Johnny
Osborne
Speaker
at
Meeting
of
Toe
II
At
the
close
of
business
of
a
Toe
II
meeting
Monday
night
Lieut.
Johnnie
borne
gave
a
very
interesting
idtiress
041
New
Zealand.
He
told
oi
rie
first
set-
itlement
of
the
country
In
the
fifteenth
century
by
the
Maoris
from
the
Hawllan
Islands,
a
certain
chleltain,
after
a
dispute
.with
the
reigning
monarch
of
that
lime
having
been
banished
for
ever
with
all
his
followers
from
the
Hawaiians.
The
chief
and
his
fol
1
-
M
I
n..t.
Japanese
are
having
trouble
with
American
submarines
in
the
Paci
fic
and
there
Is
"plenty
of
evidence
that
the
Japanese
are
badly
"pinched
for
ships."
RAIDS
ARE
NOT
LIKELY
However,
ft
is
Possible
That
Japs
May
Come
This
Way,
Declares
Secretary
of
Navy
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
April
28
The
possibility
of
Japanese
air
raids
on
the
North
American
con
tinent
is
remote,
said
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
yesterday.
He
admitted,
however,
that
they
were
possible.
Defences
against
such
attacks
had-
been
greatly
strengthened,
Knox
declared.
Few
Tenders
Allied
be-
four
tenders
have
been
pounds
in
shipping
as
fcwppn
shins
sunk
hv
pncmv
action
I
by
a
special
committee
and
Incomplete
For
Cutting
Of
Cordwood
VANCOUVER,
April
28
Vancouver
city
council
cutting
of
cordwood.
Only
received
of
the
for
the
BASEBALL
SCORES
National
League
Brooklyn
4,
Philadelphia
2.
St.
Louis
7,
Chicago
0.
New
York
11,
Boston
3.
Pittsburg
4,
Cincinnati
1.
American
League
Philadelphia
2,
Washington
1.
Cleveland
4,
Chicago
2.
Boston
5,
New
York
1.
uwcib
M
.
uuuiBBw
subscriptions
to
the
Fourth
Vic-war
canoes
with
all
their
Posses-
t
ter.
Loan
ln
prlnce
R
'
which
included
native
dons
herbs
1(I
amounted
t0
$2370o,
bringing
and
plants
to
be
planted
ln
their
,ho
fnla,
fnr
tft
riavs
sln.e
the
ncw
home.
Many
died
on
the
long
,
to
$85
750i
and
dangerous
trip
but
the
others
.
Yesterday.s
subsCribers
Includ-
arrlved
at
New
Zealand
with
a
ed.
Dana
01
aDOui
idu
10
nuu.
xney
settled
the
country
and
were
the
forefathers
of
the
Maories
of
today.
Lieut.
Osborne
told
of
Van
Die-
The
finest
came
fishing
ln
the
world
was
to
be
had
bff
the
coast
of
New
Zealand'
where
huge
'sword-
fish
are
caught.
Lieut.
Osborne
closed
with
a
few
figures,
showing
the
sacrifice
New
Zealand
had
made
for
the
Empire
ln
the
First
Great
War
and
the
present
one.
Chairman
Harold
Hampton
presided
and
the
members
had
the
pleasure
of
congratulating
him
on
the
birth
of
a
daughter.
LOAN
TOTAL
IS
GROWING
First
Two
Days
ln
Trince
Rupett
Shows
$85,730
Sold
Miss
Mary
Louise
Woods
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
J.
Glllls
Mrs.
Fhilomena
King
Rt.pfan
Hawrelnkn
mens
being
the
first
white
man
to
Albeft
AnSQn
Roblnson
discover
the
country,
he
being
fol-
Cnarlotte
DodImead
lowed
oy
uapuun
uook
wno
esiaD-llshlng
trading
posts.
New
Zealand
was
settled
by
English,
Scotch,
Irish
and
Welsh,
the
population
today
being
94
per
cent
British.
ill.
G.
Klotz
Seattle
Gets
Record
Catch
$100
100
100
100
100
50
50
SEATTLE,
April
28
W
Fifty
thousand
pounds
of
halibut
landed
In
Seattle
Tuesday
by
the
schooner
Kanaga
constl-
tuted
the
season's
record
catch
to
date
and
sold
for
$14,500.
V