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XXXII
no-
s
Problems
of
Peace
1
f
DnUokllito
a
rm
mum
m
m
m
UU
w
Council
Gives
Inspiring
Talk
on
Postwar
Aims
the
foundation
of
th
$
,
f
utur
prosperity
s
as
well
as
other
M
cs
in
British
Col.
i,i3
depends
on
much
l
a
i
local
plans
and
(it
Hon.
H,
G.
Pen
i
n
of
the
nrovin-
pr,
'war
Ilehabilitat.
4
il,
reminded
his
'cr
at
a
luncheon
ten
if
a
special
com-1
Sir
rtiuncll
which
j
.
in
session
here.
;nrcd
the
audience
xac
that
the
per-
:
n
of
local,
pro-1
(
vTd
federal
proving
of
the
post-mrnts
of
each
-.rti'd
directly
upon
".s
of
peace
set-1
rrlatlonthlps
that
up
among
the
na-
.
:
Columbia,
he
:irh
as
it
was
in
,
ureswas
euen-xp:irUng
community
future
welfare
was
,n
the
finding
of
the
products
which
hope
to
consume
snorted
hu
listeners
'.'ifir
thought
and
'
to
assume
their
re
7
making
thispro-Dominion
a
u
!
the
men
who
m
the
wars
could
'
.
part
in
shaping
t.
:d
which
all
aspl-
pd
to
ee.
.
rxprrssed
appreel
ik'htfulneu
of
the
ding
its
hospitality
Tsittre
He
agreed
v
rk
of
the
commlt-
jvc
been
Incomplete
.
Mt
to
Prince
Ru-
y
place
It
had
vis
.t,
iad
ben
studied
had
been
received
uaUon.
'
;"h
it
community
and
nations
The
major
th;s
had
been
most
proposals
had
been
w
;
h
respect
to
the
5,
sure
and,
in
a
re
;.iv.
January,
one
;
-i
twenty-nine
pro
1
n
made
to
the
The
council's
Job
br.ng
these
proposals
but
it
was
up
to
the
to
con.lder.
If
pos
vc
upon
them
and
v
effect
The
coun
n
imbued
with
sln-
carncst
purpose
to
lutioli
to
problems
'
not.
settled,
mlgn'
..:uf
a
grave
situation
t
ad
been
given
wlth-1
to
any
iwlltlcal
con-
Tribute
to
CollcaKiirx
r
-y
thought
it
was
a
'he
province
that
ten
tJ
differing
Interests
al
views
should
have
i
come
together
in
designed
to
Insure
a
.
i
prosperous
province
ni
men
might
return
wars
"This
may
be
.
Taslon
of
a
public
his
Council."
said
r
and
I
would
like
to
opportunity
of
paying
r
id
expressing
appre
.he
members
of
the
'
their
splendid
spirit
ation
and
for
their
-1
with
the
chairman."
Columbia
would
be
I
Mr
Perry
said,
with
the
of
65.000
men
dlschar
t.he
forces-
-omc
with
""turn
to
but
many
r-
ifr
:alnlng
nor
skill
11
'J
fit
them
Into
the
y
Of
elvlllnn
llfo
THpto
'
J
bp
a.
well
75.000
workers
:'"'a".ed
in
war
Industries
aid
not
be
maintained
Production
nf
rrnnAm
rln.
1
3r
the
ntirnnsM
nf
rt(.
-.
-n
ana
who
would,
there-,
(
w
looktnr?
for
employment
f.
,
iiitii;
wvuivi
w
the
young
people
Just
A!
.
lit
w
or
school,
Adequate
iusi
do
taken
to
meet
might
not
have
erday
afternoon
Ickly
as
some
might
ed,
the
federal
gov
crnmem
was
Dy
no
means
asleep
and
some
measures
had
already
been
taken.
There
was
the
Veterans'
Land
Act
Riv
ing
veterans
improved
farms
pay
and
allowances.
Then
there
was
the
Vocational
Training
Co-ordination
Act
which
provided
during
training.
Also
there
would
be
the
opportunity
of
those
who
had
had
their
education
interrupted
oy
enlisting
to
continue
and
complete
their
education.
More
measuie
of
similar
type
were
being
given
consideration.
Conversion
to
Peace
The
Council
had
interested
itself
In
the
possibility
of
converting
war
plants
to
peacetime
use
but
there
had
been
difficulty
in
many
cases
in
establishing
these
possibilities.
The
federal
authorities
had
also
been
studying
the
possibilities
of
war
plant
conservation.
A
special
committee
had
been
appointed
to
investigate
and
ascertain
what
Industrial
plants
migh
be
maintained
and
which
should
be
scrapped.
As
for
shipbuilding
no
one
was
in
a
position
to
say
what
ar
and
otobably
the
the
future
Immediately
after
hat
it
would
visit
w.'-rtued
the
potential
if
Prince
Rupert
In
t
:d
the
fconomic
lift
f
Dri'ish
Columbia,
re
was
the
prosper-but
there
would
be
bms
to
be
faced
afar
:vi!ics
of
war
no
mutated
business
and
irnt
Ui-
Postwar
nerubtlf-Tour.r
.
said
Mr.
Perry,
rnburd
with
the
one
aim
thn
work
that
was
as-;ut
of
presiding
EjV'
iment
proposals
;nfv'.
and
women
dls-
m
th
forces
and
if
-
w
iuld
bs
kept
In
and
economic
ac-
:hr
war
All
angles
the
war
might
have
in
store
The
shipbuilders
themselves
ap
peared
to
be
in
the
dark.
speaking
of
the
economy
of
British
Columbia,
Mr.
Perry
urged
that
a
look
be
taken
at
the
fundamentals.
The
whole
ec
onomy
of
British
Columbia
was
built
on
export
trade.
Before
the
war
it
had
been
possible
to
find
markets,
thus
permitting
men
to
be
kept
employed
with
reasonable
standard
of
living
also
developing
secondary
in
dustrtcs
In
a
measure.
Markets
She
MICKLEBURGH
NOMINATED
Local
School
Teacher
is
Named
Provincial
Candidate
Answers
Harold
Winch.
"Winch's
statement
that
the
Labor-Progressives
are
betray
!
ing
the
working
class
is
rldlcu-1
lous,"
stated
B:uce
Mlcfcleburgh
unanimous
choice
of
the
Pnnr
,
Rupert
Labor-Progressive
Club
to
represent
their
party
in
the
(
rrovincKii
iieia,
ai
tne
nomination
convention
held
last
night
at
the
East
End
Hall.
In
his
at
ceptance
speech
of
the
nomlna
tion,
the
22-year
old
school
teacher
Mlchlefeurgh
went
on
to
say:
"Anyone
in
Prince
Rupert
who
knows
our
party
comrade
and
the
work
they
are
continu
ally
doing
In
the
trade
unions
and
peoples'
organizations
to
advance
the
welfare
of
the
people
realize
how
foolish
is
a
statement
of
this
nature."
The
policy
of
the
Labor-Pro-1
had
been
lost
as
a
result
of
the'
tth
the
platform
formulated
war
but
the
demands
of
war
oy
sura
u.
...8.
had
kept
the
machinery
run-
nlng.
It
would
probibly
be
some
lime
alter
tne
war
was
over
Be
fore
normal
markets
could
be
restored.
Kind
of
Prare
Important
British
Columbia
was
keenly
and
vitally
Interested
in
the
kind
of
a
peace
and
the
kind
of
trading
economy
that
would
follow
the
war.
If
the
naUons
of
the
world
should
adopt
poli
cies
of
strict
Internal
economy
British
Columbia
stood
to
feci
the
effects
more
deeply
than
other
parts
of
the
world.
The
development
of
better
conditions
and
facilities
within
the
province
depended
upon
the
finding
of
outlet.i
for
natural
resources.
The
province
was
most
definitely
Interested
In
policies
of
international
trading
and
currency
-"matters
on
which
so
much
depends
for
us
and
with
the
formulation
of
which
we
have
so
little
to
do."
As
for
thli
north
country.
Mr.
Perry
said
mat
ne
naa
always
,nnt
K,m
fnnpht
in
fmr
i
n,ii.ti
Mii,
vvvil
ujiiiiiaiv.
cut
uumi
.i
owned
personally
was
sunk
In
this
part
of
the
country.
Short
and
Long
Terms
Referring
to
the
period
Immediately
following
the
war,
Mr.
Perry
did
not
feel
there
was
a
great
deal
to
be
concerned
about.
There
would
be
the
release
of
a
large
purchaslntt
power
of
consumer
goods.
There
would
be
public
works
to
be
done.
Demobllzatlon
would
not
likely
be
sudden.
There
might
even
be
a
boom
for
a
year
or
so
after
the
war.
The
reconstruc-
Residence
Is
Broken
Into
The
residence
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mitchell
Oay.
040,
Sixth
Avenue
East
was
discovered
yesterday
to
have
been
broken
Into
and
the
contents
of
a
bedroom
thrown
and
scattered
about.
Mr.
and
Mrs,
Gay
bctng
at
present
in
Vancouver.
It
is
not
yet
known
Hon
of
Europe,
.the
finishing
of
if
anything
was
stolen.
thi
war
acalnst
the
Japanese
and
the
reconstruction
of
China
were
tasks
that
would
fall
Vargelv
on
the
shoulders
of
the
United
States
and
the
British
Commonwealth
"
being
too
exhausted
and
too
shattered
to
do
much
In
this
regard.
All
this
might
provide
full
employment
In
Canada
for
five
or
ten
years
with
the
exception
of
communities
which
had
been
engaged
almost
exclusively
in
war
activities.
All
signs
nointed
to
freer
movement
of
goods
and
commodities
between
"
nati""
after
the
war.
The
Atlantic
Charter
enunciated
the
principle
of
free
access
for
all
na-(Contlnued
on
page
4)
Discovery
of
the
break-in
was
made
by
Miss
Isabel
Gay.
sister
of
the
owner,
who
visited
the
house
at
noon
yesterday
with
Miss
Tommy
Krause.
a
friend.
Glass
In
n
rear
window
had
been
smashed
and
the
window
opened
to
permit
the
entry
of
the
marauder.
The
girls
then
reported
the
matter
to
the
police.
British
Columbia
police
yesterday
recovered
from
the
south
side
of
the
harbor
the
body
of
a
man
named
Carol
Fensom
who
was
drowned
Sunday
night.
Fensom
was
a
fisherman
and
Is
believed
to
have
come
original,
ly
from
Winnipeg.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBEP
7,
1943
Bruce
Mlckleourgh,
Labor
Progressive
candidate
for
Prince
Rupert
in
provincial
election.
gresslve
Party,
Mlckleburgh
ad-;T)
ded.
was
to
strengthen
and1
hC-lnternmCnt
build
all
peoples
movements
of
a
worthy
nature,
by
active
sup
port
of
members,
and
n6l
to
further
the
political
interest
of
the
L.P.P.
itself.
The
way
to
convince
people
of
the
need
for
socialism
was
on
the
basis
of
their
own
experience.
"The
very
fact
that
the
C.C.F
National
Council
rejected
the
proposal
for
affiliation
of
the
Labor-Progressive
Party,
repu
ri2S5SSS53sffe3i
HHHIMHflpLi
Of
Mosley
Has
Been
Demanded
The
NaUonal
Union
of
Machinists.
Fitters
and
Helpers
here
has
passed
a
resolution
petition
ing
the
Canadian
government.
dlates
Winch's
statement
that
i
in
the
interests
of
the
armed
the
C.C.F.
represents
a
true
un-
forces
and
workers
of
the
United
Ited
people's
front.
You
cannot
Nations,
to
demand
that
Oswald
establish
-
socialism
by
purely
I
Moslev
and
his
wife;"be
re-in-
parliamentary
activity
but
by
!
terned
in
Oreat
Brttahj
and
that
building
an
unoreaKaow
unuyiHomc
secretary
uerDcri
aioitx
of
all
sections
of
the
people."
"We
ate
ready
at
any
time
to
discuss
united
action
-with
the
C.C.F.
in
this
riding.
We
will
place
our
candidates
for
endor-satlon
along
with
the
CJCF..
at
a
truly
mass
representative
meeting
of
people's
organlza
lions,
and
abide
tty
cote.
Should
then
m
will
will
anr-
err
man.
we
sup-
oort
such
a
candidate
albnrr
DOMINATE
ROME
ROAD
ALGIERS,
Dec.
7
Fifth
Army
infantry
nas
nroxen
through
Nazi
defences
in
Diticr
assaults
to
capture
most
dominating
positions
In
a
25-mlle
area
overlooking
tne
roaa
w
Rome,
it
was
announced
today
while
on
the
cast
coast
of
Italy
British
tanks
rammed
across
the
Moro
River.
A
hcadauarters
officer,
de
scribing
the
battle
in
the
vital
Mone
Camlno
and
Monte
Mag-
dore
area
on
the
western
sec
tor
declared
"we
now
hold
most
important
features
in
that
area
roughly
five
miles
long
and
five
miles
wide."
On
the
Adriatic
side
of
the
Oerman
Tenth
Army
line
General
Monteomcry's
tanks
and
infantry
drove
across
the
Moro
River
ten
miles
above
Sangro
In
son
be
severely
conseured
for
the
grave
mfStake
he
has
made
In
releasing
him.
The
rcsoluUon.
in
part
of
the
preamble,
points
out
that
Adolf
Hitler
was
"best
man
at
the
Mosley
marriage.
SheychSe3"
I
Correspondence
Of
City
Council
meettng
included
a
.letter
from
the
Keyes
Construction
Com
pany,
which
was
a
contract
to
repair
the
city
reservoir.
The
letter
stated
tnat
tnoy
were
unable
to
complete
the
Job
now,
due
to
circumstances
beyond
their
control,
but
that
It
would
be
put
in
a
condition
where
It
would
be
serviceable
for
tne
winter.
The
letter
was
referred
to
the
board
of
works.
A
letter
from
the
city
engineer
concerning
a
request
from
the
owners
of
the
Valhalla
Hall
asking
permission
to
have
a
septi:
tank
Installed
said
that,
if
an
addition
were
built
onto
the
hall
with
a
floor
onq
foot
above
the
present
floor
level
of
Jhe
bulldlntr,
permission
would
be
granted
for
a
sewer
connection
A
communication
from
the
National
Council
for
Canadian-
Soviet
Friendship
whose
subject
was
the
adoption
by
Canadian
cities
in
Russia,
was
referred
to
the
committee
of
the
whole.
Discussing
a
notice
from
War
time
Housing
Limited
that
they
Intended
on
December
15,
to
tender
the
city
$131
In
payment
for
a
number
of
lots
bought
un
city
commissioner
at
the
rate
of
$1
per
lot,
it
was
decided
to
Instruct
the
city
clerk
not
to
accept
the
money.
The
resignation
of
H.
M.
Daggett
from
his
post
as
alderman
was
accepted,
Mr.
Daggett
is
running
for
mayor.
SEEK
SUPPORT
IIAZHLT0N
ROUTE
A
communication
was
read
at
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
alst
night
from
Walter
Wilson,
who
went
to
Victoria
as
member
of
a
delegation
seeking
support
for
the
Hazel
ton
route
for
an
Alaska
Highway
connection,
reporting
'His
Hat
In
Ring
Aid.
Robert
McKay,
whose
term
as
a
member
of
the
city
'tuncil
expires
at
this
time,
will
seek
election
as
mayor
at
'.n
municipal
polling
contest
ixt
week,
providing
opposition
'o
Aid.
H.
M.
Daggett,
the
nom-inec
of
the
Civic
Labor
Federa-
idn.
Final
decision
of'AUTMc-Ksy
to
offer
himself
became
xnown
today.
Well
known
pioneer
dairyman
and
president
ol
he
Prin-e
Rupert
Ratepayers
Axociatlon,
he
has
long
taken
dd
active
Interest
in
civic
af-
alr
He
has
been
chairman
of
ne
board
of
works
for
the
past'
yar
OLD
DAYS
RECALLED
J.
A.
Palon,
M.L.A.
-for
Vancou
yer-Point
Grey,
Was
Here
Nearly
Forty
Years
Ago
J.
A.
Paton,
Member
of
the
Lccislat
couver-Polnt
Orey,
who
Is
here
in
his
capacity
as
a
member
of
the
Postwar
Rehabilitation
Coiincll,
can
fairly
claim
to
be
a
riral
pioneer
of
Prince
Rupert.
He
remarked
yesterday
that
he
was
having
difficulty
is
becom
ing
reoriented
alter
not
-having
been
here
for
almost
thirty-seven
years.
Mr.
Paton
was
in
Prince
Rupert
during
the
winter
of
1907-01
as
a
member
of
the
toWnslte
survey
ctew
and
he
had
multifarious
duties
as
such.
He
had
a
hand
in
erecting
the
tent
whlfh
was
Prince
Rupert's
first
no&tfcf
fleandiclpi
R:
Ii?Mcj
Brflalrl:
Sh'Tr&fteK
fuhnef
Intosh.
the
pioneer
postmaster,
sort
the
firs
mail
in
Prince
Rupert.
He
also
relieved
during
the
Christmas-New
Year
vacation
of
1906-07
for
Bert
Cialg
as
Correspondence
considered
by
manager
of
Kelly-Carruthers
the
city
council
at
last
night's
grocery
store,
the
first
store
in
PiiBce
Rupert,
the
sock
of
which
consisted
largely
Of
can
ned
goods
housed
in
a
roughly
built
lean-to.
Mr.
Paton
washable
to
locate
at
least
one
person
who
was
here
In
those
vety
early
days
and
with
whom
he
was
able
to
reminisce.
This
was
Dong
Sing
if
the
Trince
Rupert
Hotel
who
was
mess
boy
for
W.
S.
Bacon,
townsite
and
harbor
engineer.
Sing
has
the
distinction
of
having
rung
the
first
church
bell
in
Prince
Rupert.
It
was
on
the
day
that
the
late
Archbishop
F.
H.
DeVernet
opened
that
church
that
Mr.
Paton
left
Prince
Rupert
for
the
Yukon.
Mr.
Paton,
of
course,
has
lived
for
many
years
in
Vancou-
ver
and
is
an
ex-reeve
of
Point
lhe
Haiifax
shipyards
two
hulls
urey.
JAP
CARGO
SHIPS
SUNK
der
agreement
with
the
former
I
Destruction
of
More
Vessels
in
Pacific
Has
Been
Announced
WASHINGTON
D.C..
December
7
(Canadian
Press)
Sinking
of
eleven
more
Japanese
cargo
ships
by
American
submarines
was
reported
Monday
by
the
Navy,
raising
the
total
of
enemy
vessels
destroyed
in
the
Pacific
to
five
hundred
and
sixteen.
One
large
tanker,
nine
medium-sized
freighters
and
one
smaller
freighter
were
reported
sunk.
Influenza
Prevalent
Reported
TORONTO.
Dee.
7
0
Inftu-
The
highway
committee
reported
enza-type
colds
and
some
real
10
inc
unamDcr
mat.
h
nan
.influenza
Is
prevalent
through-raised
the
sum
of
$500
to
assist
:
out
Canada
with
five
deaths
in
in
financing
the
delegation
and
Ontario.
Three
of
the
deaths
representations
on
behalf
of
have
been
in
Toronto
and
two
the
Ilazelton
route.
In
Windsor.
Wednesday,
Dec
S
High
10:50
21.5
feet
23:31
19.1
feet
Low
4:31
7.2
feet
17:25
43
feet
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Reds
Split
Huge
Nazi
Force
Is
Nominated
I
Nickerson
Is
i
mportant
Ukraine
Line
l
New
Chairman
VANCOUVER.
December
f
7
(Canadian
Press;
Oeo.
W.
Nickerson
of
Prince
Rupert
has
been
appointed
chairman
of
the
Interna-
V
tlonal
Halibut
Commission
4
succeeding
Edward
Allen
of
4
Seattle,
now
secrstary
of
the
Commission.
IMPACT
OP
WAR
HALIFAX
IS
WARDEN
OF
ATLANTIC
Following
Is
one
of
a
Canadian
Press
series
outlining
the
impact
cf
war
on
Canadian
cities.
It
tells
of
Halifax,
US.)
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
By
JOHN
LEBLANC
through
which
hundreds
of
men
and
millions
of
tons
of
cargo
flow
out
across
the
edge
of
America
and
into
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic.
Bound
up
with
this
labor
has
been
the
defending
of
the
car
goes
that
go
to
make
up
the
nautical
side
of
the
city's
war
effort.
When
the
war
broke
out
Halifax
had
no
heavy
Industry,
a-part
from
the
shipyards,
that
could
be
converted
directly
into
the
uses
of
war.
What
it
could,
and
did
do,
was
to
throw
,
its
waterfront
on
a
full
war
footing
overnight
and
open
the
city
itself
to
the
flood
of
servicemen
and
war
workers
who
poured
into
the
city
from
the
start.
As
the
locus
of
the
navy's
A-tlantlc
coast
headquarters,
the
army's
Atlantic
Command
and
District
No.
6
Headquarters
and
the
Eastern
Air
Command,
the
city
has
been
consistently
bulging
with
service
personnel.
It
is
PPPinS
at
the
5Carir!-
Premier
John
Hart
and
the
gov-1
Ontario
Has
Number
of
Cases-1
ernment,
the
Premier
having
made
the
promise
that
the
Haz-elton
route
would
be
surveyed
before
any
decision
was
made
Five
Deaths
In
Province
Arc
For
the
ordinary
resident
or
Halifax
that
has
meant
in
itself
a
measure
of
sacrifice.
He
has
suffered
an
acute
housing
shirt-age
and
shortage
of
such
other
things
as
retaurant,
laundry
and
tram
service.
In
addition
the
overtaxed
water
service
can't
keep
up
w-ith
Smashed
By
Russians
'
LONDON,
Dec.
7
(CP)
The
Russians
smashed
the
German
Smela-Namenka
line
in
the
central
Ukraine
yesterday,
splitting
a
huge
Nazi
force
guarding
these
vital
junctions
on
railways
leading
to
Rumania
and
putting
the
Russians
within
twentv-three
miles
of
the
eastern
bastion
of
Kovorogod.
The
Rus
King
Has
t
Influenza
HALIFAX.
Dec.
7
CN-Klpllng
375
Jn,
London
during
the
nedalVfax
"WardTn
November
27,
rc
Ambly
for
Van-!
the
of
the
Honor
of
the
North.'
that
"The
North
Atlantic"
ard
you
have,
in
a
phrase,
Halifax's
contribution
to
the
winning
of
this
war.
Since
the
start
Halifax
has
had
one
big
Job.
She
was
fitted
for
it
by
i
her
stragetic
location
astride
the
main
North
Atlantic
lanes,
by
her
superb
and
well
defended
harbor
and
anchorage
facilities.
All
her
194
years'
ex
perience
as
a
seaport,
in
peace
and
In
wars,
has
been
pointed
to
this
destined
task.
That
Job
has
been
keeping
the
supplies
and
men
flowing
to
ISLANDS
LONDON,
Dec.
7
Ch
The
King
has
been
stricken
with
Influenza
and
will
be
confined
to
his
room
for
several
days,
it
was
announ-
ced
today
from
Bucking-
Palace.
However.
It
was
thought
the
attack
was
not
serious.
Influenza
Is
sweep-
ing
the
country
and
there
have
been
many
deaths
MakeK
.
i
ATTACK
PACIFIC
WASHINGTON
DC,
December
7
(Canadian
Press)
The
American
Navy
announced
on
Monday
night
that
"strong
carrier
task
forces"
attacked
the
Marshall
Islands
northwest
of
the
reconquered
Gilberts
last
Sunday.
Due
.
to
the
necesdty
jot
tadte
sUwteVdetalts
are
not
yet
available.
The
Japanese
radio
had
re
ported
one
hundred
carrier
of
at-
by
the
Americans
on
sians
on
Monday
captured
22
towns
and
villages
including
Tsl-buleve,
14
miles
northwest
of
Znamenka
on
a
double
track
railway
leading
to
Smela.
PRESSURE
ON
TURKEY
Berlin
Radio
Sees
Effort,
Being
Made
to
Force
Otoman
Empire
Into
War.
LONDON.
December
T
(Canadian
Press)
Berlin
radio
said
today
that
President
Ismet
In-onu
of
Turkey
had
returned
to
Ankara
from
a
conference
at
Cairo
with
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
an
dPresident
Franjclin
D.
Roosevelt
and
that
the
Turkish
cabinet
would
meet
in
special
session.
A
German
spokesman
mean
while
told
Swedish
correspondents
that
the
"Allies
are
exerting
heavy
pressure
to
force
Turkey
to
Join
in
the
war."
Drag
Harbor
Locate
Body
i
city
council
last
night
was
a'a
longshoreman
in
the
Army
proposal
concerning
the
opera-;
Transport
Service.
Hon
of
a
city
ambulance
which
An
enquiry
Into
his
death
will
was
designed
to
endow
It
with
condUcted
by
Deputy
Cor-
.
a"
I
oner
Bruce
Stevens.
Under
the
proposal
a
three-
man
board
would
administer
the
operation
of
the
ambulance
are
taking
shape
as
the
first
,
which
would
be
staffed
by
per
Tribal
class
destroyers
tver-
Imanent,
salaried
drivers.
built
In
Canada.
Soon
to
Join'
on
the
board
would
be
repre-
the
commissioned
ranks
of
fe
.WLi
,.
.
.
,
.
,
,
in
,
.
the
city,
and
of
the
larger
local
this
most
formidable
group
,nHliet,;,
rnm.prri.
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy.
i
Under
the
proposai
industrial
Extensive
ship
repair
facilities
concerns
employing
more
than
too,
provide
another
facet
of
the
,
so
men
would
be
asked
to
con-
tribute
toward
ambulance
main
talnance
at
a
per
capita
rate
based
on
the
number
of
their
employees.
Any
deficit
would
be
defrayed
between
the
city
and
the
hospital
board.
The
ambulance
board
would
bp
composed
of
one
representative
of
the
city,
one
of
the
hospital
hoard
and
one
of
the
industrialists
included
in
the
plan.
tl
was
also
proposed
to
employ
two
permanent,
salaried
dr'vers
to
assure
reliable
ambulance
service.
The
plan
has
been
already
endorsed
by
the
hospital
board
the
drain
and
goes
out
out
of
kilter
now
and
again.
A
host
of
other
minor
headaches,
such
a.
block-long
queues
for
movies
help
add
spice
to
life
in
this
city
of
war.
But
Hahfax
looks
on
all
this
pretty
philosophically.
She's
had
it
all
happen
to
her
before,
in
more
wars
than
she
cares
to
remember.
And
when
this
one
has
been
tucked
away
Into
her
voluminous
history,
she'll
be
wait
ing
"sleepless
and
veiled,"
for
the
next
one.
Fensom
was
drowned
when
the
small
hnat
In
which
he
was
based
planes
had
raided
the
ferrying
friends
from
the
south
Marshall.
Uwn
nf
th
Viarhnr
tn
n
flshlnir
There
was
np
Immediate
indication
whether
the
action
was
just
an
Isolated
raid
or
perhaps
heralding
more
significant
di
rect
action
Into
another
Jap-
life
blood
of
victory.
For
Hali-,
anese
Pacific
stronghold.
fax
has
served
as
the
western
fighting
base,
as
well
as
the
gateway,
for
the
war
on
side
of
the
sea.
For
a
time,
before
the
United
States
entered
the
conflict
and
while
the
Empire
stood
virtually
alone,
the
men
and
ships
operating
out
of
this
port
waged
what
amounted
to
a
single-handed
war
against
the
U-boats
on
this
side
of
the
water.
Now.
the
strain
has
been
eased,
but
the
work
is
no
less
vital.
Build
Destroyers
Not
only
Is
Halifax
serving
as
a
battle
outpost,
but
it
is
making
Its
own
contribution
In
lighting
ships.
On
the
ways
of
Inc
eaied
activity
in
the
way
.
V,
;
,
than
Lliail
Hilt
C
AH
ww
ui
thi3
J
?
?lh""iabout
twelve
feet
of
water
near
1
autil,
11UO
LilC
dCVUUU
anniversary
of
Pearl
Harbor.
Endorsement
Of
Ambulance
Plan
boat
standing
off
shore
capsized
late
Sunday
afternoon.
The
body
of
Carol
Fensom.
30
years
of
age,
was
recovered
at
2
p.m.
yesterday
by
British
Columbia
police,
under
Sergeant
O.
L.
Hall,
who
dragged
the
harbor
for
more
three
hours.
It
was
in
the
shore
of
Bacon
Cove.
The
small,
flat
bottomed
row
boat
capsized
In
the
rough
water
while
Fensom
was
rowing
Staff
Sergeant
Vernon
Multy
and
another
serviceman
to
a
fishing
boat
only
a
short
distance
off
shore.
The
accident
occurred
shnrtlv
hpfore
5
o'clock
Sunday.
Endorsed
in
principle
by
the
p-nsnm
had
been
worklnz
as
Assistance
In
Repairing
Roads
And
Utilities
There
was
correspondence
at
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
from
Col.
G.
S.
Currie,
deputy
minister
of
national
de
fence,
and
Hon.
C.
G.
Power,
minister
of
national
defence
for
air,
in
answer
to
requests
that
had
been
made
that
the
defence
department
make
appropriations
for
the
cost
of
repairs
tJ
local
streets
and
waterworks
which
had
been
impaired
by
their
use
for
national
defence
purposes.'
It
was
suggested
that
some
consideration
might
be
given
the
request
if
it
was
found
that
damage
was
actually
due
to
de-
oartmental
use.
Len
Griffiths
For
Alderman
Leonard
C.
Griffiths,
operator
of
the
Arrow
I
us
Lines
and
younger
business
man
of
Prince
Rupert,
is
the
latest
to
be
announced
as
a
candidate
i
or
civic
election
honors
next
week.
He
has
decided
to
offer
himself
for
the
city
council.
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