C
.z
ms
committee
Mayor
W.
M.
alts,
chairman,
Aid.
Thomas
E.
Dllott,
President
Prince
Rupert
La-
t
Council,
Aid.
W.
H.
Brett,
Aid.
bra
K
Arnold,
Atd:
George
E:
Hilts,,
Aid
T
So;ensan,
Aid.
H.
Daggett.
Id
J
S.
Black,
Aid.
R.
McKay,
Dr.
B.
Bamford,
President
Prince
Rupert
b,an
:h
Canadian
Legion,
unicipal
Chapter,
I.O.D.E.,
Ar
nold
Fia'tPn,
manager
Royal
Bank
if
Canada,
O,
R.
Hopkins,
mana-
;rr
"anad
an
Bank
of
Commerce,
R
S.
Blackaby,
manager
ink
of
Montreal,
J.
Dcane,
chair
an
S;:hool
Board,
Miss
Eleanor
oxlry
commandant,
Canadian
cd
Cross
Corps,
Jarvls
H.
McLeod,
Wle-ie
of
customs,
Norman
A.
at
government
Agent,
J.
Wert,
cat
chairman
Brotherhood
of
Lo
omctve
FJirincers.
N.
A.
Bolll.
lo
a)
ttialrman
B.
of
L.
F.
&
.?
S.
alnier
local
chairman
Union
of
allway
Clerks
and
other
em
lovpes,
D,
J.
Ounn.
local
chairman
Railway
Maintenance
of
Way
Em-
loyees,
P.
Bond,
representative
allway
Machinists,
D.
Creed,
Rail
way
Clerks
and
Classified
Labor,
A
Teng,
representative
Boiler-
akers
j,
paui
representative
armen
D.
Creed,
Railway
Cletks
nd
Classified
Labor.
Lew
Shong
Pin
ChliiPKo
Pu,lrlMln
Astnrlatlon.
(col
D
B.
Martin,
DJS.O.,
M.
C,
.commander,
Prince
Rupert
de
fences
Commander
D.
C.
Wallace,
C-N.R.
naval
officer
command-
ng.
Prince
Rupert.
Group
Captain
t
Gordon,
R.CJVJ1.,
Col.
Wm.
:niR
Transportation
Corps,
U.
S.
Port-
commander.
Charter
Suspended
And
Not
Cancelled
EPl.inallon
Made
in
Connection
With
Boilermakers'
Union
at
Vancouver
VANCOUVER
Anrll
IS
Thfi
icnarter
nf
tho
Vancouver
Boiler
leakers'
Union
has
been
suspend
l,u
and
not
ennppllprt
,hv
the
Cana-
f:'an
ingress
of
Labor,
it
Is
an-
Over
Command
of
Canadian
LONDON,
April
15
German
planes
bombed
two
towns
in
the
(Thames
estuary
last
night
caused
an
alarm
in
London
i
planes,
however,
came
over
capital.
GENERAL
IS
YOUNG
MAN
and
No
the
jj.
M
Winslow,
President
Chamber
Brigadier
Guy
Simmonds
Taking
tt
c
3i.-nei'e.
Robert
Parker,
Presl-
aem
Junior
Chamber
of
Com
merce
Joseph
Scott,
President
Oyrc
Club,
George
Mitchell,
Presi-deni
Rotary
Club,
Rt.
Rev.
G.
A.
Rlx
Bi
hop
of
Caledonia,
Rt.
Rev.
K.
M
Bunoz,
O.M.I.,
Roman
Catholic
Ol
ii
ip
of
Prince
Rupert,
Rev.
Magnus
B.
Anderson,
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween,
Rev.
J.
A.
Donnell,
Rev.
A
Wright,
Adjutant
Brunsdon,
v
R
Amundsen.
Leader
Percy
u.
11
Mrs.
G.
E.
Moore,
Regent,
Division
Overseas
OTTAWA,
April
15
O'
The
ap
polntment
of
Brigadier
Guy
Gran-1
vllle
Simmonds,
aged
39,
oi
Kings
ton,
Ontario,
as
general
officer
commanding
a
Canadian
Army(
division
overseas
with
promotion
to
the
rank
of
major-general
was
announced
by
Department
of
Na-1
tlonal
Defence
headquarters
Wednesday
night.
v
General
Simmonds
succeeds
Major
General
J.
H.
Roberts
who
has
been
appointed
to
command
all
Canadian
Army
reinforcement
units
in
Great
Britain.
OTTAWA,
April
15
05
Ot-
tawa
Commandos
qualified
,
Wednesday
night
to
meet
Vic-
torla
Army
in
the
Allan
Cup
finals
by
defeating
Ottawa
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
4
j
to
1
to
win
the
eastern
senior
,
TWO
HILLS
ARE
TAKEN
British
Forces
Continue
Advance
in
Tunisia
Heavy
Fnemy
Artillery
Causes
Some
Delay
.
AILIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
15
(Or
British
and
French
Infantry
successfully
stormed
two
important
hills
on
the
he
south
south
and
and
western
western
fronts
of
nislan
line
r
unci
yesterday
r
frl
rt
n
and,
fi
Mrirtiiti
captur
ing
six
hundred
prisoners,
Increased
the
total
Allied
bag
since
the
opening
of
the
Mareth
offensive
to
more
than
thirty
thousand.
Attacking
DJebel
Sefsouf,
the
French
rounded
up
four
hundred
Germans
and
took
possession
of
a
thirty
miles
due
west
of
Enflda
the
village
of
Blr
Kararhoun.
Field
dispatches
said
that
further
advance
by
the
British
Eighth
Army
in
the
Enfidaville
sector
was
halted
by
heavy
artillery
commanding
the
coast
road
to
Tunis.
The
British
First
Army
captured
the
mountain
top
of
Djebel,
eight
miles
above
Medjez-el-Bab
and
some
thirty
miles
west
of
Tunis.
GOOIl
GOING
LONDON,
April
15
)
An
airgraph
letter
written
In
Canada
on
a
Tuesday
was
delivered
at
its
destination
in
London
on
the
following
Thursday.
SOVIET
NAVY
BUSY
During
the
first
18
months
In
the
war
the
Soviet
Navy
sunk
771
nmv
shins
and
damaged
216
2,000,000
tons.
:
STUTTGART
HEAVY
HIT
Important
German
Industrial
City
Target
of
Bombing
23
Planes
Lost
LONDON,
April
15
(CP)
The
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
struck
heavily
during
the
night
at
Stuttgart;
German
armament
and
engineering
centre,'
in
a
highly
con-centiated
attack
which
cost
twenty-three
bombers,
ten
of
them
Canadian.
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
headquarters
here
said
the
target
was
clearly
identified.
Many
Canadians
were
also
in
the
Royal
Air1
Force
squadrons
that
flew
'our
hundied
miles
acrcss
Nazi-held
Europe
to
blast
the
important
city.
At
least
three
German
night
fighter?
were
shot
down,
two
by
Boval
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers.
y
r
,
the
constricted
Axis
Tu-
V
IClOrV
L0ail
"
Message
Read
Gyro
Club
Discusses
Tlaygrounds
And
Decides
to
Ask
Military
To
Repair
Ball
Park
A
message
from
O.
W.
Spinney.
mountain
position
wnicn
nas
Deen
cnairman
of
the
national
war
the
western
anchorage
of
Marshal
savlngs
committee
In
Ottawa,
sup-Erwin
Rommel's
new
Enfidaville
.
porting
the
forthcoming
Fourth
defence
line.
Djebcl
Sefsouf
lies
,
vietorv
Loan,
was-read
at
yester-
-
.
day's
regular
monthly
business
Gyro
Club".
In
order
to
riiect
the
objective
on
this
occasion
It
would
be
necessary,
the
letter
said,
for
bond
purchases
by
the
people
of
Canada
to
be
increased
by
twenty-
five
per
cent.
Principal
arguments
in
favor
of
the
buying
of
Victory
bonds
were
given
as
winning
the
war,
helping
to
prevent
inflation
and
saving
for
personal
security
In
the
future.
The
club
discussed
the
playground
situation
and
it
was
decided
to
take
up
with
the
military
authorities
the
repairing
of
the
Gyro
Ball
Park
at
the
corner
of
Sixth
Avenue
and
McBrlde
Street.
L.
C.
Griffiths
was
elected
as
a
new
member
of
the
club.
Guests
at
the
luncheon
were
E.
T.
Applcwhalte
and
Walter
Smith,
Capt.
J.
W.
Kllpatrlck,
a
member
of
the
club
on
active
service,
was
welcomed.
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
'V.cVc-Cl
53
Mar
.r
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
ML
'J
9:12
p.m.
to
6:12
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No.
89
XXXII,
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.
C,
THURSDAY.
APRIL
15,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
aps
Are
In
South
Pacific
R.
RUPERT
ISUCCUMEED
OAN
QUOTA
TO
ATTACK
rtc
(Juaitcrs
of
a
Million
Dollars
Mrs.
Stella
Donney,
Who
Conduct
i
j,ftCominitlccs
Are
Named
fhe
quota
for
Prince
Rupert
In
the
rthcomlng
Fourth
Victory
Loan
is
been
set
at
$750,000,
It
was
an-btmced
today.
In
the
last
loan
the
Bola
was
$530,000
with
subscrip
ts
eventually
reaching
an
ag-
cgate
of
$795,000.
Lieut
Col.
J.
W.
Nlcholls
Is
chalr-
an
of
the
northern
divisional
iimlttee
with
vice-chairmen
in
persons
of
Mayor
A.
M.
Pattcr-
ot
Prince
George,
Jr.
m.
Dock-
of
Telkwa
and
John
Thompson
1
Stewart.
Other
members
of
the
Islonal
committee
are;
Alan
Chandler,
O.
Johnston.
on.
11.
u.
rerry,
a.
o.
vaugnan,
T
Kenney.
M.L.A.,
3.
M.
Gra-
t
.
.
n
41
-I
i
--
e
im,
rresiucm
j-uuuiciuuuu
ui
iilway
Trainmen,
Smlthcis,
ami
hlin
E.
Pasrhall,
President
of
Rail-
gad
'
3ndu;
tor3,
Prince
George.
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
is
chairman
Prince
Rupert
unit
and
Wi
R.
cAfee.
vice-chairman
with
other
bmnn
.ees
as
ionows:
Chairman
payroll
section
W.
D.
unjie
Icnairman
general
sales
section
.
Col.
J.
W.
Nicholls.
iPubl.
:elations
committee
(apt
O,
W
Crlpps,
O.B.E.,
chalr-
ttan
O
A.
Hunter,
Bruce
Stevens,
jt
T
Alnsley.
iChatrman
special
names
section
J
Little.
ed
Rooming
and
Hoarding
House
on
Frascr
Street,
Tasses
Mrs.
Stella
Donney,
who
came
here
from
Victoria
two
years
ago
and
has
been
operating
the
old
Gurvich
place
on
Fraser
Street
as
a
rooming
and
boarding
house,
died
there
at
8
o'clock
this
morning.
She
had
seemed
In
normal
health
last
evening
but,
during
the
night,
suffered
a
heart
attack
to
which
she,
succumbed.
Mrs.
Donney,
who
was
a
widow
and
fifty-seven
years
of
age,
had
been
In
Fairbanks
as
a
young
woman,
later
moving
to
Victoria.
1
The
remains
will
be
forwarded
to
Victoria
THAMES
IS
ATTACKED
Two
Towns
Bombed
London
Has
Alaims
But
No
Planes
Come
Over
t
V
Commandos
vs.
Victoria
Army
;
hockey
championship.
I
j
War
News
GERMANS
EVACUATING
BERNE
Reports
hcje
state
that
the
Germans
have
commenced
evacuating
Tunisia
by
large
transport
plane,
leaving
the
Italians
to
carry
on
the
brunt
of
the
Denting
against
the
steadily
advancing
British
.forces.
ADMISSION
BY
ROME
RCME
The
Rome
radio
said
lait
night
that
the
British
Eighth
Army
in
Tunisia
had
shown
itself
to
be
"the
finest
fighting
iorce
in
the
woild."
SPANISH
SHIP
SUNK?
NEW
.YORK
A
Spanish
ship
named
as
the
Monte
Alegro
was
reperted
to
have
been
sunk
in
the
Atlantic
Ocean
by
a
German
U-boat.
There
is
no
ship
of
such
name
listed
in
the
register.
CIIANN"!
COAST
ATTACKED
LONDON
Pruges
in
Belgium
and
enemy,
shipping
off
the
Frenh
coast
were
reported
attacked
by
the
Royal
Air
Foice
in
daylight
raids,
yesterday.
RUSSIANS
HOLD
FIRM
IOIIDON
German
troops
n-ade
another
attempt
to
crack
rii-jsi?n
positions
near
the
Donets
River
south
of
Kharkov
Wednesday
but
were
driven
back
by
a
Red
Army
bayonet
charge.
Moscow
announced
another
Ger
man
attack
on
the
Volkhov
front
ville,
fifty
miles
southwest
of
Tu-
iuncheon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
southeast
of
Leningrai
waV'jre.
pufred.
Soviet
forces
made
a
small
advance
in
the
western
Caucasus,,
north
of
Novorosissk.
There
were
no
essential
changes
n
the
long
front.
1LNEBAY
S
RAIDED
:
One
Third
of
Attacking
Japanese
Is
Brought
Down
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA.
April
15
Seventy-five
to
one
hundred
Japanese
planes
raided
Milne
Bay
on
New
Guinea
yesterday.
Three
Allied
vessels
were
damaged.
The
enemy
lost
thirty
of
their
aircraft.
Commandos
Win
Eastern
Title
Great
Combat
Fleet
I
Is
Being
Maintained
North
of
New
Guinea
General
Douglas
MacArthur
Issues
Third
Warning
in
Three
Days
Enemy
Loses
Many
Planes
in
Attack
on
Milne
Bay
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
April
15
(CP)
A
great
Japanese
combat
fleet
is
constantly
being
maintained
in
the
Truk
area
"within
less
than
three
days'
sailing
distance
of
New
Guinea,"
a
spokesman
for
General
Douglas
MacArthur,
Allied
commander-in-chief
in
the
South
Pacific,
said
today
in
the
third
such
Free
Shows
For
Forces
-
TORONTO.
April
15
0-Fa-
metis
Plavers
Canadian
Cor-
poratlon
announced
yesterday
that
Iree
Sunday
entertain-
ment
will
be
provided
for
members
of
the
armed
forces
in
the
company's
treatres
at
Prince
Rupert,
Halifax,
Tor-
i
onto.
Edmonton
and
Victoria,
,
starting
April
25.
The
an-
4
nouncement
said
that
a
re-
quest
to
provide
entertain-
ment
came
ftom
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
!
defence.
Women
of
Bella
Bella
Raise
Big
Red
Cross
Sum
i
The
Bella
Bella
branch
of
the
Native
Sisterhood
of
British
Columbia
has
raised
the
very
substantial
sum
of
$640
for
the
Red
Cross,
the
sum
having
already
been
forwarded
to
headquarters
In
Vancouver.
All
the
Sisterhood
branches
In
the
various
villages,
of
this
district
have
been
active
recently
In
the
raising
of
funds
for
the
Red
Cross.
Ottawa
Commandos,
Eastern
Canadian
amateur
hockey
cham-n
ons
Wednesday
night
defeated
Ottawa
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
4
'to
1
and
won
the
Eastern
crown.
They
will
now
meet
the
Western
rliimolons,
Victoria
Army,
In
the
finals
at
Winnipeg
for
the
Allan
Cup.
A
wealth
of
ex-profcsslonal
material
Is
sprinkled
among
the
Commando
r,mk
all
wearing
the
khaki
of
the
Canadian
Army.
Front
row,
left
to
...u,
nrivnto
"Suear
Jim'
Henry,
sapper
joe
iuupci,
n.ciuijr
Reardon,
Second
Lieutenant
J.
P.
McCaffrey
(manager),
Alex
Smith
(coach),
CorporaJ
Nell
Colvllle,
Corporal
Kenny
Kllrca,
Sapper
Louis
St,
Denis.
Middle
row
Private
Jack
MteQlll,
Private
Mac
Colvllle,
Sergeant
Walt
Murray,
Corporal
Syd
Fcnn,
Lieutenant
Gordle
Bruce,
Private
Eddie
Slowlnskl,
Corporal
"Bingo"
Kampman.
Back
row
Joe
Tjremblay
(trainer),
Sapper
Alex
Shlbicky,
Lieutenant
Gordle
Polrler,
Private
Al'
Barnes,
Sapper
Jake
Brunnlng,
Private
Johnny
Inglls,
"Whitey""
Shore
(assistant
trainer).
'
warning
in
three
days.
The
statement
on
behalf
of
General
MacArthur
followed
an
announcement
that
the
Japanese
had
lost
thirty
of
more
than
eighty
planes
they
sent
against
Milne
iBay,
New
Guinea,
Wednesday.
The
Japanese
hit
three
small
Allied
ships,
one
of
which
was
beached.
HERRING
RELEASED
Fifty
Thousand
Cases
fit
British
Columbia
Troduct
May
be
i
Consumed
at
Home
OTTAWA,
April
15
W
More
than.
fifty
thousand
cases
of
Grad
British
Columbia
herirlnFvv'
xeleased
for
Canadian
consumption
soon,
the
foods
administration
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announced
last
night.
It.
was
originally
intended
that
the
entire
1943
British
Columbia
pack
of
salmon
and
herring
would
go
to
Britain
but
adjustments
resulted
In
herring
packed
in
tall
tins
not
being
required
for
export.
Canadian
Press
Annual
Meeting
Arthur
R.
Ford
of
London,
On
tario,
Re-elected
President
:
TORONTO,
April
15
Arthur
R.
Ford
of
the
London
Free
Press
was
elected
president
of
the
Canadian
Press
at
the
annual
meetlnf
yesterday.
M.
E.
Nichols
of
the
Vancouver
Province
and
K.
C.
Drury
of
the
Victoria
Times
were
elected
to
the
board
of
directors.-
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
i
A.
T.
Harrer
of
Smithers
Passes
Away
at
Age
of
75
SMITHERS,
April
15
Another
one
of
the
old
tlme.s
of
thl3
district
passed
away
In
the
Smithers
Hospital
on
Monday
afternoon
In
the
person
of
Archibald
T.
Harrer.
Mr.
Harrer
was
a
native
of
Penn
sylvania
and,
in
company
with
hU
nephews,
Frank
Messner
and
De-Witt
Messner,
he
came
to
Smithers
many
years
ago
and
they
estab-
llrhed
themselves
in
the
sawmill
business
near
town,
building
a
number
of
(buildings
In
Smithers,
some
of
which
are
still
owned
by
the
Jate
Mr.
Harrer.
They,al$o
.Interested
themselves
In
the
mining
business
and
have
h,eld
a.
number
of
properties
hrttttr
Bablne
Moun
tain
Range
east
of
Smithers
where
they
have
carried
out
development
work
every
year
up
to
the
present
tunc.
Mr.
Harrer
has
been
In
poor
health
for
the
past
year
or
so
and
-his
death
was
not
unexpected.
He
was
about
75
years
of
age.
As
the
Messners
are
now
back
In
the
Eastern
States.
he,
has
no
relatives
In
this
part
of
the
country
at
tho
present
time.
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