PROVINCIAL
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow's
Day
Maximum
49
Minimum
40
Sunrise
;
9:59
Sunset
17:33
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
9,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
V
Plight
Still
More
Serious
Snow
In
Ontario
Heaviest
Fall
In
Many
Years
Hits
Ontario
Eight
Dead
as
Result
TORONTO,
Jan.
9
0
Eight
persons
lost
their
lives
In
central
and
western
Ontario
as
a
result
of
a
snowstorm,
the
heaviest
to
hit
this
part
of
the
province
this
winter.
Thousands
of
man-hours
were
lost
in
munition
plants
because
of
the
storm
which
snarled
traffic.
Many
were
Injured
in
traffic
accidents.
ALL
CONVOY
SAFE
THRU
Great
German
Strength,
Including
I'ocket
Battleship,
Failed
To
Stop
Goods
for
Russia
LONDON,
Jan.
9
O)
The
Admiralty
announced
yesterday
that
an
Allied
convoy
had
reached
North
Russian
ports
without
loss
or
damage
after
a
hot
naval
action
previously
reported
on
December
31.
The
convoy
was
attacked
by
a
"greatly
superior
enemy
force
thought
to
consist
of
one
pocket
battleship,
one
cruiser
and
a
number
of
destroyers
off
North
Cape
at
the
extreme
north
f
mtMLmmt
,
w...
-
The
Admiralty
had
said
In
the
first
announcement
of
the
engagement
on
December
31
"
that
an
enemy
cruiser
was
damaged
and
forced
to
withdraw
and
an
enemy
cruiser
was
severely
hit
and,
when
last
seen,
was
In
a
sinking
condition.
The
Admiralty
announcement
listed
British
casualties
as
the
destroyer
Achates
sunk
and
the
de-ttmyer
Onslow
damaged.
'BOOKBLITZ'
WEEK
HERE
Campaign
to
Jet
Literature
For
Men
of
Armed
Services
wok
Blitz"
committee
held
at
the
service,
'MC
A.
hut
with
Bruce
Micklc;
burgh
in
the
chair.
This
committee
was
formed
last
month
at
the
invitation
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Labor
Youth
Federation
to
organize
the
collection
of
books
for
members
of
the
armed
forces
at
SDCPding
up
that
project.
.
.
.
.
.
n
fl
'11
r
1
.1
T
1
uir
ttliu
UUIuau.
JlL'Uil'M'IHl'U.
Ull
we
committee
are
the
Anglican
Young
People's
Association,
Baptist
Young
People's
Society,
I.
O.
D.
E..
Y
M.
C.
A.,
Teachers
Association,
Boilermakers'
Local.
Machinists'
Union.
Chlnraen
Vnnth
AssnrlaMnn
.S
ant!
i.
v
n
tiimii
-iv,
aii
'letter
books
collected
are
to
be
turned
over
to
the
I.
O.
D.
E.,
which
Is
officially
authorized
to
collect
and
distribute
books
for
the
armed
forces
and
has
a
fully
trained
librarian
In
Vancouver
In
charge
of
'he
work
in
B.
C.
The
following
stores
have
already
agreed
to
receive
books
from
their
customers
and
others:
Wallace's,
The
People's
Store,
B.
Lamb,
Tailor,
aunae
Grocery,
Fishermen's
Co-P
Tom
Lcc,
Oroccr,
Star
Store.
The
fire
hall
has
been
made
available
as
a
central
collecting
depot.
Friday,
January
15,
has
been
spt
aside
as
"Book
Blitz"
night,
Wr"Prt
"Book
BUtzers"
will
collect
woks
from
door
to
door
In
the
city.
11
was
emphasized
that
it
was
not
rubbishy
books
that
are
wanted
but
books
that
have
been
well
en-Joyed
In
the
home
,
and
will
be
equally
well
enjoyed
by
the
lighting
men,
even
If
It
Involves
making
a
sacrifice..
.
BULLETINS
CHRYSLER
PLANT
STRIKE
WINDSOR,
Ont.
Twelve
hundred
employees
of
the
Chrysler
Corr-oratlon
plant
went
out
on
strike
today
in
protest
at
the
dismissal
of
a
fellow
employee.
MacAKTHUR
LEAVES
GUINEA
MELBOURNE
General
Douglas
MacArthur
returned
to
Allied
Headquarters
in
Australia
from
the
New
Guinea
battle
zone.
N
EARING
AKYAB
NEW
DELHI
General
Sir
Archibald
Wavell's
forces
have
fought
their
way
1
within
twenly-iive
miles
of
Akyab.
Allied
bombers
continue
active
over
Burma.
NEW
YORK
SCHOOLS
CLOSE
NEW
YORK
New
York
schools
will
close
for
a
week
on
February
1
owing
to
fuel
shortage.
BUTTER
PRODUCTION
UP
OTTAWA
Butter
production
for
the
last
quatter
of
1912
was
twenty-five
percent
higher
than
In
the
corresponding
period
of
1911.
TAMPERED
WITH
TANKS
OAKLAND
Investigations
are
being
made
of
tampering
with
army
tanks
on
a
lailway
(tiding
here.
The
seals
were
taken
off
at
least
35
tanks
and
the
machines
opened.
Men
had
been
seen
acting
suspiciously
in
the
neighborhood.
GOING
TO
AUSTRALIA
WASHINGTON
Edward
J.
rij-rirr
Democratic-
'national
chairman,
says
he
has
been
"appointed
personal
Representative
of
President
Roosevelt
to
Aus
tralia
and
will
be
leaving
Feb-
ruary
1.
Postal
Service
Under
Review
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
Not
Satisfied
With
What
is
Being
Done
The
question
of
improvement
of
local
postal
service
again
came
up
at
the
meeting
of
the
Junior
Sec
tion
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
with
particular
reference
to
the
open-The
week
of
January
11
was
an-
ing
of
the
new
Post
Office
in
the
nounced
as
"Book
Blitz"
week
at
east
end
of
the
city
and
the
pro-Wednesday
night's
meeting
of
the
posal
to
institute
a
street
delivery
A
special
committee
consisting
of
Paul
Stegavlg
and
Bruce
Stevens
will
Interview
Mr.
Paulson
who
is
erecting
the
east
end
post
office
building
to
ascertain
If
anything
mm
hp
done
to
assist
him
In
As
for
the
street
delivery
proposal,
It
was
decided
to
communicate
further
with
the
Postmaster
General's
Department
for
further
information.
The
Junior
Chamber
was
not
satisfied
with
a
from
that
Department
which
said,
without
giving
any
particulars,
that
conditions
in
Prince
Rupert
were
not
such
at
the
present
time
to
make
such
a
delivery
service
possible
although
other
arrangements
had
been
made
for
an
Improvement
In
service.
It
was
felt
desirable
that
the
Junior
Chamber
should
be
apprised
of
what
the
difficulties
In
this
regard
might
be.
Took
Pictures
Of
Air
Base;
Is
Fined
Today
John
Knapp
was
fined
$25
with
f
cpvn
days
imprison
mt
in
rltv
nolice
court
this.
morning
under
Defence
of
Canada
Regulations
for
taking
pictures
-at
the
Seal
Cove
air
base.
The
offence
occurred
two
weeks
ago.
NO
TRACE
OF
PLANE
Harold
Gillatn
and
Five
Passengers
Are
Still
Missing
Between
Seattle
and
Alaska
Continued
search
along
the
coast
has
failed
to
reveal
any
trace
of
an
Alaska
bound
seaplane
from
Seattle
with
Pilot
Harold
Olllam
and
five
passengers
on
board,
which
has
been
missing
since
Tuesday
afternoon.
Ketchikan
says
that
Olllam
had
reported
one
of
his
two
engines
had
konked
out.
Search
is
being
conducted
from
Prince
Uupert
as
well
as
from
other
coast
points.
No
Results
Made
Known
Announcement
Regarding
Bombings
in
Aleutians
and
Solomons
Very
Terse
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Jan.
"9
Chin
an
announcement
yesterday
by
the
Unitf-d
States
Navy
of
the
Army
Air
Force
again
bombing
Japanese
bases
at
Kiska
In
the
Aleutians
on
January
6
and
MUnda
in
the
Solomons
on
January
7,
no
results
were
reported.
TRANSPORTS
WERE
SUNK
Three
Big
Japanese
Vessels
and
Seventy-three
Zeros
Destroyed
Off
New
Britain
AUSTRALIAN
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
Jan.
9
The
third
transport
in
a
total
of
ten
in
a
New
Guinea
bound
convoy
was
sent
to
the
bottom
and
twenty
Japanese
zero
planes
were
shot
down
in
an
aerial
blitz
in
which
almost
every
type
of
plane
was
brought
Into
play
by
the
southwest
Pacific
command
of
the
air
force.
In
addition
to
the
three
transports,
seventy-three
Japanese
planes
were
brought
down
in
the
action.
A
fourth
transport
was
damaged
and
took
refuge
at
Ra-baul
were
It
was
further
pounded.
Lae
on
New
Guinea
Island
was
heavily
bombed
by
Allied
planes
today.
WINSL0W
PRESIDENT
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
Elect
Officers
Monday
Night
R.
M.
Wlnslow
will
be
the
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
the
year
1943
with
W.
J.
Scott
vice-president.
The
election
of
officers
will
take
place
at
the
annual
dinner
meeting
on
Monday
evening
next
when
fifteen
members
of
the
executive
council
for
the
ensuing
year
will
be
chosen
from
among
the
following
nominees:
D.
O.
Borland,
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby,
C.
A.
Brltid,
H.
A.
Brcen,
T.
W.
Brown,
W.
L.
Coatcs,
Theo
Collart,
John
Dybhavn,
W.
O.
Fulton,
U.
G.
Hopkins,
J.
J.
Little,
Dr.
R,
G.
Large,
Peter
Lakle,
Allan
Landels,
L.
B.
Lambly.
C.
G.
Minns,
O.
C.
Mitchell,
C.
C.
Mills,
John
Moscr,
W.
R.
McAfee,
D.
C.
McRae,
Thomas
McMcekin,
G.
W.
Nlcker-son,
J.
W.
Nictiolls,
S.
E.
Parker,
Frank
Skinner,
W.
F.
Stone
and
G.
P.
Tinker.
T.
D.
Pattullo
M.L.A,
and
Olof
Hanson
MP.
continue
as
honorary
president
and
vice-president
respectively
wlKi
Arthur
Brookstaank
as
secretary-treasurer.
'TWAS
LONG
CHASE
The
German
battleship
Bismarck
was
chased
1,750
miles
before
the
Royal
Navy
sank
her
May
27,
1941.
MOVING
ON
IN
AFRICA
Allied
Forces
Are
Getting
Closer
And
Closer
to
Tripoli
Bizerle
Blitzed
.Heaviest
Air
Attack
of
War
Made
On
Tunisian
Port
ALLIED,
HEADQUARTERS
IN
north
Africa,
Jan.
9
cp
The
United
States
Air
Force
struck
one
of
the
heaviest
blows
of
the
war
at
Rizcrte
with
big
flying
fortresses
bombing
it
on
three
separate
raids,
it
was
announced
tiday.
Tlict
attack
coincided
with
news
that
Major
General
Carl
JSpaatz,
hitherto
commander
of
United
States
air
forces,
had
been
made
commander
of
the
new
Allied
air
force
in
North
Africa.
The
raids
were
said
to
have
formed
one
of
the
most
concentrated
attacks
of
the
campaign
on
a
single
target.
There
were
no
reports
of
land
action
on
the
North
Tunisian
front
except
patrol
activity
but
deep
in
the
south
the
French
were
reported
to
have
raided
another
enemy
post
and
taken
some
prisoners.
The
Fighting
French
at
London
announced
the
capture
by
a
camel
corps
of
El
Gatrum,
southeast
'
of
Murzuch
in
the
Libyan
Desert.
On
the
Libyan
front
the
Royal
Air
Force.
Attacked
transport,
ve-
...hlclri
of
ijviarshal,
Eminojn
..II
...I-
n
r
t.
n
IKj,
coastal
rokd
leading
to
Tripoli
between
Horns
and
Zilifen
yesterday
as
aerial
activity
increased
generally
over
the
Libyan
battle
area,
it
was
announced
today.
Ziliten
is
about
ninety
miles
east
of
Tripoli
and
Horns
is
approximately
twenty-five
miles
west
of
Ziliten.
There
was
no
report
on
the
activity
of
ground
forces.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA.
Jan.
9
0)
Attacking
against
heavy
odds,
a
French
and
American
camel
corps
captured
Tanout
Mailer,
fourteen
miles
from
Tiaret,
in
the
southern
Tunisian
Desert
near
the
Tripo-
litanlan
border,
only
200
miles
southwest
of
Tripoli,
a
French
military
spokesman
announced
yesterday.
This
was
the
closest
Allied
penetration
to
Tripoli
so
far
reported
in
the
sweep
to
the
south
of
the
main
Axis
defence
line
through
northeastern
Tunisia.
Two
hundred
and
eighty
Italians
were
killed
in
the
capture
of
Tan-out
Miller,
a
French
military
spokesman
said.
Tills
action
was
the.
only
reported
land
operation
as
bad
weather
closed
in
again
on
the
northern
sector.
Tarat
Is
eight
hundred
miles
south
of
Tunis
and
this
was
the
first
reported
Allied
operation
in
the
vast
area
of
southeastern
Algeria
known
as
"the
territory
s
of
oases."
Affiliation
Is
Retained
Local
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
Decides
to
Stay
With
National
Organization
The
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
last
night,
decided
to
retain
affiliation
with
the
Junior
Chambers
of
Commerce
of
Canada
organization
in
spite
of
a
doubling
of
the
annual
affiliation
fee.
It
was
felt
that,
while
the
local
chamber
might
feel
itself
somewhat
orphaned
and
out
of
touch
at
times,
there
were
possible
benefits
from
affiliation
which
should
not
be
overlooked.
RUSSIANS
Cold
work,
but
winning
ATTACK
ON
RUHR.AGAIN
Five
Royal
Air
Force
Danes
Are
Lost
in
Last
Night's
Foray
LONDON,
Jan.
9
fi
Royal
Air
jite
oc.noers
attacked
Industrial
targets
in
Germany's
Ruhr
Valley
ast
night
for
the
fourth
time
in
a
eek,
it
was
announced
today.
Five
British
aircraft
are
missing,
indl-atim
an
attack
of
perhaps
one
hundred
planes.
No
ofllcial
details
were
given
of
the
raid's
scope
ot
specific
targets.
,
Ready
to
Aid
Salvage
Work
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
Feels,
However,
That
it
Should
Have
Other
Organizations
Helping
Proposal
was
made
at
the
meet
ing
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
that
the
junior
chamber
might
assume
responsi
bility
for
the
collection
of
salvage
materials
in
Prince
Rupert
with
the
assistance
of
two
other
organizationsone
to
look
after
the
:ortmg
and,
the
other
the
shipping.
It
was
suggested
that
P.
C.
Miller,
who
has
long
been
doing
good
work
in
connection
with
the
national
salvage
campaign
for
the
Red
Cross,
might
direct
the
whole
operations.
In
view
of
difficulties
In
connection
with
salvage
here,
the
matter
of
organization
of
the
effort
was
considered'
of
the
greatest
importance.
A.
Shellne,
Dominion
government
salvage
organizer
from
Calgary,
is
due
In
Trince
Rupert
tonight
by
train
and
a
committee
of
the
Junior
Chamber
consisting
of
Robert
Parker
and
L.
M.
Felsenthal
will
get
in
touch
with
him
at
once
with
the
offer
of
the
Junior
Chamber
services
providing
cooperation
of
other
organizations
can
be
secured.
SOVIET
HONORS
During
the
first
15
months
pf
war,
Russian
orders
and
medals
were
awarded
to
more
than
185,000
people
of
40
nationalities.
AT
WAR
freedom
for
all
men.
HOPES
FOR
WAR'S
END
But
President
Roosevelt
Declines
To
be
Pinned
Down
Definitely
To
1941
WASHINGTON,
DC
Jan.
9
'CP)
Amplifying
his
suggestion
'hat
the
war
would
end
in
1941,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
'aid
yesterday
that
he
was
only
expressing
hope
and
could
not
further
definite
the
word
"possi
bllity"
which
he
had
used.
The
President,
at
a
press
con
ference
yesterday,
repeated
the
1
hope
which
he
said
he
Intended
to
'onvev
in
his
message
to
the
Unl-'d
States
Congress
for
a
United
Nations
victory
In
1944.
The
President
was
asked
at
the
press
conference
whether
in
saying
the
current
.congress
possibly
would
have
a
part
In
determining
whether
the
world
could
be
freed
from
fear.
As
he
did
In
his
speech
Thursday,
the
President
repeated
that
he
meant
to
Imply'
that
the
war
would
end
in
1944.
Committees
of
Junior
Chamber
Named
at
Meeting
Last
Night
by
President
Robert
Parker
President
Robert
Parker,
at
the
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
Jtinlor
Section
of
the
Prince
Rup
ert
Chambe;
of
Commerce,
naied
standing
committees
for
the
year
as
follows:
Attendance
O.
F.
McCarthy,
Ray
Allen
and
Leonard
Griffiths.
Entertainment
Ted
Smith
and
Edward
Gladding.
Membership
L.
M.
Felsenthal
and
D.
C.
Stevenson.
Civic
Centre
C.
G.
Ham.
Salvage
Len
Griffiths.
Bruce
Stevens
and
L.
M.
Felsenthal.
Carnival
Amerigo
Domlnato
and
Douglas
Wood.
Rushbrook
Heights
Telephone
Service
Ted
Smith
and
C.
A.
Kel-lett.
80,1)00
MILE
CONVOY
FEAR
TRAP
IN
RUSSIA
Nazis
Fighting
Desperately
to
Save
Themselves
Loss
of
Rostov
Would
be
Disastrous
Reds
Close
In
German?
Fighting
Like
Beasts
in
Cage
in
Stalingrad
Area
MOSCOW,
Jan.
9
0
Battlefront
dispatches
declare
that
the
Germans
are
fighting
desperately
In
an
effort
to
keep
open
the
corrl-.
dor
Into
the
Caucasus
but
that
the
Red
Army
is
battering
its
way
steadily
through
hastily
massed
tanks
and
forces
of
motorized
infantry.
Smashing
through
a
wall
of
German
resistance
across
the
lower
Don
with
tank
attacks
and
planes,
the
Russians
reported
yesterday
that
their
forces
had
driven
to
within
65
miles
of
Rostov,
the
fall
of
which
would
trap
the
Nazis
In
the
Caucasus.
This
represented
gain
of
ten
miles
since
the
Red
Army
reached
Bolshayta
Orlovka
on
the
Sal
River
Thursday.
The
leading
edge
of
the
Russian
offensive
down
the
Don
River
passed
Strakhov,
west
of
Bolshaya
Or
lovka
and
sixty-five
miles
east
of
Rostov,
dispatches
said.
Two
villages
on
the
northern
bank
of
the
Sal
River
between
Bolshaya
and
Strakhov
were
also
reported
taken.
Despite
cold
rains
and
melting
"now
that
converted
road3
into
bogs,
four
Russian
armies
plunged
steadily
forward
today
In
a
giant
snvelophig
jtaoyern,9nL,
against-
the.
Geimans
In
the
entire
lower
area
pf
the
eastern
front.
Red
Army
technicians
followed
the
retreating
enemy
closely
and
removed
thousands
of
land
mines.
0y.tg
reduced
the
visibility
In
some
sector
but
the
Russians
were
reported
to
ba
advancing
towrj
ds
north
and
west
in
the
Caucasus.
The
Germans
were
described
as
fighting
like
beasts
in
a
cage
as
the
Russians
proceeded
methodically
to
clean
out
the
northern
factory
district
In
Stalingrad
where
the
Nazis
refused
to
yield
any
point
without
a
struggle.
LOG
SCALE
IS
HIGHER
Inciease
in
Timber
Production
Shown
This
Year
as
Compared
With
Last
Log
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
the
year
1942
aggregated
234,239,800
board
feet
as
compared
with
225,841,412
board
feet
In
the
year
1941.
The
scale
of
poles
and
piling
for
the
past
year
was
945,492
lineal
feet,
a
considerable
decrease
from
3,898,174
board
feet
in
the
previous
year.
The
log
scale
for
December,
1942,
was
17,359,721
board
feet
compared
with
11,737,473
board
feet
in
December,
1941.
Per
varieties
the
scale
for
the
past
December
was:
Board
Feet
Fir
6,209
Cedar
1,725,309
Spruce
10,040,201
Hemlock
5",025,854
Balsam
-.'
417,142
Jackplne
-
135,117
Miscellaneous
9,889
Totals
17,359,721
The
scale
of
poles
and
piling
for
December
consisted
of
201,064
lineal
feet
cedar
and
31,674
lineal
feet
hemlock.
The
tie
count
for
December
was
659
pieces
of
jackplne.
Cordwood
to
the
amount
of
288
was
recorded.
1G6
YEARS
AGO
Eighty
thousand
miles
of
convoy
The
flBt-U;
S.
Marines
to
land
routes
are
patrolled
by
the
British
on
European
soli
accompanied
Ben-Navy,
jamin
Franklin
to
France
in
1776.
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