ij.li
Pnlnmhia
Onlv
11511
w
j
ovince
to
Reduce
Its
li:
W(
in
Dernck
nut
-
irrnniA.
Nov.
6
A
reduction
of
$12,329,857.14
t,
trron
Ui
"'
iui
inu
nscai
year
d
Marcn
tH
iaai,
jjul-uh
unusn
L-oiumoia
m
the
Mp
no:ition
oi
ocinu
me
oniy
rrovince
n
th
;mn
where
a
reduction
nas
been
shown
n
thn
!ic
debt
during
me
past
ten
years,
it
was
an-
II
FOR
YORALTY
-..minfiillr
Mentioned
at
.AMe
Next
Jionui.
W
II.
nr
t.
chairman
of
mentioned
as
prr,rr
.
tiy
d'
li
:
'
If
mayor
10
uc-
jr
M.
Wafts
at
the
civic
1
Dcxmber
16.
There
:
cj-
to
be
a
possibility
r
"
'
be
elected
by
ac-
tl.
B.""
was
cieciea
lor
1"
election
a
year
-
-
o
-
f
Ik
ix
'"
run
for
mayor.
ilher
1
irimi
er
riVcmco
of
temper-,'
bc-
the
high
was
71
3
f.ie
low
was
41
rtcord
for
October
wrd
a
high
of
59,
!
34.
wrd
through
on
a
total
of
71
hours,
what
lower
than
t;
ftth,
which
had
shlne.
and
con-:st
than
the
cor-r
Ui
last
year
.cd
with
only
47.6
;.ie
Total
hours
;
r:
far
this
year
are
f
,:e
first
ten
months
1
$j2&
hours.
.
f
precipitation,
e
rain
fell,
raising
c3
far
this
year
to
September's
rained
to
686
Inches,
year
was
a
ml-f
fiood,
with
a
3
.nt:hes.
The
ag-.e
fust
ten
months
:
;y
62
M
lnche.
-:
'he
barometer
re-.i.um
of
30
J
1
mll-
filth,
and
a
mln
-
1
I?
i
11
ri
ti
rm
n
n
w
n
-
nn
,i
1
1
1
1
i
.inn
J
rrT
by
smashing
a
w
&
f.he
rear,
thieve
Variety
Store
on
-9
ci'hcr
last
night
.
o'ht
and,
as
far
r
Jt
nothing
but
a
-
cf
hair
tonic.
1
..::n,
to
Gordon
Bryant.
i
the
store,
hirsute
not
the
objcctlvo
v-
He
believes
the
:
was
stolen
strictly
purposes
by
some
"
week-end
revelry
i
;:hort
by
a
drought
J
.
;ucr
was
made
by
the
tamper
with
the
safe
1
k
revealed
no
other
f-:'r
rdatlon
was
noticed
'"Pcrtcd
to
the
police
when
"8
opened
at
9
o'clock
K"Jn
I
ITALY
l
IT.....
-
Caldwell,
made
a
C.B.E.
for
gallant
and
dls-
lTVoo
In
TS,nlHo
i
-
u
A
.4
1
1
1...
l.
ni.....
Home
was
In
this
-"
UlllOUGII
BLITZ
Malta's
briar
'"du;:'.ry
has
continued
ihout
lnterrnnllrm
all
mi
war
rn
r.i.ir,n,
1
n
In
the
rwnvlMt
nlr
Ul
!
.
.
.
"uui
losing
a
day's
iiuuiiicu
uway
Dy
rremicr
John
Hart,
Minister
of
Fiance.
31
Releasing
the
figures
for
the
last
fiscal
year.
Mr
H
rt
Dolnt-
fd
out
that
th-"
debt
as
.
n
r-i
f-
ai
March
ntcd
to
$153.254,239.92
fcc
3,
Ing
funds
toti
debt.
1943,
of
$135
O
Compared
with
th
i
i
i
.
...
.
j
A
sink
18050,
leaving
a
net
d
C
-r.
larch
'Eu
D
nlv
In
the
gross
debt
action
of
$10165337-ft
'1V'
t
liiiuiiciai
position
in
i
...u
years
ago,
the
gross
A
of
the
province
today
Is
smaller
by
$13.744355.62.
The
effect
that
this
has
had
on
the
financial
position
of
the
province
has
been
threefold.
It
has
enabled
a
very
substantial
saving
In
annual
expenditures;
brought
about
a
downward
revision
of
the
average
rate
of
Interest,
and
at
the
same
time
has
Improved
the
credit
position
of
the
province
to
a
point
where
British
Columbia
bonds
are
comparable
to
those
of
any
province
and
very
close
to
those
n
hM
here
durln'0
tnc
Dominion
of
Canada.
weather
record
A
reduction
In
Interest
charges
has
bctn
made
possible
by
rc-waus
u
rage
temperature
49
degrees.
,fund,n
at
,ow
rat
and
by
m.j.r
rp.ni.hMi
debt
repayments.
Whereas
a
CJdr.rccsonthcMth.
ro
debt
of
H66.998.59S
on
temperature
was
37l
November
1.
1933,
required
In-
twenty-fourth.
,
muunung
w
(,ufuu
annuauy,
ai
an
average
rate
oi
4.7332
per
cent,
the
present
debt
bears
Interest
at
an
average
rate
of
4D4
per
cent
and
requires
$6,197,000,
or
$1,7707,000
le&s.
Also
of
Interest
Is
the
market
price
of
British
Columbia
Se
curltles.
This
Is
perhaps
best
exemplified
by
the
following
comparison:
During
the.
latter
part
of
1933
our
four
per
cent
securities,
payable
In
Canada
a
yield
of
245
per
cent
On
the
'
other
hand,
out
five
per
cent,
Canada
pay
only,
bond
sold
at
87
or
at
a
yield
of
6.12
per
cent;
whereas
now
they
sell
at
115,
or
at
a
330
per
cent
yield
basis.
Figures
relaUng
to
provincial
revenues
and
expenditures
cannot
be
released
lor
publication
unUI
they
have
been
submitted
to
the
Legislative
Assembly
at
Its
next
session.
Mr.
Hart
pointed
out
that
current
income
during
1942-43
exceeded
materially
that
of
the
previous
year
and
'that
current
expenditures,
in-
'3
-n
the
sixteenth,
eluding
the
cost
of
unemploy-
-.nil
tta
SB
mile
mcnt
relief,
were
substantially
71
the
southeast
on
ower.
with
the
result
that
the
net
revenue
surplus
accruing
to
the
province
exceeds
greatly
that
of
$5,196,000
enjoyed
during
1941-42.
The
reduction
In
expenditures
Is
due
chiefly
to
the
decrease
In
Interest
payments
with
respect
to
the
public
debt
as
well
as
the
considerable
decrease
In
unemployment
relief
costs.
The
last
public
Issue
of
bonds
by
the
province
was
during
June
of
1942
when
$15,700,000
of
serial
refunding
bonds
were
sold
with
Interest
coupons
ranging
Irom
two
per
cent
to
2i
per
cent.
At
the
present
time
there
Is
no
need
for
the
province
to
go
to
the
market
for
either
new
or
conversion
money.
The
next
maturity.
$3,000,000
at
3Vi
per
cent,
payable
in
Canada
and
New
York,
will
fall
due
on
March
31,
1944,
and
as
yet
no
decision
has
been
made
as
to
the
manner
of
Its
repayment
Hockey
Scores
SATURDAY
Chicago
4.
New
York
3.
Doston
5,
Toronto
2.
Sunday
Boston
4,
Detroit
6.
Toronto
7,
New
York
4.
Chicago
1,
Canadlcns.
WAR
FILM
MAGNET
LONDON
tf
"Desert
Victory"
the
official
film
of
the
advance
of
the
8th
Army
to
Tripoli,
was
seen
by
70,000
persons
In
Moscow
In
the
first
two
days
It
was
shown
'there,
It
Is
reported
In
London.
AWARDED
U.
S.
STAR
SUVA
0
A
corporal
of
the
FIJI
Military
Forces,
Thaken
Sallasa.
received
the
United
States
Sliver
Star
for
gallantry
In
Guadalcanal.
it
A
)les
Now
Within
Seventy
Miles
HomeTwo
Armies
Moving
Steadily
on
AL01F41S.
Nov.
8
9
Repeated
explosions
at
Qaeta
Indicated
today
that
the
Germans
were
preparing
to
abandon
the
Tyrrhenian
Sea
port
some
seventy
miles
south
of
Rome
as
Allied
headquarters
announced
today
that
another
mile
gain
had
been
made
by
the
Anglo-American
Fifth
Army
in
a
push
which
threatened
to
short-circuit
the
west
coast
mountains
where
the
enemy
had
anchored
a
new
de
fence
line.
The
British
Eighth
Army,
eweeplng
five
mlle
along
the
Adriatic
coast,
took
possession
ct
the
entire
length
of
the
Sln-ello
River
and
advanced
on
the
Sangro.
River,
the
next
natural
barrier
In
the
area.
The
Eighth
Army's
most
advanced
positions
were
around
Casatbordlno.
a
town
near
the
Adriatic
coast
On
the
left,
where
the
Canadians
ate
operating,
gains
of
several
miles
were
registered
be-
and
New
York,
sold
at
83
or
at,fond
wpturcd
Iseralt
along
an
Important
highway
which
runs
arrow
the
mountains.
SOME
MINERS
ARE
WORKING
Hut
Return
to
Work
Following
F.nd
oT
Coal
Strike
by
no
Means
Complete
CALGARY,
Nov.
8
(CP)
Some
coal
miners
in
Alberta
and
British
Columbia
were
bark
at
work
on
Monday
following
the
federal
government's
strike
settlement
proposal
but
othrrs
remained
out.
Some
seven
hundred
in
the
Nanaimo-Cumberland
field
of
British
Columbia
did
not
return
to
work
as
a
meeting
on
Sunday
did
not
authorize
the
return.
The
meeting
was
adjourned
until
Tuesday
for
further
discussion
of
a
settlement
plan.
The
Koyal
Commission,
with
powers
of
the
War
I-ibor
Hoard,
will
begin
hearings
on
Tuesday
of
the
coal
miners'
application
for
wage
increases.
The
miners
quit
work
October
31
at
midnight
protesting
at
a
delay
In
considering
wage
Increases.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
53
Minimum
-
3
Speed
the
Victory
lie
jEjPf
The
following
resolution
was
passed
unanimously
atmcfUns
of
Civic
Litbor
Federation
yes
terday:
"Whereas
Prince
Rupert
stands
at
the
crossroads
of
the
great
democratic
powers
"And
whereas
the
peaceful
development
and
prosperity
of
this
region
are
dependent
on
firm
friendly
relations
between
these
powers
"And
whereas
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert
desire
a
speedy
conclusive
victory
over
the
Axis,
"Therefore,
be
It
resolved
that
this
body
greets
the
decisions
of
the
Moscow
conference
to
bring
support
to
the
full-scale
Inva-
islon
of
Europe."
First
Division
Feels
Confident
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
ITALY,
Nov.
8
0)
"Rome
by
Christmas"
or
by
New
Year
at
Uie
latest
Is
the
confident
and
optimistic
expectation
of
Allied
troops
who
are
advancing
successfully
In
Italy.
Oeneral
Dwlght
Elsenhower,
Allied
commander
in
chief
In
the
Pacific
area,
shares
the
optimism.
Fifth
Total
WAR
NEWS
NAZI
RETREAT
IS
ROUT
MOSCOW
The
Red
Army,
driving
rapidly
on
beyond
Kiev,
ha
now
taken
Pastor,
another
important
centre
thirty-six
miles
southwest
of
Kiev,
and
has
also
advanced
thiiteen
miles
to
the
northwest.
The
Russians'
are
driving
ahead
so
rapidly
that
the
Nail
retreat
is
developing
into
a
complete
rout.
Speaking
on
the
twenty-sixth
anniversary
of
the
Soviet
Republic.
Premier
Joteph
Stalin
declared
the
German
aimy
was
"ready
for
the
scrap
heap."
ADVANCING
TOWARDS
ROME
ALGIERS
Heaviest
fighting
In
Italy
Is
now
being
fought
by
the
Allied
Fifth
Army
which
is
eighty
miles
from
Rome
where
important
heights
have
been
taken.
DID
NOT
BOMB
VATICAN
ALGIERS
It
is
officially
denied
by
the
Allies
that
Vatican
City
was
raided
by
Allied
bombers.
fl
RANTED
TURKISH
BASES
PARIS
Turkey
has
given
the;
Allies
permission
to
nse
bases
In
Galllpoll
Peninsula,
it
is
reported
here.
GERMANY
IS
BOMBED
LONDON
United
States
bombers
raided
western
Germany
Sunday
and
again
today
following
Hoyal
Air
Force
attacks
Saturday
night.
INVASION
FAVORED
Resolution
Passed
Yesterday
by
Civic
Labor
Federation.
Beats
Fourth
9
With
less
money
coming
In
on
iturday
than
on
the
final
day
of
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
d
tve
last
spring,
a
comparison
oj
the
cumulative
totals
of
the
t0
drives
reveals
tha
Jthj
tmn
Loan
drive.
Which
closed
on
Saturday
night.
Is
ahead
by
more
than
$66,000.
The
days
total
on
Saturday
was
$30,850,
and
the
cumulative
total
up
to
that
time
was
$861,-700,
while
on
May
15,
the
close
of
the
Fourth
drive,
the
day's
total
was
$36,450,
and
the
aggregate,
$795,400.
Basketball
at
Port
Edward
concerted
blows
to
bear
upon
A
fourth
eame
In
thi
tntpr-
the
enemy
and
pledges
its
full
service
basketball
league
lnau-
gural
night's
card
last
week
took
place
at
Port
Edward
where
the
Yanks
overwhelmed
the
On-tarlos
113
to
30.
As
the
score
Indicates,
It
was
the
Americans
all
the
way.
Individual
scoring
was
as
follows:
Yanks
D'Autrement
32,
Gar-
cellonl
31,
Laclna
26,
Kelner
22,
Page
2.
Ontarlos
Kutner
22,
Becala
8
GLASGOW
0
Tests
taken
here
to
discover
why
19
per
cent
of
tires
from
buses
were
unfit
for
retreading
because
of
cuts
showed
that
on
one
eight-mile
stretch
of
road
there
were
9ft
pounds
of
broken
glass.
HISTORIC
CROSSING
OF
DNIEPER
AS
RED
ARMY
PURSUES
NAZIS
Buy
Victory
Bonds
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER
8,
1943
Red
Steamroller
Drives
MOKE
GAINS
MADE
Nazis
Are
Abandoning
Italy
Port
First
Donation
For
Ambulance
It
was
not
long
after
Satur
day
afternoon's
paper,
announcing
that
donations
would
be
received,
was
out
that
the
first
subscription
for
the
new-
ambulance
fund
was
received
at
the
Dally
News
office.
It
was
in
the
form
of
a
$5
bill
from
a
donor
who
desired
that
the
name
subscription
be
regarded
as
anonymous.
This
morning
Mr.
arid
Mrs.
Roy
Argue
made
a
donation
of
$5
followed
by
$3
from
P.
C.
Larsen
and
$25
from
the
Prince
Rupert
Nurses'
Association.
Considerable
interest
Is
being
shown
in
the
ambulance
appeal
and
already
some
organizations
are
considering
supporting
it.
Veterans
Brave
Stormy
Weather
With
Ladies
and
Led
by
Reserve
Rand.
They
March
to
Church
For
Remembrance
Day
About
forty
members
of
the
Canadian
Legion
and
.a
dozen
or
so
members
of
the
Women'3
Auxiliary,
under
the
respective
esidents.
Dr.
R.
C.
Bamford
and
Mrs.
F.
Barber,
braved
a
very
stormy
morning
yesterday
to
take
part
In
the
annual
Remembrance
Day
church
parade
to
First
United
Church.
They
were
led
by
the
band
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Machine
Gun
great
improvement
each,
succes
sive
time
that
it
Is
heard.
At
the
church
an
appropriate
sermon
was
preached
by
Rev.
James
A
Donnell
and
J.
S.
WU-
on
sang
a
timely
solo.
U.S.
Football
Notre
Dame
26,
Army
0.
Navy
24,
Pennsylvania
7.
Dartmouth
47,
"Columbia
13.
Cornell
13,
Penn
State
O.Brown
21,
Yale
20.
Harvard
14,Camp
Edwards
7.
Villa
Nova
45,
Pilnceton
22.
Purdue
14,
Minnesota
7.
Northwestern
42,
Wisconsin
0.
Illinois
19,
Iowa
10.
Michigan
23,
Indiana
6.
Nevada
13,
Kansas
State
7.
Duke
75,
North
Carolina
State
0.
Virginia
39,
Maryland
0.
Georgia
Tech
42,
Louisiana
State
7.
San
Diego
Naval
10,
Southern
California
7.
College
of
Pacific
19.
.
St.
Mary's
7.
.
FEWER
HIGHWAY
DEATHS
LONDON
Cf
Road
accident
deaths
In
Biitaln
in
the
fourth
year
of
war
up
to
Aug.
31
numbered
6,535,
the
lowest
total
In
15
years.
Single
German
Bomb
Causes
j
Heavy
Casualties
and
Heavy
;
Death
Toll.
LONDON,
Nov.
8
(CP)
A
single
plane
dropped
a
bomb
in
the
London
suburban
area
Sunday
night
causing
heavy
casualties
and
a
high
death;
M
loll.
The
bomb
crashed:
through
a
dance
hall
into
the
basement
restaurant
and
the
explosion
damaged
a
whole
block
of
buildings
while
hundreds
of
men
and
women
were
pouring
into
the
streets
from
theatres.
Three
members
of
the
Canadian
Women's
Army
Service
jCorps
Canadian
Air
Force
casualties
officer
at
Ottawa
that
German
lnfo.mation
received
through
the
medium
of
the
lntema-
tional
Red
Cross
states
that
her
i
son.
Sergeant
Pilot
William
Brown,
previously
reported
missing,
had
lost
his
life.
No
addi-Uonal
particulars
are,
however,
civen.
"Pending
further
confirmation
your
son
Is
to
be
considered
missing
and
believed
killed."
the
message
regretfully
states.
SUBJECT
TO
CALL
NAIROBI
W
All
trained
hospital
nurses
In
Kenya,
under
the
age
of
50,
have
been
told
to
hold
themselves
ready
for
a
callup.
It
is
expected
that.
most
of
these
chosen
will
be
I
given
part
time
work.
When
the
history
of
the
campaigns
of
the
war
is
written,
a
special
chapter
will
be
devoted
to
the
historic
moment
that
is
photographically
recorded
here.
This
Is
the
crossing
of
the
Dnieper
from
the
east
to
the
west
bank
in
the
battle
against
the
retreating
Germans.
This
particular
crossing
was
at
the
widest
part.
Artillery
Is
being
loaded
on
small
rafts.
This
picture
taken
during
the
crossing
of
the
Dnieper
was
made
from
the
German
side
of
the
river
after
a
bridgehead
had
been
established.
Here
Russian
trucks
are
seen
rumbling
across.
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
Nov.
9:
High
11:18
23:46
Low
.
5:01
17:41
21.9
feet
20.6
feet
5.4
feet
4.1
feet
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
On
Nazi
Resistance
In
Dnieper
Bend
Cracks;
May
Quit
Leningrad
LONDON,
Nov.
8
(CP)
The
Russians
were
rolling
swiftly
toward
the
Rumanian
border
today
after
taking
Fastov,
vital
rail
junction
thirty-five
miles
southwest
of
captured
Kiev,
thus
snapping
the
principal
rail
link
between
German
forces
in
the
northern
Ukraine
and
the
Nazis
still
battling
at
Tragedy
By
Bomb
.itnvoirog.
Tne
mighty
offensive
moving
at
twenty-four
miles
per
day
threatens
to
crumble
Nazi
resistance
In
the
Dnieper
Bend
and
raised
the
possibility
of
trapping
huge
numbers
of
Ger
mans.
In
the
Crimea
the
Russians
said
they
had
.killed
one
thousand
Germans
In
repulsing
counter-attacks
and
bridgeheads
near
Kerch
and
had
generally
improved
their
positions.
There
are
indications
that
the
Ger-'
mans
will
abandon
the
Leningrad
area.
LABOR
IS
IN
CIVIC
FIELD
I
The
Civic
Labor
Federation,
will
again
take
an
active
part
In
the
forthcoming
civic
election
campaign.
There
was
an
extensive
discussion
on
civic
policy
t
a'
meeting
Vesterday
of
the"Fd
"
eration.
There
will
be
candidates
in
the
field
for
the
city
council
William
Brown
Jr.
and
KbaA
board
and
also
tQi
Is
Believed
Killed
Further
Information
is
Received
In
Regard
to
Young
Local
Airman
Who
Was
Reported
Missing
Mrs.
W.
M.
Brown
of
this
city
has
been
advised
by
the
Royal
iation.
There
will
be
candidates
tin
the
field
for
thecity
council
land
school
board
and
possibly
for
mayor.
The
Civic
Labor
Federation's
campaign
committee
has
been
appointed
to
consist
of
G.
W.
Rudderham,
Nicholas
Bird,
J.
J.
Mulroney,
Harley
Lewis.
Mrs.
Harold
Ponder,
D.
A.
MacPhea
and
Bruce
Mickleburgh.
Mr.
Rudderham
Is
president
and
Mr.
Mickleburgh
secretary.
The
Civic
Labor
Federation
now
represents
twenty-two
organizations,
including
all
the
labor
unions
in
town,
together
with
the
Co-opeiatlve
Commonwealth
Federation,
Labor
Pro
gressive
Club,
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
and
Kalen
Consumers'
Co-operative,
Housewives'
League,
and
Teachers'
Federation,
recently.through
its
provincial
body
affiliated
with
organized
labor.
The
meeting
stood
firm
on
its
program
of
the
city
taking
over
public
utilities
as
soon
as
possible
and
demanded
immediate
action
to
take
over
the
bus
system.
It
asked
that
there
should
be
instituted
a
queue
system
whereby
people
could
wait
for
the
bus
opposite
the
post
office
In
an
orderly
fashion
with
the
first
arrivals
getting
the
seats.
The
lack
of
an
ambulance
in
Prince
Rupert
was
discussed
a!
length.
A
committee
consisting
of
Mrs.
Blakey
and
Messrs.
Mc-Phee.
Ramsey,
Taranger
and
Mulroney
was
appointed
to
take
action
on
thU
question.
Including
the
calling
of
a
public
meeting.
There
was
considerable
discussion
on
the
chlotlnatlon
question.
By
a
close
vote,
the
Federation
expressed
Its
opposition
to
having
federal
authorises
chlorinate
Its
water
system
unless
a
state
of
emergency
was
proclaimed
on
the
coast.
KNITS
SOCKS
AT
103
COMFTON,
Eng.
0
"I
can't
sit
at
home
twiddling
my
thumbs
when
our
boys
are
out
saving
the
country
from
that
man,"
said
Mrs.
F.
O.
FItt
of
this
Hampshire
town,
who
celebrated
her
105th
birthday
knitting
socks
for
servicemen.
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