Mr.
PatluIIo
Is
In
Favor
Approves
Idea
'of'
Province
Asmihv
Ing
Greater
Share
of
Educational
Costs
T
D.
Pattullo,
M.L.A.
for
Prince
Ru!er
In
a
letter
read
at
last
m
:.Ws
meeting
of
the
city
coun
Mi
expressed
himself
as
being
very
much
In
sympathy
with
the
province
at
large
assuming
a
lar
rp
proportion
of
educational
Mr
Pattullo's
letter
was
In
ack
auwledgment
of
a
resolution
passed
by
the
city
council
advocating
thai
the
province
should
assume
a
larger
measure
of
responsibility
in
che
financing
of
education.
Apartment
Block
Permit
Granted
J.
N.
Klllis
Given
Permission
to
Go
Ahead,
Water
Being
Withheld
Meantime
On
recommendation
of
the
Board
of
Works,
the
city
council
ta.si
night,
decided
to
grant
a
per
ron
to
j.
n.
Klllas
to
erect
an
apartment
building
on
Third
Avenue
across
from
the
Post
Of
fice,
water
connection,
however,
to
be
withheld
until
more
water
be
:mes
available.
Mr.
Klllas
was
a"t
granted
a
three-foot
ease
men-,
on
the
lane
to
tne
rear
oi
n'
lots
to
nrovlde
for
the
erec
'ion
of
a
fire
escape.
Mr
Klllas
has
already
bocn
granted
a
federal
priority,
for
the
building
but
has
been
delayed
In
getting
construction
started
owing
to
the
difficulty
of
obtaining
ma
terials.
Reds
Advance
On
Long
Line
LONDON.
Feb.
23
tt
An
early
communique
heard
here
today
said
the
Red
Army
was
pushing
its
offensives
towards
we
Black
Sea
port
of
Novoros-
sisk,
west
of
Rostov,
southwest
Ot
VorOshllnvirrnH
In
thp
Krn.n-
rioarmelsk
area
of
the
Donets
Basin
and
west
of
Kursk.
local
drive
with
other
mem-
I
bers
of
the
campaign
commit-
tee
In
the
persons
of
Arnold
Flaten,
George
Mitchell,
H.
A.
Breen
and
S.
E.
Parker.
Team
Ik
:
$12,000
Is
Aim
For
Red
Cross
The
Prince
Rupert
Red
Cross
Society
has
set
its
aim
for
$12,000
In
the
national
!
drive
which
commences
next
f,
Monday
This
l
an
Increase
from
the
$10,000
of
the
last
campaign.
There
will
be
a
door-to-door
canvass
and
contributions
will
also
be
re-
celved
by
the
banks.
R.
E:
Mortimer
Is
chairman
of,
the
captains
will
be
appointed
for
districts
and
they
will
choose
i
their
canvassers.
SUPPORT
OF
RED
CROSS
Urged
by
It.
C.
Vaughan
President
of
Canadian
National
Railways-
MONTREAL,
Que.
Feb.
23
R.
C.
I
Vaughan,
chairman
and
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
today
has
issued
a
message
to
all
employees
of
the
system
urging
to
support
the
Red
Cross
Campaign
for
Funds
which
will
be
lnaugratcd
Monday
next.
In
his
appeal
to
the
National
Railway
workers
Mr.
Vaughan
states:
"It
Is
my
sincere
conviction
.hat
the
Red
Cross
should
receive
tflic
"cUhtlnugd
suppott
6?
eve"'y
In
dividual
In
this
country.
In
bring
ing
the
campaign
to
the
attention
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
family,
I
feel
that
everyone
will
be
In
.agreement
concerning
the
nec
essity
of
supporting
this
admirable
work.
The
Red
Cross
has
achieved
much
since
the
outbreak
of
war
In
1939
but
much
yet
remains
to
be
done
to
delleve
the
abnormal
con
ditions
Imposed
toy
a
continuously
expanding
sphere
of
hostilities."
Explaining
that
the
Red
Cross
Is
neutral
and
under
the
terms
of
the
Geneva
Convention
may
not
Invite
or
receive
financial
assistance
from
any
govermental
agency
and
mast
rely
upon
the
support
of
the
people
to
continue
Its
work
of
relieving
suffering
humanity
Mr.
Vaughan
adds
"I
commend
the
appeal
to
your
faith
and
generosity."
The
Canadian
National
Kauways
will
assist
in
the
campaign
ty
ap
pointing
solictors
to
canvass
employees
in
offices,
shops
and
yards.
It
Is
also
announced
that
tnose
wno
desire
to
make
contrioutions
through
payroll
deductions
may
do
so
beginning
with
the
month
of
March.
WARNS
OF
BAD
YEAR
Prime
Minister
Sounds
Note
Foreboding
in
Parliament
at
Ottawa
of
nrPAWA
Ffh.
23
0
"I
doubt
if
nnv
of
us
have
begun
to
appro
Pinto
the
ordeal
the
country
and
nrmrd
lorces
may
have
to
thrnuch
before
this
year
is
out,"
said
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
ywiuiuajr
of
Commons
in
warn
In
the
House
ing
that
1943
might
DC
a
trying
year.
Mr.
King
was
rcpiyins
tests
before
the
House
passed
Ills'
rcsolutlm
giving
government
auu
for
the
duration
ness
precedence
fho
session.
Only
realization
of
"the
seriousness
of
the
situation"
prompted
mwpmmenk
to
seek
priority,
to
protests
that
he
said,
replying
tho
vrrnment
was
depriving
Parliament
of
its
proper
functions
4
Butter
May
Be
Restored
WAR
NEWS
RUSSIANS
NEAR
BLACK
SEA
LONDON
Russian
troops,
pushing
down
the
railroad
from
Krasnoder
toward
the
Black
Sea
port
of
Novorossisk,
have
advanced
through
Kholmskaya
into
the
village
of
Akhtyrskaya,
only
25
miles
from
the
sea,
the
Russians
announced
today,
STOP
ROMMEL'S
THRUST
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
British
and
American
tanks
and
infantiy
in
the
hills
north,
of
Kasserine
Gap
had
stopped
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
most
dangerous
thrust
within
four
miles
of
Thala
today
while
Allied
troops,
with
strong
American
air
support,
had
beaten
back
his
Tunisia.
complaining
at
the
Increased
cost
of
municipal
services
here
for
which
there
was
not
adequate
return
and
suggesting
that
a
new
deal
be
made
with
Wartime
Housing
In
rcgwrd
to
property
used
here,
Mr,
Piggott
held
that
Wartime
Housing
had
relieved
the
city
of
a
se
rious
problem
In
the
way
of
housing
shortage
and
had
brought,
a
substantial
new
revenue
to
the
city.
Dr,
R.
J.
MaoDonald,
medical
health
officer,
had
a
lottor
before
the
city
council
last
night
suggesting
that
temporary
assistance,
possibly
by
way
of
admission
to
the
Eventide
Home,
be
given
to
Henry
Hamilton,
an
aged
resident
or
the
city
for
thirty
years,
pending
the
granting
of
an
old
age
pension.
The
matter
was
left
in
tne
nanas
ot
the
mayor
to
deal
with.
An
application
from
C.
O.
Svcd
mark
for
a
renewal
of
lease
at
$4
per
month
on
lot
29,
block
35,
sec
tlon
1,
was
referred
to
tne
imar.ee
committee
at
last
night's
meet
ing
of
the
city
council.
The
elderly
Mr.
Svedmark
was
commended
by
trie
mayor
and
some
of
the
other
members
of
the
council
for
his
enterprise
in
the
use
to
which
he
is
putting
this
property.
attack
toward!
the
west
in
central
4
OTTAWA,
Fob.
23
R
The
administrator
of
consumer
ra-
tlonlng
for
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announced
that,
barring
bad
weather
or
unforeseen
circumstances,
the
board
-will
be
able
to
resume
lhe
i
egular
butter-ration
al-
lowance
of
half
a
pound
per
person
per
week
about
the
middle
of
March,
WARTIME
HOUSING
Might
be
Ready
to
Assist
in
Providing
School
Accommodation
Letter
From
President
A
letter
from
Joseph
M.
Piggott,
president
of
Wartime
Housing,
ad-
.
vised
the
city
council
last
night
J
that
what
Wartime
Housing
had
done
In
other
places
to
assist
in
providing
increased
school
accommodation
It
was
prepared
to
do
In
Prince
Rupert
If
the
situation
ustified
It
and
the
government
approved.
A
report
on
this
matter
at
Prince
Rupert
was
now
being
asked.
Mr.
Piggott
said
that
In
other
places
additions
to
schools
had
been
built.
Replying
to
a
letter
of
the
city
CANADIANS
IN
BAHTLE
OTTAWA
Fihne
Minister
Mackeniic
King
repeated
In
the
House
of
Commons
today
his
warning
that
Canadian
armed
forces
might
expect
to
be
in
the
thick
of
the
fighting
in
1913.
I
RUSSIA
CARRYING
WM)
LONDON
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
says
"the
Red
Army
alone
is
bearing
the
weight
of
the
war
in
the
absence
of
a
second
front
in
Europe"
but
asserted
that
the
Russian
army
has
inflicted
nine
mi'-Iion
casualties
on
the
Germans,
four
million
killed,
and
the
tide
Is
now
running
against
Hitler."
PICTURES
rOR
A.R.P.
Interesting
Showing
Last
Night
at
Booth
Memorial
School
There
was
an'
attendance
of
some
one
hundred
local
t,iviuan
Protection
Committee
(A.R.P.)
araens
ln
attendance
at
the
au-
dltorlumjfJooJemorlaluw1.
last
night
when
the
snowing
iock
place
of
a
number
of
moving
pic
ture
reels
of
topical
Interest.
These
.included
some
straight
combat
films
as
well
as
others
depicting
modern
civilian
protection
methods
under
enemy
action
such
as
bombing
attack.
The
pictures
were
shown
under
the
auspices
of
the
National
Film
Board.
-
J.
S.
Wilson,
chief
A.R.P.
warden,
was
in
the
chair
and
made
suitable
remarks
In
opening
the
proceedings.
Fire
Chief
H.
T.
Lock
presided
at
the
piano
for
the
playing
of
the
National
Anthem
at
the
close
of
the
gathering.
OFFICIAL
DUE
HERE
Postal
Service
at
Prince
Rupert
To
Be
Investigated
To
Speed
Up
New
Building
An
official
of
the
postal
department
Is
coming
to
Prince
Rupert
shortly
to
look
Into
postal
conditions
here
with
particular
reference
to
the
new
postal
station
in
the
cast
end
of
the
city
In
connection
with
the
establishment
of
which
there
has
been
some
delay.
The
city
had
written
to
the
post
al
department
In
regard
to
the
postal
service
and
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
council
a
letter
In
reDlv
from
E.
Underwood,
chic!
superintendent
of
postal
service,
pttawa,
was
read.
It
had
.the
following
to
say:
I
have
noted
your
representa
tions
and
may
say
that
a
few
days
ago
the
district
supervisor
of
postal
services
at
Vancouver
was
Instruct
ed
to
have
a
competent
officer
review
the
situation
at
Prince
Rupert
with
a
view
to
speeding
up
the
erection
of
the
building
to
be
operated
as
a
postal
station.
"You
may
rest
assured
everything
possible
will
be
done
to
facilitate
the
necessary
changes
at
Prince
Rupert
as
the
department
fully
appreciates
conditions
at
that
centre."
BROKE
THIGH
AT
81
LONDON,
Feb!
23
IS)
Sir
Kynas-ton
Studd,
former
Lord
Mayor
of
London,
suffered
a
broken
thigh
when
he
slipped
while
entering
a
public
hall.
He
is
84.
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Hall
an
hour
aft&r
sunset
to
Maximum
45
-
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
29
7:33
p.m.
to
8:15
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMMA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXII,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
23,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
rm1
Allit
Are
Holding
In
Tunisia
Budget
Is
In
Today
Mr.
Hart
Ilalances
His
Accounts-
Announces
New
All-time
Revenue
Future
Uncertain
VICTORIA,
Feb.
23
(CP)
A
fully
balanced
budget
for
the
coming
fiscal
year
despite
losses
of
provincial
income
and
uncertainties
of
the
future
was
anticipated
today
by
Prime
Minister
John
Hart
in
his
budget
address
to
the
Legislature.
.Mr.
Hart
stressed
the
heavy
losses
In
revenue
due
to
the
suriender
of
various
taxation
fields
to
the
Dominion
and
said
the
province
has
asked
the
Dominion
for
compensation.
The
Premier
reported
an
all
time
record
revenue
of
$38,7C3,-51G
for
the
year
ended
March
31,
1912,
and
estimated
revenue
for
1913-41
would
amount
to
$31,987,536
compared
with
an
expenditure
or
$31,792,115.
Mr.
Hart
said
that,
as
far
as
basic
factors
are
concerned,
conditions
arc
"most
gratifying"
but
any
effort
to
assess
the
future
was
"nullified
by
unrealibility
and
intangibilities
of
wartime
and
post-war
conditions."
MORE
AXIS
SHIPS
DOWN
British
Submarines
are
Keeping
Active
in
Mediterranean
LONDON,
Feb.
23
British
submarines
operating
In
the
Medi
terranean
have
destroyed
two
medium-sized
Axis
supply
ships,
probably
destroyed
a
large
tanker
and
damaged
three
other
vessels
in
rcjenl
operations.
WATER
IS
DISCUSSED
New
Booster
Pump
Plan
City
Council
Gees
Into
Secret
Session
In
the
course
of
another
discus-
'
sjon
of
the
water
situation
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
i
it
was
revealed
that
a
nrooosal
was
being
cons..Jei'3d
to
cancel
the
for-
1
1
me;
be
ster
pump
plan
to
increase
:
trie
city's
water
supply
and
Instead
mpke
use
of
a
couple
of
gasoline
engines
which
the
Royal
Canadian
i
A
r
Fo;
:c
was
prepared
to
make
availfible.
The
difficulty
about
the
1
alternative
plan,
however,
was
that
th;
operation
of
these
gasoline
pumps
would
be
quite
costly,
more
costly
than
the
city
might
be
able
to
stand.
Rather
than
that
any
part
of,
the
wa:
enorit
should
suiter,
it
was
ie:t
by
some
members
of
the
council
that
It
would
be
better
to
ration
water.
aj
certain
other
places
were
-tefns
As
for
denying
water
to
Ihe
mill-.ary
authorities
and
wartime
contractors,
It
wa3
possible
these
auth-:rltles
might
take
oiher
means
ol
.'otaininj
it
in
which
case
reasonable
terms
to
compensate
the
city
rould
b3
the
result.
Aid.
George
Hills
said
that
he
'lad
b?en
told
that
the
city
could
be
forced
to
grant
water
connections
and-
he
would
like
to
have
legal
opinion
on
the
matter.
If
build
n?
peimits
were
granted
it
S-'?med
but
reasonable
that
water
should
be
made
available.
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
stated
that,
as
far
as
government
projects
were
concerned,
few
had
actually
taken
outbuilding
permits
so
the
city
could
not
be
bound
on
that
score
to
pr
vide
them
with
water.
Aid.
McKay
was
of
the
opinion
that,
if
it
came
to
a
showdown
"'hn
th?
country
was
at
war,
the
federal
government
could
probably
take
over
municipal
rights,
leaving
the
city
Itself
with
little
to
say.
After
some
further
talk
along
these
lines,
Mayor
Watts
shut
off
the
discussion
In
continuation
of
which
he
could
see
no
point.
Aid.
Thomas
Elliott
stated
that
a
test
of
the
effect
of
operating
the
old
Shawatlans
steam
pumping
plant
at
Shawatlans
with
a
view
tc
bolstering
the
water
supply
had
been
made.
A
report
as
to
the
re
suits
would
be
made
at
next
week's
meeting
of
the
council.
At
the
close
of
the
regular
meeting,
the
council
went
Into
secret,
session
to
consider
the
water
situ
ation.
HARD
DAYS
ARE
AHEAD
Roosevelt
Sees
Reverses
and
Mis-foi
tunes
Fight
Like
Russia
And
Victory
in
1913,
Says
Wallace
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
23
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
warned
Americans
In
a
Washington
birthday
address
last
night
that
they
"still
face
reverses
and
misfortunes."
'
Vice-President
Wallace
said
that,
If
Americans
and
British
give
the
same
unified
efforts
being
displayed
by
the
Russians
Germany
can
be
defeated
in
1943.
Rommel's
Armored
and
Tank
Force
At
Bay
In
Proximity
Of
Thala
British
Tanks
and
American
Gunners
Appear
Now
to
Have
Situation
in
Hand
on
Central
North
African
Front
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
Feb.
23
(CP)
One
of
the
bitterest
battles
of
the
Tunisian
war
is
still
raging
near
Thala,
25
miles
north
of
Kasserine
and
the
gateway
to
the
strategically
located
Kremansa
Plateau
near
the
Tunisian-Algerian
frontier,
where
British
tanks
and
American,
gunners
are
stubbornly
holding
off
desperate
PT:
EDWARD
ROAD
OPEN
'Industrial
Annex"
is
Now
Linked
Up
With
Prince
Rupert
Trinee
Rupert
has
now
been
connected
up
by
road
with
Poit
Edward,
which
in
the
early
days
war.
heralded
as
"Prince
Rupert's
industrial
annex"
but
vhich
for
three
decades
or
more
has
been
dormant.
Trucks
are
now
getting
nvei
the
road
which
runs
off
the
right
after
crossing
off
Kaien
Island
from
Galloway
Rapids
bridge
and
approaches
Port
Edward
from
the
rear
by
crossing
Wolf
Creek-The
length
of
the
load
from
-
GsUlwayKapidsto-
Port'
Edward-
is
about
three
miles.
ELECTRICAL
INSPECTOR
Biotherhood
ot
Electrical
Workers
Believes
That
One
Should
be
Appointed
The
International
Brotherhood
of
Electrical
Workers
had
a
pro
posal
before
the
city
council
last
night
that
a
full
time
electrical
inspector
should
be
considered
In
the
Interests
of
the
city.
The
util
ities
superintendent,
Samuel
Mas-
sey,
had
his
time
entirely
taken
up
with
his
duties
with
the
tele
phone
department
and
there
were
many
installations
from
which
revenue
could
be
derived
It
was
suggested.
The
union
deemed
It
necessary
that
there
should
be
In
spection
of
all
electrical
work
Installed
In
the
city.
The
proposal
was
referred
the
utilities
committee,
SAILS
FROM
LEAVES
Nazi
the
Thala
attempts
attempts
to
to
gain
gain
road
junction
and
crack
the
Allle'd
front.
Making
another
stab
from
Kasserine
Pass
toward
Tebessa,
25
miles
west
of
the
Tunisian-Algerian
border,
a
Nazi
column
ran
into
murderous
fire.
Bombed
and
shelled
continuously,
this
column
late
yesterday
turned
back
toward
Its
to
Sails,
made
from
leaves,
propel
the
swift
outrigger
canoes
of
one
group
of
Solomon
Islanders.
I:
rally
port
after
suffering
consld-able
number
of
casualties
and
losing
many
tanks.
A
strong
tank
column
from
Marshal
Rommel's
armored
force
pushed
to
within
four
miles
of
the
Allied
base
at
Thala
late
yesterday
but
an
observer
said,
the
Germans
"are
showing
signs
of
exhaustion"
and
the
British
and
American
forces
"appear
to.
have
the
situation
'
in
hand."
.
i-Ryan
Company
t
In
Bankruptcy
-
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
23
0"
An
order
declaring
the
E.
J.
Ryan
Construction
Co.
bankrupt
was
made
in
Supreme
Court
yes-
terday.
The
Canadian
Credit
Men's
Trust
Association
was
appointed
custodian
of
the
company's
assets.
Extensive
construction
contracts
were
held
by
the
company
at
Prince
Rupert.
Estimates
Of
City
For
Year
Some
Departments
Have
Completed
Theirs
Others
Are
About
Due
in
Estimates
of
the
city
engineer's
department,
the
school
board
and
the
utilities
department
were
already
In,
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
advised
the
city
council
last
night,
referring
the
estimates
to
the
proper
committees
for
their
attention.
Aid.
Thomas
Elliott
said
that
estimates
of
the
fire
department
were
in
the
hands
of
the
utilities
committee.
Estimates
of
the
library
board
had
not
yet
been
prepared.
Join
Your
Friends
Protect
Your
Home
.
.
.
PRINCE
RUPERT'S
REGIMENT
First
(Reserve)
Battalion,
Trince
Rupert
Regiment
(Machine
Gun)
RECRUITS
NEEDED
If
you
are
between
18
and
50
years
of
age
and
reasonably
physically
fit,
it
Is
your
duty
to
be
trained
as
a
fighting
man'
to
defend
our
community
In
case
of
cmengency.
If
you
arc
not
already
enlisted
do
so
at
once
at
the
Armory,
Sixth
Avenue
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