'
a
nation
at
war
.
.preccdented
In-
.
...I'lim
and
has
w
'h
gieat
new
r
C
anadian
cities.
t.c
expansion
has
b
id
adminlstrat
in
industry.
:if
the
defence
'
"
'.lie
creation
of
-
.au-iation
rn
the
'
a
tmcnt.
wnich
000
employees,
.i'.r
causes
of
::
I
some
25,000
In
t
i.
..
personnel,
s
'.a.-,
brought
new
bk
nvs.
The
pop-y
was
reported
j3
j81
an
Increase
1339,
The
new-wti
in
the
flg-!cople
who
have
bidv
of
Ottawa's
t
V.'
m
and
have
to
:
.
.
a
:c
outside
the
x
coming
In
to
r:
'i
25
or
30
miles
:
'
:cs.
J
v:i
office
accomo-ag
the
most
scr-
J-Kj
the
city
ha
w:.
Ottawa
and
on
va
t
two
and
three
a.
y
buildings
have
'
III
tl1n
-
m
-..iuju
6crvca
in
ui
V'l
Service
In
TxPtlmi
f.-vv....v
Msent
from
their
desks
u
uic
armed
forces
""'ii
mis
city
are
wl'-h
tho
n
1
nil'
nntnf
'
tl.
.
v
ha:
iukc
in
all
theatres
"omoved
some
of
the
MURDER
IN
MONTREAL
Fourteen
Year
Old
Boy
Held
in
Connection
With
Slaying
of
Mother
and
Attacks
on
Younger
Children.
MONTREAL,
Nov.
17
Oi
-
Police
said
today
that
they
were
holding
George
Webster,
aged
14,
on
Friday
for
questioning
after
hU
mother.
Mrs.
Andrew
Web
ster.
was
found
murdered
in
bed
and
three
other
persons,
two
of
them
Webster
children,
were
taken
to
hospital
In
a
se
rious
condition.
A
baseball
bat
was
found
In
the
bedroom.
Andrew
Webster,
vlce-presl-
dent
of
aonLbuUdlng
sup-JcL
coiring-addiUonal
Jtjt.loU
ply
Tlrm,"wasln
Toronto
when
the
attacks
occurred.
Police
said
there
was
no
evi
dence
of
robbery.
RED
ARMY
ADVANCES
KoroMen
and
Gomel
Appear
to
Be
Immediate
ObJrctiTes
in
Latest
Fighting
MOSCOW.
Nov.
17
The
Red
Army
Is
now
within
thirteen
or
fourteen
miles
of
the
Important
railway
town
of
Korosten,
west
of
Zhitomir,
and
Is
dosing
in
with
artlllciy
fire
from
three
directions,
Meanwhile
the
advance
on
Gomel
to
the
north
continues.
Three
thousand
Oermanswere
killed
In
yesterday's
fighting.
Set
Preliminary
provide
offic:,
or
November
LL
new
workers
has
;
;
a
problem
that
J
-
iJCi
are
operating
-
in
their
Sunday
glueing
l
or
War
Ottawa
Is
not
an
-1
"7
the
plants
she
"
fccr
argrly
converted
'
i-
Sue'
on.
One
factory
c:z
ime
made
street
:
J
mall
airplanes
now
!
-'S
ut
Anson
bombers
'-'iry
that
manufae-'-iKpint;
supplies
,1s
pro-Sulpmcnt
for
Canad-
National
Research
4
and
in
other
govern-l-tK.
atones
work
is
cent-
entirely
on
the
war
Pc.ant
developments
,D-n
made
althounh
thpv
i
hrauded
In
trar.tim'
TERRACE.
Nov.
17-The
pre
llmlnary
hearing
of
Kcnnem
Barry
Keating,
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
who
Is
charged
with
manslaughter
ln
connection
with
the
death
of
David
Edgar
Schry-
-
it..B
A
lfrpim!in
ntl
fie
ALGIER8,
Nov.
17
O;
American
bombers
smashed
two
Nazi
air
fields
near
Marseilles,
France
Tuesday
and
other
bombers
hit
objectives
in
Greece
and
Yugoslavia,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
In
Italian
ground
lighting
mud,
rain
and
snow
bogged
up
activities
but
the
Americans
regained
some
high
ground
north
of
Venafre.
The
American
bombeis
des
troyed
twelve
of
twenty-five
Nazi
fighters
over
on
air
base
near
Marseilles
where
the
NazU
have
concentrated
bomber
against
Allied
shipping.
Many
grounded
bombers
were
left
aflame.
At
a
second
field
the
Allied
bombers
shot
one
Oerman
fighter,
hit
a
grounded
alrctaft
nd
possibly
an
ammunition
dump.
Expropriation
Is
Threatened
City
Council
to
Obtain
Legal
Ad-Tire
in
Checking'
up
on
Wartime
Housing.
The
city
council
was
advised
In
a
communication
Monday
night
from
O.
M
Christie
of
War
time
Housing
that
it
was
pro
Dosed
to
deal
with
the
matter
Under
the
Expropriation
Act
but
it
was
hoped
that
amicable
negotiations
with
the
city
might
be
maintained.
Another
letter
from
Mr.
replying
to
a
decision
of
the
terms
of
the
original
agree
ment.
On
motion
of
Aid.
Daggett.
seconded
by
Aid.
Brett,
it
was
win
dc
a
cnecic-up
on
r.
vnris
tie's
authority.
Would
Have
Kept
Canada
From
War
Declaration
At
Monday
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
there
was
a
communication
from
the
city
counll
of
Windsor.
Ontario,
seek
Ing
endorsatlon
for
a
resolution
calling
upon
the
Dominion
government
to
publish
the
names
of
persons
whom
Gladstone
Mur
ray.
former
general
manager
of
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Cor
poration,
charged
had
endeav
ver,
"
-
ourcd
to
use
the
radio
of
Can
November
13.
Is
expected
to
.
.
.
,
.
ada
stampede
public
come
up
on
November
22.
it
u
nlirsed
that
during
a
fleht
at
a
dance
near
Keatine
inflicted
injuries
Schryver.
which
caused
Schry
ver's
death
a
short
time
after
the
Coroners'
Act
prcciuae
necessity
uy
or
of
no.uw.B
holding
an
...
imme-
-to
opinion
In
advance
of
a
session
of
Par
llament'
to
P"vent
a
declara-
Terrace
lion
oi
war
uguiusi,
uiiihbhj
Major
Murray,
accoroing
io
uic
resolution,
had
said
that
group
of
responsible
men
In
the
ward.
,
.
n
nnlitlrs
had
xtfttod!
S1"!r
Z
wic
that,
under
the
purest
view
ot
neutrallty.
British
Broadcasting
rnrnoraUoil
broadcasts
should
dlatc
inquest,
senryvers
nouy
-
.
.
unm
kh
chinned
to
Toronto.
broadcasts
hmAnrasu
should
snouin
be
ne
no
uiwi
n
.
'
,
n
n
rn'
It
is
understood
that
medica
nvirfonro
showed
tnai
acam
was
due
to
concussion.
Nell
Lang
returned
to
the
city
today
from
a
trip
to
life
but
the
growth
,
of
Canada's
relations
with
other
countries
has
brought
the
city
new
m
;he
capital'
social
international
Importance.
rerjresentatlon
and
mat
mere
should
be
powerful
advocacy
of
state
neutrality
as
the
decision
which
Parliament
should
take."
No
action
ln
connection
with
the
resolution
was
taken,
the
correspondence
being
filed.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
James
Clark
returned
to
the
city
today
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
LONDON,
Nov.
17
British
miners
are
discontented
because
they
distrust
the
private
ownership
which
they
associate
with
the
agonies
of
the
depression
and
because
of
wages
and
work
ing
conditions.
They
assert
that
they
were
left
unprotected
after
he
last
Armistice
and
want
more
than
promises
before
the
next
one
and
they
feel
that
any
government
compulsion
of
labor
would
affect
their
sons
but
not
those
of
the
rich.
Release
of
all
miners
from'
the
forces
to
bol
ster
their
aging
and
lessening
regular
force
Is
also
urged.
The
owners
complain
of
ab
enteelsm,
of
lack
of
co-opeia-
tion
particularly
from
young
miners,
of
the
reaction
to
bonus
systems
which
reward
workers
simply
for
reporting
at
the
pits.
ot
the
demands
for
higher
wages
after
the
unions
had
an
nounced
their
satisfaction
with
increases
and
bonuses,
of
the
men
stopping
work
without.
their
union's
approval.
Output
Drops
Because
of
these
facts
and
because
the
labor
force
has
dropped
from
802.000
in
1938
to!
about
704,000
today
Britain's
output
of
coal
Is
dropping.
From
a
'production
of
240,000,000
tons)
in
1937
and
228.000,000
in
1938
it
has
slumped
to
about
201.000,-000
tons.
The
government's
immediate
objective
Is
to
Jump
the
man
power
to
720,000,
regarded
as
the
minimum
necessary
to
meet'
national
demands.
Of
the
cur-'
rent
force
one
miner
li
five
is,
there
more
than'
-50
-
and
"annual
,
wasUge
of
between
20,000
and
wic
tiwj
v
'"'u'u
upxarid,
d.
given
given
the
the
alterna
alternative
favorable
terms
the
dellviry
fcijftj-y
or
minmg
s.rvlce
ii
f
in
wn
ifi
inri
t
nr
w
urn
m
r
-
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
"LrcDorioa
10
nave
cnosen
me
Housing,
said
thaUJt
was
ex-UJ,.
m0w
compuUlon
has
been
petted
the
city
would
carry
out
Dr6mlsed.
"What
is
needed,"
It
was
said
in
one
newspaper,
"is
technical
reorganization.
In
the
United
States
a
smaller
number
decided
u
ooiain
icgai
opinion
of
mlners
produce
more
than
on
these
matters
and.
at
the
;
t.ire
murh
rnal
,
ln
nr.,t
suggestion
or.
aio.
uuou.
mere
,
Brlta.n
Ert
exDlaln
the
dlf
ference
ln
terms
of
geology
but
that
docs
not
account
for
any
thing
like
all
of
It."
I
In
South
Wales,
where
the
coal
Is
such
that
mechanical
cutting
cannot,
in
many
cases.
be
employed,
only
24
per
cent
of
the
output
comes
of
mechan
ical
cutting.
In
Northumberland
the
percentage
Is
91.)
Import
Machinery
Meanwhile,
plans
for
a
con-
,cal
Temperature
Local
Tu
Sat
Thursday,
Not.
18:
Tim
BE
52
High
5:49
17..
40
17:18
17.0Tf
Low
11:31
IPS
ft
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRI
ffisir'coLi
Si
bia's
newspaper
I
II.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
Ta9'yfeiER"ll943
PRICE
FIVE
Cl
ITALIAN
WARSHIPS
AT
MALTA
t
,
rmans
Slay
12
-Year
Olds
:hor
in
the
Grand
Harbor
at
Valletta,
Malta,
are
CD
Italian
naval
vessels
that
surrendered
to
the
Change
Ottawa
..
f
k
.
,1
.
Vl4ll
.
t
it...
I
.
.
;
as
ot
a
Oanad-out
lining
the
c
.
Canadian
clt-
7
Ottawa,
i
K
WILLIAMS
i
Staff
Writer
..,
!l
.
17
t
-Traiu-!'"awa
into
the
Allies
Hit
Air
Fields
Objectlrcs
in
France,
Greece
and
Yugoslavia
Bog-up
in
Italy
COAL
MINE
SITUATION
IN
BRITAIN
Bulletins
USING
OF
GAS
CHUNGKING
The
Japaneae
charges
of
the
Chinese
using
poison
gas
are
declared
here
to
be
a
"malicious
fabrication."
It
may
be
that
it
Is
merely
Japanese
propaganda
to
Justify
the
uscjof
gas.
tllONG
KONG
BOMBED
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
American
Liberator
bombers
pounded
dock
areas
of
Kowloon
at
Hong
Kong
and
also
struck
at
Hainan
Island.
NEW
HOUSING
SCHEME
OTTAWA
The
Journal
says
thtt
a
million
dollar
housing
scheme
is
to
be
undertaken
here.
Large
residential
properties
will
be
purchased
and
converted
into
small
apartments.
The
scheme
may
be
extended
to
Toronto,
Montreal,
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
SETTLEMENT
IN
LEBANON
ALGIERS
The
trouble
in
Lebanon
is
well
on
the
war
to
being
settled,
it
h
declared
by
(
General
Charles
DeGauIle.
The
intention
to
give
Lebanon
her
freedom
eventually
is
SEAMEN'S
HOME
HERE
VANCOUVER
Loren
Brown,
manacer
of
the
Seamen's
Home
here,
says
a
similar
home
is
likely
at
Prince
Rupert
owing
to
the
prospect
ot
greatly
increased
shipping
30,000
must
be
anticipated.
,
for
the
present
year
is
estimated
The
attractions
of
the
Indus-
at
only
3.000,000
tons,
try
for
young
men
can
bej
As
far
as
the
consumer
Is
Judged
by
the
fact
that
less
;
concerned,
he
is
graded
accord-
than
half
one
per
cent
called
are
ing
to
districts
for
the
price
he
pays
and
the
amount
of
coal
he
may
buy.
For
Instance,
a
domestic
consumer
in
Southern
DISTINGUISHED
FLYING
CROSS
FOR
LOCAt
BOY
Full
Freedom
MoscowDoctrine
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Nov.
17
Oi
Complete
freedom
of
liber
ated
European
countries
to
sel-ecC
governments
of
their
own
choice
when
military
operations
permit
was
the
underlying
doc
trine
ot
agieements
reached
at
the.
Moscow
cpnf
erenceT,ritd;
eiaies
eecreiary
or
tnaie
tr
dell
Hull
told
correspondents
here.
VEGETABLES
IN
CANS
ON
1
J
1
V
I
S
1
I
1
England
could
buy
2.500
cwt.
of
jV)
A
U
I
A
U
A
I
M
hous
and
kitchen
coar
for
therl
IHll
HUHIM
four
months
up
to
the
end
of
October
and
his
stock
could
not
be
raised,
through
past
pur-1
The
shortage
of
canned
vege
chases,
about
two
tons
without
tables
which
has
prevailed
since
a
license.
i
early
in
the
summer
ended
ln
In
these
four
months
he
could
also
buy
one
ton
a
month
of
anthracite,
Welsh
dry
steam
coal
or
coke.
In
the
last
three
weeks
of
October
restrictions
were
lifted
on
coke,
and
the
ban
on
central
heating
was
removed
October
9.
Maximum
and
minimum
prices
In
the
various
districts
are
set
by
agreement
between
the
Ministry
of
Fuel
and
Power
and
parties
concerned
with
the
sale
of
coal.
Typical
prices
In
slderablc
expansion
of
outcrop
,
the
London
area-ln
late
October
coal
working
envisage
an
out-'were:
put
of
15,000,000
tons
a
year.
Of-
j
For
the
best
house
coal,
about
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
when
local
stores
received
substantial
stocks
which
caused
quite
a
flurry
in
that
sort
of
buying.
House
wives
were
downtown
bright
and
eaily
to
purchase
supplies
and
the
business
in
canned
goods
continued
all
day.
Supplies
of
canned
vegetables
appeared
to
be
generally
ample
with
the
exception
of
tomatoes,
tomato
Juice
and
possibly
corn.
Limits
per
customer
varied
according
to
the
stores'.
One
merchant
expressed
the
belief
that
there
would
be
regular
supplies
of
canned
vege-
tables
now
d
therf
n
ery
will
be
available
to
put
the
$18.70
and
$20.90;
for
coke,
about
f
program
into
operation
by
$14.96;
for
steam
coal,
about
w
"u
u""us
10
April.
The
yield
of
outcrop
coal
$13.42.
lay
ln
too
excessive
stocks.
MIDGET
BRITISH
SUBS
DAMAGE
VON
TIRPITZ
IGripshoImOnHer
Way
to
New
York
HE".:
.
J
The
German
battleship
Von
Tirpltz
pictured
above
In
her
hideaway
ln
a
Norwegian
fjord,
has
been
damaged
by
a
fleet
of
tiny
British
subj
who
attacked
her
below
her
waterllne.
Three
of
the
subs
are
missing.
The
picture
shows
the
huge
battleship
protected
by
small
craft
around
her
sides
as
well
as,
by
a
torpedo
net.
seen
to
left.
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
Nov.
17
O)
The
repatriation
ship
Grlp-
sholm,
returning
Canadian,
Officer
Hugh
Forrest
i
erlcan
and
other
western
hem-
Jr.,
son
of
Hugh
Forrest,
former-
,
isphere
nationals
f
rom
Japan-
ly
of
this
city
and
now
of
Win-
ese
internment
camps,
left
here
nlpeg.
has
been
awarded
the
last
night
for
New
York,
her
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
with
i
final
destination,
where
she
is
which
he
will
be
invested
by
the
!
expected
to
arrive
December
2.
King
at
Buckingham
Palace
in
The
vessel
spent
two
days
here.
London
toward
the
end
of
the
month.
This
interesting
Information
has
Just
been
received
by,
Flying
Officer
Forrest's'
father
who
Is
at
present
In
the
city
from
Winnipeg
on
business
in
connection
with
his
duties
as
a
member
of
the
auditing
department
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Flying
Officer
Forrest
Is
now
engaged
as
an
Instructor
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
In
England
after
having
spent
a
year
In
active
operations
over
Germany
and
other
combat
Many
local
friends
of
the
j
young
man
will
be
gratified
to
learn
of
the
honor
that
has
been
conferred
upon
him
In
recognition
of
his
valorous
VATER
IS
LOW
NOW
Measures
Proposed
by
City
Engineer
to
Help
up
Pressure
la
System.
Owing
to
the
precailously
low
volume
of
water
entering
the
city
water
mains,
especially
at
the
higher
levels.
City
Engineer
G.
S.
Hanes
presented
a
request
to
the
city
council
at
Monday
night's
meeting
asking
permission
to
negotiate
for
the
use
Jot
metered
water
from
the
United
States
Engineering
Department's
high
level
system
to
supply
city
requirements
in
the
high
levels
adjacent
to
the
Acro
polis
hill.
He
was
authorized
to
take
such
action
as
he
be
lieved
necessary.
Among
the
factors
contribu
ting
to
the
low
water
pressures
In
the
higher
parts
of
the
city
is
the
fact
that
the
city
balan
cing
reservoir,
the
water
level
of
which
Is
built
up
from
the
oversupply
of
water
entering
the
main
supply
pipe
at
per
iods
when
the
drain-ott
is
low.
is
now
empty
while
undergoing
repairs.
Another
rrccmmeivtation
try
British
Columbia
Power
Comp
any
be
asked
to
maintain
a
ten-foot
water
level
in
the
reservoir,
when
It
Is
repaired,
and
that
it
be
responsible
for
the
malntainance
of
dams
and
penstocks,
was
approved
by
the
council
vjn
committee
of
the
whole.
Mr.
Hanes
Informed
the
council
that
water
in
city
mains
was
25
feet
below
the
top
of
the
reservoir
which
was
a
dangerous
condition.
LEROS
TAKEN
BY
GERMANS
i
Important
Island
in
Aegean
Sea
Is
Lost
by
British
and
Italians
CAIRO.
Nov.
17
O
The
Germans
have
captured
Leros
Island
In
the
Aegean
Sea
after
severe
fighting
and
despite
determined
resistance,
an
Allied
:cmmunique
announced
today.
The
Germans
pounded
Leros
with
an
overwhelming
air
bom
bardment
yesterday
and
landed
fresh
reinforcements,
resistance
ceased
ln
nlng.
A
German
broadcast
said
that
three
thousand
British
soldiers
nd
five
thousand
Italians
were
iaken
prisoners.
Wartime
Housing
Committee
Will
Be
Asked
Here
Th?
provincial
post-war
rehabilitation
committee
may
be
invited
to
Prince
Rupert
to
re-
Executing
Children
In
Poland
Institute
Death
Penalty
For
Children
as
Young
as
12.
STOCKHOLM,
Nov.
17
0)
A
newspaper
report
from
Tldnln-gen
said
today
that
a
new
German
death
penalty
had
been
Instituted
for
children
as
young
as
12.
This
followed
a
London
dispatch
of
the
Polish
Telegraph
Agency
saying
that
50
children
had
been
seized
by
the
Nazis
in
recent
raids
in
Warsaw.
Gets
Tax
Rehabilitation
The
city
will
send
a
tax
bill
cf
$7,428
to
Wartime
Housing
Ltd.
covering
certain
of
Its
pro
perties
against
which
$5343
was
charged
last
year
whereas
only
some
$2600
was
actually
paid.
The
city
council
has
taken
-the
stand
that
Wartime
Housing
should
be
standing
a
better
part
of
its
share
of
city
taxation
than
It
has
been
doing.
Mrs.
Little
Laid
at
Rest
Funeral
of
Pioneer
Terrace
Woman
Took
Place
at
Her
Home
w
ztxiac
JiIW?:y
a.',
rites
for
the
late
Mrs.
George
Little
were
performed
quietly
Tuesday
afternoon
by
Rev.
E
W.
Slater
of
the
Anglican
Church
at
the
home
on
Lake-else
Avenue
with
Interment
following
In
the
cemetery
at
Klt-sumkalum.
Pallbearers
were
the
two
sons,
Dudley
and
Gordon,
E.
T.
Kehney,
T.
E.
Brooks,
George
Dover
and.
Len.
Casey.
The
Terrace
community
was
shocked
to
hear
about
9
o:lock
on
Sunday
evening
that
Mrs
Little
had
passed
away
suddenly
from
a
heart
ailment.
Mrs.
Little
arrived
ln
Terrace
ln
1912
soon
after
her
marriage
to
George
Little,
well
known
sawmill
opetator.
Their
present
fine
residence
on
Lakelse
Av.-enue
was
built
a
few
years
later
and
here
they
raised
a
fine
family
of
boys
and
girls.
Fifty-
six
years
of
age,
Mrs.
Little
leaves,
beside
the
widower,
two
sons,
Dudley
and
Gordon,
and
three
daughters,
Dorothy
and
Clara
and
Edith.
Explosion
Death
rr-;Listis
Higher
NORFOLK,
Va.,
November
17
Oi
The
explosion
at
the
United
States
Navy's
mine
depot
at
Yorktown,
Virginia,
early
Tuesday
killed
eight
civilian
employees
and
Injured
three.
It
has
now
been
disclosed.
The
explosion
caused
"extensive"
damage
and
several
flies
which
were
finally
brought
under
control.
Windows
were
broken
ln
Norfolk
and
Portsmouth,
twenty
air
line
miles
away,
and
Norfolk
citizens
were
shaken
ln
their
beds
by
the
blast.
vviiv
wu
0uvwuin
tut
nwtiv
i
pv
Y
to
be
carried
out
ln
the
period
U
i7qinf
h
I
fi
Kn
after
the
war.
Before
the
invlt-
"1QUCIU
1
U
UC
atlon
Is
sent
for
the
committee
to
come
here,
however,
It
Is
felt
that
some
definite
proposals
should
be
formulated
for
con-sldei
atlon.
It
was
suggested
at
Monday
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
by
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
that
action
along
this
line
should
be
taken.
It
was
felt
by
members
of
the
council
that
there
were
projects
here
that
might
well
be
considered
as
part
of
a
post-war
rehabilitation
program.
Made
Duchess
At
Age
of
18
Years
LONDON.
Nov.
17
Ot
Th
Daily
Mall
reported
today
that
Princess
Elizabeth
"probably
will
be
created
a
Royal
Duchess"
on
coming
of
the
age
of
18
years
on
April
21
next
when
sha
will
be
able
to
assume
sovereign
power
if
the
need
arises.