Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftor
sunset
to
Maximum
48
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
30
H
7:35
pjn.
to
8:13
ajn.
f
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
XXXII,
No.
46
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
24,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Rommel's
Forces
Are
In
Retreat
OREL
AND
KIEV
NOW
Nubians
Capture
More
Important
Settlements
and
Foilified
Points
In
Advance
Westward
MOSCOW,
Feb.
24
(CI')
The
Hed
Army
smashed
deeper
into
the
northern
Ukraine,
northwest
of
Kharkov,
where
the
cap.
ture
of
Sumy,
Lebcdin
and
Akh-tyrka
fashioned
a
Soviet
bludgeon
aimed
at
Kiev
and
the
important
railway
junction
of
Kon-otop.
A
communique
said
that
more
strongly
fottified
settlements
were
captured"'
as
Russian
soldiers
struck
westv
of
Sumy,
100
miles
northwest
of
Kharkov
and
195
miles
cast
of
Kicv
The
Ked
Army
has
'also
reached
within
forty
miles
of
Orel.
Little
Change
In
State
of
Gandhi
Appears
to
be
Comfortable
and
Able
to
Talk
Although
Heart
Weakening
and
Condition
Worse
POONA,
India,
Feb.
24
In
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
fast,
there
little
change
In
the
general
trend
of
the
condition
of
Mohandas
Gandhi,
who
Is
growing
stead-lly
woise
His
state
Is
serious
as
his
heart
weakens
but
he
seemed
comfortable
today
and.
was
able
to
talk
a
little
to
his
doctors.
As
he
corhpleted
th,e:t.-ccond
weekf
hi.
three
weeks'
fast,
all
India
anxiously
followed
reports
of
his
candltlon.
An
attempt
between
the
Viceroy
and
Oandhl
for
a
com
promise
to
end
the
hunger
trlkc
(ailed.
City
Tax
Sale
Lots
Are
Sold
Dylaw
Covering
Number
of
Properties
doing
Through
City
Council
A
bylaw
to
authorize
the
sale
of
(as
:;alc
lots
as
follows
is
pcuib
enacted
by
the
city
council:
A
O.
Olsen,
lots
25
and
'26,
block
27
section
8,
$115.
John
Bulzak,
western
twenty
tee
of
lot
14,
block
22,
section
1,
$2,520.
Jessie
Flnleyt
dots
'
48
and
49,
block
26,
section
0,
$20.
J
O
Ounn,
lot
36,
block
7,
section
l.
$215.
BUSINESS
DISTURBED
Clothing
Supplies
Available
This
Year
Hut
Future-Does
Not
Look
Promising
louls
M.
Felscnthal,
manager
of
The
People's
Store
organization
here,
back
from
a
business
trip
to
Eastern
Canada,
says
he
does
not
anticipate
a
great
deal
of
trouble
m
getting
clothing
supplies
this
year
However,
it
may
be
different
next
year
and,
owing
to
rapidly
changing
conditions,
It
is
difficult
indeed
to
estimate
what
the
future
holds
In
store.
Clothing
manufacturers
today
are
digging
into
their
reserves
of
materials.
Goods
that
had
for
var-reasons
been
laid
aside
are
now
being
used.
This
means
there
may
be
nothing
to
fall
hack
on
for
next
year.
The
Immediate
problem
In
the
clothing
manufacturing
business
Is
getting
help.
Factories
In
the
East
nich
formerly
had
fifty
on
a
staff
are
being
compelled
today
to
get
?'ng
with
p6sslbly
fifteen
or
twenty,
NAZIS
BOMB
Though
unable
to
strike
at
London's
war
objectives,
Nazi
airmen
are
still
able
to
unload
their
cargoes
of
death
on
'defenceless
schorls.
Rescue
workers
are
looking
for
bodies
among
the
ruins
of
the
school
in
London,
England,
where
H,
is
feared
60
died.
This
is
a
radiophoto.
SultethtA
UNION
OUTLAWED
VANCOUVER
The
Holler-makers'
and
Iron
Shipbuilders'
Union,
oF
w'hich
William
"Stewart
has
been
elected
president
has
been
declared
an
outlaw
group
by
Alex
McAuslane,
first
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor.
CIIUNdKING
HAS
ALEUTS
CHUNGKING
Chungking
had
two
air
raid
alarms
yesterday
but
no
enemy
planes
appeared.
It
was
August
31,
1911,
when
enemy
planes
last
reached
Chungking.
DRAFT
DODGERS
PROSECUTED
OTTAWA
There
were
114
cases
of
draft
dodging
prosecuted
in
Canada
in
January.
Penalties
ran
from
fines
of
S10
to
one
year's
imprisonment.
JAP
WARSHIP
DAMAGED
ALLIED
SOUTH
PACIFIC
HEADQUARTERS
A
Japanese
cruiser
or
large
destroyer
was
destroyed
or
seriously
damaged
in
an
Allied
air
attack
on
Ita-baul,
New
Hritain.
A
merchant
vessel
was
also
hit
and
harbor
installations
were
left
in
flames.
Objectives
in
New
Guinea
and
Timor
were
also
bombed
by
United
Nations
planes.
VENDORS
ARE
LIMITED
VICTORIA
Effective
March
2,
government
liquor
vendors
in
British
Columbia
will
be
limited
te
forty
percent
of
the
liquor
supply
.they
had
at
the
same
time
last
year.
Peace
for
Finland
And
Italy
is
Talk
Iloth
Countries
Appear
Now
to
be
Anxious
to
Get
Out
of
War
STOCKHOLM,
Feb.
24-Rcportr,
here
arc
to
the
effect
that
Finland
would
embrace
any
reasonable
opportunity
to
make
peace
with
Russia
It
Is
also
heard
that
United
States
may
give
Italy
a
chance
to
get
out
of
the
war.
Some
thirty
prosecutions
under
the
Radio
Act
for
failure
of
local
radio
owners
to
possess
licences
are
coming
up
In
city
police
court
Fri;,
day
morning.
AND
MACHINE
GUN
LONDON
CHILDREN
4
I
i
WRECK
OF
CLIPPER
LISBON
Four
bodies
of
vit-tirrts
of,
the,
jcrash
of
the
tratjs-.
"Atlantic
Ida
n
e
Yankee
Clipper
have
been
recovered
from
the
Tagus
River.
Twenty
arc
still
missing.
Fifteen
were
rescued.
The
Yankee
Clipper
made
a
forced
landing
in
a
thunderstorm,
exploded
and
sank.
She
was
inbound
to
Lisbon
from
New
Y'ork.
DERATE
IS
REFUSED
LONDON
The
government
has
refused
to
have
a
second
front
debate
in
the
House
of
Commons
at
this
time,
saying
it
would
be
"ill-timed
and
dangerous."
Lord
Rcaverbrook
yesterday
in
the
House
of
Lords
again
demanded
a
second
front.
TRAIL
AIR
RAID
ALERT
TRAIL
Air
raid
sirens
in
Trail
went
off
accidentally
yesterday
and
the
A.R.I.
had
a
practice.
ENEMY
SURS
SUNK
WASHINGTON
A
Japanese
submarine
in
the
Pacific
and
a
German
U-boat
in
the
Atlantic
have
been
destroyed,
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
announces.
The
former
was
victim
of
the
gun
crew
of
a
supply
ship
and
the
latter
was
sunk
by
a
destroyer.
Knox
warned,
however,
against
the
continued
submarine
menace,
saying
that
the
Germans
were
building
submcrsibles
faster
than
they
were
being
sunk.
Cold
Sufferers
To
Wear
Masks?
Uritish
Medical
Journal
Thinks
It
Good
Idea
to
Protect
the
Public
LONDON,
Feb.
24
ft
People
suf
fcrlng
colds.
should
wear
masks
to
work
and
should
be
respected
for
this
precaution,
suggests
Lancet,
the
medical
Journal.
It
said
that
nnnnlP
often
attend
work
without
j.vvr..v
taking
precautions
to
prevent
the
cold's
spread,
"yet
a
similar
pollution
of
water
supplies
would
be
considered
disgusting."
Richard
Moore
Jr.
returned
to
the
city
this
morning
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
37
ORPHAN
GIRLS
BURN
Holocaust
in
Institution
at
Cavan,
Eire,
Today.
CAVAN.
frc,
Feb.
24
Thirty
seven
orphan
glrlS"
aged
from
four
to
eighteen,
were
burned
to
death
in
a
fiie
that
destroyed
Cavan
Province
Orphanage
today
Local
Boy
Pays
Visit
Home;
Just
Won
Wings
Sergeant
Pilot
Henry
Worsfold,
who
last
week
received
his
wings
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
at
MacLeod,
Alberta,
arrived
home
yesterday
to
pay
a
brief
visit
with
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
Worsfold,
Seal
Cove
Circle,
before
leaving
by
Friday
evening's
train
for
the
East.
Russian
Girls
Balk
Flirting
Mostly
in
Overalls
and
They
Have
No
Time
for
Frivolities
LONDON,
Feb.
24
IK
Veteran
of
the
Arctic
convoy
run
to
Russia,
Rdbert
Snider
of
London,
Ontario,
said
on
a
visit
here
that
the
port
of
Muimansk
is
a
no-man's
land
of
qrrl-woiklrvj
women
in
overalls
who
have
no
time
for
such
frivolities
as
flirting
and
facial
make-up.
The
Canadian
seaman
said
the
T'rls
are
friendly
arid
cheerful
hut
'hat's
all.
Every
able-bodied
man
is
at
the
front
and
all
amusements
such
as
pubs,
theatres
and
dance
halls
are
closed,
he
added.
So
are
hotels
and
restaurants.
HOOTS
ON
THE
DESERT
CAIRO,
Feb.
24
Even
In
the
British
mechanized
army
a
pair
of
boots
last
only
three
months
in
the
desert.
About
2000
people,
many
of
them
civilians,
are
employed
In
R.
I
Dasc
aPots
ln
Ainca
M
'
look
aflcr
the
receW
and
lssue
,
equipment.
Dr.
L.
W.
Kcrgln
returned
to
the
city
this
morning
from
a
brief
holiday
trip
to
Vancouver.
Dr.
Kergln
reports
that
his
brother,
H.
F.
Kergln,
former
M.
L.
A.
for
Atlln,
is
now
making
a
good,
recovery
after
having
undergone
a
serious
operation
In
Vancouver.
Axis
Armored
Army
Is
Hurled
Back
Into
Tunisian
Mountains
After
Fierce
Three
Day
Fight
MAY
WORK
JAPANESE
lo
be
Allowed
hi
Logging
and
Lvrober
Industries
to
Relieve
Labor
Shortage
OTJAWA,
Feb.
24
(CP)
The
munitions
department
announces
that
the
federal
government
ha3
authorized
by
oider-in-council
the
employment
of
Japanese
and
Chinese
for
the
ilur.il
on
of
the
war
in
the
lumber
ani
lodging
industry
of
pro
vintial
crown
lands
of
British
Columbia,
the
order
being
passed
to
assist
in
offsetting
the
serious
shortage
of
labor
which
is
affecting
the
getting
out
of
lumber
required
for
the
war
program.
Japanese
labor
is
now
employ-.
e-1
in
logging
operations
on
freehold
lands
in
non-protected
areas
of
the
interior
of
Uritish
Columbia
and
also
is
employed
there
and
elsewhere
in
other
essential
industries.
RED
NOW
Stalin
Favs
Hitler
Has
Now
Lost
Initiative
Tremendous
.
Losses
of
Enemy
Listed.
LONDON,
Feb.
24
0
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
of
Russia,
in
his
order
of
the
day
yesterday
commemorating
the
twenty-fifth
ar.ni-ve:sary
of
the
Red
Army,
said
that
the
massed
drive
of
the
enemy
from
Russia
has
begun.
Stalin
said
that
Adolph
Hitler's
initial
advances
In
manpower,
arms
and
experience
had
heen
wiped
out
with
Russia
becoming
ever
stronger
and
the
initiative
was
now
In
Russia's
hands.
Etalln
said
that
in
the
last
three
months
the
Germans
had
lost
over
seven
thousand
tanks,
four
thous
and
planes,
seventeen
thousand
guns
and
tremendous
other
war
material.
Power
Alcohol
From
Molasses
Sugar
and
Tar
are
Other
Ingredients
in
Australia's
Product
OTTAWA,
Feb.
24
IP)
Australia's
production
of
power
alcohol
will
shortly
be
about
19,000,000
gallons
annually
with
sugar,
tar
and
molasses
being
used
as
raw
materials,
L.
M.
Ooograve,
Canadian
trade
commissioner
in
Australia,
reported
to
the
trade
and
commerce
department
here.
Wineries
are
potential
sources
of
5,000,000
gallons
of
94
power
alcohol
a
year
and
It
Is
expected
an
additional
12,000,000
gallons
will
be
produced
annually
from
wheat
although
plans
for
this
development
have
not
yet
been
completed,
Mr.
Cosgrave
said.
HITLER'S
LAST
DITCH?
LONDON,
Feb.
24
W
P.
J.
If.
Stent,
senior
regional
olflcer
of
the
London
district.
.
predicted
Hitler
may
launch
a
big
commando
raid
with
the
object
of
crippling
Bri
tain's
war
effort
when
things
be-
come
desperate
for
mm.
Hockey
Scores
Chicago
7,
Boston
5.
.
.
Enemy
is
Now
Attempting
Stand
Three
Miles
From
Kasserine
Gap
Which
Was
His
Starting
Point
to
Attempt
to
Crack
Allies
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRIOAj
Feb.
24
(CP)
British
and
American
forces,
after
a
bitter
three-day
battle,
have
hurled
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
flood
tide
of
armor
back
into
the
mountains
of
Kasserine
Gap
in
central
Tunisia
under
a
hail
of
burst
ing
bombs
from
hundreds
of
I
Real
Purpose
01
Koacl
North
WASHINGTON
D.
C.
Feb.
24
0)
Brigadier
General
James
O'Connor
told
a
press
confer-
en'ce
yesterday
that
the
Alas-
ka
Highway
is
Intended
prln-
clpally
to
service
landing
fields
of
an
air
route
across
Canada
to
Alaska.
It
Is
of
secondary
value
as
an
altern-
ate
and
emergency
route
for
shipments
from
the
United
States.
As
long
as
bulk
ship-
ments
can
move
safely
hy
water,
it
will
be
cheaper
to
use
shins
than
truck
ma-
,
terals
over
the
Wghwaj.
SPRING
IN
INTERIOR
Mild
Weather
Puts
Crimp
in
Winter
Sports
Here
SMITH
ERS,
Feb.
24
With
two
weeks
of
mild
and
spring-like
weather
throughout
the
Bulkley
Valley
the
snow
has
disappeared
I
largely
from
the
country
side
and
I
roads
in
many
places
are
now
bare
and
drying
up.
The
fields,
too,
which
would
be
the
better
for
having
the
snow
remain
for
another
six
weeks
are
ln
many
cases
bare
of
snow.
A
crimp
was
put
Into
the
winter
sports
of
hockey
and
curling
and,
while
it
Is
still
hoped
to
fix
up
the
ice
in
the
curling
rink
for
a
continuation
of
the
interrupted
contests,
the
ice
ln
the
skatins
rink,
which
has
felt
the
full
force
of
the
warm
rays
of
the
sun,
is
now
practically
beyond
fixing
up
for
further
use.
The
bonsplcl,
which
was
held
by
the
Smlthers
Curling
Club
at
a
much
earlier
date
than
usual,
got
ln
ahead
of
the
weather
and
was
carried
out
under
ideal
conditions.
The
Bonspiel
which
was
to
be
held
by
the
Curling
Club
of
the
Prince
George
Club
had
to
be
abandoned,
temporarily
at
least,
as
the
weather
was
too
mild
for
the
tournament.
One
rink
of
Smlthers
curlers
was
all
set
to
travel
to
Prince
George
to
participate
in
their
event,
but
their
trip
was
cancelled
at
the
last
minute.
HILL
DWYEll
PASSES
LONDON,
Feb.
24
W)
Bill
Dwyer,
radio
and
music-hall
comedian
who
appeared
before
the
Kins
and
Queen
then
Duke
and
Duchess
of
York
and
the
King's
cousin
the
Queen
of
Spain,
and
was
associated
with
Charles
Claphan
for
14
year&,
died
in
hospital
here
at
52.
HE-NAMING
It.
U.
STATIONS
J
LONDON,
Feb.
24
0
Nameless
since
Dunkerque,
Great
Western
Railway
stations
are
having
their
names
restored
ln
six
Inch
letters
In
various
areas
of
England
specified
by
the
government.
planes.
The
German
chief-
tain
Is
now
In
full
retreat,
field
reports
said
today,
after
his
tank3
had
surged
within
three
miles
of
Thala,
key
road
Junction
to
the
upper
plains
of
Kremamsa,
and
jils
battered
armor
Is
reported
to
be
attempting
a
stand
only
three
miles
from
the
south
of
the
twisting
gap
from
which
he
sallied
for
his
attempts
to
crack
the
Allied
front
in
Tunisia.
An
Allied
headquarters
commu
nique
said
that
the
backwash
of
the
Rommel
thrust
began
early
yesterday
after
Allied
forces
sue
cessfully
stood
off
his
attacks
dur
ing
three
days
of
neavy
fighting.
VOTEDOWN
AMENDMENT
Cardin
Move
to
Suspend
National
Mobolization
Act
Meets
With
Little
Approval
OTTAWA,
Feb.
24
The
House
of
Commons
yesterday
defeated
by
a
vote
of
195
to
15
the
Cardin
sub-amendment
to
the
Throne
Speech
reply
urging
suspension
of
the
Mobilization
Act
pending
report
of
a
committee
on
the
manpower
situation.
Many
Quebec
Liberal
members
as
well
as
Conservatives,
C.C.F.
an(j
New
Democracy
joined
the
government
members
ln
voting
against
the
sub-amendment.
Veterans
Gather
At
Funeral
Of
Samuel
Webb
Members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Branch,
Canadian
Legion,
and
members
from
the
Dry
Dock
gathered
yesterday
afternoon
at
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
parlors,
Second
Street,
to
pay
their
last
respects
to
Samuel
Webb.
Imperial
veteran
of
the
Great
War
and
a
.discharged
soldier
of
this
one.
Rev.
C.
A.
Wright,
pastor
of
First
Baptist
Church,
conducted
the
service.
The
organist
was
Mrs.
Lois
Vaughan
who
played
"Lead
Kindly
Light"
and
"Abide
With
Me."
The
following
acted
as
pallbearers:
W.
J.
Syets,
C.
Barker,
W.
Ranee
and
J.
Lawrle.
"Last
Post"
was
sounded
by
Bugler
William
Ranee.
Interment
was
made
ln
the
Returned
Soldiers'
Plot.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
February
25
High
4:19
20.2
feet
16:42
18.1
feet
Low
10:46
5.9
feet
22:55
6.1
feet
FINGERS
FROZE
SOLID
LONDON',
Feb.
24
(CP
Dr.
Raymond
Oreen
of
the
Emergency
Medical
Service
dipped
his
finders
into
liquid
air
and
they
froze
solid
in
a
matter
of
seconds
but
by
allowing
them
to
thaw
gradually
at
a
low
temperature
no
damage
was
done.