Change
Now
Is
Unlikely
City
Council
Hears
from
Minister
Of
Education
and
leader
f
Opposition
Regarding
Education
lion
II.
G.
Perry,
minister
of
education,
in
a
letter
to
the
city
council
last
night,
expressed
the
belief
that
there
could
be
no
transfer
of
responsibility
for
the
costs
of
education
in
British
Columbia
until
after
the
war.
The
latter
was
in
answer
to
a
resolution
recently
passed
by
nhe
city
council
endorsing
a
proposal
of
the
Prince
Rupert
City
and
District
Teachers'
Federation
tha
the
provincial
government
assume
the
financial
responsibility
for
education
as
a
means
of
putting
cduca-t;
m
(n
British
Columbia
on
a
more
saf
:faeto:y
basis.
A
copy
of
the
resolution
had
also
be?n
?nt
to
Harold
Winch,
C.C.F.
leader
of
the
opposition
In
the
Legislature,
who
commended
the
council
on
its
progresslveness
in
nukln;.'
such
representations
and
promised
that
the
C.C.F.
would
do
aO
it
cciild
to
obtain
legislation
trmrovlnr?
thr
educational
system
f
the
province
including
the
raisin;
of
tca
:hcrV
salaries,
INSULTING"
OF
LADIES
Aid.
Norah
Arnold
Brings
lucent
Incidrnrto-Attention'ofCity
Council
Aid
Norah
E.
Arnold
registered
a
-
Tip'.ahi.
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
on
behalf
of
two
writ
knrxvn
and
estimable
local
la-
1
whj
had
been
forced
Into
the"
di
:n
one
night
recently
by
a
truck
of
a
contracting
firm
on
Second
Av-nue
between
Eighth
and
Ninth
b.rec-
When
they
had
remonstra-ted
the
truck
driver
had
rudely
t'Jid
thrm
they
were
drunk.
Later
at
I
the
administration
office
of
the
I
owrarUng
company
they
had
been
arain
insulted.
The
licence
number
it
'.hr-
truck
had
been
secured
and
it
was
the
intention
of
the
ladles,
were
Justifiably
Indignant,
to
'ay
an
information
against
the
driver
and
give
evidence
In
police
ou;
t
prosecution.
Aid
Arnold
thought
It
was
high
um
that
something
was
being
done
about
"arrogant"
truck
driv-'
wfio
were
careening
their
vehicle,
around
Prince
Rupert
re-gardie
,3
0f
any
one
else's
i.lghts.
Aid
Arnold
also
declared
that
the
B.
c.
Bridge
and
urcdglng
Co.
had
completely
destroyed
the
city
-urwaiK
Deiween
Eighth
and
'Ninth
SUvr
s
and,
furthermore,
were
us-j
"8
i
uai
street
in
such
a
manner
as
to
'mperll
any
civilian
traffic.
She
thought
the
contracting
company
should
be
required
to
restore
the
:dcwalk
and
keep
Its
vehicles
oft
01
Mayor
Watts
promised
to
take
w
matter
up
with
the
city
police
ai-mmgh
it
would
be
necessary
for
th'
adies
In
the
case
complalncdi
01
lay
their
Information.
Am
Robert
McKay,
speaking
of
n"
traffic
situation
generally,
Penned
out
that
It
was
not
the
regular
civilian
drivers
of
the
city
no
were
having
the
accidents
and
causing
the
fatalities
here.
It
was
T?u
llme
to
find
out
whether
the
e'ence
and
contracting
interests
"o
control
of
the
whole
town
in
2l
f
well
as
other
matters.
Pcr-wnally.
he
felt
they
slipuld
be
quite
amenable
to
the
law
as
the
reg-u,
civilian
population;
ti.
,
mayor
P01
out
that,
al-"unh
a
new
traffic
bylaw
was
be-
-
drafted,
the
old
one
still
existed
hP0Vurned
tra"lc
on
the
streets
of
i
the
city,
I'MMBVAL
TOOTHACHE
&Zt
"a
H
records
ot
de"tal
disease
methods
of
treatment
have
Jc
found
datlnir
bark
-t,
57nn
U-
;
Vol
Local
Temperature
rj&
jji
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
62
(Half
an
hour
aftwr
sunset
to
Minimum
47
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
.
v.
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
7:19
p.m.
to
8:31
am
xxxii,
no.
39
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
16,
1943
olomon
Island
Score
Is
Now
Out
KHARKOV
Great
Russian
City
Taken
For
Red
Army's
Greatest
Victory
LONDON,
Feb.
If,
(CP)-A
special
Russian
com-muniquc
tonight
announced
that
Kharkov
had
been
captured.
Kharkov
is
Russia's
fourth
largest
city
and
its
recapture
is
heralded
as
the
Red
Army's
greatest
victory
so
far
in
the
war.
TAXATION
STATEMENT
Taxes
Would
Have
Bern
Jim
As
High
if
Canada
Had
Sold
Instead
of
(living
Britain
Billion
Dollars
OTTAWA,
Feb.
16
JU
Canada
had
sold
her
goods
to,
Britain
in
stead
of
giving
them
under
the
billion
dollar
gift
of
last
year
Cana
dian
taxes
would
have
been
Just
as
high
and
borrowing
Just
as
great
as
they
have
been,
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley.
minister
of
finance,
told
the
House
of
Commons.
Canadian
Destroyer
Louisburg
Sunk
In
Mediterranean;
With
Her
38
Members
of
Crew
Lost
OTTAWA,
Feb.
1G
(CP)For'the
first
time
in
Canadian
naval
history
a
Canadian
ship
has
been
sunk
in
the
Mediterranean
and
for
the
first
time
a
Canadian
ship
has
been
destroyed
by
,air
attack.
This
is
thefate
of
the
Canadian
corvette
Louisburg,
loss
of
which
with
thirty-eight
lives
was
announced
today
by
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
minister
of
naval
affairs.
Lieut.
Commander
William
Franklin
Campbell
of
Saskatoon,
in
command,
is
among
two
officers
and
thirty-three
Canadian
ratings
as
well
as
three
Royal
Navy
ratings
listed
as
missing
and
presumed
killed.
.
The
only
British
Columbia
man
lost
is
Stoker
First
Class
A.
F.
Anderson
of
Vancouver.
The
date
of
the
sinking
of
the
fifth
Canadian
corvette
to
be
lost
since
the
war
began
is
not
given
and
thc-only
description
was
Mr.
Macdonald's
brief
statement
that
she
went
down
under
"attacks
of
enemy
dive
bombers
and
torpedo
planes
while
on
convoy
duty
in
Mediterranean
waters."
TAXES
ARE
NECESSARY
The
city
council
last
night
gave
j
Its
approval
to
a
letter
which
has
been
addressed
by
City
Assessor
Arthur
Brooksbank
to
Major
W.
R.
Ruffell,
chief
engineer
officer
of
the
Pacific
Command
for
the
Royal
Command
for
tho
Royal
Canadian
Engineers,
setting
forth
reasons
why
It
Is
felt
that
property
-which
has
been
leased
In
connection
with
defence
projects
hero
should
continue
to
be
subject
to
land
taxation
as
it
has
been
when
held
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
This
applies
more
particularly
to
valuable
waterfront
property.
It
had
been
contended
that
government
projects
should
not
be
subject
to
such
taxation.
The
letter
declares
that
there
Is
no
Intention
of
levying
taxes
on
improvements.
It
Is
pointed
out
in
the
letter
of
the
assessor
how
population
has
Increased
here
from
the
.former
normal
of
7,000
people
to
20,.
000
and
over.
There
has
been
no
increase
in
the
taxation
resources
of
the
city
although
expenses
of
services
have
mounted
much
hlRh-er
Including
public
works,
police,
etc.
The
situation
is
such
that
the
IS
TAKENSi8.
Penalty
On
Tax
Arrears
Is
Same
Induction
From
Six
to
Five
Percent
Out
as
Council
Has
No
Power
to
Change
It
Having
been
advised
by
E.
II.
Brldgeman,
deputy
minister
of
municipal
affairs,
that
it
had
no
power
to
depart
from
the
rate
set
under
'he
M'tnhipal
Act,
the
city
council
last
night,
on
recommendation
of
the
finance
committee,
rescinded
a
previously
passed
resolution
to
reduce
the
penalty
on
tax
arrears
from
six
to
five
percent.
city
cannot
carry
on
financially
with
any
less
taxation.
Indeed
there
must
be
further
financial
assistance
from
the
government.
Therefore,
exemption
from,
'taxation
of
land
under
lease
cannot
be
considered.
WAR
limUKMAL
Fire
Was
Still
Smouldering
Even
Yesterday
In
Dawson
Creek
DAWSON
CREEK,
Feb.
10
0
Dawson
O.eek
is
reeling
back
to
wards
normal
alter
the
stunning
tire
and
explosion
disaster
of
6at-lrday
night
and
the
scene
of
un-
orgeitable
Injury
and
suffering.
Smoke
was
still
rising
from
the
mouldering
r.uins
even
yesterday
following
the
,
catastrophe
which
.ok
a
toll
of
five
dead,
at
least
two
nissins
and
close
to
150
Injured,
evelllng
a
complete
city
block
ex-1
ept
for
a
singte
structure.
!
Officials
areiwjv
estimating
thaf
he
damage
wllj
reach
$350,000
from
the
fire
and
explosion
which
resulted
when
flames
licked
into
a
livery
stable
whe.e
a
quantity
of
dynamite
was
stored.
Most
of
the
spectators
were
un
aware
of
the
danger
until
there
was
a
terrific
explosion,
smashing
windows,
caving
In
shop
fronts.
hurling
scores
f
om
rooftop
watch-
r.3
rr
'f
and
flattening
hundreds
of
others.
'
:
The
dead
are':
John
Kazlnko.
Spirit
River,
Albert.
A
United
States
Army
private
whose
name
Is
not
revealed.
i
A
man
named
South
employed
by
Melville
Smith
Co.
.
An
unidenUficd
adult.
An
unidentified
child
about
nine
years
old.
The
names
of
the
missing
men
are
not
revealed.
bigfiSht"
in
africa
ft
Axis
is
in
Beady
Peril
Despite
Cap
ture
of
Gafsa
from
Allied
Forces
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Feb.
1G
(CP)
In
southern
Tunisia
some
sixty
miles
southwest
of
Faid
Pass,
the
Allied
line
has
been
further
bent
back
by
the
German
tank
forces
and
American
and
French
troops
have
had
to
abandon
the
forward
base
of
Gafsa,
75
miles
west
of
the
Gulf
of
Gabcs.
A
raging
tank
battle
to
the
north,
where
Rommel
has
achieved
a
twenty-mile
breakthrough,
is
more
important,
however,
and
an'
Allied
victory
in
the
contest
now
in
progress
around
Sidi
Bou-zid,
75
miles
west
of
Sfax,-
would
place
the
Axis'
southern
arm
at
Gafsa
in
a
dangerous
position.
WORLD'S
URANIUM
More
than
half
of
the
world's
uranium
ore,
from
which
radium
Is
derived,
comes
from
the
Belgian
Congo.
NEWS
REDS
DEEP
IN
DONETS
.
MOSCOW
The
Russian
Army
surged
deep
into
the
heart
of
the
Donets
Basin
Monday
and
in
the
north
near
the
Nazi
bastion
ot
Oral
drove
behind
German
lines
which
had
been
stabilized
for
more
than
a
year.
The
battle
for
Kharkov
still
rages.
H.M.C.S.
LOUISHURG
SUNK
OTTAWA
The
sinking
of
the
Canadian
Loulsburg
with
loss
of
38
lives
as
a
result
of
enemy
air
attacks
while
on
convoy
duty
in
the
Mediterranean
was
announced
todayby
Hon.
Angus
Macdonld,
minister
of
the
nvy.
There
were
47
survivors.
AMERICANS
MAKE
ADVANCE
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
American
tank
combat
teams
have
smashed
at
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
veteran
armored
tfoops
under
an
umbrella
of
fighter
planes
and
forced
the
Germans
back
six
miles
In
the
Faid
area
of
central
Tunisia
In
thee
big
Amcrcicaii
armament
battle
of
North
Africa.
RRITISH
ROMII
GERMANY
LONDON
British
bombers
raided
undisclosed
objectives
in
western
Germany
and
Nazi-occupied
Belgium
last
night
and
fighter
planes
attacked
enemy
lailroad
targets
in
northern
Frnncc.
None
of
(he
British
planes
are
missing.
No
Freedom
I
ror
uanani
NEW
DELHI,
Feb.
16
Of
The
government
has
rejected
de-
mands
in
both
houses
of
the
Indian
Legislature
for
release
of
Mahatma
Oandhi
from
In-
ternment.
Oandhi
began
a
twenty-one
day
fast
last
Wed-
nesday.
His
condltlon'showed
some
deterioration
yesterday.
CITY
CLERK
HERE
NAMED
Harold
I).
Thain,
Chief
Clerk
of
Trail,
Receives
Appointment
Harold
D.
Thain,
chief
clerk
of
the
city
of
T,ali.
has
been
appointed
city
clerk
of
Prince
Rupert
at
a
salary
of
$250
rer
month.
He
will
ac;t:ne
h,s
duties
In
Prince
Rupert!
m
A-iril
l
Th-
"--ointment
wasj
maae
iatt
n!gnt
Dy
the
city
council,
on
recommendation
of
the
finance
commute',
from
among
twenty-three
applications
for
the
position.
Mr.
Thain
is
thirty-six
years
of
age
and
came
from
England
to
Canada
in
1920.
He
Is
married
and
ha
one
child.
The
new
city
clerk
attended
High
School
and
business
college
at
Nelson
and
his
first
work
was
as
a
clerk
in
the
Imperial
Bank
of
Can
ada
at
Nelson.
Later
he
was
with
the
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelt
ing
Co.
and
for
a
time
was
repres
entative
ot
the
Confederation
Life
As.Urante-COrm
im
he-Joifftd
Tti&
otaff
of
the
c.y
ol
T.ail
as
stenog-raphsr,
cashier
and
.licence
collec
tor.
He
also
served
as
secretary
of
the
school
board
there
and
since
1938
has
been
chief
clerk
of
the
city
as
well
as
municipal
relief
officer
and
secretary
cf
the
police
commission.
'He
has
made
a
study
of
municipal
statutes.
Outside
of
his
municipal
duties,
he
was
first
secretary
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
Trail
and
was
prominent
in
Community
Chest
work.
The
principal
reason
Mr.
Thain
gave
in
his
application
for
desiring
a
change
was
because
of
his
wife
having
a
heart
aliment
which
a
move
to
the
coast,
it
was
thought,
might
relieve.
Mr.
Thain
prefers
to
start
here
j
on
April.
1
but
said
he
could
come
arlisr
if
necessary,
He
has
been
requested
to
come
as
soon
as
possible.
Speaking
of
other
applications.
Mayor
W.'M.
Watts
explained
that
serious
consideration
had
been
given
to
that
of
John
R.
Wlgles-worth,
clo:k
and
treasurer
of
the
city
of
Penticton.
New
Tax
Clerk
Another
appointment
made
by
the
city
council
last
night
on
recommendation
of
the
finance
com-mltlte
was
that
of
A.
II.
IUll-Tout
ps
tax
and
assessment
clerk
at
a
salary
of
$175
per
month.
There
were
nine
other
applications.
Mr.
Hill-Tout
has
been
thirteen
years
with
the
taxation
department
o
the
provincial
government
here.
He
's
forty-six
years
of
age,
a
returned
soldier
and
a
property
owner.
MILLION
DOLLARS
Aid.
McKay
I'.xpansive
on
I'ubllc
Works
Trojccts
Aid.
Arnold's
Solution
The
city
council
spoke
of
public
works
last
night
In
million
dollar
terms.
Widening
.
and
resurfac
ing
of
streets,
$400,000.
Section
1
trunk
sewer,
$250,000.
'
Woodworth
Lake
to
Acropolis
Hill
21-lnch
water
main,
$125-000.
"I
think
we
should
apply
to
the
governments
Tor
a
million
dollars,"
remarked
the
lady
alderman,
Mrs.
Norah
Arnold,
"Half
from
the
Canadian
government
and
half
from
the
American."
Japanese
Had
Fifteen
Warships
Either
Sunk
Or
Damaged
In
Battle
United
States
Lost
Heavy
Cruiser
Chicago
as
Well
as
Another
Ship
Air
Score
Was
61
to
22
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Feb
.16
(CP)
-
Fifteen
Japanese
ships,
including
twelve
destroyers,
'
were
sunk
or
damaged
and
two
American
warships,
including
the
heavy-cruiser
Chicago,
were
lost
in
the
week
of
furious
sea-air
fighting
in
the
Solomons
area
beginning
January
29,
the
United
States
Navv
Inst
Rivfv
nr
elvHr-rt.A
j.
stroyed
to
twenty-two
American
planes
in
the
fighting
which
resulted
from
enemy
attempts
to
remove
some
of
their
forces
from
Guadalcanal
before
the
Americans
conquered
i'.
and
from
American
movement
to
reinforce
the
Island.
The
Chicago
was
lost
as
a
re
sult
of
two
air
attacks,
the
first
while
ODeratinff
as
n
pnnvnv
pc-
cort,
and
the
second
while
being
towed
severely
damaged
to
a
base.
The
name
of
the
destroyer
lost
was
not
disclosed.
RABAUL
IS
HIT
AGAIN
Heavy
Bombers
Stage
Second
Successive
Raid
on
New
Britain
Baser
Settifig'Laige
Fires
-
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
Feb.
16
9)
Heavy
bombers
struck
at
Rabaul
on
Mon
day
night
in
the
second
successive
raid
that
left
part
of
the
Japanese
New
Britain
base
a
mass
of
flames.
eight
toils
of
demolition
bombs
and
,
more
than
1,500
incendiaries
to
add
to
the
ruin
left
Sunday
night.
Italians
Hate
Mussolini
American
Writer
Says
Nation
Holds
Fascist
Leader
Responsible
1
For
Tragedy
By
way
of
contrast,
the
reverence
of
the
British
people
for
their
Crown
finds
no
counterpart
in
the
Italian
mind,
says
Richard
G.
Mas-sock
in
his
"Italy
from
Within"
described
as
the
"last
word
of
an
American
Journalist
on
the
mood
of
the
Italians."
Mr.
Massock
was
Associated
Press
correspondent
In
Rome
when
Pearl
Harbor
precipitated
the
United
States
into
the
.conflict
and
made
him'
an
alien
in
an
enemy
country.
For
ten
years
he
represented
AP
In
various
European
capitals
and
one
New
York
reviewer
describes
him
as
one
of
the
ablest
men
the
world-wide
news
organization
has
ever
sent
abroad.
The
bopk
leaves
the
impression
of
an
Italy
both
king
and
people
ootally
under
the
thumb
of
Mussolini
and
his
Fascists.
At
least
this
was
the
situation
up
to
the
time
of
the
author's
departure
from
Rome
about
a
year
ago.
And
yet:
"The
Italian
king
lost
the
respect
of
his
subjects
when
he
fell
so
thoroughly
under
the
influence
of
Mussolini
that
he
was
quoted
as
saying
'Be
careful
what
you
tell
me
for
I
must
tell
everything
to
Mussolini.'
Mr.
Massock
says
the
Italian
people
hold
Mussolini
personally
responsible
for
Italy's
tragedy.
"They
,hate
him
and
.
they
loathe
the
Germans,
as
much
as
an
amiable,
Industrious,
easygoing,
peace-loving
people
arc
capable
of
hatred.
But
that
hatred
has
not
yet
reached
the
frenzy
of
armed
revo
lution
.
.
.
Nor,
has
hunger
yet
reached
the
stage
where
the
gnaw
x
CIVIL
WAR
IS
FEARED
This
Would
Happen
in
B.C.
if
Japs
Were
Allowed
Back,
Legislature
is
Told
VICTORIA,
Feb.
1G
(CD-Return
of
the
Japanese
to
the
coast
will
result
in
civil
war,
James
Mowat,
Liberal
Coalition
member
for
Albernl,
told
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
yesterday.
Mowat
said
he
was
alarmed
because
some
of
the
province
to
which
the
Japanese
have
been
evacuated
have
agreements
with
the
Dominion
government
lor
...
the..
return
ot,
the
Japs
to
British
Columbia
at
the
end
of
Hie
war.
"I
have
received
many
letters
from
teturned
men's
organizations,
fishermen's'
associations
and,
lumber
workers
on
the
coast
stating
that
if
the
Japanese
are
allowed
to
come
back
it
will
start
civil
war,"
Mowat
said.
ing
despair
of
empty
stomachs
breeds
armed
defiance."
Leadership
Needed
The
military
strength
of
Germany
has
overawed
the
Italians
and
stands
ready
to
crush
any
rebellion
among
them.
"Few
Italians,
warn
to
fight
the
Germans,
although
some
do,
some
high-ranking
officers
of
the
armed
forces."
Mr.
Massock
says
that
without
aggressive
anti-Fascist
leadership
among
them,
without
the
strength
or
spirit
to
rise
against
Mussolini
the
Italians
are
waiting
for
the
despot.
"The
eventual
occupat'on
of
Italy
ls-a
logical
expectation.
No
doubt
the
Italian
army
will
resist
any
incursion
on
Italian
sil.
But
for
the
Italian
people
it
will
be
a
great
deliverance."
The
'book
has
a
revealing
chapter
on
"private
lives"
as
they
Involve
Mussolini.
There
are
glimpses,
as
one
writer
put
it,
of
"Machla-
i
villi's
mimic
as
a
stateman
who
I
lived
too
long."
BOMBING
OF
KISKA
Eight
of
Ten
Japanese
Interceptor
Danes
Are
Brought
Down
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Feb.
15
American
planes
have
bombed
Kiska,
Japanese
base
on
the
Aleutians.
Eight
of
ten
enemy
interceptor
planes
were
brought
down.
TEMPERATURE
EXTREMES
The
temperature
in
the
Sahara
desert,
Is
often
130
degrees
at
midday,
and
near
freezing
at
night.