t-
the
ooorcst
Jail
andi
:
:e
offices
In
OrllUh
Colum-'
T
;cy
'lontraat
It
with
the
r.j
cf
Stewart
which,
with
a
-
detachment,
has
a
well
A
iafc
police
building
costing
.1
thousand
dollars.
1
mn'
taction
of
the
10-
is
on
the
ground
floor,
City
Hall
it
Is
entered
h
the
police
olflce
and
an
office
behind
and
Is
a
shaped
like
a
squat
U".
the
outer
side
of
the
.
.
I.
...
-J
r.
n
t
(Vim
H
'
lilC
W
wiu
mv
ui
w:
r.--
ilde
bolne
bordered
with
Ar
cither
end
of
the
fifty
foot-
-
room,
frowned
on
by
rock
arc
two
small
windows
.
In
the
walls
which
even
on
br,"htc
t
days
admit
only
a
t-Jde
On
dark
days
ana
at
I
artificial
light
is
supplied
three
electric
bulbs,
whose
mcr
U
absorbed
largely
by
e
darkly
painiea
concree
T.-iglng
the
room
are
ten
r
jb:rlej
seemingly
Ink)
the
concrete
and
front-
i
bv
inn
doors.
They
are
her
llehtcd
nor
ventilated
ten,
one
is
equipped
as
.
.
.
.
-.dcn
single
bunks
and
th!j
Badly
Overcrowded
The
eltv
Jail
has
arcommo-
ditlon
for
eleven
prisoners
yet
on
Tuesday
mornlni
It
was
ntrewary
for
It
to
contain
rithteen.
These
ranred
from
bojs
of
Juvenile
ace,
held
for
firt
offence,
to
older
men
to
hom
Jail
was
plainly
no
TS.
i
thai
'
thl
its
of
affairs
Is
an
embarrass-
r
nnn
nnnniruu
iaj
miviii
ut
they
must
take
lawbreakers
)
rn
,tndv
antl
to
do
It
tney
employ
the
accommodation
i
;r.ated
for
the
purpose.
I:i
an
nil
addition
nuuiwuu
to
w
the
south!
1
rollce,
Firemen's
and
Tublic
Works
Strike
in
Montreal
1
1
a
Item
Ended.
MONTREAL,
Dec.
15
O-
An
agreement
has
been
reached
In
which
the
city
of
Montreal
rec-
t
let
and
one
used
as
a
store
ognlzcs
tne
canaaum
congress
...-1
...
-
u.
...
of
Labor
as
bargaining
agency
jor
luci.
rue
ui
.-!--
.
.
I.
lor
,memocrs
01
iuc
iwulc.
mr
snd
nubile
works
departments.
Immediate
steps
have
been
taken
to
restore
Montreal's
essential
services
after
they
had
operated
on
a
skeleton
basis
for
the
preceding
fourteen
hours.
.
With
the
strike
bf
police
and
firemen,
the
Royal
CanadUn
Mounted
Police
took
over
polic
ing
of
the
city.
Fire
halls
were
closed.
Now
municipal
employees
and
street
railway
workers
are
threatening
to
go
on
strike.
Hockey
Scores
Boston
4.
Chicago
3.
whit
th
trtietural
aspects
i
v.
-
lie
nf
thp
rifv
trail
and
lilted
'nf
the
tall
east
a
nineteenth
cen-
r
tti
inn
tsmi.nn
enm
nn
1
kiji
liia
inrv
ciihiiiiw
uvri
iiic
uiuvt
'
'ie
men's
section
by
a
floor-
that
snaaow
aoes
not,
oan
'7f
.
elevation
of
some
three
the
treatment
of
the
prisoners
1
the
women's
Jail,
by
the
police.
The
prisoners
are
At
tV,-,
...
n
n
nr.m
nt
nVvillt
inA
anrf
the
nnllce
show
a
viivi
v
'
I
a
1
.'Win
v.
.
-
-
h.m
"
v
.
-
-
-
fftteen
to
eighteen
feet
dlmen-
notable
respect
for
their
human
f!
-
nn,
ttt-n
rtn
nnlv
nm
of
Hicrniiv
Thi
food
Is
bought
In
.v
"
j
vv.w
w
v
v.
r.
'
:h
Is
used
for
prisoners.
The
adequate
and
balanced
amounts
0
..er
is
used
Tor
storing
con-
and
is
cookco
Dy
me
ihuo
'I
-3
ted
property.
I
themselves,
one
of
them
usually
Tihin
i..
u.,
n.nr,Han
KnintT
nnnomiea
as
coun..
ure
"'miu
1111;
livuvjr
v
v
.
.
...f
rr-
-
.
...
.
Inriimbont
aamltlCO
1
1
,ji
umi
women
5
ten
iwic
jjivov...
..
Nrn
deposited,
at
times
slmul-
that
he
had
been
at
the
Job
a
tiv
.
,
j.
1
I
n.f
ait
mndpm
standards
of
wuun.'n,
ULM'USl'U
unu
tiiuu,
breathing
the
same
constricted
.health
and
morality
the
Prince
r.ir
finrf
.t,oi
h
-nmmnn
T?nTrt
cltv
Jail
is
an
anacro-
'diet
facilities
In
a
cubicle
across
nlsm,
an
outdated
fixture
In
the
nntpi.
mm
Thom
to
nn
nm-
nn
otherwise
progressive
city
f
rihullncr
bv
Its
ancient
ugll
i"l
Hit
M.
,l
VgttVlVlt
v
c
Vimon
i,f.M
..j-
.m,
..,hii
ne
tn
the
vcrv
oualltlcs
wlilcn
iv
iu
iiiiuvi
iviiiaiiu
..
.w
-
bolt--"
eiireH
nf
v-ni.r-l
rtisrasc
Its
Inmates
lack
to
restore
tnem
by
the
health
authorities.
to
society.
ntan.
Exception
was
uxen
ai
the
effort
of
the
Civic
Labor
Federation
to
seize
political
con
trol
vw
of
v.
civic
affairs
'
and
the
m
-
entitled
as
the
Labor
Federation
candidates
to
the
working
class
vote.
Aid.
McKay,
who
was
the
principal
speaker
of
the
evening
discussed
the
work
of
the
city
council
of
the
past
year
and
spent
some
time
dissecting
the
rtlatform
of
the
Civic
Labor
Federation
ln
which
he
found
considerable
impracticable
and
Inappropiate
"baloney."
He
was
inclined
to
think
the
Civic
La
bor
Federation,
as
had
been
the
six
Labor
members
of
the
council
during
the
past
year,
was
more
"C.CT..
than
anything
else.
He
was
not
in
favor
of
class
legislation
and
felt
the
City
Hall
was
no
place
for
pol
itics
He
suaeestad
the
aesira-
blllty
of
putting
Into
civic
office
"real"
permanent
citizens
who
iad
succeeded
In
their
own
affairs
rather
than
.transients
who
hurt
mtl"
more
at
stake
ln
the
I
community
than
their
Jobs
and
the
most
of
whom
would
oe
gone
as
soon
as
the
war
was
over.
He
had
no
promises
to
make,
Mr
MKiv
frankly
stated,
ana
no
program
or
platform
except
:o
work
to
the
best
or
nis
acuity
In
the
Interests
of
the
city.
It
was
misleading
and
foolish
to
talk
about
the
big
things
hat
could
be
done
when
it
was
so
appearcnt
that
it
would
be
Impossible
to
rarry
them
out
Mr.
McKay
looked
for
a
year
ln
191
in
civic
finances
"wing
to
the
prospect
of
Increased
revenues.
He
advocated
the
obtaining
of
a
city
tock
crusher
so
that
street
material
might
be
available.
He
criticized
the
rlvlfl
festroom
project
which
he
said
he
had
opposed.
The
can
didate
spoke
or
the
posstoimy
of
new
sewers
on
McBrlde
and
Eighth
Streets.
As
for
purchasing
the
electric
llht
utility
from
the
Northern
B.
C.
Power
Co.
Mr
McKay
felt
that
this
was
something
which
"lust
cannot
be
done."
In
any
.
.
.
JiA
case,
tne
present
couhikv
uiu
I
not
expire
for
another
ten
years
Prince
Rupert
knows
from
experience
there
is
no
place
for
Parly
Politics
in
Civic
Affairs.
Vote
Independent
he
con-,
v
v-Qpm
the
TERRACE,
Dec
15-C.d.
Mul-r,
well
known
local
logging
op-
C-
-till
f
I
1
M
,
ciaiui,
is
sun
buiiciiiik
iiuui
the
effects
of
a
recent
Injury)
when
he
was
struck
on
the
top
if
the
head
by
a
thirty-foot
pole
while
engaged
In
logging
work
with
his
son.
Mr.
Muller
Is
able
to
walk
around
now
but
4111
has
considerable
pain
both
In
head
and
back
as
well
as
In
the
shoulder.
Fortunately,
no
bones
were
bioken
In
what
might
have
been
a
much
more
serious
accident.
George
Stanton
Is
New
President
Of
Boilermakers
Horta.
mam
port
in
the
Azores,
as
well
as
other
ports,
will
now
be
at
the
disposal
of
British
naval
tyilts,
as
announced
by
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
Portugal
in
spite
of
this
move,
will
endeavor
to
maintain
her
present
status
of
neutrality.
The
acquisition
of
the
bases
will
be
of
immense
aid
to
the
Allies
in
fighting
the
German
U-boat
menace
In
the
Atlantic
CIVIC
ELECTION
INDEPENDENT'1
CANDIDATES
'ARE
HEARD
Robert
McKay
and
Others
Ob
t
Irrt
to
Labor
Attempt
to
Seize
Control
at
City
Hall.
'
Robert
McKay.
Independent
n.nn
RUntnn
hax
been
candidate
for
mayor
at
the
.t..r
nrMiHuni
nf
the
Prince
civic
election
tomorrow,
and
nnrrt
nolle
makers'
Union
No.
Oordon
Bryant.
Leonard
Orif
1
......inn
tn
jfarrv
Tfarrl-
fifths.
Carl
Poulscn
and
J.
W.
T
ill
gunnoivii
w
,
Rocerson.
Independent
awer
i
a
PnnHer
iii
vire-nrrident
manic
candidates,
were
neara
.uw
ism-
wieoll
as
ecretanr
at
a
campaign
meeting
which
treasurer
and
O.
O.
Dcnnlson
was
held
last
night
In
the
Eagles'
and
O.
Hlrd
other
members
of
Hall.
S.
E.
Parker
acted
as
chair
the
executive.
C.C.L.
IS
RECOGNIZED
so
It
was
a
little
early
to
be
Hp
p
talking
about
it.
Mr.
McKay.
1W0
TOrCCS
,
1
1
.1
1
a
nevertheless.
mun
nneiess,
saiu
ne
iavureu-
1
.
icipal
ownership
of
utiUt-lflf
liliccionc
U1
VUOOiailO
Local
Local
hotiilne
housing
conditions
conditions
h!
he
ies.
thought
would
right
themselves
after
the
war
was
over.
He
did
not
see
where
the
city
had
the
funds
to
take
over
and
opeiate
the
bus
system.
He
compliment-Pd
the
present
bus
operator,
Len
Griffiths,
for
his
Initiative.
As
for
water
service.
Mr.
Mc
Kay
felt
the
booster
pumps
had
.lever
been
given
a
fair
trial.
Leaks
had
been
repaired
In
the
leservoir
which
was
now
tight
fo:
the
winter.
The
only
perm
anent
solution
of
the
water
trouble
would
be
a
new
pipe
line
from
Woodworth
Lake
to
the
Acropolis
reservoir.
Mr.
MrKay
said
that
he
was
In
favor
of
fair'
wages
commen
surate
with
honest
service.
The
fishing
fleet
was
the
backbone
of
the
city
and
he
was
In
favor
I
U4
fcTClJ
Wlli
ISClilfc
UUllC
IUI
Kb
dependent
claimed
they
were
as
,
although
the-matter
of
naU
rmueh
workers
and
5s
equally
,
was"federal
responsibility.
Concluding
Mr.
Mc
Kay
urged
everyone
to
get
out
and
vote
Other
Candidates
Gordon
Bryant
said
he
had
been
in
and
out
of
Ptince
Rupert
since
he
was
a
babe
in
arms.
He
had
worked
as
logger,
fisherman
and
miner
and
haa
gone
into
business
following
an
Illness
which
made
a
change
of
vocation
necessary.
He
haa
his
home
and
his
.business
here
and
aiiu
wished
vwncu
to
w
jcc
see
civic
,i.
business
uo.ira
he
had
actually
put
money.
He
poke
of
his
experience
as
a
school
trustee
on
the
prairies
ind
of
difficulties
he
had
In
ullding
the
new
Hays
Cove
post
office.
Len
Griffiths
said
he
stood
on
his
"own
two
feet."
As
for
'he
bus
service
he
was
all
for
the
city
taking
It
over
any
mc
it
was
ready
to
take
the
load
off
his
mind.
He
felt
It
would
not
'be
a
very
profitable
civic
undertaking
if
the
services
which
would
be
expected
were
accorded.
"All
my
Interests
are
here
and,
If
elect-d,
I
will
do
my
best
for
the
ity,"
he
said.
J.
W.
Rogerson
spoke
of
having
been
a
fisherman
for
five
or
six
years.
He
also
had
road
bulldln2
experience
on
the
prairies.
All
his
interests
were
now
here
and
he
was
anxious
i
see
Improvements
made.
He
tavored
the
extension
of
recrc
atlonal
facilities
with
a
view
to
relievlne
the
pioblem
of
Juven
i
lie
delinquency.
"I
think
we
can
call
ourselves
labor
candidates,"
he
said.
As
for
grinding
axes,
It
miRht
be
well
If
some
axes
Now
Joined
LONDON,
Dec
15
(CP)
Russian
armies,
driving
from
Chetkasy
and
Kremenchug
in
the
upper
Dnieper
Bulge,
have
established
contact
along
the
Dnieper,
Reuters
News
Agency
declared
today
in
a
dispatch
from
Moscow.
The
Russians
yesterday
announced
the
capture
of
Chtrkasy,
midway
between
Kiev
and
Kremenchug,
yesterday.
NOTED
DANCE
BAND
LEADER
DROPS
DEAD
KANSAS
CITY.
Dec.
15
0
Fats
Waller,
aged
39,
noted
ne
and
"not
allow
a
bunch
of
!ro
Qance
a
ed""
UJear
"
8
lraln
ln
ns
uuy
pet
fnlPnt
stranger,
n
rnn-
watchword.
1
..-i
.
.v..
Union
Station,
apparently
from
irvl
uuk
uru
tumiui
ui
viic
.
.
..
.
city
as
a
whole"
should
be
the
a
nean
alucK-
WIPING
OUT
INDUSTRIES
to
the
German
war
machine.
Bulgaria
Is
Wanting
Out
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
15
The
New
York
Times
(CD
said
today
in
a
dispatch
from
Cairo
that
Bulgaria
had
officially
sent
pace
feelers
to
the
Allied
governments
"in
an
effort
to
get
out
of
a
war
that
both
the
Bulgarian
government
and
population
now
realize
is
lost."
The
dispatch
said
that
the
Bulgarian
proposals
had
been
turned
down.
were
sharpened
up
to
do
better
work.
The
chairman.
S.
E.
Parker,
ferred
to
the
absence
of
There
were
some
questions
from
the
audience
before
the
meeting
adjourned.
A
QUESTION
!
The
City
Council
In
1913
controlled
by
SO
CALLED
Labor
have
Increased
your
taxes
40.
What
have
you
received
for
It?
VOTE
FOR
INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATES
CIVIC
ELECTION
LABORITE
MEETING
Civic
Labor
Federation
Candidates
Heard
Last
Night.
Labor's
candidates
for
mayor.
nlrfprmen
nnrt
whool
trustee
last
'
night
combined
a
public
account
of
their
stewardship
during
tne
past
year
with
an
outline
01
their
proposals
for
what
alder-
manic
candidate
George
Rud-derham
called
"a
long
term
pro
grama
program
that
may
take
more
than
one
year
to
accomplish
but
a
program
for
which
all
of
us
will
fight
till
it
Is.
accomplished."
The
occasion
was
a
public
meeting
ln
the
Booth
Memorial
ALGIERS.
Dec.
15
W
Cana
High
School
Auditorium,
presld-1
and
Indian
troops
led
an
ed
over
Dy
Alderman
wiuiam
a.
Eighth
Army
attack
that
cap
Brett,
who
ln
introducing
Alder-
ure(j
caldari.
six
miles
from
man
T.
R,
Sorensen
and
alder-
ortona
on
the
Adriatic
coast
of
manic
candidate.
Alex
Sinclair,
itajy
and
cost
the
Germans
two
II...
1.1
V.J
-
...
....
.
,
.
auiwru
nun.
wuui
iwu
yicui
w
hundred
prisoners,
Aiiiea
neaa
business
ability
as
these
two
quarters
announced
today.
men
were
actively
managing,
Canadian,
trow
-
a
one
of
Prince
Rupert's
biggest
'
njght
raldf
1
1
.
.
.
1
,
.
.
.
ttllU
lUKOt-(lurui6
uuauwuv",
foil,
IWO
liUlWr
llUul"
"w.
.
namely,
the
Co-operative.
captured
the
commanding
offi-
ij
,
o.
cer
of
the
361st
Grenadier
Di-
his
adjutant,
four
other
election,
stated
that
nothing
had
'Tlskm.
been
done
during
the
commts
sionership
except
to
pay
the
bondholders.
Donanoiaers.
Labor
uauur
took
wul
uci
over
at
by
any
governmental
or
private
interests.
The
council
had
had
a
tough
fight
to
do
nothing
all
year,
fighting
with
those
who
had
wrecked
the
facilities
to
repair
them
and
it
was
a
good
job
for
the
people
the
council
had
done
nothing
which
wouia
I
have
allowed
the
other
parties
ironcerned
to
seize
the
opportu-
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
Dec.
15
nlty
to
shove
the
whole
burden
W
About
sixty
per
cent
of
Ger-
onto
the
city,
many's
primary
industrial
tar-
Alex
Sinclair,
up
foi
the
one-gets
have
been
destroyed
by
year
term
for
alderman,
'said
combined
British,
American
and
the
Independents
were
trying
Canadian
air
fleets.
It
was
re-
to
sell
a
dead
horse
to
the
vot-
liably
ualjiy
reported
reported
yesterday.
yesterday.
The
Tne
Crs.
Crs.
Good
Good
civic
civic
government
government
ae
I
ae-run
right.
He
promised
not
toprimary
targets
are
fifty
Indus-
manded
the
attention
of
the
spend
any
money
-which
the
city
trial
centres
considered
essential
rntpr
nnrt
must
meet
the
in-
AU
U
......
ttr,A
1,1
1
..
..
.
uiu
iiui,
nave
aiiu
uucicu
uiui-
self
for
the
office
as
"a
young
man
with
new
and
modern!
ideas."
Carl
Poulscn
said
he
was
a
laboring
and
business
man.
He
was
convinced
of
the
future
of
Prince
Rupert
and
tad
chosen
I
this
plare
to
Invest
his
money
i
and
establish
his
future
home,
i
He
was
a
union
man
even
i
though
he
was
not
backed
by
,
the
Civic
Federation
Labor
Into
the
campaign
fund
of
which
terests
of
all
the
citizens.
In
1942
a
labor
council
had
been
elected
which
had
done
excellent,
if
difficult
work,
including
Alderman
naesett.
now
running
for
mayor.
It
was
the
government
wnicn
hart
done
nothing,
not
the
labor
council,
but
the
government
should
act
this
coming
year,
particularly
If
the
voters
en
dorsed
the
stand
of
the
present
council.
The
outside
groups
i
which
had
played
havoc
with
the
city
apparently
had"
not
considered
that
had
the
city's
services
not
been
already
to
hand
these
outside
groups
would
themselves
have
had
to
provide
them
at
their
own
expense,
lock,
stock
and
barrel
but
some
of
them
balked
at
aid
ing
the
city
to
keep
ln
shape.
Alderman
Thomas
Elliott,
chairman
of
the
utilities
committee,
up
for
re-election,
stated
that.
If
the
committee
had
mer
inaepenacm
canniaawr
.
'
.
tVl
tn
Mm
Aid.
Nora
E.
Arnold,
Thomas
"out
to
the
.ail!!
tZ
Sdwaere'ould
today
be
he
bespoke
consideration
and
n
8e
lc.n.
support
whatso
ever
in
Rupert,
as
the
help
was
about
to
quit
owing
to
naving
to
work
until
11:30
at
night.
Now
the
garbage
collectors
were
able
to
put
In
a
normal
shift
and
spend
some
time
with
their
families.
The
'utilities
committee
provided
the
bulk
of
the
finances
which
"the
other
branches
tnint
New
uo-to-date
fire
equipment
was
ln
operation,
me
city's
2,000
telephones
were
operating
at
capacity
but
the
rltv's
trucks
haa
been
allowed
to
go
to
ruin
during
the
com
(Continued
on
Page
Six)
officers
and
140
men.
The
Canadians
are
holding
a
fifteen
mile
section
of
the
front
the
tail-end
of
that
period
with
j
running
in
from
the
.,
Adriatic
.
jin
.
I
fiea.
Can
the
added
handicap
of
a
newly
acquired
burden
of
heavily
Headquarters
also
announced
Ithat
than
Uiree
'
hundred
strained
facilities
due
to
the
war
more
and
nghters
struck
bombers
the
Accusations
innux
into
city.
of
independents
that
the
labor
Nupied
Greece
council
had
done
nothing
were
7,
w
.
.
to
allow
any
further
trampling
s
i
'I
'l,
to
return.
down
of
the
city
and
encroach-
(
bombers
failing
ment
on
the
rights
or
tne
cny
TONGA
CHRISTMAS
"e-tlve
Season
to
be
Observed
as
Usual
in
Interior
Town
a
Wedding
to
be
Held.
KrrWANGA,
Dec.
IS
Follow
ing
an
appeal
by
Harold
Sin
clair,
who
called
twelve
heads
)t
the
village
together
to
din
ner,
Kitwanga
is
now
ma
King
arrangements
for
the
usual
ob
servance
of
the
Christmas
seas-
n
uhich
it
appeared
for
a
while
might
lapse
owing
to
ln
difference.
Those
present
at
the
diner,
for
which
Mrs.
Sinclair!
was
a
bounteous
hostess,
were
Mathias
Bright.
George
Moore,
Eddie
Benson,
Edward
Talt
and
Solomun
Bryant.
Mr.
Bright
and
I
Mr.
Moore
are
two
chiefs
of
the
Village,
Mr.
Benson
Is
church
organist.
Mr.
Talt,
choir
conductor,
and
Mr.
Bryant,
choir
master.
After
diner,
Mr.
Sin
clair
made
a
speech,
made
his
appeal
for
an
instituting
of
the
preparations
for
the
usual
observance
of
Chrlstmai.
The
appeal
met
with
good
re
sponse
for
preparations
are
now
fully
under
way
for
all
the
usual
events
of
the
Christmas
.ieason.
Phil
Ryan,
Ed
Benson,
R.
Fowler.
Solomon-Bryant
and
H.
Sinclair
have
been
appointed
a
Christmas
Tree
committee,
this
entertainment
for
the
)
.ocal
Tidea
Local
Temperature
Thursday,
Dec
IS
High
4:21
18.7
feet
52
17:38
16.7
feet
If
Maximum
42
Low
10:13
92
feet
Minimum
22:41
5.0
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
,
XXXII,
No.
292
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER'
15,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
nutST
PniOI
.1.
JAIL
clUlC
r
IN'
A
BC
VsUllUlllUlia
nf
fnrl
Pvnminna
111
VylLY
Head
Off
Anti
-Hitler
Plot
.1
II
I
I
I
II
v
t
m
r
n
n
w
m
m
aim
nvrn
iiiwiirii
riiui
inn
When
a
prisoner
steps,
or
is
hustf
'
f
hf
Prinrn
Rnnort
ritv
fail.
.l..irit
nt
tumnl
onlifrhrmhrit
u,
,,
.
,
,
fnimrtoi
this
ninrnincr
nn
t
rnm.
1
1
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-
i
rj
-
.
.,lorwl
1
tin
norm
linnnnfVi
tVin
PMtr
3l
-,fn,tirt
uhn
ran
not
nav
i
ic
are
Incarcerated
for
nc
,
as
high
as
.i.
mow.
tmro
fnr
thn
,;':on
of
prisoners
is
me
:::
4,
g
of
the
Inadequacies
1
dark
unhealthful
place,
rr.ale
section,
Juvenile.
-
.
ifrartori,
and
hardened
:
awaiting
disposition,
her
idling
the
time
In
"
n
room
which
is
wither
:;r
light,
either
natural
;'".
.aJ.
The
women's
section
aif,
although
It
lacks
the
of
the
men's
has
as
:rr,:;us
of
opinion
among
r-jastables
who
hare
ser-
"
-rf
-
j
.
i
!vlnre
is
that
Prince
Ru-
Carl
Muller
Hurt
By
Pole
BRITAIN
ACQUIRES
VITAL
NAVAL
AND
AIR
BASES
IN
AZORES
Marshall
Rommel
Is
Getting
Command
Of
Entire
German
Army
CANADIANS
ACTIVE
ITALIAN
TOWN
IS
CAPTURED
Heaviest
Air
Blow
of
War
on
Balkans
Delivered
by
Allied
Bombers
on
Greece.
THE
TRUTH
.
.
.
LONDON,
Dec.
15
(CP)
i
e
1
d
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel,
sent
to
northwest
Europe
as
a
.kind
of
anti-invasion
chief,
may
be
riven
supreme
com
mand
of
the
German
army
by
Adolf
Hitler
in
an
effort
to
forestal
an
anti-Hitler
Deace
nlot
bv
Junker
generals,
refugee
leaders
with
close
,
under
ground
contacts
in
Ger
many
said.
BULLETINS
U.
S.
RAILWAY
STRIKE
CLEVELAND
December
30
has
been
set
as
the
deadline
for
a
general
strike
on
United
States
railways
to
enforce
demands
for
wage
increases.
GREATEST
RED
OFFENSIVE
MOSCOW
The
greatest
Red
Army
offensive
so
far
.In
the
war
against
Germany
will
commence
this
winter,
an
official
statement
said
today.
WAR
WITH
RUSSIA
TOKYO
Japanese
war
preparations
are
being
made.
In
Mane
borU
and..
tlitpJblrl.v-
ty
of
an
outbreak
with
Russia
is
suggested.
KING
48
YEARS
OLD
LONDON
Yesterday
was
the
forty-eighth
birthday
of
the
King.
He
spent
the
day
quietly
with
his
family.
EXECUTING
ITALIANS
LONDON
The
Germans
are
executing
as
rapidly
as
possible
Italian
officers
who
are
captured
after
fighting
with
the
Allies.
TURKEY
SITUATION
VANCOUVER
A
turkey
shortage
may
not
be
felt
until
after
the
New
Year.
Fraser
Valley
production
is
larger
this
year
than
last.
.-.
1
"
COAL
OUTLOOK
SERIOUS
OTTAWA
The
coal
situation
in
Canada
is
said
to
be
little
better
than
in
United
States
where
a
crisis
looms
with
reserve
stocks
of
only
about
a
month.
PNEUMONIA
DEATHS
VANCOUVER
There
have
been
eight
deaths
here
from
pneumonia.
The
influenza,
ep-idemlc
Is
reported
to
be
under
control.
children
to
take
place
on
the
coming
Saturday.
December
23
has
been
left
open
for
that
is
the
day
pn
which
Miss
Dorothy
Dennis
and
Edgar
Wilson
are
to
be
married.
We
can't
afford
full
page
ads
but,
in
the
Interests
of
truth,
we
must
tell
you
this:
;
Daggett
has
lived
here
thirty-three
years
and
brought
up
a
family.
Rudderham
has
been
active
ln
every
Prince
Rupert
'
election
since
1911.
Elliott
made
his
home
here
after
the
last
war.
snranwn
hulit
hl
home
here
sixteen
vears
ago.
Sinclair
was
ln
Northern
British
Columbia
before
the'
".:
fi
c
n.
r.
Mulroney
is
bringing
up
a
family
here.
.-
'
-
jjj
Rpllls
nim
born
here.
"
"
These
men
have
worked
all
their
lives.
They
have
no
axe
to
grind.
.
.
They
thoroughly
deserve
your
vote.,
.
,
No
private
Interests
paid
for
this
ad.
Twenty-five
Labor
,
Organizations
have
to
foot
our
bills.
CIVIC
LABOR
FEDERATION.
.