VANCOUVER,
Feb.
8
fi
John
I.
Mcfartaml,
aged
69,
leading
grain
authority
and
former
head
of
the
murai
belling
agency
of
the
Canadian
Wheat
Pools,
died
in
hospital
here.
John
I.
McFarland,
who
learned
liia
tirst,
lessons
in
the
gram
frade
lnm
a
bookseepei's
stool,
was
born
in
Ualton
County,
Ontario,
in
1873
and
step
by
step
rose
to
control
more
wheat
during
the
economic
depression
years
tnan
any
other
man
in
tne
history
of
the
world.
The
estimates
of
wheat
which
he
controlled
through
his
post
as
directing
head
of
the
wheat
pools
varied
from
100,000,000
to
225,000,-000
bushels.
Hls
early
life
Whs
-spent
around
Halion
county
but
in
1898
he
answered
the
call
of
the
west
and
went
to
Winnipeg.
He
had
a
little
knowledge
about
the
grain
trade
weaned
in
the
cast
but
that
was
before
the
grain
trade
amounted
to
much
although
the
Dominion
was
ret-ognlzed
as
an
agricultural
country.
He
spent
two
years
in
Winnipeg
na
then
Journeyed
to
the
Alberta
ioothllls.
He
picked
Edmonton
as
a
horn?
and
became
a
bookkeeper
with
a
'
ain
company.
The
province
at
!
'i'ai
time
was
not
noted
for
its'
wheat.
The
southern
areas
were
:iven
to
ranching
and
in
the
north
'
ming
was
only
on
a
small
scale.
A:-
Alberta
turned
to
wheat
production,
so
did
John
McFarland
s.
fortunes
rise.
Far-sighted,
he
kept
ciosr
tab
on
Alberta's
development.
With
his
knowledge
of
marketing
ad
his
few
savings,
he
became
an
important
cog
in
the
small
machln-er.v
of
the
Calgary
and
Alberta
Grain
Company.
Humble
Beginning
The
nucleus
of
the
Calgary
and
Alberta
Grain
Company
was
a
single
elevator
which
.the
youthful
McFarland
operated
h!
Strathcona,
now
South
Edmonton.
Gradually
"mors
were
added
and
Mr.
McFar-lann
became
president
of
its
extending
operation.
In
1912
he
effected
an
amalgamation
between
hl-
company
and
the
Alberta
Pac'l-'
Elevator
Coiripany
to
form
the
Alberta
Pacific
nrnln
r-nmnnnv
"The
new
company
had
113
country
levators
With
thr
'ninhp
Klpviitnr
Company
at
Calgarv
operating
the
""J'ase
elevator.
Th
lntter
enm
Pany
was
absorbed
by
the
Alberta
I
auiic
quickly.
v
CHURCHILL
BACK
HOME
Early
Report
by
Prime
.Minister
On
Trip
to
North"
Africa
and
Turkey
Expected
Soon
LOMDCN,
Feb.
8
ff-
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
returned
to
T
-ndon
yesterday
from
a
tour
of
North
Africa
and
the
Middle
East.
He
began
immediately
to
prepare
a
report
to
the
nation
on
the
conferences
with
President
Franklin
D.
Rosryelt
of
the
United
States
at
Casablanca
and
with
President
In-onu
of
Turkey.
The
report
is
expected
to
be
made
soon
before
the
House
of
Commons.
The
Prime
Minister
was
in
high
spirits
but
he
ref
alned
from
making
a
formal
statement
on
his
trip.
Mr.
Churchill
took
time
out
to
attend
a
cinema
where
pictures
oj
the
Casablanca
conference
were
being
shown.
RATIONING
OF
SHOES
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
8
(P
Rationing
of
shoes
has
been
ordered
for
the
United
States
at
the
rate
of
three
pahs
per
person
per
year.
No
sales
are
being
allowed
today.
On
Tuesday
the
stores
will
be
allowed
to
resume
selling
of
shoes
to
persons
surrendering
ration
coupons.
Not
jn
Canada
OTTAWA,
Feb.
8
In
authoritative
quarters
here
it
Is
stated
that
rationing
of
shoes
is
not
likely
in
Canada.
CLEANING
UP
JAPS
Remainder
of
Force
on
Guadal-
canal
Now
Said
to
be
Trapped
WASHINGTON,
DC,
Feb.
3
The
remainder
of
the
Japanese
COMMITTED
FOR
TRIAL
Alphonse
Champagne
was
committed
for
trial
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
in
city
police
court
this
morning
on
a
charge
of
shop
lifting.
Watches
are
alleged
to
have
been
taken
from
McCutcheon's
drug
store.
Champagne
will
come
up
In
county
Court
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
tomorrow
for
'A.R.P.'
TO
BE
'C.D.C
PROVINCIAL
'
LIBRARY
OTTAWA,
Feb.
8
The
name
of
the
"Air
Raid
Protection"
(A.R.P.)
in
Canada
may
be
changed
soon
to
"Civilian
Defence
Corps,"
it
is
said.
NEW
FRENCH
LEADERS
IN
AFRICA
Pro-United
Nations
General
Henri
Honore
Giraud
(left),
French
high
commissioner
of
North
and
West
Africa,
is
pictured
with
his
deputy,
General
Auguste
Nogues,
In
their
car
In
North
Africa.
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
33
v.
(Half
an
hour
aft&r
sunset
to
Minimum
27
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
7:03
pjn.
till
8:47
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
.
VOL.
XXXII,
No.
32
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
8,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
I'
13S
Reached
stov
PERISHED
ON
BEACH
Body
or
Harold
Oillam,
Pilot
of
Scatlle-Ketchikan
I'lane,
Found
KETCHIKAN,
Feb.
9
0;
The
body
of
Harold
Gillam,
veteran
Alaska
pilot,
whose
plane
had
been
missing
for
over
a
month"
on
a
flight
from
Seattle
to
Ketchikan,
was
found
on
Bocadenuadra
Deach
near
here
Saturday.
He
had
set
out
to
get
help
after
his
plane
had
crashed
but
perished.
He
evidently
died
from
shock
and
exposure.
Four
Qt
the
passengers
were
rescued
last
week.
One
passenger
a
woman
Susan
Batzer,
aged
23,
of
Camas,
Washington,
died
of
injuries
two
days
after
the
crash,
Four
passengers
who
survived
the
crash
of
the
commercial
plane
on
a
mountain
peak
at
Smeaton
Bay
January
5
are
on
their
way
to
Ketchikan
aboard
a
coastguard
rescue
ship.
They
are
Dewey
Metz-dorf
of
Anchorage,
Robert
Gebo
of
Seattle,
Percy
Cutting
of
Hay-ward,
California,
and
Joseph
Tlp-petts
of
Anchorage,
all
of
whom
reached
the
rescue
ship
safely.
Big
Wheat
Man
Dead
John
I.
McFarland
Controlled
More
Grain
Than
Any
Other
.Man
IT
WASN'T
SUCH
A
GOOD
IDEA,
TOJO
thJVu
PS
mUuad
Wg
"P0"
Pal
and
other
tropical
.
...
....
..
foliage
b'-
Unit
it
rnnin
mnvA
tVimtifrti
trinn
j
j
a
i
so
,
"""b
loiauu
uui'.'ru
w;
.-'r;
or
mo
south
Pacifir
withniit
ripfUnn
hey
failed
to
take
into
consideration
the
.sharp
Si,ht
of
cur
airmen
f
AmrtSSr,
the
transport
near
New
Guinea
and
gave
it
the
.w,ks.
The
-clever"
camouflage
hied
he
bombers,
for
the
highly
inflammable
vSel
stuff
made
a
rearing
furnace
of
the
Jap
force
In
the
Guadalcanal
area
of
the
Solomon
Islands
has
been
trapped
and
is
expected
to
bo
cleaned
ud
soon
by
the
Americans.
There
were
widespread
raids
during
the
week-end
by
Allied
bombers
on
various
objectives
in
the
Southwest
Pacific-New
Guinea
and
elsewhere.
t
Talking
Of
Invasion
blanca:
-conference.
J3ULLETINS
.
LONDON,
Feb.
8
Talk
of
ait
Allied
invasion
of
Europe
is
still
much
in
the
air.
Whether
it
will
be
through
Italy,
the
Balkans
or
dirpct
across
the
Channel
is
the
cause
of
specu-
lation.
There
is
tense,
expecta-
tion,
particularly
since
the
re-
turn
of
Prime
Minister
Win-
ston
Churchill
from
the
Casa-
REDS
REACH
AZOV
Soviet
forces
have
swept
forward
lu
Ihe
Sea
o
Azov,
cutting
off
the
Nazi
armies
at
Rostov.
.MOKE
AXIS
SHU'S
SUNK
British
submarines
have
sunk
four
Axis
supply
ships
in
the
Mediterranean
and
left
another
sinking.
There
is
little
change
in
the
Tunisian
situation.
R.A.F.
POUNDS
ENEMY
The
lloyal
Air
Force
attafked
objectives
in
the
Rhincland,
Holland,
Belgium
a
n
d
Northern
France,
also
laying
mines
in
enemy
waters.
I,oricnt
received
its
heaviest
pounding
of
the
war.
JAP
PLANES
DESTROYED
ForCy-onc
more
Japanese
planes
have
been
brought
down
in
the
Pacific
area.
17
11
A
1
WAo
BEST
FILM?
Voting
for
Oscars
Commcnctd-
List
of
Nominations
is
Announced
HOLLYWOOD,
Feb.
8
Ten
pictures
and
five
actors
and
actresses
have
been
nominated
for
the
'Oscar"
awards
of
the
Academy
if
Motton
Pictures
Arts
and
Sciences.
Noiaall.4liiahe
.
best
picture
of
the
past
year
are
"Invader,"
King's
Row,"
"Magnificent
Am-berson,"
"Mrs.
Miniver,"
"The
Pied
Piper,"
"Pride
of
the
Yankees."
'Shield
of
Honor,"
"Random
Harvest,"
"Yankee
Doodle,"
and
"Wake
Inland."
Nominated
for
the
best
actor
award
are
James
Cagney,
Ronald
Colman,
Gary
Cooper,
Walter
Pidgeon
and
Maty
Woolley.
The
names
of
Dette
Davis,
Greer
Garson,
Katherine
Hepburn,
Rosalind
Russell
and
Theresa
Wright
go
up
for
the
best
actress
awards.
The
.
awards
will
be
announced
March
4
at
the
annual
banquet
of
the
Academy
of
Motion
Picture
Arts
and
Sciences.
NAPLESTS
HEAVY
HIT
Waterfront
of
Great
Italian
Port
is
RJV.F.
Target
Sicily
and
Sardinia
as
Well
CAIRO,
Feb.
8
(CP)
Allied
-heavy
bombers
made
a
large-scale
daylight
assault
on
Naples
yesterday,
scoring
direct
hits
on
three
ships
and
starting
big
fires
on
the
waterfront,
a
British
communique
announced
today.
At
the
same
time
Allied
fighter-boniVrs
attacked
railway
communications
in
Sicily
and
last
night
the
Royal
Air
Force
pounded
sv
air
fields
in
Sardinia
where
Cagliari
had
been
hit
in
the
afternoon
by
the
Americans.
GUILTY
OF
CONSPIRACY
Four
Montreal
Men
Planned
to
Get
Two
Million
Dollars
on
War
Contracts
MONTREAL,
Feb.
8
Q)
A
jury
on
i
Saturday
found
four
men
guilty
of
conspiring
to
defraud
the
federal
government
and
three
companies
ot
$?.Cn0,C0C
in
connection
with
war
sub-contracts
for
the'
Department
ol
Munitions
and
Supply.
The
men
are
Patrick
Lynch,
pre
sident
and
general
manager
of
En
gine
Works
and
Trading
Incorpor
ated;
his
son,
Donald,
former
pro
duction
manager;
Patrick
Noonan,
paymaster,
and
Daniel
Taugher,
cleric.
APPOINTED
AS
JUDGE
Council
of
Canadian
National
Railways
Named
to
Bench
TORONTO
Feb.
8
Robert
E.
Laidlaw,
K.C.,
assistant
regional
counsel,
central
region
Canadian
National
Railways,
Toronto,
has
received
official
notification
from
Hon.
Louis
St.-Laurent,
minister
of
justice,
that
he
has
been
ap
pointed
a
Judge
of
the
appeal
division
of
the
Supreme
.
Court
of
Ontario,
succeeding
Mr.
Justice
Middleton,
who
recently
retired
from
the
bench.
Mr.
Laidlaw
joined
the
Canadian
National
Railways
legal
deprtmcnt
as
solicitor
at
Toronto
in
1923.
He
was
appointed
assistant
regional
council
in
1927
and
became
Kings
counsel
in
1935.
1
Mr.
Laidlaw
has
had
a
brilliant
and
outstanding
career
and
has
made
many
contributions
to
the
Advancement
of
the
study
of
law.
Cn
1920,
the
new
appointee
to
the
bench
was
requested
by
the
University
of
Toronto
to
prepare'
and
deliver
a
course
of
lectures
to
gradating
engineering
students
and
has
been
on
the
university's
rtaff
;
a
special
lecturer
ever
since.
He
was
co-author
with
Professor
C.
R,
.'oung,
University
of
Toronto,
in
1937,
of
the
only
text-book
in
Can-ida
on
engineering
law.
He
won
the
Christopher
Robinson
memorial
scholarship
and
silver
medal
upon
graduation
from
Osgoods
Hall
In
addition
to
carrying
off
the
first
gold
medal
presented
by
the
Osgoode
Hall
Literary
Society
for
public
speaking
In
1919.
Great
Britain,
United
States,
Come
to
Relief
LONDON,
Feb.
8
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
have
each
shipped
35,000
tons
of
foodstuffs
to
the
'people
of
North
Africa,
Two
hundred
thousand
tons
of
coal
has
also
been
sent.
Russians
Battering
at
Important
City's
Gates;
Nazis
Routed
Below
Don
Soviet
Armies
Forging
Ahead
to
North
and
Closing
in
On
Kharkov
and
Kursk
LONDON,
Feb.
8
(CP)
German
forces,
holding
Rostov
against
Red
Army
troops
already
battering
at
the
citys
gates
in
an
attempt
to
regain
positions
south
of
the
city
lost
to
the
Russians
yesterday,
were
met
with
searing
mortar
fire,
the
Russians
said
-today.
A
noon
bulletin
gave
no
further
details
of
the
fighting
but
reported
that
the
Russians
had
-
wiped
out
all
German
resistance
south
of
the
Don.
On
the
long
front
north
of
Rostov,
the
Russians
reported
that
they
'were
continuing
to
forge
ahead
despite
stubborn
fighting
by
the
Germans.
There
have
been
further
break-throughs
to
bring
the
Red
Army
closer
to
Kharkov
and
Kursk.
The
town
of
Azov
on
the
Sea
of
Azov
has
been
taken
by
the
Russians.
Stockholm
reports,,
of
fighting
have
commenced
In
the
streets
of
Rostov
have
not
been
confirmed
as
yet.
ACTION
IN'
ALEUTIANS
American
Positions
Bombed
4,by
Japanese
Planes
But
no
Damage
Done
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
8
The
Secretary
of
the
Navy,
Col.
-i"rank
Knox,
officially
discloses
that
in
the
North
Pacific
area
five
enemy'
planes
bombed
American
jositions
in
the
Aleutian
Islands
on
Thursday
but
caused
no
l.T.
JACK
MCRAE
Of
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
Is
serving
on
the
Atlantic
convoy
service.
A
-3n
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
C.
Mc-Rae
of
Prince
Rupert,
he
was
a
prominent
businessman
here
prior
to
enlisting.
Entry
Made
Of
Doctor's
Office,
But
Whoever
Got
Into
Dr,
C.
Hankinson's
Premises
Got
Little
For
Tiouble
BLOWS
AT
BURMA
II.
Early
Sunday
morning
the
office
of
Dr.
C.
II.
Hanklnson
In
the
Pes-ncr
Block
was
entered.
The
window
of
the
door
was
broken
and
the
door
opened
by
by
reaching
in
and
turning
the
latch.
About
$1.50
In
cash
and
some
cigarettes
arc
believed
to
have
been
taken.
The
Royal
Air
Force
has
delivered
further
blows
on
land
and
water
transportation
in
Burma.
BIG
BLOWS
ON
L0RIENT
Important
Submarine
Rase
Port
On
French
Coast
is
Sea
of
Flames
LONDON,
Feb.
8
B
The
Ger
man
submarine
base
at
Lorient
on
the
French
Atlantic
coast
was
given
its
heaviest
pounding
so
far
during
the
war
last
night
by
a
bomber
command
force
that
turned
the
port
into
a
sea
of
flames.
Canadians
who
took
part
said
the
fires
were
visible
for
one
hundred
miles.
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
communique
called
the
Canadian
force
the
largest
number
of
Canadian
bombers
yet
to
take
part
In
rsingle-raid
-andsaid
-that
a
one
of
several
aircraft
missing
was
Canadian.
CONTINGENT
IS
LANDED
More
Canadians
Arrive
in
Britain
After
Safe
Trip
Across
Atlantic
LONDON,
Feb.
8
Another
contingent
of
soldiers,
sailors
and
airmen
from
Canada
has
been
safely
landed
in
Great
Bditaln.
South
Coast
Towns
Bombed
Jimmy
Wilde,
Former
Flyweight
Boxing
Champion,
Among
Injured
in
Raid
LONDON,
Feb.
8
Seven
persons
were
killed
when
a
southeast
coast
British
town
was
raided
by
enemy
bombers
yesterday.
A
number
of
Injured
included
the
former
flyweight
boxing
champion,
Jimmy
Wilde.
A
southeast
coast
village
town
was
bombed
today.
Air
Force
Men
Are
Arrested
Serious
Charges
Are
Said
to
Have
Been
Made
in
No.
3
Command
At
Montreal
MONTREAL,
Feb.
8
No.
3
Command
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
announces
that
three
arrests
of
personnel
have
been
made
on
serious
charges.
Three
noncommissioned
officers
are
said
to
be
Involved.
Hockey
Scores
Saturday
Toronto
3,
Rangers
2.
-Montreal
8,
Boston
3.
Sunday
Boston
7,
Montreal
1.
Detroit
5,
Toronto
3.
Chicago
8,
Rangers
4.