I
"
hazards
are
brought
;
5r
authorities,"
Ills
t,
dflarcd.
Small
Industrie
'II
i
worthy
of
note,"
the
i'r
uld,
"that
no
reference
made
In
either
the
city
ixTs
brief
or
the
brief
of
Chambers
of
Commerce
to
Rehabilitation
Council
trnlnc
the
establishment
all
Induttrles.
This
im-i
that
uch
undertakings
(tewed
a
a
Job
for
pr!-
or
community
enter-.
It
places
the
rrponslbll-
a
tne
leaders
or
commu-
I
life
to
nee
to
It
that
such
..1.1
..iA
W-
It,
n-
oiiir
i
IUUIU)
uj
i
-
of
our
resources,
be
es-
,
.ncii
(itit
m
iiuii.mi
mi.-
lhff
bfcome
of
economic
nil
in
iir
citj.
viiirsi
"
v
tht,
the
dfTtlopmfnt
of
.
l.
I
...11
m
tm
o
m
J
the
advantage
of
other
cen-
3
a
plan
for
a
land-between
Alaska
and
'-d
States,
which
he
said
-
r.g
favor
In
Alaska,
the
t
iid
that
It
appealed
to
:
be
ause
Prince
Rupert
a
vlUl
link
In
It.
y
;-T2tcm.
"
Id
necessitate
the
in-
'i
In
Prince
Rupert
of
for
fast
ships
and
,
:ar
barges."
he
said.
that,
alter
the
war,
t
trirtrl
ho
nn
Immense
'"t
'
rafllce
alone
such
a
:,
of
Americans
who
-tr
It
one
of
their
right-
Tlks
of
city
Government
ar
has"
proved
one
I
me
that
civic
autlior-1
tlie
form
of
a
city
coun-i
WiX
by
the
people.
Is
'
proper
and
satisfactory
a
of
local
government.
I
bc-
Ca
I
am
merely
stating
c
',
I
say
that
many
In
were
averse
to
the
1
f
re
establishing
a
rcprc-'-'ivp
form
of
government
'Jr
ar.o."
B'
'
t
seems
that
when
the
"ilratlon
of
a
city
is
in
the
hands
of
a
com-"r
certain
ill
effects
au
r
Tlirrc
has
been
nn
almost
'Pfto
lack
of
Interest
In
15
affairs
and
a
lack
of
com
""
pride
on
the
other
JJ-
one
of
the
great
benefits
aemocratic
form
of
gov'
is
the
fecllno
in
Uch
Z;,n
hat
he
has
some
part
In
rovernment.
It
is
fully
;
"
and
In
nccord
with
'
oc
irablc
principle,
and
It
carrier
aircraft
and
shin
bom-
-:
;
;r
ate
when
he
addrew-1
bardment
Nauru
Is
a
good
ob-:
tvi
weeks
ago
on
the
Iwrvatlon
port
to
watch
ship
I
I
f're
prevention
and
I
movements
In
the
direction
of
;M
i
it
seems
the
ordln-
the
great
naval
base
at
Truk.
i
:
f
each
of
use
to
w'
.
.
GETS
READY
FORATTACK
BERLIN,
Dec
10
The
Berlin
radio
says
that
Japan
Is
preparing
for
an
assault
on
her
home
islands
by
American
bombers
based
on
China.
It
Is
also
said
here
that
the
I
situation
for
tho
-Japanese
In
China
is
confused
and
serious.
The
Japanese
lost
40,000
men
In
an
unsuccessful
bid
to
capture
the
Hunan
Province
"Rice
Bowl."
Ambulance
Fund
Standard
Paving
Co.
$
5.00
Anonymous
-
5
Canadian
Legion
Women's
Auxiliary
25-00
WINDSOR,
Eng.
(7
Miss
Kate
Alice
Leake
left
the
equivalent
nr
to
iwi
in
her
maid.
Lucy
uthcrn
portion
of
the
pantn'ln
in
rcc0gnltlon
of
her
e
w.
Jia
dc
aiong
inc
iuru
r;a
between
Seattle
and
Hazclton,
and)
faithful
service.
is
something
for
the
people
to
..
.
.
'"
""
"rJ
Iknow
that
their
representatives
r
r.Lc:
are
responsible
tq
Uie
people"
,1
point
of
the
M
TZX"
S
Nlckerson.'
;
Tnere
;
was
was
a
u
raffle.
tred
around
the
lack
of
moorage
facilities
for
the
fishing
fleet
at
the
meeting
of
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Com
merce
last
night
at
the
home
of
L.
M.
Felsenthal,
president.
It
was
pointed
out
that
one
of
the
chief
industries
of
the
city
was
being
forced
to
remove
elsewhere
and
It
was
generally
felt
that
strong
action
should
be
taken
Immediately
to
rectify
the
situation
and,
if
possible,
brirlfc
back"
those
"tdmpclled
to
leave.
Both
the
Department
of
Fisheries
and
the
Department
of
Transport
will
be
contacted
to
discover
what
plans
they
may
have
for
the
Improvement
of
the
situation
locally.
The
slippery
and
frequently
unsafe
condition
of
the
ramp
from
the
C.N.R.
wharf
was
also
discussed
and
a
committee
appointed
to
Interview
the
city
council
and
press
for
improve
ment
A
check-up
on
the
con-
nearly
iiiuuks
t-uruut-u
w
21
ut'
r
local
Temperature
Local
Tides
An
aerial
view
of
the
Alexander
Platz
In
the
heart
of
Berlin,
which
was
one
of
the
sections
to
sutler
heavy
damage
in
the
great
raid
by
the
British
Royal
Air
Force
on
the
Ocrman
capital
when
2,500
ions
of
bombs
were
unloaded.
The
railroad
station
Is
In
the
lower
left
corner,
facing
office
buildings
and
department
stores.
MOORAGE
IS
SOUGHT
Considerable
discussion
cen-
I,
t
Roosevelt
I
At
Malta
I'
VALETTA,
Dec.
10
T
Travelling
by
plane.
Presl-
dent
Roosevelt
visited
Malta
yesterday,
presented
its
pco-
pie
with
an
Illuminated
scroll
on
behalf
of
the
Am-
erican
people
and
declared
that
the
United
States
would
stand
staunchly
with
the
British
Empire
and
other
Allies
after
the
war
to
make
"It
a
victory
worth-
while."
recent
visit,
a
letter
being
forwarded
to
Rene
Morln,
chair
CANADIANS
SMASH
ON
r
laying
Important
Part
in
Bat
tle
of
Italy.
ALGIERS,
Dec.
10
Cana
dian
troops
of
the
Eighth
Army
hive
smashed
forward
on
an
eight-mile
front
after
forcing
a
new
crossing
of
the
Mora
River
near
Italy's
Adriatic
shore,
an
Allied
communique
announced
today.
Canadians,
who
were
en
gaged
In
heavy
fighting,
were
strongly
supported
'
by"
armored
units
and
aircraft,
a
communique
said.
The
Canadians,
who
were
not
identified
by
units,
were
said
to
be
firmly
established
in
a
bridge
man
of
CBC
Board
of
Governors
head(
tne
second
such
foothold
asiung
ior
lmmeaiaie
acuon
in
unc
Eighth
Army
troops
have
getting
a
line
through
to
the!gained
across
the
stream.
The
city.
Military
officials
will
also
Canadian
attack
appears
to
have
De
mierviewea
w
ascertain
u
hPPn
nn
nf
the
malor
Canadian
one
of
their
lines
might
be
used.
Robert
Parker
reported
for
the
Hlehwav
Committee
and
Felsenthal
for
the
use
of
his
I
.
,
,
...
....
home
for
the
occasion.
Len
Griffiths
and
Colin
McCarthy
asked
to
follow
up
the
S"BC5ti.
LroIn.u"ea.l.th.L!elChamber
on
this
matter,
and
of
Canada
that
this
group
spon
sor
an
antl-VD.
campaign
early
in
the
year
at
the
same
time
as
a
sunuur
camiwi&ii
kcu
good
attendance
ol
memocra
ornanitt
a
acruss
mc
uuiiuaiuu.
with
a
few
guests.
Ed.
Gladding
R.
O.
Birch
for
Radio
Com-
lunMMwin
miff
no
ronnrtpH
tntlsf
nrtilrv
ln-
ti-ft
uinncr
01
uic
iutumwi.wnwi,
.vKw..,
j
'tervicw
with
Ira
Dtlworth
on
his
4UIU
IJlUdlUb
UlCill
WiLit
a
unci
outlining
the
local
situation.
The
Junior
Chamber
Committee
worked
with
that
of
the
Senior
report
a
satisfactory
hearing
by
the
committee.
Further
steps
are
being
taken
to
make
a
substantial
donation
to
the
Ambulance
Fund
from
funds
held
by
the
Junior
efforts,
of
the
Italian
campaign
so
far.
"There
was
fierce
fighting
in
tlmipH
tisn
nf
rrLiln
nrcniiK
the
renort
of
the
drtpcatinn
srnt
the
Vicinity
Of
San
Leonardo
by
military
vehicles
which
ha"d
to
Victoria
and
other
points
in
a"d
the
advance
Is
continuing."
been,
ordered
to
use
other
,
the
south
Is
awaited.
the
communique
added.
San
routes
will
"
also
be
asked
1
"?narao
iweive
miies
nam
,
1
.
t
...i,.
R-
E.
Mortimer
reported
on
the
the
Adriatic
coast
on
the
hlh-
ertau
:
WkmSd
thVrnUng
and'slePs
toten
t0
mect
w1th
inning
inland
from
the
Mayor
McGavin
Is
Re-elected
VICTORIA,
December
10
(Canadian
Press)
Mayor
Andrew
McGavin
was
re-elected
for
the
eighth
term
in
the
voting
yester
day
bv
a
narrow
margin
over
Ex-Alderman
P.
E.
George.
TYING
CAN
TO
JAI
FKEIGIiTEK'S
TAIL
OFF
NEW
GUINEA
Coming
In
almost
at
mast
height
a
U.S.
medium
bomber
the
photo
was
made
the
bomb
let
go
from
the
centre
of
that
drops
one
of
her
explosive
eggs
riRht
nt
the
stern
of
a
Jap
big
ring
made
its
impact
with
the
water.
The
ship
was
dlscharg-
frelghter
In
the
teeth
of
Intense
anti-aircraft
fire
Black
puffs
,lng
her
cargo
Into
lighters
alongside
when
attacked,
above
the
plane
are
from
bursting
shells.
A
split
second
alter
OVERSEAS
Killed
on
Active
Service-
Chevalier,
Joseph
Bruno
Vlan-
ney.
VS.
R14153,
Mrs.
J.
B.
V.
Chevalier
wife
87
Decastlel-
nau
St..
Montreal.
Que.
Dubord,
Joseph
Emlllen
Jean
Cyrlaque.
Sgt.
R159966,
Avlla
Duboard
(father)
10760
Papl-
neau
St.,
Montreal,
ue.
Johnston,
Ernest
Gerald,
FJS
Rl
49773,
E.
E.
Johnston
(father
Bethune,
Sask.
Lowe.
Harry.
P.O.
J23465.
Mrs.
Harry
Lowe
(wile)
148
Osborn
Road.
Rye.
New
York,
UJS.A.
Morand,
Raymond
Florent,
3gt.
R136820,
Rosario
Morand
(father)
910
Denoue
St..
Three
Rivers,
St.
Maurice.
Que.
Munro,
Hector
William,
F.O.
J16548.
Rev.
H.
O.
Munro
(fa
stronghold
between
Cherkasy
and
Nikopol,
a
dispatch
said.
The
Red
Army
has
captured
Znameka,
hub
of
a
system
of
railroads
.linking
the
Dnieper
j
River
Bend:
with
the
area
south
of
Kiev,
Premier.
Joseph
Stalin
'announced
today
In
a
special
.order
of
the
day.
A
Soclet
column
that
smashed
Into
the
town
was
one
of
several
driving
through
crumbling
Nazi
de-
j
fences
in
the
Dnieper
Bend
and
ianmng
out
irom
tiremencnug
bridgehead.
Capture
of
the
heavily
fortified
German
bastion
cut
the
last
of
four
rail
lines
centering
In
that
town
and
brought
the
weight
of
the
Russian
Dnie
per
Bend
oiienslve
directly
against
Klrovograd.
Stalin's
order
of
the
day
said
that
Znam
enka
had
fallen
after
three
days
of
fierce
fighting.
He
termed
the
town
a
"powerful
strong
polrjt
In
German
defences
in
the
Klrovograd
dlrecUon."
INFLUENZA
SPREADING
Venhes,
Joseph
Jules
Jean
Ja-
Worst
Country
lias
experleri"-
cques,
Sgt.
R136704
William
Ven-
ced
Since
War
Started.
nes
(father
255
6th
Ave..
Grandmere.
Que.
Previously
Reported
Missing
Now
Reported
Killed
on
;
Active
Service
3427.
A.
C.
Crist
(father)
Main
St..
Wallaceburg,
Ont.
Missing
on
Active
Service
After
Air
Operations-Dale.
Kenneth,
FS
R125901,
W.
J.
Dale
(father)
137
Concord
St.
Ottawa,
Ont.
Dugate,
Alfred
William,
FO
J16441,
Sydney
Dungate
(father)
Vernon,
B.C.
Jackson,
Ralph
Henry
Bur
gess,
FL
J15617,
Mrs,
R.
H.
B.
Jackson
(wife)
49
Burnfield
Ave..
Toronto,
Ont.
Murray.
Murdoch
Campbell,
F
O
J15365.
Mrs.
R.
J.
Murray
(mo(her)
8
Marchfield
Road,
Liverpool
9,
England.
Offler.
William
Henry,
FO
J2-2508,
Mrs.
W.
H.
Offler
(wife)
Leamington,
Ont.
Shanks,
George
Arnold,
FS
R
126246.
D.
W.
Shanks
(father
514
King
St,.
Frederlcton,
NJ3.
Varney,
Maxwell
Everette,
W
(Continued
on
Page
Five)
SHIP
LOSSES
ARE
LIGHTER
Three
Hundred
Nazi
Submarines
Sunk
In
Six
Months.
LONDON,
Dec.
10
Ol
Allied
merchant
ship
losses
In
November
were
the
lowest
of
any
month
since
May,
1940,
a
Joint
statement
by
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
j
CARDIFF.
Wales.
W
Sir
Willie
'
Reardon-Smith,
vice
-
president
(of
the
Cardiff
Savings
Committee,
has
been
elected
to
represent
the
South
Wales
Region
on
:the
National
Savings
Commit-.
tee
In
succession
to
Lord
Plymouth.
LONDON,
D;cember
10
(Canadian
Press)
Britain's
Influenza
epidemic
to
become
the
worst,
the
Christ,
Brian
Vincent,
FS
R9-J
country
has
experienced
during
31
1
the
war.
The
latest
health
-mln
the
late
Istry
Index
for
the
week
ended
November
27
showed
375
deaths
among
20,000,000
persons
In
large
cities
in
England
and
Wales.
A
sharp
increase
in
deaths
since
then
probably
will
send
the
next
total
over
the
pre
vious
wartime
peak
of
629
in
one
week
of
January
1940
during
the
coldest
winter
In
the
So
far
the
type
of
Influenza
prevalent
In
the
country
has
not
been
particularly
virulent,
most
of
the,-
patients
recovering
afer
three
or
four
days
In
bed.
Omitted
to
Say
He
Was
Married
DUNDEE,
Scotland,
Dec.
9
CP
When
a
22-year-old
soldier
Joined
a
queue
at
a
Dundee
tram
stop
one
night
in
September
he
met
a
girl
on
the
platform.
He
met
her
again
next
midday,
went
for
a
walk
with
her,
proposed
and
was
accepted,
and
the
same
evening
"married"
her.
There
was
only
one
hitch
to
.this
fast-moving
love
story:
the
soldier
forgot
to
tell
the
girl
he
was
already
married,
so
William
Webster
was
sent
to
Jail
for
three
months
for
bigamy.
Ii
BEDFORD.
Eng.
(J)
Ringing
?.f
villae
scho1.
bells'
banned
Britain
and
President
Franklin
uuee
TS
a??'
1
a.s.
Deen
re'
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States
announced
Thursday.
Saturday,
Dec.
11
High
1:08
19.9
feet
12:55
22.S
feet
Low
6:59
7.3
feet
19:36
13
feet
49
43
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII.
No.
X.
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
10,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
or
Watts
Speaks
P.
m
mm
GREATEST
EXTENSION
NEED
OF
IS
FACILITIES
v
srman
Uetences
Irumblina
.-
individual
Responsibility
on
Kstahlisliiny
Smnll
Industries
Land-sea
Route
TliroiiKh
Here
Champions
Local
Autonomy.
The
irrcatest
present
need
of
Prince
Rupert
is
w,wmint
mill
nvlflnoinn
nf
!(o
r!lt
The
city's
roads,
sewerage
system
and
water
i
;
.
.
l
..
u
:
j
it
,
y
in
pai
utuiiu
i
causing
me
city
mucn
con-
58
hazard
in
case
of
fire.
These
were
points
men-
w
M,
joaujv
Aq
pjuon
rr
at
tne
regular
.
.
1
...........
n
i
.
.
i
flflnrnrmn
"
council,
he
said,
kr
the
stand
that
re-far
the
present
con-,
;
t.)c;e
utilities
rests
l
Ti
n!on
government
;
'":e
dufy
of
the
goverp-'
fcrlr.g
them
back
to
a
j
:rre
they
will
properly
i
rjr
citizens,
"
t
:
H,
he
added,
had
.
rvrc
xntatlons
to
the
-
--
to
this
end
without
result
However,
the
;'.nulng
to
press
the
:f
Its
claims.
e
rx
ir
Mressca
me
neca
rrvaMon
of
water,
cs-cold
weather,
and
1
i'
rluzcns
should
not
"...
in
their
use
of
It.
r
-e
Chief.
Mr.
Lock,
did
Carriers
Are
Used
American
Naval
Nauru
Itland.
I'orcr
Shell
WA8HINOTON,
Dec.
10
O)
-American
naval
forces
bombed
and
shelled
Nauru,
Island
In
the
south
central
Pacific
500
miles
west
of
the
OUbert
Island
group,
while
heavy
bombers
sank
a
patrol
boat
at
Jalult
and
probably
destroyed
three
other
vessels,
Navy
Department
announced
last
night.
The
fleet
attacked
Nauru
with
!
WRECKED
IN
BIGGEST
RAID
ON
BERLIN
r;:;,:;;:,;:":
Russians
Advancing
In
uuuci
tvaiiuii
In
Canada
Mav
t
:
Not
be
Kept
Up
:
OTTAWA,
December
10
(Canadian
Press)
The-
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Boatd,
faced
with
an
al-
most
seven
percent
cut
In
November
butter
produc
tlon
compared
with
last
year,
expressed
on
Thurs-
day
night
grave
concern
over
the
supply
situation
I
and
said
It
cannot
promise
to
maintain
the
existing
ra-
tlon
throughout
the
winter.
AIR
FORCE
CASUALTIES
All
Directions;
Hub
of
Rail
Lines
Is
Captured
LONDON,
Dec.
10
(CP)
The
German
Dnieper
Bftnd
defences
at
last
have
begun
to
crumple
at
a
vital
point
in
the
centre
and
the
Russians
are
advancing
in
all
directions
from
their
Kremenchug
bridgehead,
a
Reuters
dispatch
from
Moscow
said
today.
One
Soviet
bridgehead
has
reached
a
point
fifteen
mUes
east
of
Klrovograd,
Nazi
The
number
of
U-boats
de-
strayed
exceeded
the
number
I
tini
giiiiiiiiiimiBlllllll
of
ships
lost'
as
was
the
case
liv
w
.
.
the
three
preceding
months.
5
I
f
I
MP
I1
Iprfarc
"
1
U
U1C
a-,IC-l-ul
3
Probably
three
hundred
Nazi
submarines
were
sunk
from
March
to
November.
AUSTRALIANS
TAKE
WAREO
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
Dec
10
Vh
Headquarters
announce
today
the
Australians
had
c?i
tured
Wareo,
strong
def-,j
point
In
Huon
Peninsula
J
f
"
of
northwestern
New
$
and
Important
hub
of
J
supply
lines.
Wareo
was
captured
v3
day
after
a
six
day
asf
5
twelve
mile3
norti
W
Flnchhafen.
m
FILES
FOR
4F
IS:
MAYORALIV
.V1
-TTT-i
Robert
McKay
Fo
'-Black
Nominil
man.
-1.
Aid.
Robert
McKay
today
fill
his
nomination
papers
for
tha
mayoralty
at
the
'civic
elecUon
5
thur
H.
Silversides
and
seconds:!
by
H.
A.
Mreen.
The
aldermanlc
nomination
of
Thomas
B.
Black
was
also
file!
today
with
Robert
Gordon
as
proposer
and
Cyril
H.
Orme
at
seconder.
Farewell
to
U.S.
Comrade
A
farewell
to
Captain
Grant,
former
state
commander
of
tha
Canadian
Legion
In
California,
was
given
by
members
of
the
local
branch
of
the
Canadian
Legion
at
their
regular
meeting
earlier
In
the
week.
Captain
Grant
was
In
Prince
Rupert
for
several
montjis
and
whllchere
he
took
an
active
Interest
.
In
legion
affairs.
"
A
short
address
by
J.
A.
Pa-ton,
M.LA
member
of
the
Provincial
Rehabilitation
Council
on
the
subject
of
the
harmonious
adjustment
of
returned
ser
vicemen
into
civilian
llle
was
also
heard.
The
well
attended
meetlnj
passed
several
applications
for
new
memberships,
and
discussed
routine
business.
Dr.
R.
C.
Bani-ford,
president
was
In
the
chair.
JUDGE
FISHER
DIES
SUDDENLY
Supreme
Court
of
British
Columbia
Bench
Member
Suc-sunibt
in
Toronto.
TORONTO.
December
10
Mr.
Justice
A.
I.
Fisher
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
British
Columbia
died
suddenly
here
last
night.
Be
sure
you
Vote!
Help
untangle
the
tangle
your
city
Is
tangled
In.
Support
Progress
VOTE
CASEY
Independent
Aldermanlc
Candidate.
You
may
jet
results.
IB"!
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