m
m
A
m
m
Contending
that
local
shipyard
workers,
in
view
of
icher
cost
of
living
and
other
conditions
here,
are
en-
itled
to
a
fifteen
cent
increase
all
around
in
wanes,
and
.-...-
4
....
1.
fiirirlnnin
t
i
nlt.iiifinl
lie
1ULU1
CUllIL
I1UU.-1U
Willi
1111.
(jnltih-j
rnminlsslnnpr
for
thp
umed
again
this
morning
and
While
the
case
ot
the
local
shlp-
.
.
I
1..
i
1.
1
L
by
J
Nlcholl,
secretary
of
the
J
I
'
111.
J
rt.
f
llillTK
ill
111
n
.
LilW
.
HfU.
vr
arc
takinz
nart
in
nresentlns
I
'
c.uui:
wii.il
auuuuoiiiuiia
ui
1
veil
11:1
.
u
ii
i
ri.
iiiiiuuiuit
lusi
aji
11
1
i
local
conditions.
war1
ime
Housing
came
in
ior
iderable
attention
last
night
n-
!in!if
hrr
Kiipcestion
hroueht
.
'
t
.
.
i
ti
I
ay
per
year
with
pay.
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i
.
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u
t(
i
n.,:n
ini'iii
iici
x
i;i.l
ii
m
i
....
.
U.
M-rwiAArtlMno
1
ft:
t
,r
cui
or
living,
me
commis-;nr;-
was
told
that
It
cost
14.1
high"
to
live
here
than
did
tn
Vancouver.
Anions
last
night's
witnesses
was
r
ii
airnv
ti.-ira
nf
nnn
nr
Tnn
i
iv
rir"k
uorkprs
n-hn
nrpstnted
ing
brief
regarding
the
milk
situa-II
or
i.
"id
also
on
conditions
in
war-
m
rmiir.
.
i
I
E.
uurt
neura
iasi
nieni
were
as
Wordale
and
L.
Gillies
for
the
.....
..
'
.
.
l
,
lsn
peters
and
bolters
uo,
W,
J
be
.w...-
aim
uuuaiot
Th?
memorandum
of
the
Allied
iaac
council
purposted
to
rep-
.'1
Ki.
n
(i
J
It
.
.
n
a
leeting
of
Queen
I
m
.
it
1
1
1
1-1
r
nnnrnv
Main
ill
v
iiiiiir-i
iriii
j
r
-
Top
regular
monthly
meeting
of
iieen
Mary
Chapter,
Imperial
)auuhtera
nf
thp
F.mnlrp.
wns
lipid
B'ai'kaby
Wednesday
afternoon.
-egent,
Mrs.
D.
C.
Stuart,
pro-
mod
A
drive
will
be
made
for
old
sarments
wnicn
win
dc
.
nnn
i
4
i
i
ombed
area
victims.
Mrs.
Garbutt
'!)
recelvo
any
clean
woollen
gar-
.
.,
,
nni
m
I
ix.
t
the
"Y"
Hut.
A
check
was
sent
tnooi
to
assist
In
the
purchase
of
rok.-
Mr-
A
no-i
i
'iini-ii
ana
nirs.
w.
urass
ica,
An
Empire
study
talk
"s
KWi;n
bv
Mrs
TUncVnhv
Ilrr
was
"Post-war
Comnulsorv
iuing
ror
Youth."
il'e
meeting
concluded
with
the
.
lame
oi
two
war
savines
hh.
.
.
T
"
'Ps
Wnlch
worp
won
hv
Mrs
tnilri.l.
"cl
ITlPPt
no.
lll
K
hoM
t
H-.n
onje
of
Mrs.
James
Laurie
on
Workers
i
P
I
i
ri
diitiminninn
.
..
UUSUtU
XI.
U.
JVIUIUU
US
Ul
4
Five
Million
For
Skeena
River
Road
OTTAWA,
March
4
Oi-Vrb-
vision
for
$5,000,000
expendl-
ture
on
the
Prince
Rupert-Ter-
race
-
Ccdarvale
highway
to
link
Prince
Rupert,
with
the
Interior
highway
system
Is
made
in
allocations
to
the
Mines
and
Resources
depart-
ment
In
1943-44
war
appropri-
atlon
estimates.
NEW
STATE
FOR
NORTH
Kcnney's
Proposal
for
International
Aita
Including
Prince
Kupert
Attracts
Attention
Reference
was
made
at
the
meet
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
,
Commerce
to
a
dispatch
in
the
ell..
1.T....0
frnm
7nilr?
fllinfni
I
T.
Kenney.
M.
L.
A.
for
Skeena,
advocating
the
post-war
establishment
of
an
international
state
in
Include
the
Prince
Rupert
area
wiin
me
rest,
oi
mn-
ijoiumoia
Iiuiui
ui
wic
fourth
parallel
with
the
Yukon
and
Alaska.
More
Information
In
re
gard
to
Mr.
Kenney's
proposal
win
sought.
I
President
R.
M.
Wlnslow
could
see
where
the
relations
of
this
cqmmunity
with
the
United
States
would
probably
oe
greauy
cnaiistu,
becoming
closer.
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby
said
he
would
get
out
before
he
would
live
under
Jifint
flag
or
any
other
than
a
British
flag.
W.
F.
Stone
spoke
of
discrimination
of
the
rest
of
Canada
against
this
part.
Mr.
Kenncy,
In
tne
Duagei
ac
hate
at
Victoria,
proposed
aw
International
State
of
America
Involving
a
million
square
mu.
He
suggested
this
state
as
a
monument
to
Dast
friendly
relations
of
Canada
and
the
United
States,
warning
against
further
aggression
from
Asia,
as
a
unit
providing
opportunity
for
setting
up
a
model
form
of
government
as
wen
as
iui
the
development
of
the
area's
nat
ural
resources.
Referrine
to
Mr.
Kenney's
pio-
posal
for
the
formation
of
an
international
state
of
Northern
British
Columbia,
Yukon
and
Alaska,
T.
D.
Pattullo,
M.L.A.
for
Prince
Rupert,
said
to
the
best
of
his
knowledge
the
province
was
uu
under
agreement
with
Ottawa
to
take
over
the
Yukon.
LADIES'
BOWLING
Savoy,
Bluebirds
and
Big
Sisters
scored
three
games
to
nil
clean
sweep
victories
over
Rangers,
Lucky
Strikes
and
Nursing
Sisters
in
the"
Ladles'
Bowling
League
Ti.ocrlnv
n
ffht.
Knox
ana
Optimists
won
two
to
one
over
AmntPiirs
and
Anneiwa.
BOMBING
GERMANY
KEPT
UP
Hamburg
Was
Principal
Target
Last
Night
Rotterdam
and
Ilamm
Today
'
LONDON,
March
4
The
Rcyal
r
Air
Force
found
targets
in
Rotter-:
but
only
a
part
of
them
reached
dam,
Holland,
and
Hamm.
Ger-
the
capital.
A
second
raid
was
many,
in
daylight
today
following
mace
by
a
'smaller
force.
Two
ot
an
attack
last
night
on
Hamburg
the
enemy
planes
were
brought
and
other
targets
in
western
Ger-
down.
many.
The
strong
Royal
Air
Force
one
hundred
and
seventy-eight
group
was
accompanied
by
at
persons
were
killed
and
some
68
least
two
Canadian
squadrons.
Ten
injured
In
an
accident
at
the
en-bombers
failed
to
return
from
last
trance
of
a
jsubway
shelter
during
night's
raids.
Two
were
reported
.)nc
of
the
raids
last
night.
missing
after
today's
daylight
forays.
It
was
Indicated
that
the
raid
on
Hamburg
last
night
was
almost
as
heavy
as
the
raids
on
Cologne,
St.
Nazairc
and
Berlin
within
the
past
week,
Bll
LLETINS
IIKPRUKN
KKS1GNS
TOHONTO
Premier
Conant
announced
last
night
acccptanrc
of
the
resignation
of
Mitchell
Hepburn
as
Ontaiio's
provincial
treasurer
and
indicated
that
the
action
stemmed
from
disagreement
with
Hepburn's
opposition
to
the
Dominion
government.
A.
St.
Clair
Gordon,
chairman
of
the
Ontario
Liquor
Contiol
noard,
is
the
new
provincial
treasurer.
KING
GKOKGE
WORKING
LONDON
King
George
has
become
a
part
lime
worker
in
a
war
factory,
standing
at
a
bench
for
two-and-a-hal
houis
two
evenings
per
week
turning
out
precision
parts
for
Koyal
Canadian
Air
Force
guns.
The
King
works
in
overai'.s
and
his
foreman
says
that
he
Is,
"clever
with
his
hands
and
the
use
of
precision
tools."
GIRLS
FOR
SHIPYARDS
Jobs
on
Coast
Take
Ilrawn
and
Brain
Hut
Gentler
Sex
Has
Both
it
Seems
VANCOUVER,
March
4
0)
Local
ft
II
A.
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
nun
43
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
31
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
7:51
pjn.
to
1:53
aim.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
BC.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
4,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
-
A7
plendid
Victory
In
South
Seas
upert
bhipyard
Present
Argument
To
Back
Up
15
Cent
Pay
Increase
w
of
Living
and
Local
Conditions
Discussed
in
Con-
ference
With
Commissioner,
Mr.
Justice
A.
E.
Richards
Weaker
sex?
What
about
the
girls
the
response
is
much
more
gencr-in
the
shipyards.
Here
they're
do-
jous
than
cver
before.
Almost
all
tng
their
jobs
so
well
foremen
are
I
those
being
called
upon
appear
to
asking
for
more.
"In
Burrard
be
convinced
of
the
greater
need
North
yards
175
girls
are
employ-1
of
supporting
the
function
of
the
ed,"
says
Miss
Grace
McGaw.lRed
Cross.
supervisor
of
women
at
the
plant,
I
Further
subscriptions
acknowl-"Of
these
40
per
cent
are
actually
edged
today
are
as
follows:
working
on
the
ships
In
different
capacities."
j
'
Stella
Becker's
foreman
tags
her
a
"natural
mechanic;"
Now
a
full-1
fledged
member
of
the
Machinists'
(
Union,
in
six
months
time
she
will
receive
the
full
rate
of
pay.
Born
in
Woodstock,
Ontario,
she
Las
done
everything
from
teaching
school
to
captaining
a
fishing,
trawler.
She
thinks
her
job
as
only
'girl
"Improver
machinist"
is
one
of
the
best.
Phyllis
Nugent
and
Lorraine
Deeean
are
outside
come
wind
or
rain.
Working
on
the
huI
of
a
ship
they
are
the
only
girl
bolters-up
In
the
yards.
Because
they
arc
small
and
light
on
their
feet
both
w'erc
employed
as
girl
rivet-passers
and
were
among
the
first
girls
In
British
Columbia
to
begin
working
on
the
hulls
,of
ships.
"This
job
is
fine,"
says.
Phyllis,
"working
in
the
hatch
is
the
hardest
part
and
isn't
quite
as
much
fun."
"We
have
girls
in
20
different
departriients
and
doing
every
kind
of
Job,"
said
Miss
McGaw.
"Some
realize
their
jobs
are
dangerous
but
go
at
.them
like
athletes:Every
precaution
Is
taken
for
their
safety.
LONDON
IS
BOMB
HIT
Two
Itaids
on
British
Capital
Last
Night
Many
Killed
at
Subway
Shelter
LONDON,
March
4
Between
thirty
and
forty
German
bombers
rrnsspri
the
Hritish
rnast.
fnr
t.hp
first
attack
on
London
last
night
USING
OF
MANPOWER
Report
on
Subject
Presented
to
Chamber
cf
Commerce
and
Adopted
Bftter
directed
and
more
efficient
use
of
manpower
in
the
armed
forces
that
a
more
effective
prosecution
pf
the
war
might
result
was
urged
in
a
report
which
was
presented
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
at
t
its
meeting
last
night
by1
a
com-1
mittee
consisting
of
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby
and
J.
J.
Little.
The
committee
felt
that
more
efficient
use
of
men
rather
than
merely
provld-lne
laree
numbers
of
men
should
be
the
aim
In
the
armed
forces.
in
committee,
in
us
report.
noted
with
satisfaction
that
a
move
was
being
made
already
by
the
governments
towards
a
sysem
of
personnel
selection
In
regard
to
the
utilization
of
manpower.
RED
CROSS
CAMPAIGN
Estimated
That
One-quarter
of
Local
Objective
of
$12,000
Has
Been
Reached
The
local
Red
Cross
campaign,
It
was
estimated
.
this
morning
by
R.
E.
Mortimer,
treasurer
of
the
al
nn:;rd:;cherat
least
$3,000
or
one-quarter
of
the
I
local
objective
of
$12,000.
Canvassers
are
busy
throughout
the
city
and
It
Is
generally
reported
that
Mrs.
S.
Magnet
$
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Alex
McRae
....
S.OO
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
Cameron
...
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
Cruickshank
5.00
James
A.
Curtis
10.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
F.
Glassey
7.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Naylor
5.00
R.
L.
Mcintosh
100.00
Ladles
of
Naas
River
t
Indians
20.00
D.
Ello
50.00
Thompson
Hardware
20.00
Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
..
35.uu
Naval
concert,
Capitol
,
Theatre
382.40
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club....
250.00.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Gordon
Frasef
arrived
in
the
city
yesterday
from
Victoria
for
a
visit
to
their
home
here.
Mr.
Fraser
is
on
leave
from
his
naval
duties
at
Esqulmalt,
The
Post
Office
situation
was
again
discussed
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
a
spe
cial
committee
consisting
of
V.
J.
Scott,
Frank
Skinner
and
G.
A.
Hunter
was
named
to
pursue
the
subject
further.
,
Great
Japanese
Convoy
Wiped
Out
By
Planes
of
Allies;
No
Less
Than
22
Ships
Are
Sunk
Japanese
Enemy
Lost
Fifteen
Thousand
Fighting
Men
As
Well
as
Fifty-five
Protecting
Aircraft
in
Spectacular
Defeat
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
Mar.
4
(CP)
"Our
decisive
success
cannot
fail
to
have
most
impoi
tant
results
on
the
enemy's
strategic
and
tactical
plans,"
said
a
communique
today
announcing
the
complete
desiction
of
a
powerful
Japanese
convoy
of
ten
warships
and
twelve
transports
which'
were
heading
for
1
i
Nrm
On'na
to'
"slnfnrp.s
.TaDaness
Building
of
Fish
Boats
Halibut
Type
as
Well
as
rackers
In
Government
Program
Being
Urged
by
Chamber
of
Commerce
The
rrince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
sending
a
telegram
to
Olof
Hanson.
M.P..
urclnn
him
to
press
for
the
construction
of
vessels
adaptable
to
halibut
fish
ing
on
the-
western
areas
as
weU
as
tlsh
packer
types
In
the
government's
wooden
shipbuilding
'n
-
"he
director
of
wooden
ship-
building-
is
expected
on
.
the
coast
:jon
ana
win
oe
asuca
to
cunie
10
Prince
Rupert
Victoria
Army
Two
Games
Up
Defeated
Vancouver
K.C.A.
Last
Night
in
Second
Game
of
B.C.
Hockey
Finals
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
March
4
)
.Victoria
Army
defeated
Vancouver
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
eighteen
to
five
to
take
a
two-game
lead
in
the
best
of
seven
series
for
the
British
Columbia
sc-
"ior
hockey
championship.
WAi
troops
at
Lae
where
Allied
ground
forces
are
closing
in.
"His
campaign
for
the
time
being
is
at
least
completely
distracted.'
The
atmosphere
In
Australia
is
gteatly
relieved
as
a
result
of
the
spectacular
victory
by
land-based
aircraft
over
sea
units.
I
Protecting
J
uvilians
In
Rupert
Encroachment
of
military
activities
on
civilian
rlnhts
and
facilities
in
Prince
Rupert
came
un
tor
considerable
dls-
!j.
i
nnin
i..t
nirrht'c
4.
luoaiuu
ubaiit
on.
loo,
,ugua
U.
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
-
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
general
opinion
being
that
it
was
time
for
a
showdown
with
Ottawa.
The
food
situation
was
amonc
the
matters
refer-
red
to.
The
matter
will
be
taken
up
direct
with
Prime
'
Minister
Mackenzie
King
at
j
utiawa
ana
a
committee
con-
t
slsting
of
John
Dybhavn,
W.
O.
Fulton
and
R.
Mi
Winslow
will
continue
Its
activities.
The
Chamber
will
support
all
efforts
that
the
city
council
makes
In
Drotectlne
civil
In-
terests
here.
The
council
was
congratulated
by
a
number
tn
fent
tnat
was
being
asked.
but
of
speakers
for
its
'
activity
'
(
a'
bonus
to
compensate
for
tha
in-along
this
line.
,
creased
cost
of
servicing
property.
NEWS
JAP
ARMADA
WIPED
OUT
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
An
armada
of
Allied
planes
destroyed
a
powerful
Japanese
convoy
in
one
of
the
greatest
triumphs
of
Pacific
war,
sinking
or
disabling
all
ten
of
the
enemy
warships
and
all
twelve
of
the
transports,
wiping
out
fifteen
thousand
troops
aboard
and
downing
fifty-five
protecting
Japanese
fighting
planes,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
RIG
ATTACK
ON
HAMRURG
LONDON
The
Royal
Air
Force
made
a
heavy
attack
on
Hamburg
last
night
in
the
eighth
successive
attack
on
Germany
or
German-occupied
areas
in
Europe,
It
was
announced
today
In
the
wake
of
two
German
raids
on
London.
RRITISII
SURS
HUSY
LONDON
Biillsh
submarines
In
the
Mediterranean
have
destroyed
seven
enemy
vessels
arid
damaged
nine
others,
the
.Admiralty
announces.
IN
NORTHERN
TUNISIA
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
Renewed
Axis
attacks
on
northern
Tunisia
forced
a
four-mile
withdrawal
of
the
Allied
line
in
the
Sedjenene
sector
while
Allied
patrols,
following
.Marshal
Erwln
Rommel's
retreat
In
the
central
sector,
re-entered
Sidl
Bouzid
before
strategic
Faid
Pass
without
opposition,
field
dispatches
reported.
ORAL
NOW
THREATENED
MOSCOW
The
Russians
said
that
the
Red
Army
continued
today
to
pursue
German
forces
which
fled,
from
the
defence
citadel
of
Rzhev,
Under
appalling
weather
conditions
Soviet
troops
plowed
forward
west
and
northwest
of
Kuisk
to
heighten
the
menace
to
Orel,
hinge
of
the
bastion
between
the
central
and
southern
fronts.
RENTALS
INCREASE
Chamber
of
Commerce
Committee
Favors
Better
Deal
for
Landlords
The
consensus
of
'opinion
'at
'last
night's
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
appear
to
favor
an
upward
revision
of
rentals
In
Prince
Rupert
in
justice
to
the
owners
of
rented
property
but
it
was
felt
that,
before
any
representations
to
this
effect
wera
made,
there
should
be
an
airtight
case.
Thus,
while
the
principle
of
a
report
from
the
real
estate
committee
along
this
line
jvas
favored,
the
report
was
returned
to
the
committee
for
amendment
of
pos-
sioie
inconsistency
in
premise.
The
matter
came
up
In
connection
with
a
memorandum
along
similar
lines
for
which
the
Montreal
District
Chamber
of
Commerce
sought
endordsatlon.
The
Montreal
memorandum
pointed
out
that
rentals
there
had
increased
only
live
percent
whereas
upkeep
cnarges
naa
advanced
fourteen
to
slxtpen
nercent.
i
Submitting
that.
Ihe-cost
of
scr
!
vicing
nea
tea
apartments
in
rrince
Rupert
had
advanced
from
14.76
percent
of
valuation
in
1940
to
17.13
percent
in
1942
whereas
the
'rentals
had
been
pegged
as
at
January,
1940,
the
same
as
at
the
depth
of
the
depression
period,
the
local
real
estate
committee
recommended
that
the
Montreal
resolution
be
endorsed
and
fur-
ther
that
adjustment
of
local
rentals
along
the
lines
suggested
be
sought
from
the
authorities.
Theo
Collart,
chairman
of
the
local
real
estate
committee,
felt
tnat
"
was
not
really
an
increass
ho
reierred
to
abuses
of
suo-iet-tlng
here
whereby
there
was
greatly
Increased
wear
and
tear
of
property.
J.
J.
Little
challenged:
a
statement
In
the
local
cbmmlttee's
report
that
electricity
charges
had
gone
up
eight
percent.
This
wa3
but
a
tax
on
the
domestic
consumers
that
the
power
company
had
to
collect
for
the
government.
Electric
light
charges
here
were
the
same
as
In
1925.
W.
J.
Scott
drew
from
Mr.
Collart
the
Information
that
the
14.76
percent
servicing
increase
figure
for
1910
was
based
on
a
valuation
of
$8,000
whereas
that
17.13
percent
figure
for
1942
was
on
a
$10.-000
valuation.
This
would
mean
that
the
Increase
was
actually
con
siderably
more
i
than
shown.
J.
E.
Boddle
put
In
a
word
on
behalf
of
the
renters.
There
were
many
renters
who
had
had
no
raise
In
pay
since
1940
and
had
not
even
received
a
bonus.
He
did
not
think
they
should
be
penalized
so
that
the
owners
should
receive
the
same
benefits
as
before
the
war.
After
considerable
further
discussion,
it
was
decided,
on
motion
of
Mr.
Little
and
Mr.
Scott,
to
refer
the
report
back
to
the
committee
for
further
clarification,
a
motion
by
Mr.
Collart
and
D.
C.
McRae
for
Immediate
adoption
of
the
report
not
being
out
after
the
amendment
carried.
TEN
MILLION
TRIPS
LONDON,
Mar.
4
0)
More
than
10,795,000
Journeys
were
made
by
members
of
the
armed
forces
and
their
dependents
on
maln-llne
British
railways
during
January.