Local Temperature Maximum 47 Minimum 35 l XXXII, No. 303 kcw Threat Hcrc- lvcnile Delinquency Problem equires Immediate Attention, spector of Schools Asserts . ia i ; i . en inure M-riuu suuauon. rrince uuperi nas trie ion of allowing the matter to go on drifting or ; ; auwn una uKuring ouv tri z measures. Bo averted ;? ThorBtclnswn, Inspector u in speaking before f. ,M'.e Rupert Gyro Club at - yesterday. remedial measures Mr. '.-.iivseri suggested the es-ncnt of the civic centre u c of the community. , :J say that the civic cen-: o ' neccNsary. not a few fr:im now but at this ar time " ,he declared, n deplorable. Mr. Thor-i n f.ald, that there were n.siam, facilities In the u-y schools here. This nv ;hin that should be rd as oon as possible. : ' tliat adequate meas- ! r id so far not been taken : a changed situation. Mr. ' risen mentioned the 7 of a socl&loglcal sur- t "tr undertaken here, this jde Juvenile delinquency lc.3 Assistance of the ser- organizations might be in this connection. . k vt proper home lnflu-iaxlty of parents, had ' .Til by the police author-r speaker aswrted. for a ( . urtden upswing In Ju-df unqueney here, there been an Incidence of - tn 1043 so far as com-i with nine In 1942. four IJ and twenty-five In 1940. f 'he thirty-five cases this rvrntecn had been In De-these in the form large- brraklng and entering In Tao gangs of boy had been iratlnr in the city, .Mr. !iontcinvcn djvloseil one rtinirrd by a boy who cam' torn Montreal and another radr up of Indians. this connection, the vt twenty thousand. 'andlns causes of Juven-ufjurnry. as listed in the d State but now becom- U c-.idcnt in prince uupen. !cd loss of loyalty and sens well as reciprocated - l:. the home, drabness :c home, passion for ad-c and the limelight, ap- of easy wealth, bad com- r hip. boredom and Idle-phvsical Ills and defects. -rated sex urge and ln- .al perils. II ni; IN ritlNCE RUPERT 2: .dr-rit? the gap between nod and adulthood was " a problem and responsl for parents and It was iry to keep pace with ,r,g conditions of society were today becoming In ' " lv complicated. Draw ' c"'.'.ntion to what had hap ' in Prince Rupert in the ' our years, Mr. Thorstelns oke of housing congestion, 1 rarnlng of money which '" ' ournj people a false point ' w Uie transplanting of ' ? to this from other very " at types of communities 1 mothers leavlag their 'r to work all day. As a re--r or the worklnj mother. " was one of the greatest '! ulties through the rcsult-:t If3tructlon of proper home ir.rms. children were com- injr to think of something r"-?r than the existence that run-, of them were having and h 3me en.v nnnnlllns nrob- of neurosis were arising. Kfr Thorstclnssen's address (Litcncd to with keen In PTr anH hn un nsmired bv. 1 rf Went Frank Skinner that lir"'hlng the Oyro Club could o o n.Kslst In meeting the slt- fiaT.nn would gladly be done, w club nassed a vote or hnfidenec to the secretary. Dr, l'hn Gibson, in the sudden loss i'1 hi Infant son. c C Mills mentioned a Rath l'rnn of f?r:i rnrfpfjt u-hlrh was Canadians Pushing On Have Pressed a Mile Further up Adriatic Coast Toward ALGIERS, Dec. 30 C Cana dian Eighth Army troops have pressed a mile up the Adriatic coast from Ortona toward Pes-cara over a heavlly-mlned road, , , Allied headquarters announced) today. To the west the British-American Fifth Army has gained another half mile of mountain heights. The Americans are re ported to have broken Into San Vltton. The Allied aerial assault on objectives of the enemy In Italy continues with latest attacks on Vermlnl on the Adriatic. Perara near Bologna and towns near Rome. CHIEF NAZI ADMIRAL IS GOING OUT LONDON, Dec. 30 Ills stock having been dropping steadily since the failure of the U-boat campaign and the Scharnhorst sinking further breaking his prestige. Admiral Dioncts. su- cnvinira certificate. A Christmas message was read from II. N. nrocklesby, a former member of the local club who i. nnm in Sim Francisco. A guest at yesterday's lunch- con was Bruce Brown. mh prtrne naval- commarwW lorf-Jand the Reich, Is reported to be retiring. Once one of the Fuehrer's most trusted commanders. Dol- r commented upon a nctg said to have called upon far re of eleven being as- Adoif Hltcr to explain to him to take rare of a popu- lh(. iaM 0f the Scharnhorst but the chancellor refused to see him. PREPARE TO TAKE OVER All But Three of New Civic Office Holders Sworn In. The majority ot the new or re-elected members of the civic administration, who are due to take over, the reins of office or. January 1. have already ben sworn In, It was learned at the city clerk's office this mornlwt. Under the Municipal Act. all elected dvlc office holders must swear to a prescribed oath and also take an oath of allegiance. Six of the nine alderman and trustees-elect have already tak-ln these oaths before City Clerk H. D. Thaln. Mayor-elect II. H. Daggett took hi oath ycste:day. as did Aldermen O. W. Rudderham, Alex Sinclair and T. H. Soren- ... ot rlllnl son. Alderman iiwnuu was sworn In on December and Trustee Mrs. Doris Teng on December M. Alderman Nora E. Arnold has yet to renew her oath and Trustees S. L. Peachey and Mrs. Myrtle Roper have not been sworn in yet. First meeting of the new city council Is scheduled to be held on Monday, of next week ana ihf first meeting of the ooaro of school trustees will be held on Wednesday. to be held by the -Navy League on the evening ol January and to which all Oyros were in vltrd. O. D. Bryant was trie winner f ih tt-reklv raffle of a war HOSPITALS READY OTTAWA Government hospitals are ready to meet any emergency such as war casualties that may arise, it Is stated here. Their capacity has been increased from under 3.000 to over 7,000. CROSS INTO ITALY ALGIERS Marshal Tito's Yugoslav cartlian forces have crossed the border 2j miles Into Italy to attack German installations. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA NEWSPAPER i-J- i i- mii..i l - :.j ih 1 JlfflDii i lu-iii Berli CANADIAN GUNNERS POUND NAZI TANKS, ITALY I , PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30A1943 in Is There Is a definite upward curve of iuvenile dc- Att' ' ' , tffltSHm Ca; ad an ar.' i.ik gunner3 are shown here pounding German armored vehicles on the approaches to Ompoba: so. Italy Canadians entered the town In such force that it was immediately named 'Cu.ru.da Town and The Map 'e Leaf City." I. LANDING IN ITALY LONDON Berlin radio said today that the Allies had made a new "leap frog" landing on the v.et coast of Italy. There is no confirmation in Allied quarters. MARINES ADVANCE ALLIED IIKADqUAKTEItS In SOUTH IWCINC-Unlted sUtes Marines have advanced another hair mile to within a mile of the Caye Gloucester air field on New Britain Is- WITHIN FOPRTEEN DAYS BERLIN It is being said here that the Allied invasion of western Europe may be ex peeled within fourteen days. Naval and transport forces are massing for the blow. MEETING OF C. C. L. VANCOUVER A special meeting of the C. C. I will be held early in the New Yea to consider the situation which may arise from mass lay-offs in war plants. Vice-President Alex McAuslane says. MAN OF YEARS NEW YORK Time Magazine names General C. Marsh al, United Stales Army chief of staff, as the "man of the year." Others nominated included President Roosevelt, Premier Stalin and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek BEAT GERMANY IN 1911 WASHINGTON, D.C. Admiral Kins, commander-in-chief of the United States 'Navy! In one of his rare press conferences today, said he was "hopeful and confident" Germany would be defeated in the New Y'ear. The war against Japan would continue with unremitting pressure and already consideration was being given to moving fighting power from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Clesson Hawley Buried Today The funeral of the late Cles son Hawley. wno passeo. away In the Eventide home on December 24, at the age of 91 years was held this morning at 10 o'clock from the Grenvtlle Court chapel of the B.C. Undertakers. The Rev. J. B. Olbson officiated. Members of the Masonic order, of which the deceased was a member, attended and burial took place In the Masonic plot of Falrvlew cemetery. Pallbear-, ers were .Percy Cameron. Frank Fitch, Alex McRae. Frank Skinner. Lieut. Col. Coy and Stanley Calder. REDS ADVANCE Are Close To Poland as Soviet Forces Are Advancing Rapidly Now on Three Major Offensives. LONDON. Dec. 30 0 The Russians have advanced to wtth- forty-eight miles of the Polish border west of Kiev in a spec tacuiar breaKtnrough along a 110-mile arc. The Soviet took 2mmunitie.lnU-en hours including the major n hub and fortress town of Koro ten as the German defences were suddenly shattered. Moscow announced Wednes day night the capture of Vygov which placed the Russians well beyond the Zhitomir Korosten high water mark of the earlier offensive toward Poland. ! Actually two big Russian i drives are now under way in the Ukraine. In the Dnieper ly CANNED SALMON NOW RATIONED Will be Available as Alterna tive to Meat on Same Brltlsh and Canadian vallable for some time and the force whjcn attacked Berlin j purpose of the ration 1 to dumped one of the largest loads I maice a iair aisxrrounon. can- of explosives and fire bombs ted pucnard, tuna, hentng, ana ever poured on one target In sardines are not affected. Churchill Is. Heard From OTTAWA, Dec. 29 U The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced Wednesday light that rationing of canned salmon will begin January 17. The announcement said that salmon available will be packed a one-qua.ter, one-half and ine pound tins and will be put on coupon ration rate of one-quarter of a pound of salmon Prime .Minister Humorously Telfs of Successful Fight Against Pneumonia. LONDON. Dec. 30 O Prime Minister Winston Churchill, In a note Issued Tthrough No. 1 Downing Street on- Thursday announced that he has recover ed from pneumonia. All along the Prime Minister said, he had been able to discharge fully his official duties. Mr. Churchill added that he would leave the Middle East soon to take a few weeks rest in the sunshine to restore his strength. It was not Indicated "srhere he mieht be eoinz. traders were repulsed," the rime Minister humorously put It. I hope that all our battles against the enemy will be as ! well conducted." Bend the Soviet forces are now Riel Rebellion Exploits of De-ten miles beyond Voronezh. i ceased Bulkley Valley Plon-Meanwhlle to the north the eer Are Recalled. Russians continue to close In- on Vitebsk. DRUG STORE ROBBED VANCOUVER Three bandits, faces coveted with handkerchiefs ai.d one armed, held up W. II. Whiles' drug store on South Granville last night and got away with about $15 BATTLE OF DUCK LAKE SMITH ERS, Dec. 30 The many friends of the late Charles W. Newitt throughout the Bulk- ley Valley were quite Interested to read a letter In a recent Issue of the Vancouver Dally Province over the name of H. S. Nelson of New Denver relating to the battle of Duck Lake. which was the beginning of the Mr. and Mis. O. B. (Bud ,Riei Rebellion and wherein Mr. Church, who have been spend- Nelson relates how nine Prince ing the past week In the city Albert volunteers were killed after an absence of three years, and one member, Charles W. will leave Thursday night for Newitt. was wounded and how Vancouver where they now NAZI HOMHS FA ON LEKOS IN RECENT' RECAPTURE Enemy bombs are shown falling on the outskirts of Port Largo Vn the Island of Leros. This action took place about the middle of November when the Nazis recaptured the island after the British had been in possession for several weeks. the Indians sent word to Prince Albert that if sleighs were sent from Prince Albert to Duck Lake they would deliver the nine bodies and the wounded man to the party coming to re celve them. The sleighs were sent and the bodies of the nine members of the Prince Albert volunteers to gether with Mr. Charles Newitt a single attack In this war. In the raiding formation was the largest force of heavy bombers ever sent out by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Twenty bombers were lost in the night's operations including five Canadian. The city was left flaming and It was evident that the greatest of damage had been wrought. The weight of bombs dropped was the heaviest since Novem ber 22 when 2.300 tons were rained down after 2,500 tons had been dropped on November 18. Targets were also found in central and western Germany and mines were laid In enemy waters. On Tuesday night Royal Air WASHINGTON. D.C. Dec. 30 With 170.000 workers back on their Jobs following brief strike interruption, the Congress on Industrial Organization Union is negotiating for new contracts which will be made retroactive according to the promise of Philip Murray, president of the United Steel Workers of Amer ica. The strike was. ended on Mur ray's order after President Franklin D. Roosevelt had ap pealed to the steel workers In Pennsylvania, Ohio and other states to return to their work In the interests of the war next day by his neighbors and the lantern that he had been using either early that morning or the evening before was still burning in his barn. Mr. Newitt often told about the battle of Duck Lake and how he had been wounded and were returned to Prince Albert, was on the ground when an In- Charles Newitt came to tha dlan rushed up to club him to Bulkley Valley soon after the death. He held up his rifle over besinninc of this century and his head ana nis nanas were ifter working around the coun- clubbed by the Indian and the trv at different Dlaces he took bones were broKen so mat nis ud land on what was then the .hands were crippled for the rest main tote road between Hazel- of his life. His life was saved ton and Aldermere and what is by a friendly Indian whom he now tne aientanna district, about 15 miles from Smlthers. He cleared up a nice farm and raised cattle. About 10 years ago he had his house and some other buildings destroyed by a knew very well and who inter ceded and stopped the other In dian from killing him. Mr. Newitt received a small pension as long as he lived. He was a native of England and bush fire that swept over hlsrcame to Canada on the same Dlaee but. with the helD of his boat that brought tne late ur friends, he got established , If. C. Wrlnch to this country aealn. About five years ago. .when they were both very while dolnz his chores In his young men. The late Dr. Wrlnch hnrn. h. was knnrkpd down and and the" late Charles Newitt trampled to death by a bull were very close friends during that he had In a corrall In his their long term of residence in barn. His body was found the 'the Bulkley Valley. Local Tides Friday, Dec. 31 High 4 30 702 feet 16:18 20.8 fet Low 10:30 7.0 feet 22:56 3.2 feet ; PRICE FIVE CENTS. Crushed Another Great Attack By British - Canadians On Capital of Reich LONDON, Dec 30 (CP) More than two thousand tons of high explosives and incendiary bombs shook and burned the shuddering city of Berlin last night and may have finished it as the working capital of Germany. Engines of mighty Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force night armada had scarcely cooled before laree formations -per coupon, vaiio. meat wuy- i0f an types of aircraft were ns will be used and salmon streaking across the Channel hiEUIEDICrAV .will become an alternative for(dayI1ght blows at the French 1 IflE DIjLAT I owut.vu roast ana western uermany. ft 1 If lflTAfW ' hn has h-pn teen vrv very scarce srarrp nr or una-! una.! m. - n-m-v. n tt Is A W if II I I III V DM I YIUUM ; i- This is Evident Although JDe tails of Naval Battle Not Yet Available. . LONDON, Dec 30 O) Full, details of the Bay of Biscay naval action are yet to be told but It plainly was a large scale enterprise and one which It was thought yesterday might per haps be still continuing. Such informatioffj as Is available, makes apparent a brilliant new. victory in the British Nayy,'" campaign to destroy the last effective strength of the Oe man fleet, three destroyers .being known to have been sunk and others crippled, according to the official announcement The communique telling of these blows came only a few hfcurs after publication of the JrZLXZL fuU story of the sinking of the attacked objectives .la western 'Oerman battleship Scharnhorst Germany without loss, the Air ,"1 n'""- Ministry announced yesterday. K i . This was on tne -. jeei&Mi iy- l .JIM L. i y geU In nortnern - Tance Will Alirn' daylight on Tuesday. i A I I U Y L K NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS ; United States Steel Workers Are Back on Their Jobs Again. Looks Like Early Settlement of, Wage Dispute and Return to Private Managament. WASHINGTON, D.C. Load ers of railroad firemen, con ductors and switchmen, last of the union hold-outs, officially cancelled strike orders Wednesday night. There were signs that efforts are being united to end the whole wage dispute arid -let the railroads return- to private management. Traffic was moving normally today, which was to have ben the strike day. on all therall-ways with the regular exeeu-, tlycs in cnarge, as usuaia- though the War Departmentls actually In control. Old Timer Of Terrace Dies w II. Johnstone, Popular Veteran of Last War, Passe TERRACE. Dec. 30 Another old timer of Terrace has passed on in the person of W. H. Johnstone, aged 67, who lived at Ter race many years. He came lure in early days from Ontario. In 1914 he enlisted in tne Canadian Expeditionary Force, flndlnif- hls way overseas with the Fltst Pioneers from Vancouver. Mr. Johnstone will be remem bered long by those who had occasion to pass his home on the way to Lakelse Lake. He would always Invite them In for a rest and chat. The burial service was held Wednesday aUernoon at the Legion Hall, conducted by Riv. T. ,C. Colwell. Pallbearers were N. Sherwood, E. Haugland, B. Klrkaldy. J. A. Barman, E. Houl-don and R. W. Beecher. There was a considerable gathering .of friends of the deceased which filled the hall. Mr. Johnstone's last Illness was short He was caught. 'In the recent epidemic of colds, his constitution, weakened the last war In a gas attack, having left him rather fragile In his health. t "' - ".' .V I