local
Temperature
pr.iire
nupen
it;
now
me
lourth
eft
I
i
and
is
crowding
New
Westm
.
.
BB.
M
OM
WAKi
undrd
Veteran
of
Dieppe
-j
llimn
l-Urr
Are
who
had
been
r;
ipe
and
held
for
t;-u
in
chains
In
amps
were
amon
.
d
wounded
and
ill
ii
United
8Utes
including
Royal
A
F'rc
personnel
ver
Nail-occupied
r
turned
to
Cana-r
aboard
the
Cana-iip
Lady
Kelson.
CanolNot
Justified
jT-
N,
w:
Ci
Stiate
IfiHT
PAin
fIRFRIIN
DC
.
Nov
Truman
l
of
Heich
Ust
Night
for
Confusion
Purposes.
'OMDON,
Nov
25
O)
Royal
r
Mosquito
bombers
set
t
!r
raid
sirens
howling
'bird
successive
night
''
at
the
city
Wed-'?
;.!nht
as
the
capital
city
Hclch
remained
a
sea
'
from
bombings
by
Brlt-
::.tl
Canadian
heavy
bomber
.
Only
one
Mosquito
was
nt'.ack
was
made
to
con
-'-
enured
Berlin
defences.
'
hrsvy
bombers
took
part
ln
r
it
stab.
iT-rctary
sir
Archibald
i
Bri
commenting
on
the
of
Berlin
this
week,
ay
that
"real
power
of
if
command
Is
now
normally.
They
will
P,"
Sinclair
said
ln
'"virw
that
"attacks
on
-.rt
fVf
Germany
will
con-"
heavy
as
at
any
time
yea:
indeed
heavier
like
11
re
Ho
it
nltvVi
m
and
Ludw!irhafen
n;
Durnaby.
which
has
n
status,
but
added
5,000
t
o.
ish
stmin.
4,4
"rd
i
...
i...
...,..!.,:,.
fc.
V.
"?
.
CP
(.u
iiik
ijiuianuii
utjiiiiuuus
)l
.
n
hf
:inntl:d
runort
of
thr
Dpnnrtrr.
Vv1
.
inaliMcs.
Since
l'JIW
the
northern
city
i
fQ.
A
i
a
a
tin
rvrvn
t
iif
i
n
n
Iha
otn
aIII.
VI
L
lion
since
1939
to
reach
Its
present
31
W0.
The
municipality
of
Baanlch,
near
Victoria,
has
also
moved
from
18,000
to
21,000.
.
l
i
Sixth
Centre
In
H.C.
communities
as
well
as
war
plant
centres
have
shared
the
In-
terday
closed
-f
bJL
T
the
War
$130,000,000
vrntu;e
known
'ii
the
declara-
.airman
Harry
nai
the
Army
jusufy
this
ex-
N;Y
NB.W.
NoUv.
25
9-i'
has
bctn
so
short
'
'
aal
soldiers
have
:?i
to
asRlst.
bringing
'
busy
men
to
3,800.
T,rr
says
another
3,-fec
tucd,
Men
work
60
a
week.
!
tcr
for
8upnly
and
lares
that
the
port
been
so
busy,
and
possibility
of
dls-u
"
the
soldiers.
The
fj-inot
be
made
up
because
all
fit
men
-'
In
war
service.
Vol-urk
end
squads
help.
to
7.169:
Maple
Ridge
by
COO
to
6,450,
despite
the
Japanese
evac
uation.
Matsqul
300
to
5,500:
Mission
2J00
to
400;
Surrey
5,-
500
to
16,000;
Fraser
Mills
1.400
to
4
.000,
and
Chtlllwack
13
to
800.
Richmond,
whence
Japs
were
evacuated
from
Steveston,
has
fallen
by
1.950
to
10.370,
accord
ing
to
the
estlmaU.
while
Delta
and
Coqultlam
municipality
are
also
slightly
down
from
1939.
Victoria
population
Is
report-
"Blunder
Assailed
Action
of
British
Cabinet
in
Keleasing
Sir
Oswald
Mosley
Condemned.
.erful
Trade
Union
Council.
representing
six
million
work-
era,
today
assailed
Home
Secretary
Herbert
Morrison
and
the
cabinet
for
1U
action
In
releasing
Sir
Oswald
Motley
as
a
"most
untimely
blunder"
and
I
demanded
that
the
whole
ques-
'
?
,;;
l
be
Immediately
rccondder-
fourth
city
and
sixth
population
I
,
Kv
lh
WIIHv
SIS
tV
Ill
10tJ
it
was
twelfth
on
the
list.
During
war
years.
British
Co-
IT
1
P
lumbla's
whole
population
has
lldUcdd
VOlDUS
risen
from
577.942
to
661,908,
ac
n
i.
T
cording
to
the
report,
a
com-
r
lflPPPfllI10'S
111
pared
with
the
1939
report.
British
Columbia
cities
have
PaCn
Frnm
Horo
grown
from
422,750
to
473.091.
vOOC
1
1
Ulll
llCIC
Vancouver
has
added
18.000
and
Is
now
reported
at
288.000.
I
VANCOUVER.
Nov.
25
O)
On
the
North
Shore.
North
1
Sergward
BJorkman.
convicted
Vancouver
city
has
moved
from
'
at
Prince
Rupert
of
falling
to
8.500
to
13,000
since
1939:
North
Report
for
military
training,
has
Vancouver
district
from
4,600
to
'.served
his
30-day
sentence
In
6500;
West
Vancouver
from
4,-900
to
8,500.
Valley
Centres
Up
Showing
that
some
farming
Jail,
being
then
turned
over
to
military
authorities
and
discharged
as
medically
unfit
for
military'
service.
This
was
disclosed
In
Supreme
Court
here
this
week
when
BJorkman's
counsel
appeared
In
connection
with
a
habeas
corpus
proceeding.
Unearthed
Big
Roman
Cemetery
W.
Perclval
Westell,
Curator
of
Lttchworth
Museum,
Dies.
LETCHWORTH.
ed
5.000
greater,
at
44,065:
Port
Eng..
Nov.
25
O
Albernt.
1.400
higher
at
5.0O0:
Prince
Oeorge.
900
up
at
3500:
Vernon.
2.300
up
at
4,068;
Pen-tlcton.
slighUy
less
than
1939;
Kaslo,
up
1.000
to
1500,
Tesult
of
Jap
settlement;
Oak
Bay,
up
3,400
to
9,700.
Cumberland,
coal
centre.
Is
reported
down
to
925
from
2500
In
1939;
Ladysmlth
and
Nanal-mo
are
also
reported
with
slight
Hertfordshire.
W.
Perclval
Westell,
69.
curator
of
Letch-worth
museum
and
supervisor
of
excavating
work
in
1925
which
unearthed
a
Roman
cemetery
at
Baldock,
died
here.
The
cemetery,
covering
nearly
1.000
square
yadrs,
yielded
320
grave
groups,
Including
one
with
Four
Nippon
Cruisers
Sunk
by
Americans
in
Battle
Nearby
Rabaul
Conquest
of
Gilbert
Islands
Has
Been
Completed,
Providing
SpringlMiards
For
Attacks
on
Enemy's
Outer
Islands.,
ATT
IEl)
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACI
FIC.
Nov.
25
(CP)
United
States
light
naval
forces,
although
outnumbered,
sank
four
Japanese
destroyers
and
damaged
a
fifth
early
today
in
a
naval
action
fouuht
for
the
first
time
in
waters
close
to
the
n
.
.
is
i
i
Tl.-I
---1
XT
T"
i
enemy
a
naval
and
air
iortress
01
uauaui,
incw
imt
aln.
A
sixth
destroyer
escaped
torpedoes
and
guns
of
the
hands
and
the
Ollberts
provide
Americans
who
emerged
from
a
pottntinl
springboard
for
new
the
battle
unscamra.
m
amphibious
or
aerial
attacks
on
WKbSi
Japan's
llanonce,
forces
had
completed
the
con
quest
of
the
mld-Pclfic
Gilbert
Islands
with
the
capture
of
Bolto
Island
and
strategic
air
field
after
killing
.most
of
four
thous-nnH
Jananese
defenders.
Makln,
totnbod
simultaneously
Tarawa
and
ADcmma
v
hi
.ivlly."
I
were
already
firmly
ln
atolls
Allied
LARGE-
FLEET
Local
Tides
Prist
Friday,
Not.
26
High
0:21
19.2
feet
59
jiajclmum
12:15
22.0
feet
Minimum
40
Low
6:12
7.0
feet
18:54
3.2
feet
NORTH
EKN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COtgDANgWAPER
XXII
NO.
275
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
THURSDAY,l?OVEMint-25rA943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
f
nXTACt'lAlt
GROWTH
Prince
Rupert
Is
Fourth
f
D
'i
L
r
I
!
Population
figures
ahow
'
It
A
1
J
.
a
.
Bulletins
LOSS
OF
DODOCANESE
LONDON
Deputy
Prime
Minister
Clement
Atlee
told
the
House
of
Commons
that
the
loss
of
Dodocanese
Islands
have
involved
the
loss
of
"brave
men
and
strategic
positions"
but
the
campaign
could
not
be
regaided
as
a
total
failure.
FREEZING
OF
MEN
OTTAWA
Men
who
are
frozen
to
jobs
will
have
to
undergo
medical
examination
if
they
claim
they
are
medically
unfit
to
continue
their
Jobs:
CONTROL
OF'
M
ONTflNEft
RV
ANKARA
Yugoslavian
of
Montenegro
Frovinc"fr6m
the
Nazis.
The
GermansHarerT
being
fought
to
a
standstill
in'1!
'Bosnia,
Croatia
and
Serbia.
TOULON
AND
SOFIA
CAIRO
Toulon,
Nazi-controlled
naval
base
in
France,
and
Sofia,
capital
of
Bulgaria,
were
bombed
by
the
Allies
yesterday.
,
Jutland
Is
In
Alarm
State
STOCKHOLM
Nov.
25
O;
The
Germans
have
placed
the
entire
Jutland
territory
in
Denmark,
one
of
the
shortest
routes
from
Britain
to
Berlin,
In
a
state
of
military
alarm
and
are
reported
to
have
massed
250,000
men
there
in
anticipation
of
Allied
Invasion.
MANY
JAPS
ARE
KILLED
Eighth
Army
Is
Advancin
Ipost-war
COMMITTEE
IS
COMING
The
British
Columbia
Post
war
Rehabilitation
Committee.
at
which
Hon.
H.
O.
Perry,
mln
ister
of
education.
Is
chairman,
nth
E.
T.
Kenney.
MX
A.
for
Skeena,
one
of
the
members,
will
probably
hold
a
session
In
"'rince
Rupeit
on
December
6,
according
to
a
message
received
the
City
Hall
from
Mr.
Recently
the
city
council
1k-
Ited
the
committee
to
vlsV
Prince
Rupert
to
take
local
representations
a
to
possible
local
post-war
undertakings.
.Official
cbntirrhatlon
of
th
partizans
havegatnetr-ontr6tJ
visit
of
the'-commlttee
to
Prince
fUipert
ls
expected'
soon.
'
TAKEN
AT
CULLODEN
LONDON.
0-nA
linen
napkin
taken
from
the
cairiage
of
Bonnie
Prince
Charlie
after
the
Is
Trying
Mediation
Pope
Pius
Sees
German
and
Allied
Envoys
Regarding
Peace
BERLIN,
Nov.
25
(CP)
Rosier
Nachrichten
said
in
a
dispatch
from
the
Swedish
border
Thursday
that
Pope
Pius
has
undertaken
a
mission
of
mediation
between'
Germany
and
the
Allies.
No
confirmation
was
obtainable
from
diplomatic
or
church
sources.
The
correspondent
said
that
the
Pope
has
seen
German.
British,
French
and
American
envoys
in
the
last
few
days.
DeGaulle
Asks
Recognition
ALGIERS,
Nov.
23
General
rifle
of
"uUoden
In
1745
was;Charles
DeGaulle
nas
again
ae-auctloned
recently
in
aid
of
the
manded
full
recognition
by
the
Duke
of
Gloucester's
Red
Cross
Allies
of
the
French
Committee
an1
St.
John
Fund.
on
National
Liberation.
MftrP
than
thrro
thmmanrt
Jan-
ol
the
Labor-Progressive
Party!
,At
the
time
when
the
under
ancse
were
killed
In
a
battle
i
ln
holding
all
conventions,
busl-for
Changteh.
gateway
to
ness
meetings
and
nomlnaUng
in
the
Jananese
of-
conventions
entirely
open
ro
with
nine
holes.
In
five
of
the
fenslve
against
China's
Rice
public
holes
Iron
nails
had
been
ln-
Bowl,
the
Chinese
High
Com-
Efforts
are
being
made,
it
is
reductions.
Cranbrookls
said
to
serted.
The
piercing
was
stated
mand
announced
today.
stated,
by
Labor-Progressives
to
reducUons.
Cranbrook
Is
said
to
to
indicate
the
"fixing"
power
The
High
Command
again
achieve
an
agreement
wtlh
the
present
total
of
2560,
with
Rev-
of
the
curse,
which
paralyses
its
charged
that
the
Japanese
at-
C.C.F,
so
that
only
one
Progres-
elstoke
decreased
500
to
2.100,
victim,
depriving
him
of
the
tacking
Changteh
used
poison
s,ve
candidate
snail
run
In
each
and
Trail
200
down
to
9,397.
j
strength
ot
lire.
gas.
Lose
Naval
Battle
Hold
Juveniles
For
Break-ins
City
police
are
holding
Juveniles
and
invesUgating
eral"
more
in
connection
two
a
series
of
depredations
of
business
premises
ln
the
Cow
Bay
section
of
the
ing,
the
C.C.F.
will
not
nominate
la
the
provincial
field.
It
is
felt
that
the
demand
on
the
part
of
the
people
of
this
riding
for
agmislvQ,,
provincial
polictes
thatsn1'
help
"win
the
war
and
assure
a
people's
peace
Is
strong
enouglid
-assure
a
decisive
victory
for
the
Labor-Progressive
over
the
old-line
candidate
and,
consequently,
although
a
provincial
election
is
not
an
Immediate
prospect,
the
campaign
will
commence
at
once
In
order
to
rally
the
widest
waterfront
possible
support
and
achieve
within
the
past
few
weeks.
j
the
greatest
possible
measure
of
It
Is
believed
that
the
round-
unity.
.
Ing
up
of
the
boys
will
result
I
ln
clearing
up
the
cases
In
j
which
the
Bacon
Fisheries,
Ward
'
Electric,
the
U
and
I
Cafe,'
Smiles
Cafe,
were
broken
Into
and
an
attempted
break-In
at
the
cannery
at
Seal
Cove.
Arrested
by
Corporal
A.
T.
Lnshmar
anri
Pnn.t.ahlp
Rnhert
'
Moore
of
the
cjty
police,
the
two
youths
took
them
to
aT:abln
be
tween
Cow
Bay
and
Fourth
Av-I
enue,
below
the
Isolation
hospital,
where
they
had
been
"camping."
In
the
cabin
were
found
several
articles
thought
to
have
been
stolen
with
a
view
toward
setting
up
housekeeping,
as
well
as
a
number
of
pie
plates,
In
the
Anglo-American
am-
cocoa-cola
bottles
and,
clgar-phlblous
operations
'
againsi
ettes,
such
as
had
constituted
French
North
Africa,
850
ships,
part
of
the
loot
ln
a
breaking
including
350
warships
of
all
and
entering
of
the
U
and
I
sizes,
were
engaged.
cafe
last
week..
LONG
ROUTE
The
British
victories
of
May
1943.
in
Africa,
were
achieved
12,000
miles
by
sea
from
the
main
base
in
the
British
Isles.
I
Japs
Lose
Destroyers
writers'
men
were
here
In
the
summer,
Mr.
Lock
said,
the
facilities
for
elimlnaUng
housekeeping
and
trade
wastes
and
A
donation
of
$5
has
been
made
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
to
the
Ambulance
Trust
Fund.
Loss
of
Brusilov
'and
Charnya-
kov
is
Admitted
by
Russians.
LONDON,
Nov.
25
(CP)
The
Germans
battered
again
today
against
the
stiffening
Russian
line
forty-five
miles
weft
of
Kiev.
A
Russian'
com
munique
indicated
that
the
Nazi
drive
to
recapture
Kiev
had
been
halted.
LONDON.
Nov.
25
The
German
radio
claimed
Wednesday
.night
that
Brusilov,
40
miles
west
of
Kiev,
and
Cherny-akov,
20
miles
north
of
Zhitomir,
were
recaptured
in
a
Nazi
counter-attack
against
th
e
Ukrainian
bulge.
Although
the
Russians
are
putting
up
what
is
described
as
"stonewall"
resistance
to
the
garoage
were
on
iuu.k
great
new
Nazl
Unk
and
in.
breaking
down.
Many
people
fantry
counter-offenslve
west
of
were,
burning
waste
In
open
and
Dnleper
Bend
outside
fires,
and
this
practice
wlthdrawals
west
of
jev
scored
heavUy
ln
an
adverse
ndmittert
in
Mnsrnw
last
constituency.
The
C.C.F.
already
)
way.
,
hL
Russla
artUery
ls
how.
nas
u
canuiuate
in
ujc
icuciai
ine
Cuy
S
water
supply
,
ai
i-ni-ti--
in.
ffeld.
running
for
Skeena
rid-
that
time,
and
still
Is,
lnade-
enemy
men
and
machines.
vqi
w
quale,
iiiic
o7vanvi
wnw
.
w-
(
members
express
the
hope
that
although
pressure
tests
f
rom
the
mains
on
Second
Avenue
show-the
pressure
to
be
high
enough,
the
low
level
of
water
ln
the
balancing
reservoir
made
it
doubtful
If
that
pressure
could
be
maintained
for
any
length
of
time.
The
report
of
the
British
Columbia
Fire
Marshal
confirmed
the
findings
of
the
underwriters'
men.
It
was
the
convlcUon
of
Mr
Final
Tribute
to
William
Smeeton
on
Final
respects
to
the
late
Wll
Ham
Smeeton
were
paid
this
afternoon
by
a
large
number
of
his
friends
who
gathered
at
St.
Andrew's
Cathedral
to
at
Lock
that
the
safe
disposal
of,
tend
his
funeral.
Officiating
at
HnucolrAftntncr
find
trnrip
wastes
'.
the
service
was
the
Rev.
J.
B.
..
.
,
.
and
malntainance
of
stringent
uiDSon,
aean
oi
ine
camearai
checking
of
older
buildings
un-
Former
Canadian
Legion
der
the
building
bylaws,
with
a
comrades
of
Mr.
Smeeton
assem-view
to
keeping
them
modern
bled
at
the
Canadian
Legion
from
the
standpoint
of
fire,
Hall,
and
marched
ln
a
body
safety,
as
well
as
an
adequate
to
attend
the
service.
The
hymns
water
supply,
were
requisite
to
"Abide
With
Me"
and
"Unto
The
the
correction
of
this
disturb-1
Hills"
were
sung.
Peter
Leln,
Ing
state
of
affairs.
USED
CAPE
ROUTE
The
Royal
Navy,
during
all
the
time
of
the
African
cam
palgns,
constantly
convoyed
reinforcements
to
the
Middle
East
round
the
Cape.
ALLIED
HEADQUART-
T)
,
T
.
ers
in
south
pacific,
Kotarv
Uonates
Nov.
25
Four
Japanese
de-
.
.
.
dnr
stroyers
have
been
sunk
by
AmDUlanCe
v-w
tbZj
American
naval
vessels
in
a
running
battle
off
Bougaln-
vllle
Island
of
the
Solo-
mons,
It
was
announced
last
night.
cathedral
organist,
at
the
organ.
Interment
was
In
Falrvlew
cemetery,
where
at
the
graveside
Bugler
W.
J.
Ranee
sounded
the
"Last
Post."
i
As
well
as
his
wife
and
one
.
brother.
Mr.
Smeeton
Is
survived
by
four
sisters
In
England,
i
Pallbearers
were
Harry
Burch,
!
Steve
King,
Dennis
Allen,
Fred
Barber.
Stanley
Calder.
and
E.
A.
Evans.
Honorary
pallbearers
were
W.
A.
McLean,
Fred
Olsen.
Percy
Tinker.
P.
H.
Llnzey,
Col.
Charles
Evltt.
W.
D.
Vance.
Harold
Hampton
and
Harold
Ponder.
The
bora,
old
Dahnatlon
and
Albanian
wind,
has
been
known
to
sweep
a
train
off
the
tracks
in
a
mountain
gorge.
Sangro
River
Crossed
And
Nazi
Defence
Line
r
For
Winter
is
Cracked
Hi
New
Bridgehead
is
Firmlv
Established
Firth
Armv
Remains
Motionless
While
Artillery
Duels
Rage.
.,11
ALGIERS,
Nov.
25
(CP)
The
British
Eighth
-4'
Army
has
crossed
the
Sangro
River,
toughest
obsta-cle
yet
encountered
in
the
march
up
the
Italian
pen-
'
i
j
insula,
and
has
cracked
a
piece
of
the
Nazi's
winter
t
defence
line,
Allied
headquarters
announced
yester-
day.
A
bridgehead
nine
thousand
yards
wide
and
two
.
thousand
yards
deep
was
firm-
!
-
.
i
ly
established
during
the
last
few
days.
Furious
Nazi
counterattacks
were
repulsed.
On
the
Anglo-American
Fifth
Army
front
opposing
lines
remained
motionless
while
artillery
duels
raged.
LOTS
OF
STOCKINGS
It
takes
162
pairs
of
silk
stockings,
the
equivalent
of
f
ve
years'
supply
for
one
woman,
to
make
one
parachute.
FIRE
HAZARD
GREAT
IN
CITY
CHIEF
SAYS
j
LABOR-PROGS
TO
NOMINATE
Decide
to
Have
Candidate"
in
Field
at
Next
Provincial
Elec
tion.
The
Prince
Rupert
Labor-Progressive
Club
is
placing
a
candidate
in
the
field
for
thcPrince
Rupert
provincial
-
riding.-
The
Pnttnn
n.
c.u
in
it
nn
cussed
(or
some
time
and
an-
Ing
Chinese.
a
curse
a
leaden
tablet
pierced
changsha,
club
executive,
meeting
last
night,
acting
on
the
Instructions
of
the
membership,
carried
forward
plans
that
have
been
dls-
Gives
Gloomy
Picture
of
General
Safety
In
RotarrClub
Speech
From
the
standpoint
of
fire
risk,
conditions
In
Prince
Rupert
are
such
that
the
underwriters
are
considering
raising
the
Insurance
rates,
Fire
Chief
H.
T.
Lock,
guest
speaker
;at
the
regular
Rotary
Club
luncheon,
said
today.
:
.The
-
'reports
of
FredericH
Dowline
and
John
Noble,
un
derwriters'
surveyors,
were
definitely
not
complimentary
and
it
was
their
opinion
that
the
frame
buildings
put
up
by.
con
nounced
that
a
public
nomln-1
tractors,
the
army,
navy
and
aiing
convention
win
rje
neia
inme
American
B"r"""
Prince
Rupert
on
December
6.
;
creased
the
fire
hazard
to
clvili-
.
CHUNOKINO
Nov
25
T
This
Is
in
line
with
the
policy
iaa
property,
the
chief
said.
GERMANS
ADVANCE
IMPACT
OF
WAR
WAR
TOOLS
BEING
MADE
IN
WINDSOR
Ontario
Industrial
Citv
Also
Makes
Good
Showing
in
'Following
Is
one
of
a
Cana
dian
Press
series
outlining
the
Impact
of
war
on
Canad4a-
cities.
It
tells
of
Windsor.
Ont.t
Written
for
The
Canadian
Press
By
NORMAN
HILL
WINDSOR,
Ont.,
Nov.
25
W
Heart
of
the
Biitlsh
Empire''
automotive
Industry
in
peace
time,
this
busy
city
of
114,000
oh
the
Detroit
River
has
replaced
Its
standing
in
the
war
time
production
of
mechanical
transportation.
But
MTlndsor
does
not
stand
only
on
her
record
as
a
pro
ducer
of
the
tools
-.of
war.
1f
Thousa'rdsbf
her
sons
hare
donned
the
uniforms
of
their
countiy
and
are
to
be
found
fighting
with
all
services
on
all
fronts.
The
first
bugle
call
of
the
war
summoned
men
of
this
city's
famous
Essex
Scottish
Regiment
to
active
service
and
the
unit
was
up
to
strength
when
the
war
was
only
a
few
days
old.
The
regiment's
only
action
was
at
Dieppe
and
more
than
1,500
failed
to
return.
Windsor
was
a
shocked
but
proud
city
when
the
Scottish
casualty
list
was
announced.
More
than
20
of
the
members
of
the
regiment
who
returned
to
England
were
decotated
f(r
their
outstanding
bravery.
Thiy
join
several
other
men
fro:
the
city
and
district
who
fia
gained
special
recognition:
1
action.
.
Thl
StlVh
!'.Ttnnna!cir--
i,
i
Rejlment'
Is
thl
Either
active
seivice
unit
under
the
Wind-
)
sor
banner.
It
set
new
recruiting
J
records
for
the
distiict
when
it"
mobilized
in
April
1942;
it
now
'
is
in
training
ln
Canada
for
an
important
role
with
the
Cana-
'
dian
armored
corps.
Population
of
Windsor
has
Increased
by
more
than
10.000
during
the
war,
creating
a
serious
housing
problem.
The
erection
of
2,050
houses
by
War-
j
time
Housing
Ltd.
has
alleviated
the
situation,
but
suitable
resi
dences
are
still
at
a
premium.
'
Employment
figures
are
at
an
all-time
high
and
the
number
of
women
at
work
U
Increasing
:
as
war
industries
seek
replace-
j
'
ment
for
men
leaving
for
the
fighting
forces
and
to
meet
ln-
j
creased
production
schedules
:
Women
are
performing
manj
tasks
ln
these
factories.
.
Although
military
vehicle;
comprise
the
ovcrshadowini
'
volume
oi
Windsors
w-ar
production,
the
Ford
Motor
Co
here
being
the
largest
producer;
of
such
equipment
in
the
Empire,
scores
of
other
factories
are
turning
out
other
vital
toob.
of
war,
shells,
naval
tugs,
medicine,
airplane
parts,
clothing
and
food
are
only
a
few
of
the
other
products.
Windsor
Is
particularly
prp-M
of
Its
record
In
.the
Victor:,
t.
-
.
.
.
..
.
i
t
Vi
ir
uan,
uea
uross
ana
other
pat-
f
rlotlc
drives.
The
city
has
al-tf!
waja
Buitc
ucr
uic
wp
oy
im--
piesslve
margins.
1
.
i
r