IS
FORCED
TO
RESIGN
D.
V.
Smith
Quits
as
City
Accountant
Owing
to
Ill-health
Council
Regrets
It
n
V
smith,
who
has
been
city
accountant
for
the
past
several
months,
presented
his
resignation
to
the
city
council
at
Its
meeting
last
night.
The
resignation
was
accepted
with
regret
on
motion
of
Aid.
J.
S.
Dlack,
seconded
oy
Aia
N
E.
Arnold.
In
his
letter
of
resignation,
Mr.
Smith
.stated
that
111
health
made
it
absolutely
necessary
for
him
to
resign
and
seek
a
change.
lie
ass
fd
for
his
relief
by
June
15.
Applications
will
be
called
for
a
tnpppssnr
tn
Mr
Rmlth
and
the
matter
will
be
considered
by
special
committee.
American
Work
And
Canadians
This
Subject
Again
Under
Discus-slon
at
Last
Night's
Council
Meeting
Special
The
ban
of
the
federal
govern
ment
on
employment
of
Canadians
on
American
war
projects
was
again
under
discussion
at
last
aunt's
meetlrie
of
the
city
coun
CN
and,
in
view
of
the
fact
that
some
uncertainty
exists
as
tp
the
whole
matter,
it
was
referred
to
a
special
committee
consisting
of
AW.
J.
S.
Black..
Aid.
II.
M.
Dag--
8C
and
Aid.
aeome
Hills
with
Power
to
act.
4ne
feeling
of
the
council
ap
pears
to
be
that
there
should
be
(ill
opportunity
of
local
Canadian
luor
to
work
on
American
pro
Wts
In
their
neighborhood
espec
ay
when
they
should
"otherwise
nave
to
leave
home
to
obtain
work.
Subscriptions
.
To
Victory
Loan
Melvln
Leroy
Clark
Victor
Roland
Simmons
James
Woodhouse
M;lss
Dorothy
Jonssen
Russell
Jonssen
Miss
Mary
Jonssen
Ross
KUbey
Mrs.
Dagora
Cordy
Mrs.
Eva
Andrew
(New
Westminster)
Murray
G.
Elgie
(Winnipeg)
Charles
E.
Hayes
Seymour,
age.
Sea
Dird,
33.000,
Booth.
Prosperity,
20,000,
$200
200
200
50
50
50
50
109
50
500
150
HALIBUT
SALES
American
38.000,
17
and
16,
Stor-
17.1
and
16,
19.9
and
16,
Royal.
Delight,
15,500,
19.9
and
16,
Whiz,
Mlddleton,
30,000,
lU.'J
ana
Atlln.
Canadian
Takla
O.,
4,500,
19.51
and
17,
fa-,
clflc.
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3,000,
18
and
n,
aur-
Gibson,
12,000,
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ana
u,
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.
,,
Sea
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17,uuu,
zu.i
anu
u,
Pacific.
Success,
4,500,
10
and
17,
storage.
Ruby
L.,
4,000,
18.6
and
17,
Royal.
MINERS
TO
CONTINUE
umv
YORK.
May
18
John
h,
T.Ak.
nrcsldent
of
the
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
said
yesterday
that
he
would
comply
with
a
government
request
that
miners
who
a,,
(hastening
to
strike
should
nnntinup
to
work
after
the
deadline
set
at
midnight
tonight
pending
further
negotiations.
government
should
participate
in
the
repair
and
maintenance
of
streets
in
Prince
Rupert
which
have
been
put
to
hard
usage
by
their
traffic
and
are
making
recommendations
along
that
line,
It
was
disclosed
in
correspondence
which
was
read
at
the
meeting
of
the
city
council
last
night.
It
Is
proposed
to
use
asphalt
In
the
work.
Already
the
United
States
authorities
Tiave
been
doing
some
work
along
that
line
and
more
is
planned.
The
city
has
been
pressing
for
some
time
for
arslstance
along
this
line,
par
ticularly
from
the
Canadian
At
the
suggestion
of
Aid.
Robert
McKay,
chairman
of
the
board
of
works,
the
council
agreed
last
night
that
the
co-operation
of
the
city
public
wo:ks
department
In
carry
ing
out
the
street
repair
and
maintenance
work
should
be
offered
the
United
States
authorities.
NORWEGIAN
DAY
HERE
Independence
Anniversary
Honored
Songs
and
Speeches
4
Feafure
Program
-
.
With"
a
full
house
of
about
250
In
attendance
the
Norwegian
Independence
commemoration
observance
was
held
In
the
Oddfellows'
Hall
pn
Sunday
under
the
sponsorship
of
the
local
Help
Norway
Committee.
Chairman
of-
the
program
was
Gunner
Selvig.
The
program
was
begun
with
"O
Canada,"
following
which
a
Norwegian
song
"Ja
VI
Elsker"
was
sung
by
the
audience.
Chairman
Selvig
then
made
a
few
lntroduc-
tory
remarks
and
this
was
followed
by
a
group
of
songs
by
the
Varden
Singers.
The
first
speaker
after
the
introduction
by
the
chairman
was
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts,
who
brought
greetings
from
the
people
of
Prince
,
Rupert,
and
expressed
the
hopej
that
by
the
time
the
next
Indepen
dence
Day
came
around,
Norway
would
be
free.
,
.
,
Robert
Nedrud
then
played,
a
violin
solo
which
was
enjoyed
greatly.
The
second
speaker
was
Har'ald
Norman
who,
in
his
remarks,
touched
a
spot
tender
to
Norwegian
hea:ts.
He
said
that
It
was
natural
and
easy
for
them
to
hate
the
Ger-
!
mans
who
had
made
wreckage
of
their
homeland
and
Us
people.
But.
Mr.
Norman
said,
this
hatred
must
be
mastered
and
not
allowed
to
govern
the
pallcy
of
Norway
toward
Germany
after
the
war.
Such
hatred
would
surely
bring
about
16
I
another
war
and
could
not
be
the
J
foundation
for
a
lasting
peace
for
,
which
everyone
hopes.
Following
another
interval
or
song
of
the
Varden
singers
Rudolph
Olsen
spoke
in
Norwegian.
He
asked
the,
people
to
suport
to
the
fullest
the
armed
forces
of
Nor
way
who
.
are
spread
throughout
world.
Much
more
to
help
these
fighters
could
be
done,
Mr.
Olsen
said.
He
concluded
with
the
hope
the
hope
that
Norway
would
soon
be
free.
The
audience
then
sang
a
song,
"Gud
Signe
Vaart
Dyre
Fedraland,"
and
the
Varden
Singers
again
per
formed.
This
was
followed
by
clos
lng
remarks
by
the
chairman.
GOOD
SUMMER
COMING
LONDON,
May
18
CB
E.L.Hawke,
secretary
of
the
Royal
Meteorollg-
Ical
Society,
has
answered
pcssl
mists
who
say
Britain's
mild
win
ter
and
early
spring
meant
a
bad-weather
summer
with
statistics
showing
that
similar
wlntc-ts
and
springs
for
180
years
were
followed
by
good
summer
weatner.
OVlVoiAlj
whether
the
meat
is
purchased
with
or
'without
bones
under
a
new
nation
scheme
an-
nounced
today.
.
!
Bulletins
OPPOSES
JAP
DEPORTATION
VANCOUVER
The
British
Columbia
Conference
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
is
opposed
to
Japanese
deportation
after
the
war
as
being
action
contrary
to
Christian
conscience."
CONCENTRATE
ON
JAPS
WASHINGTON
Senator
A.
B.
Chandler,
,
who
visited
the
Pacific
area
last
year,
believes
the
United
States
should
concentrate
in
an
attack
on
Japan
and
content
itself
with
merely
hold
ing
Germany.
WESTERN
AIR
WAR
LONDON
The
Royal
Air
Force
was
out
over
Germany,
Northern
France
and
the
Low
Countries
Countries
again,
last
night.
Gei-
"man
planes
again
raided,
subur,-
.
-
,
.
.
.
".I
.
Dan
Lionaon
ana
me
swum
cwi.
MORE
JAP
SHIPS
SUNK
WASHINGTON
United
States
States
submarines
have
sunk
sis
more
Japanese
ships,
including
a
destroyer,
in
the
Pacific.
KING
TO
WASHINGTON
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
left
yesterday
afternoon
for
Washington
to
meet
Prime
Minister
Chuichill
and
President
Roosevelt.
TO
WORK
PRISONERS
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Labor
Humphrey
Mitchell
said
jester-day
that
German
prisoners
of
war
in
Canada
might
be
put
to
work
cutting
wood
and
in
the
coal
mines.
ST.
LAWRENCE
DIMOUT
OTTAWA
Dimout
regulations
are
being
imposed
lot'
a
distance
of
600
miles
along
the
north
shore
of
the
St.
Lawrence
River
from
the
Saguenay
River
to
Labrador
tip
and
for
250
miles
along
the
south
shore.
For
a
distance
oi
five
miles
inland
no
lights
except
those
on
railway
lines
and
aids
to
navigation
are
peimitted.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Cincinnati
3,
New
York
1.
Philadelphia
8,
Chicago
4.
Brooklyn
1,
St.
Louis
0.
Local
Temperature
M
.ft
mm
i
m
Tonight's
Dim-out
..........
(Hall
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Maximum
59
halt
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
r...
42
10:13
p.m.
to
5:01
a.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL,
XXXII,
No.
PRINCE
RUPERT;
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
18,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
ulation
On
Southern
Front
Australian
Hospital
;
Ship
Ruthlessly
Sunk
.
By
Jap
Torpedoes
Two
Hundred
and
Ninetynine
Medical
and
Nursing
Personnel
Victims
of
Fire
and
Sharks
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
Australia,
May
18
Two
hundred
and
ninety-one
Australian
and
British
medical
personnel,
including
eleven
nurses,
perished
when
a
Japanese
submarine
torpedoed
the
Australian
hospital
ship
Centaur
a
few
miles
off
the
Queensland
coast
in
the
darkness
of
last
Friday
morning.
Only
61
of
the
ship
s
complement
of
363
were
saved.
The
rest
arc
missing
and
believed
lost.
Announcement
of
the
sinking
of
the
Centaur
was
made
by
General
Douglas
MacArthur
who
expressed
revulsion
at
such
an
unnecessary
act
of
cruelty.
The
Centaur
was
on
the
way
from
Sydney
to
New-Guinea
and
was
brightly
lighted
up
when
the
torpedoing
occurred.
She
was
plainly
designable
as
a
Red
Cross
vessel.
Survivors
were
taken
from
the
shark-infested
waters
after
drifting
for
36
hours
on
life
rafts.
Some
of
them
were
suffering
severely
from
the
effects
of
the
beating
of
intense
sunlight.
Some
of
the
victims
were
burned
to
death
for
the
shin
was
hit
in
her
fuel
tanks-
and'burst
into
flames,
sinking
within
three
minutes.
Some,
while
struggling
on
the
water
in
burning
oil,
were
attacked
by
sharks.
Only
one
woman
survived.
STREETS
TO
BE
KEPT
UP
United
States
Authorities
Disposed
To
Give
Assistance
Already
Doing
Some
Work
Local
Sta;tes
officers
of
Engineering
the
United
Department
Allowance
For
Meat
.Announced
OTTAWA,
May
18
CO
Each
Canadian
will
be
entitled
to
a
weekly
meat
ration
of
be-
tweeri
one
pound
and
2&
have
agreed
that
the
United
States
'
pounds
weekly
depending
on
BATTLE
OF
ALEUTIANS
CONTINUES
Attack
of
American
Forces
Meeting
With
Stubborn
Japanese
Resistance
All
American
League
games
tentlon
to
take
the
matter
up
from
postponed.
New
Health
Officer
Is
Appointed
The
city
council
last
night
ap
proved
the
appointment
of
Dr.
Roger
O.
Knlpe
as
medical
health
officer
and
director,
of
the
local
public
health
unit
in
succession
to
Dr.
R.
J.
MacDonald
who
has
re
signed
In
order
to
enlist
In
the
Ro
yal
Canadian
Army
Medical
Corps.
The
change
will
be
made
at
the
end
of
this
month.
The
council,
on
recommendation
of
the
health
committee,
expressed
satisfaction
at
the
operation
of
the
local
health
unit
and
appreciation
of
the
jservices
of
Mr.
MacDonald
who
opened
the
unit
a
year
ago
and
has
since
been
in
charge.
AMERICANS
TAKE
RIDGE
WASHINGTON,
D.O,
May
18
(CP(
Uited
States
troops
have
wrested
a
vitally
strategic
ridge
from,
the
Japanese
on
Attu
Island'
and
are
now
closing
In
on
main
Japanese
positions
from
two
directions.
The
Americans
are
aided
by
naval
bombardment
and
air
protection
and
are
stated
to
be
making
good
progiess.
The
Japanese
were
caught
by
surprise
when
the
Americans
landed
at
two
points
eight
miles
apart.
The
tldge
wasv
taken
yesterday
and
it
is
said
that
only
mopping
up
now.
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
May
18
The
Department
of
the
Navy
an
nounces
that
operations
against
the
'Japanese
on
Attu
Island
are
continuing.
There
was
a
twp-p:onged
land
ing
on
the
east
end
of
the
island,
;t
is
announced,
and
the
Americans
ue
continuing
the
attack
In
spite
if
stutborn
Nipponese
resistance.
Bad
weather
has
been
delaying
jperatlons.
'
It
13
suggested
that
the
battle
may
be
reaching
a
crisis.
gratified"
atwstert
City
Council
Hears
and
Approves
Of
Satisfactory
Operation
of
New
Booster
Pumps
The
new
booster
pumps
installed
by
the
military
authorities,
to
aug
ment
the
city
water
supply
are
now
operating
with
a
very
satisfac
tory
degree
of
effectiveness
and
efficiency,
the
city
council
was
advised
last
night
In
a
detailed
re
port
from
Major
N.
K.
Robertson.
that
angle
in
committee
of
the
whole.
Aid.
George
Hills
moved
that
the
council
approve
steady
operation
of
the
booster
pumps
which
had
shown
themselves
to
be
efficient.
Aid.
Robert
McKay
seconded
the
motion.
Both
felt
that
the
greatly
Improved
water
situation
spoke
for
itself.
Aid.
Elliott,
however,
was
not
completely
satisfied
yet
as
to
the
efficiency
of
the
pumps
although
he
had
no
objection
to
their
steady
operation
being
authorized.
London
Still
Feels
'
Italy
Will
Be
Easy
Mark
For
Invasion
Germany,
According:
to
Swiss
Dispatches,
Seems
to
be
in
More
Reasshring
Mood
Now
LONDON,
May
18
According
to
dispatches
from
Switzerland,
Germany
has
assured
Italy
that
the
southern
front
of
Europe
will
be
defended
jointly
against
invasion.
British
observers
are,
however,
inclined
to
the
opinion
that
Italy
may
be
knocked
quickly
out
of
the
war
now
with
a
minimum
of
force
and
'
a
maximum
of
phys-
chology.
Continued
heavy
bomb-
lngs
of
Italy,
some
in
close
proximity
to
Rome,
are
expected
to
have
their
effect
on
Italian
morale.
Ask-In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
If
Rome
would
be
bombed,
Secretary
of
State
for
Air
said
an
answer
could
be
expected
this
week.
The
secret
Italian
radio'
was
last
night
broadcasting
an
appeal
that
the
Italian
people
rid
themselves
of
Mussolini.
The
Allies
were
not
the
real
enemy
of
Italy
but
Mussolini
and
his
gangsters.
Flood
Waters
Damage
Houses
Rediess
Sought
by
Property
Owner
Appearing
Before
City
Council
-HJ?LBtNlilifeSi--"
:
A.
O.
Morse
appeared
before
the
city
council
last
night
to
seek
advice
as
to
how
he
should
go
about
obtaining
redress
for
damage
done
to
his
residential
property
on
Summit
Avenue
by
the
overflow
of
a
water
course
which
had
been
obstructed
In
the
course
of
contracting
work
being
carried
but
on
Acropolis
Hill..
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
stated
that
the
matter
had
been
already
gone
Into
and
the
city
took
the
stand
IlL.l
A.
i
1
a
In
esplte
of
the
fact
that
the
t
"
as
"a
mienerea
pumps
have
not
yet
been
placed
'
ff
a
natural
water
course
and
in
full
operation
and
that
there
ithuf
caused
the
trouble
those
j
contractors
were
responsible.
It
have
been
some
exceptionally
heavy
demands
for
water,
the
level
,was
suggested
that
Mr.
Morse
pur-of
Acropolis
Hill
reservoir,
whlchlsue,jhe
matter
alon
tnese
llnes-had
been
dry
for
months,
has
been
j
AlcL
ert
M-KZ
P10
the
up
to
as
high
as
13
feet
one
Inch.
I
50
icit(
,should
Mr-Indications
are
now
that
there
will,Morse
in
obtaining
a
settlement.
Ar
Morse
sald
that
a
Part
be
no
difficulty
In
maintaining
the
normal
watpr
,
cmni
v
,ith
,
c.
l
Juase
W.
E.
Fisher's
garden
had
sonable
reserve
for
fire
protection
emergency.
After
hearing
Major
Robertson's
report,
which
was
quite
lengthy
and
detailed,
the
council
endorsed
the
efficiency
and
performance
of
tliA
.......
nX..ln.n,
.
-1
commencement
of
Us
steady
a
Hon.
Aid.
Thomas
Elliott
asked
If
there
was
a
report
from
the
city
engineer
on
the
water
situation
following
the
Installation
of
the
booster
pumps
and
was
told
there
was
not
although
It
was
the
In-
After
some
further
discussion,
In
which
the
concensus
of
the
opinion
appeared
to
be
one
of
satisfaction,
the
motion
was
passed
with
Aid.
Elliott
dissenting.
A
request
of
the
city
engineer
for
additional
remuneration
to
compensate
him
for
time
required
In
checking
the
Installation
and
test
run
of
the
new
booster
pumps
was
considered
by
the
council
in
committee
of
the
whole.
been
carried
away
and
already
the
contractors
had
offered
to
repair
that.
Flood
water
had
entered
his
house,
doing
damage,
and
he
felt
he
was
entitled
to
redress.
Further
discussion
of
the
mat
ter
was
referred
to
committee
of
the
whole.
SAWMILL
IS
DESTROYED
New
Plant
of
J.
L.
Bethurem
atUsk
Wiped
Out
At
End
of
Last
Week
J.
L.
Bethurem's
new
sawmill
at
Usk,
which
had
been
toullt
only
about
a
year
ago,
was
destroyed
by
a
fire
at
the
end
of
last
week,
ac
cording
to
word
reaching
the
city
from
the
Interior.
Ths
fire
also
consumed
lumber
In
the
mill
yard,
some
of
which
was
being
loaded
out.
There
was
no
Insurance.
Cause
of
the
fire
appears
to
be
uncertain.
The
plant
suddenly
burst
into
f
lamesiand
was
soon
a
mass
of
fire.v,1th
'nb
chance
of
being
Although
he
has
suffered
a
loss
In
the
destruction
of
the
plant,
Mr.
Bethuren
Is
hoping
to
rebuild.
HOSPITAL
SHIP
ARRIVES
HALIFAX
The
hospital
ship
Lady
Nelson
arrived
here
yesterday
with
sick
and
wounded
Canadians,
and
Americans.
LOOKS
LIKE
BIG
BATTLE
Germans
and
Russians
Are
Mass
ing
Huge
Forces
to
West
Moscow
MOSCOW,
May
18
The
Nazis
are
massing
large
infantry,
artillery
and
tank
formations
in
the
Belgorod
and
Oral
sectors
as
If
to
initiate.
a
mighty
blow
In
the
direc
tion
of
Moscow.
The
Russians
hays
thousands
of
tanks
on
hand
and
are
drawing
up
reinforcements
which
It
is
believed
will
match
ths
forces
of
the
Germans.
The
intensive
air
attack
of
Red
planes
on
German
communications,
ebntlriuesr"---'
"
;
NO
SIGNS
JUST
NOW
City
Council
I
eels
Other
Things
Needed
More
Deals
With
Chamber
of
Commerce
Requests
The
city
council
has
decided
that
there
are
more
Important
matters-
to
be
attended
to
before
street
signs
be
placed
In
the
residential
areas
of
the,
city
as
advocated
by
tne
prince
Rupert
Chamber
or
Commerce
at
the
meeting
of
th
council
last
night.
As
for
the
numbering
of
houses,
also
suggested
by
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
It
was
decided
to
ad
vertise
in
the
press
that
householders
can
ascertain
their
numbers
at
the
City
Hall
but
will
have,
to
look
after
the
putting
up
of
the.
numbers
themselves.
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
said
there
might
be
a
few
numbers
still
left
at
the
City
Hall
but
there
might
be
difficulty-
in,
obtaining
more
owing
to
the
shortage
of
metals.
A
request
from
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
that
heavy
truck
traf
fic
of
the
military
authorities
and
contractors
be
confined
as
far
as,
possible
to
Second
Avenue
instead
of
Third
Avenue
was
referred.
t
the
board
of
works
as
was
also,
a
request
for
a
continuation
of
a
sidewalk
along
the
south
side
of
Second
Avenue
from
Eighth
Street
to
the
Junctions
of
First,
Second
and
Third
Avenues.
ACTION
IN
ASIA
SOON
Further
Su.-:essts
May
Rs
Expected,
Roosevelt
Says
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
18
President
Franklin
Roosevelt
has
told
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
that
it
is
reasonable
to
expect
further
successes
on
both
eastern
and
western
fronts.
The
President
expressed
the
hop?
to
Gen.
Chiang
Kai-Shek
that
Allied
forces
will
take
the
initiative
in
Asia
"In
the
near
future,"
it
was
disclosed
at
the
White
House
today.