SHIP
STOOD
TEST
WELL
Nethlng
Wrong
With
Sister
Ship
of
Tanker
Which
Fell
Apart
At
Kaiser
Yard.
PORTLAND,
OREGON',
Feb.
19
O
The
tanker
Quebec,
sister
ship
of
the
S::henectady,
which
broke
in
two
last
month,
passed
extreme
ciructural
tests
with
flying
colors.
The
tests
indicated
that
there
was
nothing
at
fault
with
the
welding
method
employed
by
Henry
Kaiser
'a
Swan
Island
Shipyard.
AMENDMENT
BY
CARDIN
Thinks
Government
is
Moving
Too
Fast
in
National
Mobilization
OTTAWA,
Feb.
19
W
Hon.
P.
J.
A
Cardin,
Liberal
member
for
Rlchelleu-Verscheres
and
former
mlnlste
of
transport,
moved
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
an
amendment
to
the
Speech,
from.the
J
Throne
regretting,
in
view
of
labor
:
shortages
in
vital
Industries,
that
the
government
had
not
withheld
t
application
of
the
National
Recourses
Mobilization
Act
until
such
time
as
a
complete
investigation
could
be
made
of
the
means
by
which
Canadians
could,
best
contribute
to
winning
the
war
without
dc
-troyini?
social,
economic
and
national
life.
The
House
will
vote
on
the
amendment
Jatcr.
Too
Many
Farm
Boys
Called
Up
So
Says
Minister
of
Agriculture
in
British
Columbia
Legislature
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19-Hon.
Dr.
K
c
McDonald,
minister
of
agriculture,
bald
yesterday
that
too
many
farmers
were
being
called
up
for
service
in
the
Army.
Farmers
were
refusing
to
plant
crops
because
'hey
did
not
know
whether
or
not
their
sons
would
be
called
up.
A
volunteer
farm
workers'
corps
Is
to
be
dlscu.'scd
by
farmers
with
Dr.
McDonald,
No
Date
Yet
For
Bringing
In
of
Budget
OTTAWA,
Feb.
19
Answering
an
inquiry
by
Gordon
Graydon,
act-"ig
House
leader
of
the
Progressive
Conservative
party,
Hon.
J.
L.
Haley,
minister
of
finance,
said
v,,;tei
day
that
he
could
not
yet
Kve
a
definite
date
for
the
bringing
down
of
his
budget.
AIR
WAR
ON
JAPS
Allied
Offensive
in
Southern
Pacific
Area
Jlccomlng
More
Intense
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC,
Feb.
19
The
A'Ucd
air
attack
on
Japanese
bases
'n
the
Smith
nnxtri.
v.n
.-
a
uvuiu
iliu
villi
Ui-
7
stepped
up.
Airdromes
and
,hlPPing
of
the
enemy
are
the
Principal
targets.
Madang
and
Ie
"
New
Guinea
and
Guen
on
the
Solomons
have
been
heavily
hit.
inere
have
also
been
attacks
on
rtuRuese
Timor
and
off
New
"rltain,
WELDED
SHIPS
LIGHTER
Welded
ships
weigh
about
13
per
less
than
riveted
ships,
be-
RWe,ded
stecl
Plates
d0
not
nave
to
overlap.
4U1RAHY
Local
Temperature
Me
wunn
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
44
(Half
tin
hour
aftw
sunset
to
Minimum
.'.
38
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
7:25
p.m.
to
8:24
ajn.
VOL
XXXII,
No.
42
t
A
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
19,
1913
rlilUh."
FIVE
Plan
CENTH
k
Crash,
Fire,
29
Are
Dead
REDS
ON
ADVANCE
Nazis
Unable
to
Stem
Tide
Against
Them
at
Any
Point
Along
Long
Front
SMASHING
ON
MOSCOW,
Feb.
19
(CP)
The
hard-hitting
Ued
Army,
smashing
defences
in
Orel
Province,
has
captured
Alegosch,
only
thirty
miles
cast
of
Orel
on
the
railway
from
Yelets,
and
several
other
unidentified
towns
have
been
taken
by
highly
mobile
Soviet
troops
operating
ten
miles
behind
the
unbroken
fiont
line
in
this
sector,
the
Russians
announced.
Taganrog's
life-line
was
severed
northwest
of
Rostov
with
the
captuie
of
Matveen-Kurgan,
25
miles
north
of
the
Sea
of
Azov
port
on
the
railroad
to
Gorlovka,
and
in
the
western
Caucasus
the
Ked
Aimy
continued
to
drive
the
Germans
toward
Taman.
Peninsula
where
escape
across
Kerch
Strait
into
Crimea
might
be
attempted
by
the
Germans.
MOSCQW,
Feb.
19
The
Russian
forces
continue
to
advance
alt
along
the
front
with
the
Germans,
in
spite
of
stiff
resistance
at
some
points,
unable
to
stem
the
tide.
Last
night
the
Red
Army
was
reported
only
thirty
miles
from
Orel
with
sixty
more
villages
having
been
liberated
by
the
invaders.
The
Reds
are
also
driving
west
of
Kharkov
and
are
only
218
miles
from
Kiev.
The
last
railway
line
for
Nazi
escape
to
the
Black
Sea
has
been
cut
and
a
large
number
of
Ger-nans
are
believed
trapped.
Today's
communique
said
new
sains
had
been
made
by
the
Russians
on
both
ends
of
the
southern
battle
lines.
To
the
north
ten
more
towns
have-been
captured.
West
of
7ostov
further
populated
places
have
also
been
taken.
The
Nazis
are
trying
desperately
to
keep
their
troops
fighting.
ALL
SHOULD
BE
FROZEN
C.C.
F.
Member
Sees
Trouble
if
Selective
Services
Only
Partially
Applied
'
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19
Colin
Cameron,
C.C.F.
member
for
Comox,
told
the
Legislature
yesterday
that,
if
one
class
of
worker
was
to
be
frozen
to
his
Job,
all
should
be.
There
would
be
trouble
if
miners
were
held
to
their
lobs
at
set
wages
and
the
same
did
not
apply
to
such
as
lawyers,
doctors,
business
and
other
professional
men.
Women
Drivers
For
Trolleys
In
Baltimore
BALTIMORE,
Feb.
19
For
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
Balti
more's
trolley
car
lines,
women
nre
hoth
back
and
front-seat
drivers!
And
as
front-scat
drivers,
they're
good.
The
Baltimore
Transit
Company,
faced
with
an
ever-growing
shortage
of
manpower,
recently
hired
10
motorwomen.
ti!Hrnr
Woolford.
supervisor
of
the
transit
company's
instructors,
says
of
his
new
pupils:
"Thrv
resDonded
to
training
with
all
the
confidence
attributed
to
men,
and
none
of
the
temerity."
STILL
TOGETHER
BIRMINGHAM.
Feb.
19
fi
Philemon,
Desmond
and
Peter
Fol-11s,
triplets,
lay
side
'by
side
18
years
ago
In
three
cots
In
Birmingham.
Today,
still
dressed
exactly
alike,
they
sleep
side
by
side
In-
a
barrack
room,
members
of
the
Warwickshire
Regiment.
R.A.F.
GROUND
FORCES
Here
are
two
R.A.F.
Bren
gunners
on
duty
in
desert
action
In
North
Africa.
Their
duty
was
to
cover
advancing
riflemen
in
the
R.A.F.
regiment's
first
action.
This
regiment
went
into
action
for
the
first
time
when
It
helped
British
land
forces
to
capture
Daba
and
Fuka
airfields,
advanced
base
of
Rommel's
air
force.
The
regiment
rounded
up
200
prisoners,
most
of
them
Germans.
Bulletins
ASK
GANDHI'S
RELEASE
NEW
DELHI
Business,
professional
and
political
leaders,
meeting
here
today,
asked
for
the
release
from
custody
of
Sla-hatma
Gandhi
who
is
on
a
hunger
strike
and
whose
condition
js
becominig
serious.
T1KPITZ
AT
SEA
LONDON
The
great
German
battleship
Tirpitz
is
reported
taking
target
practice
in
the
North
Sea.
SOCIAL
SECURITY
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
says
the
subject
of
.social
security
after
the
war
will
not
be
discussed
in
Parliament
until
after
a
special
committee
has
made
a
report
on
the
subject.
MAHATMA
IS
WEAKER
NOW
Gandhi
Has
Stopped
Talking
Now
American
Intervention
Humored
BOMBAY,
Feb.
19
Mahatma
Gandhi,
continuing
his
hunger
strike,
Is
becoming
weaker
and
has
stopped
talking.
It
is
reported
that
the
United
States
may
intervene
with
a
view
to
having
Gandhi
released,
Darlan
Killing
Seen
as
Part
of
Royalist
Plot
ALGIERS,
Feb.
19
It
has
been
suggested
that
the
recent
assassin
atlon
of
Admiral
Jean
Darlan
might
have
been
part,
of
a
Royal
1st
plot
haying
as
Its
objective
the
appointment
of
the
Count
of
Paris
to
the
high
commlssloncrshlp
of
North
Africa.
Tents
Burned
InContrad
Camp
Blaze
The
fire
department
had
a
call
at
5:30
last
night
to
a
construct
ion
camp
fln
Water
street.
The
fire
IN
ACTION
IN
DESERT
BARTER
ON
NEW-HOMES
Spring
Stoves
Problem
in
Big
City
Brings
New
Means
for'
.Solution
MONTREAL,
Feb.
19
House-voldera
in
Montreal
with
a
yen
to
move-
arefgclttngdowh
to
a
"barter"
basis.
Once,
all
that
was
necessary
was
to
walk
down
the
streets
during
February,
March
or
April
md
investigate
hundreds
of
"Flat
to
Let"
and
"Apartment
to
Let"
ilacards
which
dotted
the
residential
areas.
But
with
the
population
swollen
by
war
activity
things
are
different.
Now,
one
householder
will
advertise
in
the
newspaper
under
a
column
labelled,
"Exchange,
Living
Quarters,"
offering
his
dwelling
as
an
exchange
for
something
else.
Others
who
are
Interested
see
the
ad
and
the
chase
is
started.
From
among
the
applicants,
the
advertiser
can
select
the
more
convenient
spots
and
look
over
the
premises.
Finally
the
field
is
narrowed
down
to
one
or
two
and
the
applicants
come
to
view
what
the
advertiser
has
to
offer.
The
next
step
is
for
the
two.
final
barterers
to
obtain
the
approval
of
the
landlords,
when
leases
may
be
drawn
up.
When
moving
day
arrives
the
only
problem
left
is
tn
schedule
the
movers
In
such
a
way
that
both
dwellings
will
be
vacant
when
the
furniture
arrives.
The.
method
doesn't
offer
as
com
plete
a
selection
as
that
enjoyed
in
former
years,
but
if
you
have
to
move,
It
appears
to
be
the
only
way
to
Insure
a
home
for
the
coming
year.
Women
Exemplary;
Brave
Under
Fire
Great
Job
Being
Done
by
W.A.A.F.
and
Others
In
Britain
LONDON.
Feb.
19
CP)
When
two
W.A.A.F.'s
(Women's
Auxiliary
Air
Force),
one
22
and
the
other
18,
were
operating
the
winch
for
regulating
the
height
of
a
balloon
during
a
recent
night
raid
on
London,
two
bombs
fell
almost
to-
gethcr
to
land
about
25
yards
on
each
side
of
them.
But
they
carried
out
the
operation
which
sent
the
balloon
td
the
proper
height.
This
devotion
to
duty
and
disregard
of
danger
was
brought
to
the
attention
of
all
J
vanks
ln
a
sprCal
order
by
the
Alr
destroyed
tnree
teius,
me
men
ius-
ff,
.,,,
,,
Commanding
Balloon
Com-a
in?
all
their
wearing
apparel.
For'0fficer
time
it
was
quite
a
spectacular
mand
Alr
Marshal
Sir
Leslie
Gos-blaze.
sage.
WOULD
HAVE
JAPS
WORK
Should
be
Helping
to
Win
the
War,
Frank
Putnam
Tf
lls
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19
Frank
Putnam,
Liberal
member
for
Nelson-Creston,
speaking
in
the
Legislature
yesterday,
urged
that
all
Japanese
should
be
put
to
work
to
help
v.ln
the
war.
Some
people
who
did
not
favor
the
Japanese
.voikin
;
were
allowing
their
Judgment
to
te
overcome
by
their
pre-luoicc,
Mr.
Putnam
felt.
It
was
a
mistake
to
permit
them
to
remain
;
.
idleness,
he
feit.
NAVY
BASE
HIT
AGAIN
Another
Big
IC
A.
F.
Attack
Wilhelmshaven
1300
Dead
In
Lorient.-
LONDON,
Feb.
19
ffli
The
Royal
Air
Force,
accompanied
by
a
number
of
Roal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers,
made
a
heavy
attack
on
Ihs
German
naval
base
of
Wilhelmshaven
last
night
while
ot
Vr
aircraft
a.'
acked
rail
lines
on
the
con-tlnsn:
and
shipping
off
the
coast.
A
to.al
of
seven
planes
aie
missing
'
n
'
ir,T
Canadian.
Four
of
the
missing
planes
are
bombers.
Tne
Royal
Air
Force
has
ajso
made
attacks
on
occupied
France
and
Belgium
since
yesterday.
The
German
radio
has
said
that
1300
Demons
were
killed
in
the
bombing
of
Lorient
on-1
Tuesdays
TRYING
FOR
NEW
STAND
American
Forces
Endeavouring
to
He-establish
Themselves
in
North
Africa
Offensive
Broken
LONDON,
Feb.
19
Ci
The
Moroccan
radio
quotes
the
French
commander-in-chief
In
North
Africa
as
saying
the
German
Tunisian
of-1
'
fenslve
has
been
broken
toy
British
artillery
and
"decisive
action
of
.
American
tanks."
The
American
forces
are
endeavouring
to
establish
a
new
defense
line
in
the
mountains
of
Algeria
following
the
reverses
they
have
suffered
at
the
hands
of
the'
Axis
army.
army.
They
are
already
said
to
he
ln
stronger
positions
on
the
Algerian-Tunisian
frontier.
Allied
headquarters
reported
today
that,
after
four
hours
of
battle
there
was
little
activity
on
the
Tunisian
front
yesterday.
Dispatches
agreed
that
Marshall
Rommel
had
attained
his
apparent
objective
a
limited
attack
to
dis
organize
American
forces.
two
flying
columns,
the
Germans
advanced
sixty
miles
and
captured
4.C00
square
miles
of
territory
ln
four
days.
A
German
broadcast
heard
in
London
said
the
British
First
Army
was
moving
un
io
threaten
the
north
wing
of
the
Axis
forces
and
the
Eighth
Army,
which
moved
In
from
Libya,
was
prodding
main
fortifications
of
the
Marcth
Line
beyond
Mcdininc
In
southern
Tunisia.
The
British
Eighth
Army
continues
its
advance
inside
Tunisia.
Using
two
divisions
of
tanks
and
SUFFERS"
CATARRH
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Still
Confined
To
Bed
With
Severe
Attack
LONDON
Feb.
19
'(f)
-Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill,
confined
to
bed
with
a
cold,
has
acute
catarrh
of
'the
upper
respiratory
passages,
it
was
announced
today.
Breach
To
Be
Healed
4
In
Britain
'
LONDON,
Feb,
19
CD
All
factions
in
Great
Britain's
fight
over
post-war
social
se-
curity
legislation
showed
dls-
position
today
to
heal
the
breach
in
the
Chuichill
coal-
-ltion
government
which
be-
came
manifest
yesterday
when
Laibor
supported
some
Liberals
and
mustered
119
votes
against
the
cabinet
in
the
House
of
Commons.
The
inclination
is
to
regard
the
dispute
over
the
Beveridge
report
as
an
issue
"having
no
effect
on
national
unity
in
the
prosecution
of
the
war.
SEES
NO
SABOTAGE
.
No
Evidence
of
it
in
Dawson
Creek
Fire
General
O'Connor
Speaks
OTTAWA.
Feb.
19
P)
Brigadier
General
James
O'Connor,
officer
commanding,
northwest
service
command,
United
States
Army,
said
yesterday
that
there
was
no
evidence
of
sabotage
In
connection
with
the
recent
fire
and
explosion
at
Dawson
Creek
when
seven
persons
v?re
killed
and
160
Injured.
The
statement
of
General
O'Connor
fol
lowed
a
conference
with
J.
G.
Tur-
1
gecmr
MrP.-'fOt
Cariboo
which
rid
ing
includes
the
Peace
River
district
where
Dawson-Creek
is
located
General
O'Connor
said
In
a
broadcast
that
the
Alaska
Highway
may
be
the
"new
northwest
passage"
linking
America
and
Asia.
The
highway
with
air
fields
is
the
route
to
the
allies
in
Russia
and
China
and
"it
Is
the
sword
pointed
at
our
enemies
in
Japan,"
he
asserted.
WARNING
TO
JAPS
Imperial
Spokesman
Sees
Attempt
Of
Americans
to
Launch
Mortal
Blow
From
Alaska
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
19
(CD
A
Tokyo
radio
broadcast
a
warning
to
the
Japanese
people
by
a
high
Imperial
headquarters
official
Hut
the
United
States
is
nlanniiiT
a
"mortal
attack
upon
the
mainland
of
Japan"
and
it
would
come
from
the
north.
The
official
said
Alaska
is
to
be
the
"headquarters
for
attacks
against
Japan."
The
spokesman
described
how
the
Americans
were
establishing
communications
between
Alaska
and
China
for
the
offensive
against
Japan.
There
have
been
constant)
Dombinsg
of
Japanese
positions
on
the
Aleutian
Islands.
Need
Children
To
Boost
Race
Families
of
at
Least
Three
and
Four
Needed
in
Britain
LONDON,
Feb.
19
KB
Mrs.
E.
1,1.
Hubback,
principal
of
Morley
College
for
working
men
and
women,
said
in
a
lecture
that
families
of
three
or
four
children
Instead
of
the
present
average
of
under
two
arc
necessary
to
avoid
race
suicide.
Every
hundred
British
mothers
are
producing
only
80
daughters
to
be
the
mothers
of
the
next
generation
she
added,
and
the
population
Is
under-reproducing
by
as
much
as
one-fifth.
Holocaust
In
Seattle
Flaming
Boinoei
plunged
Into
Packing
Plant
Crew
and
Workers
Ded
SEATTLE,
Feb.
19
Twenty-nine
persons
are
listed
as
dead
or
missing
and
believed
dead
after
a
United
States
Army
bomber
a
four-motored
Boeing
mach-
'
ine
took
fire
in
the
air
and
crashed
in
flames
on
the
roof
of
a
Seattle
packing
plant.
Eleven
of
the
dead
were
members
of
the
bomber's
crew
on
a
test
flight.
One
was
Edmund
Allen,
nationally
known
test
pilot.
One
employee
of
the
Frye
&
Co.
packing
plant
was
identified
among
the
bodies
recovered.
Sixteen
other
employees
are
missing
and
are
believed
to
have
been
burned
to
death.
The
twenty-ninth
victim
was
a
fireman
who
was
overcome
by
fumes
and
died
today.
The
aircraft
company
said
the
cause
of
the
crash
was
a
fire
in
the
engine
in
the
course
of
a
test
flight.
Damage
to
the
packing
plant
is
estimated
at
$250,000
and
thee
normal
meat
supply
of
Seattle
has
been
considerably
affected
by
the
fire.
The
catastrophe
occurred
at
CONVOY
IS
ATTACKED
So
British
Destroyers
Sink
One
German
e-Boat
and
Damage
Another
London,
Feb.
19
British
de
stroyers,
escorting
a.
convoy
ln
the
North
Sea,
sank
one
German
e-boat
and
damaged
another
motor
tor
pedo
vessel
early
esterday,
the
Ad
miralty
announces.
The
destroyers
Garth
and
Montrose
were
the
British
vessels
prin
cipally
engaged.
The
e-boats
attacked
the
convoy
and
the
,
British
ships
attacked
back.
MASKS
ARE
NOT
WANTED
Prince
Rupert
People
Show
Little
Interest
in
Equipping
Themselves
With
Respirators
Of
four
thousand
respirators
which
have
been
made
available
to
the
public
of
Prince
Rupert
by
the
civilian
protection
authorities
either
by
purchases
or
wtthout
charge
to
those
who
are
unable
to
pay
for
them,
only
three
hundred
have
been
taken
up.
In
view
of
a
general
lack
of
Interest
on
the
part
of
the
public
ln
equipping
themselves
with
respirators,
the
proposal
to
withdraw
them
for
storage
is
being
considered
by
the
A.
R.
P.
authorities.
Presentation
to
Prime
Minister
Mr.
King
Gets
One
Blade
of
Alaska
Scissors
Other
to
President
Roosevelt
OTTAWA.
Feb.
19
Presentation
was
made
yesterday
of
one
blade
of
the
scissors
that
.was
used
recently
ln
cutting
the
tape
which
opened
the
new
Alaska
Highway.
The
other
blade
will
be
presented
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States.