f
1
Poulson,
plater,
nomln-
i
t
Percy
Cameron,
second
-f
J
Currle.
rse
W
Itudderham,
mach-'
in-lnated
by
George
Hills.
T::
Juveniles
s
i
entenceu
Appearing
before
it,
W.
D.
Vance.
IhU
momlng
an
assortment
of
charges
ted
by
Edith
A.
niack,
jj,gheti
tried
th-
morning
as
i
by
Arthur
Hell.
ard
C
Griffiths,
trans-rr.anager.
nominated
by
D.
Hryant.
seconded
by
J
Ilardy
.
Mulroney.
union
business
'
r.-minated
by
Harry
M.
.Hcondcd
by
Tage
Sor-
d
by
William
II.
Urctt.
Borcnscn,
store
manager.
"
".rd
by
Alexander
Sln-feonded
by
Mary
Vlercck.
Alderman
(One
Year
Term)
'
"icr
w
Rogerson,
grocer,
'atcd
by
R.
A.
McLeod.
scc-by
James
Park.
Alexander
Sinclair,
office
l:2:;er
nominated
by
George
Huddcrham.
seconded
by
1
L
A,
Murrav.
'hnol
Board
(One
Year
Term)
-Phen
L.
Peachey,
engineer,
'..r.ated
by
H.
iJL
Daggett,
r-nded
by
E.
A.
Evans.
Myrtle
Muriel
RoDcr.
house-
'
nominated
by
George
Hill?.
ranard
bv
Tacc
Sorenscn.
,hMl
Boanl
(Tun
Year
Term)
"orman
Bellls,
hardware
dc-l,ttncnt
manager,
nominated
David
;rlitd
orrcn.
"oft"'
Elfreda
Teng,
housewife,
'mlnated
by
W.
M.
Watts,
sec-:,df4
by
E.
J.
Smith.
well.
He
had
been
found
Inpos
retslon
of
a
typewriter
and
an
eiwtrlc
fan
belonging
to
tne
Chandler
Photographic
stuaio.
One
of
the
Juveniles
received
ix
months
suspended
serttence.
seven
were
given
suspended
sen
tence
of
one
year,
and
two.
transferred
to
adult
court,
were
iven
one
year
each
In
oicaia
prison
faim,
with
an
added
six
months
to
run
concurrently
Their
names
were
withheld
by
order
of
the
magistrate
Of
the
loot,
which
Included
jewellery,
money.
In
the
form
of
$20
gold
pieces
ana
dh.
camera,
typewriter,
a
revoivei
.
a
purse,
and
many
other
Items,
all
was
said
to
be
recovered
except
a
few
rings
and
a
small
amount
of
money
as
well
as
some
liquor
Hockey
Scores
SATURDAY
SCORES
Boston
9,
New
York
6.
Toronto
4,
Canadlens
2.
SUNDAY
SCORES
Now
York
6,
Boston
4.
Montreal
5,
Detroit
1.
Chicago
3,
Toronto
2.
BLITZED
AIRCRAFT
More
than
8,000
Axis
aircraft
destroyed
In
all
the
cam
paigns
In
North
Africa.
Some
5
000
of
these
were
destroyed
In
combat,
the
rest
captured
or
destroyed
on
the
ground.
common
experiences
of
th-
trials
of
war
have
welded
Malta
and
Britain
In
an
unbroken
union
born
of
mutual
sufferings
caused
by
bombing,
said
Miss
Mabel
Strickland,
proprietor
of
the
Times
of
Malta,
when
slw
returned
home
after
a
tour
of
the
United
Kingdom.
"Now
that
Britain
controls
the
Mediterranean
and
peace
reigns
In
Malta."
she
said,
"we
are
looking
forward
to
the
island
being
a
great
air
base
In
pear
time
and
to
the
time
when
the
links
forged
In
war
will
b'
maintained
to
bring
peace
an
i
prosperity
to
both
peoples."
'WILL
PROBED'
INTO
SHIPS?'
In
the
North
Pacific
November
25
will
probe
into
the
cracking
of
at
least
two
older
liberty
.hips
in
American
waters,
the
Pont
Intelligencer
said.
The
newspaper
said
it
had
learned
authoritatively
that
both
older
h!ps
were
reported
to
have
'made
port
safely,
one
about
a
year
ago
and
the
qther
about
six
months
ago
WEST
REICH
HIT
AGAIN
American
Heavy
Bombers
Fight
Their
Way
Through
Fighter
I
rianes
ahd
Ilak
Today.
i
t
Election
Will
I
I
Not
be
Delayed
I
OTTAWA,
Dec.
13
Hon.
Ernest
Bertrand,
minister
of
fisheries,
declares
that
the
federal
government
has
no
intention
of
asking
Parlla-
ment
for
an
extension
of
office.
"The
federal
general
election
will
be
held
within
the
appointed
time,"
he
says.
4-
FLU
LOOKS
WORSE
NOW
Old
Country
Appears
To
Be
In
For
Most
Severe
Epidemic
Since
War
Commenced.
I
L'J.VOON.
December
13
(Can
Cracking
up
of
Three
American
radian
Press)
The
wont
epl
Liberty-
Ships
to
be.
Invest!-
demic
of
the
Second
Oreat
War
gated.
BEATTLB.
Dec.
13
O
Invw;-
Igation
into
the
b:aUnc
ln'two
of
the
steamer
John
P.
On
Ins
cruits.
BKGINNINC
OF
THK
END
saMMsMsWMtf9isswlSiBsssH
Three
dramatic
pictures
snapped
through
the
periscope
of
a
U.S.
submarine
prowling
In
Jap
controlled
waters.
At
the
top
the
torpedo
fired
by
the
hidden
submarine
explodes
right
against.
Its
target.
The
beginning
of
the
end
for
the
Jap
ship.
In
centre
the
ship
sinks
rapidly
by
the
bow
as
the
stern
raises
hiph
In
the
air.
At
bottom
thcshlpgoes
down,
its
stern
almost
vertical.
Brazil
To
Send
Force
First
Overseas
Army
Being
Sent
by
South
American
Republic
To
Aid
Allies.
ALGIERS,
Dec,
13
(Canadian
Press)
The
Brazilian
.general
staff
announces
that
Brazil
is
sending
forces
and
air
units
to
serve
with
Allied
;
troops
in
Europe
or
Africa,
It
,
will
be
the
first
expeditionary
j'
force
ever
sent
overseas
from
j
the
Latin-American
republic.
(
TheBraralian
chief
of
staff
'
and
other
high
military
offic-j
ers
are
here
In
connection
with
the
making
of
arrange
ments
for
the
sending
of
the
force.
Held
in
France
For
Three
Years
threatened
Great
Britain
tndav
Englishwoman
Found
Clothes
ai
the
influenza
toll
was
dis-
I
rd
Obtaln-ays
French
closed
to
have
Jumped
to
709
ln.
Optimistic
miilnr
tnvnic
nf
England
and
.''
'
"WaJ-s
lor
the
week
endlnz
De-
f;
LONDON.
Dec.
13
a
Parisian
cemtoer
4
and
tens
of
thousands
creation
1943
blue
sacks,
a
top
were
sent
to
bed
by
doctors.
Line
lolalwas
the
highest
since
he
first
week
of
February
1937
when
nine
hu".
-'
and
seventy-six
died.
California
Does
Not
Want
Japs
SACRAMENTO,
Dec.
13
Th-Callfornia
State
Senate
Is
opposed
to
the
return
of
the
Jap-anew
to
the
coasT
during
the
.'iTi&'Hwtuldoolr
lead
-to
vio
lence
ana
oiooasnea.
STICKS
TO
TOST
!
LONDON
a
LONDON.
December
13
(Can-
ton
Mathews.
adian
Presei
Strong
forces
of
WRNS,
is
the
only
women's
ser
American
neavy
Domoers
mun
vice
director
w
retain
such
a
garment
made
from
a
French
Ik
slip,
a
French
blouse
and
rt
of
a
tartan
skirt,
a
Glen
garry
hat.
made
from
the
rest
Of
the
tartan
skirt,
and
a
tbomy
overcoat.
That's
the
Paris
wardrobe
57-'
year-old
Dorothy
Rolfe'
brought
back
to
England
with
her
when
'
repatriated
recently.
'
Miss
Rolfe
had
spent
nearly
three
years
In
Vlttel
prison
camp
hear
Parts
where
clothes
were
catch
as
catch
can.
The
grey-
Kalred
woman
had
only
the
few
thlncs
she
couklnateh.wHen
tehe
was
arrasted
In"
'December.
1940,
to
last
during
her
lmprls-
oment.
The
first
three
months
of
her
confinement
she
spent
In
-Mrs.
V.
Laugh-1
nithy
military
barracks
where
director
of
the
j
the
women
were
afraid
to
un-
mailstrate
i
c,re"'Jr
iv10
a"u
.'
nci
n-jcai-uiu
uaugmn,
occasional
leave
III
rati.
PP.
In-
eluding
breaking
and
entering,
'utse
snatching
and
theft,
ten
Juveniles
received
sentences
ranging
from
six
months'
sus
pended
sentence
to
a
year
In
i
Jail.
'
All
but
one
of
the
youths
had
been
tried
previously
and
were
arraigned
this
morning
for
sen-
.
'ence.
'
The
tenth,
who
was
arrestee!
;
yesterday
after
a
difficult
In-
.
vestlgatlon
by
Constable
R
Fcr-
guson
and
Staff
Sergeant
oai-
'"
M4
Jeered
through
concentrations
of
post
since
.the
beginning
of
the
in
a
new
aayngni
assaun,
on
tivira,
is
one
oi
ner
newest
re-;
Miss
Roue
describes
wrthw?t
Germany
.
the
'French
as
cheery
and
optimistic,
confident
that
the
war
will
soon
be
oVer.
t
Record
Of
I
Shipyards
In
Canada
OTTAWA,
Dec.
13
(Can-
adlan
Press)
Canadian
A
..hipyart1:
dellveied
eleven
escort
vessels
during
No-
vember,
a
record
for
any
month,
the
Department
of
munitions
announced
Sun-
day
night.
Four
were
frl-
gates,
three
were
mine-
sweepers
and
four
corvetes.
GOT
IN
DEEFER
NOTTINGHAM,
Eng.
Ot
t
Still
Take
tU
Boat
Toll
4
v
Barsby.
36-yearrold
civil
servant,
said
he
had
lost
much
money
on
the
machine
and
stole
it
"to
get
my
own
back."
He
was
fined
$22.50.
BLIND
IN
WAR
WORK
LONDON
0
More
than
1.000
blind
men
and
women,
many
previously
classed
as
unemploy-ablcs,
have
been
placed
In
munitions
and
aircraft
work
during
the
past
year,
said
the
annual
report
of
the
National
Institute
For
The
Blind.
LONDON.
Dec.
13
Five
German
Submarines
were
isunk
and
three
damaged
in
a
forty-eight
hour
battle
in
r
the
North
Atlantic
when
a
'
convoy
was
attacked.
The
convoy
suffered
less
than
one
percent
loss.
EIGHTH
IS
ADVANCING
Nw
High
Ground
Overlooking
Port
of
Ortona
Taken
In
Fierce
Fighting
In
Italy.
ALGIERS,
December
13
(Can
adlan
Press)-Cracklng
a
portion
of
the
new
fighting
Adriatic
line
on
which
the
Germans
have
massed
three
divisions,
the
BrltUh
Elgtrth
Army,
with
Canadian
troops
In
the
lead,
has
captured
elevated
ground
overlooking
the
sea
coast
town
of
Ortona,
anchor,
of.
enemy
de
fences
guarding
roads
to
both
Pescara
and
Chletl.
Official
advice
today
reported
fierce
fighting
along
the
entire
sector.
GOOD
WORK
OF
POLICE
Commissioner
Satisfied
at
Clear-
inr
Ud
of
Thefts
New
Jail
quarters
Needed.
Expressing
s
saUsfAAUqn11.
the
city
detachment
uncer
awu
Sergeant
F.
W.
OaUaghex
naa
been
successful
in
clearing
up
a
large
number
of
breaking
and
enterlngs
which,
have
occurred
in
the
city
recently
and
giving
V.ot
alt
rultcihlp
stlTVS
dress.
In
April,
-1941.
she
wasWould
taken-
to
maintain
ap.
moved
to
Vlttel
and
quired
efficient
and
effective
police
ser
m
a
aisusea
luxury
nuw
wiu.
here
adequate
to
meet
the
conditions
of
Increased
population
and
current
clrcumstaces,
Commissioner
T.
W.
S.
Parsons,
provincial
police,
left
Saturday
night
on
his
return
to
victoria.
Commissioner
Parsons,
in
ad
dition
to
conferring
with
the
local
officials
of
his
force,
con
ferred
with
the
Canadian
and
vmfrlcan
military
authorities
and
acknowledged
the
co-operation
they
were
giving
In
con
nectlon
with
policing.
The
British
Columbia
police
head
also
had
two
conferences
with
Mayor
W.
At
Watts.
The
second
meeUng
was
on
Saturday
afternoon
when
the
need
of
Improved
ail
facilities
here
was
discussed.
The
commissioner
was
qulte
.candld
in
expressing
his
feeling
that
the
present
ac
commodation
was
altogether
un
satisfactory
with
quite
unde
sirable
features.
THE
"QUEENS"
DIED
LONDON,
tt
The
mystery
has
been
solved.
It
Is
known
now
that
the
"remarkable
scarcity
of
wasps
this
summer"
was
due
to
the
abnormally
high
temperature
which
caused
the
Charged
with
stealing
a
slot
'queens
to
awaken
before
machine
from
a
club
here.
Roy
time
and
thus
they
died.
their
"A
similar
discovery"
remarks
a
London
paper
solemnly.
w-as
made
during
a
similar
shortage
of
wasps
In
1781."
SMUGGLERS
ESCAPE
BELFAST
0
Police
and
smugglers
staged
a
boat
race
on
Lough
Erne,
near
the
Eire
border,
resulting
in
the
capture
of
the
boat
and
quantities
of
can
'
.
-V
l'
T
,oca
Temperature
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
Dei
High
3:04
19.7
feet
Maximum
48
14:41
21.1
feet
,!
-unum
38
f
jw
8:54
8.1
feet
21:26
3.0
feet
NOKTULKN
AND
CENTRAL
BK
rnstf
COLUM
niA'S
NEWSPAPER
TXXXH,
No.
200
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
MONDAY.
DECEMBER
13,
1943
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Hi
geld
I
ightecn
SCIPAL
for
NOMINATIONS-
Candidates
Civic
Office
in
Crisis
In
War
Due
Shortly
0
Candidates
For
Mayor,
Twelve
For
Aldermen
w
Four
For
Trustees,
at
Close
of
Nominations
Today.
sfr
s'-nifyinir
Miat
they
havcplacv
-
u
t,;ie
more
than
1,500
voters
of
P.
-
on
election
day
Thursday,
t
'
5v
;
'
vo
ior
me
omcc
oi
mayor,
t
v
y'
crir.anic
board
and
four
for
the
boa.
i
i-..
.
a.
'a
o
composed
the
roster
of
civic
ofi
?
:e
of
nominations
this
r
office
of
mayor
arc
j
Harry
Mark
Daggett.
barked
by
the
Civic
Federation,
and
nobert,
ner:hant.
chairman
of
j
'
-ayers'
bu'
f..
Association,
:
.3
independently.
(:.?
two-year
term
on
the
-
board,
there
are
.
i.?.atc;
They
are:
Nora
Acnld,
widow;
Thomas
Black
electrician;
Gor-C.v
.iaa
Bryant,
merchant;
Bernard
Casey,
transfer
Leonard
C.
Griffiths,
7
t
manager:
John
Mul-r
I
.ion
business
agent;
PuiiUen,
plater,
nomln-1
am.
merchant;
Tage
store
manager;
and
W
Elliott.
fish
packer.
ates
for
a
one-year
i
;
alderman
are
James
r
on
grocer,
and
Alex-
'.'.lair,
office
manager.
and
a
woman
are
oppos-
'
:
'
:
one
year
term
on
the
:
!
-chool
trustees.
Elected
a
'a
-
year
term
arc
Myrtle
y
Roper,
housewife,
and
;
Leslie
reachey.
engln-C
Elfreda
Teng.
house
d
Norman
IVllls.
hard-
Apartment
manager,
are
2tea
for
the
one-year
s
the
school
board.
t
;
Js
of
nominations:
For
Mayor
fx"y
M.
Daggett,
carpenter.
H.attd
by
Oeorge-
W,
Hud-
seconded
by
William
H.
r
Mr-Kay.
merchant.
-.U-d
by
Arthur
II.
Stiver
-sc1
jnded
by
Harry
A.
ijUdfrmen
(To
Year
Term)
a
E'he!
Arnold,
widow,
atcd
by
Robert
Oordon.
'si
by
Alexander
Mac-
rar,
Bennett
Black,
elec-
nommatcd
by
Robert
seconded
by
Cyril
II.
;
:n
Douglas
Bryant,
mer-
nomlnated
by
W.
M.
ccronded
by
Oeorgc
Eck
;e
Bernard
Casey,
trans
z-
nominated
by
Agnes
:
cconded
by
Emily
H
"USC
r.
II
Elliott,
fish
packer
WAR
SEWS
FIERCE
ITAL.A
BATTLE
ALGIERS
The
British
American
Fifth
Army
has
broken
up
strong
German
rounter-thrutts
In
fierce
conflict
on
the
'west
end
of
the
Italian
fighting
front
while
the
British
Elchth
Army
has
enlarged
two
bridgeheads
ac-roM
the
Moro
Hirer.
The
Canadian!
are
making
notable
progress
and
have
killed
so
many
Germans
that
It
will
take
three
days
to
bury
them.
The
German
casualties
at
the
hands
of
the
Canadians
have
mounted
into
the
four
figures
and
6000
hare
been
taken
prisoner.
The
Allied
fire
power
is
overwhelming
and
its
artillery
murderous.
The
Allies
send
over
fifty
to
100
shells
for
every
one
of
the
enemy's
while
bombs
are
100
to
1000
to
BIO
AIWBATTL1
LONDON5--
Oiieof'hk'blt"
gest
alr'
batiW
of-thr'war
took
place
r
Saturday'
over'
Kmden.
Big
United
States'
bombers
made
a
raid
and
bombing
results
were
said
to
be
good.
Enemy
fighters
brought
down
138
117
by
bombers
and
21
by
Allied
fighters.
Seventeen
.
Allied
bombers
and
"three
fighters
are
missing.
Malta
and
Britain
United
by
Bombs
VALETTA,
Dec.
13
Oi
The
Hitler
May
Meet
His
Waterloo
in
100
Days
Rulgaria
Shaken
to
Its
Foundations
With
Fear
of
Allied
Invasion
Rommel
Preparing
for
Allied
Attack
From
West.
LONDON,
Dec.
13
(CP)
A
peace
or
war
crisis,
inspired
in
part
by
fear
of
expected
Allied
invasion
of
the
Balkans,
was
shaking
Bulgaria
to
its
foundations
today
amid
some
indications
that
the
world
has
little
more
time
to
wait
for
proposed
east-west-south
knockout
blows
against
Adolf
Hitler.
"The
next
one
BULLETINS
NEW
PACT
SIGNED
MOSCOW
A
friendship,
mutual
assistance
and
postwar
co-operation
pact
between
Russia
and
Czechoslavkia
has
been
signed.
Details
will
be
announced
tomorrow.
MINISTERS
RESIGN
SOFIA
Thr
Bulgarian
Premier
and
two
of
hb
ministers
have
resigned
under
Leftist
pressure
which
would
take
Bulgaria
out
of
the
war.
REDS
LV
ASCEND
ANT
JIOSCOW
The
Red
Army
Is
again"
'making'
'progress
'against
'the
enemy'
air
'along
'the
'front'.
'
N'eW"Wghtln(flhas
.'hfoker'nut'klbri
'f
the'
straights
of'
Chetkasr,
Southeast
of
Kiev,
'which
Is
now
no
longer
in
danger
from
the
Germans.
rorr.
to
broadcast
ROME
The
Pope
will
jnkhis
usual
Christmas,
Eve
rtdtebitfcriroTnTthe
SHIPBUILDING
SLOWDOWN
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
Maritime
Commis
sion
has
ordereda
reduction
from
seven
to
ax
-days
per
1
week
in
all
shipyards
of
the
nation.
.
J
FLU
DEATHS
MOUNTING
..LONDON
There
were
more
than
seven
hundred
deaths
from
influenza
during
the
week
ending
December
4.
SIGN
CZECH-
RUSS
PACT
Mu'tal
AvI4aiK
and
Post
War
Collaboration
Pledged
As
Bar-ner
Against
Aggression.
LONDON.
December
13
(Can
adian
Press)
Russian,
and
Cze
-holovak
governments
took
the
first
step
towards
erecting
a
barrier
agalns
future
German
aggiesslon
In
eastern
Europe
by
binding
thrmrelves
In
a
treaty
ef
friendship,
mutual
assistance
and
postwar
collaboration.
The
agreement
was
signed
by
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
and
the
Czech
president.
Dr.
Edouard
"-n?s.
who
Is
In
Moscow.
The
pact
Is
for
twenty
years'
:
duration.
Details
will
be
an-
nounced
later.
Partizans
Recognized
By
Russia
MOSCOW,
Dec.
13
Soviet
Russia
recognizes
General
Tito's
ed
salmon,
sardines,
soap
and
partizans
as
tne
oinciai
govern
other
commodities
scarce
In
ment
of
Yugoslavia
Instead
of
I
Eire.
But
the
smugglers
Jumped
the
government
in
exile
or
King
out
of
the
boat
and
escaped.
Peter.
HEAR
DAGGETT
PRINCE
RUPERT
CIVIC
LABOR
FEDERATION
;
hundred
days
will
be
as,
unpor-j
tant
In
the
history
of
the
world
as
the
one
hundred
days
before
Waterloo"
declared
Lord
Strpbo-lgl,
chief
Labor
whip
In
the
House
of
Lords,
In
a
speech
yesterday.
"Then
Napoleon
met
his
fate
and
Hitler
will
meet
his
If
we
act
bravely
and
swiftly."
.
,
.
German
reports
reaching
Stockholm
Sunday
said
that
Field
Marshall
Erwln
Rommel
has
been
named
anti-invasion
chief
to
prepare
for
Allied
at
tack
on
western
Europe.
Rom
mel,
one
of
Germany's
outstand
ing
defence
strategists,
has
teen
reported
inspecting
German
.oital
defences
all
week-and
has
now
gone
to
Norway.
General
Henry
H.
Arnold,
chief
.Uf
the
United
States
Air
Force,
said
at
the
end
of
the
week
that
the
Allies
were
plan
ning
greater
air
raids
In
all
di-
rotions
on
the
Reich,
the
confi
dent
expectation
being
that!
thereby
Oermany
would
be
reduced
to
a
point
where
she
would
te
most
susceptible
for
effective
land
attack.
He
said
that
fearful
and
terrible
..l
i
.
i
.1
.
;
i.
m
"KiinWnirth.tVMch
very.tKjwn
J
r
add
village
would
be
hit
this
winter
with
the
assault
doubled
iln
the
spring.
REDS
TAKE
INITIATIVE
Battle
In
Russia
Has
Now
Taken
Definite
Turn
In
Favor
of
Soviet
Forces.
MOSCOW,
December
13
(Canadian
Press)
Regaining
the
Initiative
in
the
Kiev
bulge
after
four
weeks
of
heavy
defensive
fighting,
the
Red
Army
was
attacking
fiercely
toda3r"south
and
southwest
of
Malin,
slmiies
west
of
the
Ukrainian
capital,
after
wresting
several
points
from
the
Germans
yesteray
in
the
first
major
turn
of
battle
in
this
sector.
Further
south
Soviet
forces
captured
Chlglrin
at
the
northern
end
of
the
Kremechug
bridgehead.
REFUSES
COMMENT
Col.
Ralston
Has
No
Statement
To
Make
Regarding
Retire
ment
of
General
McNaughton.
LONDON,
December
13
(Can-dlan
Press)
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
today
declined
to
comment
on
rumors
of
the
possible
retirement
of
Lieut.
General
A.
O.
L.
McNaughton
as
commander-in-chief
of
the
Canadian
forces
overseas
and
brushed
tl
aside
another
rumor
that
he
1
himself
might
succeed
Sir
Ly-
d
man
Duff
as
chief
Justice
of
Ca-
ti
nada.
EYES
ARE
ACTIVE
During
a
person's
waking
hours,
the
eyes
are
In
a
con-
tlnuous
state
of
activity.
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