ate
also
being
resumed.
KISKA
ISLAND
BOMBED
AGAIN
WASHINGTON
United
States
planes
have
bombed
Kiska
Island
In
the
Aleutians
again.
Hits
were
made
on
two
Japanese
ships.
Three
of
the
American
planes
were
brought
down
by
Japanese
fighters.
ENUNCIATES
I:
Jci
Nurse
:
WAR
AIMS,:
Is
Decorated:
Simple
Statement
Made
by
Presl
dent
Roosevelt
in
New
Year
WASHINGTON,
D-C.,
Jan.
2
In
a
New
Year
message.
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
gave
principal
war
aims
as:
First,
winning
the
war.
Second,
organizing
the
'nations
t;
avoid
future
aggression
and
co
operating
for
the
future
peace
and
freedom
of
all
people.
BABIES
ON
NEWYEAR
Two
Arrivals
at
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
to
Usher
in
New
Y'ear
There
were
two
New
Year's
babies
bom
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
A
daughter
was
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
J.
Dunn
at
2
o'clock
New
Year's
morning.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Dunn
have
been
residents
of
the
city
for
the
past
year,
coming
here
from
Flln
Flon.
Mr.
Dunn
Is
employed
at
the
Canadian
National
Railways
Yard.
A
son
was
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
Grablnsky
at
5
o'clock
New
Year's
afternoon.
Mrs.
Grablnsky
has
resided
In
the
city
for
the
past
five
mtmths.
havlnc
come
here
from
Shames
where
her
husband
is
a
blacksmith.
4-
Sees
Action
For
Canucks
OTTAWA,
Jan.
2
In
a
New
Year's
message,
Prune
Minis-
ter
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
predicted
that
all
Cana-
dian
armed
forces
would
be
In
for
action
this
year
and
that
there
probably
would
be
heavy
losses.
"Tremendous,
loss
of
life
Is
the
price
of
victory,"
he
ob-
served.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Thursday
Detroit
2,
New
York
0.
Friday
Detroit
.2,
Boston
2.
Hangers
5,
Chicago
6.
Fined
For
Over-
,
'OTTAWA,
Jan.
2
Two
hund-
red
and
thirty-nine
Canadians
.are
..included
,among
ecorar
tlons
awarded
by
the
King
In
the
New
Year's
honors
list.
Nursing
Sister
Edith
Kergln
of
Prince
Rupert
is
among
those
recelv.ng
decorations.
She
gets
the
Royal
Red
Cross
(second
class).
Heads
of
the
three
fight-
Ing
services
of
Canada
Ad-
miral
Percy
W.
Nelles.
Lieut.
General
Kenneth
Stuart
and
Air
Marshal
L.
S.
Breadner
are
made
Commanders
of
the
TirlHcVi
Wnnlrp
Rental
Charges
Conviction
of
Uoy
Moore
on
Two
Counts
in
City
Folice
Court
Here
Rav
Moore
has
been
fined
$10
on
each
of
two
counts
in
city
polio
court
for
collecting
rents
In
excess
of
mlnlmums
set
by
the
local
ren
tals
commission.
Moore
chargea
$21.80
instead,
of
$16.80
for
a
residence
at
622
Sixth
Avenue
West
and
$24
instead
of
$15
for
620
Sixth
Avenue
West.
The
overpaid
rent
was
returned
to
the
tenants.
T.
W.
Brown
acted
for
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
in
the
prosecution.
Ned
McLeod
Lieutenant
Well
Known
Local
Boy
Has
Won
His
Commission
in
Army
Announcement
Is
made
that
Ned
-
i
r
TT
McLeod,
son
or
Mr.
aa
aus.
j.
.
McLeod
of
this
city,
who
has
been
on
service
with
tne
Koyai
Canadian
Navy
since
the
first
of
the
war,
has
been
awarded
his
sub-lieutenant's
commission.
ANCIENT
ALBUM
t
or,Mont.
Rome,
an
album
was
a
board
chalked
or
painted
whit'
on
which
public
notices
were
Inscribed
in
black.
PORT
FROM
OPORTO
Port
wine
Is
named
after
town
of
Oporto,
Portugal.
the
NURSING
SISTER
EDITH
KERGIN
Dispatches
today
tell
of
the
Royal
Red
Cross
being
awarded
to
Nursing
Sister
Edith
Kergln
of
Prince
Rupert
in
recognition
of
service
overseas
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Medical
Corps.
The
elder
daughter
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
L.
V.
Kergln
of
this
city.
Lieu-taenant
Kcrgin
was
born
In
Prince
Rupert
in
1Q15.
She
received
her
schooling
here
and
graduated
m
nursing
from
Toronto
General
Hospital.
She
was
with
the
first
Canadian
contingent
of
nurses
to
go
to
Britain
and
won
distinction
for
her
work
among
the
wounded
of
the
Dieppe
raid.
She
Is
to
be
married
in
England
on
Januajy
16
to
Capt.
Robert
Randolph
Mutrle,NFJl.C.S.
(Edin.)
who
.
Is
alsq
serving,
overseas
with
Jhenoyal3firyan
Army
Medieal
Corps.
Died
Suddenly
In
Local
Camp
Earl
William
Lkins,
Recent
Arrival
From
Winnipeg,
Succumbs
on
Acropolis
Hill
Job
The
death
occurred
suddenly
on
Wednesday
at
Acropolis
Hill
where
he
had
been
employed
by
the
B.
C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.
of
Earl
William
Eklns,
aged
42,
who
had
arrived
In
the
city
from
Winnipeg
less
than
three
weeks
ago.
He
succumbed
in
bed
at
the
camp.
Funeral
arrangements
are
In
the
hands
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers.
,
Deceased
was
married
and
had
a
16
year
old
daughter.
RECRUITING
NEXTWEEK
Formation
of
Prince
Rupert
Machine
Gun
Battalion
to
Soon
be
Under
Way
Lieut.
Col.
G.
C.
Oswell
of
Kel-owna,
who
arrived
In
the
city
yesterday
to
organize
and
actively
zommand
the
Reserve
Machine
Gun
Battalion
of
Flrlncc
Rupert
which
,is
about
to
be
formed,
is
now
getting
the
drill
hall
at
the
armory
on
Sixth
Avenue
in
ree.di-ness
for
uso
and
recruiting
of
the
unit
will
commence
at
the
end
of
next
week.
All
local
men
of
suitable
age
and
category
will
be
eligible.
There
will
be
regular
training
but
active
service
will
only
come
'In
case
of
actual
attack
upon
Prince
Rupert
or
in
cases
of
grave
emergency.
Equipment
and
stores
for
the
unit
are
already
here
and
Regi
mental
Quarter
Master
Sergeant
Broadley
of
Calgary
and
Orderly
Room
Sergeant
Meehan
of
New
Westminster
will
arrive
tomorrow.
ALCOHOL
OF
ARABIC
The
word
alcohol
is
derived
from'
the
Arabic
particle
al
and
kohl,
an
Impalpable
powder
used
In
the
East
for
painting
eyebrows.
ADVANCING
IN
AFRICA
British
Eighth
Army
is
Over
Another
Hurdle
Forres
Massing
In
Tunisia
LONDON,
Jan.-
2
fc
The
British
Eighth
Army
was
over
another
.
nuraie
toaay
in
pursuit
oi
me
axis
across
Libya
as
Field
Matshal
Er-win
Rommel,
still
preferring
to
run
rather
than
fight,
pulled
his
retreating
arms
west
of
Wadl
Bel
El
Chebir.
A
Cairo
communique
said
that
British
vanguards
drove
back
Axis
motorized
units
after
a
clash
west
of
the
Wadl,
a
series
of
gulches
about
195
miles
east
of
Tripoli.
It
was
one
of
the
last
places
In
the
Libyan
desert
where
Rommel
might
have
risked
a
stand
by
remnants
of
his
retreating
army
nnd
desert
dispatches
said
British
forces
had
expected
him
to
do
so.
Aerial
blows
against
Axis
supply
lines
and
'bases
still
provided
the
moin
action
In
Tunisia
where
both
sides
were
massing
ground
forces
An
Italian
communique,
however,
reported
local
thrusts
In
which
It
said
Axis
forces
reached
"positions
of
particular
importance."
Manual
Ortiz
Beats
Lindsay
Vancouver
Boy
Loses
Out
in
Bid
For
World's
Bantamweight
Title
PORTLAND,
Jan.
2
Manuel
Ortiz
outpointed
Kenney
Lindsay
of
Vancouver
in
ten
rounds
here
last
night
to
win
the
national
bantamweight
boxing
title.
COPPER
GUNNING
A
37
mm.
anti-aircraft
gun
uses
a
ton
of
copper
In
every
20
minutes
of
operation.
SHOWS
LONG
WAY
,It
has
been
estimated
that
welder's
if
lame
is
visible
for
miles.
'
Local
Temperature
Tomorrow's
Day
Maximum
33
Sunrise
10:02
Minimum
21
Sunset
17:28
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
XXXII,
No.
1
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
2,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
More
Important
Soviet
Victories
Missing
Februaxy
13,1943.
IMPORTANT
RUSSIAN
VICTORIES
MOSCOW
Alonp
the
entire
1,200-mlle
front
the
Ked
Army
keeps
up
its
offensive
against
the
German
invaders
southwest
of
Stalingrad
and
northwest
of
Moscow
with
the
capture
of
the
two
vital
cities
of
Zimovnika
and
Veliki
Luki,
900
miles
'apart.
Pressure
on
twenty-two
trapped
Nazi
divisions
in
the
middle
Don
area
is
maintained.
On
the
central
front,
too,
there
is
no
diminution
of
the
gieal
attack
against
the
enemy.
The
drive
beyond
captured
Kotelnikovski
towards
Koslov
keeps
up.
ALLIED
DRIVE
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
LONDON
Allied
forces
are
making
a
three-pronged
diivc
into
enemy
lines
between
Tunisia
and
Libya
although
progress
is
'slow
cwing
to
continued
unfavorable
weather.
Allied
aerial
bombing
activity
keeps
up.
Sfax
Sousse
and
Gabat
were
again
raided
during
the
night,
wharves,
railway
yards
and
warehouses
being
hit
and
set
afire.
At
sea
in
the
Mediterranean
two
more
enemy
supply
ships
have
been
sunk
with
a
third
hit
as
well
as
a
destroyer.
An
enemy
airdrome-on
Crete
was
also
attacked.
In
retaliation
for
Allied
air
attacks
on
Tu'
nisian
ports,
Casablanca
was
bombed
by
Axis
planes
for
the
first
time
in
the
war.
R.A.F.
OVER
GERMANY
I
LONDON
Koyal
Air
Force
bombers
were
over
western
Gcr-,
many
again
Thursday
night.
Mines
were
also
laid
in
enemy
waters,
j
Two
of
the
liritish
planes
failed
to
return.
Daylight
attacks
on
France
j
Honored
By
King
BULLETINS
SEKGEAN1
WIIAKTON
HONORED
OTTAWA
Regimental
Sergeant
Major
William
Robinson
Whaiton,
Koyal
Canadia
Artillery,
whose
wife's
residence
is
given
as
Frince
Rupert,
was
made
a
member
of
the
Order
of
the
liritish
Empire
jn
the
King's
New
Year's
Day
hoors.
NAZI
TRANSPORT
SUNK
MOSCOW
An
8,000-lon
German
transport
has
been
sunk
by
a
Russian
submarine
in
Norwegian
waters.
CONVOYS
ON
SOHEDULE
LONDON
AIlcd
convoys
are
not
being
bothered
a
great
deal
by
enemy
naval
craft
these
days
and
are
reaching
Murmansk
and
Archagel
on
schedule.
German
war
vessels
arc
bottled
up
in
Norwegian
ports
and
in
the
CURTIN
WANTS
HELP
CANBERRA
Prime
Minister
John
t'urtin
of
Australia
feels
that
the
"Deal
With
Hitler
First-idea
is
being
overdone
and
that
more
attention
should
be
paid
to
strengthening
Allied
forces
in
the
Pacific
for
defence
and
offensive
operations
against
the
Japanese.
Mi.
Curtin
says
the
Japanese
are
consolidating
their
alieacy
won
positions.
There
should
be
greater
naval,
military,
and
air
strength
still
in
the
Pacific.
PRISONERS
BEING
FREED
TANGIERS
Most
of
the
French
political
prisoners
in
Nprt
h
Af
l
ica
are
.
being,
freed,
.by
.
General
Henri
Girauu,
tne
new
French
commissioner.
RAID
ON
WAKE
ISLAND
HONOLULU
Admiral
Chester
W.
Niniitz
anounceg
that
a
heavy
raid
was
made
by
United
States
Navy
bombers
on
Wake
Island
Christmas
Eve.
Seventy-five
thousand
pounds
of
bombs
were
dropped
and
many
fiics
were
started
in
Japanese
installations.
SINKINGS
AT
RABAUL
MELBOURNE
three
more
Japanese
supply
ships
have
been
sunk
at
Rabaul,
New
Britain,
by
Allied
bombers.
SEVEN
FERCENT
FILM
CUT
WASHINGTON
A
seven
percent
cut
has
been
made
in
the
film
supply
for
the
American
moving
picture
industry.
KEYES
MADE
BARON
.LONDON
Sir
Roger
Keyes.
Admiial
of
the
Fleet,
has
been
made
a
baron
in
the
King's
New
Year's
honor
list.
BURMA
ATTACKED
AGAIN
NEW
DELHI
The
Royal
Air
Force
has
again
struck
with
bombing
raids
against
Akyab
and
in
the
Mandalcy
area
of
Burma.
Com'dore
Stevens
Is
Rear
Admiral
Well
Known
Naval
Engineer
Officer
Receives
Promotion
OTTAWA,
Jan.
2
Engineer
Commodore
Stevens
of
the
Royal
I
Canadian
Navy
has
been
promoted
to
the
rank
of
engineer
near
DEFENCES
OF
CEYLON
After
a
thorough
tour
of
the
city's
anti-aircraft
defences,
Admiral
Sir
Geoffrey
Layton
reached
the
conclusion
that
"Columbo
will
probably
meet
any"
hostile
air
attack."
SUGGESTIONS
ADOPTED
Of
200,000
production
suggestions
submitted
to
American
war
plants,
20,000
have
been
adopted
since
the
war
started.
Two
Russian
Objectives
Have
Been
C
Drivins
Red
New
Cabinet
Members
For
Great
Britain
LONDON.
Jan.
2-The
Duke
of
Devonshire
has
been
appointed
Parliamentary
Undersecretary
for
the
Colonies
and
the
Earl
of
Mun-ster
becomes
Undersecretary
for
India
and
Burma.
BOTTLING
UP
ENEMY
Allies
Gradually
Hemming
Jap
ancse
In
on
New
Guinea
Island
SOMEWHERE
IN
NEW
GUINEA,
Jan.
2
Oi
Following
the
policy,
of
urogrersively
smaller
segments.
Allied
tanks,
infantry
and
artillery
succeeded
yesterday
in
isolating
thp
J-ipancse
on
the
Buna
front
Into
two
sector
as
well'
as
small
pocket.
A
parachute
attack
with
tanks
which
began
in
the
early
morning
reached
a
beach
at
East
Glropa
Point
along
a
400-yard
front
by
noon.
Then,
wheeling
east
by
mid-afternoon,
It
pocketed
the
Japanese
force
in
a
heavily-hunkered'
area
borrfpred
on
the
north
by
Senl
Ml
Creek.
Twenty
Japanese
aircraft
were
destroyed
on
the
ground
In
an
Al
lied
air
raid
on
Lae
and
nine
out
if
twelve
Japanese
zeros
were
shot
down
in
a
fight
overhead.
DR0WNEDAT
PT.
EDYARD
.
Port
Simpson
ftative
Youth
Lost
His
Life
When
Gillnet
Boat
Hit
Reck
William
Robert
Gray,
aged
eighteen,
native
of
Port
Simpson,
employed
by
the
B.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.
at
Port
Edward,
lost
his
life
by
drownihg
near
there
on
Wednesday
evening
at
7:45
when
his
gillnet
boat
Carlisle
hit
a
rock
near
shore
the
other
side
of
Port
Edward
and
he
fell
overboard.
The
body
was
found
by
his
aunt,
Mrs.
Andrew
Cecil,
at
2:45
Thursday
afternoon
in
the
couisc
of
a
search.
It
was
seen
In
shallow
water
at
the
low
tide
not
far
from
where
the
boat
went
ashore.
Later
in
the
day
the
remains
were
brought
in
to
Prince
Rupert.
The
unfortunate
youth's
only
companion
In
the
boat
was
his
cousin,
Vernon
Cecil,
who
leaped
ashore
to
safety.
Parents
of
deceased
are
Mr.
and
0)-
woses
urpy
ui
ruru
ouuii.
COLOMBO,
Ceylon,
Jan.
2
frs.
mere
are
iwu
uruuieis,
oamuiuu
and
David
Grey,
and
one
sister,
Mrs.
Edgar
(Mildred)
Cecil.
The
remains
are
being
sent
Port
Simpson
for
burial.
FOUNDED
SITKA
a
aptured
by
Offensive
Veliki
Luki
and
Elista,
Nine
Hundred
Miles
Apart,
Fall
To
Arms
of
Stalin's
Conquering
Forces
MOSCOW,
Jan.
2
(CP)
Capture
of
two
major
Russian
objectives
nine
hundred
miles
apart,
Veliki
Luki
in
the
north
and
Elista
on
the
southern
Kalmyck
Steppes,
was
announced
by
Soviet
authorites
today
as
the
newest
successes
of
the
hard-hitting
Red
Army
winter
offensive.
Veliki
Luki
was
taken
after
a
long
and
bitter
siege
and
by
Russian
reports
its
final
seizure
was
bloody.
"The
German
garrison
in
the
tow
which
refused
to
lay
down
arms
was
.wiped
out,"
a
communique
said.
Elista
was
gat'hered
t
ln
by
Russian
columns
that
speared
swiftly
south
from
the
Stallngrad-Kotelnlkovskl
battle
line.
to
Alexander
Baranof,
founded
Alaska,
in
1804
after
the
massacre
by
the
natives
of
the
Inhabitants
of
an
earlier
settlements,
KISKA
ID.
HEAVY
HIT
Guadalcanal
Also
Gets
New
Year
Greetings
in
Form
of
Allied
Bombs
WASHINGTON,
DC,
Jan.
2
(CP)
The
United
States
Department
of
the
Navy
reported
today
that
American
air
fojcej
in
the
Pacific,
opened
Hife-iNev
JCUl
mill
Ill'dVJ
AildLBJ
tt&UUK
Japanese-held
Kiska
Island
in
the
Aleutians
and
Japanese
positions
in
the
Solomons
including
a
area
believed
to
be
headquarters
of
their
force
in
Roy
Winslow
Boat
Winner
Holds
Lucky
Ticket
for
Sailboat
Model
Raffled
by
Rotary
Club
For
Civic
Centre
Fund
i
The
model
sailboat,
which
was
Dresented
by
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergln
for
raffling
In
aid
of
the
civic
centre
fund,
was
drawn
for
at
the
weekly
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
Thursday
and
the
winner
was
R.
M.
Winslow.
The
winner
In
the
weekly
drawing
for
a
war
savings
certificate
in
aid
of
the
Queen's
Fund
was
A.
S.
Nlckerson.
President
George
C.
Mitchell
was
In
the
chair
and
there
was
one
mest
In
'he
person
of
Hugh
FOOTBALL
IN
BOWLS
Georgia
Defeats
U.C.LA.
At
Pasadena
9
to
0
Rose
Bowl
Georgia
D,
Univer
sity
of
California
at
Los
Angeles,
0.
Orange
Bowl
Boston
21,
Ala
bama
37.
Cotton
Bowl
Georgia
Tech,
7,
Texas
14.
Sugar
Bowl
Tulsa
7,
Tennessee
14.
Sun
Bowl
Second
Air
Force
13,
Hardin
Simmons
7.
Flower
Bowl
(negro)
A.
and
T.
College
14,
Southern
University
6.
In
the
East-West
game,
East
won
13
to
12.
CUSTOMS
REVENUE
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
Prince
Rupert
for
the
month
of
December
totalled
$54,410.22,
it
was
announced
today.