and
dropped
Incendiary
bombs
Inland.
In
a
southeast
English
town
during
the
day
more
than
a
dozen
plane
-
came
over
and
twelve
per-i;r.u
were
known
klled
.with
thi?
1.
1
r
There
were
also
a
num-ber
wounded
and
some
damage
dene
Horn'
s,
Dusmess
mniciings
arl
snhools
were
hit.
One
school
wai
demolished
Just
after
the
children
had
left
for
shelter.
Senate
Talks
Gas
Rationing
Question
Raised
as
to
I'rovlncial
Kights
Ileitis:
Infringed
Upon
OTTAWA
March
25
The
Sen
ile
yesterday
engaged
In
a
dlscus-
".:i:'
is
rationings
One-
senator
oird
the
issue
as
to
the
lnfrlnge-mer.:
upon
provincial
rights
as
a
c
.It
of
cas
rationing.
JAPANESE
HIT
HARD
Laigc
Scale
Kaids
on
Shore
Installations
and
Shipping
Around
New
Guinea
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUJTALIA,
Mar.
25
Large
scale
(aid:
by
Allied
bombing
planes
on
imponam
objectives
on
New
Guinea
and
elsewhere
In
the
South
Pa-t!f!
cuiunue.
Shore
Installations
at
Mumbo
as
well
as
shipping
of
'he
nrmy
came
In
for
heavy
and
effe
jv
battering
with
no
less
than
41
planes
taking
part
In
the
t'ark
Al)
Allied
planes
returned
afc!y
id
their
bases.
Lao
on
New
Guinea
was
also
attacked
t).v
the
Allied
planes
and
the
'aids
extended
to
enemy
bases
on
New
Britain
Rnd
the
Solomons.
The
Allied
planes
hit
a
1
c-'houtand
ton
enemy
merchant
ves-sc
Wednesday,
the
High
Command
wncuncjd.
Two
small
coastal
ves-w?rf
also
seriously
hit.
Police
Court
Fines
Higher
Total
for
This
Year
is
More
Than
Double
That
of
Last
Year
Police
court
fines
for
the
first
l"o
months
of
1943
in
Prince
Ru-
"
totalled
$1,800
as
compared
Mtn
$795
in
the
corresponding
jwlod
last
year.
The
fines
for
Feb-ruary
amounted
to
$953.75
as
gainst
$595
in
the
same
month
last
year
During
this
February
there
were
"b
cases
resulting
In
118
convic-"on'
Twenty-eight
of
the
cases
tre
under
the
Radio
Act.
FOll
DESTITUTE
NEGROES
pi.
.
ne
on
thc
West
Afrl
can
n
r.
coast
was
ceded
to
Britain
In
for
natlve
chlefs
as
a
homc
h
slaves
tU
negroes
and
escaPed
ive8
m
m
England.
we
are
reminded
of
the
days
of
ancient
crisis
for
Englishmen.
My
own
quarters
overlook
the
gloiious
ruins
of
a
castle
which
Caeser's
legions
built
on
arrival
here.
Later
It
was
rebuilt
by
the
men
of
the
Crusades
and
now
It
provides
shelter
for
the
modern
attomptto-breafc
owttcsIsU
ance
against
the
enemy.
From
where
I
sit
I
can
see
the
steeps
and
flats
of
England's
shores
where
but
a
hundred
or
so
years
ago
Napoleon
essayed
an
unsuccessful
Invasion.
The
scarred
faces
of
many
a
field
hereabouts
tell
of
locked
battles
and
bloody
encounters
with
armed
and
saddled
forces.
In
many
of
the
ancient
chu.chcs
in
this
south
country
can
be
read
the
his-
t
tory
of
those
strenuous
past
days.
"One
feels
that,
apart
from
the
very
thorough
defences
lining
every
inch
of
our
coast,
there
Is
a
yet
greater
defence
to
be
found
In
the
quality
of
the
people.
Training
for
Battle
"All
day
long
our
boys
have
been
training
for
one
of
the
fiercest
;
bouts
in
military
history.
It
would
be
difficult
to
Imagine
a
more
peaceful
spot
than
this
Ir.
normal
times
the
white
cliffs
dropping
sheer
to
the
sea,
the
dazzling
white
;amparts,
the
sun
and
the
green
undulations
of
the
soutn
downs
rolling
away
to
the
west.
Out
lads
use
these
hills
from
time
to
time
as
an
ideal
terrain
for
tank
and
gun
exercises.
"The
thrush,
the
blackbird
and
the
skylark
arc
blithely
contemplating
spring
and.
for
a
vastly
dls-
tant
icason.
I
am
doing
the
same
though
not
so
blithely.
"The
quiet
little
town
at
the
foot
of
the
downs
has
all
the
appear
ance
of
being
asleep
but.
In
reality,
it
u
vprv
wide
awake.
I
doubt
If
anv
town
along
these
shores
has
re
eclved
a
greater
battering
from
cn-rmv
marauders
and
now
hardly
a
bv
without
a
warning
of
"
....
Tf
I
I
the
approach
of
trie
nun.
his
inum
slonally
In
groups
of
ten.
Bombing,
and
machine-gunning
axe
mms-crlmlnate.
Women
and
children
are
the
worst
sufferers
altnougn
no
one
Is
sufe
"The
other
day
I
was
going
back
to
my
quarters
and
was
suddenly
startled
by
machine
gun
chatter
and
anti-aircraft
gun
fire
coming
from
the
shore
defences.
This
was
followed
by
the
roar
of
enemy
planes
from
the
sea.
They
dropped
some
bombs
and
came
In
towards
our
position.
I
could
see
our
men
were
diving
for
shelter
and
It
occurred
to
me
that
I
should
lose
no
great
offensive
in
Europe,
there
is
a
corresponding
tense
ness
among
us,
writes
Rev.
(Captain)
R.
C.
II.
Durnford
craft
me
on
the
southeast
coast
0t
Prince
Rupert
from
Britain
to
Rt.
Rev.
G.
A.
Rix,
u.u.,
mshop
ot
Caledonia.
"Most
of
the
lads
in
my
regi
ment
have
waltrd
In
this
rnnntrv
-
1
.
for
th;en
vpars
fnr
lust
thu
mr.m.
mafce
no
impression
upon
it.
I
saw
ent.
Thev
have
not
alwavs
no..
lh2
blaCk
crosses
on
the
planes
cd
the
erace
of
nau?n
for
coming
in
my
direction
at
an
amaz
I
1
--
1
i
i
.
.
...mi
long
a
delay
although
at
no
time
in,B,y
'ow
iem'
ine
V,C10US
sPluin&
hnv
hv
a
.v,
of
red
flames
coming,
from
their
fighting
spirit.
But
now
all
that
Impatience
Is
changed.
There
Is
an
air
of
expectancy
and
alertness
and
a
certain
"straining
upon
the
leash."
There
Is,
in
fact,
an
air
of.
movement
and
big
events
everywhere
about
us.
"If
the
surrounding
country
can
lend
inspkatlon
to
these
momentous
affairs
we
certainly
have
It
here
for
in
the
area
of
our
training
guns
as
I
leapt
over
the
gate
to
lie
on
the
lawn.
The
planes
roared
over
me
and
I
could
see
the
pilots
and
ilie
bunib
raks
whh
their
deadly
loads
the
vast
sp.ead
of
olive
and
green
wings
above
me.
However,
they
dropped
no
bombs
on
us
and
it
turned
out
afterwards
they
were
on
their
way
to
London.
When
It
seemed
safe
to
get
up
1
did
so
and
made
my
way
to
the
aie
and
again
tried
to
jump
it
but,
do
you
think
I
could?
Not
by
a
long
shot!
It
needed
Ihe
sudden
appearance
of
a
bombing
plane
and
machine
guns
to
give
me
the
energy
for
such
an
athletic
feat.
Civilian
Courage
"The
civilians,
here
have
stood
HP
against
mis
son
or
tning
ior
a
ions
time
with
unsurpassed
courage
Their
conduct
must
prove
discour
aging
to
the
enemy
who
thought
they
would
be
terrified
into
surrender.
What
Is
true
of
these
south
folk
Is
true
of
the
whole
country.
They
have
faced
up
to
the
worst
that
the
enemy
has
to
give
and
many
icstnctions
their
own
government
has
found
It
necessaiy
to
impose
upon
them.
Above
all
we
feci
the
need
of
keeping
the
power
of
God
In
these
trying
times.
These
are
mad
days
interspersed
with
In
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
BIG
RAIDS
ON
BERLIN
Soon
Allied
Planes
Will
be
Going
Over
in
Hundreds
Daily
spiring
leadership
in
church
and
a
land
army
to
assist
In
planting
state.
God
grant
we
may
prove
and
harvesting
crops
this
year,
worthy
of
survival
when
we
have
won
by
foice
of
arms
the
right
to
I
build
a
free
world.
I
"My
chaplaincy
duties
cover
two
I
regiments
and
one
city
hospital.
I
am
attached
to
the
Scaforths
but
do
extra
duty
with
a
Royal
Canadian
Artillery
Regiment
hereabouts.
ioon
I
will
have
to
undergo
train
ing
with
my
boys
designed
to
fit
us
for
actual
combat
with
the
enemy
in
the
near
future.
I
do
not
know
how
I
am
going
to
shape
up
to
this
aiduous
and
exacting
work.
I
have
no
doubt
about
the
men.
They
are
tnlHn
no
irl.lrilv
as
I
110W
sine
mV
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GERMANY
Objectives
in
Northern
France
Are
Also
Targets
Local
Temperature
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Tonight's
Dim-out
IJJ
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
37
Maximum
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
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to
7:01
ajn.
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AND
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NEWSPAPER
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B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
25,
1913
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Churchill
Speaks
About
onna
BOMBS
ON
SCOTLAND
first
Kaid
in
Weeks
is
Made
by
t'ali.s
Southeast
English
Town
Hit
LONDON,
March
25Nazi
raiders
last
niht
bombed
Scotland
for
the
fir
unie
in
weeks,
Incendiaries
be-ins
dropped
on
the
southeast
coast.
Scotland
had
been
untroubled
by
heavy
German
raids
since
the
spring
of
1941
and
only
once
previously
this
year
the
target
for
;mall
scale
attack
until
It
felt
the
sting
of
German
reprisal
assaulU
I
early
today
when
the
enemy
bomb-
j
crs
flew
through
severe
antl-alr
Padre
Durnford,
Writing
From
England,
Forecasts
High
Destiny
This
Year
Britain
Tense
and
Canadian
Soldiers
Poised
For
Hour
Of
(J
real
Adventure
Describes
Air
Raid
"We
are
facing
a
year
charged
with
high
desliny
for
tnousanus
01
us
and,
as
the
hour
draws
near
for
the
MARINES
HOME
AFTER
EPIC
FIGHT
ON
GUADALCANAL
The
first
contingent
of
U.S.
Marines
to
re
urn
from
Guadalcanal
after
they
were
relieved
by
the
U.S.
Army
Is
shown
leaving
the
transport
that
brought
the
boys
back
to
a
south
Pacific
port.Some
of
the
boys
had
been
on
Guadalcan
t,
battling
the
Japs
without
letup,
since
August
7.
when
Uncle
Sam,
first
attacked
the
Solomo
Aln.oiit
as
they
reached
home,
Tokyo
and
Washington
announcements
told
of
a
complete
victory
on
Guadalcanal.
t
Cleaning
Up
I
On
Charters
4.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
25
"CP1
The
congressional
munnu
Marrh
25
f.pnrral
!
committee
heard
a
report
Eaker
of
-the
United
States
fore-
j
'
om
its
counsel
that
private--
casts
an
early
intortfinati
nf
'
iy-ownca
mercnant
vessels
t
the
Allied
sir
attacks
on
Germany.
Soon
It
will
be
possible
to
scid
one
hundred
plane
raiding
groups
by
day
Jto
Berlin.
FOR
WOMEN
Will
he
Organized
for
Planting
and
Harvesting
Crops
in
British
Columbia
KfTOWNA.
March
25
0"
Hon.
Dr.
K.
C.
McDonald,
minister
of
agriculture,
announced
here
yesterday
that
women
of
British
Col
umbia
cities
will
be
organized
into
chartered
to
the
British
Mln-
istry
of
War
transport
in
'1941
to
carry
war
supplies
to
the
Red
Sea
realized
enough
prof-
It
from
a
single
trip
to
pay
off
many
times
over,
the
total
'1co6irtf5ruB
of
ihc
'
vessbls.In
'
all
cases
the
charter
hire
was
'
paid
lor
from
lend-lease
O
funds.
BULLETINS
CKASH
AT
YARMOUTH
YARMOUTH,
Nova
Scotia
Six
airmen
were
killed
when
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
exploded
while
taking
off
from
here
yesterday.
Two
ground
crew
were
seriously
injured
and
a
woman
ncaiby
suffered
a
hemorrhage
as
a
result
of
the
blast.
Flying
Officer
Charles
Lcroy
of
Montreal
was
the
pilot.
PEARL
.HARBOR
BEST
TOKYO
A
picture
depict.ng
the
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor
lias
been
LONDON,
March
25
ff
Allied
;
adjudged
Japan's
best
moving
fighters
machine-gunned
railway
picture
oi
tnc
year.
Installations
in
northern
France
by
day
yesterday
and
mosquito
tough
as
nails
and
take
anything
bombers
hit
railway
targets
In
in
their
stride.
"It
is
of
great
'satisfaction
to
me
io
know
that
my
place
on
the
actual
battlefield
will
be
with
the
nedical
officer
and
his
advanced
lress.ng
station
which
Is
only
slxCy
'o
eighty
yards
.behind
the
front
line.
If
I
can
win
my
right
to
the
I
tic
of
"padre"
there
I
shall
have
to
thank
God
for
the
opportunity.
If
I
can
there
point
men
to
Christ
and
help
them
make
their
peace
with
God
I
shall
sing
my
Nunc
Dl-
noithwcst
Germany
at-dusk.
Madame
Chiang
In
Trisco
Now
First
Lady
of
China
Gels
Great
Reception
To
Officiate
at
Ship
launching,
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Msirch
25
SALARY
LIMIT
REJECTED
WASHINGTON
The
House
and
Senate
have
both
rejected
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
proposal
ia
limit
salaries
in
the
United
Slates
to
$23,000
per
year.
GERMAN
BASE
CRIPPLED
LONDON
The
chief
of
thc
Elghth
Bomber
Command,
Brigadier-General
Newton
Lohg-fcllows,
said
that
'the
American
raid
on
Vegesack
submarine
and
shipbui'dinir
yards
last
Thursday
"crippled
that
base
for
a
con-
dangerous
method
Is
to
fly
at
roof-
Te
Deum.
In
the
task
before
me
I
Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek
arrived
sitIcrablc
llcrioli.
tOD
height
so
as
to
be
out
of
range
rciy
so
mucn
on
tne
prayers
of
my
in
San
Francisco
today
In
the
of
heavy
antt-alrcraft
guns.
He
friends
may
they
pray
that
I
may
course
of
her
tour
of
the
United
comes
singly,
In
pairs
ana
occa-
cast
away
everytning
mat
ninaers
states
ana
was
given
a
great
re-
a
clear
and
steady
witness
to
uis
ception,
particularly
in
uninatown.
saving
grace
1"
Enemy
In
Burma
Being
Attacked
Railways,
Supplies
and
Communi-cations
Arc
Hit
by
Allied
Bombs
NEW
DELHI,
March
25
Allied
bombing
planes
found
further
im
Oh
Friday
she
will
officiate
at
the
launching
of
a
ship
to
bo
named
Sun
Yat
Sen.
TANGIER
CONTROL
International
control
of
Tangier,
opposite
Gibraltar,
was
established
by
treaty
In
1911.
WHEN
MEN'S
FEET
GLOWED
In
the
Middle
Ages
men's
shoes
tried
the
nearest
garden
gate,
u
v
precious
stones.
fastener
and
I
could
ma
yesteraay.
had
a
patent
0
Battle
For
Mareth
Line
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
25
O)
The
battle
for'
the
Mar-
eth
Line
continued
yesterday
with
heavy
artillery
duelling
and
American
patrols
made
local
gains
In
the
Maknassy
area,
a
communique
said
to-
day.
American
patrols
also
carried
out
successful
opera-
tonrpts
nn
railways,
sun-
were
often
more
fancy
than
worn-
tlons
In
the
Gafso
sector,
i,
4
Hninff
the
same
tning.
i
"."
-
...
A
:
GAINS
BY
PRUSSIANS
Advances
in
Caucasus
and
Along
Central
Front
are
Made
by
Red
Army
MOSCOW,
Maich
25
Russian
gains
in
both
the
Caucasus
and
jenlral
fronts
are
reported.
Abinskaya,
an
important
railway
station
and
district
centre,
only
twenty
miles
northeast
of
Novoios-
slsk,
former
Soviet
Black
Sea
naval
base
in
the
.
Caucasus,
has
been
apTurea
by1
the
Russians."
The
Red
Army
Is
continuing
to
advance
rn
Smolensk
with
a
two-pronged
drive.
Several
more
lnhab-st-d
points
on
the
way
to
the
key
Nazi
base
were
captured
Wednes
day,
Moscow
radio
reported.
In
the
sector
of
Belgorod
in
the
Uk
aine
the
Russians
are
still
on
the
defensive
against
powerful
Nazi
assaults
but
the
attacks
are
being
beaten
back
with
losses
to
the
Germans.
Mud
Is
slowing
up
the
fight
ing
In
Russia
except
around
Officers
Of
Sea
Cadets
Go
South
Local
l'arty
Leaving
Tonight
For
Esquimau
In
Take
Course
of
Training
Six
officers
of
the
local
Sea
Caddis
Corns
will
leave
tonight
for
H.
M.
C.
S.
Naden
at
Esquimalt
to
take
-
two
weeks'
course
of
training.
They
are
Lieut.
Gwyn
Holtby,
Lieut
Edward
Dawes,
Sub-Lieut.
John
Wilson,
Sub-Lieut.
Jack
Brccn,
Sub-Lieut.
Sidney
Alexander
and
Sub-Lieut.
John
Christiansen.
Gandhi
and
His
Nationalists
Held
to
Blame
LONDON.
March
25
A
British
government
white
paper
VICHY,
March
25
Vichy
has
complained
at
an
Allied
program
of
propaganda
to
arouse
the
French
people
into
"Ill-considered
action."
There
has
been
more
sabotage
at
Lyon,
St.
Etlenne
and
Toulon.
HAVE
MORE
SHIPS
NOW
Vessels
Afloat
Now
Morer
Than
Before
and
Steadily
Improving
Says
Chuithlll
LONDON,
larch
25
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
declared
today
that
the
United
Nations
"have
afloat
substantially
larger
fleefs
than
they
had
at
the
worst
moment
in
the
U-boat
war
and
this
improvement
is
continuing."
The
statement
was
in
reply
to
a
question
in
the
House
of
Com-
r
1
mons
in
regaid
to
a
German
'
claim
last
week
of
some
thirty-two
ships
having
been
sunk
out
of
an
Allied
convoy
in
the
Atlantic.
The
Prime
Minister,
declined
give
a
direct
answer
to
the
question
as
to
do
so
would
be
to
give
information
to
the
enemy.
Messina
Attacked
By
Americans
In
Daylight
Bombing
CAIRO,
March
25
Q
An
an
nouncement
yesterday
said
that
American
bombers
attacked
the
harbor
of
Messina
in
Sicily
by
day
light
oh
Tuesday.
BEER
WILL
BE
SCARCE
Keileraled
in
Ottawa
That
No
Change
in
Restrictions
Are
Likely
OTTAWA,
March
25
Q
Despite
strong
pressure
from
many
quar
ters
for
relaxation
of
beer
restrictions,
an
official
source
said
he
did
"
not
think
there
is
any
likelihood
of
a
change.
Red
Cross
Fund
Moving
Upward
Eighty-four
Percent
of
National
Objective
Has
Now
Been
Reached
TORONTO,
March
25
The
na
tional
Red
Cross
drive
Up
to
last
night
had
reached
eighty-four
percent
of
the
objective
of
$10,000,000.
In
British
Columbia
over
$756,000
had
been
subscribed.
MORE
WARDENS
ARE
REQUIRED
To
Fill
Ranks
of
A.R.P;
in
Tlace
Of
Those
Who
Have
Gone
to
Reserve
At
a
session
of
the
local
Civilian
Protection
Committee
(A.R.P.)
ex-
Issued
ecutlve
It
was
'decided
to
make
a
yesterday,
blamed
Mohandas
K.
drive
for
new
volunteers
to
replace
Gandhi
and
the
Indian
Nationalist
wardens
who
have
Joined
the
local
Congress
for
serious
disorders
'last
reserve
unit.
It
was
also
decided
summer
which
led
to
the
klllln;
and
injuring
of
British
subjects.
Vichy
Complains
Over
Propaganda
Charges
That
Allies
are
Inspiring
French
People
to
"Ill-considered
Action"
to
request
the
A.R.P.
wardens
who
i
have
joined
the
reserve
to
turn
In
their
equipment
without
delay.
J.
J.
Little,
..district
controller,
presided
over
the
A.R.P.
meeting.
Telephone
Directory
Changes
or
new
listings
for
next
issue
of
the
Telephone
Directory,
to
be
made
in
writing
to
Telephone
Department,
City
Hall,
not
later
than
April
1st.