'
Qrme
Stuart
Is
wen
Command
J
t
uuiie
oiuan,
wno
nas
t
en
on
active
service
with
the
;
navy
since
me
In
the
beelnnlnsr
of
wr
has
now
been
placed
command
of
a
corvette
op-
!ratlng
in
convoy
on
the
At-
..tat
Ocean,
np'rirrllnB'
in
her'e
hlCh
h"
be6n
recelved
j.
,
is
announced.
She
Both
City
Revenue
and
Expenditure
Placed
at
Higher
Figure
in
1943
City
expenditure
for
1943
Is
estimated
at
$506,493.25
as
compared
with
actual
expenditure
of
$456,048.28
In
1942
while
revenue
from
sources
other
than
taxation
this
year
is
estimated
at
$329,408
as
against
actual
revenue
of
$298,474.93
in
1942.
The
balance
of
$77,085.25
between
expenditure
and
revenue
is
to
be
raised
by
taxation
by
imposing
a
rate
of
fifty
mills
on
100
percent
of
the
land
and
fifty
percent
of
improvements.
The
following
detailed
estimate
of
revenue
and
expenditure
for
1943
together
with
statement
of
actual
expenditures
for
last
year
have
been
placed
before
the
city
council
by
the
finance
committee:
RECEIPTS
1942
Actual
$
10,685.00
1502.00
21,093.97
100.00
6.270.07
5,461.67
5,352.53
51,241.27
65,269.96
11,101.57
772.95
3,000.00
229.66
618.00
C.567.36
176.83
224.19
1,142.50
0.568.50
25,500.00
20,514.49
381.17
15,111.01
10,48120
57853
-
759.25
771.25
10,000.00
$298,474.93
1942
Actual
$
31.854.28
45,10459
15,680.34
774.00
18.448.18
25.803.74
36.600.34
25.209.52
44,509.93
10.015.95
712.49
901.74
3.143,07
501.39
400.00
3.601.59
6.010.43
1,200.00
90,632.88
43.606.45
41,003.30
5,334.07
$456,048.28
Trade
Licenses
Police
Taxes
School
Grants
v
School
Miscellaneous
,
Motor
Licenses
Unemployable
Relief
Radio
Phone
Commission
Telephone
Water
Rentals
Rev,.
Property
Bank
Interest"
Sundry
Receipts
Better
Housing
Administration
Dog
Tax
Poll
Tax
Building
Permits
Wiring
Permits
Burial
Permits
(
Scavenging
Land
Sales
Arrears
of
Taxes
Tax
Penalties
and
Interest
Local
Improvement
Taxes
Current
Local
Improvement
Taxes
Arrears
Interest
on
Agreements
Land
Sales
Phone"
Installations"
"
-
'
'
Water
Permits
and
Connections
Wartime
Housing
Sundry
Debtors
D.
N.
D.
Leases
EXPENDITURES
,rT-..-TTtrirD
M.irch
31
W
VftKOUUVtUM
Charges
that
Northvan
Ship
Re-
nnirc
limited
v
oiaiea
uk
"u
shop
agreement
with
the
Boiler-
m-ikprV
and
iroiiH-"-
tti
ro.Miit.pH
In
some
five
thou
irninz
out
on
strike
CttllU
HUn.V4w
--I(T
at
8
o'clock
yesteraay
out
late
nrkers
were
still
Tuesday
night'
and
there
were
no
indications
of
plans
w
dispute
over
union
dues.
La
radian-Congress
of
the
strike.
It
bor
Is
not
supporting
1943
Estimated
General
Administration
$
Telephone
Fire
Department
Donations
and
Grants
Hospitals
and
Social
Services
Administration
of
Justice
Public
Works
Department
Health
and
Sanitation
Water
Department
Street
Lighting
Pound
Keeper
Maintenance
City
Buildings
Public
Library
Board
Public
Reading
Room
Collections
of
Rents
Indigent
Home
City's
Share
of
Local
Improvement
Taxes
Interest
on
Prepaid
Taxes
Repairs
to
Reservoir
Taxes
on
National
Defence
Leases
Utility
Reserves
School
Estimates
Iron
Fireman
(School)
Debenture
Interest
Sinking
Fund
Unilrd
States
Exchange
Contingencies
STRIKE
IN
SHIPYARD
Plant
in
Vancouver
Has
Over
Closed
Shop
and
Dues
Dispute
Union
11,000.00
15,500.00
22,840.00
100.00
8,000.00
5,500.00
6,000.00
54,000.00
66,000.00
10,500.00
800.00
3,000.00
250.00
618.00
9.000.00
200.00
250.00
1,250.00
TO.000.00
25,000.00
25.000.00
1,000.00
17,000.00
13,000.00
600.00
"-
'500.00
500.00
10,000.00
10.000.00
4,000.00
$329,408.00
1943
Estimated
34,000.00
45,523.25
29,684.00
"
700.00
20,000.00
30,000.00
46,250.00
27,850.00
45,510.81
10,115.95
800.00
1,000.00
3,100.00
.
500.00
400.00
4,000.00
6,010.43
1,200.00
4.500.00
2,024.25
1.200.00
95,972.97
900.00
48,757.74
41,023.69
5,334.07
136.09
$506,493.25
OFFENSIVE
ON
FRANCE
Royal
Air
Forte
Planes
Are
Active
In
Daylight
Over
Enemy
Targets
LONDON,
March
31
British
fighters
swept
over
occupied
France
in
an
offensive
"patrol
today
after
a
night's
lull
In
the
air
battle
against
the
'
Axis.
Mosquitoes
carried
the
'greatest
share
of
the
Royal
Air
Force's
day
light
activities
yesterday,
strafing
railroad
targets
In
Brltanny
and
attacking
radio
works
at
Eindhoven
in
Holland.
No
British
planes
were
lost.
Don
Stewart,
oil
construction
engineer,
returned
to
the
city
this
morning
from
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
DIES
AT
VICTORIA
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
47
4
(Half
an
hour
altw
sunset
to
Maximum
Minimum
35
halt
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
8:43.
pjn.
to
6:47
ain.
A
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-if
,"
A
A
Ait,
w
'
y
c.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
31,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
toryof
Freighter
Northholm
Sinking
fOL.
lESTROYER
WAS
SUNK
.
-
-
Vniied
Slate
Flying
Fortress
Is,
Believed
to
Have
Scored
Victory
i
Off
New
Guinea
'
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
iMarch
31
tti
A
Japanese
convoy
of
four
fast
destroyers
speeding
through
fog
in
a
new
Attempt
to
reinforce
enemy
garrU
kons
in
New
Guinea
apparently
was
Tuesday
by
a
single
flying
flocked
ortress
which
Is
believed
to
have
nn.
nf
lhi
vpkspIk.
Thf
fnrf..
HtUIl
""C
'
scored
a
direct
hit
on
the
tess
tern
of
the
iargest
destroyer.
The
onvoy
was
reported
to
have
turned
Hall
ana
maae
ou
nurwiwiuu
ai
igh
speed.
The
Incident
is
believed
to
have
revented
the
landing
of
the
re-
nforcements.
;t
New
Cannery
C
Going
Ahead
Foundation
work
has
been
completed
for
the
new
salmon
V
and
herring
cannery
being
es-
tabllshed
at
Port
Edward
by
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.
Lumber
for
the
buildings
Is
being
brought
from
an
old
sawmill
on
the
West
Coast
of
(i
Vancouver
Island.
The
Inten-tlon
Is
to
have
the
cannery
In
operation
this
season.
I
LOG
SCALE
IS
HIGHER
Irrodiirtinn
for
This
Year
Shows
Healthy
Increase
Over
Last
Year
Lo
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
for-
district
for
this
year
to
the
Iestry
end
of
March
totals
16.562,636
1
board
feet
as
compared
with
12,-625,002
board
feet
in
the
first
three
months
of
1942,
The
scale
this
March
was
6,860,777
board
feet
compared
with
8,102,403
board
feet
I
in
the
same
month
of
1942.
The
scale
this
March
per
species
Swas
as
follows.:
Fir
Cedar
Spruce
Hemlock
Balaam
Jackpine
Miscellaneous
Tola!
.
...
Board
Feet.
28,902
1,371,418
4,341,697
605.504
73,601
404,626
35.020
6.8G0.777
Forest
Products
The
-;::ale
of
nolcs
and
piling
for
this
Mareh
totals
60,468
lineal
feet
compared
with
266.102
lineal
feet
in
the
4ame
month
last
year.
Of
the
totai
this
March
49,830
lineal
Ie
was
-:edar
with
5,356
feet
hem
lock
and
5,282
miscellaneous.
The
uecount
Is
un
to
7.594
pieces
this
Marr.h
compared
with
2,093
Pieces
m
the
same
month
last
year.
Cordwood
this
March
amount-
"
io
Jin
cords
as
against.
i,uou
cords
a
year
ago.
Col
s.
D.
Johnston
M.C..
V.D..
wt
,
s
been
overseas,
is
expected
m,.
,"1
tne
clty
tomorrow
night.
Johnston
left
yesterday
for
the
interior
to
meet
him.
MECHANICAL
MONSTER
Here
is
a
c!oseup-of
"The
Priest,"
being
gassed
up
in
the
desert
during
the
pursuit
of
the
defeated
German
Afrlka
Corps.
Officially
known
as
the
M-5,
"The
Priest"
is
actually
a
M-3
tank,
mounting
a
105
mm.
gun-howitzer.
It
made
short
work
of
famed
German
88
mm.
anti-tank
guns.
BRITISH
WINNING
Important
Toints
in
Tunisia
Taken
'
By
Both
Eighth
and
First
.
Armies
as
Rommel
Retreats
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Match
31
(CP)
The
British
Ei;hth
Army
had
'
raptured
Ou(rf,
twelve
miles
north
of
Gabes
and
directly
in
I
the
Gabes
gap,
and
the
British
First
Army
in
the
north
has
taken
Sedjenanc,
an
Allied
com
munique
announced
today.
The
Eighth
Army
also
took
Metouia,
eight
miles
north
of
Gabes,
while
American
forces,
battering
their
way
eastward
into
Marshal
Lrwin
Rommel's
flank
from
Gafsa,
continued
their
advance
through
minefields.
Mrs.
II.
A.
U'hillans,
Who
Resided
For
Years
at
Stewart,
Passes
Away
Mrs.
Mary
B.
Whillans,
well
known
Victoria
newspaperwoman
and
widow
of
Dr.
It
A.
Whillans,
ormerly
practising
medicine
at
Stewart
and
Hazclton,
died
recently
in
Victoria.Deceased
herself
was
also
well
known
in
the
north,
having
resided
for
years
at
Stewart
while
her
husban'd
was
in
practice
there.
The
funeral
took
place
In
ictorla
with
cremation
'
The
late
Mrs
Whillans
died
following
an
operation.
She
had
been
an
Invalid
since
last
November
jwhen
she
fell
and
fractured
her
spine
'
A
daughter
of
Mrs.
Whillans
resides
at
Fort
St,
John
In
the
Peace
K
ver
distiict.
She
Is
Mrs.
Ray
W.
(Frances)
Sandy.
There
are
also
two
grandchildren.
t
Stanley
Gup
Finals
Now
DETROIT,
March
31
Boston
Bruins
and
Detroit
Red
Wings
will
meet
here
tomor-
row
night
In
the
first
game
of
the
finals
for
the
Stanley
Cup,
emblematic
of
world's
professional
hockey
chamDlon-
ship.
Overtime
play
marked
the
deciding
games
of
the
semi-
finals
last
night
and
both
were
thrillers.
Boston
defeated
1
Montreal
Canadlens.
five
to
four
and
Detroit
won
over
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
three
to
'
two.
t
,
STREET
CAR
STRIKE
OFF
Special
Federal
Commissioner
Ar
rives
in
Montreal
to
Swiftly
Settle
Dispute
MONTREAL,
March
31
O
Dr,
H.
Carl
Goldenberg,
who
has
been
appointed
special
commissioner
under
the
Industrial
Disputes
In
vestigation
Act,
mwea-ywlf
try-
for
a
meeting
between
executives
of
the
Montreal
Tramways
Company
and
officers
of
the
Canadian
Brotherhood
of
Railway
Employees-who
.touched
off
a
walk-out
Sun-1
day
night
by
calling
for
a
strike
vote
from
members.
Soon
ensued
a
settlement
of
the
strike
of
the
I
Mjntreal
-
tramway
employees!
which
had
tied
up
transportation'
for
sixty
hours,
Street
cars
returned
to
Montreal
streets
this
morning.
The
Brotherhood
wants
recognition
as
the
bargaining
agency
but
t
.
nnmnn
tr
i
nllm
ft4
Via
t
iirnrb-
Relatives
Declare
In
Inquiry
That
the
V
.
Stalin
Parley
NO
CHANGE
IN
RUSSIA
Spreading
Spring
Thaw
Has
Brought
Still
Worse
Weather
Conditions
MOSCOW,
March
31
CP)
A
spreading
spring
thaw
brought!
still
worse
weather
conditions
to'
the
long
Russian
front
today
and
a
Soviet
noon
com'munique
opened
again
with
the
monotonous
key
note:
"No
essential
changes
oc
u.u
..
jcurred
on
tne
fronts."
ers
were
auiauy
repicst-utcu
uii-1
der
the
terms
of
old
contracts.
The
drivers
had
refused
to
return
to.
BURIED
ON
MONDAY
work
pending
negotiations.
May
Be
Complications
In
spite
of
the
announced
settle
ment,
El
Phege
Beaudoln,
president
of
the
International
Union
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
March
31
President
Franklin
D.
1
Roosevelt
hinted
that
he
might
have
a
conference
soon
with
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
of
Rus-
sia
He
did
not
elaborate
on
h's
statement
regarding
the
nosjlbillty
of
a
United
States-
Russian
conference
along
lines
similar
to
those
recently
tield
here
by
Foreign
Secretary
An-
thony
Eden
of
Great
Britain.
The
funeral
of
the
late
Philip
Davis,
who
-died
at
the
end
of
last
week,
took
place
Monday
afternoon
.from
the
Grenville
Court
Chapel
of
and
D.C.
Undertakers
to
Falrview
Cem-
of
Tramways
Employees,
Amerlcan
Federation
of
Labor
affiliate,
said
"if
It
Is
confirmed
the
tramway
strike
has
been
settled
in
favor
of
the
Canadian
Brotherhood
of
Railway
Employees,
a
general
strike
of
all
American
Federation
of
.Labor
unions
may
be
called
in
the
city
of
Montreal.
The
Brotherhood
is
an
affiliate
!of
the
Canadian-Congress
of
Labor.
etery.
Rev.
C.
A.
Wright,
pastor
of
First
Baptist
Church,
officiated
havn.
His
father.
John
Dvbhavn,
I
I
had
left
Monday
night
with
the
In
tention
of
visiting
Vancouver
on
business
but
became
unwell
on
the
way
and
also
returned
today
after
going
no
further
than
Ocean
Falls.
WAR
NEWS
RETREATING
TO
SFAX
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFIUCA-r-Marslial,
Erwin
Rommel's
forces,
In
full
retreat
before
the'
Allied
drive'
In
Tunisia
following
the
fall
of
the
Marcth
Line,
appear
to
be
making
a
headlong
dash
for
the
port
of
Sfax
to
the
north
of
Gabes.
The
British
Navy
is
reported
to
be
in
wailing
outside
of
Sfax.
Meanwhile
the
Afrika
Korps
is
fighting
a
rearguard
delaying
action,
laying
mines
as
it
goes.
Arj
unrelenting
air
pounding
is
still
being
given
the
retreating
enemy
which
is'
abandoning
large
quantities
of
equipment
in
its
flight.
PREPARING
FOR
INVASION?
LONDON
The
British
government
is
placing
further
restrictions,
on
civilian
movements
in
a
defence
zone
of
ten
miles
depth
for
one
hundred
miles
and
more
along
the
cast
coast
of
England.
This
is
taken
to
be
for
the
purpose
of
further
establishing
the
springboard
for
the
expected
early
invasion
of
the
continent.
WAR
IN
RUSSIA
.
MOSCOW
The
Germans
are
engaged
in
another
furious
assault
with
infantry
and
tanks
along
the
Doriets
River
but
are
being
held
back
by
the
Russians.
The
Red
Army,
moving
slowly
towards
Smolensk,
has
taken
another
populated
place.
esse
Was
Much
Overloaded
Members
of
Crew
Expressed
Fears
of
Sinking
One
Letter
Written
From
Prince
Hupert
VANCOUVER,
March
31
(CP)
.i-
Relatives
of
men
lost
when
the
fjrank
Waterhouse
freighter
Northholm
frminrlnivul
nff
7nnrniirn
Tclnnrl
Tnnimmr
1
(X
r1rl
n
nAiivf
OI
lnmiirv
hnV
sons
nnrl
hrnthpra
rPnArfor?
ilio
frmn-Vifo
1
-J
.w
uwa
VI
VVltSi
W
VIVt
WVVI
V11V
A
VigllbVA
overloaded.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Michael
Surjick
told
how
their
sons,
Nick
Roosevelt
and
,and
Henry,
both
of
whom
were
lost
In
the
sinking,
expressed
fear
that
the
ship
was
not
safe
and
that,
if
caught
in
a
storm,
would
sink
fast.
The
father
said
that
both
sons
told
him
the
ship
was
many
times,
overloaded.
Miss
Olga
Gee
told
of
a
letter
from
her
brother,
Arthur
Gee,
also
lost
in
the
wreck,
written
from
Prince
Rupert
on
the
outgoing
trip
January
11.
She
said
that
the
let
ter
said
the
ship
Is
4"
Just
a
mere
150
tons
overloaded."
The
Inquiry
is
continuing-
IS
KILLED
INSTANTLY
I
Louis
Johansen,
Head
Electrician
Atrrrcmtt3lUie7Cruihed
to
Death
Louis
Johansen,
popular
pioneer
employee
of
the
Premier
mine
where
he
was
head
electrician,
hav
ing
been
in
the
service
of
the
company
for
twenty
years,
was
fatally
injured
In
an
accident
In
the
mine-
last
week.
He
was
badly
crushed
between
an
underground
train
and
the
mine
wall,
death
being
instantaneous.
Mr.
Johansen
.
was
a
Scandinavian
by
birth
and
was
single.
The
funeral
took
place
at
Stew-
.
art.
Enemy
Aircraft
Over
Southwest
Few
Casualties
During
Night
When
That
Part
of
England
Was
Attacked
LONDON,
March
31
Enemy
alr-
I.lent.
Oenrcf.
Dvbhavn
arrived
1
crait
were
over
souwiwesu
&uBiaiiu
home
this
morning
from
the
East
during
the
night
and
there
were
a
for
a
week's
visit
on
1"
with
his
few
casualties,
it
was
announced.
Barents.
Mr.
and
Mrs-
John
Dyb-:
.
Raymond
AurioFs
Funeral
Is
Held
Many
Attended
Final
Rites
Yesterday
Afternoon
for
Well
Known
Railway
Employee
Many
friends
attended
at
the
Grenville
Court
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
yesterday
afternoon
for
the
funeral
service
of
the
lato
Raymond
Aurlol,
for
years
track
patrolman
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways
along
the
lower
Skeena
River.
Rev.,
Father
W.
F.
Lantagne,
parish
priest
of
the
Church
of
the
Annunciation,
officiated.
Following
the
service,
in
terment
was
made
In
Falrview
Cemetery.
Principal
,
mourners,
besides
the
widow,
Included
two
sisters
Mrs.
Lucy
Simpson
of
Portland,
Oregon,
and
Mrs.
Clare
Berg
of
Vancouver
and
Armand
Aurldl,
brother.
Another
brother,
Gilbert,
who
Is
engaged
in
fishing,
could
not
be
contacted.
There
is
also
a
son,
Georges,
and
a
daughter,
Raymonde,
In
Cannes,
France.
Pallbearers
were
O.
E.
Phllllpson,
Patrick
Dateman,
James
Gilbert,
William
Walsh
and
Victor
Thompson
and
B.
Blackhall.