AXIS
PUSHED
HACK
ALLIES
ARE
OCCUPYING
KASSERINE
Enemy
Trying
In
Vain
lo
Regain
Lost
Initiative
In
Tunisia
Vicious
Air
Attacks
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Feb.
27
British
and
American
troops,
pouring
through
recaptured
Kasserlne
Pa:s,
are
closing
In
on
Kasserlne
town
which
London
reported
vas
already
occupied.
It
Is
an
Important
Junction
point.
The
Axis
is
alio
reported
to
be
evacuating
other
towns
in
the
area
as
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
forces
fall
back
tr
wards
Gasta,
fiftytfive
miles
to
the
north.
To
tnc
south
the
British
Eighth
Army
is
still
working
on
the
Mar-eth
Line.
Heavy
Allied
bombing
all
over
the
Tunisian
area
Is
being
kept
up.
The
important
port
of
Oabat
received
a
strafing
yesterday.
General
James
Doolittle
Is
In
command
of
one
section
of
the
United
States
Air
Force
operating
In
thd
area.
An
official
communique
today
announced
that
Allied
troops
had
reoccupled
the
town
of
Kasserlne
j
and
their
vanguards
had
approached
an
air
field
fifteen
miles
to
the
southwest
where
the
Germans
have
been
demolishing
Installations
preparatory
to
evacuation,
field
messages
reported
today
This
air
field
at
the
village
of
Thclrpte
liersevii
mUiuiUUof
Fc:
ara.
another
goal
in
the
Allied
caunt
T-attack,
against
withdrawing
divisions
of
Rommel.
Stron
Rly
entrenched
British
i;an-
in
northern
Tunisia
threw
ta
'k
the
enemy's
tank
attacks
with
ncavy
losses,
it
was
announced.
Trying
to
seize
the
initiative,
the
Nam
threw
several
battalions
of
mfantiy
und
armored
units
against
a
flftccn-mile
section
of
British
line
between
Goubcllat
and
Bou
Aradad,
west
of
Pont
du
Fahs,
but
been
general
over
bases
In
Burma,
many
planes
of
the
Royal
Air
force
also
being
out
'on
forays.
In
a
raid
over
a
New
Guinea
harbor
hits
were
scored
by
heavy
bombs
on
a
Japanese
cargo
ship
In
addition
to
shipping,
enemy
installations
on
New
Guinea
and
New
Britain
were
also
attacked
again.
Re-Establishment
Of
Young
Airmen
Will
lie
Difficult
but
Important
Problem,
Says
.Minister
of
Air
Power
OTTAWA,
Feb.
27
Oi
Hon.
G.
C.
Power,
minister
of
national
defence
rir
air.
spoke
in
Parliament
yesterday
of
the
re-establlshment
In
civil
life
of
young
airmen
after
the
wa
This
would
be
a
"most
difficult
but
Important"
problem.
A,
h.
Perkins
left
this
miming
lor
Port
Esslngton.
procedure.
The
main
amendment
provides
for
the
extension
of
privileges
of
trade
unions.
It
is
under
this
main
amendment
where
It
Is
provided
that
when
the
majority
of
em
ployees
belong
to
one
trade
union
that
union
shall
have
the
right
to
bargain
for
all
employees
affected
although
full
-:ovislon
is
made
for
the
rights
of
members
of
craft
unions
wLthin
a
large
group
of
employees.
FINE
BALL
BY
MASONS
Spacious
Banquet
Hall
of
Temple
Cfowded
Last
Night
The
banquet
hull
of
thp
Masonic
Temple
was
crowded
last
night
for
the
annual
ball
of
Tslmpsean
and
Tyee
Lodges.
A.
F.
&
A.
M
which
was,
as
usual,
one
of
the
outstanding
events
of
the
local
social
season.
Blue
and
white
streamers
and
Masonic
emblems
featured
the
The
dance
was
in
full
swing
from
10
pjn.
to
2
pjn.
with
G.
P.
Tinker
n
irrnLil
master
of
ceremonies
At
miHnisht
delicious
refresh
ments
were
served.
SCHOOL
FOR
ALL
AGES
i-ONDOOT.
Feb.
27
P)
Prof.
C.
E.
M.
Joad
in
a
Home
Service
BBC
broadcast
advocated
a
compulsory
six
months
educational
holiday
every
10
years
for
all
citizens
and
attendance
at
a
night
school
one
night
weekly.
CHINA'S
GUERRILLAS
At
least
a
million
Irregulars
and
..,hi
fighters
are
an
import-.
Postie's
Job
Too
Rigorous
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
WW
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Maximum
37
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
31
7:41
p.m.
to
8:06
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXII.
No.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
27,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Of
Germany
Kept
.MEDITERRANEAN
CHIEF
LOOKS
OVER
BENGAZI
HARBOR
Admiral
Sir
Henry
Harwood,
of
the
Royal
Navy,
commander-in-chief
of
the
Mediterranean
fleet,
is
,hown,
LEFT,
with
his
aides
in
p.
motuibcat
tour
of
Bengazl
harhcr
after
its
recapture
by
the
British
forces.
In
BACKGROUND
arc
some
of
the
hulks
of
AIs
shipping
plastered
by
Allied
aircraft
during
the
blitz
on
A
.t;
bases
that
coincided
with
the
drive
of
the
British
Eighth
Army.
That
drive
is
nearing
Tripoli
as
this
is
written..
-i
AMENDMENT
IMPORTANT
Exclusive
Bargaining
Rights
for
Unions
Having
.Majority
of
Men
in
Industries
VICTORIA,
Feb.
27
Hon.
Geo.ge
duccd
an
important
amendment
to
the
Cpnc
J
ation
and
Arbitration
Act
in
the
Legislature
yesterday.
The
amendment
provides
that
the
union
having
the
majority
of
members
in
any
industrial
plant
shall
have
exclusive
bargaining
rights.
Right
s
of
labor
to
bargain
collectively
are
extended
and
protected
in
the
amendments
to
the
Industrial
Conciliation
and
Arbitration
Act.
The
new
legislation
makes
bargalnin?
compulsory
for
employ
ers
when
employees
are
properly
British
artillery
and
tanks
beat
,
organized
and
take
the
pioper
off
each
thrust.
BRING
DOWN
JAP
PLANES
lliitish
and
American
Bombers
Having
Success
in
Burma,
New
Guinea
and
New
Britain
NEW
DELHI,
Feb.
27
United
States
airmen
engaged
a
group
of
forty-six
Japanese
Interceptors
In
a
raid
on
a
Burma
objective
and,
hi
dorcfights,
only
nine
of
the
enemy
nlancs
escaped
while
the
Americans
lost
not
a
single
one.
Exchanges
of
air
activity
have
Retired
Bishop
Found
Age
Against
Him
When
He
Carried
His
Majesty's
Mails
LONDON.
Feb.
27
0
Because
his
axels
"beginning
to
tell
a
bit,"
DfiifMr-SailthpwhO
THfe'ed
In
1939
after
2i
yeas
as
Bishop
o'
Rochester,
had
to
resign
after
'.hree
days
as
village
postman
of
Overstrand,
Norfolk.
Dr.
Linton
took
over
when
the
regular
"postie"
fell
ill
and
although
75
years
old
tramped
eighteen
miles
each
day.
ATTACK
ON
THIS
COAST
Warning
of
Likelihood
is
Issued
From
San
Francisco
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Feb.
27
(CD
United
Stales
Pacific
Coast
residents
were
told
Friday
in
a
warning
from
regional
offices
of
civilian
dcfctvcc
of
the
possibility
of
enemy
attack
oh
the
area
being
greater
now
than
ever
before.
James
C.
Sheppard,
regional
Office
of
Civilian
Defence
director,
said
the
Pacific
Coast
will
:prob-ably
be
attacked.
"It's
time
we
faced
the
fact,"
Sheppard
said,
"The
ncc:l
for
constant
vigilance
and
preparedness
is
greater
than
ever."
Shcpp.-ml
said
that
Lieut.
Orn.
J.
L,
DeWitt,
western
defence
commander,
stressed
the
attack
possibility
in
a
letter
to
him.
Discussion
Is
Not
Permitted
Prelude
to
Charges
in
Legislature
Regarding
Laxity
of
Government
Purchasing
VICTORIA,
Feb.
27
)
Harold
E.
Winch,
leader
of
the
C.C.F.
Opposition
in
the
Legislature
was
prevented
from
discussing
an
Inquiry
into
the
provincial
police
purchasing
department
when
Speaker
Norman
Whlttakcr
-
ruled
that
such
discussion
would
be
sub
judlce
as
four
persons
convicted
have
appealed.
It
was
then
that
Mr.
Winch
made
charges
of
"extraordinary
laxity"
In
government
purchases.
SMALL
FARM
DUTCH
One-fifth
of
the
people
of
Holland
earn
their
living
on
the
land,
of'rv,rf
nf
the
Chinese
armed
mostly
on
small
farms
of
less
than
farces.
fifty
acres.
CHURCH
IS
READY
NOW
Upstairs
Auditorium
of
St.
Paul's
to
Receive
Congregation
for
First
Time
Tomorrow
Carnentersf
and
calnters
have
jecessary
improvements
which
were
left
unfinished
before
the
;hris.mas
holidays
and,
as
a
result,
the
fine
upstairs
auditorium
if
the
new
St.
Taul's
Lutheran
Church
at
the
comer
of
Fifth
Av-?nueand
McBride
Street
Is
in
readiness
for
the
congregation
to
-ssmbl
therein
for
the
first
time
tomortow.
Both'
the
church
choir
ad
the
Vatden
Singers
will
fur-1
nish
the
music
for
a
full
"day
of
services
commencing
with
Holy
Communion
in
the
morning
before
.
the
regular
mo:nlng
service
atJ
which
a
number
of
new
members
will
be
received
Into
the
congrega
tion,
'
The
congregation
is
planning
to
have
the
church
building
dedicated.
!
the
last
part
of
March
at
which
time
Bishop
L.
C.
Foss
of
Seattle,
the
dlst
let
president,
will
officiate.
At
that
time
Rev.
O.
A.
Aasen
of
Vancouver
who
organized
the
congregation
will
also
be
present.
Rev.
Assen
is'
at
the
present
time
serving
two
congregations
in
Vancouver.
Rev.
J.
II.
Myrwang,
former
pastor,
will
also
be
here,
as
well
as
Rev.
Holfjeld
from
Ketchikan.
ARE
GOING
TO
FARMS
Federal
Government
Making
Ar
langcments
to
Send
175,000
Workers
to
Fields
OTTAWA,
Feb.
-27
Some
less
essential
industries
may
be
closed
down
to
release
suitable
m
n
and
A'omcn
for
farm
work
this
year,
Hon
Humphrey
Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
indicated
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
Arrangements,
are
being
made
for
the
return
of
some
175,000
workers
to
the
farms
this
spring.
There
will
also
be
deferment
of
some
military
:all-ups.
.Passengers
leaving
for
Vancouver
included
T."
Lofendo,
T.
A.
Newton,
R.
L.
Miller,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Tln-dall,
E.
A.
Hyde,
A.
Bouchler,
T.
Watson.
F.
Clrlstle,
R.
Bowles,
G.
Wilson
and
'Miss
Joyce
Wilson,
Mr.
and
Mrs,
A.
C.
Marsh,
James
Gould,
L.
W.
Sparrow,.'F.
Walters
and
O.
Butler.
COMMITTED
FOR
TRIAL
Robbery
With
Violence
Is
Alleged
In
City
Police
Court
Case
James
Enwright
was
commuted
for
trial
in
city
police
court
today
and
will
appear
in
County
Court
on
Monday
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
for
election
on
a
charge
of
robbery
with
violence.
Enwright,
it
is
alleged,
took
hold
of
Miks
Sopko
in
the
Canadian
Nati
nal
Park
and
relieved
him
of
$17.
Sonkc
reported
to
the
police
and
Enwright
was
picked
up
In
a
cafe
uuii
alter
by
Constable
Strouts.
CONVICTION
OF
RADIONS
Fines
of
$5
and
$2.50
Imposed
Upon
Twenty-eight
Local
Persons
Yesterday
j
There
were
twenty-eight
prose-
IdlMnns
hpfnrA
Marrlctrato
W
T1
licences
without
being
licensed.
Fines
of
$5
and
$2.50
in
each
case
were
imposed.
All
pleaded
guilty
with
the
exception
of
A.
H.
Silver-sides
who
chose
to
contest
the
prosecution
and
was
represented
by
T.
W.
Brown
as
counsel.
The
only
witness
was
L.
B.
Crow,
radio
Inspector,
who
gave
formal
evidence.
The.e
was
no
defence
or
argument.
Other
prosecutions,
besides
that
of
Silversldes,
were
against
V.
D.
been-busy-
foVfcomev
weeks
TOklngin-,ilf'.y.lbCSfc.L'',rIflj,.CJarence
A.
Clifton,
Mrs.
Olga
Jerstad,
An
drew
Strand,
Miss
Mary
A.
Way
Grant
O.
Dennlson,
Frederick
II.
Came-ion,
Clarence
W.
Ellison,
Leo
Trudeau,
Elnar
Magnussen,
Peter
Lakie,
Harold
C.
Christensen,
James
Hutchinson,
John
P.
Carr,
Dr.
J.
F.
Maguire,
Peter
C.
Leopold,
James
E.
Scanlon,
William
Foltz,
Clarence
B.
Thomson,
Bernard
Allen,
John
H.
Bulger,
Leslie
Acheson,
Charles
P.
Balagno,
Geotge
J.
Dawes,
Donald
L.
Fraser
and
Arthur
H.
It
Is
announced
that
henceforth
court.
MYSTERY
SOLVED
Body
Washed
up
on
Queen
Charlottes
Was
That
of
Northholm
Crew
iMcmber
The
mystery
of
how
the
body
of
pnnald
Alexander
Robinson
of
Calgary
was
washed
up
on
the
beach
at
Langaia
Island
at
the
north
west
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
group
has
been
solved.
Robinson
was
a
member
of
the
crew
of
the
freighter
Northholm
which
foundered
off
Cape
Scott,
Vancouver
Island,
six
weeks
ago.
The
body
had
drifted
some
two
hundred
utiles
or
so
to
Langara
Island
where
It
was
found
by
a
watchman,
A.
J.
Pcavy.
The
body
has
been
brought
heie.
INVITE
AR.MY
IDEAS
LONDON,
Feb.
27
W
Sir
James
Grlgg,
Secretary
for
V
r,
has
announced
that
suggestion
boxes
will
be
Introduced
in
British
Army
camps
so
"all
ranks
can
put
forward
Ideas
for
economies
and
Improvements
In
the
army."
UP
FROM
THE
DEEP
CANBERRA,
Feb.
27
O)
The
body
of
Fit.
Sgt.
Rawdon
II.
Mid-dleton
of
the
Royal
Australian
Air
Force
who
was
posthumously
swarded
the
Victoria
Cross
in
January
was
recovered
from
the
English
Channel
at
'Dover.
seven
of
the
Amer
ican
machines
being
lost.
Six
United
States
newsmen
travelled
with
the
bombers.
There
has
been
little
retaliation
by
the
enemy
for
the
attacks
on
their
territory.
A
few
bombs
were
dropped
along
the
south
and
southeast
coast
but
damage
and
casualties
were
negligible
and
two
Nazi
planes
were
shot
down
DRIVE
HERE
National
Drive
to
Start
Here
elsewhere
in
Canada
on
Monday
as
The
1943
Red
Cross
National
Ap
peal
will
commence
on
Monday
next
and
the
drive
in
Prince
Ru
pert
will
get
off
to
an
early
start.
The
chairman,
R.
E.
Mortimer,
announces
that
seven
canvassing
inspector
and
are
found
to
be
!
Pla
ns
,bfn
med
fw"h
:
"vided
into
different
dis-
without
licences
for
their
receivers
lfhe
will
be
automatically
'hailed
into
'
wunu
..u
wu
u.
vassers
will
operate.
It
Is
hoped
I
that
generous
donations
will
be
ready
for
the
canvassers
when
tl)ey
call
so
that
there
may
be
no
loss
of
their
valuable
time.
Prince
Rupett
Gyro
Club
has
undertaken
to
canvass
the
business
district
with
President
W.
J.
Scott
as
team
captain
and
canvassers
in
the
persons
of
D.
G.
Borland,
W.1
V.
Stone,
F.
J.
Skinner,
C.
C.
Mills.
G.
A.
Hunter,
J.
II,
Bulger,
Gordon
Bryant.
W.
D.
Lambie
and
Jack
Ray.
Ladies
will
take
care
of
the
residential
canvass
with
Mrs.
J.
E.
Boddie,
Mrs.
A.
II.
Hill-Tout,
Mrs.
Alex
Mitchell,
Mrs.
T.
J.
Boulter
Mrs.
-W.
F.
Eve
and
Mrs.
D.
G.
Stuart
as
captains
and
the
follow
ing
as
canvassers:
Mrs.
Malcomb
Lamb,
Mrs.
H.
V.
Tattcrsall,
Mrs.
William
Davidson,
Mrs.
William
McLean,
Mrs.
James
Hadden,
Mrs.
J.
D.
Allen,
Mrs.
Gordon
F.
Daniels,
Mrs.
John
Ivarson,
Mrs.
J.
T.
Landridge,
Mrs.
S.
A.
Kielback,
Mrs.
M.
J.
Keys,
Miss
Peggy
Dodt-mead,
Mrs.
Lillian
Peters,
Mrs.
Cf.
Geddes
Jr.,
M;rs.
Thomas
Collier.
Mrs.
Margaret
Smith,
Miss
B.
Gro-venor,
Mrs.
Dan
Parent,
Mrs.
William
Currle,
Miss
Dorothy
Styles.
Mrs.
Fred
Barber,
Mrs.
A.
G.
Bart-lett
Jr.,
Mrs.
Geo.
Dawes,
Mrs.
T.
!D.
Black,
Mrs.
A.
W.
Allaire,
Mrs.
Eddie
Clapp,
Mrs,
J.
N.
Forman,
Mrs.
II.
R.
Hibbard,
Mrs.
Geo.
Hills,
Mirs.
Sinclair
Pierce,
Mrs.
R.
S
Scherk
and
Mrs.
A.
J.
Phllllpson.
DICK
HAZLETON
DEAD
LONDON,
Feb.
27
Richard
Hazleton,
former
Irish
Nationalist
member
of
Parliament,
died
in
a
London
hospital
at
the
age
of
83.
Cologne
Objective
of
British
and
Canadians-Yanks
Hit
Naval
Base
Round-the-clock
Pounding
of
Reich
is
Being
Effectively
Kept
Up
Although
Some
Losses
Suffered
LONDON,
Feb.
27
(CP)
Hundreds
of
Royal
Air
Force
oombers
including
a
force
from
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bomber
group,
attacked
the
Rhineland
city
of
Cologne
last
night.
It
was
not
immediately
known
how
many
Canadian
squadrons
took
part
but
it
was
indicated
there
were
at
least
two.
Of
ten
planes
lost
in
the
raid
three
were
Canadian.
It
was
theg
reatest
attack
on
Cologne
1
since
the
1,000
plane
assault
last,
'
May
and
maintained
the
savage
j
RUSflANS
MOVE
ON
'
round
the
clock
pounding
of
Axis,
ta
r?st
from
the
air.
Innrx
i
nsir
The
German
High
Command
KMll
A
M
1-6
admitted
there
had
been
damage
and
xasualtles
in
the
raid
on
Cologne.
The
night
raid'
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
followed
a
daylight
raid
by
1
Vance
in
city
Wilhelmshaven,
J'
day.
on
charges
of
having
radio
KEEPS
UP
OFFENSIVE
German
Counter
-
Attacks
Mount
ing
But
Are
Still
Unavailing
MOSCOW.
Feb.
27
Pv-The
Red
Army,
driving
westward,
continued
its
winter
offensive
in
the
face
of
nountlng
German
counter-attacks
today
along
the
entire
front
from
north
of
Kursk
to
the
Black
Sea
coast.
Bloodiest
battles
are
raging
southwest
.of
Kramatorck
-where
MWrlntriS
targe
tank
forces
and
numerous
fresh
German
.reserves.
All
Hitler's
tanks
arp
evidently
jeing
thrown
into
funoos
battle
In
the
Donets
Basin
to
prevent
the
Nazis
'being
trapped
west
of
Rostov.
Ihe
enemy
counter-attacks
have
so
far
all
been
repulsed
with
heavy
losses.
'
owly
the
Rrssians
continue
to
move
towards
the
Sea
of
Azov
and
also
towards
the
Dnelper
River
despite
the
increased
German
resistance
including
more
air
power.
Little
Change
In
Gandhi
Condition
Reaches
Eighteenth
of
Twenty-one
Foodless
Days
POONA,
India,
Feb.
27
ff
Mohandas
K.
Gandhi
shows-
no
change
on
the
eighteenth
day
of
his
three
weeks'
fast.
Winners
in
Sea
Cadets'
Raffle
Lucky
Tickets
Drawn
at
School
Last
Night
in
the
Eagles'
Hall.
High
The
drawing
for
the
Sea
Cadet
'Bugle
Band's
raffle
took
place
last
Alex
Barbe,
Mrs.
night
at
the
High
School
dance
The
winners
were:
Box
smoked
fish
Ticket
848,
F.
Stewart.
Waterman's
pen
and
pencil
set
'
-063,
Stan
Veitch,
Ladies'
umbrella
660,
Teresa
Allison.
Electric
clock
982,
M.
Martin-sen.
Man's
sweater
419,
Mrs.
Tessie
Harvey.
Table
lamp-690,
Mrs.
G.
Olsen.
Tickets
were
drawn
by
Mrs,
Mitchell,
wife
of
officer
commanding,
Sea
Cadet
Corps,
and(
May
Skinner,
president
of
Students
Council.
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Hockey
Scores
THURSDAY'S
SCORES
Montreal
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Detroit
2.
Rangers
7,
Chicago
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