r PROVINCIAL Local Temperature She Dim-out Time (Ilalf an hour after sunset to Maximum A 42 half an hour before sunrise.) Minimum Sunrise 9:30 a.ra. Sunset 6:21 . NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER pjn. to V .... - : l: ' 1 vol XXXII, No. 26 V PRINCE pRTMn'K .RUPERT, RUPERT. B.C.. B.C. MONDAY. MONDAY, FERRTTARY FEBRUARY 1, 1" 1943 1143""" " PRICE- -r. FIVE CENT8 "HT Rout BOAT ROATFIRE FIRE i WAS FATAL rrivalc Rodney Valpy of H. C. A. S. C. Loses Life at Yacht Club Trivate Hodney Valpy, who was serving with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps here, lost his life from suffocation and 'burns aboard a Vancouver power vessel at the floats of the Prince vice, at the floats of the Prince Rupert Rowing & Yacht Club shortly after 7 o'clock Sunday morning. The' boat was badly damaged by flames, the origin o which was uncertain. Corp. Walter T. Lelghton of Metlakatla, who was also on the vessel, suffered burns on chest and hands for which he Is receiving treatment In the military hospital. Caretaker James Martin of the Yacht Club suffered burns about the hands. Dr. R. O. Large's power cruiser Soo-gwills and M. M. Stephen's Vera C. Frye, which were moo:ed on either side of the burned boat, were scorched and windows aboard theru were broken. The fire was noticed by the caretaker of the Yacht Club, James Martin, who immediately rushed out, meeting Corp. Lelghton who had been axused by the fire. The fire department was called and then Martin and Lelghton proceeded to do what they could to fight the fire In the meantime. Valpy was heard shouting from ln:-!de the boat through a porthole and he was told to get out of the vessel as quickly as possible. For some inexplicable reason, however he failed to do so and, after the fltc was extinguished, his body was found forward In the focsle by Fire Chief H. T. Lock. Tae boat which was badly gutted, the hull and engine however not being badly damaged, came from Vancouver here. She was forty-two feet In length and equipped with a 100 h.p. Hall-Scotc ga illne engine. There were three heaters going aboard the vessel but It Is possible these did not cause the fire. It might have been started from a clRarette. Young Valpy was a native of this district and was well known around Haysport and Inverness. His father, Ernest Valny. Is at present at Hastings Arm aboard the boat Inverean II It is a coincident that the fire on this boat occurred in the same berth at the Yacht Club where the Kavema, a boat belonging to Dr. W S. Kergin of Ocean Falls was badly burned over a year ago, the boats of Dr. Large and Mr. Stephens being similarly scorched at that time. PAID VISIT SO. PACIFIC Secretary of Navy Knox Makes Inspection Tour Threatens More Raids on Tokyo PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 1 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Admiral Chester Nlmltz, comman- dcr-ln-chle! 0f the Pacific Ocean area, and Admiral Halsey, commander of the South Pacific force, were under JaDancse air attack twice within the past two weeks. No casualties were reported In either attack, one of which was at Guadalcanal and the other on the New Hebrides. Secretary Knox, who made a complete Inspection of all Allied naval bases In the South Pacific, warned Japan that It had better took out for more air attacks 6n Tokyo. He also said that Pearl Har - br might expect further attacks. Within a month the Japanese woulH Ko ,1 ..i.. ji..i Knox predicted. . O - - , of Nads AID a,, liZUARAIS ZUARA IS j TO RUSSIA Previously acknowledged ..$5,018.50 Archie McLean ' 5.00 T. McKay 5.00 N. Yablonskl 5.00 E. II. Taft 5.00 I O. Lawson 5.00 S. L. Peachey 10.00 E. A. Pearson 5.00 R. Q. Hopkins .. 5.00 O. Stegavig 5.00 Ole Nybo 5.00 Associated Fish Packers .... 25.00 Commodore Cafe 20.00 II. O. Halliday' . 10.00 Mrs. E. S. McCubbin 5.00 T. Salyga .. 10.00 J. Isoysky .v.... 5.00 1 O. Pabpzoriuk . 5.00 A. Probslo 5.00 Steve Horezodo i... 5.00 M. Balanyk 5.00 A. Sharpc 5.00 O. Chomanck 5.00 P. Petrochlnlk .. 5.00 Walter Winlshlk .'. 5.00 Earl Mah 5.00 K. S. P. Hop Kee 5.00 Alex. W. Mah 5.00 Chinese Free Masons 10.00 Andrew Voetman 5.00 Mrs. A. E. Norton 5.00 Oral Olson 5.0C Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Parker 10.00 Rev. W. II. Pierce 5.00 Fred E. Read 5 00 Mrs. Ethel Walton 5.00 3. A. Cheeseman 5.00 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners .... 25.00 Steve Schopko :.T.rr...::..ri---;5.00 M. Wallace 5.00 Mrs. Adcock - 5.00 W. Murphy 5.C0 F. Werzek 15.0C Mrs. Emilv Steele 5.00 'Anonymous" 10.00 Pearl and Ole 5.00 P. Syrnyk 5.00 V. Hopwpod 5.00 Lloyd Murray .... 5.C0 J. McOlashan 5.00 Allan MacDonald 5.00 A. Wylic ' 5.00 Harry Shaw - 5.00 J. McAnlsh 5.00 O. Hane - 5.00 W. Findley 5.00 L. Colussl ... 5.00 A. Meek - 10.00 J. Rodberg .. - 5.00 A. L. Wick 5.00 F. A. Bryant 5.00 L. Wide 5.00 E. Rcgnery 5.00 Ga-.afini ..J..;,- 5.00 National Union Machinists, Fitters and Helpers' Local No. 1' 100.00 r An R. o uu J. Blakcy J. E. Drlscoll . u 5oa j. Ross Bertha Oammon a-uu "Anonymous" ,uuu B.C. Blacksmith Shop 15.00 B. Tlmmermelster a-,,u 'J. R. Morln -uy C. McDonald 1U"U J. Ktlby : 10.00 5.00 K. Dehll 5.00 C. Vizer J. Kromhoff 5.00 Employees Poole Construc-. lion Co. Ltd 105.00 Rev. Bishop E. m. uunui, 23.00 O.M.I. twoiie's Cash and Carry 5.00 Ladles' Committee Proceeds Tag Day 485.35 280 names donors under $5 375.65 Total to Saturday $6,617.50 Dr. MacDonald Named Coroner Norman A. Walt, Government Agent, Relieved of These Duties at His own Request rwommiMit Auerit Norman A m. t his own request, been ' reueved of the duties of coroner. ! MacDonald. director cf Dff r. j. the local public health unit, has . intoH in his stead. The change comes into effect at once, OCCUPIED Important Advance Made by British Eighth Army West of 1 Tripoli CAIRO, Feb. 1 (CP) British troops occupied Zuara, 65 miles west of Tripoli on the coastal road to Tunisia, and pushed on west to make contact with the enemy, a communique said today. The capture of Zuara places the Eighth Army within thirty-five miles of the Tunisian frontier in the northern sector of the front although British advance forces crossH the border Saturday in the central sector farther south. Bulletins MANY JAP SHIPS SUNK One hundred and twenty-three Japanese ships have been sunk by submarines in the southwest 'Pacific. The latest are one de-troyer and one cargo vessel. NEARINO JUNCTURE The British Eighth Army, advancing into Tunisia, has reached a point only 150 miles from the Amrr'can forces to the west, thus tightening the pockrt containing the entire Axis forces of North Afiica. ROOSEVELT HOME President' Franklin D. Roose velt returned to Washington last evening. lie had stopped off at Trinidad, one of the key points in Panama Canal defences, on his way home from the historic Casablanca conference. A special train brought him from Miami where he had landed from his clipper plane. REDS ADVANCING The Red Aimy has captured two more important cities as it continues its great advance against the Nazi invaders. More German divisions have been ' trapped in the Voronezh sector. GIRLS MAY ENLIST Starting next month Canadian girls may enlist at selective services offices throughout Canada in the various forces such as navy, aimy and air force. ICY ROAD IS FATAL Soldier Loses Life When Crushed ' To Death by Truck Sunday Morning Extremely slippery roads as the rain cleared the snow off their surface, leaving nothing but glare lec, resulted in one fatal accident Sun day morning while, during Satur day night and Sunday night, numerous trucks and cars became ditched In various paits of the city as they slid off the streets. For several hours driving was a very dan gerous undertaking Indeed. Later on Sunday, It became so mild that a good deal of the ice moved off and traffic conditions were much Improved. ! The fatality was that of Gunner Albert Frank Plaskoskl, aged 22. of a local artllleiy unit, who was crushed under a truck he was driving while going up the hill towards Sherbrooke Avenue just beyond the McClymont Park bridge. He died soon after. Plaskoskl came from Levac, Ontario. At the Intersection of Sixth, Hays cove and Ambrose Avenues just east of Hays Creek bridge two army trucks and a sedan slid off the street In three different ditches during the night. ... Is Now HAMBURG HAMBURG I: I ATTACKED Royal Air Force Again Picks on That Long-suffering Nazi Port LONDON, Feb. 1 British bombers ranged over western Germany during the night, concentrating upon Hamburg where a tremendous weight of heavy explosives and Incendiaries was dropped. Shipyards, submarine plants and aircraft factories were attacked and the bombers left the city a sea of flames. The attack on Hamburg followed one at the end of the week when Canadian airmen joined the Royal Air Force In the growing fight against submarines when they formed a great part of wave of bombers which dealt punishing punches to the U-boat base at Lorlent, France. It was the seventh attack upon the Lorlent submar ine base la a month. Damage was 'not Immediately known because of 'heavy clouds but a good tonnage jof high explosives and Incendiary bombs was ; dropped. Four of the planes failed to return from Lor-lie'nt. 41 Plebiscite Unfavorable Voters of Terrace Opposed To Tying u'n Eleclrifc Concession J A plebiscite vote was taken Thursday last on the question as to whether a twenty year agreement should be made with a local firm which proposed to establish a light and power plant for the village of Terrace. Theie had previously been a public meeting of the electors but this meeting had been so poorly attended that the chairman considered it to be not a fair test of local public opinion so the meeting decided to hold the plebicite. Even the voting showed rather an apathetic attitude on the part of local citizens were 33 against granting the twenty year permit and 16 In favor of It. There are about 200 voters in the Village. INVALIDS PERISHED Thirty Old Folk Burned to Death In Sanitarium Fire Near Seattle SEATTLE, Feb. 1 (CP) Thirty aged invalids perished in the Lake Forest Sanitarium, a two-storey frame building five miles north of Seattle, in a fire which is repotted to have started when the head of a defective match flew into an oil heater. Nineteen of the 49 patients escaped but two arc not expected to recover from critical burns. Obstructing Of Police Officer Vernon Rowe, who operates a small restaurant at Sixth Avenue and Fulton Street, was fined $50, with option of thirty days' imprisonment, by Magistrate W. D. Vance in city police court on Saturday. The charge was obstructing a police officer In the execution of his duties. Corp. Oldham and Constable Gardner, it was alleged, were conducting an investigation in regard to coal having been stolen and' entered Rowe's place. They smelled rum and proceeded to pick up a bottle which Rowe tried to take away from them. In the same connection Nicholas Alexander was given three .months' suspended sentence for having liquor In a restaurant. Aii on BoarV IGerman u:L High Plane riane ni Perish rensn n l I . UKIAH, California, Feb. 1 Pj An American Navy trans- port plane, missing ten days on a flight from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco, was found wrecked and burned in Call- fornia mountains near here. All nineteen on board were dead including Rear Admiral English, commander of the Pacific fleet submarine force, and other ranking- United States army naval officers. FIRST AID IN SESSION r I Annual Meeting of Local Branch Of St. John's Ambulance Asso- , ciation Held Yesterday I W. L. Armstrong, president, and other members of the executive of the past year were re-elected to office yesterday afternoon at the annual meeting of the Prince Rupert branch of the St. John Am bulance. Reports showed useful work being carried on here In the ,va of training and organizing ilrst aiders. The report of the secretary, Robert Reld, which outlined the activities of the past year, stated tat theubcrI--cand'ulate.so-r ing up for first aid examinations during the year was not large but compared favorably with the previous year. A communication from the British Columbia executive .of the St. John Ambulance Association urged that all truck and automobile drivers should be required to have a knowledge of first aid. 'The financial statement showed that the branch had started the year with a deficit of $20.26 but, alter spending $57.28 during the year, now had a cash balance of $18.03 In addition to $6.60 valuo of ttock on hand. A vote of thanks was tendered the secretary-treasurer, Mr. Woods, In adopting his report. Angus Micdonald, the instructor ! in ilrst aid, reported a man's class of sixteen now going on at the Fire Hall and a women's class of twenty at A.R.P. headquarters on Second Avenue. First aid stations of the A. R. P. here- were now fairly well equipped, Mr. Macdon- ald reported. Mr. Macdonald re ferred to the fact that the new-local reserve unit was drawing away some first aid workers. The re-elected executive conslsu of the following: President W. L. Armstrong. Secretary - treasurer Robe't Reid. Executive Angus Macdonald, S. J. Hunter, Mrs. T. H. Priest and ViVs. R. S. Woods. S. J. Hunter and Robert Barclay were named auditors. At the suggestion of W. E. Den ning, It was decided to hold a dance towards the end of the month for the purpose of keeping the importance of first aid in the nubile eye. This dance will be fea lured bv some demonstrations of handling casualties such as might occur in an air raid. Mr. Denning was delegated to. commence organizing of the dance. Votes of thanks were tendered the first aid examinations, and the first air examinations, and Augus Macdonald,. the Instructor, as well as to the Canadian Legion for courtesy In making a hall avail-ble for the meeting. The case of Marvin Joseph Bruce, charged with Indecent exposure, has been adjourned until Thursday In city police court. The prosecution followed an Incident on Borden Street of which, complaint was made to the police. - Complete r Command j I A An mite hmat Armw c I 1VIIIIIW VJIVUl flllllj IJ Entirely Overwhelmed Force of 330,000 Men is Lost by 'Huns in Disastrous Siege Attempt Fighting Continues With Violence Elsewhere NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (CP) The German High Command announced today that its Sixth Army, commanded by Field Marshal Paulus, long encircled in the Stalingrad area, had been overwhelmed after more than two months of heroic defence against superior forces." Field Marshal Paulus and other generals were captured. On other sections of the Russian front, a communique said, "fighting con-vlo- tinues with undiminished lence." me nuiuus announce virtually complete destruction of the Nazis' Stalingrad siege armies of 330,1)00 men with the smashing of two armies, killing 100,000 troops in the last twenty days alone and the capture of a German field marshal an sixteen generals. SINKING OF SUBMARINE CanauianCorvctte, Cgmmanded by ictona Officer, Responsible For Disposing of Italian Undersea Craft ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 1 (CP) An Allied communique today an-nouccd that the Canadian corvette Port Arthur had destroyed an Italian submarine with gunfire and depth charges when it attempted to attack a convoy in the western Mediterranean. The Port Arthur was commanded by Lieut. Edward Theo-doic Simmons, R.C.N.V.R., who won the Distingishcd Service Cross recently while executive officer on II.M.C.S. Shambley when he led a boarding party aboard a sinking submarine. DIM-OUT N FORCE Vcw War Protection Measures Now Effective Here With the arrival of February 1 today, dim-out regulations are In force In Prince Rupeit, applying particularly to street lights, cat Anting and business and house lights which face seawards. Many oeople have, no doubt, already made adequate dim-out arrangements. There will be a prompt check-up on those who are In violation of the regulations. Special permission has been granted for certain war Industrie and essential propects to use Illumination which would ordinarily be In violation of the dim-out. Ons of these, it Is announced, Is In connection with local United State? Engineering Department projects. Dim-out regulations are effective each day from half an hour after official sunset until half an hout before sunrise. This evening, for Instance, the dim-out starts at 6:48 p.m. and ends at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Dr. and Mrs. Duncan McColl and family of Queen Charlotte City, who have been on a trip to Vancouver, arrived in the city -yesterday afternoon from the south and are leaving tomorrow nlgrt for the Queen Charlotte Islands. MINISTER WITHDRAWS Edward J. Flyrtn Suseests Roose velt Not Nominate Him as Minister to Austialia WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. I CD In order to obviate a political crisis at a time when there should be nothing to disturb the winning of the war, Edward J. Flynn an-ounces that he is asking President Franklin D. Roosevelt to withdraw his (Flynn's) nomination as Amer ican , minister to Australia despite thejjact that friends assured him cbnrTrrnatI6rrBy the Senate was certain. Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew is now mentioned as minister to Australia instead of Flynn. BUSINESS MAN DIES John C. Woods Passes Away Well Known With His Wife in Ladies' Wear Line John C. Woods, well known local business man, passed away at 5 o,clock this morning in the Prince Rupert General Hospital after a year's illness. He was associated with his wife, Mrs: Annette Woods, n the ladies' ready-to-wear business.. Death came after a year's illness. He had been In hospital from December 9 until a few days before Christmas when he was taken home. He continued, however, to sink and his condition become very serious yesterday morning when he was taken to hospital by ambulance. Mr. Wood3 was sixty-four years of age and was born In Renfrew, Ontario. In his younger days he was a well known athlete, having been a member of the Toronto ' Maple Leafs hockey team and also a prominent rugby player with the Calgary Tigers. Before coming to Prince Rupert seventeen years ago, he was for thirty years In Calgary, having been Identified with the city service there. Besides his widow here, who will have the sympathy of her many friends, Mr. Woods is survived by three brothers Edward, James and Gordon Woods of Monoroad, Ontario and four sisters Mlsi Grace Woods ot Hamilton, Mrs. Laura Gregg of Hamilton, and the Misses Sadie and Stephena Woodi of Monoroad. Mr. Woods was a member of a Calgary Masonic Lodge. Hockey Scores SATURDAY Boston 5, Toronto 3. Montreal 3, Detroit 3. SUNDAY Montreal' 4, Detroit 3. Boston 7, Rangers 2. Toronto 3,:Chlcago 3. 4i it