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hour
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sunset
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hour
before
sunrise.)
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NORTHERN
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XXXII.
No.
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t
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
27,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Russ
Ha
s
Break
With
Poland
BIG
YEAR
FOR
FLEET
ON
LAKES
Htavy
Ice
Conditions
Delay
Opening
Hut
I'rospects
are
for
Ilecortl
Breaker
By
STAN
MANTItOP
(Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer)
FORT
WILLIAM,
Ont,
April
27
0)
Canada's
Inland
merchant
marine
fleet,
more
than
250
strong,
being
released
from
winter's
Ice,
is
geared
and
ready
to
go.
Into
what
may
be
the
most
momentous
sea-ton
In
Its
history.
Shortage
of
deep-sea
tonnage
and
the
need
for
more
coastal
ships
may
send
many
of
the
canallers,
boats
of
255
feet
or
less,
into
strange
waters
and
stranger
convoys.
With
them
will
go
many
of
the
3,000
Canadians
who
comprise
Canada's
Great
Lakei
merchant
marine.
The
big
600
footers
on
the
upper
lakes
which
will
this
yeaf
tran
;porf
the
majority
of
the
grain,
coal
and
ore
cargoes
to,
I
1,...a
n
.4
tinfrtnr
..U-U
!
u.
u
",
too,
now
that
"the
little
fellows
have
gone
to
war."
Thl-
y
-ar
should
be
the
heaviest
'.
in
hi-'ory
for
the
ore
fleet
1
tubby-nosed
carriers.
Not
only
will
they
carry
thousands
of
tons
of
ore
to
Canadian
foundries,
but
will
augment
the
320
American
ship
t
j
fill
the
bins
at
United
State?
war
plants.
"Total
war,"
the
shipowners
say
"Is
needed
to
win
a
total
war,
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
get
this
year."
Thousands.
morr..-.bushls
.
jal
grab
will
be
poured
into
the
gaping
holds
of
big
grain
carriers,
some
of
if
may
eventually
reach
the
tarvlng
populations
of
Hitler-rlideu
countries.
But
unlike
peacetime
years,
grain
will
be
a
secondary
cargo
this
year
in
comparison
to
other
valuable
war
cargoes
needed
to
keep
the
wheels
of
Industry
humming.
Krady
Tor
Service
In
many
ports
the
color
designs
of
former
years
has
gone
by
the
boards
this
year.
Instead
of
peacetime
blacks,
whites
and
reds,
sailors
are
slapping
on
heavy
coats
of
battleship
grey
from
the
smoke
stack
to
the
bottom
of
the
hulls
as
protection
against
the
enemy
once
:no
(relghter
leaves
the
peaceful
confines
of
the
Great
Lakes.
Llferaff
j
will
also
become
stand-)
ard
equipment
on
many
more
of
the
lower
lake
flcetcrs
this
year
and
will
be
strung
so
they
can
be
eal
floated
Into
the
water
If
the
ship
runs
Into
trouble
or
Is
hit
by
enemy
torpedoes.
They'll
also
have
automatic
switches
on
cabin
door
They
turn
on
lights
when
the
door
is
closed
and
snap
them
off
when
the
crewmen
go
out
on
deck,
Not
a
beam
of
light
will
reach
the
enemy
should
he
be
lurking
nearby.
Heavy
ice
conditions
will
delay
the
movement
of
the
winter
fleet
almost
two
weeks
this
year,
a
delay
which
shipping
men
say
will
ccct
thousands
of
dollars
In
lost
cargoes.
It
may
be
Anrll
15
before
the
fir.it
freighter
makes
her
way
through
the
Soo
canal
Into
Lake
Superior
and
the
ore
and
grain
Prta,
and
It
will
be
later
stlll.be-lore
the
first
arrival
of
1943
ties
P
In
Montreal,
eastern
terminus
I
Great
Lake
shipping.
labor
Situation
Unlike
fnrmpr
vp'nrs
Canadian
dipping
officials
will
not
be
troubled
with
the
manpower
bogey
lhl3
year
Selective
Service
officials
6a
to
that
last
fall
when
they
Permitted
crewmen
to
take
war-tlrnc
lobs
when
their
ships
tied
J"P.
but
stipulated
they
must
return
10
them
when
the
season
opened.
Then
there
Is
the
possibility
ot
Jror
wages
for
Canadian
sailors
icar
and
wiir
hnnnsps
will
be
"PPed
for
those
who
sail
through
the
war
zone.
And
the
rationing
of
tea,
wffce,
butter
and
meats
that
civilians
will
have
to
contend
with,
seriously
hamper
the
sailor.
AFTER
BATTLE
OF
TOBRUK,
NORTH
AFRICA
'
'
Mute
evidence
of
the
battle
that
ensued
at
Tobruk
when
the
Royal
Nay
co-operating
with
General
Montgomery
met
Axis
forces
ant
emerged
vlctor!ous,
is
this
demolished
gunslte
and
sunken
submarine
in
Tobruk
harbor,
North
AM"a.
This
action
took
place
last
November.
LOAN
DRIVE
GOOD
START
Opening
Day
Results
In
Sales
To
talling
$62,030
Good
Response-Is
Reported
In
soite
of
the
holiday,
ononlnc
day
sales
for
Prince
Rupert
in
the
UliEVtfirtti
Vlntn...
Trim
IftfnlUJ
u
umklt
VlWbUiJT
uvjail
tutauiu
LUC
'gratifying
sum
of
$02,500
as
com
pared
with
$46,000
on
the
first
day
in
the
Third
Victory
campaign
last
October.
The
personal
canvassers,
almost
exclusively
on
this
occasion,
reported
good
response.
.
At
the
Victory
Loan
dug-out,
Third
Avenue
and
Fourth
Street,
where
Mrs.
R.
W.
Denlson
Is
In
charee
of
a
erouD
of
women,
cas
ual
subscribers
called
to
purchase
iiiim
worm
-oi
oonos.
.
.
Following
were
some
of
yester
days
purchasers:
Fraser
&
Payne
$25,000
Edward
Lipsett
Ltd.
10.000
D.
Ello
6.000
Harold
Levin
4,000
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Payne
2,000
Geoffrey
Wootten
500
Patrick
F.
O'Neill
100
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
E.
Roberts
100
Bruce
E.
Mickleburgh
50
Guy
M.
Perry
50
PREMIER
IS
NEW
JUDGE
Head
of
Prince
Edward
Island
Government
Goes
to
Bench
Old
Farmer
Succeeds
Him
OTTAWA.
April
27
0;
Premier
tThane
Campbell
has
been
appoint
cd
chief
Justice
of
Prince
Edward
Island's
Supreme
court,-
Minister
oi
Justice
St.
Laurent
announced.
Hon.
J.
Walter
Jones,
w-year-oia
fnrmpr.
who
iolncd
the
cabinet
only
two
weeks
ago,
is
expected
to
succeed
Mr.
campDen
in
me
mute
Edward
Island
premiership.
Aero
Timber
Taking
Over
Island
Store
An
nrnrtnpU
timber
oreaniza
tlon
In
Massett
Inlet,
has
purchased
ho
husinpss
nremlses
of
Frank
Pierce
pioneer
mercnani
av
run
Clements,
and
will
use
the
build-
rfw
ne
tl
urn
rrhniise.
Mr.
Pierce,
ac-
cording
to
word
received
from
the
islands,
expects
to
proceed
to
the
Fraser
Valley
to
take
up
future
residence.
Frank
Gale
of
Skidcgatc
Is
pay-
in
o
hrtof
hns
ness
visit
w
i
Clty,
having
arrived
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
yesterday
morning.
Authorities
know
you
can't
run
a
ship
on
reduced
diet
and
the
boys
will
cat,
with
a
few
exceptions,
the
same
as
they
did
in
peace
time.
It
all
adds
up
to
a
banner
season
for
both
owner
and
crewman,
who'lL
do
their
bit
this
year
with
niofoH
Like
fleet.
More
than
record
will
fall
0ne
cargo
and
port
I
before
this
wartime
fleet
drops
Its
I
anchors
at
the
Close
oi
uw
B.
C.
Is
On
Front
Line
Bracken
Thinks
This
Province
Should
Have
Backing
VICTORIA,
April
27
Speaking
here
yesterday,
John
Bracken,
leader
of
the
Conservative
Pro-grpsivp
party,
said
that
British
Columbia
was
indeed
on
the
front
line
and
that
the
province
should
have
the
whole-hearted
support
of
the
other
provinces.
British
Columbia's
post-war
views
should
have
the
support
of
the
re?t
or
Canada
and
would
certainly
have
his.
traMcIs"
increased
More
Passengers
Than
Even
Travel
Ity
Air
in
Canada
WINNIPEG,
April
27
During
the
first
thee
months
of
this
year
passengers
carried
by
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
increased
by
more
than
9,000
as
compared
with
the
same
period
In
1942.
Mall
was
more
than
doubled,
express
was
more
than
tripled.
The
figures,
given
out
today
by
O.
T.
Larson,
vice-president,
were:
Passengers,
28,352
as
compared
with
18,969
last
year.
Mall
816,931
pounds,
as
compared
with
51.672.
More
passengers
were
carried
last
month
than
In
any
other
month
of
T.C.A.
history.
The
total
was
10,887,
an
Increase
of
3,494
over
March,
1942.
and
1,425
over
February
this
year.
Express
amounted
to
46,666
pounds,
a
slight
decrease
as
compared
.
with
the
preceding
month
but
aii
Increase
over
March,
1942,
of
32,602
or
more
than
three
three
times.
With
a
total
of
280,662
po'unds
air
mall
Increased
23,32t
pounds
over
February
and
145,138
pound3
ever
March,
1942,
or
more
than
double.
ROMAN
MAKE-UP
Roman
ladies
used
white
lead
and
ciuu
iu.wuiu.-u
u
bjim
kohol
for
the
eyelids
and
lashes.
,
WAR
DRILLING
NARROWS
Traffic
Warned
Regarding
Navigation
During
Next
Light
Months
The
drill
barge
to
be
used
In
connection
viith
the
removal
of
Ripple
flock,
:
yniour
Narrows,
arrived
at
the
site
today.
For
a
few
hours
operations
requires
all
traf-ne
to
b?
stopped.
When
drilling
oft
the
rock
actually
starts
the
barge
will
be
moored
in
position
with
six
wire
cables
leading
to
anchors
but
at
any
time
the
barge
may
le
warped
from
its
position
at
nipple
Rock
to
a
position
at
the
entrance
to
Canoe
Pass.
ii
nas
oeen
recommerraeu
wnuc
through
Seymour
Narrows
during
an
etoolng
tide
or
foscv
weather.
The
drill
barge
is
150
feet
long
by
40
feet
beam.
The
hull
is
painted
green
and
the
deckhouse
grey.
During
the
night
two
vertical
red
lights
will
be
displayed
and
in
daytime
two
vertical
'black
balls.
During
foggy
weather
a
bell
on
scow
will
be
sounded
at
frequent
intervals.
Also,
in
the
event
of
special
circumstances,
a
steam
whistle
will
be
blown,
giving
five
or
more
short
blasts.
In
the
event
of
exceptional
circumstances
occurring
at
Seymour
Narrows
the
information
will
be
broadcast
by
radio
and
ladlotele-phone.
It
Is
expected
that
the
complete,
operation
at
Seymour
Narrows
will
continue
for
at
least
eight
months.
Barbara
Stanwyck
Opens
Loan
Drive
Popular
Moving
Picture
Actress
Is
Visitor
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
April
27
Baibara
Stanwyck,
moving
picture
Star,
tcok
a
prominent
part
in
the
opening
of
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
campaign
here.
Next
Allan
Cup
Game
on
Tonight
Victoria
Army
and
Ottawa
Commandos
Clashing
in
Calgary
CALGARY.
Anrll
27
With
Otta
wa
now
leading
two
games
to
one.
the
next
Allan
Cun
flna'
mat-h
be
tween
Victoria
Army
and
Ottawa
Cfirmandos
takes
place
here
to
night.
NEWS
R.A.F.
HITS
AGAIN
LONDON
-The
Royal
Air
Force
struck
last
night
at
targets
in
northwest
Germany
and
France.
ADVANCING
IN
TUNISIA,
i
LONDON
,'The
Allied
forces,
keeping
up
their
Inueeze
of
the
Axis
in
Tunisia,
continue
to
make
pro-
I
'
.
ii
i
it
t
t
Lire
press
irom
an
angles
in
me
iace
oi
sun
opposition.
RUSSIANS
HOLD
THEIR
OWN
MOSCOW
The
Russians
are
more
than
holding
their
own
on
all
sections
of
the
long
front,
and
have
made
some
gains
at
certain
points.
.
10
PERCENT
OF
EARNING
Should
Subscribe
to
Victory
Loan
MONTREAL,
April
27
II.
J.
Symington,
K.C.,
president,
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines,
has
forwarded
a
personal
message
to
every
member
of
the
organisation
in
Canada
pvitlng
support
for
the
fourth
Victory
Loan
which
was
initiated
Mon-
iay.
In
his
appeal,
M,r.
Symington
-tates:
"It
Is
the
desire
of
the
management
of
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
that
each.
and
every
member
of
th-
organization
subscribe
to
the
Iran,
doing
this
to
the
maxl
mum
of
his
or
her
resocurces.
Mr.
Eymlngtons
message
con
tinued:
"In
order
that
the
objec
tlve
set
for
T.C.A.
In
common
with
i
other
large
industrial
organisations,
and
accepted
by
the
management,
be
reached,
it
will
require
every
man
and
woman
employed
In
all
departments
to
subscribe
for
bonds
in'
the
"fourth
Victory
Loan
to
a
minimum
of
10
per
cent-of
their
earnings,
during
thl-
six
months
period,
existing,
war
savings
pledges
making
up
the
balance.
Under
ths
arrangement,)
the
men
and
women
of
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
are
being
asked
to
finance
our
nation's
ftghtin;;
cost
to.
Just
13
minutes,
look
way,
It's
not
too
much
to
expect
with
sucn
grave
Issues
at
stake."
During
previous
vlitory
loan
campaigns,
Trans:Canada
Air
Lines
staff
subscribed
.liberally
and
It
is
anticipated
that
the
response
.
.
.
-..
.
v
...
or
ine
personnel
ior
insioan
win
th
nn
on
oven
uraain.
oio
a..
I
a
personal
canvass
of
every
in
dividual
employee,
no
matter
where
situated
in
the
dominion.
Bend
salesmen
have
beep
selected
and
carelully
coached
in
their
tak3
and
they
will
swing
promptly
into
action
when
the
starting
signal
Is
given.
MORE
RAIDS
ON
ALEUTS
Kiska
and
Attu
Bombed
Again
by
American
Planes
WASHINGTON.
DC.
Anril
27
.Further
raids
have
been
made
by
united
States
bombers
on
Kiska
and
Attu,
It
was
announced
by
the
Department
of
the
Navy
today.
OverOshawa
Move
Into
Lead
TORONTO,
April
27
Winnipeg
defeated
Oshawa
7
to
3
last
night
and
went
ahead
three
games
to
two
In
the
Memorial
Cup
final
series.
TEST
NEW
31-10
New
Crisis
Overshadows
Impending
Rupture
With
Finland
by
Washington
Molotoff
Makes
Denunciation,
Charging
Aid
is
Given
To
Enemy
"Regrettable"
Says
Both
London
And
Washington
0
LONDON,
April
27
Premier
General
Sikorsky
ha3
called
a
special
meeting
of
the
Polish
cabinet
to-
consider
the
situation
following
the
suspending
by
Russia
of
diplomatic
relations
with
Poland.
The
Polish
minister
is
returning
from
Moscow
to
London.
The
crisis
between
Poland
and
Russia
has
been
mounting
since
Poland
charged
Russia
with
the
murder
i
of
Polish
officers
and
men
near
Smolensk.
Now
Foreign
Commissar
Molotoff
has
denounced
Poland
for
helping
the
enemy.
Both
London
and
Washington
describe
it
as
a
"regrettable
situation."
The
Russo-
Polish
situation
js
oyershadowlng
the
crisis
betweeri
uiunu
outm
ana
ruuiuiu.
Madame
Chiang
I
i.
m
v.
v
v.
.
-
lo
ray
Visit
OTTAWA,
April
27
Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek
of
China
-will
visit
Ottawa
early
in
June,
It
is
announced,
and
will
ad-
dress
a
loint
meeting
nf
thp.
Senate
an,d
House
,of
.Com-
mons.
Derailment
Near
Endako
Causes
Train
Lateness
Havincr
hppn
rlolnvpH
fnr
2d
hnnrs
because
of
a
freight
train
derail
-
ment
west
of
Endako
where
eight
cars
left
the
track,
the
train,
dueiw,
.
ta
here
Sunday
night,
arrived
.Dlg
DA!)
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
7(000
pounds,
19.4c
and
17c.
Canadian
138,500
pounds,
20c
and
18c
to
20.9c
and
18c.
American
Zip,
7,000,
13.4c
and
17,
Royal.
Canadian
P.
Dorreen,
18,000,
20.7c
and
18c,
Royal.
Dovre
B,
25,000,
20.5c
and
18,
Atlin.
-
Advance
II,
14,000,
20c
and
18c,
Storage.
,
?
Oslo.
21,000,
20.5c
and
18c,
Booth.
Annabelle,
4,000,
20c
and
18,
Atlin.
Peerless,
5.500.
20c
and
8c,
Booth.
Arctic,
17.000,
20.9c
and
18c,
Whiz.
Atll,
20,000,
20.6c
and
18c,
Storage.
Nentune
II,
14,000,
20.1c
and
18c,
panne.
TANK
DESTROYER
Up
between
a
couple
of
sparse
trees
on
the
proving
ground
rises
one
of
the
new
M-10
tank
destroyers
which
are
being
turned
out
In
Detroit,
Mich.
These
weapons
are
stripped
of
many
of
the
engineering
refinements
found
on
the
U.S.
medium
tank
In
order
to
gain
speed
and
mobility.
The
3-inch
gun
Is
manually
operated
arid
has
a
greater
muzzle
velocity
than
conventional
tank
weapons.
FRENCH
AT
P0NTFAHS
Ereak
Through
Axis
Lines
to
Enter
Outskirts
of
Important
Town
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
27
Principal
new
development
In
the
Allied
campaign
against
the
Axis
forces
in
Tunisia
today
was
the
breaking.
tnrougn
or
tne
French
to
enter
the
outskirts
of
Pont
du
Fahs.
Continued
progress
Is
being
made
by
the
Americans
on
the
north
and
the
British
on
the
centre
and
south.
British
Workers
Given
Holiday
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For
First
Time
Since
War
Began
They
Got
Week-end
Off
LONDON,
April
27
For
the
first
time
since
the
war
began,
British
war
workers
enjoyed
a
long
Easter
week-end
holiday.
There
will
be
.similar
holidays
at
Whitsuntide
In
June,
Bank
Holiday
in
August
and
!
at
Christmas.
'
'
I
I
BY
YANKS
Greatest
Attack
Vet
in
War
is
Made
on
Italy
CAIRO.
ADrll
27
United
States
bombing
planes,
based
on
North
Africa,
made
their
heaviest
daylight
attack
of
the
war
on
Italy
today.
Elderly
Man
Passes
Away
Sigurd
Jensen
Dies
In
Hospital-Had
Been
Here
Some
Time
Sigurd
Jensen,
an
elderly
man,
who
had
been
around
Prince
Rupert
for
some
time,
passed
away
this
morning
in
the
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
HosDital.
He
had
not
been
in
good
health.
DUBBURG"
IS
TARGET
Seventeen
Planes,
Including
Four
Canadian,
Failed
to
Return
Last
Night
LONDON.
April
27
Duisburg.
Important
Industrial
centre,
was
the
principal
target
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
in
resumed
raids
on
the
Reich
last
night.
Seventeen
of
the
bombers
failed
to
return,
Including
four
Canadian.
GIULS
WHAT'S
THIS!
LONDON,
AprH
27
Oirls
In
the
services
"smoke
too
much,
walk
like
men
and
talk
like
men,"
Capt.
Lord
Alastalr
Graham
of
the
Royal
Navy
said
at
It)
opening
of
a
club
In
London
for
officers
In
the
women's
forces.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
10:30,
was
reported
this
afternoon
to
be
two
hours
and
t:n
minutes
late.