local Temperature yinirnum f Mr No. 295 I had never be- 47 37 WOMAN AT filt EAT CQNflRKSS McCarthy fraternizes HI "MILLIONAIRES-PAIF" Almost Unbelievable Scenes 'o ricnUbip t Kussian Tribute .h$ ' 2&! c. tnj thing like It," 1 l i . and probably ; .:a.n People of al ;rd m paying deep f ,e Soviet Republic and valoious part in the war on the w Allies. There were d numeration of admiration years ago would most untntnkable unprecedented mix-- r lasses, 'juai urrs place of the .,;cj was Uie Royal hi: ' where there was a gatherings with exhibits of Industrial ment. art. natural rf both Canada and There were educat es and outstanding " rni all over the world utVmdance. 'iesc speakers were w Vijhalmut Stefa- n, st notable of all was j handsome, strap t hero of the Soviet was sent especially battlefields of the :-an of the vast edifice REDS PINCH KIROVOGRAD agn I would never have former local boy. , of witessin," Mrs Mc- "It was luck Just luck that ; ays. brought me out alive." said the ! merchant-navy operator on his C mercss was anxious cl"y Halifax en route to arrival at y and town in a' 'nourn adojt the his home in British ftJumWj. there were mo-u He admitted mutual aid and In-, tncnU when he thought he would of similar r ,ty or town Russia. Mrs. McCarthy never escape. mnan,on H pc was expressed that With a n ,bhJomf l0"' from a had escaped Schubert Rupttt might act along prison camp on the Adriatic t I fn n mnnlh thev had Muf aril,, found Toronto down through j uianeeo cuy irwn used to be in former Many of the old land- - ' si Beynon of Port Simp InmoH In llm Hv IhU M.IIVVt Ml IIIV V.J T from Cape Mudgc, Van "f I.land, where they at-'"'fd the recent annual con-,f"-on of the Native Brother-; ' of British Columbia. Mr. Wim i president of the Broth-v.w and Mr. Beynon north-bu;lness agent ud Mrs. W. W. ' Ifavinir Innlnhf tnr n 1 1 Vancouver. 5 Trotter trip "'I'jgj,' the mountains. "Then we ran into a Nazi col nmn of tanks and motorized ..ave gone. aisappns movnir a iuuiuiiivii marcn or moacnii. : nd development McCarthy had the pleas-mrctlng, among other ids in Toronto, the I u na MacLaren of this w Sl.vtcr Lorna In charge 1 admitting office of St ( Hospital. (oral lady also had the '-juty of taking In a j, League, Hockey game ' Muple Leaf Oardens sce-paccmaking Montreal ' n. defeat the Maple Alfrrrt Adams of Massctt nnd along me highway , In ., night from the ad vancing Allies," he rrcauca. chnivrt Kiild he and his kjV- u w v friend awaited an opportune mo For six days the Canadian and hU companion played hide and seek with Nazis and British shells. Close by was a Nazi machine-gun post which the British were trying io khock out and this made the situation more hazardous. Once they actually talked to the Nazis and were permitted to continue on their way. "We spoke broken Italian and their Italian was not too good either." grinned Schubert "They were Nazi snipers and they were lie OTTAWA, Dec. 18 O) Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters said last night that no Air Force team will take part In hockey contests after January 6 In any organized leagues, the championship of which would qualify the team to play-off for the Allen Cup or the Memorial Cup. Teams may play In garrison LONDON. Dec 18 Q The leagues and exhibition games Red Armv has strengthened Its 'within the same geographical encirclement of the industrial i boundaries, but such exhibition city of Klrovograd. killing 800 may not be held more man ones counter - attaeklne Germans, every iwo wccks. Moscow announced today as Coming under the ban Is the Nazi sources reported new and Sea Island Seahawks team, now heavy fighting In White Rus- leading tnc racmc coasi senior sit which possibly heralds a full league. scale Russian drive to the Bal tic The capture ot Klrovograd would seriously menace the Oer-man garrison at Krlvol Rog, principle source of manganese for Oermany'i war machine. Jap Tankers, Transports, Sunk by Subs t Churchill t Improves Downing Street today said Prime Minister Churchill's pulse is recorded as regular, but that his temperature is subsiding. He Is stated to have passed the danger 4 point WASHINGTON, DC. D. 8 -The latest Japanese ships ui f.ii iriim in American sub- Cant Nancy Hewett. local i LONDON, Dec. 18 A , statement from No. 10 tell the story of the lmarjne4 jn the Pacific have commandant of the Canadian ist hand. betn two large tankers, two Women's Army Corps, leaves person of importance jane transports and four frelgh- this evening for a trip to Van-i seemed to be present n ' couver and Victoria, ively supporting the ' at ion ot admiration ndship for the Soviet " rCarthy 1 . i taming gathering of all I! s. McCarthy was a great csUuiutl thanksgiving -see. Maple Leaf Oardens. The iower floor was given the people of the forces a well as men and . ' di .us and demonstration ' mong '.ac featured items c program. Principal t wan L W Urocklngton ! : hrnrt MacMilian and .iU Symphony Orchestic MmdelsMhn Choir a k part re the Metropolitan flccorated with hammer kio and hear the Red hiuI nlaved from the -LUCKY TO FIE ALIVE" Thrilling Story of Escape From Nazis Is Told By Jim Schubert of Prince Rupert ,.vs ..... XTi 1.. ... ...nr. Ur. in rlnnrrn). nf hoillfr . f.tl klllPfl 1 1 hV ' some hay as I talked to them In the hope that they wouldn't notice my boots. Fortunately they didn't," declared Schubert He and his companion ainca rovallv while In this valley There were farmyards In the vicinity and they managed to raid the chicken coops. Tnc Nmi. he said, had the same Idea and hc said at Umcs l sounded like a miniature war n the Nazis nicked off tnc birds with their rifles. Eventually Schubert and his companion wormed their way nuTirH the British lines and ment. then dashed across this j0ined the British. A short time highway and into a wooded val- jat.r they were homeward ley. They found to tneir Dismay bound. that this valley, far irom dchir Deforc they reached the Brit-a safe refuge, was an uncom- j. UnM he sald tncy had been fortably hot spot so hot iruu lolncd by four Italian Carblnerl the Italian peasanw and from taiKs wun me uer- Uvcd In It had fled to a saicr haven. Talked to Nails mans this sextet were able to pass on valuable information to the Allies when tney reacnea their lines. Of his actual escape from the Adriatic camp, Schubert had little to say. He said It might prejudice the chances of others from getting out via the same route. He did admit, however, that Itillan peasants aided him and the Englishman who escaped with him. Their escape cut short a five-month Mrs. A. Brunette of the past office staff, left this morning to hunting for the British. We were spend the Christmas season with dressed like Italian peasants and , friends In Vancouver. BADOGLIO TO TAKE OVER LONDON The Allied advisory council has recommended (hat General Dwixht Eisenhower turn over control of Sicily, Sardinia and the part of southern Italy occupied by Allied forces with the exception of Naple area to Marshall . rietro Hadoglio. ' FLU TOLL MOUNTING LONDON The Influents death toll In Britain for the week ending December 11 wai 1,118, 439 over the previous week. VANCOUVER FOG VANCOUVER Vancouver was shrouded again lasf riighl in fog as thick as ever. The West Vancouver ferry Holly-burn went aground 504 yards from Ambleside wharf and the passengers had to be rowed ashore. BERLIN SMOULDERING LONDON Bad weather held down the Royal Air Force last night Berlin was still smouldering from the big raid of the night before when a big munitions plant was blown up. HITLER RESPONSIBLE MOSCOW Advices have been received that massacres and atrocities by the Nails In occupied Russia have been ordered personally by Chancellor Adolph Hitler. PARTISAN OFFENSIVE LONDON General Tito's Partlzan Yugoslavs forces have resumed the offensive .against - the NaxU, -There i particularly heavy fighting west of Sarajevo. A valley of death in Italy between the British lAntl-rrailCO and Nazi lines is still a vivid memory to Jim Schu-, p .. . bert, 25, of Ashcroft, formerly of Prince Rupert, HOIS f 0116(1 u.hn hid nut in it for six davs and lived to tell the exploding British shells during these days but there, JStouiKiJn was also the menace of being jnavc tried three times to over-j picked oft by Nazi snipers. Jim's had long beards. We fooled tnem story is published in a special completely." dispatch from Halifax to the hc said he had the Jitters Montreal Standard, accompan- during their talk with these led bv a eood oleture of the snlners which took place In a - " , . . At--i farmyard, a main reason uiav he was wearing a pair of Brit ish boots which, he was afraid the Jerries might spot "I kept sticking my feet Into throw General Francisco Franco and instal a regime more favor able to thc'Unlted Nations. CLOSE IN ON FORT ALGIERS, Dec. 18(F A fifth Army pincers movement closed in today on the heavily forti fied village of San Pietro. sev en miles northwest of Casslno in the main highway to Rome American tioops reached the lutsklrts of San Pietro, where hand-to-hand fighting continued for the second straight dax as troops dug Germans out of Dill boxes one by one. A military commentator said that the allies now hold heights north. east. south, and south NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH 'TOEUM BIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPER'f. B.C., SATURDAY? tDESBafeER 18743" United States Land Fortes Es tablish Themselves Air Attacks Repelled. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ;EW GUINEA. Dec 18 O, United 'States troop that in vadod Arawe Peninsula of New Britain Island Wednesday are consolidating positions while the American air force has success fully repelled several Japanese air attacks, it was announced yesterday. Mrs. Currie Passes Away Esteemed Pioneer Woman Dies This Morning Following I-engthy Illness Here Since 1908. 1 h Mrs. Florence Atkins' Currie, J; wife of John Currie. prominent local contractor, and one of Prince Rupert's real pioneer women, passed away at iu o'clock this morning at her home. 840 Third Avenue, follow ing, a long illness from which it had been realized for some time that recovery could not be hoped for. However, news or her de mise will be received with re gret oy many oia inenas ana theje will be general expressions of' sympathy and regret The late Mrs. Currie was born seventy-two years ago In Chi cago and, as a small girl, came te UAf WActmlnctni1 Ttrltri Vilr Mr. Currie and. as a bride, went to the gold mining town to make her first home. It was there that all but one of her five children were bom. In 1908 Mrs. Currie came to Prince Rupert with her husband and young family and here she had made her home ever since LOOK INTO BARI RAID Circumstances of German Sneak Attack Are to be In vestigated. WASHINGTON. D.C, Dec. 18 OV-Investigation Is proceeding into the Incident of about two weeks ago when some thirty German bombers, making a sur- nrlse raid on the Allled-held Italian port of Barl, Italy, sank seventeen United Nations merchant shins within a few min utes. The raid constituted one of the worst single blows ever suffered by United NaUons ship plnz. A wave of bombers struck Just at dawn, flying low and very ifast to catch the Italian city's defences enUrely by surprise. Ambulance Fund Poole Construction Co. Armour Towing Agency W. H. Malkln Co. N.B.C. Power Co. Canadian Fish is Cold Storage Co. Pacific Stevedoring Co. Rupert Motors Lindsay's Cartage Phllpott, Evltt Pioneer-Canadian Laundries Mr. and Mrs. J. EyoU sen parents. Her father.. Alfred j Hacker, was a cabinet maker In in "; "l vt """" the Royal City of the old daysl and BU1 Smeetln anil trlth hi irlfp Rphprra At-' Besides the widower, Mrs. 'Orenville Court Chapel of B.C Currie Is survived by three sons . Undertakers. west of the village, leaving tne ; parcel movement at ine cenirai Germans only one road to es cape office. The twenty-two regular staff ot clerks has been augmented by could be used. This year, as central office, there Is Station j B, and military and naval post offices. Mall handled by these offices Is routed, directly to and from Its destination. Last year the downtown post offlco was the focal point of all mail leaving and entering the city. Station B, serving the east ern section of the city, has a staff of five and is doing a brisk business. The military and naval offices are devoted exclusively to their own services. the military post office handling the Royal Canadian Air Force mall. A parcel room set up- In the west end of the wicket lobby of Uie central post office leaves additional space in the sorting $20.00 15.00 10.00 25.00 75.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 20.00 25.00 5.00 klhj Hacker, was well known to, -John w. cume. now imng av iu...r-4h.r. . Ti: .!BMPhcentx-Arteonaf-Charles J. j i tfciirrle of Prince Rupert -and uccraaru was woo iiiau.vu j - Flying oincer ueorge ai. t-uriic who is with the Royal Canadian Air Force here and two daugh ters. Mrs. Alex (Florence) Mc Donald of Vancouver and Mrs. Arthur (Elizabeth) Oswald of Prince Rupert The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon from heart of a local woman. During the din of an outburst of antiaircraft practise firing she phoned the police station to know If there was anything se rious the matter. When told by the police that it there was they didn't know anything about 'it she asked: "WelL can't- something be done about all this, unnecessary ntEe? - " rT "Lady." said the constable. "there is a war on." The crash of gunfire accompanied her voice over the phone as she exasperated: "Why don't they take their war somewhere else?" Mrs. B. Walker of Klnz Edward the School teaching staff Is leaving tonight for a trip to Vancouver Post Office Woes Fewer This Year Decentralized distribution Sys tem Removes Bottle ck Which Prevailed Last Year. Chilstmas mail, this year Is not quite the headache for them this year that It was last year. Post Office authoriUes said this rooming. With four postal stations handling the seasonal rush which last year was the burden nf the central post office alone clearances are being made with greater speed and convenience for both the post office woik-ers and the public, It was stated. However, Christmas being what it Is. there k still a tremendous Increase In mall and was a of Chilstmas mall. For the past ! several weeks there has been a gradual Increase In volume, but Friday's sudden Jump heralded the beginning ot the solid Christmas sending. It is expected to maintain its peak until late next week. "We have been able to keep caught up on It so far and I think we will be able to hold It In control In spite of the sudden Jump which will last at least until Wednesday." said HANDS UP, GERMAN rRISONEUS ARE LEI) OFF AT SALERNO Here are shown some of the first German soldiers captured by Salerno. The prisoners have been ordered to keep -their hands on the AlScd forces which swept on to the Italian mainland near their heads and marched along the beach to interment camps. Local Tides ! i i ji Sunday, Dec. 19 High 6:54 17.8 feet 18:51 15.9 feet Low 0:10 6.9 feet 15:05 8.8 feet PRICE FIVE CENTS Teheran Assassination Plot AIR FORCE millionaires and paupers rubt t tyjfy J ,, , Eternized as brothers without reser ' ..nJinn finvint tVin,lQt,;., ' ? J K I Ml LL U 3 whicii snc aitenued as the sole represent. 'from British Columbia, says Mrs. Robert Mc- , who returned home this week. It was a deeply , t 'taerlng, the local CONSOLIDATE BULLETINS cTiue NEW GUINEA INQUIRY ORDERED Russians Headed Off Nazi Conspiracy To Kill Allied Leaders WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (CP) President Roosevelt said yesterday that the Russians had got wind of a Nazi plot to kill him, Churchill and Stalin while they were in Teheran. Tfie President said that. 1)4 then took up lodgings in the Russian embassy compound with Stalin. The British embassy was next door and one of the three prin- 1 -" i clpals had to go through the streets to get together for talks. He said that the talks at Teheran and Cairo were "successful in every way, and he hopes that they laid the foundation for a postwar era of peace. His hopes were shared by Churchill, Stalin and Chiang Kai-Shek. The President will be heard In a world radio broadcast at noon Pacific Time next Friday. HORRORS OF WAR TESTIMONY OF AFFRAY Preliminary Hearing of William Samuel Cooper, Charged With Wounding. ' From testimony given at 'th preliminary hearing of William" Samuel Copper, charged 'with wounding. Patrick Keogh, taxi driver itappeared that he alleg- ! ed assailant might not. have real Ized what went on during ths . knife fracas In the Knox hotel AT A CANADIAN PORT-The h Kwwh and famed sentiment of General w Sherman found an echo In the nA, Knmmr ,0 h. committed for trial by Magis;. trate W. D. Vance in city police court yesterday. According to Sergeant Edward Albert McBrlen R. C. A. F. whi testified that he had rushed' down to the hotel lobby from an upstairs room when he heard the fight begin, the first thing Ue accused said when quiet had Is anybody nurt? McBrien said that he had been asked by Constable Turtle of the city police to keep an eye on Cooper following th fight while Turtle used the teV-ephone. Although Cooper re celved no answer to his first question he continued to ask' more. "Are they hurt very bad?" be asked and then, "what willrt get fpr this?" "f When told by Constable Turtle to be quiet and say nothing, Cooper said. i "When I get through with . , .... 'this I will be good." McBrlen nine and more room which is appreciated by testmony that htjj& ' f,fi a sergeant Investigator for-the first j i-1 in . .. i VHHiv tras tVv nav i - 1 well as thei"' y radian Air rorceer- which there . Ki. big ifi- Inflow vice police and nad Been inter viewing Leading Aircraftsman Francis J. LaBelle, brother of the hotel proprietor, In a second floor room when he had heard a thump on the floor of the lobby. As he dashed out of the room, followed by Aircraftsman La-elle. he heard a jj'oman scream: "Look out, he's got a knife 1" When he got down to the lobby he saw "three or four" men lying on the floor on top. of onnthnr man finmonn trflrt Ttwi Reuben Scherk, assistant post- . QUt fof a . , j. master. "I will be difficult but Mked MtBrlen that ne It will also be much better i knlfe ,h hlch hand thf than last year. nd was told lt lhV au tne outgoing overseas man i was cleared from the city during October. right one. He took hold of the man's right arm, and soon someone told him: ;a;; "It'c oil Hohr. h' rtmmwJ the fenire." Following the struggle, Keogh lay on the floor, unconclous, the witness said, and there was blood around La Belle, but He could not see where he was wounded. The man whom the witness Indenttfied as the aci used, who at that time wore a beard, also lay on his back on the flor. McBrien said that he""rt&l helped to put the two wounded men In chairs and had been told by Constable Turtle to keep an rye on Cooper. It was then that Cooper had begun to talk, ""'" A police car with corporal and constable had arrived as well as an ambulance and"a taxi. Keogh had been taken ... tmr to l hospital In the Uxl and LaBelle In the ambulance. .;j. - ! !1