Minimum XXXII, No- 257 thieving (tensive A: . T ' : A; it I UltlOl , 1 flncnrl t ' C-- l AS THE... . 51 43 ) HEADQUARTERS, AL- 3 3 'Unusn . fi ; Army nave ccu j helgnis, western ) ' ;? German Italian i r a: by Sancroce to observation of "'" - ..-II... Oil -a.. 3 Yaircj, limu ,:,rtc'y announced today. ) Amc -1 on the right ri .:e Nazis irom me ruth of the Vena- . 1. 1 -L rll..-y iL'.:a o cw '"s" , 3 the extreme up-urn a River valley, across against Vena- :? t. j.:- . -nnetminu wou a be .j-ni hed. jx. and Britons in the Ar " kave established a ' ra ' over tbs Trlgno Adriatic end of the t '?r rrosslnE was an .-ri distance Inland : inal bridgehead he .f. ; mouth H Canadian Press r . : ::dcnt. disclosed i f ;c? Rivers tank regl- : ( the Canadian ; supporting the fie British Eighth l-'t wing of the manned by the I division and jrrs through the , 'ains northwest voters' list xk Monday night "!i for a week for ' riames 127 new tt aided on It. II :day the refd-xe In slowly And part of the rer-7d only a small i:r.rj were sted ":e rlty clerk's rd a last minute :-ught the totsl I "7 r.cw voters reg- i .m were women. ' - 'he low num- ! t rr ilmr 1 lhat. y of thiW-- are ; do not jt-, poll ordlnar : re-be eligible f )r the person mut pay t- a rear to the city J ; f taxes. If they i " '.hat amount In w :i o vote, they :o the city clerk "i f ames recorded. 1 f . - who wish to tote c:?ctlona must be " that they ?)ave ' -".anr.lal cor-irtbu- ' '7 in the 'iy of 1 -'"is way city clerk T : pat. it .vi eng., V, Ji WO- Wil' hire town ad- W . . . . ly la, They came ; trj f.was from towns- 1 3 (2d received them overseas. Army Overseas Is Over Top in Victory Loan LONDON. Nov. 1 tt - The Canadian Army overseas passed lU $2,500,000 Victory Loan ob jective 12 days after the cam. paln opened, and subscriptions ate still pouring In, military headquarters announced today. AIR CADETS ARE MORE NUMEROUS tfipftted 35,009 Will be Enrolled IJf End; of' Year, 'WINNIPEG Nov. 3-'Dv the trt&.bf! the :scJiool. year we hope! to hate attained our objective ! of 35.000 affU," said. Wing ! Commander Dr. Madaren, president it the Air Cadet League j of panada, who has just return- ej to Winnipeg after a coast-to-coast inspection trip during S fhlch he atnded annul meet ings of many of the units. At present, he said, 24,500 boys were enroled In 344 squadrons, with 1,600 civilian volunteers as com mencing officers and as mem bers of local committees. Visiting Newfoundland on TraruCanftda Air Lines business as opcrtntendent of passenger senlce, Mr. Maclaren met with the minister of defence and other leaders of that dominion and helped organize an air cadet unit for Newfoundland. It had, he said, a potential membership of 500. Canada was assisting In the oiganttation, financing the headquarters organization and supplying the Newfoundland boys with uniforms and equip ment. In Sid Dennett, a moving spirit In the Newfoundland Crimea Is By-Passed Speed the Victory $? Buy Victory Bonds h4- local Temperature Local Tides cadets, Mr. Maclaren found an airman who had been associated with him In the last war. LONDON. Nov. 3 O The Russians have by-passed the Isolated Crimean peninsula, and within nn mllp of the . V V- ....... w Black 8ea port of Kherson at the mouth of the Dnieper River today. In their great drive to collapse the entire Nazi south ern flank, the Russians stormed mare than 40 miles acroM the Ukraine steppes yesterday from captured Pcrckop, nortnwestern gat to the Crimea. dther Soviet forces to the north stormed the strategic Dnelper bridgehead of Khar- kova. and seized Oornoslayevka. B. J. Hunter returned to the city today from a three weeks' trip to Vancouver. VICTORY LOAN SALESMAN CALLED ON YOU? You may have been missed C THE VICTORY LOAN L HEADQUARTERS 304 A Canvasser will be sent immediately "Kuy Another Bond Speed the Victory!" She Bail Tons of sea water lift towards the sky as a depth charge, released from a D.E. (destroyer escort i vessel, explodes, the D.E.'s are the anscr to Hitler's U-boats and the sucsssful progress of the battle of the Atlantic Is testimony to their efficiency Especially built to combat submarines, the D.E.S are equipped with the latest armament and underwater detection devices. Lights Go On Again Bat the Illumination of Neon Sif ns U Still a rolnt of Relaxation of Prince Rupert's dlmout is under way. For the past couple of days workmen of the Northern British Columbia Ptrwer Company have been taking off the shields which cover the street lamp bulbs and, gradually, the whole street lighting system is returning to .its pre-Pcarl Harbor diffusiveness. However, the regulations cov ering the relaxation of restrictions on outside illuminated signs and unattended, lights are no clearer today than when the order was first issued on Sat urday. Since no directions have been given regarding unattended outside lights, it is apparently up to the discretion of local AJI.P. Britons Fronv Japan Are in South Africa PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Nov. 3 O The Swedish American liner Orlpsholm. carrying 200 Canadians and 1300 Americans from Japanese internment, docked at Port Elizabeth today. The Orlpsholm Is expected to reach New York In December. Reserve Funds For Services authorities as to what will be two utilities shall be set aside VICTORIA NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COTUMULVS To Boys Will be I Stopped in City The city council, at its meet ing Monday night, referred to the police committee with power to act a reauest from the Housewives' League that the Tobacco Restraint Act be en forced In respect to the provision making liable to fine retailers who sell tobacco and cig arettes to children under 16 years of age. "We wish to draw your atten tlon, ' said the letter, "to the Increasing number of young boys within the city who use tobacco and cigarettes, in addition to taking immedi aie sieps to eniorce ana uphold the law, the city council is requested to have copies of the. act posted in stores. SO. AFRICAN LEADER HERE Bernard O. Schonegevel, formed leader of the Smuts party in 'the South African House of Assembly, veteran of two yars, and -world traveller and lecturer, spoke before a dinner meeting of Xhe Women's Canadian Club In the dining room of the Central Hotel Monday night. The speaker, who lougnt on the-' side of the British against General Smuts in theBoeYTCrr and who later became his firm political ally, talked on South Africa's place in the British Empire. The Union was a very vital part of the British Commonwealth, he-said and, In proportion, to her population, was contributing enormously to the war. With a population of only 2300.000 whites. 200.000 of them were in the armed services, as well as a large number of blacks. i iv m m ih vw : i NEWS 'PAPER PRINCE RUPERT. B.C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1943 LIMIT OH COAL NOW Only One Ton Can Be Delivered To Canadians and None li More Than rifteen Days Supply on Hand Thursday, Not. 4 ' High 6:08 17.4 feet 17:45 18.6 feet Low 11:50 Qfi feet PRICE FIVE CENTS Naii Morale Is Weakening SUB-BUSTER AT WORK Sale CJL-fT-L of Tobacco llllJITnii L . . permitted. Thomas Black, foreman of outside. opcraUons for the Northern B.C. Power Company, said this this morning morning that that the the only only au The city council, on Monday night gave tntroductoiy readings to a bylaw under which reserve funds shall be set aside for the purpose of the resreve. Chamber Backs au- ". i thorlty they had been granted LllV LOUnCll was to uncover the street lights w and. until formal permission was received, no unattended outside lights would be turned on. Two places In town were showing outside lights, he said, but these were attended and could be turned off immediately should the need arise. He thought it doubtful that restrictions on outside lighting ; would be dropped here as completely as they were In the United States, where marine officials had been complaining 1 that sky glare caused by Illuminated coast cities was endangering the lives of seamen since submarines could sllhouett their ships against the light. Canadians Land In Gt. Britain LONDON, Nov. 3 0 A small draft of reinforcements for the Canadian Army overseas arrived recently at an unidentified British port, Canadian military headquarters announced yester- Thc Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Monday night endorsed representations that have already been made by the city council to the federal au thorities regarding the urgency of immediate action on repair of city streets and services which have become In deplorable con dltlon due to traffic In connec i with national defence. In addition to Hon. J. L. Ralston, minister of national defence, copies of the resolution will be sent 10 lion. u. u, iiowe, mm Ister of munitions, Prime Minister William Mackenzie King and Olof Hanson, M.P. SWANS ON PARADE CAPE TOWN. O' South Africa's first woman sailors paraded here recently. The "Swans" members of the South African Women's Auxiliary Naval Services officially came Into being on October 8. The blacks, while they were not allowed to bear arms, were used as service troops, and were also doing a full part. Viewing the present war, Mr. Schonegevel expressed the opln- In connection with the muni- ion that It was belng fought dpal water and telephone ser- between the followers of two vices to provide for renewals types of crosses those who fol-and extensions or domestic wat- lowed the wooden Cross of Cal-er services and telephone ser-1 vary and the partisans of the vices. Not less than twenty-five iron cross of Germany. Inevlt- pcrcent of the net profits of the , ably, he said, Calvary's Cross, which was the essence of democ racy, would win me siruggie A' firm believer In the sound ness of the British Empire, Mr. Schonegevel compared It to a grandfather clock, which, while year. it ticks slowly, is steady and I always arrives at the hour on! time. I Rescriblng himself as a "super optimist." he admitted that he. was "very deeply impressed wltn the mental and moral stature of Smuts, Churchill, Roosevelt and other Allied leaders" and said that those who broadcast doubts concerning the aims of Russia were no less than saboteurs. Mr. Schonegevel's opinion of General Smuts was very high, and. to him he attributed a leading part In keeping Uie Union Jack flying In South Africa. j Mr. Schonegevel's stay in I Prince Rupert was brief. He j arrived In town Monday night i and left again shortly after the ' meeting. He Is on a lecture tour which has so far taken him more than 70,000 miles on this continent, most of which he has travelled by bus. He says that In travelling by bus a stranger can get closer to real people of a country than by any day. Among the arrivals were other form of travel. reinforcements for the dental Chairman of the meeting was and armored corps, and for the Mrs. J. A. Rutherford and the infantry, arUllery and . engln- blessing at the table was asked ecrs. by the Rev. J. A Donnell OTTAWA, Nov. 3 Under an emergency measure announced last night by the Department of Munitions and Supply, not more than one ton of coal can no be delivered to householders of Canada and none can get deliv ery If they have more than fifteen days' or more supply on hand. The restricting measure is created by the western coal strike. If the strike in British Col umbia and Alberta mines con tlnues for more than ten days It will be necessary to tie up coal burning coastal and deep sea vessels. Premier E. C. Manning of Alberta says the gravity of the . situation cannot be overesti-1 mated. Edmonton is already taking steps to curtail street' lighting. In the coal mining town of Drumheller lights were turned off to conserve fuel and striking miners had not power to operate their electrical appliances In Nanaimo all coal deliveries have been discontinued. Amateur Contest For Service Men The amateor contest for men at the Yourrg Men's Christian Association's War Services Empress Club on Monday night drew out a ciowd of about 150 and keen Interest was taken in the proceedings. Prizes v:ere l warded to Basil Peacock, singer, and Clifford MacCrea, pianist. Community singing and moving pictures were also enjoyed. Merv Thomas was in charge of the arrangement of the proceedings. Excise-Customs Revenue Mounts Excise and customs revenue collections at the port of Prince Rupert for the present calendar year to date have aggregated $605,628.90 as compared with $483,035.35 in the first ten months of 194?, ''"he collecUons for this Octf :itr amour ting to $43,964.80 co mpared with $64,-498.94 in the :ime month last Central Interior Highway Problem Arthur Dixon, deputy minister of public works for the province of British C(,;umbia, in reply to a letter asku g that surveys be made of the newly proposed Walter Wilson route for a high way north from Hazelton to connect the central interior with the Alaska Highway, told the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce at Its meeting Monday night that the whole tlung was problematical as yrt and no decision had yet been made A letter from E. T. Kenney, M.LjV for Skeena, expressed ap preclatlon of the Prince Rupert Chamber's endorsatlon of the Hazelton highway route and suggested that a delegation be sent to Victoria to follow the matter up. He (Mr. Ktaney) would be glad to assist the dele gatlon. Vanderhoof and Burns Lake Boards of Trade announced their endorsatlon of the IIHon route. Possibility of Enemy Collapse Soon Seen; Emergency in Berlin "Gigantic Uprisings" in Austria Anticipated Moscow Conference Haying Its Effect WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (CP) - The morale of the German soldiers on the Russian front is reported to be worsening .steadily, and some authorities here see the possibility of an enemy crack-up in the not too distant future. The enemy's weakening desire to fight may be speeded up by the Moscow conference. Mines Back Loan Drive Total for Prince Rupert Has Now Reached $716350 of $750,000 Objective The mining industry is handsomely supporting the Fifth Victory Loan campaign. Recent subscriptions received by the special names section include Piemier Gold Mining Co. Ltd., for $150,000, and Silbak Premier Mines Ltd for $100,000. The settlement of Copper River has most probably made the best per capita record of aacomnuiBiliJru-thTs.dLstrictt At Copper River the total white ?opulatlon is fifty persons. One-fifth cf this number are Fifth Victory Loan subscribers and they have subscribed $77,200 an average of $720 per subscriber or $144 for each man, woman and child in the community. These figures do not include subscriptions to the loan made through Canadian National Railway channels, estimated to be another $1000, Resl- made a substantial contribu tion to the financial success of this campaign and have certainly set a mark for other centtes to shoot at. Local Victory Loan subscriptions yesterday amounted to $23,100 bringing the total to date up to $716,850 on the ob jective of $750,000. H. E. Alton H. C. Halllday . C. E. Olson . A. E. Norton Mrs. J. Long O. N. BJorgan L. F. Gurgpon Mrs. D. Adams International Brotherhood . $ 100 100 100 100 200. 1 50, 600 ioa , of Electrical Workers , . 1000 D. A. McLeod 50 R. Letourneau 200 C. C. Mills 500 C. M. Goodacie (Smlthers) 50 A. J. Daly 500 W. F. Babcock 100 Mr. and Mrs. T. P. . Chambers 1000 Bulkley Valley Collieries Ltd. (Telkwa) 500 Telkwa, B.C. 3,500 '"orporatlon of the Village of Vanderhoof 200 A. E. Heron .(Endako) 50 Miss A. B. Bu"ntlng (Fort Fraser) 100 C. Popovlch (Premier) 1000 Roy Durnford Is Now Major Word has been received in the city that Rev. R. C. H, Durnford, rector of St. Peter's 'Anglican Church, Seal Cove. who is serving in Italy after having been through the Slcl-Uian campaign, has been promoted from the rank of captain to major In the chaplaincy service. . Hundreds of Austrian soldiers In the German army are report ed today to be deserting, and the leader of the "free Austria- movement predicted "eieantlc uprisings" among the Austrian people when the Allied armies near the country's borders. A state of emergency hal been decreed In Berlin and 40 other Germa ciUes, Reuters news agency says, quoting the corres pondent of a Stockholm paper. and the report was confirmed by travellers arriving In Sweden from Germany by way of Derfc mark, It was said. IN FAVOR OF ROUTE Ifaitltorv I?ihwT RirWdwITn By Terrace Board of Trade" TERRACE. Nov 3 The Terrace Board of Trade held a meeting on Fiiday to meet two delegates from Burns Lake Mr. V. A. Taylor, president jf Burns Lake Board of Trade, and Walter' Wilson, secretary of that organization. The two travellers are pressing the claims of the Hazelton route for a highway to connect wlt-h t.hp Alaska Hlyhurav Mr dents of River Copper have,wllson ha, data and made maps of the country to be traversed and it submits that the Hazelton route is superior to any other route yet proposed. Terrace went on record as greatly In favor of this route. Harry King presided ovet the full house which was present. E. Willie loaned for the occa-slona comfortable room at the hotel. E. T. Kenney MIA., who at-iended, promised further data which would be useful to the enterprise. HOT UP THE BOND FIRE jOUR QUOTA; Q $750,000 ! II j Amount in to date iVI $716,850