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Complain
h
VANCOUVER.
March
11
j.
The
Fishing
Vessel
Owners'
Association
of
British
Colum-
t-
bia,
which
includes
all
the
Volunteer
fleet,
said
it
is
pro-
I
testing
to
Fisheries
Minister
Bertrand
against
the
appoint-
ment
of
G.
W.
Nickerson
of
Prince
Rupert
to
the
Interns.-
V
tional
Fisheries
Commission,
replacing
L.
W.
Patmore,
re-
t'
signed.
The
complaint
Is
made
that
the
appointment
was
made
without
consulting
the
Fishing
Vessel
Owners
of
Brit-
ish
Columbia.
,.
LOG
SCALE
IS
HIGHER
Production
For
T'lis
Year
to
Date'
Is
Well
in
Excess
of
19
li
The
log
scale
for
the
first
two
months
of
1D43
th
this
forestry
district
totalled
9.701.859
board
feet
us
comparrd
with
4.522,599
board
feet
in
the
corresponding
period
of
last
year.
The
pole
and
piling
scale
for
'this
year
to
date
has
been
314,821
board
feet
as
compared
with
1PV
I
C95
board
feet
In
the
first
two
months
of
1942.
HEALTHY
APPETITES
MELBOURNE,
March
11
CDAustralia
has
furnlsheti
American
forces
In
the
South
Pacific
area
with
more
than
26,000,000
pounds
of
fresh
meats,
20,000,000
pounds
of
potatoes,
25,000,000
pounds
of
fruit,
and
almost
5,500,000
quarts
of
milk.
PARENTS
PUNISHED
LONDON,
March
11
Reports
from
Oslo,
Norway,
tell
of
the
arrest
and
Imprisonment
of
parents
of
boys
who
have
fled
from
Norway
to
Join
the
armed
forces
of
the
Norwegian
government
In
Allied
countries.
BOLIVIA'S
FLAG
Bolivia's
uuuvmo
flag
consists
of
three
horizontal
bars,
of
equal
width
red,
green
and
yellow.
TUNISIA
PRUSSIANS
!
KTMkWrV
Cont'nue
Headway
in
Vyasma
Area
Although
Held
Up
in
Ukraine
CIT1'
IS
ENCIRCLED
MOSCOW,
March
11
(CP)
Red
Army
troops
all
but
completed
the
encirclement
of
Vyasma
today
and
left
the
Germans
only
a
narrow
corridor
for
retreat
toward
Smolensk
The
pincers
about
Vyasma
was
tightened
by
the
capture
of
Isakova,
fifteen
miles
to
the
southeast,
the
Russians
said.
Vyasma
is
123
miles
west
of
Moscow.
MOSCOW,
March
11
fSh
Dispatches
from
the
front
lines
say
that
Russian
troops
are
pressing
nard
on
the
heels
of
the
Germans
n
the
Vyasma
area,
giving
them
10
respite.
The
Russians
are
already
driving
columns
from
east
,md
northeast
towards
Vyasma
af
r
ter
advancing
through
Gzhatsk.'
The
Reds
are
within
fifteen
miles
of
Vyasma.
The
Russian
troops
have
been
held
up
In
their
drive-
to
the
waterway
which
extends
from
the
central
front
down
through
the
Ukraine
to
the
Black
Sea
but
are
now
holding
the
Nazis
who
had
udvanccd
100
miles.
How
Canadian
Colonel
Heard
Of
V.C
Award
BELLEVILLE,
Ont.,
March
11
Lieut.
Col.
Cecil
Merrltt,
hero
of
Dieppe,
did
not
know
he
had
been
awarded
the"
Victoria
Cross
until
a
high
Nazi
officer
in
his
prison
camp
called
him
from
the
ranks
f
inform
him.
salutlne
and
con
gratulating
him
and
shaking
his
hand.
MINES
BALK
FISHING
STOCKHOLM,
March
11
W
An
unusually
large
number
of
floating
mines
have
been
swept
against
Sweden's
west
coast
by
recent
storms,
endangering
shipping
and
preventing
fishermen
from
putting
to
sea.
rillNA
A
FT
Kit
inn
Modern
China
began
"
wnen
Sun
of.Yat.Sen
in
1911
overthrew,
the
last
Manchu
emperor.
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
'
Maximum
43
half
an,
hour
before
sunrise.)
'mum
36
8:05
pjn.
to
7:36
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
11
i9
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
11,
1913
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Royal
Force
Wreckin
Reich
JAP
BOATS
IN
FISHING
Ultimately
Ninety
Percent,
of
Them
Will
be
Back
in
Game,
Ottawa
House
Told
nTTAWA.
March
11
0
Ulti
mately
ninety
percent
of
the
Impounded
Japanese
fishing
fleet,
of
1337
ve
ivh
will
be
returned
to
ac-
live
fishing,
me
japanuac
iuiuii
ve
sel
disposal
committee
reported
in
the
House
of
Commons.
The
committee
said
that
95C
of
the
vessels
had
been
sold,
200
returned
to
their
owners
and
817
transferred
to
the
official
custodian
of
alien
property.
SINKING
OF
LOUISBURG
i
......
f
f'unarilan
Corvette
in
Med-
liU
"
iterrancan
Described
by
Sur-vivois
Now
in
Scotland
SOMEWHERE
IN
SCOTLAND,
March
11
0
The
Canadian
corvette
Louisburg
sank
to
the
bot-"a
of
the
Mediterranean
Sea
four
minutes
after
being
torpedoed
bir
ItaiLin
aircraft.
The
sinking
of
the
L-mlsburg
with
thirty-eight'
live
v,
announced
In
Ottawa
Fbruary
18.
La:'
m'iiutes
aboard
the
little
Cauadlua
warship
were
described
here
by
thirty-four
survivors
staying
temporarily
at
H.M.CJ3.
Nlobc,
Canadian-
manning-
pool
In
the
g
,
.;h
hills.
E.-.ht
others
are
still
In
hosp'tal
i.i
N(
th
Africa
but
all
arc
expected
:
:
recover
The
Loui.iburz
was
helping
other
Canadian
corvettes
escort
a
large
M.iea
convoy
when
Italian
torpedo
li-nes
made
a
surprise
attack
J
ist
eft")
sun:;ct
one
evening
last
mtarJi
L::-2t
If
W
Tinglry
of
Vancou
ver
,.
i
b
ispital
In
Algiers
auer
being
picked
up
by
a
destroyer
TALKS
OF
SECURITY
"Zip
Your
Lip"
Address
Before
Canadian
legion
$230
for
Red
Cross
Ai
toe
regular
monthly
meeting
oi
n:
Canadian
Legion
in
the
club
rsom:
on
Wednesday
evening
Capt.
M
Jame
paid
a
visit
and
gave
a
hiir
but
Interesting
talk
dealing
with
.he
'Zip
Your
Lip"
campaign
hi:'h
(S
being
held
this
week.
He
strewed
the
fact
that
neoDle
should
a
n
cvrrv
word
,thev
utter,
cs-
oc-
aiv
In
ennnrptinn
with
rumors
which
grow
each
time
the
story
Is
'
-J
until
the
orlr.inal
version
,,
,
,
W
i
11-.
it
!
1
.
n
.uiii
ii:irriiv
fin
.
r(iriii
.
11
iai'i
i
"
'J
V
J
-
Zip
Your
Lip"
was
perfectly
plain
a
i.:
It
;
mnanlnor
mrl
Print.
JampS
urrtt
Uiat
special
attention
be
Paid
to
seeing
that
the
"zipping"
a
-"nnplctc
from
now
until
the
end
of
the
war.
Several
applications
for
membership
were
considered
and
new
members
were
elected.
The
general
work
of
the
Legion
13
progressing
very
favorably
and,
during
the
evening,
the
members
v
'led
the
sum
of
$250
to
the
present
Red
Cross
drive.
HEALTH
FROM
SIBERIA
UTOINGRAD,
March
11
W
About
3,500
Leningrad
children
evaluated
to
Siberian
towns
some
months
ago
have
returned
healthy,
rnry-chcckcd
and
nvorlnved
at
the
leaking
of
the
German
blockade
"
their
native
city.
CHINESE
GAS
The-
Chinese
probably
first
used
S31'
fnr
1uui
.
t
,
""U11
w
piping
natural
V
n
bamboo
tubes
from
salt
mines
U.S.
BOMBERS
PLASTER
SOUSSE
IN
This
photograph
Just
released
by
the
U.S.
Army
Air
Force,
show,.
;moke
pouring
from
warehouses
and
harbor
Installation,
at
the
Tun
,ian
harbor
or
Sous,.
N-.tc
the
wrc
:k,d
ships
Inside
the
breakwater
while
close
examination
wiM
show
that
almost
every
building
In
the
harbor
area
has
been
razed.
SEVERELY
CRITICAL
,
Baron
Keyes
Complains
of
Stif
ling
of
Military
Dilative
Discusses
Dieppe
CAMBRIDGE,
England,
March
11
(CP)
Admiral
of
the
Fleet
Baron
Keyes,
former
director
of
combined
operations,
compliin-ed
in
a
lectin
that
the
British
!
command
lacks
daring
and
iniative
in
the
war
and
criticized
the
conduct
of
the
Dieppe
raid
which
was
spearheaded
by
Canadian
troops.
Lord
Keyes,
who
retired
in
lflll,
said
he
knew
very
little
about
Dieppe
except
the
part
played
by
third
and
fourth
commandos
in
attacks
on
German
batteries
on
either
side
of
Dieppe.
He
said
he
thought
the
l,lan
lo
lanA
these
commandos
so
close
to
dawn
was
tunning
great
risk
"siiuc
it
did
not
allow
for
any
unforeseen
dclsys
with
disas-..
results
not
only
to
the
third
commandos
but
also
to
the
'
major
operation."
Kejcs
criticized
Hie
"pernlci
nK
xvstrm"
of
inlciMTvicc
com
millers
which
he
charged
has
j
frustrated
Britisli
iiitlallvc
ami
daring
in
the
war.
Local
Bank
i
Boy
Listed
Arthur
Mellin
Seriously
HI
as
Re-Milt
of
Action
With
R.
C.
A.
I
.
aj.,i
I
been
received
that
Arthur
Mellin.
formerly
ledger-
keeper
of
the
local
orancn
oi
Bank
of
Montreal.
Is
dangerously
of
action
overseas
result
111
as
a
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
Mellin
became
well
known
and
popular
while
In
Prince
Rupert
and
is
a
casualty
will
the
news
that
he
toe
received
with
regret
toy
many
friends.
EVACUEES
RETURN
Marchll
LONDON,
-DoPlt
Nazi
air
raids.
renewed
recent
SUd
children
are
returnlns
to
indon
In
Increasing
numbers,
SSbel5
275,050
of
5-14
ages
n
a
wa.tlme
re-coM
the
meitropoHi
now.
n?
125-000
still
In
the
WIDE
RANGE
OF
BOMBING
Allied
Planes
Busy
Attacking
Ob
jeetives
in
South
Pacific
Five
Japaneshe
SpistiH
Ja
mhm
Japanese
Ships
Hit
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
March
11
(CD-Allied
bombing
planes
operated
over
a
widespread
area
in
the
outhern
Pacific
yesterday,
covering
1,100
miles
from
the
Dutch
Fast
Indies
to
New
Britain;
Five
Japanese
transport
vessels
were
damaged,
at
least
two
severely.
Oiv"7,000-ton
vessel
sustained
a
riirrrtihit
and
was
left
In
flames.
Royal
'
Air
Force
planes
based
irt
India
bombed
points
in
the
,.
Akyab
area
and
elsewhere
in
Burma.
All
British
planes
re
turned
safely.
i
-
BULLETINS
the
cf
TROUBLE
IN
FRANCE
LONDON
The
German
radio
reports
that
machine
gunners
attempted
in
vain
to
assassinate
pro-Nazi
Freil:h
leader
Marcel
Dcats
Tuesday
and
in
another
of
broadcast
denied
reports
of
rioting
in
France
where
the
fighting
i-iencli
nyd
hundreds
of
Germans
had
been
killed
trying
to
of
conscript
labor.
A
a
CUTTING
HER
VISIT
NEW
YORK
On
the
advice
of
physicians
and
at
the
Eufgeslfim-nt
her
husband,
Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek
may
curtail
the
activities
of
her
visit
to
the
United
States.
Visits
to
Chicago,
Los
An-
geles
and
San
Francisco
are
post-
poned.
.FLU
IN
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
A
mild
influenza
epidemic
has
struck
Vancouver.
People
suffering
from
colds
are
warned
against
public
gatherings.
BRITISH
OVER
DENMARK
STOCKHOLM
Two
British
plane;
are
reported
to
have
been
shot
down
over
Denmark
one
on
Tuesday
and
one
on
Wcdnes-
day.
LEASE-LEND
EXTENDED
,
WASHINGTON
The
House
of
Representatives
yesterday
voted
overwhelmingly
to
extend
the
lease-lend
jbill
for
one
year.
i
I
:
POST-WAR
SECURITY
WASHINGTON
A
special
com
miltec
appointed
by
President
Roosevelt
to
consider
poit-war
rehabilitation
has
presented
a
plan
for
"birth
to
death
security."
STRIKE
OF
DRIVERS
WINDSOR
A
strike
of
transport
drivers,
seeking
enforcement
of
union
contracts
by
employers,
is
spreading.
ENEMY
IN
ST.
LAWRENCE
OTTAWA
Minister
of
the
Navy
Macdouald
urges
v
1
g
1
1
a
n
c
e
agaimt
enemy
activity
in
the
St.
Lawrence
this
season,
!s
Appointed
Sheriff
Here
M.
M.
Stephens
is
Taking
Over
Post
From
S.
A.
Nickerson
Who
Is
Retiring
i
VICTORIA,
March
11
Official
announcement
Is,
made
of
the
appointment
of
M.
M.
Stephens
as
sheriff
of
the
county
of
Prince
Rupert
succeeding
S.
A.
(Nickerson,
retired.
RIGHT
WITH
RIGHT
A
recent
survey'
showed
that
about
70
percent
of
the
persons
with
dominant
right
hands
also
have
dominant
right
eyes
Ceaseless
Bombing
Has
Devastating
Effect
On
Germany,
Minister
Says
Two
Thousand
Nazi
Factories
Have
Been
Wrecked-Million
of
Enemy
People
Left
Homeless
LONDON,
March
11
(CP)
Secretary
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair
said
today
that
the
ceaseless
bombing
offensive
which
is
showering
Germany
and
occupied
countries
with
tiro
and
explosives
at
tj;?
rate
of
more
than
ten
thousand
bombs
a
month
has
wrecked
two
thousand
German
factories.
He
told
the
House
of
Commons
that
more
than
a
miincn
uermans
naa
Deen
leu
homelcss
in
Royal
Air
Force
at-
tacks.
Photographic
reconnals
sahce
showed
that
the
raid
on
Essen
on
night
of
March
5-6
was
probably
the
heaviest
blow
struck
at
German
war
industry
In
the
whole
the
bomber
offensive."
Already
four
thousand
tons
of
bombs
have
been
dropped
on
the
Reich
this
month
and
ten
thousand
were
dropped
in
February.
Sinclair
also
announced
reaction
the
Royal
Air
Force
transport
command
as
a
result
of
agitation
for
Great
Britain
to
make
an
ef
fort
ta
recoup
her
wartime
losses
position
In
world
air
transport.
new
command
is
expected
vo
be
counterpart
of
the
United
States
transport
command.
activities
of
which
have
caused
grave
concejp.
?TK-rftar-mrfIt5tt
wan
wsition
in
commercial
air
com
petition.
Canadians
In
Nuremburg
Raid
LONDON,
March
11
Q
At
least
two
squadrons
of
the
Canadian
bomber
group
took
part
In
Monday
night's
raid
on
Nuremburg.
Seven
of
the
bombers
failed
to
return
but
there
were
no
Canadian
losses.
$7,000
FOR
RED
CROSS
Local
Campaign
Has.
Now
Reached
That
Amount
Substantial
Internal
Canvasses
Y'et
Coining
in
With
the
internal
canvasses
of
3.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
Co.
and
he
local
shipyard
which
are
ex-ected
to
vield
substantial
amounts
;et
to
be
heard
from,
the
local
Red
Jross
campaign
up
to
today
had
eached
the
$7,000
mark
of
the
12.0C0
objective.
Following
are
further
acknowledgements:
VIr.
and
Mrs.
J.
M.
Simpson
$
6.00
,'.
Taylor
7.00
;Irs.
Jack
Iversen
.
10.00
Christine
Veitch
.
20.00
;lrs.
D.
R.
Barclay
5.00
'4r.
and
Mrs.
R..E.
Wilker
20.00
O.
Stevens
5.00
John
Cunningham
10.00
Mrs.
M
II.
Reddle,
5.00
M.
M.
Stephens
-00
Mrs.
J.
Durran
5.0C
Mrs.
W.
Denning
5.00
W.
II.
Pierce
5.00
R.
A.
Creech
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
G.,
A.
Hunter
5.00
E.
Peterson
.,
...
5.00
Mrs.
L.
Fitzpatrick
5.00
Mrs.
Thomas
King
'
5.00
Mrs.
S.
D.
MacDonald
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
S.
Wilding
7.C0
Hawkinson's
Laundry
10.00
Mrs.
W.,
H.
Trotter
10.00
Mrs.
B.
J.
Bacon
5.00
F.
E.
Hunt
Ltd.
40.00
John
Garafanl
15.00
Farrls
and
Nash
25.00
Highway
Construction
Co.
25.00
Mrs.
J.
D.
Fraser
10.C0
1
4
Bad
Weather
But
Allies
Pushing
On
ADDIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Ma1;h
11
(CP)
Allied
troops
repulsed
an
Axis
attack
yesterday
In
northern
Tunisia
west
of
Sedjenane
and
captured
the
mining
centre
of
Metlaoui
in
the
central
region
twenty-five
miles
west
of
Gafsa,
it
was
announced
today.
Rains
and
sandstorms
are
hampering
large
scale
operations
in
Tunisia.
TWOIfEARS
IN
James
Maurice
Enright
Sent
to
Penitentiary
For
Robbery
With
Violence
James
Maurice
Enrighi
was
sentenced
to
two
years'
imprisonment
in
penitentiary
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court
this
morn
ing
for
robbery
with
violence.
En-right,,
who
had
threatened
and
robbed
an
elderly
man
in
the
Canadian
National
Park
recently,
was
found
to
have
a
record
of
no
less
than
thirty-two
convictions.
Fire
Alarms
In
February
Here
Are
Not
Heavy
There
were
nine
fire
alarms
in
Prince
Rupert
this
February
as
comnared
with
eight
in
the
same
'
month
last
year.
The
alarms
so
far
I
this
year
total
twenty-eight
com-j
pared
with
seventeen
in
the
first
I
two
months
of
1942.
Building
Permits
Are
Falling
Off
Civilian
Construction
Work
in
Prince
Rupert
Almost
Reaches
Vanishing
Point
Civilian
building
is
shrinking
almost
to
the
disappearing
point
owing
to
restrictions
in
the
way
of
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qnd
official
permission.
During
the
month
of
February
three
small
'permits
totalling
$485
were
taken
out.
This
brought
the
total
for
the
year
to
date
up
to
$1,185
as
compared
with
$4,750
In
the
first
two
months
of
1942.
Of
the
February
permits
two
were
taken
out
by
George
Hibbard,
one
for
$350
and
another
for
$60
covering
residential
work
on
Beach
Place.
Mrs.
E.
HUlman
took
out
a
$75
permit
for
a
chimney
on
Sixth,
Avenue
East.