Weft, at last we Ye (ram! that earton of IYweh neveis and tsag-extees I teM ym hd arrived some ttee ago. Tbeyw sitUng down at tbe frrieht sheds bat. not being able to speak English, they had a bard tfase making them selves understood. Every Use they aqaeaked "leerers. leevers LrrrW - Bosks the -checkers phoned np the botchers. This vrat on and ea until oar Carl. who rcaks Freorti with an English accent, was dora looking for some) Y. XL C. A. freight. He heard the TOtces of the poor imprisoned things aad recognized their plight Not they are safely on oar shelves aad waiting to shed sweetness and fight to all oar French speaking boys. Seny. bat last night I said that Frank Ryan's name was Jack. He was very race about it and only called me stupid a couple of times , bat sOKehonr I fwH hp -ant rmiip pleased. Another thing that Bert Fuller was telling as about the OTerseas work of the YJ.I.CA. is quite interesting. He says that "Y" men are in uniform but, as auxiliary services men, they hare no distinguishing rank, neither colonel, captain nor good sergeant major. They are in Uniform so that they may mix more easily with the troops who are right on Ihe lighting line. I also read recently that In China there are seTeral YSl.CA. supervisors who are prisoners while in "enemy countries a number are interned. There wfll be ho "Y" dance Wednesday night We will let you know as soon as the authorities let us hold them again. Contrary to an idea that is abroad the YJ.LCA.-Y.W.OA. Recreation Hall Is not closed down. The various units are cognizant of what is out of bounds for them. To the boys who are 31 good rack and speedy recovery. Oat mougnts ana best wishes are with you. FIVE PINS UNDERWAY The second half ol the Men's Fire Pin Bowling League got under way last night with the Erst and second place winners of las? half each taking clean sweeps. Sav-JAor won over Monarchs and Chinese Youth Association defeated the An Stars. Watts and Nickerson would have made a clean sweep but for a lone p!n in their f J.-si game against Royal Canadian Air Force. They lost by one point but came back to take the next two games. Stones eked out the odd game from Burns and Painters lost one to Signals. Bums rolled high aggregate of 3087 but Chinese Youth had high single of 1109. Ken Grant, Burns anchor man, shot 765 to place for high three. His 253 was good enough to be the high single. mm 1 1 iU 1 SERVICES TO Vancouver, Victoria and Way-points, Stewart and North, Queen Charlotte Isimnfts. full Information, Tickets and Reservations FRANK J. SKINNER Prince Rupert Agent Third Ave. Phont Hi Fresh Local Raw and ! Pasteurized MILK VALENTIN DAIRY j PHONE 657 The new city council, now in office almost two weeks, is grad jAnyox Is Closed Down Temporarily Operations preparatory to reopening the Anyox property have been closed down temporarily by the Ventures mining concern. It is expected there will be a resumption in the spring when conditions are more favorable for carrying on such work. PAGE TWO ' Wednesday. January ,J TEH DAILY NEWS , ACTIVITIES 0FY.M.C.A. AND Y.W.C.A. By DOROTHY GARBUTT. Hostess Civic Gov't Is No Cinch Building For Salvage Work New Mayor and Aldermen f Prince Civic Board of Works Dealing ually getting into the saddle but ilajor VT. V. Watts and every member of the aldermanfe board win agree that the number of the problems and the perplexity of some of them are a good deal greater than they had ever an ticipated. The ob of city government and the various matters Involved therein b a good deal bigger than any of the civic legisla tors had ever anticipated. For in experienced council members. there Is also a great deal of Information to be assimilated before actions can be taken. With council meeting once a week as does each committee-one Tuesday, one Wednesday and another Friday the municipal scions are also finding that the running of a civic government takes up a very substantial amount of time for the time being at least. Rupert Are Already Finding j With Matter at Ptt This Out i The civic board of works is dealing with the possibility of finding a budding or building site 'fee the local national salvage committee to use as a storage neadraarters for goods coBected and being prepared for shipment Mayor W. M Watts has agreed that anything that could be done by the ty to aid the salvage campaign should commend itself to the council and. in that spirit, the problem is brtng met THE DAILY NEWS i MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Ptm U TrfoTrfo nKtlx t. tm miKMmMah j of all news despatches credited to it or to the Associated Press in this , paper and also the local news p Wished therein. j J AH right ot republication of special despatches therein are also! 'reserved. I Transient, per inch ' Contract, per inch LOCAL ADVERTISING sido 50C I Wednesday. January 13. m EDITORIAL Dinvout Regulations New dim-out regulations will come into force in t Prince Rupert on February 1. We Would suggest that j now would be a good time for people to get their premj ises in readiness for a new state of affairs which wfll, no j lnilVt tact fv tYia rill t-o t nn tf tVi 11-0 - T1mi- n-ill nf ! course, be the usual rush at the end to be ready by the deadline. Difficulty may arise in getting the material ' and tire time or help to get the job done. It will have to be dohe anyway so the sooner the better would appear to be good advice. ' Meantime quite a few people do not Seem to have tt j very definite idea of the details of what must be done ' under the dim-out. WKik off Wiry beard easily tnrfoft ally with moneytovmg Minora Blades tAMAOVS MVCtWTI tCOHCMr ELECTRIC SERVICE Appliances, Ranges, etc., serviced and repaired by competent electrician. Plugs Day and Night Service. PttON'E BLUE M Tf j intbrAcHnrr r trnhnr urn An raArtrr tin fA,i.. 1 that the people ot the wnoie qistnct are dome the AN ALTERNATIVE SPEECH ON TEMPERANCE On Wednesday, 'December I6tb, the Prime Minister broadcast a speedy w TevWe. Gt,MVum 8mm, Umhed raptttfuttj submits to the Prime Minister ubt it considers would bare been a more suitable speech. It does sc not from any profit motive, si,e its profits are already contnlled by the excess profits tax, but out V v daht to retain tbe public's respect for its industry and those engaged in ik r THE use of beer, wine and spina has for long been a controversial sbjccr in Canada and from time to time your government is called upon to hod a pomr of Harmony between those who do not drink at all and would like all those bev trices rxobibked, and those who drink modmrety and resent any inrerference with their liberty. If such a point of harmooy coaW be found, and tbe whole subject put outside pontics and religion, k would be a good thing for Canada's unity in wartime, and later, in peace. It is important to decide wbether or not this should be a moral issue or whether we should look upon drinking in the same Sght as eating aad smoking. The evidence before me shows that many Canadians iadrige moderately in beer and spirits. These consumers, as well as those who manufacture the beverages, resent the implication that they are not good Christians. I think the issue becomes a moral one only at the point where individuals drink excessively and become a nuisance. All parties should be able to agree on this. Let us say therefore, that moderation is the ideal which all good Canadians are eager to attain. The next thing to dercrrnine is whether or not ours is a temperate nation. I have every reason to believe that ft is. I know that we consume less beer in Canada, per capita, than they do in Great Britain and the United States. This being so, the problem reduces itself to one of dealing with a few irresponsible people who give tbe advocates of prohibition a falsdy dramatic impression of current conditions. My attention is drawn to the increased sales of beer and spirits since the beginning of the war, but these increases are only at half the rare of the rise in the National income. Many workmen are now busy who before were idle and penniless. Let me say at once, there's no question of any unwillingness on anyone's part to make sacrifices for the war, least of all among the brewers who have co-operated in every way possible and 1 am sure will continue to do so. But it should be pointed out here that fifty men can produce a million gallons of beer, and the basic raw materials necessary to supply the whole of Canada's -need of beer are available locally in abundance. Any curtailments that do become necessary we will make with precisely the same attitude and impartiality shown to Other ccsurner goods. The one thing 1 always regret when restrictions are made is that moderate people are invariably the ones to be deprived. There is a great deal of medical evidence to prove that a hard-working man who drinks beer moderately, not only nourishes his system, but relieves the nervous and physical strain of his busy day. No one will w ant to deprive him of this form of rdaxatioa, not to make its availability so dim cult that a worker on a night sryft win have to resort to a bootlegger to get his drink. It ts .mprvTMrrhat m this of part the British Kmpire w mam ts hiib a eTl" f lm! nenws toCT- e forage every form of wholesome relaxation to feW the strain of wr. Sd far as the is concerned I army am wtainly hot going to put myself m the position of saying that a soWrer who is old enough to fight and kill is too young to dwose hs refreshments ith good judgment. 1 lere again the reputations of many arc spoiled by the few. - - ki5been wtffJ " ' should ban liquor and beer adm itting but how could X fairness m do that w hen w e conritrue to permit other mnofacturers, wbose goods are rationed or in short supply. maintain thcu advertising m Order that they may keep their trade rHmes before the PnodKaU from Canada Most of them carry advertisements for brands on ule m rfns country. How tould e ban such advertising in our oZ publications and allow them in those from the United States. In conclusion let me say this: tveryone of us has his own ideas of wbit duracter our fast growing nation should As develop. our urban centres grow there are bo.hd to be differences of opin betw een peopfe 1 li? 7- Uf muSt 50 NSeJ to alKo each much freedom of choice and self rclance as possible. Some sections S Let us resolve therefore not to force the views of one yection of the communrry on the other When a reasonable reliant peopLT have unreasonable aw med upon them they simply .gnore dut Uw wi b,ner disastrous resula to rbe kgal msrinniohs of the country. We learned thU a cost dunng prohibition .years. The greatest friend of pcnnc I am convinced w-e cannot force tbe principle rfrnoderation but w cart order that we exert the may maximum impact on the In ttremy. rhr I appeal to brew ers and dmdlers and those mrerested in tni tempW ,out forces and use every additional means E to at their disposal to the pnnaple ofmoderanon I appeal to the provincial auriCrin the. regulations for retad sale that the business be COndurte?iBT toW open andon tbe htghest ethical standards and not driven underground and Sie&vtiet limited