CAMPAIGN
FOR
HELP
TO
RUSSIA
Meeting
Held
Last
Night
Commu
tes
Named
For
Drive
About
To
be
Held
Organization
of
the
Canadian
A1(1
to
Russia
campaign
for
the
fiance
of
this
month
In
Prince
mmert
eot
under
way
last
night
with
a
well-attended
meeting
In
the
city
council
chamber
when
rpnrcscntatlves
of
various
organi
zations
and
personally
Interested
people
get
together
to
discuss
ways
and
means
and
appoint
committee
There
will
be
an
informal
canvarj
for,
funds
and
a
number
of
special
events
are
being
plan-
npd
aa
means
ui
iuuuis
wuutj.
Garbage
Service
Has
Difficulty
In
Obtaining
Help
Following
the
tightening
up
of
regulations
whereby
men
of
the
armed
forces
may
no
longer
carry
011
Part
time
civilian
work,
the
city
is
having
much
difficulty
ln
man
ning
the
garbage
collection,
trucks.
Indeed
there
are
only
three
regular
men
left
now
and
it
has
become
trucks.
necessary
to
tie
up
one
of
the
ne
of
the
difficulties
ln
getting
men
Is
that
there
Is
no
authority
to
make
the
wage
rate
higher.
Feeling
that
a
serious
situation
might
well
arise
from
neglect
of
'he
garbage
collection
service,
the
"-ouncil
Is
seeking
the
co-operation
f
the
Provincial
Board
of
Health
n
a
move
to
get
authorization
from
the
regional
war
labor
board
to
Increase
wages.
Meanwhile
men
are
being
advertised
for
through
the
usual
selective
service
channels.
Occupied
City
Property
Will
Be
Checked
Up
JWay
HIT
tiiu
AT
RUHR
Seventh
Haid
in
Ten
Nights-German
Bombers
Over
British
Town
LONDON,
Jan.
.
13
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
smashed
at
the
Ruhr
again
last
night,
the
Air
Ministry
announces.
It
was
the
seventh
attack
In
ten
nights
and
one
plane
failed
to
return.
A
number
of
persons
were
reported
killed
and
many
Injured
in
a
dawn
attack
today
by
two
German
raiders
on
a
town
on
the
south-cast
English
coast.
The
town
was
bombed
machine-gunned.
RATIONING
OF
BUTTER
and
The
central
committee
in
charge;
of
the
campaign
consists
of
Rev.
Possibility
Suggested
That
Even
A.
F
MacSween,
chairman;
Bruce
j
Half
Pound
Weekly
.May
Not
Micklebureh,
secretary;
O.
R.
S.
Be
Maintained
Blackaby.
treasurer;
Ray
Allen,
Charle
;
Vlzer,
G.
A.
Hunter
and
OTTAWA,
Jan.
13
P
Officials
Mr-
J
A.
Teng.
isald
yesterday
that
they
could
Committees
are
as
follows:
"only
hope
not
guarantee"
that
Publicity
O.
A.
Hunter,
Bruce
the
present
butter
ration
of
half
6tevens,
Dick
Halhed,
C.
H.
Insu-
pound
per
week
In
Canada
will
be
lander
and
Mrs.
James
Blakey.
i
maintained
Indefinitely
and
that
Spcr'il
Names
R.
G.
Allen,
W.
food
requirements
in
other
lands,
D
Larcblc.
Harris
Chan,
Hector
particularly
of
the
United
Nations,
.
.
...
,
.
A
rT.n.v
1
1
1
1.
1.
1
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IJ.
1
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I
4
unrue
ana
mis.
j.
n.
ivi's-
win
prooaQiy
uixiuc
suuuiii
nivat
Spc;.J
Events
Charles
Vlzer,
rationing
will
be
applied
in
Can-
u,'it!"im
T..imhlp.
Mrs.
Charles
nri.i.
WaDce
George
Bunka,
R.
O.
Gib-
sot
D
O.
norland
ana
uruce
Steec-
Women
Mrs.
J.
A.
Teng,
Miss
Mitgaret
Leer
Mrs.
"E.-A.
Evans,
i
Mrs
James
Blakey
and
Mrs.
.
Charles
Wallace.
Orv
Donk
-Charles
Vlzer,
George
Bunka
Harry
Varncr,
Fred
Boor,,
J
W
Taylor,
Victor
Hopwood,
S.
A
Bird
and
James
Blakey.
Waterfronts-William
Rothwell.
W
stcfluk
was
In
the
chair
at
the
early
part
of
last
night's
meeting
and
was
replaced
by
Rev.
A
P
MacSween
who
was
elected
permanent
chairman
from
the
meeting.
Speaker
of
Evening
The
speaker
of
the
evening
was
P
R
Boor
who
declared
that
the
liberty
of
British
and
Canadian
cities
had
been
saved
on
the
frozen
fields
and
in
the
smoking
dtie
such
as
Stalingrad.
Russia
had
not
been
defending
Russia
alone
but
all
of
Canada.
The
Soviets
had
paid
an
appalling
price
and
casualties
and
sacrifices
were
enormous.
There
has
been
over
five
million
casualties
In
the
Russian
forces
alone
with
many
times
thai
number
among
civilian
population
of
Nazi
overrun
countries.
The
cruelty
practised
by
Germany
in
'his
war
had
never
before
been
Continued
on
Page
Three)
The
city
council
has
decided
that
a
check-up
should
be
made
to
determine
just
what
city
property
Is
now
occupied
by
the
gov
ernment
and
by
contractors
en
gaged
In
defence
projects.
The
matter
was
referred
to
the
finance
commltteee
at
Monday
night's
council
meeting.
The
authority,
If
any,
on
which
some
of
this
prop
erty
has
been
occupied
win
aiso
be
looked
Into.
At
Monday
night's
meeting
there
was
some
discussion
on
the
subject.
Aid.
H.
M
Daggett
felt
that
there
should
be
a
set
policy
In
regard
to
all
such
deals.
Aid,
Robert
McKay
felt
that
the
De
partment
of
National
Defence
might
have
a
different
status
than
private
contractors.
City
Cannot
Finance
Gov
t
Notification
to
be
Made
to
Ottawa
In
Connection
With
Water
Supply
Extension
As
It
did
with
the
chlorlnation
proposal
a
week
ago,
the
city
council
on
Monday
night
at
the
suggestion
of
Aid.
J.
S.
Black
and
Aid.
Thomas
Elliott,
decided
to
Inform
the
federal
government
that
it
is
in
n
nnsitlnn
to
finance
for
UUV
H
the
federal
government
the
$44,500
job
of
Installing
a
booster
pump,
the
repairing
and
raising
of
Acropolis
Hill
reservoir,
the
development
of
a
reserve
water
supply
from
Mount
Oldfield
and
the
cmorina-
tion
of
the
water.
The
proposal
of
the
minister
oi
national
defence
is
wai
uie
cny
should
carry
out
the
work
on
com-nletion
of
which
it
would
be
reim-
a
AJA
AAA
hursprt
tn
the
amount
oi
u,uuu
by
the
government,-
the
balance
to
be
paid
by
the
city
Itself.
One
of
the
difficulties
in
this
Instance
Is
that
authorization
of
the
purchase
of
material
for
the
Work
hnd
been
made
before
the
-ministration
took
over
and,
when
it
arrives,
some
body
will
have
to
pay
for
It.
Local
Temperature
A
J
I
Ml
Tomorrow's
Day
L.
IS.
Maximum
47
Sunrise
9:56
Minimum
40
Sunset
17:44
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
HRITISII
COLUMMA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
XXXII,
No.
10
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
13,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
N
M
Vfc
Three
Squeeze
Upon
Tripoli
IHIIKK
HUNS
ARE
ARF
IWALTONIS
Air
Air1
Anfinifif
Still
Cfil!
BULLETINS
CANADIANS
ARRIVE
AT
A
BRITISH
PORT
New
thousands
of
reinforcements
for
the
Canadian
Army
overseas
and
for
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
have
landed
at
this
British
poit.
It
was
the
second
large
Canadian
contingent
in
three
weeks.
WIDESPREAD
CONSPIRACY
NORTH
AFRICAN
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
The
Christmas
Eve
assassination
of
Admiral
Harlan,
late
North
African
High
Commissioner,
appears
to
have
been
the
result
of
conspiracy
reaching
in
many
directions"
and
additional
"personages
In
Algiers
have
been
arrested,"
a
spokesman
for
General
Giraud
says.
APPEAL
TO
UNION
HEAD
OTTAWA
Hon.
Humphrey
appealed
t
Fhillip
.Murray,
president
of
the
United
Steel
Workers
of
America,
to
intetvene
in
the
steel
strike
at
Sydney
and
Sault
Stc.
.Marie.
NOT
CALLING
YOUTHS
OTTAWA
Eighteen-year-old
boys
are
not
to
be
drafted
for
military
service
In
the
meantime.
Men
and
Women
Pass
First
Aid
List
of
Candidates
In
Recently
Held
St.
John
Ambulance
Test
Eight
men
and
fifteen
women
candidates'
were
successlul
ar
"re
cently
conducted
first
aid
examina
tlons
of
the
St.
John's
Amublance
Association.
The
successful
candi
dates
were:
Men
Otis
L.
Hall,
David
Robert
Barclay,
Ralph
Thlstlewhalte,
S.
J.
Hunter,
Roderick
Smith,
P.
O'Neill,
William
Denning
and
Robert
Reld.
Women
Winifred
M.
Black,
Lil
lian
Hill,
Doris
Eyolfsen,
Bertha
M,
Betchel,
Pryce
and
Cunningham,
who
are
engaged
ln
defence
project
contracting
work
here,
are
seeking
from
the
city
a
lease
for
the
duration
of
the
war
and
six
months
after
on
twenty-two
lots
in
the
neighborhood
of
the
Steele
Block
on
Third
Avenue
of
the
as
sessed
value
of
$21,000,
the
proposal
being
to
erect
thereon
olilces,
warehouses
and
barracks.
The
proposed
payment
would
be
six
percent
on
the
assessed
value
which
would
amount
to
$1260
per
year.
ilitary
Post
Office
Here
Is
Latest
Proposal
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
gone
on
record
as
favoring
the
establishment
or
a
military
post
office
In
Prince
Rupert
as
a
means
of
alleviating
congestion
at
the
local
post
office
which
continues
acute.
It
had
been
understood
recently
that
such
a
military
post
office
was
proposed
to
be
established
on
Third
Avenue
across
from
the
regular
post
office
for
the
handling
of
all
the
mall
nf
the
forces.
However,
It
had
since
been
learned
that
this
project
had
been
given
up.
NOT
ABLE
TO
STAND
Stiffening
Resistance
of
Nazis
Falls
to
'Halt
Notable
Russian
Advances
MOSCOW,
Jan.
13
P
The
Germans
threw
tanks
and
aircraft
into
a
stiffening
stand
in
the
Cau
casus
today
lna
desperate
attempt
to
cover
forces.
holding
the
Maikop
oil
fields
and
the
Black
Sea
coa.it
further
west
but
the
Russians
re
ported
further,
gains
and
villages
recaptured.
Red
Star
newspaper
said
the
battle
was
becoming
more
violent,
particularly
along
the
rail
line
toward
Rostov"
from
recaptured
.Mitchell,
minister
of
labor,
has
Minerany
Vody1.
Battlefront
dispatches
said
the
'Russians
were
maintaining
pres-sure
along
the
whole
100-mile
I
front
from
deep
In
the
Caucasus
I
to
the
lower
Kalmyck
Steppe
.while
other
forces
Just
to
the
north
bore
down
on
the
Nazi
Sal
River
line
In
preparation
for
the
siege
of
Salsk,
another
milestone
on
the
road
to
Rostov
I
Strong
German
counter-attacks
I
are
reported
oh
the
Lower
Don
front
as
well
as
in
the
Caucasus.
The
Russians
have
broken
through
German
siege
lines
at
Stalingrad's
western
fringe
and
most
of
the
city
has
been
cleared
of
Nazis,
making
even
more
peril
ous
the
predicament
of
twenty-two
Nazi
regiments
in
the
area.
-
.
.
r
'
".
oiana.
ueairice
wwCS,
s
The
health
committee
of
the
city
Mcxniosn,
urace
rue,
"
question
of
lsolatloK
hospital
fac
unnsiensen,
rreua
iwhuiuiu.
-
llltles
ln
Prlnce
Rupe
fon0wing
a
lie
Funnell,
Beatrice
Harrison.
Alice
report
Qn
tn(J
suljject
Vy
Dr.
r.
j.
Fuller,
Isabel
Startup,
Marjorle
Doll
;MacDonaldi
medlcal
offcer,
It
will
and
Pearl
Fraser.
Would
Lease
Twenty-two
Lots
of
City
Consider
Isolation
Hospital
Problem
Health
Committee
of
City
Council
Has
This
Matter
in
Hand
Now
be
definitely
decided
who
is
responsible
for
the
operation
of
an
isolation
hospital.
The
questions
of
staffing
such
a
hospital
and
pro
viding
a
suitable
building
ate
other
matters
that
must
be
considered.
Dr.
MacDonald.
ln
his
renort.
points
to
the
situation
whereby
he4
city
Is
left
without
adequate
lso-.
lation
hospital
facilities
following
a
ruling
some
time
ago
by
the
hospital
board
that
no
communicable
diseases
can
be
admitted
to
the
hospital.
All
the
city
has
in
way
of
an
isolation
hospital
Is
an
old
run
down
building
entirely
unsuitable
and
Inadequate
either
for
patients
or
nurses.
The
report
of
the
medical
health
officer
states
that
Miss
Mabel
Faust
R.
N
lady
superintendent
or
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
is
prepared
to
discuss
providing
nurses
If
there
is
suitable
accommodation.
Suggestion
is
made
that
the
railway
company,
dry
dock
and
contractors
might
have
the
cost
of
Isolation
hospital
City
council
health
committee,
express
the"
opinion
that
provision
of
suitable
Isolation
hospital
facilities
is
of
more
Importance
than
water
chlorlnation.
NEW
INDUSTRIAL
DISEASE
LONDON,
Jan.
13
Vh
Two'
mem
bers
of
the
medical
staff
of
Redhlll
County
Hospital.
Edgware,
have
discovered
a
new
Industrial
disease
which
has
been
named
Bagassosls,
derived
from
the
word
bagass,
technical
term
for
sugar-cane
dust
and
affecting
persons
working
ln
sugar-cane
dust
atmosphere.
SALTIER
THAN
SEAS
The
Great
Salt
Lake
and
Dead
Sea
are
the
two
bodies
of
water
on
earth
saltier
than
the
oceans.
PROMOTED
Former
Local
Railway
Official
Assumes
Added
Railway
Responsibilities
of
Importance
MONTREAL,
Jan.
13
Noiman
B.
Walton
has
been
promoted
execu
tive
vice-president
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
according
to
an
announcement
Issued
yesterday
by
R.
C.
Vaughan,
chairman
and
pre-s
dent
of
the
system.
The
appointment
has
been
approved
by
the
Going
Up
N.
B.
WALTON
board
of
directors
and
is
effective
Immediately.
Mr.
Walton
was
vice-president
of
catlon.jDaainteianjccaftand,,
con-
jstructlon
piior
to
this
new
appoint
ment
and
he
will
continue
to
exer
else
jurisdiction
over
this
import
ant
department,
performing
such
duties
as
the
president
may
from
time
to
time
delegate
to
him.
The
organization
under
the
authority
of
Mr.
Walton
Includes
all
forces
In
Canada
and
the
United
States
directly
concerned
with
the
actual
operation
of
all
trains
including
despatchers,
engine
crews,
trainmen
and
the
thousands
of
men
who
control
signals
and
work
at
terminals
and
In
yards.
Other
large
bodies
of
men
under
Mr.
Walton's
Jurisdiction
are
those
who
maintain
the
right
of
way,
the
craftsmen
employed
ln
the
motive
power
and
car
shops
and
those
engaged
ln
construction
work.
He
also
has
charge
of
the
company's
shipbuilding
operations.
Mr.
Walton,
a
native
of
Palmer-
ston,
Ontario,
began
his
railway
experience
in
1900
at
Toronto
where
he
joined
the
Grand
Trunk
Railway
as
a
clerk
and
stenog
rapher
and
In
succeeding
years
moved
through
various
positions
which
provided
him
with
a
wide
knowledge
of
operating
and
traffic
conditions
and
additional
experience
gained
at
the
telegraph
key.
During
these
years
Mr.
Walton
became
associated
with
the
late
F.
II.
McGuigan,
then
vice-president,
and
H.
H.
Brewer,
and,
when
these
gentlemen
resigned
to
accept
positions
with
the
Great
Northern
Railway
at
ISt.
Paul.
Mum.,
Mr.
Walton
accompanied
them.
Mr.
Walton
became
inspector
of
them
and,
when
Messrs.
-McGulgan
and
Brewer
resigned,
he
returned
to
Canada
and
rejoined
the
Grand
Trunk
at
Toronto
in
April
1903,
In
the
office
of
the
claims
agent.
Formerly
Here
When
Mr.
Brewer
became
general
superintendent
at
Winnipeg
for
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Mr.
Walton
Joined
him
and
ln
the
years
tnat
lonowea
aavanceu
iu
the
positions
of
trainmaster
at
Walnwrlght,
assistant
to
the
general
superintendent
at
Winnipeg
and
superintendent
at
Edmonton.
With
the
amalgamation
which
completed
the
National
system,
Mr.
Walton
was
appointed
assistant
Activity
Dominates
Fight
North
running
battle
high
ln
the
air,
a
pcicesman
saw.
Despite
enemy
efforts,
all
Allied
planes
returned
safely
to
their
base.
Air
activity
;
iom!nated
day
and
night
warfare
tiiS
reports
from
ground
fronts
Indicating
only
patrolling
ln
northern
Tunisia.
.Cairo
dispatches
also
emphasized
air
activity,
reporting
raids
on
Axis-held
Tripoli
and
Horns,
Crete,
1,1
'llv
and
Lampedusa
Island.
Some
observers
thought
developments
indicated
the
Allies
are
get-ing
ready
to
apply
a
three-way
squeeze
to
Tripoli.
The
British.
F.lghth
Army
is
reported
massing
tanks
and
guns
for
another
smash
at
Marshal
Erwln
Rommel's
army.
lighting
French
forces,
coming,
up
rrom
the
depths
of
Africa,
are
hree
hundred
miles
to
the
south
ind
Allied
bombers,
based
to
the
vjesU
are--incrensingblows
at
AxU
points
in
Libya.
Fighting
French
headquarters
announced
yesterday
that
General
LeClerc's
Army
of
the
Chad
had
captured
Murzuk,
capital
of
Fezzan
district
of
southern
Libya,
and
advance
units
had
occupied
Sebha,
one
hundred
miles
further
north.
Book
Campaign
Doing
Nicely
Already
Volumes
For
Armed
Forces
Cominp
in
Nicely
Canvass
Friday
Night
The
"Book
Blitz,"
local
cam
paign
for
the
collection
of
books
for
the
armed
forces
at
home
and
abroad,
Is
well
under,
way
and
al
ready
a
substantial
nilmcer
of
bocks
have
been
received,
Chair
man
Bruce
MicKieDurg
reports.
School
children,
members
of
the
armed
forces
and
various
organizations
are
co-operating1
'to'
briny
about
results
which
already
arc
very
satisfactory.
The
week's
campaign
will
reach
its
climax
this
Friday
night
when
there
will
be
a
house
to
house
canvass.
It
is
hoped
by
the
.committee
in
charge
that
people
will
have
their
books
ready
for
the
collectors
when
they
call.
Paul
Taranger
has
assumed
the
responsibility
of
convener
of
the
canvass.
Meanwhile
books
are
being
re-
transportation
for
the
Groat
Nor-
jeeived
at
the
fire
hall
and
several
designated
stores.
It
Is
hoped
to
gather
at
least
one
thousand
books.
ISIO
JUPITER
The
largest
planet,
Jupiter,
Is
86,-
;
500
miles
ln
diameter.
general
superintendent
at
Winnipeg.
In
March
1930,
Mr.
Walton
became
general
superintendent
of
transportation
for
the
western
region
with
headquarters
at
Winnipeg.
In
November
1936,
he
was
appointed
chief
of
transportation
tor
the
entire
system
with
headquar-
tesr
at
Montreal,
on
July
20,
1933,
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vlce-
gcneral
superintendent
of
the
Can-1
pre'sldcnt
in(Charge
of
operation
ln-adlan
National
Railways
at
Prince
duding
maintenance
and
construc-Rupert.
In
1924
'he
was
promoted
to
tlon.
In
Africa
Areas
British
From
East,
French
From
South
and
Americans
From
West
Crowding
in
Upon
Axis
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Jan.
13
(CP)
Allied
aircraft
yesterday
destroyed
thirty-four
Nazi
aircraft
in
the
air
and
on
the
ground
in
a
raid
on
Castel
Benito
air
field,
ten
miles
south
of
Tripoli,
it
was
announced
today.
Flying
fortresses,
which
led
the
at'-ack,
knocked
out
twenty
planes
on
the
ground
and
fourteen
more
during
a
blazlns
;
More
Aircraft
Carriers
Now
LONDON,
Jan.
13
H)
Rt.
Hon.
A.
V.
Alexander,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
declar-
ed
today
"although
we
have
had
heavy
losses
in
aircraft
carriers
we
have
now
more
than
we
had
at
the
beginning
of
the
war
after
replacing
our
losses."
City
Council
Indemnities
.
Terms
Set
Down
For
Buying
Lots
Bylaw
is
Now
Being:
Considered
Informally
by
Mayor
and
Council
The
city
council
is
Informally
considering
the
Indemnity
bylaw
for
the
year
and
the
measure
Is
expected
to
come
formally
before
the
council
at
an
early
date.
When
last
the
city
had
a
mayor
and
council,
the
mayor
received
$1500
per
year
and
the
aldermen
$300
each.
Policy
for
Disposal
of
Such
Property
Decided
Upon
by
City
Council
N
The
city
council
has
adopted
a
new
policy
in
regard
to
disposal
of
tax
sale
property
whereby
one-third
down
may
be
paid
with
bal-
,
ance
over
two
years
at
five
percent
Interest
on
deals
of
over
$100
while
under
that
cash
must
be
paid.
A
motion
to
this
effect
by
Aid.
Norah
Arnold
and
Aid.
Robert
Mc
Kay
was
adopted
at
Monday
night's
meeting
pf
the
city
council.
Certification
Of
Librarians
Proposed
That
it
be
Given
on
Basis
Or
Long
Experience
Apart
from
Academic
Training
The
city
council
has
approved
of
a
proposal
of
the
British
Columbia
Library
Association
proposing
the
enactment
of
legislation
to
ptovide
for
the
certification
as
qualified
librarians
of
librarians
who
may
not
have
had
special
academic
training
for
such
work
but
who,
through
long
years
of
practical
experience,
have
established
their
competency.
The
matter
was
brought
before
the
council
by
Aid.
Norah
Arnold
who
moved
a
resolution
for
its
acceptance.
This
was
seconded
by
Aid.
Thomas
Elliott.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Chicago
0;
Boston
3.