Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
64
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
Minimum
A
ball
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
9:38
pjn.
to
5:40
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
100
VOL
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
APRIL
29,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Liquor
Are
Further
Cut
BREACH
IS
STILL
WIDE
Churchill
and
Itoosevelt
to
Appeal
Personally
to
Stalin,
it
Is
Said
i
LONDON,
April
2D
Irime
.Minister
Winston
Churchill
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
wcie
reported
today
to
have
agreed,
following
on
transAtlan-tic
telephone
conversation
yesterday,
to
make
direct
personal
appeal,
probably
through
the
ambassadors
at
Moscow,
to
Pre-mier
Joseph
Stalin
in
regard
to
the
ciisis
between
Hussla
and
the
Polish
government
in
exile,
Stalin,
it
was
suggested,
might
be
asked
to
meet
Churchill
and
Koosevelt
personally.
The
Polish
government
last
night
appealed
to
"the
United
Nations
and
humanity"
for
the
release
ot
Polish
prisoners
from
Russia.
A
Polish
spokesman
denied
that
there
was
a
secret
part
with
Germany.
Meanwhile
Russian
newspapers
tit
blunt
and
outspoken
about
the
attitude
of
the
Polish
government
in
London,
demanding
that
Naii
sympathizers
be
removed.
They
declare
that
the
Polish
government
is
not
representative
of
Poland.
The
breach
appears
to
be
as
wide
aj
ever
today.
SITUATION
UNCHANGED,.
Boeing
Aircraft
Tlants
in
Vancouver
Are
Still
Closed
VANCOUVER,
April
29
Oh
Th.xauri:
of
aircraft
workers
re-V
rt:d
usual
today
to
plants
of
Boeing
Aircraft
of
Canada
Ltd.
to
find
.hc
nates
closed
as
the
dispute
over
rest
periods
entered
the
second
day.
-,
,
Ihcrc
u
no
Indication
as
to
when
a
break
may
come
In
the
iuation
created
when
an
unau-thiriifj
rrst
period
was
taken
yesterday
and
the
company
closed
Its
plant
anting
It
was
said
on
In
structions
of
the
munitions
and
1
supply
department.
1
LOAN
IS
GROWING
Subscriptions
Here
Yesterday
Totalled
$61,700
The
total
of
subscriptions
for
the
first
three
days
of
the
Fourth
Victory
Loan
campaign
In
Prince
Rupert
was
$147,450,
yesterdays
aie
having
amounted
to
$61,700.
On
the
first
day
of
canvass,
the
salesman
for
the
Chinese
community
brought
in
$2,700
of
subscription;,
Pnr
.p.
,
,.,(
,(,
1
Ann
mi
and
Vandcrhoof
$2,700.
Sunny.iide,
Carlisle
and
Claxton
'nd
other
canneries
are
off
to
a
good
start.
Following
are
further
Individual
subscriptions:
Roman
Catholic
Episcopal
Corporation
$1,000
Gald
James
Scott
"
50
Tch
H
(Prince
Rupert
Group)
200
wrs.
Marjorle
M
McKenzle
200
M".
Jean
E.
M.
Long
100
Mrs,
Lewis
Oregory
Wider
100
Edward
Walter
Scott
50
Mrs.
Annette
Hodgson
50
Peter
DeJong
700
Mr;
Susie
Weder
100
Mr
Isabella
Wilson
100
0rge
R.
Dodds
50
famous
Players
Canadian
'
Corporation
4,000
Mis:
Dorothy
Jean
Scott
'Vancouver)
200
'
0,
Powell
(Port
Esslngton)
200
W11'am
II,
Linton
(Burns
Lake
500
Chine;
o
Subscription
to
date
,
2,700
KNOCKOUT
BLOW
FOR
JAPS
ON
GUADALCANAL
To
knock
out
Jap
pocketa
of
resistance
on
G
adalcanal,
large
gun:;
were
brought
to
bear
against
them
by
the
U.S.
army.
155
mm
cann
n
has
Ju:;t
hurled
one
of
Its
large
shells
at
an
Isolated
Jap
position.
Ration
Coupons
Are
Good
Today
Canadians
to
(lain
on
Sugar,
Butter,
Tea
and
Coffee
OTTAWA,
April
29
Ration
coupons
for
sugar,
butter,
tea
and
jeffee,
which
were
to
have
become
jood
on
Saturday,
are
Instead
good
today,
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
announces.
Canadi
ans
thus
are
two
days'
rations
to
the-600--"
SLAUGHTER
OF
CHINESE
Japanese
Wreak
Vengeance
on
Part
of
Coast
Where
Amcii-can
Haiders
Came
in
SAN
FRANCISCO,
April
29
Speaking
here
last
night,
Secretary
of
the
Treasury
Henry
Morgenthau
said
he
had
been
Informed
by-Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
that
pverv
man.
woman
and
child
In
the
region
where
'
United
States
f
Hrrs
had
come
down
In
the
coastal
area
of
China"
after
the
raiding
of
Toklo
and
other
Japanese
cities
'
last
year
had
been
slaughtered
by
the
Japanese.
Chief
Justice
and
Attorney
General
Coming
to
Assizes
Chief
Justice
Wendell
Ferris
will
be
coming
to
Prince
Rupert
to
conduct
the
spring
session
of
Supreme
Court
Assizes
to
be
held
from
May
11.
Attorney
General
R.
T
MalMnnri
is
CXDCCtea
10
come
.irt
rjersonally
as
crown
prosecutor.
The
list
of
criminal
mses
will
include
murder,
manslaughter,
rape
and
theft
'
charges.
HOMK
GUARD
FOR
PEACH
LONDON,
April
29
P)-Lieut.-Col.
Slr'Phillp
W.
Richardson,
Chairman
of
the
National
Rifle
Association,
wants
the
Home
Guard
maintained
after
the
war.
The
British
people
must
at
all
times
be
prepared
to
resist
aggression
such
as
we
are
suueimis
WHAT-TIIIS
IN
LONDON?
LONDON,
April
29
-Presumed
by
passersby
to
be
a
demolition
tunne
led
un-
of
men
crew,
a
gang
der
a
14-foot
..
iounuanun
.......
t
o.ow
don's
textile
district
"
'
.im
tisnno
worth
of
mens
sult-
ings;
almost,
as
precious
as
gold
.
these
days.
MOST
OF
FIGHTING
IS
IN
AIR
Land
Battles
in
Russia
Are
Now
Only
Scattered
and
Minor
LONDON,
April
19
O)
Russian
airmen
and
gunners
yesterday
destroyed
40
German
planes,
23
of
them
in
the
Caucasus,
Moscow
re-ported!
)
Soviet
airmen
continued
pounding
the
rear
lines
of
the
Nazis
where
the
Germans
are
bringing
up
reserves
for
future
operations.
There
has
been
only
scattered
minor
ground
fighting.
DISMISS
APPEALS
Convictions
in
Connection
With
1'rovincial
Police
Stores
Convictions
Stand
VICTORIA.
ADril
29
The
!
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal
AHtTliral
HnfWflflfl
unanimously
dismissed
appeals
by,"1""41
ildl
WUUU
John
Simpson,
Victoria
shoemer-')
chant,
and
Leonard
Simmons,
for-
nunvfnrmni'toii
ftf
niiitlnnlni
uau,
victuwu
wuuicaaic
uitiiuaiii,,
and
Simmons
In
another
against
convictions
In
connection
with
Irregularities
in
police
stores.
Simpson
and
Simmons
had
been
sentenced
to
four
years'
imprisonment
and
Hall
to
two
years.
Strike
Dispute
Up
to
President
Half
million
Miners
in
United
Stales
Demanding
$2
Per
Day
Increase
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
April
20
The
United
States
National
War
Labor
Board
yesterday
referred
th?
coal
miners'
wage
dispute
direct
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt.
A
strike
Involving
an
estimated
450,-
000
men
Is
scheduled
to
go
Into
effect
tomorrow
night
unless
there
Is
a
settlement
of
the
dispute
In
which
an
Increase
of
$2
per
eight
hour
day
is
demanded.
INDIAN
MARINES
Marines
In
1775
used
tomahawks
for
hand-to-hand
fighting
aboard
sailing
frigates.
B.
A.
Latts,
general
superinten-
dent,
Canadian
National
Express
rn
'
wlnnlDee.
and
W.
C.
Cranston.
.nt,riln,
at
Edmonton,
are"
Armed
Enemy
Trawler
Sunk
Light
British
Naval
Vessels
Send
Vessel
Down
off
Netherlands
Coast
LONDON.
April
29
0)
An
armed
enemy
trawler;
was
sunk
off
the
.Netherlands
coast
by
light
British-
naval
forces
early
this
morning,
It
was
announced'
SWEDISff
ALARMED
Aircraft
Pass
Over
and
Cause
Guns
To
be
Fired
.Missiles
Dropped
On
Naval
Base?
STOCKHOLM,
April
29
-.
Large
formations
of
unidentified
aircraft,
supposedly
Allied
bombers
enroute
to
Germany,
caused
anti-aircraft
fire
to
be
touched
off
In
Sweden
last
night.
-
It
was
reported
today
that
two
bombs
had
been
dropped
b'y
foreign
planes
on
a
Swedish
naval
base.
f
T
j
IclirCi
VYYillc
1U
oi
Health
LONDON.
April
29
Vice-Admiral
Sir
Henry
Harwood,
who
was
the
hero
of
the
Battle
of
the
Plate
In
which
the
German
pocket
battleship
Graf
Spee
was
sunk,
has
retired
as
commander-in-chief
of
the
Eastern
Mediterranean
fleet
owing
to
Ill-health.
I
,
PRAYKR
OF
SMALL
SHIPS
I'UKIHMUUIU,
April
IN
Many
of
Britain's
small
coastal
(craii
operating
against
ine
enemy
from
England's
bases
have
been
dedicated
with
a
section
of
the
"Breton
Prayer"
"O,
God,
be
good
to
me.
The
sea
is
wide
and
my
ship
is
small."
D.S.C.
PLUS
D.S.O.
LONDON,
April
29
W
Commander
Ben
Bryant
whose
submarine
P
211
has
sunk
at
least
29
Axis
ships
has
been
awarded
the
D.S.O.
for
service
In
the
Mediterranean.
He
already
had
the
D.S.C.
for
his
work
in
the
North
Sea.
THANKS
AND
$40.50
BELFAST,
April
29
0)
A
firm
whose
van
was
commandeered
for
the
escape
of
21
internees
from
Londonderry
Jail
received
9
(roushlv
$40.50)
and
an
aDOlocv
-
-
'
-
---
aujyvnuvv..
-
spending
a
few
days
In
the
city
on
signed,
"from
I.R.A.
(Irish
Repub-official
business.
Army)
Finance
Ministry."
jllcan
SMELTERS
IN
SESSION
Annual
Meeting
of
Big
Mining
Company
is
Held
in
Montreal
Today
MONTREAL,
April
29
O)
The
Dominion
government
has
been
"very
wise
in
granting
certain
tax
savings
in
connection
with
exploration
expenses
incurred
In
searching
for
base
metals
and
strategic
mlneials,"
S.
C.
Blaylock
said
in
his.
presidential
address
at
the
annual
meeting
today
of
Consolida
te
;t
I-
'.mine
&
Smelting
Co.
of
Cana.
a
Limited.
Mr.
Blaylock
added:
"However,
the
present
level
of
excessi
profits'
I
tax
and
price
of
controls
makes
it
j
difficult
for
mining
companies
to
I
Increase
production
of
base
met-
als
from
established
mines.
While
,the
excess
rrofits
tax
exempts
?
.profits
derived
from
the
operation
of
new
mines,
there
Is
no
relief
in
pnnnpnunn
u,fth
nnv
nmfiu
arts-'
lng
irom
increased
production
-
j
from
mines
which
-
have
been
in
operation
for
about
a
year
or
;
longe:-."
Mr.
Blaylock
reported
profits
of
the
company
for
the
first
three
month:;
of
1943
were
at
the
same
rate
as
for
the
first
quarter
of
1942,
in
fact
were
little
higher.
SOMEWHAT
iiII
Vl
tt
K
1111X11
lvlatj2jLfix-.jLlll
VI
I
tFi;ures
on
P
hip
losses
and'cw,
Construction
Not
Altogether
Conclusive
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
April
29
W
The
net
figure
of
more
than
one
million
tons
of
merchant
shipping
loss
for
the
Allies
last
year
when
comparing
the
total
tonnage
of
;
vessels
sunk
In
enemy
action
with
j
new
ship
construction
15
not
fully
conclusive
as
it
was
arrived
at
by
counting
total
Allied
losses
but
not
all
new
construction
by
all
Allied
nations.
it
was
on
the
basis
of
only
partly
complete
figures
on'
merchant
shipping
construction
that
the
United
States
Navy
Department
reported
the
net
loss,
the
report
being
designed
to
clear
up
a
conflict
between
two
previous
reports.
Stores
Closing
All
Wednesday
Retailers
in
Vancouver
Come
to
Decision
Not
Grrpers
or
Butchers
VANCOUVER,
April
29
Vancouver
retailers,
except
grocers
and
butchers,
have
voted
to
close
their
stores
all
day
Wednesday.
Today
Hudson
Bay
was
the
only
large
store
to
be
open
in
the
morning,
Beauty
pa'
lor
operators
have
not
yet
decided
about
closing.
mm
11
JJ
lYlaCUOnalQ
Leaving
Here
Dr.
R.
fi.
Knipe
to
be
New
Director
Of
Local
Health
Unit
Dr.
R.
J.
MacDonald,
who
has
been
stationed
here
as
medical
health
officer
and
director
of
the
local
health
unit
for
the
past
year,
Is
planning
to
leave
shortly
to
Join
the
Royal
Canadian
Army
Medical
Corps
for
active
service.
He
will
be
succeeded
by
Dr.
Roger
George
Knipe
who
was
married
recently
in
Toronto
to
Miss
Wlnnl-fred
Lois
Morgan
of
Vancouver.
Dr.
Knipe
has
been
in
this
district
previously
as
a
United
Church
medical
missionary
student.
This
evening's
train
due
from
trie
East
at
7
o'clock,
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
oni
hour
and
fifty
minutes
late.
:
One
Reputed
Quart
of
Spirits
or
One
Dozen
Of
Beer
Per
Month
Stores
Are
Closed
Until
Next
Monday
When
New
Set-up
Of
Hours
Will
Go
Into
Effect
VICTORIA,
April
29
(CP)
Liquor
Commissioner
W.
P.
Kennedy
today
announced
that,
effective
next
Monday,
British
Columbians
will
be
limited
to
one
purchase
of
liquor
monthly
to
either
reputed
quart
(26
ounces)
of
spirits,
one
dozen
pints
of
beer
or
two
quarts
of
wino.
This
system
will
remain
in
effect
until
Novem-
ra'
uppu
wm
ue
fa,lable-
stres
y111
be
closed
from
now
until
next
Monday
when
will
reopen
daily
from
10
to
cxcePl
011
the
weekly
haU
"
"a
ay-
Purchasers
will
be
required
to
show
national
registration
cards
or
military
Identification
papers
as
well
as
permits.
No
Response
From
Attu
WASHINGTON,
D.O,
April
29
Pi
American
naval
forces,
with
whom
Canadians
have
now
Joined,
bombarded
Jan-
anese-held
Attu
Island
yester-
day.
Several
fires
were
started
and
no
enemy
gunfire
was.enr
r'..cojmtered,-
,
'
v
RAIDED
Royal
Air
Force
Delivers
Bombing
Attack
on
'Wilhelmshafen
Wednesday
Night
LONDON,
April
29
The
German
naval
base
of
Wilhelmshafen
was
quite
heavily
attacked
last
night
by
the
Royal
Air
Force.
It
was
the
first
since
United
States
planes
made
a
daylight
raid
on
March
22
that
Wilshelmshafen
had
been
at
tacked.
Twenty-three
planes
failed
to
return
from
the
raid.
The
Admiralty
also
emphasized
widespread
mine-laying
operations
in
enemy
waters
yesterday.
Big
formations
of
bombers,
said
to
be
American,
headed
out
over
Folkestone
today
in
the
direction
of
Abbeville
and
Boulogne.
The
Canadian
bomber
group
was
engaged
In
mine-laying-
oper
ations
4'on
a
very
large
scale
par'
tlcularly
in
the
Baltic
Sea,"
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
said,
and
three
of
the
missing
bombers
were
Canadian.
HALIBUT
SALES
American
Franklin,
35,000
pounds,
Royal,
16
and
14.
Daly,
27,000,
Booth,
16
and
14.
Buddy.
12,500,
Atlin,
16.1
and
14.
Middleton,
22,000,
Whiz,
16.8
and
14t
i
Columbia,
42,000,
Cold
Storage,
16
and
14.
Arthur
II.,
50,000,
Cold
Storage.
18
and
14.
Canadian
Kyrielle,
10,000,
Cold
Storage,
17.6
and
15.
I
D.S.T.,
12,000,
Edmunds
and
Walker,
17.7
and
15.
Mother
II,
5,000,
Pacific,
17.1
and
15.
Pauline
J.,
4,500,
17.4
and
15.
Cape
Spencer,
17,500,
Atlln,
17.7
and
15.
LUCKY
COINS
Coins
are
often
placed
under
the
mast
of
a
ship
during
FALL
BACK
IN
AFRICA
SHeM
Withdrawal
in
Tunisia
is
Made
Up
for
by
Successes
in
Other
Areas
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
April
29
W
Allied
troops
northeast
of
Medjez-el-Bab
were
forced
to
withdraw
slightly
yesterday
in
the
face
of
two
.erce
German
counter-attacks
but
further
progress
was
made
both
In
the
north
and
south,
an
Allied
The
Germans
Jost
heavily
in
In
fantry
and
tanks
In
a
first
counter
blow
and
the
attack
was
repulsed
Jbuthj,
second
forced
leading
Ainea
iroops
10
matte
a
sugnt
wim-drawal,
a
communique
said.
Balanced
against
this
reverse
was
progress
by
American
troops
in
the
north
where
"some
import-
and
ground"
was
gained
and
further
advances
by
the
French
in
the
Pont
du
Fans
region.
Destroyers
Meet
Convoy
Two
Enemy
Escort
Vessels
off
Coast
Of
Brittany
Are
Sent
to
Bottom
LONDON,
April
23
Two
British
destroyers
found
an
enemy
convoy
off
the
Brittany
coast
yesterday
ind
sank
two
of
the
escort
vessels.
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
also
attacked
a
convoy
off
Brittany
but
It
Is
not
known
if
It
was
the
same
one.
RAIDS
UPON
SO.
ENGLAND
Light
Attacks
With
Little
Damage
Or
Casualties
One
Enemy
Dane
Down
LONDON,
April
29
German
bombing
planes
made
raids
on
points
in
southern
England.
The
attacks
were
light
and
scattered
and
It
was
reported
that
casualties
and
damage
were
light.
At
least
one
of
the
raiding
planes
was
brought
drwn.
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