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Minimum
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No.
304
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car
in
Prince
Rupert
ME
OF
MORE
IMPORTANT
NTS
HERE
IN
PASSING
flVEMONTH
ARE
LISTED!
II
53
(By
Jack
McLeod)
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uuiuiuvjiiciiiun
in
rurrnnr
x
st
nn.,,.
r
it
is
me
instant,
world-shakiFg.;
.
which
horded
in
heavv
black
tvtw.
r
'filt
i
i,nH.i
:u!
the
world,
the
triumph
of
tlie
merftf
hn
fim
mf
and
the
screams
of
their
virHm.
mnU
limes
inn
m
any
city,
big
or
small,
it
is
the
local
v.;..
,
n
maice
me
news-
Uon
of
thin,
the
:;cw
as
compiled
a
brief
i
'
what
it
considers
to
mdlnn
local
rvenLc
tig
1043.
the
shot
;ns
not
around
the
to
ound
the
town,
in
'
Miat
it
will
be
Intcr-tc
ame
many
of
us
are
i
i
with
agencies,
or
the
It
puiica
me
trigger,
or
-d,
or
were
struck
by.
JANUARY
ildest
weather
since
of
1915-18
hit
Prince
ft
ring
the
latter
part
of
Jir
with
the
official
Urn-
reading
at
the
Dlgby
M
'coroioglcal
Station
r
degree
above
zero,
":.
:ial
readings
In
the
S
ix
below.
40
34
-
Rupert's
first
school'
!
years
held
Its
first
i
January
0.
Jack
Deane
d
chairman
and
the
x.xi
:tven
over
to
the
r
immittees
and
the
of
estimate.
J
'hn
Menzles
Mac-j
Nrw
Westminster,
of
Canadian
Army
Medl-lirre.
was
killed
when
which
he
and
Capt.
ii
rwart.
another
armr
wrre
riding
plunged
u
:-:.k
am
aoove
me
city
ame
to
rest
neat
the
f
apt
Stewart
suffered
k
cuts
and
bruises.
Rupert
men
hasten
to
rjire
Rupert
Machine
"
mrist
organized
under
1
of
Lieut
-Col
O.
C
mmtWKY
j
?A
regulations
became
:i
Pi
:nrc
Rupert
and
r
jast
cities
on
Feb-
n
were
killed
and
11
t
'
i!
a
rock
slide
burled
I)
.
River
highway
camp
t
N
T
mlin.son
Construction
;rar
KwinlUa
on
The
dead
were
Oerald
and
Andrew
Klrkup,
C;
Walberg.
Saskatchc-
MAKCII
'.ion
of
the
sale
of
liquor
n
"
Prince
Rupert
on
'
Officially
the
allbw-
t.
set
at
one
'
40-ounce
spirits
and
one
gallon
c
onthly
and
two
dozen
beer
a
week.
However,
wancc
did
not
mean
n
there
iu
not
nearlv
uor
at
the
vendors
to
to
everyone
tatives
of
Prince
Ru-ard
workers
laid
a
cc'arc
the
commission
Mr
Justice
A.
E
which
sat
at
the
Court
C
March
4
nnri
5
jtnhmlt-
ln
view
of
the
Increase
and
living
costs,
wages
Ruperts
civic
budget
down
by
its
first
I
'
1
'Jnrll
in
ten
vear.
nn
provided
for
expendl-
ailing
somewhat
of
!-2
with
$186,000
of
It
to
1
a
by
taxation.
APRIL
ulc
shortage
of
canned
'h
came
upon
the
city
,J
rood
deal
of
restless-
airwg
the
population
and
1
'"i
protests
to
the
War-
p'
n
and
Trade
Board
by
"
anlzatlons.
,:
a
Fourth
Victory
Loan
'
l'ii
off
to
b
good
start
in
c"
Rupert
with
a
rouMng
military
parade
on
April
25.
MAY
William
Scott
of
Atlln
was
convicted
of
manslaughter
In
connection
with
the
shooting
of
John
dee.
Chief
Justice
W
D.
Farrls
presided
at
the
hearing
and
Attorney
General
R.
L,
Maiuand
pro&ecuted.
JUNE
The
biggest
fire
of
the
year
occurred
In
the
Victory
Rooms
on
June
3
when
flames
gutted
the
building,
depriving
30
people
of
their
living
quarters
and
doing
damag
estimated
at
$7,000.
Workers
at
the
local
dry
dock,
protesting
alleged
Improper
food
conditions
In
the
dry
dock
commissary,
decided
to
work
four-hour
shifts
until
their
grievances
were
rectified.
The
slowdown
lasted
one
day.
JULY
The
city
council
decided
to
send
Mayor
Watts
to
Ottawa
to
negotiate
for
government
assistance
In
renovating
and
extending
the
city's
street,
water
and
sewage
facilities
at
an
estimated
cost
of
$900,000.
AUGUST
Two
well
known
district
boys-
Robert
Cam
of
Prince
Rupert,
and
Douglas
Drew
of
Haysport,
were
drowned
In
the
Skeena
River
when
they
fell
from
a
fisheries
patrol
boat
moored
at
the
llaysport
wharf.
SEPTEMBER
The
Oovernor
General
.of
Canada,
the
Earl
of
Alhlone.
and
Princess
Alice
arrived
In
Prince
Rupert
on
September
4
to
Inspect
military
Installations
In
the
area.
They
were
warmly
I
welcomed
by
the
citizens,
and
honored
by
several
functions.
Military
and
civilian
authorities
began
a
search
for
the
motor
launch
Full
Moon,
unreported
for
a
week
after
It
cleared
for
Porcher
Island
on
a
cruise.
Aboard
were
Dr.
and
Mrs.
W.
S.
Kergln
and
children.
The
launch
returned
home
unaided
after
having
experienced
rudder
trouble.
rtTMnrif
Canada's
Fifth
Victory
Loan
'began
on
October
18,
and
the
!flrst
day's
subscriptions
totalled
$98,400.
The
.Hon.
Ernest
Bertrand
federal
Minister
of
Fisheries.
visited
the
city
and
viewed
favorably
the
city
council's
petition
for
expansion
of
the
fish-
ermens
floats.
NOVE.MIU.il
Relaxation
of
the
west
coast
dim-out
became
effective
on
November
1.
Street
lights
were
brightened
up
and
a
few
Neon
signs
turned
on.
Commilsory
registration
of
rented
rooms
began
on
November
IS.
and
closed
on
November
29.
During
the
Interval
more
than
450
registrations
were
received.
DECEMBER
The
Provincial
Postwar
Rehabilitation
Commission,
headed
by
the
Hon.
H.
O.
Perry,
sat
In
Prince
Rupert
early
in
the
month
and
received
briefs
from
the
City
Council,
the
Chambers
of
Commerce
and
other
organizations.
The
civic
elections,
held
on
December
16.
resulted
In
the
election
of
Alderman
H.
M.
Daggett
to
the
post
of
mayor,
and
with
one
exception,
a
complete
labor
slate
on
the
aldermanic
board.
we
TO
PROBE
SHOOTING
Case
of
Slaylne
of
Former
Provincial
Officer
to
Get
Attorney
General's
Personal
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
31
O1
Attorney
Oeneral
R.
L.
Maltland
will
probe
all
the
circumstances
surrounding
the
fatal
shooting
of
Frank
Andrew
Doland,
former
provincial
policeman,
on
December
13.
Evidence
at
the
Inquest
was
that
Roland
was
shot
five
times
by
Charles
Hawken
at
a
Vancouver
house.
Hawken
said
he
had
been
held
up
earlier
In
the
evening
by
two
men.
V.
F.
Mayers,
brother-ln-law
of
noland,
is
-held
on
a
charge
of
robbery
with
violence.
Mrs.
Hanes.
wife
of
City
Engineer
O.
S.
Hanes.
Is
here
from
North
Vancouver
for
a
visit
over
the
holiday
season.
Mrs.
Hanes
plans
to
come
here
t
tesldc
later.
local
Temperature
Local
Tides
Columbia
for
January
will
be
the
same
as
at
present
one
26-ounce
bottle
of
splr-
Its
or
three
dozen
beer.
The
purchase
may
be
made
on
two
occasions
a
small
bot-
tie
of
liquor
once
and
a
doz-
.
en
of
beer
the
other
time.
IA
central
card
Index
system
Is
being
developed
to
ensure
'against
any
duplication
of
permit
Issuance.
Visitors
from
United
States
or
other
parts
of
Canada
will
be
un-
t
able
to
buy
llquof
until
they
have
been
In
the
province
for
five
days.
4
ESTIMATE
OF
FISH
OUTPUT
United
States
Expected
to
Have
Considerably
Store
Canned
Salmon
in
1911.
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Dec.
31
O
A
1944
fish
production
In
the
United
States
and
Alaska
of
four
billion
or
more
pounds,
ex
ceeding
1942
and
1943
yields
but
below
the
4,400.000,000
pound
normal
production
was
forecast
Thursday
by
Secretary
of
the
Interior
Harold
Icks,
fisheries
co-ordlnator.
mic
Die
trnnUnK
o
0.'
John
Bracken,
National
Progressive
Conservative
leader,
told
a
public
reception
Thursday
that
after
the
war
Canada
will
have
more
than
two
hundred
ships,
most
of
them
of
ten
thousand
ton
capacity,
and
some
of
them
should
be
used
to
establish
a
line
from
Port
Churchill
to
the
United
Kingdom
and
other
points.
PR
LliJPAKY
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUft!
BLVS
NEWSPAPER
LONDON,
Dec.
31
Objectives
In
'.southwest
Germany
were
'laed
yesterday
In
daylight
by
he
largest
force
of
United
itafes
planes
ever
to
mass
for
uch
an
attack.
No
less
than
1500
of
them
went
out
on
the
raid
and
thi;ty-four
failed
to
num.
Berlin
said
the
targets
ere-
Ludwtgshafen
and
Mann-h-ini.
British
medium
bombers
and
fighters
wereTaao
out
to
attack
the
coast
o
France.
Keeping
up
the
day
and
night
assault
swarms
of
British
mosquitoes
were
out
again
last
night
and
today
over
western
Germany
and
northern
France
as
well
as
aylng
mines
In
enemy
waters.
V
GOOD
HUNTING
FOR
CANADIANS
4
LO.VDON,
DecJl
Flight
Lieutenant
George
Buerllng
Canadian
No.
1
ace
brought
down
his
thirty-first
plane
over
France
yesterday.
Fly
ing
Officer
William
Bliss
of
Toronto
and
Flying
Officer
Hart
Findlay
of
Montreal
also
bagged
enemy
planes.
Badoglio's
Son
Under
Arrest
ALGIERS,
Dec.
31
A
son
of
Marshal
Pietro
Badogllo
has
been
arrested
by
the
German
authorities
in
Rome
where
he
had
been
In
hiding.
Miss
May
McElwaln
Is
leaylng
tonight
on
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
A
proud
parent
called
up
the
newspaper
and
reported
the
birth
of
twins.
The
girl
at
the
news
-desk
didn't
quite
catch
the
message
over
the
phone.
"Will
you
repeat
that?",
she
asked.
"Not
If
I
can
help
it,"
was
the
reply.
r..mi
.m'
is
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
DEffrMfifeE
"
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WAR
NEWS
ZHITOMIR
FALLS
MOSCOW
Zhitomir,
Important
railway
junction,
was
cap-lured
by
the
Russians
today
as
the
Red
Army
continued
its
sweeplii;
advance
against
the
crumbling
'if.i
defences
all
along
s
200-mile
front.
MOVING
TO
PACIFIC
LONDON
The
Admiralty
declare
that
it
is
now
possible
to
move
naval
power
from
the
Atlantic
to
the
Pacific
to
fight
the
Japs.
This
Is
as
a
result
of
the
U-boat
menace
in
the
Atlantic
beinc
definitely
checked
and
control
of
the
Mediterranean
now
being
unchallenged.
Great
Britain
lost
no
capital
ships
or
aircraft
carriers
during
1913.
CIVIL
WAR
IN
FRANCE
LONDON
France
is
said
to
be
on
the
verge
of
civil
war.
Pierre
Laval
Is
taking
special
measures
to
meet
the
situation.
Cutfew
regulations
have
been
extended.
OPERATING
AGAINST
ITALY
ALGIERS
Allied
Mediterranean-based
planes
carried
out
widespread
raids
against
various
objectives
in
Italy
yesterday
including
Vermini,
Padua
and
the
Po
River
Valley.
Six
Allied
planes
were
lost
and
eleven
enemy
machines
brought
down.
SUCCESSFUL
DEFENCE
LONDON
The
Royal
Air
Force
lost
only
four
planes
in
the
defence
of
Britain
during
1913,
it
is
announced.
In
making
at
tacks,
316
German
planes
were
shot
down
during
the
year.
NAZIS
COME
OVER
LONDON
Two
German
raiding
planes
came
over
southeast
England
last
night
but
there
was
no'
damage
and
casualties
were
few.
BULGARS
JOIN
SLAVS
LONDON
Bulgarians
are
switching
over
in
large
numbers
to
fight
with
Marshal
Tito's
Yugoslav
partizans
against
the
Nazis.
PARIS
BOMBED
LONDON
Allied
planes
bombed
the
suburbs
of
Paris
In
daylight,
the
Paris
radio
announced
after
great
formations
of
fighters
and
bombers
of
all
types
had
streamed
out
after
dawn
in
continuation
of
the
1943
grand
finale
that
sent
mote
than
three
thousand
planes
over
enemy
targets
jestcjay
William
Wilson
Is
Laid
at
Rest
With
war
veterans
and
other
friends
In
attendance,
the
funeral
of
William
H.
Wilson,
pioneer
of
Usk,
took
place
yesterday
afternoon
from
the
chapel
of
B.
C.
Undertakers
to
the
returned
soldiers'
plot
in
Fair-view
Cemetery.
Rev.
E.
W.
Scott,
rector
of
St.
Peter's
Anglican
Church
at
Seal
Cove,
officiated
and
Mrs.
J.
C.
OUker
presided
at
the
organ
to
accompany
the
hymns
which
were
"Lead
Kindly
light"
and
"Abidfe
With
Me."
At
the
graveside
"The
Last
Post"
was
sourf.ed
by
Bugler
L.
C
McMurcher.
Pallbearers
were
Charles
Dur-
Gas
Stations
Closing
Down
OTTAWA,
Dec.
31
Hundreds
of
gas
stations
.have
had
to
close
down
orwaccount
of
dwindling
supplle's,
of
gasoline.
It
may
be
necessary
to
adapt
a
priority
system.
Sergeant
Donald
Nelson
ar-:
lved
in
the
city
this
week
from
MacDonald,
Manitoba,
for
a
visit
with
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
J.
Nelson,
Fourth
Avenue
East,
over
the
New
Year
season
and
will
be
leaving
next
Tuesday
for
Quebec.
He
Is
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
air
crew.
ham.
George
Holmes,
W.
H.
J
Macey.
J.
H.
McOlashan,
S.
A.
uneemnan
and
F.
J.
Fuller.
T.
Norton
Youngs,
latest
new
member
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club,
gave
an
autobiographical
talk
at
the
weekly
luncheon
of
the
club
yesterday.
Treasurer
Alex
McRae
anounced
the
donation
of
$40
from
Bellst
Chapter.
Order
of
the
Eastern
Star,
for
the
Queen's
Fund.
The
weekly
raffle
of
war
savings
certificate
for
the
Queen's
fund
resulted
In
S.
C.
Thomson
being
the
winner.
President
A.
S.
Nickerson
was
In
the
chair.
Hockey
Scores
Montreal
8,
Detroit
3.
Saturday,
Jan.
1
High
5:25
20.0
feet
17:19
19.2
feet
Low
11:27
7.4
feet
23:47
4.8
feet
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Russians
On
Greatest
Drive
ISLAND
OF
LEROS
MAY
COME
INTO
NEWS
AGAIN
Pictured
here
is
Castelrosso,
on
the
island
of
Leros.
with
the
Turkish
coast
Dehind.
This
little
island
with
the
tdands
of
Cos
and
Samoa,
recaptured
recently
''from
the
British
by
Nazi
raiders,
may
once
again
c&oie
Into
the
news,
w.th
Turkey
In
the
Allied
camp.
CANADIANS
ADVANCING
Have
Now
Adranred
to
Within
Nine
Miles
of
l'ccara.
ALGIERS.
Dec.
1
-Canadian
'orces.
continuing
their
advance
up
the
Adriatic
coast
under
unfavorable
weather
conditions
and
In
the
faee
of
stiff
German
resistance,
have
now
reached
to
within
nine
miles
of
Peaoara.
The
Fifth
Army
Is
engaged
in
hard
fighting
around
San
Vlt-torl
as
it
moves
on
toward
Oas-slno.
stronghold
70
miles
before
Rome.
Antlo-Amrriran
Fifth
Army
tr
carried
awl
a
Uree
sralr
raid
along
Hie
west
mast
of
Italy
north
of
the
CarljIUnc
River
yesterday
and
srhed
the
Initiative
from
the
Germans
alone;
the
front
In
that
sertor.
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
The
announcement
confirmed
at
least
In
part
German
broadcasts
that
the
Allies
had
made
amphibious
lrap-frot
attack
In
that
area
and
established
a
bridgehead.
On
the
eastern
flank
today
the
Canadians
continued
their
advance
toward
a
line
of
the
Tesore
River,
northwest
of
Ortona,
under
harassing
enemy
fire
but
met
no
determined
opposition.
WILLIAM
WILSON
Liquor
Ration
t
Is
Unchanged
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
31
-
The
liquor
ration
In
British
YANKS
MAKE
LARGE
RAID
Fifteen
hundred
American
Itombcrs
Over
Western
Germany
31
Fall
to
Return.
Retreat
of
Nazis
Is
Rout
Fall
of
Zhitomir
and
Vitebsk
Is
Now
Imminent
Before
Rus
sian
Steamroller.
-fcJ
MOSCOW,
Dec.
31
(CP)
Russian
forces,
streaming
through
the
greatest
hole
yet
torn
In
Nail
lines,
have
brokzn
Into
the
outer
Bug
River
defences
in
a
driving
offensive
that
has
spilt
the
routed
remnants
of
the
Nazi
General
Von
Mannstein's
legions
and
car-iled
to
within
thirty
miles
of
the
river
itself,
front
line
dispatches
said
today,
Russian
columns
are
sweeping
towards
the
Bug,
Germany's
next
line
of
defence
railway,
to
open
a
deep
wedge
in
the
reeling
Nazi
army.
Rus-
.
sian
vanguards
are
repotted
:
within
forty-three
miles
from
the
Polish
border
and
ninety
miles
of
the
Dniester
River
which
forms
Russia's
western
boundary.
MOSCOW.
Dec.
31
The
German
retreat
from
Kiev
on
the
south
to
Vitebsk
In
the
north.js
developing
Into
a
disastrous
rout
as
the
Russians
sped
up
their
steajnroiV
offensive
on
a
wldenlnw-
l
enlrrg
front
The
RtL
.
es.a
185-mile
wide
breBkirGw-B-
Uiave
capU
ured
no
less
than
1300
places
'n
seven
days
and
the
fall
of
the
Important
cities
of
Zhitomir
and
Vitebsk
is
Imminent.
Zhitomir
is
surrounded
and
being
by-passed
and
Indications
are
it
will
be
abandoned
by
the
Nazis.
The
Soviet
forces
haye
broken
into
Vitebsk
with
fighting
now
going
on
in
the
streets.
inree
nunaeia
uiousana
Nazis
west
of
Kiev
Is
endeavouring
to
retire
to
safety.
NAZI
GOVERNMENT
OFFICES
SCATTER.
'
LONDON,
Dec.
31
Nazi
government
offices
have
been
forced
to
scatter
to
all
parts
of
Germany
as
a
te-
suit
of
the
devastating
air
raids
that
have
all
but
'wiped
out
Berlin.
Miss
Marie
Lock,
who
has
been
spending
the
Christinas
and
New
Year
holiday
season
here
with
her
parents,
Fire
Chief
and
Mrs.
H.
T.
Lock,
'will
leave
tomorrow
night
to
resume
hej
studies
In
Victoria.
American
Marines
Take
Air
Field
WOULD
SERVE
HUDSON
BAY
Ten
Thousand
Ton
Ships
Could
Run
From
Churchill
to
United
Kingdom,
Blacken
Suggests.
Cape
Gloucester
Base
Taken
From
Japanese
Gives
Advantageous
Position
for
Continuing
Campaign
Against
Nipponese
on
Important
New
Britain
Island.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NEW
GUINEA,
Dec.
31
(CP)
American
Marines
have
captured
tha
airdrome
at
Cape
Gloucester,
New
Britain,
it
was.
announced
today.
Two
air
strips
of
the
vital
-field
were
overrun
as
the
marines
used
flame
throwers
and
artillery.
American
losses
were
light
in
a
battle
which
gave
the
marines
the
main
Cape
Gloucester
positions
'gives
the
Americans
an
advan-four
days
after
the
landings.
1
tageeous
base
against
the
key
The
capture
of
the
air
field
p0rt
of
Rabaul.
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