She
"
Jl
Tonight's
Dim-out
4
(Half
an
hour
aftwr
sunset
to
Maximum
Minimum
...
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
10:27
pjn.
to
4:49
im,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
123
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
27,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Hand
To
Hand
Fighting
On
Attn
Americans
Are
Wielding
Bayonets
and
Grenades
On
Enemy
Exact
Situation
Not
Clear
and
Several
Days
May
be
Required
to
Clean
Up
Smashing
Remaining
Jap
Positions
WASHINGTON,
May
27
battling
is
believed
to
be
under
way
today
in
the
wilds
of
Attu
Island
in
the
Aleutians
with
United
States
troops
presumably
blasting
their
way
through
Japanese
death
traps
with
bayonets
and
grenades.
Pending'
further
com-
1A
i.
i.
1
J
L
1
1
1
Dai
reports,
me
exact
situation
is
not
clear
ana
authori
ties
say
the
final
clean-up
may
take
a
few.
days
more.
Last
night's
reports
were
that
American
Infantry
was
smashing
Into
remaining
Japanese
positions
oji
Attu
In
the
Chlcagof
Harbor
region.
BURGLARY
LAST
EVE
Ihitves
Remote
Door
Dominion
Club
Loses
$500
By
removing
the
hinges
from
a
locked
office
door
early
last
evening,
burglars
entered
the
office
and
stole
$500
from
the
Dominion
Miners'
and
Prospectors'
Club,
204
Sixth
Street.
The
club
was
open
for
business
at
the
time
the
theft
was
thought
to
have
occurred.
Knowledge
of
the
theft
was
not,
gained
until
this
morning
when
the
police
were
Informed.
The
club
Is
located
In
the
basement
on
the
corner
of
Sixth
Street
and
Second
Avenue,
and
the
office
is
In
a
shadowed
corner
of
It,
removed
from
the
pool
tables
and
lun-.b
counter
where
patrons
usually
congregate.
Apparently
the
thieves
took
advantage
of
this
sUght
darkness
and
Isolation
to
remove
the
door
and
ransack
the
offhe
Business
In
the
club
was
brisk-
at
the
time
and
the
management
was
busy.
Police
report
that
no
suspects
have
been
brought
to
their
notice
to
date
and
that
they
are
continue
ing
their
investigation.
ATTACKBY
JAPS
DUE
Proanosticator
of
Pearl
Harbor
Forecasts
Tojo's
Program
For
This
Summer
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
May
27
P
-The
same
man
who
predicted
the
Japanese
sneak
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor
and
has
made
other
prognostications
"at
least
50
per
cent"
oi
which
are
officially
acknowledged
to
have"
come
true
forecasts
thai
Janan
will
make
oeace
with
China
this
year
and
direct
an
attack
against
the
United
States.
He
has
told
a
congressional
committee
that
Premier
Tojo
of
Japan
Plans
this
attack
between
June
and
October.
Disorderly
House
Is
Owned
by
City
To
Women
Arc
Fined
For
Opcrat-
"S
Illicitly
In
Mclntyrc
Block
For
operating
a
disorderly
house
"
the
city-owned
Mclntyre
Block,
"ago
Corey,
a
recent
arrival
from
Winnipeg,
was
fined
$25,
with
option
Of
kwn
mnntha1
Imnrlsnnmpnt.
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
In
city
police
court.
Hennifcr
Henderson
'r
being
an
inmate,
was
fined
$15,
in
one
month's
option.
Steps
arc
p'ng
taken
to
evict
the
women
"om
the
building-.
in
Aleutians
(CP)-Fierce
hand-to-hand
m
mtrnm
mrnvm
mmm
n
m
Bulletins
WILHELMINA
IN
CANADA
OTTAWA
Queen
Wilhelmlna
of
the
Netherlands,
arrived
in
Ottawa
yesterday
for
a
visit
with
her
daughter,
Crown
Frlncess
Juliana,
and
the
latter's
children.
The
Queen
crossed"
the
Atlantic
from
Britain
by
plane
and
was
met
on
arrival
by
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King.
COAL
MINING
IMPORTANT
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Labor
Humphrey
Mitchell
said
yesterday
that,
in
the
present
fuel
emergency,
he
considered
the
labor
requirements
gf
the
coal
mines
.fvtn
more,
important
than
those
of
shipyards.
The
shipyards
could
not
operate
without
the
coal.
ITALY
IS
UNSETTLED
LONDON
An
Algiers
report
says
that
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
has
signed
a
decree
authorizing
the
cva.'watlon
of
Home
If
necessary.
Various
reports
are
being
received
here
In
regard
to
invasion
panic
in
Italy.
IN
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Ground
fighting
continues
on
New
Guinea
with
Allied
forces
continuing
their
attacks
on
the
Japanese.
Allied
air
raids
on
Japanese
bases
in
the
southern
Pacific
are
also
being
kept
up.
REPLY
BY
STALIN
MOSCOW
Tremier
Joseph
Stalin
has
delivered
his
reply
to
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
message
through
Special
Envoy
Joseph
E.
Davies.
There
has
been
no
indication
yet
of
the
contents
of
either
the
message
01
the
reply.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
Pittsburgh
17.
Brooklyn
4.
New
York
4,
Chicago
2.
Cincinnati
1,
Philadelphia
0.
Boston
4,
St.
Louis
3(11
innings)
American
League
Washington
1.
St.
Louis-
0.
(Other
games
postponed).
International
League
Newark
6,
Syracuse
1.
Baltimore
10,
Jersey
City
0.
Rochester
5,
Toronto
0.
Montreal
9,
Buffalo
2.
American
Association
Louisville
4,
St.
Paul
1.
Indianapolis
4,
Minneapolis
1.
Columbus
1,
Kansas
City
0.
(10,
innings).
Milwaukee-Toledo
postponed.
Pacific
Coast
Portland
1-5,
Los
Angeles
0-4.
(First
game
12
innings).
San
Francisco
6,
Seattle
4.
Sacramento
7,
Oakland
0.
San
Diego
4,
Hollywood
3.
of
Frank
Lloyd,
manaeer
of
the
Ketchikan
Packing
rif
JL
in
the
city
yesterday
on
his'
wav
to
Ketchikan
to
spend
the
ti
hoa
npen
silll'iiuiiik
summer.
school
In
Seattle.
Coates
Dies
FORMER
N.Z.
PREMIER
WELLINGTON,
N.Z.,
May
27
09
Hon.
J.
Q.
Coates,
former
New
Zealand
prime
minister
and
since
1940
minister
for
armed
forces
and
war
co-ordination,
died
suddenly
at
his
desk
yesterday.
ilS
KILLED
iBY
BULLET
New
Yoik
Man
Loses
His
Life
Here
On
Wednesday
Stanley
F.
Janlckl
of
Lockeport.
New
York,
was
Instantly
killed
yesterday
by
a
revolver
bullet
which
entered
his
arm
and
glanced
to
his
neck.
The
fatality,
circum
stances
of
which
appear
to
have
been
quite
accidental
occurred
.at
12:55
noon.
Another
man
was
cleaning
a
revolver
when
It
dis
charged.
HAVE0UIT
DUISBURG
Thousands
of
Germans
Leave
Bomb-stricken
City
LONDON.
May
27
IP
A
Dally
Express
report
from
Geneva
today
quoted
a
Swiss
engineer,
who
re-
i
turned
from
Duisburg,
as
saying
that
"thousands"
of
jesidents
of
that
German
industrial
city
left
after
the
Royal
Air
Force
satura
tion
raid
of
May
12'
despite
official
orders
to
remain.
Wistaria
Mans
Funeral
Held
Edward
Joshua
Harrison
Passed
Away
There
Recently
WISTARIA,
May
27
Funeral
services
were
held
In
the-
Wistaria
United
Church
on
Friday
afternoon
for
Edward
Joshua
Harrison,
who
passed
away
in
the
Burns
Lake
Hospital
recently
at
the
age
of
52.
Interment
was
In
the
Wistaria
Church
cemetery,
Rev.
Adam
Crisp
officiating.
A
large
gathering
of
mourners
filled
the
church
to
pay
their
respects
to
one
who
had
been
a
well
known
trapper
and
prospector
In
the
north.
At
the
service
the
hymns,
"Near
er
My
God
to
Thee,"
"JesUs
Lover
j
of
My
Soul"
-and
"Abide
Witn
Me.'
were
sung,
Mrs.
Adam
Crisp
pre
siding
at
the
organ.
Many
beauti
ful
floral
tributes
were
sent
by
friends
and
relatives.
The
pallbearers
were:
Fred
Talbot,
E.
Blackwell,
Ed.
Mohr,
W.
B.
Kerr,
Olaf
Anderson-
and
John
Mathcson.
The
late
Mr.
Harrison
was
born
at
Mullen,
Idaho,
and
was
the
eldest
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
IL
Harrison
who
now
reside
at
Wliftarla.
Ills
wife
pre-deceased
him
10
months
ago.
He
Is
survived
by
two
sons,
John
and
Ernest,
and
by
.three
daughters,
Lucille,
Esther
and
.Irene,
also
by
his
father
and
.imjinti
sum
brothers
and
sis
ters.
GENERALS
KNIGHTED
Eisenhower
and
MacArthur
Are
Honored
by
Kin;
LONDON,
May
27
CB
The
King
bestowed
the
honorary
rank
of
Knight
of
the
Grand
Cross
of
the
Order
of
the
Bath
on
General
Dwlght
Elsenhower
and
General
the
DouglaS
MhcArthur,
In
recognition
of
their
most
valuable
services
In
command
of
troops
of
the
Allied
the
nations.
Were
they
Britishers,
v
ovhtmef
and
MacArthur
would
be
able
to
use
the
title
"Sir."
UNITY
IS
'and
CERTAINTY
the
!
DeGaulle
and
Giraud
Will
Undoubtedly
Get
Together
ALGIERS,
May
27
IP)
The
for
mation
of
a
central
French
authority
and
the
merging
of
the
military
effectives
of
General
Henri
Giraud,
and
General
Charles
DeGaulle
is
keen
as
a
certainty
here
by
all
shades
of
political
opinion.
General
DeGaulle
Is
expected
to
arrive
here
within
a
few
days
to
seal
arrangements.
A
Giraud
spokesman
said
that
full
union.
in
effect,
had
already
been
achieved.
Smithers
Memorial
Pulpit
Is
Unveiled
In
Honor
of
Late
J.
S.
Gray,
Esteemed
Pioneer
Citizen
MTTHERS,
May
27
A
special
service
was
held
at
the
United
Church
of
Smlthers
on
Sunday
evening
when
a
pulpit
was
unveiled
in
memory
of
the
late
John
S.
Gray
of
this
town.
Rev.
C.
E.
Motte
conducted
the
service
and
,
he
was
assisted
by
Rev.
Gilbert'
Rowland
of
the
Pentecostal
Mis
sion.
The
church
was
filled
to
capac
"y
ana
special
music
was
pro.
vlded
by
a
nine-piece
orchestra
under
the
leadership
of
Walter
Bodger.
All
of
these
musicians
had
formerly
played
under
Mr.
Gray
who
conducted
the
Smlthers
Brass
Band
and
the
Smlthers
Orchestra
for
so
many
years.
B.
Parker,
a
close
friend
of
the
late
Mr.
Gray,
unveiled
the
new
pulpit
by
removing
the
flag
that
had
covered
It
during
the
service.
Rev.
C,
E.
Motte
spoke,
feelingly
of
the
fine
qualities
that
had
been
demonstrated
by
Mr.
Gray
during
the
many
years
that
he
had
resided
In
Smlthers
and
Prince
Rupert
and
of
his
Christianlike
SDlrlt
toward
his
fellowman
dur-
au
nis
life.
WOULD
NOT
RECOMMEND
All
Around
Twenty
Cents
an
Hour,
Increase
in
Wages
For
American
Railway
Employees
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
May
27
In
recommending
a
general
Increase
of
eight
cents
an
hour
for
eight
million
United
States
railway
employees
yesterday,
the
emergency
board
of
the
national
railway
labor
panel
declined
to
recommend
proposals
of
15
cs-called
non-operating
unions
asking
an
Increase
of
20c
an
hour
with
minimum
wage
of
70c
per
hour
and
unlonshlp.
PART
TIME
WORK
MANCHESTER,
May
27
Oi
Part-
time
women
workers
In
war
fac
tories
are
giving
a
larger
output
than
women
employed
full-time,'
says
Sir
Edmund
Crane,
a
leading
Midlands
industrialist.
.
CROSSING
IS
FOILED
Russians
Drive
Germans
Off
in
Strong
Effort
to
Get
Over
Donets
River
MOSCOW,
May
27
CB
The
Russians
yesterday
hurled
back
a
strong
German
attempt
to
cross
Donets
River.
The
Nazis
used
artificial
fog
in
the
effort
to
cross
from
one
shore
of
the
river
to
other.
Many
of
them
were
drowned
as
they
weie
driven
back.
An
attempted
crossing
by
the
Nazi3
of
the
Kuban
River
in
the
Caucasus
was
also
foiled.
Sharp
sklrmlslfes
were
reported
elsewhere
on
the
long
battlefront
the
Red
Army
penetrated
the
German
lines
In
the
Veliki
LukI
and
the
Staraya
Russa
sectors
to
north.
Russia
has
announced
the
destruction
or
313
Uerman
planes
Russian
aircraft.
STRIKE
is
NOW
OVER
C.LO.
Unionists
Drifting
Back
to
Jobs
in
Akron
Following
Presidential
Decree
AKRON,
Ohio,
M'ay
27
W-Strik-Ing
Congress
on
Industrial
Organization
unlcn
sts
straggled
back
to
their
war
Job3
In
three
major
Ak-
n
rubber
company
plants
today
but
only
one
concern-resumed
nor
mal
production
while
the
B.
V
Goodrich
Co.
remained
inactive
In
the
face
of
a
presidential
ultima-urn
to
end
by
today
the
"inexcusable"
five-day
stoppage
that
made
more
than
f
llty
thousand
men
Idle.
Gyro
Club
Has
Farewell
Party
II.
S.
Meadows
and
Dr.
E.
J.
Mac-Donald
Honc-'d
at
Affair
Last
Night.
Farewell
was
said
by
members
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
last
night
to
two
popular
members
H.
S.
Meadows
and
Dr.
R.
J.
Mac-Donald
who
are
leaving
the
city,
the
former
going
to
Victoria
to
live
In
retirement
while
the
latter
has
enlisted
for
active
service
In
the
Royal
Canadian'
Army
Medical
Corps.
The
proceedings
took
the
form
cZ
a
delightful
stag
party
at
the
heme
cf
G.
L.
Rorle,
Fourth
Avenue
West.
Feature
of
the
evening
took
place
during
the
refreshment
period
when
presentations
wete
made
t"
Mr.
Meadows
and
Dr.
MacDonald.
Mr,
Meadows
re'eeived
from
Dr.
R.
O.
Large
a
handsome
silver
serving
tray.
The
gift
to
Dr.
MacDonald,
presented
by
President
W.
J.
Scott,
was
a
beautiful
silver
hot
water
pitcher.
Sentiment
suitable
to
the
occasion
were
voiced
In
the
making
of
the
presentations
and
by
the
two
recipients
In
acknowledgement.
HALIBUT
SALES
Summary
American
100,000
pounds,
20.9
and
17
and
21
and
17.
Canadian
32,000
pounds,
22
and
17
to
22.5
and
17.
American
J.
B.
Edwards,
50,000,
20.9
and
17,
Atlln.
Kodlak,
50,000,
21
and
17
Royal
Canadian
Atll,
7,300,
22
and
17,
Storage.
Fredella
III,
15,000,
22.5
and
17,
Storage.
Venture
II,.'
9,700,
22.4
and
17,
Booth.
Mark
Woodruff
wa3
hero
yesterday
on
his
way
back
to
Ketchikan
after
a
visit
at
Arcadia,
California,
with
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
Woodruff.
Mr.
Woodruff
Sr.
was
for
years
collector
of
customs
at
Ketchikan.
Paolita
Winner
Of
King's
Plate
C.
II.
Hemstead's
Horse
Took
King's
Plate
at
Toronto
TORONTO,
May
27
Paolita,
longest
shot
In
an
eight
horse
field,
won
the
$8,000
added
King's
Plate
here
yesterday
before
a
35,000
crowd.
Owned
by
C.
H.
Hemstead,
Palolta
paid
76-50.
CEILING
PRICES
Unofficial
List
For
Meats
Under
Rationing
Given
An
unofficial
list
of
ceiling
prices
under
meat
rattening
is
given
as
follows:
Boneless
shank
27c
Round
steak
or
roast
......r.
39c
Minced
round
steak
(boneless
i
art
srnnndsl
41c
l
Rump
roast
39c
Slrloln
Ud
42c
Cubed
sirloin
tlo
48c
i
Sirloin
steak
or
roast
44c
Flank
steak
29c
Flank
(trimmed)
20c
Porterhouse
steak
or
roast
46c
T-bone
steak
or
roast
46c
Wing
steak
or
roast
45c
Rib
roast
(with
7
rib
bones),
whole
..-
35c
Rolled
rib
roast
46c
Prime
rib
roast
(with
5
rib
bones)
,..,,.
..
37c
Rolfed
;
prime
rib
roast
(bone
less,
rolled
and
tied)
48c
Rib
roast
)wlth
6th
and
7th
rib
bones)
33c
Inside
rolled
rib
roast
49c
Outside
rolled
rib
roast
33c
Tenderloin
80c
Short
ribs
(braising)
21c
Plate
brisket
20c
Plate
brisket
(boneless,
rolled
and
tied)
28c
Brisket
point
18c'the
funeral.
Brisket
point
(boneless,
rolled
Aberhart.
who
gained
fame
as
and
tied)
30c
nead
of
tne
worid-s
first
social
;
Round
bone
shoulder
roast
....
30c
Credlt
government,
died
on
Suh-
:
Short
or
cross
rib
roast
33cday
last
at
the
ag9
of
64
d-ath
Blade
roast
..
33c
.being
due
to
liver
ailment.
"
".
Chuck
roast
......
.-
zc
Chuck
roast
(boneless)
34c
Neck
(boneless)
26c
Shank
(bone
In)
14c
Boneless
stew
25c
Hamburger
24c
The
oveiall
ceiling
on
basis
of
carcass
is
7c.
ARRANGE
FOR
FUEL
City
Taking
Steps
to
Relieve
Shortage
Which
Is
expf:ted
Here
Next
Winter
The
city
Is
endeavoring
to
organ-;z(
the
delivery
of
a
supply
of
cord-
Tood
to
Prince
Rupert
people
during
the
coming
summer
as
an
advance
measure
of
relief
against
a
?nel
shortage
which
Is
expected
to
x:cur
next
winter.
-A
canvass
Is
new
being
made
as
to
requirements,
he
onus
being
left
to
the
people
themselves
to
estimate
their
requirements
and
advise
the
City
Hall
accordingly.
The
city
has
been
advised
that
up
to,
4003
cords
of
wood
can
be
de-llveted
here
during
the
summer.
This
would
be
in
cordwood
lengths.
An
endeavor
Is
being
made
to
arrange
with
local
wood
dealers
and
transfers
to
resaw
the
cordwood
lengths
and
deliver
the
wood.
Local
Tides
Friday,
May
28
High
.
8:57
177.3
feet
21:40
19.4
feet
Low
2:46
7.1
feet
15:00
6.0
feet
City
Clerk
II.
D.
Thaln
is
leav
ing
tonight
for
Victoria
to
attend
a
civic
convention.
SICILY
IS
HEAVY
HIT
Flying
Fortresses
and
Medium
Bombers
Deliver
Heavy
Blows
Against
Anis
.'n
Mediter-ranlan
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
May
27
O
United
States
heavy
bombers
made
a
smashing
attack
on
Comlso
airdrome
in
Sicily
yesterday
'
"while
medium
bombers
smashed
,
at
other
targets
on
the
Island,
Allied
headr
quarters
announced,
Sardinia
and
Pantellarla
Island
were
again
singled
out
for
daylight
bombings
with
hits
scored
on
Sardinia
air
fields
and
hangers
and
on
a
large
supply
vessel
In
Arancl
Gulf.
r
Flying
fortresses
and
medium
bombers
were
used
by
the
Allies
In
dealing
their
heavy
.'blows
against
the
Axis
In
the
Mediter-ranlan,
targets
being
found
on
the
Italian
mainland
as
well
as
Sicily,
Sardinia
and
Pantellarla.
Three
hundred
and
thirtyslx
enemy
aircrait
nave
been
destroy-
!ed
during
the
past
week.
In
all
(yesterday's
Allied
operations
only
A.
two
planes
1
-
failed
to
return
to
their
bases.
The
Royal
Air
Force,
from
Mid
dle
East
bases,
attacked
Axis
ship
ping
off
Italy
and
Sicily
and
in
the
Aegean
Sea.
Aberhart
Funeral
Held
in
Vancouver
Final
Rites
for
Premier
of
Alberta
Took
Place
In
Southern
City
Yesterday
Afternoon
VANCOUVER,
May
27
CB
The
burial
took
place
from
Canadian
Memorial
Church
here
yesterday
afternoon
of
Premier
William.
Aberhart
of
Alberta.
Thousands,
Including
dinnatories.
attanded
May
Be
Able
To
Talk
Soon
Prime
Minister
King
Has
Nothing1
To
Say
Meantime
About
Washington
Conference
.-
OTTAWA,
Ivfay
27
09
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
has
told
the
House
of
Commons
that
In
a
week
or
later
he
may
be
able
to
Inform
members
of
lster
Winston
Churchill
and
Presl-the
conferences
with
Prime
Min-dent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
la
Washington
from
which
he
returned
at
the
first
of
the
week."
War
Pictures
At
Gyro
Club
National
Film
Board's
Action
Reels
Shown
by
Tom
Prime,
Interesting
movine
Dictures
were
shown
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
yesterday
at
luncheon
.by
Tom
Prime
of
the
National
Film'
Rnfirri
from
Ottawa.
The
nletures
had
to
do
with
war
subjects
one
a
thrilling
delineation
of
training
of
Canadian
paratroopers
and
the
other
featuring
Alaska
Highway
construction
and
North
Pacific
shipping
under
the
title
"Road
to
Tokyo."
.....
The
luncheon,
was
under
tha
chairman
ship
of
President
J-Scott
and
another
guest
was
Tom
Webster
of
Winnipeg.
LABOR
IN
INDIES
Labor
Advisory
Boards
have,
been
established
In
Antigua
and
SU
Kltts-Nevls
In
the
Leeward
Islands
Colony.