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NORTHERN
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BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VCIL
XXXII,
No.
30
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
5,
1943
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Nazis
Facing
Anoth
isaster
Canadians
Take
Germany
and
Also
Included
Last
NighHn
Big
Attack
Described
as
One
of
Most
Powerful
Air
Operations
of
WarTurm,
Lorient
and
LONDON,
Feb.
5
(CP)
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
joined
last
night
for
one
of
the
most
powerful
operations
of
the
war,
spreading
destruction
over
Axis
centres
in
Germany,
Italy
and
France-with
loss
of
only
three
big
bombers.
Royal
Cana.
dian
Air
Force
bombers
were
in
a
force
that
smashed
-
1LAXS
FPU
FUTURE
POST-WAR
REPORT
IS
PRESENTED
Many
Subjects
Covered
in
Compre
hensive
Document
Tabled
by
Premier
in
Legislature
VICTUHIA,
Feb.
5
(P.
An
Interim
report
of
the
provincial
postwar
re
habilitation
committee,
wjilch
dur-ins
Km
past
year
has
been
giving
caruidcrable
study
to
many
Import-am
problems
which
may
arise
out
oi
ne
war,
was
presented
to
the
Lr
.
..ature
yesterday
by
Premier
4;n:i
Hart.
The
recommendations
Include:
;:c!c
staking
by
the
piovlnclal
g-.svemment
of
active
promotion
for
ut
si)
Co.umbla
of
the
steel
Industry
with
utilization
of
scrap
!'-.
as
a
possible
nucleus.
Tar
holding
of
a
conference
with
'
Dominion
to
study
the
possibility
of
extending
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
to
the
Peace
Rlverr
Aia:ka
and
the
Yukon.
Establishment
by
th'c
Dominion
ol
a
civilian
technical
corps
of
ex-rvicemen
to
be
employed
on
public
projects.
A
national
policy
of
planned
pro-ducucn.
and
controlled
marketing
io
Vive
farmers
a
stable
market.
Granting
of
low
interest
loans
or
ub.:idi'
for
the
establishment
of
secondary
Industries
In
smaller
'w
.:-..
Hi-view
of
the
railway
rate
struc-
uri'
I
Detailed
survey
of
hydio-electrlc
power
possibilities
for
the
elcctrlfl-a"on
of
rural
areas.
'
'a:
lficat!on
of
men
of
the
merchant
navy
as.
cx-scrviccmen
f"
rehabilitation
benefits.
Rj-rwrn
of
the
educational
system
with
a
change
to
make
sure
thai
children
of
rural
areas
snail
oi
irlven
similar
onDortunltles
to
those
tn
the
cities.
ew
industrial
housing
and
land
se
'lement
measures.
Offering
after
the
war
of
only
ip
trd
land
for
settlement
purposes.
')
controlled
settlement
In
areas
ck);
to
existing
transportation
'acuities.
The
report
is
a
document
of
three
Hundred
Daces
and
Is
most
conrnre
henslve.
Harold
Winch,
C.C.F.
leader,
and
Mr
T.
J.
Rolston,
Vancouver-Point
Grey,
commented
briefly
on
"hi-
report
while
speaking
in
the
fleoatr
on
the
reply
to
the
Speech
f"m
the
Throne.
Thr
post-war
rehabilitation
com-miure
was
under
the
chairmanship
"
"on.
H.
Q.
Perry
and
consisted
"
members
of
all
political
groups
'
the
House.
During
the
year
the
.committee
toured
the
province
to
receive
representations
and
Ideas.
SQUARE
ROOT
SAILING
The
speed
of
sailing
yachts
gen-
wany
varies
nronrrilnn'
tn
the
i
sciuare
root
of
their
leneth.
France
Ruhr
Objectives
Arc
Hit
The
Royal
Air
Force
and
at
Turin
In
northern
Italy
and
the
submarine
base
of
Lorient
In
France
while
other
Royal
Air
Force
raiders'
hammered
simultaneously
at
the
northern
Italian
naval
base
of
Spezia
and
industrial
targets
in
the
Ruhr.
"A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
com
munioue
renorted
that
one
of.
the
missing
planes
was
from
a
Canadian
I
group
and
described
the
attacks
j
on
Turin
and
Lorient
as
concen
trated.
It
was
the
first
time
this
year
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
had
raided
Italy
with
bombers
based
from
Britain.
The
Canadian
communique
also
told
of
the
destruction
of
a
Nazi
bomber
'by--Royal
-
Canadian
Air
Force
Halifax
on
patrol
over
the
Bay
of
Biscay.
MANY
AXIS
SHIPS
SUNK
Only
Sporadic
Tank
lighting
at
Present
on
Land
in
Tunisia
LONDON,
Feb.
5
British
submarines
have
sent'ten
Nazi
supply
vessels
to
the
bottom
of
the
Medi
terranean
In
recent
days.
Allied
submarines
and
aircraft
have
accounted
for
nineteen
enemy
vessels.
There
Is
only
sporadic
tank
fight
ing
at
nrcsent
on
the
land
front
in
Tunisia.
,
A
report
that
the
British
Elcnm
Army
and
United
states
iorccs
have
effected
a
Juncture
In
southern
Tunisia
is
not
confirmed.
Nearly
All
Town
Is
Sharpshooting
Prairie
Centre
Ready
to
Give
Nails
Warm
Welcome
if
and
When
They
Invade
BULYEA,
Sask..
Feb.
5
W
The
townsfolk
arc
ready
for
any
Invader
that
dares
approach
this
small
prairie
town
of
100
persons,
50
miles
north
of
Reglna.
For
they
are
hanging
their
bulls-pvri
nn
a
barbed
wire
fence
these
days,
theoretically
banging
away
atJ
the-
oche.
Every
Sunday
morning,
rain
nr
shine.
22
men,
women
and
children
from
town
and
farms
turn
out
to
a
range
on
the
outskirts
or
Bulyea.
They
are
the
memDers
oi
the
Bulyea
Rifle
Club.
Everybody
Is
In
tnere
ngnunu.
Their
accuracy
is
snown
in
me
awards
of
12
bronze
meaais.
mrcc
silver
medals
and
a
gold
medal
giv
en
by
the
Dominion
Marksmen
Association,
'
'The
club
Is
the
outgrowth
of
a
reserve
army
drive.
Bulyea
had
no
vnntr
npnnlethey
all
went
to
the
war.
Seventeen
of
them
enlisted
from
the
village
Itself
and
farmer's
sons
increased
the
total
10
oo.
Tnnlirhfs
train,
due
from
thp
nnk
nt.
m:30.
Is
reported
six
hours
d
brine
it
in
at
4:30
tomorrow
morning.
Part
in
MINISTRY
F0RF00D
Tom
He'd,
New
Westminster
Member,
Urges
This
in
Parliament
Dr.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
5
Tom
Reid,
Liberal
member
for
New
Westminster
advocated
a
ministry
of
food
In
the
louse
of
Commons
yesterday
dur-ng
Jhc
Throne
Speech
debate.
Canada,
Reld
said,
could
meet
the
"-hallcrrget)f
Europe's
needs
but
not
by
present
methods.
Prime
Minister
King
suggested
that
an
announcement
regarding
a
food
ministry
would
be
made
later.
RANGOON
ATTACKED
Koyal
Air
Force
Strikes
Burma
City
Willi
Heavy
Bombs
From
American
Liberators1
NEW
DELHI,
Feb.
5
Royal
Air
j
Force
plane
made
a
smashing
at-;
tack
on
Burma
last
night,
dropping
thousand
pound
oombs
from
Amer
ican
Liberators.
Akyab
was
also
bombed
again.
Left
Secret
Hoard
Of
Valuable
China
Australian
Woman
Hated
Publicity
But
Owned
One
of
World's
Best
Collections
MELBOURNE,
Australia,
Feb.
5
O)
Mrs.
Agnes
Howard,
who
died
recently
In
a
Melbourne
suburb,
had
an
almost
morbid
horror
of
publicity.
To
her
next-door
neighbors
she
was
Just
a
pleasant
old
lady
who
lived
alone.
But,,
unknown
to
them,
her
small
house
contained
one
of
the
finest
collections
of
china
In
the
world,
valued
at
many
thousands
of
pounds.
Even
art
dealers,
whom
she
met
every
week
to
see
if
they
had
new
specimen's
for
sale,
did
not
pene
trate
to
her
home
museum.
Few
other
people
visited
her.
In
the
rooms,
one
could
scarcely
move
for
fear
of
knocking
over
a
j
piece
of
Chelsea
or
Doulton.
Tncse
I
beautiful
things
lay
heaped
on
tables,
and
Jammed,
layer
upon
layer.,
into
glass
cases.
When
she
exhibited
a
section
of
this
treasure
last
year
In
aid
of
the
Red
Cross
she
Insisted
on
re
maining
anonymous.
Mrs.
Howard
bought
her
china
In
Eurone
and
America,
as
well
as
locally.
TAKES
OVER
U.S.
FORCES
Lieut.
General
Frank
M.
Andrews
Assumes
Command
in
Europe
LONDON,
Feb.
5
Lieut.
General
Frank
M.
Andrews
has
been
appointed
commander
-
In
-
chief
of
United
States
European
forces
in
succession
to
Lieut
General
Dwight
Elsenhower,
now
in
North
Africa.
He
said'
In
a
statement
that
his
first
Job
would
be
to
Increase
and
Intensify
the
air
attack
on
Germany.
General
Andrews,
rormerly
an
airman
himself,
has
come
from
the
Middle
East
command
and
was
for
merly
In
the
Caribbean
area.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
ELECTION
JOHANNESBURG,
Feb.
5
0)
I
Speaking
to
his
constituents
at
Standerton,
Prime
Minister
Smuts
I
said
he
didn't
know
whether
or
not
there
would
be
a
South
African
general
election
In
1943.
"It;s
a
matter
for
parliament
to
decide,"
he
said.
Raid
On
Italy
Would
Close
u-J.
h
VIII
IO
lCL
I
Gillis,
Liberal
Member
For
Yale,
Demands
Something;
Be
Done
in
Coal
Situation
VICTORIA,
Feb.
5
W
Dr.
J.
J.
Gillls,
Liberal
member
for
Yale
suggested,
while
speaking
in
the
Throne
Speech
debate,
that,
If
the
provincialTJepaiimcnt
of
Miner
dirt
not
Intend
-to
do
anything
in
the
present
coal
shortage,
It
should
be
closed
up
and
Its
functions
as-
uined
'by
a
few
practical
men
mui
who
wbulctnot
only
advise
the
government
but
would
go
but
and
see
that
more
Coal
was
mined.
Dr.
Gillis
moved
the
address
In
rrply
lo
athe
Speech
from
the
Throne.
:
1500
Radio
1
Licences
In
i
j
Rupert
Paid
Since
L
B.
Crowe,
radio
In-
spector
from
Vancouver,
start-
ed
his
campaign
here
for
the
collection
of
local
radio
lie-
ences,
no.
less
than
1503
have
-been-Baltfc
it
was
announced
yesterday.
Thirty-one
prosecu-
tlons
for
failure
tp
pay
licences
are
now
pending.
HITLER
IS
SAID
DEAD
Rumor
Refuses
To
Die
But
Is
Not
Regarded
Seriously
in
Official
Quarters
LONDON,
Feb.
5
'Rumors
that
Adolf
Hitler
is
dead
refuse
to
die
but
they
arc
believed
to
be
only
rumors.
Although
they
gain
momentum,
the
rumors
arc
treated
wilh
caution
everywhere.
One
official
hnrp
Hrcnr
hprf
thnm
as
"shppr
nnn-
:
"
....
...
con
vr
'
Annthrr
.cnirl
that.
it.
,rtM
wnuln
not
make
much
difference
If
Hitler
was
dead.
Anotner
ngureneaa
would
be
found.
What
should
bo
assassinated
was
not
a
man
but
an
Idea.
BACK
IN
1917
As
early
as
May,
1917,
In
the
First
Great
War.
there
were
niu
tlnous
outbreaks
in
the
Gernan'sex.
navy.
ONE.POINT
LANDING
SUCCESSFUL
m
I
SEA
FIGHT
CONTINUES
United
States
Department
of
Navy,
However,
Has
Little
To
Say
WASHINGTON.
D..C,
Feb.
5
A
the
United
States
Department
of
the
Navy
will
say
about
the
reported
navnl
battle
In
th:
Solimon
Islands
area
is
that
sea
skirmishes
reported
several
days
ago
are
con-Hnini'
It
may
be
days
or
weeks,
for
reans
of
security,
before
an
announ
-ement
Is
made
as
to
the
results.
There
has
been
air
fighting
on
both
sides.
Allied
bombers
are
continuing
widespread
attacks
on
enemy
bases
in
the
South
Pacific.
Rabaul,
Gas-mata
and
Salamaua
bslng
among
thp
objectives
hit.
CAMPAIGN
CONCLUDED
Final
Meeting
of
Central
Commit
tee
on
Aid
to
Russia
Held
Last
Night
s,
,.
t
The
central
committee
of
the
recent
Canadian
Aid
to
Russia
campaign
In
Prince
Rupert
was
in
final
session
last
night,
under
the
chair-
Imanship
of
Rev&A,
F.
MacSween
ana
rooKca
oacs
on
a
nigniy
sue
jrs
fj.
drive,
the
financial
result
of
which
far
exceeded
the
most
hopeful
expectations.
The
treasurer,
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby,
advised
the
meeting
that,
with
the
possibility
of
a
few
subscriptions
yet
remaining
to
be
tufned
In,
the
total
money
raised
was
$3,417.80,
Outv
standing
individual
efforts
had
included
the
tag
day,
netting
$185.35,
and
the
regimental
concert
which
yielded
$310.70.
Votes
of
thanks
were
tendered
to
Mr.
Blackaby,
for
his
work
as
treas-urer;
to
the
press
and
radio
sta-tior,
for
sustained
support
in
the
way.
of
publicity;
to
D.
O.
Borland,
whose
efforts
had
made
the
regimental
show
so
successful;
to
Mn.
J.
A.
Teng,
foho
had
directed
the
tag
day.
to
W.
D.
.Lambie,
whose
office
was
used
for
meetings;
to
the
banks
which
had
received
collections;
to
the
conveners
of
committees,
and
all
other
persons
who
had
gl'-en
assistance:
It
was
left
to
the
chairman
and
treasurer
to
conclude
any
business
of
the
committee
which
might
remain
outstanding.
HOME
COUNTIES
The
English
"home
counties"
ate
fhrwo
nrarpst
to
London
Mlddle-
Surrey,
Kent,
Essex
andonle-
I
times
Sussex
and
Hertford.
With
one
wheel
of
his
landing
gear
down
and-
the
other
jammed
at
the
half-way
position,
a
navy
flier
Is
shown
Just
as
the
one
wheel
touched
ground
in
his
dangerous
landing
at-tempt.On
landing
the
plane
he
swung
about
on
the
one
wheel,
leaned
bver
on
a
wlngtlp
and
then
climbed
out
with
no
damage
.to
himself
or'
the
plane.
Gigantic
Encirclement
e
111
Ut
All
German
horces
Near
Rostov
Imminent
Red
Army
Breaks
Jhrough
Into
Ukraine
To
the
South
Enemy
is
Being
Pinned
Back
Against
Bed
Sea
MOSCOW,
Feb.
5
(CP)
Facing
a
gigantic
encirclement
of
all
their
forces'
in
the
Don
basin-above
Rostov
even
as
their
armies
in
the
Caucasus
were
being
pinned
back
aganst
the
sea,
the
Germans
were
reported
today
to
hf
desperately
rushing
squadrons
of
tanks
and
divisions
of
infantry
reserves
into
battles
raging
west
and
south
-
nMI
A
I
IP
lijLtllljnLL
lU
Spanish
Denial
Is
First
Official
Attention
to
Any
Hitler
Tcace
Rumor
LONDON,
Feb.
5
Oi
The
note
ls--ued
by
the
Spanish
embassy
in
Rro
de
Janeiro
denying
that
Chancelr,
lot
Adnlf
Hllter
of
Germany
was
manning
a
peace
offer
through
the
Spanish
government
has
occasion-
'd
some
surprise
since
it
was
the
'irst
official
attention
given
to
such
rumors
by
any
country.
British
Town
Bombed
Today
I
ONH
ON,
Feb.
5
Four
German
bombers
raided
a
south
coast
town
today.
Streets
were
machine-gunned.
Thrre
was
some
damage
In
addition
to
casualties.
New
Modern
School
Building
In
Vicinity
of
McBride
St.
Plan
of
Former
Inspector
"
i
From
the
school
records
in
the
City
Hall
Mrs.
J.
A.
Rutherford,
secretary
of
the
board
of
school
trustees,
has
just
dug
up
a
hitherto
unpublished
survey
of
the
local
school
accommodation
situation
which
was
made
by
Alex
Turnbull,
former
school
inspector
here,
who
left
the
city
for
another
inspectorate
last
summer.
It
is
an
interesting
document
which,
among
other1,
things,
found
that
all
the
present
I
mentioned,
which
would
be
a
per-rPmPntarv
rhnol
hnlldinM
in
mancnt,
fireproof
structure,
would
Prince
Rupert
had
Just
about
come
to
a
state
structurally
where
they
would
have
to
be
replaced
before
long
by
new
ones.
Mr.
Turnbull
recommended
that
liooth,,McmorIal
School
be
converted
from
high
to
elemen'ary
school
purposes
and
that
a
new
eightecn-rcom
school
for
senior
and
junior
high
school
purposes
be
built
In
the
vicinity
of
McBride
Street,
possibly
embodying
the
features
of
a
civic
centre,
Mr.
Turn-bull's
report
further
suggests
that
King
Edward
School
grounds
be
made
a
public
playing
field
and'
that
Borden
Street
School
be
rebuilt
it
a
site
slightly
further
west
than
at
present.
Even
Mr.
Turnbull
at
that
time
suggested
that
Wartime
Housing
might
provide
a
subsidy
for
school
building
purposes.
As
a
temporary
expedient,
Mr.
Turnbull
suggested
that
one
or
two
roorn
schools
might
be
built
to
provide
accommodation
for
Increasing
school
population.
Meanwhile,
the
board
of
sc'iool
irusiees
is
continuing
to
give
serious
consideration
to
the
problem
of
expanding
school
population,
projects
suggested
Including
a
six
room
school
at
Seal
Cove,
six
rooms
at
Conrad
Street,
an
eight
room
school
in
the
vicinity
of
Corad
Street
with
the
abolition
of
Seal
Cove
school
or
a
ten
room
school
In
the
present
site
of
King
Edwaid
school
with
the
replacement
of
the
latter
after
the
war.
The
last-
wm.
or
Krasny-Uman.
In
breaking
through
to
Krasny-Llman,
the
Red
Almy
Pushed
deeP
lnt0
the
Ukraine
io
utveiup
a
potential
naniung
movement
against
the
Important
German
strongholds
of
Kharkov
and
Voroshilovgrad.
Soviet
force3
are
well
to
the
west
of
the
latter
city.
The
remainder
of
nine
German
and
Hungarian
divisions,
sur
rounded
west
of
Voronezh,
appear
to
be
facing
fate
similar
to
that
of
the
Nazi
force
encircled
and
annihilated
at
Stalingrad.
The
.newspaper
Pravda
reports
trapped
forces
fighting
In
scattered
garrisons
without
communication.
Directly
east
and
north
of
Rostov
the
Nazis
are
reported
counter
attacking
with
abundant
tanks
and
motorized
forces
as
they
malfe
a
supreme
effort
to
hold
that
key
city
and
retain
the
land
route
of
,fgUlTO'orces
in
I
tne
oaucaus.
Every
railway
and
highway
lead
ing
to
Rostov
is
now
in
Russian
hands
and
the
Red
Army
Is
only
38
miles
from
the
city.
Further
gains
on
the
approaches
to
Rostov
were
made
last
night.
be
the
most
satisfactory
solution
of
the
whole
question
of
school
congestion
In
the
east
end,
the
board
feels.
.
All,
of
course,
the
school
board
admits,
Is
contingent
upon
the
financial
position
of
the
city
with
'
the
possibility
of
Wartime
Housing
giving
assistance
since
the
Increased
school
population
Is
due
to
the
wartime
Industrial
expansion
here.
W.
F.
Eve,
local
administrator
for
Wartime
Housing,
stated
recently
that
It
might
be
difficult
even
for
Wartime
Hous
ing
to
obtain
materials
for
school
building
purposes.
Even
this
year
the
school
board
contemplates
that
It
may
be
neces
sary
to
add
two
teachers
to
High
School
staff
and
six
to
public
school
if
the
rate
of
school
population
increases
as
anticipated
due
to
the
arrival
of
new
Industrial
families
here.
The
Increase'
Is
all
In
the
east
end.
Gov't
Control
Of
Industries
Advocated
In
Legislature
by
Harold
Winch,
C.C.F.
Leader
VICTORIA,
Feb.
5
Speaking
in
the
Throne
Speech
debate
in
the
Legislature
yesterday,
Harold
Winch,
C.C.F.
.leader,
advocated
government
control
of
all
wat