Beautiful
new
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church
at
Fifth
Avenue
and
McBrlde
Street,
$15,000
tribute
to
the
enterprise,
enthusiasm
and
actual
labor
of
the
local
congregation,
was
formally
dedicated
yesterday
morning
to
the
glory
of
Communist
Leader
Urges
Unity
of
God
and
the
service
of
Christ
and
All
Democratic
Forces
to
Con
crntrate
on
This
Object
the
people
by
Rev.
A.
O.
Aasen
of
Vancouver
In
the
absence
of
Bishop
If.
L.
Foss,
president
of
the
Declaring
that
the
Ideal
of
the
cinc
aistnci
oi
ine
synod,
wno
Communist
Party
of
Canada
was
haa
come
norm
irom
bcawe
to
to
bring
about
unity
of
all
Demo-
conduct
the
service
but
who
was
cratlc
forces
In
Canada
with
the
'
forced
to
return
to
Seattle
owing
expreaj
purpose'
of
tarrying
on
a
total
war
policy.
Fergus
McKean,
e!)
known
antl-Fasclst
leader,
who
less
than
a
year
ago
was
In
internment
with
Tim
Buck
and
ether
leaders,
addressed
a
public
!
meeting
in
the
Eagles'
Hall
yester-
day
afternoon.
Speaking
for
over
to
the
death
of
his
father.
There
was
standing
room
only
in
the
commodious
and
attra'ctlve
auditorium
of
the
new
church
for
'
the
consecration
service
which
constituted
an
Impressive
rite.
Rev.
Mr.
Aasen
was
assisted
by
the
local
pastor,
Rev.
Magnus
Anderson,
an
hour,
he
urged
all
workers
to
wno
actually
conaucica
me
ser-gei
together
in
prosecuting
and
vice,
and
Rev.
T.
A.
Knutson
of
winning
the
war.
stating
that
It
reiersDurg.
mask.
would
be
time
enough
after
the
war
was
over
to
take
action
to
bring
about
a
new
economic
system
tn
which
the
workers
would
obtain
a
fairer
share
of
the
fruits
of
their
labors.
He
advised
against
strikes
or
any
action
that
would
tend
to
hamper
the
war
effort.
He
appealed
to
the
trades
unions,
as
the
most
Important
democratic
Mr.
Aasen,
In
his
address,
spoke
appropriately.
He
brought
greetings
from
his
own
church
In
Vancouver
and
mentioned
the
gift
of
a
handsome
set
of
candelabra
which
was
used
on
the
altar
for
the
first
time,
this
being
presented
by
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Antonsen,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert
and
now
of
Vancouver.
Mr.
Aasen,
who
torce
to
sr
rllmr.t.
their
efforts
himself
tooK
an
acuve
pari
in
wiu
fights
to
participate
In
the
postwar
reorganization
after
the
victory
nad
been
won.
There
was
a
good
attendance
at
the
meeting
which
was
over
by
Paul
Taranger.
The
following
resolution
Passed
by
the
meeting
lomanlzatlon
of
the
local
con-
vvl
A
Ig
W
C4
bill
V
v-
j
woiiw
hnuo
rii.nirairH
thoir
nrcgation
In
1934,
dealt
with
1
U
the
city
newspapers.
the
mission
and
function
of
the
church
and
referred
to
the
various
types
of
life,
holding
the
spiritual
to
be
Just
as
real
and
Important
as
the
presided
'
Intellectual
and
physical.
In
build-
ilng
and
acencauon
oi
u
cmurh
was
was
that
those
whoWd
It
might
I
have
the
highest
and
most
abund-
wherrn
ih
rnmm'nnUv
Partv
ant
of
spiritual
life.
To
this
end
has
been
consistently
antl-Fasclst
might
the
church
serve
God
and
m
policy.
its
people
down
through
the
years.
The
cornerstone
whicn
was
con-
Whereas
Communists
arc
giving
active
support
to
the
cause
of
to-,
secratcd
contained
a
uidic.
prayti
w
war
and
victory
over
Fascism,
book,
records
ana
pu"''
And
u,
IPinnn
n
lnmn
n
rf
nf
the
the
cnurcn
as
wen
M
wp"
wrung
people
look
to
Communists
for
leadership,
it-
resolved
that
the
Can
adian
government
make
is
possible
for
the
full
power
of
the
left
mg
labor
movement
In
the
build-Wect
by
the
lifting
of
the
ban
in8
or
total
war
be
brought
Into
"
we
Communist
party."
There
was
a
question
and
dlscu-sln
period
after
the
meeting.
collection
resulted
In
$36.37
being
taken.
Hockey
Scores
Stanley
Cup
Montreal
4,.
Boston
0.
onto
6,
Detroit
3.
Dctrolt
4,
Toronto
2
(Sunday).
,
Allan
Cup
canary
9,
Victoria
8.
ONE
Prrv
nr
iriwric
caS1.:
capltal
01
peru.
Is
often
calltl
"the
city
of
Kings."
:
of
The
morning
service
program
Included
the
singing
of
the
an
thems,
"Vigil"
and
"Built
on
a
Rock,"
both
by
Christiansen.
The
hvmns
were
"God's
Word
Is
Our
Heritage"
and
the
"t;nurcno
wuc
Foundation."
The
anthems
were
led
by
Private
Harald
Normann,
U.S.
Army,
and
Mrs.
Andersen
was
nornm
niinlst.
Following
the
morning
service,
luncheon
was
served
to
the
congregation
by
Mrs.
Chris
Johnson,
president
of
the
Ladies'
Aid,
and
assistants.
There
was
an
afternoon
service
with
Rev.
T.
A.
Knutson
as
speaker
and
an
evening
service
at
which
Rev.
A.
O.
Aasen
was
the
preacher
with
the
Junior
Choir
rendering
the
anthem,
"The
Lord
Is
My
Shepherd."
The
attendance
lor
the
day
totalled
464.
NortH
Wales
Is
said
to
produce
'the'
world's
best
slate.
A
Local
Temperature
J
tie
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
(Half
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
Minimum
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
r
5tt
ji
8:39
p."m.
to
6:52
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL.
XXXII,
No.
74
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
29,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
Mareth
Line
Has
Now
Greatest
Bombing
Attack
of
War
on
Berlin
Staged;
Is
Stronger
Than
London
Nine
Hundred
Tons
of
Explosives
and
Incendiaries
Dropped
St.
Nazaire
Was
Target
for
Last
Night
LONDON,
March
29
The
mightiest
assault
of
the
war
on
Berlin
was
staged
Saturday
night
by
a
powerful
r
r
ti
i
a;.,
t.
i
it
three
ngure
iorcu
ui
nuyai
iir
rorce
anu
noyai
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
which
unloaded
nearly
nine
hundred
tons
of
bombs
in
the
second
devastating
blow
against
the
German
capital
in
twenty-seven
days.
Hun
dreds
or
ncavywcigm
DomDcrs
sei
aflame
the
heart
of
Nazidom
which
still
was
groggy
from
the
raid
of
March
1.
The
total
of
explosives
dropped
on
Berlin
was
about
double
the
quantity
dumped
by
the
Germans
In
the
heaviest
assault
on
1
London.
Nine
bombers
were
lost.
The
Nazi
submarine
base
of
St.
Nazaire
on
the
French
coast
was
blasted
last
night
with
a
heavy
weight
of
bombs.
WIN
WAR
IS
FIRST
New
Church
Dedication
lieautiful
New
Edifice
at
Fifth
Avenue
and
Mcllride
Street
Dedicated
Japanese
Fleet
oh
Way
To
Kiska
is
Headed
Off;
Nippon
Commander
Turns
-
WASHINGTON,
March
29
A
Japanese
fleet
heading
for
the
Aleutian
Islands
was
intercepted
by
a
light
force
of
United
States
vessels,
engaged
at
long
range
and,
when
last
seen,
was
headed
westward,
the
Department
of
the
Navy
announced
today.
The
Japanese
fleet"
was,
apparently,
under
instruction
to
escort
cargo
vessels
into
Kiska
where
the
enemy
has
established
a
base.
It
was
probable
that
the
Japanese
commander,
giving
first
thought
to
the
protection
of
the
cargo
vessels
which
might
contain
needed
supplies
for
hard
hit
Kiska
base,
merely
swung
about
to
escape
an
engagement
in
which
the
supply
ships
could
be
losC
-
!
"7
RERLIN
IIKAVILY
ROMBED
LONDON
The
Koyal
Air
Force
bombed
Berlin
heavily
Saturday
night
with
incendiaries
and
explosives.
Berlin
complained
of
schools
and
churches
being
hit.
CHICAGO
COLLISION
CHICAGO
Twenty
persons
were
injured
in
a
near-end
collision
of
trains
in
a
Chicago
station
Saturday
night.
'
MARETH
LINE
CRACKED
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
The
struggle
on
the
Mareth
Line
In
Tunisia
still
rages,
the
British
Eighth
Army
having
cracked
through
on
a
twenty-mile
front,
capturing
Mareth.
There
Is
little
official
information
but
reports
of
correspondents
Show
the
idc
is
obviously
going
In
favor
of
the
Allies.
Allied
planes
keep
up
a
ceaseless
attack
on
the
enemy.
The
Americans
have
started
a
new
attack
in
central
Tunisia.
THAW
SLOWS
UP
FIGHTING
MOSCOW
The
spiing
thaw
is
hampering
both
sides
from
the
Sea
or
Azov
to
the
Pacific.
The
Nails
are
mo,
in?
up
even
heavier
forces
to
effect
a
crossing
of
the
Donets
River
at
any
cost.
The
Russians
arc
moving
a
little
closer
to
Smolensk
with
the
capture
of
four
more
towns.
1
KING
PETER
WARNS
SLAVS
LONDON
King
Peter
warns
the
people
of
Yugoslavia
not
to
start
anythmg
on
a
large
scale
until
the
time
is
ripe.
Large
Allied
operations
may
be
expected
in
Europe
within
a
few
months,
he
says,
OPERATIONS
IN
PACIFIC
WASHINGTON
An
important
conference
has
been
held
to
plan
future
operations
in
the
Pacific
area.
ROOSEVELTrEDEN
CONFER
WASHINGTON
,
President
Roosevelt
and
Foreign
Secretary
Eden
conferred
at
the
week-end.
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull,
Under-Secretary
of
Stale
Sumner
Welles
and
British
Ambassador
Lord
Halifax
wre
in
attendance.
MADAME
CHIANG'S
WARNING
SAN
FRANCISCO
Madame
Chiang
Kai-Shek
warned
the
Allies
against
flying
at
each
other's
throats
after
they
have
defeated
the
Axis.
"The
peril
is
not
losing
the
war
but
losing
the
peace,"
she
said.
JAPS
LOST
HEAVILY
hurled
forty
bombers
and
a
strong
fighter
escort
against
Orobay
to
sink
a
small
Allied
merchantman
anil
damage
another
but
it
cost
the
Japanese
thirteen
planes
destroyed
and
another
twelve
damaged
or
destroyed.
There
were
again
widespread
Allied
raids
on
Jap
bases.
TAKE
ITALIAN
NAVY
LONDON
A
London
newspaper
claims
that
the
Italian
Navy
has
been
taken
over
by
the
Germans
and
Nazi
officers
have
been
placed
in
command.
SHIPMENT
OF
SCOTCH
VANCOUVER
Ten
thousand
cases
of
choice
Scotch
whiskey
have
arrived
in
Vancouver
but
it
is
not
for
immediate
sale
but
to
meet
requirements
up
to
October
31.
MAY
i$E
MISSING
PLANE
VICTORIA
The
wreckage
of
an
airplane
is
reported
to
have
been
found
up
the
island
near
Parksvillc
six
miles
off
the
Island
Highway.
It
may
be
the
Canadian
Airways
plane
which
has
been
missing
since
December
20.
MONTREAL
DRIVERS
STRIKE
MONTREAL
Three
thousand
street
car
and
auto
bus
drivers
arc
out
on
strike
and
the
city's
transportation
service
is
badly
tied
up.
RACHMANINOFF
DEAD
BEVERLEY
HILLS
Sergei
Rachmaninoff,
eminent
Russian
pianist
and
conductor,
died
yesterday
at
his
home
here
of
pneumonia
and
complications.
He
was
sixty-nine
years
of
age.
SCHOOL
CLINIC
HIT
LONDON
German
hit
and
run
raiders
were
over
south
England
last
night
and
scored
a
direct
hit
on
a
school
clinic.
Teachers
and
students
were
trapped.
Two
Nazi
planes
were
brought
down.
AIR
CRASH
IN
ALASKA
Three
Hostesses
of
U.S.O.
Among
Six
Victims
of
Transport
Disaster
on
Coast
VANCOUVER,
March
29
(CD-Six
persons,
three
of
them
United
Services
Organization
host-
;ser
and
three
of
them
men
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
were
killed
and
a
seventh
Is
missing
as
a
result
of
the
crash
of
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
transport
plane
in
the
sea
off
Alaska,
the
Western
Air
Command
announced
Saturday.
The
statement
said
that
I
he
cause
of
the
crash
was
obscure
but
it
occurred
during
a
sudden
snow
squall.
No
names
have
been
released
pending
notification
of
next
of
kin.
(WAR
SAVINGS
STAMP
SALES
How
Prince
Rupert,
Prince
George
And
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Are
Doing
War
Savings
Stamp
sales
at
Rupert
Post
Of
fi?e
during
this
year
amounted
to
j.1,6583,
It
Is
announced,
as
compared
with
$2,036
in
January
and
$1,577
in
December."
In
Prince
George
War
Savings
Stamps
sales
for
February
were
$230
as
against
$37.25
in
January
r'nd
$243.50
in
December,
Sales
for
the
Queen
Chrylotte
Islands
in
February
were
$551.25,
in
January
$218.75
and
In
December
$337.25-
Bottles
To
Be
Shipped
'.4
The
salvage
committee
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
now
!h
waterfront
in
as
large
quantities
as
possible.
Volunteer
workers
to
assist
in
loading
are
also
being
sought
today
and
tomorrow-
Yesterday
volunteer
workers
of
the
Junior
Chamber
were
out
to
start
loading
the
car,
the
members
:
being
assisted
by
John
Moore
and
Paddy
Taylor.
Young
Woman
Is
Laid
at
Rest
BURNS
LAKE,
March
29
Funeral
services
were
held
in
Burns
Lake
United
Church
on
Tuesday
afternoon
last
for
Miss
Matilda
Bostrom,
aged
37
years,
who
died
recently
at
her
home
at
Grassy
Plains.
Interment
was
in
the
Burns
Lake
Cemetery,
Rev.
Adam
Crisp
officiating.
Friends
and
relatives
from
Grassy
Plains
and
Burns
Lake
gathered
to
..
.
i
I
v
...maMg
of
tho
hnrpVl
Collapsed
Marshal
Rommel
Yields
To
Pounding
of
Eighth
Army;
Retreats
With
Heavy
Loss
Important
North
African
Fortifications
Crack
Along
25-Mile
Front
With.
Allies
Taking
Every
Strong
Point
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
29
(CP)
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
Mareth
Line
defences
Jiave
collapsed
under
pounding
of
the
British
bighth
Army
and
his
forces
are
retreating
with
heavy
'osses,
it
was
announced
today.
Scattered
pockets
of
re-
.
i
i.
..i
i
i
isianctj
were
ieit
uenmti
Dut
.were
Demg
moppeci
up
one
Air
Route
To
Orient
I
By
Alaska
?T.
PAUL.
Minnesota,
March
29
Pi
Croil
Hunter.
Dresldent
of
Northwest
Air
Lines,
an-
nounces
that
Initial
steps
have
been
taken
to
establish
an
all
American
commercial
air
route
from
Seattle
to
Alaska
and
thence
to
the
Orient.
'
About
the
same
time
we
had
lectures
and
demonstrations
In
first
aid.
Later
we
were
given
Bren
gun
drill,
gas
mask
drill
and
map
I
reading.
We
have
had
three
target
practices
and
you
will
be
glad
to
know
that
I
rank
as
a
first
class
shot.
It
took
a
score
of
45
out.
of
sixty
to
qualify
and
forty-five
I
got.
We
have
had
route
marches,
forced
marches,
marches
on
the
double
and
assault
course
to
travel
first
carrying
nothing,
then
successively
having
more
to
carry
until
we
do
it
In
full
battle
order-steel
helmet,
respirator,
webbing,
light
pack
and
rifle.
Of
course
we
have
had
dally
doses
of
physical
training
for
good
measure.
It's
a
process
of
starting
off
the
poor
recruit
fairly,
lightly
and
gradually
putting
the
pressure
on
him,
toughening
him
up
to
take
more
and
more.
''Just
when
we
are
beginning
to
feel
pretty
smug
about
our
progress,
we
are
given
more
or
less
Th
ri-8.totatheAnniof
rlm
warning
that
.we
'haven't
T..,..
nH
"Mv
Faith
Looks
ud
to
seen
anything
yet.'
Most
of
us
are.
4
one
as
Allied
aerial
squaaron3
Joined
ground
forces
in
powerful
attacks
along
the
Axis
escape
corridor.
The
Mareth
Line
broke
on
a
twenty-five
mile
front
at
three
points
ranging
from
twenty
to
thirty
miles
from
the
Axis
supply
port
of
Gabes.
Beset
by
powerful
forces
forward
and
a
desert
flanking
column
at
El.Hamrha
In
the
rear,
Rommel
yielded
Mareth,
Mat-mala
and
Toujane
at
the
northern
end
of
the
Mareth
fortifications
yesterday
and
dispatches
said
i
that
every
strong
point
of
the
forty-mile
line
was
now
in
Allied
hands.
Private
Trevor
Williams
of-
Prince
Rupert
Finds
Army
Life
Interesting
Private
Williams
spent
two
"c
4m"Kl1
uu
"iC
i
months
ir
basic
training
at
Vernon.
"It's
been
a
most
interestins
two
months,"
he
writes,
"and,
if
you
'wonder
has
it
been
a
tough
engaged
in
the
preparation
of
ajtwo
months,
I
will
Just
say
It's
carload
shipment
of
bottles
to
the
Deen
tough
enough.
We
were
glass
factory
at
Red
Cliff,
Alberta,
started
off
with
parade
square
nd
has
tne
car
aDoui
nan
roaaeu.
HrM,
hours
of
it.
Then
we
were
ALLIICD
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
The
Japanese,
in
More
bottles
are
needed
and
should
gjven
a
rjne
to
throw
around.
the
most
ambitious
single
attack
yet
in
the
New
Guinea
sector,
I
be
delivered
to
the
salvage
shed
on
a
bit.
RED
ARMY
lADVANCES
5
Former
Secretary
of
Prince
Rupert
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
Describes
Things
at
Vernon
and
Calgary
A
description
of
training
in
the
Canadian
army
by
Trevor
Williams,
former
secretary
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
now
stationed
at
Calgary
after
having
spent
a
time
at
Vernon,
makes
interesting
reading,
particularly
to
his
many
friends
in
Prince
Rupert.
He
has
written
a
lengthy
letter
Arthur
Brooksbank.
secretary
to
wU1
be
We
m,ght
exQect
doing
a
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
considerable
amount
of
battle
drill
Commerce.
It,
contains
consider-
j
and
It's
all
geared
up
to
simulate
able
details
of
training
procedure
the
atmosphere
and
tempo
of
ac-
with
comments
and
observations.
!tual
confllct
as
mucn
as
Possible..
Life
In
Barracks
"Life,
in
barracks
is
not
too
badf
no
privacy,
of
course
there
are
eighty
men
to
each
hut.
The
con-Continued
on
PAGE
FOUR
.
Moving
Slowly
Towards
Smolensk
Despite
Muddy
and
Unfavourable
Weather
MOSCOW,
March
29
(CP)
The
Red
Army
fought
on
in
mud
during
the
night,
breaking
up
two
German
efforts
to
crack
its
lines
along
the
upper
Donets
River
and
capturing
four
more
villages
in
a
slow
drive
towards
Smolensk,
the
Russians
said
today.
Once
the
flaming
battle
line
had.
apparently,
subsided
temporarily
to
a
series
of
local
and
inconclusive
engagements.
A
noon
communique
said
that
there
was
no
material,
change
on
the
fronts
ainl
the
fighting
was
devoted
almost
exclusively
to
isolated
engagements
involving
relatively
small'forces-"
tw
and
a
solo.
"Jesus
I
Come."
slated
for
an
advanced
training
suspended
were
'sung.
course
at
another
camp
and
we
Beautiful
floral
tributes
were
were
told
by
our
company
corn-sent
by
relatives
and
friends.
mander
something
of
what
we
9
John
Gromley,
for
vagrancy
by
drunkenness
and
creating
a
disturbance,
was
given
six
months'
sentence
in
city
police
court
at
the
end
of
the
week
and
ordered
to
leave
town
within
forty-eight
hours.
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