MONTGOMERY
GIVES
THE
OKDEKS
NOW
Cc.u-ral
Montqnmery.
leader
of
Britalns
Eighth
army,
RIGHT,
d
ctatt
term
to
the
governor
and
officials
of
Tripoli
and
Tripoli)
an
a
Cartel
'Benito
Gate
after
the
victorious
British
soldiers
luid
cute
red
the
town.
Gen.
Montgomery's
stay
in
Tripoli
was
brief
because
dispatches
coming
from
the
North
African
front
say
that
the
British
Eisith
army
has
pierced
the
Tunisian
border
in
three
places.
WAH
HEWS
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4
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
(Half
an
hour
aftwr
sunset
to
Maximum
-.
47
halt
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
29
8:02
pjn.
to
7:41
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I.
VOL.
XXXII,
No.
57
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
9,
1943
PRICE:
FIVK
CENTS
Tunisian
Situation
In
Hand
Again
CORVETTE
IS
SUNK
II.M.C.S.
Weyburn
Is
Lost
In
Mediterranean
OTTAWA,
March
9
The
navy
minister,
Hon.
Angus
Macdonald,
last
night
announced
sinking
of
a
second
Canadian
corvette,
II.
M.C.S.
Weyburn,
in
the
Mediterranean,
The
vessel
is
presumed
to
have
blown
up
when
hit
by
a
to
torpedo.
At
first
it
was
believed
she
had
hit
a
mine.
Sixty-one
of
the
crew
of
seventy
survived
the
explosion
anil,
several
were
injured,
some
seriously.
Ueut.
Commander
Thomas
W.
M,
Ooldby
K.CN.K,
of
Cabdoro
Bay,
Vancouver
Island,
is
one
of
those
listed
as
missing
and
presumably
went
down
with
his
ship,
being
killed
in
action.
Before
the
war
Goldby,
who
was
37
years
of
age,
was
a
merchant
ship
officer,
tcrving
as
chief
officer
for
the
British
Yukon
Navigation
Co.j
sailing
out
of
Vancouver.
'
:
There
were
no
other
casualties
from
British
Columbia.
'
The
survivors
include
Lieut.
i
William
Garrard,
15,
of
the
Royal
to
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Rc-serve,
no
Victoria.
The
sinking
of
the
Weyburn
occurred
In
the
Gibraltar
area.
The
date
was
not
announced.
The
Weyburn
was
the
twelfth
Canadian
warship
of
all
classes
lost
by
the
navy
since
the
war
began,
The
Louisburg
was
the
previous
Canadian
corvette
loss
in
the
Mediterranean.
She
was
sunk
by
air
attack.
More
Recruits
Enlisted
Here
Five
More
Men
Sign
Up
and
Will
Be
Leaving
This
Week
For
Active
Service
in
Army
Late
t.
recruits'
here
for
the
Can
adian
Army
active
force
lnclud
the
(olio
wine:
Jack
L,
Moran,
aged
21,
Prince
rtupe,'..
nvetter.
Kenneth
Flegg,
19,
Fort
Fraser,
rlve.Tr-i
Aiv.
Bolton,
35,
Port
Coqultlam,
mechanic.
(
'--
:n:k
John
Leduc.MCr
Winnipeg
machinist.
Sere
William
Tcssler,
18,
Manitoba,
welder.
These
men
will
be
leaving
for
Vancouver
this
week.
Kilselas
Farm
Is
Destroyed
KIT3ELAS.
March
9
The
build
ng:-
and
trees
on
Solomon
Bevan's
x
ai
re
farm
behind
the
Kltselas
''aitan
were
completely
destroyed
Kt
ft
.
-
.
...
y
ue
ai
u:3o
Saturday
nignt.
The
(Ire
resulted
from
the
burn
HIE
Of
nM
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Tf
Irtcf
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114
Wit.
"am
and
workshop
tmd
damaged
"cmy
seven
apple
trees
and
Ulimhnr
iU--..
i
v.
..
..u
Wack
and
red
currants,
gooseberries
Hnr!
Inirnnknn,i,s
.vtjtuiaymtO.
The
chlckcn-house
was
burned
to
le
ground
also.
Army
Is
v-nampion
VANCOUVER,
March
9
Vic
1
torla
Army
defeated
Vancou
t
vrr
.
n
.
nuy
a
1
Canadian
A
1
r
..
.
In,-
Hl1.i
i
1
1
taai,
lliuui,
IQ
win
W1U
"4
witlsh
Columbia
senior
hock
T
P
Al
cy
championship.
The
score
as
u
to
2.
Tne
Army
won
four
games
t
nil-
force
one.
FRENCHMEN
ARE
RISING
Gestapo
arc
Finding
it
Difficult
to
Marshal
Them
for
Enforced
Labor
LONDON,
March
9
Three
hundred
and
fifty
German
soldiers
In
France
have
been
killed
during
the
last
three
days
as
the
French
revolt
against
the
attempt
of
the
Gestapo
mobilize
Frenchmen
for
enforced
labor
continues,
a
spokesman
for
General
Charles
DeGaullc
states.
REDS
WOT
INFORMED
Statement
Made
by
Ambassador
Standlcy
in
Moscow
Draws
Attention
MOSCOW,
March
8
0
Admiral
William
Standley,
United
Stalin
ambassador
to
Russia,
told
a
press
conlercnce
that
he
did
not
think
the
Russian
people
are
toeing
told
!
the
complete
story
of
Ameilcan
aid
I
Russia.
Standley
said
he
found
i
political
motive
but
believed
it
was
an
effort
lo
create
the
impression
with
the
Russians
that
they
are
pulling
themselves
through
by
their
bootstraps.
Pointing
out
that
a
new
Lend
Lease
bill
was
now
"before
Congress
Standley
said
that
Congress
wai
generous
but,
if
given
the
Impression
that
their
help
means
noth-
ine.
"there
mlRht
be
a
different
-
-
-
story."
Washington
Statement
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March.
9
Under
Secretary
of
State
Sumnei.
Welles
says
that
the'
statement
made
In
Moscow
toy
United
States
Ambassador
Standley
is
without
consultation"
or
"
refeicncc"
to
the
American
government.
Soldiers
To
Get
Rations
Civilian
Visitors
to
Canada
May
Also
Get
Cards
VANCOUVER,
March
9
Ration
Administration.
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board,
announces
that,
In
future,
soldiers
on
five
days
leave
may
secure
temporary
ra
tions.
Under
the
old
regulations
no
la-
tlons
were
granted
to
anyone
for
a
temporary
period
of
less
than
se,v-en
days.
The
new
ruling
became
eirecuve
on
March
6.
civilian
visitors
from
other
coun
tries
desiring
temporary
rations
for
from
five
to
ten
days
win
oDiam,
under
the
new
regulations,
a
temporary
card
providing
them
with:
1
butter
coupon
1
tea
and
coffee
coupon
1
sugar
coupon
2
spare
"A"
coupons
1
spare
"B"
coupon
2
spare
"C"
coupons
FINED
FOR
PHOTOS
Alex
F.
Konkln.
Prince
Rupert,
.n
finnH
sis
or
seven
days
In
goal
when
he
appeared
In
police
h,ftrnrt
with
taking
photo-
n,nhE
f
a
nrohlbitcd
place.
1
MJW
V
nth
.omnr-i
fans
are
being
warn
authorities
to
icarn
we
cd
by
the
regulations
before
using
wen
-'-eras.
WARTIME
SCHOLARSHIPS
STOCKHOLM,
March
9
fl
Tho
British
government
has
ma
do
students
four
n.ui
r
ci-oriish
avaiiuiuic
iui
.
,,,
scholarships
In
British
"nlversUles
valued
at
tne
cquiv.
each.
MclburueDu?scy
is
home
from
his
duties
with
the
Royal
Canadian
visit
with
his
Air
Force
for
a
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wlllta-i
Bussey,
Eighth
Avenue
East.
STRONG
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
WASHINGTON
Secretary
of
the
avy
Knox
said
today
that
United
States
forces
arc
stronger
Solomons
while
throughout
the
South
Pacific
the
Japanese
arc
hav
ing
increasing
difliculty
in
supplying
island
bases.
However,
Knox
says,
the
Japs
arc
still
strong
and
more
fireworks
may
be
expected
any
time.
ROMMEL
FALLING
RACK
ALLIED
HEADQUAKTLTIS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
Marshal
Rommel,
beaten
back
in
six
attempted
assaults
from
the
Mareth
Line
in
southern
Tunisia,
has
withdrawn
his
forces
deeper
into
defences
before
the
British
Lighth
Army.
Fifty
Axis
tanks
were
destroyed
or
rap-
'
tured
in
Saturday's
actions,
it
is
announced.
REDS
N
EARING
VYASMA
MQSCOW
The
Red
Army,
diiving
westward
of
recaptured
Sychevka
on
the
central
front
west
of
Moscow,
has
reached
the
than
they
ever
have
been
in
the
NEW
U.S.
TANK
Dnieper
River
northwest
of
the
linpoitant
German
base
of
Vyasma,
Is
was
disclosed
today.
The
Russians
are
only
twenty
miles
from
Vyasma.
R.A.F.
HITS
NUREMBERG
LONDON
A
strong
force
of
Royal
Air
Force
bombers
attacked
Nuremberg
and
targets
in
southern
Germany
last
night,
the
Air
AUnlstry
announced
today.
London
had
ites
first
daylight
alert
in
nearly
a
month
today
but
the
"all
clear"
sounded
a
short
time
later
without
any
gunfire
or
bombs
having
been
heaid
in
the
city.
TAKE
A
PEEK
AT
r
-
Here
Is
the
fi
rst
picture
of
the
Amc
rifian
made
M-5
light
tank,
released
in
Washington,
D.C..
by
thn
war
denartment.
The
M5
with
its
Improved
speed
and
manonuverablllty,
effectively
suplples
the
need
for
ajight
tank
that
can
run
faster
and
hit
harder
than-
equivalent
weapons
of
the
enemy.
The
M-5
is
given
credit
for
much
of
the
Allied
success
against
Rommel's
forces
In
Africa.
LOCAL
MAN
APPOINTED
3.
W.
Nickerson
Succeeds
L.
W.
Patmore
on
International
Fisheries
Commission
OTTAWA,
March
9
(Special
to
Dally
News)
An
order-in-coun-cil
is
announced
appointing
G.
W.
Nickerson
of
Prince
Rupert
as
a
number
of
Hie
International
V
shcries
Commission
(Halibut),
u-rting
I
W.
Patmore
K.
C.
Mr.
N.ckerson
was
nominee
of
the
-
Canadian
Halibut
Fishing
Vessel
Owners'
Association
and
the
Deen
Sea
Fishermen's
(Fcd-ial)
Union
No,
30.
Min
.ter
of
Fisheries
Bertratid
has
notified
Olof
Hanson
M.
P.
of
passage
of
the
order-in-council.
BEST
FILMS
AND
STARS
i
'I"w
Green
Was
My
Valley"
and
"Mrs.
Jliniver"
Tops
in
Canada
TORONTO,
March
9
"How
Green
Was
My
Valley,"
the
film
of
life
In
a
Welsh
mining
village
many
years
ago,
was
.the
choice
oi
Lominion
motion
picture
exhib
itors
as
the
cinema
presentation
which
had
attracted
the
most
pa
trons
to
their
theatres
during
1911-
...
.
.u
me
Desi
ien
pictures,
wnicn
was
;
critics,
was"Mrs.
MJniver,"
a
story
jof
life
in
lural
England
under
the
I
!
blitz
The
choices
in
both
polls
reveal
the
.wide
variety
of
wartime
tastes.
Every
type
of
picture
from
realism
to
fantasy
was
named.
Following
are
the
complete
selections
in
each
case:
EXHIBITORS'
POLL
(Best
Pictures)
1
How
Green
Was
My
Valley
2
Captains
of
the
Clouds
3
Sergeant
York
4
Mrs.
Miniver
5
Abbott
and
Costello
films
7
and
8
(tied)
Shores
of
Tripoli
and
The
Fleet's
In
9
King's
Row
10
Holiday
Inn
EXHIBITORS'
TOLL
(Best
Stars)
1
Gary
Cooper
2
Abbott
and
Costello
3
Walter
Pidgeon
4
"Bob
Hope
,
5
Greer
Carson
6
Bette
Davis
7
Betty
arable
8
Spencer
Tracy
9
Mickey
Rooney
10
Clark
Gable
CRITICS'
TOLL
(Best
Picturfls)
1
Mrs.
Miniver
2
How
Green
Was
My
Valley
3
and
4
(tie)
Sergeant
York
and
The
Man
Who
Came
to
Dinner
6
and
7
(tie)
Captains
of
the
Clouds
and
This
Above
All
8,
9
and
10
(tie)
Pride
of
the
Yankees,
Bambl
and
Now,
Voyager
CRITICS'
POLL
(Best
Stars)
1
Greer
Garson
2
and
.3
(tie)
Walter
Pidgeon
and
Bette
Davis
4
Gary
Cooper
5
Joan
Fontaine
6
-Spencer
Tracy
7
Monty
Woolley
8
Rosalind
Russell
9,
and
10
(tie)
James
Cagney,
Katharine
Hepburn
and
Teresa
Wright.
It
Is
a
privilege
after
all,
to
be
able
to
give
to
the
Red
Cross.
Here
In
Canada
wc
have
been
able
to
work
without
Interruption
.
.
.
without
a
sudden
rain
of
bombs
.
.
.
without
terror
always
"at
our
heels.
'
Axis
Forces
Withdraw
Both
North
and
South;
Lose
Nineteen
Planes
Kommcl
Crawls
Back
Iside
Marcth
Line
After
Several
Unsuccessful
Thrusts
Germans
Also
Reversed
Near
Tamera
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
9
(CP)
Nineteen
Axis
planes
were
shot
down
in
an
aerial
battle
off
the
Tunisian
coast
today.
While
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's
forces
are
being
beaten
back
into
the
Mareth
Line
in
southern
Tunisia,
the
Germans
are
also
being
forced
to
withdraw
in
the
northern
sector
by
the.
British
First
Army
after
mak-
ing
an
attack
near
Tamera,
reven
miles
west
of
Eedjenane
with
loss
of
020
prisoners.
About
100
miles
northwest
of
the
Mareth
Line,
French
forces
occupied
iTozcur,
fifty
miles
southwest
of
Gafsa.
New
Sports
Field
Here
Permission
was
granted
bv
the
city
council
last
night
to
the
armed
forces
to
clear,
grade
and
otherwise
prepare
a
sports
field
about
800
feet.
est
of
McBrlde
Street
between'
Nmth
-Avenue
-
and
.
jj
Crcek
Dufi
tne
waf
ground
wQuId
fce
uspd
cx.
u
would
become
available
as
a
public
sports
field
after
the
war.
RUBBER
IS
DISPATCHED
Junior
Section
of
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
Sends
Substantial
Shipment
to
Vancouver
The
salvage
committee
of
the
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rup
ert
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
Just
made
a
substantial
shipment
of
.ubber
scrap
from
here
to
Vancouver.
8.
C.
Thomson
&
Son
donated
the
use
of
a
truck
with
which
Robert
PcM;er,
Ted
Smith
and
Len
Griffiths
at
the
end
of
the
week
gathered
ered
up
up
126
lze
old
oici
truck
uuck
and
ana
car
car
!
.
tires,
,
a
quantity
of
old
bicycle
tires
j
and
sacks
of
mixed
rubber.
The-
material
was
loaded
on
a
Standard
Oil
Co.
of
Canada
craft
and
shipped
south,
free
transportation
being
given.
FRANCHISE
FOR
BUSES
City
Council
Makes
Negative
Decision,
Shelving
Application
Indefinitely,
No
action
is
being
taken
by
the
city
council
for
the
time
being
at
least
on
the
question
of
granting
a
franchise
to
the
Arrow
Bus
Lines
which
Is
at
present
operating
a
service
to
Seal
Cove.
After
considerable
'
discussion
at
last
night's
meeting,
in
the
course
of
which
the
issue
of
public
or
-private
operation
of
such
a
service
was
raised,
the
negative
decision
was
made
by
motion
with
Aid.
Arnold,
Aid.
McKay
and
Aid.
Elliott
dissenting.
Aid.
George
Hills
was
the
most
outspoken
champion
of
public
operation
of
such
a
service.
CITY
BACKS
RED
CROSS
Making
No
Direct
Contribution
But
Urges
Fullest
Individual
Support
of
Campaign
The
city
council
last
night
gave
its
moral
support
to
the
ptesent
Red
Cross
drive
by
commending
it
to
the
members
of
the
council
as
individuals
to
give
their
best
support.
A
report
from
the
finance
committee
expressed
the
feeling
that,
since
all
citizens
were
giving
individually,
the
city
should
not
make
a
direct
contribution.
New
Function
For
Old
Reading
Room
City
Considering
Proposal
to
Use
it
As
Public
Convenience
The
old
civic
reading
room
on
Fulton
Street
is
to
be
converted
in
to
a
public
convenience
under
a
proposal
which
was
presented
to
the
city
council
last
night
by
the
utilities
committee
Estimates
of
the
cost
of
the
necessary
Installations
are
now
being
'obtained.
The
consensus
of
opinion
appeared,
to
be
that
the
old
building
was
not
sufficiently
commodious
to
be
used
further
as
a
reading
room
In
view
of
increased
population.
Mention
was
made
of
the
abuse
of
the
room
which
had
led.
to
its
having
to
bs
closed
some
time
ago.
Aid.
Hills
referred
to
.tlie
initial
expense
and
the
necessity
of
strict
supervision.
Finally
It
was
decided
to
lay
the
matter
on
the
table
until
estLmates
of
cost
were
received.
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Over
Trail
In
Jr.
Puck
Final
EDMONTON.
March
9
Edmonton
defeated
Trail
4
to
3
last
night
to
take
a
second
straight
victory
which
gave
them
the
western
junior
hockey
title.
INDIA'S
NAVY
FIGHTER
BOMBAY.
March
9
SCO
Cmdr.
Joseph
Wilson,
Royal
Indian
Naval
Reserve,
who
pitted
two
four-insh
guns,
one
on
a
minesweeper
and
another
on
a
motofboat,
against
two
big
Japanese
surface
raiders,
sinking
one
of
them,
has
been
awarded
the
DJ3.0.
Maurice
Teng,
who
was
a
mem-
iber
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Boy.
Band,
Is
co-operating
with
the
city
clerk
In
preparing
an
inventory
of
instruments
of
the
band
which
are
at
present
stored
at
the
City
Hall.
A
check-up
will
be
made.
The
boys
of
the
band
themselves
are
still
In
possession
of
their
'A