Loan
Campaign
Is
Commended
City
Will
Issue
Proclamation
Support
of
Campaign
for
War
Bond
Sale
in
An
appeal
from
the
National
War
Finance
Committee
seeking
enthusiastic
co-operation
In
connection
with
,the
forthcoming
Fourth
Victory
Loan
campaign
met
with
favorable
response
from
the
city
council
last
night
It
was
left
In
the
hands
of
the
mayor
to
see
that
a
suitable
proclamation
was
The
mayor
commented
that
It
might
not
be
practicable
for
the
city
itself
to
Invest
In
the
loan
but
It
should
be
within
the
reach
of
the
members
of
the
council
to
give
per-sonal
assistance
to
the
campaign
Jt
was
a
matter
which
should
not
have
to
be
commended
since
the
need
was
so
evident
and
he
was
sure
that
all
members
of
the
board
would
do
everything
possible
to
further
the
case.
No
Admission
To
Schools
Where
No
Room
Available
The
board
of
school
trustees
has
Rsrecd
to
a
suggestion
of
the
city
cuncll
that
there
should
be
no
Emission
of
pupils
to
school
premises
where
there
Is
already
overcrowding,
A
letter
to
this
effect
'rm
the
school
.board
was
received
"y
the
city
council
at
last
night's
meeting.
Health
Report
Before
Council
Ten
Sea
Scouts
Lose
Their
Lives
She
Committee
to
Consider,
Document
Presented
to
Council
by
Dr.
It.
J.
MatDonald
The
first
annual
report
of
the
Prince
Rupert
llealin
unit
was
nresrnted
to
the
city
counqil
at
Its
meeting
last
night
by
Dr.
R.
J.
MaeDonald.
director
of
the
unit.
While
the
government
was
largely
responsible
foor
the
financing
or
the
unit.
Dr.
MacDonain
ieu
mai
the
city
should
take
an
Interest
and
he
invited
any
suggestions:
The
report,
a
twelve-page
document,
was
referred
to
the
health
committee
at
the
suggestion
of
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
who
spoke
appreciatively
of
the
good
work
that
was
being
carried
out
toy
Dr.
Mac-Donald
and
his
staff.
Cabin
Cruiser
Capsizes
and
Sinks
Off
Coast
of
New
York
ISLIP,
New
York,
April
20
t
-Ten
Sea
Scouts
were
drowned
but
their
skipper
was
rescued
Monday
cruiser
capsized
and
after
a
cabin
sank.
LONDON.
April
20
0-Except
In
Italy
and
France,
the
work
of
the
Reading
Room
Is
To
Be
Restored
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
Maximum
(Half
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
Minimum
hall
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
9:21
p.m.
to
6:00
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXXII,
No.
93
:.
gV,
VOL.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
APRIL
20,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
-
..
Plane,
and
U-Boats
Battle
At
Sea
WAR
NEWS
CANADIANS
ARRIVE
OVERSEAS
AT
A
BRITISH
PORT
A
consignment
of
reinforcements
for
the
Canadian
Army
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
overseas
has
arrived
safely
in
Britain
after
an
uneventful
crossing,
it
was
dsclosed
Monday
night.
GERMANS
ARE
TRYING
HARD
LONDON
Fierce
new
German
attempts
to
widen
the
bridgehead
in
the
Caucasus
near
'Novoross-isk
have
been
repulsed
with
about
1,000
more
Nazis
killed
and
1,700.
planes
destroyed,
the
Russians
announced
Monday
night.
The
four-day
toll
was
raised
to
8,000
Germans
killed
and
forty-two
planes
downed
on
the
Caucasus
front.
FIVE
U-BOATS
SUNK
LONDON
Five
Nazi
submarines
were
probably
destroyed
and
many
seriously
damaged
in
a
four-day
battle
on
the
Atlantic
between
planes
and
U-boats',
the
Air
Ministry
news
service
reported
today.
R.A.F.
HITS
AXIS
RAILWAYS
LONDON
Royal
Air
Force
light
bombers
and
fighters
struck
again
last
night
at
the
creaking
German
transport
system
over
a
big
stretch
of
occupied
Europe
and
Germany,
BIG
TRANSPORT
PLANES
DOWN
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA
The
Allied
air
offensive
is
continuing
its
scorching
pace
against
the
Axis
air
ferry
route
between
Sicily
and
Tunisia.
Yesterday
twenty-four
planes'
were
brought
down,
bringing
the
48-hour
total
to
112
of
which"
seventy
we
are
confined
to
patrol
activity.
FIRES
SEEN
THIRTY
MILES
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Fires
which
could
be
seen
for
thirty
miles
were
started
as
a
result
of
Allied
bombing
raids
on
Japanese
installations
at
Kupang
in
Timor.
Gasmata
in
New
Britain
was
also
attacked.
HARD
FOR
GERMANY
BERLIN
Dr.
Joseph
Goebbels,
Nazi
propaganda
chief,
said
yesterday
that
the
war
was
entering
its
hardest
stage
and
the
end
was
not
yet
in
sight.
It
is
a
case
of
victory
or
destruction,"
says
Herman
Goenng.
NAZI
RAIL
LINES
HIT
Were
Special
Objective
of
Royal
Air
Force
In
Kaids
Last
Night
LOVDON,
April
20
0;
The
Air
Ministry
announced
today
that
Royal
Air
Force
planes
ranged
against
Nazi
rail
lines
and
road3
over
a
wide
area
while
Whirlwind
bombers
attacked
shipping
In
the
Channel.
Of
the
two
aircraft
missing
one
is
Canadian.
IS
OPENING
WOOD
YARD
J.
J.
Hennessy
Dealing
with
for
Site
In
Section
Five
City
J.
J.
Hennessy.
who
has
been
In
the
wood
fuel
business
In
the
East
tor
years,
I3
In
Prince
Rupert
with
a
view
to
establishing
a
large
yard
and
Is
negotiating
with
the
city
for
a
site.
He
favors
a
portion
of
a
block
In
Section
Five
between
Eighth
and
Ninety
Avenues
which
Is
reserved
for
school
purposes
and
Is
at
present
negotiating
with
the
city
for
Its
use.
The
property
would
only
be
used
for
storage
purposes.
The
matter
came
up
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
and
was
left
In
the
hands
of
a
special
committee
headed
by
Aid.
H.
M.
Daggett
which
has
been
dele
gated
to
go
Into
the
fuel
situation
here.
Request
For
Its
Use
as
Local
Red
Cross
Headquarters
is
Denied
The
Prince
Rupert
Dranch
of
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
Society
had
a
letter
before
the
city
council
last
night
seeking
use
of
the
old
civic
leading
room
as
workroom
and
headquarters,
the
present
accommodation
in
the
engineer's
depait-ment
at
the
City
Hall
having
been
found
to
be
both
inedaquate
and
1
'
Inconvenient.
The
Society,
which1"
wrote
the
council
through
the
sec
retary,
II.
A,
Breen,
said
It
would
be
prepared
to
undertake
the
necessary
renovation.
The
council
decided
not
to
grant
the
request
of
the
Red
Cross
In
view
of
the
fact
that
it
was
the
Intention
to
reopen
the
reading
room
as
soon
as
it
became
financially
possible
to
do
so.
Aid.
Thomas
Elliott
said
It
was
estimated
it
wcfuld
cost
$1200
to
put
the
building
back
in
shape
as
a
reading
room.
Aid.
J.
S.
Black
fell
that,
with
proper
supervision,
th?
reading
room
could
be
kept
In
order
without
deteriorating
as
it
had
done
before.
Policing
Is
Civic
Matter
City
Gets
No
Encouragement
From
Ottawa
In
Regard
to
Relief
A
communication
from
the
min
ister
of
Justice,
read
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council,
stated
that
It
was
the
duty
of
a
municipality
to
police
Its
own
area.
Th3
letter
was
in
reply
to,
representations
sent
toy
the
city
to
Ottawa
in
regard
to
the
difficulty,
through
lack
of
police,
to
maintain
law
and
older
here.
The
minister
of
Justice,
expressing
regret
that
the
federal
government
could
not
be
expected
to
assume
any
extra
expense
In
the
BULLETINS
RESCUED
BABY
FROM
FIRE
VANCOUVER
Mrs.
William
Brown
is
In
serious
condition
in
Vancouver
General
Hospital
suffering:
from
burns
sustained
when
she
rescued
a
baby
from
a
burning
firh
boat
at
the
foot
of
Denman
Street
last
evening.
The
baby
was
not
badly
burned.
THEATRE
IS
LOOTED
NORTH
VANCOUVER
The
&afe
In
the
Nova
Theatre
in
North
Vancouver
was
cracked
and
several
hundred
dollars
taken.
ROOSEVELT
SPEAKING
WASH
fN
GTON
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
will
be
heard
in
a
fireside
chat
at
8
o'clock
tonight
Pacific
war
time.
VICTORIA
WINS
EDMONTON
Victoria
Air
Force
defeated
Edmonton
Air
Force
52
to
34
in
basketball
last
night.
TURKEY
IN
DEALS
ANKARA;
Turkey
concluded
a
trade
agreement
yesterday
with
Germany
at
the
same
time
as
General
Sir
Henry
Maitland-Wilson,
chief
of
British
staff
in
the
Middle
East,
was
confer!
in?
with
Turkish
general
staff.
'
ABOUT
TOKYO
RAIDS
WASHINGTON
Further
particulars
have
been
made
public
Swedish
Protest
Made
to
Berlin
STOCKHOLM,
April
20
There
is
considerable
tense-
ness
here
following
the
send-
ing
by
the
Swedish
govern-
ment
of
a
protest
to
Berlin
at
an
attack
by
Nazi
aircraft
on
a
Swedish
submarine
within
Swedish
territorial
waters.
.
SITE
FOR
BUILDING
City
Council
Hears
About
Plans
For
Y.M.C.A.
Project
on
Mc-Biide
Street
The
mayor
and
city
clerk
were
authorized
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
to
continue
negotiations
with
Young
Men's
Christian
Association
War
Services
In
regard
to
the
acquisition
by
the
latter
of
a
site
on
McBride
Street
between
First
and
Second
Avenues
for
the
erection
of
a
building
which
may
cost
in
excess
of
$100,000.
The
building
would
be
primarily
used
during
the
war
as
an
entertainment
and
recreation
cenre
for
menof
the
forces
hut
what
would
happen
to
It
after
the.
war
Is
uncertain.
One
suggestion
Is
that
it
might
be
available
for
civic
centre
purposes.
Tnis
might
aircct
ine
terms
of
the
deal
on
the
property.
If
the
Y.M.C.A.
should
decide
to
remain
permanently
negotiations
would
be
along
the
line
of
lease
with
option
to
purchase.
Plans
have
not
yet
been
drawn
up
but
It
Is
understood
the
Intention
Is
to
have
a
large
gymnasium,
dance
hall,
or
auditorium,
show-
matter
for
which
It
was
not
res-
ers,
living
quarters,
etc.
No
pro-Donslble.
suggested
that
the
city
vision
Is
made
for
a
swimming
pool.
appeal
to
the
attorney
general
of
A-,
is
still
carried
on
the
province.
rveuDled
Countries,
Gen.f.
n
was
decided
to
pursue
the
sub..
i
1?
1,Z
I
carpenter,
International
ject
with
the
attorney
general
with
?
view
to
obtaining,
if
possible,
as-leader
old
meeting
a
a
.
H
of
nMhe
the
amy,
army,
i
u
.
in
London.
r
CARBO
ENERGY
Caitoohydratcs
furnish
more
than
50
percent
of
the
energy
content
of
most
diets.
FISHERIES
AGREEMENT
Canadian
Halibut
Fishermen
Get
Same
Privileges
in
U.
S.
as
Americans
Get
Here
OTTAWA,
April
20
W
The
Department
of
Fisheries
yesterday
announced
renewal
by
the
United
States
'government
of
an
agreement
allowing
Canadian
halibut
fishermen
the
same
prlvlllges
In
Alaska
ports
as
those
enjoyed
by
American
halibut
fishermen
In
British
Columbia,
ports.
The
agreement
allows
Canadian
halibut
fishermen
to
venter
Alaska
ports
to
buy
bait,
ship
crews
and
land
catches
either
In
bond
or
on
payment
of
United
States
duty.
REAL
BLOW
IWAS
STRUCK
May
Take
from
Three
to
Five
Months
to
Get
Skoda
Plant
Even
in
Partial
Operation
Again
LONDON,
April
20
(CP)
A
Reuters
dispatch
from
Switzerland
says
that
about
eight
hundred
persons
were
killed
in
last
Friday
night's
raid
on4the
Skoda
munitions
works
at
Pil&en.
The
report
said
that
everything
within
an
area
of
fifty
miles
appeared
to
have
been
destroyed
and
German
experts
estimated
it
would
take
from
three
io
five
monthsto
-
get
the
works
running
Interruption
for
About
an
Hour
When
Falls
River
Source
Fails
There
was
an
interruption
this
morning
In
the
power
supply
from
Falls
River
and
city
lights
and
power
were
off
an
hour
or
so
un-
'1
Shawatlans
Lake
and
the
steam
olant
could
be
brought
In.
By
noon
partial
service
had
been
restored
Conference
With
General
Murchie
!s
Reported
Upon
Report
was
made
to
the
city
council
last
night
on
a
conference
held
recently
by
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts,
Aid.
Robert
McKay,
chairman
of
the
board
of
works,
and
'Ay
Engineer
F.
N.
Good
with
iJcr-Oeneral
J.
C.
Murchie,
assistant
chief
of
staff
of
the
Canadian
Army,
who
was
a
visitor
here
i
few
days
ago.
Various
problems
of
Joint
federal
and
municipal
concern
Including
the
use
of
streets
and
facilities
by
the
defence
auth
orities
were
discussed.
General
Murchie
received
a
good
deal
of
In
formation
in
regard
to
the
situa
tlon
and
will
report
to
the
Depart
ment
of
National
Defence.
Reading
Room
As
Recruiting
Point
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
to
be
Offered
it
for
Use
of
Unit
The
city
council
last
night
did
n6t
accede
to
a
request
from
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
for
the
use
of
the
city
council
chamber
In
connection
with
the
visit
of
a
mobile
recruiting
unit
hero
on
April
28
and
.29
but
decided
to
offer
the
use
of
the
old
civic
reading
room
ptemlses.
It
will
be
necessary
to
put
the
premises
of
the
reading
room,
which
have
been
closed
for
some
time,
In
shape
for
such
use.
.
British
Planes
Fight
Nazi
Submarines:
Five
At
Least
Destroyed
Some
of
Ships
in
Convoy
Travelling
From
United
States
To
Britain
Are
Sent
to
Bottom
LONDON,
April
20
(Canadian
Press)
No
less
thanmineteen
attacks
made
by
British
aircraft
on
a
pack
of
submarines
which
had
cut
into
two
convoys
travelling
from
the
United
States
to
England
involved
a
four-day
battle
on
the
Atlantic
Ocean
and
five
Nazi
submarines
were
probably
destroyed
with
many
seriously
damaged.
Some
of
the
ships
in
the
convoy
were
lost
before
they
got
wunin
range
01
ine
Koyai
Air
Force
coastal
command
planes'
range
but
the
number
was
not
an
nounced.
EXPECTING
MORE
MILK
Cpnferenee
Held
Relief
of
Local
Situation
Soon
Anticipated
Early
retlief
of
the
local
milk
situation,
particularly
In
the
interests
of
the
babies
and
small
chil
dren,
seemed
assured
at
a
confer
1
!
ence
Monday
night
of
a
delegation
!
from
the
Prince
Rupert
Parent-
Teachers'
Association
with
Olof
about
the
United
States
omb-
-
,
ina-thrn
LtendancejMrHanson.promlsed
tq
inlv
nnn.
re-
-Ine
-raids
rf.okyo.-TI.e
t,o,nblnf
S's
planes
took
off
from
aircraft
carriers
which
weie
about
250
miles
from
Japan.
The
carriers
had
left
the
United
States
mainland
two
weeks
earlier.
Power
Supply
Is
Off
Today
Hanson,
MP.
for
Skeena,
other
Interested
persona
also
being
In
at-
with
the
.
authorities
at
Ottawa
with
a
view
to
getting
more
canned
milk
released
to
Prince
Rupert
In
view
of
the
unusual
situation
here.
Milk
dealers
present
at
the
conference
Indicated
that
a
better
supply
of
canned
milk
might
soon
be
expected.
The
committee
of
the
Parent-Teachers'
Association,
In
a
memorandum,
asked
not
only
for
Immediate
relief
but
that
there
be
assurance
of
an
adequate
supply
being
maintained.
Present
at
the
conference
were
S.
A.
Cheeseman,
chairman;
Mrs.
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby
and
Mrs.
George
i
A.
Hill,
members
of
the
Prince
Ru
pert
Parent-Teachers'
Association
committee;
Mr.
Hanson,
Allan
Lan-dels
and
C.
C.
Mills,
representing
the
milk
distributors;
George
Hooey,
manager
of
the
grocery
de
partment
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Associa
tion;
Fred
Hardy,
local
retailer;
Dr.
R.
J.
MaeDonald,
director
of
the
Prince
Rupert,
public
health
unit;
and
J.
V.
Scrivener,
repre
senting
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board.
Record
Library,
Washing
Machine
These
Are
Latest
Suggestions
for
Presentation
to
H.3LC.S.
Prii'pe
Rupert
A
communlcattoon
read
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council
suggested
that
a
small
library
of
I
phonograph
records
might
be
an
acceptable
gift
from
this
city
for
the
new
Canadian
warship
H.M.C.S.
Prince
Rupert
which
was
recently
launched.
1he
ship
was
already
equipped
with
a
combination
phonograph
and
radio,
the
city
was
advised.
It
was
left
to
the
committee
on
the
matter
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
and
Aid.
W.
II.
Brett
to
proceed
with
the
arrangements
in
collaboration
with
representatives
'
of
other
local
organizations
which
were
participating
In
the
presentation
fund.
1
Aid.
.Robert
McKay,
who
mentioned
that
the
Canadian
Legion
and
Women's
Auxiliary,
were
among
organizations
which
were
Interesting
themselves
In
the
presentation,
said
that
a
washing
machine
had
been
presented
to
H.M.
OS.
Calgary
by
the
city
of
Calgaty
and
had
proven
a
very
acceptable
gift.
Axis
LostMany
I
Fighting
Men
In
Air
Fight
LONDON,
April
20
A
Cairo
dispatch
to
the
London
Dally
iMall
says
that
the
Axis
lost
1000
top-ranking
officers
and
soldiers
who
were
In
flight
from
Tunisia
to
Sicily
In
the
big
air
battle
on
Sunday
when
many
large
Axis
transports,
carrying
the
military
men,
were
shot
down.
GET
THRU
TO
KISKA
Japanese
Getting
Aerial
Reinforcements
Over
Enemy
Planes
Shot
Down
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
April
20
Japan
is
getting
aerial
i
enforcements
to
Ktska
in
the
Aleutians,
It
was
announced
by
the
Department
of
the
Navy
In
revealing
more
at
tacks
on
that
Island.
Four
Japan
ese
planes
were
shot
down
and
others
were
hit.
Council
Backs
Ukrainian
Body
Favors
Organization
Being
Declared
Legal
with
Restoration
Of
Property
The
city
council
last
night
took
up
the
cudgels
on
behalf
of
the
Ukrainian
Labor
Farm
Temple
Association,
endorsing
a
resolution
that
a
federal
order-ln-councll
de-clailng
It
to
be
an
lljegal
organization
be
revoked
and
that
Its
prooperties
V:
restcved.
Aid.
W.
H.
Brett,
hi
moving
that
a
request
to
this
effect
be
acceded
to,
said
that
this
was
a
labor
organization
the
properties
of
which,
he
heard)
had
been
turned
over
to
a
Fascist
group.
In
any
case
there
was
general
dissatisfaction.
Aid.
J.
S.
Black
seconded
the
motion
which
was
carried.
Mill
Rate
Bylaw
Finally
Adopted
Tax
Scale
for
Year
Is
Approved
by
CUy
Council
The
city
council
last
night
finally
reconsidered
and
adopted
the
bylaw
setting
the
mill
rate
for
the
year
at
fifty
on
one
hundred
percent
of
the
taxable
land
and
fifty
percent
of
'
improvements.
The
mill
rate
Is
divided
into
15.1
mills
general,
18.3
schools
and
16.8
money
debts.
Hockey
Scores
Allan
Cup
Ottawa
4,
Victoria
3.
Memorial
Cup
Oshawa
6,.
Winnipeg
2.