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a
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menUry
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Indus
p
f-
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by
he
vcred
iry
ana
adapting
me
aircnm
in
duatty
to
civilian
nreda.
More
than
thie
hundred
del-gatea
repAfatnUng
over
130
Hn-tUh
CoJw?$la
organisaUons
are
atunjlg
the
conference
which
-onlnufj(Ji)day.
PITILESS
STRUGGLE
Admiral
l(xni(
Substitutes
fr
Hitler
at
.Memorial
lay
Cere-monies
in
(Jermany.
LONDON.
March
13
Admiral
DoenltE
aubstltuled
for
Chanceltor
Adolf
Hitler
at
the
microphone
on
Germany's
Memorial
Day
ceremony
8unday.
tell
ing
the
Oerrmirw
that
"a
pitiless
i
ulruRglc
U
bcint
waged
for
cxiai
Ihriliaullnjc
of
.Shipbuilding,
Slrtl
and
Aircraft
lndutrirs
Adrixalrd
VANCOUVER.
March
13
0
A
tKHtrar
ireoiMtruction
and
re
habmUtkM
conference
on
Sunday
approTrd
a
brief
aubmlttwl
by
the
Shipyard
and
General
Worken'
Federation
atreslni
Bulletins
itr:n
cuoss
campaign
TORONTO
Oter
$8,000,
PC0
had
been
collected
in
the
current
Red
Croxs
drive
in
Canada
up
lo
Saturday
nifht,
Vancouver
had
subscribed
71
Pfr
cent
of
its
quota,
and
ItrltMi
Columbia
had
collected
over
$600,000.
AMENDING
TC
9311
OTTAWA
THme
Mlnixter
.Mackentie
Kinc
announced
this
mornlnt
that
revisions
will
be
made
to
aie
control
order
t"C.
9381.
The
revision
lll
adjust
the
machinery
of
the
order
dealinK
with
ware
disputes.
VICTIMS
Of
IIOMIHNG
LONDON
More
than
1.001
vfolr
were
killed
or
mlssinic
as
irsult
of
hombincs
In
the
mil
Mi
Isles
diirlne
last
month.
There
were
1,00
Injured.
These
fifures
are
four
limes
creater
than
in
February
a
)ear
ago.
Protest
Made
By
Italians
encc
or
annihilation
of
the
na-;than
Italians
were
not
permlt-t
tlon
icd
to
aiiena,
provesieo
bv
ai
Illllcr
had
Mokcn
at
all
pre-
lied
support
of
King
Victor
Em
vlous
Heroes'
Day
ceremonies
manuel
and
General
Plctro
Bad
.since
the
war
began,
ottllo
as
Premier.
British
Coai
Situation
In
Some
Quarters,
Including
Wales,
Is
Obscure
I.0N1)0N,
March
W
(CP)-Thc
wcek-old
stiikf
,.p
.iwuiit
:tj..l,
Anl
niinnrs
winch
cost
lirumr
three
hundred
thousand
tons-of
coal
is
slowlj
break
indications
that
a
third
of
he
me.
inB
up
today
with
a,i
nlw
back
at
work.
The
suction
n,
i
n
who
c
confused.
The
shutdown
is
sun
con.,.
,
.
-
nrMi
arc&i.
1
rne
lie
sivuuuuu
aivurtuwn
m
mi
Plant
Work
Is
Under
Way
The
city
engineer
has
been
authorized
to
nermlt
a
water
15.00
connection
to
be
made
between
Construction
work'
on
Uie
$50.-
000
plant
is
wen
uhuci
uj-
iiu
oo
an
water
main
ana
me
army
of
Is
under
the
charge
of
George
ueorgc
Fishermen
Co-operative
pack-
,,ft
10.J05.H
Ing
plant
being
creeled
In-water-,
Hills.
wM
MAJOR
TRIQL'ET
AND
FAMILY
There
is
no
prouder
family
in
Canada
riant
now
than
that
of
Major
Paul
Triquet.
of
Cab-ano.
Que.,
who
has
been
awarded
the
Victoria
Cross,
aigttest
award
for
valor
in
the
British
Empire.
Ills
wife
and
two
children
are
shown
above,
with
Yolandc.
8,
on
the
left
and
Cjaude,
10.
on
the
.ftsbk.
MjaKTrkqeV
tentrc,
is
tbc
former
Alberte
Chenler
of
Ottawa.
The
picture
of
Major
Trto.uet
was
uakn
hen
he
was
a
regimental
nueaiit
major
with
the
R-:.nl
22nd
ReRiment.
APPEAL
BY
POPE
PIUS
Pontiff
Pleads.
City
be
not
ground.
That
.Made
Ftcrnal
Rattle-
ROME.
Marrh
li-"IIow
can
we
-believe
airy
one
would
dare
Mass
Meeting
F.xpicsscs
Opposl-
to
turn
Rome
into
a
battlc-lloii
to
Victor
Fmmanurl
and
ground?"
asked
Pope
Pius
yes
Radoietio.
terday
in
speaking
on
the
lift!'.
.
anniversary
as
his
coronation
NAPLES.
March
13
A
mass
as
Pontiff.
Such
an
act
would
PUSH
ON
IN
BURMA
AR
NEWS
GIVE
GENEROUSLY
CANADIAN
VfiED
GNSS
A
GREAT
CAUSE
HitsSIANS
AT
BUG
RIVER
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VOL.
XXXIII,
No.
61
PRINCE
B.C.
MONDAY,
MARCH
1944
n.iiv
ann
it
iiiiirci
niarmnr
urr
RUPERT,
13,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
AMIH
Wr.
MOSQUITO
TARGET
....l
lmrlrill
ni
mnrri
aim
ninirri
cuilllllliril
.if,
inn
-
.
Mrti
vn
n
vmiern
ocrmany
and
I
ranee
......
the
Drinripai
ooircuve
ui
nriiiMi
mw
v
.ill
tic
I.VU
II!.'
WM.'
tnirir
an
appeal
lo
ieiiierrni
nations
Mumiay
in
Ihoushln
of
peace.
if
jround.
.
Eire
Is
Now
Being
Cut
Off
NEW
DELHI,
March
13.
0
-A
r.cs
.(
Allied
successes
In
the
scclJi
of
Burma,
tnclud-:h
ccu;atlon
of
Buthc-i
-
!ifa-
thr
ort
ot
Akyao.
pcen
announced
by
Lira
-
(
n
jutheatl
A.
l.
'
i
i
.
hb
are
a
s
.
jushifk
beysnd
Buthdai.
'
r
farnce
from
their
.
.il
pc.ti'ns.
T
;
iinern
Burma
the
Chln-r
t
ar"
Americans
are
eontlnu-Tliward
smash
along
the
ma.n
road
in
the
Hukwang
j
.
ca'.
iiing
to
cut
thef;
;
n
,-Uvay
line.
LOOSENING
UP
ON
BEER
OTTAWA.
March
II
(CD
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
Kmc
announced
today
that
the
Dominion
(cot-ernment
is
liftinc
restrictions
on
the
amount
of
beer
released
to
the
public
by
the
various
provincial
liquor
boardsj
From
now
on
repnsibilitjrfor-tli
quantity
of
beer
released
Is
the
sole
rrpniibility
of
the
Inquest
Is
Held
Today
I"iur--t
into
the
death
of
Joseph
Oswald,
employee
of
the
nun
Construction
Co..
who
Hi"ti
on
a
train
while
beiru?
i
r
ought
in
from
Salvus
on
Friday
night
last
following
a
ri.se
at
the
company's
road
camp
Is
taking
place
this
alter
noon
before
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens.
The
Juiy
consists-of
Stan
Savtlle.
Silas
Lucas.
F.'R.
Drinkall.
Archie
McNeill.
Pat
Mnrzel
and
William
Stoller.
Bombing
Germany
LONDON,
Mirch
13
tT-Brtt-
j
Appcaltftg
to
the
belligerents
light
formations
roared
In
large
to
turn
their
thoughts
to
ways
numbers
toward
France.
United
of
peace.
Ills
Holiness
appealed
SUie.s
heavy
bombers
raided
to
responsible
men
on
both
France
yesterday
without
fight-Mdos
that
Rome
be
spared.
er
escort.
Strike
B
.
great
South
Wales
coalfields
Is
still
critical.
I
front
block
A
off
Section
Two.
1
cost
of
the
work
will
be)
around
$800.
Goebbels
Had
Narrow
Escape
.O'JKHOLM,
March
13
It.
ins
been
disclosed
that
Nazi
I'ropaganda
Chief
Joseph
Goeb-
'
had
a
narrow
escape
on
"ebniary
16
when
a
block
-bust-:
struck
an
hotel
In
Berlin
hT
a
party
was
being
held.
Onebbels
got
to
an
N
nlr
raid
rilter
In
time
but
other
guests.
nrludlng
some
high
officials,
vere
killed.
The
rbom
In
which
'he
party
was
being
held
was
'lit.
ove
Favorable
Weather
in
Italy
NAPLES,
March
13
A
change
for
the
better
in
the
weather
In
Italy
may
lead
to
fighting
on
a
larger
scale
although
so
far
there
Is
only
patrol
activity.
The
crlnclpahactlon
continues
to
be
In
the
air.
reaks
Up
SOUTH
PACIFIC
WEWAK
IS
HEAVY
HIT
Twcnty-Six
Japanese
Planes
Hroiiclit
Down
Troop
Barge
Sunk
a
New
Britain.
,'T'
TFO
HBADQUARTERS
IN
ruTlIWSST
PACIFIC
March
"
--American
bombers
and
ighters
destroyed
twenty-six
ancs
planes
and
p:
obablv
ihot
down
another
six
in
a
hravf
jssault
Saturday
on
Wcwak,
panere
base
In
northwestern
"
v
Oulne-a,
headquarters
an
rjneett
tcday.
Australian
pilots
sank
two
"ipanese
troop-laden
barges
-nr
Ttiasca,
New
Britain
Rataaul
was
also
subjected
to
mother
heavy
bombing
but
strain
no
Japanese
planes
came
up
to
resist.
Allied
planes
dropped
160
tons
of
bombs
on
Wewnk
and
91
tons
I
on
Rnbaul.
Travel
Between
Britain
and
V
Ireland
Is
Being
Suspended;
Important
Military
Reasons
Patriots
Nab
M
Island
Base
NURSES
TO
AIR
LINES
LONDON.
March
The
port
of
Puetace.
on
Brae
Is-
land
off
the
Dalmatian
coast
has
been
captured
by
Yugoslav
patriots.
Brie
Island
ilea
ten
miles
from
Lie
oort
of
Snllt.
and
has
TransCanada
Assigns
Ten
New
Graduates
to
Posts.
To
Lethbrldge
'
"goes
Norrna
Evenson,
Earl
Grey,
Sask.,
gradate
of
Reglna
Orcy
Nuns'
Hospital.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
42
Minimum
29
Allegation
of
Use
as
Espionage
Base
Leads
to
Dras-
'
tic
Action
Being
Taken.
1
LONDON,
March
13
(CP)
Travel
between
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
and
Eire
was
suspended
at
midnight
Sunday
for
military
reasons
"of
paramount
importance"
and
it
was
widely
reported
in
London
that
this
restriction
was
only
the
first
step
decided
upon
by
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
in
a
move
to
com-1
pletely
isolate
Eire,
which
Unit-
REds
SMASH
ON
been
used
in
the
past
a.M
otatcs
charges
has
been
a
submarine
base.
base
lor
espionage
activities.
An
I-
order
prohibiting
all
but
the
ttttt4ttt
tt
most
vital
travel
to
and
from
Ireland
followed
closely
opon
the
refusal
of
Premier
Eamonn
de
Valera
of
Eire
to
oust
Axis
!
diplomatic
representatives
from
Eire.
The
order
will
impose
a
hard
economic
blow
at
Ireland
which
has
been
profjUng
from
war
time
tourist
travel.
Many
Irish
people
serving
m
the
forces
or
wiNNirtu.
Marcn
n.
Ten
wrUng
In
British
Industries
former
nursesjrom
various
parts
wm
be
unable
to
visit
their
oijanaaa
nave
completed
therr
j
homes
for
the
duration
of
the
toduT$as
miles
Ion:
stewardesses,
uraauaies
oi
tne
between
Northern
Ireland
and
:mith
T.C.A.
school
for
stew-
Hi--
mav
later
ho
rloscd
,i
rd
esses,
they
formed
the
firs:
Gas.
coal
and
wheat
going
to
lass
trained
by
Betty
Heming-
Eire
may
be
given
a
low
prtor-
aon.
supervisor.
They
are
as-
ny
rating,
signed
as
follows:
To
Montreal:
Ethel
Boucher,
i
Sherbrooke.
Quebec.
ate
of
Sherbrooke
Hospital:
Rita
Myers,
Kitchener,
Ont
graduate
f
St.
Mai
y's
Hospital,
Kitchener.
To
Toronto:
Marjory
Hare.
Jarvis.
Ont.,
graduate
of
Toronto
Hospital:
Mary
O'Neill.
Hamilton,
graduate
of
St.
Mary's,
Kitchener;
Bernice
Case.
Toronto,
graduate
of
Wellesley:
Dorothy
Mitchell.
Bowmanville,
Toronto
Western.
To
Winnipeg:
Peggy
Tyrill,
Pouce
Coupe,
B-C.
Graduate
o
St.
Paul's
Vancouver;
Alice
Clarke.
Inchkeith.
Sask.,
Reglnt
mecUng
of
Italian
people,
uh-
dot
"mUltorily
inglorious."
It
was
i.sh
mosquito
bombers
attacked
General;
Margaret
Helen
i
Smith.
Interfered
with
by
iht
Allied,
a
"gravciliour-
for
Rome
he
de-
western
Germany
Sunday
nignt
iwioraiiic.
,uikc
uai.
authorlUe'
except
Uiat
others
dared.
-.v.-
and.
on
their
return.
Allied
day-
i
Winnipeg.
'
"
.rmuiAuclion
Sale
Of
City
lots
Seven
pieces
of
city
owned
property
were
sold
at
public
auction
at
the
city
hall
last
week.
Made
available
to
the
public
by
a
by
law
authorizing
their
sale,
trans.
Closing
On
Black
Sm
Khersoa
"and
NikouVr
Appear
to
'be
Next
In
line
for
Soviet
Liberation.
LONDON,
March
-13.
(CJ.)
F
o
u
r
blgmlaaarrnie
slashed
at
the
rroskurov-Gus-
yatin
Railway,
leading
from
the
Ukraine
into
Rumania
and
Hungary,
Sunday,
fought
to
within
twenty-two
miles
of
Kherson,
important
Axis
base
up
the
lower
Dnieper
River,
and'
captured
two
hundred
and
ten
localities.
One
Kus-
n'j'P
,?,'
ne
railway
at
a
point
presumably
about
lorty-five
miles
north
of
the
Rumanian
frontier.
Another
Soviet
Army
is
advancing
on
Nikoliev,
at
the
mouth
of
the
Bur
River,
and
Is
only
22
miles
away.
Odessa
is
the
general
objective
of
the
gigantic
Russian
actions
were
completed
in
the
drive
opened
up
in
Low
3:30
16:05
10:05
22:10
the
south
louowing
cases.
Ukraine.
In
many
places
the
Lot
10.
block
37,
secUon
7.
Russians
are
advancine
at
the
sold
to
Harry
A.
Sites
for
$1,410.
rate
of
a
mile
an
hour.
The
Ger-
Lot
24,
block
8,
section
1.
sold
mans
are
retreating
In
disorder,
to
Ifcjris.
L.
Quander
for
$850.
leaving
small
arms
and
equip-..
Lo.t.4,
block
40.
section
5,
sold
ment
behind
In
their
efforts
.to
to
George
Oakey
for
$350.
escape.
'
Lot
12.
and
the
east
nan
oi
,
lot
11.
block
16.
section
5,
sold
to
Louis
Amadlo
for
$2,175.
Lot
3.
block
4,
section
1,
sold
to
Victor
Menkes-Ior-$750.
Lot
6.
block
22,
secUon
1.
sold
to
Sydney
D.
Johnstofor
$2000.
Lot
5,
block
22,
secUon
1,
solt
to
C.
Ytrebere
for
$2
075.
High
Local
Tides
Tuesday,
March
11
20.1
feet
18.1
feet
5.3
feet
62
feet
CANUCK
OFFERS
A
HAND
TO
lUtlTISH
TOMMIES
Teamwork
pays
dividends.
A
Canadian
soldier
(end
of
Hne.
aids
an
English
gun
crew
to
pull
a
5.5
gun
Into
poslUon
as
fierce
fighting
rages
on
the
Eighth
army
front
north
of
Ortona,
Italy.
Careful
camouflage
Indicates
precautions'
taken
against
sudden
attack
by
Luftwaffe.