t
Handing
Back
Oil
and
n
I
1
!
Il
I
on
aaKnaiin
isiana
10
T
I
naira
Tkaf
Aran
DON,
Marti
31
(CP)-Japan
i
.
3.2
to
i
to
RuNsia
oil
and
coal
concca
or-ki-aiin
I
and
twenty-six
years
o
Vy
eduied
.o
expire,
the
Moscow
nut
a
granted
Japan
concessions
in
2$'
Japan
and
ofi
the
Siberian
coast
iir
.Lnc,
in
rxniri!
in
1970.
V
''?JH
1
,panr-e
nationals
are
to
he
remove
"Sum
at
a
Ual''
noi
yci
uuuuuiici-ii.
r,
ns
f
nc
southern
half
of
the
island.
ftp""
1
Ml.lt.
in
ilium
idi
i
ciiiiuuioiiiiij
r...-.
Japan
i.-i
to
receive
HO.OOO
tons
of
oil
an-m
Ru:--iia
after
the
war.
;paper
I
mtia
said
today
editorially
that
pjwsz
trenKth
was
one
of
the
reasons
r.c
a
Riving
up
tne
concessions.
iVI)
JAPAN..
Pact
ed
Ud
A.
I'
ill
1
1
rn
n
Hut
RrUMnn
!
Tit
rounlrift
Kfmiln
.
t.-A
.
4
1
smI
ith
Japan,
Jipanrtf
tvrn
panics
to
fob
In
Russian
far
......
ran
mil
Japanese
rrmain
unchanged.
I
the
sgrrrmtnt
nmtdiamr
known.
hf
Indrptndrnt
Oper-
VlltTIIIIS,
'
.
.(
I
U.I
I
.
'aber
cruuer
and
Werrtay
told
a
com.
T
'..c
indepen
I
'
tipcu
mar
V
'd;,U
of
fir
-pendent
log
1
n:p4i,iri
arc
'V
-'e
hemlock
-
-
Mr
lllb.
Good
Weekly
77
Vmpaptrmtn
on
rprr
Put
Out
at
II.
mm
.
4
T
il.mtn
nr.
"'on
.h
....
if
?
""
ana
1
.
wrens,
as-
.
.
11
i;l
he
servlri.
i
b
-p:'1'1
"etchej
and
'I'
.
i
A.
-
.
'
,Vi
Th5
n
rr'm,;nt
"tore
,
'"LP
pcr
cvtn
con-bmd
newi
1
tnlt
writer
ptM
"ditn.
..
"'.
J"
"Pen.
liHJcnenee.
:''omcrTnrnn(
HEADS
T.C.A.
OCEAN
PILOTS
Appointment
Are
Announced
lX
Operation
.Manager,
J.
II.
Tudhope
WINNIPEO.
March
31Capt
J
J
Lindsay
Rood
ha
been
ap-,
pointed
chief
pilot.
Canadian
;
Government
TranaAtlantlc
Air
Ret
vice,
operated
by
Traru-Carvada
Air
Line,
it
was
announced
yeaterday
by
J
H
Tud-
;
hope,
opera
tlont
manager
Capt
'
Arthur
Rankin
has
been
ap-
,
pointed
chief
pilot,
western
dlvi-aion.
headquarter
Lethbrldge.
j
Ilia
place
In
the
Atlantic
service
la
being
taken
by
Captain
Jack
Wright,
Vancouver.
Copt.
Rood,
one
of
'the
T
C.
A.
veteran,
who
entered
service
In
Pep"
cn
on
th.
.u,,l
"tws-fcrothe-
a"
the
;ln"e
an',""!
us.
the
V:.M(hcr.
iwl.
6lu"
of
football
';3c,jn
....
it"!!..,.
"a
editor
nf
t
1R
fsw
-
fcilU
1937,
was
born
In
Berwick.
N.
6.
and
educated
inline-
public
-aiut
high
school
there
and
In
Dal
houile
University.
He
began
flying
in
1W9
with
the
R.CAr.
at
Camp
Borden
and
was
later
as
Air
Transport
with
the
Brooks
Airways,
Prince
Albert,
and
with
the
Canadian
Airways,
Winnipeg,
going
to
T.
C.A.
in
October
1937.
Capt.
Jack
Wright,
who
has
been
transferred
to
the
government
transAtlantlc
service
operated
by
T.CA.
has
to
his
credit
1139
crossings
of
the
Rockies
between
Lcthbrldgc
and
Vancouver
In
T.C.A.
service.
Born
In
Mission
City,
B.C..
he
bcRan
flying
with
the
Aero
Club
of
British
Columbia
in
wu.
started
his
own
school
or
aero
nautics
In
Vancouver
the
following
year
and
left
three
and
a
half
years
later
to
become
Instructor
for
the
Toronto
Flying
Club.
For
a
time
he
was
associ
ated
with
the
Springer
Exploration
Company,
flying
in
Northern
Ontario,
Quebec
and
Manitoba,
and
was
with
the
Hennessey
Air
Lines
at
Sioux
Lookout.
He
went
to
TransCanada
from
Canadian
Airways
in
February
1038,
and
was
based
at
Vancou
ver.
HUNS
RETAKE
CASSINO
HILL
NAPLES,
March
31
O-Oer
man
troons
moved
Into
posl
tions
evacuated
days
ago
NEEDS
HrJK
FLEET
Japan
has
17,000
miles
coastline.
by
I'l
f
i
uit
i:s
ntvKN
Wartime
Housing
Locally
Eapendlture
Has
Keen
.Million
And
Halt
Hollars,
Olof
Han
son
Advised
OTTAWA.
.March
31,
(CD
-Wartime
Homing
Limited
ha
pent
$1,526,751
for
the
pur
thase
of
land
and
construction
of
501
haute
at
Prince
ltutert.
Hon.
Clarrnrr
I).
Howe,
minister
of
munitions.
ald
in
the
Houc
of
Comi-ivn
Thursday
in
a
reply
tabled
for
Olof
Hanson,
M.
P.
for
Skeena.
Wartime
Homing
alto
built
atx
room
school
at
a
cost
of
$50,000
and
a
general
sewage
system
was
estimated
to
tost
$75,000.
0l
of
each
of
the
small
two
bedroom
house
wai
estimated
at
$2,113
and
the
cost
of
large
two
bedroom
house
was
set
at
S3.161
each.
Four
bedroom
houses
cost
51,102.
RED
ARMY
ADVANCES
Across
Prut
Ititer
and
Through
Carpathians
Toward
Hungary
and
Rumania
MOSCOW,
March
31.
0
-Across
the
northern
Prut
River
and'throTigh
captured
Clerno-
wlu
the
Ukranlan
army
is
moving
Into
the
Carpathian
Moun
tains
toward
Hungary
and
Ru
mania
The
advanee
force
u
-related
with
the
Halifax
Aero
i
u1thm
n(tMn
mllet
Hungary
Club
and
the
Cape
Breton
Fly-
j
and
n.ftr
a
naM
through
the
Ing
Club.
Before
Joining
T.CA
he
was
with
BritUh
Always
Limited,
flying
the
Croydon-
ftockholm
route.
Rankin
Is
also
one
T.C.
Dloneer
pilots.
Born
lorn
In
in
Carpathian
vakla.
into
CzechoSlo-
of
Englishman
O
Dudley.
England,
he
came
'TnVPntc
Ipf
Canada
at
an
early
age
and
was
lilTCUlo
ICl
educated
at
the
Edmonton
pub-1
-r
CL
lie
and
high
schools
and
Uv?
UHVen
UlliP
technical
technical
school.
school.
He
He
became
became
a
I
r
machinist
apprentice,
machln-j
!
LONDON
.vr.
March
,.-.
31
n
O-C
r-w
osc
Ut
and
apprentice
Instructor
"J.u
Ma.i.i
ion
the
disclosure
that
a
Jet-
mitll
juc
vu4i.ui.il
..
.
.
.
1
latrr
Laklnir
an
over-
propcuea
haul
course
with
aircraft
had
been
f,M
'built
came
word
that
a
Jet-pro-
der
or
funnels.
It
ts
the
invention
of
P.
H.
Wild,
an
Digllsh-man.
whose
brother.
S.
O.
W.
Wild,
has
renewed
the
patent
on
the
Invention
In
Britain.
"My
broUier
has
carried
out
experiments
with
a
ten-ton
boat."
said
Mr.
Wild.
"It
Is
propelled
by
Jets
of
highly
com
pressed
products
or
combustion.
He
prefers
to
describe
his
method
as
'ejector'
propulsion."
SWIFT
CURRENT,
Sask.,
......u
ii
rvi
nnrtnrii
are
inter
arre
successive.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Shlek
have
been
n.rrioH
seven
vcars
and
now
Local
Tides
Saturday,
April
1
High
7:49
16.7
fet
21:21
15.9
feet
Low
1:10
10.7
feet
14:25
7.0
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
MBlA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
fttlDAY,
MARQH
31,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
War
In
Pacific
Is
Increasing
'"
i
&33
I
sw
jf'-'v
.
bsIH-JhBBHhbH
ROLANTj
VOlTfO,
iitage
and
film
r
a
gue;it
s'ar
in
the
Bt
B;
..'
.
3
CupcraWOtJ
-
New
Y'k
.udica
in
a
traiu
A'ia;.u-
r
;
m
Lend
,;
bar
he
died
1st
the
itfage
at
the
Acadrx
.
Llama".
1!
At
Afte:
sevcat
appea
ancr-
in
London
lie
went
to
New
York
anrt
piayert
Uic
1
.art-
of
Alan
Jeffcote
in
Hindle
Wakes
at
the
Maxime
Elliott
Theatre.
Subsequently
he
appeared
with
the
Washington
Square
Players,
at
the
Bandbox
Theatre,
in
Ibsen's
"Doll's
House
antl
"Iledda
Gabler,"
in
Shaw's
The
Devil'
DUclple"
and
at
the
49th
Street
Theatre,
and
in
innumerable
films.
DEFER
FARM
LABOR
TRANSFER
DATE
Those
n
Outside
Industry
Now
Have
Until
April
15
to
Get
Back
'.Not
.Many
Affected
Here.
The
date
upon
which
agricultural
workers
employed
temporarily
in
otiUkSe
Industries
are
lequlred
to
report
to
their
local
!ttSSHlnWto
re
sume
farm
work,
has
been
set
back
from
March
31.
as
origin
ally
directed
by
the
National
Selective
Service
CommunHon.
to
April
15.
according
to
wo:d
received
by
the
Selective
Service
office
here.
The
order
does
not
affect
many
persons
in
Prince
Rupert,
it
was
learned
from
E.
V.
Whiting,
local
Selective
Service
officer.
This
office
has
not
issued
that
sort
of
permit
to
anyone
dlrecUy
around
the
city
although
up
the
railway
line
we
have
Is-iued
about
50
peimlts
to
small
farmer
who
wish
to
work
in
nearby
mines
and
sawmills
dur
ing
the
winter."
he
explained.
R.
C.
St.
CUlr
ominaled
as
President
Yesterday
Uodds
Again
Secretary
and
McKae,
Treasurer
Jet
propulsion
for
ships
has.
the
coming
1
years,
long
been
a
.
subject
of
experi
ment
and
the
Admiralty
were
responsible
for
some
which
were
carried
out
nearly
80
years
ago.
Record
Twin
Births
Three
Times
in
Row
klit
Children
Born
to
Swift
Cur-
rent.
Sask.,
.Mother
In
Three
and
Half
Years.
jus
a
only
name
presented
when
the
nominating
committee
submit
ccttve
Service
office
extends
as
far
cast
as
Endako.
Mr
Wiling
said
that
the
order
woatd
have
its
greatest
local
ef
fect
on
prairie
farmers
who
have
spent
the
winter
woiking
In
this
ATM
There
are
not
many
of
those,
either,"
he
continued.
There
are.
only
about
a
dozen
In
the
dnfidoc
work
kandjnore,
ihaasU
Ing
on
the-
highway."
Any
In
this
area
who
are
af
fected
by
the
order
will
have
to
pay
their
own
fares
back
to
their
nrairie
homes.
It
was
under
stood.
While
the
government
will
pay
the
transportation
costs
of
an
farm
worker
who
was
ordered
out
of
farm
work
and
Into
another
industry
by
the
Selective
Service
commission,
those
INSPECTOR
SPEAKS
COMMUNITY
SURVEY
IS
PROCEEDING
Rotary
Club
Hears
What
is
Be
inr
Hone
to
Improve
Social
Conditions
Speaking
before
the
Piince
i;
upen
Rotary
Club
at
luncheon
1
ye
ierday.
School
Inspector
B.
Thorsteinsson
told
of
progress
that
had
been
made
in
conncc-1
iion
with
the
recently
inaugura-!ad
c
immunity
survey
of
so-l..al
conditions
In
Prince
Rupert
'
Wii.h
special
reference
to
steps
who
left
their
farm
Jobs
volun-
;
and
certain
groups
In
early
and
uafy-
tarily
will
have
to
pay
their
own
way
back.
None
of
the
farm
workers
holding
temporary
war
Jobs
around
Prince
Rupert
were
ordered
to
come
here
so
all
are
responsible
for
their
own
trans
Iportatlon
costs
when
they
rc-
The
authority
of
the
loral
Sel-
;
turn
to
their
homes.
New
President
Of
Rotary
Club
R.
C.
St.
Clair,
d.strlct
will
be
president
of
th?
.Prince
Rupeit
Rotary
Club
for
1
t
1
111
LOG
SCALE
INCREASED
Year
to
Hate
Well
Ahead
of
1911
In
Spite
of
Lag
During
Past
.Month.
In
spite
of
a
-March
lag,
log
scaling
In
Frincc
Rupert
fores
try
district
for
the
present
year
to
date
has
reached
an
aggre
gate
of
27.938.526
board
feet
as
compared
with
16.562.G36
board
feet
in
the
corresponding
period
tal
lL
choice
for
officers
for
of
iasi
year,
k.
......
in-
vor
o
votrHiv's
i
The
scale
for
this
March
has
rMiilnr
weekly
luncheon.
been
5.574,906
board
feet
com-
work
sided
over
by
President
A.
s.
Nlckerson.
Thco
Collart
was
congratulat-
this
city.
The
births
cheon
war
savings
certificate
March.
1943.
Slum
shlck
ui
of
"
v..
i
...
.
cv
i
Pnrrtu-ruiH
Cordwood
raffle
for
the
Queen's
Fund
was
Thco'
Collait.
A
guest
at
the
luncheon
was
Indian
and
New
Zealand
troops-havc
clgnt
children.
The
first
jW.
R.
Butchart
of
tamonion.
and
small
enemy
troops
attack-
tw0
ci,udren
were
born
singly.
"TTr.:""
",0
ed
inside
Casslno.
Dr.
J.
C.
Burroughs,
who
at-
LEANING
TOWERS
...
j-j
Rhiplc
n
a
her
Italy
has
two
other
leaning
confinement's,
said
he
had
towers
besides
that
at
Pisa,
the
.
.rt
nnr
heard
of
three
163-foot
Oarisenda
and
the
320-
Ul
llllliin
-V.
sets
of
twins
In
succession,
j
foot
Aslnelll
at
Bologna.
this
March
was
scaled
at
1207
cords
compared
with
391
cords
In
the
same
month
last
year.
Japanese
Bases
at
Truk,
in
Carolines,
Hollandia
and
New
Guinea
Hit
R.A.F.
HAS
tendency
towards
Juvenile
c-Dfl
I
HCC
imquency
and
to
Improve
nutti-
,UlJ
LIS
J
J
tjon
of
the
children.
Mr.
Thor-
stcinsson
also
mentioned
some
dcas
which
had
been
developed
and
weie
being
worked
upon
In
the
matter
of
public
safely
and
vocation.
The
speaker
suggested
possibilities
of
young
people
en
tering
industries
on
an
apprenticeship
plan.
"The
only
way
we
can
obtain
action
on
these
matters
is
to
get
together
on
a
community
basis
and
formulate
intelligent
plans."
asserted
Mr.
Thorstelns-
son
ana
we
wouia
nice
10
nave
your
encouragement
in
every
way
possible.
What
we
require
Is
the
interest,
time
and
.ntelll
gent
assistance
of
the
citizens.
Mr.
Thorstelnsson
acknowledged
linanclal
assistance
that
had
been
given
by
the
Rotary
Club
in
connection
with
preliminary
organization
of
the
council
Mr.
Thorstelnsson
spoke
of
how
the
advent
of
the
forces
and
:
the.
sudden,
arising
of.
war.
Industries
and
defence
construe
Hon
had
all
at
once
completely
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
March
31
(CP)
American
heavy
bombers
.
mashed
at
Japanese
bases
at
Truk,
in
the
Carolines,
Hollandia
and
northern
New
Guinea
on
Wednesday
and
destroyed
172
enemy
planes,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
In
the
first
bombing
of
Ninety-seven
Planes
Fail
to
Return
from
Raid
on
Reich
Last
Night
LONDON,
March
31.
Royai
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
numbering
more
than
one
thousand
smashed
at
the
southeast
German
transport
centre
of
Nuremberg
and
other
targets
last
night
at
a
cost
of
ninety-seven
planes,
the
heaviest
tvll
ever
taken
of
an
Allied
air
fleet
in
a
single
opera
Hon
The
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
lost
thirteen
planes.
It
is
estimated
that
700
Allied
air
men
were
killed
or
captured.
British
planes
were
over
Eur
ope
again
today.
March
Police
Fines
$1520
Ninety-eight
cases
In
police
middle
adolescence
were
left
un-!
There
were
89
cases
beiore
provided
for.
Home
influence
the
magistrate
m
eoruary
ana
had
also
been
relaxed.
The
situ-
38
In
January.
atlon
was
reflected
In
the
schools.
Juvenile
delinquency
had
Increased
suddenly.
While
this
was
by
no
means
the
full
solution.
It
had
been
felt
that
it
was
Important
to
do
something
in
connection
with
recreational
facilities.
A
public
meeting
had
been
called
at
which
it
had
been
de
cided
to
institute
the
community
survey
with
a
view
to
obtain
ing
a
complete
picture
of
the
whole
social
situation
In
the
city
under
such
headings
as
recreation,
health,
vocation,
youth,
Industry,
safety,
housing,
culture,
etc.
Of
course,
It
was
not
expected
to
suddenly
renovate
or
moralize
the
city
but
it
was
felt
that
heie
was
a
good
opportunity
for
effective
community
action.
A
central
co-ordinating
suggestion
'that,
in
travelling
the
streets
yn
dark
mornings
and
evenings
during
the
seasons
when
there
was
little
daylight,
white
raincoats
might
be
worn
to
reduce
the
risk
of
traffic
accidents.
The
results
of
a
food
survey
among
school
children
had
already
been
made
known.
The
speaker
suggested
that,
where
sunshine,
so
Important
during
the
years
of
children's
growth
and
physical
development,
was
lacking.
It
was
Important
that
the
Vitamin
D
compounds
should
be
made
available.
Indian
children
living
in
the
neighborhood
were
supplied
with
cod
liver
oil
without
charge
but
what
were
the
youngsters
of
Prince
Rupert
getting
In
that
Turning
Turning
to
to
the
tne
Missing
In
Air
Service
Ewart
Heiherington,
Former
Ical
Welfare
Officer,
Listed
'ommlttcc
had
been
formed
and
i
j,
y
,
sub-committees
on
various
sub-
ASKCQ
10
V
lSll
Jects
were
being
set
up.
some
having
already
commenced
their
,
The
nominating
committee
I
pared
with
6.860,777
board
feet
Under
the
heading
of
safety,
hmtvuvt
thai
rt
r
Dndd
be
re-
in
the
month
of
March,
1913.
!Mr.
Thorstelnsson
made
one
elected
secretary
and
Alex
Mc-
j
The
scale
of
forest
products
IUc.
treasurer,
with
W.
R.
Mc-
po'
and
piling-ln
the
interior
Afce.
lied
Scadden
and
C.
A.
is
also
up
this
year
from
last
Blind
as
members
of
the
execu-
amounting
to
a
total
of
594.085
live
for
the
year.
lineal
feet
for
the
first
three
W.
J.
Davles.
local
manager
months
of
1944
as
compared
of
Canadian
National
Tele-
with
375589
llnctal
feet
in
the
graphs,
was
welcomed
as
the
first
three
months
of
1943.
latest
new
member
at
yester-
The
forest
products
scale
for
riav'
luncheon
which
was
pre-
this
March
has
been
49.475
Un-
ested
In
the
birth
of
three
sets'!
efl
,m
tne
nslon
of
hla
blrth
of
twins
in
three
years
and
five
j
day.
u.
vrr
nnH
Mr.
Lvman
Winner
of
the
weekly
lun
eai
icct
as
against
ou.ioo
iiihui
feet
In
March.
1943.
Ties
scaled
this
March
numbered
6053
pieces
748
spruce
and
5,305
Jackplne
as
compared
with
7,594
pieces
In
English
Club
The
Rotary
Club
of
Enfield,
Middlesex,
England,
had
an
invitation
before
the
local
club
yesterday
extending
an
invitation
to
members
of
the
local
club
who
happened
to
be
overseas
to
visit
the
club
there
and
accept
such
hospitality
as
might
be
made
available.
The
invitation
was
cccptcd
and
members
of
the
local
club
who
happen
to
be
overseas
will
be
advised
of
It.
A
brother
of
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby.
a
local
Rotary
member,
resides
In
Enfield.
tics
and
industries
co-operating.
There
might
even
be
part-time
school
and
patt-tlme
employment.
Mr.
Thorstclnsson's
address
11.1
1
1
.iii
Ih
DISCOVERED
IN
1808
way?
!
w"
nsienea
""!
The
lightweight
mineral,
mag-
wavronw
mm
j
nrsium,
invaluable
in
the
war
I
field,
the
speaker
suggesiea
me
oers
una
wiuaH
c-pffort,
was
first
identified
In
I
organization
of
an
apprentice-
pressed
to
the
speaker
by
the
1808
ship
system
with
school
authorl-
president,
A,
S.
Nlckerson.
Truk
from
the
South
Pacific,
the
bombers
scored
more
than
two
hundred
direct
hits
on
shop
and
hanger
areas
and
parking
aprons
to
destry
forty-nine
enemy
planes
on
the
ground.
The
Allies
lost
only
one
plane.
At
Hollandia
the
raiders
destroyed
103
Japanese
plane3
on
ths
ground.
Other
Japanese
plane
losses
were
Interceptors
sent
against
the
bombers
over
Truk,
Hollandia
and
the
Carolines.
STANLEY
CUP
ADVANCED
TO
FINAL
Montreal
Canadiens
and
Chicago
Black
Hawks
to
Start
Closing
Series
Next
Tuesday.
MONTREAL,
March
31
t
Montreal
Canadiens
and
Chi
cago
Black
Hawks
last
night
qualified
for
the
Stanley
Cup
hockey
finals
and
will
meet
In
Montreal
next
Tuesday
In
the
.
f
rrtt-3im?trf&i'
best
ot'ot-'
seven
series.
The
Canadiens
defeated
the
changed
conditions
In
Prince
court
during
the
month
of
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
eleven
to
Rupert.
A
situation,
unavold-
Aiarcn
yieioea
iu
in
iiu.
able
but
undesirable,
had
been
;
according
to
the
police
record,
created
and
the
idea
was
to
meet
Three
cases
were
dismissed
by
it
as
effecUvely
as
possible.
!
the
magistrate.
The
halls
and
places
of
re-!
Total
of
the
fines
assessed
creation
in
the
city.
Umtted
as
against
law
offenders
in
police
thev
were,
had
been
taken
over,
court
so
far
this
year
Is
$4,240,
Men
and
women
as
weU
as
older
with
$2,105
being
taicen
tn
aur-adolescents
were
busy
working
Ing
February
and
$165
in
Jan-
nothing
In
a
wild
scoring
spree
last
night
while
the
Black
Hawks
eliminated
the
Detroit
Red
Wings
by
winning
five
to
two.
JAP
MENACE
TO
IMPAHL
NEW
DELHI,
March
31
The
Japanese
were
disclosed
to
day
to
have
penetrated
into
the
main
allied
communication
lines
of
the
vital
Manlpur
plain.
Jap
infiltration
parties
laid
down
mortar
fire
on
the
main
road
running
north
from
Im-pahl,
capital
of
Manlpur
province,
and
another
party
wa3
Manv
frtpnds
in
Prince
RuDert
renorted
north
of
Konima
have
heard
with
regret
that
I
striking
at
communications
on
Ewart
Hetherington,
who
became
well
known
as
provincial
government
welfare
officer
here,
is
reported
missing
after
operations
overseas
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
His
home
Is
in
Vancouver
where
his
mother
resides.
Rotarians
Are
the
road
to
the
Brahmaputra
valley
and
the
main
Allied
supply
system.
Oeneral
Sir
Clauae
Aucnin-
lech
told
the
Indian
National
Assembly
today
that
the
enemy
were
spreading
out
in
many
directions
and
had
reached
the
main
British
defences,
directly
threatening
Impahl.
General
Sir
Claude
gave
assurance
that
the
security
of
Manlpur
Province
had
never
been
in
danger,
let
alone
that
of
India.
Navy
Officer
.'Makes
Invasion
Appear
Easy
SYRACUSE.
Sicily.
March
3
C1
They
tell
a
story
now
abou'.
a
naval
officer
who
landed
wltl
Invasion
troops
at
Llcata
or
the
southern
coast
of
Sicily
an
had
to
go
to
Syracuse
200
mile,
away.
All
railway
traffic
had
stopped
because
the
line
ran
too
close
to
the
fighting
front.
So
the
officer
borrowed
a
train
from
the
local
statlonmaster
and
ran
his
own
"special."
The
officer
was
Lieut.
G.
8.
Ritchie.
D.S.O..
Royal
Navy,
of
Aberdeen.
He
had
several
ratings
and
some
gear
so.
he
said,
"to
go
by
train
was
the
simplest
way."
ISLAND-STUDDED
There
are
500
Islands
In
the
Aegean
Sea.