4.
Lri
uvih
"inn
a
ori.M(
v
i
v
in
ii
ai
',
T
iR
SCOOTER
i.vi
Gord
:
Davjr-i.fl'
on
the
new
paratrip
motor-scoot
-'
it
will
travel
more
tu.n
30
miles
per
be
dioppod
f,rom
a
plane
by
parachute
It
now
with
Canadian
parachutist
training
,
r
U
III
I
I
.1
1
f
I
V
Here
rrrii
a
m
an-
Cmmonr
Conducted
YfirtvW'
-
a
men's
und
ex-
i;.
.
ill
the
Siorfc
(;..-..
if
WW
v
f
L
3,
Martyn.
T:e-jirri-
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.-.wr
'
i-
nen--
a
t:
.dtcreat
t'.i
were
sur-
a::a
with
the
'
imi
stable
:
been
'
r
h
.
find
!
fad-1
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":
urn's
v
,:
'
:
:111m
line
(1
been
ISi
i
Col-
aiung
1
b(
'uming
Rupert
in
rta
to
his
'
i'
mmu-Ai
my
(I
(X-l
')
Uit
the
...iXiiiary
'.
the
'
:.i'C
es-v.
ui
!
he
to
the
war
was
i
Marlyn,
F
Col.
T.
11
C
:ass'
"
'
Suites
r
Hudson
..i.i
Navy
-
f:ic
oc-.un
s.
.
of
Ai
'
und
1U
John
or
u..
c.
1
'
w"r
I
r..
ifnt
M
a
i'C
av
"'"my
be
ntM
"
J.
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hov
for
6;
j
a'n-
ni;r
mcn
vcr-
lwierio.
year
.
..
.
"
I
il
rlr
'"local
auxlll
n
.
hi
"u-
and
tin
,;"":'
and
1
D
n
.k
Uiund-
(Hp
new
IJoke
"
llll
"in-
ui
U.S.
NOT
ADVISED
WASHINGTON.
March
17
Secretary
of
Stale
Cordell
Hull
I
.
,1..,
L.
,tl.J
am
wuh;
Mm,
uiv
uiumi
States
government
had
not
been
Informed
of
Russia's
in-
Untions
previous
to
Russian
recognition
of
the
Badogllo
gov-
etnmMit-of
Italy.
He
MM-
the
while
he
knew
unofficially
that
It
might
happen
he
was
olflcl-
ally
Ignorant
of
the
thing
un
-
til
It
AMiirrM
Th
mnva
t-a
si
contrary
to
United
States
dip
-
lomaUc
policy,
and
hU
country
would
not
recognize
the
Ragdo-
lio
government,
he
continued.
Convoy
Job
Is
Still
Big
nrrxwA
M.irrh
17
O
Naw
Minuter
Annu
Macdonald
said
v.-rrfa
m
the
House
of
Com.
andlmona
that
Canada
was
doing
i
alkm
of
thu
Pre-war
trend
had
,n
a
dramatic
fashion
slmultan-i
liuecessfully
a
big
naval
convoy
j
job
on
the
Atlantic
and
that;05'
throughout
Canada
too
much
time
should
not
be
i
aroused
the
peojple
and
their
vernlng
agencies.
The
result
isnent
in
thinking
of
sending
.ships
to
the
Pacific
unUl
the
convoy
Job
is
done.
BIG
BLAZE
.
AT
MASSETT
A
fire
on
Monday
destroyed
several
bulldlnfw
at
Massctt
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
The
blaie
destroyed
the
con-
tructlon
company's
camp.
Mar
tin's
store,
a
pool
hall
and
two
house
Frank
Wright,
the
company
cook
was
Injured
in
a
Jump
from
a
burning
building
ana
was
brouglit
to
nospiuu
m
Prince
Rupert.
acknowledging
the
courtesy
of
r
I
r-.
I
I
P.M
V
Vsommunacr
unanes
i.
cif.
In
making
It
possible
for
the
naval
band
to
turn
out
and
play
for
the
occasion.
The.e
was
prayer
by
Capt.
A.
napson,
acting
senior
padre
tot
.he1
area.
The
new
hostek
of
course,
oentres
around
the
six
airy
dormitories
which
have
accommodation
for
a
total
of
150
men
Here
at
moderate
cost
clean
and
comfortable
accommodation
Is
made
available
for
service
men
on
leave
and
otherwise
out
of
,
barracks.
Highlight
adjunct
features
Include
the
large
main
lounge,
a
particularly
delightfully
appointed
writing
room,
a
compact
little
sewing
and
pressing
room,
the
canteen
and
lunchroorp.
Substantiality,
neatness
and
cleanliness
arc
to
be
I
noted
in
All
the
fenture.i
of
the
and
place
l
Allies
New
Zealanders
Are
In
Thick
of
Battle
Along
Rome
Highway
API.ES,
March
17
(CP)
The
Kifth
Army
forces
have
now
fought
their
way
into
Cassino
to
the
southeastern
outskirts
and
captured
several
prominent
heights-
overlooking
the
ruined
town.
New-Zealand
troops
finallv
drove
the
fiermnns
frr.m
nil
hut
one
corner
of
the
town.
"
ELIMINATE
VENEREAL
DISEASES
Never
Were
Condition
Belter
to
Combat
Syphilis
and
Gonorrhea.
"Events
and
condition
are
favorable
for
the
final
eradication
of
venereal
diseases
In
Can-
I
ad."
deciated
Major
B.
0.
Mos-jcovkh
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Army
Medical
Corps
In
speaking
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
yesterday.
Dr.
Moscovleh
l.
poKe
in
connection
wun
in
current
Social
HvrUne
nam.
ipalgn
Week.
"There
Is
a
full
tide
of
wholesome
public
Interest,
concern
and
support,"
he
said
"lA
mM&ft
j
1
'dtfWrf
THtnsT
these
master
saboteurs
of
our
war
effort
Never
before
has
;:here
been
such
an
imposing;
,
....
.
Ku
l
i
'
;
available
human
resource
ar-
.
rayed
against
the
serious
threat
of
syphilis
and
gonorrhea.
If
every
citisen
in
Canada
takes
his
station
on
the
health,
welfaie.
legal
or
moral
sector
of
Canada's
four
sector
front
against
venereal
disease
the
favorable
outcome
of
th;
battle
Is
assured
"
There
was
evidence
even
before
the
onset
of
war
that
a
growing
social
consciousness
was
!
uncovering
this
long-neglected
'
national
tragedy.
The
acceler
was
a
united
desire
to
overcome
venereal
disease.
As
a
result
or
the
recognition
of
the
need
for
Immediate
action
to
reduce
the
threat
of
venereal
infection
to
Canada's
wat
effort
and
home
life,
a
comprehensive
central
program
had
been
launched
last
July
Integrating
the
control
measures
of
the
forces,
the
Department
of
National
Health
and
the
Provincial
Department
of
Health
followed
by
a
natmal
disease
con
trol
conference
In
Ottawa
in
December
with
105
delegates
and
visitors
assembled.
Here
principles
and
policy
which
would
guide
the
antl-vcncreal
dtseasc
program
were
laid
down.
The
purpose
was
to
take
the
offensive
on
each
sector
as
follows:
Health
sectorwaging
unrelenting
war;
with
weapons
of
modern
medical
science',
and
public
health
procedure
by
physicians,
nurses
and
health
departments.
Welfare
sector
Social
workers
i
and
welfare
agencies
aiming
I
to
battle
squalor,
overcrowding,
i
lack
of
food,
neglect
and
I
sccuilty.
Legal
sector
courts,
legal
profession
and
police
agencies
seeking
out
and
bringing
to
Justice
those
whom
for
personal
.
.
.
.
......
I
m.
,.'
iir.nl..
gain
puiitvjr
iv
"n"
a
vw
ncsses.
j
Moral
sector
Churches'
and
homes
leading
I'm
battle
to
strengthen
ine
moral
fibre
of
(Continued
on
Page
3)
Hockey
Scores
Detroit
10,
Boston
9.
Montreal
3,
Chicago
2.
Taking
From
that
point
the
Via
Cacinlna
lead
into
the
Llrlftne
Valley
and
on
to
Rome.
Th
German
arc
still
said
to
be
oe-l40
cupying
the
ruins
of
Monte
Cas
sino
Abbey,
SOFIA
IS
ATTACKED
Second
Air
Itaid
in
21
Hours
on
Bulgaria
Capital
NAPLES.
March
17
O-BriU
toi
bombers
In
the
Mediterranean
area
played
an
Important
nan
in
,
,..,.,
.
'
"
V.
Bulgarian
capital
of
Sofia
last
night.
It
was
the
second
attack
within
24
hours
on
the
Bulgarian
capital
Red
Cross
i
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N
axis
Retreat
To
Rumania
Over
Cassino
NIGHT
OF
BOMBING
Factories
in
Fiance
Principal
Targets
for
Allied
Attacks
By
Air.
LONDON.
March
17
Q
The
rubber
tire
factory
at
Clermont-Ferrand,
30
miles
southwest
of
Vichy,
and
railway
targets
at
Amiens
were
attacked
last
night
by
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bftmber-j,
while
Mosquitoes
struck
at
western
Germany.
All
planet
returned
safely.
nnihan
bombers
were
about
pfr
cent
of
the
force
sent
out
during
the
night
to
Amiens.
'h-hrfe:)
and
Augs
'Hi
:
.?
th-
principal
target?
of
ye
"rrday's
raids.
Two
thousand
American
and
other
plane;
wtru
ovr.
Fifty-sU
German
planp
were
snjt
down
durln?
the
day
Finland
Asked
T
r
1
i
o
rveconsmer
i
;STCCKHOLM.
March
17
-
Guiiav
and
thr
Swedish
2nc
vfrnmcnt
have
appealed
to
the
Finns
to
reconsider
their
!
d?f,Mi,n
rejecting
Russia's
peace
terms
Carpenters'
Union
Meets
No
vccial
considerations
were
brought
to
trie
attention
of
members
of
the
Brothe:hood
cf
Carpenters
and
Joiners
of
America,
a;
the
regular
meeting:
of
the
union,
held
In
the
Carpenter's
Hall
last
night.
Routine
business
dominating
the
meeting
There
was
a
good
turnout
of
members.
DOUKHOBOR
VIOLENCE
Trouble
Between
Orthodox
.Members
and
Sons
of
Free
dom
Sect
at
Brilliant.
BRILLIANT.
March
17
r
Violence
between
orthodox
Doukhobors
and
the
radical
Sons
of
Freedom
flared
up
yes
teraay
and
last
nicnt,
but
no
one
was
seriously
Injured
de
;
spite
fist
fights,
clothes
tearing
land
C'UD
swinging.
The
disturb-
ances
centred
around
the
home
oi
John
Veregln,
spiritual
leader
ne
ortnodox
Douiinobors.
Bulletins
I)HOI
AIKIIOKNE
TKOOl'S
NEW
DELHI
In
a
surprise
move
Lord
Louis
Mountbat-tcn's
East
Asia
command
dropped
a
heavy
force
of
airborne
troops
behind
the
Japanese
front
lines
cn
the
noith
Burma
front.
DENIES
FAVORITISM
OTTAWA
Dr.
Frigon,
chairman
of
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation,
has
denied
that
he
has
been
guilty
of
autocratic
conduct
in
connection
with
alloting
time
for
political
talks
cn
the
network.
HACK
TO
FARM
VANCOUVER
.More
than
2,000'
prairie
farm
workers
employed
during
the
winter
months
in
B.C.
war
industries,
must
be
released
to
return
to
the
farm
by
April
15,
Selective
Service
announced
today.
REUTEItS
SUSPENDED
BUENOS
AIRES
The
British
news
agency,
Reuters,
has
been
ordeied
to
suspend
operations
in
the
Argentine.
MINISTER
TAKING
REST
OTTAWA
Hon.
J.
L.
Ilsley,
minister
of
finance,
is
taking
a
much-needtd
rest.
Hon.
J.
L.
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
is
acting
minister
of
finance
during
Ilsley's
absence.
TL'RGEON
AMBASSADOR
OTTAWA
Hon.
IV.
F.
Tur-geon
of
Retina
has
been
appointed
Canada's
first
ambassador
to
Mexico.
Irish
Leader
Is
On
Hunger
Strike
BELFAST.
March
17
tt
Hugh
McTeer.
leader
of
the
outlawed
Irish
Republican
Atmy,
today
entered
the
thirty-fourth
day
of
his
hunger
strike
to
death.
New
Westminster
Goes
Ahead
In
Play-off
CALGARY.
March
17
New
Westminster
went
two
up
without
a
loss
by
defeating
Edmon-
i
ton
10
to
4
last
night
in
the
'
Fecond
game
or
the
Allan
Cup
piay-ons.
for
which
they
brought
along
'AVHF.KE
TO
GO
ON
A
48?
The
question
of
where
to
go
and
what
to
do
on
a
precious
48
hours'
leave
is
not
troubling
these
three
hard
working
service
women
shown
at
a
station
wicket
In
Montreal.
Unanimous
choice
was
Sto.
Adele,
Laurentian
mountain
resort,
and
skiing,
plenty
of
smart
ski
togs.
Girls
in
the
services
save
up
for
such
trips,
and
benefit
by
getting
reduced
rates
on
railways.
They
can
secure
permission
to
wear
"civvies"
on
such
leaves.
From
left
to
right:
Wren
Helen
Brophey.
Women's
Royal
Canadian
Nuval
Service,
pte
Marydel
Robertson,
Canadian
Women's
Army
Corps,
and
Cpl.
Barbara
Brophy,
R.C.A.F
.
Women's
division.
Russians
at
Dniester
River;
Enemy
Is
Now
Backing
Into
Bessarabia
LONDON,
March
17
(CP)
The
Second
Ukrainian
Army
has
reached
the
Dniester
River
at
several
poh
and
German
forces
alreadyhave
begun
a
re-trea
into
Bessarabia
at
Mogilev-Podolski.
This
tfie?
that
the
Russians
have
reached
the
old
Rumanian
frontier
and
now
stand
within
50
miles
of
the
Prut
River
which
Moscow
!
considers
the
present
Rumanian
border.
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
today
announced
the
capture
of
a
powerful
German
bastion
from
the
Germans
in
Poland.
COMMANDER
WALLACE
TAKES
OVER
DESTROYER
Former
.Naval
Officer
in
Charge,
Prince
Rupert,
In
Command
II-M.C.S.
Qu'Appelle.
Commander
D.
C.
Wallace,
former
naval
officer
In
charge
in
Prince
Rupert
has
Just
been
announced
commanding
officer
of
HAI.CS.
Qu'Appelle.
This
ship
is
the
former
H.MS.
Foxhound
of
the
Royal
Navy,
one
of
the
ships
which
escorted
the
first
contingent
of
Canadian
trooDS
to
Great
Britain.
I
Commander
Wallace
has
ser-
ved
on
the
North
Atlantic,
for
i
twtiiare
arrtrrr?e-ars
highly
experienced
In
anti-sub-
j
marine
duty.
With
him
as
first
i
lieutenant
will
be
Lieut.
T
W.
S.
T.
McCully,
R.C.N..
also
well
All
portents
indicate
a
real
known
to
many
in
the
naval
sports
feast
when
the
Area
All-service
in
Prince
Rupert.
stars
meet
the
Port
Edward
One
of
the
hardest
worked
team
at
the
big
exhibition
game
destroyers
in
the
Royal
Navy,
Saturday
night
In
the
Naval
HJMS.
Foxhound,
built
at
John
Drill
Hall.
Lined
up
against
the
Brown's,
has
steamed
240.000
competent
Port
Edward
hoop-miles
since
the
war
began
and
sters
are
the
cream
of
six
Can-claims
this
as
a
record
unequal-
adlan
service
aggregations.
led
by
any
other
ship
of
the
Allied
navies
or
merchant
fleet
now
afloat.
For
almost
four
years
of
war
the
"Foxhound-has
steamed
an
average
of
7.000
miles
a
month
In
seas
from
Iceland
to
the
Bay
of
Bengal
In
battle
and
in
escort
work,
patrols
and
rescue
missions,
"Foxhound"
has
put
to
sea
In
every
kind
of
weather.
Her
story
is
one
oi
weeks
and
months
ol
second
place
In
the
league
sea
going,
interspersed
with
standing,
short
periods
of
harbor
and,
First
Item
on
tomorrow
night's
once
a
year,
a
much
needed
re-
blll-of-fare
features
a
game
befit.
Fourteen
hundred
and
tween
Bo-Me-Hl
girls
and
Last
twenty-six
days
of
non-stop
Resort.
vigilance
with
action-stations
I
offering
additional
entertaLn-Just
round
Uie
corner
every
'ment
will
be
the
band
of
HAL
moment,
of
careful
tending
of
c.3.
Chatham,
playing
through
high
powered
machinery
which
kind
permission
of
Commander
In
one
month
alone
must
per-
c.
M.
Cree.
Proceeds
of
the
game
fotm
tens
of
thousands
of
revolutions,
are
part
of
her
achievement.
His
many
friends
in
Prince
Rupert
congratulate
Commander
Wallace
on
his
new
appointment
and.
while
the
ship
has
changed
her
name
and
crew,
he
will
undi
ubtedly
be
inspired
by
her
past
records
and
lead
her
to
mo
e
and
glorious
achievements
Mr
Macdonald
was
replying
to
Howard
Green
who
had
suggested
that
the
Canadian
Navy
bould
be
giving
more
consideration
to
the
war
In
the
Pa-rifle
AMERICANS
SHOT
DOWN
Official
Statement
Throws
Light
on
Confusion
During
Invasion
of
Sicily.
WASHINGTON,
March
17
-The
American
army
announced
yesterday
that
23
American
transport
planes
and
410
air-
I
borne
Infantry
soldiers
were
lost
when
they
ran
Into
anti
aircraft
fire
from
Allied
naval
and
ground
forces
as
well
as
from
enemy
gunfire
In
the
Sicily
invasion
on
July
10
and
11,
1943.
MANUS
ID.
INVADED
American
Landinr
Made
on
Biggest
of
Admiralty
Islands
ALLIED
SOUTHWEST
PACI
FIC
HEADQUARTERS,
March
17
Oi
American
troops
landed
Wednesday
on
Manus,
biggest
of
the
Invaded
Admiralty
Island
group,
and
within
four
and
a
half
hours
had
pushed
within
half
a
mile
of
the
Japanese
airfield
at
Uorengau,
headquarters
reported
today.
The
Americans
suffered
only
minor
casualties.
The
latest
re
ports
said
they
were
still
advancing,
although
meeting
with
stronger
opposition.
BASKETBALL
C
Y
14
1
D
IT
1
H
kl
CAUlD!
I
lUll
Game
Has
the
Odor
of
a
Real
Feast.
Chosen
for
their
special
abil
ity
to
handle
their
assigned
positions,
the
All-Stars
players
look
like
a
pretty
formidable
gang,
although
how
well
they
will
work
as
a
unit
pitted
against
Port
Edward
Is
something
for
the
public
to
find
out
by
attending
the
game.
The
smooth-functioning
boys
from
the
eastern
suburb,
Incidentally
hold
are
to
be
turned
over
to
the
Navy
League
of
Canada.
Referees
are
Gerry
Hatfield
oi
Port
Edward
and
Johnny
Comadlna.
Lineups
for
the
featured
game
follow.
The
numbers
are
those
which
will
Identify
the
players
on
the
floor:
All
Stars
Don
Fitch
(2)
guard.
Reserves;
Sev
Dominate
(3).
guard,
Reserves;
Bob
Houston
(4).
guard.
Coast
Battery;
Angus
Macphee
(5),
centre,
Reserves;
Bob
Taylor
(6).
centre.
Portress;
Oliver
Santerbane
(7),
forward,
Reserves;
Hal
Hether-lngton
(8).
forward,
R.C.A.F.;
Nat
Kutner
(9,
forward,
On-tarlos;
Gord
Humber
(100,
forward,
Navy.
Port
Edward
Mollne
(5),
forward;
Hcnscn
(6),
forward;
Southworth
(4).
forward;
Ketch-mark
(12),
centre;
Thompson
(9)
,
guard;
Manson
(8),
guard;
Webb
(11),
guard;
Dlrscherl
(10)
,
guard.
IRELAND
SUBDUED
BELFAST
In
view
of
the
move
to
cut
off
the
island
from
Britain,
Ireland
had
a
subdued
observance
of
St.
Patrick's
Day.
Premier
Earn-onn
de
Valera
wished
Irish
men
in
United
States
"happiness
and
many
year
of
Joy."
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