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leader
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lor
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well
de-ramedlate
state-Fl"ne
Minister
said
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when
Defence
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speaks,
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the
ations
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integrated
network
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and
forecast
stations
hi,
;
hout
the
Canadian
North
.
.
.
a.
scries
Juliana
Is
In
Victoria
rojecta
In
rles
hscr-
oy
both
ami
i
nueo
amies
agencies,
l
1
ne
1
ma
n
ared
in
this
field
are
the
Department
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Corps
of
Signals,
:i
States
Army
r.x
and
close
co-.no.NEEK
I'arned
among
mi::
Tom
Trotier
Passes
Away
Death
at
St.
Tite,
Quebec,
of
One
of
I'rinre
Rupert's
Most
llichly
Esteemed
Citizens.
One
of
Prince
Rupert's
best
known,
most
popular
and
highly
esteemed
pioneer
citizens
Is
dead
at
his
native
home
at
8t.-
TJte
In
the
Three
Rivers
district
of
Quebec
in
the
person
of
Thomas
Trotier
former
prominent
feed
and
fuel
dealer
News
of
hj
pasdng
this
morn
THOMAS
TROTIER
Ing
waa
received
by
Rt
Rev
E,
SL
Runoz,
OMS
.
DUiop
of
Uic
Roman
Catholic
Church.
Nu
merous
friends
ot
deceased
will
learn
with
deep
regret
of
his
demUe.
The
late
Mr.
Trotier
was
up
wards
of
70
years
ot
age
and
had
been
In
falling
health
for
the
post
few
years,
this
neces
sitating
his
retirement
from
business
some
Umc
ago.
He
made
ncveral
trips
back
to
Quebec
but
always
returned
to
Prince
Rupert,
maintaining
quarters
here
and
calling
this
his
permanent
home.
Mr.
Trotier
came
west
before
the
turn
of
the
century
and
was
in
the
Yukon
gold
rush,
being
a
warehouseman
at
Daw-eon.
When
the
boom
there
quietened
down,
he
decided
to
seek
a
new
pioneering
field
so
he
came
to
Prince
Rupert
in
1908.
He
founded
the
Prince
Rupert
Feed
Co.
business
and
built
a
block
on
Second
Avenue
near
Knvrnth
street
where
he
cBn-
rfurW
his
trade
for
many
years.
!
tv
the
House
j
He
branched
out
Into
the
coal
Fudnv
nrowt
hiisinma
siid
established
the
a
.
4
I
Trotier
Dock
on
me
wnicnrunfc.
A
few
years
ago
he
sold
out
and
retired,
of
onnini
and
aeneroua
dis
position.
Mr.
Trotier
.readily
made
friendships
of
permanent1
character
and
there
was
prob-nbly
no
pioneer
who
was
bet
ter
known.
He
was
n
launim
and
active
member
of
the
Roman"
CaUiolIc
'
Church.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Order
of
vr,tei"s.
Mr.
Trotier
Is
survived
by
relatives-
lu
Quebec.
VICTORIA,
Feb.
5.
-
Tilncess
Juliana
of
the
Netherlands
is
a
visitor
In
Victoria
In
the
course
of
a
tour
of
Canada
and
the
United
States.
She
arrived
yesterday
from
Seattle
and
last
night
there
was
a
state
dinner
In
her
honor
nt
Government
House.
One
hundred
of
her
countrymen
were
presented
to
her.
Sft
DEVELOPMENT
OF
DISTRICT
Vancouver
Lady
.Member
Warns
Against
F.rrois
Which
Are
Made
In
South.
VICTORIA.
Feb.
5
O
-
Mrs.
Tilly
Rolslon,
Conservative
coalition
member
for
Vancou
ver-Point
Orey.
speaking
in
the
Throne
Speech
debate
in
the
Legislature
Friday,
suggested
the
development
of(
Northern
British
Columbia
should
be
or
derly
and
based
on
accurate
In
formation
about
the
land.
Its
assets
and
potentialities.
She
warned
against
repetition
of
the
trial
and
error
development
of
southern
pats
of
the
province.
PremlefvJo)
Hart
will
speak
In
the
debate
on
Mbnday..
Local
Tides;
Sunday.
Feb.
6
.
High
11:44
20.d
leet
Low
5:40
91
feet
18:23
3.9
feet
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AND
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SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
5,
1914
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
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CANAP..
CNCE
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ed
a
a
j
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Canndlan
United
SU
iDrops
Lower
OTTAWA.
Feb.
)
Dominion
bureau
of
Statist
reported
yesterday
that
the
cos
1193
on
December
1.
1943
to
llSTX
on
January
3.
1944.
making
tota'.
wartime
Increase
18.1
cent
EMBASSIES
SPY
NESTS
11UENOS
AIRES
An
Argentine
Feb.
5
fr
governme
spokesman
announcing
the
serjJ
era
nee
of
diplomatic
relation
with
four
Axis
satellites
sa
last
night
that
investigation
la
revealed
that
Nazi
activities
in
Argentina
had
carried
out
by
the
Oerman
cm
t.
Four
Killed
In
RCAF
Crash
On
West
Coast
id
aspknvajyj
bred
1
baaay
and
by
personal
reprej
tentative
of
Hi
tier.
Japanese
spying
was
directed
by
the
Jap'
an
esc
embassy,
he
said.
i
.
1
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
5
&
I
Western
Air
Command
an,-
nounced
today
that
four
men
were
killed
in
the
crash
of
a
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
seaplane
near
Port
Alice
yesterday.
Next
of
kin
have
been
advtsed
but
names
are
not
yet
an-
nounced.
Ambulance
Fund
People's
Store
Housewlve's
League
Labor
Progressive
Club
$25.01)
10.00
10.00
Yanks
Overwhelming
Japs
Enemy
Are
Being
Held
Near
Rome
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
ITALY,
Feb.
5
(CP)
The
Germans
have
launched
a
new
attark
in
a
determined
effoit
to
smash
the
Allied
beachhead,
this
time
striking
at
British
troops
in
the
area
north
of
Aprllia
(Carroreto),
20
miles
southeast
of
Koine,
but
have
been
repulsed
with
heavy
losses,
it
was
announced
today.
On
the
main
Fifth
Army
front
desperate
fighting
raged
unabated
in
the
streets
of
Castiiio.
and
mountains
north
of
the
town
with
Ger
mans
holding
on
despite
'
heavy
attacks
by
infantry,
ar-
!
tillery
and
armor.
j
DROP
BOMBS
ON
FRANCE
LONDON
rb
5
O
-A
great
armada
of
Ameriran
beary
bc.TVi
and
fighting
planes
smashed
at
Nan
plane
nests
In
ce
tral
Franc
today
for
the
eighth
shattering
Mow
againrt
HllJers
war
machine
In
nine
days
Tie
.
ault
carried
the
great-rs
:u
tamed
Alllod
aerial
of
fer:..-.
if
the
war
into
th
n.
-.'Ji
day
a
day
and
night
battering
at
Oerman
and
occupied
territories
which
was
kept
rolling
on
through
last
night
by
Royal
Air
Force
blows
at
wet-crn
Germany
by
Mosquito
bombers
NORTHERN
ItC
VICTORIA
GETS
SHIP
CONTRACT
I
Two
Transport
Vessels
Costing
i
$3,001,000
(o
be
Built
at
I
1
arrows
VICTORIA,
Feb.
5
f
Hon
Clarence
D.
Howe,
minister
of!
munitions,
announces
the
awarding
of
the
contract
to
Yarrow
at
Esquimau
for
the
construe-,
tion
of
two
transport
ship
cost
;
j
tng
approximately
$3,000,000
fdr
the
British
Navy.
Living
Index
ft
"
:
'
i
ILM.C.S.
PRINCE
ROBERT
IN
ACTION
While
Canadian
officers
and
men
on
the
bridge
of
HJkLCS.
Prince
Robert
held
their
breath,
a
glider
bomb
released
by
a
Helnkel
177.
zoomed
pa:
the
Canadian
aati-aircraft
cruiser's
bows
and
went
straight
for
a
fieighter
in
the
convoy.
But
here,
too,
late
took
a
twist
"and,
a
second
before
it
was
to
hare
hit
the
mark,
the
bomb
took
an
upward
turn,
passed-
over
the
freighter's
masts
and
Fjummiiitu
into
the
water
80
yards
away
on
her
starboard
side.
The
freighter
Is
seen
above,
almost
enveloped
In
the
cas-
of
living
Index
declined
fropt
!
cade
ot
water
caused
when
the.
bomb
fell
into
the
water.
The
snip
rocxea
ror
awniie
out
she
escaped
damage
and
didn't
even
lose
station
in
the
convoy
which
reached
Its
destination
without
loss
of
a
ship,
despite
an
attack
by
some
32
enemy
planes
that
lasted
exactly
two
hours.
1511
OFF
TO
GOOD
START
JANUARY
BUILDING
PERMITS
HIGH
Considerable
Aetivity
Recorded
With
rrrinils
Totalling
$31,890.
If
indications
suggested
by
the
,iuabe
oi
lu;!dlng
permits
lf-urrt
by
lie
city
engineers
office
..
January
an
b;in-
out
through
'.lie
iest
ot
ti:e
ycai
Pilnce
Ru-i-r:'.
should
enjoy
a
building
rwem
in
1944.
.st
month
was
u.e
of
the
highest
Januarles
on
rteertl
In
this
regard
with
pr-mrta
issued
to
the
value
of
Comparisons
with
previous
4700
In
building
permit
were
is
sued,
in
January
1942
$3,429.
and
in
January
1911.
$12,450.
In
December.
1943.
permits
valued
at
$475
were
issued.
Highest
single
Kern
on
last
month's
list
waa
a
permit
issuen
:
Caught
With
flanes
ni
1UI1C5
Down
UUVYll
n
4-
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTHWEST
NEW
GUINEA.
4-
Feb.
5.
f
-Eighty
Jap-
anese
plane
were
destroyed
by
Allied
ai;nien
at
Wewak,
Japanese
base
In
New
Gul-
4
nea.
Allied
headquarters
re-
4-
ported
t4day.
Apparently
the
Japanese
were
taken
caught
grounded
and
des-
troyed,
and
eight
were
shot
down.
'
.
CANADIANS
OPERATING
OUT
OF
THE
AZORES
The
U
boat
menace
hAs
greatly
lessened
In
the
South
Atlantic
since
the
Portuguese
government
granted
the
Allies
bases
In
the
Azores.
Here
nrc
a
couple
of
Canadians
operating
out
of
the
Azores:
Fllght-Scrgt
Arle
Fox,
wtreless
operator,
pictured
shaving
at
his
home-mado
washstand
In
the
Azores,
while
chatting
with
a
brother
Canadian,
Sergt.
Bert
Lecky,
air
eunner
of
Port
Arthur,
Ont,
i
to
the
Department
of
National
Defence,
for
$27360,
allowing
the
construction
of
a
naval
garage.
Second
on
the
list
was
a
permit
to
Edward
Lipsett
Limited,
for
a
frame
building
valued
at
$15,000.
Following
are
the
permits
Is
sued
during
January:
Ling
Bo
Shong,
foundation
to
Mclntyre
Block
Mrs.
Kate
Smith.
Fulton
Street.
alteiaUons
O.
W.
Nickerson.
Fourth
Ave.
West,
garage
Knights
of
Coluobut,
hut.
ruiion
eireei
$500
400
250
4,500
Block,
alterations
2,000
Edward
Lipsett
Company.
frame
building
15.000
Dept.
National
Defence.
naval
garage
.
27,350
V.
Basso-Bert
Biggar
Place.-frame
building
1300
BULLETINS
.MINIMUM
MINERS'
WAGE
LONDON.
Announcement
was
made
yesterday
of
the
setting
of
a
5
per
week
minimum
wage
for
British
coal
miners.
MORE
TOMATO
JUICE
OTTAWA.
A
larger
proportion
of
tomato
juiee
is
to
be
made
available
for
civilian
consumption,
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
ARM
PULLED
OUT
VANCOUVER.
Mrs.
Albert
Chapman,
worker
in
a
local
war
plant,
Is
in
serious
condition
following
an
accident
yesterday
in
which
her
arm
was
caught
in
machinery
and
pulled
out
from
the
shoulder.
PARAMUSIIIRO
BOMBED
WASHINGTON,
Three
United
States
bombers
attacked
the
Japanese
naval
base
on
Paranuishlio
in
the
Kurile
Islands
Wednesday.
No
enemy
aircraft
were
met.
TONS
OF
MEAT
DESTROYED
QUEBEC.
.More
lhan
500.-000
pounds
of
meat,
declared
unfit
for
human
consumption,
has
been
ordrred
not
sold.
It
was
tn
a
federal
government
warehouse.
COMPANIES
ATTACKED
TORONTO,
Speaking
here
last
night,
M.
J.
Coldweil.
C.C.F.
leader,
criticized
three
large
companies
Canada,
Packers,
Ogilvie
Flour
Mills
and
International
Harvester
for
exploiting
farmers
and
labor.
PARIS
BOMBED
VICHY
The
Nait-controll-radio
said
today
that
rails
had
been
bombed
by
Allied
Three
More
Islands
In
Marshalls
Are
Taken
By
Allied
Invasion
Force
United
States
Military
Government
Takes
Over
From
Hirohito
Naval
Forces
Unopposed
and
Enemy
Removed
From
Skies.
PEARL
HARBOR,
Feb.
5
(CP)-Invading
three
more
islands
in
the-
big
Kwajailein
atoll,
United
States
forces
have
overwhelmed
the
Japanese
on
two,
pushed
the
resisting
enemy
'back
on
a
third
which
has
seaplane
bases
and
brought
two
additional
bases
under
warship
and
plane
attack.
Other
devel
MEETING
OF
PRESBYTERY
(Reports
Received
and
Commit
tees
Appointed
at
Session
Here.
In
a
report
on
Christian
educa
tion
delivered
by
Rev.
D.
D.
Mar
tin
before
the
spring
session
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Presbytery
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
here,
it
was
urged
that
the
ministers
and
others
in
charge
of
this
opments
were:
presbytery
give
special
attention
1
days.
.nd
study
to
the
main
problems
grams
for
children
and
young
I
people,
daily
vacation,
Bible
schools
and
that
chutch
leaders
Co-operate
-with
the
Christian
foilorrr
est
extent
Also
presented
at
the
session
and
passed
was
a
resolution
to
set
aside
a
day
of
prayer
for
all
who
are
prisoners
ot
war.
forced
laborers
and
all
who
are
suffering
at
the
hands
of
the
Axis
nations,
that
their
day
of
liberation
may
be
hastened.
Given
over
largely
to
the
appointment
of
committees,
and
the
hearing
of
reports,
the
session
was
opened
by
devotions
led
by
the
Rev.
P.
R.
Kelly
and
th
Rev.
J.
A.
Donnell.
Committee
heads
were
appointed
as
.follows:
Settlement
Rev.
A.
Rutherford.
Rev.
D.
D.
Martin.
Christian
Education
Rev.
D.
D.
Martin.
Evangelism
and
Social
Service
Rev.
J.
A.
Donnell.
-Missionary
Education
and
Ftyeign
Missions
Rev.
P.
R.
Kelly.
Historical
Dr.
O.
W.
Fiddes.
Life
and
Work
Rev.
T.
C.
Coldweil.
Missionary
Maintenance
Rev.
P.
R.
Kelly.
Pensions
Rev.
T.
C
ColdwVll.
Property
Rev.
A.
Rutherford.
Statistics
Rev.
H.
Wilding.
Publications
Rev.
Thomas
Moore.
Moderator's
fund
Rev.
D.
W.
Mnre.
i
The
following
were
nominated
for
the
consideration
of
the
Con-1
ferpnrp
for
deleeates
nt
laree
tr.
I
the
general
assembly:
Rev.
"A.
N.
C.
Pound.
Rev.
Oeorge
E.
Darby.
Ernest
Dudoward
and
James
Oray
.In
the
Missionary
and
Maintenance
fund
rep6rt
Rev.
J.
A.
Donnell
noted
that
there
had
been
an
Increase
from
$1200to
$2,000
In
contributions
for
the
past
year.
While
reading
the
Pensions
report,
Mr.
Donnell
drew
attention
to
the
fact
that
the
pensions
fund
had
been
withdrawn
from
the
Missionary
and
Maintenance
fund
and
were
now
a
congregational
responsibility
on
an
allocation
basis.
There
was
reported
a
general
increase
In
home
missions
and
an
upsurge
In
contributions
from
all
fields.
Special
congratulations
were
extended
tn
this
regard
to
the
Terrace
minister
and
congregation
for
their
splendid
1
progress.
I
In
the
evangelism
and
social
'
service
report.
Rev.
P.
R,
Kelly
First
Leaders
of
the
mid-
Pacific
offensive,
foreseeing
the
capture
of
all
mandated
Islands,
have
proclaimed
a
United
States
military
government
to
supplant
the
25
year
old
power
of
Emperor
Hirohito
as
each
Is
occupied.
Second
There
Is
no
Indication
that
a
huge
naval
force,
supporting
the
Invasion,
has
been
challenged
or
suffered
losses.
Third
Air
forces
have
kept
all
Japanese
planes
out
of
Mar
shalls'
skies
for
four
successive
3f
Juvenile
delinquency
and
the
Q,
decrease
in
Sunday
,S-V!
OlOre
tendance.
-
Robbed
The
report
advocated
such
im-,.,...
I
imo
-.
Mi.
V
J
U.VMM.V
M
M.V
I
organizing
of
appealing
pro
For
the
second
time
in
as
nnny
months.
Paulson's
Grocery,
has
been
victimized
by
thieves.
On
Thursdav
nliht
entrv
was
msds
cigarettes,
extracts,
tea,
coffee,
sugar,
and
a
small
acount
of
cash
in
pennies
were
taken.
The
theft
was
discovered
Friday
morning.
Last
December
the
store
was
broken
into
and
cigarettes
and
some
cash
taken.
RUSSIANS
WINNING
Reds
Take
Decisions
All
Along
Plight
of
Nazis
In
Face
of
So
viets
Becoming
Increasingly
Serious.
MOSCOW.
Feb.
5
(CP)
Major
decisions
were
being
won
all
along
the
Russian
fiont
today
with
onslaught
against
Adolf
Hitler's
battered
armies
continuing
in
full
swing
from
the
Baltic
Sea
to.
the
middle
Ukraine.
The
Leningrad
army
has
reached
the
mouth
of
the
Norova
River,
nine
miles
inside
the
Estonia
border
on
the
coast
of
the
Gulf
ot
Finland,
and
advanced
to
Lake
Peipus,
33
miles
to
the
south,
sealing
the
land
gap
which
forms
the
gateway
to
the
Battle.
To
the
south
in
the
Dnieper
Bend,
Red
troops
tightened
the
noose
around
ten
German
divisions
believed
to
number
more
than
100.000
men
be-tweeen
Cherkasy
and
Kanev.
Seventy-three
Urge
Junkers
transport
plane
have
been
shot
down
In
the
Dnieper
Bend
area.
They
may
have
been
endeavoring
to
evacuate
Nazis
including
high-ranking
military
leaders.
recommended
that
the
presbytery
encourage
congregations
to
make
use
of
the
excellent
temperance
material
made
available
by
the
Department
of
Evangel-Ism
and
Social
Service.
It
was
decided
that
the
next
meeting
of
the
presbytery
would
be
held
at
Port
Simpson
at
the
end
of
August.