ULLETINS
HKi.r.siNo
reserve
IITAWA
The
Royal
Can-
srne
to
the
United
Mate,
i
being
five
times
last
year.
m
today
to
consider
the
Lome
Dan
M
Navy
will
won
release
fUlilnc
vessels
which
breii
uvil
wllh
the
l,
mum's
Reserve.
siurriNO
grain
.VNCOlVfilt
-
So
far
this
un
S.500.000
bushels
of
jn
has
been
shipped
wat-
YAltHS
PREDOMINANT
tf(H
Vr.it
-
British
Co-
Ha
.hlr
arils
have
laun-
JS7
trn
thousand
Ion
liters
compared
with
sev
,
one
in
eastern
Canada
(lit
wartime
shipbulld-
program
was
pui
mm
rt
Wartime
.sierrnam
ppinr;
Umlted
announced
ir
of
the
British
Columbia
nchlnjs
1
Z
have
been
dent,
POLOND'S
rilOUMlM
LoMON
The
l'olih
gov-
,nrnt
held
two
meetings
Jerday
and
Is
In
session
tan
boundary
proposal.
rr
hjpe
of
an
agreement
DH
rearncu,
irrnncAN
convention
miC
WiO-
The
Republican
linnal
convention
for
nom-
Itimi
of
a
presidential
can-
Lile
will
lake
place
in
Chl-
June
?5.
wot
in
expel
jai'S
H(
TOM
A
British
Colum-
larmers'
Institutes,
In
Klon
here
have
asked
the
iul
ion
and
exclusion
oi
f.inee
from
RritUh
Co-IhU,
aln
that
no
land
be
to
Mrnnonltes,
luuk-
.
.
.
All
H,r
or
iiuiierues
uiuu
laillan
tnldlers
have
been
otablbhed,
EGGING
JAPAN
ON
LONDON
There
are
reports
it
Adolf
Hitler
Is
doing.
all
can
to
jet
the
Japanese
attack
Russia
o
as
to
re-
le
the
pressuie
on
the
Eu-
bean
front,
FORMOSA
IIOMUEI)
(till
NGK1NG
Two
Japan-
bases
on
Formosa
were
ited
by
the
Allies
jester-
Front
gerous
IC
AOO.
Jan
12
William
litii
pr
c
nt
of
thc
Amerl-
Tadiirr
Mtcal
hawl
Km
........
V
rati.
sr
ISPR01.W1
vancouv:h.
v;ijz
o,
Preliminary
hearing
tff
Charles
Hawkcn.
Vancouver
milk
salesman,
on
a
murder
charge
In
connection
with
the
fatal
shoot
-Ins
of
Francis
Andrew
Roland,
former
provincial
policeman,
opened
yesterday.
Bert
Woods,
tenant
of
the
house
where
Boland
was
shot.
testified
that
he
Woods
i
was
convicted
a
year
ago
of
a
charge
of
keeping
liquor
for
sale.
The
hearing
has
been
Ijoumed
until
Friday.
ilire
Racket
Is
Uncovered
ad-
stolen
and
sold
on
the
black
market.
Police
officers,
when
they
find
stolen
Ures.
remove
them
from
the
automobiles
and
hail
the
owners
of
the
cars
tnU
court
nn
charge
of
illegally
obtaining
Ures.
TOO
MUCH
COAL
NOW
OTTAWA.
Jan.
13
The
Dominion
coal
controller
dtsctosed
yesterday
that
some
Alberta
coal
miners
had
been
laid
off
because
of
lack
of
orders
for
the
mines.
This
appeal
was
held
to
be
on
account
of
mild
weath
er
and
the
demand
would
shoot
tip
orfte
"rfal
winter
arrived
Meanwhile.
It
was
not
consid
ered
worthwhile
piling
up
big
I
piles
of
lignite
coal
which
was
not
worth
shipping
East
by
Wartime
Housing
Social
Evening
A
very
enjoyable
social
evening
was
held
6aturday
night
at
thc
staff
house
dining
hall
when
entertainment
was
sponsored
by
thc
temporary
committee
of
thc
tenant
council
of
Wartime
Housing
with
the
i
!
Labor,
said
In
Oood
Cheer
Club
also
taking
in
Chicago
on
Mon-
pa
t
Oamei.
were
played
and
;
home
front
80.-1
prizes
awarded
to
winners.
:k-
avc
been
killed
About
forty-five
persons
were
?.du:-t'-lc
and
7.0OO.000
present
John
Jerome
was
mas-ijtce
the
war
began.
ter
of
ceremonies.
Jm
TROOPERS
ADVANCE
ON
MAKIN
ISLAND-
A
column
of
troops
are
photographed
by
a
coastguard
cameraman
as
y
ndvancc
to
continue
thc
attack
on
the
Japs
who
have
been
hed
back
to
one
end
of
Mnkln
atoll
ln
the
Pacific.
A
lnrgc
seaplane
Is
partially
submerged
In
the
lagoon
following
ting
by
U.S.
planes.
'
REDS
PUSH
ON
Ukraine
Advance
Kept
Up
Capture
of
Sarny
Is
Officially
Announced
by
Moscow
Today,
MOSCOW,
Jan.
12
Ot
-
In
the
face
of
Ocrman
counter-attacks,
the
Russians
kept
up
advances
today
In
the
western
Ukraine
and
north
and
south
of
Sarny
where
the
Red
Army
Is
pushing
westward.
The
Red
Army
has
captured
Sarny
In
pre-war
Poland,
U
was
officially
announced
by
Moscow
radio
tonight
and
PrMnUr
Kt
a
1
(n
nrr1ircti
fir.
MONTREAL.
Jan
12
There
'ln-
of
tw,iTe
mWo.
ln
Miebra-
have
been
at
least
twenty-ix
lioTU
After
culUng.
thc
north
cases
brought
to
Justice
ln'.nd
south
railroad
throueh
the
which
automobiles
had
ten
Prpr0t
Marshe
at
noinU
seven
miles
north
and
south
of
Sarny
the
Russians
were
just
75
miles
short
of
being
half-way
between
Kiev
and
Mohcow.
Russian
soldiers,
in
slmultan-1
cous
attacks
sun
guerrillas,
tore
through
the
bewildered
Germans
35
miles
Inside
of
Poland,
fording
the
Sluch
River
near
Sarny
Tuesday
while
Moscow
announced
fifteen
thousand
Ocrmans
were
killed
ln
last
wxek's
victory
at
Klvorograd.
After
crossing
the
Sluch
the
Russians
captured
StryeUk.
seven
miles
north
of
Sarny.
and
Nenovichl.
seven
miles
south
of
Sarny.
and
killed
eight
hundred
Germans.
R.C.A.F.
Rejects
Patriotic
Peke
Owner
of
liny
Dog
Can
Get
Him
by
Calling
at
No.
I
Group
Guardhouse.
The
outstanding
successes
of
thc
Rayal
Canadian
Atr
Force
may
be
responsible
for
a
Pekinese
dog
leaving
home
and
trying
to
Join
up
or
It
may
have
been
the
kindness
of
the
Air
Force
men
to
the
little
fellow
when
he
was
lost.
Anyway,
one
of
these
minute
canines
has
forsaken
his
owners
and
at
tached
himself
to
Number
Four
Group.
R.
C.
A.
F.
Flight
Lieutenant
Douglas,
of
Numoer
4
Group,
reported
to
the
city
police
that
since
last
Friday
a
male
Pekinese,
of
a
creain
color,
with
a
dash
of
black
on
his
back,
has
taken
up
residence
wtUi
the
Oroup.
Hr
wishes
thc
owner
to
know
.that
the
dog
can
be
had
bv
calling
at
the
Group
4
guard
house
Veterans
To
Get
Bonuses
LONDON,
Jan.
year
old
women
4
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
The
military
affairs
commit
tee
of
the
House
of
Representatives
yesterday
approved
of
the
payment
of
a
maximum
bonus
;if
$300
on
discharge
to
veterans
of
the
war
with
service
of
two
months
or
over.
Under
two
months'
service
there
will
be
a
bonus
of
$100.
English
Woman
Did
Not
Know
About
Big
War
12
A
100-who
did
not
know
that
there
was
a
war
on
has
died
ln
Warwickshire
In
central
England.
Her
family
saw
to
It
that
she
did
not
read
thc
newspapers
or
hear
the
radio.
WASHINGTON.
Jan.
12.
a
President
Roosevelt's
request
for
the
enactment
of
National
Service
legislation
under
which
the
services
of
all
men
In
the
United
Stales
from
18
to
65
and
all
wwnen
from
18
V,
50
wou1
be
subject
to
government
call,
split
congress
today
and
fore-
shadowed
one
of
the
bitterest
lights
of
the
election
year.
A
cross
section
of
congi
ess
-
tonal
sentiment
indicated
that
it
would
be
touch
and
go
whether
the
President's
re
quest
would
be
granted
or
de
nled
with
the
opposition
seem
ing
to
have
the
edge
at
present.
Slav
Partizans
Resisting
Hard
LONDON,
Jan.
12
Marshal
Tito's
Jugoslav
partizans
are
still
offering
stubborn
resistance
to
the
Ocrmans,
now
being
faced
by
five
enemy
columns.
To
Report
On
Hazelton
Route
E.
T.
Kenncy
of
Terrace.
M.UA.
for
Skccna,
and
Walter
Wilson
of
Burns
Lake,
will
ar-
Local
Temperature
Local
Tides
mil
Thursday,
Jan.
13
47
We
High
3:17
199
feet
Maximum
14:59
20.5
feet
Min;mum
37
Low
9:11
7.9
feet
21:38
3.4
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-t
XXXIII,
No.
0
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESIJA'TOgKlMBreiS,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTO
Padre
In
Thick
Of
Fight
INDIAN
FIOIITERS
ARE
FIERCE
AND
DAUNTLESS
A
Bren
gunner
Is
giving
covering
fire
while
a
section
of
Indian
troops
moves
forward
under
cover
of
smoke
through
demolished
buildings
on
the
British
ElghthtArmy
front
ln
Italy.
This
town
was
under
heavy
fire
from
German
mortars
when
the
photo
was
taken.
Attack
on
Bill
Made
.Measure
of
President
Itooseselt
Challenced
by
Congress.
Australians
Control
Huon
ALLIKD
HEADQUARTERS,
isrV
r.lTlN'KA.
Jan.
12
Com-
plete
control
of
Huon
Penin
aula
In
northeast
New
Guinea
Is
In
slthl
for
the
Allies
to
day.
The
Australians
defeated
the
Japanese
in
a
tank
and
artillery
action
there
which
ended
In
the
victors
crossing
he
Burl
River
on
the
coast.
Materials
For
Civil
Defence
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
12
On
arrival
here
from
Prince
Rupert,
Brigadier
General
Alex
Ross,
director
of
civil
defence
for
Canada,
said
that
considerable
GREAT
AIR
FLIGHT
ARMADA
OF
AMERICANS
I0VER
REICH
Berlin
Claims
No
Less
Than
123
Of
Them
Were
Shot
Down.
STATEMENT
ON
LOSSES
LONION,JanM2
-iThe
United
States
Eighth
Air
Forte
officially
announced
today
that
61
planes
59
bombers
and
five
fighters-were
lost
in
the
great
air
battle
over
Germany
yesterday.
LONDON,
Jan.
12
Large
formations
of
big
four-motored
United
States
bombers,
accompanied
by
strong
forces
of
long
ranee
fighter
planes
thrust
is
available
for
thU
coast
H
f
'
"iW
he
men
are
available
to
man
ay
assaul
yet.
They
it.
He
said
there
was
sHU
pos-
palest
Into
unprecedented
-
sibllltles
of
attack
on
the
coast.
n
oppos
.tion
and
one
of
the
biggest
ROOF
LANDED
UPON
SAILOR
But
He
Suffered
No
Serious
Effects
From
Ilylng
Wreckage
Of
Woodshed.
Yesterday's
winter
gale
lifted
the
roof
off
the
big
fuel
shed
of
the
Hyde
Transfer
on
the
local
waterfront
east
of
Cow
Bay
late
yesterday
aRernoon.
It
landed
on
thc
flat
nearby
and
on
a
sailor
who
hap-"mlJlon
Vpo
ei
jtanded
le
In
err
to
on
south
on
behalf
pened
to
be
pass
tag.
The
sal
or
merged
safely
from
under-1
of
thc
agitation
for
the
survey
.
.,lr,,u.,.0
ncath
the
flying
wreckage.
"Itehor
blinking
rubbing
!
cm
11
ryej.
Some
of
the
gusU
were
as
to-1
pert
Chamber
of
Commerce
'
...
w
heaw
as
have
been
felt
for
morrow
nigm.
au.
nviimj
and
Mr.
Wilson
visited
Vancou-!somc
Umc-
.
ver.
Victoria,
Seattle
and
other
points
south
recently
ln
fur-
Cfnl
InJncffv
therlng
the
campaign.
JlCCl
lUUUoll
J
BIRMINGHAM.
Eng.
CT)
When
MfiVP
"VC
L.HUUIDCU
FlHIfirSeCl
I-ady
Bird
moved
a
resolution
at
a
Consctvatlvc
Club
meeting
i
nere
urging
tnai
women
snouiu
,
,
n
c,
b
be
rained
for
the
building
in-
,
month,
buslncss
dustry.
she
said:
If
hem
can
M
endorscd
a
res.
lay
eggs
women
can
lay
bricks
,utlon
,
estabUsh.
The
resolution
was
passed.
,
t
f
,
lndustry
on
thU
LONDON
Oi
The
Soviet
War
News
Review
says
that
a
Russian
translation
of
British
Commonwealth
Constitutional
documents
Is
ln
great
demand
among
Russian
scholars.
COMMON
IN
NORTH
lLircs
are
common
in
most
northern
sections
of
the
globe.
coast.
Other
business
at
today's
luncheon
had
largely
to
do
with
Internal
affairs
or
thc
club.
President
Frank
Skinner
was
ln
the
chair
and
there
was
a
good
attendance
of
members.
Hockey
Scores
Toronto
5.
Montreal
0.
aerial
battles
of
the
war
raged
for
hours.
German
sources
claimed
that
123
Allied
planes
were
shot
down.
It
was
unofficially
said
here
that
sixty
might
have
been
lost.
A
few
of
the
big
daylight
bombers
got
through
to
Berlin.
The
Nazis
threw
every
thing
they
had
in
the
way
of
aircraft
into
the
fight
Includ
ing
Stuka
dive
bombers,
rocket
bombs
and
tag-alo
bombs.
Mosquito
bombers,
returning
to
the
assualt
upon
Germany
after
one
night's
lull
In
the
Allied
aerial
offensive,
had
stabbed
Berlin
Monday
night
for
the
104th
bombing
of
the
German
capital,
also
bombing
targets
ln
the
western
Reich,
the
Air
Ministry
announced.
GLASGOW
Oi
James
Mac
LeHose,
president
of
thc
Fed
cration
of
Master
Printers
and
i
Allied
Trades
of
Great
Britain
from
1921-22
and
publisher
and
bookseller
to
Glasgow
University,
died
at
the
age
of
86.
LONDON
.
Qi
Sir
Edward
Parry,
80,
county-court
Judge
lor
33
years
and
one
of
Britain's
best-known
magistrates,
13
dead.
Major
Durnford
Loudly
Praises
Canadians
For
Great
Fight
in-Italy
Had
"All
The
Guts
in
World,
He
Declares
Commanders
Also
Laud
Their
"Work
in
Mediterranean
Campaign.
!
WITH
THE
CANADIANS
IN
ITALY,
Jan.
12
(CP)
Major
Roy
Durnford
of
Prince
Rupert,
who
has
been
padre
of
one
of
the
battalions
which
cap-tuned
Ortona,
having
served
throughout
the
Mediterranean
campaign
so
far,
sounds
high
praise
for
the
Canadian
soldiers
in
the
campaign.
'Those
lads
fought
with
all
the
guts
In
the
,
world,"
Padre
Durnford
told
a
Canadian
Press
correspondent
QnoolrinrT
Wall
Praise
from
Major
Durnford
upCttKing
II
Cll
comes
after
that
which
has
i
s
,
r
(emanated
from
commanders
AOOUl
KeSCrVe
1
generally
for
the
Canadians.
Stacked
against
the
cream
of
the
German
Army
on
ground
which
favored
defence,
the
Canadians
outfought
and
outlasted
the
enemy
ln
the
Atoro
Valley
battle
which
ended
when
western
tny
"
-anadian
First
Divl
-e
Ger
mans
fro
:
coastal
town
of
c
ATHENS
IS
HEAVY
HIT
Big
Bombing
Raid
Upon
Piraeus
taL
1
left
much
of
the
Bulgarian
capital
in
flames
and
ruins
with
thousands
of
civilians
Michigan
Salt
Plant
Heavily
Hit
by
Flames
MARYSVILLE,
Michigan,
Jan.
12
Q
Fire
swept
six
principal
buildings
of
the
Jforton
Salt
Co.'s
j
plant
here
Monday
night
and
i
destroyed
several
lesser
struc
tures
causing
loss
estimated
by
the
management
at
exceeding
$2,500,000.
New
Head
Of
Information
OTTAWA.
Jan
12
tP
A
Davidson
Dunton.
of
Montreal
has
been
appointed
general
manager
of
the
Wartime
Information
Board,
succeeding
John
Grler-son,
who
has
resigned,
it
was
announced
today.
.
LONDON
9
Viscount
Bennett
on
the
characteristics
pf
thc
British
people:
"I
know
of
no
people
ln
the
world
who
are
so
given
to
good
works
as
thc
British
people,
and
no
country
which
outranks
this
country
ln
the.
care
of
those
who
arc
less
fortunate."
OTTAWA,
Jan.
12
Major
General
F.
R.
Phelan,
director-general
of
Canada's
Reserve
Army,
said
the
need
of
a
strong
reserve
army
ln
the
Dominion
was
as
great
as
ever.
The
General
said
he
had
found
no
slackening
of
interest
In
the
Reserve
on
the
Pacific
coast
and
said
its
men
needed
but
little
more
training
to
make
them
as
efficient
as
the
active
Army.
'CLOSING
IN
ON
CASSINO
i
ALGIERS.
Jai,
12
V
Allied
Fifth
Army
Making
Progress
In
bombers,
striking
another
day-,
Italy
Eighth
Army
Static.
3fc&!koleAeadedbta
into
Balkans,
batered
Piraeus.
ALOIERS.
Jan.
12
tJ
Tak-
L
.
.
j
-
i.
j
lng
one
railway
point
on
tne
heavy
force
yesterday
following
J
&
the
great
raids
on
Sofia
which
.
.
.c
.
AT
tin
USJ
UiV4
.los.u
with
its
drives
bearing
down
on
the
German
bastion
of
Cassino,
70
miles
from
Rome.
Yesterday
one
arm
reached
the
outskirts
of
Cervaro,.
a
fortified
village
four
miles
to
the
southeast,
headquarters
announced.
Later
reports
said
the
Allied
forces
were
only
three
miles
from
Cassino.
Continued
cold
weather
with
heavy
snow
kept
the
Eighth
Army
"down
to
mere
patrol
Baby
Antonsen
Laid
At
Rest
The
funeral
of
Carl
Peter
An-tonsen.
ftfteea-month
old
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Nels
Antonsen,
took
place
yesterday
afternoon
from
the
Chapel
of
B.
C.
Undertakers
to
Falrvlew
Cemetery.
Rev.
M.
B.
Anderson,
pastor
of
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church,
officiated
and
Mrs.
Anderson
pre-
j
sided
at
the
organ
to
accomp
any
the
hymns
which
were
"Nearer
My
Ood
to
Thee"
and
"Safe
In
the
Arms
of
Jesus."
The
pallbearers
were
Otto
Jer-stad.
J.
Moen,
J.
Fredhelm
and
Ole
Anderson.
WEYBRIDOE.
Eng.
0
Mrs.
Gamgee
had
a
bicycle
stolen
from
a
shop
ln
this
Surrey
village
Wednesday
Sept.
15.
Three
months
later
to
the
day,
she
found
It
outside
the
same
shop.
Brazil
has
a
school
of
fishermen
where
delinquent
boys
arc
taught
the
trade
of
the
sea.
CANADA'S
NEW
DESTROYER
IUI.C.S.
IIAITA
ON
HIGH
SEAS
1