lvM . I 1. I 1 . . ilGTt)N ,innuntrmnn (Hif vai miut jesifrua, (jjkinf of fifteen more Japanese ships by American did not dUclose th area of the action. TIIK FK.IITINfi IN ITALY i4Blll'ffon fighting action I beginning to liven I (fund in Italy after having been confined to patrol , ib irtlllf ry dueii. iniiea niaies bomberi have been Mjridf and Sofia rail and aircraft facilities at well lOtf-Russlan bomberi made a mass attack yesterday liminlin lllack Sea port nf Konstansa to which the lit cndcarourlni to escape from Sebattapol. Heavy (Off-IUtlrnlnt to evacuate Sebattapol, the Germans ti l be Iratlnr the Rumanians to do the bulk of r.inr machine guns at their backs to keep them libftncomfnc llusslans who are closing In on the Crimean ( ill tides. It!(, LONDON HOSPITAL HIT .Roeue workers due through the wreckage of IPOX Undm't lircnt hospitals today In search for casualties it-utters ying In i I lu Become Tug-of- Georie Anderson, llrtm Vancouver. i ,? s, .jt flither- -.. :? uiitu the Jf - U:s Seattle f JtO:ice of Price Ad- : it ra atufac- Ai icrion, secre- i Dc!i Sea FUh. : ' Uie Dally -... i from Van- :' r uhere he - i -e iped n-i 1 rvcry r.h- x ' la.-, hu r-- li taid, c ! - " i &- prop-, ' - gJven the c fi .hermen ' Ccaf'ie men did r '':'! i oposai to ' prand on fish Rupert and fishermen D'1 nrln- Lu also of n - as we T::u halibut! -J tr::naUonal. ' t un fnter-S:id about Lf rf : r rr.atket Ls In ' ' C- adlan price 1 - nuif ncan govern the S'-aiwrs of our ; r 1 hnn - We In n f-:a when Ameri- a!, awed to pay tout' - -,-1 mat ne iffl? i.illv 1 ') be a mcctinz nf , . I11'"- in Seattle L- week, 1 t-i Cananllu j D,i. n uu hfWM and . ucai u-nil tu . naustrv lhf -i r, v ,'1 d Vancouver He - thai fi y,a fn thak ,1C 10 "i:rt!v Vancouver arc puiiing as ? fan in onnnxifn he about isls Arc ng Out Anrli . rtv,n,r. ? Ua v far. ,rlt furpvarHe refuse to lrtriUrlhfr Wllh .... "I t " Hie for, unless J1'ninl,; ne top posu nnn, o PROVINCIAL Temperature Local Tides ocal Ik lBM I aW A Thursday, April 20 S3 High '11:34 20.9 feet Low 5:29 5.0 feet .'rir. 40 i 17:49 3.8 feet I 1 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER !1 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS MB I . AR NEWS tan ACTION AREA UNDISCLOSED RISSIANS BOMB KONSTANZA im done. NAZIS DESERT RUMANIANS l toildinr had been blatted and set afire by a direct m German air raid early today. Nearly two thousand rre In the hospital and It was feared a number of rtswled under debris. A ward housing male patients rttd. At leatt thlrtren Nail planes were reported is. LONDON is AIR RAIDED (iermans Gel Through Antl Aircraft Defences lllg Ho, pltal Hit LONDON. April 19 - London had an air raid last night Antiaircraft lire failed to turn back omc of the raiding plane at lacking the capital. There were casualties. One of London's largest hov pljalswajl, bias tad ,And4C.abUue by a direct bomb hit. Nearly 2000 patients were in the hos pltal and some are feared to have been casualties. City Lots Are i ' Being Disposed ' Of By Council j A bylaw was put through by the city council Monday night providing for the sale of the following properties: Lot 41. Work 14, section 5, David Zllle. $200. Lot 4, block 33. section b, John and Tetra Ivarson. $200. Lot 0. block , section 8, It. W. Hoersch. $175 for lot. $nou for building. FIGHTING IN INDIA Allied Infantry and Tanks SIUI lighting Off Japs In Impalil Area. KANDY. Cevlon. April 19. O Allied Infantry and tanks fought Japanese Invasion troops around the ncrlmetcr of Impam piam while countcr-attaklng British nnrt Tnrfuin troons threw the Japanese back from a position near the Ulshcnpur - aucnar Jungle trail. Cork Shipping Is Suspended LONDON, April 19 - Further tightening up on security ot information measures, all cross-channel shipping between Britain and Cork in Eire has been suspended. Eire passenger trains will be permitted to run only Mondays and .Thursdays beginning next week. The fuel shortage probably also had something to do with the orders. FREE CHURCH MODERATOR Manchester, cf - Dr. Henry Townsend, principal of Baptist College here, has been Inducted moderator of the Free Church Council for the next year V. I I hing At Reich From Air Merlin and Other Important I Targets nie Sky Battle Over Nail Capital. LONDON, April 19. 9, Amer I can heavy bomber smashed at' enemy alrcralt factories h Western Germany "in very grea' strength" today. The bomber hammered fighter plane far jtorie at Kasscl and plant j imanufacturinR aircraft part at' iEschwege, southeast of Kasscl, lu well as Paderborn, Outersloh, , Llppltad and Werl. The Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force blasted rail communications in France during the night and fourteen plane. Including five Canadian, failed to return. An eallmated two thousinrt UnlSrd States heavy bombers attacked .ed Berlin and German air-i craft planU by daylight yester- day. Two hundred Oerman fighters took to the air over Berlin and a great sky battle ensued with nineteen bombers and nine fighters of the Americans shot down while at least twenty-six of the enemy machines were destroyed. BIG LEAGUES OPEN SEASON Alt Oarae In National) Yesterday Were Shut-out Almost Full Schedule Flayed NEW YORK. April 19 O -The Major League baseball season opened yesterday with a fuU schedule of games except lor the Cleveland-Chicago game being postponed on account of rain av the Windy City. All games in the National lfA9fnt ur ihtil.nllL Rt fsilll blanking Pittsburg, the PhllUes whitewashing Brooklyn, Chicago shellacking Cincinnati and New York defeating Boston. In the American League the New York Yankees commenced by shutting out Boston while St. Louis won over Detroit and Philadelphia took a close decision from Washington. The scores were as follows: American league SI Louis 2, Detroit 1. New York 3, Boston 0. Philadelphia 3, Washington 2. Cleveland at Chicago, postponed. , National League St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 0. Philadelphia 4, Brooklyn 0. Chicago 3, Cincinnati 0. New York 2, Boston 0. Coast league Hollywood 0, Los Angeles 9. San Francisco 2, Oakland 1. Seattle 3, San Diego 2. Portland 10, Sacramento 4, Conference With Member Reported On To Council Mayor H. M. Daggett reported to the city council Monday night on a meeting which the Board or Works had had recently with Olof Hanson, M P. for Skecna. I ; ' OTTAWA, April 19. Hon. in connection with city affairs. Mr. Hanson had told of the $25,- ? O. rower, minister of na-000 "onnl defence for air. reported to the Army was going spend j that on streets, $13,000 on crushed rock and the balance on work Mr. Hanson had had no Information In rtgard to assistance which might be coming In regard to rehabilitation of sewer and water services. The member had told how he was pressing for action In regard to the provision of more adequate accommodation for mooring of fish boats. MUSKRAT MEAT A muskrat provides about one h n half rwunds ot edible meat. TWO DEAD MMMjMMMaBSJSaSSSJSSjaMfW"NWMJ Mackenzie Kim; Is Critical Of 1 I n UI 11 IC5 PC lCdUCr I paf pr OTTAWA, April 19 -Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie 'King criticized John Bracken, leader of the Pro -grcssive Conservative party, for! falling to take a seat in Parliament so he could substantiate within the House statements which he was making outside. Gordon O ray don. House leader of the Conservative Progressives, objected to the Prime Minister's statement. -ne aeison oi Mr. uracxen in n-t taking a seat in the House "amounted to contempt of Parliament and Parliamentary institutions." Illness of , I Mussolini Is Denied LONDON, April 19 The Berlin radio yesterday denied reports that Benito Mussolini was In ill-health. Berne, Switzerland, had reported the Fascist proas in Italy as saying that Benito Mussolini was gravely ill and waiting for death to strike. It was the first confirmation of a long standing rumor of the Duce's serious Illness. United Nations Rehabilitation And Relief Pact OTTAWA, April 19. ff-A bill was passed through committee stage in the House of Commons yesterday carrying into effect an agreement for United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration among Canada and forty-three other United Nations. inn nnn a: lUU.UUU A1I111UU T TP 1 AfP NOW 1 raillCU to Parliament yesterday Canada would have trained 100,000 airmen by the end of the month. Curtin Comes To America I SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 Frlme Minister John Curtin of Australia arrived in San Fran- clsco Inst night on his way to Washington. The purpose of his visit was not disclosed, 'FIG I ITI NO CLEVELAND STOCK CITY FINANCES IN Swedish House Secret Session Stockholm. April 19, a- A Secret session of the Swedish Parliament Is being held today tofdlscuss the United States demand that Sweden cease ship-plrjg war materials to Germany. PROVOST IS SHOT s. TwV"ervlremen,Allexecr-to Be IVeserters, Are Under Arrest in Vancouver. VANCOUVER. April 19. O- - Lance Corporal Tim Bowers of the Canadian Provost Corps was shot in the shoulder by one of two men, said to be service men, he was trying to take into cus tody for desertion. Witnesses said that Bow ers was admitted to a room In a boarding house by the two servicemen. It was there the shot was fired. Both men, now under arrest, were found wearing civilian clothing. No formal charge has been laid as yet. Investigate Deer Shooting The shooting of a deer near the Prudhomme Lake cabin of Jack Lindsay, local transfer operator, earlier In the week was investigated yesterday by Provincial Game Warden Edward Martin and Constable Todd of he B. C. Police. The act Is alleged to have been committed by n United States Aimy sergeant who was a member of a party which is also said to have pried open the door of Mr. Lindsay's I'sWn on Sunday. The investigators found parts of the deer's carcass near the rabln. The animal was a female The cabin is maintained by Mr. Lindsay as a hunting and fishing rendezvous and Is kept stocked with food. On going to i he cabin on Monday morning ne found the door pried open and beer bottles with American labels lying on the floor. He also found pa.ts of the deer carcass. Mr. Lindsay complained to the American military authorities, who later made it known to him that a sei'gcant had admitted hoctlng the deer. The sergeant, it was reported, said that he was not aware that he was breaking the law when he shot the animal. American military authorities are handling the affair. BACK IN CIVVIES CAPETOWN, r More than 5,000 South African soldiers" have been returned to civil life through the agency of the mill- iary dispersal organization, For - ty thousand are whites. YARD FIRE j HEALTHY SHAPE Cash Balance aiore Than Double Year Ago According to Financial Statement. The city cash balance in the bank increased from $42,900 at the beginning of 1943 to $102,-536 at the end of the year, according to the annual financial statement laid before the city council Monday night. Total cash receipt for the year wnere $719313 ad disburse ments totalled $660,176. Land taxes, local Improve ment taxes and penalties brought In $226,655, poll taxes brought In $16,389, police court fines andxpsLsi$l5J&12:ftEca'v&g uig lets tii.ott, uauu uixiucj $10,520, and dog taxes $764. Revenue from public utilities totalled $226,679, the telephone company earning $129,487, and the water department $97,191. School income totalled $96,-8S8. Of this, $64,932 came from property taxes. $9,000 from poll taxes, $22,855 from provincall government grants, and $100 j from miscellaneous sources. i The city's various funds ap- pear to be In healthy shape 600 BOATS TIED UP SEATTLE, April 19 H. A. Dunlap of the Halibut Commission said today that there would be no halibut In food stores within a few, days lf fishermen continued to remain in port He said that there were 600 hali but boats tied up between As toria. Washington, and Juneau, Alaska. A meeting of all parties concerned with the tie-up is ex pected to be held In Seattle this week. Board Which Never Meets LONDON, April 19. ff Britain's 45-ycar-old Board of Education which may .become the .Ministry of Education under new education plan has never held a meeting. The reason Is that, In effect, the board Is organized and operates as a government de-i partmcnt though its title Implies meetings of presidents and directors around a long table. Under legislation going through the House, a Ministry of Education is proposed though opinion is divided on the question of doing away with the good, solid name. Board of Education, which might possibly be retain-cd. Members of the existing board which has never met and really was not Intended to meet are Its president, the lord president of the council, the principal secretaries of state, the first lord of the treasury, and the chan- cellor of the exchequer. While the board was set up in 1899, the government's first i grants for education were made 60 years before. tk l Cracking At : bebastapol LONDON, April 19, 0 Thp Russians have cracked Sebastapol's southern de- fence anchor with the cap- ture of Balaklava while thousands of Germans and Rumanians are trapped In a pocket around Sebasta- pol which was at first re- ported as being about twenty - five miles deep but bemg rapidly reduced. Civic Centre Hold-Back Idea Is Not Favored The Junior Section of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Com merce has Joined the Prince Rupert Rotary Club In thumbing down the Prince Rupert Gyro Ciub proposal that &S.000 In civic centre funds be set aside as a reserve against the purchase of the YAIjCA. war services building after the war. The Junior Chamber, like the Rotary Club, thereby subscribes to the policy of T. N. Youngs, chair man of the local civic centre executive, that all civic centre funds should be made available for the establishment of a swimming pool during the pres ent year. This is the policy that Is said to have the favor of the majority ot the civic centre ex ecutive which is to have an earharncetlngsi. Speaktn jat Jth"elj(st'niettmj of the Junior Chamber, T. N. Youngs expressed the opinion that, with a hold-back of $25,-000, it would not be possible to plan the swimming pool this year. If this project was proceeded with now, he felt that It would be possible by the end of 1945 at the latest to clean up the expenditure of $100,000 which It was estimated would be Involved. With the swimming pool already established, the civic centre authorities would be In a good position to bargain for the war services building. The swimming pool building, as at present planned, said Mr. Youngs, provided for a small dance floor about 25 by 50 feet which would provide a gathering place for the young people. Rev. A. F. MacSween ques tioned if the war services building would be available as a bar gain. Oscar Haveroy asserted that the Sons of Norway were 100 percent In favor of a swimming pool. Olof Hanson M. P. felt it would be possible to get a federal permit for a swimming pool. The Junior Chamber, on mo tion ot D. C. Stevenson and Os car Haveroy, went on record as opposed to the $25,000 hold-back for the waT services building and expressed confidence In the civic centre central executive London Has Bus Strike LONDON, April 19. O) Approximately three thousand drivers and conductors went on strike today In protest against a new summer time schedule, tying up several trolley and bus lines In eastern and central London. SOLD SURPLUS MILK ST. HELENS. Eng., The St. Helens' Co-operative Society was fined a total of $11,250 on 10 charges of selling excess milk. The prosecutor said the food ministry had been looking for suprlus milk for Second Front food. GROWS MORE RUBBER COLOMBO, Pj Ceylon's rubber production is continually increasing In 1942 Che goal was 114,000 tons, but the actual total was nearly 2,000 tons higher . , k Nazis Are Repulsed NAPLES. April 19, Ot Allied troops on Tuesday repulsed lour raids against one position on the Anzio beachhead, inflicting heavy losses on the Nazis, headquarters announced today. Artillery was active along the entire Italian front and one German ammunition dump was destroyed. Using tank support, the Germans attacked the Canadians In the Crecchlo area, southwest of t)r-tona, but In bitter fighting1 the Canadians repelled the Germans, inflicting casualties. Earlier It had "been reported that the enemy made three heavy but unsuccessful Jabs at Allied lines In Italy while Allied aircraft continued attacks on Axis targets In the Balkans Including railway yards at Plovdiv, southwest of Sofia. TIE-UP IS COMPLETE Vancouver Long Liners Not Going Out Neither Is Astoria Fleet. VANCOUVER. April 19, Oi Long line fishing by members ot the United Fishermen's Federal Union has been banned to com plete tie-up of halibutters. Meanwhile Seattle reported that the halibut tie-up there was made complete when As toria, Oregon, fishermen Joined thase.Tii othfPaclflc .-ports by. rRBh'lrWi-In pfJteaf ti?et the new Office of Administration ceilings. Commonwealth Co-operative OTTAWA. April 19, Pro gressive Conservative leader John Bracken urges "even closer" cooperation with other nations of the British Commonwealth and mentions a plan for continuous consultation In matters of com mon Interest. "Tsar of Heaven" In Police Court NELSON, April 19, (C-IiOuU Popoff. self -styled 'Tsar ot Heaven," was remanded until tomorrow when he pleaded not guilty to a charge of obstructing traffic on Saturday. The police asked for adjournment to amend the charge. Air-Raid Siren An Urgent Need BUXINOSHURST, England. April 19, To quote the draper of this Sussex village, "things are in a state of chaos" when aircraft fly over Billings-hurst (Pop. 2,500) because tlu wondering villagers don't know whether the planes are "ours or theirs." Bllllngshurst Is ono minute's flying time from the Brighton coast. For 4Vi years Indeed, since the day the war began parish council and county council have refused requests to instal an airraid warning system on the grounds the village Is "too small." The draper, Bill Baker, said that when aircraft are heard overhead, "hundreds of people ring up the police and post of fice to enquire- whether they are ours or not." "At night, mothers bring their children downstairs and sit shiv ering for hours In the cold, not knowing whether or not an alert is on." LIOIITEST METAL Magnesium is" the lightest ot structural metals, being one-third lighter than aluminum. I- ' r ; l ' 4 j: 1 Hi . .it1 '1