NADA'S
NAVAL
LEADERS
IjUl
Ulifun
niiio
iui
nit
Kll-ill.
UlIimiiUlUUB
e
uiiD
11..
t.
I.
..I.
I!
ri'
.
L'llS
oi
ivto
uwuiiKi-d
iu
it
ummiig,
cillcientS
mil
w
wx
-.......
,
v
1
1
1'
1
1
,
j
xiii
j
i
K.CN.V.K.
During
the
Sicilian
and
Italian
v
campaign,
when
hundred
of
Canadians
manned
landing
craft
and
served
In
the
small
h
ships
so
vital
to
amphibious
warfare,
Cmdr.
Price
was
the
j
voice
of
the
Canadian
Navy
at
the
British
Admiralty,
and
the
voice
of
the
Admiralty
to
Can-1
ad
lan
Naval
Staff
In
Ottawa.
"It's
largely
Just
tout."
he
says.
"I
tell
the
Admiralty
what
the
Canadian
Navy
thinks.
the
men
at
the
Admiralty
tell
me
what
they
think,
and
I
pass
It
on
to
Ottawa.
It's
a
Job
of
close
llaUon."
For
this
one
of
the
select
group
VJt
officers
who
have
risen
appointments
of
Importance
In
the
Canadian
Navy
since
they
were
called
to
war
I
from
their
peacetime
occupa
tions
In
1939,
his
tenure
as
Se-
nior
Canadian
Naval
Officer
London
I
was
another
step
on
lhc
road
that
has
led
up
through
staff
and
sea
appointments
from
his
command
of
the
Navy's
Quebec
division
at
Uic
outbreak
ruar
o.v
activi:
sriivici:
He
Joined
the
Navy's
Volunteer
Reserve
In
1926
In
Quebec,
and
as
a
lieutenant-commander
Frb
29
f
-United
wa
called
to
active
service
a
bcr
today
attacked
If'
v
tote
war
broke
out
f---
01
toil
nrnniiriuwi
v
hiviiww
.n...v
if
Biur
wick,
It
was
thcuc.
....
...
....
.
.
1.
-
i
:
"
-y
of
the
Rekh.
t
i
United
SUtcs
rocket
lnstalia-
OCEAN
DMARK
null
.iiarhln
Jlikn
-inj
In
II
Hours,
16
uiri.
Feb
29
A
newl'ra
yped
'
fourWn
.IU
I
((if
ii;d
non-stotl
.h:
from
llfi-!
2
was
made
on
1
1
a
big
t.
'raus
'.naan
anaf.
f
i:
dian
gov-
M
tal
the
elapsed
aBUl'
'
1;
u
18
mlnute
-
br
t
time
for
a
1
fr
m
Britain
to
1
fU
X::
13
hnur
30
mln-
1
'
i:
nr'Tun
urn
!!
r
p":a'
;
in
in
1911.
i:
carried
3591
;
n;
and
diplomatic
''
r
308
rtounds
1
'
vj
ajrrraft
part
p:i-;engers
wre
A
Ranktn.
a
senior
piloted
the
plane
!
n.3S
asia
Ot
ip
tisns-Atlantlc
and
from
Montreal
mi
hi
I'aiin,
Fur
Seal
I
F.ffnrl
urn
iiunutoN,
Feb.
29
T-
r
'
Tltilnr.
.tf..l
I-.
II.-
1
iiiivt
IU
Vliv;
-t
fur
seal
aarrrmcnt
id
Canada
has
been
op-by
President'
Roosevelt,
cr.nounced
on
Monday.
7rrnmHt
1
'
,v,i
Hitii'UMrs
wan-
TO,
I)
w
taken
an-
Olf
the
PrlhUnf
t.i..j-
P"
cent
The
ttuj
cetj
the
other
nn
bo
per.
1
TAl
cu
nanes
1
rv
i
II
KnKin
'lEADOt)AriTjrt)u
im
"WR8T
PAmn,T
"I
raWcd
:,;,7'i
Allied
planes
Rabaut,
New
Brit-
dumps
hit
fmn-
iii-
mBed
or
sunk
uC"'
'u"rs
aniiounrpd
VKKSATII.K
,.()rr
'"jyum
WIL.
nn
n..
mai.Mrnnii-i,,,.
.
then
went
to
Naval
led
raid
in
the
last!'""
ai
iianiax.
wnerc
iie
aicr
took
a
commanders
course.
Ills
next
shift
was
back
to
Quebec
as
a
staff
officer
to
Uic
Naval
Officer
In
Charge
at
Quebec,
and
three
months
later
he
went
to
sea.
He
served
In
the
Oulf
of
St
Lawrence
In
command
of
anti-sub
patrol
vessels
and
later
as
senior
of-
3
feB
j-
11
III.
No.
50
azis
Are
t
Kiska
Talk
:
I
Aided
Japs
I
To
Escape
SEATTLE.
Feb.
29-
-Loose
talk
allowed
thousands
of
Japs
to
escape
before
the
Allied
forces
reoccuplcd
Ki$ka
Island
In
the
Alcu-
tlans,
an
Army
officer
said
yesterday.
The
enemy
were
also
able
to
take
away
large
quantities
of
equip-
ment
which
might
well
have
been
captured.
The
officer
said
that
the
im-
-
pending
attack
on
Klska
be-
came
common
knowledge
In
Seattle
before
it
occurcd.
-
talks
or
jp
SHINTOISM
DISCUSSED
MKtlunary
In
Orient
for
Fifteen
i
Years
Talks
lo
Ik-1
Audience
mumiimi
tut
iuui
mi
Mre
auciui
i
parior
m
run
rreaoyierixu
'Church.
Mr.
VUliams'
aubject
costume
to
lend
an
appropriate
lyti.Vi
M
flitllMlrin
hf
tallr
T
-,
wi
ihwi
uiian.uiw.-i
imi-
,
...
.,
poava
07
wie
luuiis
via
vs
ui
Japan
and
the
overall
rontro
by
8talc
h,n,ofc,
"n,e
wy
the
Clods"
which
was
uroniMtr.
by
the
mllltari'ol
Japan
who
held
the
country
In
nubjertton.
some
progress
had
been
madc!
before
the
war
In
Christian
vnliKUon
in
Janan
al-!
though
no
one.
of
course,
could
!
....
.
.
.
.
ieu
now
ina
missionaries
ana
(
their
work
were
now
faring.
Mr.
Williams
opened
with
a
biief
geographical
description
of
Japan,
explaining
that
the
country
was
one-sixth
larger
than
the
British
Isles,
one-twenty-fltth
the
site
of
Canada
and
two-fifths
the
site
of
British
Columbia.
The
history
of
modern
Japan
went
back
to
1851
when
Admiral
Peary
compelled
the
country
to
open
Its
ports
to
world
trade.
Bffore
that
Japan
had
been
a
fleer
of
a
group
of
Canadian
!
minesweepers.
Early
in
1943
he
:
The
real
problem
of
Christian
received
his
present
appoint-
j
evangelising
In
Japan
is
that
of
ment.
j
state
shintoism.
ltev.
T.
P.
Wil
In
and
out
of
his
Canadian
I
Uams.
I
r
fifteen
years
a
mu-Navy
office
in
London
pass
the
!
sionaty
for
the
Baptist
Church
many
Canadians
serving
on
loan
1
among
the
farmers
and
working
with
the
Royal
Navy,
in
addl-
j
classes
in
central
Japan,
told
an
tkm
to
UmSc
vWttng'tmdoii'on
jlntrarted
gathering
whWl
as-
.
.
.
.
L-.
I
n
it
I..
I
1
I
r
mnuim.
jmcii
ill
j
'rom
lrM
Mcaiierrancan.
wnerc
Canadians
served
on
R.N.
fight
-
"n
u",u'
wiruimil
i-nwic.wiM
iik
lyiitaaumi
iuumi
in
palgn.
report
to
him.
Their
I
...ir.M.
I
Im
Kanflc
1
lis
UIK
JifV
uui
viuui
unv.
,
-
.
wno
is
Aincuy
rinvy
Hiwuya,
is
looking
nl)Hd
tb
the
time
'f
in
Britain
to
whp"
n
u'
batk
al
1
I
More
Jap
Ships
Sunk
I
!
i
WAKIinOTON.
Feb.
23
Dominion
of
14
Jap-
ancsf
.shliw
by
United
Biate.H
submarine
la
tin-
uounced
by
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Frank
Knox
bringing
to
611
the
number
of
Japanese
craft
sunk,
probably
sunk
or
damaged
by
United
States
submar-
Ines.
Japanese
shipping
losses
caused
by
all-Amcrl-
can
action
In
February
to-
tailed
189
vessels
.sunk,
probably
sunk
or
damaged.
V
Is
Sentenced
For
Assault
A
United
Stales
military
court
this
morning
sentenced
a
private
In
the
United
SUtcs
Army
tn
ten
months
hard
labor
and
--
----
(Ul
a
fine
of
$u
a
mo
ma
ui
;
.,...,,.,
m.
entitlement
af
.""
"
..,
.
"r
,",u,"
"
MsauU
on
A,dcrmcn
JJaJm?
.
o
S'
ui..
u
-innrrn
w
Ruddcrham,
closed
nation,
refusing
to
open
Provincial
Industrial
Concilia
Its
jwrts
to
world
trade
with
Hon
Act
which
provides
for
col-other
nations.
Once
started,
lecUve
bargaining
will
be
rr-however,
Japan
soon
had
a
placed
by
the
Dominion
labor
rapidly
expanding
trade
and
by
code,
when
the
latter
becomes
1857
she
had
treaties
with
Great
effective.
Britain,
Russia,
France
and
Germany
Sine
then
she
had!,.
Hie
mslnnorR
rpnmlnxd
rapidly
assumed
imiwrtnncc
as
a
faithful.
Up
to
1937
mUslonar-naval
and
woild
trading
jwwer.
.
,eil
were
ppmiltted
to
hold
ChiU-
Turnlng
to
the
subject
of
re-j
Uan
evaivl
Mstle
meetlnTs
In
IIrIod
tn
Japan,
eighty
percent
.
Japan.
Snce
.Chlna
inci.
of
the
73.000,000
"
people
were
I
,un.
i,-,nr
n,o.
hoon
V.ll
i3Hl
VtlW.Vtl
Il4.lt
Vll.ll
ll
I-"--
and
third
man
Tony
1
cl""
I
a
influence
for
the
oort
in
con-jiyson,
on
Fulton
Street
on
!
troUlne
to
some
extent
prostltu-
nlght
of
February
7.
a"""1";
wns
passed
bv
uic
.scviu-iii""
court
shortly
before
noon
to
day.
Charges
were
not
laid
against
two
other
men
arrested
at
the
same
time
and
thought
to
be
connected
with
the
affair.
LONDON
d
Fewer
blond
women
are
to
be
seen
about
London
those
days
and
the
rca-
son
given
is
mai
uj
bleaches
arc
not
so
plcnUfut
as
they
were.
The
result,
Is
that
hairdressers,
as
a
rule,
will
not
accept
new
blonds,
preferring
to
keep
their
quota
of
dyes
and
bleuciir
for
Miei
-
r.
Rtili.'
"
2
m
P.
-2
Q
Duddlstg
wlth
christians
num
bcrlng
300.000
210,000
Trotes
lams
ana
uu.wu
itoman
uaiuo-
He.
It
had
been
found
that
the
t
.
j
,
.
turn,
drinking
and
gambling.
However,
there
was
the
transcending
influence
of
state
shintoism
which
was
the
real
obstacle
to
effective
evangelization.
Bark
In
1020
a
famous
Japanese
nrnernl
had
declared
that
without
state
shintoism
Japan
could
not
be
great.
The
general
of
Japan
objected
to
thn
individualism
or
Christianity.
Their
teaching
was
that
the
Emperor
was
the
head
of
the
state
and
the
family
and
not
the
Individual
should
be
the
unit.
In
spite
of
the
difficulties
which
beset
them,
missionaries
had
remained
steadfast
Even
under
ihc
pcriecuttoiio
aim
vrials
of
BOMBS
HIT
By
Scott
Young
GIVE
GENEROUSLY
CANADIANRED
CROSS
A
GREAT
CAUSE.
(Canadian
Pres.
Staff
Writer)
PROVINCIAL
CJIDK.
FKKI)
A.
IMUCE
job
of
dove-tailing
the
Royal
Caadian
Navy's
n
l
r
ranur
n
.
urs
oei
COUVER
Feb.
2D
r
hour,
for
beer
par-
be
open
have
been
e
They
will
be
from
6
p
m.
dally
except
and
7
to
9
Monday.
day
and
Friday
eve-
No
more
than
one
or
one
bottle
may
be
to
a
customer
at
a
rem
uu
vii.
INO
ICKICII
"
I
n
C
1A
I
f
1
113
YY
I
V.l
A
,'wMf
Affair.
1
C'oaU
llnckrt
ImUlla-
Are
Also
Bombed.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
ROME
AGAIN
Tliii
1
Acrording
lo
Unrvn
firmed
Iteport
Today
Suli-
urb
of
Ktcrnal
city
Hit.
LONDON.
Feb.
29
-An
un.
confirmed
Paris
broadcast
said
that
suburbs
of
Rome
had
been
attacked
by
Allied
planes
with
residential
district
hie
and
considerable
damage
done.
Yes
terday
an
Allied
communique
said
that
a
Rome
airdrome
had
been
hit
the
day
before
by
Allied
planes.
BULLETINS
BKITAIN
IS
READY
LONDON'
Secretary
for
Air
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair
said
:
today
that
l.r.ia'.n
h
ready
for
heavy
enemy
attacks.
The
(ermans
had
not
used
their
full
strength
jet
and
their
striking
power
was
far
from
negligible.
STATMKNT
I
ROM
ITNI
AND
j)
HKLSINKI
There
have
been
two
upecisl
sessions
of
the
government
and
a
statement
on
peace
negotiations
with
Russia
is
expected
hourly.
MAV
LICKNCt:
rLATKS
.
VICTORIA
Till
Is
the-
last
day
for
old
automobile
licence
plates.
The
police
Mill
start
checking
up
tomorrow.
f
Russians
Take
Part
in
Plans
For
Invasion
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Feb.
29
It
is
announced
here
jT
itussian
Army
ana
navy
t
officers
liavc
witnessed
ana
t
participated
in
United
Stain
gnrl
HrltUli
nrpnarn.
f"i
Hons
for
the
assault
to
be
made
against
the
Germans
In
western
Europe.
Use
Federal
Labor
Code
VICTORIA,
Feb.
29
Labor
Minister
Fearson
told
the
legls
lature
Monday
night
that
the
an
Increasing
limitation
of
Christian
evangelism.
In
tli
ppnr-!
of
his
address.
Mr.
Williams
told
of
the
limited
food
allowances
In
Japan
0'j
ounce,
of
sugar
per
month
for
one
person,
a
sresy
margarln
mixture,
In
plane
of
butter,
two
ounce,
of
cheese
a
month
and
two
loaves
of
biead
a
week
for
a
man.
his
wife
and
one
child.
Rev.
A.
V.
MacSwrrn
presided
and
lotindur'd
Mr.
Williams.
There
was
a
.vocal
solo
"Beneath
the
Cross"
by
Mrs.
Martin.
Mrs.
E.
J.
Smith
presided
at
the
piano
for
tho
hymns.
Rev.
M.
Amundsen
of
the
Pentecostal
Mission
pronounced
the
benediction.
Mr.
Williams
left
Japan
In
the
spring
of
1941
to
spend
a
six
months'
furlough
In
Canada
and
was
about
to
return
there
when
"Pearl
Harbor"
occurred.
He
Is
at
prmnt
si.l.
b
"
'
P"
pit
ot
Hrsw
Iiaptisi,
Church
iiere
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
29,
Seriously
1
JUNIOR
CHAMBER
FIGHTING
DISEASE
T-v.
n.in.
n..Ar
TunU.
1
Chamber
of
Commerce
will
con-
S
of
cuS,
Pres!
4
duct
an
anU.venereal
dheaWent
uelmte
Ferreli.
U
4
taiiijaiit
llti
c
u
JAl
ui
bii
national
program
to
be
launched
Social
Hygiene,
Week,
March
13-18,
L.
M.
Felsenthal.
president
of
the
organization,
announced
today.
Convinced
that
venereal
disease
is
Canada's
major
health
problem,
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
Canada
decided
at
IU
national
conference
last'
June
;ti
make
soclal-hyglcne
education
a
major
project.
Affiliated
groups
throughout
the
country
are
on
the
home-front
battle
line,
under
general
leadership
of
a
national
committee
headed
by
Joseph
Llch-i
stein
of
Saskatoon,
Sask.
Chair-
man
of
the
committee
In
charge
here
is
Colin
McCarthy,
and
serving
with
him
are
R.
G.
Birch.
Hugo
Kraupncr.
Len
,
Griffiths
and
Rev.
A.
F.
Mac-Sween.
The
program
will
be
in
co
operation
with
the
Social
Hygiene
Division
of
the
Health
League
of
Canada,
which
Is
sponsoring
Social
Hygiene
Week.
and
of
the
local,
provincial
and
naUonal
health
departments."
Mr.
Felsenthal
said.
"Social
iiygieneWtelTTS'srm-ply
intended
to
focus
public
attention
on
this
serious
problem
and
the
campaign
which
follows
it
will
be
planned
for
intensive
education
of
the
people
regarding
the
nature
and
cases
of
venereal
diseases,
their
effect
on
tfhq,
individual,
his
family.
hl3
community
and
his
country,
and
the
means
available
for.
trcattotpt
and.ure-i
"The
venereal
diseases
arfe
a
distinct
threat
ijo
our
4war4
effort,
we
are
told
by
national
authorities.
These
lnslduous
plagues
are
having
an
Injurious
effect
on
the
efficiency
of
our
armcci
forces
and
industrial
out-
l...
ipuv
Members
of
the
forces
are
being
Infected
In
our
communities
not
in
their
training
camps
or
on
shipboard.
From
all
over
Canada
come
reports
of
home-front
casualties
caused
by
venereal
disease."
sel
in
1929.
He
is
also
a
mem-
"It
is
up
to
us
to
make
our
ber
of
the
Alberta
bar.
communities
safe,
to
replace
Ig-
Mr.
"Owens
was
born
In
On-norance
with
information,
and
tarlo
and
came
west
to
Stone-
to
enlist
everyone
In
the
cam-
palgn
to
free
Canada
of
Uiese
diseases,"
Mr.
Felsenthal
de-
clared.
Bip
Observatory
May
be
Re-located
t
LONDON.
Feb.
29.
9
-
The
Klca
Is
brine
asked
o
sanction
the
removal
of
the
famed
Royal
Observatory
at
Greenwich,
already
dispersed
because
of
bomb
damage
and
for
security
reasons.
Recalling
that
the
magnetic
work
at
Greenwich
was
transferred
to
the
Surrey
Hills
following
the
electrification
of
the
Sou
I
hern
Railway.
Sir
Harold
Joucs,
the
Astronomer
Royal.
said
astronomical
work
was
now
'n
much
the
same
position.
The
spread
of
london.
the
curtain
of
smoke
over
the
city.
tne
use
ot
Illuminated
signs
ana
i
the
development
of
road
lUhts
has
made
conditions
more
dlffl-1
nit.
he
said.
A
great
deal
of
work
would
have
to
be
carried
out
before
any
move
could
be
made
If
the
observatory
Is
to
continue
Its
valuable
astronomical
work.
"There
are
only
two
alternatives,
either
to
put
up
with
the
conditions
at
Greenwich
and
deteriorate
Into
a
second-rate
Institution,
or
move
away
into
COMlltluiu,
'An
.U.I...1
'.
can
le
aunt,
an
ii&roiu
&mu.
:
Ar
entine
To
i;Russian
Army
Is
In
Sight
it
Stay
Pro-Ally
BUENOS
AIRES,
Argen
tlna,
Feb.
29
4
There
will
be
no
change
In
Argen-
was
announced
yesterday.
Previously
President
Ram-,
irez
had
broken
off
rela-
tlona
with
the
Axis
coun-
tries.
RAIL
COUNSEL
HAS
RETIRED
Gilbert
Hair,
K.C.,
Relinquishes
Pent
With
Canadian
National
MONTREAL,
Feb.
29
After
more
than
30
years
as
a
mem-
ber
of
the
legal
department
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
Railways
during
which
time
he
has
made
a
valuable
contribution
to
the
!
railway
life
of
western
Canada,
j
Gilbert
M.
Hair.
K.C..
regional
counsel,
western
region,
has
relinquished
that
position,
accord-
to
an
announcement
today
by
E.
E.
Falrweather,
K.C
chief
counsel
of
the
system.
Mr.
Hair
will
not
drop
his
association
en
tirely
with
the
companjrbut
will
be
retained
as
consulting
counsel
and
will
continue
to
make
his
headquarters
In
Winnipeg.
Replacing
Mr.
Hair
in
Winnipeg
will
be
Dalton
C.
Owens.
K.C..
who
has
been
promoted
to
regional
counsel.
Mr.
Owens,
formerly
assistant
regional
counsel
will
continue
to
make
his
headquarters
in
Winnipeg.
Botri..f.
Ilialr;
ahd"
Mi.
Owens
a'te
intimately
known
throughout
western
Canada.
Mr.
Hair,
who
was
born
in
Ceres.
Flfeshlre,
studied
law
in
Edinburgh
and
came
to
Canada
in
1911.
He
entered
railway
ser-vic
with
the
Grand
Trunk
Pa-
clfJc
In
1912
at
Winnipeg
and(Ch
ld
afternoon
at
mitriA
film
hniriniinrlnrK
nf
'
has
hoo
made
his
at
headquarters
that
point
ever
since.
He
was
appointed
regional
counsel
in!
May.
1926.
He
was
called
to
the
Manitoba
bar
the
same
year
and
was
created
a
King's
con
wall,
Man.,
as
member
of
the
staff
of
the
Northern
Crown
Bank.
In
1912
he
resigned
and
.articled
In
law
to
H.
A.
Arundel
K.C.
of
Stonewall.
He
served
overseas
during
world
war
i.
He
was
called
to
the
Manitoba
bar
in
1918
and
entered
railway
legal
service
later
the
same
year.
He
is
also
a
member
of
the
bar
of
Saskatchewan.
He
was
created
a
King's
counsel
In
1935.
Mr.
Owens
Is
at
present
vice-chairman
of
the
board
of
trustees
of
the
Manitoba
Service
Hospital
Association.
Teaching
Junior
To
Eat
Spinach
HUTCHINSON,
Kas..
Feb.
29
tf.The
first
time
spinach
was
placed
before
Hugh
A.
Grant.
Junlor
Ws
father
told
him
You're
too
young
to
eat
spin
ach.
Don't
touch
K."
The
boy
passed
It
up.
The
next
time
spinach
was
on
the
table
he
asked
for
"Just
a
little
taste."
His
dad
turned
him
down,
cold,
but
the
next
time
Junior
begged
for
a
taste
Grant
gave
In.
Young
Grant
has
liked
his
spinach
ever
since.
Riders
for
the
Pony
Express
,v4
Ajii
"
-..
,
1C
miles
in
one
day.
1944
Menaced
fl
pcLn.
yi
1
jiw
t
1
Fire
of
Big
Siege
Guns
t
MOSCOW,
Feb.
29
(CP)
All
territory
held
by'
the
Germans
in
northwest
Russia
is
threatened
by
I
the
Red
Army
drive
on
Pskov.
There
is
evidence
that
!v
the
Nazi
transportation
system
in
some
places
in
disorganized.
Pskov
is
reported
to
be
under
fire
from
;
Red
Army
Siege
guns.
The
British
Broadcasting
!'i
Corporation
said
that
the
Rus
sians
are
already
inside
German
defences
around
Pskov
and
other
units
are
within
sight
of
the
city.
'
London
interpretation
of
the
communique
places
the
Russians
sbc
mUes
northeast
of
Pskov
at
Toroshino
on
the
Luga
Pskov
Hallway,
In
Favor
Of
t
1T1UIC
1JCC1
VICTORIA,
Feb.
29.
Lieut.
Louis
Lebourdais,
Liberal
member
for
Cariboo,
told
the
Legislature
vester-
day
that
there
seemed
little
excuse
for
the
.present
shortage-
of
beer.
He
advo-
Stated
more
'brer-'
for
-iKe-.4tono-River.
troops
and
Sunday
shows
forces
and
merchant
mar-
Ine.
Observe
World
Day
of
Prayer
Local
Women
Gather
For
Annual
Devotion
at
St.
Paul's.
Ladies
of
the
congregations
of
all
the
city's
churches
gath-
prpH
In
Rf
Palil'.c
T.llfhpran
i3
o'clock
to
observe
World
Day
of
Prayer,
an
instituted
day
of
supplication
for
the
world's
bet
terment
set
by
the
Inter-Board
Committee
of
the
Women's
Missionary
Societies
of
Canada.
Prayers,
responsive
readings
and
hymns
constituted
the
program
which
was
led
by
Miss
N.
L.
Bird
and
Mrs.
N.
Aalen.
Mrs.
Clarence
Taylor
sang
a
sold.
"The
Good
Shepherd,"
accompanied
at
the
organ
by
Mrs.
Douglas
Little.
Mrs.
Magnus
Anderson
accompanied
the
sing
ing
of
the
hymns.
The
World
Day
of
Prayer
was
begun
in
1919
as
a
Dominion
Day
of
Prayer,
the
first
meeting
held
early
in
1920
Attend
ing
the
meeting
were
represen
tatlves
of
the
Methodist,
Bap
tlst.
Presbyterian
and
Anglican
churches.
The
meeting
resulted
from
ta
correspondence
carried
on
by
a
Miss
McMurchle
in
To-
ronto.
and
a
Mrs.
McAra.
secretary
of
the
Presbyterian
Church
in
Saskatchewan,
in
1919.
Since
that
day
the
Idea
has
developed
Into
a
widening
fellowship
of
women
believing
In
uniting
In
prayer
tlpsugh-out
the
earth.
It
is
held
annually,
and
knows
no
congregational
restrictions.
.
There
was
a
good
attendance
of
local
ladles
at
the
meeting
here.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
47
Minimum
33
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
March
1
High
6:01
19.0
feet
18:59
16.1
feet
Low
12:36
6.0
feet
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
dtu
I
Inrlar
vivy
Vsiiiuwi
WAR
L
ITALY
Nazis
Are
Repulsed
NAPLES,
Feb.
29
.tft-British,
troops
broke
up
a
series'
of
sma'l
German
attacks
southwest
of
Carroceto
on
the
Anzlo
beachhead
while
the
Allies
mopped
up
the
Nazis
near
Cassino
where
thsy
had
penetrated
Allied
line!.
Allied
artillery
and
mortars
forced
the
enemy
to
fall
back
with
heavy
casualties.
vSharp
patrol
action
Is
re
ported
along
the
lower
Oarig-
Four
Months
For
Doukhobor
Chief
NELSON.
Feb.
29.
,01
Russell
Verigin.
aged
21,
son
of
Michael
j
Verigin.
self-styled
"Sons
of
J
Freedom"
Doukhobor
leader,
was
sentenced
on
Monday
to
four
i
months'
imprisonment
when
he
v
pleaded
guilty
to
a
charge
of
'
evading
mobolizatlon
regula-
t
Hons.
He
ignored
a
notice
to
j
!
appear
for
medical
examination.
RED
CROSS
CAMPAIGN
OFF
WELL
Over
One
Thousand
Dollars
Raised
on
Opening
Day
of
Drive
Here.
Prince
Rupert's
RedJoss
campaign
got
off
to
an
Excellent
start
yesterday
with-
sujfjlp-
1
tions
totalling
$1095
for
the"
day
against
the
objective
of
$10,000
for
the
two
weeks'
drive.
Canvassers
were
out
again
today
with
increased
enthusiasm-stimulated
by
the
excellenCrisponse
which
they
were
accorded-
yesterday.
The
dry
dock
Is
aiming
at
get-
tln8
half
a
day's
pay
from
;eve:y
'
j
employee.
f
Ihe
Canadian
Ukranian
As-
(
soclation
came
forward;
with
a
,
volunteer
ouet
to
canvass
-
lw
,
own
members.
The
navy,
military
and
air
force
will
conduct
thMr
"-own
canvasses.
A
Red
Cross
tea
was
held
at
Group
Four
headquarters.
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force,
on
Sunday
with
Flying
Officer
Graham
in
f
charge.
t
Some
of
the
opening
acknow-
r
ledgements
are
as
follows:
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Stor
i
i
age
Co.
Ltd.
$400
:
Rev.
J.
A.
Flndlay,
Hartley
Bay
(collection)
,
100
Savoy
Hotel
100
R.
M.
Wlnslow
30
T.
D.
Pattullo
25
Mrs.
V.
D.
Ca3ley
.-4
23
James
Seeley
-
15
W.
F.
Stone
Ltd.
100
Watts
&
Nlckerson
'
"
100
Rupert
Peoples
Stores
Ltd.
'100
Annette
Ladles'
Wear
Co.
100
Total
$1,095