in,
nj.
44
IKK
hi;
j
Temperature
num
sun
c.m
srmanic
lult
Is
lsh
Birl
.
.
Iropc
4L
29
Isideredv
'i.'.htde-have
from
r
;
'ary
"t
on
the
r.f
x:
:vt.
:tg
when
;
v
.Jpntly
drlnham
and
;.
drj.?lit
street
I
UliOl
Will
-
ih;it
has
a
the
offend-
ci
brought
up
said
that
hi?
tv
.'e
.seriously,
r.rj
:rc
ithould
Ic
'
he
rltlsem
who
'
might
-
ar.c'hcr
matter
'
t?
rM'.cd,
"'
rr.
itum
that
a
ip
inndpnt
be
'
"he
American
v
-
ded
by
Aid.
sovurr
ss
Town
KXIT.UT
COMING
BOLSTER
UP
A.R.P.
HERE
(irncral
Kowt
FcU
Hut
PUre
was
'tie
rlty
council
last
III
:r.-ir
'inn
u?lfh
llin
'I
:
Che
Canadian
80-f
Bovlct
Friendship
y
C:.-dlan
rltlp.
ahnnM
Tiabliltation
of
Rus-
"Simw-.ltici
.stricken
bv
,,:
-
-k
i
.
one
of
such
Rus-lllf
which
suffered
sc-n
a
rc
:ult
of
the
Oerman
DP
nit
nr;irllinll
bv
hp
NnTU
.vA
mniy
abandoned
It.
!
prjpa:?d
proitram
of
nx.
e
W?.lllrf
(n1..J-
mlf.
food,
books,
rc
and
fruni..
!
iiiu-rcom-Mon.
The
mayor
of
thr
'fin
Canadian
rit
.,
m
t
in
tnnpK
it.uu
it..
.
l
"'in
me
mayor
-an
city
by
the
Can-
bOClcry
nf
Rnvl
fri,i
;itha,(Klly
counc
wi
p-o-
Hlh
the
mnll..
u..
Dub!
e
.
'"klUK
UJ
"
70
wayj,
and
mn
,
-
ui
i-
fc
-
anniij
are
dc
ng
Volu'y
relief
11
Should
be
Protected
in
Car
of
F.nemy
Attack.
After
from
W.
C.
Matnwartnr
of
Van
couver,
chairman
of
tn
civil
protection
A.R.IM
organisation
for
Brttlah
Columbia,
and
General
Alexander
Ross,
federal
director,
urging
the
advlaa-
Mlltr
of
the
local
A
IIP
being
brought
up
to
full
strength
and
effectiveness
against
the
possi
bility
of
this
place
being
made
the
target
for
hit
and
run
raid
by
the
Japanese
In
retaliation
for
the
coming
offensive
In
the
Pacific
war
theatre,
the
city
council
last
night
decided
to
request
the
present
central
AJl-P-to
carry
on
and
to
accept
the
offer
of
the
provincial
organization
to
end
an
expert
here
for
Oeneral
Ross,
not
with
the
effectiveness
of
the
El
n
at
nrMMlt
IlinMt.
.pes
eon-
i"
"
"
lh
""PP1
and
enro1-'
ttion
but
.
.
....j
m.nt
of
new
Dcoole
who
had
j
"
enU
(
t
c-amauc
done
b':-.
and
low
that
aux
iliary
firemen
be
organized
among
the
Wartime
Housing
dwellers
and
that
pawbly
tnerc
be
co-Deration
with
the
Rere
Army
in
connection
witn
patrol,
fire
fighting
and
nrst
aw
IX)NtX)N
Because
of
metal
shortage,
only
R00.000
bicycle
are
to
be
manufactured
In
Britain
this
year.
This
is
lea
than
quarter
of
the
usual
idnnteil
:
Nazis
Killed
f
111
JIA
!YCCia
r-rj:
Total
187,400
r,:
on
triA
Ann
i
.
.
t
nn
,
!
v.
:
,
had
a
population
u
IUlMlan8
sU.rmed
Ihc
In-
J
before
:
the
war.
lta!
w
dcfences
of
Krlvol
Rog
n.'
ir
living
num
o
r.i
ulttire.
4-
4-
in
1
hi.
wnlral
Ukraine
ana
t
4.
nm.npd
that
187.400
4-
4-
Nails
had
been
killed
In
the
4-
4-
four
weeks
of
offensives
In
4-
the
south
and
around
Lcn-
4-
4-
lngrad.
Kholm,
a
Nail
Das-
t
4-
Hon
south
of
Lake
Ilmcn,
4-
was
taken
by
the
Red
Army
4.
hnw
menncina
Tskov
ana
4
Dno.
4-4'4-4-4-4-4-
Imorovements
Being
Sought
4-
The
matter
of
construction
of
-
oirccib
aim
j
Utilities
Here
A
lengthy
repot
t
on
the
con
dition
of
sueeu
and
utilitu
,
here
has
been
prepared
by
ti
c
fcdeiai
government
tn
connec
tion
with
the
clly
iequi,
loi
asvtatance
in
connection
wi::
maintenance
has
reached
the
city
and
came
up
at
last
nights
council
meeting
but
wax
not
read.
Certain
recommendation
are
made
to
the
government
following
a
survey
but
no
at
nouneement
has
been
made
;
to
whether
these
will
be
pf
Inln
effect.
However.
tivtru
-
hearing
correspond
ence
1
tkms
have
been
given
for
the
adequate
main
t
nance
of
street
ued
by
the
armed
forces
The
report
will
be
dealt
wttn
bv
the
city
council
at
a
specui
committee
of
the
whole
session
next
Monday.
MILLIONS
ARE
SAVED
As
Result
of
Ue-nejoliatlon
Shipbuilding
Contracts.
i
i
.
i
...
:
linmf.
nr
I
iimmnni
iunn-
e
uniforms
V"
lnt
proporo
rpom""-1
"7""
.
r.
-
wcarmi
Ut
Moo.
The
provincial
chairman,
day
that
rc-ncgotlaUon
of
Wp-t
taled
that
the
province
j
building
contracU
had
resulted
i
dc
oe
nroulhm
prosecuiton
:
vinr
to
the
Federal
tresw-
.
1
V.
-
.(4uirtea
and
d.
4
that
the
WcrofHngVn,
Tolrf
t5o
$I0.1I4.UUU.
ine
snipouiiurm.
nr
aattsfiefl
said,
had
been
able
to
better
their
first
estimates
of
costs.
Contracts
with
Vancouver
shipyards
were
rc-negotiated
In
De
cember
1942.
BULLETINS
(AMMII
mi:s?
NLW
YOUK
An
unconfirmed
radio
broadcast
today
Mid
that
Mahanda
K.
Oamllil,
Indian
Nationalist
leader,
had
died
of
a
heart
atlack.
HAS
RATION
UNCIIANCi
n
OTTAWA.
The
minister
of
munitions
and
up
ply
announced
tmlay
Out
the
ga
ration
for
Canadian
motorists
clurinc
the
coming
year
will
be
untliancrd
from
the
last.
IN
TWO
DIHKCTIONS
LONDON.
The
Royal
Air
Force
struck
at
Germany
from
two
dlreclion.i
today
from
ha?ri
in
Itrltain
and
in
Italy.
The
United
Air
Force
staged
the
greatest
aerial
assault
of
all
time
on
a
German
airplane
plant
today.
KltlVOI
HOG
.MOSCOW.
The
capture
of
the
great
steel
city
of
Krlvol
lion
In
the
Ukraine
by
the
ltu-si.ms
was
announced
today.
PLANNING
TO
TRAIN
VETS
VICTORIA,
Feb,
22
H
The
-Mrn
Sh
to
Legislature
gave
flna,
approval
Av-
on
Monday
lo
a
mil
autnorisinn
Sixth
Conrad
conraa
Street
birc"
and
u""
"
on
to
provincial
governmpnt
the
Dry
n
omk
k
JmA
rona
lnc
inc
cnuc
from
narp.mfnl
wllh
thp
to
lot
24,
block
3,
socuon
,
aernment
for
Voca-
bcen
discussed
fcy
the
hjrd
ff
ltrnalnln8
of
vclcrans
and
c"n"1
wlv
works
of
the
city
Horn-
i
ar
km
on
a
basis
of
equal
representatives
of
Wartime
In.
Ltd.
and
,t
has
been
decided
.conWbuUJj
to
incorporate
tnese
and
college
training,
"
and
Hons
In
a
brief
for
prcsentatton
kJ
.
mb,nln
D
t.
to
that
company
tORCtncr
wim.
vocaUons
dcsl(J.
a
request
that
the
piana
to
me
Drltlsh
Col.
on
Seventh
Avenue
be
replaced
jagd
,
with
rock
Illl.
lax!
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B
It
E
aiian
3
am
,C.
TUESDAY,
FEBRUjUtXaTfolll
TI-.
1
1
J"
1
Willi
HliHGMAN
Put
Bcrr
tt
)ik
.tr
wno
ha:
returned
d
r-
'
.1!
'
ilJPl'.
the
.K.illi
i
:
A,"
ka,
.Inning
for
the
troop.
8he
i
shown
i
j
Mi
t
-i
CDC
producer,
and
Colonel
J.
p.
Fra
x
L
s
Army
Forces.
Crntral
Canada,
f'
fir
t;
,;
Pat
Berry
travelled
with
Ingrld
Bergman!
ww
tn
Prince
Rupert.
MUs
Berry
sings
....
i
i
nit
on
Mondays
at
5
45
and
Wednes-
3s
.
Grimif
F
to
a
.dcral
Report
ountry
from
.
'J.
,.
vo-
vt
1
1
of
OTTAWA.
Ft.
22
0
Hughe
Cleaver,
chairman
of
the
war
couple
of
weeks
in
connection
expenditures
committee.
told
I
CANADIANS
IN
ORTONA,
ITALY
-Private
J
Y.
Smith,
of
Victoria.
B(
H
t
.:.(!
Pfvate
R.
M.
8owdn
of
Viwuwr
B.C.
stand
in
tl.c
uk.
ruoote
near
islemoiwbed
Si.
Tharciu
caihe
-dral
in
Ortona.
Italy,
looking
at
a
dead
German
paratrooper,
shot
as
he
fled
from
a
machine
-fcun
post,
he
had
set
up
in
the
upper
storey
of
a
nearby
build
irig.
SEEK
WATER
SUPPLY
SHOWDOWN
City
Council
Takes
Action
Af
trr
Alderman
Elliott
Threat
!
in
the
highc.
ieveis
were
vittu-
Air
W
Elite
TRUK
LOSS
M
LIGHT
enire
n
American
Planes
Fall-1
to
Return
From
Great
llaid.
1
ViM
HARBOR.
Feb.
32
Mi
iounced
that
American
i
.vse.s
in
the
great,
raid
of
last
r
k-end
on
Truk,
Japanese
key
a-ific
fortress,
amaanted
to
:
venteen
planes
with
one
ship
noderatrly
damaged
in
the
two-i-y
attack.
American
carrier--ased
planes
sank
at
least
nine-?en
Japanese
ships,
probably
sinking
seven
more
and
des-t
oying
201
enemy
planes.
Mosquitoes
Drop
Mines
1...
Vtn
A
.
.11..
n4,n
u
.
n
itujr
nwiuui.
su
row
w
1
LONDON,
rro.
Zi
V-
UUja,
ens
to
Kesign
Chairmaiuhlp
.
UC(Mtt
We
tevel
0,
reer-
;Mr
)rcf.
Mosquito
bombers
at-
Of
Utilities
Committee.
Voir
and
the
pressure
in
the
tacked
western
Germany
last
,v
Txi
.
.
...
mm
mo
Nxw-
tihrimdtiflii
-i
t
tmf
After
a
dueuasion
during
siwauon
ana
ne
ien
were
which
Aid.
Thomas
Elliott
hau
should
be
no
further
delay
in
threatened
to
resign
as
chair-
having
a
showdown
with
the
man
of
the
utilities
committee
;
power
company.
The
question
of
unless
the
council
backed
up
1
priority
on
Woodworth
Lake
ins
demand
lor
a
showdown
i
water
should
be
for
once
and
with
the
Northern
British
Col-
all
settled.
The
city's
rishU
had
umbla
Power
Oo.
in
regard
to
already
been
established
by
le-responsibility
for
maintenance
gal
opinion,
of
a
sufficient
level
of
water
In
in
answer
to
questions,
City
the
reservoir
to
ensure
an
ade-
Engineer
O.
S.
Hanes
said
he
jqustc
and
safe
water
supply
for
had
gone
as
far
as
he
could
in
tin'
city,
the
city
council
last
the
matter.
It
was
now
up
to
niht
decided
to
take
the
mat-
the
city
council
to
make
a
deter
up
again
with
the
power
mand.
Ports
n-i,i.fi.
v.
Jic
ivavT
l.-ir.lIT
Af!
AIV
11)1!
Ill
TIKI;
seas.
One
plane
did
not
return
4-
4-44-4
4'4.4-
company
win
a
view
10
gewing
AhJp
Rudderham
recalled
how,
to
an
end
to
the
4-
assurances
and
action
to
cor-
wnen
original
agreement
nt
m
u,e
pacific.
It
was
reef
the
situation
and
thus
ob-
vvas
drawn
up.
he
had
fought
to
.
possible
that
the
enemy
was
4-viate
recourse
to
legal
action,
protect
the
city's
interests
getung
ready
for
another
j
In
bringing
the
mattet
up.
against
just
such
a
situation
as
sneak
attack
and
was
en-
4-lAld.
Elliott
stated
that
the
had
now
arisen.
However,
cer
aavouring
to
spread
out
power
company
was
operating
tain
proposed
provisos
had
been
t
y
the
Pacific
fleet.
Shawatlans
Lake
power
plan:
left
out
of
the
agreement
when
i
to
capacity
Meanwhile
homes
finally
drawn
up.
.
4.
4-
4-
Are
shows
a
'long"
column
of
German
soldiers
being
marched
through
the
streets
of
after
their
capture
in
the
successful
westward
drive
to
relief
of
the
besieged
city
vtAs
ratilotihoto.
received
from
Rus-sia,
ar
Will
nded
to
Leningrad
1
Raids
On
Kuriles
ounded
Battle
Of
Beachhead
Principal
Action
Turns
Land
to
Air
Today.
From
NAPLES.
Feb.
22
0"
Allied
planes
hammered
Leghorn
and
ImDe:ia
tn
Italy
as
action
slack
ned
on
the
Ansio
beachhead
and
the
main
Fifth
army
front
a:
Cassino.
Heavy
artillery
barrages
wer:
tired
by
both
the
Germans
and
Allies
on
the
beachhead
iron
and
local
flghUng
was
reporter!
at
three
places.
United
State
patrol
boats
drove
off
a
group
iii
German
E-boats
which
tried
;o
app:oach
the
beachhead
on
siinrfav
Small,
but
fierce
in
fantry
ensacemcnt
were
report
?d
on
the
beachhead,
but
the
Allies
have
the
upper
hand.
WUrTELY
BAY.
Eng.
O
Dr.
F.
Horseman
believes
It's
never
too
late
to
start.
At
80,
he's
bjen
elected
to
the
r.nitely
Bay
urban
district
council.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
Feb.
23
High
0:58
20.9
feet
12:52
23.1
leet
Low
6:54
53
feet
19:27
0.9
feet
Be
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
His
Report;
acing
Realities
High
ree
of
Intensity
Warns
That
Germans
Are
Preparing
on
French
Coast
for
Attack
Upon
Britain
Does
Not
Expect
End
of
European
War
This
Year.
LONDON,
Feb.
22
(CP)-PrimlMinister
Churchill,
in
a
review
of
the
war
before
Parliament
today,
nrnmicorl
un
p-nnnsinn
nf
thp
nir
nffpnsivp.
"far
be-
I
yond
the
dimensions
of
anything
which
has
yet
been
t-'iupjoyuu
ur
liiuetu
uuaineu
vviiu
lung
lan&v
uumu-
ing
from
Britain
and
Italy
reaching
every
part
of
NORTH
PACinC
that
the
Germans
were
prepar
ing
on
the
French
coast
new
means
of
attack
on
Britain
either
by
Dllotless
aircraft
or
possibly
rockets,
or
both
on
a
considerable
scale"
but
that
our
forces
are
vigilantly
attacking
every
evidence
of
enemy
pre
parations.
The
Prime
Minister
saia
mat
the
order
tightening
the
cen-
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
sorshlD
in
Jiifir''
nean
NORTH
PACIFIC.
Feb.
22.
Unit-
j
area
was
mrrr
fst
to
d
States
bombing
planes
Satur
day
attacked
two
Japanese
bases
in
the
Kurtle
Islands
Parama-
hiru
and
Shlmushu
dropping
tr'tb
of
WiiAttAmec
the
war
tn
iji
liancs
returned
safely
to
their
aa.se.
nrt
1
if
1
n
1
i
.
.
1
IVIarsftalls
Are
Sneak
aneak
Attack
AttacK
;
I
Bv
Japanese
I
!
Nearly
Cleaned
t
Seen
by
Knox
Up
By
Americans
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Feb.
!
PEARL
HARBOR.
.r,t,
Feb.
w
22..
o
Oi
i
the
4-22-Secretary
of
Navy
Americans
who
landed
on
Enl-
Pranfc
Knnx
stated
todav
4
tok
in
the
Marshall
Islands
to
4-'
i
that
there
was
nothing
hnwA
nnni
nintltfaH
411
f
HA
OTnil
with
the
exception
of
the
lone
Japanese
base
on
Parry
Island
which
is
now.
being
shelled
and
bombed,
it
is
announced
by
Admiral
Chester
W.
Nlmltz.
The
attack
on
Parry
Island
Is
being
carried
out
by
naval
and
alt
forces.
check
alarmist
..r-.
.cern-
ing
the
Italian
bridgehead.
Mr.
Churchill
declined
to
con
cur
In
the
prediction
of
General
Eurorje
would
end
in
1944.
"Hit
ler
Is.
still
in
full
control
and
the
Nazi
party
is
still
holding
together
in
Germany."
he
assert
ed.
"This
is
no
time
for
despair
or
rejoicing
but
for
preparation,
effort
and
resolution,
Mr.
Churchill
said.
Hitler
had
decided
to
defend
Rome
with
the
same
obstinacy
that
had
characterized
the
battle
of
Stalingrad.
Speaking
of
relations
with
Russia,
none
of
the
ground
gained
at
Moscow
and
Teheran
had
been
lost,
declared
the
Prime
Minister
who
referred
to
Russia's
policy
in
favor
of
a
a
"strong
and
tndepedent
Poland."
Great
Britain.
United
States
and
Russia
were
equally
'resolved
to
carry
on
the
war
to
ja
completely
victorious
conclu-I
slon.
,
Speaking
of
the
projected
invasion
of
western
Europe,
Mr.
Churchill
said
the
British
and
American
forces
would
be
equal
In
proportions
unless
it
became
a
long
campaign
In
which
case
there
would
be
more
Americans.
The
Prime
Minister
spoke
for
seventy-eight
minutes
and
many
cheers
greeted
his
utterances.
REDS
RAID
FINN
PORT
STOCKHOLM.
Feb.
22
CD
Russian
bombers
on
Monday
night
raided
Uleaborg.
a
Fin
nish
port
on
the
Bothnia
Gulf,
ed.
Finnish
news
agency
report
4'4
t
I
Another
Jap
t
Convoy
Sunk
ALLIED
HEADQUART-
ERS,
Southwest
Pacific.
Feb.
22
0
Allied
aircraft
have
smashed
another
Jap-
anesc
convoy
off
the
Bis-
marclc
Islands.
Allied
Head-
quarters
announced
today.
Six
medium
merchant
ships,
one
corvette,
and
to
two
gunboats
were
sunk,
and
three
freighters
prob-
ably
destroyed.
?
?
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