M!
Temperature
lilt
U
,w
-
"
"
IT
n
ii
II
III
I'HII
a
i
driver
on
which
Port
Iklward.
3
cJrrtlng
part
of
,!-rrif
in
the
fall
and
-3
unconscious
for
a
u
immediately
taken
r:i
Fdward
Hospital
the
gate
Steel
Corp
urban
Eea
halting
prod
lAKit
In
Ihn
mill
nrrkHtiilnl
yesterday
Former
.United
States
D.
Pattullo,
MIA.
Trie
strnce
Rupert,
said
that
walk-out
of
000
i;
Hart
should
make
protesting
at
the
h
had
npent
a
good
.WOOD
UNDKIt
Fill
I'
Jliered
no
fractures.
IM
.
k-
,
w
k.
,mh
SVIIUU3.
Lend'
Irks
!
w
h
h
ilvwl.
1
aMi
iiii
!
-
'
v,
u
w,
uruisn
are
kicking
im
n
It
In..
1
,,
.
tlres
In
the
American
'wc
declared
that
for
12
1
a
tingle
British
film
"3ld
in
tli
ttniiori
r-
-
-
viuvvu
nmrrican
movies
mrse
islands.
'
W
II..
....
'
bin,
inaepena
-
-
."iitnainea
mat
in
Ret
hL
films
dtxtHKnlnrt
,"
ne
ha
to
agree
that
lne
nritlsh
NnllH.
anyone
Imagine."
he
dc-
11
maior
Amnrin
w
nine
......
.
'
"
4
WO
111III.V
nn
i
m
"
""juv
n
m.
iu
....
If)1'
uuc
-K
one
of
the
-upe,
navlnir
hn
eayasn39.
City
Fuel
Is
Not
Burning
01
some
three
vay
from
fat
Lake
In
sub-
'ornlnz.
Prisoners
May
Perish
only
for
ItVeS?;
a
-
Of
that,
under
no
clr-
an
employee
who
16
-j"
plant
:uld
be
British
Col-
without
permission.
"Six
thous
rr.mcnt
consent
to
and
worker
are
now
Idle.
xnt
to
the
British
1
The
night
shift
stayed
a
Act
taking
the
fires
were
kept
going
In
L:;
province
to
lm-.
furnaces.
tax.
He
waj
In
fa-1
Dominion
govern-1
j
over
succession
,
;
IS
raid
he
was
sur-
government
would
hair
brained
scneme
$:0.000.000
annually
1
i
n
Ml
.!?
.seal
business
f
-f
the
city
fo:
r:
passed
ryway
in
R
:r
OeneraS
tins-
tfter
an
illness
i
ri.say
rumax-
yest
if
falllnr
;pitd
then
and
ft.
u-,n
Mi
M:
wa
born
in
5,
87
years
ago
t
C;
ada
In
1908.
He
.
J.t
Winnipeg
i.ir.ipeg
and
ana
off
the
Little
Hope
of
Britons
llrld
by
Nipponese
Kuivivlng
War.
Declares
Red
CroM
Head.
OAI.OAKV,
Feb.
26
(CP)
Unless
there
is
a
great
change
In
Japan's
altitude
most
of
the
121.000
llritMi
Kmpire
prison-rri
of
war
In
the
Orient.
will
be
dead
before
the
war
l
over,
Itr.
I.
(.'.
HouUey,
national
commissioner
of
the
Canadian
Itrd
Cross
variety,
said
In
an
address
on
I'riday.
Only
a
few
supplies
and
comforts
rould
be
Milt
to
prisoners.
Tliere
was
no
rrttalnty
that
they
arrived
at
their
destination.
i
.
.
r
i
bf'
re
coming
toiAmprirati
KPfl
'
Li
1918,
During
his
Cross
Work
Is
r
fih-p
on
Third
Ave.
rsrled,
J
I
In
.
KrAlhirtt
.
M
:
real,
and
John
of
.zT.i,
and
niece.
;
if
Winnipeg.;
Merrltt
Anderson,
field
dlrer-
(
y
Mrs
Rots
tqr
0r
the
American
Red
Cros
f
snk
Anderson,
here,
spoke
before
tlie
Prince
Wednesday
to
(Rupert
Oyro
Club
at
luncheon
I
this
week,
descrlblne
the
war
i
rr.rn.ts
have
not
;wwk
of
hU
organliation
whi.
h
has
prirnclpally
to
do
as
far
;the
service
men
are
concerned
Pnnfmrrnr
wlln
ma,nlalnln8
lnc
medium
VUIllIaLlUr
jof
communication
between
the
soldier
and
his
home.
It
was
i
largely
a
personal
service
bear
1
ing
on
the
welfare
of
the
man
and
hts
denondcnt
Asslstina
In
member
of
the
connMtton
wlln
recreation
of'
A
c
lutractlng
tnc
forccil
0Vcrseas
was
also
n
oon.
sui-
ipjj
CroM
unctto,,.
The
goal
in
1;
about
noon
in,.
aln
nallmi.il
I7rd
Trnss
hi!
fell
thirty
!
drivc
,n
tnc
United
States
was
$200,000,000.
President
Frank
Skinner
was
In
the
chair
nnd
Hugo
Kraupner
was
a
guest.
O.
A.
Hunter
was
winner
of
the
luncheon
raffle
of
a
war
savings
certificate.
The
city
and
government
spon
sored
Prince
Rupert
Fuel
Co.
now
has
6700
cords
of
wood
on
hand
In
the
city
and
another
1100
cords
up
the
line
and,
with
the
coal
supply
situation
improved
and
the
unusually
mild
wnuer
dt
awing
to
a
close,
there
appears
to
be
some
question
as
to
wnav
going
to
be
done
with
It.
Oncol
the
difficulties
Is
the
financing
of
the
storage.
If
the
wood
is
still
undisposed
of.
by
summer,
the
federal
government
will
takr
It
over.
Aid.
J.
8.
niack
Is
not
very
well
satisfied
with
the
quality
of
the
clly
wood
and
has
described
it
has
"only
unk"
which
will
prob.
ably
lie
In
the
wood
yard
for
years.
Aid.
O.
W.
Itudderham,
chairman
of
the
city
council's
fuel
committee,
says
that
future
deliveries
of
wood
will
be
seasoned
and
of
better
quality.
There
has
also
been
complaint
of
the
wood
being
piled
against
the
Westholme
Rooms
building
nnd
causing
an
undue
strain
on
It.
ThU'lS
to
h
teed
fled.
I
Hitler
Jails
:
Field
Marshal
LONDON,
Feb.
28
9-iU-
dlo
France
at
Algiers
quotes
Berne
sources
as
saying
thai
Field
Marshal
Ocorge
von
Keuchler.
German
Army
commander
on
the
northern
Russia
front,
ha
been
imprisoned
by
Chan-
cellor
Adolf
Hitler
and
charged
with
Insubordina
aUon.
Von
Keuchler's
or-
ders
were
to
hold
the
nor-
thcrn
front
at
all
costs.
Checking
Up
On
Heavy
Traffic
A!
the
n
'inc.-'.
of
the
city
coun
cil,
the
pohrp
have
now
Institu
ted
.penonVal
checks
of
Hay
arrangement
whrvty
heavy
mil
Itary
and
contractor
vehicles
proceeding
to
and
from
the
ear,
-nd
of
the
city
and
the
highway
vlll
travel
by
way
of
Meftrlde
Street.
McClymont
Park
and
Eleventh
Avenue.
The
flrt
such
report
has
been
made
to
th"
-ouncil
by
Staff
Sergcanl
F.
W
OftJlagher.
The
military
authorities
have
already
agreed
to
ase
the
Eleventh
Avenue
rouse
and
thtjr
will
be
advised
when
there
is
use
of
the
other
route
by
their
heavy
vehicles.
TIIIKI)
OF
WOMEN
IN
WAR
Almost
a
third
of
AusitaUa's
tr
Mt.oo
vwmitlrir
w
direct
war
production
or
auxlli
ary
services
Woman
Diplomat
I
Sent
to
Moscow
Pretty
Widow
nf
British
Officer
In
British
Embassy
Follows
lead
of
hernia,
Ont.,
Woman'
By
MAROARET
ECKER
inadian
PreaS.aff
W.rlier
'
...;.
Feb.
26
9
Pretty
ti
veai
old
M:i.
Franci
Strait
.
Kcnzie.
as
first
woman
dip
)'
i
-.-tec!
to
the
Briti.ih
Em-
A.y
in
Moscow,
swell
;
to
four
Sir
uuir.ot-r
of
omeii
in
British
TObuale.
Ptooeertng
the
way
for
others
was
a
Canadian.
Mary
Craig
.Oeachy.
oifinia.
Ontario
.io
Is
first
seivctary
of
the
Ilrl-l
h
Kmhassy
at
Washington.
Moneer
H
itlsh
woman
wat
Naney
Lsitnbton.
on
the
staff
of
:
Brltt
h
minister
in
Persian
T'Hrran.
Mrs.
Betty
Gibbs
wai
rt-ently
appointed
in
Lard
Hal:
1:
xV
Washington
italf.
The
fewest
recruit
is
an
econ
cmlc
expert,
linguisi
and
crack
Creek
bridge
and
Fifth.
Hlxth
;
sportswoman.
Her
husband.
MaJ.
and
8eventh
Avenues
F.ast
to
,
the
Hon.
Stewari
MacKeiuie.
was
ensure
therp
is
observance
of
th
Ued
in
action
three
months
ago
and
her
brother.
Lord
I
.yell
of
Klnnordy.
was
awarded
the
Victoria
Cross
following
his
death
in
haLle
last
year,
Mrs.
Stewart
Mackenzie
grad-ua.cd
as
a
Bachelor
of
Science
Economics!
from
London
Uni
!s
an
equally
expert
skier
and
flaherwoman.
8he
has
travelled
extensively
on
the
continent,
as
well
as
In
Canada
and
the
United
States.
Besides
all
these
accomplishments,
her
mother,
Mrs.
Charles
LyelL
boasts
that
her
dauehtet
she
seems
to
d"
everything
wei:
WAR
IN
PACIFI
Local
Tides
Sunday,
Feb.
27
m
45
High
r
3:40
222
feet
35
15:55
21.0
feet
m
Low
9:55
3.2
feet
22.08
3.8
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY
26,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
DimtOIT
STRIKE
it
rrrn
a
in
i
,ii
i
r
r
i
rvin
ia
Keep:j"L"r
T..
13
lltU
UK
Peace
Terms
For
Finland
e
idx
DETriOIT.
Feb-
20
mllfnA
rtn
nl
(xflon
Duties
thousanl
I
l
M
Many
Japs
Drowned
rEARL
HARBOR.
Feb.
28
O
One
hundred
and
thirty
-five
Japanese
planes
were
blasted
by
American
carrier
planes
which
stacked
the
southern
Mariana
ltwnas.
teas
vnan
ii'ju
mues
vbth
of
Tokyo,
last
Tuesday,
Admiral
Qhcster
W.
Nlmltz
an-
trounced
yesterday.
Only
six
American
planes
were
lost.
No
American
ships
were
sunk
or
damaged.
One
Japanese
cargo
vessel
and
one
patrol
ship
were
sunk
and
nine
other
craft
were
dam
aged.
SHIP
FIRE
IS
RAGING
Trantpoit
Beatlied
Across
Hr-
bor
After
Burning
on
TliU
Side.
versity
at
1
land
speak.
French.
ami(Khlp,',n
vicinItr
uih.j
iuu
Auuiaiii
as
wen
as
her
newly-acquired
Russian.
She's
a
first
cl,ss
title
sho'-who
got
her
first
stag
at
14.
8he
After
taking
fire
at
a
dock
on
this
side
of
the
harbor,
an
old
wooden
carco
vessel,
billowing
with
flame
and
smoke,
was
(owed
to
the
other
side
and
beached
and
abandoned
Ibis
afternoon.
The
fire
start-
of
the
engine
room
and
biidge.
The
crew
abandoned
sh'P
and
loeal
tugboats
were
pressed
Into
service
to
pump
water
and
tow
the
vessel
to
hrr
hearhing
place
just
south
of
Me.Mcholl
Creek.
'
The
exact
circumstances
of
the
origin
of
the
flames
were
not
revealed
at
once.
It
is
understood
she
had
lit-
The
fire
was
burning
Intensely
at
press
time
across
i
(he
harbor.
CANADIANS
LEAVE
CHERISHED
I'OSSESSIO
S
IN
KIT
STORAGE
DEPOT
Everything
from
photographs
to
midget
automobiles,
cherish
-d
properly
of
men
of
the
Canadian
Army
now
in
Brltutn,
Is
stored
when
the
soldier
moves
t
the
fighting
front.
Remote
from
the
possibility
of
Luftwaffe,
raids,
No.
1
Canadian
Kit
Sto
age
Depot
takes
care
of
all
'personal
property
until
the
boys
come
back.
Careful
checks
are
lso
made
on
casualty
lists
and
TOP
shows
Pte.
Sydney
Ballcy,
Prceccvil,
Sask.,
and
rtc.
"Met"
Cathcatt,
Sourls,
Man.,
checking
over
effects
of
officer
killed
In
Italy.
These
are
lmmcdlaely
sent
to
his
next-of-kin.
Even
a
"bull"
fiddle
ilower
leftt
14
stored
nnd
gets
n
touching
up
by
Pte.
L.
C.
"Pop"
Hunt,
of
Stccn.
Sask.
Hunt,
formerly
with
the
Westminster
Regiment,
does"
a
lot
of
minor
repairs
on
stored
articlesWhat
NOT
t6
Store
is
showil
at
lower
right
Pte.
A.
Courcy
of
Montreal,
faces
a
"headache'
in
weeding
out
incendiary
bombs,
a
Wjw
torch,
and
other
Inflammable
materials.
Committed
For
Trial
John
Isjaski,
complainant
against
Leo
Ooyette,
charged
with
robbery
with
violence,
told
the
court
that
he
had
intended
to
use
the
money
he
lost
last
Saturday
night
to
buy
a
farm
and
bring
his
wife
and
two
chll
dren
out
from
Czechoslovakia.
He
had
about
$1,500
taken
from
him,
he
said
at
the
preliminary
hearing
of
Ooyette
Friday
af
ternoon.
Ooyette
was
charged
follow
ing
a
complaint
by
Isja.sk!
thac
Ooyette
had
assaulted
him
in
the
Li).
Cafe
on
Saturday
night
and
taken
the
money
from
him.
The
preliminary
hearing
began
Friday
morning
before
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance
and
continued
In
the
afternoon
when
it
ended
with
the
committment
of
Ooyette
to
a
higher
court
for
trial.
Witnesses
heard
yesterday
afternoon
were
the
complainant.
'Man
Chong,
a
cook
at
the
L.D.
Cafe,
and
a
woman.
Simons
!
Mayer.
BULLETINS
RLD
CROSS
MEETING
VANCOUVER
The
annual
meeting
of
the
British
Columbia
Red
Cross
Association
closed
yesterday
with
the
reelection
of
Hon.
E.
W.
Hamber
as
provincial
piesldent.
There
were
117
delegates.
Arnold
Flaten
represented
Prince
EMERGENCY
SESSION
TOKYO
The
Japanese
cab
inet-merinspecIirslSst6fT-
yeslerday
at
the
Imperial
Palace
to
pass
stringent
new
measures
to
bolster
the
war
effort.
An
outline
of
"emergency
management"
was
agreed
upon.
SENATOR
DIES
WASHINGTON
Senator
Charles
F.
McNary
of
Oregon,
Republican,
died
in
Florida,
yesterday
at
the
age
of
69.
He
was
once
a
Republican
candidate
for
vice-president.
VETO
OVERRIDDEN
WASHINGTON
The
House
yesterday
voted
72
to
11
to
orerside
President
Roosevelt's
veto
of
the
tax
bill.
Thirteen
Demociats
and
one
Republican
(Langer
of
North
Dakota)
voted
in
support
of
the
veto.
LA
BO
It
WANTS
BEER
OTTAWA
On
behalf
of
the
Trades
and
Labor
Congress
of
Canada.
Percy
Bengough,
president,
asked
the
federal
cabinet
for
a
moderation
of
beer
restrictions.
Piime
Mln-
ister
King
said
it
had
been
a
I
case
of
restriction
or
prohibition
but
he
hoped
that
before
long
it
would
be
possible
to
lift
restrictions.
ONTARIO
TRAIN
WRECK
'.
BROCKVILLE
One
mem
ber
of
the
train
crew
was
killed
when
an
eastbound
passenger
train
from
Toronto
to
Montreal
crashed
Into
a
freight
train
one
mile
east
of
Cardinal
on
the
Canadian
National
line
last
night.
CUT
SHIPYARD
WORKERS
VANCOUVER
Not
taking
Into
consideration
Yarrows
at
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert,
there
will
be
a
reduction
of
British
Columbia
shipyard
workers
by
700
in
March.
ENVOY
TO
YUGOSLAVIA
LONDON
Capt.
Randolph
Churchill
has
been
sent
to
Yugoslavia
as
a
special
envoy
of
the
British
200.000
MEN
NEEDED
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
today
ordered
a
national
occupational
review
on
account
of
the
need
for
200,000
more
men
for
the
Armistice
Requirements
Of
Russia
Not
Drastic
Have
rkn
Transmitted
to
Great
Britain
and
United
Sta
c
Appear
to
be
Quite
Reasonable.
PEACE
EXPECTED
NEXT
WEEK
LONDON,
Feb.
26
It
is
believed
in
British
political
circles
that
Russia's
six
point
armistice
plan
will
be
acceptable
to
Finland
and
that
the
war
between
the
two
nations
will
end
next
week.
LONDON,
Feb.
26
Russian
armistice
terms
for
Finland
were
reported
last
night
to
have
been
conveyed
to
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
three
days
ago.
Of
course,
they
have
already
been
transmitted
to
Finland.
They
are
reported
to
be
not
so
drastic
as
might
have
been
expected.
Russia
does
not
Intend
to
occupy
Finland
buti
will
only
maintain
enough
BATTLE
OF
RUSSIA
troops
there
to
police
the
Oer-
mans
and,
after
the
war
Is
over,
they
will
be
withdrawn.
The
original
border
between
Russia
and
Finland
would
be
Parliamentary
Radio
Probe
OTTAWA.
Feb.
26
O
-
The
House
of
Commons
last
night
appointed
a
special
committee
to
review
policies
and
aims
of
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Cor
poration
and
all
related
mat
ters.
The
committee
consists
of
twenty-three
members
seven
teen
Liberals,
four
Conserva
tlves,
one
C.CT.
and
one
New
Democracy.
Jackie
Campbell
Killed
Overseas
Jack
Campbell,
well
known
Prince
Rupert
boy.
who
was
prominent
in
basketball
here
for
many
years
before
Joining
up,
has
been
killed
on
service
overseas,
according
to
word
received
yesterday
by
his
mother.
"Jackie
as
he
was
familiarly
known,
spent
practically
all
his
life
here
and
news
of
the
casualty
Is
being
received
with
regret
by
numerous
friends
of
the
family.
Liquid
Luggage
Brings
Fines
Michael
Jams,
steward
on
a
coastwise
passenger
steamer,
was
arrested
by
British
Columbia
Police
Inspector
Ernest
Oammon
and
Constable
Sam
Ferguson,
after
he
had
carried
two
suitcases
containing
liquor
down
the
gangplank
of
the
ship
and
deposited
them
in
a
taxi
on
the
wharf.
In
police
court
Friday
after
noon
Janls
was
charged
with
possession
of
unsealed
liquor
and
with
keeping
liquor
for
sale.
He
was
given
a
sentence
of
$50,
or
'"Irty
days
on
the
first
charge
and
$300,
or
three
months
on
the
second.
The
fines
were
paid.
According
to
Inspector
Oammon,
he
and
Constable
Ferguson
had
seen
Janls
carry
the
two
bags
one
a
gladstone
bag
and
the
other
a
suitcase
from
the
boat.
The
apparent
heaviness
of
the
luggage
Impressed
the
two
policemen
ana,
wnen
jams
put
the
bags
In
a
taxi,
which
contained
a
passenger,
they
made
the
arrest.
The
bags
contained
twenty-six
bottle
of
liquor,
the
biggest
part
of
It
American
brands.
Papers
on
Janls
showed
that
he
had
made
purcheses
of
liquor
the
weefc
previous
In
Ketchikan.
Police
established
no
connection
between
the
passenger
who
had
been
in
the
taxi
and
the
liquor.
The
liquor
was
Betting
by
Canadian
race
track
patrons
In
193
was
the
highest
Reds
Are
Smashing
Forward
Four
Hundred
Miles
Front
Open
ed
Against
Reeling
Nazis.
LONDON,
Feb.
23
IT
Russians.
massed
along
a
400-mlle
front
between
Pskov
and
Rogachev,
are
pressing
forward
in
White
Russia
toward
Latvia
and
nor
thern
Poland.
In
spite
of
Increased
German
resistance.
erfW-Nal,-TttlBfOtCe&ejit,
were
thrown
Into
the
Rogachev
area
yesterday
and
fourteen
fierce
counter
attacks
In
this
section
were
thrown
back
by
the
Russians.
The
Germans
lost
2.500
men.
To
date
the
Rogachev
battle
has
cost
the
Nazis
8,000
men,
AT
BEACHHEAD
NAZI
ATTACK
IN
FAILURE'
NAPLES.
Feb.
26
CP
German
forces,
maintaining
steady
pressure
on
the
Allied
beachhead
south
of
Rome,
harassed
British
and
Americans
with
shells
and
bombs
but
were
knocked
back
in
a
single
small
attack
yesterday.
A
Nazi
stab
was
made
at
the
Allied
right
ttank
In
the
Potlne
Marsh
area
near
Casslno.
Infiltration
tactics
near
Car-roceto
also
failed.
No
Let-Up
By
Allies
On
Reich
LONDON,
Feb.
26
0"
A
huge
fleet
of
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bomber3
last
night
attacked
Augsburg,
Germany,
making
it
17,000
tons
of
bombs
cumulative
at
the
end
of
a
six-day
of-jfenslve
against
the
Nazi
plane
Industry.
The
Oermans
reported
a
raid
against
Frankfurt
and
the
Swiss
radio
said
that
flights
had
crossed
from
Italy
a
hint
that
last
night's
attack
was
another
two-way
affair.
Twenty-four
planes
were
lost,
eight
of
them
Canadian.
The
British
raids
on
Oer-many
last
night
followed
the
most
effective
day
the
United
States
Air
Force
has
had
In
daylight
assaults,
Augsburg,
Stuttgart
and
Regensburg
be-in?
among
the
targets.
Thirty-one
big
bombers
and
three
fighters
failed
4o
return
yester-
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