Navy, which t a bill Intro-";.an House of s'hfr. the Jate . 'hen minister the Admiral ,kc of making aded him to t ,n Montreal when my : putting i - relate. I went back to r.ike an ad-' making! So ; peak a word embarked on One gathers a pr;b;em to wlien he and wr e sent to f ; a. rung. He -ace but with f !-.at gave rtte it' which the i 'himself with C t nt there Is a ,i his speech Flnl O real he served on and battle- 1 advanced to 3!t Later he at the Muff t Devonport p ' for mathe- " ' m;1I and he; ' ilng devlcej f? .sc 'lit CANADA'S x'l to Canada, aval reervej. jstw. returned ' ,j f r a spell In -t and at Opcr-ii d in 1038 had : k r raptaln and It., onal Defence ." n appointment Ti' i the Canadian he served f Canada's des-nnng ashore l become Com- ir Pacific coast. ' which he has now wa: appointed Can- t a :he at Washing ' llowing year was .rear-admiral and ; aval section of the r.' staff in Wash-rtarned to the Pacl-T tfmser. 1943. ink you're going to '-, maklnc a ble mls- i Admiral enjoins fledg-l: Study hard " Then n And play harder." ntrast between being In 1938 and now Is, of ' aertiolc, for when h." " t ' c i.ut Japan had r -"r d the war. But, he " It Is mostly "paper Hi- doesn't try to dls- 1 w much he misses the fa it is an altogether dlf-11f he explains. "Every-ii'ponda on what you do- "c ulluwu ior m- ' 'nr. in ihn mui. - nt trio Admiral played hockey n tun ,. A i . . . . . - " u"u is sun iona "18 shooting and golfing.. vn v. , I. . .. i "'.M-Kfiicrniinn nnnn. Rrodeur wonders If ter- -aiior ancestor whoset- BULLETINS NAZI IS SLAIN . HEREIN Russian guerrillas are reported here to have slain the Nail propaganda chief In the Ukraine while he was on a butlness trip. LI (J LOU RATION SAME VANCOUVER The February liquor ration will be the lame a January but there will be fewer plarrs to buy, It I announced. SEARCH NICOLA VALLEY VANCOUVER The eareh for a mlislnf Royal Canadian Air Force monoplane, which dropped out of sight several ame to ee w7dke-to: . awhile on flijht iiom i rum irinuriugr, ua ,j nmea 10 me ,-sicoia vaney, A. E. Sowerby, father of I'.rn-et Sowerby, air gunner of the mUiing aircraft, having reported that what might have been a signal fire wat een 40 mile outhwet of Mrrrltt. MORE JAM 10 BE AVAILABLE OTTAWA, Jan. 27. The next "D" ration coupons will be good fnr Hmihl lhi imnnnt nf rrf' sWvW.TShTyand rnolasSci which they now obtain. It is announced, due to the larze stocks of sweet meats. ThU spring Canadians will be permitted to buy mapls yrup in quantity. MORE PEOPLE ARE READING The annual meeting of the Trlnce Rupert Library Board was held Wednesday evening. Those present were Frank Dlbb lehalrmanl. T. B. Black (secre tary). Aid. N. Arnold, Mrs. Ar nold Flaten. Rev. E. W. Scott and Miss Olive van Cooten (librarian). Frank Dlbb and T. B. Black urre rrauestcd by the members of the board to again fill the dutle of chairman and socrc tary respectively for the ensu Inw venr. Appreciation was express lo hear of the death at rnnce Rupert of Mrs. F. D.Samparc, who waj a very close friena. f tivi In Onihee nrovlnce. The in between generations have stuck tn th innd. in. nnPO. P. V. Btodcur, U.C.A.F. chose the air and Is riirrntiv prvlnir In Africa. A stepson was killed In action with the British forces In North Africa, two years ago. w exchanging the private anecdotes of the WITH I ADC t "" r conversation is sprinkled liberally with ,MMI JHr J . i t:i n i) 1 ...u- ,i ct Uear-Aumu ui v iv:i.ur j. iji uuvur, wiivjsh: "We Mil still have to live In the .24.. f nH .1 wl tt,st.lr ntttinnft.Q 4 . i tam U'nrM tu4tK Ik. Tins, C.' A :i,1 ,.;M'tu e,. Dt,;if.,ll I and the German after the war i ( i. i . A . and, to effect permanent oeace. - two that the (, t of June, far unfailing he wag made c.he navy has Timand Its es-': west coast the sector Is importance In ategy r. ;w 51. was 3 radets In the I something will have to be don I to win them to our" way of ! thinking. acUns and worthin Dlnz." declared CanLaln W D Rowlands. United States Army I chaplain. In a thoughtful ad dress before the Prince Rupcr i Oy:o Club yesterday at luncheon Unless something oould be don , to ameliorate for the cmdiv th I bitterness of defeat, there woulr4 be no alternative but to far another war. If there was to tx future seeuritv and f reedorr from aDnrehenslon there mus't bt solid and unquestioned friend - 1 ship such as was exemplified be tween Un led Stales and Canada While It was cosy to talk glibly of exterminating the enemy, to do so would be a physical Impossibility and could not be tolerated even if It were possible. WAS REAL PIONEER Grand Old . of of a a grant gram from irom the uic Carnegie h-kiv Lady Dies Prince Rupert's Grand Old Lady. Mrs. Annie McKay Steph ens, passed peacefully away at 3 o clock yesterday allernoon at the home of her son and daugh- !efcUuvu,.Shsrita4- VI J m sieprtens. wnn wnom sne nac resided for many years. In the lullneas of age, she would have been ninety-seven years of age had hc lived until today As It was. her vitality and spirit had been remarkable until the last few months during which she was overtaken by her final 111 ness. Oradually fading away, she had been bedfast for the past month or so and lapsed into un- coiiscKiusness a couple of days be foil- the end. AlUioueh she herself was born in Ontario, the late Mrs. Steph- DROP RECORD BOMB WEIGHT LONDON. Jan 27 O-Thlrty- onc thousand tons of bombs have been dropped on Hitler's Europe so far this month, a Royal Air Force commentator said last night The total U believed to be an all time record for such a period. f&rally. moved in iws to nani-'oba. settling on land near th :own which Is now known a Wawaneaa. Her husband died there in 1903 and. soon after his oassing. Mrs. Stephens moved u. Mlnnedosa- where she made hei nom- until 1925 when she went tn California to spend three years before coming to Prince Rupert. Since '1929 she had made hr home here. Lceased Is survived oy fou. son M. Stephens of Prince RuDcri Fred Stephens of Red ding. Callfornlalilton Stephens. ens came of parents who were mayor of Oourtenay. Vancouver " identified with the besinnlnu ot i Island, Island, and and Ernest Ernest Stephens Stephens of ti Wertern Canada. Her father ana palo Ccdro. camornia ana tww mother were both children of the Selkirk settlers who came f:om Scotland In 1812 and 18H to Sir Alexander Selkirk's Red River settlement at Fort Oarry on the banks of the Red River whre the prairie, metropolis ot Winnipeg now stands. Her father. John McKay, prior to his death, was the last ot the Selkirk settlers, hav-mt! come out at the age ot one JCar year by by sailing sailing ship ship via via Hudson Hudson Fund of non-flctlonal books. and Churchill Her mother covering many reference, tech- Christina Sutherland, was born nlcal and scientific suojecis ana at oarry. As children h;: fields. It was felt It should be mrents moved eastward when of great service to many cltl-. &trlfc arose In the Red River tens. ' r avy without study-'., HO" LI. I. Consideration was given to extending space In the library building, with special cmpnasis being placed In the Juvenile scc- tii nnnnnl renort for the year 1913 was read and accepted- Circulation of books during i was approximately equal to that of 1942 but 'the number of borrowers Increased HER PASSING REGRETTED rkeena CROSSINO. Jan. 27 -Mi nnd Mrs. Matthias Wesley of this village regretted deeply area as a icsult ot the differences of the Hudson Bay Co. and the Northwest Company and conse quent troubles with the Indians. Mrs. Stephens was born at West Owylllmbury Township In Slmcoe County, north of Toronto. Jnnuary 27, 1817. In 1870 she wa married to John S. Stephens and. 1 tlon. daughters Mrs. Stanley H. iMabelt Stott of San Francisco and Mrs. James (Florence" Mc- Quarrie of StettleT. Altoetta There are eighteen grand-chlW- r?n and fourteen great-grana- chlld:en. At one time four gen erations of the family of Mrs Stenhens resided In the same house here. Mrs. Stephens was Interested In women's work of the Presbyterian Church In her younger days and, after union, went to the United Church. She was active tn Red Cross work during the First Oieat War. A funeral service will bo held Saturday afternoon at First United Church with Rev. Jas. A. Donnell officiating. AccompaMcd by Mrs. M. M. vl. Stephens, Stephens, the the re- re- CANAMANS IN BRITAIN PREPARE FOR I.J SUs -With the invasion 01 Wirope loomms as the greatest blow of the war, Canadian trojps in Britain are training night and day for the epochal landing. This picture. Just received from overseas, shows how the men mignt be launched on their grim attack against hostile shores. In these practise manoeuvres the make a quick trip out to sea then turn boau. loaded with heavily armed lighting men. back toward a specially prepared strip of beach. The men leap from the assau t U under V which will have a major Invasion role. a thin inToke screen spread by Royal Navy, and half-wade, half scramble asfiore waist deep In water. Bren gun bulleU whine overhead. Nazi Counter-Attack Beaten wIZiTi, Allies Are ; February is jIAdvancing 1 There wii. be a one day .stoppage of work of C.Ci Union workets at the Prince 'Rupert drydock and else- iwhere on February 15 In fprotert at the recently pro- Vtmulated Truiuiairu wa order -W - council iixi P.9384 whtcb wracs imposes new th Prince Runert 1 Labor Council on Tuesday of this i week when delegates endor sed the stand taken by Vic- A rri Vanrniivpr Vancouver and wiu Winnl- . . flve Japanese cargo ships at Rabaul, New nritaln. Monday, and so sert- ously damaged two others that they had to be beached. Allied headquarters reported today. Twenty-four Japanese planes were destroyed over Kaoaui Monday, bringing to more than on the total enemy aircraft de stroyed over Rabaul In three days. Each Political Leader May Now Get Time On Air OTTAWA, Jan. 27,-Undcr a nrw policy announced by the The crack nll,lnn Ic rnnrted tn have ar- i ij , ,o lu.t i r ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN rlved to assist In the defence of Pnme. The French have advanced to Mount Belvedere, ten miles north of Casslno. The Americans have re-estab lished their bridgehead north of the Rappido River after having been thrown back. Canadians are reported to have shot up a motor convoy. t anaa.an iroaa.M... v ; . ,, ; hM min, win v. taken Saturday lion, eacn poiuicai panj ireuti;iim...vU.. , ".. . . niht to Vancoue foJ crema- will be allcw half an hour each ' paid $2250 and still, refuses to WHEN nOOLITTLK'S FLIERS ZOOMED OI F A scene made within 800 miles ot Tokyo, as one of MaJ.-Oen, James H, Doo-llttlc's 16 B-25 twin cngined bombers roared Into the sky from the fltuht deck of the U.S. Hornet for the amazing raid upon Japanese industrial centres. The ret of the re rny Various Allied air attacks have been made on the Applan. Way and elsewhere. u?nr nff K'oiinmn nnri An- zlo are black with Allied ship-1 ping making landings. There Is an enormous balloon and fight-! ing aircraft cover. COSTLY REFUSAL BROMLEY, England In July. 1941. O. W. R. Thompson was ordered by a court to des troy his dog and told he would be fined $4.50 for every day th? mcnth on the National network. kill the dog. be seen Jammed at the stern end of the vessel awaltlnng their turn. The Hornet which was the Shangri-La for this most secret raid, was sunk tn the Battle of Santa Cruz on Oct. 26, 1942. Epic stories of her sinking are still being told. Russians Smash On Sixty-one Thousand Germans Killed or CaDtured in Few Days on Leningrad Front. MOSCOW, Jan. 27 Oi The Russians have reached the ; banks of the Luga River west of : Noveorod. Pravda reported to- -1 .. n m T anlim.il 4rif4 VrtllfHnV ALGIERS, Jan. 27 J j armies continued to smash from firxt fifmun COUnler - aiiaCK I Hlnrtlnn Infn the acalnst British and American nprmint' nalUr salient Local Tides Friday, Jan. 28 High 3:25 21.9 feet 15:20 22.5 feet Low 5:25 4.9 feet 21: .e feet yTemperature ii 1 1 1 43 . It, I I i a i am 30 111 -3 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMpiAgVPAIyR hi nv 2 rn i .m-j PrTnCERUPERT. B.C.. THURSDAY, JANUAfiffl, , price fTve 'cents MADA'S NAVAL LEADERS 1 Taken By Stuart Undcrhill War Problems Up (Canadian Prcw Staff Writer) hEAK-AlHHRAL V. fi. HRODEUR ... KM " LIVE - l lmt that when uova vjanaman flaw Full Employment, First Class Highway, Survey Of Resources Planned Speech From Throne at Ottawa Also Suggests Assistance to Agriculture, Sstudy of Maritime Problems in Reconstruction and Social Security Insurance. OTTAWA, Jan. 27 (CP) A coming parliamentary session devoted largely to postwar problems was indicated in the Speech from the Throne read at the prorogation ceremony yesterday. The speech reported that cabinet ministers have given close attention to recommendations and investigations in fields of NAZIS LOSING OUT postwar reconstruction ana so rial securitv. nolntine to early i legislation In these fields. The Commons reconstruction committee In a report tabled yesterday recommended government action to Insure full em ployment after the war, development of a first class Trans- Canada highway, a survey of all northern Canadian resources, new credit facilities for agricul ture, a study of maritime pron-lem to assist in improving the economic life of the people, and Steps to Insure that farmers no longer are forced to sell their products at an unfair price. The Speech from tne inrone gave a review of the war which was described as still the first of all objectives. Family allowances, voting privileges for men and women In the services and a new hous- rw-.re- fllcT CTillin III flUIUC. U1C T I. nkAiit tan rnllAC 09U U1K UlMfciw! toria. peg labo: councils against t arm0red division had been metjunder blockade for two years, thr order-in-couhca iand tossed back southwest of has freed 0f shelUrg. 1 RABAUL JAPS ALLIED PREY nTriWP Tun 27 Cf Tor T iMnrin in ft fierce lOCal eti- Tho Dneciine MntnrpH VrftS- T nQDATTlPnt. ntn vrlnc-lr m q ccfvaal V fr.rtlflA9 . Herman uoenng are among other t.. i or. that. riu nmhahlv t j im-w,i, iro .matters to be taken up. be launched In an effort to ono of two remaining raUways Ther re two SPfech" I-lwipc oui me Aii"-a wawuKau, radiating soutnwara ironv wnuui ' has been tnrown oacs; 'ingrad bt remain available jg"" " , V-C.VMuh. WVkUm nm for GTrTSari 1 use. "c the decision at a meeting of ...j-j headauarters announced tP-. than 61.000 Germans " today. Men and supplies con-,are repprted to have been kill- .-. .1. tlnno In nt!p into a Strategic I r ...1,,,. In ha four Hit-" . - wedge threatening the Italian of Russian offensive so fari JclDtUlCSe " ranital. Headauarters announ- th t nlnerad area. I . Iced that that elements elements 01 of a a ueinmu Oerman! , Leningrad, rnlngrad, which which has has been. been, KvnriinHnO' t. j i ' ' " o Big Cities Other Fifth Army troops to raliy rmb 30 mUes south of TOKYO, Jan. 27 Civill- the southeast struggled slowly Leningrad, and advanced five ans and industries have fraM nrmss flooded streams no ..rho c.th nn wednex. been ordered evacuated lust norm 01 v,assu.u. H9r irom Tosyo ana wagoya in Moscow previously reported iear oi Aiiieu air ... . Similar orders are expected slve south of Leningrad brought tor Osaka. Kobe. Yokoha- death to more than 40.000 Oer- ma ana omet - mans and routed ten Nazi In- cities. fantry divisions. . NORTHWEST CANADA DEFENCE- (The Wartime Information Board has prepared a series of articles on Canadian-United States defence projects in Northwest Canada. Today we publish one of the series WHITE PASS AND YUKON RAILWAY The White Pass and Yukon Railway, with its termini at Skagway and Whitehorse, was constructed before the turn of the century and was owned and ojierated in British Columbia by the British Columbia-Yukon Railway Company and in the Y'ukon by the British Yukon Railway Company. Its 100 miles I of 36-lncn tracK proviaea uuc ' . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 , . Aj.4. or tne most anucun rauwujr t Canadians : Off Kiska nnrtlcularlv during the winter months: In pre-war days no at- tempt was made to keep the railway operating on schedule , during the winter, ror me con- OTTAWA, Jan. 27 w Ail struction oi aeience projecuj m Canadian units, which with the Northwest, however, th? United States forces occu- i railway was a vital supply line pled Klska In the Aleutians and In 1942 was leasea Dy mo five months ago, have been United States Government withdrawn. It was announ- from the companies Involved. ced today. No explanation Thls lease, so far as the Cana- was given but It Is assum- dlan companies were concerned, i. aa that the YtlsIcA garrison was authorized by Order-in- Mnn. i. rnflriA nn nf a strnnz , iiuv kit . - '- all American formation. There were 5.800 Canadians i In all at Klska, Including i j nrvtv fmmtaln Raneers. Canadian Fusiliers. Wlnnl- peg Orenadlers, Hull Regl- mcnt and 34th Field Artll- lery. Thirty days' leave has been granted all ranks. Council 10067 dated November 6, 1942. Under military personnel and with greatly Increased rolling stock, the railway was operated throughout the winter of mz- 43, one of the most severe on record. Monthly tonnage moved Is nearly three times the amount moved In any one season In pre-war days, t A- A Lis I