Passengers
on
,
March
20
0
mver
Because
oi
and
overloading,
word
reaching
nrnaw
nnn
ii
if
i
a
ainriiv
nr
rntir
more
patmcnjicrs
Housing
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Ago.
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f
days
ago.
Other
at-,3
carried
out
Jatrman
Ouy
Bra
hair
In
the
absence
R
SmlgeUkl.
ney
the
secretary,
Report
from
tfie
nmitte
and
told
of
the
school
children
rr
;h
milk
with
their
1
ivi.
in
cii
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a.
u
nuaiiui
ukuii
iju'il
was
ut'juw
normal
4.1
l
Prairie
province
farmers
arc
anxiouslv
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.
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it
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w-ivv
iiuiiw
r
a
itiuiiu
ui
in
part
the
moisture
deficiency.
Manito
ba's
average
decrease
from
nor
mal
for
the
six-month
period
waj
31
per
cent,
Alberta's
23
tcr
cent
and
Saskatchewan'
13
CAh
percent.
LHU
Official
flaure
Issued
bv
the
meteorological
division
of
the
federal
department
of
transport
covering
the
period
between
'Aug.
1.
1943,
to
Feb.
29.
1944,
re
vealed
the
largest
average
decreases
below
the
normal
of
25
per
cent
to
35
per
cent
occurred
in
Manitoba
and
In
southern
and
central
Alberta.
There
was
a
slightly
smaller
deficiency
In
southern
Saskatchewan
while
In
northern
Alberta
precipitation
was
less
than
10
per
cent
below
normal.
The
only
exception
was
the
northern
portion
of
Saskatchewan's
farming
area
where
there
was
an
excess
of
less
than
five
per
cent.
Similar
conditions
generally
prevailed
In
all
three
provinces
during
March,
it
was
stated
unofficially.
Precipitation
contln
ued
negligible
early
In
March
but
towards
the
end
of
the
month
reports
showed
a
slight
Improvement.
An
example
of
the
sub-nor
mal
moisture
conditions
was
found
In
the
scream
run
of
the
Asslnlbolne
River,
which
flows
through
Saskatchewan
and
Manitoba.
This
was
only
75
per
cent
normal.
Of
the
six
months
under
offi
cial
review.
August
was
about
the
best
from
a
precipitation
point
of
view.
In
northern
Al
berta
excesses
during
the
month
averaged
nearly
50"
per
"cent"
Smaller
gains
of
20
per
cent
to
30
per
cent
occurred
In
southeastern
Saskatchewan
and
throughout
the
agricultural
area
of
Manitoba.
August
rain
fall
was
practically
normal
In
northern
Saskatchewan
and
10
per
cent
above
normal
In
cen
tral
Alberta.
However.
In
south
ern
Alberta
only
about
half
the
normal
fall
was
recorded
and
In
southwestern
Saska
t
c
h
e
w
a
n
there
was
a
30
per
cent
deficiency.
September
rainfall
generally
was
light
over
the
entire
prairie
grain
region
with
losses
as
high
as
50
per
cent
In
some
sections.
In
October
precipitation
was
variable
with
more
than
twice
the
normal
fall
being
recorded
In
northern
Saskatchewan
and
75
per
cent
more
than
normal
committee
reported
hitting
southwestern
sections
of
tful
evenings
held
house
dining
hall
mlng
i
was
present
from
ikers'
Union
asking
,of
the
staff
house
pn
April
29
in
con-a
boxing
show.
This
(by
the
council,
fll
is
to
co-operate
clal
service
survey
p
the
city.
BOOKS
9
DEMAND
Distribution
mi
t
rwy
t
t
v
i
iirstinv
m
H
distribution
of
-
m
vr
u
ft
lULiuii
3292
books,
over
were
given
out
at
distribution
ccn-
'hall
yesterday
2932
ciaimca
by
cltl-
wutiuil
mi
as
3S0
WiV.
books
distributed
"asls
of
Sllfthtlv
aicii
uui
at
II
ni
Dull
Biiaii
mat
new
books
have
...
...t
juiii
way
the
province
.
.
.
Below
normal
figures,
however,
were
still
reported
for
southern
and
central
Alberta
and
Manitoba.
PracUcallv
normal
rainfall
was
reported
from
northern
Saskatchewan
in
November
but
deficiencies
were
noted
else
where.
In
December,
January
and
February
deficiencies
rang
cd
from
10
per
cent
to
55
per
cent
below
normal.
Waitress
Dance
Was
Successful
Featuring
modern
and
old
time
music,
the
annual
dance
of
the
Waitresses'
Union,
held
in
the
I.OD.E.
Hall
on
Tuesday
night
was
a
highly
successful
function.
Music
was
by
Roy
Proverbs'
orchestra
and
ranged
from
furious
Jitterbug
tempo
to
old
time
dance
tunes
led
by
Freddie
Williams
and
featured
Mrs.
Myra
Gilchrist
as
vocalist.
Dancing
was
from
9-0
clock
until
2
o'clock.
During
an
Interval
In
the
dancing
John
Mulroney
spoke
on
the
Importance
of
the
union
to
the
waitresses.
The
committee
which
assisted
In
making
the
dance
a
success
was
composed
of
Miss
Ann
Tar-ku,
Mrs.
Esther
Musto,
Miss
Ann
Tcrpsma,
Mrs.
Myro
Ollchrlst
and
Mrs.
Rae
Plrle.
Night
fliers
breathe
oxygen
from
tanks
while
still
on
the
ground
since
It
Improves
noctur-al
vision,
CIILKCIIIIX'S
CHALLLNOt:
LONDON
mltlsh
newspapers
anticipated
that
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
Mould
receive
a
substantial
majority
for
Ills
government
In
the
vote
of
confidence
he
had
demanded
following
the
government's
reverse
on
an
amendment
to
the
L'ducation
Bill.
The
newspapers
were
nltlrsl.
however,
ot
Mr.
Churchill
taking
the
question
as
an
issue,
the
Manchester
Guardian
describing
it
as
making
a
mountain
out
of
a
molehill.
The
government
took
no
chances
and
marshalled
all
its
strength.
An
overwhelming
vote
of
confidence
resulted.
'
MOSCOW
CALLS
ON
CZIXJHS
MOSCOW
Moscow
rails
upon
the
people
ot
Czech-Slovakia
to
rise
up
against
the
Germans.
NEW
YORK
(lUADRUIM.irrs
NEW
YORK
The
first
quadruplets
in
yeais
have
been
born
in
New
York.
Mother
and
rubles
arc
reported
to
be
doing
well.
PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS
STOCKHOLM
Peace
ne6o-liations
between
Finland
and
Russia
are
reported
to
have
been
resumed.J.
K.
Pansaviki
is
reported
to
be
In
Moscow.
DANGER
OF
ATTACK
SAN
FRANCISCO
Thene
Is
still
a
real
possibility
of
en-rmy
attack
on
this
coast,
It
is
admitted
here.
Yank
Bombers
Ranging
Near
And
Far
Now
PEARL
HARBOR,
March
30
Allied
bombers
ranged
yesterday
from
the
Marshall
Islands
In
the
central
Pacific
all
the
way
to
the
Dutch
East
Indies,
one
of
the
largest
being
a
Japanese
base
420
miles
from
Truk.
Positions
on
the
Caroline
Islands
were
raided
and
much-hit
Ra-baul
received
another
93
ons.
mmlM
Inauest
Finds
t
'Expert'
Murder:
AOASSIZ,
March
30
A
coroner's
Jury
found
Wednesday
that
Angelo
j
Sernaiotto,
Canadian
Pacl-
1
flc
Railway
section
fore-
man
at
Waleach,
died
from
1
wounds
caused
by
some
person
or
persons
unknown.
A
doctor
told
the
Inquest
that
the
murderer
had
ex-
pertly
Inflicted
three
major
,
wounds,
two
of
which
punc-
turcd
the
heart.
!
I
Partizans
Wreck
German
Trains
LONDON.
March
30
0"
Nasi
troop
trains
on
Uic
Zagreb-Belgrade
railway
line
have
been
attacked
by
Yugoslav
partlzan
forces
which
are
becoming
bolder
and
bolder
as
the
German
situation
generally
In
the
Balkans
deteriorates.
i
rrniJEiuiuic
Local
Tides
OVJNg
Friday,
March
31
High
6:26
17.2
feet
....
50
20:01
15.7
feet
....
38
I
Low
0:02
95
feet
onA.
R
f
13:09
6.6
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
LrUMI
EWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
THURSDAY,
MARCH
30,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Farmers
LooIX
titer
rrccinitntion
Isclow
AOr.
District
of
Prairie
Provinces.
SIER
Flon
Fro
tu
Com-
Irthur.
March
30
Oi
iui
lhlrlin
irrtalt
I
L
.
J
,
t
i
1
1
l
h
Tin
Willi
in
w
fort
Arthur
Ship-
Russian
Victories
Continuing
TELLS
STORY
OF
ALLIED
BOMBING
ON
H
U
RAIL
JUNCTIOJJ
large
railway
Junction
somewhere
in
Italy,
i".
trat'v
the
accurate
town
is
nuw
In
Allied
hands
Overwhelming
Confidence
Vote
Accorded
Churchill
LONDON,
March
30
The
British
House
of
Commons
gave
an
overwhelming
vote
of
confidence
to
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill's
government
to
day.
The
division
was
125
to
23.
Cheers
of
a
packed
house
greeted
the
result.
The
Prime
Minister
had
demanded
that
the
House
rescind
an
amendment
to
the
Education
bill
to
equalize
salaries
of
men
and
women
teachers
and
also
pass
the
vote
of
confidence.
A
political
observer
said
today
there
might
be
a
general
election
in
September
or
October.
Bulletins
T
t
deva:
tauon
in
a
f
Allied
bombing.
The
nvrnr
of
india
Japanese
Reversed
By
Allies
Heavy
Casualties
Inflicted
on
I'jiemy
With
Slopping
Drive
Jo
ward
ImphaL
NEW
DELHI.
March
30
(CP)
The
Allies
have
driven
the
Japanese
from
another
Tan-taje
point
on
the
Oiddim
RfMri
alonf
which
the'enemf
had
been
moving
north
toward
the
Indian
communications
centre
and
Allied
base
of
Iniphal.
Heavy
casualties
were
inflicted
upon
the
enemy.
Despite
the
casualties
the
Japanese
ground
troops
ate
maintaining
strong
pressure
in
their
advance
toward
I
m
pa
hi.
Allied
planes
joined
the
artillery
to
blast
a
Japanese
column
northeast
of
ImphaL
It
is
estimated
that
2500
Japanese
have
been
killed
on
the
Burma
front
since
the
present
offensive
began.
Thirty
Japanese
planes
have
been
knocked
from
the
North
Burma
skies
and
six
others
probably
destroyed
in
two
days
!
of
furious
aerial
combat
accom
panying
the
Japanese
four-pointed
Invasion
of
India
from
Burma,
Allied
headquarters
announced
yesterday.
Only
tirec
Allied
aircraft
were
listed
as
missing.
IDENTIFIES
ELECTRON
The
electron,
smallest
unit
of
mUer,
first
was
identified
In
1874
by
an
Iilshman,
C.
J.
Stoney.
Russia
Wants
Italian
Gov't
To
Be
Ousted
MOSCOW,
March
30
Ofc.
A
front
page
editorial
in
the
government
newspaper
4-
Izcestla
explained
that
an
ii
exchange
of
envoys
with
the
Badoglio
regime
of
I
aly
did
not
mean
full
rec-
ognition
of
his
government
and
In
effect
called
on
Britain
and
the
United
States
for
A
change
of
gov-
emment
In
Italy.
CARRYING
ON
;
PLAYGROUNDS
1
Gyro
Club.
Devising-
Special
Ways
and
.Means
of
liaising
Revenue
to
Continue
Service.
With
a
financial
ways
and
means
committee,
headed
by
W.
F.
Stone,
having
in
hand
plans
for
raising
the
necessary
funds,
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club,
on
recommendation
of
Its
playground
committee,
W.
D.
Lam-
bie,
chairman,
decided
at
a
spec
ial
business
luncheon
yesterday
to
again
carry
out
supervised
playground
activities
In
the
city
for
three
months
this
summer.
The
plan
Is
to
have
the
playgrounds
staffed
with
supervis
ors
In
the
usual
manner.
The
club
decided
to
go
ahead
In
spite
of
the
fact
that
its
principal
source
of
revenue
for
play
ground
wyrkwhlch
hM
been
The
club
i
will
c.o-operate
with
the
city
parks
committee
which
has
been
appropriated
the
sum
or
$2000
by
the
city
council
for
the
year
which
contemplates
cairying
out
some
Improvements
to
each
of
the
playgrounds.
raffle
was
W.
M.
Watts.
HOSPITAL
TENT
HIT
NAPLES,
March
30.
German
planes
dropped
fire
bombs
on
an
American
hospital
tent
on
the
Anzio
beachhead
yesterday,
killing
eight
men
and
wounding
'i2
others.
Six
of
those
killed
were
men
lying
wounded
on
cots,
and
among
the
injured
were
a
number
of
German
soldiers
being
treated
for
wounds
by
the
Allies.
REACHES
MATURITY
From
its
establishment
in
Aug
ust
1941.
the
Canadian
Women's
Army
Corps
had
reached
a
total
of
19.200
by
December,
1943.
"HERE'S
MUD
IN
YOUR
EYE'
ITALY
VERSION
Tins
is
what
spring
rains
do
to
roads
and
trails
in
Italy
Hero
Canadian:
of
an
armored
regiment
of
the
British
Eighth
Army
help
out
when
the
4x4
drive
pf
a
30
cwt
has
failed.
:Czernowitz
and
Kolomea
Are
Latest
Conquests
By
Reds
In
Sweeping
March
LONDON,
March
30
(CP)
Evacuation
of
Czer-nowitz,
capital
of
the
Rumanian
province
of
Bucovina
and
described
as
the
gateway
to
the
Balkans,
was
announced
today
by
the
Germans
who
admitted
that
German
troops
had
"disengaged"
themselves
also
from
the
lower
Dug
River
in
the
Ukraine
on
the
eastern
approaches
to
Odessa.
Other
Russian
forces
are
driving
through
the
Carpathian
Mountains
toward
the
Czech
frontier.
The
Russians
stormed
across
the
Prut
River
In
Rumania
on
Wednesday
at
two
.
points
one
of
them
a
bridge
the
Germans
had
neglected
to
destroy
and
had
fought
by
that
time
Into
the
northern
outskirts
of
Upstream
other
units
captur
ed
Kolomea.
a
Prut
railway
town
in
the
Carpathian
foot
hills
only
thirty
miles
from
CzechSlovakla.
Other
Soviet
gains
were
an
nounced
In
Bessarabia
and
the
southern
Ukraine.
More
than
two
thousand
Ger
man
dead
were
counted
In
the
streets
of
Balta,
newly
captured
centre
north
of
Odessa.
IvEEP
CP:
BOMBING
TARGETS
IN
WEST
EUROPE
fRojra
I
-HJarradfa
n
-Slfn
railway
targets
at
Valres
east
of
Paris
last
nteht
whll
nfhpr
rresment
rrans
OKinner
was
Britlsh
planes
ralded
Lyon
m
in
the
chair
at
yesterday's
.lun-
southern
France
and
mnsnnitm...!
cheon.
Winner
of
the
luncheon
bombed
Kiel
and
other
objec
tives
in
Western
Germany.
One
Canadian
bomber
was
lost
from
'the
force
which
raided
Valres
of
which
more
than
half
were
Canadian
alrcrafL
The
German
radio
system
left
the
air
this
morning,
this
being
the
usual
sign
that
Allied
bombers
were
over
the
Reich.
Red
Cross
Donations
Prevly
acknowledged
$18,953.55
Miss
O.
M.
Bedford,
Port
Simpson
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
H.
Clay,
Port
Simpson
Miss
Currle,
Port
Simpson
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
R.
C.
Deane,
Port
Simpson
Miss
M.
V.
Deeprose,
Port
Simpson
Dr.
and
Mrs.
O.
W.
Fiddes.
Port
Simpson
Mr.
and
Mrs,
C.
B.
Flewln,
Port
Simpson
Miss
B.
French,
Pt.
Simpson
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
W.
Scott,
Port
Simpson
Miss
M.
Scott,
Port
Simpson
Mrs.
C.
B.
Flewln,
Port
Simpson
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
Mrs.
V.
H.
Deane,
Port
Simpson
5.00
Port
Simpson
total
87.50
Massett
total
161.00
Mrs.
J.
R.
Murray.
Massett
5.00
Dr
Cecil
Dunn.
Massett
Mrs.
M.
L.
Dunn,
Massett
Mrs.
Frost,
Massett
II.
Strang,
Massett
E
Perlstrom,
Massett
Mrs.
A.
Dunn,
Massett
Mrs,
E:
M.
Evans,
Massett
W
Currle,
Massett
Mr
and
Mrs.
A.
Robertson,
Massett
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
J,
R
Morgan.
Ltd.
Huxley
Island
Camp
employees
200.18
R.CA.F.
Team
No.
37
884.00
Dodge
Cove
total
69.80
Hokon
Lund
5.00
Ed.
Wahl
10.00
Mr
and
Mrs.
Alfred
Benson
5.00
Torkll
Torkllson
5.00
Total
$20,356.03
WAR
IN
ITALY
NAZIS
ARE
REPULSED
Two
Attacks
on
Anzio
Beach
head
Rome,
Turin
and
Bolzano
Areas
Bombed.
NAPLES,
March
30
The
Fifth
Army
repelled
two
small
enemy
attacks
on
the
Anzio
beachhead
yesterday
while
Allied
planes
ranged
over
Italy,
hitting
targets
In
Rome,
Turin
and
Bolzano
areas
and
bombing
Sofia,
the
capital
of
Bulgaria,
across
the
Adriatic.
An
airdrome
north
of
Rome
was
hit
and
twenty-two
enemy
planes
were
destroyed
during
the
day's
operations
against
an1
Allied
loss
of
eleven.
Graduates
As
AjtBoier'
rianes
Took
Leading
Part
in
I
The
Western
Air
Command,
Attack
Yesterday.
IR.C.A.F.,
Vancouver,
announces
LONDON,
March
20
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
smashed
at
that
R.
M.
Henderson,
Prince
Rupert,
recently
graduated
as
a
Sergeant
Air
Bomber
from
Number
Seven
Air
.Observers'
school
at
Portage
La
Prairie,
Manitoba.
Inspector
Of
Steamships
The
promotion
of
Stephen
of
Vancouver,
HOME
FOR
CANADIANS
T.
M.
to
the
post
of
Senior
Steamship
Inspector
under
the
Department
of
Transport
has
been
announced.
Mr.
Stephen's
appointment
took
place
last
week,
and
Is
effective
of
February
24.
BEAVER
CLUB
Thousands
ot
Fighting
Men
Overseas
Revel
in
Surroundings
at
Big
London
Centre.
By
MARGARET
ECKER
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
March
30,
CD
The
big,
tough
Canadian
soldier
who
may
have
given
his
mother
a
good
many
headaches
and
heartaches
In
his
time,
does
a
lot
of
thinking
about
that
same
patient
little
woman
when
he
Is
over
here
thousands
of
miles
away
from
home.
The
Beaver
Club
In
London.
Just
off
Piccadilly,
can
prove
that.
Last
year
before
Mother's
Day,
Canadian
servicemen
sent
more
than
$11,000
worth
of
cables
home,
and
that's
a
lot
of
love
and
good
wishes
at
reduced
cable
rates.
This
Christmas
they
spent
more
than
$13,000
for
cables
home,
most
of
them
ad-
dressed
to
mothers.
There's
probably
something
about'
the
Beaver
Club
that
gets
men
thinking
about
home.
The
lounges
are
big
and
friendly
and
the
men
usually
meet
some-
'
one
from
their
own
home
town.
In
the
reading
room
there
are
newspapers
from
more
than
80
Canadian
towns
and
cities,
and
no
one
who
hasn't
been
over
seas
can
know
what
a
home
town
paper
means.
The
other
day
when
the
club
celebrated
the
fourth
annlver-(Contlnued
on
page
4)