Ik
Ownership
Of
ties
Is
Seen
As
iov't
Platform
Plank
Columbia
Li!cral
hxccutivc
Also
Favors
I
kion
and
Inclusion
of
Japanese
From
This
COl
AMI,
April
12
(CP)
Indicating
pub-il
of
utilities
as
an
important
plank
of
the
pvernmcnt's
platform
in
the
next
provin
ton,
the
executive
of
the
British
Columbia
teocia
ion
on
lucsriay
endorsed
public
own-
all
hydro-electric
development.
The
confer
A
fA
IIS
lIC
ping
Up
fir
Run
A,
.
S2
:
The
:c
-r3l
,
In
east-
(
.,
:ca
where
::
;3:d
them-
i
far-R
jhs
report
"
j
of
Tlr-R,rt:
port
and
crashed
cordon
d
fifteen
t:-ar
8kala
on
of
u
Ue
Crl-
l"d
T-t-iij
under
a
R
assault.
:d
Kerch
r
j
on
the
;t
!
Diankol.
2'
ms
ccn-"
;
ra.ltles
f
he
Crimen
hr
ti
r.j!
rapidly
"
Institution
There
It
1
'a
Totlat'i
Advices
!
The
1
a
man
at-A
1
dtfend-
f
nu
and
;
f
shcll-
i
cr::.!id
the
'
k
was
thrown
'r
irecments
1-aViJ
bf(n
lanrl.
k:hhcad
at
Anzlo
a
new
Allied
of
'
oe
laui-hed
there.
Break
an
Ring
P.
April
12
The
htin.
.
8
a
vlcU)r-y
S2
ln
Russla'
They
in
.breaking
I
sur-
"'n
Nail
dlvlslons
Arrestd
In
e
George
HfKKU.i.'"'.
"iwiwa
to
i
-iK'
city
t
and
mandrel
J
1
lrfptcd
)50
weed
to
itremn.
:"iRvancc
ay,
A
t!
k
for
m
witt,:
.Miar1-
he
klsrt..
-U,r
Sergeant
lnlior
town
ence
passed
a
resolution
urging
ine
Dominion
eovernmrnt
to
,
prohibit
future
settlement
of
I
i
j
Japanese
In
the
postwar
period
and
the
holding,
owning
or
leas-
Ing
of
any
land
by
Japanese
ana
to
expci
an
Japanese
from
Canada
at
the
end
of
the
war.
KEEPING
UP
BIG
RAIDS
Two
Thousand
United
Slates
Planes
Out
Over
Western
F.urope
Yesterday.
LONDON,
April
12
-
Nearly
two
thousand
UnlUd
States
bombers
and
fighters
continued
their
daylight
attack
on
Western
Europe
yesterday,
conccn
trattng
on
Nazi
aircraft
factories.
Sixty-four
bombers
and
i
sixteen
fighters
failed
to
return.
184
enemy
planes
which
down
and
58
hit
on
the
ground.
The
great
daylljht
attack
of
the
American
air
force
which
tipped
another
hole
In
Germany's
aircraft
Industiy
was
directed
at
plane
factories
in
Oscherslcben
and
Bcrnburg
and
I
Industrial
targets
In
Rostok
and
Arnlmswalde.
nuiTisii
m.sv
HV
NIGHT
J
Royal
Air
Force
toombe
r
smashed
at
Aachen,
Hanover
and
other
objectives
In
Western
Oermany
last
night
and
daylight
t
aiders
roared
over
the
contin
ent
today
to
carry
the
air
of
fensive
into
the
fiftieth
straight
j
night.
Explanation
By
Hon.
H.
G.
Perry
Kerltal
of
I-ord's
Prayer
and
Reading
of
Scripture
Does
Not
constitute
"Inslmttlon"
VICTORIA.
April
12
Hon.
H.
O.
Perry,
minister
of
education,
told
the
British
Columbia
Teachers'
Federation
today
that
the
reciting
of
the
Lord's
Prayer
and
the
reading
of
the
scrip
ture
In
schools
did
not
consti
tute
Instruction.
The
minister
was
speaking
on
recent
legislation
providing
for
such
recital
and
reading.
There
was
pro
vision
for
the
excusing
of
those
whn
rllH
nnl
rnrp
to
read
or
listen.
GRADINA
OCCUPIED
BY
SLAVS
LONDON,
April
12
O-Vugo-Slav
forces
have
occupied
the
German
base
at
Gnrdlna
ln
ccn-tral
Yugoslavia,
Inflicting
heavy
casualties
on
the
routed
garrison,
The
Germans
arc
said
to
be
rushing
fresh
troops
into
eastern
Rosnla
nnd
Serbia
to
coun
teract
guarllla
thrusts.
Baseball
Score
Pacific
Coast
LrR"
Seattle
14,
Hollywood
8.
Oakland
0,
San
Diego
8,
LONDON
GETS
AIR
ATTACKS
May
to
on
With
Other
Methods
of
Attack,
Says
Timet
London
Is
still
under
continuous
enemy
air
attacks.
The
Times,
London,
describes
what
happens
In
the
following
words:
"Air
attacks
of
some
weight
have
been
launched
against
London
during
the
past
weeks.
though
so
far
not
comparable
with
what
we
had
between
the
autumn
of
1940
and
the
spring
of
1941.
If
any
were
optimistic
enough
to
believe
that
the
days
of
air
attacks
on
Britain
were
over,
they
have
been
disillusion
ca;
out
in
irum
mere
were
never
valid
foundation
for
thl
belief.
'
"It
Is
not
to
be
expected
that
there
will
be
any
Immediate
j
cessation
In
these
assaults
The
j
lasses
Inflicted
upon
the
enemy
j
In
proportion
to
the
strength
i
which
he
has
employed
have
I
been
appreciable,
but
they
have
nni
not
been
(Trent
great
AnrmoVi
enough
la
to
oViiwir
check
him
If
he
remains
Intent
upon
his
dcelgn.
He
Is
therefore
likely
to
go
on
striking
In
this
manner.
He
may
even,
as
the
Prime
Minister
gave
warning,
put
Into
operation
other
methods
of
aerial
attack."
Barkley
Favors
Roosevelt
Now
For
Fourth
Term
WA8HINQTON,
DC,
April
12
Senator
AlWn
Barkley.
Dcm-
ocraUc
majority
leader
In
the
Senate,
who
broke-"
with
the
chief
executive
recently,
an
nounced
yesterday
that
he
was
nom
supporting
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
for
a
fourth
term.
New
Zealand
Premier
May
Visit
Canada
WASHINOTON,
D.C
April
12
Premier
Peter
Fraser
of
New
Zealand,
who
has
left
his
Dominion
to
attend
a
Prime
Minister's
conference
ln
London,
is
expected
to
visit
Washington
and
possibly
Canada
on
his
way.
Eisenhower
Talks
About
Invasion
LONDON,
April
12
General
Dwlght
Elsenhower
told
United
Stales
fliers
yesterday
that
they
would
soon
be
flying
from
dawn
to
dusk
ln
connection
with
the
great
Invasion
campaign
ln
Europe.
Plane
Plants
Near
Vienna
Are
Bombed
LONDON,
April
12
United
states
nlanes
bombed
three
Mcsscrschmldt
Airplane
Factories
near
Vienna
today.
The
planes
came
from
bases
ln
Italy.
I
Roosevelt
and
Churchill
Meet
:
BERLIN,
April
12
A
dls-
patch
published
In
German
newspapers
says
that
Prcsl-
dent
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States
Is
on
his
way
to
the
Caribbean
sea
for
a
conference
with
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill.
Washington
an-
nouncemcnt
yesterday
said
that
Roosevelt
had
left
for
a
trip
south
for
health
reasons,
4
tt
king
to
Quit
When
Rome
Is
Entered
NAPLES,
April
12
Oi
King
Victor
Emmanuel
said
today
that
he
would
with-
draw
from
public
af-
fairs
when
Allied
troops
enter
Rome
and
appoint
his
son,
Humbert,
as
lieu-
i
tenant
general
of
Uie
realm
!
by
formal
transfer
of
power.
The
King
declared
that
his
decision
wa3
"final
and
irrevocable."
First
Payment
To
Washington
'VARHINOTHN.
D.C
.
April
Is
Awarded
Is
L
Temperature
Local
Tides
PS
Thursday,
April
13
51
High
3:42
20J
feet
lassi
38
16:39
17.1
feet
fcC3
Low
10:27
4.2
feet
A
22:37
8.0
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEVSft$ER
l
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
WEDNESDAY,
APRIIH2pl9'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
rawing
Issues
In
Province
ncc
After
War
Th-
United
States
has
made
aisame'
to
win
the
Arthur
Murray
payment
of
$1,000,000
to
8wlMuRPhy
for
anothe.
ypar,
loca
i
.
i
...
.
.
i
1
tuiu
V.
n
nl
UAtU.ftWnli
M
zenana,
oeing
ine
iirsi
instalment
on
compensation
for
an
air
raid
which
was
made
by
mistake
on
a
Swiss
city.
SOME
AID
FOR
CITY
Federal
Government
Doing
Some
Repair
Work
Hanson
Presses
for
New
Fishermen's
Floats.
.
-f
Federal
aid
to
the
city
In
connection
with
the
rehablli
tatlon
of
Its
roads
and
services.
the
local
fishermen's
floats
sit
uation
and
the
present
halibut
fishing
situation
were
matters
discussed
by
Olof
Hanson.
MP
for
Skeena,
in
an
Interview
with
a
Dally
News
representative
yesterday.
Mr.
Hanson
Is
spending
a
few
days
in
the
city
during
the
Raster
recess
of
Parliament
Mr.
Hanson
stated
that
he
Jhad
been
advised
Just
before
he
left
Ottawa
for
tnc
west
tnat
the
Department
of
National
Defence
had
obtained
$25,000
for
road
Improvement
work
in
the
city.
Of
this
amount
$13,000
was
to
be
used
for
the
purchase
of
broken
stone
from
the
United
States
Army
for
road
repairs,
the
remaining
$12,000
to
be
used
for
labor
ln
connection
with
repairing
road
and
other
work.
As
for
water
supply,
Mr.
Hanson
disclosed
that
the
Department
of
Pensions
and
National
Health
has
provided
$5,-000
for
the
purchase
and
Installation
of
a
new
pump
to
be
Installed
In
the
city
waterworks.
The
Navy
Is
also
considering
the
lnstallaUon
of
a
pressure
pump
to
maintain
pressure
to
navy
buildings.
A
$75,000
sewer
system
was
being
Installed
In
connection
with
Wartime
Housing
here
to
replace
septic
tanks,
Mr.
Hanson
stated.
In
the
matter
of
new
fishermen's
floats
and
augmented
ac
commodation
for
the
fishing
fleet
Mr.
Hanson
said
this
sub-(Contlnued
on
Page
41
commission
vLONDCV.
April
12
O,
r-
N.
Jahturon
of
Prince
Rupert
was
amon?
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
airmen
selected
by
the
Air
Ministry
for
commission.
Fourth
Win
From
0.
Falls
''ith
School
Boyi
Take
Ust
Minute
Victory
From
Southern
players
in
Exhibition
Game
Last
Nijht.
Before
sailing
home
from
their
Invasion
of
the
Ocean
Falls
fraUetball
scene
where
last
week
ify
polished
off
the
southern
-Jjh
s-hool
boys
in
three
straight
mgn
school
basketball
com
mandos
last
night
administered
a
,tas;
minute
drubbing
to
-the
.
paper
makers,
then
caught
tnc
;
boat
north.
The
exhibition
game,
whose
score
was
52-44
for
Prince
Ru
pert,
was
played
at
the
sugges-
n
of
Ocean
Falls,
whose
play
ers
held
the
opinion
that
their
ernes
of
losses
had
been
some
what
accidental
SiarUng
off
with
a
determination
that
kept
them
in
the
lead
lor
the
fi;st
three
quarters,
the
southern
team
then
tried
to
maintain
their
lead
by
a
hampering,
defensive
method
of
play,
which
was
successful
unUi
the,
local
team,
mindful
of
their
niv
-schedule:
'decided
that
things
should
be
speeded
up.
An
i8
-point
spluige
in
the
final
quarter
allowed
them
to
get
to
Ihe
wharf
In
plenty
of
Umc
and
with
the
comfortable
feeling
of
victory
During
the
first
three
quarter.
Prince
Rupert
trailed
by
a
controllable
margin,
the
score
at
the
end
of
the
first
being
15-12,
and
at
the
second,
29-23.
REICH
AIR
DEFENCES
Filhter
Plane
Strength
at
Peak,
and
Anti-aircraft
Defences
Doubled,
London
Spokesman
Says.
LONDON,
April
12
A
Royal
Air
Force
spokesman
said
today
that
German
fighter
plane
strength
had
reached
an
all
time
peak,
and
that
the
Ger
Air
Force
now
had
200
to
300
more
fighter
planes
than
at
the
start
of
the
battle
of
Berlin.
German
aircraft
defences
had
greatly
Increased
also,
he
said,
having
doubled
in
1942,
and
doubled
again
In
1943.
No
Local
Action
On
Fish
Dispute
Ite
presentation
of
Local
Boat.
Owners
and
Fishermen
ln
Vancouver.
No
positive
course
of
action
has
been
arrived
at
yet
by
Prince
Rupert
fishermen
in
regard
to
the
halibut
price
dif
ferential
dispute
which
has
threatened
a
tie-up
of
west
coa.st
halibut
boats.
W.
H.
Brett,
president
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
said
this
morning
that
his
union
Is
standing
by
for
possl-'
ble
action
on
Information
from
George
Anderson,
union
secre
tary,
who
is
now
In
the
south.
"We
are
In
conUnuous
contact
with
Mr.
Anderson,
who
Is
keeping
us
Informed
of
events,"
Mr.
Brett
said.
"We
had
a
Joint
meeting
of
boat,
owners
and
fishermen
on
Saturday
night
at
which
we
decided
to
act
only
on
poslUve
Information
from
our
representative
on
the
scene.
He
intimated
that
the
course
of
negotiations
In
Vancouver
were
ln
too
fluid
a
state
to
bring
forth
an
outright
com
mittal
as
to
the
local
union's
course
of
action.
When
word
Ing
of
fishermen
would
be
call-
ed,
With
the
halibut
season
open-
tag
on
April
15.
the
customs
of-
fice
reports
that
to
date
no
halibut
boat
operators
have
requested
clearance
from
this
port.
ENEMY
HAD
MANY
MORE
CASUALTIES
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC,
April
12
0
Headquarters
announced
Wednesday
that
American
casualties
ln
New
Britain
campaign
totalled
1500
compared
with
a
previously
estimated
ten
thousand
Japanese
wounded
and
killed.
The
American
are
now
ln
control
of
the
bulk
of
New
and
at
the
third,
39-34.
Their
from
Mr.
Anderson
made
it
ad-cf
forts
to
dominate
the
action
'
vlsable.
Mr..
Brett
said,
a
meet-
durlng
IU
earlier
part
were
over-
come
by
the
superior
height
of
the
Ocean
Falls
players.
Dynamos
of
the
local
team
were
Clccone
and
Guivich,
who
tied
for
individual
high
scores
of
16
points.
Ocean
Falls
Sclandson
and
Fursyth
with
13
points
each,
and
Simpson
with
11
points,
dominated
the
Ocean
Falls
aggregation.
Simpson,
who
extended
six
feet
four
Inches
above
the
floor,
was
a
constant
source
of
interference
to
the
local
players.
The
teams:
Trlnce
Rupert
Clccone,
16:
Ourvlch,
16;
Stephen,
8;
Postuk.
6;
Holtby.
2;
Pettenpuzzo,
2;
Jay.
Dell,
Cruikshank.
Ocean
Falls
Sclandson,
13;
Forsyth,
13;
Simpson,
11;
Cor-bln,
6;
Kelly,
2.
Norman
Nelson
returned
this
looming
from
a
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
HURDLING
VESUVIUS
TO
BOMB
CASS1NO
Allied
bombers
are
shown
passing
over
historic
Mount
Vesuvius
on
their
way
to
bomb
Casslno,
the
fortress
town
that
was
holding
up
the
Allied
advance
In
Italy
Allied
chiefs
watched
the
planes
rain
over
2,000
tons
of
bombs
on
the
town,
reducing
it
to
rubble.
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PICTURESQUE
BUT
DEADLY
white
phosphorus
bombs
as
they
plane
on
Lakunai
airfield.
Rabaul,
New
Britain,
Is
beautiful
from
a
distance
but
there
are
those
who
can
vouch
for
Its
eifecUveness
when
used
against
enemy
anti-aircraft
positions
and
parked
planes,
as
in
this
photo.
INDIA
AND
BURMA
Some
laps
Retreating
Reports
Conflict
as
to
Situation
at
Impahl
in
Manlpur
Prov
ince.
.A
NEW
DELHI,
April
12
0.
The
Chinese
Thirty-eighth
Division,
pushing
south
along
the
Moga-ung
Valley
In
Northern
Burma,
occupied
Tingring
after
a
swift
advance
from
captured
Wak-awang
and
Allied
forces
thrust
across
the
Pangly
River
west
of
Wakawang.
A
Japanese
pocket
west
of
Hpaduyang
was
wiped
out
by
Chinese
troops.
Little
change
Ls
reported
around
Im
pahl,
forty
miles
Inside
India,
although
the
Tokyo
radlp
claims
that
three
Japanese
columns
are
closing
in
on
Impahl
and
the
British
defenders
are
already
Isolated
except
for
air
support
There
is
no
Allied
confirmation
of
this.
Lower
Birth-
Rate
Blamed
On
Foods
Writer
Declares
Foreign-Grown
Products
Undermine
Health
of
Britons.
LONDON,
April
11
0
Many
reasons
have
been
put
forth
for
the
decline
of
the
British
birthrate,
and
now
ln
the
London
Dally
Mall
a
writer
is
blaming
food
for
a
situation
the
government
has
appointed
a
Royal
Commission
to
investigate.
Quoting
medical
and
nutri
tional
authorities,
the
writer
states
that,
"we
are
Committing
race
suicide
with
foreign-grown
food.
"There
Is
abundant
.
proof
that
an
Englishman
can'
only
remain
the
virile,
sturdy.
Inde
fertile
fellow,
enjoyin;
pendent,
...
...
.
.
.
posUlvehealth
if
he
feea
on
food,
grown
on
the
best
sou
of
his
own
country."
Lord
Geddcs
in
the
House
of
Lords
said
that
the
typical
second
or
third
generation
factory
worker
ln
British
industrial
cities
lives
on
Imported
food
and
is
not
an
Englishman
at
all
as
far
as
his
chemical
makeup
Is
cqneerned.
Upholders
of
Lord
Gcddes
maintain
that
there
Is
"practically
ho
positive
health
ln
British
towns
and
cities."
enlarg-
lng
on
this
to
mean
the
ability
to
throw
off
disease
and
with
-
iout
which
the
race
Is
"losing
fertility,
the
urgent
price
of
parenthood
and
the
demand
fori
children."
The
pattern
made
by
these
burst
over
a
Japanese
bomber
ITALY
AND
YUGOSLAVIA
Important
Decisions
Reported
Made
by
Premier
Badojllo.
LONDON,
April
12
(CP)
The
Vichy
radio
reports
that
Premier
Pietro
Badogllo
"of
Italy
has
recognized
the
government
of
jVUrshal
Tito.
of
Yugoslavia
and
Italy
will
re-'
nounre
possession
of
Adriatic
ports
on
the
Istrlan
Teninsula
including
Fiume.
There
is
no
Italian
confirmation
of
the
report.
SEES
JAPAN
STILL
STRONG
Warning
Issued
by
Australian
Minister
of
War
Must
Btill
Meet
Nip
Army
and
Naryn
MELBOURNE,
April
12
Aon.
Francis
Ford,
Australian
minister
of
war,
warns
that
Japan
has
so
far
used
only
five
per
cent
of
the
strength
of
her
army.
This,
as
well
as
the
main
strength
of
the
Japanese
fleet,
has
yei
to
be
met.
More
Atolls
And
Island
Taken
Over
WASHINOTON,
D.C,
April
12
United
States
forces
have
taken
over
four
more
atolls
and
one
more
Island
in
the
Marshalls.,
Using
New
Rescue
Gear
OTTAWA,
April
12
The
Department
of
the
Navy
ah-
i
a
,
.
Mm
lieBH
h
ihtt
x
i?v.
uw
vca
uva
j
w
Canadian
Navy.
It
is
like
a
great
fish
net
and
scoops
survivors
out
of
the
sea.
The
advantage
atitwll,
eUmmate
loQg
stops
in
picking
up
survivors.
Yank
Destroyers
Attacking
Bases
On
New
Guinea
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC.
Apprll
12
American
destroyers
have
at-
tacked
three
Japanese
bases
on
.New
Guinea
with
shellflre.
'
George
Dybhavn
returned
from
a
two
week's
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
ft.
mm
mi
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