U
Temperature
r
.
KUUt
liters
HARBOR,
March
28.
f
li
TTfmcr.
Vc6rtrh4r'
a
r.trike
at
Ponage
in
la:
I
anas
on
eun-
V)
ri
r.nc
of
flftcen,ln-
Jap-..rsc
Zeros
!i
ler
W
Nltniu
an-fclc-ar
Three
more
bably
destroyed.
Park
I
Name
lark
Steamship
Co..
pates
freighters
built
Inc
Chipping,
has
dc-fcar
:ie
of
these
ves-
Park
and
has
written
a:,king
for
all
pos-m'.on
Iy
on
thU
local
iat
It
may
be
used
on
Imnal
plaque
to
be
fcoard
the
ship.
The
luc
ing
the
informa-
rcad
at
last
night's
of
the
city
council
reed
to
liave
Mayor
Isctt
send
on
the
ncc-rormatlon,
Park
Is
situated
on
trcet
here
and
Is
so
liter
the
former
city
Bncr
In
Ottawa
thai
the
pe
B.C.
are
opposed
to
the
ri.
of
the
Japanese
to
the
provl
,
after
the
war.
lie
made
tl
statement
when
asked
to
comment
on
a
story
that
the
Japanese
were
buying
land
In
It.C.
on
which
to
settle
after
the
war.
i:.pi;ct
INVASION
lti;itl,IN
German
people
Mere
warned
today
by
the
Natl
radio
that
an
Allied
invasion
attempt
of
F.urope
could
be
e-peeled
any
time
now.
HIGHWAY
NO
USE
OH
AW
A
The
Alaska
Highway,
in
Its
present
location,
Is
of
no
use
to
Hrltish
Columbia,
said
Premier
John
Hart
here
today.
British
Columbia
had
not
been
consulted
on
the
route,
Mr.
Hart
said.
Maintenance
was
a
matter
for
Ottawa
and
Washington.
I.t'NCIIKI)
WITH
KING
LONDON
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
had
an
audience
with
the
Kin;
at
Buckingham
Palace
today
and
stayed
for
lunch.
New
Westminster
Still
Leading
Although
Beaten
by
Klin
lion
-LalNljht
Mn
Wetern-Can
ada
Hockey
Semi-f'lnaU
8ASKATOON,
March
28
0
New
Westminster
still
leads
tho
best
out
of
five
game
scries
In
the
Allan
Cup
western
Canada
play-offs
two
carries
to
one
In
spite
of
being
defeated
last
night
by
Flin
Flon
by
a
score
of
4
to
2.
MOSQUITOS
STING
RUHR
LONDON,
March
28.
Q
Mos
quito
bombers
last
night
spread
destruction
through
the
Ruhr
Valley
where
RJV.F.
and
R.C.A.F.
bombers
had
dealt
a
devastating
blow
to
the
German
aircraft
Industry
21
hours
earlier
by
a
raid
on
Essen.
It
was
the
Moqultos'
twentieth
night
foray
this
month.
All
planes
returned
safely
from
the
raids
but
specl-Ilcd
targets
were
not
disclosed.
SADDLES
FOR
WOMEN
Side
saddles
,for
women
were
first
used
In
England
by
Queen
Anne
In
1388.
mm
7.
I
fcum
47
lum
40
VHROVlNiUAL
I
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Low
11:09
.
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feet
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n
an
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ICUb
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AND
CENTRAL
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CpLUKffEWkPAPER
I
I
II,
No.
74
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
MKH.lgAfe.l
lAftffjlA&'M
raICE
nVE
CENTS
verity-One
Perish
in
Hotel
Fire
!m:
l
nikolakv
t
Russian
an-day
the
rapture
of
If
Nikulaev,
Joseph
fan
order
of
the
day
that
the
Black
Sea
kr
of
fierce
f
Iclttlnjc
k
past
few
days,
had
General
Zukov
flrt
army,
I
hl.l.l
ltY
DH
L
-
With
the
llfth
lently
clvinjc
up
the
9
take
the
place,
in
lity
at
Cattino
prac-ie
to
a
Maiichllll
with
llery
khelllnc
German
iround
the
town
and
I
in
settlnc
up
a
fierce
irrae
In
reply,
IS
IN
FKANCK
force
estimated
Inc
lurlrec
and
an
imber
of
escort
Inc
plane
raided
four
trance
today,
J
DMII
ki'uiu:
KOTON
American
i
Nary
bomber
raid
urile
Mand
today.
1
tximbf
on
a
tmall
mile
kouth
of
Para-
land
on
I'aramiMhiro
b
Japanese
opposition
fctfd.
It,
OI'I'dSK
japs
It.
OTTAWA
Attorn
U
Alallland
told
mts.?,0
BRITISH
BATTERY
CLEANS
BATTLE
Tammies
of
a
British
head,
Italy
take
advantage
of
their
gua
The
weapon
u
a
5.5
STEEL
MILL
IS
ENDORSED
Resolution
of
Local
Boilermak
ers
Gets
Widespread
Support.
The
Boilermakers
and
Iron
Shipbuilders'
Union
of
Canada
has
petitioned
the
government
or
Drtttsh
Columbta-fornhe'es'
tablishment
of
a
steel
mill
with
in
the
province
and
the
follow
ing
is
a
list
of
the
organizations.
1
municipalities,
and
cities
whlen
I
have
given
their
endorsement
to
the
petition.
Including
about
800
signatories:
Prince
Rupert
Boilermakers
and
iron
Shipbuilders'
Union
of
Canada
local
number
4.
Allied
Trades
Council,
Chamber
of
Commerce.
City
Council.
Oyro
Club,
Canadian
Legion,
Civic
Employees
Federal
Union.
Fishermen's
Co-operative
Associa
tion.
International
Union
of
Steam
&
Operating
Engineer
!
local
510
Industrial
Workers'
i
Union,
International
Brother
hood
of
Electrical
Workers
local
344,
United
Brotherhood
of
Carpenters
and
Joiners
local
1739,
Labor
Progressive
Party.
Cumberland
City
Council
and
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
local
7203.
Ladysmlth
City
Council.
Duncan
City
Council.
Nanalmo
United
Mine
Workers
of
America
local
7355.
New
Westminster
City
Coun
cil.
Nelson
City
Council.
Alberni-
-City
Council.
Port.
Alberni
-City
Council
jssians
Penetrate
lerative
ly
Cost
i
Popular
Hit
Makes
Decision
In
to
Waterfront
Water
lion
if
commendation
of
a
pimltfce
for
which
Aid.
frold
reorotrd.
thn
ritv
5.
'
pier
some
dlscuslon
last
pod
that
the
Prince
pnermen's
Co-operative
me
cost
of
new
water
1
to
nrcmlspt
.hiVi
Establishing
on
Water
CK
A.,
(lift
nt
.
(it
$620.
Prnvlnn.U,
I
had
decided
that
h
P
bear
the
cost
of
the
US
Wn
Inlnr
,n..l
J
i
llUee
reported
.-.v,
ii-nvuiueu,
that
it
I
n
contravention
of
the
I,
fr
"re
city
to
pay
Japs
Press
Into
India
NEW
DELHI,
March
28.
O!
-Japanese
forces
pushing
through
the
Somra
hills,
are
pressing
home
attacks
in
the
vicinity
of
Ukhrul,
32
miles
northeast
of
Impahl.
South
of
Impahl
the
Allies
arc
reported
to
be
continuing
operations
to
clear
the
Tlddlm-Im-pahl
road,
along
which
the
Jap
anese
have
been
moving
northward
since
crossing
the
border
from
Berma
several
days
ago.
ANCIENT
MARINERS
The
mariner's
compass
was
known
to
the
Chinese
in
1115
B.C.
CHINESE
LIKE
RED
Red.
which
the
Chinese
con
slder
the
luckiest
color,
predom
Inales
at
their
weddings
and
funerals.
UP
FOR
COM3NO
BEACHHEAD
arlllerv
unit
on
the
Anzlo
beach-a
lull
m
the
action
to
clean
out
and
u
bla-suns
German
positions
PATROLS
ACTIVE
NAPLFS,
March
28.
Q
The
Allies
repulsed
three
small
attacks
on
the
beachhead
south
of
Rome,
and
a
German
thrust
against
the
French
on
the
main
Fifth
Army
front
was
also
beaten
back
at.
Allied
patrols
clashed
iWlM
the
enemy
on
all
fronts."
Allied
bombers
struck
at
rail
bridges
In
Italy
while
fighters
attacked
air
fields
and
shipping
ORIGIN
OF
PRIVATE
The
word
private
the
lowest
army
rank
was
the
name
orig
inally
given
to
soldlershlrcd
by
feudal
barons
In
their
private
wars.
GENERATORS
ON
WHEELS
Power
trains
of
eight
cars,
capable
of
generating
power
for
a
community
of
15,000,
now
are
being
built
for
the
United
Nations.
Prince
George
City
Council.
Courtenay
City
Council.
Smlthers
Corporation
of
tht
Village
of
Smlthers.
Penticton
Corporation
of
Pcntlcton.
Bu
r
naby
Corporation
of
the
District
of
Burnaby,
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation
tCCF
B.C.
section.
Vancouver
Canadian
Congress
of
Labor
Regional
Office.
Vancouver
Labor
Council.
West
Vancouver
Corporation
of
the
District
of
West
Vancouver.
International
Woodworker
of
Ameitca.
usnani
Red
Army
Within
Four
Miles
of
(zernowitz,
Capital
of
Bucovina
Large
(Jerman
Force
Trapped
North
of
Dniester
River
Further
Soviet
Advances
in
Poland.
LONDON,
March
2S
(CP)
The
Russians
have
crossed
the
Dniester
River
into
pre-war
Rumanian
province
of
Ikicovina
and
are
within
four
miles
of
the
capital
of
that
province,
Czernowitz,
a
Moscow
communique
announced
Monday
night.
Other
Russians
were
within
twenty-eight
miles
of
northern
Rumania
proper
and,
apparently,
had
trapped
large
German
forces
north
of
the
Dniester.
Soviet
advances
in
the
southeastern
corner
of
pre-war
Poland
were
reported.
fi
C
ni
ier
r
Oermau
attempts
w)
Wipe
out
the
beach-hfa
'
:
,ve
be
:.
tapped
a
thp
bud
and
the
Aide.-
Uave
reainnd
ihe
...
vc
here.
Photo
by
Sam
Goldstein,
IJIJ.
pool
ITAX
RATE
j50
HILLS
is
Mme
as
lau
tear
Aiinougn
Assessment,
Expenditure
and
Keienue
Up
The
city
tax
rate
for
1944
will
be
fifty
mills
on
one
hundred
perttntofjasoiablft'
landvand
fifty
percent
of
improvements.
The
city
council
set
the
rate
at
a
special
adjourned
session
last
night.
The
tax
rate
is
me
aame
as
last
year
although
the
es
timated,
expenditure,
assessment
and
estimated
revenue
over
and
above
that
derived
from
taxation
are
all
up.
The
tax
rate
for
the
year
Is
divided
as
follows:
General,
125
mills,
providing
for
$51,242.01.
Schools.
25.3,
providing
for
$103,713.83.
Special,
12.2,
providing
for
$50,012.24.
Taxes
are
due
and
payable
up
to
August
1
after
which
date
penalties
are
imposed.
Attracting
considerable
interest
in
the
show
window
of
the
drug
store
is
the
display
of
a
beautiful
doll
and
wardrobe
which
is
being
raffled
by
the
Commercial
Class
of
St.
Joseph's
Academy
for
the
Red
Cross.
i
Bruce
Mickleburgh,
local
school
teacher
and
Labor-Progressive
'candidate
for
Prince
Rupert
In
the
next
provincial
election,
returned
to
the
city
last
nlRht
af
Ut
having
spent
.ome
time
in
Uif
j-outh.
I
TOO
COSTLY-
Airport
Is
Abandoned
Troject
for
Prince
Rupert
Given
Up.
it
is
Announced
at
Ot-
lair
a.
OTTAWA,
March
28.
Replying
to
a
question
by
Olof
Hanson,
MJ.
for
Skeena,
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
munitions,
told
the
House
of
Cb-mons
railway
committee
at
a
meeting
Monday
that
proposals
for
a
military
airport
at
Prince
Rupert
were
abandoned
because
of
heavy
expense
and
labor
shortage,
Mr.
Howe
did
not
know
whether
an
airport
would
be
developed
at
Prince
Rupert
in
future
as
a
civilian
project.
Postponement
of
Tax
Payment
But
Not
of
Returns
OTTAWA,
March
28
ff
While
payment
of
unpaid
balances
of
1943
Income
tax
which
fell
due
Anrll
30
may
be
postponed
until
j
August
31.
without
payment
of
I
interest.
Hon.
Colin
Oibson.
minister
of
national
revenue,
m
'ti'1
it
cicox
yesterday
that
re-u:
mu.-
j
tiled
by
April
30.
CANADIANS
IN
ITALY
BECOME
EXPERTS
WITH
PIAT
GUN-Pte
Edmund
Arsenmilt.
Esmond.
P.E.I..
crouches
in
his
fox
hole
ready
to
fire
the
PIAT
Pte.
Arsenault
Is
attending
a
training
school
west
of
Ortona,
Italy,
to
;)ick
up
some
more
essential
training
In
warfare
The
shell
from
this
gun
will
penetrate
the
turret
of
a
German
tank.
Holocaust
in
San
Francisco;
Origin
Is
Believed
Arson
SAN
FRANCISCO,
March
28
(CP)-Twenty-two
persons
are
known
to
be
dead
and
a
score
are
injured
land
;n
hospital
after
a
fire
which
Chief
Albert
J.
'
Sul
an
said
"undoubtedly
must
have
been
of
incen-.
dia
origin"
swept
through
the
New
Amsterdam
I
Hotel
at
midnight.
Most
of
the
one
hundred
tenants
of
the
hotel
were
shipyard
and
war
industry
workers.
Four
floors
of
the
hotel
appeared
to
burst
into
flames
'
about
the
same
time.
There
was
a
strong
odor
of
gasoline.
The
place
was
a
roaring
inferno
before
the
fire
fighters
had
time
to
reach
the
scene
after
the
alarm.was
turned
in.
NEWFOUNDLAND
NIGHTINGALE
'
Canadian
Branch
Directed
by
Mona
Wilson
Does
Splendid
Work
Among
Fighting
Men
And
Merchant
Seamen
ST.
JOHNS
Nfld.,
March
23
0
There
is
a
woman
in
New
foundland
who
might
be
called
the
"Florence
Nightingale"
of
St.
John's.
She
is
-Miss
Mona
Wilson,
deputy
commissioner
of
Canadian
Red
Cross,
who
has
achieved
a
record
of
wonderful
service
since
the
Red
Cross
was
organized
there
on
October
1,
1940.
Seamen
who
reach
St.
John's
invariably
hurry
up
the
pie
laymgMWUs
on
tnts
oock
a
year
ago.
tae
usually
is.
A
naraf
nfflrir
trifo
crossing
rnlni
the
Atlantic
bound
for
received'
many
requests
s
from
from
tellow
passengers,
many
of
them
merchant
seamen
who
had
at
one
time
been
torpedoed
and!
taken
as
survivors
to
St.
John's
to
remember
them
to
Miss
Wilson.
The
St.
John's
Canadian
Red
Cross
organization
Is
the
kindliest
and
most
efficient
we
have
met
in
our
world
travels
and
what
is
more,
many
of
our
friends
hold
the
same
opinion,"
they
said.
Military
hospitals
were
the
first
to
tap
Red
Cross
resources
when
an
Influenza
epidemic
swept
the
area.
After
that
came
the
Auxiliary
Services
officers
working
overtime
to
get
entertainment
for
the
troops,
recreation
halls
built
and
equipped.
In
those
"early"
days
the
Canadian
Red
Cross
got
the
resident
Canadian
women
together
and
backed
these
efforts.
Then
the
Navy
rolled
In
and
the
men
of
the
"silent
service"
discovered
they
could
get
all
kinds
of
information
from
the
Red
Cross
where
to
eat
and
dance,
bowl
and
skate,
be
photo
graphed,
buy
souvenirs,
get
rooms,
find
their
Newfoundland
relatives.
A
general
Information
bureau
functioning
100
percent,
was
this
new
Red
Cross
post
In
this
North
Atlantic
port.
COMFORTS
FOR
SAILORS
Over
a
three-year
period
more
iian
250.000
beautifully
knitted
woollen
garments
have
been
Mven
out.
The
Red
Cross
truck
and
station
wagon
driven
by
mart
Red
Cross
Corps
girls
are
famluar
sights
delivering
bags
of
woollens
to
Allied
ships.
Volunteer
work
Is
maintained
by
wives
of
navy,
army
and
air
force
officers
and
men,
and
a
roup
of
Canadian,
English
and
Scottish
women
resident
In
St.
John's
for
many
years.
Some
65
if
those
w.omtn
work
each
week
B
Red
Cross
to
keep
all
services
functioning.
One
of
the
newest
services
Is
In
connection
with
the
Canadian
Navy
Well
Child
Clinic.
Here
the
mother
brings
her
rhlld
for
a
weekly
check-up
and
Immunization
toy
the
hospital
doctors.
Canadian
Red
Cross
lends
a
hand
by
providing
volunteer
workers.
MAY
CALL
MORE
MEN
Tempo
of
War
in
Europe
Will
Have
Its
Effects
Upon
Action
in
This
Country
OTTAWA,
March
28
O)
Hon.
Humphrey
Mitchell
minister
of
I
labor,
said
Monday
night
In
the
House
of
Commons
that
there
will
be
"greater
and
greater"
call-
ups
of
men
In
the
age
groups
liable
to
military
service
as
tire
tempo
of
war
in
Europe
increases.
The
men
called
up
would
not
necessarily
be
those-
laid
off
in
war
Industries.
Industries
are
being
reclassi
fied
all
the
time.
No
consideration
had
been
iven
to
cancellation
of
postpone-
am
ucic
ui
ii
iUUages
or
to
lowering
oi
meaicai
categories.
'p.
tx
,
,y
Canada
fire
Department
s
i
'Work
Appreciated
The
Department
of
National
Defence
had
a
letter
before
the
city
council
last
night
expressing
appreciation
for
a
prompt
and
effective
work
of
the
city
fire
'department
In
extinguish
ing
a
fire
which
broke
out
n
the
officers'
mess
Second
Aye-enue
on
March
II.
The
council
decided,
to
refer
the
express-
Ion
of
appreciation
on
to
Fire
Chief
II.
T.
Lock.
70-Ton
Raid
Hits
Rabaul
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS,
SOUTIIWEST
PACIFIC.
March
28.
More
than
70
tons
of
explosives
and
lnprtidlarles
poured
down
on
Rabaul,
New
Britain,
on
Friday
and
Saturday
in
raids
aimed
at
levelling
enemy
warehouses,
shops,
barracks
and
other
buildings.
Pre
vious
raids
were
aimed
at
Red
Cross
Donations
Prev.
Acknowledged
$18,259.59
C.
Hauge
5.00
Stan
Findlay
5.00
Dorothy
Edgar
and
Jean
Fendlck
(Sale
of
handmade
woollen
dolls)
13.23
Donald
Main
5-00
Miss
H.
Valentine
5.00
Dr.
J.
L.
Curry
25.00
Howe
St
McNulty
50.00
Rayner
Construction
Ltd.
.Employees
Skeena
and
Tyee
Camps
202.63
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospital
employees
52.50
Archie
Stewart,
Skeena
'
20.00
Dlgby
Radio
Station
staff
21.00
Total
$18,669,03
"What
Teheran
Means
to
Prince
Rupert,
Will
There
lie
a
Postwar
Slump?"
illear
Bruce
Mlckleburih
at
Eatles'
Hall
Sunday,
2
p.m.
It