No. 70 ngth Now Unified Gained in McditcA &?V?.rca Loads to Allied Oraii --JptliprH i in May Uy Louis V. Hull Canadian rrcss oian i A,1 ill .1 I III ta I I A I .111- Illlll'lir ...nniiml ill till! 1 1 (rll f ..iina Unnn.l iterranean in the co-ordination of land, forces, and the first significant chanire lr.icui ui i iKinti vuiiiiiitiiiu iiwvi 1 1 t-siuu the Air Defence of Great Britain. The 'fnH lu nllM I . a VtVl 4 111 UIIMUI fU UIXII UliATL 4 URT I CT fei HWrh Tl-.ll u a ' " 4 - -1 S .M a mm nnnn 1 1 rii a mi m w si load of bomb a on a nn ic mr- mu vis m Ilk. IISC IVIMIIII to ifturn, tevtn . . .. I 1 1 L I I - . - inx loair, J " Morr R All . " .:j strong F rre for-industrial Oermany '..size Ikes mtlnu-0; rsrr radio : ' fc; Tjbc s over ' r t.x seven a .oat In v rn.ist f Ar",ve Army.shal Rupert re- J irsvJng the 1 i r. arday fur centre at t i"iin th e province. 5- -: i u .sap whose B: :c Be. i ' '"r morrow k" rr,p'.rsyed by ' sr P"-t Edward. r:iiy night is fur , a Pools 1 .-: j employee 'i New Wcst- A 1 . I IIV I V V I I V V 111 mr a of the :?' 1 1 .in r Ji con- "ccr -u p E?n f u t nr.tc Rupert i 1 1 - -1 . - , on ac- r 81r MMon G "i nr Sesson Apnouncrd Mch 23, n t. Hshcrlej Commls- ' anncunced yes. lllt Canadian anH ernmi. l . y"'3 nan an. Pf d 1944 hallbu- ' "Cine hall- "but regulation;. "ume va mnti. o. i or 2 1r (Jay, ,,, " ' me sea- roh dn.a"y klnd b 0,iel t from ut pos. "e ann.. nee Run.-".... .Me Intern, r:.c"a'f- ft' change, announced In the House 'of Common by Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair, foreshadows 1rithfrC In thl nnlnlnn 9 mini. umc nc tsiaDiunra naitprn nf the R.A.F. Command onunlza- to locate n new one. The Immediate prospect is that series of operational commands with strictly defined duties and equipment, such as fighter or bomber, will be abolished. They would be replaced by 'Vtly operational command:; each a complete air fore with In lUelf. with fighter, bomber and other specialized equip, ment. and designed for short range tactical or long-range strategical duties. Fighter Command and Army Co-operation Command of a year ago have been combined with .the American Ninth Air Force under Air Chief Marsha! Sir Traf ford Lelgh-Mallory. formerly chief of Fighter Command. Within the framework of the A.E.R.F. are the Second British Tactical Air Force commanded by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Con-ingham and the American Ninth under MaJ.-Oen. Lewis Drercton and they will be available for the support of operations on the European continent. HKSrONSinLK FOR DEFENCE Tlit - Air Defence . I . Oreat Britain force, under Air Mar- Sir Rodcrlc Hill. Is respon sible for the day and night de- fence of the United Kingdom In the words of Sir Archibald Sinclair: "Wc have thus separated and defined the offensive and defensive function while at the me same same time ume unity unifying ing them mem u at the? highest level for the great and intricate battles ahead. The Second T.A.F. absorbs much of the fighter and fighter bomber 'Strength of Fighter Command, all the medium and light bombers based in Britain and the whole of the Tactical Air Force originally established , within the operational frame-1 work of Fighter Command, un- j der Air Marshal John d Alblac. The force Is much bigger than the entire R.A.F. at the joutbreak of war. and Its equip- ment. ranging from large bomb- I t She mMmm. . NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF t new head of First Canadian Arm.) ove: ra. Bulletins U'ASIIINGTON Cordell Hull In an interview said that as far as he knows negotiation between Finland and ; KumIji have not yet ended. The Matrment w-a made in reply to a question regarding the rumor that the United Stales may act as Intermediary In the event of a breakdown of negotiations. - NRAK NIKOLAKV ' LONDON, .March 23 A .Moscow diopstrh says that on the oulhrrn fmnt the Rustlans have advanced to within five milcx of the Black Sea port nf Nikolaev, and are closing in on the city fat. i ! ASQlUth S Daughter I In Big Job I t Inly ilanlum-Carter I'reidrnt of Tarty Organisation In Britain LONDON. March 23. O lady vioie: uonham-Oarter has ac- cepted the invitation of the Llb- eral Party's executive to succeed ' . IS Uf V I - 4 among its vice-prosldenU. but Lady Violet will be the first 1 Woman nrealdent nnrt It (ruv. - rrf - tn take n - prominent part In the party's affairs. f Thus the daughte: of Rt. Hon. H. H. Anulth. Drltaln's prime minister from 1903 to 1916. becomes leader of the party of whose policies her father was so long an outstanding exponent. The Dally Express cxprassed aMsfactlon at the party's choice and noted that "in this country women form a majority of the electorate and will play an increasing rplc in the constitu encies, in parliament and in the j government." Lady Violet Is generally rer.or nlsed as 4he best woman speaker that any political party has so far introduced to public life Said the Daily Express: "Lndy Violet has inherited her father's gltt of a devastating logic In political exposition." Several Hundred Houses Will Be Built in South VANCOUVER. March 23. Material has been releared for srveral hundred Individual houses which are to be erected , in V.inCOuVcr win wsihi t istance to relieve the housing era like tne wrauacr. special i mc uura resign as prcsi-Izcd Rnmnd-atUck machines ! t!ont of the party organization. 'tt,u ri. rintitsr Ul'HI Thr I J hr rn 1 Pftrtv ham Witman allow .nc oporauonal variety which characterized the use nf i nitilirranrnil ... - t t. nn.,i. rnmrnnnrt and . r . s 11 Jin iTv l A& vs strategic Air Forces In Eurooe have not been brought Into the invasion set-up yet. It is expected that the "heavies" i will continue their long-range , bombing or Oermany proper and vital production and communication centres until and if llU rnrr.klnt rMr nf Staff VilV VUJIIUUIVU W ' decide their striking power should be added to the close support of the armies. New Teachers at Island School Filling a vacancy on the taff of the Skldc?atc Inlet United Superior School, ot Queen Charlotte City, Miss Constance Mc-Farlane. ot Calgary, has been employed as teacher of the sen ior division, It was learned from Inspector of Schools D. Thor-stclnsson. The position has been vacant since Christmas time. A qualified teacher, whose name Is not available, has also been obtained to fill the vacancy In the Junior division staff created by the recent resignation of Miss May Parker. Mr. Thorstelnsson reports that the Port Esslngton school, the teacher of which resigned at end of the year, has been unabla .shortage. PRINCE RliPERT, B.C . THURSDAY, MARCH 23, Nazis Extend H D. O, Crcrar t IS T,V BATTLE OF CA5SIN0 ON .i'U3. Marco - FUUt -iy force! rrang lek Oer-it -trarlox mterday on Cis-!io positions while AUlfrt imaibers atritftk at enemy supply line to norttievn. Italy. In the vwthern seetion In Cassino New Zealanders arc ttll encaging the enemy at TransCanada Employees Aid Red Cross Funtl WINNirFO. March 23. By -neans of cah contributions and payroll deductions Trans-Can-jadi Air Lines employees from coast to coast subscribed a total of $4,605.85 to the 1944 Red this 80 per cent In isolation." Cross campaign. Winnipeg of-' Dr. Gorton does not contem-flrr and shops accounted for!p)ate any opposition from the iMrlv nalf 'people towards the plan to pool KETCHIKAN IS WINNER Al.isk.in Team Paid Surprle Visit In Prince Rupert Yesterday. The f!Ushy Ketchikan Man School basketball team, on its way home to Alaska after a trip to Seattle, paid a surprk' visit to Prince Rupert yesterday nnd at short notice, took on 'he upnin Memorial man scnnoi te-vn of this "rlty in a game -Mch resulted In a 35 to 28 victory for the Ketchiknnltes. It was nulte a closely jilnyrd "'h. The half time sere was n 15 fo- Ketchikan. , ""'vadore Del Curo, snecdy Fllihlno ctntre. was the shining ' h for the Alaskans and ac-"'linted for eighteen of Ket-Vk:'n': points. &3y6 Giirvlbh topped thn rr1'5! rr ince nu-crt, also "ak'-i-s e'shlecn nolnts. The (tame va played at Oroun Four gymnasium. Individual scoring was as follows; . K'ehl'-n Del Furo 18, Hus-"nb . jartnsoh 3. Krlckson 2. Q'en N. Olsen. "rlneV Rripirt Ourvieh 18. P. P'ttnl: ? n Olcconf S. n. Dell 2. Tettww t. O. Holtby. Rcfcr,ees wrr Inous of Ketchikan and Santerbane of Prince Runert. L'-d hv Coprh Ouneeh th" i Ketchikan Wh School loan won two of five tancs nlaved with Seattle High School team, .-- i in k vjm : haw 4 , The flnst recorded almanac was written In 1380 In England, 1944 PLAN NEW COVENTRY CATHEDRAL i nig Edifice to Have Central Aljar and Inter-Denominational Centre. jny 8VDNEY GRURON Canadian Press Staff Writer COVENTRY, March 23 OV-Rt. Rev. Neville Gorton. Bishop of uovenvry, has envisioned a new ccmmunal Christian centre of religion and learning to rise like a phoenix from the pinkish rubble jof this blitzed city's old cathedral. Tw striking innovations havi. j been planned for the new cath- Jedral. df,mned by Sir Olles Oil- The will be a central altar, nstea tea- nf rhe conventional pjaclii" a1 the eastern end of '-p Jj'.i'idinz. and an inter-de-,'mr i-.tt 'inal centre of service n Pi narin"rship with the Free Churches. A special chapel of un::y belonging to the Ang-Uicans and Free Churches to-teiher. wili connect the centre to the cathedral The edifice has been planned to run north and south, in the ihape of a rectangle, and the bulk of the okt cathedral whose Fattd walls still stand w'.I! iQfna cloister Joining the 15th-' ecmHry tower to the new cath--diaL j "Tils is my conception." "iffi'sn Gorton told visitors. ' Theh ' and He pointed toward Vie twer "li the body of our 'ord. and here" he opened his enns wide to north and south in the Hne of th new building- -fce'g sre the outflung arms of 'lirlst" LI J iAHY NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEYSP4tA. p .e atM. gees back to the. earirrTBT,iIes. Has been tdklng every 01 mr uumuu uiu.ui. i ikk j.i.ui..j ..c.c "The altar does not befowjio exptesj ; acknowledgement of tn the rlergy. -it belorfgs also to the splendid work that local citi- the people. Therefore, set it in Izens. especially the women, have the middle of the;Jbhurch and been doing to assist the Young r.ather round it." The in'.cr - denominational centre has been plarined'to" help bring closer together the people of the various sects. Eighty per cent of Coventry are without membership of church or chapel," the bishop said. "... we cannot tackle I so much with the Free Churches. ! 11- to'd of one man who had ,w r hipped In St. Michael's chapel in the old cathedral for 30 years, and the Sunday alter lh blitz went Into the uncleared mbb'c nd read the service over to himself. "Men with such an Intense affection for the cathedral may tend to resent so close a union, lie said.. "But the scheme will .0 through." Smoke Eaters Moving Ahead RFGINA, March 23. Trail Smoke Eaters enhanced '.he"-fhances of reaching the Western Canada Junor heckev finals bv "is,n'ayln; offensive power and dcnslve ability last nljht tt r'-fe. t Regina Commandoes 6 ti to vske a one-game Ifad in the Western semi-final best of five serle here. Big Navy Show Is Coming Here The murh-hernided Navy Sho Mfet the Navy" Is coming t" Prince Rupert . next week. It 1 announced. There will be a number of showings here of the bt" revue with the premiere on Wednesday evening. The show is touting Canada and is said to be an entertainment of exceptional merit. ' STALIN, OTHERWISE The real name of Josef Stalin I Is Joseph Vlssarlonovlch Dzug- 'r.shvlll. Local Tides Friday, March 21 High 1:12 22.4 feet 13:25 23.0 feet Low : 7:25 2.8 feet 19:45 1.8 feet Stranglehold CONVERGE 'ON JAPS Allies Endeavoring to Drive Nipponese Out of Manipur Province of India. HEW DELHI. March 23. a -Allied farces are converging on Japanese troops which crossed into ihe Indian province I Manipur. Meanwhile in northern Burma the Japanese are giving stiff resistance to the new Allied drive in m which which American American and ana Chinese omnese i forre. are battling the Nippon-1 ese nM! UflL,, UellieS flOniiy roln Pl'ICnflPI iA'1 1 1 WU1IC1 LONDON. March 23 A German propaganda agency broadcast was heard here denying that Hungarian Premier Horthy was being held prisoner. It did not confirm another rumor that Horthy had joined a government set up by Hitler In the recently invaded country. GRATEFUL FOR WORK .Major Okelt Acknowledges As- tktanre of Local Teople to Auxiliary Services. . ' ol",KJ umu. uu.- I ft m A rm I ary wrrice ouicer 01 me wu- aian Army lor raciuc vKm- mana. who has been In the city Germans Move In Haste To Head Off Great Russ Campaign In Balkans Soviet Forces Take Further Important Points Both In Bessarabia and Poland Enemy Defences Cracking. LONDON, March 23 - P,e(1 . and a P"PPet . , government established, . , ,. , Germany '-iui.u w ic cAtciiuiug its fcirangienoia over neighboring satellites in a feverish rush to construct a defence against the Russians surrinp westward and other Allied threats. the plunge into Hungary byi penetrating Bulgaria, Rumania) and Slovakia in a plan for gen- ' eral mobilizaUon of all south-! western Europe. The Red Army drove today to within 25 miles of the Prut River, border of Bessarabia and Rumania, south of the fallen German basUon of Mogilev-PdoloskL The German High Command said fighting was going on Inside Kovel and northwest of that centre In the eastern part of pre-war Poland. The Russians on Wednesday had crumbled the German line at the Nazis' eav -rnmost extension In Russia, capturing Pervo- malsk, important fortified railway Junction, A Soviet communique said that detachments nf tan r.pr- ma,, euards dlvlslona were an- nlhllated when reserves at- tempted a counter-atUck at Podzamchve In Dre-war Poland '.i in th n,I1T niwir whon jjUS5iarLS rrackcd German dff encej. around pervomalsk. . . . ssJas are ,on e Black Sea port of Nikol- (SAFE FROM ICE FLOE AT AN EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT. March 23. The !rr-breaker So:el arrived here with three occupants ot a Quebec Airways plane. They had spent a week on a drifting ice floe before being rescued. There was no Immediate word of the condition of the men. Russian Envoy To Canada Has Been Appointed NEW YORK. March 22. CT O. N. Zaurbin has been appointed Russian ambassador to Canada, the Moscow radio announced Wednesday night "' c ,iU" l"c Men's Christian Association,! 1 Young Women's Christian A?-jaway- soclation. the Knights of Columbus. Salvation Army and Canadian Red Cross Society in entertainment and activities generally on behalf of the men and women of the forces during their leisure time. "We Just could not have got along without, these voluntary workers," said Major Okell to the Dally News this morning. They have been doing a wonderful Job and we trust that they will continue to give their rervices in this way as long as the war continues." Major Okell spoke to volunteer workers at the Knights of Col umbus Hut last night and was J also at the Empress Hall of the' i Y.M.C.A. yesterday. ! The major said that the future of auxiliary services, here is linked up with the proposed new Y.M.OJV. building and it Is hoped that its construction may get under way in the near future. Major Okell leaves tonight or his return to Vancouver 8 V. '.. . I MIKE EWANSHYN "GOT HIS" AT DIEPPE Taken prisoner by the Germans, he was 14 months In prison camp hospital before being repatriated and brought to Christie Street. "I couldnt have lived without Canadian Red Cross food parcels," says Mike. PRICE FIVE CENTS (CP) With Hunearv occu- The Nazis have followed IN SOUTH PACIFIC ' " lAhC UAUC JArJ llMfC MORE SEA WAR LOSS ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March 23. 0) A Japanese destrover and two small merchantmen were sunk by Allied bombers off New Guinea northwest of We- wak, Japanese base, headquar ters announced today. Oencral Douglas MacArthur announces that 227 Japanese cargo ships have been sunk In south and central Pacific waters since the first ot the year. The communique reported another unopposed raid on Isolated RabauL New Britain, during which 133 tons of explosives were dropped. VniterstSl!csMairm3rit waV 4a ted today, are mopping Japanese following landings on two islands of the St. Matthias grcup, the closest point to Truk which has so far been taken. Gyro Club Stag Party Enjoyed At the home of W. J. Scott. Fourth Avenue West, member of the Prince Rupert Oyro Club assembled last night for one of their periodical stag parties. It was an event of enjoyment to all, the evening being spent In card playing with excellent refreshments being served at midnight. Gordon Bryant was In charge 6f the organization of he affair with the assistance .of. W. F. Stone, C. O. Ham arid other members. The hospitality of Mr. Scott was suitably acknowledged by the president, Frank Skinner. Red Cross Donations B.C. Packers and Nelson Bros. Employees, Port Edward 131.00 F ank Trimbte 5.00 Donald Mackenzie 5.00 Fred Corrlgan 5.00 Clarence Callow 5.00 L. McPhee 5.00 Mrs. O. Sather 5.00 Marshall Woodcock 5.00 Peter Alexcee 5W William Qarrlock 10.00 Athur Morrison, 5,00 Frank Alexcee 5.00 Ronald Ryan 5.00 Army Team No. 174 20.00 H. A. Helnrlch 5.0 A. A. McCrea, 5.00 Jas. Woodhouse 10.00 M. L. Clark 10.00 ' 1 Victor Simmons 10.00 Carter Halls Aldlnger Employees f5.l6 H. H. Spicer 8.00 Fred Brownsword 5.D0 D. J. Le Beau 10.00 O. H. West, 5.00 " Jens Pedersen 5.00 O. Sobon 10.60 T. A. Mclnnls . 5.0 J. E. Ormhelm 10.CD Y.M.OA. Cafe Can 12.72 R.C-AF Team No. 33 184.00 Total $17,096.09