L DECEMBER 5. L-t leave 5 i i L to Christmas Try Our New 1944 TIIE DAILY NEWS PAGE THRE? pestle's Cold Wave you will be Pleased kGGY SAUNDERS street (across from Tost O(fice) Just Arrived WOMEN'S AND CIIILDEN'S aris Maid ippers MEN'S l'lioiie Blue 917 bULSEN'S LUNCH 6th AVE. E., BESIDE P.O. STATION "IT As Good as the Dest Better than the Rest POULSEN'S GROCERY jr stock fresh and complete, prices right Courtesy and Service Free Delivery Red' 441 Footguard House Shoes FAMILY SHOE STORE LTD. "The Home of Good Shoes" WAR GOODS ON MARKET VICTORIA, Dec. 5 J. P. Gledhlll, chief of the consumer, goods division of the War As sets Corporation, has asked the British Qolumbla government purchasing commission If It wishes to bu any surplus navy, army and air force goods. The Dominion government has priority on any consumer goods not needed by the three services, Gledhlll says. After that comes the provincial govern- Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Norring ton motored up from Prince Rupert on Sunday, returning home the same day. SMITIIERS Adam Barone of Prince George arrived in Telkwa last week to take over management of the Interior Creameries at that point. He has been connected with the creamery at Prince George for some years. Looking ahead to the time when motoring again becomes a pastime, the Smlthers and Dist-rlct Chamber of Commerce agreed to co-operate with the Terrace Board, of Trade in pro ducing an advertising pamphlet to encourage tourist trade after the war. A meeting of electors will be held on December 11 for the purpose of nominating candidates for the position of village commissioner. Temperatures took a decided drop in the Smlthers district last week. On Monday morning the temperature was down to eight degrees and the maximum for the week was 30 degrees. Bubonic Plague Takes 70 Lives MAFEKING, Bechuanaland, Dec. 5 W Outbreaks of bubonic plague have been reported In three districts of the Bechuana land protectorate and early reports said they were continuing after taking the lives of 70 natives. The three districts lie between 200 and 300 miles from the Union-Rhodesia railway line. ment, the municipalities, the public of Canada, and in the last place U.N.RJI.A. and Eur ope. News & Views of the District TERUACE Troopen Vic Glraud, after a brief visit here while on leave from his military duties in the East, left Monday night for Sml-thers to spend a short time before returning East. He was accompanied from here to Smi-thers by his wife, the former Miss Barbara Sherwood. PRINCE GEORGE Eighteen army trucks, will come up for sale on December 7 when disposal of surplus army an dealers will be Initiated. Mayor A. M. Patterson has announced his intention to seek re-election for office at the civic election December 14. Victory for Mavnr P.ittprsnn would launch him on his twentieth term as I chief magistrate here. J A campaign for the purchase of an ambulance will be begun by the Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce. SOO-SUI) NOTES George Zeppa, former Sault Tech hockey star, who tried out with Guelph last season, has accepted an offer by the Ontario Hockey Association to play with the Port Coltoournc junior A team. Lynn Hollingsworth, Sault Ste. Marie sawmill owner, said In an Interview that he did not ex pect any slump In business at the end of the war. He said that values during this war had remained sounder than they did during-the first World War and that he expected his mill would remain as busy or get busier after peace comes. A telephone canvass to raise blood donors recently brought responses from 200 Sault people willing to contribute their blood to the Red Cross blood bank. . YEARS OF BEER BOTTLES ON NEW HIGHWAY Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Thinks Something Should be Done Many of the missing beer bot tles which the brewers are crying for must He broken along the Prince Rupert Highway where they are a menace to motorists, having already resulted in the destruction of precious tires In addition to causing serious in convenience along a road where there Is no handy service and where It Is a serious matter to become stranded. The matter of the toeer bottles on the road was brought up at last night's Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce meeting by J. E. Boddie who urged that the authorities be concerned with a view to seeing If something could mechanized equipment to civill- not be done about It, Suggestion was made that lot of the bottles were being thrown on to the road from passing trains. The Department of Mines and Resources will be contacted with a view to correcting the matter, Need More Than Feminine Charm LONDON, Dec. 5 t! Shapley legs and feminine charm cut little Ice with the average service audiences unless the "glamor girls" can also act, accord ing to Lieut. Richard Gilbert who commands the entertainment unit of the 56th (London) Division. "Glamor girls are not essential in troops' stage shows," said Gil bert. "Experience has proved that even a pretty girl has to act, sing or dance effectively to gain the full appreciation of the average critical audience. The troops want good music and singing, with plenty of color. They also enjoy good tap and other dancing." Gilbert's latest review, inci dentally, has an all-male cast of 1G soldiers. TO PROBE FOOD SUUPLY NEW DELHI. ) Formation of a new committee of the Viceroy's Executive Council to secure a successful policy of food procurement and distribution by 6lr J. P. Srlvastava, Food Member. 43 HA FT IN 1869? when Robert McLaughlin launched hi3 carriage and wagon shop In Enniskillen. he did bo wilh the deter- V " mination that the work produced there would be as flawless as care and integrity could make it. When his sons, yearslater, converted the thriving carriage works into Goneral Motors of Canada, they were idod byJhe same1 far-sighted policy that Into the making of their cars apd trucks, the modern counterparts of Robert McLaughlin's wagon and carriages, would ,go proved materials,,, precise knowledge; and painstaking attention to detail. - This .rigid adherence to all that craftsmanship implies has served Canada well. GM's civilian cars and trucks s fit No More Carnegie Libraries In B.C. It Is not likely that further funds will be available for Carnegie Library experimentation in the British Columbia area, the Prince Rupert Chamber of Com merce was advised In a letter from the Carnegie Foundation which was read at last night's meeting of the Chamber. The letter was In answer, to an inquiry made by the Chamber as to the possibility of a Carnegie Lib rary being established here. AMBITION OF C.C.F. Nineteen-Point Platform for Federal Election Set Out at Montreal MONTREAL, Dec. 5 0) The Co-operative Commonwealth na llonal convention aipproved ; nlneteen-polnt program for the next federal election and re elected M. J. Coldwell as nation al leader. The manifesto, covering all spheres of human activity In Canadian life, sets as the objec tive of a C. C. F. government establishment of a co-operative commonwealth in Canada" as the only one able to achieve useful Jobs, highest possible standard of living, social security, health, education and good homes for all people In town and country and civil and religious freedom. NEW APPOINTMENT BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Sir Wilson Hungerford, former secretary of the Ulster Unionist Council and parliamentary secretary to the health ministry, has been appointed parliamentary secretary to the Northern Ireland ministry of finance. LAST OF TOLL-KEEPERS BURRO WWRIDG E, Eng. 0) The last of the toll-keepers on the approach to Burrowbridge over the river Parrett in Som ersetshire is 15-year old Queenie Hembcw. Next April 1 the bridge will become toll-free after 120 years. QUESTION OF TASTE "Utility" beef is just as high in nutritive value as are the top grades of beef. TERRACE NOT INTERESTED Little Enthusiasm Displayed in Matter of Marketing Organization The fanners of Terrace are not much interested in a city market In Prince Rupert for the disposal of their products, J. E. Boddie advised the Prince Rupert Oham ber of Commerce at its meeting last night. Mr. Boddie was the chairman of a committee which had been delegated to look Into the matter of better marketing relationship between Prince Rupert and the interior. He told the Chamber at Its meeting last night that he had interviewed farmers of the Terrace district, They seemed to feel that It would be more advantageous to carry out their marketing through cooperative organization which was being proceeded with there. Fur ther, they were having no diffi culty In marketing their pro ducts now In view of the demands of the armed forces stationed in the area. W. F. Stone felt the Terrace farmers were taking a short sighted view. Transfer of the armed forces might remove their market overnight. The committee will keep in touch with the interior marketing situation which may be taken up further through the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia. TIMRKTl SALE X3600,, Sealed tenders will be received by the District Forester. Prince Rupert, B.C., not later than noon on the 18th day of December, 1944. for the purchase of Licence X36007. being. the bed of the Skeena River between 8al-vus and Kwlnltsa, to obtain 180 MBM of Spruce, Cedar, Hemlock, Balsam and Cottonwood. One (1) year will be allowed for removal of timber. Further particulars of the Chief Forester, Victoria, B.C., the District Forester, Prince Rupert, B.C.. .the Ranger S. G. Cooper, Terrace, B.C. THE REX CAFE Now Open for Business CHOP SUEY CHOW MEIN Opening Hours: 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. 2nd Avenue (Across from Prince Rupert Hotel) Phone 173 S MAN SHIP have kept rolling, have carried extra loads, saved precious hours and energy during these critical war years. On the battle fronts ol the world, GM's military vehicles and weapons of war have withstood powerful punishment and unusual wear and tear. Skilled woodworkers who. long years before had helped Robert McLaughlin fashion carriages of enduring quality, have been called out of retirement to put the same workmanship into the wooden fuselages of Incredibly fast Mosquito Bombers. And after Victory, when General Motors reconverts to peacetime requirements. Canadians can look forward with confidence to the continuance . of fine craftsmanship in GM's :. ...:.::.:::: ..o production of "More arid Belter Things for More People". MAKE YOUR d CHRISTMAS 3 CARDS P AND U NEW YEAR ji CALENDARS Distinctive W with our ! Local Views A WRATUA! I Q Photo Finishing fi THIRD AVENUE KWONG SANG 1UNG HOP KEE CHOP SUEY HOUSE 612 7th AVE. WEST (Next to King Tai) ad All your patronage .welcome Open 5 p.m., to 12 p.m. Outside Orders from 2 p.m. to 12 p.m. PHONE RED 247 NEW ROYAL HOTEL A Home Away From Home Rates 75c up 50 Rooms, Hot and Cold Water Prince Rupert, B.C. Phone 281 P.O. Box 190 . BARR & ANDERSON LIMITED Plumbing and Heating Automatic Sprinkling and Coal Stokers Corner 2nd Ave. and 4th St. Phone Red 389 P.O. Box 1294 The Seal of Quality BRITISH COLUMBIA'S FINEST SALMON SERVICES TO Vancouver, Victoria and Waypolnts, Stewart and North Queen Charlotte Islands Full Information, Tickets and Reservations FRANK J. SKINNER Prince Rupert Agent Third Ave. Phone 568