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XXXIII
No.
284
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
5,
1944
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problems
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more
than
cishteen
hundred
enemy
troops
nave
'cu
during
mopping-up
operations
on
New
Ouinea.
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ljiiii
rnunninir
pirii
XOON
(irrmany
is
undergoing
another
Allied
aerial
"Ul"?
louay,
following
attacks
on
Karlsruhe
and,
other
iM
night.
leaving
the
bases
earlier
than
usual
this
"""J.
the
Allied
air
giants
rumbled
out
over
the
English
neaded
for
the
Reich.
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afterwards,
the
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system
left
the
air.
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TILL
CHRISTMAS
Include
,
.
.
the
variety
store
N'
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
TOUR
Yanks
Blast
Berlin
Again
To
Vote
Against
Gov't
Chamber
of
Commerce
m
k
Sinclair
To
Back
Tory
Amendment
Liberal
Member
Opposes
His
Party
On
Conscription.
Issue
mons
yesterday
that
he
will
vote
for
the
Progressive
-
Conservative
amendment
to
the
government
confidence
motion.
The
amendment
asks
that
all
63,000
Home
Defence
soldiers
be
made
available
for
service
in
any
theatre
of
war.
Sinclair
said
if
the
amendment
is
defeated,
he
will
vote
with
the
government
on
Its
decision
to
send
16,000
Home
De-
I
1
fence
soldiers
to
the
battle
fronts
Columbia
oecause,
as
he
put
it,
"16,000
!
is
better
than
nothing."
The
Air
Force
officer
Is
the
first
Liberal
member
to
announce
that
he
will
vote
agalast
his
party
on
the
grounds
that'
total
overseas
conscription
Isj
necessary.
j
Sinclair
told
the
House
that.
Canada
should
form
an
R.C.A.F.
Infantry
regiment
similar
to
the
R-A.F.'s
infantry
regiment
and
;
the
Hermann
Goerlng
division,
which,
he
said,
was
one
of
the
j
best
units
in
the
German
Army.
The
R.C.A.F.
regiment
would
be
formed
to
absorb
airmen
now
being
discharged
who
are
fit
J
for,
arrny
service.
-
WINNIPEG-RUPERT
PEACE
RIVER
LINE
Local
Chamber
of
Commerce
i
To
Further
Tush
Merits
of
I
Such
Route
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
to
further
push
the
desirability
of
a
new
railway
line
being
built
westerly
from
Winnipeg
through
the
Peace
River
country
and
on
to
the
Pacific
Coast
with
Prince
Rupert
as
the
port
of
outlet.
Last
night
the
Chamber
adopted
a
recommendation
from
the
Peace
River
outlet
committee
that
that
committee
'be
authorized
to
prepare
a
resolution
in
support
of
that
route,
the
reso
lution
to
be
forwarded
to
the
Prime
Minister,
Minister
of
Transport,
the
ocal
federal
member
and
the
presidents
of
the
Canadian
(National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railway.
Support
for
the
resolution
will
also
be
sought
from
other
local
bodies
as
well
as
from
all
Boards
of
Trade
along
the
line
of
the
proposed
route.
COMPULSION
I'
INEVITABLE
itft
TO
w
So
Says
Conservative
Member
Liberal
Sees
Extension
of
Parliament
tension
of
the
life
of
parliament
is
more
likely
than
dissolution.
Lambert
said
he
was
expressing
his
own
view.
Rocket
Bomb
Whizzes
Over
Gen.
Eisenhower
PARIS,
Dec.
5
A
rocket
bomb
whizzed
over
Gen.
Dwlght
P.
Eisenhower,
Allied
commander-
REVIVAL
OF
DISTRICT
CONTACTS,
HOTEL,
AUTO
CAMP,
PUBLICITY
POST-WAR
MATTERS
BROUGHT
UP
Resumption
of
activity
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
so
that
matters
relating
to
the
development
of
the
district
may
be
energetically
prosecuted
particularly
in
view
of
the
new
contact
afforded
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Highway.
Incorporation
by
the
Canadian
National
Railways
of
provision
for
a
modern
hotel
:
at
Prince
Runert
on
a
scale
OTTAWA,
Dec.
5
0;-The
Lib
equal
to
if
not
greater
than
that
eral
member
for
a
Vancouver
;
planned
in
1929.
riding
Flight
Lieutenant
James
j
Survey
of
the
coast
steamship
Sinclair
told
the
House
of
Com-!
companies
of
steamship
require-
ments
for
the
handling
of
tourist
trade
to
Alaska
after
the
war.
Representation
of
the
Associated
Boards
of
Trade
of
Central
British
Columbia
on
the
Pacific
sub
-section
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
Alberta-British
Columbia
Trade
Association.
Building
up
of
a
substantial
publicity
fund
to
advertise
the
post-war
possibilities
of
Prince
Rupert
and
Northern
British
Canada
Is
Recognized
Chosen
as
Headquarters
for
World
Aviation
.Montreal
to
be
Chosen
CHICAGO,
Dec.
5
tt
Canada's
place
in
the
aviation
world
has
Jbeen,
recognized,
by
the
.United
folates,
ine
uuiuiinun
nas
oeen
chosen
as'
headquarters
for
the
proposed
interim
international
civil
aviation
organization.
t
The
Dominion
was
chosen
yesterday
by
a
fair-sized
majority
at
the
International
Civil
Avia
tion
conference
in
Chicago.
The
permanent
'seat
for
the
air
authority
will
be
picked
at
a
plenary
session
of
the'
conference
today
or
tomorrow.
It
is
thought
likely
Montreal
will
be
the
city
chosen
for
the
headquarters.
DISORDERS
IN
ATHENS
British
Troops
Will
Sec
Lnw
and
Order
Maintained,
Says
Churchill
ATHENS,
pec.
5
Oi
The
Greek
situation
remains
tense.
Demonstrations
against
the
government
have
spread,
despite
a
govern
ment
ultimatum
that
the
forces
of
the
Leftist
organization
the
ultimatum
was
Issued
yesterday
after
the
government
of
Premier
Papndreou
had
Imposed
martial
law
and
a
curfew.
The
Premier
has
since
resigned
it
was
reported,
but
not
confirmed.
'
In
Commons
yesterday
in
Lon-
,
don,
Prime
Minister
Churchill
;
capital's
suburbs
yesterday.
Following
these
disturbances,
the
left
wing
issued
a
call
for
a
general
strike.
There
Is
no
electric
light
in
the
city
and
other
services
are
suspended.
In
an
attempt
tb
curb
further
demonstrations,
the
government
has
Imposed
a
drastic
curfew
on
Athens
a
curfew
extending
from
7
p.m.
to
6
a.m.
cstlng
capital
therein.
Reduction
of
automobile
car-rylns
rates
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver.
These
matters
were
recommended
for
attention
and
action
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
or
Commerce
at
last
night's
meeting
in
reports
presented
by
the
'jvlaska.
and
publicity
Some
of
them
will
be
taken
f
up
by
means
of
direct
communication
and
others
will
receive
attention
from
special
committees.
The
report
of
the
Alaska
committee
was
presented
by
Arnold
Flaten
and
the
publicity
com-
ueveiopmeni
or
local
tourist
j
mittetf
by
G.
A.
Hunter.
I
attractions.
The
various
items
of
the
re-
burvey
or
local
Industrial
pos-
ports
resulted
in
considerable
slbilities
with
a
view
to
Inter-1
discussion.
'
SENT
HOME
TO
QUEBEC
Sherbrooke
Fusiliers
Moved
From
This
Coast
to
Home
Province
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
5
The
Sherbrooke
Fusiliers
regiment
left
Vancouver
on
Saturday
for
its
home
province
of
Quebec.
It
had
Jen,
stationed
at
Nanalmo,
having
been
moved
there
from
Terrace
last
spring.
Army
Headquarters
Office
Is
Moving
Fortress
headquarters
Army
offices
here
which
have
been
located
In
the
federal
building
on
Third
Avenue
since
the
start
of
the
war
are
to
be
moved
to
another
location
in
the
Hays
Creek
area
back
of
the
city,
according
to
current
reports.
It
is
supposed
that,
as
a
result,
the
Indian
Department
will
be
able
to
move
back
to
its
old
office
from
the
Court
House
to
which
it
moved
after
being
dispossessed
by
the
Army.
What
disposition
will
be
made
of
the
other
office
on
the
main
Post
dffice
floor
is
not
known.
Bus
Restrictions
Are
Being
Lifted
OTTAWA.
Dec.
5
Restrictions
on
bus
travel
In
Canada
are
to
be
somewhat
relaxed
because
of
dif
ficulties
motorists,
are
having
In
E.
A.
M.
must
leave
the
capita!
i
getting
fuel
and
of
Athens
within
three
days.
The
j
their
cars
supplies
for
DIVIDING
UP
OF
GERMANY
Harold
Ponder
Nominated-
was
questioned
on
the
fighting
in
Greece.
He
declared:
"On
the
i
evidence
so
far
available,
I
am
Allied
Bombers
Ottawa,
Dec.
5
Q)
-
The
..
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;
uacK
Vienna
British
arms
would
see
law
and
i
ROME,
Dec.
5
Allied
planes,
cept
the
proposition
that
com
-1
order
was
maintained
In
Greece.
!bascd
in
Italy,
bombed
military
pulsion
Is
Inevitable
In
wartime
:
Any
attempt
to
Impose
by
viol-
objectives
around
Vienna
yes-
was
expressed
in
the
Senate
by
en
a
communist
diciatorsnip
eu
John
Haig,
Progressive
Conser
vatlve,
Manitoba,
during
debate
on
conscription.
The
debate
saw
Norman
Lam
bert,
Ontario,
predict
that
ex
Royalists
and
members
of
the
11
III
(TP
ATUCH
national
liberation
front
also
(
Yf
ll
1
1
C
f
L
A
1
11
L
K
iougnt
a
pucnea
oatue
in
ine
;
POORLY
PLACED
Members
of
Merchant
Navy
And
Wounded
War
Veterans
Get
Them
In
Halifax
HALIFAX.
Dec.
5
White
feathers
were
being
handed
out
by
four
women
In
the
streets
of
Halifax
Sunday.
Five
members
of
the
crews
of
merchant
The
recent
demonstrations
navy
ships,
one
of
whom
had
have
been
called
in
protest
been
torpedoed
five
times,
and
ln-chlef,
while
he
was
making
j
against
the
government's
decree
I
an
injured
veteran
of
Ortona
an
inspection
on
the
western
I
that
all
Greek
guerilla
forces
be
were
among
those
who
received
front
yesterday
demobilized
and
disarmed.
the
feathers.
DcGaulle
and
Stalin
Are
Talk
ing
About
Frontiers
After
War
LONDON,
Dec.
5
tt
-r
Paris
radio
said
yesterday
that
Gen-,
eral
Charles
DeGaulle,
now
in
Moscow,
Is
believed
to
be
discussing
with
Premier
Joseph
Stalin
France's
des'lre
for
a
frontier
at
the
Rhine
after
the
war.
The
broadcast
said
it
is
safe
to
assume
that
Stalin
will
not
oppose
the
desire.
Plans
for
French
participation
in
military
occupation
of
Germany
are
also
believed
to
be
on
the
agenda
of
the
conference.
Candidates
Endorsed
Non-Partizans
Iiidorse
Four
City
Council
and
Three
School
Board
Aspirants
Names
of
four
aldermanlc
and
three
school
board
candidates
received
final
endorsation
last
night
at
a
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Non-Partisan
Association
which
reaffirmed
Its
earlier
decision
not
to
contest
the
position
of
mayor.
The
candidates
are:
For
Alderman
T.
B.
Black.
Robert
McKay,
C.
G.
Ham
and
J.
H.
Malr.
For
School
Board
Douglas
Wood,
G.
J.
Dawes
and
Dr.
R.
G.
Large.
Last
night's
meeting
completed
both
slates
by
endorsing
J.
H.
Malr
for
alderman
and
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
for
school
trustee.
Other
candidates
were'
endorsed
at
or
following
a
meeting
on
November
29.
Nomination
papers
for
all
sev-
,
en
candidates
are
expected
to
be
filed
at
City
Hall
by
tonight
although
the
closing
date
for
receipt
of
nominations
Is
December
11.
At
closing
time
last
night
the
only
candidates
who
had
filed
nomination
papers
with
the
City
Clerk
were
Mr.
Ham,
Mr.
Wood,
and
Mr.
Dawes.
Mr.
Dawes
presented
his
papers
late
yesterday
afternoon,
being
moved
by
Robert
McKay
and
seconded
by
J.
M.
Bremner,
,
Endorsement
of
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
for
school
trustee
came
after
he
had
been
sponsored
By
H.
A.
Breen,
seconded
by
Alex
McRae.
Mr.
Breen
moved
that,
should
Dr.
Large
fall
to
accept
the
nomination,
no
other
candidate
be
endorsed.
It
was
understood
this
morning,
however,
that
Dr.
Large
has
agreed
to
run.
The
meeting
appointed
W.
F.
Stone
to
act
as
campaign
manager
and
L.
M.
Felsenthal,
publicity-manager.
Local
Temperature
I
Maximum
47
Minimum
40
WOULD
STRIVE
TO
RID
CITY
OF
YOKE
OF
C.C.F.
MACHINE
tint
nrnnirnil
f
r
eotf
nrVin
cfnrtftH
&'
.
1
T
Labor-Progs
Would
Kid
City
of
Yoke
of
C.C.F.
Machine
The
Prince
Rupert
Labor-Progressive
Club
last
night
stepped
into
the
civic
elections
arena
with
the
nomination
of
Harold
A.
Ponder
as
an
aldermanlc
candidate.
"We
must
have
a
man
in
the
council
who
foresees
a
bright
future
for
Prince
Rupert,"
declared
Bruce
Mickleburgh
in
pro
posing'
the
nomination.
"Since
the
Civic
Labor
Federation
fell
under
the
grip
of
the
C.C.Ft.
machine
the
interests
of
labor
and
all
Prince
Rupert
citizens
have
been
sacrificed
by
aldermen
who
were
elected
on
a
bona-flde
labor
slate
but
put
the
narrow
partisan,
considerations
of
C.C.F.-.vote-catching
ahead
of
the
welfare
of
our
city.
v
"These
aldermen
have
system
atically'
antagonized
the
senior
governments
and
now
claim
if
Is
Impossible
to
get
co-operation
(Continued
on
Page
21
Aerial
Bombardment
of
Reich
Is
More
Intense
Enormous
Fires
in
Karlsruhe
Last
Night
Winter
Weather
Will
Not
Save
Germany,
General
Declares
LONDON,
Dec.
5
(CP)
American
heavy
bombers
blasted
Berlin
today
for
the
first
time
in
two
months.
More
than
five
hundred
and
fifty
flying
fortresses
and
Liberators
attacked
industrial
targets
in
the
German
capital
and
rail
vards
near
Muester.
Eight
hundred
fighters
flew
the
1000-mile
round
trip
Police
Uncover
Rare
Deposit
What
may
have
been
intended
to
.be
a
"rum
Job"
was
nipped
short
by
city
police
Saturday
night.
Constable
Eric
Turtle,
in
the
course
of
patrol,
discovered
16
unopened
cans
care-
fully
cached
beneath
the
Kelly
Douglas
wholesale
warehouse,
and
took
them
to
police
headquarters.
The
cans
were
unlabeled.
Wishing
to
Identify
the
contents,
police
poked
a
hole
in
one
of
the
cans.
It
contained
molasses.
Bulletins
CANUCKS
TAKE
RAVENNA
ROME
The
Princess
Louise
Dragoon
Guards,
Ottawa
Regiment,
with
the
Eighth
Army,
today
captured
the
important
stronghold
of
'Ravenna
on
the
Adriatic
coast
from
the
Nazis.
KESEUVrTOtEjIN
OTTAWA
Ca
nada's
Reserve
Army
is
to
remain.
"There
will
be
no
change
in
its
status,"
it
was
announced
today.
A
full
statement
will
be
made
tomorrow.
ALL
FRENCH
UNITS
GONE
VANCOUVER
The
last'
French-Canadian
unit
of
the
Canadian
Army
in
British
Columbia
has
left
for
Quebec,
it
is
announced.
The
final
unit
to
leave
were
two
from
Terrace
'
and
two
from
Prince
George.
JOSEPH
GREW
NAMED
WASHINGTON
Joseph
C.
Grew,
former
ambassador
to
Japan,
has
been
appointed
Under
Secretary
of
State.
300-MILE
FISH
LIMIT
VANCOUVER
The
Internal
Salmon
Commission,
in
session
here,
has
heard
a
Dro-
posal
that
the
three-mile
limit
for
fishing
be
moved
out
to
300
miles
on
this
coast
in
order
to
save
the
salmon,
from
foreign
encroachment.
HOSPITAL
SHIP
SUNK
ROME
Aircraft
of
the
Mediterranean
Allied
coastal
air
force
accidently
tank
an
un-illuminated
German
hospital
ship,
the
Tuebingen,
during
a
period
of.poor
visibility
November
18
while
she
was
enroute
to
Triestex,
Allied
headquarters
announced
today.
Regrets
have
been
conveyed
to
the
German
authorities
and
a
full
inquiry
is
proceeding.
Casualties
among
the
crew
were
light
and
the
ship
was
carrying
no
wounded.
C.C.F.
SOLDIER
MEMBER
BACK
OTTAWA
A
member
of
the
C.C.F.
Saskatchewan
Legisla
ture,
Leading
Aircraftsman
Delmar
Valleau,
has
arrived
in
Ottawa
from
overseas
with
a
group
of
repatriated
airmen.
The
27-year
old
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
mechanic
will
go
almost
immediately
to
his
home
in
Aylsham,
Saskatchewan,
to
get
acquainted
with
his
constituents
before
taking
his
seat
in
the
provincial
legislature.
Valleau
was
recently
elected
as
representative
for
servicemen
of
Number
One
Area,
that
is
Britain,
France,
Holland,
Belgium,
Luxembourg
and
that
area
of
Germany
in
which
Canadian
troops
are
fighting.
His
father
is
minister
of
social
services
for
to
Berlin
to
keep
Nazi
fighters
away.
The
bombers
unloaded
two
thousand
tons
of
bombs
on
German
munitions
and
tank
plants.
Substantial
number
of
Hali-faxes
and
Lancasters,
representing
every
squadron
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bomber
command,
participated
In
an
attack
Monday
night
on
Karlsruhe.
All
Canadian
aircraft
returned
safely.
Returning
pilots
said
that
Karlsruhe
looked
like
three-quarters
of
a
mile
of
solid
fire
and
that
they
saw
Jet-propelled
enemy
planes
which
did
not
attack.
Five
rail
arteries
feeding
sup-t
plies
to
the
German
front
lines
were
smashed
yesterday
by
1200
American
bombers
escorted
deep
into
western
Germany
by
more
than
one
thousand
fighte'rs.
British
mosquito
bombers
had
hammered
objectives
in
western
Germany
without
loss
Sunday
night.
Unsatisfactory
weather
diminished
week-end
flying
but
one
thousand
planes,
based
In
Belgium
and
France
hit
the
left
wing
of
the
western
front,
on
Sunday.
Lieut.
Gen.
Eaker.,
Mediterran:
can
Allied-Force
eommaiid
er,
said
that
"German
targets
are
due
for
the
greatest
weight
of
bombardment
they
have
ever
received
and
winter
weather
will
not
protect
them."
Street
Fighting
Occurs
in
Rome
ROME,
Dec.
5
There
were
fist
fights
in
the
streets
of
Rome
yesterday
between
monarchists
and
republicans.
The
fighting
occured
following
a
monarchist
demonstration.
AUTO
FERRY
TOO
COSTLY
City
Council
Hears
from
C.P.S.S.
Official
on
Matter
Costs
of
equipment
and
operation
make
the
Immediate
insti
tution
of
an
auto
ferry
service
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Haines,
Alaska,
impracticable
at
the
present
time,
city
council
was
Informed
last
night
by
a
letter
from
Capt.
R.
W.
McMurray
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
Company,
British
Columbia
Coast
Steamship
Service.
Thp
statement
was
in
reply
to
a
request
sent
to
the
railway
company
that
it
investigate
the
possibility
of
starting
such
a
service.
"The
high
cost
of
shipbuilding
and
operation
make
It
impractl
cable
at
the
present
time.
The
service
would
operate
at
a
loss.
However,
we
are
keeping
a
close
eye
on
it."
the
letter
stated;
A
copy
of
the
letter
was
also
sept
to
Canadian
National
'
'
Would
Establish
Airport
Here
A
communication
recently
re
ceived
toy
the
mayor
from
the
Yukon
Engineering
Corporation
offering
its
services
in
connection
with
the
establishment
as
a
municipal
development
of
a
land
and
marine
air
base
at
Prince
Rupert
came
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
without
any
action
being
taken.
The
letter
expressed
the
opinion
that
it
was
unfortunate
there
was
no
such
base
here
and
referred
to
the
benefit
it
would
be
to
have
one.
The
president
of
the
chamber
felt
there
was1
little
that
could
be
done
about
the
matter
at
thii
time.