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XXXIII,
No.
293
DEC
1MBER
1944
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
15,
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Up
To
eserves
(Miirnt
Is
Made
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General
In
Recant
To
New
COUVER.
Dec.
15
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service
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Pacific
Coast
shoulders
of
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Army
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All
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Americans
Advance
Another
1
Mile
in
Conquest
of
Cologne
Plain
SEVENTH
INVADES
GERMANY
PARIS,
Dec.
15
(CP)
The
American
Seventh
Army
invaded
Germany
today,
driving
across
the
northeast
tip
of
Alsace
into
the
Bavarian
Palatinate
less
than
seven
miles
from
Karlsruhe
and
35
miles
from
Mannheim
and
Ludwigs-'
haven,-
all
great
"Industrial
cities
of
the
Rhineland.
PARIS,
Dec.
15
O'ltie
south
ern
wing
of
the
American
First
Army,
seeking
conquest
of
the
Cologne
Plain,
advanced
another
mile
yesterday
and
overran
a
fourth
hamlet
near
the
upper
Roer.
,
The
American
Ninth
Army,
to
the
north,
captured
Vichofen,
two
miles
south
of
Jullch,
The
American
Third
Army
battered
through
500
more
yards
of
pillboxes
in
Endorf,
Strengthening
the
wedge
In
the
Siegfried
Line
at
embattled
Saarlauten.
A
lull
continued
In
the
north
where
the
Canadian
First
and
British
Second
Armies
are
poised.
The
American
Seventh
Army
plunged
through
another
section
of
the
Maginot
Line
northwest
of
Bitche
to
Kappelenhof.
The
French
First
Army
progresses
slowly
against
tough
resistance
north'
of
Colmar
In
the
Vosges
foothills.
P.
E.
George
was
elected,
the
vote
being
4337
to
3381.
In
Prince
George
Mayor
A.
M.
Patterson,
after
18
years
in
office,
lost
out
lo
Jack
Nicholson
298
to
291.
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TILL
Include
THE
VARIETY
STORE
IN
YOUR
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING
TOUR
"
'
HERE
IS
AN
ALLIED
PRELUDE
TO
THE
FALL
OF
A
GERMAN
TOWN
Heavy
tanks
of
an
American
armored
column
are
shown
laying
down
a
barrage
outside
a
German
town
to
prepare
for
the
advance
of
infantry
force?.
Civic
Election
BRETT,
McKAY,
HILLS,
SINCLAIR
ELECTED
TO
CITY
COUNCIL
AS
Are
Movingl
citizens
poll
near
record
vote
Bus
Purchase
By-law
Turned
Down
By
Substantial
Margin
By
Ratepayers
Prince
Rupert's
1125
voters
who
went
to
the
polls
yesteiMay
elected
W.
H.
Brett,
Robert
McKay,
G.
E.
Hills
and
Alexander
Sinclair
to
serve
on
the
City
Council
for
twq-year
terms
and
the
ratepayers
turned
"thumbs
down"
on
the
Bus
Puichase
By-law
laid
before
them
by
the
1944
city
council.
Also
elected
were
Dr.
R.
O.
Lanre.
Mrs.
Emllv
Roth-
well
and
Angus
McDonald
to
serve
as
school
trustees.
The.
vote
was
the
second
largest
In
"
the
history"
of
the
city,
being
only
43
ballots
short
of
the
record
of
1168
votes
set
In
civic
elections
in
1929.
So
even
was
the
voting
In
favor
of
seven
of
the
nine
candl
-dates
for
Aldermen
It
was
not
until
the
final
ballot
was
counted
that
results
were
clear.
A
difference
of
only
one
vote
between
Alderman
Alex
Sinclair,
who
was
returned
to
office,
and
Clifford
G.
Ham
makes
a
recount
of
their
votes
more
than
likely.
Seven
of
the
candidates
received
more
than
500
votes.
In
the
school
board
voting,
Dr.
R.
G.
Large
took
the
lead
early
in
the
ballot
count
and
finished
132
votes
ahead
of
the
second
candidate,
Mrs.
Emily
Rothwell.
Angus
McDonald
was
only
five
votes
behind
Mrs.
I
The
standings:
Aldermen
Elected
W.
H.
Brett
....'...
591
Robert
McKay
547
G.
E.
Hills
532
A.
Sinclair
528
Other
Candidates
C.
G.
Ham
527
T.
B.
Black
518
Norman
Bellls
502
'
J.
-H.
Mair
272
If.
A.
PONDER
80
School
Trustees
Elected
'Dr.
R.
G.
Large
649
Emily
Rothwell
517
Angus
McDonald
512
Other
Candidates
A.
D.
Ritchie
504
John
Mulroney
443
G.
D.
Wood
378
Ratepayers
Who
voted
on
the
bus
purchase
by-law
turned
it
down
by
a
180-vote
majority
with
781
votes
cast.
Indicating
disfavor
with
the
prospect
of
civic
ownership
of
the
bus
system
were
46J2
voters
while
282
supported
the
by-law.
Out
of
the
1910
ballots
cast
yesterday
75
were
rejected.
WOULD
REMOVE
COMMISSION
QUEBEC
CITY
A
Quebec
City
attorney
has
filed
a
writ
of
Quo
Warranto
in
the
Supreme
Court,
asking
that
J.
E.
LaForce
of
Montreal
be
removed
from
office
as
a
one-man
commission.
The
attorney,
Fernand
Choquctte,
said
that
legally
the
commission
must
be
made
up
of
three
members,
as
it
was
until
last
October
when
Premier
Duplcs-
sis
appointed
Mr.
LaForce
to
WtAlHLK
r
UK
BOMBING
BAD
LONDON,
Dec.
15
&
Poof
bombing
weather
gave
the
Germans
another
day
yesterday
to
V-BOMBS
ARE
OVER
Britain
Is
Pounded
for
thirtieth
Xight
in
a
Row
"LONDON.
Dec.
15
CP;
German
V-bombs
for
the
thirtieth
night
In
a
row
last
night
pounded
southern
England.
Damage
and
casualties
have
been
reported.
The
German
radio
has
defended
the
use
of
the
flying
bombs
as
a
strictly
military
weapon.
IMS
GERMAN
DEVICE
USED
I.
JRSUSDec
15.
Ov-The
.Ger-malis
are
disclosed
to
have
!
thrown
a
new
device
into
the
patch
up
their
battered
railway
I
r
ayei
silvery
balls
network
in
the
west.
The
Allied
!
whl?h
float
ln
e
alr
Mliei
air
forces
were
held
to
large
;Pilots
"ported
the
objects
In-
extent
idle.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
McLeod
and
child,
of
Alfred
Street,
left
last
night
on
a
trip
to
Van
couver.
cuviauaiiy
ana
in
clusters.
Tne
purpose
of
the
floats
was
not
immediately
evident.
It
is
possible
they
represent
a
new
antiaircraft
defence
instrument
or
weapon.
WAR
NEWS
The
East
Front
MOSCOW
Soviet
columns
continue
to
roll
ahead
in
the
mountains
of
Hungary.
Now
lied
forces
ate
within
two
miles
of
the
iron
and
coal
centre
of
Szendro,
ninety-five
miles
northeast
of
the
capital
city
of
Budapest.
As
for
the
Hungarian
capital
itself,
Russian
forces
are
inching
forward
towards
the
city,
and
Soviet
artillery
is
battering
the
enemy
fortress
system
in
and
around
the
city.
Tokyo
Is
Bombed
Again
PEAKL
HAUBOK
The
Japanese
capital
has
been
slapped
in
the
face
again.
The
Japanese
radio
admits
that
again
B-29
fortresses
have
attacked
the
city,
but
adds
that
only
four
of
the
huge
planes
were
spotted
overhead.
The
attack
is
said
to
have
been
carried
out
at
3:30
this
morning,
Japanese
time.
A
single
B-29
is
said
to
have
dropped
bombs
about
two-and-one-half
hours
later.
Other
superfortresses
have
been
reported
over
Osaka
and
Kobe
on
the
east
coast
of
Honshu
Isah,
that
is
the
main
island
of
the
Japanese"
homeland.
LABOR
STRIVING
FOR
HIGH
PLACE
IN
POST-WAR
ERA
IN
DOMINION
Compulsory
Collective
Bargaining
Big
Cain
of
1944
in
Trend
Toward
Recognition;
Strikes
Drop
82
Per
Cent
By
JACK
WILLIAMS
(Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer)
OTTAWA,
Dec.
15
(CP)
Organized
labor
in
CASUALTIES
IN
GREECE
TOTAL
460
LONDON.
Dec.
15
0
Addressing
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
Prime
Minister
Churchill
announced
that
British
forces
have
suffered
about
460
casualties
since
the
landing
In
Greece.
Rejected
Ballot
Supported
AH
Nine
Candidates
The
apparent
qverzealousness
of
one
voter
at
Thursday's
elections
caused
a
ripple
of
mirth
among
scrutineers
and
candidates
representatives
assembled
In
the
polling
station
when
the
ballots
were
being
counted
last
night.
The
voter
had
placed
an
'X"
after
the
name
of
each
of
the
nine
candidates
on
the
aldermanic
ballot
slip,
causing
it
to
be
rejected.
"However,
it
was
not
quite
as
foolish
as
it
seemed,"
Return-Officer
H.
D.
Thain
commented
later.
"If
the
voter
had
brought
it
to
me
declaring
it
spoiled
I
would
have
given
him
a
new
bal
lot."
Mr.
Thain
said
that
In
cases
where
a
voter
spoils
a
ballot
it
Is
customary
to
put
a
mark
after
all
the
names
so
his
voting
In
tentions
will
not
be
revealed,
then
take
It
to
the
returning
officer
and
get
a
new
one.
"It
could
be
that
he
loved
them
all
and
couldnt
bear
to
vote
against
any
of
them,"
Mr.
Thain
commented.
"But
in
doing
so
he
didn't,
vote?
for
any
of
SON
WITNESSED
MOTHER'S
DEATH
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
15
0
An
inquest
Into
the
death
Wednesday
night
of
a
man
and
a
wo
man
at
Yale,
described
by
police
as
murder
and
suicide,
was
ad-jurned
until
Saturday
after
It
was
learned
that
the
woman's
13-year-old
son
had
witnessed
'
the
shooting.
The
bodies
of
Mrs.
Margaret
Leighton
and
Clarence
Kokul-
nlak,
both
middle
aged,
were
found
ln
the
woman's
home,
and
police
believe
the
man
shot
the
woman
to
death,
then
ended
his
own
life
by
suicide.
The
woman's
son,
Francis
Leighton,
witnessed
the
shoot
ing,
police
said.
Her
husband
also
lives
at
Yale.
Police
declined
on
the
motive.
to
comment
SHIPS
.
IN
TROUBLE
VANCOUVER
Weather
experts
fail
to
see
any
week-end
lifting
of
dense
fog
which
is
blanketing
the
city
for
the
fifth
successive
day.
The
steamer
Lady
Cynthia
was
towed
back
to
port
after
grounding
near
Pender
Harbor.
The
Lady
Cecilia
rammed
the
fish
packer
Great
Northern
outside
the
harbor,
A
small
United
States
freighter
1
s
ashore
under
Lions'
Gate
Bridge.
Government
lnExile
Repudiated
By
Churchill
Uritish
Prime
Minister
Calls
For
Early
Conference
With
United
States
and
Russia
Sees
Hardest
Phase
of
European
War
Coming
Up
LONDON,
Dec.
15
(CP)
During
a
debate
on
the
Polish
situation
in
the
British
House
of
Commons
this
morning,
Prime
Minister
Churchill
appealed
directly
to
President
Roosevelt
and
Premier
Stalin
to
come
to
Britain
for
a
meeting
at
the
earliest
j
pQj.gjbig
moment.
In
G
reece
Greek
Rebel
Drive
Halts
However,
British
Authorities
Have
Said
That
Most
'
Setious
Phase
Is
Over
ATHENS,
Dec.
15
(CP)
Civil
war
in
Greece
continues
today,
and
Premier
George
Papandreaou
has
issued
a
call
for
more
volunteers
for
the
regular
Greek
army.
The
drive
of
leftist
rebels
in
Greece
appeared
yesterday
to
have
halted.
British
leaders
said
that
the
most
dangerous
phase
of
the
twelve-day
turmoil
has
apparently
passed.
Heavy
filing
which
shook
Athens
earlier
this
week
had
given
way
to
sporadic
machine
gun
bursts.
However,
civilians
are
still
banned
from
the
streets.
British
defensive
positions
with
artillery
and
rifle
fire
today.
Unofficial
reports
persisted
that
word
was
awaited
from
King
George
of
Greece
on
a
proposal
that
the
Archbishop
of
Athens
become
temporary
regent.
The
Archbishop
is
believed
ready
to
attempt
the
formation
of
a
.government
acceptable
to
all
parties
pending
a
plebiscite
to
decide
whether
Greece
is
to
remain
a
monarchy
or
become
a
republic,
In
Athens
there
was
no
indication
that
the
King
would
agree
to
the
plan.
The
King
is
in
London.
As
the
situation
now
stands,
the
British
and
Greek
regulars
hold
approximately
five
square
miles
in
the
centre
of
the
Greek
capital
and
about
twenty-five
per
cent
of
Athens'
port
facilities.
Rumor
has
it,
meantime,
that
a
new
government
may
be
formed
by
General
Nicholas
Plastiras,
who
led
the
Greek
Revolution
in
1922.
The
General
conferred
for
two
hours
yesterday
with
the
Premier.
Earlier
ln
his
address,
the
Prime
Minister
virtually
tossed
overboard
the
London
Polish
government
and
demanded
bluntly
that
Poland
accept
Russia's
western
border
demands
ln
return
for
territorial
compensation
at
Germany's
expense.
His
words
apparently
were
a
stern
rejection
of
the
present
cabinet
of
the
Polish
government
ln
London.
Mr.
Churchill,
who
sided
with
Russia
in
the
Polish
dispute,
and
criticized
American
failure
to
be
precise,
referred
to
conditions
if
the
great
powers
disagree.
He
mentioned
"how
much
failure
on
the
part
of
the
three
greatest
powers
to
work
together
would
damage
all
our
hopes
for
the
future
structure
of
world
government."
A
quarrel
amons
these
powers
would
fatally
rupture
world
organization.
"As
for
the
battle
with
Germany,
Mr.
Churchill
warned
quite
bluntly
that
"the
largest
and
fiercest
battles
fought
in
this
war"
will
occupy
the
spring
and
summer
and
he
reported
six
to
seven
million
Germans
had
already
been
killed.
DIFFERENCE
OVER
GREECE
SESfflSOTNKS
-CITY
MAY
REMAIN
MILITARY
PORT
forts
to
Solidify
the
position
Of
its
Unions
and
the
Address
of
Outstanding
formulation
of
post-war
programs,
moved
to
con-
interest
at
Rotary
ciui
solidate
its
wartime
gain
Throughout
the
movement
there
became
apparent
a
determination
to
gain
for
labor
a
more
important
place
in
the
Canadian
structure
than
It
held
before
the
war.
In
this
effort
the
unions
kept
prominently
before
them
an
invitation
from
Reconstruction
Minister
Howe,
extended
at
the
annual
convention
of
the
Trades
take
sole
control.
The
previous
and
Labor
Congress,
for
labor
I
.
1-
t
l...'U
1
...HU
and
nA
board
was
asked
to
resign
by
the
then
newly-elected
pre
mier.
to
share
with
government
management
the
responsibility
of
meeting
post-war
problems,
Some
of
labor's
wartime
gains
'
War
Experiences
Moderate
oDtlmlsm
for
the
received
formal
recognition
dur-1
future
of
Prince
Rupert
as
a
ing
the
year.,
The
federal
labor
j
military
port
of
embarkation
code,
which
introduces
compul-1
was
expressed
by
vol.
J.
a.
sory
collective
bargaining,
be-Melloin-
AUled
Command-came
effective
early
in
the
year.'"-
who
,was
ufst
sPfake5
at
While
this
Is
a
purely,
wartime
I
the
weekly
Rotary
luncheon
measure,
action
by
a
majority
of
,
meeting
Thursday,
the
provinces
ln
making
It
appli-
L
1
d
not
know,
plan?
bmi
made
this
r
port
cable
to
all
occupations
under
been'
t
It
seems
unlikely
to
me
that
their
Jurisdiction
has
taken
I
lts
facl
lUes
will
be
crippled
by
by
labor
as
an
indication
the
principles
of
the
code
will
out
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on
Page
3)
removal
of
the
staff
during
the
war.
As
a
transportation
officer
I
had
an
Interest
in
the
Inception
MUCH
SHIPPING
IS
SALVAGED
LONDON,
Dec.
15
B
Officials
disclosed
yesterday
that
2,500,000
tons
of
merchant
shipping,
all
vessels
sunk
by
Germans,
are
operating
again
after
Dritlsh
of
Prince
Rupert
as
a
military
port.
It
was
chosen
because
it
;
was
the
coast
terminus
of
a
railway
line.
Railway
transport
through
the
mountains
Is
a
major
bottleneck
on
this
on-tlnent."
(Jol.
Mellom
assumed
command
here
a
month
ago.
He
was
formerly
port
commander
at
San
Francisco
which
he
described
as
the
main
military
port
of
embarkation
on
the
Pacific
coast.
t
The
veteran
soldier,
who
dur
ing
his
43
years
ln
the
army
has
risen
from
a
cavalry
troop
er
to
Colonel
in
the
Water
Div
Labor-Progressive
and
Social
Credit
Views
On
Matter
in
Direct
Variance
MONTREAL.
Dec.
15
ffi
The
Labor
-
Progressive
member
of
Parliament
for
Montreal-Cartlcr;
Fred
Rose,
believes
the
Canadian
government's
duty
is
to
tell
the
British
government
that
Canadians
will
not
tolerate
British
actions
In
Greece
or
condone
Canadian
participation
in
them.
Addressing
a
.Labor
Progressive
meeting
in
Mon
treal,
Mr.
Rose
said
that
a
free
election
should
be
held
without
delay
in
Greece
in
order
to
avoid
bitterness
in
the
future.
Mr.
Rose
declared
that
the
Greeks
now
are
subjected
to
Imperialism
and
that
the
imposition
of
British
will
on
Greece
is
not
"in
the
spirit
of
what
we
are
fighting
for."
The
stand
taxen
by
Mr.
Rose
is
very
different
to
that,
tot
Solon
E.
Low,
president
of
the
Social
Credit
Association
of
Canada.
Mr.
Low
said
yesterday
he
supports
Prime
Minister
Churchill's
policy
of
intervening
in
Greece
against
forces
endeavoring
to
unseat
the
government
of
Premier
George
A
Peace
River
district
airman
previously
reported
missing,
is
now
for
official
purposes
presumed
dead,
according
to
a
late
R.C.A.F.
casualty
list.
He
Is
Pilot
Officer
Francis
Robert
salvors
lifted
them
from
the
symons,
.whose
father,.
R.
D.
bottom
of
the
sea.
Symons,
lives
at
Fort
St.
John.
lslon
of
the
Transportation
Corps,
said
that
there
was
a
possibility
that
Atlantic
port3
may
be
used
to
supply
the
Pa
cific
arena
at
the
close
of
hos
tilities
with
Germany
but
he
thought.it
unlikely
that
facilities
here
would
be
abandoned.
The
frantic
movement
of
ships
required
to
rehabilitate
devastated
defences
at
Pearl
Harbor
after
the
start
of
the
war
with
Japan
was
outlined
by
the
speaker.
'
"We
loaded
ships
with
mixed
cargoes
of
munitions,
gasoline,
and
troops
at
city
docks
and
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on
Page
5)
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