Temperature -rr t nil t'tt ill j j 1 T sr m nNow rlnr I'tntnlt ! far. by 1'nlted SUtr Air 1 1 M( 110 II. Feb. 21 nnnuMi ni r.n irinK rim been comnlet- r ullh th ranfur Mind, Admiral Mmlti announced nltht that the .Miriam isianus, i,-touth of Tokyo and t l I presumably from latk forre tint hit ftk, storm alifax! ""--ry I" inus F V 24 f - Cstrprrdown ied num- i' blown cn Thrun Hi .fax Har- '.famhlp was "r.ite in Beill- Halifax inner 11T nil vv ill 1 1 n I I UWIU Gov't Pav J Tlnn I ncf WUl a... r . erais Are yesDeraie ON, Feb. 21 (CP)Gcrinay has been mak-ontinues to make outriifht bids for nr;rp have fallen bo far short of the Allies' un- il r.nrrpnrlnr Kt.'ind thnr N7i in1 .Inn bora' have been drawn closer tocether bv mutual on as a result. Peace bids have been far 'jjj"t intpnr'- v:j pa: -,cd through Pr.r' Simpson, re- r iay with Indian uva li TVIIIIC lib ;n to a number raUents. then -is Indian Agent's t where he made owed films Urfore leav- return to Col- -i, Hazrlton and Van- ' ' tis rc '.uiar lunch- "3 af the Roatary Club v... ,uuis in uri- nbta be miH J i i 'ty Of thi. r,l-i " awed in a rcsolu "ty of Nanalmo nunsmiiica by n of nriiuh f!AiKi; "tics to thi. oit . -.V VlbV L.UI1 Ilfl I Rupert This was the Act ay the NanMn,n hlch state tv, Present m.m Ration, from thi y Wl f the toW Uax i tax levy Koc.tn ,, more substantial than mere ru- mour but indirect approaches jwith the bulk of Europe still In the clutches of the Nazis have I been with terms still favorable I to Germany's escape from mill- Itary ruin. wivius or (;knf.kals HAS LITTLE SOCIAL LIFE Children and Household Duller Keep Mr. ICodney Y. L Keller Busy at Her Home In Victoria, H.C. Ily C F. Morlarty Canadian Preaa 8UIf Writer VICTORIA. Feb. .24 O Mm. Barbara Allan Keller, wife ot MaJ.-Oen. Rodney F. L. Keller, one of Canada's generals overseas has little time for the war work the would like to do because of the pressure of house hold duties and the need to look after her two children. When queried as to her ac- Uvitle the attractive, slender i brunette laughed and said: i"Come out to my house and m ftplamff. 'Wclorln' revert ttal section, about five miles from Uie business district Mrt Keller rented a furnished house when she arrived here two years ago. "It Is a beautiful spot. he Id. "but somewhat lnconvcnl ent if one hxs to take the chll dren to the doctor. I have two boys and my sister Mrs. Phyllis Clark, wife of a United States Army medical marii has three children. They range from 18 months to 12 years, so you sec I have no time for social Yesterday I took one of the children to be Inoculated against whooping cough. Tomorrow another row for lnnoculation against diphtheria. SERVANTS SCARCE "i started to do a bit of war but cooking, scrub bing floors and washing clothes forced me to give that up. No use trying to get a maid." Rodney Allan Keller is 12 and btovi to Drlvate school. His Kingston, 1016-18 and aaopien the army ns a career. PRACTICAL PLANT The cotton plant survives Is Reduced OTTAWA M, 2 r -The Wartirm Pi.r- and T:a1 Boa.'ri ji.ni urn ni a "tern- pora-y" reduction m Can- ada s butter ration in March by postponing the dates on which two butter ration coupon become valid. IMPORTANCE OF LETTERS By George Flnlay work by helping in the salvage morale for members of the ' Canadian armed service over-! seas letters, pictures and news from the hometown. Don Macdonald, senior supervisor of the R.OA.F. auxiliary (servlccs, home In Winnipeg nf brother. Michael Frederick, ter more than two years in the five, was only 14 months om united Kingdom, listed the when his daddy went overseas. , "morale builders" in an inter- But little Michael seems liKeiy Vicw. to follow hU father's bent, for "Letters come first,- he said, the walk to the house v as bar- "but pictures are sought keenly ricaded with wooden tanks and, by the men, and the hometown-machine guns. Michael's army papcr in a big help." included a pet mongrci uub, i hc dtrceira weirare, enter-the children's pet. Itelnment atrd recreation pro- The former Barbara Allan grams at big air force stations married MaJ.-Oen. Keiter m n England ana Scotland and her home town of Winnipeg 'also visited many Isolated posts while he was stationed mere with the Princess Tatrlcla's Canadian LUht Infantty. Gen. Keller went overseas as brtgaoc major under Gen. O. C. Pearkes. V.C.. wa made lieutenant-colonel In charge of the "Pats" in England and later promoted to brigadier. Born In England 43 years ago, Gen. Keller came to British Columbia with his nnrents at nn earlv RP- He at tended Royal Military College. where "uanacia Nights' were held for the boys from the News of the hometown Is one thing they all want to know. The Canadian Press News pub lished weekly in London for distribution to the nrmcd forces was called "a great morale booster." by Mr. Macdonald. "It got a real welcome at nil drought belter than most plan's .. i in Hrv'llshed In Decausc u stops growiiin r; .....- i,nm n tuBrn masons, resuming growth when n . -n - , ; l-nln. intnrn l'l""v " Local rces t Friday, Feb. 25 m 42 High 2 20 22.7 feet 33 14:23 23.3 feet in 7 (Y Q17..L Low 8:25 3.1 feet 20:48 1.0 feet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL liUITISII COLUMBIA'S No. 48 -A V "a PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY -lttlff A B " PRICE FIVE CENTS ermany i y Uvertures to tnd r Quite Substantial; Mikinq r in:iti: japanlsi: auk riCTLRi.i) in thi: n r.i; or ntisoNEKs captureii nv Chinese, Three bllndlolded Japanese are led to the rear of the Chinese llnPs by Chinese soldiers after their capture n the fighting front in northe Bui:na. wh re .Chmr x troops are fighting the Japs. Note the UJS. combat helmet On some of the Chinese; Asselstlne for PGEE JL iwiKRitrr ltrsir.&j - -4 ...... ...,.,,... i Alben Barkley resigned as Democrat Senate leader today in protest at President Roosevelt's veto oT the tax bill but was immediately Canadian Press Staff Writer day that Finland was ready to ' uithdraw from the war im- WINNIPEG. Feb. 21 The mediately mediately if if Russia Russia offered folks at home should remember ' that there arc three builders of FIRE IN HALIFAX MONTREAL The Knights of Columbus hostel was destroyed by fire early this morning and 150 service men were forced out In night attire. Pl-tCi: FOR FINLAND HELSINKI A llnnish cabinet minister announced to- acceptable peace terms. Otherwise she would fight on. SWEI)l- INSISTS STOCKHOLM Despite official Russian denials, Sweden still sticks to (he opinion .that they were Soviet planes which .dropped ftombs in Stockholm Tuesday night. A nation-wide blarknut has been ordered for tonight. Ot'EEN NEARLY HIT LONDON Oueen Wilhelmln of 'he Netherlands had a nar-rov e'-aoe frem hm'ting when the heuse next door was des-trnverf. Two of her servants lot their lives. AIAKA PLANE CRASH YAKUTAT Diving equipment lias been brought here from Ketchikan to be ued in connection with the search for a transport plane wh'ch crashed and sank last week near here with all fourteen persons on board apparently perished. German General stations." he said, it got fast distribution, even to isolated K 1 Pfl In KniH posts. Published In London each IUV.U " lvttlU Thursday. It was generally! -- - available at all stations by Sat-1 StoKHLM Feb. 2t urday. .General Fritz Kuchn. German He said the men were partlcu- armored forces commander, was larly larly keen kcci on ine pictures puD- Killed during an air raid on The canaaian press Derim February 16. Aftonblad- .a Berlin correspondent ported todav rc- rriWMww lis Bids Movement To Oust Tojo Is : On In Japan Complete Rail Line CHUNGKING-. Feb. 24 C -Shanghai reports that a movement t o overthrow Premier Tojo is spreading throughout Japan" where renditions are "increasingly un-stable." New Parks Board Meets Aid. G. U Ruddeiham is Chairman and W. M. Watts At an organizational meeting of Prince Rupert's new Parks Board last night Alderman" G. W. Ruddcrham was appointed rhalrman and Ex-Mayor W. M. Watts secretary. The attention of the meeting was centred on the preliminary work of making a survey of the city's parks and playgrounds with the Idea of having them extended and developed. William Lamble attended the meeting as representative of the iGyro Club. xtension :Buiter Ration BULLETINS Atlin Member Would Into Prince George Also Believes That Prospectors Should be Given Transportation in Addition to Grubstakes. VICTORIA, Feb. 24 (CP) Extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from Quesnel to Prince George was suggested in the Legislature yesterday by W. J. Asselstine, Liberal coalition member for Atlin, while speaking in the budget debate. Condemning criticism of the road by the C.C.F., Asselstine said the road had been respon- AAllTnAl nr sible for the development of a I I IN I Kill llr targe area of the central interior HEW RRITAIN ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Feb. 24 - Headquarters announced to-riay that all western New Britain . in Allied hands following Junc-:u.es ot American marquees ' from the north and army troops from the south. Around seven .hoosand Japanese were killed ' ,n fighting before the junction. Exclusive Parking Rights for Taxis of British Columbia. I The Atlin members said that prospectors going into this country should be allowed Western Portion of Southwest portation costs in addition to a Pacific Island in Allied Hands ,$00 grubstake. Aussie Beach Wear Hit By Rationing SYDNEY, Australia. Feb. 24 O Australia's sunshine makes beach wear Important, particularly for a woman. Last year a ban was placed on the manufacture of bathing suits to conserve laoor ana materials Aninrl Kir I Mmoll tr,r t-nr nnoHc THREE YEARS IS SENTENCE OF COURT Knife Wounder Sent to tiary by Judge Fbher in County Court Three years in the penitentiary was the sentence meted out bj Judge W. E. Fisher in county Court this morning to William Samuel Cooper, who pleaded g 'luy to wounding Patrick I. ?oi,ti with a knife during a fiacas in the Knox Hotel last November. The 2t- y-ar old American took calmly i sentence which was passed t he end of an hour long cou i ,e&3lon during which defence counsel W. O. Fulton prosecutor T. W. Brown, and Cooper himself addressed the ' Judge. Following his plea, Cooper el ected to stand speedy trial on a second charge arising from the same affair, the wounding of Martin La Belle, hotel proprietor. The date for the second trial was set for May 1, when, it was hoped, the uncertainty of La Belle's physical condition will be resolved. While La Belle is at present able to give testimony, a change in his condition might result in the hying of a more serious charge. La Belle has already had one relapse and U the effects of a wound in his side, it was said. Counsel Asks Leniency Pleading for the accused, W. O.' Fulton asked leniency on the grounds that Cooper had spent three hard months working tinder the most primitive conditions In the Yukon wilderness Counel likened Cooper to a sailor who had come to port after a long difficult cruise during which he had "been through hell." He dwelt on the accused's testimony that he had not used knife at the start ot the fight ; which resulted In the wounding but that he had drawn .the wea pon after the tight was under way. Cooper, the counsel said, claimed that he had returned to lyCIUCU UJT UUIICU ' sunshlnc American, Jurc(l gtrIS on t0 Sydney's i The City council, at iU meetinp honrhes. snme u-nre swim suits i New Blows At London LONDON, Feb. 24 (CP) German raiders attacked London last night, some one hundred planes coming over to dump thousands of incendiaries and high explosive bombs in various parts of the city, causing many fires and quite a number of casualties. There was the first daylight raid warning in seven weeks today after reconnaissance planes flew over London. A Royal Air Force commentator warned that enemy bomber formations had been shifted to France to continue a series of attacks on London. I Overhauling I Of Galloway : Rapids Span still In hospital suffering from ( The Oalloway Rapids bridge Is to be completely renovated with renewal of everything but the truss span. The work will Include complete redecklng, railing and stringer replacement. The work has already been started and will take three months' time. The bridge will be closed for two or three hours each morning and during the noon hour while the work goes on. ui , front today with Allied artillery lu J r. V 4 . E. t 4iT ! preparing for an attack west of Hu0! hUPcJke,t Cisterna and Allied troops re- i wounding was not started at ' that time. The record of a charge laid against Cooper in San Francisco in 1936 of assault with a dan- i hl week, decided to take no from handkerchiefs, scarves.; nrlfUh TxriM action In connection with the re- and rmnants of gaily colored i LONDON. "BJ nuest of local taxi operators for materials. One athletic looking and A?"lc,TnnPi xTlusive parkinc rights at cer- iass made her debut in a suit frosf Jfh tain pointa on the city streets. made (rom a tartan bolero and ,to rf u '"J1 !'v fcnslve American bombers may Aid. J. S. Black did not believe sklrt she had worn when a : that the revenue the citv derived .ww a vnrc h mrt fmm be maKing anomer cieep pine from the taxi operators justified a sui't belonging to her brother, the granting of exclusive park-, position Is Improving be ing ,....!," ngius. nia. nw. uuaciernam iuMriiioiu was causc cgUse factor lactones es are arc now now ner- per- for particular taxi concerns al- to three styles In one-piece "Wwh a general area for taxi woonen sults and six colors. ear parking mlght'be a practlc- nble and reasonable Idea. It was decided on motion of Aid. Ruddcrham and Aid. Arnold to take no action In connection with th,' fxetusive parkin? rights idrsi. VORACIOUS APPETITE A slnale hawk may hundred of mice d lly. devour gerous weapon was admitted by the accused. He had b?en in Lh? American Army at that time and was 16 years old, he said and following a street fight during which he had used a bar ot piece of pipe to defend himself against several assailants, he had been sentenced to one year In military prison. He had escaped from prison and had later been apprehended and served three years and three months at Governor's Island, New York. Cooper said that he went to the Yukon because the army would not accept him, and he thought that it was the only way he could serve his country. In passing sentence Judge Fisher said that the charge could cany a sentence as high as life Imprisonment and that, in giving him three years, he was showing as much leniency as th; circumstance would permit. Sentence was dated from the time of Cooper's arrest last November. KF.KP UP ATTACK BOMBING GERMANY day. Making Another Deep Penetration of Reich Intensive Battles. tratlon Into Germany, hitting aircraft factories In Gotha ball bearing works at Schwelnfurt r. not in favor of exclusive rights roittcd manufacture restricted nd otncr rmm targets ,. to Berlin radio reported exten sive air battles over northwest and central Germany. Several key radio FIGHTING AT ANZIO NAPLES, Feb. 24 W flared again on the Anzlo pulsing enemy attemps to infiltrate the lines south of Car- oceto. Allied bombers penetrated. Austria to the Steyr aircraft as sembly plant and also bombed the Italian coast. Yugoslavia and enemy shipping. In the Stery attack the Allies shot down 33 enemy fighters. RUSSIA RED ATTACK ROLLINGON Fighting Now in Streets of Dno Advance West of Krivol Rog LONDON. Feb. 24 r7 The Russian northern attack rolled on today with fighting in the streets of the rail Junction ot Dno. sixty-four miles east of Pskov, the Immediate objective of the drive. There were other Soviet forces forty-four miles northeast of Pskov and twenty-five miles northwest. Moscow announced that six thousand Germans had been killed in the capture of 180 localities near Krivol Rog, the Ukraine ore centre which was taken by the Russians on Tuesday. Now the Reds have Kherson and Nl- kollev as their next objectives.- Amendments To Franchise A special committee of the local city council consisting ot Aid. O. W. Ruddirham, Aid. N. E. Arnold and Aid. W. H. Brett has been appointed by Mayor II. M Daggett to study possibility ot amendments to the Municipal Act dealing with the. franchise. Certain other cities of the province have been given special rights in connection with fran chise qualifications. Britain's postwar hockey nlans propose modern arenas stations featuring sections where specta- went off the air last night. The tors would sit at tables behind Royal Air Force set sirens wall- glass and enjoy matches while lng over the western Reich. wining and dining.