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the
war
effort
will
1k
the
Aspin,
latest
of
the
10.-
at
the
local
Dry
Dock.
Prince
Rujert
citizens
are
being
Invited
to
be
the
guests
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Diy
Dock
and
Shipyards
and
the
local
War
Finance
Committee
for
the
occasion.
Mrs.
Nell
MacDonald,
wife
of
one
of
the
riggers
who
helped
to
build
the
ship,
has
been
ehosen
as
the
sponsor
The
officiating
clergyman
will
be
Rev.
O.
L
Douglas,
naval
chaplain.
The
ceremonies
will
commence
at
three
o'clock
In
the
afternoon
with
the
naval
band
of
ILMOS.
Chatham
and
the
Drydock
male
choir
In
attendance.
Armed
guards
will
patrol
the
area.
To
gain
admittance
the
general
public
are
requested
to
present
themselves
at
the
gate.
Children
under
fifteen
will
not
be
permitted
entrance
Into
the
yards.
This
Is
the
order
of
the
program:
The
public
will
be
welcomed
by
Bernard
Allen,
general
superintendent
of
the
shipyard,
on
behalf
of
the
Drydock
and
the
War
Finance
Committee.
The
chaplain
will
give
the
Invocation
prayer
followed
by
the
christening
of
the
ship
by
Mr,,
MacDonald
and
the
vessel
will
slide
down
the
'ways,
to
It
slips
Into
the
water
the
band
will
open
with
a
naval
hymn
sung
by
the
choir.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
hymn.
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett,
will
introduce
the
speakers,
CoL
H.
Brlcker
and
Harold
Pon
der.
The
former
recently
return
ed
from
active
service
overseas
Mr.
Ponder
Is
one
of
the
work
men
who
worked
on
the
construction
of
the
8S.
Fort
Aspln.
He
Is
a
veteran
of
the
last
war,
an
olficer
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Machine
Oun
Regiment,
and
lot
his
son,
Bud,
on
active
service,
early
In
this
war.
The
launching
of
the
a
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thn
suae
aown
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wja
n"m
i
local
yards,
is
a
timely
and
appropriate
event
for
the.
openlnc
of
the
Sixth
Victory
Lorn
campaign
In
this
city.
During
the
launching
proceedings
a
silver
salvor
will
be
presented
to
Mrs.
MacDonald
on
behalf
of
the
dry
dock
management
as
a
souvenir
of
the
occasion.
The
rigger's
union
will
present
Mrs.
MacDonald
with
a
wrist
watch.
CANDIDATES
IN
QUEEN
CONTEST
Two
Organizations
Are
Already
Entered
General
Inlerest
In
Carnival
Much
Interest
Is
already
being
shown
In
Civic
Centre
Carnival
Queen
Contest
this
year.
Two
lo-
.and
vantage
points
report
fires
.
t...
i,-Hu'whcn
Incendiaries
commence
to
wu
organizations
imc
picked
candidates
to
enter
tne
contest.
Many
more
locai
UI-loffCPr
dispatches
fire
fighting
ganlzatlons.
both
men's
and
w0
equipment
that
often
arrives
at
men's,
are
taking
an
active
part
lhjj
bulWnB
before
the
pco-liUhe
carnival'
and
tlieresponse
i
.
lnsl(Jc
are
aware
lt
ls
on
.
.it.,-
fnit
wiis
year
is
very
Biummtn
committee
reports.
The
carnival
this
year
Is
to
feature
many
new
attractions
and
ls
going
In
very
strony
lor
games
of
skill
rather
than
those
of
chance.
Arrangements
are
being
made
to
aet
merry-go-round
for
the
children.
Dates
of
the
carnival
have
been
definitely
set
for
July
10-
13
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Keeps
Up
QUEBEC
WINS
SECOND
GAME
Defeated
Tort
Arthur
15
to
1
in
Allan
Cup
Play
Last
Night
QUEBEC.
April
22
-
Quebec
Aces
swamped
Port
Arthur
Shipbuilders
15
to
4
last
night
to
lake
the
lead
two
games
to
nil
to
tar
without
a
defeat
in
the
Allan
Cup
Dominion
hockey
senior
finals.
It
is
a
best
of
fir-
game
series.
Prime
Minister
Going
to
London
OTTAWA.
April
22
-
Prime
MlnUter
William
Lyon
Macken-
zie
King
announced
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
he
would
be
leaving
soon
for
Lon
don
to
attend
a
Prime
Minister's
i
conference.
During
his
absence.
1
Hon.
J
L
Ralston,
minister
of!
national
defence,
will
be
Acting
j
Prima
Mlnlttar
1
NO
MORE
BIG
FIRES
Fire
Service
Girls
Have
Import--nl
Jabs
In
Landn'-Aiitl-Incendiary
Organisation.
By
MAROARET
ECKER
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
LONDON,
AprU
22
0
-
In
spite
of
flaming
Incendiary
bombs
raining
down
on
London,
the
last
few
raids
have
proved
that
Hitler's
Jerries
can't
repeat
the
Orcat
Fire
of
London.
And
it's
a
group
of
women
who.
are
responsible
for
keeping
the
conflagrations
under
control.
About
15
feet
beneath
Thames
level,
with
12
feet
of
solid
concrete
between
them
and
the
world
outside
where
bombs
'crash
and
rocket
guns
frighten,
six
giris
ai
a
control
swiicn
,hn.rH
""u
are
me
nerve
centre
or
the
National
Fire
Service's
new
antl-lncendlary
setup.
handle
more
than
300
calls
an
hour
In
three
hour
shifts
at
a
30
foot
switchboard.
Maps
line
the
walls
of
their
"dungeon,"
and
at
a
glance
the
girls
can
watch
the
path
of
the
raiding
Germans,
can
see
when
and
where
Incendiary
bombs
have
fallen,
where
every
piece
of
Fire
Fighter
Command's
flre-flght-lng
equipment
Is,
and
where
water
mains
and
static
water
tanks
are..
The
efficiency
of
the
whole
setup
depends
on
the
girls
at
the
telephone
switchboards,
wireless
controls
and
teleprinters.
Shortwave
wireless
operators
are
Iherc
Is
case'
telephones
are
knocked
out.
As
soon
as
German
planes
cross
the
coast,
a
purple
light
moving
across
a
huge
map
shows
the
raiders"
route.
Outside,
men
perched
on
towers
.
,ri,j
m
whUe
ft
mobUzlng
f
re.
Local
Officer
Is
Decorated
Capt.
J.
0,
James,
well-known
officer
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Corps
of
Signals
here,
has
been
nwarded
the
Canadian
EilicK
,
onrv
upcuruuuu
"
v,i
-
.....
r.,t
Tr.ma
hcen
with
the
Slgna
Is
Co
rps
since
1023
and
was
cSnSioned
In
1030.
WAR
JAP
CARGO
SHIP
SUNK
ALLIKI)
IIKAIKJUAUTKKS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC
A
heavy
bombrr
sank
a
1,000-ton
Japanese
cargo
ship
west
of
lloltandia,
Dutch
New
Guinea,
while
medium
bombers
continued
pounding
of
nearby
sections
of
the
coast.
INVASION
BEING
REPELLED
KANDY
Japanese
reinforcements,
including
tanks,
are
being
thrown
into
the
invasion
nf
India
but
are
stilt
being
knocked
back
in
hard
fighting
around
Impahl
and
Kohima.
An
Allied
foire
north
of
Impahl
Is
reported
,lo
have
occupied
hill
positions
thirty
miles
from
the
city
Itself
and
is
driving
the
Japanese
steadily
back.
;
WAR
ACTION
IN
POLAND
MOSCOW
The
Itusslans
have
killed
1,500
Nails,
repelling
attacks
southeast
of
Stanislow,
and
have
destroyed
sixty-eight
tanks.
No
mention
is
made
of
the
situation
at
SebastapoL
GERMAN
COMMAND
SHAKEN
UP
STOCKHOLM
Swedish
press
reports
that
the
German
command
on
the
Russian
front
has
been
shaken
up
with
Field
.Marshal
von
Model
replacing
Held
Marshal
Ton
Mannstein
in
command
of
the
Carpathian
sector
and
General
Schoerner
succeeding
von
Kleist.
BOMBING
IN
PACIFIC
WASHINGTON
Allied
bombing
actirity
In
the
Pacific
includes
another
raid
on
Wake
Island,
when
thirty
tons
of
missiles
were
dropped,
and
55
tons
on
RabauL
New
Guinea.
The
Carolines
and
Marshall!
were
also
bombed.
GENERAL
PATTON
IN
BRITAIN
LONDON
The
arrival
In
Britain.
of
General
Georre
Patton
SHIP
BLAST
AT
BERGEN
STOCKHOLM
Two
hundred
are
reported
dead
and
2.000
injured
in
the
explosion
of
a
German
munitions
ship
at
Bergen.
Nonoegran
patriots
are
said
to
have
been
responsible.
Manchester
Gas
Strike
MANCHESTER.
April
22
Soldiers
continue
operation
of
the
Manchester
gas
plan
following
a
strike
of
gas
(
company
employees
which
threatened
to
paralyze
the
city.
Train
Snack
Kyifnc
rlYPfl
1
1
llco
1
lAtu
In
these
days
of
heavy
train
travel
and
crowded
dining
cars,
many
people
prefer
to
"get
by"
on
snacks
purchased
from
the
tiain
vendors.
"Are
the
prices
charged
by
these-
vendors
under
the
celling?"
is
the
question
recently
received
by
the
services
admin
tstratlon
of
the
Wartime
Trices
and
Trade
Board.
The
answer
is
"yes."
The
charges
permitted
nre
set
by
the
regulations
which
became
effective
April
1.
Here
Is
a
partial
list
which
may
come
In
useful
the
next
time
one
takes
a
train
ir-
Sandwiches,
twenty
cents
each;
gum,
six
cents
a
package;
chocolate
bars
and
candy
bars,
nine
cents
each,
two
for
seventeen
or
three
for
a
quarter;
peanuts,
five
and
ten
cents
u
package;
soft
drinks,
ten
ccnt
a
bottle;
tea
and
coffee,
ten
cents;
hot
doss,
ten
cents;
milk,
plain
or
chocolate,
ten
cents
a
sealed
container;
Ice
cream
cones,
five
cents
each;
apples,
five
cents
each
and
oranges,
ten
cents
each.
MANUSCRIPT
WAS
STOLEN
ST.
ALBANS,
England,
QA
18-ycar-old
boy
who
had
been
writing
stories
for
some
years
but
had
not
anyt
accepted
stole
a
manuscript
from
the
publish,
lng
firm
he
worked
with,
chnnzcd
the
tltie
and
submitted
the
story
as
his
own.
He
was
put
on
a
year's
probation.
NEWS
INVASION
IN
WEEK?
MADRID,
April
22
A
.Madrid
newspaper
this
morning
predicted
that
the
Allied
invasion
of
Western
Europe
would
begin
sometime
between
10
o'clock
tonight
and
8
o'clock
on
the
morning
of
April
30.
The
reason
gften
was
that
Allied
offensive
operations
have
always
begun
on
the
first
phase
of
the
new
moon,
and
that
period
is
now
approaching.
Covered
Wagon
Makes
Comeback
ROSEVILLE,
Cal,.
AprU
22
0
Traffic
stopped
in
tribute,
here,
to
the
F.
J.
Bemkas
father,
mother
and
Hyrear
ol(J
BarbaraIn
their
burro-drawn
covered
kamon
which
carried
them
000
miles
in
three
months
from
Las
Vega's.
Nevada,
to
arldley,
California.
Driven
to
the
covered
wagon
by
gasoline
rationing,
the
Bemkas
mounted
their
"California
-or
Bust"
wagon
on
the
wheels
and
frame
of
a
Model
T
Ford
but
the
horsepower
cams
from
ihree
burroi,
Nonsense,
Sugar
and
Jack.
The
whole
outfit
cost
thrm
$110.
"Fuel?"
asks
Bcmka.
"Look
at
all
that
grass
along
the
roadside."
Except
for
one
week
when
they
were
held
up
by
a
storm
iu
the
Mojavc
desert,
the
trek
of
Ihe
1044
pioneers
was
uneventful.
Two
dogs
and
a
cat
rode
Inside
with
the
family
but
a
baby
bu
ro,
Pete,
tagged
along
by
a
tether
attached
to
the
rear
of
the
wagon.
RUM
ACCUMULATES
KINGSTON,
Jamaica
tt
While
Qieat
Britain
ls
short'
of
rum,
bonded
warehouses
In
Jamaica
are
filled
to
overflowing
with
an
accumulation
of
four
years
production.
STRIKES
ARE
WINDING
UP
LONDON,
April
22
8trlklng
London
busmen
have
returned
to
their
Jobs.
The
transportation
workers
agreed
to
go
back
to
work
pending
arbitration
of
the
dispute
which
concerns
a
new
summer
working
schedule,
which,
the
workers
say,
demands
too
much
of
them.
Five
hundred
striking
Man,
Chester
gas
company
employees
returned
to
their
Jobs
today
after
accepting
a
negotiation
proposal
The
strike
was
caused
by
a
wage
dispute.
BIG
FUND
IS
F0RMED
Hyde
Park
Declaration
Arrangements
Ended
Thirty
Billion
Dollars
For
International
Stabilization.
OTTAWA,
April
22
Fi-
nance
Minister
J.
L.
Ilsley
an.
I
nounced
yesterday
that
special
arrangements
under
the
Hyde
Park
declaration
of
1941
were
ended.
Prime
Minister
King
an
nounced
that
financial
experts
of
the
United
Nations,
including
United
States,
Great
Britain
and
on
principles
which
would
govern
the
constitution
and
operation
of
a
thirty
billion
dollar
International
monetary
fund.
Secretary
of
State
McLarty
tabled
the
text
of
a
Joint
statement
of
experts.
Baseball
Scores
National
League
St.
Louis
4,
Chicago
0.
New
York
3,
Brooklyn
2.
Cincinnati
4,
Pittsburgh
2.
Philadelphia
at
Boston,
post
poned.
American
League
Detroit
4,
Cleveland
7.
Chicago
3,
St
Louis
5.
Washington
at
New
York,
postponed.
Boston
at
Philadelphia,
postponed.
American
Association
Columbu
3,
Louisville
5.
Toledo
4,
Indianapolis
3.
St.
Paul
at
Milwaukee,
postponed.
Mlneapolis
at
Kansas
City,
postponed.
Coast
League
Hollywood
10,
Los
Angeles
7.
San
Francisco
8,
Oakland
5.
Seattle
0,
San
Diego
2.
Portland
5-3,
Sacramento
6-0.
(Oame
called
at
six
innings).
International
League
Buffalo
7,
Baltimore
6.
All
other
games
postponed.
MORE
PAY
FOR
TEACHERS
LAOOS,
Nigeria
tt
The
salaries
6f
non-government
certified
teachers
In
Nigeria
will
be
increased
to
bring
them
closer
to
the
scale
paid
to
government
teachers,
whose
salaries
are
sun
-
liar
to
those
of
lower
paid
civil
servants.
Allied
Planes
Pounding
Enemy
Everywhere
in
Nazi-Occupied
Europe
LONDON,
April
22
(CP)
The
Allies'
biggest
aerial
offensive
plunged
into
its
fifth
day
with
waves
of
bombers
and
fighters
winging
across
the
Channel
Saturday
after
a
night
in
which
Mosquitos
struck
Cologne
and
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
sowed
mines
in
enemy
waters
without
loss.
Many
two-ton
,
blockbusters
were
dropped
on
Cologne.
Pilots
reported
one
huge
explosion
during
the
attack.
Meanwhile
heavy
bombers
of
the
Mediterranean
Allied
force
struck
prime
rail
targets
in
Bucharest
ad
Tumu-Severln
at
the
YugoSlav-Rumanlan
border
Friday
and,
with
fighter
escorts,
shot
down
thirty-five
Nazi
planes.
Seventeen
Allied
planes
were
lost.
Both
Bucharest
and
Turnu-Severin
are
important
Junctions
on
the
railway
sup
plying
the
Nazis
In
Rumania
and
southwestern
Russia.
The
great
air
assault
contin
ued
today
with
two
thousand
Allied
bombers
making
a
day
light
bombing
attack
on
the
Important
,.aermau
s
rilfKaj
town
of
Ham,
PIONEER
IS
Henry
RiTett
Passes
Away
This
Afternoon
in
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
Death
removed
another
Prince
Rupert's
esteemed
pioneer
citizens
this
afternoon
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
when
Henry
Rlvett,
444
Eighth
Avenue
East,
passed
away.
He
had
been
in
hospital
for
the
past
three
weeks.
Mr.
Rlvett
was
68
years
of
age
and
was
born
in
England.
He
served
in
the
Boer
War
and
came
to
Canada
from
South
Africa.
He
had
been
in
Prince
Rupert
since
1909.
Deceased
ls
survived
by
his
daughter.
Miss
Evy
Rlvett.
Aid.
Norah
Arnold
ls
a
sister
and
All
Rlvett
ls
a
nephew.
There
are
two
brothers
In
Vancouver
and
one
In
England
where
there
ls
also
a
sister.
Oeneral
sympathy
will
be
extended
to
the
bereaved.
SHELLING
OF
ANZIO
BEACH
NAPLES.
April
22
tt
-Oermans
The
stepped
up
the
shel-
ling
on
the
Anzlo
beachhead
Friday
and
Nazi
planes
raided
the
.harbor
area
1
.
Fresh
water
fish
contain
less
iodine
than
salt
water
fish.
The
Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipyards
and
the
National
War
Finance
Committee
Invite
the
General
Public
To
the
PUBUC
lXOnCHINT,
of
a
10,000-ton
Victory
Ship
Admittance
on
presentation
at
cate.
No
children
15
or
under
permitted
entrance.
ENDING
OF
TIE-UP
IS
S.S.
FORT
A
SPIN
Monday,
April
24,
at
3
p.m.
EXPECTED
VANCOUVER,
April
22
It
is
suggested
that
the
halibut
tie-up
on
the
Pacific
Coast
may
be
settled
as
a
result
of
a
meeting
here
today
of
Canadian
halibut
boat
owners
and
fishermen.
Conciliation
Federal
Government
Officers
There
Seeking
to
Reach
Settlement
of
Ford
Co.
Strike.
WINDSOR,
AprU
22
tt
Fed
eral
government
conciliation
officers
went
into
conference
today
to
seek
a
method
of
settling
the
dispute
at
the
Ford
Motor
of
Canada
plant
which
has
left
,
.
ii
i
a
more
man
rourteen
toousaoa
workers
Idle
since
Thursday.
Picket
lines
are
being
maintained
at
the
gates
by
workers,
most
of
whom
are
members
of
the
Congress
of
Industrial
Organization
Workers.
Perry
Chairman
Of
New
Bureau
VICTORIA,
April
22-tton.
H.
O.
Perry,
minister
of
education,
has
been
appointed
chairman
of
the
bureau
of
post-war
rehabilitation
and
reconstruction,
which
has
Just
been
established
by
order-in-councll,
Premier
John
Hart
announces.
Other
members
of
the
bureau
are
Hon.
Georgs
Pearson,
Hon.
Herbert
Anscomb
and
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson.
HITCHHIKES
TO
RENO
RENO,
Nev.,
tt
Leon
Nafey,
46,'
Bridgeport,
-
Conn.,
window
trimmer,
hitchhiked
3,256
miles
to
Reno
to
obtain
a
divorce.
His
wartime
trek
across
the
continent
took
nine
days.
He
started
with
$5
and
ended
with
33
cents.
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j?
if
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