K
line
detector.
ittack
Iristol
ikrs
II
Heaviest
two
Yrari
on
Ureal
23
The
;e
of
it
heav-scars
on
Drtt-
iicntrated
w
where
cai-:c
wrre
heavy
d
,ie
town
as
thu
was
not
ii
mcd
here.
Knari
HIP
O
I
11
i'
'ing
tq
be
1
ig
as
far
mcuf
in
War-rca
of
Prince
t
A
letter
i:
Nairn.
Van-,
formed
the
iay
night
that
1
made
to
secure
c:
crushed
rock
ti
::
on
Seventh
Av-
s
Cove
Avenue
but
v
T.-.lble
to
obtain
t
exec
sive
cost
so
dr
ided
to
take
up
d
!:r-re
and
re-lay
fe
it
was
a
ease
kh
;r
plank
road
cr
i
r
more
un-
d
upon.
AW.
I
w
lit
as
plank
j
1-3
a'
ail.
vr.
de
Udcd
to
rc-
Itcr
j
"he
board
of
usgcstlon
that
tth3
gli::
r
would
exer-
lupcrvialon
over
the
'
UP
RMan.
March
29
two
months
of
Uie
Trans-Canada
Air
22,795
passengers,
as
of
mall
and
155,-
pt
express,
it
was
pterday
by
W.
F.
Binnt
vice-president.
of
pa-ssenecrs
ln-
p30
over
the
same
pr
mall
volume
by
fs
and
cxnrM
hu
Housing
Iping
to
idewalks
J'lng,
throuih
its
cCarter
h
Nairn
of
s
advised
the
city
Ht
cannot
eontrl.
Fstructlan
of
clHit-
fh
Ave
and,
Hays
i
1
00m
of
which
trial
hnn,i.
1
I
-"'tur
uas
Temperature
Local
Tides
Thursday,
March
30
High
5:20
18.6
feet
50
18:35
16.1
feet
30
Low
12:05
5.5
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
I1RITISH
COLUMBIAN
NBWSPAI'Kff
ll
pNo.
75
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
29,
1914
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
'
Red
Army
Drives
On
Odessa
Bn.Oiallense
MARK
LAND
MINES-
-Spr.
O.
C
Bullock,
Klngi-
tce-
a
Hot
Cross
Dun"
to
mark
the
spot
where
Spr.
Turonto,
Out,
Indicates
a
mine
The
instrument
BOMBS
FOR
i
LUFTWAFFE
LONDON
March
20
0
Ameil-an
bombrrs
hit
central
Germany
today
and
other
Allied
bombers
pounded
the
Pas
de
Calais
coast
area
of
France
in
a
campaign
described
officially
as
"aimed
primarily
against
the
Luftwaffe
on
the
ground
and
in
the
air
-Yesterday
American
bombers
wete
claimed
to
have
destroyed
300
G
pi
man
plane
In
the
air
and
on
the
ground.
TRIAL
IS
ADJOURNED
Preliminary
Hearing
of
Indian,
Charged
With
Mutdrrlng
Trappers
at
Unlay
Forks,
eferred.
PRINCE
OEOROE,
March
29
0
Preliminary
hearing
of
Alex
Prince.
Fort
St.
James
Indian,
on
charges
of
murdering
two
I
trappers
in
the
country
north
of
here,
was
adjourned
Tuesday
for
eight
days
pending
appointment
of
counsel.
Prince
is
aceaed
of
murdering
Eugene
Messmer
and
Hans
Pfeuffer.
Flnlay
Forks
trappers.
Headway
of
One
Column
'
But
Otherwise
Japanese
Are
Itring
Held
Rack
In
the
Indian
Campaign
NFW
DEUII.
March
20
One
Japanese
column
has
advanced
to
within
twelve
miles
of
Impahl
capital
of
Marlpur
Province
In
India,
but
It
Is
the
only
one
that
has
made
any
progress.
Fierce
battling
continues
in
all
sectors
of
the
4iew
front
In
India.
LONDON
O)
Tlic
Common
Wealth
party,
whose
first,
two
nnhllrfttlons
Common
Wealth
Journal
and
Town
and
Country
Review
wcrp
suprc;cd
by
tho
Sunnlv
Ministry
for
lnfrlnge-
Imcnt
of
paper
regulations,
has
come
out
with
a
new
mommy
Journal.
Common
Wealth
Re
view.
Red
Cross
Donations
Prev'ly
acknowledged
$18,069.05
Commodore
Cafe
.
25.00
Kcllcy
Logging
Co.
Ltd.
employees
140.00
Inverness
canvass,
total
114.50
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Walter
Jh-
son
son
iu.uu
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
L.
Forrester
in'nn
F.
Pheascy
Mr.
and
Mrs.
N.
Taylor
nn
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
C.
McLachlan
5.00
P.
II.
King
lO.pO
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
L.
Musgrnvo
5
00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Dudoward
5.00
Ralnh
nrcen.
Seal
Cove
5.00
Total
to
date
$18,95155
DEMANDS
CONFIDENCE
laken
Up
Pilme
Minltcr
Churchill
Not
Accepting;
I'arliamtnl
Reverse
on
.Minor
Issue
N.
March
2)
9
-?
inn
M
'
Winston
Churchill
!--day
t
i
itc
up
a
ehalltnte
noted
j
a
-ii
-vote
Celt,
of
3-j.cn
r
i
cy
yesterday
and
de-;muadcd
a
vole
of
confidence
it.
the
government.
It
was
last
night
that
Mr.
Churchill
government
tutferc
IU
first
defeat
in
the
Hoiue
of
Common
since
Ita
fcrmattor.
:
but.,
since
the
Issue
was
not
pressed
as
a
vote
01
government
In
the
government.
It
did
not
re-
quire
resignation.
The
defeat
of
the
admimst
ation
was
receive
WI1T1J
It
UUgllfc
III
ICJL-V
till
11
au
aui-
endment
to
the
Education
SeE?
to
provide
an
equa.
pay
sea
men
ana
women
teacners.
11
caused
a
sensation
at
Wcs:
-
minster.
Prime
Minister
Churehlll
chow
to
make
a
major
issue
of
thi
rivpriu
anrf
annonncod
to-
day
that
he
would
demand
a
vote
of
confidence
at
the
next
session
of
the
House
probably
tomorrow.
If
there
was
a
defeat
.
on
this
confidence
motion,
he
j
and
his
government
would
re-
sign
ana
mere
wouia
dc
vnc
,
"usual
constitutional
conse
quences.
oucn
a
reverse
on
an
"important
detair
of
the
Education
Dill
could
not
be
"laughed
off."
Women,
Scientists
Aloft
With
R.A.F.
i'otm
One-slxth
of
Urge
Itody
of
Research
(iroup
IjflMDOV
Marrh
M
Wo-
men
worker,
form
one-sixth
of
.
the
large
body
of
scientists
I
which
Is
the
roseawh
group
at-
tached
to
bomber,
fighter
and
coastal
commands
of
the
R.A.F.
as
well
as
to
the
Admiralty
and
the
War
Office.
Their
work
Includes
tests,
observation
and
roscirch
problems
connected
with
tanks,
luns,
aircraft,
explosives,
radio
and
radio-location.
If
the
problems
they
are
tackling
can
be
solved
only
by
flying
In
operational
aircraft,
then
they
ate
taken
on
flights.
Women
have
accompanied
bomber
and
coastal
reconnaissance
craft
to
study
the
operation
of
radio
Installations
for
the
detection
of
u-boats
as
well
as
to
make
ballistic
tests.
,
Women
physicists
are
on
duty
during
air
raids
over
London
to
observe
the
workings
of
ack-ack
defence
as
well
as
the
properties
of
new
explosives
dropped
on
the
city.
They
also
conduct
examinations
of
both
damaged
Dritish
and
enemy
planes.
Will
Build
Many
Homes
OTTAWA,
March
29
0
rrime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
tabled
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
a
report
recommending
the
construction
of
C08.000
houses
in
Canada
in
the
postwar
period.
PEVENSEY,
England
Old
nut
nuhllf
house
llcpiispon
In
England
Is
93-year-old
Eliza
...
...
1
,
rrin
1
fen,
unn.
vnnr-f1rf
Nra'
Tnn
hnrp
Ilcr
famlly
nas
hcld
the
llccnce
for
100
years
and
lt'8
been
,n
ncr
death
of
her"
husband.
L1ECESTER.
England
O)
Fifty
women
and
girl
hosiery
operatives
went
-?
strike
because
the
management
refused
them
permission
to
take
t'iclr
handbags
Into
the
factory,
2500
RATION
BOOKS
City
Hall
and
Parish
Hall
at
Seal
Cove
Are
Mcccas.
More
than
2500
people
called
at
Prince
Rupert's
two
ration
book
distribution
centres
Tuesday
a
Iter
noon
and
evening
to
pick
up
their
new
No.
4
ration
books,
lhe
city
hall
centre
re
cotderd
the
distribution
of
2106
books
during
both
sessions
and
the
Seal
Cove
centre
at
St.
Peter's
parish
hall
gave
out
4C8.
Yesterdays
total
for
both
centres
was
2574
books.
.
In
the
afternoon
the
city
hall
centre,
whleh
is
in
charge
of
Mrs.
Doris
Teng.
Issued
1716
ra
tion
books
and
in
the
evening
390
books
were
given
out.
The
Seal
Cove
distributing
centre,
under
Mrs.
J.
E.
Boddlc,
ned
350
ration
books
in
the
aIlernoon
m
in
lhc
cvenlng
.
rr,
jflCn
at
ivlSKcl
Exempt
From
t
JnCOmC
rp
1
clX
viiawa,
warcn
za
cana-
aians
wno
served
at
KJSKa
in
ine
Aleutians
win
not
dc
name
Ior
income
tax.
it
was
an
-
nounced
yesterday
XJJ.ane
lVi'jn
i
no
II
IcliS
ITldll
LUIIL
1
n
IOaSiai
I
OSlS
LONDON.
March
23
O
-Haidy
Dritish
Wrens
man
storm-swept
emergency
landing
Held
around
the
coastline
of
DrMaln.
These
tiny
green
patches
in
Uolated
t4htrietstte-lo6k11ke
hearer.
t'j
Allied
bomber
pilots
driven
off
their
courses
after
a
raid
on
Germany.
About
two
dozen
irirU
of
the
Fleet
Air
Aim
usually
live
In
bleak
wooden
huts
on
these
fields.
Most
ol
their
work
is
secret.
8ome
of
them
do
the
"plotting
work
that
enables
TcrewT'to
tote
b
anes
and
shins
In
dUtress.
'
when
there
is
flying
In
the
7,
rrirm,i
I
lal"
connections
are
made
by
.h.
h
district
the
girls
must
always
be,"
others
the
original
,
applicant
..
h.
be
ready
at
their
posts
in
a
crash-tender
which
puts
out
to
find
a
plane
that
has
been
forced
down.
One
girl
of
this
crew
al-1
ways
weais
an
asbestos
suit,
in
preparation
for
any
needed
fire
fighting.
There's
always
a
Wren
on
duty
in
a
spotting
chair
checking
all
aircraft
that
pass
.
th
J
Victoria
Cross
Winner
is
Home
MONTREAL,
Murcn
29
0
'
Ution
period.
Major
Paul
Triquet.
Victoria'
The
reommehdatlon
was
ad-Cioss
winner,
arrived
at
Dorval
opted
with
Aid.
Hills
and
Aid.
Airport
today
after
a
non-stop
O.
W.
Rudderham
dissenting.
flight
from
Scotland.
PATTENS
QUICKLY
A
youni
blue
v.aale
puts
on
weight
at
the
average
of
220
pounds
a
day
Afl
CANADIAN
BLUENOSE
IN
BATTLE
TRAINING
near
Ortona,
Italy,
sirore.-
a
direct
hit
on
the
heavily
armored
turret
of
a
captured
Germ
n
Mark
IV
tank
Had
thb
been
the
real
thing,
J
the
PIAT
shell,
fireo
from
the
j
the
turret
and
killed
those
Inside.
ISSUED
TUESDAY
$
House
Burns-t;
Six
Perish
.
1
.
v"
,
KIRKLANU
LAKE.
On..
4;--ivirch
23
O'
Six
persons,
4jj
five
children
and
a
woman
Hjnf
71
years,
died
last
night
Win
a
fire
which
swept
the
4
rm.?
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
JJutijr
in
Kirkland
Lake.
Pour
others
escaped,
three
of
them
now
In
hospital.
U
m
YEAR
FpR
C.N.R.
1
Aftther
Fharp
Inrrease
Record-
I
;l
Over
Heroru-tUeakiug
Fig-
ir-
01"
1913
k.
:
..
Miic-.
u
f
Can-
n
1
'tiona;
Railways
oper-
sns
io
far
In
1941
have
reeord-
a
sharp
increase
over
record-
bfa
king
1043
figures.
R.
C.
xn.
president
of
the
rail-
said
Tuesday
in
p:ecnting
u
w
annual
upon
10
me
'
raiway
commiuw
oi
me
iiouse
oBjCommooi
jlross
revenues
for
1944
were
9QI00.0OQ
over
the
corresponding:
period
of
1913.
Recommendation
On
Waterfront
Water
Hook-up
V
-
.-
.
The
recommendation
01
a
special
committee
of
the
city
council
on
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Co-operative
water
connection
on
tne
waterlront
was
tnat
the
cost
of
the
installation
be
borne
by
the
appli
cants
and
the
work
be
done
under
I
that
heancil
?
'
cTtfiLS
maintenance,
that
Uie
city
insta
im
nyoran
.
w
?f
pessary
reimbursed
proportionately
and
that
In
future
all
such
applica
tions
for
water
extensions
from
imains
to
utlli'
lies
committee.
During
discussion,
the
view
was
V,,
K1
on
o
"H
""
"
"
Pl'nal
froi
,
fleet
would
benefit
m
from
the
wuter
that
would
be
made
avail-
tshln
tr
tho
ncur
Prwiivratlvi
premises.
Aid.
George
Hills
Inquired
if
It
was
to
be
the
city
policy
not
to
assist
industry
by
concessions,
particularly
in
the
war
rehablll-
FIRST
COMEDY
The
first
comedy
was
pei-formcfl
in
Athens
agout
550
D.
C
on
a
movable
scaffold.
fox
hole,
would
have
penetrated
Bulletins
JAP
MILITARY
SHAKE-UP
TOKYO
Four
top
Japanese
generals
are
involved
in
another
shake-up
of
the
Japanese
high
command.
BOMBS
ON
NEW
GUINEA
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
Allied
bombers
raked
-New
Guinea
coast,
including:
Wewak
and
Hansa
Itay,
yesterday
with
158
tons
of
missiles
in
the
twelfth
straight
day
of
attack.
HEAVY
NAZI
LOSSES
LONDON
General
James
Doolittle
said
yesterday
that
2100
German
planes
have
been
destroyed
since
February
and
Allied
planes
have
dropped
20,000
tons
of
bombs
on
targets
in
Germany
and
11,-000
tons
in
occupied
coun-tiies.
EASTER
HOLIDAYS
VICTORIA
Either
Good
Friday,
or
Easter
Monday
may
be
observed
as
a
holiday
under
the
Factory
Act.
For
the
civil
service
there
will
be
full
holidays
on
Friday
and
Monday
and
three
hours'
work
on
Satuiday.
SUICIDES
IN
HUNGARY
BUDAPEST
There
are
hundreds
of
suicides
in
this
capital
of
Hungary,
apparently
in
nervousness
over
the
military
outlook.
EDEN
DENIES
DICTATION
LONDON
Foielgn
Secre
tary
Anthony
Eden
was
cheer-;ed
in
JheHouse
of
Commons
today
hen"he
decIareS'thaif
'
Great
Britain
was
not
being
dictated
to
by
the
United
States
but
that
the
two
nations
were
"working
together
in
absolute
co-operation."
Confusion
Over
Leaving
Train
Elderly
and
111
Woman
Had
Un
pleasant
Experience
at
Has-elton.
SOUTH
HAZELTON,
March
29
j
Much
conflict
Is
constantly
1
occurrlng
in
regard
to
the
point
!
of
debarkation
of
passengers
1
bound
for
Hazelton.
During
the1
past
week
two
passengers
suf-
j
fered
great
Inconvenience
by
I
being
put
off
the
passenger;
trains
at
Hazelton
station
which
necessitates
a
ten-mile
trip
by
road
around
by
New
Hazelton
as
the
bridge
between
Hazelton
station
and
the
town
has
been
out
for
years.
'
.
One,
an
elderly
woman
In
In-
"1051
Vlrkcf-
I
Incnnitai'V
stant
need
of
medical
attention,
Ulttdlllldry
disembarked
from
the
train
at
5
o'clock
on
a
cold
morning
f
The
Valhalla
Lodge,
on
appll-find
a
tireless
station.
Fortu-,
cation
of
Its
president,
C.
H.
In
nately
Scotty
McRae
came
to
sulander.
was
granted
permls-thc
rescue
and
rushed
her
to
sion
by
the
city
council
Monday
the
hospital.
A
bus
service
meets
all
trains
at
New
Hazelton
and
passengers
bound
for
Hazelton
should
leave
the
train
at
that
point.
Trail
Wins
Over
Regina
REOINA.
March
29
Q
Trail
defeated
Rcglna
seven
to
two
last
night
In
the
Memorial
Cup
Junior
hockey
playdowns.
Regina
now
leads
two
wins
to
one
in
the
best
of
seven
series.
LONDON
Oi
Mrs.
K.
Somer-vllle
Is
said
to
be
London's
champion
house-to-house
collector
for
the
Red
Cross
penny-a-weck
fund.
In
two
years,
Mrs.
Somervllle
has
collected
the
qulvalent
of
$15,000.
GLASOOW
O1
One
of
the
orlalnal
Savoyards,
Dunward
Lcly.
died
here
recently,
aged
93.
He
was
the
original
duke
In
"Patience"
at
the
Opera
jComlque
In
1884.
A
German
Armies
holding
Up
in
Western
Europe
Soviet
Forces
Sweeping
Through
Poland
and
mania
to
Objectives
of
Utmost
Importance.
LONDON,
March
29
(CP)
The
Ukrainian
Army,
pushing
across
the
steppes
from
captured
Ni'
i.ev
toward
Odessa
on
the
Black
Sea,
has
now
snu
;;
ed
through
the
crumbling
secondary
defences
of
'rssa,
only
60
miles
away.
Capture
of
Nikolaev,
former
Soviet
Black'Sea
fleet
base,
took
place
yes
GREATER
DANGER
Air
Raids
Is
On
Coast
May
Come
Therefore
Fire
Fighters
Are
to
I
bje
Trained
and
Equipped.
VANCOUVER,
March
23
(CP)
W.j
C.
Mainwaring,
chairman
of
the
provincial
advisory
council
of
the
British
Columbia
Protection
Committee,
said
Tuesday
night
that
Allied
offensive
in
the
Pacific
has
increased
the
danger
of
Japanese
nuisance
raids
on
the
Pacific
Coast.
Preparations
are
under
way,
Mr.
Mainwaring
said,
to
train
and
equip
fighters
to
1
combat
a
large
number
of
in
cendiary
Ilres
of
enemy
origin.
I
WITHDRAWAL
AT
CASSINO
Indian
and
New
Zealand
Troops
Pulled
Out
of
Hill
Positions
NAPLES.
March
29
to
Indian
Gurkha
troops
Just
below
Mon-astry
Hill
peak
overlooking
Cas-slno
have
been
withdrawn.
The
Indian
troops
had
occupied
the
positions
two
weeks
befoie
the
withdrawal
and
could
be
sun-
pned
oniy
by
air.
Withdrawal
of
New
Zealand
troops
from
a
posl-
tion
on
the
hill
Is
also
disclosed,
Meanwhile
Allied
bombers
have
cut
all
rail
lines
from
northern
Italy
to
the
German
front
line
area.
Defective
Septic
Tanks
Make
Area
!
night
to
lnstal
a
septic
tank
in
connection
with
Its
hall
at
the
.
"
Junction
of
Eighth
and
Ninth
Avenues.
The
installation
will
be
rnrrlori
nut
nnrffr
ho
sutwrvl
-
1
slon
of
the
city
engineer.
Aid.
Rudderham
felt
that
this
was
one
area
of
the
own
that
was
badly
in
need
of
a
sewer
line.
It
was
thickly
populated
and
there
were
many
septic
tanks,
number
of
which
were
unsatisfactory
making
lt
one
of
the
most
unsanitary
parts
of
the
town.
Stephen
Leacock
Dies
in
Toronto
TORONTO,
March
29
&
Stephen
Leacock,
aged
74,
eminent
Canadian
economist
and
humorist,
died
In
hospital
here
Tuesday
night
after
several
weeks
of
illness.
ANTS
EAT
POLES
Metal
telephone
poles
are
used
In
South
Africa
because
the
white
ants
eal
wooden
ones.
pa
1
Ru-
terday.
The
Russians
are
advancing
upon
Odessa
along
a
175-mlle
front.
To
the
west
In
Bessarabia
the
Ukrainian
Army
within
eight
miles
of
the
Odessa
-
Tiraspol-Isal
railroad,
principal
escape
artery
from
the
port.
Meanwhile
Russian
forces
to
the
northwest
are
reported
within
40
miles
of
the
SzechSlova-kian
frontier.
In
Rumania
the
Russians
are
assaulting
'the
key
rail
city
of
Isai.
In
Drewar
Poland
the
Red
Army
also
continues
its
relentless
drive.
The
position
of
100,000
German
troops
in
the
Ukrainian
pocket
is
steadily
deteriorating.
DOMESTIC
TRAGEDY
Washington
Farmer
Killed
Fam-
ily
and
Self
After
Classed
AL
fJtkSraDE,
Wash
March
0
A
33
year
old
farmer
shot
and
killed
his
wife
and
four
children
and
then
killed
him
self
last
night
when
apparently
maddened
by
being
classed
Al
in
the
draft
The
farmer
was
Bernard
Arends
his
wife
Magdalene-was
30
years
of
age
and
the
dead
children
were
aged
six,
four,
two
and
six
weeks.
Stanley
Cup
Puck
Series
Montreal
and
Chicago
Now
Each
Need
Only
One
More
Victory,
to
Advance.
TORONTO,
March
29
O)
Montreal
Canadlens
and
Chicago
Black
Hawks
now
lead
the
best
of
seven
game
series
in
the
Stanley
Cup
hockey
semifinals
by
three
wins
to
one
In
each
case.
Montreal
defeated
Toronto
Maple
Leafs
four
to
one
last
night
and
Chicago
won
over
Detroit
seven
to
one.
Power
Charges
Too
High
Here
,
.
,
.
So
Suggests
Prince
Ruper
.Labor
Council
In
Communication
to
City
The
Prince
Rupert
Labor
Council
had
befoie
the
city
council
Monday
night
a
copy,
of
a
letter
It
had
sent
to
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Power
Co.
suggesting
that
the
$5
meter
deposit
imposed
by
the
Northern
British
Columbia
Eower
Co.
was
too
high
and
should
be
reduced
to
$3,
lt
being
also
suggested
that
the
Initial
charge
per
kilowatt
hour
on
electric
light
was
rxcesslve.
As
the
rates
were
cov-
.
cred
by
the
otlglnal
agreement
between
city
and
power
company,
the
council
felt
there
was
little
could
be
done
about
the
matter.
LONDON
0
Group
Capt.
IL
Broadhurst
of
the
R.A.F.
has
become
one
of
the
youngest
air
commodores
at
the
age
of
38.
Destroyer
of
12
enemy
aircraft;,
he
holds
the
D.S.O,
and
Bar,
the
D.F.C.
and
Bar
and
the
A.F.C.