lcal
Temperature
Local
Tides
Wml
Tuesday,
March
21
45
High
10:5
20.5
feet
to
HVEV
KESI'LTS
!S
w
CUP
I0FFS
re
t
i
W3
discus
rd
this
end
Approved
discussed.
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has
win'-h
gives
,
hiplonhlp
Hockey
lemmenelng
Tuesday
HI
tk
'
20
f
-v
in
the
'
League
arc
'morrow
M:
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and
meeting
at
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o.
Equipment
lospital
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o
'n
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and
il
Hospital
:
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brd
a.
U
ZmM
to
con.
'--3
or
an
oxy.
"""ca
cost
.
.
InH
S'ol
the
instl.
""
Ring
such
"oust
n:K
an
rj.wi.i
.
n
r
m
i
c
oran
had
led
arc
lorn
hut
John
pay
to
in
been
37
y
rive
rci
vciii
vi
ice
Rupert
Children
Getting
Proper
D
Lvvi
Prince
Rupert
NutriL
ifi
Memorial
School
last
ve
L-ont
mifl
Miss
Youni?
In
tho
c.
A
XlHr
O
----
.
Lnf
full
U'flt'l2
BlirVOVf
if
C
-
1
,
I'nncc
uuperi
was
consuicm
i.i
i
.
-1
.
ii
an
c
tnnaieo
scnooi
population
die
urvry
ncort
:1
met
in
PARAMUSHIRU
mem-
'csults
esu
BOMBED
AGAIN
re-
I--:
.:rd
that
only
and
Mrs.
Mllaney
was
appointed
-f
fiJdren
hart
to
Inquire
Into
the
use
and
u
:;i
diet
The
-vaiiabtiuy
of
Canada-Approved
while
the
I
noui
Jn
the
city
and
aUo
to
for
j
r.
icln.
faU,
ward
a
report
on
this
matter
to
was
(?ener-Ml4
Baldwin,
provincial
nutrl-r
:craK
and
vl-
tionlst.
In
95
pcrj
An
appraisal
of
the
local
food
!
supplies
and
prices
wau
rag-deuvrd
from
aMted.
It
was
felt
by
the
com.
definite
need
D,m;
that
hortagej
were
not
education
In
a
alarming
as
generally
a:.d
means
of
thought
and
nutritious
tubiU
'
;rr.at!n
acmM
tut,-
WPr.
ften
aiihi
Ways
and
means
of
increasing
school
children's
consum
ijtlon
of
milk
U
to
be
Investlga
d
by
Mis.
John
Bremncr
and
W
W
C.
O'Neill.
Oreat
satisfaction
was
ex
pressed
at
the
Interest
shown
:
utntlo'nal
'
by
Uie
var,ou
public
-spirited
t
white
flour,
j
organisations
represented
at
th
ML
Coillnson
I
meeting.
iplete
itrol
r.-
ADQ!
ARTERS
IN
lET
PACIFIC
March
j
wruhlp,
Jap-
silr
and
key
to
!
is
Admiralty
Islands.
-i
fcsfurday
headed
tuday
Large
'
r-'.-
a
were
cap-
!"
the
Admlr-''
::
v
been
eap-
i
A.
-
Bulletins
NAZIS
OCCUPY
HUNGARY
j
LONDON
It
a
reported
,
today
that
German
forces
I
wrrc
ocrupjlng
lluncary,
hav
I
ing
already
taken
poclon
of
several
key
points.
ItOVAL
UUlDINO
j
LONDON
King
Trtrr
or
tYugoSUTl.-P20,.and
Trlntess
Alexandra
of
(ireete,
S3,
ete
married
today.
IIKAOS
LAltOIC
IIOAKI)
trTTAtVA
Mr.
JuUlre
Archibald
of
Truro
was
today
ap-M)lntrd
rhalrman
of
the
National
War
labor
Hoard
In
surrcmlon
to
Mr.
Juitlice
C.
P.
McTeague.
(LKMANK
ON
LOOSP.
triTAWA
There
will
be
sn
investlcation
of
leportj
thai
(ierman
war
prisoners
are
ntoTlng
freely
about
the
t)ue
bre
town
of
llutklntham,
vis-Itlnc
brer
parlors
with
thler
guards.
n
u
stoki:
itottiu:!)
MONTIIi:AIIUndlls
visited
a
local
wholesale
fur
house
and
made
their
getaway
with
$8,733
of
furs
including
a
$1,200
mink
coat.
NKW
JAP
OMT.NSIVi:
CALCinTA
The
Japanese
have
stalled
a
new
offensive
In
the
Chlndwln
Valley
of
Iturina,
evidently
aimed
at
the
Indian
stale
of
Mauapur.
PEARL
HARBOR,
March
20
0
Aleutian
-
based
American
planes
hit
Parnmushlru
Island
Saturday
for
the
third
straight
strike
in
three
days
on
Japan's
northern
Kurllc
Islands.
Several
fires
were
started.
All
planes
returned
safely.
COLLABORATOR
IS
EXECUTED
ALOIBltS,
March
30
O
Pierre
Puchcu,
former
Minister
of
the
Interior
of
the
Vichy
government,
was
executed
today
on
treason
charges
of
which
he
was
convicted
a
week
ago
by
a
special
French
military
court.
Puchcu
died
before
a
firing
squad
at
a
ncaiby
military
station.
Sentence
was
imposed
on
Plchcu
as
an
exponent
of
collaboration
with
the
Germans
In
his
capacity
as
Interior
mlnVster.
SKI.KNA
KtVnt
llir.HWW
MASTI
UPlKCr,
Be
r
ed
construction
dllflcult.es
even
greater
than
those
encountered
on
the
famed
Alaska
Highway.
"Some
parts
of
the
road
built
by
the
Engineering
Construction
se;vlce
of
the
TVderal
Department
of
Mlnea
and
Natural
Resources
along
the
Skeena
River
were
among
the
toughest
construction
problems
c
v
e
:
tackled
on
this
contHcnt,"
o.
li.
Archibald.
Held
construction
engineer
In
charge
of
the
project
explained
in
his
office
on
Prince
Rupert's
Third
Avenue.
-
And
we
nad
to
battle
not
only
the
granite
Installations
o.
nature
but
labor
shortages
an
Inadequate
equipment
replace
ments
as
well,"
he
added.
But
citizen
of
the
coast
und
Interior
regions
are
mildly
Jubl-
laxvt
for,
even
thouRh
tlvlllar
use
of
the
road
muit
wait
untl
after
the
war
previously
Isolated
Prince
Rupert
and
Its
envlroni
will
have
at
last
an
automotive
outlet
to
the
rest
of
Canada
and
vlce-vcrsa.
"Local
Interest
In
Uie
pro
Kress
of
tills
rnttd
lias
lirrn
high."
admitted
Mr.
Archl-liald,
a
vclrran
ronUructlon
man,
uho,
a
City
Kntjnrcr
of
Sasknluun,
li
on
loan
to
the
Department
as
field
supervisor
of
the
project.
"There
.Is
no
doubt
that
after
the
war
It
will
mean
a
lot
(o
this
urea
from
(he
standpoint
of
com-merrlal
and
tourist
travel."
ssssssssusssf
m
sssssssssw
t.
,f.rf
i
tmr
a
r'Ti
'
r
SIGNALLERS
PERFORM
HER'
.r
TASKS
IN
iTALY
Where
there
is
fighting
you
will
find
men
of
:he
Itoya.
Canadian
E.c:.ais
In
Italv.
the
sicnaliir
ha
vriitn
r,j
-
-
m
iiv
n
auu
ill.
iuil
rnapK-rs
;nt
mi.
.'.;
n:t..:.
keeping
comm
nnestions
open
m
Kit.
ie.
These
two
rer
nt
pictures
from
Ita
v
hw
two
R.C
the
1fi
Ls
Onr
R
O
Marquis.
MM.
of
Ilaker
Brmk.
N.B.,
over
a
net
one
storey
balcony
in
a
farmhouse
:
,d
by
Canadi
won
his
MAI.
at
CampotMusn.
I?(rh
Ketyiug
..
Vu
-s
rf
iuimr
auriu
uiwKra
om
mis
signau
cituii
Makmc
r
Rapid
City.
Manitoba
Begun
In
the
middle
or
June
1912
to
relieve
the
heartbreaking
transportation
picture
In
northern
British
Columbia
In
the
rinv
c
ritracU)!
Is
not
a
cintinuptis
Vretch
of
road.
The
Job,
Riilr-Irpm
Ottawa
by
J.
M.
Wardlr.
t
director
of
Erwlnorins
Oon-
d
mctlon
Service,
and
T
s.
M!il.
chlnf
engineer,
was
"onriect
two
unfinished
link
;
road
previously
built
almiR
tlie
Skern.i
by
Die
Provincial
D:
i-ortment
of
Public
Works.
Uut
Ihos"
unflnlslird
stte'ehes
wr
c
the
lonfre.H
and
toughrst
in
the
10.1
miles
between
Prince
Ruper-and
Hazolton.
The
wrsteiiy
'eeflon
began
a"
Prutlhrmcne
Lake,
eleven
mil--eat
of
Prince
Rupert.Vunntiu
southeast
to
touch
the
north
bark
of
the
Skeena
at
Tyco,
then
eastward
to
Terrace,
a
total
distance
of
18
miles.
The
.er
ond
section
started
at
Pacific
at
pnng
bitter
and
earth-shak-
men
near
the
front
line.
On
Mai
a
telephone
line
strung
artillery
spotters.
Marquis
munseattoo
in
a
forward
irs
is
Onr.
O.
Andrew
of
One
Of
Toughest
Highway
Construction
Projects
To
inished
By
July
First
PRINCE
RUPERT
WILL
AT
LONG
LAST
HAVE
LurtSehw
ffi
AUTOMOTIVE
OUTLET
TO
REST
OF
CAN-
engineer.
ADA
GREAT
ASSftT
IN
COMMERCIAL
v"11-
s
AMI
TH
I
TIM
(IT
TI
sl.'l.'li
:
WAS
IM.MIACIIL
iuuiiiui
iivnr
riu
(Hy
J.
K.
McLeod)
Unknown
to
most
Canadians,
one
of
the
most
difficult
construction
undertakings
in
wartime
Canada
has
been
under
way
for
the
last
two
years
alone
central
British
Columbia's
turbulent
Skeena
River.
Completion
of
work,
expected
by
July
1,
on
the
Skeena
River
Highway
will
terminate
a
project
which,
in
some
phases,
present-
.
The
length
of
the
newly
con-tructfd
road
is
only
111
miles
yet.
at
the
height
ot
procrej.
u.
construction
companies
ad
two
million
dollars
worth
'
construction
machinery
in
uj
along
It.
And.
according
to
Mi.
Archibald,
keeping
that
two
mUllon
dollars
worth
of
equipment
from
becoming
just
so
mtfch
Idle
junk
for
want
of
spare
parts
was
his
and
the
con-
actors'
biggest
headache.
"If
we
could
have
obtained
epala
and
replacements
for
of
Japan
expansion,
publicity
j
"ur
'
machinery
a
a
promptly
we
,
i
.
.
accompanying
the
work
has
'
;
nave
Jmianeo
ue
joo
in
been
so
meagre
that
it
has
not
l
aH
time
in
one
year
ln-
rxtended
much
beyond
the
s
rf
We
had
aU
the
sound
limit
of
a
pneurwUc
rnc-.
'-W
equipment
we
needed
but
drill
pecking
at
the
rivers
rockv
w0
ouWnot
keep
it
in
ope
a-
walls.
Bjr
u-ay
of
Illustration,
re-
Arluallv
Uie
highway
con-
ordered
six
months
st
acted
by
frderal
Koveinnient
'sgjpnv
noi
arrived
yci.'
The
toughest
spot
on
the
road.
nd
the
part
that
will
be
fln-hed
last.
Is
at
the
western
end
urcm
Prudhomme
Lake
and
Tyec
Here
the
builders
were
faced.
w4lh
putting
a
road
tlmv
nlle
over
a
rock
summit
COO
!eet
abovo
sea
level.
The
Job
Is
iaktied
by
M
Archibald
to
be
'
his
knowledge
without
paral-1-'
on
the
continent.
Already
Contlnurd
on
Page
Two
LODESTARS
TO
FINALS
CALGARY,
"March
20
f
-New
Westminster
Lodestars
defeated
rhe
Edmonton
Victorias
10-0
25
miles
east
of
Terrace,
ami
herc
on
Saturday
night,
thus
followed
the
s.uith
bank
of
the
river
for
13
miles
a
nolnt
op-roslt
(..
va.
Thr
1
iea'n
o:
route
wa-
dctumnvo
through
surveys
directed
by
H.
qualifying
to
meet
Flin
Flon
In
the
next
round
of
the
weitern
senior
hockey
play-offs.
The
""st
New
Westmlnster-Saska-;on
game
will
be
played
at
Saskatoon
Saturday
night.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
CoVuS-.WSf
APER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY
MARCH
20,
19
14
4
4f
i
4'4
Big
Victory
In
Atlantic
K
"iDON.
UhizU
20
In
0'
-rrtr
.t
single
patrol
victrry
of
the
Battle
of
the
?
A
.
..c.
live
British
naval
-.ocps
bagged
at
least
six
Oeiinan
u-boats
within
a
20-day
period
In
the
orth
Atlantic.
H.
M.
S.
Wood-
pecke:
was
torpedoed
and
taken
In
tow,
the
crew
be-
ing
saved.
The
announce-
ment
was
made
Sunday
by
the
Admiralty.
CRERAR
IS
APPOINTED
Succeeds
McNaughton
as
Commander-in-chief
of
Canadian
Army
Overseas
OTTAWA.
March
20
Lieut.
-
4
GeneraWin
O?
'urcretSffSi
been
appointed
commander-in-chief
of
Canadian
Armv
over-
I
seas
in
succession
to
Lieut.
Gen
eral
A.
O.
L.
MdXaughton
who
recently
returned
to
Canada,
ii
va-
announced
today.
Lieut.
General
Kenneth
Stuart
has
been
reJieving
and
will
return
to
his
post
as
chief
of
staff.
Major
General
E.
L.
Burns
of
Quebec
is
p.omotcd
ta
lieutenant
general
and
Brigadier
B.
M.
Hoffmeliter
of
Vancouver
becomes
a
major-general.
Russia
Charges
Spain
Shipping
Goods
to
Reich
MOSCOW.
March
20
P
-Russia
charges
that
Spain
Is
shipping
goods
via
Barcelona
and
through
France
to
Germany.
23:50
j'Lowi
4:43
"
i
J
17:30
20.0
feet
7.7
feet
3.5
feet
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Russians
Well
Into
Rumania;
Also
Sweeping
On
In
Poland
i
Germans
in
Frantic
Retreat;
New
Red
Offensive
is
Brewing;
Odessa
and
Lwow
Next
on
List
LONDON,
March
20
(CP)
The
Russians
pur-sued
the
Germans
into
pre-war
Rumania
today
and
headed
for
the
Danube
estuary
to
block
the
retreat
from
southern
Russia
of
German
formations
falling
back
into
the
Odessa
sector.
.In
Poland
70
miles
north
of
the
important
railway
centre
of
Lwow
the
Russians
captured
Krem-enets,
hill-top
fortress,
among
355
localities
taken
in
the
winter
drive.
The
German-controlled
radio
also
hinted
that
a
new
Russian
northern
offensive
was
brewing.
Thousands
of
Russians
had
smashed
into
prewar
Rumania
on
a
31-mile
front
Sunday,
crossing
the
Dniester
River
and
capturing
40
Bessarabian
villages.
German-Rumanian
divisions
were
so
shattered
that
they
left
bridges
intact
in
their
haste
to
retreat.
In
pre-war
Poland
the
Russians
had
also
advanced
on
Sunday,
capturing
one
village
only
60
miles
from
Lwow
which
is
the
next
great
prize.
Trail
Starts
Junior
Series
rFTOlNAf
March"
2nrIh
th'e
j
first
game
of
the
western
Can-
ada
Junior
hockey
play-offs)
Trail
beat
Regina
3-1
here
on)
Saturday
night.
-
HUNS
STIFF
AT
CAS5IN0
Allies
By-pass
Town
to
proach
Road
to
Rome
WAR
NEWS
Ap-
NAPLES.
March
20
ff
Allied
Headquarters
announced
that
the
Germans
have
reinforced
their
positions
In
Casslno
and
fle.ee
fighting
conUnues.
The
Allies
have
by-passed
;
rii-iin.i
to
Mie
ncrth
and
are
I
approaching
the
main
road
to
;
Rome.
Wing
but
half
a
mile
away
GREAT
RAIDS
KEPT
UP
LONDON
Augsburg,
Munich,
Lansburg
and
Freidriehshafen
were
objectives
In
southern
Germany
of
great
daylight
raids
by
2,000
American
bombers
on
Saturday.
Two
hundred
German
fighters
were
destroyed
in
battle.
Foity-thrce
American
bombers
and
ten
fighters
failed
to
return.
Frankfurt
was
the
principal
target
of
Sunday's
daylight
raids
on
Germany
and
France.
RUSSIANS
IN
RUMANIA
MOSCOW
With
the
Russians
rapidly
advancing
and
already
swarming
across
the
Dniester
River
and
the
Germans
In
frantic
retreat
pontoon
fenles
have
been
rushed
up
to
the
Dniester
by
the
Nails
In
order
to
withdraw
their
forces
across
the
stream
into
Rumania.
German
casualties
are
described
as
enormous.
The
Itrd
Army
has
reached
to
within
nine
miles
of
Nikolaev
and
h
surrounding
Odessa
from
which
cily
the
Germans
are
reported
to
be
already
evacuating.
THE
RATTLE
-OF
ITALY
NAPLES
There
arc
signs
of
increased
activity
on
the
Anilo
beachhead
south
of
Rome.
New
Zealanders
have
about
completed
the
job
of
driving
the
Germans
out
of
Casslno.
The
enemy
are
still
endeavouring
to
maintain
thsir
strong
position
on
the
monastry
hill
overlooking
Casslno.
DECISIVE
YEAR
IN
WAR
LONDON
Prime
.Minister
Winston
Churchill
hopes
that
Ihis
year
will
bilng
the
decisive
stages
of
the
war.
Britons
will
be
engaged
In
every
war
theatre
In
the
world
In
1911,
he
KURILES
ARE
RAIDED
AGAIN
WASHINGTON
American
land-based
planes
have
raided
Matsua
on
the
Kuiile
Islands
midway
between
Paramushlro
and
Japan
proper.
Theie
were
three
raids
on
the
Kurites
between
Thursday
and
Friday.
Paramushiro
was
also
bombed
again.
REICH
HIT
IGreat
Air
Activity
Numerous
Enemy
Planes
Being
Destroyed
in
Raids
on
LONDON,
March
20
(CO
Strong
formations
of
bombers
beaded
across
the
English
Channel
today
for
the
sUth
consecutive
day
of
attacks
against
enemy
targets-
already
battered
by
twenty
thousand
tons
of
bombs
since
last
Wednesday.
Last
night
the
Royal
Air
Force
from
Italy
hit
the
German
shipbuilding
base
at
Monfalcone,
northwest
of
the
Italian
Adriatic
port
of
Trieste,
while
rnosquitos
from
Great
Britain
blasted
central
and
western
Germany
targets
without
loss.
Possibly
three
hundred
German
fighters
were
shot
down
in
week-end
battles.
At
least
410
German
planes
were
put
out
of
action
in
the
air
and
on
the
ground
against
loss
of
195
Allied
aircraft
In
the
week
beginning
March
13
and
ending
Saturday
night.
New
Ambulance
Is
Coming
Soon
The
new
ambulance
which
Is
about
to
be
delivered
to
Prince
Rupert
is
costing
about
$2000
and.
since
there
is
a
fund
of
sbout
$2900
for
it,
a
concrete
garage
is
to
be
built
to
house
the
vehicle.
This
was
reported
to
the
hospital
board
at
Its
tegular
monthly
meeting
by
W.
M.
Watts,
chairman
of
the
ambulance
committee.
The
priority
permit
for
the
ambulance
has
been
granted
so
It
Is
expected
there
will
be
little
delay
in
Its
delivery.
Weather
Takes
Seven
Lives
NEW
YORK,
Match
20
O)
Snow.
rain,
and
freezing
weather
claimed
at
least
seven
lives,
throughout
the
.United
States
during
the
week-end.
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