IS
A?"
inoni)
ivri
e
is
the
first
the
rank
of
hts
career
history
of
xiCs.
lie
has
:f
seeing
his
'
plans
bear
.
,
contribution
LONDON,
Jan,
20
O,
British
control
of
coastal
batteries
opened
up
on
a
j
:
'Ion
-
and
l
that
can
be
avv
and
the
1
.subject
to
i'ern
for
se-
the
only
one
e
chiefs
of
'
A
the
highest
:
ti:c
con
tin
u-;
break
of
war.
f
the
chiefs
of
a
id
presides
A
f
the
navy,
'
r.iscuss
com-
!tj
lively
gait
e
he
looks
M
years.
He
R:
'ford,
Ont.
tu;d
dreamed
'
sry
while
sall--
Grand
Itlver
1
'.he
Canadian
1
t
second
of
f
"even
cadets
gtn
Hull
"
.
was
lust
-
'hea
and
when
t--
'mpleted
he
Milps
of
the
.;rig
afloat
un-!:?
was
called
to
'
:cutcnant
to
Ad-
::i
'
life
has
been
up
tr.c
ladder.
of
naval
staff
:
:pr
arncd,
Nelles
r
nup
of
perman-with
a
few
-Med
equipment,
folc
of
the
Can-
the
war
which
'
t.-
un
antl-submar-J
cnvlde
safe
escort
ships
carrying
i
applies
from
Can-
'3'
ranld
rrnnndnn
A
rc
Oerman
convoy
In
the
Sttalt
of
Nfilcs
was
In-
Dover
shortly
after
dawn
today,
(
mpanlonshlp
I
touching
'off
a
duel
with
Nazi
ccognltlon
of
I
long-range
guns
on
the
French
he
same
time
coast.
The
exchange
continued
i
going
officers
sporadically
for
thiee
hours.
-1
decorations
Shells
fell
In
the
Dover
area
the
governor-
and
during
the
Cue!
residents
admiral?
a
1
l
.-n
as
he
left
r
ud
of
my
:
rrp.y
1
f
It
he
U
a
i
a
.st
the
old
huddled
In
basement
shelters
nearly
four
hours
before
the
alert
was
lifted.
Hawken
Goes
To
Assize
Court
VANCOUVER,
Jan
20
O
Hawken,
charged
with
the
muidcr
of
Frank
A.
Ilolond,
was
committed
for
trial
today
by
police
magistrate
H
W.
Wood,
who
ruled
that
an
assize
court
Jury
must
determine
whether
the
shooting
of
Boland
four
limes
during
a
hold-up
was
an
act
of
self
defence.
Hawken
claimed
that
he
had
been
held
up
and
robbed
by
Boland'-
short
time
before
the
latter
appeared
at
the
scene
of
the
shooting.
Magistrate
Wood
oidered
Victor
Mayer
returned
for
another
el(r.ht
days
to
the
cell
where
he
was
sent
for
contempt
of
court
when
he
refused
to
testify
at
the
Hawken
murder
hearing.
Two
Pair
Of
Shoes
For
$73
A
sailor
appeared
In
city
police
court
yesterday
on
a
charge
of
vagrancy
resulting
from
the
smashing
of
o
plate
glass
window
In
the
front
of
William
Stone't
clothing
store
early
yesterday
morning.
Tleadlne
guilty,
he
said
that
idmlral
In
1638
1
he
had
struck
the
window
Iwth
at
in
1941
tolM
dbw
and
11
naa
nalwrca-
1
Tpy
Wrkcd
out
so
:l
'
n
15
pre
war
ships
crown
to
some
addition
to
mnn-
been
able
to
loan
or
officers
and
men
to
"
LLTAKE
tIKE
VOTE
TTLK.
Jan,
20
Q
Falun
inward
the
Window
damaged
two
pair
'
sho04
1"
the
show
front.
It
was
said
mat
It
was
already
cracked
before
It
collapsed
under
the
force
of
the
nautical
encounter.
The
sailor
was
assessed
$48
damages,
as
well
as
a
$25
fine.
In
return
he
got
the
two
pair
of
shoes,
John
E.
Dyer
Buried
Today
Tlie
funeral
of
the
late
John
K.
Over,
who
passed
away
on
'Monday
nt
the
age
of
80,
was
held
yesterday
aitcrnoon
'the
Orcnvllle
Court
Cliapel
ol
the
B.C.
Undertakers
wiin
n
number
of
friends
of
the
deceased
attending.
Officiating
at
the
service
was
i.
t?iv
a
F
MacSween,
pastor
bi'
.he
tnrst
PresbvLorlan
Church,
wat
the
National
War
La-
Mrs.
E.
J.
Smith
was
organist,
'"d
hold
a
nubile.
hMiWirvmiw
were
"Jesus,
Saviour.
c
ne
dlsnutP
thnf
i,.lpinit
Mo"
nnd
"Lead
Kindly
proximately
80
Oregon
Light."
Washington
foundries
There
were
floral
offerings.
vVn.
foment
last
nlRht
Interment
took
place
In
Fair.
it
.
0
8,000
American
view
Cemetery.
,ul0
n
of
Labor
aL
?ttinB
an
elBht
chell.
O.
W.
Abbott,
W.
H.
W
w
In
the
$1.20
hourly
I
Murray,
J.
Schlld.
W.
M.
Ul
Journeymen
moulders.
WatU
and
A,
M.
Budlnldi.
"SCPKKMKV
CAITl?HKI
BY
BIMTISII
MGIITIf
AJt.MY
These
German
prisoners,
some
very
youthful,
art
part
of
the
"bag"
taken
by
the
British
EThtri
Army
in
ttoe
Battle
of
the
Bangro
Itlver.
IUiy
Some
of
the
prisoners
wece
still
dazed
by
the
terrific
artillery
barrage
that
preceded
the
assault
in
which
they
were
captured.
Indian
troops
escorted
them
to
the
rear
Ehenhoner
vMted
the
King
at
Itucklntham
Palace
today.
He
n
received
at
Buckingham
Talace
by
Sir
Allan
Lakccllrs,
ecretary
to
the
the
King,
and
then
conferred
for
some
time
alone
with
His
Majesty.
MANY
CANADIANS
ENLISTED
OTTAWA
It
was
announced
today-
that
since
the
start
of
the
war
869.000
men
had
been
taken
Into
the
combined
Canadian
foices,
thl
being
35
per
cent
of
the
men
of
the
Dominion
betwren
the
ages
of
eUhteen
and
thirty-five.
Retirement,
discharges
and
casualties
are
not
taken
into
In
thee
figures.
Kl'SSIA
vs.
POLAND
MOSCOW
The
Russian
radio
today
freely
broadcast
the
statement
my
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
In
the
JUltish
House
of
Commom
that
there
was
hope
of
a
settlement
of
the
Rusvt-Pollsh
border
dispute.
v
j
;o
I)
JAPS
SlIFIER
LOSSES
,
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
I
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
Three
Japanese
merchant
ships
were
sunk
and
two
left
sinking
with
three
others
badly
.
damaged
after
the
heaviest
aerial
bombardment
to
date
on
Monday
of
the
Japanese
hase
at
Ra-haul.
The
Jananee
hut
18
plane
and
12
Allied
machines
failed
to
return
to
bases.
WINS
HIS
WINGS
MACDONALD,
Man.
Don-aid
It.
Nelson,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
J.
Nelson
of
Prince
Itupert,
recently
won
hi
wine
as
air
gunner
at
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombing
and
gunnery
school
here.
DR.
CARSON'S
FATHER
DIES
VANCOUVER
N.
J.
Carson,
82,
father
of
Dr.
J.
II.
Carson,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
passed
away
today
after
an
Illness
of
about
a
week.
Dr.
Carson
had
been
called
from
Toronto
and
arrived
at
his
father's
bedside
yesterday.
Mrs.
Guy
Patrick,
a
daughter
of
deceased,
died
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
I
VOL
NO
I'KOI'Lirs
VIEWS
BULLETINS
education
discussed
by
pupils
HOME
AhC
ilO.MM:i
AI.GUKS
Heavy
and
medium
Allied
bombers
attacked
even
air
base
in
the
vicinity
of
Itomr
jtkterday.
There
U
no
confirmation
in
Allied
quarters
of
German
teports
that
Home
lUelf
had
been
bombed.
Booth
Memorial
High
School
look
part
in
the
discussion
and
answered
questions
put
to
them
by
the
president
of
the
Associ
ation.
The
young
people
taking
part
were
Miss
Maureen
Earl,
Miss
Olga
Sather,
Owyn
Holtby.
Uruno
Pettenuso.
Vernon
cone
and
John
Moore.
local
Temperature
ocal
Tides
wml
,ilday,
'n.
21
50
if&ii
'
''.
19.4
feet
v
a
o
18.1
feet
.45
Low
...
3:00
'
9.1
feet
16:27
9.0
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
20,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CANADA'S
naval
leaders
S-
N
M(
K-ADMIRAL
P.
W.
NELLKS
f
modern
times
lias
equalled
the
rate
of
ex-the
Royal
Canadian
Navy
has
achieved,
a;
Uvitles
of
this
rapidly
growing
force
are
I
.
g
experience
and
outstanding
ability.)
By
rYank
Flaherty
(Canadian
Tress
Staff
Writer)
1
(..Admiral
Percy
Walker
Nelles
has
one
of
ii,
ii...
...!
...:L
r
I?.!,
hriHini:
juus
cuiuittiuu
wiiu
Guiana
h
war
I..
it
Ml.
.1
..1
i
l
t
r
r
dti
i
1
propeny
inriueu
udoui
u.
as
cniei
oi
faff
he
is
head
of
the
sea-fighting
force
which
en
in
constant
action
since
the
outbreak
of
ud
has
multiplied
its
strength
in
men
and
ships
CHANNEL
DUEL
OVER
CONVOY
issians
Take
Present
Methods
Do
Not
Make
Good
Citizens
Too
Much
person
who
is
ignorant
of
his
Americanism,
Among
Views
country
is
of
little
use
to
that
Kinressrd.
icountry.
Another
atuaenr,
-
-
A
panel
discussion
on
education
was
the
principal
featuic
of
the
program
at
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Parent-
Teachers'
Association
last
night'
EISENHOWER
SEES
KING
It
elicited
much
Interest
LONDON
General
Dwlght
Jsix
graduating
students
ofthc
draught
out,
toe
illustration
of
I
more
discussion,
debating
and
JIBM.-V
V
f
In
answer
to
the
question,
rtore
the
main
feature
of
What
Should
Your
Education
1
lne
evennK
a
short
musical
do
for
you?"
the
students
gave
proftram
was
presented
by
Miss
inelr
opinion
uiai
it
snaiua
teit
-books
used
in
the
schools
to
show
a
definite
trend
to
ward
the
American
way.
Exam
ples
in
mathematics,
for
exam
nle.
contained
the
names
of
Urilted
Stales
cities
but
rarely
Canadian.
JVH
gave
a
definite
negative
answer
to
the
question
"Do
Schools
Teach
Students
to
Become
Good
aniens?"
They
believed
that
there
should
be
more
healthful
recreation
and
an
extension
of
vocation
guid
ance
courses.
Also
approved
was
WII.LKIE
SPEAKS
TO
EUROPE
Wendell
Wlllkle
broadcasting
from
the
British
Broadcasting
Corporation's
New
York
studios
to
London.
He
spoke
to
the
people
oi
Orcat
Britain
about
Russia
to
mark
the
celebration
of
the
26th
anniversary
of
the
founding
of
the
Soviet
Union.
His
address
was
broadcast
in
the
BBC's
Home
Service
and
Inter
In
the
General
Overseas
and
European
Services,
and
was
translated
Into
Russian
and
more
than
twenty
other
languages
for
inclusion
in
the
BBC's
transmissions
to
the
subject
peoples
of
Europe.
(BBC
Photograph)
:"Y"
Building
:
l
Starting
Soon
Percy
Underwood
of
the
I
Vancouver
firm
of
archl-
tects.
Underwood
and
Bar-
tell,
arrived
in
the
city
t
yesterday
from
Vancouver.
being
here
in
connection
with
the
commencement
of
4'
building
of
the
YM.CA.
Evacuate
Minturno
British
Score
Another
Victory
on
Their
Way
To
Rome.
LONDON.
Jan
20
t?
The
Oer
man
radio
anounced
today
the
evacuation
of
Minturno
to
the
Allied
Fifth
Army
driving
up
the
Appian
way
toward
Rome.
Prev
lously.
Allied
headquarters
at
Algiers
had
announced
that
Brit-
h
t
oops
were
storming
Mln
turno
after
enlarging
the
bridge
heads
above
the
Garllglano
river
to
three
miles
In
depth
In
places
and
capturing
three
villages.
CANADA
TO
BE
LEADER
Senator
Robertson
Says
Mac-Kemie
King
Must
Be
Sent
To
Conference.
SASKATOON.
Jan.
20
0
Sen-
Kay
Meredith.
Miss
Peggy
Large
ator
Wlshart
Robertson,
presi-
forra
the
background
lor
mc
rendered
a
very
presentable
individual's
life,
should
pre-
pano
soi0
an(j
Miss
joan
Lang-pare
him
for
his
future
voca-
rldsP
pleased
with
a
vocal
num-tlon.
aid
his
social
background
and
help
him
to
meet
prob-
At
the
conclusion
of
the
lems
in
the
future.
meetlrut
refreshments
were
ser-
One
student
felt
that
not
ved
to
those
present,
the
com-
sufflclent
emphasis
was
placed
ments
consisting
of
Mrs.
A.
L.
on
the
practical
side
of
cduca-
mlttee
in
charge
of
refresh-
tlon
and
stressed
that
more
Haines.
Mrs.
O,
W.
Rudderham
technical
subjects
be
added
to
and
Mrs.
O.
R.
S.
Blackaby.
the
course
and
less
history.
His
About
35
members
were
pres-
opinlon,
while
shared
in
part
by
ent
for
the
meeting
at
Borden
the
others,
met
with
some
oppo-
street
School
with
the
prestation
from
one
of
the
young
dent.
Rev.
E.
W
Scott,
in
the
ladlc3
who
believed
that
the
chair.
dent
of
the
National
Liberal
Fed
eration
said
here
Tuesday
night
that
Canada
"will
go
to
the
peace
conference
"virtually
the
leader
of
the
smaller
countries
among
the
United
Nations."
Speaking
to
the
Saskatchewan
Liberal
Association
Robertson
declared
that
Prime
Minister
MacKenzle
King
must
be
sent
to
the
conference
as
"one
among
us
who
is
most
likely
to
govern
for
the
future
In,
the
manner
which
will
accomplish
most
for
the
.objectives
we
have
In
mind."
Sentenced
For
Bond
Thefts
Gift
Destroyer
Is
Commissioned
Novgorod
OTTAWA,
Jan.
20
Navy
Minister
Angus
McDonald
announced
last
night
the
commissioning
of
H.M.C5.
Chaudlere,
formerly
II-MJS.
Hero,
at
Portsmouth,
England.
He
said
that
the
ship
was
to
go
into
service
with
Canada's
river
class
greyhounds
on
the
Atlantic
convoy,
routes.
Bells
of
Moscow
Peal
in
Rejoicing
Over
Another
Important
Victory
300,000
More
Nazi
Troops
Threatened.
LONDON,
Jan.
20
(CP)The
Berlin
radio
an-
need
today
that
German
troops
had
evacuated
the
city
of
Novgorod,
100
miles
southeast
of
Leningrad,
-hich
the
Russians
had
previously
reported
virtua
isolated
by
their
smashing
new
northern
offens'v.
Capture
of
the
important
citv
was
later
announced
Premier
Stalin.
i
rum
Moscow
ay
The
announcement
said
that
war
services
building
which
violent
fighting
was
continuing
Is
to
be
erected
on
Mc-
jt
south
of
Leningrad
and
Bride
Street
between
First
south
of
Oranienbaum.
Russian
4-
and
Second
Avenues
and
bridgehead
on
the
Oulf
of
Fln-
the
contract
for
which
has
land,
west
of
Leningrad.
been
awarded
to
the
Farley
4-
xhe
victory
bells
pealed
In
4-
Co.
of
Ottawa.
Building
op-
Moscow
again
tonight
In
cele-4-
era
Hons
are
to
commence
bratlon
of
the
capture
of
Nov-4-
soon.
This
Is
the
building
4-
gorod
wniCh.
had
been
in
Ger-
4-
which
Is
to
be
made
avail-
man
hands
since
August,
1941.
4-
able
after
the
war
for
civic
rjy
the
fall
of
Novgorod
300.000
centre
purposes.
Nazi
troops
are
threatened
.AGREEMENTS
AT
VARIANCE
Mayor
Daggett
Suggests
North
Vancouver
Has
Better
War
time
Housing
Deal
Than
Prince
Rupert
of
North
Vancouver
In
connec
tion
with
the
building
of
houses
for
wartime
industrial
workers
and
has
Informed
the
city
council
that
there
are
several
important
and
vital
clauses
in
the
contract
with
North
Vancouver
which
are
absent
from
the
agreement
Trtth
Prince
iRupert
In
the
first
place
the
North
Vancouver
contract
provides
that
the
houses
shall
be
of
good
workmanship,
that
nuisances
shall
be
avoided
as
well
as
fire
hazards
and
menace
to
health.
This
is
not
in
the
Prince
Ru
pert
contract.
Then
it
is
provided
in
the
North
Vancouver
agreement
that
plans
shall
be
submitted
governing
water,
sewers
and
services.
This
provision
is
also
lacking
in
the
Prince
Rupert
agreement.
There
is
also
variance
In
the
matter
of
water
rates
as
between
Conservation
Of
Forests
Canadian
Manufacturers'
Asso
ciation
Asks
City
Council
to
Endorse
Brief.
The
Canadian
Manufacturers'
Association
has
commenced
a
campaign
for
timber
conserva
tion
east
of
the
Cascade
Mountains
particularly
by
adoption
of
scientific
methods
of
logging
and
planned
reforestation
and
had
a
communication
before
the
city
council
this
week
seeking
for
approval
of
a
brief
which
is
to
be1
presented
to
the
provincial
government.
The
communication
was
from
Hugh
Dalton,
secretary
of
the
Canadian
Manufacturers'
Association
at
Vancouver.
In
order
to
Insure
permanent
pro-
Mayor
H.
M
Daggett
has
ob-
ducing
areas
and
eliminate
the
talned
and
perused
a
copy
of
practice
of
total
logging
of
select
the
agreement
between
Wartime
stands
and
leaving
barren
and
Housing
Limited
and
the
city
deserted
regions,
the
replanting
of
logged
off
areas
and
the
limiting
of
cuts
are
among
measures
proposed.
It
was
requested
that
the
matter
be.
taken
up
with
the
local
member
of
the
legislature.
The
matter
was
referred
to
the
rehabilitation
committee
of
tha
council
with
the
suggestion
that
it
might
be
approved.
KtMRli-rfdNEEirS
MRS.
JAMES
STEEN
DIES
Liver
Here
More
Than
Thirty
Years
and
Was
Active
and
Popular
in
Various
Circles.
Esteemed
pioneer
woman
of
over
thlity
years'
standing,
Mrs.
Grace
Stewart
Steen,
wife
of
James
O.
Steen.
passed
away
peacefully
last
evening
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
where
she
had
en
a
patient
the
North
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
contracts.
rr
the
Past
C0UPle
of
month
aft
having
been
in
falling
The
North
Vancouver
con-
tract
provides
that
Wartime
healthff
some
tlm
Her
pas?T
Im.slnr
shall
So
llah!
tr
,
"'S
"u
w
mumu
u,
uwu,
urn
local
improvement
taxes,
a
proviso
also
lacking
in
the
deal
with
Prince
Rupert
It
Is
set
down
in
the
North
Vancouver
agreement
that
wartime
houses
shall
be
removed
six
months
after
the
war
and
that
leases
shall
have
.the
approval
of
the
municipality,
another
stipulation
lacking
In
the
Prince
Rupert
contract.
!
And,
finally.,
the
mayor
notes
j
that
a
new
agreement
was
made
on
June
25,
1943,
betwen
North
VICTORIA,
Jan.
20
0
D'Arcy
Vancouver
and
Wartime
Hous-C
Martin,
former
deputy
assess-
lng,
replacing
a
former
agree-
or
for
purposes
of
succession
ment
of
December
1,
1941,
from
duties,
was
convicted
In
'County
which
fact
the
point
Is
made
Court
here
today
on.
charge
of
that
such
agreements
can
be
stealing
a
$1000
Province
of
Ontario
bond
and
was
sentenced
to
three
years
Imprisonment,
lie
also
received
.a.
concurrent
I
sentence
of
three
years
for
stealing
a
$100
Montreal
Light.
.
Heat
and
Power
company
bond.
changed,
contrary
to
wnat
Prince
Rupert
had
been
told
that
they
were
standard
and
inflexible.
At
the
suggestion
of
the
mayor,
the
North
Vancouver
agreement
has
been
referred
to
the
transportation
and
housing
committee
to
compare
It
thor
oughly
with
the
Prince
Rupert
agreement
and
repot
t
on
what
clauses
should
be
incorporated
in
a
changed
agreement
here.
An
autobloraphlcal
talk,
both
Interesting
and
entertaining,
was
given
by
O.
R.
S.
Blackaby,
one
of
the
newer
members,
at
the
weekly
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Rotary
Club
today.
President
A.
S.
Nlckerson
was
in
the
chair
and
there
was
a
good
attendance
of
members
with
a
few
guests.
-
1
friends
for
she
had
been
active
and
popular
In
several
spheres
of
chuich,
patriotic
and
social
activity.
Mrs.
Steen
was"
born
in
Glas
gow,
Scotland,
sixty-iour
years
ago
come
this
June.
She
came
to
Canada
in
1903,
and
was
married
in
Montreal.
She
and
her
hus
band
then
moved
west
to
Van
couver
In
1908,
spending
a
couple
of
years
there
before
arriving
in
Prince
Rupert
where
they
had
since
made
their
home.
During
her
long
period
of
residence
in
Prince
Rupert
Mrs,.
Steen
was
an
active
worker
for
First
Presbyterian
Church
V&4
les
Aid,
serving
In
a
number
of
offices.
She
was
also
secretaiy
for
a
number
of
years
of
Bellst
Chapter.
Order
of
the
Eastern
Star,
and
Queen
Mary
Chapter,
Imperial
Order,
Daughters
of
the
Empire.
During
the
last
war
she
was
active
In
the
work
of
the
Red
Cross.
She
was
also
a
member
'of
the
Women's
Canadian
Club.
There
are
no
Immediate
relatives.
The
widower
will
hava
the
sympathy
of
many
friends
In
the
bereavement.
Funeral
arrangements
are
in
the
hands
of
B.
C.
Undertakers
and
lnteiment
will
take
place.
Saturday.
An
Interesting
demonstration
with
deep
sea
diving
equipment
featured
yesterday's
luncheon
program
at
the
Oyro
Club,
being
presented
by
Max
Asemlssen
wtj.h
the
assistance
of
Joe
Oardr
ner
of
the
Armour
Salvage
Co.
diving
staff.
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1
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