AR
NEWS
ALLIED
POSITION
BETTER
.111..
I
A&llnH
la
..fui.lf1
4
1.
Ii
4
I
tvi
nriioil
....
f.w
liinir
on
Hit
Nctluno
bcachhrid
In
Italv.
-
-
-
r
.
ully
ttAtrl
to
be
"generally
aatlmr
v
'
Clearing
...
.n.i.lnl
MUtti
aurraii
10
gei
i-
a
yv
.
10
sup-
i
net
forces.
Ground
drying
under"
lne
irf
r
i.
an
ailvantarf
for
lhe
V
vL
"'A
oi
.
.,ii.nit.n
rnu
nmri
i.
nunir
11.
.
,.
by
the
Allied
force
In"
heavy
fight.
V
q
nvoy
lut
reached
me
wesi
coast
c
i
RCSSIANS
TAKE
LUKA
MAY
EVACUATE
VIENNA
I
tle
mouth
of
the
Hlver
II
umber.
.
...
1
1..
tvti
til
iir4
kv
111
Aimv
II
t
an.
Forty
sit
hundrrd
nwre
German
hart
bffn
wiped
.
'U.LiK
Iran
Thlrt
v.thrpr
lirrr
Pirman
tranc
have
brtn
ho(
down.
FINLAND
SEEKINC
PEACE
out
of
the
war
hate
centred
here
with
the
arrival
of
I
llnnkll
envoys.
ON
MARSHALL
ISLANDS
(i
It
I.
rrnorted
heir
that
the
United
Slain
Air
i
made
air
raid
on
two
more
of
the
Marshall
Iilandfj
ri
T
it
19
reported
nere
inai
ine
iierman'
nave
oe
t
iitute
the
civilian
population
from
Vienna."
(
AN
A
DI
AN
DESTROYERS
HELP
It
l
IlnlUr
of
Na
Amut
Mardnnald
an.
that
(anadlan
detioyer
are
oeratlnc
with
the
Hrlt-
IM
In
north
Atlantic
water.
THRUST
AT
ENGLAND
F.'
ai
v
I
vkiii
inn
ui
aw-
i
nil
a
w
ana
a
i
rolor
torpedo
lmat
made
a
lhrul
at
northeatt
Knf
nWLinilT
RAID
ON
CONTINENT
MI.V
Prlthh,
Canadian
and
American
heavy
bomber
;om
homberi
and
flihter
made
a
heavy
davliiht
on
northern
1'ianre
)rterday
and
four
heavy
and
Uo
flchter
failed
to
return
while
even
enemy
tre
shot
down,
American
bombers
hit
the
Herman
it
(iltie
Itlien.
Holland,
without
lost,
noral
Air
Douks
Stage
Nude
Parade
4
i
RfTil
Canadian
Air
Force
bomber
were
over
nor-
it::e
and
Oermany
Saturday
night,
each
losing
a
plane.
FRENCH
I)M'
IS
C0M1NC
ail.VriOV
The
lime
U.ntfar.dltUnt
when
vnlllloni
kh-.ra
will
be
able
lo
pounce
upon
their
Nail
a(greorn.
lJat
Kioevelt
In
presenting
a
detrojer
to
the
l"ree
PAST
I
NDER
.MILITARY
CONTROL
r
lhe
whole
of
the
Mrdlterranlan
coait
of
France
f'
put
under
military
control
by
the
Nail
authorities.
UABAl'L
ATTACKED
A
CAIN
pu
HI.ADqi
AHTlJtS
IN
SOUTH
TACinC
Allied
m
anothrr
large
attack
on
Itabaul.
New
Britain,
dron.
(':
of
bomb,
making
a
total
of
500
ton
for
lat
week,
nrtdv
of
lhe
Janin
r
Ht
hit,
hpti
all
Kill
t.i,lrt-
piothrr
II
Japanese
planes
have
been
destroyed
at
Ha-
p
niTiang,
1
of
Don
Victim
ragedy
f
!8
Asked
Itupert
will
Dr
and
Mrs.
D
t
his
city
and
w":
se
2i
year
pn
ished
when
'
,t
home
in
Ot-:
w.
Dr.
and
cway
at
the
time
"
und
ruthed
.
by
plane
The
18
yrar
old
maid
'"is
h'mse
Tlte
burns
in
unsuc-uring
to
rescue
i
i.
crib.
er
Deal
Lots
Is
pr-v.n
a)
government
it
lrV"
'.
I
tn
rprnVi.Mn.
.
Wr
transmitted
by
flfnv
minUi..
..
,u
t'aymeni.
be
R:
'Pd
Vnlinll,.n
R
1
,.J
.
Will
"1
tor
five
lot,
qn
sec-
off
Mcllrlde
Street
Part
of
ihn
u
.u-
ltr
....
"
",vr
"
;.
,w?r
rvices
bulldlna
t
Will
Ul..
I
lH,'w
Unrip
,
tX,COme
lhl
civic
centre.
Ut
""'Ull.'l
1H
Ihn
r-
nip
K
.
tl
k..
.u
",vv
"4V
r
city
for
e
been
tt
iionv
Accept
Five
New
Members
The
Initiation
of
five
new
members
was
ft
fealiire
ojj
the
regular
monthly
mctting
oP
the
Canadian
Legion
last
week.
Some
!
of
the
new
members
are
returned
,
soldiers
of
the
present
war
and
same
aic
ItlU
in
service.
A
clause
j
the
organization
permits
the
acceptance
for
membership
of
men
still
In
service
providing
they
have
served
a
certain
period
of
time.
Those
who
were
initiated
were
A.
J.
Langcvln,
E.
J.
Payne.
W.
J
Kennctt.
E.
Archer
and
w.
H.
Dougi.as.
The
dlsiwsal
of
routine
busi
ness
took
up
the
remaining
part
of
the
meeting.
and
ration
cards
were
thrown
nway
and
150
of
the
Doukhobors
staged
a
nude
paiade.
IN
BURMA
SITUATION
IS
BETTER
ihead
and.
In
pltf
of
heary
enert.
b.
Japanese
Are
quantities
of
men
and
material.
t
fp
roln
.,
marid
of
the
American
forcei.
says:
kan
Front,
is
sealed
In
Italy.
The
Nails
haven't
a
r.
V
comma
Being
Cleared
Out
option
Behind
Ara-
NEW
DELHI.
Feb.
U
O
Jai(
anese
troops;
behind
one
se"
uon
oi
the
Arakan
front
in
Burma,
are
being
cleared
out
ind
"he
situation
is
improving
,
steadily.
The
Japanese
had
penetnr'
to
the
rear
of
the
BritKh
Un
and
taken
a
village
ten
milr
the
west.
Widespread
Allied
aerial
aaiv
Ity
continue
over
Burma
New
Ration
Books
Coming
Up
Soon
"K"
(
oii'in)'
in
intion
V'k
Nr
3
beeomo
available
for
ten
or
eoffe:
mimbr
I
and
2
br(m"
valid
on
rMiruary
17;
nunv'i"'
3
and
4
nn
Th'irstUy,
March
V
ani
(
and
1
on
Thu
-dav
M.nr.
no
Hy
!Wt
Wmc
ration
book
number
4
should
b
in
the
hands
of
the
public
Perry
is
Named
Head
of
Bureau
Will
SupeivUe
Minltterlal
Board
Co-ordinating
Pottwar
riant
VICTOIUA:
Fbv
-14Olimr!li
O.
Terry,
minister
of
education.
has
been
appointed
by
Premier
'john
Hart
as
chairman
of
the
bureau
to
co-ordinate
postwar
plans,
a
work
with
hlch
Mr.
Perry
has
been
heretofore
prominently
Identified
as
chairman
of
the
Postwar
Rehabilita
tion
Council.
The
bureau
which
Mr.
Perry
will
supervise
will
con
slst
of
other
cabinet
ministers.
NEIjSON,
Feb.
14
Hun-
drcds
of
Doukhobors
at
Creslova
have
staged
a
g
riomniu
Irnllmi
In
deniDll-
strate.
as
a
spokesman
said
their
refusal
to
bow
to
any
authority.
They
objected
asalnst
any
orders
as
to
where
and
how
they
should
work.
Itealstrntlon
cards
It
H
pointed
ten
out
out
that
that
hs
hse
"E"
cotipom
chlUlen
wneJ
nSTcioTS-K
Eleventh
ft
Avenue
Dr.
T
Tf
Lxergui
1
Is
jand
when
a
number
4
ration
bpok
ar
iud
Mie
i'a?e
K
'
coupon
In
any
of
the
number
3
book
Uiued
lo
children
under
twelve,
must
be
found
intact.
Milk
Restrictions
May
Be
Imposed
OTTAWA.
Feb.
14-Canadlan
milk
consumption
has
doubled
since
the
war
began,
and
the
supply
situation
It
"ucn
tnai
restrictions
may
have
to
be
The
military
authoriUes
have
ordered
the
drivers
of
their
heavy
vehicles
to
use
the
Mc-
Brlde
Street
and
and
the
time
of
offence.
It
has
been
made
clear
that
quite
definite
ruling
has
been
made.
Hockey
Scores
Saturday
Montreal
3,
Toionto
2.
Sunday
Detroit
4,
Boston
1.
Toronto
6,
New
York
3.
Montreal
2,
Chicago
2.
B.C.
Senior
New
Westminster
8.
Vancouver
couhell
Local
Tides
mmln
Tuesday;
Feb.
IS
High
4:55
19.2
itti
17:15
16.9
fret,
Low
11:20
7.4
feet
23:24
7.2
ffei
I
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
14,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
rs
jt
Offensive
Regained
by
Allies
f
ADI
I.KINK
CAKItOLL.
well
koowa
English
born
;aee
and
;
it
tr
t;
adcasting
from
New
York
in
a
Brtt
;h
Broadiiaat-i,
t
.
i
!i
1
an
atiantic
troram
She
bean
her
career
as
i
o,
r
'her
ani
for
a
year
wan
a
French
mtr
-s
at
a
.
n-,
r:
i
:.
i
t..jol
n.
r
gtU
She
had
amateur
experience
with
the
Hirmmgham
University
Dramatic
8ociety
before
ap-r
oaring
on
the
professional
stag.
She
has
had
a
number
of
;
irrrs
rr
in
films,
some
of
her
est
known
screen
parts
have
been
tn
Secret
Agent,"
"Hie
General
Died
at
Dawn"
and
"Lloyds
or
London."
Military
Route
President
of
d.L.
Doy
bcouts
W.
T.
Kergln,
formerly
of
Kleventh
ttls
city
and
now
residing
in
Vincouver.
has
been
elected
proof
Avenue
route
Instead
of
by
way
Hays
Creek
Bridge,
the
frrsWnt
nVa.
...,.
o..ii
r
ih
Prinn.
atoner
of
the
Biy
Scout
Associa-
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
"'
,
,
.'v
has
been
advled.
It
has
been
"
suggested,
that
citizens
who
see
-
V",
v
I
;Sl&Gomplaint
Made-
tng
the
numbers
of
the
vehicles
r
Qivrtl
The
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
been
advised
by
the
city
that
it
has
no
jurisdiction
over
the
Canadian
National
Railways
wharf
ramp,
said
to
be
in
dangerous
condition,
since
it
Is
frrrwwte
property.
The
Junior
Chamber
had
also
complained
about
the
dangerous
condition
of'
the
stairway
leading
from
Third
Avenue
to
Fourth
Avenue
aear.
the
WaWron
Apartments
and
to
has
been
referred
to
Ui
board
of
work,
by
the
city
2.
I
(New
Westminster's
second
Mr.
A.
Dieldal
and
son
left
straight
win
In
best
of
five
B.C
on
Saturday
night
on
a
trip
to
Senior
Hockey
llnals.)
Vancouver.
COLOGNE
AFTER
FIERCE
ALLIED
BOMBING
RAID
A
picture
distributed
by
the
office
of
war
information
after
having
been
obtained
frcm
a
secret
source,
showing
ruined
streets
and
buildings
in
rduch-battercd
German
city
of
Co'.ogne.
One
civilian
Is
to
be
seen
In
the
bomb-destroyed
streets.
I
Leading
Party
:
Improved
Weather
Eases
In
Finland
Is
Out
For
Peace
The
Social
Democratic
party,
Finland's
strongest.
having
84
out
of
200
seats
in
Parliament,
Is
exerting
heavy
pressure
on
the
gov-
ernment
to
negotiate
with
the
Russians
for
peace,
dis-
patches
from
Helsinki
said
today
Three
Finnish
lead-
STOCKHOLM,
Feb.
14
O)
ers
have
arrived
here.
r
BULLETINS
,
GKirSIIOLM
SAILS
AGAIN
NEW
YORK
The
Swedish-j
American
liner
Giipsholm
is
;
to
make
another
repatriation
voyage,
leaving.
New
York
for
;
Lisbon
with
Germans
who
have
been
held
in
the
United
States
and
who
are
to
be
exchanged
for
United
States
prisoners
In
Germany.
POLISH
GOVT
ACCUSED
.MOSCOW
Newspaper
Prav-da
accuses
the
PolUh
government
in
London
of
being
composed
of
Fascists
who
have
actually
been
helping
Germany.
The
newspapers
Red
Star
and
Isvestia
make
similar
charges.
TOKYO
NOT
WILLING
NEW
YORK
The
Tokyo
government
has
not
even
replied
to
a
proposal
of
the
International
Red
Cross
that
a
Pacific
for
the
pmpose
ef
de
livering
Red
Cross
supplies
for
Allied
prisoners
In
Japan.
Russia
had
offered
OLD
MEN
CALLED
OUT
BERLIN
All
German
men
between
the
ages
of
51
to
60
not
already
under
arms
have
been
called
up.
TRIPLE
PLANE
CRASH
GREENVILLE.
South
Carolina
Nineteen
soldiers
were
killed
in
the
crash
of
three
planes
here
on
Saturday.
NEW
GUINEA
VOLCANO
PORT
.MORESBY,
New
Guinea
A
volcano
138
miles
east
nf
here
is
In
violent
eruption.
Theie
is
no
word
as
to
the
fate
of
nearby
villages.
Nazi
Air
Assault
Greater
Metropolis
and
East'
Anglian
Town
Are
Principal
Sufferers.
LONDON,
Feb.
II.
(CP.)
Enemy
-planes
estimated
at
fifty
and
sixty
bombers
attacked
the
London
area
for
the
third
successive
night
last
night
but
only
fifteen
succeeded
in
penetrating
the
city's
defences.
Five
were
shot
down.
An
East
Anglican
town
suffered
heavily
with
two
hotels,
a
theatre
and
a
number
of
stores
hit.
The
Germans
conducted
a
a
fire
raid
on
the
London
area
Sunday
night,
dumping
thousands
of
Incendiaries
which
burned
two
churches
and
a
school
and
many
homes
in
a
thickly
populated
residential
area.
Some
casualties
were
caused.
More
planes
'than
usual
came
over
In
this
raid
which
also
took
in
southeast
England.
It
had
been
first
reported
that
f.,
r?tlrirri
were
destroyed.
Ud
Critical
Situation
OnNettunoBeachhead
See-Saw
Fighting
Continues
Battling
Within
Cas-sino
Monastry
turned
Into
Nazi
Strong
Point.
ALGIERS,
Feb.
14
(CP)
See-saw
fighting
continues
to
a
lessened
degree
at
Anzio
in
the
past
twenty-four
hours
witn
the
Allies
regaining
the
initiative
in
part
in
the
land
fighting
as
well
as
being
able,
on
account
of
improved
veather,
to
send
out
their
aircraft
again
to
pound
at
the
enemy
concen
trations,
such
was
the
situation
i
today
after
air
support,
weak-1
enlng
through
bad
weather,
had
given
the
Oermans
the
edge
for
a
couple
of
days.
The
British
have
now
captured
a
bottleneck
railway
bridge
west
of
Carroceto
with
tank
support.
The
Germans
re-occupied
a
factory
east
of
Carroceto
which
had
changed
hands
four
times
tn
the
last
four
days
of
fighting.
The
Americans
have
advanced
two
hundred
yards
at
Cas-slno
In
house-to-house
fighting.
The
Germans
have
bombed
another
Allied
hospital
in
the
Anzio
area.
Tne
Allies
nave
received
a
appeal
to
spare
a
monastery
the
oldest
In
the
world,
on
Cas-slno
heights
Thlch
the
Nazis
have
converted
Into
a
fortress
to
fire
upon
the
Americans.
Un
der
the
circumstances
It
Is
hardly
likely
that
the
appeal
can
be
heeded.
TV
situation
at
the
beach
head
Is
now
described
as
being
,
"generally
satisfactory."
j
The
Oermans
have
been
using
rendeivous.be
made
in
the
Iflame-.throwlni:
.
tanks
against
i
the
Allies
but
even
such
attacks
were
repulsed.
A
huge
convoy
arrived
at
the
week-end
off
Anzio
and
has
succeeded
In
landing
large
quantities
of
troops
and
supplies
for
reinforcements.
The
landing
was
carried
out
successfully
in
spite
of
heavy
shelling
by
the
Germans.
CARELESSNESS
COSTLY
A
study
of
1.000
fatal
and
dis
abling
accidents
by
the
National
Safety
Council
showed
careless
ness
td
be
the
cause
in
43
per
cent
of
the
cases.
MONKEYS
ARE
GUIDES
Army
officials
suggest
that
if
soldiers
are
lost
in
the
Jungle.
they
should
eat
only
what
the
monkeys
eat.
Leader
of
Local
Norwegians
for
Some
Y'ears
Dies
in
Nail-Occupied
Capital.
Jacob
(Jack!
Selvlg,
who
was
a
prominent
and
esteemed
mem
ber
of
the
'Norwegian
colony
m
Prince
Rupert"
for
some
sixteen
years
Just
prior
to
the
war.
passed
away
in
Oslo.
Norway,
on
Sep-
tcmbei
5.
Belated
news
of
his
iauie
in
the
Nazi-occupied
Norwegian
capital
was
received
this
morning
by
his
son,
Ounnar
Selvlc.
through
the
medium
or
'
.
.
n
Jt
e-t
TV.
the
international
neu
viu.
mc
Pskov
Is
In
Russ
Pincer
Nazis
Cleared
from
Lake
Peipus
Shore
Annihilation
in
Ukraine
Continues.
MOSCOW,
Feb.
11,
(CP.)
Pskov,
gateway
to
Latvia
and
Lithuania,
is
today
in
the
pincer
of
two
Russian
armies.
Pskov
is
an
important
rail
and
highway
centre.
The
Red
Army
Is
forty
miles
away
at
the
nearest
point.
Capture
of
Pskov
would
cut
oft
the
German
retreat
from
the
Lake
II-men-Staraya
Russa
sector
and
give
the
Russians
a
position
to
launch
a
drive
on
the
Baltic
republic.
The
Russians
in
five
days
have
cleared
the
Naiis
from
Lake
Toipus'
east
shore
which
'
forms
''most
of
Estonia's
frontier,
capturing
eight
hundred
localities
including
Lura,
big
railway
junction,
in
an
offensive
which,
according
to
a
Moscow
communique
Sunday
night,
was
only
45
miles
from
Pskov.
Hundreds
more
Germans
were
killed
In
Korsun
"slaughter
trap"
In
the
Ukraine
where
at
least
one
hundred
thousand
Germans
are
being
wiped
out.
Berlin
said
that
the
Russians
were
attacking
towards
Loew
in
pre-war
Poland.
LONG
WALK
TO
PROVE
IT
A
man
could
walk,
from
Galveston,'
Tex.
due
north
to
the
Arctic
circle
without
rising
more
than
2,000
feet
above
sea
level.
JACK
SELVIG
PASSES
AWAY
IN
OSLO
specializing
in
Norwegian
Imported
goods.
He
was
one
of
the
organizers
of
the
Leif
Erlkson
Society
here.
Of
dignified
and
stately
bearing,
yet
of
genial
personality,
he
was
a
well
known
and
popular
figure
not
only
among
his
own
countrymen
but
with
citizens
generally.
Mr.
Selvlg,
who
was
seventy-eight
years
of
age.
had
had
a
distinguished
career
and
at
one'
time
had
great
wealth.
At
the
age
of
sixteen
years
he
left
his
native
land
with
$4
in
his
pocket
and
went
to
France
where
he
en-
messase
was
devoid
of
details
gaged
In
office
work
for
a
time,
auart
from
the
bare
Intimation
Next
he
went
to
Olasgow,
Scot
that
Mr.
Selvlg
had
been
111
fo
some
time.
He
had
been
last
heard
from
two
years
ago
when
he
wrote
saying
that
he
was
well.
The
late
Mr.
Selvlg
lived
In
Prince
Rupert
for
sixteen
years
from
1924
until
1939.
He
came
out
from
the
Old
Country
In
1923
and.
after
a
year
In
Vancouver,
came
to
Prince
Rupert
Except
for
one
trip
home
to
Norway
on
account
of
the
Illness
and
death
of
his
wife
he
remained
here
until
the
spring
of
1939
when
be
cause
of
the
state
pf
his
health
he
decided
to
return
to
Norway
for
a
visit.
The
war
prevented
him
from
returning
to
Canada.
For
the
most
of
the
time
during
his
residence
In
Prince
Rupert
Mr.
Selvlg
operated
a
store,
land,
where
he
was
for
two
years
in
a
shipping
office.
Then
In
Liverpool
he
became
Identified
with
the
Norwegian
consulate
and
spent
three
years.
Returning
to
Norway
he
went
into
the
timber
and
real
estate
business
and
by
1912
had
accumulated
ex
tensive
Interests
In
agriculture,
owning
several
large
farms,
as
well
as
lumbering
and
mining.
Among
his
properties
vas
a
large
sawmill
and
a
copper
mine.
In
1919
he
fell
111
and
met
with
business
reverses.
This
led
to
his
'1
emigrating
to
Canada.
Mr.
Selvlg
Is
survived
by
four
sons
Thor,
formerly
of
this
city
and
now
In
Port
Hope,
Ontario;
Ounnar,
In
Prince
Rupert;
Per
and
BJorn,
In
Oslo.
Jam
to
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