rrcspond-
r.fth
Loan
,
i,
Hubrrip-f
Uowlng:
91.000
..
..id
50
100
.
k
500
.r
50
I
4
1-
r
.
I
1M
Snnther
j
Ltd.
Dock
For
n
River
u
r
509
WmjfmfM
1
I
Try
J
It
Mahatma
(ilvf
Kelease
After
prUonment.
LONDON.
May
6
Mohan
das
K.
Gandhi.
Indian
National
ist
leader,
was
unconditionally
iHt
I'urchase
and
Sev-
released
yesterday
from
the
Aga,
tastier
Ones
Make
I
n-
Khans
Palace
at
Poona
where;
titnl
ly
I"
Campaign,
the
has
been
Interned
for
nearly;
A.
V.
two
years.
Delicate
hcaltn
or
the
Mahatma
was
given
as
the
..dividual
pur-
reason
for
release.
Bond
record-
:
$100,230
rri
11
,
l
Tl,
is
the'io
Neutralize
if
,iny
lar
;
:
!hkIh'i
be-
i.
...
:.
the
total
Japanese
Base
u,i.
..nc
$10.-1
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
1
U
pur-
NEW
OU1NEA,
May
6
Allied
t,
for
J
1500
planes
have
iiiten.Mtked
then
,
campaign
to
neutralize
the
.
in
Friday
:
gchouten
Inlands
In
Dutch
New
$(.0
150.
which
Oulnea
where
Japanese
arc
re
$100,000
ported
massing
naval
and
air
Fifth
Vic-
strength,
rrespondlng
MOVE
OUT
ITALIANS
NAPLES.
May
6
O
The
Germans
are
reported
to
have
evacuated
all
Italian
civilian
bevond
the
Allied
main
front
-
for
a
depth
of
SO
miles.
Allied
300
headquarters
announced
today
"
1,wThe
mm
would
involve
-.
m
'-300
'tvacuation
of
several
V:
town.
D
U!
100
1
.
"0.
C.Dwe,
ne
Companies
Purchase
Bonds
too
100
Word
was
received
in
the
lo-100lCai
victory
Loan
Headquarters
2
.500
toflay
of
purchases
by
two
nor
2,500
lory
bonds
totalling
$360XK)0
3
The
fed-l"igiuna
a
.
River
to
re-
ll
the
ttov-'
the
Powell
;rr
Co.
500!
silbak-Premier
Mines
Limited
SO
have
purchased
$150,000
worth
10.000
:0f
bonds
and
Premier
Oold
Min
nth
Loan
Record
$000,150
QUOTA
$750,000
Total
to
Date
$100,150
If
ing
Company
Limited
has
bouaht
$100,000
worth.
Word
has
alio
been
received
that
Burns
Lake
has
gone
over
the
top.
This
Is
the
second
northern
district
to
top
their
quota,
Stewart-Premier
being
the
first.
Settlement
Of
Dispute
Requested
VANCOUVER.
May
6
ff-
The
A
;
nautical
Mechanics
Lodgi
nf
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
has
wlied
Minister
of
Fisheries
Ernest
Bcrtrand
ask-Int
that
immediate
steps
be
taken
to,
prevail
on
the
United
stntr
Office
of
Production
Ad
ministration
to
reach
a
settle
ment
of
the
halibut
dispute.
Public
Invited
To
Soccer
Game
The
AcropoUa
Hill
irrminH
ulll
DC
OPCI1
game.
playing
to
the
k.n
public
Sunday
aitcrnoon
the
Yanks
and
Reserves
collide
In
an
exhibition
soccer
game
beginning
nt
3
o'clock.
The
game
promises
to
be
a
good
one.
for
there
seems
to
be
some
pretty
good
material
on
boUi
sides.
Numbered
among
the
Yanks
arc
several
old
timers
at
the
game.
Including
one
who
has
played
In
Vancouver,
and
one
from
the
Scottish
Junior
league.
,
I
The
Reserve
players
are
local
boys
who
have
every
reason
to
be
considered
effective
at
the
BOTANIST
DIES
LONDON.
WuTcol.
Sir
David
Pram,
director
of
the
Royal
Botanic
aardens,
Kew.
from
1005
to
1022.
died
recently.
We
Government
Stattment
Hue
S-lon
on
Nipponese
OTTAWA.
May
6
The
Japanese
question
was
discussed
In
Parliament
last
night.
Tom
Reld.
Liberal
member
for
New
Westminster,
said
British
Columbia
members
had
uryeri
Cold
Jthern
mining
companies
of
Vlc-the
government
to
take
action
but
nothing
had
been
done
until
after
the
outbreak
of
war
with
Japan.
The
question
had
become
a
political
matter
as
a
result
of
C.CP.
determination
to
give
the
vote
to
the
Japanese.
W.
K.
Esllng.
Progressive
-Conservative.
West
Kootcnay.
asked
the
government
not
to
permit
the
Japanese
to
go
Into
business
or
take
up
land.
Acting
Prime
Minister
J.
L
Ralston,
minister
of
national
defence,
announced
that
he
believ
ed
the
federal
government
would
make
a
"full
statement"
In
the
House
this
session
on
how
It
plans
to
deal
with
the
Japanese
after
the
war.
FUR
AUCTION
PRICESJJOWN
I
As
a
result
of
a
recent
Ameri
can
Office
of
Price
Administration
action
which
set
a
celling
on
the
price
of
raw
furs,
volume
of
sales
and
prices
at
the
recent
Canadian
raw
fur
sale
held
In
Vancouver
on
May
4
went
Into
a
marked
decline.
A
similar
decline
was
experienced
at
the
New
York
fur
auction
held
recently.
Volume
of
sales
at
the
Vancouver
auction
were
well
under
the
available
quantity,
with
prices
down.
Beaver
took
the
heaviest
drop
wim
only
tu
per
cent
sold,
at
prices
20
per
cent
under
last
year's
level.
Muskrar
and
mink
sold
only
25
per
cent
of
the
available
furs
at
a
decline
of
10
per
cent,
and
martin
sold
30
per
cent
at
a
price
15
per
cent
under.
Due
to
restricted
buying
power
all
other
Items
were
mainly
bought
back
or
withdrawn.
The
fur
market
on
the
whole
Is
considerably
easier.
BOOST
PRODUCTION
Canadian
egg
production
objective
for
1944
Is
10
per
cent
higher
than
1943;
of
the
1944
nrnductlon,
at
least
10
per
cent
PUT
VICTORY
FIRST
.
I
f
lga
or
Country
-
-
For
Yourself
La
Temperature
Local
Tides
twill
Allies
On
Offensive
In
India
KANDY.
May
6
O
Allied
forces
have
launched
a
gen-
eral
offensive
in
the
Ko-
hima
area
of
India
and
the
Chinese
in
northern
Burma
have
smashed
through
a
village
stronghold
to
trap
a
Japanese
garrison
by
a
flanking
manoeuvre.
To
Smash
To
Berlin
Germans
Anticipate
This
Owln
to
Mass
Molilization
of
Keds
in
Prewar
Poland.
LONDON,
May
6
(CP)
Hus-sian
naval
and
air
units
sank
five
more
Axis
ships
near
Se-vastapol
in
the
Crimea
and
the
Germans
said
that
the
Itiis&ians
had
deployed
men
and
equipment
on
an
enormous
scale
in
prewar
Poland
for
a
new
smash
on
the
main
invasion
path
to
Berlin.
Tea-Sale
Is
Successful
A
very
successful
tea
and
sale
of
home
cooking
was
held
In
the
church
parlors
by
the
Wom
en's
Association
of
the
First
United
Church,
Thursday.
The
tea
table
was
attractively
arranged
with
spring
flowers
and
presided
over
by
Mrs.
Meggs,
Mrs.
J.
Oray
and
Mrs.
R.
O.
Large.
The
tea
room
was
in
charge
of
Mrs.
R.
J.
Macaulay
with
Mrs.
Holt,
Mrs.
Caine
and
Miss
Julia
Brown
assisting.
Mesdames
Kwan,
Knlpc,
Hay,
D.'Oray,
Miss
Violet
Mah
and
Miss
Dorothy
Stiles
assisted
with
the
serving.
Home
cooking
was
convened
by
Mrs.
Thompson
and
Mrs.
Webber.
The
fancy
work
booth
was
In
charge
of
Mrs.
B.
San-terbano
with
Mrs.
Clapp
and
Mrs.
Pctroff
assisting.
Miss
M.
may
be
sent
to
the
United
IClng-
p.
Sharp
and
Mrs.
Eldon
Smith
Aom
I
had
charge
of
the
apron
stall.
DETAILS
OF
BALLOONS
USED
TO
PROTECT
LANDING
OF
SUPPLIES
Giant
barrage
balloons
are
inflated
wiifj
he,.un
a.
men
prepu-c
it
:d
!
:
u
to
protect
numerous
LSTs
unloading
supp.
r
t.
"a
.n
'-o
c:.
Orccs.
1
.4
i
.
S;
.
;m
u..
Sandbags
are
banked
around
anU-xtr'ra..'!.
iu-;..
;
tuc
ftrerr)iind
IAPANKF
slreablcih
CP
CCCn
ATTENDANCE
Hotf
Pupils
Are
Enrolled
at
City
Schools
War
Savings
for
Tast
Month
The
total
enrolment
being
1151.
pupils
enrolled
at
the
various
schools
of
this
city
in
the
month
of
April
were:
Booth
Memorial
High
476
King
Edward
School
369
Botden
Street
School
228
Seal
Cove
School
78
Of
the
total
of
416
at
Booth
School
33
were
at
the
junior
high
school
in
which
the
percentage
attendance
was
87
while
Jn
the
senior
high
school
there
King
Edward
School
consisted
of
192
boys
and
177
girls,
the
actual
attendance
percentage
being
92.60.
War
savings
for
the
month
of
April
amounted
to
$177,
bringing
the
total
for
the
school
year
to
date
up
to
$1982.15.
The
attendance
percentage
at
Borden
Street
was
93.5.
A
total
of
112
pupils
had
perfect
attendance
55
boys
and
67
girls.
War
savings
for
the
month
of
May
amounted
to
$91.25,
making
the
total
for
the
school
year
to
date
$1562.75.
There
had
been
four
cases
of
rubella
and
one
of
scar-
lpt
fever
in
this
school
durlnj
the
year.
At
Seal
Cove
School
the
attendance
percentage
was
93.05.
War
savings
totalled
$29.42.
Four
pupils
had
been
found
to
have
lice
and
there
were
eight
cases
of
truancy.
Baseball
Scores
American
League
New
York
11,
Boston
7.
Washington
11.
Philadelphia
8
All
other
games
postponed.
National
League
Philadelphia
3,
Brooklyn
1.
Boston
3,
New
York
2.
All
other
games
postponed.
International
League
Jersey
City
at
Toronto,
postponed.
Baltimore
at
Buffalo,
postponed.
Syracuse
2,
Rochester
6.
Newark
3,
Montre'al
0.
American
Association
Minneapolis
at
St.
Paul,
postponed.
Coast
League
Oakland
8,
Hollywood
10.
clal
field
staff
of
the
Social
As
sistance
Branch
of
the
Depart
ment
of
the
Provincial
Secretary
at
Prince
Rupert.
The
present
staff
of
three
members
Misses
Bessie
Snider.
Alvlna
Brewster
and
Cassie
Por
terdo
generalized
social
service
work
in
an
area
extending
north
to
Atlin
and
Telegraph
Creek,
south,
to
Bella
Bella,
east
quiring
institutional
care,
e.g.
Provincial
Infirmary,
Home
for
the
Aged,
Nursing
Home
and
Boarding
Home
care.
Provincial
Mental
Hospital,
Sanitariums,
School
for
Deaf
and
Blind,
Crip
pled
Children's
Hospital,
Child
ere
143
pupils
With
percentage
nnirtnnrp
PHnle
nnrt
thd
Pana.
of
85.07.
War
savings
for
April
jdlan
Nati0nal
Institute
for
the
at
the
High
School
amounted
to1
Blindi
etc
Als0f
m
the
chlid
17,
i
Welfare
Division,
case
work
Is
The
total
of
369
pupils
at
j
extended
to
children
who
ore-
sent
behaviour
problems
which
if
not
corrected
at
the
onset
develop
Into
serious
delinquen
cies!
Adoptions
and
fdster
home
placements
are
effected
by
the
workers.
Social
histories
of
delinquents
committed
to
Indus
trial
Schools
and
other
correc
tional
Institutions
are
compiled
to
enable
more
effective
treatment
In
these
instltutons
and
to
insure
better
programs
of
rehabilitation
on
discharge.
Reports
are
submitted
to
the
Collector
of
Institutional
.
Revenue.
enue,
Inspector
inspector
01
of
Hospitals,
uospuais,
the
me
Allied
air
offensive.
Lord
Balfour
said
that
the
destruction
executed
during
April
by
the
airmen
would
make
the
Invasion
path
to
Berlin
more
direct.
Last
night
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
laid
mines
in
enemy
waters
without
loss.
Canadian
-
manned
Mosquito
we"st
toibombeB
damage
tere
enemy
to
EnCako.
and
on
the
coastal
points,
and
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Since
the
outbreak
of
war
the
case
load
has
more
than
trebled
and
the.
monthly
Intake
Is
six
Auto
Strike
ur
bcTcu
nines
greater,
me
w-
117
1
tal
number
of
acUve
cases
now
Af
WindSOr
approximates
759.
j
Services
are
rendered
to
fam-
Mnrir
11
UW
XjIIUCU
rnnpfl
llles
and
unemployable
persons
who
are
ill
and
In
needy
or
j
widowed
mothers
with
children,
Tnreas
01
a
genera!
smte
to
unmarried
mothers,
to
old
'
thla
area
was
averted
ace
Densioners.
to
Datients
re.;
temporarily
at
least
when
members
of
the
United
Au-
Sunday,
May
7
High
0:35
20.7
feet
13:09
19.1
feet
Low
7:04
4.0
fee-t
19:05
6.0
feet
53
41
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
u7
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
SATURDAY,
MAY
6,
1941
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
id
Sale
is
Large
Friday
n
i
iirviii
i
hANIIHI
KtLtAitD
c
n
Unfc
v
Two
V
Balfour
Says
Invasion
Begun
1387000
Airmen
Are
in
Action
Over
Europe,
British
Secretary
For
Air
Tells
House
Commons
NEW
WORKER
FOR
RUPERT
Mist
Cassie
Porter
Joins
Social
Service
Staff
Here.
Miss
Casste
B.
Porter.
Van-
LONDON,
May
6
(CP)
While
the
Under
Secretary
for
Air,
Lord
Balfour,
told
the
House
of
Commons
.today
that,
for
all
practical
purposes,
some
138,000
Allied
airmen
have
already
opened
the
main
invasion
battle,
a
large
force
of
American
bombers
were
dumping
their
loads
on
German
installations
in
the
Pas-De-Calals
area
oil
France
in
spite
of
miserable
flying
weather
over
the
English
Channel.
This
Is
the
twenty
has
arrived
to
Join
the
prwta-
?d
fiious
01
thc
tomobile
Workers
local
voted
to
delay
action
In
connection
with
work
stop-
page
at
the
Ford
Motor
Co.
plant.
National
War
Labor
Board
mediators
have
arrived
In
connec-
tion
with
the
dispute.
RIFLE
MISHAP
KILLS
SOLDIER
A
Canadian
soldier
at
Ter
race
was
accidentally
muea
when
the
rifle
he
was
holding
went
off
in
a
barracks
hut
yes
terday
afternoon.
No
details
of
the
accident,
or
the
name
of
the
soldier
have
reached
the
city.
1
.
.
,
i
f
.
Provincial
Mental
Hospital,
the
anV
UUCStS
At
Provincial
Infirmary,
the
T.B.
J
and
V.D.
Units
as
these
divisions
require
them.
A
large
part
of
the
many
ser
vices
to
soldiers'
families
con
stitutes
the
Investigations
for
the
Dependents'
Allowance
Board.
Dependents
Board
of
Trustees,
and
Auxiliary
Services
of
the
Armed
Forces.
There
are
approximately
14
divisions
of
the
Social
Assist
ance
Brnch
served
by
the
Field
Staff.
Its
members
must
familiarize
themselves
with
30
separate
Provincial
or
Dominion
Acts
and
Statutes.
In
short
the
social
workers
of
this
department
are
called
upon
to
assist
the
governments,
Dominion
Presbyterian
Tea
A
delightful
spring
tea
was
held
on
Wednesday
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
Arnold
Flaten,
un
der
the
auspices
of
the
Women's
Missionary
Society
of
First
Presbyterian
Church.
Many
guests
called
during
the
afternoon
and
were
received
by
Mrs.
Flaten
and
Mrs.
H.
Caldcrwood.
president
of
the
M.M.S..
to
be
welcomed
to
rooms
and
tables
tastefully
decorated
with
spring
flowers.
Mrs.
L.
W.
Kergin
and
Mrs.
and
James
Simpson
presided
at
the
Dmulnolal
Ir,
meotlnir
lhf
Jin.
tea
WDIC5,
while
Mesaames
clal
problems
and
Ills
of
the
Saunders.
Nell
MacDonald
and
general
public
which
have
been
C.
C.
Mitchell
were
the
gracious
accentuated
to
a
marked
degree
serviteurs.
The
popular
home
during
the
present
crisis.
cooking
table
was
in
charge
of
Mrs.
A.
McMullen.
The
event
was
convened
by
RUMANIA
ROMHEI)
Mrs.
John
Bremner,
who
was
ably
assisted
by
Mrs.
Ormlston
NAPLES,
May
6
O)
American
and
Mrs.
Slmundsen
In
the
kit-bombers
attacked
five
points
In
chen.
Hearty
thanks
are
ex-
San
Francisco
4,
Los
Angeles
3.
1
Rumania
today.
The
targets
In-
tended
to
all
who
assisted
In
San
Diego
0-3,
Seattle
6-7.
eluded
railway
yards
and
air-
making
this
delightful
event
Sacramento
3,
Portland
4.
'
craft
plants.
such
an
outstanding
success.
Flood
Nazi
Strongholds
Aerial
BombLnr
of
Threatens
to
be
Enemy
Pescara
Serious
for
NAPLES,
May
6
0)
Allied
dive
bombers
British,
Austral
ian
and
American
cracking
open
the
Pescara
dam
in
Italy,
released
flood
-water
which
has
threatened
to
engulf
German
strongholds
near
the
Adriatic
coast
and
sweep
away
bridges
vltaitbAxla
military
trafflen
support
of
enemy
forces
facing
the
Eighth
Army.
Other
bombers
yesterday
hit
at
the
Ploestl
oil
fields
and
Tur-nu
Severin
In
Rumania.
Priest
Confers
With
Russ
Head
MOSCOW,
May
6
0)
Rev.
Stanislaus
Orlemanskl,
of
Springfield,
Massachusetts,
conferred
with
Premier
Stalin
and
Foreign
Commissar
Molitov
on
Thursday
and
today.
He
de
scribed
the
Soviet
leader
as
'very
friendly
disposed
toward
the
Roman
Catholic
church."
The
Polish-American
priest
said
that
Catholicism
would
remain
the
religion
of
Poland,
and
that
Stalin
would
not
tolerate
any
transgressions
in
this
re
gard.
Radio
Coming
Up
In
Ottawa
Meeting
of
Board
of
Governors
of
B.C.
to
be
Held
Next
Week
The
Prince
.Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
communicated
with
Olof
Hanson,
M.
P.
for
Skeena,
at
Ottawa
suggesting
that
he
get
in
touch
with
the
radio
authorities
In
the
capital
prior
to
a
meeting
of
the
board
of
governors
of
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
Monday
next
to
insure
that
the
Prince
Rupert
radio
situation
a
taken
up
at
the
meeting
as
has
been
promised.
The
chamber
U
working
towards
a
wire
being
taken
over
to
serve
the
local
station
from
the
national
JAPS
HAVE
RAIL
LINE
Weight
of
Attack
In
Ilonan
Province
Is
Shitted
Against
CHUNGKING,
May
6
With
the
Pelping-Hankow
Railway
virtually
In
their
hands,
the
Japanese
have
shifted
the
main
weight
of
their
attack
against
Loyang
in
Honan
Province.
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