1 if:. v M i ,1 PAGE TWO TAe Daily News Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by Prince Rupert Dally News Limited. Third Avenue O. A. HUNTER Managing Editor ;t Wt;sT RASTIITOS STREET PRINCE RUPERT . . . BRITISH COLUMBIA. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By City Carrier, per week .. .15 Per Month 65 Per Year $7.00 By Mail, per month 40 Per Year ........ $4.00 DAILY EDITION ... Monday, October 30, 1944 EDITORIAL The Reserve Army . . . Because the imminence of enemy attack ;pn:tlii3iQrientai coast seems to Have been removed anil with' it ally likelihood of the militia being called out for the defence of home shores from invasion is no valid reason why interest and enthusiasm should not be maintained in the local reserve army. In Prince 'Rupert a militia unit has since the early davs been a local institution. That was the case 1111 U aiUk I 4 If ESPECIALLY DESIGNED I FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA Writ Vi,W4 WORKERS, TO MEET W$$Pm THE DEMANDS Or tmk jJWfh pacific coast mm wwM WEATHER CONDITIONS. WMMA liWV&ffl Manufactured excluslrely by UgtfUKSk :?NT & .AWNING LIMITED vancouvek; CANAD THE NEED IS GREATER For total victory he fights a total war. For nothing less will he lay down his arms. For your sake he's willing to gamble on coming through alive. Whether he does or not is decidedly your affair . . . The imminence of victory has climaxed the responsibilities of the home front. Canada's borrowing needs today are greater, not less. To see the uniformed services get all they need to win with minimum t losses, is still our biggest job. NOW is the hour to buy Victory Bonds-one more than before ! Invest in Victory BUY VICTORY BOHDS ANNETTE'S LADIES' WEAR f Chinese Banquet ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF REPUBLIC In recognition of the. occasion of the thirty-third anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Republic a banquet, featuring u spread of Chinese dishes, an address by Bruce Mlckleburgh, a program of Chinese phonograph music and a topical moving picture, was held last evening in the Labor - Progressive club-rooms. Ouests at the interesting affair were both Occidental and The hall was decorated for the occasion with flags of the principal United Nations and tricolor, crepe streamers. The tables were adorned with vases of fall flowers. The dinner had been prepared by Jack Lamb, the- principal through many years of peace. During these days of T,rZPZd actual war why there should be a danger, as there A. Pondcr and Mrs. j. R B,alcsy appears to b6 now, of the militia dying out through acted as serviteurs. lack of interest and membership seems almost in- following the dinner, h. a. explicable Ponder welcomed the guests and All the reserve army takes is two hours each M2 "fTi, i , ,. c J , ,, . , The Reason for China's De- week of a man s time. Surely there are few men who fats was Mr. Mickietmrgh's can sincerely say that, from the pursuit of business subject. He referred back to 1931 or pleasure, they are unable to spare those two hours wnen Japan, by its invasion of for the reserve. Not only is it held to be a necessary Manchuria, introduced the era part of the national defence scheme ; but is of SSSSfcZTiSSiS. sonal benefit through the military knowledge that .china had been the first nation is to be gained and the useful exercise and ; diversion 'to take up arms against this ag- it affords ' gression and her resistance had It speaks poorly for the public spirit of the i SSiS of Prince Rupert-and every man who can carry a mg the defeat of Japan, the gun IS eligible to JOlll the reserve that they should firmer and the more lasting permit the regiment to languish because they are not would be the ensuing peace, tht interested enough to participate in its 'activities. peaer eclare,d e ,fllsan(1 1 hopping phase of the Pacific wat had now ended, Mr. Mickleburgh said. However, to bring about the defeat of Japan, it was necessary that the Allied forces be com? established on the Asiatic mainland, the bulge of South China, in order to launch blows at the Nipponese homeland. Jap an Itself realized this and It wa jfor that reason that her large 1 forces were concentrated there. Even if the Japanese grand fleet were completely wired cut, Jap an could be expscted to continue fanatical resistance from North China Meanwhile' the.sptead of Japanese fcont?orbrought ;abon. ' by he continued defeats of Ch ill a in South China made a serious situation not only for Chin herself by for all the Allied nations. - A; art from purported lack ov suppiies aild failure of Reds to fight in the north, one of the principal reasons for China's defeat"!, Mr. Mlckleburgh asserted, wai the split between the Kummantang and Communist elements. However, there were new indications that the necessity of unity In Chinese resist I PIONEER CANADIAN LAUNDRIES lit jr ii SERVICES TO Vancouver, Victoria and Waypoints, Stewart and North Queen Charlotte Islands Full Information, Tickets and Reservations FRANK J. SKINNER Prince Rupert Agent Third Ave Phone S68 THE DAILY NEWS ance against the common foe was being realized. "Capitalism and socialism, Instead of fighting against -each other, must fight together for-a better world," Mr. Mtekldburgh declared. "If we are to smash world fascism and bring lasting peace and prosperity to the earth, we must not be divided among ourselves by Ideafflfglcal and class conslderatlontdS As for Chlanf fKl'gheki i.tht speaker declared he was today at the crossroads. He could ?go down the Teheran road with Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin who would unite all clashes against the aggressor, or he could continue the anti-Red policy with its profiteering, hoarding and feudal autocracy. The rebirth of Chlnaii.wlth ..... ... one-imn oi me worms popuia- tion. was a factor which affected the -whole world. It was Important that China should have a large part In the defeat of Japan. Prince Rupert itself was dir cctly concerned in the future of China. It was Important to this port that there should be happy relations in war and peace with a strong and free China to take the goods which this country Would 'have. Jo ;of f er. :The jpiSure 'inside China," the projection of which "was handled by Frank Ryan of the Y. M. C. A. war services, traced pictorially and with narrative developments in China since 1931, the development and organization of the resistance to the Japanese which had now reached such a great scale and which had shattered the myth of Japan's invincibility in arms. Sea Cadet Orders R.C.S.C.C. "CA1TAIN COOK" Parade Schedule 7: 10-Band' and markers to muster. 7:15 Hands fall in. 7:20 Prayers, colors and divisions. 7:30 Hands to classes. auo-jSland, easyi, 8 :204 Hand's to classes. Resume classes." 9:00 Secure. 9:15 Evening quarters. 9:30 Sunset. Training Schedule Class A Boatwork, lead and line. Class B Anchors; Lecture C. P.O. C. R. Crulckshank. Class ,C Compass ,;and ;Jielm, PEDICULOSIS A PROBLEM WARWICK, Eng. CD "It Is an extraordinary thing that a woman's crowning glory should have become a louse," members of the Warwickshire education committee were told by an alderman who said that In order to preserve artificial styles of halrdresslng some women ana girls don't wash their heads for weeks on end. It was stated that In some Warwickshire schools every child has.a lousy head. code flags. Class D First aid, Rules of the Road. Class E Knots and splices, compass and helm. 1 Class F Rules .of the Road, j semaphore. I Tender Ounncry, Gunnery. MheMenn 1 tribuaonstl:;l youngest son of Rf J. BOUZPV lln c. formerv;,;.' We atlH atine as wirou.. utr H Macdonald, IbSSM Two of his brother, are V r ,vl- ney are rk eph Bouzek fn..,.es? the Stewart now a rnrinr ln.t . ' I ton Ontario, and Pilot o film... "saur-; i m&mmmmmsmm mm , . . i i my i r r i MiWMMyirfrnrw -m n Peace means the end of the war, sonny, and your Daddy coming home at last . . . safe and smiling, and so proud to see what a b'ig, fine boy you've grown. "Peace means a. free Canada for your Daddy to come home to, and for you to grow up in a Canada in which everyone will have the right to build, by his own sturdy effort, a secure and self-reliant future for his family. But Peace and that better Canada won't come, sonny, until Victory is won. That's why Grandpa and your Mom bought Victory Bond today . . . remember? We can't fight, sonny, like your Dad. But if everyone like us buys Victory Bonds, it won't be long before he comes marching home again ... to be your pal while you grow up through Canada's bright years of Peace." Invest in o fd VICTORY BONDS I I I M P E R I A L mmperJal IMPERIAL X. PRODUCTS PRODUCTS y OIL LIMI